Golf course trail fees, development fees and computers for the library were some of the issues discussed at Wednesday’s City Council meeting.

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No real impact after write-in count
The final votes were counted yesterday in Bisbee in the mayoral race.

Douglas Police receive funds for Tasers
The Douglas Police Department received more than $16,000 for 20 non-lethal Tasers.

Corbett mistrial leaves activists dissatisfied
BISBEE — Representatives of some activist groups are not pleased with the outcome of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett’s murder trial.

Napolitano says federal government needs to offset border fence delay
 PHOENIX (AP) — The drawdown of National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border should be stopped or alternative border security improvements provided because of problems with a high-tech “virtual fence” project, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.

Volunteers sought to use high-tech border cameras over Internet
PALOMINAS — Glenn Spencer sat in front of a set of computer screens Wednesday morning in his office here and monitored activity along a nine-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Update: RICHARD STEVEN MENDIVIL
Thanks to the efforts of the Douglas community and the local newspaper Douglas Dispatch, Cochise County Adult Probation was able to have sex offender Richard Mendivil arrested on a warrant issued from Cochise County Superior Court.  The Community of Douglas went above and beyond to give the Adult Probation Department information on wanted probationer Richard Mendivil who was convicted of two counts for attempted molestation of a child under 14 years of age.  Mendivil failed to report to Adult Probation after serving a 8 year prison term for his conviction.  Flyers were posted throughout the Douglas community and also in the local newspaper The Douglas Dispatch.  Within hours of the postings Adult Probation received information on the whereabouts of Mendivil.  The information received led to the arrest of the defendant in California where he is in jail awaiting transfer back to Cochise County.

Charges considered in the case of Kansas woman who spent 2 years on boyfriend's toilet
WICHITA, Kan. (AP)  — Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend’s toilet for two years — so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the boyfriend finally called police.

Cochise County Sheriff’s Office
The following are arrests made by the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office and other city agencies, including the Sierra Vista and Bisbee police departments, and some were booked into the Cochise County Jail.

Cochise College, community celebrate
10 years of creative writing March 28, 29
Writing is a form of expression. People write for different reasons, and authors often see the extraordinary in ordinary, everyday life and explore different worlds - or even known worlds - through eyes that are keen to observe and interpret.

Mayor-elect wants more community participation in city government
For several months Dr. Michael Gomez walked the streets and knocked on doors of the Douglas community each evening during his mayoral candidacy.

Border To Border Air show March 15
The biggest and best air show is scheduled for March 15 with lots of air stunts, games, food and music.

High School Seniors who don’t pass might still graduate
PHOENIX — High school seniors who can’t pass the AIMS tests may still be able to graduate. Without discussion, the House on Thursday gave preliminary approval to reinstating a program which allows high schoolers to augment their scores with good grades. Without HB 2008 the bonus points, which have existed for the last two years — since AIMS passage became a graduation requirement — will go away.

Founder of Cochise College Center for Economic Research dies
SIERRA VISTA — Ken Jones, the founder of Cochise College’s Center for Economic Research, died Wednesday. He was 50.

County gas prices still climbing
According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of March 10, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County increased to $3.25 from $3.11 over the two-week period. According to AAA Arizona, the statewide price rose from $3.05 to $3.19 per gallon. Nationally, according to the Energy Information Administration, gas prices increased from $3.13 to $3.23 during the two-week period.

Cochise County Sheriff’s Office
The following are arrests made by the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office and other city agencies, including the Sierra Vista and Bisbee police departments, and some were booked into the Cochise County Jail.

Border to Border Air show this weekend
The biggest and best air show is scheduled for this weekend at the Airport Park, east of Douglas, with lots of air stunts, games, food and music.

DECA recognizes outstanding school stores
The School-Based Enterprise (SBE) at Douglas High School was among the school stores that achieved Gold Level Certification this year and will be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The students that worked on the Certification were President Leila Martinez and member, Octavio Cruz, with the assistance of their advisor Lourdes Mora. The school store at Douglas High School has operated an SBE for less than one year and is to be commended for this achievement.

Sheriff’s office offering scholarships to high school students
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Department is offering scholarships to students throughout the county.

Governor vetoes state hiring freeze law, calls it unnecessary
PHOENIX — Gov. Janet Napolitano on Friday rejected a legislative plan to freeze all new state and university hiring and promotions.

Manny Alvarez announces candidacy for State Senate District #25
Representative Manny Alvarez announces that he is running for the Arizona Senate, to continue his work on behalf of rural Arizona communities.

Rep. Giffords co-sponsors new workers status bill
WASHINGTON – U .S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords this week signed on as the first Democratic co-sponsor of legislation that will create a new, reliable way for employers to verify the eligibility status of new hires.

Giffords supports bill to alter verification process
Last week, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who represents Cochise County, announced that she became a co-sponsor of the New Employee Verification Act, or H.R. 5515.

Can point gun and not be arrested
PHOENIX — Individuals who feel threatened could unholster their guns — and even point them at someone else — without running afoul of the law under the terms of a measure given preliminary House approval Monday.

Cost of border patrol agent’s case still being counted
BISBEE — The exact cost to prosecute and defend Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett’s murder trial is not clear, but the amount could likely be counted in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Back Home
The body of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ernesto Guadalupe Cimarrusti who was killed last week in Baghdad by a suicide bomber arrived in Douglas Monday.

Farewell
Soldiers fold an American flag over Ernest Cimarrusti’s coffin Wednesday afternoon at the Veterans’ Memorial Park. More than 200 people attended the memorial, with many bearing American flags. Cimarrusti had been awarded the Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts, one for a previous injury and the second for his untimely passing in Iraq. He was a 2000 graduate of Douglas High School. Cimarrusti’s burial date was also the five year anniversary of the beginning of the war.

Cochise College, Jewish Federation to host public program on intolerance and discrimination
Cochise College TRIO/Student Support Services and the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona will host a series of programs about intolerance and discrimination in March and April.

No way to balance budget this year, leaders say
 By Howard Fischer

Education News Briefs
Early Learning Center

Police Reports
March 2, 2008

Cochise College Events
Construction update...

Easter Egg Hunt
The 10th Annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by The Daily Dispatch, City of Douglas, and participating merchants, will be held on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. sharp at Copper King Baseball Stadium. Children will be split into three age groups -- 0-3, 4-7 and 8-10 -- for the annual search for candy and prizes. There will be hundreds of pounds of candy on the field along with other prizes and the chance to win Easter baskets, toys and other goodies. For more information, look in the Friday, March 21 issue of the Daily Dispatch, or call 364-3424.

House OKs to create taxpayers fund
causes through their annual tax returns.

17-year-old girl died of suspicious causes
A 17-year-old girl, who was found unconscious in her closet Sunday, later died in a Tucson hospital.

ADOT says I-10 bypass needed, but there’s no money to fund it
PHOENIX -- Arizona needs an alternative to Interstate 10 around

Douglas taxpayers to receive first round of stimulus rebates beginning May 2
Douglas taxpayers can expect to receive their economic stimulus rebate payments beginning May 2.

Police Reports
March 2, 2008

County OKs water adequacy rule: First in state to require 100-year supply of water for subdivisions
BISBEE — From now on, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors can turn down developers wanting to build subdivisions if proof of 100-year water adequacy cannot be obtained.

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.

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

Is Sustainable Food Production Possible in the Desert?
Sustainable food production in the desert is a concept I have wrestled with for the last seven years, ever since we began the Bisbee Farmers Market.  After visiting many ranches, farms and backyards where solar water pumps, solar powered electric fencing, windmills, rain water harvesting and organic methods are used,  I’ve concluded that it is not only possible but something to promote. To educate consumers and producers we created the non profit organization, Baja Arizona Sustainable Agriculture.  

Tradition Meets Innovation this Easter
Family Features

Cook like a mom
There is a cookbook by “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio called “Think Like a Chef” (Clarkson Potter, 2007), which tells you in clear prose how to make duck confit, beurre blanc and stuffed sea bass. It’s a “weekend” cookbook, the kind you might pick up when you want a culinary project.

Health Department offers nutrition demonstration at Food City
Have you ever asked yourself if frozen vegetables are just as good as or better than fresh? What about all of the energy drinks out there – are they really good for us, or do they just make us tired and fat? Soups are considered one of the top ten slimming foods – but are all soups alike? The answers to these and other questions will be answered by the Cochise County Health Department as part of a free informational event on March 31st at the Food City Stores in Willcox and Douglas from 9 a.m. until noon.

Know when your food has been recalled
 Thanks to traditional and online media, most of us hear about food advisories and recalls quickly.

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.

Christian music scene evolves and changes
The first time Jay Swartzendruber held a compact disc, he wondered if music fans would miss the artwork, readable lyrics and other goodies that came inside old-fashioned album covers.

Students hear Holocaust survivor’s tale of terror
SIERRA VISTA — A Holocaust survivor issued a challenge to Buena High School teenagers Thursday.

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

City Council adopts official election results
XAVIER ZARAGOZA
THE DAILY DISPATCH

Ward 1 run-off elections set for May 20
The contest for the Ward 1 council seat on March 11 was close between Alfredo Garcia and Margaret Morales.

Election information: Candidates who have, so far, received packets
The following are people who have filed initial paperwork with the Cochise County Elections Office so that they can run for office later this year. To be listed in this list, they must have filed a candidate information sheet and either a $500 threshold exemption statement, meaning they won’t spend over $500 on their campaign, or a statement of organization, which means they plan to spend more than $500 on their campaign and have formed a campaign organization. To officially become a candidate, they must file petitions with the County Elections Office by June 4. The Daily Dispatch plans to periodically run a list  of people who have pulled packets to run so that area residents can see who the candidates may be.

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