LLC FALL 2017
By Kim Stone ~ Contributing Writer
The woman next to me, probably in her early twenties, was jumping up and down like a contestant on The Price is Right. It was T-minus three minutes, and the moon was poised to eat up the last sliver of the sun. She and I and a hundred other totality chasers had converged on the same state park campground near Shoshoni, Wyo. There were tent campers like me from Arizona, two touring motorcyclists on Gold Wings who rode in from Chicago, a bagpiper from Billings, Mont., and a 25-member Friends of Astronomy group from Greece who had somehow crammed themselves into four rented motorhomes. It was an electric atmosphere, with enough money invested in high-end cameras and telescopes to fly everyone to the next U.S. eclipse in 2024. An astronomy class from Occidental College hosted nightly star talks, and because I was the only person without a tripod, they invited me to hang out with them and suck up some celestial wisdom. The first time I looked through one of their telescopes, I was surprised that the sun wasn’t yellow. I figured it had to do with the dark solar filter, but Chuck, the professor from the college, told me, “It’s pure white. It has always been pure white.” Not in my coloring books, it isn’t.
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New HR specialist Deidre Antonio, center (in blue), sings the National Anthem in the Apache language, as Pastor Fernando Pechuli Sr., left, and Tribal Chairman Terry Rambler stand at attention at the grand opening of the new San Carlos Apache College in San Carlos, AZ, on Friday, August 11, 2017.
BUILT ON A DREAM
College to prepare for future, embrace tribal culture By Aimee Staten
Five years ago, a man had a vision of an upwardly mobile people with their own college, respect for tradition and a strong sense of cultural identity. The tiny plant that grew from the seeds of that vision poked its head above the soil last month with the opening of the San Carlos Apache College. Terry Rambler, San Carlos Apache Tribal chairman, was the man with the vision, but he knew he would need some help, so he asked Arizona State University President Michael Crow. On Monday, Aug. 14, the college’s doors opened to its first 58 students. Built on a Dream, Continued on page 31
Globe Rocks The Community With Fun
By Libby Rooney, Contributing Writer
Sometimes it’s the simplest things that draw people together and create a sense of community. One Globe woman stumbled across a concept that, months after it was introduced, still resonates with community members of all ages. It was in May or June that Mindy Jo Bradley of Globe created the Facebook group named Globe Rocks (Miami, Claypool, San Carlos, Roosevelt). The name is long, but the communities are small, and, like a neighborhood game of hide-and-seek, five players are better than one. Globe Rocks, Continued on page 33
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