by Barbara Mayer On July 25th, 2018, our storyteller, our collector of Vail memories, our dad, the patriarch of our family, Fred Mayer, passed away. His family had a small house in Vail so his aunts and uncles could attend school. His grandfather Francisco Estrada would come by horse and wagon to take them home for the weekend to the ranch he...
by Debra Perry Calling all residents to come have a voice in the Corona de Tucson (CdT) community! The Santa Rita Foothills Community Association (SRFCA) is a Corona de Tucson community organization with solid roots to our local community over the past 38 years of existence, since our incorporation in 1980. The organization has made numerous...
National Hispanic Heritage Month (through October 15) is a special time to share and learn about Hispanic arts, literature, and culture. These recommended books are as diverse in topic as the writers who wrote them. Try one today! The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin...
by Councilwoman Shirley Scott of Ward 4 Arizona State voters passed Proposition 203 in November 2010, otherwise known as the “Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.” The Arizona Department of Health Services has recently awarded 31 new medical cannabis licenses. The new 31 licensees were selected from a pool of 750 applicants. The owner located at 8901...
by Bill Thornton A recent Op Ed in the “Vail Voice” poses the question “Does Arizona’s Native Plant Law Go Too Far?” It also begs the question “How far is too far? The writer correctly points out that as far back as 1929 Arizona legislatures have enacted laws to protect the unique flora of the Sonoran Desert; and that our iconic saguaro studded...
by Karen Schutte of Real Estate Daily News and Red Comps Chicago-based Rancho Del Lago developer, RMG Vail II LLC, has closed on approximately 400 acres of land from Pima Land, LLC of Minneapolis, MN. Located at I-10 and US 83 in Vail, the purchase price of $475,000 or about $1,200 per acre was the auction price. The property is comprised of two...
by Leslie Nitzberg The Vail Chorale is eager to invite the Greater Vail community to attend performances of their Fall 2018 concerts, to be held Saturday, November 3rd at 3:00 PM at the Arizona Senior Academy (in Academy Village/Altura) and on Sunday November 4th at 3:00 PM at the Del Webb Lodge (in Rancho del Lago). The Fall Concert theme is...
By Susan Summers When you donate your dollars, your possessions, your services, do you really know who’s benefitting? Wouldn’t it be great, if we could go back to a time when neighbors, like families, took care of each other? Greater Vail Community Resources is doing just that, Neighbors helping Neighbors in the greater Vail community. There are...
To the editor: We are voting YES on Prop 468. There is significant research that tells us smaller class sizes produce positive social, emotional, and academic results (Glass and Smith’s research and Tennessee’s Project STAR). Right now our high schools and classrooms are overcrowded. Our bus fleets, technology, and facilities are all aging. The...
By Paul Lorenz Recently the majority of students in the Vail area, taking lessons from me, have been adults, mostly women with their kids raised, who always wanted to take lessons, but couldn’t do so while raising their families. Some unfortunately carry with them issues that habitually get in the way of their learning, which is the baggage to...
