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Judge: immigrants’ lawsuit stands
TUCSON (AP) — A federal judge has denied a southern Arizona rancher’s motions to dismiss a civil lawsuit on behalf of illegal immigrants who alleged that he detained, assaulted, battered and threatened them.

Police forward Bisbee fire case to the county
BISBEE — The Cochise County Attorney’s Office will consider the possibility of filing charges against a man who started a fire that burned about 800 acres on Moon Canyon last week.

Student invited to study, travel in Europe
Celeste Morales used to be self-conscious and quiet. But some home schooling from her mother, coupled with the support and challenges she faced at Cochise College, has changed all of that.

Forest Service to expand public hearings on mine in Santa Rita Mountains
TUCSON — The U.S. Forest Service will give the public another three months to speak for or against a planned copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains east of Green Valley and Sahuarita.

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.

Cochise County Superior Court Sentencings
The following are sentencings in Cochise County Superior Court, as provided by the court system. The listings include disposition date, charge and sentence. “Monetary” can be a fine or restitution, or both.

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.

Marriage Licences
The following people received marriage licenses from the clerk of the Cochise County Superior Court. The records are from the court clerk’s office.

Divorces
The following people had their divorces finalized in Cochise County Superior Court. The records are from the courthouse.

Collision on G Avenue
A two-vehicle accident on G Avenue Tuesday afternoon sent one man to the local hospital. The name of the injured man had not been released at press time. At about 3:30 p.m. a dark blue Chevrolet Cobalt was traveling north and turned west on 12th Street and G Avenue at about the same time a Fed-Ex vehicle was pulling out and traveling south. Both vehicles collided just west of the intersection on 12th Street and G Avenue. The driver of the Cobalt was transported to Southeast Arizona Medical Center.

Two of Arizona’s members of Congress condemn use of border fence waivers
Arizona’s two members of Congress who have districts along the U.S.-Mexico border reacted Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security waiving laws to build a fence, as well as install surveillance and other equipment. The department wants to complete the fence by December.

ADOT holds local meeting to take pulse of community
SIERRA VISTA — Arizona cannot afford to wait until its population increases before addressing the state’s transportation needs.

Border communities call for more spending for port-of-entry infrastructure
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has focused on fortifying the nation’s borders to crack down on illegal immigration.

Supervisors, county administrator trade ideas on overcoming cash shortfall
BISBEE — Even though the economy of Cochise County is rather insulated for the rest of this fiscal year due to Fort Huachuca and the large retiree population, the belt-tightening will begin as the Board of Supervisors tries to make ends meet.

Judge clears way for trial of Roger Barnett for civil rights violations
A federal judge has cleared the way for the ttrial of Douglas rancher Roger Barnett on charges that he violated the civil rights of border crossers and kicked one of them.

Five Cochise County residents seek District 2 Supervisor’s seat
Five Cochise County residents have set up their committees for the Cochise County Board of Supervisors seat, District 2.

State’s guest worker program hits snag
PHOENIX �” Efforts to enact the first-ever state-run guest worker program hit a snag Monday over the question of which industries should be able to benefit.

Uneasy Economy
Steadily rising food costs aren’t just causing grocery shoppers to do a double-take at the checkout line �” they’re also changing the very ways we feed our families.

Dry Ice-d
Students at the CAS Elementary School learned about the properties of dry ice and other science related to physics during a special presentation by the Physics Factory last week. The Physics Factory is a team of scientists and educators with a common goal: to share their enthusiasm for physics with students, teachers and the community. Through a combination of hands-on learning and eye-popping stage shows, The Physics Factory aims to show that physics is an exciting process of discovery and invention, and a rewarding career. At the Physics Factory, students really get their hands dirty, exploring the guts of appliances and vehicles, building hovercraft and potato cannons, and all sorts of other activities. It’s not that we have anything against textbooks, it’s that they have more fun by making a good mess. Top, students inflate a balloon from the outside after it has been soaked in dry ice; and dry ice liquid is poured into a beaker.

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.

Bookmobile Schedule
The bookmobile has a collection of recorded books on tape and CD for those who travel to work. Cochise County Bookmobile is More Than Books, More Than Ever. For information, call Lise’ Gilliland, library director, at (800) 231-1574 or 432-8930.

Police Reports
March 26, 2008

High school students will have a chance to bolster their AIMS scores
 PHOENIX — Moved by the pleas of a Scottsdale high school senior, a Senate panel voted Wednesday to give all future high school students a chance to use their grades to bolster their AIMS scores.

Notices are in: Clean your alley
If you’ve received a notice from the City of Douglas to clean up your alley, that means you’re in violation of the enforcement code.

Nurse practitioners may no longer perform abortions: Issue of patient safety
 PHOENIX — Calling it an issue of patient safety, a Senate panel voted Thursday to legally bar nurse practitioners from performing abortions.

Health-y career
In celebration of National AHEC week March 24-28, Southeast Arizona Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC) in Nogales honored Yolanda Caruso, RN at Douglas High School, center,  for her commitment and dedication of 15 years to Health Careers.

Sierra Vista Farmer's market
Stewart Loew of Agua Linda Farm, shown here harvesting lettuce in one of his greenhouses, brings lots of different kinds of lettuce, mesclun (baby greens) and Asian greens every week to the Sierra Vista Farmers Market.  Buying produce from him helps to keep his family’s farm in business where three generations work to produce not only seasonal produce (including a CSA box program) but also grass-fed beef, lamb and pork, eggs, gourds and alfalfa. On the next trip to Nogales or Tubac stop by the farm which also includes a B & B in its adobe hacienda on 60 scenic acres with huge trees. Soak up the atmosphere, visit with farm animals and pick up some of the food produced on farm as well as neighbors’ honey, jams and soaps at its Country Farm Store (open Saturdays and Sundays) just off I-19 in Amado. For more information go to the farm’s web site, www.agualindafarm.net.

John Williams tribute during concert in SV
“Background Sounds for Big Screen Action,” is the exciting title for a spectacular Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra pops concert which promises to deliver even more.  The orchestra, augmented by the highly esteemed 36th Army Band, is out to bedazzle the county with its rich offerings of movie music and a whole segment dedicated to contemporary composer John Williams....including a spine-tingling patriotic surprise with a string of soloists: “America, The Dream Goes On!”

Cochise College Events
• Audition for Cochise College summer musical; “Merrily We Roll Along” to be presented in July

Border drone program gets off ground
SIERRA VISTA —  The  pilot has gone through his checklist and taxied his plane into position for takeoff.

Early Learning Center News Briefs
The Early Learning  Center will have pre-registrations for preschoolers, every Friday from 9:00am to 11:00am and 12:00pm to 2:30pm. Children should be 4 years old before September 1st. 

Paradise is a Garden
 

Fierros gets his Eagle fifteen years later
He earned his Eagle Scout on May 5, 1993, almost 15 years ago, but it took this long for Ramon “Monchi” Fierros, Jr., to officially receive his award

Omega Alpha Academy wins first prize in computer repair challenge at Cochise College
Cochise College and the Fort Huachuca’s Southern Arizona Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association hosted a computer challenge at the college’s Sierra Vista Campus Friday March 7, 2008.  About 180 students; five high schools and six middle schools through out Cochise County took part.

Benson man one of two killed in crash
BENSON — A Benson man was one of the two passengers killed Wednesday night when the small plane they were in crashed at Benson Municipal Airport.

Cochise songwriter Robert George releases song
Songwriter Robert George of Cochise will have a song released on Sound Dawg Records of Nashville within several months.

Cochise College Events
Thursday, April 3

Arizona’s profusion of desert plants to dry out, stoke fire danger for this spring and summer
PHOENIX (AP) - An abnormally wet winter has spawned a rare profusion of grass and brush in the Phoenix metro area and other parts of the state _ setting up much of Arizona’s desert lands for an active wildfire season, according to fire management officials.

BP agent’s retrial is slated for Sept.
BISBEE — A federal judge has postponed Border Patrol Agent  Nicholas  Corbett’s new murder trial until September.

House approves stripping twelve
phrases from 9-11 memorial in Phoenix
 PHOENIX — Courting a possible veto, the House voted narrowly Wednesday to strip 12 phrases from the state’s 9-11 memorial located across the street from the Capitol.

BP no longer deporting illegals through Naco
BISBEE — The U.S. Border Patrol recently discontinued deporting illegal immigrants at the Naco port of entry.

Plane crashes at Benson Airport
Wick News Service

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.

Police Reports
March 25, 2008

GAR Construction fills all of your remodelling needs
   Looking to finish that room remodeling, replace some drywall, fix the roof, but you don’t have the expertise to complete the job.

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

Hold the tuna! The company casserole has arrived
Say the word “casserole,” and most people can smell the Campbell’s �” cream-of-mushroom soup, that is. Maligned as a culinary massacre, casseroles have long been labeled �” along with baked Spam and anything in aspic �” as terminally retro kitchen kitsch.

Kids can turn trash to treasure with Earth Day crafts
To honor Earth Day in kids’ crafting, one really needs to think trash.

Eco-friendly gardening is easy with a few simple steps
Keeping your garden ``green’’ is harder than it might sound.

The $100 shopping challenge
I recently participated in a “shopping competition” for a television show. The producers wanted to compare strategies from two savings experts by giving each of us $100 to spend on groceries. I was the coupon user, and the other shopper liked to shop at wholesale clubs and did not believe in coupons.

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.

A look at issues past and present in Catholic education
The young pope was friendly but blunt as he faced the 240 college leaders from across the nation who gathered at Catholic University to hear his thoughts on faith and academic freedom.

Everything Sacred
Text messages have helped pastor Mark Driscoll open a window into the souls of his parishioners. What he’s discovered: a lot of one-track minds.

Progressive award
Seth Polley, Vicar of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, and President of the DMA, awards a $3,452 check to Sylvia Grijalva, Program Aide for the House of Hope. The check was made possible through the efforts of the Douglas Ministerial Association’s annual Progressive Prime Rib  Dinner.

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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