High school students face a lot of choices. Most local students aspire to higher education, many have an eye toward the trades, a few to the military and some to something else. “My job is to help them figure out what that something else is and help them prepare for …
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Forging One’s Path: Misty Groseth, M.Ed. San Carlos High School Counselor
When Misty Groseth was in high school, she didn’t really know what she wanted to do for a career. “I knew I wanted to be in a helping profession,” she says,”and I knew I wanted to work with youth.” Today Misty Grosweth, M.Ed. is the school counselor to the 315 …
Read More »Old Buildings, New Dreams
Talmage and Rachel Hansen are a couple of civil engineers with a dream — to live and work in a small town where they can walk to the store and their four children can bike to school. They’ve chosen downtown Globe to pursue it. “It’s got the layout and it …
Read More »Second Generation Miners: Fred Sanchez
Maintenance Supervisor Capstone Mining Corp. Fred Sanchez is a people person who maintains machinery at Pinto Valley Mine. The mine owners have changed over the years and so has Fred’s job, but he’s been a part of the operation for over 45 years. “I love being around people,” he says, …
Read More »A Growing Business
“If it stays warmer than normal, like the weather service predicts, I‘ll have fairly good sales in January,” says Mike Shirley, owner of Golden Hills Nursery & Feed in Globe. According to Mike, the mild climate makes this a good time to plant bulbs, shrubs and trees however, the great …
Read More »Second Generation Miners: Frank Molina
Frank Molina Superintendent, Arizona Legacy Assets BHP Frank Molina began his career in mining as a laborer while he was still in his teens. 40 years later, he is the Superintendent of Arizona Legacy Assets for BHP. “A good day at work is when we’ve managed to complete a project …
Read More »Jordan Reardon on his role as Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace is best known in popular culture as the officiant at a courthouse wedding. A civil marriage ceremony. Simple, quick and legal. Jordan Reardon, Justice of the Peace for Gila County has married 60 couples since taking office. The other 5800 cases he presided over in his …
Read More »SecondGenerationMiners: Gail Florez
Gail Florez is an administrator for the Surface Operations and Maintenance at Resolution Mine in Superior. She has provided essential support to the mining operation since 2008, working in the environmental and safety departments prior to her current job. “Surface is the busiest. It’s non-stop. I support a big …
Read More »Second Generation Miners: Mark Albertson
Mark Albertsen, Smelter Manager and Rick Albertsen, Electrical Maintenance Supervisor Hot metal flows and gasses are processed at Freeport-McMoRan’s smelter in Miami. Smelter Manager Mark Albertsen loves it here. “I always told my wife that I would love to finish my career at the smelter,” he says. After 41 years …
Read More »Investing Creatively and on the Cheap
Many folks one meets in Globe-Miami were born and raised here. Many moved somewhere else for a while and came back. There are folks here for short-term work and the “strange ones” who want to stay. “I came up here because I found a cheap house,” says Corey Busboom, 41. …
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