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Business and Community Leader At 102, Carmen Slough reflects on a life lived in Globe

By Autumn Giles

decided not to ask Carmen Slough about what it’s like to be 102 years old.

I get the feeling her age is something she gets asked about a lot and it is, after all, just one of the innumerable things she has accomplished in her life. She’s more than a number, but if we’re talking numbers, 102 certainly deserves more than a little reverence.

Slough, her maiden name is Blanco, was born in Douglas, Arizona, to parents who both immigrated from Spain, but didn’t meet until they were in the U.S. In her early years, her father worked at the mine in Douglas hopping around to other mines in the area to follow work. “Finally, my mother said, ‘We’re not moving anymore, we’re staying in Globe,'” remembers Slough.

Slough thinks her family must have been settled in Globe by about 1918. “We could almost say we’re natives here,” she says. After nearly 100 years in the area, I imagine she’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who would argue with that assessment.

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Father Jay Page 29

Through summer floods, icy streets, shrinking budgets and unchained dogs

By Autumn Giles

The Copper Cities Youth Sports (CCYS) Piranhas at their first home meet held at the Hostetler Pool June 18th. Photo by Autumn Giles

The Piranhas: Dedicated and Determined to Swim

By Autumn Giles

This Summer’s Get Er Done feature is about a team effort. The Copper Cities Youth Sports (CCYS) Piranhas swim team proves year after year that you don’t have to have the best facilities or opportunities to be successful. From the swimmers to their coaches and parents, the Piranhas, as an organization, have overcome obstacles to stay competitive and provide a great program for the youth of Globe-Miami.

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It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Globe Post Office has seen many changes in the past forty years, but Globe carrier Justin Brandt, who has 36 years of service, says there’s at least one thing that hasn’t changed: “The trust that we have in people or people have in us. And I like that.”

Another constant – and one of the first things that comes up in conversation – about the postal service in Globe-Miami is the hills.

“When we started, we didn’t have vehicles. We walked. And this is a community that has thousands of hills,” says Rosemary Tarango. “You were going down alleys, you were going through yards, canyons,” says Brandt.

Tarango has 30 years of continuous service and started as a clerk at Inspiration Post Office under Postmaster Joe Sanchez. Now, the postal service keeps the clerk and carrier tracks separate. At the time, employees were allowed to do both and, early in her career, Tarango did. She’s now a clerk at the Globe Post Office.

We Are Healthcare A look at healthcare services and providers in our community...

Globe Post Office, Continued on page 32

Medical Marijuana Page 26

Area Walking Maps Centerfold of GMT

A Salute to Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center as they complete the new expansion.

Special Pull-Out Issue in this Edition of Globe Miami Times

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Moving Heaven and Earth

By Kim Stone

Half of the Wallace Collection has been moved to Boyce Thompson Arboretum. A thousand tons of boxed plants are staged and ready to be planted this fall, with many more on their way.

It’s difficult to fathom the enormity of digging 6,000 mature trees, shrubs, and cacti out of the ground and transporting them lock, stock, and barrel down 75 miles of highway to Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Has a botanical garden collection ever been completely uprooted and moved to another botanical garden? Ever? Not likely.

We are dealing with the re-location of living organisms here. These aren’t the four-legged kind that can be herded across mountains into waiting cattle cars. And this isn’t a nursery, either, where plants are grown in containers for easy mobility. No, this is a real garden where mature plants have been growing in the ground for as long as twenty-five years. Their roots run deep and wide, invisibly colonizing 11 acres of soil, each plant with its own unique set of physical and horticultural requirements.

Larger plants require a box that can be six feet in diameter and weigh eight tons (16,000 pounds!). They’re so large and heavy that only three or four can fit on the flatbed trailer of a semi-truck. Many trees, large yuccas, and cacti can approach 20 feet in height, which means they have to be carried almost horizontally to clear the highway overpasses. This often requires an engineered supporting structure of wood that increases the overall weight even more.

Some plants respond better when dug in the warm season, others prefer the spring or fall, so seasonality is always a horticultural planning consideration. Even when a plant is banded securely in its box, ready to load onto a truck, it can only be transported in the early morning hours to avoid the potential damage of a 65 MPH trip through the low humidity and 110 degree temperatures of a typical summer day.

But they are on their way, with 622 of these giant boxes currently in our Picket Post holding area, each one neatly lined up in rows that are a hundred yards long, some with a hundred boxes per row. After every box is unloaded, it is always placed in the same orientation as it was originally growing. And because one missed irrigation can mean certain death this time of year, each plant is connected to an irrigation system the very same day.

A contractor with a track record of successfully transplanting plants in our hot and arid environment was hired to do most of the “heavy lifting” of the boxed plants, but our staff has been very active, too, bringing another 2,700 plants to the Arboretum. These plants are predominantly smaller cacti and succulents that are now growing in an engineered nursery soil mix under one of six shade structures we have constructed in two different holding areas.

Upcoming Events July 16 ~ Plants of the Bible Lands guided walk July 16 ~ Carla Keaton’s ‘Paint & Wine’ class (fee) July 17 ~ Tree tour with Certified Arborist Jeff Payne July 23 ~ Geology Walk with Rich Leveille July 23 ~ Butterfly Walk with Marceline VandeWater July 23 ~ ‘Night Shoot’ painting-with-lights photography workshop with John Aho July 24 ~ Edible & Medicinal Desert Plants Walk guided by Kathy & Tom McDonald July 24 ~ Arizona’s Edible Mushrooms lecture with Jim & Dana Warnecke July 30 ~ Lizard Walk with ‘Wild Man Phil All events are free with paid admission unless noted.

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It has been a challenging project from the very beginning, with the daily interplay of logistics, seasonality, biology, engineering, politics, and the engine that drives it all: adequate funding.

Although Wallace Desert Gardens has an endowment and funds to cover operating costs that the Arboretum will incur for the continued maintenance of the plants, much of the value of Wallace Gardens is based on the value of the 17 lots on which the plants are growing.

The value of the lots cannot be realized until the plants are moved, with a looming deadline of July 2017.

The Arboretum’s intent is to leave no plant behind and to ensure that each plant has the best chance of survival. We have the funds to bring 4,000 plants safely to their new home at the Arboretum, but we do not have the funding to move the last 2,000 plants that are still waiting their turn at Wallace Desert Gardens.

That’s why we want need to raise another $2 million to relocate these plants.

We are gaining ground with our Gofundme/ desertplantrescue campaign, raising over $18,000 in the past three months, plus twice that in individual donations. But we are still well short of our $2 million goal. Get more information about how you can help on the official Desert Plant Rescue website, http://wallace. btarboretum.org or call our Desert Plant Rescue hotline at 520.609.3180.

We need everyone’s help to bring each and every plant—all 6,000 of them—to their new home at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. /BoyceThompson • Find us

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Publisher Linda Gross Creative Director Jenifer Lee Editors Linda Gross Patricia Sanders

t is nice to see that the summer is settling into its normal highs and lows after that week in June, where even GlobeMiami felt the effect of excessive heat warnings. I find myself grateful for 99 degree days followed by our cool nights that bring out friends and family to sit under the stars.

As I bid farewell to the month of June, the highlight for me was the weekend which I saw family and friends come in from all over the country to celebrate my 60th birthday and share a bit of my small-town life. Many of them had never been here before and I know they left with a better understanding of why I have dug my heels in after moving to Globe 17 years ago and made a life here.

It’s nice to be part of this community.

The Gala we hosted at the Center for the Arts was made possible thanks to “many hands making work light" from those who brought food (and those who displayed and served it), helped with decorations and coordinated the details, but I want to give a big shout out to Jenn Walker, who coordinated many of the details and produced our anniversary video. You can find it on our You Tube channel and Facebook. If you missed it, I hope you’ll check it out this summer. It’s a good reflection on the reasons we continue to do what we do. It’s about people.

The summer issue this year includes a special pull-out on on healthcare in our region led by the recent expansion of Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center. They will be hosting a

Grand Opening event on August 3rd as they unveil the new 67,000 sq. ft. expansion which was begun over a year ago. This is a huge accomplishment for a small rural community like ours and helps pave the way for the future of healthcare for this region. We will be certainly be there and hope to see you. Details on pp. 32 of the insert.

If you need a few more reasons to be proud of your community, look no farther than our feature story on the Piranhas(pp. 1), the swim team that has been a tradition in Globe-Miami for decades and is continuing to produce strong swimmers and great memories.

Or, the people behind the Globe Post Office who have been doing more than delivering the mail, but also watching out for those on their routes for over thirty years. (pp. 1).

And then we feature two individuals who have been such a part of life in Globe-Miami that even if you’ve never met them personally, they feel like family: Carmen Slough (pp. 1) and Father Jay (pp. 27). Our piece on Carmen reflects a cherished life in Globe from someone who can remember wearing bloomers to school, the bocce courts in Bankers Garden and the flood of ’54. She has served as a community leader and business woman and has lived in the same home for 80 years. As for Father Jay, we were saddened to hear that he is being transferred to Nogales after 17 years in the Miami community where he has touched the hearts of many. The tribute on (pp. 29) comes from his parish family, but we shall all miss him.

Finally, as we get into the swing of summer, I want to draw your attention to our next big project: an outdoor recreation guide for our region (pp. 2) due out this Fall. I’m truly excited about this project because it will be the first of its kind to really make our outdoor opportunities accessible to those who may not “just know” where to go and what to do here. Outdoor recreation is a 10 billion dollar industry in Arizona and is an economic driver for those communities who market those opportunities. Here in Gila County we have so much to offer from our lakes and rivers to the mountains and low desert. From world-class hunting and white-river rafting, to great hikes and exceptional bird-watching opportunities we have so much to offer!

So, here is hoping you have a great summer with family and friends!

Cheers,

Contributing Writers Autumn Giles Linda Gross Kim Stone Contributing Photography Boyce Thompson Arboretum Staff Autumn Giles Linda Gross Patricia Sanders Crossword Puzzle Joe Skamel

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THE 4TH EDITION OF “TELLING OUR STORIES” FEATURES WRITERS, POETS AND ARTISTS

GIVING VOICE AND EXPRESSION TO YOUNG, EMERGING TALENT the seventh graders and eighth graders, they carried their own sketchbooks and they had some taggings in there [...] and I asked them if I could look at it.” Wilson After talking to San Carlos Apache artist Robert was a sixth grader and remembers not really being able Wilson about the things that inspire him, it’s not hard to to read the lettering, but still connecting with the work. believe him when he says, “pretty much anything.” Over “I really loved the colors and how pretty it looked. And I the course of our conversation, I lose count of the number wanted to do that,” says Wilson. So he practiced. of times he says some variation of “I wanted to learn to “As I continued through the years, practicing, I really do that,” when he recalls first seeing something that couldn’t do it in school or class because everybody lights him up: graffiti in an older kid’s notebook in looked down on it,” remembers Wilson. They saw graffiti, middle school, new styles and mediums of fine art in “as something negative, or gang-related. It kind of really high school, or Japanese anime art. Wilson doesn’t stop hindered me.” There was this devaluing, but also utter at admiration; if he likes it, he teaches himself to do it. negation. Once in middle school, Wilson handed “I’m learning every day,” he says. in an assignment that had graffiti art and Wilson, 23, who is also a freelance graphic a teacher told him to re-do it because designer, traces his beginnings as an what he had done wasn’t art. artist back to his father. “My dad used In high school, there was a shift. to always like doing drawings in the “They were more laid back about kitchen. I would sit there and watch it [...] They saw no harm in what him as he would draw. He would be I was doing, as long as I got my drawing whatever came to his mind assignments in. They would tell [...] traditional baskets or people or me, ‘Robert, finish your assignment elders. I liked that. I was like, ‘Wow. and you can go ahead and draw.’

That’s really cool.’ I wanted to learn So, I got my assignments in.” how to do that,” Wilson says.

One teacher in particular, Mrs. “What really got me into art was Levenson, was hugely encouraging when I’d seen graffiti art,” explains to Wilson. “She saw the potential in One of Wilson's ink pen drawings.

Wilson. “Some of the older students,

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The books allow young people to claim their voices and have their experiences recognized.

what I was doing and she wanted to further that – taking the time for me as a student in any projects we did and pushing me a little further beyond what I knew, what I was comfortable with doing.” Levenson forced him out of “the little square I was in,” just doing graffiti work, explains Wilson. He stuck with Sharpies for six or seven years, but he says Levenson “gave me thicker paper, water colors, gave me pastels and a big sheet of paper,” opening him up to exploring different mediums in his work.

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Wilson seems to approach nearly everything as an opportunity to grow as an artist. He remembers working on carving with Levenson. “I was enjoying it the whole time,” remembers Wilson.

He made the ambitious choice to carve a buffalo and didn’t finish it during the allotted two weeks in class, so he asked Levenson if he could continue working on it during his lunches. She obliged. “Doing that carving and sculpting, it kind of made me pay more attention to detail. After that, I started seeing more and more attention to detail when I started doing pen and marker type work.”

four years, O’Connor, who lived and worked in Globe-Miami for a number of years, has published the Telling Our Own Stories book, featuring art and poetry from young artists around the world. Issue four, which is available at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts in Globe, features work from students in San Carlos, Globe, and Miami as well as Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Mississippi. Wilson did the cover art and graphic design for issue four of Telling Our Own Stories, which features his art as well.

Wilson also collaborated with O’Connor on issue three and the pair recently presented their work to tribal leadership, successfully seeking funding

Gillos de Souza from Benin met with San Carlos Secondary School students to share information about his country and culture. He has worked with the Rhyme-N-Reason Foundation since 2010.

During his first year of high school, Wilson met Dr. Carol O’Connor, founder of the Rhyme-N-Reason Foundation, when she was a substitute teacher in his art class. O’Connor remembers meeting Wilson. According to O’Connor, she brought a big book of graffiti to show the students and asked the class if any of them did graffiti. One hand went up: Wilson’s.

O’Connor’s background as an educator and her passion for hip-hop are evident in Rhyme-N-Reason’s mission to present “innovative multimedia educational programs that are culturally relevant, rigorous, and significant.” For the past

for issue five, at which they’re already hard at work. “For the majority of the presentation, I talked about a lot of things that we’re doing and how it’s benefiting some of the kids out there,” says Wilson.

Wilson says he wasn’t that nervous to present because as a flute player he performs at events like Apache Jii, which helps him feel comfortable speaking in front of people.

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Wilson characterizes it, can contribute to misconceptions about rap, graffiti, and hip-hop culture in general, “When you look back at the earlier hip hop, graffiti, and rap, it wasn’t all about that. It was talking about their life story. It was talking about the struggle, how hard it was, and the things they’ve gone through,” explains Wilson. Telling Our Own Stories features work in that spirit.

The preferred tool of the artist.

Photo by Autumn Giles

O’Connor echoes Wilson, saying that “the stories that they [the artists] tell and the things about their lives are really important for everybody to hear [...] When people don’t have a voice, that’s when they start doing really crazy things that hurt themselves and other people too.”

Telling Our Own Stories facilitates the vital work of providing space for young people to claim their voices and have their experiences recognized. “People need to have other people value them, especially people who have been through some difficult situations,” she says. “They really need some people to say, you’re really cool, you’re smart, and I love what you do.”

A couple of years ago, Wilson was back at San Carlos High School to meet with students about Telling Our Own Stories and watched a student trying to draw an Apache woman. “They kind of were getting there, but they didn’t like the way that it looked. They kind of scribbled it up and threw it away. I took the paper and said, ‘I’ll finish it.’ I tried to finish what he drew and gave it back to him,” remembers Wilson. “I told him that, it may not look good now, but if you keep at it, it’s going to look great.” Looking back at drawings he did when he was younger, Wilson says, “I’m really excited that I kind of stuck with it.”

Wilson sees his art going more toward realism, right now and in the future, and he’s constantly seeking to get his work in front of fresh, critical eyes. “When you ask

Robert Wilson has recently worked with Carol O'Connor, with Rhyme and Reason to seek funding from tribal leadership for funding to launch issue five which is already underway. Photo by Autumn Giles

around the same community [...] they’ll pretty much always give you positive feedback, but you need that criticism,” he says. “It’s like racing against the same person all the time. It’s not going to change anything unless you go against someone who is better. I kind of strive for that – to be better at what I’m doing.”

To contact Wilson about graphic design work e-mail rwilson_24@yahoo.com For additional information about the Rhyme-N-Reason Foundation, visit www.rhymenreasonfoundation.org/

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Drawn to The Library

MIAMI MEMORIAL LIBRARY IS A DESTINATION FOR MANY.

By Autumn Giles

Mrs. Cheves started a long standing tradition of encouraging young readers. Photo courtesy of Miami Memorial Library

In 2013, John Michael Benson wrote a feature story on Mrs. Cheves for our Spring issue. He wanted to recreate a photo which had been taken of him as a young boy in the Miami Library talking with Mrs. Cheves. Here he is fifty years later with Miami Librarian, Delvan Hayward. Photo by LCGross

e are people’s Google,” says Roy Plascencia, library assistant at the Miami Memorial Library. Plascencia, who has worked in security and construction, he says, “I wasn’t expecting to come here, I wasn’t expecting to get this job, but I’ve found I enjoy it more than any of the other jobs I’ve had.” It’s a singular experience to spend time in a place where everyone who works there seems to genuinely enjoy what they do. It’s clear that’s the case at MML. It seems there’s an unofficial tradition among MML staff like Plascencia of unexpectedly coming to Miami, stopping by the library, and ultimately staying to work there. Miami Memorial Library Manager Delvan Hayward originally came to the library to get online during a job search, only to learn that the librarian at the time was looking for an assistant. Plasencia stopped in the library after moving to the area to try to figure out where the nearest Chase bank was. Not too long after that, the library assistant job became available. The beloved Miami librarian Emily Cheves, who led the library through the Great Depression and after, reportedly got off the train in Miami to visit a friend and was somehow persuaded to stay to run the library.

Cheves set the tone for the role that the library would have in MML volunteer Ysabel Eylicio helps out during preschool and toddler story time, part of the Miami, making it a warm welcoming place during hard times and library’s successful summer reading program. advocating for children and the library in the community. Now, even Photo by Autumn Giles as technology plays a larger part in the ways in which the library serves the community, its role as a community space remains central. “I guess you could call it a sanctuary almost,” says Ysabel Eylicio a dedicated MML volunteer who will be a senior at Miami High School in the fall. Eylicio is an essential part of the library’s successful summer reading program and helps out wherever she is needed during the school year. “A lot of people just come here for company, especially if they don’t have anything to do at the time,” adds Eylicio.

“We try to help people as much as possible with whatever they really need,” says Plascencia. Helping patrons access and navigate technology is a substantial part of Plascencia and Hayward’s day-to-day. Hayward does think that the library has a role in technical education and says they’ve tried to offer classes, but have the best luck working with patrons on an individual basis. Plascencia echoes Hayward saying, “We work a lot of one on one with people. There are a lot of libraries that just don’t do that. They are faceless people, hidden in the background, somewhere in their office.”

Hayward says that the need for hands-on technology support often spikes after the holidays. “Grandson in New York sent grandma a Kindle and she doesn’t know even how to turn it on,” offers Hayward as an example. That grandma comes to the library for help. Of course, folks come to the library to access the internet, but it’s easy to forget how much information internet access makes possible. Hayward says that she has had patrons renew their visas at the library and apply for social security. She tells people to think of her and Plascencia as their secretaries. She has even sent him out on the occasional house call to help patrons with particularly puzzling technological issues.

Taliesin students’ proposed designs for the library include a gymnasium space, a nod to the building’s history. Photo by Autumn Giles

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Miami Memorial Library assistant Roy Plascencia helps a young library patron. Plascencia says that they often work with patrons one-on-one at the library, whether it’s to help with finding a book or getting online. Photo by Autumn Giles

One of the proposed design concepts by Taliesin students. Photo by Autumn Giles

MML volunteer Ysabel Eylicio will be a senior at Miami High School in the fall. Eylicio thinks that the library has done a good job keeping up with the times, especially for a small town. Photo by Autumn Giles

The building itself, the former Miami High School Gymnasium, influences how patrons interact with the library. “I love how we kind of recycled the building and it used to be a gym. I always thought that was pretty interesting,” says Eylicio. Hayward says, “The fact that we are in a building that so many people remember—this is a real nostalgic thing for a lot of people [...] A lot of people like to bring in their relatives, their grandchildren, to see where they played basketball.” Hayward has been able to use the Hall of Fame to help families who are in the process of filing Downwinders claims place their loved ones in the area.

This year, the building attracted the attention of Taliesin West, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. The school spent the first part of its four-year studio project on MML, looking at how it serves the area and working to re-imagine the space. “The library already plays an important role in gathering the community,” say Cristina Murphy and Andrea Bertassi, former Taliesin faculty fellows who worked with their students at the library this year.

“The project aims to re-define and enhance this crucial function, addressing the youth and providing an inspiring place to reinforce their sense of belonging in the region,” say Murphy and Bertassi. As a nod to the building’s past, students’ proposed designs for the library include a gymnasium space.

As a Miami native, Hayward has a strong sense to responsibility to the library. “I take it personally,” she says. The library relies heavily on donations and support from the Friends of the Library, as well Memorial Library, Continued on page 10

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as support from the county library system, other libraries in the area, the Sports Hall of Fame, and the Town of Miami, among others. Delvan calls the library’s sale room, which is open whenever the library is, “the best kept secret in Globe-Miami.”

Peggy Snow, long-time MML volunteer and treasurer of the Friends of the Library says, “It’s a good buy [...] you can pack a lot of books in a bag.” When there’s not a sale going on, the going price is $2 per bag.

Among the many ways Snow helps at the library, she keeps the sale room organized, attractive, and feeling like a cozy neighborhood bookstore. Snow lived on Adonis avenue near the library as a child and her kids grew up growing to the library too. She calls the library “one of the showcases of Miami.”

“Lately, I’ve noticed more people bringing in some type of artifacts,” says Eylicio. Hayward and Plascencia tell me this too – historical documents, old books, even a decoder pen. They seem to really enjoy being surprised by the random treasures that show up at the library. The library isn’t the first place I’d think of to bring something old and potentially valuable, so I ask Eylicio why she thinks people do that. “Because it’s a library,” she says.

“We kind of preserve history and stuff in here and I think that’s why.” A bit later in our conversation, she tells me, “We’re keeping up with the times very well for a small town, I think.” With this juxtaposition, she captures part of what makes Miami Memorial Library special and what the library is really good at – making a place for history while still looking ahead to what is next.

Miami Memorial Library is located at 282 S. Adonis Ave. in Miami, AZ. The hours are TuesdayFriday 10am-6pm and Saturday 9am-1pm.

Library manager, Delvan Hayward, during preschool and toddler storytime.

Photo by Autumn Giles

Little patrons get a library tour during preschool and toddler story time at Miami Memorial library. Photo by Autumn Giles

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Globe-Miami Farmers Market Veterans Park/Globe City Hall Every Saturday 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

June 2 - October 7 The local farmers' market offers an array of locally grown produce, handmade crafts, baked goods and entertainment. It is a great way to visit with neighbors, meet new friends, pick up something special for your week and kick off the weekend. If you have something to sell, talk to market manager Holly Brantley at (928) 701-1108 about a booth or simply sharing a table with others.

Summer Youth Theater Performs Willy Wonka Jr. July 8, 9, 10, 16, 17 Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, Globe Cost: $10 general admission or $15 for reserved seating.

The Summer Youth Musical Theater Program has been delighting kids, parents and audiences since it launched in 1998. It now serves more than 200 kids each summer, who learn the art of puppets, stagecraft, improv and acting.

It all comes together on the stage in several grand performances during the first two weeks of July. This year they are producing Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr. Seating is limited for each showing, so we suggest you book your tickets as soon as you read this! Call the Center at (928) 425-0884.

9th Annual Calendar Fundraiser for High Desert Humane Society July 23 from 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Bullion Plaza Museum Gymnasium Cost: $25, includes dinner Miami This annual fundraiser has been a hit with the community since it launched in 2010. The idea of auctioning off photo spreads of local pets for each month on the calendar gets a great deal of good natured bidding among the pet owners, who vie for the opportunity to get the best month.

It includes a silent auction, a live auction, the calendar auction and a sit down dinner. This event regularly sells out, so get your ticket early. No tickets will be sold at the door. A nohost cocktail bar will open at 5:30, and dinner starts at 6:00 p.m. Call 425-2220 or 200-3611 for tickets, or purchase them at Past Times Antiques, Fashion Gap or the Humane Society Boutique on Broad Street.

World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo August 18-20 Payson Event Center, Payson, AZ The 132nd August Doin's Rodeo Tickets start at $18 for adults The third weekend in August is rodeo time in Payson. This is a PRCA event and is the longest continuous rodeo in the country. Bill by True West Magazine during its 125th anniversary celebration, it has been called the “Best Small Town PRCA Rodeo” in the country. Tickets are available for purchase online and at the gate, with prices ranging from $10 for children 8-12 up to $18 for adults. Free admission to active armed forces services.

47th Annual Gila County Fair September 22-25 Gila County Fairgrounds From the All-American Beef CookOff on Thursday night to the livestock auction on Sunday, the Gila County Fair has something for everyone in the family.

For complete information on the fair and the program lineup for 2016, go to www.gilacountyfair.com.

10th Annual Arizona Rural Policy Forum August 10-12 St. Joseph Family Center Cost: $125 general admission The annual Arizona Rural Policy Forum helps to connect rural economic development professionals, nonprofits, community leaders, business owners and other rural stakeholders who are interested in sustaining rural communities. The event, hosted by Arizona Rural Development Council and now in its tenth year, is expected to bring participants from all over the state for three days. For more information and to register please go to: azrdc.org/2016.

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The Tree(s) of Life and in Life Family memories of favorite trees

Story and photos by Autumn Giles, unless otherwise noted

A Tree for the Chickens

Mary Hysong has a lot of things growing on her property in Claypool, where she has been nearly 30 years, but a mulberry tree wasn’t one of them.

Since it’s summer and peaches are ripe and shade Until one day, a mulberry tree surprised her. Serendipitously, “it came in from trees are especially precious GMT asked to hear somewhere else into one of my big flower pots on my patio,” she remembers. the tree stories of Globe-Miami. We heard about a At the Globe-Miami Farmer’s Market, Hysong is known for her beautiful mystery pear tree, a pretty purple locust, and more. eggs and is a lifelong organic gardener. She blogs at edible-garden.blogspot. com. Hysong enlisted the help of her granddaughter Harmony early on.

“When my granddaughters lived up here they were like my farm girls and they all helped me in the garden with the rabbits and the chickens, everything,” says Hysong. “Harmony has been helping me in the garden since she was like three. She’s planted lots of stuff.”

When the tree got to be about three feet high, Mary and Harmony planted it in the ground to help make shade for the chickens. Harmony, who was about six years old when the tree was planted, playfully remembers the experience as “painful.”

“It’s on a little slope right there and so [...] we hauled some rocks and Harmony hauled rocks to help her built a little wall to make a well around it to help hold the dirt around it and grandmother Mary Hysong plant this mulberry the water. So Harmony helped me haul all of the rocks up there,” explains tree to provide shade for Hysong’s chickens.

Hysong. Harmony says she also helped her grandma plant tomatoes and carrots that year, which she seemed to find more enjoyable than the mulberry tree. “She “I come from the tropics and I live in was like, ‘Oh these are heavy, I’m tired,” Mary says breaking into laughter. “And I’d be Josie Kirton (left) and Isabella Bigando with the the desert,” says Miriam Jones. The lush, like ‘Oh, go get some more. We’re not done yet.” peach tree they planted for their grandmother green mulberry tree in the yard was a major Harmony is ten now and the tree is close JoNell Brantley Thomas. Although Bigando says selling point when she and her husband to ten feet tall. She joins her grandma at that she doesn’t necessarily remember planting the pits and seeds, she jokes that she helps out Chris bought their Globe home. It made the Globe-Miami Farmers Market now by eating the peaches. her feel, just a bit, like she was back in on Saturdays to sell her own Guatemala. “That green wall that it creates products, homemade chapsticks and in the summer—I am in green country! If This summer, you’ll see JoNell Brantley salt scrubs. you go in the house, you’re not in the desert.

Thomas and her granddaughter Josie selling For me, it makes my summer because I can see pies and tarts at the Globe-Miami Farmer’s green in that window,” says Miriam.

Market. They use eggs from their chickens Miriam and Chris’ three daughters Sarah, and fruit from Brantley Thomas’ trees Gracie, and Mariel each claimed their own that Josie and her other grandchildren branches as they grew up with the tree. “We were always planted for her. “I remember Nana upset though when branches disappeared because Dad talking about how trees grew and would prune it for our safety,” says Sarah, the oldest Jones eating the fruit so we could plant sister, now 20. “Actually he asked us to mark the ones we the seeds,” says Josie, who is now didn’t want to cut, so we would tie a ribbon around them,” 11. When Josie was around three, she says.

Brantley Thomas encouraged her and the other grandkids to plant their pits and seeds, so they could watch them grow together.

“They put them in my flower pots because I told them that they couldn’t plant them in the desert. They had to be where they were watered all the time. Every single pot had a tree the next spring of unknown varieties,” says Brantley Thomas. She now has four mature fruit trees from that summer of planting experiments, two Ruby Parker in her favorite yellow gardening gloves, peaches, a pear, and an apricot. “The helping her dad Brandon plant a purple locust tree at funny thing was the ones that I wasn’t Sisters Gracie, Sarah, and Mariel Jones (L to R) in the mulberry tree their Globe home. Courtesy photo they grew up climbing in Globe. aware that they planted,” she says. Josie and the brother moved away after the The tree is a male mulberry and, much to the girls’ dismay, summer after the trees were planted, doesn’t produce fruit. “We wanted the fruits and my dad was like Ruby Parker was about three years old when she so the seedlings became poignant ‘It would make a mess,’ but we wanted the mess. We wanted the helped her Dad Brandon plant a purple locust tree in the mementos for Brantley Thomas. fruit,” remembers Gracie, who just graduated from Globe High yard of their Globe home. The family picked out the The pear tree, for example, was a School. The tree started out with two swings and at one point tree at Golden Hills Nursery in Globe because surprise. After she planted it, Brantley had as many as five hammocks, the envy of the girls’ friends. it was fast growing and was a good shade tree.

Thomas suspected in was a fruit tree, but The tree was “the location of many adventures,” says Sarah, from “Ruby was probably three or four and she for years it didn’t produce fruit. Last year, Little House on the Prairie to Pirates. “I used to play elf games with my helped me dig the hole,” says Brandon. she felt like she had given it enough friend Annica and we would go on the tree [...] Sometimes we would try I ask Ruby, who is 13 now, what she chances and told her husband they would to sharpen rocks into arrow points,” says Mariel, the youngest. “I climbed remembers about planting the tree with cut it down. “It heard me,” she says it more recently to see if I would fit in it anymore,” says Sarah. “It’s a lot because this year it is loaded with pears. harder to maneuver because I don’t fit in all of the places.”

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A Wall of Green in Globe

The Summer of Seedling

Yellow Gardening Gloves

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her dad and she says immediately, “My gloves. They were yellow and they had green caterpillars and lady bugs on them and I remember I used to wear them until I grew out of them. I used to wear them for planting everything.” Brandon tells Ruby that they were probably the first gloves she ever wore.

“It has these big purple blooms that a lot of times will only last like three weeks, but we enjoy them. It attracts the bees big time. As the blooms are coming on, it buzzes pretty good,” says Brandon. Leaf cutter bees enjoy the tree too and the work they do on the leaves make it less effective as a shade tree than the family had hoped.

The tree has threatened to take over the yard. “It shoots up little trees... every spring like crazy,” says Brandon.

“This last weekend I just chopped them down.”

A Globe Peach Caper Nancy Mackay couldn’t wait for the first harvest off of her dwarf peach tree. On a Monday the peaches were just about ready. She planned to pick them the next day.

She ran home on her lunch break on Tuesday and was stunned. “There was not a peach left on the tree and some of the branches were broken. I was beside myself angry,” she remembers. A friend of hers had her plum tree stripped the weekend before and thought some neighborhood kids may had done it.

“You can’t imagine how mad I was because these were my first peaches. I love peaches. So on my way back to work I stopped at the police station and I said, ‘Some kids got into my yard last night [...] You better go around and watch things!’”

Mackay called Remberto Miramontes at R&B Landscaping because he had planted the tree for her and she was worried about the damage that had been done to it. He told her it was probably javelina. “I said, ‘No Remberto, it couldn’t be javelina,’ she remembers. I had never seen javelina in all these many years.”

He told her there was some in her neighborhood and she still insisted it couldn’t have been javelina.

Nancy Mackay with her dwarf peach tree in Globe, the site of the infamous Globe Peach Caper.

Miramontes came over, they looked at the tree together, and Mackay became convinced that it was, in fact, javelina. “So then I was sort of embarrassed. I thought, I hope I never see a cop again.”

Later that year, when her pecans were getting ripe, her friends saw a pack of javelina in the neighborhood and decided to follow them to see if they were going to Mackay’s house. “So, sure enough, the javelina came up the road, up the hill, and turned on second street,” says Mackay. “They didn’t come up my driveway, they came up the front steps and back around to eat my pecans.”

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The Pretzel Tree “It started out as a hackberry bush,” says Leora Hunsaker of the tree on her mother’s property that her family calls “the pretzel tree.” She explains, “The trunk on it is huge. It’s all big pieces that intertwined—twisted around in the base of it—so it’s like pretzel and it makes a nice canopy. We have always called it the pretzel tree and we had family breakfasts down under the pretzel tree.”

“We started doing Fourth of July under the pretzel tree because of course it’s too hot in the evening and the afternoon, but in the morning early we would gather and have this big breakfast under the pretzel tree.

We would all wear red, white and blue,” says Hunsaker. Leora’s late brother Kip Culver would decorate the barn house by the tree with bunting and flags. “We would have our own family parade,” she remembers.

One year, Hunsaker was up from Phoenix visiting for Christmas and had her camp trailer parked near the tree. “We were going to have Christmas at my mother’s and everybody got the flu,” remembers Hunsaker.

She wasn’t deterred. “I cooked Christmas dinner in that trailer and drug out all the tables and chairs under the pretzel tree and served it up to those of us in the family who weren’t sick.”

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Annual Camaraderie Dinner

Globe-Miami Chamber of Commerce hosts the Annual Camaraderie Dinner at Dream Manor Inn in Globe on May 6.

The event is the Chamber’s largest fundraiser for the year and monies go mostly for visitor center operations.

Cinco De Mayo Downtown Globe ~ May 5

Freeport always has a strong showing at the Chamber's Camaraderie Dinner. L-R: Marcus Haney, Joe and Susanne Barajas, Travis and Diane Holder, Frankie and Melva Dalmolin, Dallas Salazar and Dino and Robin Horta

Chamber President Robin Horta, enlisted the help of her daughter Dallas Salazar and Board Member Tom Foster to to the honors at the podium.

Retired Tribal Judge Kay Lewis Celebrates 80th Birthday

Cinco de Mayo Queens from youngest to oldest; Jerrika Zaragoza ~ Little Miss Queen, Alexius Gonzales ~ Young Miss Queen, Alexis Renteria ~ Junior Miss Queen, Marissa Sanchez ~ Teen Miss Queen

July 2 • Apache Gold Casino

The youth group, Los Changuitos Feos de Tucson performed in Globe. The group is widely credited with bringing the youth mariachi movement to the U.S. where they have performed for the last 50 years.

Former White Mountain Apache Judge Reagan Armstrong with wife Judy and Judge Lewis.

Judge Kay Lewis with his niece, Margie Curley and nephew Isaac Curley

For more: Please visit our facebook page and see the complete album of Judge Lewis' Event.

Relay for Life

The 2016 Relay for Life of Copper Valley raised over $42,000 to date, with money still coming in. 500+ participants that evening and 25+ volunteers. Aaron’s Furniture donated the “Survivor Lounge” and La Casita sponsored the Team Captain VIP Zone.

Adriana Tellez, Christina Cruz, event co-lead Bryan Seppala, ACS staff partner Laura Theobald, event co-lead Melanie Tellez, Jimmy Gonzales, survivor Debi Savage, Misty Price, survivor Curly Spilter.

The Last of the Walkers for Relay 2016. Photo taken at 5:30 am.

Fare Farewell to Taliesin Students & Staff for Summer 2016

After presenting a final exhibition at Bullion Plaza Museum on May 1, both students and staff left for the summer. They will be returning to Globe-Miami in September.

Instructors Andre and Cristina led the first year of studio work by Taliesin students and became familiar and welcomed faces around town. They were heading off on their motorcycles this summer to explore Europe and do work with their firm, XCoop.

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Joe and Marsha Scamel attended the evening.

Joe does the crossword puzzle for GMT.

Good friends Guy and Tracy Jones drove down from Payson.

Publisher Linda Gross (center) is standing with old college friends from Kansas State University. L-R: Brother-in-Law Pawan Handa (Akron, Ohio), Diane and Drew Spisak (Wellsville, Kansas) and Paula and Jim Acer (Kingman, Arizona)

Robert Tognarelli, GMT’s Creative Director Jenifer Lee with GMT’s Editor and Contributor, Jenn Walker, and Darryl Yerkovich

With Sandy Palmer, Gila County IDA and CJ Sullivan from The Roost. Love hanging out with these gals!

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Globe Miami Times' 10th Anniversary Gala and 60th Birthday Party for publisher, Linda Gross was held at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts on June 25th.

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Photo Booth courtesy of Yevette Vargas Photography

Family and Friends Rock the GALA Booth!

Jeanne and Bob Jacques Shelly Holloway and Eric Handa

Marian Reams

Sarah Handa, Pawan Handa and Meredith Richardson

Let's keep this one in the Family!

Autumn Giles and Paul Tunis

Charlie's Angels? No, it's Sheryl, Jenn, Darryl and Deb!

Back: Linda and Fred Nordquist (Houston), Laurie Richardson (Dallas), Meredith (Houston), Bruce Kieler (Wharton, Tx); Front: Jenn Walker and Linda Gross

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GILA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT

ARIZONA PRIMARY ELECTION

Arizona has an open primary law that allows any voter who is registered as an Independent or PND (Party Not Designated) to cast a ballot for one of the officially recognized political parties. If a voter is registered with a recognized party, he/she will only be able to vote that party’s ballot in the Primary Election.

On August 30, the members of each political party will select a candidate to appear on the November 8 General Election ballot. Offices will include:

One of the many online resources that the Gila County Library District and the Arizona State Library provide for free to Gila County residents is Learning Express Library. Learning Express Library features eight learning centers and a library of video guides to help users navigate the site.

The eight learning centers are the adult learning center, career center, school center, college prep center, college center, computer skills center, high school equivalency center, and resources in Spanish.

Learning Express Library is free to access through the Gila County Library website. You don’t need a library card, just an e-mail address and internet access to log in to the program.

The college prep center, for example, offers free online test prep for ACT, SAT, and PSAT tests, among others. The resources include practice tests, downloadable practice booklets, and more. There’s even college admissions essay writing resources, including a “Write Your Way Into College” e-book.

For those looking to start a new career or just brush up on the skills, the career center includes practice tests and review materials for a wide variety of professional certifications. For example, the site features a commercial driver’s license (CDL) practice test, an EMT practice test, and many more.

Search “Gila County Library” or go to the Gila County Library District website at www.gcldaz.org/ and look for the “Learning Express Library” icon at the bottom left corner of the screen. Look for more information in the coming months on Learning Express Library and other Gila County Library Resources at www.globemiamitimes.com.

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STATE: State Senator 2 Years State Representative 2 Years Corporation Commissioner (3) 4 Years COUNTY: Assessor Attorney Board of Supervisors (3) Recorder School Superintendent Sheriff Superior Court Judge – Div. I Treasurer Precinct Committeemen

Important dates for the August 30 Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline August 1, 2016 Early Voting Begins August 3, 2016 Sample Ballot Mailed August 19, 2016 Last Day to Request an Early Ballot August 19, 2016 Last Day for Early Voting: August 26, 2016 Primary Election Day August 30, 2016

Contact Information www.gilacountyaz.gov Gila County Voter Registration (Early Ballots, Early Voting Locations, etc.)

Gila County Recorder 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 • (928) 402-8740 Gila County Elections Department (Poll Locations, Campaign Finance, Absentee/Military/Overseas voters, etc.)

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OLD DOMINION MINE PARK PROJECT RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS MERIT AWARD FROM BHP BILLITON

By Ellen Kretch; courtesy photos

If you’ve lived in Globe-Miami a long time, you might remember when the Old Dominion Mine was an unused mine site, with crumbling foundations, eroded tailing piles and rusting machinery. The deserted mine site was closed to the public, although well known to the community as most had explored it in their youth. BHP Billiton, which purchased the property

than 100 projects submitted by BHP Billiton’s wide network of properties throughout the world and was one of only eight to earn the Merit Award.

The small but dedicated Old Dominion Historic Mine Park Committee has been working since the 1990s on the concept of a walking park on the site. The work done to reclaim the site is striking, with huge piles of tailings re-contoured then covered and planted with native vegetation with

Ruby, Evelyn, Lena, and their dad,Brandon Parker helped design the playground, then worked for 6 hours at the playground Volunteer Day.

in 1995 from Magma Copper, was ready to begin reclamation proceedings in the mid-1990s and they held public meetings on the matter.

Were they surprised to have a huge public turnout…one that had public comments overwhelmingly in favor of preserving the character of the mine and making the site into a walking park for the community? In a community used to the comings and goings, the ups and downs of mining, it must have seemed remarkable that people asked that history be preserved rather than razed.

Now a premier city park, the Old Dominion Post Mining Legacy project has earned a Merit Award in the BHP Billiton annual Health, Safety, Environment & Community recognition program. The park project was judged along with more

the goal of bringing the site closer to its original state. Early progress of the volunteer committee, a subcommittee of the Gila County Historical Society, was measured in tiny steps as they visualized what could be and translated those ideas to a map of the property.

BHP Billiton was a partner in the process to establish the park, agreeing to keep the access roads used in the reclamation project intact for use as biking and hiking trails and working with the committee on locating those trails where ever feasible.

A huge outcry to save the camerafriendly headframe convinced BHP Billiton to preserve that iconic structure and visitors to the park now can walk up within yards to get a closer look. The park, with its self-guided tour, is atypical

Some of the 32 volunteers who recently spread 8,000 square feet of wood chips as safety surfacing in the playground.

of mining properties where companies typically discourage visitors because of safety or liability concerns. Crafting the easement agreement with the safety of visitors paramount helped make the idea of having the public on the property palatable to both BHP Billiton and the city of Globe.

The committee has changed membership through the years, but several volunteers have been at work on the project from day one. Dr. Thea Wilshire chairs the group and she is a driving force for the committee, overseeing and indeed preparing many of the grant applications and funding requests that have allowed the installation of interpretive and educational signage that explains not only the history of the site, but of copper mining in general. Picnic tables, large group ramadas and attractive signage, as well as the public restroom and drinking fountains, are in place because Dr. Wilshire and her group became the “squeaky wheel” that continuously promoted the cause of the park.

Working hand in hand with the mining company, specific walking areas were

Susan Aliprandini and Thea Wilshire just finished the Buffalo Butte Trail compass that depicts info about area mountains and native animals.

identified and a large flat area next to the slag piles was set aside as a “boneyard” for old mining equipment, much of it donated by BHP Billiton, as well as other local mining companies. Company representatives helped identify the best area for placement of the benches and shade structure. BHP Billiton remains in Old Dominion, Continued on page 22

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charge of the site and works closely with the committee to ensure that park works well for both the company and for the city.

Visitors to the park will enjoy strolling the Globe Ledge or Mule Shoe Trails or perhaps using a little more lung capacity on the Interloper Trail…all named for original mine claims in the area. One of the attractions of the park is the variety of trails that range from level to steeper.

On a typical day, there will be dog owners, mountain bikers and families with baby strollers and young children on the paths—to say nothing of disc golf enthusiasts who were pleased to see the city install the course last year.

In addition to the trails, the “boneyard” is easily accessible over level ground.

More than 50 pieces of equipment are on display, most with signage for those eager to learn how the mine worked in earlier days of underground mining. Smelter ladles, a man cage that hauled miners down the main shaft and a large agitator are just a few highlights of the boneyard which continues to expand with the support of BHP Billiton and other local mining companies.

The current project underway is installation of a handicapped-accessible playground near the group picnic areas of the park. A kid friendly mine tunnel already has been installed and work is beginning soon on the other playground

The seven foot diameter compass provides visitors with a good visual on the landmarks surrounding the area. Courtesy photo

equipment. The playground suffered a huge setback when thieves struck recently and vandalized the playground and stole the zip line and some other playground equipment. The community has rallied and more than $1,000 has been raised for a reward to find the perpetrators, as well as several thousand in donations to help replace and to complete the playground.

More than 6,100 volunteer hours have been recorded on the park with thousands more not officially counted. Many local contractors have donated equipment and labor to the project through the years and their donations, along with that of BHP Billiton and other mining firms, have made the project possible. Even when different projects were part of a construction grant, almost all companies donated a significant amount of equipment, time

and labor above and beyond the project.

Grants and donations have totaled more than $300,000 with an additional $240,000 of in-kind donations for a value of more than half a million dollars invested in this unique park. It would have been much easier, and no doubt much less expensive, for BHP Billiton to have simply reclaimed the park, demolished the structures and locked the gates to the public.

Instead, this partnership of BHP Billiton, the city, the Gila County Historical Society and the committee has resulted in a city park that is drawing history and mining enthusiasts and hikers from throughout the state. It is an investment that will pay dividends for decades to come for the local area and for the mining industry.

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Early Literacy

By Autumn GIles; Courtesy photos

Summer Hernandez’s son Kenneth is thrilled to be starting kindergarten in the fall. He tells her that he’s looking forward to learning new words, having a new teacher, being in school with the big kids, and—of course—the playground. “I think preschool is what helped get him excited about it,” says Summer.

Summer started Kenneth at Little Vandals preschool in Miami when he was three because she was concerned he was having trouble. Summer says she noticed differences between Kenneth and his older sister, who she sent right to kindergarten.

She remembers trying to engage him about colors and counting and feeling “like I was interrupting his playtime [...] he’d look at me like ‘Why? I’m doing this,’” she says with a laugh. Now, she says, “He’s like a totally different kid.”

Hernandez says she always read to her kids. “It’s important because it sparks something in them. It makes them want to imagine and learn.” Still she says she found the “parent night” parenting classes at Little Vandals interesting because, for example, they shared the scientific facts behind why reading to your kids is so important. The facts are staggering.

“Differences in vocabulary and that word gap start to appear at 18 months,” says John Taylor, Regional Director of First Things First, which helps fund Little Vandals Preschool. First Things First is a statewide organization funded by tobacco tax revenue that supports early childhood health and education. “That word gap,”

Parents read books to their children that they receive through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program, which provides books free to children ages birth to five.

is shorthand for the widely-cited 30 million word gap. Studies show that children from low-income families hear an average of 30 million less words by age three than those from affluent families.

This is significant because there is a strong correlation between vocabulary at age three and reading test scores at age nine.

According to national standards, three out of every four Arizona fourth graders is not reading proficiently.

At its most basic, early literacy is what a child knows about reading before they learn to read. Between birth and when a child learns to read, there is a diverse range of activities, including reading to your child, that support childhood literacy.

Charlene Becker, Case Manager and Health Educator at TOPS (Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services) in Globe, which is also funded by First Things First, says she encourages families to give their babies books early on. “Say the babies want to lick the book or chew on the book or play with the book—they’re not necessarily reading, but they’re learning how to open the book, which way it goes,” says Becker.

Becker signs all the families in her program up for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program, which provides free books to children ages birth to five years old. Ashley Stroud, a TOPS parent, says that when she reads the books with her daughter. “I’ll hold them up and I’ll put my voice into it when I read to her, and she loves it. She’ll get excited. So they’re really worth it,” says Stroud.

“Literacy begins so early,” says Esther Turner, Senior Program Coordinator at the U of A Extension in Pinal County. The

U of A Extension in Pinal County offers free developmental, hearing, and vision screenings, which they recently expanded into Gila County at community events like the annual kindergarten round-up.

Turner points out that benefits to reading with your children are far-reaching; it teaches sequencing, patterning, and provides an opportunity for physical bonding. And supporting early literacy goes beyond books. For example, she suggests playing games in a waiting room with a magazine like “turn the pages and find a dog,” which helps with scanning letters or make a game out of traffic signs.

“It’s available to you anywhere you are,” says Turner. While cooking dinner, host a cooking show and talk to your child about what you’re doing as you do it to support

communication. Paige Weiner, of ReadOn Globe-Miami, points out that singing to and with children supports early literacy too.

Robin Wurst, a retired speech therapist and educator in Globe, now volunteers to do the weekly pre-school story hour at Globe Public Library. “Reading is not isolated,” says Wurst “and when they get older, in order to get science and math and history, they’re going to have to be good readers.” Wurst incorporates making recipes, for example, into her story hours to appeal to kids with different interests and provide an early example of how math and reading work together.

“Reading is a beautiful way to learn really anything that you need to teach,” says Turner.

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Welcomes You

Globe Unified School District Home of the Tigers

“Everything focuses GUALA class of 2017 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

GHS GRAD CREDITS GEAR UP PROGRAM FOR SUCCESS

on

that

them

Gear-up gaining

does

college

awareness early,” says Callaway. She adds, “First and foremost, our job is to make sure that everybody we started with in seventh grade graduates from high school. Second, what does life after high school look like for that individual

Story by Autumn Giles. Courtesy Photos

student?” Callaway remembers Wiley when he first started Gear-up. “One

“When you come from a small town,

of the best things about working with

college seems like such a far way away,”

Tim was that he got it right away,”

says Globe High School graduate Tim

she says.

Wiley. Wiley was Globe High School’s

John Acedo, Technology Projects

valedictorian when he graduated in

Manager

2012 and this May he graduated from

Director for NAU Gear-up, nominated

ASU with a degree in exercise and

Wiley for GUALA. Wiley was one of only

wellness. He is a passionate advocate

24 students nationwide selected to

for bringing educational opportunities

participate in the year-long leadership

to rural areas like Globe-Miami and

program, which includes his recent

recently traveled to Washington DC as

trip to DC. Acedo calls Wiley “a natural

part of the Gear-up Alumni Leadership

leader” and says that he has always been

Academy

a positive force in his community and

(GUALA)

to

bring

that

message to national and state leaders.

and

Summer

Program

with his peers. Acedo has known Wiley

same

since he started Gear-up in seventh

opportunities that people in Scottsdale

grade and says that he was always

have […] and we should,” says Wiley.

someone who adults could count on

Wiley was part of the 2012 Gear-up

to check-in with other students who

class at Globe High School. Gear-up

might be having a hard time. He also

is a federally-funded program that

describes Wiley as someone who has

seeks to increase the number of

never been afraid of stepping out of his

students who are prepared for and

comfort zone.

“We

don’t

have

the

succeed in higher education. Connie

Wiley admits, “I love being outside

at

of my comfort zone” and says he

Globe High School, follows a class of

thrives in situations where he can push

students

to

himself. His recent trip to Washington,

graduation every six years. According to

DC, where he met with representatives

Callaway, the Globe Gear up program

from the Department of Education and

is a partnership between Globe High

Arizona elected officials from the house

School and Gear-up.

and the senate was a perfect example

Callaway,

Gear-up from

Coordinator

seventh

grade

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of this. Wiley says it was really exciting to have the chance to advocate for something that means as much to him as education. “I love representing what Globe-Miami has taught me growing up,” says Wiley. “It was an honor.”

“Having him selected for GUALA was huge,” says Callaway. “I really do believe that Tim was made for such a time as this—to stand up for what he went through as a Gear-up student and now to stand up for future Gearup students and say ‘Yes, you need to keep funding this program because it works.’” Callaway remembers Wiley taking advantage of every college class that came his way when he was at Globe High School. “We are very fortunate that Globe High School wants Gear-up as much as Gear-up wants to be here because it does help,” she says.

In his years at GHS, Wiley was involved in a staggering number of activities. He was a member of National Honor Society, played varsity baseball and basketball, and ran cross-country.

classes—made college seem so much

Outside of school, he was an Eagle

less foreign. Wiley explains that, in part

Scout with the Boy Scouts of America

because he had seen his sister go to

and was an active community member

college, he knew early that he wanted

at Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church.

to pursue higher education. However,

Wiley remembers that in high school,

he says that one of the most powerful

he hoped to become a professional

experiences for him was seeing the

athlete after graduation. Wiley worked

look in his classmates eyes when

for Acedo as a resident assistant at

they realized higher education was

Gear-up’s summer program at NAU.

attainable. “I was carrying the stories

Wiley says he saw himself in some of

of people I graduated with into those

the kids he met there who also had

offices [in DC],” says Wiley.

dream of being pro athletes. He was

When he started college, Wiley

encouraging, but also urged them to

was still deciding between devoting

have a back-up plan. Wiley says that he

himself to law, something in a sports

has been “humbled by the real world.”

field, or political science. He settled

Callaway echoes Wiley, recalling

on exercise and wellness at ASU and

with

landed a top internship in his program

students. “I’m so excited you want to

as a performance specialist. The

be a basketball player, do you have a

internship allowed him to work with

plan B?,” she says. She goes on to say,

professional athletes, special forces,

“you do want to give them a realistic

and citizens doing sports medicine,

view of what their career path could

strength training, and conditioning.

be.” Callaway communicates with

With degree in hand, he now works

families and urges the students to

doing strength and conditioning for

communicate with their families about

youth ice hockey in Phoenix and hopes

their hopes for the future as well. “You

to continue his education and go to

never want a parent to be surprised

physical therapy school.

conversations

she

has

had

how much tuition costs,” she says.

Wiley says that for a lot of kids

Outside of his physical therapy career, he also has a goal of getting

communities,

involved in public policy with the hope

their only reference point for college

of giving those from Globe-Miami and

might be a college football game,

San Carlos a voice. “We have a voice

for example. He remembers how the

and I think that’s something that we

early exposure that he got to college—

don’t always use,” says Wiley. “Nobody’s

the opportunity to stay on a college

future should be determined by their

campus, eat college food, take college

zip code."

from

low-income

Tim with Arizona Senator Jeff Flake on Capitol Hill

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MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE Dispensaries in Superior and Globe providing relief

Steve Shapiro, owner of Superior Organics is involved in the Superior Rotary, the Superior Chamber of Commerce, and is on the board of the Prickly Pear Festival.

Photo by Autumn Giles

By Autumn Giles

Steve Shapiro started Superior Organics because of a friend. He was healthy, young, wildly athletic—one of those guys you suspect might be invincible—until he got cancer and died in his early forties. Shapiro always wondered if medical marijuana could have provided his friend some relief in the end, if he could have accessed it. The experience stuck with Shapiro to such a degree that when the opportunity to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Arizona came up, he knew it was what he wanted to do This summer marks three years since medical marijuana dispensaries began opening their doors across Arizona.

Superior Organics and Globe’s dispensary, Globe Farmacy, both opened in July 2013 and were among the first round of about 100 dispensaries to be licensed by the state. The licenses were distributed via a state-wide lottery and were dispersed based on geography. In April of this year, the Arizona Department of Health Services announced that it would accept applications for new dispensaries, allocating the additional licenses based on patient density. This is expected to benefit

mostly high-population urban areas.

Shapiro saw opening a dispensary in a rural area like Superior as a boon. First, he loves the town, calling Superior “the best kept secret in Arizona.” Because of the limited number of dispensary licenses initially made available by the state, he remembers the lottery process being pretty “cutthroat.” Applying for a license in a rural place like Superior meant the competition was less fierce.

Three years in, Shapiro says he has been well-accepted in the community. He is the former president Superior Rotary, is on the board of the Prickly Pear Festival, and is an active member of the Superior Chamber of Commerce.

According to Fernando Shipley, who was on Globe City Council at the time it began looking at the possibility of a dispensary in Globe, the council saw being proactive about bringing a dispensary to Globe as a way of preventing a profusion of individual growers. Arizona law allows

patients with medical marijuana cards who do not live within 25 miles of a dispensary to grow up to 12 of their own plants. “Do we want to have 100 pot farms in the Globe Miami area?” asks Shipley.

Shipley says that instead of dragging its heels, the council sent out a request for proposals (RFP) for folks looking to open a dispensary in Globe.

“We said, ‘Hey, we’re OK with it happening, but here’s the deal: we want it to be the way we want it to be,’” remembers Shipley.

Arizona state law and the laws in other states that permit the use of medical marijuana are at odds with federal law, meaning medical marijuana use is not protected at the federal level. However, in recent years, memos at the federal level have urged that individual medical marijuana patients are a low-priority for federal law enforcement.

Brittany Santos, who has managed the Globe Farmacy since it opened, says that initially, the store’s central location on

CJ Sullivan, Keith Childers and Pharmacist Brittany Santos behind the counter at Globe Pharmacy in downtown Globe. Photo by LCGross

The lobby of Superior Organics is comfortable, clean, and private. Shapiro shares books about marijuana to help educate patients. Photo by Autumn Giles

Broad Street in Globe’s historic downtown was challenging for some patients.

“When we first opened, so many people were not wanting to be seen walking in and out. That was one of our biggest hurdles from the beginning – having a storefront that’s right in the heart of downtown,” she says. Santos was sought out to manage the Globe Farmacy because of her background as a pharmacist. She had a pharmacy degree and five years of experience as a pharmacist under her belt when she opened Globe Farmacy. “Now, it works to our advantage,” she says.

“People feel more comfortable coming in because it’s not a back alley deal.”

Superior Organics has a similar central location, located right off Highway 60 in Superior.

Shapiro echoes Santos when he talks about some of the misconceptions that people have about dispensaries, acknowledging the prejudice that a Marijuana as Medicine, Continued on page 27

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dispensary might be “spooky or scary.”

He hopes that people think of Superior Organics as a resource. Both the Globe and Superior facilities are impeccably clean and their lobbies are open to the public, yet private once you’re inside. “How we overcame people being nervous about coming in is creating kind of a really comfortable environment for them here,” says Santos.

Both the Globe and Superior dispensaries provide lists of state recognized doctors in the area who can refer patients to the medical marijuana program. That referral is valid for one year and must be submitted to the state health department to obtain a patient

Shapiro of lotions and oils that utilize marijuana’s pain-relieving capabilities.

Another misconception that Shapiro has encountered is that if you use medical marijuana, you’ll just get really high and go to sleep. Just like any other medicine, dosage is important. Shapiro is adamant that marijuana is an exit drug, not a gateway drug. “We give patients, most often, much safer and healthier alternatives to prescription painkillers, for example," he says.

Santos explains how the dispensary works with patients to ensure that unwanted side-effects like “getting really high and going to sleep,” don’t happen.

Santos encourages new patients in particular to keep log books to keep track of how the medicine is affecting them so they

Five of these green bottles is 2.5 ounces of flower. Arizona law permits medical marijuana patients to purchase 2.5 ounces of flower every 14 days. Photo by LCGross

card. The patient card entitles you to 2.5 ounces of medical marijuana—or an equivalent amount of other products like edibles, tinctures, or topicals— every 14 days. Patients can go to any dispensary in the state, and because their patient card is scanned each time they make a purchase, dispensaries can track how much each patient purchases. “As good as our law is, it is one of the better laws in the country, we still have a long way to go,” says Shapiro. “Our most critical patients still have to requalify every year and some of them can’t even leave the house,” notes Shapiro.

Shapiro is also happy to address misconceptions about the medicine itself.

For example, he says, patients do not have to smoke marijuana to get relief.

“Topicals don’t impair you at all,” says

can adjust accordingly. “It’s kind of like a marijuana diary, tracking everything that you’re using. You record what you’re using, where your pain level is at before you medicate, whether you’re at a seven or a 10 and then you can write where it brought you down to if it worked. The positives and negatives that you felt… maybe it made you too drowsy or it made you feel too hungry.

All of these side effects can be controlled by just getting you on the right product for yourself,” says Santos.

“It’s really rewarding to see people try new things and it’s really rewarding to see the people who are so scared and skeptical come in and get relief,” says Santos. “And that’s what brings them back. They’re being provided something that works.”

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Photos by LCGross during a live Pre-Performance on Wednesday, July 6th.

This year's Summer Youth Performance rocks the stage.

See Page 20, back page of Walking Map (Mainstreet ad), for Performance Times.

SUMMER 2016

"The good we do is never lost; it never dies.

In other people, in other places, in other times – the good we do lives on forever." ~ The Rhythm of Life

It was with great sadness as we heard of you leaving this wonderful little community. You have been apart of our lives and we will never forget you.

Your journey in our community has helped, and influenced so many of us. You married us, baptized our children, confirmed me, and did our children's first communion along with many other celebrations and sadness in our family. You have and always will be a very big inspiration to our son, who looks to you for guidance and you influenced him in ways you will never truly understand, he along with all of us will miss you greatly.

So Father Jay, may God's new journey for you be a great one. Where your inspiration will never be forgotten here in our community but now spread to another community that needs you. From Thomas, Sabrina, Kalieann and Kody Guerra-Medina, we thank you for everything you have done for our community and you will always be a part of our family. May your new journey bring joy and happiness to others that need you such as we did. Thank you for everything you have done not only for the community but the families you have helped along your journey.

Thank you for your leadership and administrative oversight during the transitions at Holy Angels six years ago.

Your ability to work through the changes and challenges with unflappable grace was a blessing to us all. Matthew Kelly says in The Rhythm of Life: "The good we do is never lost; it never dies. In other people, in other places, in other times - the good we do lives on forever." This is as true of your good works as it is of any others. We are blessed to have had your leadership and comfort during challenging times.

~ From the Guerra-Medina's with much love and sadness, thank you!!!

Photo by Deb Yerkovich

You have been a such blessing to my family and our community. Thank you for everything that you have done for all of us over the last 19 years. It is appreciated more than words can say. Sending prayers for your safe journeys. May God bless you and your new parish. You will be greatly missed!

Warmly, Yevette Vargas Thank you Fr. Jay, for what you have done for the church community as well as the Globe-Miami community. My daughter will always remember you as her first priest who baptized and made her first holy communion with. I will always remember you as a excellent priest and also as a friend. Good luck, and your future parishioners are lucky to get a priest such as yourself. ~ Sammy Gonzales Father Jay, no words can express how much we love and will miss you. We have been blessed by the years God has allowed you to inspire us with His love.

To me, you are a model of Jesus, and I have been transformed in many ways by your thoughtful sermons and your kind, loving and forgiving way.

I have especially grown in my love of Our Mother and the unborn because of the passion and compassion in which you have shown for both. I will never forget you and will continue to pray for you. I hope that you will remember my family and me in your prayers, too. My parents love you very much, too. One of the very first sermons I heard you give in Miami was about Jesus telling Peter to feed his sheep, us. You have done just that for all your parish people in Miami. Nogales is very blessed to have you guide them towards Christ.

Of course we wish we could keep you forever, but we understand that you must joyfully do God's will.

God bless you and give you a happy dwelling in your new parish. Thank you for everything!

Much love to you always, Noreen Goff

A Parish Community bids farewell to Father Jay who is being transferred to Nogales after serving in Miami at Our Lady of The Blessed Sacrament for 19 years.

Thank you for helping us during my father's illness and his passing. The comfort and compassion you gave to my family is something I will always remember and be thankful for. May God bless you and watch over you on the next chapter of your journey.

Much love, LO

Thank you Fr. Jay for all the support that you gave Dn. Kenny during his formation, and being there for my family during our losses. Your one great priest, & your shoes will be hard to fill. May God Bless you in your new parish, and you will always be in our hearts.

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Dear Father Jay, Thank you for all that you have done for my family and our church.

You have always been inspiring and comforting during our difficult times. Our church has been blessed to have had you for many years.

Again, thank you and Miami will miss you!

Sincerely, Sophia Trujillo & Family

Sincerely, Holy Angels Parish Finance Council Members, 2010-2011 Fiscal Year

Photos courtesy Yevette Vargas

Father Jay's caring and kindness, always given in a serene manner, has been a great blessing for me and also my late husband over the years. He will be greatly missed.

Sincerely, Jan Soto

Muchas gracias, padre, lo vamos echar mucho menos. Con mucho carino ~Nena Pena Thank you

for helping me find my way back to practicing my faith within the parish community. You've been a blessing in countless ways.

Thank you, MB

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share with the neighborhood what we didn’t steal from them,” says Slough. Where Dream Pole construction is now, she remembers Bankers Garden, a popular bar Slough grew up on Banker avenue in Globe, behind improbably located under the railroad tracks. “It had what is now Mary’s Tap Room, on what she playfully beautiful trees [...] They had bocce courts where the men calls, “the other side of the tracks.” Slough was the first of would play bocce, but it was her nine siblings to graduate high school. just so pretty there, she says.

She started at Central School, up on the There was so little traffic on hill near where the bus barn is now. “The Ash, that she and her the other school districts were sort of divided by the neighborhood kids played ball tracks,” Slough explains. “If you lived on that in the street. side of the tracks, you went to Central School, There’s a sort of defiant especially if you were Spanish or Italian beauty to the way Slough because it was people of mixed nationalities describes Globe in her early years that lived on that side of the tracks. [...]

– a lush oasis by the overpass, We had a mixture there of Italians, Slavs, gymnastics in the creek bed, Spaniards, and Mexicans.” and melodic funeral parades The picture that Slough paints of that that went right down Broad corner of town at the time is idyllic. Behind street. “Way back, way back, the house she grew up in, “The Italian people the funerals always went down had a big area up toward the hills and they through town.” says Slough. had fruit trees galore there – figs, pears, “They would have a marching apricots, plums, and they were willing to band and we had – he was a Slough in 1954 when she was elected violin teacher what the heck was president of the Emblem Club. She also volunteered with the Gila General his name – Mr. Blackstone. He Auxiliary and currently volunteers at the would lead all of the parades.

Globe Active Adult Center four days a week. Photo courtesy of Carmen Slough He was a tall English man.”

According to Slough, no matter who was having a funeral, folks proceeded down Broad street and over to the cemetery just the same.

Slough remembers Mrs. Murray, the strict, but likable principal of Central School. “I had a little brother that was like two years old and of course he would follow us to school,” says Slough. “We’d go to school and before we knew it he’d show up there and maybe he’d still be in diapers. And Mrs. Murray was so kind. She’d call one of us out of school and say ‘Hey, go take your little brother back.’ He wound up as principal of that school.”

Slough is an exception in a family of educators.

“You should have seen our bloomers!” says Slough about what girls had to wear to her favorite class: gym. “We had these black bloomers. Mothers made them. They had elastic legs and elastic top. You had white midis that you had to wear with them. [...]

Your bloomers came down below your knees and you always had stockings and socks. Everything was covered and you didn’t reveal any skin whatsoever.”

Cover photo: Carmen Slough at her home in Globe where In 1934, after she graduated high school, Carmen she has lived for 80 years. Photo by LCGross Carmen Slough, Continued from page 1

In 2014 Carmen was presented with an official proclamation on the Occasion of her 100th birthday during a celebration hosted by friends and family. Photo by Jerry Slough

married Alfred Slough and they had a son, Robert, a year later. They had a shop, Slough’s Market, another fixture of the neighborhood, located where Mary’s Tap Room is now. “It started out as an open air market with produce,” says Slough. “They would drive all the way to the Imperial Valley in California and bring fresh produce into town. Because prior to that all the produce – everything – came railroad. And that’s when people began trucking.”

Juxtaposed with the devastating poverty that Slough saw during the Great Depression, she also remembers abundant trust. “I met all the Okies and the Arkies when we had the grocery store because they had to eat,” says Slough. “They had to eat. And the first thing they wanted to know was ‘Well, we got a little job, will you trust Carmen Slough, Continued on page 31

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us? When we get paid, we’ll pay you.’

And of course, you did. You got their name and wrote out a ticket and when they got paid, they’d come in and pay their bills.”

When her husband passed away in 1948, Slough’s brother had just returned from the service, and like a lot of other veterans in Globe at the time, got a job at the post office. However, “He always wanted a clothing store—a men’s clothing store,” says Slough. They decided to go into business together and Carm-Ed’s was born. The pair started out in what is now the Bank of the West building in 1952, but spent the bulk of their years on Broad Street in the Michaelson building.

They retired in 1991.

“It took off right away. We got a lot of the young people coming in there,” says Slough. “I enjoyed it because I enjoyed visiting with people. You know, you make friends. I could look at a man and tell you what size he wore. I knew whether he had to have low-rise or regular rise. I did pick out a lot of clothes for men that were not married – single – and they didn’t know what went with what.” The fact that Slough spoke Spanish helped Carm-Ed’s attract customers. Although the store was predominantly menswear, Slough says, “We would sell as many Levi’s to the women as we did with the men.” Levi’s transcended gender and social groups.

“The jocks and cowboys both wore Levis,” Slough also remembers.

Carmen with her son, Bob Slough, at the 2014 Hall of Fame dinner hosted by Globe High School. Photo by LCGross

One of the things Slough misses most about spending her days in CarmEd’s is not feeling as connected to the community—not knowing when people are having anniversaries and birthdays, when someone has a kid or gets married.

“They all become friends. It was the same way at the grocery store. People would come there, and at that time, everybody had charge accounts. That’s gone now.

Nobody trusts anybody [...] So you knew their family life. You just knew more or less what they were going to buy and

Slough with Arizona Congressman Ed Pastor during a fundraiser at Bullion Plaza Museum in 2002. Photo by LCGross

sometimes they needed help with the kids and you’d help out. We helped one another, one way or another.”

Carm-Ed’s didn’t endure any significant damage from the flood of ‘54, but many folks did. Some businesses experienced such devastation that, in spite of help from the community, they were forced to close. “There were houses, little shacks, everything was coming down that creek. Cars [...] it picked the cars up and put one on top of the other. It was unbelievable,” remembers Slough. That afternoon, after a phone call from her sister in law, Slough stepped out her front door and, “Standing out there on High street, I could look down and see that wall of water.”

Just before the flood, Slough had been eyeing a green settee at Pete Oddonetto’s furniture shop. She remembers him questioning whether she really wanted the settee because she had green carpet at the time and it would be too much green.

She told him she wouldn’t buy it that day, but was going to think about it. “First thing I see is [...] that green settee that he had out there floating down the creek,” she says with a laugh. In spite of that little bit of comic relief, it’s clear that memories of that night still weigh heavily on her.

“I had never belonged to anything in my life, all I did was work,” says Slough, but in the mid-fifties she became a charter member of the Globe-Miami Emblem club. She was elected president in 1954, and has traveled to Emblem conferences from coast to coast, and is still involved today. Slough was also a charter member of the Gila General Auxiliary and was involved until it closed, working to raise money for the Gila General Hospital. She volunteers at the Globe Senior Center four days a week “to help the old people,” in her words.

Slough has been in her house in downtown Globe for 80 years. Today, she’s adamant that she wouldn’t have it any other way. “It’s the best area in the world to live in. For health reasons, for safety, I don’t think there’s a better place to live,” she argues.

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Tarango remembers going to work at the Inspiration Post Office. “At that time the mines were booming,” she says. “You just went along with the traffic with the miners. You went in one single file going up the hill. It was an experience going up there. You just had the one road.” Like the Claypool post office now, there was no home delivery on Inspiration hill. Because of that, she got to know people. “It was nice because at that time you got to see everybody— supervisors for the mine and all these upper management lived up on the Inspiration hill. And they got all the mail at the P.O. boxes.”

One of Tarango’s most memorable moments as a carrier happened on the big hill leading up to the old high school in Miami on a snowy, windy day. She started to climb up the slippery hill only to be pushed down by the wind, over and over and over. “Of course you have this snow and you’re trying to brace yourself so you don’t fall,” remembers Tarango, laughing.

“And I said, I gotta get up this hill, there’s no other way. Finally, I get to where it’s level and I’m looking down this hill thinking ‘holy cow.’ I can see my tracks. Well, my first delivery after I got there was this… she used to be their librarian, Mrs. Cortes.

I didn’t know she had been watching me out of her window. And she goes, ‘Honey, are you ok?’ And I laughed, and said “Were you watching?’ and she says ‘I felt so sorry for you. I didn’t know what I could do for you.’”

“Back then, you were going down alleys, you were going through yards and canyons,” says Brandt of his old walking route. It was the shortest distance between point A and point B. Now, the trays of mail arrive sorted and it takes Brandt about 45 minutes to get ready for his route in the mornings. When he was walking, it took three hours.

Tarango says many of the houses didn’t have numbers, so you just remembered which house was which.

Brandt and Tarango were warned about dogs—and with good reason—although they both logged at least one confrontation with particularly aggressive guard cats. “I walked back out of there with claw marks on my boot, laughing so hard,” says Brandt of his cat encounter.

According to Brandt, there was a period of time that leash laws were not well-enforced and he had very frequent

behind Nob Hill Grocery store,” says Brandt. “He would meet me every day at Nob Hill grocery store and he would follow me. It got to be, after so many years—I mean, this was years—people would tell the new carrier, ‘Just follow the dog.’ People would have water out for him or a little snack and he was so a part of the early days. Everybody knew Abner.” In Abner’s later years, he was hit by a truck and his owners wanted to put him down. Brandt took him to the vet and picked up the bill for his care. Abner lived with Brandt until he passed away.

Abner wasn’t the only one to get treats on the route. Brandt had a customer who, for years, always left him a slice of cake.

These personal connections are a special part of a rural post office like Globe’s. “I couldn’t picture myself working in a big city because I have to interact with people,” says Globe Post Office, Continued on page 33 Rosemary Tarango has been with the post office for thirty years. Photo by LCGross

Justin Brandt has been a carrier for 36 years.

Photo by LCGross

run-ins with dogs. According the the Postal Service, each year almost 6,000 mail carriers are attacked by dogs nationwide. Brandt has been bit multiple times, but it’s not an aggressive dog that sticks out the most in his mind.

“After I got my own route, which was in ‘82, we had a dog, Abner, on the route. He lived on the route, right

Globe Postmaster Kenny Cobos sought the position in Globe after filling in for the Miami Postmaster one summer. He was drawn to the friendliness of everybody and loves the small town atmostphere. He has held the position since September 2015. Courtesy photo.

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Tarango. She values the fact that she can address customers by their first names and take a few seconds to chat with them, maybe about how their parents are doing.

When Tarango talks about her co-workers she uses the phrase “postal family.”

Globe Postmaster Kenny Cobos started working for the Postal Service in Chandler in 1999. He became Globe’s postmaster in September 2015 after a stint as Postmaster in Holbook. “I love the sense of camaraderie and teamwork that rural Post Offices have,” says Cobos.

He filled in for the Miami Postmaster for a summer and enjoyed working in the Globe-Miami communities, which influenced his decision to seek out the position in Globe. “I had never really been to this area before that and I just really loved the friendliness of everybody.

I was used to working in Mesa where it’s just busy, busy, busy all the time,” says Cobos. “I had a guy in Miami, every single day he came in and bought one stamp, but I got to know him. I really enjoyed that. I left thinking ‘Wow, I love that small town atmosphere,’” he explains.

Brandt speaks to that same deeply personal connection. “I think of the customers I’ve lost over the years. You do become part of their family. My God, you know them for 30 years,” he says. “I’ve been to lots of funerals. I’ve had family members ask ‘Come in your uniform,’ because you’re part of the family.”

This sort of request, to show up in uniform to a funeral, is a reminder that post office employees are civil servants.

“We’re sworn in, we take an oath of office.

You swear to defend the constitution [...] you take that seriously,” says Brandt.

The ways that they serve the community go far beyond delivering the mail. Brandt has a number of homebound customers who he keeps a close eye on.

“If they don’t pick up their mail, I’m on the door,” he says. Over the years he has found three people who had fallen and couldn’t get help. “That’s part of the job. You know your customers and if something looks wrong, you check on them,” he says. The Postal Service calls

this the Carrier Alert Program. Similarly, as a clerk, Tarango has customers who feel comfortable coming to her when they need to talk. “You know what, I’m here. I’m here. Anytime you want,” says Tarango with a laugh. Cobos says too, “What I love most about my job is the people aspect of it.”

On the flip side, “We represent the United States Government and, boy, sometimes we get it,” says Brandt. He smiles as he says this and seems to have a sense of humor about it. Tarango says it’s worse around tax time, when citizens are more likely to be harboring some dissatisfaction with their government.

Everyone interviewed for this story wanted to point out that the United States Postal Service does not receive any tax dollars for operations. It runs solely on the revenue from postage sales and other services. “We have nothing to do with anything political,” says Brandt.

According to the Postal Service, it is the largest retail network in the U.S and is larger than McDonald’s, Starbucks and Walmart combined.

Brandt says he is often asked whether or not things like email are going to have a big impact on the Postal Service. “I haven’t seen it,” he says. Although the total volume of mail handled by the USPS decreased from 213.1 billion to 154.2 billion between 2006 and 2015, the volume of packages and number of delivery points have increased steadily.

Brandt says he notices a decrease in the amount of mail during the summer, which helps him out because of the hot weather. Tarango says that around the time school starts up, they’ll see the amount of mail they’re dealing with pick up again.

It’s clear that in spite of things becoming more computerized—in the Postal Service and in the country at large—the folks at the Globe Post Office have found ways to maintain the personal connection with the community that they so obviously value.

“That’s something that I will never forget,” says Brandt. “Just being part of the different families that you wouldn’t otherwise know.”

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“It’s a Globe Miami sport. It’s something the whole community can compete in as one,” says Copper Cities Youth Sports (CCYS) Piranhas swim team coach Hannah Sartain. Sartain, who is in her first season as the team’s coach, was a Piranhas swimmer from age four to age 18. “I really liked it. The only hard part was getting up in the morning,” she says.

Sartain’s lifelong connection to the Piranhas isn’t particularly unique. The team has been around for decades. “Our team has been here— we don’t really know how long—we know at least 30 years continuously without stopping,” says Piranhas parent Carrie Guereña, “which I think for our small communities is a lot.” Growing up, Guereña was a Piranhas swimmer. She later lifeguarded, coached Piranhas, served as one of the team’s lead parent volunteers for eight years along with Denise Shipley, and her daughter was a Piranha too. For many families, it’s one of the few activities that all of their kids can do together. Piranhas swimmers range from age four to 18.

The team’s 7 a.m. practices generally begin around Memorial Day and their last meet is near the end of July. Since the Globe pool closed, the Piranhas have held their practices and home meets at Hostetler Pool in Miami. When the team started using the pool for practice,

For parents like Leslie Parker, who also serves as the Vice President of the Piranhas, one of the rewards she gets from putting in so many volunteer hours are the smiles on the kids faces; even at seven in the morning during daily swim practice Mondays through Fridays. Here she confers with Piranhas President Kara Satter on the schedule for upcoming meets. Photo by LCGross

Piranhas families chipped in to get it ready for the swimmers by painting lane lines on the bottom of the pool and building DIY starting blocks. The starting blocks typically retail for around $3000, making them cost prohibitive for the team.

“They [the Town of Miami] have been really good with working with us,” says Piranhas President Kara Satter. “We’re very grateful and they can only work with what they have.” There are a number of exceptionally dedicated Piranhas families, but Satter and Vice President Leslie Parker

Coach Hannah Sartain is in her first season as the team’s coach. Photo by LCGross

are now the lead parent volunteers. Parker and Satter say they aren’t into titles. They switch roles each year, alternating between President and Vice President, sharing the duties that help keep the team going.

“It’s hours… hours on heat deck cards,” says Parker with a laugh. For each meet, each of the fifty Piranhas swimmers needs a heat deck card for each race they swim.

That’s about 400 heat deck cards per meet. The cards have a swimmer’s age, name, and gender and are essential for helping keep track of where swimmers place in their individual heat because a race can have multiple heats. Save for the July 4th holiday, there’s a meet every weekend from the beginning of June to almost the end of July. That’s a lot of heat deck cards and they all have to be handwritten. According to Guereña, “There’s computerized programs, we just don’t have the funds.”

On top of the heat deck cards, Satter and Parker tackle a laundry-list of to-dos each week. “We have to touch base with each swimmer to see if they’re coming to each meet, each week. So, each week we start on Monday, ‘Are you coming on Saturday?” explains Satter. They order t-shirts, swim caps, and ribbons. At the

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that are funded through their cities’ parks & recreation departments. Save for Sartain, everyone involved with Piranhas is a volunteer. This year, the team had four days in the pool before their first meet.

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beginning of the season, there’s registration and coordinating with the pool. For home meets, they help recruit and support around 20 additional parents volunteers to make sure the meets run smoothly. Last year, they hosted two home meets and are taking on a third one this season. Satter points out that home meets have an economic impact too.

“They bring 200 people to the community to eat burgers at Burger House,” she says half-jokingly.

Sartain calls swim team a “family sport” and stresses how much the involvement of all families is essential to the team’s success, calling them the “backbone of the swim team.” She adds, “Their commitments – I mean they have to get up at 4 or 5:00 a.m and drive to places to be there by 7 or 8:00 a.m for warm ups.

Everyday here at 7:00 a.m. – That’s a pretty tall order.” Families provide their own transportation to away meets in places like San Manuel, San Tan, and Florence.

According to Guereña, all the other teams that the Piranhas face in their league swim year-round and have swim teams

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with other teams in the league, they take home blue ribbons.

It’s no secret that there’s a need for a more developed aquatic facility in our area, but the ways in which that need impacts the Piranhas might be surprising.

“A lot of teams don’t care to come swim here because of our facilities,” says Guereña. “They’ve been very gracious letting us stay in the league, but we’ve felt the push for several years,” she adds.

canopies, coolers, and spray bottles to set up shop around the pool. Guereña and Shipley call meet days “hectic” and “fun,” but also point out that there’s an incredible sense of camaraderie at the meets.

“All the families are sharing food, the families are all getting to know each other.

I think it’s a huge community builder.” says Satter. “We’ve built some great friendships, with people we didn’t know, through swim team.” Sartain echoes Satter saying, “Everybody cheers on everybody

Playing around before practice on an early Tuesday morning in June are Piranhas L to R: Neveah Guerrero, Tabitha Voelker, Lena Parker, Ruby Parker, Madison Voelker, and Samantha Irish. Photo by LCGross

Neither the old Globe pool at the community center or the Miami pool are regulation size. The Globe pool was too long, which was addressed by putting in a bulk head to divide the pool in half, until the insurance company forced its removal. The Miami pool is too short.

“We’re totally grateful to have this pool,” says Satter, “but if you’re looking at competitive swimming… we have some high schoolers that could pursue it in college. In our pool, they can’t get accurate times to send into coaches.”

What the Piranhas might lack in facilities and funding, they make up for in scrappy dedication, a fact that is perhaps most evident during their home meets. Families come early with

else. It’s pretty cool to see.” During the halfway point of home meets, there’s often a 15 minute break for everyone to cool off in the pool, including parents who are known to jump in fully clothed.

The meets are true community efforts.

For parents like Satter and Parker, their volunteer commitments to the team, which are comparable to part-time jobs, are community-minded efforts as well.

“It goes beyond my kids,” says Parker. “I was asking a kid—he’s a new swimmer this year—he’s 10, ‘Hey, how are you liking swim team?’ And he is smiling and saying that he loves it,” she says. They may not be so refined on their strokes, but they’re swimming [...] and it’s 7 in the morning and they enjoy it.”

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