Author Trent Thomas addresses the timely issue of well water quality in the Vail area. You can buy a water tester for under twenty dollars that will measure the total dissolved solids (TDS) in your tap water. If you have a reverse osmosis system, this is part of the process to determine if your system is functioning well. You can google water...
A Vail School District student was given an early present this holiday season from the Make A Wish Foundation. Zachary Hart, a sixth grader at Old Vail Middle School, will be flown to Universal Studios in Florida to see the World of Harry Potter on January 7, 2016. Soon after, he will move to California, where he will await a lung transplant. On...
Dear Claire, I had the weirdest dream; and I have had ones like it in the past. I dreamt that I was getting ready for work and that I was perfectly dressed and ready to go. The next thing I knew, I had arrived at work, but for some reason, I had no pants on. I was panicked because I had no pants with me to put on, and my co-workers were arriving...
Good things keep happening on the corridor: As we reported last time, the Houghton Road: Irvington to Valencia project received the National Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association. We are happy to report that the entire Houghton Corridor was awarded a Common Ground Award by the Metropolitan Pima Alliance. We thank...
It was a day like any other for Brittany Matsushino, a sophomore English teacher and advisor to the student council at Cienega High School. However, on November 16, she was met with the surprise of her life as she was honored in front of the entire school with the Milken Educator Award and a $25,000 check. The award presentation was kept under a...
A short time back, I was delighted and surprised to receive a call from Lucretia Free (editor of The Vail Voice) notifying me that I had been nominated for Pima County Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year. Delighted as I was at such news, I was surprised as well that I had less than a 48 hour span of time to submit the required paperwork to the...
The third Affordable Care Act Marketplace Open Enrollment Period begins on November 1, 2015, and ends on January 31, 2016. United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona and the Pima County Enrollment Coalition stand ready to provide free and impartial in-person assistance to consumers who need to enroll or renew their health insurance coverage. Local...
Last month, I wrote about the trip to Sedona from Vail. In this part 2, I will address the trip to the Grand Canyon and back to Vail, AZ. On the morning of the 19th, Wednesday, we went north on 89A to Flagstaff, to the south side of the Grand Canyon. Continuing north, we stopped at Cameron and shopped at the Indian Trading Post. At the post, there...
The staff at The Vail Voice wants to wish our readers a happy holiday! As this year comes to a close, we first of all want to thank our writers, all of whom volunteer their time and efforts. Truly, the paper would not be what it is without our wonderful and talented writers. We thank you! We have had many changes this past year, and The Vail Voice...
Meet the winner of the Pima County Small Business of the Year award – Sabrina Jarkowski. Jarkowski is the owner of Bling by Design, a clothing design company that has been in Vail since 2005. During her time, Jarkowski has grown her business by working directly with schools and organizations in the Vail area. When she first started...
