Vail School District Foundation is very grateful for all of our generous donors this year. We were able to give over $40,000 to our schools and students in the form of supplies, scholarships, equipment, etc. We could not have done it without you! Vail is truly a special place. Our community is strong and our school district is amazing. We are...
By Rob Hallberg I grew up in the DC area and it often surprises my friends when I reveal that Tucson has flooding problems. Floods in the Desert? They just don’t understand. “Desert” refers to a climate with minimal rainfall so how can we have floods? One problem is caliche, which is a naturally forming soil layer found in much of Tucson. Caliche...
By Chuck Colbath On a Monday in June, when we are normally closed, our stylists gathered for another class in our all-natural and organic hair color. The class was led by a master instructor. The passion our stylists have for their work is demonstrated by all of them coming in on their day off. In a time when teamwork in salons of the past is all...
By Larry Starks The Tucson Juneteenth Festival Celebrated its 51st annual Celebration on June 19, 2021. Due to COVID regulations in 2020, we were not able to hold an “in person” festival. So we are Celebrated 50/51 this year! Juneteenth is held every year to honor and observe the official emancipation of slavery in the United States on June 19...
By Khevin Barnes PLANTING THE BANJO SEED Fifty four years ago I picked up a banjo that had been discarded by my older brother. I was in Jr. High School and he was four years older than me. I suppose he just got tired of it. This was the musical era that included The Limelighters, The Kingston Trio and Pete Seeger. The sounds of the banjo seemed to...
By Rick Bass Driving our greater Vail area with single lane roadways, higher speed limits, increased multi-use traffic, on-going construction and limited visibility (blind intersections) call for attentive and safe driving habits.In researching this article, I asked many area residents their concerns and experiences while driving our roads. This...
By Alisha Brewer I remember when I was young digging in my mom’s flower bed one summer night. I had a pile of soil next to me that contained all of the worms that I found. As I continued my hunt for pill bugs and worms I made a miraculous discovery. I found a toad! I was completely elated! I ran over to show my mom my treasure. I’m sure she was...
Dear Claire, Lately, I have been dreaming about being in a museum. I had two of these dreams. In each dream, I was walking through the museum with someone, but it was with a different person in each dream. In the first dream, I was walking with my swim coach from when I was in grade school. He was a really loud and rough type of person, and I was...
By Allen Schwartzberg, Owner Vail Plumbing I’ve noticed a worrisome trend over the last few years. Fewer and fewer young people are entering the construction trades and fewer still have any real-world, hands-on training right out of school. So when Cienega High School construction teacher Michael Keck reached out to me at Vail Plumbing to see if...
by Anne Gibson “Hurry Up and Wait” may be appropriate. Here in the Southeast Pima County service area, the staff members of the Gibson-Esmond Station Library are ready and anxious to open fully in order to adequately serve you. The key word is fully. On May 14th, Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry continued health and safety measures...
