The Vail Voice

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The Vail Voice

JUNE 2016
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Best of the Class: 2016
Andrada Polytechnic High School
Valedictorian
Salutatorian
Valedictorian
Lindsay Renee
Freeman
Christian Tyler
Giroux-McLain
John Borja
Empire High School
Valedictorian
Salutatorian
Sanne Casello
Diana Bantugan
Cienega High School
Salutatorian
Savannah Marie
Carter
Vail Academy High School
Valedictorian
Laurel Anne
Wettstein
for more information
camps@vailschooldistrict.org
Salutatorian
Courtney Elizabeth
Barger
Salutatorian
Michael Feldt
Congratulations to
the Valedictorians and
Salutatorians of Andrada
Polytechnic, Cienega,
Empire, and Vail Academy
High Schools!
See details about our Best of the
Class: 2016 graduates on page 2.
The latest from Pima County District 4
Supervisor Ray Carroll
Sharing a New Vision
As a Pima County Supervisor, I am
invited to a significant number of
community events. And when it
comes to sharing annual reports or
strategic vision, they usually take
place at
established
venues.
Instead, I
found myself
on a warm,
windy day in
mid-May, dust
clinging to my
shoes, while
making my
way across a construction site to a
tent at Houghton and Drexel. It was
there the leaders of Tucson Medical
Center shared their vision for the
future – a vision that includes the Vail
community. The location seemed
an appropriate choice because it
reflects the promise of this growing
community. After all, it’s hard to make
progress without getting your shoes a
little dirty.
Tucson Medical Center (TMC) is
investing $11 million into its new
Rincon Health Campus, a 44,000
square foot building that will provide
support and expertise in areas such
as primary care and family care,
along with specialty care and an
outpatient wound clinic. As the
project matures, TMC has indicated
additional growth may occur with
leased space to specialists, which
may include OB/GYN, orthopedics,
neurology, cardiology, psychiatry and
dermatology.
The Vail area is a thriving community
and home to a nationally recognized
school district and it is heartening
to see services catching up to the
growth. This project will fill a critical
gap in primary and specialty care
when it opens in late 2016.
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Investment in the area promises
to support the area’s physical and
economic health – particularly given
that it is expected to generate nearly
100 direct and indirect jobs at full
build-out.
I have worked closely with TMC over
the span of two decades in serving
this community. TMC has made a
commitment to reach beyond its
central campus into communities
to engage residents in their health
and well-being. They will be a good
neighbor and a strong partner, and
I am pleased to see this project
coming to fruition.
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"Best of the Class: 2016"
continued from page 1
Andrada Polytechnic
High School
Andrada Polytecnhic High School
Valedictorian is Lindsay Renee
Freeman. She will be attending
Arizona State University and plans to
major in biology and/or environmental
sciences. Lindsay was inspired by
her “Mom and Dad because they are
both good role models, and they are
the main reason that she’s able to do
this.”
Andrada Polytechnic High School
Salutatorian is Christian Tyler GirouxMcLain. He plans to attend the
University of Arizona, majoring in
Business Marketing, with a minor in
theatre production. Christian cites
his grandfather as providing him
inspiration.
Cienega High School
Cienega High School Valedictorian
is John Borja. He plans to attend
Yale University focusing on a major
in Political Science, and possibly, a
double major in music. John credits
his best friend, and 2015 Salutatorian,
Nick Irvin, as his inspiration, pointing
out “I have known him since my
freshman year and always admired
how current he was on international
affairs and how well read he was on
every subject.”
Cienega High School Salutatorian
is Michael Feldt, who will be
attending the University of Arizona,
with a planned major in Aerospace
Engineering and Computer Science.
Michael was inspired by Royce Reed,
a mentor for his SEP, a field engineer
and team lead for General Atomics
Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Cienega High School Salutatorian
is Savannah Marie Carter. She
will be attending the University
of Arizona Honors College with a
major in Neuroscience. Savannah’s
inspiration is her mother, Annabel
Carter.
Empire High School
Empire High Valedictorian is Sanne
Casello, who will attend the University
of Washington, in Seattle. She plans
to major in Molecular and Cellular
Biology and Neurobiology. Sanne was
inspired by Dr. Daniela C. Zarnescu,
the head of the lab where she
worked at the University of Arizona.
She writes that Dr. Zarnescu “has
been a great inspiration throughout
my education and to pursue an
undergraduate degree in science.”
Empire High Salutatorian is Diana
Isabel T. Bantugan. Diana will attend
the University of Southern California
with a major in Biological Sciences.
Diana was inspired by her parents, as
she writes, “My father and my mother
have both inspired me in different
ways that have shaped me into the
person I am today. My mother has
inspired me to always challenge
myself; with my father, inspiring me to
always give 100% in the endeavors I
choose to pursue.”
Vail Academy and High
School
Vail Academy and High School
Valedictorian is Laurel Anne
Wettstein. Laurel will attend Brigham
Young University in Idaho with a
major in Music Education. Laurel
cites her mother as her biggest
inspiration writing, “She has always
been there for me, and she helps me
to become the person that I want to
be. She is irreplaceable. Someday, I
hope that I can be such an incredible
mother to my children as she has
been to me.”
Vail Academy and High School
Salutatorian is Courtney Elizabeth
Barger. Courtney will be attending
Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona
State University. She will major in
Justice Studies. Courtney recognizes
Mrs. Julie Ellis, her business teacher
and advisor for future business
leaders of America, as her inspiration,
teaching her that “I can be humble,
hardworking, successful, hilarious,
committed, and happy all at the same
time.” Courtney notes, “I am a better
person because of her.”
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Construction
Zone
Building a Better
Community
by Lucretia Free, Owner and
Publisher
Sprouts is still shopping for a
location in the Vail area, according to
their Arizona
real estate
manager.
They have
not found a
location that
works as of
this writing,
but will
continue their
search.
Colossal Cave Road: Acacia
Elementary School to Old Vail
Middle School
Beginning Tuesday, May 31, Pima
County Department of Transportation,
the Regional Transportation Authority
and their contractor, Southern
Arizona Paving will begin work
on the Colossal Cave Roadway
Improvement Project. The work is
expected to be completed by winter
of 2017. The project will improve
traffic operations on Colossal Cave
Road with the addition of a center
two-way left-turn lane that will
widen the existing two-lane section
through most of the project. Project
improvements will also include
pedestrian facilities, bicycle facilities,
drainage upgrades, and landscaping
along with other streetscape
amenities. The contractor will begin
mobilizing equipment, installing
traffic control and vegetation removal
prior to the major work beginning.
A groundbreaking ceremony will be
held on Monday, June 6 at 9 a.m. in
front of St. Rita in the Desert Catholic
Church located at 13260 E. Colossal
Cave Road. Please approach the
area with caution and obey all traffic
control devices. Minor delays may
occur during this work. Motorists
may wish to seek alternate routes.
In the event of mechanical failure or
inclement weather, the construction
schedule will be subject to change.
"Construction Zone"
continued on next page
520-490-0962
"Construction Zone"
continued from previous page
Fry’s Gas Station Relocation
Construction of the Fry’s gas
station relocation is ongoing. The
gas station currently in the Fry’s
parking lot is moving to a location at
Houghton and Rita Roads. No word
on a completion date.
Houghton Road Bridge
The City of Tucson Department of
Transportation (TDOT) is designing
and constructing improvements to
widen Houghton Road to four to six
lanes from Tanque Verde Road to
Interstate 10. These improvements
are made possible by the voterapproved Regional Transportation
Authority (RTA) Plan.
The design for the Houghton Road
Bridge over the Union Pacific
Railroad project is complete. The City
is waiting for the arrival of the federal
funding, and then will put the project
out to bid. The current anticipated
construction start date is October of
this year, and the project should take
two years to complete, (2018).
The phasing of this project will keep
traffic on the current bridge, while
one half of the new bridge is build
next to the old bridge. Once this is
complete, traffic will be transferred
over to the new bridge (half) and
the old bridge will be demolished.
When the second half of the new
bridge is complete, traffic will be
distributed on to both bridge halves,
with the northbound on one and the
southbound on the other.
Do you have questions about
construction in our area?
Email me at: lucretia@
thevailvoice.com
Due to email volume, I may
not be able to respond to
each individual email, but will
address questions directly in
this column. Thank you!
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Are Your Eating Habits Causing MORE Stress?
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Do you…
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Overeat or mindlessly munch?
Eat late at night? Eat when you’re
not even hungry? Eat when you’re
nervous, sad, or mad? Get “orally
fidgety” and need a food pacifier?
Live on fast foods due to lack of
time? Crave sweets? Eat too much
fat and salt? Skip meals or forget
to eat? Delay eating until you’re
starving? Stress and a hectic lifestyle
can affect your eating patterns and
food choices. The stress hormone
cortisol depletes your blood sugar
and makes you hungry. All of
which can make you crave “bad”
carbohydrates that give you an
energy rush followed by a crash…
leaving you “hungry” for more “bad”
foods (like sweets and fatty/salty
food). It’s a vicious cycle fueled by
stress. The results? Stress-related
weight gain (especially belly fat). Try
these eating suggestions to help
break the stress cycle.
1. Eat a Protein-Rich Breakfast
Every Morning. Your brain and
thevailvoice.com body run on fuel in the form
of protein, fats, and complex
sugars called carbohydrates.
The brain’s energy comes
primarily from sugar, and
skipping breakfast causes an
“alarm” that releases stress
hormones. This in turn releases
your body’s stored sugar in the
liver and muscles to feed your
“starving” brain – and makes
you crave sugary foods and
feed the stress cycle.
2. Eat Small, Frequent Meals.
Keep your brain happy by
eating 3 meals and 2 snacks
daily. Eating every 3-4 hours
also helps maintain blood sugar
levels. Blood sugar drops when
you’re hungry, which can signal
unhealthy cravings or cause
you to overeat. Plus, smaller
portions mean fewer excess
calories at meals that can
potentially be stored as fat.
"Are Your Eating Habits Causing
MORE Stress?" continued
on page 29
June 2016
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From
the
Editor
Mike Lavelle
Together We Thrive
As I review the paper before it is sent
to the printer, I notice that we have
many organizations, (businesses and
civic groups), involved in projects
and activities that help the greater
good of the
community.
As Supervisor
Ray Carroll
points out in
his column,
"The Vail area
is a thriving
community
and home to a nationally recognized
school district." What makes for a
thriving community? How does a
school become nationally recognized,
despite funding problems? The
answer is social capital. More
specifically, you can think of social
capital as the benefits that accrue
to the community from the positive
actions of many different groups.
When groups join together and
respond to a social need or organize
to support a cause or raise funds for
a good cause, the social value that is
produced is a form of social capital.
One key researcher, Robert Putnam,
noted in his studies that social capital
produces wealth in communities. This
wealth is not just financial wealth, it is
also a sort of community wealth that
can be measured as "thriving."
In this issue alone we have excellent
examples of communal social capital
projects and the forms of thriving
that stem from that. We have stories
of Walgreens and the "Red Nose
Day," raising funds to support many
good causes, (see page 14). Rita
Ranch Automotive taking the lead
sponsoring a 4th of July celebration,
(with other organizations participating
as well, see page 32), the Chamber
of Commerce (page 26), and
Cienega Rotary (page 8) providing
scholarships to students.
Sometimes it takes one key person to
provide the motivation for a group to
take positive action, as Trent Thomas
writes about on page 4. Vail Parent
Network member Stacy Winstryg
took the lead to raise funds for a
track at Ocotillo Ridge Elementary
School. With help from the VPN,
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a real benefit to the school and
community came about. This is social
capital at work! Additionally, on page
5, there is a very interesting story
and example of how a few motivated
and concerned citizens can make
a real difference in the community.
VPN also took action to participate in
government by traveling to Phoenix
to communicate to legislators their
concerns. As Anne Gibson writes,
"Arizona is a better state for it" and
so is Vail.
Signficant social capital contributions
often comes from the work of
individuals. As noted in her bio, (page
26) volunteer writer Anne Gibson
is very involved in the community,
volunteering with the Greater Vail
Area Chamber of Commerce and as
a Vail Pride Day Director. Individuals
like Anne Gibson, Stacy Winstryg,
and J.J. Lamb, (founding member
of the Vail Preservation Society) can
make a difference! In this issue, (page
9) we have a remarkable story of
how a high school student formed
and led an orchestra and how a
school school custodian (page 15
15), Carmen Santana, was voted
by graduating students as the one
person at the school who had the
most impact on them.
A thank you to all these organizations
whose contributions help Vail thrive:
Target, Wal-Mart, Northwest Medical
Center, Allstate, Beach Fleischman
& Co, Vail Education Foundation,
Vail Parent Network, AllState, Rita
Ranch Automotive, Cienega Rotary,
The Vail Education Foundation,
various PTA's, Girl Scout Troop 25,
Vail Preservation Society, Greater
Vail Area Chamber of Commerce,
Christ Lutheran Vail Church, Del Lago
Golf Club, Cienega High School and
Booster Club, Vail Christian Church,
American Legion Post #109, St
Rita in the Desert, Colossal Cave
Mountain Park, Rincon Valley Fire
Department, Impact of Southern
Arizona, Harrington Technologies, Del
Webb Pickleball Club, Montgomery's
Bar and Grill, Arizona Pizza Company
and the many anonymous donors.
Of course, there are many other
organizations and individuals whose
volunteerism and fund raising
make a big difference in the lives
of others as well as helping Vail to
thrive - this list only represents those
organizations specific to this one
issue. Accordingly, a thank you to all
those organizations and individuals
not specifically mentioned at this
time. Your work, efforts, and actions
help Vail to thrive.
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School Gets
New Track From
Community
by Trent Thomas
May 19th was a big day for the
students of Ocotillo Ridge Elementary
School. Numerous corporate,
nonprofit, and personal donations
came together in front of an excited
crowd of 640 students. The Parent
Teacher Association (PTA) set out to
meet the goal of $16,500, in order to
build a new track for the school. The
PTA knew that the goal was a lofty
one and set out to get donations from
the community.
Currently, the track is nothing more
than a dirt/gravel path around
the perimeter of their playground.
However, the track is heavily used by
two different school youth running
groups.
One by one, donors came forward
and presented their checks: Parent
Teacher Association $1,800, Walmart
$1,500, Target $1,500, Vail Education
Foundation $5,500, Northwest
Emergency Medical Center $1,000,
AllState $1,000, Girl Scout Troop 25
$300, Beach Fleischman & Co $100,
Anonymous $3,000.
The whole school screamed with
excitement as they reached their
goal. Immediately after the ceremony,
the school kids went outside to
run two final laps on their old
Letters
to the
Editor
Our Readers Sound Off!
Submit your letter to the Editor
at: editor@thevailvoice.com
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Dear Editor,
I read the Letter to the Editor from
Rebecca Fox about the bees, and
I am very disturbed. I am the "one
or two out of 1000" who is allergic
to bees; and when I was stung, I
ended up in the hospital. I broke
out in hives, I could not breathe, my
blood pressure dropped. My father
and brother have both experienced
the same fate. I wonder if she would
have written that letter if somebody in
her family had the same experience.
C. Latchin
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dirt track. The traditional ground
breaking ceremony was held marking
development of the new track. What
originally set out as a lofty PTA goal
turned into a huge community effort!
Construction is set to begin in June,
and the new track will be ready before
the 2016-17 school year.
Community presents checks to the school while standing alongside the
students with the highest run mileage.
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Vail Parent Network:
Funding Fight 2016
It started on the evening of April
20th with a notice on Facebook
when a group called "DSCS
Funding Fight 2016" was created.
The group was established to
draw attention to the state budget
that was being discussed by the
legislature specifically regarding
funding for district sponsored charter
schools. Certain members of the
legislature wanted to eliminate district
sponsored charters and only have
privately owned charter schools in
Arizona. But the Vail School District
has two district sponsored charter
schools, and if their funding were
to be eliminated, the consequences
would have been disastrous for Vail.
This fight was a righteous cause!
At 9:43 that evening, just four hours
after the group had started, it had
recruited 92 active members, ready
to go to work. Six minutes later, it
was reported that all the phone lines
being called were busy - a sign that
people were already hard at work.
By this time, other parents were
chiming in, offering observations and
tips on how to address mass emails
effectively.
By 2:48 a.m., on the morning of
the 21st, the number had grown
to 273 active participants! And by
7:04 a.m., the Vail Parent Network
(VPN) was exhorting the group to
post information on their personal
Facebook pages and spread the
word to people outside the group.
At 9:02 a.m., on the 21st, it was
reported that Senate Majority
Leader Andy Biggs was refusing
calls and not responding to emails
anymore. And by 11:34 a.m., friendly
legislators were emailing and texting
encouragement to the group,
giving indicators of the group’s
effectiveness.
Several members of the steering
committee were already at the capital
meeting with legislators when the
group learned that the Benson Parent
Network and Cave Creek had now
joined in the effort - magnifying the
numbers. By 4 p.m. on the 21st, less
than 24 hours after the group started,
it had 341 active participants and had
sent over 4,500 emails. Furthermore,
word from Phoenix was that the
legislators were dumbfounded and
unable to push the budget through.
And thus began day 2.
By this time, it was obvious that the
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What next? Well, with over 400 active
participants (and still growing!), VPN
will turn its attention to getting the
right people elected into office and
making certain sure the wrong ones
aren't!
The Vail Parent Network has done
what so many people said was
impossible. They motivated a group
of citizens to move, to become
engaged, and to participate in their
government. Arizona is a better state
for it! (This story was condensed from
an account related by Mike Holmes.)
Catherine Byars, MaRico Tippett, Callie Tippett,
Heather Morzinski, and Stacy Winstryg
Democratic legislators were firmly in
support of our cause, and that the
House was largely in support as well,
so VPN advised all to focus on the
Republican Senators.
Over the weekend, the group
strategized, rested, and got more
intelligence from those in the know
in Phoenix. On Monday the 25th,
the process began again with a
renewed vengeance! Even though
the Republicans had moved the
negotiations behind closed doors,
VPN parents kept at it, calling
their assistants and anybody
else who would listen to keep the
pressure moving. The VPN Steering
Committee was back at the Capital
working the halls, meeting with
anyone who would see them.
This continued all week with
someone at the Capitol every day,
ensuring that the legislature knew
they were being watched. By Friday
the 29th, the Vail Parent Network
had pushed the legislature to the
frazzled edge. Things were not going
well for legislators who wanted to kill
District Sponsored Charter Schools,
and there were many Legislators
who were changing their stance. As
the weekend approached, VPN was
exhausted, but continued forward to
the last, long push.
Over the weekend, T-shirts were
made with sayings like, "I am a
Republican Mom, and I support
Public Education." Most of these
parents were indeed Republicans.
But this issue was not about Party,
it was about Vail’s kids and teachers
doing the right thing for Vail’s schools
and the state of Arizona. The Vail
Parent Network's efforts paid off. The
funding was restored.
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Dennis Barger Selected as Principal of the
Year
Dennis Barger, a veteran principal
at Vail Academy and High School,
has been selected as the National
Association of Secondary School
Principals (NASSP) National Principal
of the Year representing Arizona.
Under his leadership, Vail Academy
and High School, boasts a 97%
graduation rate and is recognized as
an A+ school. VAHS’s mission is: “We
are a small Learning community that
encourages high academic and social
achievement and fosters responsibility
through nurturing relationships for
success.”
Dennis has also served as the
Assistant Principal of Cienega High
School from 2001-2006, a Vail High
School Teacher 1997-2001, and he
taught in Yuma from 1993-1997.
Dennis has been married to Cindy
Barger for 23 years. Dennis is also
a candidate for Representative in
Arizona's 14th Legislative District.
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The Road That Won't
Die
by Trent Thomas
Immediately north of the Interstate 10
and Colossal Cave Road intersection
lies a 2.2-mile western stretch of
road that dead ends into the desert.
Abandoned in the 1960's, this road
used to move state highway traffic
into Tucson. Now it is a dead end
road.
However, it is not unusual for Vail
residents to witness an out of
town vehicle pull out of the Vail
gas station or one of the fast food
establishments, drive south on
Colossal Cave Road and then make
the mistaken right turn down this
abandoned road thinking they are
eventually merging on the interstate
highway.
"There are signs that add to the
confusion for drivers,” said Nick
Buchholz. "It is a simple fix for the
transportation department."
Nick moved to Tucson and recently
he made his first trip to Vail in order
to visit a friend. "As I was heading
south from Vail, I saw the sign that
read 'Frontage Road' along with the
interstate sign and made the quick
decision to turn." Nick added, "I
drove westbound on the abandoned
road about 1/4th of a mile and then
realized this road was never going to
merge onto the highway."
There are several reasons why Nick
and many others get confused and
most of those reasons have to do
with signage. Nick pointed out three
things: 1. The green "Frontage Road"
sign should probably be removed
since the road is abandoned and
serves no public purpose. 2. The
interstate highway sign should
be moved further north and have
a smaller sign added that states
something like "Interstate 400 feet
ahead" immediately prior to the
abandoned road. 3. Since the road
is classified as "Abandoned' then it
is time to remove the
numerous speed limit
signs, mile markers,
and roadway striping
that is on the road.
closing the road. Mike Graham is
the public information officer for
Tucson. He said, "Our maps show
that at the end of the roadway is a
utility structure belonging to a private
company." It turns out that Clear
Channel Communications owns and
operates a small electrical structure
near the point where the road ends.
Since ADOT owns the first portion of
the abandoned road, it would be their
responsibility for ensuring traffic does
not make the turn in error. C.T. Revere
is a senior community relations officer
with ADOT and stated, "Putting a
gate up isn't possible since we need
to ensure that this private company
still has access to their business
interests."
Nick sent a request to ADOT to
change the confusing signs in order
to help others. ADOT responded
and said they are reviewing his
recommendations and will get back
with him. We will keep readers
updated with any changes.
As I found out, this is
easier said than done.
This abandoned
road is owned
by three different
transportation
departments. Arizona
Department of
Transportation (ADOT)
owns the first 300 feet
of the roadway. Pima
County Department
The road has been abandoned for 50 years, but still is
of Transportation
maintained with new speed limit signs.
owns the next 1/4
mile of roadway. Then,
the City of Tucson Department of
Transportation owns and maintains
the remaining 2 miles of road until it
dead ends.
Trent has lived all over the country
and several places in Europe while
he was in the U.S. Army and later as
an airline pilot and business manager.
Trent and his family have lived in Vail
since 2007.
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I contacted all three transportation
agencies in order to determine what
could be done about just possibly
Confusing signs inadvertently divert drivers down this dead end road.
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Cienega Rotary: Scholarships and Student of
the Year
As the 2015-16 school year comes to a close, Cienega Rotary hosted an event
at Hacienda Del Lago Golf Club recognizing 7 Vail Unified School District
Seniors (VUSD) for their outstanding effort and accomplishments. Competition
for the awards was rigorous as each and every senior in the VUSD was eligible
to compete. The winners this year, for the category of "Student of the Year,"
were selected by the facility who interacted with the student on a daily basis
and were vital in the selection process.
The winners were; Courtney Barger from Vail Academy and High School, Laura
Barton from Pantano High School, Camden Brook Davis from Cienega High
School, Andrea O'Bert from Empire High School, and Jessica Rose Stephens
from Andrada High School.
Andrea O'Bert, Camden Brook Davis, Jessica Rose
Stephens, Courtney Barger, Laura Barton
Three scholarships
were also awarded
in the amount
of two thousand
dollar scholarships.
Selected students
were required to
not only excel
academically, but
to be involved with
community service.
Leadership potential
also played a role
in the selection
process.
The winners were
Andrea O'Bert and
Joshua Sumpter
from Empire High
School, and Laurel
Wettstein from Vail
Academy and High
School. This is the
third year Cienega
(Vail) Rotary has
partnered with the
Grayson Weeks
Memorial fund
and to date, 25
Andrea O'Bert, Joshua Sumpter, Laurel Wettstein
thousand dollars
has been awarded to deserving students. Congratulations to all winners and all
the best in the future!
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Girl Scouts of
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Awards Highest
Honors to Vail Teen
Laurel Wettstein, a senior attending
Vail Academy, was recently awarded
The Gold Award. As noted by Debbie
Rich, Chief Executive Officer of the
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona,
“The Gold Award is the highest
achievement in Girl Scouting and
asks that girls identify a problem
within their community and do
something about it, not just in the
present, but something that is
sustainable through the years.”
A lifelong musician, Laurel Wettstein
found her passion for music
performance in elementary school
where she learned to play in her
school orchestra. When she realized
that her new K-12 school did not
offer extensive music classes (band,
orchestra, or choir), she saw an
opportunity to make a change. She
learned that her new school did not
lack the resources for these classes;
they lacked the additional funding
they assumed it would take. Laurel
made it her mission to prove to
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her school and community that the
funding wasn’t necessary to offer the
younger students' music education,
and that if
a 15-yearold could
step up to
teach music,
anyone
could.
During her
sophomore
year of high
school,
Laurel
offered
a weekly
beginners
orchestra
class before
school for
2nd through
5th grade
students. In
her junior
and senior
year of high
school, she
offered both
a weekly beginners class and an
intermediate class before school, all
using music and resources that the
school already had. After teaching
VAHS’s only orchestra for three years,
Laurel organized all of her lesson
plans and music to make it easy for
one of the teachers at the school,
who plays violin,
to take the
orchestra over
the next year.
Laurel learned
that “This
project actually
helped me
shape my
future career,”
she said,
“By teaching
children and
being around
them, I have
learned that
music education
is really where I
want to go with
life. I learned
my true passion
through my
project.”
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appeared like a flash in the night.
Skyward...
with David H. Levy
Shakespeare and The
Great Stella Nova
If the Lyrids are just one casualty of
this year so far, William Shakespeare
is another. Whether you read him
or not, the writer who brought us
Hamlet and King Lear has inspired
the world through his 38 plays, 154
sonnets, two long narrative poems,
and other poetry. He has inspired
us with his unusually shrewd look
into the ravages of old age; diseases
like Alzheimer’s were unheard of
in Shakespeare’s time, but their
symptoms were well-known and
400 years later, King Lear can be
read with deep empathy by anyone
who is familiar with the devastating
consequences of this illness.
subjugated the sky. If that small event
did take place, it would have left a
deep impression on the young lad.
More than two decades later, a more
mature Shakespeare put that emotion
into the opening lines of his most
famous play. The guard Bernardo
utters these words at the opening of
Hamlet:
Edward III, “Meteors fright the fixed
stars of heaven.” These explosions,
and the pen of the person who wrote
about them, might not be worthy of
a few seconds on the evening news
four centuries later, but if we look up
at the sky in wonder when we witness
one, they might mean something
more as they enrich our lives.
Last night of all,
When yond same star that’s
westward from the pole
Cited by many as the greatest writer
Had made his course t’illumine that
who ever lived, William Shakespeare
part of heaven
died in late April 1616. When the four
hundredth anniversary of his death
Where it now burns, Marcellus and
passed by with nary a mention, it
myself,
seemed somehow that something
had gone wrong with the world. The
I like to think that on a clear cold
The bell then beating one-year 2016 has been difficult so far
night in November, 1572, John
(Ham.1.1.37-39).
both for Shakespeare and for the
Shakespeare led his precocious
many people who share his interest
Bernardo is talking about a star that
eight-year-old son William out
in the night sky. Bright moonlight, for
does not make sense. There are no
the back door to look at the sky
example, interferes with some of the
bright stars in the winter sky between
to the north where a brilliant new
meteor showers scheduled for this
the North Pole star and the western
star, brighter than all the others,
year, beginning
horizon. But when
with the Lyrids. I
Shakespeare was
actually tried to
a boy of eight,
observe them on
there certainly was
the night of their
such a star. It was
maximum in late
the great stella
April near the
nova, or new star,
anniversary of
that revolutionized
the great writer’s
humanity’s
death. The Moon
understanding of
was so bright
how stars lie and
that it was hard
how they die.
to see any stars
It is very likely
in the sky; even
that William
the bright planets,
Shakespeare
Jupiter, Mars, and
saw many bright
Saturn were not at
meteors during his
their usual sublime
lifetime, certainly
brilliance. During
enough that at
the course of an
least one of them
hour outside, I
might have found
spotted possibly
The picture shows a sky bright as day, but it was actually illuminated by the
its fiery way into
one shooting star,
fullMoon, at the height of the Lyrid meteor shower.
Richard II, where,
but that meteor
upon the death of
was so faint that it
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John Backer –
Candidate for
Supervisor District 4
On Saturday,
May 21st, I
participated
in a debate
with my two
opponents,
and I thought
we all did
well as we
shared our
thoughts and ideas to help move
Pima County forward. The Sahuarita
Tea Party captured video of the
event which I have shared on my
campaign Facebook page http://
FB.BackBacker.org.
I have never run for political office
before, and many people see that
as a positive in our current political
environment. One of my opponents
has lived in Pima for a long time,
but is widely recognized as the
establishment candidate. The other,
well meaning opponent, has only
lived in Pima county for roughly two
years and has been campaigning for
about half that time.
I, by comparison, first came to Pima
county on July 4, 1984 to serve as
an aircraft electrician on the A-10 at
Davis Monthan and later on the F-16
at the Tucson Air National Guard. My
diverse education and experience
is outlined in detail at http://
BackBacker.org.
In my closing statement during the
debate, I asked everyone to consider
how we choose which candidates
to support – offering ideas such
as: the one with the most wealth,
the one who has the most political
connections (perhaps referred to as
the establishment candidate), the
one who has the name you have
heard the most? Regardless of what
method has been used over the past
20 years – it has not served us well
up to this point. I would respectfully
suggest we select the person who is
most like us – average, hardworking
people who are willing to work hard
with integrity - who owe nothing to
anyone except the people of Pima
County.
I ask for your vote – I want to be your
Backer.
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In Your
Dreams
with Claire Schild
Dear Claire,
I had a dream, actually, a
nightmare, that bothered me so
much that I woke up and couldn’t
fall back to sleep. Although I
haven’t had it again, I still think
about it, and it still bothers me. In
the dream, my wife and teenage
son were dismembering a body on
the island counter in the kitchen.
I was walking down the hallway,
about twenty feet away from
them, looking into the entrance of
the kitchen. I just stumbled upon
them doing this, and I was totally
shocked. I thought to myself,
“What the @#%& are you doing?” I
was very conflicted, and I thought
about how I didn’t want to get
them in trouble, because I love
them, but this was really, really
wrong. I didn’t know whose body
it was; it was basically just a torso
with the arms and legs already
cut off, and my wife and son were
hovering over it with bloody knives
in their bloody hands. As I stood
back from it all, shocked and trying
to figure out what to do, my wife
noticed me through the doorway
and gave me this look from across
the room of “Don’t just stand there!
Help!” Then she got angry and
said, “Come in here and help!” I
said, “No, I’m not coming
in to help with that! You
guys are totally on your
own! You already got
me in trouble by just
watching you!” Then, I
woke up, sweating. It
was a very short dream,
but very, very disturbing
because it was so real
and so wrong. What do
you think it means?
For most of us, what
is described above is
probably one of the most
horrifying and repulsive
acts that we could ever
conceive of—and this
dreamer, as evidenced by his shock
and refusal to take part in the bloody
deed, obviously feels the same.
When contacted, he was emphatic
about the fact that his wife and son
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were both extremely kind and gentle
people. However, in his dream, he
sees his wife and son at the center
of this grossly wicked activity—their
guilt being symbolized by their
“bloody hands”. All of this leads
me to question what his wife and
son could possibly be involved in,
in his conscious world, which could
translate into something so harsh and
repugnant in his subconscious world?
What disturbed his waking mind so
dramatically that it would cause such
a violent and unnatural manifestation
in his dreaming mind? Most likely, the
answer is that this dreamer feels that
his wife and son are involved in some
type of activity or system of belief
that is extremely “wrong” to him—or
that is in direct opposition to his own
way of thinking/being/believing—and
their wanting him to share in it is
causing him great angst. However,
because they are his family and he
loves them, he feels that he must try
to dismiss this emotional conflict—in
his waking world—and suppress his
upset over the matter.
After being questioned, the dreamer
was able to immediately identify
something that had greatly disturbed
him. It was a political issue in which
his wife and son were in favor of,
but one which he felt was in such far
opposition to his own core beliefs
and values that it was to the point of
being “unnatural”—and threatening
to take apart a belief system which
he was a die-hard supporter of (no
pun intended). He even stated that,
“Yes, it was very, very disturbing to
see them taking it (this belief system)
apart—‘dismembering’ it with their
beliefs—and wanting me
to join them and agree.”
Those ghastly and lingering
images and feelings
from his nightmare were,
most likely, a symbolic
reflection of the emotional
distress which he was
experiencing—but trying
to suppress—because he
felt agreement between
the family could never be
reached. In short, his brain
sent this monstrous version
of what he was feeling
into his dreaming world in
order to get his attention
and force him to work out,
and release, the buried conflict that
was affecting his emotional health
and well-being. It would probably be
advisable for him to avoid any further
political discussions until this process
is completed—perhaps longer.
Please submit your dreams for
analysis to:
dreams@thevailvoice.com
Of special interest is recurring
dreams; otherwise, a most recent and
remembered dream will work. Ms.
Schild may need to establish contact
with you for additional information.
However, your name, email contact
and shared information will stay
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I Am Not My Father:
Reflections on
Father's Day
by Khevin Barnes
I am not my father. Don’t get me
wrong. It’s not that I didn’t love or
respect my dad, but at times during
my adolescent years those feelings
were clouded by my own coming
of age issues, as they are between
many young people and their parents.
Dad was a business man. He worked
his way upward in a company that
long ago was called Bell Telephone.
That little communications company
went on to become the A T & T
of today, and my father played a
significant role in that story. He
started as a lineman, climbing the
poles in his youth and finished his
career in charge of the telephone
employees of Orange County
California. He personally oversaw
the installation and creation of
the so-called “Hot Line”, a direct
telephone link between Richard
Nixon’s western Whitehouse in San
Clemente, California and Nikita
Khrushchev in Moscow, Russia.
With Father’s Day approaching on
June 19th, I’ve been thinking about
my Dad. I’ve been thinking about
his cancer. And mine. I don’t know
if heredity played any role in my own
disease, but it doesn’t really matter
to me. But I do wonder if there are
characteristics much more profound
than our physical traits which are
passed along to us in our own lives
from our parents.
As I reflected on all of the varied
and sometimes confusing feelings
I’ve had after my own recent cancer
diagnosis; thoughts of dying,
of leaving my wife and siblings
behind, of my unfinished work and
my significance in life, I suddenly
understood not just how my father
lived and died as a result of his
cancer, but how he felt.
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Dad had a big autographed picture
of Nixon, personally thanking him,
hanging in the den at home. I never
wanted to be like my father.
When Dad was diagnosed with
prostate cancer, he never talked
about it much. I never asked him
about it either. There were some
surgeries and lots of pills. But I
didn’t live at home then and had no
clue about his private life, his pain,
or his pleasures. He continued to
make stained glass art, his hobby
after retirement, play golf and
watch football on TV, none of which I
have ever done or enjoyed.
He died on the golf course. He was
70 years old. Dad was a big man,
six feet and four inches tall. He was
imposing, outspoken and outgoing.
I had small bones, held my tongue,
was shy except when doing my work
as an entertainer on stage, and I kept
a low profile.
After he died, I retrieved my father’s
score card from that golf game he
was playing and saw that he was
not scoring well that day. I was
intrigued by the irony of that, since
he was often in the winner’s circle
in his golf tournaments. I suppose
we don’t often get to choose the
circumstances for our last day on
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and feelings of my parents. Human
beings are such a wonderful mix
of parts, a glorious hodgepodge of
ancestral influences and collective
factors. We are unique, it seems, by
virtue of the unlimited combinations
from which we are built, but we
are still connected chemically and
physically and emotionally to those
who gave us life. It took over sixtyfive years for this simple truth to
arrive. But guess what?
I saw myself in a different body, but
with mannerisms and movements
and thoughts, and most importantly,
with actual feelings that are locked
into my genetic code, the result of my
Dad’s transmission of parts of him
to parts of me. I saw the look in my
eyes, the posture of my body and the
thoughts in my head, and I felt that I
knew precisely how he felt back then;
and as a result, I felt a closeness to
him through this common bond of
cancer that I was never able to know
through our interests or vocation, life
styles or limited conversations.
I am alive today, surviving cancer like
so many others, and deeply grateful
for such feelings that seem to be
linked in some amazing, primordial
way, not just to the characteristics
of my parents, but to the emotions
I am my father. Happy Father’s Day
Dad.
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and stage
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Red Nose Day
Staff at the local Walgreens store located at 9184 E Valencia Rd in Rita Ranch went out into the community to talk to local stores, shops, and businesses to get
the word out about Red Nose Day. Employees sold Red Nose's for one dollar, took some group photos, and basically "Getting Seriously Silly." They were able to
sell over 350 Red Noses in two hours and in the past six weeks sold over 4,300. Globally, over one billion dollars have been raised in the past twenty-five years.
Half of the money distributed by Red Nose Day 2016 will be spent in the U.S. while the other half will support international causes. Domestically, funds raised
have gone to support local food banks, reading programs, and preventative health care. Internationally, funds raised have helped to provide clean water,
sanitation, and vaccines, in Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
Thanks to all the businesses in Rita Ranch community and surrounding areas helping the cause! For more information visit, http://rednoseday.org/our-impact/
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Carmen Santana Honored by Students at
Graduation
On Tuesday the 24th of May,
graduating students of Vail
Academy and High School
honored Carmen Santana as
the one staff member who
made an impact on their
lives. For the past six years,
Carmen has served as the
day porter not only taking
care of the building, but she
also motivated the students
with her positive attitude and
helpful nature. Carmen was
presented with a graduation
robe adorned with student
signatures as a sign of their
appreciation.
Senior Courtney Barger noted,
"We love Carmen. I don't
think you could talk to a single
person here on campus who
doesn't know her by name,
you can always go and talk to
her, you can always ask her for
anything, she's always helpful."
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Vail Community
Calendar
Places to Go, Things to Do,
People to See
June 2016 - July 2016
For details and/or more information on any event listed here, please visit our website at www.thevailvoice.com/calendar.
There you will find details on each event, including dates,times, locations, and contact information.
Wednesday, June 1
Thursday, June 9
3:30 PM - Lecture by Allen Dart,
archaeologist and volunteer
Executive Director of the Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center in
Tucson, “Archaeology’s Deep Time
Perspective on Environment and
Social Sustainability” @ Arizona
Senior Academy, 13715 E. Langtry
Lane, Tucson
7:00 AM - Greater Vail Area Chamber
of Commerce May Breakfast @
Hotrods Old Vail, 10500 E. Old Vail
Road, Tucson
Thursday, June 2
3:30 PM - Lecture by Academy Village
resident Marcia Neugebauer, space
physicist and adjunct scientist with U
of A Lunar and Planetary Laboratory,
"Rosetta's Remarkable Visit to a
Comet" @ Arizona Senior Academy,
13715 E. Langtry Lane., Tucson
Saturday, June 4
6:30 AM - Vail Flea Market @ Vail
Steakhouse Cafe & Diner, 13005 E.
Benson Hwy, Vail
8:00 AM - Rincon Valley Farmer's
& Artisan's Market @ 12500 E. Old
Spanish Trail, Tucson
Tuesday, June 7
11:30 AM - Concert by Nancy
McCallion and the Scarlet Lettermen,
original harmonized songs with guitar,
bass and drums, @ Arizona Senior
Academy, 13715 E. Langtry Lane,
Tucson
6:30 PM - Lifetree Cafe - He fell
10 stories…and survived. Hear his
inspiring story and learn how the
accident changed his perspective
during “Overcoming Life’s Obstacles”
at Lifetree Café @ Hacienda Cafe at
del Lago Golf Course, 14155 E. Via
Rancho del Lago, Vail
Wednesday, June 8
3:30 PM - Lecture by George
Hammond, U of A professor
and director of the Economic
and Business Research Center,
“Predicting Tucson’s Future” @
Arizona Senior Academy, 13715 E.
Langtry Lane, Tucson
16 3:30 PM - Lecture by Dr. Mark V.
Sykes, CEO and Director of the
Planetary Science Institute, Tucson,
“The Dawn Mission and What it
Learned about Asteroids Vesta and
Ceres” @ Arizona Senior Academy,
5:00 PM - Thursdays with Marla
Closen, Pima County Supervisor
candidate (Marla will speak at 6:00
PM) @ The Kirk-Bear Canyon Library,
8959 E. Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson
Saturday, June 11
Benson Hwy, Vail
10:00 AM - Football and Cheer signups with the Southeast Trojans. The
Trojans will be holding a canned food
drive during registration to support
Impact of Southern Arizona Vail. Bring
out all your non-perishable goods
and support our local Food Bank @
Hotrods Old Vail, 10500 E. Old Vail
Road, Tucson
to Lifetree Café @ Hacienda Cafe at
Thursday, June 16
3:30 PM - “Beethoven’s Fifth
Symphony,” a video replay from
Omnibus, a 1950s music appreciation
TV series written, performed and
hosted by Leonard Bernstein @
Langtry Lane., Tucson
5:00 PM - Thursdays with Marla
Closen, Pima County Supervisor
candidate (Marla will speak at 6:00
PM) @ The Kirk-Bear Canyon Library,
8959 E. Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson
Saturday, June 18
Benson Hwy, Vail
7:00 AM - Del Lago Riders Motorcycle
Club Ride TBD @ meet outside
Hacienda Cafe at del Lago Golf
Course, 14155 E. Via Rancho del
Lago, Vail
Wednesday, June 22
2:30 PM - Lecture by Tucson Author
Jane Eppinga, “Tombstone, Arizona:
The Town Too Tough to Die.” Lecture
co-sponsored by the Arizona
Humanities Council. @ Arizona Senior
Tucson
Thursday, June 23
3:30 PM - “The World of Jazz,” a
video replay from Omnibus, a 1950s
music appreciation TV series written,
performed and hosted by Leonard
Bernstein @ Arizona Senior Academy,
Saturday, June 25
Benson Hwy, Vail
Sunday, June 19
Tuesday, June 14
FATHER'S DAY
Tuesday, June 21
FLAG DAY
6:30 PM - Lifetree Cafe - It’s been
said that “the truth will set you free.”
Is this always true, or are there times
it’s acceptable to lie? Discuss this
with us during “Tell Me the Real
Story” coming to Lifetree Café @
Hacienda Cafe at del Lago Golf
Lago, Vail
11:30 AM - U of A faculty artist recital
featuring Brian Luce, flute @ Arizona
Lane, Tucson
7:00 AM - Greater Vail Area Chamber
of Commerce Business Power Hour
- Recruit the Ideal Millennial Talent
@ Hacienda Cafe at del Lago Golf
Lago, Vail
6:30 PM - Lifetree Cafe - Where
does free speech end and political
correctness begin? Discuss this with
us during “Political Correctness:
Where do you draw the line?” coming
11:30 a.m. – Concert by the
Klezmopolitans ensemble, featuring
Jewish and Eastern European folk
music @ Arizona Senior Academy,
13715 E. Langtry Lane, Tucson
The Vail Voice 10:30 AM - Christ Lutheran Vail is
hosting an American Red Cross
blood drive (Walk-ins are welcome,
but appointments can be made for a
specific time by calling the Red Cross
at 1-800-733-2767 and pressing 2
when prompted. Use the sponsor
code 'vailcommunity'. You may also
schedule an appointment by logging
onto 'redcrossblood.org' using
the same sponsor code.) @ Christ
Lutheran Vail Ministry Center, 14600
E. Colossal Cave Rd, Vail
Tuesday, June 28
11:30 AM - Concert by the Dave
Walton Trio featuring instrumental jazz
@ Arizona Senior Academy, 13715 E.
6:30 PM - Lifetree Cafe - Bad things
can look pretty good sometimes. Can
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we do anything to stop ourselves
from giving in to temptation? Find
out during “Temptation,” coming to
Lifetree Café @ Hacienda Cafe at
Wednesday, June 29
3:30 PM - Videos of four TED Talks,
“You have no idea where camels
really come from,” “How I found a
mythical boiling river in the Amazon,”
“What my religion says about
women,” and “Stunning photos of the
endangered Everglades.” @ Arizona
Lane, Tucson
Thursday, June 30
3:30 PM - “The Art of Conducting,” a
video replay from Omnibus, a 1950s
Friday, July 1
Time TBA - Live music under the
stars @ Colossal Cave Mountain Park,
16721 E. Old Spanish Trail, Vail
Saturday, July 2
Benson Hwy, Vail
Time TBA - Star Gazing Party @
Christ Lutheran Vail, 14600 E.
Colossal Cave Road, Vail
Monday, July 4
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Time TBA - Parade with Splash Zone
along Colossal Cave Road, Vail
Time TBA - Block Party @ del Lago
Golf Course, 14155 E. Via Rancho del
Lago, Vail
Saturday, July 16
Tuesday, July 5
Benson Hwy, Vail
11:30 AM - Concert Performer(s) TBA
@ Arizona Senior Academy, 13715 E.
Wednesday, July 6
Tuesday, July 19
3:30 PM - Lecture /book-talk by
Dan Flores, Santa Fe historian of the
American West, discussing his latest
book “Coyote America: a Natural
& Supernatural History,” @ Arizona
Lane, Tucson
11:30 AM - Concert by Michael
Weiss and Liz Soflin, saxophone
and percussion, @ Arizona Senior
Tucson
Thursday, July 7
3:30 PM - Lecture by David Spector,
Professor of Ornithology, Central
Connecticut University, “Ralph
Ellison’s Invisible Birds,” @ Arizona
Lane, Tucson
3:30 PM - “American Musical
Comedy,” a video replay from
Omnibus, a 1950s music appreciation
TV series written, performed and
hosted by Leonard Bernstein, @
Saturday, July 9
Benson Hwy, Vail
Tuesday, July 12
Tuesday, July 26
11:30 AM - Concert by Baba
Marimba, a quartet of multiinstrumentalists who play African,
Middle Eastern, Cuban, Brazilian,
World Beat and original music, @
Thursday, July 28
3:30 PM - “What Make Opera Grand,”
a video replay from Omnibus, a 1950s
Wednesday, July 20
Saturday, July 30
Benson Hwy, Vail
Thursday, July 21
3:30 PM - “The Music of J. S. Bach,”
a video replay from Omnibus, a 1950s
Saturday, July 23
Benson Hwy, Vail
11:30 AM - Vocal recital by Daniel
Rosenberg, baritone, an outstanding
high school senior who has been
accepted at several prestigious music
schools, @ Arizona Senior Academy,
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3:30 PM - “Introduction to Modern
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a 1950s music appreciation TV series
written, performed and hosted by
Leonard Bernstein, @ Arizona Senior
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Del Webb Rancho Del Lago Pickleball Spring
Fun Tournament
Three Cienega High School girls volleyball players, who play with Zona
Volleyball Club during the spring season, are members of the 2 teams (Zona
17-1 & Zona 16-1) that have earned bids to play in the USA Volleyball Girls
Junior National Championships in Indianapolis this year (June 29 to July 2).
Juniors Imani Litz (#8) and Morgan Wright (#12) are on the Zona 17-1 team
and Sophomore Emily Robinson (#5) is on the Zona 16-1 team. During the fall
these girls play on Cienega's varsity team, but during the spring they play with
the Zona Club. Congratulations to these outstanding players!
The Del Webb Rancho Del Lago Pickleball Club held its Spring Fun
Tournament on Saturday, May 14th. The registration fee for the 32 participants
was a donation to the Vail Food Bank for IMPACT of Southern Arizona. Thanks
to the generosity of the club, a car load of various foods was delivered to
Food Bank. The high scorers for the tournament were Roger Cote and Ernie
Cardona.
The members of the Pickleball Club would like to give a big "thank you" to
Montgomery's Bar and Grill, and the Arizona Pizza Company for their generous
donations of door prizes. Their support helped to make the tournament a big
success.
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Programs designed to
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"You call this love? I doubt either of
us has learned what that truly is. Love
is a gift. Love is giving. We've done
nothing but take, from every planet
we can possibly reach, we've taken
something from them."
This is just one example of the
beautiful writing displayed in Patrick
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novel Wisdom. This book follows
the story of Jove, specifically Jove
Number Seven of the Manufactured
Flesh and SynThinker Union. Jove
is an alien who was manufactured
and spent most of his life on the
planet Jupiter. As a special operatives
soldier, he was sent on a mission
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programed companions, Knowledge
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book spark ideas of extraterrestrial
life, but it also follows the fallout of
important issues such as nuclear war.
This story is a whirlwind of crazy plot
twists and thought provoking themes
that will leave any reader breathless. I
highly recommend this read not only
for a great adventure story, but also
to support local authors, as Tylee is a
Tucson native!
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During an emergency, the last thing you need is a long drive. Thank goodness the Northwest Emergency Center at Vail is OPEN. It’s the area’s
first freestanding emergency department, staffed by board-certified physicians, nurse practitioners and registered nurses. From lab services,
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at a hospital-based ER. And we’re open 24/7.
Reserve your spot ahead of time. Check in online at HealthierTucson.com.*
*Because our ER and Urgent Care staffs must treat patients based on the
severity of illness or injury, your time is not guaranteed. We will see you as
close to your designated time as possible. If your symptoms worsen or you
believe you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 or
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Insurance Processor
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dependent on experience. Submit
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He wrote a book
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a collection of
12 books), while
engaged in military
campaigns. His
book is his thoughts
regarding life. You can download his
book online for free, as it is in the
public domain.
In book four of Meditations, Marcus
writes, “Men seek retreats for
themselves, houses in the country, at
the seashore, and in the mountains;
and you tend to desire such things
very much. But this is a characteristic
of the most common sort of men,
for it is in your power whenever you
will to choose to retreat into yourself.
For nowhere either with more quiet
or more freedom from trouble does a
man retreat than into his own soul,...”
Summer is the season for many to
take a vacation from the hustle and
bustle of life. It is a time when many
seek special places to retreat and
relax. Often we look for a special
place, be it at the beach, mountains,
or forest that fosters a calm restoring
peace. While this is good and
welcomed, Marcus reminds us that
sometimes the best retreat is within
us, wherever we find ourselves.
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Summer storms can be quite
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lightning and power outages. For
many dogs, the storm season also
brings a slew of symptoms grouped
under the heading of thunderstorm
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behavior change exhibited by a dog
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untreated, they will become worse.
Just like people, dogs rarely grow
out of phobias, they grow into them.
Storm phobias, especially if their
symptoms are mild, can be and often
are ignored. However, if you observe
any changes in your dog’s behavior
during a thunderstorm, you need to
consider the probability that your dog
suffers from storm phobia.
Remember, a phobia feels no less real
to the animal suffering it than does
a legitimate fear. You may know that
statistically planes are safer than cars,
but that still doesn’t mean you will
forego a double scotch the second
you board a plane. Unlike flying, your
dog cannot avoid being subjected to
seasonal thunderstorms; so, how do
you order your dog a double scotch?
Getting your dog drunk is probably
not the solution. There are things that
you can do right now to help your
dog. Interestingly, petting them and
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The Vail Voice saying ‘it’s only a storm’ is not one of
them, even if it makes you feel better.
A simple solution that is successful
with some dogs is creating a ‘safe
room’ where they cannot see the
lightning that triggers the thunder, or
the thunder that follows. Setting up
a radio helps create ambient noise.
Many dogs will head to their room at
the first sign of a scary storm.
Other dogs respond positively to
anxiety wraps and thundershirts.
These shirts and wraps are like
swaddling clothes in infants and for
many dogs, they have a calming
effect. To work properly, these devices
must be fairly tight. Some dogs are
extremely storm
phobic and
their actions
can endanger
themselves and
others. Dogs
have been
known to jump
through sliding
glass doors, eat
through drywall,
and sprint
through open
doors. These
dogs may need
additional help to address their fear
after it has progressed to this point.
Your veterinarian, as always, is
your dog’s best friend in solving the
problem of storm phobia. Some
veterinarians are very interested in
behavioral problems, while others
know essentially nothing about them.
If your veterinarian offers you a bottle
of pills for this issue and nothing
more, then you need to find another
veterinarian for this problem.
Storm phobia is a complex problem.
Many dogs who are storm phobic
also have other undiagnosed phobias.
A skilled veterinary professional can
walk you through what to expect
and how to help your dog. Though
thunderstorm phobia is widespread
in dogs, there is some evidence
that it has a higher incidence in the
herding breeds as well as some of
the hounds. The incidence of storm
phobias seems to also occur more
often in dogs that come through
rescue organizations, perhaps due to
prior instability in their lives, though
no one knows for certain. With the
right tools and information, you can
help mitigate much of your pet’s fear
and help your dog cope with the
worst that the summer storm season
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June 2016
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Golfers Golf At Del
Lago For Students
Rory O’Hara, Tim Jansons, and Todd
Weidner. Coming in third was the
team from the Vail School District’s
Desert Willow Elementary School.
Team members were Stephen
Forgacs, Kenny Riesgo, Nick Weigel,
and Dylan Van Echo. Plans are already
underway for next year’s tournament.
by Anne Gibson
It was a beautiful Saturday morning
on May 7th as 128 players hit the
links at the Del Lago Golf Club
for the Fifth Annual Greater Vail
Area Chamber of Commerce Golf
Tournament. The proceeds from this
tournament will enable the Chamber
to continue to award scholarships
next year to those chosen graduating
Vail seniors preparing to attend
Arizona universities, said Dennis
Fischer, tournament founder and
five-year golf tournament chair. In
addition to being the stimulus and
leadership to oversee the raising
of the funds for Vail students,
Fischer is also the chairman of the
scholarship committee. With a small
committee, he reads every student
application and together they select
the scholarship recipients. “It does
give me a lot of pleasure to award
the scholarships, and I do enjoy
talking with the kids,” said Fischer,
who volunteers hundreds of hours
of his expertise and connections
to the tournament and scholarship
committees. This year there were 75
scholarship applicants.
“I volunteer at the Vail and Sahaurita
schools ten days a year talking to
the kids about careers in mining,
how to write a resume, and how to
interview for a job” Fischer said,
showing his commitment to students.
Del Lago Golf Club hosts upwards
of 100 groups and tournament
events a year, said Steve Gummere,
general manager of the Club. We
are proud to be the host course for
local organizations to raise funds for
their project that benefit our friends
and neighbors. Some examples of
these organizations, in addition to
the Chamber, hosted by Gummere,
Ott YMCA Board Chair David Wilson, Ott Board Member Daren Layton, and Ott
Executive Director and Chamber Board Member Charlie Buchanan enjoy the
tournament lunch of pulled pork sandwiches, cole slaw, and Hacienda’s special
homemade potato chips. Their YMCA team was completed with the fourth
member, Ott Senior Program Director R. J. Bergman.
are Cienega Rotary Club, Cienega
High School and Booster Club, Vail
Christian Church, American Legion
Post #109, and St Rita in the Desert
to name a few. Both Cienega and
Empire High School golf teams are
hosted at Del Lago.
The Del Lago Golf Club is a public
course consisting of the Hacienda
del Lago Restaurant, Pro Shop, one
of the finest practice facilities in
Southern Arizona, Knockerball field,
and an 18-hole championship golf
course, said Gummere. The course
consists of 188 acres, nine beautiful
lakes, over six miles of cart paths, and
spectacular views.
The results of the Chamber contest
found the First Place winning team
was from Southwest Septic Service.
Team players were Shane Stamback,
Kurt Stamback, Tyler Stamback, and
Caleb Shull. Southwest Septic Service
also won the tournament in 2014.
The Second Place winning team
was from Harrington Technologies
featuring players Robert Harrington,
Whittley “Anne” Gibson is a third
generation Tucsonan and an
alumni of the University of Arizona.
She is very involved in the Vail
community,currently serving on
the Greater Vail Area Chamber of
Commerce, as a Vail Pride Day
Director, and is the Bethel Baptist
Promotion Committee Chair. She also
has served for 12 years as an elected
member of the Vail Unified School
District Governing Board.
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The Vail Voice
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Project: A Partnership
by J.J. Lamb, Vail Preservation
Society
300 days. Not quite a year, but the
plain truth, is that at times, it will
seem interminable. The end result will
be wonderful, smoother traffic flow,
improved safety and a transformed
Vail town center. When the work is
done there will be a center turn lane,
walkways on both sides of Colossal
Cave Road, landscaping, safer
railroad crossings with improved
visibility, better drainage, and
beautiful public art punctuating our
streetscape and book ending our
historic town center. Vail Preservation
Society, who is funding and facilitating
the creation of the public art, is a
project stakeholder. This is another
way that VPS fulfills our mission to
Connect Community Through Local
History. Art builds a sense of place,
especially when it is created by and
for the Vail community.
There will never be a “perfect” time
to complete this important road work.
Like a critical operation the doctor
says is necessary, we have to prepare
for and be an informed “patient”
(resident). We must plan ahead
every day and work cooperatively
with the team of experts performing
the necessary “procedure.” Sandi
Garrick, Pima County’s Colossal Cave
Road project manager, is managing
for success. All of the stakeholders
have met, understand the significant
challenges this project presents, and
are committed to working together to
ensure a safe, successful and on-time
project completion. There will be no
long-term progress for the central Vail
community without this project. The
project will have a page on the Pima
County Transportation website so you
can check on progress.
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During the project, there will be two
lanes of traffic. There will be two short
periods during which the road will be
closed for the Union Pacific Railroad
to complete its part of the project. The
number of residents heading to work
and the number of students attending
school will not change. What each of
us can do to make this construction
period safe and on schedule is to
community’s story. I can’t wait for the
wonderful changes this project will
bring to the Vail community!
A little about “the rest of the story.”
Colossal Cave Road was constructed
in 1898 by the Helvetia Mining
Company who spent $10,000 on
its construction from Helvetia to
Vail’s siding. It was called Vail Road
Colossal Cave Road Highway 80 in 1935.
plan ahead. Build extra time into your
schedule. Understand that every bus
must stop, set their break, open the
door, and look both ways at each
railroad track crossing. This is the
law, but we wouldn’t have it any other
way because we all care about the
safety of our community’s children.
Show appreciation to the construction
workers who are making our
transportation improvements happen.
They may be working for Southern
Arizona Paving, Kinder Morgan,
Union Pacific Railroad, Pima County
Transportation or other organizations
- they are all building a better future
for Vail. They are all concerned and
planning for safety and to provide
smooth traffic flow. Each of us is a
partner and stakeholder as well in
ensuring that the project proceeds
safely. Our positive attitude will
make the 300 days of construction
a safe and productive part of our
until 2006. In 1926 a petition was
presented by local residents including
Frank Schmidt of Colossal Cave and
Guy Monthan of Rancho del Lago
on behalf of the town of Vail seeking
the establishment of a highway:
“Beginning at a point on the TucsonBenson Highway in the Town of Vail,
Arizona, thence across the concrete
dip over the Pantano Wash on the
old Vail-Benson Highway, along the
present constructed road to Collossal
Cave, a distance of 6.2 miles more or
less.” Three notices were posted on
June 29, 1926, at the railroad crossing
at the west end of the proposed road,
on a fence post along the proposed
road near Monthan’s Ranch,and on
a sign post at the eastern end of the
proposed road. On July 30, 1926 the
Board of Viewers appointed by the
Pima County Board of Supervisors
approved the acceptance of the
road. They said “We have examined
the proposed location and believe
that all lands, by the location and
construction of an improved road,
will benefit thereby in excess of any
damages that may result.” I agree.
In 2016 and into the future, Vail will
benefit thereby. Every time you pass
a construction worker or wait as a
bus safely crosses the tracks, keep
the long term benefits in mind as you
plan for the extra time it will take. It
will be worth it, and our attitudes as
community stakeholders will ensure a
safe and on-time project.
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what your neighbors were doing!”
Frances grew up at Colossal Cave
and picked up her mail in Vail.
Vail
Preservation
Society
Connecting Community Through
Local History Since 2006
A Gift to the Future
by J.J. Lamb
Dads, and moms, work daily to
build a framework within their home,
neighborhood, school and community
that will nurture their children. We
want children to feel secure so that
they can explore the world with
confidence. We want them to feel
respected and cared for so they will
show respect and caring to others.
We want them to understand the
importance of connections. There is
within each of us a need to connect
with family, people and place.
We work together to ensure that
our home towns are great places
to live. Preserving historic places
is about so much more than bricks
and mortar or boards and shingles;
it is about the relationships of the
people who connect to build a
stronger community together. In a
place like Vail, established in 1880,
where we are now surrounded by
row after row of new stucco homes
built to standard plans by developers
from somewhere else, the two sole
remaining buildings at the heart of
Vail take on added significance.
They are authentic, visual reminders
of the hopes, dreams and daring of
an earlier generation who loved this
place as much as we do.
The 1935 Shrine of Santa Rita in the
Desert and the 1908 Old Vail Store
& Post Office, located between the
railroad tracks, creates a sense of
place. A strong sense of identity is
a significant part of providing a firm
foundation to grow a community. In
2016, where most residents are from
somewhere else, the Vail Schools
and beautiful landscape drew us
here and another home town tugs at
our heart strings. It is important to
remember that Vail is the home town
of the children growing up here. This
is the place that will fill their memories
and be at the center of the stories
28 Chloe and Zoe sit on the back step of the 1908 Vail Store and Post Office.
Courtesy Vail Preservation Society.
they share with their children. Strong
families and strong communities go
hand in hand. This Father’s Day we
are grateful for dads, but also that
the sole remaining pre-statehood
building in Vail, the 1908 adobe Old
Vail Store & Post Office, is going to be
preserved. This is a gift we can give
to the future.
The 1908 Old Vail Store & Post Office
was the hub of communication and
commerce for an area stretching from
the Rincon Valley in the north to the
Santa Rita and Empire Mountains
to the south. Correspondence was
welcomed equally by well-to do
ranch owners like the Jelks, Haskell’s,
and the Day’s, and railroad workers
like the Haro’s, Bravo’s and Allen’s.
Homesteaders, miners, wranglers and
teamsters all crossed paths at the Vail
Store & Post Office.
The walls of the humble adobe have
echoed with joy, sorrow and laughter
when a beer or a stiff shot of whisky
hit the long wooden bar in its early
days. Confrontations sometimes
ended with a gunshot. The smell of
fresh hay, lathered horses and oiled
leather were taken for granted when
the Tucson to Helvetia or Tombstone
Stages made their regular stops at
the west end of the building. Mexican
and Yaqui families escaping unrest
in Mexico stopped by in hopes of
hearing where work could be found,
purchase canned goods, or pick up a
letter from loved ones. Vail children
were proud to have the job of carrying
the mail bag tossed from passing
trains into the adobe where mail was
sorted and placed in P.O. boxes.
During the 1930s the boys of the
local Civilian Conservation Corp
camp at Colossal Cave stopped in
to pick up their mail and exchange
gossip with Postmistress Mary
Jane Warner. Many tears were shed
when a telegraph arrived saying that
Private Bernardino Estrada, son of
Mt. Fagan homesteader Francisco
Estrada, wouldn’t be coming home.
The call announcing the elopement
of Jack Herman and Jane Dillon at
the beginning of WWII came to the
Vail Store and Post Office which had
one of Vail’s few phones. Whatever
happened anywhere in the area was
probably discussed over the counter
at the Vail Store & Post Office.
According to Frances Schmidt Sundt,
“The Vail Store & Post Office was the
hub of the community. We went to the
post office just to find out what was
going on. After all, you had to know
The adobe 1908 Old Vail Store &
Post Office is the sole remaining
physical reminder of the national
economic and cultural forces that
converged at Vail at the turn of the
last century. Every other trace of Vail’s
railroad, mining and ranching roots
at the town site have been erased
by time, population growth, and
development. This humble adobe is a
reminder of Territorial Arizona and the
daily struggles of those that made a
life here. Located where Vail began,
it, and the beautiful Shrine of Santa
Rita in the Desert, bookend the heart
of Vail. Both are significant enough
to be listed on the National Register.
VPS is proud to be working with the
Vail School District and that the1908
Old Vail Store & P.O. will be the next
student preservation project funded
by your Vail Preservation Society. It is
an investment in our youth and Vail’s
future!
Vail Preservation Society
J.J. Lamb, is
a founding
member
of the Vail
Preservation
Society, a
2011 Arizona
Culturekeeper,
and U of A
graduate. She
is the coordinator of the New Deal
in Arizona Heritage tourism map,
earning a 2009 Governor’s Heritage
Preservation Honor Award. Her family
has lived in Vail since 1971. She
currently leads efforts to rehabilitate
the 1915 Section Foreman House at
Esmond Station K8, and brought the
Arizona Main Street Program Vail
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Living With Coyotes
is hidden in ambush. Three or four
coyotes can eviscerate a large canine
in seconds.
from Jim Gressinger at Southern
Arizona Guide (southernarizonaguide.
com)
Ranchers have tried to decimate the
coyote population for more than two
centuries. As a teenager, I worked on
my father’s cattle ranch in Eastern
Oregon. The alfalfa growers had killed
almost all the coyotes, mostly by
poison. The result: a huge explosion
in the rabbit population. And what
do rabbits love more than anything?
You guessed it. Alfalfa. In the summer
of 1963, the alfalfa crops were being
decimated by what seemed like
millions of rabbits.
The Arizona Game and Fish
Department estimates that about
200,000 coyotes live in Arizona.
They are equally at home in the wild,
in our cities and in the suburbs;
anywhere they can snatch a meal.
They are particularly fond of packrats,
cottontails, jackrabbits, stray kitty
cats and dogs.
If you declaw your cat and even if you
don't, it is best to keep it indoors at
all times. Lacking the ability to climb a
tree, your cat has no defense against
your neighborhood coyotes.
Out here in the foothills of the Tucson
Mountains it’s usually very quiet. The
most notable exception comes in the
middle of the night as ear-piercing
screeches of a pack of coyotes
squabbling over a possible rabbit kill.
Over the years, I have lost two big
male dogs to coyotes and don’t
intend to let that happen again.
Coyotes are smarter than dogs.
Generally, they have two tactics for
bringing down a healthy dog. First, if
the pooch is foolish enough to chase
them, the coyotes will form a relay.
The dog will chase one while the
others rest. Then another will allow
the dog to chase it. Soon, the dog is
exhausted and defenseless. The end
comes quickly.
Second, the pack sends a female in
heat close to the male canine. She
then entices the unsuspecting lothario
toward where the rest of the pack
Part of my job was to go out into the
fields every evening after work and
shoot as many rabbits as possible:
usually 20 or more a night. The same
pattern occurred here in Southern
Arizona. Apparently farmers have
become a bit more enlightened since
they now mostly leave coyotes alone.
(Wish we could say that about the
now nearly extinct Mexican gray wolf.)
We too have become more
enlightened. Every creature has a
purpose in the ecosystem. Our
attitude is that they were here first
and we are the intruders.
We won’t kill our native
critters, except under the most
extraordinary circumstances.
When I say “we,” I can’t include
Buddy, our Sonoran Devil Dog.
There’s nothing Bud likes better
than chasing packrats and
rabbits. And if he catches one,
he will kill it. So far, our efforts
to enlighten him have failed.
We won’t even kill a rattler,
even though Bud finds six or
seven in our gardens every
year. We have a 48-inch
professional snake-grabber that
we use to relocate the wayward
beasts down to a nearby wash
and away from the road. Upon
release, we politely but firmly
tell each snake not to return. To
our knowledge none has, even
though they are known to be
territorial.
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13299 E Colossal Cave Rd | Vail, AZ 85641
CALL TODAY TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT
(520) 762-5200
Astrid Chabert, MD
Pediatrician
www.uchcaz.org
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The Vail Voice

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