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Riding Into The Wind
When Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper took to
the open road in “Easy Rider” – circa 1969, Harley’s
were a symbol of what it meant to be young, male
and counter-culture.
Even up to 1987, half of all Harley riders were men, under the age of 35. Today, you’re likely
to find women, and established baby boomers, with a median age of 47 who own homes and
401Ks. Things which are decidedly not counter-culture. In fact, the entire
industry is going mainstream according to the Motorcycle Industry
Council Owner Survey just released in 2009. The survey shows
there are over 10 million Americans who now
own a motorcycle. That’s greater than
the entire population of New York City.
All on two wheels.
Motorcycling has gone main stream.
Beverly LeResche, co-owner of Superstition
Harley-Davidson, in Apache Junction has
been in the industry for over thirty five years
and seen the changes. She started out in
’73 with her late husband, Jerry opening a
small dealership in Wisconsin. At the time
she didn’t ride.
It’s a fact that Arizona Summers are
sizzling hot and, as a rule, most sane
people will spend the next six months in a
mall or on their couch in air-conditioned
comfort in front of their Big Screen.
Not Bikers. Bikers are always
breaking the rules.
Few things in life will keep one from
riding. They’re like those mail carriers
who brag: Neither snow nor rain nor heat
nor gloom of night stay us from the swift
completion of our appointed rounds”
Bikers? They have a different motto.
“Whatever it is, it’s better in the wind.”
So, this summer, long after the
last of the winter visitors have left for
cooler climes, and even lizards have
disappeared under their rocks to get away
from the heat, we’ve designed a Summer
Road Tour for The Children of the Wind.
We call it the Five and Dive and we
hope to heat things up (economically)
this summer while offering you some
cool reasons to ride our roads, meet our
people, drink our beer and have a good
time. We’re offering up specials to help
you save money – while spending money;
good causes to help you add to your
lifetime-karma points ; and clues, riddles
and scavenger hunts to introduce you
to things you never knew you wanted to
know about us...and now you will.
We initially called the tour the Five and
Dime which was a nod to our incredible
array of cheap thrills and lo-cost fun
throughout this region. It also tied in with
our feature on Woolworths. (One of those
things you’ll want to pay attention to
because it is the answer to a clue.)
But then one of our friends suggested
the Five and Dive, over beers at
Summer Zen, Continued on page 10
Summer Zen
Harley-Davidson, Continued on page 31
Four wheels move
the body.Two wheels
move the soul.
– Author Unknown
Sizzlin’ Hot
Area Walking MapsPages 15-18
To The Rescue!Page 20
The Road From England To Arizona
Page 8
In This Issue
The Secret GardenPage 2
PAGE 2 GLOBEMIAMITIMES
For those of you that are lucky
enough to live in Globe, Miami, Kearny,
Winkelman, Gold Canyon, or Apache
Junction, Boyce Thompson Arboretum
is a mere 30 – 40 minute drive from
your front door. As close as it is, there
is a strong likelihood that some of you
haven’t visited the Arboretum since
you were kids, or if so, not since the
first term of the Reagan administration.
It’s understandable: How can a world-
class destination like Boyce Thompson
Arboretum be reached in the time it
takes to bake a tuna casserole, and yet
stack up to more distant attractions that
require more time, gasoline, and traffic
to get to?
It’s a question best answered by
loading up the kids and the dogs (yes,
you can bring the dogs) and making
the short trip to Boyce Thompson
Arboretum at the base of Picket Post
Mountain, where Queen Creek and Silver
King Wash converge, and where 100
feet tall volcanic cliffs rise above three
miles of trails and 40 unique gardens
and plant exhibits. This is the
spectacular geologic location
where multimillionaire
investor Colonel William
Boyce Thompson was
perceptive enough
to create “the most
beautiful garden
of its kind in the
world” nearly 90
years ago. The 323
acres of gardens
and natural areas
contain over 12,000
plants from across
the arid land regions
of the planet, with
the largest collections
from Australia, South
America, and the Sonoran
and Chihuahuan Deserts of
North America.
Most of the of the tallest,
broadest, and most mature
trees, shrubs, cacti and
other succulents were
planted during the
1920’s, 30’s and 40’s and
they continue to have
a dominant presence
throughout the
many exhibits at the
Arboretum. But in
the last 25 years, a
true resurgence and
refocus of purpose
has taken place, and
if it’s been a while
since you’ve visited,
now’s the time to
find out what you’re
missing.
Crossing Queen
Creek or Silver King Wash
used to be challenging or
impossible during heavy rain
events, but with the construction of the
Benson Outback Bridge across Silver
King Wash and the 130 feet long Berber
Suspension Bridge over Queen Creek,
the only chance of getting wet is from
the rain above, not the water below. The
eight-acre Australian Desert Exhibit was
completely redesigned in the early 1990’s
and now includes eight defined plant
communities from the arid outback
with authentically replicated Aussie
buildings, an Aboriginal ceremonial
area, and an ethno-botanical garden.
New this year is the completion of
Papuana Pass and the Bottle Tree Grove.
Easily seen from the highway is a
thatched-roof, shade structure known
as a “quincho.” It’s constructed from
materials imported from Argentina and
is thought to be the only one of its kind
in the U.S. It forms the entrance to the
newly enhanced South American Desert
Exhibit where more than a dozen, large
Argentine saguaros and other large
cacti were planted last summer. These
fetching, columnar cacti contribute
their bulk and character to the other 700
The Secret GardenBy Kim Stone
Boyce Arboretum, Continued on page 30
Boyce Thompson Arboretum:
GLOBEMIAMITIMES PAGE 3
I met her husband first, in the summer of 1964.
We had just moved into a new subdivision – ‘Portrait
Park’ – and it promised clean suburban living, far from
the more interesting grime and crime of the City.
He was very tall and so slim he looked, to this nine
year old, as though he could turn and vanish. The
sunlight bounced from his shoulders and obscured his
face, the pale green snap brim hat a beacon to search
for every evening at five-thirty. That was the time we’d
meet, as he passed my house. “Ready for our evening
constitutional?” he’d ask. I’d nod and fall into step
beside him. He never felt a need to hold my hand,
even when we crossed the street, and I appreciated
that. After that first early evening stroll, I expected a
test at its conclusion, worried because we hadn’t yet
studied the Constitution in school. He laughed when
I told him that, and I didn’t know why.
When he died in the spring of the following year
I felt lost. The air had begun to warm and I missed
our neighborhood walks. It had been a time to count
on- something solid and true for me, a child who had
parents with other concerns.
Mrs. Merritt called my Mother one morning and
asked if she could spare me for an hour. Since Bob
died, she needed help in the basement. When I
walked the two blocks, alone now, she opened the
front door and smiled.
“I guess it’s just us now, Kiddo.” She motioned me to
follow her into the kitchen, where she poured a bottle
of Coca-Cola (forbidden in our house) into a glass
and toasted me. “You are now officially the Man in My
Life. Drink up!” She looked me up and down. “I’d pour
something stronger, but you’re what- nine?”
I nodded and asked, “Well, how old are you?”
“Fifty-two.”
“Is that old?”
“Ancient. You’ll find out, someday.” She rinsed
the glasses and took me downstairs. “Honey, I
need some help, and I’ll pay you for your time. My
husband was a collector. I guess I am too, but this
room is so packed, I can’t turn around in it.” After the
agreed upon sum of one dollar an hour, we opened
boxes and sorted. It was a big job.
A box of postcards from the thirties, mostly from
tropical locations, feathery palms and tight messages,
stamps fluttering from age. Magazines from the War
years, the ads noticeably sober due to rationing. He’d
packed away penknives and matchbooks and old
keys; hand painted neckties and something called
‘suspenders’ (‘Kept his trousers up and his manhood
The Merritt’s of YouthBy Darin Lowery
Darin Lowery, Continued on page 6
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*A special note of thanks to Steve and Tracy Quick
of The Huddle Sports Bar, and The Independent
Riders who agreed to get up at 5am for a photoshoot,
so I could have some images to use for this issue. Yes,
five in the morning. Afterwards they invited me to
ride out to Roosevelt Lakes Resort for breakfast.
It was my first Harley ride (and definitely not last)
and another of those “moments.” Sitting on the
back of Stan’s bike and feeling the wind, smelling
the morning air, riding in the company of friends – I knew why 10 million
Americans own bikes. And I thought to myself, how lucky I was to have happened upon
this morning. I had almost written about something I’d never experienced. Now, I get it.
Serendipity strikes again.
PS: The official TOUR postcard is a photo of the Independent Riders in front of the
Center for the Arts at 5:30 in the morning. You gotta appreciate the logistics of that one.
To live for some future goal is shallow.
It's the sides of the mountain that sustain
life, not the top. – Robert M. Pirsig
This Spring as I was taking a webinar
on Social Media, and in one of the
sessions the speaker suggested we
check out the work of several bloggers.
At the time I was also beginning to pull
together this Summer issue and my
own time was limited. I had blown off
several other suggestions, choosing to
wait until after I got this paper to press to
leisurely follow up on all these suggested
side-roads of greater enlightenment.
And yet, this time I did. The first
piece I read, while mildly interesting,
mentioned another blogger who was
writing about rural tourism. It’s a
subject which speaks to me, and so
I went further down the rabbit hole.
That’s when I discovered Joanne Steele
and her piece about bikers and why they
are a good match for those communities
who live on the outer reaches of big
cities and six-lane highways.
And that, my dear readers, was the
serendipitous moment which changed
the course of this issue, and launched
the Five and Dive Summer Tour.
Here’s the thing about serendipity
though, which means: “the making
of fortunate discoveries by accident.”
Serendipity, by definition, requires
us to break out of our own agreed
upon course. Our way of thinking. Our
‘known universe of the way things work’
and to accept something new. That’s
why it’s a discovery.
The accident happens when we
let our routine lives actually be cracked
by one of these moments. We follow
the lead. We allow the possibility. And
the result is like a fresh breeze in a
static room.
It’s that Aha Moment which makes
us smile...and often change course. Just
ask Pete Page about that one.
The idea of following the back roads
of mainstream is tailor-made for those
on two wheels. As Pirsig, and others
have said of the journey, “you see things
from a bike and experience life in a
completely different way than in a car.”
Our cars enclose us in a cocoon of
comfort. Allowing us to program the
temperature around us, and plug in our
destination on a GPS. While life whizzes
by at 70 mph on our way to get where
we are going – we miss out on those
serendipitous moments.
It is the exact opposite of experiencing
the journey on a bike.
For when you are on a machine
built more for discovery – than
destination – anything can happen.
That is why this issue is dedicated to
those on two-wheels.
See you this summer, in all the
right places.
Cheers,
From the Desk of the Publisher
GLOBEMIAMITIMES PAGE 5
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Saturday of every month! Come See!
Find us online at www.cvarts.org.
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$10 for front section seats $5 for back section seats
To reserve tickets please call 928-425-0884
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in, Honey.’). Snapshots
too, but not many – old
black and whites with
scalloped corners. “You
can take anything you’d
like, Sweetheart,” she
said, looking somewhat
stunned and a little tired.
“He’d want you to have
something of his.”
“Can I have his
hat?” I asked, thinking
of the snap-brim in
the sunlight.
She frowned. “No,
not that. But anything
else, sure.”
I didn’t take anything.
Mrs. Merritt called
the next day, slightly
breathless. It may’ve
been the Viceroys.
“Honey, you want
to come with me to
an Estate Sale?” She
explained, “It’s where
they sell dead people’s
stuff. This time we don’t
know the guy. Loads
of fun. I’ll pick you up
in twenty.” My Mom
looked confused, but
consented. The only
things that ever came
into our house were
brand new. A childhood
during the Depression
did that to her.
We pulled up to
an immense house
in Lake Forest, one
of the tony suburbs
north of Chicago.
Italianate,1920’s, with
tennis courts and a
swimming pool in the
back. It even had a porte-
cochere and a butler’s
pantry. In one of the
nine bedrooms, we
opened a closet and
found leather luggage,
plastered with 1930’s
travel stickers (the
snappy European
ones), fur coats with big
shoulders, and scores of
vintage hats. The hats
were covered in veils and
gemstones and a few
looked like they could
fly. She shrieked.
“Omigod! These people
just walked out of
the house and left
everything!” It definitely
seemed that way. A
bottle of milk still sat in
the refrigerator, I know,
because I checked.
Mrs. Merritt pointed
a few things out. “That’s
a Victrola, Hon. You see
those old records? They
weigh a ton. Funny
music, but back in the
day… my folks used
to have parties. Back
then, you cranked up
the turntable and then
rolled up the rug so you
could dance.”
We found boxes of
sheet music (“Oh! Fred
Astaire and Ginger
Rogers! I loved Top
Hat!”) and fussy lamps
with lace shades. A giant
marble nude stood to
the right of the curved
staircase. I giggled.
It was marked ‘Not
For Sale’. Mrs. Merritt
sniffed, “It looks like a
bad reproduction, but it
probably cost a mint.” I
giggled again, because I
didn’t understand what
she meant. “Honey, this
place is over the top. Let’s
cash out and take off.”
Between us we’d
dropped fifteen dollars.
We loaded six boxes into
her Chrysler.
I still have the ‘Top
Hat’ sheet music.
In 1990, in a fit of-
what would you call
it, nostalgia? I dialed
Directory Assistance.
There wasn’t a Merritt
listing in our old
neighborhood, but there
was a number for her
daughter further south.
After the recording
and a long beep, I left
a message. It was
never returned.
Mrs. Merritt’s spirit
rides shotgun with me
whenever I visit the shops
of Globe-Miami, and I
can hear her appreciative
murmurs and see her
delight when I find
something especially
endearing- – a wacky
1940’s canister set with
exploding floral designs,
or a way-cool V8 Ford
hubcap with original,
chipped turquoise paint.
I know she’d approve of
the twenty-eight vintage
telephones (in twenty-
eight vintage colors!)
on a low table in my
living room.
She’d call it a ‘laugh
riot’ and light up
a Viceroy.
Darin Lowery, Continued from page 3
PAGE 6 GLOBEMIAMITIMES
The views may be inspiring, but
that is largely where the romance
ends with the job.
As fire season approaches, the
seasonal job of a Fire Tower watcher
begins in Arizona. Here in the state
there are 102 towers scattered
through the forests with seven
of them located on the Tonto.
The pay is around $11 and
hour and includes your
‘lodging’, which typically
consists of a 14’ x 14’
utilitarian box, ringed by
windows and sitting on
top of a tower pedestal
that ranges from 30’ to 75’
in the air.
The birds eye view from these
towers is the stuff of poetry. But getting
up close and personal with nature when it
comes to thunder storms can also be just a
tad unsettling.
In a ’95 interview the US National Park
Service, Roy Lemons talked about the year
he spent manning the Signal Hill Tower on
the South Rim in 1937. Lemons describes
a storm which came in with a vengeance,
bringing with it lots of lightening. He had
gone down to the bottom of the tower to
wait out the storm, but knowing that the
lightening was probably causing small
fires he went back up to take a look.
What he saw changed his mind
about lightening.
A big bolt struck close to the tower.
“It looked like the size of a highway”, he
said,”Red and pulsating. It hit the ground.
Must have lasted just a second or two. It
scared the daylights out of me. I stayed
down there in my car till it was over.”
In his season of fire watching he saw
‘tremendous lighting storms on the North
Rim” and echoed the sentiments of other
Fire Tower operators before and after him
when he said, “I never had any fear of
lightening. But I do now.”
Most Fire Towers have a stool in them
which sits on glass insulators. When the big
lightening storms come in close, operators
will sit or stand on that stool with their
arms tucked in close to their body. It’s just
another day on the job.
You might wonder why anyone would
want to spend their life this way; living 30
ft or more in the air, where the bathroom is
at the bottom of the tower and your bed is
at the top. Where your little man/woman-
GLOBEMIAMITIMES PAGE 7
cave can be rocked by wind, lit up by
lightening and overall give one cause to
question any previously held romantic
notion of living a life of serenity
in nature.
Still, people sign on every year to take
the job. One woman wrote, “I just wanted
to see if I could live with myself.” And
the famous author/environmentalist,
Edward Abbey once worked a season as
a lookout in the 1950s where his journal
entries became the basis for the classic,
Desert Solitaire. “For the first time, I felt
I was getting close to the West of my
deepest imaginings, the place where the
tangible and the mythic come together.”
So if you’re looking for a job this
summer. Look up. You may just discover
your future.
The seven towers located on the
Tonto include:
• Humbolt Tower, built in 1958. Sits atop
Humbolt Mountain at an elevation
of 7812. It includes a 14’ x 14’ living
structure – albeit no running water
or electricity. Still, it is considered a
live-in structure.
• Signal Peak Tower built in 1934 is one
of the older units and also the highest -
sitting at an elevation of 5204. It offers
only a utilitarian 7’ x 7’ observation
deck and residents live in a small cabin
at the base of the tower.
• Mt. Ord Tower built in 1983 is the tallest
on the forest at over 100’ in the air. And
the newest. It too includes a 14’ x 14’
structure for resident spotters.
• Diamond Point Tower, built in
1936 has the dubious distinction of
attracting the most lightining hits,
presumeably because of it’s proximity
to the Rim. Luckily there is a small
observation deck which prevents a live
body from living in the tower.
• Aztec Tower built in 1956 is 41’ high
and has the distinction of getting the
most visitors every year. Located near
Workman Creek Falls, it is more easily
accessible than many of the others. It
too has a 14’ x 14’ living structure for a
resident spotter.
• McFadden Tower built in 1964 is the
shortest tower on the forest at only
20’ high.
• Colcord Tower built in 1960 sits near
Parallel Canyon and also contains a
livable 14’ x 14’ structure.
Keeping Watch– It’s A Job
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Pete, with Jim in the jockey position takes a turn on a dirt track in England.
PAGE 8 GLOBEMIAMITIMES
The Road From England To Arizona - Pete’s Story
Walk through the doors of
Livingston’s Appliance in downtown
Globe and you’ll find the walls lined
with new washers and dryers in the
front. In the back, you’ll discover a shop
that can only be described as “managed
chaos” where a tall, lanky guy with
strong hands and a quiet demeanor
is busy working his repair magic on a
variety of sewing machines, vacuum
cleaners, and washers. But, if you take
a closer look you’ll see a framed and
fading portrait of a motorcyclist on a
GSX-R Suzuki taking a corner low to the
pavement, a calendar showing famous
road races in Europe, motorcycle ‘kitch’
and and enough dog eared photos of
Suzukis, Hondas, Triumps, Harley’s and
the like tacked up to the wall so as to
dominate one whole section.
Pete Page, who owns Livingstons
is known by most around here as the
“appliance guy., A few, it seems know
him as ‘British Pete’, and fewer still -
those who ride bikes themselves- know
that before Pete focused all his attention
on appliance repair as being a duly
respectable, steady form of income, he
actually spent quite a bit of time racing
motorcycles in England and touring
this country from the back of a BMW.
Originally from Southhampton,
England, Pete says he got his first bike
in 1961. The country was still feeling
the effects of WWII – even then –
and more people rode bikes and
motorcycles with little side cars as he
was growing up than owned cars. When
he was 16 he worked a paper route to
make money for his first motorcycle.
It was a 50 cc moped and although it’s
top speed was only 30 mph, it provided
his first taste of freedom which came
with owning his own set of wheels. The
racing would come later.
In a career which spans over 30 years, Pete has put more hours on a bike than most and covered two continents, 42 states and wore out just a few bikes.
He started racing side cars
in 1975 when he was in his late
twenties. These were stripped
down motorcycles with
sidecars resembling a “perch”
more than an actual “side
car.” Using farmers fields
where the crops were being
rotated and the fields left to
rest - both farmers and racers
picked up a bit of cash by
turning these fields into race
tracks. Entry fees were about
$25 and winnings never exceeded
$100. The bikes were raced by teams of
riders. The “jockey’ balanced behind
the driver and would fling his body
to the left and right – much like
sailing – to keeping the
rear tire on the track as
the bike would take
turns the turns at
high speed.
“I used to race
with a friend of mine
who would race solo,
and then pop over and
“jockey” for me.” Pete
said. “We were at this
race one time and
had just taken a
practice run.
My friend hopped off the bike and threw down his helmet declaring, “I’m not racing with you anymore. You frighten me to death!”
So Pete got on the PA and announced
that #26 needed a jockey. Three guys
showed up and he picked a kid ten
years his junior. Although Jim had only
jockeyed a couple times before this he
was a quick study and the team was a
formidable competitor on the track.
They made it to the National
Championships one year, and while
it took being good to get there, it took
being very good to place. Pete says in
the first race, they were sitting on the
starting line with the National Champ
on their left and the local Champ on
their right. When the starter went off,
the riders blasted off the starting line,
and within the first turn Pete said they
were running fourth.
In a tough sport where taking
calculated chances at high speeds
define success, it is inevitable that
wrecks will happen. But sometimes
that wreck you walk away from makes
you look at things differently - and say
“enough.” For Pete, it was that day on
the track when he and Jim were going
hard at it, and another rider tried to pass
them on the inside. The rider clipped
them and the force knocked Jim off
the back.
“But I didn’t know he got knocked
off,” Pete says, “so I headed into the
turn and there is no one holding the
back wheel down...and over I went.”
He flipped so hard, his helmut came
off and his nose ended up on the
right side of his face. It took a
surgical team to patch him up
and he feels lucky to this day
that it was only his nose which
took the brunt of what could
have been much worse.
That wreck marked the
ending of one era and the
beginning of another.
No more dirt tracks.
The next bike he purchased
was a Suzuki GSX-R.
”That was the bike to
have, “ Pete says. “You could squeeze
150 on that bike,” he says. "Of course
nowdays riders are doing 200.”
He says the day he was cornering his Suzuki going about 140 in a race, and laying it down so low to the ground that everything was scraping pavement...and a kid passed him on the outside and turned to give him alittle wave of the hand as he sped past, Pete had to admit it might be time to retire from racin’.
Pete, turns to point at the Calendar
behind his head which shows a vintage
British Pete, Continued on next page
By Linda Gross
Pete, and his new BMW in Orlando, just before heading out for a Cross-Country tour which included 42 states.
Pete Page
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photograph of the famous Isle of Man
race. “Back in those days,” he says, “it
was nothing to still be racing at 40 or
45. Nowdays it’s sixteen year olds...and
they’re winning!”
He goes on to explain the Isle
of Man – consists of six 37 3/4
mile loops. In 1958, a Scotsman,
Bob McIntyre became the first
rider to ever lap the Mountain
circuit at 100 mph. It would take
nearly 50 years to bump that
record up by 26 mph. Today’s
record stands at 126 mph. Pete
can only smile.
In 1992, just before his 50th
birthday, Pete and his friend Allen
decided to do a cross country tour of
the US. For two British boys this was
venturing into alien – but awesome
landscape. In England you’d end up in the ocean if you rode more than 200 miles in any direction. The idea of
riding thousands of miles of blacktop
and never running out of road was
a strange kind of wonderful. Pete
wrote to fourteen BMW dealerships
and told them what they wanted to
do. Only one wrote back, he said. A
dealership in Orlando Florida, said
they had one such BMW on the floor
and would have to order the other one,
and would they send an international
money order. No problem, Pete said.
The two left for the states three
months later, flying into Orlando
where they found two brand new
BMWs awaiting their arrival. They did
42 states in six months from Alaska to
Mexico and everything in between.
“It was great. People were friendly
everywhere we went. They’d hear the
accent, you know and want to talk.”.
They had barely arrived back in
England with bikes in tow before they
started planning a second trip. They
had met another rider while on the
first tour of the US, who talked about
his journey from Fairbanks Alaska to
Tierra del Fuego a small Argentinean
province. That sounded like just
the ticket for their next big adventure
and within a year, they were landing
back in Orlando for their “South
American Trip.”
Heading west put them in the path
of Globe, Arizona, where they pulled
over for a bite to eat at Peg’s Cafe –
now Joe’s Broadstreet Grill.
When they came out to get on their bikes, a note stuck to the windshield read, “If you’re a biker, come see
me. – Jim “They met up with a short,
broad, bushy bearded man
who rode up on this little
500 Honda to Peg’s. It was
Jim Whitstruck, who had moved
to Globe several years earlier.
He had been staff photographer
to President Truman and while
the exact details of how he
went from that to living over
a motorcycle shop in Globe,
Arizona may be lost to history,
much about Jim’s eclectic passion for
motorcycles and his photographic
memory sticks in Pete’s mind. Jim took
them to his shop just down the street
from Pegs. Inside there was an array
of “very unusual bikes, “a museum of
sorts,” says Pete. Jim lived upstairs and
rented the back for a
motorcycle shop. “He
had alot of knowledge
up here,” Pete says
“but Jim wasn’t as good
with his hands. He
needed a guy who could
make all those unusual
bikes run. And that
was Pete.
So, the Great South
American Road Trip
ended at Globe that fateful day
when Jim offered Pete a job and his
friend decided the Great Road Trip
would not be so great going solo, and
returned to England.
Pete worked for Jim nearly three
years without a contract or salary –
or really any wage. “If we sold a bike,
we’d split it 50/50 Pete says. The
business was called Moto Veloce- Fast
Motorcycles, and they were known
for just that. In 1995, Jim passed
away unexpectedly and Pete found
himself running the shop himself.
By then he was also doing all the
repairs for the appliance business
which the landlord operated in the
front of the building. Pete says he just
couldn’t do both, and decided the
appliance business was more reliable
than the bikes, and he closed out
the business.
Today, he works on smaller, less
complicated machines; washers,
dryers...sewing machines.
Yet, that quote from “Zen and
the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”
which says, “ The test of the machine
is the satisfaction it gives you,” still
holds sway here. Whether your’re
talking about Bikes or Washing
Machines, when they are out of kilter –
Pete can fix them.
As Pirsig says,“ There isn’t any
other test. If the machine produces
tranquility, it’s right. If it disturbs you,
it’s wrong until either the machine or
your mind changes.” Pete is the Zen
master of machines.
British Pete Continued
Working on bikes at the back of the shop.
The name meant “fast” and it described the bikes which Jim and Pete represented back in those days. Pete describes Jim’s collection of bikes as “a bit of a museum.”
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The Huddle. And aren’t all ideas better
with beer? It’s seemed tailor made
for what we were putting together.
Of course, I now have to pay Gerry
royalties for coming up with the idea.
(You can help me out by stopping
by Pinal Lumber this summer and
picking up a few nails, screws, wood,
paint – whatever you can fit on
the bike.)
So, back to the meaning of the Five
and Dive. Did you know the spiritual
meaning of number Five deals with
travel, adventure and motion?
According to Avia Venefica who
runs the site whats-your-sign.com, five
“draws our attention to the wonder
of life, and beckons us to appreciate
the perception of chaos all around
us. Five has wild vibrations: primitive
and erratic.” There has got to be a FIVE
hidden inside every biker.
Really. Just log on and take a look
at what the number two means for
instance. You’ll see clearly why TWO
does not work here. We could not
have a Two and Dive Tour.
Wouldn’t work.
And Dive? Well, I
don’t have to explain
that right?
So, now that I have
your attention… let me
explain how the Tour works.
It includes a punch card with
over 30 merchants and local
events throughout this region who
invite you to stop in this summer.
They have each come up with a special
promo just for Tour Riders with punch
cards and in exchange for dropping
some cash along the way – remember
this is an economic stimulus plan –
you’ll get your card stamped, a big
welcome from these merchants and a
good reason to ride! OK, maybe more
– but you’ll have to do the Tour to
discover what it is.
As for the clues and the scavenger
hunts, we’re going to give you FIVE
chances each week to solve a clue,
riddle or scavenger hunt which will
require some collective brain power.
Solving these will result in earning
our cool wooden nickels (don’t
believe what your father said
about not taking wooden
nickels.*) worth points
towards raffle tickets. Plus,
as an added bonus, you’ll
discover the inside
jokes, arcane facts
and local lore which
will put you one
step closer to being
“one of us.”
(*Even if you don’t
“tweet”, check out the
hottest Twitter account about Father’s
advice. The account is Sh** My Dad
Says. The author is a 29-year-old,
living with his 74-year-old dad, who
just started tweeting the things he
said. He has now published a book &
been on Larry King. Here is one from
last week: “No. Humans will die out.
Summer Zen, Continued from page 1
Summer Zen, Continued on next page
GLOBEMIAMITIMES PAGE 11
We’re weak. Dinosaurs survived on
rotten flesh. You got diarrhea last week
from a Wendy’s.”)
OK, back to the Tour.
To begin, you can pick up the Tour
Punch Cards at these locations
beginning June 15th.
• Superstition Harley Davidson –
Apache Junction;
• The Huddle Sports Bar, The Drift Inn,
or 2 Lanes Saloon in Globe;
• The Butcher Hook, or Jakes Corner up
in Tonto Basin.
Get your weekly CLUES
and RIDDLES by going to
globemiamitimes.com. Here you’ll find
our EVENTS PAGE and a link to our
FACEBOOK PAGE. Your first tip of the
Tour? Bookmark these pages!
Since GlobeMiamiTimes is
sponsoring this Tour, we have designed
it so you will read the paper, check out
the website and – get to know us better
during the Five and Dive. You’ll discover
answers to clues by looking at the ads
in this summer’s edition, reading the
stories and following the links on our
website. Interesting Mr. Watson. Is
this a plot to corrupt the mind?
You decide.
Now for the pay off. Yes, there will
be prizes and good things given away
to the deserving. But remember what
Robert Pirsig said, in his cult classic,
“Zen and the Art of Motorcycling”
“The only Zen you find on tops of
mountains is the Zen you bring there.”
Summer Zen Continued
BENEFIT RIDES FOR CAUSES:
HUMANE SOCIETY – Thank You Past Times Antiques, Simply Sarahs, The Drift Inn,
Liquor Stables, Hill Street Mall SING B.A.D. WITH BUS BIKERS
AGAINST DIABETES The ShamrockTHE DIEGO RUN
The Huddle & Independent Riders
See you this Summer!See page 14 for a list of participating merchants!
PAGE 12 GLOBEMIAMITIMES
The Society Page
Molly with Alice Hueppelsheuser inside The White Porch. Alice is a poet, and a familiar face who puts us all to shame by walking everywhere she goes!
Lerry Alderman accepts hs raffle rize from Levi Schaeffer during the fundraiser for Miami’s Hotstetler Pool held at the Bullion Plaza Museum. Thanks to generous donations ever since it was announced the pool might have to close- they are well on their way to opening this summer!
Around Town
Easter ParadeDowntown Globe ~ April 3
David Rodgers has his own take on the Easter Parade
Main Street hosts the Easter Parade again this year!
Little Miss Bigando and her dog took 1st Place.
Kip Culver and Molly Cornwell, lead the Walk down Broad streetto the tunes of Irving Berlin and the Easter Bunny
Paver Party Spring 2010
Helping to make the streetscaping grant monies go further, were more
than 20 volunteers including City employees and local business owners
who came out on weekends to lay pavers at the N end of Broad.
Linda Gross and Molly Cornwell
LeeAnn, Paul, Ric, Bob, Kane and Kip lay Brick on a Saturday morning. Catch “ The Paver Rap” a 2 min. video by GMT – posted on GlobeMiamiTimes FACEBOOK.
Scott Stennerson and Globe’s mayor, Fernando Shipley did most of the custom saw cuts, along with Councilman Larry Lederman(not shown)
CopperSpike in Miami for a day
It had been 77 years since a train pulled into the old Southern Pacific Rail Station in Miami.
This Spring a collection of city, county, and local officials - and the Eastern Arizona Railroad, proved it could be done again. This historic
event is hoped to be the first of many on-going efforts to bring the excursion rail line to Miami.
Delvan Hayward, with her mother’s old train book in hand.
Steve Terrico, engineer for the Copper Spike and Susan Hansen of the Genesis Group
Over 150 people rode the train. For the story, see gmtnewsnviews.com
GLOBEMIAMITIMES PAGE 13
The Society PageBoomTown SpreeMiami, AZ ~ April 17-18
Tom Foster, Linda Gross, Rosemary Castenada prepare to photograph a collection ofhistoric photographs owned by Bank of the West, for the Museum.
Joe Sanchez and Linda Pearce greeted people. Seen here is Senator Ed Pastor’s desk which he donated to the museum.
Matt Kannegaard of Ram Construction donated hundreds of hours to the project providing both equipment and labor. Shown here with Kip Culver of Globe’s Historic Mainstreet, who knows all to well how valuable “volunteers” can be in getting things done.
Fred Barcon and wife, Joannie were on hand during the open house to support.
BullionPlaza Open
House
Mike Scales times the Men’s drilling event for Clifford Jaramillo of Colorado
Fred Leeder and Molly Fitspatrick, from Rhode Island, just happen to discover thefestivities for Boomtown, while they were here visiting. Jumping in with both feet, they participated in the copper crawl and both got 2nd in their age categories.
The Globe Hotshots ran the Copper Crawl
Brandon Parker has organized the Copper Crawl for 7 years. Seen here with daughter Ruby who took 3rd place in her age category, talking with Deb and Cherylprior to the race.
Street Party for CVCA
Ed Gardea, Ortega’s Shoes with brother Freddie G., the drummer for the band
The band Slightly Right played in Globe this Spring to help raise funds for the Center for the Arts. Well known in the Valley for their “little bit rock, a little bit country-straight up music”
April 14, 2010
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2 Lanes SaloonAce Hardware
Apache Gold Bar B QueAsia Restaurant Besh Ba Gowah
Boston Lake House GrillBoyce Thompson Arboretmu
Butcher HookCenter for the Arts
Country KitchenGila County Museum
Globe’s Main StreetGuayo’s On the Trail
Hill Street MallHog Haven
Howlin’ JavelinaIrene’t Real Mexican Food
Jake’s Corner BarJerry’s
Joe’s Broadstreet GrillJudy’s Cookhouse
La Casita DowntownLa Casita EastLibby’s el Rey
Liquor StablesPast Times Antiques
Pickle Barrel Trading PostPorter’s Cafe
Roosevelt Lake ResortShamrock Bar & Lounge
Simply Sarah’sSuperstition Harley Davidson
The Drift InnThe Huddle
Vida e Caffee
Participating Merchantsfor your easy reference.
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The debate on Immigration has raised the question of legal versus illegal immigrant. Ellie LaChapelle used to teach Citizenship classes and speaks from first hand experience when she says the test is neither easy or simple. Here are a few of the questions that must be answered correctly. See how you do!
1. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War?
2. Who elects the President of the United States?
3. How many amendments are there to the Constitution?
4. What is the Congress?
5. How many representatives are there in Congress?
6. How many senators in Congress?
7. Who becomes President of the United States if the
President and the vice-president should die?
8. How long a term does each senator serve?
9. How long a term does each representative serve?
10. Name the right guaranteed by the first amendment.
11. How many times may a Senator be re-elected?
12.How many times may a Congressman be re-elected?
13. According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain
requirements in order to be eligible to become President.
Name one of these requirements.
14.Name the senators from Arizona.
15.Name the thirteen original states.
Answers: 1) England 2) The electoral college 3) 27 4) The Senate and the House of
Representatives 5) 435 6) 100 7) Speaker of the House of Representatives 8) 6 years
9) 2 years 10) Freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and requesting
change of the government 11) No limit 12) No limit 13) Must be a natural-born citizen
of the United States; must be at lest 35 years old by the time he/she will serve; must have
lived in the United States for at least 14 years 14) Senator John McCain and Senator Jon
Kyl 15) Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island and Maryland.
How did you do?
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The first faces to greet you as you walk into Past
Times Antiques are rescue dogs – every one. Toby,
Lucy and Benji were all rescued by Cheryl and Richard
Brazell, just hours before they were to be put down.
The story repeats itself further down, where the owners
of the Drift Inn, already parents to two dogs – and
adamant about not adding a third, found themselves
with a little white fluff of a dog when the animal
control worker placed “Claraclause” in Lisa’s arms just
before Christmas last year and said, please take this
one. It’s her last day.
Here in Globe-Miami, the animal shelter is located
up by the Old Cemetery. It was built by the Humane
Society over 30 years ago and by some accounts
might be considered one of the “most challenged”
facilities in the state. It is small, hardly adequate
for the volume of homeless dogs which find themselves
behind bars because a former owner found them
inconvenient, or a good Samaritan found them
wandering the streets and brought them
in. the facility is tucked away from
public view, making it less
likely that animals are
viewed by the public – and thus adopted- before having
to be euthanized. Last year the Shelter euthanized
nearly 15 dogs/cats a week. This year they are
averaging 12 dogs/cats a month.
The Society has been around since 1965. It began
to deteriorate in the 1990’s but was revived again in
June of 2000 when Shannon Coons took over as
president. Although they began with a new Board
and several volunteers at the time, over the last ten
years the lions share of the work has been done by
Shannon herself and local business owners, Laurie
Manzano and Jon Stahlnecker of the Blue Mule, who
volunteered their building, a lot of their own money
and most of their personal time to take care of,
house and show the cats.
The numbers tell the story. Since 2000, the Shelter
has placed 400 dogs. A majority of the dogs that go
through the Shelter are not that lucky. Dogs which
are brought in by their owners are euthanized almost
immediately. Dogs which are “found” and brought
in are kept for 3 days. It is simply a matter of not
enough funding, staff or volunteers to do otherwise.
The outlook for cats is significantly better thanks
to Laurie and Jon who not only show the cats in their
art studio, but spend hundreds of hours socializing
wild, ferrel kittens, tending to wounds and diseases,
and personalizing their stories in a way that invites
good homes. To date, they have placed over 2,100 cats.
“Those are just the cats we track through the vet,”
Laurie says, “but there have been hundreds of others
over the years which she has fostered putting the
number closer to 3,000.
“The animals we take in just need time and
visibility,” says Laurie. “Then we can do something
with them. That is the challenge up there,” she says,
indicating the dog shelter which sits up at the Old
Cemetary. Out of sight. Out of mind. Most dogs don’t
have a chance. Claraclause, Drifter, Benji, Toby and
Lucy have been among the most fortunate.
This year, the local Humane Society is facing
several changes in the coming year, which could
bode well for the dogs. Maybe. The facility where the
Shelter is now standing is land which the City
would like for the Cemetery. While, there are lots of
moving parts to this equation, overall it
might afford an opportunity to create a
better shelter, with more visibility
in a new location.
In addition, after ten years
of managing the reins of the
group, Shannon Coons will
be stepping down. It’s a job
with its share of burn-out
and still, she and her group
have had several successes to
point to: the Gila Humane Society
helped the community spay
and neuter a few thousand
dogs and cats with money
from Elizabeth Williamson, and local/corporate
donations. In 2004 they began helping those in the
community that really couldn’t get their animals
fixed. And in 2007 they paid the Arizona Humane
Society to bring their van up to spay 198 animals.
If it sounds like all the Humane Society does is
focus on Neutering and Spaying, it might be because
this is the leading cause of pet over population which
creates “throw-away” lives. If they could get one point
across and have it stick, it would be this: If you have an
animal get it fixed. Don’t add to the cruelty.
Laurie, who has seen everything in her ten years
of dealing with this problem says, “...even those who
are feeding wild cats out of the kindness of their
hearts don’t realize they are contributing to the cruelty
and slow death of the street.” Both Blue Mule and
the Society offer to loan out traps. “And a hungry cat
will go in one,” says Laurie.
If you need to get a cat off the street Laurie will do
what she can to help. Just remember – this is not her
“job.” She is just one woman fighting a tidal-wave
of mis-guided and blantant irresponsibility when it
comes to caring for these animals. She is
currently taking care of 40 cats at
the moment.
There is the ten-year-old
gray long-haired female which
Laurie named “Grandma”
who was obviously someones
pet at one time (she was
declawed). Found wondering
on the street with most of
her teeth gone, Dr. Eubanks of
Samaritin Vet Hospital (who has
worked closely with the human
society for years) went ahead of
managed to pull the rest of her
bad teeth- leaving her with her canines. She eats just
fine, Laurie says, and has earned the blue ribbon
award for “Super Friendly.”
Then there is the little grey striped kitten which is
the only one to survive out of a litter of wild kittens. His
mother was caught in a trap and left in 90 degree heat
To The Rescue!
Humane Society, Continued on next page
Laurie puts special touches on her animals bios to make them more adoptable. Here, she has awarded, “grandma” a ten year ol cat the purple ribbon award for being “Super friendly”.
A sign on the Blue Mule tries to stem the tide
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before the owners brought her in
to Laurie. “She was dehydrated
and I put her in the bathtub
to cool her down and gave
her a solution-but it all
just ran out both ends.
She died a few hours
later. “ It was Laurie
who went up to
trap the remaining
kitten and bring
him back to the
Studio. Today, you
pick him up, he purrs, his belly has a
nice soft round feel and he is in good
hands. Soon, he’ll be in a good home.
Asked how she ended up with
all these cats and the keeper of their
futures, she laughs. “ I told people when
I was young, I was going to end up with
a Cat House. And here I am, living in an
old Bordello, surrounded by cats!.”
As a well known artist in the area,
Laurie’s paintings reflect both a
social and environmental theme. Her
artwork has been used to raise funds
for the Humane Society and other local
causes, though she has little time for
painting these days.
She put a sign up several months
ago because she was overwhelmed
with the number of people who
would just drop off bags, baskets and
boxes of kittens and cats. There has
been no “dumping” since she put up
the sign.
The new president of the Humane
Society, Cherly Brazell says one of
her key projects will be to establish
an outreach program to kids to teach
them responsibility toward pets, and
to show the the consequences of
over-population – perhaps by even
letting the older kids visit the shelter.
“We also want to see what could
be done in stopping the practice of
selling puppies in parking lots. Maybe
this will slow down the backyard
breeding. And ensuring that all dogs
which leave the shelter are actually
spayed and neutered. “
Anyone who has spent time working
for or volunteering for the Humane
Society know the demands of being at
the front lines where a humane society
meets up with inhumane treatment
and attitudes. Yet, it
also has its rewards. It
is found in the eyes and
wagging tails of cats and
dogs who have homes-
and lives - because folks
like Shannon, Laurie,
Jon, Lisa, Eileen, Cheryl,
Richard and others
cared enough to stand
up for them.
*This Summer, The
Humane Society was
chosen by 5 merchants
as their Charity of Choice
for the 1st Annual Five and Dive Tour.
Riders will be asked to contribute a $1
or more at each of the five locations
and all monies collected during the
12 week tour will go towards the
needs of this organization.
Humane Society Continued
Mother doesn’t want a dog
Mother says they smell.
And never sit when you say ‘sit”
Or even when you yell.
And when you come home late at night
And there is ice and snow,
You have to go back out because the
dumb dog has to go.
Mother doesn’t want a dog.
Mother says they shed.
And always let the strangers in
And bark at friends instead.
And do disgraceful things on rugs
And track mud on the floor,
And jump up on your bed at night
And snore and snore and snore.
Mother doesn’t want a dog.
She’s making a mistake.
Because more than a dog, I think,
She will not want this snake.
*This poem is part of my Mother’s copious collection of notes, poems, inspirations and writings from nearly 40 years as a teacher.
Support Your LocalHumane Society
Our friends over at The Blue Mule Gallery have agreed to host a photo contest for rescue dogs. We’re calling it the,
“Rescue Dog Days of Summer - A Wall of Fame for Those Who Cared .”
The display will showcase dogs who have been adopted by our participating merchants, as well as any local resident or visitor who would like to contribute a photo of their “rescue dog!”
It’ll cost you a $1 (donation) to enter your photo into the Wall of Fame, which you know goes towards a good cause, and your photos will help drive home the point that no dog should go homeless!
So please bring us your favorite photo and a short BIO of your rescue pooch! We’ll host a People’s Choice Award for the most endearing pooch and story, as well as a general raffle for all entries. The final votes will be tallied at the end of the Tour on September 10th, and a raffle with cash prizes and gifts will be held at Blue Mule Gallery. See the Gallery for more info.
Maggie, a drifter from Magdelna NM, now calls Pickle Barrel home.
Marvin - a street dog who found a home
with Sarah & Ken.
PAGE 22 GLOBEMIAMITIMESThe bear was a mature adult, we
could see right away. He was grubbing
in the leaves under a big black walnut
tree, too busy to hear us approach, I
guess, because when we rounded the
curve in the trail, there he was, about
40 feet away, as startled to see us as we
were to see him.
Whether a boar or sow, we never
determined; we assumed “he” because
he was so big, maybe 150 pounds, with a
thick, glossy, black coat. He had fattened
up during the summer and was still
feeding well.
My son and I had been dropped off
at the top of the Six Shooter Canyon
Trail near Ferndell Spring and were
hiking down, to be picked up a couple
of hours later, five miles down where
the trail crosses the road up to Pioneer
Pass; there’s an iron bridge there that
crosses Pinal Creek. The top mile of
trail used to be an old mine road but
it’s all washed out now and closed to
motorized vehicles. About half a mile
down is where we saw the bear.
We stared at each other, the bear
and us, for maybe five seconds, though
it seemed longer. Then he turned to his
right and trotted off through the pine
trees to a low ridge about 50 yards away.
There he stopped, turned around and
sat up on his back legs with his nose in
the air to sniff at us. We watched him
test the air for another 10 seconds and
he turned and went on down the other
side of the little ridge.
Charles and I looked at each other
then, let out our breath and relaxed a
little. We realized we had just had a very
rare encounter with a really impressive
animal; hardly ever will you see a bear
in the wild; they hear you coming, or
smell you, and will disappear long
before you ever get a chance to see
them. Still, we watched behind us as
we continued on down the trail. Just
in case.
The Six Shooter Canyon Trail is
still one of our favorite trails to hike.
And like so many other trails in the
Pinal Mountains and elsewhere in the
Tonto National Forest, you can hike
it year around, though deep snow at
the higher elevations can make them
difficult in the winter. Six Shooter
Canyon Trail, Telephone Trail, Kellner
Canyon Trail and Icehouse Canyon
Trail all begin off the Pioneer Pass
road, Forest Service Road 112, which
is reached by driving to the end of
Ice House Canyon, off Jess Hayes
Road just past the Globe Community
Center. All the trails begin at about
4,500 feet elevation and end near the
top of the mountain at about 7,500
feet; so you progress from high desert
chaparral with mesquite and cat claw,
through juniper, pinon pine, and on
up through maple, sycamore, walnut,
oak, ponderosa pine and fir, spruce
and aspen at the top. A wide variety
of wildflowers – and hummingbirds –
are abundant all summer long at the
high elevations.
Though you should be properly
equipped and prepared for hiking
anytime during the year, hiking these
or any other trails during the summer
requires some special thought – think
water. And don’t forget food. Fuel your
body for a hike starting the day before;
and just because you might be on a diet,
stressing your body on a six or seven
mile hike is not the time to count
calories. Eat a good breakfast and take
along some snacks: peanut butter
and jelly sandwich, M&Ms, peanuts,
walnuts, pecans or almonds; trail mix,
a banana, apple or orange. Sports
drinks are good – they will replace the
electrolytes you’ll be sweating
out – but plain old water is
fine. Just be sure you have
plenty of it – two quarts
for a long hike, ten miles
or more.
Now here’s a question
that’s on the test we give
for the college hiking class; it’s
multiple choice and relevant this time
of year: What do you do if you see a
snake in the trail? (A) Scream and run
the opposite direction. (B) Get a big
rock and kill it. (C) Find a long stick and
move it carefully off the trail. (D) Find
a stick and see if you can tease it into
curling up and posing for a photo. The
answer, of course, is (E) None of the
above. If it is a rattle snake, it probably
has already buzzed at you to get your
attention. Stop, locate it, and move
away; then, just find a way around it
and continue on up the trail. If it’s not
a rattle snake, do the same thing: just
walk away and leave it alone.
We’ve already seen several snakes
on our hikes this spring, most recently
right beside the trail hiking down
Haunted Canyon. Five of us were
ferried to the upper end of the canyon
by friends on ATVs, down a really
rugged trail off Oak Flats and past
the limestone quarry. We found the
trail – sort of – all covered with trees
blown down this past winter and after
bushwhacking through all the brush
and across a little side canyon, found
the trail again, promptly lost it and
made our way down a ridge to the creek
bottom that led to Haunted Canyon. A
couple of miles above Tony Ranch the
unmistakable nerve jangling buzz of
a black rattler made us all jump. I had
just walked past it and the lady behind
me was just coming up on it; about
three feet from both of us it buzzed and
we hopped back. I zoomed in with my
camera, took one photo of it all coiled
up and we back-tracked down to the
rocky creek bottom and proceeded. We
had lunch at the Tony Ranch, a little
ramshackle cabin abandoned many
years and now used as a camp spot
by back packers and hikers. The trail
down Haunted Canyon has to leave the
creek bed to bypass the “Box,” a narrow
canyon with sheer rock sides; you
either hike around or swim through.
Other than that, there is plenty of
shade and stretches of running
water, so this hike is suitable
for the heat of summer.
About three miles down,
we came to Pinto Creek and
after hiking almost two miles
down the road, came to our
ride out, parked at the mine gate
waiting for us.
Though we saw no rattlers, we saw
several bull snakes on the trail of another
good hike recently – up Four Peaks
to the top of Brown’s Peak, the peak
farthest north. El Oso Road, which takes
off to the west up the mountain at the
end of the Tonto Creek end of Roosevelt
Lake, is well maintained. It twists and
winds up the mountain to the crest of
the ridge just north of the Four Peaks
then forks off south to the trailhead.
The first 2 1/2 miles are a pleasant hike
up a well defined trail; the next quarter
mile is steep, to the bottom of a narrow
chute where both hands are needed in
places to find hand holds to climb the
rocks; it is an extremely tough hike.
The peak is 7,657 feet elevation, so
though it’s a tough hike, it’s still cool.
It’s a temptation to leave your backpack
at the saddle before starting up the
last half-mile, and that’s okay. Just be
sure to take your water with you; it’s
farther than it looks.
Born and raised in Miami, Robert J.
Zache graduated from Miami High
School in 1955. After spending time
in the U.S. Army and the mines, he
graduated from ASU with a BA in
Journalism, and went on to work for the
Phoenix Gazette, Gila Pueblo College
and the Arizona Silver Belt. He retired
from the Silver Belt several years ago,
and now writes a regular column
“Zache Talk” for the Nugget.
Summer Hiking Can Be A Challenge
By Bob Zache
GLOBEMIAMITIMES PAGE 23
"The most moral activity of all is the creation of space for
life to move around."– Pirsig, Robert M.
Please log on to gmtnewsnviews.com, and share your favorite quote of Robert Pirsig; author of
Zen and the Art of Motorcycles and Lila.
PAGE 24 GLOBEMIAMITIMES
Remembering Woolworth’s
The year was 1997 and the retail giant, Woolworths, Master of the Five and Dime,
the inspiration behind all the others who have come since; Wal Mart, Target, Home
Depot, Costco, was closing its last store in the United States. It was located on Broad
Street in Globe, Arizona and had been a fixture of the community since 1916.
Originally built as a grand two-story building worthy of it’s place as one of
the captains of American capitalism the Globe store was reduced to one story
when a fire broke out on the upper floor in 1935 and destroyed the second floor.
It was then that the Art Deco front was added with the distinctive tile work
and architectural details of that era.
During the close-out sales, Kip Culver, the Main Street Director, purchased the
iconic baskets which Woolworth used in all their stores. They were lightweight,
rectangular tin “buckets” with a cloth handle and covered in cheery striped cloth.
Just the right size for narrow aisles and a plethora of small items.
You can find them now perched in a corner downstairs, where Molly Cornwell
manages and owns The White Porch Gifts and Antiques. Here they once again are
put to good use by shoppers.
Molly’s Shop is a fitting landing place for anything Woolworth-memorabilia
related, considering her family history. Molly is the great-granddaughter of both
F.W. Woolworth’s 5th President (paternal, paternal), and the West-coast district
manager (paternal, maternal). Alfred L. Cornwell presided over the empire from
1946 to 1954, during which time Robert W. Weber presided over the fastest growing
district stretching from the Rockies, West. Story handed down that these two
hard-working men were fierce company adversaries, but were united (against
all forbidding) in family, when their two only children fell in love and eloped.
These two were Molly’s grandparents
hence the true-life love story and Woolworth’s, Continued on next page
Frank Woolworth won a fortune, not by showing how little could be sold for so much but how much
could be sold for little.” – New York Times 1919
GLOBEMIAMITIMES PAGE 25
both the inherited & collected F.W.
Woolworth’s memorabilia.
The real life story of Frank
Woolworth and the 118 year dynasty
which he established is well researched
and written about in the book, “
Remembering Woolworth’s” by Karen
Plunkett Powell. She tells the story of
a young store clerk who was failing
miserably as a sales clerk, when asked
by the store owner to do a window
display out of some new fabric which
came in. Frank threw himself into the
project, scrubbing every bit of glass
and wood until it shined and laying
out a bright bolt of red fabric with gold
ribbon and bobbins. The effect was so
stunning, the store had record sales
that day, and Woolworth discovered his
true calling. Merchandising.
From this humble beginning Frank
Woolworth went on to build one of
the most successful retail empires of
it’s day. In England,where they were
known as “Woolies” customers broke
down in tears and staged protests
when the stores began closing in
the late ’80’s. The great empire had
prospered through five wars, the Great
Depression and social upheval at
home and abroad. Frant Woolworth’s
business acumen has been studied by
the best in the business and in many
ways provided a blue print of how to
conduct business today for the big box
discount houses.
Frank Woolworth died in 1919,
just three years after the Globe store
opened. Turns out the only will he
left was one written in 1890 leaving
everything to his wife Jennie.
Although he’d had a new will drawn
up many years later, he never signed
it, and when he died, Jennie was
incompetent. It would take years to
clear up the confusion.
The man had nearly $30 million
in personal property, and owned
25% of Woolworth stock estimated at
around 13 million. Not to mention he
owned the iconic Woolworth Building
out right. (The Woolworth Building
had many firsts of it’s kind including:
Yet, he did not appear to be a wealthy
many when it came to family. His
children – raised on a five and dime
fortune- were neither frugal or
good with money. They provided
tabloids with a steady stream
of juicy material about lavish
lifestyles and messy divorces.
(Barbra Hutton – the woman
who was called one of the richest
women in the world- and one of
the unhappiest- was part of the
Woolworth dynasty).
It would be some of the original
founders and Board members who
would oversee the expansion of the
Woolworth stores until the name “ was
known all over the world.”
In an interview shortly before
his death in 1919, a young reporter
asked him to summarize the secret of
his success. He came up with seven
business tips which he had lived
by. Nearly hundred years later they
still resonate:
1. Of course you will be discouraged.
But keep on.
2. If you believe in an idea, give it a
chance. Some of my first stores failed
because I placed them in the wrong
part of town. There’s always a right
location. Find it.
This beam in the basement is the only remaining physical sign that Woolworths existed here.
Woolworth’s Continued 3. Everybody likes to make a good
bargain. Let him. Small profits on an
article will become big profits if you
sell enough of the articles.
4. I believe in doing business by
and with cash. Large credit is a
temptation to careless buying.
5. Supervise details, but don’t allow
them to absorb you. Don’t waste the
time of a high-prized organizer on a
clerk’s job.
6. I prefer the boy from the farm to
the college man. The college man
won’t begin at the bottom to learn
the business.
7. There are plenty of opportunities
today. Many young men fail because
they are not willing to sacrifice.
No one ever built a business on
thoughts of having a good time.
Woolworth's built a reputation for
delivering on customer service. In
honor of FW Woolworth, we're taking a
poll this summer to see how we're doing.
Please log on to gmtnewsnviews.com
and search: Service 101.
PAGE 26 GLOBEMIAMITIMES
1: The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist. _______________________________
2: What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. _____________________
3: We are what we think . ________________
4: God grant me the serenity to accept the things cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the diffference ____________________________
5: Trust in God, but always tie your camel.
______________________________________
6: Do not regard anything of value which can be taken away. _____________________
7: A man is wealthy in proportion to the things he can do without. _______________
8: If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. ______________________________________
9: Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
______________________________________
10: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
______________________________________
11. Everything that lives is Holy. _______________________________________
12: It’s a troublesome world. All the people who are in it... are troubled with troubles almost every minute! _______________________________________
13: Imagination is more important than knowledge. ___________________________
14: Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.
______________________________________
15: Common sense is not so common. _______________________________________
16: The old believe everything, the middle- aged suspect everything, the young know everything. ___________________________
(1-4) It’s not too late to enroll in summer school!
(5-9) You could be Governor of Alaska!
(10-13) You’d make a great Bartender!
(14-16) You are wise and gorgeous!
Oscar Wilde
Russell Baker
Voltaire
Confuscious
George Carlin
Buddah
Albert Einstein
Epictetus
Dr Seuss
Mohammed
William Blake
Seneca
Ben Franklin
Epicurus
Mark Twain
Thoreau
ANSWERS ON PAGE 30
School is out, and your brain is on vacation, but can you match up these
famous quotes with the authors?
GLOBEMIAMITIMES PAGE 27
PAGE 28 GLOBEMIAMITIMES
Facebook for Business – A Workshop
for business owners; taught by Linda
Gross, publisher of GMT and Brian
Deitch, Computer Networks
July 10th – 10am-Noon. Gila
Community College, $60; Register
online gmteconnect.com.
*This is not a college-class. It is a
workshop taught by a small business
owners – for small business owners.
*You must pre-register and pay
for the class before July 1. Limit of
15 participants.
Facebook is an excellent format
for businesses to communicate
with customers about products,
services, events and more. It engages
your customers 24/7 and creates a
conversation with them in a way that
standard advertising and marketing
does not accomplish. We will cover
the basics of setting up a Facebook
account for business, managing
security issues, keeping your privacy,
while making your page personal.
We will show you how to post images
and videos, and understand the use of
posts, comments, and links and why
these are critical to your audience.
For more information, contact
Linda Gross 928-701-3320
Homegrown – A FACEBOOK
Farmers Market
A growing community online. This
FACEBOOK page was started in May
by a local group who is interested in
networking about all-things “green
and growing.” The group wants to
build a community of growers who
are interested in selling, bartering, or
giving away locally grown produce.
It’s also a good place for those who
like to eat fresh produce to find out
where they can get it in the local area. If
you fit in either of these categories, you
should check out the site.
The group also plans to set up a
physical location to sell produce on
the 2nd Saturday of each month at
Cedar Hill Bed & Breakfast. If you
have produce to sell or trade, just let
Linda know you’re coming (no charge
for booth, etc.) and what you’ll need
(tables?) Otherwise drop by on Second
Saturday between 8am-10am to see
what’s available.
Email linda@cedarhillaz.com or
call 928-425-4455. Cedar Hill Bed &
Breakfast, 175 E Cedar Globe, AZ 85501
Watch for more details on this to be
posted on Facebook.
Five and Dive Summer Tour 2010 -
FACEBOOK Page
We recently launched this site to
coordinate the efforts of this Summer’s
BIKER tour. The Five and Dive
FACEBOOK page offers up scavenger
clues for riders, local lore and
merchant information, plus images
and video of riders and events and
tour information.
Don’t miss out! Get online!
FACEBOOK Pages, Workshops and Information You Can Find On...
GLOBEMIAMITIMES PAGE 29
AT YOUR SERVICE
SERVICES
BED & BREAKFAST
INSURANCE
PHOTOGRAPHY
REALTY
RESTAURANTS
PRINTING Announcing a new full-featured Classifieds program we are launching this summer.
GlobeMiamiTimes has recently added Noah’s Classifieds, the leading online classifieds
software, to their line-up on GMTeconnect.com. For the next six months all ads are FREE
during the Beta test period, and we invite you to give it a spin and let us know what you
think. It works on a “dibs” system right now.
See something you like? You can put a “Dibs” on it to give you time to contact the
seller and work out the details. It relies heavily on e-mail, so you’ll need to have one - or
create one - to work with this program. The Seller then manages their own account and
can delete the listing if the “dibs” resulted in a sale. Find Gila County Classifieds online
beginning June 18th at GMTeconnect.com. Happy Buying and Selling this Summer!
HARDWARE
PAGE 30 GLOBEMIAMITIMES
Boyce Arboretum, Continued from page 2
is thought to be the only one of its kind in the U.S.
It forms the entrance to the newly enhanced South
American Desert Exhibit where more than a dozen,
large Argentine saguaros and other large cacti were
planted last summer. These fetching, columnar
cacti contribute their bulk and character to the
other 700 South American plants added to this
exhibit since 1993.
Even though Boyce Thompson Arboretum
has created exhibits from eight of the world’s
deserts, it also has a number of specialty
gardens that feature plants more related
to each other than to a particular region of
the world. It’s the Arboretum version of plant
nepotism and one example is the Taylor Desert
Legume Garden, where plants in the bean family
are grown and arranged according to their
importance as food, fodder, industry, medicine
and ornamentals. Other gardens include the
collection of fragrant, old garden roses in the Heritage Rose Garden and the
historic masses of golden barrels and other succulents in the two acre Cactus and
Succulent Garden.
The Hummingbird and Butterfly Garden (known affectionately as the
Hum-But) and the Wing Memorial Herb Garden are two slightly different specialty
gardens because they are designed with plants combined by their usefulness
rather than their genetics. The newest garden of this type is the Children’s Garden
where kids can become a sundial, experience a living rainbow, find their way through
a bamboo maze, and even make a frog croak.
With an invaluable membership program, frequent photography and
horticulture classes, weekend bird, reptile, butterfly, tree, and geology walks,
festivals that celebrate plants, music and culture, year-round plant sales, and a
“top-shelf” bookstore, Boyce Thompson Arboretum has evolved to become a
world-class botanical garden. It’s still the same pretty place to picnic, and it’s still
just as close as it always was, but now – today – it is so much more.
1: Russell Baker 2: Confuscious 3: Buddah 4: Epictetus 5: Mohammed 6: Seneca 7: Epicurus 8: Thoreau 9: Twain 10: Benjamin Frankin
11: William Blake 12: Dr. Seuss 13: Albert Einstein 14: George Carlin 15: Voltaire 16: Oscar Wilde
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She learned in ’74 on an X90 Lightweight so
she would have some credibility with buyers
who came in to talk bikes when she’d be the
only one in the shop. Back then both buyers
and sellers were mostly men. Women who rode
were often considered ‘rough.’ Beverly was
an anomaly. She was neither male nor ‘rough.’
She just made it her business to know her
customers and know her bikes, a trait which
remains at the heart of her success.
Harley-Davidson itself is quite the success
story both for the bikes it has produced over
the years and its avid customers who make up
a culture unto itself. Started in 1903, the
Company has survived the economic and
social upheavals of five wars, and the Great
Depression. In fact it was one of just two
major American motorcycle manufacturers to
survive the Great Depression. In 1973 when
Beverly opened the first dealership, there
were only three models: the Sportster,
Super Glide, Electra Glide and the
Lightweights. Today there are nearly
forty models and a multi-million
dollar industry in accessories and
add-ons. The company generates
5% of their revenue just by
licensing the logo.
The name HOG, commonly
associated with Harleys, came
from the early 1900’s when a
group of farm boys who raced
Harleys would place a
real pig on the back
of their bike and take
a victory lap after
every win. They won
so consistently, the hog
became synonymous
with Harley.
With over 10 million
motorcycle owners,
it is safe to say, not
everyone owns a
Harley. Something which is a mysterious
phenomenon to those who do. Yet, according
to webBikeWorld, sales of Street Bikes far
exceed the other categories of Dual Sport,
Off Road and Scooters by a margin of 40 80%.
And it is this market where Harleys excel:
heavyweight street bikes built for comfort on
the road.
It’s that love of the road combined
with a powerful machine and newly designed
comfort of the ride which translates into
more folks discovering the joy of the road.
In April of this year, Joanne Steel who
writes a blog ruraltourismmarketing.com
posted an excellent piece on Bikers and
Rural Tourism. She says communities
– especially rural communities – are
missing a great opportunity if they
are not marketing to today’s Biker.
She goes on to say, “today’s bikers are
passionate about their bikes and the
open road. They are also generally
middle-to-upper class folks who love the
challenge of scenic, un-crowded back roads
and take very good care of their bikes. They are
community spirited people and drop money
into rural communities where they often spend
a night, hang out at bars and restaurants and
– in general raise the economic bar for rural
communities and back road businesses.“
Sounds like old fashioned Good Business.
Good Times.
Harley Davidson, Continued from page 1
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