Good morning, it’s Thursday, February 4th and this is The Herald Review’s podcast, the Daily Chirp. We’re excited to bring you a closer look at top stories, events in the community, local history, sports, and more. 

 

Today - Work at the border has been halted, but what’s next?

 

Before we begin, some local history.

 

What BEGAN IN 1927 AS TRAILER and camping spaces has transformed into a monument and remembrance of times gone by. Situated in the Mule Mountains in Bisbee - the Shady Dell is home to nine vintage travel trailers. Among them - a 1949 Airstream.

 

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Now, our feature story.

 

As we mentioned in an episode earlier this week, the wall construction vehicles and equipment of Southwest Valley Construction Co. were removed from various sites along the border.

 

On January 21st, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a statement stating that upon receipt of President Biden’s Proclamation, they directed contractors involved in border barrier construction not to install any additional physical barriers. 

 

They also noted that as the program is paused, they will work closely with the Department of Defense and Department of the Army to ensure public safety and a responsible use of taxpayer dollars.

 

Biden, who signed the executive order right after his inauguration, said that building a massive wall that spans the entire southern border is not a serious policy solution. He said It is a waste of money that diverts attention from genuine threats to homeland security.

 

It was just one of a number of executive orders reversing actions of the Trump Administration Biden signed that day. To thousands of people from Texas to California, it was a much anticipated reprieve of the destruction wreaked across the border that impacted fragile desert ecosystems and crucial wildlife migration corridors.

 

But for rancher John Ladd, whose ranch lies on the border, the order to stop construction was not good news. He said that it’s a bad deal. They need to finish it down here. He said the gaps were allowing illegal immigrants to cross.

 

The borderlands campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity, told us that the president’s quick action on this executive order is an important step toward repairing the senseless destruction and xenophobia that have shattered the borderlands for four years. 

 

With construction stopped, the hope of repairing the damage done and restoring wildlife corridors is growing.

 

18 community and environmental organizations have formed a coalition and asked the Biden Administration in a letter to immediately cancel all border wall contracts with remaining funds diverted to other purposes, including to mitigate harms from the wall and wall removal. They ask for immediate action to restore the fragile and ecologically sensitive areas negatively impacted by wall construction.

 

Further, they want to have all border walls removed, move toward responsible, humane border management, and promote unity and harmony between Mexico and the United States. 

 

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Questions from the public on why some of the Border Patrol’s checkpoints were closed in Cochise County have been answered.

 

Personnel who staff the checkpoints — including the ones on State Route 90 and State Route 80 in Tombstone — have been sent to the border because of a spike in the number of undocumented individuals crossing into Arizona from Mexico.

 

Next, we’re excited to highlight some former Douglas High School soccer players.

 

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When Douglas High School announced several weeks ago it was canceling its winter sports season, several athletes began looking at possibly transferring to other schools that offer winter sports.

 

Seniors Miguel Sosa, Oscar Valenzuela and Joaquin “Kiki” Escalante, who were vital members of the Bulldogs soccer team that went 19-3-1 last season, were looking to continue playing a sport they are passionate about and possibly getting noticed by a collegiate scout.

 

Escalante has family that resides in the Sunnyside school district in Tucson, which allowed him the opportunity to enroll at Sunnyside High School. Per Arizona Interscholastic Association rules that have been amended this year because of COVID-19, players can transfer to another school and be immediately eligible if their school does not compete in a sports season. This opened the door for Escalante, a midfielder, and Sosa, a striker, to join the Sunnyside soccer team, which plays in the 5A region. Valenzuela joined the team last week.

 

Finally, today we’re remembering the life of Patricia Elliott. Pat met the love of her life, Robert Lewis Elliott, as a sophomore in high school and they married during their college years. To this union four children were born. They lived in Centralia, Washington where Bob was a teacher and basketball coach. He later joined Phillips Petroleum Company which took them to many places and finally to Loveland, Colorado, when Bob retired. 

 

Avid golfers, they searched for the perfect place to live by traveling two years in a motor home until they discovered Sierra Vista. 

 

Musically gifted, Pat played the viola and violin through the years and was part of different quartets and ensembles. 

 

She loved gardening and feeding any bird that landed in her backyard. What Pat was best known for was sharing her love for Jesus and her active involvement in children’s ministry. Each church she attended she taught Sunday School and children’s church faithfully. During the 50s, she taught the Bible in three different schools when religious education was still accepted in the public school system. 

 

In the early 70s she was a children’s pastor at Calvary Temple in Denver. Through the years, many children were blessed by her passionate and articulate story-telling of God’s Word.

 

Pat will be greatly missed, thank you for taking a moment today to remember and celebrate her life.

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