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The Church f Baseball his year will mark the 15th season of the Arizona Diamondbacks

“I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan. I know things.

For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball.

When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance.”

and Chase Field, formerly known as BOB, Bank One Ball Park. If you

– Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988

By Linda Gross

follow baseball you may remember back when the new stadium opened in 1998. At the time it was deemed the most state-of-the-art facility in the country and sported a retractable roof, million-

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dollar electronic displays and a pool opposite the mound which today can be rented at a cost of $6,500 per game.

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Yet, when it opened on that first day, it was a decidedly low-tech feature which caught people’s eye and stopped them in their tracks. Thirty two back-lit display cases which had been built into the massive columns of the mezzanine level brought baseball history to eye level and close enough to almost touch. The cases included old gloves and uniforms, colorful pennants and faded photographs, catchers masks and gate tickets, newspaper accounts and signed autographs. It was reported that “crowds stood three deep” around the cases, and even the designer who had worked on every aspect of the new ballpark acknowledged that the cases might prove a better return on their investment than the flashier digital timeline which had been installed to display clips of baseball history to TV monitors strategically placed around the mezzanine.

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NEW HOME. NEW HOPE. Humane Society Makes Big Strides

By Darin Lowery

“Unless you’ve lived with a pet and loved a pet, you don’t know what you’re missing.”

So states Cheryl Brazell, an attractive and earnest Central Kansas native. She and her husband, Richard, own and operate the Past Times Antiques shop on Mesquite Street – but that’s the day job. The rest of their time – weekends, evenings and holidays – is spent ministering to the animals through the High Desert Humane Society.

Sitting at her wood harvest table in a red bandana-print blouse and softly styled silver hair, Cheryl shares her life here matter-of-factly. “Richard and I moved to Globe in 1971, and in 1990 we opened Past Times. I just love old stuff, ever since I

Randy Bengtson, owner of Nifties Antiques, provided much of the baseball memorabilia showcased at Bank One Ballpark when it first opened in 1998. Today, he lives in Globe and has a booth at Hill Street Mall

Mining Rocks This Spring we will celebrate the history, heroics and hey days of mining which is intricately interwoven with the social, economic and cultural make up of our communities. Miami will host Boomtown Spree on April 20-21 along with the 28th Annual Arizona State Mining Championships, and the Globe-Miami Chamber will be sponsoring the 3rd Annual Mining Rocks at Bullion Plaza Museum on May 21st.

In conjunction with Mining Rocks, Freeport McMoRan will be hosting a celebration in the newly refurbished west wing of Bullion Plaza to acknowledge the 100 year anniversary of the Inspiration Mine. For those who grew up with mining, these events offer up a shared history with friends and neighbors. And for visitors who have never gotten closer to copper than to purchase some copper pipe at Home Depot, these events help to educate while they entertain. So please mark your calendars and join us this Spring in celebration of Mining and the men and women who make it their lives

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Gov Hunt Speaks Page 8

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was a kid. Richard was all for this, and we jumped in with both feet. I couldn’t have done any of this without him.” Married for fifty years come this August, they have two children and four grandkids. Their immediate Globe family is comprised of dogs Lucy, Toby and Daisy, and the solitary cat, Callie.

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SPRING 2012 BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM

NASAL NUANCES

By Kim Stone

At Boyce Thompson Arboretum, the fragrances of spring are being muscled around by prevalent winds, often carried hundreds of feet, making their sources difficult to track down. One nostril picks up a weak scent, then a diluting mass of oxygen and nitrogen molecules whisks it away before the second nostril can corroborate what its twin just experienced. A few steps later, an entire plume of scent settles over you, thick and heavy enough to set off a smoke alarm, yet its source remains just as elusive.

With the sheer volume of plants that are flowering this time of year, it’s a daunting task to find the origin of every scent that drifts past your nose.

So, I’ve saved you the trouble by presniffing and locating some of these flowers for you.

The strong sweet smell that hits you in the middle of the Demonstration Garden is coming from a flowering jasmine that is twining its way up a trellis near the Perennial Garden. Like most jasmines, its flowers pump out a powerful puff of sugar-coated perfume.

They’re the Paula Deen of the botanical world and often overwhelming.

Further east, along the trail in the Chihuahuan Desert Exhibit, a more cryptic sweetness wafts its ways amongst the stands of yuccas.

Following it will tie you in knots, so save your frustrations for something worthwhile—like opening consumer electronics packaging—and go directly to the Wooly Butterfly Bush, Buddleia marrubifolia. Its tiny orange flowers produce a more subtle fragrance than jasmine, but still pack a distinctive nasal punch.

Not all aromas are equally aromatic to all people.

Crucifixion Thorn, Koeberlinia spinosa lofts a wind-blown fragrance that, according to some reports, has all of the nasal charisma of week-old gym socks. Close-up, the flowers smell quite pleasant. But with a more considered sniff, there is a hint of something else there, a sort of floral

overtone that might suggest a locker room ambiance as it diffuses into the landscape. “Like grape-flavored Koolaid” is how most people describe the scent of the purple pea flowers of mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora. On still days, the grape smell pools in a radius around the plant, but if you can jockey your nose into position alongside the ever present black carpenter bees, a better whiff can be had up close.

No discussion of scents would be complete without mentioning the luscious night- scented stock, Matthiola longipetala. It’s an invasive annual from Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean that has colonized disturbed soils in Globe, the Verde Valley, and Tucson over the past decade. The collective millions of flowers cast a fisherman’s net of fragrance that floats near ground level throughout the night. Some say it smells like vanilla, or cloves, or Dr. Perricone’s facial wash. The fragrance doesn’t penetrate windows or stucco, but open the door to let the dog out at 10 p.m., and your lungs will quickly fill with a delicious fragrance that will continue to titillate your nasal passages each night through April.

More often than not, fragrances aren’t as mobile as those from this short list of plants. For those, you still have to place your nostrils inside the flowers to experience their own subtle emanations. The pollen-covered nose tip that often results is a badge of honor, one that shows that the smeller – and the smelled – have united in the celebration of spring.

Photos courtesy of Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

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This Spring there are several events which will recognize the importance of Mining to our communities. The Old Dominion Walking Park is scheduled to open in mid-May after years of development and negotiations to make the site accessible to the public.

The Old Dominon Mine was one of the largest and most significant copper mines in the late 1800's into the early 1900's and it is only fitting that it now serves as a reminder of those heydays and a source of education to all who visit. Then, there is the Arizona State Championships which will feature contests of skill and brute strength in spike driving, hand mucking and drilling to be held on April 21 in conjunction with the annual Miami Boomtown Spree and on May 12th, the Globe Miami Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the 3rd annual Mining Rocks celebration at Bullion Plaza Museum.

Of course, anyone who has lived here at all knows that GlobeMiami is a mining community. Yet, visitors still ask, “Is there still mining in this area?”

It’s possible, I guess, to look out on our landscape and not know that the large hill across from Walmart is a tailings dam or mistake the smelter or rod plant for just another type of manufacturing plant they may have seen elsewhere. That is why it is great for business, good for the community and of interest to our visitors to host these celebrations of mining. They serve to educate as much as they entertain.

We hope to see you there!

This is also the time when the wildflowers are abundant, birds can be heard giving voice to the season and the water level on the Salt is running strong. It is a great time to be outside and the Pinal Mountains offer some of the best outdoor recreation you’ll find anywhere. Catch our adventure off-roading to the top of the Pinal Peak with Tracy and Steve on page 10. If you want some good advice of places to ride or want to tag along on their next adventure, stop into the Huddle Sports Bar and tell them we sent you. Also, whether you off-road, hike, bike or ride, you might want to pick up the packet of trails in the area that is available through the Forest Service and now through our website at gmteconnect.com.

So start your engines. Plan your adventure. And come explore with us this Spring.

Whether you like to stroll the sidewalks, stalk the hills or join in for the fun of Mining Rocks there is an adventure waiting for you this Spring in Globe-Miami.

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Did You Know?

Arizona leads the nation in copper production – accounting for 65 percent of the total U.S. mine production. In addition, Arizona is among the leaders in the production of gemstones, molybdenum, silver, perlite, and sand and gravel. There are 72 mining companies operating 126 mines in the state, with an additional 70 sand and gravel producers. More than 15,000 people are directly employed by the mining industry. The copper mining companies operating in our region today include BHP Billiton, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, Resolution Copper, Carlotta Copper and Asarco Inc.

“Owing to the great demand for copper following upon the extraordinary spread of electricity, copper properties have become so enormously valuable that, possibly the explorer will be quite as fortunate in finding copper as in finding gold.” “...there is a bright side to mining as well as a dark, and those fortunate men who paid three, five or eight cents for the stock of a mine that now sells for seven dollars can see it quite plainly; and there are many such. Mining is not a gamble as some would have the world believe, but a legitimate occupation, demanding great nerve and skill, and sometimes great patience, but not infrequently rewarding the possessors of these admirable attributes by wealth almost inexhaustible.”

– Charles A. Bramble ABC’s of Mining 1898

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Alicia Jones and Chris Mathews; Photo by Becca Mathews

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Having lived in both Arizona and Alaska, this young singer/songwriter could be seen as an extreme on either side of the spectrum. He is not. He is, in fact, Everyman and Anyone who has stopped to ponder the frailty, beauty and randomness of Life.

He bangs out lyrics on an old Corona electric typewriter in his back room because it “gives me confidence”, perhaps because the randomness of Life aforementioned could crash a computer hard drive forever, losing the perfect phrasing and the sweet longing

MUSIC IN HIS HEAD: An Interview with Chris Mathews

by Darin Lowery

in a cybersecond. When Chris handed me a clutch of his music after one of his shows – typewritten, dogeared, with obvious fold marks – and then told me these were original documents with no copies, I froze and asked him to promise he’d get Xeroxes made the next day.

He discusses Wal-Mart and Wall Street: “Capitalism views people as numbers and just pulls them… we’re just pieces. Not souls, just numbers on a fact sheet. There’s a conspiracy to hide information… people are too afraid to ask questions.” His take on popular music: “It’s a trick – a trap. It’s so turned up sonically it pulls you in. No matter how much you hate it, you can’t get it out of your head. I don’t want to seem like a purist, but it’s just… flashy.” His ‘Jesus during adolescence’ was Conor

Oberst of Bright Eye – a folk devotee and a man fascinated with the Eternal.

Vonnegut and Ginsberg are his favorite writers; he’s studied the philosophers Plato and Woody Allen (he loves Allen’s quote, ‘Infinity is long time, especially at the end.’), and he’s an avid Carl Sagan fan. In addition to Oberst, he reveres Bob Dylan.

He adds, “I’m not trying to send a message [with my music] but this is why I write long pieces. There’s no attention span at all any more. Look at a symphony! Pop songs last two minutes – everything now is two lines and a chorus.” Elaborating, he says, “Everyone has a set idea of what music is. It’s difficult to move ahead with a song if there’s the distraction of returning to a chorus. Music is geometry and mathematics; I failed math all through high school, but I know my triangles.”

Chris’s partner (in music and in

Life) is Alicia Jones; they are poets, songwriters and performers, singly and conjoined. What, then, in five years?

“People don’t like change, not always, if there’s something they’re comfortable with. Change is the best thing – once you accept, once you sculpt your reality – if you believe something enough, you can manifest it.” He reads my look and then asserts, “Everything’s a lie, so live your own lies. You can pick and choose what you want to see-- we all have our own reality. Everything leads to something else.” While he alludes to religion in his life and music – he admires Buddhism and has read the Bible – “I have a lot of beliefs, but all you have is yourself.

We’re all part of a community, a collective conscience.”

In Globe, Chris drove a Senior Citizen bus and delivered meals to the elderly.

“They’re amazing people, and the best part is going into their homes and just talking to them. It’s helped me grow up.”

He flicks the hair away from his eyes and smiles. “I think I know other people better than I know myself.”

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A sample from one of his songs, ‘Shoebox Lament’:

Salvation may come like a washed-up corpse in the tarnished cove, gorged with secrets to tell.

You may wake up gray to see your clock hands creating a whirlpool, where you swore you’d be for a spell.

You may find the bane of your tawdry haze, after the spread is too vast to contain.

While the others just get wet, I hope you feel the rain.

weeks ago; the audience was responsive and enthusiastic, and something else: they were respectful and appreciative.

Chris wore an old green Army jacket, horn-rimmed glasses and a tweed cap.

His vocals, pure and heartfelt, rolled in waves from the stage.

Alicia’s breathy voice was lilting and haunting, suggesting a Gypsy singer preparing tea over a smoky campfire sometime before the First War. She gathered her skirts, took the stool and strummed her guitar with familiarity.

There’s an insouciance there; a sly, ‘I’msinging-for-my-own-pleasure’ sort of feeling. It works.

They have big plans which, when realized, will define them further.

His creation of a record company – Sunbeams & Blues Records – will highlight local musicians. Chris also wants to record in one of Globe’s historic buildings (say, the Train Depot) and utilize chanting by townspeople to

Alicia and Chris performing at Sam's Open Mic Night. Photo by Becca Mathews.

create a musical collage of “phantom proportions”. He continues to write, both music and lyrics, and his Poetry Book (‘…the ocean of a droplet would drown the world if felt. Drink these reflections.’) is loaded with work he can always mine for future projects.

In addition, his newest CD, ‘Infinite Singularity’ will be out in April. You can find Chris on facebook

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LET'S MAKE A STATE GOVERNOR GEORGE P. HUNT

Looking back on history Governor Hunt (aka Don Shields) talks about his journey from Missouri to Arizona and his connection to Globe.

The morning of February 14, 1912, dawned in Phoenix with the sun rising serenely over the Superstition Mountains. The fact that the sky was perfectly blue with a wisp of cloud was not lost on me as I stood in the window of my room on the top floor of the Ford Hotel in the middle of downtown Phoenix. It was, after all, the day when I would become the new governor of the new state of Arizona. I would take office just a mile from where I stood – my inauguration day.

I was born in Huntsville, Missouri, named after my grandfather, Daniel Hunt. Growing up, I was not content to stay in Missouri. I had seen the family farm after the battles of the Civil War and did not want to stay in the life of the Midwest. The farm had been devastated by the conflict, and when the family returned from self-imposed exile in Southern Illinois under the protection of my mother’s Uncle Richard Yates, who was the war Governor of Illinois, I decided that I would seek to live elsewhere. The experience opened my heart to the struggles of people as they went about the task of finding the freedom promised to them in the Constitution, and keeping it.

My mother, Sarah Yates Hunt, was a proud woman who knew that her son was destined to be important.

After all, she was a direct descendent of Chief Justice John Marshall and her uncle and cousin were governors of Illinois. But, on this day in February, 1912, I remembered that she wanted her son to be a doctor, but my education, akin to that of an eighth grader, would have allowed me to be a teacher. Neither was something I could abide. So with pressure mounting to enter one of those professions, I stole away early at 4AM one morning in March of 1878 and went to Huntsville, Missouri from the far reaches of the family farm in Darkville where I often would see hoof imprints of buffalo dried in the dirt. I left because I did not want to see the disappointment on the face of my mother. My mother had taught me the love of literature and raised me with the writings of James Fennimore Cooper, Washington Irving, and Charles Dickens. These three, and their accompanying philosophies on the treatment of man, as well as a verisimilitude of other literary greats would help me in my quest to represent the people.

I imposed upon my cousin, W. S. Christian, the recorder of Randolph County, to give me a letter of introduction. Having such a letter, I thought, would open doors for me by assuring potential employers I was who I said I was. I stayed low until the afternoon train for Kansas City. This trip on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe was to be the initial leg of a journey that would last nearly five years and take me to the point of starvation and ruination.

Kansas City was where I learned one of the first lessons of life ... never buy something sight unseen. I had only $2.05 in my pocket when I reached KC. As I prepared to find transportation so I could continue, I was approached by a man who told me a seat on the next train was available for $2.00. Seeing an opportunity to escape rapidly, I readily gave up my two dollars, but when the next train pulled out, I was removed by railroad officials who knew nothing of the man that had approached me, nor felt any compassion for me. I was left alone with only a nickel in my pocket. I waited until nighttime and hopped a freight train and I rode in the boxcar to Topeka. There I spent my last nickel on a loaf of bread. From then on, I recognized poverty, and was able to capture work as I could to make sure I had food.

1910 Arizona Constitutional Convention

My parents did not hear from their son for the next three years, and presumed me dead; but I was far from it. I learned the value of hard work over the period. I resolved after the incident in Kansas City, that I would never go hungry, and I would always have employment. I worked my way across the Southwest as a waiter, mine mucker, and flatboat sailor.

As I marveled that I was about to become the Governor of the Baby State of Arizona, I turned from the window and my thoughts turned to my wife, Duett.

She brushed my shoulders, squared my suit coat, and smiled that beautiful smile that had bedazzled me so many years before. I had first met Helen Duett Ellison when I was on the Ellison Creek Ranch outside Globe while running for Gila County Recorder in 1892. She was a mysterious beauty who was her father’s “right hand man” and could rope, ride and shoot with the best cowboys on the ranch. She even brought down a bear in her younger years and accompanied her father on a quest to hunt down Indian raiders. Colonel Jesse Ellison, who was only eight years older than I, saw that this budding politician was enthralled with his daughter and encouraged the two of us to get better acquainted.

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But Duett would not be won over easily.

Between 1892 and 1904, I made numerous visits to the Ellison family. Helen and I had promised to marry, but just could not get together. Each time we would set a date, Duett would have to “help out on the ranch.” I was patient; however, until 1904 when I had told my would-be bride, “I will be in Holbrook on February 24th. If your intent is to marry, you should be there, too.” She was.

Duett was the perfect Arizona First Lady. The only time she ever wore pants was when she was on that expedition finding the Indians who had raided the ranch's livestock. (Colonel Jesse Ellison did not want them to know they were being pursued by a woman.) The rest of the time she wore dresses, even when performing her cowgirl duties. Although she disliked city life, her place was beside me, and she was more than happy to entertain guests as her state duty, but she escaped to the country whenever possible.

As I embraced my wife, seven-year old Virginia entered the room and quickly joined the family moment. Her youth and enthusiasm for life reminded me of my promise to the people to be sure that every child in Arizona had textbooks and schools to make a future for themselves. Education, I knew, was the key to making the state successful and the investment would be well worth it. Students would be given free textbooks, an idea from my youth when I had not been given books, but rather learned from whatever I could. A youth’s education, I felt, should not be diminished in support of other areas that special interest might promote. Children, after all, I thought, were the backbone of the future and diminishing their chances of being engaged in learning just was not worth the risk. I reached out and brushed the hair aside from my daughter’s face and turned to my secretary, Winsor Mulford, and said, “Are you ready, Winsor?”

“Yes, Mr. Governor.” Winsor replied.

“Let’s go make a state.”

Winsor and I stepped out into the street in front of the Ford Hotel and began a stroll down the middle of Washington Street.

As I trod into the street, a young man offered me a ride in his new Cadillac Sedan. I waved him off, thanking him for his kindness, and told the young man, “No, today I walk to work.”

By the time I reached the State Capitol, the crowd behind me had grown in numbers, and although it was a mile, I showed no signs of fatigue, except for a shirt soaked in sweat. The crowd cheered as I climbed the dais to take the oath of office.

I vowed in my first speech that Arizona would be a place “of the people,” where my office would always be open to those that needed my help. I assured attendees at the inauguration that my job as the leader of Arizona would be, “…to better the condition of the people of our state, and by example, at least to uplift humanity.”

The lessons I learned on that Missouri farm and on the roads and in the hamlets as I walked to this state; those folks who opened doors and had faith in me in Globe, molded me into the leader that I was. Globe will always be my home spiritually, if not physically.

Don Shields performed during Globe's Home Tour weekend in March and will be back in Globe in September to perform for the Governor's Ball).

Don Shields bears a striking likeness to the first governor of the State of Arizona, as well as a voice and mannerisms reminiscent of the man. Utilizing extensive research (including interviews with Hunt Family members who say he is a striking likeness), Don Shields presents stories of the struggle to statehood, and the growth of the Baby State.

Shields grew up in Hoopeston, Illinois, a rural community much like that in which Governor Hunt was raised in Missouri. He graduated from Eureka College with a degree in Theatre and went on to successful careers in teaching, coaching, and broadcasting.

He also published a memoir, “Growing Up Doughnut” in May of 2010.

Recognized by the Arizona Centennial Committee as the Governor Hunt Impersonator, Shields has shared the stage with Arizona government dignitaries, spoken at AZ Best Fests in both Phoenix and Prescott.

He was front and center on Statehood Day, leading the re-enactment of Governor Hunt’s walk to the capitol on the first day of Statehood, and then addressing hundreds as the Governor on Statehood Day and during the weekend of Best Fest. In addition, he has appeared on TV and radio as Governor Hunt with broadcasting personality Pat McMahon, relating stories on AZ Statehood and the events surrounding the historic day in 1912.

Marshall Trimble, the Arizona State Historian wrote, “Don, I declare you are the reincarnation of ol’ George W.P. Keep up the good work.” Governor Hunt’s Grandson, Hunt Brennan, told Don, “You sure look like my grandfather.”

Don Shields performed at the Center for the Arts during the Globe Home Tour in March and will be back again in September for the Govenor's Ball. Please check the globemainstreet.com for more info.

To schedule a date with “George W.P. Hunt,” call Don Shields at 602-218-6391 or e-mail dshields503@gmail.com.

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My compadres on the day of adventure in the Pinals. This is an old homestead with only the chimney still left. When you are off roading, it’s nice to have landmarks as your goal. Even if it is “that Old Chimney.”

Everyone will know what you’re talking about

An Off-Road Adventure in the Pinals

by LC Gross

This winter I was invited to do some offroading on one of those lovely warm weekends in February which remind us all why we live in Arizona.

So I brought along an old camera that wasn’t so sensitive to dust and met a passel of people in front of The Huddle Sports Bar for my adventure to the top of the Pinals and beyond.

Owners Steve and Tracy Quick moved here in 2003 and Tracy says one of the first things she purchased was a RHINO – that “amazing off road vehicle” which Yamaha will tell you is part ATV, part monster truck.

“When your entire back yard opens up to the Pinal Mountains, you gotta have one!” Tracy says with a sweep of her arm pointing to an endless horizon which stretches in all directions of pine trees and rolling mountain ranges.

The Huddle is the ex-officio home of the “Independent Riders” who are a loose knit group of ‘independently minded’ motorcycle riders who are mostly over the age of being totally cool and just want to enjoy as much time as they can on the road in the open air with friends and family. Most have both

The Forest Service operates out of the Globe Ranger Station where you can pick up maps of the area and get good advice before heading out. Please remember to respect the rules and regulations of off-roading.

a bike and an ATV and on any given weekend you will find bikes or off road vehicles lined up outside the Huddle either coming or going on a ‘ride.’ If you want to ride along with them some weekend or simply get some good advice on great places to ride, you’ll want to stop into the Huddle and see Tracy or Steve.

Our trip that day took us up and over Pinal Peak which is the highpoint of the Pinal Mountains with an elevation of 7,848 ft and a prominent landmark in Adventure, Continued on page 11

Miles of open forested lands just begging to be explored is one reason many will say an off-road vehicle is a must-have item if you live in the area.

SPRING 2012 Adventure, Continued from page 10 this area. A well maintained forest road winds its’ way to the summit of the mountain and then drops away in all directions revealing a spiderweb of trails and lesser roads spanning out on a canvass of green. Some of these roads can take you all the way to Tucson or Superior if you know which of them to take. But I could see how one could easily get lost if you didn’t come prepared or already have an innate sense of direction.

Which I don’t.

I was happy to be a passenger and enjoy the scenery!

The Pinal Mountains were first established as a US Forest Reserve in 1905 and contained over 45,000 acres, but a short three years later was merged with the Tonto National Forest and the name was discontinued. Today, the “Tonto” is the fifth

Some of the manzanita that was burned during the FRIO fire in August. Manzanita burns hot, but has an uncanny ability to sur vive and send up new growth within months of a fire.

largest forest in the United States occupying nearly threemillion acres of land and stretching south from Phoenix to the Mogollon Rim and East to the San Carlos Apache Reservation This last year there were several lightening fires which were allowed to burn in areas where there was no threat to structures or livestock. This last summer the Frio Fire was sparked by lightening on August 17th and burned over 2,000 acres before rain extinguished the flames. Smoke could be seen as far away as Apache Junction and the East Valley causing breathing problems for some local residents. Yet a short eight months later, signs of regrowth were already beginning to show.

With over 45,000 acres and hundreds of miles of forest roads, the Pinal Mountains offer a large, and almost untapped adventure for off-road enthusiasts where the only other person you might see will be the one sitting across from you.

Looking at the backs ide of Sleeping Beauty Mine.

DOAK is an old ghost town and as far as I can tell shows that a Post Office was establish ed here in 1919, but not much more.

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Pinals offer The Pi Pinal nalss offe o fferr miles miless of mile of trai ttrails rails ls for off off road, road road mountain bikes, hikers and horseback riders. Maps of the area may be picked up at the Ranger Station on Six Shooter or downloaded at gmteconnect.com.

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28TH ANNUAL GLOBE HOME TOUR March 10-11th

Joe Skammel and Marian Reams hosted the Freight Office

The ILA (Inspired Learning Academy) sat outside the Depot and played you a song if you purchased a chocolate bar. They were raising money to send kids to New York this Summer. Top: Diana Montgomery, Carrie Guerena; Bottom: Tiera Guerena, Christine Shin, Keira Montgomery Police Chief Lee Kinnard was a big hit with visitors to the 1910 Territorial Jail.

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Governor Hunt, aka Don Shields (right), performed at the Center for the Arts during the 28th Annual Home Tour. Seen here with his brother Jim Shields from Pittsfield, and Molly Cornwell from Globe. Molly owns Cornwell Copper Co. which did all the copper tickets for the Tour.

3rd Annual Miami Loco Art Walk March 30-31

Larry and Kim Brown showcased their work during the Art Walk in studio space next to Cowgirl Antiques.

Artist Janet deBerge Lange, shown here with husband Mike, recently purchased a property in Miami and now split their time between Tempe and Miami.

Janet displayed several of her large art pieces made out of hundreds of manually cut tin pieces laid out in intricate quilt patterns.

Coming in April, Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" will be performed by the community Players L-R; Willy Thomas, Joe Skamel, Michelle Harrison, Tanner Hunsaker, Cathy Montoya, Paul Botkin, Jason Marr, Rudy Amador, with Cheryl Richards(in front) directing.

Marianne Collins (right) hosted her 1st Members – Only Art Show at her shop in Miami. Shown here with Ming Tree artist Sue Jones and her husband Stan Sloan.

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Rebecca and Carl Williams of Dream Manor Inn, hosted a Chamber event to help launch Relay for Life.

Angella Antilla of Oak Realty, was one of several speakers who talked about the importance of the event and the American Cancer Society in raising funds to fight cancer.

Sarah's Sari Soiree

Nina Bakhta and her mother Laksme

Jim Lindstrom, (center) had a showing of his art, "Rustic Kalediescope' in January. Friends and co-workers from Anderson-Schaller in the Valley came up for the Artists Reception. From left to right, Meaghan Pilcher (daughter of Tereza Wright), Tereza Wright, Jim Lindstrom, Larry Ferguson, Mary Ferguson, George Wright. Lindstrom recently accepted a position with the Pickle Barrel Trading Post and will be relocating to Globe in April.

Congrats Jim!

After getting back from nearly a month in India, Sarah brought dozens of beautiful saris and hosted a party at her house. Nina and her mother were on hand to help everyone learn to drape 10 yards of fabric the correct way and everyone shared in some excellent food and friendships.

Linda Gross & John Oddonetto

Firehouse Poker Run Nearly 1,500 bikes rolled through Globe for the Firehouse Poker Run which featured The Drift Inn as a stop Even Marvin, the dog got in on the action.

The Globe Centennial Band.

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National Holidays...

The famous and not-so-famous holidays you might want to put on your calendar this Spring.

April 22 – Earth Day The first Earth day was in 1970 and an estimated 20 million Americans took to the street in support of the environment and to protest harmful environmental practices. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) was formed as a direct result of the first Earth Day. Today Earth Day is worldwide. For information, see www.earthday.org

April 25 – (Secretaries) Administrative Professionals Day First created in 1952 to encourage more women to become secretaries, noting the value this position holds to any company or business. Today of course both men and women fill this role and the name has been changed to Admin.

Professionals. How are you recognizing the administrative professionals in your organization?

A April 27 – Babe Ruth Day Over 58,000 came that d day to honor Babe Ruth in Y k stadium t Yankee – forever more known as the house that Ruth built. He had been diagnosed with throat cancer a year earlier and was not expected to live much longer. Ruth is credited with raising the salaries of all ball players and

in 1930 when he had signed for $80,000, he was asked by a reporter how he felt about making more than the President of the United States. Ruth replied, “ I had a better year.”

May 5 – Cinco de Mayo Day What’s not to love about celebrating the independence over oppression? While many people still confuse this holiday with Mexican Independence Day (which is on September 16th) the celebration in May marks the anniversary of a battle in 1862 in which a small army of 4,500 poorly equipped men were able to protect their country from a much larger, and well equipped army of French. Chicano activists in the 60’s and 70’s helped push this celebration to a nation-wide observance which now celebrates Mexican culture and unity.

May 6 – National Nurses Day What would our world be like without nurses? Scary thought. According to the Carnegie Foundation an estimated onemillion new and replacement nurses will be needed by 2012. Nursing is often a thankless task, so please remember a nurse on this day. Take one to lunch, or give one a hug. And remember, as Carrie Latet once remarked, “Always thank your nurse. Sometimes they are the only one between you and a hearse.”

May 8 – No Socks Day Really, I don’t know where these holidays get started, but someone designated this as No Socks day. I would suggest calling this Sandal Day because wearing no socks with street shoes in 100 degree heat is not anything to celebrate On the other hand letting your toes feel the sunshine of an Arizona Spring day... well, that might be something to celebrate. So go get a pedicure, put away your penny loafers and let the sun shine on those toes!

May 13 – Mother's Day You may be surprised to find that the woman who famously penned the Civil War song, “Battle Hymn of the Republic” also decided in 1872 that there should be a Mothers Day and that day should be dedicated to peace. She even wrote a passionate appeal for women to rise up against war and initiated a Mothers’ Peace Day observance on the second

Sunday in June. However it wouldn’t be until 1905 that a woman who had no children of her own, resolved to honor her own mother who had recently passed away. Anna Jarvis is largely credited with establishing a day to honor mothers everywhere and that tradition has spread to other countries. So when you think on this day...just think where you’d be without your mother.

May 21 – National Waiters and Waitresses Day Not sure how this special day got into the history books, but who needs an excuse to recognize those men and women who navigate between the demands of the kitchen and the wishes of their customers to deliver our food and drink in timely fashion – and with a smile no less! Go out to eat today and share the love with a little extra tip that says, You’re worth it!

May 25 – Memorial Day Did you realize Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day and originated after the Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers? It was initially designated for the purpose of decorating the graves of comrades and the practice of laying wreaths and flowers on graves is still done today. By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been moved to the last Monday of the month and extended to honor all Americans in all wars. It is a day of remembering the men and women who have died while serving their country.

June 14 – Flag Day The idea of setting aside a day to celebrate the Flag is believed to have originated in 1885, although it would not be officially sanctioned by an act of Congress until 1949.

June 17 – Father's Day Father’s Day was originally established in 1910 by a daughter who wanted to honor her father, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran and a single parent who reared his six children. It was officially written into the books as a national holiday in 1966 by President Johnson.

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Attractions/Entertainment Bullion Plaza Cultural Center/Museum 131 N Plaza Circle Miami, Az 85539 928-473-3700

Besh Ba Gowah Jess Hayes Road 928-425-0329 Open 7 days a week 9am-5pm Rated Top Ten attractions in Area

Drift Inn, The

Joe’s Broad Street Grille

Furniture Store, The

636 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-9573 Open at 10am 7 days at week Historic Bar 1902 * World Famous Bloody Mary’s

247 S Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-4704 Joesbroadstreetgrill.com Diner serving Breakfast & Lunch

182 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-701-2775 Open Mon - Sat Furniture, Art, Collectibles, Home Lighting

JUMBO Chinese Restaurant

Golden Hills Nursery

2058 Hwy 60 Globe, Az 85501 928-425-2615 Open 7 days a week at 11am Serving Lunch & Dinner, plus Buffet

Good Junk Bakery & Bar B Que 570 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 602-931-0584 Bakery and Bar B Que

Center for the Arts 101 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-0884 Open Mon-Sat at 10am; Sun at noon

Libby’s el Rey

Guayos el Rey

1330 N Broad Street Globe, Az 85501 928-425-7385 Open Mon-Fri10am-4pm; Sat at 11am

Guayos on the Trail 14239 S Az Hwy 188 Globe, Az 85501 928-425-9969 Open 6 days a week at 11am. Closed on Tuesdays A family tradition. Plus great parking for those visiting the lake with big rigs.

Hollis Cinemas Cedar & Broad Globe, Az 85501 Holliscinemas.com

Bars/Good Eats

383 S Hill Globe, Az 85501 928-425-0022 Open 7 days a week. 10am-5pm Antiques, Collectibles, Quilt Shop

JH Antiques 406 W Gibson Miami, Az 85539 480-947-9124 Open Sat-Sun 10am-5pm Antiques & Collectibles

Julie’s Quilt Shop

Another Shade of Red

1623 E Ash Globe, Az 85501 928-425-7904 Open 11am 9pm 6 days a week.

Closed Tuesdays Mexican Restaurant serving lunch and dinner

1103 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-402-9232 Open 6 days a week. Closed Tuesdays Demarcosrestaurant.com Italian * Take Out * Catering

Hill Street Mall

226 N Broad St Globe, Az 85501 928-425-2445 Old Fashioned ice cream parlor & gift shop

Shopping/Home Decor

Irene’s

DeMarco’s Restaurant

Noel’s Sweets

1535 S Street Globe, Az 928-425-8154 Open 7 days a week 6am - 9pm Breakfast * Lunch * Dinner

392 N Broad Globe, Az 928-425-0205 Open at 10am 7 days a week Local Sports Bar and ATV headquarters

270 S Sutherland Globe, Az 85501 928-425-8254 10:30am-3:30pm daily cornerlunchshoppe.com Lunch on the patio. Open on Sundays.

411 Sullivan Miami, Az 85539 928-473-9004 Open 7 days a week 9am–4pm Antiques, Collectibles & Used Furniture

Zen’s Cafe

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Corner Lunch Shoppe

Grandma Weezy’s Antiques

999 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-2054 Open 11am 6 days a week.

Closed Tuesdays Mexican Restaurant serving lunch and dinner

716 W Sullivan St Miami, Az 85539 928-425-9960 Open 6 days a week at 11am: Closed on Wednesdays A tradition of fine Mexican food.

Gila County Historical Museum

5444 E Golden Hills Road Globe, Az 85501 928-6004 Open 6 days a week. Closed Sundays Everything for yard and garden & more!

517 W Sullivan Miami, AZ 85529 928-473-3848 Furnishing, house plants & more for the home

600 W Sullivan St Miami, Az 85539 928-473-7633 Open Mon- Sat 10am-6pm Full service Quilt shop for all your projects

Clock Shop, The

Ortega’s Shoes

394 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-812-3217 Open Wed- Sat Specializing in fine clocks: service & repair

150 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-0223 Open Mon-Sat at 9:30am Family Shoe store, Sports Central

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Shopping/Home Decor Cont.

Past Times Antiques 150 W Mesquite Street Globe, Az 85501 928-425-2200 Open 5 days a week Tues- Sat. Antiques, Furnishings & home of Humane Society Pres.

Simply Sarah’s

Copper Miners’ Rest

386 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-3637 Open Tues-Sat 10:30-5pm A woman’s spoils store

198 Chisholm Ave

Jackson Hewitt Tax Services R&R Accounting

Miami, Az 85539 928-473-8144 copperminersrest.com Bed & fix your own D%#! Breakfast

385 N Broad St Globe, Az 85501 928-425-2146 Full service tax & accounting

Dream Manor Inn

ML & H Computers

Tri City Furniture 751 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-0374 Open Mon-Sat at 9am Home Furnishings, Appliances and U-Haul Rental

Pickle Barrel Trading Post 404 S Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-9282 Open 7 days a week 10am-6pm Picklebarreltradingpost.com Truly! You won’t believe what’s inside!

390 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-3252 Computer service, repair and office supplies + WIFI

Hwy 77 Globe, Az 85501 928-812-1694 Dreammanorinn.com Globe-Miami’s Premier Event experience

Mountain View Dentistry

True Blue Jewelry & Gifts 200 W Ash Globe, Az 85501 928-425-7625 Open Mon-Fri 9am-4pm Home of Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. Gift shop.

Pinal Lumber & Insulation 1780 E Ash St Globe, Az 85501 928-425-5716 Open 7 days a week Full Service Stocking Lumber Yard. NOW- with location in Tonto Basin *Just behind the Butcher Hook!

60’s Motors 867 E Ash Street Globe, Az 85501 928-425-9228 Open 6 days a week at 8am Complete Automotive Service & Sales

United Jewelry 135 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-7300 Open at 9:30am Mon-Sat Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Long Guns

Pretty Patty Lou’s

407 W Sullivan Street Miami, Az 85539 928-812-0025 Sullivanstreetantiques.com We represent fine antiques

100 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-5777 Hometown full-service pharmacy & gifts

Service First Realty

198 W Oak Globe, Az 85501 928-425-0670 Full service family dental clinic

Cedar Hill Bed & Breakfast 175 E Cedar Globe, Az 85501 928-425-7530 cedarhillaz.com Bed and Breakfast since 1992

505 W Sullivan Miami, Az 85501 928-473-4344 Open Friday and Saturday at 10am Antiques, Restored Gas pumps, vintage radios, and more. This ain’t no museum.

This junk’s for sale!

Palace Healthmart Pharmacy

Diamond M Dental Assoc.

Sleep & Stay

Soda Pop’s Antiques

Behind the Chamber of Commerce 928-200-2076 Available on Mon*Wed*Thurs Full Vet care for your pet!

120 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-3433 Trophies / Hair Salon

101 N Broad St Globe, Az 85501 928-425-4000 Open Thurs-Mon 10am-5pm A multi-dealer shop which is always worth the trip!

Sullivan Street Antiques

Noah’s Ark Mobile Clinic

Bernie’s Trophies/Be Optimistic

White Porch Antiques, The

551 S Broad St Globe, Az 85501 928-425-2680 Open Wed-sat 10am-5pm Women love this thoroughly delightful store!

5981 W Electric Dr. Globe, Az 85501 928-425-3162 Full service, Family Dentistry

Services

Chrysocolla Inn

430 N Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-5108 Real Estate/premier property mgmt firm

Desert Oasis Wellness Center

Western Reprographics

138 S Broad Globe, Az 85501 928-425-3207 Open Mon-Friday 9am-5pm Chiropractic, Acupuncture & Wellness

375 Sutherland Globe, Az 85501 928-425-0772 Full service signs, banners, decals, embroidery & more

Globe Gym

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201 W Ash St Globe, Az 85501 928-425-9304 Full Fitness Gym, Training, Classes

246 Oak Street Globe, Az 85501 928-961-0970 Historic B&B with modern conveniences

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POINTS OF INTEREST St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery- Florence 4784 North St. Joseph’s Way Florence, AZ 520-868-3188 Whether you are Greek Orthodox or not, you owe yourself a visit to this oasis just south of Florence.

Simply strolling the grounds brings one closer to the spiritual nature of life. See our cover story.

Mount Athos Restaurant - Florence 444 N Pinal Parkway Florence, Az 520-868-0735 Owner George Koulouris came to Florence in 2005 from New York City and serves up fine Greek, American and Italian cuisine for lunch and dinner. His place gets rave reviews for food and ambience, and like the Monastery, Mount Athos seems to have been transported to the desert from another world. Lucky us.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum Outside of Superior 37615 U.S. Highway 60 Superior, AZ 520-689-2723 www.http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu It has been called one of the most beautiful places in Arizona and is truly an oasis of lush variety in our own back yard! Boyce Thompson Arboretum is open 7 days a week and is a must- see for so many reasons! 100 year old trees, variety of plants from all the deserts of the world, fabulous staff, workshops, outdoor events and educational venues.

Sports Hall of Fame - Miami

Maria's

1052 Adonis Avenue Miami, AZ 85539 473-2621

Hwy 77, Winkleman, AZ 520-356-6807 Open 7 days a week; 7am-8pm Mexican Diner. Great place for breakfast or lunch if you're doing "the Loop."

Miami Highschool was a powerhouse of athletic talent winning 44 State Championships over nearly 80 years. The Sports Hall of fame is not just a testament to the athletes, but the community from which they sprang.

Housed in the back of the Miami Library, it is a pleasure to explore.

Chamber of Commerce - Globe 1360 North Broad Street Globe, AZ 85501-2712 425-4495 Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm; Saturdays 10-3

Winkleman-Kearny-Ray Locals will say “If you wink...you might miss Winkleman”... but the road between Winkleman and Superior is rich with mining history and current mining activity. The views are awesome and the stopover at the visitor center for the Open Pit Mine at Ray is totally worth the drive by itself!

Salt River Rafting: Begins here.

Gila County Historical Museum 1330 North Broad Street Globe, AZ 85501 425-7385 Open Mon-Fri 10am-4pm; Sat 11am-3pm Located just behind the Chamber, the Museum provides a rich resource for history buffs and visitors wanting to know more about the history of this region.

Old Dominion Walking Park Scheduled to open mid-May The entrance to the park is on Murphy Street, off Hwy. 60 in Globe, above DeMarco’s Italian Restaurant. Designed on the site of one of Globes earliest and historically important underground mines, the Old D Park offers a 3 mile loop with 4 x 4 educational signs and a covered picnic area.

The Salt River has been called a miniGrand Canyon and every year rafting companies set up in March to take people on 1/2 day and 3-day trips, complete with Class 4 rapids and the beauty of the Salt canyon. The put in is 45 minutes north of Globe. For more info on rafting trips see: gmteconnect.com.

Asarco: The Ray Mine The Ray Operations employees over 800 people, processes 250,000 tons per day and operates a concentrator and a SX-EW plan. Their visitor ‘overlook’ is a fantastic opportunity to get up close to view an open pit mine in operation. You’ll find the entrance to the Visitors Center approximately 18 miles west of Hayden

Tonto National Monument Hwy 188 Tonto Basin Open 7 days a week 8am - 5pm

Historic District- Downtown Globe

The Old Magma Copper Company Smelter The Smelter at Superior, closed in 1971 laying off hundred of Superior workers.

The downtown is now dotted with a few restaurants and small shops, but there are plans underway to renovate the old Magma Hotel and more. Check out the newest eatery on the main drag: Steven McNealys will be serving “a little slice of home cookin’”

Globe’s Historic Downtown District is unique.

Harking back to the time when all your business and entertainment was done in one central downtown district, Globe’s business district boasts 70 shops, restaurants and service business within an 8-block area.

Just off of the main hwy, the entrance to this bustling Historic District is accessible from the west end at the RR trestle and from the east end just before the overpass.

Besh Ba Gowah

Caboose Visitors Center

Jess Hayes Road Globe, Az 85501 928-425-0320 Open 7 days a week; 9am-5pm

The Superior Chamber of Commerce is hosting the little Red Caboose visitor center which sits on the highway and is staffed by volunteers. It’s a great place to stop in and get information!

Dating back to 1200AD and the Rio Salado indians, Besh Ba Gowah is one of the largest single-site archaeological collections in the Southwest and is one of the most significant finds of Southwest archaeology.

Bullion Museum & Cultural Center-Miami

El Capitan Pass - Overlook

West end of Miami The old schoolhouse-turned- cultural museum, has been gaining momentum as a museum and cultural center over the last several years and now hosts many new displays and an excellent variety of exhibits unique to this region and Miami’s own history.

Open Fridays and Saturdays 11am - 3pm.

Turn onto State Highway 188 and drive 25 miles to Tonto National Monument. The wellpreserved Lower and Upper cliff dwellings were occupied during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries. Reservations are required for Upper Cliff Dwelling tours.

The Apache Trail The Apache Trail weaves it's way along the Salt River following a migration route used by the Salado Indians in 1300AD. It has some of the most rugged terrain and awesome views you'll find on any scenic route. One caution: Take your time. It is not a fast way to get from point A to point B. Bring a camera!

Butcher Hook 928-479-2226 Open 7 days a week of course! www.butcherhook.com Long a tradition in Tonto Basin for anyone heading to the Lake, The Butcher Hook encompasses an RV park, convenience store, gas station, bait shop, restaurant and bar.

This pass was used by Kearny’s army of the West in a march to california in 1846. It bypassed the impassable canyon on the Gila river. Picnic area and overlook.

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The War Gardens Program in Miami in the 1930s

By Christine Marin

Miami did not feel the impact of the economic depression until 1931-32, when copper companies closed all operations and forced men out of work. Economic cushions in the form of company-supported vegetable gardens brought hope and sustenance to mining families with no incomes. Employees who worked for the Miami Copper Company, the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company and the International Smelter, including those who worked at the company’s hospital and co-operative stores, participated in a gardening project that proved to be quite popular. The Miami Copper Company originated the “war gardens” program in 1918 as a way to reduce the cost of living for workers during World War I. The company allotted garden plots for employees to grow vegetables on company-owned land only. Miami Copper revitalized the program in 1931. When the price of copper collapsed in 1932, the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company agreed to begin its own employee garden program for workers, and joined with the Miami Copper Company to develop the Miami Gardens program.

With federal funds from the Emergency Relief Administration of Arizona, the Gila County Welfare Board assisted the two mining companies in establishing their war gardens programs. The Gila County Board of Supervisors used work relief funds to hire a county crew to plow and harrow 60 acres of land for the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company. The Red Cross provided several hundred boxes of 19 varieties of seed to be given to gardeners. An employee committee oversaw the program. The company allotted 347 garden plots, measuring 45x75 feet, and free water, to 270 employees selected by a drawing. The Miami Copper Company awarded 178 plots on 27 acres of land to employees who held garden plots in 1931.

New applicants received remaining lots on a first-come, first-served basis. The companies’ gardens rested just east of Miami and north of the Globe-Miami highway near an area known as Kiser Crossing. Vegetables such as corn, peas, carrots, radishes, onions, lettuce and even red chili, grew in abundance.

Farmer's Market Returns to Globe June 2nd The plants are in the ground, the sun is shining and thoughts of big fat, vine ripened tomatoes dance in our heads.

Yes, it is coming! The 2nd Annual Globe-Miami Farmer's Market will open again this summer on the first weekend in June.

New market manager, Holly Brantley says there has been a lot of interest from growers and new vendors and she expects a good turn-out for the market which will operate June thru October. You can find information and vendor forms online at gmteconnect.com/business directory/farmersmarket.

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A Grand Adventure. An Act of Faith.

Sarah and Nina on camels in Jaipur Rajistan. "The hardest thing about riding a camel is surviving the seat. They could use a better saddle." says Sarah.

The three visited one of India's most notable landmarks: The Taj Mahal on Alex's 14th birthday. Now there is a memory! The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful examples of Indian Islamic architecture and was constructed by the Emperor in 1654 A.D.

Although cobras are deaf to the snake charmers pipe, they follow the visual cue of the moving pipe. And the venom in a cobra's teeth is removed and sold.

Where little is "ready to wear", a family tailor who knows your exact measurements and is always on hand to custom make a suit or sari, all perfectly stitched and lined using simple machines and minimum of electricity is invaluable.

Sarah and Alex with members of the Bahkta family

In some villages outside the urban areas, it is not often that anyone sees two blue-eyed,blonde hair, white skinned people. The site of Sarah and Alex walking down the road brought out these kids from the local school to get a closer peek.

When Nina Bahkta was preparing to go back home and attend six weddings involving family members this December, Sarah Bernstein was preparing for the busiest retail shopping season of the year and juggling her normal life of kids, husband, home and store. Nina, who owns the El Rey Motel with husband Bhupen, had first met Sarah's husband, Ken Bernstein, when he was booking rooms for his crew. He had mentioned that his wife would love to go to India sometime, so if the opportunity arose, to let her know.

That opportunity came this last December when, as the eldest married daughter of the Bakhta's, Nina would play a principal role in each of the weddings involving family members and she was planning to be in India for a month.

She called Sarah and asked if she would like to come with her, stay with her family, attend the weddings and .... throw in some shopping and exploring of course!

"It was an act of faith," Sarah laughs. "From the very beginning, here it was Christmas season and I was preparing to pull my son out of school early, leave my shop, my husband and my daughter during the holidays and fly half way around the world into an unknown experience for three weeks!"

"I didn't know how it would work out. But I had faith that it would."

IndiGo.... here we come!

The Amer Fort was built in 1592 and today attracts nearly 5000 people a day during the height of tourist season.

Elephants provide transportation to and from the fort and riding in the box feels like swaying with an ocean wave as the big animals lumber along the road.

Open air markets are found everywhere in India.

Sarah and Alex at the Amer Fort

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These carved columns are part of the Amer Fort. The carvings were defaced and then re-carved many times by each successive ruler over hundreds of years.

While shopping in a sea of custom textiles, Sarah says she pulled fabrics, sketched out what she wanted and communicated between 3 languages. In the end, she left the shop having paid for everything upfront with the promise it would be done that night. "I left them with alot of money and no idea who they were or where we were," says Sarah. And yet, in less than six hours all pieces – nearly a dozen – were finished having been completely lined, meticulously stitched, carefullly folded and packed and delivered to their hotel room. Act of Faith confirmed.

In a country which has over one billion people, where there are more than 1600 languages in 28 culturally different states and nine religions there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ Indian wedding. But the one trait which runs through every wedding tradition is the coming together of two families. The Union is not just between two individuals but the families and extended families of both bride and groom, resulting in a massive wedding by American standards.

The carriages used in Indian weddings are elaborate affairs, hand carved out of wood and often wrapped in a soft metal such as silver. Then decorated with thousands of fresh flowers and string lights.

After several hours of shoe shopping, the clerk brought Sarah the most 'blingy' shoe in the store and said with a twinkle in his eye, "Madame, a shoe perhaps for your husband's girlfriend!"

"IndiGo" became a catchphrase for the travelers meaning...time to go! But it is also the official airline which services all of India. Here, Nina sees Alex and Sarah off at the airport to start their journey back to the states.

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BIRDING IN THE PINALS

By Tice Supplee

Spring time in Pinal County is a wonderful season for birding. April and May are the best when migration is in full swing. May is also when our own birds that are native to the chaparral and oak woodland habitats are singing and very visible. My favorite is the black-chinned sparrow. A Photos by Marceline VandeWater handsome bird with a wonderful song that sounds like a bouncing ping pong ball, the black-chinned sparrow lives in the shrub oak and Manzanita vegetation community that is called chaparral.

A short drive from Superior or Globe will place you in the habitat very quickly.

A favorite spot is Oak Flat Campground on the Tonto National Forest. Black headed grosbeak will also be there and often migrating orioles will stop in. The river corridors are really hopping, with Lucy’s warblers and Bell’s vireos in the mesquite bosques along the San Pedro River near Winkelman and along Aravaipa Creek.

Look for yellow warblers in almost every cottonwood tree along the river channel. The “chuck” of summer tanagers alerts a sharp-eyed birder to look for this beautiful scarlet red bird high in the canopy overhead. A day trip up to Pinal Peak is a perfect multi-elevation birding trip. Once in the ponderosa pines, painted redstarts and redfaced warblers will delight the patient birder.

Take a break at a restaurant or café that has an outdoor patio and enjoy the local birds and keep a sharp eye out for pyrrhuloxia, a relative of the northern cardinal and enjoy the loud voice of the diminutive verdin.

Additional information about birding Pinal County is available from the Boyce Thompson Arboretumalso a wonderful place to bird in the spring. The arboretum is a renowned Arizona migration stop for birds and is recognized as an Audubon Important Bird Area. www.btarboretum.org So take some time and listen to the “music” of Pinal County birds this spring!

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Mother doesn’t want a dog, Mother says they smell.

And never sit when you say ‘sit,' Or even when you yell.

And when you come home late at night And there is ice and snow, You have to go back out because the dumb dog has to go.

Mother doesn’t want a dog.

Mother says they shed.

And always let the strangers in And bark at friends instead.

And do disgraceful things on rugs And track mud on the floor, And jump up on your bed at night And snore and snore and snore.

Mother doesn’t want a dog.

She’s making a mistake.

Because more than a dog, I think, She will not want this snake. *This poem is part of my Mother’s copious collection of notes, poems, inspirations and writings from nearly 40 years as a teacher.

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The Pony Express Comes to Town 1860 – The Pony Express mail service was first established

between

Sacramento,

California

and

St. Joseph, Missouri. Traveling through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,

Colorado, Wyoming,

Utah,

Nevada

and

California, the system established relay stations every 1015 miles where riders would swap out horses, and home stations every 90-120 miles where both rider and horses could change and rest. Over 400 horses were purchased and hundreds of young men signed on to carry the mail.

The price of mailing a letter that would go from Missouri to California was five dollars.

42nd Annual White Mountain Sheriff's Posse Pony Express Ride: This Spring the White Mountain Sheriff’s Posse will ride from Pinetop to Globe on May 9th, arriving in Globe on the 11th. There is expected to be between 20-30 riders and they will present the mail to Globe's Postmaster, Susan Kulak, on the steps of the Globe Post Office on Hill Street at high noon.

April 3, 1860 – Riders left St. Joseph and Sacramento carrying the mail a distance of nearly 2,000 miles by horseback and arrived at their destinations ten days later proving the system worked.

Although most people believe conflicts with American Indians were the biggest danger faced by riders, it was actually inclement weather which included snow storms, frigid weather, lightning and pitch black nights. Despite the elements and the growing chaos of a Civil War, the Pony Express continued to carry the mail until October 24, 1861 when it was disbanded. By this time both the east and west coast were linked up by the trans-continental telegraph line which could carry news twice as fast as the fastest pony express rider without the loss of life and limb.

Pony Express Oath: "I,...........,do hearby

swear, before the Great and Living God, that during my engagement, and while an employee of Russell, Majors and Waddell, I will, under no circumstances, use profane language, that I will drink no intoxicating liquors, that I will not quarrel or fight with any other employee of the firm, and that in every respect I will conduct myself honestly, be faithful to my duties, and so direct all my acts as to win the confidence of my employers, so help me God."

Get your photo taken with the Posse.

Twenty to thirty riders are expected to arrive in Globe on the steps of the old 1928 Globe Post Office at noon and it is sure to be a sight worth seeing. So bring the kids and come on over to the Globe Post Office on Friday, May 11, to get your photo taken with the Posse Riders and the mail. A group photo is planned for both riders and well wishers on the steps of the post office and will be offered for sale through the post office. Photos will be mounted and carded and offered for sale for $10, with all proceeds going to the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse for their work in Search and Rescue.

This year’s ride is dedicated to CR “Chauncey” Hatch & Family and you can get more information on the ride by checking out their facebook page: White Mountain Sheriff's Posse.

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Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball. ~Jim Murray

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This photo was shot by Bob Fugate in 2007 during a Fine Art Photography Weekend hosted by Bill Woody. The group was allowed access to the Old Dominion Mine site to photograph the headframe which was scheduled to be dismantled later that year. Today the site is home to the Old Dominon Walking Park which includes trails, picnic areas and large informational signage about the Old Dominon and mining in this area. It is scheduled to open mid-May. Please call the Chamber for more information at 928-425-4495.

HOW MINING WORKS

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Baseball, Continued from page 1

Bengtson used 4 rosewood piano legs dating back to the 1880s to mount vintage baseball memorabilia for the main conference room.

The cases themselves had originally been designed to house artwork, but a series of events changed those contents to baseball memorabilia. At the time that Bank One Ballpark was being constructed in 1997, Randy Bengtson had an antiques store in Glendale called Nifties Antiques, where he offered up an extensive collection of baseball memorabilia.

he contacted Bank One Ballpark and talked to Ramon Plaza, the marketing specialist for the new stadium. Plaza politely turned him down explaining that they already had plans and wouldn’t be interested. A month went by and Bengtson called again... and again was told the ballpark had other plans.

Yet, Bengtson couldn’t get the idea out of his mind that his inventory would be a great fit for the new ballpark, so he decided to change his tactics.

This time when he called he started out by asking if he had been in Jerry Colangelo’s office or Ray Graziers and seen the gloves on display.

“Sure, “Plaza replied. “Jerry loves his glove!”

He paused and then said, with new interest as if talking to Bengtson for the first time. “Those are your gloves?

That’s the kind of stuff you have? “ “Yeah, that’s right, antique baseball stuff. That’s what I’ve got.”

Bengtson replied.

Shortly afterwards, Plaza visited Nifties Antiques and asked him to put together a display case of what he had in mind. Within a week Bengtson had fabricated a custom 2’x4’ oak cabinet, designed a mock locker door using expanded metal and included some vintage balls, gloves, a uniform and cap and wheeled it up to the 8th floor of the Arizona Center where the Diamondbacks had their offices. He says he knew it was going to be a good day when he walked into the lobby and found some of the original old benches from Comiskey Park, home to the Chicago White Sox and Jerry Colangelo.

Dot Wilkerson and others provided items for this case featuring women's baseball history in Arizona.

“One day a guy walked into my store and says,’ I’ll take your three best gloves.’

So I got to talking to him and found out his company had been awarded the design contract for uniforms to be worn

by Arizona’s new major league expansion team. The gloves were to be thank-you gifts to Jerry Colangelo, Rich Dozier and Joe Garagiola. So I offered to pull 30 of my best gloves and bring them down to their offices and let them select the ones they wanted,” says Bengtson. The next day the company selected a late 1930’s catcher’s mitt for Joe Garagiola and two early 1900’s players gloves for Colangelo and Dozier.

That got him thinking that the new ballpark might want to use some of his other inventory as displays and

Typical of each case he did, Bengtson would group period-appropriate baseball memorabilia within each display. Later, he also worked with other collections and would add back in some of his own inventory if it helped to tell the story of that time period.

The next phone call from Plaza began what would become Bengtson’s full time occupation for the next 6 months. It was Plaza asking him to take a drive over to the construction site for a walk-around. As the two walked into the mezzanine area, Plaza pointed out 2 massive concrete support pillars and asked him what he thought of having displays built into the pillars.

Joe Garagiola contributed his items for this display. "I heard these items were stolen years later. It sure would be nice if someone reading this article could give the Diamondbacks a lead on that," says Bengtson.

large display space behind the concession stands which were to feature how a baseball, bat and glove are made.

For that display, Rawlings, the sporting goods manufacturer, provided all the materials and it was Bengtson’s job to assemble the pieces in a way that told the story of how each was made. He also worked on a large panorama measuring approximately 8ft by 40ft of starting first baseman, Travis Lee, hitting the first home in the new stadium on March 31st in a game against the Colorado Rockies.

One of the last projects he was asked to tackle was the main conference room where four alcoves had been built to house artwork. The budget, by this time was getting tight and Bengtson agreed to come up with some pieces which could be ‘on loan’ while Plaza and his team decided whether to buy them or not. He began with three 28-sided rosewood piano legs from the late 1800’s and fabricated a fourth to match and then mounted four of his best pieces on each, including a rare, late 1800’s fly-eye catchers mask.

Bengtson, who had been raised by a father who often quoted Walt Disney when he would say,“ While I strive for perfection, I will settle for excellence,” lived those words.

He began as an apprentice to his father who was a trim carpenter and master craftsman for Entz-White in Scottsdale. Both father and son put in nearly 20 years with the company and worked for some of the most demanding clientle throughout Scottsdale and Paradise Valley.

Excellence was hardwired into their DNA. Fred Entz,

“I was thinking how nice those two displays would look in the new ballpark, when Plaza went on to point out that there were 32 pillars located around the mezzanine.

“Do you have enough (merchandise) to do all 32? “ Well, if two display cases of your baseball memorabilia is cool, than 32 is exponentially cool. Bengtson went to work, and temporarily shut the doors of his shop while he concentrated on outfitting 32 cases before the Park opened. His agreement with Plaza was that he would be paid for his time in designing each display and would initially outfit the cases with mostly his own collection until the Diamondbacks could create enough of their own history to fill the cases. Although he was not paid for the inventory he used in the cases, Plaza agreed to let him put the name of his store and a pager number in each display.

As the ballpark progressed, Plaza found more projects During the '94-'95 MLB strike which lasted requiring Bengtsons expertise for him for 232 days, Bengtson put this ad in the to work on, including a display of all Spring Training magazine. the team uniforms in the league and a Baseball, Continued on page 25

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THE STORY OF BASEBALL In this day and age it is hard to believe that

any one sport ever held sway over American hearts and minds as much as baseball did for it’s first 150 years. While it is said that the game evolved from other stick and ball games including the Irish version of Rounders and England’s own game of Cricket, baseball was codified into the American history books in 1907 when Albert Spalding, a premier pitcher in the firs professional league and a sporting goods manufacturer formed a panel of baseball experts to settle the question of originality. The panel consisted of former stars of the game, 2 U.S. senators and 2 former presidents of the National League. It is said that Spalding did not so much want the real truth of the matter to come out as much as a “fairy tale’ version in which a war hero from a quaint small town would claim the role as inventor.

The man selected for this was Alfred Doubleday, who was said to have designed the game as a boy in 1839 while playing ‘ball’ in his quaint hometown of Cooperstown, NY. Later, Doubleday served as a general in the Civil War and fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter. Although it was true, his family had lived in Cooperstown when he was a boy, they had moved away before 1839 and Alfred was attending WestPoint when he was supposedly on the field in Cooperstown inventing the game with friends.

In the book, Baseball and the Garden of Eden, author John Thorn goes on to tell the unvarnished history of the game from his perch as the National League’s official historian. In it, he notes the desire to see America lay claim to a game truly unique to her soil meant that facts were massaged and history re-written, but even the murky history of Baseballs’ rise as “America’s Favorite Pasttime,” which involved monied interests, self promotion, illegal gambling, social scandals and the American roots of the Theosophist Society, made it all the more American. It’s rise to center stage was messy, boisterous and, like much of our nation’s history, the game often teetered on disaster only to find the magic again and rise to glory.

Baseball is a game that everyone can play; kids and adults, boys and girls, men and women, old and young. It’s history is written both on the large canvass of the American landscape and in the sandlots and small town venues of youth. And like ex-President George Bush, who kept his little league mitt in the desk drawer of the Oval office, the memories.

when he finally retired and closed the business, told Randy that he had been the best carpenter he’d ever had.

And, Bengtson says, of all the work he’d done at the ballpark up to that point, the four rosewood pieces represented perfection.

It wasn’t much later, that Bengtson got another visit from a gentleman who was scouting baseball memorabilia for a project honoring the 50th anniversary of sports broadcasting legend Vin Scully. The scout liked what he saw at Nifties Antiques, so Bengtson invited him to take a drive over to Bank One Ballpark and look at the work he’d done over there. The tour eventually led to the conference room where the four rosewood pieces still sat on loan.

The scout loved them the minute he saw the display and offered to buy them when he found out they were still officially ‘on loan’ and not purchased.

Bengtson thought he should give the home team another chance to purchase the set before they went to Dodger stadium but Plaza’s decision in the end was that the money might better be spent on public areas.

When the set of four art pieces were shipped off to Dodger stadium, Bengtson followed, having been hired now to go through the Dodger’s archives and design displays for a retrospective look at Dodger history which was to be on display for the 1999 season.

Bengtson was given access to history which hadn’t seen the light since it was put in storage, and told he could pull anything he wanted for the displays.

Working largely with Dodger memorabilia, he would still fill in with his own if a display needed a bat from the 40’s or a glove from the 20’s to give it the full effect.

He spent nearly two weeks in LA and his last day was also the day the Diamondbacks had come to play the Dodgers for their opening day. His ‘bosses’ told him to take the day off and go enjoy the game.

Shortly after completing the displays for Dodger stadium, Bengtson decided to downsize his life and business and moved to Globe where he now maintains a booth at the Hill Street Mall and is building a house. He has no desire to run a full-scale antique shop like he did in Glendale. Today, people buy and sell on e-bay and the business is just not the same. He maintains a

booth at Hill Street Mall where he displays an old scoreboard from Coronado high school and a pared-down inventory of baseball memorabilia and other collectibles. He says he reserves his best pieces for occasions where he can present the merchandise in person and talk about it’s history.

Baseball memorabilia afterall is about the back story. Bengtson says he is content with his work now, but adds “I wouldn’t mind doing another stadium if the offer came along.”

Randy may be reached at 928701-1008. Saturdays only, please.

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A large display which is located on the mezzanine level showcases how a bat, ball and glove are made. Rawlings provided all the raw material for the displays and Bengtson designed the displays. The making of a ball shows just how many layers of string is wound into one baseball.

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SPRING 2012 Humane Society, Continued from page 1 They lived in Mesa for awhile; had a shop in Silver City, New Mexico for a year and a half, and Cheryl worked once for Gila County (“I didn’t really enjoy sitting at a desk”). Their Globe antiques shop is obviously the result of years of hard and happy work. “Richard said I didn’t have to get a job, and then we opened Past Times. I didn’t realize this business is work.”

There’s a sign in their kitchen: MANY PEOPLE HAVE EATEN IN THIS KITCHEN AND HAVE GONE ON TO LEAD NORMAL LIVES. She laughs and shakes her head, “The dogs sleep in there.” The morning silence is split by barking, and Cheryl confides, “This should be a full time job. You could say my business has gone to the dogs!”

She and Richard have had as many as seventeen dogs in their shop, although it’s usually closer to ten. Last week they adopted out sixteen dogs and found foster homes for two.

She goes on to explain how she became involved with animal rescue. “Richard

and I have always rescued dogs. I believe God put us over the animals to take care of them. Animals can’t tell us what they need. What does an animal do if he’s mistreated? They don’t have a voice – we have to be that voice. We didn’t feel qualified at first, but the dogs taught us.” While running her own dogs at Globe’s Dog Park (located to the east of the Noftsger Hill B&B), she got acquainted with Lisa and Eileen, owners of the Drift Inn Saloon. They told her about the needs of the Humane Society and, at the next meeting Cheryl was sworn in (“I’d never been President of anything except the Democratic Women’s Club”). She has served in this role for two years.

“My first goal was to make the Society visible and accessible,” she says. Local newspapers and radio stations helped out by placing stories of lost, abused or abandoned animals.

“I put my name and number out there because I’m located downtown, and you need a headquarters.” She met with Laurie Manzano, now the Director of Feline Rescue in the old Tom’s Snacks Humane Society, Continued on page 27

SPRING 2012 Humane Society, Continued from page 26 building (“Laurie has saved thousands of cats over the years”) and, one year ago, the Humane Society opened a thrift shop on Broad Street. She proudly adds, “Every dime from the proceeds go to the animals – there are no salaries.”

Richard takes care of building maintenance; Glenn Wilt charges $250 a month for the rent on the store and he threw in the next door warehouse

at no charge. While Dr. Wilt has seen some bad press lately with regards to some of his properties, he loves animals and the Humane Society is grateful for the reduced rent. The shop generates sustainable income – something the grant people look for. Donations are plentiful, with even more needed,

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP: The High Desert Humane Society is a 501-C-3 non-profit organization, and all donations are tax deductible.

Besides monetary donations, the Society always accepts pet food, towels and blankets. Especially needed are collars and leashes.

How about donating used items in good condition? Call Cheryl at Past Times: (928) 425-2220.

Interested in volunteering?

Volunteers are needed at both the thrift shop and the warehouse (all are half-day shifts), and if you have a truck and can pick up donations, you’ll be the dogs’ best friend forever!

Tell a friend, or share this article with those in your club, office or school. You can also visit the HDHS Facebook page, or email Cheryl at highdeserthumane@gmail.com.

Estate planning is another way to help the animals, and will benefit them for years to come.

“I want people to think about the Humane Society, and if they’ve got money to help the animals, I want them to think hard!” So concludes the Matchmaker, whose days – and weekends, evenings, and holidays – are devoted to fostering a special bond between people and pets.

and a staff of selfless volunteers sort, clean and sell merchandise. The High Desert Humane Society Boutique is clean and organized, with a nice selection of goods – household and décor items, books and art, jewelry and clothing. “And just so you know, every pair of tennis shoes are laundered, and [leather] shoes are sanitized with Clorox wipes!”

When asked, ‘where do you go from here?’ Cheryl points out it’s much easier to get assistance – grant money from organizations like the ASPCA, dog food manufacturers and such – if there’s a dedicated rescue facility. Currently, Past Times is the facility, along with various foster homes. There is a piece of property – over two acres with outbuildings and plenty of play areas, with visibility and easy access, but the price takes it out of reach for the Society. “It’s a big chunk of change for us to come up with, unless an angel or two steps forward to help.

Honestly? Fifty thousand dollars and we’d have a full-blown dog rescue!”

How do they think up names for the dogs? “It’s hard!” she giggles, “We look at them a few times and come up with something silly. Sammy’s come back a few times, and so we call him ‘Boomerang’. And then there’s little Elmer… because he sticks like glue.” When asked to discuss the hard part of all of this: the dogs who never find loving homes, Cheryl chafes.

“Approximately one thousand dogs and cats are euthanized each year in this small community. It’s irresponsible and unnecessary to let these animals breed.

‘Real men neuter their dogs’ is a tee shirt design we’d like to create. Spaying and neutering is healthier for the animal: they’re less apt to roam, they’re less aggressive, and now, because of the Humane Society, it’s affordable.

You can also apply for assistance if you need help.” All information is posted at the new Feline Rescue building at 669 N. Broad Street.

While the war still rages, some of the battles are easier. “I’m able to delegate-Pegi taking over the Thrift Shop management was just a tremendous help to me, and Sarah, in charge of the Spay/Neuter Clinic took a load off, too!” She’s especially appreciative of the support of Doc Eubank and the staff at Good Samaritan Veterinary Services. “He always takes my calls, even at night, and has helped injured animals after business hours. They will always squeeze us in, and they make it affordable for us.” Additionally, five hundred and fifty dogs and cats have

been spayed and neutered in the last nine months through the Spay and Neuter clinic. Cheryl shifts in her seat and says, “You know, Frank Gifford once said, ‘The one thing they’ll never forgive you for is success’. And the Humane Society is successful.”

Asked about what the Society needs from the community, Cheryl acknowledges the terrific cadre of volunteers, approximately forty now, but “while we have incredible volunteers, we definitely need more! We need foster homes, too: those folks who can take in a dog, socialize him, and then let him go on to a permanent home.

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We provide food and medical care for this.” She tells a brief story about two Yorkie sisters, one with a neurological disorder which caused her to crawl.

This did not stop her from wrestling with her sister. They were both adopted by a loving couple who, with Cheryl, didn’t want to split them up. Her eyes fill. “It was a total blessing when the Curry’s came along,” she says softly.

“They want to make her happy for as long as possible. The little one with the spinal problem – her name is Hope, and her bark is like a song – well, we hope she gets stronger so she can beat up her sister.”

Cheryl grows reflective. “I love seeing a good match, and I love it when ‘new parents’ call me or send me pictures and tell me how much they enjoy their new pet! I get photos of dogs sleeping with the kids, or dressed up for Valentine’s Day. And there’s no therapy equal to a lick on the face from your dog. It’s very rewarding to work with the Society, [because] we’re helping people, too!” She beams. “We’re very impressed with the generosity of this community.”

She grins and adds, conversationally, “You know what? Barking drives me nuts.”