ESPN.com is reporting Arizona's Lute Olson is stepping down as the school's men's basketball coach and Associate Coach Mike Dunlap will take over the head coaching duties on an interim basis.

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A Chevy Lumina minivan ended up on its side when it failed to stop at a stop sign on M Avenue at 10th Street. The accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The van got turned over when it was struck by a black Volkswagen Jetta, which was traveling west on 10th Street. Those involved were injured sufficiently that some were transported to the hospital. The intersection was closed for a block in all directions until 4:45 p.m. The accident is still under investigation.

Mexican Consulate asks for donations to help migrants
In an effort to help illegal immigrants that have been returned to the border, the Mexican Consulate in Douglas is asking for donations of food and other goods.

Second trial now underway
TUCSON — Two Cochise County residents are members of the jury that will hear evidence in Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett’s murder trial in U.S. District Court starting this morning.

Mexican military crosses border, hold BP agent at gunpoint
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was held at gunpoint last weekend by members of the Mexican military who had crossed the border into Arizona, but the soldiers returned to Mexico without incident when backup agents responded to assist.

Race-based courts are illegal?
PHOENIX — A legal fight playing out this week in a federal appeals court could determine how much right Arizona judges have to fashion special probation programs geared to an individual’s race or language.

Napolitano wants new stimulus package for state
PHOENIX — Gov. Janet Napolitano wants any new federal stimulus package to go not to individuals but instead to the state.

Douglas Police Reports
October 8, 2008

Gang Task Force arrest man with stolen truck
The GITEM Gang Task Force arrested a Tucson man near the border in Douglas with a stolen truck.

Average gas price in County below $3 a gallon
According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of October 20, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County dropped from $3.40 to $3.14 over the two-week period. According to AAA Arizona, the statewide price decreased from $3.40 to $2.94 per gallon. Nationally, according to the Energy Information Administration, gas prices dropped from $3.48 to $2.91 during the two-week period.

City hosts Halloween Carnival downtown
The City of Douglas is hosting a Halloween Carnival on Friday, October 31, at the former Phelps Dodge Mercantile Building, which now houses the Rec Center.

Working hard
Progress continues with the Best Western Hotel on 7th Street and Pan American Avenue. A Large crane installs a truss for the roof of the three-story hotel. The 50-room hotel is expected to be completed in mid January. There has also been some discussion about the construction of a second hotel in the same area. A short distance away, work has also begun on Carl’s Jr’s, located at Pan American and Fifth Street. Crews are digging a  trench for utilities.

Council eyes more help for kids with special health needs
WICK NEWS SERVICE

Write-in candidate joins race
BISBEE — Just a few weeks ago, another hat was thrown in the ring for a shot at the Board of Supervisors District 2 seat and it was that of non-partisan, write-in candidate John Henry Piotrowski.

Supervisors deny right-of-way request for River Road
BISBEE — The Cochise County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously denied a request to abandon a 50-foot public right-of-way easement on River Road.

Sick economy has patients skimping on medicine
CHICAGO — The ailing economy is leading many Americans to skip doctor visits, skimp on their medicine, and put off mammograms, Pap smears and other tests. And physicians worry the result will be sicker patients who need more expensive treatment later.

BREAKING NEWS: Douglas High School reopens after toxic scare
Larry Blaskey
Douglas Dispatch

DHS shut down
Emergency service agencies throughout the area responded to an incident at Douglas High School, and later, Southeast Arizona Medical Center when an unknown powder was received by a worker Monday afternoon.

RBMS reopens after threat
A threat by a middle school student about an unknown substance in his possession caused the district to close Ray Borane Middle School on Monday.

‘Operation Can’t Hide’ big success in apprehending criminals
Beginning October 22 and lasting through October 24, numerous law enforcement agencies, specifically those in Southern and Northern Arizona, joined forces as part of the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team and made 116 felony warrant arrests.  The cumulative effort, however, actually cleared 135 felony warrants and 18 misdemeanor warrants.

Douglas Police Report
October 11, 2008

Paul Huber, Elks team up for Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon week kicked off with a bang!

Murder case continued
SIERRA VISTA — After hearing from three witnesses on Friday, a Superior Court judge ruled there is probable cause for a case against a 12-year-old Douglas boy accused of shooting his mother.

One day, one night, to fight against cancer, honor survivors
If cancer doesn’t sleep, neither did the 22 teams that participated in the 14th Annual Relay for Life, which honors cancer survivors as well as those that have passed because of this dreaded disease.

City hosts Oct. 31 Halloween Carnival
The City of Douglas is hosting a Halloween Carnival on Friday, October 31, at the former Phelps Dodge Mercantile Building, which now houses the Rec Center.

RBMS reopens after threat
A threat by a middle school student about an unknown substance in his possession caused the district to close Ray Borane Middle School on Monday.

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.

2008 Cochise County 4-H and dog winners
Darcy Tessman

Coronado holds November meetings on forest plan
Wick Communications Environmental Liaison

Range livestock nutrition workshop on Nov. 12
A Range Livestock Nutrition workshop will be held on Wednesday, November 12th, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Benson Campus, Cochise College.

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

Cindy Castillo this year’s Relay for Life honoree
The Douglas Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society begins this Saturday, October 25 at 10 a.m. at Copper King Stadium.

Ancient food revival
Thirty three people brought mesquite pods to be ground into flour at last Saturday’s 3rd Mesquite Milling and Mesquite Pancake Breakfast at the Bisbee Farmers Market. A threefold increase from last year, these desert harvesters came from all over the county including greater Sierra Vista, Bisbee, Douglas, Tombstone and Benson with one even bringing pods from Tucson. For most of them it was their first time collecting mesquite for milling.

Start your engines early
If you are a breakfast skipper and a chronic dieter, a new book may persuade you to change your ways. Pam Anderson, a cookbook author who penned such titles as “The Perfect Recipe” and “Perfect Recipes for Having People Over,” has come through with “The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great” (Houghton Mifflin, 2008). In it, Anderson chronicles her gradual accumulation of excess poundage (all those years of recipe testing!) and her gradual (but delicious) shedding of said pounds. There are inspirational passages, tips, come-hither food photos and, yes, those “perfect” recipes for every meal.

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.

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

Cochise College Events
Thursday, October 23

Early Learning Center
We will have our Parent meeting (Family Math Night) on the Thursday, October 23,r at 6:00pm.

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