by J.J. Lamb of the Vail Preservation Society Six-year-old Willie ran excitedly into his new home at Marsh Station. The beautiful wooden shingle roof had been painted green, it came to a...
Category - Faces of Vail
Today’s Daughters of the American Revolution
By Kelly Hansen Kelly Hansen is currently a member of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Tombstone Chapter, centered in...
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New book: ‘Stories from Behind the Wal’
Before the hit television series – “Superstore” or the feature-film – “Employee of the Month,” this author lived the...
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Parrots Are Amazing
By Rob Hallberg Parrots are amazing creatures and most of us know little about them except for their beauty and talking abilities...
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Between the Grape and the Glass – Milton and Susan Craig’s Wine...
By J.J. Lamb Charron Vineyards is one of Vail’s very special places. The original owners Leo and Rhea Cox planted the vineyard in...
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Remembering a Vail Pioneer
by Barbara Mayer On July 25th, 2018, our storyteller, our collector of Vail memories, our dad, the patriarch of our family, Fred Mayer, passed away. His family had a small house in Vail so...
University of Arizona Tech Park Champion to Retire
by Jessa Turner After thirty-two years of working for the University of Arizona, Associate Vice President Bruce A. Wright is retiring from Tech Parks Arizona. Wright joined the University...
Cienega High Graduate Attends Freshman Orientation at...
Mikayla Edris, a graduate of Cienega High School has enrolled at Northwestern Oklahoma State University and attended freshman orientation.
Local Student Starts Window Washing Business
In the previous issue, we ran the story of Kyle Walker, a senior at Cienega High School, in the Youth Spotlight section of the paper. Kyle started a window washing business and was...
Cienega High Graduate Serves as Navy Cryptologic...
by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jerry Jimenez, Navy Office of Community Outreach A 2010 Cienega High School graduate and Tucson native is stationed with a command responsible for...
Obituary – Mark Hutchinson
Mark Hutchinson, died peacefully in Tucson on June 18, 2018 following a 14 -month battle with glioblastoma. Mark is the son of Louise Hutchinson and the late William Hutchinson of Fairview...
Youth Spotlight: Kyle Walker
What grade are you in and what are your future plans? I am in the 12th grade at Cienega high school and will be graduating in 2019. My future plans, in regards to my career, are …...
Dorothy Johnson, High School Sweetheart to Ranch Wife
by Walt Johnson Virgil and Dorothy met while attending Tucson High School and married in September of 1937. They moved to the Double H Ranch, owned by Walter and Ethel Johnson, Virgil’s...
Local Teacher Recognized with Award
Liz Bradshaw, an elementary school teacher at Desert Willow and Cottonwood Elementary was selected for the Arizona Council on Economic Education’s (ACEE) 2018 Economic Education Teacher of...