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LOCAL ARTIST SHARES AND INSPIRES

By Patricia Sanders

always wanted to [create] a character that would live forever and ever, that everyone knows,” Patty Sjolin says. “I want it to give that feeling in your heart.”

Sjolin is an artist who started out in a small town in Texas, but whose concepts have reached around the world and been loved by millions of young girls. During the 1990s, Sjolin worked at Lisa Frank Inc., one of the world’s most creative and successful design companies at the time, known internationally for its school supplies, toys, and clothing for girls with colorful, whimsical designs featuring cute animals.

Sjolin came to Miami last March to be near her daughter, son and three grandchildren, and has been establishing a new career here as a painter and muralist.

“Art has always been part of my life,” Sjolin says. She started drawing and painting when she was still a young child. “I drew all the time, all the time,” she recalls.

In high school Sjolin was known for creating posters and signs for school activities. She left home at 18 and began to travel around the country looking for a new home. Unable to afford canvases, she painted on saw blades and giant catulpa leaves in Arkansas, rocks when she lived in Utah - whatever was at hand. When she found herself in Flagstaff after her truck broke down, she earned extra money painting murals all over the bar where she worked.

A recent project, which sold almost immediately, were these fanciful roosters painted on tin.

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GARY VESSELS: GLOBE-MIAMI'S COTTON MAN Story and photos by Patricia Sanders

If you've ever heard Gary Vessels talk about cotton, you know what a passion for your work sounds like. Vessels, who lives in Miami, is a cotton broker and has been in the cotton business for 44 years. He will tell you everything you could possibly want to know about cotton, from how Napoleon spurred the cotton industry in Western Europe to how many strands of lint there are in a cotton boll.

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If you've lived in Globe a long time, you might remember when Joe Gundry owned the Texaco Service Station at the corner of Hill and Maple streets – in the 1950s and early 60s, it was a place where many of Globe's high school boys got their first job and learned about responsibility and customer service.

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DESERT PLANTS JOURNAL

A biannual magazine for lovers of plants of the world’s deserts Kim Stone his year marks the 37th consecutive year of publication of a journal you’ve probably never heard of.

It’s called Desert Plants and to no one’s surprise, its pages document the natural history, ethnobotany, cultivation, ecology, taxonomy, and geography of plants that make their homes in the dry regions of the world. Not just in our own Sonoran Desert, but many other arid regions that stretch across the band of “deserty” latitudes on every continent in all four hemispheres.

Desert Plants is “a journal devoted to broadening knowledge of plants indigenous or adapted to arid and subarid regions and to encouraging the appreciation of these plants.” This sounds kind of heavy; even the word journal carries a certain amount of baggage. To a certain readership, a journal suggests legitimacy, implying that it is authoritative and technical in nature, a trusted source.

To others, it can be intimidating and putoffish, sounding either too literary or overly scientific, and not accessible to the casual reader.

The truth is that Desert Plants was originally conceived “to be a semitechnical journal of interest to layman and professional alike.” It’s not an overly highThe October 2015 issue of Desert Plants is really an international travel issue. It describes in great detail the plants, geography, brow, peer-reviewed publication (though and people that we experienced during four separate overseas much of the content would certainly expeditions in the mid-1990s and early 2000s. The exposure to qualify), but neither is it the Ladies Home these botanical and cultural landscapes was necessary to help Journal. Subscribers to Desert Plants guide us in the development of the South African, Australian, Asian, include Arboretum members, plant and South American Desert exhibits that visitors enjoy today. scientists, gardeners, landscapers, and contemporary research. Now in its second printing, university libraries. And because of the diverse content, this landmark issue is still available, as are all of the including everything from floras, reviews, essays and back issues of Desert Plants, starting with the very first technical papers to features about individual plants, Vol. 1, No. 1 in 1979. projects, and current events at Boyce Thompson Another time-honored issue during the early days of Arboretum, nearly everyone who loves desert plants publication is a special issue (still available) dedicated can find something of interest in every issue.

Although Desert Plants was originally the brainchild of the University of Arizona Department of Plant Sciences nearly four decades ago, every issue has been produced locally at Boyce Thompson Oct. 8-23 ~ Fall Plant Sale Arboretum in Superior, Arizona by our own editorial Oct. 8 ~ Bird walk staff. From day one, the journal has been printed in a Oct. 15 ~ Plants of the Bible Lands tour full-size magazine format on high quality, glossy paper, Oct. 15 ~ Bird walk with clear, thoughtful layouts and presentation. Most Oct. 16 ~ Tree tour distinguishing of all is the editorial use of full or half Oct. 22 ~ General tour page illustrations when possible and large format Oct. 22 ~ Butterfly walk images—often in color—with detailed captions to Oct. 22 ~ Arboretum geology tour augment the text. Each issue is clear, crisp, and as Oct. 23 ~ Edible and Medicinal Desert Plants walk much a pleasure to view as it is to read.

One issue, the 344-page opus, Biotic Communities Oct. 29 ~ Bird walk of the American Southwest, became an instant classic All events are free with paid admission unless noted. after its first printing in 1982, and even now, continues Visit arboretum.ag.arizona.edu for more information.

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to the Annual Saguaro Harvest of the Tohono O’odham people. It is also in its second printing and the most thorough treatise of the traditional saguaro harvest ever documented.

Many full page images give readers and inside look at the entire process, including harvesting, the equipment and techniques for processing the fruits in summer camps, recipes, and the ceremonies that surround this seasonal event that occurs each year in the torrid heat of the Sonoran Desert summer.

Other standout issues include The Desert Tepary (bean) as a Food Source, Traditional Western Apache Mescal Gathering, Symposium on the Genus Agave, and the recent and comprehensive Guide to North American Grasslands.

The most current issue due out in this month is Perennial Grass-dominated Plant Communities of the Eastern Mojave Desert Region. This issue synthesizes over twenty-five years of data collection and research in the “three corners” region where Arizona, California, and Nevada meet. Who thinks of summer grasses in the midst of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert? The geography of these grasslands and the soils, geology, rainfall, elevation and pressures of grazing and fire that affect it are laid out succinctly by author Joe McAuliffe.

How do you get on the mailing list? If you’re a Boojum Club or above member of the Arboretum, Desert Plants is included with your membership.

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Publisher Linda Gross Creative Director Jenifer Lee Editors Linda Gross Patricia Sanders Contributing Writers ne of my favorite modern day philosophers is Seth Godin who worked as a VP of Marketing at Yahoo before leaving to become a best selling book author, blogger and a highly quotable guy. He says this about authenticity: “Authenticity, for me, is doing what you promise, not ’being who you are.’

That's because 'being' is too amorphous and we are notoriously bad at judging that. Internal vision is always blurry. Doing, on the other hand, is an act that can be seen by all.”

Although seemingly random, the stories and ideas we gather for each issue sometimes come together to reflect a theme. I remember several years ago when we wrote about the Burch Cattle Sale which is run by Gila County ranching families, as well as the San Carlos Apache artist/entrepreneur Douglas Miles and his new company Apache Skateboards. The common thread between these two wildly different stories was the underlying heart of family that ran strong through both enterprises.

This fall as I look at the individuals we have featured and the questions we have raised about the Taliesin partnership (p 12), it seems that the common thread is the authenticity that Godin talks about: the Doing what you Promise.

From local artist Patty Sjolin (p 1), to documentary photographer Michele Cozzi in Superior (p 7 ), and from cotton broker Gary Vessels (p 1) to Globe’s businesswoman, Stacey Murry (p 5), you’ll discover one of the real secrets of this community: the authenticity of the people who call Globe-Miami home.

And along the same lines, you’ll also meet the “Lesser Group.” Diane, Justine and Mark, who are from the Valley and have purchased a block of aging houses and commercial properties on Devereaux Street. They are here every weekend working on their dream for this collection of properties in the heart of Globe, and sharing it with as many people as possible. (p 1) As for the “Grand Experiment” which began with such high hopes of a Taliesin/Globe-Miami partnership at the end of last year, there are more questions than kudos from some in the community, including myself, about their initial promises which served to raise high hopes and $785,000 from this community. (p 12) And finally, this fall in Globe-Miami, we give you any number of reasons to visit and linger.

Discover the diversity of our arts and antique shops where writer Patricia Sanders takes you on a tour (p 23), or attend one of our hometown holiday events, from Besh Ba Gowahs’ ‘Lighting of the Luminarias’ to ‘Downtown Trick-or-Treating’ or the special Christmas Program at the Center for the Arts (p 11). This is a great time to be in town whether you are a local or a visitor and I wish you and yours the very best this season.

On a final note, I want to wish our writer, Patricia Sanders, bon voyage as she takes off this fall to explore Bangok and beyond. While many of us have thought of doing this… she actually is! Her writing for the paper and our visitors guide has been exceptional and we’ll miss her warm spirit and amazing talent. But an authentic adventure calls!

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Linda Gross John Libynski Patricia Sanders Kim Stone Contributing Photography Boyce Thompson Arboretum Staff Linda Gross Patricia Sanders

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y dad said from the time I was born I was just like, get out of my way, I’ve got stuff to do,“ Stacey Murry says. “I always had to be busy doing something, learning, progressing, from the time I was very young.”

With that inborn drive and ambition, Murry has accomplished pretty much everything she set out to do. Today, Murry and her husband, Ryan, own and operate Kachina Properties and the Globe Gym, as well as rental properties. They also have three children, aged 23, 12, and 8. They’ve been together for 20 years.

Murry’s desk in her office at Kachina is tidy and streamlined, with no distractions and every item in its place. It’s the desk of a person who values control and organization. To see Murry’s efficient, uncluttered work space and to hear that she was ambitious from birth might make it seem that her success was inevitable. But her path has not been that easy or straightforward. Her life could have turned out completely differently.

To begin with, Murry was adopted. Her biological mother, who lived in the Valley, was unmarried when she became pregnant. She told a friend about the pregnancy, and that friend happened to have a brother in Globe who was married; he and his wife were experiencing difficulties carrying a child to term. They met Murry’s biological mother and agreed to adopt the baby.

That couple became Stacey’s parents, and Stacey was born in Globe.

Stacey says children who are adopted sometimes have a strong will as a result of that experience. “It’s that I’m here, I’m strong, I’m gonna make it through, and you’re not gonna [stop me], I’m just moving ahead,” she says.

Murry was a high achiever by the time she started high school. “Everything I could be a part of I did: cheer, ROTC, National Honor Society, the Spanish Club, Decca, I did it.” She also worked every summer starting at the age of 15 to pay for school clothes, cheer camp, and her cheer uniform.

As if she weren’t already a determined individual, another twist of fate strengthened Murry’s resolve to work and achieve: her parents divorced when she was eight.

Her father, who worked in the mines, was dependable and made his child support payments regularly. Stacey’s mother often struggled with finances and they moved frequently. As a result of all this, Stacey says, “All I ever wanted to was to have the exact opposite of that.”

By 17, as a senior in high school, Stacey was on her own, attending school full time and working full time.

Then she became a mother herself, and had to learn to juggle school, work, and being single parent.

“You make it work,” she says. “I think I’ve just always figured out how to make it work.”

Now, Stacey says, one of her pet peeves is when people tell her they don’t have time to pursue life goals.

“Not having time to pick up the house and do a load of laundry, I get it, I totally get it,” Murry says. “But for a big life dream - to me, if you want something bad enough you make it happen. That’s it.”

Murry met her husband when she was 20 and they both were attending classes at Gila Community College.

She and Ryan were placed in a study group together in a class related to marriage and family. When they met,

STACEY MURRY Meeting the Challenge Story by Patricia Sanders; Photos by LC Gross

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Stacey was working at Bank of America, and Ryan was working at Safeway, where he had started when he was 17.

“We didn’t get married for a long time,” she says. “I had a rough time with being a single mom and didn’t want ever to be a single mom again, so I was very careful.”

The Murrys were married in 2002.

They soon began to purchase real estate as investments. Over the next ten years, they worked hard, investing in rental homes, maintaining the rentals, and working full time. They had a child together in 2004.

In 2006, Stacey got her real estate license and began to work for Mary Casillas at Kachina Properties. Stacey credits Casillas as being an influential person in her life. She says Mary Casillas taught her a lot about making good choices. “I would say, ‘That’s a waste of time,’ and she’d say, ‘It all works out in the wash.’”

“I saw her goodness to people, and she always said, ‘I’ve just always been good to people and I’ve just been very blessed,’” Murry recalls. “And I went, ‘Wow, it’s that easy, huh?’” She laughs, remembering how skeptical she had been.

“I see other agents make choices that are not really for their client but for themselves,” Stacey says. “And I’ve just chosen a different path than that and I’ve been blessed because of it.”

The same year Stacey began to work at Kachina, she and Ryan also purchased Globe Gym. Ryan had been teaching martial arts in their garage, and Stacey had become interested in exercise and fitness when she needed to lose weight after her second pregnancy. “It was just the very slow process where I realized, wow, I lose more weight when I exercise. Wow, that’s pretty cool,” she says.

Stacey had never even had a gym membership when Globe Gym came up for sale and she and Ryan decided to buy it. Both still had full-time jobs, so Ryan ran the gym in the mornings and Stacey took over in the afternoon. In 2008 - while both were still working full time as well as running the gym - they had another child.

Five years after Stacey began to work at Kachina Properties, she purchased the brokerage from Mary Casillas. The same year, her daughter graduated from high school. Stacey remembers it as a tough year. “That was a lot of big changes in that year,” she says. “Real estate was horrible, there was no money.” The brokerage needed a lot of changes, which took a lot of Stacey’s time, but she had to stop working in the early afternoon every day to run the gym for the rest of the day.

Fortunately, Globe Gym was doing well enough that Ryan soon was able to quit his job at Safeway and operate the gym full time.

Today, Stacey’s time is split between real estate brokering, managing rental properties, and helping run Globe Gym. But she also sets aside time to be with her

family. “Obviously my family is the most important thing in my life,” Murry says, adding, “My kids keep me very busy.” She spends almost every evening and every weekend involved in their sports and other activities. “I don’t miss a game,” she says. “That is one rule I set for myself.”

“I take a lot of pride in what I do [and] in what I have, because I’ve worked for it,” Stacey says. “I’ve come to be at a place in my life now that I know how blessed I am.” She continues, “You start to set back and really look at things and not just what you have but what you had, family and friends and the people in your life. It’s such a blessing. So every day I remind myself of that.”

Ryan and Stacey Murry

Murry insists that her personality alone doesn’t account for her success.

“I’m not different in any way” from other people, she says. “I just feel like everyone can do it, it’s just how much time and effort you’re willing to put into something.”

She says drive and ambition are qualities that anyone can develop. “You just have to get there in your mind, and you have to be able to push through your laziness of getting there. I know that sounds awful to say but it’s true.” Murry confesses she procrastinates like everyone else does and often has to push herself to work out. “I struggle with that, and I own the place!” she says.

Explaining her ability to accomplish every goal she sets, Murry says the key is “being open to it. And having faith in yourself. And being able to pick yourself up when it doesn’t go the way maybe you were hoping it to be.”

When Murry works with home buyers, she often suggests that they think about the resale value of the home they are buying. Sometimes they assume they will live in the house the rest of their lives, and Stacey will point out that life doesn’t always go according to plan. She will ask them if, five years ago, they would have thought they would be where they are in life now. She says, “They’re like, oh god.”

Stacey says, “So that’s how I look at everything. You just never know. You can have goals and it’s great. I’ve had goals and I’ve accomplished all of them. But at the same time, be open and ready for anything, cause you never know. And it could be wonderful.”

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Three Decades as a Documentary Photographer

Story by Patricia Sanders; Photos by LCGross

ichaele Cozzi's photography studio in Superior is a study in black and white. The cinder-block walls are painted white; the concrete floor is dark and glossy. Attached to the walls, floor-to-ceiling panels of concrete reinforcement mesh serve as a vertical work space. Clipped to the wires with clothespins and black metal clamps are black-and-white photographs - hundreds of them.

Some are small enough to hold in your hand, and some are large, as wide as a door.

What is immediately striking about the photographs is the repetition: in Cozzi's work space, there is never just one of anything.

The same scenes, the same faces, appear over and over; nothing happens only once. One area is a sea of one face repeated dozens of times, with myriad variations in light. Handwritten notes attached to some of the prints offer observations and suggestions. You imagine Cozzi working in her darkroom: hours and days of printing the same face, over and over and over, seeing it in new ways each time, finding new things to see in it.

Cozzi has warm brown eyes and wears her long salt-and-pepper hair in a braid down her back. She speaks with an East Coast accent - she was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod. Her parents were restaurateurs and artists. Her husband is a photographer, but she didn't pick up a camera until she was in her thirties. She studied anthropology, sociology and psychology in college. She says she never expected that photography would become her life's passion.

"It really was a love affair," she says, recalling that at the time she was painfully shy. "It got me out on the street, it got me talking to people," she remembers. She had just come back from working for the Peace Corps, and she missed the sense of connection that was possible in small villages.

Cozzi’s studio, which includes her dark room, is floor to rafter projects in various states of completion - or contemplation.

Photography combined her interest in studying and understanding people with the artistry of printmaking. Through continuing education classes at Otis Parsons in Los Angeles, she studied alternative processes and the work of Ansel Adams. "What I became aware of was all the changes and how you could change a print," she says. "There were almost an infinite number of variables."

For three decades now, Cozzi has been doing documentary work using black and white 35 mm film.

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or health workers, Cozzi met dozens of these young women. She interviewed and photographed them in their homes.

"Some of them were [only] ten years old," Cozzi remembers. "The oldest had had 16 kids and was thirty-something. I would go back time and again because I was fascinated with how especially the younger ones were changing."

A decade later, Cozzi returned. She located, interviewed, and photographed the women again. She recalls that during the second set of interviews, the women had developed trust in her and were willing to talk about things they hadn't mentioned before. Cozzi says that these included "a lot of rape, a lot of abuse, and that kind of thing. The real story."

"I was the only person in a lot of places that they could talk to," Cozzi says.

Just inside the entrance to the studio hangs a large portrait of a teenage girl. Her face conveys strength and toughness, but at the corner of her eye is a single tear.

The photographs and excerpts from the interviews were published in the book Entre querés y quisieras/Between Wishing and Needing in 2009. Cozzi published the book herself, with the help of the UN Population Fund.

Cozzi also developed educational materials in Spanish and English to accompany the book - discussion cards

Michaele Cozzi in her studio in Superior, Az.

and workbooks intended to encourage thought and discussion about sexuality, family life, abuse, and violence.

In the center of Cozzi's studio, a spacious worktable is cluttered with prints – stacks of them, mostly organized in plastic storage bags - and books. There are Spanish and English copies of Entre querés y quisieras, and the bright blue cover of Bessel van der Kolk's best-selling The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.

To one side is a standing writing desk whose shelves hold books about writing and music. On the floor is a knee-high stack of boxes of photographic paper.

About Entre querés y quisieras, Cozzi recalls, "What I thought was so wonderful ... was people would read it and they'd cry, or they'd go, 'Oh my God, that happened to me,' or that kind of thing.

And that to me had the value. That I had hit on something, that in fact it wasn't just in my imagination that this was happening all over the place ... and that people do want to talk."

Cozzi says many people will read the book and say that the issues it raises exist only in certain places or among certain socioeconomic classes. Cozzi says this is not true. "This is worldwide, and it does not matter your socioeconomic level," she says. "We need to be talking about this stuff." She adds, "I was [creating] a vehicle that made it easier for people to talk about stuff that's really nasty. ... We have to talk about this stuff, because if we don't talk about it, it will never change."

Another long-term project of hers is titled, ”Mujeres en Comun/Women in Common.” Cozzi explains that this is a personal project she began as a way to show commonalities among women who differ in appearance, culture, socioeconomic level and education. Part of this series is devoted to sex workers and their families. Cozzi says she started the series in the spirit of "There but for the grace of God go I."

In the description of the project, she writes, "I have a good education, I'm white and I've always had food to eat and a roof over my head ... But what would I do or be like if my circumstances were different?"

Cozzi says, "My whole [interest] has always been their families - them and their families. I don't really [care] what they do.

It is them as people, them as women ... and so I don't have photos of them working. I have photos of them."

She began the project in 1985 and is now in the process of locating all of the women she has photographed since she started, to find out what has happened to them and how they have changed.

Hands have also been a subject of Cozzi’s work. Six years ago, while cooking, Cozzi cut two flexor tendons in her left hand and required surgery. Because of complications, she was unable to use her arm at all for a year and experienced difficulties for another five years. It's only been since last winter that she has been able to work normally.

While in hand therapy, Cozzi met another woman who was having difficulties with her hands. Cozzi recalls that "her hands were perfectly formed but they were completely black up to the wrists." Cozzi has been photographing her for three years now. Cozzi says the series is meant to document the woman's changes and challenges and to reflect on the transformations that take place when a person is seriously injured. It also honors the work of the hand therapist who helped Cozzi heal and is still working with the woman who is Cozzi's subject.

For Cozzi, her photography has always been personal. "It is a sounding board for my own prejudices, stereotypes and assumptions," she explains. "At the same time it has given me the means to discuss issues or complex problems in a way that is accessible to a wide audience."

Cozzi says her reasons for selecting teen pregnancy as a major focus of her work are also personal. She says there are stories she hasn't told because she doesn't have permission, adding, "There are things that still fill me with anger."

An exhibit at the Los Angeles Center of Photography will include photographs from Cozzi's hand therapy, sex worker, and teenage pregnancy series.

The exhibit opens October 28 and ends November 11.

Cozzi plans to publish a book of the hand therapy photographs, which she hopes will serve as a tool for patients and their families, caregivers and friends, as well as health care workers, to help them understand the challenges involved. She explains that she and her subject want to "let others know that recovery is a messy process, but you can get through it."

"I guess all my projects turn into useful things," Cozzi says. "I want them to be useful."

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First Friday Lecture Series

First Friday Lecture Series

When: October 7, 6:30 p.m.

What: Tonto Basin Archaeology: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Where: Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum Cost: Free; donations appreciated Spend an evening with the folks from Tonto Basin Ranger District to learn how the Tonto Cliff Dwellings were first discovered by archaeologist A.F. Bandelier in 1883, and how archaeology has changed from the initial excavation in the 1930s to the stabilization practices used by the National Park Service today.

When: November 4, 6:30 p.m.

What: People, History and Minerals of the Christmas Mine, with Dave Cook Where: Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum Cost: Free; donations appreciated Dave Cook retired in 2015 after 42 years in the mining industry. He spent two periods in Gila County, from 1974 to 1984 at Christmas and with Inspiration Small Mines Division; and 2008 to 2015 as General Manager of the Carlota Mine.

He lived in the Christmas townsite during the last years of operation, and the initial period of Care and Maintenance, including the evacuation of materials and equipment from the underground and eventual flooding of the workings.

Between employment in Gila County he worked from 1984 to 2008 in Nevada as Mine Manager and General Manager of both copper and gold operations in the northeast part of Nevada.

explanation that leads us right back to the Aztecs. If you want to know why prickly pear cactus has taken over the warmer parts of the world, join Boyce Thompson Arboretum staff member Terry Stone for an hour-long presentation full of humor, adventure, and a few culinary tips.

Downtown Halloween Trick-or-Treat

14th Annual Run to the Rez When: October 7-8 Where: Apache Gold Casino Cost: TBA Riders and non-riders alike are welcome to come out for “the most spiritual ride in Arizona.” The annual ride was started by local Apache bikers who wanted to honor Apache veterans, and includes a bike show, bands, vendors, chili cook-off and poker run. For more information contact Geronimo Biker, (928) 961-1847.

Miami Hardscrabble Lecture Series When: October 12, 6:30 p.m.

What: The Prickly Pear, with Terry Stone Where: Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum Cost: Free; donations appreciated What do the Aztecs, British Red Coats, Good & Plenty candy, and itching powder have in common? The simple answer: prickly pear cactus. And then there’s the mystery of the prickly pear in the movie Apocalypse Now. Why is that in there? Believe it or not, there’s a good

33rd Annual Apache Jii When: October 15 Where: Downtown Globe-Broad Street Cost: Free Native American arts and crafts, entertainment and food booths.

Demonstration craft booths and large scale live art.

Ghosts of Globe Walking Tour When: October 29, 6-10 p.m.

Where: Starts at Oak & Broad Street Cost: $10 Step back in time and join us for a theatrical tour of Globe’s Historic District, where the tales of those who lived during the wild-and-woolly heyday of this booming mining town are brought back to life by the Copper Cities Community Players.

When: October 31, 5:30-7 p.m.

Thousands of kids - big and smallcome to downtown Globe each year to stroll the historic district to trick-or-treat.

Local merchants hand out over 6000 pieces of candy. A hometown tradition and a ghoulish delight for all.

Link Union – Folk/Bluegrass Music When: November 1, 7 p.m.

Where: Miami High School Auditorium Cost: Season tickets: $40 adults, $10 students, $90 family, $50 single parent family Globe-Miami Community Concert Association presents Link Union, a family music group whose music awakens in their audience dreams and hopes they have hidden inside themselves. Since 2002 this multi-award-winning band has entertained thousands with their fusion of old-time musical instruments, stunning vocals and modern beats.

Purchase tickets at White Porch Gifts & Antiques (101 N. Broad St. in Globe) or call (928) 425-9236.

The 5th Annual Art and Wine Auction When: November 4, 6:00p, What: "Once Upon A Time" Wine Tasting, Live Silent Art Auctions, Games and Raffles.

Miami Hardscrabble Lecture Series When: November 9, 6:30 p.m.

What: Beyond Canning, with Autumn Giles Where: Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum Cost: Free; donations appreciated Local foodie Autumn Giles, author of Beyond Canning, will talk about food preservation, cooking, writing, and moving from New York City to Globe.

Autumn has written for the New York Times, Edible Baja Arizona, Modern Farmer, and other publications, and produced a podcast on food and words called Alphabet Soup. Her blog, called Autumn Makes and Does, focuses on gluten-free food made from farmer’s market ingredients.

Fall 2016 Annual Light Parade

Santa and His Elves Come to the Depot When: November 26, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Where: Train Depot, Downtown Globe Cost: Free Bring your cameras and look for the elves along the way. Santa will be traveling in the vintage fire truck and arriving at the Depot at 10 a.m. where he will be available for photo ops and present requests.

Visit the elf toy shop and make a free takehome ornament, and bring along that letter to Santa to put in the official US Post Office direct to the North Pole.

Annual Christmas Open House When: December 2, 5-7 p.m.

Where: Gila County Historical Museum Cost: Free; donations appreciated Everyone is welcome to this annual Christmas event hosted by Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Gila County Historical Society.

When: December 10 What: “20 Years of Lighting the Globe” Where: Downtown Globe - Broad Street Once of the largest holiday events of the season presents over 60 floats of all shapes, sizes and types in this fun-for-all community event.

Miami Hardscrabble Lecture Series When: December 14, 6:30 p.m.

What: Historical Mining & Environmental Contaminants, with Monica Ramirez-Andreotta Where: Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum Cost: Free; donations appreciated What do the Aztecs, British Red Coats, Good & Plenty candy, and itching powder have in common? The simple answer: prickly pear cactus. And then there’s the mystery of the prickly pear in the movie Apocalypse Now. Why is that in there? Believe it or not, there’s a good explanation that leads us right back to the Aztecs. If you want to know why prickly pear cactus has taken over the warmer parts of the world, join Boyce Thompson Arboretum staff member Terry Stone for an hour-long presentation full of humor, adventure, and a few culinary tips.

Goode Time Carolers When: December 6, 7 p.m.

Where: Miami High School Auditorium Cost: Season tickets: $40 adults, $10 students, $90 family, $50 single parent family Globe-Miami Community Concert Association presents the Goode Time Carolers, dedicated to providing a traditional, classic Christmas caroling experience that listeners will remember for years to come. The Goode Time Carolers - one of the most sought-after caroling groups in the Los Angeles, New York City, Dallas and Phoenix areas – enriches their performances with meticulously made costumes inspired

by Dickens. Purchase tickets at White Porch Gifts & Antiques (101 N. Broad St. in Globe) or call (928) 425-9236.

Festival of Lights When: Sunday, December 18, at dusk Where: Besh-ba-Gowah Archaeological Park Cost: Free The program will feature Native American dancers and stories of the life of those who lived at the pueblo. There will be music inside the auditorium, and refreshments will be served. The entire pueblo will be illuminated with luminarias during the evening.

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THE PROMISE OF TALIESIN:

IS THE HONEYMOON OVER?

By Linda Gross

s a resident and local publisher, I was instantly drawn to the Frank Lloyd Wright proposal last year to bring the architectural school’s creative talent and resources to bear on improving our little community. The school’s Director of Development, Jason Donofrio, presented an almost pitch perfect presentation to the community last fall that outlined what the school would do for us if they managed to raise nearly one million dollars from Globe-Miami for their Campaign for Independence.* Like many here, I have high hopes for this rare and unusual partnership between an iconic architectural school and our rural community. If the project can live up to the promise, it will result in a huge win for both our community and the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture (also called Taliesin).

*The school found itself in a position of needing to establish its own funding and stand independent from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (which oversees vast archives, properties and licensing rights related to Frank Lloyd Wright) after a change was issued by the Higher Learning Commission, which accredits colleges and universities in 19 states. The commission had decided they would no longer recognize schools that are part of larger institutions with missions beyond education.

This is unlike any design projects we’ve seen in the past, where bright students design pretty concepts that gather dust on the shelf because they just lacked that ‘do-ability’ factor. No, this is a four-year partnership linking the Frank Lloyd Wright name to Globe-Miami.

With friends like this, how can it be anything less than great?

There is a lot riding on the line with this, notwithstanding a recent comment by a civic leader who said he believes having Taliesin take an interest in our community is a “gift.”

“After all,” he said, “it’s not costing us anything.”

Actually, this project represents one of the largest community investments in recent memory. Pledges amounting to $785,000 were raised in this community to save the school. I sit on the board of the United Fund of Globe Miami, whose pledge of $400,000 in November helped kick off other large contributions by Capstone Mining ($100,000), BHP ($50,000) and the Gila County IDA ($200,000). There is a responsibility on our part and an expectation that we have to ensure this investment counts.

The first year of the project produced a Paint the Town event, a body of research and data on the community, two exhibitions on the results of this research, and an architectural rendering of the Miami Library showing what could be done, albeit with a million dollars.

Research and Data collection by the first studio of students and instructors was exhibited in Globe and Miami last Spring.

Leaving much to accomplish on the promise that was laid out by the school.

The “Grand Experiment”: Promise and Passion In his presentation to the public last fall, Donofrio told the community, “If the school was not in the position we are now and needing to raise $2 million by the end of the year, there is no way we could promise what it is we are promising [to Globe-Miami] for a million dollars. Our board would go crazy, our members would never allow it, and any other community we’ve ever done a project with would be like ‘What the heck.’”

So what was that crazy promise he spoke of?

It was a first-ever four-year studio project focused on Globe-Miami, in which Taliesin hoped to spur economic development, attract new business, bolster tourism and business development, and create a cohesive strategy to attract young people and get them involved with the community.

It was a sweet deal whose value was made all the more apparent when Donofrio outlined what even one project could cost if Globe-Miami had to pay for it as a regular client of Taliesin.

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Donofrio explained that the school had recently done a master plan for another community that took two to three months to complete and, according to Donofrio, ended up being worth seven to eight hundred thousand in commissions.

Donofrio said part of the value of the studio project would be, “Because we’re going to bring in architects from all across the state and the country and we are going to consult with the best if we don’t already have them in house. The students are basically signing over their intellectual properties behind the design. And then we are going to pay for the actual materials behind the designs to implement these strategies.” Donofrio concluded by saying that what he had just described would be worth tens of millions of dollars if the school were to charge a straight contract for this.

By comparison, he explained, what they were offering to Globe-Miami was a four-year studio of continuous work by the school in exchange for what they were hoping would be a million-dollar “grant” from the Globe-Miami community.

Recently, I followed up with Donofrio on those statements. He clarified as follows: When it comes to the cost of one architectural design, he said, “it can be tens of thousands on the low end to hundreds of thousands of dollars on the high end, so for us to be creating a dozens of designs over the course of four years… that is hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of work.”

“When this is combined with the intellectual property of students’ work, the value can be in the millions,” he said.

When it comes to Taliesin paying for actual materials to implement the strategies, Donofrio said he was talking about paying for “their” strategies, such as when Taliesin paid for paint and supplies during the Paint the Town event in Miami last year.

But when they produce a design, Donofrio said, “it’s up to the [the individual business owner or property owner] to pay for the implementation.” The school will do everything they can and help write a grant or submit a letter of support, Donofrio said, “but the cost of implementation falls to the property owner.”

This highly unusual four-year studio project is now being structured as an introductory course, listed as “Intro to Globe Miami,” which will be continuously offered each semester and will introduce new students to this project. According to Donofrio, the individual students will then have the opportunity, but not be required, to select Globe-Miami as an area of study as they

Bob Zache stands in front of the old Souther Pacific train depot, which he and his wife have owned for years. They were among the first to write a check to Taliesin because they had high hopes for what the school could do for the community. "I still do," says Zache, who says the school has promised they would work on the depot this semester.

move on through other studios, including Intermediate or Integrated studios, or areas of specific study, like Landscape Architecture.

For members of the community, these clarifications come as a surprise. But back in the fall of 2015, there was simply the anticipation of what such anticipation of what was believed to be an all-encompassing partnership which could revitalize Globe-Miami. Those who stepped up to make pledges to the FLLW campaign included both local residents and major stakeholders like the United Fund of Globe Miami.

Local residents Bob and Joanne Zache were among the first to write a check to the school after listening to Donofrio’s presentation last fall at Bullion Plaza, handing over $15,000 as their investment in the project and its promise to do good here.

Fernando Shipley, who was Globe’s mayor nearly two years ago when he met the FLLW group initially, was impressed with their energy. He says he pledged $1,000 and “will be happy if they do something good for Globe.”

Yet, it wasn’t until United Fund stepped in with a pledge in November that the feasibility of actually bringing this project to Globe-Miami really took hold and others followed suit.

The United Fund, whose mission it is to raise funds locally to support local non-profits, has distributed between six and seven hundred thousand dollars annually in recent years, thanks to the support of the local mines.

These dollars go to to support more than thirty agencies who provide everything from programming at the local library to arts programs at the local schools and housing for those in need.

Linda Oddonetto, president of United Fund, said, “We felt what they [Taliesin] were proposing would positively impact a range of social and economic issues in our community and help offset some of the impacts from fluctuating copper prices and a dependency on the mines themselves. We saw the benefits not only in projects the students would take on each semester, but in the value of our association with FLLW and their commitment to further fundraise and bring additional investment and resources to our community.”

The Zaches, Shipley and the United Fund are just three examples of Globe-Miami community members who pledged money or assisted in other ways to help Donofrio and the school meet their funding goal.

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The Paint The Town event in Miami held in April attracted 150 community volunteers and students and instructors from Taliesin.

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Putting the Promise into Action The last year has gotten off to a slow start, and some of the pledge donors I talked with are looking at the project very closely to see if it aligns with what was promised in the first place.

The question of what the studio has produced in the way of revitalization and sustainability was raised by several community members I talked to. Donofrio simply says the school has gathered a “significant amount of data and research on buildings, properties, stakeholders and who to talk to and who not to talk to, who can help and who can’t, as well as barriers they will need to navigate over the next three years.”

One resident asked, if it takes a full semester to really get to know the community, then how is it not like starting all over each semester when we have new students who come here with “fresh eyes… and not knowing anything about the community?”

Donofrio says the school has not established a firm process for the studio and that in the future it might involve higher-level students.

Building on a Promise I recently talked with Joe Heatherly, Town Manager for Miami, about the unwieldy nature of this partnership so far, and he suggested the following analogy: It happens all the time in architecture, he said, “where an architect will be contracted to build a house for a husband and wife who have wildly differing tastes on what they want, but a shared goal of living together harmoniously. A good architect,” he says, “will not just walk away and let them fight it out, but listen to both sides until he find ways to blend them into the couple’s dream home.”

Of course, the couple has to provide him with a budget so the architect knows whether he is designing a bungalow or a mansion. It is only then that he can ask intelligent questions and come up with a solution that fits their needs and budget.

But we are working with Taliesin, the school that Frank Lloyd Wright founded back in 1938, so we are not just talking about building a house, but changing the landscape itself and looking at how our house fits into and interacts with everything around us to create harmony.

That is a tall order, and Heatherly suggests the initiative has to first come from leaders within the community which includes not only the major stakeholders in this deal, but those who hold the balance as to whether things get done or not, and those who represent the community in key ways.

Heatherly says “restoring a building, cleaning up a street or throwing paint on a building is something anyone could have come up with. It seems cookie-cutter.”

The direction should come from us, says Heatherly, where we lay out our priorities and they look at them and say, yes, we can help you with # 1 and #3, but not so much with #6. Maybe we can adjust our strategy to make the best use of their skills.

For Heatherly it is about being able to craft a strategy around those things we need, and can get both funding and community support for doing, and having Taliesin’s substantial capital in talent and name recognition help to bring resources to getting these things done that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.

He gives a little laugh when I bring up the Miami Library project, which the Taliesin team tackled last spring.

Students looked into the deeper question of what role the library plays in the community and how it could function better. The architectural drawing that was presented to the community came with a million-dollar price tag.

“This was already looked at several years ago when they wanted to upgrade the electrical and do some other improvements,” Heatherly says, “and I think the number came back at three quarters of a million dollars.

[The Town] determined then it wasn’t feasible, so why are we working on something that will never happen?”

“If we want to work together and build a library that we can all use, and can find the funding to build it, then I would think that would be a better project,” he said.

Where's the Press?

I expected there would be more statewide press on this project from the beginning. After all, it’s a pretty good story about how a small mining town saved the school.

So I was pleased to see an article in the Arizona Republic last August that featured the school’s Campaign for Independence and described the contributions that had flowed in for a last-minute save.

Donofrio says the foundation was unhappy with the article because it made it seem like the school was still in danger of losing accreditation, which they are not, he says.

I was noticing something else.

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Writer Parker Leavitt identified several of the contributors who had come to the aid of the school by name, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s grandson, architect Frank Gehry, and MGM Resorts International, which contributed $100,000.

It struck me and others (like Bob Zache) as odd that there was no mention of the money that was raised in the Globe-Miami community or the “historic” four-year studio project that had been established as a result of that fundraising effort. You’d think either of those aspects - the funding from Globe-Miami or the studio project - would have been noteworthy enough to make it into the article.

I wonder: When Donofrio and Betsky spoke at Bullion Plaza last year in front of a packed house, were they exaggerating the importance of the partnership they had crafted with Globe-Miami when they said we had saved the school?

How this partnership could be worth $785,000 to our community, but not worthy of a mention in the newspaper article, is beyond me. Maybe writer Parker Leavitt has a better handle on the value of the partnership than I do.

When I asked Donofrio about this, he said he and Betsky mention Globe-Miami in all of their press releases, but can’t control what a writer chooses to write.

At press time we had been unable to reach Leavitt for comment.

Lessons Learned Donofrio and a new crop of students and their instructor, Chris Lasch, were back in Globe-Miami to start the Fall studio at a meet and greet on September 25.

Donofrio outlined the school’s focus this year and said students will be working on “small-scale interventions.”

“Something where a small design with a focal point of a building or area can change the property value around it, change the functionality of the space and change the experience of residents,” he said.

“Last year we learned a valuable lesson,” Donofrio said. “One of the pitfalls of working in a rural community is that some of these designs would require a $100,000 investment, and we found out that wasn’t really feasible.

So, that is why we are now concentrating on smallscale interventions - focusing on facades and building exteriors that require no more than five, ten or fifteen thousand dollars.”

Donofrio said that revitalization is “about what you can see” and said that by changing the exteriors of the buildings there is a bigger bang for the buck. So instead of designing a whole building, he said, the school will be

Fernando Shipley (center right) helped Taliesin host two town hall meetings like this one to get ideas from the community.

Miami Town Manager Joe Heatherly (left) is speaking.

“looking at the facade, … looking at the corner it is on and at the geography and furniture that is out there and saying what could you do with $10,000.”

Donofrio said Taliesin learned from their experience of last year. “It’s a very tricky balance between seeking feedback and executing our expertise as architecture students and an architectural school,” he explained.

“I think everyone is really excited,” he continued. “So it’s not that there is not any projects going on, it’s that there are 25 different projects going on at the same time in different areas. We over-corrected,” he said, “and brought people so microscopically into the process, when that is the expertise we should be providing.”

“Making the community set priorities for the kinds of projects we should work on was a misstep on our part.

We need to set that criteria,” Donofrio said.

He suggested that if anyone has an idea or wants to get involved that they contact him.

“I think the basic criteria now is, ‘Are you going to work with us?’” he said.

“If you have an idea on your own - that’s great - you don’t need us,” Donofrio said. “But maybe you can use the project as a catalyst to promote the great work you are doing and show people that it’s possible and build momentum.

Maybe you have an idea - but need a design. Yeah, I think that is the kind of criteria… Making the community set priorities for the kinds of projects we should work on was a misstep on our part. We need to set that criteria.”

One community member smiled as the new plan was

laid out and commented to me that last year, in the runup to the funding campaign, he recalled how Donofrio talked about all these things that they were going to do for the community. “And now?” he shrugged, “it seems not so much. Now they are talking about facades.”

Fred Barcon, Vice President of the Gila County IDA, said, “We’re nearly a year into the FLW project and the disparity between what was promised and what we have received deserves a closer look.”

“We were promised high-level expertise in developing a strategic revitalization plan, world-renowned name recognition that would translate into donated building supplies, corporate sponsorship, and a large pool of volunteers to help us realize our community revitalization goals all for ‘pennies on the dollar.’ We would be remiss to allow our investment to yield unsatisfactory results,” Barcon said; “we simply can’t afford to.”

As a stakeholder in this “Grand Experiment” which we embarked on last fall, I find it hard to lend the same kind of enthusiasm and passion to facades and small-scale interventions that I did when I thought this was going to be a full marriage, with unbelievable opportunities for this community.

It’s sorta like I signed on for a marriage, and they were just looking for a date.

And $785,000.

We welcome your opinion and comments on our website at www.GlobeMiamiTimes.com

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Gila County Fair Sept 22 -25

Photos by Elizabeth Eaton

Olympic Archer,

Copper Hen hosts fundraiser... for the Globe Boys and Girls Club on July 29. The event raised $3,100 for back to school supplies for the kids.

Brady Ellison Signs Autographs

at Grand Opening of Farm Bureau Insurance office in Miami

Billy Tower, Bill Tower, Sterling Rogers, Brady Ellison, Alfred Ellison Paul Jepsen, Globe City manager and Aimee Staten, Director of the Boys & Girls Club.

Jenna Lindsay, Jenny Otto, Mike and Anita Stapleton, Aimee Staten

Sheryl Peroni, Bobbie and Steve Ravenkamp

Ashton Rubin gets a Rio Olympics t-shirt signed by Brady.

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Meet and Greet at the Train Depot on September 27th.

Cami Lucero, Orville Philpot and Nancy McKay

John Perlman with the next generation of downtown movers and shakers: his daughter, Emily with Sadie Hunsaker

Vince and Jo Foti

Willie Thomas and Marian Reams

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Erika and Johnny Flores

Just In Time for the Holidays!

The 2017 Annual Calendar

Tom Thompson has been a principal member of the Downtown Association since it began.Kim Marr and her husband Jason will be opening their new business in Globe this fall.

High Desert Humane Society Hosts

Annual Calendar Fundraiser at Bullion Plaza • July 23

The Good Samaritan Vet Clinic in Globe has been taking care of animals for the High Desert Humane Society for 20 years. Here, veterinarian Jeff Eubanks handles the auctioneering for the event.

Jane Hale, Cheryl Brazel and Gail Lennox

Paul Jepsen, Chris Collopy, Joe Heatherly and Jerry Barnes representing the City of Globe and the Town of Miami.

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GILA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT

LIBRARIES PROVIDE TALKING BOOK ACCESS The Arizona Talking Book Library provides access to library resources for folks who have physical or visual challenges to reading standard print.

In partnership with the Arizona State Library, the Gila County Library District provides access to the Arizona Talking Book Library for qualified Gila County residents.

The Talking Book Library opens up a wealth of resources for Arizona residents who find holding, handling, or reading a traditional book difficult. Schools, libraries, nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and other facilities who serve eligible patrons are also encouraged to apply.

Once accepted into the Talking Books program, participants have two options for accessing books, magazines and newspapers. A patron can receive a large-format audio book player and audio book cartridges that are designed especially to be accessible for those with physical or visual impairments. Postage is paid for participants to send and receive the audio book cartridges.

Participants can also access downloadable audio books, magazines and Braille through BARD – the Braille and Audio Reading Download, provided by the Library of Congress program, The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. With BARD there is no need to wait for a book to be mailed and downloaded books are never overdue! Once accepted into the program, participants can download books directly to an Android or Apple device. Braille books can be read with an additional device with a refreshable braille display.

The Arizona State Library hosts an online catalog for Talking Books and BARD with over 80,000 titles. Circulation for the Talking Books program in Arizona is 1,500 items per day. In Phoenix, the Talking Book Library also has recording booths so that volunteers can help generate new talking books. For more information on the Arizona Talking Books Library or to apply visit any Gila County library or visit the Gila County Library District website at http://gcldaz.org.

Each library in Gila County also has a collection of large print books.

One of the ways that the Gila County Library District supports county libraries is by providing them with the bulk of their large print books. Large print books are available for checkout by all library patrons, as are standard audiobooks.

If a local library doesn’t have the large print or audiobooks that a patron is looking for, they can look into getting it via interlibrary loan.

Important Dates for the November 8, 2016 General Election Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 10, 2016 Early Voting Begins: Oct. 12, 2016 Sample Ballot Mailed: Oct. 28, 2016 Last Day to Request an Early Ballot: Oct. 28, 2016 Last Day for Early Voting: Nov. 4, 2016 General Election Day: Nov. 8, 2016 For more information about early voting, absentee voting, or to register to vote, contact the Gila County Recorder’s Office at (928)402-8731.

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GLOBE-MIAMI'S ANTIQUE SHOPS hat could be finer than sauntering in the Arizona sunshine from one cool, friendly shop to another, finding troves of treasures, whimsy, and history?

The sixteen antique and vintage shops of Globe-Miami are clustered in the two towns’ historic districts, and most are within easy walking distance of one another. For visitors from the Valley of the Sun, a fall weekend of antiquing in Globe-Miami offers a refreshing respite from the Phoenix heat and an opportunity to explore and shop in a laid-back, welcoming atmosphere, rich in history.

Globe Yesterday’s Treasures (209 Hackney Ave.) is part antique shop, part thrift store. After descending the steps to the porch, continue straight ahead on the sidewalk to the far end of the building to find the antiques. Some lovely pieces of furniture and glassware – among much more – are available here, so don’t be put off by the children’s toys and clothing in the front portion of the shop. Open Monday through Saturday 9 to 5.

A wide array of antiques and collectibles, including booths devoted to Western wear and vintage boots, country decor, kitchenware, vintage clothing and furs, and Western Americana, are to be found at the Globe Antique Mall. Hours: Monday 10:30-4:30, Tuesday and Wednesday 10:30-2:30, Friday and Saturday 10:30-5:00, Sunday 12-4.

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The White Porch offers vintage, antique, and handcrafted items in a shop on the ground floor of the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts. The entrance is on Oak, just around the corner from the CVCA stairs. The White Porch is home of the Cornwell Copper Company, making copper ornaments and decorative items. Rose Mofford fans will not want to miss the adjacent exhibit of memorabilia from the life of this Globe native who became Arizona’s first woman governor.

The former warehouse of the Old Dominion Mercantile Company – the employer where George W. P. Hunt, Arizona’s first governor, got his start – is the home of The Pickle Barrel Trading Post (404 S. Broad). The Pickle Barrel houses 8,000 square feet of antiques, collectibles, home decor, jewelry, and gifts, including American Indian art, primitives, rocks and minerals, yard art, buckskin, and leatherworking supplies.

At the far south end of the historic district, don’t miss Pretty Patty Lou’s (551 S. Broad St.): eclectic, vintage, whimsical, and elegant finds, in a blend of old and new. Wander from room to room where contemporary clothing and decor sit shoulder to shoulder with vintage and antique finds.

Hill Street Mall (383 S. Hill, open 9-5 daily) offers 8,000 square feet of shopping on two floors, plus a large room devoted to fabric. Quilters will be interested to know that Hill Street stocks discontinued fabrics and fills orders from customers from across the country to complete UFOs. The building, a former Pepsi bottling plant, is shaped like the state of Arizona.

Miami The shops of Miami all are clustered within a few blocks of each other in Miami’s historic district, and most are located on Sullivan Street. Sullivan runs parallel to Highway 60, one block north. Access is via Miami Avenue or Inspiration Drive off US60.

Lemonade’s Uniques (413 W. Gibson), specializing in rustics, is open Saturdays and Sundays 10 to 5 and is found one block north of Sullivan, at the east end of the historic district. Lemonade’s is named after Manuel Saenz, who lived with his wife, Elena, in this building for 70 years. Manuel was a teetotaler and always ordered lemonade instead of alcohol - hence his nickname, “Lemonade.” On the other hand, the name might also be a reference to the moonshine that was made in the basement during Prohibition.

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The building that houses Gramma’s House of Antiques and Treasures, at 123 N. Miami Ave., was built in 1912 and was once Wilton’s Paint and Wallpaper. The building has living space on the second floor and is currently for sale.

Miami Rose Trading Company (at the corner of Sullivan and Miami Ave.) offers a panoply of vintage and antique items, including religious objects, primitives, and estate furniture. One corner is devoted to Asian furnishings, art, and ceramics. The building is the former offices of the Miami Silver Belt, and over the year it has also served as a mercantile and a savings and loan. Open Saturdays and Sundays 10 to 5.

Sullivan Street Antiques, at 407 W. Sullivan, offers “Arizona’s finest selection of antique furniture.” The shop is open most days from 10 to 4; call ahead at (928) 812-0025 to confirm the hours or make an appointment.

Turn the Page (409 W. Sullivan) specializes in vintage clothing and treasures, including wedding dresses, Old West collectibles, and Halloween costumes. Handbags, shoes, and jewelry complete your unique vintage outfit. The shop has an active Facebook page - but go in person to play dress-up and pose with the life-size cutout of John Wayne. Open Fridays through Sundays 11 to 5.

At Donna by Design (413 E. Sullivan), proprietor Donna Chapman purchases vintage and antique furniture and home decor items and redesigns and repurposes them. Open Wednesday through Saturday 10 to 5 and Sundays 12 to 4; also by appointment. Check out Donna by Design’s Facebook page (/donnabydesign) for before-and-after photos of pieces, pictures from the shop, and home decoration inspiration.

Cowgirl Antiques (416 W. Sullivan) offers antiques and collectibles with a Wild West flair. Enter through the adjacent saloon.

Soda Pop’s Antiques and Soda Fountain (505 W. Sullivan, open Fridays and Saturdays 10 to 4 and Sundays 10 to 4) offers museum-quality antiques, Coke machines, gas pumps, toys, and restoration services. The building is known as the Miami Townsite building, where Cleve Van Dyke, one of the founders of Miami, had his offices in the town’s early days. The soda fountain is a replica of an early 1920’s fountain with genuine vintage fixtures and decor, serving coffee, ice cream, homemade pie, and classic sodas – a fun place to take a break from shopping and enjoy a root beer float or a slice of fresh-baked pie.

Sullivan Street Emporium (514 W. Sullivan, open Thursday to Sunday 11 to 4) is Miami’s only antiques mall, with collectibles, handmade arts, and furniture. Adjacent is an art gallery where you can view and purchase paintings by Patty Sjolin (see the article in this paper) and other local artists and photographers. The antiques mall portion of the building was a Tru Value hardware store in a previous life; the gallery portion was a men’s clothing store.

The Gypsy is the most recent addition to Miami’s antiquing scene, with a focus on unique furniture and home accessories. Proprietors Jude Brook and Kevin Hale promise to offer clean, comfortable, stylish furniture at reasonable prices. They always have fresh coffee brewing, and fresh bread on Sundays. Open Saturdays and Sundays 10:30 to 4:30 or by appointment. The store’s website is http://thegypsy.org.

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Welcomes You

Globe Unified School District Home of the Tigers

THE PLAYGROUND POPCORN BUILT How Copper Rim’s Parent Teacher Organization has transformed what’s possible!

Story by Patricia Sanders; photos contributed by PTO and LCGross

his past summer a new piece of climbing equipment was installed on the playground at Copper Rim Elementary School, and it seems to be a big hit with the students. Copper Rim’s PTO was responsible for raising funds and selecting and purchasing the equipment, an octagonal climbing structure. The PTO also coordinated the donation of excavation services provided by the Dalmolin family.

In an open letter, GUSD Superintendent Jerry Jennex recently wrote, “The playground upgrade made me think about how grateful the school district is to our PTO group that has worked very hard to help us provide better playground opportunities for all of our kids. The group exemplifies the concept of the whole village raising a child. ... When the adults responsible for children get involved in providing support for student learning, positive activities, and making the environment better for our students, it makes a wonderful different in our students’ lives.”

Globe Miami Times (GMT) had the opportunity to talk with Linda Oddonetto and Toni DeAnda of the Copper Rim PTO, as well as Copper Rim Principal Brian Peace and Vice Principal Brenda Morgan, about the PTO, its activities, and how the school and the PTO are working together to “capture hearts and empower minds.”

GMT: How long has the PTO existed, and what kinds of things do you do?

Oddonetto: We’ve always had a PTO since the school was in operation. I got involved in it three years ago and this is Toni’s second. In the last two years we’ve raised about $40,000.

Peace: They are a vital asset to our school community. They help us so much with events and activities. Helping us with the playground equipment was huge, because the state does not fund playgrounds, that’s up to schools to figure out, and at $44,000 that’s a big chunk of change.

GMT: You recently postponed the Mommy/son event that was scheduled for this month, and changed the wording. Why did that happen?

Oddonetto: We changed the wording to be a “boys” event rather than a son and mom event because not every child has a mom at home, or a dad. We have a lot of grandparents raising children, we have children being cared for by foster parents, by aunts, uncles, so we promoted it for Copper Rim boys.

GMT: And then it was brought to your attention that the “boys” wording might be perceived as exclusionary.

Oddonetto: We were told that we may be in violation of Title IX. Mr. Jennex acted upon it right away, contacted our attorney, and we’re doing everything we can to make it right, if we need to.

We’ve decided to move forward and do a Star Wars event and then we’ll do another event in the spring.

DeAnda:: Either way, we want it to be an allinclusive event so no one feels left out.

Oddonetto: We want everyone to feel welcome.

We actually have had girls come to the mommyson events and we’ve had boys come to the daddydaughter events. We would never turn away a child.

They’re more than welcome to come.

DeAnda:: Regardless of our event, we have never turned away anyone.

Oddonetto: We rescheduled for October 28 and it’s just [called the] Copper Rim PTO Star Wars event.

We have a lot of activities, crafts, games, food. The tickets will be available on a first-come first-served basis. They’re $5 each. That includes everything, the food, the activities, the crafts. We have music, dance

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contests, photo booths.... We always want to be sensitive to the children because that’s who we focus on and we want our kids to feel special. Everyone’s welcome. That’s why we opened it up to the community. We’re one community, and these kids see their other friends from other school at sports, at dance, at 4H, so why not invite them to their little community at Copper Rim? GMT: Where do the funds go?

DeAnda: It’ll help fund the other events. We have Fall Festival, we have the Santa Workshop. In the spring, other activities, [such as] the book fair.

Anywhere the school funding gets cut short, we try to help out.

Oddonetto: Our first priority would be the playground, but we also have bought textbooks for classrooms, we’ve paid for field trips, we’ve provided transportation. If a child can’t afford the fee to go on a field trip, we’ll pay for it. We’ve paid for a one-year supply of bottled water for the school so if an emergency should come up, they have it on hand.

GMT: Tell me more about the new playground.

DeAnda:: Hopefully we’ll be able through our funding plus a matching grant from the playground company to purchase a bigger structure which will have slides and more climbing structures.

Oddonetto: It’s about a $200,000 project.

DeAnda: Something close to what the Boys and Girls Club has, except it’ll be a little big bigger.

Oddonetto: It’s a playground system. It’s huge, it has catwalks, it has money bars, swings, slides. It would have the capacity for 80 to 100 kids at one time. What’s really cool is that the administration has decided to let the public use it, so the gates won’t be locked for the weekends, [and] after school, so it does become something that the whole community can use.

It will get more use than any other park in town. Hopefully we’ll all take care of this for years to come.

GMT: I’ve heard you call it “the playground popcorn built.”

Oddonetto: Last year we started selling fifty-cent bags of popcorn during recess on Thursdays, and it has just taken off. Last year we raised almost $10,000 just in popcorn. We have a small group of parents that have purchased the supplies and donated it, so really it’s been all profit. And the kids really feel more invested in this, because they come with their two little coins or their dollar and they really know that it’s going towards their playground.

Morgan: What I think is just phenomenal is the kids always bring extra money for their friends.

Peace: There is sharing and conversations going on. In this day and age the kids are just [always] on their phones and tablets, and this gives

them social opportunities, and it’s really cool. That was just kind of a side effect of this.

Morgan: We really try to focus on building relationships first. That is the most important thing with anything in life. And trying to teach the kids daily with their interactions, what’s appropriate and what’s not. I think the PTA with their energy and their positive [approach] and their focusing on building relationships ties right in.

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GMT: How else does the PTO help at Copper Rim? Peace: I don’t think there’s anything I do without [the PTO]. All events, from our Turkey Trot that we do before Thanksgiving – they help provide the prizes for that and the manpower. Fall Festival. Christmas concerts.

[Everything] from refreshments to providing water for the field trips.

Morgan: They just really have taken a lot of weight off our shoulders.

Oddonetto: We want to set that example for our kids. I want [my kids] to see me volunteering because I want them to become active in their communities, and that’s the way it should be. I think the kids that see us see all the activities and they’re like, hey, I can do stuff like that. I can contribute. Like with the Popcorn Thursdays, they’re making their little fifty-cent contribution.

It adds up.

Peace: I took over as principal in January of 2013. I have to admit I was a little scared at first because I’m not used to having so many people so active. I was used to having to go and beg and borrow for people. So I had to get used to that. But the first [dads and daughters] event was when I realized, “Wow, they don’t need me.

I’m not needed. They can just go and do those events.”

Morgan: I think it was kind of scary because they’re not in the box, they’re outside the box with these really original ideas. [The feeling is] like, wow, we can do this and reach for the stars.

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BIG John's HIT LIST

The weather is getting cooler and there is the feeling of Fall in the air.

The Halloween decorations are up signalling the Fall festivities in the Globe-Miami area. This is also a good time to review a list of Halloween Hits. You know, the songs that have become a Halloween tradition. The scariest, ghoulish, ghostly, and funny novelty songs that are brought back every year. So... with a little fanfare, here is a list of the Lucky 13 (plus) must have Halloween Favorites you need to have in your collection for that Halloween Party.

David Seville - Witch Doctor This gem came out in the spring of 1958 and was before The Chipmunks. Ooh ee ooh ooh ahh still brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. It climbed up to Number 1. The follow up was The Chipmunk Song and that one sold millions of copies and gets plenty of Christmas airplay every year.

Stevie Wonder - Superstition From the Fall of 1972 and the Grammy award winning album Talking Book, a Classic track that works well with Halloween. In fact it plays well all year round. Be careful not to break a mirror while listening.

The Five Blobs - The Blob It was featured in the Steve McQueen movie "The Blob". If you haven't seen that flick, this song explains it quite nicely. Just beware of the Blob. You have been warned. (local slant) Steve McQueen's brother lived in Globe at one time.

Fall 2016 Steve Miller Band Abracadabra Just like magic this tune went to Number One in 1982.

As Dick Clark used to say, it has a great beat and you can dance to it.

Absolutely magical.

The Guess Who - Clap For The Wolfman & Warren Zevon Werewolves of London The last Top 10 hit for Burton Cummings and The Guess Who in 1974 and make no mistake, that's the real Wolfman Jack howling throughout the song. Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" has that classic line, A little old lady got mutilated late last night. No offense to little old ladies and I definitely don't encourage that kind of activity.

Will Smith - Men In Black & Nightmare On Elm Street The little ones love to dress up as aliens. Just be careful to avoid trick or treating at that house on Elm Street. You have been warned.

Eagles - Witchy Woman I've met a few in my lifetime.

Can be frightening. There are other songs about witches. This one has a pretty creepy story and was one of the breakthrough hits for this Super Group.

Jumpin' Gene Simmons - Haunted House I'm sure there were haunted houses before this song came out in 1964.

However, Jumpin' Gene spins a good yarn and it's fun to hear it again.

Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio - Ghostbusters From the movie of the same name.

Another danceable ditty. This is the original hit. Another version came out earlier this year. Proof that Ghosts do come back.

Little Nell - Time Warp From the movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show." The dance is kind of naughty. Make some toast and thow it around as it plays. Better yet, rent the flick and have a good laugh.

Classics IV / Atlanta Rhythm Section - Spooky A song that actually mentions Halloween and was a hit twice for the same group. Well, maybe that's a stretch because members of the Classics IV gradually evolved into the Atlanta Rhythm Section. Twice the Spookyness (Is that a word?).

Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash A Number One hit from 1962. It appeared on the Billboard chart again in 1970 and 1973. The flip side of the 45 was "Monster Mash Party." What a party it was.

Michael Jackson - Thriller This is the undisputed giant Halloween hit. The video directed

by John Landis was a breakthrough in 1982 complete with zombies, a graveyard, and a perfect performance by the King of Pop. No Halloween event is complete without it.

There you have it. The most popular Halloween Hits of all time (in my subjective opinion). There are many others including one of my favorites in the bubbling under Lucky 13 list by a friend of mine John Zacherle – Dinner With Drac Part 1. That one is not for the squeamish. GOOD NIGHT WHATEVER YOU ARE and thanks for reading.

BIG John Libynski has been on the radio in the Globe-Miami area since 1990 and is heard in the Morning on 'Gila's Kiss' KQSS 101.9 FM. He also operates a local DJ service called Golden Sounds.

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Punkin Center Bar & Restaurant ~ Punkin Center Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner Hotel • Bar • Restaurant (928) 479-2627 Roosevelt Lake Resort Bar & Restaurant Full service American dining Located at Mile Marker 233 (928) 467-2276

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Sleepy Hollow RV Park 585 Sleepy Hollow, Tonto Basin (928) 457-7875 Spring Creek RV Park & Motel Single & Kitchenette Motel Rooms Overnite to Annual RV Parking 928-467-2888

Services JD & JL Lockshop, LLC 24 Hr Emergency Service 928-474-6613 Spring Creek Store Grocery Store, Gas Station 18749 AZ-188 • Roosevelt, AZ 85545 (928) 467-2468 Tonto Basin Chamber of Commerce www.tontobasinchamber.org Tonto Basin Hardware Just behind the Butcher Hook • 928-479-2838 Tonto Basin Kiwanis Club Foundation 928-479-2795 Tonto Basin Marketplace Grocery Store, American Restaurant, Gas Station 45994 N Hwy 188, Tonto Basin 928-479-2000

Things To Do Theodore Roosevelt Dam The world’s highest masonry dam, begun in 1906 and completed in 1911. Listed as a national Historic Landmark in 1963. In 1989 the dam was expanded and resurfaced with concrete and the height raised 77 ft. While these improvements increased the capacity of the lake by 20% they altered the original appearance and the National Landmark designation was withdrawn on March 10, 1999.

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FALL 2016 Confessions of a Store Santa While I was working as a store Santa, a boy asked me for an electric train set.

“If you get your train,” I told him, “your dad is going to want to play with it too.

Is that all right?”

The boy became very quiet.

So, moving the conversation along, I asked, “What else would you like Santa to bring you?”

He promptly replied, “Another train.”

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Both Pima cotton and another variety called upland cotton are grown in Safford.

This is Pima cotton, identified by its deeply indented leaves and yellow blossoms.

Cotton Man, Continued from Cover

He got his start in the business when he was a student at Phoenix College, looking for a temporary job.

He answered an ad: Wanted: big, husky warehouseman. Gary says, "I've always been a hard worker. I'm probably the only person that realized a broom did not come with an electric cord. There were two other people from Phoenix College that answered the ad. One lasted a month, one lasted a week, I lasted 22 years."

That company soon hired Gary fulltime to manage their "cotton room" while he was still a junior in college.

They paid for him to finish his degree in English literature at ASU. Gary had started college with the intention of becoming an English teacher, but cotton took hold of him and never let go.

"I became what's called a takeup man," Gary says. "I go on site and look at every cotton sample and make sure it fits the contract."

Gary's work has taken him around the world. For the past 22 years, he has worked for a Swiss mill, frequently traveling to meet with his colleagues in Switzerland. He also usually spends several months every year in Australia, marketing and classifying cotton there.

After two decades of visits Down Under, his speech is peppered with Australian words and idioms, he tends to call strangers "mate," and he wears a widebrimmed, Aussie-style hat.

At the end of last August, Gary paid a visit to the San Joaquin valley in

California to check on the crop there. He makes the trip every year.

"I'll try to get there just before harvest," he says. "There'll be blooms, there'll be cotton fiber. I'll go in the fields and step off feet and try to see how much yield the plants may have. Does it have insects in there? I'll count the seeds." He assesses the crop's value and might make purchasing decisions.

Often, though, his company already signed a contract with the grower at planting time. "We take the risk, and we support the grower," he says. "It gives them money, seed capital you might say, and we hope that the crop is going to be to our specifications."

One question Gary gets a lot is about the trucks carrying cotton that are seen passing through Globe-Miami. He says those trucks are each carrying about 85 to 90 bales of cotton, generally coming from Safford and going to Picacho or Phoenix for storage, or coming from the West Coast on their way to the Far East.

If you've visited Safford in the fall, you've probably seen the fields white with cotton or the drifts of fiber along the roadsides after harvest. Safford has two gins - processing facilities that separate the seed from the fiber, called lint. About 12,000 acres of cotton were grown in the Safford area this year.

Historically, cotton was one of the "5 C's" that built Arizona's economy, along with copper, cattle, citrus, and the climate. Gary says Arizona currently has about 165,000 acres in cotton, which is only ten percent of what it used to be. He remembers that, back in the 70s, when he started in the business, there were more than a million acres in cotton in Arizona. Factors like China's increasing cotton industry, dwindling water supplies, and increasing population in the state have caused losses in cotton production here.

Another factor that damaged the industry in Arizona was a problem called honey dew.

"Honey dew is from white fly and aphids," Gary explains. "They secrete Cotton Man, Continued on page 37

Cotton needs about 3 acre-feet of water every year - about enough for a household of four people for a year. The water is siphoned out of the irrigation ditch.

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Cotton samples and assessment equipment in Gary Vessel's cotton room. The tall stand on the right holds cotton standards, which samples gathered in the field are compared to, to determine their classification. Gary serves on the committee that determines and maintains these standards.

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a honey dew that allows their egg sacs to cling to the underside of the cotton leaves." The dew creates a problem called sticky cotton, and if sticky cotton gets into a mill, it can gum up the mill and stop production. The machines have to be taken apart and cleaned. "It's a very severe problem," Gary says, explaining that mills will blacklist farming areas that produce sticky cotton. This happened in the 1980s in Arizona, and our cotton industry has never fully recovered.

These ginning machines, called stands, are from the 1960s. With Pima cotton, the seed is pulled out rather than cut out, to preserve the long strands of lint. The gins run only a few months out of the year, and during the rest of the year they are taken apart and cleaned.

Down in Safford, Gary steps over an irrigation ditch and plunges into a cotton field, crouching down to inspect the plants and almost nuzzling them with affection. He breaks off a boll and hands it to me. The boll has three sections, and the fibers are luxuriously soft, with a beautiful off-white color.

I can hardly resist brushing it against my cheek, it's so soft.

Pima cotton was developed around 1910 by members of the Pima tribe at an experimental farm in Sacaton, Arizona.

Breeders were looking for a hybrid that would grow well in this climate and produce long, silky fibers.

Gary purchases only Pima cotton for his mill, which is an extra-long staple variety, used for luxury fabrics with high thread counts, such as lingerie, fine bedding, and Italian shirting.

As an expert in classifying cotton, Gary was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the national Universal Standards Committee, which sets and maintains standards for cotton that are used around the world. Cotton is classified with a number system, where, for example, 31 is "middling," 41 is "strict low middling," and somewhere around 40 is "fair to middling." If you've heard the phrase "fair to middling," that's where it came from - the old English system of cotton classification.

After talking for an hour or two or three about cotton with Gary, it's obvious that his passion for the subject has not faded in 44 years. But he will tell you he's looking forward to retiring and pursuing some of his other interests, such as learning Spanish.

But that's not all. "I'm a folk architect, too," he says.

To find out what that means, you have to visit his warehouse-turned-home on Sullivan Street in Miami. Doing all the work himself, including carpentry, masonry, and welding, Gary has refashioned a building that used to be an auto dealership into a lovely, comfortable home full of character and surprises.

Gary reuses, recycles, and repurposes antique and vintage materials. He's constructed walls and floors from rescued wood and built a huge central fireplace from salvaged brick. His home is decorated with all sorts of found and collected objects - from Old West memorabilia to souvenirs from Australia.

Gary also makes metal gates and shutters. He's most proud of a large gate that divides his garden from Sullivan Street. "It almost looks like the Yuma Territorial Prison gates," he says. He calls it The Last Stand.

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Patty worked for Lisa Frank Company in the 90’s, where she eventually became one of three concept artists for the company, creating some of the iconic characters the company is known for, including these big-eyed pandas.

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She eventually ended up in Tucson and discovered that her self-taught style was not enough to land a “real” job – she needed a college degree. She signed up at the Art Center in Tucson and graduated two years later with a portfolio and a diploma. When she went to look for a job, her first – and only - stop was Lisa Frank.

Friends in school had told her, “I hate to tell you this, but you have to go to Lisa Frank.” Sjolin’s colorful style was perfectly matched to Lisa Frank’s product line – but the company was notorious as a difficult place to work.

Sjolin says, “I loved it. I got to wear headphones and I sat there and drew and drew and drew and drew.”

Putting in 12-hour days, Sjolin worked her way up the ranks to become a concept artist - one of the three artists at the company who created new ideas. “All the magic started right there, with the concept artist,” she says proudly. Sjolin created the characters of the Teddy Rappers, Max Splash the Whale, and Rory the Polar Bear, among others.

She once made a concept drawing of a birthday gift with a little bear sitting on top of it. Sjolin remembers, “I had one of the artists that was good at sewing make up a little bear and fill it with rice so it sat on this package. Lisa did not go for it, and it never made it off the drawing table.” The next year, Beanie Babies hit the market. “I still have that little bear,” Sjolin says.

CedarHill Bed and Breakfast in Globe had Sjolin work on several projects from murals on the property to a welcome sign and porch bench.

“Lisa Frank was notorious for not trying anything new,” Sjolin recalls. “If it got out on the market and it was successful, she would copy it.” She’s completely serious when she says that once Lisa Frank “wanted to put a trademark on the goldang rainbow.”

Sjolin does both large, bold paintings that she can complete in a few hours, and complex, detailed work, such as a pair of fanciful roosters where every tail feather is intricately painted. Her favorite way to work is big and bold; she says she likes to be able to paint with her whole arm.

Soon after arriving in Miami, Sjolin met Ray Figueroa, proprietor of the Miami Emporium. She helped Figueroa design and build displays made of doors, and began to create paintings on tin for sale in the gallery. She set up a studio in the back of the gallery where she could paint and meet visitors as they came in. More people discovered her this way.

After Elizabeth Eaton posted a photo of Sjolin’s work on Facebook, commissions began to come in. Sjolin started a collaboration with Donna Chapman, owner of Donna by Design (located across the street from the gallery) she paints flowers, animals, or scenes on vintage furnishings like dining room sets, cedar chests, doors, and deck chairs to create one-of-a-kind furniture. Sjolin has custom painted pieces ranging from a peacock on a wooden chair to a swath of flowers on a chest of drawers.

Business Owner, Donna Chapman enlisted Patty’s talent to turn a ho-hum barrel table into a WOW which sold almost immediately.

Sjolin’s customers include the vintners Tim and Daisy Flores and the Copper Hen restaurant. She has created signage, murals on both interior and exterior walls, and logo designs. Sjolin enjoys creating custom murals, when she works Sjolin puts the finishing touches on a closely with a client, looking at photos for ideas, developing a rocking chair which has involved over concept, and then taking over and creating a one-of-a-kind 80 hours of work. The piece, will be painting. For two large murals at the Cedar Hill B&B, Sjolin priced at $1200 when completed. brought 20 to 30 ideas for sunflowers and irises to Linda Gross.

Linda selected the images she liked, and Sjolin used those as a guide for the murals.

Some of Sjolin’s paintings have Western themes, while some feature large-eyed, brightly colored animals, similar to her work with Lisa Frank. There are shaggy buffalos, blue alpacas, and luminescent birds and butterflies that look like they’re pieced together in stained glass.

Sjolin’s work is currently available at the Emporium, in a partnership that Sjolin says was essential for helping her get established in Globe Miami. “I’m very thankful for that opportunity,” Sjolin says, explaining that her studio at the gallery gives her an opportunity to meet people who are interested in art. “Most of them are snowbirds from the valley or from Tucson,” she says.

This fall Sjolin plans to open a shop along with Lisa Remos. It will be housed in Remos’s pink house at the end of Inspiration Drive in Miami, and they have already picked out a name: the Bubblegum Boutique.

The boutique will sell home decor, including handmade and handpainted items, and might offer classes.

Sjolin hopes to bring more public art to Globe-Miami by painting murals in public spaces and perhaps helping develop a unique series of sculptures, like the painted horses in some Western towns. She’s looking for walls to paint on, and anyone who would like to offer a wall is encouraged to get in touch with her with ideas for subject matter. She can be contacted through www.pattysjolin.com.

“I love small towns,” Sjolin says. “You connect with people right away. ... You get in touch with the whole town, and it’s available for you to reach out and be part of it. You can be as much as you dream of being.”

Please visit Patty at her shop in Miami, AZ or visit www.pattysjolin.com.

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The stately home at 369 Sutherland was built in 1900 and has a stand-up attic and full basement.

Helen Lawrence lived in the home for nearly 80 years and owned all ten bordering properties.

Today the Lesser Group has taken on the home as their Globe headquarters and are in the process of restoring itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature Craftsman interior.

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And the big white house at 369 Sutherland was the home of Helen Lawrence, who owned five rental houses on Devereaux. Rumor has it that she once rented a house to Pancho Villa.

Joe Gundry, Chet Wyant, and Helen Lawrence are gone now, but they are far from forgotten. Still, in recent years, the buildings they owned had been at risk of falling into neglect and disrepair.

Mary Yazzi has lived on Devereaux for 14 years and was allowed to choose the new color.

Seen here with L-R Justine, Mark and Diane.

ten buildings on Devereaux, Maple, and Sutherland. These include Helen Lawrence's home and rental properties, the Tiger's Den, the old gas station, and two more homes.

The gas station was built in 1920 and has housed a variety of tenants in recent decades. Lesser anticipates that it will have a bright future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We're going to make it into something special," she promises.

Specifically, she envisions a coffee and dessert place, open only on Friday and Saturday nights.

"Tables outside," Lesser says, gesturing around the now-empty parking lot. "Lights, a little music, local musicians

The Lesser Group plans to turn the old Gundry's Service Station into a coffee and dessert cafe called C4 Confectionary, plus a jewelry shop and jewelry-making space.

The grounds were becoming overgrown, paint was peeling, and the beautiful, historic buildings that reflected so much potential were standing empty.

Enter Diane Lesser, Justine Cornelius, and Mike Dickinson. This trio from the Valley has over 50 years of combined experience in the building industry along with seemingly endless energy and vision â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and they've taken it upon themselves to renew and revitalize

... just a place to chill. You have to see beyond what it looks like [now]," she adds. There will be cannolis filled with chocolate instead of cream (she calls them "cannolis with a kick") and other exotic treats. The building will also house a jewelry shop, space for jewelrymaking classes, and art. Lesser hopes to open in 2017.

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Devereaux Street, Continued from page 37 It was only at the end of May that Lesser, Cornelius, and Dickinson purchased the ten properties. By the end of June, they had already completed work on 388 Devereaux, and a tenant had moved in. By the middle of September, they had painted all five rental houses in bright colors. They also cleared brush and vines from the yards - Lesser estimated 20 to 30 truckloads.

"This is the start of it," Lesser said, standing on the sidewalk on Devereaux in front of the newly painted rental houses.

Referring to the project of renovating 10 hundred-year-old buildings, she said, "It's doable. It's big, but we've got the energy, the skills, the experience, to just go for it."

It all started when, two and a half years ago, the trio happened to drive by a house in Miami on Calle de Loma. "It had bones," Lesser says. They decided to renovate it as a hobby. They refinished the floors and ceilings, filled in a cesspool under the house with truckloads of dirt, and jacked the house up two and a half inches.

An original adobe structure which was both garage and small house has been painted purple and one portion of the adobe will be explodes and preserved behind plastic preserved.

In the process, the three fell in love with Globe-Miami. While still working on the Calle de Loma house, the trio purchased a duplex on Mesquite Street in Globe and began renovations on that house, which are now complete. They originally intended to keep the Calle de Loma house for themselves as a hideaway, but once they purchased the

One of the three partners, Justine Cornelius, has no fear of heights has done all of the high trim work on the houses.

ten Globe properties, they moved into the Helen Lawrence home and rented out the Miami house. They now plan to retire to Globe. Until then, they are spending four days a week working on the houses, while still holding down jobs in the Valley.

Walking through the Lawrence house, Lesser points out that the interior is pristine. The house was built in 1900 by James F. Gerald. The floors, doors, and windows are all original; even the gas furnace is original. It has been inspected and will be used to heat the house.

The group finds most of their supplies and appliances at recycled building materials stores in the valley. "We're really good negotiators and shoppers," Cornelius says. The kitchen in the Calle de Loma house has a Dacor wall oven, a Sub-Zero refrigerator, and granite countertops. The entire kitchen was purchased for $1,500. "You gotta know how to shop," Lesser says.

But they also attribute their successes to something higher. "We came up here and everything we've touched has been a godwink," Lesser says. She explains that a godwink is "what you call it when you get what you need."

Some higher power or fate does seem to be involved, especially when you hear how the group found the Helen Lawrence properties. They had just picked up the last piece of wood to finish the renovation on Mesquite, and Lesser had sent up a prayer to know what they would do next, when they drove up Devereaux and saw the for-sale signs. The signs had just been put up, less than an hour earlier. They called the agent on the spot.

Three days after they first drove by, the group closed on the properties. On the day of the closing, they cleaned up the front yard of the Helen Lawrence home, and the following weekend they began painting the rental houses.

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This original adobe structure sits in the middle of the property. Justine points out an exposed wall which they will preserve behind a polycarbonate clear sheeting so it’s available to show.

Devereaux Street, Continued from page 38 "We've done phenomenally well to be provided with opportunities to get nice things at [good] prices,” Cornelius says.

“To come across this [Helen Lawrence] trust and to fall upon it the way we did and to get it as quickly as we did in itself is a godwink."

"We are having a lot of fun and we are putting our talent and knowledge and

passion into it," Lesser adds. When they need to do something, and they don't know how, they turn to YouTube. That's how they learned to cut granite. "It's very easy," Lesser says. "A $27 diamond blade, and a hose. ... You cut it backwards. It cuts like butter."

Diane Lesser is originally from Queens, New York, and comes from a family of builders. She moved to Arizona in 2005, worked in national purchasing for a major house builder, and now is parish administrator for All Saints of the Desert Episcopal Church in Sun City.

As Building Safety Manager for the City of Glendale, Justine Cornelius helped establish the new downtown arts district in historic Glendale, and in 2007 she was the city's liaison for Super Bowl XLII. Cornelius and Lesser together curated the art in the ASU West library for six years.

They also share an interest in jewelry making.

Mark Dickinson owns a painting company in Glendale. He also sings with the Phoenix Men's Choir, plays keyboards, guitar, and drums, and was a chef for nearly three decades.

Lesser, Dickinson, and Cornelius say anyone can do what they are doing, even without their years of experience. That's part of why they're doing it, they say - to show that it is possible.

"I would love to teach people," Lesser says. "You can do this. This is possible.

Change your world."

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