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Back to School: Routines, Calendars & Papers, Oh My!

By Jennifer Phelps of Organize, Design, Reinvent! If you feel like it takes forever to get your pack of wildlings wrangled each morning since school started, you’re not alone. Eighty percent of people say it takes 20 minutes longer to get out the door! Here are my professional organizer’s tips to make your routines go smoothly, sync schedules, dig...

Vail Brothers Build Toward Their Eagle Scout Badges for the Presidio Museum

By Diane C. Taylor Brothers Garett and Dylan Simpson, students at Cienega High School in Vail, were in search of a project to earn their Eagle Scout badges. The Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, at 196 N. Court Avenue, needed repairs and new benches and tables for visitors. The two connected, and now the museum has its benches and tables and...

Vail Depot Thrift Store – A Singular Shopping Experience

By Susan Summers Savvy shoppers know that great finds can be discovered in the least expected places and at the least expected time.    They know that expensive articles purchased in snooty stores by discriminating customers eventually will find their way to new homes.  Why?   Some people require the latest models, or they’ve lost weight, or...

Former Aztecs Volleyball Player Riesgo Named to KCAC Conference Preseason Team

By Article Author Former Pima Community College volleyball player Kayli Riesgo (Cienega High) is entering her senior season at York College and received recognition from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. Riesgo, a setter for the Panthers, was named to the 2019 KCAC Volleyball Preseason team. She played in 34 matches and 118 games as a...

What is Jiu-Jitsu?

By Tina Baba Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a unique martial art in that it provides solutions for all possible stages of physical confrontation.  Often called “the gentle art,” It’s non striking ground based where technique overcomes speed and strength using leverage. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu differs from other martial arts because it was...

Hughes and Banner Children’s Kick Off Hospital School Supply Drive

By Article Author Hughes Federal Credit Union and Banner Children’s are launching a hospital school supply drive to benefit K-12 students attending the Diamond Children’s Medical Center school. The drive will provide needed supplies to help the children stay engaged in their education while hospitalized or coping with learning challenges.  School...

Area Bible Study on the Book of Acts Beginning in the Fall

By Article Author Monday and Tuesday mornings find women from Vail, Rita Ranch and Tucson meeting in a home in Rita Ranch for coffee and Bible study.  The women come from all different backgrounds and churches. The focus is on the teaching and authority of the Bible. This fall our study will be on the book of Acts.  The book of Acts picks up where...