By John Simpson The report for this month will be quick as October 2021 was nearly uneventful. There were only two days in which rain fell during the month, the 4th or 5th, and the 26th. I received very little rainfall during both events, and only recorded 0.05” for the month in central Del Lago, which is well below my 11-year average of 0.59.”...
By Bailey BreedingCommunity Relations InternRincon Valley Fire District As the weather cools down here in Southern Arizona, candles can help bring a cozy feeling into a room. While candles are a popular way to decorate for the holidays, there are some precautions to help prevent home fires. More than one-third of home decorating fires are started...
By Hughes Federal Credit Union With more and more people taking to online shopping, it’s no surprise that 1 in 4 Americans report falling victim to fraud during the holidays. Keep scammers at bay and learn what you can do to protect yourself while shopping for loved ones. Phishing emails and textsScammers know you’ll be checking your email for...
By Tucson Medical Center From cooler temperatures to pumpkin pie, we welcome many things that come with the fall season, but the flu is not one of them. How should a family prepare for flu season? The most effective preventative measure is a flu vaccination. Everyone in the family should get a flu shot. If experiencing flu-like symptoms:cover your...
By Patrick Whitehurst Christmas scares have always been a popular part of the holiday season, as the endless remakes of A Christmas Carol can attest to, and I am happy to be a part of that tradition this year with the inclusion of two stories in the new holiday edition of the Bitter Chills anthology, available December 5th on Amazon.com and...
By Clint Swapp Do you want to be rich? Now you can invest like the rich using a new law passed by Congress called Reg CF. And Vail hosts the first Reg CF company in the area: SmallStart Ventures Incorporated (www.smallstartventures.com)! To invest, just go to the website and follow the video link. The traditional investing system was rigged to...
By Sarah Pruitt The United States isn’t the only nation with a holiday dedicated to gratitude—here are eight different variations of the Thanksgiving tradition from around the world. CanadaIt may surprise you to learn that Canada’s first Thanksgiving celebration actually predates America’s—by more than 40 years. In 1578, an expedition led by the...
Dear Editor, I would like to comment on the Rabbi’s Corner article that was published in your latest issue of the Vail Voice. I was shocked to see that every instance of God’s name had the letter “o” replaced with a hyphen. Has it really gotten to this point, that God’s name cannot be written? I Know that society is...
Mobile Device and Computer Fiks In The Neighborhood Fleks Bitz Fiks-IT Shop (Fry’s Plaza Next To Post Net) Thank you for welcoming the Fiks-IT Shop to the community with your patronage. Reaching out your hand to support us brings joy and pleasure to be in such a community. We, too, want to reach out our hand to you, ensuing an ekscellent...
By David H. Levy A few weeks ago, I received a message from Cameron Gillis, an amateur astronomer who wrote that he liked galaxies. Just for fun, I decided to take the opposite approach, a philosophical reversal. If he likes galaxies, then I hate them. As we prepared for our meeting I began to explain the various reasons why I hate them. When, for...
