He has survived fire, plane wreckage and three tours of duty. According to his stylish wife of 28 years, he is a man who can do anything and will help anyone. He’s an awesome father to their five kids, and a great mate. “I can’t say enough about my husband,” …
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“This is my favorite job ever.” Daphne Place-Hoskie, 47, supports management of BHP’s North American legacy assets (aka idle sites). She helps both the business and the host communities envision those sites as something of greater value, and then secure funds to execute the project. Habitat renewal. An industrial park. …
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In this feature, we tap into one of our region’s rich resources — retired teachers. “Once a teacher, always a teacher,” says Armida Guerena Bittner, last December, shortly after her 80th birthday, She was holding her book club members captive through a full reading of “She Persisted,” a gift she …
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Gila County is home to more than 20 historic bridges. Nine of them are listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, the official list of U.S. buildings, sites, and objects that are worth preserving for their significance in American history. “Many who visit from out of town and …
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When a language disappears, culturized traditions and local knowledge are lost. So too, a way of life, and a unique worldview. Within the next 50 years, nearly half of the world’s roughly 6,500 languages could be lost. Western Apache, the official language of the San Carlos and White Mountain reservations …
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Malissa Buzan finds a way to fill needs. Serving the community can be a complex task. But for Malissa Buzan, the Director of Community Services for Gila County, the approach is simple. “Find a need and fill it,” she says. “I don’t like to duplicate services. But when there’s a need, …
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From the trails of Hell’s Hole to the halls of power, John and Claudia Sue Armer have traveled a few switchbacks together. “We have been such a good team in so many of our efforts,” says John, a former police chief and three-term sheriff of Gila County. “We each have …
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In 1984, a small band of artists conspired to save the 1910 courthouse in the center of Globe, and turn it into the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts . On the third floor of that grand old building at 101 N. Broad St., art comes to life in the …
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Ranch kids are different. They grow up with purpose. Responsibilities. Pride in tradition and a love for the land they live on. “They look you in the eye,” says Seth Joel, a photographer from New York. “L.A. kids don’t do that.” “Respect for the family is tremendous,” says Charlie Holland, …
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Roberto Reveles, 86, is living democracy. A civil rights activist, his CV includes 24 years as a congressional aide and 12 years as a gold mine executive, three years as President of ACLU-Arizona, decades of volunteer service for numerous civic and cultural concerns, and leader of one of the largest …
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