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GLOBE HIGH CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Pullout Special Edition LLC DISCOVER THE GLOBE-MIAMI COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GLOBEMIAMITIMES.COM GIT 'ER DONE AWARD Page 3 It’s the first Friday of June, and the sun is beginning to set behind Miami. An eight-piece band plays a lighthearted ‘50s tune in front of Bullion Plaza as a woman dances her heart out in the empty street in front of them. With a bounce and loaded shimmy in every step, she dances solo. A few other bodies jitter by her, but this woman’s gusto is hard to ignore. She has danced to this band’s music time and time again for years, she says as she finally pulls away from the music and asks for a hand up on to the curb. Story by Jenn Walker ~ Photography by Kenneth Chan* And continues to grow from small beginnings The Center for the Arts Celebrates 30 Years efore the Center for the Arts became the dazzling white gem of Broad Street, serving both as the creative pulse of this community and the core of so many events, it was on its way to becoming one of downtown Globe’s forgotten structures, lost beneath layers of dust and dirt. The neoclassical revival building’s 14-foot ceilings and 20,000 square feet once housed Globe’s courthouse and seat of county government for nearly 70 years. On May 27, 1975, it was included in the National Register of Historic Places. A year later, the county administration abandoned it. For another eight, it laid vacant, and the building began to quickly deteriorate and collect dust. That is, until 1984, when a third generation Globe native by the name of Bob Bigando – Globe’s development director at the time – cut a deal with the county to lease the old courthouse to a group of artists who would adopt the building in exchange for restoring it to its original condition. Envisioning an art gallery inside, with a third floor allocated to putting on community plays, Bigando raised $8000 in contributions and grant funding. In an interview with the Arizona Republic, he said that he saw the restoration as a means to solving a number of problems, including preserving a valuable structure and revitalizing downtown. Of course, it was also a means to celebrate art and culture within Globe. Not to mention the fact that a group of local artists had been restoring various buildings around town to use as an art gallery, only to get thrown out of each one. Big Band, Continued on page 28 The Evolution Of A Band Miami Big Band Sound By Jenn Walker Sipie Martinez in a 1943 portrait by Kelley Studios in Miami. An Afternoon With ED PASTOR By Jenn Walker After 23 years serving in office, congressman Ed Pastor (D-Ariz), member of the 113th Congress, is cleaning house. With his last day in office approaching at the end of the year, the representative of the Seventh Congressional District of the state is preparing to pursue another path. The Miami native certainly left his mark. Not only is he Arizona’s first Mexican- American elected into Congress, he has now spent a good 20 years overseeing energy and water development, as well as transportation, housing and urban development, while serving on Congress’ appropriations committee. He also served as a Chief Deputy Whip. Ed Pastor, Continued on page 30 Serving his last term in Congress, Miami native reflects on life in politics Center for the Arts, Continued on page 33 INSIDE THE KITCHEN Page 12 FARMERS MARKET Page 27 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Page 17 Photo by LCGross

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  • GLOBE HIGH CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

    Pullout Special Edition

    Bicycle, Continued on page 30

    LLC

    DISCOVER THE GLOBE-MIAMI COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GLOBEMIAMITIMES.COM

    GIT 'ERDONE AWARD

    Page 3Its the fi rst Friday of June, and the sun is beginning to set behind Miami. An eight-piece band plays a lighthearted 50s tune in front of Bullion Plaza as a woman dances her heart out in the empty street in front of them. With a bounce and loaded shimmy in every step, she dances solo. A few other bodies jitter by her, but this womans gusto is hard to ignore.

    She has danced to this bands music time and time again for years, she says as she fi nally pulls away from the music and asks for a hand up on to the curb.

    Story by Jenn Walker ~ Photography by Kenneth Chan*

    And continues to grow from small beginnings

    The Center for the Arts Celebrates 30 Years

    efore the Center for the Arts became the dazzling white gem of Broad Street, serving both as the creative pulse of this community and the core of so many events, it was on its way to becoming one of downtown Globes forgotten structures, lost beneath layers of dust and dirt.

    The neoclassical revival buildings 14-foot ceilings and 20,000 square feet once housed Globes courthouse and seat of county government for nearly 70 years. On May 27, 1975, it was included in the National Register of Historic Places.

    A year later, the county administration abandoned it. For another eight, it laid vacant, and the building began to quickly deteriorate and collect dust.

    That is, until 1984, when a third generation Globe native by the name of Bob Bigando Globes development director at the time cut a deal with the county to lease the old courthouse to a group of artists who would adopt the building in exchange for restoring it to its original condition. Envisioning an art gallery inside, with a third fl oor allocated to putting on community plays, Bigando raised $8000 in contributions and grant funding.

    In an interview with the Arizona Republic, he said that he saw the restoration as a means to solving a number of problems, including preserving a valuable structure and revitalizing downtown. Of course, it was also a means to celebrate art and culture within Globe.

    Not to mention the fact that a group of local artists had been restoring various buildings around town to use as an art gallery, only to get thrown out of each one.

    Big Band, Continued on page 28

    The Evolution Of A BandMiami Big Band Sound

    By Jenn Walker

    Sipie Martinez in a 1943 portrait by Kelley Studios in Miami.

    A n A f t e r n o o n W i t h

    ED PASTOR

    By Jenn Walker

    After 23 years serving in offi ce, congressman Ed Pastor (D-Ariz), member of the 113th Congress, is cleaning house. With his last day in offi ce approaching at the end of the year, the representative of the Seventh Congressional District of the state is preparing to pursue another path.

    The Miami native certainly left his mark. Not only is he Arizonas fi rst Mexican-American elected into Congress, he has now spent a good 20 years overseeing energy and water development, as well as transportation, housing and urban development, while serving on Congress appropriations committee. He also served as a Chief Deputy Whip.

    Ed Pastor, Continued on page 30

    Serving his last term in Congress, Miami native refl ects on life in politics

    Center for the Arts, Continued on page 33

    INSIDE THEKITCHEN

    Page 12

    FARMERS MARKET

    Page 27

    CALENDAROF EVENTS

    Page 17Photo by LCGross

  • 2 SUMMER 2014

    eve all heard this before: The best camera is the one you have with you.

    To some, this means $15,000 of equipment so massive that a backpack is inadequate, requiring what looks like a multi-tiered, chrome-plated baby stroller to push it around. Others never leave home without their tried and true point-and-shoot camera with its compact size and ease of use. The great equalizer has become the smart phone, the ultra thin electronic marvel that doubles as a camera and graces nearly every pants pocket from Wrangler to Versace.

    At the Arboretum a photographers Shangri-la, by the way it would be unusual to spot a visitor without a camera. Half are using DSLRs and point-and-shoots, but the other 50% are using their smart phones alternately snapping photos, talking, and texting as the scenery and their social circle dictates.

    I was a confi rmed digital SLR user for a decade, but when my shutter malfunctioned (and I had neither the money to repair the camera nor purchase a new one), I reached into my pocket, pulled out my iPhone 5, and decided to make it my full-time camera replacement.

    Even with all its fancy camera features, like an 8 megapixel image sensor and F/2.4 lens, my biggest disappointment was that there is no way to attach the phone to a tripod. Even pro photographers with image

    stabilizing lenses use a tripod to get their sharpest image, and every point-and-shoot has a tripod mount, so why doesnt the iPhone?

    Theres no app for that, so over the past year, I have explored a handful of solutions that allow me to capture a satisfyingly sharp image.

    The lowest tech way to stabilizing any camera is to use whats nearby. At the Arboretum, I will often brace my phone on a tree, a boulder, atop someones head, or lie down and use my knees or elbows for support. When out in the open, Ive learned to cross my arms Cossack-style, using my locked, horizontal forearm as a rigid support. This latter technique works for shooting video, too.

    But these are just coping mechanisms, and useless for a self-timer, stop-action, slo-mo, or capturing a sharp fl ower macro.

    So I researched and purchased several aftermarket solutions, starting with the Joby Griptight Mount. Despite its name, its spring-loaded grip on my phone was tentative at best. When the wind blew down my tripod and the Jobys cheap plastic broke into three separate pieces, I cried but not as hard as I would have if my phone had still been in it.

    The Olloclip Quick-fl ip case was my second purchase, setting me back more than twice as much as the Joby. Its a more elegant solution that combines a form-fi tting case that slides into a U-shaped tripod mount. The mount then screws securely to a tripod. After a few months of use, part of the plastic tripod mount broke off, leaving me a barely useable set-up.

    My most recent discovery is the Anycase, a solid aluminum tripod mount that fi ts any size smart phone, with or without a case. It holds my iPhone securely, feels very stable, and its metal

    construction gives me confi dence that it will outlast anything made of plastic. Its my favorite so far.

    With the phone now fi rmly attached to a tripod, you still have to tap the screen to take a photo, and this can cause some vibration. To remedy this, the volume control on the stock iPhone ear buds doubles as a shutter release, reducing camera shake to nil.

    Even better, I recently purchased the Ipega Bluetooth Remote Control Self-timer that works with both iPhone iOS and Android phones. As long as I am within 30 feet of my phone, the Bluetooth connection wirelessly triggers the cameras shutter to capture intimate portraits or video of stampedes, active beehives, or squirrels all from an unthreatening distance.

    There are plenty of reasons to keep your DSLR or point-and-shoot camera, but if your smart phone happens to be the one you have with you, keeping it rock steady is the best way to capture an enviably sharp photo at the Arboretum, or anywhere.

    Going Steady With Your Smart Phone Camera

    By Kim Stone

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  • SUMMER 2014 3Though the towns of Globe-Miami

    have only been around 100-plus years, the stories these old mining towns have to offer history are endless.

    Arguably one of this areas most prominent storytellers is Christine Marin, a Globe-Miami native, prolifi c writer, historian, former archivist, professor emeritus, and recipient of many awards (most recently the 2013 Golden Bear Leadership Award, awarded by Phoenix College and Maricopa Community Colleges). Since her studies as a graduate student at ASU in the 80s, Marin has shed light on so many Globe-Miami stories that might have otherwise gone untold.

    One of those stories includes the unifi cation of Mexican Americans and African Americans to overcome segregation and discrimination in Miami, which Marin describes in her dissertation Always A Struggle: The History of Mexican Americans in Miami, Arizona.

    Its more than the history of a copper town. Its more than the history of Mexican Americans in a copper town, or sports, or labor, or unions, she says of her dissertation. I think its also the story of people coming together, struggling together, doing the best that they can to be good citizens, to be good families, to be good parents, to be workers.

    Marin wrote her 217-page dissertation while she was a part-time student pursuing a PhD in history at ASU. She interviewed as many as 300 individuals,

    including teachers, in Globe and Miami. She also used her own family history and community history to tell the story.

    I always knew I was going to write something about Globe-Miami. I just didnt know what, she says. I [wrote] different themes in those chapters that relate to what I learned from my parents

    growing up in Miami and what I learned growing up in a mining town.

    Marins roots in Globe-Miami extend several generations. Her parents, Lupe Trujilllo Marin and Eulalia Renteria Marin, were both born in Miami in 1921. They spent portions of their youth there and both attended segregated schools. Once her father returned home from the war, Marins family moved to Globe, where Marin was born and raised. Marins father worked as a copper miner for the Inspiration Mine for 42 years; thus, her family was pulled into labor union politics. Her parents activities would leave a lasting impression on Marin.

    They made sure they had a voice, she recalls. So I learned from them that I had a voice, and that I could express it in a different way.

    Growing up, however, Marin didnt anticipate that she would become a historian. In fact, that happened by accident.

    I thought I wanted to be an English teacher, she remembers. But it was

    actually history that changed everything for me.

    In 1961, Marin graduated from Globe High. In her eyes, college was a gateway to opportunity. Thanks to President Johnsons war on poverty funds in the 60s, she, along with her siblings, relocated to Tempe to attend ASU. She explored a psychology major and a sociology major before receiving her bachelors degree in English in 74.

    After Marin got her bachelors, she began working full-time at the Hayden Library. She started out as a clerk typist in different departments. Later, she became a bibliographer full-time. All the while, she continued going to school as a part-time student.

    I just knew that I was going to pursue getting that masters degree, she says. Along the way, I met a history professor who changed my whole direction.

    It was thanks to ASU professor Dr. Servin that Marin became interested in history. She took two of his history classes.

    He encouraged me, she remembers. I liked what I was learning. I was learning Arizona history, and I was reading and learning about the things I was hearing about growing up that related to my dads life as a miner, my parents lives in Miami, growing up in a mining town [and] what all of that meant.

    THIS ISSUES GIT ER DONE AWARD GOES TO...

    CHRISTINE MARINBy Jenn Walker

    Marin, Continued on page 5

  • 4 SUMMER 2014 Publisher

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    his summer we grabbed a tiger by the tail and hung on! GMT took on history in a big way this summer when we chose to cover the hundred year history of Globe High School and

    the Tigers. We worked with historians and photographers, combed through old newspaper accounts and spent weeks shooting a series of ads featuring GHS students, alums and ... Vandals.

    Our series on what brings Tigers and Vandals together was great fun to photograph and design, but if I had to pick just one that best captures the message we wanted to convey, it was the one we did at Chalos with Roberta and her grandson sporting Tiger/Vandal t-shirts. (see pp #16 ). Its about family.

    Although I realize our story and timelines only scratch the surface of the GHS legacy and the Tiger/Vandal rivalry in this community, its a start. The real show is this September when the Globe Alumni Association and GHS will be hosting the Centennial Celebration. (see pp #24 in the pull-out section)

    As for our summer edition, the lead story on the Center for the Arts shows that the high school is not the only one celebrating an anniversary this year. The CVCA has been the jewel of the downtown district for as long as I can remember, but it wasnt always this way. Its evolution from court house to social hub of the community is because of the people who have helped make that happen along the way. (see pp #1)

    Plus, coming up this fall we will be featuring the 50th anniversary of the United Fund; a unique organization which was established in 1964 by local businessmen to raise funds from locals to support local organizations and services. Its a success story worth telling.

    We have featured several individuals this time including Congressman Ed Pastor (pp #1) and Christine Marin (pp #3). Both people have contributed to the state and this community in countless ways. As Pastor gets ready to retire after 23 years in congress, we were happy to catch up with him at his mothers home in Miami for an interview. (see pp #1) It is good to know that although he is retiring from congress, he is not stepping out of the arena of politics and public service. We need his skills now, more than ever.

    And speaking of public policy and fi nding solutions to the challenges of rural communities, the Arizona Rural Policy Forum is set to take place at Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum this August bringing together people from all over the state to our community for two days. If you would like to be part of the solution, there is still time to register. (pp #17)

    It is always a pleasure to showcase our communities to both visitors and locals. The more I cover the people and culture of Globe-Miami, the clearer it is that we have much to be proud of in this community even while we keep an eye on the future and work on our challenges of today.

    Wishing you a great summer. See you at The Game!

  • SUMMER 2014 5Marin, Continued from page 3

    Many of her classmates were from out of state, and knew little to nothing about Arizona, union families, or mining towns.

    I wanted to know more about unions and unionism, because I knew I was different from the other kids I was going to school with, she continues.

    From then on, she immersed herself in history. She signed up for more history classes. Next thing she knew, she was on her way to receiving a masters degree in history at ASU.

    Working in various positions at the library groomed her to become a historian. She knew how to use research and reference tools these were invaluable skills, especially because Google and the Internet did not yet exist.

    By 1982, Marin had a masters degree under her belt and became an archivist. She worked with collections of all kinds, including old photos, manuscripts, brochures, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and posters.

    She also began teaching. She taught classes on womens history, the history of Mexico, and the history of Mexican Americans in the West. She integrated archives, manuscripts, and collections into her lessons.

    Meanwhile, she continued up the ladder toward a PhD in history, and gained increasing recognition for her work. In 2000, the Chicano/Latino Faculty and Staff Association at ASU began the Dr. Christine Marin Staff Award in her honor. In 2003, she received an Outstanding Faculty Award from ASUs College of Extended Education, as well as a Latino Pioneer Educators in Excellence Award from Arizonas LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens).

    In 2005, she earned her PhD from ASU. Two years later, she received the Advocates for Social Justice Award from the Intergroup Relations Center at ASU.

    She continued to uncover the stories of Globe-Miami, focusing on events that occurred between the 30s through the 60s.

    In her article Courting Success and Realizing the American Dream, Marin published the story of Miami Highs Dream Team, who, under the guidance of their Finnish American coach Ernie Kivisto, snagged the 1951 state basketball championship. The article was fi rst published in The International Journal of the History of Sport in 2009, and again inEmeritus Voices in fall 2012.

    That story, which illustrates how a team of underprivileged Mexican American boys overcame discrimination and adversity, is just as important and relevant now as it was back then, Marin says.

    In 2009, she also co-authored the article Histories of Mexican Origin Populations in Arizona, which was published in a report entitled The State

    of Latino Arizona. At that same time, she had been chosen for the Arizona Latina Trailblazer award.

    In 2009, 2010, and 2011, she published three consecutive volumes of stories (published as both books and DVDs) called Arizona Latina Trailblazers: Stories of Courage, Hope & Determination.

    She is now on the Arizona Latina Trailblazers selection committee, and recently wrote about three women from Globe who had been selected and honored by the organization: Angie Tewksbury, former president of Globe public schools; Lillian Carrillo, former businesswoman of Globe; and Lupe Yanez, a volunteer civic worker.

    These are women people dont really know much about, she says.

    She is now also a member of the Western History Association, president of the Arizona Womens Heritage Trail, board member of the Raul Castro Institute in Phoenix, selection committee member of the Arizona Womens Hall of Fame, and serves on the Arizona Humanities Councils board of directors.

    She has written and published numerous other pieces on Mexican American women, biographies, Miami history, Mexican Americans in World War II, and civil rights in the 60s.

    These days, she is further studying the stories of African American women in Globe and Miami. She also continues to study sports in Globe and Miami, like basketball, as well as unions. One way she continues to share her research with the community informally is by posting short historical anecdotes on Facebook, like on the Growing Up in Globe Facebook page, which has received a tremendously positive response.

    Globe-Miami remains a favorite setting for research and storytelling, Marin says, because so many of the issues that were prominent back then are still present todaynamely discrimination and racism.

    Were still talking about the same issues weve always been talking about: immigration reform, poverty, social issues. Those kinds of things are right in our faces all the time, she explains. And I still have to write about these issues because thats my responsibility as a historian, to write this, to study it, and to interpret it.

    Sammy Munoz and Marin at Bullion Plaza. Photo by LCGross

  • 6 SUMMER 2014

    Our camp portrait on the fi rst day.

    Ask me if Im an outdoors woman and Id have to say no.

    Im a publisher/writer by trade and passion and as a result of that I now spend countless hours in front of a computer and writing at my desk at home. Im one of those people who have to be admonished to step away from the computer and smell the daisies.

    But underneath that exterior is a woman who grew up riding horses and was always outdoors. I considered hiking through the Alaskan wilderness or doing a rim-to-rim at the Grand Canyon with

    my girlfriends. The fact that I havent done any of those things for a long time went unnoticed, until recently when I got a chance to attend a three day camp in

    Prescott this Spring put on by the Arizona WIldlife Federation called, Becoming An Outdoor Woman. I decided it was time to step away from my computer and see if I could get that outdoor mojo.... back!

    The B.O.W. program designed by a woman, for women, was fi rst launched in 1991 by Christine Thomas, an Associate Dean and Professor of Resource Management who did a study to fi nd out why more women didnt participate in outdoor activities like hunting and fi shing. She found that women were more apt to participate if they could learn in a non-competitive atmosphere taught by other women. Thomas then partnered with Minnesotas Division of Wildlife to offer the fi rst Becoming an Outdoor Woman workshop and today there are B.O.W. events in almost every state in the U.S.

    At the weekend I attended in April, over sixty women from all over the state descended on the Friendly Pines Resort in Prescott. We were invited to check our real lives at the registration desk and become

    outdoor women for three days. I was a bit nervous at fi rst thinking that being an outdoor woman meant rugged individuals who liked roughing it. I was relieved to see the variety of fellow campers as they unpacked their cars; grandmothers, soccer moms, artsy-types and me. At the registration table we were given a name tag, a B.O.W. shirt and a cabin assignment. It felt like girl scout camp all over again, but this time we were all big girls with overly-busy lives we were putting on hold for these three days.

    JUST TRY ITDiscovering your outdoor mojo

    at camp B.O.W.Story and photos by Linda Gross

    Our camp portrait on the fi rst day. Camp, Continued on page 7

    The self defense class with Susan Baldwin was four hours packed with good information and hands on training.

  • SUMMER 2014 7

    Zip-lining is the easy part. It is the 24 ft. climb to the tree perch which is the challenge.

    The Dutch oven cooking class included chicken pop pie, hot cinnamon buns and spiked coffee with a hint of caffeine and cinnamon for starters.

    The dining hall, built for campers of all ages, was one of my favorite places.

    My team of dancers for the talent show on Saturday did a routine to, 'My Boyfriends' Back." OK, so with less than an hour to coordinate moves for six dancers, our performance may not have been stellar, but the practice session was priceless. We'll be baaack next year: Go BOW-ettes!

    Our fi rst stop was at the large outdoor amphitheater where we learned the fi rst of several campy songs which oddly was both embarrassing and bonding. Lastly, we were lined out on need-to-know items like what was the earliest we could walk down to the dining hall and get coffee in the morning. As I said, it is a Big Girl scout camp.

    The variety and number of classes offered at one of these weekends is astonishing considering the logistics of putting together the instructors, equipment and training for each one from zip lining, to archery, kayaking, tracking and survival skills, self defense and dutch oven cooking to name only a few of the classes. I signed up for tracking, self defense and camping, not just because I thought these might be useful skills I should know about, but because I no longer felt athletic enough to take on rappelling and zip-lining.

    But as it turns out, that is exactly the point of the program.

    The staff at B.O.W. is excellent at helping everyone to just try it! In fact, it reminds me of one of my favorite scenes in the movie Spanglish with Adam Sandler. In it, Sandlers daughter, a slightly overweight, charming 9 year old has been given a too-small designer jacket by her clueless mother. Paz Vega, the nanny, with a sure touch of just whats needed, takes the jacket and adjusts the buttons. In the morning she implores the girl to just try it on! knowing it will fi t just right this time around.

    The staff at B.O.W. is our nanny with the sure touch. Just try it! they say...and then they adjust the

    training and the experience to fi t the woman. Next year Im defi nitely down for zip-lining, rappelling!

    Camp, Continued from page 6

    The next B.O.W event is September 5-7 at the

    Friendly Pines Camp in PrescottCost is $250 for three days and includes your lodging,

    food and workshops. Choose from classes on hunting, outdoor knowledge, paddling sports, camping, climbing, fi rearms, fi shing, survival and self defense and more. You must be 18yrs or older to attend. Scholarships are available and you can learn more about the program and register by visiting www.azwildlife.org/BOW .

    Once you get hooked, youll want to know more about Kathy Greene and the Beyond B.O.W trips she sets up throughout the state. The upcoming Beyond B.O.W. trip in October is a hiking/kayaking adventure through the Black Canyon on October 2-4th. These are mini adventures based on extending your skills and friendships made at camp. For more information see: www.arizonaoutdoorwomen.com.

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  • 8 SUMMER 2014If you see Lori, the Czech German

    Shepherd, in public, you might look twice. You might spot her in the supermarket, sitting patiently in an aisle with the end of her leash hanging loosely over the side of a shopping cart or on the fl oor next to her.

    Ken Matthews, her owner, is always just a few feet away. He is 100 percent comfortable leaving Lori while he steps away to grab ice cream from a freezer. He knows that when he returns to his cart, Lori will still be sitting exactly where he left her.

    Lori may be the most well-behaved dog in town, thanks to Matthews. At the same time, Matthews is perhaps one of the most cool and collected individuals youll fi nd around here. It is no surprise, then, that he was a teacher for 34 years, and simultaneously worked with dogs throughout his entire career.

    As long as I was a teacher, I had dogs and was training them, he says.

    It is likely this cool demeanor that has allowed him to train dogs like Lori with such success. He showed dogs in AKC obedience competitions. While he was an obedience instructor in Duluth, MN (his hometown), he saw 30 new dogs every eight weeks. Since 2010, when he and his wife began spending half of each year in Globe, he has voluntarily evaluated dogs for the Humane Society. Most recently, he took a scent protection course at the University of Illinois last summer.

    The best way to train a dog, he says, is to use the same technique trainers use to train dolphins at Sea World. Its a technique called marker-training, and he swears by it.

    The earliest beginnings of marker training fi rst surfaced from animal behavior experiments in the 1940s. It really exploded, however, in the 1990s, thanks to the book Dont Shoot the Dog!, written by former dolphin trainer Karen Pryor. Marker training is a method of training animals using positive reinforcement instead of punishment. For dogs, the positive reinforcement usually comes in the form of dog treats, and sometimes dog toys.

    Matthews has been interested in dogs since he can remember.

    I read about dogs every day of my life, he says emphatically.

    But it was when he saw a police demo with an unleashed German Shepherd that he really became interested in working with dogs. Soon after, he learned about marker training.

    Now, when Matthews trains a dog, he never lays a hand on it.

    Theyre not afraid of you because youre not touching them, he explains. You cant just be heavy handed, like you cant muscle a killer whale.

    Rough handling is a common mistake made by pet owners. Its what Matthews refers to as the old school method. For example, many pet owners still think the best way to potty train a dog is by rubbing its nose into its own mess on the fl oor.

    This, Matthews says, is completely ineffective. For one, the dog usually has already forgotten it made a mess by the time the owner fi nds it. Second of all, whatever actions from an animal you pay attention to, you will get more of, he explains.

    That is why Matthews will overlook a dogs mistakes, only acknowledging its positive behavior with a treat or dog toy. Thats not to say that he doesnt establish authority with the dog.

    In the world of dogs, you either lead or follow, he says. You got to show them youre worth following.

    Thats also why alpha dogs are not the best to train.

    Most people think they want an alpha dog, he adds. You dont. They will challenge you for anything.

    Perhaps the best way to understand Matthews technique is by simply watching him work with Lori outside of Frys during lunch hour. At any given moment, Matthews can, and does, let go of Loris leash, and leave her to her own devices in front of the stores ceramics display as clusters of shoppers walk past.

    The Dog WhispererKen Matthews shares his dog training secrets

    Story and photos by Jenn Walker

    Dog Whisperer, Continued on page 9

  • Again, even when Matthews is approached by a person just feet away, she continues to lay in the exact same spot, her lips pulled back into a panting grin.

    After several moments, Matthews walks back to her, looks directly into her eyes, and says ready?

    Loris ears twitch at the sound of his words. She sits up abruptly, her eyes focused on Matthews. He hands her a treat, and then says free, which means Lori can stand up and greet the nearby person with a few sniffs and a wagging tail.

    It is this constant communication using eye contact, words, and treats in exchange for desirable behavior that makes Loris and Matthews interactions so fl uid.

    Whenever he works with a new dog, eye contact is the fi rst thing Matthews establishes with a new dog.

    The fi rst time I catch the dog making eye contact, I give it a treat, he says. Pretty soon, the dog wont take its eyes off of you.

    Then he can hang a treat right above the dogs nose, until its butt lands on the ground. As the dog lowers its body, Matthews will say there. This word becomes critical during training. It translates to youre doing it right, and a treat is on the way. Once the dog sits completely, it is rewarded both with the treat and a simple praise word good.

    From then on, Matthews will say there

    whenever a dog starts to do something right, and good when the dog completes the action. He then immediately gives it a treat. This is considered marking positive behavior.

    Its not all that different from working with children, he explains, because humans and dogs respond to the same positive reinforcement.

    Contrary to popular belief, Matthews can train dogs at any age, not just puppies. The key is consistency. For this reason, Matthews will not train a dog without its owner present. In order for training to stick, a dog should have the same interactions it has with its owner as it does with Matthews. In fact, the hardest part about dog training are the owners, he professes.

    If you train with me, I want you to say you are going to learn something, he says.

    Otherwise, the fi rst training session may go well, but if a dogs owner stops enforcing positive behavior once a session is over, then the training is useless. Whatever positive habits the dog just learned during training are soon forgotten, and should an owner try to revisit training days or weeks later, the dog no longer understands.

    That will drive the dog nuts, Matthews says. How you live with a dog everyday is what gives you a trained dog.

    If you want a well-trained dog, then you, too, have to be trained as an owner.

    Dog Whisperer, Continued from page 8

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    The event drew over 100 attendees raised $7,225.

    Angelina Burgett, Audra Burgett and Carolyn Gillis

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    It's nice to know that even at 100, you can be surprised by your family and friends!

    100th Birthday Celebration for

    Carmen Slough was hosted by The Elks ~

    April 5th

    SummerFest and July 3rd Parade

    What a way to present the colors! Janet Lamphar, LeeAnn Powers and Tim Pawloski serenaded the crowd with classic 4th of July, all American songs.

    Spirit Line Support Team: L-R Diane Holder (parent), Moqui Flores (Coach), Mary Lou Ruesch (Supporter)

    High Desert Spirit Line: L-R Tierra Holder, Neona Gardner, Taylor Wilson

    Globe's Mayor, Terry Wheeler, and his wife Diane were taking in the festivities of the evening.

  • SUMMER 2014 11The Society Page

    The Easter Parade is a family affair with these ladies: Joy Weddle (seated), L-R Leah Bronson, Jeanette Bronson, Samatha Sterk, Diana Tunis, Zoe Sterk.

    Kip Culver, Main Street Director, and Tracy Quick, owner of The Huddle, and Easter Bunny

    Easter Parade 2 0 1 4

    Out & AboutGila Community College

    Commencement Exercises ~ June

    Health Fair and Get Fit Run ~ April 14th

    1st Annual Slavic Festival held at

    Bullion Plaza ~ May 3rd

    In The Neighborhood

  • 12 SUMMER 2014

    By Jenn Walker

    verything Olga Rogers knows about traditional Slavic cooking, she learned from her grandmother as a child on a farm in what was formerly Yugoslavia. There, in a small,

    rural village called Boca Kotor, there was no shortage of livestockthey had ducks, cows, sheep, chickens, and goats abundant. Growing up alongside her grandmother, Rogers cooked everything fresh, from scratch. She remembers making noodles using a crochet noodle.

    There was nothing to buy in the stores. We didnt have anything, she recalls. Everything was homemade.

    More than 50 years later, little has changed for Rogers when it comes to cookingexcept she now calls Globe, not Boca Kotor, home.

    She never longs for food from back home, though, because she recreates it here.

    Rogers cooking is perhaps the most sought-after Slavic food in Globe-Miami. She makes stews and soups, and homemade breads and cheeses. She is crazy about making pastries and desserts. She makes things like priganitze, a Serbian pastry that she compares to a fried doughnut with raisins in it, or torta, a seven-layer pudding dessert.

    I make the best pork roast, she adds with pride.Shell infuse it with rosemary and garlic, and serve it

    with thinly sliced fried cabbage, onions, and garlic.Her dishes are often livestock dependent. They call

    for cheese, polish sausage, lamb, fi sh, and poultry. What she cant get in Globe, she gets at Haji Baba in Tempe. This includes things like seasonings, dried fi gs, olives, and plenty of olive oil. And, from time to time, her family ships her ingredients from back home.

    Regardless, whatever she makes, she makes it just like she did with her grandmother back in Boca Kotor.

    I cook the old-fashioned way, she says simply.On the morning GMT pays a visit to her kitchen,

    Rogers promises Serbian macaroni and rostule (in English she calls them angel wings).

    Nobody makes it anymore except me, she says.In addition to cabbage rolls, the angel wings, as well

    as her macaroni, are some of her most popular dishes.When we enter her kitchen, she has already been

    cooking chicken drumsticks on the stove over low heat for two hours. Inside a large pot, the drumsticks fl oat in

    a soupy mixture of olive oil, onions, celery, garlic, and tomato sauce. Later, this will get mixed into the macaroni. The scent is robust and smells of spices.

    Just an arms reach away from the stove, she has an egg and a metal mixing bowl waiting on the kitchen table. These are for the angel wings, she informs us.

    As we take a seat, she cracks the egg into the metal bowl. Then, wearing a mischievous grin, she pours in a secret ingredient. Supposedly it adds to the crispiness.

    Dont write it down, whatever you do, she says in a low voice.

    Next, she adds sugar and fl our, little by little, to the bowl. The mixture soon turns into a dough. She pulls it out of the bowl and plops it onto the table. As she fl attens it out with a rolling pin repeatedly in a steady rhythm, she tells the story of how she wound up in the states.

    In the 1940s, Rogers father left the family for the war overseas. He joined the Merchant Marines. He decided to jump ship when he got to New York, and next thing he knew, the government was after him. He got lucky in San Diego, however, when he found a Yugoslavian-American bride from Claypool. They got married, and he was no longer on the run. Together, they traveled to Miami, and started a new life.

    Meanwhile, Rogers was living a simple, happy existence in Boca Kotor. Her grandmother raised her with her two siblings there.

    It was diffi cult growing up, but it was fun. I enjoyed it. I didnt know any better, she remembers. I didnt have a radio, I had never seen the radio or TV until I came to the United States. No telephone, no nothing.

    But President Josip Titos rule over Yugoslavia was going strong, and when Rogers was 17, her grandmother decided to send her to the U.S. This way, she might not be pulled into the world of communism at age 18.

    My grandmother wanted me to get out of this culture, Rogers remembers. I didnt know one word of English. I had never left my grandmother or my sisters.

    When Rogers arrived to New York, she came holding a handwritten note. It said, My name is Olga Pima, I do not speak any English. The only language I know is Yugoslavian.

    That was in 1958.Rogers made it to Globe, where she was reunited with

    her father. Shortly thereafter, she was hired as a launderer at Copper Hills, and later worked in housekeeping. She worked there for ten years.

    Sometime later, she met her future husband Tommy, and they fell in love. They had two children, and she raised her kids and babysat. Then, in 1988, she picked up work at the school cafeterias, making lunches for students at Globe High School and now High Desert Middle School. Shes been doing this now for 25 years. (Unfortunately for the students, she doesnt make them Slavic food.)

    Its been more than 50 years since Rogers came to the U.S., but her grandmothers culinary ways remain in her memory intact. Whatever Rogers does in the kitchen is intuitive. Dont ask her for recipes. Most every time she cooks something, she cooks it based on memory.

    Its all in my head, she says.

    INSIDE THE KITCHENOlga Rogers preserves the old ways

    of Slavic cooking

    Olga Rogers, Continued on page 13

    To make rostule, Rogers mixes fl our with an egg and a little sugar.

    The rostule dough is rolled out paper thin on a cutting board.

    Rostule means angel wings in English.

  • SUMMER 2014 13

    Dont ask what measurements she uses, either, or how long to keep something in the oven. She doesnt know.

    I do not measure anything, girls, she insists in a loud voice. We didnt have measuring cups. We didnt have a clock to say, its like an hour and half to make the thing. We would go see where the sun is.

    Whatever she makes is almost always cooked in a pot on the stove or in the oven.

    On top of all this, she usually has multiple dishes cooking at once. It might seem like a miracle that everything turns out perfectly, but, of course, shes had years of practice.

    I start 10 different things, she laughs, throwing up her hands. Then I fi nish it all.

    After fl ipping and fl attening the rostule dough time and time again, she picks up a pastry press and cuts it into strips. Then she slices a sliver down the middle of each strip, and tucks one end through the sliver. Now they are in the shape of angel wings.

    Theyre really not that hard to do, she says nonchalantly, carefully cutting and folding each dough strip between her fi ngers. Its just a little time consuming.

    She lays each pair of angel wings out on a paper towel. Now they are ready to fry.

    Each step, she completes with patience. Her kitchen is cozy and pristine. It feels like a grandmothers kitchen. She moves around it calmly, not like a panicked chef in a hurry. Throughout two hours of cooking almost nonstop, her honest jokes has the kitchen erupting with laughter.

    Its not long before her chicken concoction is ready for sampling.

    She pauses, grabs a fork and and asks sweetly, Why dont you try this?

    The chicken is savory and tender, falling apart with each chew.

    It is delicious, huh? she asks with a warm smile. Have another bite.

    The next step, she says, will be to cook and drain the macaroni, and combine it with the chicken. Then shell top it with butter and parmesan cheese.

    After she fries the angel wings, she tosses them into a bowl, sets them on the table, and sprinkles them with sugar.

    You guys have to try them! she exclaims. And you cant just have one. You have to have more than one.

    The rostule are crunchy yet very delicate, and not too sweet. On Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, supposedly there are bowls of them dispersed throughout Rogers house.

    It is around Christmas time that she also makes her infamous cabbage rolls, stuffed with Polish sausage. Not

    surprisingly, she pickles her own cabbage, too. Shell combine a whole head of cabbage with things like green tomatoes, green chiles, and spices, and then let it pickle for six to seven weeks outside.

    After you do that, you get the best cabbage rolls, she says with conviction. Nobody makes those anymore.

    On Christmas Day, she has tables covered with Slavic foods, all prepared by her.

    Truly, it must be a blessing to be Rogers neighbor. On Christmas, she may have more than 30 people over for a sit-down dinner. Holidays or not, she often

    fi nds excuses to cook Slavic food and give it out to all of her neighbors and friends. She loves a good party, as long as its not a potluck.

    When I prepare, nobody brings anything, she says fi rmly.

    And she prefers it this way.Even if you go to the same meetings

    as her, you reap the rewards. Take, for instance, the Serbian cemetery meetings.

    They are always at my house, she says slyly. You know why? They know theyre going to get rostule... When we have our meeting, they dont have very much dinner before.

    And this is how Rogers cooking has become so well-known in the community.

    Even her husband cannot resist.

    When I got back from Vietnam, I weighed 117 pounds, Tommy chimes in. We got married on the 24th, and I averaged 5 and a half pounds a month for six months.

    The challenge in upcoming years, Rogers says, will be to fi nd others in her family to carry on the Slavic way of cooking once she is gone. Its not like she has this stuff written down.

    Until then, though, she will simply carry on.

    Sure, like anybody else, I get tired, she says with a smile. But I love to cook, period.

    Olga Rogers, Continued from page 12

    Rogers with the fi nal product: rostule, aka angel wings. Photos by Deborah Yerkovich

  • 14 SUMMER 2014

    Globe Unifi ed School District Welcomes YouHome of the Tigers

    In the band room at High Desert Middle School, tennis shoes tap in sync on the fl oor to Queens Another One Bites the Dust. Flutes, clarinets, saxophones, and trumpets blare. The music reaches a crescendo, and then suddenly comes to a halt.

    The tempo was a bit slow, says band director Tara Brewer to the 24 students seated in front of her. These students make up High Desert Middle Schools symphonic band. She hums the tune for them and waves her baton to show

    them how the song should sound. They pick up where they left off. The second time is a charm.

    These students, all 7th and 8th graders, have been taking band with Brewer since she fi rst began teaching at High Desert in 2012. She had 33 students that year, from grades 6th through 8th. Because the school had just restarted its band program, all of them were beginners.

    When we fi rst started, it was just a bunch of noise, professes 8th grade

    trumpet player Victoria Mata. Now that were in 8th grade, our music is all together.

    According to Brewer, the transformation has been huge.

    I cant even begin to explain it, she says. These guys [learned] from barely starting an instrument, I mean, barely learning the notes.

    In 2012, High Desert Middle School was looking for a band director. Hailing from Texas, Brewer happened to show up in Globe at the right time. She fi lled the position at the beginning of 2012.

    Since then, the schools band program has continued to grow. Last year, Brewer had 41 students. This year she had 64, and next year she projects that she will have close to 100.

    Mata, like other students in the symphonic band, has been taking band with Brewer since 6th grade. Matas class will be the fi rst that Brewer has watched grow from 6th grade up to graduation.

    For many students, including Mata, Brewers classes were their fi rst exposure to music.

    I thought it would be fun to read notes and know what musicians are playing, Mata remembers.

    What is diffi cult for many students

    now is they have to understand that you learn any instrument the same exact way as the people learned them in the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s, Brewer says. Were so used toyou want something to eat, you put it in the microwave for three minutes. Everything is so fast, so rapid. But to learn an instrument, that process has not changed, it takes time.

    Students at High Desert can join beginning band in 6th grade, and move up to the symphonic band in 7th and 8th grade.

    Brewer chooses songs that cater to each level, and the students will learn the songs line by line in class throughout the year. That includes songs like 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago, or Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne. She uses songs by Queen for the diffi cult rhythms, or songs like The Forge of Vulcan, where the band drummers bang on trash cans to imitate the sound of blacksmiths pounding metal, to keep

    Band Program Continues To Grow At High Desert Middle School

    Story and photos by Jenn Walker

    Band, Continued on page 15

    High Desert Middle School band director Tara Brewer directs her students during a recent school concert.

    Taylor Wilson, Shailene Edwards and Haylee Goeders

  • things interesting. Last year, students learned a Swahili Christmas song.

    Its really cool for them to do that kind of fun stuff, because youll never hear it on the radio, Brewer says.

    Getting music like this for the band program requires immense support from principal Steve Estatico and vice principal Lori Rodriguez, she points out.

    All of this music that you see here, they found the money to get it to these kids, because naturally you cant have a program without music that will help these kids grow, she says, pointing to a stack of books in her offi ce.

    It was her own experiences playing and growing in school bands, in fact, that drove her to become a band director. Her hope has been to give her students the same kind of band experience she had.

    My high school band experience was incredible, she remembers.

    Brewer came up in Plain View, Texas, where the high school marching band has been dubbed the Power House of the Plains. She started out on the clarinet as a teenager. By the time she was in high school, she was playing baritone sax for Plain View High, which is more than 300 strong. Three years in a row, she was an all-state band member.

    By 2006, she graduated from West Texas A&M University cum laude in music education. She began teaching as an assistant band director in fall of that

    same year in Hereford, Texas, where she remained until she moved to Globe.

    Its really good for these kids to stick with something and persevere, she says. Just the fact that they have the drive to make themselves better at their instruments is so benefi cial for the rest of their lives... It builds that self-confi dence, it builds that sense of I can do anything if I just sit down and work at it.

    And they do.Eighth grader Gabriel Angulo began

    playing in the High Desert band just to try it. Like Mata, he has been taking band with Brewer since 6th grade.

    I thought it would be cool, he remembers.

    Now, as a member of the symphonic band, his favorite part of being in band is being on the stage.

    Its hard at fi rst, but once you get the hang of it, you start building up your skills, he says.

    Next he is considering playing trumpet in high school.

    With her 8th graders moving on to high school, Brewer has her sights set on her next goalto get as many kids into band as she can.

    Just as this was going to press, GMT found out that Brewers husband had recently taken a job in Texas and she would be leaving HDMS. Principal Steven Estacio says she will be greatly missed at the middle school where they are currently in the process of looking for a band director who can carry on the program which Brewer so ably led.

    Band, Continued from page 14

    Brewer's symphonic band meets fi ve days a week throughout the school year. Here, she guides her students through "Another One Bites the Dust" during class.

    The Best Care PossibleSUMMER 2014 15

    By Libby Rooney

    When you or someone dear is lying ill in a hospital bed not knowing what tomorrow will bring life is more than a set of medical problems to be treated. The fundamental nature of illness is not medical; it is personal writes Ira Byock, MD in his captivating and thought provoking book, The Best Care Possible.

    Recently given to me by a friend, the description on the cover said something about transforming care through the end of life and that the author had also written a book called Dying Well. It is true, that I will probably reach the end of my life eventually, but whats the rush? And yes, I do have parents and they are not young. But they are doing just fi ne, thank you very much. Id rather deal with that when the time comes, I was thinking. Wouldnt you?

    Well, it turns out that the end of life and dying are important, like having babies, getting married and choosing a career. And they do have everything to do with me and everyone, actually. Not only is the end of life and dying important, they are worth thinking about before you get there.

    The story of Gerry Thorsen is only one of many. As an active and generally healthy man, Gerry went to see his family doctor about a stomach ache and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Gerry was a glass half full kind of guy, his focus was on living, not dying. Then this cancer situation seemed to drop out of the sky. He and his wife Elaine werent sure why hed been given an appointment for palliative care, which they had to look up on the internet to fi nd out what the heck palliative care even was. Something to do with hospice. But I am not ready for that Gerry told Dr. Byock.

    Gerry and Elaine Thorsen were beginning a journey guided by caring professionals that would bond them even more deeply to each other, to family and friends and would lead them to understand that dying well is an integral part of living well.

    Every patient has a story and every story has the depth of history, relationships, struggle and longing. If there was ever a time when those things mattered, it is when you know that your time may be short. The author is the Director of Palliative Medicine at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He cares for the critically ill, you could say he specializes in Dying Well. Taking the end of life care out of the closet, Dr. Ira Byock MD is not afraid to open his

    heart to love and loss and whatever lies between the two to make this diffi cult time of life as fulfi lling as possible.

    As with giving birth, dying is not easy and there is no right way or one size fi ts all. Every situation is different, every individual values different things and every family has different dynamics. The Best Care Possible is about listening to patients and their loved ones, about discovering what is most important and about doing what is needed for that most important thing to be achieved.

    Mikey Zimble was not ready to die but he was aware that his time was near. Like Gerry, he too was dying of cancer. His pain was so extreme he was often unable to speak, he was exhausted and weak. But after only eight days as an inpatient at the hospice clinic, the professional team was able to lessen his symptoms through medication and soon after that, Mikey was able to leave the hospice facility to be treated as an outpatient. Comfortable and in the familiar surroundings of home, he began walking, even playing golf, his appetite returned, he was able to sleep. Three months after thinking his life was over, he told Dr. Byock that he had had the best summer of his life. He died seven months later peacefully, at home and with his family beside his bed.

    Mikeys wife credits the Palliative care he received as improving his quality of life and giving him more time. His wife remembers those last months as a wonderful gift. Human beings belong to one another before we are born and long after we die. In a morally healthy society, people are born into the welcoming arms of the human community and die from the reluctant arms of the community the author points out.

    A virtuous goal for hospices care to aspire to, Dying Well is both an adverb and an adjective. It can be perceived as a description of the dying process, as in I am dying well and also as a description of the person, as in I am well in my dying. Facing the diffi cult process with eyes open so you can say goodbye, complete unfi nished business and, if you very sadly do die, so you can rest in peace. As Dr. Byock writes, It is possible to feel well within oneself and right with the world even as one dies. Therein lies hope for all of us.

    B O O K R E V I E W

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    "When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often fi nd that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch

    our wounds with a warm and tender hand."~ Henri Nouwen

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    Summer Youth TheaterPerforms: Seussical, JrJuly 11th,12th,13th and 18th,19thCobre Valley Center for the Arts GlobeCost: $5 General Admission or $10 for reserved seating

    The Summer Youth Theater has been delighting kids, parents and audiences since it launched in 1998. It now serves over 200 kids each summer who learn the art of puppets, stage craft, improv and acting. It all comes together on the stage in several grand performances during the fi rst two weeks of July. This year they are producing the show Seussical, Jr. Seating is limited for each showing so we suggest you book your tickets as soon as you read this! Call the Center at 928-425-0884.

    Bullion PlazaAntique MarketplaceJuly 20th, August 17th, September 2110am-4pmBullion Plaza Museum MiamiCost: FREE to the Public

    The Antique Marketplace is the newest kid on the block which was recently launched by a Miami businessperson to afford a cool place (literally it is held indoors complete with air conditioning) for buyers and sellers to meet, look, buy and swap stories. Billed as an antiques marketplace, they require sellers to have at least 50% of their items fall under antiques, but a wide variety of products will also be accepted including quilts, jewelry, furniture, baked goods etc. The market will take place on the 3rd Sunday of every month. The fi rst Marketplace was June 15th. The next several marketplace events coming up will be on July 20th, August 17th and September 21st. For more information call 928-473-3700. Vendors call 928-473-4140.

    8th Annual ArizonaRural Policy ForumAugust 7-8thBullion Plaza Museum & Cultural CenterMiamiCost: $119 General Admission

    The 8th Annual Arizona Rural Policy Forum helps to connect rural economic development professionals, nonprofi ts community leaders business owners, and other rural stakeholders who are interested in sustaining rural communities. The event hosted by Arizona Rural Development Council is expected to bring participants from all over the state to the Globe-Miami area for 3 days. For more information and to register please go to: azrdc.org

    7th Annual Calendar Fundraiser for High Desert Humane SocietyAugust 2 6-10pm Elks Building: 1910 E. Maple GlobeCost: $15 each, includes dinner

    This annual fundraiser has been a hit with the community since it launched its fi rst one in 2010. The idea of auctioning off a photo spread of your pet for a month on the calendar gets a great deal of good natured bidding among local pet owners who vie for the opportunity to get the best month. It includes a silent auction, live auction and the calendar auction and a sit down dinner which offers both regular and vegan option. Only 250 tickets are sold and lately they have been selling out, so get yours early. No tickets will be sold at the door. A no host cocktails will begin at 5:30 and dinner at 6:00pm. Call 425-2220 or 200-3611 for tickets or purchase them at Past Times Antiques, Fashion Gap and the Humane Society Boutique on Broad Street.

    Worlds Oldest Continuous RodeoAugust 15-17thPayson Event Center Payson, AZThe 130th August Doins RodeoCost: $18 for adults

    The third weekend in August is rodeo time in Payson. This is a PRCA event and is the longest continuous rodeo in the country. Bill by True West Magazine during its 125th celebration, it has been called the Best Small Town PRCA Rodeo in the Country. Tickets are available for purchase on line and at the gate ranging from $10 for children 8-12 up to $18 for adults. Active armed forces service people admitted free.

    9th Annual Dessert SocialSaturday, September 13th5:30-8:30 pmCobre Valley Center for the Arts- Sidewalk

    The annual dessert social brings out the best bakers in the region all for a good cause! Proceeds go to the Center for the Arts for further improvements and programs. Plan on being tempted by over 50 desserts from cookies to masterfully decorated cakes.Prizes are awarded and bragging rights handed out to many. It is a fun way to usher in the coming fall season and satisfy your sweet tooth. Mark your calendar now.

    45th Annual Gila County FairSeptember 18th-21stGila County Fair Grounds

    From the All American Beef Cook Off on Thursday night to the livestock auction on Sunday, the Gila County Fair has something for everyone in the family. For complete information on the Fair and the program line up for September 2014, go to www.gilacountyfair.com.

    GHS Centennial CelebrationSeptember 18th-21stVarious Locationghscentennial.eventbrite.com

    The Globe High School is the longest continually operated high school in the state and this September it will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. Events are planned for all four days including a kick off reception at Lower Uptons in downtown Globe on Thursday night, the homecoming game which is the

    100th match up of the Tigers and the Vandals on Friday, a Centennial Ball on Saturday and

    Hall of Fame dinner on Sunday. If you are planning to go to some or all of these events youll need to book a ticket now at ghscentennial.eventbrite.com.

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    Old Tales of Law and Order in Globe-MiamiBy Jenn Walker

    Drunken dog owner tries to uppercut sheriff, failsAfter his fourth drink, G.R. Hutchinson decided it was a good idea to start a

    fi ght between his dog and another dog on Broad Street one afternoon. When Gila County Sheriff Shanley tried to split up the two dogs, Hutchinson went for an uppercut on the sheriff without success.

    "He contested every foot of the way to the bastile, but weakened very materially when behind the grating," wrote the Silver Belt. "As it was his fi rst offense here, Judge Thomas let him off with a light fi ne, but it added a whole lot to the price of four drinks."

    The original version of this story appeared in the Arizona Silver Belt on August 3, 1905.

    Phoenix Tourists Locked UpFour Phoenicians stop in Globe on their way to the White Mountains for a hunting

    trip. One of the tourists, J.A.C. Martinez, leaves the group to invite Globes Deputy Sheriff Duncan in on their fun.

    Next thing Martinez knows, Duncan arrests him, and he is taken to court, where he is emptied of all his loose change and placed before the judge for trial. Soon after, his three companions are hauled in, too. Their charge?

    Coming to the city of Globe with brags about a little village called Phoenix.After all four men were drilled by the judge and forced to hand over any cash in

    their pockets, the court gave them a certifi cate granting them free entry to the jail any time during the next thirty days.

    About seven hours and thirty-six minutes after it happened, Martinez began to see the joke and laughed heartily.

    The original version of this story appeared in the Arizona Republic on Aug. 28, 1908.

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    GLOBE MIAMI FARMERS' MARKET IS UP AND RUNNING

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    Nidas Garden When Nida Rotallas moved to Globe from the Philippines,

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    She owned a big farm in the Philippines, says her daughter Vice Palmer. So when she came to the U.S., it was something she wanted to do. She has all kinds of fun.

    When you go to the farmers market, surely you will spot Rotallas and Palmer at their booth selling Nidas produce, both wearing big smiles.

    She does all of it, Palmer says. Im just the helper. Nida grows all kinds of produce on a half-acre in Globe.

    This season, she planted things like long beans, okra, eggplant, bell peppers, zucchini, and tomatoes. Palmer hopes they will have grapes to sell, too, by the middle of the season.

    The Globe-Miami Farmers' Market is held every Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m.

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    The Globe-Miami Farmers Market season is up and running. From fruits and veggies to soaps and produce, there is something for everyone. Make sure you dont miss out on what these vendors are selling this year!

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    The Rustic BarYou can fi nd bar and liquid handmade soaps at the

    Rustic Bar booth. Kristal Freeman has been making soap for the last four years. Three years ago, she began selling it.

    Making soap is a lot of fun, she says. Its become an obsession.

    Though Freeman is based in Sacramento, Calif., her mother Yvonne sells her soaps at the market in Globe.

    Freeman makes her soaps in batches using an old-fashioned lye process. She heats a three-oil combination of castor, olive, and coconut oils in a crock pot. After letting it cool, she will add things like lavender from a friend, herbs, or goats milk.

    Right now, Freemans best seller is the gardenia bar. Ancient pueblo, which includes tonka beans and myrrh, is another favorite. It has a heavy, hearty, earthy scent, she says.

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    Big Band, Continued on page 29

    Big Band, Continued from page 1

    The musicians are situated just across from where the Plaza Ballroom, an old social hub of Miami, once stood. They play classics like Hey Baby, Que Paso and Blue Moon, taking occasional requests from their audience seated in lawn chairs lining the opposite side of the street. In fact, they can play just about any pop standard from the 30s on up, as well as boleros and cumbias, by memory.

    With trumpets, trombones, and saxophones in hand, Miami Big Band Sound has entertained at First Friday events like this - as well as reunions, weddings, benefi ts, birthdays and anniversaries anywhere from here to Kearny and Phoenix - for the last 24 years.

    Whether they are playing Latin, country, or jazz numbers, the band has that unmistakably smooth, seamless, cohesive sound of musicians who have been playing for decades.

    And they have, which is why money is no longer a motivation.

    We get some paying gigs, which isnt bad every now and then, says trumpet player George Sanchez.

    Band members have come and gone. Yet, many of these musicians have been playing their songs in these towns long before they were ever a part of Miami Big Band Sound.

    To understand Miami Big Band Sound, you have to understand the bands roots.

    In the beginning, Miami Big Band Sound was called Sipie and the Big Band Sound. Thats because Sipie Martinez, a professional tenor saxophonist originally from Miami, was responsible for starting the band around 1990.

    But Sipie and the Big Band Sound was, in fact, a reincarnation of an even older band that once fi lled the old Plaza Ballroom on Saturday nights back in the 50s. That band included Joe (George's brother) on drums. That band included keyboardist Joe (Georges brother), trombonist and vocalist Cruz Mendoza, and Sipie (all of whom later formed Big Band Sound).

    At the time, the mambo and chacha were all the rage, and Globe-Miami, Superior, and Morenci-Clifton were hotbeds for talented musicians.

    In a lot of small mining towns, after the war, folks went to dances. Joe says. Thats all there was to do in those days.

    Back then, the Plaza Ballroom was the place to go dancing in Globe-Miami. Everyone dressed up. The George Sanchez Orchestra would show up in all white and play for a packed house. And every other Saturday, there was a fi ght.

    It was also a time when segregation still divided the community. Originally, the Plaza Ballroom had two dance nights - Saturdays for the Anglo crowd, and Sundays for the Hispanic crowd. The band played on Sundays; but before long, they were attracting not only Hispanics, but white folks as well.

    It was only a matter of time before the band was asked to play on Saturdays for both crowds. Without realizing it, the band had integrated the two dances.

    We happened to come around at the right time and the right place, George says. That shows what music can do.

    Back then, musicianship was really encouraged among young people.

    The schools had great music programs, Joe recalls. A lot of us were not athletically inclined, so we turned to music instead.

    Joe and George got music lessons from a fellow by the name of Genaro Bocardo in the back of their fathers barbershop in Miami.

    When dad wasnt cutting hair,

    musicians would come in and play, Joe remembers. The music infl uence was everywhere.

    Joe and George learned music from Bocardo with a ruler, and a clunk on the head for getting notes wrong.

    Mendoza, meanwhile, learned music on his uncles trombone, which had been put away during the war. When his schools band director asked during an assembly for band players, Mendoza volunteered.

    By the time Mendoza and the Sanchez brothers were just fi nishing high school, playing gigs became a means to make enough money to get into college. The George Sanchez Orchestra would often have whole weekends booked, playing music for a prom on Friday night, the plaza on Saturday night, and a tardeada (afternoon party) on Sunday. They would play for big events too, like dances on New Years Eve.

    At their peak, George Sanchez Orchestra was invited to play the Phoenix Riverside Ballroom in Phoenix, the home of big bands.

    The Riverside was the place where good bands played, George recalls.

    Then, life happened.Musical talent swept Sipie away at

    age 18, though he didnt leave without some sound advice from George and Joes father. George can recite his fathers words to this day:

    Sipie, no drugs, no drinking, no smoking. Women are okay.

    He lived up to that, which is unusual for touring musicians, George remembers. He was a killer with his looks.

    Meanwhile, most of the band retired from music, moving on to marriages, families, and careers. Joe later became mayor of Miami. Mendoza became Globes high school band teacher. George became an optometrist.

    Sipie continued to have a successful career playing with big bands throughout the 40s and 50s.

    Eventually, he came back to Globe-Miami. When he did, he brought the old band back to life in the form of Sipie and

    First Friday Lecture series wrapped up the season with a concert on the steps listening to the Sounds of Miami

    George Sanchez and the Sounds of Miami playing at Bullion Plaza in 2008.

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    the Big Band Sound. They got gigs around town, and began practicing in Joes garage once a month.

    Then Sipie passed away.He continued to play until he died,

    he adds. You could name a tune and he played it.

    Original band member George Rayes also passed. Since then, other band members have come and gone, and the band eventually evolved into the eight-piece that it is today. Beyond Mendoza and the Sanchez brothers, the band currently includes saxophonist Keith Gustafson, his wife, drummer Linda Gustafson, Larry Munoz on tenor sax, guitarist Mariano

    Gonzales, and steel guitarist Troy Porter.It is the love of music that keeps the

    musicians of Miami Big Band Sound together, Mendoza, Joe and George agree.

    We basically play because we enjoy playing. If we get paid, thats great. If not, thats okay, Mendoza says.

    Of course, none of them would have made it this far without their families tolerance, he points out.

    If our wives didnt put up with it, we couldnt do it, he says with a grin.

    Keep an eye out for Miami Big Band Sound in August at the Hamburger Fry at the Gila County Historical Museum. The band will also play the Centennial High School reunion in September.

    Big Band, Continued from page 28

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    As Pastor has been packing up his offi ces, his seat has been sought after by the likes of former state representative Ruben Gallego, former County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, and Scott Fistler, who was removed from this years ballot after he went so far as to change his name to Cesar Chavez and switch his party affi liation to Democrat with hopes of winning over voters. (In 2012, Fistler lost the election race for District 4 to Pastor, and in 2013, Fistler lost the race for a Phoenix city council seat to Pastors daughter Laura.)

    Meanwhile, in a recent conversation with GMT over his mothers kitchen table in Claypool, Pastor hesitates to reveal what his next move is. What he does know is that while he wont be running for offi ce, his political life is not coming to an end.

    Ill always continue in politics, he assures. There are very few things that happen to us on a daily basis that are not infl uenced by politics, so I will continue in the political arena in terms of working for candidates or working for particular issues. I havent given up on that completely.

    Not only do politics run in his blood, he grew up around them.

    Pastor was born in the house that sits on what is now Avenida de Ed Pastor. It is the same house that his 93-year-old mother Margarita still lives in to this day; it is the same house in which he sits at the kitchen table on this particular afternoon, next to his sister Eleanor and across from his mother. Occasionally, he stops and poses a question to her in Spanish. It is also the same house that Pastors father Enrique built, including the bricks, which he laid out into an iron mold.

    Ed Pastor, Continued from page 1

    Ed Pastor, Continued on page 31

    At home in Miami with his mother Maggie and sister, Eleanor.

  • When Pastor was a child, Enrique worked in the smelter and was involved in the steelworkers union. Pastor remembers going with his father to the strikes at the picket line around age seven or eight. Enriques penchant for politics and his involvement in the union rubbed off on Pastor. He quickly learned that whether or not you like a situation as it is, you go out and campaign for it or against it.

    If you were able to organize and be a unit, then you were able to bring about change, Pastor remembers.

    Neither of Pastors parents graduated from high school, so they always pushed Pastor and his siblings to excel in school while growing up.

    Pastor had his fi rst taste of politics while he was a student at Miami High. In fact, the only election he has ever lost in his life was for student body president.

    Damn Jim Bradbury beat me! he laughs. But ever since, I havent lost an election. So I think my DNA enjoyed that part of being involved.

    After Pastor graduated from Miami High in 1961, he studied at ASU, where he continued his involvement in politics. As the eldest of three children, he was the fi rst in his family to attend college, and he graduated in 1966 with a BA in chemistry.

    After college, Pastor became a chemistry teacher at North High School. His time spent working with students, families, and seniors as the deputy director of the Guadalupe Organization Inc. (a non-profi t, community-based organization) inspired him to study law. He returned to ASU to attend its College of Law, and received his JD in 1974.

    Two years later, he was elected to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. After three terms, in 1991, he resigned to run in the special election for the

    congressional seat vacated by the late Mo Udall. He won and was sworn in on Oct. 3 that year as the fi rst Hispanic person from Arizona elected to Congress, serving in what was then Arizonas Second Congressional District.

    In addition to the House Appropriations Committee, Pastor has also served on the Committee on Standards of Offi cial Conduct, the Education and Labor Committee, and the Committee on Small Business, and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. He also was appointed to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 113th Congress.

    During his conversation with Globe Miami Times (GMT), Pastor took some time to refl ect on the state of Congress and his time spent in offi ce. He also made it clear he has had his fi ll.

    Twenty three years is a good run, Pastor says. Its time for somebody else to get in.

    Below are excerpts from that conversation at his mothers home in Claypool.

    Starting from the time you were first involved in politics until now, how would you say politics have changed?

    I dont think politics have changed that much, in terms of the fundamental politics. Its trying to govern. Obviously

    when you have governance, when youre governing as an elected offi cial, you always have special interests that are trying to win your favor or trying to infl uence you in decision making. In those terms, I dont think governance has changed that much. What has happened in Gila County, as I recall it, and in Arizona, is at one time, it was almost entirely all Democratic. In the 60s, you began to see an emergence of

    Republican elected offi cials, mainly in Maricopa County. And so today, you come to Gila County or Pinal County, or different counties in Arizona, and state legislature is now dominated by Republicans. So Ive seen that change come about. In Congress, the politics have become more partisan, but you know, that comes and goes. But politics is a partisan game.

    On that note, how has it been for you working across party lines?

    Very easy, because politics is developing personal relationships. [laughs] Its not an abstract science. Politics are about people getting to know each other and being able to work with each other. My political philosophy is to work with the people who I deal with and who are my peers. Thats been my working attitude. You have to learn how to work with people, and you do the best you can.

    As the first Hispanic individual elected into Congress, how do you think things have changed for Hispanics and minorities in Arizona since you first took office?

    Well, I think theres been increased efforts to ensure that there are more economic opportunities and more

    educational opportunities. So, if you use traditional gauges, the number of Hispanic students going into college and graduating from college has increased. If you look at the economic standards, more people have gone into a higher standard of living. But the reality is, even though youve had those advances, you still have a large number of people, a large part of the population, who have not been able to move forward as we would like for them to move forward... You still have a great number of people who are still struggling with lesser income or lesser education. Drop out rates have improved, but they are still very high.

    Spending your last months in Congress, what do you view as maybe the greatest challenges faced in Congress today?

    Just being able to govern. If were able to pass the appropriation bills, and at the end of this fall, do what we call an omnibus bill, that will fund the government, I think it will be a great accomplishment... Right now, its just the ability to govern. The partisanship is getting in the way.

    What do you identify as perhaps some of the most salient issues that Congress is addressing currently?

    Ed Pastor, Continued from page 30

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    Sharing good memories with GMT writer, Jenn Walker

    Pastor talks with Stan Gibson who served three terms as mayor of Globe, at the fundraiser for the Bullion Plaza museum.

  • 32 SUMMER 2014[laughs] I really have no plans right now. Some universities have offered some positions if I want to teach. They would like for me to teach in public policy. Other people have approached me about joining an organization and helping out with the organization. But at this point, I really dont have any defi nite pl