By Anne Gibson There is much you can tell about a community by their resident’s New Year’s Resolutions and the Greater Vail Area is no exception. Perhaps it is the choice to live where the sun shines frequently, the small town feel where people smile at each other, the outstanding caring school district, the ability to communicate with nature...
By Anne Gibson There is no question that the Covid19 pandemic has disrupted life as we once knew it. As a nation and a part of the global world, humanity struggled with how to survive and find a new “normal.” The struggle took form in large attempts as well as small. The Vail Religious Leaders (VRL) was formed twenty-two years ago by then Vail...
By Anne Gibson It was the first day of February when Erika Blake was driving home at night from a trip to Yuma, anxious to return to Vail to her husband Karsten Blake and their daughter Makaia. As fate would have it, Erika collided with a deer violently rolling her car several times and totaling her vehicle. She was airlifted to a Phoenix hospital...
By Anne Gibson One knows a library is soon to open when the building is completed, and a librarian has been selected to lead the staff. The new library building is near completion and the selection of Mary McKinney by Pima County Library Executive Director Amber Mathewson as the librarian of the W. Anne Gibson-Esmond Station Library brought...
By Anne Gibson The weather has cooled after setting record highs and thoughts turn to the holiday season beginning with Thanksgiving and the St. Rita’s Catholic Church Holiday Food Baskets. “Last year we distributed 750 food baskets for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter with 600 for Thanksgiving and Christmas alone,” said Regina Tiedemann who...
