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Dr. Mansour:
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Miami-Globe
Dr. Levine:
A Colorado
River run
Dr. Tretbar:
Bullfight memories
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Pima County Medical
Society Officers
President
Melissa Levine, MD
President-Elect
Steve Cohen, MD
Vice-President
Guruprasad Raju, MD
Secretary-Treasurer
Michael Dean, MD
Past-President
Timothy Marshall, MD
R. Screven Farmer, MD
Board of Mediation
Timothy Fagan, MD
Thomas Griffin, MD
Evan Kligman, MD
George Makol, MD
Mark Mecikalski, MD
Delegates to AMA
William J. Mangold, MD
Thomas H. Hicks, MD
Gary Figge, MD (alternate)
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Inside
5 Dr. Melissa Levine: Checking off a bucket
list item.
6 Letters: On compulsory medical
insurance.
7 Milestones: Dr. Villavicencio joins
Catalina Eye Care; Dr. Dalen honored
anew.
10 PCMS News: Banner plans 11-story
tower.
12 Stars on the Avenue: Wrap-up of a very
successful event.
15 Behind the Lens: Dr. Tretbar updates his
1984 experience at las corridas de toros
in Colombia.
18 Time Capsule: Our History Committee
tours Miami-Globe.
21 In Memoriam: Obituaries for six of our
former members, and Joan T. Lowell.
On the Cover
Ever wondered why the hummingbird feeder is empty in the
morning? Others like the sweet water, too, including this bat, shot
through a glass door with a Nikon N80. 55-200 mm Nikkor lens at
120mm. The lens was against the glass to prevent reflections. Nikon
Speedlight. ISO 1000, 1/60th second, f. 9.1 (Dr. Hal Tretbar photo).
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To the crowds delight, Matador B quickly proves The crowd asks the judge to award Matador B
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Time Capsule
Downtown Globe.
Craigs Ranch, still standing at more than a century old, has had
some renovations but is in good condition.
Camp Pinal is in an area called the Top of The World. The name
Pinal was given by the Apaches and means pine grove in the
mountains. Elevation is more than 4,500 feet. In the same area
and just about a mile east of the Pinal Ranch is Summit Lodge. In
the 1940s this place had cabins that could be rented for a
summer, near apple and quince orchards. Much of this is now
gone and other homes are there.
We left the turnoff at Queen Creek and proceeded east on 60 to a
spot about a half-mile east of the Pinal-Gila counties line, about a
mile east of Summit Lodge. At this point the main road turns left
down a grade to Pinto Creek and
the old road proceeds to the
right and a bit south. Until
Arizona 60 was built this the
main road to Miami from
Superior. There was a dance hall
one to two miles east of the GilaPinal line, but with the building
of the present road, this facility
was closed.
The trail in Queen Creek was the main route from Superior to
Pinal Ranch before 1921.
concentrator working at the east end of the valley, and one can
also see trucks running on parts of the mining areas.
At the bottom of the grade is a bridge built in 1949 when the new
highway 60 was built. This is a high cantilever bridge built on a
curve, and there is a plaque at each end of the bridge, apparently
from the American Institute of Steel Construction, extolling the
construction of a cantilever bridge on a curve.
When Don and I first scouted the area, we were halted just west
of the Pinto Creek bridge for about 45 minutes. A cadre of police
cars was there but we did not know why. I later learned that the
night before, on March 3, a man had committed suicide by
jumping off the bridge, and that one other man had previously
done the same about a month earlier.
From there we went to Miami, a mile or two west of which is a
canyon called Bloody Tanks, where in the 1860s a group of settlers
engaged in a battle with Apaches. Accounts vary, but it appears
the settlers won the battle because of their superior weapons.
As one enters Miami from the west there is some mining
machinery clearly visible in front of the old Bullion High School.
This is no longer used as a school and is now a museum. We
visited it on our previous trip, but did not have time to take the
group into it. However, I highly recommend that anyone
interested in the area visit it. It is well done and very interesting in
its presentations.
We traveled down Main Street of Miami until we came to the
third stoplight, Adonis Street. From there we turned south (right)
and proceeded up a tortuous road to the top of a ridge called
Cherry Flats. From there we had a panoramic view of the mining
operations, some of which continue today.
To the far west is the Oxhide Mine, no longer in use. Next to it is
the Bluebird Mine, opened years ago, and next are the Miami and
Miami East mines. There is still a headframe visible where the old
Miami mine was, which was in full operation until 1959. There
was a leaching operation before it closed, but since then the old
mine is primarily a leaching operation. There is still a smelter and
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Tombstone legends wont die any easier than the town. A poster
explains Doc Hollidays and Big Nose Kates connection to
Globe.
Gila County. Several old buildings dating back to the 1870s are still
in use. Globes population today is around 7,500. Temperatures
can range from near freezing to 100+. Places of interest are the
old county courthouse, the sheriffs office, and the U.S. Post Office
still in use. Several churches date to the early 1900s.
The local lady informed us that there was a Chinese district close
by, and that there used to be tunnels that were used, especially
at night, for the Chinese people to go from their place to other
parts of town, as being on the open street at night was dangerous
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In Memoriam
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Oliver W.
Shelksohn, D.O.
1943-2015
Oliver W.
Shelksohn, D.O.,
general,
gynecological
and colo-rectal
surgeon, and
PCMS member
1984-2001, died
May 20, the
Arizona Daily
Star reported
May 23. He was
72.
Oliver Walter
Shelksohn was
born Sept. 21, 1943 in Ely, Nev. After
graduating from high school he served in the
U.S. Army 1960-64. After attending the
University of Nevada at Reno, he earned his
D.O. in 1972 at Kansas City (Mo.) College of
Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Oliver W. Shelksohn
in 1984.
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William S. Bill Masland, M.D., neurologist and pain management specialist, and PCMS mem-ber 1972-92, died May 8,
the Arizona Daily Star reported May 17. He was 82.
William Stafford Maslin was born May 17, 1933 in Philadelphia,
attended the William Penn Charter School, and earned his
undergraduate degree in 1955 at Haverford College. He earned
his M.D. in 1955 at the University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine. He interned at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsyl-vania, did his neurology residency at New York
Neurological Institute of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center,
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At Lowells request, no services were held, but the family asks all
who knew her to remember her fierce and tenacious spirit, her
talent for art and poetry, her love of cats, geese, and growing
things, her warm and generous nature, and anything about Joan
that makes you smile.
Her daughters Laura, Barbi, and Jennifer; niece Ann; nephew
Wayne; and four grandchildren survive her.
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