The Fourth of July fireworks in Douglas is anticipated to be one of the biggest in Southern Arizona.

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Dever elected to national board
SIERRA VISTA - Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was elected last Wednesday to the National Sheriff's Association Board of Directors.

ADEQ assigns hazardous materials inspectors to Arizona-Mexico border
Dick Kamp/Wick Comunications Environmental Liaison

PD lures 600 workers to Arizona mines
PHOENIX - Phelps Dodge needs hundreds of new employees for work in its southeastern Arizona copper mines and mills, and it is sweetening the pot to get them to come on board.

Fixing New Mexico border barrier error may cost more than $3 million
COLUMBUS, N.M. - The 1.5-mile barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border was designed to keep cars from illegally crossing into the United States. There's just one problem: It was accidentally built on Mexican soil.

Second tunnel, 3,000 pounds of pot found in Nogales
NOGALES, Ariz. - Authorities said they found a second drug-smuggling tunnel in as many days in Nogales, but this time they also found more than 3,000 pounds of marijuana.

Illegal immigrant found dead at Coronado Memorial
SIERRA VISTA - The Cochise County Search and Rescue Team retrieved the body of an illegal immigrant from a canyon at Coronado National Memorial early Saturday.

Rep. Giffords pushes for $400,000 in USPP funding
SIERRA VISTA - The Upper San Pedro Partnership will be receiving $400,000 as part of earmarks put in an approved appropriations bill.

County wages keep pace with inflation
The Arizona Department of Economic Security recently released its occupational employment and wage estimates for 2006.

'Kids Day' at Bisbee Farmer's Market
This Saturday will be the first Kid's Day at the Market with lots of fun and educational activities for kids. The Bisbee Kiwanis Club has created a Treasure Hunt that will send youngsters around the market to discover objects at different vendor booths. Prizes will be awarded. There will be two groups of treasure hunters, those aged 9 to 12 and those under nine. The younger set must be accompanied by an older child or parent. Pick up a treasure "map" to get started at the Kiwanis table under the special events tree. Watch a goat milking demonstration under the tree and visit a baby emu and a pygmy goat and try smashing piñatas. Amy Ross of Willcox will entertain with pleasing melodies on her keyboard accompanied by husband Derek on guitar.

Jazz singer at Cafe Roka July 6
Jazz singer Nancy Weaver is pleased to announce her performance schedule at Bisbee's Cafe Roka, 35 Main Street, in July and August. She'll be joining Cool Jazz (guitarist Tom Cook and bassist Paul Lewis) on Friday, July 6 and Friday, August 24, both nights from 5 until 9 pm. Reservations at 520-432-5153.

Strawberries - get 'em while they're perfect
If you have ever tasted a lush, soft, sweet, glossy, locally grown strawberry and then sampled one of those pumped-up, pinkish-red, crispy monsters shipped in from California, you have tasted what writer Russ Parsons calls "the paradox of the strawberry."

Clever uses for grocery bargains
I've always enjoyed reading household hints books that share clever uses for inexpensive household items. I recently read "Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things" (Readers Digest, 2007), which included more than 2,000 ways to save time and money.

Butterfly Club helps lifts women above image trauma of cancer
SIERRA VISTA - "When a woman loses her hair through illness, she is also losing her whole image. She is losing her identity."

Ruth Graham was her husband's 'X factor'
There was a time just after the Watergate scandal when Billy Graham, stung by his ties to the fallen President Richard Nixon, tried to let his hair down a bit.

Religion News In Brief
Trying to escape shadow of Southern Baptists, moderate, liberal Baptists plan joint ministries

LDS church boasts 1 million missionaries, 13 million members
They are as much a symbol of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Salt Lake Temple and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, clean-cut suit-clad young men on bikes or on foot going door to door with a gospel message. Mormon missionaries have fanned across the globe since the earliest days of the Church and in the process have reached a major milestone.

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