Autumn Giles
October 18, 2015
Living
Darrel Stubbs, a long-time participant in the All American Cookoff at the Gila County Fair, explains the first order of business on competition day: “one guy smoking gets out there in the morning and fixes everyone breakfast and gets the smokers going.” Even for folks like Stubbs who have been …
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Autumn Giles
October 18, 2015
Business, Throw Back Thursdays
In 2010, Dr. Therese Griffin Hicks’ long-time chiropractic office flooded. She calls it “one of those divine things.” The flood was just one of the challenges that she met head-on to become co-creator and owner of the innovative Universal Cattle Guards. “It was time for a shift,” she explains. She …
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Linda Gross
October 18, 2015
Living, Throw Back Thursdays
Kip Culver’s Legacy and the future of the Globe Main Street Program When the community lost Kip Culver, the captivating and much loved director of both the Globe Main Street Program and Center for the Arts this past July, it was as though a dark cloud drifted over downtown Globe. …
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globemiami
October 15, 2015
Culture, History
PHOENIX (Oct.2015) – While the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone is arguably the most infamous in Arizona History, it was not the deadliest. That distinction goes to the February 1918 Power Cabin Shootout. The story has been made into an award-winning documentary, “Power’s War,” by filmmaker Cameron Trejo.The …
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Linda Gross
October 15, 2015
History, Throw Back Thursdays
He was called the “greatest warrior” and the “worst Indian who ever lived.” He brought hope to his people and terror to his enemies. And he survived the most bloody of conflicts in the settling of the Arizona Territories of the late 1800’s – to tell his story “in his …
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Stephen Palmer
October 15, 2015
Arts & Entertainment
Tucked away in the copper foothills of the Rocky Mountains is a mining town called Globe-Miami, Arizona. With a temperature that is normally 10-12 degrees cooler than the Phoenix Valley, Globe provides a quick get away for those looking to escape the lingering summer heat. Get in your car and …
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Stephen Palmer
September 30, 2015
Arts & Entertainment
The air is nice and warm by mid day but cool in the mornings. Autumn is upon us. We can now drink a hot cup of coffee without wondering to ourselves if we are insane or not for consuming such a warm beverage during an Arizona summer day. Our weeks are …
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Stephen Palmer
September 23, 2015
Arts & Entertainment
Today is the autumn equinox. Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015. A normal day that may become something special. Or perhaps, just an ordinary day. That my friend is all up to you. The weather has begun to cool. If you can find them, the leaves have began to turn colors. For those …
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Stephen Palmer
September 16, 2015
Arts & Entertainment
It is mid-September and time for the Gila County Fair. The fair has been around these parts since the 1970’s. Then it was started with and old bandstand, some wooden horse corals and a make shift race track. For a printable schedule of this years events “click here.” For directions, “click …
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Stephen Palmer
September 9, 2015
Arts & Entertainment
After this nice three day weekend it is time to put on the working clothes. There are no long breaks in this part of the world. Globe-Miami is a working mans community. We have ranchers, farmers and mine workers. Not one of these occupations allows for much down time. It …
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