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f you drive far enough east of downtown on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, you will find yourself in no-man’sland. As far as the naked eye can see, there are no signs of civilization in sight. Drive even further and you’ll eventually lose cell service. For awhile you can tune into KYAY, San Carlos’ radio station, but eventually that too becomes static, along with every other station on By Jenn Walker the dial. It is both exhilarating and slightly unsettling to head into endless green, counting as few as two other cars within a 45-mile stretch. If you are a hunting guide, however, these are just the kind of conditions you are looking for. (Hunting season just began, after all.) Two world-renowned hunting guides are based right Stevens with his guides and the Friedkins, looking through their scopes at an elk they spotted in the distance. here in Globe and San Carlos. The game in this region is that good. Between Globe and San Carlos you can find mountain lions, bighorn sheep, buffalo, deer, elk, antelope, wild turkey, javelina and a world class population of black bear.

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"More important than the dress is the woman wearing it," says local designer

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By Jenn Walker

If you are acting onstage, and the crotch of your pants suddenly rips, you thank your lucky stars that a costume designer is sitting nearby with a needle and thread in hand. You manage to finish the scene without turning the tear into a conspicuous hole, and then make a beeline backstage where said-designer sews up the problem while you’re still wearing the pants, Diana Tunis shows off one of 43 papier mâché just in time to send you back masks she made for the youth musical program’s adaptation of “The Jungle Book”. on stage. On any given day, the same costume and set designer will take a herd of kids and turn them into sea horses, puff fish, eels, mermaids and octopus legs. A stage becomes an ocean floor speckled with fantastic barnacles constructed from papier mâché, and upside-down bowls strewn with fairy lights become mesmerizing, glowing jelly fish. If ever you are seeking a bit of magic in Globe-Miami, look no further than a summer youth musical. Diana Tunis, Continued on page 38

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While most fashion designers are dreaming up ways to make jaws drop on the runway, or studying the next big trend, San Carlos designer Selina Curley has another motive. She is trying to keep her culture alive. Across the country, Native American traditions are burning out in the wake of modern mainstream culture. Things are no different at the San Carlos Apache Reservation, where smart phones and Facebook are as common as Sunrise Dances and prayer. Nonetheless, Curley tends to avoid designing modern, body-conscious clothing, regardless of how much more attention it may attract. Marisa standing in an old doorway in Miami.

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Why We Plant By Kim Stone

A plant-filled landscape has co-evolved with humans for as long as we have been around to see it. Your stucco, wood, and concrete house is really just a fancy cave, and the picture window in your living room is the transparent cave door that keeps out the bears and inquisitive wooly mammoths. What hasn’t changed over the years is the context: We are still surrounded by a natural landscape of plants that has existed long before man had mortgage payments or double indemnity. Our long-term connection with plants is unshakable, and when plants are removed in the process of building a residential house, parking lot, highway, or strip mall, we possess an overwhelming instinct to bring them back. For most major housing developments built in the lower desert valleys of south-central Arizona (and just about everywhere else), a scorched earth policy prevails and plants are scraped out of existence by the bulldozer’s blade. Native plants, perfectly tuned to their environment, are swept away to make room for sidewalks, sewer pipes, and the house you just spent a few hundred grand on. Establishing a new landscape here is literally starting from scratch. In hilly Globe-Miami, a cut-and-fill culture developed in the early 1970s and continues to this day. It favors removing wedges of mountain sides to fit the house, rather than constructing the house to fit the mountain. Not only

are plants removed, but those that remain are covered by the waste soil left over from excavating the ledge that now holds up the house, creating a double whammy of mortality for anything photosynthetic. A level lot is created, but so is a cliff behind each house that supports nothing else but erosion. Landscaping, again, starts from square one. Owners of average-priced homes built in or near the mountain foothills of Phoenix and Tucson seem to have a greater respect for the beauty and benefits of existing native plants, and for the natural topography. The rigors of HOA regulation might be at play here, but even people who can afford seven-digit homes high in the foothills – and therefore able to make their own rules—choose to embrace the landscape that hugs their 5000-squarefoot castles. Except for the faint ka-ching that murmurs from a distance, most of these homes blend into the background with minimal disruption. These relatively undisturbed native landscapes are irrefutably the most frugal when it comes to water use, yet still yield plenty of pockets for horticultural expression. What all of these scenarios share is that no matter where your house is located, or when it was built, the native landscape was disrupted to put it there. All landscaping, then, is really re-landscaping, and deep within our subconscious, we are driven to return what was lost. Unfortunately, there is some ironic, if not paradoxical, baggage that accompanies

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

October Events All walk, tours, and classes are included with paid admission. $10 Adults, $5 Ages 5-12. Hours: 8am-5pm

Oct. 12-27 – Fall Plant Sale open to the public Oct. 12-13 – Gourd Art Classes 'Basic' Oct. 12 ($40), Advanced Oct. 13 ($50) Oct. 12 – Live Music with the band Mrs. Lincoln 3:30-5:30pm Oct. 13 – Camera Basics class with Tom Boggan 2-4pm ($30) Oct. 19 – Plants of the Bible Land walk guided by Dave Oberpriller at 8:30am Oct. 20 – Build A Terrarium workshop 10am ($50) Oct. 26 – Butterfly Walk with Adriane Grimaldi 930am Oct. 27 – Switching to Manual photo class with Michael Madsen ($40) Oct. 27 – Mesquite Flour-Making class with Jean Groen & Robert Lewis 10:30am

our innate urge to revegetate. First and foremost is the reality that every new plant requires an establishment period. Even when planting natives, or regionallyadapted exotics from other parts of the world with similar climates, it takes two to three years before they can be weaned to

grow mostly on ambient rainfall and begin to act like other “off-the-grid” plants. The dirty little secret, and hence more baggage, is that your neighbor’s permanently irrigated plants will always look better, grow faster, and flower longer than the same plants you have dutifully chosen to eventually tough it out on their own. If keeping up with the Joneses is a priority, that’s a hard pill to swallow. And trees, even natives like mesquites, palo verdes, and ironwoods, require a half decade or more of regular irrigation to become the functionally large, shade-producers you planted them to be. You can’t break the horticultural rules that even Mother Nature has to follow, but you can choose your plants wisely. And there is no better place to find the plants and the expertise you need than at Boyce Thompson Arboretum’s Fall Plant Sale from October 12–27. Thousands of plants will be available throughout the sale, and horticultural staff with nearly 100 years of collective expertise will be on hand to help you choose. Fall is the best time of year to plant. We’ll even help you load.

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This Issue’s Git ‘Er Done Award Goes To... By Jenn Walker

When it comes to working for social justice, Rev. Dr. Rula Colvin delivers. “All you gotta do is do it,” she says. “That’s how things get done around here.” After five years serving as a pastor to the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Globe and the Claypool United Methodist Church, Colvin has become a champion of social justice causes here in GlobeMiami, serving as board president of both Globe Miami Habitat for Humanity and the Gila Community Food Bank, co-chair of the Southern Gila County Networking Team, board member of Gila House and United Fund, and a member of the the Gila County Ministerial Association. Historically, the Methodist Church is about social activism, Colvin points out. Beyond that, working on these issues comes naturally. She has been involved with food pantries and homeless shelters for years. Once she arrived in Globe, she found it easy to get involved. And, having grown up in Gila Bend, she understands how small towns work. “I’ve always wanted to be more involved,” she says. “It seemed like I could do it in a bigger way here.” Setting an example for her congregation by addressing needs she sees around the community just makes sense. “It does ‘feed’ me too,” she adds.

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Rev. Dr. Rula Colvin seated inside the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Globe

“It’s fulfilling for me.” This community has a lot of needs, she adds. People need affordable housing, and access to food. Improved with a new carpet and fresh paint, streamlined paperwork, and increased funds, the local Food Bank has come a long way while Colvin has served on the board. This year she estimates that the Food Bank has provided meals for 700 families. Since she began working with Habitat For Humanity, she has seen a house built every year for someone in Globe-Miami. As an advocate of new and different solutions to problems in the community, Colvin is happy to say the organization is rethinking habitat builds, potentially looking at abandoned houses in the area to restore in lieu of building homes from scratch.

As a member of the Gila House board, Colvin is exploring how to provide transitional housing to families in the community. After they reach a limit of 120 days spent in the Gila House shelter, these families (usually consisting of single mothers and children) have no place to go, she explains. Many cannot find alternatives in such a short span of time. Meanwhile, Colvin has spent 17-plus years with the Methodist church, and the last 14 in ministry. Every Sunday morning she conducts services in Claypool, and then in Globe. She also conducts sidewalk ministry at the Globe Mobile Home Park, explaining to kids the downfalls of getting into drugs, alcohol and gangs. Statewide, she is on the Hunger Advocacy Board, and chairs the United Methodist Southwest Conference task force on children and poverty. Cliche as it may sound, Colvin is doing what is within her power to make GlobeMiami a better place. “I can’t change the world, but I can change here, where I am,” she says. “And by changing something here locally, it can change something in the world.” “My hope,” she adds, “is that I might inspire someone else.”

FALL 2013 Publisher Linda Gross Creative Director Jenifer Lee Contributing Writers T. Stone Kim Stone Darin Lowery Jenn Walker Special Feature by Stina Sieg/ KJZZ

"Hey Congress, bad move shutting down the government - you're not employable anywhere else."

Contributing Photography Boyce Thompson Arboretum Staff Linda Gross Jenn Walker Tanner Yeager

– Andy Borowitz

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Well, what can I say? The government shut down is not the only first this fall. In this edition of the Globe Miami Times, we have several of our own ‘firsts’ which include; hosting a major event, launching a new focus on outdoor sporting...and launching our first in a series of “Get Er Done” awards. While waiting for our government to re-start...we hope you enjoy our fall edition! Someone once said you’ve gotta ‘go big or go home.’ So we went big this fall. When GMT initially decided to take on our first major event and host a final salute to the Apache Drive In, we knew it had to be done right. After all, we were going to have one chance at creating a memorable event that would pass into history; with no opportunity to build up to the real deal. So we made grand plans from the start and hoped for the best. It worked. As one attendee said who came from the Valley with his entire family, “It was a righteous night.” See pp 19 for a special commemorative pull out and visit us online at globemiamitimes.com/final salute. Another first for us, but certainly not the last is Jenn’s feature story on Homer Stevens and Bill Marshall – two, world-class hunting guides who live here. The GlobeMiami-San Carlos region is a rich area for hunting, fishing and outdoor enthusiasts and we have some of the best in their sport coming here to pursue their passion. Next up is coverage of the Everstart Bass Tournament in February out at Roosevelt Lake which brings in some of the best bass fishermen from around the country! You’ll find coverage online and in the spring edition of the paper. And speaking of best, we have always thought that community awards which focus simply on those who have the biggest profile in the community miss the many individuals who make smaller contributions every day. So we have launched our own, “Get Er Done” column where we plan to feature one person every month who is moving the ball forward within their own circle of influence. We will be running these features on our website and in our paper each quarter, and next January we plan to throw our own “CNN Heroes-type” awards bash. We kick off this series with Rev. Dr. Rulah Colvin of St. Paul’s Methodist church. (pp 3). And remember, you can find more coverage of these and all our stories online at globemiamitimes.com as well as our Facebook and Pinterest pages. So stay in touch this fall and let us hear from you! We invite you to send us Letters to the Editor, comment on Facebook or share your pics with us on Pinterest. Now we turn you over to this edition of the paper and wish you all a warm, wonderful fall season with family and friends. Cheers,

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Law & Order Series Sept. 1910: Ex-Soldiers Murder Two Men, Are Caught by Sheriff While Searching for Food and Drink By Jenn Walker

In September 1910, the Arizona Daily Star reported a murder committed by two ex-cavalry men at an abandoned stage station in Globe. They called it one of the most heinous crimes in the history of Gila County. The two managed to escape the scene, but they could not hide for long before being discovered by Sheriff J.H. Rimrock Thompson and his posse. The story goes like this: Albert Hillpot and his comrade Fred Kibbe were resting at the abandoned stage station in Oak Creek when they were surprised by assassins William Stewart and James Steele, former members of the E company, Fifth Cavalry. Judging from the pipe of spilled tobacco in the dining room, it appeared Kibbe was cozying up for a smoke when he was slain with a single shot to his left eye. Hillpot was resting on a cot when he was shot in the left shoulder with a 30-40 Winchester by the other murderer. The evidence suggested he put up a fight, meeting the shooters in the dining room, where he was clubbed with the Winchester, its stock splintered over his head and eventually broken off. After Steel and Stewart looted Hillpot's pockets, they shot him three more times to ensure he was dead. Then they took the Hillpot and Kibbe's horses and rode away from the scene. Sheriff J.H. Rimrock Thompson and his posse of expert manhunters and a half dozen "Indian trailers" pursued the murderers for days. The writers at the Star nonetheless believed the two would be found, stating: "At the sheriff's office it is believed that Steele and Stewart will not be able to elude the posses that are searching for them. While the country is wild and unpeopled,

it is so well known by the sheriff and members of the posse that they will be able to take the slayers before they can get out of the territory." Steele and Stewart were indeed caught, as anticipated. They had been hiding near Adamana and watched Thompson's posse ride by in the afternoon. Thinking the sheriff had left town, the two fugitives headed for the station that night for something to eat and drink. Low and behold, the sheriff spotted them while hiding behind a water tank, and he and his posse were waiting in the depot when Steele and Stewart approached. As the report goes, "There was not the slightest hint of resistance, as the surprise was complete and the two men hardly capable of resisting... There is no chance of the men escaping, and even if there was, their own physical conditions would prevent this. When captured, both men were utterly exhausted, footsore from their long tramp and almost starved. Even after a fair nights rest the prisoners are not in any condition to travel." The two were transported to the Navajo county jail, where they were shackled hand and foot. You can read more about this story by visiting the Arizona Daily Star at azstarnet.com/news/blogs/morguetales/tales-from-the-morgue-a-brutaland-wanton-murder.

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Heart +Home by Darin Lowery

“… home has always been where my family was, with my husband and kids. Now that our kids are in different places and moving on with their lives, ‘home’ is very much where my heart is. My heart is with God, with [my husband] Robert, with my kids and here with the people we love and pray for [at the San Carlos Apache Reservation]. Though I would love a house of our own here, that doesn’t seem to be something that will happen anytime soon; I understand that it is [only] a house. Our home is with each other in our hearts.” Over iced tea and scones at Bernard’s Coffee Station a few weeks ago, Liz and Robert Crews excitedly shared their new lives. They knew six years ago they wanted to make this area their home, and then a year and a half ago friends invited them to visit. When everything coalesced in October of 2012 it became a reality. They dropped by with the news- the ‘ta-da!’ announcement— that they were here to stay, having found a suitable rental property. Robert, stocky though solid, has a salt-and-pepper goatee and wears glasses. His smile is quick and when he’s surprised or delighted— which is often-his eyes squint and his entire face lights up. Initially, Liz comes across as the more somber of the two, although after a few minutes it becomes obvious she can give and take with the best. Her brilliant red hair is casually cut, her smile is full, and she could easily pass for someone much younger. Her background was in banking as a branch manager; his, with Reynolds Metals. They are a powerful team, their laughter its own language. Their affection for each other is obvious and contagious. We can all learn from this, and it’s a delightful lesson. When two unique people who know each other so well for so long are able to engage others in such a way as to

create an earnest, honest environment-- no matter the duration or conditions-- and leave others feeling respected and appreciated is truly a joyful experience. Originally from Cerritos, California, Liz and Robert met in high school, a classic case of a junior asking out a freshman. They clicked-- so well, in fact, that it’s been a 28 year ride. Their three children are all adults now (a daughter who works in church development; another daughter, beginning college in January, and a married son who— whoa!— drives the Monorail at Disneyland). With their children grown and gone, Liz and Robert have rolled up their sleeves and are doing the work which is important to them. The San Carlos Apache Reservation is approximately twenty minutes from Globe, Arizona. It’s comprised of 2900 square miles of high desert land and has much to offer both hunters and fisherman. San Carlos is also known for its world’s largest deposit of Peridot (Olivine), an exquisite green gem which is the August birthstone. Traditional basket weavers and jewelry beaders proliferate, creating dazzling objects. The popular Apache Gold Casino and Resort offers gaming, fine dining and accommodations. Still, the San Carlos community is one of the poorest NativeAmerican communities in the US. Almost three years ago, friends Tory and Kara Satter started the non-profit 3:18 Ministries, their mission being to build homes for the elderly on the San Carlos Reservation. Hence the opportunity and the move to Globe for Liz and Robert.

Liz and Robert Crews. Photo by LCGross

Groups of volunteers from all over the country make a missionary trip to Arizona— teams vary from 8-25 people (there were 45 this past February) and construct homes for those senior citizens chosen by the Tribe. If there are no ready volunteers, then local workers Boyo, JB and Shane continue the construction and are paid for their effort. All funds provided the Ministry are through donations. The Apache Tribe pays for material costs and plans. The contract with the Tribal Housing Council calls for four houses to be built; the first has been completed; the second and third, underway. These homes aren’t prefabricated— a concrete pad is poured, the home is framed out and roofed, windows and doors are installed. Plumbing and electrical work is hooked up. It’s backbreaking work in often sweltering conditions. The finished home measures 28’ X 20’ and has one bedroom, a bath, a kitchen and a living room. Best of all, it’s brand new— something the chosen recipients had never had before. The old couple had been living in a leaking trailer, baling out their living space with plastic buckets. First John 3:18 reads, ‘Dear children, let us not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.’ The goal of 3:18 Ministries is to bring hope and to share the gospel through community development. “When we’re given the gift, we have to use it unconditionally. Our job is not to tell people they’re going to Hell,” Robert

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says and adds, “I love them and care about them and I choose to love them every day.” Liz, along with Kara, teaches parenting skills and child development classes to new mothers and fathers at the Social Services building, and also to parents working to have their children returned to their homes by the courts. Additionally, there are Bible and craft classes for children, from newborns up to thirteen years old. “We hold the babies. Our favorite place to be is loving the kids who long to be loved,” says Robert as Liz nods her head. He continues, “We’re not a church. We don’t hold Sunday services. We go to the park, play with the kids; have a short lesson, some crafts, and a snack!” “[We’re] here for the long haul,” Liz exclaims, her face set. “There’s lots of work to be done. On previous visits we felt the strong desire to love the Apache people, [and] to show them.” Robert leans in and continues. “It goes back to showing them God’s love and introducing them to Christ.” Past experiences created insight and compassion. Ten years ago, back in California, a homeless single mother with a six month old baby was found sleeping in the bushes. Robert was working as an Assistant to the Cross-Cultural Pastor. They were unable to help her beyond feeding her and the child. Prayer helped. “Stories like this--” Robert confides, “people drunk, people high— they need help, they need work or they can’t work. This widened my view and opened my

eyes to what homelessness means. It has such a different meaning than before. It changed me.” Liz’s feelings are similar. “A mom I was talking with had her kids removed from her home because of her addictions. She’d just finished parenting class, is clean, and got her kids back. They have no place to live and so they’re staying in random places until she can find a job. She Playing Hoops. has 3 kids and the oldest has Photo by R.Crews started hanging out with kids who are having a bad influence on him. He has become angry and violent and she doesn’t know what to do. The stories are hard to hear and they break my heart, but what I do is pray and continue to listen and help however I can, with support and encouragement.” When asked about future goals, they declare they’d like to set up a coffee shop or juice bar, staffed by the Apache people, and if that’s successful, then to open another. Robert clarifies: “Our ultimate goal is not to build houses or open juice bars— our long term goal is to stay here and help [the Apache people] develop a relationship with Christ.” Also in the plans are a Children’s Ministry in San Carlos, creating and building relationships with parents and local churches. With a warm smile, Liz says, “We like Globe… people here have been so kind and wonderful to us! [It’s] made our transition much smoother. We love walking downtown, visiting with people in the shops and restaurants. We have grown to appreciate a small town and love meeting and supporting our new friends.” Robert agrees, adding, “I lived in Southern California my whole life. Because of the people in Globe, I felt at home within a week!” You can learn more about their work and their mission by visiting the websites 3-18ministries.com or rcrewsfamily.com. Additionally you can follow their posts on Facebook at 3:18 Ministries.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 3-Day Fall Festival in Downtown Globe! Night One – Historic Downtown Family Night

14th Annual Arizona Highlands Garden Conference When: October 12 from 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Where: Bullion Plaza Gymnasium Cost: $65 to $90 The University of Arizona’s annual garden conference is coming to Miami! Learn about genetically modified crops, worm composting, herb gardens, soil erosion, bees, mushrooms, integrated pest management, and more! Breakfast and lunch included. The public is welcome with pre-registration. For more information, call Chris Jones at 928-402-8585.

Copper Cities Community Players Present: The Coarse Acting Show

30th Annual Apache Jii Festival When: October 19 from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Where: Downtown Globe Cost: Free Apache Jii (jii means ‘day’ in Apache) is a celebration of Apache and Native American culture, featuring artisans and vendors who come from all corners of the state. Arts, crafts and food will be available for purchase, from knickknacks and fry bread to fine art and Apache flutes. A variety of Native American performances will take place throughout the day.

When: Oct.11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:00 p.m. Where: Cobre Valley Center for the Arts Cost: $15 / $20 In a performance that is always sure to please, the Copper Cities Community Players present the Coarse Acting Show. Three directors, three one-act plays. Note: Some content may not be appropriate for children.

Night Two – Ghosts of Globe & Haunted Jail Tour

Sixth Annual Oktoberfest When: October 12 from 11 a.m. -8 p.m. Where: Veteran’s Memorial Park Cost: Free Oktoberfest comes to Globe again this fall, complete with German bratwurst, a beer garden, hot dogs and a featured performance by Greywolf, playing classic rock, blues and more. This is an all-ages event! Proceeds are awarded to in-need students attending Gila Community College at Gila Pueblo and San Carlos campuses. For more information call Ron Carnahan at 928-8120653 or John O’Donnell at 928-812 1010.

When: October 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. Cost: Free entry Friday night’s Fall Fest includes: carnival games and booths, eats and treats, the annual BYOP (Bring Your Own Pumpkin) carving and contest, charity Oak Street pumpkin roll, haunted historic jail, music, vendor marketplace and more. The marketplace will include arts, crafts, jewelry, kettle corn, farmers' market goods, edible treats, gifts and more! The annual B.Y.O.P. (bring your own pumpkin) carving event and contest is a not-to-miss! You provide the pumpkin, and we provide the tools and tables. Or you can carve at home and enjoy the festivities! And you don’t want to forget to visit the Haunted 1910 Historic Jail, ages 7 and up!

Eleventh Annual Run to the Rez When: October 18-19 Where: Apache Gold Casino Cost: $30 Run to the Rez is a benefit biker rally which supports veterans. Started by Apache bikers who wanted to honor local Apache Veterans, it has expanded to host hundreds of riders who come to support veterans everywhere. The ride kicks off the Tribe’s annual tribute to veterans, and has been called ‘the most spiritual ride in Arizona.” For additional information, e-mail johnrezrider@yahoo.com, call (928) 812-0388 or visit the website at www.runtotherez.com. Note: The Tribe also holds a parade, fair, pow-wow, and rodeo during this weekend in conjunction with its memorial for veterans.

When: October 26 from 5 to 10 p.m. Cost: $10 Note: Children should attend with supervision only, subject matter may not be appropriate for all ages. Saturday night includes the Annual Ghosts of Globe Downtown Walking Tour. With Globe’s rough-and-tumble old Western past, it is no wonder we tout a great deal of activity. Our tour runs about two hours in length, starting at 6:30 p.m. and leaving every 15 minutes from the front of the courthouse at Broad and Oak Streets. The last tour leaves at 8 p.m. We will have on hand a ghost hunter group for questions and answers, as well as a look into their tools-of-the-trade at the end of the tour. Wear comfortable shoes, be ready for a staircase or two, and remember, we may not be alone on the tour. This year the tour includes the Haunted Jail. Note: There will be NO Prison of Terror this year.

The Oak Street Marketplace will be set up again with booths filled with art, handcrafts, jewelry, baked treats, farmers’ market goods, gifts and more! And of course, don’t forget to visit the Haunted 1910 Historic Jail, ages 7 and up!

Night Three – Annual TrickOr-Treat and Halloween Block Party! When: October 31 Cost: Free entry Every year thousands of people line the streets of downtown Globe for an awesome Halloween experience. If it is Trick-Or-Treating you have come for, enjoy your stroll up and down Broad Street to be “treated” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Candy donations are wanted and welcomed, drop off points are at historic courthouse and Globe City Hall. A DJ will be on hand for your dancing needs, not to mention we will have our HUGE annual costume contest on Broad Street. So, come dressed to impress and join in on the fun! We will have a sign up booth to enter the contest! Applications and information on all Fall Fest activities will be available online at www.cvarts.org or www.facebook.com/ globehistoricdowntown. You can also call the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts at 928425-0884, or Molly Cornwell at 928-425-4000. This is a Globe Main Street, City of Globe & Cobre Valley Center for the Arts Complex Event.

6th Annual Cobre Valley Art and Wine Auction When: November 1, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. Where: Gila County Fairgrounds Cost: $15 per person in advance, $20 at the door The fundraiser for the hospital has grown from humble beginnings to a keynote event. Last year more than $34,000 were raised for the Hospital Foundation, with the proceeds going toward equipment, services, training, and education. Every year the event attracts a sell-out crowd who come to enjoy fine wines and art while mixing and mingling for a good cause. This year’s theme is “Stars and Lights of Paris”. To purchase tickets contact Jessica at 928-402-1230.

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Miami’s Small Town Christmas

When: November 11 Where: Veteran’s Memorial Park Cost: Free Celebration includes a parade down Sullivan Street in Miami and services held afterward. Refreshments served. For information call Darryl Dalley at (928) 719-6921.

When: December 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Bullion Plaza Gymnasium Cost: Free Santa visits Miami with gifts for all the kids, games and fun for all with a hot lunch and coco served.

New Year's Eve Parties! Apache Gold Casino will be hosting a big party to ring in the new year with a live band, party favors, prizes and more! Full details were not available at press, so to get more details on their event go to http:// www.apache-gold-casino.com/.

Oak Street Marketplace When: November 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: Oak and Broad Streets Cost: Free Come get your holiday shopping started early at our annual fall marketplace with a flea market appeal! You will find arts, crafts, antiques, collectibles, farmer’s market goods, tasty treats and more for sale, not to mention a park-nswap section! This is your opportunity to shop to the tune of live music, and enjoy downtown Globe at its finest! When in Globe, the weather doesn’t get much better than this!

Chamber Mixer at the Center for the Arts When: Wednesday, December 4th from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Where: Cobre Valley Center for the Arts 101 N Broad Street Come enjoy the Chamber mixer at the Center for the Arts where you’ll enjoy good food, friends and the holiday spirit and Christmas carolers.

Annual Center for the Arts Christmas Program When: Saturday, December 7th at 7:00 p.m. The Copper Community Players present a Christmas program on stage with music and more. Always a delight to help ring in the season. A reception follows the program in the Governor’s Room.

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Annual Light Parade When: December 14, dusk-thirty Where: downtown Globe Cost: Free This parade begins down by the old train depot, proceeds up Pine Street and then makes its grand entry onto Broad Street for the final leg of the parade. So set up your chairs, get out the hot chocolate, and bring the kids and the grandparents for another great night of holiday magic in Globe. This year’s theme is “Christmas is For Kids,” and if that inspires you to create your own entry for this parade then DO IT! We have had everything from tricycles to cattle trucks and boats to dancing girls covered in lights. So we invite you to add your mojo to the Parade of Lights and contact Ed Gardea (Ortega Shoes) for an entry form. You’ll be glad you did!

Festival of Lights When: December 22 at 5 p.m. Where: Besh Ba Gowah Cost: Free (entry fee waived that night) Besh Ba Gowah is one of the top ten attractions in this region, featuring the ancient village ruins of the Rio Salado Indians. The ruins are believed to date back to 1150 to 1450 A.D. Each year the ruins are lit with luminaries. The event began with just 300 luminaries and has grown to 1600 luminaries! Activities begin at 5 p.m., and visitors are allowed to stay until 11 p.m. or midnight when the candles burn out. Complimentary hot cider, coffee and tea is served.

Also, Dream Manor Inn will host their 3rd annual New Year’s Eve event beginning at 7 p.m. Cost is $45 per person and includes appetizers, a steak and chicken dinner, dessert and midnight champagne toast. For reservations contact Rebecca Williams at 928-812-5564.

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August 17th Annual Calendar Fundraiser draws a crowd. Nearly 200 people attended to show their support for the local humane society and bid on the opportunity to have their pet(s) featured in the 2014 calendar. The fundraiser brought in $20,000 which will go towards plans for a new dog shelter. Cheryl Wickheizer, Trisha Winn and Carolyn Gill Ashley and Bailey with the JR ROTC assisted with the event that evening.

Matt Bishop and Diane Hawes worked the bar that night at the Elks Club where the event has been held for the last two years.

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HDHS Board president, Cheryl Brazell and volunteer Linda Lopez get ready to start the evening (check)

Debbie Savage, Tina Towne, Callie Sargent, Sarah Alexander and Brenda Medlin

WENDYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 40th! Husband,Tanner Hunsaker and friends hosted a not-so-secret surprise birthday party for his wife Wendy which included a Willie Nelson PiĂąata, the band, Chuck E Baby and the All Stars and 100 of their close friends at the old train depot in downtown Globe.

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The Little Mermaid Jill Wilson and Janet Cline were on hand to celebrate.

Birthday girl, Wendy Hunsaker, with brother Tim.

Husband Tanner, shown here with mom, Leora, raised the bar for husbands everywhere when it comes to throwing a birthday bash for their wife.

Mermaids Sarah Jones, Lily Lorraine and Kelly Roten join in song with the little founder, played by Maily Roten.

Nolan Gordan, Lily Lorrain, Kendra Martinez, (Back) with Natalie and Corey Harrison (front) during a dress rehearsal

Carol Rios, Musical Director for the Summer Youth Theater program.

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44TH GILA COUNTY FAIR September 19-22

Thelma and Leroy Tucker and Therese Cline visit with Gary Kiehne who is running for Arizona's rural Congressional District 1. GUSD Superintendent Jerry Jennex and his wife Debbie enjoyed the competition at the All American Cook Off.

Bo Goode lets out a whoop when he discovered he'd won this year's IDOL competition. Taking 3rd place in the competition was Angela Meeks, Clancy Stockton took second

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Don and Angela Earven stepped up to run the hot sauce and salsa contest during the All American Cook Off. Shown here with Fair chairperson, Janet Cline. The Gallegos Family ready to enjoy a nite of Demolition Derby action.

San Carlos Apache, Bo Goode won top honors in the first Gila County Idol contest and took home $1,000. He sang, 'Bring Him Home,' from Les Miserables. Judges were impressed with his classical range. Bo has been singing since he was 12. Shown here with his mother and brothers right after winning the competition. Ginger and Peter Beesley, owners of Hoofin' It Feed and Tack, are strong supporters of the Fair and provide much of the feed for the local FFA and 4-H livestock projects.

The Demolition Derby was a crowd favorite at the Fair! In Cars, 1st place went to #73 Jim Atwater, and in Pick Ups went to #86er Mickey Reetz. For our photo coverage of the event and a full list of all the winners, please visit our website and search on "Demolition Derby."

Slim Garner clowned for the crowds Saturday nightâ&#x20AC;Ś.and a bit for our photographer!

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Emily Leverance and her daughter were on hand to watch the Derby, along with an estimated crowd of 3,000 that night.

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THE IIFR COMES TO APACHE GOLD

opening grand entry. The finals rodeo originated in Saskatchewan, Canada. Though racial lines are fading, there was a time where if a colored person won a rodeo, they were excluded, says Fred Wesley, Hooke’s uncle-in-law. That is how Native American rodeo competitions started. Wesley used to ride himself. Now By Jenn Walker he trains horses for rodeo riders like Hooke. The International Indian Finals Rodeo Other rodeos “There are always was looking for a venue this year. Apache have been held at horses that buck,” Gold Casino told the commissioner Apache Gold in the Wesley says. “In order to come on down and bring their past, but this is a to win, you have to cowboys, so they are doing just that. first for the finals have a trained horse.” This year marks the 9th annual rodeo. This rodeo will International Indian Finals Rodeo, Top professional highlight the top cowboys which showcases the best Native American team ropers Derrick ley from each region, says Sim har on H ooke and Harrison C talent in the rodeo world, and this is the Begay and Erich Rogers Hooke. Hooke is well-acquainted first time it will be held at the casino. will be there, in addition to 240 to 280 with the rodeo world. He takes part in calf “It is one of the best facilities in cowboys and cowgirls from the Navajo roping and steer wrestling competitions, the country to have a rodeo,” says Nation, Neilburg Saskatchewan, Box and is one of San Carlos’ team ropers at Simon Hooke, a San Carlos cowboy. He is Elder Montana, Calgary Alberta Canada, this year’s finals. involved in organizing this year’s rodeo, White River and Gallup. Hooke estimates. Most recently Hooke and his partner alongside the rodeo’s commissioner that as many as 28 competitors from San won in roping in the Steve Lupe Memorial Harrison Charley. Carlos will also show. Roping at White River. Last year he won Last year’s rodeo was the veteran’s reward (two saddles) in the held in Albuquerque, Veteran’s rodeo. and in Farmington, New For 12 years, Hooke also rode bulls. He Mexico, the year before. stopped when he started a family. His kids “We always run the didn’t think it was a good idea after they rodeos pretty good,” saw his arm twice its normal size. (A bull says Charley. stomped on his arm.) This is Charley’s first Training as a bull rider requires year as commissioner, calisthenics, and watching the bulls, though he has been he says. rodeoing with the “A bull never bucks the same way,” he association for a long explains. “You have to know how tight to time, and judging for pull the rope... You have to be ready for more than 30 years. what the bull will do.” The rodeo will According to Hooke, calf ropers work showcase a little bit of even harder. everything, including: “Every event takes a lot of work to win, junior barrel racing mentally, spiritually and physically to be and junior steer riding competitive, to win,” he says. “It looks easy, bareback, ladies’ barrel but it actually takes a lot of hard work. You racing, ladies’ breakaway gotta be in shape to do that.” roping, saddle bronc, One practice session may mean roping bull riding, tie down a dummy calf 100 times. roping, steer wrestling, Though it is hard work, “The life of a team roping and senior cowboy is a real good life,” Hooke says. breakaway roping. In “It seems like cowboys are fading, but the addition, there will ones true at heart, they still carry on to be be Queen Pageant an example.” Ceremonies, trade As Hooke says, the finals rodeos is shows, educational another opportunity to carry on the seminars and the rodeo tradition.

Local cowboys expect big things at the International Indian Finals Rodeo

What's Happening this Fall at Apache Gold Casino Kentucky Headhunters October 19 As part of the 10th Annual Run to the Rez, the Casino will be hosting the Grammy award winning Kentucky Headhunters in concert at the Pavillion. If you love country, you’ll love this American Country Rock & Southern rock band. Doors open at 7:00pm. Reserve Seating $30. General Admission $20

Tribute to Motley Crue October 31st FREE Halloween Concert Join us in the Cabaret Showroom for live music, costume contest and more on Halloween! Doors open at 8:30pm. Show will start at 9:00pm.

Daryl Worley & Aaron Tippin LIVE at the Pavillion November 9th Veterans Celebration Catch these two great entertainers on stage at the Pavillion as part of our big Veteran’s Day Celebration here at Apache Gold Casino. Tickets are $40 for premier seating and $25 for General Admission. Doors open at 7:15pm and Concert begins at 8:15pm.

Katastro November 23 Arizona’s #1 Alternative/Rock group hailing from Tempe, Arizona. This band creates a unique sound blending elements of rock,funk, blues and hip hop. Check out their website at www.katastro.com. Tickets go on sale Oct 11th at ticketweb.com and at the Apache Gold Casino Gift Shop. For more information, please contact Apache Gold Casino at 1-800-272-2438

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The Chairman's Veteran's Day Memorial Golf Tournament Monday, November 11, 2013

3-Person Scramble â&#x20AC;˘ $300 per team Includes: green fees, cart, continental breakfast, tee prizes and lunch

Prizes 1st Place: $1,500 in Gift Certificates ($500 per player) 2nd Place: $1,200 in Gift Certificates ($400 per player) 3rd Place: $900 in Gift Certificates ($300 per player)

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To register, please contact Apache Stronghold Golf course. Or visit the globemiamitimes.com/ calendar-chairmans tournament, where you can download the registration form as well. Registration Deadline: Saturday, November 9th Noon.

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The Journey to Becoming the Best in the West Pickle Barrel Trading Post Celebrates Its Ten Year Anniversary By Linda Gross

The old warehouse that sits alongside the railroad tracks at the south end of Broad street seems an unlikely candidate for what has become one of the area’s top draw for visitors and locals alike. Originally a warehouse for the Old Dominion Copper Co., this old 'post & beam' structure served other businesses over the past 100 years as a huge storage facility. Only recently has the 8000 square foot historic building commanded the attention it deserves. Today's owners, Jim and Kelly Moss, purchased the property in 2002 and began to develop a 'destination business' --the Pickle Barrel Trading Post. Today, the Pickle Barrel Trading Post is one of the premier trading posts in the entire Southwest, drawing customers to the area from as far away as Switzerland and Germany and as close as the San Carlos Apache Reservation and GlobeMiami communities.

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But it didn’t start out this way. Originally, the couple envisioned turning the property into an antique mall, since the huge indoor expanse seemed to lend itself to leasing space to antique dealers. “Neither of us possessed a great deal of knowledge about antiques,” Jim says, “but we felt confident about managing income property, and over time developing a good business model that could fit the building and the town.” When they opened their doors in September of 2003, they leased to just a handful of antique dealers, and showcased a small selection of Native American

jewelry and crafts they had picked up at estate sales and auctions. Hardly enough to make a dent in filling the space. They closed off one half of the warehouse, then opened the doors for business. Kelly says, "The place hardly had anything in it, but what we did have included some really nice pieces. We discovered early that quality sells." Jim remembers coming up with their signature tag line, “You Won’t Believe What’s Inside!” to counter the first impression many people had as they drove by. “You saw this old warehouse from the outside and it didn’t look like much,” Jim says, “and yet we did have some very distinct merchandise inside. The slogan seemed to work. People stopped, looked, shopped....and came back again and again. Something they are still doing ten years later." One of the most impressive attractions is a magnificent 8ft x 10ft original artwork elevated just beneath the rafters, that greets every visitor who enters the Pickle Barrel Trading Post. The grand piece of art is titled One Last Ride and depicts Geronimo astride his pony with the Southern Arizona landscape as a backdrop. The medium is pencil on canvass, and was created by local artist, Frank Balaam. The commissioned artwork was mounted between two massive wood columns. Jim initially suggested to Balaam a 4ft x 6ft rendition of Geronimo standing with his rifle. But, Balaam looked at the space and suggested a landscape which would span the entire 10ft. Neither Moss, nor Balaam, will discuss the commissioned cost or today's value. It is believed to be the largest original pencil on canvass, and

Balaam's art work is found worldwide. Within a couple of years, the business model changed dramatically. Space was no longer leased to antique dealers when the owners realized they needed the space for their own merchandise. A great variety of products were added to the inventory. Soon the 8000 sq ft. building was looking fully stocked. As the inventory diversified into collectibles, vintage reproductions, Native American jewelry, arts and craft, Southwest gifts, books & music, AZ souvenirs, rocks and minerals, buckskins

They have developed strong relationships with well-known Native American artisans from the local San Carlos Apache Tribe, as well as other Southwest Tribes. Featured in the shop are premier basket weavings and exquisite jewelry from Native American silver smiths. Kelly notes, "We buy as much art & craft from Native artisans as we can. We want to support their creative endeavors and contribute to the continuity of their art and traditions. Likewise, we offer products such as buckskins, beads, elk hides, etc. that many artisans utilize in making traditional items. I think our shop has evolved into a real modern-day Trading Post." As you pull into the Pickle Barrel Trading Post today, you are greeted by a cacophony of garden 'Yard Art' created South of the Border, which delights most visitors. Although interesting and fun, the outdoor metal art and wrought iron arbors, fences, trellises and benches do not give a true hint to what you will discover inside Geronimo by Frank Balaam is believed to be the largest original the historic warehouse. When pencil on canvass of Balaams work. you step across the entrance and authentic trading post supplies --threshold, and look up at Balaam's worldso too, did their customer base diversify. class rendition of Geronimo with rifle, Today, they offer hundreds of specialty astride his pony --- you realize this is products, and represent brand names such going to be a one-of-a-kind experience. as Pendleton, Minnetonka Moccasins, The exploration continues as you try to El Paso Saddle Blanket, and Tandy absorb 8000 sq ft of wall to wall unique Leather. They constantly buy & trade, merchandise. For newcomers, it can be always looking for the sort of interesting overwhelming --- in a good way. items that both collectors and visitors will find appealing. Pickle Barrel, Continued on page 17

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When they first opened the yard was bare. Today garden art fills the outdoor space from end to end.

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There is something for everyone here, which is why the staff often hears customers proclaim, “This is the first place I bring family and friends when they come from out of town to visit.” Or the quip from the 13 year old boy, when asked by his dad where he wanted to go for his birthday, exclaimed without hesitation --"The Pickle Barrel Trading Post!” The staff at the Pickle Barrel Trading Post is courteous, friendly, and knowledgeable. Kelly emphasizes, ”We look for potential employees who have outstanding customer service skills and can work as a team. Our Pickle Barrel Team is very aware of our #1 Goal --- creating a memorable and satisfying experience for each & every person who visits." A timely business decision in 2005 enabled the Pickle Barrel Trading Post to grow and accommodate many more customers. Originally, cars were entering and exiting from a large gate that shared a common driveway with the restaurant next door. It was a congested nightmare and safety hazard. Jim found a way to negotiate for a strip of property at the south end of the building, suitable for an entrance. Now, traffic flows one direction.

Jim says, "The investment in the extra land is one of those things that might not seem so significant, but proved to be a critical piece in the overall success of our business." As Jim & Kelly reflect on a decade of running a 'Mom & Pop' business they look at each other with a proud smile and shake their heads to say, "We've been lucky." They say the most gratifying aspect of the evolving enterprise is the sincere pleasure that thousands of visitors have expressed. "The genuine compliments bestowed upon our shop and toward our employees, from folks who have travelled far & wide is very special," Kelly remarks. So what’s in the future for the Pickle Barrel Trading Post? Kelly says they have a joke between them when it comes to discussions of expanding the business. “Jim tells me, we can’t sell off an empty wagon.... and I reply, this wagon is so loaded it’s ready to loose all of it’s wheels!” Jim smiles, "It's been a fun ride so far..... as far as the future... well, the new frontier for the Pickle Barrel Trading Post clearly is on-line shopping. Will that happen? That's a huge commitment of time and resources. We shall see." Rest assured, if the Mosses decide to take it on --- It will happen.

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AN APPRECIATION OF MCKUSICK TILES By T. Stone

(This article is based on a recent visit with the McKusicks at their home.) At Boyce Thompson Arboretum, when a visitor walks to Ayer Lake, he or she will notice displays of decorative tiles inside the two gazebos. On closer inspection, one recognizes that the tiles illustrate an array of animal life, mostly birds, which can be seen in the park. What isn’t apparent is the special history and combined talent that created these unique tiles. Bob and Charmion McKusick live in a small home up a side canyon near Globe, Arizona. They have lived and worked out of this home since 1954. The house is filled with sixty years of research and production. Ceramic art, stained-glass, mosaics, quilted tapestries, and paintings decorate every room, along with books, photographs, and other evidence of the creative life. Now octogenarians, the McKusicks have slowed down, but they haven’t stopped. They continue to be curious with and engaged in the world around them. Bob McKusick was born in California but raised around the Miami/Globe area. In 1945, when he was fifteen, he lost his left hand in an accident. This disability could have harmed his future prospects for a career, but a year later an uncle introduced him to a life in ceramics. He ended up at the University of Arizona in Tucson studying chemical engineering and fine arts. Charmion was raised in Illinois, spending much of her time with an Austrian farm family who served as caregivers during her school days. As a young adult she wanted to study anthropology which was, like many occupations at the time, not usually taught to women. But one school would teach her and that was the University of Arizona. She eventually became an ethnozoologist specializing in avian studies and has written many papers on, primarily, bird bones found at southwest archeological digs. As for meeting Bob she says that in 1949, “I got off the train from Illinois at 7 in the morning and met Bob at 7 in the evening on the same day at a freshman mixer. He walked right up to me and asked me to dance.” That was the beginning of a relationship that has lasted 64 years. From 1952-54, while living in Tucson, Bob and Charmion started a business called Gila Pottery where they made various ceramic products such as ashtrays and tiles. The McKusicks sold their work at the Desert House of Crafts on N. Campbell Avenue. They became friends with Ted DeGrazia and helped him build his studio in north Tucson. In fact, they lived at the DeGrazia studio for over a year. “DeGrazia was a partner in crime,” Charmion said with a smile. It was at this time that Tucson’s housing market boomed. The desert was put under the bulldozer’s blade and burnt-adobe houses were quickly

being built. With population growth came a demand for regional decorative art. Even though their ceramics business grew, the McKusicks were gravely concerned with what was happening to the desert and its wildlife. Charmion: “We thought that the environment was disappearing before our eyes.” That was the impetus for the animal tiles that the McKusicks are best known for. “We wanted to make a permanent record of what they (the vanishing wildlife) looked like,” said Bob. In 1954, Bob and Charm moved to Globe and started the McKusick Mosaic and Tile Company. Not only did

they make small tiles with animal designs, but with the help of Native American artists, made tile designs of Indian dancers and symbols. They also made 12” floor tiles. As Desert Magazine wrote in its April 1967 edition, “Many homes in the exclusive Paradise Valley area are paved with McKusick floor tile.” And it is here where I want to point out a most salient aspect of what the McKusicks were doing. The ceramic products they produced were made entirely from the raw clay that they dug out of the Pinal Mountain foothills. The grog they used as an additive to make the clay less prone to warpage in the kiln firing, was made from the milled schist found around their home. In other words, these artists manufactured all of their ceramics from scratch. This is an amazingly rare and laborious way to make ceramics and was done solely for economic reasons. “It was cheaper for me to make the clay than it was for me to have it shipped to Globe,” was how Bob rationalized it. Because he knew no one else making their own clay, he had no guidelines. “We sort of ad-libbed,” he said. In general, Charmion’s job was to draw out the designs, etch the molds for the tiles, and apply the glazes. Bob would make the clay, press the tiles, develop and mix the glazes, and fire

the kiln. The McKusick studio attracted plenty of visitors. Even “futuristic” architect Paolo Soleri showed up in the mid50s inquiring about the clay. Since that visit, the ceramic bell production of both Cosanti and Arcosanti still depends exclusively on the same clay deposits that the McKusicks used. The life of art and craft, for most of those who practice it, is not nearly as romantic and carefree as one might imagine. It is hard work, seasonally unreliable, and, at times, horribly frustrating. Even with a steadily growing business, the McKusicks took on temporary jobs, such as teaching, to augment their incomes. As Bob pointed out, “Well, you don’t get rich making tiles.” Besides maintaining their business and home, the McKusicks also had children to raise. And goats. Ah, the goats. At one time they owned twenty goats for milk and meat. “The goats are what kept us alive!” Charmion exclaimed. “I grew our vegetables and (the goats) provided our milk and cheese. Bob would bring a bag of flour and baking powder and bacon. And that was about it. This business of subsistence farming is a lot of work and you have to be young to do it.” Even as they struggled at times to get by with tile manufacturing, they also managed to complete many public art projects. They were commissioned by the Navajo Nation to make two 12’ square wall panels representing sand paintings. They made a mural and mosaic tables for the Paradise Valley Country Club in Scottsdale. There is work they did at the Globe courthouse. And, over the years, they have done mosaic panels, a mosaic ceiling, and sculpture for the St. John’s Episcopal Church in Globe. “St. John’s is our crowning glory,” Charmion told me as she showed me the church’s colorful interior and exterior decorations. And off Highway 60, west of Miami, at the Mountain Breeze Memorial Gardens, one can go to the back of the cemetery and find an 8’ tall concrete and mosaic panel (erected in 1964) of “Our Lady of Guadalupe” slowly weathering away. It is an astounding piece of folk art. But it is the wildlife tiles that I think are the lasting legacy of the McKusicks’ creative output. Over a forty year period (1954-1996) Bob and Charmion (and later with help from their daughter Kathy) produced around 300 different designs replicated on tens of thousands of individual tiles. (“Eighty thousand?” I asked Charmion. “That would be a conservative number,” she responded.) Wrens, swallows, frogs, deer, orioles, crayfish, dragonflies, black bears, and dozens upon dozens of other animals found clear illustration on these durable handmade McKusick Tiles, Continued on page 23

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Photo by Tanner Yeager. Please visit tanneryeager.com for his complete album from the Final Salute.

Globe Miami Times Hosts Final Salute to Apache Drive-In They came from as far as Flagstaff, Tucson, Chandler and Scottsdale, in ‘57 Chevys, ‘49 Packards and ‘60s flatbed trucks. For just one day, the cruising days of the early 1960s were relived in Globe, Arizona. It was another chance to get out the cans of hairspray and the black eyeliner, dust off the black leather jackets and big sunglasses, and load up the cars with friends, dates, kids and grandkids for a night to remember at the Apache Drive-In. As many as 400 to 500 people were there, dressed to kill in their cardigans, letterman jackets and saddle oxfords. The media came too, with their cameras and video recorders, so they could freeze those moments in time. And for one last night, people parked their cars in front of the big screen, where they could tailgate under the stars and enjoy the Apache DriveIn’s last picture show, “American Graffiti”.

What a memorable night that Saturday was. The tailgate parties, the epic tunes of the ‘50s and ‘60s, more than 15 tons of sand to dance on, long lost friends united, 400 balloons, the contests on the 30-foot stage, those “righteous!” outfits, and, of course, “American Graffiti” on the big screen—it was a beautiful sight to behold. After more than three months of planning, Globe Miami Times was honored to host the very last picture show at the Apache Drive-In. The drive-in has a long, rich history here in Globe, starting when it first opened that December in 1950. For years, it entertained young couples and families, showing all kinds of movies projected on 35 mm film. In 2012, the Apache Drive-In was featured on the cover of the Arizona Highways’ retro issue. After 63 years, the Hollis family had kept the Apache

Drive-In open longer than any other in the state, with the exception of the Glendale 9. Now that the Apache is closed, the Glendale 9 is the only drive-in left standing in Arizona. As someone so appropriately stated before sauntering off into the night donning a crisp white T-shirt and slicked back hair, "it really is the end of an era". It is a night that will go down in history here in Globe-Miami, and it is a night we here at the Globe Miami Times will remember always. We hope you do too. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for being there to share it with us. Yours Truly, The Globe Miami Times

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Copper Mountain Inn 1100 Monroe St Globe 928-425-5721

Roosevelt Lakes Resort 350 Stagecoach Trail Roosevelt 928-467-2276

Zen’s Cafe 1535 S Street Globe 928-425-8154

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Cabins*Rooms*Bar & Restaurant

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Desert Oasis Wellness Center 138 S Broad St Globe 928-425-3207

The Roost Boarding House 4352 E Copper Claypool 928-701-1477

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Golden Hills Nursery 5444 E Golden Hills Road Globe 928-425-6004 Everything for yard and garden

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McSpadden Ford 705 N Broad St Globe 928-425-3157 Sales, Service & Parts

Miles Funeral Home 309 W Live Oak Miami 928-473-4496 Funeral Services

Palace Pharmacy 100 N Broad Globe 928-425-5777 Your hometown Pharmacy

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Full service dentistry

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N U F H T O OTO BO

*A sample of the fun had by all with the Social Chimp photo booth we brought in for the night. To see all images from the photo booth, please visit http://pictage.com/1493485

Thank you! Thank you! To the Hollis family • Apache Gold Casino • Miami Auto and Tire • Sullivan Paving • APS • Simply Sarah • The White Porch Gifts and Antiques Home Hero Capes • Pretty Patty Lous • United Jewelry • Pickle Barrel Trading Post • The Temp Connection • FROSTgelato, San Tan Village Apache Gold Grill • Vida E Caffé • Allied Gas • Social Chimp Photo Booth • Western Reproduction • Friends, volunteers and workers who helped us make it a memorable night. A special thanks goes to Gary Murrey, General Manager of Apache Gold Casino who was instrumental in getting us the stage, the Apache Grill and those great concert tickets for our winners. Not to mention, serving as our co-emcee on stage. Thank you.

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Globe's

Last Picture Show By Stina Sieg, KJZZ, GLOBE, Ariz. – Carloads of moviegoers rolled into the Apache Drive In – just as they have been for generations. The theater opened in 1954, and in this location 20 years later. But the crowd didn’t come for some recent Hollywood release. Tonight’s show is the classic film “American Graffiti,” and it’s the Apache’s last show. Ever. Globe has said goodbye to the Apache Drive-In Theatre after nearly 60 years in operation. Saturday's final show was "American Graffiti," and nearly 200 people came to send the theater off right.

Jim and nancy Phillips used to come to the Apache when it was located on the other side of town and when they were in their courting phase. Nancy says her father (who always carried a gun) would never pay the admission to the theater, so she and Jim were free to smooch in peace. Photo by Stina Sieg/KJZZ

Alex Magness says she's never had hair like this – and probably never will again. But, for tonight, it looks just about perfect. She lives in Phoenix, and has family in Globe. Photo by Stina Sieg/KJZZ

Linda Fugate checked ticket holders in at the gate. “You guys have a good time,” she said to a family in a shiny, silver convertible. “You’re looking good. Bye!” Vintage sedans and oldschool pickups passed by. Nearly everyone in them was smiling, and most were wearing some nod JoNell Brantley and Willy Thomas have fond memories of the Apache. Thomas says to the ’50s or ’60s. Imagine posses sneaking people into the show – and making out during it – were tops. of poodle skirts and little boys Photo by Stina Sieg/KJZZ with fake cigarette packs rolled under their shirt sleeves. “And they just don’t have those finances. They’re going As the place started to fill up, people were eager to open to close,” he said. “A lot of little-town America is going to up and reminisce. That included Jim and Nancy Phillips. lose their movie theaters. Already have.” “We don’t remember much about the movies,” Jim There are an estimated 356 drive-ins left in America. said, chuckling. In the late 1950s, there were more than 4,000. Digital is a And why not? Nancy answered that one. recent phenomenon, so it can’t take all the blame. But it “There were more important things to do,” she said, certainly didn’t help. with a smile. Tonight’s movie was supposed to be that Charles Grodin/Robert De Niro flick, “Midnight Run.” It was partially filmed in Globe. However, 35 millimeter prints of it simply don’t exist anymore. But looking around the Apache’s grounds, maybe that was meant to be. It’s hard to imagine a 1980s crime caper stirring up this much excitement – or a Big Hair Contest. Women with sky-high bouffants and meticulous curls sauntered across a stage as they tried to rev the crowd up. It worked. “Number one!” shouted the DJ, to exuberant screams, as a woman with a teased ’do twirled. There were contests for classic cars and costumes and impersonations of famed disc jockey Wolfman Jack, too. And that was all before the movie even started. Once it did, it was easy to imagine a busy And those things could only be done where Nancy’s night in the Apache’s heyday. Families huddling under gun-toting father wouldn’t catch the couple. They’ve now blankets on lawn chairs, children playing with hula hoops. been married 56 years. Willy Thomas said he spent some Local newspaper publisher Linda Gross looked happy, time in backseats, as well. But that’s not the only thing he’ll but tired. She’s the one who made tonight happen. She miss. Thomas fondly recalled sneaking people into the didn’t see movies here all the time, she said, but knows the show in the trunk of a car. drive-in will be missed. He’ll remember the “the fun, the challenge,” he said, “How do you entertain families for such a cheap “oh, it’s just a lot of growing up that you do in a drive-in price?” she asked. “And I don’t have an answer for that.” that’s part of your life.” Really, who does? Globe had one – until the Apache’s That’s why Thomas encouraged his grandkids to also projector was switched off for the last time. sneak into tonight’s show – even though they actually had *Reprinted with permission tickets. Theater co-owner Bob Hollis gets it. He grew up in this business, and took this place over from his father. He feels the nostalgia, too. But that’s not enough to keep the Apache going. Hollis has been in the industry too long not to be practical. “The drive-in, to me, is about being able to make a living and pay the bills. It’s a business,” he said. “I’ve got to look at it as that way.” For Hollis, that means not investing more than $100,000 to convert the Apache’s film projector to a digital Patrons could still drink soda and eat popcorn like the system. He already put several times that much into his good old days, but cupcakes, gelato and kabobs were also on the menu. Photo by Stina Sieg/KJZZ four-screen theater in downtown Globe. But he would never make that money back from the Apache. Not at $10 For the complete slide show and podcast of a carload. Hollis explained that digital is affecting owners Stina's coverage, please visit www.kjzz.org/ of drive-ins and indoor theaters across the country. content/1309/globes-last-picture-show

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< Bullion Plaza Museum and Cultural Center established the McKusick room in 2004 and has a large display of the couple's tiles, their kiln and articles which have featured their work over the last 30 years. tiles. Visitors to Arizona purchased these pieces as reminders of the desert that they had vacationed in. It was a little bit of the wilderness that they could feel comfortable bringing home with them. But now the tiles are no longer made. They haven’t been made for almost twenty years and there aren’t many places besides Boyce Thompson Arboretum where you can still see them. If you go to the Sabino Canyon Visitor’s Center in Tucson, the tiles are featured in nature displays there. If you are driving through Miami, Arizona, you can stop by the Bullion Plaza Cultural Center to see the largest display of work from the McKusick Studio, containing around a hundred tiles. And you might see a few pieces for sale on eBay. That’s about it. “What were the popular tiles?” I asked. Almost in unison the McKusicks responded “Roadrunners and quails. They were the first ones we did.” As an aside, Bob said “We called them our streetwalker birds.” Bob McKusick talks to visitors about the displays. “I don’t know how Photo by Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum. many different quails and roadrunners we made over the years,” Charmion commented. “Ravens don’t sell. People don’t want bugs, they don’t want frogs, they don’t want lizards.” Bob added “People don’t buy rattlesnakes.” Charmion raised an eyebrow, saying “Anything I liked, didn’t sell.” “But what are your favorite tiles?” I asked. “The tortoise, the burrowing owl, and the raven,” said Charmion. “The cardinal and the raven,” said Bob. “I would’ve gone for the rattlesnake and the raven,” I said, “but not the quail.” We nodded together knowingly; certain animals, like regional art, aren’t always fully appreciated.

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TAMALES 101 By Linda Gross

Like so many little girls who grew up in kitchens learning from their mother and grandmother, Alice Guadalupe Tapp was born into the tamale tradition. She was just seven when she began helping her grandmother, grand aunts and mother make tamales for the family and to sell after Sunday Mass. Today, nearly fifty years later, her tamale recipes have reached national attention and

generated accolades like this one from Maricel Presilla, author of The New Taste of Chocolate, “Alice Tapp is a real tamalera, an artisanal maker of tamales who brings her own individuality to a timeless art.” It is true. A quick peek at the recipes will tell you this is not tamales as usual, despite the books’ basic title; Tamales 101. Tapp it seems was born with a natural curiosity and culinary talent and her book is the result of her research and experimentation with tamale-making methods stemming from Mexican, Aztec and Mayan cultures as well as those from Central and South American, Cuba

and the Caribbean. And her own concoctions. Whether you want to fill your tamales with meat, vegetables or sweets, it all begins with the masa; that wonderful corn dough encasing the filling of a traditional tamale. Trapp outlines the virtues of making your masa from scratch, but acknowledges if you don’t have the time there are options and she helps point you in the right direction. She notes that store bought, prepared masa usually contains lard and, if you have the time and inclination to put in alittle work for better results, Tapp suggests buying unprepared masa and using butter or margarine, instead of lard for a fluffy, tasty moist masa. All good masa does require a great deal of whipping the mixture to it’s correct consistency - easy if you have a stand mixer. Quite a bit of work if you are doing it by hand. And lest you think tamales are not for you because of the lard or butter, Tapp also includes masa recipes for a fat-free masa and vegan masa along with a variety of mouth watering stuffing and sauces which meet all manner of dietary and culinary demands. So keep reading. Next comes the wrappings and ties. Most folks are familiar with the cornhusks which gently wrap the innergoodness of a homemade tamale. Yet, here again Tapp takes wrapping to the next level. She suggests both corn husks and banana leaves and provides three pages of corn husk wrapping styles which promise to make your tamale as beautiful on the outside as it is delicious on the inside. She believes in the art of the tamale. “I often tell the tamale makers at Tamara’s Tamales that the tamales must be made perfectly. Each and every tamale has its own distinct flavors. Each is a work of art and perfection. I tell them to consider themselves artists who make tamales for a living, because that’s what we’re creating here every day- art!”

Then the fun begins. Where do you want want to draw your inspiration from? The most traditional tamales come from Mexico, New Mexico and California, having begun here centuries earlier when the Spaniards needed something that could travel. Red pork chili tamales are made with pork - shredded or cubed- red chile sauce, and one or two black olives. The sauce is prepared with a variety of red chilies, garlic, onion, tomatoes and spices. If you are vegetarian you might like her Caponata Tamales which came from a former coworker and has become a staple at Tamara’s Tamales. It uses fresh tomatoes, zucchini and eggplants. Or her sisters renowned Roasted Red Pepper Corundas with a decidedly Italian twist of garlic and olive oil with freshly roasted peppers wrapped in a petite package and tied at the top. Or you can go international with her Cuban, Brazilian, Greek or Philippine tamales, or go coastal with her King Crab and Salmon tamales. But perhaps because the holidays help to bring out the sweet tooth in all of us, I gravitated to the chapter on Sweets and it delivered a rich variety to choose from including basic cinnamon sugar or pineapple tamales to pumpkin and bittersweet chocolate tamales. And if you're like me – a chocoholic - you'll love the Raspberry Chocolate Pecan Tamales. Tamales 101 can be found at the Pickle Barrel Trading Post. Happy Holidays!

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Welcomes You

Globe Unified School District Home of the Tigers

For the record, there is a lot more

becomes part of the FFA. This year, 18

to agriculture than farming. Lynn

of Woolever’s students are going to the

Woolever, Globe High’s agriculture

National FFA convention in Kentucky.

teacher, will be the first to tell you that.

They sold plant bulbs and barbecue

Depending on which of her classes you

seasoning

sit in, you might identify food based on

concession stands at the Globe High

taste and smell, create food labels, test

volleyball games to raise enough

soil, weld or wood work, take a tour

money for the trip.

door-to-door,

and

ran

with the Forest Service, plant a garden,

“The best thing FFA does is it takes

students come to her house to work

trim a goat’s hooves, dissect flowers,

things in class and applies it to the real

goats and cattle, take them to a dairy

or learn how to artificially inseminate

world,” Woolever says. The FFA teaches

to conduct an artificial insemination,

cows at a local dairy.

not only teaches students leadership

or pay a visit to Hoofin’ It Feed & Tack to vaccinate goats.

More to Ag Than Meets the Eye

Her own interest in teaching agriculture occurred when she was talking to kids at her apartment complex about where milk comes from. They only knew that it came from the supermarket. The fact that any kid didn’t know

Globe High Teacher Brings New Meaning to the World of Agriculture

where milk came from prompted Woolever to go back to school to become a teacher. With a bachelor’s

By Jenn Walker

degree in veterinary sciences, she returned to the University of Arizona

she teaches about 160 students, in

and job skills, all the things employers

for a master’s degree in agricultural

addition to running the school’s Future

look for, it also allows students to

education. She studied dairy cattle

Farmers of America (FFA) program.

travel and make connections with

science and worked at a dairy farm

other students.

throughout school.

“When kids [first] come to class they think it’s going to just be about

her introductory agriculture course,

real world job experience to her

from

students learn about plant, soil and

classes. She previously worked at a

food science and veterinary studies

food science. Her applied biological

companion animal clinic in Safford

to agricultural business, sales and

systems course focuses on animal

as a veterinary technician, in addition

marketing, and cows. This could mean

sciences, the agriculture business and

to numerous dairies at University of

working with dairy or beef cattle,

renewable natural resources.

Arizona, the University of Wisconsin,

covers

everything

and Shamrock Farms.

looking for healthy or sick cows, and

Woolever’s personal favorite is

performing vaccinations or artificial

her advanced animal science course.

Every opportunity she has, she

In this course her students gain life

tries to provide her students exposure

Woolever’s

experience by interning either at

to the same real-life work experiences

students earned a state FFA degree,

veterinary offices or a dairy, receiving

she has had.

the first ever received by a Globe High

community college credits for their

student. Next year, she is aiming to

work. On any given day she might have

year,

one

As if to prove my point, the day

have one of her student’s receive a national degree. Less than one percent

Woolever, there were two goats caged

of FFA members receive a degree on a

in the back of a pickup truck behind

national level. Another

one

Woolever’s

out eight of Woolever’s students had

students went on to pursue horse

livestock entered into the Gila County

therapy last year, while another went

Fair this year.

into agricultural business. The year

High School. Between three classes,

numerous

entirely different subject matter. In

I headed to the high school to meet

teaching agriculture classes at Globe

much more to ag.”

Last

With 12 years of teaching under

worked

farming,” Woolever says. “There is so

inseminations.

her belt, Woolever is in her third year

Having

industries, Woolever brings her own

“Ag”

the science building. I later found

Each of Woolever’s classes covers

before one of her students went into environmental science. Any student who is enrolled in Woolever’s

classes

automatically

“I just want to see these kids be successful,” she says.

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News out of the District

Globe High School Launches New Robotics Team

Picture an arena filled with painted-faced high school students screaming support for their team. Basketball or football, not always! Students at Globe High School will take a huge leap into the 21st Century this winter as GHS starts up its FIRST (For Inspiration of Robotics, Science and Technology) Robotics team. FIRST Robotics is an internationally acclaimed robotics competition program that involves high school students in the design, construction, and competition of a robot against other high school teams. This exciting new program is available because of support from Freeport McMoRan, Resolution Copper, and the Science Foundation Arizona. Each of these sponsors has granted a significant amount of funding to Globe Unified School District to make this program possible for it’s students in grades 9-12. The first item of business for the team is for the district to hire a Robotics Coach. The coach will serve as the coordinator for student participants and the adult mentors who will be needed to make the program successful. FIRST Robotics uses adult mentors from almost all areas of business and technology to help students compete. Business, technological, public relations, mechanical, computer technological, human resources, and almost any other vocational skill is vital for success in FIRST competition. GHS is actively recruiting mentors to be involved on a regular basis. The competition “season” for FIRST is January through March. The GHS team will begin organizing in mid to late October. Any adult interested in volunteering to mentor students in this exciting program can contact the district office at 928-402-6011 and you will be put in contact with our coach. Globe High School looks to involve many students who may find that robotics is a type of competition that they really enjoy. The skills learned in this program will translate well into the 21st century world of work. Information about this exciting program can be found at www.usfirst.org. GUSD looks forward to this innovative program as one more way to “Capture Hearts and Empower Minds!”

GUSD Plans for Improving School Letter Grades

Globe Unified School District received a letter grade of “D” in all of it’s schools for the 2012-2013 school year. While these grades were less than satisfactory to district superintendent Jerry Jennex, he stated, “We are not happy with our grades, but now we know where we are, and we had already begun to plan for ramping up our academic achievement scores." The Globe Unified School District Governing Board approved two major initiatives this past spring, knowing that the district had plenty of room to improve student achievement. The first initiative focused on improving student engagement by training staff in a process called “Capturing Kids’ Hearts”. Many school districts that have implemented this program have seen significant growth in their students’ achievement. The second initiative that the district is implementing is the “Beyond Textbooks”. BT is a curriculum program made available to Arizona school districts from the Vail School District. It organizes K-12 curriculum in a format aligned to state and common core standards that allows a district to have a unified, cohesive curriculum from the earliest grades all the way through high school. These two major commitments from the GUSD board and staff is going to make a difference in student achievement. All of the key players in implementing these two programs realize that these are not short term fixes. Superintendent Jennex says, “I have been emphasizing that know that we have planned the work, we need to work the plan! It’s not going to be accomplished in a few short weeks or months, we need to stay the course for a few years.” Board President Jaque Cline-Griffin knows the importance of these new programs. She commented for this article, “Our board has made a significant commitment to raising student achievement and we believe all of the staff members are likewise committed to this improvement effort. We are optimistic about our district’s future!” Watch for good things from GUSD in the area of student achievement in the near future.

Building Champions GUSD hosted a special four-hour program entitled, "Building Champions" in August which was open to parents, teachers and the public as part of a larger investment in a District-wide program entitled "Capturing Kids Hearts." Attended by over 300 people from educators to parents and local business leaders, the program was led by Julie Strapp, with the Flippen Group. Julie Strapp with Dr. Jim Phillips, head of the GHS Alumni Association

GUSD Superintendent, Jerry Jennex welcomes everyone to the program

ILA staff Noel Anderson, Sal Pizzo, Debbie Leverance and Laura Stennerson attended

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Michael Summer, Rob Reed, Sharon Summers-Reed, Marty Colbaugh. The Summers family was on hand to see their father, Hugh Summers, a Superintendent from 1956- 1974 inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The 3rd Annual Hall of Fame Dinner

Rachal Omalia, Riley Willis and Mohini Bhakta helped host the Alumni who came early to tour the Hall of Fame.

Armida Bittner, Class of '56 shown here with Cara Bryant who ran the Adult Ed Programs at one time. Armida tells us she had her son, two daughters and most of her granddaughters and grab grand children, her two sisters and brother and numerous cousins, friends and former co-workers who all came that night to watch her accept the award.

The 3rd Annual Hall of Fame dinner played to a packed house on Monday, September 23rd in the GHS Auditorium where the committee had selected 15 individuals and two state championship teams to induct into the Hall of Fame. Although some were inducted posthumously, many were on hand to accept their awards and share the evening with extended family, friends, and co-workers. For complete bios on all inductees please visit, globemiamitimes.com/GHS Hall of Fame.

John Oddenetto with Carmen and Fred Barela were there to see Carmens' brother, Ricardo Lucero inducted.

GHS archivist, Dee Hunt is seen here with Paul White and his son. Pauls' brother, Bob White '43 has the distinction of creating the first Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat used by U of A.

Shirley (Harbison) Lyles and Eileen Harbison were on hand as their father James Harbison, Class of '43 inducted.

Nominations for next year's Hall of Fame inductees are now available and must be turned in to the committee by June 1st. Final selections are made by July 1st. To see more photos from this event and get information on the Globe High School Hall of Fame event, visit our website at www.globemiamitimes.com and search on the term: Hall of Fame or call the District Office at 928-402-6011.

GHS Cheerleaders, Breanna Boutwell and Bradley Elmer hosted as well

The Renon Family was there to see Pusso Renon inducted into Hall of Fame.

Carmen Blanco Slough was joined by her son Bob who flew in from California for the event. Representing the class of '32, Carmen was the oldest class member in attendance that evening. Her clothing store, known as CarMeds was a favorite in town.

Greg and Karen Gotto with Dr. James Murless his wife Pat. They were there to see Armida Bittner inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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The New and Improved ILA Despite limited staff and funding, the academy’s future looks bright By Jenn Walker

Several months ago, the future of Globe’s Inspired Learning Academy looked grim. Now, even though it is short-staffed and has no funding this semester, the academy is currently in session. There is even a wait list for students next semester. Housed at High Desert Middle School, the new academy has just three teachers and roughly 50 students from grades K through 8. The academy’s classes are taught separately from High Desert classes, and the students have different lunches and recesses for the most part. Truly, the ILA operates as a school within a school. Needless to say, pulling something together this fast with so few resources has required a mutual trust between parents and staff, says the academy’s director Debbie Leverance. As successful as the academy had been up to this point, there was little other choice.

ILA director Debbie Leverance and administrative assistant Noelle Anderson outside of one of the classrooms

“It’s a labor of love,” Leverance says. Case in point, when I walk into "Miss Noelle's room" at High Desert Middle School, (one of three classrooms dedicated to the academy), Leverance is leading a literature circle. She has seven students seated in a circle, debating what happened before World War II. "World War I!" one student says triumphantly. Not quite the answer Leverance was looking for. For starters, there was the Great Depression, and the Roaring Twenties, she reminds them. Every grade within the academy has a literature Noelle Anderson, ILA administrative assistant, with a student during class. circle. Because the Prior to this fall, the academy served academy is not yet fully staffed, leading Globe for two years as a charter school literature circles is just one of the many under the Arizona Virtual Academy, first ways Leverance fills in the gaps. operating out of the DES building on As far as the academy’s staff goes, Cedar Street, and later the Holy Angels currently they pull together with just Catholic Church. Earlier this year, the four of them, including Anderson as charter was pulled. the administrative assistant and three Parents were desperate for an teachers. That includes Mrs. Jensen, alternative, recalls Noelle Anderson, a former Copper Rim teacher, who the academy’s administrative assistant. teaches kindergarten through 2nd Not wanting to see the academy vanish grade, Mr. Pizzo, teaching 3rd through into thin air, parents and teachers held 5th grade, and Mr. Kulwicki, who meetings on what to do. teaches 6th through 8th grade. Each As a solution, Globe school of them teach upward of 16 students. superintendent Jerry Jennex offered Others, like Leverance, her husband several classrooms at High Desert Lenny, and Katy Hall, generously Middle School to house the ILA. The volunteer their time to teach things like Globe School Board approved his social studies and art. proposition in mid-July. Leverance In several ways, the new ILA differs partnered with Noelle Anderson to from the old. It offers a combination create a new ILA within three weeks, of computer lessons and teacherwith zero funding. Teachers were hired led lessons, and instruction is the first week of August. individualized. That is, students are

Fourth and 5th grade students will design physical models of a lunar habitat for the Honeywell Fiesta Bowl Challenge, which will be judged next January at Arizona State University's West Campus. Participants are asked to develop a physical scale model and written report on an International Lunar Base for a future mission to Mars. 7th and 8th graders take part in teen leadership, while 3rd, 4th and 5th graders interview regional engineers after school as part of the mining rocks program. Why all the projects? It is a matter of exposure, explains Anderson. These projects expose kids to ideas and resources that have not traditionally been available, she says. "We want them to look beyond Globe," Leverance adds. "There's a whole world out there!" With students on waiting lists, and funding lined up for next year, so far the academy’s future is looking bright.

assessed at the beginning of the year, and based on how they score, they are taught at that level for the year. If a 6th grade class scores at a 4th grade level in long division, for instance, then they are taught long division at a 4th grade level. Hours spent on a subject are not set. Numerous students tell Leverance that the academy “is not like school”. That is just the point, she says with a smile. The aim is to move beyond students ‘seat time’. "They can't sit at the back of the room and Two ILA students during class. slide," she says. "We are testing the waters... I'm Many of the students’ assignments looking forward to seeing how it for subjects like science, social evolves,” Anderson says. "I just want it studies and art are project-based. For to be a success." instance, the 6th, 7th and 8th graders "It can only go up from here," are currently working on the Future she adds. Cities Engineering Project, which As long as all goes well, the ILA is involves research, creating a physical here to stay. model, and giving presentations.

ILA teacher Mrs. Jensen with some of her 2nd graders.

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If you step into the San Carlos Fitness Center in the evening, you might spot Amelia McIntosh delivering fast blows to punch mitts, moving quickly around trainer Eric Shin as she lets out short breaths against her mouth guard. Clad in pink Title boxing gloves, a red headband and a black Geronimo T-shirt with the words "Rise & Assert," the 24-year-old San Carlos native is fast on her feet. One afternoon I sit in on their practice. They carry out three rounds, each two minutes long. Shin directs her punches. As I stand against the wall observing, I begin to notice a steady rhythm to their movement. "Low, two, one-two-three-two, go!" he says, moving toward her. She ducks. They pick up the pace. "Block, catch roll, pull out, under, three, touch, back," he continues. Her body reacts as he utters each word, delivering brisk upper cuts and hooks as he brings the mitts to each side of her face and waist. Suddenly the bell on Shin's phone rings. They exchange a quick hug and take another break. As Shin puts it, McIntosh is a success story. You would never know it, but a little more than a year ago, she weighed 206 pounds. "I was teased a lot," she recalls, taking a quick break to the side. "People I thought were my friends called me fat." Last year she decided she was going to lose weight. Suddenly she was spending

THE BATTLE IS WITHIN

San Carlos' fighter shows that boxing is about conquering yourself, not others By Jenn Walker

McIntosh wraps her hands up before putting on her boxing gloves.

every day at the gym, running on a consistent basis, and eating healthier. Earlier this year, she began taking Shin's Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) classes. By that time, she was already down to 170 pounds. A couple months into Shin's class, she shed another 20. "His class was just, man, so exhausting, so intense, and it fit me because that's what I wanted," she says. "I love it. I love training, I love hitting." At the time Shin had no intentions to train a fighter, he was simply providing classes at the fitness center to help members get in shape. A former fighter himself, Shin has been boxing since 2003 or 2004, long before he ever came to Globe from Chicago. Like McIntosh, his initial intent was to lose weight. He still remembers how he felt halfway through his first class. His hands were shaking and he felt nauseous. He was hooked. Watching McIntosh in his classes, Shin saw a similar level of dedication, and began training her for a Muay Thai fight. Two weeks beforehand, however, they learned there were no female competitors

she could fight against, so Shin trained her for a boxing competition instead. Due to miscommunication, McIntosh thought she would have to fight a male competitor. Days before, she confessed to Shin that she was nervous. "She was amping up for it," Shin laughs. "She was still going to do it." "That's when I thought, 'Wow, I think I have a real fighter. My respect for Amelia went way up,'" he says. Needless to say, she was prepared, and did well in the match. People came up to Shin and McIntosh to compliment them on the fight afterward. They said she was one of the better-trained fighters. Her family and friends were impressed. "No one really expected me to be a fighter, I guess because I'm not that type of person," McIntosh says. "After my first fight, a lot of friends and people around me got inspired, maybe not to box, but to be fit." "I never thought I would help or inspire people," she adds. Shin is quick to remind that, whether or not people realize it, there is so much more to boxing than the four minutes in the ring. "This is not about 'Let's see how many people I can beat up,'" he explains. "You can act as tough as you want, but once you're in the ring you can see who's got it and who doesn't... Not everyone's Amelia McIntosh, Continued on page 31

FALL 2013 "I wake up, go to work, go home, change, and then come to the gym," McIntosh says. "It's not easy, it takes up most of my time... I want it to take most of my time." McIntosh and Shin train together five days a week, maybe more if a fight is coming up. Footwork is crucial. Sometimes Shin lays out a ladder for McIntosh to do "ladder drills,â&#x20AC;? where she moves her feet in and out of the rungs. Or he'll have her do "dot drills,â&#x20AC;? where she hop scotches over dots on the floor. Both improve speed and agility. They also work on balance, mitt work, sparring, strength training, circuit training, and most importantly, cardio. Cardio equals stamina. "It's not the better boxer that wins, it's the boxer who can outlast the other," Shin explains. In between sparring with Shin, McIntosh jump ropes in two-minute intervals, and runs to get her heart rate up and warm up her muscles. This allows her to move fluidly. Beyond physical dedication, a good fighter requires mental commitment,

Amelia McIntosh and Eric Shin training at the San Carlos Fitness Center

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going to be a competitor like Amelia." For a true fighter, the real battle lies in the time spent outside the ring. It requires daily self improvement. Ten, twenty, thirty years down the line, a fighter is still improving upon himself or herself, honing skills and techniques to become an even better fighter and competitor. "We are constantly trying to build o n what we have," he says. "There is no end to it." Training is intense, and an integral part of McIntosh's daily routine. When McIntosh isn't working, she is usually training.

not unlike the mentality required for swimming or cross country. Above physical strength, each requires a strong mind. "That's the true essence of a fighter," Shin says. "They call it a fighter's heart." Proving his point, I spot McIntosh jump roping in the corner again as Shin continues. "My job is to make it so hard she doesn't want to do it anymore," he says. "It makes me so mad," McIntosh laughs. "But it feels so good after." Since McIntosh first picked up boxing, her focus has shifted. She is no longer worried about her weight.

"All of a sudden it wasn't about losing weight," she says. "It was about improving myself, getting fit, getting better." Aside from a smaller pant size, she notices other perks to her new lifestyle. She is happier, thinks faster on her feet, feels less stressed and has more confidence and self-esteem. For anyone who wants to follow her example, McIntosh offers one piece of advice. "You have to be serious about it. You have to give it your all." Just as I get ready to leave the fitness center, McIntosh is on her feet yet again, shadow boxing across the room.

FALL 2013 (hunting boots), and load up their gear. Then I follow them to meet the Friedkins just down the road. Dan Friedkin is from Houston, Texas. He has been hunting for 40-plus years all over the world. We stop near some cliff dwellings, where Stevens and his crew unpack their Swarovski scopes and binoculars to pinpoint Hunting guide Homer Stevens laces up his Schnees before leaving an elk in the distance. camp for an afternoon hunt. Meanwhile I ask Friedkin why he has come all the Hunting, Continued from page 1 way to San Carlos to hunt with Stevens for the last 11 years. “Knowing there are some of the biggest bulls in the world here,” Friedkin Five years out of the month, starting in responds. September, hunting guide Homer Stevens “Homer works hard and has killed guides trophy hunters into 1.8 million more big bulls than anybody,” he adds. acres of hunt-able land in San Carlos “He’s kind of a legend in the elk world... I wilderness to catch some of the finest elk just wanted to hunt with the best.” in the world. As well known as he has become, Since Stevens began Stevens’ Guide nowadays Stevens has to turn down a lot Service in 1987, he is one of the most business. sought-after guides by hunters across “There are a lot of people who want to the country. This year he had clients from pay for an expensive elk hunting tag,” he as far as Portland, Texas, California and says. “We turn away five times the amount Washington. of people we actually book.” To hunt certain species, such as The reservation has been regulating elk, you have to buy a “tag” for each kill. hunts since 1972, and, according to Tribal members buy elk tags for $250 Stevens, has come a long way managing a piece. Elk tags are sold to non-tribal its wildlife. The government has gradually members for about $31,000 each, and cut back on the number of hunting tags only eight are available per year (four to issued, allowing the animal populations Dry Lake and four to Hill Top). All eight to live longer, and as a result, providing of Stevens’ clients bought a trophy elk better quality animals to hunt. But tag this year, which allows them access because so few tags are issued, they are to a 15-day elk hunting season. His other highly desirable. Tags go on sale to the client paid $75,000 for the chairman’s tribe Feb. 1 of each year on a first-come, tag, which provides access to the whole first-serve basis. The lines are massive, reservation from August 15 to the end of Stevens says. December to hunt elk. It wasn’t always this way. Needless to say, it’s a moneyFifty years ago, Stevens made his first driven sport. kill. He killed a white tail coues deer with “It’s a social thing,” Stevens explains. a 22 Hornet that belonged to his great “You know how golf is considered a grandmother. He was just five years old, gentleman’s sport? Taking a typical elk is and his father held the barrel of the gun like being in that class of golfers.” while he shot. He still has the gun, fourA “typical elk” is most desirable of any digit serial number and all. trophy elk. It has a rack of antlers that Back then, living in the woods in the form six to eight points, three to four on ‘60s, you hunted for a living, he says. each side. They are judged based on the “It wasn’t about sport back then, it was symmetry of their antlers, and deductions about survival,” he says. are made for differences in length. There was a time when Stevens and A view from the lookout where Stevens and his guides spotted elk. his team would cover themselves in camouflage paint and carry bugle horns and 15 different calls. Nowadays, he walks up to an elk with hardly any camouflage on, and only uses calls when he has to. “You got to know the animal,” he says. “You get a lot of guys who are not as experienced who buy every gadget in the store and still spook the animals.” When I meet with Stevens at his camp in Dry Lake, he and two other guides are just preparing to take some clients for an afternoon hunt. They slam their monster energy drinks, lace up their Scnhee’s

Throughout his childhood, Stevens continued hunting with his father, who was a hunting guide on the reservation. His father would trade knives, tires and guns in exchange for guiding. By age 14, Stevens was just as good of a guide, and started guiding on his own. Instead of bartering for his guiding services, he charged cash. He has hunted and guided on San Carlos ever since. All of his children, three daughters and a son, hunt. Through guiding on the reservation, Stevens put three of his children through school back East. Now it is a lifestyle.

Hunting Trophy Elk in San Carlos

Marshall stands beneath a coues deer he took several years ago. At the time it was fourth largest coues deer in the Safari Club International Record Book.

Hunting Stories to Last a Lifetime Bill Marshall has a lot of stories. One he will never forget is the day he jumped down into a cave to pull his three hound dogs away from the jaws of an angry cougar. His client waited above with her rifle until Marshall jumped out of the cave and then delivered a single shot, killing the cougar instantly. The cougar snagged one of the hounds’ jugular, but Marshall managed to stop the bleeding and saved its life. This is just one of many of Marshall’s guiding stories. Since the late ‘70s, Marshall, an avid hunter, has led more than 1000 hunts as a licensed hunting guide throughout Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Mexico. For Marshall, the appeal of hunting is being in the outdoors. Hunting, Continued on page 33

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“It’s to get away from the crowds and get out into the boonies,” he says. And, for the love of open space, he has spent the majority of his time guiding in Gila County, where the wildlife populations are top notch. Marshall spent 14 years guiding in San Carlos, plus years guiding in 24A and 24B, the two hunting zones surrounding Gila County. He grew accustomed to the wildlife populations, monitoring their water consumption, food, and reproductive activity. In any given year, he guided and outfitted 40 to 50 hunts on horseback, mule or jeep, with a 95 percent success rate. Take a seat inside Marshall’s house, and you will see head mounts and framed photos covering the walls of his living room. Every mount and each photo has a story to tell. He pulls out photo albums filled with magazine clippings and photos from his hunts, of bears and cougars cornered or run up trees, sniffed out by his hounds. His hunts easily lasted three to five days, and required as much as 50 to 100 pounds of gear. For one of his largest catches, he caught a six-by-six typical elk that weighed around 900 pounds. It took four people and two days to pack and carry out the meat. Like Stevens, Marshall’s hunting career began 50 years ago when he was just a kid. “We could barely afford to feed the family,” he remembers. Marshall seated at his dining room table, with his mounts and skins in the background. In addition to guiding, Marshall hunts, and is one of maybe 75 in the state who have taken the Arizona Big Ten, which includes bighorn sheep and buffalo. Some people wait their whole lifetime to get drawn for a buffalo or bighorn sheep tag.

His dad asked him to trap animals and sell the furs to make money, which he continued for the next nine to 10 years. When Arizona Game and Fish outlawed trapping in the early ‘80s, Marshall began hunting, and like his father, he began hunting with hounds. For the next 40 years, he guided hunts for black bear and mountain lions throughout Globe and San Carlos.

An old photo from one of Bill Marshall’s photo albums. His trusty hound dogs had cornered a mountain lion.

Since he first took up hunting, game populations have declined dramatically, Marshall points out. Contrary to belief, this is not because of hunting, but because of loss of habitat, as human development continues to drive species from their homes. Believe it or not, Marshall is a conservationist. For every kill he has made, the meat was used. His kids grew up on a steady diet of elk and deer meat. For many years, “they didn’t know the taste of beef,” he says. On countless hunts, Marshall released an animal whenever he found out it was female. Many times his clients would ask, “You’re going to catch me a mountain lion, right?” There are no guarantees, he replied, except that they would know they have been hunting. Five knee surgeries later, Marshall is semi-retired. He has passed on his legacy to his son and granddaughter, however, who are both guides. He can only hope that populations will continue to thrive, and that Gila County will keep its wide open spaces.

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“Dashlane is life-changingly great. And Free. Get it." – David Pogue, Tech writer for the New York Times

By Linda Gross

Let’s face it. We are all guilty of password apathy. It’s not that we don’t care to have our social, economic and personal life protected. It is just the requirements to do so seem impossibly steep. We are told that strong passwords at least seven characters long, do not contain a complete word, is different from previous passwords and contains one uppercase and lowercase letter, a numeral and one of the symbols found on your keyboard. And to be really safe, it’s wise to change these passwords every seven days. We are reminded that any association which might be used to help us remember a password, like the date you got married or your favorite pet are lame ideas when trying to build a strong password. A strong password, we’re told, looks like an alien code...which is the idea. An example might be : H%g5keV4>S. Try coming up with a jingle in your brain which will help you remember that one! It gets so overwhelming that most of us give up, use the same password for all of our accounts and break the most basic rules of password security by using a name or date easily found on our face book page. And we never change it. Sound familiar? We pray for luck and carry a bit of guilt, knowing we are irresponsible and lame. The marketplace has been aware of this dilemma for some time and several strong players in the field of password protection programs have offered solutions including LastPass, 1Password, KeePass and Guerilla. But Dashlane, which launched this year, has made a good impression not only on reviewers who compare programs for a living, but on users like me who fall

in love immediately with it’s interface, only to find after using it that we love it for it’s little nuances; like how easily it fills out forms, handles multiple identities, stores receipts or is useful across all platforms including our iPhone, iPad, MAC desktop and PC desktop. Have you ever tried to make a comment on a website only to be told you have to ‘sign in’. With Dashlane all it takes is one tap and your information is autofilled, stored and available again should you ever want to comment on that site again. It takes a second. Remember all that shopping you do on-line? Dashlane will autofill the basic information each time so you aren’t retyping name and address etc, generate a unique password for that account, save your log in and even ask you if you’d like it to save a copy of the receipt. All in less than a second.

Once a password is stored in Dashlane, it can log you in automatically every time the site is loaded, or auto-fill the credentials without logging you in. If it is a new account, Dashlane can generate a strong password for you right from your browser. You can categorize your passwords into financial, shopping, blogs, entertainment...anything that works for how you want to access your accounts. Dashlane, Continued on page 35

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It has a file for your personal information and IDs and one for your ‘Wallet’ where it will track your payments made to others and keep the receipts from those transactions in one simple file. The Security Dashboard shows you a quick snapshot of your password acumen, by letting you know how many accounts you have, how many weak or compromised passwords you have and how many passwords are re-used on more than one site. Of course, the program can help you fix all of the above in less time than it takes to say Jack Sprat. And the program will alert you to any breaches, and prompt you to change your password. The week I signed up for Dashlane, I was in the process of ordering product from multiple vendors for a big event,

checking out airfare and hotels for an upcoming trip and flying through websites doing research on pieces I was working on for the Fall issue. Needless to say, I didn’t have time for a ‘learning curve’ on this program, or administrative time to input a bunch of stuff before I could see if it worked for me. Maybe that is why I fell in love so fast. Dashlane was intuitive

from the start and has not disappointed me yet. I’m guessing the program has saved more than a few hours and much aggravation in logging into sites and managing that information seamlessly across all my devices. I can understand why PCWorld says it is “a robust password manager with a gorgeous interface” and Lifehacker has said, “Dashlane is one of our favorite password managers.” If you are guilty of password passivity this might be the program for you.

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“I love fashion, but when I’m designing it’s not so much about the fashion show,” she says. “It’s about going back to my people.” She opens a copy of Native Peoples Magazine and points to a model in a tight cut-out shirt. “This is getting more attention, but it’s not what I want to do,” she says. “I’m always going to go back to something like this,” she continues, pointing to a photo of one of her designs on the same page, “because it goes back to honoring and respecting the women of old, and what they stood for.”

She pulls out another photo in her portfolio. It is of one of her personal favorites from her collection – an 1880s-inspired Apache camp dress. Camp dresses are the most common traditional garb for Apache women. Typically made of cotton, they are modest and loose, covering a woman from her arms and shoulders down to her ankles. In the midst of skinny jeans and exposed skin, Curley studies Apache women from the past – like Lozen, the Apache warrior and medicine woman, or Dahteste, wife of Chokonen chief Chihuahua and compatriot to Geronimo – and designs clothing in their image.

Selina Curley flips through her sketchbook of dress designs

“These women were beautiful, these women were strong,” she says. “I’d want to have their heart, their strength.” “When I’m reading about [Apache women who have passed], it awakens something inside of me... It makes me want to honor them in some way as a designer,” she adds. As far as she can tell, Curley is one of the only Apache designers out there. In fact, she doesn’t know of any others. Eighty percent of Curley’s designs are Apache, and the majority of them are camp dresses. The Apache camp dress itself was borne out of convenience, she explains. After Apaches came into contact with the Mexicans and whites, and had access to cloth through trade, they opted to use light, comfortable cottons in replacement of their heavy leathers, releasing some of their burden in the summer heat. Curley does not look exclusively to Apache culture for inspiration, however. Some of her designs are Navajo, and occasionally contemporary. Sometimes she blends a Hispanic twist into her clothing, using fabrics with Dia De Los Muertos sugar skulls. She can find inspiration in most things: books, documentaries, even Japanese clothing. Though standard runway models are tall and thin, how Curley selects a model is

far more intuitive. She looks for different features and traits when deciding who will wear her designs on the runway. Choosing models is nothing new for her, she has organized many a fashion show, including shows at the University of Arizona, San Carlos Community College, and Navajo Nation. Curley almost always selects women from her community. “I don’t pick models the way a New York fashion designer would,” she explains. “It’s not the outward appearance I’m looking at... there is an inner beauty that comes out... there is a certain life that she is living.” “You can see it as a girl starts to live her life, a respect for themselves, for their tradition,” she continues. “The girls that I choose, that has to be inside of them.” This year she is designing all of the dresses for Reyes Tom, the current Miss San Carlos. As she buys fabric from the Valley, or from Julie’s Sewing Corner in Miami, all the while Curley imagines how Apache women used to live, and the patterns they might wear. Back then, all of an Apache’s belongings served a purpose, she says. The women wore a cape over their shoulders, or baskets, to carry things. They wore long Selina Curley, Continued on page 37

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sleeves and skirts to cover themselves, and their dress patterns were often mixmatched, made of whatever fabric was available and on-hand. As a child, Curley remembers asking her mother, “why does Grandma have so many skirts on?” “That’s just the way it’s always been,” was her mother’s response. What Curley later found out, however, is that Apaches were constantly on the

herself as something beautiful,” Curley says. “I want to continue this, I don’t want to forget that woman.” Beyond honoring and preserving Apache culture, Curley tries to pass on a similar strength and confidence to women through her work. “Being able to get a woman to connect to who she is is so important to me,” she says. “It’s so important to teach them to respect themselves, respect their culture, and honor themselves first, then the people around them.”

Selina Curley’s next fashion show will be held Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. in the Apache Gold Convention Center, where she will showcase her fall/winter line on 12 different models. Other artists will also be featured.

Curley had her nieces Sirianna and Marisa Shaw model some of her latest designs. Here they are on a set of stairs in Miami.

run, so they would layer their belongings, like skirts, on their bodies rather than carry them. There is a beauty and grace to the women standing in those old photos, Curley says. It shows through their sense of purpose. “When you look at them, [the patterns] seem to work together because of the attitude of the woman wearing it. She saw

Through her designs, Curley has connected with indigenous women all over the country. She was recently contacted by an Apache woman in Washington state who was looking for an Apache designer to make her a camp dress. After Curley sent out the dress, the woman wrote to her, saying, “When I put on the dress, I cried. I looked in the mirror and saw my my grandmother and my mother. I felt a connection with the people I lost. I just wanted to let you know that’s what your dress has done for me.” Curley’s own mother was her inspiration for designing clothing, when she began making clothing for herself as a teenager. Her mother was her teacher. She made Curley her first Navajo dress, and her first Apache dress. “Mom was the kind that was always busy with her hands, making clothing, quilts, dolls or beadwork. It was how she kept busy,” she remembers. “Part of what I learned from her is you never know what kind of gift you have inside of you unless you try it.”

Sirianna holds a bundle of herbs that Curley collected. It grows wild around San Carlos, and many Southwestern Native American tribes use it to make what is commonly called green thread tea.

After her mother passed away, Curley realized that her mother had left her gift behind. “She left it for us, she didn’t take it from us,” she says. In honor of her mother, Curley’s last show was titled, “She Placed Her Hands On Mine and the Gift Was Passed On”. Curley’s mother was a full-blood Apache from Camp Verde, and her father was full-blood

Navajo from Klagetoh. Curley grew up in Superior, and for many years, she did not spend much time considering her Navajo or Apache heritage. She simply accepted it as a part of her upbringing. Now, however, her father and mother’s teachings – respect for the Earth, respect for people, and kindness – are more relevant to her work than ever. “Whatever you know about your culture, you need to teach it to your children and the people around you,” she says. In the same way that Curley sees beauty and grace in those old photos, it is her hope that her clothing will reflect that same beauty and grace. “When I’m gone, I want the clothing I made to still be respected... I want that to reflect the person that I am,” Curley says. Her hope is that someone will recognize one of her pieces and say, “I know who designed that dress... She understood who she was and where she came from.”

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A variety of Tunis’ creations sit on shelves in the costume rooms of the Center for the Arts, waiting to be reused in a future performance.

more than a gallon of pink paint. However, it is fair to say that some For the last 15 years, local costume of Tunis’ best work takes form within designer and artist Diana Tunis has dreamt days of showtime, triggered by ideas that up the costumes and set designs for the come to her just before falling asleep. summer youth musical theater program, Even with five to six helpers, this means a local production. This past summer, she, she is usually painting or sewing into the along with the program’s director Suzanne early hours of the morning the day of the Lederman and musical coordinator Carol show. Sebastian the crab just barely came Rios, a few helping together in time hands and a lot of for this summer’s kids, brought “The performance. Little Mermaid, Jr.” Above all, the to life onstage. most important Each year Tunis, part of the creative Lederman and Rios process for Tunis is select a play. At the that she work with as beginning of the few guidelines and summer, tryouts as little instruction are held, and 40- Recent shows like Alice in Wonderland (photo as possible. As plus youth actors on page 39) and the Wizard of Oz showcase the long as she can are chosen. From magic that Diana Tunis creates on stage. literally allow her that point onward, Tunis has two and a imagination to “run wild,” in an organic, half weeks to complete as many as 150 evolving manner, everything comes costumes (many of the actors are double together beautifully. or triple-casted) in time for the production In other words, rather than expect to go live. something recreated from a book, How does she do it? “you’ll get something better if you don’t Months before, she reads the script micromanage me,” she says bluntly. and listens to the musical score. She Give Tunis a medium to work might buy the illustrated books. She with, and she will make stuff, from will draw out the sets. Then the ideas just sculptures to paintings, and papier mâché start flowing. Sometimes she just works to funky furniture. with what she finds, like a set of cheap Diana Tunis, Continued on page 39 bowls. Other times her muse is nothing Diana Tunis, Continued from page 1

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This creative process has always come naturally to Tunis. It is easy when you grow up in a family of artists. Almost everyone in her family, from her grandparents, to her siblings and kids, is or was an artist of some sort. “Everybody [in my family] has it,” she says. “It’s kind of a cultural thing.” She learned from an early age, starting with what she calls the “Death Valley days,” where she accompanied her mother to Death Valley and other sites for various artists’ gatherings. By age 9 she was making her own clothes. She picked up costume design sometime in the ‘90s. You may have seen Tunis’ earliest pieces, when she designed costumes for Rhythm of Life. Her first pieces consisted of a set of four skeleton costumes—leotards dyed red with bones painted onto them.

Tunis later designed costumes for Lynn’s School of Dance. Then, in 1998, she was asked to design the costumes and set for the first summer youth musical. “I didn’t know what I was doing,” she remembers. But, with each year she learned. She

continues to gain invaluable insight along the way. For instance, don’t use Velcros on costumes-they blow right off. And, once her kids grew up, she went back to school and got an AA degree in fine arts, and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. Think of just about any children’s story you ever wanted to brought to life, and there is a good chance Tunis has recreated it. That includes “Willy Wonka Tunis shows off a bustle she made for the Community Players when they performed “Is He Dead?”.

and the Chocolate Factory,” “The Pied Piper,” “The Jungle Book,” “The Wizard of OZ,” “Peter Pan,” “The Hobbit” and “Alice in Wonderland”. For “The Jungle Book,” Tunis made 43 full-headed papier mâché masks. There were hedgehogs, elephants, tigers, panthers and badgers. By the early 2000s, the Copper Cities Community Players began asking Tunis to contribute her creative abilities to their productions, too, starting with “Arsenic and Old Lace”. If you watched the Players’ rendition of “Is He Dead?” last fall, you should know that those magnificent poof-y costumes were all thanks to the genius of Tunis. Those, along with hers and other local creations, were on display this summer in an exhibition called “The Art of the Costume” at Globe’s Center for the Arts. You might have also seen her paintings on display at Vida E Caffé earlier this year. In November, Tunis is planning another exhibition at the Center for the Arts. And, at the time she was interviewed, she was preparing to open a new all ages art school in downtown Globe called the Blue Hands Art Academy. It seems there is no end in sight for Tunis. We can only hope. GlobeMiami wouldn’t be the same without a touch of magic.