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The power of hip hop to educate and heal And it is precisely because of hip-hop’s ability to survive, to teach survival, to unite people, to give an expression for oppressed people, that it can be used as a culture of challenging oppression while raising consciousness.” ~ Luis Rivas and Calvin Ratana

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By Linda Gross

Mention hip-hop these days, and most people think of the rough, raw, sexist music that defines many of the top artists in the business today. Yet, what you are seeing and hearing is a commodified version of hip-hop, which has been created as corporate interests began to see dollar signs in the genre.

But there was a time when it started out as voices, as poetry, and as social consciousness.

At its core, hip-hop began as a way to fight against racism, sexism and other injustices in this world.

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Local Educator and Founder of the Rhyme-N-Reason Foundation,Carol O'Connor in her classroom of 6th & 7th graders at the Inspired Learning Academy in Globe

Inside The Kitchen Home baker Dana talks sweets

By Jenn Walker

[GMT is launching a new series called Inside the Kitchen! Each quarter, we are taking a peak inside resident kitchens around town.]

It smells like a bakery walking into Dana Cecil’s kitchen. She just made her infamous raspberry bars several hours earlier in preparation for this interview.

“It’s really funny, because I’ve never had one,” she says.

Cecil is allergic to nuts. She bakes a number of recipes with nuts in them, including her raspberry bars, and hasn’t tried any of them. Yet, whenever she sets up a booth at the Globe-Miami Farmers’ Market, her raspberry bars sell like hot cakes.

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What’s With The Bicycles On The 60?

Your questions about cyclists along the highway, answered

By Jenn Walker

Every year, adventurous spirits hop on their bicycles and ride long roads throughout the Southwest. They come from as far as Europe, Canada, and other parts of the U.S. From time to time, they inevitably stop in Globe.

Some of you know who I’m talking about. You have seen them yourselves — those people with helmets and spandex on, gear in tow, hugging the right side of the highway on two wheels. They are the ones you might curse at as you narrowly avoid clipping them with the front bumper of your car. A few of you even roll your windows down to let them have it.

Who would want to compete for road space with cars flying by at 65 miles an hour?

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All that glitters is not gold Central Heights and along Golden Hills Road, then jumping north over Highway 60 to claim similar soils in the Copper Hills, Pioneer Hills and Chaparral Estates, even extending northward along Pinal Creek.

It has all of the qualities of a successful weed: It’s extremely drought tolerant, sometimes flowering well into May after other spring annuals and other weeds have dried up. It germinates and grows quickly in response to winter rain, out-competing other annuals as it swamps them with its reproductive potential. The seeds spread quickly, using gravity, wind, water, and birds as dispersal agents.

The flowers are bee pollinated, so there is no shortage of seeds produced. Its most insidious and disarming quality, however, is its attractive flowers and generally pleasing fragrance. I call it the Julie Andrews effect: How can a plant be so bad when the hills are alive with it?

Disturbed soils are one thing, and the Globe area has a near-endless amount of it for weeds like scented evening stock to colonize. But this year is different, because for the first time, this plant has crossed the barrier into undisturbed native vegetation, growing in huge masses amidst jojobas, mesquites, hedgehogs, and catclaws at Round Mountain Park to the east, and above Pinal Creek further to the west. With binoculars, it can be seen “spotting” high up on hillsides, acting exactly like a wildland fire might propagate itself, but with seeds rather than firebrands.

Time will tell about how scented evening stock will affect native vegetation, contribute to allergies, and increase the intensity of wildfires like the well-established red brome grass has done in the lower deserts of Arizona.

For now, its charming color and fragrance will keep most of us mollified, as we watch it colonize ever-increasing acreages over the years to come.

By Kim Stone

English speakers often borrow words from other languages when there is no English equivalent. French words like omelet, amateur, silhouette, bouquet, genre, and cliché are as commonly used in Milwaukee as they are in Montreal or the boulevards of Marseille. As we’ve incorporated these words into our mainstream vocabulary, any sense of foreignness has long since been forgotten.

With a similar mindset—and perhaps a dose of naiveté (another French word)—most of us just assume that any plant that flourishes in south-central Arizona is part of the natural order of things. We watch tumbleweeds roll across an empty stretch of highway as we take our dog to the vet to have a “foxtail” extracted from its infected ear. We fix a flat on our kid’s bicycle after the hole from a puncture vine drains the pressurized air from his tire for the second time this week, then use our hula hoe to attack the pinkflowered filaree, Sahara mustard, henbit, sweet clover, and London rocket plants that have germinated in the yard from the winter rains.

What all these plants have in common is that they are naturalized exotics, mostly arriving here from across the Atlantic. Woody trees like Tree of Heaven and tamarisk, and a plethora of invasive exotic grasses including Bermuda, red brome, fountain grass, Johnson grass, and the notoriously difficult-to-eradicate buffelgrass also fall into this category.

Author Barbara Tellman, a research scientist for the University of Arizona, wrote that most invasive exotic species came to the U.S. either as “stowaways or invited guests.” Tumbleweeds arrived in South Dakota mixed with imported flax seed from Russia, but were never seen in Arizona until almost 1900. Ironically, had Hollywood depicted its 1870s-era westerns more accurately, not a single tumbleweed would have ever blown across the dirt streets of Tombstone. Buffelgrass was imported from

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April 12 – Lizard Walk April 12 – Wildflower Walk April 12 – Cell phone photography (fee) Kenya by the Soil Conservation Service and introduced in 1947 as a forage grass. It has now spread throughout the Sonoran Desert, even claiming huge swaths of both Saguaro National Monuments. Controlling that plant is still considered to be a realistic goal, and citizen groups like the Sonoran Desert Weedwackers spend many weekends a year trying to do just that.

In Globe, another invasive exotic plant from Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean is steadily gobbling up local real estate. It’s called scented evening stock, or botanically, Matthiola longipetala var. bicornis, and probably got started as an escaped ornamental from local gardens. As the common name implies, a syrupy sweet layer of perfume stratifies and settles over entire neighborhoods after dark each spring. The fragrance is dense and penetrating, pooling thickly at nose level, almost claustrophobic in its intensity.

Ten years ago, I first noticed it on a few thousand feet of disturbed soil around the parking lot and entrance to Round Mountain Park. Since then, it has steadily moved westward, colonizing roadside hills and cuts throughout

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SUSAN CLARDY’S CULTURAL HISTORY OF GLOBE

SOMETIMES THE BLUES A book review by Jim Turner: Author, historian, public speaker

Sometimes the Blues, the Letters and Diaries of Clardy’s book is an incredibly detailed social, Frank Hammon, a Lonely Frontiersman in Globe economic, political, Native American, and military and Phoenix, 1882-1889, is much more than that. history of the Tonto Basin and early Phoenix.

The book began when author Susan Clardy found Trained in research techniques by Pleasant Valley her relatives’ letters, diaries, and photographs in War historian Don Dadera and Arizona Historical her grandparents’ attic. Then Aaron and Ruth Society Press editor Dr. Bruce Dinges, Clardy Cohen, owners of Guidon Books, introduced her presents accurate summaries of major events in to Arizona historians. From that point the book the clash of cultures between Anglos and Apaches, became much more comprehensive than just a detailed accounts of the Pleasant Valley War, the collection of pioneer letters.

Battle of Cibecue, the Camp Grant Massacre, and In 1878, at age twenty-three, Frank Hammon countless other crimes, scandals, booms, busts, went with his cousin Wendell to the boomtown fires, and floods from the time Frank Hammon of Globe City, established only a few years earlier. arrived until his return to his children and family Frank became a partner in The News Depot, a in 1889. tobacco, stationery, and magazine store almost Sometimes the Blues is not just a chronicle in the shade of the hanging tree on Broad Street. of events and pioneer biographies. It is an inThe cousins rented rooms in an adobe house depth social history of the day-to-day lives, at Broad and Mesquite from English butcher deaths, loves, and hardships of pioneer families Joseph Redman and his wife, Elizabeth. This is – miners, ranchers, farmers, and entrepreneurs – the kind of attention to detail you will find all from Payson to San Carlos to Phoenix and all the through the book, a researcher’s dream and a homesteads in between.

This was taken during the snow storm in 1898 which prevented the train from true labor of love.

Frank and Daisy’s letters to relatives back making it’s first run into Globe. Shot at the corner of Broad and Mesquite, this is After a few years women and children began home take you into their lives and their hearts, likely the boarding house mentioned by Hammon in his diary. to follow their husbands to the boom towns, reliving each triumph and heartbreak as though it creating churches, schools, and voluntary organizations. happened to your own sister or daughter-in-law.

30th...intend making this place their permanent home.

Sometimes the Blues describes their roles in taming the Clardy provides background details of frequent Apache Such people are always welcome.”

West. The Silver Belt welcomed Frank Hammon’s future raids on surrounding homesteads: “On the front steps, a The following year, Frank Hammon married Howell’s father-in-law by announcing their arrival on January 1, daughter Daisy on March 1, 1882. He probably at a church 1881: “Frank Howell’s family from California arrived on the picnic or charity ball.

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SPRING 2014 Publisher Linda Gross Creative Director Jenifer Lee Contributing Writers Linda Gross Kim Stone Jim Turner Jenn Walker

My sister and her husband recently visited while we were preparing to send the paper to press. I had told her when she booked her flight that my life is chaotic during that time, but I would love to see her and we’d work out the details.

Her first inkling of the chaos I had hinted at in our conversation was when I cancelled our patio dinner with them and several friends at the 12th hour on Saturday. My sister, who has never been here to witness “the process” of pulling the paper together, says it was nothing like she had imagined all these years. Watching Jenn and I discuss and edit - back and forth we go - from major rewrites to small edits and filler stories - right up to the moment the files are sent over to be laid out in the paper. Susan said she envisioned a much simpler process: writers who deliver stories to the editor who then pass it on to the creative director.

Bing, Bang, Boom. Another paper produced!

Ah, were that only so!

Here at Globe Miami Times, we are a small, proudly independent group who run on a lean budget of ad sales, low overhead and our own devices. We have no preset formulas, no corporate office to persuade, and no directives to follow, other than our own.

We look for stories that generate understanding, appreciation, and respect for the people and culture of this area. That’s it. It is not a generic formula, but it’s one which defines us as a publication.

So when it comes to producing a paper, it is an organic process which comes from the ground up, sometimes slowly and sometimes at the last minute. We discovered several stories for this issue two months or so before going to press.

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One of our lead stories this spring is on hip-hop inspired by the recent event in San Carlos featuring hip-hop's power to heal.

Dr. Carol O’Connor is an anomaly in the hip-hop world, but as an educator she is one of many using hip-hop to educate and elevate. (PP1) The story about bicycling on the 60 was prompted by meeting multiple cross-country bicyclists passing through Globe over the years. We spent time hearing about some of these trips. Not only are these stories interesting, but what they have to say about Globe might surprise you. (PP1) Our feature on Mia Techau, the Globe High School trumpet player, reminded me of how many stories we are probably missing on youth and their contribution to community and the future.

I discovered Mia’s story while at I was at Copper Rim Elementary to do a story on Capturing Kids Hearts. That’s where a chance-meeting with Ann Techau led to my interview with this talented senior, who will be attending the University of Arizona this fall.

That leads me to my final note on our feature about mothers (pp 24-25). As mothers, they are the cheerleaders, the port in the storm, the launch pad and the warm blanket for their children. They are the wings - and the wisdom - beneath our own flight.

This Mother’s Day, I hope you will take up the challenge and write a letter destined to become a keepsake.

Cheers,

Jenn Walker (Sr. Writer), Linda Gross (Publisher), Jenifer Lee (Creative Director)

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bullet entered Henry Moody’s eye, killing him instantly, and clipped a lock of hair from Hattie’s forehead.”

Frank Hammon must have been aware of the newspaper stories that reached the East, because in a letter to his mother dated June 22, 1883, he wrote, “Do not worry about us mother for we are in no danger, yet will be careful. We always go armed. I am so used to wearing my six shooter buckled around me that I should be lonesome without it.”

A hardworking young man with a loving family to support, Frank Hammon becomes the Tonto Basin’s “Everyman,” at one time or another a storekeeper, farmer/rancher, miner, dairy owner, and assessor.

He even ran one of the first public bath houses in Phoenix, at Central and Van Buren. He was known as upstanding and reliable, volunteering for churches, charities, and town parades.

Clardy’s coverage of the Pleasant Valley War and Hammon’s lawman This undated photo is believed to have been taken in connections to it are clear 1889 and shows men standing in front of the jail house.

Hammon was a deputy sheriff on 1887. and succinct, perfect for someone who wants to understand this complicated subject.

The author certainly had her work cut out for her filling in the blanks between Hammon’s letters and diaries. A master of the understatement, one of taciturn Frank’s diary entries said simply this about a major setback: “George felt better and we harnessed up and came to town. Found house burned. Otherwise nothing new.”

As riches and rivalries added up, justice often took a back seat as friends and bullies kept people from telling the truth in court. Clardy writes, “As a prosecution witness, Hammon testified that he had seen Tom Burns pistol-whip Carl Smith.” He knew what repercussion might come of this contradiction of defense witnesses. As with many other law-abiding citizens, he kept a wide berth from wrongdoers as often as possible.

In spite of his efforts, Hammon was appointed deputy sheriff by George Shute In November, 1887. Frank was involved in several court cases related to the GrahamTewksbury Pleasant Valley War. As with many others, the case against Joe Ellenwood was dismissed because lack of evidence made a trial impossible.

His usual cases were more mundane. Hammon’s diary, Saturday, March 10, 1888: “Arrested Tom Mulvenon [Mulheron] and another man for fighting. The man Arkansaw, bit Toms ear off.” Such are the details of the real Wild West.

His entry for December 25th that year: “Christmas Day and lonely for me. Cloudy and sunshine mingles.

Attended Christmas tree last eve, and enjoyed it much.”

Pushed out of civil service jobs by the political opposition, Hammon went back to grueling mine work, and Clardy describes the surroundings and provides plenty of details about conditions and procedures. In addition The mines offered tough, grueling work. But the pay was good. to labor conditions, she presents biographies of mining entrepreneurs like John “Black Jack” Newman, W. H. “Idaho Bill” Sutherland, and future first Arizona state governor George W. P. Hunt.

Why the title Sometimes the Blues? In one of his diary entries Frank Hammon describes his life that way. After his wife’s tragic death and sending his children Back East, Frank’s life could be better described as “most times the blues.” This book is without a doubt the most comprehensive, thought-provoking, and poignant book ever written about Globe’s early days.

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THIS ISSUE’S GIT ‘ER DONE AWARD GOES TO...

MOLLY CORNWELL Globe's People Person

By Jenn Walker

It was only a matter of time before Molly Cornwell would be featured in this column. We started this column two issues ago with the idea that every quarter, we would celebrate one person in the community who is making difference, or, as some say, “gittin’ ‘er done.”

“I am not feeding the homeless, I’m not addressing basic needs,” Cornwell says as she stands behind the counter of the White Porch, a small antique retail shop tucked beneath the Center for the Arts. “I do the happy things.”

The question Cornwell often asks herself is whether or not she is leaving a place in a better state than she found it.

To that, she can answer yes. Some people give their money to make things better.

Perhaps Cornwell’s greatest gift to Globe is... her time.

“It’s just people, is the common denominator... I genuinely love people,” she says. “Am I making people smile? Are they in a happier place than when they leave me?”

You may recognize Cornwell’s face from walking into the White Porch yourself, which Cornwell owns and operates. Somehow, she has a way of making even the shiest of her customers feel comfortable and included.

Or, perhaps recognize her face from Fall Fest, SummerFest, the Easter Parade, the Copper Spike train excursions (when the train was still here), the fall Dessert Social, or the Oak Street Marketplace.

Or maybe you saw her in a play at the Center for the Arts. With the exception of the White Porch, she has somehow found time to play a large role in all the above, on a volunteer-basis.

Whenever she runs an event, every drop of money goes to a charitable cause, and she walks away not a cent richer. Yet she is fulfilled, because she feels she is leaving things in a better state.

“If I see a family playing a game at a carnival, together, that’s huge to me,” she says. “That’s part of the beauty of a small town, people are trying to keep their families together. People come here because they feel that; it’s still real.”

There is another simple reason why she commits so much of her time selflessly to this town.

“I love everything about Globe, the buildings, the history,” she says.

That includes Globe’s historic downtown district. It never fails. Every time she walks into Fry’s grocery, there are the "25 at Fry’s’" – 25 people who have never explored the historic downtown district, or know anything about it, even if they have lived here for years.

Planning each event involves a discussion on how to draw the 25 at Fry’s to the downtown district.

Cornwell is a primary organizer of downtown events like: Fall Fest, SummerFest, the Oak Street Marketplace, the fall Dessert Social, the Easter Parade, the summer Cemetery Tour, the Mother’s Day Tea event, and the outdoor socials held during the summer in support of the Center for the Arts.

Inspired by fall festivals in New England, Cornwell started up free pumpkin carving contests in 2005, and

the carnival night, to expand Globe’s Fall Fest. Several years later, she started SummerFest.

“There is nothing going on [during the summer] because it is so hot,” she says.

“So I just picked some random weekend in June, and waited to see what shook out.

And the very first one out was packed.”

“This last year, it was the hottest day of the year, and people were still splashing in water, having fun,” she adds. “It brings faces out that you normally don’t see at events. There are people showing up who I’ve never seen in my life, and they’re enjoying downtown.”

Not long after, she began the marketplace events.

On top of all this, she is also involved in one way or another (serving as a vice president, committee member, assistant, or performer) in: the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, the Globe Miami Centennial Band, Home Tour Committee, the Copper Cities Community Players, the GlobeMiami Community Concert Association, the Globe-Miami Chamber of Commerce, the MOB (My Own Backyard Project) Historic Downtown revitalization committee, and the Globe Historic Main Street Program.

“There are some people that still come in and they only talk acting and singing, because they have only seen me on the stage,” she says.

Perhaps what is most surprising out of all this is that Cornwell is not from Globe. Originally from Scottsdale, she moved here in fall 2005, after establishing a clientele for her successful floral and interior design business, Wreaths and Things, in the ‘90s. Upon moving here, she opened The White Porch, originally called Seasons, out of the historic Cubitto's building on Broadway.

Now, it seems there is no stopping in sight for Cornwell.

“It’s hard to get people to really want to help you push a large ball up a hill,” she says. “But if you just push really hard right now, the ball will start rolling in the direction you rolled it.”

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Law & Order Series Tales of Law and Order in Globe

By Jenn Walker

"Former Sheriff in Trouble While out on Parole" In July 1905, former Gila County Sheriff W.T. (Tom) Armstrong was arrested for stealing cattle while on parole.

Armstrong had been sentenced to five years in Yuma for stealing cattle just a year before. Then, during his parole (granted to visit his daughter, who was dying), he was arrested for cattle stealing yet again in Globe.

His arrests stirred controversy. Armstrong had a long history in the cattle business in Gila and Pinal Counties. Armstrong had initially been charged for having unlawfully branded cattle belonging to people in San Carlos. He was tried, but found not guilty. Soon after he was arrested in Pinal County on similar charges, and convicted.

The Arizona Silver Belt, however, claimed, "It begins to look as if somebody was determined to land W. T. Armstrong behind the bars at any hazard."

[Sourced from the Arizona Republican, June 1, 1904, and the Bisbee Daily Review, July 30, 1905.]

Woman Says Murderer is her Husband What a horrible thing to discover. On July 30, 1919, Sheriff Shute receives a letter from Amarillo, Texas, written by Mrs. Myrtle King. She wrote to find out information about her husband, who had been taken to the Florence penitentiary days earlier to serve a life sentence for murdering two young boys in Gila County about 15 months prior.

The Coconino Sun called the crime "one of the most horrible in the history of the state."

In her letter, Mrs. Myrtle King said that her husband was the father of ten children, and that he deserted the family in Amarillo six years before.

It was the first the authorities had heard of King's family.

[Reports/clipping from: The Coconino Sun Oct. 25, 1918; and The Bisbee Daily Review, June 27 and July 31, 1919.]

Bootleggers In 1917, Graham County Sheriff McBride spots a heavily-loaded Jeffery Six passing by, carrying three suspicious-looking men inside. He hijacks a passing car and beelines to the constable's house.

McBride and the constable then follow the Jeffery Six as it heads to Globe.

McBride catches up to the three men, who try unsuccessfully to turn the car around.

He fires a shot beneath the Jeffery Six, and the three men jump out and try to make a run for it, without their guns. McBride and the constable catch them. As McBride suspected, the trio was up to no good.

The three men were brought back to the courthouse and placed in custody. Meanwhile, McBride examined the Jeffery Six, and uncovered 20 cases-worth of whiskey, priced at $2,000.

[Original story told in the Graham Guardian, June 29, 1917.]

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Keep Your Head on Straight Amy Schugar: The musician you don’t hear enough about in Globe

By Jenn Walker

Amy Schugar is easy to spot on Cedar Street. She has that Los Angeles rock mystique, a rare sight here in Globe. Her mane of hair reaches well-below her shoulders, long and full. Her red, studded boots scream rock n’ roll, as do her vest and button-down shirt.

I walk up to her and introduce myself.

She is animated from the start.

“Usually musicians are late or drunk,” she says as we walk to her car, heading out for an interview.

She was neither.

As a rock n’ roll singer and guitarist, Schugar has spent her share of time around the rock music scene. She has played AVALON in Hollywood, and around the sunset strip. In 2003, she released a collaborative album with the German rock musician Michael Schenker, of UFO, who has been called “a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar.” She has hung around the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, the “godfather of heavy metal.”

Schenker and Schugar’s album “Under Construction” was originally released in 2003, and rereleased in Japan in 2009 with the bonus track “Even Though.”

Soon enough, Schugar is showing me cuts of an upcoming music video on her phone. Despite a bad connection, the track is high-quality. Schugar’s soulful voice pours over a warm, bluesy guitar riff.

Despite her status in the music world, Schugar keeps a somewhat low profile.

She prefers it that way, which is why she spends portions of her time in Globe, in addition to Phoenix (her hometown), and Los Angeles.

“I love the desert, and I love LA,” she says.

One glance toward the backseat makes it apparent that Schugar is a self-sufficient musician. Her PA system, guitar, and equipment make for backseat passengers.

“This is also my work car,” she says nonchalantly as she drives us toward Dream Manor Inn. This work car takes her from Arizona to California regularly. She enjoys the long drives.

Once you get her talking about her music gear, she will talk right over your head. Schugar is endorsed by brands like D’Addario Strings, Robert Keeley Electronics, and Daisy Rock Guitars, to name a few.

She is also her own roadie, manager, and one-woman-band. There was a time when she played in a three-piece rock band. Nowadays, she prefers to play solo.

She books her own gigs several times a month at venues like the Mesa Country Club and Dream Manor Inn.

She credits Schenker for his advice years ago.

“Michael told me to make sure you always end up playing acoustic, and learn how to do stuff solo, because you really want to be self-sufficient in this world,” she remembers. “That’s some of the best advice that someone could give anybody, because it’s not always possible for a band to be out playing; they could be booked.”

Schugar is also a bit of an anomaly in the world of rock n’ roll.

Photo by Jenn Walker

“One reason the band stuff doesn’t really work for me is the alcohol and drugs,” she explains. “Unfortunately I am pulled, because I am anti-alcohol and anti-drugs, so I don’t really fit into the rock thing. But I like the rock thing; but so many of these guys are late to rehearsal and hung over.”

So far, she has done well managing and booking her own gigs.

“I don’t have to give anybody a cut,” she says. “I go and play two or three hours.

Yes I have to play covers, but I also started slipping in some original stuff.”

Music is in her blood, apparently.

Her godmother is Amalia Mendoza, the famous Mexican ranchero singer and actress. A self-taught guitarist herself, Schugar has been playing music since she picked up her sister’s guitar at 14, a ’78 Fender acoustic.

“I took some lessons for a little bit,” Schugar recalls. “The guy I was taking lessons from was this really older, elderly guy that wasn’t really up on new music, and I just felt I needed more. So I put on a KISS record somebody gave me. I heard Amy Schugar, Continued on page 9

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that loud guitar, and that was all it took.”

She dropped her lessons, and started learning music by ear. She can’t remember the first song she learned how to play, but she suspects it might have been “Wish You Were Here,” by Pink Floyd.

She went into her first nightclub at 16 with her cousin, and saw David Boerst playing guitar.

“It was phenomenal. It was so amazing,” she says. “I thought, ‘That’s what I want to do.’”

From then on, she was inspired by musicians like Randy Rhoads, Michael Schenker, Eric Johnson, and Jennifer Batten (who collaborated several times with Michael Jackson).

“I just kept playing and playing.

Because of the timeframe, at that point, there were not a ton of female guitarists.”

Eventually she got a studio. But things really took off when she met Schenker, she says. She was playing Eric Johnson’s ’57 Strat, with a maple neck, backstage, and the two got to talking.

“When he heard I had music recorded, he wanted to go back to the house and take a listen. We went back, and I had had this stuff recorded. He said, ‘Wow, this is great, let’s do an album,’” she remembers.

“It happened so fast. It went from there.”

Nowadays, she is working on two music videos for her songs “500 Miles

Away” and “Even Though” with her LAbased friend Layna McAllister.

“I am excited about the music videos coming out. I don’t have anything out on YouTube; that’s really purposely done,” she says. “If I’m playing a gig in a bar, I really don’t like people filming... I want to put my best product on YouTube.”

She is also working on new songs, hoping that the music videos will lead to another album. She hopes to put something out in the near future, but she is honest about the logistics for a mastered album.

“I’m really picky about how it’s done,” she says. “I don’t want to just record something in someone’s backyard, and have it go out and sound like that. The budget for an album is astronomical, for a real, real good one.”

In the meantime, she continues to write her songs and play gigs.

If there is one piece of advice she can give to aspiring female musicians, it is this: “Stay sober, learn music theory, and try to keep your head on straight.”

Amy Schugar is teaching guitar lessons out of Touch the Sky Yoga Studio in downtown Globe. She has space for five students in any age range. Send an email to: toomuchschugar@gmail.com or call 928200-4317 for information. She has shows coming up on July 12 and August 9. Check her website at amyschugar.com for details.

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The Society Page

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The Cobre Valley Center for the Arts 30th Anniversary

Suzanne Lederman (L) and Lynn Haak have been part of the Center since it's beginning. Grace Whelan (center) serves as the Center's manager during the winter months.

Lynn Haak, Diana Tunis, and Kip Culver share a few stories.

Nancy McKay and Susie Baker swapped stories

OUT AND ABOUT

Bryan Morgan, Executive Director of AZ State Parks was in Globe this winter and stopped by the Center for the Arts to see the work which has been done with grant monies. Seen here with Ellen Kretch, Chamber President, Kip Culver, Main Street Director and John Marcanti, Gila County Supervisor.

The Rotary RV club made Globe-Miami their destination in January and were well taken care of by many, including the folks at Bullion Plaza, who hosted the group for a luncheon, and FMI, who took them on a tour of the mines. Here they are in front of the Haul Truck during the tour.

Chamber Mixer at Bulman-Miles Funeral Home in February, Joyce Bulman, LeeAnn Powers, Pearl Nancarrow and Rebecca Williams Ellen Kretch and Ted Schaeffer with Rob and Joyce Bulman who hosted the chamber mixer in February at the Bulman-Miles Funeral Home in Globe.

Canyonlands Healthcare hosted a grand opening in January. They are a federally-funded facility offering a full range of health care services.

Anthony and Sherri Davis at the Chamber Mixer hosted by Horne.

Marc Marin, editor of Copper Country News and a loyal Horne customer, chats it up with Bill Stallings, sales manager.

Jeremy Burk, Eugene Gaul (Horne Sales), Ellen Kretch and Kevin Long (General Manager) were on hand to welcome Chamber members.

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It was a great turn out of science booths and visitors for the 3rd annual Stemfest held at Besh Ba Gowah on Saturday.

Anthony Martinez, dispatcher with Globe PD and Lt. Rosann Moya show off the department's new scanners which will put more information in the hands of officers while in the field. It was developed

by Justice E Track.

Susie Pauling, a superintendent for the FMI Smelter demonstrated GPS technology with a device which could find it's way back to the landing pad without any guidance. Her husband, John who works for Stantec in the Valley was on hand to help with the demonstrations . He is holding the 'helicopter'. This was the third year that FMI participated in Stemfest.

Emily, Tiffany and Debbie Leverance with Noel Anderson.

Obviously Debbie's large umbrella did an excellent Christian Stevens, Liam Rama and Mr. Eric Hertwig, job of protecting these women against damaging sun Sponsor for the Robotics Club and a teacher at rays….but not so much from a gust of wind.

Globe High School.

Charlene Giles, Rose Mancha, Garrett Mancha, Susan Guerrero and Stephen Giles were the official crew to meet, greet and provide StemFest packets for everyone who attended.

Gila County Superintendent of Education, Linda O'Dell and her husband Ken. This year's event had over 400 participants with the most attendees coming from Globe and San Carlos.

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Stemfest 2014 Ba Gowah March 26th

Holly Sow, who works for O'Dell in the Superintendent's office chats about solar energy design with Richard Rosales; Director of Communication and Outreach for APS.

Brendan Coleman, Sage Stennerson, Christian Stevens, Liam Rama, shown here with Darrel Yerkovich who coached the team in the fine art of doing cool things with engineering.

Arbor Day: March 26th Hosted by Gila Community College included a fun run for adults and children, live music, Dedication and Art Show

Manning the food booth for Arbord Day was: (L) to (R) Jerry McCreary, Faith Foster, Danyelle Gannt, Bradley Elmer, Pam Moore and John O'Donnell

Kenneth Chan, Adjunct Photography instructor on the San Carlos campus, and Trena Grentham, Marketing Director for GCC, were on hand for Arbor Day festivities

The Winners…and then some…of the kids fun run

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The Secret to Keeping the Globe Ranger District Alive

By Jenn Walker

Donnie and Barbie Borinski live a different lifestyle than most. They spend their summer months in Colorado, Wyoming or Montana, backpacking in the wilderness. Then, in either the fall or spring, the couple, along with Mate, their three-year-old Australian shepherd, drive out to Globe in their 2011 Tiger Bengal TX motorhome. For the next several weeks to several months, they are camped at the Ice House Canyon campground.

For the Borinskis, this becomes home.

There are no water or electricity hookups at the campground. They stay in the company of javelina, tarantulas, and coyotes, with nights lit by moonlight.

To some, it’s an enviable lifestyle.

Once stationed at Ice House, the self-titled Wanderers spend their days outside volunteering for the Forest Service in the Globe Ranger District. They help wherever they’re needed. Usually that means hiking all the trails, routing, surveying, and staking each one, and supporting trail crews.

The Tonto National Forest is the fifth largest national forest in the U.S., covering almost three million acres of Arizona.

It is the largest of the six national forests in the state.

The Globe Ranger District is one of six ranger districts within the forest, covering approximately 500,000 acres, and offering miles of trails.

Managing that amount of acreage is a daunting task. People dump furniture and garbage along Forest Service roads, and leave trash at campsites. Invasive species need managing. Twenty five bathrooms throughout the district need cleaning, and trails need upkeep. On top of all this, how do you provide sustainable recreation around these areas, whether it's day sites or hiking trails?

As the budget for national forests continues to decline, the Forest Service has to get more creative about spreading

resources and managing the lands. It’s no mystery that money is tight. The question has become a matter not of whether or not tasks are fulfilled, but how they are fulfilled.

“Everything has been affected by the diminishing budget,” says Neil Bosworth, the forest supervisor of the Tonto National Forest. “But it’s forcing us to look at partnerships, and forcing us to look at working with other agencies.”

Keeping the Tonto Forest and the Globe District vibrant requires a lot of moving parts, including a pool of hundreds of volunteers of all ages, including the Borinskis, who offer their time to various projects throughout the year.

In one way or another, volunteers supplement the work done by the Globe

Ranger District, which employs about 20 people year-round, including a district ranger, in addition to employees who cover areas like: cattle and grazing, recreation, minerals, law enforcement, fire shop, biology, and administration. They also have a rotating crew of 30 or so firefighters.

“There are miles upon miles of trails, but there is no money for them in the budget,” says Paul Burghard, the Globe District’s recreation manager.

So, the district looks for committed volunteers like the Borinskis to fill in the gaps. The Borinskis are a retired couple originally from San Diego; they are also experienced backcountry hikers. They Forest Secret, Continued on page 22

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Globe Unified School District Home of the Tigers

“I don’t have as many discipline problems in my classes this year,” says Ernie (Earnestine) Tanner who has taught for fourteen years at Globe High School and sees value in the new program the District is betting on called “Capturing Kids Hearts.” She says the new program is time consuming, but worth it.

There is a general consensus among many that those who say they have doubts about the program working haven’t given the program - or the kids enough time. It will take years to embed these concepts into the culture of the district, but the work has begun.

Reyes, who has taught for thirteen years, says the process also has

at someone’s expense, and that is not his intent. The new program gives both teachers and students the go ahead to call someone on their bad behavior, but it has to be done respectfully.

Capturing Kids Hearts which was developed by Flip Flippen - a motivational speaker, successful businessperson and father of 21

Capturing Kids' Hearts

By Linda Gross

Mr. Reyes with his 7th grade leadership class. Mr. Reyes believes the new program helps to empower students to become the solution in their own education and find ways to correct problems which arise with their peers or their teachers in a respectful manner.

A key element of the new program is a social contract kids and teachers drew up at the beginning of the school year outlining how students want to be treated...and how they will treat others. When a student misbehaves in class, a teacher can direct the student’s attention to their own social contract, which is displayed on walls in each classroom and resolves many issues by asking these four questions:

Note: Another program brought in this year targeted at improving the structure of lesson plans called, “Beyond Textbooks will be covered in our next edition.

1: What are you doing?

2: What are you supposed to be doing?

3: Are you doing it?

4: What are you going to do about it?

Mr. Reyes, who teaches 7th grade at High Desert Middle School reminds me that Capturing Kids Hearts is a process - not a program - and smiles when he says, “These kids are not ‘done’ yet. Not cooked. They are still growing and learning. “

order. The district is underwriting the program. It hosted several multi-day training programs at the beginning of the school year for everyone in the district, including bus drivers, teachers, coaches and administration, in preparation for launching the new school year using Capturing Kids Hearts’ principals.

Over at Copper Rim Elementary, Principal Brian Peace holds a monthly assembly, where teachers bring up their students who have been voted on by their classmates for Student of the Month. The recognition is not for academic achievement as much as it is for showing kindness to others in the classroom, helping someone with an assignment, following the social contract, or doing work without being asked.

Capturing Kids Hearts is a process which focuses on strengthening the social framework needed to create a healthy learning environment. While it’s tenants may seem obvious to some, and archaic to others, since the new program was introduced in August, there are signs it is working. One child in middle school says there are fewer bullies this year. That alone may be worth the investment.

Ernie “Earnestine” Tanner in her home room class.

prompted him to re-evaluate his own teaching methods and make some changes. He likes to joke with his kids, but realized sometimes the laughter is

children - leans heavily on the concepts of being accountable for your own behavior and showing respect to others regardless of age, rank and pecking

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A SMALL, BUT MIGHTY TRUMPET PLAYER Mia Techau

By Linda Gross

When Mia's not playing classical music or marching music, she likes to listen to Michael Bublé, Rascal Flatts and other contemporary artists. It is one reason she chose to go to the U of A, which has an excellent reputation in contemporary music.

“You never know with a child whether it’s going to be something they will really stick with or not,” says Ann Techau, “It’s a gamble,” she adds, talking about the moment she agreed to buy the silver bFlat trumpet for daughter Mia.

to play trumpet in eighth grade to balance out the sound by band director and mentor, Richard Franco.

Ann laughs at the memory.

“Actually he told me at the time that Mia could play anything he threw at her. And he needed another trumpet player.”

Although it is not an easy transition to go from a reed instrument like the saxophone to a mouth piece like the trumpet, Mia performed as Franco had predicted. She became proficient.

She likes the trumpet she says because it’s more diverse with a much greater dynamic range. Something that makes the trumpet both more challenging and rewarding to play.

That, and Mia likes to play loud.

Looking at the diminutive girl with short cropped hair, a boyish charm and the fine features of her Asian descent, you might be surprised to find she’s the one stepping forward during a half time performance with the Globe High School band during a Diamond Backs’ game last fall to play a solo in front of thousands of spectators. It was a homerun.

GHS Seniors Izak Morales, Mia Techau, Brendan Coleman and Rafael Reyes will be graduating this year, but the band will be gaining 25 new members coming up from High Desert Middle School.

Ann, who is a teacher at Copper Rim Elementary in Globe and a single parent of daughter Mia, whom she adopted from China seventeen years ago, says she knew Mia gravitated to music from an early age and started her on piano lessons at age three.

By sixth grade Mia had picked up the saxophone and was later asked

Ann explains they rented Mia’s first trumpet from United Jewelers in Globe.The shop has an agreement with Milano’s Music to supply instruments to local kids. While the school district does have some instruments, many of them are in need of repairs and Trumpet Player, Continued on page 15

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Mr. Evan Thompson, Band Director with the Globe High School marching band on the field at Copper Rim.

Trumpet Player, Continued from page 14

parents often find themselves footing the bill for their child’s musical passion through other means.

When she and Mia decided it was time to buy a trumpet, Ann says she took a deep breath, cashed in on the equity they had built up through the rentals, and paid an additional $1000.

She laughs and mutters under her breath that she just figured she’d live on rice for the rest of her life.

Last summer, Mia and Ann traveled to Phoenix to watch a military band concert and Ann noticed an advertisement in the program for the Phoenix Youth Symphony. She encouraged Mia to try out for it. The Youth Symphony, which grew out of the prestigious Phoenix Symphony, dates back to the ‘50s. It now serves 6,000 youth and attracts top conductors and talent from al over the state.

When Mia was accepted, she and her mother signed an agreement stating that they would attend all rehearsals, concerts and other events scheduled for the group - and Mia would maintain her responsibilities for all practices and performances in Globe High’s band. When she

Team Techau: Mia and her mother, Ann

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later tried out and won a seat on the Chamber Winds, (an elite ensemble for winds and percussionists) it doubled her involvement and practice time with PYS. All together it has meant four-hour practice sessions each week, coupled with a four-hour round trip drive to the Valley, but Ann and Mia both say the sacrifice has been worth it.

“I just wish we had known about this earlier,” says Ann. What’s it like playing with the 216 member of the Symphony?

“In the symphony group, they move really fast, and you have to be able to adapt quickly. Every week we have rehearsal and the conductor expects improvement.” Mia explains, “He’ll call you out in front of everyone if you don’t [improve.]”

I ask if she has ever been called out.

“Yes, I was called out and made to play this piece five times. It was embarrassing at first but I actually learned something...and now I’m not afraid to be called out in front of people.”

She goes on to explain the difference between her experience in Globe versus her experience with the Phoenix Youth Symphony.

“In Globe, they spend time with you on one so you learn a lot...but you also learn slower.” She pauses

and continues, “A band or orchestra is only as strong as the weakest link, so everyone has to move together.

Down there, because they know so much already, it’s sort of ‘boom, boom, boom,’” she gestures with her hands to make her point. “We are so large, and everyone knows their stuff, so you feel the pressure to catch on quick if you don’t know something.”

She describes a variety of music from classical to slow ballads, and fast paced pieces where she is required to move her fingers two hundred times a minute.

“And then you have ones that don’t make any sense; they have so many sharps and flats...they’re confusing and the music just looks like lines and dots on a page. So you just have to follow along and our director is moving his hand like this,” she says, waiving wildly. "And we’re trying to follow him and we are all site reading the music and it sounds raunchy.”

She pauses and reflects on the process, adding, “ From the beginning to the end it’s a very stressful journey... but in the end it’s worth it.”

Ann steps into the conversation, and says she has seen Mia grow so much through her music - not just as a musician, but in the way she handles herself. It’s easy to see her point.

Mia, who says she has always considered herself a shy person and one who is happy to let others take the lead, has taken the lead so often among her peers that one could be forgiven in mistaking her for a born leader.

She was voted “Spirit of the Band” during a period of uncertainty when one band leader left and a new one took his place. The band dwindled to just thirteen members, and Mia said she thought briefly of quitting.

She didn’t. Instead, she hung in there and the band got better...and bigger. It now numbers 25 members, and although she is among four seniors who will be graduating this year, Mia talks excitedly about the music teacher at High Desert, Tara Brewer, who is preparing kids to come up to the high school ready to play.

If all goes well, the band could gain twenty five new members next year.

At a time when Mia and Ann both say they know of other schools in the Valley which are scuttling their music programs, they are grateful for Globe’s continued investment in a music program for the kids and the opportunities that Mia has gotten here.

“Mia wouldn’t be doing what she is doing now without the music programs at Globe,” Ann says.

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Globe Takes Home “Inspiring Rookie of the Year” Award at FIRST Robotics Competition

By Jenn Walker

For the first time in GUSD history, Globe High’s robotics team, Tigerobotics, competed in the FIRST Robotics regional competition, taking home the Rookie Inspiration Award.

The competition was held in late March at Hamilton High School in Chandler.

By 8 a.m. on a Saturday, competing teams and their fans filled Hamilton High’s gymnasium bleachers, some sporting banana suits, face paint, and wigs, screaming spirit songs in chorus.

The aura was comparable to a big league basketball tournament. In a way, it was like a basketball tournament, except the players were robots. The competition required each team to build and program robots that could compete in an aerial assist game, where two competing alliances of three robots each tried to score as many goals with a ball as possible over the course of two minutes and 30 seconds. Whichever alliance scored the most goals won.

Like the rest of her teammates, Tigerobotics member Anjali Das, a sophomore, was caught up in the spirit.

“We won’t give up without a fight,” she said.

A tour of the “pit” revealed a much different scene from the one in the gymnasium. Here, in the hallway of the school, almost 50 high school teams from across the Southwest packed into small spaces, where each team could tweak their robot in between rounds. Everyone (including media) was required to wear safety goggles in the pit. Students wheeled their robots through the hall, yelling “robot” from behind.

Along with Das, the rest of the Tigerobotics team includes: Brendan Coleman, senior; Sarah Jones, senior; Liam Rama, freshman; Sage Stenerson, junior; and Christian Stevens, freshman.

“The most challenging part is adjusting a robot after a round,” Tigerobotics teammate Christian Stevens explained.

It’s not unlike freshening up a basketball player during a game break.

Tigerobotics, team 5059, crowded around their robot in between rounds, either working on the robot’s code, or

adjusting the robot’s bumpers, pegs and brackets, screwdrivers and drills in hand.

“Our robot is really sturdy,” said team member Sarah Jones in between rounds. “We built a reputation for being reliable.”

While their robot wasn’t as complex as those of some of the other, more experienced teams, team 5059 quickly gained a reputation for having one of the faster robots on the playing field, thanks in part to senior Brenden Coleman, the robot’s driver.

“When I’m driving, I’m going full speed on the joystick,” Coleman said.

The team ranked 19 out of 49 at the competition.

Tigerobotics began piecing together their robot in January, guided by their coach, Globe High teacher Eric Hertwig, local city engineer Matt Rencher, and Pinto Valley electrical and instrumentation planner Darrel Yerkovich.

GUSD Superintendent Jerry Jennex encouraged them along the way, and helped them find funding for the equipment through the Science Foundation of Arizona, Resolution

Copper, and Freeport McMoRan. In fact, he was easy to spot on the bleachers at the competition that Saturday, wearing the team’s polo and bright orange shorts.

“When our kids received the Rookie Inspiration Award Friday night, Principal Robbie Armenta and I could not have been prouder of the kids at Globe High, our coach, and our mentors,” Jennex said. “We felt like we had won the state athletic championship.”

Perhaps next year, the team will move on to the nationals. They already plan on competing again next year.

Be sure to check out our online coverage of the event, including links to live footage of Tigerobotics taking on three teams solo during one of the matches, at http://www.globemiamitimes. com/globe-high-wins-rookie-awardfirst-robotics/

Note: The Robotics Team was sponsored by the Science Foundation of Arizona ($20,000), Freeport McMoRan ($5000) and Resolution Copper Company ($5,000). GUSD Superintendent Jerry Jennex was thrilled with the teams performance in this years competition and hopes the robotics program can spread to other high schools in the region.

Your Guide to Globe-Miami and Surrounding Communities

The Romanesque-style church was built in 1915 under the guidance of Father Virgil Genevrier. It was crafted from stones quarried locally and cut by Mexican stonecutters from San Carlos. The stained glass windows were done by Emil Frei of St. Louis and remain in 1918.

The church is listed on the National List Register and remains one of the most striking architectural buildings of Globe's early history continuing to serve generations of local families.

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The striking image of the Catholic church on Broad Street was taken by photographer Bernadette Heath, who was a regular contributor to Arizona Highways.

She recently donated a large number of images taken in the Globe-Miami area to the Gila Historical Museum who graciously allowed us to use this image for our Spring cover. It shows the Holy Angels Church on Broad street during spring when the redbud tree is in bloom.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS April Showers/May Flowers, Community Art Show Now Open When: Thru May 31 Where: Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, 101 North Broad Street, Globe Come to The Cobre Valley Center for the Arts to enjoy the Community Art Show. Monday-Saturday, 10-5, Sunday's 12-4. Never before seen Artwork from local artists including new artists first showing. Mary Kent Bailey, Susie Baker, Frank Balaam, Cyndi Bronson, Toni Center, Jim Coates, Marianne Collins, Barbara Cox, Mike Crackel, Gloria Duff, Evelyn DeLaPaz, Gracie Jones and Caresa Shipley, Wolfgang Mueller, Melinda Nino, Susan Frost Palmer, Nancy Strong, Wanda Mitchell Tucker, and Diana Tunis all have new work showing. Now Open: The Poster and Print Room. Come see what the local artists have been up to in the art scene.

For further information, call Cobre Valley Center for the Arts at 928-425-0884 or email thedesk@cvarts.org

Centennial Swing Party When: April 12th; 7pm - 10pm.

Where: 3rd Floor of the Center for the Art Cost: $20 per person The Globe Centennial Jazz Band will be performing at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts for an evening of entertainment and dancing. Tickets are $20 per person and you are asked to call 928-425-0884 to reserve tickets in advance. Last year they sold out so get your ticket early. The Copper City Players will be selling soda, wine and alcohol as a fundraiser and your ticket includes hor d’oeuvres and desserts.

Health Fair 2013 When: April 13; 9am-1pm Where: Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center – 5880 S. Hospital Dr., Globe, Az Cost: Free Admission 5K Run begins at 8:00am. Fair begins at 9:00am; This will be the 5th year of the Health Fair and it gets bigger every year. Free Health Screenings, Health and Wellness Booths, Craft Fair, Auto Show, Children’s Activities, Salsa Contest and a “Get Fit” run. This is great for the whole family!

Easter Parade When: April 19th; 9:30am Parade begins at 10am Where: Downtown Globe, Old Train Depot Cost: Free When you have a great downtown with sidewalks lining shops on either side, what better way to kick off Spring than with an Easter Parade, where everyone can don their finest top hat and gloves and stroll to the tunes of the 1942 film

Easter Parade starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers? If you need a reminder of just how much fun the parade is each year, please visit our photo gallery on www.globemiamitimes.com. Prizes and bragging rights come to those who put their best foot forward. Join us!

5th Annual Miami Loco Art Walk Festival When: April 25th, 26th, 27th Where: Downtown Miami Cost: FREE The Miami Loco Arts Festival is a FREE, diverse, all-inclusive arts experience held each Spring in Miami, Arizona. Miami Loco is for all-ages and varies from traditional to contemporary, folk, landscape, genre and multimedia artworks. Almost 20 art galleries, storefronts, and studios are participating with live art, music and poetry. Festivities kick off Friday at the Jim Coates gallery from 6-8pm and continue on Saturday and Sunday from 11am-6pm.

Cinco de Mayo Celebration Downtown Globe When: May 3rd 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Where: Old Dominion Parking Lot, Globe Cost: Free Admission This downtown event, sponsored

by Holy Angels Catholic Church, will be held in the Old Dominion Parking lot in downtown Globe. The event co-chair, Linda Oddonetto says they are ‘re-booting’ the local tradition of a small hometown celebration in Globe.

This year’s event will include local entertainment and musical groups, kids corner, a talent show and a beer and margarita garden.

Copper Dust Rodeo When: May 9-10th Where: Gila County Fairgrounds The Gila County Rodeo Committee presents the 2013 rodeo with rodeo performances on Friday and Saturday, and a parade on Saturday morning. For more details please see their website at www.copperduststampede.com.

Apache Independence Day When: June 18th Where: Downtown San Carlos Celebrating Apache Independence Day: Volleyball tournament, horseshoes, frybread contest, pageant and more. Please see the facebook page for more at info@ facebook.com/sancarlosapachetribe.

Relay for Life When: May 16th-17th Where: Harbison Field Globe, Az The local chapter of Relay for Life has been going for 13 years and raises funds for Cancer Research. Kicking off with the Survivors and Caregivers Walk at 6pm, it is followed by the lighting of the luminarias which are then placed around the track and offer testament to just how many lives here have been touched by cancer. You may get a luminaria from any committee member for a donation of your choosing and decorate it for the event. For more information on this event, please visit the website at www.relayforlife.org/ coppervalleyaz.

Summerfest in Downtown Globe When: June 28; 5pm-8pm Where: Broad & Oak Street - in the street!

Summer fest is back this year with booths, water fun, games for the whole family, entertainment and food. At 8:00 p.m. there will be an outdoor movie shown under the stars. Check out Globe Mainstreet Program on facebook for updates.

Globe-Miami Farmers Market When: Saturday, June 7th; 8am-11pm Where: Veterans Park, 151 N Pine Street, Globe, Az This is the 4th season of the Globe Miami Farmer’s Market, and they have announced even more vendors this year. Currently looking for a honey vendor! Check out our pre-market event at the Tractor Supply store on May 31st. All home bakers will need a food handlers card, and crafters must get their crafts juried, so make sure you are ready when the season opens. For more details on the market you can contact Holly Brantley, Market Manager, at 928701-3097 or visit the facebook page.

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JULY 4th – Celebrating Independence Day Globe-Miami When: July 4th at Dark-thirty Where: Tailings Dam across from WalMart Come watch the best fireworks around as FMI once again hosts a fantastic firework show from the top of the tailings dam. Show begins at dark-thirty.

Tune into local radio gila101.9 for the latest scoop and musical accompaniment to the fireworks.

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There are 20+ Antique and Art shops in Globe-Miami, with everything from old clocks and mining memorabilia to vintage and Turquoise jewelry, linens, quality furniture, glassware, western, fine art and much more. Pick up a free brochure and map and enjoy a day of shopping the Antiques Corridor of Globe-Miami!

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1: The Old Dominion Mine & Walking Park At one time this underground mine was the largest copper producer in the United States.

Opened in 1881. Closed in 1931. The walking park was established in 2011 after years of negotiations and planning to make it possible. Today the park is open dawn to dusk and has signage along the paths to educate visitors about mine history.

2: Freeport-McMoRan Smelter (FMI) At one time the U.S. had 16 smelters processing copper. Today there are only three and two of them are in the “copper corridor” – FMI’s smelter in Miami and ASARCO’s smelter in Winkleman. The other is near Salt Lake City Utah.

Smelters extract the copper and other precious metals from the ore. The Miami smelter processes copper ore from FMI’s Arizona copper mines.

3: Copper Cities/Sleeping Beauty Mine – CLOSED After this copper mine closed in 1982, it was leased to mine turquoise. Beginning in 1990, “Sleeping Beauty” turquoise became known world wide and was highly prized for its’ purity. The name stems from the mountain range which looks like a woman reclining. The Sleeping Beauty mine closed in 2013 after their 25 year lease expired.

4: BHP Miami Unit (FMI) Copper ore was mined underground by block caving methods from 1911 to 1959. Mill tailings were deposited along Bloody Tanks Wash from 1925 to 1932 and across the valley at the Solitude facility (see#12) from 1928 to 1959.

Over 30 million tons of tailings were removed by hydraulic mining techniques, leached and stripped of copper from 1928 to 1959. The area immediately visible from Hwy 60 was reclaimed in 2006. In-situ leaching of the block caving subsidence zone began in 1943 and continues today which includes the SXEW plant.

5: Bluebird Mine (FMI) In 1968, this mine pioneered the modern SXEW process which is widely recognized as the most significant development in the copper industry and is used throughout the world. Now a part of FMI Miami Mine & Processing facilities.

6: Capstone Mining (BHP Pinto Valley) This large open pit mine was the site of the original Castle Dome Mine in the ‘40s and was purchased by BHP from Magma Copper in 1996.

It was sold again in 2013 to Capstone Mining of Canada. It is still an active site with an open pit and SXEW operation.

7: Carlota Copper Company (KGHM International) A recent addition, this open pit mine was commissioned in 2008 and has produced an average of 25 million pounds of cathode copper annually.

8: Asarco Ray Mine (ASARCO) The worlds largest open pit mine, producing 250,000/ton per day. Owned by Grupo Mexico SAB since 1999, the site includes the open-pit mine, two concentrators and a smelter. Asarco was first organized as the American Smelting and Refining Company in 1899. In the ‘50s Kennecott Mining would eventually swallow up the towns of Ray and Sonora as part of mine operations.

9:Asarco Smelter (ASARCO) This smelter has operated since 1912.

10:Freeport-McMoRan Rod Plant(FMI) Completed in 1969, this rod plant was the first of its kind to be located at a mine site. It produces copper rods which are the key material used in the manufacturing of wire and cable products.

The Old Dominion headframe and wheelhouse before they were dismantled to make way for a walking park.

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Boye Ladd Jr. from Albuquerque, N.M.

7-year-old Izaya Bob poses with his father Isaiah Bob, who had just added the final touches to his son's regalia outside of the casino. The father-son duo came from Montezuma Creek, Utah, near Four Corners, to participate in this year's powwow. After preparing his son, Isaiah would have to get his own regalia together. The two are both fancy dancers.

Oliver from Niagara Falls stands to the side of the arena in between dances.

Carol Melting Tallow from Stand Off, Alberta

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By Jenn Walker Nanty's daughter Teri Alba, of Payson, Ariz.

The spring pow-wow returned to the Apache Gold Casino in mid-March. Dancers traveled from as far as the East Coast and Canada to participate in the weekend pow-wow, which began on Friday evening and ended on Sunday. Globe Miami Times was fortunate to catch the grand entry on Friday evening, where there was no shortage of colorful and impressive regalia. We were able to capture numerous dancers and attendees on camera, both during and in between dances.

One of the drumming circles that played during the pow-wow. The members are from various parts of the Southwest.

Hubert Nanty of Payson, Ariz.

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More Pow Wow!

Larry Ashkie and Louise Shabi-Ashkie of Window Rock stop for a photo. The couple ran a booth together, which included Larry's paintings and Louise's handmade jewelry. Larry won awards at the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival in 2005 and 2006, and entered this year's festival as well.

Frank and Wendy Parker Young stand side by side, showing off the backs of their attire.

Tina Kinney, Craig Kinney, Alice Newman, and Robert Newman stop for a photo with Jenna Phillips, aka Missy St. Charles (center)

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Coming Soon!

Apache Gold is currently building two special event venues for your upcoming events, including our new steakhouse and large open air courtyard.

The Apache Prime steakhouse will be located in our Pavillion and will be open in the evenings only. The restaurant will be featuring the finest cuts of beef and other favorites at a price that is sure to fit any budget.

Our outdoor courtyard will be located adjacent to the pool area and the conference center and designed to seat over 500 guests. Ideal for weddings and reunions, the courtyard design will also include a bridal suite for that special day.

Both venues are scheduled to open by the end of summer, so plan now for Fall 2014 events by calling us at Apache Gold Casino and Resort.

As we like to say, come see what all the Gold has to offer.

Best Regards, Gary Murrey, CEO & GM AGCR

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discovered this area two years ago, and once they found out there was a need for volunteers, they stuck around for several months. Now, their love of the area keeps them coming back. They are just two of many who keep the forest in shape.

“These are folks who come into Globe because they like Globe,” Burghard says.

“They are dry camping, and it’s hard work.

They might work three to five days on a volunteer basis.”

By dry camping, he means camping without running water or electricity.

“Just today, we had one [trail] crew in the mountains and one crew in Haunted

are made up of volunteers from around the country who pay their own way to work in the forests.

Motorized vehicles couldn’t pass through the region, so another volunteer group, the East Valley Backcountry Horsemen, hauled in supplies prior.

When the Forest Service receives a grant for trail maintenance, the work doesn’t stop there. Before the trail crews come in, volunteers are needed to scout the trail, marking where work needs to be done, where the crew will camp, and determining whether or not they will need things like water and ice.

That’s where the Borinskis come in.

The couple’s main duties are to not only

The Borinskis hit the trail with their dog Mate.

Canyon. We have another crew coming in this afternoon. Jerry and Hans were out cleaning campgrounds. We’re prepping for another crew coming in next week,” Burghard says. “And that’s just on a Monday morning.”

All of the aforementioned people are also volunteers.

Hans Geisholt spends 20 hours a week alongside workers for the National Indian Council on Aging working on light maintenance, and cleaning bathrooms, fire pits, and recreation sites.

Fred Phillips and the Department of Corrections crew are out picking up trash every other week.

The crew in the Haunted Canyon was a “voluntourism” group who worked the trails in March. The group included 12 wilderness volunteers who traveled to the area to spend a week in the canyon in the eastern Superstitions. Groups like these

scout the trails before the trail crews come in, but also support each crew once they’re out on the trails.

The couple works as a team. Barbie drives Donnie to the start of a trail.

Donnie hikes the trails, staking them, flagging them, and taking notes at every quarter mile on things like: what needs to be done with the tread and the trail, where branches need to be cleared, whether the trail needs to be widened, and where there’s bound timber or water erosion.

At the end of the day, Barbie takes the notes and turns them into a spreadsheet, which goes to the trail crews. The spreadsheets help the crews see where the most work needs to be done.

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then Paul knows where to have the crews focus.”

Through the middle of May, while the weather is still mild, different crews show up to the district to do trail work. The goal is for the crews to hit all of the trails to some degree, and handle all the critical work that needs to be done.

Once Donnie and Barbie finish making spreadsheets of the trails, and crews show up, the couple goes into support mode.

Every other day they will hike to different crews, bringing them fresh water, taking out their trash, checking for any medical issues (like poison ivy), checking on their work progress, and seeing if they need anything.

“What we started doing with the crews is bringing them candy bars, and leaving them an apple pie or something if they camp, because these kids are up there for basically a week, and they’re working on dehydrated food a lot,” Donnie says.

“And it is physically hard work,” he adds. “These kids work their butt off.”

Crews often drive in from Flagstaff or Tucson to work the trails, Burghard says.

Armed with picks and shovels, they work in “hitches” (each hitch is 80 hours of work fit into about a week).

They clear the brush growing into the trails. They also manage the tread of the trails and work on portions of the trail that have been eroded by water.

“There is an art and science keeping water off the trails,” Burghard says. “If you imagine a ditch, when you get monsoon rains, the water runs down the ditch and erodes it.”

Whitford Canyon is a perfect example.

The trails were damaged in the monsoons, and needed a lot of work.

Although Four Peaks falls into other ranger districts, districts offer help across district lines often, Burghard explains. For instance, last year the Globe District used

a grant to work on Four Peaks, a 13-mile long trail project in Mesa. This year they received a grant for the Pinal Mountains.

The Arizona Trail Association often offers help to the districts as well. If a district has a project, they may show up with 20 to 30 people.

“There are a tremendous amount of opportunities for people to work with us, as a partner, volunteer or whatever,” Bosworth concludes.

To people like the Borinskis, volunteering is a win-win situation for everyone.

“The nice thing is, we’re able to help the Forest Service out, and we’re able to do the things that we enjoy doing,” Barbie says. “We’ve hiked trails that we probably wouldn’t have hiked if it weren’t for doing the volunteer work... Donnie’s hiked I think every trail up here in the Pinals.”

In the first four months they were here, they put in 300-plus miles hiking throughout the Globe district.

“This is a really, really beautiful resource that Globe-Miami has here, so to be able to care of that is giving back, and makes us feel good about doing it,” Donnie adds. “The beauty of it, is everybody who enjoys a forest around here, the locals, the tourists, and the guests alike, benefit from it.”

The Forest Service is consistently looking for volunteers with a variety of skills, and invites anyone interested in volunteering to visit a district office for more details.

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The Letters A Mother’s Gift to Her Daughter

By Linda Gross

The letter, with its words typed out on an IBM Selectric, brought back memories of seeing my mother sitting at her desk with coffee and cigarette nearby, as her hands commandeered the keys and powered through mountains of paperwork for her bosses. But one morning in May, with her mind only half employed with the typing of a refinery start-up manual, her thoughts turned to the approaching Mother’s Day. She says she remembered the words of her friend who had once remarked that mothers had more reason to remember birthdays than their children.

It’s true, she thought; she could remember the day I was born...and every day since then. So, although I was grown and living hundreds of miles away, and we talked almost every week, and sent funny cards and wrote almost as often, and Mother’s Day is typically the time when children give thanks to mothers, she set out to write a letter which began: “This is your Mother’s day greeting, from a mother who appreciates the privilege of having known you for that long.”

And so the refinery start-up manual was put aside, and she began to recount memories of our time together, beginning with the announcement to my father that I was ‘on the way.’ He was reportedly not happy to hear about it; feeling as he did that a wife and two kids might be enough for a young working man to handle. Mother’s response was, and I quote; “If I’m glad, you should be delighted...you aren’t having it.” It was the ‘50s. Women raised the children.

Men paid for them. Both had valid concerns which didn’t always mesh.

She remembered the time when ‘never having had a really sick baby before,’ she was carrying me around a train station with bronchitis when a kindly older man – obviously a father of experience - listened to me coughing, and said she should get me to a hospital as fast as possible. That was sound advice which likely saved my life. She quickly figured out arrangements for her two other children to stay with Grandma, while she rushed to the hospital and spent the next three days sitting beside me under a breathing tent.

When I cried, she said she did the only thing that every mother would do...she took me out from under the tent and held me. While this violated medical protocol, the doctor told the nurses to let it be.

These are the stories that mothers remember and children should know. They reflect light on our parents as people; young, inexperienced, finding-their-way, following-theirbest-guess...people.

We forget our parents were young.

We are surprised to find as we get older and wiser that our parents were ever doubtful about life or raising children or taking risks. We gain strength for our own struggles in the things life throws at us knowing that our parent(s) found ways to meet their own struggles.

Her letter included snap shots of time which stood out in her mind as defining those unique qualities that every mother comes to know with each of their children.

Those moments that reflect a child's attitude...or aptitude and shed light on what is to come. For Mother, one of those moments was when I was five and asked for help from Grandma to bridle my horse Brownie, which stood 16 hands. She was too busy at the time, and so, not willing to wait around, I figured out a way to get Brownie next to a fence and bridle him myself.

“Grandma,” she said, “was quite impressed.”

It is a story that a five-year old would never remember on their own. It is only in the re-telling that we lock these gems into our own memory bank and they become ours.

“Come to think of it,” she writes, “that has always been a quality that I totally admire; you will wait only so long (usually minutes) before taking matters into your own hands and managing to do what you think needs doing.”

When her memories flooded back faster than her hands could type, she turned to making a list of memories which formed our relationship. I remembered most of them- all from my own perspective - but it is her reflection on those memories that I have cherished all these years.

My mother passed away in 2008, and I ran across the letter again as I was re-shuffling files and putting things in order. It re-surfaced again five years later when I was transferring files to storage.

Remarkably, in 35 years and multiple moves, it has never been tossed or buried in an unmarked pile of papers. The letter, with its yellowed edges and old style form of communication, still has the magic of bringing me closer to mother and feeling her love despite the years, the distance or her passing.

That’s the power of The Letter.

It becomes a keepsake.

[We invited our readers to submit a few of their own thoughts and memories here and have included additional submissions on our website.

We hope you enjoy them.]

Dear Mother I celebrate you on your 80th birthday and hope I can learn to live life the way you have by: Accepting responsibility for my own destiny; Being less judgmental and more kind; Accepting risk as a necessary part of life; Having faith that life will bring me what I need; Learning to persist thru the set backs, and cope with the limitations of my life without letting them define me.

You are remarkable and I’m proud of you. ~ Susan

Lessons Learned from the Leverance Girls: Chandy (27), Emily (25) 1. We humans are ever so much alike. Watching my daughters grow and mature, I see each of them moving through so many of my same life changes, struggles and emotional journeys. I see glimpses of myself reflected in their everyday joys and disappointments, and I begin to understand how all of us are much more alike than not. Sometimes I catch them using my gestures or hear my words coming out of one of their mouths, and I smile (or cringe!).

2. “Que Sera Sera “ Or, maybe, “They will be what they will be”. As mothers we can love them, teach them and try to prepare them.

But controlling outcomes? Total illusion. I love that they are always amazing me, and I never know what to expect next! They are unafraid of life, and I am proud of the honest, strong and resourceful women my daughters have become. I have no idea where life will lead them, but have no doubt that they will thrive.

Both of my girls graduated from Globe High, and many of you know Emily as she works at the Globe Library. Chandy lives in Tucson and has been working with homeless youth through Open Inn.

By Carrie Curley Years of wisdom and knowledge she speaks to never give up to pray and stay humble.

She is powerful in her own unique beauty as the world itself and more.

She teaches me to be true to myself also to dream and care for the things in the world.

Therefore, honor the wisdom of our people.

My shima is a blessing to myself and to the world.

"Shima" means mother in Apache.

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Debby Jennex Dear Mom, My friend from the newspaper asked me to write something for their Mother’s Day series – limited to 200 words! You know that will be really hard for me!

I was thinking of sharing some childhood memories – like how we would play peek-a-boo with the clothes when you hung them on the line to dry... …or walks through the woods in the spring – finding trilliums and lady slippers. Remember when I was four, we were hunting for mushrooms and I sat on a fire ant hill? In seconds I was covered with them and screaming! You rescued me by throwing me in the lake! LOL! Or I could tell about the great impressions you did of Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck when you would read to us. You prayed with us every night at bedtime, and I know you still do! …Not going to tell about the time I said, “I hate her!” and little sister told you – I nearly broke your heart. Sorry, 12 is a hard age to be. …What about when we were almost late for my wedding? I couldn’t believe it when you hit 80 mph and passed our elderly neighbor who was on his way!

But you got me there!

Well Mom, like I said, this is hard! I could go on and on! So many wonderful memories! Thank you for all of them – you’re the best!

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Raelene Higginbotham and Son After a difficult birth and a rare post partum congestive heart failure which kept Raelene in the hospital for two weeks after the birth of her son Joshua, she writes that being a mother should never be taken for granted - for not all women get the chance.

Being a mom means having a love so deep no one can understand unless they have experienced it. It's caring about someone else's needs above yours no matter what. It's protecting something so precious you would give your own life to save them. My son is the greatest gift God could have ever given me. I'm trying to raise my son to the best of my ability and teaching him what is right versus what is wrong in life. So that one day he may grow up to be a loving caring adults with a good head on his shoulders and be stable mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Being a mother means I have been given the opportunity to love someone more than myself. I am learning what it is like to experience joy and pain thru someone else's life. It is teaching me hope, patience, pride and heartache all at the same time.

No one's smile has ever warmed my heart like my son's does. No ones laughter fills my heart with delight as quickly as his can. No one's hugs feel sweet and no one's dreams mean as much to me as his does. I know we will have bad times and they will become important life lessons or humorous stories. The great times we have had and continue to have become precious memories to relive again and again. You are part of me and whatever the future holds, you are someone I will always accept, forgive, appreciate, adore and love unconditionally. Being your mother means I have been given one of life's greatest gifts-- you.

Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns Sitting here having coffee and breakfast with Mom, asking her about what era in her life is most memorable. She was born in Arizona in 1939. She noted going to segregated schools and looking for work outside of domestic labor as young girl and being turned away because of the color of her skin. She shared with me that when these experiences happened something would happen inside her, where she vowed to not let it bring her down, and that her resistance to being discriminated against she would pass on to her kids. She said for every time that she felt hate, kindness was always around the corner and sometimes through her own hands of helping someone out. I am the continuation of my mother's revolution, mind, body, spirit and community. Thank you Maria Louisa Lazos, it is a blessing to be your son.

Carol Tarango Aunts are required when your beautiful mother has gone to heaven.

My two aunt’s Annie Tarango and Betty Dominquez have been there for my siblings and I in the milestones, hardships, and blessings in our lives. They have laughed, cried and mourned with us throughout our lives. Although they have children and grandchildren of their own, they have opened up their hearts and homes to us. It is not easy spending Mother’s Day without my Mom, but since I have to, I am glad to celebrate my Aunt Annie and Aunt Betty. Mother’s Day was always a big celebration in the Tarango home, and we continue to celebrate the memory of our Mom Loretta Tarango, and the blessing we receive from Aunt Annie and Aunt Betty. We thank you, we love you and we adore you. I pray that we bless Auntie Annie, and Auntie Betty as much as they have blessed us. Happy Mother’s Day.

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voice and a face to the inequalities in society and to reach large audiences of ‘It reminds me of the folk music of disaffected and underserved people— the ‘60s,” says Dr. Carol O’Connor, a local you’ll begin to understand her attraction educator and founder of the Rhyme-n to the genre and her desire to connect Reason Foundation. O’ Connor recently through hip-hop. hosted the first wellness concert involving “It’s the blemished skin of hip hop,” O’Connor says of mainstream hip-hop today. The real roots and culture of hip-hop, however, go much deeper, dating back some 40 years and encompassing everything from rap music, DJing, dance, graffiti, fashion, language, belief, and attitude. It has expanded into virtually every country and every sector of society. And today, it is being taught Well-known Ethiopian comedian and graffiti artist Lij Yared. in over 175 courses at hip-hop at Burdette Hall in San Carlos prestigious institutions like Harvard in March. The event included both and Stanford. international and local performers, as According to O’Connor, hip-hop well as a panel discussion on wellness and not only saves lives, but is an avenue for the role hip-hop can play in saving lives. opening up discussions which lead to O’Connor, who is a 70-something, critical thinking. white, petite, freckled, blonde, middle“There are people out there who class woman with a Ph.D in higher have had no voice at all,” she says. “And education, may seem contradictory to a when people don’t have a voice, they do world defined by the likes of Lil' Wayne things... People need a chance to speak, to and Drake. Yet, when you see hip-hop perform... through art, dance or... rap. as others do—for its ability to give a “The need to be heard and understood Hip Hop, Continued from page 1

Carrie Curley works on an art piece during "Telling Our Own Stories."

is essential for all human beings,” she adds.

Last year, she joined a panel discussion during the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival in Hartford, Connecticut, on the healing powers of hip-hop. There, she met Minister Server Tavares, who is the founder of HIPHOP Ministries Inc. He likes to say that hip-hop stands for “higher infinite power, healing our people,” and like O’Connor, states that it can literally save lives and enrich spirits. He talks about the 18 principals that advocate freedom from violence, and offers advice and protection for the development of the international community.

O’Connor has been an educator for the last two decades, beginning in 1996, when she got her first classroom teaching assignment in San Carlos. There, she got her students involved in writing poetry.

When the discussion lead to language, and she was asked why they couldn’t use

the f-word, she told them it was fine in some circumstances, but not in school.

“There are different ways to speak in different context,” she said. “Find another word.”

They did, and she later helped them publish their work in a book called “Images” using limited funds and Kinko copiers.

One of her students, Laman Waterman, did the artwork for the covers.

“He had been one of the naughty boys” she smiles, and says, “...he would never do any of his work. He would just sit at his desk and do graffitti... I wasn’t interested in hip- hop music at the time, but I’ve always been interested in beautiful art, and what he was doing was beautiful, so I asked him if we could use his work for the cover.”

He would go on to do the cover of all three books and later perform at the recent hip hop event at Burdette Hall.

She didn’t know it at the time, but she was living hip-hop even back then, giving voice to those who had a lot to say, but had nowhere to say it.

O’Connor ‘came to hip hop’ during a dry spell, when she hadn’t listened to music for a long time, and decided she need to put some music back in her life.

She walked into a Borders Bookstore, intent on getting back into music, and found herself in the World Music section.

Not wild about Celtic—and not finding any music from Kazakhstan—she says jazz seemed too familiar and dull. She eventually worked her way down the aisle to hip-hop and rap.

“I remembered picking up a TIME magazine earlier that year and reading an article on a rapper from St. Louis, so I picked up his latest CD and put on the headphones,” she recalls.

“That first song literally changed my life,” she adds. “It’s simply called, ‘Nellyville.’”

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Apache rap artist Louis Miles

that people deal with, there is also an energy of fighting back, finding the high ground, calling out injustices, and yes, maintaining a sense of optimism.

The lyrics and the pulse of the music grabbed her and they’ve never let go. She recites a line from the song by Nelly: “Imagine blocks and blocks of no cocaine, blocks with no gunplay.

Ain’t nobody shot, so ain’t no news that day.”

Globe Schoole Superintendent Jerry Jennex and his wife Debbie viewed art done by Carrie Curley

At that time, she was still a principal for the Miami School District, both at Los Lomas and later Bejarano. She would keep photos of rappers of herself with David Banner and Too Short on her desk.

They were reminders of fighting adversity, being true to one’s self, and calling things out in the world. That, and their pictures prepared her for heated meetings with angry parents in her office, bureaucratic snafus, road blocks, and other small injustices she found in her own world.

Four years later she would leave Globe-Miami and form the Rhyme-NReason Foundation as a 501(c)(3), aimed at promoting education, economic development, and collaboration among underserved youth internationally. The journey has taken her to Mississippi, where she earned her Ph.D in Urban Higher Education and taught at an inner city school, and Ethiopia, where she was

hired by a Phoenix non-profit to teach classes, but also explored and planted the seed for hip-hop expressions in Hawassa.

Today, she is back in Globe and teaching at the Inspired Learning Academy.

She says she uses the words and stories told in hip-hop to build critical thinking among students, often asking them to look past the bling and the beat, and to consider the message.

“Do you think this is a good idea?” she’ll ask. “Is this where you want things to go? Was there another choice he could have made?”

In March of this year, Rhyme-NReason Foundation hosted the first international wellness event in San Carlos at Burdette Hall. She was able to get her friend, Minister Server, and Ethiopian artist Lij Yared, to fly in for the event, making it “international.” Her former student, Laman Waterman (L-Dub), was one of the performers, along with San Carlos rap artists Louie Miles, J Starr, and Shaun Casoose. DJ Wiskers, also from San Carlos, provided the music.

Myron Starr coordinated live graffiti art by Robert Wilson, Carrie Curley, and Lij Yaared, who created large panels alongside several kids who attended the event.

The Rhyme-N-Reason Foundation also has also produced two books of student work, titled “Telling Our Stories,” and is working on a third. They include works from her students at San Carlos, Globe, Jackson Mississippi and Hawassa Ethiopia. Each book costs approximately $2000 to print and are handed out free to schools, organizations and other artists.

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In fact, whenever Cecil sells any of her sweets at the Globe-Miami Farmers’ Market, she almost always sells out. On a typical day, she brings at least two to three batches of brownies, a big crumb cake, scones, French doughnuts, big cookies, two kinds of granola, madeleines, and at least two batches of raspberry bars.

Cecil shies away from the term culinary. She considers herself nothing more than a home baker. To her, baking is not a business; it is simply her passion.

She never went to culinary school. Like everyone else in her family, she just loves to cook, and especially bake—and she’s good at it.

“The thing that I do the best, is I can usually read a recipe and know if it’s going to taste good or not, or be a good one,” she says. “I love to read a cookbook. I’ll look at a cookbook or a cooking magazine as much as I would read anything else.”

Perhaps that explains how she can bake things she has never tried, and have them turn out. She is constantly scouting for new recipes online, in cooking magazines, and in cookbooks.

“Sometimes they work; sometimes they don’t,” she says. “Sometimes I’ll do a cream cheese brownie, a carmel, or a rocky road, something like that. I like to mix it up.”

One time she made almond paste from scratch. Another time she made vegan cupcakes using coconut yogurt.

Cecil has lived in Globe for the last 30 years. It wasn’t until eight years ago, though, that her daughter Paige came up with the idea of baking creations at home to sell locally. One thing led to another, and

Cecil and her husband Chris converted the kitchen in their guesthouse into a health department-approved commercial kitchen. They brought in a Maytag double oven, a three-compartment sink, and a restaurant table.

“We just kind of went for it,” Cecil remembers. “I don’t think I would have done any of it if Paige hadn’t said, ‘Let’s do this!’”

Cecil and Paige started out baking scones, brownies and turnovers for Vide E Caffe, prior to the arrival of local caterer and chef extraordinaire Jordan Baker.

Nowadays, when Cecil is not baking for the farmers’ market, she is baking up local requests for baby showers, book clubs, holidays, or even delivering a box of brownies to someone’s house.

“I’ve had someone call me and say they needed something by the afternoon,” she says.

As long as she has enough time to cool something before cutting it, it’s not a problem.

Producing this many sweets requires a well-stocked kitchen. She continues to add to her collection of baking pans, including the springform pans she found online (which she swears by), and bundt pans. She has all of the necessities – spatulas, knives, and mixing bowls. She always keeps parchment paper and foil around to line pans with. That way, things don’t stick, and she has less dishes to wash.

She also keeps a ruler handy, so she can measure and cut her bars and brownies into the exact the same size.

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ingredients she always keeps on hand.

Baking powder and salt are obviously a must. Baking is a science, Cecil explains. It requires getting the amounts just right to create a perfect chemical reaction.

She is particular about the ingredients she uses.

“I really try to use good quality things.

I want [everything] to taste really good,” she says. “I don’t want to bake something and have it taste like a box mix. I don’t even want it to taste like something you got at the grocery store.”

As she talks, I notice a large bottle of Nielsen Massey vanilla extract out on the kitchen counter, which she got from Simply Sarah’s.

“I was happy to get that, because it

really is good quality,” she says.

When possible, she will use ingredients that are in season, using fresh apples from her apple trees to make turnovers.

She also always keeps flour, sugar, bars of unsweetened chocolate, butter, and shredded coconut on hand. Of course, she always has nuts, and raspberry jam— those are what make the raspberry bars.

“What I cook is not healthy,” she says.

“It’s good, but it’s not healthy. I wouldn’t tell anyone to eat a pound of brownies.”

She also has a keen eye for presentation.

Muffin and cupcake wrappers, packaging, boxes, a huge ball of twine (to tie things off with), glass dishes, and bags are spread around the living room of the guest house.

“What I like best is to make everything look pretty,” she says. “It has to taste good, but if things look good, people enjoy it so much more.”

For example, she will give her carrot cupcakes a rustic look using cream cheese icing topped with toasted coconut flakes.

Her biggest draw, however, are her raspberry bars, scones, and brownies. By the time she is selling those at the farmers’ market, she has already put in 10 hours of baking in her kitchen the day before. That doesn’t include the extra three-plus hours she spends frosting, cutting, and boxing everything the morning of the farmers’ market, so that it is ready to sell by the time the market starts at 8.

Truly, it is a labor of love.

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As I’ve continued to run into longdistance cyclists in Globe, I’ve learned there are a few motivations that drive these people across highways, whether it’s to get in shape, explore, make a political statement, or simply shake up their lives with an adventure.

Below are the stories of a few bicyclists who have passed through this area.

Jake Wolf-Saxon “I almost died about three to four times,” Jake Wolf-Saxon says.

He is remembering his experience riding his bike from Surprise to Globe the day before Thanksgiving in 2012. He had spent the day riding steep inclines, and now, he is recalling the part where he rode into the tunnel in the Devil’s Canyon. The sun was setting, and it had already been a stressful day. Now he was trying to avoid getting swiped by cars along the barely present shoulder of highway while riding uphill. Next thing he knew, he was inches from making contact with three big rigs, two coming from either direction, and a third passing the one already creeping behind him.

As they all passed, “I just let out a scream,” he remembers.

The minute he found a turnout to safely park in, Saxon threw down his Surly

Long Haul Trucker bike, collapsed to the ground, and took a nap for an hour.

Originally from Seattle, Saxon had always dreamed of doing a big bicycling tour.

“A lot of it was just to explore and to have fun, and just to make myself a better person. To push myself, I guess,” he recalls. “If you’re going to do that, you should do it when you’re young.”

Once he found himself switching careers, he decided it was an opportune moment to take off.

So, in September 2012, he set out with his touring bike (the Long Haul Truckers are designed to last 20,000 miles), making his was south from Seattle. He went as far as San Diego, Calif., before veering east, passing through mountains and paralleling the Mexican border into Arizona. Then he hit Phoenix, and then Globe.

What made the trip especially treacherous, he says, was not only steering clear of cars and big trucks, but also racing the sunset to get safely from one location to another in limited daylight. On any given winter day, he was riding from 40 to 90 miles with his fully-loaded steel frame bike, hauling things like: a tent, a front cooler for food, a waterproof shoe bag, a sleeping bag and mat, a side bag of clothing, a side bag of cooking gear, a solar panel for charging electronics, and a hammock.

He also had to replace a slashed tire back in California. He could only find a cheap tire to replace it, so throughout his ride toward Globe, he was stopping one to two times a day to fix a flat. Hence the reason why, by the time he had reached the tunnel, his stress-level reached an alltime high.

Fortunately, once in Globe, the town’s hospitality welcomed him with open arms, he says.

“Globe looked like such an amazing little town,” he recalls. “It seemed like a highway town, but it really had some depth to it.”

“Some highway towns are just a gas station and a Motel 6 along the side of the road, and there’s nothing there,” he

adds. “But in Globe, there’s a couple of highway things on the side of the road, but once you get past those, there’s actually a real town with brick buildings and all sorts of cool features.”

By the time he cleaned himself up, hunted down something to eat food, and settled into the Cedar Hill Bed & Breakfast, he felt the anxiety from a treacherous ride wearing off.

After a night in Globe, refreshed, Saxon continued eastward to New Orleans, took a detour from his trip to Costa Rica, and then returned to New Orleans, riding all the way to the East Coast. He finished his trip in March 2013.

Would he do it again?

Maybe, he answers.

“I met so many people going down the coast,” Wolf says. “But not as many people turn left in San Diego and go across the south.”

With the exception of towns like Globe, the road through the Southwest is a lonely one.

Team Kaker It was fat camp time when Team Kaker rolled through Globe with their two friends right before New Year’s Eve in 2011. That’s right, fat camp. That is what couple Forest Baker and Annie Kallus (Team Kaker) call that window between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, where they traditionally embark on an annual cycling trip.

“We try to ride for a week or so, because during that time of year, you definitely have some weight,” Forest explains. “So it’s kind of like our fat camp.”

This time, the Sacramento, Calif.based couple decided on a 550-mile loop that started in Tucson, traveled as far north as Apache Junction, as far east as Lordsburg, N.M., and as far south as Agua Prieta (just shy of the Mexican border),

Team Kaker (yellow) stayed at Cedar Hill B&B in Globe with friends Lindsay and Erik on their 550-mile round trip through this part of the Southwest.

and then wrapped northwestward back towards Tucson.

Forest and Annie are old pros when it comes to cycling tours; Forest has toured the likes of Alaska, the West Coast, Europe, and New Zealand. This was couple’s first time touring through the southwest, however. They recruited their two friends, Lindsey and Erik, to join their adventure, and, with plans to travel swiftly (they would hotel-hop or stay with hosts throughout the route), they hit the road on racing road bikes, carrying nothing more than toiletries, street clothes, tools, and some spare bike parts.

With a light load, they could ride fast, riding as many as 70 to 100 miles per day. Soon enough, the trip lead the four through Globe from Apache Junction.

“We thought [Globe] was funky when we first rolled in,” Forest recalls.

Some of the homes had a San Francisco feel to them, he says. At the same time, he remembers the blue-collar types, the Harley dudes, and the artists all mixed together.

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to bring to a New Year’s Eve party, and rang in the new year with the locals.

Their entire trip took them just eight days. Of their experiences on the road, Globe remained one of the more memorable ones.

They later posted on their travel blog this about Globe: “It could win an award for the friendliest and most welcoming town in America.”

Frank Marchetti In January of this year, you might have shared the right lane along the U.S. 60 with this guy and his fully-loaded steel frame bicycle for all of five seconds.

Frank Marchetti is yet another cyclist who braved the ride from Superior to Globe on a bike, a 2,142-foot climb total, passing cars within inches of running him off the road, horns blaring.

“It happens almost everyday,” he says.

Marchetti, hailing from Canada, began a cycling trip that started in San Diego, California. From there he made a loop through Arizona, riding four or five hours a day, passing through Yuma, Dateland, and Casa Grande. Then he made the 20plus mile journey from Superior to Globe.

While some choose to explore places by staring out of car or bus windows,

Marchetti prefers hiking, trekking and cycling his way through his world travels.

“You appreciate it on a deeper level when you see it slowly. You appreciate it even more when you earn it by sweating your way through,” he says. “Instead of hearing a motor or the noise of a car, you hear the wind breezing by… And you can just stop and soak it in.”

As a seasonal worker, he can afford to take trips like this every year. Marchetti runs his own bug business, so whenever he is not selling trichogramma wasps or fly parasites, he heads somewhere away from home.

This time, for the second time in his life, he decided to take a long distance cycling tour. (His first tour was through Chile and Argentina.) Since it’s about 50 degrees warmer here than it is in Guelph, Ontario (Marchetti’s hometown), a trip through Southern California and Arizona made sense.

He explains all of this while securing side bags to his steel frame, preparing for the next leg of his journey. Not only is he pedaling his own weight, but like Saxon, his bike is loaded up with things like: cooking gear, a sleeping bag, a tent, mixed nuts and Clif Bars, orzo, granola, clothing, 74 ounces of water, bike repair tools, a tire patching kit and extra cables.

Aside from cycling with a heavy load, there are other things that can slow you down, he adds, like headwind, the quality of the road, the hours of daylight, and, most importantly, the terrain.

From Globe, he was headed toward Tonto Basin. The distance is more than 40 miles, with about a 1,000-foot elevation change. Marchetti allocated himself six hours to do it, including breaks. From there he planned on riding to Show Low, and then looping his way back west toward California.

At the end of January, he stopped in Los Angeles, staying for a month before cycling up to Redding in Northern California.

So, next time you spot a cyclist on the side of the highway, consider giving him or her some room. They are, in fact, heading somewhere, just like the rest of us.

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