It was 1991 when, then Captain of the Pima County Sheriff Posse, Andrew Hodge had the innovative idea of adding a Gymkhana to the Posse’s program. The Gymkhana continues today under the leadership of Posse Captain Jim Heier. A Gymkhana is a...
Want to Know What’s Happening in Vail, Arizona?
Never miss a thing! Bookmark The Vail Voice and check back often for hot spots, featured faces, news, and events in Vail, Arizona. Sign up for The Vail Voice Mini to get a mid-month e-mail newsletter with everything happening in Vail. Or, if you’re looking for real-time updates, follow us on Facebook!
Cardiovascular Exercises Cardiovascular endurance allows you to walk, run, jump or pursue other type activities like Jazzercise and Zumba that have become very popular. These are the large body muscles like the front of the thigh and buttocks...
Black-tailed Jackrabbit by John R. Leeper All the little furry creatures in the Cienega Creek Natural Reserve make quick exits whenever I get too close, leaving me with only a fleeting glimpse of their tail ends. So, it was a pleasant surprise...
Houghton Town Center Popeye’s and Jersey Mike’s will begin building soon. Details to follow. A medical office is being constructed next to Northwest Emergency. The building will be 9,860 square feet and opening is anticipated mid-to-late third...
By Pima County District 4 Supervisor Steve Christy I hope this finds you well and enjoying the New Year. Unfortunately, last month a local teenager died in a single car incident on Houghton Road, just north of Andrada Road. While other factors...
In this issue, we are honored to recognize Howard Simms, U.S. Army, retired. I was shopping at Costco when I saw an older man with a hat embroidered with the words, U. S. Army, Korea and Vietnam. The man looked in very good shape and almost too...
“Two” Armies and How Playing the Bass Drum Changed Howard Simms Life by J.J. Lamb Howard Simms stepped off the train at Ft Knox. It was 1946. He was only 15 years old. Through his resourcefulness, he had managed to join the Army by “recruiting”...
Ancient Wisdom “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” — Booker T. Washington
Howard “Buddy” Simms at home in Continental, Arizona about age 6. Courtesy Howard Simms Howard Simms playing the base drum for the 28th Army Band. Courtesy Howard Simms
Hiking Rincon Peak by Rob Samuelsen Iconic to Tucsonans but especially to Vailites, Rincon Peak rises majestically on the eastern horizon of the Tucson basin. Its distinctive knob on its 8,482 foot summit visually distinguishes it from its...