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Bisbee Blues Fest date announced

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:05pm

BISBEE — A date of Sept. 25 has been set for this year’s Bisbee Blues Festival. The Bisbee City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow Cherry Creek Radio to produce the sixth annual festival at the historic Warren Ballpark. The all-day blues concert moved to the Warren Ballpark in 2009 after outgrowing its previous venue in the Bisbee City Park. Community Development Director John Charley stated the festival’s “economic impact on the city is enormous.”

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Our Readers' Views: League of Women Voters

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:10am

The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review

To the Editor:

Members of the League of Women Voters of Cochise County voted at their annual meeting, held April 21, to disband this chapter of the League of Women Voters.

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Around Your Town 05/16/12

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:01am

Town and Country Elementary School students sign yearbooks and other items Friday during Teacher Appreciation Week. Fifth-grader Alexis Macias signs classmate Jordan Bodily’s shirt during the event. (Mark Levy • Herald/Review)

The 1200 Club will meet for dinner on May 18 at Pueblo del Sol Country Club. Social time begins at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and a program at 6:30 p.m. The guest speakers will be the Board of Supervisors and State Legislative Candidates. Reservations may be made by callng (602) 510-8986 or Kathy@DolgeFamily.net by May 16. $20 per person.

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Record scholarship total highlights Buena Class of 2012

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:01am

ADAM CURTIS

HERALD/REVIEW

SIERRA VISTA — The Buena High School graduating class of 2012 has been offered a record breaking amount of scholarships, totaling about $6.5 million.

The seniors beat the previous record, which was set last year, by about $2 million.

Yet the truly remarkable news is that they did it without any of the large — about three quarter million dollar — military academy appointments, Principal John Schreur said. “It’s pretty impressive to me.”

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EOP upgrade at center of debt debate

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:10am

Bryan, left, and Jim Fitzpatrick, with Endo Steel Inc. in Gilbert Arizona, work on a new control structure, as a part of the upgrade to the Environmental Operations Park on Monday. (Beatrice Richardson - HERALD/REVIEW)

A dissenting vote cast last week against the city’s financing deal funding the upgrade of its wastewater treatment facility demonstrated how the once routine use of municipal debt has become a divisive political issue in Sierra Vista.

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Regular Community Meetings 5/15/12

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:01am

If you would like to post a meeting that occurs on a regular basis, or if you have questions about this section of the paper, send an email jacob.petersen@svherald.com with “Regular Community Meetings” in the subject line. We recommend calling groups to confirm meetings.

• Al-Anon, Bisbee: Meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Bisbee and at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Warren. For details, call 255-0745 or 559-3647.

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Around Your Town 05/15/12

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:01am

Veterans of the U.S. Army Security Agency (US ASA) and other related units will hold a dinner reunion meeting starting at 5:30 p.m. May 15 at the Manda Le Restaurant, 3455 Canyon de Flores. For details or to reserve a seat, Contact Dave Waldmann at 378-0159 or dwaldmann@cox.net.

The Huachuca Audubon Society will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. May 15 in room 702 at Cochise College in Sierra Vista. The meeting will be about phenology, the study of seasonal, recurrent patterns of plant and animal activity. For details, call 378-4937.

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Community garden is ready for planting

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:01am

(Photo courtesy of the Sierra Vista Community Garden's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/svcommunitygarden)

With spring in full bloom and the long sun of summer just around the corner, last Saturday was a perfect time for the organizers of the Sierra Vista Community Garden to get out and do some grunt work.

Pulling weeds, trimming mesquite trees, planting cactus along the fence line and otherwise readying the garden for an influx of greenery, about a half dozen people showed up at 7 a.m. for few hours of beautification.

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On Your Mind: May 4 to May 11

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 12:10am

The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review

LOCAL-STATE

May 4

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Our Opinion: Letter a political move

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 12:10am

The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review

We understand the political support brought by State Sen. Gail Griffin in a recent letter she signed with fellow Arizona Senators Al Melvin and Sylvia Allen.

Griffin, a Republican who is headed for a re-election bid against Democrat challenger Pat Fleming in the Nov. 6 election for the LD 14 senate seat, came out against “federal bureaucrats” in a May 11 press release.

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