When Virginia Jo Miller first saw the high desert community of Sun Village in 1962, her heart sank. There were no streetlights, no paved roads. Many homes had no electricity. The setting was desolate, “nothing but tumbleweed, jackrabbits and snakes,” recalled Miller.

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