The Brekhus family has been chosen to be this years Douglas ARC Mothers Day Cake Auction dedicatees.

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Officers nab man wanted in Mexico
BISBEE — Federal and local law enforcement officials recently captured a Mexican man suspected of killing a Douglas man and two Mexicans in Agua Prieta, Sonora, on April 10.

Officers nab man accused of killing 3 teens
BISBEE — Federal and local law enforcement officials recently captured a Mexican man suspected of killing a Douglas man and two Mexicans in Agua Prieta, Sonora, on April 10.

Officials continue to monitor flu situation
State and local health officials continue to watch new cases of swine flu, reporting 17 cases in Arizona, with no confirmed cases of the influenza in Cochise County. Thirteen of the state’s new cases were reported on Saturday.

Schools say they are prepared for flu
Public school officials near the U.S.-Mexico border in Cochise County say they are prepared in case there is a confirmed case of swine flu in a school.

Weekend stove fire displaces local family
An unattended pot of menudo left cooking on a stove resulted in extensive damage to a home in the 2700 Block of 15th Street displacing a Douglas family Saturday.

DARC, DES hurt in recent ruling
PHOENIX — Arizona is free to cut services to an estimated 30,000 residents with developmental disabilities, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

Prosecution of identity theft takes a hit in Supreme Court
PHOENIX — The top prosecutors in the state’s two largest counties are expecting new challenges to Arizona’s identity theft law in the wake of a new ruling Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Douglas man shot in thigh
A Douglas man in his 20’s was air lifted to University Medical Center in Tucson after being shot once in the leg Friday.

Countywide gas price unchanged
According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of April 20, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County remained the same at $1.98 over the two-week period. According to AAA Arizona, the statewide price went down slightly from $1.92 to $1.91 per gallon. Nationally, according to the Energy Information Administration, gas prices increased from $2.04 to $2.06 during the two-week period.

Two out of three economic sectors up in February
Cochise County’s restaurant and bar sales were up 9.4 percent in February, following disappointing performance in January. Sales in the county’s restaurant and bar industry were up in 2 of the most recent 3 months, following 6 consecutive months of decline.

Registration underway for Douglas Economic Luncheon
 Registration deadline is Wednesday, May 27, for the 14th Annual Douglas Economic Outlook Luncheon, presented by the Cochise College Center for Economic Research. 

Seal coating on Route 80 near Douglas
State Route 80 in the Douglas area next month will be treated with an oil to rejuvenate the asphalt and help prevent potholes, the Arizona Department of Transportation  says.

Cochise County Health Department
515 7th Street, Douglas, AZ. 85607; telephone: 805-5600. Open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except holidays).

10 Nogales schools shut down
PHOENIX — Ten public schools in the southeastern border city of Nogales are closing for a week starting today as a precaution after a student tested positive for swine flu.

State has enough medicine to deal with swine flu
PHOENIX — Arizona has more than enough antiviral medication to deal with the swine flu — at least if people don’t panic — the state’s top health official said Wednesday.

Cox executive to speak at 44th commencement; event to be broadcast online
 

Dever tells House panel that changes needed
BISBEE — Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever offered ideas to a federal government subcommittee that was examining preparedness and coordination efforts of first responders along the country’s Southwest border on Tuesday in Washington.

Teen pleads guilty in Valley Union arson
A juvenile pleaded guilty Monday in Cochise County Superior Court to burning an administrative building at Valley Union High School in Elfrida last year.

Agent involved in shooting responds to suit
BISBEE — U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett filed a response in federal court in Tucson on Friday for a civil rights lawsuit over the death of Francisco Dominguez-Rivera, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, in 2007.

Drug smuggler is ‘framed’ with his own paintings
While it ia, thought that artwork can appreciate in value over the years, one border crosseer tired to speed up the process.

DARC Carne Asada
Bordermart and the Douglas ARC are preparing for its annual Carne Asada fundraiser. The goal for this year is $10,000. The cost of this year’s plates are $7 and include  Carne Asada, beans, macaroni salad, tortilla, jalapeno, chips, dessert and a soda. The event will be held on April 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. For tickets, call 364-6558. Gary Clark of DARC and Olga Salazar and Raul Montano  are ready to take your call.

State should OK tax increase to balance budget
PHOENIX  A group of state university economists, faculty and administrators say Arizona should temporary raise both sales and income taxes and use accounting maneuvers to balance the budget rather than relying largely on spending cuts.

Gentle Birth offers free classes
Gentle Birth Services and Family Center, located at 821 Highway 92 in Bisbee, will be offering free programs.

Road rage causes midnight fight
Road rage leads to a fistfight, flying chairs and blood at Denny’s restaurant on March 25.

Registration under way for luncheon
DOUGLAS — Registration deadline is May 27 for the 14th Annual Douglas Economic Outlook Luncheon, presented by the Cochise College Center for Economic Research.

Easter Egg Hunt Sat.
The 11th Annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by The Douglas Dispatch, City of Douglas, and participating merchants, will be held on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. sharp at Copper King Baseball Stadium.

More than 90 volunteers take part in Community cleanup
The April 4 Make a Difference Day was a huge success agaqin.

Former city employee arrested for smuggling
Larry Blaskey
The Douglas Dispatch

Local ties
Miss Arizona Alicia-Monique Blanco will be competing for the Miss USA title on April 20 in Las Vegas. Relatives will be there to support her effort, including Olga Salazar and Raul Montano of Border Mart. Blanco is their cousin. Even though she is from Phoenix, she still has roots in Douglas. Look in your local television listings to see when the pageant will be held.

New football coach resigns
Less than two months after being named the new head football coach at Douglas High School Trevor Highfield unexpectedly resigned late Monday due to “extenuating circumstances”.

Easter Egg Hunt a big success last Saturday
More than  150 braved cold, clooudy weather to attend the 11th Annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by The Douglas Dispatch, City of Douglas, and participating merchants, Saturday morning at Copper King Baseball Stadium.

Drop house holding 20 illegals found in Douglas
SIERRA VISTA — Law enforcement officials apprehended 20 illegal immigrants after discovering a drop house in Douglas last week, according to representatives of three agencies on Tuesday.

Prisons prepare for cuts
PHOENIX (AP) — Budget cuts ranging from $40 million to possibly more than $185 million in the state prison system will likely lead to fewer inmates, corrections officers and prison programs, officials said.

Pettit back at work
Superintendent Earl Pettit went back to the Central Administration office this week after the Douglas Unified School District Governing Board lifted his reassignment at a special meeting last week.

Supervisors put together plan for grant funds
BISBEE — When it comes to deciding who gets a piece of the Community Development Block Grant pie, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors must weigh the anticipated advantages and the odds of getting a certain project funded.

New tax will hit individuals
PHOENIX — The new tax burden Gov. Jan Brewer wants to impose on Arizonans is more likely to hit individuals than businesses.

Countywide gas price unchanged
According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of April 6, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County remained the same at $1.98 over the two-week period. According to AAA Arizona, the statewide price went down from $1.94 to $1.92 per gallon. Nationally, according to the Energy Information Administration, gas prices increased from $1.96 to $2.04 during the two-week period.

Douglas teacher wins 2009 Cochise County High School Teacher of Year
 Jill Forsythe, Douglas High School English and Literature Teacher, was named the 2009 Cochise County High School Teacher of the Year on Friday, April 3rd, at the Windemere Hotel and Conference Center in Sierra Vista.   Forsythe, who has been teaching for twenty years, was one of three teachers nominated for the title. 

DARC Carne Asada Friday
Bordermart and the Douglas ARC are preparing for its annual Carne Asada fundraiser. The goal for this year is $10,000. The cost of this year’s plates are $7 and include  Carne Asada, beans, macaroni salad, tortilla, jalapeno, chips, dessert and a soda. The event will be held on April 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. For tickets, call 364-6558. Gary Clark of DARC and Olga Salazar and Raul Montano  are ready to take your call.

Douglas teen found strangled in Agua Prieta
A 19-year-old Douglas man was found strangled to death in the back of a vehicle in Agua Prieta.

“Lightning Bug and Lightning”
The President recently hailed a “new era of fiscal responsibility” and said that “the best way to bring our deficit down in the long run is ... with a budget that leads to broad economic growth by moving from an era of borrow and spend to one where we save and invest.”

Douglas teen kidnapped, strangled in Agua Prieta
A 19-year-old Douglas man was found strangled to death in the back of a vehicle in Agua Prieta.

Huber put in ‘Lockdown’ over suspected intruder
Huber Middle School was put in lockdown for approximately one hour due to a perceived threat coming from an individual.

District may have to cut $2.5 million from 09-10 budget
Bisbee has reduced its school days from five to four, other districts are looking at wholesale cutting of arts and athletic programs and reducing of teaching staff.

Accurate census could be vital to Douglas future
The importance of the upcoming U.S. Census was reviewed before the Douglas City Council at its April 8 meeting.

USDA Food Bank
USDA commodities will be distributed on Saturday, April 25, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Cloud broken hearted over loss
Nothing can be more devastating than losing a pet, and to have that animal taken from you in a violent way in front of your eyes heartbreaking.

Recovery could be near: Economist Carriera
SIERRA VISTA — Major sectors of the local economy are near the end of the slump caused by the recession and are ready for an upswing by the end of 2009, according to a local economic research group.

Blanco finishes as second runner-up
Miss Arizona Alicia-Monique Blanco was the second runner-up at the Miss USA pageant which was held this past weekend at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in   Las Vegas

Board keeps administrators
An effort to non-tender three current school administrators failed at a special meeting of the Douglas Unified School District Governing Board.

DFD’s quick work prevents major disaster
A potential disaster was avoided Tuesday night thanks to the Douglas Fire Department’s quick and efficient handling of a structure fire in the 200 block of Fourth Street.

Mayor meets with Sen. McCain to discuss international improvements
Douglas Mayor Dr. Michael Gomez, far right, along with Public Works Director Carlos De La Torre and City Manager Curtis Shook, left, ,met with  Sen. John McCain on April 16 at the Senator’s Tucson office. The Mayor discussed the need for the Senator’s help in coordinating the United States/Mexico plan to develop the Douglas/Agua Prieta Port of Entry and the need for  state and federal money to improve Third Street and Chino Road from U.S. Highway 80 to the Mexican border.

Sonoran officials say they are not seeing swine flu
BISBEE — Mexican officials announced Monday that there are no confirmed cases of swine flu in Sonora, but they have closed all schools in the state as a precaution.

CBP Officers seize more than $2.2 million of marijuana at Douglas Port of Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers stopped 9 drug smuggling attempts when they seized more than 1,380 pounds of marijuana.

Henderson named honorary chair for Relay
Howard N. Henderson has been selected by the American Cancer’s Society Relay for Life planning committee to serve as honorary chair for 2009 Event.

Help coming for those depending on unemployment benefits
PHOENIX — Some 60,000 Arizonans who have been unable to find work are in line for a bit of extra financial help.

Registration underway for the Douglas Economic Outlook Luncheon
 Registration deadline is Wednesday, May 27, for the 14th Annual Douglas Economic Outlook Luncheon, presented by the Cochise College Center for Economic Research. 

Sheriff: Man wanted for killing his brother
SIERRA VISTA — The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect in the Tuesday shooting death in Naco, Ariz., as the victim’s brother.

DPS charges three men in marijuana bust
SIERRA VISTA — Police have arrested three men, two of which are from Sierra Vista, on drug charges after they were stopped by highway patrol officers near Benson on Thursday.

Seal coating on Route 80 near Douglas
State Route 80 in the Douglas area next month will be treated with an oil to rejuvenate the asphalt and help prevent potholes, the Arizona Department of Transportation  says.

Sheriffs want to ask students if they are here illegally
PHOENIX — Some border county sheriffs want Arizona schools to start asking students whether they are in this country legally.

SWINE FLU: County officials prepare for worst
A unique strain of swine flu, suspected of killing dozens of people in Mexico, has health officials bracing for a pandemic.

Computer error cheats Food City out of 'Excellent' rating
In the April 29 issue of the Douglas Dispatch, entitled "Restaurant Health Inspections" it stated that the Food City Deli/Restaurant had received an "unsatisfactory" rating, when in fact they had received an "Excellent" rating.

Joe Delgado brings his years of experience on insurance and finance with State Farm Insurance
Joe Delgado brings his years of experience on insurance and finance to his work at State Farm Insurance, located at 805 Cochise Avenue.

Make your house a home with the help of Susan Kramer, Interiors by Decorating Den
Full service in-home interior decorating is in Cochise County. Susan Kramer and Interiors by Decorating Den has been serving Douglas and Cochise County since 2006.

Make your house a home with the help of Susan Kramer, Interiors by Decorating Den
Full service in-home interior decorating is in Cochise County. Susan Kramer and Interiors by Decorating Den has been serving Douglas and Cochise County since 2006.

Joe Delgado brings his years of experience on insurance and finance with State Farm Insurance
Joe Delgado brings his years of experience on insurance and finance to his work at State Farm Insurance, located at 805 Cochise Avenue.

Make your house a home with the help of Susan Kramer, Interiors by Decorating Den
Full service in-home interior decorating is in Cochise County. Susan Kramer and Interiors by Decorating Den has been serving Douglas and Cochise County since 2006.

Club Hypnotik provides a variety of music and entertainment
Club Hypnotik, located at 323 G Avenue, provides its customers with live music, DJ music, and dancing and entertainment.

Public Records: Divorce
The following people had their divorces finalized in Cochise County Superior Court.

Public Records: Marriage Licenses
Feb. 2

Shop smart: A review of local grocery prices
 While the recession may be having people more concerned about their jobs and making mortgage payments, one state organization is saying that Arizonans can relax a little more when they go to the grocery store.

Computer error cheats Food City out of 'Excellent' rating
In the April 29 issue of the Douglas Dispatch, entitled "Restaurant Health Inspections" it stated that the Food City Deli/Restaurant had received an "unsatisfactory" rating, when in fact they had received an "Excellent" rating.

Tips to help trim your grocery budget
• Plan the week’s meals around what’s on sale. Know when a sale is really a sale, and not just a promotion with the item’s normal price.

You want sides with that?
There are folks out there who will shell out the big bucks for, say, American Kobe beef, and grind it at home, adding only hand-harvested sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. They will form the meat into patties and grill them over aged apple wood or hickory. And then they will serve them with ... French fries or onion rings from a frozen package.

Rock(et) your world
Arugula burst upon the American culinary scene sometime in the 1980s, where it appeared with alarming frequency on menus as “(Name of Food Here) served on a bed of arugula.” Usually with goat cheese. A favorite cartoon by New Yorker magazine artist Ed Koren shows a diner, placing his order: “I’ll start with the arugula-and-goat-cheese salad, and then I’ll have the blackened wolf.”

In praise of Lidia
When it comes to TV food stars, Rachael Ray may rule the roost, but my heart belongs to Lidia.

Frugal Living: Remove perspiration odor from shirts
DEAR SARA: I’d like to know what can I do to remove the perspiration smell out of clothes. Even after washing T-shirts, they still smell in the underarm area. Any way to remove the yellowness from there, too? Our family has like-new T-shirts that are already ruined. I hate to keep buying new ones. — Jen, e-mail

A pie in the hand ... is worth eating
One of the best things about Angela Boggiano’s new book, “Pie” (Octopus Books, 2009), is that it has an entire chapter on “hand pies” — savory little pies that fit in the hand and make perfect picnic food, lunchbox treats, appetizers and the like. One of the other best things about “Pie” is that Boggiano is from England, and it is hard to think of an area of the world with a stronger pie tradition than the United Kingdom. Beef-filled Cornish Pasties, fish-filled Stargazy Pies, apples-and-bacon-stuffed Shropshire Fidget Pies, Grimsby Town Soccer Pies made with curried chicken, Scotch Pies with lamb and onion, Pork Pies and “Corner Shop Pies,” redolent of Stilton, beef and wine — these all make appearances in the book, along with Spanish, Russian, Indian and Italian iterations of pie. Boggiano includes a number of sweet pies, too: lemon-curd-and-jam pie, treacle pie, mince pie and raspberry-cream pie — all with the faint whiff of what the British call “nursery food” about them.

Health Department
Cochise County Health Department, 515 7th Street, Douglas, AZ. 85607; telephone: 805-5600. Open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except holidays).

Don’t quail at the thought
You find it on fancy restaurant menus, in 19th-century British novels and on vice-presidential hunting trips (see: “Dick Cheney Hunting Incident” Wikipedia.com), but you don’t find it much in the supermarket: quail. Yet these tasty little birds are popping up in barbecue cookbooks with some regularity.

Restaurant Health Inspections
Restaurant inspections by the Health Department:

Baptist project offers doctoral degree in spirituality
Don Whitney knows what happens when people hear that a Southern Baptist seminary is offering a doctor of philosophy degree in spirituality.

Jehovah’s Witnesses mark anniversary of Jesus’ death April 9
“Keep doing this in remembrance of me,” Jesus Christ told his disciples.

Holy Week schedule set in Douglas
The Holy Week schedule has been set for Immaculate Conception, St. Bernard’s and St. Luke’s Catholic churches.

Easter Sunrise Service at college
 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will hold sunrise service on April 12th on the  soccer fields at Cochise College.  The community is welcome to join at  6:00 a.m. Easter Sunday.

Grace United Methodist to host Good Friday Services
The Douglas Ministerial Association Good Friday Service will be hosted by Grace United Methodist Church, located on the corner of 11th Street and E Avenue.

Meet a modern exorcist
It was clear from the man’s testimony that all hell was breaking loose in his life and he needed help.

Advice for religion writers
In most news reports, Mother Teresa seemed like such a nice, quiet holy woman.

Cochise College-Douglas Campus students awarded
Cochise College recognized dozens of outstanding students at its annual Douglas Campus awards ceremony Wednesday.

Early Learning Center
Our news:  Open for pre-registration  for the next school year (2009/2010)  from 9 to 10:30am and 12 to 2:30pm or by appointment at the Early Learning Center.  May 8th is the last Friday, to register for preschool, then again on May 26, 27, and 28

Clawson Students of the Month
Clawson Elementary School recently named its students of the month for April. Pictured, from left, in the back row areYasmin Borbon, Laura Gonzalez, Natalie Villa, Dwayne Baltierrez, Danitza Grajeda, and Caity Kramer In the front row, from left, are Alex Beltran, Andres Esqueda, Luis Gonzalez, Alexis Peralta, Ryan McCue, Alejandria De La Torre and  Kaitlyn Benson Not pictured:  Dulce Parra, Luis Terrazas, Tatianna Jimenez-Agcoili

Bookmobile Schedule
Stop in at one of our 43 bookmobile stops throughout the county and find just what you need.  Check out books of all kinds for all ages, along with audiobooks on cassette or cd.  If you can’t find it on the bookmobile let us know and we’ll get it.  While you’re there you can go online and search our catalog or check your email.  For more information call the Cochise County Library District, at 800-231-1574 or 520-432-8930.

Friends of the Library Book Sale April 17
 The Friends of the Douglas Public Library are delighted to announce their annual Spring Book Sale. This popular event, which helps raise monies for the Friends to sponsor a number of programs at the Douglas Public Library, including the Summer Reading Programs, will be held April 17 through April 19. 

Former student headed to Johns Hopkins
Mario Teran of Douglas, is topping off a very successful college career with a residency in general surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, one of the most prestigious facilities in the country.

University artist to give public lecture at Cochise College
 

Early Learnign Center
Ms. Jody Pirtle – Special Ed Teacher     

Schools will have less money per students than anticipated
PHOENIX  Arizona schools are going to have less money per student than they anticipated this year  and even less than that next year  because of poor sales tax collections and lousy returns on the state’s investment.

Ariz. budget revives debate over school funding
PHOENIX (AP) — For nearly a decade, Arizona lawmakers have followed a voter-approsed law and increased basic school funding every year to keep up with inflation.

Cochise College, ASU, host engineering open house
Cochise College, Arizona State University, and engineering professionals will offer advice and answer questions about the field of engineering during open house events at the Douglas and Sierra Vista Campuses.

Local ties
Miss Arizona Alicia-Monique Blanco will be competing for the Miss USA title on April 20 in Las Vegas. Relatives will be there to support her effort, including Olga Salazar and Raul Montano of Border Mart. Blanco is their cousin. Even though she is from Phoenix, she still has roots in Douglas. Look in your local television listings to see when the pageant will be held.

College receives $1 million in grant, scholarship funding for new technical program
Cochise College has received a $500,000 grant from Science Foundation Arizona to start training students in mechatronics, an applied engineering program that prepares students to enter the workforce or continue their studies. The grant will be matched with a $500,000 endowed STEM Pathway Scholarship, established by the Cochise College Foundation, which will provide financial support to students enrolling in the new program.

Cochise College Events
Wednesday, April 15

AP Lions Club celebrate 28th Debutante Ball
The Lions Club of Agua Prieta, CA, the Ladies Committee of Agua Prieta Leonas is sponsoring the annual Debutante Ball on Saturday, April 18 at Club Campestre Cueva de los Leones.

DECA recognizes outstanding stores
The School-Based Enterprise (SBE) at Douglas High School was among the school stores that achieved Gold Level Re-Certification this year and will be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California. The students that worked on the Certification were Chantal Jimenez and Armando Corrales, with the assistance of their advisors Ken Cormier, Gilbert Rojas, Lourdes Mora and Maria Figueroa. The school store at Dougals High School has operated an SBE for two years and are to be commended for this achievement.

ELC News
Our news:  Open for pre-registration for the next school year (2009/2010)

Early Learning Center
More news:  Open for pre-registration for the next school year (2009/2010)

Students in the News
On Saturday, May 9, more than 330 students at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin will receive diplomas at the commencement exercises held at 9 a.m. on the campus lawn.

College offers fun, non-credit classes
The Cochise College Center for Lifelong Learning is now offering exciting, short-term non-credit classes and field trips. Classes will be offered at various Douglas and Bisbee locations. 

Cochise College construction is well underway
Guests at Cochise College graduation – set for Friday, May 15 - will see a changing landscape at the Douglas Campus. Construction areas will remain fenced, but it will be hard to ignore the new buildings that have popped up since last year.

College Events
Wednesday, April 29

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