Hartweg’s Twinevine by John R. Leeper On a late September stroll in the desert near Vail, a vine caught my eye. It had long, slender tendrils radiating on the ground from what appeared to be the parent plant climbing and covering a prickly pear...
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National Sharing the Sky Foundation A very special year has begun. As readers around the world celebrate the incoming year, they also are firming up their plans for viewing some extraordinary events in the sky. The most important thing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...