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Delane Cleveland: August 2008 Archives


Should taxpayers pay for a presidential visit?

8:14 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 |
Delane Cleveland

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Members of the Pima County Democratic Party say "no," at least not when the president comes to town for a private fundraiser, then leaves without doing anything associated with the public.


Lisa Berrie, domestic abuse victim

7:17 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 |
Delane Cleveland

I filed a story on Monday updating people on the situation regarding 25-year-old Lisa Berrie, who police say was strangled to death by her boyfriend in their Oro Valley apartment on Aug. 12.

Friends have established a memorial fund for Berrie's two children. People can donate by going to any Wells Fargo located within Basha's grocery stores.

Meanwhile, the people at "Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse" wanted me to share som...



A nice change of pace...

7:16 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 |
Delane Cleveland

This first two days of this week took on a rather negative tone. On Sunday I covered an apartment fire. Fortunately, nobody died or suffered any injuries, but a young, single mother, lost everything.

On Monday I covered the death of 17-year-old who was supposed to be starting his senior year at Catalina Magnet High School.

Tuesday, however, I had the pleasure of doing a story on a man named Carlos Franco. He's a bus dispatcher...



Wrightstown Elementary

6:11 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 |
Delane Cleveland

So how does a school go about recruiting students? It's a question parents and faculty members from Wrightstown have tried to answer this summer.

The small school on Tucson's East side narrowly escaped the chopping block earlier this year when the TUSD board voted not to close schools. In the meantime, people associated with the school launched a massive advertising campaign to recruit students and, subsequently, ensure its survival f...