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La Casita Celebrates 72 Years Story by Carol Broeder; photos by Linda Gross Miami High School Principal and AzSOC Project Director Glen Lineberry, pictured in his office, is working to bring online education to Arizona high schools.
A Grand Opening for their 72nd Anniversary was held at La Casita in downtown Globe, on Monday, July 22. Liz had the honor of cutting the ribbon, with some help from the boys. Photo by LCGross
Everything old is new again, as a 72-yearold restaurant in historic downtown Globe recently celebrated its grand re-opening. No, La Casita Cafe hadn’t been closed, but the torch had been passed to a new generation, and the family thought that was something worth celebrating. Adrianne “Annie” Villalobos and her Aunt Liz Villalobos became the restaurant’s new owners after Cuca Villalobos, 85 years young, decided to hand it over to her daughter and granddaughter. “When I was a kid, I told my dad (Greg) that I was going to own a restaurant here,” Annie explained. Café, Continued on page 19
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Local 4-H Groups Prepare for the Upcoming Gila County Fair
Miami School District Launches Technological Solutions to Teacher Crunch
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Story and photos by David Abbott
“We’re not asking them to come and save rural education, we’re asking them to let us save it ourselves,” says Miami High School Principal Glen Lineberry. “Which means we need some help, affirmative help, and sometimes we just need them to get out of the way.” In lieu of action from the state to address school funding disparities and a crisis-level teacher shortage—with an impending worsening due to a bubble of retirements on the horizon—the Miami Unified School District has marshaled resources ranging from the state capitol to the farthest reaches of Gila County to create a technologybased blueprint to expand educational opportunities where few might otherwise exist. Miami School District, Continued on page 23
From left, Tabitha Owens, 14, and Breanna Steveson, 15, with their goats, Tiny and Bambi. Owens is looking forward to getting her own steer to show next year and Stevenson would like a “baby cow,” but both say that the word goat stands for “greatest of all time.”
By Carol Broeder
Paraphrasing the lyrics of a Broadway show tune from a bygone era, our county fair is a great county fair. It’s the best county fair in our state. And well it should be, considering the fair is entering its 50th year. The first fair was held in 1970 at the Gila County Fairgrounds, located north of Globe on Highway 60, which, at the time, was equipped with only a grandstand, some old wooden horse corrals and a racetrack. Gila County Fair, Continued on page 22
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