While healthy eating can be a challenge for kids and parents, elementary school students in Vail School District will use their creativity and culinary skills to make healthy breakfast recipes in nutrition partner and Quality of Life Services provider Sodexo’s 2016 Future Chefs Challenge. The national initiative, which is in its sixth year, was...
Students from Cienega High School sung the National Anthem at a dedication of the Fisher House on the 18th of February, at the Veterans Hospital in Tucson. Local students raised $25,000 for the home that will provide active duty and Veteran families a place to stay while their veteran or servicemember receives medical care and treatment. The house...
Dear Claire, I had this dream—more than once—where this big, black bird, with this long, sharp, black beak, kept following me around and pecking at me. It really hurt, and the pecks drew blood. The bird didn’t fly; it hopped around, and I could not get the bird to stop following me. I tried to get away, but, for some reason, I did not fight with...
The Northwest Emergency Center continues to be busier than we expected and the staff is excited to be providing care for residents of Vail, Rita Ranch, Corona de Tucson and surrounding areas. Our average door-to-doctor time for January was 11 minutes and we’re seeing an average of more than 40 patients per day; that number continues to grow...
The other day while cycling with friends in Saguaro National Park, I saw a family at the picnic grounds sitting quietly as the sun sank in the west. They had food spread out on the concrete table, and three generations were passing chicken and plastic forks. In the stillness, above their quiet conversation a cactus wren sang in the trees. Picnics...
What if my daughter had to start the school year with a substitute in Math? Panic! It takes my daughter hours of extra effort just to grasp the concepts that many students understand after one lesson. Learning math is a teacher, tutor, parent, student effort for my child. One 7th grade class at my daughter’s school started the year with a...
As Cienega Rotary celebrates our tenth anniversary, it is time to take a look at where we are and where we are going. Reflection always helps give direction for the future and refreshes some of the core values by which our organization is based. In this instance, our number one objective is “the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for...
Once a frontier state specific to mining and agriculture, Arizona has since thrived over the decades, now home to over 400,000 registered small businesses in industries such as technology, medicine, finance, and industrial. Although we have travelled the rough road to recovery following the recession, Arizona has seen a sustained, gradual...
Dear Editor, In the letters to the editor section of the February 2016 issue, Vicky McManaman wrote in saying, she was sensitive to people claiming a Vail address. In particular, she called out residents of Rita Ranch and Corona de Tucson. While I live in closer physical proximity to Corona de Tucson than Vail, my 85641 postal designation is Vail...
This sacred line from the most quoted words of the Bible, the song written by Pete Seeger and sung by the Byrds and other recording artists, represents all the seasons and the important matters of our lives. Some are joyous times, others unfortunate. Some are productive while others seem fruitless. Some flower into a great happiness and others...
