Celebrate the Arts Hailed a Success

Submitted by Christina Thompson, Producer

Friday, March 25th, 2011, 12:18pm

From BensonNews-sun.com:

The San Pedro River Arts Council has just finished a very successful second annual Celebrate the Arts! 2011 event, in partnership with Cochise College.

The events were at the College and various places about the City of Benson. Award winners for the accompanying Art Show at the Benson Center were awarded according to their own assessment of their ability. They were categorized as Emerging (student/amateur) or Established (professional/accomplished).

The winners are as follows for Emerging Artists:

Best in Show: Jan Huthoefer for her collage, "Junkyard Pileup"
Award of Excellence: Charlene Kennedy for her colored pencil drawing, "Brahma Land"
Award of Merit: Darlene Rodriguez for her photography, "Blue Door"

The winners are as follows for Established Artists:

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Free Dump Day in Douglas Saturday

Submitted by Christina Thompson, Producer

Friday, March 25th, 2011, 11:38am

Cochise County Solid Waste Transfer Station in Douglas will be Hosting a Free Dump Day

On Saturday, March 26, the County Solid Waste Refuse Transfer Station in Douglas will be hosting a "Free Dump Day" to allow residents the opportunity to clean up private yard, alley and easement areas, according to the Cochise County Board of Supervisors.

**Free Dump Day is for Residents Only**

Business and Commercial loads will be weighed and charged the normal tipping fee of $50 per ton.

Construction Debris will not be accepted for free and will be weighed and charged the normal tipping fee of $50 per ton.

This includes the following materials:

Concrete
Brick
Gravel
Rock

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Memorial Created for Man Shot by BP Agents

Submitted by Christina Thompson, Producer

Friday, March 25th, 2011, 11:25am

Memorial Created for Man Shot by BP Agents

Still a lot of unanswered questions in the border patrol shooting that left a 19-year-old Douglas man dead.

It happened Monday afternoon, when Carlos La Madrid was shot and killed near the border in Douglas. Authorities say La Madrid was fleeing from the police when somebody threw rocks toward border patrol agents, from the vehicle he was driving.

That's when agents shot at the suspect vehicle, hitting La Madrid three times in the process.

La Madrid is a U.S. citizen. He died after being transported to the hospital.

"I think they could have done something, followed him...but I don't think it was necessary for them to fire three shots and kill him,” Shiranne Lane says.

"They have a very very stressful job and I don't think we should be able to tell them they can't defend themselves if they feel they need to...but I don't know the situation,” Robin Prudler said.

Viewer submitted picture of Carlos La Madrid and his wife.

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Potholes Continue to Grow in Tombstone

Submitted by Christina Thompson, Producer

Friday, March 25th, 2011, 11:25am

From TheTombstoneNews.com:

According to Public Works Director Phil Korte, Public Works employees are in the middle of marking potholes around the city so they can eventually be filled. Different options are available to municipalities when it comes to the filling of potholes.

“Cold Patch costs about $400 to $600 a truck load and that is the stuff that lasts,” stated Korte. “The cheap stuff is just a quick fix and we want more of a long term cure.”

Hot Patch is another solution that some cities use, however Tombstone does not have the equipment needed to put hot patch down.

“Hot patch needs to be hot when it goes down,” stated Korte. “To keep it hot it has to go in a dump truck like vehicle that has torches to keep the patch hot so that isn’t an option for us.”

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Senator McCain & Congressmen Visit the Border

Submitted by Christina Thompson, Producer

Friday, March 25th, 2011, 10:33am

Senator McCain & Congressmen Visit the Border

Senator McCain and Congressmen Gosar, Flake, Quayle and Schweikert, visited the Arizona-Mexico border this week.

Here is a statement from U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar on the visit to the border:

“This week my colleagues and I personally inspected several ports of entry into Arizona, including rural areas along the border and residential communities. One thing became very clear- the people of Arizona are far from being safe and secure on the border.

More troubling is the recent decision by the Administration to unilaterally withdraw the National Guard troops from the border. Although the threat level is increasing, the Administration is decreasing our security efforts. This makes no sense.

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Suspicious Person Near Naco School

Submitted by Christina Thompson, Producer

Thursday, March 24th, 2011, 3:53pm

On Thursday March 24, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office was advised of a suspicious person near the Naco Elementary School.

Deputies met with the School Administration and an 8-year-old girl who attends the school, according to the Cochise County Sherrif's Department.

The girl advised deputies that she was walking home from school on Tuesday when she was approached by a red vehicle with an “older Hispanic female” driving.

The girl said that the woman remained in the car and spoke to the girl in Spanish asking, “Do you want to go with me?” The girl told deputies that she yelled, “no” to the woman and then ran to the home of a relative.

According to reports, the woman did not follow.

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Hundreds of Historic City Documents Being Restored

Submitted by Christina Thompson, Producer

Thursday, March 24th, 2011, 3:14pm

From TheTombstoneNews.com:

“This is real living history,” stated City Clerk/Manager George Barnes about the hundreds of historic city documents that are currently being restored and preserved by Preservationist Nancy Sosa.

Sosa of History Raiders Research and Consultation was approved by Mayor and Council at the December 2010 City Council Meeting to inventory, treat, move, store and photograph City of Tombstone historic documents. Since gaining Mayor and Council approval Sosa and numerous volunteers have been hard at work preserving city documents from the 1880’s to the 1960’s. Sosa has a degree in Archeology and History and over the years has had hands on experience working with historic documents, with much of the experience coming from her volunteer work at the Tombstone Courthouse.

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