Good Junk Bakery serving up piping hot cinnamon rolls daily

By: Linda Gross

The name, Good Junk Bakery ,stems from all the other “good junk” businesses Sam Palmer has owned , including a recycling business in Miami and a used furniture store in Globe. He has always been able to turn a profit on offering “Good Junk” for sale. So, he kept the name when he decided to open the Bakery. Nothing pretentious or oversold here. He simply wants to ‘make a living’ as he says, and produce fresh, baked goods to go with his freshly ground coffees. He starts his days at 4:30 am now when the skies are pitch black and not a soul is stirring on Broad Street. By 6:45 am Sam is pulling out piping hot cinnamon buns, and 20minutes later, he is pulling out hot loaves of bread. … Continue Reading

Chamber Mixer at the Center for the Arts

The annual Globe-Miami Chamber of Commerce Mixer at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts was held last night from 5:30-7:30. The catered affair is always a popular event every year and provides an opportunity for local businesses to mix and mingle in ‘style.’  … Continue Reading

Copper Spike adds meal service in the Dome Car

Meal Service aboard the Copper Spike includes a full Luncheon Menu

By Linda Gross

The Copper Spike Excursion Train will be offering meal service in the Dome Car this season, including both a lunch menu and a dinner menu. Yesterday, local residents were treated to a trial run and a free meal before the official launch of Season 3 begins on Thursday.

Harking back to a time when white linen table cloths and waiters in white jackets were the de riguer, the Dome Car offers a step back in time and a thoroughly enjoyable dining experience. … Continue Reading

Santa arrives on Saturday: Ridin’ the Rails

It has become a tradition in Globe to welcome Santa to town – riding the rails of the Copper Spike and hosting kids and their families at the Old Depot, while he listens to their wishes. … Continue Reading

‘Citizens Opposed’ meet with State Leaders on Prison

By: Linda Gross

According to Senator Russell Pearce,who will take the reins as the new president of the Arizona Senate, and Director of Arizona State Corrections, Charles Ryan, “they (DOC) have never located a prison in a community which did not want them there.”

This statement was in response to a question asked yesterday during a meeting at the Capital with Globe Councilman Terry Wheeler and members of the Globe Citizens Opposed, where it was noted that Globe’s Mayor, Fernando Shipley has gone on record as saying, “This is on their land (State land) and I don’t know if we could stop one (a prison) even if we wanted to.”

This concept of “not being able to stop it even if we wanted to” has since been echoed by Vice Mayor Thea Wilshire and others in an apparent attempt to lead the public to believe it is out of their hands.

According to the DOC and the State’s highest ranking Senator, that is not the case.

Pearce, who believes strongly in one-man, one-vote and having elected officials represent their constituents, looked puzzled and said he didn’t know where the Mayor might be getting that idea.” No,” he said, “there were many communities who did want a prison…and that he, nor the Department of Corrections had any interest in siting a prison in a community where the citizens did not want it.”

In fact, Director Ryan added, “…In twenty five years, the DOC has never put in a prison where a community objected.” … Continue Reading

Hunter-Gatherer: Collecting Vintage Pulp Fiction

by Darin Lowery

Before there was Playboy there was pulp.

Sometimes known as dime store novels or pulp fiction, collecting vintage paperback books has grown in recent years. Decades ago they were found on metal racks at newsstands, drugstores and train terminals for fifty cents and under. Today prices start at five dollars and up at antiques malls and can reach hundreds of dollars on the Internet. … Continue Reading

Local EDC Board hears from Citizens Opposed

By Linda Gross

Jim Moss, who heads up Globe Citizens opposed to a private Prison, gave a ten minute presentation on Thursday to the Southern Gila County Economic Development Board who were instrumental in bringing the project to Globe. Although the State has temporarily pulled the RFP (Request for Proposal) on building more prisons by partnering with the private prison industry, the move is simply to allow them to re-write the RFP to include greater security standards. It is expected the project will be back on the table – soon.

Jim Moss, with Citizens Opposed to a Private Prison, addressed the EDC at this months Board meeting.

The talk was meant to be informational and provide the EDC Board with a greater understanding of the the groups efforts which have included a 3 month petition drive which has gathered over 2000 signatures and a more targeted post card mailing which reaches registered voters and allows them to write a brief comment on why they oppose this issue.

” Today our main purpose is to share with you what our group- Citizens Opposed to Becoming a Prison Town, is currently up to, and to convince you that the majority of folks in this town and the wide community do NOT want another prison. … Continue Reading

Local Election Results

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Gila County Election Results   November 2010

DarinLand: If Wishes Were Horses…

by Darin Lowery

… a beggar could ride. My mother quoted this on the days I wanted something which was never going to happen. The shorthand version was ‘Fat chance, Buster’. Wishing was an outlet, albeit an empty one. This realization forced me to stop dreaming and look realistically at what I wanted; to set goals and deadlines, and to review my life often and with honesty. … Continue Reading

A Summary of the Prison Debate

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This page is intended as a compilation of information including a time line of the events surrounding the issue of locating a private prison here in Globe. We are in the process of gathering all the information which has been put forth to this date; from local news reports, the EDC, Chamber of Commerce, Globe Mayor and Council, Citizens Opposed to a Private Prison, the prison operators who pitched the project to the City, and State and National reporting.

The purpose is to keep information about this topic available and fresh in readers minds’ since the issue is far from dead in the Globe community. The State pulled the earlier RFP simply to re-write some of the security specs in light of the Kingman escape. A new RFP for 5000 beds to be added to the State system will be put to bid (again) to private prison contractors in the coming weeks.  … Continue Reading