by Jessica Gonzalez According to 2015 Andrada Polytechnic High School graduate Kailey Johnson, there is no more time to waste. Now that she can look back upon her high school education, she wants to share one of her most important lessons – spring semester of your senior year is a critical time for every student to take a serious look at...
Sixteen members of the University High School Humanities and Technology Club spent the better part of Saturday, March 3rd, at their school assembling four Solar Suitcases, in conjunction with the Rincon Rotary Club Foundation, and then assisted in the installation of these items at the Casa de Elizabeth Orphanage located in Imuris, Sonora, Mexico...
A Vail native is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard USS Kearsarge. Petty Officer 3rd Class Madison Evans is an Interior Communications Electrician aboard the amphibious transport dock operating out of Norfolk. Kearsarge, one of the Navy’s most advanced amphibious ships, is designed to deliver Marines and their equipment where they are needed to...
Here are some tips from your local FD, NFPA, Firewise, and ready.gov Projects that reduce wildfire risk and increase preparedness can be accomplished by a broad range of time commitments, with some as short as a few hours. You might be asking – what can I do in one day to be safer from wildfire? The answer is a lot! You can invest time at...
by Matthew Griffis American Legion Riders (ALR) Post 109 first started in November 2004, with three couples: John & Sandra Tyszkiewicz, Steve & Patty Seiben and Kenneth & Nicole Cassidy, after receiving approval from Post 109 to start a riders group. Steve Seiben was the first ALR President. One of the first items on the agenda was...
Development continues in Houghton Town Center. Inverse Jiu Jitzu is open for business and Realty Executives and Jersey Mike’s are planned to open the 2nd quarter of this year. Hughes Federal Credit Union construction is well under way and will open later in 2018. Please remember to support TJ Maxx, Petco, and Ross; stores like these are one...
Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher who lived from 540 to 475 BC. Among other things, Heraclitus is known for saying that the only permanent thing in life is change. Nothing stays the same for very long. He put it like this, “You cannot step twice into the same river; for fresh waters forever flow in upon you.” Sometimes we don’t see...
By the time you read this, significant developments relating to fixing our roads may have already substantially transpired. Hopefully, all for the good. Up in Phoenix at the State Capitol, Senate Bill 1147 was passed on February 20th by a vote of 24 to 6. As of this writing, SB1147 has been sent to the House side for its deliberations. Should this...
by the Arizona Department of Transportation A new style of traffic interchange planned for Houghton Road at Interstate 10 is designed to serve the growing population in Vail and southeast Pima County by moving traffic more quickly and more safely through the busy area. A diverging diamond interchange, the first in Pima County and one of the first...
by Dr. Azam, MD, MPH, Certified Integrative/Functional Medicine As we age, many of us experience changes in our body and mind. We may get bloated, feel exhausted, have brain fog, suffer from mood swings, experience fading libido and have trouble losing weight. For many of us, we suffer in silence, assuming that this is a natural progression of...
