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.

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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
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Police Reports
March 2, 2008

Cochise College Events
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Arizona panel OKs more study of I-10 bypass
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona transportation officials will continue planning for a proposed Interstate 10 bypass around Tucson and Phoenix but have dropped consideration of possible routes through an environmentally sensitive valley east of Tucson.

Napolitano OKs insurance mandate for autism coverage
  PHOENIX — Siding with parents over insurance companies, Gov. Janet Napolitano signed legislation Friday which eventually will require insurance companies to provide coverage for autism. But there will be limits.

Arizona unemployment rate down, construction loses big
PAUL DAVENPORT
Associated Press Writer

New scholarships now available at College
Application deadline April 14
Students and prospective students can now apply for several thousand dollars in new scholarships administered through the Cochise College Foundation. Some scholarships are available for this semester, and others will be awarded for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Road Construction
The City of Douglas will be working on various projects over the coming week.  The work is being completed by the City of Douglas Public Works Department and is part of the Mayor and Council’s ongoing infrastructure improvement program.

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.

About 100 people evacuated as blaze spreads in Bisbee
BISBEE — Approaching flames from a wildfire in the Mule Mountains led to the evacuation of an unknown number of homes along Zacatecas Canyon Road, Tombstone Canyon and High Road in Old Bisbee, displacing approximately 100 people Thursday.

Giffords seeks about $16M for county projects
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is seeking more than $117 million in next year’s federal budget to support a number of agencies in her congressional district.

Funds available for Meth support groups, projects
COCHISE COUNTY – The Cochise County Substance Abuse Coalition (CCSAC) announces that it has funding available for projects, support groups, awareness events or any other grassroots startup community program committed to supporting friends and family members of individuals addicted to methamphetamine.                                                                                          

Colors of Success gets Foundation grant
Colors of Success, a non-profit organization that helps at-risk students in Douglas and Cochise County, has been awarded a $5,100 grant from the Cochise Community Foundation’s Bob Holcombe Fund to expand incentives for its Vision for the Future program.   

Marty Robbins tribute in Willcox
For the first time, Willcox will be the host city for the annual tribute to Marty Robbins on Saturday, March 22.

Is too much corn in our diet making us fat (and sick)?
Last Thursday Good Morning America featured a spot on corn with the makers of the King Corn documentary.  Two recent Yale graduates decided to return to Iowa where their grandfathers had farmed to grow an acre of corn and follow it into the food system.  What they found out alarmed them, because, as was demonstrated on TV, corn in one form or another is now in just about everything we eat.

Douglas Community Fund has auction at the Gallery
 The Douglas Area Community Fund invites you to an ongoing silent art auction at the Douglas  Art Gallery.

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 5, 2008

Police Reports
March 2, 2008

Man is under investigation for Moon Canyon fire
BISBEE — The Bisbee resident who started the Moon Canyon fire Thursday morning by trying to burn felled trees without a permit may face charges later this week.

Horses, handguns, and humans discovered in smuggling attempt
TUCSON, Ariz. — On March 20, 2008 Border Patrol agents assigned to the Douglas Station apprehended eight illegal aliens, two horses, and two handguns from a vehicle stop on State Route 191 near Douglas, Ariz.

Weekend fire destroys G Ave. business
A downtown commercial building was destroyed by fire Sunday by what fire investigators are still calling unknown reasons.

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.

Farmers has identity theft protection
Elizabeth Phagan of Farmers Insurance announced that the local agency is now offering Farmers Identity Shield, a comprehensive package of coverage and services to help combat identity theft.

What happened to the economy?
You may be wondering how we went from a booming economy a year or so ago to where we are now. Although economics doesn’t always do a good job at predicting the future, it does very well at explaining the past. So let’s take a look at what happened.

Edward Jones ranked No. 8 in second annual Business Week customer service ranking
St. Louis — For the second year in a row, the global fmancial services firm Edward Jones is the highest-ranking brokerage firm on Business Week magazine’s second annual ranking of”Customer Service Champs.” Edward Jones ranked No. 8 among 25 national and international companies, according to the magazine’s March 3 edition.

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

Roll
into spring
Now that spring has officially arrived, we can welcome the season. And there’s no more appropriate way to welcome it than with (ta-da!) spring rolls.

Expert to speak on promising diagnostic technique
Dr. Wataru Tamura, a Tucson gastroenterologist, expert on CD diagnosis using the capsule endoscopy or "Pill Cam" and Southern Arizona Celiac Support (SACS) Medical Advisory Board member, will speak at SACS General Meeting, on March 29 at the Pima Community College District Office Campus,  4905 E. Broadway, Bldg. C in Tucson.  Meet, greet and eat begins at 8:30 a.m. The lecture will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a Q&A period following.  There will be a large variety of Gluten Free (GF) snacks and support.  All SACS events are free and open to the public.

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.

Arizona judge drops 2 of 10 Arizona charges against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs
AMANDA LEE MYERS
Associated Press Writer

What to give up for Lent
Faithful fans of ESPN’s “Mike & Mike in the Morning” know that former NFL lineman Mike Golic takes great pleasure in skewering his urbane shrimp of a partner, Mike Greenberg.

What to give up for Lent
Faithful fans of ESPN’s “Mike & Mike in the Morning” know that former NFL lineman Mike Golic takes great pleasure in skewering his urbane shrimp of a partner, Mike Greenberg.

Arizona judge drops 2 of 10 Arizona charges against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs
AMANDA LEE MYERS
Associated Press Writer

Why does the date for Easter change every year?
 Have you ever wondered why Easter Sunday can fall anywhere between March 22 and April 25? And why do Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on a different day than Western churches? These are all good questions with answers that require a bit of explanation.

The origin of the Easter Bunny & colored Easter eggs
Just as Santa Claus represents Christmas, a hopping life-size bunny with a basket full of colorful eggs is the quintessential image of Easter.

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
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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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