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BISBEE - Marilyn Jones was tired of sitting at home and crying about what was happening on the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Jones, who has been involved with the Bisbee Animal Shelter, was to leave for Houston today to put her animal skills to work. The Houston chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has reported more than 1,000 cases of pets being separated from their owners. Jones said she will first travel to Houston, and, if possible, then go to Louisiana to care for pets. "I think my particular skill will...

Mall at Sierra Vista The Mall at Sierra Vista is teaming up with the American Red Cross to help raise fund for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Starting Monday, the mall will display free-standing donation sites with remittance envelopes for shoppers wanting to donate to the Red Cross. Shoppers can then mail their contributions to the Red Cross. "Our hearts go out to all of the people affected by this disaster," said Diana Coleman, the mall property manager. "As a business and community partner in the areas being impacted, we want to offer our support in any way we can." The...

BISBEE - More than 50 people Wednesday night ignored the steady rain in their candlelight vigil that was held at Grassy Park to support Cindy Sheehan. Sheehan is a mother who lost a son in Iraq, and she has been camped out near President George Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch in hopes she will get to speak to him again. Valerie Stephens, one of the organizers of the vigil, said it was held to support Sheehan. "We need to make people aware of this incredibly brave person, a grieving mother who has finally managed to focus interest on what is happening...

PALOMINAS - Future U.S. Border Patrol agents may have been among 14 Explorer Post 869 Scouts who graduated Wednesday night from a three-month training program sponsored by the Border Patrol's Naco Station. At least that's the thinking of some of the young men and women who turned out for the graduation ceremony at Valley View Elementary School. "I have an uncle with the Border Patrol. I think it's a good program," 16-year-old Corey Roddey of the Three Canyons area told a Herald/Review reporter before the ceremony. "I learned a lot." Asked what the most useful lesson was, Roddey said, "As...

Historical Context of the Bisbee Deportation "How it could have happened in a civilized country I'll never know. This is the only country it could have happened in. As far as we're concerned, we're still on strike!" - Fred Watson The Bisbee Deportation was still fresh in Fred Watson's mind when interviewed 60 years later. This is not surprising, because on July 12, 1917, Watson and 1,185 other men were herded into filthy boxcars by an armed vigilante force in Bisbee, Arizona, and abandoned across the New Mexico border. The Bisbee Deportation of 1917 was not only a pivotal...

7th District GOP race pits five conservatives against a moderate By DEE-ANN DURBIN The Associated Press 5/19/2004, 11:45 p.m. ET BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's 7th congressional district stretches from Washtenaw County in the east to Battle Creek in the west. On the way, it takes in the city of Jackson, the farms of Hillsdale County and every kind of Republican voter, from religious conservatives to ticket-splitting moderates. This summer, six candidates are aiming to win the hearts of the district's Republicans and find out just how conservative the voters are in this longtime GOP stronghold. Five of the...

Bisbee gains Chamber of Commerce endorsement The Associated Press 5/10/2004, 5:49 p.m. ET LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State Rep. Clark Bisbee has received the endorsement of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce's federal political action committee over five other Republican candidates in the race for a conservative congressional seat in southern Michigan. "Clark Bisbee has the campaign skills, political base and work ethic to win the August Republican primary," chamber President and CEO James Barrett said in a news release. He praised Bisbee for being "pro-business, pro-jobs and pro-taxpayer." It was the second influential endorsement for Bisbee in two weeks. Late...

Right to Life endorses Bisbee in primary for conservative 7th congressional district The Associated Press 4/26/2004, 10:35 a.m. ET JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — State Rep. Clark Bisbee has received the endorsement of Right to Life of Michigan over other Republican candidates who advocate against abortion in the race for a conservative congressional seat in southern Michigan. "It's going to help out tremendously," Bisbee, of Jackson, said Monday about the endorsement for the Aug. 3 Republican primary for the 7th District seat. Right to Life of Michigan doesn't typically endorse in primaries that feature more than one candidate who advocates against...

DeRossett, Schwarz leading race for congressional seat The Associated Press 4/20/2004, 6:42 p.m. ET LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State Rep. Gene DeRossett and former state Sen. John Schwarz are leading fellow Republicans in the race for a congressional seat in southern Michigan, according to a poll released Tuesday. A third candidate, attorney Brad Smith, won the endorsement of the conservative Club for Growth on Tuesday. The endorsement could bring an infusion of cash to Smith's campaign; the Washington-based group said its members will donate total contributions "in the six-figure range." Smith is the son of U.S. Rep. Nick Smith, R-Addison,...

GOP rivals raise cash in race for U.S. House 6 Republicans in 7th District have over $100,000 7th District GOP race Here's how much Republican candidates in the 7th Congressional District have on hand as of March 31, according to campaign finance records released Thursday: Rep. Gene DeRossett: $547,000 Former Rep. Paul DeWeese: $261,000 Attorney Brad Smith: $239,000 Rep. Clark Bisbee: $201,000 Former Sen. John Schwarz: $144,000 Former Rep. Tim Walberg: $102,000 By Chris Andrews Lansing State Journal State Rep. Gene DeRossett has a substantial money advantage over Republican rivals in the 7th Congressional District race to succeed U.S. Rep....

Right to Life wants to stop Schwarz Abortion rights candidate vies for 7th District By Stacey Range Lansing State Journal Six Republicans are hustling to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Nick Smith, but an early endorsement by the ever-powerful Right to Life of Michigan could stop several anti-abortion candidates in their tracks. The reason: Right to Life wants to block the nomination of former state Sen. Joe Schwarz of Battle Creek, the only abortion rights GOP candidate. "We want to make sure the nomination goes to someone who supports us," said Larry Galmish, director of the Right to Life political action...

BISBEE - A large postcard for the people of Spain thanking them for having the courage to vote a pro-President George W. Bush government out of office that will remove nearly 1,300 Spanish troops from Iraq was placed in Vista Park Saturday. Johannes Wilm from Denmark was one of the first people to sign. He was looking for the gathering to protest the war in Iraq and traveled from Douglas to Bisbee Saturday to take part in Peace and Justice Day at the park. Wilm, 23, moved to Douglas in January to work on his master's thesis about the U.S.-Mexico...

BISBEE - The three illegal immigrants involved in the carjacking and beating of a woman and her daughter early Thursday morning in the Hereford area have been charged by the Cochise County Sheriff's Department. Each man was charged with the same offenses involved in the incident in which they reportedly pulled a 35-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter from a vehicle as the pair was about to leave to take the girl to school, said Carol Capas, a spokeswoman for the department. She said the charges each of the three face are armed robbery, aggravated robbery, first-degree burglary, motor vehicle...

Nearly half undecided in 7th District House race Thursday, November 20, 2003 Staff and wire reports Former state Sen. John J.H. Schwarz of Battle Creek would be an instant front-runner in the race to be Jackson's next representative in Congress, according to a poll released Wednesday. State Rep. Clark Bisbee of Jackson leads five Republican candidates with 17 percent support, but the race would change significantly if Schwarz becomes a candidate, the poll found. Schwarz, who ran for the seat and lost to incumbent U.S. Rep. Nick Smith in 1992, has not said whether he will run in 2004. Smith...

Marine Lance Cpl. Eduardo Velez welds together a portion of fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border near Naco, Ariz., on Thursday. (Mark Levy-Herald/Review) BISBEE -- The Marines have landed. Although they are not taking a beach from an enemy, they are working along the border to help slow drug smugglers from entering the United States from Mexico. Nearly 60 members of Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 from Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California arrived late August for a monthlong deployment. Their mission is to improve a portion of the border road and install more fencing in support...

<p>TUCSON - A Marine unit is building a fence nearly a half-mile long to keep people from crossing an area of the U.S.-Mexico border near Naco.</p> <p>The 12-foot-high fence will be made of steel posts placed about 8 inches apart in a zigzag pattern, said Armando Carrasco, a spokesman for the Defense Department's Joint Task Force 6, based at Fort Bliss, Texas.</p>

Andrews: DeWeese sets sights on congressional seat Paul DeWeese isn't ready to let last year's state Senate defeat end his career in politics. The former Republican state representative from Williamston lost a long, tough and expensive race to Democrat Virg Bernero. Now he is renting an apartment in Eaton Rapids to position himself for a 2004 campaign. This time, his target is Congress. He hopes to succeed U.S. Rep. Nick Smith, R-Addison, who is retiring. DeWeese is already on the campaign trail. His loss to Bernero wasn't for a lack of money or effort. He spent nearly $350,000 and was...

Smith considering run against Stabenow The Associated Press 1/28/03 3:58 PM WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Nick Smith said Tuesday he is considering a run against U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow after he leaves the House. "It's premature now, but I'll look at it in two years," said Smith, R-Addison. "I'm not closing any doors." Smith will not run for re-election to the House in 2004, fulfilling a promise he made to serve no more than six two-year terms. Smith was first elected in 1992. Stabenow, a Democrat, was first elected in 2000 and will be up for re-election in 2006....

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever met recently with officials from the U.S. Attorney General's Office and once again asked for help at the border. "Funding is the big question for all of us," Dever said. "What is currently being done? The answer is there is something being done but not enough." In Cochise County, undocumented aliens cost the county criminal justice system about $3 million in fiscal year 1999-2000, the most recent year for which figures are available, Dever said. The federal push for a Department of Homeland Security may - or may not - help areas like Cochise...