By Tucson Medical Center From cooler temperatures to pumpkin pie, we welcome many things that come with the fall season, but the flu is not one of them. How should a family prepare for flu season? The most effective preventative measure is a flu vaccination. Everyone in the family should get a flu shot. If experiencing flu-like symptoms:cover your...
By Patrick Whitehurst Christmas scares have always been a popular part of the holiday season, as the endless remakes of A Christmas Carol can attest to, and I am happy to be a part of that tradition this year with the inclusion of two stories in the new holiday edition of the Bitter Chills anthology, available December 5th on Amazon.com and...
By Clint Swapp Do you want to be rich? Now you can invest like the rich using a new law passed by Congress called Reg CF. And Vail hosts the first Reg CF company in the area: SmallStart Ventures Incorporated (www.smallstartventures.com)! To invest, just go to the website and follow the video link. The traditional investing system was rigged to...
By Sarah Pruitt The United States isn’t the only nation with a holiday dedicated to gratitude—here are eight different variations of the Thanksgiving tradition from around the world. CanadaIt may surprise you to learn that Canada’s first Thanksgiving celebration actually predates America’s—by more than 40 years. In 1578, an expedition led by the...
Dear Editor, I would like to comment on the Rabbi’s Corner article that was published in your latest issue of the Vail Voice. I was shocked to see that every instance of God’s name had the letter “o” replaced with a hyphen. Has it really gotten to this point, that God’s name cannot be written? I Know that society is...
By JJ Lamb and Gerald Lamb We usually take our roads for granted. But sometimes we have to fight for them. On June 26, 1926, 11 Vail residents—including brothers Guy and Carl Monthan and Colossal Cave Park Operator Frank Schmidt—petitioned the Pima County Board of Supervisors to declare the “the concrete dip over the Pantano Wash on the old Vail...
Mobile Device and Computer Fiks In The Neighborhood Fleks Bitz Fiks-IT Shop (Fry’s Plaza Next To Post Net) Thank you for welcoming the Fiks-IT Shop to the community with your patronage. Reaching out your hand to support us brings joy and pleasure to be in such a community. We, too, want to reach out our hand to you, ensuing an ekscellent...
By David H. Levy A few weeks ago, I received a message from Cameron Gillis, an amateur astronomer who wrote that he liked galaxies. Just for fun, I decided to take the opposite approach, a philosophical reversal. If he likes galaxies, then I hate them. As we prepared for our meeting I began to explain the various reasons why I hate them. When, for...
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 Ev Campbell Between the two sets of railroad tracks on Colossal Cave Road in Vail is a gem of a store. Since the Vail Depot Thrift Store opened a few years ago, shoppers from as far away as Benson have discovered “finds” at very reasonable prices. Whether you’re looking for home goods, a sundress or blouse, jewelry, shoes, home décor, puzzles...
