Somehow, the school year is already upon us. I’m glad our kids will be returning to some sense of normalcy, as will many parents in our community. At the Ward 4 office, we were thrilled to bring back our Back to School Bash for its 20th year last month. We provided 750 backpacks full of school supplies to students in our community, in addition to...
By J.J. Lamb Charron Vineyards is one of Vail’s very special places. The original owners Leo and Rhea Cox planted the vineyard in 1995. Charron is Rhea’s maiden name. The name is French and brings many visitors with the same last name from Quebec, Canada to enjoy a wine tasting. Twelve years ago Leo and Rhea sold their vineyard to Susan and Milton...
By John Simpson June 2021 was the hottest June and calendar month on record at the Tucson Airport. That’s right, June 2021 was the hottest month since records began. The average high temperature was 104.6 degrees and the 30-year average is 101.2 degrees. The average low temperature for June was 75.0 degrees and was 3.9 degrees above average. The...
By Fiona de Young, Community Relations Manager Speed is the number one driver-related crash factor in fatal highway collisions, according to the Bureau of Transportation. Here at the Rincon Valley Fire District, we are asking residents to slow down, pay attention, and use caution. “We have seen a significant increase in motor vehicle collisions...
Geoff Parks, former Principal of Catalina High School and long-time Vail resident, will be the new Principal at Andrada Polytechnic High School. Principal Parks comes to Andrada from Catalina High School where he previously served as Principal. He has an extensive background in education and coaching, with strong administrative experiences as an...
By Christine Anderson Ferraris This month’s article offers a few tips on precautions for internet financial transactions. Tip 1: Take extra precautions for logging into bank and other financial accounts. Create “strong” user IDs and passwords by choosing combinations of upper-and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols that are hard for a hacker...
By Patrick Whitehurst They say watching too much news can make you twitchy. What they don’t say is what happens when you watch too much biased news. And today that form of “entertainment” is bountiful. When one consumes biased news, one begins to think exactly how the corporations want you to think. This means news from left...
By Hughes Federal Credit Union Buying a home, saving for college and looking forward to retirement are all major milestones you plan for and one thing that can derail those plans is debt. While it’s easy to fall into a debt pit, there are habits you can start building that can help you avoid digging any deeper. Check out these three easy...
By J.J. Lamb Jimmy and Oscar Leon anxiously waited for their mother, Carmen, to have everything ready for their long walk from their home along the Pantano to the Vail Depot. Once a month they went to town (Tucson) to shop and visit family and friends. They stayed overnight in town with family. For Oscar and Jimmy this was the best part—they would...
By Shirley Mays Summer is finally and solidly upon us! As an adolescent, growing up during the summer in an area known as “The Valley” in rural Ohio brought great pleasure to my friends and me. The Valley streets were paved with asphalt and we had no sidewalks; we rode our bikes and played barefoot in the streets. All of the streets were dead end...
