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The Power of Research to Preserve History
SINCE 2006
A former journalist finds her niche as a research assistant for Bullion Plaza Museum STORY & PHOTOS BY LINDA GROSS
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Lee Ann Powers has had a varied career in broadcast and print journalism, but her latest gig, for the past ten years, has been as a research assistant for Bullion Plaza Museum.
ee Ann Powers’ desk is littered with stacks of papers and books. On the wall, there’s a corkboard cluttered with notices and what look like to-do lists, one on top of the other so it’s impossible to know. Sticky notes appear to track personal requests, reminders about upcoming museum events, and a price quote for t-shirts the museum might purchase. She pulls open desk drawers full of reels of microfilm on loan from the Arizona Silver Belt, which she is digitizing. A computer monitor hooked to the microfilm reader towers above her. As each page of the microfilm comes into view, Lee Ann adjusts the parameters to fit the screen and lightens the page to clean up the muddiness – a result of age. Then, pausing, she scans the page for items of interest before capturing the image and moving on to the next. Lee Ann works at the Bullion Plaza Museum and Cultural Center as a research assistant, spending most of her time digitizing old copies of local newspapers – the Arizona Silver Belt and Arizona Record. Her part-time position was initially established through a grant from Freeport-McMoRan, which also paid for the digitizing equipment and library room she uses. After the initial grant ran out, the museum found other grants and funding sources to keep her position.
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Stacey Murry would like to see more developments like the one planned on the site of the old Apache Drive-In which will address the needs of workforce housing. Photo by LCGross
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Central Arizona Governments delivers draft housing study BY DAVID ABBOTT
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A draft version of a housing study by Central Arizona Governments (CAG) that was supposed to be finished in mid-2019 finally made its way to the City of Globe in October 2021 after withstanding the COVID pandemic and unforeseen changes of personnel at CAG. The study is intended to be a “snapshot” of the housing market and a tool the City can use for future development, as it grapples with the realities of a glaring need for housing of all types and plans for future growth. Globe’s Economic Development Department (EDD) Director Linda Oddonetto said the final version of the study should be complete by the end of April after it was officially presented to City Council on Feb. 22.
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Day Trip in Globe-Miami: Land of Unexpected Treasures
BY THEA WILSHIRE
Welcome, Poppy Fest visitors, and congratulations on discovering the Globe-Miami region, one of the best kept secrets of Arizona. If you’re here for a day or the weekend, you’re in for a treat.
DAY TRIP, Continued on page 23
