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By David Abbott
n the wake of the Woodbury Fire, Paul Heley of AZ Stay + Play wants everyone to know that Roosevelt Lake is open for business. “We had two days where we had an hour of smoke,” he says. “But for the fire to get to us, it would have had to jump the 188 [Apache Trail], the Salt River and Saguaro Lake, so, in our eyes, it didn’t affect anything.” AZ Stay + Play is located in the Tonto Basin area about 15 miles north of the Town of Roosevelt, and offers jet ski, kayak and paddleboard rentals, but can also create the ultimate lake experience for groups and individual in well-appointed cabins located near the beautiful Tonto National Forest. In the very near future, Heley also hopes to offer a full slate of desert jeep tours of the unique Sonoran Desert surrounding the northeast end of the lake.
Roosevelt Lake, Continued on page 9
The Woodbury Fire Page 12
Apache Times Page 20
The MOB of Broadstreet: When City and Committee joined forces for Good Works Story by Carol Broeder; Photos by LC Gross
Ten years ago, a MOB ran rampant in downtown Globe, and they’re not ashamed of it. In fact, they would like to do it again, picking up where they left off to further beautify the city. You can still see traces of their handiwork around town, including many of the trees growing on Broad. Led by then-Globe Mayor Fernando Shipley, the group formed in 2009. It was made up of local “movers and shakers— people who were visionaries,” he explained. The group with no name jokingly called themselves the MOB until the time came for a more formal moniker. It was the late Kip Culver who came up with an official name incorporating the group’s nickname—My Own Backyard (MOB), Shipley said. “During the meetings we would joke and be vulgar and have a great time, but we would still get things done,” he said. And get things done, they did, as the former members will tell you. The Broad Street lampposts were a result of MOB.
MOB, Continued on page 10
Endangered Language By Patti Daley
When a language disappears, culturized traditions and local knowledge are lost. So too, a way of life, and a unique worldview. Within the next 50 years, nearly half of the world’s roughly 6,500 languages could be lost. Western Apache, the official language of the San Carlos and White Mountain reservations here in Gila County, is one of them. “The children sing songs in Apache,” says Joycelene Johnson, an Apache teacher, reflecting on the younger generation. “They sound so beautiful, yet our students did not know what they were singing, had no understanding of it.” Joycelene has taught Apache language and cultural appreciation in San Carlos schools for 26 years, served five years as Language Preservation coordinator and takes classes on the topic at the University of Arizona during the summer months. Endangered Language, Continued on page 20
Calendar of Events Page 14
Globe-Miami Visitor’s Map Page 16