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Anyone who is a parent knows how diffi cult

it can be to get children to cooperate for "picture

day.” They simply refuse to follow commands

to smile, sit still, or pose pretty for the camera.

In fact, if you try any of those, you are likely to

get just the opposite effect.

Now imagine the family

pet. They may love

sitting on your lap,

or playing fetch for

hours on end when

it is just you and

them, but just try

getting that adorable

look when a camera is

pointed at them...and the

everyday becomes impossible right?

Well, that was just the challenge of ace

shutter pro Michael Collett who volunteered

to be the offi cial photographer for the High

Desert Humane Society 1st Annual Calendar

Fundraiser. Collett and his wife Jenny have

worked as photographers in the local area since

1999, and have a studio on Broad Street.

By LC Gross

The Apache Gold Casino and

Resort sits fi ve miles outside of

Globe on land owned by the San

Carlos Apache Tribe, and has played

a key role in the economic health

of the region since it’s inception in

1994. So in 2009, when the Casino

announced that due to a worsening

economy they would be shutting

down their golf course and keno games, and laying off 45 people there was

an audible gasp from the community-at-large.

In 2008, during the worst fi nancial meltdown the country has seen since the

Great Depression, gaming revenues were reportedly down nearly 20 percent

across the country and showed that gaming was perhaps not the recession-

proof industry many had thought it to be. Arizona was particularly hard hit with

an unemployment rate of 10.8 percent and the mining industry in a stall from

falling copper prices. Calendar, Continued on page 24Apache Gold, Continued on page 28

New General Manager, Gary Murrey, is bullish on the future of the San Carlos Tribes' Casino & Resort Property.

By LC Gross

As the days shorten and the nights darken,

lighting of all kinds play a central role in brightening

our space and lifting our spirits. But during the

holiday season, it is primarily an array of twinkling

lights in all color and confi guration which take

center stage.

The fi rst ‘twinkling light’ was developed nearly

80 years ago, and within fi ve years there were 15

manufacturers dedicated to this product. They

eventually formed NOMA, a consortium of lighting

companies that supplied 95 percent of the world

supply of holiday lights until the 1960’s when the

Chinese got into the market as well.

Besh Ba Gowah, Continued on page 27

Holiday Lights and Luminarias

“We are not only on the same page, but we are reading from the same

book from the same library.”

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Photography Workshops

Tom Boggan – Camera Basics on

Oct. 21. Michael Madsen – Fall Foliage

Photography on Oct. 26. In November:

Paul Landau’s popular ‘Macros’

workshop and John Aho’s Painting-

with-Light nighttime shoots.

Fall Plant Sale

Oct. 13-Oct. 28. Herbs, wildfl ower

seeds, trees, shrubs, perennials, cacti,

and succulents from around the world.

Fall is the best time of the year to plant.

Members received a 20% discount.

Guided Bird Walks at 8:30 am

Leaders: Richard Ditch – Oct. 20.

Joanne Barr and Craig Anderson – Oct.

28. Cathy Wise- Nov 3. Kathe Anderson

– Nov. 11. Cindy Marple – Nov. 17. Troy

Corman – Nov. 25 and Dec. 1.

Plants of the Bible Tour

Oct. 20 at 1:30 pm, also Nov. 4, 17

and Dec. 2, 15. This relaxing, slow-

paced walk interprets pomegranates,

fi gs, pines, palms, and other plants in

the Arboretum’s collections that are

referenced in the bible.

Boyce’s Beer Home-Brewing Class

Oct. 21 from 12-3pm. Home-

brewers Pete and Greg Rendek.

Enrollees will learn to make a batch

of ‘Holiday beer’ featuring ingredients

derived from desert plants. $25

members, $34 non-members.

Tree Tour Sundays

Oct. 21 at 1:30 pm affi rmations

Continuing Nov. 18, Dec. 16.

Certifi ed Arborist and staff member

Jeff Payne alternates as guide for this

tour with ‘Smiling Dog Landscapes’

owner Tom McDonald.

Geology Walk

Oct. 27 at 1:30pm, continuing Nov.

24 and Dec. 22 with Queen Creek

geologist Scott McFadden. This tour of

our Main Trail compresses almost two

billion years of geologic history into

just one educational hour.

Boyce Thompson ArboretumNature Walks, Classes and Special Events

Fall 2012

Butterfl y Walk (2012 Season Finale)

Oct. 27 at 8:30 am with Adriane Grimaldi.

Learn about butterfl y life cycles and look

for Queens, Pipevine Swallowtails, Western

Pygmy Blues, Cloudless Sulphurs and the

elegantly-named Empress Leilia.

Gourd Art Workshop

Oct. 28 from 10 am-2pm. Learn to burn,

paint, etch, and emboss decorative gourds

with coaching from Mesa artists Gerald

and Vicki Johnson. $30 members, $39

non-members.

Edible & Medicinal Desert Plants

Oct. 28 and Nov. 25 at 1:30pm, guided

by Dave Morris. Nov. 10 and Dec. 8 with

Apache Junction co-authors Jean Groen and

Don Wells.

Mesquite Flour Class

Oct. 28 at 10:30 am with Jean Groen

and Robert Lewis. Learn to grind your own

fl our from the pods of these legumes,

and sample mesquite fl our waffl es (with

pomegranate syrups).

History Walk

Nov. 3 and Dec. 1 at 10 am. This singular

walking tour spotlights the life, times, and

dreams of Col. William Boyce Thompson and

the 85-year history of the arboretum.

Marine Corps Birthday Observance

Nov. 10. Active duty and retired Marines

are invited to celebrate the Marine Corps’

birthday with director (and fellow Marine)

Mark Siegwarth.

Live Music Festival Nov. 11

Performers include Mesa singer songwriter

Jim Pipkin at 11 am, The Storm (Patty Rutkoff,

Ethan Rutkoff, and Gary Kaplowitz) at 1pm,

Scottsdale chanteuse Millie Davis at 2 pm,

and the Close Enough String Band at 3 pm.

Thanksgiving Weekend Fall Foliage

Finale Festival

The Arboretum’s famous Chinese Pistachio

trees should be at their full, glorious peak. Live

music with Scott Schaefer and Scott Simon

as the Celestial Misfi ts, plus hot-spiced apple

cider, arts and crafts vendors, and more.

Located just 45 minutes west of Globe-Miami on Highway 60 (520) 689-2811

Tours and events are free with paid admission unless noted.Admission $9 adults | $4.50 ages 5-12

May-August 6am–3pm | September–April 8am-5pm

http://ag.arizona.edu/BTA

Endless photographic opportunities – like this richly lit scene of Magma Ridge with storm clouds loitering overhead – are why Arboretum visitors rarely forget their cameras.

Leaf peepers only have to travel as far as Boyce Thompson Arboretum to fi nd the fi nest autumn color. This classic scene is typical of leaf color at its peak, perfectly timed for the Arboretum’s Fall Foliage Finale Festival during Thanksgiving weekend.

4 FALL 2012

Call it retro, vintage or junk – though

many items with fi ner pedigrees have

earned the distinctive appellation

known as ‘an antique’. Much of what is

sold in antiques shops and malls have

value to many and will be cherished for

years; other folks would rather pursue

new, owning something unowned

before. Still other ‘collectibles’ one will

drive by, literally – they’re called yard

sales, and if you like Beanie Babies and

Jane Fonda workout books, have at it.

The junk at the very bottom, the fl otsam

and jetsam of life, is found on television

shows like ‘HOARDING: Buried Alive’.

These are folks who just can’t say

no to a bargain, or to anything

else either.

By whatever name

the rose goes, there has

been an explosion

across the planet

over the last forty

years for anything

that’s even slightly

older than we are.

That’s the point

– we’re fi xated on

fi nding and owning

the things our families

threw out years ago. You

should hear the grannies

laugh when they see pastel

plastic party sets and faded boxes

of LUX detergent on the shelves where

I’ve worked.

After thirty-plus years in this

business I can say I know a little bit about

a lot of things, and have some stories to

show for it. One day I sold twelve 1950’s

dinette sets – a Technicolor nightmare

of aqua and pink – and customers who

browsed the showroom later in the

day, after the deal was done, thought

I’d put ‘SOLD’ tags on everything to

goose sales. "It was the Japanese!"

I whooped, delirious because it was my

second day on the job. "They love these

things in Tokyo!" And in my earlier

days, employed at a shop specializing

in Victorian artifacts, a stylishly dressed

lady asked if she could see my epergne.

Blushing, I bolted from the room.

Later, when the shop owner explained

the woman had simply wanted to see

a set of fl uted ruby glass vases, I was

unmasked as an idiot.

Over the course of the next year –

four issues in total, as this is a quarterly

publication – we’ll cover the ABC’s

of antiquing: tips, observations and

personal refl ections:

is for ‘antique’. For years, the true

defi nition of the term ‘antique’

has been that of an object which

has survived, intact or otherwise, for

over one hundred years. This means

that even if your Star Trek action fi gures

are in perfect condition, with no bite

marks or burned body parts, they’re still

only thirty years old. A fi ne old humidor

from the Titanic, on the other

hand – the ship went down

in 1912, exactly a century

ago – well, you can give

that man a cigar. Your

father’s Betamax

tapes, a fabulous

collection of ‘Golfi ng

Greats’, doesn’t

qualify. Ditto on

Aunt Rita’s collection

of Pyrex mixing bowls

– but we sure do love

those patterns! Neither

one are antiques. You

can toss Daddy’s tapes –

or burn them – and whip up

some potato salad with Auntie.

The winner here is the Titanic cigar

canister. Other things to look for: if it

has a UPC code, the item, at its oldest,

is from the mid-1980s. Another good

dating tool is a zip code: they were

introduced in 1964.

is for ‘Barbie’, the collectible doll

with perfect dimensions and an

unlimited wardrobe, or ‘Bakelite’ –

stacks of plastic baubles with ridiculous

prices which normally sane people

obsess over. ‘B’ is also for ‘beware’, as in

‘buyer beware’. Do your homework – it’s

so easy to research items nowadays. You

can look stuff up on your phone now,

for goodness sake. Know what you’re

buying, whether it’s vintage Roseville or

the Chinese look-alike knock-offs from

a decade ago. If it’s too good to be true,

it’s usually too good to be true.

THE ABC’SOF ANTIQUING

by Darin Lowery

ABC's, Continued on page 5

A

B

FALL 2012 5

is for ‘collectible’. Believe me,

anything and everything is

collectible. I’ve known folks

who collect casino ashtrays, vintage

hubcaps and 1960’s Vera headscarves. A

man I knew in Chicago bought every old

wooden ruler he could fi nd. A woman

in Seattle has 300 vintage aprons and

is still on the lookout. See what I

mean? Whether it’s postcards, dice,

keychains or aged photographs

with scalloped edges, someone is

out there scouting around.

is for ‘deal’, as in, ‘Wow! I got

a great deal on these retro

windshield wipers!’ If the ticket

says $89 and you think offering

thirty bucks is going to win

you friends, think again. A

dealer has overhead like

anyone else. He may work

a deal for you; he may

not. Cash is king: credit

cards come with charges

both parties pay for. Come

up with an appropriate offer

in an appropriate way. ‘How much

do you want for this reeking piece

of garbage’ never works, but ‘Is this

your best price’ will at least earn you

some respect.

is for ‘elephant’, as in ‘white

elephant’, also known as THE

ITEM THAT HAS NEVER SOLD.

Every shop has at least one piece of

merchandise like this, so buried in dust

as to be unrecognizable at fi rst glance.

The price tag might be

seven years old; if you’re

interested in the item, go

ahead and ask for the best

price. Even if they tell you

‘stock just fl ies off the fl oor’,

it doesn’t hurt to inquire. But be

prepared for the possibility that the item

just arrived; maybe it’s a Mayan fertility

goddess that hasn’t been vacuumed yet.

If the dealer won’t budge, be gracious.

ABC's, Continued from page 4 No one likes a bully or a whiner. Or a

sore loser.

is for ‘Fiesta’ or ‘Frankoma’: two

dinnerware lines, as different

as night and day. The former,

colorful and happy; the latter, rustic and

muted. Both have their afi cionados,

and while prices have fl uctuated over

the years, they’re still very popular lines.

One word, though: there is original

Fiesta and then there’s new Fiesta.

Know the difference, or the sugar bowl

you snagged for Cousin Bobby might

be under-appreciated, depending on

which colors he collects.

We’ll do the second quarter of the

guide next issue. In the meantime, venture forth and have fun. While there are still rabid collectors out there, a new ‘downsizing’ trend seems to be emerging. This is good and bad news: on one hand, lots of great merchandise is showing up on vendors’ shelves. On the other, many formerly fascinating and eclectic people who lived in formerly fascinating and eclectic homes have now become Ikea-ized, living in a minimalistic wasteland fi lled with cheap reproductions of classic furniture and objet d’art.

Which, at some point in the future, will become collectible.

As we say in the business, ‘bye-buy!’D

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theFrom the

’ve been smiling alot lately. This September

I watched as my oldest nephew, Andrew, got

married to Christin after being each others best

friend for nearly fi ve years. They decided to ‘tie the knot’

this year and commit to building on that friendship for

whatever may come their way. That’s love – warts, wishes and

wonderfulness all wrapped into one.

I feel the same way about this community.

I was interviewed once by a writer who, in essence, asked

me did I not notice the warts in this community? Why so

bullish on a community with run down, neglected parts?

So I told him, “...unlike a place which displays apparent

beauty in all directions on the outside only to discover

the inside is a bit, well...lacking in redeeming qualities,

Globe-Miami has its share of warts on the outside, but the

more you explore the back story here: the people, the events,

the culture and the ‘vibe’, the richer and more beautiful we

are in the eyes of the beholder. That’s why I’ve stayed. That’s

why others come.

Look no further than our piece on the Community Players

(pg 20) to see ‘community’ in action. From the cast and crew

who volunteers copious amounts of time three or four times

a year to entertain us, to the loyal audiences which mean

sell out performances and money to further the restoration

efforts of the old Court House, this is a labor of love.

Warts, wishes and wonderfulness... in action.

It was a pleasure to interview Gary Murrey, the new GM

for Apache Gold Casino, and talk to many of the directors out

there about the changes taking place. There is a new energy at

Apache Gold that comes from putting people fi rst – both staff

and customers – and building on a vision which is bright with

promise. Because here’s the deal: people forgive your warts if

you are working on wonderful. And they are.

And speaking of wonderful, the Governors’ Ball - a black tie

affair- held at the Center for the Arts this year was pulled off

in grand style by an army of volunteers and talent who gave

us all one more reason to give thanks

for living in this community. As Kip

said, when the DJ had to announce at

half past midnight that “...really, he’s

playing only one more song...” to the

packed crowd on the dance fl oor... you

know you’ve pulled off a good event. It

was a magical night where "wonderful"

was on display. It was richer for

knowing just how much work went

into getting us there. (Thank you Kip

& Company!)

Just like anything we do in life, it

is the warts and the work that go into

making wonderful that gives us such a sense of satisfaction

when wonderful arrives.

So I will leave the rest to you dear reader, to discover the

beauty and the promise of this community we call our own.

The Fall Season is packed with opportunities to do just that!

Cheers,

PublisherI

FALL 2012 7t is 9 a.m. and already the sun is

suspended high in the sky, slow

baking the shrubs, the rocks and

the trail. By the time this issue comes

out, however, the heat should be a little

less harsh at Round Mountain Park.

If you have been around Globe

awhile, then surely you know about

Round Mountain, right? Round

Mountain Park lies on the eastern edge

of downtown, offering six different

hiking trails covering 360 acres of land,

two of which lead up to a summit with

an awesome panoramic view.

You never know what wildlife you'll

encounter when you head up the

trail. In the past, hikers have spotted

roadrunners, deer, ravens, jack rabbits,

frogs and even gila monsters! On any

given trail, you may see barrel cacti,

prickly pear, juniper trees and yuca.

Since the trails wrap around Round

Mountain, they are generally at an

incline. Still, the elevation change is

only 430 feet from base to summit,

and it's moderate hiking as long as you

maintain a comfortable pace. None of

the trail combinations extend more than

a few miles, and they are well paved.

There are plenty of people to thank

for the magnifi cent views and the trails.

Globe's former mayor, vice mayor and

councilman Stanley Gibson is one of

them. Gibson was heavily involved in

the early stages of laying out the trails

in the 1990s, the fi rst being the West

Trail, which was constructed beginning

in 1995 and lasted roughly two to three

years. The late city councilman Louis

Aguirre volunteered his time to oversee

the construction of the ramadas, the

bridge and visitor center. Since then, city

park ranger Rick Powell has continued

to maintain the trails.

Regardless of which trail you

take, you will start at the visitor

center next to the parking lot.

There are bathrooms and a water

fountain there. It's best to take

advantage of them, because

there aren't any on the trails.

While there are resting points,

17 in total, the East and West Trails

generally don't include shade, so

expect to sweat if you are hiking

on a sunny afternoon. You will also

want to take a look at the trail map, or

pick up a paper copy, because several

of the trails intersect each other along

the way.

The trails don't look terribly exciting

at the start, lined mostly by shrubs and

small cacti. It won't be long before you

are looking over your shoulder to see

silhouettes of the mountains in the

distance. Hike up far enough, and you

will spot Miami's open pit mines to the

west and downtown Globe below.

If rock formations interest you, take

the Bull's Eye Rock Loop Trail from

the West Trail. The whole loop is just

one-third of a mile, and it provides

more shade than on the East and West

Trails. There are interesting rocks and

boulders, as well as a rest area, along

the way. And of course you will see the

Bull's Eye, a hole carved out of the center

of a large boulder.

Or, if you really want to feel on top

of things, then plan on taking the either

the East or West Trails to the summit,

where the two meet. You will be greeted

by an inviting rest point at the top with

two shaded picnic tables. Here you will

fi nd a prime view of Miami, Globe and

the Pinals. And in case you haven't had a

photo opportunity next to the U.S. fl ag,

here's your chance.

Get to Higher GroundNow that summer is winding down, spend some time

exploring Round Mountain's trails Written and Photographed by Jenn Walker

I

8 FALL 2012

“I don’t like the word ‘bling’, though

some people call my work ‘native

bling’,” says Dellisa Hooke, a twenty-

six year old jewelry designer, wife, and

mother of two. Born on the San Carlos

Reservation outside of Globe, Arizona,

she was raised in nearby Winkleman

and now resides in Peridot. As a child,

one of six, she would stare, captivated,

at her grandmother’s jewelry. Her

beading talent is self-taught. Dellisa

smiles modestly when she confi des a

simple goal, that her work is “something

any girl – some random girl, even non-

Native – would want to wear.” Initially,

she didn’t think her work was very good,

but through contacts on Facebook

with people in North Carolina, North

Dakota, Washington and Canada,

Dellisa admits, “People like my work!”

She beads every day.

Native American beadwork is

known the world over for its exquisite

craftsmanship and enduring beauty.

Its practice dates back centuries,

beginning with seed beads and shells

and then later with the introduction of

glass beads from European and Asian

traders. These quickly became popular

due to their eye-catching colors. The

Western Apache migrated to Arizona

in the fi fteenth century. By the late

1800’s the Atchison, Topeka & Santa

Fe railroad came barreling through. In

1902 the Fred Harvey Company created

an alluring image of the Southwest

through heavy advertising, complete

with Native American artists who sold

souvenir trinkets at railroad stops. It

was the fi rst time many people were

exposed to the beauty of beadwork.

Dellisa Hooke has created traditional

Apache beadwork in the past, and still

does so today. “I made my daughter a

buckskin top with a beaded neck and

hem, and I make beaded medallion

necklaces with dime-sized mirrors,” she

pauses and then explains, “I’m more

modern – I understand how things

work in the rest of the world. I do my

beadwork but don’t do the traditional

Apache four colors (black, white, yellow

and green or blue). I believe in tradition

and I understand it, but I’m Lutheran.”

Dellisa adds that recently she took one

of her daughters to a Sunrise Dance, an

age-old Apache celebration of a young

woman’s journey into womanhood.

She admires actresses in vintage

fi lms who wore gardenias in their hair,

and when she found an attractive

artifi cial fl ower she liked, she added her

special touch with gems and a beaded

center, and the ‘Hooke Blossom’ (a

friend’s designated term) was born. She

not only creates them for others, but

wears them herself. She smiles when

she says, “A lot of the things I intend to

keep I end up selling, though.”

Her designs are brilliantly colored

Spectrum, Continued on page 9

By Darin Lowery

FALL 2012 9

and expertly executed. “I’ll fi nd a gem

and then bead around it,” she says.

“I like to use the acrylic ones.” She

admits to a fondness for the dazzlers:

rhinestone banding and fi ery glass

Aurora Borealis beads, along with

crystals and seed beads in both #9 and

#11 sizes. Hearts, butterfl ies and fl oral

designs are prevalent images in her

work, and lately she says that “black

and white are big now!” Dellisa uses a

running applique stitch— four beads at

a time— and, when beading moccasins

will utilize the ‘lazy stitch’. Items she

creates run the gamut from hairbands to

hair ties, earrings and chokers; bracelets

and barrettes, and the afore mentioned

hair fl owers. Her rings, though, are the

knockouts: big, bold hand candy in a

myriad of hues which could easily lead

one from the darkness. Women literally

giggle when they see her rings, and line

up to try them on. The light catches,

refracting and refl ecting until the whole

room is drenched in an undulating

wave of rainbows. “I’ve been thinking

about doing new items, but I want them

to be unique.”

Besides her beadwork, Dellisa is a

voracious reader, amassing a library of

more than 300 books, and she enjoys

writing as well. She sought more balance

after realizing she was spending more

time reading than beading. She also has

a taste for vintage, having a new-found

love of Victoriana, cameos and pearl

strands. Dellisa appreciates old French

costumes and has worked images of

Marie Antoinette into her jewelry as

well. “With two energetic girls, I’d like

to have more time to shop for vintage,”

she sighs.

Much has changed in global

society— everywhere, it seems, tradition

has been turned on its head in almost

every aspect of our lives. This is evident

in art and business, and especially in

the traditional nuclear family. Dellisa

seems to have created a perfect world in

her realm.

“We sat down before we had kids,”

she says, referring to her husband Craig,

an amateur photographer and Human

Resources employee of the Apache Gold

Casino & Resort, “as to how we’d raise

them, and after they were in school,

then I’d go to work or college. I’ve made

it a point not to work in order to raise

my kids myself, rather than having

grandparents do it.” Her girls Delighla,

fi ve, and Elizabeth, three, are sweet

and funny children who sometimes

bead along with Mommy. Although she

disliked high school, she now admits,

“If I go back to school, I’d want to be

a teacher.” How does she feel about

passing on her knowledge of beadwork?

She pauses and says, “It’s something I’d

never charge for— I couldn’t charge for

it. I would share it with other people.”

At fi rst glance Dellisa may seem to

break the rules. She has put a spin on

the ancient art of beadwork by creating

something smaller than a scream but

much more than a whisper. However,

her goals and her work, and most

importantly, the love and support of her

family, all speak to the simple fact that

Dellisa Hooke may indeed be one of the

most traditional people of all.

Note: Dellisa Hooke’s vibrant jewelry

can be seen at the Pickle Barrel Trading

Post in Globe.

Spectrum, Continued from page 8

Calendar of Events

10 FALL 2012

Fall Festival – Night One Street Carnival, Prison of Terror

When: October 26th, 5-8pm

Where: Oak Street/Downtown Globe

Cost: Marketplace Free;

Prison of Terror $10

Enjoy our festive block party with

a carnival night! Booths for all ages

including.... Downtown Carnival Night.

Enjoy a wonderful array of games &

booths for all ages, including a fabulous

food court, Historic Downtown

Hayrides, a raffl e and a carnival toy store.

The Oak Street Marketplace, merchants

of art and hand-crafts, jewelry, kettle

corn, Farmers' Market goods, edible

treats, gifts, plus the 7th Annual B.Y.O.P.

(Bring Your Own Pumpkin) free carving

event and contest & more! What could

be more inviting than a home-town

pumpkin carving? Here is how it works:

You provide the pumpkin and we

provide the tools and tables. You are

also welcome to carve at home and

enjoy the festivities, but warning, we do

have a “ringer’s” category to the contest,

Ninth Annual Run to the Rez

When: October 19 & 20

Where: Apache Gold Casino

Cost: $25 registration for single riders/$40 for couples

Run to the Rez is a benefi t biker rally which supports

veterans. Started by Apache bikers who wanted to honor local Apache veterans, it

has expanded to host hundreds of riders who come to support veterans everywhere.

The ride kicks off the Tribe’s annual tribute to veterans and has been called ‘the most

spiritual ride in Arizona.”

Saturday rides begin at 12:30pm and include Apache Jii Day in downtown Globe,

with bike parking at The Huddle, and Drift Inn Saloon. We’ll be giving away Harley

Davidson jackets & grand prize drawings of $1,000. For more information on Run to

the Rez, contact Sharon Nosie at 928-951-6650 or email shnosie@hotmail.com.

Note: The Tribe also holds a parade, fair, pow-wow, and rodeo during this weekend in

conjunction with it’s memorial to veterans.

29th Annual Apache Jii Day

When:October 20th, 9am-5pm

Where: Downtown Globe

Cost: FREE

Apache Jii Day (jii means ‘day’ in the

Apache language), is a celebration of

Apache and Native American culture.

Featuring artisans who come from all

corners of the state, the booths offer

everything from jewelry to fi ne art and

fry bread to Apache fl utes. Many booth

holders have been coming to this event

every year and say they do well here.

Apache Jii Day features a host of Native

American performances throughout the

day and tribal members from the Zuni,

Apache, Navajo and Tohono O’odham

nations are expected to attend.

Autumn Art in the Mountains of Miami

When: October 13 & 14th

Where: Bullion Plaza. Miami

Cost: Free

First annual art show by local and

invited artists in the newly renovated

interiors of Bullion Plaza Museum.

Artists include Frank Balaam, Jan

Barber, Jim Coates, Tanya Lambrect,

Barbra Decker and Marianne Collins

and more. The show will feature

music, wine tasting, refreshments and

food, and a silent auction. For more

information please call 928-473-4140.

wink! Winners will be announced

before 8pm, and yes, you get to take

your pumpkins home with you!

There will be a chili & cornbread &

“all things pumpkin” competition

with People’s Choice Awards, prizes

and bragging rights awarded!

FullCircle Photoworks will be taking

family holiday portraits on this night

from 5:30-7:30pm. And to round out

the evening's events make sure to

visit the “Prison of Terror” Haunted

1910 Historic Jail, 7-11pm, ages 7 &

up. “Wear closed toe shoes because

you might want to run for your life”

kind of fun! The Brantley Family and

friends knock this out of the park!

People tell us that they come from far

and wide to experience this Haunted

Jail, this one is a not-to-miss!

Fall Festival – Night Two Ghosts of Globe Tour/Prison of Terror

When: October 27th, 5-11pm

Where: Oak Street/Downtown Globe

Cost: Ghosts of Globe Tour $10;

Prison of Terror $10

This is a spook-a-licious adult night

(Children only with supervision, i.e.,

subject matter may not be appropriate

for all ages).

Saturday Night’s block party gets

quite a bit spookier, events include:

14th Annual Ghosts of Globe

Calendar, Continued on page 12

Dia De Colores Art Festival

When: October 20th – Activities begin 8am

Where: Superior Arizona

Pancake breakfast, live music by Chuck

Wagon & the Wheels, self-guided studio gallery

tour and an artists reception are all planned as

part of this event. Tickets are $10 for the self-

guided studio/gallery tour. For information

contact Lynn Heglie at 520-827-9398.

Frank Balaam

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Downtown Walking Tour With Globe’s

Old Western Bawdy Past, it is no wonder

why we tout a great deal of activity. Our

tour runs about two hours in length,

starting at 6:30pm and leaving every

15 minutes from the front of the 1907

Courthouse @ Broad & Oak, last tour

leaves at 8pm. We will have on hand a

Ghost Hunter group for questions and

answers, as well as a look into their tools-

of-the-trade at the end of the tour. Wear

comfortable shoes, and be ready for a

staircase or two, and remember, we may

not be alone on the tour. Gypsy Village

Marketplace: A new addition to our Fall

Festival is the Gypsy Village featuring

mysticals, magicals, music & wonders

of Old. Therein visitors will fi nd readers

of cards, palms and aura’s, tribal drums &

music, marketplace vendors of jewelry,

cards, soaps, candles and more. Gypsy

Portraits. The Oak Street Marketplace

booths and the" Prison of Terror" will

be back in full swing on night two!

Calendar, Continued from page 10

Fall Festival Night Three

Annual Trick-Or-Treat/

Halloween Block Party!

When: October 31

Where: Downtown Globe

Cost: Trick Or Treating-Free; Prison of

Terror $10; Pictures on the Porch $10

If you haven’t been in our downtown

for this event, it is an eye opener! For as

far as you can see in any direction there

are wall-to-wall costumed little ones, families, and groups of friends enjoying

the festivities. If it is Trick-Or-Treating you have come for, enjoy your stroll up

and down Broad Street to be “treated” by our wonderful downtown merchants as

well as our business neighbors & organizations from 5:30-7pm. Candy donations

are wanted and welcomed, drop off points are at historic courthouse/CVCA or

City Hall. DJ, Dancing & Costume Contest on Broad. If it is the dancing and the

HUGE costume contest that brings you delight, Big John will be on hand from

Golden Sounds to DJ serenade you with great Halloween music selections. So,

come dressed in what suits you and join in on the fun! The costume contest has

grown so large that we will have a sign up booth to enter the contest in front of the

historic 1910 bandstand from 5:30-6:30 pm, contest starts at 7pm. The Pictures

on the Porch team will again be on hand (for the 7th year in a row) to capture

your spook-a-licious portraits for only the cost of the printing and all fi rst place

winners of the costume contest win a free portrait, taken at the event.

Hollis Theaters always has a few scary movie treats, Tap Into It dance Studio

on Cedar takes care of the haunted house for the wee-ones, Skate Castle on Hill

Street for the moderate, and the Prison of Terror on Oak gets even the hardiest

of skeptics! In search of libations? In our downtown we have both the Huddle &

The Drift Inn Saloon. Enjoy the hayrides, hurst rides, caramel apple treats and

treasures that can be found in the Oak Street Marketplace, as well as wonderful

treats from the surrounding churches on Oak. It is a great family time in Historic

Downtown Globe. Come and be a part of our history, and enjoy the holiday in a

place you will want to call home!

(Applications and information on all of the activities will be available online at

www.cvarts.org or www.facebook.com/globehistoricdowntown events section).

Or call the CVCA desk at 928-425-0884, or the events team, Molly Cornwell, at

928-425-4000, Ed Gardea 928-425-0223, or Kip at the Globe Main Street Offi ce

928-425-9340. “Google Grab Tidbits” are courtesy of the Petaluma, CA website”

Thank-you, fellow Halloweenists!

This is a Globe Main Street, City of Globe & Cobre Valley Center for the Arts

Complex Event.

4th Annual Wine & Art Auction

Where: Hosted by the Cobre Valley

Regional Hospital

When: November 3rd at 7pm

This is a gala evening which helps

raise funds for many of the hospital

programs and needs which would not

be possible otherwise.

It is an evening of Fine art and good

wine... all for a great cause.

Calendar, Continued on page 13

And new, this year!

Don't miss the 1st Annual

Oak Street Charity Pumpkin Roll

with proceeds going to the Dylan

Foundation. Combine a hill-top

historic B&B on Upper Oak & a

paving company, fun ideas and

great targets and you yield a great

pumpkin rolling/bowling event! BYO

Pumpkin or we will have a limited

amount for sale.

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Autumn Marketplace

Saturday, November 17th

9:00am-2:00pm

Cost: Free to public

Where: Oak Street & Broad, Globe

Flea market, crafts, antique and food

vendors turn out on Oak Street for your

early holiday shopping pleasure. Enjoy

this charming downtown street event

and get out in our beautiful fall weather.

Thanksgiving

Thursday November 22nd

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

13th Annual Light Parade

When: December 8th Dusk-thirty

Where: Historic Downtown Globe

Cost: Free

This parade begins down by the

old Train Depot, proceeds up Pine

Street and then makes it’s grand entry

onto Broad Street for the fi nal leg of

the parade. So set up your chairs, get

out the hot chocolate, bring the kids

and the grandparents for another

great night of Holiday magic in Globe.

This year’s theme is “There’s No

Place Like Home” and if that inspires

you to create your own entry for

this parade then DO IT! We’ve had

everything from tricycles to cattle trucks

and boats to dancing girls covered

in lights...so we invite you to add

your mojo to the Parade of Lights and

contact Ed Gardea (Ortega Shoes) for

an entry form. Go ahead. You’ll be

glad you did!

Festival of Lights

When: December 23rd 5pm-11pm

Where: Besh Ba Gowah

Cost: Free (Entry fee and parking are is

waived on this evening)

Besh Ba Gowah is one of the top ten

attractions in this region and features

the ancient ruins of the Rio Salado

Indians believed to date back to 1225 to

1400. The event began nearly 20 years

ago with just 300 luminaries and has

grown to over 1600. Activities begin

at 5pm and visitors are allowed to

stay until 11pm or midnight when the

candles burn out. Complimentary hot

cider, coffee and tea are served.

Christmas

Tuesday, December 25th

Merry Christmas!

New Year's Eve Party

When: December 31

Where: Dream Manor Inn 7pm to 1am

Cost: $45 per person

Dream Manor will be hosting a

New Year’s Eve Bash which will include

dinner, dancing, party favors, prizes and

a midnight champagne toast. There will

be dance contests and a competition

for your predictions for 2013 and more.

Sounds fun! Reservations are required

and space is limited. Call 928-812-5564.

Calendar, Continued from page 12

Opening Night IS HE DEAD?

September 14, 2012

Vista Volunteer, Sarah Renkert with her sister Allie

Tommy Thompson and Jan Barber attended the opening night

at cvca

Artist Doug Brannan and wife Cynthia were on hand for the Opening Reception of the show "Refried Robots" featuring over 50 robots constructed of discarded items. The show opened in July and had such a great response it has been extended through October.

Jim and Kelly, owners Pickle Barrel Trading Post with Gary Murrey GM AGCR

Photo by LCGross

Director Jonelle Brantley with her daughter Anna Kirton who drove down from Cottonwood to catch opening night.

http://refriedrobots.com

Doug and Randy Bengsten, who fabricated all the custom displays for the show.

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The Society PageHuman Society

1st Annual Calendar Event

August 18, 2012

Everyone got in on the action during the Chinese Auction.

Cheryl Brazell, president of HDHS and husband Richard, along with Deb Metz coordinated and hosted the event at the Elks Club.

The bidding was fi erce for the Calendar and managed to raise over $3000 for HDHS. Here Cheryl leads off the bid with Michael Collett, photographer.

Randy and Donna Chapman shown here with Nelson Milliman, who won the People's Choice award with Joanna's Blueberry Crunch. The real Joanna is a true Southern Cook who is 88 and lives in Newton, Texas. She 'gifted' Nelson the recipe and they both say they are ready with another 'winner' for next year!

Julie P. and Maya D with the local Girl Scout Troop volunteered to help with the Social.

Premier of Shouting Secrets

Hollis Cinemas 4 September 14, 2012

Gary Murrey, General Manager of Apache Gold Casino and Resort shown here with Linda Gross Publisher, Globe Miami Times and Jenn Walker, writer.

The Hollis family turned out for opening night!

Cathy and Holly Lamont attended the after party held at the Train Depot

Ellen Kretch, Chamber Director, Jenn Walker, Gary Murrey, Shirley & Ed Dawson

Actors: Tonantzin Caramelo, Tyler Christopher, Gil Birmingham, Q'orianka Kilcher

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The Governor's Ball was a gala black tie affair. The event sold 138 tickets with many on a waiting list. Drinks, fi ne food, and a fun evening of dancing lasted til' past midnight!

The Society PageGovernor's Ball

Photos of this years gala was taken by LCGross and images are posted online at www.pictage.com See event# 1321519.Special carded portraits are available at The White Porch Gifts & Antique.

September 29th at Cobre Valley Center of the Arts

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Stereotype a librarian. What comes to mind? Glasses, perhaps, someone who is soft spoken and introverted. What doesn't typically come to mind is someone well-traveled, mischievous, artistic, outspoken and yet charismatic. Librarian Delvan Hayward just happens to be all of these things. And, yes, she also wears glasses.

Hayward is the type of person you can spend hours talking to. It must be the endless wit and a contagious laugh. When I showed up to the Miami Public Library on a Thursday afternoon, I had one question in mind – fi nding out how this woman went from being a traveling artist to a librarian.

On this day she is wearing a white, button-down blouse, long turquoise strands around her neck and matching turquoise earrings. At 66 years old, it's a much different look for her than the one she wore more than 40 years ago.

The library we are sitting in was once her high school gym. Hayward remembers it well.

“I was in the locker room smoking cigarettes,” she laughs.

“I was considered not a hippie but a beatnik,” she tells me. “One of those girls that always wore black and tights and had the white lipstick and the black eyes, kind of what would be goth now, yeah I was one of those kids.”

To prove it, she pulls out a Miami High School yearbook from the shelf and shows me a small square photo. There is Delvan Hayward, minus almost 50 years, her hair pulled into a sleek bun, wearing black horn-rimmed glasses and a charming smile.

Yes, once, Hayward was a high school student here in Miami. This is where she grew up.

Hayward's family moved here when she was a baby from Fort Sumner, New Mexico. After a javalina hunting trip, her father decided to keep the family in Miami so he could work for the mines. Eventually he left permanently, leaving behind Hayward's mother to raise her and her sister.

To Hayward's bewilderment, her mother felt safe raising her daughters in Miami.

“She felt that this was a safe place, in spite of the miners, to raise her two girls alone,” Hayward laughs. “It was real rough and tumble, the town was mainly bars and brothels.”

The Miami Hayward grew up in during the 1950s is quite unlike the Miami that exists today. At that time there were more than 10,000 people living in Miami, she remembers.

“So I've always considered myself a city girl because I grew up in downtown Miami,” she says.

Hayward, her mother and sister always lived in apartments, usually above the shops in the downtown area. Sometimes they all shared one room in a studio apartment, because it was all that her mother could afford. In the other apartments often lived maiden school teachers, school nurses and the occasional cowboy, she recalls.

“I always credit my creativity [to] the fact that I spent so many hours in the bathroom with the door shut, just to be alone,” she laughs. “Or outside, or on the stairs, or roaming the streets.”

Her mom worked selling tickets in the movie theaters, both the Grand Theater and the Lyric, where the park on Sullivan Street is now. Between unlimited movie access and a creative mind, Hayward had no trouble entertaining herself as a child.

“My mother liked to say I was precocious as a kid,” Hayward says. “I was very curious, I was always wanting to know what was going on.”

For instance, when Hayward was little, she broke into Sonny Miles' mortuary so she could see the dead bodies. She was caught. Sonny, the police and her mother decided that Hayward's punishment would be to help in the mortuary several days a week.

As it turned out, Hayward had a blast. The experience triggered some of her earliest interests in the human body, art, and her desire to become a medical illustrator.

Hayward left Miami in 1965 at age 19. She moved to Newport Beach with her husband at the time, where their daughter was born.

After two years in California, her husband got a job in Phoenix, so they found themselves back in Arizona. Phoenix became

home base for the next 30 years. During that time she raised her two daughters.

“I was this isolated, hippy housewife,” she says. She corrects herself, “Not really hippy, but just really art-y, isolated.”

The isolation, she says, was by choice.

“I think I've always been a loner,” she explains. “As my mother said, 'Delvan is the most gregarious introvert I've ever met.'”

Though Hayward was isolated in many ways, not being able to drive, never having gone to college, she and her husband were always active, she remembers. Their curiosity constantly drove them to explore, spend time in libraries, research and work on projects.

All the while, Hayward kept herself busy with art.

“I was doing murals, and I was doing different things,” Hayward remembers. “For someone that didn't work, I always was doing some art project for someone, or sewing, or painting or decorating or doing something.”

It wasn't until Hayward reached her 40s that she enrolled in art school, or learned how to drive for that matter. For so long she battled the discouraging thoughts that crept into her head, the thoughts that she wasn't good enough, or was too old. Yet the desire remained, and it only increased when she realized she wanted the support of other artists and students.

“It wasn't until I really realized that action comes before motivation,” she says. “So I think of myself as a real late bloomer.”

Once her children grew up, she involved herself in various art workshops in Santa Fe, and traveled.

Then, at last, she pursued a bachelor's degree in art at Arizona State University. She spent the summers in Italy studying anatomical drawings of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.

When she came home from Italy that third summer, right before graduating, her husband had packed up and fi led for a divorce.

At that time, she was gearing up to pursue her master's degree in drawing and painting. This was during the 1980s. Her mother had retired and been mugged twice, so Hayward had her mother move in with her in Phoenix while she carried on with her divorce.

In 1994, Hayward returned to Globe-Miami for her 30th high school reunion in 1994. She was still working towards her master's at Arizona State.

Meanwhile, the divorce settled. “I won the divorce lottery,” Hayward

says with a laugh. “So I could move anywhere in the world.”

Now she was faced with the decision of where to relocate. At this point, she had traveled plenty. She had seen Italy, Ireland, England and Egypt.

As Hayward and her mother drove into Globe-Miami for the reunion, her mother suggested they stop at a family friend's house. He suggested that Hayward and her mother move back to Miami.

“There's nothing in Miami,” she told him.

To which he replied, “You could make something of it.”

Inspired, Hayward made calls to realtors around town, looking for a building to buy in town. With the help of friends, she came across the building on Chisholm Street, the Soderman building.

“I said at the time, 'Get out of here!'” she says. “I spent most of my teenage years in the Soderman building with the old miners, sitting around smoking cigarettes, you know, and drinking whiskey.”

“And I ended up buying it.” She visualized a bed and breakfast

and an art studio. During that time she had commissions to do artwork and portraits in Santa Fe and Scottsdale. She was also still working on fi nishing her master's.

“Never happened,” she says fl atly.“Which part?” I ask. “Art,” she says.Reviving the Soderman building,

which had been abandoned for years, turned out to be a far greater task than she anticipated.

Get To Know Your LibrarianHow a former artist and Miami native wound up becoming Miami's librarian

By Jenn Walker

Librarian, Continued on page 17

As an artist, Hayward loves the beauty of the human design. One of her prized possessions is "Frida" a human skeleton which she displays in a china cabinet.

Hayward brings out her 20-year-old sketches, some of which she drew in Europe.

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“I didn't know I would end up being my own contractor,” she says.

“I also did not know that you weren't supposed to invest every penny you had, your life savings, into a building here,” she says. “Which I did.”

The bed and breakfast, Delvan's Drawing Room, lasted seven years. She got it listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

“That became my artwork,” she adds.

Unfortunately, this meant she never fi nished her master's degree. She had written her thesis, in fact she was right at her 15-hour review. She just had to put on an art show. Her show

was focused on self portraits, which was another reason why she was back in Miami, to investigate her past – the swimming pool where she met her former husband, the old hotels, and the Catholic church.

Yet at this point, in her older age, she interest began to veer in a different direction.

“[I was] really optimistic about giving back to the town of Miami,” she remembers.

As the bed and breakfast grew physically demanding, and Hayward continued taking care of her ill mother, Hayward realized at the age of 60 that she needed to look for work.

She arrived at the unemployment offi ce with a resume, only to be told she needed to go online. So she went to the library, where the librarian got her online almost instantaneously.

“I was so impressed with the librarian and what she had done,” Hayward remembers.

As it turned out, the librarian was also looking for an assistant.

It took nine months before Hayward landed an actual job at the library. Meanwhile, Hayward's mother passed and she sold the bed and breakfast.

It took another fi ve years before Hayward became a full-time employee and got insurance. Hayward has been at the library seven years now, two as the manager.

“People don't believe me, why I'm still working at 66,” she says. “This is my fi rst full-time job in my life.”

Nowadays she spends her time running the library, with the help of her assistant, Roy Plasencia. On any given day she will help an elderly person fi nd out information about social security, help travelers get boarding passes online, or help someone look for a job.

“One of the biggest joys I have being at the library is helping young women that come in here that haven't made it to college, are in a very bad domestic situation, [and] are losing faith that their life is ever going to get any better, and telling them there's time,” she says. “If you just take care of yourself, there's time.”

"Everyday we can help somebody do something,” she adds. “It's extremely satisfying, it's the most rewarding thing I've ever done.”

When she is not helping people, she is running the summer reading program, or organizing and updating. Now she

is working on digitizing old mining photos, 1200 lantern slides from the Miami Copper Company.

“Did you ever think you'd become a librarian?” I ask.

“No! No! Never, never,” Hayward replies. “I always respected librarians very much, but fi rst of all I always thought I talked too much.”

“Every country I ever visited, I would go to the libraries, in England, in Ireland,” she adds. “I love libraries, and I love doing research. And I still really enjoy that part of being at the library, doing research for people.”

I ask,“So do you ever make time for art anymore?”

She is always reading about it, thinking about it, and has her easel set up in her studio ready to go, she replies. She still draws here and there from time to time.

“Thank God I bought good art supplies, they're all archive-able materials!”

But she gave away most of her drawings.

“I fi nd that, when I was doing all of that drawing, [it was] very isolating,” she says in retrospect.

Nowadays Hayward says her mind is in a different place.

“To me the goal is to make people happy,” she says. “Frankly, at my age, and with my limited working experience, this is the best gig in town."

Librarian, Continued from page 16

John Michael, seen here with Hayward, has likened her to the indomitable Mrs. Cheeves who ran the library from 1933 to the '70s.

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It's not every day a fi lm at Hollis

Cinemas 4 sells out seven days in a row.

The last time a movie had this much

success at Globe's downtown theater

was when “The Avengers” came out

earlier this year, says theater owner

Bob Hollis.

As it continues to gain momentum

in the world of independent fi lms,

“Shouting Secrets” packed the theater

here in Globe during the fi rst week of its

premiere. First shown on Sept. 14, the

theater extended the screening of the

fi lm by an extra week because people

were being turned away at the ticket

sales counter.

The fact that the fi lm was shot locally

likely had something to do with how

quickly tickets sold. Filmed both on the

San Carlos Apache Reservation and in

downtown Globe in the spring of 2010,

a handful of residents played roles in

the movie.

Beyond that, however, was a universal

story told about a family at odds, brought

together by one unifying factor – loss.

Following the second night's

screening, one audience member said

it was the best movie she had ever

seen. Others responded with equal

enthusiasm.

This was a relief to director Korinna

Sehringer. This is her fi rst feature fi lm,

and she spent the last fi ve years of her

life working on it.

“I was extremely nervous

about fi lling the theater,” she says.

“When I found out it was sold out, I

was relieved.”

“When you're sitting in the audience

and you see them laughing or tear up,

that's the moment of bliss,” she adds.

Many ask what brought the Swiss

director to Globe to make a movie.

Initially, she intended to simply create

a fi lm that was inspiring, touching and

had a message, she explains. Once she

decided to locate the story in the heart

of Native American culture, she sought

out a small town next to a reservation.

In her search, she discovered San Carlos

and Globe.

“I thought it was pretty and

picturesque,” she remembers.

Once she chose the location, shooting

the fi lm took just a matter of weeks.

“I called the mayor, and within a three-

hour meeting we got things organized with

the fi re and the police,” Sehringer says.

She held a casting call and began

shooting the fi lm in April 2010. They

fi nished in less than fi ve weeks.

“It was a great shoot for a lot of us,”

actress Tonantzin Carmelo says. “I really

enjoyed that time because everyone in

the community really welcomed what we

were doing... There was a lot of curiosity

about the fi lm.”

Shooting an independent fi lm has its

challenges, she adds.

“It's not a well-oiled machine, like say,

a television show that works every single

day,” she explains.

“Ultimately that's the test of the

director or the producer that's putting

the team together,” she continues. “And

obviously it worked, because there's a

lot of independent fi lms that don't get

fi nished because of all the trials and

tribulations that independent fi lms have.”

So far “Shouting Secrets” has been

shown at eight fi lm festivals. It will be

shown in at least 17 more locations across

the U.S. and Germany.

“Shouting Secrets” Puts Globe On The MapLocally-made Film Fills Hollis Theater with Sold Out Shows

By Jenn Walker

Director Korinna Sehringer celebrated at The Drift Inn on the second night of opening weekend.

Sehringer and actor Gil Birmingham answering questions after the show. Though many scenes were cut which involved local people and scenes, they were all acknowledged in the credits.

Actor, Gil Birmingham signs autographs outside of the Drift Inn.

The local eatery, Los Robertos was turned into a lobster stand for the duration of the shooting and Kip Culver was hired to play the part of the owner (on the ladder.) This scene was cut on the fi nal edit, as were scenes fi lmed at the old jail.

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St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery- Florence4784 North St. Joseph’s Way Florence, AZ 520-868-3188Whether you are Greek Orthodox or not, you owe yourself a visit to this oasis just south of Florence. Simply strolling the grounds brings one closer to the spiritual nature of life.

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It has been called one of the most beautiful places in Arizona and is truly an oasis of lush variety in our own back yard! Boyce Thompson Arboretum is open 7 days a week and is a must- see for so many reasons! 100 year old trees, variety of plants from all the deserts of the world, fabulous staff, workshops, outdoor events and educational venues.

Bullion Museum & Cultural Center-MiamiWest end of Miami

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Gila County Historical Museum1330 N Broad Globe, AZ 928-425-7385

If you are curious about the history in Globe-Miami or doing family research in the area, there is no better place to start than here. The museum has been located in the old Mine Rescue Station since 1973. Located directly behind the Chamber of Commerce, it offers a rich archive of photographs,

maps, displays, books, papers and artifacts. Open Monday-Friday 10-4pm and on Sundays from 11am-3pm

Old Dominion Walking ParkOpen Dawn to Dusk

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

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

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

Centennial Park & Globe City Hall150 N Pine Street Globe, AZ 928-425-7146The Globe-Miami Farmer's Market is held each Saturday the city park directly in front of Globe City Hall. The market is from 8am-11pm and includes fresh produce, baked goods and crafts. City Hall is open Monday- Friday from 8am - 5pm and you can access the Citys' website at globeaz.gov.

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

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

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FALL 2012 19A smart new way to

build loyalty and reach more customers, a new mobile app, Stampt, combines two elements of business which should prove interest to any merchant looking to market their business on a budget. It combines Customer Loyalty cards which have proven to be effective in building repeat customers with a mobile marketplace which is estimated to overtake the fi xed Internet access by 2014.

A June 2012 article in Huffi ngton Post stated that 84% of small businesses that engaged in mobile commerce had experienced an increase in revenue and profi ts.

The app is a free download and allows the user to pull up any customer loyalty programs offered in the area; from Chicago, Illinois to Globe, Arizona. The program just launched in July and is currently in 35 states, including Arizona. In addition to customer loyalty programs, the company plans to launch three new features this fall including a “push” program where merchants can push out special offers with very specifi c parameters. For instance, if a restaurant was having a slow period, they could offer “the fi rst ten people through the door get

half-off of their spagetti dinner.” The beauty of the app is that it will track how many people DO come in for that offer and deactivate the offer when the tenth person has redeemed it. Two other programs involve pre-pay and gift cards – which can be sold and tracked through the users phone. Merchants

can sign up for the initial program for as little as $25/month with no contract and it requires no special equipment or training to launch a Stampt program for their business.

If you want to fi nd out what merchants in the Globe-Miami area are offering Stampt loyalty programs, download the app today and start accumulating your rewards!

As a small business person and marketing consultant, I see this program as an excellent tool for local businesses to offer value to their existing customers as well as reach new customers. That is why I am representing Stampt in this area. If you are a business and want more information about how the program works, or an individual looking for a business opportunity, please contact me: Linda Gross 928-701-3320.

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20 FALL 2012

rom behind a

makeshift door

bursts an enraged

woman onto the

stage. She is dressed in

a lavish, baby pink dress, her cheeks are

rosy and her hair in elegant curls. Wait,

that is a man. The audience erupts into

a fi t of laughter. One woman cackles

hysterically. It was only minutes before

that the same actor was dressed in

1800's mens' garb.

There are 'dressers' backstage

helping these actors change costumes,

as well as makeup artists, a stage

manager, light and sound people, adding

up to a total of 65 bodies involved in

this production of Mark Twain's “Is He

Dead?”. None of them are getting paid.

These are the Copper Cities

Community Players, a group of locals

that share a love of theater enough to

put on four or more productions a year

on a volunteer basis for the community.

Since the 1980s, they have been putting

on productions in the Old Court House

Theatre, housed on the third fl oor of

downtown Globe's Cobre Valley Center

for the Arts.

Audience members don't often

realize how much work goes into

community theater, says Nancy Mackay,

the group's stage manager.

“People come and only see the front

end, [but] they have no idea what goes

into the back end,” she says.

For two or so months prior to opening

night, the actors and director spend

several nights a week at rehearsals. In

that same time frame entire sets are

designed, and costumes and props are

collected or made by hand. Actors like

Jason Marr, who also helps build and

design sets, may dedicate 20-plus hours

a week to a production.

“Somehow, miraculously, everyone

pulls together and does what they have

to do,” director Jonell Brantley says.

There is no threat of getting fi red from

this group for not showing up. There are

no demands that actors deliver riveting

performances, or that the costume

designer creates intricate costumes by

hand. There are no demands that the

group write out scripts, music and lyrics

for original productions. But they do.

“Nobody makes money for this,”

points out Kip Culver, who has been

working with the Players for the past

ten years. “They're doing it for your

applause, that's the return.”

“I'm not going to be retiring to the

Italian Villa anytime soon,” he adds with

a grin.

Like any volunteer-driven operation,

the greatest sacrifi ce is time. Many of

these individuals have day jobs, and

many have kids. Though they spend

their evenings behind, or in front of,

the curtain, they are miners, bankers,

attorneys and store owners by day.

“This is a massive community

project, make no mistake,” Culver says.

“It is a grassroots, volunteer-driven,

labor of love.”

Because of this, in some ways working

with volunteers is probably easier than

working with paid performers, points

out Mackay.

Originally from Ontario, Canada,

Mackay would never have guessed she

would one day become stage manager

for the Players. She had been living in

Globe less than ten years, working at the

Pinto Valley copper mine as a mining

engineer, when the director at the time

asked her to be stage manager in 1986.

“I've never had anything to do with

that at all,” was her response.

As it turns out, she was nonetheless

cut out for the job. Traits that got her far

in her career, like being organized and

assertive, became equally valuable to

her as a stage manager. This is how she

gets actors onto the stage at the right

time with the right props.

Like so many others who have

worked with the Players, Mackay grew to

love it, and with the exception

of taking a few years off in

the 1990s, she has been stage

manager every year ever since.

Marr also seems an unlikely

candidate to be involved with

the Players. He works in the

mines. Currently he works in

maintenance at the Carlotta

Mine, and prior to that he

worked at what is now Freeport

McMoRan. He has also been

acting and building sets for the

Players since December 2010.

“I think I fi t right in because

I'm a little eccentric,” he says.

“The guys that work with me

think I'm crazy because it's not what

they defi ne as normal.”

“It's the whole machismo thing,” he

explains. “The arts are not associated

with being a tough guy, it's two

different worlds. That's another reason

I enjoy coming here, because it's

absolutely two different worlds. You get

a completely different perspective when

you have a variety of people that you can

associate with.”

Tough as they may be, several

coworkers watched him perform and

enjoyed it. So far he has been in four

productions, including “Is He Dead?”,

and two Christmas shows.

Brantley, like Mackay, has been

involved with the Players for more

How Do The Players Do It?

You would never guess what it takes to put ona Community Players theatrical production

By Jenn Walker

Players, Continued on page 21

Nancy Mackay

On the set of "Is He Dead?".

FALL 2012 21

than 20 years. Ever since she took up

acting in high school in the 1960s, she

had high hopes for Globe's performing

arts community.

“I really wanted Globe to not

be a mining town without culture,”

she says.

For several years she acted onstage

with the Players. Now she directs. It

is her job to see what the play looks

like through the eyes of an audience

member. She coaches the actors,

making sure they are not blocking

one another from the audiences'

view, that they are making the right

facial expressions or that they are

projecting loudly.

“Remember, this is your

opportunity to show you're a couple,”

she says to one actor.

“You're not supposed

to like him,” she reminds

another.

Directing is the job no

one else wants, she says.

But as a former actress

both with the Players

and in high school, she

understands what it takes

to be the person on stage.

And the Players have

received praise for putting

on some of the best

productions in the state,

she says. This includes

“Just A Cafe”, one of a

series of original productions

she wrote with Culver and

Tom Thompson.

She also has a knack for

scouting out talent.

“Everyone winds up on

stage at some point,” jokes

Culver. “If you wind up

committed to its purposes,

you're involved, and therefore

you're going to be involved in

the theater productions and

you're going to be sucked on

stage.”

He would know. Culver

is formally known as the

Center for Arts director, a title he

assumed 12 years ago. As director, he

oversees renovations on the third fl oor.

Somewhere along the line, Brantley

convinced him to act with the Players.

In total, he may be spending seven days

a week at the center between rehearsals

and working on the building.

Once someone gets involved in a

production, they tend to get hooked.

Many have been involved with the

Players for years.

“If they are still in town, they are

still helping,” Brantley says.

And many who are no longer in

town have gone on to add impressive

work to their portfolios.

Take Crystal Thompson, for

instance. Once a costume designer for

the Players, she now designs in New

York City and is currently on tour with

Madonna.

Lee Ann Powers has sang or acted in

at least a play per year with the Players

since the mid 1990s, after she saw

them perform “The Foreigner”. The

innovation left an impression on her.

An actor rose from a trapdoor in the

fl oor onto the stage, she remembers.

“I was pretty amazed because it's

not really a stage,” she says. “It's an

old courtroom. You can't change sets

because it's a really confi ned space.”

“It's remarkable a tiny town can put

on such great productions,” she adds.

The Players have certainly come a

long way. There are piles of scrapbooks

and photo albums to show for it, just

ask Brantley to pull them out of the

old vault.

When they fi rst became

incorporated in 1983, the Players were

nomadic. They performed at different

venues around town, including

churches, auditoriums and the old Elks

Building. Then, long after the county

had abandoned the courthouse in

1976, the Players took over the third

fl oor of the Center for the Arts and

began putting on plays in 1990.

“I don't know how to tell you

how horrible the building itself was,”

Brantley says, remembering when the

Players fi rst began using the third fl oor.

There was mold. The roof leaked.

When the troupe put on their fi rst

dinner theater performance, there was

no running water, no heating, cooling

or electricity. The volunteers brought

their dishes from home and carried

them up three fl ights of stairs along the

fi re escape. It's hard to imagine now,

standing in freshly-painted rooms with

fi nished ceilings.

Players, Continued on page 22

Players, Continued from page 20

Jonelle Brantley directing a fi ght scene in "A Course Acting Play."

Jason Marr and Marie Brantley-Gregg who play husband & wife in the production, "Is He Dead?" get ready to go on during the full run-through on Thursday night.

22 FALL 2012

The third fl oor now has a new

electric panel, thanks to state grant

money and fundraising. Three-fourths

of it is air conditioned.

The front three rooms have been

transformed from set and costume

storage to meeting rooms for the fi rst

time in 35 years. Prior, they had no

window sills, there were large holes in

the plaster where it had given away, the

fl oors were untouched and there was no

trim or molding.

“They have gone from the most

raw of conditions to having trim,

windowsills [and] fl oor restoration,”

Culver explains. “[The rooms] bear no

resemblance to what they were.”

Restoring the front three rooms

alone involved more than 20 volunteers.

Next on the wish list is an elevator.

With an electric panel, the building

now has the capacity to run it. Up to

this point, all of the props and set pieces

have been carried up the stairs.

“You haul up a vintage '50s stove,

you haul up a '50s refrigerator,” Culver

says. “For our own original production

'Just a Jukebox', we hauled up a jukebox,

grunting every stair of the way.”

The Players operate on generous

donations of not only time but

materials and funding. When the group

fi rst started putting on plays, most

everything was donated – anything from

blinds and doors for stage sets to the red

curtain. The Arizona Theater Company

donated a huge costume collection to

the group. BHP Billiton donated chairs.

With limited resources, there is

always room for creativity. For instance,

Marr built the coffi n used in “Is

He Dead?”.

“You just have to use your

imagination,” Marr says. “Because of

course I'm not going to go and buy real

coffi n handles.”

Instead he bought parts and

pieces for a chain-link fence from the

hardware store.

Players, Continued on page 23

Players, Continued from page 21

Before After

Photos courtesy of Rick Benning

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In the past, enthusiastic supporters

have contributed as much as $500.

The Players have also raised signifi cant

funding through fundraisers.

All proceeds from admissions tickets

are applied to the theatre's operations

budget, paying overhead costs like

lights or insurance. It took more than

three years to collect enough money to

fi nish the plaster.

“It's taken us years and years and

years to build up equipment so we could

put on a good show,” Brantley says.

If you ask a Community Player why

they have stuck around so long, the

answers speak for themselves.

“I don't know, because I'm crazy,”

Brantley says. She continues with

sincerity, “I like the people.”

“Because I work with all these

people I would never hang out with,

this eclectic group that comes together

every fi ve to six months,” Mackay

responds.

“It's worth it just to have an outlet, to

be able to come here and be somebody

else for a little while,” Marr says. “You

almost get to transport back to the time,

I know it sounds corny, but transport

back to the time when all of this was

going on.”

“Because it's fun,” Powers says, as

though it's a no brainer. “It's just a

hobby, for all of us it's just a hobby.”

“Because I was dropped on the

head as an infant,” Culver replies with

a laugh.

“I am at odds with it myself

sometimes for motivation... but I'm

thrilled when we make some giant

stride,” he adds. “As long as the wows

keep outnumbering question marks,

that's why I do it.”

Looking at how many tickets sold –

all shows sold out – the wows are likely

to keep coming.

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24 FALL 2012

“Its just like working with parents

and grandparents,” Michael said. “They

want their ‘child’ looking every bit as

charming as they perceive them to be.

It’s is my job to do that without stressing

out the ‘parents’ or the ‘kid(s)’.... which

too much direction and fussing has a

tendency to do." Distraction is the key.

So Michael chats with the owners, pets

up the dog or cat(s), all the while setting

up his camera and the shot. He never

rushes things – you would think he has

all the time in the world – and adapts

as the situation requires. It all serves

to put owners and pets at ease and

most shoots take less than an hour.

"It’s about fi nding a comfortable

balance," he says, "between what

the owners want and what the pet

is willing to put up with and it most

generally involves compromise."

Take the Rooney’s three black cats for

instance. For December they had in

mind a ‘holiday’ theme with the three

black cats sitting in front of a wall they

had decorated with Christmas lights.

This was met with as much success as

corralling three two-year-olds into one

space. Plan B was to take the cats upstairs

to their favorite porch where they liked

to hang out on the railing. Usually. But

not that day. And not for the camera.

The solution turned out to be the

bathroom. They shut the cats in the

bathroom along with Michael and his

camera. He then crawled into the tub

with his camera and made noises at

the cats who had beelined for the door.

All three turned – only once – to look

back at the crazy guy in the tub making

noises. And that’s when he snapped

the shot.

I tagged along on one of the photo

shoots to see how it’s done. It was

probably one of the easiest of the 12

portraits he did for the calendar. We

arrived to fi nd ‘Oliver’ groomed and

relaxed, as were

owners Jeanne

and Bob.

The sun

had just begun

to set and

the light was

perfect. Oliver

only jumped

off the bench

once and had

to be re-posed.

However once

Jeanne brought

out the treats, she kept his mind off

leaving and on the reward. In less than

10 minutes, Michael had over two

dozen shots and several winners. From

here, he downloaded the images on his

MAC and Jeanne and Bob selected the

one they wanted for the calendar and

several for their own wall.

I thought, as we drove away, if all

pet photography were this easy, there

would be more pet photographers.

It is not.

Michael makes it look easy, but

when you get your own copy of the 1st

annual HDHS calendar this fall, we

hope you’ll appreciate the unique talent

it took to capture the images...and the

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fi ne effort of our Human Society and all

the volunteers who do so much to

address the needs of our homeless cats

and dogs.

The calendar will come out in

October and be available at Past Times

Antiques, the High Desert Humane

Society thrift store and other shops who

choose to carry them.

The project has been a a huge success

for the High Desert Humane Society,

raising over $3,000 at their fundraiser/

auction in August with bids ranging

from $125 to $595 for the privilege of

having your pet on the calendar. They

are hoping to raise even more money

through the sale of the calendars which

are expected to be priced between

$10-$15. (They were still costing them

out when this edition went to press.)

Custom silk screen pillows help raise more funds for the

humane societyAs the paper was going to press,

we heard of another fundraiser for the

Humane Society involving the women

over at Railroad Court Gallery and

HDHS. Owners Trisha Winn and Nancy

Diggs offer beautifully detailed silkscreen

pillows using images of grandkids and

family members. They

recently extended

this to include pets

and have joined up

with the Humane

Society to offer these

pillows as a fundraiser

during the Holiday

Season. Normally

these pillows sell

for $70 but they will be discounted

to $55 through the Humane Society

with a portion of proceeds benefi tting

HDHS. All you do is provide them with

a photograph of your pet and they

do the rest. All orders placed before

December 5th will be ready in time for

Christmas and cost $55 through the

Humane Society with a portion of all

proceeds going to the cause. See page 24

for their ad and contact information.

Calendar, Continued from page 24

Another fundraiser for HDHS involves custom silk screened pillows with your pet portrait.

26 FALL 2012

The Holidays are a time for baking and the new e-book by Nicole Axworthy

and Lisa Pitman is the perfect addition to your holiday bag of treats worthy of

any cook. The beauty of these desserts is not just in the presentation but in the

ingredients. All are gluten-free, animal friendly - and heart healthy.

And your guests will never know they are eating healthy desserts…unless

you tell them.

Plus, the authors are donating a third of the proceeds from the ebook to

Elephant Nature Park. We thought this was a winning combination to start out

your Holiday Season; beautiful, delectable desserts…for a good cause.

How do you get this e-book? Vsit www.veganculinarycrusade.com/ebook.

FALL 2012 27

According to estimates the average

person spends nearly $47 on holiday

decorations (and an additional $18 on

seasonal fl owers such as poinsettias).

That adds up to over $6 billion in

Christmas decorations.

It helps that the cost of those

little twinkling lights have gone down

substantially from the pre-1903 string

of lights that, at the time, were reserved

for the well-heeled. According to

some, the cost to light an average

Christmas tree before 1903 would have

cost nearly $2,000 in today’s dollars.

Today, a similar string of lights will run

you approximately $18.

Besh Ba Gowah, Continued from page 1

So what did the regular people do

for lights? Candles of course. The fi rst

‘Christmas lights’ were small candles

wired carefully to tree branches and

monitored diligently by a family for

20-30 minutes each night – with water

and sand bags at the ready – lest a fi re

should erupt. Even so, there were so

many fi res from this tradition that

insurance companies eventually

refused to pay out for damages

terming the combination of hot wax,

burning candles and dead branches....

a “known risk."

A much safer and still satisfying

method of holiday cheer were

luminarias – small tea candles placed

inside paper bags – usually atop a

mound of sand or dirt to anchor the bag

and keep the fl ame away from the more

fl ammable edges of the paper.

Here in Globe, the ancient ruins

of Besh Ba Gowah have displayed

luminaries for nearly 20 years on

December 16th. The park opens to

visitors, residents, and photographers

for this special night which celebrates

the oliday and the human spirit. .”

The number of luminaries has

grown over the years from 300 to over

1,600, lining the ancient ruins and

creating an “other worldly” effect which

leaves the visitor with a sense of awe.

The evening includes Native American

storytellers, musicians, the Apache

Crown Dancers, Santa for the kids, and

hot cider and coffee to warm you up.

Activities begin at 5 p.m. For more

information, contact Besh Ba Gowah at

(928) 425-0320.

Front Cover Credit: Tempe Photographer, Bob Estrin, provided our front page cover shot with his image of Besh Ba Gowah just before the sun went down. He says we all learn to photograph when the sun is out but with a tripod and a longer exposure you can turn night time into daytime with the right knowledge. “I fi nd the best time to photograph luminaries is when the sun just goes down but before the sky turns really dark. You still have light to work with and the sky and clouds have a more unique look. The challenging part of photographic luminaries is keeping the detail on the bags without being washed out.”

Estrin, who has taken many trips to photograph in the Superior Miami and Globe area says his favorite place is the old 1910 jailhouse in Globe. His interest started at an early age with his dad’s B/W Polaroid camera in the 60’s which led to his fi rst 35MM camera and photo darkroom class in highschool. In ’99 he moved to Arizona and took up photography on a more serious level and loves to shoot old rusty cars, abandoned buildings and Southwestern landscapes. You can fi nd more information on the artist at www.bobestrin.com.

Photography ContestThis year, inspired by Bob

Estin’s photo, GlobeMiamiTimes

is hosting a photo contest for all

pro-photographers and would-

be shutter bugs to give us your

best shot of the luminaria event. There will be a

Pro-Division (any photographer pro or semi-pro and we’ll trust you

to determine which you are!), and an amateur Division. We’ll post the photos

on our facebook page and have GMT fans vote on their favorite. Winners in

both pro and amateur entries will receive a $50/cash award!

How to Enter: Submit your photos to LCGross53@gmail.com. Indicate

pro or amateur. Photos should be approx. 1 Meg in size and include your

contact information. By submitting a photo you are agreeing to have the image

posted on our FB page and in the paper. Winners will be announced January

3rd on our facebook page, and posted in the Winter Edition of the paper which

comes out on January 10th.

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28 FALL 2012

When the economy started to

improve a year after the layoffs, the

Casino announced to the local paper in

a January 2010 article that they had hired

back 85 percent of those they had let go

and revenues were on a modest upswing.

At the same time, they launched several

new construction projects which had

been put on hold, including a new

resort-sized swimming pool and gym, a

new BBQ restaurant in the Pavillion and

improvements throughout the Hotel

property. Keno would not return to the

fl oor and it would still be some time

before the golf course would recover

from a full shutdown. Yet perhaps

most problematic for the health of the

property was a continued turnover

of senior management and leadership

positions which plagued any

real progress.

To some on the outside, it appeared

the Casino may had survived, but was

still treading water. The food and service

at the Apache Grill were noticeably

lackluster, and the new BBQ grill

sputtered. The golf course had opened,

but showed signs of neglect that only

the hardiest of golfers could overlook as

they played the course, and things that

were broken just didn’t get fi xed.

When Gary Murrey accepted the

position as General Manager this last

February, he was clear on both the

problems he faced and the promise

of the property he was being asked

to take over. He is no stranger to

casinos in crisis, having spearheaded

turnarounds at two casinos in Nova

Scotia before coming to Arizona. Yet,

during the interview process he faced

a skeptical panel who had seen several

GMs come and go. So, it was no surprise

when someone asked him how long he

expected to stick around and just what

he was planning on doing.

“I’m not planning on any changes or

improvements until it’s proven we need

it,” Murrey told the panel. “ It’s not my

job to come in and change the entire

organization. That’s not reality. I’m

here to improve the organization...as

we need it.”

Janet Cole-Spitler, who is the

Director of Information Systems for

the property was one of those in on the

initial interviews, and praises Murrey

for coming in and focusing on the

people fi rst.

“You can’t expect to spend a

bunch of money improving the place

and ignore customer service,” she

says. “Gary knows that...and his fi rst

attention is to the people.” According to

several we talked with, that attention to

people has improved employee morale

and attitudes signifi cantly and that is

creating a better customer experience

as well.

A good example is the gentleman

who recently pulled Cole-Spitler aside

to tell this story. Having been a long time

customer of the casino he told Janet he

was surprised a while back when he

was greeted at the door for the fi rst time

with “Welcome to Apache Gold. What

can we do for you? How can we make

your stay better?” The greeter then went

on to inquire whether the gentleman

had tried their buffet recently and when

he said no, was surprised to be tracked

down on the fl oor 20 minutes later and

handed a free ticket for the buffet.

Even phone etiquette is getting

the attention from the GM and he has

been known to pick up the phone and

make a quick call to some department

just to check out how they answer the

phone. While Murrey may be quick to

acknowledge a good job and push for

an even better one, he is equally quick

to make a correction when he gets the

feeling he’s inconvenienced someone

by his call or the person who answers

lacks a “smile’ on the other end of the

phone. Often a phone call is the fi rst -

and last - impression someone may get

when calling the Casino and Murrey is

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FALL 2012 29

working on making every impression a

positive one.

According to Linda Michels who

serves as Director of Gaming and has

been with the Casino since it’s inception

in 1994, Murrey is someone who is

dedicated to the property and not his

own personal vision. Talking about

Murreys’ experience as a poker player

(he has played in the World Series of

Poker and professionally in the past),

she says, “ I guarantee you that Gary is

a poker player - a professional one - but

he didn’t come in here are say ‘lets’ get

rid of some slots and put in poker.’ He is

looking at what’s best for us. Whether it’s

good for the property. The community.”

According to several we spoke

with, it’s been hard to keep up with the

changing of management in the last

several years. The constant change and

different management styles created

an atmosphere of uncertainty about

the future, and fear of one’s job or even

what was expected of them. For many

employees years have gone by without

a review or even an ‘atta boy.’

Michels goes on to say, “...with Gary,

we have someone who is dedicated to

here... that is on site and not gone all the

time. And someone who has a vision for

this place that is exciting...and familiar

to us. What’s fortunate is the visions

of what he sees and feels is what we as

management have seen and felt for

years... have talked about for years.”

From the outside it may seem like

Murrey is writing a new chapter for the

Casino property. But from the inside

perspective of those who have been

at Apache Gold for some time, it is

more like he has joined them on a very

old chapter that they all cherished at

one time. Someone said in one of the

meetings, “ We are not only on the same

page, but reading the same book from

the same library.”

Murrey says many of the

improvements and programs they

are working on now won’t be felt by

the public for another 12-18 months

but some are already noticeable and

making inroads to creating good fi rst

impressions, improving the customer

experience, and making things better

for employees.

And all of this starts with hiring good

people and promoting others into key

positions, trusting them to make the

decisions and come up with ideas to do

good things on behalf of employees and

customers, and giving them the tools to

do act.

It’s a formula that is working.

Christabelle Mull, who is the

Operations Director in charge of the

C-Store and RV park among her many

responsibilities, smiles when she says

they now have a reservation system for

the RV park which helps her department

be more effi cient, while improving the

customer experience. And she explains

some of the recent improvements have

been on the back end such as a new

system at the C-Store concerning the

sale of liquor which improves the safety

for her employees.

Over in the IT department, Director

Cole-Spitler explains the importance of

the new wifi installation which was put

in last month. “Prior to August of this

year we had internet in the hotel rooms,

but it was managed by a third party and

was ‘spotty’… We often wouldn’t hear

about a problem until it showed up in

a bad review,” she says. “Gary allowed

me to hire a consultant and together

we worked out a plan to put in WIFI for

under $10,000... I’m a little pitbull when

it comes to getting things done and once

I was given the green light I worked hard

at keeping the cost down by hiring out

only what we ourselves could not do. “

She goes on to explain that in the

past there was no support for changing

the system since ‘internet for all’ wasn’t

seen as contributing to the bottom line.

“Gary understood right away that it is

all about the customer experience. He

came from the real world and knows the

importance of reliable and secure WIFI

in serving the public.”

The new WIFI installation is

just the fi rst of many planned tech

improvements, including those that

will happen in the back offi ce to create a

more green, robust, secure environment

overall, as well as those aimed at making

it easier for the customer to access the

casino and redeem rewards without the

need for vouchers or standing in line.

Also in the works is a completely re-

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30 FALL 2012

designed website, expected to launch

this Fall, which will include current

information on Casino events and

promotions, better navigation, links to

the hotel and golf course websites with

their own reservation systems and a tie-

in with the Tribes’ website.

Since arriving in April, Murrey has

set up weekly meetings with front

line staff, supervisors and managers

and directors. Each week he listens

while others talk – out of earshot of

their bosses or staff – about what is

happening in their jobs. The success

of these meetings can be heard in the

lively conversations, which happen

when people feel comfortable in saying

it like it is with the GM in the room.

In just six months they are learning

to trust his style, his willingness to

hear them out and to act on ideas to

improve things.

“It’s comfortable working with him,”

says Linda Michels. “You don’t have to

worry about your job. And he gives us

the freedom to make decisions. He is

eliminating fear and replacing it with

trust. His style is more collaborative

than top-down. He pulls information

from everyone from front line

employees to directors. “

He accomplishes this by meeting

with the various groups each week

but also by walking around. “He

is everywhere," says Cole-Spitler.

"He’s in the back of the house, he’s in

fi nance, he’s on the fl oor... You don’t

know where he is... But he’s around.”

She describes his style as

professional...but light hearted. “He

has a way of keeping the fun in the

process and challenging employees to

do better - not threatening them. Gary

acknowledges everyone's importance

while pushing us to do better.”

“We get a Casino Manager’s report

three times a day,” says Michels, "and

Gary will follow up on everything,

from customer service to back offi ce

issues, he stays on top of how we do

each day and let’s people know he

‘sees’ what’s going on. He’ll bring it up

in the weekly meetings. And whether

it’s to acknowledge a good job or point

out where something could have been

handled better, he does it in a positive

way, you know.”

Within the fi rst six months, Murrey

has fi lled six key management positions,

promoted people from within to new

responsibilities, created a 100-page

business plan and budget with both

near term and long term projects and

put many of the Tribe's earlier projects

which had stalled, back on track.

There are plans to install a drive-

through espresso coffee shop at the

C-Store and open up an "Outback-ish"

Steak house where the former BBQ

restaurant was. The new Steak house,

scheduled to open this coming spring,

will also include two additional private

rooms that can be booked for smaller

parties. And over at Apache Grill, the

new Food and Beverage manager,

Gary Hess, is making changes including

a fresher menu, and expanding popular

buffet nights like Taco Tuesday and

Friday nights' Seafood Buffet.

Mark Twain once said, "You never

get a second chance to create a good

fi rst impression.” And with that in

mind, Murrey has launched a program

called “Polishing the Gold,” which is all

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Apache Gold, Continued on page 31

The entrance to Apache Gold Casino

Jonell Robertson oversees the hotel as well as food and beverage.

FALL 2012 31Apache Gold, Continued from page 30

about fi rst impressions. Taking a long

walk around the property when he fi rst

arrived, he photographed areas that

had been allowed to deteriorate, like a

rock wall, which was breaking apart, or

parking lot striping which had faded.

Even the stacks of cardboard awaiting

recycling which guests could see on their

way to play golf, came under scrutiny.

When these things are looked at

through the eyes of those visiting the

Casino property for a fi rst time, they

are seen for what they are – signals that

someone doesn't care. Murrey is asking

his staff, from management to front line

employees, to care. And he is backing

them up.

It's working.

In an article several years ago

featuring the Great Canadian Gaming

Corporation where Murrey served as

General Manager of two Nova Scotia

properties, his penchant for customer

service was compared to the Casinos

architectural grandeur and sprawling

gaming fl oor. After describing the beauty

of the facility, the writer goes on to say,

"...it's the hospitality experience that is

the essence of Casino Nova Scotia. True

to the tradition of maritime hospitality,

the staff exudes warmth, friendliness

and knowledge. This approach to

customer service starts at the top, with

the example set by General Manager,

Gary Murrey."

"We're an entertainment venue that

offers more than just slots and table

games," he said in that interview.

It is a philosophy he brings with

him to Apache Gold." Murrey looks at

the entire property and its resources to

see how each segment can contribute

to the overall guest experience, the

betterment of the community-at-large,

and the property's bottom line.

With Apache Gold he sees a bright

future for all three.

What’s new on the gaming floor?An interview with the Director of Gaming: Linda Michels

What’s new on the fl oor?

“We have just installed new

machines which feature blackjack

and three-card poker which makes it

easier and more affordable for people

to learn the games on these machines

before moving to live action. These new

machines will be $1 bets.

Why don’t you have my favorite game

anymore?

We pay attention to our guests and

how they are accessing the gaming

fl oor. We analyze the numbers and that

helps us determine which machines

are producing, and which are not.

Sometimes it’s simply a matter of having too many machines of one kind of

game and we will adjust that by pulling one or relocating machines to a more

prominent location. Other times, it simply means we pull a game which is

not a high value for our guests or the casino.

Are you bringing back Poker?Yes we are. It has been a long process and we plan on re-opening

two Poker tables located at the pit.

Anything else?

Awhile back we changed the hours of blackjack from 10am-

midnight to 3pm-midnight because we found our dealers were just

standing around for nearly fi ve hours. It just didn’t make sense. We

also continue to add variation games to our blackjack area.

Bingo is preparing to add electronic bingo machines to the hall

within the next 60 days.

Over in slots, we currently have approximately 650 slot machines

on the fl oor and have added, "Paradise Fishing", which is the only

one in the state currently. It's been a hit with our customers from

the day it was installed, and we have plans to bring in "Beat the

Field" and "Aladdin", two new slot machines coming in October.

We are diligently working on replacing the Slot Tournament Games.