A two-vehicle accident caused an SUV to flip on its side Wednesday afternoon. The two motorists were transported to the hospital. According to police, a gray Mazada SUV was traveling northbound when the driver failed to stop at a stop sign. At that moment a red Neon was traveling westbound when it hit the SUV on the rear tire, causing the SUV to flip on its side.

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A look at Anglo and Hispanic test scores
An examination of the trends in recent test scores shows the good news is that Arizona forth graders are improving; the bad news is the gains aren’t lasting.

Career and Technical Education emphasized at Douglas Schools
In these times of high stakes testing, we must remember the purpose of public education in America; and that is to prepare our children to be good citizens, productive members of society and ultimately gainfully employed.  

Border fence construction restarts
BISBEE — Construction has resumed on a section of border fence in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area where work had been temporarily halted.

Taste of Home Cooking School tickets available at The Daily Dispatch
The Taste of Home Cooking School will be making a stop in Douglas on Wednesday November 14.

Police Reports
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Big time
More than 2,000 children and adults made their way to Castro Park for the third annual “Spooktacular” sponsored by The Daily Dispatch and Douglas Recreation Department. Five hundred goody bags were handed out and youngsters played games throughout the evening. First, second and third place prizes were also given for the costume contest in three different age divisions. The event was sponsored by The event is sponsored by The Daily Dispatch, the city of Douglas, Douglas Recreation Department, Southwest Gas, Bordermart, Food City, H&R Block, Wells Fargo, Safeway, Cochise College, FRV Metals, Sonic/Pizza Hut, Brown and Page, Southern Arizona Auto, Chiricahua, Adair Funeral Home, and APS and U of A South.  More than 1,00 pounds of candy and 2,000 prizes were handed out during the event.

Survey: Most Arizonans don’t know 5 C’s
 Quick: Can you name the five C’s that formed the basis of Arizona’s economy? Don’t be ashamed if you can’t.

Gas prices going up across the county
According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest  biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of October 8, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County increased to $2.79 from $2.72 over the two-week period.

Keeping children safe for Halloween night
Although Halloween is next wednesday, it’s never too early  for parents to begin to think about Halloween safety.

Douglas School District fits definition of ‘dropout factories’
PHOENIX — Arizona educators continue to struggle to keep students in school, though the state no longer dwells at the bottom of national surveys of dropout rates.

Church in Mexico slams Halloween:
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Roman Catholic church slammed Halloween as “damaging and against the faith” on Monday, and conservatives called on Mexicans to halt the steady encroachment of the ghouls-and-goblins holiday and return to the country’s traditional Day of the Dead ceremonies.

Parents need to ‘Draw the Line’ on teen drinking
PHOENIX — Alarmed at the high number of teen drinkers, state officials launched a new effort Monday with a different focus: convince adults not to provide alcohol to those under 21 or even to condone it with their silence.

Former Douglas man charged in death of baby
A former Douglas man was arrested Oct. 26 in connection with the child abuse death of an18-day old boy.

Elfrida teacher accused of inappropriate language and touching of student
Elfrida – An evidentiary hearing was held Tuesday morning for Richard Anderson, a Valley Union High School math teacher who is accused of both allegedly using sexually inappropriate language with a student and of touching the student on the thigh.

‘Spooktacular’ Halloween Carnival today at Castro Park
Castro Park is being taken over by witches, monsters and all other sorts of Halloween doings during the 'Spooktacular", from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Halloween night.

Tucson police say death of child was ‘not natural’
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP)- Tucson police are investigating the death of a child that they say was not a natural death.

Incidents with virus would force State health officials to apply new requirements to hospitals
PHOENIX — The state’s top health official is weighing whether to force hospitals to disclose how often patients get infections, including from the new “superbug’’ virus.

Center for Academic Success breaks ground on future home for its classes in SV
SIERRA VISTA — The southeast corner of North Seventh Street and Carmelita Drive will never look the same again, and quite a few people are happy about that.

Survey reveals many Arizonans frustrated with traffic congestions
  PHOENIX — A majority of Arizonans are so frustrated with traffic congestion that they’re willing to hike their own taxes in hopes of fixing the situation, a new statewide survey shows.

17th stair climb hits high mark on money
BISBEE — The Save Our Stairs board of directors couldn’t be happier with the success of the 17th annual Bisbee 1000 stair climb held Oct. 20.

Suspected drug smuggler shot on Geronimo Road
SIERRA VISTA — Recent tactics of drug smugglers ramming federal police vehicles led an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to shoot a suspected international drug-runner Thursday on Geronimo Road near the border city of Douglas.

Free computer classes offered at Douglas Library
Do you want to learn how to use Excel or PowerPoint? Or maybe you want to improve your Internet skills.

Police Report
October 19, 2007

Two-vehicle accident on 11th Street, no injuries
A two-vehicle accident caused minor injures to both drivers Friday afternoon.

Ramming agents’ vehicles part of a ‘pattern’
DOUGLAS — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman said the alleged drug smuggler shot by an officer on Thursday belongs to a drug trafficking organization that has resorted to ramming law enforcement vehicles a total of three times in four days in order to escape apprehension in the Douglas area.

Hospitals get help for providing emergency care to undocumented immigrants
PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government has reimbursed Arizona hospitals and doctors $92 million over the past two years to offset unpaid bills for emergency care provided to undocumented immigrants.

Family, authorities look for missing teen
Bisbee junior gone since Wednesday
SIERRA VISTA — When Barb Gill awoke on Wednesday morning, she and her family found her daughter, Morgan, missing.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords praises house passage of Health Care for children
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today praised House passage of a bipartisan compromise bill to extend health care coverage to millions of low- and middle income children.

Initiative drive intend to bar governments from considering social factors in education
PHOENIX — If you’ve got excellent grades, a stunning score on your Law School Aptitude Test and a remarkable background, odds are you’ll have no trouble getting into either of the law schools at Arizona’s public universities.

Keeping children safe for Halloween night
Although Halloween is next wednesday, it’s never too early  for parents to begin to think about Halloween safety.

Motorists must remember to use child restraint seats, it’s the law
Child car seats really do make a difference in child safety.

American Community Survey looks at Cochise County
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released results from its 2006 American Community Survey. This was the second year Cochise County was included in the survey, which provides annual updates to the census data collected every 10 years. Prior to 2005, only communities with a population of 250,000 or more were included. In 2005, this was changed to include populations of 65,000 or more.

Taste of Home tickets available at The Daily Dispatch
The Taste of Home Cooking School will be making a stop in Douglas on Wednesday November 14.

Celebrate the Holidays & Harvest at Bisbee Farmers Market’s finale
The Bisbee Farmers Market will close its 2007 season with a Holiday & Harvest Festival on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon in Vista Park.  It will feature a Halloween Costume Contest for kids of all ages with child, customer and vendor prizes and a kids’ costume parade around the market.

Upcoming events
Bird Walk

Only two more nights in the “The Storage Room”
 Friday and Saturday will be the last two chances for patrons to enjoy “The Storage Room,” an original play by Bisbee author, musician and actor, Pearl Watkins. The author describes the play as “a black comedy about everyday family life in purgatory.” “The Storage Room” is being presented with the support of Central School Project.

Victims describe physical, verbal abuse on Bisbee’s walk
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Spooktacular Halloween Carnival October 31 at Castro
Castro Park is being taken over by witches, monsters and all other sorts of Halloween doings during the 'Spooktacular", from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Halloween night, Wednesday, October 31.

St. David artist gave life's work to promote learning
Hundreds of art pieces to be displayed at the Cochise College Benson Center this fall will be sold to raise funds for college scholarships.

Chamber players perform Oct. 26
Full of old-world grace, charm and, occasionally, fury, the Daystar Chamber Players present a face-to-face, quadraphonic experience of two violins, a viola and a cello at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 at the Sierra Vista Community United Church of Christ. The concert is brought to Sierra Vista by Cochise College Cultural Events.

Call to Artists . . .
Interested artists are invited to submit original artwork, completed within the last two years, for the 2008 La Frontera Tucson International Mariachi Conference poster. The conference is scheduled for April 21-26, 2008.

Cochise College Events
Saturday, October 20

Mesquite milling, pancake breakfast Sat.
Bisbee Farmers Market

Indian food goes mainstream
Walk into a supermarket of any size these days, and you are likely to find ingredients like fresh lemongrass and plantains, udon noodles, star anise, jicama and masa harina — foods that are available to indulge our tastes for the cuisines of countries like Cambodia, Japan, China and Mexico. Unfortunately — unless you live in a large urban center or an area with a large Indian population — your supermarket is probably not doing so well on Indian ingredients. You’re likely to find a row of jarred chutneys, a few canned or “instant” Indian meals and some basmati rice, but it is still difficult to Indian find staples like garam masala or sambhaar (spice mixes), asafetida (a spice), nigella (black onion seeds), paneer (Indian cottage cheese) or atta (finely ground whole-wheat flour).

Nothing fishy here-Embrace your inner fish
Like "tree-huggers," we fish-huggers are concerned about the environment, specifically the impact of factory trawlers, bottom draggers, the problem of bycatch (e.g., dolphins caught in tuna nets) and industrialized aquaculture. We worry about the byproducts of bad fisheries management or farming, including mercury, antibiotics and colorants in fish. We want to save the fish so we can ... eat them. A little self-interest can, environmentally speaking, be a good thing.

Take rain checks when the shelves run dry
I recently shopped at my drugstore and was disappointed that the best bargains were out of stock. I had waited until the last day of the sale week, and other clever shoppers had cleared out the bargains.

Next generation: Focus on the Family executives more interested in parenting than politics
ERIC GORSKI
AP Religion Writer

`Sit Down and Shut Up’
ERIC TALMADGE
Associated Press Writer

Archbishop Chaput receives award
“On some key issues facing Americans today - the nature of marriage and family and the sanctity of human life, among others - Catholics and Mormons have the same concerns and similar values rooted in our belief of a loving God,...It makes sense to work together and support each other whenever we can, and the Catholics warmly welcome that.” Archbishop Chaput

Entertainment versus religious messages
The idea for the movie began with a vision of three fake pirates falling from the sky into the ocean, transported in a magical rowboat back to the 17th century.

Religion In The News
Students now required to observe moment of silence in Illinois

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