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Farm-to-Table at Reevis Mountain

New guided tours to offer a taste of some of the finest produce in Gila County

Tanner Yeager

By Patricia Sanders

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Gila County is famous for a few things: copper mining, cattle ranching, the Pleasant Valley War—not so much for its farm produce. But if you are a chef at one of the Valley’s four-star restaurants searching for some of Arizona’s best asparagus, peaches, or lettuce, you just might find it here. For 35 years, Peter “Bigfoot” Busnack has quietly been growing some of the region’s highest-quality organic produce on his 12-acre farm in the Tonto National Forest, an hour’s drive northwest of Globe. Valley chefs such as Chris Bianco (Pizzeria Bianco), Aaron Chamberlin (St. Francis, Phoenix Public Market Café), and Chris Lenza (Café Allegro at MIM) compete for the output from Bigfoot’s garden and orchard. Reevis Mountain, Continued on page 38

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Taliesin comes to Globe-Miami By Linda Gross

The Superior Mushroom Man

The unlikely pairing of an internationally recognized school of architecture and a small rural mining community over the next four years will undoubtedly cause a stir and pique interest in a long-term project that might be called The Grand Experiment.

By Autumn Giles

Mike Montiel’s descriptions of his mushrooms fall somewhere between a good scotch and an alien lifeform. He calls oyster mushrooms “earthy and nutty” and speaks endearingly about the lion’s mane’s “pillowy, long tendrils. Each one of the tendrils grows out and as they grow out they grow together,” he says. “So at the tips you see these almost hairlike structures that you can pet. It’s very soft.” When you get up the nerve to “cut them up and cook them, their flavor is almost like salty shellfish and ocean.” He can tell you the best way to cook blue oyster mushrooms – sautéed with butter and seasoned to taste – but he’s just as excited to talk about the potential for fungi in agriculture, architecture, and remediation. “The applications for fungi have the capability to help any community,” says Montiel, who grew up in Superior and is one half of Symbiotic Farms, a Superior-based business that grows gourmet mushrooms. Mushroom Man, Continued on page 32

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The campus of Taliesin West in Scottsdale is one of nine Frank Lloyd Wright works that have been nominated as a World Heritage Site.

As 2015 drew to a close, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture – also known as Taliesin – agreed to establish a neverbeen-done-before, four-year studio project in Globe-Miami focused on revitalization and community engagement. The agreement comes about after the community was instrumental in raising nearly half of the funding necessary to secure Taliesin’s future, which had been in question because of a federal ruling that affected their funding – which has always been closely tied to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Taliesin West, Continued on page 41

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The Wallace Collection is on the move to Boyce Thompson Arboretum By Kim Stone

Back in October 2014, an agreement was signed to migrate an entire collection of desert plants—6,000 of them—from a 12-acre garden in Scottsdale, Arizona to Boyce Thompson Arboretum, 75 miles to the east.

From poultry to plants The story begins with Henry B. Wallace, a direct descendant of three generations of prominent agriculturists (and every one was a Henry), including a father and a grandfather who both served as U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture. H.B., as he was known, continued his family tradition of agricultural prowess by developing hybrid lines of chickens that improved on what they already did pretty well—lay eggs. Through the 1960s and 1970s, there was an excellent chance that the eggs you scrambled at breakfast came from the lineage of chickens that his company developed. In the mid-1980s, H.B. moved from Iowa and retired in Arizona—with a substantial nest egg—where his passions shifted from poultry to a developing fascination for cacti and other desert plants. He began collecting, and when his hobby outgrew its existing garden space, he purchased numerous one-acre lots in the neighborhood of Sincuidados, near Pinnacle Peak in north Scottsdale. Here, he built his new home nd surrounded himself with 12 acres that became the Wallace Desert Gardens.

support the maintenance of the garden. With no viable sources to replace this lost income, the yearly erosion of the endowment’s value would soon put the very existence of Wallace Desert Gardens and its collection at risk. The situation was grim with no simple solution in sight. The Arboretum’s Executive Director Mark Siegwarth was aware of the garden’s financial peril and he approached them with a win-win proposition: Why not relocate the entire Wallace collection to Boyce Thompson Arboretum? The synergy of the two collections together would be far greater than the sum of their parts, and the Arboretum had the water and the space. “We can take it all,’’ he said. It was a bold idea, but proved serendipitous, because the Wallace board was already thinking along the same lines. The Arboretum, however, wasn’t the only suitor in this potential marriage of collections, but it stood out in the crowd because of its location. For starters, the elevation of the two gardens is nearly identical, allowing the plants to settle into their potential new digs in more familiar territory. Secondly, because of the Arboretum’s distance from the heat island effect and urban sprawl of the city, the plants would receive a beneficial cool down each night and have an excellent chance of long term survival for many, many years to come. In the end, the vote of the Wallace board was unanimous, and an agreement was signed in October 2014 to relocate all 6,000 plants to Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Upcoming Events All events are free with paid admission unless noted. More information on the Arboretum’s website: arboretum.ag.arizona.edu. Admission $10; adults $5 children 5-12. Winter hours 8am-5pm every day. Last admission 4pm.

Jan. 16 Gourd Masks 2-day craft class. Fee Jan. 16 Plants of the Bible Lands walk Jan. 17 Tree Tour with Certified Arborist Jeff Payne Jan. 20 Thunder Gourd craft class. Fee Jan. 23 Closed-Coiling Gourd craft class. Fee Jan. 23 Australia Day Didgeridoo Concert Jan. 23 Geology Walk Jan. 24 Edible & Medicinal Desert Plants Walk Jan. 30 PhotoShop LightRoom Users’ group Jan. 31 Bird Walk

The Collection Over a twenty year period, H.B. Wallace acquired thousands of plants from commercial nurseries, private collections, horticulturists, scientists, and from the Arboretum’s Desert Legume Program. He filled his garden with arid land plants from Madagascar, Mexico, Africa, South America, Australia, the Arabian Peninsula, and the southwestern U.S. He built a 6,000 square foot, twentyfoot-tall pavilion within his one-and-half-acre “Inner Garden” to house and protect dozens of tall columnar cacti from sun and cold. He surrounded that structure with cacti and other succulent plants that would thrive outside without full time protection. In the rest of the garden he grew a grove of boojum

The big move trees and acquired a collection of species of Ephedra (commonly known in Arizona as Mormon tea) that is thought to be the most complete private collection in the world. He planted 300 different kinds of aloes, and 200 types of leguminous trees and shrubs, plus yuccas, agaves, roses—and more cacti. This diverse and sizeable collection now has close to 2,000 different types of plants, 6,000 plants in all. . As the Wallace Desert Gardens collection grew, so did its value, both in real terms and in the evolution of H.B.’s thinking in regard to the legacy of his magnificent garden. Yet, outside of horticultural and botanical circles, the garden remained relatively unknown. From the beginning, it was managed as a private garden, integrated seamlessly into a quiet, affluent neighborhood. Visitation and hosted tours were available by appointment, but because the garden is located within a gated community, free flowing public access wasn’t possible.

The back story In 2007, two years after H.B. Wallace had passed away, the downturn of the economy had begun to chip away at the endowment that the Wallace family set up to

Literally uprooting 6,000 mature trees, shrubs, and cacti and moving them all to another location has never been done before at this scale. To make it all happen has required the assemblage of a team of horticultural, landscape design, and project management specialists— including the Arboretum’s horticultural staff—and a company with the expertise to transplant large plants in a desert environment. The biggest challenge with moving such an eclectic collection of desert plants from around the world is that there is no textbook to follow. Should the plant be boxed or bare-rooted? In what season should this be done? These, and other factors, had to be carefully considered on a plant-by-plant basis by this team of plant experts before a single shovel could touch the soil. In August 2015, with the pomp and fanfare of a tarpaulin-covered pickup crossing the threshold of the front gate, the very first Wallace collection plants arrived at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Most of these were barerooted cacti and succulents that are now “healing in” at one of our four nursery holding areas. The first shipment of large boxed plants arrived in mid-December and will be stored in another holding area until the ideal time for planting. It’s time to get excited. The big move has begun.

For more information: Call 520.689.2811 • Click Arboretum.ag.arizona.edu for more information. /boycethompsonarboretum • Follow /BoyceThompson • Find us on and on instagram.com/btarboretum

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A MAN OF THE COMMUNITY Al Gameros takes over as acting City Manager and eyes Political Office By Autumn Giles

’m still as happy as I was when I started,” says Globe Fire Chief Al Gameros, who will retire at the end of January 2016 with 29 years of service to the Globe Fire Department, 18 of those as chief. “That’s important. You’ve gotta love what you do or don’t do it.” Gameros was born and raised in Miami. After graduating from Miami High School, he started working in the Pinto Valley Mine, where he spent twelve years. Gameros went to a fouryear apprenticeship through the mine to work on diesel equipment and has a degree in diesel technologies. Toward the end of his time at Pinto Valley, he was promoted to sub-foreman and served in a supervisory role. In 1980, while he was still at the mine, Gameros joined the Central Heights Volunteer Fire Department. “We didn’t run a lot of calls back then, but [...] we motivated our guys to be there. We were there on weekends, nights. We did a lot of things to build that department,” recalls Gameros. When he started with the volunteer department in Central Heights,

he also pursued the necessary training to get his Fire 1 and 2 certifications and to become a paramedic. He worked his way up the ranks to become Central Heights’ Assistant Chief Training Officer. “Once I started in Central Heights, I started attending as many courses as I could,” says Gameros. He found his calling in fire during that time. “We had a fire in the early eighties and a family of five died in it in Central Heights,” Gameros remembers. “Five people died, three children, and a mother that was pregnant. I think that’s what may have turned my decision [to go into fire] because I had a good job in the mines. I was making good money; I was a supervisor, but after that incident— that’s what turned me. Once it gets you, you don’t want to turn around. That was a tough situation. It’s something I still remember like it happened yesterday.” In 1987 a position became available at the Globe Fire Department, Gameros tested for it and was offered the job by Chief Frank Blanco. He explains that the department looked quite different at the time. “When I got hired there were only nine people. We ran two-man engine

Al Gameros took over as acting City Manager for Globe in January. Photo by Linda Gross

companies. It was a neat deal, well, kind of a weird deal, but we were the dispatch. We’d answer the 911 phone calls at our station, then we’d page it out, and then we’d respond. People would be amazed as to how it used to happen.”

Since becoming Chief in 1998, Gameros has fostered wide-reaching improvements and growth for Globe Fire. The department is now 18 people strong, 11 of which are paramedics. Gameros calls that ratio “an amazing number.” With those numbers, the department now maintains two paramedics per crew. He’s proud that all of Globe’s “captain level and above staff are paramedics,” which means that he and Deputy Chief Gary Robinson still fill in. “If we get a call, we still jump on a truck. We’ll drive a truck,” says Gameros. “Anywhere else, you won’t see that.” Gameros is grateful for the folks who have stayed at the department for many, many years. “I’ve been fortunate that the people that have worked for me, they have stuck here and stayed here,” he says, adding, “Some of the guys I have now, I was their only boss.” In his time leading the department, Gameros started a wellness program. “When I started, fitness wasn’t even a thought, but the fire service as a whole nationwide has tried to change that. You still lose a firefighter every three days nationwide. Over 55% of that is cardiac arrest, so we’re trying to change that mindset and I think we’ve done a good job.” He also helped establish a fire program through the college in which Globe Fire personnel provide instruction for high school students to be able to test for their Fire 1 and 2 certification while Git 'Er Done, Continued on page 5

WINTER 2016 Publisher Linda Gross Creative Director Jenifer Lee

As the paper goes to press this winter, the Powerball lottery has ballooned to over a billion dollars, Presidential candidate Donald Trump still leads the Republican field in the polls, and Taliesin, an internationally recognized school of architecture, has just made Globe-Miami its studio project for the next four years. With a roll of the dice the future can change. I am not betting on Trump or the lottery to win, but the Taliesin/Globe-Miami collaboration holds great promise. I tell people it is not just about the actual projects they will do while they’re here, it’s having them on our team. It’s the vibe created when you sign a Joe Montana or a Larry Bird. It elevates the game and brings in a host of new fans. See how this project came to be and what it means for the future (p. 1).

in Globe and is considering a run for political office later this year. Our cover story on Reevis Farms and Peter Bigfoot was so inspiring that Patricia Sanders and I began to look into the possibility of creating some Farm-to-Table tours this year that would allow more people to see Reevis up close, take a tour with Peter Bigfoot and experience the four-star, organic produce the farm grows. Patricia, who lived on the farm for six years before moving to Globe, knows it well, and will be hosting the tours, along with Peter, on the last Wednesday of each month. Read about it (p. 1) and check out reevisfarmtours.eventbrite.com. And lastly, we are turning ten this year! When I started the paper in 2006, I called it the Globe Miami Visitors’ Guide. That lasted less than a year when I was told by many locals that they

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And talking about new fans! GMT will be producing our first sure-to-be fabulous 2016 visitors guide on the heels of the Taliesin announcement. The booklet will be distributed out of Taliesin West and around the state and will include hand-drawn maps of architectural landmarks and historic districts, as well as featuring the culture, history and spirit of Globe, Miami and Superior. We are talking to advertisers now, and the book will come out February 15th. See more details (p. 35). This winter, we’ve profiled several individuals who are creating bright futures for themselves and their communities, including Tanner Yeager, a self-taught photographer who took a passion and turned it into a profession (p. 8), Mike Montiel, an entrepreneur who is growing gourmet mushrooms in Superior (p. 1), and Al Gameros, who recently took over as acting City Manager

never picked up the paper because it was “for visitors.” If they did pick it up, they were pleased to find many local stories worth their time and interest. Today our audience is 65% local and 35% visitor. We’ve told over 1,000 stories and taken 50,000 photographs. We have big plans for June to mark our 10th Anniversary and hope you’ll plan to join us (p. 37). Welcome to a bright new year! Regards,

Linda Gross

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they’re still in high school. “We are the ones who initiated that program, which has been beneficial,” says Gameros. Gameros jumpstarted the department’s wildland fire program, which was established in 2001. “We signed with the Arizona State Land Department to respond to wildland fires throughout the United States, mostly in the southwestern US, but we go all over,” explains Gameros. “We send personnel with city equipment. We bill all of our overtime to the state for our personnel and then the city gets an hourly rate for their equipment.” The program has generated significant revenue for the city over the years. Gameros estimates that this year, the work of the five-person Wildland Fire crew brought in $100,000 to the city’s general fund. The crew not only responds to wildland fires, but also major disasters like hurricanes. “I was fortunate enough to go to Hurricane Ivan in Florida and Georgia in 2004,” remembers Gameros. “I was there for three weeks. We ended up in North Carolina where people were flooded out. They sent me to an area that was El Salvadorian because they didn’t speak English. I had a great experience with that.” He prefaces all of his accomplishments by thanking his family, his wife Irene and children Monica, Nicole, and Freddie. “The only reason that I’ve been able

to do the things that I have is because of my family. You can’t do anything unless your family backs you. They’ve lived for thirty-five years with my radio on. I’ve missed holidays, Christmas, and birthdays for calls.”

Chief Gameros in front of Globe Fire Department. Photo by Deb Yerkovich

Gameros’ commitment to the community is clear. When GMT asked him to talk about what he was proud of, he mentioned his community involvement before anything professional. Gameros and his wife Irene were on the founding

board of the Dylan Earven Foundation. “We were part of the original organization of the foundation, which is doing very well now and that was Donald and Angela’s dream,” he says, adding, “We went through the process of creating a 501c3.” Together, he and Irene have also made significant contributions to youth athletics in the area, including running a K-6th grade youth basketball team for six years. Gameros also coached Miami Junior High football, youth basketball, Pop Warner football, T-ball, and track. In 2015, Gameros won the Citizen of the Year award from the GlobeMiami Chamber of Commerce. “I grew up here and I truly care about this community. When we think about our community we think in terms of Globe and Miami - and not only Globe,” says Gameros. “Whether something happens in Globe or Miami, it affects us all. I think we really need to push and bring things together, get our communities working together, our schools. I mean, we have too much duplication of things, but I think we need to reach out to everybody.” Currently, Gameros is serving as Globe’s interim city manager for his last four weeks as a city employee, a role he jokingly calls his “apprenticeship.” It’s a position he’s taken on a handful of times in the past, but never for quite so long. “I could have sat back and basically coasted these thirty days, but this is a new challenge. This is something

different. For me, I think it’s a good move at this time.” He’s not looking to make it permanent though, instead he has his sights set on something new for the future. Gameros calls politics “a strong consideration” for the next election. “I will make that decision probably in March,” he says. Regardless, he’s always thinking about the future of our area. “There’s a lot of things going on within our community that are going to be important for the future. I think we need to break away from dependency on just the mines. You know, we need to really push economic development and jobs in our area. That’s crucial. I grew up in a mine, my dad did 40 years in a mine and I lived through how many layoffs and strikes where we had nothing? The mines are great, they’re a good employer,” but shouldn’t be the only employer. According to Gameros, it’s the little things that make a big difference. It’s about being accountable for your own efforts and showing a sense of pride in your community. As Gameros looks back on his time with Globe Fire, there’s no question as to what he’ll miss the most. “What I’m going to miss though is the camaraderie, the family setting,” he says. “We live with these guys all the time, so you build that bond. You probably see them more than you see your own family. That’s what I enjoy the most. We have some amazing guys working for us. We really do.”

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MAKING A U TURN IN SUPERIOR

“I got hooked into this place and I always tried to make it a better place and get things open, remodel buildings—that was the goal, to try to get it going, which I think it is now,” he says. The counterpoint to the very tangible work of fixing up buildings is the pressure he has put on Professor Glenn Wilt Jr., better known as Dr. Wilt, who Holmquist points out, owns a number of vacant buildings in Superior. “I’ve been a crazy man Bill Holmquist trying to get Wilt in the right As a construction coordinator for Hollywood movies, direction,” says Holmquist. “It has Holmquist first discovered Superior when he was asked been a constant battle for me.” By Autumn Giles to work on "U Turn" which starred Sean Penn and Jennifer Lopez in 1997. He says he got hooked on Holmquist says the impact Superior and now splits his time between Superior and hen Bill Holmquist was on the community reaches far his job assignments. Seen here on location during the hired to work on the 1997 filming of "There Will Be Blood." beyond the buildings. “What Oliver Stone film U Turn, he happens is the kids suffer. So, all lied and said he knew where Superior, on remodeling the Belmont those minimum wage jobs—the kid that’s doing the coffee, Arizona was – where the film was set Hotel. After completing the or the kid that’s cleaning something up, whatever it is— to be shot. “I had no idea and I had hotel, he bought his shop those aren’t there because of him.” Conversely, Holmquist lived in Mesa for about 15 years,” he building and “one thing believes he can help counter this by buying historic says with a laugh. “I got on the phone led to another [...] I got to buildings, restoring them, and shepherding the growth of with my wife and said ‘Where the hell know everybody up here local businesses in Superior. is Superior?’” They both agreed it was and I got hooked into the Two things that continually come up when Holmquist “east or something.” whole thing.” talks about what made him fall for Superior are the people Holmquist has been the Since then, Holmquist and the quiet. A lot of the time at work, “I am in total construction coordinator—think has been an unwavering chaos,” he explains. “I get off the plane, I come back here, project manager for set construction— advocate for the town of and I just relax.” On set, Holmquist oversees multi-million on over 70 films, including There Superior, particularly its dollar budgets, operates on tight timelines, and manages Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, Raising historic downtown, working a team of carpenters, painters, sculptors, plasterers, Arizona, Tombstone, Twilight, and the to purchase and restore and laborers. recently wrapped Independence Day: a number of buildings He got started in Hollywood in his early twenties, Resurgence. He recalls arriving on set for including those that now when he responded to a full-page ad in the LA Times. All U Turn and finding Superior’s historic house Porter’s Cafe, Random the studios were hiring for all the trades, he remembers, district completely boarded up. “The Boutique (his wife Jenny’s so “I stood in line. I was just a kid.” He was brought on town was not in good shape in 1996. It shop), and the newly opened One of Holmquist's souvenirs from the set of U Turn: as a prop-maker, essentially a carpenter, and worked his was pretty bad actually,” he says. His a sign that appears on the town's fictional main SunFlour Market. Holmquist way up through the ranks to construction coordinator. orders were clear: “We’re going to re-do street in the film. let GMT in on a little secret: Holmquist offers a simplified version of where his job fits the whole street,” they told him. “We’re going to open this the beautiful bar in SunFlour Market is from U Turn, into making a movie. “The production designer designs town up.” and the building served as a diner set in the film. After the look of the film and then we create it.” The Town of Superior initially gave him the run of his buying it, he rehabilitated the building and “it became The first step for every new film he works on is an building on Main Street as a construction shop while U a real place instead of just a movie place.” interview with the production designer. Holmquist Turn was being filmed. “They asked me if I wanted to buy It’s not hard to see the impact that the fictional version admits, “When I was younger, it was a little nerve the building and I didn’t want to buy the building. I wanted of an open Superior Main Street he created for U Turn wracking, ... I had to prove my experience.” Now that to leave actually,” he admits. When U Turn wrapped, continues to have on Holmquist. Ever since then, he’s Holmquist, Continued on page 7 Holmquist explains that the town talked him into working been working—building by building—to make it a reality.

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he has years of know-how, he says that his interviews are pretty much just an opportunity for the production designer to decide whether or not he or she likes him. These days, “I’m usually older than the people who are interviewing me,” says Holmquist. He has also seen resumes more or less go by the wayside during his time in Hollywood, saying that before he even walks into an interview, he knows the people there have scoped him out on IMDb, and he has most certainly checked them out, too. On set, first “the designer starts designing the show. They start drawing up concepts. We try to start budgeting,” explains Holmquist. After some back and forth, “We get the budget right, we get the concept right, and then everything goes to approval.” Once the plans are shown to the director and the director gives an OK, they start building fast. “The timelines are incredible because they show up regardless,” says Holmquist of the uncompromising production schedule. “It’s not like doing a house,” when you can have a three or four week delay. His job is to always stay ahead of the production team. “If they catch you, that’s not good,” he says. There’s a timeline for taking everything down, too, called a “strike schedule.” Because they shoot in places like people’s

houses and commercial buildings, Holmquist and his team not only have to tear everything down, but make sure everything is in the same, or better, condition than it was when they started. Then, it starts all over again. Holmquist works on two to three movies a year. He steals time in Superior every chance he gets. “If I got time off, I’ll spend a month here,” says Holmquist. Over the years, he’s gotten flack for spending so much of his time, energy, and money in Superior. “There were all of these naysayers, all of these years,” says Holmquist. People grilled him: “What are you doing up there?” and “Why are you investing all of your money there?” A few days before Christmas, when I visited him in Superior, he was excited to show me the flying pig that he had just hung up in his shop window—a nod to the critics that didn’t believe in the potential that Holmquist saw in Superior. “It took so long for it to change, but it’s changing really fast right now. We’re so happy about it,” says Holmquist of the many positive changes that are sweeping Superior right now: new businesses are opening at a steady rate, murals are being painted, the Magma Hotel is being remodeled, and community events are more successful than ever. “I couldn’t wait to put that pig up,” says Holmquist. “The pigs are now flying in Superior.”

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A Passion for Photography: The Journey to Pro

my reputation in a small town is more important than in a city like Phoenix because it’s so tight knit,” he says, adding with a laugh, “If I do a family photo shoot here, I have to make sure that stuff is delivered because it would get blasted on Globe Garage Sale if not.” Yeager didn’t grow up with dreams of being a photographer. Instead, his passion for the craft was ignited during the learning process. After high school, he remembers using a

thinking at the time, “that’s more than I make in one day of work.” His experience shooting the rodeo facilitated a major change in direction for Yeager. “I was getting ready to go into the

From portraits to sports action, Yeager puts in the time to develop the skills needed

By Autumn Giles

It’s undeniable that being from Globe impacts Tanner Yeager’s work as a photographer – how he runs his business, his subject matter, and more. Yeager, who was born and grew up in this area, says that being from a small town gave him an “an opportunity to know what it feels like to have a reputation” relatively early on in his career. Starting out in a scaled-down, rural market gave him an accessible entry-point into the business. He explains, “It would have been super hard to go to Phoenix and start off as someone with no experience.

I would have never made money.” Yeager, 23, now lives and works out of Scottsdale. He says that that in a place like Globe, “your circle is way tighter. Everyone knows what you’re doing, so the words of encouragement are usually a lot more sincere. There are people who have your back no matter what.” Although he’s working to build a name for himself as a photographer on a national level, he still takes his reputation in his hometown very seriously. “I still I feel like

borrowed camera to take pictures of a rodeo in town and having the realization for the first time that photography could be a viable way to make a living. “I ended up making like $300,” he says. He recalls

Air Force – I got accepted and everything. My grandma and I sat down and had this heart to heart and she told me to follow my passion.” After that conversation, Yeager decided not to join the Air Force. “I went and took a loan out and got a camera. It has just been job after job after that," he says. Yeager grew up racing BMX, traveling all over the country from age eight into his mid-teens. When he started working to develop his career as a professional photographer, he was most excited Tanner Yeager, Continued on page 9

WINTER 2016 He remembers a particularly influential conversation with one of his mentors. “I just picked his brain and I guess I like caught on fire that night.” They talked about settings and everything that the camera was capable of. It was just one example of how Yeager characterizes how he developed his passion for photography. “I started finding passion when I started learning about photography,” he says. For anyone looking to get started with photography, or just improve Tanner Yeager, Continued from page 8 their skills, Yeager offers the following advice: “learn the fundamentals and consistently about action sports like BMX. “That was my keep learning.” main desire,” says Yeager, “to do action sports For the first six months to year of his career, photography and get to live vicariously through he mostly shot things for friends. However, he action sports.” remembers one particular shoot early on as It’s not hard to see the parallels between a turning point. After a BMX race in Phoenix, Yeager’s background in BMX and how he he posted some of his photos to Facebook pp p g p y “I want to push p y approaches photography. myself and “one of the biggest companies in motocross ended up reposting them [...] The fact that a large company like that saw interest in my photos in the first year was something that really, really made me dig for that kind of feeling [of accomplishment] that I got over and over again.” “One of the coolest parts about photography is knowing that people appreciate your work,” says Yeager. He also loves how frequently he gets to travel. Yeager was hired by Globe Miami TImes for a vintage photo shoot in When he and I sat down to 2014 at Soda Pops in Miami where he worked with local models. talk he had just returned from California and was going back the next out of my comfort zone every chance that I week. His work has also taken get and with photography I get to do that. I’m him to places like Mexico and not put in a box to do one thing every single Colorado. He’s hoping that one day,” says Yeager. It makes sense that he feels day he will be able to land a job like he learns the most from his shoots that go photographing the Olympics. the worst – the ones where he is just thrown into Until then, he’s working the fire. on “growing in a way that’s positive and impacting other people.” Yeager would like to book more and bigger corporate clients, putting him in a financial position to be able to give away his services to worthy clients. He recalls one particular shoot with Special Olympics that he calls “one of the most humbling shoots.” He remembers that “everyone was struggling, but everyone was having so much fun.” As he Completely self-taught, Yeager reached continues to grow his business, his out to mentors in the field to gain experience. goal is to be able to do jobs like the Yeager says that the knowledge of photography Special Olympics one for free. that he has built up over the past few years, “came “My goal for the next two from mentors more than school, or YouTube. years is to have an amazing team It was hands-on – literally begging people and that is willing to help impact annoying them, just every single day, saying ‘I people in a positive way as much want to shoot with you. Help me.’” He worked as I am,” says Yeager. connections that he already had in the BMX Visit http://tanneryeager.com. industry in order to learn as much as he could.

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You might be surprised who’s doing it. By Patricia Sanders

Teenagers do it. Millennials do it. Octogenarians do it. One out of ten Americans have done it at one time or another. “It” is online dating, and more and more people are doing it every year. What might be surprising is that 40-somethings are doing it just as often as 20-year-olds. For those over 45 who are ‘starting over’—and finding themselves in a dating scene that looks nothing like it did when they were twenty—taking the leap into online dating can be the ticket to a new life of romance and adventure.

to church once a week in Vegas,” she says. “Narrowed it pretty darn quick. That came out to be about 20. And out of the 20, ten of them sounded interesting. I emailed those ten, and I got responses back from about six of them.” After emailing those men, she says one soon stood out. After several weeks of emailing, Carl asked if he could call her. Rebecca agreed, but admitted she was a little nervous because, as she says, “the guy I’d dated before him, I’d had put on a restraining order.” That first call lasted five hours, and they talked again the next night for

Carl and Rebecca Williams next to the fountain at Dream Manor Inn. Photo by John Petty

Rebecca and Carl Williams, owners of the Dream Manor Inn, did it 12 years ago, and they’ve been living happily ever after. According to Rebecca, it all began when friends at work kept trying to fix her up with guys they knew. That was in 2002, when Rebecca was 42, and she says it just wasn’t working out for her. When a friend suggested getting on the Internet, Rebecca was ready to give it a try. She was living in Las Vegas at the time and had two pre-teen sons. She says she was looking for a date, not a marriage partner. So she started out by searching for men between 35 and 55 who lived within 10 miles of Las Vegas. That search turned up something like a thousand guys. That was when Rebecca received some crucial advice from a friend, who told her that just because she was going on a date didn’t mean she couldn’t be picky. “Figure out your top five qualities you’re looking for, and don’t settle,” she said. For Rebecca that meant a Christian man who was going to church at least once a week, who was romantic, humorous, and liked to dance. “Well, try to find a Christian man going

another five hours. When they agreed to meet in person, Rebecca knew it was going to be okay. “Carl was the first and only man I dated on the Internet,” Rebecca says. “I really attribute that to the top five thing and not settling. I think we as women sometimes don’t put ourselves first and think about those things, about what’s really important to me, about what’s a deal breaker here, what is not okay and what is okay.” That first date sealed the deal. After dating for a couple of months, Rebecca proposed to Carl, and the two were married in July of 2003. At the Williams’s Dream Manor Inn, about two dozen couples get married every year. Many of them met just the way Rebecca and Carl did—through online dating. Online dating is increasingly popular among the older age group because they make up what is called a “thin dating market”—meaning that the number of available partners is few. Fewer available Online Dating, Continued on page 11

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Online Dating Sites Match.com is one of the biggest and oldest online dating sites, with about 96 million registered users. It is possible to select potential partners according to religion, age, and sexual orientation. Match.com is a paid site. Chemistry.com is a sister site to match. com that uses a personality test to suggest partners based on preferences. This is one of the more expensive paid sites. OKCupid.com uses mathematical algorithms to match people. The site is free but there is a paid level that gives additional perks like additional search options, the option to browse profiles invisibly, and no ads. Matchmaker.com is an online matchmaking service specifically for singles over 35 looking for long-term serious relationships. This site is free. Zoosk.com uses a “Behavioral Matchmaking” technology to match people based on behavior and preferences. Zoosk works on desktop computers, mobile phones,, tablets, and Facebook. Limited access is free, but a paid subscription is needed to use messages or chat. Badoo.com has over 292m users and is intended for making friends and sharing interests, not necessarily dating. You play a game called Encounters that gathers information ion oo about you to match you with other users. Badoo is free but requires payment for certain features. es. POF.com (Plenty of Fish) is free and claims ms to be the largest online dating site. The site offers a “Chemistry Test” to match partners that will meet each other’s emotional needs. eHarmony.com uses the “Compatibility Matching System” to suggest partnerships based on 29 dimensions. The site was founded by a clinical psychologist and author of eight books on love, marriage and emotional health. eHarmony claims to be responsible for nearly 4% of U.S. marriages.

Niche online dating sites “Niche” online dating sites are becoming more popular. Niche sites are for specific groups of people based on religion, interests, political views, and so on. Examples are: CatholicMatch.com FarmersOnly.com tastebuds.fm (based on music) VeggieConnection.com (vegetarians) Dating4Disabled.com Prescription4Love.com (based on diseases)

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partners means it’s harder to find compatible people. In general, according to a study in the American Sociological Review, “individuals looking for a type of partner that is harder to find should be most likely to find that partner online.” It’s similar to the way the Internet made it possible for people with unusual interests—say, collecting vintage stuffed giraffes—to find items or books related to their hobby. For a person over 45, finding a compatible partner can seem as hard as finding a vintage stuffed giraffe. The Internet can help.

during her online dating years. She took notes about her experiences and turned them into a book, The Dance Card. She recommends not putting pressure on yourself that a date is going to turn into a long-term relationship. Dating can give you someone to share activities and interests with, someone to travel with, and so on. Reichardt also praises the benefits of online dating for personal growth. “It’s empowered me in a lot of ways and given me a lot of self-confidence,” she says. As a result of her years of experience with online dating, Reichardt believes that people need to have certain qualities in order to enjoy and succeed in online dating. These include courage, curiosity, and determination. She offers the following advice for people who are considering online dating: • Be selective but also realistic. “There are so many people out there, you have to be selective,” Reichardt says. “But don’t be unrealistic, because there’s no ideal.” • If you have recently lost a spouse, finish the grieving process before you begin dating. Reichardt says, “You have to be happy and healthy with yourself, and the other person has to be happy and healthy, too,” for a relationship to work.

Author Ann Reichardt and her book, The Dance Card, which is available through Amazon.com.

When Ann Reichardt was 56, after her husband asked for a divorce, she found herself in the uncomfortable position of being single—and lonely. Like many who get into online dating, it was at the urging of a family member—this time Reichardt’s niece— that she decided to try online dating. Reichardt sees her years of online dating as an eight-year adventure. She points out that dating doesn’t have to be for the sake of meeting a new spouse. “It’s a positive thing to be in a couple,” she says. “It doesn’t have to be long term.” Reichardt dated dozens of men

• Open yourself up to the process. Accept that this is what you will

need to do in order to find a new relationship. • Finally, have fun! Reichardt is currently in a relationship with a man, and they are taking dance lessons together. “I would never have phoned him or discovered him if I had not met him online,” Reichardt says. “I would never have taken dance lessons. My life is totally different because of this.”

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59th Annual Gila County Gem & Mineral Show When: Friday, January 15th-17th Friday & Saturday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Where: Gila County Fairgrounds Cost: Donations $3 per person or $5 per couple. Students and children free. There will be more than 40 displays, numerous vendors displaying their wares and products, and interesting demonstrations. Lapidary equipment, jewelry, books, mineral specimens, copper art, and much more will be offered. For further information, contact Jodi Brewster, jodibrewster66@gmail. com or call 623-810-9780.

Special Presentation When: Wednesday, January 20, 6:30 p.m Doors open at 6:00 p.m. What: The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture "Revitalization Through Architecture in Globe-Miami" Cost: Free. You've heard about this project, and read about it here. Plan to attend the presentation and hear what the plans are for the first year of a four-year studio project. Jason Donofrio, the Director of Development, and several Taliesin staff and students will present the overall concept and what they hope to accomplish over four years. They will also unveil several projects they have identified for the coming year.

Pieces of Friendship Quilt Show The Tetra String Quartet is a community-based ensemble that infuses performance with public service. With relevant and versatile programming at the forefront of their mission, Tetra performs with the goal of connecting with all audiences. The quartet has toured extensively throughout the United States, as well as abroad in Brazil, Ecuador, and Germany. As passionate educators, the members of Tetra are faculty associates at Arizona State University, where they teach the course “Chamber Music for Non-Majors.” They have helped create outreach presentations for hundreds of Arizona high school students. Beyond their home in Phoenix, Tetra has also served as musical ambassadors with Young Audiences of Santa Cruz County by performing for more than 3,000 students in Nogales, Arizona.

First Friday Lecture Series

Globe-Miami Community Concert Series When: What: Where: Cost:

Monday, January 25 at 7 p.m. Tetra String Quartet concert Miami High School Auditorium Pre-sold season tickets or $20 at the door

When: Friday, February 5, 6-8:00 p.m. What: “Celebrating Our Legacy: Building a Shared History for Cobre Valley” Where: Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum Cost: Free. Share pizza and memories! The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and Water Resources Research Center invite you to share your memories and historical knowledge and make your mark. As people move in and out of the community and our cities grow, we lose connections to our

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past. Help us document our history for future generations! We will be working on a very long and mostly blank piece of paper spread on the wall, ready to be noted with important events in the history of Cobre Valley. Join us for a pizza dinner and some reminiscing as we add to a shared history timeline. With your help, creating a shared history will result in a living record of:

When: February-March Where: Cobre Valley Center for the Arts Cost: Free The Copper Country Quilters of Globe, a chapter of the Arizona Quilters Guild, is hosting their annual Pieces of Friendship Quilt Show. As many as 60 pieces will be on display. Entry forms are available at Julie’s Sewing Corner in Miami, Hill Street Mall in Globe, the CVCA and the Chamber. For more information, call the Center for the Arts at 928-425-0884.

• Important events and history of your town, city, business, or farm • Your memories of how the Globe-Miami area has changed over time • How natural resources in Cobre Valley have changed over time To conclude the evening, the author of each timeline event will be asked to explain its significance to the entire group. After the event, we will use the information gathered to compile a Shared History of Cobre Valley, available in print and online to the general public.

Miami Hardscrabble Lecture Series When: Wednesday, February 17, 6:30 p.m. What: Jeanne Jacques, Master Gardener Where: Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum Cost: Free

Globe-Miami Community Concert Series When: What: Where: Cost:

Friday, February 19 at 7 p.m. Salt River Brass Quintet concert Miami High School auditorium Season tickets, or $20 at door

Launch of Rafting Season When: Beginning of March Where: Salt River Cost: 1/2 day trips begin at $119 pp The Salt River has often been referred to as the mini-Grand Canyon, with its striking cliffs and scenery. Located just 40 minutes north of Globe, it is known for its Class 3 and 4 rapids. Several companies come in each year to work the river, and most offer a selection of halfday full-day and multi-day adventures. Thanks to the rains we’ve had this year, 2016 is stacking up to be a good year, so check out one of these sites and book your adventure this spring. Visit www. inaraft.com, www.coloradorafting.net, www.saltriverraftingarizona.com, or www.go-arizona.com. Calendar of Events, Continued on page 15

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First Friday Lecture Series When: Friday, March 5 at 6:30 p.m. What: “Slavic Immigration to Miami, AZ” by Johnny Vucichevich Where: Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum Cost: Free

Globe-Miami Community Concert Series When: What: Where: Cost:

Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. Conner Chee concert Miami High School Auditorium Pre-sold season tickets, or $20 at the door Connor Chee is a classically-trained Navajo pianist from Page, Arizona. He has performed throughout the United States, most notably at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, and in Washington D.C. He has spent the past several years earning a master’s degree in music, and has now shifted his focus to creating music that combines his classical foundations with his Navajo heritage. He gives solo concerts, and regularly performs with orchestras throughout the country.

Apache Leap Mining Festival When: March 11-March 13 Where: Main Street - Superior Cost: Free except for carnival and vendors On March 11th the Festival kicks off at 5 p.m. with a carnival and vendors. Saturday, March 12th and Sunday, March 13th are packed all day. The opening parade begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday. There will be top-notch entertainment throughout the event, hilarious Chihuahua races, panning for “copper,” food and retail vendors, a handmade crafts

market, art walk, beer garden, Saturday night street dance, historic speakers, and lots of “hands on” things to do for all ages. Grueling mining competition with a $2,000 purse! Watch a Mine Rescue Operation, enjoy a tour of the Resolution Mine property, view an abandoned mine safety exhibit and other mine related activities. Walk the mine history trail. Mining and mine related companies will be here to talk to you about the process and types of copper mining and what that means to the area.

Department of Transportation he became interested in Arizona’s transportation history and has given presentations on this topic in addition to Arizona’s Interstate Highways System history and the history of the Apache Trail.

4th Annual Domestic Violence “Hats Off” Luncheon

Intertribal Pow-Wow When: March 11-March 13 Where: Apache Gold Casino Cost: $5 Daily Admission The Apache Gold Pow Wow features dancers of all Nations who come to compete in a variety of dance styles and drumming during this three day event. Each day includes the Grand Entry when all dancers enter the pavilion - where more than two hundred dancers circle the arena to the sounds of drums. Times of Grand Entry: 1pm and 7pm Saturday night, and 1pm Sunday with Gourd dancing 1 hour before each grand entry.

Miami Hardscrabble Lecture Series When: Wednesday, March 16, 6:30 p.m. Where: Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum What: Rick Powers will speak about the Apache Trail G15 mapping Cost: Free Richard L. Powers, P.E., is a longtime resident of Arizona and avid history buff with a keen interest in Arizona and local history. While working for the Arizona

When: Saturday, April 2, Noon - 3 p.m. Where: Dream Manor Inn Cost: $35/person, $315 table of nine This annual fundraiser hosted by the Horizon Domestic Violence Safe Home includes a champagne brunch, contest for the most beautiful and creative hats worn to the brunch, along with raffles, entertainment and a silent auction. We support victims of domestic violence and we know that “Victims of Domestic Violence Wear Many Hats." To purchase tickets please contact Carolyn Gillis at Carolyn. gillis@hhwaz.org or 928-812-2521.

Globe Home and Building Tour When: April 9th-10th, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Where: Begins at Train Depot in Globe Cost: $15 per person Contact Chamber: 928-425-4495 The annual tour featuring the historic homes and buildings in Globe begins at the train depot, where shuttles will be available to take visitors to each stop. Also offered during the tour is a pancake breakfast and chili luncheon. And be sure to stop at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, in downtown Globe, where you will see an exhibit outlining the new Taliesin/Globe-Miami Project, as well as art exhibits and the annual quilt show.

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Old Tales of Law & Order Phoenix Tourists Locked Up ~ Aug. 1908 Four Phoenicians stop in Globe on their way to the White Mountains for a hunting trip. One of the tourists, J.A.C. Martinez, leaves the group to invite Globe’s Deputy Sheriff Duncan in on their fun. Next thing Martinez knows, Duncan arrests him, and he is taken to court, where he is emptied of all his loose change and placed before the judge for trial. Soon after, his three companions are hauled in, too. Their charge? “Coming to the city of Globe with brags about a ‘little village called Phoenix.’” After all four men were drilled by the judge and forced to hand over any cash in their pockets, the court gave them a certificate granting them “free entry to the jail any time during the next thirty days.” “About seven hours and thirty-six minutes after it happened, Martinez began to see the joke and laughed heartily.” [Story and excerpts sourced from the Arizona Republic, Aug. 28, 1908.]

The Missing Cowboy ~ April 1943 A Gila County cowboy goes missing. Douglas Hollamon disappears mysteriously, leaving behind a newly-purchased suit, boots and empty wallet at the Terminal Hotel in Globe. Sheriff William “Bill” Richardson (in office from 1941 to 1950) and his deputies spend weeks searching for the man, last seen in a plaid shirt, Levi's and boots by a fellow cowboy in his hotel room shortly after midnight. Several theories arose about what might have happened to Hollamon. One is that he was robbed and killed after leaving his hotel room with the cash from his emptied wallet. The other is that he went MIA intentionally – Richardson later found out that Hollamon had told a friend that he would be miles away by the time his friend could repay him for a loan. However, no evidence was found to support either theory, according to the Silver Belt. [Story sourced from the Arizona Record, April 1943]

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features copper mining: past and future

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2015 CVRMC Art & Wine Auction

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Safe House Holiday Fundraiser hosted by Sarah and Ken Bernstein December 10th

Carolyn Gillis and Linda Gross

Betty Rayes and Nancy Mackay

Kevin and Sondra Mulinari, Jim & Kelly Moss, Chris Cecil

Sarah Bernstein with Connor and Dana Cecil

Bullion Plaza & Historical Museum host Holiday Open House December 4th

Bob Zache, Tommy Hale, Leon Garlinghouse

Linda Carnahan, Myrna Lenox, Toni Wantland

Out and About

Beards of Broadstreet

Reliving History ~ October 22-23

Members of the Pioneer Cemeteries Association in Phoenix were treated to an evening in downtown Globe where local volunteers gave portrayals of historical figures. Dik Mickle (front), was one of nine performances. He portrayed Judge Aaron Hackney.

Bob and Charm McKusik

This was a new event hosted by Johnny D. Flores owner/operator of the Dominion Cutting Company on Broad Street.

John Armer waiting for the judging to begin.

The Line Up of Beards on Broad.

New Business opens Total Knockout Fitness opened on January 1 in Miami. It includes a boxing ring where Coach Sarah Beard (center) coaches the Roundto-Round club with kids who have been boxing from 1 month to 6 years. L-to-R Kenneth Irving (3 yrs), Nick Perez (6 yrs), Anthony Pena (1mo), Cotten Nordin (2 mo), Ema Nordin (2 mo), Tushush Bread (4 mo), Dylan Nordin (3 mo).

Mike Pastor, Don Payson and Seth Payson

Johnny D. (R), with his father, Daniel Flores who won for his Goatee.

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Event hosted by Globe Main Street. An average of 300 kids enjoy Santa and his Elves each year at the Train Depot.

Autumn Giles, Paul Tunis, Tara and Bryce Barnes enjoy a bit of Holiday Cheer.

Halloween on Broad Street

Molly Cornwell and JoNell Brantley Thomas

Becky and Pearl checking out just one of the 15 trees decorated by local businesses.

Downtown Merchants handed out candy to over 6300 people this year.

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Chamber Holiday Mixer

Santa comes to Town Nov. 28th

Molly Cornwell modeled her new handmade wool shawl made by Diana Tunis.

Globe firefighters; Brian Valencia, Andrew Gatewood, Sterling White and Angel Amado dressed as Ninja Turtles and handed out candy.

Leora Hunsaker was one of the counters for the evening helping Main Street get track attendance at the event.

Annual Light Parade This years theme was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Imagineâ&#x20AC;?

It was a good time to bundle up!

The girl scout troupe braved the temperatures.

Globe Police Office, Denise Barjas and friends out making it safe for everyone.

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Welcomes You

Globe Unified School District Home of the Tigers

Story by Patricia Sanders

Alyssa Jost puts a game controller in my hand and looks at her mentor, saying, “I want her to drive.” Meaning, me. I’m not sure I’ve ever even held a game controller before. And what I’m supposed to be “driving” is just as unfamiliar—a robot on wheels.

On top of that, Alyssa won’t tell me how it works. She wants me to “experiment.” I push a button and an arm flies out from the side of the robot. I push another button and another arm extends, from the other side. A third button makes a vertical arm lift up. “Try those,” Alyssa says, pointing at the actual drive controls. I say a quiet

prayer and send the robot into a spin. Alyssa, an 8th grader, is on the TigeRobotics team at Globe Unified School District, along with about a dozen other high-school and middleschool students. They meet in the basement of the Science building, along with coach RJ Castaneda and various mentors. They are preparing two robots for competition. In the process, they’re

Middle-School GUSD Robotics Team Gearing Up for 2016 All photos by Kenneth Chan

Birth of a Robot

On the first day with the FTC Matrix robot kit, the TigeRobotics team did a threehour quick build with programmed Android phones and a simple triangle base. Students learned how to attach motors and servos to mechanical components and found success with driving their initial version of the FIRST RES-Q Robot.

Coach RJ Castaneda introduces the TigeRobotics team to the mechanics of motors, servos, and battery operation. Kendra Martinez, Hayden Anderson, Jamilia Bates, and Kelly Stennerson watch.

Kendra Martinez, Alyssa Jost, and Samson Peden work on attaching wheels to the robot’s base.

learning a lot about problem solving, engineering, and teamwork. The robot I’m attempting to “drive” is #10246 in the FTC division. It’s about the size of a small lawn mower, but without a handle, and with six small wheels instead of four. It’s painted orange and black and has a round logo bolted to the back, designed by student Jamilia Bates. The students built the robot in September and will be working throughout the academic year to prepare it for competition. The competition involves the robot performing about 20 tasks, including moving objects, picking things up, and climbing a “mountain.” The team started with a kit that included the robot’s base, wheels, and motors. Once that basic starting point was constructed, the real work began. The students have to figure out how the robot will perform the tasks, and then

build whatever is needed to do it, such as arms and scoops. They also have to program the robot and engineer ways to control it. They get ideas by talking to other teams, going to workshops, and studying YouTube videos submitted by other FTC teams—all in the spirit of “coopertition.” Noelle Anderson, who works on STEM programs for GUSD, showed me videos of robots that had successfully climbed to the top of the mountain. Only two teams in Arizona have figured out how to do it. Given the excitement and focus I feel in the room, the TigeRobotics team has a great chance to do the same. The FTC division is a new unit of the GUSD robotics program that just started in Fall 2015 for grades 7–12, and they’ve already won two second places and a design award in their first three competitions. This success has qualified the TigeRobotics team to compete in the state championship Robotics Team, Continued on page 19

Ben Haro, Kaleb Boeldt, and Dallin Gordon attach components to the robot.

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Noelle Anderson watches as Zach Long, Hayden Anderson, and RJ Castaneda adjust a wheel.

Ben Haro, Samson Peden, Jonathan Cruz, and Dallin Gordon celebrate finishing the basic robot.

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in Flagstaff on February 27. This is the third year of competition for the highschool robotics team (FRC division). While I experiment with driving #10246, it’s hard not to be distracted by other activity going on in the room. Because there’s another robot, too, and this one is even more intimidating. It stands more than three feet high and has large panels of electronics on each side. Darrel Yerkovich is explaining to the students why the electronics panels are mounted on the side of the robot instead of on the base. Five or six students are crowded around, listening intently. Yerkovich is one of several volunteer adult mentors who work with the team members on skills ranging from engineering to project management to writing. There are also student mentors—older students who have been on the team in the past. The two robots compete in two different divisions. The smaller one “plays” for the FIRST Tech Challenge

Ben Haro holds up the finished robot base.

(FTC), with team members in grades 7 through 12. The larger one, the one Yerkovich is crouching next to, competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), with teams in grades 9 through 12. The students on both TigeRobotics teams work on both robots. With two robots and lots of components needed for each one, there are plenty of tasks to keep all the team members busy. FIRST stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.” The organization was founded by Dean Kamen, an inventor, in 1989. Its stated purpose is to provide “accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering.” Students who participate in FIRST have access to $25 million in scholarship opportunities at colleges and universities around the country, including the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott. The TigeRobotics team is in need of funding for the 2016 program, with the program primarily supported by donations and grants. This year, a donation from the Freeport McMoRan annual STEM grant funded the FTC division (the smaller robot). Funds are always needed for the FRC division (the larger robot), which has daunting annual expenses to operate effectively. The team is currently looking for travel expense assistance to take the FTC

team to the State Championships in Flagstaff this February. Resolution Copper is also one of the teams’ greatest partners, providing annual funding to the program, and has just agreed to support both teams for the next three years. Bryan Seppala, Resolution’s regional community liaison, is also one of the team mentors, assisting with marketing and fundraising. One way that any Arizona taxpayer can support the program, at no cost to themselves, is by taking advantage of the Arizona state tax credit program. A person filing individually can contribute up to $200 and those filing a joint return can give up to $400. The amount comes out of the taxpayer’s state taxes. If you would like to participate, you can pick up a form at the GUSD office on Ash or download one from http://bit.ly/ GUSDTAXCREDIT and designate your donation to fund GUSD Robotics. You do not have to have a child enrolled in school. Another way to support the program is by volunteering as a mentor. Mentors are not required to attend all team meetings and do not have to have science or engineering skills. Mentors are needed in all areas, from marketing to metal shop. For more information, contact Noelle Anderson at (928) 402-6002 or email noelle.anderson@ globeschools.org. You can see video of the TigeRobotics robots on the GUSD STEM Facebook page, and more information about the FIRST program is online at www.firstinspires.org.

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GILA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT

Election News PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE ELECTION [“PPE”] The PPE is a preference election, whereby registered voters of participating, recognized political parties cast their vote for who they prefer the Arizona delegates cast their vote for at their party’s national convention. It is important to note: Persons registered as an INDEPENDENT cannot vote in the PPE. Persons on the Permanent Early Voter List will receive an early ballot.

Library offers free online tutorials for creative, technology and business skills Would you like to learn new skills like photo retouching, music production, game design, or logo design? Or increase your knowledge about photography, business skills, or career development? The Gila County Library District has purchased a new resource called Lynda.com, at no charge to individual users, that lets you learn skills online, through your home computer, tablet, or mobile device. More than 4,000 video tutorials are available for creative, business and technology skills. They are offered in these major areas:

✔ Business: career development, business skills, logo design ✔ Education: elearning, teacher tools, Microsoft Word, PSAT test prep

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✔ Photography: cameras, gear, compositing, Photoshop ✔ Video: shooting video, motion graphics, web delivery ✔ 3D: animation, rendering, modeling ✔ Audio: music production, audio engineering, virtual instruments These are just a few examples of the thousands of tutorials available on lynda.com. There are courses at all levels from beginner to expert. For teachers, Lynda.com offers tutorials on instructional design, classroom management, professional development, educational technology and more. Business owners can learn a wide range of skills from project management and negotiation to leadership skills and online marketing strategy. There are tutorials to help you learn SEO, spreadsheets, word processing and more. And Lynda.com has more than 1,200 courses on web design, including how to embed video, format text, design in CSS, create a content strategy, and analyze user experience design. Free apps are available for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. You can switch between devices without losing your place. A subscription to Lynda.com would normally cost $25/month, but now you can get access for FREE and take unlimited tutorials. You just need a library card and PIN, and a computer, tablet, or mobile. Residents can obtain a library card and pin number from their local library or at the Library District Office at the Gila County Courthouse. Visitors can log on by clicking the Lynda.com button on the library’s website, www.gcldaz.org. Once you have accessed Lynda.com, a full list of tutorials can be viewed by clicking on the ‘Library’ link at the top of the page.

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Important dates for the upcoming PPE: Voter Registration Deadline February 22, 2016 Early Voting Begins February 24, 2016 Sample Ballot Mailed March 11, 2016 Last Day for Early Voting March 18, 2016 PPE Election Day March 22, 2016 Contact Information: www.gilacountyaz.gov Gila County Voter Registration (Early Ballots, Early Voting Locations, etc.)

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Gila County Housing Services Minor Home Repair Program Gila County Housing Services operates a minor home repair & adaptations program for low income citizens. With funding from Arizona Community Action Association, Freeport McMoRan, Inc., and the Pinal-Gila Council for senior residents, we are able to assist approximately 75 low income residents per year. Some common examples of the services provided include: installing grab bars, medical adaptations, repairs to heating and cooling systems, replacing old refrigerators, electrical repairs, plumbing, and water heater and sewage system repairs. If you would like additional information, call the Community Services Department, at (928) 4257631.

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Employee Spotlight Introducing Kurt Schmidt ... who recently came aboard as CFO of Apache Gold Casino. Schmidt’s enthusiasm for his job is easy to see—when I met him, he was sporting a brightly colored tie with dice, cards, and lucky 7s splashed across it. His enthusiasm for gaming is also evident when he talks about his job. “It is such a dynamic industry— it’s exciting,” he says. Schmidt points out that San Carlos is the sixth Native American tribe he’s worked for. He enjoys working with tribal casinos, he says, because the money goes back to the tribe to help

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with health care, housing, education, and other benefits. Schmidt is originally from Wisconsin but has lived in the Southwest before. He served as CFO at Desert Diamond Casino near Tucson and later at Fire Rock Navajo Casino in Gallup, NM. Most recently Schmidt was CEO for a casino in Iowa. The new Apache Sky Casino in Dudleyville will be one of Schmidt’s projects in the coming year. He says a temporary casino will open sometime in mid-2016, and a permanent casino will follow in 2017. Schmidt is happy to return to the Southwest—he and his wife “loved Arizona from the time we lived in Tucson,” he says. Winner Gary Santimaw Queen Creek $1,323.55

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SUPERIOR THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN SUPERIOR Home and Building Tour – On January 30 and 31 the doors to Superior are open to all who would like to learn about our community and have a great time. The doors to the Town, as well as doors to several homes and buildings, are wide open for our annual Home and Building Tour. You’ll see an eclectic assortment of renovated homes, chock full of color, décor and great low cost ideas. Wonder what businesses used to be in our old buildings on Main St? You’ll see that and more at this fun event. In addition to the tour enjoy a pancake breakfast, a wonderful Antique Show, Art Show, Galleries, Wyatt Earp and Sam Lowe, great historic speakers. The famous Mata Ortiz potters from Mexico will be here, crafting, firing and selling their wares. Join a group for a guided hike or relax and enjoy live music. Take a peek behind the Main St buildings to see “colors galore” in progress.

Bonus for all ticket holders – receive 2 for 1 passes to both the Renaissance Festival and the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Saturday, January 30 – 9 am to 5 pm, Sunday, January 31 – 10 am to 4 pm. $12, good for both days. Presale tickets $10 (call 520-827-1773). See website for details and schedule, www.superiorarizonachamber.org or call 520-689-0200.

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Gems of Gila County By Autumn Giles

“Arizona is amazing,” says Tom Foster, executive director of Bullion Plaza in Miami. “Arizona is just this great repository of pretty much anything you can ever think of in the way of minerals. Not only stuff that is marketable, like copper and gold and silver, just all sorts of really neat things.” Statewide, but particularly in Gila County, many of the gems and minerals in the area are quite literally brought to the surface by copper mining. As Wolfgang Mueller, curator of gems for Bullion Plaza, writes in a 2012 issue of Rocks & Minerals, “The geological processes responsible for the copper ore deposits have set much of the stage for the grand collection of gemstones found here.” Among the “grand collection” are azurite, malachite, chrysocolla, gem chrysocolla, turquoise, jasper, quartz, tourmaline, bohmeite, amethyst, apache tears, argillite, and jasper. However, Foster offers a reminder that the minerals were there long before the mines. He recalls a story told to him by an Arizona archaeologist

Azurite from Blue Bird Mine, Gila County

that “wherever you find interesting minerals—wherever you find pretty rocks—you find a lot of early habitation.” The minerals had layers of significance to early inhabitants. Foster says, “there was a religious connotation that went with it, there were elements of healing, elements of different energies and they appreciated that and they understood to a certain extent. This was long before we ever figured out crystal radios or the

Quartz from the Pinal Mountains, Gila County

power of quartz.” Foster stops short of saying there’s an absolute correlation, but the connection is there. Mueller tells GMT that “a lot of the minerals came out of these mines early as they were developing. As they progressed, the neat stuff is gone.” There’s a geological explanation for why things like azurite and malachite, for example, are found early in the life

Chrysocolla with cuprite from Inspiration Mine, Miami

of a copper mine. Azurite and malachite are formed by processes that took place roughly two million years ago, whereas chalcopyrite, the primary copper mineral, was introduced into the ground roughly 50 million years ago. In order to get to the chalcopyrite, you’re likely to encounter azurite and malachite. According to Mueller, “you’re going to hit the azurite and malachite first and those have very high copper content. So with a relatively primitive melting process—I think actually if you know what you’re doing you can get copper out of that sort of stuff over your campfire.” At the beginning of the life of a copper mine, or when a pit is expanded, these secondary gems and minerals are more plentiful. Azurite is named for its azure blue color and, like malachite, has been worn as adornment and also ground up finely and used as pigment for thousands of years. Other minerals that the area is known for, such as jasper, are not so hard to come by. “We have a fair amount of jasper,” says Mueller. The jasper occurs in what is known as the Escabrosa Formation, Gems of Gila County, Continued on page 13

WINTER 2016 Peridot is the name used for gem-quality specimens of the mineral olivine. It is one which Mueller says is visible driving of the few gems that only occurs in one south from Globe to Tucson. “If you’re color, its signature olive green. driving from Oracle to Globe in the At the mineral hallway at Bullion Plaza Winkelman area and you get into the in Miami, there are some “25 different canyon, you see the bottom of that [jasper] specimens from the Arizona Historical exposed, which is all the reddish stuff.” Society and they’re all from Globe, Miami, Jasper usually contains some variation in San Carlos,” says Foster. Thanks to Jodi color such as striations or spots. Brewster of the Gila County Until 2012, the Sleeping Beauty Gem and Mineral Society, Mine outside of Globe was worldthe hallway also features renowned for its turquoise, an interactive fluorescent which is also often a mineral display. byproduct of copper mining. Area gems and more After forty years producing will be on display at the both copper and turquoise, Gem & Mineral Society’s the mine phased out its 59th annual Gila County turquoise production. Before Gem and Mineral Show it closed it was the world’s January 15th-17th at the largest producer of natural Gila County Fairgrounds in Chrysocolla with turquoise. Turquoise is still quartz from Inspiration Globe. The hours are 9am Mine, Miami produced near Kingman, AZ. to 5pm Friday and Saturday Amethyst still comes out of the Four and 9am to 4pm Sunday and admission is Peaks region and according to Mueller, $3 per person or $5 per couple. Students “when you have the good stuff it’s as good and children get in free. In addition to as any you’ll find in the world.” Amethyst, dealers, demonstrations, and display a type of quartz, ranges from deep purple cases, the event will feature plenty of to a lighter lilac color. In addition to hands-on opportunities such as geode being used for jewelry, amethyst has opening and jewelry making. Visit been prized for its talismanic qualities Gilagem.com for more information or call throughout history. Jodi Brewster at 623-810-9780. Closer to home, there’s quartz and tourmaline in the Pinal Mountains, both Specimens in this article are on loan from of which occur in a wide array of colors. the Arizona Historical Society to Bullion San Carlos is widely known for its peridot. and are on display in the Mineral Hallway. Gems of Gila County, Continued from page 12

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Montiel was born in Phoenix, but came to Superior in second grade. It was a homecoming of sorts—his mom was from Superior and moved her family back to help in Mike’s grandma’s flower shop on Main Street, The Nifty Nook. After four years in the Army, Montiel enrolled in ASU, and initially started out on the track to study medicine. He was turned off by what he calls the “red tape and bureaucracy” inherent in the medical field, but was enamored with his studies of math and science. “I’d stay up with science news. I’d sit and read the research papers and abstracts. That stuff interests me,” says Montiel. Not surprisingly for a guy who stays up at night reading science literature, Montiel’s knowledge of mushrooms is entirely self-taught. A friend of his had grown mushrooms as a hobby and, Montiel explains, “after I graduated from ASU, he approached me because he wanted to start growing

as a business.” The pair started out cultivating mushrooms in Scottsdale, but quickly realized that they’d get more bang for their buck in Superior and moved the operation there. “I took one side of my garage and retrofitted it to put in misters,” says Montiel of hacking their

Mike Montiel and his partner Clinton White at the Prickly Pear Festival in 2014.

production facility. “I insulated it, put in plastic, and started growing mushrooms in there.” Mushrooms breathe oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, just like humans do, so the space where they’re grown must allow for regulation of airflow in addition to controlling moisture. Right now, the pair isn’t producing mushrooms because they’re working on upgrading their facility, but prior to the upgrade they maintained a handful of restaurant accounts in Scottsdale. Atlas Bistro made a lion’s mane pizza with Montiel’s mushrooms that sold out nearly every time it was on the menu. The award-winning FnB used his blue oyster mushrooms in a white wine sauce over pasta. Montiel matter-of-factly reports, “I tried it and it was ridiculous.” Not surprisingly, one of the things that sold Montiel on the mushroom business was taste. “Most people, when you’re talking about mushrooms, they know crimini mushrooms, they know button mushrooms. They’re mushrooms, but they don’t have a lot of flavor. If they do, it’s very subtle and it’s not very appetizing.”

The mushrooms Montiel cultivates are different. “The mushrooms we grow are oyster mushrooms, lion’s mane mushrooms, and shiitakes. These are all mushrooms that have incredible flavors by themselves. You can cook them up with just butter and salt.” Montiel is an evangelist for these lesser-known, higher-quality mushrooms. “When I talk to people and they say they don’t like mushrooms, I tell them ‘you haven’t tried mine yet,’” he says with a laugh. He’s tricked more than one friend into thinking the lion’s mane mushrooms in their tacos were chicken. He describes their texture as “very dense and meaty” once cooked. The mushrooms’ parallels to meat don’t stop there. Montiel explains that “the amount of protein in some varieties is comparable with beef.” As a result, “there are some organizations right now in impoverished regions of the world teaching them to grow mushrooms because they’re lacking a protein source, whether it be livestock or hunting.” Mushroom Man, Continued on page 33

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Montiel is quick to note that the possibilities for fungi reach far beyond the plate. He hopes that cultivating mushrooms will be a starting point for his business to move beyond the culinary realm. “If we can show people, ‘Ok, we can grow mushrooms, then we can talk people into letting us try to do mycoremediation. If we can show that works, then we can try to talk them into letting us take the old tailings – the really bad stuff – and see what we can do with that, see if we can improve that.” Mycoremediation is the process of using fungi to break down contaminants in the environment and Montiel thinks there’s incredible potential for

break down just about any material. So plastics that they thought were going to take thousands of years to decompose are going to – not decompose entirely – but take that first step toward decomposition.” Montiel’s favorite thing about mushrooms is all the possibilities they hold, “all of the science that hasn’t been discovered yet.” That said, he’s pretty excited about the ways they’re currently being used too. “They’ve actually started making building materials out of mycelium,” the white filaments, often underground, that form the main growth

Growing mushrooms can be done in a variety of ways.

mycoremediation in and around mines here in the copper corridor. “We had a meeting with Resolution Copper about coming out and doing a [mycoremediation] test site,” says Montiel, “to try and show them, ‘if you want to do this in 15 years, keep doing what you’re doing. If you want to do it in seven years, you could try this.’” Montiel calls fungi “the world’s great composter,” adding, “it has the ability to make healthy soil, to remediate oil spills, to actually digest polyurethane and hydrocarbons.” Its capability to break down some materials is unparalleled. Montiel explains that “using the right fungi they’re finding now that they can

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structure of a fungus. Mushrooms are actually fruiting bodies created by the mycelium. Montiel says that mycelium is especially suited for structural uses because “it’s lightweight and fire retardant. It retains temperature really well, so it’s one of those things that has an equalizing effect: if it’s cold outside it warms inside, if it’s hot outside it cools inside.” Montiel explains that mycorrhizal fungi attach to roots of plants and form a symbiotic relationship. “The plant has more access to water and nutrients and the fungi gets the sugars that the plant produces, [...] Just about every plant you see has some kind of mycorrhizals attached to its root system. What those mycorrhizals do is they create this whole other network that can channel in water, nutrients, everything. It’s an exponential force for these plants.” More mycorrhizals mean faster growing and more drought-resistant plants and as Montiel points out, it’s not hard to see the application for mycorrhizal fungi “in agricultural contexts like farms where you’re trying to get the most out of a crop without damaging the environment or putting all these chemicals in. These mycorrhizals are a naturally occurring organism that is completely beneficial to the crop.” Montiel wrapped up a three-part lecture series at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum at the end of 2015 on just these sort of topics. He’s optimistic about a future in which mushrooms play a role in improving how we build, live, and grow: “They’re only starting to discover all the applications of fungi – what it does and how it does it.”

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Announcing GMT's ANNUAL 2016 VISITOR'S GUIDE

with exclusive content geared to meeting the needs and interests of those exploring our community. Featuring the Culture • History • Attractions Events of Globe~Miami ~Superior Respecting the Past • Building the Future

Advertising restricted to services and productscatering to the traveling public. Better focus. Better engagement. Quality Content and Maps include: Walking Maps of Historic Districts • A Guide to Architectural Landmarks A Map Tour of Mining Activity • A Calendar of Annual Events Key Attractions • Area B&Bs, Hotels and Lodging Exploring the Antique Corridor and more! This book will be distributed through local Chambers, Statewide Attractions, RV Parks, Advertisers and ...

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Year End Review – 2015 Top Video Honors

A Look at Our Print Editions in 2015

The Apache Gold Pow Wow offered up a great array of color and motion during the Grand Entry on Saturday. Our video of dancers garners 2.3K views Posted in March. Our feature story in the Spring issue on Nancy Sheppard, Trick Rider, Rancher, Rodeo Hall of Famer, book author was a favorite of ours, and fans enjoyed the short clip we did of her twirling two ropes on our back patio. 2.5K views.

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Featuring Rafting the Salt River, Baking with Anita Stapleton, Community Gardens and Gold in Them That Hills

Our Kip Culver Memorial album was seen by 35.9K people. This breaks all records we’ve ever kept since launching our facebook page and shows just how many lives he touched. Posted in July.

Spring > Featuring Nancy Sheppard, Collectibles in GlobeMiami, Cat Murals, The State of Water and Ranching on San Carlos

The “Hats Off” luncheon hosted by the Safe Home in May is always a crowd favorite; both a good cause and fabulous attire, make this photo album a pleasure to compile. 3.5K views. Posted in May.

Top Nine Posts of 2015 These are based on organic reach not a pay-to-like ranking. If you’ve missed these posts, we invite you to visit our page and look back through a year of local coverage through photos, video and stories.

##10 - Superior’s Apache Leap Mining Festival ~ March #9 - Advice on what to do when a snake bites you on a remote trail ~ July

< Summer Featuring Circle Track Racing, Local Bands, A Mescall called Tequila and Redbridge Development

#8 - Easter Parade in Downtown Globe – This annual event gives all photographers ample opportunity to capture the finery and fun of Globe’s annual Easter Parade ~ April

Fall > Featuring New Cattle Guard Design, All American Cook-Off, Mi Publito and The United Fund Special Insert

Thanks to you! We gained nearly 1,000 new fans this year and ended with 3,364 Fans in 2015! Keep the shares, comments and likes coming! The majority of our fans are women (70%) and our biggest audience is 35-65yrs: 55% from local region, 43% from Phoenix & Tucson, 2% Worldwide. Our goal for 2016 is to extend our coverage and develop new fans in the 18-35 range. If you have ideas for us, please shoot us an email at editor@globemiamitimes.com or message us on Facebook.

# 7 - The photo of a full moon rising over Globe we shared from a viewer ~ December # 6 - Coverage of the Kearny River Fire captured people’s attention ~ June. # 5 - When Santa visits the Depot it is big news. Our album on the kids, the elves, and the merriment of the occasion was a hit with fans ~ November #4 - When Coach Billie Barefoot passed away in May, a memorial was held at Globe High School. #3 - Our album on the annual Burch Cattle Sale, featuring the Gila County cattle growers had great reach and engagement ~ May #2 - The Grand Entry: AGCR Pow Wow Video ~ March #1 - Kip Culver Memorial Album ~ July

ANNOUNCING ALL NEW COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES IN TWO SIZES s part of our 10-year anniversary plans, we’re offering commemorative issues of the paper going back to the beginning! So if you you or someone you know were featured in the paper, or you just loved a particular issue, we are now offering these in two sizes: in 8.5 x 10 or 6 x 7.5 as high-gloss, full color booklets. Guaranteed to make great keepsakes which will last. Samples of commemorative issues will be available at the Center for the Arts and Bullion Plaza Museum, along with order forms. Or you can go online and order issues at globemiamitimes.com. Cost is $15/ per issue or 3 for $40 + shipping. *Allow two weeks for delivery.

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Peter Bigfoot with Lucky Duck. Lucky got his name because he was the only duckling that survived out of his clutch of eggs. Reevis brought in ducks to control the crawdad population in the creek. They also provide eggs and, occasionally, roast duck.

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And they aren’t the only ones who prize Peter Bigfoot’s farm produce. At Globe-Miami’s farmers market, Bigfoot often sells out of kale, chard, lettuce, and eggs within minutes of the market’s opening. He has shipped fruit to aficionados as far away as Florida. Chefs, home cooks, foodies, and gardeners will soon have the chance to see firsthand how Bigfoot turns his patch of Arizona soil into delicious food. Starting in February, Bigfoot will be offering farm-to-table tours leaving from Globe. Bigfoot himself will lead a tour of the farm, followed by a light lunch prepared from fresh ingredients from the farm’s garden and orchard. Picture a narrow valley between cactus-covered hills, with a creek running through it. In the center of the valley is a lush one-acre garden with row upon row of thriving vegetables. A few orange marigolds and pink cosmos are scattered around to attract bees and butterflies. To one side of the garden is a white 1920s farmhouse with green trim, surrounded by rose and pomegranate bushes. To the other side is an orchard with a hundredodd fruit and nut trees.

Chickens dart through the orchard, and the sounds of roosters crowing and turkeys gobbling fills the air. The place smells of soil, composted manure, and woodsmoke. This is Reevis Mountain School of Self-Reliance, where Peter Bigfoot farms year-round. It’s off the grid, eight miles off Highway 188 and six miles from the nearest neighbor—a cattle ranch. Electricity comes from an array of solar panels; water, from Campaign Creek and two mountain springs. Produce grown on this land—in fresh country air, irrigated with spring water—has got to be good. Bigfoot and his crew of interns tend the rows of plants by hand and fertilize them organically. The only mechanized tool is a walk-behind tiller. But ask Bigfoot what really makes his produce so delicious, and he’ll say, “It’s the love.” The motto of Reevis Mountain School is “Live What You Love,” and it’s apparent that Peter Bigfoot does just that. Bigfoot’s gusto and vigor might be all the advertising his farm needs. He works from dawn to dusk, often putting in hours in the farm’s office after everyone else has gone to bed—then waking early to chop firewood or prune his fruit trees. Recently, on his 74th birthday, he climbs to the top of a 12-foot ladder to harvest persimmons. Two interns, Cynthia and Luis, stand at the foot of the ladder, taking the fruit one by one and packing them into recycled tomato flats. Most of the fruit makes it into the boxes. “Oh ho,” Bigfoot says, licking the sweet orange pulp from his fingers. “Just got a bird-pecked one.” He says those are the sweetest. Persimmons that aren’t sold are either dried into chewy candies, or frozen individually to be enjoyed as a sorbet-like treat in the summer. It’s said that almost one-third of the food produced in the United States goes to waste. Bigfoot doesn’t want that to happen to the food he grows—it’s too good. That’s one reason he prefers to sell his produce to customers one on one, taking time to explain how it’s grown and how to prepare it. Call it Slow Salesmanship. Maybe that’s why Peter Bigfoot and his farm are something of a well-kept secret. Unless you’re already in the know, you might not suspect that the tall, white-haired man you sometimes see on Broad Street, wearing a felt hat and homemade boots, has an ice chest full of world-class vegetables in the back of his truck. Bigfoot wields a hoe as if he’d been born with it. His long, muscular arms help. Also, he’s been growing food since he was 8 years old.

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Presenting a fall harvest from Reevis's garden are two former interns, along with Jutta Morris and Peggy the chicken. In the background, Reavis Mountain towers over the valley.

Beets, carrots, and leeks from Reevis Mountain School's garden, ready to go to the farmers market. Bigfoot has a booth at the market most Saturdays in the season.

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“In my younger years I spent a lot of time being sick from whatever disease was going around at the time,” he says. “I began to understand that my body was the most precious thing in my life. I began to be very conscious of what I ate, and realized that the healthiest food was what I could grow myself.” Peter Busnack grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and learned to garden from his father. Peter and his brother, Charles, competed to see who could grow the most in their family’s garden beds. When Peter came to Arizona in 1964, he learned to garden in the desert, and turned the backyard of his Sunnyslope house into a productive oasis. There were citrus trees, a vegetable garden, and a vineyard. Meanwhile, he worked on construction sites as a carpenter and spent summers backpacking around the world. When he was 34, Busnack undertook an adventure that changed his life. At 5:30 a.m. on July 11, 1976, he set off from what is now New River and hiked 85 miles to Four Peaks Mountain, in 15 days. And, just to prove he could, he did it without taking any food or water. He used a compass to navigate, and foraged for all his food. He ate everything from ironwood peas to rattlesnakes. After he made it back to civilization alive, the exploit was written up in the Arizona Republic. Busnack became well known around Phoenix for his desert survival skills. Soon Peter Busnack had taken on the name Bigfoot, and had a reputation to match. He began teaching wilderness survival classes in the Superstitions. And that’s how he found his farm. In 1979 Bigfoot first set foot on the land that would become Reevis Mountain School and instantly felt chills go up his spine. “I knew right away this was home,” he says. At the time, the land was known as the Upper Horrell Ranch. It had been homesteaded in the 1920s and grandfathered in when the Tonto National Forest was formed. It remains an island of 12 privately owned acres surrounded by national forest, at the edge of the Superstition Wilderness. That same day, on the way back to Phoenix, Bigfoot stopped at the Spring Creek store in Roosevelt. By coincidence Jim Tidwell—the owner of the land— was there. Bigfoot describes how he approached Tidwell and asked if he would consider selling. “What do you want to do with it?” Tidwell asked. The land had been in his family for years, and he had rejected many other offers.

“Well, I’d like to grow vegetables and an orchard and make a little Garden of Eden out of it,” was Peter’s answer. “That’s the most sensible thing I’ve heard yet,” Tidwell said. “Let me talk to my wife.” In the end, Tidwell sold the land to Bigfoot and a group of friends, who became co-owners. They moved to the land in 1980 and started to prepare the garden and plant the orchard. In the early days they hauled water from Campaign Creek in five-gallon buckets to irrigate the saplings and the young garden. They renovated the old farmhouse, which today houses a kitchen, dining room, library, and office. At first they lived in backpacking tents, then they built the structures called yurpees—a combination of yurt and teepee—that still dot the landscape at Reevis. Over the years, the farm added flocks of chickens and turkeys, a vineyard, a greenhouse, and a blackberry patch. Nearly all the food that is eaten on the farm is grown there. Bigfoot’s personal values of self-sufficiency, simplicity, frugality, and health have led the farm to develop a cuisine of its own. The food is seasonal, simple, and hearty, and it’s delicious because the ingredients are fresh and high quality.

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Peter Bigfoot demonstrates healthy eating at Reevis Mountain School. Every meal consists of three parts: greens -- either a green salad, slaw, or steamed greens – whole grains, and a protein such as meat, eggs, or cheese.

In the garden at Reevis Mountain School, Peter Bigfoot grows vegetables year round, as well as medicinal herbs, flowers, and an annual crop of flour corn. Fertilizer comes from the chicken coop and an organic dairy in Gilbert.

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In the winter, meals at Reevis are comfortingly monotonous: every day there are steamed greens, roasted or steamed winter squash, root vegetables cooked with a minimum-moisture method, cornbread or whole grains, and fried eggs for breakfast or meaty stews for supper. I lived at Reevis for six years, and in all that time I never wearied of eating the same foods every day— because they were so good. On a recent visit I remarked to Luis, the intern, “You never say, ‘I don’t feel like having any steamed greens this morning.’” “No,” he agreed. “You say, heck yeah, I want some of those!” In the warmer months, the menu becomes more varied, depending on what’s available in the garden: mixed vegetables grilled, raw, or lightly steamed; green salads made from six kinds of lettuce, with flower petals scattered on top; homemade pickles. Dishes sometimes

Peter Bigfoot and friends built the stone buildings at Reevis Mountain School. On the left is the shower house, which provides solar-heated water in summer and has a wood-fired boiler for the winter. On the right is the power house, which houses the batteries and inverter for the photovoltaic system.

The kitchen at Reevis Mountain School can accommodate cooking meals for a hundred or more people. Most of the year, the countertops overflow with fruit, vegetables, nuts, and eggs that have just been harvested.

include local wild plants, such as the watercress that grows in the creek. In the summertime, Bigfoot and his interns often have their lunch in the orchard, eating nothing but fruit from one tree after another. On spring mornings you’re likely to find Bigfoot in his garden, chomping a stalk of asparagus that he’s just snapped off. “It doesn’t get any better than that,” he’ll say. His asparagus beds are over 25 years old, and they produce up to nine pounds every day at the peak of the season. “In April, we had asparagus with every meal,” a former intern said. “We became asparagus-atarians.” The soil in Bigfoot’s garden is rich and crumbly, the color of coffee grounds. He’s been fertilizing it for 35 years with composted manure from an organic dairy farm in Gilbert. Chard leaves grow as large as elephant ears, and the winter squash often weighs in over 20 pounds. Bigfoot saves his own seeds, harvesting them from the plants that produce the biggest and tastiest vegetables. Over the years he has developed varieties especially suited to the farm’s climate and soil. One of his apricot trees is a unique variety that sprouted in the orchard on its own and produces apricots with flavors of mangoes and bananas. Peter planted it outside his own doorstep so he can snack on the fruit before breakfast. One of his favorite vegetables is lemon cucumbers—popular at farmers markets, but too delicate and perishable for regular grocery stores to carry them. He also grows a type of radish that’s pink in the middle and has a green skin. They look like tiny watermelons. A popular item at the Globe-Miami farmers market is a fruit called the jujube. They are the size of a Medjool date, with a similar pit, but with crisp, sweet flesh like an apple. Bigfoot grows a crop of flour corn every year, with red, yellow, and blue kernels. The interns use an antique sheller to remove the kernels, and then grind the grain to make cornbread and grits. The dried stalks are sold in Globe for Halloween decorations. Wheat and oats are grown for chicken feed. Interns harvest and cure olives, gather and grind mesquite pods for baking, and collect pecans from trees surrounding the farmhouse. Bigfoot also grows herbs in his garden, including echinacea, lemon balm, comfrey, mints, and calendula. With these he makes a line of artisanal herbal remedies, sold on the farm’s website and at Pickle Barrel in Globe. In addition to selling produce and Hoofin' It herbal remedies, Bigfoot teaches classes on wilderness survival, herbology, natural healing, and off-grid living. He’s often invited to lecture in the Valley, and regularly speaks

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Peter Bigfoot grows cabbage in his garden throughout most of the year. In the summer it's used for sauerkraut and slaws, in cool weather it's served steamed or slow-cooked.

at REI, the Superstition Mountain Museum, and Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. Upwards of 500 people visit Reevis Mountain School every year. Some travel long distances to see the farm and meet Peter Bigfoot after they’ve heard of him for years. Some stumble onto the farm by accident while four-wheeling or hunting. However, getting to Reevis Mountain School can be an adventure in itself. The farm is located at the end of a rough forest road that has soft sandy stretches, steep hills, and several creek crossings. A heavy storm can leave the road impassable. Bigfoot tells of the time it rained 22 inches in one month and they couldn’t get a vehicle in or out for several weeks. “We packed in fifty-pound sacks of feed and a set of solar panels,” he says. “Those were the days when I was a rootin’ tootin’ Fig Newton.” Nowadays, the road still requires a high-clearance 4X4. Lesser vehicles are usually defeated by the section of road dubbed Car Killer Hill. Fortunately, the farm-to-table tours that Bigfoot will be offering in 2016 will include a shuttle from Globe. Tickets and further information are available online at reevisfarmtours.eventbrite.com. Cover photo: Peter Bigfoot harvests a watermelon from his garden. Bigfoot grows pink-fleshed and yellow-fleshed varieties. In the late summer this patch will be planted in winter squash.

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The United Fund of Globe Miami pledged support for the project in November. Shown here are board members L-R: Anna Petty, Robin Horta, Linda Gross and Linda Oddonetto with Jason Donofrio, Director of Development with Taliesin.

Frank Lloyd Wright - she had been at the heart of Globe’s Main Street Program and downtown district for over ten years. They hit it off right away, and Cornwell knew that what the group was talking about could be a huge opportunity for the area. She quickly got ahold of Kip Culver, the Director of Globe’s Main Street Program, who was taking one of his rare days off. He agreed to come down to meet the group and soon moved their discussion to the Train Depot, where they pulled more people into the meeting. Nearly a dozen people came to the Depot that day, many who had worked on Main Street projects in the past, like former mayor Fernando Shipley, who

friendly signage by embedding directional signage into the street - were all ideas that had been discussed and/or implemented before, as part of Globe’s Main Street program or M.O.B. (My Own Backyard) - the group of downtown stakeholders formed in 2010 when the Main Street program received a $98,000 grant for streetscaping in the downtown district. Far from discouraging the Taliesin group, the plethora of ideas that had already been envisioned or launched in the community confirmed for the school more than ever that this was the place they wanted to be. The studio program was part of a “Campaign for Independence” at Taliesin,

The Taliesin group worked with former Main Street Director, Kip Culver and a handful of others at the Train Depot in early January where they brainstormed many ideas for revitalizing the area.

Molly Cornwell and Kip Culver review maps with Andrea Bertassi, an instructor for Taliesin.

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“Many people wrote us off,” says Jason Donofrio, the Director of Development for Taliesin, noting articles in the press in early 2015 that raised questions about the school’s future. What these predictions failed to factor into the equation was the strong support that would come from those in the architectural community who did not want to see the school go away—and the incredible, albeit unlikely savior that came in the form of the Globe-Miami community. Molly Cornwell, a business owner in downtown Globe, was at her shop last

January when a group from Taliesin first came to Globe to look around. “They showed up on Super Bowl Sunday,” she laughs - and as anyone who has been to this small town would guess, few businesses were open. So the group, which included both instructors and students, wandered into her shop and struck up a conversation. “They were interested in the Copper Corridor and seeing if it would make a good studio project for the school,” she says. Cornwell was one of the best people they could have bumped in to. She was not only familiar with Taliesin, and

was willing to leave the family Super Bowl Party, according to Cornwell, to brainstorm yet another potential project for the area. That one session turned into a six-hour discussion on visions that had been realized, attempted or stalled in the area. The Taliesin group left with promises to return. Then they came back. Again and again. Cornwell laughs again recalling those earlier sessions, and says many of the ideas that the Taliesin students would think of - such as a river walk, making bikes available for use by visitors downtown, drawing the eye downtown with landscaping, and creating visitor-

under which they needed to raise $2 million in funds for the school, so that it could operate independently from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Building support for the campaign and the GlobeMiami Studio Project fell to Donofrio and members of the School, who began a series of public and private meetings with area stakeholders beginning in August. “We were incredibly excited about the area’s history, landscape, cultural diversity and community engagement,” says Donofrio, adding that the lack of rural data also intrigued them. Taliesin West, Continued on page 42

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Taliesin West, Continued from page 41 Taliesin Proposed Studio Overview – The project will look at the corridor from Miami to Globe, as well as the downtown districts.

“Half of the United States is rural,” he notes, “and yet there is very little data in these areas for architects to go off of.” It is something he believes the school may take a leading role on through this project.

Students at work in the studio at Taliesin.

The school - founded on the teachings and inspiration stemming from their famous founder, Frank Lloyd Wright loves nothing better than breaking new ground, going where others have not, and working in a collaborative laboratory. “Taliesin aims to be a place that doesn’t just produce beautiful buildings, but changes the way people live,” says Donofrio.

The Next Step

Overwhelming Support from Locals By December the Campaign for Independence had received more than 70 letters of support from public and private sources and $785,000 in pledge amounts, to be spread over a four-year period. The Gila County Industrial Development Authority, with members in both northern and southern Gila County, was one of those who gave their support, pledging $200,000 over the next four years. “We felt it (the four-year studio project) was a perfect fit with other projects we are undertaking to encourage further investment and opportunities in Gila County,” says Sandy Palmer, the Administrative Manager for the IDA. She is referring to IDA’s recent

Seppala says they are looking forward to working with the school in the future. The United Fund of Globe-Miami stepped up in a big way when they announced their pledge of $100,000 a year towards the project. “We saw this as a rare window of opportunity to tap into the school’s talent, vision, resources and planning to address a wide range of needs in our area,” says Linda Oddonetto, Board President. “And we believe the collaboration between Taliesin and those throughout our community will elevate us as a whole and be a positive impact on many of the agencies we already currently serve.” Both Capstone Mining and BHP also made pledges, as did more than 30 small business owners and individuals including business owners Bob Zache in Miami and Tony Brusca in Globe - who believe the Taliesin/Globe-Miami project will help to revitalize the downtown districts and bring about more investment in the community as a whole.

application for a $400,000 Brownsfield grant which will help property owners address environmental contamination, and a joint partnership with the county to submit a Promise Zone application later this year which, if successful, would give the region preferential treatment on all federal grants for the next ten years. Bryan Seppala, Vice President of the Southern Gila County Economic

Development Corporation, is another who says the Taliesin studio project aligns with their priorities of developing an attractive and compelling brand that supports business and tourism development. "This project definitely fits into that model," he says. The SGEDC was one of many stakeholders in Globe-Miami that signed letters of support for the project, and

“When the campaign started, nothing was set in stone, although we had identified approximately two dozen potential areas,” says Donofrio. These included the gateways to the downtown districts, highway blight, mixed-use public areas, and downtown revitalization. “As we talked to more people, we remained open to additional ideas, and if something made sense we put it on the table and agreed to look at it as part of this project.” As the school gets underway this winter, the students and Donofrio will evaluate all ideas garnered from the meetings they’ve had with people throughout the GlobeMiami community and begin to prioritize projects. They will be helped by a local advisory board which Donofrio has put together, however, he points out the final decision on projects remains with the school, which must ensure the curriculum based on Globe-Miami projects meets the accreditation guidelines and serves to Taliesin West, Continued on page 43

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Frank Lloyd Wright and his early apprentices at Taliesin. Courtesty of Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

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further students' education toward their Masters of Architecture. Donofrio explains that planning for the project will begin with big-picture decisions. “Basically, we start at the 10,000-foot level and work backwards,” he says, adding that one of the first steps will be to set objectives. Increasing investment throughout the local community may be one of the objectives, says Donofrio. How do we do this? “It can take many forms, but the exciting thing about a studio project is of all the things we think can be done, and the ideas discussed so far - the best is yet to be discovered,” explains Donofrio. “After all, the students haven’t yet really sat down with people and initiated a project,” says Donofrio, adding that once that

In December, GMTs Creative Director, Jenifer Lee was one of 100,000 visitors a year who tours Taliesen. Here she is with Donofrio at the entrance to the school.

begins to happen, it is the nature of studio projects to expand upon and open up opportunities that were previously not there. As the Grand Experiment gets underway the possibilities that lie ahead for this new-found partnership between the rural community of Globe-Miami and the world-renowned architectural school Taliesin, has many excited about the future. And yes, believing that the best is yet to come.