75 CENTS WEDNESDAY, OctObEr 22, 2014 | WWW.DOUGLASDISPAtcH.cOM VOL. 115, NO. 43

Read up on women’s health

Inside today

weatheRSunny.Tomorrows high: 82; Tomorrows low: 52.

More weather, A5See Page A9

Bulldogs celebrate homecoming with win

Cochise Regional making improvementsBy Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

In an effort to educate the community about the progress at Cochise Regional Hospital, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Luci-ano Fochesatto held a commu-nity outreach meeting Oct. 13 at the hospital where members of the community as well as the media could view first hand the

changes that have been made.Dr. Fochesatto said shortly

after CRH took over South-eastArizonaMedicalCenter the Arizona Department of Health Services was down to inspect the premises.

“They found several prob-lems in the hospital opera-tions,” he said. “Since then we have been dealing with the

state basically.”Dr. Fochesatto added the

state would come down about every three weeks and visit and where one problem was fixed, another one would arise. Those concerns have been addressed and now the focus has been on improving the hospital and

Bruce Whetten/Douglas Dispatch

chief Medical Officer Dr. Lu-ciano Foche-

satto stands in front of some

new radiol-ogy equip-ment that

was recently purchased

for cochise regional hospital.

submitteDT h e T r i e n n i a l D H S

Alumni Reunion will take place this weekend.

Several hundred alum-ni are expected to re -turn to their hometown to reunite and reminisce about the “good old days” in Douglas “where our memories began.”

Friday’s registration will be held at the Visitor’s Cen-ter from 2-8 p.m.; Satur-day’s will be from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

During Friday’s registra-tion, the committee has in-vited different food vendors to be outside the Visitor’s Center. The high school’s DECA Store will also be on hand to sell their merchan-dise. There will also be a shuttle available to take people to selected points of interest in the city.

One of the committee members, Teresa Findlay Gallardo has organized band members from past years and they will be per-forming before the Doug-las football game. They are excited to perform on the same field they performed on so many years ago. The performance is being dedi-cated to the late James Brenden, long time band director at the high school. They will meet for rehears-al at 2 p.m. at the football field and perform at 6 p.m.

Class Nights will be at three different venues in Douglas : The Gadsden Hotel, American Legion, and Double Deuce Billiards starting at 6 p.m. Light snacks will be served at each venue and music will be provided.

Saturday’s activities in-clude a golf tournament (sponsored by the Douglas Relay for Life), and a shut-tle will be available at the Visitor’s Center to provide tours of the high school and tours of the old YMCA (future home of the Doug-las Kids Klub).

D-Week brings classmates togetherBy Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

It was a fun and fes-tive weekend for those taking pa r t in Doug-l a s H i g h S c h o o l ’ s homecoming festivities.

The class of 2004 cel-ebrated its 10 -year re-union while the class of 19 6 4 celebrated its 50th anniversary.

At a dance Saturday at the Douglas Country Club those in attendance from the Class of 1964 posed for a group picture then ate, laughed and danced until the early morning hours getting caught up on all that has happened over the years.

Du ri ng t he eveni ng things took a somber note for a short while as a video was played remembering those who had passed on.

The D-Day festivities began on Thursday with the annual parade up G Ave.

The senior class was recognized for having the best f loat followed by the juniors, freshmen and sophomores.

In the general entry category the DHS drum and spirit line came in first while the swim team was second.

At Friday’s homecoming game Raul Montano was recognized as this year’s D-Day dedicatee.

Mont a no, b or n a nd raised in Douglas along with six siblings, is a 1982 graduate of Douglas High School.

He opened a money ex-change and check cashing service in 1994 and later opened the local gas sta-tion, Border Mart in 1997 and has been in business for over 17 years.

Montano has become a dignified community ser-vant of Cochise County organizing and partici-

pating in many events such as the annual DARC carne asada and numerous other fundraisers.

He currently resides in Pirtleville with his wife, Marina, and three kids Mia, Ruly, and Tino.

T he DH S home c om-ing royalty this year had Cou r t ney Acost a a nd Fernando Chacon as the king and queen; first run-ner up Lupita Ballesteros and Blaze Rose and sec-ond runner up was Erica Urquijo and Carlos Estra-da and Victor Varela.

Freshmen royalty was Francisco Lamadrid and Angelica Enriquez; sopho-more royalty was Alonzo Tapia and Nayraliz Va-lenzuela while the junior royalty was Jake Paun and Ariela Noriega.

T h e w e e k e n d w a s capped off by the Bull-dogs 52-6 win over the Catalina Trojans.

photos By Bruce Whetten/Douglas Dispatch

Douglas high School’s class of 1964 pose for a group picture Saturday at the Douglas country club. the class was celebrating its 50th anniver-sary.

raul Montano was this year’s D-Day dedicatee. Montano is pictured above with his wife Marina and kids tino, Mia and ruly.

the DhS home-coming royalty this year. Pictured above are courtney Acosta and Fernan-do chacon (center) as the king and queen; first runner up Lupita Balleste-ros and Blaze rose (right)and second runner up was erica urquijo and carlos estrada and Victor Varela (left).

the DhS drum and Spiritline line impressed the crowd with their performance during the D-Day parade.

At the bon fire thursday night the DhS cheerleaders performed.

Fight inquiry moves forwardBy Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

Officers from the Douglas Police Department are ask-ing for the public’s help as they continue their investiga-tion into an incident that oc-curred Sept. 19 at the Double Deuces Bar located at Sev-enth Street and G. Ave.

According to Sgt. Jose Du-arte of the Douglas Police De-partment the DPD received a call shortly after 2 a.m. for a fight in progress with a large crowd.

“Prior to the officer’s ar-rival, 911 calls to the Douglas PD indicated that a person had been injured after being struck by a vehicle,” he said. “When officers arrived, they found a 30-year-old male subject on the ground with several injuries.”

Sgt. Duarte reported wit-ness on scene stated that a fight had taken place out-side of the bar and that the male subject with injuries had been one of the persons involved. Officers were in-formed that a vehicle driving in front of the bar and may have accidentally struck the injured male subject and that the vehicle had left the area prior to police contact.

Officers on scene called for Douglas Fire Depart-ment personnel, who decided to transport the male sub-ject to a helicopter, where he was flown to Tucson for medical treatment.

During interviews with witnesses, Duarte said of-ficers were told that the in-jured male subject may have fallen on the street and was either hit, pushed over or ran over by the vehicle.

“As people attempted to stop the vehicle, it fled from the scene,” he said adding the ve-hicle was described as an Or-ange in color Chevy Camaro with white stripes.

The following day, DPD of-ficers were notified by U.S. Customs officials that a ve-hicle matching the Camaro was stopped as it attempted to enter Mexico. The driver was detained and questioned by officers at the Douglas Police Department.

Duarte stated the driver ad-mitted to being in the area, but stated that he was unsure if he had struck someone. He also stated that he fled after seeing a group of people head towards his vehicle.

“The driver was identified as Mr. Jose Hurtado of Doug-las,” Sgt. Duarte said. “He was subsequently charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to con-trol to avoid an accident.”

The victim, who is not being identified as this time, has since been released from the hospital and officers con-tinue to investigate both the fight and the accident.

If anyone has any informa-tion regarding the fight, con-tact Case Officer Gamez at 417-7550.

Triennial DHS Alumni Reunion this weekend

See reuniOn, Page A4

InsIde Find more pictures from homecoming festivities on A10.

See hOSPitAL, Page A8

Women’sHealth 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014Health 2014

By The Douglas Dispatch, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014

SATURDAY 5pm-2am

FRIDAY 5pm-2am

THURSDAY 5pm-10pm

SUNDAY 11am-9pm

XNLV180034

CochiseCollegeRodeo

presentsan evening

with

Saturday, Nov. 15 ~ 6 p.m. Douglas Campus, Student Union• Meet the rodeo team • Enjoy a barbecue pulled pork buffet • Hear the story of the beloved star of “Cocoon,”

“The Natural,” and “The China Syndrome.”

Call (520) 417-4735 for tickets - $25 each or table of six for $125Proceeds benefit Cochise College Rodeo.www.cochise.edu/50

W i l f o r d B r i m l e y • F a r m e r • R o d e o R i d e r • B l a c k s m i t h • A c t o r

A2 DouglaS DiSPatch local NEWS weDneSDay, october 22, 2014

Judith A. Frias en-tered the gates of heav-en on Oct. 1, 2014.

She was born Jan. 22, 1955 in Morenci, Ariz. She loved to go bowl-ing, dancing and going to the work shop.

She is survived by her brother and sis-ter-in-law Raul and Sal ly Frias both of Riverside, Calif., and

many nieces, nephews and cousins.

We n d e l l L e a l a n d Lewis “Bobby” was born to Robert Lee “Rabbit” and Valaska Ta li fer ro L ewis i n Douglas, Ariz., on Sept. 13, 1955.

He was the young-est of five boys. He fathered three chil-dren with his first two being born to Janice De Boer Hoffman and his last to Sally Hamil-ton. Sydney Dane was born on February 15, 1977, Brandon Robert was born on March 4, 1979 and Casey John was born on October 27, 1986. Bobby gradu-ated from DouglasHigh School in 1975 and at-tended ArizonaWest-ernCollege where he played football for two years. He then relocat-ed to Seattle for three

years before return-ing to Douglas. Bobby is preceded in death by his father Robert, mother Valaska and daughter Sydney. He leaves behind his part-ner of 30 years Sally L. Hamilton, his two sons Brandon Robert and Casey John Lewis, and four brothers Ed-mund Lee “Bunny” (Lucia), Vullen Lathan “Bugsy” (Juanita), Har-lan Rupert “Button” and Shannon Lamont

“Buddy” Lewis. Bobby also leaves three grand-children Chloe Marie, Ca leb Michael a nd Carson Miranda, three nieces Kelly, Kristi and Mindy, three nephews Kody, Kory and Kevin along with numerous great nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Visitation wil l be held beginning at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Oc-tober 22, 2014 at Brown Page Mortuary Chapel with a funeral service being offered at 1 p.m. wit h t he Reverend Larry Stewart presid-ing. A brief graveside service will follow at the PirtlevilleCemetery.

Brow n Page Mor-tuary is in charge of a r ra ngements, 3 6 4 -3434, BrownPageMor-tuary.com.

Our beloved Mother, Cynthia Tinsley passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, to be in heaven with her mother Fran-ces “Panchita” Santa Cruz.

Cynthia was born on Oct. 27, 1948, in Doug-las, Ariz.

Cynthia was a bless-ing to her four chil-d ren: Shaw n ( Mar-tin), Korrine (Kris), Edward, and Nicholas (Beka). Cynthia was blessed wit h seven grandchildren: Chris-ta, Jacob, Isabelle, Mia, Christian, Matthew, and Misha. She is sur-vived by her father Gilberto Santa Cruz; sisters Velma (Manny) Estrada, Bertina Shir-ley, and Sandra Sloan, brother Gilbert Santa Cruz and numerous nephews and nieces.

Cynthia grew up in

Pirtleville, Ariz. She went on to start a fam-ily and raised her chil-dren in San Manuel and then Tucson, Ari-zona. She was a gradu-ate of DouglasHigh School and the Univer-sity of Phoenix. Cyn-thia was a devoted RN with the NICU at Tuc-son Medical Center for 34 years. She loved traveling, the outdoors, and spending time with her family and friends.

Cynthia will always be remembered for her kind heart, her devo-

tion to her children, grandchildren, and her great love of family and friends. Cynthia gave a small piece of her heart to everyone she knew, loved unconditionally, and to know her was a blessing.

A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday Oct. 24, 2014, at 1 p.m. at St. Odilia’s Catholic Church in Tucson, Ari-zona. We will gather at the church hall follow-ing mass. A burial will follow at a later date where she will be taken home and be laid to rest with her mother at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Pirtleville, Ariz.

We miss you so much but our hear ts are filled with our love and memories of you, where you shall remain al-ways and forever until we see you again.

OBituaRies

OBituaRies

OBituaRies

Judith A. FriasJan. 22, 1955 – Oct. 1, 2014

Wendell Lealand Lewis ‘Bobby’September 13, 1955 – October 17, 2014

Cynthia TinsleyOct. 27, 1948 – Oct. 14, 2014

VOTEGeorge A. Hoke

Justice of the Peace

EXPERIENCE, INTEGRITY AND LOYALTY JUSTICE AND

EQUALITY FOR ALL!

Paid for by Hoke 4JP2//elasadero@hotmail.com

XN

LV18

0811

calendaR

Oct. 25 grace united Method-ist church women will be having a homemade soup and desert luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donation of $6 for the meal will be used for the missions. Oct. 24-26 DhS all alumni reunion; $60 per couple ($70 at the door); $35 single ($40 at the door) register online at http://tagallardo.wix.com/dhs-all-class. if you have any questions, please contact Susie Valencia at 520-678-1181, or yoli Peralta at 520-364-3345.Oct. 31 halloween trunk or treat, 4-7 p.m. at copper King Stadium. call 417-7340 for more information.nov. 27 turkey trot/run walk cure for cancer at airport Park starting at 8 a.m. For more information contact linda

gomez at (520) 364-3670 or (520) 266-2965 or visit http://douglasturkeytrot.org/.Ongoing light the D meeting every third wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. held in the Douglas high School library. everyone is welcomed.Ongoing Douglas rotary club every tuesday noon to 1 p.m. at el alamo restaurant located at 1449 g ave. Ongoing weight watchers every thursday at 5 p.m. at the Douglas government center for more information call (520) 364-3953.Ongoing Monday nights at the american legion hamburger night from 5 -7 p.m. stop by and eat or call (520) 364-5171 to place your order to go.Ongoing tuesday nights, american legion taco tues-days from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

and 4 -7 p.m. to place your order call (520) 364-5171.Ongoing al-anon Family group weekly meeting will be held every Monday at the Douglas library meeting room. the al-anon Family groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alco-holics who share their experi-ence, strength, and hope, in order to solve their common problems. Meetings will be held from 7 – 8:15 p.m. there is no charge to participate in these meetings. For further information contact lea at (520) 805-0086. Ongoing the Douglas-wil-liams house Museum is open Saturday and Sundays from noon – 2 p.m. and wednes-days from noon – 4p.m. For information call (520) 364-7370.

Pet of the weekHello there, my name is Daisy and I

am a female Boxer here at the Douglas Animal Shelter.

I have been selected this week’s Douglas Dispatch Pet of the Week.

I am hoping you will help me find a new forever home. My previous owner turned me in several weeks ago.

I am very healthy, energetic and get along with other dogs, cats and humans.

They tell me I am about a year old so basically, I’m still a puppy.

I have not had my shots and I have not been spayed.

A low cost vaccination clinic is scheduled to be held next door here Thursday and Friday so this is a perfect time for you to come by and see us.

The clinic here is getting rather full again and some of us are being put to sleep because they cannot find homes for us.

We all would like to go to a forever home where we can be loved and love you back.

If you, or if you know of someone who is willing to adopt us or one of our other friends here please stop by the Douglas Animal Shelter at 2017 N. Rogers Ave. or call (520) 364-7567.

You can also visit us on Facebook under the Douglas Animal Shelter.

Please come by and see us.

Vendors sought for tombstone eventDouglas Dispatch

Arts and crafts vendors are being sought for the Tombstone American Le-gion Auxiliary Fall Af-fair scheduled for Nov. 1 in Tombstone.

I nt e r e s t e d v e n d o r s please call or text Sandi F r e em a n at 5 2 0 - 4 2 9 -4 2 0 8 or Bobby A iton at 520-678-0588.

city to host trunk or treat Oct. 31By Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

The City of Douglas Recreation Center is once again looking for partici-pants in its annual Trunk or Treat.

This year’s event will take place on Friday, Oct. 31 from 4-7 p.m. at Copper King Stadium.

There will be a costume contest at 6:30 p.m.

This is a family friend-ly free and safe event for kids of all ages. There will be games, candy, prizes and music.

There will also be first, second and third place prizes for the best trunks.

Registration informa-tion is available at the Douglas Recreation Cen-ter located at 661 G Ave. or call 417-7340.

Deadline for entry into this event is Monday, Oct. 27.

Low cost animal clinic Oct. 23-24Douglas Dispatch

The City of Doug-las Animal Shelter and the Santa Cruz Veterinary Clinic to hold low cost s p ay/neut e r a nd wellness clinic on October 23-24.

Fees are cat neu-ter $25, dog neuter $75, cat spay $ 55, dog spay $ 85 up to 50 pounds, $95, 51-99 pounds, $105 over 100 pounds.

Vaccination clinic will be from 2 – 4 p.m. no appointment necessary. All vac-cines $15 each, toe nail trims $10 each,

microchip $25 and anal deworming $10.

D r. Ne a l t a ke s appoi nt ments for other medical issues with pets.

No appointment necessary for sur-gery, drop off pet be-tween 7-8 am pick up time from 4-5 p.m.

For financial as-sistance cal l Co -chise County Hu-m a ne S o ciet y at (520) 803-7385.

For additional in-formation or to make a n a p p o i n t m e n t call (520) 889-9643; clinic will be held at 2017 Rogers Ave.

Fall Festival this Saturday at DhS Land LabDouglas Dispatch

The Douglas High S cho ol F FA a nd Bulldog 4-H Fall Fes-tival will take place this Saturday DHS Land Lab from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

It’s pumpkin patch time. Come buy your Halloween pumpkin.

The FFA will have BBQ sandwiches for sale while the 4-H club will have cara-mel and candy ap-ples and ices for sale.

T h e r e w i l l b e games, face pain-ing and hay rides for the kids. At 10 a.m. there will be a dedication cere-mony in memory of Wendy Glenn at the frog ranariums

candidates forum Oct. 29Douglas Dispatch

T h e G r e a t e r Douglas Chamber of Com merce, i n ac c or d a nc e w it h the City of Doug-las wi l l be hold-ing a Candidates Forum on Wednes-day, Oct. 29 at the Douglas City Hall Council Chambers.

T he event w i l l s t a r t a t 6 p . m . How a r d H e n d e r -son will serve as the moderator.

Every candidate on the bal lot for Douglas’ respective districts has been invited to attend

the forum.Members of the

c o m m u n i t y a r e urged to prepare their questions and come over to meet the candidates and hear them speak.

The event will also be broadcast live on KDAP 96.5 FM for those who are un-able to make it to the forum.

James Storage790 Chiricahua Rd. Douglas, AZ • 520-364-2383

November 8, 2014 • 9am19 Ulises Moreno

20 Roberto Ochoa

21 Eloina Gonzales

CC2 Isaias Delgado

37 Heather Parra

C4 Jesus Monge

C17 Dora Rico

C036 Sonya Linette Arvayo

C25 Paul Franco

C8401 Rosemary Corrales

C065 Jesus Cantua

C35 Daniel Armando

C053 Daniel Armando

CD34 Maria Carrillo Tremillo

C8411 Oscar Monge

CD24 Oscar Monge

C059 Jose Lopez

CD7 Carlos Cuevas

C044 Alex Trujillo

S1 Sylvia Gonzales XN

LV17

9838

AUCTION

Caring for:Athlete’s FootBone SpursBunionsCallusesCornsFungal NailInfectionsHammertoesNail ProblemsWarts

XNLV176924

The Doctor Is In

Dr. Jarrett Hamilton provides care for a variety of conditions and injuries of the foot, ankle or related leg structures.

We are o� ering appointments in Douglas at the Chiricahua Clinic located at 100 F Avenue from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on these dates:

October 30 November 13 December 11 and 30

Most insurance plans accepted including AHCCCS.

www.svmedicalgroup.org

Call 520-515-7480 to schedule an appointment.

weDneSDay, october 22, 2014 local NEWS DouglaS DiSPatch A3

cilantros Bar offers something differentBy Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

Cilantros Bar, lo -cated at 323 G Ave. is of fering a di f ferent kind of atmosphere to t hose who visit their establishment.

Owners Jerry and Lizeth Pina spent a year renovating the place into something they are hoping their patrons will be able to enjoy.

“This has been a dream of ours since we got married,” Jerry said. “We wanted to do something that would help bring more life to Douglas.”

The happy couple said at the start they had a completely differ-ent concept and were going to call it Pina’s Pina’s. It was going to Tiki type bar.

“The more we looked at it the more we real-ized this may not be the direction we want-ed to go,” Jerry said.

They came up with the name Cilantros si nce it ’s t hei r fa-vorite ingredient in every food.

“We wanted to bring some f lavor to Doug-las, something that was edgy, f lavorful, fun; something that would keep people wondering what Cilantros is all about,” Lizeth said.

Cilantros officially opened Sept. 13 and since then the response has been good.

“According to face-book people seem to l i ke t he ch a n ge s,” Jerry said.

KDAP’s Howard Hen-derson called it a “mini Vegas,” Jerry added.

“A l l the feedback we’ve heard has been positive,” Lizeth stated.

Jerry said a lot of the female customers asked about wine and so now Cilantros has

five different brands of wine they offer.

They are also add-ing different kinds of Dj’s bringing down Dj Kasky from Tucson.

The Pina couple said Oscar Meraz real ly helped them get Cilan-tros ready to open and for that they are grate-ful to him.

In the future Cilan-tros will open the grill area shooting for the early part of next year plus an outdoor patio area where patrons can smoke.

B o t h J e r r y a n d Lizeth work other jobs in addition to be own-ers of Cilantros. They say it has been chal-lenging juggling their other jobs plus the new business but they are committed to making Cilantros Bar one of the better establish-ments in Douglas.

“We’re so excited about this place and we have a lot of good friends that are sup-porting and encourag-ing us,” Lizeth said. “They give us motiva-tion. Every time we see somebody happy in here that’s what makes our night.”

Hou r s for C i l a n -tros are 5 -10 p.m. on T h u r s d a y ’s w h i c h is also ladies night where ladies get $2-$3 of f selected drinks; 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fri-day’s which is Friends Night Out and start-ing Nov. 7 there will be Karaoke with So-noran Entertainment Dj; Saturday’s hours will also be 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. with exciting live performances and Su nday it ’s spor ts, sports, sports from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

H a p p y H o u r i s 5-7:30 p.m. each eve-ning with snacks and entertainment provided.

Bruce Whetten/Douglas Dispatch

cilantros Bar owners Lizeth and Jerry Pina.

suBmitteD photo

cilantros before the latest renovations. the new owners have changed things around inside.

Border Patrol hosts open houseBy Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

The U.S. Border Patrol Douglas office held an open house Saturday at their fa-cility on Highway 80.

Members of the public were able to talk with Bor-der Patrol agents and take pictures with horses, ATVs, bikes and the massive Mine Resistant Ambush Protect-ed (MRAP) vehicle.

Ryan Holden, the super-visory Border Patrol agent for the Douglas office said this was an opportunity for his office to get to know some of the people in the Douglas community.

“Currently the Border Patrol is trying to focus on community outreach, com-munity engagement and more interaction with the public,” he said.

Currently there are ap-proximately 500 agents working out of the Douglas office and they cover 41.3 linear miles.

photos By Bruce Whetten/Douglas Dispatch

Annalicia Montano, 2, pets one of the horses at Sat-urday’s open house at the Douglas Border Patrol sta-tion.

LeFt: Mayor Danny Ortega Jr. talks with one of the agents Saturday at the open house.

Douglas Cowbelles celebrate 75th AnniversaryBy eSteBAn OrOzcOFor the Douglas Dispatch

Recognized nation-ally the Douglas Cow-belles celebrated their 7 5 t h A n n iv e r s a r y here in Douglas, at the Cowbelle Hall on 10th Street on Saturday, Oct. 18.

The Cowbelles began in the late 1930’s in southern CochiseC-ounty by ranch fami-lies, 25 miles north of Douglas at the J-bar Ranch is where the very first meetings were held. Later, meet-ing officially on Oct. 17 1939 at the Four Bar Ranch, Mattie Cowan invited over guests for what they knew then as a jambo-ree. Back then there was no television or any advanced technol-ogy to communicate with others. They dis-cussed things from the men their children and food recipes. The organization was so happy with the out-come they continued to meet.

The Cowbelles was made up of 16 women then. Establishing a specific day to meet they agreed on every third Tuesday of every month, even collect-ing 25 cents in dues. Within no time at all they began to have success and spread qu ick ly. T he C ow-belle’s participate in many events earning a great name with their cause. T hei r mai n purpose was and still is to “promote family and social relations between cattle people and to cooperate for the best interests of our own industry, our community and our country”.

Gwen B o s s lo c a l C owbel les member said Saturday at the celebration “my moth-er helped start this

group, she was just a teen when they would meet.”

The Cowbelles, orig-inated in Douglas ; they are the oldest Cattle Women’s Orga-nization in the United States. The group has hit a historic mile-stone and celebrated it perfectly with refresh-ments, cake and great music, which was pro-vided by the talented Mike Molina.

The event also in-cluded a good amount of historic displays and vintage photos. None of that tops the amazing women who witnessed this awe-some orga ni z at ion reach success a nd lived through all of it and are still here today to voice the in-credible goals they have achieved and personal experiences that helped shape The Cowbelle’s.

Attendee and mem-ber Louise Kimble says “I knew all the origina l Cowbel les girls.”

S u e K r e nt z a l s o added “I met amaz-ing women all over the state of Arizona because of The Cow-belles organization.”

T h e c e l e b r a t i o n was a success. Many people visited and en-joyed the rich history The Cowbelles had to share. The building had a special feeling to it along with the members. Many en-joyed the quality peo-ple and friendliness it had to offer. It was es-timated that 50 people were in attendance that day.

When asked “how do you feel about the 75 year accomplish-ment C a r ol R i g g s a n s w e r e d “ G r e at ! As long as you have cattle ranchers Cow-belles will be around.”

photos By esteBan orozco for the Douglas Dispatch

Peggy Boss leads a group of ladies past the table of re-freshments Saturday at the Douglas cowbelles 75th Anni-versary celebration.

Mary ellen Sproul cowan and Dan Bell stand in front of some of the historic pictures that were on display Saturday.

LeFt: Mike Molina entertained those in attendance with songs while playing his guitar.

O n Oct. 15, the Mari-posa Port of Entry in Nogales began ac-cepting passengers

through a new $200 million expansion which, according to early estimates, could move as much as $35 billion worth of products through its upgraded car, bus, and truck lanes this year alone.

This welcome development is a boon not only to our border communities, but all of Ari-zona. According to Pricewa-terhouseCoopers, Mexico is on a path toward becoming the world’s seventh-largest econo-my by 2050, up from its current position of 14. And since the beginning of the North Ameri-can Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) more than 20 years ago, the importance of this relationship has only become more important to the people of our state. In fact, high-volume trade and commerce of prod-ucts including agricultural produce, minerals and ore, oil and gas, and high-tech and electronic products between Arizona and Mexico have grown exponentially in recent years, yielding over $14 billion in bilateral trade.

We should all be gratified by the concerted steps that Gover-nor Brewer, state and local of-ficials, and the business com-munity are taking to build upon and promote economic exchange with our number-one trade partner. Those steps in-clude not only expanding the

Mariposa Port, but also open-ing the Arizona Mexico City Trade and Investment Office, which the cities of Phoenix and Tucson spearheaded in part-nership with the Arizona Com-merce Authority, the Maricopa Association of Governments and Visit Phoenix. There is no doubt that such initiatives will strengthen economic develop-ment opportunities statewide.

At the local level, Mayor Danny Ortega of Douglas is leading efforts to develop a public-private partnership to harness the business commu-nity’s financing power to mod-ernize the Douglas Land Port of Entry. Working together, the local business communi-ty, local officials, the federal government, and the Mexi-can government could yield significant savings for the American taxpayer, as well as increase trade opportunities for Arizona.

While all of these efforts will strengthen Arizona’s economy and Arizona-Mexico relations, we must do more to remove regulatory hurdles that stand in the way of increased trade. According to the U.S. Depart-ment of Commerce, Arizona has actually seen foreign ex-ports fall over the past decade. By comparison, Texas exports have increased 66 percent dur-

ing that same time.I recently wrote a letter to

several major banks, including Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and JP Morgan Chase, which all operate in communities along the Arizo-na-Mexico border. In the letter, I highlighted the disturbing fact that over the past year, these banks have scaled back on the financial services of-fered in these communities by closing branches, creating new obstacles for Arizona compa-nies that do business with Mex-ico. While federal regulatory burdens may be contributing to this problem, it is crucial for the economic vitality of border communities that local busi-ness have access to capital and other banking services.

I am encouraged by the path Arizona is on, but we must do more to support creative solu-tions that will help us to ex-pand trade opportunities with Mexico. By cultivating public-private-partnerships to build better infrastructure and re-moving obstacles that hinder trade opportunities, Arizona can create more robust eco-nomic development policies that will benefit both small and large businesses, create more jobs, and drive greater economic prosperity for hard-working citizens of the Grand Canyon State. After all, if we don’t make it easy to do busi-ness in Arizona, I am sure Texas will be more than happy to oblige.

OpiniOnA4 DouglaS DiSPatch weDneSDay, october 22, 2014

I am proud to serve as the 11th president of Cochise College. Each of us, serv-

ing in this position, has been faced with the challenges and op-portunities of the time. However, t he f i r st two Cochise College presidents shared in the opportunities and challenges typically re-served for one individ-ual. One broke ground; the other opened the doors.

Arizona’s first uni-versity opened nearly 80 years prior to Co-chise College, so it’s no surprise that college founders turned to the public universities for expertise in everything from site selection to personnel.

A team of educators and consultants from Arizona State Univer-sity studied Cochise County and in 1961 pub-lished a report on the feasibility of establish-ing a community col-lege here. Representa-tives of the University of Arizona provided guidance in the search for a president, suggest-ing interview questions on everything from managing construction projects to curriculum.

In a letter to early college board member Dr. George Spikes, the president of Arizona State College-Flagstaff outlined what he saw as the pros and cons of three options in hiring a president: enticing a current college presi-dent with an attractive salary, and potentially putting the individual out of line with other institutions; taking an “experienced man who had struggled through the years in developing a program at another institution and as a re-sult had made some en-emies,” and who might be pleased with a new environment; or seek-ing an “inexperienced young man who has his future before him” and who is also an un-known quantity.

Numerous individu-als expressed interest in the position of presi-dent, and the board ul-timately selected Dr. Thaddeus C. Johnston, who doesn’t appear to have fit neatly into any of the above categories.

At the time of his hir-ing, Johnston, 43, was associate professor of educational adminis-tration at the Univer-sity of Arizona. He’d served as coordinator for the Arizona As-sociation of Second-ary School Principals and department chair of secondary educa-tion at Omaha Univer-sity in Nebraska. He had also served as a

public school teacher, principal and superin-tendent in Kansas and Oklahoma.

In a 1962 letter to the board, Johnston ex-pressed that he’d had l i m ite d ex p er ienc e with junior colleges, though he’d studied them. Besides the fact that he was familiar with higher education through his work at the university, his rel-evant experience in-cluded creating a new school district from 33 elementary districts that called upon him to handle many of the administrative tasks a new college required. Getting the doors open on time sat atop the priority list, but other priorities like hiring and curriculum devel-opment didn’t exactly pale in comparison.

Dr. Johnston’s hiring as the first president of yet-to-be-established Cochise College was announced in Janu-ary 1963. He presided at the September 1963 groundbreaking cer-emony, and construc-tion proceeded accord-ingly. Unfortunately, he never got the chance to see the fruits of his labor. In January 1964, Dr. Johnston and two others – Donald En-sign, superintendent of Sierra Vista schools, and Clayton A. Smith, a pilot and publisher of the Tombstone Epi-taph – died when their plane crashed in in-clement weather in the Whetstone Mountains. They were scheduled to fly to Luke Air Force Base to board a mili-tary plane that would take them to an educa-tion conference at the United States Air Force Academy. According to historical documents, Sm it h’s de at h wa s marked by Tombstone’s largest funeral, and the Cochise College board quickly set about searching for a new president to dedicate the next eight months to getting the college open by Sept. 21, 1964.

Enter Dr. Bill Har-wood of California and the many early faculty and staff from nearby and across the nation who are most often credited with giving Cochise College a solid start.

Now you know, “the rest of the story.”

J.D. Rottweiler is pres-ident of Cochise College. Contact him at jdr@co-chise.edu.

gueSt OPiniOn

Dr. J.D. rOttWeiLer

letteRs tO the editOR

Port Expansion opens in Nogales

Remembering college’s first president

gueSt OPiniOnSenAtOr JOhn MccAin

thanks for help with hamburger sale

Dear Editor,On Sept. 11, 2014, the Ameri-

can Legion Post #11 was the site of our eighth annual all-team hamburger sale benefitting the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Douglas.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to the follow-ing for their more than gener-ous donations and/or help to this fundraiser: Mr. Sergio Gonzalez, Ana Bustamante and Martha Wilkinson from Wal-Mart Supercenter; Mr. Ruly Montaño from Border Mart; Mr. Bobby Anaya – Holsum; Bobby and Cecilia Carnal from Douglas Meat Market and the Entenmanns’s Outlet.

Our Grill Master Team: Ed-mund Garcia, Daniel Novoa, Michael Baldenegro, JJ Rose, Chuck Hoyack, Joe Salcido, Hec-

tor Cañez, Norma Lynn Galin-do and Savannah Novoa, who grilled over 1,300 burgers!

Each team is asked to contrib-ute items for the sale as well as pre-sell tickets. The response the community gave to us in pre-sales was overwhelming! The day of the sale, we had a group of high school students participate in the Fiestas Pa-rade promoting the sale while another group of students walked to businesses on F and G Avenue selling tickets. These kids are definitely the future of Relay.

Thank you to all the teams who donated items and/or showed up to work the sale: DHS Student Council; Team Super Hero Patrick; Cañez/Garcia Family; Cochise Regional Hos-pital; Chiricahua Community Health Care; We are Batman; X-Men of Omega Alpha Acade-my; Team DQ and Washington Federal Bank.

Thank you to our wonder-ful community of Douglas for their continued support! Many people actually told tickets sell-ers that they look forward to the “Relay Burger Bash” each year.

Thank you Bruce Whetten for always being there for Relay!

Last and certainly not least thank you to Scotty Babicky and the American Legion Post #11 for your continued help and support in our mission to find a cure!

Each and everyone who sup-ported us on that Saturday morning mean so much to sur-vivors, relay committee, team captains and Relayers!

May you and your fam-ily continue to be blessed with good health!

Sincerely yours,William

Tardibuono, Co-ChairCornelia G. Muñoz,

Co-Chair/On-Line Chair

Saturday evening’s fes-t ivit ies wi l l be held at the Cochise County Fair-grounds starting at 5 p.m. with a social hour. Dinner wil l be served from 6 - 8 p.m. and the dance will be from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

The Douglas High School Cheerleaders and Spike will “cheer” our alumni as they enter the venue. Mrs. Abigail Griffin’s Folklori-co will provide entertain-ment during dinner.

Sunday’s 11 a.m. mass at St. Luke’s Catholic Church wil l be dedicated to a l l DHS Alumni. Breakfast/

Br u nch w i l l b e s er ve d from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at t h e A m e r i c a n L e g i o n to bring an end to this fun-filled weekend.

Anyone who has not yet registered you may do so by contacting two of the officers: President, Susie Valencia at (520 678-1181) or co-secretary, Yoli Leon Peralta (520-364-6496).

Registration can also be done at the Visitor’s Center on Friday and Saturday. Cost to attend is $ 35/sin-gle, ($40 at the door); $60/couple ($70 at the door).

Dedicated to eugene “Boots” Deiss

This year the DHS Tri-ennial A lumni Reunion

is dedicated to Eugene “Boots” Deiss who is fondly remembered as the science teacher who throughout his career taught most of the

reunion attendees.Mr. Deiss’ teaching ca-

reer began at the Douglas Junior High School (now Ray Borane Middle School) in 1950. They started him at $2700 a year, which was one of the nation’s highest salaries at the time. In 1960 he moved to Douglas High School. He taught general sciences from 1950-67, and in 1968 founded and began teaching the New Earth Sci-ence curriculum at the high school, which he taught until his retirement.

Besides teaching, his ini-tial love was coaching. He was freshman and junior varsity basketball coach and also coached JV foot-bal l . In addition to his

coaching career, he was the varsity football game public address announcer from 1953-78.

He loved it when any of the thousands of former students would come to him and let him know how much they had loved his teaching and his caring. To Mr. Deiss this was the ultimate reward.

After 33 years of teaching, Mr. Deiss retired in 1983, eventually moving with his wife Kitty to their beloved cabin/home in Paradise near Portal in the Chirica-hua Mountains. “Boots” and Kitty returned to Doug-las in 1999 where they lived until the end of his life on Feb. 12, 2014.

reunioncOntinueD FrOM A1

eugene “Boots” Deiss

September 27, 2014Valencia, Selina was cited and

released for driving on a suspended license at 15th St and Dolores Ave.

Sadowski, Luke was arrested at the 500 block of 14th St for driving under the influence of alcohol. Sadowski was transported to the Cochise County jail.

Davis, Jared was cited and released at the 500 block of 14th St for an alcohol offense at 500 14th St.

Gonzales, Marcos Alberto was cited and released for reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol at the 800 block of 18th St.

Mendez, Oscar was cited and released for underage consumption of alcohol at the 800 block of 18th St.

Rascon, Lorenzo Murillo was arrested at the U.S. Port of Entry for theft of a vehicle. Rascon was transported to the Cochise County jail.

Galaz, Martin was arrested at the U.S. Port of Entry for possession of stolen property and theft of means of transportation. Galaz was transported to the Cochise County jail.

Acosta, Jennifer Renee was cited and released for theft that occurred at the 1500 block of F Ave.

Del Rio, Nydia Arely was cited and released at the 3600 block of N Leslie Canyon Rd for domestic violence / disorderly conduct and domestic violence / assault.

A vehicle accident with no injuries was reported on Leslie Canyon Rd and Pan American Rd.

A report was taken for criminal damage at the 1600 block of Apache Dr.

A report was taken for criminal damage at the port of entry.

A report was taken for a recovered stolen vehicle out of Tempe at the U.S. Port of Entry.

A report was taken for traffic offense at the 500 block of Pan American Ave.

September 28, 2014A vehicle accident was reported at

11th St and Washington Ave.Theft of a purse from vehicle was

reported at the 3600 block of Leslie Canyon Rd.

Theft of a cell phone was reported at 3600 block of Leslie Canyon Rd.

An information report was taken at the 500 block of F Ave.

September 29, 2014Marrufo, Alexa was arrested for

shoplifting at Wal-Mart. Marrufo was cited and released.

Sanchez, Vicente was arrested at the 1100 block of 14th St for dosl. Sanchez was cited and released.

A 15 year old female was cited and released for shoplifting at Wal-Mart.

A report for theft of items was taken at the 600 block of 10th St.

A report for a lost purse was taken at Wal-Mart.

September 30, 2014A 17 year old female was arrested

at 15th St and Estrella Ave for driving without a license. She was cited and released.

A 16 year old female was arrested at the 300 block of C Ave for driving without a license. She was cited and released.

A 16 year old male was cited and released at the U.S. Port of Entry for possession of tobacco.

A 16 year old male was cited and released for unlawful use means of transportation after taking his family vehicle would permission.

A report was taken at the 8th Street Park for graffiti in the restroom.

A criminal damage was reported at the municipal airport.

Agency assist report was taken on Highway 80.

An information report was taken at 9th St and Chiricahua Rd.

October 1, 2014Medina, Miguel Angel was arrested

at U.S. Port of Entry for dosl. Medina was cited and released.

A report for found property was taken at Bagwell Rd.

A report for theft of a cell phone was taken at the 8th St Park.

A burglary was reported at the 1300 block of 7th St.

October 2, 2014Zepeda, Ramon was arrested

at the 1100 block of 11th St for an outstanding warrant. Zepeda was transported to Cochise County jail.

Moore, Alfonso was arrested for d.v. / disorderly conduct and d.v. / criminal damage at the 1400 block of F Ave.Moore was transported to Cochise County jail.

Salazar, Luis Enrique was arrested at the 300 block of 14th St for an outstanding warrant. Salazar was transported to Cochise County jail.

A report was taken at the 2200 block of 11th St for information.

An agency assist report was taken at 11th St and A Ave.

October 3, 2014Angulo, Jesus A. was arrested at

the u.s. port of entry for a warrant out of MaricopaCounty. Angulo was transported to the Cochise County jail.

Salazar, Nataly was arrested at 3rd St and Bonita Ave for domestic violence / disorderly conduct, domestic violence / assault, and domestic violence / criminal damage. Salazar was transported to the Cochise County jail.

Morales, Topazzio was cited and released for an alcohol offense at 3rd St and Bonita Ave.

Olivarria Castro, Zenaida was cited and released for shoplifting at WalMart.

Campbell, Archibaldo was arrested at WalMart for trespassing and false information. He was transported to the county jail.

A vehicle was impounded for traffic violation at 10th St & A Ave.

A report was taken for criminal damage at the 1500 block of 9th St.

A report was taken for criminal damage at the 2000 block of 12th St.

A vehicle was impounded for safekeeping at the U.S. Port of Entry.

A report was taken for traffic hazard at the 400 block of I Ave.

A report was taken for agency assistance on Highway 80 mile marker 371

A report was taken for agency assistance at 10th St and Pan American Ave.

October 4, 2014Garcia, Aaron was cited and

released for open container at 7th St and E Ave.

McGrew, Angel was cited and released for open container at 7th St and E Ave.

Herrera, Jesus was arrested at the 1300 block of 23rd St for dosl and aggravated dui. Herrera was

transported to Cochise County jail.Pedrego, Adrian was cited and

released for possession of drug paraphernalia at the U.S. Port of Entry.

Brandenburg, Michael was cited and released for shoplifting at the

1100 block of San Antonio Ave.Menduette, Nicolas was arrested

for d.v. / criminal damage at the 1700 block of Cimarron Dr.

An information report was taken at the 800 block of 2nd St.

XNLV180807

As an inbound Customer Service Sales Agent at ACT you will:• Enjoy a fun and friendly environment• Get most major holidays off and always have Sundays as your fun day!• Receive competitive pay and various bonuses and incentives• Experience excellent promotional and growth opportunities• Have the opportunity to build your resume and better your

communication skills• Not be laid off as part of a seasonal downsizing.

Advanced Call Center Technologies in Douglas, AZ$10/Hour After Training!! Daily shuttle from and to the Douglas border crossing.

Contact Us At: Advanced Call Center Technologies • 1701 E. 10th St. Douglas, AZ 85607

520-417-7900Apply Online Today: www.acttoday.com

Or just stop by and talk to one of our recruiters.

AC Tis the place

to be!is the place AC TAC T

Working at A.C.T. has been a great overall experience – everything from the work ethic to the actual job environment. It’s always some-thing di� erent when you walk in the door. You hear cheering and clapping to celebrate agents’ sales or achievements throughout the day. It’s de� nitely a positive atmo-sphere. There are always incentives and bonuses you can get just by showing up to work or getting some sales. The early work schedules allow me to get home in time to enjoy dinner with my kids and be available to my family. I love that overtime is pretty much unlimited and that means that I can make extra money when needed. There are always opportunities to move up for employees who exceed at what they do. It’s honestly a fantastic place to be.

- Adilenne Montano

XNLV180032

A.C.T. employees are having a

HAUNTED HOUSE

A.C.T. Call Center at 1701 E. 10th St. in Douglas

Friday October 31st from 5pm to 8pm

The public is invited. Admission is a can of food or a toy for our

holiday food and toy drives. A.C.T. employees and their immediate families are admitted for free.

XNLV180032

CANDY AND OTHER TREATS WILL BE GIVEN OUT

Please use the employee entrance on the east side

of the building.

weDneSDay, october 22, 2014 local NEWS DouglaS DiSPatch A5

Today's WeatherLocal 5-day Forecast

Wed10/22

79/52Sunshine. High 79F.Winds light and vari-able.

sunrise sunset6:25 AM 5:39 PM

Thu10/23

82/52Mainly sunny. Highsin the low 80s andlows in the low 50s.

sunrise sunset6:26 AM 5:38 PM

Fri10/24

84/51Abundant sunshine.Highs in the mid 80sand lows in the low50s.

sunrise sunset6:27 AM 5:37 PM

Sat10/25

86/54Sunshine. Highs inthe mid 80s andlows in the mid 50s.

sunrise sunset6:28 AM 5:36 PM

Sun10/26

86/54Abundant sunshine.Highs in the mid 80sand lows in the mid50s.

sunrise sunset6:28 AM 5:35 PM

Phoenix86/64

Tucson84/62

Flagstaff54/33

Yuma94/68

douglas79/52

Arizona At A Glance

Area CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Ajo 89 66 pt sunny Kayenta 72 48 sunny Prescott 69 43 pt sunnyBenson 80 53 sunny Kingman 81 56 sunny Quartzite 92 66 sunnyCasa Grande 89 64 pt sunny Lake Havasu 94 68 sunny Safford 78 57 pt sunnyChinle 72 46 sunny Las Vegas, NV 86 60 sunny Sells 88 59 mst sunnyDouglas 79 52 mst sunny Mt. Lemmon 73 53 mst sunny Show Low 60 39 pt sunnyFlagstaff 54 33 pt sunny Nogales 80 53 mst sunny Sierra Vista 76 55 mst sunnyGlobe 79 57 mst sunny Oracle 76 58 mst sunny Tuba City 80 47 sunnyGrand Canyon 68 36 sunny Page 71 46 sunny Tucson 84 62 sunnyGreen Valley 85 59 sunny Phoenix 86 64 mst sunny Willcox 75 51 sunnyHolbrook 72 48 pt sunny Pinetop 60 39 pt sunny Yuma 94 68 pt sunny

national CitiesCity Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond. City Hi Lo Cond.Atlanta 69 42 sunny Houston 84 62 sunny Phoenix 86 64 mst sunnyBoston 56 52 rain Los Angeles 77 59 pt sunny San Francisco 67 57 pt sunnyChicago 56 35 sunny Miami 83 74 t-storm Seattle 61 56 rainDallas 83 60 sunny Minneapolis 61 50 pt sunny St. Louis 64 44 sunnyDenver 69 43 pt sunny New York 59 50 rain Washington, DC 62 49 rain

Moon Phases

LastOct 15

newOct 23

FirstOct 31

FullNov 6

UV Index

Wed10/22 6 High

Thu 10/23 6 High

Fri 10/24 6 High

Sat 10/25 6 High

Sun 10/26 6 HighThe UV Index is measured on a 0-11number scale, with a higher UV Indexshowing the need for greater skin pro-tection. 0 11

©2010 American Profile Hometown Content Service

dPd RePORts

XN

LV17

9700

DOUGLAS DISPATCH REPORTER POSITIONThe Douglas Dispatch, a top quality

weekly newspaper in Southern Arizona, has an immediate opening for a general assignment reporter with emphasis on community reporting and photography. Accurate reporting on deadline, strong typing skills and reliable transportation

are musts. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to make a start in the profession with opportunities in place

for advancement. Familiarity with social media, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop are pluses, as is a journalism degree or equivalent experience. State your

preference for full time or part time work. E-mail resume, cover letter, clips

and references to editor@douglasdispatch.com

A8 DouglaS DiSPatch local NEWS weDneSDay, october 22, 2014

2014 cochise county Fair 4-H building winnersFrom 1902 to 2014,

4-H has been providing youth with positive op-portunities to develop life skills. With nearly 7 million youth active-ly involved, 4-H is the largest youth organiza-tion in the nation. Over 45 million alumni have been “making the best better” by using the skills learned through their 4-H experience.

In the beginning, 4-H met the needs of youth by providing agricultural informa-tion that assisted with crop production as well as the preservation of food to last through long winters. Today, 4-H projects still meet the needs of youth, but through public speak-ing, computer technol-ogy, rocketry, welding, woodworking, fitness, biote ch nolog y, a nd more.

Youth from urban com mu nities, mi l i -tary installations, af-ter-school programs, home schools, public and charter schools benefit from research based educational op-portunities that are 4 - H p r o g r a m s d e -signed to meet the ever changing needs of 5- to 19-year-olds.

T he 2 014 Cochise County Fair was a great success with 4-H and FFA exhibits dis-played by 4-H and FFA youth members. Below are the Grand and Re-serve award winners from the 4-H Building competition. Congratu-lations to all partici-pants and many thanks to the numerous volun-teers and donors who helped to make it a great year.

grand championsSativa BennettSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-HSenior Champion

Building ExhibitorAbbey MillerSan Pedro Spirits 4-HJunior Champion

Building Exhibitor

Adriana MascarenasStewartDistrict 4-H414-J Junior

Cake DecoratingAlejandro OrtizDouglas HS Mentors 4-H409-S Senior ClothingAudrey FrankDouble Adobe 4-H413-S Senior

Food PreparationDaniel RomeroDouglas HS Mentors 4-H408-J Junior Paper-Fiber-

Leather-Recycled CraftsJuan Carlos MartinezDouglas HS Mentors 4-H410-S Senior QuiltingKyle RandolphStronghold 4-H420-S Senior

Enhanced PhotographyKylie SchubertSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-H419-S

Senior PhotographyMikhaila SteningerSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-H403-S Senior CraftsMikhaila SteningerSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-H408-S Senior Paper-Fiber-

Leather-Recycled CraftsRebekah Claus-WalkerDouble Adobe 4-H401-J Junior Applied ArtsReese NecasBulldogs 4-H416-J Junior HorticultureSativa BennettSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-H416-S Senior HorticultureStefanie KeilSan Simon

Roadrunners 4-H409-J Junior ClothingTabytha FriendTombstone FFA402-S Senior

Mechanical SciencesZachary RiceSan Pedro Spirits 4-H419-J Junior PhotographyZoe NetherbySan Pedro Spirits 4-H408-J Junior Paper-Fiber-

Leather-Recycled Crafts

reserve champions

Mikhaila SteningerSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-HSenior Reserve

Building ExhibitorZachary RiceSan Pedro Spirits 4-HJunior Reserve

Building ExhibitorAbbey MillerSan Pedro Spirits 4-H402-J Junior

Mechanical SciencesAbbey MillerSan Pedro Spirits 4-H408-J Junior Paper-Fiber-

Leather-Recycled CraftsAlejandro OrtizDouglas HS Mentors 4-H409-S Senior ClothingAubrey FernandezDouglas HS Mentors 4-H410-S Senior QuiltingMikhaila SteningerSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-H408-S Senior Paper-Fiber-

Leather-Recycled CraftsMorgan OwenStewartDistrict 4-H419-J Junior PhotographyRebecca CollinsStronghold 4-H414-J Junior

Cake DecoratingSativa BennettSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-H403-S Senior Crafts Sativa BennettSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-H408-S Senior Paper-Fiber-

Leather-Recycled CraftsSativa BennettSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-H419-S

Senior PhotographySativa BennettSan Pedro

Trailblazers 4-H420-S Senior

Enhanced Photography

suBmitteD photo

reese necas, the daughter of John and Laura necas of Douglas and a member of the Bulldog 4-h club, was the grand champion in the junior horticulture class at the co-chise county Fair. necas, an eighth grade student at huber Middle School,has been in 4-h for two years. in addition to the blue ribbon,necas was the recipient of a $25 gift card. Other Bulldog 4-h members that won ribbons this year: Augustine holguin; blue ribbon for origami, cade necas, reese necas and Augustine holguin all won red ribbons for vegetables. Lucas holguin participated as a cloverbud this year and won ribbons for participation. the Bulldog 4-h leader is Vicky Merritt.

the care it provides its patients.

The radiology depart-ment recently under-went a major upgrade.

“We put in a new CT scanner, a new mam-mogram and ultra sound, a new echo cardiogram,” Dr. Fo-chesatto said. “We have a new nuclear medicine room that is being installed on the 28th of this month and we are finishing the process of sign-ing up for the MRI machine. … Not even Sierra Vista can offer this degree of complex-ity from the radiology stand point of view. … This was a two million dollar investment.”

Dr. Fochesatto said Beth Bowers, the ul-t rasou nd tech for CRH, recently spent three weeks in Chi-cago training with the cardiologist up there on how to use this equipment and address the needs of the patients who may be coming in to use the system.

“We are looking to be able to offer these tests seven days a week,” the doctor said.

Telemedicine is an-other thing CRH will soon be offering, Dr. Fochesatto added.

“We are providing 24/7 coverage for this to backup the ER guys here,” he said. “There is always a second opinion available.”

The emergency room will also be changed shortly from the tight cramped space it is now to somet hi ng more roomier and pri-vate for the patient.

D r. F o c h e s a t t o , though stationed in Chicago, has 24/7 ac-cess to all that goes on at this hospital.

“I know every time a patient comes in (and) checks out,” he said, “I get access to the blood hookup, imaging re-sults, cat scans, x-rays.”

Cochise Regional Hospital is looking to find ways to keep pa-tients at their facility rather than send them off to another hospital.

“We need to be re-sponsible,” Dr. Foche-satto said. “I cannot keep someone here that I cannot handle. However any patient who is transferred out is not transferred u n le s s t hey h ave my approval.”

The doctor on duty will often times call Dr. Fochesatto and they will discuss the patient together and see what is best in that particular situation.

Admissions used to be 10-15 per month at Cochise Regional now they are up to 40-45 per month.

Heart attack patients are tricky Dr. Foche-satto said and because of that they are still not able to treat them at CRH.

“If you have an acute one you need to be transferred within 90 minutes,” he said. “Every case is differ-ent so one that hap-pened two or three days ago we can treat through medication.”

Staff wise its one n u r s e f o r e v e r y f ive pat ient s , D r. Fochesatto said.

“We currently have 13 full-time nurses,” he said.

Dr. Fochesatto is happy with how things are progressing at Co-chiseRegionalHospital but he admits he would like to see them done a little faster.

He added having to deal with all these is-sues from the state has slowed things down a bit but he feels the hospital is moving in the right direction and he’s wanting to get the word out about all the positive changes being made to Cochise Regional Hospital.

“We are investing heavily in this hospital all in an effort to keep the patients here, Dr. Fochesatto said.

hospitalcOntinueD FrOM A1

XNLV

1809

70

493 N. State Hwy 90 Bypass • Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 (520) 417-9947 • Toll-free: 1-800-681-8226

STORE CLOSINGEvErything35% Off!

All sales final. No Returns,No Deliveries Available

EVERYTHING MUST GO!

XN

LV17

8363

Sierra Vista Regional Health Center seeks photographic images indicative of the local surrounding communities

to create a healing environment in the new hospital.

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS

300 El Camino Real • Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

Categories include:• Landscape• Historical events, people, or structures• Cochise County Cityscapes• Local landmarks• Animals• Local plant life• Seasonal images (sunrise, sunset, clouds, rain, etc)• Outdoor activity

Specifi cations for images are:• Photographs must be the original work by the person• 300 dpi, in high resolution, 10-30 Mb.

Please send entries for consideration or questions to photo.contest@svrhc.org.

Deadline is Thursday, October 30.

We Do All Home Improvements

Free Estimates / Call Today!

New ConstructionRemodeling & Repair

Residential & Commercial

XN

LV17

6248

Gabriel L. (480) 228-0078(520)559-6438480-228-0078

HandMremodelingllc@hotmail.comLicansed - Bonded & Insured - ROC 238363

SpOrtSweDneSDay, october 22, 2014 DouglaS DiSPatch A9

The first “Tee off Fore a Cure” golf tournament will be held at the Douglas Golf and Social Club this Saturday. Sign-up begins at 8 a.m. at the club house.

This is a four person scramble at a cost of $40 per person which includes green fees, cart and lunch. There will be raffles and fun for everyone.

Thank you to the following hole sponsors: Angelina’s Pho-tography, Baby Cakes Cupcakes, Barista Bill, CAS Elementary & Middle School, Cochise Regional Hospital, Cochise County Sher-iff ’s Department, El Chef, Las Dos Comadres, Mr. Ron Barber

and Mrs. Alma Vildosola. For more information about

the tournament, sponsoring a hole or donating a raff le prize, please cal l (52 0) 249 - 016 3 or (520) 366-2849.

Proceeds from this tournament will benefit the American Can-cer Society’s 2014 Heritage Relay for Life of Douglas.

Bulldogs celebrate homecoming with winBy Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

In a season where things have not gone as well as they would have liked, the Doug-l a s B u l ldo g s we r e able to accomplish one of their goals and that was to win their homecoming game.

The Bulldogs scored early and ended up cr u i si n g to a 5 2 - 6 win over the Cata-lina Trojans Friday n i g ht at A r m a ndo DeLucas Stadium.

The win was Douglas’ second of the season and equals last years win total with two games remaining.

Following an unsuc-cessful three and out to start the game the Bull-dogs got their offensive grove going on the next series when quarter-back Blaze Rose started off with a 50 yard pass to Carlos Estrada then ran the ball in from 25 yards out for a touch-down. His extra point gave Douglas a 7-0 lead.

Earlier in the day Rose had been featured in the Arizona Daily Star in a nice story that talked about him fol-lowing in the footsteps of his dad and uncle.

Rose would have a homecoming game to remember scoring four times, twice through the air and twice on the ground. He also had a 25-yard field goal and converted all his extra point kicks.

Later on in the quar-ter Douglas had a sec-ond and 14 from the Trojan 23. Rose faked

like he was going to run and then threw a dump pass to Estrada that gave Douglas a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Less than two min-utes into the second quarter Rose scam-pered into the end zone from 10-yards out in-creasing the Dogs lead to 21-0.

On the ensuing series Miguel Vasquez picked off a Trojan pass and ran it back 30 yards for a score.

Rose’s field goal in the closing minutes of the first half gave Douglas a 31-0 lead at the break.

At hal ftime Doug-las honored its dedi-catee Mr. Raul Mon-tano as well as the homecoming royalty.

In the second half the Bulldogs picked up right where they left off as Victor Varela scored on a 60-yard run in-creasing Douglas’ lead to 38-0.

Catalina finally man-aged to score on its ensui ng possession snapping a three game scoreless drought. The Trojans had been out-scored 265-2 since win-ning its only game of the season 22-20 over the Palo Verde Titans.

In the fourth quar-ter Rose would hit Va-rela on a 12-yard screen pass for a score and Alexis Cardenas Selig would close out the scoring with a 33-yard interception return for a touchdown.

Douglas would finish with 545 yards in total

offense with 303 com-ing on the ground and 242 through the air.

Rose was 10 of 18 in passing for 242 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.

Estrada had four re-ceptions for 105-yards and a score; Blaze’s brother Easton had two receptions for 64-yards; Varela three for 60 and a score and Jesus Cis-neros one for 13.

Rushing wise Va-rela had 10 carries for 151-yards and a score; Rose six for 96 and two scores and Miguel Vasquez five for 46.

Defensively Vasquez, Selig, Andres Garcia and Chris Galaz all had interceptions.

“It was great to see all three phases of the game come together for the first time this season,” Douglas’ first year coach Riki Val-dez said. “We have had glimpses of good of-fense and good defense all year but tonight all three units executed our game plan and made big play after big play. I’m very proud of all of our kids.”

The Bulldogs close out t he home p or -tion of their schedule against a Sabino team that began the year 0-3 but has since won five straight outscoring their opponents 292-0 during that stretch.

It will be Mom and Dad’s night for the DHS seniors who will be honored at halftime.

The following week Douglas is at Empire for the season finale.

photos By Bruce Whetten/Douglas Dispatch

Blaze rose, playing in his final home coming game at DhS Friday, threw for two touchdowns, ran for two and kicked a field goal in the Bulldogs 52-6 homecoming win.

chris galaz (front) and Alex-is cardenas-Selig combine to bring down a catalina runner in the first half of Fri-day’s D-Day game with the trojans.

DHS runners 2nd in meetBy Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

Despite being on fall break last week the DouglasHigh School cross country team still had a meet in Tucson.

Both the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs ran against Catalina, Flow-ing Wells, St. Gregory and Sahuarita in a five-way meet.

In the boys meet Cata-lina came in first with 35 points, Douglas was second with 60, Flow-ing Wells third with 61, St. Gregory fourth with 92 and Sahuarita did not score.

Ricky Melendez led the Bulldogs with a third place overall fin-ish and a time of 17:38; Roman Ovando finished fifth with an 18 :03 ; Gustavo Melendez,14th 19:43; Arnoldo Burquez, 16th 20:18; Rey Barrios, 22nd 21:19 and Alex Du-arte 24th, 21:50.

In the girls meet Flow-ing Wells came in first with 28 points, Douglas second with 41, Catalina third with 68 and Sa-huarita fourth with 90.

Kaycie Cormier led Douglas with a fifth place finish and a time of 22:47; Claritza Cam-

poy was sixth with a 23:01; Angelica Calanog seventh, 23:01; Kiara Hernandez, ninth with a 23:29, Vivika Pedroza, 14th with a 24:41 and Tiara Arias 25th, 28:44.

The DHS runners are at Cienega today and have two invitationals before running in sec-tionals on Nov. 1.

Chargers go 2-2 against Santa CruzBy Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

The Douglas Char-gers hosted Santa C r u z C ou nt y S at-urday at Armando DeLucas Stadium.

The f lag Chargers won 32-6 improving to 7-0 with one more home game Saturday against Benson.

The mighty mite Chargers fel l 32 -12 ending their season with a 4-3 record.

The peewee Char-

gers were defeated 38-6 ending the year 0-7 and the midgets cruised to a 34-0 win improving to 4-2 on the season with one more road game, at Vail, this Saturday evening at 6 p.m.

League officials are reminding parents of the awards banquet which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the American Le-gion on Saturday, Nov. 1.

suBmitteD photo

the Douglas chargers midget team shows off the trophy they will keep for another year after winning the Battle of the Border showdown with Santa cruz (nogales) Saturday at Armando DeLucas Stadium. Douglas won the game 34-0.

&Sierra Remodeling Home Builders, Inc.520-459-3164

No job too big or too small...we do it all!

www.sierraremodeling.com

XNLV171260

Show Room Open M-F 8am-5pm • 1840 S. Hwy 92, Sierra VistaAfter Hours & Weekends by Appointment

FINANCING AVAILABLE!

1150 S. Hwy 92, Ste. A(520) 459-5166

L. Bui, D.D.S.D. Danivas, D.D.S.

Most Insurance Accepted

Emergencies WelcomeSaturday Appointments

Available

XNLV

1251

70

Benefit golf tournament Saturday

XN

LV18

0493

• Clerk of Superior Court (Serving 1st Term)• Certified Court Manager/Court Executive• Respectful Professional Customer Service• Saved Tax Payers $300,000 in 2 years• Bringing Electronic Courts (E-Courts)

Paid for by the Committee to Elect Mary Ellen Dunlap for Clerk of Superior Court

Elect Mary Ellen

DUNLAP

A Proven Court Leader Who Cares About You!

www.ElectDunlap.com

Elect Mary Ellen

DUNLAPfor Clerk of Superior Court

Mary Ellen will be honored with your VOTE on November 4, 2014

XNLV180529

XN

LV17

9497

Re-electedward “eddie” Gomez

For

DUSDSchool Board

XNLV83561

520-458-8880 | 888-340-8696 2596 East Fry Blvd | www.sierratoy.com

SIERRA

Sus amigos Pablo & Carlos les ayudaremos a conseguir el mejor interes o a establecer su credito. Contamos con gran surtido de

autos usados de varias marcas, certifi cados y con garantia. Completo surtido de Toyotas nuevos a los mejores precious con intereses

deste el 0% por 60 meses llamanos al.

BUEN CREDITO O SIN CREDITO

Pablo XibilleSales

Executive

Carlos FloresServiceAdvisor

A10 DouglaS DiSPatch local NEWS weDneSDay, october 22, 2014

SSVFD, PFD get training By Bruce WhettenDouglas Dispatch

Volunteer firefighters from both the Pirtleville and Sunnyside Fire De-partments spent several hours Sunday getting training on landing zone procedures from crew members from Ar-izona Lifeline which is stationed at Cochise Re-gional Hospital.

Lifeline medic Bill Conroy explained the importance of having a 100 by 100 foot landing zone and making sure it is in a clear area free of any power lines, guide wires and towers.

When Lifeline landed at the Sunnyside Fire Station on Washington Ave. Sunday morning all kinds of debris was kicked up by the propel-lers. Conroy addressed that as well saying he’s seen trash cans, rocks and other kinds of things get kicked up when they land. The SSVFD had watered down the spot where the chopper was due to land prior to their arrival but still when it arrived, debris was kicked up backing up Conroy’s point.

The medic added if any such debris comes in contact with the pro-pellers the helicopter could be grounded until one of their mechanics from Tucson comes out

and inspects the blades making sure it is safe to fly.

He also addressed the proper way to approach and exit the helicop-ter after assisting with a patient.

F i ref ighters were also given a tour of the helicopter which is equipped to carry just one patient at a time along with the pilot, medic and nurse.

Suunyside Fire Chief Victor Rodriguez said he felt the training was well received and very informative.

“The reason that we are doing this is so that we are better prepared in a worst case scenar-io,” he said.

Rodriguez said train-ings such as this take place several times throughout the year at various departments.

Lifeline heli-copter lands at the Sunnyside Fire Depart-ment Sunday morning where crews from Pirtleville and Sunnyside were given a course on landing zone procedures.

photos By Bruce Whetten/Douglas Dispatch

Lifeline medic Bill conroy talked with the volunteer fire fighters about the proper way to approach or exit the heli-copter after assisting with a patient.

class royalty from left, Jake Paun and Ariela noriega for the juniors, freshmen Fran-cisco Lamadrid and Angelica enriquez and sophomores Alonzo tapia and nayraliz Valenzuela.

photos By Bruce Whetten/Douglas Dispatch

the senior class float came in first at the parade.

homecoming 2014

LeFt AnD FAr LeFt: the DhS drum and Spiritline line im-pressed the crowd with their per-formance during the D-Day parade.