By Liana Hicks Thank you to the Albertsons Safeway Foundation and our local Vail Safeway store. Greater Vail Community Resources has been selected again to receive donations toward the foundation’s annual “Nourishing Neighbors” campaign, aimed at ensuring children and seniors in Vail have access to healthy breakfasts. During the month of...
By K. Nepsa As we experience one of the best monsoon seasons in recorded history, many people have witnessed the raging waters running through the Pantano Wash. The Pantano Wash runs through our community of Vail and its seasonal waters act like an intermittent heartbeat for our local ecosystems. The section of the Pantano Wash we see in Vail is...
By Rob Samuelsen Historically, the Grand River originated from the continental divide in Colorado and flowed southwesterly across the Colorado Plateau to the confluence of the Green River. The conjoined river formed the Colorado River just south of Moab, Utah. For whatever reason, in 1921 Congress renamed the entirety of the Grand River to the...
July 2021 saw record rainfall throughout southern Arizona. In Vail, one of Pima County’s reporting stations near Cienega High School tallied 6.57 inches of rain in July. In contrast, this station has reported an average of 3.69 inches in July since 2000! The rain is a much-needed resource for our parched desert, but it also means that subterranean...
Remembering Sept. 11th By Ventura Tounsel A new generation has arrived. The children of 9/11 are now adults. Some lost parents on that day. Others lost siblings and friends. Some have served in the military or became first responders as a tribute to those who were lost. Much like those who came of age as bombs were dropped at Pearl Harbor, the...
By Elizabeth Warburton-Smith Moringa tree with over 100 seed podsMoringa is one of the most amazing trees in the world and in fact, its nickname is the “Miracle Tree” for all the benefits it provides. Moringas are prized for their high nutritional value and are edible from the root to the leaves and most people ingest the leaves either fresh or...
By Hollie Warnick Ever heard of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) created by Gary Craig? This healing modality can be used anytime in any place. It can be applied to physical, mental, and spiritual stresses of all kinds. If you’re having a headache, foot pain, anxiety about an upcoming test or project, this may be the technique that saves the day...
By David Vili, Founder & CEO I think we can all agree that we are entering an electrical vehicle (EV) Revolution. The next decade will be unprecedented times here in US and worldwide, both in magnitude and scale as well as opportunities and challenges. Let’s take a look at what’s happening here in the US. Today, due to electrical grid...
Pictured are: Cadet Kaitlynn Zimmerman, Cadet Trinity Galvan, Cadet Ezael Corral Levario, Cadet Ava Gardner, and Cadet Elizabeth Irwin on Saturday, August 21, where the NJROTC Academic Team competed at the Apache Junction High School NJROTC “Sound-Off” public speaking competition.
By Rabbi Shemtov The Jewish new year also known as High Holidays or Rosh Hashanah falls out this year on the evening of September 6 through September 8.*Rosh Hashanah, which is the name of the holiday, has two meanings. 1) The “Beginning of the Year” and 2) the “Head of the Year” – the literal translation of the word. What occurred on “Rosh...
