Larry Blaskey
Wick News Service

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Defense expert: Autopsy report supports Corbett’s account
TUCSON — A medical expert called by the defense Tuesday in federal court said he feels more strongly now than previously that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett’s version of events resulting in the death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico is consistent with the evidence in the case.

High Court to decide on tuition vouchers
PHOENIX  The Arizona Supreme Court will decide whether parents can use tax dollars to send their children to private or parochial schools.

Dever says he didn’t give former employee a recommendation
SIERRA VISTA — Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever says he never gave his former jail commander, who is being investigated by the federal government, a recommendation for a law enforcement job in Oregon.

Border Patrol union, unhappy with Corbett case, endorses Norm Bradley
SIERRA VISTA — In a letter released Saturday, the local U.S. Border Patrol union criticized Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever and endorsed his Democratic opponent, Norm Bradley.

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
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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.

Desert Harvest in SE New Mexico
Not only has it been a great year for mesquite pods but there are a lot of pine nuts on the pinon trees in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona.  I just got back from a week around Silver City and Glenwood, New Mexico.  The mesquites there are honey mesquites. We collected some pods for the Cascabel milling on November 15 that have less black mold and beetle damage.

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

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

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