Upcoming Events: August breakfast Thursday at 7 AM, August 9th at the Cantina at the Pima County Fairgrounds. Vail School District Superintendent, Cal Baker will be our speaker. We will have another special guest, the President and CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Lea Marquez-Peterson. VailFest 2018 Saturday, the 20th of October...
On the 7th of July the Rotary Club of Vail, worked with the Vail School District at the Vail Back to School Resource Fair held at the Cienega High School library. Rotary donated 70 backpacks of the 200 targeted donations, with all the necessary school supplies, (pens, pencils, paper, folders, crayons, markers, and such). The event was so...
What grade are you in and what are your future plans? I am in the 12th grade at Cienega high school and will be graduating in 2019. My future plans, in regards to my career, are … well, I guess I don’t know yet, but I figure that putting my best effort into working and making my own business along with getting good grades in high...
Dear Heather, Here in the Vail School District, summer goes by fast! I see all the school supplies and back to school essentials, and I can’t help but be a bit sadden by the end of summer. I want to have that internal excitement that can come with the start of a fresh year but I’m struggling. Any tips? Sincerely, Summertime Blues Dear Summertime...
by Tom Howard Road Construction Update Houghton Road/Over Union Pacific Railroad Construction crews have made great progress. The bridge girders for the southbound side of Houghton are now in place. Work on retaining walls continues. Houghton Towne Center access off of Houghton is still closed. Please enter off of Old Vail Road. Strict enforcement...
Candidate for Justice of the Peace Has Local Ties As a 5th generation Tucsonan, I have always loved the Tucson and Vail Communities. My family has been serving the local community for years, from my grandfather who was an educator for over 30 years, to my father, Keith Bee, who served in the Arizona State Senate, Arizona State House, and finally...
by Rob Samuelsen On May 29, 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition camped at the confluence of Slaughter Creek and the upper Missouri River. Using poles, ropes, and paddles, they somehow navigated their flotilla upstream against the 4 mph river current. Just over 213 years later, I beached my lightweight solo kayak and camped in the same spot. I...
My Name is Lori Kilpatrick and I am running for Legislative District 14 State Senate. I am: An Army Veteran Small business owner Have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education Card carrying 2nd Amendment believer A fiscal constitutional conservative Believer in the big wall / boarder security Education is essential to growth and prosperity I will...
by Stacy Winstryg If you have driven through Vail lately, you may have noticed all the new housing construction going on. With new houses comes new students. While this is a great thing, it brings added numbers to our already overcrowded schools. Vail high schools are currently over capacity. Cienega High School was built for 1,650 students and...
by Jeff Logsdon, Lead Pastor of Hope City Church Four years ago our family responded to the prompting to relocate from Southern California to Southern Arizona. I had always said I would never move to Tucson. My parents relocated here some time ago and we had always visited in the summer. Perhaps I would have felt differently if we came during...
