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Silver Lullaby, Continued on page 8

Frank BalaamPage 16

By LCGross

I had heard about St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox

Monastery (located just south of Florence) years ago,

and I fi nally made the time to visit it in June 2011.

Although I am not Orthodox, the visit was a spiritual

experience for me in much the same way any place of

serene beauty confi rms the presence of a Greater Hand

at work in the universe. The monastery is out in the

desert and seems to be an unlikely spot for such beauty

since the desert south of Florence is a

fairly non-descript fl at expanse

of the Sonoran Desert. You’ll

see a lot of greasewood,

shrub brush, and cholla

cactus, but that’s about it.

However, the monastery

compound stands out

because of the various kinds

of stately palm trees that

grace the grounds and its

orchards and olive groves.

Rockhounds, Continued on page 26

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By Darin LowryTurtles by nature aren’t especially

pretty things – interesting perhaps, what

with God’s inherent skill in detail and

nuance, but hardly a creature many

artists strive to capture in their medium

of choice. Enter Danny Jackson, a forty-

fi ve year old Navajo silversmith from

Chinle, Arizona, who will tell you fl at out

and upfront that he loves this particular

reptile. “Desert turtles are known for good

luck and long life – this is a universal belief

in all tribal cultures – and they’re rare to see,”

he says. Danny works in what is known as the

‘shadowbox’ style (two layers of silver are

joined: the back piece is acid washed, creating

a black background; the piece in the forefront

is curved, cut and stamped) and the resulting

jewelry pieces, turtles included, glow with a

deep, ethereal calm. “I wanted to make something

others didn’t. Everyone else was doing fl at pieces,

or adding stones.”

St. Anthony's, Continued on page 10

Greater Hand

A Long History of Caring for History

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By LCGross

ockhounds come in all ages, gender

and political persuasion. Although

skill is involved, it is not necessary in the beginning.

You simply have to like hunting for rocks in

unlikely places and under adverse conditions.

Bring passion to the hunt and the rest will follow:

knowledge of the universe and your very own rock

collection which you can share with others. I know this, because my mother was ‘one.’During our frequent trips between Texas

and Kansas or Colorado in the ‘60s to visit the grandparents, mother would suddenly spot some outcropping of rocks rising out of a grassy fi eld which to her trained eye promised a virtual gold mine of discovery. Turning to a passel of slumbering kids in the back of our stationwagon-turned-kid camp, she would implore us to pile out of the car and follow her across an open fi eld to the top of the outcropping to hunt for rocks.

2 WINTER 2012

WINTER 2012 3y fi rst winter in Globe,

I nearly froze to death.

Even my Border Collie

and Yellow Lab were shivering, and for

once I had to coax them outside for a tinkle. This was

almost seven years ago: a snowstorm had blanketed the

area with enough white stuff to cut us off from the rest

of the world for three days. I immediately contacted

my realtor, a very nice lady named Angela, and, with

chattering teeth demanded my money back. She

seemed somewhat surprised. Apparently she had no

control over the weather, either. ‘I’m from Chicago,’ I

seethed. ‘I came to Arizona to get away from this sort

of thing.’ She assured me it would get warmer, and it

did… in June.

When I purchased my charming, hundred year old

home from the former owner (a rotund former Soviet

bricklayer), eight of the fourteen windows were broken

– six of those just days before closing, and the backyard

was littered with lime green golf balls. Someone was a

poor shot. Two doors in the laundry room had been

completely chewed through by some sort of animal

– or a feral child. I fi gured it must’ve been done by

rabid javelinas. While the furnace in the basement was

relatively new, something had also gnawed through a

few yards of ductwork. I was left unprepared for the

harshness of the coming cold, but soon remedied the

situation as best I could.

Avoiding the tinfoil-covered-window look (since

alien rays from another planet don’t scare me) I hung

a few heavy draperies over the 1970’s aluminum

tracks, fi red up the Kenmore range and hoped for

the best. My hands were so cold that fi rst winter

(and didn’t completely thaw until the fi rst leaves of

spring appeared) that even my dogs screamed when

I petted them.

Six winters came and went. Six seasons of raw

knuckles and stacks of blankets, double socks and

really hot showers. Dipping my frozen fi ngers into my

morning coffee didn’t help much either. Oh, I could’ve

turned up the heat, sure – but I learned my lesson when

I got a gas bill for $498. That was for, like, a weekend’s

worth of heat. Finally getting smart, I bit the bullet,

ordered new windows and hit the jackpot. And what a

set of windows they are!

Dual-pane, vinyl clad, with two locks each. They’re

actually sexy. Banished forever are the days of sliding

and pushing, pulling and cursing the old, warped and

pitted aluminum frames. Now, with a simple fl ick of

my toned and tanned wrist, voila! A perfect opening

and closure, each and every time. The utter joy of still

having ten fi ngers is exhilarating. I have a licensed

general contractor named Tim to thank for this Mode

of Modern Living: he ordered and installed my new

windows. And he didn’t show up drunk or hung

over, either: he showed up, period. Clean, funny and

conscientious – and with drop cloths, too. He even built

deep window sills for each unit, so now I can line up all

my goofy junk and my therapist and I can

begin to deal with my hoarding issues.

But that’s another story.

This winter, my living room feels like

the set of Masterpiece Theatre, though I’m missing a

fi replace and a couple of wingchairs, and my smoking

jacket is currently at the cleaners. Still, it’s nice n’ toasty

while I sit and sip my coffee (rather than soak in it),

stroke the heads of my snoozing hounds and gaze

through the new windows while rabid javelinas feast

on my geraniums.

A New View of Globeby Darin Lowery

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4 WINTER 2012

This New Year’s Eve, a friend

passed along a great piece of

advice for approaching the

New Year with gusto instead of

guilt. Forget resolutions, she

said. They sound too much like

onerous duties which we know

we should do, but don’t really

want to. Replace this with a true

“Bucket List.” The ‘Bucket List’ is

the new term for all those things

we want to do before we, well...,kick the bucket. This is an

excellent exercise for getting your mind to break loose of it’s

worrisome tendencies to dwell on the “shoulds”...and think

bigger to the “why nots?!?” And I can’t think of a better way to

start a new year!

If road trips are part of your bucket list, then you’re going

to love our new regional map and pull out section! Beginning

this year we are including a map of the area which features a

wide range of things to see and do within a hundred miles of

Globe-Miami.

Discover the Copper Corridor which takes you past the

huge and awesome open pit mine at Ray, or travel the nail

gripping, hairpin turns and scenic vistas of the Apache Trail.

You might also set your sites on rafting the Salt River, hiking

the Pinal Mountains, hunting for fossils or exploring the

ancient ruins of Besh Ba Gowah. All within a few

minutes of Globe-Miami! Why Not?

Maybe you want to spend more time

digging in the dirt? Then you’ll want

to check out the Spring Plant Sale

at Boyce Thompson Arboretum

where you can spend time with the staff picking their brains

on the best plants etc for your location. Or join up to take

some fi eld trips with the local rockhounds to hunt for fossils

and gems? Or, on the tamer side, just go visit Mike at Golden

Hills Nursery where you’ll discover all about bare root trees

and more. Why Not?

If you want to explore your creative side, then start with this

months’ artist showcase at the Center for the Arts. We feature

two artists who let the creative rule in their work. Frank Balaam

is hosting a complete showing of his Ocean Light paintings

done in a ‘raw reversal’ technique. This requires unbelievable

skill and results in a palpable sense of light and interplay

among all the elements. And Jim Lindstrom, who began as

a graphic artist but has been playing with his photography

lately and mirroring the images, just put up a show titled,

Rustic Kaleidoscope which takes every day objects and turns

them into works of art. Why Not!?!

Looking for some adventure to add to that bucket list? Sure

we have river rafting, off roading, fi shing, boating, and hiking

here, but what about treasure hunting through our 20+ antique

shops, or slowing down to discover the pleasure of front porch

swings and sidewalk strolls? Yes, you can fi nd all that here and

more. So this winter, as you’re building that bucket list for the

year don’t forget, Globe-Miami has much to offer. Why Not!?!

Best Regards,

(See our Globe-Miami Bucket List of fun, frilly, fanciful,

fabulous things to do on Facebook/globemiamitimes)

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Spring wildfl owers are notoriously localized, fi ckle,

and hard to quantify. Wildfl ower seasons are easier

to describe, but they lend themselves to fanciful

hyperbole, mainly because their emotional impact often

overshadows the reality on the ground. There is morbid

silence bordering on despair during sparse wildfl ower

years. But in stellar seasons, like the spring of 2001, grown

men channel Julie Andrews with song and dervish whirls

through fi elds of lupines, owl clover, and goldpoppies. I

am one of them.

Most adjectives, no matter how heartfelt, don’t lend

much credence to an objective appraisal of the last

decade of wildfl owers. For that, I had to sift through the

detailed fi eld notes that I’ve kept over the years, skip over

the plethora of oohs and aahs, and try to drill down to the

nitty-gritty of what was actually observed.

What sounds easy, though, really defi es most scientifi c

methods: wildfl owers are impossible to count, diffi cult

to measure, and there is generally no easy baseline to

compare them from year-to-year. So anecdotal appraisals

inevitably rule, with comments like the one I wrote for

the state of Mexican goldpoppies in 2001: “Easily the

best in 23 years.” Seven years later, I noted that the show

of yellow brittlebush on the hillsides across from the

entrance to the Arboretum was the best in 30 years. The

problem is that these comments mean nothing without

points of comparison. The average person who doesn’t

spend decades madly scribbling in tiny notebooks has

little context to be impressed.

I made a better attempt in April, 2008, by writing

that the west-facing slopes of hills near Silly Mountain

“appeared to seamlessly morph from an opaque dressing

of poppy orange to clear, brittlebush yellow.” This paints

a better picture and infers that poppies bloom fi rst, that

they are orange-ish, and that they are eventually forced to

hand over the reins to the more heat-tolerant brittlebush.

Not every year is full of Julie Andrews moments, and

2002, 2003, and 2007 proved to be real stinkers. The years

2004 and 2006 were spotty and forgettable. 2009 was a

little better, favoring yellow fi ddlenecks, purple bladder

pods, and a respectable smattering of the most common

species, but it lacked large masses of anything in

particular. After disappointing fall rains, the 2010 season

was rescued by a deluge of ten inches of rain in January

and February that brought out the sandbags along with

some impressive masses of color.

In good-to-great wildfl ower years, like 2001, 2005,

and 2008, few people can resist the seductive pulse of

raw fl ower power. Wildfl owers shows like these win hearts

by softening the preconceived notions of what a desert

is supposed to be, by making it feel safe, inviting, and

accessible, like a multi-million-acre backyard garden.

Timing is everythingThe “sweet spot” for the fl owering of desert annuals

and herbaceous perennials is generally mid-March to

mid-April, but the ideal rain needed to generate these

fl owers is hoped for in October, November, and December,

nudged along with a good, half-inch drenching every few

weeks after that.

But every year is unique, which makes reliable

wildfl ower prognostication a dicey proposition. Heavy

October rain in the 2001 season favored huge shows of

goldpoppies that spread in unbroken masses for miles.

Unusually large amounts of January and February rain

in the 2005 season produced hillsides of owl clover

with freakishly large specimens of globe mallow and

scorpionweed (some as tall as me). 2008 was like a

Mini-Me of 2001, with most of the rain coming in

November and December. Then 2010 broke all the

rules with the fl ooding rains of January and the

eleventh-hour germination that came with it.

This year, the Arboretum has received over four total

inches of rain during the critical months of October,

November, and December, and masses of tiny grasses

and wildfl ower seedlings are prominent on the desert

fl oor. The stage is set—as long as January and February

rains don’t disappoint—for a fl oriferous March climax

that might just leave us speechless.

B O Y C E T H O M P S O N A R B O R E T U M

Desert Wildfl owers – Beyond Description

San Carlos Reservation 2008 - Mexican goldpoppies

Boyce Thompson Arboretum 2010 – Desert Hyacinths

Peachville Mountain, 2010 – Mexican goldpoppies mixed with Desert Lupines

Near Roosevelt Lake, 2010 – Owl Clover

By Kim Stone

Jim Lindstrom just knew something big

was in store for him when he reached 25.

Turns out it was cancer. He was diagnosed

with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and immediately

began treatment. As actor Will Smith, in the

movie ‘Hitch’ says after accidentally kicking

his soon-to-be-girlfriend in the head, “I saw

that going a little differently in my mind.”

Looking back, Lindstrom says it was a good

experience. Sort of. It got him off his wild ways with drugs, and he says, it made him

a kinder person. “I’m more empathetic now. I know what it is like to have the wind

kicked out of you.

He had been working for a graphics design fi rm when he was diagnosed, and

when his boss discovered the diagnosis she fi red him. That too ended up being a

blessing of sorts. After he got on the other side of his cancer, he found a position with

the Yellow Pages when yellow page advertising was still king. It was at a time when

computers were just being introduced into the offi ce. And yes, he is that old.

The company had just purchased their fi rst Macintosh and asked if anyone in

the offi ce wanted to learn it and teach others. Lindstrom happily volunteered. He

eventually moved up the ladder to Advertising Coordinator where he was in charge

of helping the sales people WOW their customers. Working on a quota system,

Lindstrom said he was usually done by 10 every morning, and he could work on

other things like writing (Lindstrom has written several sci-fi pieces) or designs for

his own use. "I loved that job and expected I’d be there forever, until they laid me off

15 years later in a big ‘re-structuring.’"

He smiles again.

"I was devastated. Did I already say, I loved that job!?!”

Through a series of positions with other companies, Lindstrom has once again

managed to land in a position he likes, almost as much, with an insurance provider

in the Valley.

However, he is fi nding more and more reasons to spend time in Globe when his

schedule allows. Yes, by weekday, he is an information consultant for an insurance

company in the Valley, but on the weekends, Jim Lindstrom is one of us. A Globe-ite.

He has been coming to Globe ever since meeting up with Darin Lowery who many

of you know as a writer for GMT and part of the fabulous staff at The Pickle Barrel

Trading Post. Jim says he used to pass through town on vacations to the family cabin

in Pinetop, but it took meeting a “local” and spending time here to really fall in love

with the place, the people, and the Globe-vibe.

Lens

The Chair's in their natural state on Darin's patio... and under the artful eye of Jim Lindstrom

Lindstrom, Continued on page 7

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Life Through AJIM LINDSTROM

By LCGross

WINTER 2012 7

Now he comes up often on the weekends and he and Darin have collaborated

on several projects including a children’s story about Velma, an overweight border

collie (Summer Edition 2010) who gets healthy through diet and exercise, and a

blog, aptly titled 4Hands2Visions.com which showcases their collective talent in

writing, photography, art and life.

This Fall, Lindstrom began experimenting with

manipulating images he took around town and

one of the fi rst pieces he did was of three old metal

chairs which sat rusting on Darin’s back patio. Using

computer software and his graphic design background,

he mirrored the image and saturated the colors to

achieve his fi rst "AHA" moment.

The effect was “other worldly.” He liked the fi nished piece so much he began

experimenting with other images; a tall oak tree, a large mechanical wheel, the grill

of a car. This January, Lindstrom is showcasing his work at the Center for the Arts.

Titled Rustic Kaleidoscope, it offers 20 views of nature and the real world thru

the lens of a kaleidoscope and Lindstrom’s own perspective. The word kaleidoscope

stems from Ancient Greek and means “an observer of beautiful forms.”

Maybe Lindstrom has always had this talent to see beauty in the ordinary. Maybe

the cancer helped to not only

make him kinder, but more

aware. Or maybe it is just

his natural curiosity with the

world around him that helps

him see what we do not.

In any case, his work “of

beautiful forms” is on display

at the Center for the Arts thru

January and on the blog he shares

with Darin at 4Hands2Visions.com.

Please visit one or both to see Globe

through a new lens.

Lindstrom, Continued from page 6

He comes from a long line of

silversmiths, dating from the 1800’s,

and his is the fourth generation. His

three brothers and one sister make

them the Jackson 5 and yes, one of

his brothers is named Michael. When

he was six years old he began making

plain silver rings, some with bezels

and stones. After a year or so, with his

parents keeping half of the proceeds for

supplies and letting him keep the rest

(“I didn’t like that part of it.”) He became

a buffer. Erasing minute imperfections

in the silver – buffi ng out the hammer

marks, scratches, and solder lines –

taught him a lot about the art of jewelry

making. It was his brother Tommy

who told him, ‘My name is going

on each piece and it has to be

perfect’. Because the Jackson

family designs

are considered

‘museum/gallery’

quality, Danny kept

at it until each piece

shone. “Every little corner

is checked. I learned this

because of him.” He

continued his buffi ng

through high school.

Silver Lullaby, Continued from page 1

Marriage then took him to Globe and

Phoenix. He returned to his parents’

home in Chinle one day while they

were out of town. Their tools

and silver were where they

left it; he began to ‘work’

the metal and created a

few small pieces. His efforts

were rewarded when they

returned and thought his

work was theirs. “If it was

good enough for them

to think that, then I’ll

start doing my own,”

he remembers thinking.

That was in 1994. Since then,

he’s been designing and executing his

own work and attends NAU towards a

degree in Art Education.

The Navajo nation, with a

population of 300,000, is second only to

the Cherokee in size. An abundance of

artists dwell in the Navajo community,

such as weavers, sand painters,

silversmiths, and woodworkers. A

2004 study found approximately 60

percent of all families have at least one

member making arts and crafts.

Learning how to do so is strongly

encouraged; jewelry making

is taught in the schools and

in fact Danny’s father and

older brother (Gene and

Tommy Jackson, both well-

known silversmiths) were

former artists-in-residence.

”You need to pass this on

for the culture to survive,”

Danny stresses. “The younger

generation has to learn and

the older generation has to

teach.” The Navajo are a tight

group, with family members

living in very close proximity

to each other. Referencing the

axiom, ‘it takes a village to raise a

child’, he continues. “Up here, the

village is the family. You need your

grandparents and uncles. In Navajo

culture, Father doesn’t instruct children

to behave and learn – it’s the Mother’s

brothers – it’s a matriarchal system.”

It was through this intensive

tradition of learning that Danny

developed his craft. While buffi ng

fi nished silver all those years taught

him to look for imperfections and

to strive for seamless perfection, the

actual creation of a piece is critical and

painstaking. A commissioned piece he

did a while back – a large sterling turtle

with four smaller turtles cut into it – was

created as a table centerpiece which

measured 5 x 6 inches. Each turtle had a

Blue Gem turquoise stone mounted into

it, and Danny counted 540 individual

stamps by the time he completed the

piece. The stamping is done with a

chisel, at room temperature – and not a

machine. “It freaks people out!” he says,

laughing. In the shadowbox process,

Danny cuts designs into the silver with

a tiny jeweler’s saw; the delicate cutouts

of horses and hands, in one particular

piece, are miniscule. Some of his tools

are custom made by his father-in-law,

a former machinist. “[In my work] you

burn your fi ngers, you cut your fi ngers.

If someone tells you they do their own

stuff, I always say, check their hands.”

Currently, Danny is creating

gradient sterling bead necklaces. They

are as lustrous as pearls and as timeless,

but don’t be fooled by the simplicity.

Each bead is actually a hollow half,

hammered into a circular shape and

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Silver Lullaby, Continued on page 9

“There’s a feeling of gratifi cation knowing you’ve created a piece that wasn’t there before.”

WINTER 2012 9

then joined seamlessly. Danny’s buffi ng experience comes

into full play here, and the resulting pieces are exquisite.

If gold would be sunshine, then silver is slumber – quietly

satisfying and pleasing.

“There’s a feeling of gratifi cation knowing you’ve

created a piece that wasn’t there before,” Danny explains.

“My Mother used to say a part of us goes into each piece

– literally! When I’d burn myself buffi ng, [everything]

combines on

an atomic level.

We get cut, we

bleed – it all

goes into a piece.”

Despite this, the

jewelry he creates

aren’t simply shiny

baubles – they are

exuberant, fl uid; they

move with a life of their own, like rushing

water or molten glass. Bright and quick,

but soothing as well. How best to describe

his work are the words of a woman who

admired a sterling turtle necklace he

had created.

“She said, ‘Danny, that piece was

talking to me. I had to come back for it’.

It became a part of her, which is pretty

neat – it called her back, because she had

dreamed about it.”

Silver Lullaby, Continued from page 8

The contrast between this natural

landscape and the oasis which has

been coaxed into being reminds me

of the many times I've spent at Boyce

Thompson Arboretum in the scorching

heat of summer. Nature has responded

with a true fl ourish to many loving

hands which have been at work on this

oasis since 1995. Where once the sun

scorched the ground and those who

toiled here, there is now a vast canopy of

shade and a slight breeze weaves it's way

through the campus of small chapels

and individual gardens.

It was not always this way.

St. Anthony's, Continued from page 1 A world away on a mountain

peninsula in Greece, Mount Athos is

home to 20 Orthodox monasteries

and is referred to by Orthodox people

throughout the world as the Holy

Mountain. It was here that a young boy

raised in poverty joined the monastic

life at age 19. He was, of course, Father

Ephraim, a priest-monk for almost 60

years. He is believed to be the fi rst abbot

to establish an authentic Athonite

monastery on American soil.

Since coming to the United States in

1995 with six other monks to establish

St. Anthony’s, Father Ephraim is also

credited with founding seventeen other

monasteries through America and

Canada. He now oversees

the monasteries he has

helped to establish

but call St. Anthony's

home. His presence

here is one reason

that so many pilgrims

from all over the world

travel to this spot in the

Sonoran desert.

Today, nearly 45

monks live and work at

the monastery, and there

are housing quarters for

pilgrims (both men’s

quarters and women’s

quarters). Pilgrims

may come for a day or ten days and are

required to attend all services, which

include the main service starting at

1:45 AM and lasting until 4:00 AM every

morning. Pilgrims are mostly Greek

Orthodox, but being Orthodox is not

required in order to make a day-visit

or to stay for several days. While there

is no charge for a visit, donations to St.

Anthony’s are accepted.

A review by Anna from LA (on Yelp),

provides a good insight into a day in the

life of a pilgrim visiting the monastery:

“The fi rst night I went at 1 AM

and was able to kiss Father Ephraim’s

hand. After the Divine Liturgy, there

was a breakfast of freshly baked bread

(made by the monks), large and small

bitter green olives from the olive

orchards on the grounds, two types of

halva, jam, nuts, fresh fruit from the

orchards, and coffee. This is a typical

fasting breakfast (no animal products).

After breakfast, you may go back to bed

for another three hours of quiet time.

Walking back to my room at 5 AM was

beautiful. The desert stars and moon

were bright, casting shadows on the

cacti and the air was cool and fresh.

Your fi rst clue that you are indeed nearing a sanctuary is the view of a white chapel sitting serenely on a hill top. Surrounded by desert and protected by an imposing stone wall, the chapels glistening white architecture and cross can be seen for miles. It is one of the newer chapels on the property and is dedicated to the Prophet Elias (also Elijah) whose name is honored in Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Completed in the summer of 2008

The grounds of the Greek Monastery are more reminiscent of Europe than the Sonoran desert.

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St. Anthony's, Continued on page 11

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During the day, a person is pretty

much free to roam the beautiful

grounds. Lunch is served at 11:30 AM,

and there is no talking aloud, except

for a monk reading a chosen Bible

passage in Greek. When one of the

monks rings a bell, you are allowed to

pour water. The typical fasting lunch

that I ate consisted of braised green

beans with calamari, fresh bread,

olives, salad, and Greek macaroni.

After lunch visitors can approach

Father Ephraim for his blessing, go to

the book store, and speak with some

of the monks or with other pilgrims.

Another mandatory service is Vespers

at 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM. Dinner is served

afterwards. Following dinner is the

last mandatory service. Then, you are

ready to go to bed at 7:30 PM. I was

able to fall asleep almost right away.

I was feeling extremely peaceful and

happy, yet exhausted.”

Requirements for visiting:

The Monastery readily accepts

day visitors who wish to see the

grounds from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM,

seven days per week. Visitors are asked

to stop at the gate house upon arrival

and, if a monk is not immediately

available at the bookstore when you

arrive, please wait at the gift shop

until a monk returns.

When visiting the monastery,

please be respectful and wear proper

attire (i.e., for men this means long-

sleeved shirts and trousers, and for

women this means long skirts, long

sleeves, and a head covering. To view

all the guidelines, please check the

St. Anthony’s Monastery website

(www.stanthonysmonastery.org/

visitorguide).

Directions: From the Phoenix

area, take I-10 east (towards Tucson)

and take exit 185. Follow the signs

for Coolidge/Florence (a left at

the exit ramp, followed by a right

turn 1/2 mile later). You will be on

Hwy 387 North that takes you to

Route 87. Turn right on 87 South,

heading towards Coolidge. You will

pass Coolidge on your right, but

continue on 287 East until you reach

Florence (9 miles past Coolidge). Stay

on your right, taking Route 79 towards

Tucson. After mile marker 124, turn

left on Paisano Drive. Follow it all the

way to the end, where it turns left.

This unmarked road is St. Joseph’s

Way, and it will take you to the

monastery’s parking lot.

St. Anthony's, Continued from page 10

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The Society Page Cobre Valley Regional Hospital 2011 Wine

and Art AuctionThe Art and WIne Auction raised over $32,000 thanks to corporate sponsorships and an enthusiastic crowd of bidders. All in the name of a good cause!

Christmas Season at the Center

Leroy and Velma Tucker, with Jeri and Bill Byrne

Bob Zache & Leslie Parker

Candy Sullivan, Nicole Sullivan, Donna Hanson of the Copper Belles enjoyed the evening and helped to add “ambiance” to a stellar evening of art for a good cause.

Kim and Ann Stone

Sheena Guerrero, Shannon Long, Hanna Byrne and Diana Jargenson

Neal Jensen and Evelyn Vargas

Chris and Dana Cecil Peter Peifer and wife Karen

Ian Lamont with Jane Allen

Wendy Hunsaker, Angie Crago, Cami Lucero, Nicole Gregory of Great Western Bank

The Community Players and Choir put on an exceptional Holiday musical revue at the Center in December with 4 sold out performances!

John and Sue Armer, Shirley Dawson, Dorothy Tippett, Janet Gibson and Diane Wheeler enjoyed the Holiday mixer at the Center.

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The Society Page

Around TownBrianna Pastore wed Lucas Rodriquez in an outdoor backyard wedding in Phoenix. Lucas and Bri, shown here with their parents: Paul, Renee, and Brandon Pastore (left) and George and Cheree Rodriguez (right).

Brianna Pastore wedsLucas Rodriguez on 11.11.11

Weddings & Anniversaries

Candice and Amy perform to an appreciative audience during Vida e's First Friday Open Mic night.

Marc Marin – One of the Hosts of Ghosts of Globe Tour which brought in a record 300 people who took the tour!

Pastors Barbie and Dan Morton of the First Christian Church bid a fond farewell to this community after 16 years of service. Their going-away party was hosted at the Dream Manor Inn. Shown here with Joyce and Ed Lowe.

Donna Barth, with PHI Air Evac and Rebecca Bernal of Dream Manor Inn. Rebecca had the winning ticket for a free helicopter Ride, courtesy of Air Vac, at the Chamber mixer in November.

Big John who provided the DJ sounds for the evening and local radio personality, Bill Taylor

Jim and Nancy Mckay celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary at the Center for the Arts with 100 family and friends on December 17th, 2011. Their original wedding party, along with family members fl ew in from Canada and Minneapolis to attend the gala evening in Globe! Nancy wore the same dress, she wore in 1971.

The Sisterhood of Xi Alpha: Kathy Ryan, Janice Marlow, Leora Hunsaker, Robin Eubank, Leslie Felix

Dave Sadler (Brother-in-law), Jim and Nancy Mackay, sister Pat Sadler (Maid of Honor), Ed Gilpin (Brother-in-law), sister Janice Gilpin (Bridesmaid)

Jimmy Lindstrom, Linda Gross and Darin Lowery

Nick and Betty Rayes also attended to wish the Morton's well on their journey.

Mackay 40thWedding Anniversary

14 WINTER 2012

Growing up I always detested the

study of American History because

it seemed so boring and removed

from my daily experience. But

now that I work at a school,

I have been revisiting the

subject from a 6th grade

perspective and fi nding

myself both enlightened

and curious to learn more.

A friend recently asked if I had ever

read the U.S. Constitution in its entirety,

and I had to admit that I didn't think I

had. It had always seemed inaccessible

to me – stuck in a realm reserved

for professional politicians and

commentators. But I decided, with all

of the political and economic upheaval

and the upcoming presidential election,

what better time than now to read the

document that forms the basis of all of

our nation's laws? Besides, my friend

assured me that it was remarkably

simple and beautifully written.

The U.S. Senate's website provided

me with the original text, along with a

paragraph-by-paragraph explanation

of the terminology. The process of

investigating the Constitution produced

quite a few realizations, reminders, and

moments of clarity for this political

neophyte.

“We the people of the United

States...”

I was struck by these immortal

words that began the Preamble to

the Constitution and were echoed

years later in the Gettysburg Address,

when Abraham Lincoln spoke of a

“government of the people, by the

people, for the people.” (How ironic

that I, one of these people, had such

a limited knowledge of the document

delineating the powers of my nation's

government and my rights as a citizen!)

The ideal set forth by our founding

fathers was one of a nation whose people

governed themselves through their

representatives and were guaranteed

certain unalienable rights. The extent

of powers granted to Congress by the

Constitution surprised me and showed

the measures the framers took to make

the former a reality. Now, whether

or not the justice, tranquility, common

defense, general welfare, and blessings

of liberty spoken of in the Preamble

were actually attained, is a different

story, but the pursuit in itself is

admirable and important.

A look at the presidency of

John Adams (second president

of the United States) reveals the

beginnings of a pattern of nuanced

confl ict that would plague

future U.S. presidents – the

tension between preserving

our nation's security (or

perceived security) and protecting

the rights of its people. Adams can be

lauded for keeping the nation out of

offi cial war with France following the

French Revolution, but he also signed

into law the Alien and Sedition Acts.

These acts made it diffi cult for foreigners

to become U.S. citizens, allowed the

president to deport any such foreigners

if deemed to be a threat, and made

it illegal to criticize the government.

Clearly, these controversial laws, borne

out of the Federalist Party's fear of

disloyal French residents, breached the

First Amendment rights of free speech

and a free press. They limited the rights

of an entire group of people simply

because of their ethnicity.

One may argue, as Abraham Lincoln

did during the Civil War, that there is

cause for suspension of civil liberties

during times of war. In a draft of his

report to Congress he expressed: “[T]

he whole of the laws which I was sworn

to [execute] were being resisted...in

nearly one-third of the states. Must

I have allowed them to fi nally fail of

execution?... Are all the laws but one

[the right to habeas corpus] to go

unexecuted, and the government itself...

go to pieces, lest that one be violated?”

The Constitution does make

provisions for the suspension of the writ

of habeas corpus (right of jailed people

to require their jailers to justify their

imprisonment in court) “when in cases

of rebellion or invasion the public safety

may require it.” However, Lincoln's

actions were controversial because he

took upon himself a power commonly

interpreted to be reserved for Congress.

Though it's not unreasonable to

claim that certain concessions might be

necessary during wartime, the extent

to and conditions under which such

concessions should be made is open to

interpretation and subject to the whims

of fl awed and often irrational people.

During World War II, following Japan's

attack on Pearl Harbor, President

Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered

We the People

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Attractions/Entertainment

Bullion Plaza Cultural Center/Museum131 N Plaza CircleMiami, Az 85539928-473-3700

Besh Ba GowahJess Hayes Road928-425-0329Open 7 days a week 9am-5pmRated Top Ten attractions in Area

Center for the Arts101 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-0884Open Mon-Sat at 10am; Sun at noon

Gila County Historical Museum1330 N Broad StreetGlobe, Az 85501928-425-7385Open Mon-Fri10am-4pm; Sat at 11am

Hollis CinemasCedar & BroadGlobe, Az 85501Holliscinemas.com

Bars/Good Eats

Corner Lunch Shoppe270 S SutherlandGlobe, Az 85501928-425-825410:30am-3:30pm dailycornerlunchshoppe.comLunch on the patio. Open on Sundays.

DeMarco’s Restaurant1103 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-402-9232Open 6 days a week. Closed TuesdaysDemarcosrestaurant.com Italian * Take Out * Catering

Drift Inn, The636 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-9573Open at 10am 7 days at weekHistoric Bar 1902 * World Famous Bloody Mary’s

Good Junk Bakery & Bar B Que570 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501602-931-0584Bakery and Bar B Que

Guayos el Rey716 W Sullivan StMiami, Az 85539928-425-9960Open 6 days a week at 11am: Closed on WednesdaysA tradition of fi ne Mexican food.

Guayos on the Trail14239 S Az Hwy 188Globe, Az 85501928-425-9969 Open 6 days a week at 11am. Closed on TuesdaysA family tradition. Plus great parking for those visiting the lake with big rigs.

Huddle, The392 N BroadGlobe, Az928-425-0205Open at 10am 7 days a weekLocal Sports Bar and ATV headquarters

Irene’s1623 E AshGlobe, Az 85501928-425-7904Open 11am 9pm 6 days a week. Closed TuesdaysMexican Restaurant serving lunch and dinner

Joe’s Broad Street Grille247 S BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-4704Joesbroadstreetgrill.comDiner serving Breakfast & Lunch

JUMBO Chinese Restaurant2058 Hwy 60Globe, Az 85501928-425-2615Open 7 days a week at 11amServing Lunch & Dinner, plus Buffet

Libby’s el Rey999 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-2054Open 11am 6 days a week. Closed TuesdaysMexican Restaurant serving lunch and dinner

Noel’s Sweets226 N Broad StGlobe, Az 85501928-425-2445Old Fashioned ice cream parlor & gift shop

Zen’s Cafe1535 S StreetGlobe, Az928-425-8154Open 7 days a week 6am - 9pmBreakfast * Lunch * Dinner

Shopping/Home DecorAnother Shade of Red517 W SullivanMiami, AZ 85529928-473-3848Furnishing, house plants & more for the home

Clock Shop, The394 N Broad Globe, Az 85501928-812-2602Open Wed- SatSpecializing in fi ne clocks: service & repair

Furniture Store, The182 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-701-2775Open Mon - SatFurniture, Art, Collectibles, Home Lighting

Golden Hills Nursery5444 E Golden Hills RoadGlobe, Az 85501928-6004Open 6 days a week. Closed SundaysEverything for yard and garden & more!

Grandma Weezy’s Antiques411 SullivanMiami, Az 85539928-473-9004Open 7 days a week 9am–4pmAntiques, Collectibles & Used Furniture

Hill Street Mall383 S HillGlobe, Az 85501928-425-0022Open 7 days a week. 10am-5pmAntiques, Collectibles, Quilt Shop

JH Antiques406 W GibsonMiami, Az 85539480-947-9124Open Sat-Sun 10am-5pmAntiques & Collectibles

Julie’s Quilt Shop600 W Sullivan StMiami, Az 85539928-473-7633Open Mon- Sat 10am-6pmFull service Quilt shop for all your projects

Ortega’s Shoes150 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-0223Open Mon-Sat at 9:30amFamily Shoe store, Sports Central

GLOBE WALKING MAP

Past Times Antiques150 W Mesquite StreetGlobe, Az 85501928-425-2200Open 5 days a week Tues- Sat.Antiques, Furnishings & home of Humane Society Pres.

Pickle Barrel Trading Post404 S BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-9282Open 7 days a week 10am-6pmPicklebarreltradingpost.com Truly! You won’t believe what’s inside!

Pinal Lumber & Insulation1780 E Ash StGlobe, Az 85501928-425-5716Open 7 days a weekFull Service Stocking Lumber Yard. NOW- with location in Tonto Basin *Just behind the Butcher Hook!

Pretty Patty Lou’s551 S Broad StGlobe, Az 85501928-425-2680Open Wed-sat 10am-5pmWomen love this thoroughly delightful store!

Sullivan Street Antiques407 W Sullivan StreetMiami, Az 85539928-812-0025Sullivanstreetantiques.comWe represent fi ne antiques

Soda Pop’s Antiques505 W Sullivan Miami, Az 85501928-473-4344Open Friday and Saturday at 10amAntiques, Restored Gas pumps, vintage radios, and more. This ain’t no museum. This junk’s for sale!

Simply Sarah’s386 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-3637Open Tues-Sat 10:30-5pmA woman’s spoils store

Tri City Furniture751 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-0374Open Mon-Sat at 9amHome Furnishings, Appliances and U-Haul Rental

True Blue Jewelry & Gifts200 W AshGlobe, Az 85501928-425-7625Open Mon-Fri 9am-4pmHome of Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. Gift shop.

United Jewelry135 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-7300Open at 9:30am Mon-Sat Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Long Guns

White Porch Antiques, The101 N Broad StGlobe, Az 85501928-425-4000Open Thurs-Mon 10am-5pmA multi-dealer shop which is always worth the trip!

Sleep & StayCedar Hill Bed & Breakfast175 E CedarGlobe, Az 85501928-425-7530cedarhillaz.comBed and Breakfast since 1992

Chrysocolla Inn246 Oak StreetGlobe, Az 85501928-961-0970Historic B&B with modern conveniences

Copper Miners’ Rest198 Chisholm AveMiami, Az 85539928-473-8144copperminersrest.com

Bed & fi x your own D%#! Breakfast

Dream Manor InnHwy 77Globe, Az 85501928-812-1694Dreammanorinn.com

Globe-Miami’s Premier Event experience

Services60’s Motors867 E Ash StreetGlobe, Az 85501928-425-9228Open 6 days a week at 8am

Complete Automotive Service & Sales

Bernie’s Trophies/Be Optimistic120 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-3433

Trophies / Hair Salon

Diamond M Dental Assoc.198 W OakGlobe, Az 85501928-425-0670

Full service family dental clinic

Desert Oasis Wellness Center138 S BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-3207Open Mon-Friday 9am-5pm

Chiropractic, Acupuncture & Wellness

Globe Gym201 W Ash StGlobe, Az 85501928-425-9304

Full Fitness Gym, Training, Classes

Jackson Hewitt Tax ServicesR&R Accounting385 N Broad StGlobe, Az 85501928-425-2146Full service tax & accounting

ML & H Computers390 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-3252Computer service, repair and offi ce supplies + WIFI

Mountain View Dentistry5981 W Electric Dr.Globe, Az 85501928-425-3162Full service, Family Dentistry

Noah’s Ark Mobile ClinicBehind the Chamber of Commerce928-200-2076Available on Mon*Wed*ThursFull Vet care for your pet!

Palace Healthmart Pharmacy100 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-5777Hometown full-service pharmacy & gifts

Service First Realty430 N BroadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-5108Real Estate/premier property mgmt fi rm

Western Reprographics375 SutherlandGlobe, Az 85501928-425-0772Full service signs, banners, decals, embroidery & more

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St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery- Florence4784 North St. Joseph’s WayFlorence, AZ 520-868-3188

Whether 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. See our cover story.

Mount Athos Restaurant - Florence444 N Pinal ParkwayFlorence, Az 520-868-0735

Owner George Koulouris came to Florence in 2005 from New York City and serves up fi ne Greek, American and Italian cuisine for lunch and dinner. His place gets rave reviews for food and ambience, and like the Monastery, Mount Athos seems to have been transported to the desert from another world. Lucky us.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum - Outside of Superior37615 U.S. Highway 60 Superior, AZ 520-689-2723www.http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu

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.

The Old Magma Copper Company SmelterThe Smelter at Superior, closed in 1971 laying off hundred of Superior workers.The downtown is now dotted with a few restaurants and small shops, but there are plans underway to renovate the old Magma Hotel and more. Check out the newest eatery on the main drag: Steven McNealys will be serving “a little slice of home cookin’”

Caboose Visitors CenterThe Superior Chamber of Commerce is hosting the little Red Caboose visitor center which sits on the highway and is staffed by volunteers. It’s a great place to stop in and get information!

Bullion Museum & Cultural Center-MiamiWest end of Miami

The old schoolhouse-turned- cultural museum, has been gaining momentum as a museum and cultural center over the last several years and now hosts many new displays and an excellent variety of exhibits unique to this region and Miami’s own history. Open Fridays and Saturdays 11am - 3pm.

Sports Hall of Fame - Miami1052 Adonis Avenue Miami, AZ 85539473-2621

Miami Highschool was a powerhouse of athletic talent winning 44 State Championships over nearly 80 years. The Sports Hall of fame is not just a testament to the athletes, but the community from which they sprang. Housed in the back of the Miami Library, it is a pleasure to explore.

Chamber of Commerce - Globe1360 North Broad StreetGlobe, AZ 85501-2712425-4495Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm; Saturdays 10-3

Gila County Historical Museum1330 North Broad StreetGlobe, AZ 85501425-7385Open Mon-Fri 10am-4pm; Sat 11am-3pm

Located just behind the Chamber, the Museum provides a rich resource for history buffs and visitors wanting to know more about the history of this region.

Old Dominion Walking Park*Pending.* Scheduled to open this Spring

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.

Historic District- Downtown GlobeGlobe’s Historic Downtown District is unique. Harking back to the time when all your business and entertainment was done in one central downtown district, Globe’s business district boasts 70 shops, restaurants and service business within an 8-block area. Just off of the main hwy, the entrance to this bustling Historic District is accessible from the west end at the RR trestle and from the east end just before the overpass.

Besh Ba GowahJess Hayes RoadGlobe, Az 85501928-425-0320Open 7 days a week from 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.

El Capitan Pass - OverlookThis pass was used by Kearny’s army of the West in a march to california in 1846. It bypassed the impassable canyon on the Gila river. Picnic area and overlook.

Maria'sHwy 77, Winkleman, AZ520-356-6807Open 7 days a week 7am-8pmMexican Diner. Great place for breakfast or lunch if you're doing "the Loop."

Winkleman-Kearny-RayLocals will say “If you wink...you might miss Winkleman”... but the road between Winkleman and Superior is rich with mining history and current mining activity. The views are awesome and the stopover at the visitor center for the Open Pit Mine at Ray is totally worth the drive by itself!

Salt River Rafting: Begins here.The Salt River has been called a mini-Grand Canyon and every year rafting companies set up in March to take people on 1/2 day and 3-day trips,

complete with Class 4 rapids and the beauty of the Salt canyon. The put in is 45 minutes north of Globe. For more info on rafting trips see: gmteconnect.com.

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. You’ll fi nd the entrance to the Visitors Center approximately 18 miles west of Hayden

Tonto National MonumentHwy 188Tonto BasinOpen 7 days a week 8am - 5pm

Turn onto State Highway 188 and drive 25 miles to Tonto National Monument. The well-preserved Lower and Upper cliff dwellings were occupied during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries. Reservations are required for Upper Cliff Dwelling tours.

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!

Butcher Hook928-479-2226Open 7 days a week of course!www.butcherhook.com

Long a tradition in Tonto Basin for anyone heading to the Lake, The Butcher Hook encompasses an RV park, convenience store, gas station, bait shop, restaurant and bar.

NOTE: The Copper Spike Excursion Train is not running this season. After successfully proving it's mettle over the last 5 years, and with a banner year of serving almost 27,000 people last year, the Copper Spike was part of a large buy out (of Arizona Eastern RR) in August which involved the transfer of all assets to Genese and Wyoming, a successful freight company. While G&W is not interested in operating an excursion train, there are many ideas being discussed and we are all hopeful something can be worked out to bring it back next year! You can read more at www.globemainstreet.com or log on to the Copper Spike facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Copperspiketrain

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100,000 Americans of Japanese descent

to evacuate their homes along the West

Coast and relocate to detention camps.

Unlike Germans and Italians who were

rounded up individually based on their

potential threat to the U.S. and given

loyalty hearings, the Japanese, two-

thirds of whom were American citizens,

were blindly rounded up and herded

like cattle into remote camps to be

incarcerated for up to four years without

due process of law.

Unfortunately, this was not an

isolated incidence of racism but,

rather, the climax of a series of racist

laws propelled by the anti-Japanese

sentiment rampant among white

laborers and nativists during the late

1800s and early 1900s. These laws,

fueled by the fear that the incoming

wave of Japanese immigrants would

threaten the prosperity of white

workers, included intermarriage

restrictions, school segregation laws,

and citizenship restrictions. Nativists

capitalized on American anxiety over

the economic and political rise of Japan

to cast Japanese Americans as immoral

and menacing pawns, sent by Japan to

prepare for future military conquest.

It's not diffi cult to see how the threat

of losing money and physical security

compelled America's citizens and its

government to blatantly disregard

constitutional rights for an entire group

of people. But one has to wonder whether

it's during such times of distress, when

these rights are at greatest risk, that they

should be upheld with greatest fervor.

A shining example of such courage

was the recently deceased Gordon

Hirabayashi, a Japanese American

man (then a senior at the University of

Washington) who resisted internment

during World War II. “This order for

the mass evacuation of all persons

of Japanese descent denies them the

right to live,” Hirbayashi wrote in 1942.

“I consider it my duty to maintain the

democratic standards for which this

nation lives. Therefore, I must refuse this

order of evacuation.”

In his own words, Hirabayashi

“wasn't a rebel looking for a cause.”

His heroism didn't lie in the simple fact

of his defi ance but in the motivation

behind the act. Hirabayashi wasn't just

trying to avoid imprisonment; he simply

couldn't bring himself to not do what

he considered to be the right thing. In

fact, he even willingly turned himself in

to the FBI and, following a federal trial

and conviction, hitchhiked his way to

his assigned prison in Arizona to serve

the time he had been sentenced to.

Four decades later, Hirabayashi was

vindicated when the Supreme Court

ruled the internment “had been based

on political expediency, not on any

threat to national security.”

As a nation of citizens endowed

with inalienable rights, we have choices

to make every day. We can choose to

exercise our rights to voice dissent

against and even antagonize the

government, corporations, political

parties, individuals, or the like. We can

support legislation that limits or violates

the rights of others in hopes that it will

increase our own security. But we can

also exercise our rights by doing our

part as individuals to uphold those very

virtues our forefathers espoused in the

Constitution—to behave justly, walk in

peace with those around us, defend the

defenseless, seek the common good,

and advocate for freedom.

Author Jessica Doong

assists at Inspired Learning

Academy where the 6th

grade kids are learning

about the Constitution. I

asked her to write a piece

on our Nation's document to take us into

an Election Year.

Constitution, Continued from page 14

16 WINTER 2012

My recent painting series, Ocean

Light Through the Trees, draws

inspiration from the wild coasts of

Central California and renders my

perspective of life gleaned from a

lifetime of traveling and painting. Some

things are just too vast and powerful to

paint, yet as artists our job is to capture

them as best we can on a small rectangle

of white canvas - it’s what we do.

The gnarled old Monterey Cypress,

dripping orange lichen, clung to the

cliff edge. It breathed deeply the living

sea mist and absorbed the tingling,

electric light. The greatest power on

the surface of the earth writhed and

thundered a hundred feet below, and

my wife, Nora, and I sat on a rock, sketch

books and pencils in hand, inspired

and intimidated.

I felt as inadequate as a post card

of the Grand Canyon. I shouldn’t,

I was born to this experience and I

remembered when my brother and I

would lean over the edge of the cliffs,

suspended by gale force winds blowing

off the Irish Sea. My birthplace is on

the Lancashire coast in the North of

England and our job after school was

to catch fi sh for dinner. We would

walk out a quarter of a mile on the

sands below the cliffs to set “night lines”

at low tide. Flocks of Curlew, Sand

Pipers and Herring Gulls would scream

eerily aloft into the salt wind ahead

of us. The wild storm and the sinking

sands and the racing tides, which every

year marooned the unwary, all added to

the energy of being alive. The question

I now faced was, “How do I paint

that feeling”?

For representing the storm-

ravaged, coastal trees I chose the

artistic style I developed called “Raw

Reversal” painting. “Raw” painting is

a technically-challenging, extension

of the raw passions I found in the

“Naive” art world of Jamaica in the

1980s. After completing a series of

mural-sized paintings for a client at

Rio Chico, Jamaica, I stayed on the

island and painted throughout the

winter in the mountains south of Ocho

Rios. I also wrote about Primitive

Art for Jamaican Airways Magazine

while offering guided tours for visiting

art critics who were fascinated by

the Rastafarian, “Naive” painters

who created primitive, frequently

spiritual canvases with passion and

unsophisticated enthusiasm. “Raw”

painting proceeds contrary to the

traditional painting techniques which

begin in the distance and progress to

the foreground overlaying colour upon

colour. By reversing the traditional

approach to the landscape, each

brushstroke of translucent oil paint

is applied over the pure white canvas

and consequently incorporates

both refl ected and refracted light,

intensifying each individual colour

in order to represent the vibrancy of

sunlight glowing through windows of

translucent leaves giving the effect of

light streaming through stained glass of

a cathedral.

Sounds easy. Unfortunately, for

maximum luminosity, each brushstroke

must be applied over the white canvas

without subsequent over-painting and

this is where the technically challenging

part comes in if you want a more

realistic painting instead of primitive,

somewhat stylized painting. Effectively

you need to know to a great extent where

every brushstroke is going to go before

you even begin. This in turn could be

an incredibly dull and boring limitation

if you didn’t allow enough space in

your approach to take advantage of

those wonderful unexpected surprises

which continuously enliven the

painter’s journey.

When painting in Raw

Reversal, I also adopted

a heavy impasto texture

because the thickness

of the paint eliminates

the deadening effect

of obsessive detail

engendered by fi lling

in the last tiny spaces

between leaves. It also

gives physical substance to

the distant light allowing it

to bully its way onto the

foreground, distorting

earlier brushstrokes and

brushing off their colours

as the light passes through

the dense undergrowth.

Thus, my Raw Reversal

painting technique

brings sophistication

to the naivete’ without

sacrifi cing any of the

primal passion.

The emergence of the

Raw Reversal approach

in my paintings began in 2005, after

professor Wilt’s blatant destruction of the

historic Pioneer Hotel which housed my

art and gallery. A senseless fi re destroyed

25 years of my art and life since moving

to America in the 1980s. With so many

of my paintings perishing overnight

due to the carelessness and greed of a

derelict building owner, I changed artistic

direction from portraits to painting

trees and submerged myself in the

forest for its inspiration of creativity and

renewal after seemingly total destruction.

I have always had an affi nity for trees

who are at the mercy of us all to provide

a safe and nurturing environment for

their continued existence and I have

deep respect for their courage in the face

of daily encroachment and devastation.

For six years, I have been exploring

the forests of America, observing,

sketching and painting on canvas a

very psychological portrait of trees in a

primeval setting.

Before the fi re, I mainly painted

portraits, murals and fi gurative

compositions using a technique I

called “Linear Expressionism”. The

brightly coloured energetic line in my

portraits captured the rhythm of the

music and the energy for the musicians

Carlos Santana, and the estates of Janis

Joplin and Jerry Garcia. I also used

Ocean Light Through the Treesby Frank Balaam

Balaam, Continued on page 17

Portrait of the Artist – Sketching in the Forests of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

WINTER 2012 17

a canvas. For the present, my question

was answered by using my linear

expressionism to harness the power and

surging rhythm of the immense ocean.

Combining the techniques of “Raw”

and “Linear” with a heavy impasto oil

paint, I have achieved a vision of the

living coast which vibrates with passion

and energy. As an unusual style, “Raw

Linear” came about not because I

wanted to acquire an artistic style, it

came about in the old-fashioned way

as necessity breeds invention. I needed

to evoke a power which

traditional styles of

painting simply could

not achieve. Developing

a style is like walking

into a maze, knowing

intuitively where you

want to be, yet being

prepared to take any

twist, turn and backroad

to fi nd your way through.

My ocean paintings

combine the vigor of

pounding waves with

the valiant life energy of

coastal trees as they cling

to the edge of our world.

For me, my paintings

must always refl ect my

surroundings and they

must continually evolve

to mirror the reality of

life while focusing on

the beauty of living that

remains amidst the forces

that transform us.

It is the nature of all things to

merge and separate in a continuous

fl ow of life enfolding vast experiences

into one moment, so it seems only

natural that the fl uid nature before me

should include my pasts and presents

and solidify on canvas in a present

moment of time to be lived into the

future. As I study my completed

Ocean Light Through the Trees series, I

see the energy of my lines used to create

portraits of Jerry Garcia passing through

the raw passion of Jamaican folk art,

merging with prisms of stained glass

light streaming through the canopy

of individual and solitary trees facing

the ocean: sentinels embracing light

and life.

Frank Balaam is a British artist living in

Globe, Arizona who travels and paints

in the forests of the United States. The

Ocean Light Through the Trees series

is an extension of the artist’s forest

paintings incorporating the ocean light

and trees from the Central Coast of

California. Canvases range in size from

approximately 6 feet x 4 feet to 3 feet x 3

feet and are painted with oils on canvas.

His newest exhibition, Ocean Light

Through the Trees, will preveiw at the

Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, January

2 - 29th with an informal artist reception

on January 21st, 10am-4pm. A portion

of sales will be dontated to the Summer

Youth Musical Theatre Progam, a

theatre program allowing local youth to

celebrate the arts. For more information,

www.frankbalaam.com

“Linear Expressionism” to depict the

abandonment of homeless people, the

frenetic energy of the mentally ill and

the culmination of the lives in the elderly

whose colourful spirits remained intact

as their faces quietly portrayed and

contrasted the fading of their lives.

Light is very important in the

landscape of the coast so it seemed

natural to use the same Raw painting

technique for the my coastal forest

paintings that I used for my treescapes

because I wanted to give the distant

and foreground light equal weight as

they burst forth through the foliage.

With the magnifi cent vision of ancient

trees rooted in stone surrounded by the

hustle of the foaming liquid light before

me, my next question was how to create

the energy and rhythm of the powerful

and vast ocean.

For the vibrant writhing light of the

Pacifi c ocean, I instinctively seized the

expressive linear style of my portrait

paintings with its consuming energy

contained in singular brilliant lines. In

this style, colours are “born” onto the

canvas as solitary lines. They interact

and coalesce with their contemporaries,

then in their own time, leave the life

they once described as they exit their

journeys of life on the canvas. I believe

this linear element in my paintings once

again best explores individuality versus

connectedness while imparting the

essence of movement, energy and life

to the stillness of the frozen moment on

Balaam, Continued from page 16

A portion of Ocean Light Through the Trees- Sea Air – 40” x 58” - Oils on Canvas

Linear Expressionism – Rock MusicianPortrait Series – Jerry Garcia – 30” x 40”

18 WINTER 2012

Take off work a little early

on Friday or Saturday to

enjoy the scenic drive thru

Devils Canyon. We are expecting a

great season for wildfl owers, including

blankets of colorful poppies along

Route 60 for those coming up from

Phoenix, but ditto for those making the

drive from the other sites.

Stop at Boyce Thompson

Arboretum (just west of

Superior), where they will

be hosting their world-famous Plant

Sale which begins March 10th and runs

through the 25th. In our opinion, their

plant sale is absolutely the best in the

state! Thousands of desert-appropriate

trees, shrubs, cacti and fl owering plans

for sale, plus the super friendly and

knowledgeable, BTA staff on hand to

answer any questions you have about

plants or gardening in this region.

Cruise through downtown

Superior, where you’ll

discover a new diner and a

woman’s boutique have recently opened

on Main, or pull out your camera and

get a shot of Apache Leap or Superior’s

classic downtown ‘streetscape.’

Once in Globe, you can head

directly to the Historic Train Depot at

the south end of Broad Street where

the home tour begins or pop into the

Methodist Church on the corner of

Cedar and Hill street fi rst for a pancake

breakfast (beginning at 9am), or for a

chili lunch at noon. Both are just $3.

For a special treat, check

out Joe’s Broad Street Grill,

where they will be offering

their famous Cornish Pasties on both

Saturday and Sunday. Owner, Lyndi

Oddonetto says she will be baking 200

pasties – serving them fresh out of the

oven both days, but that last year they

sold out of them by 2. So arrive early to

get yours!

This year the tour will include

four homes and three

buildings. And cars and vans

will take you around town to each of

the stops. You can get your ticket and

packet of information at the Old Train

Depot and head out on your adventure.

In addition to the homes and buildings,

other stops on the tour will include:

The annual Antique Show

will be held in the

auditorium at Globe High

School. With over 45 vendors bringing

in their fabulous fi nds, it’s bound to be

a good time! The school is also within

walking distance to the historic district,

so it is easy to get to on your own, or as

part of the tour!

The 28th annual Globe Historic Home and Building Tour hosted by the Globe-Miami Chamber of Commerce is one of the biggest visitor draws of the year and this year is no exception. There is a great line-up of events happening all weekend long which make for a full dance ticket.

WINTER 2012 19The Globe Cemetery

dates back to the late

1800’s when Globe was

founded. While Chief

of Scouts Al Seiber’s grave attracts

the most visitors every year, there

are several others of historical note

including Judge Aaron Hackney who

started the still-publishing Arizona

Silver Belt in 1878. Not to mention

family names which trace back four

generations. The cemetery offers a

rich and varied look at the fabric of

Globe’s past and it is a beautiful place

to walk and imagine the lives of those

who founded much of this area.

A Centennial Evening –

This was still being

decided at press, so

all we can say is there are plans

to host an evening event worth of

the Community Players and Globe

Main Street which has brought

us such fun events as the Bawdy

Broad Tour and Ghosts of Globe, as

well as song and dance theatrical

reviews. So stay tuned. You can fi nd

out more information by going

to the Chambers website at www.

globemiamichamber.com or ours, at

www.gmteconnect.com.

Second Saturday’s

are held throughout

the year and falls on

this year’s Home Tour weekend. It

is an opportunity for all the local

merchants to offer specials, or do a

sidewalk sale.

The Old Jail will be conducting

tours and offer extended hours

on both Saturday and Sunday to

all of our Home Tour guests. Built

in 1910, it offers a fascinating

look in local history. Catch

the 20-minute historic video

which APS underwrote for the Globe

Main Street program and later enjoy

a guided tour by knowledgeable

volunteers who help fi ll in “the rest of

the story!”

Tours are free, but if you want to

donate to our Historic Preservation

efforts, we never turn down

your generosity!

We were thrilled when Sunset magazine

came out with their feature on Globe this month

and talked about the charms of our small

community including a visit to the Center for the

Arts and our own Vida E Cafe, which they called

“Globe’s Living Room.

It is true, that much of the pleasure of our

town is spending time enjoying the simple things,

like a chat over coffee and a stroll along Broad

Street. Or a movie at Hollis Cinemas and lunch

on the patio at the Corner Lunch Shoppe. Or

fi nding out just What’s Inside at The Pickle Barrel

Trading Post or discovering the inestimable

charms of Pretty Patty Lou’s and Simply Sarah’s.

Maybe for you, it’s just a matter of getting your fi x

of our world famous, Globe-Mexican food (see

the Facebook page: I love Globe-Miami Mexican

Food, which has over 1,800 Fans) and enjoying

the drive through Devil’s Canyon or the lower

Salt River Canyon.

Whatever it is, we know you’ll enjoy the 28th

Annual Home Tour Weekend and hope to see you

this winter...in all the right places!

GLOBE-MIAMI

~ See CedarHill Bed and Breakfast's ad on page 25 for this season's events! ~

20 WINTER 2012

By Bob Zache

The big coffee

cup hanging over

the sidewalk on Broad

Street and Mesquite has

been a magnet for good

food in downtown Globe for

two generations. It’s the La Luz

del Dia Bakery and Café.

And from the School of Hard Knocks

at La Luz del Dia to Le Cordon Bleu College of

Culinary Arts in Scottsdale, the Vasquez/Diaz/

Salazar family has learned how to prepare good

food for people.

It all started because Carmen Vasquez

wanted a hamburger as good as the one

she used to get at the ballpark.

It’s a family business that her

daughter, Dolores Diaz, now runs

and where her granddaughter, Anissa

Salazar, worked many years before

recently graduating from Le Cordon

Bleu College. They sometimes joke that

Dolores graduated from the College of

Carmen, the School of Hard Knocks.

Carmen Vasquez and her husband

Ernie started the La Luz del Dia Bakery in

1973 in Miami. They prospered there and

in 1976 moved to Globe.

When they fi rst opened, they featured

good pastries and coffee. One day Carmen told Ernie that she would sure like a

hamburger like they used to get at the Little League Ball Park in California where they

came from. Ernie told her if she wanted one like that, she’d have to make it herself.

So she did, and the business took off from there. Other specialties followed as

customers requested them: tostados, tacos, burros,

green chili, menudo, huevos rancheros and other

delicacies. For many years, she made tortillas by

hand but gave that up as the business grew and it

became too time consuming.

The couple came from South El Monte where

they met Sal Casillas, a native of the Globe-Miami

area. When Sal and his wife moved back to Globe

where he opened his own glass shop, Ernie came

with them to help with the move. He fell in love

with the community and he and Carmen visited

and spent vacations here eight years before moving.

They started with no experience in the business but

some help from family who had a bakery.

Graduate, Continued on page 33

La Luz del Dia Bakery Graduate Moves On

Anissa Salazar

WINTER 2012 21

Carmen and Ernie are semi-retired now and Dolores

Diaz, who started working there many years ago, now

manages the bakery-restaurant. Her husband, Danny Diaz,

was head of transportation for Miami School District when he

passed away in 2002. Their two daughters, Kristina Diaz and

Anissa Salazar, and other relatives and friends now work there. A

younger brother, Michael, is a student at ASU. Dolores’ brother, Larry,

comes in two nights a week and helps Ernie bake Mexican bread,

cookies, empañadas, other pastries and, of course, the hamburger buns.

Anissa grew up in the business, helping her mom and grandmother

in the café. She remembers at age six or seven, dipping doughnuts for

her grandfather – not in the hot cooking oil, but in the chocolate or

sugar glaze – and getting one as payment for her work. Later they came

in weekends to clean tables and waitress for tips. She left Miami High

School in 2000, graduated from Liberty High School in 2001 and tried

nursing for awhile before returing to food service.

Anissa especially loved working in back with her grandfather, baking

the breads, cookies and other pastries, and helping her grandmother

decorate the cakes she specialized in. Finishing at a cake decorating

school just whetted her appetite so she looked up Le Cordon Bleu College

of Culinary Arts in Scottsdale.

There were many long days of getting up at 4 a.m., driving to Scottsdale,

attending classes and fulfi lling an externship at the Four Seasons Resort,

getting off at 10 p.m., driving home, getting up and doing it again, week

after week. Toward the end of her schooling she went to work full time at

the Four Seasons Resort six days a week.

She graduated October 29, is still full time at the Four Seasons

and now plans to work toward a Bachelor Degree in Hospitality and

Resort Management.

Will Anissa ever come back to Globe and work at her family’s La Luz

del Dia Bakery and Cafe? She’s not sure. Maybe. Someday.

Graduate, Continued from page 20

22 WINTER 2012

While history itself is often

fascinating and entertaining, the actual

work of preserving history is more

often tedious, wrought with diffi culty

and devoid of accolades or even

small tokens of appreciation. Yet, we

all benefi t because a few do choose to

take on the task of curator, museum

director, or volunteer, and help to

preserve and share history with us all.

Here in Globe-Miami, the Gila

County Historical Society Museum has

been around for nearly 40 years and

outgoing museum director, Bill Haak

and his wife Lynn, have been involved

with it for nearly 30 of those years. This

Fall, Bill steps down as director and

Lynn will retire from her board position

with the Arizona Historical Society

in November.

Although they were not historians

when they fi rst joined the local museum

board in ’81, they learned, and today

both are published authors and

recognized across the State for their

work in historic preservation.

The Haaks fi rst moved to Globe in

1981 when Bill accepted a position with

the Copper State Medical Associates as

a pediatrician. It didn’t take long for the

them to be roped into board positions

with the historic museum and they’ve

been busy with fund raising activities,

grant writing projects, archiving

historical records, overseeing building

improvements and in general solidifying

the museums’ ‘moxy’ in the community

and among peers in the museum world

of historians and archivists.

It has not always been an easy road

since when they joined the museum

it had a large, but mostly inactive

membership and no budget to speak of.

In 1988, the Schminke family purchased

a strip of land and earmarked a portion

of it for use by the chamber of Commerce

and the Museum. The chamber built

a new building and the Gila County

Historical Society was “gifted” the

museum building which was the former

Mine Rescue Station.

The gift of the property breathed new

energy into the Museum and it’s merry

band of board members. When Lynn

Haak took over as Board President in ’85,

the Board launched the tradition of the

monthly Hamburger Fry to raise money

each month for museum projects. Over

25 years later, the hamburger frys are

still held the last Friday of every month

from April through September, and

bring in over $3000 annually. A tidy sum

when you take into account they only

charge $5 for a full plate!

It helps that Bob and Marian Boice

have donated the beef all these years

and volunteers and board members

handle the grunt work each month of

setting up tables, serving and cleaning

up. The hamburger frys have the feel

of an old fashioned Sunday in the Park

with long folding tables stretched out on

the lawn under the trees, while friends

and neighbors, jockey for a seat at the

table to enjoying a ‘burger...for a good

cause. Visitors are welcome to join in!

In 1996, the Board started a building

fund knowing they desperately needed

space to house a growing inventory

of donated and collected items

which were building up in storage

units. At the time the Museum

had $10,000 in savings and

estimated the addition would

cost in the neighborhood of

$100K. Although it took 3

years, they were able to raise

the money through individual

and corporate donations and

fundraisers. Once construction

got underway, it helped that their

contractor, Hunter and Hunter, agreed

to build the new addition at cost

+10% and Dale Fletcher of Kino Floors

donated the labor to install the new

tile fl oor. Others pitched in to make

the new building a reality and keep it

within the limited budget including

Gerry Kohlbeck of Pinal Lumber who

contributed materials and the Haaks

and many others who pitched in to build

and refi nish the library shelving, display

cases and all interior details.

During construction, the old printing

press was moved onto the new slab and

the walls of the new addition framed

around it.

“They’ll have to take out a wall to

move that thing out of the building,”

laughs Bill.

Since completion of the new wing,

the Haaks and the Museums’ Board’

has overseen the expansion and

documentation of over 400 images,

the addition of the 1920 Seagraves Fire

Engine owned by the City, the 1954

American Le France co-owned by the

Globe Fire Department and the Museum,

a growing library whose archives now

A Long History of Caring for HistoryLocal Historians, Bill and Lynn Haak retire in 2012

Museum, Continued on page 23

Lynn Haak, with fellow Board members Tom Conto, Dorothy Tippett and Charlie Snow at this years Christmas Open House at the Museum

By LC Gross

WINTER 2012 23

include over 500 documents, journals,

books, research documents and more

and a library of books for sale by local

authors. They have also garnered

two Smithsonian traveling exhibits

for this area; Between Fences and

Key Ingredients.

Of special interest to those doing

research on family names in the area is

the Brides and Grooms Index for Gila

County done by Dorothy Morris for the

years 1881 to 1970 and the 2 complete

binders which document where

everyone is buried in both the old Globe

Cemetery and the Pinal Cemetery.

“We can actually send you right to the

grave”, Lynn says. Adding,”…not literally,

of course.”

As for donations, Bill and Lynn

laugh when they say, “Not every item

that is old has value to a museum!...We

must have had 20 old typewriters come

through the door. “

Bill says, “...we did keep one for

display,” and adds that perhaps if

another came through the door that he

could prove George Hunt used in his

store, the museum might keep that one.

“Otherwise we are saying no to any more

typewriters.”

“We are here to serve as an archive

for items of historical relevance –

not as an antique shop! Although we

sometimes get talked into things, we

try to stick with our original mission

statement, and represent the historical

record of Southern Gila County.”

Of course, that can take many forms

from a collection of photographs from

a local family to old mining artifacts.

In the past the decision to accept a

donation to the Museum was largely

handled by Haak, but today there is

a donations committee, which

evaluates items for their value to the

Museum’s archives.

In their many years with historic

museums, both Haaks have been

recognized at the State level. Bill received

the Al Merito Award from the Arizona

Historical Society for cataloging and

copying the extensive photo collection.

This is the highest volunteer award that

AHS gives each year.

Lynn, who has sat on the Board of

the State Historical Society since 1986

(and will retire in 2012) received the

Sharlot Hall Award in 2008. For any

historian, this is quite an honor. Named

after Sharlot Hall who is considered

the fi rst offi cial and unoffi cial state

historian and of whom it is said, “ She

was a dreamer and a romantic – a teller

of tales whose stories and poems have

helped keep history of Arizona alive,”

the award is given each year to “...a

living woman who has made a valuable

contribution to the understanding

and awareness of Arizona and it’s

history.” And it was also 2008 when

both Haaks were inducted into the

Arizona Culturekeepers Membership:

100 people for 100 years of keeping

Arizona’s history alive.

In 2009, the Haaks were asked

by Arcadia Publishers to do a book on

Globe. It was published in 2010 and

contains 200 photographs gleaned

from the Gila County Museum and the

Haaks own personal collection. Bill

Haak also wrote Copper Bottom Tales

and compiled a soft cover book on

Globe’s Historic Buildings which is in

its second printing.

Today, the Museum is in the black,

with a full contingent of active board

members. They recently upgraded

their computer system to include the

museum software “Past Perfect” which

enables them to maintain and share all

fi les and images that have been entered.

As Lynn explains, “ It will keep a

complete inventory with photos and

provenance, as well as run the business

and membership information.” All work

which has been done by hand up until

now. A group is hard at work on the data

entry for the new system, and while that

is labor intensive and time consuming,

Lynn says it will be well worth the effort.

Even though both Bill and Lynn

are equally committed to being “really

retired” this time around, they plan

to remain on the museum board and

contribute where needed. There are

plans to re-design the layout of the

museum and new displays are being

planned. There is still much work to

be done, but the Gila County Historical

Society Museum has managed to

establish a good foundation as a

museum thanks to the credible work of

the both Bill and Lynn Haak in steering

its’ course over nearly thirty years.

The new museum Director is Donna

Anderson, who was a newspaper

publisher and is the author of the

Centennial book, Globe,Az. The museum

is open to the public 5 days a week from

10am-4pm and you may fi nd more

information on the museum by going

to www.gmteconnect.com/business

directory/museums, or by calling

(928) 425-7385.

Museum, Continued from page 22

Bill and Lynn Haak have been involved in the museum and historic preservation for 30 years.

Lynn points out the newly re-designed pottery display using one of the beautiful solid wood and glass cases the museum received from the State after the Az Gem and Mineral museum closed.

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FACTS:The Ray Mine, owned and operated by Asarco, is one of the worlds largest open pit copper mines. It was started in 1952 by the Kennecott Copper Corporation on the site of what was the, the towns of Ray and Sonora. It was purchased by ASARCO in 1986.

The deepest open pit mining operation in the world is The Bingham Canyon Mine. Located in Salt Lake County, Utah, it has been in production since 1906. It is almost a mile deep and 2.5 miles wide covering 1,900 acres.

Large-scale copper production began in this area in 1911 and the Ray Consolidated Copper Company grew out of this process. In the late ’40’s Kennecott Copper Corporation took over the Ray mines and it was determined that open pit mining should replace the underground mining operations. Later, Kennecott was taken over by the American Smelting and Refi ning Company (ASARCO).

Today, the Ray Operations consists of a 250,000 ton/day open pit mine with a 30,000 ton/day concentrator, a 103 million pound/year solvent ext ract ion-electrowinning operation, and associated maintenance, warehouse and administrative facilities.

A local railroad, Copper Basin Railway, transports ore from the mine to the Hayden concentrator, concentrate from the Ray concentrator to the smelter, and sulphuric acid from the smelter to the leaching facilities.

Photography by LCGross

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"Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or

that you're always smiling."– Carlos Santana

26 WINTER 2012

Staying in the car wasn’t really an option. She

then regaled us with tales of metamorphic,

igneous and sedimentary rocks which in

their entirety seemed to explained close to

everything about how the world was formed.

For mother, being close to rocks was like being

close to what made the world go round, and I

suspect most rockhounds feel the same way.

Looking back on our adventures as a family

I can remember mountains of rocks, large

and small, which we dutifully packed around

with us as we moved from Texas, to Colorado

to Kansas and fi nally to Arizona. Each time,

mothers “rock collection” was packed just

as carefully as the dining room table and our

set of Universal Standard Encyclopedias. The

process of packing all this around though

eventually took its’ toll on the collection and

it began to dwindle after several dozen moves

where it seemed expedient to leave some of the

“lesser rocks” behind.

Still, I have several dozen “precious rocks”

from those early years, and think of mother

and her love of exploration and rocks when I

see them. And another funny thing happened,

even though at the time I didn’t recognize it. I

took a liking to some of those rocks...and the

art of discovery.

So it was a real pleasure when I met up

with John O’Brien, the Show Coordinator for

this year’s 54th Gila County Gem and Mineral

Show, to talk about the upcoming show.

O’Brien, who moved to Globe recently to take

a position as Director Med-Surg/ICU at Cobre

Valley Hospital, is quite the rockhound, with

a personal life-long focus on fossils. Although

he has more than enough fossils to start a

museum, the hunt continues. While he was still

in Nevada, he launched an interactive website

for kids, called fossilsforkids.com and has spent

time in the classroom with kids teaching them

how to fi nd fossils and hopefully sparking their

interest in the universe through the study of

rocks, gems and fossils. His website garnered

a 2008 award from the Elementary Science

Rockhounds, Continued from page 1 Harrison G. Yocum was fi rst and foremost a horticulturist and collector who is credited with co-founding the Tucson Botanical Gardens in 1964. But in the desert if you don’t fi ght every rock you fi nd, you learn to love it and work with it and Harrison Yocum loved rocks, along with just about anything else in nature. Mother took a fi eld trip once with Harrison and 40 others and her fi les contain photos and info from that trip. Her copy of his workbook is coffee stained and yellowed with time, but, Yocum’s “A Rockhound’s Handbook” is a wealth of serious scientifi c information about rocks as well as a rollicking good read through the lighter side of what it means to be a rockhound.”

We thought it would be fun to re-publish his Rockhound word puzzle done in 1972. There are 112 gems and mineral names listed here. Find atleast 50 of them and submit your puzzle to us where it will be entered into a Rockhound Raffl e!

We’ll be awarding many raffl e prizes which will be on display at this month’s 54th Gem and Mineral Show out at the fairgrounds. They include a copper splash presented by Roy and John Trobaugh with “Rocks by Nature,” some very nice fossils from the collection of John O’Brien, and more cool prizes for the rockhound in everyone!

Raffl

e En

try

Name _____________________________________________________Phone _________________________

Address ___________________________________________________________________________________

E-mail ____________________________________________________________________________________

Big Hint: If you attend the Gem and Mineral Show, we promise, there will be people there who can help you complete your puzzle!

RULES: Your Entry must be in by January 27th at 5pm. Winners will be announced in the Arizona SilverBelt and on our facebook page: facebook/globemiamitimes on Wednesday February 1.

SUBMIT: Raffl e Entries may be mailed to: Publisher: GlobeMiamiTimes – 175 E Cedar Globe, Az 85501, or dropped off at the Center for the Arts – 101 North Broad Street Globe, Az 85501, The Pickle Barrel Trading Post – 404 South Broad Street, Globe Az 85501, or True Blue Jewelry – 200 W Ash Street Globe, Az 85501.

Rockhounds, Continued on page 27

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Program and includes such kid-friendly

categories as “I Gotta Question” page

where kids can fi nd answers to alot

of common questions and email him

special questions. His “Now and Then”

page shows cool pictures of different

kinds of fossils that you might fi nd in

the fi eld and what the animal they came

from might have looked like a million

years ago. And my favorite is his section

on “Shark Teeth” which includes both

current and pre-historic sharks and

their teeth!

Gem and Mineral Show

This year’s show will include

lots of new interactive booths and

events geared towards families along

with several kid-friendly exhibits.

These include:

• Free fossil presentations each day

at 11am and 2pm. These will be

educational, entertaining and

everyone leaves with a fossil! (Groups

over 15 should contact John at

408-421-2654

• Gold Panning: Your chance to learn

how to pan for gold and fi nd some of

your very own!

• The Fossil Pit: Dig through our pile of

sand pit full of fossils and try to fi nd as

many fossils as you can per minute.

And, of course, you get to keep what

you fi nd! (small fee)

• Forever Pets: each day from 9am

until noon, local artist, Marianne

Williamson will paint your pets’

portrait on a rock for just $15. Please

bring a 5 x 7 picture or larger for her to

work from.

• Geode Cutting: Your chance to fi nd

amazing crystal fi lled cavities by

getting your very own geode and

getting it cut in two by our crew. each

geode is unique in it’s own way and

although we can’t guarantee what is

in the middle, it could be a gleaming

bundle of crystals.

• Rough Rock Cutting: You can either

buy rock on-site from one of the

great vendors present or bring your

own – and as long as it fi ts into the

equipment, we can cut it for you.

(small fee)

The show runs 9am-5pm Friday and

Saturday and 9am-4pm on Sunday.

Students and children are free to

attend; adult admission is $3 per person

or $5 per couple.

The Gila County Gem and Mineral

Society meets every 1st Thursday of the

month at 7pm at 413 Live Oak Street in

Miami, where they work on rocks, plan

trips or just “chat about our hobby.”

The club has various lapidary machines

which include different size saws,

grinders and tumblers that members

can use, but years of experience from

our members that we love to share.

“If you hit the road at ten to four,

And drive a hundred miles or more,

Then look for rocks till your eyes are sore,

You’re a rockhound.... ...“I pick up rocks

where ere’ I go,The reason why I do

not know.For rocks are found, Like fools like me,

Where God intended them to be.

1st & last stanza of a poem printed in “A Rockhound’s Handbook” by Harrison G. Yocum;

Author Unknown

Rockhounds, Continued from page 26

This ammonoid used to live in the seas approximately 240,000 years ago. Photo courtesy of fossilsforkids.com and John O’Brien

Trilobites lived over 500 million years ago and are one of the most universally recognized fossils.

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