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PAYSON ROUNDUP TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 10, 2015 | PAYSON, ARIZONA

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A nearly snowless January has given way to a warm, dry February, triggering alarms all across the West as a result of the thin snowpack.

That didn’t stop folks in Payson’s Green Valley Park this weekend from pretending that spring has arrived early. People strolled, fished and napped on the grass. Meanwhile, members of the Payson First Assembly of God Church at Green Valley Park took advantage of the springlike conditions to stage an Ultimate Frisbee Game in the park, which photographer DJ Craig captured.

Rim Country could get some relief from the dry winter on Wednesday, with a slight chance of evening rain. If that storm misses the region, forecasters call for a roughly 40

• See Dry winter, page 12A

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People took advantage of spring-like weather this weekend in Green Valley

Sen. Sylvia Allen, who represents Rim Country, has proposed a controversial bill critics say would “gut” the state’s open meeting laws that require lawmakers at all levels to debate and make public policy in open, public meetings.

The introduction of Allen’s SB 1435 with 13 legislative co-sponsors comes on the heels of a series of controversies about legislative efforts to keep meetings, public records and other once-public matters private.

Other actions by the Legislature this year already include a decision to close to the public Republican Caucus meetings where the fate of many bills is decided and bills that would exempt from freedom of information act access things like the address of lawmakers, addresses of judges, the names of police officers involved in shooting civilians and lottery winners.

In addition, staffers for newly elected Gov. Doug Ducey announced last week that they will now keep secret scheduling information that made it possible to determine who scheduled meetings with the

State Sen. Sylvia Allen wants to let elected officials meet in secret so long as they don’t vote on anything. governor in his office.

Sen. Allen’s SB 1435 would likely have the most sweeping impact of any of those efforts to curtail public access to meetings and information.

Sen. Allen’s measure would allow town councils, school boards, state lawmakers and any other public officials to meet in secret behind closed doors to discuss pub-

• See New laws, page 2A

Wild chase prompts prison for man with long rap sheet by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A man who led officers on a 100mph chase through the woods north of Payson before throwing everything from a tire jack to trash at officers, will spend the next 10.5 years in prison — another lengthy sentence for a man who has already served several.

David Eugene Acosta, 37, told Superior Court Judge Peter Cahill Monday that he is sorry for what took place. A jury recently found Acosta guilty of endangering three officers’ lives and unlawful flight. Acosta’s law-

yer, Ronald DeBrigida, said an appeal is pending.

According to police reports, on Jan. 17, 2014, Acosta sped south from Winslow in a stolen vehicle. Winslow police put out a call saying Acosta was driving an older Toyota Corolla and considered dangerous. He had been involved in several pursuits involving police in the last month.

In all, a dozen officers chased Acosta across winding, mountain roads, tracking him for some 90 miles at speeds topping 100 mph.

Department of Public Safety Officer Jimmy Oestmann picked up the chase

around milepost 279 on Highway 87.

Oestmann and another DPS officer he was training set up stop sticks as Acosta sped toward their location.

When the officers went to pull the stop sticks, they tangled with DPS Sgt. Terry Cierre’s patrol vehicle, deflating his tires. Unfazed, Cierre got in the men’s patrol vehicle and they continued to chase Acosta. Acosta continued south on 87, passing motorists recklessly on the wrong side of the road and cutting other vehicles off, all at speeds between 80 and 100 mph. Another attempt to set up stop sticks at milepost 267 failed when the officer could not get them out

in time.

In Pine, Acosta threw several objects from the vehicle, including a scissor tire jack. He threw the jack directly at the pursing DPS patrol vehicle, careening along at 80 miles per hour a few car lengths back, Oestmann testified Monday.

Cahill said from the compelling testimony he heard at trial, the ordeal must have been terrifying for the officers.

The DPS officer braked and swerved to avoid the tire jack. Oestmann had never been in such a dangerous pursuit before and never had anyone throw something at him during a chase. He

instructed the officer he was training to slow down several times when the chase became too dangerous.

At milepost 262, a stop sticks finally ended the chase as Acosta’s vehicle rolled to a stop. For nine minutes, Acosta refused to exit the vehicle.

Instead, he brushed his teeth and ate something out of a bag, according to reports. He finally got out of his car and officers arrested him.

Later, he told officers he had injected meth the night before and that he had not stolen the vehicle, but purchased

• See Dangerous, page 12A

Payson’s fire protection gains could cut insurance costs by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

Homeowners and business owners may see lower insurance premiums after the Payson Fire Department improved its fire risk rating.

The fire department recently earned a class 3 rating from the insurance-rating firm Insurance Services Office Inc. The last time ISO rated the department in 2008, it received a class 4 rating.

The lower the rating, the better the rate for homeowners, said Fire Chief David Staub. He said class 1 departments provide the highest level protection while those in class 10 offer little to no protection. Sun City West is the only fire department in Arizona currently labeled class 1.

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Payson improved its rating largely thanks to a joint water tender test completed in the fall at Green Valley Park.

With the Hellsgate Fire Department coordinating, Payson, along with Hellsgate, Pine-Strawberry, Houston Mesa, Beaver Valley, Whispering Pines and the Christopher-Kohls fire districts, brought every water tender truck they have to the park for a drill. From that, the districts showed they could deliver their own water supply and provide it for hours even without hydrants in most of the areas.

“They were impressed with how much water we could move,” Staub said.

That water supply and the

joint operations of many different fire departments in the region could also prove invaluable if Rim Country faces the threat from an oncoming wildfire. Several fire chiefs in the region have proposed a merger or closer cooperation, but the plan has stalled with the indifference or opposition of several fire departments in the region.

The improved rating puts Payson among a small group of fire departments. Of some 49,000 departments nationally, only 2,400 have a class 3 rating.

The new rating takes effect in April and homeowners could see their insurance rates fall within the next year, Staub said.

However, since every insurance

company calculates its rates differently, and the process to do so is complicated, the savings could vary widely.

Staub said the addition of station 13 off Tyler Parkway and additional training efforts also helped boost the rating.

Half of the ISO rating takes into account department manpower and supplies, 40 percent, the water system and related supplies and 10 percent, dispatch services.

Dispatch received a score of 5.06 out of 10; manpower, 33.6 out of 50 points and water supply, 35.06 out of 40 points. With an additional 1.88 out of 5.5 points for community risk reduction, PFD received an overall score of

71.62 out of 105.5 points.

Staub said he’s just making his way through the 80-page ISO report. He hopes to improve the score to a class 2 when it is calculated again in five years.

Besides Payson, Round Valley and Oxbow both have an ISO rating now of 3/10 and East Verde Estates, 4/10. If a property is within five miles of the fire station, the protection class is a 3 or 4, depending on the area. If not, it is a 10. Staub believes most of the homes in those communities are within five miles of a station.

Those communities were previously rated class eight, he said.

Several Rim Country communities have no fire protection at all.

National ISO scores Class 1: 60 departments Class 2: 750 departments Class 3: 2,410 departments Class 4: 5,216 departments Class 5: 8,722 departments Class 6: 9,026 departments Class 7: 5,708 departments Class 8: 1,836 departments Class 8b: 1,111 departments Class 9m: 12,437 departments Class 10: 1,734 departments Source: Payson Fire Department

APS plans tall, metal power poles for Payson by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

APS will ultimately replace all the wooden poles dotting the landscape in Payson, but not necessarily with the towering metal poles that spurred protests along streets such as Bulla and Bobby Jones.

“It depends on if mainte-

nance can be done with a bucket truck,” said Steve Gottfried, a public relations officer for APS. Gottfried explained that if poles are located on a hillside away from a street, APS will replace old wooden poles with new wooden poles, since the repairmen need to use crampons to climb to the top of the pole.

• See APS, page 2A

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APS crews will gradually replace Payson’s wooden poles with new, 40-foot-tall metal ones.

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However, the power company will use the much taller metal poles whenever it can.

In either case, Gottfried said the company has the customer’s well being in mind. “The first thing is safety,� said Gottfried, “the second is reliability.�

However, as the residents of Bulla Street discovered, either of those considerations trumps things like whether the taller poles might interfere with views. While attempting to remain responsive to customers, APS hasn’t developed a set process for dealing with such concerns on a street-by-street basis.

Residents hope they can convince the giant utility company to at least consider such impacts. “I just want my view back,� say residents Paul Masse, Carol Conner, Ken and Marsha Sicz, Bill Davis, Jack Higgins, Susan Walker, William Knight, Donald King and Bob LaDeaux.

The residents have signed a petition asking APS to consider going back to the shorter, wooden poles “based on many issues including but not limited to home/ land depreciation and forest/ rim view aesthetic obstruction to area.�

But Gottfried said safety must come first.

He explained the higher poles ensures that when temperature changes cause the wires to stretch out, they won’t droop down low enough so that a tall truck can accidentally snag a wire — especially the wires that run from the poles to the houses.

According to APS’s Electric Service Requirements, wires just

have at least 12 feet of clearance from the street in areas where only pedestrians cross under the wires.

Over residential driveways, APS adds a half a foot to the clearance (12.5 feet).

However, in non-residential areas, parking lots, agricultural or other areas subject to truck traffic, wires need at least 18 feet of clearance, according to the APS standards.

Gottfried said since garbage and delivery trucks drive up and down the streets in the Country Club Estates, Bulla and Bobby Jones, the standard calls for 18 feet of clearance.

Nonetheless, Bulla residents wonder why the poles could not be cut down to a height of 30 feet from the street to the top of the pole. “A 30 foot pole would suffice for everything,� said Masse.

He argues that a 30-foot pole would still leave room for the three sets of wires attached to the pole, including the primary wire that carries 12,000 volts of power and the secondary wire that drops down the voltage to something houses use (120 to 240 volts). The communications and telephone wires closest to the street would still have the clearance required by the National Electrical Safety Code and the APS Electric Service Requirements.

But the only way APS has listened to Masse is through a lawyer.

When asked if APS had an in-house method for customers to resolve disputes, Gottfried said the power company considers problems on a case-by-case basis.

Gottfried said APS does have a customer relations officer in the Flagstaff area, Jeanette Dean, who helps customers in the Northern Arizona area.

New laws would close meetings, records From page 1A lic business so long as they didn’t actually vote on any proposal.

She said her “eyes were opened� to the restrictions of the current law when she served on the Navajo County Board of Supervisors. “Do you realize that as a supervisor I could not be in the same room with two other supervisors, whether it was at a social gathering, the elevator or even the restroom, without being subject to potential open meeting violations?� she wrote in an op/ed piece.

Actually, the law does not prohibit such accidental or incidental contact unless the elected officials discuss an upcoming vote in a way that leads to a consensus on how to vote.

Just to be safe, government agencies often post a public notice when they anticipate a quorum of elected officials will all attend a single event.

Advocates for transparency in government and open meetings decried Sen. Allen’s proposal.

Head of the First Amendment Coalition of Arizona Dan Barr said the bill would “gut� the open meeting law. “It will lead to less transparency, less accountability and history shows us that leads to worse government.

The facts are overwhelming that it would lead to worse government.�

David Bodney, an attorney and partner at Ballard and Spahr, said the bill would invite a “rigging of the process.� He added, “it really eviscerates the whole purpose of the open meeting law, the public would be left with nothing more than a voting record.�

The current law says that elected officials cannot gather in a quorum to discuss or vote on public business unless they are in a meeting announced in advance to consider specific agenda items. Even conferring by email or on the phone to round up a majority vote in favor of a particular position on an upcoming vote could violate the provisions of the open meeting law.

The law does provide exceptions that allow elected officials to meet behind closed doors to discuss things like lawsuits, personnel matters and negotiations. They still have to hold those sessions at an announced time and limit themselves to the topic listed on the agenda. Even after discussing that short list of topics behind the closed doors of an exec-

“Some people are distrustful of government — except when they’re in government.�

Dan Barr

First Amendment Coalition

utive session, they must take any action that results in public.

By contrast, Sen. Allen’s bill would allow a town council or school board to meet in secret session, discuss issues at length, take their positions after hearing everyone talk and come to a consensus on the bill. They would then just have to wait until a public meeting to actually cast their votes.

The Payson Town Council got in trouble for violating the open meeting law for meeting over lunch while out of town at a conference to discuss town business. The illegal meeting resulted in sweeping changes at town hall, including replacement of the town manager and town finance director. The state attorney general determined the council had violated the law and the council agreed to added training and the submission of reports to the attorney general’s office to avoid future violations.

The law is aimed at making sure the public gets to hear the reasons for the ultimate vote.

The requirement that lawmakers discuss policy in public before voting gives the public a chance to see who’s influencing discussion and follow the reasoning of elected officials.

Without the prohibition on hashing out issues and deciding things in private, the public has no opportunity to tell when officials cut deals, trade votes or get input from special interests.

However, Sen. Allen in her op/ed piece said the open meeting law restricts the free speech rights of lawmakers, who should remain free to talk to one another about public policy questions and how they will vote. “Arizona has one of the most stringent open meeting laws in the country. We do this so someone can’t do something unethical, immoral or criminal. But it is wrong to prejudge someone and to restrict their speech, and that makes for poor, restrictive, oppressive government. Our proposed improvements to the open meetings law will improve communication between public offi-

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cials, and it keeps the public involved.

But Barr countered the requirement that lawmakers deliberate in public results in better decisions. “That’s not such a severe burden. Public bodies have lived with that requirement for decades and the public is better off for it.�

He found it ironic that Sen. Allen would sponsor a bill cutting off public access to government decision makings given her overall distrust of big government. “Some people are distrustful of government – except when they’re in government,� he said.

Sen. Allen’s bill comes amidst a rush of other efforts to limit public access to information and the deliberations of decision-makers.

The House Republican Caucus voted to change the rules to close the meetings involving Republican lawmakers, where they often discuss bills and legislative strategies. State law allows lawmakers to close those party sessions, but up until now the sessions remained open. Republicans have big majorities in both houses, which means that what happens in the party caucus sessions can determine which bills will pass the Legislature. For the past several years, the minority Democrats have remained virtually powerless and few of their bills ever get out of the committees all controlled by Republicans.

House Democrats decried the rule change, saying it would shut the public out of crucial legislative deliberations.

House Republicans countered with accusations of hypocrisy, since the Democrats have had closed, caucus-like meetings for sometime. No one has paid much attention to the sessions of the Democrats, since they generally can’t even get their bills to the floor for a vote.

An array of other bills would make it possible for public agencies to withhold assorted information from the public.

For instance, lawmakers wouldn’t have to disclose their addresses.

That could cause problems for the public in confirming whether a lawmaker actually lives in the district in which they run.

Another bill would let police departments keep secret the names of officers accused of shooting citizens, making it impossible for members of the public to determine whether the officer involved had past problems.

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Rainsong Concert

Thursday, February 12, 2015 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Grammy nominated and Nammy Award winning artists, Rainsong, will present a concert of sacred Native American music at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Crossroads Church, 114 E. Cedar Lane.

The community is invited. There is no charge. A love offering container will be available for anyone wishing to contribute.

The artists will be available to autograph their CDs and DVDs.

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Jose Borrajero hosted by Tea Party

The Payson Tea Party will host Jose Borrajero from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson.

Borrajero is the person who sends the Tea Party “Action Alerts” on issues that conservatives should be interested in supporting or opposing.

He will give a demonstration on how to use the Arizona Legislative Interactive System (ALIS) to contact state legislators and various committee members by phone or email. Members will be provided an instruction paper to help remember how to do it.

At the Mazatzal Casino

There’s always something happening at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino, located on Highway 87 at milepost 251. For more information, call 1-800-777-PLAY (7529).

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Community Breakfast

Shepherd of The Pines Lutheran Church is hosting a community breakfast from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., Friday Feb. 13 at 507 W. Wade Lane. Breakfast includes scrambled

Seating is limited to two members from each organization.

Please RSVP to Patty Wisner at (928) 474-6044 x5501.

See’s Valentine’s Candy

The Pine Library has a large variety of favorite Valentine See’s Candy for that special someone. While you are picking out your favorite candy, take a chance to win a gorgeous See’s Candy gift basket valued over $160. The drawing will take place at noon, Friday, Feb. 13.

Contact the library at (928) 476-3678 with any questions.

Library Valentine’s Party

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.

Books wanted

Got books? Rim Country Literacy Program is collecting books. They may be dropped off at any time at the RCLP Office, 103 E. Aero #D, located behind the Pinon Café. There is an outside bin on the porch. No encyclopedias, please.

Call (928) 468-7257 for more information. The RCLP office is open from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday.

Valentine sale at The Nook

The Nook is having a sale featuring 50 percent off all Valentine items, 50 percent off red clothing and 50 percent off all flowers and flower vases.

The Nook is at 408 W. Main St., Payson, just west of the fire station and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Zane Grey Friends of NRA banquet

Zane Grey Friends of NRA is hosting its 20th Annual Dinner and Auction at 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Mazatzal Casino.

For ticket reservations, please call Tallie at (928) 595-0546. Dinner tickets may also be purchased at Rim Country Guns or online at www.friendsofnra.org/az.

Saturday, Feb. 14 is the deadline for the early bird specials.

The upcoming banquet features a prime rib buffet, Gun of the Year Kimber Pro Carry II 1911 with 24k gold embellishment and custom Crimson Trace master series lasergrips and Friends of NRA collectible merchandise Half the money raised will be spent in the state in which it was held. The other half supports qualifying national-level programs like the Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program, Women On Target®, and other educational and safety services.

State Fund Committees, made up of volunteers, review grant applications from local organizations and make recommendations to the NRA Foundation on how the money might best be used in their areas.

For more information about Friends of NRA, visit www.friendsofnra.org.

Community College at 4 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20 in room 104.

Learn about scholarship opportunities from local service organizations and assistance programs such as WIA Adult, WIA Youth, and Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Presentations, applications and literature will be available. No reservation required. The campus is located at 201 N. Mud Springs Rd. For more information, call (928) 468-8039.

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., 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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eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, hash browns, coffee and juice.

Rim Country residents and visitors are invited to join us for food and fellowship. A free will offering will be accepted.

The church will host a breakfast on the second Friday of every month from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

For more information, go online to www. shepherdofthepineslutheran.com or call (928) 474-5440.

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Gila County Spelling Bee

Gila County School Superintendent Linda O’Dell has announce that this year’s Gila County Spelling Bee is at 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 19 in the Payson High School Auditorium, 301 S. McLane Road in Payson.

The Gila County Spelling Bee is a public event, sponsored by the Gila County School Superintendent’s Office. Everyone is encouraged to come out and show their support of the talented students as they compete to represent the county.

The winner of the county spelling bee will advance to the state competition, which is Saturday, March 21 at Eight/Arizona PBS in Phoenix. A total of 27 students from around the state will compete for the chance to represent Arizona in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in late May. For more information on the Gila County Spelling Bee, please contact Holly Sow by phone at (928) 402-8784 or by email to hsow@gilacountyaz.gov. You can also find information on this and other upcoming events on the Gila County Superintendent of Schools’ website at www.gilacountyesa.org.

College financial aid workshop

Rim Country students, their parents and guardians are invited to attend the Financial Opportunities for College Workshop at Gila

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is again offering the FEMA 20-hour Basic CERT Training course on three consecutive Saturdays: Feb. 21 and 28 and March 7 at the Senior Circle, 215 North Beeline Highway from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

The CERT program educates the community about disaster preparedness and trains and organizes teams of volunteers that support first responders during disasters. With proper CERT training, residents can help protect their families, neighbors and co-workers when a disaster occurs.

For more information about CERT and the upcoming training, contact John Swenson, training officer, at (928) 472-3331.

‘States on Plates’ event

Members of the Payson High School Culinary Arts Program cordially invite the community to its States On Plates PHS Chef Event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26 at the Rim Country Middle School Cafeteria.

Admission is $15 for adults and $12 for children.

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 4 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

• 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.

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Moose Lodge Dinner Special: 5 p.m., Highway 260 in Star Valley • Payson Tea Party: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., guest speaker Jose Borrajero, Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260

• Community Breakfast: 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane, love offering accepted • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Valentine Party for children • Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

• 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.

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Zane Grey Friends of the NRA: early bird deadline for Feb. 28 banquet

Wednesday

• Deadline to register for Senior Spelling Bee, see details above • Hear about Angel Flight and Flying Samaritans: noon, Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson, hosted by Democratic Women of Rim Country • Northern Gila County Fair Board: meets 5:30 p.m. at PHS agricultural building, fair planning meeting, new volunteers encouraged to attend • Rainsong Concert: 7 p.m., Crossroads Church, 114 E. Cedar, love offering accepted

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• Feb. 10, 1763: The Seven Years’ War, known as the French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain and Spain.

France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada and various French holdings overseas.

• Feb. 11, 1805: Sacajawea, the Shoshone Indian interpreter and guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition, gives birth to her first child, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, two months before the trek begins. The baby, nicknamed Pompey, went on the expedition, carried on his mother’s back. Clark paid for Pompey’s education when the boy grew up.

• Feb. 9, 1960: Adolph Coors disappears while driving to work from his Morrison, Colo., home. The grandson of the Coors’ founder and chairman of the Golden, Colo., brewery was kidnapped and held for ransom before being shot to death.

• Feb. 8, 1993: General Motors sued NBC, alleging that “Dateline NBC” had rigged two car-truck crashes to show that some GM pickups were prone to fires after certain types of crashes. The suit was settled the following day by NBC.

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e’re shocked and dismayed that one of Sen. Sylvia Allen’s first actions upon her return to the Arizona Legislature is to introduce a bill that could dramatically curtail citizens’ efforts to hold government accountable.

We’re also perplexed, given Sen. Allen’s diligent fight against government excess and irresponsibility.

We hope lawmakers will give short shrift to Senate Bill 1435 — or that Sen. Allen will think twice and withdraw the bill from consideration.

SB 1435 would allow elected officials to meet as a group behind closed doors whenever they pleased without giving any notice at all to the public. The sole restriction would remain a requirement that they actually vote at an open, public meeting.

That’s an open invitation to close the doors of the public’s business in the public’s face. If citizens can’t listen to the debate that leads to a decision, they’ll never know what special interests or special considerations might have held sway.

Sen. Allen says that while serving on the Navajo County Board of Supervisors, she chaffed against the strictures of the state’s open meeting law. In an op/ ed piece, she offered as an example interpretations of the law that prevent lawmakers from reaching a consensus on an upcoming vote on the phone or by passing along an email or by talking over issues at some social event. She misstates the law by saying it’s illegal for a quorum of an elected body to even ride an elevator together or appear at a social function. In fact, the law merely constrains them from talking about a matter on which they’re going to have to vote in a way that would allow them to figure out how everyone else is going to vote, which could then shape their decision-making. To avoid any appearance of an illegal meeting, careful public agencies issue notices when they know a voting majority of the council will show up at the same event. Even then, all the elected officials have to do is avoid coming to conclusions about town business.

Granted, the law imposes sometimes irritating restrictions on public officials in an effort to prevent back-door deals and secret deliberations.

But SB 1435 would destroy the village of the open meeting law in order to save public officials a little inconvenience.

The open meeting law protects the right of the public to watch what elected officials do and so hold them accountable for their actions. Certainly, special interests, campaign donors and special friends can still influence elected officials behind closed doors. But the open meeting law at least makes it much more difficult for council members, lawmakers, school board officials and any other elected official from quietly lining up all the votes they need behind the scenes. Secret meetings like Sen. Allen would legalize would turn the public meetings into meaningless puppet shows.

We’re frankly dumbfounded to find a crusader for small government like Sen. Allen standing behind such a short-sighted, anti-citizen measure. She has spent much of her career fighting the oppressive power of the federal government, where distant bureaucrats make crucial decisions out of the reach and out of sight of the people most affected.

But now that she has returned to the Legislature with the strong support of the residents of Rim Country, she would strip those same citizens of the right to hold government accountable and make their voices heard when elected officials are making decisions that affect their lives.

The disconnect between Sen. Allen’s hard-fought principles and the impact of this awful piece of legislation seem so glaring, we can only think that she hasn’t thought the matter all the way through.

That’s why we hope she’ll withdraw legislation so disrespectful of the voters she has so loyally served.

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Sen. Allen defends open meeting law change by

Sylvia Allen

state senator

I introduced SB 1435 to help make government better by allowing elected officials on small and mostly rural boards and commissions to communicate with each other in everyday settings, without running afoul of the open meeting law.

The bill does not affect how the public and the media currently interact with their elected officials. It also does not allow elected officials to make any decisions behind closed doors.

Instead, it eliminates absurd interpretations of the law that keep those officials from adequately performing their duties.

Arizona’s Open Meeting Law is an important tool for the public, and I feel that SB 1435 brings a much-needed improvement and allows for better government. I have a long history of supporting transparency and openness in government and the involvement of the public, and this bill is consistent with that effort.

First, let’s look at what SB 1435 doesn’t do.

By changing the definition of “meeting,” we leave in place the most important part of the open meeting law that provides for notification, posting of the agenda, call to the public and posting of the minutes.

The ability of the public to be at “official meetings where legal action is taken” is preserved and protected. Whenever any decision will be made or action taken by a public body, notice will be given and the public will participate. Nothing that provides for public participation will change.

As far as why SB 1435 is necessary, we need to update how elected officials are able to converse and associate with other officials.

The previous definition had included anytime there is a quorum, whether it was an official meeting or not. This placed a burden upon the elected officials and stifled their speech and association.

My eyes were opened when I served as Navajo County supervisor. Do you realize that

as a supervisor I could not be in the same room with two other supervisors, whether it was at a social gathering, the elevator or even the restroom, without being subject to potential open meeting violations?

If I sent one supervisor an email with a question about the budget, I could not send an email with this same question to any other supervisor, nor could the supervisor I asked the question to, send the question on to any other supervisor. This stops all communication with your peers and severely limits your ability to do your job.

Arizona has one of the most stringent open meeting laws in the country. We do this so someone can’t do something unethical, immoral or criminal. But it is wrong to prejudge someone and to restrict their speech, and that makes for poor, restrictive, oppressive government. Our proposed improvements to the open meeting law will improve communication between public officials, and it keeps the public involved.

between $2,000-$6,000 a year before coverage takes over. In addition, that person must also meet a minimum “out of pocket expense” in most cases equal to the minimum deductible amount. Many voters “drank the Kool-Aid” that said Obamacare would give medical insurance to 11 million uninsured Americans. The OMB a few months ago published a notice saying that within 10 years there will still be 11 million Americans without coverage, just 11 million “different” Americans. Then ACA took $1 billion from Medicare. Thank you AARP who fully supported ACA. As for taxes. Of the total amount of federal income taxes paid, the majority are paid by the top 5-15 percent (depending on who you ask) of people in the U.S. while 60 percent of Americans pay no taxes at all.

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live on their own funds, which have increased significantly since 2010 and serve their country without a salary. Just a fairy tale, I realize.

However, candidates of both parties tell the voters that they are running simply to serve the will of the people and protect our country.

When they get there, a change occurs. No more food stamps, no reduced college loan interest, no actual jobs created, just efforts to sabotage Social Security and Medicare and take away health care.

In the early ’40s, the International Labor Organization met in Philadelphia and produced a declaration setting out key principles of achieving a civilized world. Some of those are “poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere …” “The war against want requires … unrelenting vigor …” and finally, “all human beings, irrespective of race, creed or sex, have the right to pursue both their material well-being and their spiritual development in conditions of freedom and dignity, of economic security and equal opportunity.”

Really, not too different from those declarations set out in our U.S. Constitution!

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Economic recovery Editor: It is interesting that for some, “recovery” for jobs and for our economy is defined as stock market growth, low gas prices and more jobs with little or no knowledge of “the rest of the story.”

Those who believe that the stock market is an indicator of how healthy “main street” is are very much mistaken. There has been no such correlation in the last 50 years primarily because of the Fed printing money.

Low gas prices have nothing to do with Obama policies. In fact, they are in spite of his best efforts. Drilling on federal lands is banned, private lands contribute to oil price reductions along with reductions in demand. Also, the Saud family (read Saudi Arabia) wants to put U.S. oil operations out of business so they and OPEC can again rule our future.

Jobs, what a joke. Look a little deeper and you will find that the job numbers are utterly wrong and intended to mislead Americans.

Thousands have stopped looking for work over the last several years. That makes the “unemployed” numbers go down. The creation of jobs is another misleading statement since the majority of growth are entry level jobs, waiters, fast food workers, laborers and the like.

How about Obamacare. Having spent 40 years in the medical business I can say with some experience that this is a failure as it exists now. Lots of details, lots of issues too extensive for this article, but the most current and pressing is this — as of this year, 2015, all medical coverage, with very few exceptions, must meet ACA guidelines. Even with government subsidies, someone needing health care must pay a minimum deductible in a range of

Millionaires in Congress Editor: While the country celebrated the Super Bowl extravaganza on Feb. 1, I renewed my concern about the number of multi-millionaires currently serving in Congress. This came to my mind due to the fact that Super Bowl tickets were selling for around $9,000, a significant rise since the first Super Bowl when tickets were between $6 and $12.

Our congressional leaders no doubt could afford to attend the game as could many CEOs and our highly overpaid university presidents.

Whether Representative Darrell Issa, one of the 50 richest millionaires of Congress ($357.3 million estimated net worth according to Roll Call) attended I do not know. But I do believe our 50 congressional millionaires could possibly

Wonderfully caring nurses Editor: I wish to thank Rim Country Health Care for all their help when I was sick. The nurses work so hard and were wonderfully caring. The staff was the best and the rehab staff was so professional.

Thank you Rim Country Health Care for the wonderful work you do for all of us. Payson is blessed to have such a positive resource readily available.

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She wasn’t so sure of the band entertaining guests during three performances, though. She covered her ears.

Yet the adults who came to enjoy the good food had a wonderful time tapping their feet to the tunes the band played.

The Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church generously donated all the pancake batter, strawberries, sausage, orange juice and coffee guests could handle.

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Star Valley working on budget wish list by

Teresa McQuerrey

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Building a town is not for the weak: Ask the town council and the five town workers in Star Valley.

A conservative attitude, careful consideration of projects and a mastery of the many and varied grant processes have all kept the town in the black.

Now moving into its 10th year of incorporation — the anniversary is in November — the council must make some serious decisions about how to use the town’s funds.

The financial update for the first half of fiscal year 2014-15 was presented at the Feb. 3 council meeting. At the Feb. 17 meeting, the council must decide on the projects its staff will submit for Community Development Block Grant funding in the near future.

“We want to keep the council apprised of where we are with the budget, so we know what projects we can afford to do,” said Town Manager and Town Attorney Tim Grier.

The mid-year budget review will help the council decide which projects to prioritize for between $160,000 and $180,000 in federal funding, based on population.

In addition to the anticipated CDBG money, the town will get a new infusion of funds from Gila County’s newly reauthorized halfcent excise tax. The county has collected the

money for 20 years, but when it asked voters to renew the tax in 2014 it agreed to give half the special sales tax to incorporated towns and cities in the county for road projects.

Voters approved the measure and now Star Valley will get $69,837 through the course of the remaining fiscal year, plus another $70,000 in the first part of FY 2015-16. Star Valley Finance Administrator Chancy Nutt explained the tax is collected one month, reported to the state the following month and the month after that distributed — so, the town will not see January’s collections until March.

The town council has approved $339,829 in projects and has another $117,356 in pending expenditures.

Approved projects include: • $93,000 for various street projects • $163,000 to engineer a low water crossing at Sprague Crossing • $15,000 for welcome signs • $40,000 in matching funds for federal grants • $26,000 for a well project at the B. Diane McDaniel Community Park • $2,500 for two wells the town wants to buy from Roy Haught The council is still considering $760,000 in other proposed projects — some of it from federal grants. Those projects would probably wait until fiscal 2015-16. They include:

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Moonlight Crossing, $180,000; pot hole repair and road maintenance, $150,000; PW2 well development and connection, $180,000; bathrooms for the community park, $60,000; purchase of the wells at the new Circle K and the old Lumberman’s properties, $240,000; connections and piping for these wells to tie them into the town’s existing water system, $50,000.

Nutt provided a pie chart showing $470,000 of the projects under consideration are for the water department; $230,000 are for streets and roads; and $60,000 are for the park.

In recent meetings, Grier has suggested the council give CDBG funding priority to the water projects — at least the Circle K and Lumberman’s wells and connections. He has said if all are eventually brought into the town’s system, there is a real possibility residents will be assured a 100-year water supply.

The road projects can be funded with the town’s share of Highway User Fund Revenues and the new excise tax disbursement from the county. Both revenue sources are restricted for use on road and transportation projects.

The mid-year financial report shows the town should expect to have almost a million dollars in excess of its obligations, which includes a $2.6 million reserves fund.

At the Feb. 17 meeting of the council, which starts at 6 p.m., residents of Star Valley can give input to the town’s plans for its next round of CDBG funds.

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Events focus on the love of books and food by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

Rim Country residents who love food and books have two great events to look forward to. One is just around the corner, the 14th Annual A Taste of Rim Country at the Payson Public Library in March. The other is a summer event for which organizers are now seeking participants, the Payson Book Festival on July 25.

Taste of Rim Country

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

The event includes samplings of appetizers and/or desserts from area restaurants, caterers and chefs. Guests can enjoy a complimentary wine-tasting table and participate in a 50-50 cash raffle and silent auction of donated items of fine arts, jewelry and more.

So far, nine participants have signed up: Native Grill & Wings, Mazatzal Hotel & Casino, Dimi Espresso, Sal & Teresa’s, The Sweet Shoppe, Creekside Steakhouse, Kohl’s Ranch Zane Grey Steakhouse, Miss Fitz 260 Café, and The Randall House.

This elegant evening has become one of the most popular winter events in Payson.

Assisting the Library Friends of Payson in presenting the event are sponsors: gold ($500) — Ellen and Bill Olsen; silver ($250) — Kevin

Dick Investments, Absolute Adjustments, Vee Jeanne; bronze ($100) — Blanchette Family LLC, Payson Pet Care Veterinary Clinic, Plant Fair Nursery, Chris Smith Investments.

Sponsorships are still available at all levels.

Sponsors receive two complimentary tickets to the event, a complimentary year’s membership in the Library Friends of Payson, Inc., and prominent recognition in publicity efforts.

Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Payson Public Library, providing equipment and supplies, and supporting programs that are not included in its regular budget from the town and county.

Tickets cost $35, and include a ballot for favorite chef entry. Best Sweet, Best Savory, and the coveted Best of the Best awards.

People can buy the limited number of tickets now at the circulation desk of the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road. There will be no ticket sales at the door on the evening of the event. Tickets sell out fast, so patrons are encouraged to purchase their tickets soon.

The Library Friends of Payson, Inc., is a private, non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to support the Payson Public Library.

For more information, please contact the Library Friends at P.O. Box 13, Payson AZ 85547, or email library_friends@hotmail.com.

Check the group’s website at www.libraryfriendsofpayson.org to keep up-to-date on

details of the event.

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Gila Community College and Arizona Professional Writers welcome Arizona authors to participate in the first Payson Book Festival.

GCC and APW are partnering to present the Payson Book Festival at the college, 201 N. Mud Springs Road, Payson, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, July 25.

The program is open to the public free of charge.

GCC and APW invite Arizona authors to participate in this one-day event. This family-oriented event provides an opportunity to sign, sell and speak about your books.

“Our goal is to promote literacy and showcase Arizona authors,” says Carol Osman Brown, director of the Rim Country District of APW, a statewide organization. “Our mission is to enhance the love of reading.”

The college campus offers space for more than 50 authors. Registration for authors is open through April on a first-come, firstserved basis. Brown stresses the authors should reserve a space at the Payson Book Festival as early as possible. The event provides each author with a table to exhibit their books and interact with their readers.

More information, including table prices and registration details, is available on the website: www.paysonbookfestival.org.

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Four smart steps Joint replacement surgery increasing to avoid the flu by

Teresa McQuerrey

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Jan Parsons

payson regional medical center

This flu season is striking hard and wide across the country, creating anxiety for individuals who are vulnerable to serious complications. As with any illness, it’s important to learn and follow steps that can protect you and your loved ones from contracting the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists four important steps to reduce your risk of infection: • Wash your hands conDr. Jennifer Dumbolton sistently throughout the day.

Hand washing is still one of the most effective and easiest ways to prevent infection.

• Keep your hands away from your face. Microscopic germs find their way into our bodies most often through hand-to-eye, nose or mouth contact. Doorknobs and door handles, office coffee pots and grocery cart handles can all carry the virus.

• Stay away from sick people. Individuals can still be contagious for 24 hours after a fever and other symptoms cease.

• Get vaccinated. Even when a vaccine is not a perfect match for a flu strain it still benefits the recipient by decreasing the intensity and duration of the illness and preventing complications.

“Besides getting a flu shot, the best way to prevent the flu — or other illnesses — is the common sense things we learned as children,” said Dr. Jennifer Dumbolton, a primary care physician at Rim Country Family Care. “Wash your hands regularly, keep your hands away from your face and avoid people who are sick.”

If you do become ill and suspect the flu virus, see your doctor or visit an urgent care center; you may receive a prescription for an antiviral medication, which can lesson flu symptoms and help you recover faster. This is a critically important step for those who are at higher risk for flu complications, such as young children, adults age 65-plus, and those with lung disease and compromised immune systems.

When you’re ill, you can help stop the spread of viruses by staying home, except for medical care visits, until you have been fever- and symptom-free for 24 hours. Protect others from your sneezes and coughs by turning away from people and bringing your sleeved arm up to sneeze or cough into your elbow.

“This year’s flu season seems to be more severe than recent ones,” said Dumbolton. “People who are at higher risk for flu-related complications should see their doctor immediately if they suspect they have the flu to ensure they are monitored for complications.”

Unlike a cold, the flu typically comes on suddenly. It is a contagious respiratory virus adults may unknowingly spread before experiencing symptoms. According to the CDC, flu symptoms include fever or feeling feverish/chills (although not everyone with flu will have a fever;) cough; sore throat; runny or stuffy nose; muscle or body aches; headaches; fatigue; and vomiting and diarrhea, which are more common in children.

For more information on the flu, visit the special flu section at www.paysonhospital.com. To find a primary care doctor visit the “Find a Doctor” link on the home page.

Every 7.5 seconds a baby boomer turns 50. A lot of those baby boomers need some level of joint replacement — total knee replacement or some type of knee reconstruction (revision); work on hips, hands, wrists and elbows, shoulders; or ankle and foot damage.

“Total joint replacement is one of the most commonly performed and successful operations in orthopedics,” said Dr. Patrick Harrison, D.O., with Payson Regional Bone and Joint.

He was the guest speaker at the Feb. 4 Lunch and Learn program at the Payson Regional Medical Center Senior Circle.

Harrison said the demand for total knee replacement is estimated to grow by 673 percent by 2030 and for total hip arthroplasties an increase of 174 percent. Total knee revisions are projected to grow by 601 percent.

Arthritis is one of the biggest factors in the anticipated rise in joint repair and replacement procedures. It is the second most common chronic condition in the U.S. affecting more than 32 million people.

It is defined as inflammation of the joint, but there are more than 100 different types of arthritis. The two primary types are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid. The inflammation occurs as cartilage in the joint wears away and results in painful bone-onbone contact.

Harrison said osteoarthritis could result from prior trauma, high activity levels, excess weight, age and malalignment (bowlegs or knock-knees). There can also be a genetic predisposition to weak cartilage.

Rheumatoid arthritis seems to be related to an abnormality of the immune system and may be genetically linked, he said.

He outlined the signs and symptoms of arthritis: joints are warm to the touch, the joints swell, there is joint pain and immobility, joint stiffness, decreased activity, impaired lifestyle and joint deformities.

Harrison provided a selfcheck list about arthritis: • Do you sometimes limp?

• Does your hip feel stiff?

• Are you losing motion in the hip?

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Dr. Patrick Harrison, D.O. with Payson Bone & Joint, fields a question from an audience member at the Feb. 4 Lunch & Learn program at the Payson Regional Medical Center’s Senior Circle.

• Is it difficult to perform daily tasks like walking, housework or tying shoes?

• Does pain limit your activities and lifestyle?

• Does one leg feel “shorter”?

• Do you experience pain in the groin or front of the thigh?

Diagnosis involves getting a medical history about symptoms, health and activity; an exam of the affected joint with range of motion tests, joint-line tenderness and whether there are joint deformities; X-rays.

Harrison said the X-rays help determine the severity of joint damage. While cartilage cannot be seen on an X-ray, the space (within the joint) on a normal X-ray is healthy cartilage.

Joint surgery may be a growing field, but there are a number of options to treat painful joints before having an operation.

Among the treatments Harrison shared are activity modification; weight loss; physical ther-

apy; medications, both over-thecounter and prescription; and injections. Additional treatment options include incorporating self-help/assistive devices; heat and cold treatments; and topical creams.

Harrison said he would not tell patients when a joint replacement surgery is needed; it is their decision. Factors he asks them to consider in making a decision to have surgery include: conservative treatments fail to provide relief and a diminished quality of life. There should be a full discussion with an orthopedic surgeon and then an informed decision can be made.

The goal of joint replacement surgery is to relieve pain and restore function and mobility.

The surgery can improve the quality of life, letting the patient return to normal activity and enjoy low-impact sports and activities.

No surgery is without risk.

Harrison said the risks of hip replacement include dislocation/ fracture; leg length discrepancy; infection; blood clots of the deep vein variety that can break off and result in embolisms; nerve/ muscle injury; loosening of components (the constructs used to replace the damaged human parts); future surgery to revise components.

Harrison uses minimally invasive hip replacement surgery. Called Anterior Supine Intermuscular, Intervervous Hip Replacement, the surgery approach to the hip is through the front; there is no disruption of muscle; there is minimal trauma to the tissues; it is a muscle sparing approach; and there is a much smaller incision. Additionally, there is less risk of dislocation; there is no limitation of hip range of motion and positions; less reliance on assistive devices; less pain; and faster recovery.

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Measles, a highly contagious virus, is making a comeback.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that 102 cases of the measles in 14 states were diagnosed in January. The majority of these cases have been linked to a measles outbreak at an amusement park in California.

Although measles were eliminated in the United States in 2000, the CDC said that in 2014 the U.S. experienced the greatest number of measles cases since being declared eliminated, with 644 cases in 27 states. The majority of these cases were in people who were not vaccinated.

Vaccination is an important tool in preventing the spread of measles. CDC research shows

that one dose of the measles vaccine is about 93 percent effective at preventing measles if someone is exposed to the virus, and two doses are about 97 percent effective.

Measles is still common in other countries and travelers with measles continue to bring the virus in the U.S. An outbreak can occur when the disease reaches a community where groups of people are unvaccinated.

To prevent the spread of measles, the CDC recommends that every child receive a first dose of the measles vaccination (MMR) after reaching the age of 12 months. A second dose is recommended for 4- to 6-yearolds.

Vaccination is also recommended for adults who do not have evidence of immunity to the measles.

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50 years of losing nutrients Nostalgia. Everything used to But in the early 20th century, be better — music, the pace of T h e industry created fertilizers that Healthy life, you name it. fixed nitrogen, phosphorus and But how about veggies? potassium in the soil. That made Did a head of my grandit possible for farmers to continue to cultivate the same plot mother’s broccoli have more

by Michele Nelson of land year after year. Now we nutrients? know that decision had conseSurprisingly enough, it probquences. ably did.

“Trace minerals play a huge role in human I was shocked recently to run across a careful, decades-long study that shows our food has lost physiology to help keep everything in balance. The significant nutrients for the past 50 years. That loss significant loss of these essential trace minerals apparently stems from both large-scale farming within the vegetables available to us again highmethods that select for things like shelf life and lights the difficulties in achieving a fully adequate appearance over nutrients and the exhaustion of diet with currently available foods,” McCance and Widdowson wrote. our over-taxed soils. (For a column on how we’ve Now, this is where my edibred the nutrition out of food go to: (paysonroundup.com/news/2014/jul/15/nutrientstor comes in. He’s a grumpy bred-out-food-long-ago/) science writer.

He’s always The unsettling documentation of the loss accusing me of nutrients in of signing our food comes on for the from a study coming started in 1927 food apocalypse, by two English based on researchers — Robert possibilities M c C a n c e instead of and Elsie clinical studies. He always Widdowson, who wants to include the wrote the seminal, definitive study. Granted, sometimes “The Composition of Foods.”

I get the feeling he just doesn’t want to The repeatedly updated publication give up beer and barbecued potato chips. But started when McCance, a professor at Kings College, started looking at the chemical composition he’s got the nub of a point: All kinds of people are of foods in 1927. He wanted to aid diabetics in their running around crying out that the foodie sky is falling. food choices.

But I always reply, if you don’t ask By 1940, the idea of examining the mineral and organic content of food took hold as the research- the big questions, you can’t get to ers understood how food affects human health and the specific questions and well-being. you can’t start fixing the The fifth edition was published in 1991 (min- problem. eralresourcesint.co.uk/pdf/mineral_deplet.pdf). It And when it tracked, for a 51-year period, the nutrient composi- comes to trace tion of 27 varieties of vegetables, 17 different fruits, elements like 10 cuts of meat and some milk and cheese products. magnesium and The study found a steady decline in trace min- zinc, deficienerals in food, including calcium, magnesium, potas- cies can have sium, phosphorous, iron, copper, sodium and chlo- a surprisingly complex effect. ride.

For instance, The original study also compared water and fat to the available carbohydrates and acid content. magnesium plays a The National Institutes of Health sounded a crucial role in the activnutrition warning about the drop in the mineral ities of no less than 300 enzymes, many of them crucial to absorbing nutrients and the health of the content of our food.

McCance and Widdowson concluded the impov- digestive system. Zinc plays a key role in the action erishment of our soil due to big-business farming of 200 different enzymes, but both these minerals methods could account for the decline in nutrients, have dwindled in our food supply. especially vegetables since generally the whole So if we lose those trace elements from our diet, plant is harvested and used. it can have wide ranging effects. That means we Farmers have always known the health of their need to think about either updating our diets or soil affects their crops. In the old days, farmers finding supplements that can augment the deficient would use a patch of soil for 10 years, then either elements — or maybe a bit of both. move on or leave the land fallow to replenish nutri“The Composition of Foods” study offered a ents. laundry list of chronic long-term diseases that lack

FOODIE

Sample of changes of nutrients in vegetables

1940 1991 change

Tomatoes:

Sodium Potassium Phosphorus Magnesium Calcium Iron Copper

3 288 21.3 11 13.3 .43 .1

9 250 24 7 7 .5 .01

plus 200% less 13% less 13% less 36% less 47% plus 16% less 90%

3 140 49 8 18 .3 .01

less 77% same plus 103% less 12% less 12% same less 89%

Cucumbers: Sodium 13 Potassium 141 Phosphorus 24.1 Magnesium 9.1 Calcium 22.8 Iron .3 Copper .09

of minerals effect.

Hmmm … so I have a lot more digging to do to see if balance and health is possible through food.

Maybe grandma was right. Things used to be better — especially tomatoes.

But then, she couldn’t order heirloom tomatoes online in time for spring planting.

And she didn’t have a food processor — or a health food store down the way.

So maybe there’s hope — even for grumpy editors.

Weekly Calendar of Events MON:

Tai Chi 9-10 a.m.

Bunco 1-3 p.m. ($3 to play) Diabetic Education 1-2 p.m. (last Monday of month - Feb. 23)

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:

Member Lunch & Bingo (meets Feb. 11, 11:30 a.m., $4) Lunch & Learn - Dr. Elliott Maness on General Surgery, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Feb. 18, free 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

(meets 1st Thursday of month, 9:30 11 a.m.)

Pinochle 12-3 p.m.

Ballroom Dancing 4-5 p.m.

Lost Loves Suicide Loss (meets 1st

Thursday of month, 4-5:30 p.m.)

FRI:

Feeling Fit 10-11 a.m.

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

Senior Circle is located at 215 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson, (928) 472-9290. Hours of operation: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to noon, Friday.

The First Annual Rim Country Senior Spelling Bee will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Good Samaritan Majestic Rim at 310 E. Tyler Parkway.

Register at Senior Circle by no later than Thursday, Feb. 12. Entrants must be 60 or older. Entry is FREE!!

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

Comedienne, motivational speaker highlights annual Women’s Wellness Forum Jan Parsons

enne, Jordan is also an accomplished singer and actress. Her presentations are rich with content, comedy and entertainment, and may even include a Diana Jordan will be the highlight of this year’s visit from Jordan’s alternate persona, the fabulous Women’s Wellness Forum — A Healthy Woman free–spirited octogenarian, Miss Pepper. event in March.

Jordan is a member of The Screen Actors Jordan shines as a motivational speaker with Guild, The American Federation of Television more than 25 years experience as and Radio Association, Broadcast a top female stand-up comedienne.

Music Incorporated, and appeared Her messages are strong and her as an actress in the hit movie, humor is absolutely hilarious.

“Jerry Maguire” with Tom Cruise.

The best selling author of, “A She has been nominated by the Wife’s Little Instruction Book, prestigious American Comedy Your Survival Guide to Marriage Awards as one of the Top Five Without Bloodshed” has sold more Female Comedians in the country. than 500,000 copies, is in five counShe can be seen on HBO, tries and is in five languages. “A Showtime, Comedy Central and Wife’s Little Instruction Book, even interviewed Dr. Phil about Your Survival Guide to Marriage male/female relationships.

Without Bloodshed” was featured Jordan has performed at legendary on the Oprah show. venues including Radio City Music Dr. Mehmet Oz says, “In her Hall and The Kennedy Center. She presentation, Diana demonstrated Diana Jordan will be the has also been master of ceremonies that laughter is indeed the best keynote speaker for the 2015 for many gala events with such medicine! Diana also broke the Women’s Wellness Forum, prestigious speakers as former glass ceiling when Oprah said, to be held Saturday, March Secretary of State General Colin ‘Diana is one of the funniest people 21 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Powell and Yolanda King, daughter on the planet!’”

Casino Event Center. of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Having entertained more than a This year the Women’s Wellness Forum will million people live and on television, Jordan came to realize that by making people laugh, she helped be held at the Mazatzal Hotel and Casino’s Event them deal with life’s stresses, motivated them, and Center. The event is Saturday, March 21. Contact taught them what she’d learned over the past 25 the Mogollon Health Alliance at (928) 472-9290 to years about how great laughter is in nourishing register.

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SPORTS

8A Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Payson prevails in 3 of 4 AIA appeals Longhorns moved down in baseball, softball and volleyball; will appeal football a 2nd time by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Two days after losing her bid to get the Arizona Interscholastic Association to drop Payson’s football team down to the division she feels the Longhorns belong, Payson High athletic director Jennifer White was back in front of an AIA appeals committee on Thursday.

And she had a spectacular day, getting a four-person committee consisting of fellow athletic directors from around the state to agree with her contention that the Longhorns baseball, softball and volleyball teams don’t belong in Division 2, where they were initially placed in the AIA’s three-year realignment that takes effect this fall, but should be in Division 3.

“I feel great, that’s really where we need to be,” White said of the three sports. “Division 2, you’re talking about schools with 1,800-2,700 students and we have 686 kids. We have awesome kids, but that puts us at a disadvantage.

Don’t get me wrong, that Division 3 is a competitive division, but it’s the same playing field, it’s the same type of kids.”

She said the larger Valley schools the

AIA initially placed PHS competing with enjoy advantages small town schools like Payson don’t.

“Valley schools, they specialize, but for our kids, two and three sports is incredibly common and to only play one sport is very uncommon,” White said.

“We don’t have club sports up here and it’s very difficult to compete against kids that have that opportunity. I think we are difficult to place, because if you use the formula they came up with, the formula doesn’t just look at population, it looks at your enrollment, it looks at free and reduced lunch, it looks at your competitive history, we are generally competitive up here. Is it fair lump us with those same type of schools? No, we have a totally different demographic and that demographic doesn’t necessarily show in that formula.”

White had filed separate appeals for the four sports and was set to take her case for each sport in front of sport-specific committees like she did with football, however, she requested to combine all three sports into one appeal because she couldn’t be in Phoenix on Monday when the baseball and softball appeals

were scheduled to be heard. The volleyball appeals were scheduled for Feb. 6.

The success of the combined appeal left White thinking she probably should have included football in one four-sport appeal after the AIA’s nine-member football committee on Feb. 3 denied her appeal to move the Longhorns from Division 3 back to D4 where they’ve played the last two seasons. She has filed a second appeal trying to get the football team moved back to D4 and that will be heard by the AIA’s executive committee, although White wasn’t clear when that will happen.

White figured filing separate appeals for each sport was the way to go, although in retrospect she’s not so sure.

“I think that if I would have had the football in there (with the other three appeals), we might have been a little better off,” she said. “But you don’t know, because I was thinking that if I’m being heard by people that are specifically football, they’ll really know our situation. But unfortunately, I don’t think it was necessarily that way, I think there was some more agendas on that committee.

“We went sport-specific because we felt that would be a better representation of why we’re moving those sports and why we needed the appeal,” she said. “So I did that with football and that didn’t go over so well. So we are going to take that to the executive appeals committee, they haven’t posted when that is yet, so I don’t know, hopefully soon.”

Winslow’s football team was moved back to D4 after that school bundled several sports into one appeal. Current D4 Section 5 football foes Lakeside Blue Ridge, Show Low and Snowflake also all appealed their football placement in D3 separately and all lost those appeals.

All, like Payson, are expected to file another appeal.

“I’m hoping we’ll all band together and take our whole appeal as a White Mountain area, I think that would be good to do,” White said. “I definitely think we were misplaced, and what’s very difficult is there was an A.D. from Estrella Foothills and he made a great comment, he said, ‘You know, with this new realignment, the schools in the White Mountain area were definitely

Story and Photos by Keith Morris roundup sports editor

As good as the Payson High varsity cheerleaders are — and they finished eighth in the state this year in show cheer, while the pom line finished fifth — they were overshadowed at halftime of the boys varsity basketball game against Goodyear Estrella Foothills on Jan. 6.

Yes, a bunch of pint-sized cuties stole the show as the Lil’ Longhorns danced, shook their pompons, cheered and performed stunts with the leadership of the big girls to the delight of the crowd.

Encouraged by the cheering and clapping by spectators at the conclusion of the routine, the future varsity cheerleaders wore big smiles as they ran off the court, likely thinking of the day it’ll be their turn to tryout for the big team.

Payson holds two clinics every year open to pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade girls, one during football season and one during basketball season.

In the clinics, the kids learn a halftime dance and work on some basic stunts that they perform at halftime of a varsity football game and a varsity basketball game.

“Stunting is always their favorite part,” said Payson High varsity cheer coach Katie Klein, who runs the clinics with the varsity cheer team.

“The last clinic was on Jan. 3 and 5 and during one of the water breaks on the second day we showed the girls some of the stunts that we are performing in our competition routine and when we went back into the stunting portion of the clinic they wanted to try them too, so we modified them a little bit to ensure their safety and let them go for it.

“It was too late into the clinic to incorporate those stunts into the routine (they performed on Jan. 6), but by the next clinic they’ll be ready to really show off.”

misplaced.’ They didn’t know what to do with us, because we are very competitive, but we are very, very different from a school down in the Valley, so where do you put us? And that’s when they just put us in Division 3, and that’s really not where we belong.”

White said all she can do now is make the final appeal and see what happens.

“I’m not going to panic, I’m going to see what happens with the executive appeals committee and we’ll go from there.”

There were so many appeals on Thursday that the AIA split their nine-member committee into two four-person committees, one of which White served on. She said the process worked well.

“The committee really listened to our concerns, I really think they took into account where we were, the demographics, they listened to every aspect of the appeals,” she said. “I think the whole process worked very well.”

The AIA must finish the appeals process before it can divide the teams in each division into sections.

Lil’ Longhorns take center stage

Trio of grapplers qualify for state Trevor Anderson wins section championship by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Three Payson High wrestlers qualified for the Division 3 state tournament by placing among the top four wrestlers at their weight class at Saturday’s Section 1 tournament in Winslow.

Trevor Anderson finished first at 132 pounds, while Tito Vega took second at 195 and Dylan Keeney third at 120.

Anderson went 4-0 with two pins, posting a 6-2 decision over Show Low sophomore Cody Irwin (25-17) in the championship match to improve to 37-9 entering the state tournament at Prescott Valley Event Center,

which is set for Thursday-Friday.

He pinned Holbrook junior Samual Plumb in 1:15 of the first round, got a fall in 2:33 of the second round against Page sophomore Erik Vega, then got past Chino Valley senior Aramis Rodriguez (37-10) with a 6-2 decision in the semifinals.

Anderson will look to improve on his sixth-place showing at 126 in last year’s state tournament. Among the top challengers for the state crown at 132 are Tempe junior Omar Casillas (32-2) and Greenway senior Michael Pope (42-5).

Vega (23-15) went 2-1, pinning Coconino senior Cipriano Mejias in 1:47 of the opening round and posting an 11-3 major decision over Holbrook sophomore Robert Romo in the semifinals before dropping a 15-2 major decision to Show Low’s Willie Wyatt (41-6) in the title bout.

Keeney (37-7), who finished third in the state at 113 as a freshman a year ago, went 3-1 with two pins, winning by 15-0 technical fall in 5:00 over Kayenta Monument Valley

junior Bryan Moreno (28-8) after losing by pin in the semifinals to Chino Valley junior Kendall Foster (41-6), who took third in the state at 106 a year ago. Coconino senior Collin Anderson (41-2), the defending state champ at 120, beat Foster 11-4 in the title match.

Chino Valley had four champions among 10 state qualifiers in winning the section title with 199 points, while Show Low (181) also produced four champs among its eight qualifiers in placing second, Flagstaff Coconino (151) third, Flagstaff (145.5) fourth and Payson (87.5) fifth.

Twelve schools participated.

Coconino, with two, was the only team besides Chino Valley and Show Low with more than one champion.

Thursday’s action begins at 10:30 a.m., with a second session scheduled for 6 p.m., while wrestlers start at 10 a.m. on Friday with the medal rounds beginning at 7 p.m.

All results were provided by trackwrestling.com.

Keith Morris/Roundup

Tito Vega (right) wrestles against Chino Valley’s David Lemke at 195 pounds in a dual match Vega won 7-5 in overtime. He finished second at that weight in Saturday’s section tournament in Winslow to qualify for this weekend’s Division 3 state tournament.

Payson Roundup SPORTS Tuesday, February 10, 2015

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Young rodeo stars shine in Cottonwood mud Despite dealing with a lot of mud, young Rim Country rodeo stars enjoyed another strong performance at the Arizona High School Rodeo Association and Arizona Junior High Rodeo Association event in Cottonwood on Jan. 31-Feb. 1.

In the high school division, Payson Center for Success junior Monty James, who is in first place in calf roping for the season, finished first in that event on the second day after placing sixth the first day. He also finished seventh in team roping on the final day.

Payson High sophomore Denton Petersen finished third in senior steer wrestling on the second day.

Payson High and PCS freshman Bryndee Hall, who is third in the yearly standings in breakaway roping, placed sixth in breakaway roping the first day, and sixth in goat tying and eighth in pole bending the final day.

PCS junior Bryce Stodghill finished eighth in calf roping the first day.

In the junior high division, Emily Daniels, a

seventh-grader at Rim Country Middle School who is sitting in third place in the yearly standings for pole bending, took third in pole bending on the first day and fifth the second and placed fifth in barrel racing the first day and eighth the second.

Tonto Basin Elementary eighth-grader Kenslie Rose finished fourth in pole bending on the final day after placing ninth the first day.

She also finished sixth in barrel racing the first day. RCMS eighth-grader Makiah Taylor took eighth in ribbon roping the first day and ninth the second.

Other entrants from Payson were Josh Barlow, Taylor North and Kaycee Simpson.

The next AHSRA event is March 28-29 in Casa Grande.

Pictured: Denton Petersen finished third in steer wrestling in the second go in Cottonwood on Feb. 1.

Keith Morris/Roundup file photo

Take note: Antelope, elk hunting permits due tonight It is that time of year again. by going to azgfd.gov and click The application deadline for outdoors on big game permits. There antelope and elk permits for under the rim is a 45-minute time window the 2015 fall season is upon to complete the form so it us. Today at 7 p.m. is that would be wise to have the hunt all important deadline where numbers and choices already the application must be in the determined to speed up the hands of the Arizona Game process. Credit card payment and Fish Department for a can be done using Visa or chance at the lottery drawing MasterCard and your account for these valuable big game will be charged if you are permits. This early date allows Dennis Pirch drawn for a permit. All transactions have a $13 application for hunters to make decisions fee which is non-refundable on attempting to hunt in other nearby states if one is unsuccessful for whether drawn for a permit or not.

The antelope and elk hunting bookan Arizona permit.

The application can be done online lets are valuable to study prior to mak-

ing a decision on which unit to select for a big game tag.

A general rule of thumb approach is to make the first choice the dream hunt that you have been waiting to draw for years, while the second pick is a hunt unit where the odds favor drawing a permit. Pages 19, 29 and 30 are especially important in the selection process because the information states previous success rates in the unit as well as the chances of getting drawn in the lottery process.

The price for this year’s elk tag is $148 and $103 for an antelope tag for those lucky hunters who draw a permit to hunt. Of course, if not drawn all

but $13 is refunded. If unsuccessful in the lottery a bonus point is added to a hunter’s identification number, which can increase the odds of being drawn in the following year.

Last minute applications can be hand delivered to any of the seven department offices located throughout the state of Arizona with the deadline being 7 p.m. today. The Mesa, Flagstaff and Pinetop offices are all within two hours driving time of Payson if someone chose not to use the Internet.

Take your time when filling out the application and double check all information before sealing the envelope or pressing complete on the Game and

Fish Web page. The most common errors for rejection of a paper application are not signing a signature, not checking resident or non-resident, and not putting the correct amount on the check. Applying online eliminates these possible errors, but make sure you place the correct hunt number on the application.

Good luck in the drawing for that precious antelope or elk permit. The results should be available by the second week of April so that hunters can plan for other big game hunts in Arizona or neighboring states.

With this great late winter weather, get outdoors and enjoy God’s creation.

Winning team reels in 22.98 pounds of bass on Apache Lake Let’s Talk Fishin’s fourth tournament of the season held on Jan. on the water, finishing first in the high school tournament with a 24 at Apache Lake started off under windy conditions, but it turned catch of 8.41 pounds, including a big fish of 2.69 pounds. Taking into a nice day to be on the water as 27 of the 30 participating teams runner-up honors were Pine home-schooler Seth Branson and Star brought fish to the scales.

Valley’s Kirk Russell with a catch of 8.09 pounds, which included For the team tournament, Flagstaff’s the tournament’s big fish at 4.24 Jeff Allen and Shannon Coppell took the pounds. Tonto Basin’s Kasey and top honors with a five-fish bag tipping the Art Chamberlin finished fourth scales at 22.98 pounds, with a big fish of with 6.33 pounds and a big fish 5.51 pounds. weighing 2.9 pounds. Taking seventh was Zacharie Ulmer and his Among Payson teams, Kyle Randall and Cameron Geske placed third with 11.77 pounds and a big fish of 3.99 pounds; Chuck Thompson and George Sisemore finished fourth with 10.45 pounds and their big fish was 3.65 pounds; Tom Karavites and Adam Combs placed fifth with 9.76 pounds and caught the big fish of the day, reeling in a beast weighing 7.19 pounds.

For the Avid Anglers tournament, the Payson teams of Rod Nelson and Jake Randall with Champ finished third with 15.11 pounds, which included the big fish Submitted photo of the tournament at 6.46 pounds.

Payson High students Matt Davis (left) and Spencer Payson High seniors Matt Davis and Herrera display some of their biggest fish after winning Spencer Herrera rebounded from a tough the high school division of the most recent Let’s Talk night on the basketball court to score big Fishin’ Tournament at Apache Lake.

dad, Jeremy, with a catch weighing 3.06 pounds and a big fish of 2.33 pounds.

Full results, standings and photos of all the anglers are available at www.letstalkfishin.com.

Sponsoring the tournaments are: Rim Country Custom Rods, LIL Chunk Baits, Cactus Wren Outdoors, Subway in the Bashas’ Plaza, Bass Addict Tackle, Payson south side Giant, NAPA, and KRIM 96.3 FM, where you can listen to Let’s Talk Fishin’ every Friday at 4 p.m.

The next tournament is Feb. 28 at Apache Lake. Contact Tracy Purtee for more information at (928) 978-3659.

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DOING PR WORK ACROSS 1 Maize 5 1980s TV’s “Kate & ___” 10 Bank acct. underwriter 14 Resort isle near Naples 19 Cock-___ (mixed dog breed) 20 Pencil end 21 Prehistoric beast, briefly 22 ALF or ET 23 Pool hall champion?

26 Flower calyx part 27 Off ___ (sporadically) 28 Small flycatcher 29 Christmas songs 31 Omega preceder 32 Passover crackers 34 Place where pizza dough is flattened?

37 “We ___ not amused” 38 Ripken of the diamond 40 Angriness 41 Actress De Carlo 42 Get the shoe mender on the phone?

47 Marine eel 49 Poetic foot 50 Pertaining to the sun 51 Still wrapped 52 In spite of the fact that, for short 55 King Arthur’s home 58 Commercial in which all of one’s fury is unleashed?

62 Fido’s sound 65 Faced 66 Phileas Fogg creator Jules 68 Like a slob’s bed 69 Blowtorch the exterior of your launch vehicle?

74 Wind section player 75 Quaint oath 76 Just a ___ (somewhat) ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

77 Hissing snake sound 78 Ice-skating food fish?

80 Mexican menu items 84 Blast maker 85 “Mammal” has three 86 “Thank you, Henri” 87 Opra part 91 PR concern 94 Farmer’s motto?

97 Risen from sleep 100 Seemingly endless time 101 Park oneself 102 Dwelling: Abbr.

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Cross-country runners on long haul for kids’ health Elite runners alarmed by childhood obesity by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

On Saturday afternoon, runners from the Race Across the USA team came through Payson.

Earlier in the week, the group had stopped by Julia Randall Elementary to introduce themselves and tell their story to the students. “We are in a race — a Race Across the USA,� said Sandy Van Soye the race director. “These runners run a marathon every day — 26.2 miles.�

Van Soye said the group runs for one cause: To reduce childhood obesity. “(The runners) are running for you guys, to get you up and get you active,� she said.

On its website, (http://raceacrossusa.org), the Race Across the USA group quotes the dismal statistic of childhood obesity: 12.5 million U.S. children, ages 6-19 are obese.

In order to convince kids to exercise, the website says, “An international team of athletes will begin a four-and-a-half month journey, running the equivalent of 117 back-toback marathons across the United States with the goal of inspiring a healthier generation.�

After hearing Van Soye, the Girls on the Run group cheered. For the past four years in Rim Country, the group has trained girls to run a 5K, while teaching the skills to advance their self-esteem and body image.

Organizer Amity Justice brought her girls to welcome the Race Across

“(The runners) are running for you guys, to get you up and get you active.�

Sandy Van Soye

Race Across the USA

USA team, “as one runner group to another.�

The response to the welcome deafened the team of 10 runners, but also impressed them.

When each of the team runners individually took the microphone to speak to the large group of second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students they all praised their excitement. “Yours is my favorite place so far,� said Nancy Bennett a retired teacher from Texas, who didn’t start seriously running until she was 50.

Bennett said a big part of the reason she joined the team was the inspiring mantra of the 100-Mile Club: “Accept a challenge, Set a goal, See it through bit by bit.�

The 100-mile Club challenges students to run or walk 100 miles in a year.

Bennett said she could hardly wait to interact with the kids to spread that message.

But some runners admitted speaking in front of a large group made them nervous. Rob Young, a runner from the United Kingdom, said, “I’m

very embarrassed because there are a lot of people in front of me ‌�

But that didn’t stop Young from explaining how he qualified as a team member: he ran a marathon each day for nine months straight to prepare for the Race Across the USA. Van Soye said this race represents an elite group. “More people have climbed Mt. Everest, than run across the United States,� she told the JRE students.

The group of 10 range in age from 21 to 73. Some have run all their lives, some for months, while others have run for 35 years. A few were teachers.

One man ran on bare feet. Alex Ramsay started running at the age of 9 in Hawaii, but after he graduated from college, he decided to run without shoes. He said running in bare feet helps him to listen to the ground.

Von Soye said other transcontinental footraces have only been run eight other times. “The first was in 1928,� said Van Soye, “The last 2011.�

She said the group had plans to stay at the Mt. Cross Lutheran Church for three days while the runners worked from a base camp to complete this leg of the race.

Their next stop — Heber.

After the presentation, a few of the runners remained to play ball with a couple of Girls on the Run students.

Von Soye said most of those runners had already completed their Michele Nelson/Roundup marathon for the day. “It’s amazing how much energy A team of runners racing across the country stopped at Julia Randall Elementary School they have,� she said. in Payson for a presentation intended to inspire kids to get more active.

San Carlos Apaches start 40-mile march to protest land swap by

Carina Dominguez

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SAN CARLOS – Dozens of people sang, danced and prayed outside the San Carlos Apache Tribe’s office last week before heading out on a 44-mile journey they hope will protect their ancestral lands at Oak Flat campground.

The protesters organized the march to express their anger over a federal land exchange that gave a copper mining company permission to mine land sacred to the Apache people. “I prayed about having my sunrise dance (a womanhood

ceremony) there,� said Nizhoni Pike, 14, a member of the tribe who joined the march. “I grew up going there, praying there.�

The two-day march will end at Oak Flat campground in southeastern Arizona, where Resolution Copper Mining plans to break ground on a $61.4 billion mining operation by mid-2020, according to its website.

Resolution Copper officials did not return a call seeking comment, but elected officials previously have said the project will bring much-needed jobs to the area.

The campground is not on the reservation, but the land

holds cultural significance to the Apache people.

Protesters plan to occupy the Oak Flat area for “however long it takes,� said Vernelda Grant, the director and tribal historic preservation officer for the San Carlos Apache Historic Preservation Archaeology Department.

In December, the federal government authorized the land swap as part of the National Defense and Authorization Act, which continued funding for the Defense Department.

The legislation gave Phoenixbased Resolution Copper 2,400 acres of copper-rich land in and around the Oak Flat campground. In return, the company will transfer roughly 5,300 acres of privately owned parcels of conservation land scattered throughout Arizona to the U.S. Forest Service.

Arizona Sen. John McCain touted the legislation to Cronkite News, saying “Arizona is the largest copper-producing state in the nation, which is why support for this legislation remains strong in my home state.�

But tribal members said the government never consulted the tribe. “This is a human- and religious-rights issue, and it’s undermining tribal sovereignty if this continues,� said Wendsler Nosie Sr., a tribal council member of the San Carlos Apache’s Peridot District. “The U.S. can still make these corrections.�

Grant added that the tribe’s connection to the land “is a part of something that greatly makes us who we are.�

The legislation authorizing the land swap specified that the Secretary of Agriculture would consult with “affected Indian

tribes.�

However, San Carlos Apache Chairman Terry Rambler said government officials have not valued the tribe’s concerns.

Rambler previously told Cronkite News that “meaningful consultation� would have meant the tribe had an opportunity to change the outcome. But in this case, “we’re just like a check mark in the process.�

Resolution Copper anticipates $20 billion in local, state and federal tax revenues over the 64-year life of the mine, according to its website.

The site also said the mining project will support 1,430 direct jobs and will create opportunities locally, regionally and statewide.

However, Nicole Horseherder, 45, a community organizer from Black Mesa who has led environmental protests, said she doesn’t

believe Resolution Copper has considered the human or environmental costs. “Tribal leaders need to look at everything, not just how economists calculate the costs,� she said. “It’s not a comprehensive viewpoint. An indigenous perspective will give you the real costs, the human costs.� “You want jobs that are not going to hurt your people. You want to be proud of the revenue,�

Horseherder added.

Nosie said the protest has garnered attention from people around the world from places where the company operates other mines, particularly those that affect indigenous people in places like Africa, Brazil and Australia, where Resolution Copper Mining’s parent company Rio Tinto is based. “It’s really devastating to the rest of the world,� Nosie said.

O B I T U A R I E S Alice Koeneman

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Alice Koeneman went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on Feb. 8, 2105.

She was a resident of the Frontier House for the past several years.

She was born on Feb. 18, 1920 to Lyman and Elsie Schwager in Chicago, Ill. She met the love of her life, Eugene Koeneman, at church choir practice in 1940. They married on May 29, 1943 while Gene was in the Navy and on a 3-day leave before he was deployed to Pearl Harbor.

They had three children in Illinois and finished raising them when they moved to Phoenix, Ariz. in 1952. They loved Payson and bought their house in the 70s and lived here part time until they could move to Payson full time in the 80s.

Alice was a stay at home mom and very active in church in many ministries. She and Gene

(1987-2015)

were founding members of Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church in Payson.

She was preceded in death by her oldest son, William. She is survived by her husband, Gene; daughter, Marion Cobo (Mike), Payson; son, Eugene (Sherri Beadles), Phoenix; and granddaughter, Kayle Cobo, Mesa.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 at Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Ln., Payson. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Payson Christian Clinic, 701 S. Ponderosa St., Ste. D, Payson, AZ 85541.

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Greta Berry, 98 years of age, passed away peacefully on Feb. 4, 2015.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her honor to the Make-a-Wish foundation.

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Funeral services will be held at First Assembly of God Church, 1100 W. Lake Rd., Payson, at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12 with a potluck-style reception to follow.

Flowers and cards may be sent to Bonnie Dorris, 907 W. Payson Pkwy., Payson, AZ 85541.

A “Martin Dorris Memorial Fund� has been set up at National Bank of Arizona.

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A brilliant light was extinguished Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. As a Marine, avid outdoorsman and oil-field entrepreneur, Martin Michael Dorris, born Nov. 27, 1987, accomplished more in his short life than most do in a lifetime. His zest and inspiration touched everyone he met.

He is survived by Bonnie Dorris and Lucky Glover, James McMillion, Travis and Mindy Wills, James and Misti McAfee, Matthew McMillion, Carrie Bouselli, three nephews and numerous souls he touched around the world.

Martin may be visited at Messinger Payson Funeral Home, 901 S. Westerly Rd.,

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Walter Bouse was born in Hayden, Ariz. on Feb. 6, 1927 and died Feb. 7, 2015. He spent his life traveling by the way of the United States Marines and his loving second wife, Mary Tourville Bouse.

Together, combined, they had 8 children and 17 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Walter loved life and enjoyed it to the fullest. His laugh was always heard above all others and often. He loved to dance, have a party, and play the

machines. He will be greatly missed.

Walter will be buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Ariz.

There will be a visitation at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 at Messinger Payson Funeral Home, 901 S. Westerly Rd. Payson, Ariz.

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Flute Circle offers chance for education, entertainment by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

Those who attended the Native American Flute Circle Saturday afternoon at Tom Russell’s insurance office behind Fargo’s Steakhouse on East Highway 260, got to see and hear not only Russell, but his teacher Bette Acker, and a few others.

In addition to flute, the group sometimes adds drums and guitar, and occasionally a harmonica player joins in.

It’s an eclectic group. Relative novices and seasoned veterans — all with a love of the mystical sounds produced by an instrument that may be preceded in antiquity only by drums.

Russell and Acker founded the Native American Flute Circle in Payson some three years ago. It started in Russell’s small office and became such a popular event it had to move to a meeting room at Majestic Mountain Inn, a couple of doors west. Attendance varies — from a half dozen to around two dozen — mostly picking up this time of year. It falls off during the summer when people are traveling and during the holidays when they are busy with other things.

Acker is a professional, playing publicly for about 15 years and recording

three CDs. She has played the silver concert flute since the fourth grade, and also performs with it as part of an Irish music group that has a program from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Tuesday at Dimi Espresso in the Swiss Village Shopping Center.

Russell, while not a novice, is still relatively new to the instrument.

“I saw an ad in the Payson Roundup about four years ago. I lost it and went to the Roundup office and they found it,” he said. The ad was for private lessons from Acker.

Russell said the instrument is really easy to learn, but has such amazing depth it can take the musician as far as they want to go.

“For adults it is probably the easiest instrument to learn,” Acker said. The only barriers might be arthritic hands/ fingers and breathing difficulties.

Russell said he finds playing very relaxing, which may explain the studies showing it lowers blood pressure.

Acker also believes in the therapeutic value of the music. She said she loves to play in nursing homes.

“People who seem disconnected from everything around them, become engaged. I see them start tapping their fingers or feet to the music,” she said.

However, their favorite music is not

Native American flute music, it’s the blues, she added.

Both Acker and Russell are quick to offer encouragement to others to learn to play. A good Native American flute costs between $80 and $100. A good starter book, which comes with a CD, is John Vames’ “The Native American Flute – Understanding the Gift,” they said.

Acker recommends beginners take one to three lessons (she charges $25 an hour) to learn the proper technique for holding, breathing and starting to play.

Work at home with the Vames’ book and CD and then come back to her with questions or when ready to move to more advanced work.

Russell said there are a lot of good flute makers to choose from. Acker said the wood used depends on the sound you want — hard woods produce a crisp tone; soft woods, such as cedar, the most commonly used, result in a warmer sound.

“The most important message is if you think you can’t play an instrument, give it a try. About 90 percent can probably play,” Acker said.

Contact Acker at (602) 625-1696 for Teresa McQuerrey/Roundup lessons.

Call (928) 474-1233 for more informa- Bette Acker and Tom Russell play in a Native American Flute Circle. Acker also teaches others to play the instrument. tion the Native American Flute Circle.

Club donates trees to Green Valley by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

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The High Country Garden Club donated maples and willows for Green Valley Park to replace some trees that had died in the park.

Walk around the north end of Green Valley Park and you’ll notice three new additions. They aren’t more than bare, thin trunks right now, but give them a few years and they’ll be towering trees, some flush with red leaves in the fall.

The High Country Garden Club recently donated two globe willows and one red maple to the Town of Payson.

The deciduous trees replace three indigenous trees that died in recent years, mostly because they couldn’t handle the watering schedule at the park.

Nelson Beck, parks supervisor, said the trees got more moisture in the grassy areas of the park than they are used to and died.

The new trees are consistent with the design standards and desired plant list from the original Green Valley Park master plan.

The garden club worked with Plant Fair Nursery and owner Glen McCombs selecting and purchasing the trees.

McCombs said the trees come from Oregon and will top out at 40 feet.

Sallie Lowman, club president, said the group wanted to give back to the community. After a successful plant sale last year, the group had enough money to buy the trees and start a scholarship fund, which will launch this year.

The club currently boasts anywhere from 40 to 50 members at its meetings, which are held at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of every month at St. Paul’s

Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Easy St. Meetings usually include growing tips from a speaker, covering everything from how to tend roses to what to plant in the winter.

Beck said planting trees in the winter is a good idea, contrary to some misconceptions.

“During winter months these types of deciduous trees are dormant, which means the sap is not flowing and the tree’s biological systems are in hibernation, so to speak,” he said. “These trees are less sensitive to transplant shock during this dormancy and success rates are even better than during seasons when the plants are at full vigor.”

The garden club will once again hold a plant sale May 16 in the Walmart parking lot.

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Dry winter sounding alarm bells for half-full reservoirs From page 1A percent chance of rain on Saturday.

Nonetheless, high temperatures should remain in the low 70s with lows in the upper 30s, which won’t add much to the snowpack.

Although Sunrise Resort this week had all its runs open, it has relied increasingly on making snow during the cold nights on the high mountain slopes.

Elsewhere across the west, the dry winter has rung alarm bells, with the drought continuing and the big reservoirs along the Colorado River at near-record lows.

The United States Department of Agriculture put out an alarm Monday due to the low snowpack on the Colorado River watershed as well as in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains.

“January is usually a big month for snowpack accumulation,” said National Water and Climate Center hydrologist Cara McCarthy. “But most of the west didn’t see significant gains this month. With some isolated exceptions, only Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Montana received near-normal precipitation last month.”

The forecast for inflow into half-empty Lake Powell went from 90 percent of normal to just 70 percent of normal.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Monday reported Lake Powell stands at 46 percent of capacity and the massive Lake Mead at an alarming 41 percent. If those two reservoirs don’t get substantial snowmelt by spring, it could trigger water rationing for states

depending on the Colorado River, including Arizona.

“Because southern California draws water from the Colorado River, this may impact their water supply. This is only the second forecast of the season and there’s still time for conditions to change,” said McCarthy.

NWCC Director Mike Strobel commented, “This is as low a snowpack as I’ve seen across the Sierra Nevada and Cascades for many locations at this time of year.”

Arizona also faces potential problems with reservoirs still far from full.

The Salt River Project forecasters had predicted a dry January followed by a wetter-than-normal February-April on the watersheds of the Salt and Verde Rivers.

The dry January materialized, but so far February has also remained well below normal.

On Monday, the crucial Roosevelt Lake reservoir stood at just 45 percent of capacity.

However, the Salt River was flowing at a heartening 670 cubic feet per second, about 150 percent of normal. Tonto Creek was flowing at 58 cubic feet per second, about 82 percent of normal.

As a result, Arizona continues to fare much better than still-stricken California, which is suffering “extreme” or “exceptional” drought. By contrast, most of Arizona remains in moderate drought — including northern Gila County. Most of southern Gila County remains in “severe” drought while the Flagstaff area can celebrate merely “abnormally dry” conditions.

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Normally at this time of the year, the Mogollon Rim would be cloaked in snow. But conditions atop the Rim so far look more like spring than winter. However, Rim Country’s “moderate” drought conditions don’t compare to California’s “exceptional.”

Dangerous, high-speed chase lands repeat criminal in prison From page 1A it. He said he ran from Winslow officers because they were harassing him about a domestic issue he had with his girlfriend.

Det. Alicia Marquez with the Winslow Police Department testified Monday that they had at least 17 contacts with Acosta before the chase and he was well

known around the community.

Acosta’s prior offenses include an armed robbery conviction in 1995, which earned him a 7.5-year prison sentence, possession of dangerous drugs and attempted sale of a dangerous drug in 2008 — although he only served four years on that conviction. He also had convictions for weapon misconduct in 2008, resisting arrest in 1995, felony

marijuana and armed robbery convictions in 1994.

Duncan Rose with the Gila County Attorneys Office asked Cahill to sentence Acosta to aggravated terms served consecutively, or one after the other.

“We have someone sitting over here that needs to go to prison,” he said.

“All three of those officers could have been killed or injured if that tire jack

had hit the windshield or if he had gone off the road at any time during that chase.”

Rose asked Cahill to make sure Acosta served the terms one after the other, instead of at the same time. That would send a message that “When you commit a crime against law enforcement, you aren’t going to get concurrent sentences.”

DeBrigida argued Acosta has battled

substance abuse, which played a part in many of his issues and he has been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder.

Acosta lost both of his parents to drug abuse.

Cahill sentenced Acosta to six years in prison for unlawful flight and 4.5 years for three counts of endangerment, served consecutively. He gave him credit for 388 days in jail already served.

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La Posada: Masterpiece saved from the wrecking ball

Weekend trip reveals one woman’s bold artistic triumph

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by Alexis Bechman

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Rocking beneath a gold and turquoise stenciled ceiling in front of a warm fire, cocooned by the rumble of trains in the night and the strumming of a guitarist in the lobby, you can easily lose track of your century in Winslow’s La Posada.

On every hand, the historic lodge offers a glimpse of a graceful past and the keen aesthetic of one of the nation’s distinctive architects. That sense of beauty and design unfolds as you pass under gentle arches, stroll through sunken gardens, marvel at wavy wood-trimmed doors and a giant petrified wood fountain, snicker at long-eared jackrabbit iron ashtrays and sit in a dining room where servers still don the uniform architect Mary Colter designed. In a time when men dominated the field of architecture and most other professions, this remarkable woman somehow managed to impose her distinctive vision.

She touched every surface in La Posada, from the iron handrails, built by Roosevelt Dam construction workers, to the flooring in the hallways, designed to silently carry guests to their rooms.

La Posada is one of the few remaining structures Colter designed, lovingly restored after decades of misuse and abuse.

Constructed during the golden era of transcontinental train travel, Colter designed La Posada with a rich history in mind to provide a resting place for the weary as they traveled through the Southwest along the Sante Fe Railway.

Ironically, the railway that helped build La Posada nearly wiped it off the map after the Great Depression hit.

Today, it is a quick getaway from Rim Country, just two hours north on State Route 87. La Posada remains the jewel of Winslow, which doesn’t boast much else to do except stand on the corner, as the Eagles’ song croons.

But in 1930, La Posada served as the cultural center of life for the region, drawing travelers and celebrities from around the world. La Posada served as a layover for people on a cross-country journey who wanted to head up to the Grand Canyon, where Colter designed the Hopi House, the Phantom Ranch Canteen and Desert Watchtower. A stop at the hotel still provides plenty to do for the night, including fine dining at the James Beard award nominated Turquoise Room, a stroll through the grounds, an onsite art gallery and a chance to watch the trains go by on one of the busiest tracks in the state. La Posada also makes a great base to explore both Homolovi State Park, site of a 1,200-room Native American ruin an the Petrified Forest National Park, about an hour’s drive to the east.

La Posada: History of a masterpiece

The year was 1927, four years before Colter would design the Watchtower at Desert View on the south rim of the Grand Canyon.

The Fred Harvey Company commissioned Colter to design a grand hotel, the last of the legendary Harvey Houses and perhaps her finest design. Despite the onset of the Great Depression, the company believed rail travel and western tourism would continue to grow.

Giving the commission to a woman made history, given that women had only secured the right to vote a few years earlier. In a time when professional women were rare, Colter worked with a freedom seldom seen in the day.

Colter was one of the first to incorporate the Native American aesthetic into her designs. A collector of Native American art, Colter’s interest began as a child when a man gave her family several Sioux ledger drawings.

She later attended the California School of Design and in 1902, caught the attention of Minnie Harvey, the daughter of Fred Harvey, whose company catered to railroad passen-

Women had just gotten the vote when architect Mary Colter landed the commission to design La Posada in Winslow. A $12 million restoration restored it to its glory, complete with a gourmet restaurant. Colter’s influence remains vivid in the thick walls, artistic ceilings and sense of both surprise and Old World dignity.

gers with dining, lodging and travel options.

Minnie also collected Native American art and the two became friends.

When Harvey died, his children took over the business, including Minnie and her brother Ford Harvey. The Harveys decided that to attract more visitors, they needed to make the business more in accord with the southwestern culture. They built the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, N.M. in the Spanish mission style. Colter designed the gift shop there. She then designed the Hopi House on the south rim of the Grand Canyon next to El Tovar. In 1910, Colter became a permanent designer and architect for the Harvey company, designing hotels and restaurants along the Sante Fe Railway.

To Ford Harvey, Winslow was the perfect place to build a large hotel, close to the Grand Canyon, Flagstaff and the Petrified Forest. With a steady stream of visitors arriving along the railway and the construction of Route 66 in 1926, even more people made their way to the desert via automobile.

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Rim Country Optimist Club

The Rim Country Optimist Club meets once a month, at 5:15 p.m., the second Tuesday at the Cedar Ridge Restaurant of the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.

The next meeting is Feb. 10 and will feature Brian Mabb, principal of Payson High School, as the speaker.

He will cover a variety of subjects including Common Core and ways that both individuals and organizations can work effectively with the high school. There will be time for questions on these topics and others. As always, visitors are welcome.

The group’s next event is the annual Lip Sync Contest Saturday, Feb. 28 with students competing for scholarship money. The final act of the evening will be the Payson School District’s administrators.

For more information or tickets for the Lip Sync Contest, contact Joan Young at (928) 472-2264 or visit the club’s website at http:// www.rimcountryoptimist.com.

Beyond Limits

Beyond Limits meets this month at Crossroads Foursquare Church, 114 E. Cedar Lane, Payson from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10.

A great evening of music and inspiration will follow a delicious free dinner. Family, caregivers and service providers are always welcome.

Afterward, at 7 p.m., the public is invited to a Native American concert

by Rain Song.

Beyond Limits is an interdenominational Christian group for adults with developmental disabilities, age 18 and older. The ministry, which began in 2005, is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization.

For more information or if your church would like to host a monthly meeting, call Mark or Jennie Smith at (928) 468-8434.

Moose Lodge events

The Loyal Order of the Moose meetings are at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

The Women of the Moose meet at 5:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month.

The lodge has a Thursday Fish Fry from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and weekly dinner specials are available.

Also, on the second, third, and fourth Thursday Diana Marie provides music from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The lodge is open to members and their guests.

The Moose Lodge is located on E. Hwy. 260 in Star Valley. For more information, call (928) 474-6212.

Join the Gila County Sheriff’s Posse

The Gila County Sheriff’s Posse is looking for new members.

The Posse was founded back in 1967 as a volunteer group to serve the Sheriff and the people of Gila County. The Posse is called on for

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Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Gila County Sheriff’s Posse building, located just north of Main Street on McLane Road. The public is invited.

Call the Sheriff’s Office at (928) 474-2208, ext. 8978 for further information or visit our Web site www. paysonposse.org.

Pro Rodeo Committee Payson Pro Rodeo Committee meets the second Tuesday of every month in the Swiss Village Quality Inn (formerly Best Western) conference building at 6 p.m. New members welcome.

For information, call (928) 4727294.

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) 474-1305 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: Tuesday: Parks and Recreation office, Green Valley Park.

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.

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.

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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.

The Payson Rimstones Rock Club hosts George Smith, an Arizona State University adjunct professor of geology, at its 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11 program at the Payson Public Library, 328 N. Beeline Hwy. Smith has written several books on the early mining history of Arizona. Any Rim residents interested in mining history and prospecting is invited to attend the meeting.

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.

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.

Unity ‘Faithlift’

Need a spiritual boost mid-week?

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 Feb. 11; Feb. 25; March 11; and March 25.

Calling all ladies

Have you ever seen a bunch of senior ladies, wildly dressed?

Wearing beautiful, wild Red Hats with lots of feathers? Outrageous jewelry? Ever wonder what they do?

Where they go? Wonder no more.

Come to one of Fancy Flair of Red’s luncheon meetings and see for yourself. Good company and door prizes await you — but most of all FUN! No RSVP needed. If you are 55 to 100, the door’s open. We meet the second Wednesday of every month at different establishments. Contact Queen Mum Mary Smith at 468-8766 for more information.

Payson Tea Party

The Payson Tea Party meets every Thursday night (except holidays) at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. There are great speakers and/or great interaction each week on local, state and federal issues. All are welcome.

Call (928) 468-1131 for more information.

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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.

Payson Rimstones Rock Club meeting Feb. 11

The Payson Rimstones Rock Club meets Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Payson Public Library, 328 N McLane Road. The board meeting is at 2:30 p.m., with the regular meeting at 3:30 p.m.

This month’s guest speaker will be George Smith, adjunct professor of geology at Arizona State University, and author of several books on the early mining history of Arizona. This will be a very interesting presentation and anyone interested in mining and prospecting is encouraged to attend.

The Saturday, Feb. 14 field trip will be to an area north of the Payson Airport to collect colorful agate. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Bashas’ parking lot, north of Taco Bell.

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

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TOPS 0373 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.

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The Payson Senior Center and Payson Helping Payson host bingo every Friday at the Senior Center, 514 W. Main St. Tickets go on sale at noon and games start at 1 p.m.

A full “Blue Plate Special” lunch is also served from noon to 2 p.m.

Daughters of the American Revolution

The February meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Feb. 13 in the conference room of the Payson Public Library.

The speaker will be Alice Natale, who will discuss African Stories and Art Insights.

The DAR focuses on preserving American history and securing America’s future through education and patriotism. Women age 18 and older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution are eligible for membership. Prospective members and guests are welcome at all meetings.

For further information, please contact Regent Kathy Farrell at (928) 472-9752 or Registrar Cathy Boone at (928) 474-3960.

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The group gathers from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the second Thursday of every month.

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Chapter DF of the P.E.O. Sisterhood meets at 9:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 13 at the Church of the Nazarene, 200 E. Tyler Parkway.

The hostess will be Bev Wells and co-hostesses are Kay Miller and Pat Blanchfield.

The program will be “Interests of our members” and will be presented by chapter members.

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LEGAL NOTICES 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 Phoenix, 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

LEGAL NOTICES 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 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 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 fol-

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES lowing 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 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, 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, 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.

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

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 15666: 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2015 NOTICE OF CONTINUED INITIAL/ PUBLICATION HEARING ON DEPENDENCY PETITION No. JD 201400045 SUPP Honorable Gary V. Scales IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the matter of: JAYDE AVA GANS d.o.b. 01-13-2015 Person(s) under 18 years of age.

TO: TABATHA LEA GANS aka TABATHA GLINZAK and JOHN DOE. a fictitious name, parents and/or guardians of the above-named child.

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 2nd day of April 2015, at 9:00 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 child 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 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 Alronda Hardy and may be reached by telephone at 928.468.9805.

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 January 2015.

MARK BRNOVICH Attorney General TRACEY L. HEINRICK Assistant Attorney General 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/15

CNS-2711075# 15667 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2015 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 12/29/2014 TS No. : AZ-14-631344-AB Order No.: 733-1400776-70 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 6/8/2005 and recorded 6/13/2005 as Instrument 2005-010272, in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 4/2/2015 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE GILA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1400 EAST ASH ST., GLOBE, ARIZONA 85501 Legal Description: All and singular that certain piece and parcel of land, situate lying and being in Lot 7 of Block 79, GLOBE TOWNSITE, GILA COUNTY, Arizona, more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at a point on the Westerly side of Hill Street, five feet Northerly from the Southeasterly line of said Lot 7; running thence Westerly and parallel with the Southerly boundary line of said lot, 86 feet to a point; Thence Northerly and parallel with Hill Street, 50 feet; Thence Easterly and parallel with the Southerly boundary line of said Lot 7, 86 feet to a point in Hill Street; Thence Southerly and along Hill Street, 50 feet to the place of beginning. Purported Street Address: 442 S HILL ST, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel Number: 208-03-107C 5 Original Principal Balance: $52,000.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION, 2008-FT1 TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2008-FT1 C/O Nationstar Mortgage LLC 350 Highland Drive Lewisville, TX 75067 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): Glenn A Wilt Jr, an unmarried person 442 S HILL ST, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) -645-7711 Sales Line: 714-730-2727 Login to: www.servicelinkasap.com AZ-14-631344-AB The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TS No.: AZ-14-631344-AB Dated: 12/24/2014 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Long Do, Assistant Secretary State of: California County of: San Diego On 12/24/2014 before me, Ashley Maxwell , a notary public, personally appeared Long Do who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the in-

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LEGAL NOTICES strument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature Ashley Maxwell Commission No. 2065217 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 5/18/2018 IDSPub #0076831 2 15672: 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3/3015 TS #: 2014-1861 Order #: 2014-35843 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 2/18/2011 and recorded on 3/4/2011 as Instrument # 2011-002779, Book XX Page XX in the office of the County 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, Arizona, on 4/28/2015 at 11:00 AM of said day: LOT 123, ALPINE HEIGHTS, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 559, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA The successor trustee appointed herein qualifies as trustee of the Trust Deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a licensed real estate broker, licensed by the State of Arizona, as required by ARS Section 33-803, Subsection A. Phone Number: 818-991-4600 ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION 33-808(C): Street Address or identifiable location: 1210 N SUNSHINE LANE PAYSON, ARIZONA 85541 A.P.N.: 302-75-123 Original Principal Balance: $435,000.00 Name and Address of original trustor: (as shown on the Deed of Trust) MANUEL L BALLESTEROS, JR, A WIDOW 1210 N SUNSHINE LANE PAYSON, ARIZONA 85541 Name and Address of beneficiary: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) GENERATION MORTGAGE COMPANY 3 PIEDMONT CENTER 3565 PIEDMONT ROAD, NE, STE 300 ATLANTA, GA 30305 NAME, ADDRESS & TELEPHONE NUMBER OF TRUSTEE: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) MARK D. ESTLE, ATTORNEY C/O S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK 31194 LA BAYA DRIVE #106 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91362 (818) 991-4600 Dated: 1/16/15 MARK D. ESTLE, ATTORNEY Manner of Trustee Qualification: Member of the Arizona State Bar Name of Trustee’s Regulator: State Bar of Arizona A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the trustfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of California County of San Diego On 1-16-2015 before me, Adrian Parrish, Notary Public, personally appeared MARK D. ESTLE, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Adrian Parrish ADRIAN PARRISH Commission # 1982080 Notary Public - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires Jun 15, 2016 S.B.S. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information will be used for that purpose. P1128678 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 03/03/2015 15673: Notice is hereby given in accordance with State and Federal Guidelines: Payson Unified School District intends to destroy Special Education Records for students

LEGAL NOTICES who have exited from any special education programs on or before June 2008.If you are a student of eighteen (18) years or a parent of said student and you would like to receive these records, please contact the Special Services Office at 928-472-5800 BEFORE April 24, 2015.

15674: 2/3, 2/6, 2/10/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: SAF-T-CAP LLC File No. L-1967947-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 2158 N. Flowing Springs Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: David Sanchez Jr., 2158 N. Flowing Springs Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

(B) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: David Sanchez Jr., 2158 N. Flowing Springs Rd., Payson, AZ 85541; Craig Russell, 70 E. Rainbow Dr., Star Valley, AZ 85541.

15678: 2/6, 2/10, 2/13/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: GOD 411 LLC File No. L-1966135-8 II. The address of the known place of business is: 814 N. Beeline Hwy, Ste. J, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: James H. Bolt, 230 W. Sun Flower Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

(B) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: James H. Bolt, (x) member, 230 W. Sun Flower Dr., Payson, AZ 85541; Susan C. Bolt, (x) member, 230 W. Sun Flower Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

15680: 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2014 NOTICE TO CREDITORS/NO COURT OR PROBATE NO. GILA COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of Geneva Alber (x) an Adult, deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND/OR INFORMAL PROBATE OF A WILL NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT: 1. Virginia Hesson has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate on January 16, 2015, 598 South Verde Place, Payson, AZ 85541. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Person Representative at 598 South Verde Place, Payson, AZ 85541. A copy of the Notice of Appointment is attached to the copies of this document mailed to all known creditors.

DATED 01/16/2015 /s/ Virginia Hesson, Virginia Hesson.

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Itinerary for a great weekend • Payson to Winslow and La Posada: 90 miles/95 minutes. Take State Route 87 north. In Winslow, turn right onto East 2nd Street and La Posada is on the right.

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• Winslow to Homolovi State Park: 7 miles/15 minutes. Take North State Route 87/East I-40 business/East 3rd Street, turn left onto AZ-87 N/I-40BUS E, continue to follow AZ-87 N and turn left onto Homolovi State Park Entrance Road.

• Winslow to the Petrified Forest National Park: 59 miles/53 minutes. Take I-40 east to exit 311, Park Road, to the visitor center. From the south end of the Petrified Forest, it is a two-hour drive to Payson via AZ-377 south to HeberOvergaard and Highway 260 west to Payson.

La Posada remains the highlight of a trip to Winslow, but Petrified Forest National Park lies less than an hour away.

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La Posada weekender From page 1A

geared towards the thriving tourist and create a style that would appeal to travelers as exotic and southwestern.”

Colter designed La Posada with two front doors. On one side, a metal gate and curved, stucco arches greeted train travelers and on the north side, a large courtyard greeted those coming by automobile.

She dreamed the building.

Although constructed in a year, she designed it to look as though it had stood for decades, added to over time like many of those grand estates.

She envisioned that a wealthy Spanish family moved to the site 120 years earlier, building La Posada “as an oasis in this strange land of dancing katsina spirits and Navajos on Spanish horses courtesy of Don’s Tovar and Onate generations before,” according to the hotel website.

From the central two floors, the “family” added on a 33-guest room west wing perpendicular to the train tracks. With a series of interlocking wings, she wanted the hotel to have the appearance of a rambling country estate open to select visitors.

Inside, Colter varied the materials, floors, room sizes and layout of the arches to create a constant sense of surprise and discovery. She raised the large ballroom six feet above the lobby, “heightening the sense of activity as well as mystery, as one wonders what is happening in the next room.”

Fireplaces adorn the common areas, intended to bring strangers together. Leading to the guest rooms, Colter used a thick linoleum product — quiet to walk on but allowing her to incise with decorative designs.

Each guest room is named after one of the hotel’s famous

guests and is entered through a paneled wood door, which leads to a small vestibule.

Although the railway sold off all of the furniture in the hotel when it closed, the restoration effort brought in mission style pieces designed by a local artist to remain consistent with Colter’s vision.

Many of the rooms also have bookcases stocked with plenty of reading material.

Just off a breezeway, Colter added a sunken garden, complete with a fountain made out of a pieces of petrified wood. She added large cottonwood trees and planned to add a maze outside, a common motif found in Native American jewelry and baskets.

Although the hotel operated for 27 years before closing, the operators never realized Colter’s landscape design. Once the inn closed, the Santa Fe Railway gutted most of the building or closed off sections it didn’t need, like the guest wing, and used the rest of the building as office space.

When Allan Affeldt learned about plans to tear down the building in 1997, he bought it and spent some $12 million to restore its artistic glory. He found drop ceilings and false walls covered up most of Colter’s design, but the foot-thick walls still stood.

Today, there are few traces that the building was ever a 1970s office space. Many of the walls don modern art by Affeldt’s wife Tina Mion.

The hotel is still undergoing improvements, including finishing Colter’s landscape plan.

Affeldt has already added a straw bale maze.

La Posada encapsulates Colter’s groundbreaking career.

She tore down the notion of what women could achieve and left a lasting legacy.

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