Dear Editor, I am a 30+ year resident of Arizona; retired; a 7 year resident of Sycamore Canyon / Corona; and the proud father-in-law and grandfather of, a VUSD teacher and 2 VUSD students. I am writing to express my unqualified support for the Vail Unified School District PROP 449. Arizona ranks 47th out of 50 states in total per student spending...
Dear Editor, I am writing to encourage your readers to support Prop 449, the Vail School District Budget Override. I am a parent of two children in the Vail School District and have witnessed the outstanding teaching, compassion and excitement for education that my children’s teachers and school administrators have exhibited. My children are...
During the Spring of 2012, Ev Campbell of Vail started mailing packages from Del Webb to troops stationed all over the world. These deployed troops often have trouble obtaining important items they need in their daily life. To date, her “Cards for Troops” volunteer group has mailed 1,217 boxes! The boxes contain toiletries, snacks, books...
Observations in Nature: The Tucson Banded Gecko by John R. Leeper Whether we like it or not, we are the interlopers in the Sonoran Desert. The native residents present themselves to us daily as a roadrunner dashing across the road; as an emerald hummingbird darting from one flower to the next; as butterflies in a rainbow of colors fluttering and...
Fun Examples of LED Lights in Arts and Crafts by Leigh Marcos LEDs are offering high-quality lighting to art. As with any art-piece or craft, light is the most important aspect in bringing it to life. Natural light can increase the rate that ancient art can fade or discolor, but through LED lighting, these paintings can be given a new lease of...
Giving Thanks With the Holiday’s upon us, I would like to take a moment to thank all of our neighbors who are helping ReSources along the way. Soon Vail Depot thrift Store will be open between the tracks along Colossal Cave Road. This accomplishment is due in large part to the support of the community, the Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce...
Aging in Place at Academy Village by Gary D. Fenstermacher Academy Village has made an amazing evolution in the last eight years. While retaining (and expanding) its active adult community status, it has added facilities that bring it within a hair’s breadth of a continuing care, life planned community. That means one can move in at 55, live a...
In October of 2016, Audrey Sher-Walton released her collection of poetry, All the Colors of My Life are Red. The reader at once becomes immersed in her very personal, yet universal experiences. She traces a path that is engaging, sensuous, self-conscious, and lyrical. Audrey Sher-Walton grew up on Fresh Meadow Lane. Surrounded by asphalt, it...
Konnor Kiefer, son of Kent Kiefer and Melissa Kiefer and a Senior at Empire High School, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. On average, less than one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2016, only 2,235 out of nearly 2.1 million graduates who took the ACT...
How To Not Blow It This Holiday Season by Jerry Trubman Being in the health/fitness industry for over a decade, I’ve seen some very sad, yet predictable, patterns: Start crazy diet and/or exercise program that is unsustainable long-term. Grit through said program for a defined period of time (usually under 90 days). Attain a moderate amount of...
