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Barry Johnson, 35, is heading into his 18th fire season. “That feeling you get when you’re successful with the people around you,” he says, “that’s what keeps me coming back.” Barry has been on 21-day assignments and once worked 38 hours straight on a grass fire outside of Buckeye. He cautions about the huge grass crop right now in Tonto National Forest, and in Arizona in general. “This is the thickest grass since 2005, which was a very busy year for Arizona,” Barry says. “Everybody sees it. Everybody knows it.” The Tonto National Forest Service has been working hard to create buffers and reduce fuel (any vegetation that can burn). The burnout conducted around Quail Run in advance of the Woodbury Fire served its community well. “We’re doing our best,” Barry says, “although the workforce is not as large as everyone thinks.”

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A FIREFIGHTING LIFE Globe-Miami Farmers Market Returns to City Hall By Thea Wilshire

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Freshly picked apricots, peppers, tomatoes, and garlic; local honey; homemade bread, jams, and cookies; plants and flowers; and handcrafted soaps made special with locally produced ingredients… these are but a few of the many treats available to Globe, Miami, and San Carlos residents at our local farmers market. Returning on June 6, the Globe-Miami Farmers Market will now open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Globe’s Veteran’s Park (the green space in front of the Municipal Building). The market runs until September. Farmers markets are growing in popularity around the country, particularly with initiatives to create sustainable local food systems and to support health by increasing access to nutritious food. Farmers markets allow people to taste the freshest and tastiest vegetables and fruit available, some picked that very day. Customers know where their food comes from, support local growers, nourish themselves, and enjoy the seasonal foods of their region. Farmers Market, Continued on page 10

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The market will be moving back to city hall this season where they started out. The location is popular with both vendors and customers because of the shade, easy access and park amenities. Photo by LCGross.

Firefighting Life, Continued on page 20

BACKYARD BIRDS OF GLOBE-MIAMI “On most days I will have at least 9 feeders for the hummingbirds. You can almost hold the feeder and they will still come and feed while you are holding it.” – Judi Story by Patricia Sanders; Photos by Judi Holmes

or summer color, writer Patricia Sanders and bird expert/ photographer Judi Holmes offer a look at the beautiful backyard birds of our area – starting with the gorgeous and feisty hummingbird. The rufous hummingbird is the best flier of all hummingbirds and will outcompete other hummingbirds at the feeder. These hummingbirds also migrate farther than any other hummingbird – more than 2,000 miles each way to Mexico and Panama – and they can cross the Gulf of Mexico without stopping. The rufous hummingbird will remember where hummingbird feeders are and will come back to the same ones year after year. If a feeder has been removed, they will try to find it. Experts believe hummingbirds have existed for millions of years. Adult males buzz when they fly – females don’t. Backyard Birds, Continued on page 22

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OPINION

June 2020

By Diane Post

At sixteen, I was traumatized in a ghetto in Chicago when I was there on a two-week work-study event with the Presbyterian Church. We twenty white and rural kids from Wisconsin went to the big city to meet and work with Black teenagers as a step toward dissolving the color line. The following summer, they were to come to Wisconsin. That never happened. We stayed in the church itself. I had agreed to go to the store one evening when we ran out of milk. When I got out onto the sidewalk, I suddenly realized how alone I was and how strange. Other than those teens back in that church, I was probably the only white person for miles around among thousands of Blacks. I was mercilessly badgered and harangued and called names and belittled during my entire walk to and from the store. In the store, the clerk would not speak to me, would not wait on me, would not touch my money, would not bag my items. It was 1963. On my walk back to the church, facing the same gauntlet, I was absolutely furious. Screaming, pounding, crying furious. And it happened to me once. I could not imagine how I could live if I had to put up with this treatment day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, decade after decade, century after century. African Americans have put up with worse in this country for four centuries. I am not strong enough to do it. Could you? Could you do it and still be kind? Could you do it and still salute the flag or sing the national anthem? Could you do it and enlist in the military? Ask yourself that before you criticize the outpouring of righteous grief and anger that the Black community across the country is feeling. Ask yourself that before you pass judgment on what you think may be actions you don’t like. Ask yourself that after you watch a video of a Black man being murdered while three other men, sworn to protect us, looked on and did nothing. It is way past time for white America to stand up for America. If we have an ounce of belief in what our country stands for, it is way past time to stand up and say “no more.” No more violence against African Americans, no more theft of their property (no reparations were ever paid for the destruction of Greenwood, Oklahoma 99 years ago, though over $2.3 million was stolen and lost in 1921 dollars – $21 million today), no more lies (school desegregation) or false promises (no 40 acres and a mule).

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WHITE LIKE ME Stand up and say no more to the police who profile and harass and beat and arrest and murder African Americans at an astounding rate – often for no more than a cigarette, a $20 bill, or absolutely nothing. Stand up and say no more to a president who asks our military to shoot down our citizens in the streets. Stand up and admit we have undeserved white privilege and we must treat everyone based on their humanity, not our assumptions and biases and fears. There is only one race – the human race. If you have never done it before, now is the time. Be brave. Speak to a Black person; then listen and learn. Go to an NAACP or other Black meeting; then listen and learn. Object to every racist “joke” or comment you hear. Work for the values Americans say we believe in – all men are created equal, justice and liberty for all. We say it – it’s up to us white people to make it real. Donate money; write a letter to the editor or better yet to the governor, mayor, chief of police, and sheriff; go to a protest; sign a petition or circulate one, run for office. America was founded in protest. You cannot let it die in silence. Your white privilege won’t protect you from the death of a nation. Support equality of the sexes, too, by supporting ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) by the Arizona Legislature in 2020 so that our state joins the nation in protecting every American with these 24 very important words in the U.S. Constitution: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Diane Post is an International Human Rights attorney in Phoenix.

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he Pinto Creek Bridge served for over fifty years, but rust and structural cracks meant it had to be torn down and replaced with a new one. It’s underway now. The new bridge is one designed with new technology and understanding of bridge design. One that will support the increased traffic between the Valley and Globe-Miami and not be so susceptible to rust or structural issues. Because we know more now about bridge building than we did then, this bridge, when it is complete, will be far superior to the old one. And will better serve us into the next century. The protests we’ve seen across this country and the world are demanding we build a new bridge to support all the lives that intersect the paths we travel. George Floyd’s murder at the hands of those officers was the explosive crack that caused a rusting structure to crumble. And it was Black Lives Matter that has been standing up for some time, pointing to every crack and rotting joint, saying, “This cannot stand.” The injustices leveled at black and brown lives, indigenous people, and others have been a cancer in this country eating away at the foundation of American’s promise as a nation. And a new structural bridge is long overdue. This month we also take a look back at Covid-19 and its trajectory in the country and our community during May (p. 12). The opening up of businesses, suspension of the stay-home directive, and lack of adequate testing and contact tracing have put Arizona at the top of a list we don’t want to be on: states with the highest increases in cases of Covid-19. As we went to press, it was being reported that Arizona has maxed out its hospital beds. In our area, more than 33,000 people rely on the services of CVRMC. Our hospital serves the communities of Globe-Miami, Tonto Basin, Roosevelt, Hayden, Winkelman, and Superior. We have just 14 ICU beds available to care for those who get very sick. And the best tool we have to protect each and our healthcare system is a mask. Covid-19 is also affecting the food supply here. As we’ve heard more and more about the outbreaks in meatpacking plants and how those are affecting the industry, we decided to take a look at our local suppliers. The answer to locally supplied beef is more complicated than you might think, but then that’s the point. We have taken so much for granted in our food supply, and this too needs to be considered and restructured to work better for local communities like ours. I guess that’s the silver lining in the chaos we find ourselves in right now. It is making us rethink and re-evaluate those things we took for granted. That’s not a bad thing. And like the Pinto Creek Bridge, which will cause years of discomfort and inconvenience before it is complete, the new normal – including our better understanding of pandemic-level viruses, food chains, and justice for all – will build a bridge that will undergird our ability to survive and thrive for the next fifty years.

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Miami’s Meal Program For Youth and Seniors Continues Through Summer By Carol Broeder he Town of Miami and Destiny School have teamed up to serve “grab and go” lunches to youth under the age of 18. The program began on March 18 with 35 lunches and, as of last week, the town now serves 145 lunches per day, according to Miami Community Services Coordinator Christine Duarte. The meals are delivered each weekday morning at 10:45 a.m. to Miami Memorial Park, where they are put together and bagged. Each sack includes lunch plus breakfast for the next morning. Families drive up to the curb on Sullivan Street in a lane marked by orange cones, picking up the children’s meals between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. All told, the Town of Miami hands out about 725 grab and go lunches per week to youth within the community. While it started early this year due to COVID-19, the summer lunch program is nothing new to Destiny School. Just ask its director, David McLendon, who said the school holds it every year in cooperation with the Globe Public Library and previously with the Cobre Valley Youth Club. Duarte learned about Destiny’s program after becoming Miami’s new community services coordinator last year. Miami Senior Center employee Susan Hurtado mentioned that the town used to distribute lunches to youth in the community. The program later ended for reasons unknown, she said. Prior to the onset of COVID-19, Duarte reached out to Destiny’s Cindy Cothrun, who later confirmed that Miami would be able to bring back its summer lunch program. Weeks later, Cothrun contacted Duarte again, asking if the town would be interested in teaming up with Destiny to start the lunches early due to school closures in the wake of COVID-19. And the rest, as they say, is history. McLendon said, “The National School

Volunteer Alexia Castaneda is part of a team that helps prepare the “grab and go lunches” five days a week for distribution to community youth under age 18. Photo by Carol Broeder

Lunch Program is a good program – I think the federal government does a great job with it. The only cost to our school is manpower, which is negligible.” He explains that the school uses its own personnel and vehicles to deliver the meals to the distribution points in Miami, San Carlos and the Globe Public Library. “We are very happy to do it,” McLendon said. As a K-8 school, Destiny has a student population of about 335 students, more than 90 percent of whom are eligible for free and reduced meals, McLendon said. With funding from the federal program, Destiny is currently feeding nearly triple the number of children who normally attend its school, currently serving 980 lunches per day. “How grateful we are to the Town of Miami, Globe Public Library and the San Carlos Apache Tribe for allowing us to do this,” said McLendon, adding that, while the reservation is closed due to COVID-19, Destiny is allowed to deliver meals to its distribution point. Destiny is always looking for “any other youth organizations” in the community that need help with a summer lunch program, he said. For more information, call Destiny School at 928-425-0925.

Miami Community Services Coordinator Christine Duarte (foreground), volunteers and town staff assemble and bag “grab and go” lunches at Miami Memorial Park five days a week for distribution to community youth under age 18. Photo by Carol Broeder

Senior meals Area seniors in both Gila and Pinal Counties will also continue to receive meals until the Miami Senior Center is able to re-open. “The Town of Miami has also assured that many seniors--not only within the local community, but also Pinal County--have not been left hungry,” said Duarte, explaining that the center serves about 55 senior citizens from Escudilla Drive throughout the town, as well as 48 seniors at Top of the World in neighboring Pinal County. Calling seniors “extremely important” to the town, Duarte said the center will remain closed until it is deemed safe and that no seniors are at risk gathering there. “We are looking forward to having the seniors back,” she said. Taking pride in the center, town employees have been cleaning, painting and reorganizing while it is currently closed. They began a collection of painted rocks in front of the center and members of the surrounding community are welcome to add to it, Duarte said. As of last week, the center provides about 721 meals per week to senior citizens. Duarte thanked town employees who “work long hours to assure the seniors within the community are fed.” Since making distribution of both youth and senior meals a priority during COVID-19, the town had to reassign some employees “to assure these programs are run efficiently, as many within the community depend on these food programs,” she said. The team includes staff with Miami Transit and the Miami Memorial Library, Duarte said. Chief Operating Officer Ana Medina, with the Apache Junction-based Pinal-Gila Council for Senior Citizens Area on Aging, arranged for the Army National Guard to deliver toilet paper, chlorine bleach and a five-day snack shelf to all senior centers throughout the two counties.

The items were later delivered to all seniors participating in the COVID-19 meals on wheels program, Duarte said. She offered thanks to all who make the program possible, including volunteers who help assemble and distribute the sack lunches, as well as local businesses and individuals who have contributed plastic bags and other supplies. “All these people have made our programs a huge success,” Duarte said last week. “I am proud to say the little Town of Miami serves about 1,466 meals per week (total).” “It’s a great feeling knowing the children and seniors are fed Monday through Friday by these programs,” she said. “Seeing the smiles on the faces of many as meals are being distributed and the excitement on the children’s faces as they look into their bags has been priceless.” Any youth or seniors that need to be added to the program may call the Miami Senior Center at 928-473-4190 or the Miami Police Department at 928-473-2467. “We would be happy to add members of the community to either program,” Duarte said. u

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MURALS THAT TELL A STORY Local photographer, Elizabeth Eaton caught this photo of Caruso at work on the mural in Miami.

or muralist Isaac Caruso, a child’s entreaty to “tell me a story” has turned into much more. Caruso’s Sam and Sara book project will involve treasure hunts, exploration - and 43 large pieces of street art in towns throughout Arizona. Caruso, an experienced street artist, will use these murals as illustrations for the book, his first ever writing project. “I’ve been toying with the concept of creating a children’s book with murals for about 10 years,” Caruso explains. “I love the idea that I’m making a book with a decent-sized mural collection that’s going to be affordable for anyone to enjoy, and then, if they want to experience the murals in real life, it’s completely free for them to see because these are all public settings.” He appreciates that his project encourages people to “go travel through Arizona having an adventure of their own trying to scavenger hunt” for the murals. Caruso wrote his story using fourline rhyming stanzas, focusing on the transformative power of daydreaming and creativity. He then sketched out the illustrations before contacting about 50 towns in Arizona offering to paint a mural, pro bono, if they would provide a public

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space. Miami was one of the first to respond. There are now 20 sites completed or confirmed for murals, with Sierra Vista scheduled next. The day Caruso finished in Miami, Mayor Al Gameros met with him and arranged for him to paint another mural in Globe later this summer. Patty Sjolin, both an artist and a Town of Miami councilperson, said, “Isaac sent us an email about the project in November or December. We didn’t want graffiti on our walls, so we checked out his work and did a background check. Then we met him, and he’s just the nicest guy.” Caruso is also very talented. With an extensive portfolio of murals in Arizona, he also has works in Israel, Russia, and the barrios of Uruguay. He’s shown multiple projects at Coachella Music Festival and was a part of a group show at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. Sjolin adds, “We were lucky to get on board right away to be able to pick an image.” Caruso is using a “first come, first served” model, where the communities who respond are allowed to choose which image from the book they want painted. “We had to compete with other towns and are really happy we got a desert scene,” Sjolin adds.

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Caruso started painting the Miami mural on May 31. He painted for four days from 6 a.m. to noon to beat the heat. He first applied primer to make the brick less porous, then used spray paint as his preferred medium. When asked how he decided to put his mural inside an existing mural, he said, “This wall really spoke to me because the abstract mountain and cactus landscape kind of matches [my image], and that’s all completely serendipitous. I came with this sketch and they showed me this wall, and it was just perfect.” Caruso adds, “I want to thank Miami for being so incredibly hospitable.” He highlights the organization of Joe Heatherly, the assistance of Sjolin - who offered artistic and dog-sitting support, the generosity and hospitality of Winona Barcon at the Copper Miner’s Rest Bed and Breakfast, and “the kind words of people as they walked by and asked about the project.” “I’m really charmed by the city of Miami,” Caruso says. Caruso is funding this project from his savings. He usually sleeps in his van with

his bull terrier, Gustavo, to save money while completing a mural. With the return of warmer weather, this is getting difficult to do. He recently launched an online crowdfunding effort at patreon.com/ samandsara to raise money to help him finish this project. To read the narrative and see samples of the illustrations, visit the website samandsara.org. Other projects that Caruso has done are available to view at isaacncaruso.com or on Caruso’s Instagram account at isaac.caruso. To see videos that, in Caruso’s words, “profile all the cities that I love and get to paint in and also show people my process in making these murals,” visit the Isaac Caruso channel on YouTube. Caruso says, “When you see public art in a community, it’s a sign of life. It means spaces are activated and people are outside enjoying them. When you live in Arizona, for the majority of the state, the months where you can be outside and enjoy the weather are precious, so we have to have enough public art to amplify the time we are outside enjoying our state.” u

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Principal Engineer Resolution Copper, Rio Tinto “The challenge to design something 10 years in the future!” Anita Marks is a principal engineer, processing. In charge of the design of the concentrator to treat ore from the Resolution Copper underground mine, she is part of the team developing mine plans, tailings pipeline corridors, and a water sourcing strategy. She’s been in mining since the late 1980s. “My dad thought I should be a nurse because that’s what smart females do,” Anita says. He was an auto mechanic. Her mother did “a little bit of everything.” Anita says they had no idea what she was doing, but came to every mine she ever worked. “They were always in awe of what mining was all about,” she reflects. Big Picture Role “We’re designing and engineering a large copper mine,” Anita explains. “We need to process the ore.” She’ll apply 30 years experience and 14-15 years of testing data to the challenge and determine how to develop a concentrator and what it will cost. Anita isn’t sure she’ll be around when the plant goes into production in 2028, but she hopes so. “It would be lovely,” she says. “I want to help create a plant that people want to work at. The best of the best. Easy to operate. Easy to maintain. That’s the legacy I want to leave.” Day-to-Day Work Her work involves a lot of time at her desk and in meetings, reviewing design criteria, exploring new ideas for processing ore. Sometimes she visits other facilities to see equipment in the plant. “The challenge to design something 10 years in the future,” says Anita,” is how to use new technology, but not too new, that it won’t work.”

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How did you get started in mining? “By fluke and by golly,” Anita says, noting that no one in her family had ever done mining. She pursued engineering at the University of British Columbia. Although drawn to mechanics and geology by “fabulous teachers,” when it came time to choose an emphasis, she chose mining. “They were serving free beer and pizza at the mining booth,” Anita recalls the career day at the end of her first year, “and everyone there had a summer job or a job once they graduated.” When she graduated in 1988 with a degree in Applied Science – Mining and Mineral Process Engineering, both she and her soon-to-be husband had multiple job offers. In her first mining job as a junior metallurgist, Anita did a little of everything – sampling, testing, analysis, operations. She chose to specialize in processing. Her husband chose engineering. Throughout their careers, they worked for seven different companies, a couple of them twice. They loved their co-workers. “We’re kind of the same mold,” Anita says. “Mining people like to work, work hard, and play hard.” In mostly five-year stints, they moved back and forth between Canada and the American Southwest – Silver City, NM, Salt Lake City, Carlsbad. “Ultimately we loved the Southwest and wanted to live here,” says Anita. In 2016, Anita took a job with Resolution Copper as the Principal Advisor for Processing. They now live in Gold Canyon, AZ. Outlook on the mining industry “It’s gotten a lot safer,” says Anita, noting dramatic changes in safety over the past 30 years. “They teach you how to be safe. You need to follow the rules.” “It’s also becoming more automated,” she says, describing underground operations operated by people on the surface using joysticks. “It’s becoming more technical.” Sometimes, though, you need to look at the ore, and not just rely on data. Anita and her “older compatriots” agree that field work is essential to understanding. “You need to touch and feel it,” she says. Advice to women interested in a mining career Do it. It’s a great job. It’s a career. The pay is phenomenal. The benefits are great. The people are great. Even if you don’t have a math skill, go into mining. There is no limit to where you can go. Even if you think it’s scary. For Anita, a career in mining has been “a hugely successful and embracing experience.” “Once they figured out that I know what I’m talking about, I was respected by everyone I worked with,” she says. “You have to earn it. Whether you’re male or female.” Favorite Quote “Just do it,” says Anita, with a nod to the Nike swoosh. “You learn more from your failures than you do from your successes.” Born in Chilliwack, B.C., a small farming community 60 miles east of Vancouver, Anita Marks now lives in Gold Canyon, Arizona, where she enjoys biking, hiking, swimming and hanging out with friends in the neighborhood.

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Additional $425,000 Raised for Small Business Relief Fund Phoenix, AZ — Small businesses across Arizona have lost federal dollars to larger companies in urban areas — that is no secret. Lack of access to SBA-partnered community banks limited opportunities for many. Local First Arizona is proud to join forces with these three partners to distribute grants — not loans — to businesses across the state. BHP: $250,000 donated to provide immediate assistance to micro-businesses across Pinal and Gila Counties. Alliance Bank of Arizona: $100,000 donated to provide immediate assistance to Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff micro- businesses. South 32: $75,000 to provide immediate assistance to micro-businesses in Santa Cruz County. Businesses in that area can apply: https://www.localfirstaz.com/santacruz-county-sbrf “Just because small businesses are reopening doesn’t mean they’re on a clear path to recovery. Only around 86,000 Arizona small businesses have received help from the federal government. We are a state made up of over 500,000 them. There is so much more work to do,” says Local First Arizona Founder Kimber Lanning. “Arizona’s Community banks, such as Alliance Bank of Arizona, have outperformed the big banks in assisting small businesses with their Payroll Protection Program applications and funds. So for Alliance to also contribute such a generous amount to small businesses is remarkable. It’s above and beyond”, Lanning said. “On top of over two months of lost profits, many businesses need to purchase new safety equipment, renegotiate leases, rehire staff, remarket, and in the case of restaurants, operate at half capacity. These grants are reaching the hands of small business owners in a critical time when many are struggling to get going. There is a lot at stake,” she added.

The LFA Small Business Relief Fund received initial support from Salt River Project, Phoenix IDA, Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns, APS, twenty-seven companies representing Greater Phoenix Leadership, and hundreds of individual donors loyal to local resilience. Together, they raised over $1.3 million to provide grants in $1,500–$2,500 increments to nearly 500 family-owned businesses: those with only 0-3 employees. For more information, visit: www.localfirstaz.com/small-business-relief-fund. To make a contribution, visit: www.localfirstaz.com/donate.

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Our farmers market has over 10 years of history. Based on community interest, a group of master gardeners and community leaders worked closely with Laura Gottschalk, an Americorps volunteer for our area, and the Globe U of A Cooperative Extension team between 2009 and 2011 to organize both a community garden and a farmers market. The Globe-Miami Farmers Market had its official ribbon cutting on June 24, 2011. After examining a number of different locations, our farmers market started in Globe’s Veteran’s Park before moving to the Gila County Historical Museum’s grounds in 2018. This year, it is returning to Veteran’s Park. The market was initially managed by Paul Buck, until Holly Brantley took over as market manager in 2012. The Globe-Miami Farmers Market expanded in 2019 to support our neighbors and included sites in Dudleyville and Superior. This year Superior will be hosting their own market.

Members of the local dog park set up at the Farmers Market to raise funds for the upcoming Dogtoberfest. Photo by Thea Wilshire

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In the age of COVID-19, the immuneboosting benefits of healthy food are essential for physical health, while social connections between neighbors (even with masks and 6 feet distancing!) are essential for good mental health. For these reasons, there couldn’t be a better time for the return of the Globe-Miami Farmers Market.

Holly Brantley is an enthusiastic supporter of our local market. “Where else can you get fresh produce grown in our area?” she asks. “Not only is this delicious and healthy food, but we also prevent people from throwing fresh produce away or not harvesting their fruit. We want it to get to the people who need it.” Further emphasizing the value of farmers markets to the community, she points out, “Farmers markets are considered ‘essential businesses’ by the government during this pandemic.” While farmers markets are foundational building blocks for physical and emotional health, they also support community development and invest in the region economically. Last year, patrons of the Globe Dog Park came

together twice to glean extra produce from local gardens that otherwise would have gone to waste. People were generous and donated 11 types of organic fruit, 4 varieties of tasty vegetables, 8 kinds of baked goods for both people and dogs, and local plants and trees. These were sold at the farmers market, and 100% of the proceeds were dedicated to providing amenities for the new Globe Dog Park currently being built behind the Noftsger Hill ball fields. If you are interested in selling at the Globe-Miami Farmers Market, booths cost $10 for setup, and then vendors contribute 5 to 10% of their sales to support market expenses. Community and service groups are not charged a booth fee, and local community

education programs are encouraged. Any locally grown food items are eligible for sale, and crafts will be considered if preapproved through a juried process. To sign up, or if you have any questions, call Holly Brantley at (928) 701-3097. The Globe-Miami Farmers Market is an important social, civic, health, and economic driver for our region, allowing residents to enjoy great produce and homemade food items while connecting with friends and neighbors. Our smalltown farmers market is one of the many things I love about living in the GlobeMiami-San Carlos area. Thea Wilshire works as an author, psychologist, speaker, healthcare consultant, and AirBnB host. Her passions include community development, the creation of public spaces, trying new adventures, and sharing her therapy dog with schools and medical facilities. Find her blog at http://www.acornconsulting. org/blog. u

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Congratulations to Our Graduates of 2020! To watch our Commencement online, please visit apachecollege.org/commencement. MELISSA COSEN (AA LIBERAL ARTS)

BIGCOAT ANTONIO (AA BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION) Hi, my name is Bigcoat Antonio, and I go by “BC.” I would like to thank my mom and my son. Those two helped me a lot to stay on course with the College. And after this, I am going to ASU for my Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Thank you! Dagot’éé. Shíí Michelle Sneezy gonszee. Deschíídn nshłįį. Shí chaghąshé táági. Ishkiin nakih. Na’ilín dáła'á. Peridotyú gonshlįį. San Carlos Apache Collegeyú oshtad. Hello, my name is Michelle Sneezy. I come from the Dis cheen clan (Red Band People) I reside in Peridot, Arizona, but I am actually from Gilson Wash, and I have three children, two boys and one daughter and I attend the San Carlos Apache College. I was one of the first students to attend when the college first opened in 2017 with only 58 students. Today there are 185 students attending our college. Although initially I was only going to go to school for one semester, I am proud to say I will receive a certificate in Social Services and I intend to go further to pursue my AA degree in Social Work. There were times I got frustrated and actually wanted to quit, but I thank those who encouraged me to keep going. I would also like to give thanks to the San Carlos Apache College staff and all of my instructors for all their support and encouragement. Losing my aunt Nellie was a big impact to me because she was like my mother, sister, and best friend, but I know she wouldn’t have wanted for me to give up because she too was one of my main encouragers. MICHELLE SNEEZY But most of all, God gets all the glory because of what I have gone through (CERTIFICATE IN while attending Apache College. I stayed in prayer asking God to continue to SOCIAL SERVICES) give me strength and guidance. And because of God I am where I am today. I, Michelle Sneezy, am proud to say that I am happy to be one of the first Graduates of 2020 from The San Carlos Apache College. Ahiyiee/Thank you.

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Looking back at my time at SCAC, it has been a fun experience for me. I didn't see myself graduating but here we are... The college looked nothing like the way it does now! I remember when classes first started – construction was still going on and Wet Paint signs were everywhere – I can’t believe we've come this far, and in the future I can see the college expanding more. It sounds so exciting and I'm happy to be a part of the first 4 graduates. I believe this semester has been the most challenging for me and I'm so glad I got through it with the support of my family and, of course, the SCAC staff. I'd like to thank my mom, dad, sister, boyfriend and all of my instructors. It was your words of encouragement that kept me going, always reminding me to never give up. I plan on going to ASU to continue my education in Social Work. I'm excited and scared at the same time, but with my family's support I know I can do it. To the Class of 2020: We did it! Yay!

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Good morning, I am honored to be selected as a speaker for the very first graduating class of the San Carlos Apache College 2020. My name is Melissa Cosen, of Peridot, and my husband Orren and I have raised two children who we have high hopes that they will continue their education beyond High School. Growing up on the San Carlos Apache reservation, I am extremely grateful for my identity and Heritage as a San Carlos Apache. Though I have struggled throughout life, I possess a quality of “Perseverance” which I believe to be handed down by generations. The Apache people suffered tremendous hardship, betrayal, and Injustice. My ancestors were strong and stood up for what they believed to be right. No matter the adversities or struggles, they persevered overcoming all difficulties. That Apache resiliency was in every one of us that’s part of why we got through this journey. Upon graduating today, I would like to recognize that my ancestors instilled the “I can” attitude in me which I will pass on to Generations after me. Graduating college is a huge success for me. I cannot say I have done it alone. I would like to thank my support system. My husband, our children, friends, family, coworkers, and classmates who have sacrificed time and encouraged me every step of the way. I am grateful for the San Carlos apache tribe in chartering this college. I cannot forget about the amazing professors at the San Carlos Apache College. What a support network of amazing professors who took a special interest in me. One thing I know is that we would not be here without your shared wisdom and interest to inspire our community. Thank you. Attending college I learned what self-determination means. At the beginning I had a glimpse of what my future can hold. I took that Glimpse, that image, and I chased it. In our community determination was an empty term because Apaches were always told no. Now we have our college, and I and it woke up a part of my heart. What I thought I couldn’t, wouldn’t, or never do, I did it, and I did it courageously. This college opened up avenues for our community members. I stand here thanking everyone who contributed to our success And I encourage our future to continue to take risks, to continue to dream big, and use that self-determination and achieve those gains, that diploma, that certificate, that degree. Lastly, I give thanks to our Divine Creator who bestows courage and comfort on each and every one of us. The Holy Spirit fueled my ambition to transform me to become an educated individual so I can serve my people. We are all children of God, our divine Creator. In the Holy Scriptures God gave us not hearts of cowards but hearts of Courage. He didn’t give us feeble Minds to go through our lives but he gave us minds of wisdom so that we could do wise things which are good. I pray that the future classes will have Open Hearts and Minds that the Divine Creator will grant a fruitful outcome. Again thank you all and God bless. Congratulations to the class of 2020 The very first graduating class at the San Carlos Apache College. Thank You.

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A Look at Covid-19 in MAY We will take a look at the pandemic as it unfolds each month and have divided our coverage into four categories: Pandemic Numbers, Economic Impacts, Healthcare Impacts and Personal Impacts. Each category is then broken down into world, USA, Arizona, and Globe-Miami news.

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Pandemic by the Numbers WORLD VIEW

ARIZONA VIEW

✦ During the month of May, 3,039,713 people became infected and 153,272 people died worldwide as a result of COVID-19. As of May 31, the world had a total of 6,130,158 confirmed cases and 371,041 reported deaths.

ARIZONA VIEW

✦ In May, Arizona had a total of 14,130 confirmed cases, ending the month with a total 19,936 confirmed cases since the pandemic began. During May, 484 people died in Arizona as a result of COVID-19, bringing the total to 906 as of May 31. For Arizona, USA VIEW fatalities per 100,000 population was 12.6 and cases per 100,000 was 277.3.

✦ May 10, global confirmed cases passed 4 million. May 21, the world passed 5 million confirmed cases.

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✦ May 14, global deaths attributed to COVID-19 passed 300,000.

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✦ May 19, Brazil became the country with the third-largest number of confirmed infections, after the United States and Russia. ✦ BritainUSA is seeing high rates of infection and death. In terms of excess deaths per million VIEW of population, “Britain’s rate is not just three times America’s but possibly the worst in the world, at 890 against American’s roughly 250.” (Britain had locked down late, after initially WORLD VIEW embracing a “herd immunity” policy.) #1

GLOBE-MIAMI ✦ M ay 27, Spain began 10 days of nationwide mourning for victims of the coronavirus. VIEW

✦ During May, the pandemic’s main action shifted to Latin America and the Middle East. #2

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Healing people, not saving (money) to help the economy (is important), healing people, who are more important than the economy.”

USA VIEW

✦ May 4, the number of confirmed cases in Arizona passed 10,000. May 21, the number of confirmed cases in Arizona passed 15,000.

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✦ Gila County began the month with 13 cases (7 in Globe, 5 in Payson, and 1 in Hayden). The county ended the month with 31 confirmed cases and two deaths. Most cases are divided between Globe and Payson.

✦ The first death from coronavirus in Gila County occurred on May 8, a Payson man in his 80s, and the second occurred on May 14, a Tonto Basin man in his 90s. #4 ✦ Hospital visits peaked in the first week of April and then declined during the rest of April and May, probably thanks to the lockdown reducing infection rates. #5

✦ During the month of May, 742,147 people became infected and 42,815 people died in the United States as a result of COVID-19. As of May 31, the United States had a total of 1,837,170 confirmed cases and 106,195 reported deaths.

✦ May 11, the US death toll passed 80,000. May 18, the USA passed 90,000 deaths and 1.5 million confirmed cases. May 26, the United States passed 100,000 confirmed deaths.

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✦ During this month, surges occurred in rural areas, particularly in areas with meat-packing plants or prisons, “where the virus took hold VIEW and spread with abandon, then leaped into the community when workers took it home.” Surges occurred in Nashville, Tennessee; Des Moines, Iowa; Amarillo, Texas; Racine, Wisconsin; Garden City, Kansas; and Central City, Kentucky, among other places.#3

– Pope Francis

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✦ According to the Guardian, “Surveys of business activity show the world economy continued to shrink at a record pace this month, albeit at a slower pace than in April when most major countries’ lockdown measures were toughest. After imposing tight controls on business and social life later than other European countries, Britain’s economy appears to be underperforming many other wealthy nations. China, as the first country struck by Covid-19, is gradually recovering as lockdown controls are lifted.” #6

VIEW ✦ PARIZONA reliminary numbers suggested that the pandemic crisis has reduced global trade by 3%, and by March, global industrial production had fallen by about 4.6% compared to 2019. However, globally, workers were getting back to work in May. The share of workers affected by temporary workplace closures decreased from 81% to 68% over the second half of May. At the end of May, experts were predicting that global economic growth could contract by as much as 8.8% because of the pandemic. The most optimistic predictions went as high as 1% growth. USAonly VIEW ✦ However, on May 27 the Guardian reported: “Global financial markets have risen in the past month amid hopes for a vaccine and that the economic fallout from Covid-19 can be contained. Some analysts warn that markets are failing to reflect the scale of the international recession and risk that no vaccine is found. The FTSE 100 has risen 3% in the past month.” (By the end of the month, the stock markets had turned lower GLOBE-MIAMI again because of tensions over Hong Kong.) VIEW ✦ Oil output by OPEC members fell to its lowest level since 2002 in May. #8

WORLD VIEWcut interest rates to a record low 0.1% and injected an additional £200 ✦ In England, the Bank of England billion into the financial system, taking its stimulus programme to £645 billion. About a third of the British workforce are receiving wage subsidies from the Treasury. #9 ✦ In Spain, economic instability worsened by the pandemic led the government to approve a nationwide VIEWto reach 850,000 households. #10 minimum ARIZONA income plan designed

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✦ During May, Gov. Ducey’s office announced allocations of funds from the AZ Coronavirus ARIZONA VIEW Relief Fund to various programs and organizations, including: $500,000 for Arizona food banks to help fight hunger; $100,000 to programs across the state supporting Arizona kids with special needs who have been impacted by COVID-19; $300,000 to organizations across the state that USA VIEW support senior citizens, the homebound and those who are medically fragile; $100,000 to organizations that support foster families; $300,000 to organizations providing Arizonans in need with rental assistance, telehealth and transportation to health services; and $500,000 to organizations that provide out-of-school child care in the state. #12 GLOBE-MIAMI

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✦ Gov. Ducey’s office also announced that it will provide nearly $600 million in coronavirus relief and recovery dollars for local Arizona governments and nonprofits. The plan includes $441 million in direct, flexible funding to local cities, towns and counties that did not receive direct funding earlier this year from the federal government. In addition, local governments, tribal communities, schools and more will be eligible for expedited reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for coronavirus-related expenses, including purchases of testing supplies, PPE and more. #13 ✦ Ducey’s office also announced that the Arizona Enrichment Centers Program will expand to offer prioritized child care for the children of grocery store employees and food bank workers. Enrichment Centers have already been providing child care for first responders, critical health care workers and essential public sector workers serving others as Arizona works to slow the spread of COVID-19. The program will also continue to offer prioritized care and scholarships to eligible families through the end of July. #14

✦ In May, US job losses exceeded 40 million. By the middle of the month, 100,000 small businesses had gone under. (Washington Post)

✦ Beginning in late April and continuing through May, U.S. farmers culled millions of hens and pigs due to the closure of meat-processing plants.

The world has seen many crises over the past 30 years, including the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-09. Each has hit human development hard but, overall, development gains accrued globally year-on-year. COVID-19 – with its triple hit to health, education, and income – may change this trend.”

✦ J.Crew, Neiman Marcus, and JCPenney filed for bankruptcy. Pier One announced that it would close.

– Achim Steiner, UN Development Programs Administrator

✦ Mid-May, essential workers were striking across the country for better pay and safer working conditions in food service, meat processing, retail, manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare. Workers said employers were prioritizing profits over GLOBE-MIAMI workers’ VIEWhealth. #11 ✦ May 27, the New York Stock Exchange reopened after two months of closure. ✦ May 28, AP reported that the US economy shrank at a 5% rate in the first quarter of 2020, even worse than first thought, with much bigger fall expected in Q2. A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released in May shows that grocery prices jumped by 4.3% in April, their highest monthly increase in nearly 50 years.

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PERSONAL IMPACTS ✦ In Geneva, Switzerland, one of the richest cities in the world, people waited in mile-long lines for food - mostly lower-class people who had lost their jobs. #16

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✦ Some countries closed again after relaxing restrictions, due to new spikes in infections. #15

ARIZONA VIEW ✦ Among many celebrities offering music and other performances online, Sir Patrick Stewart continued his pandemic practice of reading a sonnet a day - available on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. https://www.instagram.com/sirpatstew/

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✦ Across Latin America, indigenous peoples are cutting off their communities from the outside world, worried that the coronavirus could pose a grave threat to their culture by putting at risk tribal elders, the keepers of their heritage. #17

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✦ 12 May, Gov. Ducey announces “reopening” of Arizona, to take effect May 15. Ducey said the state had met criteria for reopening, but critics argued that data didn’t show this. #23 ✦ May USA 15: The VIEW statewide stay-at-home order expires. Tonto National Forest opens many recreational sites, per Governor Ducey’s phased reopening of Arizona.

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✦ An 11-year-old Brazilian skateboarder took advantage of lockdown to perfect a 1080ARIZONA VIEW degree turn. #18

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✦ May 8, retail shops, hair salons and barbershops that followed new health guidelines were allowed to reopen under a revised stay-at-home order. May 11, restaurants adhering to guidelines were given the green light to resume dine-in service.

✦ May 20: A Lights and Siren Parade of police and fire vehicles takes place at CVRMC. ✦ May 21: San Carlos High School posts a video of their virtual graduation. Globe High School holds pre-graduation ceremony at Harbison Field with staggered times and social distancing, calling it a Graduate Sign Walk. ✦ May 23: Golf course at CVRC re-opens to members only.

USA VIEW

✦ May 28: Miami High School holds a Diploma Celebration where seniors lined up in their cars and diplomas were handed out through the vehicle window as they drove through the front parking lot.

✦ May 8, two White House staffers tested positive. ✦ May 27: For the first time in history, the U.S. House of Representatives is voting remotely. Republicans are challenging the constitutionality of the move. #20

✦ Bartering is becoming popular. In some cities, people are taking up bartering with neighbors for grocery store items that are in short supply. A person who has excess will trade for something they’re in need of. #21

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VIEW ✦ The Boston Marathon, originally postponed to September, was cancelled. It will be held as a virtual event. #22

HEALTHCARE IMPACTS WORLD VIEW

✦ The International Council of Nurses estimates at least 90,000 healthcare workers have been infected, and more than 260 nurses have died. #24

✦ Violence against healthcare workers occurred around the world. According to a comment in The Lancet, “Nurses and doctors have been pelted with eggs and physically assaulted in Mexico. In the Philippines, ARIZONA VIEW a nurse was reportedly attacked by men who poured bleach on his face, damaging his vision. Across India, reports describe health-care workers being beaten, stoned, spat on, threatened, WORLD VIEW and evicted from their homes. These are just a few examples among many across numerous countries, including the USA and Australia.” #25 ✦ According to UN health experts, a mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people USA worldwide areVIEW surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and anxiety byARIZONA the pandemic.VIEW #26

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✦ By May 13, roughly 27 million Americans had lost their job-based healthcare because they’d become unemployed. About 80% had other options (such as Medicaid, the ACA or CHIP), but 20% were out of luck. #27

✦ A mystery illness emerged in children that appeared to be related to the coronavirus. According to the New York Times (May 6): “There are now at least 50 reported cases in GLOBE-MIAMI New York State, and several more across the United States and in Europe. The symptoms VIEW include fever, rash, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. … Some have needed a mechanical ventilator to help them breathe. The condition suggests that, contrary to early hopes, children will not be spared all of the virus’s most serious effects.” On May 7, a 5-year-old died in New York City from this illness. #28 ✦ May 18, the first human trial of a U.S.-developed vaccine appears promising. However, a quarter of Americans have little or no interest in taking a coronavirus vaccine, a Reuters/ Ipsos poll published on May 21 found, with some voicing concern that the record pace at which vaccine candidates are being developed could compromise safety.#29 ✦ Also on May 18, Donald Trump revealed he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug that the FDA says hasn’t been proven to work for COVID-19 and could cause fatal side-effects. #30 ✦ There has been controversy over granting of legal immunity for negligence to nursing home operators. One study found that people are 7.5 times more likely to die from COVID-19 in states with corporate legal immunity for nursing homes. Nineteen states have enacted some form of immunity for hospitals and nursing homes during the pandemic. Arizona is one of them. #31 ✦ May 29: “The Department of Veterans Affairs has drastically scaled back the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat veterans with COVID-19 after a major study raised questions about its efficacy and linked it to serious side effects, including higher risks of death.” #32

COVID-19 hasn’t stopped being infectious just because we’ve socially isolated. Nothing magic happened while we were home.” WORLD VIEW

– Andy Slavitt

ARIZONA VIEW ✦ During May, Arizona’s ICU bed usage began around 75% and was in the low

WORLD VIEW 80s at the end of the month. Ventilator usage increased from around 29% to about 34%.

✦ Gov. VIEW Ducey ordered a “testing blitz” to determine infection rates and ensure USA first responders haven’t been exposed to the virus. The priorities for this

ARIZONAtesting VIEW are: to determine the extent of the population affected by COVID-19

and allow intelligent decisions to be made regarding the stay at home and closure orders; and to assure that our first responders have not been exposed so they are able to respond. Testing events were held across the state beginning in the middle of May.

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✦ May 1: Elective surgeries are back on the schedule at CVRMC after Gov. Ducey lifts restrictions. A backlog of hundreds of surgeries postponed during the shutdown are prioritized and scheduled in coordination with local physicians.

✦ May 16: Through May 21, CVRMC conducts blitz testing at hospitals and clinics in Superior, Kearny, Tonto Basin and Pleasant Valley. ✦ May 23: Canyonlands Healthcare of Globe hosts free drive-through COVID-19 testing.

If we skip over the checkpoints in the guidelines to ‘Open America Again,’ then we risk the danger of multiple outbreaks throughout the country. This will not only result in needless suffering and death, but would actually set us back on our quest to return to normal.” – Anthony Fauci

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Ready to educate the public about locally raised beef. Photo courtesy of Lyman Ranches.

WHERE’S THE BEEF?

Photo by Chris Coture

Getting Grass Fed in Gila County By Patti Daley

“This was the first time in many people’s lives... to enter a grocery store and see the meat freezer empty,” says Carol Ptak, co-founder of the Demand Driven Institute and co-owner of Gryphon Ranch in the Pinal mountains. Temporary shutdowns and continued slowdowns of meatpacking plants due to Covid-19 outbreaks have slowed the distribution of beef into U.S. stores and restaurants. Prices went up and concern over shortages spiked consumer purchasing, which extended the phenomenon of empty freezers and reinforced fears. “It is not a shortage,” explains Cassie Lyman of Lyman Ranches. “It’s a process problem.” Cassie and her husband Jared Lyman, a sixthgeneration rancher, raise Angus-cross cattle and four sons on the north shore of Roosevelt Lake. They graze their cattle on public land and sell it to the commercial market, where it is processed into beef and distributed to stores and restaurants. According to the Arizona Cattlegrowers Association, 85% of U.S. cattle that ends up as beef for human consumption is processed through the plants of four large corporations. The remaining 15% is handled by smaller USDA-certified packing houses. There are six of these in Arizona. Many had temporary closures due to the coronavirus concerns. Now open, there is a backlog of beef to process. For local ranchers, there is a “silver lining” to this impact on the meatpacking industry. The public has become more interested and knowledgeable about their food sources. Demand for local beef is up. Three Gila County ranchers sell Arizona grass-fed beef directly

to their communities and 150 ranchers are doing it state-wide. “We’ve sold every animal mature enough to be butchered,” Carol says. “They want to know what’s in their beef and they want to buy local.”

Local Beef Production Carol and Jim Ptak have been selling Gryphon Ranch beef directly to consumers in Gila County since 2014. Customers for their grass-fed, grass-finished, humanely raised and killed cattle come from Phoenix 70%, Tucson 20%, and Globe 10%. The Ptaks maintain

certifications to convey to consumers their methods, and run ranch tours to show them firsthand. “A customer that is educated is more likely to buy,” says Carol. According to state law, the smallest portion they can sell to a consumer is ¼ animal. Gryphon Ranch employs a mobile butcher and Carol has him booked through October. The process is long and labor intensive: two to three weeks to hang. A week to cut and wrap. With sales already 25% higher than last year; Gryphon Ranch has been partnering with some of our surrounding ranchers, who also ranch grass-fed and grass-finished, but typically sell at auction and have never sold to the consumer. ”There’s a lot of work that goes into direct sales,” Carol says. “We’ve made that investment.” Lyman Ranches also sells directly to consumers, in whole and half-beef portions, and while consumer sales are up, they are unlikely to exceed 10% of the overall business. “The U.S. Forest Service regulates how many animals you can have on your land,” Cassie explains, “and the age of those animals dictates direct sales.”

Brief History of Meatpacking Before the Civil War, beef production looked much the way it does today for direct-sell ranchers. Local farmers raised cows. Local butchers prepared the meat for local consumers. Beef production took a turn in 1881 with the introduction of the refrigerated railcar. This made it possible to ship carcasses around the country and opened national markets. International markets followed with the use of refrigerated ships; it became an industry. Like many industries in the early 1900s, the meatpacking industry was known to overwork their employees and failed to maintain adequate safety measures. The Jungle, a novel by Upton Sinclair was published in 1906, and exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry to the public, which resulted in public pressure on the U.S. Congress to improve sanitary conditions.

Jim Ptak and the Scottish Highland cattle at the Gryphon Ranch in the Pinals. Photo courtesy of the Ptaks.

Where’s The Beef?, Continued on page 15

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On April 28, 2020, the Defense Production Act was invoked by executive order classifying meat processing to be critical infrastructure for the protection of food sources. Plants reopened with precautionary measures that lower their output and meatpackers went back to work. To allow for social distancing, meat processors have slowed down production lines and staggered shifts to limit the number of employees in a facility at one time. However, crowded living conditions and group transport make it difficult for meatpackers to social distance at home or to and from the plants, and lack of healthcare or a dollar to spare cause many employees to ignore early symptoms and keep working. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ~ Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, 1906

Low Impact on Local Ranchers Gryphon Ranch Globe, Arizona www.gryphonranch.com Lyman Ranches Payson, Arizona Facebook: thelymanranches Double Check Ranch Winkleman, Arizona www.doublecheckranch.com Work on the Lyman Ranch is a family affair. Photo Courtesy of Lyman Ranch’s FACEBOOK page, where Cassie Lyman posted these words “After a full week of no phone service, data or internet, I have tried to catch up today on what has been happening in the world that I didn’t know about, ie; COVID-19 updates – additional cases in Payson and Globe, oil and gas markets crashing, packing houses closing, stores requiring masks and protests at the State Capitol. I think I might just go back to no service, camping and tending cattle for another week!” Lyman Family includes Jared, Cassie and their four boys, who make the seventh generation of cattle ranchers. The Lymans have ranches located in Gisela and Roosevelt.

“It takes 18-24 months to raise a cow from start to finish,” explains Cassie Lyman. “Given the natural cycle of birth and raising, we don’t have finished beef available at this time of year.” Cassie Lyman says the Covid-19 pandemic has had little impact on their ranching operation. Currently cattle are being fed in local pastures thanks to the heavy rain. Most calves will wean in the fall and go to a feedlot until they’re full-grown. The few that do get slaughtered at this time are cold cows (old mothers), and get ground. “Even for those,” she notes, “there’s a twomonth wait.” When in town the Lymans respect CDC guidelines and wear masks. Otherwise, their lives are largely unchanged. “We are usually socially distanced,” says Cassie, “lots of working in nature.“ She adds that one good thing that has come out of this “whole Covid thing” is how it’s caused people to think about having an animal or a garden, and time to “cherish family and the people around you.” Ashlee Mortimer is Communications Director for the Arizona Cattlegrowers Association, a non-profit grassroots organization with a main goal of protecting Arizona ranches and food sources through legislation and education. Her job is to educate the public about where beef comes from and to share information with member ranchers about the best ways to raise beef. There’s been a disconnect with where our food comes from,” says Ashlee. “Now ranchers and consumers are coming together.” These days Ashlee is busier than ever, interacting with the public on Facebook and finding online venues for continued education for the ranchers. Our pillars haven’t changed with the coronavirus,” she says. “They’ve elevated.”

Big Impact on Global Business Carol Ptak

Managing the herd. Photo courtesy of Lyman Ranches.

Where’s The Beef?, Continued from page 14

The Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) passed in 1906. Among other regulations, it requires USDA inspection of animals before slaughter and post-mortem and sanitary standards for all slaughterhouses and meat processing facilities. While FMIA and other acts passed that year were effective in addressing sanitary conditions in the food supply, they also hastened the consolidation of the meatpacking industry, and have done little to address working conditions.

Meat Industry Today – COVID-19 Clusters The meatpacking industry currently employs nearly 500,000 employees, mostly undocumented workers and recent immigrants, doing exhausting, dangerous work for low wages at great risk to their health. Meatpacking plants around the world have been particularly hard hit by Covid-19. The abnormally cold environment, the fast-paced and physically demanding work, and prolonged close proximity to other workers increase the risks for infectious spread.

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Carol hopes that when this crisis is over, people will continue to support local ranchers. “The money stays in your locality,” she says. “That’s really important.” For Carol, the current crisis is having a big impact on her consultation business, which provides face-to-face education of demand-driven methods to enterprises around the world. On a business trip in April, she caught the last flight out of Colombia, just as its borders closed. Within five days, 200 events were cancelled. She and her partner had to adapt. Very quickly. “That’s the only way a business will survive,” says Carol. “You have to be able to adapt faster than the change that is coming at you.” u

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CATTLE RAISING AND RUSTLING A Book Review by R.J. Ladd

Calling the Brands: Stock Detectives of the Wild West, by Monty McCord, provides extensive details of the cattle industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, the adventures of those who were bent on stealing their way to their version of success, and the often times cold and calculated means of many of the so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;stock detectivesâ&#x20AC;? to thwart those efforts. Our timeline provides snippets from the book dealing with Arizona history. The book is available online and through the Globe Public Library. 1872 The first permanent cattle ranch was established in the Territory of Arizona in 1872 by Henry C. Hooker. It was the Sierra Bonita Ranch north of present-day Wilcox. That ranch was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and remains an operating cattle ranch, which is not open to the public.

1875 Tom Horn, probably the most famous stock detective in the U.S., according to McCord, was in Gila County, Arizona following the Apache Wars, where the Apaches taught him to scout an adversary, a skill he used for the remainder of his career. He was a deputy in Gila County with Glen Reynolds and with Buckey Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill in Yavapai County. Horn left Arizona following the Graham-Tewksbury Pleasant Valley War. He headed to Colorado in 1890 to work for Pinkerton National Detective Agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Denver Division. Two years later he was sent to Wyoming under an assumed name to work as an under-cover detective to build cases on rustlers. Horn had a reputation for doing whatever it took to bring down an adversary and was revered throughout cattle country.

1882 As the cattle business continued to grow in Arizona, the Arizona Weekly Star reported concerns that hundreds of cattle had been stolen and sold to butchers in Tombstone, Benson, and Tucson. The cattlemen asked for actions that would result in the enactment of a law appointing inspectors to check brands of all stock killed by butchers or shipped out of the territory. Branding by iron was the widely used technique of marking livestock for ownership throughout cattle country.

1887 Laws were passed by the Arizona Territorial Legislature on March 10, 1887, creating the 3-member Territorial Livestock Sanitary Commission, including provision for appointment of a veterinary surgeon, similar to other states and territoriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attempts to control cattle thieves.

1891 Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Territorial Livestock Sanitary Commission appointed the first livestock inspectors, who were empowered to enforce livestock laws. Inspectors were appointed when five cattlemen, each owning at least 50 cattle, filed a petition.

1895 Laws were changed requiring the livestock commission to record livestock brands, rather than the county recorders. The Arizona Territoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first brand book was published about two years later.

1898 Believing the system as insufficient in controlling cattle thieves, the Phoenix Herald in 1898 suggested the best way was for the legislature to enact a law providing cattlemen to organize secret â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Detective Associationsâ&#x20AC;? in each county. The detectives were to have the power of deputy sheriffs in livestock matters.

1903 In 1903, a small group of cattlemen organized the Arizona Cattle Growers Association (ACGA). Founding members were primarily concerned with having orderly, systematic laws in place that would protect livestock and property. The ACGA was incorporated in 1924.

1912 When Arizona became a state in 1912, the Territorial Livestock Sanitary Commission became the Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board. Registering brands every ten years became the requirement in 1931. In 1985, the period was reduced to five years.

1915 Meanwhile in 1884, a young lady was born in Kansas and named Oklahoma, as her parents believed they would be moving to their desired ranching property. Unfortunately, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oklaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? mother passed soon after her birth. Her father moved the family to Gila Bend, Arizona, where he established the Gila Land and Cattle Company. Okla continued to develop her skills as a calf roper and horseback rider. In 1915, Okla Noonan (then wife of cattleman Daniel W. Noonan Jr.) was appointed as the first woman in Arizona (and internationally) as a state livestock inspector. She was lauded as a member of the Arizona Pioneers Association, as well.

1991 The Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board became part of the Arizona Department of Agriculture. The livestock offices are responsible for enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to branding, transportation, and sale of cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock.

2001 Even as recently as 2001, rustling was an issue. A Phoenix man was arrested on seven felony accounts from evidence obtained that he had stolen 130+ head of cattle, forged a proof sale document, altered brands, and transported the cattle to Texas. The loss was estimated at over $100,000.

2016 In early 2016, a rancher near Wilcox reported 54 cows and their calves were taken from one of his pastures. The 108 head of livestock were estimated to be valued at $162,000.

Most state livestock agencies agree that the best protection for owners is branding, registration and inspection; however, branding is still not required in all states. New technology being considered is an ear chip that could be placed on a cow, which would send an alert if the animal moved off the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property. As long as cattle rustling continues, so does the search for better means to combat it! u

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Miami Orchards As Miami Junior-Senior High School continues to punch above its weight, we have learned to make sure that each project we take on helps to solve two or more problems. Miami Orchards is an excellent example of how an initiative can address academics, practical education and drug education. Our High School Health & Wellness Grant from the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith & Family supports a string of projects at Miami we call I’ve Got Something Better to Do, something better than drinking or using drugs or engaging in other unhealthy activities. One of our main efforts under I’ve Got Something Better to Do is the new Miami Orchards. Agriculture students working with Trees Please, a habitat restoration group from Tucson, planted more than two hundred fruit and nut trees on campus, along with dozens more edible and medicinal plants. All of the plantings are native to our climate and altitude, and will produce food, spices and herbs for the school’s Culinary Arts classes, the school cafeteria, and our food-to-home project. Agriculture teacher Amanda Bickel plans a second round of planting this fall, and is designing a greenhouse installation for the field north of MHS.

Dr. Brown Visits the Miami Sr./Jr. High School Each year, Dr. Adolph Brown talks with the students from Miami and surrounding high schools. All the way from Virginia Beach, with a doctorate in in clinical psychology in hand, Dr. Brown has a whip smart attitude about teaching young people how to navigate through life. Avoiding substance abuse is one of the key topics at most of his lectures. When you first meet Dr. Brown, you will discover that he does not walk up to the stage in a suit, but rather in dirty clothes and dreadlocks. The students who have not seen him before make a shocking discovery when he reveals himself on stage. Dr. Brown proposes that anyone can “change” if they want to, mastering and shedding the traumatic events represented by the “second backpack”. Dr. Brown’s presentations pulls students to the stage and few ever notice that he runs over time. Parents and community members are invited to Miami High School in the evening for a special event with Dr. Brown, only this time, Dr. Brown relates to the adults in the room just as easily as he did the students. Parents are inspired by his bold “Real Talk” attitude. They appreciate that Dr. Brown has a willingness to bring up controversial topics on parenting because, let’s face it, parenting is hard. As technology becomes more widespread and vaping more discreet, it’s harder and harder for parents to track. Dr. Brown gives a refreshing point of view on coping with today’s children and teens. If you haven’t had a chance to see Dr. Brown, he travels to Miami High School once a year, typically in January and, pandemic pending, will again this next school year. The Parent Engagement Grant from the Governor’s Office funds this yearly opportunity and the cost to attend is free. Announcements for future Dr. Brown events will be in local news media and Facebook.

Cherry Foster Roberds (1937-2020)

Cherry Foster Roberds was a force of nature. Smart, fierce, hardworking and fearless, Cherry was a major player at Miami High School for nearly seventy years. Cherry was a standout student in the Class of 1955, a National Honor Society member who ranked fifth in her class, varsity volleyball and badminton player, and 1955 state badminton champion. Her accomplishments as a coach are legendary: 53 years coaching tennis, badminton and volleyball; 27 Coach of the Year awards; 2019 National Girls Tennis Coach of the Year; and more than 30 state championships. Perhaps more impressive, she taught English and physical education for nearly fifty years, helping mold thousands of Vandals to become strong, upstanding and grammatically correct citizens. Her annual December lecture on correct punctuation was something that I, the grandson of a formidable English teacher, made sure never to miss. Cherry will be missed at school and across the community, but she will never be forgotten. Her impact, her drive, her absolute commitment to our school and our students are touchstones for all Miami Vandals. Glen Lineberry

Filmmaking at Miami High – Out of Focus Production and Professor Christian Rozier When Miami was awarded a High School Health & Wellness Grant three years ago, we had three primary goals for There Is No D In Miami: 1. Significantly reduce drug and alcohol use on campus and at school events; 2. Educate families about the risks of marijuana, alcohol and prescription drugs; and, 3.

Create a way to keep the program going after the funding ran out. We have seen an enormous reduction in alcohol and drugs on campus, so that regular visits from K-9 units typically turn up nothing. We are now pushing information out to famiies through the Scholastic Over-the-Counter Medicines project, Too Good for Drugs curriculum and a host of other initiatives. To build our capacity to continue this programming, we created a filmmaking project at Miami. Students work under the quarterly guidance of filmmaker Christian Rozier, and produce pieces about life at Miami Junior-Senior High School. The students have formed Out of Focus Productions (OOF), with their own YouTube channel and a continuing stream of new pieces. Christian Rozier began his career as a music video and commercial director, producing broadcast videos for politically engaged artists locally and internationally. His documentary film credits include Among The Trees, a world tour feature film that follows the seminal hip-hop group Arrested Development throughout Asia and Europe, and Life In The Age Of Excess, a documentary about an emerging barter economy movement in Los Angeles. Christian is also one of the featured filmmakers in the United Nations sponsored global film One Day On Earth and a screenwriter of the 2013 feature film Lineage. He has produced documentary film series in Senegal and in Southeast Asia, and his documentary Racing The Past has won awards at numerous festivals. He is the director of the 2020 film Apache Leap, filmed in Globe-Miami and San Carlos Apache Reservation. He serves as Professor of Film Studies and Digital Storytelling at the University of Missouri.

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CVIT: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES – BUILDING FUTURES

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CVIT is the Copper Corridor’s public Career & Technical Education School District providing local students with the knowledge & technical skills for tomorrow’s workforce.

Meet the Instructors for Our New Programs in Precision Machining And Industrial Electrician DARREL YERKOVICH Precision Machining and Fabricating Instructor Darrel Yerkovich’s interest in machining started about 10 years ago when he was working at a research facility in Buffalo, New York. He’d been tasked with building a piece of equipment, beginning with developing the concept, then coming up with the basic processes for accomplishing the task. Yerkovich recalls, “I had to work with a lot of machinists to make all these different things. That’s what really exposed me to machines. And I learned from them how to design parts better, so it was easier for them in the machining process.” When Yerkovich moved back to Arizona in 2014, he learned of the high school robotics team in the Globe-Miami area and started mentoring them. Over the last six years, he’s taken them from having practically nothing as far as tools go, to being recognized as one of the most well-equipped teams in the state. Much of their equipment – including a small mill, a small lathe, and a CNC router – came through a grant they received from Arizona-based Resolution Copper. When Yerkovich heard that the college had bought a CNC mill, he contacted them to see about running the equipment or developing a program that teaches students to run it. So this fall and next spring, he’ll be teaching three classes: Materials for Industry, Machining and Fabrication, and FAB LAB Workshop. The ultimate goal of these classes is to get students to where, in Yerkovich’s words, they “have a strong enough understanding of the process to successfully operate the Haas Mini Mill that the college bought last year. It is a large machine, and it can seem like a daunting task to figure out how to run, but I try to break it into small manageable tasks that are much easier to master.” Compared to manual machining, CNC machining and modern manufacturing have a heavy focus on speed and efficiency. “So beyond just learning how to use the machine, I introduce the students to standard practices to make parts faster, communicate effectively, and build a vocabulary of technology used in industry,” Yerkovich says. Graduates from this program could expect to earn anywhere between $40,000 and $60,000 a year.

MIKE MOSS Electrical and Instrumentation Technician Program Beginning this fall, the Cobre Valley Institute of Technology (CVIT) will offer an Electrical and Instrumentation Technician program. This program will prepare students for a position in the electrical trades. “Electricians have always been in demand by construction and industrial companies. As our economy rebounds to its previous levels, the need for electrical technicians will continue to rise all over the country,” says instructor Mike Moss. “There are companies in Arizona who have hired students who have completed electrical programs similar to CVIT immediately after graduation.” Moss certainly knows of what he speaks. He spent most of his career in engineering management, dealing with all the engineering disciplines – from process engineering and civil engineering to structural, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation engineering. He has worked both in the office and out in the field on major construction projects. He eventually went to work with a mining company in the Globe-Miami area. He says graduates from this program could do the same. “Because of the demands for electrical and instrumentation techs in the Globe-Miami area, the job outlook here is very good. There is a possibility that the local mines would consider bringing them on in an entry-level position. And they could continue with their instruction to eventually bring themselves up to a journeyman level craftsman.” The Electrical and Instrumentation Technician course will provide students with a background in the properties and applications of electricity, maintenance of electrical systems, and technical problem-solving. “There’s such a demand for technicians, and it was important for this trade to be taught here,” Moss says. “There’s a lot of smart kids here who don’t necessarily want to go to college. This is a trade they could learn and be able to make a decent living at.” According to Moss, starting pay for an entry-level electrical technician can range from $35,000 to $45,000 per year. “It’s an exciting, but demanding trade, but once you learn the basics and understand the simple physics around electricity, the field opens up dramatically. This trade can provide a lifelong income, something where they can support themselves and their families.”

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www.GlobeMiamiTimes.com “People skate by in any line of work, but in this field, it’s life or death,” Barry asserts, “You have to challenge yourself to be on your A game all the time.”

Hopping Into The Black

Barry Johnson instructed a Basic Wildland Firefighting course in the fall of 2019 for EAC Gila Pueblo Campus. Courtesy Photo.

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Barry reports that 70% of the work is done by a seasonal workforce and supports the federal direction to build a more permanent workforce. The benefits, he says, include a greater return on the training investment, more fluid and cohesive teamwork, and a deeper labor pool.

Getting Started

Johnson in the field during one of the past fire seasons. Courtesy Photo.

Firefighting is a great career option, according to Barry, for anyone who enjoys being outdoors, hiking, taking on a challenge, working in a team environment, and accomplishing objectives for the common good. It is a career that requires serious training. “Can’t go to a fire until you get red-carded,” Barry says. To get a red card, a candidate must complete a series of certifications and pass the pack test. The pack test is a 3-mile walk with 45 lbs on your back. You have 45 minutes to complete it. Barry passed his first pack test six weeks shy of his 19th birthday. He carried a bladder filled with sand. It rubbed his lower back raw. Current applicants wear weighted vests strapped across the chest. “I’m not going to say it is a lot easier,” Barry says, “but it’s a bit more comfortable.” Now Barry is helping others earn their red card and enter fire service. Last fall he instructed the Wildlands Fire class at the Gila Pueblo campus. The course covers everything needed to earn certificates required for a red card – minus the physical pack test, due to concerns about liability. Barry also assists with the Women & Wildland Fire course that achieves the same goals over two weekends. He enjoys the classroom setting and likes setting high expectations, sharing what he’s learned about leadership with those just starting out.

In 2013, Barry was part of a team of 13 transported into a canyon in New Mexico, a dangerous and uncommon assignment. They carried chainsaws and employed a technical indirect burnout to hold the line. They put out small fires that came off the bigger fire. Barry recalls a calm before the storm. Then high winds came up. “Really impressive fire behavior,” Barry remembers, “200 foot flames.” His team got split into three groups. “We conducted burnouts and hopped in our own black,” says Barry, describing a technique in which firefighters move through the flames to stand in the blackened space of spent fuel, where they’ll be safe. The fire burned hot and devastated the wildlife in the area. Barry and his team stayed in the black for 4-5 hours, maintaining good radio communication. “We scout the area first,” says Barry, as he explains the LCES safety strategy for any firefighting assignment: Lookout. Communication. Escape route. Safety zone.

A Career in Fire Service “Sitting in an office 40 hours a week was never appetizing to me,” says Barry. Barry worked in fire service for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Phoenix, and was a Hot Shot in Payson and Globe. Hot Shot crews are a national resource. They go to larger fires and stay for a longer time as part of an extended attack. They must be self-sufficient, skilled and physically fit. “It’s a very time committed position,” says Barry, who served 6 years as a Globe Hot Shot. “You’re going to the bigger fires that you hear on the news.” In October, 2010, he married; he now has three children, a daughter and two sons. They are the motivation behind the change to his current role as a Type 6 Engine Captain. “I wanted to be home a little more, around locally,” he says. He leads a team of six. They do go on assignments two or three times a year; however, their main emphasis is the initial attack on local fires. “The objective is to keep the fire small,” says Barry, “using primarily aircraft and engine modules.” Type 6 engines carry about 300 gallons of water, Firefighter Life, Continued on page 21

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are smaller than Type 3 engines, and can get further into the back roads. “We all do the same job,” Barry says. “It’s all about how you get there – helicopter, engine, buggy – and the tools you use once you’re there.” He is currently in a 120-day testing period for his position, a time for both him and the management team to assess the leadership fit. As of early May, permanent positions were open in Tonto Basin and Globe districts; Barry will apply for both. Barry equates a career in fire service to a 25-year education. Training until you retire. That’s what he likes about it. “It’s always changing, always something new to learn – tools, topography, technology, climate,” he explains. “Always a new challenge.” In his future, Barry foresees the challenges of fire management. “You have to think about what risks you are asking your team to take on,” he explains, “and how are they going to accomplish it safely?” Safety has been ingrained since day one, says Barry, but the culture of the forest service has changed a lot over his 18 years. “When I started, it was still ‘old school’ – head down, butt up,” he says. “People are changing and leadership is getting stronger,” Barry says. “There is more training, more ownership, more cohesion. People care about their craft and their mission. There exists a professional, respectful environment where people are encouraged to “lead up.” “We strive for self-improvement,” he says. “Be better everyday.“ Barry says he would support his own children entering the profession, but hopes they “challenge themselves with something else.” “It’s great fundamental learning, but it’s not easy to find balance,” says Barry. “You spend way more time with your team than with your family.” The agency, he says, is providing more support for work-life balance, and this year Barry took a Wednesday off to celebrate his wife’s birthday. Then he went back to work with his team.

The Engine Crew

“Everyone is here for the greater good,” Johnson says. “We want to serve this area.”

Pandemic Impact on Fire Service Barry and his team of six have made a commitment to limit their exposure, in order to stay healthy. “The Covid-19 pandemic has “most definitely” impacted their operations,” Barry says. Crews from Montana and other northern states typically come help with Arizona’s earlier fire season. Restrictions in travel and fears of exposure have made these resources more difficult to enlist. “I don’t blame them,” Barry says. “These people have families. They are trying to take care, and reduce risk and attend to fires closer to home.” Barry is quick to note that there are still out-of-state crews coming to help. “We’re not getting completely ghosted,” he says, “but it’s been a lot more challenging.” u

Fireman in training. Johnson and his youngest son, at their home in Globe. Courtesy Photo

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;This bird eats peanuts, shelled or unshelled, and takes them and hides them, coming back for more until the supply is gone.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cardinals have always been common to my yard and in the trees across from my home, where there is a large open field of natural trees and scrub. The cardinals are most likely to come when we put a higher grade of songbird feed, and they also love the watermelon.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Judi

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The Mexican jay lives in Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, and, of course, Mexico. They gather in flocks of five to twenty-five. These flocks have permanent territories that are passed down from generation to generation. Mexican jays are one of the most sedentary bird species in America â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they stay in one place and rarely leave it. Young jays have bills that are partly white or pale, turning completely black over about two years. Northern flickers like to congregate with Mexican jays, because they can listen for the Mexican jay alarm calls to know when predators are lurking. Mexican jays eat mostly acorns and pinyon nuts, but also fruit, insects, and small animals.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Orioles are my yard favorite. For many years now we have had the pleasure of having multiple nests and babies in our garden. The female and the male both feed the babies. We found that they love fruit, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where we got started putting out oranges. Now I put out watermelon on an almost daily basis.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Judi Hooded orioles are a very social bird and will flock with other kinds of oriole. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also very noisy, chattering almost constantly. Their chatter can mimic Gila woodpeckers and ash-throated flycatchers. Hooded orioles migrate to southern Mexico and farther south â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but sometimes they will stay in Arizona or southern California all winter, if they find free food at feeders. Their favorites are sugar water and grape jelly, and they will often visit hummingbird feeders. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also eat oranges if you slice them in half and attach them to a post or platform. Be sure to remove the fruit before it gets moldy, as the mold can harm the birds. In the Southwest and in western Mexico, hooded orioles are bright yellow, but in Texas and eastern Mexico, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re flame orange.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the beginning I had a huge following of quail.

The eye-catching and beautiful Northern cardinal is easy to identify â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only crested red bird in the United States. Their color comes from the fruit they eat â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find berries to eat, their colors will fade. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re often the first birds to visit a feeder in the morning and the last at night. To attract them, offer black oil sunflower seeds, safflower seeds, cracked corn, peanut hearts, millet, and milo. And watch for males feeding their partner beak-to-beak â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they show affection that way. In Arizona, you can also find the desert cardinal (pyrrhuloxia), which is scarlet and gray.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The finch are very common to many yards if you will put out a little thistle feed. This can be put in a prefilled sock, or refill feeders with the seed and they will come in various species. Common house finch are very abundant.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Judi The house finch is another social bird, and will form flocks of several hundred birds. They like to perch on power lines and in treetops. This bird is extremely common across North America â&#x20AC;&#x201C; experts believe there could be as many as 1.4 billion of them. You can attract house finches with small black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, safflower seeds, and nyjer (thistle) seeds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but keep in mind, when they come, they might bring a flock of friends! Like cardinals, house finches get their color from the foods they eat. The more red pigment they eat, the redder their plumage. So if you see an orange or yellowish male house finch, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find enough red fruit when it was molting. Apparently, females prefer the reddest males available.

Gambelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quail are named after William Gambel, an American naturalist. Gambelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quail is the only species of quail endemic to the Sonoran Desert. But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also found in Hawaii â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on Lanai, the tiny island of Kahoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;olawe, and the big island, on the slopes of Mauna Kea. They were introduced to Hawaii at various times in the 20th century. They prefer not to fly and are usually found on the ground â&#x20AC;&#x201C; often, running for cover. They will visit ground-level feeders and sometimes elevated platform feeders, preferring to eat sunflower seeds, cracked corn, millet, and milo. Their vocalizations can sound a little like a piglet.

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