Globe Miami Times November 2022

HIGH DESERT MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY GOES INTO OVERDRIVE

by David Abbott

Running on empty hasn’t been a problem for High Desert Middle School ever since the beginning of the current school year ushered in a new crosscountry program – and the school apparently won’t be hitting a wall in the near future, either.

The new program, organized and directed by HDMS paraprofessional Rebekah Haverland, has already attracted significant interest from students who enjoy the camaraderie – and the snacks – that go along with distance running.

“I really try to push unity, because it’s a really self-motivating sport. They need to understand that we’re there for each other. I’ve noticed having this cross-country team has started new friend groups, and the kids are sticking together more.”

Haverland has been an employee with the Globe Unified School District for six years. Last year, she coached cross-country and track and field at Globe High School when that program lost its coach midseason. Cross-country differs from track and field in that it’s purely devoted to running, while track and field in middle school has running as well as long jump, high jump, shot put, and discuss.

A roof over our heads Gila

Monster Construction

Shelby Barrowdale, owner of Gila Monster Construction (GMC), has been into construction all his life and all around the U.S. and Mexico. He grew up here in Globe – here he mostly got into trouble.

“Working in construction probably saved me from that,” he says. “I learned some discipline and structure.”

The business is off to a big start. In what has become a familiar story, GMC is “super booked”. Completing a roof a week for the past couple of years, the company is currently booking two weeks out. For interior remodel work, it’s March. For Shelby Barrowdale, it feels good to be filling a community need.

“We intend to stay in Globe and provide quality, honest service to the community,” he says. “Help teach people how to do construction, provide jobs.”

The Origin Story

Shelby Barrowdale grew up in Globe with five siblings. His mother, Belinda Allinson, was a butcher at Safeway. Jhawn Barrowdale, his father, owned Tri-City Sanitation and still does.

Shelby enjoyed hunting and fishing with his family. He did not play sports in high school. Nor was he impressed by any teacher.

“I was always business-minded, but I lacked direction,” says Shelby. “I didn’t have the right product for sale.”

After high school graduation (GHS 2009), Shelby followed many of the men in his family into construction –his maternal grandfather, great uncles, brother-in-law, stepdad. He got his start doing industrial construction – copper mines and powerhouses. He specialized in electricity.

For ten years he traveled around the U.S. and Mexico, working and learning the trade. His early jobs had him digging holes for the electricians. A decade later he was the senior project manager for Rural Electric. Along the way he built a personal portfolio of single family homes and multi-unit rentals.

“I read Robert Kiyosaki,” Shelby laughs. “Basically, I read real estate books. Saved earnings. Invested. Leveraged.”

Tiger runners check out the trophies before the race.

CROSS-COUNTRY, Continued on page 18

– Rebekah Haverland

Shelby Barrowdale, owner of Gila Monster Construction.

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE

As this issue went into production, the midterm election results were still being tabulated. And while it’s too early to know the definitive results before we go to press - especially in our state - it’s easy to see that the predicted Red Wave didn’t happen.

The pundits got it wrong. Voters did care deeply about abortion rights AND the economy. Voters showed they’re not one-dimensional. And Gen Z turned out in historic numbers and voted. I don’t see this changing in the future. They know their future depends on who’s at the helm, and that the conspirators and election deniers are not relevant to that future.

As for giving thanks this month, here at GMT, we’re thankful for proving the pundits wrong about us. They said print was dead and newspapers are passé. But as one of the rare remaining independently owned and operated newspapers, we’re doing just fine. Again, thanks to each of you. We don’t work off a formula. We get our story ideas each month from standing in line at Safeway, attending community events and visiting with people on the street. Thank you for helping GMT stay independent and remain a viable business.

One of the stories we’re covering this month, thanks to a local tip, is the new cross-country program at High Desert Middle School (p. 1). Although this is the kids’ first year, the response to the program has been strong, with nearly two dozen runners signing up. And according to one parent, our kids have an edge even though this is their first year: They train on hills. It’s the hills that help them develop that extra strength and grit needed to succeed. Nice.

Grit comes in many forms. For athletes, it’s finding that strength to sprint up the hill or finish the race. For local business owners, it’s continually finding solutions to the problems that arise from shipping and supply chain challenges, or finding the financing to expand. We’ve all needed to develop our own brand of grit in the past few years.

But as we come into the home stretch of 2022, looking toward the holidays and the new year, it’s good to remember everything that’s gone right and everything great about living in Globe-Miami. Let’s not wait until Thanksgiving to feel grateful for those around us and the community - and country - we call home.

Here’s wishing you a happy Thanksgiving!

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Front cover: Shelby Barrowdale on the job at a new spec house he is building. Photo by Yevette Vargas

Cheers,

The Year with Two Thanksgivings

by Patricia Sanders

Many people don’t know that in 1939, just as World War II was dividing the countries of the world into Axis versus Allied, another conflict was threatening to divide the United States in two.

It was over the date of Thanksgiving.

In 1863, President Lincoln had declared Thanksgiving a national holiday, and set its date as the last Thursday in November.

But in 1939, President Roosevelt switched the date to the second-to-last Thursday in November. This was at the behest of businessmen who wanted an extra week of Christmas sales. And since the United States was still mired in the Great Depression, it seemed to make sense to FDR to do what he could to help boost profits.

But he hadn’t counted on the backlash.

Thanksgiving was a cherished American holiday that brought families together across the country. And many people, outraged by the change to the traditional date, rebelled against the new schedule. Some places, such as Connecticut, accepted the new date and started planning their turkey dinners for November 23. Others, like New York, dug in their heels and stuck to November 30.

Family and friends who lived across state lines were split, as neighboring states chose different official Thanksgiving dates, making it impossible for people to celebrate together.

Some Americans wrote scathing letters to Roosevelt.

There was one who accused FDR of violating “idealism and sentiment.” Robert S. Benson of Groton, South Dakota, wrote:

“After all we want to make this country better for our posterity, and you must remember we are not running a Russia or communistic government.”

Another concerned citizen, Mr. Shelby O. Bennett of Shinnston, West Virginia, wrote: Mr. President:

I s ee by the paper this morning where you want to change Thanksgiving Day to November 23 of which I heartily approve. Thanks.

Now, there are some things that I would like done and would appreciate your approval:

1. Have Sunday changed to Wednesday;

2. Have Monday’s to be Christmas;

3. Have it strictly against the Will of God to work on Tuesday;

4. Have Thursday to be Pay Day with time and one-half for overtime;

5. Require everyone to take Friday and Saturday off for a fishing trip down the Potomac.

Under the unrelenting pressure, Congress took charge, and in 1941 passed a law setting a new official method of determining Thanksgiving. Like Solomon, they split it down the middle – neither the last Thursday of November nor the second-to-last. Instead, they picked the fourth Thursday of November.

And thus it has been ever since, uniting the country anew.

In 1827, Sarah Josepha Hale – the same woman who wrote the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb” – came up with the idea of a national Thanksgiving Day. The holiday had already existed on a state-by-state basis, but Hale advocated for making it an “American custom and institution.”

Hale wrote letters to five presidents – Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, and Lincoln –before Lincoln finally came around and threw his support behind a national holiday.

According to Wikipedia, “the new national holiday was considered a unifying day after the stress of the Civil War.”

America isn’t the only country to celebrate Thanksgiving – since the 1940s Brazil has had Dia de Ação de Graças, taking place on the same day as the United States’ holiday, because President Gaspar Dutra decided he liked the idea.

Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October. Liberia’s Thanksgiving Day falls on the first Thursday of November, commemorating the country’s founding in 1822 by freed American slaves.

And autumn harvest festivals are probably as old as agriculture itself – times when people celebrated the end of a season of hard work and expressed their joy over having enough food to last through the winter.

But there really is something very American about Thanksgiving. I think it reflects our mixed feelings about giving and receiving. We’re an individualistic people; we prize selfreliance and hard work. There’s a tendency to feel that if we’ve achieved something, it’s largely ourselves that we have to thank.

So I think as Americans we can struggle a little to appreciate the value of gratitude, and maybe sometimes need a reminder to notice the ways our lives intertwine with, and are made better by, others.

After all, gratitude has a raft of real benefits, which science has been validating in recent years – from boosting social capital and improving decision-making to increasing selfesteem and reducing stress. It even helps you sleep better.

According to one study, just having a daily five-minute practice of writing in a gratitude journal improves long-term wellbeing by 10%. That’s roughly the same impact as doubling your income.

Thomas Brown, the Scottish philosopher, called gratitude “the delightful emotion of love to him who has conferred a kindness on us, the very feeling of which is itself no small part of the benefit conferred.”

In other words, if you don’t allow yourself to feel that warm sense of gratitude for something you’ve received, you’re missing out on a great pleasure – a pleasure that’s a gift in itself.

But psychologist Adam Grant takes it a step further.

Don’t just give thanks in your head, or in your journal, Grant advises.

Actually say thank you.

Expressing thanks doesn’t have to be a completely unselfish act, Grant points out. For one thing, thanking people makes them twice as likely to help you again in the future.

And when you give thanks, as in actually saying thank you to someone, you become a giver yourself. This action helps you feel good about yourself, helps them feel good about what they’ve done, and solidifies the relationship. All without costing a thing.

After all, it’s Thanks-giving, not Thanks-thinking.

Or you could be like Mr. F. P. Archer Sr. of Miami, Florida, another letter-writer to President Roosevelt. Archer said, as far as he was concerned, every day is Thanksgiving. Not a bad idea.

But I’ll still be making cranberry sauce on November 24th this year.

Same as my mom in Minnesota and my brothers in New Hampshire and Florida –thanks to FDR.

“One of the greatest acts of giving that you can undertake is to make the other givers in your life feel appreciated.”

–Adam Grant

“Gratitude is a temporaryGivingemotion. is a lasting–Adamvalue.” Grant

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Opportunity Found: City of Globe Adds Crucial Employees With an Eye to the Future

By David Abbott

Continuing its efforts to improve and streamline services, the City of Globe recently hired a pair of employees assigned to critical posts, as both Globe City Council and administrative staff prepare for the future.

The City’s Economic and Community Development Department—formerly the Economic Development and Development Services Departments—recently brought aboard a Grants Manager and a Deputy Building Official to help bring in funding for ambitious projects and to update and modernize Development Services, which will include updating Globe’s building codes to align with current national standards.

“I’m excited with the direction we’re going,” says ECDD Director Linda Oddonetto. “Everyone’s expectations are higher now: The public, City Council, and developers. It’s expected that the city is going to deliver a high-quality project, service or event, so we need to have the tools in place to make that happen.”

Among the “tools” Oddonetto refers to include a municipal workforce equipped with the most up-to-date skills with a vision for the future that includes modern infrastructure, economic diversity, and a better quality of life for residents.

In order to help fund future growth, Oddonetto tagged Connie Callaway, a Miami High School graduate who has traveled the world only to return to the region where she grew up.

Callaway was born in Japan to an Air Force Master Sergeant who relocated the family to the Globe-Miami area to take care of his wife’s mother.

She says she was moved here “kicking and screaming,” but after several years away Callaway returned to become the EAC GEAR UP Coordinator at Globe High School for 15 years, where she also helped write and manage grants.

Before returning, though, she had two children and spent many years working with the United States Navy, gaining experience, in part, by working with the Navy’s Blue Angels Airshows, which she compares to the project management aspect of grant funding.

“In my experience with grant writing, I learned that you can use all the right buzzwords, but if you’re not effectively answering the very specific line items for the grant, it’s not going to be funded,” she says. “I feel a very personal responsibility to the citizens of Globe and the surrounding area to make sure that I’m doing an effective job in order to bring these much-needed dollars to this community.”

Callaway’s children are GHS graduates—her son is now a teacher in Avondale, and her daughter works in the financial industry in the Valley—but she believes growing up in a small, rural community has given them an advantage in the wider world.

In order to facilitate future expansion and manage a changing municipal landscape, the City hired Tony Manfredi, a retired Phoenix firefighter who is now a Globe resident, to be its Deputy Building Official.

Manfredi’s top priorities over the first months of his tenure are to streamline the permitting process, including forms, online access and payment options, and to update building codes that are about 20 years out of date.

“With building comes opportunity: Our process will be modern and user-friendly. I would like to encourage permitting and not use it to hamper a project,” he says. “With housing for people, we’re bringing in revenues by attracting professionals, such as healthcare workers, doctors, lawyers and food industry people. It brings all of that to our city, with an opportunity to support our residents’ quality of life.”

Manfredi brings years of experience and a deep knowledge of the necessity of modern building codes and best practices.

His most recent job was as a building inspector for Gila County, but during his 30-year career as a fireman in Phoenix, he performed hazardous material inspections and worked with the Department of Homeland Security as a terrorist liaison officer.

He originally moved to Globe to retire and enjoy the recreational opportunities the region provides, but his sense of community service eventually led him back into the local workforce. Oddonetto met Manfredi after he spoke eloquently during a meeting for the Hill Street School project.

Expansion of the ECDD comes at a time when the City of Globe is strengthening its workforce across the board in order to implement its Strategic Plan and prepare for the future. There is a direct line between development and economic diversity that will help maintain a level of service and support new lifestyles in the 21st century.

Councilmember Freddy Rios understands the importance of the need for that diversification, as he grew up in San Manuel and was there in 2002 when BHP Billiton shut down the mine and laid off more than 2,500 workers in one day.

He also believes that the COVID pandemic as well as recent natural disasters have brought into stark relief the need to diversify.

– Connie Calloway

In order to effectively manage grants, Callaway will need collaboration and buy-in from every department, and so far she appreciates the can-do attitudes of her fellow employees, which will help in the long run during a time when grants play a major role in municipal funding.

Once that funding comes in though, there needs to be a sufficient workforce to maintain grant obligations but also to maintain other services Globe’s citizens have come to expect.

“In regards to grants, we needed a staff focused solely on identifying funding opportunities, aligning them with identified City priorities, writing and managing the grant,” Oddonetto says. “With the amount of federal dollars coming down the pipeline in the next five years, all the departments have to be ready to be competitive for these funding opportunities. Every City Department is focused on teeing up strategic, ‘shovel-ready’projects that are application ready. ”

The City has prioritized several capital improvement projects (CIP) as well as short- and long-term initiatives and priorities that have been identified in the council’s Strategic Action Plan.

Among those priorities is to improve current infrastructure, such as sidewalks and parks, but also to prepare the infrastructure for future development of the Northeast corridor along State Route 77 to the Gila County Fairgrounds.

“I’m adamant about economic development and creating a community that can be self-sustained after my hometown went from riches to rags because the mine picked up stakes and left,” he says. “Let’s create those other avenues and amenities that will keep us selfsustained. We have to be prepared for any situation.”

Rios does not expect mining to ever leave the area, but believes growth can be more sustainable if there are more opportunities in the local job market.

In order to do that, the City needs to provide sufficient amenities to be a regional draw, as well as a sufficient workforce to maintain a good level of service.

“This is not something that we just came up with, it’s been talked about in previous councils and this council has prioritized this agenda in its strategic plan,” Rios says. “It’s really going to take effort and investment to move the needle on those projects, but the city can’t do it all on its own.”

As a burgeoning department that has only been in existence since 2018, the ECDD has quickly become a focal point in the City’s future, but Oddonetto sees it as just one piece of a large and complex puzzle.

“It’s going to take a team effort to move all of this forward, and the City is building a strong team,” she says. “Having that extra talent in our departments enables us to stay focused, be nimble and move swiftly. We’re planning for our future and planning for success.”

“I believe every student from a rural area learns a certain skill set. They’re hungry and go the extra mile, and I also believe the staff at the City of Globe have that in them. They go the extra mile, and I look forward to being part of that momentum.”

“I feel like I’m a servant at heart and I always will be. I feel like I’m supposed to do something and I’m glad to be in a position where I can make a difference here and improve the town somehow.”

– Tony Manifred

Police Department report and City financial audit top agenda at October 25 Council meeting

Chief Walters reports on Globe Police Department

By Patricia Sanders

Chief Dale Walters presented a report on the Police Department’s operations in 2021 and 2022. Chief Walters explained that a review is normally done every year, but it didn’t happen last year because of Covid, thus, he is covering two years tonight.

Personnel

The department lost five sworn officers during 2021 and 2022, but two of those returned. During the same period, the department hired nine people. The department currently stands at 28 sworn officers, and the goal is between 32 and 34. The number had been 19 when Chief Walters started as chief four years ago.

Criminal investigations went from one detective to five. The PD lost one civilian employee, but this person was replaced. The PD also hired a director for the advocacy center.

Chief Walters said turnover had been 200% before he arrived, but that has been reduced to just four people, thanks in part to hiring officers who live in the area. Facilities, equipment and fleet Council recently authorized the purchase of a property room. The PD had moved into that building three years ago and now will own it permanently.

The main station building has been remodeled and is about 98% complete, and the property and evidence building has also been remodeled. The Copper Hills Family Advocacy Center opened in 2020, being the first brick-and-mortar facility of its kind in the county.

Equipment has been purchased, including vehicles and electronic equipment for the vehicles, less lethal weapons, bolo wraps, and taser systems. License plate readers are on order, and the department plans to purchase additional radios and computers in the coming year.

Walters said the PD has been taking an aggressive stance against drug crimes, and that’s why people are seeing armored personnel carries deploying for search warrants.

The PD is also giving a lot of attention to traffic issues. The combination of high

speeds, limited visibility, and inattention has led to some horrific accidents, Walters said. The PD is seeking grant money for more speed signs.

Staffing

Chief Walters said the increase in staffing has made a tremendous impact. Training mechanisms, training, and support have all improved, with resulting reductions in crime. Burglaries, fraud, public intoxication, shots fired, and domestic disturbances have all decreased significantly in the past several years.

Departmental audits and case management

An audit of property and evidence was completed, which Chief Walters praised as a huge accomplishment.

Community engagement and community policing

Community engagement has been one of the PD’s biggest and most positive areas of activity, Walters said, including officers showing up in force for special events such as First Fridays. And department employees have taken it upon themselves to raise funds for at-risk families for the holidays.

Internal and external partnerships

The PD has created a cooperative IGA with San Carlos, as well as partnerships with DPS and with the County on a number of topics.

Walters emphasized the department’s partnership with the Gila County Sheriff’s Department posse. The PD relies heavily on the posse to help staff events on an ongoing basis. Walters presented a $5,000 donation from the City to the posse, which is a nonprofit organization.

The continuation of partnerships is one of Chief Walters’ priorities going forward.

Grants

Over the last two years, the PD has been working toward grants and has received a total of just over $500,000. This includes a grant for an 800 MHz radio system. All first responders in the area will have 800 MHz systems by this time next year, Walters said.

Departmental morale

Chief Walters said morale had been a serious issue and a concern for Council when he started as chief four years ago, but he feels many of those problems have been resolved.

Wrapping up, Chief Walters recommended that Council and the city manager create funding to support having Public Safety Strategies Group return to assess the PD’s progress, to validate its accomplishments.

a fundamental responsibility of a mayor and council to make sure that tax-paying citizens and those who come through town to visit have the best law enforcement, fire department, and public works.

– Councilman Freddy

Note: Each month, GMT covers Globe City Council and these reports can be found online at www.globemiamitimes.com. Recently Globe’s Police Chief, Dale Walters, reported to council on the department’s progress over the last two years. NEW for 2023, GMT will also be covering the Miami Town Council each month and reporting online at our website and on Facebook.

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It’s a fundamental responsibility to provide quality of life at its finest.”

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MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL

Vandal Leadership

We sometimes talk about Miami Junior-Senior High School as a fine furniture factory.

We get raw lumber in one end of the building in the form of incoming junior high students, still really children accustomed to the elementary classroom and the playground.

We’re expected to produce finely crafted furniture and joinery out the other end of the building – citizens ready for employment, college, the military, and to raise their own families in our community. Academic classes certainly play their part in this process; loads of professionals daily use the writing, mathematics, and vocational skills they learned here at Miami.

But high school is more than geometry proofs and five-paragraph essays. It involves learning how to build and maintain (and sometimes end) working and personal relationships; collaborating with people you might not voluntarily spend time with; and, developing the skills to lead when you’re called to do so.

Leadership occurs throughout our daily lives. Coach Gonzales has spent the last several years leading as Mayor of Miami. Mr. Frost leads not only the school band and choir, but the Community Band that performs at so many local events. Many of our teachers and students lead in their churches and civic organizations.

Athletes lead their teams on the fields and courts, and students are elected to lead organizations here on campus.

Leadership involves skills that have to be learned. Most of us wish we had the “natural leadership gene” that we think others are displaying, but usually those folks have just put in the work to develop the skills, not unlike the player who sinks every free throw.

The photos on this page are bookends for leadership –students off at camp learning how to lead their organizations, and the school providing a place for everyone in our community to exercise their rights and responsibilities in a Republic.

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MIAMI VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

Sophomore Middle Blocker Demtria Dosela with a big play at the net against San Carlos. Dosela is averaging 2.7 kills per set.

Junior Libero Brynn-Leigh Dickison receives a serve for the Lady Vandals. Dickison is leading the team with 4.6 digs per set.

Senior Setter Angelique Ontiveros sets up the Lady Vandal hitters. She is averaging 4.7 assists per set and is in second place in the region in that category.

Senior Quarterback Kaleb Derhammer looks downfield for an open receiver. Derhammer went 3 for 4 in passing against San Carlos for a total of 75 yards.

Sophomore Running Back Trentin Goss receives the handoff from Freshman Jaeger Franco. Goss compiled 191 yards on 13 carries scoring 3 touchdowns.

Senior Running Back Gabe Gonzales breaks a run open down the sideline for 34 yards. He finished the night with 44 yards and 1 touchdown for the Tigers.

Sophomore David Dude III was San Carlos’ fastest runner covering the 5,000 meters in 23 minutes and 40 seconds.

Senior Romeo James finished strong for the Braves with a time of 24 minutes and 32 seconds.

Senior Chloe Wiley placed 2nd overall at the Miami 5,000 Meters Varsity Invitational with a time of 22 minutes and 57 seconds.

The San Carlos Lady Braves took home 4th place in the Miami Cross Country meet.

Ghosts of Globe

October 29 • Downtown Globe

Garret Gregory nails his role as paper boy.

Rachel Hansen

Wil Bowen – Host

Bunny Kessler and her daughter Cece as Victorian. They were wayfinders, helping Groups find their way to the next stop on the tour.

Rudy Amador – Attorney

Halloween

October 31st Downtown Globe

Anissa Sternard, Larry Lopez, Christine Duarte, Mark Rivera, Tonia Seiler and Mark Irish

Leonard Morgan, Manny Reyes, Richard Trujillo, Bill Acevedo

Peggy Snow and Myles

Lorain Green, Cathy Fuller, Susie Andress, Cindy Akins

Pat Carillo, Sandi Power, Leona Brice, Linda Carillo

Mic Sternard, Annissa (Sanchez) Sternard, Tony and Ester Sanchez, Tonia (Sanchez) Seiler and Brian Seiler

The reunion had 276 alumni registered- representing graduates spanning from 1950 to 1996.

Molly Cornwell and Crystal Corral working the Globe Miami Chamber booth.

Tony Duncan with the Yellow Bird Dancers performs a hoop dance.

Krista Ramos was one of 20 models for this year’s FashionsBySelina.

The Cha’Bii’Tu’ Crown Dancers

A heART for the Cats

by Linda Gross

Well-known artist and a patron saint of Globe-Miami’s homeless cats for over three decades, Laurie Manzano is donating a select catalog of her fine art prints this holiday season to raise funds for a local spay/neuter program. GMT will be hosting an album of her prints for sale on our FB page and providing details on the program. Her paintings, she once said, are a “documentary of our times.”

A bit of background on Laurie for those who may be new to the area helps explain why GMT got involved with her request to raise funds for the cats of Globe-Miami.

I first met Laurie when I moved to Globe in 2001, on a visit to the Blue Mule Gallery, where she and her husband, Jon Stalnecker, operated an art gallery, frame shop … and cat rescue. Both are artists who first moved here in the 80’s. Laurie worked mainly with watercolors, and her subjects reflected life in Globe-Miami and mankind’s connection with nature; and Jon was a sculptor. Together they ran the art gallery and frame shop and succeeded in adopting out thousands of cats - cats of all ages, from kittens to seniors, feral wild things to abandoned lap kitties. I was fortunate to find my cat there so many years ago and enjoyed 15 good years with him before losing him this fall.

Jon built the beautiful cat cages which were arranged gracefully towards the back of the gallery. Each morning, she would transfer her adoptees from the “cat room” upstairs, where they could spend the night unfettered in each other’s company, before being placed in cages during the day for viewing.

Each cat came with a story … and a name, which Laurie would concoct and carefully write on a card that would hang from their cage. She was the key, not only in caring for the health and welfare of her charges, but in helping to make the match required to get them adopted. To that end, she would load up several cats in her car each week and make a trip to a Petsmart in the Valley, where there was always a better chance of getting adopted.

She and Jon retired years ago and sold their building, but Laurie continued to help out the High Desert Humane Society when

called upon. Now, at age 75-plus, Laurie is done with rescuing cats. But her heart is still in the cats. Her inventory of fine art prints will be available this Holiday with the proceeds going towards a spay/neuter program.

We especially love the highly collectible series of Globe-Miami in the 80’s and 90’s.

Visit GMT’s FB page to see the prints available. Prints are $20/ea or 3 for $50.

Valentino Falls in Love

I received a call from the County Animal Shelter one day. Would I come and collect a large male cat?

The shelter had reached out to me on several occasions to take several difficult un-neutered pisser cats - all bad news and lotsa work. So I was hesitant and reluctant to take a chance on this one. But guilt prevailed, and I rescued the unfortunate prisoner from death row. Who knows his story or how he came to be dumped there? He was well past middle age, a large handsome tabby, mellow and movie star quality. So I named him Valentino.

Shortly after that, a small elderly woman hobbled into the gallery, hoping to adopt a cat. She looked like one of my paintings - someone from another time. I seated her by the fire and asked if she would like to meet Valentino.

And it was love at first sight. He gently kissed up to her while she cuddled and caressed him. They remained locked in an embrace while I gave them some time and busied myself elsewhere.

Since all appeared to be progressing positively, I confidently approached with my clipboard and adoption application. She began to weep as she hugged Valentino, then blurted, “I thought you wouldn’t let me adopt because I’m old.”

My heart wept with her tears as I consoled her. The adoption was like a cosmic connection, and I knew their remaining years would be rich in shared affection.

Note: Laurie shared one of the many stories she documented over the years of cats that found themselves in her care.

Attractive, new signage, created by Lauri Manzano, offer adoption details, personality insights which help increase adoptions. Photo by LC Gross

CVIT dental program rebounds after bout with COVID

By David Abbott

Due to the hands-on nature of its curriculum, the Cobre Valley Institute of Technology has gone through a period of readjustment in the wake of the COVID pandemic, but as a result the Dental Assistant program has emerged stronger and with a bright future on its horizon.

“When COVID hit, that kind of squashed in-person instruction for a little bit,” says CVIT Superintendent Mike O’Neal. “The former instructor relocated out of state and we couldn’t find anybody to fill her spot, but she managed to finish the program, through distance learning for a small group of students.”

While that group was able to finish, there were also a number of students caught in limbo halfway through the 2-year certification program and those entering faced an uncertain future.

That is when CVIT found Donna Nelson, a former dental assistant supervisor at the San Carlos Corporation with decades of experience in the field.

Nelson had ended her career after 35 years and was prepared to live the life of a full-time mom, but once she was bitten by the teaching bug, she became a full-time instructor instead.

CVIT reached out to her between semesters in the last scholastic year because a handful of students would not have been able to graduate in May without an instructor.

“I was home minding my own, doing my own thing and I started getting calls from people who knew me,” Nelson says. “If CVIT didn’t find an instructor, those students were not going to be able to graduate.”

In addition to her decades of experience in the field, Nelson has deep connections to the GlobeMiami-San Carlos communities.

She was raised and lives in San Carlos— her father is a member of a Pueblo Tribe near Albuquerque, New Mexico—and she graduated from Globe High School.

In a hometown twist though, it turns out Superintendent O’Neal played football with her husband John Nelson and coached her son, John Nelson Jr.

“We didn’t know this until she got hired full time,” O’Neal says. “Here we are trying to make a difference in students’ lives and it’s just a neat thing. It’s kind of funny how there’s a connection somehow when you live in a small town.”

Although she had never worked as a teacher, her work experience supervising dental assistants was sufficient qualification for the position. Nelson took over the program part-time in January and was so successful she was offered a full-time position, which she happily accepted. She is now almost halfway through her first full year as an instructor and both CVIT and her students are impressed with the results.

GHS alumna and CVIT graduate Samantha Dunmire was one of the students stuck in limbo before Nelson came along. She believes the new instructor’s real-world experience prepared her for life in a dental office and contributed to her ability to land a job.

“There was a big, big gap between our first and second semester,” Dunmire says. “Our third semester,

we didn’t actually have an instructor, but in our fourth semester Donna stepped in.”

Dunmire was attending the program as she was finishing the final two years of high school and was eventually able to get her diploma and her Dental Assistant certificate in May.

By July 11, she had found a job as a pediatric dental assistant at offices in Gilbert and Chandler and she now lives in Mesa.

She believes Nelson has breathed new life into the program due to her real-world experience.

“She believed that hands-on learning was the best way to learn because dentistry is such a handson job,” Dunmire says. “We were in the lab almost every single day preparing after being really far behind due to the circumstances. She jumped right into teaching us the basics we needed to get right into a career.”

Current student Jazmine Palmer is a senior at San Carlos High School and this is her first semester in CVIT. She originally planned to attend the Northern Arizona University dental program, but CVIT went to her school with a presentation so she decided to stay closer to home for the two-year program.

The program has expanded her knowledge of teeth and dental health. She says she wants to learn more so she can help people.

“We’ve mainly been doing bookwork at this point, but I’m looking forward to getting practical experience,” Palmer says. “I’ll graduate from this program at the same time I graduate from high school and then I plan on either moving to the Valley or going to NAU for their program.”

Miami High School junior William Hickey says he is in the program to prepare himself for orthodontics school. He wants to find out if he likes dental health

and if it is in his future.

“Having his certificate will give me something to fall back on while I consider what’s next,” he says. “I really like the way Ms. Nelson teaches and I think this program is unique.”

O’Neal is grateful to have an instructor with so much experience and deep community connections to help CVIT recover from the ravages of the COVID shut-down that affected schools and technical education programs throughout the state as well as the rest of the country.

Nelson is not only teaching high school aged youths, but is also adult learners after that program was put on pause for a year.

“I guess you could say she was kind of bitten by the education bug,” O’Neal says. “Not only does she bring a wealth of experience, but she’s from the community. I think our students identify with her as a member of the community, and they can see themselves in her. It’s been a win-win for us.”

Nelson was nervous about teaching at first, but decided to take a supervisory approach to learning and graded students the way she would evaluate employees in her former career.

“The best part is how eager they are to learn,” Nelson says. “It’s been over a year now and we’ve seen the program’s potential. I plan to be here for the long-haul.”

Students who successfully complete the program will receive a Dental Assistant National Board (DANB) certification, which gives them an added edge in the job market.

The program provides students with the training to deliver quality oral healthcare and includes X-ray imaging and clinical skills.

For more information, go to www.cvit81.org.

Cobre

Jazmine Palmer, a senior at San Carlos High School and William Hickey, a junior at Miami High School, pictured in the classroom at the Gila Pueblo Campus of Eastern Arizona College, are attending their first semester in the CVIT dental program.

Miami High Schools’ Culinary Group recently catered dinner for 250-plus Vandals who gathered for a multiyear reunion. Led by their teacher, Dan Hill, the student-chefs are a mix of 10th thru 12th grades. According to Hill, his Culinary students cater 5-6 events a year but “turn down more events than that because there just isn’t time to put any more on the calendar and still get our required classwork done.”

Tigers take back the

IN LOVING MEMORY

RICHARD R. VARGAS, December 12, 1933 –October 31, 2022, age 88, of Miami, passed away. Dickie taught and coached for Miami USD for 50 years. (LM)

BONNIE JEAN MADRID, November 8, 1946 –October 30, 2022, age 75, formerly of Globe, passed away at Arizona General Hospital in Mesa. (LM)

GEORGE JOSEPH YELLOWEYES JR., September 21, 1973 – October 29, 2022, age 49, of San Carlos, passed away at his home. He worked as a pressman for the local newspaper. (LM)

JOCELYN LYNN MOSES-BULLIS, April 21, 1977 – October 29, 2022, age 45, of San Carlos, passed away at her home. She worked as a caretaker. (LM)

GREGORY L. FISCHER, December 6, 1967 –October 28, 2022, age 54, passed away at his home. (LM)

JUDY MORTON SCARBOROUGH, August 31, 1930 – October 27, 2022, age 92, of Globe, passed away at her home. Judy was an elementary school teacher for many years. (LM)

JUDITH LYNN PHILLIPS, April 19, 1945 –October 27, 2022, age 77, passed away. Judy worked as a waitress, court clerk, and caregiver. (BM)

DEBRA VAE KENT, July 20, 1949 – October 24, 2022, age 73, of Globe, passed away at her home. Debby worked at Pinal Lumber, helped build Roosevelt Dam for the Bureau of Reclamation, worked for ADOT helping build roads and bridges, and volunteered for the High Desert Humane Society. (LM)

GILBERT ANTONIO RENTERIA, May 27, 1947 –October 27, 2022, age 75, of Claypool, passed away at CVRMC. He worked as a boilermaker welder for the mines in Miami and had a side business making items from wrought iron. (LM)

REVELLY EVANS, July 4, 1951 – October 24, 2022, age 71, passed away. (BM)

CHARLES ROLLIN KNIGHT, November 19, 1954 – October 24, 2022, age 67, of Globe, passed away at his home. He was originally from New Albany, Indiana. (LM)

TIO JAMES WHITEHEAD, June 27, 1979 –October 23, 2022, age 43, passed away in Phoenix. (LM)

SARAH JOSEPHINE BUSH, October 6, 1925 – October 21, 2022, age 97, of San Carlos, passed away at her home. Sarah was an avid seamstress in making Apache camp dresses. She was the oldest elder on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. (LM)

CLARA F. ROACH November 28, 1941 –October 21, 2022, age 80, passed away in Globe. She was originally from Jasper, Tennessee. (BM)

ABNER UPSHAW JR., November 9, 1970 –October 21, 2022, age 51, of San Carlos, passed away enroute to San Carlos Apache Healthcare in Peridot. (LM)

RAUL ROMERO, May 5, 1949 – October 19, 2022, age 73, passed away. (BM)

SARAPHINA DUDLEY, October 17, 1955 –October 19, 2022, age 67, of San Carlos, passed away at Heritage in Globe. (LM)

DANIEL A. CHILDERS, February 20, 1972 –October 18, 2022, age 50, of Globe, passed away at his home in Central Heights. He worked for Globe Exterminators for over 20 years. (LM)

MARIA ELENA ARIAS, April 26, 1949 – October 17, 2022, age 73, of San Tan Valley, passed away. (BM)

GENOVEVA L. PERU, January 25, 1934 –October 15, 2022, age 88, of Superior, passed away. (BM)

HENRY C. BROWNING JR., January 24, 1946 – October 13, 2022, age 76, of Globe, passed away at his home. He was originally from Sikeston, Missouri, and worked in the well drilling business for many years. (LM)

DONNA J. STACY, January 11, 1950 – October 12, 2022, age 72, of Kearny, passed away. Donna worked for Kennecott Copper and ASARCO as a purchasing agent for 44 years. (BM)

TYLER JOSEPH NACK, November 8, 1984 –October 12, 2022, age 37, passed away. (BM)

COBINA PULIDO MARTINEZ, July 30, 1941 –October 10, 2022, age 81, of Hayden, passed away. (BM)

WILLIS WILLIS, December 11, 1941 – October 10, 2022, age 80, passed away. He was originally from Victoria, Texas. (LM)

FRANK B. MILLER, July 5, 1951 – October 10, 2022, age 71, passed away. He worked on many ranches, including raising and breaking his own horses, and later worked for Miami Inspiration Mine in the tank house. He also worked for Round Mountain Gold in Nevada and for Gila County and ADOT. Recently, he drove for Horne. (LM)

DONNA REGINA CROLEY, September 20, 1937 – October 9, 2022, age 85, passed away. (BM)

AMANDA BETH DENTON, July 19, 1978 –October 9, 2022, age 44, of Miami, passed away at her home. (LM)

DARIUS A. TERRAZAS December 13, 2003 – October 9, 2022, age 18, of Peridot, passed away. Darius was a senior at San Carlos High School. (LM)

HORTENCIA VILLAVERDE, February 20, 1949 – October 8, 2022, age 73, of Superior, passed away at her home. Tenchie worked for Motorola, Motor Vehicle Division, Superior Senior Citizen Center, and Save Money Market. (BM)

WILLIAM RONALD HEFT, February 1, 1965 –October 8, 2022, age 57, of Globe, passed away at his home. (LM)

JOHN SNEEZY August 30, 1976 – October 7, 2022, age 46, of San Carlos, passed away from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on Highway 70. (LM)

JUANITA FOSTER, December 14, 1949 –October 6, 2022, age 72, of San Carlos, passed away at Abrazo West Campus in Goodyear. She worked as a dental assistant with the San Carlos Indian Health Services for over 30 years. (LM)

LANDON SMITH, October 2, 1950 – October 5, 2022, age 72, of Globe, passed away. (BM)

DAVID BRUCE KIVETT, January 25, 1958 – October 3, 2022, age 64, passed away.

He worked as a mechanic at The Industrial Company for 35 years. (LM)

RITA MEDRANO GARCIA, August 10, 1926 –October 1, 2022, age 96, passed away. Rita and her husband Jesus pastored Superior Apostolic Church until 1978. (BM)

(LM= Lamont Mortuary. BM=Bulman Miles Funeral Home)

WINNERS OF THE HALLOWEEN COSTUME

Miss San Carlos Middle School 2022-2023 – Jazlynn Allen; Miss San Carlos Middle School, 1st Attendant – Shaughnessy Yazzie; 2nd Attendant – Charley Salkey; Miss Congeniality – Mykhal Patten

Congratulations to these San Carlos students!

Copper Kettle!

The Globe Tigers won over the Miami Vandals 12 -7 to take back the Copper Kettle. Photo courtesy of Globe Unified High School

Left to right: Front Row (on one knee): Eric Troglia, Sebastian Freeman, and David Barragan. Second Row: Iasic Castillo, Serenity Verdigo, and Kayla Green. Back Row: Cesar Yniguez, Jaxon Silvers, Jeffrey Sanders, Juan Ramirez, Instructor Dan Hill

Miami High Schools’ Culinary Group

Some of the GHS agriculture students and their advisor, Maegan Dixon and teacher Amanda Olvera attended the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, where they joined over 65,000 students to learn all about the state of agriculture this fall.

GHS Students attend National FFA Convention

Due to the constraints of time for Haverland, as well as Arizona Interscholastic Association rules prohibiting coaches from running high school and middle school programs simultaneously, the HDMS program was put on ice after a year as a club.

But now that it has the blessing of the GUSD board and administration, crosscountry is an official activity for students, with a dedicated coach at the helm.

Stellar bona fides

Haverland graduated from Globe High School in 2002, and during her final two years there made a name for herself as a cross-country runner. In her junior year, she was the only girl on an otherwise all-boys team.

“That was probably my best year and my best motivation, because either I had to learn to keep up or I had to learn to be by myself,” she says. “It really pushed me because in order to stay with the boys, I had to stay with the boys.”

By her senior year, four other girls joined, and that was enough to constitute a cross-country team of Lady Tigers. The AIA allowed Haverland to roll over the points she’d scored on the boys team, which allowed them to qualify for the Down Under Sports Tournament in Australia. She joined a team composed of collegiate athletes from Arizona and New Mexico to travel and compete.

She was even talented enough to win a partial college scholarship, but had to decline it because she couldn’t afford to pick up the remainder of the costs.

“Running became a hobby at that point,”

she says. “I hadn’t done it very much until about seven or eight years ago, when I got a foreign exchange student from Spain who wanted to try cross-country.”

At the time, Haverland was a supervisor for the foreign student exchange program, so helping her student opened the door for her to get back to an activity she loves.

Her accomplishments as a Tigers runner helped Haverland make a name for herself and established her reputation as a motivated competitor, which eased her transition into coaching for her alma mater.

After a year as a club activity, HDMS Principal Darryl Gentry was ready to take it to the level of a sanctioned activity for students emerging from the difficulties of the COVID pandemic.

“I saw it as an opportunity to get more

kids involved in extracurricular activities,” Gentry says. “We might have kids interested in running who may not be interested in football or volleyball or other stuff we have going on. You want to give them an opportunity to excel at something they prefer.”

Gentry is in his third year as HDMS principal after moving to Globe from Texas at the onset of COVID. He sees activities outside the classroom as an important part of helping students readjust to the physical classroom and to build cohesiveness after many participated in distance learning for more than a year.

The rollout of the cross-country program was very successful, with 23 students initially signing up. HDMS has about 414 students in attendance, after dropping to about 130 at the height of the pandemic, according to Gentry.

Haverland says the number of students was higher than those who signed up for the GHS program, although she did lose three participants for various reasons.

Participation

HDMS cross-country has attracted a wide variety of students from all points of the Globe-Miami-San Carlos communities, and they’ve coalesced into a team that’s supportive of one another and their opponents.

Haverland’s daughter Haley is one participant who has rallied around her team – but she also loves the reward of gummy worms her mother uses as a motivating tool.

practice we get gummy worms,” she says. “I definitely want to continue doing this in high school.”

She hasn’t let that slow her down, though, or affect her enthusiasm for her chosen sport. She even sticks around after competing to cheer on her teammates, as well as encouraging competitors whose energy might be flagging.

“I like helping people,” the diminutive athlete says. “Whenever I pass a runner, I say, ‘Good job, you’re doing great, keep it up.’ Even if someone passes me I say, ‘Good job.’”

Parents of other students in the program have caught the bug from Haverland as well, and are impressed with her attention to detail and motivation to put on seamless events.

“I was surprised when my son (Weston Wong) came home – I think it was the first or second week – and said he joined cross-country,” says Globe native Debbie Yerkovich, who was unaware at the time of the program’s existence. “It’s nice that we’re finally stepping up our game to create a feeder program for high school crosscountry and track.”

Yerkovich is one of a handful of volunteers helping at cross-country meets, but she gives all the credit for success to Haverland, who Yerkovich says does the lion’s share of the work.

Seventh-grader Haley has had challenges in her young life, undergoing back surgery when she was eight, but also dealing with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects joints and connective tissues.

Dentistry.

Coach Rebekah Haverland heads out to check the course before sending out runners. Photo by LCGross Runners from Thatcher, Safford, Globe and Miami competed.

teamwork and gives them the opportunity to blossom doing something difficult.

She has seen those positive results in Weston’s participation.

“He definitely has more confidence in his body’s ability,” she says. “To see him from the beginning and towards the end of cross-country and to know that he could push himself that hard is a really important aspect of it.”

As an adult who was once a student athlete himself, HDMS Principal Gentry is also impressed with the progress that’s been made and says they will continue the program beyond this school year. The school district even offers rides to students as

an incentive to participate.

“Rebekah does an amazing job organizing the practices,” he concludes. “There’s a lot to it, but just to see her hustle, preparing routes, preparing the ground, getting the kids ready, and talking to parents. She’s consistently engaged.”

As to Haverland, while she loves running and coaching, ultimately it’s her love of the students that keeps her going.

“Kids are such a great motivation, because I feel like I’m adding to them. I feel like it makes them better,” she says. “And that benefits our world as a whole, because these are the kids that we’re going to put out there to be our everything. To be our pharmacists, our doctors, our lawyers, and our politicians. There are a lot of life metaphors you can take from running.”

As Covid took hold it became difficult to find workers for his real estate renovations. Having fulfilled his aspirations in industrial construction, Shelby returned to his hometown, and got a General Contractor’s license.

Gila Monster Construction opened in July 2020 as a general contracting service. Today the team consists of eight roofers and two interior remodelers, half from his days of industrial construction. GMC does provide all services, but their focus is on roofing.

“You do what you have craft available to do,” says the small business owner. “It’s a good fit for us. We’re

geared up and trained for it.”

GMC recently leased the Dream Pole construction lot and has plans for “rebranding of the business” pending approval by the city.

Shelby is married and has two young sons. As for real estate, he sold off his investments earlier this year and is now building one spec house at a time in the Alhambra subdivision.

“To change gears, there is a lot of learning to do” he muses.

The transition from industrial to residential construction was difficult, he remarks, but worth it.

“It’s more personal than the industrial world is,” he says, “I do like that.”

Serving San Carlos, Superior, Miami and Globe for over ten years.

DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP NISSAN

GILA MONSTER, Continued from page 1

The boys of the Globe Tigers Middle School cross country team. Photo by LCGross

CROSS-COUNTRY, Continued from page 18

Parent volunteers like Debbie Yerkovich, seen here handing out numbers, are key to helping things run smoothly at these events.

GHS runner Carina Garcia is showing good form as she sprints for the finish line.

Barrowdale and crew have completed about a roof a week for the last two years.

Cross Country takes off

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