Since 2014, Carol and Jim Ptak have lived a peaceful life on Gryphon Ranch with their horses and highland cattle, running a grass-fed beef operation that the two of them could handle on their own. “It was a high quality of life,” says Carol Ptak. “It’s why we moved to …
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West Nile Virus (WNV) strikes again in Gila County. Dr. Jeff Eubank of Samaritan Veterinary Clinic in Globe has confirmed the first case in a local horse this year. Horse owners and humans beware. “With all these mosquitoes due to our weather, we want to stay ahead of this,” says …
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The Seed Library at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts (CVCA) has a huge assortment of flower and vegetable seeds available free to anyone with an interest in growing. The library currently holds more than 300 packets of seeds, alphabetically sorted and located in an antique file cabinet in …
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Major Salvatore Fiorella was the Career & Technical Education instructor and head of the JROTC program at Globe High School (GHS) when he was asked to teach a CVIT satellite course on drones. Drones are unmanned aircraft, regulated by the FAA, similar to manned aircraft. Although Major had a pilot’s …
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“The library is the heart and the barometer of the health of the city,” says Rayel Starling, Globe Public Library Director. The Globe Public Library closed to in-person use in March 2020, following CDC guidelines. The services continued. The staff never stopped answering the phones. “The next day we started …
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Serving on the Transportation Board. Road-building Relationships. Steve Stratton is happy to be back out on the road again. “Everywhere we go,” he says, “people come in and ask, please fix my roads.” Steve is chairman of the Arizona State Transportation Board, a seven-member advisory board that reviews transportation projects, …
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Krystal Ellsworth has danced on stage with the biggest names in music, starred in a feature film, and is awaiting release of her latest project — Lethal Love Letter, a film shot in 14 days in the heat of a pandemic. “I knew I wanted to pursue dance,” Krystal says, …
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“Nothing can prepare you for Globe,” says Chief of Police, Dale Walters, a big man in charge of a big mission: To provide security and confidence within our community Through a dedicated commitment To service, integrity and professionalism The biggest challenge for GPD, day in and day out, is simply …
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***This 12-part series on mining in the Globe-Miami-Superior region focuses on individuals who represent more than one generation of mining professionals. Paul Scales is an operator of electrical automation at BHP in Miami.“It’s a broad, interesting job,” he says. “There’s a lot of instrumentation, environmental monitoring, and things of that …
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“Capstone would like to hire more veteran talent.” He has traveled the world, jumped out of a helicopter, and dove deep beneath the sea to explore a shipwreck. Since October 2020, Jason Green has been the Senior OpEx Advisor II for Capstone at Pinto Valley. “I lead projects across the …
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