According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of August 25, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County dropped from $3.79 to $3.67 over the two-week period. According to AAA Arizona, the statewide price decreased from $3.77 to $3.63 per gallon. Nationally, according to the Energy Information Administration, gas prices decreased from $3.81 to $3.69 during the two-week period.

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July tax collections down from last year
PHOENIX — State tax collections continue to shrink even as more people continue to move here.

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.

Signs of the times
This home on the corner of Eighth Street and A Avenue makes it easy for drivers to know who they are supporting this election. But not everyone is as sure as they are. For information on where to vote and on candidates for the Board of Supervisors in District 2 and the Sheriff’s race, see Section B.

Douglas man in critical condition after motorcycle accident
A Douglas man is in critical condition following a morotcycle accident Wednesday.

Public Safety officers will be looking for impaired drivers this weekend
Arizona Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol officers including the DUI Enforcement unit will be taking part in a number of task forces throughout Arizona over this Labor Day weekend. 

Is 18 old enough to drink?
A rising question across the United States asks whether the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18.

Palin surprise pick for McCain’s vice president
MAT-SU, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin has made Alaska history Friday after Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain formally picked the Wasilla, Alaska, resident as his vice-presidential running mate.

Primary election for county, state, fed offices today
The following are the 2008 Cochise County polling locations, as provided by the Cochise County Elections Office. These locations will be used on the Sept. 2 primary. To determine what polling place you are supposed to vote at, call the elections office at 432-8970, or look on the voter registration card you received.

Burger Shack opens on 10th St.
Sonic restaurant is gone from Douglas, but Burger Shack is there to meet the needs of Douglas taste buds.

Adelita’s Tortillas offers flavor of Mexico at the dinner table
The Douglas Dispatch

Mexicans protest the wave killings, kidnappings
MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon faced one of his biggest challenges Saturday as Mexicans poured into the streets nationwide for mass protests against the tide of killings, kidnappings and shootouts sweeping the country.

Bargain gas continues in Mexico
BISBEE — Even as fuel prices are declining in the United States, many drivers here still cross the border into Naco, Sonora, Mexico, to fill up their tanks.

Arizona initiative system comes under new scrutiny
PHOENIX — Arizona’s initiative system is coming under new scrutiny in the wake of surprising developments concerning what ballot questions will end up actually being submitted to general-elecion voters.

English, Dever win nomination
Despite the fact a number of nominations for county offices were being decided on Tuesday, the county could only muster 19.81 percent voter turnout.

Meeting of the minds
At the annual meeting of the League of Arizona Cities held in Phoenix, August 19 - 21, City Manager Curtis Shook organized a caucus of the four Mayors of the Arizona Border Cities. This was the first occasion that all four Mayors met. After learning from GSA that more Federal dollars are being spent in California and Texas port of entries, the Mayors decided to form an alliance. They Arizona Mayors will lobby  for more federal dollars for infrastructure to increase rapid flow of transportation of vehicles as well as pedestrian traffic. Also attending from the City of Douglas was Mayor ProTemp Bob Fernandez, Councilman Louie Acedo and Ivan Huish and Councilwoman Margaret Morales. Pictured above, City Manager Curtis Shook, Douglas Mayor Dr. Michael Gomez, Yuma Mayor Larry Nelson, Nogales Mayor Octavio Garcia, San Luis Mayor Juan Escamilla, Nogales Business Manager Jaime Fontes and Nogales Council Armando Lopez

County official: Voter turnout for primary was ‘light’
Cochise County’s elections director, Tom Schelling, said that Tuesday’s primary election was “way lighter than expected.”

Alvarez, English move on
Manny Alvarez and Ann English took the majority of the votes for State Senate District 25 and Board of Supervisors District 2 respectively Tuesday, making them the frontrunners for November’s general elections. Both Alvarez and English are Democrats.

Petit, Hoyack face off during meeting
A positive turned into a negative as discussion about the trip to China by the soccer teams quickly degraded into a verbal altercation between Douglas Unified School District  Board President Charles Hoyack and Superintendent Earl Petit.

VP nominee Palin explains her record, criticizes opponents
ST. PAUL, Minn. — It took about two minutes before Alaskan governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin could begin her speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night.

Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Report
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. This listing typically runs on Wednesday in the Herald/Review.

Smoking ban not having large impact on bar, restaurant business, report says
 PHOENIX — A statewide smoking ban in bars and restaurants that took effect more than a year ago has not had a huge financial impact on the industry statewide, according to a new report.

Douglas Police Report
August 19, 2008

Bush, others say McCain ready to lead nation
ST. PAUL, Minn. — As evacuees from Gulf Coast states began to make their journeys home Tuesday, the Republican National Convention brought politics back into its four-day event.

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.

Robin Brekhus becomes honorary SEABEE
She was blindfolded, yelled at, pushed and shoved. In the end, Robin Brekhus was initiated into the ranks of the SEABEES, a military branch of the Navy.

Welcome to the Farmers Markets!
Sierra  Vista Farmers Market

Reunite with fans at Rex Allen Days
"If you have ever been to Rex Allen Days, here’s an invitation to try us again and see what’s new," said Rex Allen Days Committee president Gary Truskche. Join us in Willcox, Arizona as we "Reunite and Remember" during the 57th Annual Rex Allen Days, held this year on Oct. 2-5.

Wineries, cafes provide for opening night delights
Nine area wineries plus nine local restaurants are providing the ingredients for the second annual Opening Night Delights, the overture to the new Sierra Vista Symphony season that begins Saturday, September 13.   The 5 PM to 6:30 event. sponsored by the Symphony League, is to be held in the Grand Salon of the new Garden Place Suites, 100 N. Garden Avenue.

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

A pasta dish to drool over
It’s not often that the word “drool” is used in a love song. Or rhymed with the phrase “pasta fazool.” Yet composer Harry Warren and lyricist Jack Brooks did just that in their iconic “That’s Amore” (“a-MOR-ay;” Italian for “love.”) The song, popularized by crooner Dean Martin in 1953, contains the immortal line, “When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that’s amore.”

SPEND/THRIFT: DIY skillet meals are better bargain
As summer ends and schedules get busy, it's tempting to grab a boxed dinner solution at the grocer. You know the kind, a ground meat skillet meal or a boxed rice and pasta dish.

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.

Life doesn’t offer women any pain-free choices
For many mainstream ministers, it’s a moment of humor and celebration, with a touch of world-weary irony.

Godly or gimmick? Churches begin to offer free gas
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) _ Carol Umsted got more than the word of God during services this summer at the Congregational United Church of Christ of Valley City.

Presbyterian luncheon on Sept. 14
Presbyterian Church  Women’s scholarship luncheon will take place from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m on Sunday, September 14.

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

Board OKs correction to tax rate
BISBEE — In a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors approved a correction in the tax rate for the County Education District.

Uniform style: Accessories, new styles spice up school uniforms
As soon as “Fresh Prince” Will Smith arrived at his buttoned-down private school, he began breaking the rules — starting by flipping his conservative uniform blazer inside out to reveal a funky-fab paisley liner that distinguished him in a sea of prep school blue.

Campas, English and Searle get past primary election
BISBEE — Incumbents garnered the big numbers in the Cochise County Board of Supervisors primary election and face strong challenges in November.

Dever tops Cloud in GOP race
BISBEE — Incumbent Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever beat his Republican challenger Bill Cloud by a margin of about 70 percent to about 30 percent in the Republican primary on Tuesday.

Littrell, Kelliher will now face off in judge race
BISBEE — Incumbent Ann Littrell and John Kelliher Jr. will go head to head for Cochise County’s Division 4 Superior Court judge position in the general election in November, based on unofficial results of the primary election on Tuesday.

Bee, Giffords on to general election
SIERRA VISTA — During the primary season, the Democratic and Republican candidates for the U.S. Congressional District 8 seat have been focused on the general election in November.

Newman teams up for ACC win
 PHOENIX — In the race for Arizona Corporation Commission,

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