By Hollie Warnick That’s just what life is: a play full of light and shadow. It’s so easy to love ourselves and others when we are at our best, when we are achieving and blowing past expectations. It’s when we fall short, “fail”, and mess up that it’s hard to show self-love or compassion for others. Sometimes we even consider our “mess ups” to be...
By J.J. Lamb,Vail Preservation Society The Last Flat Piece of Land… Vail’s Siding.“In the Cienega a large number of China men are engaged excavating, as they there encounter considerable elevation throughwhich cuts have to be made, and the grade has to be raised a number of feet above the low, marshy ground…”— Arizona Weekly Star, April 15...
By Rabbi Yisroel Shemtov This year, on April 12, marks the120th birthday of Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory (1902-1994), the seventh leader in the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty. He is considered to have been the most phenomenal Jewish personality of modern times. To hundreds of thousands of followers and...
By Alisha Brewer It’s that time of year again when the warm sunshine beckons us outside. While we spend more time outdoors, it becomes more likely that we will run into some of the creatures that share our home. Spring is the perfect time for snakes. They love the weather as much as we do. For some, just the thought of a snake can send them into a...
What, you might ask, is a Nurse Honor Guard? Nurse Honor Guards pay tribute to nurses at the time of their death by performing the Nightingale Tribute at a funeral or memorial service. This service is similar to a military tribute and officially releases the nurse from their nursing duties. The first Nurse Honor Guard in Tucson started in the...
By Brad Singer A financial plan creates a roadmap for your money and helps you achieve your goals. Financial planning can be done on your own or with a professional. A financial plan is a comprehensive picture of your current finances, your financial goals and any strategies you’ve set to achieve those goals. Good financial planning should...
Vail School District Foundation was honored to host our first annual Donor Appreciation Dinner at Del Lago Golf Course last month. We are very fortunate to have generous businesses that support our mission statement: “To champion efforts to enrich learning, inspire learning, and enhance opportunities. While not all of our business leaders were...
Our “Town between the tracks” inspires a Train Yard Tale By Khevin Barnes One of my fondest childhood memories are of those few weeks around Christmas time when my brother and I were permitted to set up the big, Lionel electric train around the tree. I still have that train in my possession after nearly seven decades, along with my fascination for...
In Vail we have several creatures that are unique and not commonly found most other places in the U.S. One such insect that we commonly get questions about is the desert centipede, which many people who aren’t from here refer to as the small snake thing with lots of legs. Two Species in Arizona The common desert centipede and the giant desert...
Health TipsIf you forgot to make a New Year’s resolution, don’t worry… it’s not too late. In fact the later you make your resolution, the easier it can be to keep and can create a feeling of great accomplishment. Think of small, achievable goals like having a healthy salad per day or eating a handful of nuts, berries or fruit...
