Dana Wittmann:  

Born at Inspiration, I attended Miami schools, where my dad was a teacher. I was a Vandal in the marching band at MHS my Freshman and most of my Sophomore year. Then we moved to Globe and I completed my studies as a Tiger while working and doing my homework at the Alden Theater, now gone, as is the Grand that was in downtown Miami and lastly and sadly the Globe. No more B&K, Upton's or Pauline's for going out for a coke and social mingling. I don't know if kids still bomb town, or paint each others letter on the hill, but these were the best schools in Arizona in the 60's and many great people came out of these hills. In our neighborhood in Central Heights, much like Claypool, I recently learned, and probably all of them, we climbed the hills with our packed lunches playing cowboy, or Indian. I would round up wild horses in the form of yucca poles, train 'em, break 'em, feed 'em that dry grass that was everywhere. And hang out at Bollinger's stables, next to my house friending the cowboys and (real) horses alike. The air wasnt pa...Expand for more