Being a senior has its advantages and disadvantages. I sometimes go for lunch at the Hayden Senior Center. There is a certain someone who drives from Kearny. He has a few problems. He is irritating and uses his irritation to bother others. His worst fear is...
Opinion
Along the Gila: February, March Events Heating Up in the Copper Basin
This is fast February in the Copper Basin, a month that is passing quickly. The EXPO Women’s Exhibition is this Saturday, Feb. 24. A benefit team roping event for Jovanna Martinez Calzadillas will be two weeks later in Winkelman, and Pioneer Days will...
Along the Gila: Welcome Back to Our Winter Visitors
Each year the Copper Basin is blessed with the influx of all our winter residents. They come from all over – Minnesota, Colorado, Michigan, Iowa, etc. – with a few Canadians thrown in for good measure. Many of them have been coming here for years, and recently I have...
Dry Heat: Obama Warned Us
In 2010, during his State of the Union Address, President Obama warned the American people about some of the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in the case involving Citizen’s United. Obama said “Last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law...
Pastor’s Corner: Getting Excited for God
We used to sing a chorus: “get all excited and go tell everybody that Jesus Christ is King!” Yet, we don’t get excited about church. It has become rather average and at times tends toward boring. The most important choice you have ever made is...
Letter to the Editor: Superior School piloting new ‘late start’ day next year
I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Season! We are looking forward to an exciting and productive 2018. We are in the process of creating our 2018/2019 academic calendar and academic schedule. Research states the number one factor for high student...
Dry Heat: Is Trump a Racist?
As the Martin Luther King holiday came and went, President Trump while meeting with Senators to discuss immigration, opens his mouth and inserts both feet. His shameful racist comments demeaning El Salvador, African countries and Haiti were deplorable. Of...
Georgie Digs: A Good Read for Teachers
According to her memoirs, after 1891-born Annie Forbach had attended school in Mammoth, Arizona, she attended the new school that had been established along Aravaipa Creek because by then there were more people with families living there. The first teacher at the...
Georgie Digs: Being Thankful
I am hopeful that this New Year of 2018 will be a peaceful and happy year for all, and I am very thankful for the good life I have had, and for my family. I have tried to keep my mind busy with what interests me, especially writing my short Georgie Digs...
Along the Gila: Good Things are Happening in the Copper Corridor
My son, daughter-in-law and grand daughter are with us this week. They are from Bellingham, Washington. We wished they could be here on Christmas Day, but that was not possible since son Joshua is an Episcopal priest and was leading worship on Christmas Eve and...