Chuck Colbath of Bavilon Salon required an electric cart to shop for groceries. He often had trouble locating one at the local Safeway in Vail. At first, the store only had four carts and two had been out of order since prior to the pandemic. Whenever Chuck asked the managers, he was told only one person fixes power chairs for all of the Safeways...
Health Tip: Music is comforting and can relieve mental anguish by giving you a healthy distraction from your sadness. It affects the brain by releasing dopamine a chemical that increases feelings of happiness. Try listening to music you really enjoy while cooking, cleaning, ironing, exercising, bathing or even doing a jigsaw puzzle. Feel the mood...
By Kimberly Crossland Forty-one years ago, Liz Bradshaw arrived in Vail immediately after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980. At the time, she was the only third grade teacher in the Vail School District. Now, 41 years later, Liz Bradshaw is retiring after having experienced a multitude of changes with...
By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs is looking for a firm to provide design-build services for the 70KSF Rita Road Readiness Center to be located at 7901 S. Rita Road in Tucson. A Request for Qualifications was recently issued for the design, permitting, site preparation and construction of the new...
Many people think of the process of losing weight as a struggle against themselves. They assume they can’t eat the foods they enjoy, and have to push themselves through hours of exercise. There are many aspects of self-care that can impact your weight. Not all bodies are the same, so the key is to find methods to care for yourself that leave you...
There was a letter to the editor that was published in the July issue of the paper about a private personnel matter regarding a principal in our district. The letter should not have been printed and I apologize for the error.Lucretia FreePublisher Dear Editor, I recently learned that the City of Tucson is preparing another attempt to annex the...
By Shirley Mays Being a woman of a certain age, I grow nostalgic as I remember (what I can!) of my early days in school. I was born in Springfield, Ohio. My parents settled there when they left college after their sophomore year to get married. I am the second of three daughters, and my life as a middle child definitely had its ups and downs. When...
Coming this fall, Vail Valley Family Healthcare will open in the Safeway Plaza at 13370 E. Mary Ann Cleveland Way. The new medical office, which is part of Benson HealthCare’s primary care network, will feature 10 exam rooms and a satellite lab staffed with family care providers. Vail Valley Family Healthcare clinic will make healthcare convenient...
By David H. Levy “How would you like to go to prison?” was one of the first things that Frank Lopez asked me. My stunned expression prompted Frank to clarify: “The Federal prison off Wilmot Road has an astronomy club.” That was enough: we enjoyed two wonderful evenings down there, and even showed Orion to the group using one of my favorite...
By Elizabeth Warburton-Smith August is the time of year when we usually have lots and lots of herbs in our garden. Basils, parsley, thyme, mint, marjoram, and many other herbs are going strong and they taste and smell so good. You can harvest your herbs anytime the plant has enough leaves to share with you and still keep enough to photosynthesize...
