Seven years ago in the wake of the tragic suicide of their son Angel, Monica and Johnnie Perez started an event they hoped would call attention to an epidemic of suicides and to help ease the pain of the family’s loss. The Angel Perez Wings of Hope Show N Shine …
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A Martial Arts Master in Globe Teaches Physical and Spiritual Health
Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to develop more calmness, clarity and concentration? Or maybe to improve your physical fitness, or to work on your boundaries with people? Help is at hand, and his name is Master Chand Hee Kim. He’s a ninth-degree black belt, and for more than …
Read More »Local dog trainer has Globe going to the dogs
On a recent crisp and sunny November morning, on a ridge near Globe that gives a spectacular view of the Pinal Mountains, Amanda Haas is in her element: surrounded by well-behaved dogs trained by owners who’ve devoted untold hours to the effort. “I love the dogs, and nothing gives me …
Read More »Homeless in Gila County
It’s difficult to count the homeless in Gila County. Best efforts put the number at about 50 on any given day. “They are hidden in plain sight,” says Barbara Kannegaard, founder of the Homeless Coalition, a nonprofit grassroots effort to ensure fellow humans have food, water, and a place to …
Read More »A heART for the Cats
Well-known artist and a patron saint of Globe-Miami’s homeless cats for over three decades, Laurie Manzano is donating a select catalog of her fine art prints this holiday season to raise funds for a local spay/neuter program. GMT will be hosting an album of her prints for sale on our …
Read More »The World in a Grain of Sand
I just moved into a new house, and it’s amazing the difference it makes. The old one was small and sweet and surrounded by beautiful plants that blossomed all year round. The new one is currently surrounded by clay dirt that turns into heavy red mud when it rains. I’m …
Read More »Power Elite Dance Academy Trains with Tremaine Dance Conventions
In July the members of Power Elite Dance Academy’s Competitive Company traveled to Henderson, Nevada, to attend the 41st annual Power of Dance tour with Tremaine Dance Conventions. This leading national dance education circuit boasts a professional faculty led by Joe Tremaine and his staff, bringing best-in-the-industry classes to dancers …
Read More »Let It Rain
It’s been a dry summer, but this week where I live, we’re finally getting some rain. Some people have complained because they want to be outdoors, but I love the rain. After living fifteen years in Arizona, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of rain. Around the time it …
Read More »When the Ground Shifts Under Your Feet
Railroad tracks are great places to camp, I’ve heard. They’re flat and usually level, you have open sky above, and when you hit the sack, you can nestle cozily between the sleepers. It’s just, sometimes you’ll start to feel a vibration under you. Or you get a kind of presentiment, …
Read More »Science Discovers the Secret to Happiness
Yesterday I finally did the laundry after procrastinating for a long time, so this morning I woke up to clean clothes to choose from, and I can’t tell you how happy that made me. Simple pleasures. We’re all always chasing after happiness, but I’ve noticed that as I get older, …
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