Faces of Vail: Steve Pakus by Kimberly Crossland Over twenty years ago, Steve Pakus lived in and met his wife, Patti, in Tucson. They soon moved up to Sedona, Arizona, but always had an urge to move back. Now, with two daughters and two grandchildren here, Steve, Patti, and their dog Sawyer are excited to have returned to the Sonoran Desert. For...
Vail Parent Network Update: “Classroom Space” by Stacy Winstryg For the first time in almost a decade, education is not facing funding cuts in the proposed 2017 budget. There are actually increases to education in the budget that Governor Ducey has proposed. The increases are still far from repairing the damage that has been done since 2008, but...
Do you have polybutylene plumbing in your house? Thought to be a cheap and easy replacement to copper plumbing in the 1970s, thousands of homes in Tucson were built with the gray plastic tubing. It wasn’t long before home owner’s had sudden, catastrophic plumbing failures; UV light exposure and chlorine in the water supply interacts with...
Vail Preservation Society Awarded Grant Vail Preservation Society (VPS) as the recipient of the $10,000 Storying Arizona Special Initiative Grant from Arizona Humanities. VPS provided a proposal that speaks to the heart of the Storying Arizona’s project, which is “collecting stories, hosting conversations, exploring different cultures, engaging...
Claim Tax Credit to Support Vail Schools by Stacy Winstryg Claiming your tax credit with the Vail schools is one way we as taxpayers can have a say in how our tax dollars are spent, to keep our tax dollars local. Here is how it works. A tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction to your Arizona income tax liability. Arizona allows you to send...
Supervisors approve Community Facilities District for Rocking K South by Carla Blackwell The Pima County Board of Supervisors on January 17th voted 5-0 to approve a Community Facilities District for the Rocking K South residential development on the southeast side of the metropolitan area. Community Facilities Districts, more commonly used by...
Carona Cares! Neighbors Helping Neighbors Who We Are: Corona Cares is a not-for-profit community-based neighborhood support volunteer program and a member of the Neighbors Care Alliance under the direction of Pima Council on Aging. We have been operating since July 2010 and run solely by volunteers who provide a variety of services to those...
Spread the Puppy Love by Ceci Kimball The National Honor Society (NHS) has a long-standing tradition of scholarship, service, leadership, and character and is often times comprised of the best and brightest a school has to offer. This is no different with Vail Academy & High School’s chapter of the NHS. These students work year round to make a...
How Can Medical Grade HCG Help You Lose Weight? Dr. AZAM, MD, MPH, Bariatric Physician HCG is short for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. It is a natural hormone that stimulates the hypothalamus and causes your body to use your stored fat for energy. HCG targets stubborn fat which accumulates around the stomach, waist, hips and thighs allowing you to...
Senior Fitness: Commitment To Health by Rick MacKay In my experience, taking group fitness classes (boot camps and other circuit types), I noticed they were all structured in a similar way. Everybody performs at mostly the same level of participation, regardless of their health and fitness levels. Before you start any fitness program you need to...
