Arizona Silver Belt (Newspaper) - September 4, 1975, Miami, Arizona 15C a copy September 4, 1976 LARC to open Monday with pastor as director earlier that concern ever more efficient utilization of police da v after MT had created the nel and Hospital authorities Hay alter i QUEEN KATHY Kathy Gonzales of Superior receives her crown as queen of the Mexican Fiesta from retiring queen Juanita Mata during coronation ceremonies From left other queen Drug problems aired tonight Officials from Miami and Gila County plus business and civic leaders and interested individuals will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Globe City Hall to launch a against drugs and drug related The called by Globe Mayor G. EL in the lems of alcohol and crime as they related to Gila County and any zen input that will be ful in effective control will be tants in the Latinos Club competition are Margo Gonzales of Mona Hernandez of Mary Sanchez of Socorro Durazo of Superior and Denise Martinez of Superior miss chosen Mexican fiesta queen Kathy Gonzales of Superior was crowned queen of the Mexican Fiesta scheduled September 13-14 in Miami at a coronation dance held Saturday at the Gila County Fairgrounds MISS sponsored by the Valley National received a total of votes to lead the Mary Sanchez of sponsored by was named First Princess with Socorro alto of Second Other their sponsors and vote totals Margo Gonzales of Miami Western ise Martinez of Cobre Valley and Mona Hernandez of United Jewelry Money raised by each girl during the vote gathering campaign will be pre- sented to the contestants for use in ering their The new queen was crowned by last year's Queen Juanita Mata and First Princess Rosemary and will reign during the Mexican Fiesta sored by the Latinos Club on Saturday and September 13 and 14. The Local Alcohol Reception Center is expected to reopen here day after being shut down since the beginning of the fiscal year July 1. THE GILA County Board of Super- visors agreed Tuesday to sign a contract with the State Department of Health vices an sponsor of LARC and to receive in state funds and in federal funds through the Central Arizona Association of Governments for operation of the local Rev. Jimmy pastor of the ity Baptist Church in has agreed to serve as part-time director of the program here and will present a budget for operation of the recovery center at a special meeting of the super- visors THE LARC program was initiated in 1974 following a decision by the Arizona legislature to remove public intoxication from the list of criminal misdemeanors throughout the The LARC program faltered prior to the end of the fiscal year when budgeted funds were At the end of the funding ceased when local agencies could not agree on a sponsoring group to sign the contract with DHS and take financial ity for funding the For a brief Director Glenn kers and the LARC staff kept the facility open on a volunteer basis until the City of Globe ordered the LARC sealed to protect it from In order to obtain the state funds with which to operate local political subdivisions had to provide a matching in either funds or It Sports fans are invited to enter grid contest Sports enthusiasts who are readers of the Arizona Silver Belt will again have an opportunity to have fun and win money in the Miami Football Contest which will be sponsored by local FIRST LISTING of games in the eighth annual together with will appear in next week's Silver Since the games will again be listed a week in advance throughout the 10-week deadlines for turning in entries will be the following weeks midnight Wednesdays by postmark at a US Postal Service Facility or 12 noon Fridays at the Silver Belt Two cash prizes wil I be paid weekly to the first place winner and for second The Globe and Miami high games will continue to be used as tiebreakers each week with general preference being given to tilts played Each week the game listed on the left side of the Contest Ad will constitute the first There will be three seasonal prizes and These prizes will go to the individuals who have the best winning percentages for the entire In order to be eligible for a seasonal a person must submit an entry each week of the con- test. FEATURED FOR the first time six years ago and continuing as an added attraction of the contest is the prize being offered by Copper Belt Printing and Publishing Com- pany to the first person who turns in a perfect entry the winners of all forecast correctly any In case of a tie or the money will be Tiebreaker games but not scores are One week last year three individuals correctly forecast the winners of all games but one In the contest tie games count as neither losses nor wins but in connection with the special on Page Miami East mine start-up delayed by Cities Service Cities Service Company announced today that start-up of its Miami East underground copper mine near scheduled for early 1976 has been THE COMPANY attributed the decision to greatly escalated the depressed copper market and large capital commitments in other primarily for development of energy Activities will be reduced ally until early 1976 when the mine will be placed on a stand-by nance basis until economic tions warrant resumption of No schedule for ing development can be established at this according to a company Approximately 75 employees will be affected at Miami East. Recently Cities Service announced the pre- planned cessation of mining and milling operations at the depleted Copper Cities open pit mine with a reduction of 165 Cities Service continue to operate its new Pinto Valley mine and the Miami Unit and Copper Cities leaching operations in the Miami Also work continues on a new solvent winning plant to improve re- covery and provide direct tion of cathode copper from the Miami Unit leaching TOTAL employment in these con- Miami Operations will be about 850 which is still substantially above the number employed prior to beginning the Pinto Valley ment in 1972. was reported earlier that concern ever these matching funds had created the reluctance by any local government agency to sign the DHS contract and assume The LARC facility provides for ification of food and shelter in lieu of incarceration and personnel to supervise inebriates during their tary stay at the Law enforcement officials in the area have expressed approval of the LARC facility and have reported it has allowed more efficient utilization of police nel and Hospital authorities have also welcomed the since tims of public intoxication may not be incarcerated but become hospital gency room problems when picked up by police for their own of the operation and ing of the reopened will depend on the acceptance of Rev. budget Monday and upon the cooperation of all area governments in providing necessary matching funds or attempt at independence by the Mexican led by Father Miguel Hidalgo y on September 16, 1811. Although the revolution was not successful and Father Hidalgo was executed by the he is known as the of Mexican MUSIC FOR Saturday's dance was provided by La Familia Romero of The queen contest was directed by Mrs. Lupe Martinez is fiesta Miss Gila pageant to be October 22 The Miss Gila County Scholarship Pageant will be held October 22 this according to Johnny and Elaine tive MOVING THE date up from its traditional November scheduling is the because the Miss Arizona Pageant will be held earlier than usual next Theme of the e vent wil I be a takeo ff from Wizard of it is announced by Brenda Turner and Caroline pageant Both are former Miss Gila Ms. Turner for 1974 and Ms. Kent for 1972. Tickets for the which will again be held in Miami High School will soon be available at the same prices as last year SI 50 on Page HI 95 98 99 95 R.R. Wimberly Miami Copper Assay Office Lo 74 66 95 63 63 66 69 73 72 State help sought on school problem It is The Miami area board of education is without a president and none of the members want the Help has been requested for solving the problem from the Arizona Attorney the state Department of Education and the Arizona School Board Association and a special meeting has been proposed for sometime next week to discuss the The lack of a presiding officer after the board on a split vote Tuesday accepted the resignation of President A. J. Flores brought the business of running the school district to a close when no nominations were received for a Flores had attempted to resign as president but retain his seat on the board some time but a ruling of County Attorney Edd Dawson decl ared that he must remain in that position until his resign a- tion had been The absence of board m ember Mike Guadiana from Tuesday night's meeting made it possible to accept the Members Gene Miller and Margaret to accept and Jack Glidewell voted to reject the Glidewell and Guadiana have voted together on the District Superintendent Paul Lemons announced that he was ing on the state agencies to meet with the beard in an attempt to re- solve the leadership THE SUPERINTENDENT said he doubted the discussion could be held in executive session and that meeting notices would be posted as required for public One of three escapees still evades authorities Two of three prisoners that escaped from the Gila County Jail last Tuesday night were recaptured Thursday morning but the third man was still at large a week RECAPTURED were Richard Lee Deaver and Darld Dean Still at large is Pedro Manuel alias Carlos E. Deaver and were tured by Chief Deputy Sheriff C. L. Roberts after being vered hiding in the bushes south of the old Miami dump Neither man was armed nor offered resistance to Their only supplies were a loaf of bread and a jug of 30, was in jail on charges of theft by embezzlement and 22, was charged with reckless party to a crime and theft of a federal money 41, who remains at was charged with He is described as five feet 10 inches 155 brown eyes black hair and has a one inch scar on his chin. According to Deaver and he had been with them until shortly before they were taken by Sheriff Lyman Peace advised one with information regarding Gomez to contact his but not to attempt to apprehend the In addition to the activity brought on by the escape of the three deputies responded to 104 calls during the past week including seven family seven 17 five other fights and A bar fight early Tuesday resulted in the loss of an eye to Terry 31, and charges of disorderly conduct for Ezell and Terry 22. Additional charges against Ashberry and several other people involved in the altercation at the Jaurez Bar are pending further according to Sheriff Ezell was taken to Inspiration Hospital and then trans- ferred to Mesa Lutheran Hospital for treatment of on Page prisoner hurt during attempted escape Two Globe Police Officers and a trusty prisoner in the city jail received slight injuries Monday ing an escape when the officers attempted to recapture the NOT SERIOUSLY injured were Patrolman Eric Johnson and tions Officer Lindy Andresen and Robert when Johnson and Andresen attempted to keep Allen from falling from the Hill Street bridge into Cottonwood Street below while Allen was attempting to escape from the city Sergeant Fred Mclntyre kept Allen's injuries from being more ous by partially breaking his fall when the other two officers were unable to keep him from Police Chief Dale Van Buskirk said Allen was serving a six months sentence in the city jail on a charge of disorderly conduct and had been placed on trusty status before he attempted to The prisoner and the two officers seven reports of grand theft plus were at Gila General numerous prowler and vandalism tal Allen was returned to the city GLOBE POLICE are also a reported mugging that took place Monday near 400 N. Broad Marcus Armenia was treated at Hospital after he reported to police he had been badly beaten about the head and shoulders by several unidentified Armenia's containing only personal was reported Apparently hungry thieves made off with 15 rib steaks and five pounds of hamburger patties Sunday night after breaking a window to gain ance to the Globe Veterans of Foreign Wars Police are following up several clues left by the Isabel Salas was given first aid and taken to M-l hospital after she had injured her head when heat tion caused her to fall on Blake Street Also treated and released from Gila General Hospital was year-old Laurel loli who was bitten by a dog The police ordered the owner of the dog to on Page
