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THE BIGGER PICTURE Miami High Farm Project

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The students of Amanda Bickel’s Ag program: L to R: Jesus Velarde, Joseph Dominguez, Sarah Schaible, Angelina Allen, Jaiden Perez, Amanda Bickel, Ramon Guerrero, Gabe Holmes, Angel Perkins, Luke Castaneda | Photo by LCGross BY PATTI DALEY

manda Bickel likes looking at the bigger picture. Making bigger connections. The first-year Agriculture Science teacher at Miami Jr.Sr. High is leading a mission to convert the vastly barren campus land into a working farm. “It’s going to take a couple of years to get

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Aimee says the most popular question she’s asked is: How long do eggs really last? The short answer: Eggs can last just fine for two or three months – or even longer. Eggs aren’t “bad” until they smell bad, so you don’t need to worry about safety as long as an egg passes the sniff test. When they’re laid, eggs have a natural protective layer, called the “bloom” or “cuticle,” on their surface that seals off the inside from air and pathogens.

Already there are over 200 trees planted, an animal pen fenced, a variety of vegetables started and student projects selected. Principal Glen Lineberry has funded the first two rounds of the farm project with CTE funds and a Health & Wellness Grant from the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith & Family. Farm Project, Continued on page 6

NEW ART INITIATIVE BEING PROPOSED AT CITY HALL

BY PATRICIA SANDERS

The humble egg: you might eat them every day, but how much do you know about them? To answer your questions – and probably some you never thought to ask – we got answers from Aimee MundyEllison of Ellison Family Farm Eggs in Miami (along with some information from trustworthy sources on the Web). Aimee’s Facebook page is a treasure trove of information about buying, storing, and using eggs.

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everything happening,” she says. “Students have lots of options to learn about the agriculture industry, learn some skills, go into something they are more interested in.” Picture the stark landscape covered in field crops and greenhouses, shaded by hundreds of trees, with goats and chickens in fenced pens between classrooms and vegetables lining the walkways.

BY LINDA GROSS

Can the benefits of public art begin to counter the challenges of a pandemic? A growing number of local citizens believe this may be the case. A newly launched initiative is seeking partners to flood our community with at least 12 public art projects in 12 months. These projects will be selected by the community, organized by volunteers, and paid for with funding from partnering agencies and grants. With the goal of countering the negative impact of COVID, the “I ART Globe” Initiative plans to proactively reclaim our health and the good of our community by bringing light and color into a time of emotional darkness. “‘I ART Globe’ is an effort to reignite hope in our community, one art project at a time,” explains Regina Ortega-Leonardi, one of the project volunteers. The idea for this initiative came from Globe resident Thea Wilshire when she was preparing a presentation to the Globe City Council on the benefits arts brings to a community. “When you think about how COVID has impacted our community, really the entire world, art counters most of the negatives brought about by the pandemic. COVID has limited our interaction with others, reduced our connection to place, halted our normal routines, stalled our economic vitality, and stolen our mental and physical health. Public art is the perfect antidote to these challenges,” says Wilshire. Art Initiative, Continued on page 19

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A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

“Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.” ~ Jim Carrey

I’m enjoying these spring days in April where it’s cool enough at night to sleep under the covers and warm enough during the days to open the windows and be outside with my garden. My favorite tree, which was transplanted last March to the upper yard, is sprouting new leaves, signifying that the move was not disastrous to its root system. And I have eight new tomato plants in the ground, thanks to others who put in the work to start them from seed and grow them to a decent size for people like me. Growing things on a large scale takes vision and patience, and our feature story on Miami’s ag program is a testament to both (p. 1). The effort to develop a sustainable landscape of trees and garden produce on the grounds of Miami High School is laudable, and the school and future generations will reap the benefits for decades to come. Another project that could lay the foundation for adding vibrancy in our community and attracting investment is the new “I ART Globe” initiative, which makes a strong case for developing a sustainable public arts program - another program that will yield benefits to the

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entire community for years to come, if we make the investment today (p. 1). The proposal, presented to Globe City Council by Thea Wilshire and the Arts Advisory Commission - which has been studying the issue for two years - is for a line item in the budget pegged for such a program. I encourage the council to consider the merits and act on the proposal. You can look to communities like Superior, Ajo, Bisbee, or Patagonia to see what an investment in public art can accomplish. It sends a message to those who live and work here and those looking to invest here. Come on, Globe! Let’s establish a public arts program. Just imagine the ripple effects from such a bold plan! Let’s plant the seeds for a flourishing community. We’ll see the benefits right away – and future generations will thank us. Enjoy the spring!

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OPINION

Tiny Things Matter Most BY PATRICIA SANDERS

I know one woman who’s published five books. But she wrote her first book while she was a single mom, with a child who has autism. And her in-laws were living with her. And they had dementia. Her secret wasn’t that she made some big, bodacious goal and worked 20 hours a day to make it happen. Her secret was writing ten minutes a day. In ten minutes, she was able to write one page each day. And some days, ten minutes turned into twenty and twenty turned into an hour. At the end of six weeks, she had finished the draft of a book. The whole point of the “snowball” analogy – the idea that once you get something started, it accumulates momentum and size by itself – is that it starts with a teeny-tiny, almost insignificant thing. That teeny-tiny thing means everything. Sometimes it’s an action, sometimes it’s a small decision, sometimes it’s a physical thing. You might have heard the official health advice to get at least 30 minutes a day of exercise. For most people, that’s a lot. But research has found that only 15 minutes a day can help you live longer.

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If the pandemic has brought one lesson home more than anything, it’s that teensy-tiny things can change the world. We’ve all had the experience of having a glochid stuck in your finger – those tiny bristles on some cacti – and how this can cause more discomfort and ruin your day more than a big splinter would. Or those teeny little flying insects you can hardly even see – they’re called minute pirate bugs – whose bite feels worse than a full-size gnat. But there’s enough pain in the world – I’ve been thinking about how tiny things can matter in a positive direction. The wink that lets a child know everything’s okay. The O-ring that seals the joint that holds the gas in to make the rocket burn safely. The moment of kindness that leads a person to drop a quarter in a donation box, that adds up with hundreds of other quarters.

People say “don’t sweat the small stuff,” but it’s the small stuff that can tip the scales into life being enjoyable and beautiful, versus difficult and drab.

And it turns out tiny amounts of exercise can make a huge difference. For people who are sitting all day, getting up and moving around for just two minutes out of every hour reduced their chances of dying by one-third. Healthline.com reported that “even a single ‘brisk’ minute of moving can have a noticeable impact.” It applies to weight loss, too. Suppose you lose one pound – that might seem like a tiny thing. But if you do it again, you’ve lost two. And if you lost just two pounds a month, every month for a year, you’ll end the year almost 25 pounds lighter than you started. That’s a significant change. Doing a tiny thing can be like the proverbial butterfly wing that causes rain to fall a thousand miles away. It’s because everything is connected, and any tiny change in one part of the system can ripple throughout. Once, a small bolt dropped off the bottom of my truck, unbeknownst to me, and the lack of that bolt led to a three-week adventure in trying to get my truck fixed. (It was parked ten miles deep in the Santa Fe National Forest.) Tiny kind choices are the bolts and screws and nails that hold our lives and relationships and communities together, on a daily basis. We all know how much a smile or a word can mean. The movie It’s a Wonderful Life is all about what happens when someone doesn’t do something. The movie perfectly illustrated how one person’s absence – the fact that he didn’t take action – affected an entire community. It turns out that nothing is insignificant – not even nothing.

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Covid numbers continue to decrease in our community with 3 current active cases and 18 new cases documented in March. Gila County continues vaccinations with 73% of the 65 and older population vaccinated. As of March 31st, a total of 32,658 doses have been administered. There are 20,658 residents that have received their first dose and 13,021 have received both doses. The latest Executive Order from the Governor took away the authority from local government to mandate masks, but the recommendation is to continue wearing a mask and social distancing. The order does give authority for any local business or organization to enforce all CDC guidelines. Be respectful to those businesses and individuals who choose to continue to follow CDC guidelines. Recommendations on this virus should always be made by science and doctors and not politicians or politics.

The recent American Rescue Plan Act established a $28.6 billiondollar national fund with the U.S. Small Business Administration. The exact program details have not yet been announced. In order to bring as many resources together and provide information, a Small Business Resource Connection will be held on April 20th from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Miami High School gymnasium. This free event is brought to our region by the City of Globe, Town of Miami, Gila County, Southern Gila County Economic Development Corporation, and the Gila County IDA. The agencies that will be present to answer questions include Local First Arizona, Rural Communities Assistance Corporation, Southern Gila County EDC, Gila County IDA, EAC Small Business Development Center, Arizona Commerce Authority, Arizona Small Business Association, and the Globe-Miami Chamber of Commerce. The ACA encourages small business owners to prepare now for when the application is open. You should apply for a DUNS Number if you do not already have one, register at www.SAM.gov, and have you 2019 and 2020 financial statements ready. For assistance with any of these items, small business owners can call our local EAC Small Business Development Center, Executive Director Kevin Peck at (928) 428-8590, or emails sbdc@eac.edu, / www.azsbdc to request an appointment.

Projects In Progress The City Economic Development department has been coordinating with the editors of Arizona Highways for the past couple of months. With our Covid numbers coming down, they felt the time was right to visit our community and highlight our region. They were in town the last week in March filming various locations that will be featured on a future edition. A presentation was made to the city council to consider five projects for the upcoming Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). A decision will need to be made at the next meeting on which project will move forward. The amount of the grant is 177K and is available every three years as a collaboration agreement between Globe, Miami, and Superior. The amount received in the past was 470K, but because of Pinal County going independent, that amount has drastically decreased. In no specific order, the five projects being considered are a Type 3 engine, demolition of buildings, park revitalization, mental health coordinator, and paving projects.

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Recognition I want to recognize the Planning and Zoning Commission this month. These are volunteers that operate as a sub-committee to the City council to review zoning requests or issues within the City of Globe and give recommendations of approval to the city council. The members are Janice Shumway (Chairman), Ian Durnan (Vice Chair), Body Kervin, and Bill Leister.

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Farm Project, Continued from page 1 “CTE programs in general offer students the opportunity to explore a potential career, to gain basic workplace skills, and to learn in real-world, hands-on situations,” says Glen. “Most jobs in the real economy involve personal knowledge, collaboration with others, and hard work, and CTE encourages all three.” In addition, the farm project provides students with an outdoor laboratory for experimenting, the chance to do something that improves their school, and eventually, to produce food for the culinary arts program, the cafeteria, and the food-to-home project.

Trees Please It began with the trees. In August 2019, Amanda came to Miami to plant trees on the high school campus with Adrian Marks, founder of Trees Please, a non-profit established to restore natural habitats. They used a jackhammer to dig 100 holes. It took nine weeks. Then they got access to an auger and dug another hundred holes in two days. “We dug down and up around the culvert to build up a large berm, and diverted a lot of water from the parking lot to that watershed,” says Adrian. “The erosion is minimized. There will eventually be a riparian area... 4-5 years from now.” When fully planted, the Miami Jr-Sr High School campus will be home to 370 trees. The list of trees and shrubs is long and diverse. A placard for each plant, color-coded by water usage, identifies the tree’s latin and common name and common use. “We tried to get all trees that can be used for medicinal or edible purposes,” says Amanda. At Glen’s request, they first planted the orchard. Persimmons, plums, pears, pineapple quince. Fig, loquat and limequat. Two peach trees bore fruit the first year. Planted near the wash, high water trees include among many others, soapberry, sumac, seep willow, walnut and sycamore. Phase 2 will include trees along the fence line to produce a wind break and create privacy. Each tree is

planted in a Groasis Waterboxx, a proprietary design for water conservation. The plastic lid collects water which is pulled down through a wick to the roots. Impatient roots make their way up the wick as well. “It’s okay,” Amanda assures as she examines one, “the tap root is going straight down.” Animal-focused her whole life, Amanda only recently, through Trees Please, came “more over to the plant side.” “They’re all interconnected, they rely on each other,” she says. Amanda holds a B.S. in Animal Behavior from Miami University in Ohio and M.S. in Biology from Perdue. She has traveled to Borneo, Belize and Thailand to learn about conservation. While working on her master’s degree she got involved with Trees Please and the community garden they started in Tucson. “It turned into something I really loved,” says Amanda, “I thought I’d be doing it forever and then I got this chance.” The chance came in the middle of the school-year. The Agriculture Science teacher quit and Glen Lineberry offered Amanda the position. “We were impressed with her knowledge, her demeanor and her commitment to the project.” says Glen, via email. “Once we saw how well she works with our students and how eager they were to learn, it was obvious that we needed her on board.” She decided to give teaching a go. So far she really loves it. In addition to running the campus farm project, Amanda teaches six classes that include three levels of agriculture science and two biology courses. She’s received “tons of great resources” from other teachers and lots of support. Little help with the physical labor.

Some of the first produce of the year: carrots, collard greens and radish, are beginning to emerge. | Photo by LCGross

The project began with barren landscape. | Courtesy photo

“It is a lot of work and I feel totally behind all the time,” says Amanda with a laugh. “There is so much to do! Hopefully, eventually I could get someone to help outside.”

Animals. Vegetables. Compost “The students are definitely most excited about the animals,” Amanda says. “We’re going to start with goats and chickens.” Sherry, a sophomore, grew up in Miami and like most of her peers, has no prior farming or livestock experience. She began the agriculture science program a year ago. Most interested in the goats, she has opted to build a teeter-totter for her project. It will go inside the fenced space between buildings, currently empty but a discarded chicken coop in the corner. Shop students will secure the fence, build a shed and other enrichment structures for the animals. “Students have projects. They each chose something they are more interested in,” Amanda explains. “Someone is redesigning that chicken coop. Another creating compost bins.” Most of the projects will be done on campus, but there are supervised agricultural experiences (SAE ) projects and planting that can be done at home or in the community. “Nothing is totally here yet,” says Amanda, touring the property. Along a walkway painted rocks mark the sites where broccoli, turnips, carrots and cabbage were planted in November. A few radishes grew. Some peas popped up. Some did not. “It’s not really great soil. Hopefully these rooted plants will start to break up the soil. And next year… the planting will be a lot more lush,” says Amanda. There was some funding for soil; it was used for the trees. “I really want to get the composting going so we can have our own soil,” says Amanda. The designated compost spot is discreetly away from school activity. A nearby gate provides a pathway for food debris to go from cafeteria to compost.

A flower bed located right outside the classrooms, was used to plant a variety of produce. But like all good gardens, some hoeing and weeding is necessary. | Photo by LCGross

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Farm Project, Continued from page 1 “Once we have the goats and chickens, we can use their manure,” Amanda says, “It’s good to have some brown stuff too – straw or hay.”

Well, Greenhouses, Field Crops & More On land north of the wash that runs across the property, there are plans for field crops, a well, and two greenhouses with solar panels to create a shady workspace between them. According to Glen, capital projects like the greenhouse, well, and required equipment will be funded out of CTE grants - the federal Perkins V Grant, the state CTE Priority grant, and CVIT allocation. “I was hoping to have the greenhouses and the well set up this semester, but we’re having trouble finding a good well driller,” says Amanda. “It’s a long process.” Currently water is carried in buckets to plants beyond the stretch of hoses. The soil was tested last year and has high levels of copper and other elements that will damage the plants. Amanda is “still trying to figure out how to keep the plants from taking it in.” The first section of field crops will employ traditional methods. Ollas, unglazed pots that remain porous, will be planted in the ground. “We’ll plant a cover crop to naturally break up the soil,” Amanda says, “and get microorganisms started in there.” Her background in both agriculture and laboratory sciences provides an opportunity to build bridges between traditional classes like biology and CTE projects like planting and nurturing, says Glen. Amanda has “tons of ideas” for the farm. Hydroponics. Solar panels. Wind power for the well pump. A mural. A market. “We want to do beekeeping,” she says, concluding her tour. “We’ll know our crop is going to get pollinated.”

Adrian Marks of Trees Please originally came to Globe in 2014 when he worked with Copper Canyon Community Gardens behind Knob Hill. | Photo by Jenn Walker

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Community Connections “As the orchard and garden develop and we come out of the pandemic restrictions, we will look for ways to involve families and the community,” says Glen. “As we grow into the full farm plan, there will be numerous opportunities Students took soil samples around the school prior to for collaboration with other teachers.”. planting. | Courtesy photo Culinary kids will work with campus farm produce. Graphic design and business students can help market the produce. Science classes will track everything from weather to water quality to production. Math classes might develop statistical models to track project components and even individual trees. There will be opportunities for students to fulfill community service requirements and interact with a wide range of professionals. “It’s going to be, hopefully, available to everyone,” says Amanda. For now, Amanda and her students work toward that bigger picture, learn as they go and enjoy the visible results of their early efforts. “I like that we planted the trees,” says Sherry, after school in early February. “ I like that the plants are The master plan shows the areas around the school that are being planted. actually growing.” u | Courtesy photo

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In 2009, Adrian Marks had his ship date and was on his way into the military as a naval officer. Then he broke his back. While bed-ridden in recovery from spinal fusion, he developed the idea of Trees Please. “I was just going to buy trees and provide free native trees for different community projects,” says Adrian. “I had a passion for trees in the desert, as a way to mitigate the heat islands and protective habitat for the animals.” Prior to his injury, Adrian traveled throughout the U.S., extensively in the southwest, learning how to live off the land. The Sonoran desert, he notes, is one of the most bio-diverse habitats. He used his own money and his Accounting degree to create the non-profit and planted over 200 trees near his home in Tucson. The original intent was“strictly for habitat restoration,” however the mission for Trees Please has expanded to support native desert habitat restoration, sustainable living practices, and community interdependence. Atrisk community members (special needs, elderly, low income, displaced children) are a priority. His community efforts led to a land use agreement large enough for a community garden and space for festivals. One drew 500 people, according to Adrian, and raised funds for early projects and to sustain the community garden. In 2014 he came to Globe to work for Gila County Community Services, in the housing department. He helped form the Copper Canyon Community Gardens behind the Knob Hill Grocery on N Devereaux Street. It was during this time that he was referred to Glen Lineberry, principal of Miami Jr.-Sr. High. “I designed some aerial blueprints for the site and brief benefits of the program, the community,” Adrian says. “I kind of put it out of mind, and then he called us last summer and said he had the funding.” Together with Amanda Bickel he planted trees, amended soil, and taught students about conservation. A key tool they use for conservation is the Groasis Waterboxx; Trees Please is an official distributor. Produced in the Netherlands and challenging to import, Adrian says, the “theory and hopes” were good, but when the Waterboxx was successfully used in an AZ Game and Fish project, he was convinced. Out of 340 trees planted, only three died. Trees Please is a 3-person organization. So how does Adrian feel about Amanda accepting a full-time teaching job at Miami High? “It’s to her credit that she took the position,” says Adrian. “She wanted to teach a sustainable form of agriculture and reach the most kids as possible and change people’s lives in a positive way.” u

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CVIT: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES – BUILDING FUTURES

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By Cheryl Hentz This spring, CVIT will graduate 40 students from its healthcare programs in dental, medical, and nursing. Enrollments for the programs have exploded, according to CVIT superintendent Mike O’Neal, who says they had to turn away students this past year because they couldn’t accommodate them all. All three programs will be open for enrollment again in April.

O’Neal points to a new statistic that shows 80% of CVIT’s graduates in these programs were successfully placed in the workforce or in continuing education in health occupations. O’Neal credits this success to high demand for health occupation workers due to Covid. He points out that students get an opportunity to demonstrate their learned skills to local potential employers while doing their externships, and clinical skills at the end of the program. CVIT students graduate prepared for employment immediately upon completion of their program. All these factors contribute to the program’s high placement rate. CVIT pays for everything for its high school students: tuition, books, uniforms, even state exams fees. “CVIT really does a lot to help these students succeed right from the beginning by paying for all these things,” O’Neal says. “When you have 80 percent of your kids that are either working in a hospital, doctor’s office, assisted living facility, or dental office, or they’re continuing their education, either to get their RN degree or a dental hygiene degree, or continuing in the health occupations, that’s something to be proud of,” O’Neal says. “We also have kids who are doing both – they’re employed and they’re continuing their education.”

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Dawn Polkabla, who teaches the nursing assistant program for CVIT, agrees that the healthcare field is wide open for people wanting to enter it. “Our local partners are always looking to hire,” Polkabla says. “They work very closely with the college to try to place all our students. In my last adult group, on their second clinical, I had three of my students get job offers, just based on their clinical experience.” Nursing assistants, or CNAs, are the “right-hand man” to the nurse. They help patients or residents with their daily activities of living, including helping them get dressed, take showers, and brush their teeth or perform other dental hygiene activities. They help with grooming and feeding, if necessary. They also take vital signs, do observations for the nurse, and assist with exercises. They can also act as a sounding board for patients or residents because they spend so much time with them. Nursing assistants should be very patient, compassionate, and caring. They should truly want to be there to help people. Polkabla says, “CNAs are most often placed in nursing homes, though they can and are placed in other facilities as well. Because they’re going to be caring for elderly patients or residents, they have to have a very calm, understanding, and caring nature about them. It’s a demanding job.” Polkabla says what she likes most about teaching is that she can impact patient care without being at someone’s bedside every day. Regardless of what grade a student gets, if Polkabla wouldn’t trust them to care for a family member of hers in the way they need to be taken care of, she won’t pass them. “I have very high standards, but I also teach to those standards,” she says. “In having high standards, I feel that I am still contributing to patient care by what kind of student or nursing assistant I’m producing from my program.” Upon graduation, students can take the test to obtain their state nursing assistant license through the Arizona State Board of Nursing. “Healthcare is going to be an ever-growing path,” Polkabla says. “People are always going to need some kind of healthcare.”

MEDICAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM CVIT’s medical assistant program teaches students to work alongside physicians in a number of different types of facilities. CVIT teaches both clinical and administrative (office skills) classes. Medical assistants work side-by-side with doctors. They’re the ones who handle front office or administrative tasks: making appointments, handling referrals, checking patients in when they arrive, etc. The clinical side includes getting a patient’s vital statistics, doing patient assessments, assisting doctors with

procedures, administering immunizations, and the like. “Medical assistants truly are the doctor’s righthand man,” says program instructor Megan Martinez, who has taught for CVIT since 2015. “Some medical assistants end up working for dermatologists and do Botox injections, hydro-facials, and that kind of thing. Others may work for a cardiologist and give patients EKGs or help administer stress tests. Hospitals may have them doing strictly what they’ve learned in school. It just depends on what kind of doctor you work for and what they want to train you to do.” The job outlook for medical assistants is tremendous, with many places in the Globe Miami area hiring CVIT graduates. Martinez says the hospital and doctor’s offices are always looking for medical assistants. “The hospital asks me practically every month about any students” that are graduating or close to graduation, she says. Most of her students are currently working at the hospital, and others are working at area doctors’ offices. Starting wages vary from $14 to $18 an hour, depending on the type of doctor you’re working for (specialty physicians often pay more), how much experience you have, and your geographical location. Graduates can take their state boards in administration, clinical, or both. The medical assistant program allows students to become certified as medical assistants and as phlebotomists. “They come out of the program with multiple workforce-ready jobs,” Martinez says.

DENTAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM A dental assistant is a member of the dental team who supports the dentist to provide more efficient dental treatment. Dental assistants vary from other dentalrelated personnel due to different training, roles, duties, and patient scope. The dental assistant program at CVIT covers an introduction to dental health and safety, oral health and dental disease prevention, science in dentistry, patient information and assessment, taking dental X-rays, and foundations of clinical dentistry (externship). The externship provides approximately 200 hours of handson training in a dental office before graduation. According to Tanya Stapleton, who has taught for CVIT since 2018, a career in dental assisting builds the foundation for going on to other areas of dentistry, such as orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, or dental hygiene. A dental assistant can move on to become a dental lab technician, a dental office manager, or perhaps even become a dentist themselves. After completing the program, students can sit for their state exam. Stapleton’s graduates have about an 80 percent pass rate. “We get really good results from the curriculum we’re teaching. We also buy additional study programs to help prepare them for taking their boards,” Stapleton says. “In Arizona, they must have that certification before they can work in the field.” Salaries for dental assistants in Arizona average $18.59 an hour and depend on your level of education, certifications, additional skills learned, length of experience, and geographic location. Stapleton believes that the program she teaches gives students options. “We want students to be able to get a job that they love instead of just having to go to work every day doing something they don’t like,” she says. “They get to really enjoy what they do.”

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April 2021

A Mining Family

As a child, Paul didn’t think of mining as a career. “It was just something you went and did,” he says. His maternal grandfather was a prospector and Paul recalls regular outings to the Pinal Creek area to tend his mining claims. “For as long as I can remember,” he says, “we’d paint picket posts and take rock samples.” Mining was featured in other family activities as well. His father and brother competed in drilling contests. His parents helped organize the Miami Boomtown Spree. His father, Michael Scales, began in mining as an underground timberman, building mine shafts. He retired as an engineering consultant in 2016. Paul’s older brother, Gabriel, also drilled underground and now works in Information Technology (IT). For a time, all three men worked at Pinto Valley Mine, in different departments. At one point Paul and his brother had offices across the hall from each other, which allowed for playful antics and complementary problemsolving. “We also got to work with our Dad,” Paul adds, “he was doing engineering projects and I was doing the automation on those projects.“ Paul describes the model his father’s career offered him as “pretty basic.” “Do things you like. Have integrity in the things you do,” he says, “and that has served me.”

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“It’s a broad, interesting job.” Paul Scales is an operator of electrical automation at BHP in Miami. “It’s a broad, interesting job,” he says. “There’s a lot of instrumentation, environmental monitoring, and things of that nature.” On one recent project he worked with “a bunch of good people,” to update process control systems that integrate logic-based decision-making tools and web-based controls for management. “We were amazed at the kind of data people wanted,” he says. “We thought it was a robust system, but we ran out of potential data storage.” He also helped implement a system to automate mining equipment. “We’re working toward having trucks drive themselves,” Paul says. “Getting people out of danger.”

Career Path

Paul is a graduate of Miami High, class of 1996. He studied at Eastern Arizona College and completed an IBEW apprenticeship which gave him experience at many mines and a few power companies; he learned about high voltage power lines and automation controllers. He was also on the road a lot. When lucrative overseas offers came in, Paul decided he was tired of traveling. “I had a wife and kids,” Paul says, “I wanted to be home more.” In 2004, he was hired by BHP as an electrical specialist. The position opened when someone retired. In his early twenties, Paul was the youngest guy there.

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Mike Scales at the Dominion Mine property in 2007. | Photo by LCGross

“The next youngest was my Dad,” he says with a smile. “There was a generational gap that occurred when the mines shut down.” In 2006 he joined the instrumentation and process controls department and in 2012 became the DIstributive Control Systems Engineer for a new department. He stayed on at Pinto Valley when the mine was sold to Capstone in 2013. “In our department we had some free rein,” says Paul, “so we would build things and test them.” He and his partner prototyped a lot of ideas. One was a robot (i.e. “giant roomba”) to be used in the concentration and crushing areas, where there is a lot of dust and large mobile equipment. “People shouldn’t go into it,” Paul says. “But you can build a robot that can go into it. It may not do as good a job as a person but it can do it without

endangering anyone.” In 2017, Paul left Pinto Valley to work for BHP again. He has worked in all stages of a mine’s life. During his apprenticeship, he experienced new and expanding mines. In both 2007 and 2012, he helped restart the Pinto Valley Mine. “Now I am helping with the closing of mines,” he says, “helping them back to their natural state.”

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“We were always building stuff,” Paul recalls, “me, my dad, and older brother.” Together they built engines, electromagnets, telescopes, cars, catapults, rockets. Paul built his first computer at age seven or eight. Recently he made his dad a flywheel that runs off the heat of a coffee cup. In his free time Paul enjoys martial arts, building robots, and performing science experiments with his own sons, both now nearly grown. “We still do them,” says Paul. “If they want to do something, we just go out and do it.”

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TIPS FOR TRANSPLANTING WINTER SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS RECOGNIZED MARCH 18TH Pom Team – 2021 State Champions Mahlea Widner, Krista Ramos, Anisa Spurgeon, Katelyn Long, Cali Jo Dalton and Alli Jo Oddonetto with Head Coach Linda Noriega (Not pictured: Asst. Coaches Megan Martinez, Michelle Nabor and Connie Callaway)

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re you a seed starter or a transplanter? Starting your vegetables from seeds can save money, give you more options in terms of varieties available, and help you keep pests and diseases out of the garden. But using transplants has advantages, too: your harvests will arrive sooner, and you avoid the unpredictability of planting seeds. Plants that do well as transplants include broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, and tomatillos. When you purchase seedlings, look for healthy, stocky plants with well-developed roots, that have not yet begun to flower. Avoid plants with yellow leaves and plants that have become rootbound from being in a pot too long. Before you move them into their new homes in your garden, check the soil temperature and moisture where you intend to place them. If the soil is too cool or dry, it could shock the young plants. Hardening off is a simple process that helps the transplants adjust to being outdoors after being indoors all their lives. It takes three to five days. On the first day, take the plants outside, preferably in a comfort zone that’s somewhere between the protection of being indoors and the exposed conditions of the garden. After a few hours, bring them back indoors. Every day, leave them outdoors a little longer, letting them adjust gradually to exposed conditions. On transplanting day, try to do it in the early morning or early evening, and ideally on a day that’s not too hot, dry, or windy. Before you start, decide how to place them – think about how large the mature plants will get, and be sure they will have plenty of room to grow. Water the seedlings a few hours in advance. Dig a hole a little larger than the plant’s root ball. It’s important that once you put the plant into the hole, the root ball will be completely below the soil level. If the bed hasn’t already been fertilized, place some wellseasoned compost or organic fertilizer in the bottom of the hole and mix it into the soil at the bottom. Gently tip the plant out of the pot, holding the stem carefully between two fingers, just above the soil, and place it in the hole. The lowest leaves should be just below or level with the garden soil. However, tomatoes should be planted deeper. Just before you transplant tomatoes, snip off their lowest leaves, leaving only two or three sets. Plant the tomato so that only these remaining sets of leaves are above the soil. Gently replace the loose soil into the hole around the root ball. Don’t compact it with your hands. Water the plant gently but deeply. If the soil level drops because there was an air pocket, add more soil on top and water again to settle it. Be sure to water your young plants well and deeply during their first week in the garden, to encourage the roots to spread out. u

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Wrestling – Team placed 8th overall Gabriel Gonzales – State Champ at 113 lbs Seth Durbin – 2nd place at 138 lbs John Martinez – 3rd place at 126 lbs Jonathan Ortega – 5th place at 195 lbs Jacob Gonzales – 6th place at 132 lbs Coaches: Ruben Duarte – Head Coach, John Martinez and Bryce Durbin – Asst. Coaches

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The Lady Tigers are off to a great start in their softball season. They have four wins and two losses on the season with ten games remaining in the season.

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Sophomore Christopher Laughman’s 24.92 time in the 200 meter dash placed him in second out of the thirty five runners at the Safford Track Meet in March. Christopher also placed third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.19.

At the Ray Track Meet Senior Ryan Tidey won the 800 meter run with a time of 2:30.07. He also placed second in the 1600 meter run and the 3200 meter run in Ray.

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Armida Bittner inducted into Hall of Fame

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Former Gila County School Superintendent, Armida Guerena Bittner will be one of 4 women, statewide to be recognized by the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame, as Living Legacies. According to the AWHF, “Four Living Legacies and four Historical Legacies will be added to the more than 161 women who have been inducted in the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame (AZWHF.) Each woman has left a lasting legacy in their fields.” Bittner will join an illustrious group of more than 161 women who have been inducted to the Hall of Fame since 1980 when it was first established. Inductees for 2021 will be honored at the annual Arizona Womens Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Thursday, May 6, 3pm online at www.azwhf.org.

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Marietta Cooper Bryant (1911-2003) and Daisy Nelson Moore (1908-1985) Recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution (2021)

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Carmen Slough celebrates 107

“Two groundbreaking women of color in our community which forever changed education.” ~ Deianna Jones, Regent, Camelback Chapter

Camelback Daughter Marilou Fellman, Honorary Camelback Chapter Regent (2010-2012) and Honorary Arizona State Regent (2018-2020) did much of the work on getting these two ladies nominated as a member of team historic preservation. | Courtesy Photo.

While the award is generally given to just one woman, this year’s award could not have been given to one without the other, says Deianna Jones, Regent, Camelback Chapter 2020-2022. “Because these two women were friends and teachers, though at different schools, they were very much involved in each other’s work lives as well as the community. You couldn’t have one story and award without the other person being a part of it because they were the two ladies who were affected,” Jones says. “Together, they fought this battle, with the encouragement and assistance of another white teacher in the area and a very young, novice white lawyer who was willing to take their case. While race played a factor in their story, their court case was really about these ladies being educated, credentialed teachers who already had a positive standing in their community.”

[For the story on these women see: “A lesson in Integration and integrity.” Globe Miami Times, July 2019]

Carmen Slough (center-right) celebrated her birthday twice this year, one with a large gathering of family the day before and this one at her home with a few friends and son, Bob Slough. | Photo by LCGross

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Dear San Carlos Brave Families: Thank you for your patience as we have been working to prepare for a soft opening for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. Please review the following carefully, as there is an abundance of information being released in a short period of time. Beginning April 19, 2021, students in grades 3rd through 8th, 10th, and 11th grades, only with parent approval, may opt to participate with in-person AzMerit testing. Start dates for each grade will vary. If you are planning on your child participating with in-person testing, the testing registration packets will be available from April 5th to April 14th. Testing registration packets will be available at the district office.

• Students MUST be registered by Wednesday, April 14th. NO EXCEPTIONS! • Distance learning and lunch service will continue, as usual, for all grade levels. • From May 3, 2021 through May 12, 2021 with parental permission, seniors will come back in person from 1:00-2:30 at SCHS. Again, we thank you for your patience and understanding during this unprecedented time. We assure you, the safety and well being of our faculty, staff, students, and community are at the root of all decisions. Please continue to be patient as all guidelines are subject to change.

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Principal Rice Intermediate Grades 3-5 Nicholas received his undergraduate degree from the University at Albany (New York) with a Master’s degree in School Counseling from The State University of New York at Oneonta and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Grand Canyon University. Nicholas is originally from New York and tries to make it back east to visit his immediate family, his mother, father, step-father and beloved Yia Yia (Greek for grandma). Unfortunately, with the pandemic he has not visited in two years. He has two older brothers. One is a biology teacher and baseball coach in Maryland and the other is a lawyer practicing in New York and Florida. Nicholas is in his 5th year working for the San Carlos Unified School District and his 12th in education. This is his first year as a building principal serving the students of Rice Intermediate grades 3rd through 5th. His approach to educational leadership is guided by his school counseling background. Being approachable and utilizing strong communication skills are vital to school success. Nicholas continues to educate himself on the Trauma Informed Approach to education and the mission to empower the students of the San Carlos Reservation to become culturally responsive, global N’nee. Nicholas was nominated for the Arizona School Administrators 2021-2022 Rookie Principal of the Year. Nicholas currently lives in Globe with his wife, stepson and dog. He has two other stepchildren and one grandson.

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Principal of San Carlos High School and Alternative School Susan Poole has loved being a public educator in Arizona since 1984. She was an Elementary and Special Education Teacher in the Deer Valley School District and went on to be an Assistant Principal in the Madison School District. For 20 years, Susan was the proud Principal of Kyrene Middle School where she consistently led a thriving school through dramatic demographic changes and accountability expectations. She then went on to work for the Arizona Department of Education in the Title Two unit focusing on Teacher and Principal Evaluation before joining the School Improvement Division, where she assisted districts all over the state and observed hundreds of classrooms. While with ADE she had the privilege of working closely with other state departments, WestEd and ASU, supporting districts with school improvement initiatives. Currently Susan is principal of San Carlos High School (SCHS) and Alternative School on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. SCHS had been consistently one of the lowest performing schools in the state. Susan is proud to report that after just two years SCHS has earned a “C” rating from the Arizona State Board of Education.

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The fourth, and final Cathy’s Little Free Library was commemorated at Miami Memorial Park March 26th and is now open for business. The mission of Cathy’s Little Free Library is to promote literacy and the love of reading, foster a sense of community and connection, and create a lasting memorial to Cathy SanchezCanez. For over half her life, Cathy, a beloved daughter, sister, mother, friend-and Special Education educator, positively impacted the Globe-Miami schools with her extremely generous and kind approach to teaching. In the summer of 2019, her life got cut short by a surprise summer flood. Since Cathy’s passing, her family and friends have made it a point to continue to do good #allforcathy Cathy was an avid reader and proponent of literacy programs. It is an honor to bring this book-sharing movement to the Town of Miami.

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VISIT TO THE TONTO RIM AND POPULAR PALEO SITE BY JIM TRIMBLE

This time travel trail starts with a road trip and has a short easy hike, making it more or less the opposite of our last hike. It is a most popular fossil site and great for kids, even little ones. Lots of fossils, but they take a sharp eye. The location is east of Payson and the time traveled to is the Pennsylvanian. Which is the least amount we have traveled into the past, but still 300 million years back from the present. We will search through the middle member of the Naco Formation which was deposited

during the late Pennsylvanian and uplifted to the surface as part of the Colorado Plateau. It is the most fossiliferous member of the formation and is the primary Naco member found on the Tonto Rim. It contains two facies, a near shore limestone which forms ledges (limestone) and a shale which forms slopes of grayish shale and mud stones. We drove from Globe to Payson and then headed east on Highway 260 for 13 miles. We pulled into a large paved parking lot after seeing the large green sign and here we were.

I would suggest going up the hill between the two circled sites and walking the road cut. Examine the soil on the road edge for shiny grey pebbles and use your hand lens to check. This will reward with more brachiopod shells than you want to carry home. I picked out 4 good ones and returned the rest for the next hunter. The fossils were harder than the mudstone and shale, given a few million years (40 million or so) of weathering since being uplifted as part of the Laramide Orogeny and brachiopods can be found completely weathered out of the rock matrix. The photos on the left are of a little guy about a half inch wide.

Colorado Plateau and the Laramide Orogeny

Brachiopod –bottom view, note hinge on left

The Laramide Orogeny uplifted the Rocky Mountains and created a lot of crustal buckling, mountain ranges and basins, but the Colorado Plateau lifted as a giant block and remained

Same Brachiopod – top view

Rock surface with crinoid fragments & sponge spiricules

relatively flat-lying. This is why northern Arizona has all those mesas, Southern Utah has Canyonlands and the Tonto has a rim. The minimum deformation creates better fossils, such as the Petrified Forest. After our successful time travel trail, we went to the nearby Kohl Ranch for a delicious lunch and thought about how the

Laramide Orogeny lifted a sea bed once full of life and created a timbered plateau as well as the Rocky Mountains. Just a word of thanks, to a very helpful Eagle Scout. He put together some great displays for the site, and you can even identify the species of your fossil using one of the displays, which still look great. u

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✦ After numbers falling in February, by the end of March, case rates, hospitalizations, and deaths were rising again across the country. CDC director Rochelle Walensky said that states risked seeing another surge if they lifted restrictions too soon. ✦ The CDC revised its social distancing guidelines for schools to require 3 feet between children instead of 6 feet. Teachers and adult staff still have to use the 6-foot distance. However, teachers remained skeptical that 3 feet would be safe without additional strategies to reduce risk of infection. ✦ The CDC reported that Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020. Only heart disease and cancer killed more people. 3.3 million Americans died in 2020, about 16% more than would be expected to die in a normal year. ✦ FEMA will be reimbursing the funeral expenses of families whose loved ones died of Covid-19 in 2020. Families can receive up to $9,000 if they lost one member and up to $35,000 if they lost multiple members. The COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Line is (844) 684-6333, Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Central time.

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✦ As of April 7, Arizona had lost 17,023 to Covid-attributed deaths and had seen a total of just under 850,000 cases. ✦ Gila County has registered a total of 222 Covid-related deaths during the pandemic, including 159 non-tribal and 63 tribal.

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EGGSpertise, Continued from page 1 When you buy eggs from a local producer, that protective layer is still on the egg. You want it to stay there to help keep the eggs fresh during storage – so it’s usually best to avoid washing eggs until just before you use them. However, commercially produced store-bought eggs have been washed as part of the production process. So they don’t have that natural protective bloom keeping air and bacteria out. Some stores coat the eggshells in mineral oil to seal them, and that’s why they might appear shiny. This can help store-bought eggs, too, last as long as a few months. They have to, because, as Mundy explains, “Farmers can take up to 30 days to get the egg from the chicken to the carton, and eggs can be sold for another 30 days after the date on the carton.” Store-bought eggs might be two months old before you even purchase them. Mundy says eggs that have been stored for a while – as long as they smell okay – “will be fine to eat, just not as fresh. Yolks may be not quite as firm, and the white will be more runny.”

How to know how old your grocery store eggs are: Somewhere printed on the carton you should see a three-digit number. This number tells you the day of the year when the carton was packed, 001 being January 1 and 365 being December 31. For example, the number 041 would be the 41st day of the year, February 10. Keep in mind that this is the date the carton was packed, and the eggs could be as much as 30 days older.

How to test your eggs for freshness: Use the “float test” to find out how fresh your eggs are. Fill a bowl with cool water, at least as deep as the egg is tall. Place an uncooked egg carefully in the water and watch what it does. If it lies on the bottom of the bowl, it’s very fresh. If it starts to rise up on one end, it’s older. An egg that floats on the surface is not fresh at all – but it’s still perfectly edible, as long as it smells all right.

How to choose eggs for cooking: Mundy says for scrambled eggs, the fresher the better. For baking, the best eggs are a week or two old. This time lets the whites “relax” so they will incorporate air better when you beat them. If you have a whole carton of eggs that’s around two weeks old, use them to make meringue.

What’s inside the egg is what matters, and here, the color can give you a clue. Yolk color depends on what the hen was eating when it produced the egg. For example, if the hen was eating a lot of beets, it will produce a dark yellow or even orange yolk. But the color doesn’t tell you anything about the protein or fat content of the yolk. Mundy points out that a darker yolk might mean it has more vitamins, but that’s only because the color suggests the hen was eating lots of vegetables.

...Say Whaat? Chickens come in all shapes, sizes and colors which is one of the main attractions to raising them. Besides the eggs, of course! | Photo by LCGross

This is important because much of what happens when eggs lose freshness is that air penetrates into the shell, and at the same time, moisture leaves through the shell. Keeping the egg’s natural protective bloom on it – by not washing them – can reduce the air getting in and the moisture leaving, thereby keeping the eggs fresh longer. But you can also improve eggs’ longevity by storing them with the pointy end down. Have you ever noticed that there’s an air pocket inside every egg, at the rounder end? By keeping that air pocket on top, it helps keep outside air from getting in. Storing them this way also helps protect the yolk, keeping it centered and intact, according to Mundy. Sometimes you get eggs that are almost perfectly spherical, but if you look closely, you can usually identify one end that’s a little pointier and the other end that’s a little rounder.

Do Eggs Need to Be Refrigerated? If you’ve traveled outside the U.S., you might have noticed that in much of the world, no one refrigerates eggs. In Europe, grocery stores sell eggs at room temperature, with the nonperishables. So why is refrigerating them so common in the United States?

How to peel eggs: The older they are, the easier they are to peel. Mundy says, “If you’re boiling them on the stove, I wouldn’t even bother unless the eggs are two weeks or older.”

If you do refrigerate your eggs, don’t store them in the door – the constant changes in temperature as the door is opened and closed will reduce the eggs’ quality. Instead, keep them well inside the fridge, where the temperature will stay as constant as possible.

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Storing Eggs for Freshness People often ask whether eggs have to be stored in the refrigerator – and we can answer that question, too. But what might be more important is which way to store eggs: which end goes up?

According to Healthline.com, the main reason for refrigerating eggs is to prevent the growth of salmonella. Salmonella can’t reproduce at temperatures below 40°F. In Europe, egg producers are required to have their chicken mass-vaccinated to prevent them from producing contaminated eggs in the first place. In the U.S., these vaccinations aren’t required. And because American commercial egg producers wash their eggs almost as soon as they’re laid, they eliminate the protective bloom that would have sealed out contaminants. So they have to depend on sanitizing and refrigeration to prevent salmonella. And that’s why eggs are refrigerated in American grocery stores. Once eggs have been refrigerated, they should be kept that way until right before they’re used. This is because when cold eggs are left out in a warm environment, they will collect condensation – that’s why your eggs get damp after you take them out of the fridge. This layer of condensation is a perfect environment for salmonella to grow. So if you purchase refrigerated eggs, keep them refrigerated. It’s all about safety.

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Chicken eggs come in a gorgeous array of colors – white, green, blue, olive, light brown, dark brown, and even pink. The colors make eggs beautiful to look at, but they don’t tell you anything about the nutritional value of the egg inside. The color of the eggshell is determined by the breed of the chicken – it has nothing to do with their diet. There’s an old misconception that brown eggs are more nutritious than white eggs, and that isn’t true.

All eggs are white when they start out. It’s only in the last few hours before it’s laid that the eggshell gets its final coating, including pigment. Mundy says it takes about 20 hours for an eggshell to fully develop. What about eggs with brown speckles, white patches, striation (bands of different colors), bumps, or rough patches? These are all fine to eat – they only affect the shell, not the egg inside. Brown speckles are just oddities that happen during the coloration of the shell. White patches are harmless deposits of excess calcium. Wrinkles in an eggshell can happen if the hen was startled while the egg was being formed, such as by a dog barking. Often, farmers keep these “imperfect” eggs to feed their own families, so customers might never see them. The only imperfection you’ll see that you really need to be concerned about is cracking. If you find a cracked egg, throw it out. There’s too high a risk of salmonella contamination. u

Did you know you can tell the color of the eggs a chicken will lay by looking at its legs? Chickens with yellow legs will tend to lay white or light brown eggs. Chickens whose legs look a little greenish or bluish will generally lay green or blue eggs. It isn’t a foolproof clue, but it can give you a hint. Have you learned more than you ever thought there was to know about chicken eggs? If you still have questions, head on over to the Ellison Family Farm Facebook page, where Aimee posts all about them.

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Art Initiative, Continued from page 1 According to Wilshire, who is also a trained psychologist, art impacts us physically by enhancing our immune systems, reducing depression and stress, decreasing suicidal tendencies and helping with healthy aging in general. On the community level, art serves to help people “connect to a place, feel pride in their community, enjoy public spaces, and get involved in civic projects,” Wilshire says. And economically, according to several studies, art can be used to help “recruit new businesses, enhance existing businesses, support cultural tourism, and increase municipal tax coffers.” “In fact, creative industries are an incredible economic driver for our state,” Wilshire says. Wilshire, who has also served on Globe’s City Council (2008-2012), says these concepts are not new to Globe leaders. A large number of art goals and policies have been included throughout the city’s 2035 General Plan. Wilshire points to the council’s strong commitment to “an arts and culture infrastructure to create a more beautiful and vibrant city, which contributes to a better quality of life.” “They are right,” she says. “Art matters.” The National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released new data on March 30 revealing that Arizona’s arts and culture industries contributed $10.87 billion to the state’s economy in 2019, employed more than 89,000 Arizonans, and contributed more to the state’s economy than mining, forestry, and agriculture combined. To explore the feasibility of the “I ART Globe” idea, Wilshire has shared an outline of the initiative with local leaders and gathered public art ideas from the community. These included projects suggested at town hall meetings pre-pandemic. Looking for “low hanging fruit” – ideas that could be quickly and affordably implemented – the group identified several projects: beautifying the area’s historic staircases, redoing the history timeline downtown, repainting the teepee, creating murals,

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Dr. Thea Wilshire and her dogs, Wylie and Elliot. The teepee is showing its age with weathered and peeling paint which would be addressed. If the proposed enhancements shown in this rendering by Rachel Hansen is undertaken by the City. | Photo by LCGross

painting crosswalks at key intersections, adding identifiers to historic buildings, and creating a “treasure hunt” of hidden Gila monsters. At the first informational meeting about the “I ART Globe” initiative at the end of March, stakeholders suggested many other ideas, including a flash mob music video, art booths at First Friday celebrations downtown, restoring and displaying historic signage, launching an interpretive graphic design contest to highlight the natural resources of our region, and adding art to our most frequented walking routes. Wilshire says one of her favorite concepts coming out of these sessions stemmed from a frustration the group had when it was discovered that newer, bigger garbage trucks would mean no trash pickup in downtown’s narrow alleyways. The idea to close these alleys to vehicular traffic, or limit access during summer months, in order to create more pedestrianfriendly spaces by adding tables and art took hold. Eileen Townsend, co-owner of Farley’s Pub, a business that abuts the alley, suggested naming the temporary space “Alley Cat Hideaway” to commemorate the work of the High Desert Humane Society, located at one end of the road, and to recognize the number of feral cats living at the other end of the alley. Rachel Hansen, local artist and civil engineer, caught the “I ART Globe” vision quickly and produced a proposed logo, as well as a number of renderings of what could be done with some of the public art projects. While her drawings are only ideas, they help people envision what is possible while exploring what the community actually wants to do. For example, she expanded on the “repaint the teepee” idea to include an Instagram-worthy wall that welcomes people with art and tells of local attractions. She and the Historic Preservation Advisory Commission envisioned this serving as a southern downtown gateway to mirror the new northern gateway created by painting the trestle. Wilshire says the planning process for this initiative is just starting. “Right now, we’re inviting partners to form a coalition of hope. This could include individuals, businesses, nonprofits, or municipal groups. As of now, there is no sponsoring agency or a determined list of projects, or even a decision on where to best focus the art,” Wilshire explains. “We hope to jumpstart the initiative with input from the community so we can begin to implement projects as soon as possible.” Ortega-Leonardi also invites involvement. “We need you to become a potential stakeholder in this uplifting art blitz that is set to bring color and light back into our city,” she says. If you’re interested in becoming involved, please contact Thea Wilshire at DrTheaW@yahoo.com or Regina Leonardi-Ortega at leonardir001@gmail.com. To facilitate connections in a safe manner, the planning meetings are being held via Zoom. u

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