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hhhhhhhhhhhhh The Season of Wildfi res & Monsoons Fireworks coming this The wildfi re season is upon us. The 4th of July in Vail Sawmill fi re burned over 40,000 acres. The Mulberry fi re was much Final preparations have begun for the smaller at 1500 acres, but destroyed 2nd annual “A Colossal Fourth” event two homes. Some are caused in our community. Running from June because of 30th through July 4th over the holiday lightening or weekend, there are numerous events other natural packed in for all ages and interests in the greater Vail area. causes, but Future home of Rancho Rustico in Las Plazas Old Vail next to Taco Bell. all too often At their winery, Charron Vineyards will Scheduled opening November of this year! the fi res host a Blessing of the Vines event on are human Saturday, July 1st. Free live music "Construction Zone" continued on Page 10 caused and will be performed under the stars at could have Colossal Cave Mountain Park later "Best of the Class: 2017" been easily that night. prevented with continued from Page 1 Empire High School simple, common sense precautions. The Tucson Amateur Astronomers will Empire’s High School Valedictorian As residents of the crown jewel of host a free star gazing party from 8 Andrada Polytechnic is Mikaila Bantugan, who will be Pima County, we must protect our PM to 10 PM at Christ Lutheran Vail attending UCLA with majoring in resources and be alert when we see Church. Bring a chair to learn and High School neuroscience. Mikaila writes, “My suspicious activity. We can remember observe fi rst hand what is in the night family has inspired me to make my for ourselves, and share with visitors sky. Andrada Polytechnic High School dreams come true; though diligence, to never leave a fi re unattended Valedictorian is Lora Versluis. Lora perseverance, and dedication. I am and completely extinguish the Monday, July 3rd has two free events will be attending Northern Arizona so grateful for them and cannot fi re; understand the importance of scheduled for local residents. Starting University in the Pre-Nursing be where I am today without their following local ordinances when at 4 PM “A Colossal Fourth Block program. She notes, “My mom and support.” burning yard waste. When camping, Party and Prickly Pear Festival” will dad have always and will always use fueling lanterns, stove and kick off at the Hacienda Del Lago in inspire me.” Empire’s High School Salutatorian heaters with caution. Finally, don’t Vail; there will be food, games, and is Hunter Whitlow, who will attend discard cigarettes or matches from numerous local businesses on-site for The Salutatorian for Andrada is Arizona State University. He will major moving vehicles. residents to meet. At 9 PM, the block Madison Link, who will be attending in chemical engineering. Hunter was party will end and the free fi reworks Pima Community College. Her fi eld inspired by his chemistry teacher, It is equally important to prepare show will begin. The 20-minute of study will be nursing. Madison Mrs. Ward, who gave him a love of ahead of time by understanding the fi reworks show will be accompanied is inspired by her parents, as she chemistry. risk of fi re in your area and posting by music, so you’re encouraged to points out, “I wouldn't be where I am emergency numbers nearby. Don’t bring a chair or blanket to enjoy the without either of my parents, I owe all forget to sign up for Pima County’s event. of my success to them. They pushed Vail Academy and newly launched emergency alert me and guided me through school to High School system, myalerts.pima.gov, on your Finally, on Tuesday, July 4th you’ll be the best version of myself that I mobile device. Keep your property want to line the Colossal Cave Road could possibly be.” Vail Academy and High School properly groomed, so overgrowth between the cross streets of Lava Valedictorian is Cecilia Kimball, who is kept at a minimum and select Peak Road and Hacienda Del Lago will be attending the University of plants that are naturally resistant in order to get a front row seat to Cienega High School Arizona Honors College majoring in to fi re. If you have received orders the parade. Walking entries, trucks, Cienega High School’s Valedictorian molecular and cellular biology. Cecilia to evacuate, be ready to leave at a horses, fl oats, and motorcycles from is Zoey McFarland, who will be cites her parents as inspiring her. moment’s notice and listen for further local groups are participating in the going to Brigham Young University. direction from fi re authorities. parade. This event runs from 9 AM to Zoey will pursue a degree in Vail Academy and High School’s 11AM. physiology and developmental Salutatorian is Amanda Kohlmeyer Finally, as monsoon season roars biology. Zoey has been inspired by who will attend the University of unapologetically into south eastern her parents. Arizona, focusing on global studies Arizona, we know road washouts and Spanish. will follow. Remember to slow down The Salutatorian for Cienega High and not cross fl ooded roadways. School is Triton Trifonov. Triton will Congratulations Arizona’s “Stupid Motorist Law” attend Arizona State University and to all of our 2017 indicates that if you choose to enter will study to be an electrical engineer. a fl ooded area with posted warning His father gave him the most Graduates! signs, you can be required to pay hhhhhhhhhhhhh inspiration. hhhhhhhhhhhhh
2 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 I anticipate seeing activity on the Houghton on and off ramps very Highways and soon. Stay alert in this area. The vital Vail Internal Medicine improvements we have been waiting Byways for are finally coming together. Primary Care for Adults Dr. Azam, MD, MPH Building Better Roads for Craycroft & I-10 Our Community Work continues on this project. The contractor, Granit Construction, Proudly Serving Patients from Vail, Rita Ranch, Vail, Rita, and Corona is currently working on the steel Corona De Tucson, and Tucson Community structure and improvements to Same Day Appointments Available; New Patients Welcome Construction Updates the bridge for Eastbound traffic. The speed is reduced to 55 MPH Convenient Blood Draw Available on Site by Tom Howard throughout the project. Please stay alert and aware of trucks exiting the I Road Construction Update highway to enter the project. Once '' Your Doctor, Your Health'' the Eastbound bridge is complete, Houghton Rd/Over Union the traffic will be switched on to the Medical Weight Loss Expert Pacific Railroad new bridge and the contractor will Now Offering Customized Medical Weight begin work on the Westbound side. Loss Program. Do you know how many calo A lot of activity has shown up on ries you burn at rest, or how much fat, this project. Crews have begun No new AZ Department of the process of building the new Transportation projects have been muscle and water you have in your body? bridge approaches for the first half released for bid as of this writing. Ask for your First Body Composition Analysis of the new bridge. Steel and rebar today for a special rate of $29.00 only! foundations have shown up on the Colossal Cave Road site, and the crew should commence drilling for the new bridge piers in This project is looking good and is the next few weeks. The dirt haul entering its final stages. The large “V” route will continue until all the fill is has been installed by the Quick Mart in place for both sides of the bridge. and has been Traffic had been shifted to the West the talk of the on Houghton Road to allow for new community. utility improvements. The speed limit The students has been reduced to 35 MPH thru the at Cienega project and may be reduced further High School down to 10 MPH during flagging out did Using HCG to Help with Medical Weight Loss operations. Please stay aware and themselves follow all traffic control devices as this on this art Lose 12-20 lbs in One Month on HCG project advances. project. by Dr. AZAM, MD, MPH, Bariatric Physician Landscaping continues to Monthly Promo: Sign up for HCG and get a Lipo Injection for free. Arizona Department of be on the daily schedule. Traffic shifts Transportation Updates may be necessary to accommodate Eating less and moving more are the basics of weight loss that lasts. We this. Please stay alert and follow the understand that losing weight can be a challenging time and HCG can Houghton Rd/Traffic Signals speed limits as posted. This project is certainly help you lose weight faster and allow you to have more control over nearing the end. We will soon have an your appetite. HCG is a natural hormone that stimulates the hypothalamus and This project was awarded at the State awesome road to travel. causes your body to use your stored energy for fat. Transportation Board meeting on the 21st of April, 2017, to Kimbrell HCG targets stubborn fat which accumulates around the stomach, waist, "Highways and Byways" Electric. The contractor should have hips and thighs, allowing you to lose inches while you lose weight. The HCG continued on Page 26 the notice to proceed very soon. weight loss plan includes safe pharmaceutical grade tablets that can only be prescribed by a physician.
The Losing weight and keeping it off can lessen the many health risks that come with obesity, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and a Phone: (520) 490-0962 Fax: (520) 398-7742 Vail Voice shorter life. Publisher: Lucretia Free Losing weight can be a challenge and we are here to help you lose weight. [email protected] Our weight loss programs consist of Body Composition Analysis, HCG, Editor: Mike Lavelle Advertising: Audrey Moeller a detox program to remove unhealthy toxins from your body, weight loss [email protected] [email protected] shots to boost your metabolism, appetite suppressant to help control your (520) 222-6617 (202) 230-4688 hunger, weight loss counseling and a customized diet plan based on your Art & Layout: Rick Keen Photographer: Bel Colson personal resting metabolism. 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These homes also would the to the Hotline (520-879-1111) is a service not belong to Del Webb's HOA where anyone can leave a message (homeowners association), would Editor Editor if they are concerned about a not pay our $157 a month Del Webb classmate and would like to report dues, and, would not have to follow Mike Lavelle Our Readers Sound Off! information anonymously. If you our Del Webb CC&Rs (Covenants, need more information or resources, Conditions, and Restrictions). Submit your letter please contact our counselors or an Building Community administrator: Two of our Del Webb homeowners to the Editor at: talked to our community manager [email protected] • Kristen Dittiger, counselor for Ken Inskeep, and he confirmed Last month I acknowledged some of students with last names A-J, in an email that Pulte was indeed the many civic hhhhhhhh dittigerk@vailschooldistrict. planning to share Sandy Lake Drive, organizations org, 879-3006 Amanda Cook, a private Del Webb street, and a Del that are Dear Editor, counselor for students with Webb gate with a non-55+ family committed last names K-Z, cookam@ community to be built by Meritage to making We care deeply about our Raven vailschooldistrict.org, 870-3013 Homes. Pulte said nothing about this ours a better family. Because we care and because agreement for over 6 months until Del community. we want to keep our community • Leslie Anway, school Webb homeowners discovered the informed and safe, we want to make psychologist, anwayl@ truth for themselves and they were Civic you aware of a concerning topic: vailschooldistrict.org, 879-3028 forced to confirm it. engagement suicide. As you may know, earlier has been of this year we lost one our beloved • Matt Donaldson, principal, This plan would open up the Del interest to seniors to suicide. More recently, our donaldsonm@vailschooldistrict. Webb streets on the south side me since I researched it as part of neighboring school sadly lost two org, 879-3004 of our community to families with a larger dissertation (unfinished). students to suicide. Many students, children. There is a huge liability issue French author and political theorist, staff members, parents, and • Lainie Kitzmiller, assistant of having children walking, running, Alexis De Tocqueville, noted back in community members are grieving the principal, kitzmillerl@ riding their bicycles, skateboarding, the 1830’s that democracy worked loss of loved ones and are left with vailschooldistrict.org, 879-3046 etc., on our private 55+ only Del in America due to the propensity unanswered questions. Our hope is Webb streets. Our community liability of Americans to develop civic that by starting this dialogue we can Please let us know how we can help insurance status, and our individual associations. These associations, bring awareness to this issue, as it is support you or your child. If you or homeowner's insurance would and the volunteerism inspired by facing our students and families. someone you know needs support certainly change. A lawsuit possibly them, generate what has come right now, call the National Suicide resulting if a child got hurt on our to be known as a form of social Recently, we have noticed an Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273- streets or common areas would capital. Specifically, when groups increasing interest and discussion TALK (8255), the Suicide Crisis Line threaten the financial stability of our join together and respond to a social around the Netflix series "13 Reasons at 1-800-784-2433, or our local Del Webb HOA, which is responsible need, there is a distinct benefit Why." The show graphically depicts police. for maintaining our lodge, pools, provided to the community. Robert suicide and other mature topics, tennis and pickle ball courts, private Putnam, authored a significant book including sexual assault, through the Sincerely, streets and common areas. called, Making Democracy Work: lens of a girl navigating high school. Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. In The National Association of School Lainie Kitzmiller, Assistant Principal , There is also the health issue. My this work, Putnam concluded that Psychologists (NASP) and other Empire High School wife (as well as many others in our civic involvement alone can bring national suicide prevention programs community) has a compromised significant benefits, financial and have issued statements cautioning hhhhhhhh immune system, thus having a otherwise, to a community. In other parents and educators about allowing lowered resistance to illness, words, a universal wealth which teens to view this series without infection, and disease. This is a major benefits us all. Dear Editor, adult supervision or discussion. We reason we bought into Del Webb, Our area has a strong sense of encourage you to check with your On April 27, 2017, one of our to have living quarters in a private, community and participation in child to see if they are watching the homeowners in Del Webb at Rancho gated community that is separated civic involvement. Small, seemingly series. We also encourage you to Del Lago discovered that Pulte from the general population. We have unrelated actions and events indicate visit the NASP website that provides Homes had signed an agreement with already reared and raised our family this to me. For instance, there is talking points to guide conversations landowners Vail Valley Joint Venture and want to live out our remaining the example of how our community with your child, as well as suicide (VVJT) on October 21, 2016, to share years in a quiet, peaceful community. came together in response to several prevention resources and hotline a private Del Webb street and gate The children and grandchildren of tragic events, and the subsequent numbers: under construction in the last phase many of our senior homeowners do spiritual and financial support that of our private gated 55+ active adult occasionally visit, but otherwise, assisted those in need (page 7). Or http://www.nasponline.org/resources- community. except for the occasional party, our how graduating seniors had their and-publications/resources/ Del Webb community is quiet and trip disrupted, but because Culver’s, school-safety-and-crisis/preventing- Del Webb homeowners also peaceful. Pizza Hut and local donors came to youth-suicide/13-reasons-why- discovered that in January 2017, 260 Del Webb protesting the rescue, the trip was able to take netflix-series-considerations-for- VVJV sold blocks 27 and D to homeowners were at a meeting on place after all (page 5). Finally, there educators. Meritage Homes for 3.1 million Friday, May 5th with Bruce Friedman, is an act as simple as a mother with dollars, and Meritage intends to build the president of our Pulte controlled Empire is committed to supporting family homes on these blocks. This our students academically, mentally, would put family homes behind the "Letters to the Editor" "From the Editor" and emotionally. Our counselors Del Webb gate on Sandy Lake Drive continued on next page continued on Page 27 and school psychologist are 4 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 "Letters to the Editor" community when Pulte purchased continued from previous page it in 2009. We have about 470 Cienega High School Student Trip Disrupted homes, and 726 homeowners. When HOA. Bruce and Sam Mills, another construction is complete or near Pulte employee, tried unsuccessfully complete, the HOA will be handed to defend this plan. Many Del Webb over to the homeowners and we will homeowners, including myself, have have to deal with whatever Pulte organized, written letters, sent emails, hands us. There is no end to the sought legal advice and made phone list of problems and issues that go calls protesting this plan. Finally, on along with this Sandy Lake Drive May 11th, Bruce Friedman sent an agreement. email to the Del Webb homeowners stating that Pulte has begun meetings with Pima county on possible solutions, and stated that it We are happy to report that the Cienega High School graduates made it to will off er a “full California! They even arrived to a welcome banner made by the hotel and 25 array of options” pizzas donated by Pizza Hut! at a Del Webb community As many of our readers know, Cienega High School seniors were left waiting meeting, which in the middle of the night early Monday for buses to take them to Disneyland, the buses never showed up! The matter is not resolved and is currently being had been Sandy Lakes Drive at Via Rancho Del Lago Blvd. scheduled for addressed. Tuesday, May hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 23rd but has been cancelled because Again, the only apparent solutions Pulte said they're not ready to that I can see are for Meritage to present their options to us. A Pulte build 55+ homes on block 27 that offi cial also stated that work on the become a part of Del Webb, or to sell gate agreement with Meritage has block 27 to Pulte to build Del Webb been halted for the time being. homes (best solutions), or for Pulte to gate the Del Webb sections off Sandy It's obvious to us Del Webb Lake Drive. Goodwill sells homes, homeowners that the best possible and Pulte, Meritage, and VVJV have 50 new lots solution is for Meritage to build 42 not been generating any of it here, now available active adult 55+ homes on block 27 just the opposite. It's way overdue for FoR sale and make them part of Del Webb. all parties to start working with the Call for a private tour One Pulte offi cial suggested this to Del Webb homeowners for the best the president of Meritage, but he solution. Coyote Creek & backus Realty invite You to visit... brushed off the suggestion stating he didn't want to compete with Pulte. Sincerely, our spectacular 1000-acre open space Community The only other possible solution is to in the Rincon valley Foothills Just 35 Minutes from Downtown tucson add additional gates to the Del Webb Victor Boranian, Homeowner, Del ★ ★ ★ sections of Sandy Lake Drive to keep Webb at Rancho Del Lago Scenic Custom Lots (1.3 – 2.5 acres) from $65,000 – $150,000 our Del Webb community private. • Del Webb at Rancho Del Lago is hhhhhhhh • Beautiful Custom Homes (spec homes & resale) from $465,000 – $1 Million over 10 years old, starting off as a K • New Phase Custom Lots (from 1.5 – 3 acres) $90,000 – $170,000 Hovnanian Four Seasons gated 55+ AVAILABLE FOR SALE NOW – OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS ARE RARE! active adult community. It became "Letters to the Editor" continued on Page 26 Use one of our preferred builders or bring your own! a Del Webb gated 55+ active adult ★ ★ ★ Award-winning Vail A+++ School District 2 elementary, 1 middle and 2 high schools – all within 7 miles of Coyote Creek 25 mins. from Tucson International Airport • Endless trail system bordering state land • Recreation & equestrian centers offered by backus Realty and Development Company, Your Coyote Creek experts SaleS Office Open 9:30-5 Mon-fri 11-4 Sat-Sun or by appointment 14901 E. Old Spanish Trail, Vail, Arizona 85641 (520) 647-0030 or (520) 403-2574 [email protected] www.coyotecreektucson.com www.backusrealty.com Peter G. Backus, Broker | Managing Partner of Coyote Creek Development LLC | PB Trading Company, Inc. dba Backus Realty & Development Company thevailvoice.com June 2017 5 6th Annual Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament
The Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce had their 6th annual golf tournament on May 13, 2017 benefitting their scholarship fund. Over the past 5 years, they have given out $29,000 in scholarships to deserving seniors in the Vail School District. Thank you to everyone who supported the tournament this year. Please join the Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce next year on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Del Lago Golf Club for the 7th annual golf tournament.
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6 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 A Vigil in Vail Over 1,500 people came together Thursday night to grieve, pray, and show their solidarity during this diffi cult time. The ceremony was led by religious leaders from many diff erent faiths, from across the community. As the sun went down, they prayed for families, for healing, and for Vail's children.
As night fell, people took to the fi eld with their candles, lighting up the sky with their symbolic showing of hope, love, and togetherness. As they walked around the track, each person left a thumbprint on canvases - souvenirs of the community's support.
The Vail School District would like to thank the local faith community, the Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce, the Rincon Valley Fire Department, the U.S. Army, the Knights of Columbus, The Pima County Sheriff 's Department, the Vail Youth Symphony, the Cienega Orchestra, East Lawn Cemetery, and the countless volunteers that helped make the beautiful night possible.
Tragedies have torn apart our community. Love has helped put it back together.
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thevailvoice.com June 2017 7 produce - always striving for what’s presence in the Mark Tate Chamber next. It is a great discipline to pause, local community. and also celebrate what has been His service was Member of the Year accomplished. This is what the instrumental in by Jeff Logsdon, President of Annual Dinner and the Member of transitioning the the Greater Vail Area Chamber of the Year Award both represent. It organizational Commerce is a way to recognize the progress structure of that has been made and the our local food This past April 08th, the Greater accomplishments of one who has bank so it could Vail Area Chamber of Commerce gone above and beyond to exemplify continue to hosted its second Annual Dinner the mission and the tagline of our thrive as a new and recognized its second recipient organization -Infl uencing Vail’s Future! entity known of the Member of the Year Award! as Greater Vail Our culture is one that is driven to Upon his retirement, this year’s Community recipient of ReSources. As the Member an extension of of the Year that, he and his Award wife, Lynnette, began also worked Lynette Tate, Mark Tate, Mayor Johnathan Rothschild and volunteering together to Jeff Logsdon enjoy the evening's festivities. countless launch the thrift hours in the store located For many, retirement is an opportunity Vail School between the tracks. District, and to slow down. It has been inspiring to specifi cally His love for his family, the local witness the great love Mark Tate has at Andrada church, and our community compels for his community, and the love that High him to give additional time with a our community reciprocates for his School. He team of local leaders, helping to tireless service. Congratulations, to is an active strengthen other families through Vail the recipient of the 2017 Member of member Family University. With a heart that is the Year Award, Mark Tate! Mark and of the moved to take action, it is no wonder Lynnette are a great encouragement chamber he was recently appointed to serve to the Vail Community! Thank you for your selfl ess leadership! Chamber President Jeff Logsdon presents Mark Tate with the and a on the governing board in the Vail vibrant School District. Member of the Year Award hhhhhhhhhhhhh ANDY’S AMERICAN
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Free Initial Consultation 8 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 • Adoption. Although many Our Beautiful Wild horses are adopted, sadly Horses Are Losing thousands die in captivity. • Sales. Unfortunately, most Their Habitat! sales go to “killer buyers” who by Sage Boyd resell them for slaughter. The Wild Mustang is an American Here’s what we can do: icon. For Americans, it symbolizes freedom, courage, beauty • Spread the word. Bring it up in and power. Wild horses have been casual conversations. Put the running wild on our Southwestern issue on social media. If you’re plains for over two million years. a writer, artist, or fi lmmaker, However, these beautiful wild express how you feel about one creatures might not be with us much of the most beautiful things in longer. America: our Wild Mustangs! • Adopt a horse! You’ve lots of choices, and they’re aff ordable! • Volunteer at a horse shelter. In Green Valley Equine Voices Rescue and Sanctuary is a non-profi t organization that welcomes volunteers. • Give someone the gift of a horse. • Enroll a group at work, church or the neighborhood to adopt a Mustang. • Start a movement. There are more than 70,000 Mustangs who need homes! "Wild and Beautiful" by Sage Boyd Sage Boyd has been an artist and In 1971, the "Wild Free Roaming writer all Horses and Burros Act" was her life. She passed to protect wild horses and loves to paint burros. Several hundred million acres horses, dogs, of public land in the Southwest were and cats. set aside for the horses to run wild. She lives in Despite the intended restricted use of Rita Ranch, the public lands, Wild Mustangs and and sells her Burros are in peril. With a population paintings and increase of 12-20% a year, there prints online. isn’t enough land to sustain our wild You can view horses. her art and read her blogs at www.artbysage.com Moreover, the equine habitat is being overrun by cattle. Ranchers hhhhhhhhhhhhh have managed to get use of these lands for their cattle. The Bureau of Land Management created separate allotments for cattle and equine use, but it is unfair. The cattle outnumber the horses 50 to 1. Moreover, cattle grazing is ruining the riparian equine habitat. How can we save our horses? Some unsuccessful attempts: 520-437-3339 Visit my website at: • Birth control. Annual injections to mares has proved expensive www.artbysage.com and diffi cult to manage. Neutering mares changes their “My Art Is My behavior, causing dysfunctional herds. Message” thevailvoice.com June 2017 9 dating back to the middle 17th Hubble Space telescope, a giant century when Portuguese sailors 90-inch refl ector built to use in space, Skyward... made landfall on what would one day enjoys the best pictorial defi nition be modern Brazil. They navigated of any telescope in the world. These using sextants, but after their arrival, old refractors in Rio de Janiero, they followed the developments in however, still have life left in them. with David H. Levy Europe and began setting up simple As long as there are young eyes and refractor telescopes with small minds eager to peer through these lenses. In its earliest days, without telescopes, they could live forever. a plethora of telescopes, the naked A Country That eye was the primary instrument used Respects Its to appreciate, learn from, and most of all, enjoy the stars. In fact, while Astronomical History on my tour of this wonderful place, I gave two lectures to classes of young Brazil is a land that has an incredibly children. Each lecture consisted of a rich legacy in astronomy, and without single sentence: “Always enjoy the a doubt, the country respects that stars.” history. I learned that lesson a couple of hours after my fl ight landed in Brazil’s national observatory does Rio de Janeiro to lecture at the encourage its visitors to enjoy Tenth Conference on Astronomy the stars. I was most impressed The southern Cross photographed and Astronautics. Before heading with what appeared to be a very from my hotel at Campos. Photo by off to the meeting venue in Campos long rounded wood box hanging David Levy dos Goytacazes, a city some two innocently from the ceiling. But it David and Wendee Levy live in Vail. hundred kilometers north of Rio, wasn’t a box. It was a gorgeous Together they run both the Jarnac Marcelo Souza insisted that we visit old tube that, once upon a time, takes its history quite seriously. These Observatory and the National Sharing the Observatorio Nacional in Rio. We supported a 32-cm diameter lens, lovely telescopes were state of the art the Sky Foundation. You can meet arrived at what fi rst appeared to be which stands displayed in a case around the world, from about 1800 David at the monthly Star Night at the an aging planetarium, but when we nearby. The telescope was intended through 1930. By the late twentieth Corona Foothills Middle School. entered the front door we walked into to be used at this very observatory, century, the old refractors had been an earlier time. but the complex already had a more superseded by the great refl ectors, For more information you may write traditional metal tubed refractor that which still do the best scientifi c [email protected] Brazil has a rich astronomical history, the staff was happy with, and which observing. Currently, and now, the miraculously hhhhhhhhhhhhh is still in use today. This "Construction Zone" continued Page 10 metal-tubed telescope is still used for public viewing nights every clear Wednesday and Saturday evening. We can learn much from the National Observatory in Sugarloaf Mountain at Rio de Janeiro. Photo by David Levy Brazil, which
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10 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 Farewell which opened with a moving The Vail Youth fl ute solo by Madeleine John with guest conductor, Thomas Gerald, the Symphony Season symphony’s tubist. The percussion Finale section brought down the house with the next number — The Dark Night by Rena Wittwer Rises and were followed by solo vocalist and bass player, Asiamarie The Vail Youth Symphony wrapped Smith on Take Five. The performance up its third season at a Season Finale concluded with a standing ovation Performance on Saturday, May 6th, at after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge the Vail Theatre of the Arts. The String of the Sith. Orchestra opened the afternoon with classical, Celtic, and fi ddle music that Scholarships are awarded to students enlivened the nearly full theatre. The Chamber Orchestra followed with more great fi ddling, a masterfully played Sonatina featuring Sal Ramirez on piano, and a powerful rendition of 1812 Overture. When the symphony orchestra took the stage, the crowd was awed with the opener, The Tempest, followed by the technically challenging Csardas featuring soloists, Keenan Montoya and Kayla Wittwer on violin. Next up was Ashokan
teachers receive selected each year for excellence, Small Victories the pay that they growth, and dedication. Recipients by Stacy Winstryg deserve. And this year included: Austin Linn while pay is not (Strings), Tristin Torres and Brianna Sometimes it is easy to get caught up competitive Harris (Chamber), and Abby Goforth in all the negativity that is going on in compared to the and Rebecca Lane (Symphony). the world today. And while there are rest of the US, it is many things that still need to be fi xed a positive step in VYS’s year was one that created when it comes to educational funding the right direction. lifelong memories for its participants. in our state, Vail Parent Network We will continue They enjoyed intensive rehearsals, would like to mention a few of the to work with our games, and fun at their annual retreat small recent victories that should be legislature to push to the COD Ranch in October. And, celebrated. for more increases the symphony orchestra headed out to teacher pay. on tour to its fi rst festival in Hollywood The most recent legislative session earning a silver rating! Students ended last month and boy was it We are a blessed enjoyed two days at Universal Studios a roller coaster of a ride for VPN. community! We and took in a symphony performance Every day seemed like there was a From left to right: Stacy Winstryg, Heather Morzinski, have some of the at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los new fi re to put out, but out of all the Callie Tippett, Andre' Mixon, Linda Feltheim, and best teachers in the Angeles. back and forth came great news for Catherine Byars. *Not pictured MaRico Tippett state and we want our Vail community. As those who them to feel loved How grateful I am that my daughter is have school-aged children know, schools will start this fall. and appreciated. inspired by the wonderful infl uences we are a community that is seeing Thank your teachers for the work they and unprecedented growth. This is largely We are also pleased to see that due do. They truly can and do change the passion in her directors and fellow due to our excelling schools. And to our community rallying together lives of our children for the better! Vail musicians of VYS! A special thank with that growth comes the need and passing the additional 2.5% Teachers, thank you for all you do. you goes out to director and founder, for new schools. The state budget on the override renewal last fall and The title of teacher doesn’t even begin Jessica Breen, who bid her students a decided to allocate $63 million for the state putting a small amount in, to describe the many roles you serve; touching farewell and will be handing the building of new schools. This is teacher salaries will be increasing. please know that your work makes a over the symphony orchestra next something we haven’t seen since the These factors, along with several diff erence. The Vail Parent Network season to a new director, Mr. Kenneth recession. This is great news for Vail. other additions will result in 5.4% and our community appreciates you! We are now qualifi ed for a new high pay raises for our returning certifi ed Marrs. school and new elementary school!!! teachers. The Vail Parent Network has been working hard to help our Planning committees for these new hhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhh thevailvoice.com June 2017 11 becomes confused, agitated, or is Hydration is the Key vomiting. to Summer Fun I appreciate the strong community by Dr. Maria T. Sifontes and beautiful nature in Vail. As a pediatrician of many years, it is Summer is fast approaching and with wonderful to see so many children it, the lazy days that promise rest, engaging physical activity in the peace and...lots of noise at home Vail neighborhoods. Let’s help them from the happy children on summer continue to enjoy the outdoors safely break. through the summer. Make sure your family is ready to go outdoors! That means hats, Dr. Sifontes graduated from the sunscreen, sunglasses, and lots of University of Puerto Rico School of water to keep everyone hydrated. Medicine in When going to a sporting event, 1979. She consider having a cooler in the car full completed of water bottles, some frozen, others a pediatric just cold. internship at the If you can, schedule activities in the University of morning and the evening hours - and Texas Health don’t forget to reapply the sunscreen Science every two hours. Center, and finished a It is easier to prevent dehydration pediatric residency at the University than to treat it. Experts recommend at Pediatric Hospital in San Juan, Puerto least one water bottle 1-2 hours Rico. Dr. Sifontes and her family before going outdoors. Then, offer visited Tucson and fell in love with 3-5 ounces of water every 20 minutes the Old Pueblo. They soon made the while outside – more for teens. move, and she has been working as a Not all liquids are created equal. pediatrician in Tucson since then. Sugary drinks are not better than hhhhhhhhhhhhh water and can increase the risk of dehydration. Watery fruits, such as watermelon and oranges, are good alternatives. 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12 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 in Phoenix, to pilot the Adaptive out in January 2018, there is more start the AMORE program and to help RTA Set to Launch Mobility with Reliability and Efficiency planning to do. "At this point, we are it become sustainable. McGinnis (AMORE) project in the Rita Ranch reaching out to stakeholders in the said, "In the end, it needs to be AMORE Pilot Program area. community with a survey to help us affordable for families, and stand on in Rita Ranch learn what the demand is going to its own.” The idea is to improve access to look like," McGinnis said. The survey work, school and play for people will be available on community and James who want or need to reduce their car school social media pages and on the McGuinnis If your family is like many others, dependency. It will be a subscription- is the RTA everyone has a schedule. Mom Vail Voice Facebook page. McGinnis based program that allows users continued, "We are encouraging Transit leaves early for work. The kids have to arrange trips that might include Services practice after school and Grandpa people to participate, so we can on-demand shared rides, scheduled build the program to meet everyone's Manager needs a ride at noon. Lining up van service and public transit. RTA at Pima transportation or resources to meet needs as much as possible and to transit Manager James McGinnis determine a cost structure." Association of varying needs and resources, though, says subscribers will have access to Governments. may not always match up. all modes of transportation within the The federal grant will be used to jump hhhhhhhhhhhhh The Regional Transportation program. "The idea is to give families Authority, which manages a $2.1 the flexibility in their commuting billion, 20-year transportation options." multimodal plan approved by Pima Under a test scenario, maybe Mom County voters in May 2006, recently works in downtown Tucson. She received a $669,000 federal grant to could leave her vehicle at home for test a program that integrates new Grandpa, get a shared ride to a bus mobility tools, such as smart phone stop, ride the express bus to town apps, bike and car sharing, and bus and schedule another rideshare and van services, to make getting service to get the kids from practice around as easy as jumping into your after school. The pilot program app car. does the planning for her. The RTA has partnered with Metropia, The project will be tested in Rita a Tucson-based company that Ranch, Mesquite Ranch, Civano and uses mobile technology to solve possibly the University of Arizona urban congestion, and RubyRide, Tech Park and Pima Community a ridesharing service founded College East. Before the project rolls
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Saturday, the 13th of May, as I drove home on South Camino Loma Alta, I noticed two people picking up trash along the side of the road. I pulled over and found out this is something they do, as a family, on a regular basis. Guilianna Frank, daughter Aryanna, and son Bryan, dedicate their Saturday morning to picking up trash along the road, every two weeks. What a great example of community spirit! – Editor
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14 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 Summer Kid Friendly Events by Jillian Russell of Tucson Moms of Vail Are you looking for kid friendly events this summer? Wanting to get the kids out of the house, but beat the heat? Here are a few ideas to kick off the summer right: • Outdoor Movie Party at The Loft Cinema on June 1st and 3rd. • Tic Tac Toe Craft at The Home Depot on Broadway and Pantano on June E�UIPMENT RENTALS 3rd at 9am. • Toddler Storytime at Miller Golf Links Library Wednesdays at 11AM. (520)481-1785 • Camp Creativity at Michaels Stores Monday,Wednesday, and Friday, Visit us@ vailequipmentrental.com starting June 13th at 10 AM. Vailequipment.COm • Summer Safari Nights Fridays at Reid Park Zoo at 6 PM. • Museum Explorers Summer Camps at the Arizona Sonora Desert Nina Mowen Museum. Scentsy Director • Reid Park Zoo Summer Camps. • Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse. • Children's Museum of Tucson. • The Purple Heart Pool. Order by phone: If you are still looking Call/Text 520-490-4174 for more Or Online at to do this https://yummystuffbynina.scentsy.us summer, check out Tucson Moms. Tucson Moms offers city wide playgroups, including one in Vail. Tucson Moms is a nonprofit group dedicated to creating a positive support network for moms with young children. Tucson Moms offers a variety of activities: weekly playgroups, fun family events, mom's night out, and much more. There's even a new summer membership option. Check out Tucsonmoms.com for more details!
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thevailvoice.com June 2017 15 what seems to be a very 2017 Fire Season remote location, but in reality, if you continue east past Starts Early in the winery, there are many Southern Arizona roads with over 50 widely spaced households. Several by Milton Craig of our neighbors were not Charron Vineyards as fortunate as us. Reports are that four structures were Sunday, April 23rd was another destroyed with two families beautiful day in Southern Arizona. losing their entire homes A bit breezy and temperatures were and all their possessions. giving us notice that spring was Thankfully, no injuries were ending and summer was well on reported. Two Homeowners Who the way. The idyllic scenery to the however, the overall impact to life and southwest was soon marred by a property was reported as minimal. Firefi ghting equipment including air Lost Homes Need Your plume of smoke. The Sawmill fi re had The wind blowing almost directly tankers were on the scene of the Support started. This spring had been dry, but to the east drove the fi re through Mulberry fi re almost immediately, it seemed too early for fi re season. an unpopulated area between our but the high winds and number of Two of your Vail neighbors lost their Little did we know that over the next location in Vail and the locations to structures in the area proved too homes and all their possessions. They several weeks we would experience the south; too close for comfort. much for the heroic eff orts of the have GoFundMe pages on the web if not one, but two wildfi res - the fi rst fi refi ghters. In the end, 1800 acres you would like to donate. Any amount 5 miles south and then the second, The fi re ultimately destroyed 47,000 were burned and several structures is appreciated. barely a mile east of our location at acres of grassland, but no lives were destroyed. Charron Vineyards. lost or structures destroyed. We https://www.gofundme.com/help- would not be so fortunate Both of these fi res were human betty-rebuild just a few weeks later on caused. The Sawmill fi re by Saturday, May 6. We were target shooting and the Mulberry https://www.gofundme.com/jill- serving customers in our fi re’s specifi c cause is still being mccain-mulberry-fi re investigated. During monsoon tasting room (on what is To receive alerts to cell phones, texts, season, we have little control over now being called Charron landlines, etc. if an emergency is lightning causing fi res, but human- Vineyards Rd.) when I happening in your area go to: received a text alert from caused fi res can be prevented. We the Pima County Offi ce of should all respect the fact that we live http://emergencyalerts.pima.gov/ - on Emergency Management. in a desert and take extreme caution the upper right side of the page is an We left the tasting room with any activity that could possibly item myalerts.pima.gov . Click on this and looked off to the east start a fi re. to sign up. to see billowing smoke hhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhh and fl ames less than a mile down the road – the beginning of the Mulberry fi re. The biggest impact of the Sawmill We hustled our fi re was to the residents of the Hilton customers and Ranch Road community, who were employees ¾ of a asked to evacuate. In addition, SR mile westward down 83 was closed for nearly a week at Charron Vineyards the intersection of Sahuarita Road. Road to SR 83 and This made access to our winery safety watched and and locations further down SR 83 waited. Fortunately extremely diffi cult. Fortunately, for us, the wind was blowing east/ northeast away from our vineyard, but this was not good news for some of our neighbors. Visitors to the winery enjoy
16 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 Cave Road and Mary Ann Cleveland Without the Safeway, Safeway Coming to Way, the property commanded a sale the entire Mercado de price of $2.6 million ($8.53 PSF). Lago project has been on Vail hold. In addition to the by Karen Schutte Construction of the 55,000-square- Safeway, the center is Real Estate Daily foot Safeway and a fueling station is back on track to having slated to begin June 19th for an early 16 to 20 other tenants, After years being on hold, Safeway 2018 grand opening, according to including a possible has closed on a 7-acre site at Jan Martin of Safeway’s Real Estate McDonald’s, a bank Mercado del Lago. Safeway has Department. branch, as well as offi ce been eyeing this site for many years, Mercado del Lago is a promising buildings, shops, and waiting for the grocery store market shopping center located at the other restaurants on this to stabilize, and is now ready to begin doorstep to growing Rancho Del for residents in Vail who have been 22-acre total parcel. construction. Located in southeast Lago master planned community, waiting for a grocery, it is fi nally going Tucson, at the intersection of Colossal to happen. hhhhhhhhhhhhh
Jay’s Landscaping 445-2507 Removal of: Also: Weeds Planting Packrat Nests Tree Trimming Currently, the closest shopping Cactus options for those living in Rancho del Lago are in Rita Ranch, and the new - Yard Maintenance - An aerial veiw of the proposed site. Safeway will be a much-welcomed relief. Vail Resident Not a licensed Contractor
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Thursday, June 1 6:30 PM - Lifetree Cafe - “The Church CROSS, or visit recrossblood.org and Thursday, June 15 and Gays" - Is there space in the enter Sponsor Code: VAL 3:30 PM - Lecture by Peg Brand, church for an open dialogue about 3:30 PM - Lecture by Mark Bahti, emerita associate professor of homosexuality? One pastor believes Monday, June 12 owner-operator of Bahti Indian Arts philosophy and women's studies, so. @ Hacienda Cafe at del Lago Golf Gallery in Tucson, “The Evolution Indiana University, “Misleading Course, 14155 E. Via Rancho del 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM daily through of Indian Art,” @ Arizona Senior Aesthetic Norms of Beauty: Lago, Vail - View trailer at: https:// Friday, June 16 - "Fur and Feathers" Academy, 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Perceptual Sexism in Elite Women’s vimeo.com/121502646 - FREE for students ages 5-10 to learn all Tucson - www.arizonasenioracademy. Sports,” @ Arizona Senior Academy, about our furry and feathered friends org - FREE 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson Wednesday, June 7 through hands-on activities, museum - www.arizonasenioracademy.org - explorations, games and crafts. @ Sunday, June 18 FREE 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - June 7, 14, 21, International Wildlife Museum, 4800 28 - Family Summer Nights, "It Starts West Gates Pass Rd. Tucson - www. FATHER'S DAY Saturday, June 3 at Home" - Learn to confidently thewildlifemuseum.org/calendar/ - teach your children about God with $125 per child Monday, June 19 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM - American Red the Matt Chandler series, “It Starts 9:30 AM - Toddler Story Time Cross Blood Drive Bloodmobile @ del at Home” - Dinner is served at 6pm. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM daily through - Stories, songs, crafts, music Lago Golf Club, 14155 E. Via Rancho @ Vail Christian Church, 9455 E Friday, June 16 - "Elementary Day and fun! @ Vail Christian Church, del Lago, Vail - For more information Valencia Rd, Tucson - RSVP online by Camp: Hero Central!" - A half-day 9455 E Valencia Rd, Tucson - For or to schedule an appointment, June 4th, at www.vailchristian.com/ camp for children entering grades more information please contact please call 1-800-RED-CROSS, children or elizabeth@vailchristian. K-5 to learn more about the Bible [email protected] - FREE contact General Manager Margaret com - $40 per family while having fun with friends! @ Vail Stevens at 520-647-1100 or visit Christian Church, 9455 E Valencia recrossblood.org and enter Sponsor Thursday, June 8 Tuesday, June 13 Rd, Tucson - RSVP online by June Code: dellagogolf 11:30 AM - Concert by Diana 11th, at www.vailchristian.com/ 3:30 PM - Lecture-demonstration Schaible, flute, and Meily Mendez, children or elizabeth@vailchristian. by Mark Holdaway, owner-operator Tuesday, June 6 piano, @ Arizona Senior Academy, com - $40 per family - $20 per child of Kalimba Magic, a web-based 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM daily through independent kalimba, sheet music, - www.arizonasenioracademy.org - Tuesday, June 20 Thursday, June 8 - "Into The Wild" for and instructional materials business, FREE students ages 10-15 to participate “The Kalimba,” @ Arizona Senior 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM daily through in activities such as archery, air Academy, 13715 E. Langtry Lane, 6:30 PM - Lifetree Cafe - Wednesday, June 21 - "Reptiles & rifle safety and marksmanship, and Tucson - www.arizonasenioracademy. “Surrounded by Stuff" - Glimpse Amphibians" for students ages 10-15 wildlife conservation games. @ org - FREE the hidden world of a hoarder. @ to learn about cold-blooded creatures International Wildlife Museum, 4800 Hacienda Cafe at del Lago Golf through hands-on activities and live West Gates Pass Rd. Tucson - www. Saturday, June 10 Course, 14155 E. Via Rancho del specimens. @ International Wildlife thewildlifemuseum.org/calendar/ - Lago, Vail - View trailer at: https:// Museum, 4800 West Gates Pass Rd. $75 per child 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM - American vimeo.com/41177040 - FREE Tucson - www.thewildlifemuseum. Red Cross Blood Drive Bloodmobile org/calendar/ - $50 per child 11:30 AM - Concert by Baba @ Vail American Legion Post 109, Marimba playing lively world music 15921 S. Houghton Road, Vail - For Wednesday, June 14 11:30 AM - Concert by the Skyline @ Arizona Senior Academy, 13715 more information or to schedule an FLAG DAY Flutes, @ Arizona Senior Academy, E. Langtry Lane, Tucson - www. appointment, please call 1-800-RED- 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson arizonasenioracademy.org - FREE
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18 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 Vail Community Places to Go, Things to Do, Calendar People to See June 1, 2017 - July 13, 2017 To have your event included on our print calendar, send details to: [email protected] Deadline for events to be included is the 22th of the prior month.
- www.arizonasenioracademy.org - 11:30 AM - Concert by the Strauss Fourth" ad on back page for details. Thursday, July 6 FREE Divas, three talented sopranos singing arias and duets of Richard 12:30 PM - Blessing of the Vines: 3:30 PM - Lecture by Richard 6:30 PM - Lifetree Cafe - “Imperfect Strauss and his era, @ Arizona Senior Charron Vineyards - See "A Colossal Kimball, president of Vote Smart, Parents" - Reflect on how the Academy, 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Fourth" ad on back page for details. speaking about the organization he lessons your parents taught you have Tucson - www.arizonasenioracademy. co-founded to provide free, factual, influenced your life. @ Hacienda Cafe 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM - American org - FREE Legion Patriotic Celebration - See "A unbiased information via the internet at del Lago Golf Course, 14155 E. Via on candidates and elected officials, Rancho del Lago, Vail - View trailer at: 6:30 PM - Lifetree Cafe - “What’s Colossal Fourth" ad on back page for details. @ Arizona Senior Academy, 13715 https://vimeo.com/62905543 - FREE Your Pet Trying to Tell You?" - If your E. Langtry Lane, Tucson - www. pet could talk, what would it say?. 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Music on the arizonasenioracademy.org - FREE Thursday, June 22 @ Hacienda Cafe at del Lago Golf Terrace: Colossal Cave Mountain Park Course, 14155 E. Via Rancho del 3:30 PM - Lecture by Brack Brown, - See "A Colossal Fourth" ad on back Tuesday, July 11 Lago, Vail - View trailer at: https:// page for details. Academy Village resident, a docent vimeo.com/66861561 - FREE 11:30 AM - Concert, Performers to at the University of Arizona Museum 9:00 PM - Fireworks: Tucson be announced, @ Arizona Senior of Art and professor-emeritus at Thursday, June 29 Speedway - See "A Colossal Fourth" Academy, 13715 E. Langtry Lane, George Mason University, “The Art of ad on back page for details. Tucson - www.arizonasenioracademy. Land and Scapes,” @ Arizona Senior 3:30 PM - Lecture by Jim Turner, org - FREE Academy, 13715 E. Langtry Lane, associated editor, Rio Nuevo Press, Sunday, July 2 Tucson - www.arizonasenioracademy. and former historian with the Arizona Thursday, July 13 org - FREE Historical Society, ”Arizona Goes 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM - Star-gazing & to the Movies,” @ Arizona Senior Family Flick Party (Chicken Little): 3:30 PM - Lecture on “Cacti” by Steve Monday, June 26 Academy, 13715 E. Langtry Lane, Christ Lutheran Vail - See "A Colossal Harris, Academy Village resident Tucson - www.arizonasenioracademy. Fourth" ad on back page for details. and member of the Cactus and 9:30 AM - Toddler Story Time - org - FREE Succulent Society of America, who Stories, songs, crafts, music and Monday, July 3 is a retired civilian employee of the fun! @ Vail Christian Church, 9455 Navy in advance planning and project E Valencia Rd, Tucson - For more Friday, June 30 4:00 PM to 9:30 PM - BLOCK PARTY management, @ Arizona Senior information please contact elizabeth@ 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM - Kids' Night Out: & FIREWORKS!: del Lago Golf Club Academy, 13715 E. Langtry Lane, vailchristian.com - FREE Christ Lutheran Vail - See "A Colossal (Fireworks! 9:00 PM - 9:20 PM) - See Tucson - www.arizonasenioracademy. Fourth" ad on back page for details. - "A Colossal Fourth" ad on back page org - FREE Tuesday, June 27 FREE (donations welcome) for details.
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM - "Fish & Wildlife Management" for students ages 10- Saturday, July 1 Tuesday, July 4 15 to learn how wildlife is managed INDEPENDENCE DAY in Arizona, make a bird feeder to 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - 5th Annual take home and participate in a fish History Tour: Vail Preservation Society 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM - A COLOSSAL dissection amongst other activities. @ - See "A Colossal Fourth" ad on back FOURTH PARADE with Splash International Wildlife Museum, 4800 page for details. Zone: Colossal Cave Road - See "A Colossal Fourth" ad on back page for West Gates Pass Rd. Tucson - www. 10:00 AM - Red, White & Blue details. thewildlifemuseum.org/calendar/ - Costume Contest: Rincon Valley $25 per child Farmers Market - See "A Colossal
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Having won a teams from Southern Arizona started but Carley dove to her right and state championship in 2015, fifth- on a journey some three months ago. snagged the shot inches off the with dy a e year coach Shannon Woolridge had Of those 42, 26 made the playoffs. ground, set herself and then threw to an idea of what to expect, as did Of those 26, four won a state softball second base for the double play. Had nine players from that championship championship. Benson won the 2A that ball found its way to the fence, Empire Girls Softball season, and that experience started championship, Empire took the 3A the Cougars may have scored two to pay off early. title, Canyon del Oro claimed the 4A runs with the tying run standing at Wins 3A State Title trophy and Cienega beat Sahuaro second base with no outs. A Raven error in the bottom of the 4-1 Monday night to win the 5A It was the first championship second allowed Natalie Hernadez championship. "It happened so fast," Carley appearance for No. 2 Yuma Catholic to score from third base after the explained. "I just went for it out of and the second for No. 12 Empire sophomore reached on a double 6A Tucson took third place and instinct. I was hyped. It got us out of and, in the end, a little bit of earlier in the inning. The Ravens St. David was impressive in a 1A that rally and they are a good team." experience proved the difference as responded with four runs in the top of quarterfinal appearance. The list of the Ravens pulled away for a 10-2 the third on a single by Hannah Brink semifinalists from Southern Arizona The Cougars put up one more fight win in the 3A state championshp held followed by a walk issued to Emily is also impressive with San Manuel in the top of the seventh thanks to a at Farrington Stadium on the ASU Shreves. Noelle Kerr sacrificed both (2A), Sabino (3A) and Salpointe (4A) one-out walk issued to Ari Gomez and campus. runners over and Emma Garbutt hit a representing but shot to right. the last night of the season Brink scored belonged to on Garbutt's Cienega and fly and then Sahuaro. Jayden Duncan bunted to score Farrington Shreves. Celine Stadium, home Pacheco hit her of the Sun first double of Devils, played the game and host to the top- the Ravens were seeded Bobcats in command of Cienega thee rest of the (28-7) and to the way, scoring four Cougars (27- more in the sixth 11), coming in and two more in seeded No. 3. the seventh. Senior standout Lexy Coons (18- Jaden Romero 5) took the circle (16-5) took the for Sahuaro and freshman sensation a perfect bunt from Lauren Wedman circle for the Mariah Lopez (17-3) took the ball for but Lopez induced two ground balls Ravens and she Cienega. to pick up the win. controlled from Yuma Catholic (18-8-1) came into beginning to end, giving up two runs Junior outfielder Kaitlyn Anderson Lopez limited Sahuaro to six hits and the 3A Championship game riding a in the championship while striking out put the Bobcats on the board in the one earned run in the game while five game win streak under second- six. "It was a team effort," Romero bottom of the first, literally. Anderson Coons collected five strikeouts in year head coach Madison Miller said. "I pitched most of the innings hit a two-out shot off the netting the loss. The Grand Canyon commit (37-10-1). The streak was a small but in the playoffs, but I was just a small protecting the scoreboard just beyond finished her impressive career with important part of the most successful part of it really." This was the second the outfield fence to give her team a 595 strike outs with 55 wins and back-to-back seasons in Shamrock ring for Romero but this was was a 1-0 lead and senior Jenessa Jarvis hit only nine losses. Much will be made history. The Shamrocks made it to the lot sweeter. "I played bench the first one over in the second inning. about one of her few losses, but more Division IV quarterfinal round last year time," Romero added. "I really wanted should be made about the many wins. The Bobcats are known more for and followed that up with a dream this one." their speed, but the long ball, plus a "I love all the girls on this team and season this year. The Ravens were led by Garbutt, spectacular double play by Miranda I will never forget them," Coons Even with the loss, there is a new who went 3-for-3. Brink went 2-3 Carley, was the difference in this said. "And I will miss coach (Don) attitude, a new philosophy of winning and Pacheco had two doubles while game. Bacon the most. No matter what I for the Shamrocks. Kailey Batterham hit a two-RBI double was going through in games or in in the top of the seventh. Cienega took a 4-0 lead in the third life, he was always there for me. He "We had the dedication and the heart after Abby Doughty doubled to lead was the biggest influence. He made from the players and the coaching Alyssa Matus (12-3) took the circle for off the bottom of the third, Shae me respectable and he made me staff," Miller said. "We are losing a few Yuma Catholic Jessica Padilla and Bushey knocked her in and then confident. He always told me to have players, but we have a taste of what's Natalie Hernadez recorded doubles Carley followed that up with an RBI faith." possible. We set the bar for next year, in the game. Hernandez also saw double but the game-saving play by but we know we can do it now." pitching action. Carley came in the top of the fourth. "The Sports Page" Empire (26-9-1) was not supposed to hhhhhhhhhhhhh Sahuaro freshman Bella Goerke continued on Page 26
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26 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 "The Sports Page" Cienega ended the season with a Cienega took the first set 25-16 continued from Page 20 37-4 record, only giving up 13 sets and then went on to build an 18-15 Rincon Rotary Sets all year. Bobcat coach Heather Mott lead in the second set, only to have Records with Rotary Bacon is a legendary sports figure (117-33) joined an exclusive club by Horizon Honors go on a 10-2 run from the Tucson area with a state becoming only the sixth coach from to even up the scoring 1-1. Horizon Local Grants and championship playing basketball Tucson to win a boys' title since Honors won the third set 25-20 and for Tucson High, a national the AIA started conducting boys' the Bobcats were suddenly on the Taste of Chocolate championship playing baseball for volleyball championships in 1995. brink of losing the match. "We started Phoenix College and almost 30 years to wonder if we really A record-setting 42 projects have of coaching at Sahuaro. belonged here, but I been funded through Rotary Local felt moment was going this school year. Supporting the On the other side, Cienega head to shift," Mott said." needs of teachers and using Tucson coach Eric Tatham won a baseball Her son, McLain Mott, vendors - grants have been made in championship playing for the is the senior setter schools in all Pima County School Badgers and he joined an exclusive every successful team Districts plus many schools in the club when he led Cienega to a state needs. He can see the private sector. Co-chairs of Rotary title Monday night. It was his third floor and make correct Local are John Lee and James championship since 2010, only five decisions. McLain Mandolini. others have won three or more titles. began to shift to a more Lopez will be in the circle for three balanced attack that Funding comes from the Taste of more years, so there might be more put Horizon Honors on Chocolate. On April 23d, a record hardware in his future. the defensive and the number of sponsors helped raise over Bobcats won the fourth $27,000. Celebrity Judges included: Former Sahauro coach Billy Lopez set 25-21 and then Wes Callison – Tucson News Now leads everyone from Southern closed out the match Meteorologist; Chelo Grubb – Tucson Arizona with six championships, with a 15-11 win. Local Media Web Editor; Al Kath- but one has to believe current head KGUN9 Traffic; Cyndi LaFrese – 92.9 coach Jeff Fowler will pick up his first McLain finished with My Mornings; Dave Leighton – AZ title with the Cougars soon. Fowler well over 700 assists Daily Star Columnist; Mark Napier lost four seniors to graduation, Only five teams from Southern on the year, but he was also a leader – Pima Sheriff; Dr. Mark Stegeman, including Coons, but the majority of Arizona have brought home a title. in other categories such as digs and TUSD Board Member; Janice this team returns next year. By contrast, teams from the Phoenix kills, which meant he did more than Yu, Tucson News Now Reporter. area have won 23 championships. his position required to help his team And the long journey begins again. Celebrity Judge Winners are El It's a piece of reality that Mott knew succeed. Cisne, Cayley Cakes, Bell’s Baking & hhhhhhhhhhhhh going in but chose to ignore so her Catering and Zink’s Treats [7th year Senior Skyler Cavanaugh led the squad could concentrate on the task in a row]. Public Choice winners are team in kills, followed by Todd and at hand. "The teams from Phoenix Elliott’s on Congress, Nothing Bundt Muszynski. Cavanaugh also led the are all full of volleyball players," Cakes, Culinary Design Catering Cienega Wins team in blocks. Senior Jacob Duron Mott explained. "They focus on [6th year in a row] Zink’s Treats, and led the team in digs with sophomore State Volleyball volleyball year round, but I believe Alfonso’s Gourmet Olive Oil and Ethan Iago not far behind. McLain's in developing multi-sport athletes. Balsamics. Championship The core of our volleyball team also freshman brother Carson Mott also had setting duties. by Andy Morales played basketball for Cienega." Rotary International is a global service organization, operating in Andy Morales was recognized by Javi Somers, Alex Muszynski, Kalani over 130 countries with 1.2 million No. 1 Cienega beat No. 2 Horizon the AIA as the top high school Headen, Colton Todd and McLain members and 35,000 local clubs. Honors 3-2 (25-16, 20-15, 20, 25- sports reporter in 2014 and has Mott all played basketball, helping to Rotary initiated the international 21, 15-11) on Friday, May 12, to been a youth, high school and lead the team to a sixth ranking and effort to eliminate polio around the capture the 5A state boys' volleyball college coach for over 30 years. His a quarterfinal finish. "We chose to world; since the mid-1980’s Rotary championship. It was the first title for unique perspective can be found ignore the Phoenix attitude and just has contributed $1.1 billion to the a team from Southern Arizona since at AllSportsTucson.com and on played our volleyball," Mott added. $11 billion undertaking. Countless Heather Moore-Martin led Catalina to the pages of the Vail Voice and the children have been saved from the back-to-back titles in 2010 and 2011. 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Then we went out and Phoenix Riders Sweep machine raced the The 1915 purse was won their race for them.” clock aiming to set $100, to be divided First Three Places in new records in the 44- four ways. This was THEN NOW July 4th Race mile round-trip contest a big jump from of skill and endurance. 1914’s prizes; $25., State Highway Old Vail Road by J.J. Lamb Spectators lined $15., and third place the 22-mile course prize, a combination Schley’s Store 1908 Old Vail Post “Ten fast riders, perfect weather and cheering as racers electric light and Office a fast course, everything looks fine sped by at breakneck horn. The contenders for some fast records in the Tucson speeds. Competitors were set on breaking Carnegie Tucson Children’s – Vail – Tucson Race.”, according to raced to Schley’s “Cannonball” Baker’s Library Museum the Arizona Daily Star. Lorenzo Boido, Store in Vail where G. 1914 record time of “the Phoenix Crack,” and “speed Dope The inside scoop H. Barnes and G.A. 21:48 to Vail. When the (information) artist” Joe O’Connell, were among the Wells checked them in 1915 race was over, 10 motorcyclists on the starting line amid swirling clouds of O’Connell, the “speed Crack Sharp, right on July 4, 1915, for the Tucson – Vail – dust as braking bikes artist” did just that, he Tucson race. Organized by the Tucson squealed to a stop shaved four minutes El Paso & SW In Vail this is the Motorcycle Club, all members were in front of Schley’s off through the skillful RR tracks south set of tracks required to be on hand to officiate. Store. Local rancher riding of his Indian Anticipation community-wide was Walter Johnson motorcycle! grand feed great meal, lots of keen. The big race was the only served as timer. After food official July 4th activity planned for a 30-minute rest stop, Fans witnessed nail Tucson and Vail. Fireworks, music and he lined racers up for biting, engine roaring, patriotic speeches were to take place the second leg of the racing drama as J.V. J.J. Lamb in Nogales and Douglas. A motorcycle advertisement Berg, the early leader, competition. is Executive from 1915. punctured a tire on a horseshoe nail. Director Howard Reynolds of the Vail zipped past, but clutch Preservation trouble took him out within five miles Society & Vail of Vail. O’Connell, the “speed artist” Connects took the lead, setting a new record Main Street for the Tucson to Vail leg of the race. program, a On the return to Tucson, C. Russel’s 2011 Arizona Culturekeeper, and U Indian bike blew a tire taking him of A graduate. Her family has lived in out, and O’Connell lost a sprocket. Vail since 1971. She currently leads Lorenzo Boido’s Indian motorcycle the rehabilitation work on the 1915 zoomed past them and across the Section Foreman House at Esmond finish line at the Carnegie Library with Station K8 and the 1908 Old Vail Store a time of 49:34. D.J. Buck was 2nd & P.O. with a time of 51:30, Ray Reynolds on his Excelsior made the 44-mile hhhhhhhhhhhhh course in 57:01, and Highfill, the local darkhorse, finished 6th with a respectable time of 66:45 on his Walter and Ethyl Johnson at their ranch in the Santa Rita Mountains. Flying Merkle. Racers were masters Courtesy Vail Preservation Society. Johnson Collection of manipulation and creativity as they Need an extra copy? kept their motorcycles going. In 1914 Boido’s Indian motorcycle’s gas cap flew off. Holding his hand over the The Vail Voice From the starting line at Tucson’s Onlookers cheered for their favorites. void for the last half of the race, he Carnegie library motorcyclists sped Motorcycles and their speed were still came in 2nd with a time of 58 is available at: south to the state highway at the still very new in 1915. Lorenzo minutes. Erwin Baker, on an Indian, Fry's - Rita Ranch El Paso & Southwestern railroad Boido from Phoenix was considered crossed the finish line with a smoking tracks where the course turned east the front-runner. He was a fearless time of 46:42 to take 1st place that Safeway - Rita Ranch towards Vail. The Club asked that speeder with a “bad boy” reputation. year. “automobilists kindly keep off the Another Phoenician, Joe O’Connell, Walgreen's - Vail route for the race from 4-6 o’clock.” known as a “speed artist” in short According to Phoenix racer, John Officials were stationed along the course racing was a strong contender. Hohl, who was quoted in the Arizona RoadRunner route to keep racers and crowds safe. It remained to be seen how he would Republic the next day, “It was a well-
28 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 Future Business Leaders Conference Held
The Arizona Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference was held at the Westin La Paloma on April 17-19th. Vail students received an award from the American Enterprise Project. Local students coordinated economic lessons to be taught to grade school students. The team was awarded second place at the State Leadership Conference and will be presenting at the National Leadership Conference Service Project Coordinators Emily in Anaheim, CA. The middle level Future Business Leaders team. They were also recognized as Deitz and Ceci Kimball. a chapter for the Middle Level American Enterprise Project and a Community Service Project. student picked a local business and wrote to them about their experiences in FBLA. The Middle Level Community Service Project involved tie-dying children's sized shirts and donating them to a battered women and children's shelter. The students also brought in small toys to make gift bags to donate.
Psalm Davis and Sarah Garcia both placed first in graphic design and Students making "Blessing Bags" for the homeless and dog toys. in business leadership, and Psalm placed second in economics for the Region Once Conference in February. Psalm and Sarah placed second in Kimball. In the project, students The middle level FBLA team was the state conference. made "Blessing Bags" out of old recognized as a chapter of the Middle t-shirts by cutting the neckline and Level American Enterprise Project sleeves off and sewing the bottom. and a Community Service Project. Future Business Leaders of The scrap pieces were used to make This project included a lesson America members also participated dog toys, and the bags were filled teaching the students appropriate in a community service project with items that a homeless person writing styles for business, including coordinated by Emily Deitz and Ceci might need. memos and business letters. Each FBLA advisor and teacher Nicole Cochran from Vail Academy and High School, along with (left to right) Liam c ie -n,eBa. Gannon, Colin Massingill, and Austin Glass & Screen. LeBlanc. 520-721-9930 ************ ENERGY SAVING In all, sixteen students are going to SlJNSCREENS the national conference. For more ************ information regarding the conference • PATIO DOOR REPAIR and the programs and events of • FOGGED DUAL PANE REPLACEMEN TS the AFBA, visit the Arizona Future • NEW PATIO SCREEN DOORS Business Leaders of America website • WINDOW SCREENS at http://www.azfbla.org/ • GLASS FURNI TURE TOPS [email protected] • SHOWER ENCLOSURES www.cienegaglassscreen.com hhhhhhhhhhhhh thevailvoice.com June 2017 29 prepared with our rescue gear along communication, GPS, and rope Mountain Rescue with a Stokes basket for extraction,” systems,” Shelley added. Graduation We’ve Got Good Shelley said. takes place in November. Team Recruitment News! by Trent Thomas “When we arrived on scene our team Bill Kelleman was looking for a way to conducted a medical assessment of give back to the community when he Stories from our Readers Southern Arizona is abundant with the woman. We saw she could not first joined SARA. “It’s not often in our trails, mountains, and open desert all bear any weight on the ankle and that jobs that instant gratification comes to around. It is one of the many benefits she had an abnormal amount of pain you. Being able to physically rescue of living in this area. Occasionally in for a regular ankle injury,” described someone or turn them around with A Random Act of these remote areas, some adventure Shelley. This raised concerns among treatment was eye-opening for me.” Kindness seekers need help due to an injury or the rescue team members. The team Bill was hooked after his first search a loss of orientation. Oftentimes, that elected to coordinate for helicopter and rescue mission. Twenty-five years is when the Southern Arizona Rescue transport so that she could receive later and after 593 rescue missions, Association (SARA) gets involved. higher level care. “The sheriff’s office Bill still loves the work. My mom, Agnes Paulsen, and I celebrated by going out to breakfast. Shelley Littin Now retired We were happy the mammogram is a mountain from the and bone density exams that we had rescue Air Force, that morning were over quickly. My technician Bill enjoys mom decided to just take my arm with SARA. the same and not use her walker as we walked She belongs camaraderie in into the Village Inn restaurant. A tall, to an SARA that he friendly looking, middle-aged man organization experienced saw us approach the restaurant from that has from his time the parking lot. He waited to go in so approximately in the military. he could hold the door for us. We, of 180 members Speaking course, thanked him. All three of us that are ready about his entered at the same time like we were to help those SARA all together. I joked with the hostess, in need. The teammates, "I'm sure this man is nice, but he's not association Bill added, sitting with us." is busy with “To know they rescue calls have your back The man was seated a couple of throughout one hundred booths down from us. We completely the year. percent of the forgot about the man seated by “Annually, we time, whether it himself. The restaurant was almost average about be a long hard completely empty. I think everyone 100 calls for night search was waiting to get their free pie after Yellow and orange shirt rescue team members load 10 AM. We had a coupon from my assistance. a patient into a waiting helicopter. or a difficult In 2016, we rescue. The daughter that was for one free entrée supported value of this if you also order two beverages. I convinced my mom she should around 140 flew a helicopter in and hoisted her team is often calls,” Shelley said. understated. Volunteers they call us. splurge and get more than just water. out of the canyon. They dropped her She ordered a cup of hot chocolate off at a waiting ambulance,” she said. Unpaid true professionals is what we SARA consists of over 100 active with whipped cream on top. We The entire ordeal lasted 5 hours. really are.” members that come from a variety of had barely started eating our big professional backgrounds. “Military If this volunteer work sounds SARA is a non-profit, all-volunteer breakfasts when I noticed the man veterans, engineers, U of A students, interesting to you, then SARA search and rescue organization who had come in at the same time as and also retired people that are encourages you to attend one of their serving southern Arizona and Pima we did was leaving. simply looking for something to do County since 1958. SARA members two available prospective candidate A little later the waitress came by our while enjoying the outdoors. It really orientation recruitment events. On are volunteers from all walks of life. runs the gamut,” Shelley said of the For more information on SARA – booth and said the man had paid June 22 or July 18, from 7pm-9pm, for our full bill! He did it because he members. “Our youngest member is prospective candidates need to take Search and Rescue Council, Inc – 18 years old. Our oldest member is Tucson, Arizona, go to www.sarci.org/ liked our smiles! He knew we had a this first step in joining the rescue coupon but didn't want to use it. He 80,” Shelley added. When incidents association. No RSVP is required sara occur, volunteer members are all said to the waitress he wanted for us for attending the meeting at 5990 to be able to use the coupon another notified of calls for assistance. N. Sabino Canyon Road. “This is Trent has lived Whoever is able to respond to a call time. Our bill was $22.33. We were your chance to get an idea of what all over the totally surprised at this anonymous, simply replies and starts heading to to expect. We will go over the time country and the designated rally point. random act of kindness! Never before commitments, physical requirements, several places in my mom's long life of 95 years or in training requirements, and have an “Recently a young adult woman in Europe while my life of 61 years, has anything like opportunity for questions,” said Littin. was hiking the Seven Falls Trail in he was in the this happened to us! I hope this sweet U.S. Army Sabino Canyon. She slipped and New members can then expect to man reads this article and knows we sustained a badly injured ankle at the and later as were both touched by his generosity receive training courses starting in an airline pilot farthest point of the falls,” according August. This training involves getting to strangers. to Shelley. Twelve members of the and business members fully prepared for field manager. Trent Ann Kozachik mountain rescue team received qualification. “New members will train the afternoon notification and later and his family have lived in Vail since in subjects such as land navigation, 2007. assembled at the trailhead ready wilderness survival, first aid, radio to initiate the rescue. “We came hhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhh 30 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 Based on my research, the fuselage but up higher were Havoc Ridge remained at the remote site. Most more. I climbed up by Rob Samuelson references to the crash have since to each piece and disappeared from the Internet, and finally reached a high Every time I fly from Tucson, I’m one blogger specifically wrote me mountain meadow captivated by the overflights of the saying that he was told to remove its filled with wreckage. I Rincon Mountains. It seems the reference from his site. He did. Even found remnants of both Rincons are in the flight path of so, ultimately I did find a reference to engines, parts of the almost every inbound and outbound it which helped me narrow my search frame, instruments, and flight. In the air, I’m able to identify area. Its mysterious anonymity simply even the propellers. peaks, creeks, canyons, pinnacles, piqued my interest. On one piece of the campsites, and trails of places I’ve rear fuselage, I could been, seen on maps, or contemplated It was one of those beautiful Arizona still make out a faint exploring. The flights just add to my winter days. It was light jacket painted star! I took a wanderlust. weather with clear skies and no lot of photos, but left wind. Leaving my house, I drove my everything in place to Flying over mountains has its Jeep to Papago Spring and hiked honor those missing dangers. In early flight, the Wright up the abandon peak trail towards airmen. I felt like I was Brothers used an obstacle-free beach Aliso Spring. From my ridgeline on hallowed ground. or a flat prairie to test their craft. As promontory, Aliso Spring seemed out the airplane engine became more of the way so I decided to take a more For the hike down from powerful and wing design created rugged detour to explore a waterfall the crash site, I decided to take a and leaving from the crash site, but more lift, aircraft expanded their range in Shaw Canyon while en route. The more direct but steeper route to save for reasons unexplained, all of the to mountainous regions such as abundant bear claw and prickly pear time. It was an uneventful return to Nikon photos I took at the crash site Arizona. Over the years, I’ve hiked to shredded my shins, but the grind my Jeep, and I was able to arrive were blurry; only my iPhone photos several airplane crashes interspersed paid off with a fascinating multi-tiered back before dusk. It was a long but survived. With the site’s anonymity throughout the State. In Saguaro cascade nestled in a granite crag. wonderful day to be outside. Besides violated, the mystery was no longer. I National Park East and adjacent area, gorgeous scenery, I found the remote was standing on consecrated ground there have been eight crashes, but Exiting the creek bed, I bushwhacked memorial of a tragic accident and was of four U.S. airmen in the presence of they’ve all been cleaned up save one. higher, welcoming the relief from able to pay my simple respects to unseen sentinels guarding its sanctity the prolific prickles of tormenting those who paid the ultimate price. from intruders like me. In 1945, a Douglas A-20 Havoc succulents. Instead, tall grasses tragically crashed south of Rincon interspersed with pinon pines and As I reviewed my photographs, I Peak killing all four of its crew. The alligator junipers hid bowling ball found good photos leading up to hhhhhhhhhhhhh A-20 was a popular aircraft (7,478 sized rocks which challenged my were manufactured) because of its passage in a different way. Also versatility despite its underpowered hidden from view were vermin powerplant. This particular twin- and the ever present concern of engine, light bomber took off from poisonous snakes. Even in the Make your home Davis-Monthan Air Force base on a winter at higher elevations, Arizona stormy summer evening. Tragically, Black Rattlesnakes may emerge feel like new again! it didn’t clear one of the upper from brumation (a lighter version of ridgelines leaving a terrible scar on hibernation) to sun themselves. I the landscape and in the minds of did see sunning snakes, but not of loved ones. With the wind shear of the venomous kind! However, as my GET PEACE OF MIND monsoonal weather, the Pratt and herpetologist friend once told me, WITH OUR 100% Whitney radial engines didn’t have “You may not see them, but the pit enough thrust to compensate. The vipers have seen you!” Sobering, to SATISFACTION GUARANTEE Havoc crashed, leaving wreckage say the least. scattered over several hundred yards of high mountain terrain. Each successive ridgeline offered Exterior Painting Roof Coatings astounding views of the mountains above and the Interior Painting Patio Deck Coatings valleys below. I’d Commercial Painting Garage Floor Coatings find a protruding boulder to climb Stucco Repair just to savor the panoramic vista! It was truly glorious! At last, I saw a www.pamblancopainting.com glimmer to the east, a piece of wreckage on the Free estimate | Licensed Bonded and Insured | Family Owned & Operated next slope over near the location that presumably marked the spot. Below the CALL US NOW 520-574-1999 slope were a few scraps of metal, thevailvoice.com June 2017 31 White - Senior Little Rascals 4-H Reserve Champion Club at the Pima Showman; Joey Sierra – Senior County Fair Novice Grand Champion by Lisa Benson Showman; Hailey There are many different 4-H clubs Berkley – Senior throughout Pima County that Novice Reserve compete at the fair each year. Our Champion very own Vail’s Little Rascals had Showman; Lainey great success this year! Here are the Caswell – Junior results in all of our projects: Grand Champion Showman; Connor Art and Photography: Grace Benson Caswell – Junior and Jacob McLean won blue and red Reserve Champion ribbons for their art and photography; Showman; Grace Baileya White, Peyton McLean, and Benson – Junior Chloe Burkholder won Best in Show Novice Grand for several of their art pieces and won Champion blue and red ribbons for the rest of Showman; Ronnie their art. Palmenberg – Junior Novice Dog: Mackenzie Campbell advanced Reserve Champion in Obedience and tied for 3rd place Showman; Connor Junior Novice Showman; Grace Skaggs – Champion Benson tied for 3rd place Junior Fryer Meat Pen Showman; Baileya White tied for 3rd Rabbit: Krystianna place Senior Showman and took In the 2nd collage, we have Lainey Casewell, Charlie Sierra, Krystianna Sierra, Virginia Moody, Sierra – Junior Grand Champion in both Novice Hailey Berkley, and Yelena Paraza. B Open Obedience and Agility Grand Champion Level 3; Ellie Ellis was 5th place Showman; Charlie Senior Showman and received the Sierra – Junior Novice Showman; Baileya White Moody - Junior Grand Champion Exemplary Exhibitor Award for the Reserve Champion Showman; Chloe made it to the final round in Senior Showman Dog Project. Burkholder – Senior Novice Reserve Showmanship. Champion Showman. Grace Benson Large Stock Round Robin: - Virginia Poultry: Joel Gilb - Senior Grand and Solana Kesl made it to the Pygmy Goat: Trevor Crawford – Moody – Junior Reserve Champion Champion Showman and Reserve final round in Junior Showmanship. Senior Grand Champion Showman; Champion Bantam; Baileya Hailey Berkley – 3rd place Senior Jamie Clement – Junior Novice For more information about joining Reserve Champion the Little Rascals 4-H Club, Showman. please contact Marcus White at [email protected]. Small Stock Round Robin: Krystianna Sierra – Junior Grand Champion; Lainey Caswell - Junior Reserve Champion Swine: Blue Ribbon animals: Jericho Santoro; Yelena Peraza; Tatiana hhhhhhhhhhhhh Mejias; Bruce Noble; Eliana Arrington; Domynic Lopez; Ethan White; Brynn Lough; Virginia Moody - Grand Junior Swine Showman; Ethan White - Reserve Grand Senior Showman; Yelena Peraza - Grand Junior Novice Showman
In the first collage, from left to right clockwise we have Baileya White, Joel Gilb, Chloe Steer: Blue Ribbon Burkholder, Connor Caswell, Grace Benson, and Ethan White. animal - Virginia Moody; Virginia
32 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 The Marshall Home for Men Needs Your Help Let's Read! Pima County Library Favorite Books by Kimberly Crossland The Marshall Home for Men is a home for low-income men – many of whom Who is George Lucas? If you don't know, here's a clue: "A long time ago in a are decorated veterans. Their roots are deep here in Southern Arizona and galaxy far, far away..." now, they’re asking for your help. Their story started back in 1931 when John Ryland, a Tucson rancher, opened his property up to men who needed work Lucas is an American fi lmmaker and the creator of the Star Wars and Indiana during the economic depression. The mission: To give low-income men a place Jones fi lm franchises. But, did you know that he once wanted to be a race car to call home. driver? When Ryland passed away in In the Who Was? series of illustrated nonfi ction books, young readers get to the 1950s, he left his property know more about famous people, including world leaders, artists, scientists, to the City of Tucson. The historical fi gures, and athletes, among others. They’re the perfect books for Marshall Foundation heard kids to enjoy, especially during Summer Reading (happening now through July about Ryland’s work and 15)! decided to pay to build the Do you know any kids who love biographies? Be sure to tell them about these fi rst residential wing for books, available at Pima County Public Library! these men. It was then that the facility was renamed Who Is George Lucas? the Marshall Home for Men. In the 1970s, Tucson Who is Sonia Sotomayor? residents, organizations, and corporations teamed Who was Walt Disney? together to build a second Who was Jacques Cousteau? residential unit. Today, the only funding the facility The Marshall Home for Men These book recommendations are brought to you receives comes from the by Linda at the Oro Valley Public Library. Be sure limited funds the residents to visit us at www.library.pima.gov for more great can aff ord and donations from community members across Southern Arizona. reading suggestions, to view upcoming events, Now, they’re asking for your help to continue providing these men a place to and to visit our E-Library! call home and the medical assistance they need. Many of the residents who live at the Marshall Home for Men have minor physical or mental disabilities. For the veterans who live here, many of hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh these disabilities stemmed from their service to our country. The assisted living facility provides warm meals every day, beds, housekeeping services, transportation and the medication the men need to live comfortably and as healthily as possible. Without the home, they would be without the medical care they need and in many cases, without a roof over their head. Every donation helps. Every penny goes toward providing these men with the care they need. To read more and to donate, please visit: GoFundMe.com/ Marshall-Home-For-Men Kimberly Crossland is the owner and operator of The Savvy Copywriter, a marketing business based in Vail. She also serves as the Vice President at the Greater Vail Area Chamber of Commerce. To learn more about her, visit kimberlycrossland.com.
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34 The Vail Voice To place an ad call: 520-490-0962 Those who Most gyms have rules and guidelines Commitment chose a that you should familiarize yourself workout with. Social interaction is fine, but to Health program in be careful that this does not interfere a gym for with others. Also, don't hog one both cardio machine or spend your time resting It’s all about you! and strength on that machine, allow others to work exercises tend in with you. It is very important to to hit that use the wipes that are available on Change It Up A Little wall sooner the equipment you use. Germs can by Rick MacKay than most. spread as we sweat and we don’t When you want to get sick or pass something When you stop and think about it, incorporate on to someone else. This is our exercise is the closest thing you cardio commitment to a healthier lifestyle, will find to the “Fountain Of Youth." exercise and remember, “This Is All About It boosts the power of the immune with strength You.” system and is an effective stress exercises, reliever. That is some pretty powerful you need You need to be careful and use a Rick MacKay, stuff so we need to always focus on to periodically change things up. If weight that you are comfortable with is a Certified the big picture on why we exercise you start out doing 20-40 minutes for the 1-2 minutes. You will alternate Fitness Trainer and its importance. I will give you of cardio before strength exercises between the cardio and strength who has spent some ideas that will help you keep change off on the machines you machines for a 45 minute to 1-hour past five years your enthusiasm peaked. use (treadmill, elliptical, stationary workout. Always remember when working with bike, and such). You can start off doing any kind of strength exercises seniors. His There will be times you will feel like with 10 minutes on one of the cardio to do slow reps with controlled focus is to you have hit a wall in your workout machines and then move to various breathing and give those muscles put together a program. This is normal and just strength exercises. When done with you're working at least 48 hours workout plan requires you to change things up strength exercises go back and do to recover before starting another that motivates a little in your program. Bicyclists, another 20-30 minutes of cardio. You program. people to commit to a better and hikers, and runners have one big can do your own cardio and strength healthier lifestyle, one that would help advantage in that they can always Those who chose a gym setting for circuit type workout. Start off with them feel better about themselves change up their path and experience their workouts there is an etiquette 5 minutes of cardio and move to a and have some fun doing it. a different workout each day. strength machine and do 1-2 minutes that should be followed. Respect of as many reps as you can manage. those who are also working out. hhhhhhhhhhhhh
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