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Fatal crash closes highway

Startling Dude Fire Aftermath

by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A 39-year-old Payson man died Saturday afternoon after colliding with a vehicle on State Route 87 in front of True Value — a crash that briefly closed the highway for the landing of a MediVac helicopter.

Kenneth Daniel Richardson was speeding north on 87 just before noon on an aqua blue motorcycle when he collided with a Ford passenger vehicle driven by 70-year-old Sandra Spiegelberg, of Payson, said Police Chief Don Engler.

Richardson was heading west on State Route 260 and had just turned north on 87.

Meanwhile, Spiegelberg was heading south on 87 and was turning east into the north entrance of the Bashas’ Shopping Center,

returned to Payson Regional nearest Rim Country Cleaners.

Medical Center because The wreck happened so quickly Richardson had died in the heliit appears Spiegelberg didn’t copter, Engler said. even see Richardson before Richardson’s speed and the front passenger side of her Spiegelberg’s failure to yield in vehicle slammed into the hanthe turn lane both contributed dlebars of Richardson’s road to the wreck, Engler said. bike, Engler said.

The case is still under invesRichardson, who was weartigation and Engler could not ing a helmet, was thrown from say if Spiegelberg would be the bike. When paramedics cited. arrived, Richardson was still DOC photo Several witnesses reportalive, but given his serious conKenneth Richardson ed Richardson was speeding dition, a helicopter landed on through town before the wreck the roadway to quickly airlift in the 200 block of State Route 87.

Richardson to a Valley trauma center.

Spiegelberg was uninjured.

However, before the helicopter was even See Fatal motorcycle, page 2A out of town limits, the crew turned around and

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Food drive falters, need persists by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

The communitywide Payson Area Food Drive has not been as successful this year as in the past when of pounds of food poured in, but organizers are hoping one last push will help make up the difference.

Drop off canned goods “Souper Bowl Sunday,” Feb. 1 at any area church. Pastor Chuck Proudfoot, who is heading up this year’s drive, said nearly all of the churches are participating. Items in need include, peanut butter/jelly, soup, juice, macaroni and cheese, pasta, spaghetti sauce, pudding, canned vege-

tables, rice and beans. Sundry items are also needed, including shampoo/conditioner, bar soap, laundry detergent, diapers, toothbrush/ toothpaste, toilet paper, paper towels and feminine hygiene items.

Everything donated stays local and is handed out to needy families through the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Community Presbyterian Church food banks.

This is the sixth year for the drive. Last year, the community food drive brought in nearly $54,000. This, combined with $12,000 carried over from the 2013 drive, kept the two area food banks going for most of 2014.

This year, organizers set a goal of 50,000

pounds and $50,000 in donations. So far, donations stand at 6,000 pounds and $26,700.

Proudfoot said Souper Bowl Sunday is the last hurrah of the season and last year, the drive brought in some 5,000 pounds of food.

“We expect to do that again this year,” he said.

So far, the PAFD has received several large donations this year, including an anonymous donation of $10,000 and $3,400 from the employees at Payson Regional Medical Center and $1,000 from the Rim Country Rotary Club, said John Wilson, PAFD treasurer.

Send tax-deductible donations to: PAFD, P.O. Box 703, Payson, AZ 85547.

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A Rim Country rancher demonstrated intensive grazing might be the key to get rid of an invasive grass seeded after the Dude Fire.

Cattle to the rescue Can intensive grazing remedy invasive grass seeding blunder? by

Pete Aleshire

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Here’s a pottery barn approach to meddling with ecosystems: You broke it, you fix it.

Only problem: Turns out it’s a lot easier to mess things up than to set them right.

That’s one conclusion that emerges from a creative effort to use intensive cattle grazing to get rid of an invasive, ecosystem-wrecking exotic grass, deliberately seeded over thousands of acres after the Dude Fire in 1990.

The experiment focused on reducing the ecosystem tyranny of the weeping lovegrass planted by air in 1990 to prevent flooding and erosion after the intense crown fire that seared the soil across 28,000 acres.

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Rim Country rancher Ray Tanner teamed up with the U.S. Forest Service, researchers from Northern Arizona and others to determine whether concentrating cattle in an area overrun by weeping love grass would actually allow many other grasses and shrubs to get a roothold in an area dominated almost entirely by the domineering, non-native grass.

The two-year effort enjoyed limited success. It increased the amount of bare ground and encouraged a greater diversity of other grasses. But the effects faded quickly after the rancher returned cattle numbers to normal and stopped concentrating them in certain areas.

The researchers concluded the experiment could have produced a long-term effect if continued for a longer period and carefully controlled, according to the results in Rangeland, published by the Society for Range Management.

Researchers included Chris­ topher Bernau, Jim Sprinkle, Ray Tanner, John Kava, Christine Thiel, Vanessa Prileson and Doug Tolleson.

The study adds to an intriguing set of studies that suggest See Grazing, page 2A

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Expert says wildfires may explain rise in Rim Country sightings by

Joe Hinton

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How does one prove the Mogollon Monster exists when most people who believe they’ve seen one won’t admit it in public?

That’s the dilemma former Payson fire chief Charles A. “Chuck” Jacobs faces in trying to write about the Arizona version of Bigfoot he describes as great apes “but significantly more intelligent than apes in Africa.”

“Believe me, they do exist,” the former chief of both the Payson and Houston Mesa fire departments told about 65 people last week at a talk at the Rim Country Museum, part of the 2015 “Learning Local History Series.”

In fact, Jacobs said that reports have proliferated in Rim Country in recent years.

Jacobs believes that the Wallow Fire and other blazes in the White Mountains that have burned a million acres in the past 13 years have consolidated the creatures in Rim Country. He believes 50 or 60 of the creatures live in Arizona in small, nomadic

family units of a half dozen or less.

“The majority of the new activity has been near Green’s Peak where there have been more sightings than ever before,” said Jacobs.

Jacobs said the Mogollon Monster moniker stems from a 1945 account of Boy Scouts who claimed a Bigfoot-like creature raided their campsite near Kohl’s Ranch along Tonto Creek.

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Gila Community College quest hits setback by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Gila Community College hit its first roadblock to crawling out from under its provisional college status and onto the freedom of independence — enrollment.

Gerald McCreary, a GCC board member from the southern end of Gila County, has picked up the torch from former board member Larry Stephenson to attempt to complete the race to independence.

In his first report to the newly elected board on Jan. 14, McCreary said the feedback from the Higher Learning Commission on the pile of documents the community college submitted over December, was that it must increase its current enrollment of 760 full-time equivalent students (FTES), to

900. At one time GCC had more than 1,000 full-time equivalent students, but enrollment declined sharply when the board raised tuition during the recession.

A full-time equivalent student equals 12 hours of credits. Senior Dean Cullen explained the FTES is based on dividing the total number of credits students are taking by 12. Board President Sam Moorhead asked if the 900 FTES was required by the Higher Learning Commission, the organization performing the accreditation, or was it a state requirement.

“That just meets the state requirement,” said Cullen.

McCreary said the Higher Learning Commission could move forward with the application if the district submits an esti-

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Jacobs said Bigfoot sightings in Arizona have been part of Native American legend for hundreds of years and that Mormon settlers first reported crossing paths with the Mogollon Monster near Springerville and Eagar in the 1870s. He said people have reported Bigfoot sightings on nearly every continent dating back to A.D. 986 when Norwegian explorer Leif Erickson wrote of his experience landing on Newfoundland.

“He wrote in his journal of doing battle with large, very ugly, hairy, stinky blackeyed creatures,” Jacobs said. “The fact is there have been thousands of reports so if only a small portion are true they must be real. They can’t all be wrong.”

Jacobs fielded questions from skeptical audience members, including one listener who asked why no one has ever obtained a “money shot” of the creature. Jacobs said the animal’s apparently highly developed hearing and smell keep them away from most cameras. However, he noted even a perfect photo would not convince skeptics, said Jacobs.

“Hell no, it could be a cardboard cutout,” he said.

It’s no surprise to Jacobs that no Bigfoot remains have been recovered. He said it’s rare to find remains of any animal in the forest and believes they scavenge or bury the See Bigfoot, page 2A

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mate as to when enrollment will climb back up above 1,000 FTES. But McCreary also reported the Higher Learning Commission identified 18 other steps GCC must complete. McCreary said he believes the accreditation process could take as much as five years.

“I commit to this board that we will definitely move forward to put this together,” he told the board.

McCreary will work with Cullen and Ron Carnahan to complete the additional requirements.

Newly seated Northern Gila County Board Member Jan Brocker offered any services she could provide as she has worked on several accreditation projects when she worked for the University of Colorado.

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The teen is the son of Mesa Police Detective Esteban Flores, the main investigator in the case against Jodi Arias, according to The

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The teen was taken to Payson Regional Medical Center where he died from head trauma, according to a press release.

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careful management of cattle can improve the condition of rangelands, which remain in degraded, stressed-out condition across Northern Arizona. Uncontrolled grazing in the early 20th century transformed grasslands and pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine forests like those surrounding Payson. Those changes resulted in a drastic reduction in the number of cattle the U.S. Forest Service allows on the range, devastating changes in wildfire patterns and the near extinction of family ranch operations.

The effort to control weeping lovegrass demonstrates the complexity of the system — and the difficulty ranchers and land mangers face in restoring a natural balance once things get out of whack. The lovegrass came originally from Africa and grows in bunches up to six feet tall, overshadowing and driving out other plants growing on the ground. The plant grows quickly, can produce 30,000 seeds annually and sets down a 13-footdeep root system. However, it provides relatively poor forage for cattle and other wildlife once it matures. It also can survive droughts that would kill off competitors.

The Dude Fire in 1990 ushered in a frightening new era in wildfire behavior. The fire burned 28,000 acres, which at that time made it the biggest fire in recorded state history.

Several fires since then have exceeded 500,000 acres.

Nonetheless, the Dude Fire shocked fire managers — and killed six firefighters. The fire produced 100-foot-long flames, destroyed 67 structures and consumed 36 million board feet of timber. It also destroyed almost every tree in its path and superheated the soil, making it hard for plants to get re-established and posing the risk of flooding and devastating erosion.

So the Forest Service scattered 210,000 pounds of seed by air. The reseeding effort relied mostly on non-native grasses, since land managers had few sources of native seeds and feared they wouldn’t germinate on the altered soil.

The re-seeding effort included 20 percent native western wheatgrass and 76 percent non-na-

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The weeping lovegrass seeded by the Forest Service to prevent erosion after the Dude Fire has become a major pest. An experiment showed intensive grazing may help control the grass. tive grasses. Weeping lovegrass accounted for just 3 percent of the seeds scattered, according to a background summary in the Rangelands article.

The aerial effort amounted to a total of some 56 billion seeds, about 52 seeds per square foot.

As it turned out, the lovegrass proved far better at sprouting in the altered conditions than any other seeds. By 2005, lovegrass had created a near-monoculture on 90 percent of the 21,000 acres re-seeded.

Lovegrass “has outcompeted native vegetation and degraded habitat quality for wildlife and domestic animals. Today, ecologists describe these areas as a biological desert,� the researchers concluded.

Tanner asked the researchers if they could help him reduce the impact of lovegrass that covered 90 percent of his allotment on the Little Green Valley Complex near Payson.

Payson Ranger District rangeland specialist Christine Thiel, NAU professor Jim Sprinkle and other researchers joined in the effort.

The Forest Service agreed to let Tanner put out protein supplements beloved by the cattle, which would have the effect of concentrating the livestock in smaller areas. The concentration effectively increased graz-

ing intensity by about 60 percent.

Tanner tried the experiment with 300 beef cows and 50 yearlings grazing in a 4,000-acre pasture. They compared the results to a similar pasture without the more intense grazing.

After two years, the intense grazing reduced the area dominated by lovegrass from 93 percent to 86 percent. The other perennial grasses increased from 35 percent to 62 percent and the other annual grasses increased from 6 percent to 40 percent. The amount of bare soil increased from 7 percent to 12 percent and the amount of litter on the ground from the bunchgrass decreased from 84 percent to 73 percent.

However, soon after the experiment ended, the tenacious bunchgrass re-established its hold on the rangeland.

The researchers concluded the cattle not only ate the bunchgrass when they had no alternatives, but that their hooves tended to break up the tussocks of grass when grazing reached a certain intensity.

The researchers concluded that to have any long-term effect on the lovegrass, ranchers would have to keep the intensive grazing going much longer and perhaps replant native grasses — which the action of the cattle’s hooves could work into the soil.

Interestingly enough, the cattle essentially forced to eat the lovegrass acquired a taste for it. “It seems the cows on the ranch now use lovegrass regularly and without protein supplementation directing them. Ray Tanner compares the behavior to priming a pump, that is, that the study ‘primed’ the cows by getting them used to the idea of eating lovegrass. Once acclimated to that new diet, they simply continued the behavior into the following years,� the researchers concluded.

Tanner himself wrote, lovegrass “needs to be grazed very intensely and at higher rates than normally permitted by the Forest Service, perhaps 60-80 percent and should be grazed every year to avoid the return of the dense canopy of old, mature lovegrass that shades out more desirable species.�

He said ranchers should now experiment with introducing native grasses in conjunction with the more intense grazing on the lovegrass at key times of the year. “All this being said, I would not recommend planting weeping lovegrass on public lands.

But for those who have it, targeted grazing is something that can be done to improve use and species diversity that works better than cussing it.�

Bigfoot investigator says local sightings rising From page 1A bodies of their own. “We don’t know whether they eat them or bury them, but we think they take care of their own,� he said.

Jacobs said the creature’s soft feet and an extra joint in the foot account for the paucity of preserved full foot prints. “They don’t walk heel-to-toe like humans so they don’t make those deep impressions.�

Jacobs said he got interested in the Mogollon Monster in 2012 after Animal Planet producers held a public forum in Payson to record witness accounts for a show called “Finding Bigfoot.� “I came out of there several hours later thinking these people were serious and believed what they were doing,� said Jacobs of the show’s producers. Soon after the forum, Jacobs joined the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, an online group dedicated to recording alleged Bigfoot sightings across the United States. “Posts on the website are investigated by people like me,� said Jacobs, who retired from the fire department in 1998 after a 22-year career and who now teaches at Gila Community College, consults with fire depart-

ments and also heads an area four-wheeling club. Jacobs said he’s as a graduate of the Arizona Law Enforcement Training Academy and an experienced investigator who last year looked into 24 alleged Bigfoot encounters between Payson and the New Mexico border. “Only two of those were flat-out hoaxes, two didn’t have enough evidence to substantiate, but the rest very well could have been�

Bigfoot encounters, he said. In most cases, the creatures are not seen as much as heard. He described a Bigfoot howl as “loud and long like a 50-foot-tall woman who just got burned with a cigarette butt. It goes through you.�

Animal remains are another indicator, he said. “There’s only two things that will pluck feathers from a turkey and that’s us and them,� he said.

The BFRO website contains 78 reports of Bigfoot sightings in Arizona over the past 15 years, the majority, 31, coming from neighboring Coconino County.

The site includes six reports from Gila County, most recently in November 2006 when a woman reported a late night sighting of a creature standing next to a road sign along State Route 260 north of Payson in an area known as Little Green Valley. Jacobs said

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Former Payson and Houston Mesa fire chief Chuck Jacobs now investigates Mogollon Monster reports.

the creature stood a foot above the seven-foot-tall sign.

Jacobs estimates the website only publishes one in five reported encounters. The site’s reporting forms do not require people to identify themselves, but the website says it will not publish unattributed reports.

Three audience members raised their hands when Jacobs asked if anyone had seen a Bigfoot. He asked them to speak with him afterward so he can record their experiences for possible inclusion in his book. Jacobs said he already has about 70 stories from retired sheriff’s dep-

uties and foresters, but getting the average person to go on the record is difficult. “They think they’ll get laughed at. But people need to know I’m serious,� he said.

After the presentation one man in his late 60s wearing a Vietnam veteran’s ball cap who declined to identify himself said he was not swayed. “I’m a retired federal investigator, a scientist and anthropologist and all I can say is I’ll believe it when you show me the hard evidence.�

After the presentation, Jacobs showed a smart phone photo of an alleged 16-inch footprint to Kendra Quinn, 46, a retired caregiver who recently moved to Payson from Southern California. “I could definitely make out the toes,� she said.

Quinn’s husband, Dave, 50, a retired law enforcement officer said he was keeping an open mind. “Anything’s possible, I guess,� he said.

One middle-age woman took Jacobs’ card and promised to contact him with her and her husband’s story of a Bigfoot encounter. Asked if she would share their story with the Roundup the woman declined. “We’re not ready to go public,� she said.

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Several people on social media sites complained blood was left on the highway from the wreck.

Engler said the fire department washed down the road after police wrapped up their investigation several hours after the wreck.

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Transportation rerouted traffic through the area for several hours.

Richardson had worked at the Chaparral Pines Golf Course

for the past few months in golf maintenance. Don Davis, golf course superintendent, described Richardson as a hard-working, team player.

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Northern Gila County Fair needs volunteers

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The Northern Gila County Fair supports hobbyists, gardeners, farmers and ranchers but the small corps of volunteers can’t do that without others.

The fair board’s first meeting of the year is at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 27 in the high school agricultural building.

The meeting will focus on organizing this year’s fair, which is Sept. 11-13.

Managers for special events, vendors, the craft fair, marketing, website, large animal entries and horse events are needed.

The board also needs a treasurer, volunteers for Wednesday exhibit drop-off, Thursday judging and Friday through Saturday exhibit and livestock area volunteers. Every manager also needs their own group of volunteers.

Please come out and talk about how you can help the Northern Gila County Fair.

Help Star Valley welcome Hashknife

The Town of Star Valley is inviting its residents and those from the surrounding area to help welcome the Hashknife Pony Express to the area with a barbecue starting at noon, Wednesday, Jan. 28.

With the generosity of Safeway, the town staff will be preparing hamburgers and hotdogs, served with a drink, chips and a cookie at the B. Diane McDaniel Community Park.

The riders are expected to arrive in Star Valley around 3:45 p.m. and then head to Payson where they are scheduled to be at the post office at 4:45 p.m.

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Acclaimed international pianist Alina Kiryayeva has captured the attention of audiences and critics around the world with her “crystal clarity” (Imperial Valley Press). She will present a program of classic piano favorites at Payson High School Auditorium at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 3.

Single tickets are $35 as available. Call (928) 478-4363.

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Museum celebrates Zane Grey’s birthday

The Rim Country Museum is planning some specials to celebrate Zane Grey’s birthday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 31.

There will be free tours of the Zane Grey Cabin at the museum and free birthday cake. In the museum gift shop there will be a special sale on the Walter Black edition hardcover Zane Grey books and 10 percent off all other Zane Grey merchandise.

Passport on a Plate

Children are invited to become world travelers at the Payson Public Library.

They will join fellow travelers and “visit” one country on each of the seven continents through stories, crafts, games and traditional ethnic snacks.

The program is at 2 p.m., Jan. 31; Feb. 21; March 14, April 4 and May 16, and at 11 a.m., April 25.

Reservations are required. Call the library at (928) 474-9260.

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Decathlon needs 100 volunteers to assist with processing students at this regional competition.

Volunteers can assist for four hours Friday, Feb. 6 or four hours on Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Payson High School.

Training will be provided.

Volunteers should register by Saturday, Jan. 31 at JustServe.org or by calling Roger Kreimeyer at (928) 468-1365.

University of Rochester. Later, he received a Master of Arts degree at Arizona State University. He’s worked with many notable musicians.

The talented Frank Smith plays sax, flute and piano; he and Goddard will be accompanied by upright string bassist Steve Douglas and local drummer Gerry Reynolds.

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Acclaimed international pianist Alina Kiryayeva has captured the attention of audiences and critics around the world with her “crystal clarity” (Imperial Valley Press).

She will present a program of classic piano favorites at Payson High School Auditorium at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 3. 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.

For more information, visit the Tonto Community Concert Association website at www.tccarim.org or call (928) 478-4363 or (928) 474-4189.

Kiryayeva is performing in place of the planned program by Piano Battle, which had to cancel its appearance due to unforeseen circumstances.

First Friday music

First Friday, Feb. 6 at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson will feature a music program from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with trumpeter “Dr Jass” Claudio Zamorano. He will be joining the Fossil Creek Gang with Dale and Suzanne Knighton and Gerry Reynolds. The group plans a concert of popular Dixieland tunes.

Many will remember that Dr. Zamorano, Dale, Suzanne and Gerry were members of the group Dr Jass & the Heartbeats, which had a large following. He is making a visit to Payson after having to return to his homeland of Chile last fall. Let’s give him a big welcome back.

A $5 donation includes dinner and drinks. Canned goods accepted for the food bank.

Youth Art Contest

Local student artists are invited to get an entry form for the 2nd Annual Library Youth Art Show, sponsored by the Payson Area Advisory Youth Council.

The show is from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 6, with the work on display in the library meeting room Saturday, Feb. 7.

Students in kindergarten through high school may submit one piece of artwork for each of four categories: photography, painting, sketching, 3-D art/sculpture.

The Town of Payson is not responsible for any damage to or loss of artwork entered into this competition.

Entry forms are now available at the library, 328 N. McLane Rd., Payson.

Jazz concert

The Frank Smith Quartet with jazz guitarist Ted Goddard performs at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 8 at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson.

Goddard began playing guitar at age 8, culminating his formal training and education at the Eastman School of Music,

Come to the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd., from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12 for a Valentine’s Party with stories, cards, snacks and a movie.

Rim senior residents wanted for Spelling Bee

Payson Regional Home Health along with other local, senior-focused agencies will host a free Rim Country Senior Spelling Bee Tuesday, Feb. 24. Registration is requested

by Tuesday, Feb. 10.

This exciting community-wide event will offer seniors age 60 and older an opportunity to showcase a lifetime of knowledge and to celebrate years of experience through their spelling abilities.

The registration forms are available at Payson Regional Home Health, Hospice Compassus, Payson Senior Center, Senior Circle, and Majestic Rim Retirement Living.

Return the forms to Teresa Bryan.

The competition will be hosted at Majestic Rim and the public is welcome to cheer on their senior candidate.

For questions concerning this competition or to sign up for this free event, contact Teresa at (928) 472-5245 or Becky Friend at (928) 472-6340 by Feb. 10.

Time for Taste of Rim Country The Library Friends of Payson 14th Annual A Taste of Rim Country Fundraiser is from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 7 at the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road, Payson.

Tickets are priced at $35 each, and include a ballot on which to vote for your favorite chef entry. Only a limited number of tickets will be sold.

Stop by the library to learn more and purchase tickets.

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Tuesday • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Northern Gila County Fair Board: 5:30 p.m., PHS agriculture building; residents interested in volunteering urged to attend

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• Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Hashknife Pony Express: noon to 4 p.m., welcome party at Star Valley’s B. Diane McDaniel Community Park; 4:45 p.m., riders at Payson Post Office to meet and greet residents, free sourvenirs for children, memorabilia for purchase • Clothes distribution: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Payson Elementary School, 500 E. Rancho Rd.

• Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy.

• Moose Lodge Dinner Special: 5 p.m., Highway 260 in Star Valley • Spaghetti dinner benefit: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Payson Christian School, 1000 E. Frontier, $8 full plate, $5 half plate, call (928) 474-8050 to reserve a ticket, sales will be limited

• Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy.

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • American Legion Fish Fry: Noon-8 p.m., American Legion

• Pine Library: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy.; Zane Grey birthday clebration, free entrance to Zane Grey Cabin, free birthday cake, specials on Zane Grey items in museum gift shop • Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center

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Looking ahead Feb. 3 • TCCA presents classical pianist Alina Kiryayeva, 7 p.m., PHS auditorium, $35 for single tickets if available Feb. 6 • First Friday music at Community Presbyterian Church, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., $5 per person • 2nd annual Library Youth Art Show, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., work displayed all day Saturday

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• Jan. 27, 1785: The Georgia General Assembly incorporates the University of Georgia, the first state-funded institution of higher learning in the new republic. It wasn’t until 1918 that the university began admitting women.

• Jan. 27, 1937: NBC radio presented the first broadcast of “The Guiding Light.” The show remained on radio until 1956 and began on CBSTV in 1952.

• Jan. 28, 1959: The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League sign Vince Lombardi to a fiveyear contract as the team’s coach and general manager. The Brooklyn-born Lombardi played college football at Fordham University as a guard on the offensive line, dubbed the “Seven Blocks of Granite.”

• Jan. 26, 1980: At the request of President Jimmy Carter, the U.S. Olympic Committee votes to ask the International Olympic Committee to cancel or move the Moscow Olympics in response to the Soviet military invasion of Afghanistan.

irst the good news: The Gila Community College board seems to have finally set aside years of bickering and inaction to help students instead of protect their own turf.

We have long lamented the division between north and south that has crippled the GCC board. The impasse for years seemed to turn on the determination of board members from the Globe area to maintain complete control of the college, with its jobs, vocational programs and economic benefits. The split ensured counter productive arguments on things like setting tuition levels, launching new programs and shedding the district’s provisional college status.

But time, a change in leadership and a shift of the county’s population to the north seems to have changed the dynamics of the once dysfunctional board. South county board member Gerald McCreary has taken up the quest for independence and newly appointed or elected board members appear ready to work together toward a common goal.

What a welcome relief.

Now the bad news: The plight of community colleges in general and GCC in particular just keeps going from bad to worse.

After much struggle, GCC managed to convince the Legislature to at least make it possible for the district to shed the provisional status that has so discriminated against students here. But the loosening of the rules came just as the recession hit. The state drastically cut support for community colleges, abandoning any commitment to first-generation college students trying to better themselves through education. Gov. Doug Ducey appears determined to continue the shameful trend, with fresh cuts in the tattered remnants of state support for community colleges included in his current, proposed budget.

Struggling to cope with the loss of support, GCC and many other community college districts raised their tuition — with property tax levels already mostly maxed out. It now costs more than $1,000 per semester for a full-time student to attend GCC. Not surprisingly, enrollment fell — from about 1,000 full-time-equivalent students to about 750. Turns out, this dropped GCC below the enrollment threshold for independence included in the new rules.

So once again the prospect of independence retreats down the road, like the illusory shimmer of water in the dips of a Phoenix highway.

So while we applaud the GCC board’s newfound sense of unity and purpose, we don’t envy them the task ahead. We can only hope they will creatively consider a range of possibilities beyond independence, especially with the a four-year university campus likely in Payson.

Perhaps GCC should seek a merger with the Show Low-based Northland Community College system or the Safford-based Eastern Arizona College system — cutting costs and pooling resources. Perhaps the arrival of ASU or one of the other four-year campuses will offer other possibilities for coordination and efficiency.

In the meantime, we applaud the board’s focus and spirit of cooperation. It’s been a long time coming — we just hope it’s not too late.

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nce more, the beloved community must come to the aid of those who hunger and thirst.

Lulled by the economic recovery, support for the community food drive has dwindled.

That’s understandable, the people of this community in a position to give have done wonders in the past four years — donating to a host of worthy causes. A broadly supported, well-run community food drive has in each of the past three years raised some $50,000 in donations and 50,000 pounds of food to make sure the local food banks have enough food for the working poor and longterm unemployed who have been forced to rely on the food banks for basic necessities.

But the effort to shift to a year-round campaign floundered and backers have mounted a desperate push to raise enough money this month to cope with the persistent and alarming need. So far the food drive has collected just 6,000 pounds of food and some $27,000 in donations — with $10,000 coming from a single, anonymous donor.

So we hope that you will all take a moment to make a tax-deductible donation to the community food drive.

Send donations to Payson Area Food Drive, P.O. Box 703, Payson, AZ 85547.

We’re blessed to live in Rim Country, in such a place, with such neighbors. And we’re never more conscious of that blessing than at times like this when the beloved community rises to feed the hungry and soothe the pain and fear of those in need.

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Why there are so many officers at a single incident Editor: First off, there is no such thing as a routine traffic stop.

If the person who wrote this article had any knowledge of what our first responders go through each day, they wouldn’t ask “why so many police officers”.

The two things that get so many officers killed are “domestic disputes” and “routine traffic stops.”

The author of this (letter) has no idea if the plates on car being stopped are the wrong plates for that car or if the plates are connected to a convicted felon or the car is stolen or has someone with outstanding warrants inside.

So a person sitting in a café looking out has no right to even question the officer’s actions.

As for the statement “another crime might be occurring in another part of town” — the truth is the police don’t just drive by and see a person with a mask running out of a bank or any other crime being committed, they are “called to the scene of a crime.”

This sort of mindset makes me believe the person has led a life where no crimes have happened in the area where they have lived and/or they must be from out of state.

And the person who wrote this has never walked a block, let alone a mile in any police officer’s shoes.

With as many police officers we have lost recently, police call for back up anytime anything is questionable.

You should thank them for putting their lives on the line every day; they have families they want to go home to.

Dell Owens

Another total fabrication Editor: Senator wanna-be and current representative Paul Gosar wandered far from the truth in his letter to the Roundup last week. He started with, “This is the slowest recovery since the Great Depression,” which is a total fabrication; the stock market is setting records, gas is at an all-time low, and employment has increased under President Obama.

Gosar then goes on to accuse the president of wanting to raise taxes on the middle class.

The truth is the president is trying to ensure that making the rich, who keep contributing to Gosar’s party, e.g., Koch Brothers ponying up $889,000,000 for the upcoming election (that’s right, almost ONE BILLION $$$) don’t end up paying the same income tax rate as you and I. We are so tired of the right’s bogus “job creator” reference since we know that the richest 85 people in America have more money than the rest of the entire country ... Waltons, Kochs, etc., are buying Republican politicians in droves.

Gosar asks “How can I help?” ... We say, “Pass the bills to repair our infrastructures, stop trying to take away our affordable health care, (and quit calling it “the failed ACA” since

it is working very well), close tax loopholes for the rich, and stop with the incorrect reporting of what’s going on in D.C. by claiming your party is working for the poor and middle class.

That would be a good start Mr. Representative.

Ted Paulk

Cuts make no sense for future economic growth Editor: After reading a recent opinion letter from Duane Thompson, it opened my eyes to something I’d never given any thought: That we have three state universities which are supposed to be funded by the state and tuition should be as little as possible. After doing a little research, I found that we are only funding them by about one-quarter.

Thompson pointed out that the governor’s budget cut of $75 million from the state universities, which would take quite a bite out of the research and development labs where students get their hands-on experience to be ready to go into the workforce trained and ready.

The bio-technology industries are the economic future of this country.

When campaigning I remember lots of talk about job creation and economic growth.

How does this work out?

Andy Hunt

A simple test Editor: Just over 2-1/4 centuries ago, the founders of this nation created a new form of governance and enshrined its tenets in our Constitution.

That document not only set forth the individual rights of each citizen, but it also established the federal government and charged it with defending and protecting those rights.

There are those today who would accuse our federal government of overreaching its authority, who say that it’s out of control, who complain that Washington, D.C., is no longer responsive to the wants and needs of the states.

Well, here’s a quick test for the accuracy of those charges — ask yourself if the majority of the most recent actions of the federal government have been, as required by the Constitution, to defend and protect the rights of its citizens, or have the majority of its actions been to limit them, to diminish them, to reduce or abridge them?

If your honest answer is the same as mine, then you’ll be relieved to know that the founders of this great nation predicted that this day would come, that in its drive to amass centralized power, the federal government would eventually place itself beyond the reach of the states.

Thankfully, they provided a remedy — Article V — to be used by the state legislatures to cure any defects identified during the course of self-governance. Article V gives state legislatures the power and the responsibility to remind the federal government that it is a creation of the states, that its legitimacy emanates entirely from the states, that its authority and its ultimate existence is derived wholly from the con-

sent of the governed.

Please take a moment, if you haven’t already, and inform yourself on this critical matter by examining the information provided at the Convention of States Project website below.

Then pick up the phone or send off an email encouraging your state representative to support Article V legislation that will add Arizona to the growing list of states determined to rein in the federal government. http://www.ConventionOfStates.com/problem Michael Alexander

Numbers for wolf elk consumption in error Editor: I read with interest your recent article titled “Range for Mexican gray wolves includes Rim Country.”

While the article is generally balanced and accurate, it contains one egregious factual error regarding the number of elk killed by Mexican wolves.

The article claims that, “(A) wolf consumes about one elk per week, which means 300 wolves would eat about 15,000 elk per year if they lived only on elk. That amounts to about 30 percent of the existing elk herd in the state.” It attributes this information to Arizona Game and Fish Department Assistant Director Jim de Vos. This outrageous claim is eight times too high, requiring Mexican wolves to eat their weight in elk meat (about 50 pounds) every day!

Before Mexican wolves were first released, I and a team of wildlife biologists, including one from Mr. de Vos’ department, used published science to calculate the daily food consumption of Mexican wolves.

A generous estimate is about six pounds of prey by the average Mexican wolf per day, or about six elk per year — not 50. And given that wolves are avid scavengers, some of their food died of other causes.

So, rather than the outrageous claim that 300 Mexican wolves would devour 30 percent of entire elk herd in Arizona every year, the actual effect would likely be less than 4 percent and some of those elk would have died of other causes, like hunter kills that were never found.

Post-release monitoring has confirmed the accuracy of our estimate.

David Parsons Note: David Parsons is a wildlife biologist and former Mexican wolf coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Editor’s note: Mr. de Vos estimated that a wolf will kill one elk per week. The reporter used that number to make the other calculations used in the article, including that 300 wolves each eating 52 elk a year would consume 15,000 elk annually.

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High school students stage hilarious ‘Harvey’ In a rollicking play of misperceptions and unique discoveries, the Payson High School Theatre Department will present “Harvey.”

The play centers on Elwood P. Dowd who has an imaginary sixand-a-half-foot-tall rabbit friend named Harvey.

Elwood’s sister, Veta, decides she has had enough of living with Elwood’s eccentric behavior, so she resolves to commit him to a sanitarium.

Problem is, the sanitarium staff mistake her for the lunatic when she explains that after years of living with Elwood’s hallucinations, she has started to see Harvey, too.

Once the sanatarium staff understand that Elwood is the problem, they start a search only to have Elwood show up at the sanatarium looking for Harvey.

However, it seems the Harvey hallucination has affected doctors more than they know.

Performances Wed., Jan. 28: 7 p.m.

Thurs., Jan. 29: 7 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 30: 4 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 31: 7 p.m.

Admission: $6 (adults); $5 (students & seniors); Imaginary friends: free

The play will have two different casts on different days — one with Daniel Walling as Elwood P. Dowd and the other with Newman Becker as Elwood.

The Theatre Department is excited to show off its fantastic set which will roll and turn from the Dowd mansion to Chambley’s Rest (the sanatarium).

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It was a clear day, perfect for a motor glider ride. The pace of the Payson Airport reflected leisure. The 1998 Diamond Xtreme motor glider in the hangar inspired confidence with its sleek lines. The clear cockpit, small compared to the 53-foot wingspan, provided space for the pilot and one passenger. The wings, smooth to the touch, whispered “get me off the ground,” making the 115 HP motor seem secondary.

Motor gliders provide the best of both worlds, flying like either a plane or a glider.

Russ Hustead of Sky King Soaring, the pilot, says that motor gliders are safer than a glider because they have an engine, and safer than an airplane because of the long glider wings. Students travel from afar to take advantage of his expertise, acquired through more than 6,000 hours of flight time and more than 10,000 motor glider landings in Payson. Russ, with an aviation history going back 40 years, has been chosen by the FAA to train their personnel in motor glider flight and safety. Chances are that if you take a motor glider flight anywhere in the U.S. the pilot will have had some contact with Russ.

As I introduced myself to Russ, I met Josh Fielden, a student. Josh had purchased a motor glider and came from Kenya to study under Russ.

Russ reflects the personality of the Payson Airport. Friendly and welcoming, he fit in amidst the models and propellers at the Crosswinds Restaurant. A retired physician, Russ hails from Kansas. His face lights up when he talks about soaring through the skies above Payson. He got hooked on motor gliding the first time he saw one land in Scottsdale. He contacted the pilot, a student at the time, and they have become best friends.

Russ chose Payson because of the friendliness and access at the airport, as well as the February through September thermals, which provide some of the best gliding around. As a thoughtful teacher, he explains the technicalities of motor glider flight. I try to listen, but am ready to jump in the motor glider and sail through the Payson sky.

Russ easily pulled the 1,200-pound glider out of the hangar, but climbing into the cockpit required coordination. Russ chuckled as I gracefully fell into the seat. He strapped

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me in securely. Russ climbed in and we sat shoulder to shoulder. I tugged on my seatbelt which provided little reassurance. I am not a nervous sort, but did feel apprehensive.

The engine fired up easily and we taxied onto the runway. A smattering of radio contact filled the canopy. The chatter reminded me of doing touch and goes with my dad, when he was getting his power pilot’s license. I had spent many hours in small airplanes as a teenager. A plane used the field in front of our Iowa home for a landing strip. But my experience was in powered aircraft where the engine was always running.

Gliders fly without power.

We were number two for departure behind a Piper Cherokee. Only a fraction of the 5,500-foot runway would be used as Russ pulled on the stick. I didn’t touch anything.

The ground dropped away abruptly. We went up more than forward. It felt like riding in an elevator made of clear glass. We rose 500 feet in a few seconds but it felt more like hovering than flying.

Gaining altitude, we looped over Payson.

The clear day provided open vistas. We could see Humphrey’s Peak 70 miles away as well as the shadowed red rocks of Sedona.

The canyons and cliffs of the Mogollon Rim created strong lines with 100-foot-tall trees looking like decorations. The paths of the utility lines resembled post-surgical scars.

The sun heated the cockpit. The panorama was complete with no cloud interference, with a breathtaking three-dimensional view far superior to pictures. You could almost feel every gust of wind from the elements outside.

As we climbed upward, Russ mentioned that he once had a mid-air collision. His grin provided little comfort at 9,000 feet! Several years ago a Cessna airplane flew through his

motor glider, damaging his engine and propeller — all at 1,000 feet. He landed safely and his glider was in better shape than the airplane. I was thinking to myself, how much longer is this flight going to last? Suspended by long wings made of fiberglass with a pilot who likes to tell scary stories.

At 10,000 feet, Russ slowed the motor glider engine to let it cool to initiate the glide portion of the flight. He glanced at me as he shut off the engine. He said this was the part of the flight where pilots would usually turn some shade of white. The long wings supported by the wind would now do their job, with altitude providing the fuel. The wind over the wings made a soothing, natural sound. We removed our headsets and talked in hushed tones. No one in Payson could hear us gliding overhead.

Soaring is fun, but eventually you have to come back to the ground. As the Payson airport sits on a hill, there is a steep embankment on the east side as you approach the runway. As we made our approach, all I could see was this cliff looming ahead of us.

It got larger and larger. I looked at Russ a couple of times, but he just smiled, which is what I do when I don’t know what is going on. Russ put the nose down and deployed the spoilers. As I opened my eyes, we touched down slowly and rolled to within 200 yards of the hangar. Finally, we pushed the motor glider into the hangar.

Circling Payson for one-half hour with a peak altitude of more than 10,000 feet — I agreed with Russ, this is the most fun you can have on a gallon of gas. From Kenya all the way to Payson, we are not satisfied being earthbound. Thankfully there are experts like Russ who give us a little time to experience what the eagles above Payson have enjoyed all along — breathtaking flight.

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When to seek Chest pain – it can still be a puzzle emergency medical help for the flu by

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The flu virus continues to spread across the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention closely tracking the number of confirmed cases and urging stringent precautions to minimize its impact.

Payson Regional Medical Center continues to see flu-symptomatic patients in the emergency room and numerous patients have been admitted in hospitals statewide for treatment of flu-related complications.

While most people will be able to endure the flu’s effects on their bodies and recover, others are at high risk for suffering complications and needing emergency intervention. Individuals at a higher risk include babies and children, the elderly, those with compromised immune systems, and individuals with lung disease — such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

“Beyond feeling miserable, flu can develop into something much more serious, particularly for individuals who are at higher risk,” said Hartland Hintze, chief nursing officer at PRMC. “It’s important for these individuals to be monitored closely so they receive timely medical help if needed.”

Unlike a cold, the flu typically comes on suddenly. The most common symptoms are fever or feeling feverish/chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue and vomiting and diarrhea.

If you suspect you have the flu virus, the CDC recommends seeking care from your doctor, where you can be tested and receive a prescription for antiviral medication to minimize the intensity and duration of your symptoms. These medications work best when taken within 48 hours of becoming ill, but can still be beneficial when

given later in the course of illness.

When you or someone for whom you’re caring experiences any of the following symptoms — the CDC recommends seeking help from the closest emergency department: Infants Trouble breathing No tears when crying Significantly fewer wet diapers than normal Children Fast breathing or trouble breathing Bluish skin color Not drinking enough fluids Not waking up or not interacting Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held Symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough Fever with a rash Adults Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen Sudden dizziness Confusion Severe or persistent vomiting Flu-like symptoms that improve but then return with fever and worse cough “Flu can become deadly, so it’s important to act promptly if these symptoms appear,” said Hintze.

“And it’s still not too late to get a flu shot this year, which can lessen your chances of getting sick.”

For more information on the flu, visit the special flu section at www.paysonhospital.com. If you need a primary care physician, visit www.paysondoctors.com and make an appointment.

When the subject is chest pain, you’d expect a packed house for the Senior Circle’s Lunch & Learn program. The room at 215 N. Beeline was filled, but not overflowing.

Too bad — Dr. Brent Gear, D.O., one of the emergency department physicians at Payson Regional Medical Center, had a lot of good information to share.

He said 5 million to 6 million patients each year come to ERs in the U.S. with chest pain.

Not all are heart attacks, but many are.

Gear said diagnosis of whether or not chest pain is a heart attack is a challenge — a puzzle to be put together in order to give the patient the best care possible.

Chest pain is not limited to what most consider the chest. “Anything from the chin to belly button is considered chest pain and can be a heart attack,” Gear said.

It can be chest discomfort; arm or back discomfort; neck of jaw discomfort; trouble breathing, with or without chest discomfort; feeling light-headed or breaking into a cold sweat; feeling sick or discomfort in your stomach. The pain can be described as tightness; pressure; stabbing; aching; burning; indigestion.

Gear said to figure out what the cause of the pain is, the first step is getting a history from the patient — both a personal history and the history about the pain: when did it start and how long did it last; did it get better with certain actions (sitting or laying down) or did it become worse; what is the character of the pain (the description); the location; etc.

Next a physical exam and lab tests will be conducted and imaging tests may be ordered.

He said the two greatest risk factors for heart attacks are having a prior attack and diabetes. Those with diabetes have as much risk of having a heart attack as someone who has already had a heart attack.

Causes of heart attacks that are life threatening are: dysrhythmia; myocardial infarction; pulmonary embolism; tension pneumothroax; aortic dissection; cardiac tamponade; esophageal rupture.

• Dysrhythmia is when the heart is pumping out of rhythm in such a way that the blood is not flowing through the chambers correctly.

• A myocardial infarction is a heart attack caused by plaque buildup rupturing and forming a blood clot or blocking arterial flow completely.

• Pulmonary embolisms occur when blood clots formed in deep veins, usually in the legs, move into the arteries going into the lungs.

Gear said there are 500,000 cases per year and of these 200,000 die; half of the cases go undiagnosed. There is a 30 percent mortality rate when this condition is untreated with only a 2 to 8 percent mortality rate when it is treated.

• A tension pneumothorax is when air gets into the chest, but can’t get out resulting in a collapse of the lung. The collapse puts pressure on the heart and vessel and causes dangerously low blood pressure.

• Aortic dissection — The large arteries have three layers and any one of these can be damaged through arterial disease. The location of the damage determines the severity of the condition, however left untreated there

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Dr. Brent Gear visits with guests at the Senior Circle’s Lunch & Learn program on chest pain, which he presented Wednesday, Jan. 21.

is a 90 percent chance of death, and even if treated, there is a 50 percent chance of death.

The condition can be mistaken as a heart attack or create one. A ripping or tearing sensation and chest and back pain characterizes it. Often it is seen in middle-aged persons with high blood pressure or arterial disease.

• A cardiac tamponade is buildup of fluid in the sac surrounding the heart: it can be an inflammation like blister fluid or blood from an injury. It is accompanied by a rapid heart rate; shortness of breath; low blood pressure; friction rub. It is treated by determining the underlying cause and treating that; NSAIDs; drain fluid with pericardiocentesis.

• An esophageal rupture is a tear through the wall of the esophagus allowing GI contents to spill into the chest cavity around the lungs, usually occurring following severe vomiting.

Prevention

Gear offered the following as a means to prevent chest pain: • Lose weight • Get cardiopulmonary fitness • Quit smoking He said eat lots of vegetables, get antioxidants into your diet and focus on low carbohydrate eating, which lowers triglycerides and decreases fat storage.

Gear recommended taking a multivitamin along with antioxidants and Omega 3 and 6 (fatty fish oil) supplements. Additionally he recommended taking pycnogenol, vitamin C and CoQ-10.

Move between 30 to 60 minutes each day — use the talk test: if you can talk normally, you are not moving enough, you should need to take at least two breaths to say an average sentence.

Social Security

Unflinching in the fight against fraud by

Jack Burns

social security public affairs specialist in arizona

www.Miracle-Ear-Payson.com

928-478-8710

1107 S. Beeline Highway

*If you are not completely satisfied, the aids may be returned for a full refund within 30 days of the completion of fitting, in satisfactory condition. See store for details.

Only valid from participating Miracle-Ear providers. Offer expires 1/31/2015.

If you’re like most people, you protect what’s valuable to you.

To protect your family financially, you buy health and life insurance. To protect your home, you get homeowners insurance, a security alarm, or perhaps a large dog. To protect your jewelry, you hide it in a safe place or buy insurance in case you need to replace it. To protect

your money, you invest it, perhaps in a bank that offers FDIC coverage.

Social Security is much the same.

We value the people we serve, our employees who work hard to provide world-class customer service, and the integrity of our programs. We protect these by using many tools to identify, prevent, and stop fraud, and we seek the maximum punishment for those who commit it.

The tools we use help us pre-

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dict where fraud may occur, and, by monitoring cases closely, we identify fraud sooner rather than later. We also have stiff penalties that discourage people from committing fraud.

Social Security has a zero-tolerance policy for fraud.

While we cannot prevent every instance of fraud any more than law enforcement can prevent all crime, we aggressively investigate and pursue prosecution of those who try to cheat the system. Our message to those who

would defraud Social Security is clear: We will find you; we will prosecute you; we will seek the maximum punishment allowable under the law; and we will fight to restore to the American public the money you’ve stolen.

Social Security takes fraud seriously and so should you.

If you suspect someone is committing Social Security fraud, report it online at http:// oig.ssa.gov/report or call the Social Security Fraud Hotline at 1-800-269-0271.

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Why would anyone subject themselves to hot peppers?

I consider my daughter Brooke an acquired taste.

What I mean by that is that she constantly pushes the envelope, such as the time she decided to do a front flip off of a ski jump and got whiplash.

Then, she broke her hand while out riding ATVs with friends — I’m still paying off those medical bills.

But the funniest time was when she took a dare for money to eat a few super hot pickled peppers.

After completing the dare, she got her money, but she also had a burned mouth and stomachache for hours.

At least after that adventure, she swore off pepper-eating contests. Now all I have to worry about are ski jumps and ATV wrecks.

It got me to thinking, though, why do people subject themselves to the pain of mouth-burning super hot peppers?

According to research done by Cornell University, countries with hot, humid climates use hot peppers to cope with food spoiling bacteria.

The study, published in the Quarterly Review of Biology, said the spiciest plants fight off their natural enemies better than their more bland cousins. The plants produce the chemicals to do battle with the bacteria and fungi that menace them in the soil.

Turns out, these spices also help us to fight off our gastronomic enemies. So we’ve formed an alliance with peppers and their bacteria-fighting defensive compounds.

“Everything we do with food — drying, cooking, smoking, salting or adding spices — is an attempt to keep from being poisoned by our microscopic competitors.

They’re constantly mutating and evolving to stay ahead of us. One way we reduce food-borne illnesses is to add another spice to the recipe. Of course that makes the food taste different, and the people who learn to like the new taste are healthier for it,” said Paul W. Sherman one of the two

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authors of the Cornell study.

(Please see for more information at: http://www.news.cornell. edu/stories/1998/03/food-bacteria-spice-survey-shows-whysome-cultures-it-hot) Other studies have found that the ingredient capsaicin in hot peppers has more health benefits than protecting us from bacteria. Hot peppers can help relieve sinus problems, lower blood pressure, and promote weight loss.

In a study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, people with congestion, sinus pain and sinus pressure were given a spray made with capsaicin. The subjects reported feeling relief of their symptoms in about a minute.

In a study published in Cell Metabolism, capsaicin helped blood vessels to relax, one of the main reasons people suffer from high blood pressure. As people age, the blood vessels harden, which forces the heart to work harder to move blood around the body thereby increasing blood pressure.

Scientists have discovered capsaicin can help overweight people lose weight by shrinking fat tissue, decreasing calorie intake and lowering fat levels in the bloodstream. This study was published in the Journal of Proteome Research.

(For more information look up capsaicin on the website www. sciencedaily.com) Seems the rest of the world fell in love with the hotness of peppers as soon as they discovered them.

Hot peppers did not hit the world’s cuisines until Christopher Columbus discovered hot peppers when he landed in the Caribbean.

Chili peppers had been part of the South American diet since

Scott Grassel, PharmD

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The chile pepper has many great health benefits — it’s just eating them that is a problem for some.

7,500 BC. Once Columbus brought them to Europe, Portuguese traders took them to Asia.

Now India is one of the largest producers and traders of the spicy plants. So the peppers cultivated by the Meso-Americans have spread across the globe, transforming cooking styles and vanquishing food-spoiling bacteria along the way.

Maybe that’s the answer to why so many people love that painful burn, turns out it’s so good for you.

Even so, I wonder why Brooke continues to order the hottest foods on the menu.

I have more timid tastes, it would never occur to me to do a flip while on skis — guess I’m more of a vanilla bean skier.

But then, I did raise Brooke. And as any parent who has experienced the anxious joy of raising a headstrong, chili-pepper-loving child: It hurts so good, it’s gotta be good for you.

Diabetes affects nearly 30 million people and costs upward of $50 billion yearly to treat in the United States.

There are also many people who are presently unaware that they may be pre-diabetic.

Diabetes is a disease that affects how glucose (sugar) levels are maintained and used in the body. When a meal or drink is ingested, glucose enters the body. Insulin, which is produced by cells in the pancreas, is needed to transport glucose from the blood into the other cells of the body for energy production.

There are two main types of diabetes. People with Type 1 are completely unable to produce insulin. People with Type 2 produce insulin (but not normal amounts) and have cells in their bodies that do not respond as well to the insulin. In either case glucose does not move into the cells and blood glucose levels can become high. Over time these high glucose levels can cause serious damage throughout the body, leading to complications such as nerve, eye, and organ damage.

People with Type 1 diabetes depend on externally manufactured insulin, injected subcutaneously to replace the missing insulin no longer produced by the body. There are many types of insulin, some are short acting and some are long acting. They all act to keep glucose levels from getting too high in the body.

There are many oral medications to treat Type 2 diabetes. Metformin is most commonly used. It works by decreasing glucose production in the liver, and decreasing absorption of glucose in the intestines. Also, Metformin improves insulin sensitivity throughout the body leading to improved glucose uptake by cells and better utilization of glucose throughout the body.

Diabetes and the medications used to treat it are sometimes complex, this column is too short to discuss all the different areas of involvement.

It is always a great practice to discuss all questions regarding this disease with a qualified health care provider.

Weekly Calendar of Events MON: Tai Chi 9-10 a.m.

Bunco 1-3 p.m. ($3 to play)

Monday, Feb. 23 - Diabetic Education 1-2 p.m. (last Monday of month) TUES:

Knitting 9-11 a.m. (all levels) Feeling Fit 10-11 a.m.

Pinochle 12-3 p.m.

Fresenius Dialysis Outreach (2nd Tuesday) Mexican Train 12-3 p.m.

12 Step Rim Country Women’s AA meeting 3-4 p.m.

WED: Lunch & Learn - Feb. 4 - Joint Replacement (with Dr. Patrick Harrison, 11:30 a.m.

to 12:30 p.m., free)

Feb. 11 - Member Lunch & Bingo ($4)

Mah Jong 1:30-4:30 p.m.

THUR: T.O.P.S. 7-9 a.m.

Tai Chi 9-10 a.m.

Widowed Women’s Grief Group, 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. (meets 1st Thursday

of month)

Pinochle 12-3 p.m.

Ballroom Dancing - 4-5 p.m.

Lost Loves Suicide Loss, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (meets 1st Thursday of month) FRI:

Feeling Fit 10-11 a.m.

Line Dance 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Senior Circle is located at 215 N. Beeline Highway, Payson (928) 472-9290. Hours of operation: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. – Noon January is the open enrollment month for membership in the Tonto Apache Gym. Dues are $55 for the months of February, March and April (that’s $55 for all three months) and are payable at Senior Circle during the month of January only.

The First Annual Rim Country Senior Spelling Bee will be held Tuesday, Feb. 23 at Good Samaritan Majestic Rim at 310 E. Tyler Parkway.

Register at Senior Circle by no later than Feb. 12, 2015.

Entrants must be 60 or older. Entry is FREE!!

For more information contact Teresa Bryan, R.N. (928) 472-5245.

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SPORTS

Longhorn grapplers place 6th in own tourney Wrestlers hope for big crowd in Thursday’s regular-season finale by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

After spending the entire season competing in other gymnasiums, Payson High’s wrestlers finally got to perform in front of the home folks at the Payson Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

And five Longhorns medaled to lead Payson to a sixth-place finish in the 19-team tournament.

Sophomores Dylan Keeney and Brendan Macnab finished second for the Longhorns at Wilson Dome. Trevor Anderson (132) placed third and Nathan Cluff (128) and Tito Vega (195) both finished sixth.

Division 1 Mesa Red Mountain edged out Show Low for the team championship after finishing third behind Gilbert Williams Field and Phoenix Barry Goldwater a year ago, as Esequiel Valles’ pin of Yuma’s Sebastian Pocchos for the heavyweight crown in the final bout of the weekend broke a tie and left the Mountain Lions with 396 points, six more than the Cougars.

Williams Field (367) placed third and Div. 2 Yuma (359) fourth, Div. 2 Barry Goldwater (284) fifth and Payson (252) sixth.

The field featured seven Division 1 or 2 schools, including Div. 1 Gilbert Highland, which finished seventh, 15 points back of the Longhorns.

Keeney and Macnab were both looking to repeat as champions in the tournament after claiming crowns at 113 and 106 pounds, respectively, as freshmen a year ago, and helping the Horns take fifth in the tournament. But Keeney lost 8-2 to Tempe McClintock’s Gator Groves in the 120-pound final and Williams Field’s Nick SouthProwell battled back from a 4-2 second-period deficit to pin Macnab in 3:14 of the 126 title contest.

Payson coach Zach Lee said having five of his 12 wrestlers place is good, although there’s room for improvement.

“We had some matches we

should have won but didn’t and probably a few that we won that we shouldn’t have,” he said.

“Some of the kids came out and wrestled. We had two in the finals and it’s always disappointing when you don’t come away with a champ.

“I’m happy with the way Dylan and Brendan wrestled to get to the finals. Dylan had a pretty tough match, but he kept wrestling and you can’t say enough about kids like that who work hard despite everything, maybe you’re not expected to win, but you go out there and still try to perform.

“We just need more of our kids to do that and really help in the long run.”

He liked Macnab’s chances of winning a title with the way he started his final match. “I think that was definitely a match we could have won,” he said.

Anderson beat Yuma’s Abel Vargas 10-3 in the consolation final at 132 to finish strong in a tournament that didn’t start so well for the team’s only returning senior from a year ago.

Anderson trailed 8-2 against Williams Field’s Vinney Leon in the first period of his first match on Friday before storming back to win.

“Trevor started off a little slow but really came back, and in his third- and fourth-place match he wrestled really well, put some moves together and beat a pretty good kid,” Lee said. “And, being a senior, it’s his last time wrestling (in the tournament) and I’m proud of the way he wrestled. That’s a tough weight class, there were two really good kids in the finals and to finish third really says a lot. He could have packed it in after losing a match, but he kept fighting and came back.”

Coolidge’s Steven Franco, the 138 champ, was voted Outstanding Lightweight Wrestler, and 160 champ Chandler Follett of Williams Field was voted Outstanding Heavyweight Wrestler.

The field grew to 19 teams this year with Show Low joining

and Snowflake returning after missing last year’s event, and from all accounts, the tournament was a big success.

“The tournament went really well,” Lee said. “Don Heizer did a great job getting the tournament running, but as far as gates and concessions, all the stuff that the parents did, it takes the pressure off the coaching staff, myself, I got to just come out and coach, which is why I’m here, instead of having to worry about dealing with the hospitality room or the concession stand or anything. I can’t say enough — just a huge thanks to those people, because without them, I’d be a lot more stressed in my life and probably would have taken away from the kids a little bit, so a lot of parents and a lot of the community stepped up to help us out and we really appreciate it.”

The Longhorns return to the home mats at Wilson Dome to wrap up the regular season with dual action against Chino Valley and Kayenta Monument Valley at 4 p.m. Thursday and Anderson said he and his teammates hope to have a big crowd cheering them on as they prepare for the section tournament on Feb. 7 in Winslow.

Photos by Keith Morris/Roundup

Above, Brendan Macnab uses his head in his 126-pound championship match against Nick SouthProwell of Gilbert Williams Field. Below, Dylan Keeney tries to take Tempe McClintock’s Gator Groves to the mat in the 120-pound title bout.

Coach: ‘I did not expect what has happened this season’ by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

The scoreboard told the story: Visitors 62, Home 32.

It’s been a long season for Payson’s boys basketball team and the score at the end of the third quarter of their home game against Fountain Hills on Wednesday was typical of many games this season. The Longhorns outscored the visitors 12-2 in the final quarter to make it a more respectable 64-44 loss, but nobody was smiling about a 20-point defeat in the postgame locker room. Two nights later in Snowflake against the No. 1 team in Division 3, they lost their eighth consecutive game, 70-49, to fall to 5-20 overall and 2-12 in power points games.

“It’s difficult,” said PHS head coach Joe Sanchez.

“I did not expect what has happened this season, for sure.”

The coach said that’s because of the work ethic and dedication of the players on this year’s squad.

“This has been the most committed group that I’ve had — they practice hard,

they give it all they have, they just the top 12 (in power points), and then can’t transfer it to wins,” he said. we have Round Valley, who’s behind us, but it’s still going “If people could see to be a tough game. how hard these boys We don’t have any practice and how “This has been the easy ones.” much time they put in; most committed group Indeed, it seems they just haven’t been that I’ve had — they to be one giant after able to turn it into a another this year. game atmosphere, and practice hard, they give After facing No. this senior group has it all they have, they 7 (as of Sunday) kind of struggled with just can’t transfer it to Fountain Hills that all four years of and top-ranked h i g h school, and wins.”

Snowflake in a even playJoe Sanchez ing in three-day span, the Payson boys basketball coach middle Longhorns close school the year with games some at 7:30 tonight in of these boys have been Whiteriver against No. 9 Alchesay and playing together since at No. 3 Winslow at 7:30 p.m. Thursday seventh grade, they hav- before returning home for the final two en’t been very success- games of the season against Eagar ful.”

Round Valley on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and But the struggles hav- No. 15 Show Low at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 3. en’t soured Sanchez or It’s been that way most of the season. his staff on the final eight “Right now we have the third-strongest Division 3 schedule and I’m sure by days of the season.

“I’ll be honest, I would the end of the season we’ll have the No. be looking forward to the 1, and it’s tough,” Sanchez said. “It has season being over if I had been a frustrating year for the coaching some boys that I couldn’t staff, too.”

All the games haven’t been blowouts. stand or had bad attitudes, but it’s going to be tough No, the Longhorns have also come out seeing some of these kids on the short end of several tight batgo, because this coach- tles, including three with Cottonwood ing staff loves these kids Mingus. The Marauders beat the very much and it’s tough Horns by four points and five points in to see them lose some- December and pulled out a 44-40 thrilltimes the way they do, er in Payson on Jan. 15 in a game the because when they lose Longhorns could have won.

Sanchez said he’d like to see his a game their confidence goes down and it just players start to get over the hump and continues,” he said. pull out some of these games.

“These kids struggle with pressure “It’d be nice to have some easy games, and I’m sure all the fans can see it on but it doesn’t get the court and it’s tough,” he said. “But any easier, we have I’m going to continue to coach them to (five) games left the best of my ability and I have confiand (four) of (our dence in them. The coaching staff has opponents) are in confidence in these boys, but sometimes

Photos by Keith Morris/Roundup

Above, coach Joe Sanchez watches Wednesday’s action in front of the Payson bench. At left, Ryan Ricke goes up higher than Fountain Hills’ Austin Keating for the opening tipoff.

they don’t have confidence in themselves and it’s obvious.”

Matt Davis scored 11 points to lead PHS against Fountain Hills. Cory Kukkola scored 13 points to lead three Falcons in double figures. FH improved to 14-3 overall with a 78-40 thrashing of visiting Camp Verde on Friday.

Fountain Hills 64, Payson 44 Fountain Hills 64 – Paul Bryniarski 2 0-0 4, Reilly Milligan 3 0-2 6, Larkin Lipps 0 0-0 0, Cory Kukkola 5 2-3 13, Brandon Barth 4 0-0 12, Teo Vargas 0 0-0 0, Bryce Andrashie 4 1-2 10, Jake Steuber 0 0-0 0, Luke McDermott 3 0-0 6, Max Giger 1 0-0 3, Kent Smith 0 0-0 0, Austin Samano 1 0-0 2, Austin Keating 3 2-4 8.

Totals 26 5-11 64.

Payson 44 – Alex Suarez 1 0-0 3, Hunter Lane 0 0-0 0, Ruben Estrada 2 0-0 4, Chaz Davis 0 1-2 1, Spencer Herrera 3 0-0 6, Matt Davis 4 2-2 11, Braden Hancock 1 2-6 4, Wyatt Chapman 1 0-0 2, John Figueroa 1 2-2 4, Ryan Ricke 3 0-0 7, Korben White 0 0-0 0, Trey Glasscock 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 7-12 44.

Fountain Hills 27 14 21 2 – 64 13 10 9 12 – 44 Payson 3-point goals – FH: Kukkula, Barth 4, Andrasuie, Giger. P: Suarez, M. Davis, Ricke.

Sports Briefs 4-H archery sign-up deadline Feb. 1

Men’s basketball

Sunday is the deadline for boys and girls ages 9-18 to sign up to participate in the Gila County Deadshots 4-H Archery Club for the upcoming season.

Email rimcountrydeadshots@yahoo. com or call (928) 978-0740.

Registration ends Feb. 6 for Payson Parks & Rec’s Men’s Basketball League. The cost is $305 per team.

Sign up at the Parks & Rec Office at 1000 W. Country Club Drive. Call (928) 474-5242 ext. 7 for more information.

Payson Roundup LOCAL Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Community college seeks support Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Gila Community College (GCC) Senior Dean Stephen Cullen is fed up.

He believes GCC has done enough to prove it deserves more workforce funds from the state. “We have proven ourselves in terms of workforce education,� he told the board at its Jan. 14 meeting.

GCC’s Pueblo and Payson campuses both offer certificates in nursing, construction trades, fire science, medical billing, cosmetology, welding and medical assistants.

Cullen presented a resolution to the board he hopes local government entities such as

the Gila County Board of Supervisors, the Towns of Payson, Star Valley, Globe and Miami will vote to support.

Cullen asked board members to lobby the other governmental entities for support.

GCC Board President Sam Moorhead explained why. “Presently Gila Community College does receive some workforce development funds‌(but)‌the issue is GCC receives a lot less than a similarly situated community college that is not a provisional college.â€?

Cullen admitted it would be tough to wrangle more money out the state when it is already facing a budget shortfall. He said even GCC’s lobbyist had doubts.

“She didn’t think this would be a good year for workforce development,� said Cullen.

But he still would like to try. “I hope the board shares this agenda,� he said.

Moorhead said he agrees with Cullen. “We are in the process of gathering resolutions from various governmental bodies to use as persuasive tools to try to get a more equitable formula for workforce development funds,� Moorhead said. “We are going to work with the Legislature and the Governor’s staff for a short-term fix. The long-term fix is for GCC to gain accreditation and recognition as a regularly constituted community college.�

Payson schools enrollment drops by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Payson Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent Greg Wyman reported to the board that the enrollment in the district is “slightly below last year,� at its first meeting of the new year.

On the 100th day of instruction, Wyman said the count was 20 students less than last year. The figures indicate the district’s enrollment has started to shrink again, after

rising by about 100 students last year — which interrupted several years of decline. “What’s the impact going to be on the budget for next year? We will have to wait a couple of months for the Legislature to know how that plays out,� Wyman told the PUSD school board.

The district gets funded on a per-student basis from the state, which means any enrollment decline affects the overall budget. Moreover, while Gov. Doug Ducey has proposed funding a portion of the illegally

withheld inflation adjustments ordered by the court in the upcoming budget year, he’s also proposing offsetting cuts in non-classroom spending.

Arizona remains the worst-funded public school system in the country.

The meeting on Jan. 5 was the first for new members Angie Prock and Sheila DeSchaaf.

At this first meeting, Barbara Underwood was re-elected as president and Jim Quinlan was voted as vice-president.

Program for special needs kids finds home Gila Employment and Special Training moving to PUSD McLane building by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

After years of sitting empty, the building at the top of McLane will have a new tenant.

Sometime before Feb. 1, the Gila Employment and Special Training program will occupy the empty Payson Unified School District (PUSD) building.

PUSD has attempted to fill the building since it sold Frontier Elementary School two years ago, but struggled to find a tenant that could pay the $200 per month to cover utilities.

Superintendent Greg Wyman told the PUSD board that the Gila County program serves

Pine resident Annemarie Eveland is February’s featured artist at Scottsdale Shadows Resort in Scottsdale. Her art will be exhibited in the executive offices and art room studio.  Eveland’s love of nature inspires her watercolor work, photography and creative writing. She combines watercolors, pen and ink and overlays poetry on some of her art work. As an artist, she loves experimenting with various styles and mediums, especially watercolors and photography. Her landscapes reflect her love of the Arizona mountains and desert.

She received the People’s Choice Award in an international art contest, and in another international writer’s contest second place for her poetry. Her works appear in “Blue Guitar Magazine.� She paints and writes for her own enjoyment.  As a writer, Eveland has authored several books: “Wisdom of the Heart,� “Reaching for the Sun� (poetry), “At First Glance What Faces Reveal� — a self-help

book to understanding ourselves and others, “Keesha and the Rainbow Parrot Guide� — a children’s storybook she authored and illustrated, and recently “Be The Ripple� — inspiring real life stories showing how small incidents in ordinary days can have extraordinary effects on others or ourselves.

Her two books in progress are: “Real Women Don’t Wear Glass Slippers� — a look at life challenges and the gifts they bring for personal growth; and “Hurrah for Humans� — her true life stories that uplift the human spirit and show the goodness of humanity. She uses her own photography for her published works.  On the personal side, she loves living in the mountain village of Pine. She enjoys travel, hiking, kayaking, archaeology, natural healing. She cherishes family, good friends and is an active community supporter. “We are one in spirit but expressing ourselves as unique individuals,� she said.

Michelle Isban VanNoy, Stephanie Isban, and Ryan and Joshua Isben. Also surviving him are 26 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. “We are his legacy and we celebrate and honor his life. We love and miss you, Dad. Thank you to Hospice Compassus of Payson for the special care and support you provided,� writes the family.

59/37 Wednesday

Mostly sunny

62/36 Thursday

Mostly cloudy, 70% chance of rain

61/41 Friday

Cloudy, 80% chance of rain

51/35 Saturday

Mostly cloudy, slight chance of rain

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Payson Statistics DATE H Jan. 16 60 Jan. 17 65 Jan. 18 66 Jan. 19 67 Jan. 20 63 Jan. 21 52 Jan. 22 45 Jan. 23 55 Jan. 24 63 Jan. 25 70 Jan. 26 60

L PRECIP. 25 27 30 31 30 28 23 18 28 28 32

Precipitation 2015 thru today 0.79 30-year Average through Dec. 22.08

Jan. 2015 0.79 Jan. Average 2.01

Average Payson Precipitation from the office of the State Climatologist at Arizona State University.

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Dominant pollen: Juniper High: Pollen levels between 8.1 and 12.0 tend to affect most individuals who suffer

from the pollen types of the season. Symptoms may become more severe

during days with high pollen levels.

Medium: Pollen levels between 4.1 and 8.0 will likely cause symptoms for many

individuals who suffer from allergies to the predominant pollen types of the season.

Low: Pollen levels between 0 and 4.0 tend to affect very few individuals among the

allergy-suffering public.

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Chilren from Morgan Creek Montessori collected and decorated shoes for children in need.

Kids have big hearts, and kind, bright soles Morgan Creek Montessori teaches their children to “give back� to the community in the form of volunteer works throughout the year. “This is important for their personal development and easiest taught early in life,� said Ronni Schultz, school administrator.

Beginning in September, school staff solicited donations from various businesses enabling the school to buy 54 pairs of tennis shoes in various sizes.

Then, the children had a blast decorating the shoes.

The students soaked the shoes in alcohol, then applied different colors of food coloring directly to the shoes with a Q-tip, causing a tie-dye effect. Â If the shoes were too dark,

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about 15 to 20 special needs clients from the ages of 18 to 40, offering them a transition program with job skills. “They are currently housed in a local church, but ... the group is expanding,� said Wyman.

Shirley Dye wondered if the district could instead occupy the building with a PUSD entity. “The bandwidth is the issue,� said Wyman.

The Gila Employment and Special Training group has an office in town with adequate internet access, so the program itself does not need what a PUSD program would need.

Wyman told the board the building will be occupied five days per week. The lease the board voted for runs for five years and is renewable yearly.

That satisfied PUSD Board President Barbara Underwood. “A building that has people in it does not deteriorate as quickly as an empty building,� she said.

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no alcohol was applied, but the designs were made with bleach.

Of course school staff closely monitored and controlled the bleach in a small dropper.

When the now lightened shoes dried, the students soaked the shoes in alcohol, and food coloring was applied for color.

As an added bonus, beads and bows were added for accents.

The finished shoes were donated to PADS (Payson Assisting Displaced Students).

The organization distributed the decorated shoes throughout the community to those children in need. “Thank you for taking an interest in our project,� said Schultz. “We hope this will bring awareness of desperate needs of those less fortunate in our community.�

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Mogollon Health Alliance Chair and Payson Mayor Kenny Evans (above right) poses with Carol Johnson, winner of white gold diamond hoop earrings donated by Overman Designs and presented

by Kaylee Overman and Karley Summers. Payson Jewelers also donated jewlery for a raffle that contributed to the money raised at the Black and White Ball, all of which will go to help local people struggling with medical issues. Payson Regional Medical Center CEPO Lance Porter and his wife Paige (not pictured) took the best dancers honors. Other dancers included Dee Force and Carl Anthony (pictured at left).

Dancing the night away in a good cause The Mogollon Health Alliance raised some $40,000 at its recent Black and White Ball, themed “A Night on Broadway.”

The money will go to providing health care and other services to residents of Rim Country from one of the leading charitable foundations in the area, which also serves as landlord for the Payson Regional Medical Center.

The MHA skipped the traditional silent auction this year, but still raised money for good causes through ticket sales that filled 21 tables.

Mary Gilbert and MHA vice

president Gary Cordell turned into first-rate crooners from 5:30 to 7:30. Then the Sonoran Swing band performed until 9:30, regaling the crowd with Big Apple standards “New York, New York” and “On Broadway.” At the request of Melissa Higginbotham, they played “At Last.”

During the evening, Payson Mayor and MHA Board President Kenny Evans presented crystal awards to major sponsors: The Signeski Family Foundation; Payson Jewelers (ninth year of support for the Black and White Ball); and Overman Designs (in

their fourth year of support for the Black and White Ball).

Best-dressed awards went to Janice and Lief Jonassen, with honorable mention to Hallie and Chuck Jackman in Broadway inspired attire as Glinda the Good Witch and the Cowardly Lion from Broadway play “Wizard of Oz.” The best dancers award went to Paige and Lance Porter.

He’s Payson Regional Medical Center’s new chief executive officer and the couple stole the show on the dance floor. They brought their oldest daughter,

Megan, who is following in her mom’s footsteps on the dance floor as a gifted dancer.

The evening also featured drawings for donated jewelry — Melissa Higginbotham drew the winning ticket for Payson Jewelers. Sandy Whalen won a beautiful white 14k gold 1 carat diamond tennis bracelet.

Chad and Melissa Overman’s daughter, Kaylee, spun the acrylic ticket drum and picked the winning ticket with help of Karley Summers. Carol Johnson won the white gold diamond hoop earrings.

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The fire department can once again help stranded motorists locked out of their vehicles when a locksmith is unavailable, thanks to council approval.

Fire Chief David Staub explained at the Thursday council meeting that citizens occasionally call on firefighters to open their vehicle, but town policy allows them to help only in an emergency, such as when a person, animal, medicine or perishable food is locked in a vehicle.

In the “interest of good customer service,” Staub asked the council to let firefighters help during non-emergencies.

Town Manager Debra Galbraith said residents would still need to call on a locksmith first for help, but if one were not available, firefighters could help.

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In September, Linda Rogers complained in a Roundup letter to the editor that the Payson Fire Department had turned its back on her husband in the Safeway parking lot. She wrote that Ross Rogers had inadvertently locked his keys in his vehicle and when he couldn’t get ahold of a locksmith, waved down firefighters who had arrived at the store for groceries.

“My husband has high blood pressure and his face was beet red. He was in obvious distress and had food inside the truck that would spoil,” she said.

Firefighters reportedly told him he would have to try a locksmith again.

Eventually, Linda drove from Happy Jack to deliver a spare set of keys to Ross.

“Rendering assistance like this is certainly not a main part of the firemen’s job description,

we realize that, but surely citizens, especially older people, should be able to expect a little more than ‘Sure, we could help you, but we’re not going to,’” she wrote.

In 1999, then fire chief John Ross asked the council to ban non-emergency lockout services because locksmiths were concerned it would take away from their business, and he was concerned about firefighting.

Staub said there must have been more locksmiths in the area in 1999 because the fire department today occasionally gets called on by a citizen who cannot get ahold of a locksmith for help. In these incidences, firefighters would like to help, he said.

“We are not looking into getting into the locksmith business, though,” he said.

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It takes years to learn how to navigate the Grand Canyon’s rapids. The most experienced guides often become dory oarsman, navigating small flat-bottom boats, which can carry up to four guests, through the Colorado River’s white-water. Guides say it takes more skill to row a dory than steer a larger, motor-driven inflatable raft.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did.� — Mark Twain

Daughter, dad brave Grand Canyon’s rapids Birthday adventure includes lesson in facing your fears by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

Curled up on a surprisingly fluffy bed in El Tovar Hotel on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon with a dory and some of North America’s worst rapids awaiting in the canyon below, the anxiety overwhelmed me. So I walked into the black and white tiled bathroom and got into the empty bathtub, like I did when I was a kid.

I noticed the honeycomb pattern on the floor, snapped a picture with my phone and sent it to my mom with a text — maybe my last words. A texted obit.

My tears dripped onto the tub and I knew I couldn’t give up the security of this room for something so absurd as rafting the rapids of the Grand Canyon in a ridiculous little wooden rowboat — with a bunch of strangers, no less.

It was all my father’s fault.

He could have booked the big, unsinkable rafts. Instead, he booked little dories similar to the wooden boats John Wesley Powell used 145 years ago — the same style as Glen and Bessie Hyde took on their fatal honeymoon.

I fought the urge to crawl out of the tub, run to my car and flee for home. Ironically enough, I’d asked for this — a 30th birthday present. I’d fallen in love with the canyon 15 years ago and knew I had to raft the river after watching the boats drift past from the Bright Angel Trail. The tiny boats disappeared into the depths of the canyon, leaving me to wonder what lay beyond that

Photos by Alexis Bechman/Roundup

A trip down the Grand Canyon in a dory with OARS is a oncein-a-lifetime experience, writer finds, including sights and sounds of the canyon only seen from the river like big horn sheep, Indian ruins, waterfalls and Class V rapids. mysterious bend. And now hours away from fulfilling my dream, all I wanted to do was run away.

I remembered a Mark Twain quote from the tour group’s website: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor ... Explore. Dream.

Discover.�

Another thought curled in behind this one, a small blip in “Outside Magazine� describing a dory trip: “Sure, dories do flip more often — but I like to think

that risk sharpens the experience.�

What was I getting myself into?

A dory is a dinghy, not a raft

The Grand Canyon is home to some of the country’s most lurid rapids, a twisting, mile-deep, 277-mile-long gorge with a whole string of terrible, tumultuous, treacherous challenges. And every year, tens of thousands of visitors pay thousands of dollars to willfully throw themselves into those rapids.

Our group included 16 customers and eight staffers. As we floated down the river, the stories of their lives unrolled slowly. One woman, I later learned, was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She didn’t know how much time she had left, but she grinned wildly throughout the trip, soaking in every minute of the river.

A father and daughter from Canada took the trip to celebrate her college graduation, a final trip before she headed off into the world.

A group of high-powered friends including a geophysicist had coaxed each other to go, to stay interested, to stay sharp.

The guides formed their own fraternity, often kids who hadn’t fit into the world topside, but had found sanity and a home on the river and a way to make a life around it.

As crazy as it might sound, for me, the canyon has been a place for answers.

Before I left on the trip, two friends that had rafted the river before told me in no unequivocal terms that I would “never be the same.�

That it would be the “trip of a lifetime.�

A trip of a lifetime in that?

Before I could see all that the canyon had to offer, I had to get on board.

As we rounded a bend in the hot riverbed after hours of hiking the Bright Angel Trail, rushing brown water came into view, a welcome sight to my tired feet.

On the shore sat two small, white boats, simply tethered to two small bushes. With the glare of the sun, I thought I must be seeing things. We would brave the country’s worst rapids in these glorified gondolas? Oh, no.

These must be the dinghies that take us to the larger, much more

stable boats.

A blue raft, at least three times larger, blundered past, its occupants riding high on inflated tubes, their feet far from the silted water.

I looked from the indestructible splendor of the raft to the absurd dories, then back again.

My father grinned widely. He had insisted on the dories and wrote the check, so I had no place to pout. I wondered if he would miss me after I drowned.

As a guide, one of four, laid out what to do if we overturn, crash or are otherwise thrown helplessly into the water, I couldn’t take my eyes off the dinghies. “The most important thing you have to remember is to stay calm,� Jeffe said, a short, thin man with ruffled sandy hair and a wild look in his eyes. “The longest rapid we will run is 23 seconds long. If you can hold your breath for 23 seconds, you’ll pop

up and be okay.�

Twenty-three seconds. Just 23 seconds, I murmured like it was some mantra. “Am I making you nervous?�

Jeffe said, knocking me out of my trance. I realized everyone was looking at me. “Uh, no,� I said bashfully.

On the river

The first thing I realized about the river is that the rapids aren’t that bad. I must admit I clutched the handgrips, placed awkwardly behind me, like I was on the wildest roller coaster ride of my life. I half expected waves to swamp the boat, unless we could somehow bail it out with a couple of scoops made from old laundry soap bottles.

I mentally ran though how I would hold on while unclipping the bailer, scooping up water

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Masonic Lodge

The Sy Harrison Masonic Lodge #70, located at 200 E. Rancho Road in Payson, meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m.

For more information, go online to www.paysonmason.org or contact Bill Herzig, secretary, at (928) 4741305 or (928) 951-2662.

Payson Walkers

The Payson Walkers group invites everyone to join its daily, hour-long walk, mostly on pavement. The start time is 9 a.m. from the following sites: Wednesday: Walgreens Thursday: Payson Public Library Friday: Home Depot Saturday: West end of Longhorn Sunday: Senior Circle parking lot Monday: Elks Lodge on Airport Road Tuesday: Parks and Recreation office, Green Valley Park..

Rim Country 4 Wheelers

Members of the Rim Country 4 Wheelers (RC4W) invite anyone interested in four-wheel-drive back road travel to join them at 9 a.m.

Wednesdays (until March) in the Bashas’ shopping center parking lot in front of the Big 5 store.

The route and destination may be prescheduled or may be decided on the spot; the level of difficulty may range from easy to moderate.

Saturday trips are also scheduled at least once a month and are usually decided on at the previous month’s meeting. For all trips, have a full tank of gas, lunch, and a lawn chair.

For more information, visit the Web site at www.rimcountry4wheelers.com or call RC4W President Chuck Jacobs at (928) 595-0967.

International Police Association

The International Police Association (I.P.A. Region 61 Northern AZ) meets for breakfast at Mazatzal Casino Restaurant at 9 a.m. every Wednesday. All honorably retired law enforcement and active law enforcement personnel are welcome.

For more information, call Michelle Dyer at (928) 970-0247 or go online to www.ip_usa.org.

Romeo Club wants members

The Romeo Club — Retired Old Men Eating Out — is looking for new members. The group meets at 11 a.m. every Wednesday at a different restaurant.

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Come join in the fun. Call Harvey Pierman at (928) 468-0125 for location or more information. There are no dues, no speakers and no rules.

Payson Elks

The lunch specials, served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday at the Payson Elks Lodge, 1206 N. Beeline Hwy., will be: Wednesday, Jan. 28 - BBQ Chicken with choice of side Thursday, Jan. 29 - Lima Beans with cornbread What’s happening: Wednesday, Jan. 28 - Hashknife Dinner - Come meet the guys on the Hashknife team and have a Mexican dinner with them for only $15 per person. Tickets available soon.

Saturday, Jan. 31 - Sounds Unlimited plays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; enjoy meatball or Italian sausage and pepper subs with choice of fries or homemade chips.

Saturday, Feb. 14 - Sweetheart Ball - Tickets are now on sale for $15 per person and must be purchased by Feb. 10; dinner will be a choice of baked chicken or grilled to order steak; music by Landon Shill.

NARFE meeting

The Mogollon Chapter 1235 of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees will hold its monthly no-host luncheon and meeting Wednesday, Jan. 28.

Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the meeting to follow. The meetings are held at Tiny’s Restaurant located at 600 E. Highway 260. This month’s featured speaker will be Buzz Walker from the Payson Water Department.

All active and retired Federal employees are invited to attend.

Please bring nonperishable food items for the Payson Food Bank.

Also any new member will receive a free lunch.

For more information, please call Dale at (928) 468-6227.

Soroptimists

The local Soroptimist club invites all women who are interested in working with and for the community to improve the status of women to join members for lunch at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson, at noon Wednesdays.

Anyone interested should contact Jean Oliver, (928) 474-6167; or Audrey Wilson. (928) 468-3108.

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Learn about fishing in Green Valley Lakes this Saturday, Jan. 31, at the 9 a.m. meeting of the Payson Flycasters and Trout Unlimited Chapter. The meeting is open to everyone and is held at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson.

Unity of Payson’s spiritual leader Dr. Lynnette Brouwer will lead bi-weekly noon “faithlifts” using Eric Butterworth’s book, “Discover the Power Within You.” All are welcome.

Sessions begin promptly at noon in the Payson Public Library meeting room. Upcoming “faithlifts” are Jan. 28; Feb. 11; Feb. 25; March 11; and March 25.

87 Mountain Biking Club

87 Mountain Biking Club meets at 4 p.m. every Wednesday at the 87 Cyclery shop, 907 S. Beeline Highway.

Members have group trail rides throughout Gila County for every level of rider (beginners to advanced).

Everyone is encouraged to join and learn about all the great mountain biking trails Payson and the surrounding area has to offer.

For more information or questions, please call (928) 478-6203.

Kiwanis issue invitation

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Zane Grey Country, an international service club serving the children of the world, are dedicated to serving our Rim Country youth. It

provides scholarships and awards programs for deserving students as well as a special dental program.

Other needs of children are supported with community projects, activities and donations. At meetings, speakers inform members of local community happenings and events.

The members of Kiwanis invite Rim residents to join them in supporting the area’s children and their families when they meet at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson, from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., Thursdays. Contact Mike Clark, (602) 510-9431 or Bobby Davis, (928) 978-4323.

tions, call Ilona at (928) 472-3331.

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Green Valley Lakes water quality and its impact on trout stocking is the featured subject of the monthly meeting of the Payson Flycasters and the local Trout Unlimited Chapter. The meeting starts at 9 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 31 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260.

Come earlier and have an optional breakfast from Tiny’s menu.

Local men and women are invited to hear Dan Utz, of the Payson Water Department, talk about the history of Green Valley Lakes and what he does about water quality, in terms of fish stocking.

TOPS 0373 Payson (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meets at the Senior Circle, 215 N. Beeline Highway, Payson.

We meet every Thursday morning. Our weigh-in starts at 7 a.m. Our meeting starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 8:50 a.m.

We are a non-profit support group for anyone wishing to drop those extra, unhealthy pounds.

You gain new friends, along with invaluable information and support in your weight loss journey. Come check us out! If you have any ques-

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Amateur Radio Operators (HAMS) and any who are interested in becoming a HAM operator are encouraged to join Tonto Amateur Radio Association (TARA) the second Saturday of each month.

The group meets at the Payson Library Community Room at 9 a.m. for a business meeting and a program of interest. There is also a meeting the last Saturday of each month for a breakfast and socialization.

Club members participate in community projects and are known for providing emergency communications during natural disasters. Please see the website for more information: www.TontoRadio.org.

Unity of Payson special program The first Sunday of February, Unity of Payson will hold its monthly first-Sunday intergenerational service, celebrate February birthdays and collect non-perishables for the food bank.

The morning’s message will be followed by community time in which those attending will make valentines to give to hospice and assisted living residents in the community.

All non-perishables donated on the first Sunday are given to the Presbyterian food bank.

For a complete calendar of activities at Unity of Payson, visit www. unityofpayson.org.

Bridge results Winners in Wednesday Bridge for Jan. 21 were: Diane Bricker and Kathy Salvaggio, first; Mary Kastner and Tim Demaray, second; Sherry Proctor and Myrtle Warter, third.

For information and reservations, call Kay Hutchinson at (928) 474-0287.

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The group, “Write Your Story” now meets at 11 a.m. Thursdays at La Sierra Restaurant, across the highway from Maverik Gas Station.

At the meetings, each member is invited to ready what they have most recently written. At noon, following the meeting, members can stay to visit over lunch.

For more information, call Nadine at (928) 476-4659.

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Other conversation will cover local fishing success and what flies are working best. The group also provides the equipment and coordinates the Trout in the Classroom program. Elementary students are able to watch trout eggs hatch and then see how the fish grow during the school year. The group is seeking grants to add more equipment to serve more Payson and Pine classrooms.

For more information, contact Ric Hinkie, 928-848-4501. Everyone is welcome.

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Payson Pet Sitting

Quality Pet In Your Home Pet Sitting at Reasonable Rates

Kellie Padon moved to Payson over 10 years ago from Fountain Hills, AZ. She has veterinary technology experience and worked as a Veterinary Technician/ Surgical Assistant. All of Kellie’s dogs and her cat are treated as members of the family and that is how Kellie takes care of her customers’ pets. She understands how stressful it is to leave your pets. She is licensed, bonded and insured. References are available upon request.

Call Kellie at 928-472-6210 • www.facebook.com/paysonpetsitting

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3/42.00 work guarantee. Must be able to ride a horse and repair fences. Must be able to lift 50 pounds. Returning workers may be offered longevity pay and/or production bonus. Signed contract may be required. May be on call 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. All work tools and equipment provided. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worker will be provided or paid by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract. Feeds and waters livestock on range or at ranch headquarters. Herds, examines animals for diseases and injuries, vaccination of livestock, and applies medications and insect sprays, delivery of offspring, branding or identification marks and castration of livestock. Cleans and repairs stalls. Maintain ranch buildings and equipment. Assist with irrigating, planting, cultivating and harvesting hay for livestock as time allows from primary duties.

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Dachshund Pups, Short hair, 4mo. old, Black & Cream and Dapple, Shots, 3 Females, 2 males, $400. Call 928-476-6435 Dog Nail Clipping in the comfort and convenience of your home by Tracy. Local professional groomer of 24 years. $12.00 928-978-4959

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GUNS/KNIVES 20 guage Remington automatic shotgun, walnut stock. Like new.

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20 ft. and 40 ft.: Shipping Containters, 928-537-3257 Polish Pottery, Fenton Glass, Sun Purple Glass Available at Pine Country Antiques in Pine, 4078 Highway 87, 928-476-2219

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One of the best community newspapers in Arizona seeks a creative, motivated journalist, who loves to tell stories, investigate wrongdoing, take photographs and has a strong web background. We’re looking for a journalist who can wear many hats, wants to grow as a writer, benefit the community and tell stories with both words and images.

We cover every element of the community, including schools, town government, outdoor sports, investigative journalism, health, hiking, fishing, tourism, police, courts. The paper has won recognition as the best non-daily paper in the state from the Arizona Newspaper Publisher’s Association 11 times in the past 13 years.

The ideal candidate will have: > Strong writing skills > Top-flight investigative skills > Strong photography skills > A working knowledge of web and social media > Strong drive to serve and benefit the community > Fearless journalistic ethics > A drive to learn and grow > The ability to fit into a close-knit,

CONTROLLER We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated, has good managerial skills and can work closely with other department managers.

Must have a thorough knowledge of accounting, be detail oriented and computer literate – especially in Microsoft Excel. Must be able to analyze and present financial data in a concise and comprehensive manner enabling department managers to make sound financial decisions.

Automotive experience a plus. Salary dependent on experience.

Please email resume to: tomwhatley@chapmanchoice.com or fax to 928474-2330. No phone calls or drop-ins please.

DRIVER WANTED Payson area full time seasonal from Oct-Apr. Must have CDL Class B with Hazmat and Tanker Endorsement, Pay D.O.E. Call 928-474-3334

EDUCATION Pine Strawberry Elementary School is seeking a School Business Manager to manage the business and administrative operations of their one school district.

Full job description is on our website. If interested applicants may submit applications online @ www.pineesd.org via Talent Ed portal or call us at 928-476-3283

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Payson Pet Care Veterinary Clinic We are actively recruiting for Experienced Vet Tech(s), Receptionist w/ exclt phone and client svcs skills, and Janitor. Send resume to cathi@paysonpetcare.com, fax 928-472-9610. Applications available at 1010 N. Beeline Hwy. DFWP, Drug screen req’d.

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Rewarding opportunity for a dedicated, compassionate social service professional to complete client assessments, develop, monitor and evaluate individual care plans, agency outreach and provide referral services to elderly and disabled adults. Advocates and provides support services for clients enabling them to extend and enrich independent living through health, financial and social services. H.S., 2 yrs experience, $10.30-$12.88 plus excellent benefits. Apply at: Gila Aging Service 579 S. Broad Street Globe, AZ, FAX 770-8505 or www.ccs-soaz.org. EOE.

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Lube Specialist Public Health Nurse Juvenile Detention Officer Associate Jury Commissioner Temporary Accounting Clerk Spec.

Administrative Clerk Sr. Property Appraiser I Deputy County Attorney Administrative Assistant

Rewarding P/T Food Service positions open now at local Christian Camp. Call Chris at 928-478-4630 ext 305 for more info on these positions

SUBWAY: Apply within, Bashas Shopping Center, 128 E. Hwy. 260. Energetic People Come Join Our Crew! PT/FT, Monthly Bonuses. $50. Sign-up Bonus, Vacation Pay.

HEALTH CARE

Caregiver Needed for an Assisted Living Care Home that is experience in Housekeeping duties, Meal Prep, Laundry and Tender Loving Care, Please Call 928-978-2897

Part-time Deputy Constable Juvenile Detention Officer WIC Nutritionist Justice Court Clerk Associate

Bylas: Early Literacy Community Liaison

Gila County Sheriff’s Office Positions Sheriff J. Adam Shepherd Globe and Payson

Please pick-up an application and learn of the opportunities available at your McDonald’s today.

911 Dispatcher • Detention Officer • Deputy Sheriff • Public Health Nurse (Jail)

To apply online visit www.mcarizona.com

Applications and salary information available at: www.gilacountyaz.gov

Gila County is an equal opportunity employer

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Gila County Career Opportunities

PAYSON

Local Home Entertainment Business, Seeking Installer, Duties Include; Home Wiring, Audio/Video Installation, Experience Preferred but not Required, 30-40Hrs.p/w, Call 928-468-1155 or Email Resumes to:scott@azwhe.com

DRIVERS

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McDonald’s invites you to join our professional, friendly and dedicated team. McDonald’s is committed to outstanding customer service, people development and professional growth.

The McDonald’s Team offers Part-Time and Full Time employment with wages starting at $7.95 per hour.

Flexible hours, training, advancement opportunities, management development, employee retirement benefits, insurance, performance reviews and raises, and many other benefits. McDonald’s rewards outstanding performance.

Community Bridges is currently recruiting for EMT’s in Payson.

Must have current Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Certification within the State of Arizona and a valid Arizona DL in good standing.

Apply at 803 West Main Street

Payson Vacation Rental Housekeeper 2007 Four Winds 5000 “C” Class 28A, 29 ft. Low Mileage 21,000 Queen bed,7 new tires, Workhorse Chassis, all amenities inside, Great condition. $35,000.

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HANDYMAN Tile,Carpet and Wood Installer 35 years Exp. Repairs/Drywall/Custom Showers Local References if needed Realters Welcome 928-951-2823

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GENERAL

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$21.16 - $31.73/hr plus excellent benefits.

Obtain job description and required application by calling (928) 474-5242 x207; pick one up at Town Hall; or download at www.paysonaz.gov. Human Resources, 303 N Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541, must receive applications no later than 4PM MST, 02/05/15. EOE

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 55+ OxBow Estates, 2008 Laurel Creek Park Model 1 Br, Fully Furnished, w/Deck & Shed, $29,500 or Rent to Own $650 w/Lease 928-476-8650, www.juniperroost.com HOME INSPECTIONS AZ and ASHI Certified Home Inspector 14 years Experience Payson License #PO0049 www.inspectaz.com Dan Harris 928-970-1187

MOBILES FOR SALE Foreclosures: 30 Homes, both New and PreOwned to Choose From, Free Delivery, Call Bronco Homes, 1-800-487-0712 Park Model, Like New, In Great Location, 40K Invested, Any Reasonable Offer (Fishing Boat Included) 928-978-3538 REPOS: 2, 3, & 4 Bedrooms, Starting from $9,989. Call Bronco Homes: 1-800-487-0712

RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT 2 Bedroom Unfurnished, RAINBOW APTS. Pets-No! $550/mo Dep.Req. 928-970-0158 or 928-970-1330 Apartments for Rent

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LEGAL NOTICES 15632: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/2015 TS No. AZ08001212-14-1 APN 302-11-025A TO No. 8493027 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated August 17, 2006, and recorded on August 21, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-014319 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Gila County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder At the main entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 on March 11, 2015 at 11:00 AM on said day. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 182 N ROCKING HORSE BEND, PAYSON, AZ 85541 THAT PORTION OF LOT 23, OF BONITA CREEK RANCH NO.2, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 160, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY,

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LEGAL NOTICES ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 23; THENCE ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 23, NORTH 54°05’28� EAST, A DISTANCE OF 82.50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 28°27’34� EAST, A DISTANCE OF 218.88 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF ROCKING HORSE BEND ROAD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 277.00 FEET AND CENTRAL ANGLE OF 05°03’03�, A DISTANCE OF 24.48 FEET ALONG THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF ROCKING HORSE BEND ROAD; THENCE IN SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 116.490 AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 37°17’14�, A DISTANCE OF 75.81 FEET ALONG THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY OF ROCKING HORSE BEND ROAD TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 23; THENCE NORTH 25°59’46� WEST, A DISTANCE OF 242.24 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF LOT 23 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. APN: 302-11-025A Original Principal Balance $84,000.00 Name and Address of original Trustor STEPHEN R PLUMB, AN UNMARRIED MAN 182 N ROCKING HORSE BEND, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Name and Address of the Beneficiary BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. c/o Bank of America Home Loans 7105 Corporate Drive Plano, TX 75024 Name and Address of Trustee MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Said sale will be made for cash (payable at time of sale), but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note secured by said Trust Deed, which includes interest thereon as provided in said Note, advances, if any under the terms of said Trust Deed, interest on advances, if any, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Trust Deed. The Trustee will accept only cash or cashier’s check for reinstatement or price bid payment. Reinstatement payment must be paid before five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) on the last day other than a Saturday or legal holiday before the date of sale. The purchaser at the sale, other than the Beneficiary to the extent of his credit bid, shall pay the price bid no later than five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) of the following day, other than a Saturday or legal holiday If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Conveyance of the property shall be without warranty, express or implied, and subject to all liens, claims or interest having a priority senior to the Deed of Trust. The Trustee shall not express an opinion as to the condition of title. DATE: December 3, 2014 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Rosenda Cardenas, Authorized Signatory Manner of Trustee qualification: Real Estate Broker, as required by ARS Section 33-803, Subsection A Name of Trustee’s regulator: Arizona Department of Real Estate SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.priorityposting.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Priority Posting and Publishing 714-573-1965 State of ARIZONA County of MARICOPA On this 3rd day of December, 2014, before me, SUSAN E. LINDERMAN-JOHNSON personally appeared ROSENDA CARDENAS, whose identity was proven to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who he or she claims to be, and acknowledged that he or she signed the above/attached document.

Susan E. Linderman-Johnson, Notary Public Commission Expires: August 20, 2017 SUSAN E. LINDERMAN-JOHNSON Notary Public - Arizona Maricopa County My Comm. Expires Aug 20, 2017 P1125218 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 01/27/2015

LEGAL NOTICES represented by an attorney, one may be appointed by the Court.

4. You have a right to appear as a party in this proceeding. You are advised that your failure to personally appear in court at the initial hearing, pretrial conference, status conference, or dependency adjudication, without good cause shown, may result in a finding that you have waived your legal rights and have admitted the allegations in the Petition. In addition, if you fail to appear, without good cause, the hearing may go forward in your absence and may result in an adjudication of dependency, termination of your parental rights or the establishment of a permanent guardianship based upon the record and the evidence presented to the court, as well as an order of paternity, custody, or change of custody in a consolidated family law matter and an order for child support if paternity has been established.

5. If you are receiving this Notice by publication, you may obtain a copy of the Dependency Petition, Notice of Hearing, and Temporary Order by submitting a written request to: TRACEY L. HEINRICK, Office of the Attorney General, 120 W. 1st Ave., 2nd Floor, Mesa, AZ 85210-1312. The assigned case manager is Sharon Dalbey and may be reached by telephone at 928.468.9818.

6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the court by parties at least three (3) working days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding and can be made by calling 928.474.3978.

7. You have the right to make a request or motion prior to any hearing that the hearing be closed to the public.

DATED this ___ day of December 2014.

Thomas C. Horne Attorney General TRACEY L. HEINRICK Assistant Attorney General 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/15 CNS-2702790# 15638: 1/27, 1/30, 2/3/2015 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR-PROFIT or PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1.

ENTITY TYPE: (x) FOR-PROFIT (BUSINESS) CORPORATION. 2.

ENTITY NAME: JERRY BOYD FILMS INC.; FILE NO. 1965242-6 3.

PROFESSIONAL C O R P O RATION SERVICES: N/A 4.

CHARACTER OF BUSINESS: Making movies, films, personal assistant etc.

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SHARES: Common, Total: 100,000 6.

ARIZONA KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 6.1 Is the Arizona known place of business address the same as the street address of the statutory agent? (Yes).

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DIRECTORS: Jerry Boyd, 1734 South Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90019; Susan Victoria Perez, 1730 West Emelita Ave #2018, Mesa, AZ 85202.

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STATUTORYAGENT: Susan Victoria Perez, 1730 West Emelita Ave #2018, Mesa, AZ 85202.

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INCORPORATORS: Jerry Boyd, 1734 South Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90019. By checking the box marked “I accept� below, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law. (x) /s/ Jerry Boyd; Jerry Boyd, Incorporator 11/20/2014.

15637: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3/2015; NOTICE OF CONTINUED INITIAL/ PUBLICATION HEARING ON DEPENDENCY PETITION No. JD 201400049 Honorable Gary V. Scales IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the matter of: QUINTON JAMES GOLDY d.o.b. 08-19-2012 CARTER GABRIEL GOLDY d.o.b. 10-16-2014 CARMEN ALEXIS GOLDY d.o.b. 10-16-2014 Person(s) under 18 years of age.

TO: NICHOLE MARY ELIZABETH GOLDY, CLINTON GIMLEN, ARMANDO CRUZ aka CREWS, and JOHN DOE, a fictitious name, parents and/or guardians of the above-named children.

1. The Department of Child Safety, (DCS or the Department), by and through undersigned counsel, has filed a Dependency Petition pursuant to Title 8, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, Rules 4.1 and 4.2 of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure; and Rule 48(D) of the Arizona Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court.

2. The Court has set a continued initial/publication hearing on the 19th day of March 2015, at 11:00 a.m., at the Gila County Superior Court, 714 S. Beeline Hwy., #104, Payson, AZ 85541, before Honorable Gary V. Scales for the purpose of determining whether any parent or guardian named herein is contesting the allegations in the Petition.

3. You and your children are entitled to have an attorney present at the hearing. You may hire your own attorney or, if you cannot afford an attorney and want to be

15655: 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #14-05389 McCarthy Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $154,400.00 executed by Charlene McCarthy, a single woman, 386 South Mulberry Drive Tonto Basin, AZ 85553 , dated October 19, 2006 and recorded October 23, 2006, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2006-018150 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on April 1, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Lot 68, LAKE ROOSEVELT GARDENS WEST UNIT TWO, according to Map No. 424, records of Gila County, Arizona. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 386 South Mulberry Drive Tonto Basin, AZ 85553. Tax Parcel No.: 201-15-085 3. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is� condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust Current Beneficiary:Deutsche Bank/HSI Asset/2007-HE2; Care of/Servicer: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. 3815 S.W. Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115-4415; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoe-

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LEGAL NOTICES nix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000. Dated: 12/31/2014 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 12/31/2014, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4504991 01/20/2015, 01/27/2015, 02/03/2015, 02/10/2015 15656: 1/13 1/20, 1/27, 2/3/2015 ARIZONA SUPERIOR COURT, COUNTY OF GILA In re the Marriage of: Melissa Devaney, Petitioner, and Noah Perez, Respondent. Case No. SV201400008 ORDER TO APPEAR READ THIS ORDER CAREFULLY. This is an important court order that affects your rights. If you do not understand this Order, contact a lawyer for help. All parties, whether represented by attorneys or not, must be present. If there is a failure to appear, the court may make such orders as are just, including granting the relief requested by the party who does appear. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT IN THE OCURT ISSUING A CIVIL ARREST WARRANT, OR WHERE APPLICABLE, A CHILD SUPPORT ARREST WARRANT, FOR YOUR ARREST. IF YOU ARE ARRESTED, YOU MAY BE HELD IN JAIL FOR NO MORE THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE A HEARING IS HELD. Based on documents filed and pursuant to Arizona Law, IT IS ORDERED THAT YOU: Noah Perez Appear at the time and place stated below so the court can determine whether the relief asked for in the Petition or Motion should be granted. INFORMATION ABOUT COURT HEARING TO BE HELD: NAME OF JUDICIAL OFFICER: Honorable Gary V. Scales DATE AND TIME OF HEARING: Friday, February 20, 2015 at 3:30 pm PLACE OF HEARING: Continued Initial Hearing on Severance TIME ALLOTTED FOR HEAING: 30 minutes EVIDENCE: N/A. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a true copy of this “Order to Appear� and a true copy of the documents filed with the Petition/Motion shall be served by the moving party on the party who is required to appear and a true copy of these documents shall be mailed immediately to parties who have appeared in this action, in accordance with Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure, Rule 43.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that at least three work days prior to an evidentiary hearing, the parties shall exchange any exhibits to be offered at the hearing, and a list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all witnesses who may testify. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the assigned judicial officer five days before your scheduled date. Dated 12/12/14 /s/ Gary V. Scales, Judicial Officer 15661: 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE TS No.: AZ1400264200 FHA/VA/PMI No.: TSG No.: 8497592 ORIGINAL TRUSTEE SALE RECORDED ON 12/10/2014 IN THE OFFICE OF THE GILA COUNTY RECORDER. The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust recorded on 06/04/2007 in Instrument number 2007-009529, book number , at page , records of GILA County, Arizona, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT (in lawful money of the United States) At the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash, Globe, AZ, on 03/11/2015 at 11:00AM of said day: See Exhibit “A� Attached Hereto and Incorporated Herein for All Purposes. Exhibit A LOT 12, HUNTER CREEK RANCH, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE GILA COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA RECORDED IN MAP NO. 614 THRU 614D. Property Address: 153 WEST WIPILA WIKI DRIVE, PAYSON, AZ 85541-9224 Tax Parcel No.: 303-07-014 Original Principal Balance: $420,000.00 Name and Address of Beneficiary: HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-14 c/o Wells Fargo Home Mortgage 3476 Stateview Blvd Fort Mill, SC 29715 Name and Address of Trustee: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, 6 Campus Circle, 2nd Floor, Westlake, TX 76262. Name and Address of Original Trustor: VICKIE F. KARTCHNER AND JEFFREY E. KARTCHNER, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS, 153 WEST WIPILA WIKI DRIVE, PAYSON, AZ 85541-9224.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designations, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid principal balance of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon as provided in said note(s) advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the

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LEGAL NOTICES Mortgagee’s attorney. Dated: 12/09/2014 First American Title Insurance Company, 6 Campus Circle, 2nd Floor, Westlake, TX 76262 877-276-1894 WILLIAM BROWN AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY The successor Trustee appointed herein qualifies as a Trustee of the Trust Deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a title insurance company as required by Arizona Revised Statutes Section 33-803, Subsection (A)(I). This company may be assisting the Beneficiary to collect a debt and any information we obtain may be used for that purpose whether received orally or in writing. If available, the expected opening bid and/or postponement information may be obtained by calling the following telephone number on the day before the sale: (916) 939-0772 or visiting http://search.nationwideposting.com/prope r t y S e a r c h Te r m s . a s p x Name of Trustee’s Regulator: Arizona Department of Insurance.

State of Texas County of Tarrant.

Before me, Lisa A. McSwain on this day personally appeared WILLIAM BROWN, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that this person executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office this

LEGAL NOTICES 12/09/2014. Lisa A. McSwain (Notary Seal) LISA A. MCSWAIN Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires November 16, 2016 NPP0240688 To: PAYSON ROUNDUP 01/27/2015, 02/03/2015, 02/10/2015, 02/17/2015 15662: 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #14-05459 Shipley Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $107,100.00 executed by Martha Wren Shipley and Meg Wrenae Shipley, a single woman, a single woman, 704 West Bridle Path Lane Payson, AZ 85541 , dated March 27, 2009 and recorded April 3, 2009, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2009-003981 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on April 9, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right,

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LEGAL NOTICES title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Lot 231, PAYSON RANCHOS UNIT THREE, according to Map Nos. 348 and 349, records of Gila County, Arizona. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 704 West Bridle Path Lane Payson, AZ 85541.

Tax Parcel No.: 302-36-400 1. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is� condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note,

LEGAL NOTICES plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust Current Beneficiary:JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Associatio; Care of/Servicer: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 3415 Vision Drive Columbus, OH 43219; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000.

Dated: 01/08/2015 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 01/08/2015, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4506791 01/27/2015, 02/03/2015, 02/10/2015, 02/17/2015

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TOWN OF STAR VALLEY PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING USE OF CDBG FUNDS

The Town of Star Valley is expected to receive approximately $226,279.00 in FY 2015 federal CDBG funds from the Arizona Department of Housing Regional Account (RA).

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Purchase of well located at Lumbermen’s, 61 Moonlight, Star Valley, Arizona. Purchase price of $100,000.00 for well and small area of real property surrounding the well; plus $20,000.00 to hook-up the well to the Town’s existing water system. This project will provide a reliable back-up water supply to the Milky Way Well Site. This will serve a residential area consisting of 194 housing units and approximately 505 persons, 58% of who are at or below the area median income.

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Purchase of well located behind Circle K, 3792 E. Highway 260, Star Valley, Arizona. Purchase price of $140,000.00, which includes the well and approximately 1.3 acres of real property, plus $30,000.00 to hook-up to the Town’s existing water system. This project will provide a reliable back-up water supply to the Milky Way Well Site. This will serve a residential area consisting of 194 housing units and approximately 505 persons, 58% of who are at or below the area median income.

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Hook-up of wells PW-1 and PW-2 to the Town water system, Sky Run, Star Valley, Arizona. $184,000.00 to hook-up to the Town’s existing water system.

This project will provide a reliable back-up water supply to the Milky Way Well Site.

This will serve a residential area consisting of 194 housing units and approximately 505 persons, 58% of who are at or below the area median income.

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Road/street improvements: Moonlight Crossing project, on Moonlight Drive, Star Valley, Arizona. Construction of crossing at $120,000.00. This will serve a residential area consisting of 5 housing units and approximately 20 persons, 100% of who are below area median income.

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Riding the rapids makes birthday unforgettable From page 1B and keeping the boat adrift. As the first rapid appeared in the distance, I swallowed my gum and mentally prepared to put all my energy toward staying alive.

And then. Nothing. The boat glided through the rapids like a skier effortlessly bobbing through the moguls. With a few flicks of the oars, my guide brought the flat-bottomed, fiberglass dory across the rumble strips with ease.

And so it went. Long interludes of calm water, a few moments of anxious anticipation and then a few exhilarating minutes of splish splashing in the biggest bathtub of my life.

After every rapid, we marveled that we had made it though another one. And then we thanked our guide profusely, since they had done the actual work.

I made sure to rotate through the boats so I could hear everyone’s story.

Most of the guides shared a similar tale. A rough adolescence, followed by adventurous wandering in their 20s until they found their way to the river.

Sun beaten, their hair resembled the bristles from a thick broom; their skin as brown as the muddy water. Waterlogged, their toes looked like raisins and their frayed clothes lent a pirate feel.

After everyone had given his or her life story, the best part of the day came.

Silence.

There are two types of silence for me. The kind found in an empty house when no one is calling, which is when loneliness

sets in.

Then there is the silence that fills you up. That says more than words ever could.

I loved it when my dad stopped rattling on about the geography and, sitting on the front of the bow, his Tilly hat tilted back, one arm dangling in the water, fell silent.

I knew him then more than ever. Because we all felt it. The rap of the oars gently sliding through the water was the only sound in an otherwise still canyon. You could have heard a pebble fall, but everything sat as it had for thousands of years.

We floated by, leaving no tracks or trace. No one would ever know we were there, but as my friends had predicted, the canyon had left its mark on me forever.

A week after I sat crying in the tub, I held back my tears as I loaded into a helicopter that would take me back to the South Rim from the tail end of the canyon.

A fierce monsoon storm hung heavy over the canyon. I hate flying. It fills me with sick fear.

And now I was going to ride a helicopter through a lightning storm. Our helicopter pilot must have sensed my anxiety.

He flipped on the speakers and a familiar tune floated in: “Don’t worry about a thing, cause every little thing is going to be all right,” Bob Marley crooned.

I sat back, held on and knew everything would be all right. I had just floated down some of the best rapids and walked away unscathed. I might not need that bathtub anymore.

Photos by Alexis Bechman/Roundup

A trip through the Grand Canyon isn’t complete without a helicopter ride out from the Whitmore helipad, located at mile 187.4 of the river, back to the South Rim. Above, a monsoon storm moved through the canyon, bringing lightning and rain.