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Adams wins first in county golf series

Sat, 05/22/2010 - 9:34pm

Winners from the Cochise County Men’s Amateur Golf Tournament on Saturday at the Mountain View Golf Course on Fort Huachuca. From left : Mark Drehobi, George Lichti, Fred Shaheen, Marty Valenzuela, Gary Adams and Joe Arsenault. (Courtesy of Denise Celentano)

FORT HUACHUCA — Gary Adams of Willcox shot a 70 on Saturday to win the first leg of the Cochise County Men’s Amateur Golf Championship by two strokes over Buena High School golfer James Wallace.

“I hit the ball pretty well,” Adams said. “I’ve played this course randomly — maybe twice over the last 20 years.”

Adams, who grew up driving carts around Mountain View when his father worked the course in the 1970s, held off a hard charge from the teenager Wallace, who lit up the back nine with a four-under par 32.

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Lawyers, guns and money

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

It appears that some people believe that I have no interest in the water from the springs because I stated that I like the option of drilling a well for a reliable source of water.

Of course, right after making that statement I also stated that the city always had three wells, and do not get me wrong, that the free water from Huachuca Mountains is a great asset to the city.

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Cowbelles cook for 40th soldiers

Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:01am

By Bill Hess

Herald/Review

FORT HUACHUCA — While staff members of the Network Enterprise Technology Command were on ride, some on horses, they took time to rest their mounts and have them fed, while the two-leggers walked up a hill to absorb some 1880s Signal Corps history.

Meanwhile not far from the post’s Burger King, soldiers and family members of a more technological Signal Corps were waiting to put on a human feed bag.

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Soldiers use old method to chat

Sat, 05/12/2012 - 12:01am

Fort Huachuca Museum Technician Steve Gregory, portraying Lt. Alvarado Mortimer Fuller who was in charge of all of the Arizona heliograph stations in the 1880s, sets up an 1896 British heliograph during Friday’s demonstration to staff members of the Network Enterprise Technology Command. (Mark Levy • Herald/Review)

By Bill Hess

Herald/Review

FORT HUACHUCA — In the late 1800s small groups of soldiers manned and defended heliograph stations, which connected various parts of Arizona and New Mexico.

In this part of Arizona the importance of sending and receiving messages using sun and mirrors to transmit them explains the meaning of the heliograph — which from the Greek means sun writings.

In some cases the distances were far from each station, up to nearly 30 miles.

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Around Your Town 05/12/12

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 5:54pm

Paige Decker, a seventh-grader at Joyce Clark Middle School, reads her story “If you give a penguin a strawberry…” to fourth grade students at Town and Country Elementary School on Thursday. The Joyce Clark Middle School students completed the entire publication process, from writing the book to getting it bound. (Beatrice Richardson • Herald/Review)

The American Legion Auxiliary Post 52 and its Volunteers will be distributing Poppies on May 12 at the Fort Huachuca Commissary store, the Post Exchange and other various businesses in Sierra Vista. Any funds collected will be used to benefit local Veterans.

The National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 704 and the Postal Service will conduct its 20th annual food drive on May 12. Please place your food donation by your mailbox on May 12 and your letter carrier will deliver it to a local food bank. For details, call 458-0554.

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Around Your Town 05/11/12

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 5:49pm

Bernard Martoia is shown hiking near Twin Tanks along the Arizona Trail. Martoia began his hike at the U.S./Mexico border at the end of April and hopes to reach Flagstaff by mid-March. Read more about Martoia’s story on the Herald/Review website at http://bit.ly/KdI5Qh. (Submitted Photo)

VFW Post 9972 Ladies Auxiliary will host a Mexican Lasagna dinner from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 11 at the post, 549 Veterans Dr. Meal also includes a vegetable, roll with butter, salad, and a dessert. Cost is $8 and includes live entertainment after the meal. For details, call 227-8160.

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Our Readers' Views: Appreciate federal workers

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 12:10am

The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review

Appreciate federal employees

To the Editor:

As a retired federal employee, I think it is important to recognize our nation’s civil servants during Public Service Recognition Week (May 6-12).

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Around Your Town 05/10/12

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 6:09pm

One of three baby Great Horned Owls at Lowe’s garden area on Sunday. The parents have been nesting at Lowe’s for the past few years. (Photo by Melissa Marshall)

The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review

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UPDATE 10:45 a.m. School Canyon is 50 percent contained

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 10:35am

Derek Jordan

The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review

SIERRA VISTA — Containment of the School Canyon Fire is estimated to be about 50 percent, according to the Fort Huachuca public affairs office.

Fort Media Relations Officer Tanja Linton said the fort received word about the containment level from Andrew Leiendecker, the fuels specialist for the Coronado National Forest’s Sierra Vista Ranger District.

The fort also reported the size of the fire to be about 7,049 acres on the United States side.

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Our View: We hope this is yesterday's news

Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:10am

The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review

Smoke rising from the west side of the Huachuca Mountains Tuesday brought a quick reminder of the scenes played out last June.

Driving Buffalo Soldier Trail after work, our audience witnessed thick brown smoke swirling above the mountains, originating some 15 miles south and west of Sierra Vista.

Like a well-oiled machine, the response by the U.S. Forest Service, Sierra Vista Ranger District, was immediate. The fire started in Mexico and Mother Nature directed it north, regardless of the border.

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