The Rita Ranch Homeowners Association is holding their annual Rita Ranch Fun Day Saturday the 28th of May from 9 to 1 at Purple Heart Park. In addition to local merchants and organizations, there will be 14 candidates for various offices with constituents residing in Rita Ranch and surrounding areas. This will be an opportune time to come and...
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Vail by Seth W. Chalmers, P.E. Pima County Department of Transportation The Pima County Department of Transportation (PCDOT) is proposing improvements at nine intersections as part of a federally funded project to improve safety. PCDOT is conducting a public outreach effort in advance of the project to obtain public input and to provide...
“Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can’t control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible. Within our control...
by Cristi A. Moore, Doctor of Audiology at Sonora Hearing Care. Every year, the month of May is dedicated to Better Hearing Month. What does that mean for you? It means that if you have been putting off getting help for your hearing, now is the perfect time. Here are some facts about hearing loss and tinnitus that you may not know...
The Vail School District continues to grow. Every new student and every new school adds to the workload of the District’s transportation and maintenance departments. Both departments, located behind Old Vail Middle School, are at capacity. At a meeting on April 19, the Vail Governing Board took action that will serve the...
by Mendy Gomez and Natalie Luna Rose Declared “one of the best deaf swimmers by Swimming World,” former University of Arizona swimmer and native Tucsonan, Marcus Titus has defeated all odds. Deaf by the age of 3, Marcus’s passion for swimming began 15 years ago and has led him to the Olympics trials for a spot in the 2016 Olympics Games. ...
L-R: Gabriela Berigan (president), Sarah Carruth, Kayla Long, Mrs. Albrecht (sponsor), Tatjana Wagner, Andi O’Bert, Bobby Othon. Not pictured: student Matthew Alcorn Two years ago, members of the Spanish Honor Society at Empire High School got interested in the Little Free Library Project...
On October 7, 2014, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted for approval to add an auxiliary interstate highway that would connect I-19 and I-10. This highway connection is a significant infrastructure piece to the county’s Sonoran Corridor economic development plan. The Corridor is an area surrounding the Tucson International Airport that...
Vail Academy High School graduating senior has been named as one of 689 semifinalists in the U. S. Presidential Scholars Program for 2016. One of the highest honors bestowed, the program recognizes students who have demonstrated superior academic and artistic achievement along with leadership quality, character, and community and school...
Dear Claire, Here is a recent dream that I had: I am in a large city (Las Vegas?) with my wife (by the way, we are planning a trip to go to her best friend’s wedding there). We are there because we are delivering a car that we are giving to someone as a gift (I don’t know what kind of car, or who we are giving it to). The car is attached to the...