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Wild Cow Gallery Art and

in Superior

Story by Patricia Sanders; Photos by LCGross

hen you walk into the Wild Cow Gallery in Superior, you enter a celebration of color. One wall is painted bright blue; bright acrylic paintings hang from floor to ceiling. Horses leap across an orange landscape under a yellow sun. A vivid rainbow fills the sky over a red butte. A white horse has no eyes, but there’s a huge wide-open eye on its chest. Beside the horse sits a green coyote. “The horse has no eyes because it sees with its heart,” Boonie LeBlanc says. LeBlanc is the owner and curator of this space. He came to Superior four years ago with his sister, Susan Davis, and they opened the gallery soon after. LeBlanc spent part of his childhood in Phoenix and recalls coming to Superior every summer for family camping trips at Oak Flat.

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Strummin’ Tim

Round 4 Round Boxing: Training for Success

Story by Autumn Giles; Photos by LCGross

Sarah Eason’s son got her hooked on boxing. She remembers that he wasn’t very interested in other sports, but really wanted to box. So she signed him up and almost immediately saw a transformation. “I saw in two weeks the most amazing differences in my son—his personality, his soul, his mind. He was motivated to do stuff," says Eason. “If boxing is going to do this for him, what could it do for me?” Boxing, Continued on page 38

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Grab a Shovel and Start Digging Gardening in Globe-Miami By Patricia Sanders

Bob Zache says one of his favorite rewards of gardening is as simple as a tomato. Specifically, he says, “A fresh tomato that’s still warm, with a little salt on it….” Gardening season is upon us. For those who are new to it, starting a garden can seem like a big undertaking. Yet, considering all the gardeners who live in Globe-Miami, an easy introduction to gardening could be as simple as collecting a few tips from one of these knowledgeable locals. Take someone like Zache. Zache is a familiar figure at the Globe-Miami farmers market – a tall, rangy man wearing a wide-brimmed hat. He often sells tall stalks of garlic and pine saplings in containers, along with a variety of vegetables. Gardening, Continued on page 34

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Never, ever give a mouse a cookie! By Kim Stone

ot so long ago, in 2010, at least one hundred mice were removed from the building that houses our horticulture and education offices. We didn’t swat them with spiny ocotillo branches or lunge with the snap of pruning shears. In fact, every benefit of the doubt was given for them to leave willingly and quietly at any time, the very same opportunity granted the human staff at the close of each day. Our collective tolerance was noble in its scope and for countless years, we coexisted in a laudable natural harmony, each of us, mouse and man, acting out our lives in our own separate ways. “I’m OK. You’re OK.” was the mutual creed. Because I often work until 9 p.m. or later, I have always had a front row seat to the secret lives of our resident rodents. At 5 p.m., after the building grows whisper quiet, I would spot the first mouse coming through the doorway of my office, its fat little grey body hugging the edge of the baseboard. Depending on the day and the mouse, it either turned right and climbed to the second shelf of a metal bookcase before it leaped like a frog across twelve inches of open air to the countertop where our seeds are stored, or it turned in the other direction and disappeared through the crack in the sliding door of the wooden bookshelf on the other side of the room. Because of the “live and let live” philosophy, I generally ignored them once they were in the room, even though the muted sounds of nibbling kept me conscious of their presence. Occasionally one would run across the top of my shoes, and though startled, I generally shrugged it off, glad that it wasn’t a centipede. The mice have their business and I have mine, I thought. This peaceable attitude was generally shared by the rest of the staff, too. It was our little ecosystem and we were all a part of it. But sometime in the fall of 2010, things began to change. The mouse attitude was assuming a palpable cockiness that began to wear on our utopian view. In my case, they began to reproduce inside my office, actually using one of my desk drawers to suckle a budding family unit of three mouse-lets. This, after shredding the tabs off the manila folders to provide a convenient recess for their cozy nest. One morning, when I opened the drawer, the mother ran off, dragging one of the baby mice still hanging on a teat, leaving me no choice but to take the two remaining hairless pinkies and drown them in a bucket of water. When they weren’t breast feeding, the female mice

joined the males in uninhibited romps across my desk. They made playful runs up and down the hollow tubes that framed my cubicle, poking their heads out of the top and quickly retreating if I made an aggressive move towards them. If I left the room for an hour, I could guarantee that a dime size hole would be eaten from the bottom of my bag of almonds, or a few glistening black turds would be deposited on top of my lunchtime soup spoon. They peeled the labels off of the stashed soup cans and ate through hard plastic jars of Planters peanuts in my other drawer. They chewed the cuffs off my canvas work gloves, pooped or left dollops of pasty pee on everything else, and on several occasions even ran across my keyboard while I was typing. I really started to sour when some of the most obnoxious mice waddled into the open and just stood there, barely holding up their distended, well-fed bellies, knowing that the most they could expect from me was the kind of non-lethal swat reserved to shoo flies from a bowl of potato salad. I had clearly lost their respect. To them, I was a patsy. They had me pegged as a card-carrying PETA member who’d rented The Green Mile too many times. The mice and their extended families had built themselves a smug little dynasty, courtesy of the benefits of the welfare state that we had created to meet the demands of their lifestyle. Finally, we had no choice but to launch an all-out offensive. We ripped into their cushy world of obesity, reproductive excess, and public defecation with traps, a cat, and unrelenting persistence. Entry points were found and sealed or screened. Food sources were identified and mouseproofed. Ultrasonic electronic mouse deterrents were plugged in (the equivalent, in their delicate ears, of full throttle heavy metal). It wasn’t pretty, but after four months, we had effectively liberated the building. Today, six years later, we’re in maintenance mode. The few mice that are left love Metallica, and our pampered cat, Smokey (like the sharks in Finding Nemo), regards them as friends, not food. But the old reliable method of setting and resetting traps continues to keep the population at bay. As long as we’re as persistent as they are, we won’t have to deploy the snakes. But that’s Plan B.

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Publisher Linda Gross Creative Director Jenifer Lee Editors Patricia Sanders Jenn Walker Contributing Writers Autumn Giles Linda Gross Kim Stone

Ah, spring has arrived, and we’re ready to paint the town! Yes, literally!

Contributing Photography Boyce Thompson Arboretum Staff Autumn Giles Linda Gross Patricia Sanders

First up, we’re so excited about the upcoming Community Action Weekend which will select sites in Miami and Globe for one huge, all-out, volunteer-driven

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painting party to beautify our towns. In partnership with the students and staff of Taliesin Architectural School, this event is the first of four such events

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which will happen annually over the course of the four-year studio

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project launched this January between Taliesin and the towns of Globe and Miami. Be sure to check out the details. (pg 2) Secondly, we will be putting

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on a show and rolling out the carpet this June to celebrate

It could happen.

Globe Miami Times tenth anniversary – with a birthday wrapped

Ray Webb, a local machinist who invented a better way to lay

in there, too! It was ten years ago to the month (in June) that I turned

down ink, got his first tattoo just recently, and now he is thinking

50 years old and started a small newspaper. I did not know then

about a second. His invention, the NeoTat machine, has made the

what it would grow in to or how much I would enjoy the ride, but it’s

process of tattooing quieter and more precise than the standard coil

been fun sharing the journey with so many of you, and I am really

machines, and the company ships worldwide from their shop in

looking forward to sharing a party. (see pg 12)

Miami. (See pg 25)

And in case parties aren’t your thing, we’re hosting a retrospective

And just up the street from NeoTat, Sarah Eason runs a boxing

at the Center for the Arts during the month of June which will

ring where she coaches kids of all ages and assures me I’m not too

showcase the stories and the people who have helped make Globe

old to ‘lace up.’ It looks fun and the rewards are many. Just ask Sarah.

Miami Times what it is today. An open house reception will be held

(See cover story)

on June 4th from 5 – 7 pm, and everyone is invited to attend.

These stories and more are the reason that every day as the

Thirdly, I’ll be turning 60 this year and thinking of marking the

publisher of Globe Miami Times is an opportunity to discover

occasion in several ways which confirm you’re never too old to take

something new around the corner or in my own backyard that

up something new or finish something old, things like fake sky-diving

keeps me young - (er). In fact, I’m pretty sure by this time next year,

– it’s a wind tunnel in Casa Grande – with no chance of dying if your

I’ll be 59.

chute doesn’t open, taking Tango lessons, getting a tattoo, learning how to box or finishing my book on Chinese paper sons. Just kidding about that last one. What was I thinking?! Right about now my family and friends are going, “Say What?! A tattoo?!”

Cheers,

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SPRING 2016 “You start by saying please a lot of times and you end by saying thank you. It’s a very simple process, but it’s so important,” says Joe Sanchez. Sanchez was born in Miami in 1935 and since then has held leadership positions at the Town of Miami, Gila County Board of Supervisors, Miami Jaycees, Miami Little League, Miami Lions, and the local branches of the Postal Service. Sanchez’s impact on the Town of Miami and Gila County is visible from Bullion Plaza to the Little League fields in Claypool, all the way up to Gisela. Sanchez had five brothers and sisters. “We were all born at home because that’s just the way it was,” he says. “The companies had a wonderful hospital here—the mining companies—but my dad didn’t work in the mines. He was a barber. In those days there were two wonderful doctors here that would come deliver you at home, so all of us were delivered at home. And that house that all of us were born in is still standing.” Sanchez explains that his family initially came to Globe-Miami from Spain so that his father could seek out work in the mines. “His number in the system came up in 1921 and he was able to hop a freighter and come to America,” says Sanchez of his father’s immigration. Four years later, his father was able to send for his mother to join him in America. “Like many of those families that came to America, they left their home country knowing that they may never see their families again,” Sanchez

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Making a Place for History in Miami By Autumn Giles

Joe Sanchez. Photo by Autumn Giles

points out. “It was such a strong pull for so many families.” After graduating from high school, Sanchez enrolled in ASU. He volunteered for the draft in 1958 and served three years in the U.S. Army as a guided missile specialist. Sanchez says that he enjoyed his time in the military and the opportunity

for travel that it provided. However, according to Sanchez, he always knew that he’d return to the area and finish college at ASU. “That was always my plan – to come back and get my degree from ASU,” says Sanchez. “That was one of my father and mother’s dreams … they wanted us to go somewhere and get an education.” Plus, he loves it here. “I never found any place that I liked better than Globe-Miami,” he says. Sanchez met his wife, Ginger, during his time in the military, and they were married four days after he was discharged. “I’ve always been involved in public service and volunteering,” says Sanchez. He’s proud of his work with Miami Little League when his kids were old enough to play and Pinal Mountain Little League now that his grandkids are playing. Back when it was Miami Little League, he served as the league president. During his time with the Miami Jaycees he also

Sanchez during his time as Mayor of the Town of Miami. Sanchez served on council from 1994-2001. He was mayor from 1996-2001.

served as president, and the club revived Miami’s Historic Boomtown Spree and put on an annual Easter egg hunt. Sanchez also held many leadership positions in the Miami Lions Club, including president. During his time with the Lions, the club initiated a recycling program in GlobeMiami and worked hard to get eyeglasses to those in the community who could not afford them. Sanchez talks about his political career in terms of serving the community, as well. Recalling a conversation with a Sanchez, Continued on page 6

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friend after a particularly difficult Miami Town Council meeting during his time as mayor, Sanchez says, “I do it because there are people that need our help. They’re the taxpayers. If you’re in public office, that’s what you do. You serve.” However, he readily admits that he “got involved in politics almost on a dare.”

He goes on to explain how he became mayor of Miami by saying, “I went to the town hall to inquire about something and they told me if I didn’t like it then I should run. You know what, I thought … maybe I will!” Sanchez says that he didn’t initially have the ambition to go any further Sanchez, Continued on page 7

Growing up, Sanchez and his family played concerts at the Plaza Ballroom at Bullion Plaza. The George Sanchez Orchestra was (L to R): George Sanchez, Arthur Bejarano, Charley Bejarano, Joe Sanchez, Chon Canchola, Roberto Reveles, and Tony Sanchez.

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in politics. He was proud of the progress made during his time at the town and appreciated the hard work of the town staff and everyone who helped out there. “Part of making things work is that you get the volunteers. ... That’s how things get done, but you have to have your core of people that plan.” When Edward “Bunchy” Guerrero passed away in 2001 while serving on the Gila County Board of Supervisors, Sanchez was encouraged to apply for Guerrero’s position. Sanchez felt very fortunate to get elected. He represented District 2 on the Board of Supervisors from 2001 to 2008. Of course, taking on the new role at the County meant he had to step down as mayor of Miami, a post he held from 1995 to 2001. “I was just amazed at what Gila County did. I did not really understand,” says Sanchez with a laugh. “I knew we pay our taxes and that was about it.” Sanchez is proud that during his time on the Board of Supervisors, the County consolidated its public works department. He explains that previously each of the three county districts had a separate public works department, with separate employees and equipment. Sanchez calls consolidating public works a good move both economically and for the constituents.

Since 2009, Sanchez has been the president of the board of Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum. He was a founding member of Bullion, along with Otto Santa Anna and Roberto Reveles. The three worked with the Miami School District to help save the building, which formerly housed a segregated school, from demolition and later negotiated a 50-year lease with the Town of Miami to ensure that the site will maintain its intended use as a cultural center. Sanchez succinctly sums up the invaluable role that Bullion plays for Globe-Miami: “It’s important to have a place where we can tell the story of our communities,” he says. When asked about the accomplishments that he’s proud of during his time at Bullion, he focuses on the bigger picture. “The most important thing is that we have a place where we can preserve our history,” he says. His hope now is to get more young people involved in the preservation and showcasing of the history of GlobeMiami and San Carlos that happens at Bullion. “I wanted really to see younger folks get involved in public service,” he says. He laughs off the suggestion that there might be a room in Bullion one day dedicated to him. “It’s not about Joe. That’s the last thing I want. This is about telling the history of Globe-Miami.”

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Beyond Just Water Building a Shared History of the Cobre Valley Jane Hale talks about “the ranch washing away down the Salt River” in the ‘40s

By Autumn Giles; Photos by LC Gross

“History is written… by those who show up,” says Jane Hale. Hale, along with over 50 other Gila County residents, came to Bullion Plaza on February 5th to create a “shared history” for Cobre Valley. Many of those who participated in the workshop, facilitated by the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, were fourth and fifth generation Gila County residents like Hale. They started the evening with a blank 20 foot long piece of paper that wrapped around the Inspiration Room at Bullion Plaza and by the end of the night had created a timeline of the history of the area. Dr. Kelly Mott Lacroix, Senior Research Analyst at the University of Arizona’s Water Resources Research Center, facilitated the event. Mott Lacroix and Globe-based Gila County Extension agent Chris Jones received a grant from Freeport McMoran to provide a series of community conversations about water resources in the area. After struggling with turnout initially, they switched gears and began considering a “shared history” exercise. The prompt given at the Bullion event was simple: think about water and your relationship to it. Participants were asked to add both events and what they had learned from those events to the timeline. The group collectively decided to start the timeline in 1867 when Fort Reno was established in Lower Tonto Basin. After the timeline was complete, they were encouraged to give a verbal explanation of what they had added to the timeline.

Hale said that she liked that they put the timeline up and left it blank, although she wasn’t sure at first if the facilitators just wanted information about water. However, she didn’t mind that the directions were broad. Hale’s family has been in the Cobre Valley for four generations and still she felt like she took away new information from the event, calling it a “broad spectrum history lesson.” According to Hale, the format provided a space for the “old timers who normally don’t talk about that sort of thing” to tell their stories. She called the facilitators “very inclusive, kind, and inviting,” noting that her grandson had felt comfortable enough to add his own event to the timeline: meeting his father for the first time in 2012. Mott Lacroix, who has done academic research on stakeholder engagement, cites “the transformational aspect” of

Dr. Kelly Mott Lacroix with the University of Arizona’s Water Resources Research Center facilitated the event.

db i h d as contributing ib i to the h success hearing and being heard of exercises like the shared history timeline. “It serves its purpose of bringing people together and thinking about this [water management] stuff,” she says. This method of collecting data is called “social learning,” she explains, which is engagement that provides space for participants to share their experiences and learn from each other. “Getting folks in the room is the most

Roberto Reveles and Ester Sanchez spoke about growing up in Miami while attending Bullion Plaza.

important part,” says Mott Lacroix. She was happy that the conversation at Bullion went far beyond water. She called multigenerational perspectives like Hale’s “critical,” adding that the conversation would not have been as “meaningful of an experience without them.” Mott Lacroix has a particular interest in supporting rural communities in watershed management and education. She notes that there is not as much support for rural communities around these issues as there has been in the past. In the coming months, the extension will work to synthesize the video, audio, and written information collected at Bullion into an electronic shared history timeline that will be available online and made available at the museum. The Globe Miami Times website (www. globemiamitimes.com) will have an update on the event when the electronic timeline becomes available. In the meantime, Mott Lacroix shared the transcript from the event with GMT. The following are select excerpts (paraphrased, not direct quotes) from what participants shared and added to the “shared history.”

Shared Stories, Continued on page 9

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Chris Jones contributed information provided by former Globe Mayor, Stan Gibson, who provided his files stretching back decades pertaining to water issues in the area.

Comments made by those in attendance helped to paint a picture of the region's milestones as seen through the eyes of those who lived them.

Shared Stories, Continued from page 8

1887 (shared by Roy Hicks) My family came here in 1887 from Texas on immigrant train. We had livestock, belongings, and kids in a “train” of wagons. We camped at Bloody Tanks for awhile then bought a homestead in Wheatfields. The land along the creek was really important – the “garden spot” – it was the only tillable land here. Creeks ran pretty much year round in that time. My family had many ditches along the creek. My great grandfather filed a ditch right in 1888, as did many other families along the creek. Sometime after Old Dominion (OD) got pretty deep and they needed to pump up to one million gallons a day out of OD in order to mine. But they were also turning tailings loose – they sealed the creek off and it was just like a clay pipe all the way to Salt River; the people that were irrigating off the creek, they sealed off, too, and they weren’t allowed to take water. Everybody filed suit against the mine – in order to settle, the mine bought everybody out. They tried to buy my grandfather out but he wouldn’t sell, all he wanted was water. Then the mine drilled a couple of wells for him and several irrigation wells on land that they had bought and then they leased them back to the people to farm. This went on for quite a number of years until Inspiration decided they needed more water, so they put in a new wellfield in Pringle and then they cut all the irrigating off and pumped all the water up to the mine from that point on.

1923 (shared by Roberto Reveles) Bullion Plaza School opened. It was initially segregated because Mexicans were thought to be “intellectually inferior.” “But segregation reflected this entire society.” From this school, came the first ever Hispanic US Commissioner of Education; coming from this community was the the first Latina US Treasurer, first Hispanic elected to US Congress from AZ. Italians came to the area to help build the dam, Chinese came to help build the railroad; Apaches and Mexicans lived in town too. The building was later placed on the National Registry of Historic Places because of its segregation history and its neo-classical architecture. It went from segregated school to (today) a museum that celebrates the ethnic diversity of the Globe-Miami area.

1937 (shared by Jim Rasmussen) Miami Copper bought Old Dominion mine (after it had been shut down) for the water, which they continued to use until 2000. Phelps Dodge (now FMI) in Morenci was always short of water (they relied on San Francisco Creek but it wasn’t always reliable and they needed other sources). They told Salt River Project they’d finance them building dams on the Verde if they could pump an equivalent amount of water on the Black River to supply Morenci. 1939: Roosevelt Lake was totally dry.

July 29, 1954 (shared by Linda Lopez) The Globe Flood. My family owned a radio shop in town. About 6 pm, the creek started rising very rapidly. Six feet of water rose and broke windows, washed through the house/ shop near the creek (where La Casita is today). They were waiting up on the roof until the water began receding, then National Guard came to get them.

SPRING 2016 Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo When: May 19–21, gates open at 5 p.m. Where: Payson Event Center, Payson Cost: $14 (adult), $12 (senior), $10 (children), children 7 and under free Rodeo benefits local youth and honors Payson native Gary Hardt, a roper and member of the Rodeo Cowboys Association. www.payson prorodeo.com/Event_Schedule.html

Country Thunder When: April 7–10 Where: Florence Cost: General Admission $50 and up, depending on day and package This blockbuster four-day concert brings in some of the finest talent from around the country. Whether you plan to go for a day or camp out and catch the whole show, the event’s organizers have you covered. www.arizona. countrythunder.com

Globe’s 32nd Annual Historic Home & Building Tour When: April 9 & 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Historic Train Depot, Globe Cost: Adults $15 (includes souvenir copper ticket). Children $10. Hosted by the Globe-Miami Chamber, the tour showcases a variety of the local homes and commercial buildings. The tour begins at the train depot in Globe, where you pick up your copper ticket and take a shuttle to each of the stops on the route. For more information call the Chamber at (928) 425-4495.

Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival When: April 21–24 Where: Verde Valley, Cottonwood Cost: $15/person or $30/family This nature festival has been going on for 16 years and is known as the friendliest birding festival around. Workshops, nature walks, field trips, nature fair. www.birdyverde.com.

Paint the Town! Miami-Globe 2016 When: April 22 & 23, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Where: Meet at US60 and Miami Avenue, Miami Cost: Free. Calling on all Volunteers! This is a Community Action Weekend in partnership with Taliesin (Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture) and many community clubs, organizations and individuals. Several buildings in both Globe and Miami have been targeted for this event, as well as locations along the Hwy 60 corridor. Volunteer teams will be divided up with a mixture of FLW master’s students, students of all ages, local employee volunteer work groups, clubs and individuals! This will be the launch of an annual “Paint The Town” event as part of the Taliesin/GlobeMiami studio project over the next four years. For more information please go to Facebook.PaintTheTown or email ask.Taliesin@gmail.com .

7th Annual Miami Loco Arts Festival When: April 22–24 Where: Downtown Miami Cost: Free Miami Loco is an art walk of diverse cultures, all ages and tastes - from traditional to contemporary. Visit art galleries, antique shops, storefronts and studios that are participating with new art installations, music concerts, poetry and stage performances. Saturday and Sunday all art spaces will be open from 11am. Maps and event schedules will be posted and available. Live music in the Courtyard. Twilight procession on Saturday evening at select galleries.

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Mother’s Day Tea When: May 8, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Where: Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, Globe A sit-down Tea, including delicate sandwiches, cakes, cookies, sweets and delicious hot tea, with the opportunity to shower your mother with singing telegrams, flower deliveries and more by the theatre players. For more information and reservations, phone 928-425-0884. Presented by the Copper Cities Community Players.

Relay for Life When: May 13, 6 p.m. Where: Harbison Field, Globe The theme this year is “Tune Out Cancer” and will feature local bands and musicians, campsite contests for best theme, family activities, a live photo booth, and sumo wrestling, and of course the all important Survivors Lap. For more information and to sign up please visit www.relayforlife.org/ coppervalleyaz.

Wildlife Fair When: May 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Green Valley Park, Payson Cost: Free A carnival full of wildlife and hands-on outdoor activities for all. Parents and kids can fish, play games, and get a close-up look at wildlife, including birds of prey, rattlesnakes, Gila monsters and alligators. http:// paysonrimcountry.com/Activities/ Special-Events/Wildlife-Fair

Globe-Miami Farmers Market When: Saturdays 8-11 a.m., June 4–September 24 Where: Veterans Park/Globe City Hall This is the sixth season of the farmers market. Each Saturday the market opens at 8 a.m. with fresh, local produce and a smattering of art, fun and games, and great conversation. Please plan to support local growers. For more details contact Holly Brantley, Market Manager, at (928) 701-3097 or check out the market’s Facebook page.

Sharlot Hall Museum Folk Arts Fair When: June 4 & 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily Where: Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott Cost: $8 (adults), $3 Museum members, free for those 17 and under Traditional 19th-century folk arts with demonstrations and workshops. w w w. s h a r l o t . o r g / a z - h i s t o r y adventures/yearly-festivals

Apache Independence Day When: June 18th Where: Downtown San Carlos Celebrating Apache Independence, the day includes a volleyball tournament, horseshoes, fry bread contest, pageant and more.

SPRING 2016 Summer Youth Theater presents Willy Wonka Jr.

Lavender Festival When: June 23-26 and June 30 – July 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Red Rock Farms, Concho Cost: $5/person Everything is coming up lavender! This fragrant festival brings you a spectacular array of lavender plants, products and fun. Cooking demonstrations, growing advice, plant sales, live music. www.redrockfarms. com/lavender-festival/

Prescott Frontier Days – World’s Oldest Rodeo When: June 28 – July 4 Where: Prescott Rodeo Grounds Cost: $12 and up This rodeo attracts more than 20,000 spectators and brings in top talent, headliner shows and crowdpleasing attractions. The five-day event includes a rodeo dance, the Kiwanis Kiddie Parade, arts and crafts show, cowboy church and more. For tickets or complete schedule of events, visit www.worldsoldestrodeo.com.

Fourth of July – Celebrating IndependenceDay When: July 4 at dusk Where: Tailings dam across from Wal-Mart in Globe Come watch the best fireworks around as FMI once again hosts a fantastic fireworks show from the top of the tailings dam.

When: July 8-16 Where: Cobre Valley Center for the Arts Cost: $10 Join Charlie Bucket as he wins his chance to enter the marvelous and fantasmoriffic chocolate factory of the mysterious Willy Wonka! Summer Youth Theater rocks the stage each year with amazing performances, costuming, set designs and music. Tickets go on sale June 13th at the CVCA. See ad on page 24 for more details.

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Laying Down Ink

How Ray Webb and NeoTat are changing the world of tattooing Story by Patricia Sanders; Photos by LCGross

When Ray Webb picks up a block of steel in his shop, there’s something about the familiar way he turns it over in his hand that tells you he knows everything there is to know about it—that he must have handled ten thousand blocks of steel like this one. And he probably has. Webb is the inventor of NeoTat, an innovative machine for tattooing that has earned respect throughout the tattoo community as smoothrunning and lightweight, with less vibration and, according to some, faster healing. The block of steel that Webb has picked up is the raw material for a NeoTat machine.

NeoTat tests every one of its machines in a two step process before shipping which includes 3 hours run time, at which point the machines are completely disassembled and cleaned and tested again for another hour and a half.

It will be shaped, painted, and combined with other components, all right here in NeoTat’s production shop in Miami. Then the finished machine will be tested twice and cleaned before being shipped to one of NeoTat’s customers around the world. These include renowned tattoo artists such as Jime Litwalk, Josh Woods, and Jessica Weichers, as well as Top Notch Tattoo in Globe. At Top Notch, tattoo artist and proprietor Carlos Alvarez has two copper-colored NeoTat machines that he uses for lining, shading, and color. He points to four oldstyle machines that are sitting on a shelf and says, “That’s the boneyard.” He says he rarely uses those machines anymore and keeps them mainly for sentimental reasons. Alvarez says, “If it’s a first-timer I’ll use these [NeoTat

machines] because it eases them up. They relax a little more.” He adds, “These pack color like no other,” and says that with the NeoTat machines, the tattoos often heal faster. Webb invented NeoTat about 12 years ago. He is a mechanical and electrical engineer and ran a job shop (a shop that made parts to order) for many years, first in the Valley and then at his current location in Miami. One of Webb’s clients was Superior Tattoo, a supply company out of Phoenix. Webb made parts for them and also developed new products for them to add to their line. Webb noticed that the demographics of tattooing were changing. More women, particularly women over

A competitor mimicked the NeoTat design but drilled a hole in the side, added a logo and called it the Bishop. Webb then made a knock off of the Bishop, but filled the hole with cold wrap and called his new design ‘Check Mate.’

40, were getting tattoos for the first time. Often, they were getting permanent cosmetics such as eyebrow shaping. Webb felt that the tattoo machines would probably be uncomfortable and intimidating for these women. “If somebody got in my face with a noisy coil machine,” Webb says, “I would freak out. I can just imagine what women would feel like.” This empathy led Webb to develop a new machine that was quieter. He brought the idea to Superior Tattoo, but they weren’t interested. So Webb tabled the idea for years. Then, about 12 years ago, Webb and Superior Tattoo parted ways, and Webb went into business manufacturing NeoTat machines. Webb explains the difference between NeoTat and the

older tattoo machines, known as coil machines. “First of all, a standard tattoo machine is open, it’s really hard to keep clean, and they tend to go out of adjustment if you drop them,” he says. The coil machines also required the artist to use a rubber band to stabilize the needle. Webb says this type of tattoo machine hasn’t changed in many years. Seeing the drawbacks and limitations of the coil machine, Webb designed a new and improved tattoo machine. His design criteria, he says, were to make a machine that was enclosed, quiet, vibrated less, and also got rid of the rubber bands. “It’s a new way to tattoo,” Webb says—hence the name NeoTat.

From L-to-R: A limited edition brass Vivace, the original NeoTat and the current Vivace. Webb also tinkers with colors, design and finishes.

Webb’s production shop is full of the sounds of machines growling and humming, and there’s the sharp tang of metal in the air. Coils of cable, tools, and parts are everywhere, in boxes and hanging from the walls. In the background, on a radio somewhere Grace Slick is singing “White Rabbit.” Webb, a tall man with a white beard and an unruly mass of white hair, describes the difficulties that faced NeoTat in the early days. The tattoo industry was dominated by coil machines, and not many artists were willing to try a new machine. There was some interest in NeoTat among artists in Europe, but not enough sales to support the NeoTat, Continued on page 13

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Webb got his first tattoo last year from ink master Ryan Hadley. The image combines two neotat machines merged into the shape of a heart. Webb said his lack of tattoos made it harder for NeoTat to break into the industry, but when top artists like Hadley began using his machines it opened doors for the company.

company. Then, members of the Society of Permanent Cosmetics Professionals caught on to the benefits of Webb’s new lightweight, quiet, smooth-hitting machine, and NeoTat began to attend SPCP conferences. However, NeoTat continued to be shut out of regular tattoo shows. Apparently, the machine was just too different from what tattoo artists were familiar with, and they weren’t interested in making the switch to a new kind of machine. A break came in 2005 when Durb Morrison, the organizer of the Hell City Tattoo Festivals, allowed Webb to walk around the festival floor in Phoenix, selling NeoTat machines. But the tattoo industry just didn’t seem to be ready for NeoTat. Zenada Webb at her bench as she breaks down machines and cleans them between In 2009 Webb was about to testing cycles. She might do as many 100 a day. The company regularly ships to distributors worldwide, and the typical order is 300 units.“They sell out quick,” she says. throw in the towel, when Joshua machine weighs only 4½ or 5½ ounces, depending on the Carlton, a respected pioneer in the tattoo industry, called model. Webb has designed a new brass machine that will Ray “a world-class machine builder.” Then the artist Ryan be a little heavier and make the transition from the coil Hadley began to use NeoTat and work in the NeoTat booth machine easier. at shows. Other well-known tattoo artists, such as Frank Along with being lighter, NeoTat machines also have La Natra, came on board. Gradually NeoTat began to earn a smoother feel. Webb explains that with traditional respect in the American tattoo world. By 2011, NeoTat had machines, the needle has a slight wobble or elliptical grown to the point where it was a sponsor of Hell City. motion. NeoTat has a linear drive, and the needle moves One reason tattoo artists might have had a hard time straight up and down. This allows the artist greater control. converting to Webb’s machine is that NeoTat is much lighter than what they are used to. A regular coil machine weighs from 10 ounces up to a pound, but a NeoTat

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Webb tells the story of a woman who came to the NeoTat booth at a show. Webb had set up a needle and ink, and there were bananas for artists to practice on. The woman took a banana and started to work at it. “She’s like, whoa,” Webb says. “And she says, ‘Okay I’ll take two.’” After the artist left, Webb looked at her work on the banana. “She just did a little ovaloid line,” Webb says. Then he put his glasses on and saw that “in very tiny script, not even an eighth of an inch tall, it says, ‘Hi, my name is Ramona.’ She was able to do that with our machine.” The precision

control of NeoTat makes possible the very fine lines that are needed for cosmetics work and intricate designs. On the other hand, there is the “tattoo machine from hell.” Last year, just for fun, Webb designed and made a tattoo machine that is about ten times the normal size and weighs around 150 pounds—it is the largest tattoo machine in the world. He took it to the Hell City show in Phoenix last year, and Sweet Pepper Klopek of the Monsters of Schlock volunteered to be tattooed with it. The Discovery Channel filmed the whole wild experience for its “Extreme Machines” show. As much as Webb enjoys the story of the

tattoo machine from hell, he also enjoys stories about how NeoTat has improved people’s lives in small and large ways. For example, he points out that tattoo artists often suffer from carpal tunnel because of the vibration from old-style machines. Webb remembers one artist who had tattooed for over 30 years. “She had to give it up because it just gave her so much pain to tattoo,” Webb says. With pride, he adds, “Then she got a NeoTat and now she’s back to tattooing.” Webb emphasizes the fact that the NeoTat company has an ethical foundation, based on family values, hard work, and hospitality. Everything is hand-fitted and hand-assembled, and all the components except the motor, springs, and set screws are fabricated in-house. Webb’s daughter Zenada Ray Webb at his shop off Live Oak in Miami. The company works in the shop, along with is a family affair which includes his wife, Karen, and children Zenada, Eli, Katie and Lewis. The larger NeoTat family includes about seven other employees. their customers, distributors and artists in the industry. Not only is Webb providing Webb has discovered the secret of employment for Miami workers, but he is many successful business enterprises: giving back to the tattoo community, too. find a corner of the world, and make it a NeoTat often provides free booth space little better. Lucky for us, NeoTat’s corner for artists at conventions and sponsors is just off Live Oak in Miami. tattoo events.

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Examining the Building Blocks of Globe-Miami Story and photos by Patricia Sanders

The partnership of Globe-Miami and the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in a four-year studio project is bringing fresh eyes to the historic districts of Miami and Globe. Both challenges and opportunities are offered by the buildings here, some of which are more than 100 years old. Their stories are fascinating and complex—starting with the very materials they are made of. In Miami and Globe—like almost every mining community of Arizona—the first dwellings were tents made of canvas. Adobe was also common, mud being easier to obtain than wood in those days. When the towns became more established, homes, stores, and offices were often built of wood. In Miami, poured concrete was a popular alternative to wood. Brick and stone were more expensive materials that came into use as the region prospered.

Miami’s town council banned wooden structures downtown in 1914, when it established a fire district. There are few wooden structures in Miami’s central area partly because most of the frame commercial buildings were demolished so that concrete structures could be built in their place. However, many wooden structures built during Miami’s early days still exist outside the downtown area. A large number of these can be seen on Chisholm and Roosevelt.

The Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, built in 1906 of locally quarried dacite blocks.

Stone After the turn of the century, locally quarried stone began to be used in Globe as the material for important buildings, such as the courthouse, the Gila Bank building, the Old Dominion Commercial Company building, and four of Globe’s churches. The Fitzpatrick Building, the first poured concrete building in Miami, built in 1909.

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An early photo of Globe’s first jail house, build of adobe. Photo courtesy of the Gila Historical Society.

Adobe According to historians, adobe structures were built in the early part of the century in both Globe and Miami. They were used as housing for miners, as well as commercial buildings. Today, there are still notable adobe or part-adobe buildings on Broad Street in Globe, including 386 N. Broad, which houses Simply Sarah’s, and 290 N. Broad, the Keegan Building, which now houses Mon Journée. The last major new building on Broad Street to be built of adobe was the International House, built in 1902 and now the Drift Inn Saloon, at 586 N. Broad.

One of the unique aspects of Miami is that many of its buildings were made of poured concrete. Partly this was due to cost—a concrete building was reported to cost 20 percent less than the same building made from brick. Also, Miami had many residents who were familiar with concrete as a construction material. There were local contractors who specialized in concrete, as well as many men who worked with concrete in their jobs with the mines. The first poured concrete building in Miami was the Fitzpatrick Building, built in 1909. One impressive example of concrete construction in Miami no longer exists— the old Miami High School. According to Tom Foster, executive director of the Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum, this building was extremely solid. Foster says it was so well built that when the decision was made to tear it down, it took two contractors to complete the job. The first contractor went out of business trying to do it.

Lumber Lumber, which was heavily milled for timbers to be used in the mines, quickly became big business during the early years of Globe and Miami. At one point, more than 35 mines, both small and large, ringed the area. Two sawmills were established in the Pinal mountains as early as 1878, and wood soon became the preferred building material for both communities. The Globe Lumber yard in Globe established in 1901 and the Schwartz Lumber yard in Miami established in 1917 served to supply the area with mining timbers and other building materials.

Masonic Temple (pictured here) and Tonto Hotel are both examples of more ornate poured concrete buildings on Broad Street, built in 1904 and 1925, respectively.

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the Arts, was constructed of dacite in 1906. St. John’s Episcopal Church at 175 E. Oak (built in 1907) and the Old Dominion building at 190 N. Broad (built in 1904) are also of dacite. Tuff was popular for the construction of churches, including St. Paul’s, First Baptist, and Holy Angels. According to historian Bill Haak, the tuff used for the First Baptist Church was carved from a quarry near the town of San Carlos by Mexican stonecutters.

Maurel Blocks and Terra Cotta The First Baptist Family Fellowship Church in Globe, built in 1917 of native tuff from San Carlos.

Dacite and tuff, locally called tufa, are the two stones that were used in Globe, because they occur locally and are solid enough to serve as building materials. The old Globe courthouse, now the Cobre Valley Center for

The materials used for two buildings in Globe are unusual—the Pickle Barrel building (formerly the Old Dominion warehouse) and the Gila Bank building. The Pickle Barrel building, at 404 S. Broad, is constructed of Maurel cement blocks cast on site by the inventor of this construction material, Jules Maurel. The Gila Bank building, at 292 N. Broad, was designed by the firm of Adler & Sullivan and built in 1909. Its façade is covered with glazed cast terra cotta blocks that were shipped from Chicago. Terra cotta was a popular material because it offered the possibility of rich ornamental detailing without the cost of carving stone. The terra cotta was glazed to protect it from staining and damage. Every building’s

A postcard from the early 1900’s shows the Gila Valley Bank and Trust Company building.

story is different, and their stories are still evolving. With Taliesin’s partnership in Globe and Miami, those stories are being listened to, and new chapter is being written. The past is the raw material for the future.

Brick Once the railroad came to Globe in 1898, fired brick became available as a building material. One of the first brick edifices in Globe was the Odd Fellows building, at 112 N. Broad, built in 1898. One of the most well known is the old Elks building, “the world’s tallest three-story brick building,” located at 155 W. Mesquite and built in 1910. According to legend, the builder overestimated the amount of bricks needed, and kept building higher until they were all used. Information in this article was found in Globe’s Historic Buildings and Miami: A History of the Miami Area, Arizona, by Wilbur A. Haak; Historic Resource Survey, Miami, Arizona, prepared by Mark E. Pry, Consulting Historian, for the State Historic Preservation Office, March 1997; and Mineral Resources of the San Carlos Indian Reservation, by Calvin Bromfield and Andrew Shride.

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to benefit the Horizon Domestic Violence Safe Home Saturday, April 2 ~ Dream Manor Inn

Evelyn Vargas, Michele Hernandez, Frances Gonzales, Trinidad Gonzales and Tim Gonzales Dyana Hocking, Krystall Valencia, Marcella Perez, Marla Elena Armenta; Seated: Cecilia Magallanez and Rosa Lopez Seated: Janice Marlow, Clark and Carlene Smithson. Standing: Nancy Mackay, Leslie Felix, Shirley Lyles, Nicole Gregory and Eileen Harbison. Clark Smithson is the president of Horizon Health and Wellness and drove from Phoenix with his wife to attend this event.

Ester Sanchez, Betty Salcido, Nancy Jones, Vera Macias, Darlene Jonovitch; Seated: Olivia Gradillas and Sharron Williams

Carolyn and extended family from Washington, Oregon, The Valley, Roosevelt and Payson all came to support this event.

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The 4th Annual Hat’s Off Champagne Brunch

Carolyn Gillis, Director of the Safe Home, with her sister Sue Valdez from L.A.

Boys and Girls Club

presents the Kohlbeck Citizens Award at Annual Dinner April 1 Standing: Linda Pastor, Lora DeAnda, Mike Pastor, Gabriella Guerrero, Jazlyn Grice, Norma Baxley; Seated:Cathy Guerrero, Sheena Guerrero and Sherry Grice

Julie Reiman, Charlene Becker, Jessica O’Neal and Elizabeth Meta

Fred Barcon (IDA), Kim Bryant (Pinal Lumber Company), and Fernando Shipley (Boys & Girls Club) presented the award to Rose Mancha.

Tyler Sprouse, Kim Bryant and Rebecca Williams

Miquel Olivares with Carrie Heglund, District Manager for Southwest Gas and Board President of the Boys and Girls club, and her boss, Thomas Muise, Director of District Operations, Southern Arizona Division.

Rose Mancha with her children Jeaneane and Garrett (standing) and Brother Joe Mancha with wife Rosemary

Fred Barcon, of the Gila County IDA and wife Joni attended. Barcon and Shipley established the Gerry Kohlbeck Citizen’s Award last year.

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Easter Parade

This year’s parade was bittersweet without our Kip Culver, but true to form, many turned out to show their support for this fun community event he launched in 2009.

Jenny Otto with daughter Ella (L) and friends: Isabella and Shayla.

Rudy Amador and Jonelle Brantley

Sylvester the Cat brought out the smiles from everyone – including Tanner Hunsaker.

Turning out in style for the Annual Easter parade.

The Brownies always make a good showing at the Easter Parade. L-to-R; Sophia Hollis, Taytum Crago, Damya Perez, Nevaeh Guerrero and Sadie Hunsaker with the Easter Bunny and photobomb’d by Carrot Top.

OFF 60: Taliesin presents an exhibition of the ongoing work on Globe and Miami March 19th ~ Cobre Valley Center for the Arts The reception was held at CVCA for the unveiling of the 1st of two exhibits which will serve as permanent displays which will be updated over the course of the studio project. Autumn Giles and Cristina Murphy

Globe’s Ric Benning and Thea Wilshire with Taliesin faculty Cristina Murphy, student Paul Romano and Cristina’s husband, Wouter Portegijs. They are standing next to a large scale topographic model of Globe made by Portegijs.

Over a hundred people attended the event including, Cathy and Ian Lamont, Leora Hunsaker and Patricia Sanders

Delvan Hayward, Miami Librarian, Donna Chapman and Molly Cornwell. The next large scale presentation will be May 1, at Bullion Plaza Museum where the students will display work being undertaken in Miami including the Miami Memorial Library.

Several of Taliesin’s faculty and staff came to Globe for the presentation of students work at the Center for the Arts including Dean Aaron Betsky (not pictured), L-to-R, Paul Romano (student), Matt Honer (Academic Coordinator), Pierre Verbruggen (student) and Michael DesBarres (Interim Director of Academic Affairs)

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LODESTAR Training

Aimee Mundy-Ellison and Jill Wilson with Gila County 4-H Leaders Council and the Gila County Fair Committee.

January 13th

Freeport McMorRan and United Fund of Globe-Miami hosted over 150 non-profit leaders at their training center in Globe for a LODESTAR training on how to be a more effective non-profit board. Pat Burke, Gila Community College, Mary Ann Moreno United Fund Vice President, and Karalea Cox Southern Gila County Economic Development Corporation

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Paul Tunis, Director of the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts; Linda Gross, United Fund Board Member; John Petty, Board Member of CCYS and Jason Donofrio, Director of Development for Taliesin

Aimee Staten, Director and Carrie Heglund, Board President of the Boys and Girls Club of Globe.

Gila County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Linda Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell and Anna Petty with Capstone Mining

Bullion Plaza Museum was represented by board members (L-to-R)) Linda Carnahan, Linda Pearce and Executive Director, Tom Foster. Foster was also there along with Peggy Hilker (2nd from R) to represent the Globe-Miami Concert Association.

James and the Giant Peach

The Center for the Arts expanded its efforts to bring more arts exposure to the area schools with live performances and theatre education. The additional performance took place in February and included two weekends of live performances and staging an incredibly large peach on the bandstand of the Center for the Arts.

Spiker, played by Moon Thomas and Sponge, played by Cassandra Davis were evil Aunties you would not wish your worst enemy on. They reveled in the role.

The Peach arrived in style on a flatbed truck driven by Tanner Hunsaker.

The crew of James and the Giant Peach welcomed the arrival on the band stand of the Center for the Arts.

Kieri Jones and Ivy Moss with Johnu Brown and Isaac Barnes in the background.

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GILA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT

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Anyone with a Gila County library card can browse and check out digital magazines for free from Zinio. Zinio is a digital newsstand that offers a wide collection of current, popular, full-color magazines with no holds, no checkout period, and no limit to the number of magazines that you can download. Titles like Bon Appetit, Country Living, Better Homes and Gardens, National Geographic, Newsweek, Outside, Popular Mechanics, and Quilting Arts Magazine are all available on Zinio to download to your desktop computer or can be read on iPad, iPhone, Android, and Kindle Fire/HD/ HDX with the Zinio app. Zinio also features children’s magazines like Chirp and Chickadee.

ARIZONA STATEWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION MAY 17, 2016 Arizona voters will consider two important Propositions in a statewide special election in May. A.R.S. §16-204 provides that “…for the purposes of increasing voter participation and for decreasing the costs to the taxpayers it is a matter of statewide concern that all elections in this state be conducted on a limited number of days and, therefore, the legislature finds and declares that the holding of all elections on certain specific consolidated days is a matter of statewide concern.” One of the dates authorized by A.R.S. §16-204 is the third Tuesday in May, or May 17th. Proposition 123—if approved, would increase distributions from the State Land Trust Permanent Endowment Fund in fiscal years 2016-2025 from 2.5% to 6.9% of average monthly market values to benefit Arizona K-12 schools, colleges, and other beneficiary institutions, including a $259,266,200 distribution in 2016; includes protections for state funds in the case of a severe economic downturn. Proposition 124—if approved, would allow the State to adjust certain benefits in the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System to alleviate system underfunding, including the replacement of the current permanent benefit increase structure with a cost of living adjustment based on inflation, capped at 2% per year.

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Early Voting Begins April 21, 2016 Sample Ballot Mailed May 6, 2016 Last Day to Request an Early Ballot May 6, 2016 Last Day for Early Voting: May 13, 2016 Special Election Day May 17, 2016

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Telling A Good Story Globe Miami Times celebrates its 10th anniversary

Selina Curley, a San Carlos dress maker who is bridging the gap between traditional Apache and modern fashion, was featured in 2013. Here Curley’s niece Sirianna Shaw models one of Curley’s designs. Photo by Jenn Walker.

By Linda Gross

hen I turned 40, my mother got me a harmonica. I thought it an odd gift for a 40-year-old with a long professional career in the furniture business and no real musical talent. But in her wise way she was preparing me for what would come later. She told me then it was to remind me I was never too old to learn something new nor be surprised by unlikely gifts. Ten years later, I would find myself living in Globe and launching a local newspaper to promote the town. I had left my career to care for mother and the Bed & Breakfast she had begun, and I quickly realized that most of the skills I had developed in Tucson running a furniture and interiors company for nearly 30 years did not transfer to my new life in a small mining town. Except for one. I could still spot a niche that needed filling and recognize an opportunity when it knocked. At the time, Globe-Miami was being served by multiple weekly newspapers which reported the black and white details of weekly happenings in the area. And while I didn’t know anything about publishing at the time, I began to know the community and started to realize something was missing in the coverage. It was the things that could make people excited about living here. Something that reminded visitors and locals alike of the beauty, the history, and the richness of life here. What was missing was a paper with color. One that really dug into stories – a paper with writers that could really spend a day or several getting to know a story... a person, a piece of history, a place, etc. So I dusted off my journalism degree from a much earlier time, put aside an unexpected tax refund to start a small newspaper and went in search of a graphics designer who would be the Watson to my Sherlock. While my journalism degree had laid the groundwork for my writing and storytelling skills, and my years in the furniture business honed my marketing skills, I had no clue about graphic design and page layouts - only that they were critical elements to a successful publication. From the beginning, Globe Miami Times caught people’s eye for its layout, graphics and ad design, and that was all thanks to Jenifer Lee, a 30-something transplant to the Valley who already had 10 years of graphics design under her belt when I met her. She had been recommended to me by another publisher who had worked with her many years. When Jenifer and I finally met for coffee, I discovered a warm, straightforward, mid-Westerner and liked her immediately. Graphics design is one part design skills and four parts understanding who your advertiser is and what they are trying to accomplish, and Jenifer is skilled in both departments. From layout to ad design, Jenifer has helped shape the look we have today, starting with the the quality and size of the paper and the front page, and including everything that follows: the size and style of the text, ratio of images to words, ratio of ads to articles, the ads themselves, the walking maps, and special pull-out sections. GMT Anniversary, Continued on page 27

Women business owners make up the majority of downtown businesses in Globe and we got them together in 2009 for a piece entitled, The Broads of Broad Street. (Mary Bernstein not pictured in this image.) Photo by LCGross.

Ed Gardea was featured as part of our Get Er Done Series we began in 2011. Gardea is the man behind the Annual Light Parade and on the board of the Center for the Arts. Photo by Jenn Walker.

The Five and Dive Tour included wooden nickels which were collected by participants for prizes.

A piece on world-class hunting in this area in the Fall of 2013 featured renowned hunting guides San Carlos Apache Homer Stevens (shown here, far right) and Globe’s Bill Marshall. Photo by Jenn Walker.

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GMT hosted a social media photo booth at the Final Salute for the Apache Drive In much to the enjoyment of those who attended.

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When the paper first launched in June of 2006, it was called the Globe Miami Visitor’s Guide. We included downtown walking maps for both Globe and Miami to draw people off the highway and into the downtown districts to explore. It included a story on the Apache Drive In, which was the last single screen drive-in still standing in the state, and we featured a new shop that had just opened on Broad Street called ‘Seasons.’ We would feature its owner years later in a Get ‘Er Done piece, titled “Molly Cornwell, Globe’s People Person.” Altogether it was 18 pages and included two dozen ads. I had 20,000 copies printed and tried to pick them up in a half-ton pick up, only to find they weighed in excess of two tons. It was the first of many lessons proving I had a lot to learn about the publishing business. When my sister in Ohio showed the first edition to her husband, his comment was “nice looking paper, but is there really enough going on in Globe-Miami to support a paper like this?” I was betting on the fact that there was, but it was more hunch and hutzpah at that point than hard evidence. At the end of that first year, when several local residents told me they did not pick up the paper because they thought it was for visitors, I changed the name to Globe Miami Times and expanded the publication’s focus to feature more stories of interest to the local community. Our page count doubled, and simultaneously, so did our readership. Together, with a small team of freelance writers and photographers, the paper began developing its signature style, which has matured throughout the last decade. The paper continued to cover not only topics that interest visitors, like upcoming events or the whereabouts of local antique shops, but stories about these towns and their residents as well, like personal profiles of community members and pieces reflecting this region’s rich and unique culture. And those are the stories which have made all the difference in who we as a publication are today. I credit the writers who brought those stories to life, including, but not limited to: Jenn Walker, Darin Lowery, John Michael Benson, Bill Norman, Kim Stone, Libby Rooney, Patricia Sanders and Autumn Giles. What I have come to understand about this community is that while visitors may come here because of a singular event or shopping experience, they return because they are drawn to the culture and character of this area. My brother-in-law was right, we are not a Phoenix or Tucson, where there are no shortage of events and such. What our towns have to offer are fascinating individuals, culture and community – that’s our draw. And that is the reason that both visitors and locals now count equally among our readership. We’ve published stories on talented San Carlos artists, world-renowned local hunting guides, home-based chefs, behind-the-scenes community doers, antique collectors, outdoor recreation adventurers, small business owners, industry leaders, those who have made history, and those who are a part of history-in-the making – incredible people with stories to tell – all of whom make up these very unique towns that we call home. Since those early years, we as a publication have As we went to press continued to evolve not only as our Facebook storytellers but as ambassadors engagement had exploded with recent for the community where we coverage of two local continue to create, host and events: The Boys and Girls Club Annual Dinner engineer ways to celebrate our and the Safe Home community with others. These “Hats Off” fundraiser. efforts have included the Copper Spike Train booklet, the Five and Dive Tour, the Final GMT can also be found on Pinterest, Salute to the Apache Drive In, Linkedin and YouTube. a healthcare directory, a QR coded walking tour of historic buildings, the Tonto Basin Map

'The Viches' by writer Bill Norman, included stories told by Mitch Vuksanovich, Mitch Malkovich and Dave Jonovich.

I was incredibly lucky to have launched the paper during the time of Kip Culver (shown here), the Director of the arts center and Main Street program, who made us all proud of our community. He gave us much to celebrate and write about before he died last summer. From the Copper Spike Train to every memorable event, rescue and preservation project, and community building effort, he was and always will be our inspiration. Photo by LCGross.

project and the most recent 2016 visitors guide to Globe, Miami and Superior. The one thread which runs through everything we do is a local one. There is no corporate formula which dictates what we do and that means we have been free to explore stories which catch our interest, take more risks, do things that don’t always add to the bottom line and engage in a bit of creative frolicking from time to time. GMT is 100% locally owned and our sources and inspiration come from living here and being part of the community. That’s just who we are. We hope you’ll join us this summer as we celebrate our 10th anniversary with a month long show at the Center for the Arts and a gala celebration on June 25th, where there will be food, dance, entertainment and yes, frolicking.

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Welcomes You

Globe Unified School District Home of the Tigers

As Spring approaches and another crop of graduates prepares to leave Globe High School, GMT sat down with some exceptional GHS grads to hear about their paths from Globe schools to where they are today.

graduated from Globe High School. “We were outside kids,” says Bradford of her early childhood growing up on Cedar and Second Street—making forts and riding bikes and skateboards down the hill with other neighborhood kids.

“I got hired here and I taught first grade with my mentor. I was thrilled to be working with her and a group of other great teachers,” says Bradford. Bradford now holds a master’s degree in Curriculum Design and Reading.

Making A Difference – GHS Graduates Give Back Story and Photos by Autumn Giles

Carol Bradford is in her 21st year teaching at Copper Rim Elementary School in Globe. After 17 years teaching first grade, she now teaches second grade. Photo by Autumn Giles

Carol Bradford, Elementary Educator The best thing about teaching reading is “seeing the lightbulb,” says Copper Rim teacher Carol Bradford. “I remember one student in particular, he was convinced that he couldn’t read. We worked at it and I knew he could. We just slowly went into it. Then one day I put the book in front of him and I said, ‘You’re ready. I know you’re ready.’ And when he started reading, he looked up at me and said, ‘I’m reading, I’m really reading.’ I’m never going to forget that.” Bradford is in her 21st year teaching at Copper Rim. For 17 years she taught first grade, and then took advantage of an opportunity to move up to second grade with one of her classes. She loved it and decided to stay. “I really have enjoyed teaching the children of my own classmates,” she says. “I have had several children of my friends who I went to school with … and now I’m starting to get grandchildren.” Bradford was born in Globe and

At Globe High School, Bradford was in student council and served as student body president her senior year. “I remember Globe-Miami week was a huge week when we were in school,” says Bradford. “We pretty much collected wood the whole week … Everybody would bring their trucks out, we would load their trucks with wood and then take it to the bonfire. I just remember it being huge.” After GHS, Bradford’s next step was leaving Globe and heading to junior college. “I started at a junior college, which I’m so happy I did. Coming from a small town atmosphere, it was nice to have a regular class size. I loved the professors. I just felt comfortable there,” says Bradford. She calls her path to becoming a teacher a process. She earned a degree in sociology, thinking she would pursue a career in social work. “I had admired so many teachers. I really did want to be a teacher, but to be honest with you I was super shy. I did not feel like I could get up in front of a group of kids or people and be that person,” remembers Bradford. Social work seemed like a compromise. “When I went to college I thought, ‘I’m going to go into social work. I’ll be able to help that way.’ I’ve always wanted to help.” Bradford moved back to Globe for her husband’s work and started subbing at Copper Rim. “I never expected to move back, but I’m so happy here,” says Bradford. She credits subbing at Copper Rim, which connected her with her mentor teacher Julie Minton, with giving her the confidence to commit to a career in teaching. Bradford then got her post-graduate certification in teaching from Northern Arizona University, completing her practicum and student teaching at Copper Rim.

Her classroom is a busy place with lots of hands-on activities, which keep both her and the kids happy because the students stay engaged. “We love science in here,” says Bradford. “Their matter unit is great. They love it … I challenge them to come up with ways to blow up a balloon without using their mouth.” Bradford loves seeing the second graders switch gears from learning to read to reading to learn. “I feel like this is my contribution," says Bradford. “Hopefully I’m making a difference in the lives of these children. I want to be a positive force for them.”

Frankie Dalmolin works at the Pinal Creek Project and has served on the GUSD school board since 2008. Photo by Autumn Giles

Frankie Dalmolin, GUSD School Board President “The majority of people remember me as a travel driver,” says Globe Unified School District’s School Board President Frankie Dalmolin. “I drove them to state championships. Of course I was just as proud to drive them if they lost every game in the season.” Before he was on the school board, Dalmolin drove the bus for away games and other trips part-time for ten years. According to Dalmolin, he liked driving the bus because it “kind of kept me involved with the school and knowing what went on.” Many years, Dalmolin didn’t miss a football game, home or

away. “They had superstitions,” he remembers. “We took the same bus. I had a sign that said ‘Frankie’… It hung above my door. Every one of those football players touched that sign before they left the bus. If they missed it, they came back and hit it.” Dalmolin still has what came to be known as “the Frankie sign.” When he was no longer driving the bus, Dalmolin still wanted a way to stay connected with Globe Schools, so he applied for an opening on the school board and was appointed in 2008. “More than anything, I enjoyed being around the kids, helping the kids,” explains Dalmolin. “Since I wasn’t driving anymore, I figured that was a way to still be involved and still volunteer and help.” Being involved in the community started early for Dalmolin. He remembers opening doors for the home tour as a kid. Today he still volunteers to drive for the home tour. As a student at Globe High School, Dalmolin played alto saxophone in marching band and was on student council. Beyond GUSD school board, his other volunteer commitments in the community include or have included: serving as a member of the Gila County Livestock Committee, volunteering for the Canyon Fire Department, sitting on the board of SAILA (Southern Arizona International Livestock Association), and helping his wife, Melva, with 4-H. On school board, he’s proud of serving on the Arizona School Board Association (ASBA) executive committee. In December 2015, the GUSD school board won the Total Boardsmanship Award at the ASBA Annual Conference. Dalmolin has served as both the board secretary and

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president. “I’m currently president. Before that I was clerk for two years. Before that I was the president for two years and before that I was the clerk for two years,” explains Dalmolin with a laugh. He’s grateful for the opportunity to make a positive difference for the students and the community and looks forward all year to handing out diplomas at graduation. What he likes most about being on the school board is “helping—that’s the best part.”

Dr. Vickie Stevens is in the Globe High School Hall of Fame and serves on the hospital board in San Carlos. Photo by Autumn Giles

Vickie Stevens, Orthopedic Surgeon “I like working on fingers and toes and things. I like small stuff,” says Dr. Vickie Stevens. Stevens fell in love with orthopedic surgery as a surgery intern at Maricopa County Hospital. Stevens’ mother also worked in the healthcare field as a nurse, which brought her from Kentucky to Arizona in 1946. After training as a cadet nurse in World War II, her mother was stationed in San Carlos where she met Stevens’ father, who was San Carlos Apache. They were married in 1950. “He had the best horses and she was wild about horses,” says Stevens. Her father had always been around horses and cattle and in 1955 became the manager of the tribe’s registered herd of Hereford cattle. “I grew up riding horses and punching cattle,” says Stevens. Stevens put herself through college by working as a cowgirl on the weekends. She started school at the Osborne School in San Carlos, but after third grade her parents decided to buy a house in Globe so that she and her five younger siblings could go to school in Globe. Stevens went to Holy Angels School through eighth grade and graduated from Globe High School in 1969. “Globe High School was way different back then,” says Stevens. “We

had three years of Latin.” In high school, Stevens participated in Latin Club, the Girls Athletic Association (before Title IX, intramural-level girls sports were offered), and was San Carlos Rodeo Queen. When she was a sophomore at Globe High School, she remembers a guidance counselor planting the seed that would lead her to medical school. “We had one of those assignments like ‘Write what you want to be’ and I was always kind of a smart aleck,” says Stevens. She wrote that she wanted to be a fighter pilot. Her guidance counselor asked her what she was really interested in. “I really like psychology. I really like trying to understand people. Maybe I’ll be a psychologist,” she remembers telling him. “He said, don’t stop there, be a psychiatrist. They make way more money ... Do you know the difference?” He asked her. She didn’t. “Well one’s a doctor. A medical doctor. You go to medical school for that.” She remembers thinking, “Ok. Well I’ll go to medical school then …That’s the first time I remember being dedicated to the idea of going to medical school.” Stevens graduated from medical school at the University of Arizona in 1976 and after stints working in San Carlos and filling in for doctors in the area when they were on vacation, she and her husband, Dr. Jody Daggett, also an orthopedic surgeon, set out to open their own practice in Globe in 1983. Everybody said, “Oh, you guys are going to starve to death,” remembers Stevens. “There’s nothing to do up there.” They also faced skepticism from local banks, who all refused to give them a loan to start their practice. Thanks in part to the County Hospital Auxiliary, they eventually got enough equipment to do modern orthopedic surgery. “They literally had bake sales to buy equipment for us,” says Stevens. Stevens is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and belongs to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. She retired in December 2013 at the age of 62, which she calls “kind of early and young,” adding, “I stopped because of many, many, many factors but I’m happy being retired. I don’t feel sad about retiring early.” She serves on the hospital board in San Carlos and has coached Globe High School girls soccer. She was also inducted into the Globe High School Hall of Fame. She says she is particularly honored to be included because she thinks “it brings awareness to the kids here today that growing up here can be a really positive thing. It’s a community that is active and self-aware and it tends to generate

people who go on to be very successful.” “I have this philosophy of follow your heart, follow your dreams, and what you’re passionate about is what you should do because that’s what you’re good at,” says Stevens. “I tell kids that all the time. Especially native kids. Don’t feel bound down by anybody else. Do your own.” Angela Philpot, Educator “I make a difference in the classroom every day, but without resources I’m less impactful,” says Angela Philpot. Her experience as an educator has been varied and wide-reaching, but her commitment to improving education in Arizona has remained constant. For the past three years, Philpot has served as the Adult Education Supervisor for Gilbert Public Schools, teaching in and managing a program that provides GED classes and English classes for adults. Philpot explains that the students in the GED program are 16 and all the way up to 60 years old. She is proud to be part of the accomplishments of the students in her program.

everything. I’m still like that,” she says of her early teen years and high school. She started with student council in sixth grade and finished school as senior class president. In eighth grade she began cheerleading and was captain of pom squad her senior year. She was also active in Leo Club and Environmental Club. She received a full academic scholarship to Adams State University and got her master’s degree in Bilingual Education from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since returning to Arizona after graduate school, much of her community involvement has centered around working to improve education, both in the districts she has worked in and state-wide. She has served on the board of directors for the Arizona Education Association for seven years and is currently running for state treasurer for Arizona Teachers Union. She was emcee at Globe High School’s graduation last year and is treasurer of the GHS Alumni Association. During her time in Apache Junction, Philpot was President of the Apache Junction Education Association

Angela Philpot and her family. Photo by Valerie Thomas

Before Gilbert Public Schools, Philpot worked for the Apache Junction Unified School District for 12 years. “I did everything,” says Philpot. “I taught K through 12.” She resists picking a favorite age group, saying that she loves them all for different reasons. Elementary students are lovable and have a thirst for learning, according to Philpot. She calls high school students “a little harder to love,” but fun to joke around with and still moldable. She lives in Mesa with her husband, their ten-year-old son and twin eightyear-old daughters. She appreciated the fact that Apache Junction was a relatively small district. “I’m still a small town girl at heart,” says Philpot. Philpot grew up in Globe and remembers being part of the first kindergarten class to start at Copper Rim. She loved participating in spelling bees at Copper Rim. “I loved being involved in

for four years and is proud of her accomplishments there, including negotiating the first ever memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the district to outline obligations between the staff and administration. She explains that in a small district like Apache Junction, it can be harder to create changes. “I felt like we moved mountains,” she says. Philpot says that when her kids were babies, “I’d put them in a stroller and go walk the neighborhood and hand out flyers.” Now that they’re a little older, she keeps her kids involved in her community engagement and the GHS community. “They know that this is what we do to give back,” says Philpot. Philpot credits GUSD with helping make her who she is and she hopes to raise her children with the same sense of responsibility to give back. “GUSD prepared me so well for what I do in every way,” she says.

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GRADUATION

CEREMONIES

GILA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Globe and San Carlos Campuses HDMS Auditorium (High Desert Middle School) Thursday, May 5th at 6pm

_________________________________________________ GLOBE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT High Desert Middle School 8th Grade Promotion in the HDMS Auditorium: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Globe High School Baccalaureate: Sunday, May 22, 2016 – Gym Graduation: Friday, May 27, 2016 – Harbison Field

LIBERTY 8th Grade Promotion – Thursday, May 26th at 8:30am at Liberty High School Liberty High School Graduation: Thursday, May 26 at 5:30pm in the HDMS Auditorium

_______________________________________________ MIAMI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Baccalaureate: Wednesday, May 18th at 7pm at the Miami High School Auditorium Commencement: Friday, May 20th at 7pm at Ragus Field

________________________________________________ SAN CARLOS Baccalaureate: Monday, May 16th at 6pm in the main gym Graduation ceremonies: Wednesday, May 18th at 6pm – Pavilion

________________________________________________ SUPERIOR Baccalaureate: Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 7pm in the High School Gymnasium Graduation: Friday, May 27, 2016 at 7pm at Memorial Field

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Gila Community College graduate finds rewarding career in nursing “I’ve always loved to help people, especially when they’re hurt, sick, or not feeling well,” says Christina Verdugo. Verdugo calls nursing a “childhood dream.” She explains, “I feel like I want to take care of people, specifically the elderly.” After going back to school at Gila Community College (GCC), she now works as a treatment room nurse at the San Carlos Apache Healthcare Corporation. Verdugo, 33, is from San Carlos and went to Globe High School. When her youngest child turned five and started school, she felt like it helped open the door for her to go to school as well. “It’s now or never,” she remembers telling herself. She offers advice for those who might be considering more education, “If you don’t like what you’re doing, you can change it.” Now, she likes what she does. “It’s fun … I get to work with eight physicians. Anytime they need something, they call me.” Verdugo is also proud to be working for the San Carlos Apache Tribe. “I like working for my own people,” says Verdugo. She considers the time she spent getting her nursing degree “three years of investing my time.” Over the course of that time, she says that GCC faculty and staff went above and beyond to support her. She remembers staff unlocking the computer lab even though it was closed so that she could finish her work and says that San Carlos Campus Facilitator Marcella James helped her immensely as well. Since she graduated with her associates degree in Nursing in December, she has been surprised at the number of people seeking her out to tell her that they’re proud of her. “A lot of community members noticed” her success, she says. “I didn’t know they were watching me.”

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ACROSS 3 Last major adobe building in Globe 6 Basic building blocks 10 First concrete building in Miami 13 Rigid building material 16 Expensive building material 17 Quarried stone 18 Structures banned by Miami in 1914

For answers, see page 33

DOWN 1 Early miners dwellings 2 Local inventor of cement block 4 Source of Pinal Timber 5 Founder of Globe Lumber Yard 7 Quarried stone 8 Current name for the Old Dominion Warehouse 9 Creator of tufa blocks 11 Strong tent material 12 Dacite or Tuff 14 Source of glazed terra cotta 15 Not the wrong architect

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Bob Zache shows off the tomatoes he harvests every year from his garden.

Bob Zache stands in the middle of his garden in Miami Gardens. He has planted beans, kale, onions, corn, tomatoes, etc.

Gardening, Continued from page 1

Zache points around the area of his yard where he grows squash: “Pumpkins over there, spaghetti squash over there, and big sweet banana squash over there.” A few spaghetti squash from last year are still sitting under a bush. Zache says he’ll give them to his chickens. Zache grows a wide range of vegetables, has a flock of about a dozen chickens, and keeps bees. One of his favorite things to grow is peanuts, which he says do very well in Miami’s climate. He harvests a wheelbarrow-full most every year. He says he grows almost all his own vegetables and only goes to the grocery store for citrus and a few other fruits and vegetables he can’t grow himself. Zache points to the garden beds in his “winter garden,” where a friend recently planted seeds for chard, cabbage, and an assortment of other vegetables. (Zache couldn’t do the planting himself because he’s recovering from triplebypass surgery, but he expects to be back

working in the garden soon. He’s already returned to leading hikes in the Pinals and Anchas and plans to hike the Grand Canyon this spring.) The winter garden is an area where Zache built walkways from slag, which capture the sun’s heat and keep the soil warm. In these beds he can plant early and garden until late in the season. In the center of the winter garden is a fire pit; next to it is a bench where he can sit and warm his toes. Zache was born in Miami and has been a gardener since he was a young boy, helping his father with chores. His greatgrandparents moved to Miami in 1911 and had a dairy farm in Miami Gardens, about a quarter mile from where he lives now. His grandfather gardened in plots that the mines made available, giving Miami Gardens its name. Among the garden beds in Zache’s yard, there’s a fish pond surrounded by a stone patio. Mint growing at the edge of the pond scents the air, and small cattails wave in the afternoon breeze. Zache built the pond in 1996 as a gift for his mother on her 80th birthday. Instead of 80 candles on her cake, Zache’s sons stocked the

pond with 80 goldfish. The descendants of those fish are still living in the pond. He points to an area at the back of the yard, where a swinging bench hangs from pine trees that Zache planted himself, decades ago. “It’s pretty to sit out here in the evening on the swing,” he says, “sip some red wine…” When he lived in downtown Phoenix in the ‘70s—working as a proofreader and then a reporter for the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette—he had a tiny garden in the only space available, a sixfoot-long plot between his garage and a wall. Zache says you can garden practically anywhere, and in the Cobre Valley’s climate, you can do it just about anytime, too. “This garlic I grow,” he says, “that stuff will grow anywhere and it grows year round.” In 1977, Zache received a job offer at the Van Dyke mine, and he and his wife, Joanne, moved to Miami Gardens. He started gardening right away. He points to a pine tree near the house. “That was our first Christmas tree,” he says. It’s sixty feet tall now. Over the years he’s expanded the gardens, and even purchased two adjacent parcels so that he could turn them into garden space.

Zache and reporter, Patricia Sanders, admire the fish pond he had put in on his mother’s 80th birthday.

Zache fertilizes his plants with manure and doesn’t use insecticides. He says, ”I don’t like [insecticides] at all. It’s all lizards and other bugs eating these bugs.” What you can grow depends on where your garden is located, Zache explains. “A friend of mine has lemon trees on Cedar Street right up above Broad,” he says. “He gets lemons every year. He’s on a wall that faces south, a little protected area.” Zache’s garden is flat, part of it shaded by pines in the afternoon. Tomatoes do well in that area, he says. Peanuts prefer full sun, so he plants them in the open area that gets sun all day. Bob Zache’s advice for people who would like to learn to garden is: “Get a shovel and start digging.” He says the best way to become a gardener is to “just do it” and learn as you go. Gardening, Continued on page 35

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Golden Hills Nursery always has a great variety of herbs and vegetable plants to choose from.

Gardening, Continued from page 33

He also suggests that new gardeners ask for help. He says there are lots of resources for information. “Ask the co-op, ask a master gardener, ask a friend, go to the nursery,” he says. The co-op Zache is referring to is the county Cooperative Extension Office. This office offers free gardening assistance over the phone, and organizes workshops in the spring and fall that cover topics such as composting and raising chickens. The office can be reached at (928) 425-7179. Chris Jones, the extension office’s agricultural agent, can also connect budding gardeners with master gardeners—graduates of the Gila County Master Gardener Program. This program requires a four-credit-hour class in home horticulture and 50 hours of community service. Graduates become resources for

Zache and other growers bring a bounty of fresh produce each week to the Globe-Miami Farmers' market.

the community and are able to pass on information about plants and gardening methods that work in the local area. When Zache became a master gardener, his community service project was to install brick paths and patios in the courtyard at the Cooperative Extension Office. Other students planted trees and flowerbeds to beautify the space. Jones says one place new gardeners can get help is at the Globe-Miami farmers market. The growers who attend the market are usually happy to answer questions about how they garden, Jones says. Another resource for gardeners in Globe and Miami is the community gardens program. Community gardens provide space for people to garden and help people connect with other gardeners.

In Globe, community gardens are being developed by a group called Copper Canyon Community Gardens. CCCG is a nonprofit that was formed by gardeners Paul Buck, Amber Riordan, and Adrian Marks in 2014. The group’s mission is to create edible gardens around town. In 2015, CCCG created a community garden in Globe behind the Nob Hill Grocery at Devereaux and Bailey, on land made available by Nob Hill’s owner, JP Cruz. Five garden beds are available, and anyone is welcome to participate. There is no charge, except that gardeners are asked to contribute to the water bill. Buck estimates that will cost just a few dollars each month for each gardener. Gardeners must supply their own tools and gardening materials. CCCG also set up a 1,500-square-foot garden at the Gila Community Food Bank, with the possibility of expansion to 5,000 square feet. To learn more about the community gardens, call Buck at (928) 812-3208. At this moment, the garden beds at Bob Zache’s house are just blank expanses of fertile soil, but in a few weeks they will be filled with rows of green, growing plants. By summer, the garden will be a cornucopia, abuzz with bees and hummingbirds. Then Zache will have his hands full, weeding and harvesting. Some of his vegetables will go to the Globe-Miami farmers market, which will open June 4. The market is held at City Hall in Globe and is now in its sixth season. Home gardeners who have a surplus can sell up to one bushel of veggies at the community table, or, with larger amounts to sell, can rent a booth for $10 for one Saturday or $120 for the season. The fee supports the market and helps to pay for promotion and signage. Sellers are also required to contribute 5 to 10 percent of their sales, which goes to the market manager. For more information about the farmers market, call Holly Brantley,

market manager, at (928) 701-3097. With the weather growing warmer, Globe’s gardeners are tilling their soil and planting their seeds. Some do it for the sake of healthful food, savings on grocery bills, physical activity, or the chance to get their hands dirty in a garden bed. Some gardeners do it to earn extra money by selling at the farmers market. For some, the best reason to garden is the taste of a warm, fresh tomato—with a little salt.

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Another wall of the gallery is painted butter yellow. Here, paintings and mixedmedia pieces by Charles Davison depict St. Francis of Assisi, sometimes against a bright background of flowers and blue sky, sometimes in darkness, under a luminous moon. Ornate crosses made of wood and found objects, also by Davison, hang on the wall among the St. Francises. An artist with a career spanning four decades, Davison has created more than 5,000 paintings that have fetched prices up

The Wild Cow Gallery is sponsored by the Cactus Moon Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by LeBlanc and Davis to assist emerging artists and collectors. LeBlanc’s husband, Andre, is a major donor and board member. The foundation raises funds to support emerging artists and hosts visiting artists. Funds from gallery sales support the foundation’s activities. The gallery also hosts art workshops led by Davison every second and fourth Friday at 3:00 and 5:30 p.m. The cost is $25, and registration is not necessary.

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to $20,000. He moved to Superior 16 years ago for its natural beauty and clean air. Many of his paintings have Southwestern themes: a cowboy playing a guitar, wild horses, sun-drenched landscapes. Davison’s work is represented by Wilde-Meyer Galleries in Scottsdale and Tucson. This spring, his St. Francis works will move to a gallery in Santa Fe, and his work will also expand to more locations in Arizona. Back when he moved to Superior, Davison recalls, the town was considered rough and tumble. “Superior is changing in a great way,” he says. “This is an exciting time.”

Boonie LeBlanc is a tall Texan-Arizonan who enjoys talking about the Cactus Moon Foundation and the art and artists he works with. He says most of Wild Cow’s clientele is from the Valley. “We have more traffic than most of the small galleries in Scottsdale,” he says. He notes that many small galleries in Scottsdale have closed, and he says the location in Superior helps to keep Wild Cow’s overhead low. One of the gallery’s rooms is crowded with the work of Texan folk artist L. Woods: doors, windows, buckets, and benches covered with floral patterns painted in a Wild Cow, Continued on page 37

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Although artist L.Woods is known for painting galvanized buckets and old doors, this 3' x 2' canvas is indicative of the bright colors and patterns which attract people to her work. Charles Davison, an artist whose career spans four decades, resides in Superior

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riot of colors. Ladybugs and bumblebees appear among blue lupine, white daisies and yellow sunflowers. LeBlanc met L. Woods years ago when he and a friend were driving through the Texas countryside. His friend ordered LeBlanc to stop the car—something had caught her eye. “I want that bucket,” LeBlanc recalls her saying. LeBlanc knocked on the door of Woods’ house. “That’s my water bucket,” Woods said. She agreed to sell it to LeBlanc’s friend, anyway—for a hundred dollars. It was her first sale. After that, LeBlanc asked Woods if he brought her more pieces could she paint those and she said yes. He remembers delivering a truckload of 144 pieces, including windows, tubs and benches. She painted 122 pieces within several weeks, and LeBlanc rented a building and lined up a sale in Wimberley, Texas – an affluent upscale community with lots of boutiques and restaurants outside of Austin – where he sold every one of the pieces within five hours. LeBlanc says he delivered a $30,000 check to Woods from that sale and watched her go on to make $90,000 her first year. Today L. Woods earns over half a million dollars

a year and donates work each year to the LeBlancs' Cactus Moon Foundation. The painting of the horse with no eyes is by David Camancho Betancourt, a self-taught folk artist from Mazatlan, Mexico. He combines storytelling with his paintings, pasting a handwritten story to the back of each piece. The tales have the feeling of dreams or fables. Betancourt is one of the artists that the Cactus Moon Foundation is currently supporting. The foundation provides funds for supplies, displays his painting and sculptures at the gallery, and promotes his work. When asked what is the most important way the foundation is helping his career, Betancourt says, “It gives me hope and inspiration for the future.” He had never sold his work before Cactus Moon began to display it in the Wild Cow Gallery. Many of the works on exhibit at Wild Cow were donated to Cactus Moon. L. Woods donates 100 pieces each year, and Charles Davison gives his time to teach workshops, as well as donating artwork. The Wild Cow Art Gallery is one example of the growth that is burgeoning in Superior now. New businesses have opened along Main Street and Magma Avenue, as well as on Highway 60, and the Magma Hotel is set to reopen this year after major renovations.

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For the past three years, Eason has been training oneon-one clients of all ages (her youngest was four and her oldest is 76) in boxing. She has also worked for Globe Gym providing cardio classes there, but her passion is Round 4 Round: the boxing club for young people that she runs out of a ring tucked away in Total Knockout Fitness on Sullivan Street in Miami. The club trains daily and includes about 16 young people, ages nine through 31. The older boxers help Eason run the sessions and guide the younger athletes.

Dillon Nordin warms up for the ring

Sarah prepares one of her students by wrapping his hands. Wrapping protects the knuckles, fingers, wrists, and hands from injury.

“They make my whole day,” says Eason of having the opportunity to work with the boxers in Round 4 Round. She has friends who do similar work in the Valley or on the West Coast that laugh at what she charges for oneon-one boxing instruction. Her $15 per half an hour rate is a fraction of what she could charge elsewhere. “I do it so that everyone can have an opportunity. I would do it for free, if I could,” says Eason. “I’m trying to concentrate on my little tiny community.” On top of meeting and training daily with the kids at Round 4 Round, she gives them strategies for

managing their anger and frustration outside the ring. “Three things,” she tells them: “Three minutes of pushups, three minutes of sit-ups, and go hit a tree with your glove for three minutes.” Eason encourages the kids to be accountable to themselves. “You’re not representing your friends right now, you’re representing yourself … you’re representing this community,” she tells them. More than anything, she wants to get the word out that her boxers are doing amazing things. “I’m trying to make positive changes in these kid's lives and let this town know that we’ve got a big bunch of really good kids around here—I mean, really talented … Unfortunately, this town has a little bit of a bad view of teenagers,” says Eason. Gavin Williams, an eighth grader from Miami, has been boxing for five years. Williams, one of Round 4 Round’s team captains, got started boxing with his uncle. Williams says, “Me and my Uncle Justin, we’d always go by Keith Dixon’s gym. We’d always see everyone in there hitting the bags and whatever. We went in one day and we were training and on the first day Keith already wanted him on the team. Ever since then, I’ve been boxing because it kept me out of trouble and it kind of picked me up.” At the end of March, Williams participated in his first title fight. According to Williams, before he started boxing, he “used to get in a whole bunch of trouble.” He says that boxing has helped him out with a lot of things.

Gavin Williams, one of Round 4 Round's team captains

“Now, I’m not really stupid like I was before. I stay out of trouble now,” he explains. Williams’ favorite part about training with Eason is mitt work, which is when boxers have the opportunity to work one-on-one with the coach on agility and boxing combinations, which they have to complete as quickly and accurately as possible. Williams convinced his friend Michael Mowrey to try out boxing and, according to Mowrey, he “fell in love.” Mowrey, a freshman at Miami High School, has been boxing for a little over six months and is a team captain of Round 4 Round along with Williams. He says the responsibility of being team captain “feels good because that just makes me feel like I have to prove myself.” Round 4 Round’s youngest boxer is nine-yearold Emma Nordin from Globe. Nordin calls herself “a boxer and a kickboxer.” She started out taking a kickboxing class with Eason, but says she loves boxing at Round 4 Round because “the older kids help the younger kids learn more things.” Nordin explains that Boxing, Continued on page 39

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being a boxer and a kickboxer is confusing sometimes because “you have so many things that you have to remember.” She hopes more girls will join Round 4 Round so that she has someone to spar with. When Nordin isn’t training she likes to work in the garden with her mom and dad and “draw and make creative things,” like a “dinosaur with a top hat and a championship belt.” Although some boxers in the club, like Williams, participate in competitions, competing isn’t the focus.… “I like the children to be able to show their technique and their skill and how beautiful it is. Boxing is not about fighting,” says Eason. “To me, boxing is about building self-respect, self-confidence, and self-control.” Sarah welcomes anyone in the community to come visit and see what’s going on. To set up an appointment to train one-on-one with Sarah call 928-812-1913.