Anything is possible at the Pima County Public Library by Holly Schaffer, Community Relations Manager, Pima County Public Library “When I got my library card, that’s when my life began.” Author and activist Rita Mae Brown’s wise words are truer today than ever before. The faces of the nearly 15,000 people who walk through our doors remind us daily...
What happens when an accident occurs and you require advanced medical intervention? What is the fastest way to get from the accident scene to a hospital? This is when first responders depend on Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). Although Vail, Rita Ranch, and Corona are close to the highway system, by car it still takes about 30 minutes...
Ethan is an 8th grader at the Esmond Station K-8 School who wanted to bring a game called 9 square to his school. Esmond is a new school and doesn’t have a lot of playground equipment especially for middle schoolers. Ethan attended a church camp last summer where discovered the game, it’s a cross between volleyball and 4 square. After playing at...
Cienega seniors Imani Litz (#5) and Morgan Wright (#12) were the starting outside hitters this past fall on the girls varsity Volleyball team. They helped the team advance to the first round of state playoffs, ending with an overall record of 12-6 for the season. Both girls are scheduled to graduate on May 20th with High Honors and will continue...
On a recent excursion into the Cienega Creek Natural Preserve my companion began referring to many of the plants as weeds. I commented with a simplistic definition; a weed was a plant growing out of place or where it was not wanted. A plant native to the Sonoran Desert would not be a weed within a natural desert habitat, but would be a weed in a...
March 27th marked the annual luncheon of the Del Lago Women’s Golf Association. The event capped the Club Championship with Pam Smith of Vail, the Low Gross of the best 2 rounds of 3 played. Dana Roy, also of Vail was the Low Net winner. The tournament took place at the Del Lago Golf Course over a four-week period during the month of March...
It took three extra holes for John Liu to defend his Del Lago Men’s Golf Club A Flight title over Scott Fields while Bill Camp won the B Flight title with a two-day total of 165. Liu shot a 147 for the two-day event that took place at the Del Lago Golf Club over the April 8-9 weekend. Stuart Katz was the Low Net A Flight winner while Doug Scott...
What happens when a group of students comes together with a goal of giving back to those less fortunate than them? In the case of one group from Empire High School (EHS), they board a plane and travel on a service trip to the Equator in Ecuador. A group of four EHS students – Amanda Betancourt, Harmony Fitzpatrick, Drew McCleod and Diana RoDee –...
Every river on earth begins with some sort of geological malformation. A slot canyon and its river course simply exploit that malformation by expanding a crack into a slot. When a co-worker asked me for a description of a slot canyon, I said it’s like a cave passage without a roof. Some pundits assign numbers to the definition but I feel like a...
Last week I got a good visual observation of Comet Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak, (41P) one of the earliest known periodic comets. It was a fat, little “faint fuzzy” spot of light projected against a background of faint stars – nothing to write home about; but for me, it was fun just because it was a comet. This comet was only the 41st that was...
