Having just been released from country jail on Oct. 2, a Douglas man robbed a feed store west of town.

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Fountain nearly ready
The new city fountain at Castro Park will be unveiled this weekend during the All Class Reunion and Two Flags Art Festival. The fountain also contains a walkway and several benches.

Douglas Police Report
September 22, 2008

Rene Barrios get 15 years for killing 18-day old baby
A Tucson man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the death of a baby .

America Through Pictures
A new series of pictures that depict America through prints is available for viewing at the Douglas Public Library.

District 2 candidate’s name left off ballot
BISBEE — It was a strange feeling for District 2 Board of Supervisors candidate Matt Cook.

Oil prices plunge to 13-month low
The price of a barrel of oil continues to freefall, and Douglas is maintaining the lowest price for gasoline in the county.

Douglas Police Department Reports
October 3, 2008

Situation involving former jail commander raised in sheriff’s race
BISBEE — Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever’s actions related to one of his former employees are coming under scrutiny by his opponent in his bid for re-election, but the incumbent maintains he did nothing inappropriate.

County looks at fees for planning
BISBEE — Though talks are still in the early stages, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors has heard the recommendations of the county Planning Department staff that would establish fees to recoup costs of holding meetings and reviewing improvement plans for subdivisions and commercial developments such as the Bowie power plant.

Still not too late...
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Fees rising for sewer, water, cemetery plots
The cost of living rises almost every day in Douglas. So has the cost of dying.

Lucky kid!
The big one didn’t get away. Jacob Lee Acedo, 5, caught a 12-pound fish while fishing in Lake Mitry in Yuma. He was there with his family. He is the son of Gene and Jacque Acedo and grandson of  Louie and Lucy Acedo, and Liting and Sid Barber.

College offices moving in preparation for renovation
Office moves from the One Stop/1000 Building and the 600 Building on the Douglas Campus of Cochise College have been in the works for some time.

Douglas writer pens comic book bio on Obama
Xavier Zaragoza
The Douglas Dispatch

ELECTION 2008:
BISBEE — Could the enlarged Port of Entry in Douglas breathe new life into the Bisbee-Douglas International Airport?

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.

Presidential Arms deals in firearms of all kinds
Presidential Arms, Inc., President Allan J. Foubister has open ed his new business at 420 E. Merritt Ave.

Health Helplines
Alzheimer’s disease

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

Surrender to the halftime hungries
There are people who love football and people who hate it. Then there are those of us who can appreciate that others love it — as others love opera or NASCAR or “Project Runway” — but who feel neutral about it ourselves. When it comes to football, we paraphrase the title of one of Food Network chef Alton Brown’s cookbooks: “We’re just here for the food.”

Frugal Living
Birthday-party invitations roll in throughout the year. Usually, choosing a gift is fairly painless. Then there’s that one invitation that requests “no gifts” that stops us dead in our tracks. This divides people into three camps. One group thinks: Cool. Party on without spending any money. Another group of people wonders whether they should bring a gift anyway and starts asking around for advice. The third camp is a bit annoyed about being told what to do.

Host a
bewitching bash
 It’s true - the kitchen is the heart of the home. Ever notice how people always gather there? Whether baking treats, making dinner or spending time with family and friends, the kitchen is my favorite place to be. Since my day job is Senior Culinary Specialist for the NestlÈ Test Kitchens, you can bet I love to stir things up. This column lets me pass along to you some of my best recipes, tips and baking secrets.

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.

Church continues work on what will be county’s largest pipe organ, gears up for festival in middle of this month
SIERRA VISTA — Ed Raymond is carefully arranging long wooden vertical shutters in neat rows across a sidewalk, getting them ready to paint.

US atheist soldier dropping lawsuit
TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) _ One of two atheist U.S. soldiers at Fort Riley who has sued the Department of Defense over alleged religious freedom violations is dropping his case.

Hope for the future of orthodoxy
These were the sad, sobering conversations that priests have when no one else is listening.

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 makes it through full agenda, learns of revenue crunch
In about two hours, the Douglas Unified School District Governing Board handled more than 90 items including two termination proceedings and and and executive session, one resignation, the beginning of their  board webcasts, budget news and a jazz concert.

Homecoming 2008
While the culmination of Homecoming Week at Douglas High School was the Friday game, there were plenty of activities leading up to the contest. Everything from a Pep Rally, to a bonfire, helped spark, the enthusiasm of students, parents and alumni, along with the team. Throughout the week, classes had contests, including the Powder Puff football game (won this year by the senior class) and a decorating contest in the high school halls. One of the highlights of this year’s weeklong celebration was the Homecoming parade down G Avenue.

Learn grant writing in three steps at Cochise College
The Cochise College Center for Lifelong Learning is now accepting registrations for a three-part class in grant writing.

Classes begin for Cochise College student studying abroad in London
Cochise College student Celeste Morales is spending a semester abroad at London Metropolitan University. This is Morales’s most recent report on her experiences in the United Kingdom.

Most schools not spending U.S. average in the classroom
PHOENIX -- Gov. Janet Napolitano wants more than half of the state's school districts to explain why they are spending less than the national average of dollars in the classroom.

More than 500 alumni return to Douglas
More than  500 former DouglasHigh School Bulldogs have committed to be in Douglas for the All Classes Reunion this weekend.

Douglas Unified School District Governing Board meeting-October 7
In other action on October 7, the Douglas Unified School District Governing Board:

Investors face uncertainty as bailout widens
NEW YORK — Investors agonizing over whether the stock market is bottoming out or about to extend its precipitous decline face more uncertainty this week as they await action on the government’s rapidly expanding effort to pull the financial system from the brink.

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