To all in the Vail Valley, I wish you a very Happy New Year. As we embark on this journey together, I want to thank you for electing me to serve as your District 4 Supervisor. I am honored, humbled, and ready to get to work. 2017 has the potential to be a breakout year, as we acknowledge and say “thank you” to out-going District 4...
At Desert Dental, our comprehensive new patient examination is, well, comprehensive. Some of the questions we ask patients may be a first for them at a dental appointment. Here’s a great example of a question most patients haven’t heard from a dentist: Do you snore? There are several reasons why your “mouth doctor” should ask. The dentist has a...
Maxie Allen and Jim Matthews were busy having desert adventures and looking for odd jobs after school and on Saturdays to finance their purchases of gum, candy and soda pop at the adobe store between the railroad tracks in Vail. They heard that Father Gockel at the Shrine of Santa Rita needed some landscaping work done. They headed...
Dear Claire, I had a dream that I was an oak tree. But then my dream changed, and I just lived near an oak tree. I knew that the oak tree represented me, and I lived on the corner of the street where the oak tree was. The oak tree was on the corner of a street called “Strong Street.” Then I heard a voice say to me, “You are like the oak tree that...
Recently, it was pointed out to me that I was seemingly in a grumpy mood. Which was true and something that I noticed myself. Upon reflection, I realized what was bothering me. Like all of us, I have been subjecting myself to a barrage of negative news, of women being abducted, kids being shot, of endless political negativity and constant...
One Veteran’s Halted Reunion for 2017 by Kimberly Cross The New Year is starting out a little differently than expected for one military member. On August 20th, 2016, Army Specialist Mark Morales of the California and Arizona National Guard returned home from a one-year deployment to Iraq and Kuwait where he did flight operations. He was eager...
Last year, an anonymous donor, who is also a motorcycle rider, provided the Pima County Sheriff’s Department with 10,000 dollars, to distribute that money to people in need, as the deputies of the motorcycle unit came across them, at bus stops, shopping at stores, and in the course of their duties, handing out $100 dollars bills. This...
by Khevin Barnes One day, many years ago, I decided I wanted to visit China. And so my aim as a solo traveler in search of a new and memorable experience landed me aboard a gigantic 747 aircraft somewhere over the East China Sea and on my way to exotic Hong Kong. Through the oval of my airplane window, I could just make out the sliver of runway...
Group Bicycle Rides Offered in Vail by Steve Watts Arizona’s largest bicycle club will expand their Tucson based group bicycle rides into the Vail area in 2017. The Greater Arizona Bicycle Association now has three group ride leaders living in the Vail / Sonoita area that will offer these rides on a weekly basis. For details contact Steve Watts...
by Rob Samuelsen According to the Grand Canyon National Park Service website, they discourage hikers from going from one rim to the other in a single day. Obviously, they are speaking from years of experience, an experience we witnessed on Saturday night! We started at 6:15 am on the 8,200-foot north rim where the early morning temperature was 26...
