By Mike Lavelle As the paper is getting ready for print, I heard on the news that Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is reporting people receiving phony TEP calls. It seems over 100 people, in one day, reported scammers calling them, reporting to be from TEP. According to TEP, 5-10 calls are usual, and this was a dramatic upswing in scam calls. I have...
By Mike Lavelle Recently, I was reading a Facebook post from one of our political leaders. It was a post that contained no political angle or spin, it was just a post about them engaged in a fun activity. What caught my attention was all the negative responses from people who took the opportunity to criticize the post (and poster), it seemed...
By Mike Lavelle As our readers might recall, The Vail Voice has had a number of articles, for at least three years, addressing aspects of Houghton Road improvements as well as road repair concerns going back to late 2017. We are very pleased to share, as our front page story, Supervisor Steve Christy’s news regarding improvements and expansion of...
As the past year comes to a close and a new year looms ahead, it is natural to take pause to consider one’s path and goals in life. Along these lines, Anne Gibson on page 5 surveyed members of the community on their New Year resolutions. From her article, it is clear that most resolutions involve being a better version of ourselves. Gaga Barnes...
by Mike Lavelle Continuing in our ongoing series of local southwest towns to visit, on our motorcycle ride, the last part of our trip took us from Las Cruces to Hatch, on Highway 25, and then west on 26 towards the town of Nutt and then 27 to Hillsboro, and then through the Black Range on State Road 152, before spending the night in Silver City...
by Kimberly Crossland, Owner of Savvy Copywriters If you’re active on Facebook and follow the Vail School District, you might have seen a picture posted recently of a few men standing next to a wheelchair ramp. This wheelchair ramp was built after a family reached out to the Vail School District asking for help. A child, who attends a school in...
by Kimberly Crossland, Owner of Savvy Copywriters Tucson Cannabis Campus has purchased 16-acres of land in Rita Ranch where they plan to open a cannabis cultivation center. Although Phase 1 is not projected for completion until April 2019, the center has already received a healthy amount of attention from the community. “We want the community to...
by Bill Thornton As conservationists, we have worked to protect our unique and biologically rich Sonoran Desert from the relentless march of sprawl development. We’ve scored some notable successes, including the adoption of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, the designation of Ironwood Forest and Sonoran Desert National Monuments, and the...
This month, there are lots of things going on in our community and our pages are full and we have had to even hold some articles over to next month! Accordingly, I will forgo my usual comments to provide the additional space we need this month.
Last month, Sophia Caporale’s important article on school bullying, on page 11, we had an error that duplicated text, and we did not catch it. The error and mistake belong to The Vail Voice and not Sophia. Her article, as it was supposed to look, can be seen online at:
