By Article Author What Is the First Step in Financial Planning? To have a plan, you must first have goals. Otherwise, there’s nothing to plan. Think about both long-term goals such as retirement and short-term goals like saving for a down payment on a home. Action Step: Write down your financial goals. Each goal must include a deadline...
By Article Author It’s a new year, which means new resolutions, or at least a new hope of ending this eternal search for the better version of ourselves. Ideally, we want to drop the bad habits, and acquire good ones, but virtually all of us fail in this endeavor, whether or not you make a public confession of it. Well, try not to beat yourself...
By Article Author Well-meaning senior citizens who think they are helping a grandchild in distress are becoming victims of another wave of the so-called “Grandparent Scam,” warns the Better Business Bureau. Typically, the grandparent receives a frantic phone call from someone they are led to believe is their grandchild. A scammer, posing as their...
By Article Author Having gathered a lot of information over the years, on the fire line, classroom, reading and discussing the nature of fire, here are some tips from Corona de Tucson Fire Department, NFPA and Firewise.org. I am hoping that many of you have seen blowing embers from a wildfire on the news or some other broadcast. It’s these embers...
As our community grows, we need more homes. Ms. Marian Soto, new home specialist for Mattamy Homes, has the solution for that! Saguaro Trails will be here in early 2019. This will be a great community for anybody because if you have a big family there are five or four bedroom homes. If you have a small family there are houses with two bedrooms...
By Article Author On December 9th in 2015, the Shrine of Santa Rita in the Desert in Vail, AZ was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the only Catholic Church in the United States built in memory of a Japanese citizen, the chemist Dr. Jokichi Takamine who was the first person to isolate and purify adrenaline. He also donated...
Chinese New Year starts on February 5th. The new Lunar Year will be the Year of the Pig—if you were born in 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, this is your year! “Pigs” are very realistic, energetic and enthusiastic! They will let themselves enjoy life. Long-Long’s New Year by Catherine Gower Good Luck Life by Rosemary...
By Article Author Attention choral singers throughout Greater Vail and beyond! The Vail Chorale is inviting new members to join the ensemble for the Spring 2019 season. Now in its eighth year, the non-auditioned community chorus is open to singers of all ages who enjoy singing in harmony. Rehearsals begin on Tuesday, January 15th. The 2019 Spring...
By Article Author There’s a new face sitting at the Assistant Superintendent of the Vail Unified School District’s desk as the former Associate Superintendent, John Carruth, moved into politics. Although Carruth had planned to retire in Vail, his plans changed when he received a phone call from Kathy Hoffman, Superintendent of Public Instruction...
By Article Author Road Construction Update: Houghton Road/Over Union Pacific Railroad The final touches are being done to the new bridge. Guardrail, railing and sidewalks are being completed. Once this project finishes, the next phase should begin from the Union Pacific Railroad to I-10. Updates: Union Pacific Railroad to I-10 Construction. This...
