By Susan Summers Volunteering comes as naturally for Vail residents as it does for many Americans. After all, it’s part of our upbringing and has been ingrained in our culture since the...
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Hello Vail!
Hello Vail! Recently, Lucretia Free, publisher and owner of The Vail Voice, met and chatted it up about the newspaper/journalism...
Read MoreThe Vail Chorale Welcomes You for the Spring 2024 Season!
The Vail Chorale Welcomes You for the Spring 2024 Season! The Vail Chorale is excited to invite new and returning singers to join...
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Love Vail!
By now, everyone in Vail should have noticed the Love Vail signs spread throughout our community. The Love Vail campaign and...
Read MoreIncorporation Is Not a Done Deal!
The silencing of Vail residents has been happening for months behind the scenes and will continue to happen if Vail is...
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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...
A Colossal Fourth Star-Spangled Memories
by J. J. Lamb and David Hook This year, well over 8,000 people connected during the weeklong “A Colossal Fourth” celebration of community and country! The highlight was the spectacular...
Vail Chorale Begins Fall 2018
Attention choral singers throughout Greater Vail and beyond! The Vail Chorale is inviting new members to join the ensemble for the Fall 2018 season. The non-auditioned community chorus...
Family Gathers to Celebrate “Soon to be 100” Birthday...
Most people can’t say they knew their great grandma, but on the 4th of July 11 kids got to spend a few days with theirs! Grace Wilma King, a resident of Vail, will turn 100 years old on 09...
June, Moisture from “Bud”
by John Simpson June started out dry as usual. Moisture tried to work its way into the Vail area in early June but failed. By mid-June, moisture from the remnants of former Hurricane Bud...
Honoring Nurse Colleagues: Pima Chapter Starting...
The Arizona Nurse Honor Guard exists to comfort loved ones and honor fallen nurses for their stewardship and compassion to serve others. Members of the Honor Guard will attend services...
Citizens of Vail for Education (COVE) Activated
by Anne Gibson Citizens of Vail for Education (COVE) wasted no time on jumping into action on Tuesday, June 26th after the Vail School District Governing Board called for a $61.3 million...
Now is the Time of the Tarantula
by Jillian Cowles After a monsoon thunderstorm, the night becomes alive as millipedes, toads, and tarantulas appear as if by magic. With a leg span of 4 to 5 inches, it is no wonder that...
What is Abstract? What is Non Objective?
Before we get to Post-Modernism, which I look forward to, we can probe the ideas of abstraction, non-objective painting in particular. I am an enthusiastic fan of non-objective and abstract...