Students at Ray Borane Middle School raised more than $2,000 in three weeks to help with the beautification of their school, and at the same time added a little beauty to their teachers and principal. Fernando Morales, Hector Gomez, Principal Nick Schuerman and Dennis Gordon agreed to get mohawks or shave their heads if the money was raised. They paid up on Friday with the help of Irma Monge from Oyuki’s Beauty Salon and Amanda Arenas of  JC Penney’s Beauty Salon. Vice Principal Rene Villalba also kissed the back end o a cow, while Schuerman  planted one on the front end to howls and laughter from students. He like it so much he did an encore for the students. The cow was offered by Jana Selchow and belongs to Grant Watkins, who will have the animal at the Cochise County Fair.

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Attended Douglas Schools
Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other “Peanuts” characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91.

Douglas Police Report
 August 22, 2008

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.

Lawsuit filed for tickets due to photo radar
PHOENIX — Thousands of Arizona motorists who got photo radar tickets might be able to ignore them if a new lawsuit is successful.

Douglas man arrested for using knife to rob victim
A Douglas man was arrested Friday in connection with robbing a woman at knifepoint.

More than 200 ready to celebrate with their former classmates
Douglas Dispatch

College announces new series of free lectures
Cochise College announces its new schedule of Brown Bag Tuesdays, a free lunch-hour lecture series that is open to the public. The series kicks off Sept. 16 with a performance by Canto Mestizo, a group of four musicians from Agua Prieta that plays Andean-style music. Their performance will follow the Douglas Campus groundbreaking, which is set for 10:30 a.m. near the Science Building and is also open to the public.

Cochise County 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.

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

Up in smoke
More than 300 pounds of marijuana was discovered following a garage fire on Pirtle Avenue in Pirtleville yesterday morning.

DPS catches marijuana cargo
SIERRA VISTA — Law enforcement officers seized nearly 300 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop on Interstate 10 on Friday.

Supervisors vote 2-1 to rezone parcel between Bisbee, Douglas
BISBEE — A 10-acre parcel off Paul Spur Road between Bisbee and Douglas was rezoned to heavy industrial to accommodate a new Arizona Public Service facility during Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting,

Going Green: County aiming to set voluntary standards for conservation
BISBEE — If all goes as expected, Cochise County may have a green building plan for developers and homeowners that provides a conservation rating at no charge.

Douglas celebrates Fiestas Patrias
Fiestas Patrias celebrates the social and cultural brotherhood of Mexicans everywhere.

ADOT receives weather warning system grant for Cochise County
SAFFORD — The Arizona Department of Transportation recently received a $480,000 Rural Safety Innovation grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a severe weather warning system on Interstate 10 in Southeastern Arizona.

County P&Z to look at building safety
SIERRA VISTA — A public hearing on the proposed ordinance that will establish a building safety adviser and appeals board will be held at the Wednesday meeting of the Cochise County Planning and Zoning Commission.

Local teen will offer insights on childhood obesity in national panel
A Douglas teen was one of five young people in the nation to be selected to participate in a panel focusing on childhood obesity.

State halting road projects; no funds
 PHOENIX — The state is putting an immediate halt to more than $170 million worth of road projects because federal funds are drying up.

Council to meet tomorrow at 6p.m.
The Douglas City Council will hold a regular meeting at 6p.m. in the council chambers Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. The study session is scheduled at 5p.m.

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.

Harvesting & cooking with prickly pear fruit
Prickly pear cactus fruit is now abundant, ripe and ready to pick.  Some varieties like Ficus Indica (selected at the Spanish missions) are spineless while most native varieties have up to inch-long spines. Beware of the tiny stickers or glochids in deceptively soft-looking fuzzy patches on the fruits and pads that will penetrate the skin at the slightest touch resulting in several days of irritation.

Stuff to do at The San Pedro River
Join Friends of the San Pedro River for a sunset walk on the River, September 17.   This interpretive walk leaves the San Pedro House, 9800 E Hwy. 90, near Sierra Vista at 5:30pm and will return shortly after sunset.

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

Figs add big flavor
Adam and Eve used parts of them for clothing. Athletes in ancient Olympus ate them when training. They feature in Egyptian hieroglyphics, in Homer’s epics and Aristophanes’ plays, as well as in the Bible. But it’s not just the ancients who gave a fig for figs. If you’ve had a chance to eat fresh ones, chances are you do, too.

Focus on your attitude toward money
People read my column because they want to save money. Some want to save for a goal, such as investing or retirement, while others want to eliminate debt. Readers are always helpful and encouraging. Typically, new readers are pointed in the direction of tracking their spending and creating a budget. It’s hard to escape the numbers. But some folks have poor attitudes about money. Sometimes, they’re their own worst enemy. Their attitudes block them from reaching their goals. They’re simply not ready to listen. For some, their approach to money stems all the way back to how they were raised. In this case, the first step should be changing their attitude. One reader, Diana, said: “Although I have a good grip on money, spending and budgeting now, it was not always so. I had to face the music as to why I had this gnawing feeling inside of wanting to spend. Until I wrestled with that, the rest made little sense.” Bad attitudes most often include denial, lack of knowledge and entitlement.

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.

Must a minister disregard his beliefs to serve others?
Anyone who has lived in a minister’s house knows that middle-of-the-night telephone calls often bring bad news.

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

‘Marijuana church’ founders facing prison time
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -The founders of an Arizona church that deifies marijuana have pleaded guilty to two criminal charges.

Catholic bishops issue letter of support on gay marriage ban
PHOENIX — Arizona’s two Catholic bishops are urging the faithful to vote to constitutionally ban gays from marrying in this state.

Local Religion News
Love and Respect Video Conference is coming to Sierra Vista Nazarene Church on Sept. 12-13.

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

Early Learning Center
Ms. M Hernandez and Ms. Alma – 4 years old

Bookmobile Schedule
Visit the bookmobile when it comes your way. You can find books for all ages and interests on the bookmobile. If you can’t find what you’re looking for just ask and we can get it for you. For information call the Cochise County Library District, at (800) 231-1574 or 432-8930.

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