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Travel Ken Brooks covers some warm places with beaches. PAGE 3

Movie Andy McKinney says Angelina Jolie’s ‘Unbroken’ is a surprising masterpiece. PAGE 4

Food Warm up with exciting meals from your pantry. PAGE 5

Travels with Lobo PAGE 6

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At the library bookstore During the month of January the Library Friends of Payson Bookstore is featuring a storewide clearance sale. All items are being offered at three for the price of one. This includes all books, hard cover as well as paperbacks, videos and items on the 50 cent table. Shoppers can mix and match. The second and third items must be of equal or lesser value than the first item. It’s a great way to ensure that you have plenty of reading and viewing material for the cold winter months yet to come. Bookstore stock is constantly changing. Therefore, the wise patron will stop by frequently. All proceeds directly support the library. The LFOP Bookstore is located to the right of the circulation desk just inside the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road. For more information, visit the Library Friends of Payson website at www.libraryfriendsofpayson.org.

CURE CRAVINGS WITH SATISFYING SNACKS OK. Most have made that old resolution to lose weight or eat healthier or some variation on the theme. Sometimes a “cold turkey — jump in with both feet” approach works and sometimes easing into changes is more effective. Here are some hints for the “easing in” approach: When a snack attack hits you, your mood may influence the flavor you crave. Taking a more mindful approach will let you savor what you eat and give you a more satisfying snack experience. Mindful eating is all about being more aware of what foods you choose - such as the connection to your senses and emotions. Being more conscious of snacking habits can help you make smarter, well-balanced choices and be more intentional with your snacks to be sure you’re truly answering your craving. Hone in on your senses of taste and touch with these ideas so you can sit down and savor your next snacking session: Sweet • Enjoy the natural sweetness of fruit with a parfait by layering your favorite fruits with plain or vanilla yogurt and topping with a handful of granola. • Top a slice of banana bread with a smear of rich, creamy spreadable cheese, such as The Laughing Cow Creamy Swiss, and add a crunchy protein punch with walnuts. Salty • Slice a potato in paper-thin pieces and bake in a single layer at 400 degree for about 15 minutes, flipping half-way. Sprinkle with a dash of sea salt before serving either alone or with dip. • Jazz up plain popcorn with an assortment of lightly salted nuts and dried fruit. Crunchy • Dip pretzel sticks in a light coating of melted chocolate (roll in crushed nuts while chocolate is still wet for extra crunch). • For a fresh take on traditional

TCCA season continues The Tonto Community Concert Association opens second half of 2014-2015 season with duet of violin and guitar. International duo Alex DePue and Miguel DeHoyos will transport concert-goers on a wildly eclectic and virtuosic tour of classical and popular repertoire at the Payson High School Auditorium at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 18. Single tickets are $35 as available. Children and students under the age of 18 will be admitted free when accompanied by a ticket-holding adult. Season tickets to the Tonto Community Concert Association 2014-2015 season are also still available at $90 for this concert and the remaining three concerts — Piano Battle, 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 3; Live from Nashville (a review), 7 p.m., Friday, March 20; and SAXsational, 7 p.m., Thursday, April 30. For more information, visit the association website at www.tccarim.org or call (928) 478-4363 or (928) 4744189. Christmas tree drop-off As in past years, the Town of Payson is accepting Christmas trees for recycling at the Payson Event Center (Rodeo Grounds) just south of town and west of the casino. Residents can bring their trees and deposit them in the designated area at the Payson Event Center parking lot. Drop-offs can be made any time of day through Jan. 26, 2015. Please be sure all decorations have been removed prior to disposal and please remember this service is for residential Christmas trees only. No brush or yard trimmings and no commercial dumping will be accepted. This service is free of charge and provided as a community service by the Town of Payson. Residents of the Rim Country interested in acquiring some of the Christmas tree wood chips for mulching or ground cover at their homes, should stop by the Community Development Office, Payson Town Hall Complex from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and register for this, first come/first served, free distribution. Jazz concert The second half of the 2014-15 Jazz Concert Series season opens with a 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 11 performance by vocalist Renee Patrick, who is performing with the Beth Lederman Trio. The concert is at the Commu-

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Renee Patrick performs at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 11 at the Community Presbyterian Church. nity Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson. A donation of at least $5 is requested at the door to cover program expenses. Patrick has connected with individuals and crowds with her voice and music over the past several years in the Valley and has made frequent visits to Payson to perform in the jazz series hosted by the Community Presbyterian Church. Patrick’s latest CD, “Feel The Rain,” was a collaboration with Judy Roberts, who has also performed in Payson on a number of occasions and helped raise

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funds for a performance-quality piano for the Payson High School Auditorium. The Jazz Concert Series continues with the following performances: Frank Smith, a saxophonist and pianist, with guitarist Ted Goddard and his trio at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 8; mainstream jazz guitar vocalist John Darst and his quartet, from Show Low, Ariz., at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 8; Dixie clarinetist Joe Hopkins and the Fossil Creek Gang Trio, 2 p.m., Sunday, April 12; and the ZAZA Gypsy Jazz Quartet, led by bassist Steve Douglas, at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 17.

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TRAVEL TALK | KEN BROOKS

WARM PLACES WITH BEACHES Now that winter has set in for visit lively bars and delicious the duration, many folks think of restaurants. how wonderful it would be to take St. John is only a 30-minute a week or two to visit someplace ferry ride from St. Thomas. No warm - perhaps with a beach. passport is required to visit either Just two weeks ago our grand- of these islands. daughter and her husband, who reNot far away in the British Virside in Minneapolis, gin Islands is the little iscalled to inquire if we land of Tortola. The main would like to join her feature here is swimming and her family on a at Cane Garden Bay. This cruise in the Caribbean is one of the best, least so they can get warm for used beaches in the ena few days. We said yes! tire Caribbean. Virgin The cruise will be with Gorda is not far away and Princess Cruises sailing also offers almost perfect in the western beaches. When you get Caribbean for seven there you never want to days. That ought to leave. KEN BROOKS warm us all up! Many islands lovers For us here in Arizona, proba- recommend Antigua and Aruba. bly be best places to get warm and Aruba is more populated, but the enjoy a beach are located in the beaches are near perfect. St. MarCaribbean and the best way to visit tin is popular for many with white would be by cruise ship. You can sand beaches, interesting villages, cruise out of the Port of Houston, shopping, restaurants and good Texas or Miami and Ft. Laud- hotels. erdale in Florida. Most of the ships I personally find Puerto Rico inoffer 7-night cruises visiting won- teresting. The city, located next to derful, warm and mostly tropical the docks, dates back several hunislands in the calm, blue Caribbean dred years when it was a Spanish waters. possession. What remain are old The Caribbean region covers a forts and other placements left vast area with some 28 populated over from an earlier period. islands to choose from. Some of If you visit here, be sure to walk these islands are independent through “Old Town” in order to countries while others are under snoop in the old shops loaded with the protection of mother European jewelry and fine arts. There are countries. These lie south of the also a couple of fine local restauUnited States and north of South rants here. Take your pick. Ask the America. locals as to where you should have Some of the more popular is- lunch. Gambling is also legal here lands include Puerto Rico, St. and there are some nice casinos. Thomas, St. John, Jamaica, There are some substantial Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, mountains in Puerto Rico and I Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, suggest you take a hosted tour or as well as Barbados. rent a car and drive into these Other islands are: Saint Vincent lush, tropical surroundings. and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados once belonged to the Saint Kits and Nevis to name a few British and some of their customs more. and food still prevail. Driving St. Thomas is a very popular is- around this island proves to be land for Americans, most of which most interesting and you will also arrive by cruise ship and spend find very lovely beaches. Try fried half of a day on a fantastic beach flying fish for dinner and wash it and the other half in town shop- down with Mount Gay Extra Old ping for duty free bargains. The Rum. You’ll be singing your way shopping portion of the town is back to the hotel or ship. about five blocks long and literally Some island lovers prefer filled with shops of all variations. Bonaire. Here are quiet and wonThere are a zillion jewelry stores, derful beaches and a good place to linen and art stores - you name it, get away from it all. Grand Cayit’s probably in St. Thomas. There man is excellent for snorkeling and are several large liquor stores has a 7-mile beach, which is very where tourists purchase several picturesque. bottles of their favorite labels to Mexico and Central America take back home at duty free prices. continue to grow as a tourist destiNearby is St. John, which is part nation. Here again, are warm of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Many beaches and mostly fine hotels and consider this a Caribbean paradise resorts. Cancun facing the Mexiwith miles of undeveloped land and can Caribbean attracts many noted for its powder-soft, white tourists yearly as does nearby Rivsand beaches on the north shore. iera Maya along with Costa Rica, Here, you can select a nice resort Nicaragua and Panama. These and during your stay and swim, destinations are not only warm, hike or go snorkeling and later but have interesting sightseeing

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AT THE MOVIES

UNBROKEN

A surprising masterpiece Who would have guessed that Angelina Louis Zamperini emerges from the story Jolie, with only one other directing credit, as a man of unshaken tenacity, a model for had the ability to produce this masterus all. piece? Two well-seasoned if not famous actors Most of us never saw her first outing as play the main two Americans. Jack O’Cona director, “In the Land of Blood and nell (half Irish, half English) and Domhnall Honey” about the Bosnian War, so we Gleeson (Irish) play respectively Louis might be forgiven if “Unbroken” took us by Zamperini and the bomber pilot known as surprise. The story comes from the book of Andy McKinney Phil. Both of them have many credits. Gleethe same name by Laura Hillenbrand, but Reviewer son had a leading role in the deeply moving the screenplay we attribute to Joel and and recent film “About Time.” Ethan Coen — the famous Coen brothers The Bird, the demented prison boss, is who are responsible for so many top-notch films. played by Japanese composer Takamasa Ishihara. In a story about a brave and plucky victim who He has only a single acting credit, a short, some 10 must hold on to his life, sanity and dignity throughout years ago. It makes another point for her that Jolie horrifying ordeals some directors might veer off into used him to best effect. We hate him pretty quickly mere sentimentality. Not so with Jolie at the helm. after we meet him. The best acting brings out emoShe brings us the tale with strength and realism. tion in the audience. I say ordeals in the interest of precision. This four saw-blade film has a long run time of two The protagonist, Olympic runner and Army bom- hours and 17 minutes. It should make lots of money bardier, Louis Zamperini suffers two separate and after an opening few days of $50 million. It carries a crushing ordeals. On a rescue mission in the mid- PG-13 rating, but some of the brutality in the prison part of World War II his bomber crashes at sea. He camp might disturb people. and two companions survive the crash only to be Fun movie bit — Universal Studios has owned the adrift in the Pacific Ocean for weeks on end. This rights to the Louis Zamperini story since 1957. At horrifying experience nearly kills the three survivors one time a movie about Zamperini starring Tony through exposure, thirst and hunger. Indeed, one of Curtis might have been made, but it took the push their number does expire. But Fate has not finished from the 2010 best selling book by Laura Hillenbrand with Zamperini and his pilot. to propel the project into production. I am glad they When the Japanese rescue the half-dead sur- waited until Angelina Jolie could take up the task. vivors, they are beaten and given rancid food to surCOMING TO THE SAWMILL THEATRES vive on — or not. Eventually they end up in Japan Jan. 9 itself under the thrall of a prison camp boss who Taken 3 would just as soon kill his prisoners as to see them Oh boy, we get to watch Liam Neeson impose his live until the end of the war. Some of the brutality meted out by the Bird, as the prisoners called him, retribution upon Balkan bad guys for a third time. His character, Bryan Mills, learned the trade in the seems casual, as if he toyed with and brutalized the darker parts of the military before entering civil life. prisoners out of boredom. Other examples of brutality seem very carefully He cannot compose a cantata for mixed voices, but measured, a studied attempt to reduce the enemy he does have particular skills. There might not exist a person in the world who soldiers to the condition of some kind subhuman wretchedness. When watching this kind of behavior, has his level of skill at escape, evasion, investigation historically true in every respect, one finds difficulty and killing. Whoever murdered his wife and framed him for in forgiving the enemy. A friend of mine exposed me to Hillenbrand’s book the deed had better run, run far and fast. Bryan Mills a couple of years ago, so I had a familiarity with the is coming for him with blood in his eye. Also coming soon is the “R” rated, but must see story. If anything, Jolie down played the vicious nature of the Japanese as captors. Americans found “American Sniper” from Clint Eastwood and starring fast death by beheading, slow death by deliberate Bradley Cooper. Currently showing are “Woman in Black 2-Angel starvation and exposure to harsh conditions and in a particularly vile episode described in the book but of Death” and “The Interview,” along with “The Hobomitted from the film, by crude medical experiments. bit: the Battle of the Five Armies.”

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RIM HISTORY RIM HISTORY BACK WHEN | STAN BROWN

CHARACTERS BELOW THE RIM CHAPTER 10, EMER AND MARGARET CHILSON: THE LATER YEARS

Emer L. Chilson, his wife Margaret and their six children had been living in the mining camp of Marysville and operating a general store when the Apache uprising of July 1882 occurred. Word reached them that 100 renegades were moving through the Rim Country, leaving a trail of murder and burning. With that the Chilsons decided discretion was the better part of valor. They left their store and moved back to Miami. A few months later their seventh child was born, named Irene. When the Indian scare subsided they returned to discover that in their absence the Marysville store had been looted. Emer deSTAN BROWN cided merchandising was not that attractive and traded the store to Lafayette P. Nash for his claim on the Golden Wonder mine. The mine turned out to be less than enough to feed and house the Chilson family, so they invested in a ranch at the site of the former Mormon settlement near the mouth of Pine Creek and the East Verde River. It was called the N. B. Ranch, which suggests they were in partnership with Emer’s uncle Napoleon Bonaparte (“Poley”) Chilson who had preceded them from Texas. Emer returned to prospecting for silver and gold along with his two teenage sons John and Charlie. They worked in mines as far away as Bisbee, but also began raising cattle on their NB Ranch. In her reminiscences Margaret called it “the home place”. In June of 1884 Jesse Birchett Chilson was born, their eighth child. Emer with his sons John, Charlie, Napoleon, and also Jesse as

he grew, launched what would become the largest cattle operation the Rim Country had yet seen. In1891 Emer and Margaret, and some of the children, made a visit back to the place they had first met and where five of their eight children were born, Downey Calif. Some of Margaret’s family was probably still there. However, on the way there Emer suddenly died. Public records do not contain information about why he died, only the fact that it was in Downey, Calif. [1] There is no record of where he was buried. This event induced many changes for the Chilsons, and the next years read like the journal of a busy real estate office. Margaret sold the NB to Guy Barkdoll, who would later marry their daughter Irene, and maintained a room there for herself. [2] Charlie and “Boss” (as Napoleon had been called since he was four years old) traded cattle to Bill McDonald for the Burch ranch, that included today’s Payson Golf Course north to the airport. The Chilson brothers continued to expand their holdings, purchasing the Sunflower Ranch. At that time they deeded the Burch place over to their mother, but after Charlie married Lillie Narron, he moved her family onto the Burch ranch. Margaret felt “crowded out” (her words), and she moved into the Hilligas house next to the Lone Pine Hotel. When the legal details of her title to the Burch ranch were complete she traded it to her son-in-law Guy Barkdoll for property on Payson’s Main Street. Her son Jesse, insisting he would never marry, built a house on the lot for the two of them and placed it in her name. He proceeded to sell his share of the cattle business to his brothers, while Margaret indicated in her will that this house would go to Jesse at her death. However, as their lives unfolded it would turn out differently.

Jesse continued to work for his brothers on their Bar-T-Bar Ranch in Rye, one of ﬁve ranches the Chilsons bought in the area after selling the Sunﬂower Ranch. Then in 1919 Jesse fell in love with a Payson school teacher, Lena Chipman. She had come to Payson the previous autumn, leaving her family in Miami where they mined and operated a hotel. It happened that the teacher also had her eye on Jesse, who was driving a Marmon automobile about town in which he took friends into the country on coon hunts. Lena went along on one of the hunts and their romance blossomed. That summer when school was out and Lena returned to Miami, he was lonely for her. He went to Miami and brought her back to Payson for the traditional Fourth of July celebration. She stayed on for a whirlwind courtship and they were married July 19th. They built a house on Main Street next door to Margaret’s Jesse contracted cancer and had to retire. He and Lena lived in their Main Street house until he died Feb. 21, 1933, after less than 14 years of marriage. He is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery. Lena continued an active role in the community, became the founding president of the Payson Womans Club, and was known for her generosity in lending money to friends in Payson. [3] Meanwhile Margaret married again, and as the town matriarch she became known as Grandma Platt. She died June 13, 1941, and the location of her burial is not recorded. Her children left the Chilson mark on the Rim Country over the ensuing years, amassing the largest cattle holdings seen in the Rim Country to that time. John married Emily Jane Gann and they had seven children. He together with Char-

lie Meadows is credited with organizing Payson’s “ﬁrst rodeo” in 1884. Charles Emer Chilson married Lillie Narron and they had two children. He died July 6, 1989. Mary Margaret married James B. Farmer, and she died April 20, 1963. Napoleon “Boss” married Emma Pieper, and he died Aug. 4, 1945 in California. Irene married Guy Barkdoll, and she died July 11, 1918. Historian Jayne Peace reported in a Roundup essay about the Pioneer Cemetery that due to a family feud her body was exhumed several times and moved back and forth between the Barkdoll and Chilson family plots. In her later years Margaret said, “I have had all my six children near me all these years, though they are all married. [4]… They are the ﬂower of my life and I love to be with them. I feel they are worth all the work and hard struggles of the early days…” [1] Some genealogy records indicate all this happened in Texas, but I suspect that again are mixing Emer L. Chilson with the other persons named simply Emer Chilson. [2] She later reported she received a price of $400 for the ranch. [3] For readers unfamiliar with Payson town history, the women named their organization “Womans Club” without any apostrophes. [4] Two of her eight had died early: Lily Gail at 11 months on Nov. 12, 1870 in Downey, and Walter Guy at age 5 on Dec. 18, 1884 in Miami. SOURCES: 1) An oral history Margaret Chilson dictated in Phoenix to her granddaughter Bessie Chilson, and passed through the family; 2) Federal Census records; 3) Ancestry.com; 4) Arizona cemetery records

IN THE KITCHEN

Warm up with exciting meals from your pantry There’s nothing quite like heartwarming comfort food to beat winter’s chill. And there’s no need for a trek to the supermarket or to resort to the takeout menu drawer. Some of the best and most ﬂavorful ingredients are already in your pantry. That’s right ... the canned foods in your pantry. Canned foods not only mean less preparation and year-round availability of your favorite produce, like tomatoes and green beans, they also help make healthy and delicious homemade meals a reality, more often. Like home canning, the canning process locks in foods’ natural goodness and nutrients so they’re available to you any time of year, and all winter long.

Best of all, canned foods help make the big, bold ﬂavors in dishes like Thai Chicken Curry and Shepherd’s Pie easy and simply delicious — perfect for a chilly day. For more seasonal recipes and to learn how you and your family can get cooking with canned foods this season and year round, visit www.CansGetYouCooking.com.

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COVER STORY | PETE ALESHIRE

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Author Pete Aleshire’s good-natured and eager companion, Lobo, at left, gives him a special perspective on exploring the great spots of Rim Country, such as these remote falls of the East Verde River off Crackerjack Road.

Travels with Lobo Empathy, yawns and thumbs Teetering along on two legs, I flounder through the streamside brush and over the crafty cobbles somewhere on the East Verde. I’m momentarily startled by a rustle among the willows to my right, figuring I’m far enough from the road by now to expect mountain lions or javelina or bears or who knows what all. Instead, Lobo emerges from the thicket to check on me, tail wagging in an effort encourage me – despite my incorrigible clumsiness. I note that he’s wagging his tail mostly to the right – which a study published recently in the scientific journal Current Biology said means my inarticulate but observant companion was feeling positive emotions. I took this to mean we aren’t as lost, tired and far from any hope of the road as I had assumed. The researchers from the University of Trenton found that dogs and humans both have asymmetric brains – that whole leftbrain, right-brain thing. Other researchers have found dogs are actually right pawed, or left-pawed, depending on their wiring. The most recent study found that dogs wag to the right or to the left, depending on

what they’re feeling. When someone they like shows up and they are feeling all happy, they wag to the right. When some new, potentially threatening dog shows up, they wag more to the left. The researchers confirmed the observation by hooking up dogs to assorted monitors and showing them videos of other dogs wagging their tails. When the dogs on the video wagged to the left, the heart rates of the dogs watching the show sped up and they displayed assorted signs of anxiety. When the video dogs wagged to the right, the observant dogs remained perfectly calm. Lobo is definitely a wagging to the right, so I’m thinking not only does he know how to get back to the car, but he’s still fond of me. I feel better, despite assorted bloody scratches from forcing my way through streamside thickets, the bruise where I landed on my hip after one of those malicious, stream-smoothed cobbles dumped me, and the growing ache in my calves. I’d set off down the East Verde at the last spot I knew of where Crackerjack Road comes close to the stream. On a previous drive down Crackerjack, I’d spotted a distant waterfall, locked in the seemingly inaccessible heart of the canyon carved by the East Verde. So with a Saturday afternoon to kill, I’d decided to climb, boulderhop, wade and scramble as far down the canyon as I could manage with the daylight

at hand. Smart people tell you to never hike alone – especially when you’re not sure where you’re going as you hop from one ankletwisting boulder to another. So I brought Lobo, my amiable, wolfish best buddy, with his irrepressible “my, what big teeth you have, grandma” grin. He is grinning at me now, head cocked to one side, ears alert; his expression simultaneously friendly and unreadable. Now, I’m not sure the smart people wouldn’t count Lobo as company on a wilderness hike on account of his lack of thumbs. Even if he trotted back to civilization for help, the odds seem low the wouldbe rescuers could correctly interpret his tail wags. I suppose the smart people have a point. But I must point out: Dogs talk people a lot better than we talk dog. Because my self-esteem has come to rest to a worrisome degree on Lobo’s affection, I’ve been trolling research studies on dog intelligence. I am eager to prove that Lobo’s joy I see when he sees me, even after a trifling absence, proves he’s really, really smart. So I took note of Duke University researcher Brian Hare’s “The Genius of Dogs,” which examines canine’s remarkable ability to figure out what the heck we’re talking about. For instance, most animals ignore it when you try to point things

out to them. But dogs readily read finger pointing – especially in Lobo’s case when I’ve dropped something eatable on the floor I’m too lazy to pick up. Hare also pointed out that dogs share our vulnerability to contagious yawning. This is interesting, since no one knows for sure why people yawn – much less contagiously. But Hare suggested it proves dogs can feel empathy. I have tested the theory. I once spent an embarrassing amount of time yawning at Lobo whenever I caught his eye. I am almost sure he increased his yawn frequency – but feel asleep before I could complete the experiment. Moreover, when you pet a dog – both you and the dog get a little surge in the “hug hormone,” oxytocin. And get this: dogs get a little bigger oxytocin boost when petted by women than by men. I cannot say this surprises me – especially in Lobo’s case. I mean, he likes me well enough – wags way over on the right. But he’ll make a belly scratching fool of himself for a woman – something else we have in common, come to think of it. I catch Lobo’s eye and pointed downstream. He follows the motion alertly. “Pretty girl down there, you poor fool,” I say. He cocks his head gazing downstream and wags to the right. I feel an overpowering urge to yawn, which I suppress. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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FIRM FOUNDATION | SIMONE LAKE

ONE DAY IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS Recently, while my husband and I were on vacation, we stopped in our favorite coffee shop to gather our yummy drinks and a delicious treat. The next step - we scanned the tables and chairs for a place to sit down. “It must meet all our needs I thought… comfy chairs, plenty of outlets for all our devices, away from too much noise, a window would be nice.” As we continued to scout out the perfect area, our ears became tuned to a warning that reminded me of the words of Apostle Peter. “One Day is as a Thousand Years.” DEEDS OF PETER

SIMONE LAKE This Apostle Peter, the very one who dared to step out of the boat to meet Jesus by walking on water, the very one who cut Malchus ear completely off when the Roman soldiers came to get Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, the very one who accompanies Jesus along with James and John on the mount of transfiguration, and the very one who declares before his fellow disciples and speaks directly to Jesus, saying “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” This Peter is the same one that years later grew spiritually to be even a more profound teacher. Devoted now to teaching, training and equipping others to grow in Christ, Peter appeals to his audience mentioning his first hand experience on the mount of transfiguration as evident of his authenticity. Perfect Table and Ears echoing Warning My ears and those of my husband were made aware with a great visual of flashing

light and thundering of earth shaking, the immense clarity that even though one may be on vacation, many, many miles from work, enjoying a great time, relaxed, not a care in the world, it is of great need to beware… to be on guard… As we found our perfect table… I looked up and was quick to observe that just tables over there were two people telling another two people a complete fallacy of the truth. As we passed by, the words from the false teacher’s lips leaped out across the air waves pricking my heart, which provoked me to begin quick, deep prayers for the two that were listening. II PETER

In the New Testament, Apostle Peter wrote two letters. In the second letter, Peter writes to those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ, and even though this epistle was written around 65 AD, it applies to us, right now, this very day, to all who believe and those who begin to believe in Christ as Lord this day. The core focus of Peter’s 2nd letter was just that, to BEWARE… be on GUARD… for there are those (and will be those) who come and pervert the sound doctrine of Christ, twisting it and leading others astray and away from the Lord Jesus Christ. Peter reminds those that hear and read his letter by “stirring up your pure minds by way of reminder. To be mindful of the words spoken before from the Holy prophets (in the Old Testament) as well as the commandments of the apostles of the Lord and Savior.” Peter challenges the readers not to forget that the Lord is coming again. Jesus is not slack in His soon return… but with long-suffering, lingering, not willing that any

should perish but instead that all should come to repentance, He is waiting for that appointed time that no one knows the day or the hour. So because we do not know the day or the hour… the scripture text implies that our focus is not the time frame of when Jesus will come again but however the action of following with obedience to stay clear of those teaching falsely becomes the content of our fixed gaze. Our job is to guard ourselves from false teachers and prophets and protect ourselves and others who would be led astray. BEWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS

There are two main areas Apostle Peter centers on, which are the same that continues in the same theological thread that is found in every book of the New Testament and even in the Old Testament. The first one of Peter’s passions is the meshing of His heart with God’s heart and forever common goal and reconciling the people in the world back to God through salvation by faith in believing in Christ Jesus and Lord. The second passion is to make sure that those who believe in Christ are not lead astray by false teachers, and prophets who are speaking contrary to the Bible. Peter gives his audience the dangers of listening to false teachers because of the severe spiritual destruction that they cause. Peter also gives descriptions of how the false teachers act and how we can discern them. As Peter quotes Moses in Old Testament, he reminds us that even though “Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You return man to

dust and say, ‘Return, O children of man!’ For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.” Psalm 90: 1-4 Peter continues to encourage the reader by fast forwarding them to the day of Jesus’ coming again. During that time, THIS time frame, there will be mockery against Christ and Who He is and Who He represents. Peter concludes this letter with the manifestation of the Day of the Lord being something that is coming and those who are mature in view of the day of the Lord is urged to prepare. Prepare by having a manner of holy conduct and godliness… and to beware that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. My prayer for you this 2015 New Year, is that you make yourselves disciplined… having strong resolutions of highest priority of guarding yourself from false teachers and prophets that do not speak the truth of God’s word written in the Bible. ©Copyright 2014 Simone Lake. All Rights Reserved. © Copyright 2014 Deep Roots in Christ Ministries. All Rights Reserved Calendar: Bible Study: Acts of the Apostles starting in March 2015, check the website, www.churchonrandallplace.org for more information. Audio teachings and various speaking: http://deeprootsinchrist.sermon.net ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Simone Lake is a Christ follower, bride of Pastor Dr. John Lake, Bible teacher and a passionate pray-er. Visit her: www.deeprootsinchrist.com, www.simonelake.com, FaceBook, Twitter and LinkedIn

IN THE KITCHEN CONTINUED

With the new year, inventory your pantry for meal planning FROM PAGE 5

1 tablespoon red curry paste 1, 13.5-ounce can Goya coconut milk 1, 10-ounce can Hormel Premium chicken breast, drained and flaked 1, 8-ounce can Allens cut green beans, drained 1. 16-ounce can sweet potatoes, drained and cut into 1-inch chunks Chopped cilantro for garnish In 3-quart saucepan over medium heat, in hot oil, cook red onion, garlic and ginger until softened, about 5 minutes. Add red curry paste; cook 1 minute. Add coconut milk, chicken, green beans and sweet potatoes. Over high heat, heat to boiling. Simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes to blend flavors, stirring occasionally. Garnish with chopped cilantro.

SHEPHERD’S PIE Prep time: 5 minutes; cooking time: 30 minutes; serves 6 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 large onion, diced 1 large garlic clove, minced 1 pound ground beef

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1, 14.5-ounce can Red Gold stewed tomatoes 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1, 15-ounce can S&W peas and carrots, drained 1, 15-ounce can Del Monte sliced new potatoes, drained 1 tablespoon butter, melted In 12-inch skillet over medium heat, in hot oil, cook onion and garlic 5 minutes or until softened, stirring occasionally. Remove to plate. In same skillet over medium-high, cook ground beef until well browned on all sides, stirring frequently. Add flour; cook 1 minute. Add stewed tomatoes and thyme. Over high heat, heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Simmer uncovered 10 minutes to blend flavors, stirring occasionally. Stir in peas and carrots. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spoon mixture into greased deep-dish pie plate or baking dish. Toss sliced potatoes with butter. Arrange potatoes in center of casserole, overlapping slightly. Bake 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are lightly golden. Source: Can Manufacturers Institute and Family Features

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RIM HISTORY JUST FOR FUN SALOME’S STARS

SUPER CROSSWORD

INITIAL WORKS ACROSS 1 Japanese verse 6 Milky white gem 10 Memo opening 14 “Eight Is Enough” actor Willie 19 Game show announcer Johnny 20 Novelist Victor 21 Have a bawl 22 Freshly firm 23 Comedy that should have starred W.C. Fields? 26 Big town, in Italian 27 Sorority “T” 28 With 103-Down, parked it, so to speak 29 Televises 30 Ejection 31 Modus ___ 33 Novel that should have been written by T.S. Eliot? 35 Hosp. parts 36 Some pizzas 38 Purge 39 Romantic comedy that should have starred B.D. Wong? 43 Épée, say 45 Ethyl ender 46 “Sprechen ___ Deutsch?” 47 “Very funny!” 50 Yes, in Ypres 51 Tree juices 55 Harpoon, e.g. 57 Off-___-wall 59 Drama that should have starred E.G. Marshall? 62 Muscular power 64 Calgary’s province 67 Roof tiles

68 City in Italy or California 69 Song that should have been sung by B.B. King? 72 Roasting rod 73 Baseball game part 75 Catches slyly 76 See 70-Down 78 Pamphlet that should have been written by C.S. Lewis? 81 Pull sharply 83 Kitten sound 84 Lamb raisers 85 Gorged on 86 Golfing unit 89 Depot abbr. 91 José’s “day” 92 Nerd’s kin 94 Song that should have been sung by B.J. Thomas? 97 Most hip 101 St. Francis’ birthplace 104 Comp ___ 105 Memoir that should have been written by A.A. Milne? 107 Bible book after Ezra 112 Soprano Nilsson 113 Michael of “Superbad” 114 Ex-veep Stevenson 115 Raptors’ org. 116 Some Afrikaners 117 Piece that should have been composed by J.S. Bach? 120 Atlas closeup 121 Tehran’s land 122 Meadows 123 In good pitch 124 Twisty turns 125 Motown’s Marvin 126 Dunaway of “Chinatown” 127 Exacting

DOWN 1 Instructional book 2 Take ___ of faith 3 Give credit where credit ___ 4 Walloped in a boxing ring 5 One-piece bodysuits 6 George Burns film 7 Mischievous 8 Taj Mahal locale 9 Mauna ___ 10 Spinning 11 Female futurist 12 Short-winded 13 Photo ___ 14 Impeached 15 Defunct record label 16 Glove’s kin 17 Acid-alcohol compounds 18 Not dense 24 Stoppage of a plaintiff’s legal action 25 Satirist Mort 30 Well drillers 32 Bro., for one 33 Writer Janowitz 34 Scrub clean 37 ___-jongg 39 Mrs. Truman 40 Thus far 41 Morgan Freeman film 42 Post-op program 44 Affliction 48 Chamomile drink, maybe 49 Temple table 51 Bite quickly 52 Way of thinking 53 A South African capital 54 Pt. of TBS 56 Makes hazy 58 Em lead-in

60 Poet Angelou 61 Too 63 Big tippler 65 “Muy ___” (Spanish for “very good”) 66 Teeny-tiny 70 With 76-Across, choose not to take part in 71 Customary 73 Driving peril 74 Chews on 77 Tarkenton of football 79 Nixes a dele 80 Wide shoe width 82 “The Firm” novelist John 87 Hitters’ stats 88 Put down, to P. Diddy 90 Sales slips 92 Takes off a roster 93 Wages before overtime 95 Lohan of film 96 Funny Carrey 97 Hack driver 98 Edible bulbs 99 Cruel woman 100 Stowe’s slave owner Simon 102 Sacred place 103 See 28-Across 106 Infiniti rival 108 “Family Ties” mom 109 Hole-___ 110 “Li’l ___” 111 “The Creation” composer 114 District 117 Lively dance 118 Pixieish sort 119 Crude house

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Use that Arian charm to help make a difficult workplace transition easier for everyone. News about a long-awaited decision can be confusing. Don’t jump to conclusions. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Although you might well be tempted to be more extravagant than you should be at this time, I’m betting you’ll let your sensible Bovine instinct guide you toward moderation. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) An opportunity for travel could come with some problems regarding travel companions and other matters. So be sure you read all the fine print before you start packing. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Make an effort to complete your usual workplace tasks before volunteering for extra duty. Scrambling to catch up later on could create some resentment among your colleagues. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) A financial matter could have you rethinking your current spending plans. You might want to recheck your budget to see where you can cut back on expenses until the situation improves. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) One way to make your case for that promotion you’ve been hoping for might be to put your planning skills to work in helping to shape up a project that got out of hand. Good luck. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Be careful about “experts” who have no solid business background. Instead, seek advice on enhancing your business prospects from bona fide sources with good success records. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Standing up to support a colleague’s viewpoint — even if it’s unpopular — can be difficult if you feel outnumbered. But you’ll win plaudits for your honesty and courage. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) While progress continues on resolving that recurring problem, you might feel it’s taking too long. But these things always need to develop at their own pace. Be patient. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Someone close to you might have a financial problem and seek your advice. If you do decide to get involved, insist on seeing everything that might be relevant to this situation. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) A personal matter takes an interesting turn. The question is, do you want to follow the new path or take time out to reconsider the change? Think this through before deciding. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Moving into a new career is a big step. Check that offer carefully with someone who has been there, done that, and has the facts you’ll need to help you make your decision. BORN THIS WEEK: Your warmth and generosity both of spirit and substance endears you to everyone. © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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JUST FOR FUN KING CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Birthright barterer 5 Shade provider 8 Agree 12 Money 13 “The Raven” writer 14 Quite some time 15 Desire for success 17 Break suddenly 18 Actors’ lines 19 Patterned cotton fabric 21 Corn spike 22 Skirt feature 23 Klutzy sort 26 Light touch 28 Insinuating 31 Old Italian bread 33 Kitten’s comment 35 Quite some time 36 Intoxicated 38 Pitching stat 40 Siesta 41 Mid-month date 43 Conclusion 45 Electricity problem 47 Begins 51 Not “fer” 52 Document with many signatures, maybe 54 Coin aperture 55 Ailing 56 Beige 57 Actress Daly 58 Hearty brew 59 Melody

DOWN 1 “Zounds!” 2 Big rig 3 Goya’s “Duchess of ___” 4 Functional 5 Pithy piece of wit 6 Privy 7 Repairs 8 Flower used to flavor tea 9 Car starter 10 Throb 11 Catch sight of 16 Frog’s cousin 20 They (Fr.) 23 Antiquated 24 Football fill 25 Realization 27 Spelling contest 29 “CSI” evidence 30 Kreskin’s skill 32 Slowish in music 34 Emulate Gorgeous George 37 Small barrel 39 Con 42 Bygone photo hue 44 Goes out with 45 Brewery kiln 46 Unsightly 48 Puerto ___ 49 Ripped 50 Tightly fitting 53 Right angle

WEEKLY SUDOKU BY LINDA THISTLE

PREVIOUS CROSSWORDS SUPER CROSSWORD

TRIVIA TEST

1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only Central American country that doesn’t have a coastline on the Pacific? 2. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase “in media res” mean? 3. MOVIES: What movie featured the line, “The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed — for lack of a better word — is good”? 4. AD SLOGANS: What American manufacturing company once used the slogan “Quality is job one” to sell its products? 5. MUSIC: What does it mean to play notes in a “staccato” style? 6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was the Secret Service’s code name for Ronald Reagan? 7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How many official languages does the United Nations have?

MAGIC MAZE COUNTRIES THAT CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE

Answers 1. Belize 2. In the midst of things 3. “Wall Street” (Michael Douglas) 4. Ford Motor Co. 5. Abruptly or in a disjointed manner 6. Rawhide 7. Six (English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, French and Russian) 8. Female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men 9. “Married With Children” 10. Complete color blindness

SUDOKU ANSWER

KING CROSSWORD Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions — forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.

COUNTRIES THAT CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE

2015 KING FEATURES

8. MYTHOLOGY: Who were the Norns in Norse mythology? 9. TELEVISION: What television sitcom featured parents who were named Al and Peggy? 10. MEDICAL TERMS: What is the common name for monochromatism?

ANSWERS

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All about dog ‘talk’ FROM PAGE 6

“Lead on, McDuff,” I said, lurching into motion. I immediately stumbled, cursed; floundered for balance. He watches me empathetically, and then bounds off gracefully into the underbrush. He could have made some smug remark about four-footedness, which I would have richly deserved given how often I’ve sneered at his lack of thumbs. But truth be told, Lobo’s a better man than I – but don’t you dare mention this to him. So I amble and stagger on down the East Verde, savoring the sound of the water, the still-life arrangements of leaves and roots, the veined sculptures of the stream-bottom granite, the sensual white boles of the sycamores. Overlooking one granite narrows, I find a great slab of granite with four grinding holes patiently, laboriously worn into the solid rock. Some 600 years ago, generations of women spent their afternoons sitting on these rocks – reducing the mesquite beans and corn to finely ground meal. No doubt, they watched their children splashing around in the creek, throwing sticks for their dogs. I lose track of Lobo for a while, preoccupied with not breaking my tailbone tripping over rocks and roots. But after one near fall, I look up to see him poised on top of a boulder on the edge of the stream ahead of me, looking alertly downstream. I cannot decide whether he looks hopeful or anxious – at least from my angle. I’m going to lay one more piece of dog research on you – then I’ll stop. Turns out, you got two kinds of dogs: optimists and pessimists, according to a study published by researchers from the University of Sydney in PLOS One, an online scientific journal. The researchers came to this conclusion by teaching dogs to associate different tones with two different rewards – either milk or water. The dogs naturally enough consider the milk tone to herald good things, the water tone, not so much. So then the researchers tested how the dogs responded to “ambiguous” tones. They discovered that the “pessimistic” dogs only got excited when they heard a tone pretty close to the “milk” tone. Otherwise, they apparently figured the world ain’t fair and someone else is always getting the milk and there’s no point in letting them make a fool of you over a dish of water. On the other hand, the “optimistic” dogs got very excited whenever they heard a tone anywhere near the milk tone. Heck, they even got excited about a novel tone closer to the water frequency than the milk frequency. They obviously figured something wonderful is about to happen – heck, maybe those clever people have figured out how to turn water into milk. Ain’t life grand? Lobo’s definitely an optimist. You can tell this because every time I so much as walk through the kitchen, he wanders over in case I drop some food. And if I linger, he lays right down in the most inconvenient place possible, hoping against all odds that I’ll trip over him and drop a plate loaded with sausages. So I figure he must have spotted something interesting downstream: Maybe a pretty girl – although I couldn’t imagine how such a vision could have found her way into the heart of such a slick and bouldery wilderness. I top the rock on which Lobo perches and stare eagerly downstream. In a big pool below an impressive waterfall I see Rory Huff, Realtor, school board member and the last person I expected to encounter. Well, turns out you can park your car along a nondescript section of Crackerjack Road (look for the plastic tape on a roadside tree branches) and easily hike down to the chain of three waterfalls I’d canyoneered for miles to reach. I follow Lobo up the trail to Crackerjack Road, then back to the car. The journey takes about a tenth of the time. Lobo doesn’t mind, although I’m bruised and scratched and feeling the creep of the decades. Finally back to the Jeep, I hoist myself into the driver’s seat and he leaps lightly into the passenger seat. He looks perfectly fresh. “All right, so you can hike me into the ground. But can you do this?” I add, twisting the key in the ignition (it’s in the thumbs).The engine sputtered and I yawned, bone weary. Lobo looked me right in the eye and yawned the Grand Canyon of yawns. Now that’s empathy.