Shooting Opportunities In Our Area by Trent Thomas Just a few miles from our community you will find the Southeast Regional Park Shooting Complex. Constructed in 2004 and maintained by the Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Department, this range complex handles around 20,000 shooters per year. “We offer three different...
It was a flash, a single streak of light that got me started in astronomy almost sixty years ago. I have written in this column about this event before, but in thinking about it, I want to refer to it again. The streak could not have lasted more than a second on that clear evening of July 4, 1956. I was terribly homesick. At age 8, just four...
Vail Colossal Cave Road Improvements are underway. See details page 17. Safeway Grocery Store Still in development. Unconfirmed information indicates the project may be delayed for up to one year. New Housing Projects Lennar: Discovery Mountain Vail Mountain Vail is located on the north side of MaryAnn Cleveland across from Esmond station school...
Halloween Safety Tips Trick-or-Treaters: Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks. Look left, right and left again when crossing and keep looking as you cross. Put electronic devices down and keep your head up and walk. Teach children to make eye contact with drivers before crossing in front of them. Always walk on...
On Friday, September 9th, Cienega High School Staff and Students joined with community members, to include representatives from local law enforcement, fire departments, local government, military, and retired military service members to honor those lost in the September 11th, 2001 attack. Cienega NJROTC students were in attendance and provided...
SHERIFF NANOS: An Engaged Leader Sheriff Chris Nanos shifted into high gear when he was sworn into office on August 1, 2015. The following are just a few of Sheriff Nanos’ key initiatives that he has instituted: Inherited a $2.5 million dollar deficit and ended the fiscal year under budget, the first time in decades without cutting services...
To the Editor: Arizona funds education at the lowest level in the nation. Yet in Vail, the motto is “Where Education is a Community Effort.” Proposition 449 is our community’s opportunity to reward the success of our hard working teachers. Through the generations, people have funded our school systems. When my children were in school, we were...
To the Editor: The appointed Sheriff is refusing to engage in a public debate/forum. Instead, he is leveraging his position for political gain. He is attending public events that are safe from questioning and seeking every opportunity to obtain unearned media. It is clear he is providing media interviews on minor/insignificant events to gain...
Fall Is In The Air: Pumpkin Patches and Corn Mazes Near Tucson by East Tucson Macaroni Kid Apple Annie’s Fall Pumpkin Celebration-Willcox: Old fashioned family fun! Pick your own pumpkins and fall vegetables, go through Arizona’s LARGEST corn maze, and take a hay ride. The Festival runs weekends September 24-October 30 (9 AM-5 PM)...
The evening before I wrote this piece, I watched an episode of the original Star Trek. In this March 1968 episode of “Assignment Earth,” the Enterprise goes back in time for the purpose of historical observation. Apparently, the year 1968 is very interesting to future humans. In the episode, Kirk and Spock encounter an enigmatic interstellar...
