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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Kip We Aren’t Done Yet!
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. …
Read More »Kip Culver: March 6, 1968 – July 9, 2015
Kip Culver, the captivating and much loved director of the Globe Main Street Program and Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, died on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at his home in Globe, Ariz. Considered by many to have been one of Globe’s greatest assets, Mr. Culver was a passionate champion …
Read More »Making the Most of our Magnificent Prickly Pear
Story by Gina Gentry McElroy Cheri’s Desert Harvest products will be represented at this year’s Prickly Pear Festival. Who knew so much could come from a desert cactus? Cheri Romanoski, that’s who. A native Tucsonan who grew up appreciating the desert and its natural resources, Cheri took it upon herself …
Read More »Staying Out of Trouble Online – Part 2: Widgets
Lots of websites want you to share them. Some sites ask you to create an account to be able to share information, such as the New York Times. Other sites, such as the State of Arizona’s employment site, require that you share via email. The easiest sites to share …
Read More »Staying Out of Trouble Online – Part 1: Sharing
Your friend posts something and you want to repost it. Can you? It depends. YES … if: It’s your friend’s original pic or post. Maryn BellingMaryn is an alumnus of NAU & studies at Texas Tech. She lives, works, and volunteers locally. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter …
Read More »Digging Beneath Superior
Driving on US 60 for the first time between Florence Junction and Superior is a memorable experience. It’s a white-knuckle kind-of-ride when there is nothing more than a bright yellow line separating you and the cars driving in the opposite direction. Recently, however, ADOT began a $45 million roadway improvement …
Read More »Gila County native: Living the Rodeo Dream
Trick Roper and Rider Nancy Sheppard Tells Her Story The year must have been 1947 when a dazzling 17-year-old brunette adorned in orchids was entertaining a crowd at what was considered the largest and most prestigious rodeo at the time at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The woman’s name is …
Read More »The Journey of Water in Globe-Miami, From Faucet to Drain
And the Problems That Come With It Back in California, for the first time in history, Governor Jerry Brown mandated water use restrictions in April, responding to the state’s four-year drought. Meanwhile, Phoenix is uneasy as the Colorado River continues to wane. Further east, in rural Arizona, we have our …
Read More »Protestors March 44 Miles Against Land Exchange
Yesterday morning, members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe led roughly 70 people on a 44-mile march in protest to Congress’ recent approval of a bill that transfers 2,400 acres of national forest land, which includes Oak Flat, to the mining company Resolution Copper for development of an underground mine. Individuals from …
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