A 12-year-old Pirtleville boy accused of the shooting death of his mother in August will be tried in juvenile court. His case will not be transferred to superior court. The boy’s name was not released because of his juvenile status.

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businesses are making less money: survey
PHOENIX -- A large number of Arizona small businesses say they are making less money now than they did a year ago.

Vote resets stage for work on Arizona budget crisis
PHOENIX — After Arizona voters punched the “reset” button for the Arizona Legislature, majority Republicans are now drafting postelection strategies for tackling the state’s deepening budget crisis.

Road Construction
The City of Douglas continues work on various projects.  This work is being completed by the Department of Public Works and is part of the Mayor and Council’s ongoing infrastructure improvement program.

What’s next for payday loan industry?
PHOENIX -- The defeat of Proposition 200 at the polls has left the payday loan industry with a two-word question: Now what?

Veterans Day Parade
Bruce Whetten / Douglas Dispatch

The Douglas port of entry is a vital link between two nations
SIERRA VISTA — Nearly 100 business leaders from Southern Arizona and Mexico gathered in Douglas last week to discuss the growing relationship between their two economies.

Second Corbett case like first: mistrial
TUCSON — A judge declared a mistrial in U.S. District Court on Tuesday when jurors were unable to reach a verdict for a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with murdering an illegal immigrant from Mexico.

County Procurement Departments receives prestigious award two years in a row
BISBEE, AZ- The Cochise County Procurement Department is pleased to announce that its staff has again been awarded the National Purchasing Institute Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) for 2008.

Mutual-aid group still strong, but looking to recruit young members
As it reached out to recruit younger members, a mutual-aid group in Douglas celebrated its 85th anniversary Wednesday at Cochise College.

Gas prices drop below $3 a gallon countywide; drop 37 cents
According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of November 3, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County dropped from $3.14 to $2.77 over the two-week period. According to AAA Arizona, the statewide price decreased from $2.94 to $2.56 per gallon. Nationally, according to the Energy Information Administration, gas prices dropped from $2.91 to $2.40 during the two-week period.

Napolitano may become part of Obama’s cabinet
PHOENIX — Now that she helped get him elected, the question that remains is whether Gov. Janet Napolitano will become part of the Barack Obama administration.

businesses are making less money: survey
PHOENIX -- A large number of Arizona small businesses say they are making less money now than they did a year ago.

Vote resets stage for work on Arizona budget crisis
PHOENIX — After Arizona voters punched the “reset” button for the Arizona Legislature, majority Republicans are now drafting postelection strategies for tackling the state’s deepening budget crisis.

Douglas man dies of injuries from wreck
BISBEE — Dominic Aira, 78, best known as the owner of Brown Page Funeral Home, died Tuesday morning from injuries he received in a single-vehicle wreck on Highway 80 in Bisbee on Monday.

Veterans Day parade held on Nov. 9 on G Avenue
The Sons of the American Legion (SAL), Squadron 11, announced  the Veterans Day parade and observance on Sunday, November 9.

350,000 illegals deported in 2007
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government arrested and deported record numbers of illegal immigrants — nearly 350,000 — in the past year, authorities say.

Dental mobile unit draws local concern
Strange as it may sound, dental hygiene took center stage at the beginning of the regular Douglas Unified School District Governing Board meeting on Wednesday, November 5.

The Douglas port of entry is a vital link between two nations
SIERRA VISTA — Nearly 100 business leaders from Southern Arizona and Mexico gathered in Douglas last week to discuss the growing relationship between their two economies.

Human rights group cites 30 complaints of abuse committed by local enforcement
A new report by a Tucson-based human rights group cited that local law enforcement agencies here have committed more than 30 acts of abuse against residents along the Douglas/Naco corridor.

Pirtleville boy accused of killing mother will not be tried as an adult
A 12-year-old Pirtleville boy accused of the shooting death of his mother in August will be tried in juvenile court. His case will not be transferred to superior court. The boy’s name was not released because of his juvenile status.

Veterans Day Parade
Bruce Whetten
Douglas Dispatch

What’s next for payday loan industry?
PHOENIX -- The defeat of Proposition 200 at the polls has left the payday loan industry with a two-word question: Now what?

DPS hit up cities for crime lab fees
PHOENIX  (AP) — The Arizona Department of Public Safety is charging cities for the use of its crime lab and cities say they are too strapped for cash and paying the fees would affect city services including local police departments.

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.

Arizona Home and Land is your one-stop shop for all your property needs
Arizona Home and Land Realty is ready to help you find that perfect home.

What’s New at the Douglas Public Library?
Adults

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

Frugal living
The holidays are almost here. Many people could kick themselves for not setting aside money. Again. Not to mention the long list of people to which they "need" to give gifts. More people are making homemade gifts this year. Many of my frugal readers share their anxiety over whether their homemade gifts will be well received. Here are a few ideas for gifts you can make that will be appreciated, and they can be made ahead.

Give thanks for squash
When European explorers first came to the New World, historians tell us, they were thrilled to find "melons" growing everywhere. The Algonquins called these melons "astook asquash," which meant "eaten green." As we now know, these were not melons at all, but squash, in all their glorious variety.

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
Wednesday, November 12

Faras School Honor Roll
From August 5, to October 10, 2008

Early Learning Center News Briefs
This month our color is Brown and the shape is Square. On Tuesday, November 11 No School Veteran’s Day.

Red Ribbon Week at Faras
Faras Elementary School Students celebrated Red Ribbon Week October 27-31 2008 by participating in educational presentations, poster contests, assemblies and other Drug Awareness Activities. The Border Patrol sent agents with horses, Quad Runners (pictured with Mr. Romero’s 1st/2nd class) and trucks to help explain their jobs. The Pirtleville Fire Department brought their fire truck and dressed in their protective fire gear. The firemen explained how to stay safe and prevent fires. They went on to say what to do in case of a fire. Mr. Duarte, the County Health Educator for Project B.U.T.T. presented a film on anti-smoking and held a discussion with the students. The week ended with their monthly assembly and presented the winners of the Red Ribbon Week Poster with their prizes.

College to host
international film series
The Cochise College Art Department announces its 2008-2009 International Film Series, which features a new movie each month in November, January, February, March and April. Films will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursdays in Room 900 on the Sierra Vista Campus and at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Central School Project, 43 Lowell Ave., Bisbee. Screenings are free and open to the public. The films include:

Plenty of other issues on the ballot besides Presidential election
While most of the attention in the November 4 election was the race between John McCain and Barack Obama and some select county races, there were still many issues decided on the ballot.

Bonham returns as the county treasurer
SIERRA VISTA —  Incumbent Marsha Bonham had a clear victory Tuesday in the Cochise County Treasurer election, according to unofficial results.

Call, Searle re-elected to board; English wins District 2
BISBEE — With strong margins of victory behind them, Republican incumbents Pat Call and Richard Searle will welcome a new member to the Cochise County Board of Supervisors — Democrat Ann English.

Obama gets historic win
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation’s first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. “Change has come,” he told a jubilant hometown Chicago crowd estimated at nearly a quarter-million people.

Definition of marriage passes
PHOENIX  A new strategy  and more money  apparently has given supporters of a ban on gay marriage the victory that eluded them in 2006.

Voters give Littrell 2nd term as judge
SIERRA VISTA — Ann Littrell, the incumbent Cochise County Division 4 judge, was re-elected Tuesday to her second term, beating John Kelliher Jr.

Yes They Did!
The Douglas Area Democrats gave a big cheer Tuesday evening when political commentators on television announced that Barack Obama had won the US presidency.

Dever wins a 4th term as Sheriff
SIERRA VISTA — Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was elected to a fourth term Tuesday, defeating opponent Norman Bradley by a wide margin.

Berry re-elected school superintendent
SIERRA VISTA — Cochise County School Superintendent Trudy Berry will continue for another four years in office.

Newman likely to win seat on ACC
PHOENIX  It looks like there will once again be Democrats on the Arizona Corporation Commission. But they may have failed in their bid to take control

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