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People in the neighborhood began pointing and gawking almost as soon as the project began. A bright sky blue covering the entire back of the house could be seen from across the canyon. The color makes a stark contrast to the muted beige of the rest of the house on 2nd Street, which sits unobtrusively surrounded by trees and tucked into the hillside. “We always felt that art should be a joy,” says Victoria Carella, owner and instigator of the mural project at her home in Globe. She and her partner, Charles Beck, smile as they stand back and admire the finished work. It covers the entire back of their home, measuring 18 feet wide by 13 feet high at the peak, and features three large brontosauruses, triceratops, and pteradactyls. Troglobites lurk in the lagoon at the bottom of the mural. Carella acknowledges they took some liberties and mixed geological time lines, but, she said, they were such interesting creatures when they were around, how could they not be represented? Friendly Dinosaurs, Continued on page 22
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Artist Patty Sjolin (Bringhurst) worked with Carella and Beck to bring their vision to a grand scale. Courtesy Photo.
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Bernadette Kniffen Leads Effort To Help Families On San Carlos By Patti Daley It’s hard to get Bernadette (Bernie) Kniffen to sit and talk about her role as Director of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Transit for the San Carlos Apache Tribe. She’s busy doing it, responding to local needs during a global pandemic and planning for the future. “Our benefits are still rolling,” she reports in a quick update in late April. “We’re doing our best to stay above water.”
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Members of TANF work to distribute supplies during the COVID-19 lockdown. Courtesy photo
Crowdless Mourning By Patti Daley
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eath of a loved one tops the list of the most stressful losses a human can experience. In the midst of a global pandemic, many experience it alone. As of Apr. 30, 2020, Gila County has recorded no deaths from COVID-19. Yet more than 100 members of our community have died in the past two months, of other causes. Constriction of services and social activity brought on by the pandemic have impacted the way we honor, mourn and celebrate the deceased, and how we support the ones still here. “The immediate family needs the support of as many friends as they can get,” says funeral director Ian Lamont, owner of Lamont Mortuary on Hill St. in Globe. “They are limited to ten people.” Ian Lamont, Continued on page 20
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“Our mission is your health.” Dr. Scott Croft Orthopedic Surgeon
The Hospital is Now Scheduling
ELECTIVE SURGERIES ...based on the Governor's Directive on May 1. Please contact your primary care physician to schedule an appointment.
The hospital’s new Halcyon Oncology Radiation machine was installed in April. Pictured here is Tiffany Boyd, Cancer Center Director. For information call (928) 402-2878.
Thank You for Masks…
Our heartfelt thanks go to all the many community members who joined in the effort to make 500 masks for CVRMC staff in record time! The project was completed in just under a month and involved dozens of people who cut patterns, sewed masks and delivered them to our door.
Telemedicine appointments are now available at all CVRMC clinics
(928) 425-7108 or (928) 425-3247 for more information.
CVRMC is requiring everyone coming into the hospital to wear a mask. “Let’s All Stay the Course.”
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BEHIND THE SCENES
We think of doctors and nurses as the front line, but it’s also our housekeeping and purchasing staff that keep us going! Thanks to each of you for the work you do!
Paul Carmichael Head of Purchasing Married 14 years to wife Leslie, an LPN at the hospital Together they have 5 kids and 12 grandchildren
Aaron Salcido Inventory Specialist Married and father of 4 kids *PLUS holder of 3 State Wrestling titles! Vandal: MHS Grad
Angel O’Brien Mother of 3 Tiger: Grad. GHS
James Fajardo Married, Father of 6 Head of Environmental Services
Virginia Sanchez Mother of 3 Here for 6 years
Dolores Gonzales Mother of 5 daughters and 11 grandchildren Vandal: MHS Grad
Tylynn Messerly Mother of 2 From Montana. Liberty HS Grad
Vira Lupe Mother of 3 Brave: SanCarlos Grad
Arlene Absher Engaged to be married next year Vandal: MHS Grad
Kitty Scott Mother of three From Calif. With CVRMC 5.5 years
Jenny Martinez Mother of 3 plus 2 grandkids Vandal: MHS Grad
Joanne Heisler Married 43 years Tiger: GHS Grad
Michelle Bush Married 15 years GHS Grad
Not pictured: Scott Foster, Gabriel Valenzuela, Mary McGarry, Irene Alvarado – The Night Crew
5880 S. Hospital Drive Globe, AZ 85501 (928) 425-3261 | www.cvrmc.org We are updating our website almost daily with the information you need to know! Gila County Health Department recently launched a 2-1-1 health hotline to answer your questions. You’ll find the links to these sites listed below:
CVRMC www.CVRMC.org
Gila County Health Department www.gilacountyaz.gov
Arizona Department of Health Services www.azdhs.gov
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As the paper went to press, I happened to see a post by Seth Godin which seems appropriate to think about this month. It goes like this: “Wake me when it’s over” is a natural instinct during a short-term interruption in our usual pattern. A crisis is there to be managed or waited out. The goal of each day is to simply get through it. Until things are back to normal. But sometimes we’re dealing with a slog. Where the number of days is not small enough to simply throw them away. In a slog, the pattern of only getting by undervalues our days and diminishes our ability to contribute. During a slog, we have a chance to accept a new normal, even if it’s temporary, and to figure out how to make something of it. You don’t have to wish for it, but it’s here. There’s very little value in spending our time nostalgic for normal. When we get to the other side of the slog and look back, what will we have contributed, learned and created?
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Yes, the Governor has said we can begin opening up business. Restaurants and retail in Globe and Miami are cautiously opening their doors and their dining rooms after being shut down for nearly six weeks. But we are far from anything that looks like normal. We will get there at some point, but it will be a new normal, and no one knows when that will be or what that will look like. In the meantime, we are still in a slog. And the point Godin makes is important:
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Just getting by undervalues our days and diminishes our ability to contribute. Work goes on. Local homeowners are keeping businesses like Pinal Lumber (celebrating their 40th anniversary), Ace Hardware and Golden Hills Nursery busy as they get materials for overdue repairs and home improvement and find their zen in gardening. The City of Globe is moving forward on street repairs, and renovations and building is happening around town. Plus, a whole new crop of seniors are graduating this spring, who have worked hard to get to this point and will be the future of that
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Book Review: George Hunt by David R. Berman
ARIZONA’S FIRST GOVERNOR No stranger to challenging times
By Patricia Sanders
Globe Mayor Gameros Cautions Community as Restrictions are Lifted To all Globe Businesses Owners: On behalf of myself and the City of Globe, welcome back to our business community members that can open under the Governor’s Executive Order. This new order allows our Retail Stores, Salons and Barber Shops to open on May 8th and Restaurants to open on May 11th with restrictions and following the CDC guidelines. It is important to understand that we must be smart, safe, and responsible as we open our business community to decrease the chances of a spike in cases. Now is not the time to let our guard down, as we know that this virus is still active in our state with an upward trend on positive cases and deaths. The opening of all businesses will be a slow process with a continued evaluation as we attempt to get back to a new normal way of living with respect and consideration for others. Retail Stores, Salons, Barbers, and Restaurants will need to develop operational guidelines that will include: 6 feet social distancing, a regular disinfecting process, good hygiene practices, wearing of masks when near employees and customers, and an employee stay at home policy if you are sick. We are truly a caring community mainly because we know each other and grew up together. Continue to be safe as we begin a new phase to open Arizona. We look for future guidance from the Governor’s office on anticipated dates to re-open gyms, theaters, and bars. Please continue to be patient with the process as we navigate the unknown. Know that your City is there with you to support all your efforts. Our focus now as a City is to assist our local businesses to navigate the transition back into normal business operations, with the priority being the health and well-being of our community. You can contact me at any time if you should have questions or concerns at: 928-200-2626.
Governor George Hunt marching in procession with Elks at an
oldtimers reunion in Globe in 1924. The caption at the time was, George W. P. Hunt got his start in “Gov. Hunt came to Globe in 1881 punching a burro and life when he came to Globe in 1881 – repeated the operation after forty-three years.� first waiting tables in James Pascoe’s Photo courtesy of the Arizona State Library. restaurant, then working as a mucker in the Old Dominion Mine. By 1892 he’d won a seat representing Gila County in the territorial legislature. In 1900, taking a break from state politics, he became president of the Old Dominion Commercial Company and mayor of Globe. Hunt then returned to the state legislature in 1904, where he helped write Arizona’s constitution. He served as Arizona’s first governor and, in a long and active career, held the governor’s seat for a total of seven two-year terms. David R. Berman’s biography is one of only three ever written. Published in 2015, it was the first one in forty years. Berman drew from a wealth of archival material, including historical newspapers that had been newly digitized and therefore easier to access. Berman portrays Hunt as a complex character, whose lifelong dedication to politics sometimes seems to stem from a selfless desire to serve the “forgotten man,� and sometimes from an addiction to power or an inability to free himself from the political machine he’d created. Hunt’s childhood as the son of a poor Missourian farmer shaped him into a man of the people, with empathy and compassion for working men and prisoners. One of his proudest achievements as governor was to make school textbooks free, because his own parents been unable to afford them. He championed the rights of workers and labored tirelessly on behalf of prisoners, whom he felt often went to jail only because they were poor. Yet Hunt also built a powerful political machine that helped maintain his four-decade political career. He frequently overrode the legislature to enforce his preferred policies, and although he constantly complained about betrayals and conspiracies, he obviously found ways to succeed in spite of them. Berman’s book covers the major concerns and events of the period: the Arizona constitutional convention, the labor disputes of the early twentieth century, debates over voting rights for women and immigrants, negotiations regarding Hunt was pictured in the Arizona Republican on Dec. 8, 1918, during the influenza pandemic. Colorado River water rights, and more. Berman shines a light on what life was like Photo courtesy of the Arizona State Library. in Arizona in Hunt’s day. The book also shines a light on the politics of today. Reading Hunt’s life story, it’s clear that things haven’t really changed that much in a hundred years: the endemic corruption and cronyism, media manipulation, fake news, smears, and name-calling all sound very familiar. Whether that’s reassuring or deeply depressing probably depends on whether you’re a glass half full or glass half empty kind of person. Hunt seen here with the Pierce family in Gila County. George Hunt is recommended for Arizonans with an Circa 1918. Photo courtesy of the Arizona State Library. interest in history or politics.
As a service to readers and researchers during the pandemic, the University of Arizona Press is offering books free to download online through the Project Muse website. Go to bit.ly/covidnewsmuse, and scroll down the list of publishers until you find the University of Arizona Press. Click that link, and it will take you to a list of the 643 books that the UofA is offering for free to download. The downloads are in the form of chapter-by-chapter pdfs that you can then read on your computer or print out. The free downloads are available until June 30.
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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME Habitat for Humanity Seeking Qualified Family Applicants By Cheryl Hentz
hether you’re a Globe-Miami native living elsewhere and longing to return, or you’re already living here but renting – and dreaming of a house of your own – everyone deserves to have a place to call home. That’s been the goal of Habitat for Humanity since the day the organization began. Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit organization based on the idea of partnership housing, where families work alongside volunteers to build a safe, decent home, and then can live in the house they built, with an affordable mortgage. The organization began in Georgia in 1968, founded by Christians who took to heart the Bible verse Exodus 22:25: “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.� Mortgage payments get cycled back into building more homes. Today, there are affiliates in all 50 states. Habitat for Humanity welcomes applications from anyone who desires to be a part of this work, regardless of religious preference, race, or background. Housing applicants are put through a rigorous application process consisting of a background check, credit check, employment verification, and financial check to ensure that they can manage a mortgage and utility payments. Applicants must provide character references, who are verified and interviewed. Future homeowners are also required to attend financial education and budget-planning classes. And they must contribute 500 hours of sweat equity toward the construction of their home. The work is overseen by professional contractors and builders.
The latest Habitat project is on Nash Street in Miami, located just off Sullivan Street downtown, on the North side. If you were standing on the corner of Sullivan Street & Cordova (where the basketball courts and swimming pool are) look North. Courtesy photo.
Qualified Applicants One of the challenges Habitat affiliates have is that they receive a lot of applications from people who don’t qualify. For example, applications come in from single mothers who don’t work, but rather rely on public assistance and confuse Habitat with Section 8 type housing – where the government pays some or all of the rent for an apartment. Habitat is not a program that gives away homes. Susan Hanson, president of the Globe-Miami Habitat for Humanity affiliate, says, “In order to qualify, applicants must have a job, pay their bills on time and have a good credit score and be able to pay an extremely reasonable mortgage payment and the utilities.� Applicants also must demonstrate a need for safe, affordable housing. “If they meet these requirements, they may be able to qualify for a home.� Another point the local affiliate board members want to drive home – no pun intended – is that the definition of a family today is not nearly what it was 10 or 20 years ago.
So, What Is a Family? “Families today can be real different as to the dynamic and structure,� says Hanson. It could be a single man or woman living with their children, or a couple living with their children. It could be grandparents living with their grandchildren, or parents living with their adult child or children, along with their spouses or partners. “A family can be all kinds of scenarios. We would like people to look at their own situation and realize
Homeowner Naomi Urquidez had help from friends and family, plus invested her own sweat equity for her home, completed in 2015. Courtesy photo.
that they could be the perfect applicant.� It’s important to remember that your application, even if you qualify, will not necessarily be immediately accepted for a home to be built. Naomi Urquidez applied on and off for seven years and was put on a waiting list before she received the news that Habitat was going to build a home for her. Three years ago, Urquidez and her three children, all under the age of 18, moved into their new three-bedroom, two-bathroom home in Claypool. For Urquidez, being blessed with her own home was a dream she’d had for many years. She’s glad she never gave up hope. “It’s wonderful working in the yard and taking care of a property and yard that’s mine and not someone else’s, and paying a mortgage for something I own
rather than paying rent to someone else for something they own, not me,� Urquidez says. Urquidez has worked as a secretary at a lumberyard for more than 16 years and was able to qualify for a home based on her level of income and good credit. Not only did she and her kids put sweat equity into the project, but her parents helped, too. Her employer gave Habitat the building materials at contractor pricing. They also found other contractors who were all too happy to assist in the building of her home. “Even the neighbors would come over (during the building phase) and ask if we needed help with anything,� Urquidez says. Habitat for Humanity, Continued on page 7
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Urquidez says to never give up if you’ve applied to Habitat and not been accepted immediately. “Just keep applying every year and never give up. You will eventually get blessed. It just takes a bit of time, but it will happen,” she says. “It’s the most blessed thing you can sign up for. And even with all the hours and effort that went into this, it was well worth it.” Story and photos by Thea Wilshire
Current Build in Miami Habitat is currently doing a build site in the Town of Miami in a downtown residential neighborhood. They’ve been buying up land and clearing the property in a half-block area. “There will be four homes in all in this current project, all energy-efficient, beautiful inside and out, and all appliances included,” says Hanson. Groundbreaking on the first home, for which they have an approved applicant, will happen sometime mid-summer, depending on COVID-19 restrictions. Two other homes are planned for the near future, and the fourth one is about two or three years out, Hanson estimates. The first three have already been approved by the city’s zoning committee. Hanson says, “As we’re building, we’ll be able to pull in more than one family. Ideally, if we get enough qualified applicants, we could even start breaking ground all at the same time. If not, it will be one right after the other.” The Globe-Miami Habitat for Humanity affiliate has built 12 homes already – one about every other year. “But because of the unusual circumstances and building a cluster – the first time it will be done in Globe-Miami – we will be doing multiple homes within a two-year period,” says Hanson. Hanson stresses that their mission is not just about building homes for people who need them, but it’s also about changing neighborhoods. “We go into neighborhoods where existing properties are in quite bad shape and Habitat clears the land, including the existing building. And by building a new home, it helps to improve and increase the overall character and value of the neighborhood, while giving our applicant a nice, safe, decent home.” The Globe-Miami Habitat for Humanity serves the communities of Globe, Claypool, and Miami, with new home-builds throughout. Anyone interested in applying for a Habitat home should request an application by sending a private message on the Globe-Miami Habitat for Humanity Facebook page. Or they can call Susan Hanson at (928) 701-1414 to have an application emailed or mailed.
e know being out-of-doors is a boost for our immune systems, reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, decreases anxiety and depression, and increases our sense of well-being. In this difficult season of fear and societal change, we need to spend as much time out-of-doors as we can. However, as city and county parks, national parks and monuments, and even beaches all across the country are closing to public access to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, people are increasingly restricted to their homes. Fortunately, that is not the case for residents of Gila County as we are surrounded by wild and natural beauty, and only minutes away from mountains, lakes, rivers, desert, and waterfalls that are accessible to foot, bike, kayak, horseback, or ATV exploration. Recently I took my dog to a favorite spot on the Salt River: the beach areas above and below the narrow metal bridge on the scenic highway to Young. As one of the few rivers to flow through the saguaro forests of the Sonoran Desert, the Salt River is sometimes called “Arizona’s Other Grand Canyon” because of its stunning beauty and vast array of flora and fauna species. When I visited, the area was green and filled with a profusion of wild flowers, the river was running strong, and we were the only individuals enjoying the space.
The US Forest Service (USFS) manages many of the wilderness areas in the Globe-Miami area. In response to COVID-19, the USFS began closing some highly frequented federal recreation sites as early as March 16 based on recommendations from the USDA and CDC. However, not all federal sites have closed. Using input from state and local health agencies, local USFS managers have been tasked with determining which areas and facilities in our National Forests needed to be closed to protect both the public and USFS employees. Concurrent with this, these local managers will be the ones to decide when closed sites reopen. When asked for a prediction of when our local sites might reopen, Anne Thomas with the Tonto Ranger District states reopening sites is being discussed daily with input from the federal, state and local levels. To check if a USFS site is open, she recommends going online to the Tonto National Forest home page, then clicking on the righthand “Check your Rec” icon for updates on specific sites (https://www.fs.usda.gov/tonto). Additionally, if people choose alternative access points to visit currently closed federally-managed natural resources, the USFS asks that people park safely, legally, and without blocking other vehicles.
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There’s easy access to the river at the “take out area” under the bridge that white water rafters use to avoid the diversion dam just ahead on the waterway. When the water is not muddy or running too swiftly, there are rocks below the bridge that are fun to jump off into a surprisingly deep part of the river and the water is always cool, even on the hottest days of summer. When the river is particularly low, this is a nice place to bring kids to play in the water. A little past this area is the Upper Salt River Diversion Dam Recreation Area. There are picnic tables, accessible vault toilets, an interpretive look-out, dispersed camping, parking for both vehicles and trailers up to 16’, and easy access to the river. The area is known for its flathead catfish, channel catfish, carp, and largemouth bass. While I don’t fish, I love visiting when the impressively large carp and catfish are making their way over the dam and down the river steps.
I have seen hundreds at a time splashing in the 4” or so of water. It’s quite a sight. The original Roosevelt Power Canal and Diversion Dam was built from 1904-
1906 to divert water to a hydroelectric generating plant that provided power for machinery used during construction of Roosevelt Dam. After construction was
completed, the power canal was used again whenever the lake level dropped too low for water to enter the dam. It remained in operation until 1952. It now serves as an interesting reminder of the innovation and history of our region, as well as a ladder to prevent fish from migrating up the river to locations where the water will not remain deep enough to sustain them. Because the Diversion Dam Recreation Area is managed by the US Forest Service (USFS), the parking lot and bathroom are currently closed per COVID-19 district risk management assessments. To determine when the site reopens, Anne Thomas with the Tonto Ranger District recommends going online to the Tonto National Forest home page, then clicking on the righthand “Check your Rec” icon for updates on specific sites (https://www.fs.usda.gov/ tonto) including both if they are closed and if there are available camping spots if the site is open. Part of what makes our little community unique is that we are surrounded by wild protected land that is unlikely to be extensively developed. Our natural areas are vast and offer a plethora of opportunities to play and explore outside, which is a highly recommended way to promote health and reduce anxiety during this season of uncertainty. Our phenomenal outdoor opportunities are one of many things I love about the Globe-Miami-San Carlos region. To get to the Upper Salt River takeout area, take Highway 188 west for 13 miles, then go 4 miles on Highway 288 to the bridge. There’s a turn-off to your left just before the bridge to access the takeout area and another turn-off to the right just after the bridge for additional parking and hiking. The Diversion Dam Recreational Area is just a few minutes drive past the metal bridge with another turn-off to the left. Interested in reading all 20 Globetrotting posts about unique treasures of our area? Go to https:// acornconsulting.org/blog/
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“It’s the people you work with that make the job.” On an afternoon in early March, Sherri Powell is talking to teenagers about opportunities in mining. It’s career day at a local high school, and after 12 years as a mining engineer, she’s the new recruitment coordinator for Capstone Mining Corp. “The most important thing is that we find the right person for the right job,” she says. Sherri made the shift from Engineering to Employee Services last November. Her social skills suit her well for the outreach role, and her technical experience is essential to understanding the skills needed for each job. “It’s exciting,” she says, “and it’s critical.”
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“This company develops its people,” Sherri explains. “We want to bring the right person here and have them stay.” Overall, the company’s goal is to be a consistent low-cost operation, Sherri says, and this means keeping it simple. “Give good people the resources they need to do a good job.” Often, what people need to do a good job is a good team. Sherri helps managers find the right person for each position.
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Day to day
“Everyday is different,” says Sherri, “but we do the same things.” As recruitment coordinator, half of Sherri’s days are spent interacting with potential new hires. Applications, assessments, onboarding, and a lot of phone tag. The other half involves coordination with hiring managers. Tasks such as defining required skills, conducting interview panels and creating employee development plans. The best part, she says, is making an offer. “Can’t think of a better way to end the day than to call someone and offer them a job,” Sherri says.
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How did you get into mining?
Sherri Powell has always loved numbers. After switching majors several times, she earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Arizona. Seeking real-world experience the summer before her senior year, Sherri attended a career day and spoke to six companies. She learned about mining. “I knew absolutely nothing about it,” she declares. She was offered an internship with Asarco at the Mission mine in Tucson, followed by a full-time employment offer in the fall. In 2011, she fulfilled a dream by working overseas. A market downturn in Australia led her back to the states and in February 2014 she was hired by Capstone as a short-range planning engineer. Her focus was on the alignment of business needs across departments. “The most important thing is timely coordination,” Sherri explains, “if you drop the ball and don’t share an important piece of information to all who need it, the process breaks down.” In 12 years she has worked at 4 mines, with 3 companies; she stays connected with people on the other side of the world. “It’s a small world,” Sherri notes. “Never burn bridges.”
Advice for those interested in careers in mining?
“You spend half your life at work,” Sherri says, “you should enjoy your work.” In her engineering courses, nearly 90% of the students were male, but in the field, Sherri has worked with female managers, co-workers and subordinates. “I don’t see them as better or worse,” she says. “Everyone is essential to the team.” Sherri was 4 ½ months pregnant and in her first year on the job with Capstone when her then-husband had a stroke. It was the job and co-workers that got her through the experience, she says. They threw her a baby shower and a fundraiser. They helped her move. Sherri is now remarried to a man with three children, and is expecting another child this June. She feels blessed to be part of a “parenting team” that copes with the complexities of integrated families. She’s amazed at how well it can go. “Again, it’s timely communication,” she says, “and doing what’s right for the kids.”
Our main focus is on the safety and wellbeing of our employees, contractors, and the community. A big thank you to all the medical professionals, truck drivers, police/fire/ emergency responders, grocery store employees, and so many more that are out there every day serving the community. Here are some of the actions we’re taking at Resolution Copper: halted all work-related travel, excluding visitors from site, providing flexible work arrangements to support our affected employees and their families, intensifying our focus on cleaning at our operations and offices, and ensuring our employees and contractors have the necessary resources available. We are also looking at ways to support our communities – which we will continue to work with through this challenging time.
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The National Emergency Library Offers Free Ebooks to Borrow During the Crisis By Patricia Sanders he Internet-based National Emergency Library offers a huge, temporary collection of ebooks to support readers, students, teachers, and researchers during the pandemic while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed. According to UNESCO, the COVID-19 crisis has shuttered classrooms in 182 countries. Nearly one of every four students in the world has been affected. This means close to 1.3 billion students are physically cut off from classrooms, teachers, and libraries. The NEL is intended to meet the specific, extraordinary need for access to digital books during the pandemic. It’s also available to adult readers who can’t access libraries. The NEL is being offered by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization that created the Open Library. This is a global library that loans digitized books for free to anyone anywhere in the world. The NEL consists of more than 1.3 million ebooks from the Open Library that are now being made available with no waitlist. That means unlimited copies are now available, so anyone who needs any of these books will be able to borrow them without having to wait. The NEL focuses on older books, mostly from the 1920s through 1990s. You may know that local public libraries already offer free online access to ebooks through the OverDrive service. OverDrive offers lots of the latest bestsellers and popular titles, along with a few older books. In contrast, the Open Library has scanned many thousands of books from before the digital era, that were never officially released as ebooks. Since the NEL has books for all age levels, some of them may not be suitable for younger readers. Parents, teachers, and librarians can review the collection and link directly to the books that they deem
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appropriate rather than having younger readers search the collection themselves. To borrow books from the NEL, you’ll need to create an account with Internet Archive, at https://archive.org/account/ signup. This is free and simple to do. You can find the home page for the NEL itself at https://archive.org/details/ nationalemergencylibrary. You can browse without having an account, and when you’re ready to borrow a book, the system will prompt you to create one. When you first go to the NEL home page, you’ll see a grid of book covers that you probably won’t be interested in – all of them will be very old, because they are listed by date of publication. If you click on the word “views” at the top of the list, you’ll see the most-viewed books, and that
will give you a better idea what’s available. As mentioned, most are from before the year 2000, but there are also many more recent titles, including books like The Hunger Games, The Kite Runner, and titles by Lee Child, John Grisham, and Stephen King – among many more. On the left side, the “search this collection” box lets you type an author, title, or subject. If you’re looking for a specific book, it works best to search by title rather than by the author’s name. Searching on an author’s name will bring up mostly books about that author, mixed in with books by the author. You’ll be able to read a borrowed book immediately, right in your browser window, no special software needed. If you’re on a mobile device, either the Aldiko
or Bluefire reader app is recommended. Other reading options are available if you know how to use them, including Daisy for the print disabled. If you run into trouble at any time, click on “Learn more” at the end of the paragraph at the top of the home page. You can borrow up to 10 books at a time, for two weeks. Books will automatically “return” after two weeks and you would have to check a book out again to keep reading. The NEL is temporary for the pandemic and will end on June 30 or at the end of the national emergency, whichever is later. After that, the books will still be available, but there will be limited numbers of copies – so, after the pandemic, you may have to wait for a copy to read. u
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A Look at Covid-19 in APRIL WORLD VIEW
We will take a look at the pandemic as it unfolds each month and have divided our coverage into 4 categories: Pandemic Numbers, Economic Impacts, Healthcare Impacts and Personal Impacts. Each category is then broken down into world, USA, Arizona, and Globe-Miami news.
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Pandemic by the Numbers ✦ April 2, the world passed 1 million confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths. April 15, the number of confirmed cases passed 2 million. As of April 30, the world had a total of 3,090,445 confirmed cases and 217,769 reported deaths. During the month of April, 181,364 people worldwide died as a result of COVID-19.
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ARIZONA VIEW ✦ However, excess mortality calculations suggest that the death toll may be almost 60% higher than official numbers. For example, in the U.K., only deaths in hospitals are included in the numbers.(1) Similarly, the number of cases is probably much higher than reported, because of limitations in testing. WORLD VIEW ARIZONA VIEW USA VIEW
✦ Arizona started April with 1,947 confirmed cases and ended the month with 8,667 confirmed cases. During April, 307 people died in Arizona as a result of COVID-19, bringing the total to 320 as of April 30.
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✦ Globe saw the county’s second case on April 15. Gila County posted its first case, in Payson, on March 28.
✦ As of April 30, Gila County had 13 cases: seven in Globe, 5 in Payson, and 1 in Hayden. According to the Gila County Health Department, as of April 30, the county had investigated 174 GLOBE-MIAMI cases, there were 110 cases of isolation/quarantines, and 50 close contact investigations.
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✦ April 1, the number of confirmed cases passed 200,000. April 11, the number passed 500,000. April 14, it reached 600,000.
✦ As of April 12, every state in the country was under a disaster declaration, for the first time in U.S. history.
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✦ April 14, the total number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 passed 26,000. April VIEW 29, U.S. deaths from COVID-19 passed 60,000, a figure Donald Trump had once projected would be the upper limit. As of April 30, the United States had a total of more than 1,068,000 confirmed cases and more than 62,700 reported deaths (“Where Cases Have Been Reported.” New York Times, 1 May 2020). During the month of April, approximately 58,000 people died as a result of COVID-19 in the United States. For context, in the 2018–19 flu season there were 34,200 deaths from influenza, according to the CDC. ✦ By the end of April, more lives had been lost in the United States from the COVID-19 pandemic than the 58,220 Americans who died during nearly 20 years of fighting in Vietnam. (3) ✦ At the end of April, about 2,000 people were dying every day in the United States as a result of the coronavirus. But on the positive side, through locking down and social distancing, the United States reduced our R0 (rate of infection) to about 1.0, which means the infection rate is flat. If it holds, that means we will continue to have 30,000 new cases a day and several thousand deaths a day. If the rate of infection increases, so will the daily new cases and, over time, the daily death rate.
You look at the bills that they want to pass, and who they want to help,” Cuomo said at his daily coronavirus briefing from Albany. “They want to fund the hotels, the restaurants, the airlines, the big corporations.” WORLD VIEW
“Well who do state and local governments want fund? Police, firefighters, nurses, schoolteachers, food banks, that’s who I want to fund. And that’s what it means to fund state and local government, and that’s the choice that they’re making.” – Andrew Cuomo (April 29) ARIZONA
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ECONOMIC IMPACTS ✦ The International Labour Organization stated on April 7 WORLD VIEW that it predicted a 6.7% loss of job hours globally in the second quarter of 2020, equivalent to 195 million full-time jobs. They also estimated that 30 million jobs were lost in the first quarter alone, compared to 25 million during the 2008 financial crisis.
ARIZONA VIEW ✦ Global stock markets have been extremely volatile during April but have maintained their value across the month. Oil prices collapsed to a 21-year low. The International Monetary Fund predicts that the global economy will contract by 3% in 2020. Many world economies will probably enter a recession by the end of the year. ✦ “The coronavirus crisis will push more than a quarter of a billion people to the brink of USA VIEW starvation unless swift action is taken to provide food and humanitarian relief to the most at-risk regions.” (4) ✦ According to the founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Professor Klaus Schwab, the world must make fundamental changes to its economic system to avoid a GLOBE-MIAMI WORLD VIEW global VIEW depression as a consequence of the pandemic. (5)
✦ April 2, Gov. Ducey asked Donald Trump to issue a major ARIZONA VIEW disaster declaration for Arizona. The declaration was needed to trigger higher federal aid and resources, including funding for more mental health care, unemployment and food assistance, the tribal health response and WORLD VIEW other state efforts. ✦ April 24, Arizona announced it would establish a new system to handle unemployment USA VIEW benefit claims, which have been surging. Arizona saw 355,997 unemployment claims in April. According to an economic forecast by George W. Hammond, Ph.D., at the UofA’s Economic ARIZONA VIEWCenter, “On an annual average basis, the forecast calls for state jobs and Business Research to drop by 10.2% this year from 2019.”
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✦ According VIEWto the City of Phoenix’s economic director, it could take six years to recover the jobs lost in the last six weeks, and one out of every four small businesses might never recover. (7) VIEW USA
✦ April 20, the City of Globe’s financial director, Jeannie Sigroi, presented the city’s financials, which included projections of a 32.5% loss of revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019-2020 due to the impact of Covid-19. Sigroi said the city sales tax makes up 56% of the city’s general fund budget. The meeting had been called to discuss reopening and provide feedback to the governor.
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✦ April 27, updates to the City of Globe’s Covid-19 Resource Center included a second round of funding from the SBA. ✦ April 29, the EAC hosted a webinar for Covid-19 Economic Injury/Disaster Loans.
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✦ April 22, Trump signed a $484 billion spending bill including $310 billion for payroll protection, $50 billion in Economic Emergency Disaster Loans (EIDL), $10 billion in EIDL grants, $75 billion for hospitals on top of the $100 billion in CARES, and $25 billion for testing. ✦GLOBE-MIAMI 20 million people applied for unemployment benefits in April, bringing the total to moreVIEW than 30 million since the beginning of the pandemic. According to the New York Times (May 1), “The outbreak and subsequent recession have wiped away all jobs created since the 2008 financial crisis. Economists estimate the national unemployment rate sits between 15 and 20%, compared to about 25% at the peak of the Great Depression.” ✦ April 20, oil prices (WTI crude) went negative for the first time in history, falling to –$36.20 a barrel. “When oil prices are negative, it means traders holding oil futures are paying buyers to take it off their hands or risk having to take physical delivery of the oil, which most are incapable of doing. Oil is still a valuable commodity, but the selloff followed a huge oversupply in the market after major producers refused to lower their output creating fewer places to store the liquid.” ✦ New vehicle sales in the United States have fallen by 40%. The major automakers have all shut down their U.S. factories. ✦ Retailers started implementing “retail to go” models where consumers could pick up their orders. An estimated 40% of shoppers were shopping online and choosing to pick up in-store, a behavior that had suddenly doubled as compared to the previous year. An initiative known as the “Great American Takeout” encouraged people to support local restaurants each Tuesday by ordering takeout for curbside pickup or using food delivery services. ✦ Some federal officials, including Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Richard Burr, Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi faced allegations of insider trading, after reports that they sold stock after private coronavirus briefings. ✦ In a heartbreaking example of the coronavirus’s damage to business and culture, Diamond Comic Distributors announced at the end of March that it would stop distributing comics and related merchandise as of April 1. Diamond has a near-monopoly on printed comic book distribution, and this move was described as an “extinction-level event” for the entire comic book retail sector. It caused major comic book publishers to suspend publication and look for alternative ways to distribute their comics.
As a country, we will never ever be able to live down what we did to our front line health care workforce. Throwing them in unprepared. It will be one of several lasting shames of this era.” – Andy Slavitt
1] https://www.ft.com/content/6bd88b7d-3386-4543-b2e9-0d5c6fac846c 2] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm 3] https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/28/846701304/pandemic-death-toll-in-u-s-now-exceeds-vietnam-wars-u-s-fatalities?t=1588631017960 4] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/21/global-hunger-could-be-next-big-impact-of-coronavirus-pandemic 5] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/covid-19-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-pandemic-on-13-april/ 6] https://qz.com/1841668/oil-prices-are-negative-for-first-time-ever/ 7] https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/phoenix-city-estimates-paint-grim-post-coronavirus-future-for-citys-economy
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✦ China tackled a resurgence of the coronavirus during April, while Spain and India began to restart some industries and Spain, Italy, France, and Australia began to lift their lockdowns.
✦ Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce, and Elton John, among other musicians, performed in an online concert, “One World: Together at ARIZONA VIEW Home,” organized by the World Health Organization, the nonprofit group Global Citizen, and singer Lady Gaga. ✦ In England, a 99-year-old British war veteran raised more than $31 million for the health service by walking 100 laps of his garden. Captain Tom Moore has also WORLD VIEW recorded a charity song in hopes of raising even more money. (8)
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✦ April 2, The Grand Canyon National Park closed indefinitely to visitors.
✦ April 3, Gov. Ducey clarified that barber shops and nail salons do not qualify as essential services and must close, after criticism of his March executive order allowing them to stay open.
✦ AprilUSA 13, Arizona saw its first fatality from the coronavirus in a state VIEW prison. A 64-year-old inmate with diabetes died at a hospital in Tucson. ✦ April 20, hundreds of protestors descended on the Arizona Capitol to demand Gov. Ducey lift restrictions on businesses.
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✦ April 21, an OH Predictive Insights poll showed that 82% of Arizonans VIEW say they are not leaving the house at all or are leaving only if they must. Of the 16% who are going out, 13% say they are “still being careful.” ✦ April 22, there was confusion over the end of Arizona’s legislative session. Leaders announced that they would adjourn on May 1 only to reverse the decision the next day. Some members opposed the May 1 adjournment because it would have effectively killed hundreds of bills that had been left on the table when lawmakers departed from the Capitol in March due to the coronavirus. ✦ April 29, Gov. Doug Ducey extended his stay-at-home order through May 15 with modifications. ✦ “Our physical distancing is working. Your cooperation is working. I’m confident that we can say that we’ve seen the spread has slowed and these have been hard-fought gains. We’ve learned where we are today and we are not going to undo this,” Ducey said. ✦ April 30, the University of Arizona announced it would hold in-person classes in the fall. ✦ During April, reports emerged that the Trump administration had quietly shut down the nation’s asylum system for the first time in decades amid the coronavirus, using an obscure public health law to justify one of its most aggressive border enforcement tactics ever. People seeking refuge in the U.S. are whisked to the nearest border crossing and returned to Mexico without a chance to seek asylum. The United States has expelled more than 7,000 people in less than two weeks.
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✦ As of April 2, about 297 million people – 9 out of 10 Americans - were under some form of lockdown. Some states had set up police checkpoints at their borders. After the lockdown and social distancing orders were in place, many states were able to reduce their transmission rate to less than one, meaning the disease was in remission in those areas.
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✦ Most schools were closed nationwide, affecting at least 55.1 million students. By April 22, schools in most of GLOBE-MIAMI the country were set to be closed through the end of the school year.
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✦ On April 7, Wisconsin’s election was affected. Many voters sent in mail-in ballots, which overwhelmed county clerks, and because there were fewer polling locations, people had to wait for hours in lines, while attempting to social distance. ✦ In several states, people protested against the lockdowns, often citing the economic impact of the orders. As the month wore on, pressure increased to remove the restrictions. Protests erupted in 18 states, including North Carolina, Virginia, and Texas, demanding the end of stay-at-home rules. In Lansing, Michigan, on April 30, armed protestors crowded into the capitol building while lawmakers debated whether to give the governor new emergency powers to combat the coronavirus. They sang the national anthem and chanted, “Let us work.” Michigan was among the states hardest hit by the virus, with 3,789 deaths at the time of the protests. On April 19 the Trump administration released a plan for states to follow, called “Opening Up America Again.” Most states lifted their lockdown orders by the end of April. (9) ✦ However, Pew Research polls showed that while 32% of Americans were worried state governments would take too long to “open up,” 66% were concerned that the restrictions would be lifted too quickly. ✦ April 20, Trump said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States because of the pandemic. ✦ After March saw panic buying and hoarding for non-perishables by those who could afford to do so, in April, food banks struggled to meet the needs of people who had lost jobs and couldn’t afford to buy groceries. Meanwhile, food produced for restaurants was being mulched because it couldn’t be moved into the grocerystore supply chain.
WORLD ✦ According to aVIEW Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll conducted April 15-20, 4 out of 10 Americans believe they have had personal experience with COVID-19. One in 10 know someone who has died. (10) ✦ The commander for the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Capt. Brett Crozier, was removed from command after he sent an email to Navy authorities complaining of the Navy’s failure to act against the coronavirus. As of April 30, 1,102 sailors had tested positive – almost a quarter of the crew. Three had been ARIZONA VIEW hospitalized and one sailor had died. (11)
✦ Members of the U.S. Congress pushed for modernization of their working practices to allow for remote voting, but concerns over security, practicality and even constitutionality hampered their efforts. Most congressmen returned home in March, upending the normal course of work in Congress, but many were VIEW forced USA to return to the Capitol when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) insisted on a quorum rather than a voice vote in the House to pass the Cares Act. (12)
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✦ April 1, Globe Public Library staff, in conjunction with the USDA, Destiny School, and Dairy Queen, started providing lunch and breakfast every day for kids. The Globe Active Adult Center offers free lunches for senior citizens weekdays from 11:30 to 12:00.
✦ Also on April 1, the City of Globe began to limit access to City Hall to walk-up customer service windows. The entrance to City Hall is locked and access to the lobby is limited. ✦ April 6, Globe made state-wide news when KJZZ featured the rainbow painting on G-Hill in their report, “How Arizona Is Coping with the Coronavirus.”
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✦ April 29, Zona’s Ice opened for curbside service on the weekend only. Globe Public Library started offering Family Story Time on Facebook Live, and Globe restaurants switched to take-out and curb-side service. ✦ April 30, the Town of Miami started offering a Youth Grab and Go Lunch Program. Hollis Cinemas introduced $5 bags of popcorn for pick-upVIEW on Saturdays. ARIZONA
HEALTHCARE: CARING FOR COVID ✦ Vaccine trials by Pfizer in Germany and by a group in Oxford, England, could yield a vaccine by September, if all goes well. In all, 621 possibilities for antiviral treatments were being investigated as of April 18. In addition, the World Health Organization launched a partnership called the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, intended to “accelerate the development, production, and equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics for COVID-19.” The United States is not participating in the group, which means ARIZONA VIEW we might not be automatically entitled to benefit from any vaccine that emerges from it. (13)
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✦ As vaccination programs for other diseases have been postponed or disrupted as result of the focus on mitigating the coronavirus pandemic, the WHO warned the number of deaths from malaria could double in WORLD VIEW hot spots like sub-Saharan Africa this year.
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✦ April 13, Arizona hospitals and health care providers received
a total of $707 million from the Cares Act. ARIZONA VIEW ✦ April 20, Banner Health announced it would be putting up GLOBE-MIAMI to 3,000 employees on furloughs or pay cuts. Banner said that despite the need created by the VIEW
COVID-19 pandemic, the suspension of elective surgeries and other procedures means less work in the hospitals for some health care workers.
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✦ April 21, U.S. health regulators OK’d the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home. The test from LabCorp will initially only be available to health care workers and first responders under a doctor’s orders. ✦ April 24, Arizona learned the state would receive an additional $12 million from the Centers for GLOBE-MIAMI VIEWto fight the coronavirus. This comes on top of $16 million the state has already Disease Control received from the CDC. ✦ April 24, Sonora Quest Laboratories started coronavirus antibody testing in Arizona. Doctors can now collect samples and send them to Sonora Quest for processing. They can also write prescriptions for patients, who must then make appointments at one of the 20-plus labs doing the testing. ✦ April 27, renovations on St. Luke’s Medical Center neared completion, as signs emerged that Arizona might not see a spike of cases.
✦ April 8, the worst hotspot in the USA was Chicago’s Cook County jail. In all, 353 people - 238 inmates and 115 staff - had tested positive. But only a small fraction of the inmates had been tested. By press time, six detainees and one corrections officer had died. (14)
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✦ GLOBE-MIAMI April 15, the worst hotspot had shifted to a Smithfield meatpacking plant in VIEW South Dakota. More than 640 cases were identified there. Many outbreaks occurred in meatpacking and poultry processing facilities, causing closures and disruptions, and posing a significant threat to the meat supply in the United States. By April 27, there were at least 115 facilities with cases across 23 states, and at least 4,913 workers diagnosed positive, or approximately 3% of the workforce, with 20 deaths reported. (15) ✦ New York’s hospitals and funeral homes were storing bodies in refrigerated trailers because they swamped the ability to bury or cremate them. According to the New York Times, “At the height of the outbreak in April, a New Yorker was dying almost every two minutes - more than 800 per day, or four times the city’s normal death rate.” ✦ An unexpectedly high percentage of COVID-19 patients in the ICU required dialysis WORLD as a result of kidneyVIEW failure, about 20%. In mid-April, employees at some hospitals in New York City reported not having enough dialysis machines, were running low on fluids to operate the machines, and reported a shortage of dialysis nurses as many were out sick with COVID-19 due to lack of sufficient PPE.
ARIZONA VIEW ✦ By April 9, the national stockpile of PPE was 90% drained, and the rest was reserved for federal use. Lacking national coordination, states were ordering their own equipment and bidding against one another - and against the federal government - for limited supplies. Six states reported that the federal government had intercepted and taken possession of their orders, with no explanation. Meanwhile, prices skyrocketed. N95 masks were selling for $8 each, eight times USA VIEW their normal price. (16) GLOBE-MIAMI VIEW
✦ April 29, the county health department reported that, of the 13 positive cases in the county, 2 had recovered, and there had been no deaths. Of 607 completed tests, 594 came back negative.
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BURGER HOUSE
J&R EL REY MEXICAN FOOD
812 Live Oak St, Miami 5:30 am - 8 pm Closed Sundays Take-out ONLY
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1390 E. Ash, Globe 928-425-5522 Hours: 24 hours Drive-thru
999 N. Broad St., Globe 928-425-8154 10am - 8pm Closed Sun & Mon Curbside
Call In • Take Out • Dine In
Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Closed Sundays 180 S Hill Street, Globe, AZ 85501 (928) 425-7322
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2280 Az Hwy 60, Globe 928-425-5366 7 am - 7 pm Take-out AND Dining Room
COPPER BISTRO
2118 US Hwy 60, Globe Weekday 11 am - 8 pm Sat and Sun 11 am - 4pm Drive-thru & Dining Room
JUMBO CHINESE RESTAURANT
2058 US Hwy 60, Globe 928-425-2615 Take-out ONLY
COPPER HEN
157 W. Cedar St, Globe 928-473-1207 Closed Sun & Mon Take-out & Delivery CHURCH’S CHICKEN
2080 E. US Hwy 60, Globe 928-425-8711 Hours: 10:30am-9 pm Drive-thru
GUAYOS ON THE TRAIL 2251 N. AZ Highway 188 Globe, AZ 928-425-9969 Eddie, Karen & Martin Esparza Open 6 Days a Week, 10:30am-8:30pm, ; Closed Tuesdays
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DAIRY QUEEN
1643 E. Ash, Globe 928-425-6292 Hours: 10am-9pm, 10am-10 pm weekends Drive-thru DE MARCO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT
1103 N. Broad, Globe 928-402-9232 Closed Tuesday Take-out ONLY DENNY’S
1535 E. South St.,Globe 928-473-1933 7am-10pm Take-out AND lobby DICK’S CHICKEN
708 W. Live Oak St., Miami 928-473-2661 Closed Sat & Sun Take-out ONLY
LA CASITA CAFE
472 N. Broad St., Globe 928-425-8462 11 am - 8 pm Closed Tues/Wed Take-out/ Curbside & Delivery LA CASITA EAST
960 E. Ash St., Globe 11 am - 8 pm Closed Monday Take-out/ Drive-Thru & Delivery in Globe LA LUZ DEL DIA
304 N. Broad St., Globe 928-425-8400 6:30 am - 1 pm Closed Sun/Mon Take-out ONLY LEONARD PAUL’S PIZZA
180 S. Hill St., Globe 928-425-7322 11am - 7:30 pm Closed Sun/Mon Curbside ONLY LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA
2105 W. US 60, Globe 928-425-4417 10 am - 9pm Sun: 11 am - 9pm Take-out ONLY LOS JILBERTOS
EL RANCHITO
Open 11-9 Every Day • Closed Tuesdays
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420 S. Hill.,Globe 480-316-0882 10:30am - 8 pm Closed Sun Take-out/Curbside PIZZA HUT
1497 E Ash, Globe 928-425-4401 Hours: 10am-11pm Drive-thru & Delivery
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14239 S. Az Hwy 188, Globe 928-425-9969 10:30am - 8 pm Closed Mon/Tues Take-out and Curbside
700 E Live Oak St., Miami 928-473-4074 8 am - 8 pm Closes at 7 pm weekend Drive-thru AND Dining Room LOS ROBERTO’S DOWNTOWN
340 S. Broad., Globe 928-425-3040 7 am - 9 pm Drive-thru ONLY
STUDIO CAFE
CLOSED SONIC DRIVE-IN
2117 N. US Hwy 60, Globe 928-425-7401 9am - 10pm Drive-thru AND Take-out SUBWAY
2205 US-60, Globe 928-425-7401 Hours:9 am-8 pm Take-out Orders SUBWAY (GLOBE)
1501 E Ash, Globe 928-425-8362 Hours: 9 am 8pm Take-out Orders TACO BELL
3929 W. Hwy 60, Claypool 928-425-7081 10am - 10pm Drive-thru ONLY TACO BELL (GLOBE)
1700 E. Ash St.,Globe 928-425-3536 Drive-thru VIDA E CAFFE CAFE CVRMC
CLOSED VIDA E CAFFE
153 S. Broad.,Globe 928-473-1122 7am - 3pm Closed Sat and Sun Take-out AND Dining Room VONNIE’S PIZZA
2348 W. Hwy 60, Miami 928-425-2385 11am - 7pm Closed Sat & Sun Curbside ONLY WENDY’S
2057 US 60, Miami 928-425-3744 Hours: 6:30am - 11pm Drive-thru Curbside For Trailers, Semis & First Responders
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MIAMI Too Good For Drugs Campaign at Miami and Hayden High Schools Too Good for Drugs is an evidence-based curriculum teaching students the dangers of marijuana, alcohol and prescription drugs, and providing strategies for avoiding and resisting temptation. Thanks to a High School Health & Wellness grant from the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith & Family, Miami has been able to roll out the TGFD curriculum the past three years, and to begin sharing it with HaydenWinkelman’s students this winter. We are continuing our efforts to help our students, and all families in our community, to avoid alcohol, marijuana and other drugs.
HIGH SCHOOL I am writing this letter to thank the Miami Unified School District and Miami Junior-Senior High School for inviting Hayden High School to join them in the war on drugs. The Too Good for Drugs campaign positively addresses drug and social issues that are negatively impacting our students’ learning and health. I appreciate Miami High School’s help in sharing the Too Good for Drugs campaign with the Hayden High School students, and to Miami’s prevention coach Patricia Dodd for coming to Hayden to teach the curriculum. The Too Good for Drugs campaign is getting the message out to students that drugs can destroy their lives. Hayden High School participated in Dr. Adolph Brown’s assembly at Miami High School. Dr. Brown addressed major social issues students face every day in our schools and communities, including vaping. I am very pleased to report success with the strategy of a no-questions-asked strategy permitting students to turn in vaping devices. Hayden plans to continue our partnership with Miami this coming fall, when we are able to return to school. I am looking forward to getting back to educating students and working with Miami High in our fight against drugs.
CALLING ALL VANDALS! An old friend called to say, “What we really need is to stop being afraid. We need to tell our story about turning around and kicking the virus in the a**.” After all, Vandals don’t take things lying down. Vandals didn’t take any guff from Rome in the fifth century, and we didn’t take any from Globe in the Copper Kettle last fall. Vandal attitude, strength and gumption will get us through this.
Here’s what we need you to do: 1. Tell us your stories about how you and your family are living your lives in the face of the pandemic. 2. Take short films (maybe 30 seconds, like a Tik Tok) of perfectly normal activities: homework, sitting on the porch, weeding the garden, washing the car, having family time, playing games, whatever. 3. Email your films and stories to us at vandalpics@miamiusd40.org Out of Focus Productions, our student filmmaking group, will take it from there, and will share the results over the coming months.
Vandals Vincere Viram - Vandals Vanquish the Virus!
Miami High’s Second Pandemic Spring cool part of working at a century-old school is that pretty much everything has happened at least once. Miami High School’s original building on the hill above downtown Miami opened in 1918, smack in the middle of the Spanish Flu pandemic. The newspaper that day showed the new school alongside articles about nurses and reopening strategies. We certainly hadn’t planned on closing school because of a worldwide virus, but we entered this brave new world with some real assets. We have an extraordinary faculty, strong teachers who threw themselves into the work of reaching and teaching students without being able to see them. Miami’s students are great kids, and they’ve adapted and gotten down to work, with more than 85% of our students returning work either online or on paper. And we have strong support from our parents and community, who have stepped up to encourage students to keep learning. At no time did we think of throwing in the towel, though some large districts around the country have done just that because “remote instruction is hard.” Giving up is not what Vandals do. Our teachers were determined to teach and most of our students were equally determined to learn, so we had our first packets in the field and online within a week of closure, including information to help our students stay physically active, to help with babysitting and chores around the house, and to stay emotionally healthy by avoiding alcohol, drugs and other unhealthy activities. And, of course, at no time did we consider not grading the work. We recognize that some students are facing difficult circumstances, and they can make up work over the summer, but all of our students are being graded. We know only two things about next year. First, no one knows exactly what will happen, so Miami High School will be prepared both to open classrooms the first week of August and to provide instruction online, and we’ll be ready to transition seamlessly back and forth. We can issue computers to students in need, if we face extended closures next year, and we’re working to address the internet connectivity issues in our community. Second, we know that Vandal resilience and pride will get us through whatever is coming our way. ~ Glen Lineberry
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Sincerely, Jeff Gregorich, Principal
How I Have Seen The Coronavirus Affect My Town The day we all heard about the coronavirus, who knew what to expect? I thought, okay, maybe a few extra weeks out of school after spring break would be cool. Who knew when I went on spring break would be the last time I ever step foot in Miami High School as a student. I have seen people get frantic. No one knew what to expect. Everyone was told there might be a total shutdown of our town. People got scared and started going to stores, taking all the food, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, diapers, everything. I personally saw all this, as my mom works at Fry’s and she came home worried we wouldn’t be able to get food. By the time she got off work, shelves were completely bare. She came home tired after working long hours, and scared about getting the coronavirus from everyone coming in. No one was wearing a mask yet. I have seen businesses shut down from hair shops and local businesses downtown to our restaurants shifting to pick-up only. When this happened, a lot of people lost their jobs or had their hours cut. No more movies, the bars all closed, casino closed, everything shut down. No more birthday parties at the park, weddings canceled or delayed. You can’t even have a good funeral for the loved ones we have lost. As weeks passed we went from no cases to fourteen now in Gila County. Everyone is walking around in masks and gloves, trying not to be the one who gets it. The store has shields up to protect employees, and the food on the shelves has changed. People who don’t even live in our town have been coming to Fry’s and Walmart to shop. Some bring their boats on the way to the lake or river, not caring that they might be spreading the virus. It’s sad. As for me, I’m a senior. I had dreams of prom, senior slide show, walking the field my last year, playing softball, and all have been ripped away from us. Now we sit here and wait until May 15th to see if our state opens back up. When it does, it may never be the same as it was, and the virus may return. I don’t know if life will ever be the same. Only time will tell in our little towns of Globe and Miami. ~ Skylar Rogers, Class of 2020
MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL’S NEW FACE FEATURES A GIANT COPPER M Fabricated and Donated by Freeport McMoRan MHS floated the idea of a copper M to signify both the high school and our community’s deep connection to copper mining, and FMI ran with it. Marty Redondo and Jack Mowrey took the lead on the project, designing the M as a combination of M and V, adding the lighting, figuring out how to support the structure, and then supervising its installation. We are proud of our M, and grateful to Freeport McMoRan for all their generous help.
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Dear Readers, Many of you may remember last fall when GMT hosted Mountainfilm on Tour at High Desert Middle School. That collaboration featured their road tour which involved about 10 short film documentaries in a 2-hour show. This latest offer comes from the Film Festival folks who normally play to a sold out crowd in Telluride each summer. This year, because of the coronavirus, they are making this offer to view 100 films during May 15th to the 25th. GMT purchased a ticket and if we can figure out a way to stream films at an outdoor venue, which meet the guidelines set forth by the Governor and the CDC, we will. Stay tuned. Even without us, though, this is a great entertainment offer you can do from your own home! And it goes to support a good organization. ~ Linda, Globe Miami Times
Dalley in front of the memorial wall at Miami Veterans Park. Dalley numbers the veterans memorial among his accomplishments during his tenure on the council since 2007. Photo by Carol Broeder.
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Miami’s Mayor Dalley Resigns By Carol Broeder
Last month, Darryl Dalley, Miami’s mayor for the last six years, surprised many by submitting his resignation after finding himself locked out of the town hall. At issue was the recent action by Town Manager Joe Heatherly to limit access to town hall in response to growing concerns over cases of Covid-19. In addition to limiting access to individuals not assigned to work in the building, sanitizing the lobby several times a day, and restricting occupancy to no more than three people, Heatherly said he also changed the locks. Dalley, who said he usually stops in to the offices several times a day, says he felt disappointed about what he sees as the disrespect of being locked out of town hall. After a failed email exchange, in which Heatherly said he tried unsuccessfully to reach Dalley to discuss the matter, Dalley offered to take a “leave of absence until the covid threat had passed.” The Town’s attorney, Sue Goodwin, weighed in, saying that state law did not allow a council member to take such a leave of absence, and should Dalley not discharge his duties for three consecutive months, his seat would become vacant. Dalley, who said he was not aware of the ruling by Goodwin, nonetheless chose to submit his resignation several days later. The resignation came as a surprise to both council members and Heatherly, who praised the work Dalley has done in his six years as mayor. Heatherly said he respects what Dalley has done as mayor and his involvement in the community, but explained that issues surrounding doors and locks had been on the table for more
than two years. With the new policies to limit access going into effect, the timing seemed right to address the issue of locks, Heatherly explained. “Over the years, the town did a poor job in monitoring the issuance and tracking of who was issued keys for all of our buildings and facilities,” said Heatherly. During that time, several town buildings were re-keyed to regain control over access, he said. The Town accepted Dalley’s resignation at their April meeting, and Vice Mayor Sammy Gonzales moved up to mayor. Councilman Dan Moat was appointed the new Vice Mayor. Dalley says he plans to return to his career with the Arizona Department of Corrections and will remain in Miami. “Darryl did everything from picking up trash and painting over graffiti to delivering water samples to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality in Phoenix,” Councilman Don Reiman said. Both Reiman and Councilwoman Bringhurst praised Dalley for giving so much of his time to better the community, including his work bringing the Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day Parades to Miami, creating the memorial wall in Miami Veteran’s Park, and being a proud representative and supporter of Miami schools. “He spent a lot of time on the business of trying to help the town, which we will miss,” Reiman said. Note: Since there are two years left to Dalley’s term, the Town of Miami is seeking to appoint a resident to fill the vacancy left on the council. The term is set to expire in November 2022. Those interested in serving on the council may contact Joe Heatherly at (928) 473-4403 or miamimanager@cableone.net, no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, May 18.
or 41 years, people have gathered in Telluride over Memorial Day weekend to celebrate adventure, big ideas and indomitable spirit at Mountainfilm. This year, in light of COVID-19, that annual gathering will look a little bit different. With overwhelming support from filmmakers, special guests and a down-for anything community, Mountainfilm is going virtual, bringing its 42nd annual festival to living rooms around the world. The 2020 festival is also extending its dates to May 15–25 — providing audiences with 10 full days of inspiration. Riding the wave of this unforeseen adventure, Mountainfilm’s lineup of films and speakers have been carefully curated to touch viewers and bring hope. From the safety and comfort of home, viewers can stream over 100 films, a symposium and additional presentations with the new $75 Bivvy pass, or purchase individual films, short programs or presentations for $10 each. “We hope that making Mountainfilm available to experience at home with family or roommates will be a welcome and inspiring change,” said Executive Director Sage Martin. “Get comfy, grab your popcorn and buckle up for some life-altering films.” Similar to renting a movie on Apple TV, Smart TV or Amazon, viewers can join in from their desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or through the TV via Chromecast, AirPlay or the Apple TV App. The nitty-gritty can be found in the Virtual Festival Help Guide. Just as in years past, the 2020 virtual festival will feature an outstanding lineup of films and presentations that will leave attendees inspired and energized. “The magic of Mountainfilm is that it touches people, inspires change and provides hope. Now more than ever, we all need to do our part to create a better world,” said Martin, who notes that Mountainfilm, like many important nonprofits, is turning to the community for support during this challenging time. By purchasing a pass or making a donation, you’ll help ensure that Mountainfilm comes back strong in 2021. u
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Arizona Ramps Up Testing in “Blitz” Designed to Test Thousands PHOENIX (April 27) — Governor Doug Ducey today announced that the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), in partnership with healthcare partners across the state, are joining forces to launch the Arizona Testing Blitz with the goal of increasing COVID-19 testing statewide. The Arizona Testing Blitz aims to test 10,000-20,000 Arizonans for COVID-19 every Saturday for three consecutive weeks, beginning Saturday, May 2, 2020. “Arizona has placed an emphasis on ramping up testing, but we need more,” Governor Ducey said. “As our healthcare partners develop a more reliable supply of testing materials, we’re working together to take testing availability to the next level. The Arizona Testing Blitz is just one step of many that will expand access to testing for Arizonans and provide us with better data to develop Arizona specific solutions and re-energize our economy.” As part of the Arizona Testing Blitz, drive-through or onsite testing will be available at various locations across the state. Arizonans can find the nearest testing location and hours of operation as well as pre-register by visiting http://azhealth.gov/TestingBlitz. Testing will be available to anyone who thinks they have been exposed to and could be infected with COVID-19 and will be based on criteria set by each testing site.
Testing sites currently listed include locations in Phoenix and Tucson with “additional sites being added daily.” Check azhealth.gov/TestingBlitz to find the latest locations near you.
“We know that rapidly identifying cases, conducting case follow up, and performing contact tracing will help slow the transmission of COVID-19 in our communities,” said Dr. Cara Christ, ADHS director. “Success in these areas requires an increase in our testing capacity, and the Arizona Testing Blitz will help allow those who want to be tested, get tested. We’re appreciative of our participating partners who will provide additional testing for Arizonans over the next few weeks.”
PHOENIX (May 4) – The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) says COVID-19 hasn’t stopped scammers from trying to take advantage of taxpayers. ADOR’s Criminal Investigation Unit reports since COVID-19 fully emerged in Arizona, 13 tax fraud schemes using stolen or created identities were pinpointed and then stopped. The amount of tax fraud identified so far this calendar year has totaled more than $10 million and is a 50 percent increase compared to the same period last year. Two schemes that stood out because of the tactics included one that used the stolen identities of young individuals with refund requests ranging from $48 to $5,000. Another attempted scam used the identities of retired or deceased taxpayers to submit fabricated 1099-R forms, which report distributions from pensions, retirement or profit-sharing plans, and annuities. The fraudsters then filed tax refund claims ranging from $109 to $8,999 using the stolen identities. While being on alert for tax refund fraud is a priority for ADOR 365 days of the year, the department is on heightened alert during tax season as identity thieves use data that may have been stolen through a number of different scams, including over the phone, texts, card-skimming devices, access through unsecured Wi-Fi, stealing mail, hacking email accounts, and phishing schemes. The Department of Revenue has a proactive fraud prevention system in place that uses advanced machine learning algorithms and increased internal checks and balances. Knowing the face of fraud continues to evolve, the department doesn’t stop adapting and introducing new countermeasures. The Department of Revenue reports 99 percent of individual income tax returns filed in Arizona are legitimate, but tax refund fraud remains a genuine concern. Since 2015, approximately $130 million in tax refund fraud has been stopped by ADOR’s Criminal Investigation Unit. To help prevent being the victim of identity theft, ADOR recommends the following: • Do not carry identification with your social security number (SSN) on it. • If someone asks for a social security number, always ask why because it is not always required. • Keep personal and confidential information in a secure place. • Take extra precautions when discarding personal or confidential information.
On Friday, April 24, ADHS invited partners to participate in this statewide, coordinated event. To date, groups including Banner Health and Walgreens have answered the call and additional partners are expected to join. Other partners who want to participate in the Arizona Testing Blitz can contact HEOC@azdhs.gov ADHS continues to work with healthcare partners and commercial and clinical laboratories to expand testing capacity in Arizona. ADHS has partnered to provide additional funding to laboratories, remove restrictions on testing criteria for those with adequate testing supplies and personal protective equipment, and distribute rapid testing machines and specimen collection kits to partners. The Governor’s Office and ADHS are actively monitoring COVID-19 spread throughout Arizona. As of today, all 15 Arizona counties have confirmed cases with a combined total of 6,716 cases across the state. Commercial labs, hospital labs, and the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory continue to provide diagnostic testing and have performed 66,543 tests to date. For more information about the COVID-19 response in Arizona, go online to azhealth.gov/COVID19. NOTE: Josh Beck, with Gila County Health Department, says he is glad to see the State taking action on testing, however neither the Health department or our area hospitals were included in the plan to roll out the testing blitz. While Beck reports that both hospitals – Cobre Valley Regional Medical and Banner Health – were interested in participating, the State’s requirement for its partners to provide “drive-through or onsite sample collection including the staffing and supplies” will be difficult for many rural health organizations.”
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The funeral service, he says, is a “once in a lifetime event.� Ritual plays an essential role in the healing process. Ian was reluctant to restrict funeral services for the communities he serves. “Obviously I had to,� he concludes, for the health of the entire community.
Serving The Community Ian is accustomed to providing services on the San Carlos Apache reservation, where funerals tend to be large community affairs. “There’s often a wake in the morning or beginning the night before and going all night long,� he says. “Wakes could have 200 people.� Apaches do not get cremated, he notes, and funerals are so important to the community, they were the last public function to shut down. “There is a timeframe in which we have to complete the burial,� Ian explains. “Viewings are a huge deal to them. We don’t have a choice.� With cooperation, Ian and tribal officials have found a way to conduct gravesite services that honor essential customs and respect community health. “10 under the tent,� Ian says with a firm swoosh of his hand. “Everybody else has to stay back.�
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Ian acknowledges that some people need more support than that and is concerned about the long-term impact. “The manner of death matters,â€? he says, speaking with both professional and personal experience. “If it’s unexpected, especially if it’s tragic‌ it can be emotionally crushing.â€? Deaths that are anticipated, even planned for, are no less devastating. The loss of a lifelong partner, and often for the offspring, the end of a generation. A new kind of alone. Peter DeNino died on March 17th. He served as superior court judge in Gila County for 40 years and was best friend to his wife Carol, for 58. With their four children and eight grandchildren spread across the country and unable to travel, the funeral is pending. “There is no closure,â€? says Carol, strolling in her rose-laden backyard. Instead, she spends countless hours on the phone, wrangling with understaffed social security and banking services; best-laid plans made with Peter gone awry. She is grateful for the friends that check in on her, and for the work to rise to every morning-- horses and property to tend. It’s at night, alone in a house full of memories, when she suffers the most. “The nighttime is often the worst,â€? Ian concurs. “The silence is deafening.â€?’
What Do You Want To Be... As a boy, Ian didn’t imagine he’d become a funeral director, although he’d always been interested in anatomy. His top career picks were pilot, doctor and police officer. He sees his job at the mortuary as a little of all three. “I get to go behind the yellow tape, I see the autopsies, I repair the body,� Ian says. On a Friday morning in late April, the chapel at Lamont Mortuary is dark, but still, the office is alive with activity. In the conference room, a display of decorative urns fills one wall space. On the other, where Ian sits in his chair to talk, there are two large photos. White jets in blue skies. Ian Lamont Jr. attended mortuary science college in Los Angeles and apprenticed in Arizona where he obtained his embalming licence. He worked in high volume mortuaries in Scottsdale and Palm Springs. In 1986 he met his future wife at an MTV awards after-party. In 1994, Palmer Globe Mortuary was up for sale and Ian decided to buy it. His father gave him the down payment to purchase the business, which he paid back proudly, with interest. It was the smallest mortuary he had ever worked in, and his first position in management.
“It was 10 years before I sat with a family from Miami,� Ian says, noting that the townspeople were entrenched with Miles Mortuary, which opened in Miami in 1913. “People have got to get to know you before they trust you.� A year in, he changed the name to Lamont Mortuary, and at the turn of the millenium, as he began “running out of steam� for the 24-7 on-call business, he hired Phil Hobbs to help out as “the substitute�. An independent contractor, Phil covers weekends, vacations, and conventions for funeral directors like Ian who are doing 100 calls a year, and can’t afford a second full-time funeral director. Much has changed in the funeral business over the past quarter century. “Nothing is the same,� Ian declares. “At the time, only 20% of bodies were cremated.� Now, at Lamont Mortuary, it’s 6570%, higher than the national rate of nearly 55% reported by the Cremation Association of North America. Ian perceives the shift away from wakes and burials as both cultural and financial. “Families are more dispersed,� Ian says. “The family cluster is not as strong.� Thirty to forty years ago wakes were standard and people attended. “If you didn’t, it was disrespectful,� he says, “now, if it makes people uncomfortable, people don’t go.� It’s always been important to Ian to see the body of the deceased, even before he got into the funeral business. “People may think it’s kind of ghoulish,� he chuckles, “but it’s a normal part of life.� On April 6th, 2020 Ian’s father died. Born to immigrant parents in 1932, Dr. Ian G. Lamont attended the University of Michigan, served in the U.S. Army, and married his high school sweetheart, Joby (Joan) Cooper. He obtained his DDS and moved his family to northeastern Phoenix where he practiced orthodontics until his retirement in 1999. Active in church, civic and professional organizations, he had lots of friends. “He was my hero,� says Ian, the oldest of his father’s three children. Although family and colleagues cautioned Ian against being his father’s funeral director, he insisted. “I wanted to take care of him,� he says, noting that he has provided these services for thousands of people. “Why wouldn’t you want to do it for your own?� Ian brought his father’s body to Globe, embalmed and dressed him and then returned to Scottsdale and presided over the viewing for his father’s community. Visitors were asked to stagger their arrivals and follow socialdistancing and hygiene guidelines. Ian plans a larger service for June 13th, with Amazing Grace on the bagpipes, his father’s single request. u
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Stopping in for supplies at ML&H Computers in Globe, where Kniffen has done business for decades. Photo by LCGross
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Kniffen, in Globe, attributes much of her success and that of TANF to the team of people she works with, both on and off the reservation, and the relationships she has built over the years. Photo by LCGross
Strong Partnerships, Continued from page 1
Unemployment on the reservation is rising above its already high 65-75%, but Bernadette is confident in her team. With programs largely computerized, they are able to track their participants and maintain services and handle new applications and renewals. “I have a great team. We have great partners,” she says. “We’re always working ahead to prepare for situations like this.” The 3-year plan for TANF, beginning May 1, 2020, has been approved. Counselors begin their training in late April, using Zoom.
A Well-Trained Team “She’s a ‘get up and do it now’ person,” says Mary Hughes. Mary Hughes has known Bernadette for 30 years. Mary and her husband started ML& H Computers in their home and have been operating its storefront on N. Broad St. since 1992. In 2010, ML & H installed computers, cubicles and purchased furniture for the San Carlos Apache TANF office. “She runs one of the most tight-knit offices I’ve ever had the pleasure to be in,” says Mary. “They are well-trained and efficient.” Bernadette attributes that to a lot of customer service training. “I am very strict,” she says. Currently, Bernadette is directing her well-trained team of 12 into action – managers, counselors and maintenance workers – distributing essentials to hundreds of families on the reservation. Mary Hughes is helping out. “She is at the helm, and believe you me,” says Mary, “she keeps her people hopping.”
Bernadette has been interested in helping children since she, herself, was a child. In the fifth grade, she tutored other Apache students. Her mother was a teacher, as was her grandfather, for 40 years. In 1995, after graduating from Northern Arizona University (NAU), Bernadette returned to San Carlos to work for Apache children through the Head Start Program. More than 20 years later, she was recognized as the 2019 First Things First Champion for Young Children for the San Carlos Apache Region, an award given to local influencers who actively raise public awareness of the importance of early childhood development and health. Beginning in 2003, Bernadette led the effort to set up a Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program for San Carlos Apaches, in partnership with the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES). She sees the federal funding as the means to provide a hand up rather than a handout. “I wanted to see something better for the people,” Bernadette says. “ I wanted to help people to help themselves.” After four years of negotiating and policy writing, a resolution was formed. The San Carlos Apache tribe would operate their own Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. “We understand our people,” says Bernadette in a DES video, “Where they are coming from, what they’ve been through, the economic depression that we live in at this time.” The Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) helped with training and promoted professionalism. The San Carlos team provided cultural sensitivity and served a meal, cooked the old way. Acorn soup. Strong partnerships were formed. “DES state really helped a lot,” Bernadette acknowledges. “We helped them too by taking on our own caseloads.” Other Arizona tribes administering TANF plans in Arizona include Pascua Yaqui, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, White Mountain Apache, Navajo Nation and Hopi.
TANF – Federal Aid Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) provides cash assistance to low-income families with children; it requires participation in programs for employment, training, and education. TANF replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) via Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996, a key component of the Republican “Contract with America,” and fulfillment of Clinton’s campaign promise to “end welfare as we know it.”
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At ML&H’s 30th Anniversary in February, Kniffen surprised owner, Mary Hughes (center) with a plaque of appreciation. Photo by LCGross
TANF puts focus on temporary supports that help people move off welfare rolls and into productive employment. This was a response to concerns about dependency on social welfare – the poverty trap, welfare queens. “We’re transitioning them from public assistance into productive San Carlos Apache tribal members,” she explains. “We’re able to help at an eye-to-eye level.”
Nnee Bich’o Nii – Helping People Bernie consulted her grandmother, the late Sadie Kniffin, about changing the name from TANF to Nnee Bich’o Nii ,which means “Helping the People.” She was given her stamp of approval. When the Nnee Bich’o Nii program launched on May 1, 2008, there were nearly 989 cases. The caseload is currently 108 and has been as low as 55 according to Bernadette. “We’re getting people to work, to school, we’re doing drug testing, drug rehabilitation, job training.” Though colleagues laud her commitment and leadership style, Bernadette credits her ability to keep going and get things done to her faith in God and “lots of prayers.” The program Bernadette directs has been a model for other reservations across the country. She travels the country to help implement her programs, according to Hughes, but keeps a low profile. “She doesn’t blow her horn,” Mary says. “She keeps her nose to the grindstone.”
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Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). Today, Apache Transit has 4 buses, 13 vans and 16 drivers. Eight of the vehicles are equipped with wheelchair lifts meeting the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. They provide public transportation from Safford to Globe and throughout the districts in San Carlos and Bylas. They provide transportation for the employees of Apache Gold Casino and Apache Sky Casino and students of the San Carlos Training Institute. In 2019, they donated a 16-passenger van to the Family Preservation Program, to be used to transport children on field trips, where they learn about Apache culture and the plants on their land. Nnee Bich’o Nii Services of San Carlos is one of six programs recognized for achievement in tribal transit, providing transportation to employment and education opportunities. In 2019, National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) distinguished Bernadette as Tribal Champion for creating TANF partnerships “we only dream of” and building critical transportation resources for her tribe “through leadership and innovation.” u
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“We knew we only wanted friendly dinosaurs,” Carella laughs. “No T Rexes.” And Charles points out the size of the brontosauruses and quips, “Look, they’re plant eaters, and look how big they got.” The couple started noticing people driving slowly by their house and getting out to take photos as the project progressed. While parts of the mural can be seen from the street, the couple’s brushy backyard blocks a full view. To really take it all in, you have to be standing in the backyard looking up. At some point in a distant future, when the issue of social distancing is behind us, the couple hopes they can offer a more formal tour of the yard and the mural to those who ask. The initial idea for the mural came to Victoria in a vision. As a shaman who has practiced for over a decade, this is not an unusual thing for her. She considers these insights a gift. And she takes the time to listen and to act on them. But to make the vision a reality, she needed an artist who understood. She found that person in Patti Sjolin. “She’s an awesome person to work with,” says Carella. “We gave her some ideas and she produced sketches for us. And then we just let her go at it. And she just got it right from the beginning.” Carella says, “She even took an old picture I had of Charles and I when we visited the pyramids in Egypt and worked it into the mural.” She points to the two small figures standing at the edge of the lagoon holding hands. Charles says he has always been fascinated with geologic time. Pointing to the mural, he says, “This was when the earth was changing.” Maybe that’s why this mural feels timely (or timeless), after all. u
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Sjolin did several pen and ink and watercolor sketches before the couple settled on a final design.
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‌ our commitment to our suppliers has not. BHP has stood up a program for small and local businesses that support our legacy assets. We are implementing measures to support cash ow to these businesses by moving to seven-day payment terms until October for more than 70 qualiďŹ ed local businesses near our legacy assets. These small businesses also play an important role in the fabric of our economy, underpinning the livelihoods for our workforce, and the community at large. A cornerstone of the Social Value of our business is the continued health of the companies we count as partners and suppliers, especially during this time.
This is a challenging time and everyone has found their lives altered in some way. BHP thanks our leaders, small business suppliers, our employees and everyone in the community for supporting the steps we all have to take to keep each other safe. I look forward to the time when we come back together as one community.� ~ Kevin Ramsey, Manager, Arizona Sites
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