By Matthew Kuntz I am organizing a massive toy drive for the children of Tucson and surrounding areas. We need your help in fulfilling our mission of putting a toy into the hands of every child who may not naturally receive one this year. With your help we can make this the merriest of Christmas’ for many children. We need local businesses and...
Fourteen-year old Vail resident and Cienega High School student Blake Carson will represent Tucson in the Challenge of the Americas international kart (go-cart) race to be held at Musselman Honda Circuit on January 28-30th. Racers from Mexico, Canada, and various European countries will also be competing through national qualifier series like this...
By David H. Levy Agreed, this seems like an awfully daffy title for an astronomy article. But there is method to the madness, and there is a story. During the late summer of 2019 there was a star party in southeast Arizona that featured a dark sky and five perfect back-to-back nights As I spent hour after hour hunting for comets, I came across the...
Vail’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs provide students with opportunities to gain job skills, certifications, and even employment out of high school. And, the programs certainly set students up with a launching pad to pursue advanced certifications, degrees, and professions. Vail’s CTE programs are an integral part of helping...
By Pamela S Kelty For residents of the great state of Arizona, there is a wonderful dollar for dollar tax credit available to all individual taxpayers. Arizona provides two separate tax credits for individuals who make contributions to charitable organizations. As a Qualifying Charitable Organization (QCO), contributions made to Greater Vail...
By K. Nepsa A reader recently asked how frogs and other amphibians are able to survive in arid climates such as deserts. This year’s monsoon season produced many frogs that seemed to appear out of nowhere. Just a little rain brought them out from….well, where exactly do they go when it’s not storming and raining here in the desert? An amphibian is...
By Rob Samuelsen The noise woke me up in the middle of a dark summer night – the scratching and shuffling noise right underneath my cot. I was sleeping in an old style two-person wall tent with two cots and a wooden plank walkway in between the beds. My tired body tried to ignore it but the noise was moving around underneath me. Annoyed, I finally...
By Matthew Dufour The time of the year to put up the Christmas tree is coming up which also means family dinners, light shows, decorations, and presents. Christmas is one of the most celebrated holidays not just in the United States, but also throughout the globe being celebrated in over 160 countries. While most United States families are...
American Legion invites high school students to compete in speech contest Winners will earn scholarship money, chance to compete in national finals. By Ventura Tounsel High school students of the Vail School District have been invited by McCulloch-Wagner Post 109 of The American Legion to compete in the American Legion High School Oratorical...
Vail Voice Art Director and author Patrick Whitehurst signed copies of his fifth nonfiction book, “Murder & Mayhem in Tucson,” recently at the Barnes & Noble westside location. The book explores the darker side of Tucson’s history and was released this year.
