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Living “Go! Fight! Win”
The Mayor’s Message
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A recent team portrait. Courtesy photo
Copper Mining in the Corridor
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BY THEA WILSHIRE
he award-winning Globe High School (GHS) cheer squad recently won the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) Game Day Competition, a victory that builds on the team’s legacy of seven state titles and five state runner-up titles in the past ten years. Proud of her team, head coach Linda Noriega explained, “Game Day is a new division which is more the traditional cheer
done on the sidelines for a football team. This is the first year we competed in the program and we took first.” When asked what makes the GHS cheer program so outstanding, Noriega affirms, “The kids are dedicated and work really, really hard. That commitment to hard work and teamwork is what leads to state championships and eventually success in life.” Cheer, Continued on page 18
A Growing Business STORY BY PATTI DALEY. PHOTOS BY LINDA GROSS
“If it stays warmer than normal, like the weather service predicts, I‘ll have fairly good sales in January,” says Mike Shirley, owner of Golden Hills Nursery & Feed in Globe. According to Mike, the mild climate makes this a good time to plant bulbs, shrubs and trees, however, the great near-term benefit for winter gardeners is in the activity of gardening itself. “They can get outside instead of being stuck indoors,” he says. With the coronavirus raging and cold temperatures taking hold in many parts of the country, the benefits of being outside in Arizona cannot be undersold.
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Globe’s Nurseryman: Mike Shirley
A Growing Business, Continued on page 16
AN INGLORIOUS EXPERIMENT: FIGHTING CAMELS BY LINDA GROSS
COVID-19 Update & Restaurant Guide
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In 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis first conceived the idea of importing camels for use in the deserts of the Southwest when faced with defending a new territory with unique challenges for a military commander. The fitness of the camel for life in the Southwest appeared to be nothing less than marvelous. Camels, it was said, could go seven days without water, pack up to 700–1,000 lbs per animal, travel farther in a day than a horse and were believed to evoke terror simply at the sight of the large animals, helping to ward off Indian attacks. Experiment, Continued on page 16
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