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IERRA VISTA — Members of the Buena Marching Colts Flag and Dance Team re-cently competed at the 31st Annual Fiesta

Bowl Twirl-Pom-Cheer-Flag and Dance Championship on Dec. 10, 2011, in the Phoenix area.

And boy did they do well.The team took top honors in

the Tall Flag Team category and in the Dance Team cat-egory, and was selected for the Overall Grand Sweepstakes Award.

A number of individuals also outperformed the competition, with Paige Allen and Jericho Rains taking first and second in the Solo Tall Flag category, respectively.

Rains also took first place in the Flag Duet category when she teamed up with Cara Wied-maier.

“They are very dedicated. It’s a lot of work and they get it all done,” said Christine Berveiller, the teams coach for the past 12 years and a real estate agent at Long Reality.

“That’s why I keep coming back. They work as hard as I do and harder. When we start school, these girls are non-stop. Once we start on that field its non-stop practice all the way through the Christmas parade,” she said.

Describing the team’s normal routine, Berveiller said the girls meet for practice from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. every morning during the football season and practice after school at least one day a week.

“We are part of the band and perform at halftime during foot-ball games,” she said.

But for the annual Fiesta Bowl competition, the team leaves the band behind for their only solo competition of the year and the only time they perform to music of their own choosing.

“We load the bus at four in the morning and the girls pretty much sleep all the way up (to Phoenix). This year, we got in about 45 minutes before it start-ed, so that gave us some breath-ing room, time to stretch and to practice,” she said.

And it seemed to pay off.“We practice a lot and we

work really hard for it,” said se-nior dancer Alex Conner, 18.

“The kind of dance we do is like a show, kind of like a Broadway kind of thing where we express ourselves with what we are doing to the music,” she said.

Conner described how it is important to have core strength and strong legs to be a dancer and have good arm strength to be a flag twirler. But regardless, both require stamina.

“Even if the show is only five minutes, your out there forever,

it seems. For flag and dance you can be any body shape ... but stamina is important,” she said.

For flag twirler and Buena junior Mayra Cruz, 17, the best part of competing is when the team is on stage after perform-ing.

“My favorite part is right after we finish the show, not having to worry about what we messed up but looking at the crowd and hearing how much they enjoyed our show,” Cruz said.

“Being on the team, like on any team, you feel like your part of a family,” she said, add-ing that she has met some of her best friends through the group.

“After the year, we have a luncheon before the Christmas Parade. It’s just kind of a time where we can have fun as a team. We eat, we laugh, and we exchange presents,” Cruz said.

And when it comes to compet-ing, watching can be as much fun as performing.

“My favorite part was seeing the other dance studios and high schools performing,” Cruz said.

But in the end, it was the Bue-na girls who came out on top.

“I didn’t know until they an-

nounced it, and sure enough the girls took everything. I knew we were good, but we had some competition this year,” coach Berveiller said, adding that taking top honors at the Fiesta Bowl competition allows the team to participate in the Fi-esta Bowl Parade, although the team plans to give their spot to a school closer to Phoenix.

“We tried one year, but its just too far; eight hours of driving, the parade is really long, and we have to bring everything for the day, like food and water,” she said.

But that doesn’t mean she isn’t proud of the team.

“They are the hardest work-ing girls I have ever been around. I work with very re-spectful students, wonderful young ladies,” the coach said, a sentiment echoed by Buena Band Director Duane Chun.

“Coach Chris and the girls work extremely hard and put in a ton of hours. I am very proud of them. The Fiesta Bowl com-petition is a nice way to end the fall semester,” he said.

“The flag and dancers are just as important as any other section within the band — each has their unique contributions within the ensemble. It’s not just the flag/dancers, but every-one in the band has a great can-do attitude that is infectious — we call it ‘eyes with pride.’ I’d invite everyone to come and see these students in action in our upcoming annual variety show ‘On-Stage’ at the end of the month, Jan. 27 and 28,” Chun said.

S ‘THEY ARE THE HARDEST WORKING GIRLS I HAVE EVER BEEN AROUND. I WORK WITH VERY RESPECTFUL STUDENTS, WONDERFUL YOUNG LADIES.’

CHRISTINE BERVEILLER, THE TEAMS COACH FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS

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The Buena Marching Colts Flag and Dance Team. From left first row: Cami Kleese, Jericho Rains, Alex Connor, Mayra Cruz and Dakota Montoya; from left second row: Samantha Taylor, Cara Wiedmaier, Brittani McGuire, Anna Rose, Breanna Washington, Whitney White, Keleigh Williams, Kellsie Brown, Leah Solis, Samantha Strasshofer, Kyah Vanderdasson, Emma Taylor, Josephine Kelly and Paige Allen.

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BY SHAR PORIERHERALD/REVIEW

BISBEE — A lot of responsibility is rest-i ng on t he modest shoulders of Bisbee’s first Public Works Op-erations Manager Andy Haratyk.

I n a present ation during a work session with the city council, Haratyk reviewed the extent of the time and work involved in main-taining, repairing and replacing everything from grass to streets to vehicles with just 11 employees.

Haratyk has risen through the ranks of Public Works from re-cycle attendant to recy-cle manager to streets supervisor and now operations manager, and the council mem-bers and city manager Steve Pauken had noth-ing but praise for the man. He led the city in a recycle effort that has grown over the past five years to become a viable money-maker that has provided the necessary equipment to keep up with the deluge of recyclable materials not just from the Bisbee community, but from other local townships as well.

Each week, 38,0 0 0 pounds of cardboard and paper is delivered to a materials recycler in Tucson. Though ma-terial prices are down somewhat, recycling stil l makes the city more than $ 55,000 a year.

H a r at yk t old t he council that when the budget talks begin next year, he will be coming with hat in hand to ask for just one more em-ployee to deal with re-cyclable materials.

“I’ll be talking recy-cling with you in ear-nest,” he told them. “The only way to make

it grow is to add re-sources. The citizens are doing their part for recycling. But, we can’t continue to handle the quantities with only two people.”

In spite of difficult times and fewer em-ployees, he has devel-oped a plan that keeps the city parks tended, t he st reets st riped and with fewer pot-holes, drainage pipes and channels cleared, the garbage picked up, trash receptacles c le a n , t he a i r p or t maintained, and began maintenance of the grounds and graves at Evergreen Cemetery. The list of what that entails is very long and what has made all his operations work is the Department of Cor-rections inmate labor which has provided an enormous benefit to the city for little money, he said.

He takes recycling se-riously and uses scrap metal to repair trash receptacles. He took an old garbage truck with a useless compactor

OPERATIONS MANAGER DUTIES

Operations manager oversees:

• Streets, 2 employ-ees and 2 inmate laborers

• Sanitation, 4 em-ployees and an inmate crew

• Recycling, 2 em-ployees and an inmate crew

• Parks, 2 employees and an inmate crew

• City garage, 1 em-ployee

• Airport and city buildings mainte-nance, equipment maintenance, pool maintenance, no dedi-cated employees.

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Top: Patricia Klirtz participates in Zumba with Russ at the St. John’s Episcopal Church in Old Bisbee on Thursday. The class used big skirts for the first time during their workout.Right: Russell Miller leads his Zumba class at the St. John’s Episcopal Church on Thursday. Due to popular responses to his classes, Miller will be adding four more sessions a week.

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Katrina Lichauco, 16, a Buena High School Academic Decathlon student, practices her interview skills on Wednesday.

Buena Academic Decathlon team poised to challenge for state titleBY ADAM CURTISHERALD/REVIEW

SIERRA VISTA — After being resurrected less than 10 years ago, Buena High School’s Academic Decathlon team has become a force to be reckoned with in one of the most competitive state tour-naments in the country and is poised for its best year yet.

Buena is nipping at the heels of Arizona’s top teams and seems to have the stu-dents in place to make a legit-imate run at the state cham-pionship in March. That puts Buena in some elite company, considering the Arizona state champion usual ly places

within the top five teams in the national tournament.

Just two weeks ago, in a highly competitive invita-tional tournament at Buena, the team posted its highest point total since its coach, Gary Burden, restarted the program after a 15-year hia-tus. Today its members are competing at Canyon Del Oro High School, which fields one of the top teams in the nation and often wins the state tour-nament.

These scrimmages do not carry any official weight but serve as key benchmarks of how teams are matching up. After placing fourth out of 40 teams in the state tourna-

ment last year, it looks like Buena has a good shot at plac-ing in the top three this year.

Even better, there is a real possibility of beating Can-yon Del Oro as one of Buena’s students has clearly got them sweating.

Buena High School senior Brian Sayler is the best scho-lastic division competitor the school has ever had and is poised to make history in his final year on the team. In the tournament at Buena, Sayler learned that the Canyon Del Oro team has taken notice.

“They have a picture of me in their classroom that says

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Plaque to be dedicated for deputywho was victim of Miracle Valley attackBY DEREK JORDANHERALD/REVIEW

SIERRA VISTA — The Co-chise County Sheriff ’s Office is inviting the public to attend the dedication ceremony of a memorial plaque honoring one of its deputies killed as a result of injuries suffered in the con-frontation between the sheriff’s office and members of a radical church group in Miracle Valley nearly 30 years ago.

The sheriff’s office, along with the Fraternal Order of Police, Huachuca Lodge 28, is honoring the memory of Deputy Jeffrey Brown with a memorial plaque at the sheriff’s sub-station in Si-erra Vista on Thursday, Dec. 8.

Brown was 24 years old when, on Oct. 23, 1982, he and other deputies and personnel from the sheriff’s office were attacked by members of the Christ Miracle Healing Center and Church.

One of his fellow lawmen that was with him that day is current Chief Deputy Rod Ro-throck, who transferred to the Sierra Vista sub-station, where Brown also worked, a year be-fore the encounter.

“(Jeff ) was a real good guy with a good sense of humor,” Ro-throck said. “Very personable.”

He estimated that Brown had been with the sheriff’s office for about four years when he was injured during the attack.

“He was off work for almost a

year” while he recovered from his injuries, which necessitated at least one surgery, he said. “He was just preparing to come back to work, in fact he had just been cleared if I remember right, when he had a sudden hemorrhage and passed away.”

Across the highway from where the encounter occurred, the domed building commonly known as the Bible camp is now being restored by the Langevin family, who plan to start a new ministry.

Michael Langevin said he was familiar with the story of the conf lict that occurred just a stone’s throw from the property.

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BY BILL HESSHERALD/REVIEW

FORT HUACHUCA — They sat on the Murr Community Center’s main meeting room floor.

On the stage was a single chair and microphone with books on either side of where Stromi Olaiz was going to sit and read “H is for Honor.”

The book would have special meaning for the children, since one, or in some cases, both of their parents serve in America’s armed forces.

Saturday was the day set aside for Blue Star Families Books to Bases program to help build literacy for children of military families.

More t h a n 15 0 chi ld ren showed up for the event, many dressed in Western wear, hop-ing one of their names would be drawn for a special prize.

The cowboy and cowgirl theme was prominent and Olaiz, a member of the Cochise College Rodeo Team where she is a bar-rel racing and break-away rop-ing star, was dressed in appro-priate Western wear from her feet to her head as she read the book of ABCs, with each letter having a military angle.

A was for Army and Air

Force, and of course M for Ma-rines and N for Navy as she read the book.

With each letter was a short explanatory sentence about the importance of each letter.

Even Z came off with a mili-tary meaning, which in the book is Zulu, the phonetic words to indicate the letter Z in the military oral alphabet.

As Olaiz read the book, Abi-gail Moran and her mother Sar-

ah were signing in for the event.Near the sign-in area was a

table full of books, and Abigail was looking over them and saw the one she wanted. At the end of the event each child was go-ing to be allowed to pick out one book they wanted.

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Cindy Chon, a student at Buena High School and president of the sophomore class, puts the final touches on the tree created by the Buena High Student Council and dubbed “A Crazy Christmas.”

Decorated items will be for sale this weekBY JACOB PETERSENHERALD/REVIEW

SIER R A V ISTA — With Christmas just around the corner and tree tents going up at various locations throughout town, now is the time of year that many begin preparing for the holiday season.

But why go through the trouble of trans-porting a giant tree on the roof of an otherwise small vehicle only to get it home and spend hours untangling lights and cleaning up broken bulbs?

Instead, why not head down to the Mall at Si-erra Vista and make an offer on a fully deco-rated, hand delivered Christmas tree that will not only be the centerpiece of any holi-day-friendly home, but will also help support the collection of funds for surgical equipment to be installed in the soon-to-be expanded op-eration department at Sierra Vista Regional Health Center?

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Energy-saving water pumps being ignored by buildersBY ADAM CURTISHERALD/REVIEW

S I E R R A V I S T A — Last year the city implemented a code change to encourage builders to install a technology that effec-tively conserves water and energy, resulting in significant savings to home owners.

“The problem with this is nobody’s doing it,” Planning Adminis-trator Don Brush said, during a meeting of the Environmental Affairs Commission this week. Out of 147 building per-mits issued since Dec. 9, zero on-demand hot water pumps have been used in new construc-tion even though city code was amended to explicitly allow them at no extra cost.

The code spells out that builders do not have to install a dedi-cated return line i f they use an on-demand pump, resulting in a break-even trade-off that will ultimately save the homeowner hundreds of dollars each year on their en-ergy bill.

The questions Brush brought to the com-mission this week is whether or not the code should be changed

again. This time to mandate on-demand pumps for new con-struction.

Commission Member Dennis Ehrenberger got a hot water on-de-mand pump installed in his own home and at-tested to the fact that it is a lot cheaper than a timer pump because it is not always running. Yet it also has the bene-fit of simply having hot water when you want it without a complicat-ed set-up. “It’s just so easy,” he said.

While the city has required dedicated re-turn lines since 2000 in an effort to save wa-ter, builders typically installed timer pumps that waste energy. As a result, many residents have simply unplugged the timer pumps be-cause energ y costs more than water.

Local resident Dave Grieshop, who attended the commission meet-ing, has performed ex-tensive studies on the effectiveness of on-de-mand pumps.

In a training session for home owners earli-er this year, he present-ed the results of a study he performed on the l o c a l i m p a c t

Football game to help feed military familiesBY BILL HESSHERALD/REVIEW

FORT HUACHUCA — For the price of a non-perishable food item, entrance to the annual Turkey Bowl on this southern Arizona Army post can be ob-tained Tuesday.

The Blues Vs. the Or-anges — the main col-ors of the Intelligence Corps and the Signal Corps — will take to Warrior/Sentinel Field in a flag football game, with the winning team having bragging rights until next year’s show-down.

The Blues have won the past three contests.

The game is officially between the soldiers of the 111th Military In-telligence Brigade and the 11th Theater Tacti-cal Signal Brigade is scheduled to start at

2:30 p.m.In the past, the two

brigades have used ringers, individuals who are not members of either brigade but are either intelligence or signal soldiers who were scouted for their football ability, such as having time on college fields, but are assigned to other units on the fort. While technically there is no admission fee, the organizers are counting on the non-perishable food dona-tions — one per per-son who attends — to help keep the post’s chaplain’s Outreach Ministries food locker stocked to help mili-tary families.

Music for the event will be provided by members of the 62nd A r my B a nd’s r o ck group, “First Time Go.”

MARK LEVY • HERALD/REVIEW

Cochise College rodeo athelete Stormi Olaiz reads to children at the Murr Community Center on Fort Huachuca Saturday as part of the Blue Star Families’ Books on Bases program.

Program gives children of military families a fun way to learn to read, and a free surprise

See TREES, Page A12

See EAC, Page A11

See BOOKS, Page A11

Distributed Wednesday in the newspaper and to

19,000 non-subscribers

Distributed Sunday to 9,000 non-subscriber

households

Circulation: Monday- Saturday 8,500 • Sunday 9,000Readership: Monday-Saturday 19,500 • Sunday 20,700

■ RETAIL DISPLAY RATES■ ADVERTISING RATE INFORMATION

Daily SundayOPEN RATE $15.25 $16.25COMMISSIONABLE $17.95 $19.15EMPLOYMENT $17.25 $18.25COMMISSIONABLE $20.30 $21.45

■ ANNUAL BULK CONTRACTS Minimum Daily Sunday Help Wanted Col. Inches Cost Cost Cost Per Year Per Inch Per Inch Per Inch 250” $12.20 $13.20 $14.20 500” $11.90 $12.90 $13.90 1000” $11.45 $12.45 $13.45 1500” $11.00 $12.00 $13.00 3000” $10.35 $11.35 $12.35 4000” $9.15 $10.15 $11.15 5000” $8.40 $9.40 $10.40

■ COLOR RATES Daily Sunday1 color .................... $90.00 .......... $150.002 colors .................. $160.00 ......... $210.00Process color ....... $250.00 ......... $295.00Color discounts with signed contracts52 or more per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%48 per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15%24 per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%12 per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%Minimum ad size for color is 20 inches

■ BRAVO SUNDAY SELECT TMCBravo is an extended market coverage product of the Sierra Vista Herald and Bisbee Daily Review delivered to 9,000 selected non-subscriber households each Sunday. Pick-up rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.00 per inch Full color pick-up rate . . . . . . . $50.00 per adOpen rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16.25 per inchColor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$295 per inch ■ FRONT PAGE STRIP (A or B Section) Includes full color (Mon-Sat) . . . . . . . $250.00Includes full color (Sun) . . . . . . . . . . . $300.006 col. x 1.25”■ NON PROFIT / Card of Thanks With a copy of your 501(c)3 on file Monday - Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.00 p.c.i. Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.00 p.c.i.

Wick Newspapers provides several different marketing options for preprint advertisers. The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review paid circulation, with an average daily circulation of 9,500 and Sunday circulation of 9,900, delivers broad-reach and an upscale paid readership.Sunday Bravo is an extended market coverage product of the Sierra Vista Herald and Bisbee Daily Review delivered to 9,000 selected non-subscriber households each Sunday.For advertisers who need even greater coverage, Wick Arizona Newspaper Group/Value Buy Programs cover 4 counties with a combined readership of more than 264,000.

PRE-PRINTED INSERTS are accepted, subject to the approval of a manager, and must be received at least five business days prior to day of distribution. Insert sizes must con-form to the over-all size of the newspaper, inserts that cannot be processed mechanically are subject to a special handling fee.

■ PREPRINTED INSERTS

■ CONTRACT INSERT RATES1 year period and up to 24 pgs.Weekly ................... $43.00 c.p.m.Bi-Monthly ............. $45.00 c.p.m.Monthly .................. $47.00 c.p.m.

■ OPEN INSERT RATES$55.65 c.p.m. (up to 40 pages)

■ AGENCY, COMMISSIONABLE RATE$65.45 c.p.m. (up to 40 pages)

There is a charge of $350.00 for the minimum of 6,000 inserts.

■ ADVERTISING RATE INFORMATION Daily SundayOPEN RATE $10.70 $11.70COMMISSIONABLE $12.60 $13.80EMPLOYMENT $12.70 $13.70COMMISSIONABLE $14.95 $16.15

■ ANNUAL BULK CONTRACTS Minimum Daily Sunday Help Wanted Col. Inches Cost Cost Cost Per Year Per Inch Per Inch Per Inch 360” $8.55 $9.55 $10.55 715” $8.35 $9.35 $10.35 1420” $8.05 $9.05 $10.05 2125” $7.75 $8.75 $9.75 4255” $7.30 $8.30 $9.30 5850” $6.25 $7.25 $8.25 7130” $5.90 $6.90 $7.90Color Contracts and Frequency Discounts Apply

■ CLASSIFIED LINE AD RATESClassified line ads are billed per line per day. Prepaid discounts available:

• 1 day $1.82* per line• 4 days $1.51* per line• 10 days $1.00* per line*must be consecutive daysExtras: Bold words, $.10 per word per day; Box/Border, add approxi-mately two lines; Logo, add approx-imately five lines

■ CLASSIFIED

Direct mail inserts are billed by weight and contract frequency. Zoning is available on a limited basis. Partial runs within zones will not be accepted. (US Postal Service rate changes may impact these rates)

Inserts weighing .5 or less52 weeks $43.00 c.p.m.26 weeks $52.90 c.p.m. 12 weeks $61.75 c.p.m.Open rate $79.50 c.p.m.

Inserts weighing .6 -1.052 weeks $54.00 c.p.m.26 weeks $63.95 c.p.m.12 weeks $72.80 c.p.m.Open rate $91.35 c.p.m.

Inserts weighing 1.1- 1.552 weeks $65.05 c.p.m.26 weeks $75.80 c.p.m.12 weeks $83.80 c.p.m.Open rate $102.50 c.p.m.

Inserts weighing 1.6-2.052 weeks $87.10 c.p.m.26 weeks $97.55 c.p.m.12 weeks $105.85 c.p.m.Open Rate $125.00 c.p.m.

Inserts weighing 2.1-2.552 weeks $109.85 c.p.m.26 weeks $119.50 c.p.m.12 weeks $127.90 c.p.m.Open Rate $136.50 c.p.m.

■ POWERPAK - TOTAL MARKET COVERAGE■ POWERPAK DELIVERY AREA RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSESZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3Sierra Vista Huachuca City Bisbee85635-85650 9,138 85616 1,705 85603 3,242

ZONE 1A ZONE 2A TombstoneFort Huachuca Hereford 85638 1,18285613 1,139 85615 2,872 Naco 85620 606Total 10,277 Total 4,577 Total 5,030

All Zones Total 19,884

■ LEGALS Daily Sunday Cost Cost Per Inch Per Inch Classified $8.10 $9.10 Display $9.20 $10.20*per column inch

■ POWERPAK DISPLAY RATES3 Rotating Top Ads (2 col. x 2.5 in) ..............$175.00 eachTop Big Ad (4 col. x 5 in) ........................................$475.00Combined Large Top Ad (4 col. x 7.5 in) ..............$680.002 Other Big Front Ads (4 col. x 5 in) ............$400.00 eachCombined Big Front Ad (4 col. x 17.5 in) .............$650.00Bottom Right Ad (2 col. x 2.5 in) ...........................$120.00Open Rate ........ $15.25 p.c.i. Color ..................$250.00Pick-up .............. $5.00 p.c.i. Color .........................$50

• Includes full color• Apply 15% PPK discount with 13 week contract• Apply 25% PPK discount with 26 week contract• Regular Display and Commissionable Rates are valid in the POWERPAK.

CLASSIFIED ADS:Cols Inches Picas1 Col. 1.0” 6p2 Col. 2.11” 12p83 Col. 3.22” 19p44 Col. 4.33” 26p5 Col. 5.44” 32p86 Col. 6.55” 39p47 Col. 7.67” 46p8 Col. 8.78” 52p89 Col. 9.89” 59p4

* WE REQUIRE MODULAR AD

SIZES

■ WEB SITE ADVERTISING

POSITION SIZE 1) Page Peel ...................Closed: 150 x 150 pixels..............................................Open: 500 x 500 pixels2) Medium Rectangle ....300 x 250 pixels3) Banner ........................728 x 90 pixels4) Skyscraper ................160 x 600 pixels

165,000 unique visitors per month

■ www.svherald.com ■ 1 MONTH CONTRACT RATEFront Page Peel $450

■ 6 MONTH CONTRACT RATESFront Banner orFront Skyscraper orMedium Rectangle ................$400

ROS Banner orROS Sckyscraper ..................$300*Price per 10,000 impressions.

■ 1 YEAR CONTRACT RATESFront Banner orFront Skyscraper orMedium Rectangle ................$300

ROS Banner orROS Sckyscraper ..................$200*Price per 10,000 impressions.

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Publication Day DeadlineSunday 5 p.m. WednesdayBravo 5 p.m. WednesdayMonday 5 p.m. ThursdayTuesday 5 p.m. ThursdayWednesday 5 p.m. FridayPowerPak 5 p.m. WednesdayThursday 5 p.m MondayFriday 5 p.m. TuesdaySaturday 5 p.m. Wednesday

DISPLAY ADS:Cols Inches Picas1 Col. 1.56” 9p42 Col. 3.22” 19p43 Col. 4.89” 29p44 Col. 6.56” 39p45 Col. 8.22” 49p46 Col. 9.89” 59p4

We offer a variety of sizes at 2.5” depth increments.

1. All advertising originated by the Publisher remains the property of the Publisher.

2. Every effort will be made to follow up with cor-rections, however it is the responsibility of the advertiser to submit corrections/revisions by phone, fax or email within the allowable time. The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review is not liable for errors incurred because of rush orders submitted after established deadlines.

3. Extra charges will be assessed for excessive changes from the original order and for com-position of ads that are cancelled, at the rate of $50.00 per hour. Ad space cancelled within 24 hours of publication will be charged at 50% applicable rate.

4. If errors occur in an ad, credit will be issued for the space affected by the error. Credit will not be available for incidental errors that do not materially affect the ad, or on errors as a result of technical problems with electronically submitted advertising. The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review will be responsible for the first insertion only. Publisher’s liability on account errors shall in no event exceed the amount of charges for the advertising omitted or published error. The newspaper is not liable for failure to publish or insert scheduled advertisement or inadvertent

publication or insertion of an unscheduled one.5. The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review

reserves the right to refuse, cancel or withhold publication of any advertisement that does not conform to its policies or is not in the best inter-est of the newspaper. All advertising must be in good taste to form, subject matter, wording and illustration. Advertising that is patently offensive, misleading or detrimental to the community is subject to rejection, cancellation or revision. We reserve the right to edit and properly classify all advertising.

6. The word “Advertisement” will be placed on all display advertising that attempts to simulate editorial copy.

7. Brokered advertising is not acceptable except in joint promotions in which the newspaper is a participant. Broker fees and cash discounts are not available.

8. The position of any advertising is left to the option of the Publisher. Special position requests of advertisement are honored as space and production limitations permit but are not guaran-teed.

9. Published rates may be revised upon 30 days written notice from the Publisher.

10. All contract rates are non-commissionable. If

contract rates are utilized by the agency for an account, the contract rate must be counter-signed by the account and the account will be liable for the fulfillment of the contract and all outstanding balances.

11. All political advertisements must be paid in advance, contain a disclaimer indicating the sponsoring group or organization and must comply with all national, state and local laws governing the placement of political advertising. Endorsement ads must be verified with a copy of signatures. The Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review considers political advertising to include any paid message containing assertions subject to public controversy or advocating a candidacy, whether or not a public election is involved.

■ TERMS AND CONDITIONS1. All advertisements must be prepaid unless our

business office has approved credit accommo-dations.

2. A 1.75% percent city sales tax applies to all rates. This percentage is subject to change without notice.

3. All advertising charges on approved accounts are due and payable within 30 days following date of invoice.

■ GENERAL INFORMATION

■ MECHANICAL SPECS ■ DEADLINES

■ LINE AD DEADLINES4:30 p.m. business day prior

Digital Submission Guidelines Available at: svherald.com

Publisher: Phil Vega (520) 515-4605 • philip.vega@svherald.com

Assistant General Manager: Pat Wick (520) 515-4604 • pat.wick@wickcommunications.com

Advertising Director: Becky Bjork (520) 515-4630 • becky.bjork@svherald.com

Managing Editor: Eric Petermann (520) 515-4610 • eric.petermann@svherald.com

Business Manager: Joan Hancock (520) 515-4660 • joan.hancock@svherald.com

Circulation Manager: Ray Taylor (520) 515-4645 • ray.taylor@svherald.com

Production Manager: Scott Green (520) 515-4670 • scott.green@wickcommunications.com

■ PERSONNEL

■ ABOUT US• Our Press: Offset Web Press - Process Color• Current programs used: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Adobe Illustrator CS5 Adobe InDesign CS5 Adobe Acrobat 10.0 Professional• Disk formats accepted:

DVD, CD, jump drive• Other methods of delivery available (require

notification upon sending) AP AdSend, our address is AZSVH Retrieval from other ad drop sites Retrieval from FTP servers

■ ACROBAT DISTILLER SETTINGS• PDF/X-1a is the standard. For questions

please contact Tracy Shields, Prepress Supervisor, at (520) 515-4650 or email us at svhads@transedge.com.

■ GRAPHICS VIA E-MAILThe Sierra Vista Herald / Bisbee Daily Review can receive graphics via email at:svhads@transedge.com

PLEASE DO:• Include the run date of the ad in all

e-mails.• Send artwork as an attached file using a

file format listed previously in this docu-ment.

• For text documents please copy your original text and paste into the body of the e-mail.

• If sending editorial information, please send to svhnews@transedge.com

■ PLEASE DO• Convert ALL graphics to CMYK or

Grayscale. RGB and spot color graphics are not compatible with our press.

• We prefer PDF files with all fonts embedded. But we also accept Photoshop documents, TIFF files, or EPS files.

• If sending EPS files, please make sure that all fonts have been converted to curves (or outlines) with an illustration program such as Illustrator, CorelDraw or Freehand.

• Please make all grayscale or CMYK graphics at least 200 dpi. All bitmap (black and white line art) images must be at least 400 dpi for smooth lines.

• Let us know how you saved your file, file name and which program was used.

• Include a hard copy for proofing.• Label the disk with your name and

address/contact information for return purposes.

■ PLEASE DON’T:• Link graphics to any document other than

the original TIFF, EPS or PDF.• Include halftone screens.• Use web graphics in your ad. Unless the

web graphic is used at least twice as small in your ad compared to the size used online it will print very poorly with noticeable rough edges.

The Sierra Vista Herald / Bisbee Daily Review is able to accept most electronic ads created on Macintosh compatible systems. Since each computer system is different, it is important that your design applications are compatible with those in use at the Sierra Vista Herald. We have provided some guidelines to help in the submission of graphics. We ask that you please adhere to these guidelines. If for any reason the guidelines set forth in this document are not met, we may not be able to accept any and all graphics or artwork.

■ DIGITAL SENDING

■ SUBSCRIPTION RATES■ HOME DELIVERY 3 Months ........................ $37.50 6 Months ........................ $75.00 1 Year ........................... $150.00

■ ON LINE PREMIUM CONTENT $4.50 a month.

■ COCHISE COUNTY ELECTIONS OR LOCAL RACES Home Publication Prices Pick-Up rate into anySierra Vista/Bisbee: other Cochise Paper (Wick)Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review (Mon - Sat 8,500 copies) $9.95 $8.00Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review (Sunday 9,000 copies) $10.95 $9.00Wednesday PowerPak Pick-up (28,500 copies) $8.00Sunday Bravo Pick-up (9,000 copies) $8.00Front page strip in full color (Up to max. 3 stacked) $250 - each N/AAll Classified Political ads are Classified Display Ads Smallest size 1 column x 1 inch Advertising on SVHERALD.COM (minimum of 10,000 impressions RUN OF SITE) $20 - per 1,000 impressions $15 - per 1,000 impressions

Douglas: Douglas Dispatch (Wednesday 2,300 copies) $9.95 $8.00Viva Pick-up (Wednesday 17,000 copies) $8.00Advertising on DOUGLSDISPATCH.COM (RUN OF SITE) $20 - per 1,000 impressions $15 - per 1,000 impressions

Benson: San Pedro Valley News - Sun (Wednesday 2,750 copies) $9.95 $8.00Advertising on BENSONNEWS-SUN.COM (RUN OF SITE) $20 - per 1,000 impressions $15 - per 1,000 impressions

Willcox: Arizona Range News (Wednesday 2,750 copies) $9.95 $8.00Advertising on WILLCOXRANGENEWS.COM (RUN OF SITE) $20 - per 1,000 impressions $15 - per 1,000 impressions

Inserts- Pre-Prints (to be delivered 5 days prior to insertion) $45 - per 1,000 copies $39 - per 1,000 copies

Full Color/Four Color $265.00 $200.00

Rates apply to local, county, and state representatives Statewide and national campaign ads should work with our Wick Arizona Newspaper Group Representative at 520-603-4300

Political Ads are always PRE-PAID, Political Ads Always say WHO PAID FOR THE AD, Political ads are always accepted under the condition that the Publisher needs to see the ad before it can run, and the Publisher is entitled to decide not to run an advertisement (In which case reimbursement will follow).