Tombstone Unified School District is searching for ways to increase student enrollment at Walter J. Meyer School in Tombstone while reducing the number of students at Huachuca City School.

Parents who live in Presidential Estates — an area that lies about halfway between Huachuca City and Tombstone along Highway 82 — and have children enrolled in kindergarten through sixth grade at Huachuca City School, are being asked if they would consider moving those students to Walter J. Meyer School in Tombstone for the 2012-2013 school year.

Legal avenues for challenging the term length of the mayor of Huachuca City seem to have expired after the state appellate court dismissed a town resident’s appeal of an earlier decision by a Cochise County Superior Court judge.

Citizens For Huachuca City, a political action committee formed by Dave Perry, sought to have the Arizona Court of Appeals overturn a decision by Judge John Kelliher that stated that, as a member of the town common council, the mayor’s term length is four years, the same as other council members.

SIERRA VISTA — After a career serving the law in one form or another, Huachuca City Town Prosecutor Randy Wakefield said he is looking forward to retirement after his last day on the job Thursday.

“I’m just going to take it easy for a while,” said Wakefield, who also served as the prosecutor for the city of Tombstone for the last five to six years.

 HUACHUCA CITY — When 9-year-old Caleb Keesler was asked to read a testimonial he had written about a new mentoring program at Huachuca City School, he stepped up to the plate and let the Tombstone Unified School District governing board know exactly how much the program means to him. 

“Mr. Paul (Pipik) helps me with my reading and math,” Caleb told the board. “… He is very nice and he helps me with my school work. We read and play games and have fun. We are good friends and I am learning a lot from Mr. Paul.”