Matt Penland is the new principal at Esmond Station Elementary School. He is replacing Jerry Wood, who has served as principal since its opening and now goes on to be the Director of Facilities —Maintenance, Grounds and Custodial. Jerry is replacing Al Flores who is retiring.
Just what is this holiday that seems to prompt huge sales at retail outlets and for others a day to drink and have cookouts or other celebrations? Oddly, veterans rarely get the day off from their jobs like other holidays and likely make no big deal of it at all; instead, quietly recall their own experiences and their fellow veterans. Though many...
From stuffing to brining to leftovers, everyone has a favorite Thanksgiving turkey menu. As you plan your holiday meal, please follow these turkey tips from the Corona de Tucson and Rincon Valley Fire Departments. They will help you keep your Thanksgiving dinner delicious and safe. Cooking is the biggest cause of home fires and fire injuries, and...
With a whoosh, a puff of feathers was all that remained as the dove’s existence was stanched away in the talons of an aggressive, opportunistic hunter. The prairie falcon or prairie hawk, Falco mexicanus, is a bird of prey, a raptor. Their excellent eye-site allows them to spot small prey at extreme distances. Strong talloned feet and a...
Acacia Elementary School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School, based on overall academic performance. The award, presented by the U.S. Department of Education, recognizes Acacia as an “Exemplary High Performing” school “based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.”
I recently received an e-mail from the Vail Voice editorial staff forwarding a letter from a gentleman in our community who took issue with a certain point I made in one of my articles. He was an owner of a business for which he didn’t specify, and from which standpoint expressed concern for my attitude towards inquirers without pianos. Since the...
Make Way for Books, a local nonprofit organization, is working to ensure that children throughout Vail get the right start so they are ready for kindergarten and ready to read and succeed. One of their strategies is called The Story Project, and this program helps ensure that children in child care centers, preschools, and home-based child care...
Dear Claire, I have a recurring dream where an ocean wave is in my closet. Sometimes, in my dream, the ocean is also in my bedroom. I will open the door to my closet or my room and see this enormous wave in there. Sometimes, there are dolphins, whales, fish, and people swimming and playing in the wave. Usually, it is just a wave. After I open the...
To The Editor: My husband and I would like to thank the observant and empathic women who stopped by the side of the road, on September 18th, 2017, when they witnessed my husband take a dive over the handlebars of his bicycle, after hitting a large rock in the road. They stayed with him and asked him leading questions which caused them some...
Imagine yourself in a room with three-dozen highly intelligent, civically engaged people, from all over Arizona – each of them keenly interested in state government policy and the problems and opportunities facing our society. Now, further imagine a lineup of some of the most influential thought and policy leaders assembled from our government...
