or the last 46 years, Globe produced some of

the most desirable turquoise in the world. It

came from the mountain shaped like a woman at rest –

Sleeping Beauty.

It is the kind of

turquoise people expect

to see when they think of

classic 'American turquoise',

says Monty Nichols. He owned the

lease to the Sleeping Beauty mine for the

last 24 years. He also owns the Yellow Hair Trading & Mining Company, as

well as True Blue, the mine's gift shop in Globe.

To the chagrin of many, Nichols and his crew stopped mining

Sleeping Beauty earlier this year. The lease ended in July. The turquoise

supply grew scarce, and due to the increasing restrictions of

government laws and liabilities, Nichols says he and resources

company BHP Billiton are not currently interested in renewing it.

“I wasn't comfortable keeping it open,” he says bluntly. “The

diffi culty of mining in America overwhelmed the mining operation.”

This has rippling effects far and wide.

By Jenn Walker

Prior to culinary school, sous chef Tasha

June Kenton didn't know how to boil an egg.

Eight years later, after graduating from the

Scottsdale Culinary Institute, she and Chef

Ferrin are pushing the envelope by introducing

Apache cuisine and regional edible plants to

the kitchen at Apache Gold Casino.

Kenton was born and raised on the San

Carlos Apache Reservation. Her family taught

her how to make some traditional foods, like fry

bread, but it is only in the last several months

that she has truly dug into her culinary roots.

Over the summer, Kenton and Ferrin

were asked to prepare a Native American

banquet menu for the Arizona Indian Gaming

Association. The expectation level was

high. Kenton and Ferrin were told to go 'all out'

on the courses.

Apache Gold, Continued on page 18

Looking For a Culinary Adventure? Look No further.

San Carlos sous chef brings traditional foods to Apache Gold

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The Matrix. The Market. The Mine.

SLEEPINGSLEEPINGBEAUTYBEAUTY

TURQUOISETURQUOISEBy Jenn Walker

Turquoise, Continued on page 32

SLEEPINGSLEEPINGBEAUTYBEAUTY

TURQUOISETURQUOISE

Walking Map Provides Peek at Past & Present

Did you know the building that sits on the

corner of Mesquite and Pine Street dates back

to the late 1880’s, and once was the boarding

house for miners, politicians and fortune

seekers in the area? Today it houses Past

Times Antiques and serves as a temporary

headquarters for the local Humane Society

whose president also owns the shop.

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Boyce Thompson Arboretum Schedule of Events

General Tour of the Arboretum every day at 11am through April

❁ January – Australia Day

❁ January – Tom Bogan Camera Basics Class

❁ January 27 – Edible and Medicinal Plants Walk

❁ February 2 – History of the Arboretum Walk

❁ February 2 – Australian Plants Tour

❁ February 2, 3, 4 – Painting Classes

❁ February 2, 10, 16, 24 – Guided Bird Walks

❁ February 7 – Bear Aware lecture

❁ February 13-17 – Language of Flowers

❁ February 23 – Geology Tour

❁ February 23, 24, 25 – Painting Classes

❁ March-April Weekend – Wildfl ower Walks at 11 am

❁ March 9-24 – Spring Plant Sale

❁ March 23 – Welcome Back Buzzards

Check out http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu for details about these events.

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By Jenn Walker

There is something

very intriguing about

San Carlos artist Carrie

Curley. Perhaps it is

the eloquent way she

speaks, her voice soft

yet strong. Perhaps it is

her artistic mystique.

Or perhaps it is because

this modest artist is a

rare fi nd on the Apache

reservation, being both

female and a painter.

And at 24, she is quite

accomplished.

If you were in Globe

earlier this fall, there's

a good chance you

have seen Curley's

work around town. She

designed the 2012 Apache Jii Day poster. It is a painting

of a beautiful young Apache woman. That's Curley's

cousin Maria.

In October, Curley had her fi rst art showing at

Vida E Caffe in downtown Globe. Globe Miami Times

happened to be there, and the place was packed.

Like any artist's tool, Curley's brush is her voice box.

“[To me] creating means freedom to express

yourself in any form, any way you want,” Curley says.

“I'm trying to do good for my people as an artist,”

she continues. “When I pick up my brush it's all there

for people to recognize how I feel.”

Her message is clear in the painting “Usen, bi

chiih'di kii”, which was on display at the October

show. The piece is broken up onto four canvases fi tted

together. It depicts the train ride that took the Apaches

to Fort Sill when they were captured in 1886. From the

steam of the train arises words like “warriors”, “prayers”,

and “sickness”.

“It just came to my head that I show this to the

people, that this needs to be recognized,” she recalls.

“It had a lot of meaning to me in my heart to get that

out there on canvas, the whole fi nished product. I cried

after I was done.”

“I hope that people do remember that, the

hardship that our ancestors went through, and how

they were treated,” she adds. “Not all history is beautiful,

but it's history.”

Above all, her greatest inspiration is her culture.

The songs, the feathers, the beads, the clothing,

the hair, the dancing – all of it. Her cousin's Sunrise

Dance, or coming of age ceremony, inspired her piece

“Womanhood”, which she made last year.

Apache women are often the focus of Curley's work,

dancing at ceremonies, or wearing their traditional

camp dresses.

“Apache women don't really seem to get recognized

out there, I guess, as fi erce, as warriors,” she says. “But

there are female warriors out there in the world, I'm

sure there is one in every culture. For us it was Lozen.”

Lozen was a female Apache warrior who fought

alongside Geronimo against the Mexicans and

Americans in the Apache wars. She took on duties

typically done by men, i.e. fi ring guns and riding horses.

“It inspires me a lot... the warriors that we are,” she

continues. “And I try to embrace that in art too, being as

that I am a female, and I try to show other young ladies

to hold that spirit and be fi erce.”

Her pieces “Carriers of Life” and “Journey of the

Women”, which were shown with her other work at

Vide E earlier this year, will be shown again in February

at the Ziindi Vol. 1.2 opening art show, an all-female

indigenous artist exhibition at the Navajo Nation

Museum. Curley is still new to displaying her work

publicly, and she was not expecting to participate.

THE WARRIORIN THE WOMAN

San Carlos artist speaksout with her paintings

Artist, Continued on page 5

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readers will love. Look for our four page spreads on

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Gold Casino (pp17-20). We have partnered with

them to bring readers our special brand of feature

stories, photos and event coverage which help to

connect and engage our readers with what they

do every day.

Our cover story featuring San Carlos sous chef

(pp1), Tasha June Kenton is a good place to start.

She and Chef Matt Ferrin are bringing traditional

Apache foods to the menu this year and drawing on

recipes from Kenton’s grandmother. And an interview

with Linda Michel, Gaming Director will fi ll you in on

what’s new on the gaming fl oor each quarter. And yes, they

are bringing back live poker!

After meeting new superintendent Jerry Jennex last Fall,

it is apparent Globe has found a seasoned educator and

administrator with the heart and stamina to work on

improving The System; but the challenges are many, as are

the opportunities. The subject of education is not something

that can be communicated in sound bites. Writer Jenn Walker

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Challenges of Public Schools in the 21st Century” to layout the

ground game facing our teachers, kids and parents today. And it

turns out we as individuals and as a community can help. (pp23)

The piece on Sleeping Beauty Turquoise (pp1) and the

decision to close the mine after nearly forty years is a subject

close to the hearts of many. As are all Arizona turquoise mines,

this one began as a large open pit copper mine in which turquoise

deposits were leased from the copper company itself. Closing an

operation is an economic decision which factors in the value of

copper and the cost of insurance that copper companies have

to pay in order to let the mineral miners work in the mine. The

Sleeping Beauty mine, which began in the ‘70s, grew into one of

the large turquoise mining operations in the U.S. and produced

some of the fi nest turquoise in the world. The mine’s operator,

Monty Nichols weighs in on the mine, the matrix and the market.

A few closing items before I invite you to sit down to a long,

leisurely read.

There are now several opportunities to “extend the

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of Law and Order” series, and a new photo contest on our

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And lastly, if you haven’t done so yet, I recommend you start

to dream big this year and begin by creating a Bucket List of your

"Top 100" (pp22).

It gets the mind going in the right direction. Looking forward

to a new year and what life can bring you!

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Nonetheless, with the

encouragement of her mother and

friends, she submitted her work and

was one of ten indigenous females

selected to showcase her art.

Though publicity is relatively new

to her, art is not. She has been drawing

since she was young, starting with the

holiday cards she made for her shima

('mother' in Apache) when she was

little. Three years ago, she picked up

the paintbrush.

“Just like anything I was intimidated

by it,” she remembers. But then she

began stroking, and things simply fell

into place.

These days she draws from an

eclectic collection of artists for

inspiration, adoring both the aged and

modern. Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo

are as infl uential to her as graffi ti artists

Pose, Seven, and '80s graffi ti artist Seen,

as well as her friends and fellow painters

on the reservation. Often times she will

tie Day of the Dead into her work, even

though Apaches are not big on death,

she says.

“Some people get scared by it, or

they question it a lot,” she says. “But to

me, it's beautiful... We do have a lot of

warriors, and ancestors that we need

to remember and recognize [for] what

they fought for and died for.”

Sometimes a painting will take just

two days to complete. The design she

made for Apache Jii Day took several

months. Regardless, each one is

preceded with prayer and thought.

“I really have to be in that moment

to paint, just feel the painting, because I

do, it just comes to me,” she says.

The material matters less. The

surface could be wood, a canvas, or if

she's feeling particularly spontaneous,

a wall, like a piece she made on the wall

by the train tracks. Typically she uses

acrylic, charcoal, spray cans and paint

markers. But hearing music is a must.

That means having the right playlist:

Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Common, Los

Lobos, pow wow Navajo and Apache

songs, jazz, whatever it takes to get her

in a good mood and hyped to paint.

The fi rst time she ever painted

outside of her studio, her room,

was during the fi rst Poets on the

Rez, a monthly poetry and music

event that has been held at Gila County

Community College for the last year.

“I was so nervous that night,”

she remembers. “Man I was really

nervous. It was the fi rst time I got up

in front of people, and I was scared,

petrifi ed of what people would think of

me painting.”

But she put on her headphones and

did it anyway. As an artist, Poets on the

Rez became a huge outlet for Curley.

The painting she created that fi rst night

now hangs in the offi ce on campus.

The community college is where

Curley also works and goes to school.

She is has a little more than a semester

left until she receives her AA degree

in the arts, which she began pursuing

in 2007. When she is not in class, she

works part time as a custodian there.

She is a recognized face at school, and

several of her pieces hang on the walls

on campus.

“This is like my home away from

home,” she says cheerfully outside of

one of the classrooms. Once, work and

school took a toll on her artwork. That is

no longer the case.

“Now I see a change that art is

taking over my life,” she says. “But that's

something I want.”

Although she is making a name for

herself, Curley has no plans to leave

San Carlos.

“I am really blessed to be here, being

a Native American and being raised on

the reservation, I don't think there's

nothing like it,” she says. “The pure

unique beauty, and the air, the cleanest

air by far you'll ever see... It's a simple

life and I couldn't ask for more.”

That said, expect to see more of her

work around town soon.

Curley's art will be featured on Feb. 5 at

the Copper Mine Picture Cafe in Miami.

Her work will also be showcased at

Hózhó: Ziindi Vol. 1.2 Opening Show at

the Navajo Nation Museum on Feb. 15.

Artist, Continued from page 3

Curley at her fi rst art show in October at Vida E Caffe.

Curley stands with her unfi nished piece at Poets on the Rez in September.

6 WINTER 2013

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by Darin Lowery

It’s interesting to note how

terminology changes: the use of

the word antiques changed in the

early '70s to nostalgia, which then

moved into retro, which soon became

vintage – and along the way various

permutations entered the collectors’

lexicon – shabby chic, Hollywood

Regency, Art Moderne, and more. It

seems the current rage is something

called steampunk: a simple illustrative

example being the contents of a

riveted metal, glass fronted cabinet

owned by an industrial-goggled

physicist working in a Victorian-era

insane asylum. Items of interest include

deformed human skulls, iron gears,

early box cameras, and disgusting stuff

fl oating in aged glass laboratory jars.

Personally, I like something cheerier,

like the ‘dogs playing poker’ prints

seen in neighborhood taverns

along the Rust Belt.

We continue the ABC’s of

Antiquing, having covered A

through F previously.

is for Ginger, as

in Ginger Rogers

– one of the

best entertainers of the

twentieth century. Known

primarily as an actress,

she also sang and wow,

did she dance – ‘and did it

backwards, in heels’, as former

Texas Governor Ann Richards

said many years ago. Rogers did

THE ABC’S OF ANTIQUING PART II73 fi lms during the golden age of the

Hollywood studios. When she and

Fred Astaire fi nally danced in a fi lm

(usually in the second reel, after

a lot of nonsense involving

mistaken identities) the

screen lit up with stardust

and song. I met her once,

while she was in Chicago

on her book tour; her

publicist wouldn’t let

her sign my 8X10 fan

still from 1938, but she

did autograph the book

I purchased.

is for Hummel, the

adorable porcelain

fi gurines fi rst

introduced to the world in

the 1930’s by Franz Goebel. This

is said with only a trace of sarcasm.

The craftsmanship is superb and

the subject matter – rosy cheeked

children – is endearing to millions. The

cherubic tots are frozen in timeless

activity: hanging laundry,

skipping to school, or

caught in a downpour.

A modern version

would have them

texting or going

through a metal

detector, but the

pure ‘innocence

factors causative

in representing

what we wish was a

simpler time.

is for Italian pottery

of the '60s and '70s – organic

shapes with an intaglio twist,

those blocks of raw color on a textured

surface – absolutely perfect! Their

work was the antithesis of streamlining

and brought a warmth which most

postwar pottery lacked. Look for Bitossi,

Fantoni and Bellini for the most vibrant

work. My fave is anything in Rimini Blu

– a sketchy azure glaze with navy and

jade accents.

is for jukebox. While not a

collector or an expert, I’m an

afi cionado. I took a date to an art deco

cafe in Chicago once, where we listened

to a Bunny Berigan recording of ‘I

Can’t Get Started’ on an old Wurlitzer.

That was in 1974, when bars had ferns

instead of NO SMOKING signs,

years after the heyday of

jukeboxes. Theirs was

a big and gaudy box

with glowing plastic

panels lit within

– total lollipop

colors – and the

dance music

boomed from its

stack of scratchy

78s. Go online and

look at photographs

of the greats, like the

Mills Empress (sleek and

sexy) or the Packard Manhattan

(a cousin of the ‘Lost in Space’ robot).

‘K’ is for Kovel’s. Ralph and Terry

Kovel (rhymes with ‘oh well’) began

writing books on antiques in 1968 and,

after 95 books, are still going strong

with newspaper columns and television

shows adding to their reach. They are

amazingly well informed and offer

Antiquing, Continued on page 7

Winter 2013 7

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concise, well-researched information

on any subject related to the collecting,

care and value of antiques. Information

can be found online at kovels.com or at

any bookstore. Whether you subscribe

to their newsletter or pick up a guide, it

is money well spent to discover what’s

in your possession.

is for lunchbox. Never

underestimate the value of

a good lunchbox. Besides making the

world’s landfi lls safe from discarded

paper bags, they offer a mode of

personal expression missing in those

tacky cellphone covers. Vintage metal

lunchboxes – those popular from the

1950s through the early '80s – have

retained (or regained) their desirability

and still command high prices. On

a recent website, a Mickey Mouse/

Donald Duck lunchbox (1954) was

listed for $535; a Strawberry Shortcake

(1980) was tagged at $190 and, for the

budget-conscious, a Fall Guy lunchbox

(1981) was priced at $165. While my

personal lunchbox has no super hero

graphics – it’s a plain stainless steel

rectangle with a handle – there are a few

old STP decals on the inside. Its primary

purpose, which is to carry my midday

meal, is served every workday. It cost

me a dollar at a thrift shop in Scottsdale

about seven years ago.

The prevalence of ‘downsizing’ was

addressed in PART I of the last issue

and after seeing so much empirical

evidence of its usefulness (clutter-

free hallways, found pets thought

lost, and families reunited through

the ministrations of pop psychology

and huge ‘GOT TRASH?’ trucks) it was

time for me to get on the bandwagon.

To paraphrase the message from the

home décor bible, House Beautiful:

keep what you love, discard or donate

the rest, and live in serenity. I will add to

this sage advice: buy the best example

of what you like at the best price you

can fi nd, and train your kids as to its

value so they don’t add it to the ‘yard

sale’ pile when you die.

Antiquing, Continued from page 6

8 WINTER 2013

TAKE A TRIP WITH ME – AUTOMOBILES OF GLOBE-MIAMIBy Linda C. Gross

A dusty old ledger of automobile tags uncovered in the basement

vault of the former Gila County Courthouse recently revealed much

about the citizenry in 1918. At the time, the practical and affordable

Model T accounted for more than half of the worlds’ sales in cars, yet

here in Globe-Miami it appears folks tended to go with more variety.

From the practical to the sporty, the Main Streets of Globe and Miami

at that time refl ected the personality, purse strings and panache of

automobile owners.

The early 1900’s was a hey day of possibilities in engineering and

design for automotive would-be manufacturers. Over 1800 of them are

believed to have existed between 1896 and 1930, and the number of cars

exploded from just 300 in the US in 1896 to 1.7 million by 1914. Cars

were powered by steam (40%), electric (37%) and gasoline (22%). And

new ways of marketing were introduced, most signifi cantly, when GM’s

Alfred P. Sloan established the idea of offering different makes of cars

which would provide options for buyers to “move up” as their fortunes

improved - and stay with the same company. And fi nancing was brought

into play when in 1926, with over 75% of buyers using credit to buy

their cars, General Motors and Dupont established the General Motors

Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) to bypass fi nancing through the banks.

Take a look at some of the automobiles of Globe-Miami in 1918.

The Saxon Six Touring Car, owned by E.B. Scott

of Miami, the Saxon was manufactured between

1913-1923 and was offered in a small two seat

roadster or the fi ve passenger tourer with electric

starter and headlights.

The Kissel Touring

Sedan, produced in

1917, was owned by

John Dalmolin of

Christmas, Az.2 The

Kissel, manufactured in

Hartford Connecticut

from 1906-1930, built

custom high-quality

automobiles, hearses,

fi retrucks and taxicabs.

The two passenger Gold

Bug was a favorite of

Amelia Earhart.

The Pope-Hartford roadster was

owned by W.H. Howard of El Capitan. The

company, which made their mark building

the Columbia High Wheeler bicycle in 1878,

was a short lived entry into the automobile market,

producing cars for only three years from 1915-1918 before shutting

down the operation and returning to motorcycles and bicycles.

The Marmon, owned by Dr. Clarence

Gunter of Globe and E.B. Grider, enjoyed

a reputation as a reliable, speedy upscale

car. The Marmon Motor Car Company was

established in 1902 and manufactured in

Indianapolis, Indiana from 1902-1933.

They came in a variety of models and had

just begun work on a V-16 engine when the

Great Depression forced the company to

cease operations in 1933.

The Roamer Touring model, owned

by L.T. Cobb of Globe, “ became very

popular with the affl uent country club

set and Hollywood elite.” Manufactured

between 1916 and 1929 in Kalamazoo,

Michigan, the automobiles used the

Rochester-Duesenberg, a powerful 80

h.p. engine.

Automobiles, Continued on page 9

Winter 2013 9

The Buick K49 was owned by J.V. Rawlins of Globe. Considered

a luxury brand, “it became the brand of choice for aristocrats and

politicians” and the cars were known to break all kinds of distance and

hill climbing records. A popular add-on feature in the early '20s were

a very stylish and expensive "Houk" wire wheels as a factory option,

along with an after market running board tool box.

By the ‘30s and the onslaught of the Great Depression, over 80

percent of these car manufacturers either ceased to exist or were

folded into larger companies.

The Overland 90 Roadster, owned by J.G. Hales

of Miami, was one of the most recognized models

of this era, although the company had a rocky

start. The original Overland Automobile Company

ran out of cash in 1907 after manufacturing just

47 cars. The company was saved by John Whys,

who injected needed cash and business acumen

into the company. Renamed the Overland-Willys

Company, it went on to produce so many models

that even todays historians are confused as to

when it was made!

“In 1923, Ned Jordan was on a cross-

country train trip on the Union Pacifi c

Railroad. As the train sped across

Wyoming, he looked out the window

and saw a stunningly pretty young

woman on a horse, riding alongside

the tracks as though racing the train,

smiling and waving and looking like

she was having the time of her life.

Shortly thereafter, someone on the train

remarked that they were "somewhere

west of Laramie," and Ned Jordan had

a fl ash of inspiration. He wrote the

phrase "somewhere west of Laramie"

on the back of an envelope, and started

composing the copy to go with it.”

– Wikipedia

The Haynes, owned by G.A. Martin of Winkelman, was produced

by Elwood Haynes, who helped to pioneer the automobile industry

with an internal combustion engine in the fall of 1893, which he

built in his kitchen. Haynes would go on to advertise his motorized

buggy' as America's First Car in 1893. In 1899, Elwood Haynes

became the fi rst person to drive 1,000 miles in a motor car. They

continued to produce cars until 1924.

The Jordan Sedan, owned by Dr. John E. Bacon, was produced by

the Jordan Motor Car Company – known more for attractive styling than

advanced engineering. It seems Ned Jordan thought the cars of the day

“too dull”, and proceeded to offer a variety of colors with names such as

Apache Red, Venetian Green and Egyptian Bronze. The cars were produced between 1916 and

1931, and the ad “Somewhere West of Laramie” was selected as one of the 100 most infl uential

advertising campaigns of the last century.

Automobiles, Continued from page 8

10 WINTER 2013

By Linda C. Gross

Sisters on the Fly started as all good fi sh tales do. With a whopper. Two sisters on

a fi shing trip in Montana with a kid and a guide, caught an eight-pound trout. As the

story goes, they were celebrating that evening with a glass of wine and having such

a good time they decided to invite some girlfriends along on the next trip. And the

rest is history.

As they say that’s how they’ve been rollin’ ever since.

The group is now 2400 strong with “Sisters” in all 50 states and even in Canada,

England and Australia. Somewhere along the way they decided it would be fun to

outfi t vintage trailers which has morphed into personality statements of each owner.

When you see their caravans going down the road, it is an unmistakable sight.

Adventures begin when a Sister proposes a destination and whoever can swing

into line is welcome to join. They have been fl y fi shing in Montana, cowgirl-ing in

Wyoming and kayaking in Arizona....and in March they will be rolling into downtown

Globe for a three-day event they are calling the “Old West Hwy Hitch-Up.”

Leora Hunsaker, the organizer of this adventure, is Sister #52, and has been part

of the group since its early days. She and her brother, Kip Culver, Globe’s Main Street

director, have wanted to bring the group to Globe for years and 2013 is the year.

Hunsaker says that she got hooked on the group years ago when a gal walked

into her sign store in Globe and wanted a cowgirl on her trailer...a really big cowgirl.

“When I saw hers all restored and decked out in western cowgirl, that was it for me,”

says Hunsaker. “I knew I had to join.” Today she pulls a 14-foot trailer with an SUV

and has participated in towing clinics, outdoor expos, fi shing and kayaking trips,

horseback trips and more.

The details of the three-day event were still being worked out during press, but

we can tell you they are planning a ‘car show’ – in this instance a trailer show of more

than 50-plus units, and will sell tickets for a sneak preview of each, with proceeds

going towards the ongoing restoration efforts at the Center for the Arts.

Check out www.globemainstreet.com for more up-to-date information.

THIS IS HOW WE ROLL!

Winter 2013 11

Law and OrderNew Facebook Series

There's a new Sheriff in town beginning this year as Andrew Sheppard replaces John Armer (pictured here), who is retiring after serving more than a decade in that position.

/globemiamitimes

Hanging in the sheriffs'

offi ce is this piece originally

done by Jess Hayes in the

mid-80s, which has been

revised several times since

showing all the men who

have held this offi ce dating

back to W.M. Lowther,

the fi rst sheriff of Gila

County. We thought it

would be fun to research

tales of law and order from

this list and post them

on Facebook.

So, look for our new

series "History of Law and

Order" every Friday on our

facebook page. Not a fan yet?

We hope you'll join us!

12 WINTER 2013

assured me it was either a semi-truck

or an Egyptian sphinx. Of course it was

neither and simply turned out to be an

old rusted wheelbarrow. My fi rst thought

was to kick it with the other foot just to

satisfy my anger, but then a light went

on in my head. I limped back to the shed

and retrieved a shovel. After ten minutes

of heavy digging, sweating (and quite a

bit of gasping), I was able to uncover the

thing and drag it to the upper yard while

the snapdragons looked on curiously.

It was obvious the hunk of metal had

seen better days, and probably served its

designed purpose for quite a few years

before being thrown to its death down the

hillside. Luckily, it was now in the hands

of someone who had devised a new plan

for it, a rebirth you might say. My idea

was a simple one. A wheelbarrow is a

great invention, because not only can it

move large amounts of anything, but in

the continuous fl ood of ideas swimming

through my cranium, would also

make a fantastic planter.

And this is where it all began.

I chose a spot at the end of the drive

for the weathered piece and placed it at

the best angle for viewing, then eagerly

fi lled it with a fresh fl at of petunias which

cascaded over its edges. Just the sight of

it made my head spin with excitement.

I suddenly had the urge to add more. If

you are a gardener then you understand

the term, ‘enough is never enough’. The

thrill of adding just one more hanging

basket, another raised planter bed, or

yes, even a wheelbarrow, hooks me like a

slot machine arm at the casino, which is

so eagerly pulled hour after hour, hoping

for the big win.

And so, with a partially-fi nished

vision in front of me, I continued on

my quest.

The next installation was a much

needed and much larger fl ower bed for

the fading snapdragons. Ours quickly

became a massive plot measuring

There is a partial truth when I say

that I practically ‘stumbled’ upon the

idea of a garden space at our house in

Globe. My partner Darin has lived here

now for several years, enjoying his small

but quaint patch of snapdragons, which

by the middle of each summer, were

struggling at best. Minute as it was,

the joy of watching those few blooms

explode with color simply brought a

smile to our faces.

On a particular day in early spring of

last year, as I was clearing some brush

from the hillside behind the house,

I clumsily tripped over something

buried in the soil. My throbbing toes

Harmony, Continued on page 13

After

One Man's Garden – In Pursuit OfBy Jim Lindstrom

Winter 2013 13

fi fteen-feet long by four-feet deep.

During construction, I discovered an

old steel girder on the property, which

quickly fi lled its new position as the

front retaining wall of the enlarged

fl ower bed. A small row of fencing and a

couple of makeshift rock walls added a

bit of security I was sure would ward off

the hungriest of javelinas.

In my experience, I have found that

working a little potting soil and sand into

the ground can really push those fl owers

into an Oscar-winning performance.

On the other hand, planting

directly into Globe’s unprepared,

heavily clay soil (caliche) can easily

result in a few funerals for those same

bloomers, so take the time to make it

right from the start.

If digging through hard ground

doesn’t ignite enthusiasm, another

option is to build your garden out

of recycled parts and fi ll them with

nutrient rich soil which can be

purchased from the local nursery; we

like Mike Shirley’s Golden Hills. Old fi le

cabinets, vintage washing machines,

and claw foot bathtubs are all excellent

alternatives and can be found at one of

the many antiques stores around Globe.

In addition to the sheer joy and

enduring sense of accomplishment

gardening brings, a host of health

benefi ts have also been documented.

Studies have shown that

simply seeing a garden has healthy

psychological effects. Growing and

tending your own garden can be

a powerful stress reliever. Medical

professionals have long agreed on

the therapeutic effects of gardening,

back to the 19th century. In fact, there’s

an entire medical journal dedicated

to the topic.

According to the Harvard naturalist

and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O.

Wilson, we have a biologically-based

need to experience nature and be a part

of the natural world: we are designed

to prefer viewing fl owers and grass

rather than concrete or steel. Experts

believe that it is this connection to

nature that allows us to be restored by

it through lower blood pressure and

improved immune function, among

other things. The nice part is you don’t

have to have acres of land to reap the

benefi ts. A small plot in your yard or a

few pots to tend inside your apartment

can do the trick.

Globe’s arid temperatures provide

a multitude of fl oral possibilities for

the garden. Petunias thrive in hot sun

during the summer months and will

persevere during the coldest winter

nights. Zinnias and marigolds stand

strong against the sweltering heat of

the day while emitting both a bitter

taste and unpleasant odor that

javelinas abhor. Roses, herbs, summer

snapdragon and cannas are a few others

which fl ourish during summer while

providing endless blasts of color and

quietly permeating the nasal cavities

with deliciously irresistible scents.

I chose all of these for our garden

along with a few coleus, gazanias

and lantana.

I believe humans can develop an

attachment to their plants just as they

would a family pet. My grandmother

had several tea roses which she lovingly

dug up and transplanted each time

they moved to a new zipcode. They

always had that ‘worn out’ look, as if

grandma had accidentally fed them

weed killer instead of fertilizer. I too

have my favorites. This would explain

my reason for yanking two enormous

peacock irises from their comfortable

mound of dirt in Gilbert to bring along

on my journey. I could almost feel their

resistance as I uprooted the three of us

to begin a new chapter in Globe. Three

months later they were thanking me by

fl ourishing in their new oversized pots.

I am happy to say I will never

consider our garden complete. Over

the past few months, we have added

fl agstone pavers, a fi re pit and a

unique refl ecting pool. The design of

this special oasis continues to expand,

both in my mind and in reality. It

truly is a labor of love and I continue to

smile despite the heat, the scorpions,

and of course, the javelinas.

Harmony, Continued from page 12

Before

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form

of creating and playing

with colors."– Oscar de la Renta

14 WINTER 2013

The

Soci

ety

Pag

e Annual Christmas Concert

December 12

The Youth of Christmas Present have talent galore and are not shy about sharing it on stage.

The theme of this year's Christmas show was "Christmas through the Ages," and a cast of nearly 60of all ages performed musical skits showing celebrations from every decade from present back to 1912 when Arizona became a state.

Loner'sToy Run

Group shot of the LonersJim Warburton, a founding father of the Loners (L) and Donnie Grimes, National Chairman (R)

Light Parade & Awards

It was a chilly night, but the crowds turned out to watch the parade on Broad Street. This year the theme was "No Place Like Home" and there were 32 entries for the parade. Ten awards were handed out ranging from Best Commercial Entry won by CEMEX, to Best Overall Lighted Vehicle which went to the Hot Rod Sleigh 1950 Ford.

The Loners Motorcycle Club held

their 32nd Annual Toy Run in December,

riding from Bullion Plaza in Miami to

American Legion in Globe to deliver

toys for children. Members came from

as far as Tucson and California to join

the Globe Chapter in the ride. Each year

the Loners fi ll a 20-foot U-Haul with

toys to donate to kids in the area.

Winter 2013 15The Society Page

Trena Grantham and Bryan Seppela

Neal Jensen and Carol Welsh

The Baker girls: Suzi, Jordan and EdenThe Gardea Family

Christmas Mixer and Awards CeremonyCenter of the Arts / December 12

Tanner Hunsaker (and daughter, Sadie) of Western Reprographics shared top honors for the best Historic Float with the Az SilverBelt, Holly Sow (and daughter, Miriam) and Publisher Sherri Davis

Dr. Reusch and his vintage car won an award for Best Use of Lights.

Lynn and Vernon Perry accepted an award for the Best use of Theme

Angela and Don Earven won the"Best Holiday Heart" award for the Dylan Earven Foundation

Cobre Valley Hospital took the prize for Most Unique

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Winter 2013 17

Pay attention to the payouts – Every slot machine has a different pay table. Even

if two machines look identical, one machine may pay a jackpot of 2,000 credits and

another 15,000 credits. Chances are, the odds against making the 15,000 credits is

higher than making 2,000 credits, but you should be aware of the maximum you can

win on your machine. Do not play a slot machine

on which you do not understand the pay table.

Ignore idea of "hot" or "due" machines –

It is absolutely impossible for a slot machine

to be "hot" or "due" for a jackpot, just as it is

for a machine to be on a roll. The machines are

randomized every spin.

Avoid tight machines – While there is no such

thing as a "due" machine, loose machines and

tight machines are realities. Typically, the

higher the slot denomination ($0.25, $1, $5

etc.), the looser the machine, and the more

money it is programmed to pay back for

every dollar in. Finding loose machines is

possible, as casinos tend to place them

in high visibility areas where lots of

patrons will see other players win.

Always get points – If you are not a

member of your casino's players club,

why not? Have your card inserted into

your slot machine for every spin, as you

will earn valuable points for each dollar

of play. Some casinos even give some of

these points back as cash, making your

gambling dollar stretch even further!

Always play max credits – I know it is a bit deceiving that it's called a "penny"

slot when you can bet $2.00 at a time. But you really need to be prepared to bet

the maximum, whether it is three quarters or 200 pennies, because most machines

only pay bonuses and progressive jackpots when the maximum credits were bet.

Even on non-progressive machines, the jackpot payout for the maximum credit bet

is typically disproportionately higher than on any other level.

Avoid multiple-payline slots – Though playing multiple-payline slot machines

makes it seem like you have better chances, you're actually increasing the odds

against you drastically. You have to pay more to play these machines and the

payouts aren't as good as on single line machines.

Play with coins – Playing with coins rather than feeding bills into the machine

will extend the time of your play.

Play the highest denomination possible – Play the highest denomination

slot that you can afford, as these machines almost universally pay back at a

higher percentage.

Beware the taxman – Any large gambling win brings tax implications. Recognize,

however, that the casino will give you a form with your winnings if the casino

is going to report your win to the tax authorities. Otherwise, the secret of your

win is safe!

Try the machine next to you – According to industry insiders, casinos almost

never place two loose machines next to each other, meaning if you're on a tight

machine that's not paying much there's a good chance a loose one is nearby.

Courtesy of Slot Hints & Tips:

thegamblesociety.com

Slot Hints and TipsWhat’s new on the gaming fl oor?

An interview withLinda Michel, Gaming Director

for Apache Gold Casino

GMT: We know you are always changing up

the fl oor with new products, so tell us what’s

in store for patrons this winter?

Linda: Sure. We like to keep things fresh

for our customers, and beginning in January

we will be bringing in several new games,

including the latest evolution of the popular

Wheel of Fortune with an extreme spin.

It offers the player three physical wheels

,giving them the thrill of spinning which came

with the original Wheel of Fortune. Two of the wheels are made of credit awards,

the other displays multipliers up to 10X. It comes with a dual seat and surround

sound chairs, and a 103-inch LCD monitor, making this game a total experience

for players.

Other new games include Crystal Fortunes, which is the latest development

in the Fort Knox series with eight progressive award levels and three credit

awards. And down by the Players Club, we will be featuring our pop culture

favorites like the new Beverly Hillbillies game and Elvis the King. The new Elvis

features four of his songs which loop during play, and all four progressive jackpot

levels are named for Elvis hits: “Hound Dog,” "Jailhouse Rock”, "Heartbreak

Hotel” and “Viva Las Vegas.”

GMT: Anything else with the slot fl oor?

Linda: Players will also notice more open fl oor space near the Cabaret

Lounge, where we are taking some older machines off the fl oor and

making space for tables in that area.

GMT: What about Tournaments?

Linda: Our popular Slots Tournaments will continue each week, but in 2013

we are bringing in new machines which are more interactive. So for instance,

instead of just hitting the spin, a player gets bonus points if they reach up and

pop a balloon with their other hand before it disappears. Slot tournaments are

free to get in. All you have to do is bring ID and register.

GMT: We hear you are bringing poker back. Is that true?

Linda: Yes, we are pleased to announce that Live Action Poker is back! Our

three-card poker has been such a hit that we are bringing on Ultimate Texas

Hold ‘Em. The game is played on Blackjack tables and players do not compete

against each other, but rather heads up with the dealer. And for those who have

been waiting for us to bring live action poker back – the wait is over! We will

be adding two live action poker tables to the center fl oor after the fi rst of the

year. The actual date has not been determined, but look for an announcement in

January. All table games will open at 3 p.m. and run through midnight.

GMT: What’s new in Bingo?

Linda: This year we are bringing in Video King hand held electronic devices

which track players cards for them. Now you can choose between the paper

version or the new electronic version at the same paper prices.

Tables will also offer inexpensive video games you can play in the hall during

admissions, and 30 minutes after the session.

APACHE GOLD CASINO & RESORTWinter 2013Welcome To

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So the two came up with an

Apache-inspired menu primarily

using foods native to the area,

but with a modern twist.

They started with

ingredients like mesquite

beans, mesquite wood, acorn,

beef, trout, quail, cactus pads,

prickly pear, black walnuts and

the stocks of century plants.

The end result was salad

made out of prickly pear and cactus

pads, grilled quail glazed with agave

nectar, pinon nut rice pilaf, smoked trout

with jalapeno hush puppies, acorn dumplings,

shredded beef with acorn, tortillas, a vegetarian

dish of squash and corn, poblano pasta salad,

and black walnut cake. They made ash bread,

which is comparable to thick tortillas made over

an open fi re and they made a mesquite roasted

New York strip loin with wild rosemary potato

medley. The wild rosemary came from plants

growing around the property.

Chefs also prepared three Apache-inspired

beverages – 'Indian tea' infused with simple syrup,

Apache Kool-Aid and prickly pear iced tea.

“Everything we used was in my backyard,”

Kenton says, including the beans, the cacti and

the century plant.

Kenton and her 85-year-old grandmother

chopped the mesquite wood and hand picked

the beans.

Kenton could not have brought this menu

together without her father and grandmother. Her

father is a medicine man in San Carlos, and they

were the ones who advised Kenton how to use these

foods, based on how they have traditionally been

used generation to generation.

For instance, Apaches used to suck on mesquite

beans for their sweet taste, and grind them up to

make fl our.

So Kenton ground up the beans and

infused it into a simple syrup to

sweeten the Indian tea.

All in all, Kenton and

Ferrin had two weeks to

conceptualize and prepare

the menu from the time

they were notifi ed. It was

a huge success. Since the

banquet, the kitchen

is receiving consistent

requests to reproduce

items from that menu.

Gradually the kitchen

is incorporating some Apache

and native food dishes into the buffet,

like prickly pear mousse, pomegranate mousse

and jalapeno cornbread. Eventually they

intend to dedicate one day a week to serving

these foods.

In the meantime, the two chefs are developing

a winter banquet menu using different plants

that are more readily available and in season.

Prickly pear, for instance, is only available

during the summer, Kenton says, and

century plants are only available for a month.

Black walnuts are even harder to come across.

Kenton is not even sure how her grandmother

came up with them for the banquet.

“Everything we used for that menu was

hard to fi nd,” Kenton says.

Acorns aren't exactly plentiful on San

Carlos, either.

“Around here, with the drought and

everything that's going on, the [oaks] don't

produce a lot [of acorns],” she says.

And harvesting them is a labor-intensive process.

“I can understand why the price is so high,

because it takes a lot of work,” Kenton explains.

“When I went with my grandma to pick acorns, we

sat on the ground and picked them one by one.”

Once gathered, the acorns have to be ground

up and removed from the shell, and the seed is

then ground up into a powder. It can take a week to

produce a sizable quantity of acorn powder. Buying

the equivalent of a Folgers can full of powder costs

around $35, she says.

“That is our Apache Gold,” she adds.

Still, Kenton hopes to keep the acorn stew and

dumplings on the menu year-around, granted that

there is enough acorn.

Soon they are meeting with a local herbologist,

who will identify 200 edible plants that the chefs can

potentially use for the winter menu.

“Not a lot of kids, or not a lot of people my age

know all this stuff,” Kenton says. “There's a lot of

things that they used to eat a long time ago that I've

never even heard of.”

“Right now we're trying to preserve our culture

and our language,” she adds.“I mean we're on the

reservation, we should have dishes that show off

our culture, show off what we have here.”

As long as Kenton continues impressing,

people are likely to keep coming back for more.

Apache Gold, Continued from page 1

Acorn powder is used in stews and partridge berries are used to make 'Apache Kool-Aid!

Chef Matt Ferrin and Sous Chef Tasha Kenton

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Call us at 1-800-APACHE or visit the

web at www.apache-gold-casino.com.

Winter 2013 19

Out And About

Susan Hansen, Vice Mayor of Miami, accepts a check from the Tribe for $14,183 for the Miami Fire Department. Presenting the check is Dr. John Bush (center) Vice Chairman,Terry Rambler, Chairman(right), and Robert Olivar, Casino Enterprise Board Chairman(back).

The Casino's General Manager, Gary Murrey and Robert Olivar, Chairman of the Casino Enterprise Board, make the announcement for this year's 12-D funds. On hand to receive them were members of Graham County, who received $16,521.86 for their program, Helping Hands, which assists those in need of health and safety home repairs, and Council members from the Town of Miami, who received $14,183 for equipment on behalf of the Miami Fire department.

Ken Duncan, Jr, Gail Haozous Executive Director SCAT Planning & Economic Development and Joe Papa Ameresco; renewable energy.

The planning committee for this years 2012 Energy Summit. The tag line this year was: "Shrinking your carbon footprint until the moccasin fi ts."

John Lewis, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Gila River Indian Community Utility Authority (GRICUA), and Ken Duncan Jr.

The San Carlos Color Guard presented the colors before the concert

L to R: Ken Duncan Jr. – Energy Coordinator San Carlos Apache Tribe, Eddie Nash – Tribal Energy Auditor, Lizana Pierce – Project Manager Department of Energy, Sandra Campbell-Begay – Sandia National Laboratories, Jamie Alley- Department of Energy, Gail Haozous – Planning Director San Carlos Apache Tribe, Williard Haozous Jr. – Tribal Energy Auditor

San Carlos 3rd Annual Energy Summit

Awarding This Year's 12-D Funds

Tracy Lawrence Concert

The Tracy Lawrence Band delivered a great performance to a sold out crowd in the Apache Gold Pavilion!

Shrinking your carbon footprintuntil the moccasin fi ts.

20 WINTER 2013

Winter 2013 21

Walking Map, Continued from page 1

A walking map now provides visitors with the histories and current use of

over 30 buildings throughout the historic district in Globe, giving a peek at the past

and present.

The map, which is located in the Copper Spike Excursion books which once

sold for $8, is now being offered FREE as part of the Home Tour packet and through

the White Porch Gifts and Antiques and Pickle Barrel Trading Post. Although the

vouchers for train rides are no longer valid following the discontinuation of the train

in the summer of 2010, the booklet is a must have if you are a visitor to this area. They

contain not only a walking map of the area, but a driving tour of mines and their

locations in this region, plus information about key landmarks. ■GMT

22 WINTER 2013

Resolutions are those things we think we have to do – or should do – to be happy.

Bucket lists are things we want to do. Resolutions are pain. Bucket lists are joy.

So now that we’ve all found ourselves on the other side of the Mayan Apocolypse,

perhaps it is time to look to to the future and think about the things we want to do

before we kick the bucket.

Bucket lists include everything you’ve every wanted to do, whether its big, small

or random. Remember the movie where Morgan Freeman’s list includes something

as simple as getting kissed by a pretty girl? And Jack Nicholson wants to go bungee

jumping? See? The fi eld is wide open on this process. That’s why it is so good for us to

unleash our inner dream machines and put it down on paper.

Don’t be the person Ross is talking about when he says, “Every man dies – Not

every man really lives.” William Ross.

Start your bucket list now! Go for 100 items on your list. If you don’t have 100

things you want to do with your life... start thinking up things! Need some help?

There are a ton of websites which provide some great ideas. We will post our own

Bucket List 101 on Facebook this winter.

Here’s some questions to get you started:

• What do you wish you could do before you die?

• What have you always wanted to do but have not done yet?

• Any countries, places or locations you want to visit?

• What are your biggest goals and dreams?

• What do you want to see in person?

• What experiences do you want to have / feel?

• Are there any special moments you want to witness?

• What activities or skills do you want to learn or try out?

• What are the most important things you can ever do?

• What would you like to say/do together with other people?

• Are there any specifi c people you want to meet in person?

• What do you want to achieve in the different areas: Social, Love, Family, Career,

Finance, Health (Your weight, Fitness level), Spiritual?

Think you answered them all? Try more! Visit http://personalexcellence.co/

blog/whats-on-your-bucket-list-101-things-to-do-before-you-die/. ■GMT

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A child who starts school having never opened a book or been read to at home is at a disadvantage over their peers who did get those early childhood lessons. And sometimes they never catch up although they may do a full year's work and show substantial progress.

State standards require teachers to bring all the children in their class along at the same rate, regardless of the skills they came into the classroom with at the beginning of each school year. This poses a challenge in classrooms which now reach 25-30 kids – all with vastly different skill levels.

Globe Unifi ed School District Welcomes YouHome of the Tigers

How Public Schools Are Being Challenged in the 21st Century

Insiders explain why public schools are hard hit, and how we can help not only students, but teachers tooBy Jenn Walker

Arizona public schools have had some major

challenges thrown their way. Just ask Globe School

Board Member Jacque Cline Griffi n.

Griffi n is no stranger to the state's public school

system. She’s been on Globe's board since January

2009. Prior to living here, she was a school board

member in Payson, her hometown.

Griffi n put her four children through home

schooling and enrolled them in private schools,

but eventually they all wound up in public schools.

Thus, for her, becoming a school board member

was a no-brainer.

“Because I had kids in school, it was the logical

place for me to get involved,” she says.

One of the major challenges public schools

are dealing with is the Department of Education's

A-F letter grade system, which was implemented

in 2010.

Even though 'grading' schools seems simple

enough, the method is not cut and dry, Griffi n

explains. The state's grade system relies on two

parts. Half is determined by test scores and

graduation and dropout rates. The other half is

determined by growth scores.

“It's a convoluted mathematical equation

that they don't always give you all the pieces to,”

Griffi n says.

For instance, if you have three seven-year-old

kids in a second grade class at different levels, no

matter what their level is – below the second grade

level, average, or advanced for a second

grader – they are all expected to show a

year's worth of progress by the end of

the school year in order to keep their

school's rating high. (See graph on

page 24)

“We should be setting standards.

I'm not against that,” Griffi n says.

“But it also sometimes feels like

an impossible task, all these

kids, get them all nine months of

advancement, each and every one

of them, including the bottom 25

percent that are behind to start with.”

Not to mention the fact kids learn at different

rates, she adds.

The other challenge is that even if a student

starts the school year below their grade level, after a

year's worth of work, they are still “behind”, which

still negatively affects the schools rating. Somehow

that one teacher is expected to play catch up with

any students who are behind.

“That's the struggle for all public schools,

and even private schools I'm sure, because they

don't all come in with the same skill set and yet

they're expected to exit with the same skill set,”

Griffi n says.

Furthermore, if the bottom 25 percent makes

great strides one year, and not the next year, that

too negatively affects how the school is 'graded',

she explains. So in order for a school's grades

to stay high, students must show consistent

progress, or growth, year to year, no matter what

level they are at.

“That's why I think we need help,” Griffi n says.

“Everybody can help somehow... If we're all going

to have public education then we all ought to work

together to make it the best it can be.”

She offers several solutions.

“Every home and household needs to

understand what this [grading system] means,”

Griffi n says.

Ideally, understanding the system will help

parents understand what is being expected of

their children.

“I think communities need to support their

schools,” she adds. “It doesn't have to be fi nancially

and it doesn't have to necessarily be with time, but

maybe the way they could help is to express to the

legislators why the schools need more resources.”

Teachers could get more support from parents

in preparing students.

It is tempting to think, “I have something better

for us to do” when your kid comes home from

school with homework, she says.

It is just as tempting to think, “my kid is

supposed to read 20 minutes a day, [but] I fi gure

if we get in 20 minutes in a week, that ought to be

good enough,” she adds.

This only makes a teacher's job harder, yet it

happens all the time.

Lastly, she suggests that parents spend time

reading to their kids when they are little. As the

director of the Gila County Library District for the

last 14 years, she also knows a thing or two about

childhood literacy rates.

“About 30 percent of kids struggle to learn to

read, and that's assuming that they all start at the

Public Schools, Continued on page 24

24 WINTER 2013

same place,” Griffi n says. “The kids that are behind,

either in their language development, or in their

vocabulary or their exposure to language, really

start at a disadvantage.”

“Something like 90 percent of the brain is

developed by the time you're fi ve,” she adds.

Griffi n suggests exposing children to language

and the arts at an early age and helping children

understand that words tell a story.

How well a child reads has little to do

socioeconomic status, Griffi n point out.

“It isn't about money,” she says. “It's

language exposure.”

She knows a well-to-do family with two incomes

and nice things, and two children at ages three and

fi ve. Yet, because the mom and dad are consistently

busy, the kids stay entertained with electronics

and no one is reading to them. As a result, their

vocabulary is limited.

On the other end of the spectrum, there are

parents who don't have their GED, and struggle to

read themselves, Griffi n says.

“But your kid doesn't really care,” she quips. “A

two year old isn't judging an adult on how well they

are reading.”

The bottom line?

“Read to your kid, they like to hear the sound of

your voice, they like that time together,” she says.

As for public schools, there are more challenges

on the way.

Debbie Leverance is a project manager at the

Gila County Superintendents Offi ce. She also spent

20 years as a teacher, principal and administrator

in Globe.

Now, one of her primary focuses is on Common

Core Standards, which will be implemented

throughout the nation starting next year. Arizona

is one of 45 states that have committed to the

new standards.

“Common Core was developed in response

to a situation in which employers can't fi nd

graduates that they're able to hire and train,” she

says. “We don't have people graduating that are

adaptable, creative, collaborative, team players or

can communicate.”

“So the status quo is not working,” she adds.

Furthermore, the future graduates will live in is

going to look much different from today's world.

“The stuff that we have now with computers

was really something that was truly science

fi ction when I was a kid,” Leverance says. “So we

cannot even pretend to know what our graduates

are going to be facing in terms of jobs and just day-

to-day living.”

Public Schools, Continued from page 23

Public Schools, Continued on page 25

The love of learning begins at an early age. Those who fail to get it at this stage, struggle.

Winter 2013 25

“What we do know, is that they need to be problem solvers, they

need to have some kind of creativity to be successful, they need to

communicate and they need to be able to collaborate,” she adds.

“Those are some of those 21st century skills, that no matter where

they want to go to work, or how they want to spend their life, they

are going to be essential.”

"Common Core standards are expected to prepare students,

changing both how teachers teach, and how students are

expected to learn," she says.

The standards will ask teachers to teach less but deeper, so

that students will absorb what they learn and not simply memorize

it. Students will be expected to read more informational and less

literary text, and make arguments based on facts.

They will be expected to make more connections between what

they learn and the real world, Leverance says. One of the most

common problems in teaching is highly programmed learning,

where information only sticks with students long enough to pass

standardized tests.

“But if you are really trying to develop thinking skills, you have to

give them their brains,” she says.

Beginning in spring 2015, Arizona schools will be tested on these

standards through PARCC, or the Partnership for Assessment of

Readiness for College and Careers. Testing will begin in spring 2015. It

will be an online test compared nationally.

“We're changing the way we teach and learn and we're going

to test in the second year,” Leverance says. “It's not going to

happen overnight.”

“I'm suspecting that [Arizona's] testing is going to be very low,”

she adds. “Our schools have a lot of challenges, and our schools

have not gotten much money to help. They have been chronically

underfunded.”

So how can students and parents prepare?

Parents ought to 'help' less, she recommends.

“Often when students are doing their homework, or even learning

things in class, they won't read it,” she says. “Sometimes it's just so

much easier to give them the answer.”

“[But] we need to help our students look at the text and get

information from that text.”

Another tip. Read to them. And have them read to you. And turn

off the T.V.

Public Schools, Continued from page 24

Volunteer At Your SchoolWe each possess skills that are valuable to a student. Some of the things

you can do to contribute are...

• Be a tutor or a mentor

• Help students with homework

• Listen to children read

• Play educational games with students

• Assist with math or science

• Share information about local history

• Help students learn another language

• Support special projects or activities

• Assist with after-school programs

• Provide offi ce support

• Become involved with school leadership

To volunteer at your local school, please

contact that school directly to fi nd out about

its specifi c volunteer opportunities.

Globe Homecoming Parade

Globe's new high school principal Bobbie Armenta

was born and raised in Ray, graduating from San

Manuel High. He spent four years in the Air Force

and has an engineering degree from ASU, which

initially steered him into the mining industry,

where he worked for the Ray Mine until he

retired in 2000. It wasn't until retirement that

he found himself being pulled into education,

fi rst as a coach and athletic director for Ray,

and later as assistant principal and athletic

director for GUSD.

He says he's had a lot of educators in his

family and you might say...he's fi nally walking in

the family footsteps. His years as assistant principal

and athletic director have given him a good connection

with both students and parents in the district and he is

looking forward to his role as Principal. ■GMT

26 WINTER 2013

Vince Lombardi once said, “ The

measure of who we are is what we

do with what we have.” His message

is particularly true with regards to

education these days.

A quick look at public education

reveals a staggering list of challenges.

They range from keeping

good teachers to meeting the

demands of state mandates, and

implementing new programs and

educational standards while dealing

with shrinking budgets and stiff

competition from a wide range of

alternative school options (which

didn’t exist 20 years ago). Under such

an onslaught of problems, it’s easy to

become disillusioned, so it’s all the

more amazing to fi nd so many who

have made public education their

life’s passion and continue to believe

in the system, working hard to make

it all work.

Jerry Jennex, the new GUSD

School superintendent, is a big

guy with a soft voice and a career

spanning 33 years in public

education. From his days as a coach

and high school history teacher, to his

19 years as superintendent with two

school districts in Michigan before

accepting the position in Globe,

Jennex has seen it all. He knows

the challenges of trying to meet the

expectations of many bosses, from

parents to school board members

to the community at large. Not to

mention the students themselves.

And he doesn’t shrink from the

challenge. He just goes to work.

Jennex knows he doesn’t have

money to throw at the problems that

face the district, so he is depending

on his team of administrators,

teachers and support staff to help

him meet the challenges. And he has

been especially appreciative of the

growing role the Globe High School

Alumni have been willing to take on

as needs are identifi ed.

“This is really a great community,"

he says, "and so many people do care

and want to help us succeed.”

His favorite read as an educator

is a small book simply titled,

“Who Cares?” It makes the point

that people take precedence over

programs and processes. Jennex

believes it. This attitude plays out

in his relationships with those he

leads. In Michigan when the school

board negotiated a pay cut for

support staff in the district, Jennex

voluntarily took a 10 percent pay cut

as well. “I couldn’t

ask bus drivers

to do with less

money, unless I

was willing to so

as well,” he says. Here

in Globe, he plans to

continue advocating

for his teachers and

administrators.

It’s welcome

news coming

from a district

which has seen

it’s fair share of

turmoil stemming

from what many

would describe as a heavy-handed

approach from those at the top.

“It left some emotional and

psychological damage,” Jennex says,

and his fi rst order of business when

he arrived was to “do a lot of listening

and observing.”

“I want to assure people I’m here

for the long haul. I believe in investing

in people because education is a

people intensive business,” he says.

With the conviction of someone who

has successfully held this seat for

nearly two decades, he goes on to

say, “We are going to work through

our issues and fi x stuff that needs

to be fi xed." In the book, "Who

Cares?," authors Kelly Middleton

and Elizabeth Petitt explain that

today’s public schools compete with

private schools, charter schools and

home schooling for federal dollars

in addition to, student numbers and

parents affections and according to

them, the answer to the dilemma

faced by public schools may be

found in the lessons learned in

looking at the demise of Montgomery

Wards – once the undisputed king

of retail.

The authors point out that

public schools, like the king of

retail, once cornered the market for

educating young minds, and later

failed to change when the landscape

indicated a need to do so. The

authors make the point that what is

needed is a return to the basics of

what made both institutions great

in the beginning: customer service

and products that meet the needs of

its customers.

It is still too early to see how these

lessons may translate throughout

the district, but it is already apparent

that communications have improved

and more people are being involved

in decisions. And it’s not just district

staff. It’s parents.

“Our focus is on helping kids do

well. I know parents want that too,”

Jennex says.

“Together we are going to fi nd

our way through all the challenges

and do what we can to help every

kid succeed. This means we need to

constantly look at what is working

and what is not and be willing to try

out new approaches. Education is no

longer about the 'sage on the stage,'"

Jennex says. “It is more about one-to-

one instruction where the student can

learn at their own pace. These online

programs may be the answer to more

personalized instruction.” A new pilot

program using on-line instruction

is scheduled to launch in the math

and science classes at the high school

level sometime this winter, and while

Jennex has high hopes for bringing

new methods in to teach, he is quick

to point out that online instruction

doesn’t take teachers out of the

equation. Far from it, he says. “We

want our teachers to facilitate and act

as guides to students learning.”

Sasha Radonvich, HR Assistant and Superintendent Jennex go over a schedule.

A small note from Cayci Vuksanovich, Board President, echoes what many feel after meeting the new superintendent.

Jerry and his wife of 36 years Debbie attended the Governor's Ball held at the Center for the Arts in September.

"Who Cares?""Who Cares?"Jerry Jennex, GUSD's new Superintendent

talks about public educationBy Linda C. Gross

Winter 2013 27

A Penny Saved Is...A Piece of History

Did you know there has never been a coin in

circulation in the U.S. worth as little as the penny

is worth today? Not only does the penny hold little

value in our economy today, but it actually costs

the U.S. Mint more than twice what the penny is

worth to produce.

So why do we hang on to the penny? You might

say tradition. Back in 1872, when the penny was fi rst

minted in the United States, it was made of pure copper and there were

plenty of things back then that actually cost one cent! As metal prices soared

people began melting them down for the metal, creating a big enough

problem for the government that the U.S. changed the composition of the

penny in 1982 to 97.5% zinc and only 2.5% copper. Still, that hasn’t stopped

people from melting them down for metal prices (although this is illegal.)

And who can blame them? The penny has little market value as currency.

So will the penny go the way of the two-cent piece which was

discontinued back in 1897 because it was deemed useless for trade purposes?

If history is any judge, the value of the one-cent penny might skyrocket if

they get discontinued. Just look at the value of

the 1864 two-cent coin of the “uncommon

Small Motto variety.” It’s worth just over

$145 today.

So keep your pennies safe. They may

be worth more than you know. ■GMT

28 WINTER 2013

When the White Mountains are

packed with snow, it's a good sign for

rafting junkies. That's because come

March, that snow melt will feed into the

Salt River, creating rapids that make for

a quality rafting season.

However, the last two rafting seasons

have been bleak, thanks to the drought,

says Donnie Dove, 30-year veteran

rafting guide and owner of Canyon Rio

Rafting. His Flagstaff-based company is

one of several that takes people rafting

down the Salt River rapids. His has

been leading excursions down the Salt

River every year for the last 15 of the 20

that it's been in operation.

Dove is keeping his fi ngers crossed

that this year will bring more snow.

By that he means at least six to ten

snows, what it would take to produce a

rafting season.

“Now having said that, we get one

pineapple express coming through

from Hawaii that's just loaded with

moisture, well hell, in one weekend's

time you can have half of that,” Dove

says. “So it really is a crapshoot.”

Typically a good season lasts from

March until the fi rst week of June.

Last year provided a mini-season,

ending around April 15.

“Just about the time it starts getting

super hot down in Phoenix, we run out

of water,” Dove says.

Granted Mother Nature cooperates

this year, Canyon Rio will begin

Rafting, Continued on page 29

“There's no other river like it in the United States,” Dove adds. “There's one hill

that has probably 1,000 saguaro cacti and all of them

are over 40 feet tall.”

By Jenn Walker

Winter 2013 29

offering its daily trips in early March.

The excursions start at the bottom of

the Salt River Canyon, about 40 miles

from Globe, by the Highway 60 bridge

crossing the river. The company has

eight to 35 guides available throughout

the week and on weekends, and offers

up to 15 trips a day going down an

approximate ten-mile stretch of river,

hitting rapids about every mile.

So why raft the Salt?

"The cool water offers a refreshing

balance to the springtime heat," Dove

says. And, everything is in bloom during

rafting season.

“[The river] is really the jewel of the

desert,” Dove says. “Because you're

starting out in the high desert [heading]

way down into to the low desert, you

have Ponderosa pines all the way to the

saguaro cacti.”

Canyon Rio also offers a multi-

day trip, either three or fi ve days long,

venturing down a longer stretch,

which Dove describes as nothing short

of amazing.

“It's a very short season, there's

a limited number of people that can

even possibly go down it because it's

heavily regulated by the Forest Service,”

he explains. “So if someone can spend

three to fi ve days, they can get one

incredible adventure down into the

multi-day area.”

Dove suggests tuning back in

around the beginning of February to see

if Canyon Rio opens up on a limited or

full-time basis.

Also, keep an eye on the water levels

on the Canyon Rio website to see what

this year's season will be like.

"The Salt is considered between

a class III to IV river, so during a good

season you should expect at least

700 cfs, or cubic feet per second.

Anything up to 3500 and 4000 cfs will

make for a fun ride," Dove says.

For now, Canyon Rio is

taking names.

“We want to wait until we have

water and then we want your money,”

he says.

And, because high waters are not

guaranteed, Canyon Rio is offering full

day passes at half price.

Other companies offering tours

down the Salt River include Colorado-

based companies Mile to Wild, Salt

River Rafting and Wilderness Aware.

For additional information, visit

canyonrio.com

Rafting, Continued from page 28

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by Darin Lowery

We found her on a warm September

morning last year; the discovery was

somewhat less than spectacular. A tiny

crusted ball of feathers lay shivering

slightly though barely moving at the

base of our sweeping

mulberry tree. A broken

eggshell, saw-toothed

edges at the break

like an old cartoon,

rested a few inches

away. It was a bright

white against the

vivid acid-green

lantana leaves.

I was wrestling with

a kinked and stubborn

garden hose, attempting

to water the towering

pine tree on the corner of our property.

I’d planted this tree as a sapling

eight years ago (it was my fi rst, although

potted, indoor Christmas tree ever) and

because I failed to water it frequently,

the fact that it stood, tall and graceful,

Eva, Continued on page 31

was a source of delight.

Whether it was a soft chirp or a short

blur of movement – perhaps it was a

ray of sunlight illuminating something,

dappling through leaves to the ground

– I turned slowly and saw her.

She was tiny and ugly, and I wasn’t

even sure what I was looking at. So much

trash will blow through that corner of

the yard when the javelinas knock over

neighbor’s garbage bins, it could’ve been

a wet coffee fi lter or a wad of dryer lint.

But then she squeaked again, a tinny

sound, like rice kernels falling in a cast

iron pan. She was two days old.

Frankly, my fi rst thought was to let

nature take its course. The car needed

to be washed, the dogs needed a bath,

and the pile of laundry waiting to be

done was formidable. What’s to be done

with a newborn bird? I was hesitant to

ask my partner Jimmy what he thought.

He’d been making the case for weeks to

keep chickens in the side yard (‘they’ll

eat anything— we won’t even have to

compost!’) and only the day before had

suggested getting a desert tortoise who

could live in our unfi nished basement.

Apparently they’re happy digging

underground. I wasn’t ready to start

a farm, and the house’s foundation

wasn’t that stable. We already have three

dogs, thank you. That seemed enough

communing with nature for me.

Jimmy stepped out into the yard,

took one look at this crumpled, clotted

creature and said, ‘Of course we have

to take care of her. She’s a newborn, for

God’s sake.’

She looked even smaller when

we placed her into a plastic hanging

plant basket, fortifi ed with old white

washcloths. We hung it in the laundry

Winter 2013 31

room. She immediately went to sleep.

Jimmy is an excellent researcher –

give him ten minutes and a laptop and

he can chart a course to Saturn. Videos

abound on the Internet for the feeding

and care of all sorts of birds, all of which

require an eyedropper and loads of

patience. We pureed canned dogfood,

ripe bananas and hummingbird juice

in a blender and set up a little feeding

station on the kitchen table. The

fi rst several attempts were a

struggle, but by the end

of the second day, she

lined up for chow like a

veteran.

We picked up

a very nice cage –

designed for rabbits,

but perfect for our dove

– at Hoofi n’ It Feed & Tack

here in Globe. It sits atop

our refrigerator, where Jimmy

has created ‘Eva-ville’. It’s an elaborate

complex of perches, twigs, stands and

feeding areas. When possible, we leave

her cage door open, where she sits and

surveys the newly installed hanging pot

rack. She has yet to test its perchability.

Concerned with the attentions of

an aging Border Collie and an ancient

Yellow Lab and notwithstanding the

furtive upward glances thrown by our

newest and youngest dog (a totally

insane ten-month-old Doberman, as

tall as a mare), we monitored all ingress

and egress. Eva yawned. The Doberman

stretched and took a nap. The Border

Collie couldn’t even hear Eva’s birdsong,

and the Lab, who walks into walls some

nights, seemed not to even see her.

Eva is an amiable, affectionate bird-

- she enjoys sitting on top of our heads

or riding our shoulders as we make

coffee and do the dishes. About a month

after we found her we decided to do a

test fl ight outside, believing that she

might be ready for the Big Sky. Jimmy

even fi lmed the event – she went up,

then came right back down to his

shoulder. This happened twelve times.

She just wasn’t ready to go. But two

days after that, as I was watering the

short beige stubble of lawn in front of

our porch, my hose got tangled and it

sprayed in her direction. She panicked

and was gone.

It came as a surprise

to realize how attached

we’d become to

this little bird. The

kitchen was too

quiet; her empty

cage was desolate,

devoid of light and

music. Even the dogs

were somber. I kept

telling myself that this

was really all about nature

taking its course – it was time for Eva

to follow her instincts. Still, there was

an emptiness in the air and our eyes

felt unfocused – rather like a hangover

feeling; we’d had an exhilarating time,

and now it was past.

In captivity or in the absence of

predators, doves can live from ten

to twenty-seven years. They have an

affi nity for humans who care for them,

and when they leave those humans,

they oftentimes return and start their

own family close by. They are one of the

ten most abundant birds in the U.S.,

despite the fact that millions of them are

hunted and killed each year. This is why,

once caged, they shouldn’t be released.

They are known as the ‘doves of the

Bible’, probably originating in northeast

Africa or Arabia, and are the most

commonly kept bird in the world. Ring-

necked doves, especially pure

white ones, are very popular

with magicians.

Eva is a Ring-necked dove

(Streptopelia capicola), and

her softly issued ‘cooka-loo’

confi rms it. She is a lovely grey

fawn color, with a charcoal

ring at the back of her graceful

neck, a white throat and

perfectly articulated wings.

She is eleven and a half

inches long.

The day after she

disappeared, I was ecstatic

to see her again as I left for

work; she reclaimed her spot

on my head for a moment, but

then took off. Jimmy returned

Eva, Continued from page 30 home for lunch to fi nd her perched on

the porch, too warm and too hungry

but very excited to see him. Eva’s little

feather-dance confi rmed it. He phoned

with the news and said she was safely

back in the house— I could hear cooing

in the background. She hasn’t been

outdoors since.

Our house is certainly a menagerie,

with all sorts of barking, snarling,

fl apping and snoring. We continue

to remind each other that Eva is

loose in the kitchen or that the Lab

has wandered— backwards— into

the basement. While we may be the

protectors in a sense, it is the animals—

each with a distinct personality— who

keep us sane while driving us crazy,

who shower unconditional love while

wetting the fl oor, and who let loose

with a cacophony of howling when the

mailman delivers. Above all, it is Eva

(who really is above it all) who shows

us that ugliness grows to beauty and a

song can indeed make the day sweeter.

Cooka-loo!

32 WINTER 2013

“There are a lot of people all over the

world who make a living off of Sleeping

Beauty,” Nichols says. “My customers

are heartbroken, to say the least.”

Within the last 24 years, Sleeping

Beauty has become one of the

largest turquoise mining operations

in the U.S. Nichols' company sold the

renowned turquoise in various sizes

to clientele worldwide, as close as

California and New Mexico, and as far

as Florida, New York, Italy, Germany,

Spain and China.

Turquoise is found in other parts

of Arizona, as well as New Mexico,

Nevada, Iran and China. At the Bisbee

mine down south, turquoise tends to

have a rich brown matrix, the vein-like

mineral deposits that often run across

its surface. Turquoise from Nevada and

China tends to be greener.

Yet Sleeping Beauty turquoise is

coveted by many for its unique physical

characteristics. It typically has a light,

sky blue coloring, comparable to the

shade of a robin's egg. It has little to

no matrix. The only other region of the

world with turquoise like it is 'Persian

turquoise', found in Iran, Nichols says.

“I didn't have to sell to my

customers,” he says. “Sleeping Beauty

turquoise is considered the best in

the world.”

Before it was a turquoise mine,

Sleeping Beauty was mined for copper.

Chemically, turquoise must form in

the presence of copper phosphate

and aluminum. Sure enough, after

copper mining the site ended in the

'70s, Sleeping Beauty became a

turquoise mine.

Starting in 1988, Nichols and his

partner at the time, William 'Waldo'

Preston, acquired the lease to Sleeping

Beauty after L.W. Hardy. From then

on, they ran the show together, until

Preston's passing 10 years ago.

In those years, they modernized

and mechanized the mine by bringing

in excavators, 50-ton trucks, and

conveyor belts and screens, moving

most of the workers from scouting

turquoise 'on the ground' to working

alongside the conveyor belts inside.

Back in the old days, less than 50

percent of Sleeping Beauty turquoise

was recovered. With this process,

Nichols' crew recovered more than

95 percent.

Turquoise, Continued from page 1

Turquoise, Continued on page 33

Mediz does all of his own turquoise cutting. In any given day, Mediz may cut 50 stones. First he slices the turquoise with a diamond saw. Then he grinds the outer edges and mounts it onto a dop stick with jeweler's wax. Then it is ready to cut.

Sleeping Beauty was solely mined for turquoise starting hte '70s and grew into one of the largest turquoise mining operations in the US.

Winter 2013 33

Now, the mine is in the hands of BHP

again, and is currently being assessed

for more potential copper mining.

"The timing is unfortunate," Nichols

says. "Sleeping Beauty turquoise has

always been a booming business, and

the value has always gone up. But

within the last two or three years, the

turquoise market is approaching its

second peak," he adds. The last peak

occurred in the '70s, with turquoise

sales reaching an all-time high in 1972.

John Mediz remembers it well.

“In the 1970s, turquoise was king,”

says the owner of Globe's Rock Shop.

“Everybody was buying turquoise."

Mediz is a rock guy. He used to own a

couple mines in Globe-Miami, and has

owned the Rock Shop on Ash Street since

1970. He sells every type of rock and

stone imaginable, including turquoise.

He carries turquoise from the Sleeping

Beauty and Morenci mines in Arizona,

as well as the Fox, Carico Lake, and

Royston mines in Nevada. Like Nichols,

Mediz works with clientele from all over

the world. He ships as far as Europe and

China, and has clients who visit from

abroad yearly to buy whatever large

pieces are available. As far as turquoise

goes, his walk-in customers are usually

interested in whatever Sleeping Beauty

turquoise he has in stock.

And in the mid-'70s, he remembers

spending as many as 15 days a month

cutting turquoise in his shop.

The cut stones were then used to

make squash blossoms, bracelets and

rings, he remembers. At that time he

had a large clientele of Zuni and Navajo

buying his cut turquoise.

Turquoise buying is different these

days, he notices.

“I don't see people wearing big

chunky things,” he observes. “I don't

see anybody wearing squash blossoms

anymore.”

This is because the turquoise

demand shifted, Nichols says.

While baroque and Native American

turquoise jewelry dominated the

market for many years, nowadays it

only occupies about 10 percent of

the turquoise market. Fine jewelry,

made of turquoise set in silver or gold,

or matched with diamonds and opal, is

far more profi table now, dominating the

other 90 percent of the market.

Nichols typically sells Sleeping

Beauty turquoise uncut, or “in the

rough”. Most of his clients are middle

men, who use the stones to make

Turquoise, Continued from page 32

Turquoise, Continued on page 34

34 WINTER 2013

cabochons, beads, barrels and tubes to

sell to jewelry makers. On any given day

he might sell to a customer who then sells

to as many as 500 Navajo and Hopi in

New Mexico.

Up to this point, Sleeping Beauty

has made at least 50 percent of U.S.

turquoise stock, he says. Now that

Sleeping Beauty is stopping production,

its price has already risen 30 to

50 percent.

“We could sell it all right now,”

he says.

Instead, he will continue to sell

Sleeping Beauty turquoise by demand,

as long as it stays profi table and

supplies remain.

Meanwhile, Nichols also owns

the renewable multi-year lease to the

Kingman Mine in northwestern Arizona

with his partner Marty Colbaugh. "It

is the only other industrial turquoise

mining operation in the state," Nichols

says. Like Sleeping Beauty, the Kingman

closed and reopened, and changed

hands in ownership. Nichols and

Colbaugh have been mining there for

seven years since it reopened.

Kingman turquoise is equally

desirable to Sleeping Beauty turquoise,

Nichols says, but its physical

characteristics are much different.

It often has a spiderweb matrix, or

is splotched with 'birds eyes', created

by golden-colored iron pyrite or copper

pyrite deposits, contrasting Sleeping

Beauty's typically clear matrix.

As turquoise sources are

diminishing, the value of turquoise is

increasing as it is becoming more rare.

Dr. Carol Jones is a paleontologist

who teaches geology at the Payson

branch of Gila Community College.

“Be careful if you are buying modern

material,” she cautions. “The good stuff

has been mined out.”

Much of what is left, she adds,

is “what is politely called stabilized

turquoise”, which is when porous

chunks of turquoise are impregnated

with wax, plastic or oil in order to

improve their quality.

Also beware of reconstituted

turquoise, she says, which is small bits

of turquoise that are powdered and

reformed into chunks.

Finally, beware of fakes.

“Some people just sell plastic,”

she says.

Others will dye magnesite or

halite blue and sell it as turquoise,

Nichols adds.

He suggests a couple methods to test

'suspect' turquoise. One is to simply

try breaking it open. Another is to heat

a pin with a lighter and touch it to the

rock. If it is plastic, it will melt.

"Another easy way to determine

whether or not turquoise is real is by

the price. Chances are, if a strand of

'turquoise' beads is selling for $8, it is

probably not real," he says. A real strand

normally sells at $400.

As long as the price of turquoise

stays up, it will remain valuable,

he adds.

“It's an age-old gemstone,” Nichols

says. “It's been around thousands of

years, since the Egyptian pharaohs

wore it.”

And it' value is not likely to change.

Jenn Walker is

originally from

Sacramento, CA, where

she has written for

various publications as

a freelance writer. Jenn

moved to Globe-Miami

last year on a whim. She

initially signed on to do freelance stories

for GlobeMiamiTimes (GMT) in 2012

and joined GMT full-time this year as

a writer/photographer and co-

administrator of GMT Facebook page.

Turquoise, Continued from page 33

Winter 2013 35

By Jenn Walker

Different Kinds Of Homes In A Different Kind Of Town

Superior opens up eclectic homes for annual home tour

When was the last time you visited

Mattie Earp's grave? Celia Ann “Mattie”

Blaylock Earp, lover and common law

wife to the infamous Wyatt Earp, rests

in Superior, AZ. This year's fi fth annual

Superior Home Tour is an excellent

opportunity to pay Mattie a visit,

since the Forest Service just opened up

that area.

Every year, Superior attracts

as many as 1000 people to tour its

eclectic homes. On January 26 and

27, visitors can embark on the self-

guided tour through the town. Six

homes will be shown this year, one of

which was recently featured on Arizona

Highways Roadshow.

This is a different kind of home tour

in a different kind of town, says event

coordinator Sue Anderson.

“This is not a Scottsdale or Mesa

Home Tour where you're going to

see these glorious, beautiful festive

homes,” she says.

Superior hosts a small artists'

community, and several of the homes

are owned by artists, she says. The

artistic infl uence is obvious.

“What we've got going for us

is the ability for people to go and

do wonderful things, very creative

things, using recycled materials, things

from garage sales, thing being thrown

away, and just do magnifi cent things

with their homes,” she explains.

One of the homes is a quintessential

party house, she says, equipped with a

soda fountain and jukebox.

In between viewing homes, visitors

can stop to listen to live music, as well

as historians discussing Superior's

history and mining, along Main Street.

Several artists will make the trip to

Superior from the infamous village of

Mata Ortiz to craft, showcase and sell

their pottery on-site. An antique show

is scheduled with at least 15 dealers

selling jewelry and furniture, and an art

show will take place at the senior center.

The “chocolate lady” Mary Joseph

will have her decorative chocolates

for sale out of Porter's Cafe, and

Saturday morning the Superior Fire

Department will host a pancake

breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m.

A $12 dollar ticket covers two

days access to the tour, the

entertainment and the shows. Tickets

are also available for $10 prepaid

over the phone.

In addition, each ticket holder

will receive two-for-one tickets to the

Boyce Thompson Arboretum and the

Renaissance Festival.

Find the schedule of events online

at http://superiorazchamber.net,

or call (602) 625-3151 for additional

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