by Article Writer November was relatively cool and dry. The only day with recorded rainfall was the last day of the month. Most of the Vail area received 0.1 to 0.4 inches. I recorded 0.23 inches, which is about one-half my eight-year November average of 0.48 inches. The Tucson airport recorded 0.07 inches, which is well below its 30-year average...
People often want to know how Tucson got its name. The Tohono O’odham (Desert People) had a village and irrigated fields at Bac, about 7 miles upstream from their village of Stjucson (or Schook-shon), meaning “At The Foot of Black Hill or Mountain.” Some claim that the “Black Mountain” was Sentinel Hill, now called “A” Mountain. But Tumamoc Hill...
Savannah Sorenson, a student at Empire High School (EHS) in Tucson, Arizona, has won ExpressVPN’s Future of Privacy Scholarship 2018 with her faux news article on the Carson Treaty. The Future of Privacy is an annual essay-writing competition to raise awareness of internet privacy and security all around the world and receives thousands of...
The Vail Voice welcomes Ambur Wilkerson to our cadre of volunteer writers. Ambur is a graduate student working on a degree in journalism at the University of Arizona. In this issue, she writes about the diversity of the holidays. In our American mosaic, the Christmas time celebrations contain some common elements as well as different ones. For...
Human beings have long understood the power and significance of dreams – and, throughout time, dreams have been considered meaningful and sacred and have been used to find guidance and purpose in life. From the discovery of the structure of the atom to Harriet Tubman’s repeatedly successful travels on the “Underground Railroad,” dreams have...
by Burt Graeff Sheldon (Red) Mandell is 88 years old going on 58 years old. The guy is a human dynamo. Mandell, a native Chicagoan, is the majority owner of the del Lago Golf Club. Fifteen years ago, in 2003, there was no del Lago Golf Club, and no Rancho del Lago community. “There was nothing, but sand, cactus, dirt, snakes, absolutely nothing on...
by Stacy Winstryg The Vail Parent Network is beyond thrilled with the passing of Prop 468, the bond for the Vail School District. We thank the registered voters who voted yes. According to Mr. Baker, superintendent for the district, the planning work for the new high school has been occurring for about a year. Architects will now shift into final...
by Rob Samuelsen The Ghost of Christmas Past is alive and well in Arizona. Taking Ebenezer Scrooge on a quick tour of Arizona’s past, the ghost guides Scrooge to the December 25th, 1847 dry camp of the Mormon Battalion. This Christmas Camp provided a brief respite after an 18-mile day heading northwest from Picacho Peak towards the Gila River. ...
by Ambur Wilkerson One of the beautiful parts about the holiday season is how diverse celebrating it can be. As someone of African-American and Mexican descent, I take great pride in my culture and how I express it during the holidays. The taste of my mom’s menudo and the sound of my dad playing Boys II Men’s “Let It Snow” comes to mind. My...
by Susan Summers Helping feed hungry Vail families with emergency food supplies, supplementing the weekend diets of some of our local students through the “back pack” program, and sending meals to home-bound seniors are the essential work of ReSources Vail Food Bank. Our success in these endeavors depends on your donations, so as the new year...
