By Khevin Barnes In recent days, as the Covid travel bans have been cautiously lifted, many of my neighbors here in Vail have eagerly booked vacations, cruises and other travel plans. A few of my friends are aware of the fact that I have been fortunate to visit 50 or so countries on our planet, and I’m sometimes asked what my favorite places were...
Parents should never have to deal with the loss of a child no matter what the reason- through miscarriages, still births, birth defects, SIDS, diseases or accident. But sadly, a lot of parents go through this. In October of 1988, President Ronald Regan proclaimed that October was National pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. A woman by the...
By Chuck Colbath Lessons learned over the past decade have helped us to be our very best. John and I are truly committed to always providing the highest level of service from friendly, experienced stylists you will want to see again. Over the years we have searched the country for the best folks to serve you. Until the pandemic, hiring was not...
By Catherine Hallberg Some homeowners don’t think they need a permit to enclose an AZ room, convert a garage or make part of their home a guest quarters. They believe that since they can do the work themselves, why bother? When they go to sell their home they may have trouble getting the square footage included with the main dwelling. Pima County...
The Tucson Mayor and Council approved zoning changes of 2,590-acres of State Land for a Planned Community Development (PCD) called Atterbury Trails. The site is located between the Harrison Road alignment and Houghton Road, extending from Irvington Road, south to Valencia Road; and east of Houghton Road, north of Valencia Road and south of...
Introduce your pet! Send us an email at editor@thevailvoice.com with a pic of your pet, your pet’s name, and how they found you. We’ll publish your pet in the paper! My dog Ranger came to our home in 2018 from Arizona Border Collie Rescue. My husband and I play chess – we finished a game and turned around to see him intently...
During the 2019-2020 school year, five students from Cienega, Katie Clemens, Hanna Hartzell, Emerson Morris, Andrew Knighton, and Isabella Livingston participated in the ROADS on Mars Student Challenge. They had to engineer, build, and program a “Mars rover” robot, use a drone to land a model Mars rover, launch a small drone from their rover to...
By Christine Anderson Ferraris Many of us know of someone who has lost money and possibly their personal information to a tax scam. Probably the most important thing to share is that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will not initiate contact with a taxpayer by email, text message, or social media channels or a phone call to request personal or...
By John Simpson WOW! Perhaps “wow” is all I need to say to describe what we witnessed weatherwise this past July 2021. Let’s dive right into the data. I recorded an incredible 10.43” of rain for July 2021, well above my 11-year average of 3.48.” July 2021 did quite a bit to increase that 11-year average. About 6” of that rain came within 72 hours...
By Bailey Breeding, Community Relations Intern A trip and fall can be a result of many different things. Medical conditions and medications may put someone at a higher fall risk. There are several risk factors that can lead to falling including: Muscle weaknessProblems with balance and gaitDrops in blood pressureFoot...
