By Tucson Medical Center Ever wondered where that headache came from? While men and women suffer from headaches for a number of reasons – dehydration, age, family history – levels of estrogen and progesterone, the hormones that regulate menstrual cycles and pregnancy, can play a role in headaches and migraines. Let’s get this straight:...
By Patrick Whitehurst The year 2022 is upon us. In my mind, however, it should still be early 2021, but time is ever elusive and waits for no one. In 2020, I set my eyes upon a total of thirty books. This last year, in 2021, I read only fifteen. No clue what happened. I read some amazing work, however, written by some amazing authors, and thought...
By Jill WellsFamily Resources & Community CoordinatorVail School District The holiday season is a special time of year. It is a time for parties, joy, singing, celebration, families, get togethers, and the exchanging of gifts. It is the perfect time for moving beyond ourselves and giving. For families who are struggling economically, it can...
At the time of this submission, Thanksgiving is just two days away. Accordingly, your District team and I wish you and yours a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving as we swing into what we hope will be a joyous holiday season for all. Speaking of your District 4 Office, I am pleased to announce that our team’s new representative to the Vail/Corona de...
Happy holidays! I hope you and your loved ones are enjoying your holiday season; in whatever ways you celebrate. I always use this time to connect, recharge, and reflect. Here are some reflections on the work that my Team and I focused on at the City and in Ward 4 in 2021. Reflections: · In order to be accessible and communicative, we continued...
Vail School District Foundation has been busy the last few months awarding grants to the amazing teachers in Vail! Check out the latest recipients: Ms. Boyd at Desert Willow Elementary received a new printer for the 5th grade pod Mrs. Kitzmiller at Esmond Station received a grant for the School-wide Reading Wishtree Mr. Lin at Mesquite Elementary...
The Vail Voice received a number of responses to a Letter to the Editor published in last month’s paper about Rabbi Shemtov’s use of “G-d.” Below is a reprint of what he wrote in his September article. Publisher From Rabbi Yisroel Shemtov’s column that ran in October: “You may notice in my article that G-d is...
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...
