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Unpopular subdivisions moving ahead by
Alexis Bechman
roundup staff reporter
The Payson Town Council last week approved the final plats for two new subdivisions in Payson, one off Tyler Parkway and another just outside of Chaparral Pines. Both projects have drawn criticism from residents who worry the higher density projects will destroy the feel of their neighborhoods. The Heather Estates Both projects have Subdivision calls for 15 drawn criticism homes off Heather Circle from residents and Tyler Parkway while the Chaparral Vista who worry the Subdivision includes higher density plans for 16 homes alongprojects will side Chaparral Pines, accessible via Karen destroy the Way, off East Underwood feel of their Lane. neighborhoods. Both projects sit on approximately five-acre properties. They are each being independently built by separate owners. The Planning and Zoning Commission previously approved both projects and the council March 17, approved their final plats, receiving no public input on either. When both projects were initially presented at separate P&Z meetings, several residents spoke out against them. The Heather Circle project required the council to amend the Unified Development Code, loosening access requirements. Following the International Fire Code, there can now be 30 homes on a street with a single point of access, traditionally a cul-desac. The town’s UDC used to limit the number of homes served by one road to 20. See Developments, page 2A
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Using military surplus materials, Gila County has bladders strategically placed around Rim Country and elsewhere to aid in firefighting efforts. Both helicopters and water tenders can get water from the bladders to fight fires in the surrounding national forests, saving critical time in suppression efforts.
Officials prepare for fire season Dry conditions have already resulted in six small wildfires by
Alexis Bechman
roundup staff reporter
Preparing for the upcoming wildfire season, more than 30 officials met Tuesday morning in Star Valley to discuss how ready northern Gila County is and what still needs to be done. Officials aren’t taking any chances and will have a full lineup of seasonal firefighters and Hotshot
crews in the area by April 4, with fire lookout towers staffed at nearly all the major peaks around Rim Country to spot flare-ups, said Jeremy Plain, interim fire management officer for the Payson Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest. There have already been six small wildfires in the area since the start of the year, five of those in March. There was a fire near the Pine Trailhead, another south of Gisela and on March 20, a half-acre fire west of Tonto Village — an abandoned campfire was determined to be the culprit of that blaze. On Wednesday, Hellsgate Fire and U.S. Forest Service crews worked together to extinguish a forest fire near Bear Flat that had spread to one acre. Another campfire was to blame, said Hellsgate Chief Dave Bathke. No one was injured.
Fire crews have come across dozens of abandoned campfires in the forest recently; luckily, most of those did not spur blazes, Plain said. But as things heat up, the possibility of a major wildfire ripping through the area is very real. While the area had a wet winter, things are already starting to dry out. “The potential for a significant fire season is there,” he said, addressing a packed room of fire, county, road, police and Forest Service officials at the county road maintenance yard Tuesday. Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin called the meeting, as she does every year, to stay “ahead of the curve” and see what resources are in place and what issues need to be resolved. See Fire season, page 2A
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‘Simple’ project is a major endeavor by
Teresa McQuerrey
roundup staff reporter
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The Town of Star Valley has spent in excess of $160,000 and at least three years of effort to improve the low water crossing on Sprague Ranch Road in order to keep residents safe in flood times.
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sive engineering, resolving easement issues with residents and an environmental study. With each issue, costs rose accordingly. The council first expected to spend about $114,000 on the project based on estimates Dave Dirren of Sunrise Engineering presented in April 2014. When he refined the numbers in August 2014, as requested by the council, the cost came in $20,000 higher. A month later, in September 2014, Dirren told the council it would cost even more, coming in around $163,000. “We can’t do a full-blown bridge crossing, so we went with a better designed low water crossing,” Dirren See Crossing plan, page 2A
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Vehicle rollover on 87 results in airlift to Scottsdale
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A project to improve a low water crossing on Sprague Ranch Road in Star Valley has been an eye-opener for all involved. What sounded like a simple endeavor to shore up a crossing that tends to flood during storms, knocking out access to some residents, has been riddled with setbacks and various issues. Robert Rippy, operations superintendent for the Town of Star Valley, said while it looked like a simple project on paper, the reality is something else entirely. Standing next to the project, Rippy looked down on massive boulders and
monstrous mounds of dirt that crews have pulled out of the creek bed and piled high up along the banks to make way for construction in phase I of a 14-foot-high (or deep in this case) concrete “support” wall. That wall is currently curing and when it is “set,” the second phase of the wall will go on top of it. The creek is a seasonal waterway, but because the water table is so high in the area, the project requires pumping around the clock to minimize moisture. For years, the Star Valley Town Council has worked to make improvements to the narrow low water crossing that provides access to homeowners on Sprague Ranch Road. The project has involved exten-
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A Valley woman was airlifted Sunday evening after the vehicle she was traveling in was T-boned and flipped on its roof south of Payson. The woman was returning to the Valley after a weekend camping trip with her boyfriend and his brother. The woman’s boyfriend was driving south on
State Route 87 when he swerved to avoid debris in the roadway near the State Route 188 turnoff, said Trooper Steve Montgomery with the Arizona Department of Public Safety. The man lost control of the SUV and it crossed into the other lane. Another SUV, with a father and son in it, who were also returning to the Valley after a camping trip, T-boned the vehicle and it rolled, landing on its roof. The vehicle with the father and son had front-
end damage, but neither occupant was injured. The woman traveling in the other vehicle was the only person injured in the wreck. She was airlifted to a Scottsdale hospital with a skull fracture, broken ribs and internal injuries. On Monday morning, Montgomery learned the woman was in stable condition. It took roughly two hours to get the southbound lanes cleaned up. Traffic was re-routed to another lane.
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Hellsgate and Payson firefighters worked together Friday morning on a structure fire in Star Valley. Crews found a roughly 180-squarefoot building engulfed in flames just after 1 a.m. east of Highline Drive, off State Route 260. Crews parked their trucks in the eastbound lanes of 260 and brought hose lines up a hill to the shed. While no one was in the building, it appears someone was living there, said Hellsgate Chief Dave Bathke. There was a bed, stove and illegal power running to the building. No one was around when crews arrived and it is not clear who called in the fire. Two walls of the building collapsed and the fire did spread to the surrounding brush, but firefighters were able to knock those flames down before they spread to the forest. “The crews did a great job,” Bathke said. No one was injured. It is unknown how the fire started. The Arizona Department of Transportation and Gila County Sheriff’s Office re-routed traffic into Photo courtesy of the Hellsgate Fire Department the westbound lanes. Firefighters were on scene until 4 An early morning fire in Star Valley kept Hellsgate and Payson firefighters busy until 4 a.m. this morning, Friday, March 25. a.m.
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“We may not be as fortunate this year the way things are shaping up,” she said, noting the dry fuels. Plain said thanks to the rain the area received this winter crews were able to clear 10,500 acres with controlled burns. That is significantly more acres than what were treated in years past. But there are still piles of wood and brush to burn around Mead Ranch, Ellison Creek and other communities east of Payson. Those will likely have to wait, as it is too dry and windy to burn. Plain noted the spring winds and a lack of precipitation in weeks are creating the dry conditions. This worries crews as the possibility for a major fire exponentially increases as the area gets drier. For the next four to six weeks the area will continue to see cold fronts pass through, bringing wind, but likely minimal moisture. Martin asked where the area stands in terms of crews. Plain said there will 22 Hotshots in the area, several engines, many with an extra crew member this year, a heavy engine from Pleasant Valley stationed in the area and by April 17, a helicopter.
Most of the fire lookout towers will be manned as early as April 4. Equipment-wise, most of the water tankers in Rim Country now have the same fittings so they can transfer water to each other. Bladders have been placed strategically around the county and all have standardized hook ups so crews can tap in. Officials noted they need to add bladders near Jakes Corner, in Pine, the closed rest area at the intersection of State Routes 188 and 87 and another near the Tonto Natural Bridge State Park. On the roadways, Brett Ruppm with the Arizona Department of Transportation, said workers recently mowed the median of State Route 87 from milepost 251, just outside of town, to milepost 234. On April 2, local firefighters will go through a wildland fire refresher course and on July 1, one of the biggest changes to local law enforcement will occur in northern Gila County. The Gila County Sheriff’s Office will merge its dispatchers with the Payson Police Department at the PPD’s dispatch center near town hall. Under one roof, dispatchers will be able to quickly call on officers from either department. In the past, PPD dispatchers had to call
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over to the GCSO dispatch center and ask for assistance. Those dispatchers would then radio deputies. With the middle step cut out, communication will be instantaneous, said Police Chief Don Engler. “This will benefit the whole region,” he said. Martin praised Engler and Sheriff Adam Shepherd for working on a central dispatch center. Engler said it is a project five years in the making. Under the new system, if the Payson dispatch center goes down because of an outage, the GCSO dispatch center in Globe can take over and vice versa. Engler noted while there have been several phone outages when the CenturyLink line was cut in the past few years, the PPD dispatch center never went completely offline. But in the event it happens, there is a backup, he said. After two hours of discussion, the meeting ended Tuesday with officials cautiously optimistic they were prepared for the upcoming season. Editor’s note: See Senator John McCain’s comments about Gila County’s efforts against major fires on today’s editorial page.
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A 14-foot concrete structure is part of the improvement work on Sprague Ranch Road in Star Valley. The high water table is adding to the project complications, forcing pumps to run around the clock to aid in curing the concrete.
said. Engineers were restricted with the design. The water surface level cannot rise due to any changes made to the crossing. Dirren said his firm looked at several models for improvements, including one that would deal with a 100-year flood, but decided the most appropriate model would handle a 10-year flood event. “A 10-year storm results in about 3,900 cubic feet (of water) per second. It’s called a 10-year, but it is actually a pretty regular event (here),” he said. The project includes: • Engineering/earthwork — engineered fill (under structure) • Channel grading • Compacted bedding material • Pavement • Reinforced concrete • A 30-inch corrugated metal pipe • Riprap with filter fabric • 3-inch PVC weep holes
• Hazard markers • Depth gauge and post • Geotech engineer observations and testing • Construction staking Before work started, Star Valley had to get easements from property owners. Two property owners initially had concerns with granting easements for the project. “We need all the easements or the project is dead,” said Town Manager Tim Grier to the council. On March 4, 2015, the project was delayed for a biologic investigation by federal authorities to determine if the area was a habitat for the declining narrow-headed garter snake species. Now, a year later, the earth has moved and the project is becoming a reality. Once the work is completed, the town must maintain the crossing, as no structure is immune to damage from flooding and the normal wear and tear of nature and use.
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Developments given green light
The Gila County Schools Office has extended the deadline to submit nominations for the Gila County Teacher of Year Completed nomination packets are due no later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 31. Gila County School Superintendent Linda O’Dell encourages everyone to nominate a Gila County teacher worthy of recognition. For further information or to download the nomination packet, please visit www.gilacountyesa.org and click on “Upcoming Events.” Contact Holly Sow at the Gila County Schools Office at 928402-8784 or by email to hsow@gilacountyaz.gov.
Residents on Heather Circle tried to block the change, arguing it would be obtrusive to put so many homes on a five-acre lot when most of the homes sit on several acres, lending a rural, open feel to the neighborhood. The P&Z Commission said if residents had wanted to preserve their neighborhood they should have split their lots, which would have brought the total closer to the maximum number of units allowed on a culde-sac and could have therefore prevented a developer from coming in. The area off Heather Circle is also zoned R1-10 mobile home.
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Closer to Chaparral Pines, the council approve the final plat for a 16-lot subdivision. In September, the P&Z Commission heard from residents who said the project would lower property values, destroy views and ruin the rural feel of the neighborhood. One woman, who lives across the street from the planned development, collected 50 signatures from neighbors against the project. The developer said he would put restrictions in place that prevent manufactured or modular homes on the site, but leave home design up to future lot owners. It is unclear when construction on either site will begin.
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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). • Easter Buffet $16: March 27, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Cedar Ridge Restaurant. • Hogs Gone Outdooring March 7-May 8: Grand Prize Drawings for $6,000 Hunter’s Dream Gift Card May 5, Mahindra XTV 1000s May 6, Boat & Trailer May 7, Second Chance Cash Drawings May 8 from 3 p.m. to 5:40 p.m. The more you play, the more entries you earn. • Italian Buffet $10: March 30, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Cedar Ridge Restaurant.
Color Time begins April 5
A new program of coloring fun is beginning Tuesday, April 5. Come and relieve your stress and enjoy conversation as you join in coloring your books with pens or pencils. Adults can bring their children to color as well. Meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy Street (behind Ace Hardware) every Tuesday. The program is free. For information call Sally Harvey (480) 213-8472 or Joyce Kennedy (928) 978-1884.
Payson Lions to conduct estate sale
A Payson Lions Club estate sale takes place Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26 at 617 Tahoe Vista in Payson. Items include a roll top desk, king size bed, HD TV, oak dining tables and chairs, china hutch with matching chairs, coffee table, rocker recliners, computer desk and chair, kitchen glassware and electrical appliances, Pfaltzgraff glass sets, vacuums, several decorator bird houses, garden and hand tools, extension ladder, etc. Sales begin each day at 7 a.m. Payson Lions provide community support for eye exams, eyeglasses, hearing assistance and other similar Rim Country charity projects. The club’s portion of estate sale proceeds help fund these needs. Questions about estate sales may be directed to (928) 474-2176.
Easter candy on sale
The local Soroptimist club will be at National Bank of Arizona from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Friday, March 25 selling delicious See’s Candy. Or pick some up at Arizona Elite Properties, 1101 S. Beeline Hwy. Tickets for the John Denver Tribute will also be available from club members. For more information, please contact Jean Oliver, (928) 474-6167.
Holiday events
Hear a live streaming performance of Handel’s “Messiah” by the Mormon Tabenacle Choir at 7 p.m., Friday, March 25. Enjoy community Easter egg hunts in Payson and Pine. Pine’s event starts at 9 a.m. at Pine Trailhead; the Payson event is at North Rumsey Park starting at 9:30 a.m. Also at Rumsey Park, at the big ramada is the annual Resurrection Celebration hosted by the Payson Christian Ministerial Fellowship. It is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 26.
PAWS benefit
The Payson Area Woofers Society (PAWS) is having a bake and shirt sale
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from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 26 at Safeway. There will be doggie treats too. Everyone is invited to come and help support the group’s commitment to low cost spay and neuter clinics in the Rim Country. Learn more about the group, how it helps the community and how to become a member. If you have any questions, please call Dorothy Howell, (928) 472-7396.
Garden classes
The Payson Community Garden hosts gardening classes at 9 a.m., Saturdays through May 7 at the Nazarene Church, 300 E. Tyler, Payson (or the garden as temperatures warm). Saturday, March 26, Mary Schulte presents “Getting Started, Cool Season Crops, Seeds and Transplants”; Glen McCombs, owner of Plant Fair, will teach the Community Garden’s one mandatory class on irrigation using water wise gardening Saturday, April 2 (it was postponed due to Easter weekend). As of March 19 there were 10 of the plots remaining for rent at the Payson Community Garden. The cost is $60 each and includes water, soil and manure. While not part of the Payson Community Garden class schedule, McCombs will also be speaking at a special program on grow-
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ing vegetables and other plants from seed at the Banner High Country Seniors, 215 N. Beeline, Payson from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 30. To reserve a seat at this program, please call BHCS at (928) 4729290 at least 24 hours in advance. To learn more, including renting a plot, visit the Payson Community Garden website: www.paysoncommunitygardenaz.com
Free AARP Tax-Aide service
AARP tax-aide volunteers assist low-to-moderate income taxpayers prepare and e-file Federal and AZ personal income tax returns. Though special attention is given to those 60 and older, any age is welcome and you need not be a member of AARP. You must bring: your photo ID; social security cards or ITIN’s for everyone listed on the return; 2014 tax return; all 2015 tax related documents. New this year: For those who are deaf and hard of hearing, assistance will be provided by someone fluent in American Sign Language. Spanish language assistance is also available. Now through April 12, hours are Mondays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please arrive at least 2 hours prior to closing times. The Elks Lodge on Airport Road and the Beeline is the tax site location. For more information, leave a message at 928-478-6518, and your call will be returned, or email paysontaxaide@gmail.com.
PHS agriculture students selling garden gold
Students in the Payson High School agriculture education program are selling garden compost to raise funds to attend state and national competitions. There is a limited amount available, so it will only be sold on a few occasions or until the supply is gone. Get a 60-pound bag for $5, buy five bags and get one free. The compost is fully broken down and ready to use; it is a combination of animal waste, hay and garden waste and grass clippings. The next sales will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, March 28 and 29 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 2. The students are also selling the compost for $50 for a tractor bucket-load, however, 48 hours notice is needed for tractor loading. For other available times, contact David Rutherford, instructor for the program and the school’s FFA advisor, at (360) 339-2305 or david.rutherford@paysonschools.com.
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April 15 is just around the corner. Get over to the Payson Elks Lodge either Monday or Tuesday for help from the AARP Tax Aide program or contact Gila County at (928) 474-7192 or 1-800-276-4452, ext. 7192, to schedule an appointment for free assistance.
Tickets are available for the Gila County Republican Committee’s Lincoln Day Luncheon Fundraiser with guest speakers Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and U.S. Congressman Dr. Paul Gosar. The event is at the Mazatzal Casino (Hwy. 87 at MM 251, Payson) at 11:30 a.m., Monday, April 4. The $60 per person price includes a prime rib luncheon, door prizes, silent auction, and raffle opportunities. For additional details and to arrange for ticket purchase, contact Shirley, (928) 9516774 or Gary, (928) 478-8186. Checks should be made out to the “Gila County Republican
Committee.” The deadline to purchase tickets is Tuesday, March 29.
Clothing distribution
Kaitie’s Closet is a non profit 501(c) (3) organization that collects children’s clothes for distribution free to those in need. Anyone in Rim Country in need of children’s clothes, for those in pre-K through12th grades is welcome. The next Kaitie’s Closet’s distribution is from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 30 at Rim Country Middle School, 304 S. Meadow. If you or anyone you know would be interested in volunteering, please call any of the numbers above. We are in need of volunteers to sort tag and fold, stock shelves, and volunteers to help with set-up on distribution days.
Scholarships offered by CABR
The Central Arizona Board of REALTORS® is now accepting applications from Payson High School seniors for two $2,500 scholarships. The deadline for application submission is April 1. The scholarship winners are determined by the CABR Scholarship Committee based on academic achievement, community service and career objectives. Applications may be obtained from the Central Arizona Board of REALTORS®, 600 E Highway 260, Suite 12, Payson. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; closed between noon and 1 p.m. for lunch.
Time Out Thrift anniversary
Time Out is celebrating its first anniversary at its new location. Time Out supports our local domestic violence shelter, and Rim residents can help by shopping, donating or volunteering. The anniversary celebration is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, April 1 with food, prizes and “First Friday” discounts throughout the store. The thrift shop is located at 244 E Highway 260 in the Bashas’ Center and next to Payson Jewelers.
Lioness Club plans Enchanted April
The payson Lioness Club will have an afternoon tea and fashion show from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 2 at the United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy St. Seating is limited, the cost is $15 per person and proceeds benefit the group’s scholarship fund and area charities. Call (928) 468-1185 or (928) 474-9520 for details.
Fly Fishing Class April 2
The Payson Flycasters and local Trout Unlimited Chapter #530 and the Payson Parks and Recreation Department has a fly fishing class on April 2 at the parks office and lake at Green Valley Park. The program includes classroom time and discussion from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. After a “bring your own” lunch break, the class will continue from noon to 1 p.m. with a hands-on fly casting session at the lake. Bring your own fly rod if you have one or
From Head to Toe Essentials is sponsoring a fashion show contest in April. Registration is due by April 5 and there is a $10 entry fee per category. The categories in competition include: handmade outfit; recycled; head to toe outfit; repurposed item; repurposed furniture; restyled hat; lawn art. Prizes will be awarded to first place in each category and the No. 1 overall entry. To get details about category requirements, stop by Head to Toe Essentials, 904 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson or call (928) 474-0700. The show will be Saturday, April 23.
Fishing Festival planned
The Rim Country Optimist Club’s 10th Annual Fishing Festival is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 9 at Green Valley Park. No fishing license is required for all those who register. This is an event for all ages. There wills be food, music and a big raffle in addition to help with fishing, including some equipment to use. For more information contact either Jim Tye, (928) 468-2453 or Joan Young, (928) 472-2264.
Calling all car-crazy kids
The Rim Country Classic Auto Club is calling all car-crazy kids to build cardboard show vehicles for the 2016 Beeline CruiseIn Car Show. The group is hosting a “Build Your Dream Vehicle” contest, sponsored by Payson Concrete. There is no cost to enter. The event is open to individual children ages 5 to 12 plus vehicles made as a school class project will also be accepted. The vehicle must be made of 100 percent cardboard, but it can be finished/decorated in any material. The vehicle can be no smaller than 36 inches long, 24 inches wide and 18 inches high. Parents can assist only in using tools that are not safe for children to handle. The child/class is responsible for having their vehicle placed in front of the large ramada at Green Valley Park no later than 8 a.m., Saturday, April 30, 2016 with a sign, 8-inches-by-10-inches, displaying their name(s) and age(s). Call J. Zezima at (928) 478-6989 for additional information. Vendors are also invited to contact organizers for a spot at the show. Local food vendors and non-food vendors are invited to visit http://clubs.hemmings. com/rccac/ if they are interested in participating in the show. Space is available on a first come basis. For more information, call Sandi, (928) 476-2168.
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Friday • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 4 p.m., Easter Storytime Eggstravaganza (sign-up required) • Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy. • Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • American Legion Fish Fry: Noon-8 p.m., American Legion • Live streaming of Mormon Tabernacle singing “Messiah”: 7 p.m., Messinger, 901 S. Westerly Rd.
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Saturday • Payson Community Garden class: Getting Started with Mary Schulte, 9 a.m., Nazarene Church, 300 E. Tyler Parkway • Pine egg hunt: Pine Trailhead, 9 a.m. • Town egg hunt, North Rumsey Park, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Resurrection Celebration, Rumsey Park big ramada, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy.
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• Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy. • Compost sale from PHS students: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., PHS ag building, W. Wade Lane
• Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Compost sale from PHS students: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., PHS ag building, W. Wade Lane
March 30 • Free children’s clothes, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Rim Country Middle School April 2 • Fly fishing class at Green Valley Park, see details above • Lioness Club Enchanted April tea and fashion show, 3 p.m., United Methodist Church, $15 per person
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• March 25, 1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 145 workers. Owners had refused to install sprinkler systems and take other safety measures in case they needed to burn down the shop to collect fire insurance, a not uncommon practice at the time. • March 27, 1945: Nazi Germany launches its last V-2 long-range rockets, killing 162 civilians in England and Belgium. The V-2 could carry a 2,000pound warhead and became the precursor of the ICBM of the postwar era. • March 26, 1953: American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine against the virus that causes polio. In 1952 — an epidemic year for the crippling disease — there were 58,000 new cases reported in the U.S. • March 24, 1989: The worst oil spill in U.S. territory begins when the supertanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on a reef in Alaska’s remote Prince William Sound. An estimated 11 million gallons of oil was released and eventually covered 1,300 miles of coastline.
David Solomon Springtime renewal is on everyone’s minds with the first day of spring taking place March 20 and Easter fast approaching. Everyone, regardless of culture and creed, can embrace and experience heaven-like beauty in their lives by making a few simple changes. Many of us still long for the renewal and hope that abound this time of year and while not everyone believes with certainty that heaven is real, there are more than a few of us who hope it exists and long for that kind of perfection in our day-to-day lives — especially as dark, depressing winter gives way to budding greenery. Easter and the arrival of spring is a time to focus on hope and rebirth. The natural world is literally cluing us in to the spirit of rejuvenation. Everyone can experience “new life” with more hope and joy and now is the perfect time to do so. Here are nine ways to help: • Cultivate a springtime garden Close your eyes for a moment and imagine what heaven looks like. Let your imagination run wild. Now open your eyes and figure out how you can incorporate a literal interpretation in your own garden or home. • Find inspiration through music You probably already know which music feels intuitively good to you. Find time every day to play music that resonates and makes you feel connected to your own spirit — or a higher power. • Keep a spiritual journal One of the best ways to practice self-care is to keep a journal. Each day, take 10 or 15 minutes to write. Write what you feel: your thoughts, dreams, questions. By checking in with yourself daily through writing, you will gain a keen sense of what peace means to you, and your soul will go to work to find the answers. • Embrace an art form that gives you goosebumps Find your own meaningful form of art to either practice or appreciate. Some examples are painting or sketching, learning a musical instrument, or taking sewing or acting class. • Really savor life’s simple pleasures Take time out of your day to enjoy the taste of delicious food and perhaps a glass of good wine. Inhale the rich, mysterious fragrance of dirt as you prepare your garden. If you have a moment of pure silence, tune into that moment so you really experience it. Get a massage as a treat and make a point of staying present throughout. Life is abundant with gifts of indescribable beauty. The more you practice alertness and experience life happening now, the more you will be able to appreciate the good parts of life — because you are paying attention to them. • Practice gratitude daily Maybe you are having a tough time right now, or maybe things are going OK. Either way, get used to feeling grateful for the gifts you have in your life. Sometimes writing them down in a gratitude journal can help, but you don’t have to do that: just use your senses and pause to reflect on the beauty you see, hear, taste and smell around you. • Find a spiritual practice that resonates with you If you don’t want to go to church or adopt any sort of belief system, that’s fine. But it is important to work on connecting your body, mind and soul in some meaningful way. • Weave random acts of kindness into the fabric of • your life There is no better way to celebrate the spirit of Easter than being kind and loving to others. • Find something to smile about every day Choosing joy over sadness is a continual journey. You’re not going to feel great every day. Bad things are going to happen. But choosing how you respond to life’s ups and downs will affect you deeply in the long run. That’s why it is so important to smile every day. Creating you own heaven on earth is a powerful way to take a stand against dreariness, cynicism and negativity. When you mindfully practice these tips (and come up with your own), you’ll find that each day becomes more colorful, more richly textured, more infused with joy and meaning. by
About the author
David Solomon is a Christian minister and the author of “The Dead Saints Chronicles: a Zen Journey Through the Christian Afterlife” that is available at www.deadsaints. org/buy-the-book/. He is regarded as a leading philosopher and exponent of cosmological mythology, Bible interpretation and prophecy. After receiving a terminal diagnosis of brain cancer in 2013, he retired and is currently focusing on completing his Chronicles series.
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Threat of wildfire in Arizona a top environmental challenge Senator John McCain
brilliant. From Capitol Hill, Senator Flake and I worked to pass a provision in the national defense authoEl Niño or not, the summer of 2016 may prove rization bill to convert excess military aircraft to be as dry and hazardous as any other. into large wildfire airtankers and smokejumper Unfortunately for Arizona, that means wild- transports. We’ve also proposed a law to reform fires will continue to grow in strength the Forest Service’s ballooning wildfire and intensity, threatening more properbudget so that the federal government ty and human life than ever before. isn’t simply throwing more money at This wasn’t always so. In the 1990s, wildfires, but instead investing in projwildfires rarely spread to more than ects to reduce wildfire risk. In addition, 4 million acres annually in the United Congress recently passed an omnibus States. But in recent years, wildfires appropriations bill that supported our have torched well over 9 million acres. recommendation to increase the wildExperts say that more than 20 perfire budget while also providing $905 cent of Arizona’s pine forests have been million for timber and hazardous fuels consumed by wildfire over the past 15 John McCain reduction programs. years. Of course, the best ways to stop a The fact is, our forests are overgrown and wildfire is to deprive it of fuel before it starts. unhealthy, and drought has turned them into The old adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a matchsticks on an unprecedented scale. I believe pound of cure” couldn’t be truer. addressing this crisis is one of Arizona’s top enviI continue to make the case in Washington that ronmental challenges for the 21st century. the best way to reduce wildfire risk is to encourThe key to mitigating the risk of catastrophic age private industry to thin our overgrown forwildfires and making sure that our children and ests. A sustainable wood-products industry drivgrandchildren inherit the same natural beauty en by market forces can remove dry and diseased that we enjoy today lies in federal support for trees faster than any government agency alone. forest management initiatives in our rural comWe’ve seen it work firsthand. About 10 years munities. ago, the Forest Service approved the nation’s first Some rural communities are turning to cre- landscape-scale Forest Stewardship Contract in ative low-cost strategies to fight wildfires. Arizona’s White Mountains. A handful of rural Take, for example, a project led by Gila County companies stepped forward to thin approximateSupervisor Tommie Martin. She deployed dozens ly 50,000 acres stretching from Heber to Alpine. of 100,000-gallon surplus rubber military storage The program was so successful that it seeded the bladders across the Mogollon Rim to help helicop- region with dozens of small mills, biomass plants, ters and fire trucks rapidly refill their water tanks and wood product companies that are putting to put out fires faster. hundreds of Arizonans to work while making our Tommie calls it “redneck ingenuity.” I call it forests safer. by
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Today, the White Mountain industry is a major contributor to the Forest Service’s goal of treating 2.4 million acres under the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). A reported 85 percent of all mechanical thinning under 4FRI last year was performed by companies based in the White Mountains. But, the gains in the White Mountains are at risk if the Forest Service doesn’t open more federal land to these contractors. In one of the most fire-prone parts of our state, some mills have been mothballed because the Forest Service has been slow to approve the release of hundreds of thousands of acres of land that must be mechanically thinned. An innovative 27-megawatt biomass plant located in Snowflake, NovoBioPower, can supply electricity to many thousands of homes in rural Arizona, but only if there’s a steady supply of small trees and woody brush — the very kindling we need removed from our forests immediately. In just the last few weeks, Senator Flake and I held several meetings with Forest Service Chief (Thomas L.) Tidwell, urging him to expedite the issuance of project areas. Chief Tidwell has assured us that the Forest Service is very close to releasing the long-awaited Rocky Arroyo and Larson project areas, totaling 98,000 acres. It took nearly three years — three wildfire seasons — for the Forest Service to process those areas. We visited eastern Arizona this week to discuss our meetings directly with a number of local mills and leaders. It’s not enough to keep Arizona’s forest industry simply afloat. If we want to achieve genuine forest restoration, we need to build an industry that can treat our dense forests and sustain them as a renewable resource for decades to come.
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Payson still not a Firewise community Editor: I would like to thank you for your efforts to keep us informed on the progress of the Four Forest Restoration Initiative locally and of the state of health of our local forests. It seems that the fire season has already started this year with the fire near Heber, even with all the moisture we have had this winter. It makes this coming summer kind of scary, especially since our town council can’t seem to do anything about enacting Firewise building codes. I don’t understand why they need to take such a long time “studying” the matter when it has already been shown in communities where there have been fires that those homes which had been in compliance with such codes were the homes that did not burn. It may cost more for some building materials, but then you save in insurance costs. Then, there is always peace of mind knowing that the likelihood that your home and all of its contents will not burn. It seems to me that such codes are a win-win proposition. I have just finished reading Kyle Dickman’s book “On the Burning Edge” which is about the Yarnell
Fire in 2013. Our library has it in the non-fiction new book section. I would highly recommend that all members of the town council and staff read it, perhaps paying close attention to page 161 which states (in part): “And with denser forest, drier climates, and more people living in the wildlands, wildfires are burning with a frequency never seen before. In the 1960s, just a hundred homes went up in smoke every fire season; today the number is close to three thousand. “Of course, these costs don’t compare to those from a massive hurricane or tornado — Katrina cost $125 billion. The difference is that the threat wildfire poses to houses and towns can be mitigated — through forest thinning, prescribed burns, and defensible-space work. Yet western towns remain inexplicably ill-prepared for lurking catastrophe. In 2013 fewer than 2 percent of America’s communities had done any defensible-space work at all. One retired incident commander says it’s a small miracle when a year passes without an entire town or city burning. The miracle seasons are becoming rare ….” If I had just one wish for Santa Claus, it would be for our town council to wake up and help make our town a Firewise community. Nancy Auner
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Reliance on state revenues concerning Editor: I remember hearing the Star Valley town manager on the KMOG talk show a few months back. I was appalled at the town’s revenue stream, which the Roundup mentioned in the March 18 story on photo enforcement going away. While I was shocked that the cameras represented so much of the budget, it was the reliance on state-shared revenue that concerned me. One-third of the town’s money comes from people in Kingman and Nogales. He said on the air that the town charter has a provision against a real property tax. As you know, the state’s budget is not exactly healthy. What happens if the Legislature decides there is a better use for state revenues than sending it back to cities? It seems to me the town wants the benefits of home rule while freeing its residents of the responsibilities. Kevin Curran
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New parking lot for big GVP events by
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Max Brann and Jann Durst helped organize the Day of Prayer for First Responders Wednesday at Scoops. Brann and Durst are part of the Rim Country Prayer Network.
After years of use as an unsightly storage yard, a townowned property near Green Valley Park is getting a makeover of sorts. Town crews have been cleaning up the lot north of the park, removing junk, debris and taking down a fence. All of the equipment the town decided to keep has been consolidated into a 100-foot-wide section on the west side of the lot, including a fire training facility and police equipment. Crews have graded the rest of the lot, leaving several boulders in the center of the space. All that is left to do is complete concrete entrances. LaRon Garrett, town manager, said the plan is to use the lot for parking during major events. Town officials hope to have the project complete by Fourth of July, one of the busiest holidays for the town, attracting thou-
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The Town of Payson is creating more parking space near Green Valley Park to accommodate the town’s big events. Officials hope to have the lot completed by the Fourth of July. sands from the Valley. In all, there will be room for about 150 cars in the lot. For now, given budget restrictions, the lot will remain dirt, with chalk lines to designate parking
spaces. “This is very low budget,” Garrett said. Long-term plans call for paving and curbs. The town has talked about
making the yard into a parking lot since Green Valley Park was built. As town events get bigger and bigger every year, the time was right to get moving on the project, Garrett said.
Prayers offered for area’s first responders GCC students honored at state event
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The Rim Country Prayer Network hosted its inaugural Day of Prayer and Appreciation for Rim Country first responders Wednesday at Scoops. Officers were invited to stop in for a free sundae and to pray, if they opted, with church representatives. Max Brann, prayer coordinator at Mountain Bible Church, said the event came about after Police Chief Don Engler came to a Network meeting last year asking for prayers given the issues facing the community, including heroin and domestic violence. Brann said the Network decided it would pray not only for the community, but the officers protecting it. Brann said they are praying for the success, favor and protection of officers, firefighters, paramedics, dispatchers, Forest Service, Game and Fish and search and rescue personnel.
“Across the country it has been a difficult time for law enforcement,” he said. “It is a hard job and they see the worst of the worst.” Brann and Jann Durst, National Day of Prayer coordinator for the state of Arizona and prayer coordinator at Crossroads Foursquare Church, said they wanted a way to show officers appreciation for their service. Several residents stopped by Scoops Wednesday to pray for the first responders in a room set up in the back of the ice cream shop. Verses were printed on handouts to pray from along with information about the event. “Our first responders are too often taken for granted, that is, until we desperately need their help. It is only then that we come to the realization of how vital to our safety and security these dedicated, courageous and highly trained men and women are to our community and to us” was printed on one handout.
Two Gila Community College students were honored on March 3 at the All-Arizona Academic Team luncheon in Mesa, along with 73 other students from Arizona’s community colleges. Nathan Hetrick and Kevin Wood were part of an elite group of Arizona community college students who earned spots on the 20th Annual All-Arizona Academic Team. They were chosen for recognition based on their academic achievement, leadership and service to the community. Both students received a citation from Governor Doug Ducey, a commemorative medallion, and an in-state tuition waiver for two years (60 credits) to the Arizona university of their choice. In addition to the tuition waiver, each student received a $500 scholarship check. Nathan Hetrick, a student on the Payson campus, is a computer information specialist major. He intends to transfer
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Nathan Hetrick and Kevin Wood pose with their All-Arizona commemorative medallions at the All-Arizona Academic Team luncheon March 3. to Northern Arizona University and major in technology management and pursue a career
in computer forensics. Hetrick is a Phi Theta Kappa member and a volunteer at his church.
While at GCC, he has been on the President’s List. Kevin Wood is a general studies major on the Gila Pueblo campus. He plans to attend Arizona State University to complete a degree in computer science. Wood has been on the President’s List at GCC and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa. Wood volunteers at Poets on the Rez Open Mic Nights on the San Carlos campus. Each student named to the All-Arizona Academic Team maintains at least a 3.5 grade point average, is in good academic standing, is working toward an associate degree, and is involved in campus or community activities. The All-Arizona Academic Team award program is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, as well as USA Today, and the American Association of Community Colleges.
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Furry Friends in operation for 30+ years by
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It’s rare that a small business lasts more than a few years these days. But among the business success stories in Payson is Furry Friends. After 31 years, owner Terry Ford still loves coming to work every day at the same quaint location off South McLane Road, near the Humane Society of Central Arizona. Maybe it’s that positive attitude or her staff’s attention to detail, but year after year, Furry Friends wins the Roundup’s reader poll for Best Groomer. Ford said she looks at grooming as movable artwork. A dog might come in quite disheveled and leave with a whole new look. “I take pride in our work,” she said.
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Ford said she is not about how many dogs she can turn out each day, but the quality of their work. “I am very particular.” Ford was raised in Ohio. At age 18, she brought her Shih Tzu to a groomer and was amazed how they transformed her dog. Eager to learn, Dee, a groomer, agreed to teach Ford the skills. Ford later opened a Furry Friends location in California and in 1974, moved to Rim Country and worked at the Strawberry Lodge. She groomed dogs out of her home, but dreamed of opening another Furry Friends location. In 1984, she realized that dream by opening her store, which offers professional grooming and boarding. Today, a staff of three works with Ford. Dani Parkhurst is “one of the best” groomers; Denise Couch runs the kennel, which Ford refers to as a camp for pets and Couch is the camp counselor. Susan Radimaker is the assistant camp director. Furry Friends takes all breeds of dogs, from short hair to long, and offers a variety of grooming services. For pet owners going out of town or just looking for a place to keep their dog for a few hours while they run errands, Furry Friends has kennels. One woman from Young drops her dogs off at Furry Friends once a week so she can get her shopping done while she is in town, Ford said. The cost of day’s boarding is
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Furry Friends owner Terry Ford with her two Great Danes. $18. For longer stays, the price varies depending on the size of the dog. Some dogs stay a weekend, while others have stayed as long as a few months when their owners went on vacation. To board, owners must have proof of Bordetella and Parvo shots from their veterinarian. Furry Friends can accommodate any diet and each dog is placed in their own temperature-controlled indoor/outdoor run. There are 22 runs. There are four, large fenced
yards behind Furry Friends that Couch rotates the dogs through. Dogs are never placed together outside. After 31 years, Ford said she is still excited to come to work every day. “I love to do it.” And Ford loves her clients, some of which have been coming for decades. “These are their kids, these are not dogs to them,” she said. “And we treat them as such.” For more information, call 928-474-4447 or visit www. FurryFriendsPayson.com.
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entrepreneurship, create jobs and improve the quality of life in rural America.” Under this program, USDA provides zero-interest loans and grants to local utilities, which use the funding to create revolving funds for projects that will create or retain jobs in rural areas. USDA is making $37 million in loans and $11 million in grants available. A recipient may receive a loan of up to $1 million, or a grant of up to $300,000. Since 2009, USDA has invested
more than $330 million in loans and grants through the REDLG program. The REDLG program has also been successful in StrikeForce counties. As areas of persistent poverty are identified, USDA staff work with state, local and community officials to increase awareness of USDA programs and help build program participation through intensive community outreach and technical assistance. In 2015, the South Mississippi Electric Power Association used
part of a $2 million REDLG loan to help the city of Greenwood buy and renovate a building for the Milwaukee Tools company. Once completed, this project is expected to create more than 100 jobs. For details on how to apply for REDLG loans or grants, contact your Rural Development state office or see page 14415 of the March 17 Federal Register. The first round of applications is due March 31, 2016, and the second round of applications is due June 30, 2016.
Spring cleaning first step in selling your home Getting ready to put your home a solution of half vinegar and on the market? Start with spring half water, let stand and rinse house cleaning. off with warm water. If it’s still It’s officially spring, and that’s stained, try a mixture of bakwhen the real estate market ing soda and water mixed into starts to heat up as homeowners a paste, spray with the vinegar who are looking to sell put their water and let stand for a while. This should do the trick. homes on the market. You’ll want to clean your Before scheduling any showing, it’s the perfect living in payson cabinets inside and out. Try organizing items time to do spring house to show off the kitchen cleaning. storage. You may also Kitchen: When it want to line your shelves comes to the kitchen, with shelf paper to creclean out the fridge, ate a new look. Get the freezer and cabinets oven looking sparkling and throw out items that are expired. Add some Kim Anderson clean by using an oven cleaner if you don’t have baking soda to the fridge a self-cleaning oven. to keep odors at bay. Living Room and Dining Microfiber cloths are the best option to use when cleaning stain- Room: Have the carpets cleaned less steel because they absorb professionally or do it yourself. all of the water. It’s also a safe If you have wood floors, use a product to use to avoid scratching special product designed for the steel surfaces. Avoid using paper type of wood you have. I love the towels, they can cause scratching Bruce wood floor products, no and also leave streaks. Only use streaks. If you have tile floors you a drop of dish soap and warm may want to steam clean them to water. For a quick cleanup, use clean the grout. Freshen up the glass cleaner and a microfiber way the room looks by adding a cloth. Clean countertops made of new accent rug, a piece of art or a granite, quartz or laminate with a floral arrangement. liquid dish detergent mixed with Bathroom: Clean with an water or an antibacterial clean- all-purpose disinfecting bathroom ing agent. Dingy grout requires a cleaner. Once you’ve removed all specific cleanser — try spraying surface grime and soap scum,
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you’ll be able to see if more intensive cleaning is needed. To make the toilet bowl sparkle, pour in a cup of vinegar and let it sit for several hours. Scrub with the toilet brush and flush. Check the medicine cabinet for expired meds and dispose of them. Bedrooms: Clean the closets, sort out your wardrobe and donate whatever you are unlikely to wear again to make the closets look larger. Windows: Clean the windows inside and out. I use a mixture of one part vinegar to three parts water to clean my windows. Open the blinds and drapes to let the sunshine through. There’s nothing that says spring as much as sunlight. Miscellaneous: Change the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors; there’s nothing worse than to listen to that loud beeping noise when looking at a home. Replace any light bulbs that have blown out. Clean ceiling fans and ceiling fixtures. Keep a toothbrush handy for getting into cracks and crevices. As you prepare your home for sale, it is important to remember the quality of air is equally as important as de-cluttering, cleaning and staging, in order to make the home as clean and attractive as possible for potential buyers entering for the first time. Often, it is a person’s sense of smell that will be triggered first. Often people try to mask odors by burning candles or spraying scented spray
during showings, but that could cause adverse effect as it could irritate people who are sensitive to fragrances. An air purifier that absorbs odors can make the biggest difference. Another easy way to freshen a room is to put a few drops of vanilla extract on a light bulb. When the bulb is turned on, it heats up the vanilla and leaves a delicious scent; or how about putting cookies in the oven? Outside: Now that the weather is warming up, it’s critical that you pay attention to the areas outside your home, especially the yard. Planting some foliage or shrubbery will give the outside of your home a clean, fresh look. Add a burst of color with flowers, perennials, trees and shrubs. If you have a deck, rent a power washer and remove any dirt. Be sure to give the sides of your home and your driveway a good washing down as well (check for town water restrictions first). While you’re outside, clean the gutters and inspect downspouts to make sure they haven’t been damaged. By taking the time to do these things, your home will be in the best condition possible for a quick and easy sale. Email your real estate questions to us at info@ LivingInPayson.com. Kim Anderson is a Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Advantage Realty, 609 S. Beeline Highway in Payson. Call Kim at 928-9783913.
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Jakes Corner celebrates centennial of service in April by
Alexis Bechman
roundup staff reporter
Centennial celebration
It has survived many owners, a fire and a slew of rowdy nights as semi trucks replaced stagecoaches on the one of the main routes to Rim Country. So now to celebrate its centennial, the owners of Jakes Corner Bar are throwing a four-day party in mid-April. The bar, a fixture on State Route 188, 20 minutes south of Payson, is an Arizona landmark and was named such in 2000. In 1916, the corner was a stage stop on the Annie Hardt ranch. Whenever the Salt River flooded, stagecoaches would stop and wait for the waters to recede on their journey from Globe to Payson. Annie would put out fruits and vegetables and passersby would leave money in a collection box. In 1924, George Felton built the first store at the corner. His wife Virginia managed the shop while he traveled the world, performing in Wild West shows with his friend Charlie Meadows. The store changed hands several times before Jake and Nina Stephenson bought it and named it Jakes Corner. By 1972, the road outside the store was paved and more traffic was soon flowing past as anglers headed to Roosevelt Lake. After a few more ownership changes, the bar burned to the ground in 1999. The only thing left standing was a tree on the east side. That tree still stands today, although it does not appear to be alive. The building was reconstructed in 2000 and Rick Heppler bought it in 2005. Under his ownership, the movie “Jake’s Corner” was filmed at the bar. It featured several locals and was shown at the Sedona Film Festival.
Jakes Corner Bar 57564 N. State Route 188 Thursday, April 14 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Amateur jam session Friday, April 15 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Live music, dancing, dinner specials
A plaque outside of Jakes Corner Bar designates it as a historical landmark, in 1916 the site was a stagecoach stop on the Globe to Payson route. As part of the centennial celebration, on Saturday, April 16, stagecoach rides will be offered for a small fee. All money raised will go to charity.
Sadly, in May 2011, Rick was killed on his Harley motorcycle when a motorist struck him from behind while he was on an American Legion ride. His sister, Robin Heppler, is the executor of his estate and today she and her husband operate the bar. Robin explained her brother was not a likely bar owner. He worked for Ping Golf for decades and was one of their oldest employees. Rick traveled the world for Ping and met lots of golf pros. On the flip side of his clean-cut golf image was a biker, she said. Rick planned to retire from Ping and operate the bar full-time. Robin said after his untimely death, she didn’t know if the family would keep the bar. Several people at his memorial asked Robin not to close and said the bar was a huge part of the community, the Tonto Basin version of the TV bar “Cheers,” where everyone is friendly and knows your name. Robin, who lives Jakes Corner Bar and Grill owners Robin Heppler and Jon in Colorado with her Seay Sr. are hosting a party to commemorate the corner’s husband, decided to 100th anniversary. The couple recently had a new outside keep the bar. Today, she and bar added for the occasion.
Saturday, April 16 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Stagecoach rides, live music, dancing, games, bourbon tastings Sunday, April 17 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Western Spirit hot air balloon, live music, games, food specials
her husband travel to Jakes Corner every four to six weeks to check in on things. When not there, they rely on manager Ernie Padilla to keep things running smoothly. Just recently Robin had a 900-squarefoot dance floor added outside behind the bar. During the week, it doubles as a horseshoe court. They also added a new, smaller bar outside that can be used for private parties. Robin said when she realized the bar was turning 100, she knew she had to throw a party because “you only turn 100 once.” The party will kick off Thursday, April 14 with a jam session. Everyone is welcome to attend and play or sing. Then on Friday, April 15, there will be dinner and dancing. On Saturday, April 16, Robin has hired a stagecoach out of Queen Creek that will offer 20-minute rides through the community. Robin plans to donate all money collected from the stagecoach rides to charity, likely a fire group since Rick was a retired firefighter. There will be bourbon tastings, with $5 buying you four tastings of bourbon from the High West Distillery out of Park City, Utah. Junction 87 will play from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Also on Saturday, festivities will include games, including a traditional game played at the bar. Robin said she found an old white board out back with numbers on it like a bingo board. Perplexed, she asked an
Photos by Alexis Bechman/Roundup
The bar, 20 minutes south of Payson, is a popular spot for locals to stop for lunch or dinner. older rancher if he knew how to use the board. He said they would put the board on the ground, put chicken wire around it and put a chicken on the board. Bets were placed where the chicken would poop first. On Sunday, April 17, Robin and her husband Jon Seay Sr. will have their hot air balloon, the Western Spirit, inflated and staked out front. The couple travels
around the world for hot air balloon events and their balloon, which features hand-painted cowboys on horseback, is known as an art balloon. Those looking for a place to stay during the weekend events can bring an RV or tent and stay next door at the RV storage lot for $8 a day. For more information, visit the Jakes Corner Bar Facebook page.
Just in time for the centennial celebration, a 900-square-foot dance floor has been added outside behind Jakes Corner Bar.
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Baby chicks and rabbits should never be Easter gifts by
Chandra Cushman
humane society of central arizona
Easter is almost here, and if you are a parent, that likely means you will be dyeing and hiding eggs this weekend. There are so many cool ways to decorate and dye eggs nowadays. Last year my family and Humane Society I tried the shaving of Central Arizona cream trick and it worked pretty well. This year our egg ADOPTION dyeing festivities will OPTIONS consist of glitter, tie dye and a sticker or two. Avery will actually be able to dye eggs this year and with the help of Aiden, it should be a blast. After the fun egg hunt, we have a tasty ham dinner planned, followed by munching on some candy that the Easter Bunny brought. Aiden asked me the other day if he could have a bunny for Easter. The look of disappointment when I said no was a little upsetting, but I knew I had to explain why. Baby chicks and rabbits are not Easter gifts. While they may be adorable, they grow up fast and often require specialized care. Thousands of ex-Easter bunnies and chicks are abandoned each year when their novelty
Amateur Radio Operators (HAMS) and any who are interested in becoming a HAM operator are encouraged to join Tonto Amateur Radio Association (TARA). The group meets the last Saturday of each month for a breakfast and socialization. The regular meeting is the second Saturday of the month at the Payson Library Community Room at 9 a.m. for a business meeting and a program of interest. Please see the website for more information: www.TontoRadio.org.
Fishing meeting
The Payson Fly Caster’s and Trout Unlimited Chapter 530 meet at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 26 at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson. Jim Strogen will report on his extensive fishing results and study of entomology on local streams and Green Valley lakes. For more information call Ric Hinkie at (928) 8484501.
Tai Chi and Qigong
Tai Chi and Qigong classes are offered at 9 a.m. Saturdays at Rim Country Health, 807 W. Longhorn Rd., Payson. The program is especially de signed for seniors 50 or older, but is beneficial for all ages. There is no charge. For details, call (928) 478-6032.
Radio control car/truck enthusiasts wanted
If you are a r/c (radio control) car or truck enthusiast then you are invited to a get-together at 1 p.m.
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Pet safety tips
While I may not be a pet parent, I can offer some safety tips for pet owners regarding Easter goodies and decorations. Below are just a few suggestions on how to keep your beloved companions safe this weekend. • Chocolate can be toxic to pets if consumed. Keep an eye on unattended Easter baskets and make sure all hidden candy has been found before Fido finds it. Also keep in mind that xylitol, an artificial sweetener, can be toxic to pets as well. • Beware of Easter lilies — they can be fatal if consumed by our furry friends. Pretty alternatives that are safe are daisies, roses, violets and orchids. • Plastic grass — while cats love to play with it, it can be a medical emer-
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Wilson Court, open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call (928) 474-5590 or visit www.humane societycentralaz.org.
wears off. Hearing that actually made him sad; he couldn’t believe that people would get a pet for Easter and then later not want it. It was a great time to talk to him about the importance of being prepared when adopting or purchasing a new pet and what new responsibilities come with that. Luckily he completely understood why he wouldn’t be getting a bunny for Easter and he agreed it wasn’t a good idea.
this and every Sunday at the Payson Multi Event Center, north side of the warm-up arena. Meet fellow enthusiasts and try your skills and your rig’s ability on one of several courses that will be set. Being there will answer most questions, but if you have them, call (928) 978-2365.
Payson Elks Lodge coming events
The Payson Elks Lodge invites guests to visit 1206 N. Beeline Hwy., to enjoy the following: Bingo, 1 p.m., Sunday, March 27 Pool, 5:30 p.m., Monday, March 28 Lunch specials, served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Monday, March 28 - Fried shrimp with choice of side Tuesday, March 29 - Chili burger with choice of side Wednesday, March 30 - Steak Sandwich with homemade steak fries Thursday, March 31 - Polish stew with cornbread.
Republicans Host Superior Court Judge
The Rim Country Republican Club meets Monday, March 28 at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson. Members and guests may gather at 11 a.m. to order lunch and to socialize. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., the main speaker will be Tim Wright, Gila County Superior Court Judge. Also Laddie Shane will speak on Proposition 123. Everyone is welcome to attend. Call Nancy Cox at (928) 472-1172 for more information.
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gency should they ingest it and end up with a blockage. • Table food — Onions, garlic, macadamia nuts, grapes and raisins are common toxic foods that pets ingest. However, many foods that aren’t toxic may cause an upset stomach that could lead to pancreatitis. So there you have it, friends. Be sure to keep a watchful eye on Fluffy and Fido and have a great Easter weekend!
hunting bags, vests and attire; fishing poles of all kinds; designer shorts, capris and tops; electric fans for those warmer days; Norman Rockwell collector’s plates marked way down for clearance; new colorful prom dresses of all varieties. Come enjoy the great shopping and music while you support our four-legged friends! 510 W. Main St.; open Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Spring has arrived at the Humane Society Resale Store & Vintage Boutique. You’ll find Cabella’s cammo
Here are just two of the many wonderful pets currently available for adoption from the HSCAZ shelter, 605 W.
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I’m a young guy, still learning to be a gentleman. I would love to play, especially with you! I can sometimes forget how to share my toys with my dog friends but I am learning quickly. I even had the chance to show the people at the shelter that I am very tolerant of those puppies, younger than I. I would love to go for walks and hang out with my new forever family; my last family had to give me up for personal reasons. Please come meet me. KREAM
Howdy, I’m Kream! I am a handsome man with some lovely features. I actually like bath time and love to play in the water. I am really good at playing catch and can play until I don’t have energy left. I would do great in a home that loves to play as much as I do. I would prefer to be your only dog but I think I could consider having certain female dogs friends. Come down and meet me so we can play catch and you can fall in love with me!
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Payson Cougars Senior Softball Team If you are age 60 or older and are wondering what to do with your old softball glove and bat and want some fun and exercise, come join the Payson Cougars men’s senior softball team. Practices are at the Kiwanis fields in Rumsey Park at 12:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday. For more information, call team manager Lou Felix at (928) 970-1991 or visit the website at: paysoncougars.com.
3706; Mary Jo, (928) 978-4663; Ted, (928-) 951-3362; Alice at (602) 8280917 or (928) 478-4361.
TOPS in Pine
The TOPS 412 (Take off Pounds Sensibly) Pine group meets Tuesdays at the LDS chapel in Pine. Weigh-in is at 8:20 a.m., the meeting is from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. For more information, call Barbara at (928) 978-4750 or Charlotte at (928) 978-3640.
Senior Singles Learn about La Posada with Pine Library Friends with Spirit Come and join the Pine Library Friends to discover the history of the La Posada Hotel and Mary Jane Coulter. It became a Santa Fe Railroad showplace -- until the interstate replaced train travel and La Posada was closed to the public for 40 years. This wonderful story will be presented at the next meeting of the Pine Library Friends at 1 p.m.,Monday, March 28 in the Library Activity Room located just behind the Cultural Hall in Pine. The community is invited and light refreshments will be served.
Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous meets from 2 p.m. Mondays at Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane, Payson. There are no fees or dues. The only membership requirement is a desire to not compulsively overeat anymore. Call the following members for more information: Denise, (928) 978-
The Senior Singles with Spirit group is composed of men and women who are young in spirit and have an enthusiasm for life. The purpose of this group is to build lasting friendships, share ideas, have fun, and enjoy activities with like-minded people. The choices are many and varied and all up to you. The group meets at 8:45 a.m. every Tuesday for breakfast at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson. For more information, call Paula at (480) 695-2786.
Friendship Bible Class
Friendship Bible Class, a non-denominational Bible study for women, meets at 1 p.m. every Tuesday at Majestic Rim. All women in the community are invited. For information, call Marilyn at (928) 474-6712.
Payson Writers
Want to learn how to write? Are lyrics or poetry, your delight; novels and Biographies too? Shakespeare
may be hiding in you. Come a work with the Payson Writers. The group meets at 3 p.m. Tuesdays. Call Cecile Rogee (928) 978-0983 or Doris (928) 363-1228 for more information.
Clothing distribution set for March 30 at RCMS Kaitie’s Closet is a non profit 501(c) (3) organization that collects children’s clothes for distribution free to those in need. Anyone in Rim Country in need of children’s clothes, for those in pre-K through 12th grades is welcome. The next Kaitie’s Closet’s distribution is from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 30 at Rim Country Middle School, 304 S. Meadow. If you or anyone you know would be interested in volunteering, please call any of the numbers above. We are in need of volunteers to sort tag and fold, stock shelves, and volunteers to help with set-up on distribution days.
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The Payson Parkinson’s Support Group is hosting special guest, Brenda Slapnicka at its monthly meeting from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday, April 1 at the Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy St. Yoga continues to rise in popularity and is cited as a favorite non-medical therapy by many living with Parkinson’s disease. If details contact Cindy Bryant at (928) 472-7120.
Members of the Rim Country 4 Wheelers (RC4W) invite anyone interested in four-wheel-drive back SmartPhones topic at road travel to join them at 9 a.m. computer club meeting Wednesdays in the Bashas’ shopThe next meeting of the Payson ping center parking lot in front of Area Computer Association is at the Big 5 store. 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 in the The route and destination may Payson Library meeting room (entry be prescheduled or may be decided door on the west side). on the spot; the level of difficulty John Griffith from Verizon may range from easy to moderate. Wireless will discuss SmartPhone Saturday trips are also scheduled features the average person may at least once a month. For all trips, not be aware, in his presentation have a full tank of gas, lunch, and a entitled “Your SmartPhone is a lawn chair. Computer.” Visitors are welcome. For more information, visit the For more information about the Web site at www.rimcountry4wheelassociation, please visit its website ers.com or call RC4W President Tom Doyle, (928) 600-9009. at www.pacaonline.net.
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WEATHERREPORT Forecast by the National Weather Service
Friday
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Sunny
69/36 Saturday
Sunny
65/32 Sunday
Sunny
68/40 Monday
Sunny and breezy
Mostly sunny, slight chance of rain
57/34
Photos courtesy of DJ Craig
The great egret (left) snatched a trout from one of the Green Valley Park lakes Sunday, March 20, but it was too big for it to swallow. So, one of its feathered friends, a great blue heron (right), was happy to finish the job.
The following reports and arrests were released by the Payson Police Department and Gila County Sheriff’s Office. All persons listed in this report are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. After reviewing cases, the Gila County Attorney’s Office often drops or modifies charges. If your name is listed and you are exonerated, please contact the Payson Roundup at editor@payson.com. March 7 – Male Juvenile, 16 – false reporting to law enforcement agency, minor in possession of vapor product and unlawful use of electronic communications; Female Juvenile, 15 – unlawful use of electronic communications; Sarah Ann Hulpke, 39, Mesa del Caballo – drug paraphernalia-possession, marijuana-possession, narcotic drugs-possession and two counts of felony shoplifting with convicted priors. March 8 – Deborah Lynn Olson, 53, Payson – arson of a structure of property; Sharon Jean Miller, 57, DUI-alcohol, drug, vapor, combination thereof; Male Juvenile, 16 – minor in possession of vapor product;
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for a probation violation, narcotic drug for sale, possession or use of narcotic drug and possession or use of drug paraphernalia. March 12 – Stephen Douglas Perry, 58, Payson – DUI with BAC of .08 or higher and DUI-alcohol, drug, vapor, or combination thereof; Lisa Diane Jones, 42, shoplifting; Bryan Daniel Hamlett, 52, Payson – theft-failure to return property (except rental property); Robert Alessi, 34, New York – possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal speed and driving suspended; Jourdain Wood, 26, Payson – warrant. March 13 – Jennifer Marie Eason, 32, Payson – drug paraphernalia-possession, narcotic drugs-possession and dangerous drugs-possession; Michelle Ray Jeanne Bauman, 44, Payson – domestic violence and assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury; Danielle Brown, 27, Payson – aggravated assault/domestic violence, prevent use of telephone in emergency/domestic violence and criminal damage/ domestic violence.
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moved to Payson, AZ in 2004. Sandy has been involved in the arts and belonged to different art groups wherever she lived. She enjoyed doing watercolors. Her family consists of ; sons Steven W. Spaulding, Mark Alan Spaulding; step-children Douglas W. Obrecht, Denise Vitullo, Walter L. Obrecht; 17 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren; brother E. Alan Snyder and many friends. Family was the most important part of life for her. She will be greatly missed and was truly loved by all of us. A memorial service for Sandy will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 1:00pm at Messinger Payson Funeral Home, 901 S. Westerly Rd.
Deborah Anne (Debbie) Berge (1965-2016)
Deborah Anne Berge of Payson, AZ passed away peacefully at the age of 50 on March 17th. Debbie was born in Burlingame, California on October 23, 1965 to Clifford and LaVerna McCrum. Debbie was a kindhearted and generous person who was always the “life of the party”. She was truly beautiful inside and out. She is now with our Heavenly Father whom we find great peace and comfort tin. Survivors include her daughters Kati (Eli), and Brittany Berge as
well as her grandchildren Victoria, Dalton and Azalya. Debbie is also survived by her parents Clifford and LaVerna McCrum and her loving aunts and uncle, cousins, nieces and nephews. She leaves behind many other family members as well as many friends including Bob York. At Debbie’s request there will be no public memorial service. Debbie was loved by so many and will be missed tremendously. John 3:16.
Mike K. Kraus (1954-2016)
Mike died at home March 10 and will be missed greatly. He is survived by his wife Shelly of 35 years, (sisters) Mary, Jackie, Sandy, and his brother, Rick. There will be a Celebration of Life on Sat. April 9th from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. potluck at the house.
2016 thru today 4.24 30-year Average through March 6.28
March 2016 0.00 March Avg. 2.36
Average Payson Precipitation from the office of the State Climatologist at Arizona State University.
PAYSON POLLEN COUNT FORECAST Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
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HIGH
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Dominant pollen: Mulberry-Ash-Poplar High: Pollen levels between 9.7 and 12.0 tend to affect most individuals who suffer from the pollen types of the season. Symptoms may become more severe during days with high pollen levels. Medium: Pollen levels between 7.3 and 9.6 will likely cause symptoms for many individuals who suffer from allergies to the predominant pollen types of the season. Low: Pollen levels between 0 and 7.2 tend to affect very few individuals among the allergy-suffering public. Source: pollen.com
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Sandra (Sandy) Joy Obrecht Born Sandra Joy Snyder in Washington, N.J. to Augusta Duckworth Snyder and Eugene N. Snyder. She moved to Crawford N.J. at around 6 years old where she attended High School until 1951. She moved as a senior to Littleton, Colorado where she graduated from Littleton High School in 1952. She met and married William Eugene Spaulding in 1952. They had two sons; Steven Wayne Spaulding and Mark Alan Spaulding. They moved to Newbury Park, CA. in 1972. Her husband William E. Spaulding died in 1974. She met and married Walter C. Obrecht in 1976 and become step-mom to Douglas, Walter, and Denise. Sandy and Walter
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Female Juvenile, 14 – minor in possession of vapor product; Evelyn Mazon Laborin, 24, Payson – false reporting to law enforcement agency. March 9 – Nicole Jaqueline Asmundson, 32, Payson – child or vulnerable adult abuse-reckless; Male Juvenile, 15 – shoplifting. March 10 – Scott Michael Sullivan, 44, Payson – misconduct involving weapons-prohibited possessor possession deadly weapon; Male Juvenile, 14 – incorrigible child, refuses to obey, theft, domestic violence and criminal damage-deface or damage property; Male Juvenile, 12 – incorrigible child, refuses to obey; Matthew Ronald Selig, 39, Payson – felony shoplifting with convicted priors; Female Juvenile, 17 – runaway from the child’s home or parent, guardian or custodian. March 11 – Joshua Wayne Sitton, 28, Mesa – endangerment; Lisa Diane Jones, 42, Payson – touching another person with intent to injure, insult or provoke and shoplifting; Matthew Cox, 24, Payson – warrant
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Mitchell Vuksanovich, age 83 of Globe, AZ passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016 at Scottsdale Osborne Medical Center in Scottsdale, AZ. He was born in Claypool, AZ on October 27, 1932, the son of Luka and Stane (Muscovich) Vuksanovich. Mitch owned many businesses in this community including Fly Away Travel, Hill Top Motors, Connie’s, Gomez Tortillas, The Butcher Hook and M.V. Enterprises. He was a life long member of the American Slavic Association, the Masons, the Elks, the Globe – Miami Chamber of Commerce in which he served two terms as president and the Tri-City Fire Dept. He also served on the Arizona Racing Commission, Rotary, Miami School Board and many other civic boards. Mitch always had a smile on his face and a warm greeting for everyone he met. He will be greatly missed in
this community. Mitch is survived by his wife Martha (O’Leary) Vuksanovich, his children; Margaret “Peggy” Vuksanovich-Dunn (Aubrey), Louis Mitchell Vuksanovich (Cayci) and Michele “Shelley” Vuksanovich, his granddaughter Makenzie Channing Vuksanovich and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Sat. April 2, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. at the Miami High School Auditorium in Miami, AZ. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 P.M. at the Miami High School Auditorium. Interment will be at Pinal Cemetery/Serbian Section in Central Heights, AZ In lieu of flowers family request donation be made in his name to; The Serbian Association – 1525 Birch St. – Globe, AZ 85501 Assisting the family; Lamont Mortuary of Globe
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Bill would allow towns to operate programs on federal lands by
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Earlier this month Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Prescott), who represents Rim Country in Congress, introduced a bill that would make it possible for state and local governments to operate facilities and manage federal lands. H.R. 4786 would create a pilot program to allow state, local governments and nonprofits to operate third-party recreational concessions on certain lands managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management under the terms of the Recreation and
Packets now available for school, college governing board candidates Gila County residents interested in making a difference for local schools are invited to consider running for a school district governing board seat or a seat on the Gila Community College (GCC) Governing Board. School districts need effective community leadership to ensure high quality educational programs and effective use of available resources. School district and GCC governing board candidate packets are now available in the Gila County Schools Office, 1400 E. Ash St., Globe and at 1100 N. Beeline Highway, Suite G, Payson (please call 928-472-5373 to confirm availability in the Payson office). All required forms are available to download at www.gilacountyesa.org. Candidate filing for governing board candidates begins at 8 a.m., Monday, July 11, 2016. The deadline for filing non-partisan nomination petition signatures and nomination papers for your school district or GCC governing board candidacy is 5 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. Petitions presented after 5 p.m. on Aug. 10 will not be accepted (A.R.S. 16-311.F.). Signed petitions and nomination papers/affidavits of qualification can be filed with the Gila County Superintendent of Schools (offices in Globe or Payson) or with the Gila County Elections Department in Globe (located in the Central Heights complex at 5515 Apache Ave.).
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The following are the positions open on local school governing boards: • Payson — 3, 4-year seats; 64 signatures needed for nomination petition • Pine — 2, 4-year seats; 10 signatures needed for nomination petition • Tonto Basin — 3, 4-year seats; six signatures • Young — 3, 4-year seats; three signatures • Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology (NAVIT) — 1, 4-year seat; 128 signatures • Gila Community College, Payson area district — 1, 6-year seat; 17 signatures
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“This bipartisan bill is consistent with the original intent of the RPPA and will significantly enhance recreational opportunities by empowering states, local governments and nonprofits to also operate third-party recreational concessions on lands under their control. Utilizing public-private partnerships that benefit local communities and create more outdoor activities for all Americans is just commonsense.” The bill already has the backing of the National Association of Counties, the National Association of County Park and Recreation Officials, the National
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aroundthe rim Families pour into the Creek for spring break Christopher Creek rounded second gathering on the Dodsons’ deck. A dozen and slid past the vernal equinox right locals had gathered for an impromptu into spring. It was a bright, warm, beau- farewell to winter that afternoon. Had tiful Sunday morning. The Creek was to be a lot of catchin’ up to do for it was already showing off the whites and pinks observed that at one point in time 10 of 12 of the apple, plum and cherry blossoms. were talking at the same time! Forsythia bushes were full on yellow. You Spring break families poured into see, we’ve already had a month the Creek the past two weeks. of spring-like weather, our win- another week Families with youngsters hikter having quit us by the first of in the creek ing or bike riding circled the February. Columbine loop. As mentioned The baseball metaphor was above, Alex and Irma had grandkids for most of a week and we a nod to all the record crowds saw Randy and Patsi Hostee had at the spring training games in their grandkids in tow last weekthe Valley. And, man, are the end as well. D-Backs doing some hitting. Monday evening down at the Better save some, boys. We’ll be fire board meeting, the first five there for Opening Day! minutes were dedicated to the Last Saturday’s games were Rod Britain awarding of certificates of reca combination of follow-the-leader, mountain running and extreme ognition to the firefighters at the spearrock climbing. It all played out down on point of a major house fire this winter. Columbine at the new amusement park Volunteer Dave Elston, retired firefightby the name of Handyland. Bill Handy er Dale Ashby, Captain Chad St. Luka, cleared off all the dead trees, catclaw and firefighters Steve McKinnon and Jason grapevines from his lot on the side of the Tutay were recognized. In brief remarks, Captain St. Luka ridge and made a sled run back when we lauded Dale Ashby for his contribution in had some snow. Gavin, Kolton, John Paul, Ivy and manning the engine for four hours during Alena romped up and down the ridge the fire. This allowed St. Luka to remain time after time with enviable energy. in command for the entire incident. Additional recognition was awarded Soon they were over behind the stone gabion walls behind the Dodson home. Larry Waltemeyer for his recent contriThese 4- to 7-year-olds were caught scal- butions to the department. ing the 18-foot walls and had made sevElvera Jones came all the way from eral ascents before they were sent on Freelandville, Ind. to visit. She and her their way. late husband, Bob, were longtime resiIt could be they were performing for the dents over in Tonto Village. Her Creek
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The Christopher Kohl’s Fire District recently recognized firefighters Dale Ashby, Capt. Chad St. Luka, Steve McKinnon and Dave Elston. Not pictured is Jason Tutay. connection comes from the tenure she had cooking for Olive Matus at Creekside Steakhouse and Tavern. That goes back starting about 35 years ago. At lunch on the porch at Creekside, three of us shared old names and stories with Sheila.
Daughters Tamara and her sister shared with us that Dan Christian, a longtime resident up in See Canyon, is now receiving hospice care at home. Prayers go out to Ron Louch who was hospitalized this week in Paradise
Valley. The annual Easter Egg Hunt is at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 26 at Milburn Meadow. We need rain … and that’s another week in the Creek.
No rain, high winds heighten fire danger in the Village There has been no rain in our area all of February and now none in March — so far. The forest has become tinder dry and now the winds have picked up along the Mogollon Rim and farther north (as of Tuesday). To prove the tinder dry claim, Hellsgate Fire Department was called out on Sunday afternoon to a brush fire up the Control Road. A brush truck and a water tender were called to the scene along with Forest Service trucks. Luckily, the fire was contained very quickly and burned just about an acre. The cause of the brush fire was not determined at the time, although there were many campers for the weekend and many quads and motorcycles driving through the area. Just one spark from an exhaust or a cigarette carelessly thrown on the side of the road could have been the culprit. This incident is a warning to all of us to be extra careful and very aware of sparks of any kind.
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Hellsgate Fireflies the other day. She had taken a bad fall and received many bruisHave you driven into town on a es and she is still in pain — all because of Monday from the Village and noticed garbage bags along the side of the road? It slipping on a scatter rug in her home. She asked me if I would say something about seems our visitors are not using the hazards of scatter rugs in a the facilities at the Payson Event senior citizen’s home. She said, the Center, they are leaving the bags “Don’t buy them!” Thank you for by the road and the birds and village the warning. I have now passed animals tear open the bags and it on. scatter the refuse. What about another drop-off dumpster at Ball in the House the end of the divided highway? I had the pleasure of attending There is enough room to drive up and drop the refuse withthe Tonto Community Concert out being too close to traffic. Association’s latest performance Maybe a sign a few miles before Janet by a group called Ball in the the dumpster to make visitors Snyder House. What a delight to hear aware that there is a place for this fine group of men. They their garbage. How about upping sang a cappella with one of the the fine for littering from $500 to $1,000? fellows as the whole band — doing beat Does anyone else have any other ideas? box. I had never heard of that before and I was fascinated! They performed many Scatter rugs ’60s and ’70s numbers in a doo-wop style I received a call from one of the former in perfect harmony. The evening was
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The holiest of Holy weeks is this coming week and the Tonto Village Chapel is inviting everyone to its Resurrection Celebration on Saturday, March 26, starting at 10 am. Some of the activities will be the Resurrection story, an egg hunt, crafts and many other activities. On April 10, the Chapel will host Bill Dicky at a Sunday morning concert. Mark your calendars for what promises to be a very enjoyable event. A women’s Bible study group is being formed. It’s scheduled to start the second week in April at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 14 at the Chapel. There will be more information in future columns.
This week’s recipe is so easy with hardly any large amount of ingredients and you can be creative with any type of pudding you may have on hand. The recipe is especially helpful if you have a lot of company for dinner on Easter and you are short of time. Pudding cookies 3/4 cup Bisquick 1/4 cup oil 1 package instant pudding mix (any flavor) 1 egg Mix ingredients together until they form a ball. Roll little balls in palm of hand and press flat on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. That’s it folks for this week, May the blessings of this joyous season find their way into your home. Happy Easter.
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Characters Under the Mogollon Rim – August and Wilhelmina Pieper August Pieper was 19 years and she traveled by train from old when he immigrated to the New York to Bowie, Ariz. Their United States in 1869. A large daughter’s name was Wilhelmina number of young men and entire Frederica Bohse. families were leaving Germany As the early 1880s passed the at this time because of the tur- Bohse girl blossomed into a young moil from the Austro-Prussian woman and August became smitWar and the movement to estab- ten with her in spite of the 20-year lish a new German difference in their ages. Federation. Striking out August was very busy to find a future in busi- back when developing his brewing ness, August lived in business and he had a Chicago for a while, but serious accident on June by the time he was 26 13, 1884. He was badly years old we find him livscalded on back, chest ing in Globe, Ariz. where and abdomen by a boiling brew kettle. However he joined with two other this did not slow him German-speaking immigrants to establish the down. With his partners, Pinal Brewing Company. Stan Brown he began looking at the Over the next severrapidly growing setal years the business tlement of Payson that thrived, and several partners promised to be a good market for changed. Their beer sold for 74 their product. On July 12, 1885 cents a gallon, and 35 cents for a the partners opened the Payson single bottle. Brewing Company and promptIt was sometime after 1880 that ly purchased several icehouses August met a girl who had emi- around Payson. They transported grated from Hamburg, Germany. their beer from Globe and stored Perhaps he had business deal- it in the icehouses until delivery. ings with her parents, Gustav and Pieper and his several partners Augusta Bohse. They had fled worked between the two towns Germany like so many others, maintaining their businesses. and came to Globe where they On Nov. 24, 1886 August and established a freighting business. Wilhelmina were married in They had left their daughter in Globe. She was 16, going on 17, Hamburg with her grandmother, and he was 36. The business in but once settled they sent for her Payson continued to grow, call-
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By 1893, August and Wilhelmina Pieper were building the house that came to be called the Pieper Mansion at 505 W. Main St. ing for full-time management, so in 1889 August and Wilhelmina Pieper moved to Payson. Immediately Pieper traded a half interest in two lots in Globe along with a five-acre “ice pond” in the Pinal Mountains for a half interest in a sawmill with 160 acres five miles outside of Payson. Income from this would help establish the
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That same year August Pieper bought out Henry Sidles, who wanted to move to California. The purchase included squatter’s claims to all the lots on both sides of Main Street, from the Globe Road (today’s McLane south of Main) east to beyond today’s Highway 87. This included the pastureland called the American
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Payson Brewery. At age 19, Wilhelmina was pregnant with the couple’s first child, and on Dec. 30, 1889 she gave birth to Emma Johanna Pieper. She had returned to Globe for the birth to be close to her parents. Their second child, Ernest Pieper, was born April 7, 1891.
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aroundthe rim Firewise Community Event being planned With the likelihood of having Captain Mike Brandt to attend a third consecutive brush pick- the festival. up program this summer about Brandt has campaigned long as likely as Donald Trump ton- and hard to make our subdivisions ing down his pompous and bom- Arizona Firewise Communities. bastic rhetoric, Pine Strawberry In Pine and Strawberry, Fuel Reduction Committee vol- Portals I, II and IV have earned unteer Katie Calderon has now Firewise designations. turned her attention to hosting an Brandt tells all willing to listen inaugural “Firewise Community that the ability to live more safely Event.” in a fire environment depends on The festival is still in the plan- the actions taken before a wildfire ning stages, but Calderon and her crisis. fellow committee members say it His strategy for those prewill be held from noon to 3 p.m. fire actions is built partly on the Saturday, April 30 at the cultural “survivable space” concept. This center ramada. concept involves modifying landThe event will center on fire scape design by reducing fuels safety and how to protect homes, and using building materials that lives and property from a cata- make home ignition from a wildstrophic wildfire. fire unlikely even without direct That serious underfirefighter intervention. taking, however, doesn’t rattlin’ If grasses, brush, mean the festival won’t the rim trees and other common provide fun and enterforest fuels are reduced tainment. or removed, a “survivable space” is created. Music will be provided The work begins with by the band Fossil Creek individual homeowners, Gang, Smokey Bear but also includes buildwill attend, gift baskets ing firebreaks around will be raffled, children communities and subdican mingle with goats visions. from the Fossil Creek Max Foster It has been proven Creamery and a food that thinning tree densitruck will be available to ties significantly limits the potencure hunger pangs. Calderon also anticipates tial for deadly crown fires such engines from the Pine Strawberry as the one that killed six inmate Fire Department to be on hand as firefighters during the Dude Fire will a U.S. Forest Service Wildland east of Pine. Brandt has long distributed Fire unit and Ace Hardware stove and chimney experts will be avail- free of charge a “Homeowner’s able to demonstrate how to avoid Firewise Guide for Arizona” to chimney and ash-caused fires. those who live in a subdivision “We are also going to try and that has not earned Firewise stahave rattlesnakes and tarantulas tus. to show what type of (reptiles) we Easter Egg hunt tomorrow live with up here,” said Calderon. “We will have pop-ups set up Hey kids, don’t forget to share around the ramada so people can in all the fun of the Seventh walk around and (visit) all the Annual Easter Egg Hunt starting displays.” at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 26 at Jim Paxon, the Forest Service the Pine Trailhead. fire information officer who In addition to the hunt, there became the voice of the 2002 will be free goodie bags and the Rodeo-Chediski Fire, will make Pine Strawberry Fire Department a special appearance to share his will be on hand with a fire truck. expertise. La Posada on DVD Paxon authored the book, “The Monster Reared His Ugly Head, The community is invited to the Story of the Rodeo-Chediski join Friends of Pine Library memFire.” bers at 1 p.m., Monday, March 28 Calderon says she has read the to enjoy the DVD presentation book and calls it chilling. “History of the La Posada Hotel.” While Paxon is well known The La Posada, which is locatfor his work during the Rodeo- ed in Winslow adjacent to the Chediski, he actually spent 34 Amtrak station, has been called years chasing wildfires while the last great railroad hotel. It working for the U.S. Forest was originally meant to be a luxuService in New Mexico, Texas ry stop for passengers taking the and Colorado. Santa Fe Super Chief from Los Much of his career was as a Angeles to Chicago or vice versa. member of the National Incident It opened in 1929 and was Management Team that responds designed by Mary Elizabeth Jane to manage large, complex wild- Colter. fires all over the nation. Having grown up in Winslow Calderon also anticipates the son of a Santa Fe locomotive retired Pine-Strawberry Fire engineer who sometimes engi-
and Rescue personnel were kept occupied most of the summer months rescuing hikers unprepared for the five-mile hike into Fossil Creek. The creek is one of two federally designated Wild and Scenic Rivers in Arizona. The Verde River is the other. To make a Fossil Creek reservation go to www.recreation.gov or call 877-444-6777. Easter invitation
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The Firewise event being planned will center on fire safety and how to protect homes, lives and property from a catastrophic wildfire. neered the Super Chief, I grew up with a childhood connection to the La Posada. In the 1950s, it — along with the hustle and bustle of Route 66 — was the epicenter of Winslow. As children, we often gathered there to play in the lush gardens, on the green lawns and to wave at train passengers as they zoomed by gazing out windows. If it was our birthday or we made the honor roll or earned a varsity letter as teens, our parents usually treated us to dinner at the La Posada where we could order what we wanted off the menu — within reason of course. After school and sports practices or on weekends, we’d sometimes slip into the hotel lobby for a sneak peek at Winslow’s only color television. If the teenage girls knew Elvis Presley was going to be on the Ed Sullivan television show, they’d jam pack the lobby to scream at his swiveling hip gyrations. Of course, the staff at the La Posada included the Harvey Girls made famous in a 1946 musical film starring Judy Garland. A mother of one of my high school teammates and friend arrived in Winslow as a Harvey Girl and after her contract expired, married a railroad engineer. She told of how Harvey Girls had to meet strict standards of having at least an eighth-grade education, be of good moral character, have polite manners, be articulate and neat and clean.
She remembered her pay being very good, about $17 a month. It was a very sad day in Winslow when the Santa Fe closed the La Posada and turned it into railroad offices. It was even sadder years later when the La Posada fell into disrepair and was on the verge of being torn down. Townspeople, including many of my high school friends, rallied to save the hotel, but it wasn’t until Allan Affeldt and his wife Tina Mion purchased it that the grand lady was restored to her original majesty. Those of us who grew up in Winslow will always cherish special memories of the hotel. My favorite was on Jan. 14, 1971 — the day my father made his final engineering run for the Santa Fe. Pa, with his grandson on his lap, engineered the massive passenger train to a stop in front of the La Posada where a crowd of family members, friends and fellow railroaders awaited to congratulate him on his retirement after 37 years. For decades prior, that same stirring scene had greeted hundreds of other retiring railroaders. I’ve taken my grandchildren to visit the La Posada and tried, usually in vain, to explain the historical magnitude of the hotel and what it was like to grow up in its shadows. But I think they were more interested in their Microsoft
Surfaces. Permits now required for Fossil Creek
Those planning a summer outing into the Fossil Creek wilderness should take heed to new rules and regulations for visiting the scenic hot spot. From May 1 to Oct. 1, advance permits will be required to park a vehicle in the Fossil Creek area. The permit allows parking for one vehicle at one of nine designated parking lots. During the five-month period, a maximum of six permits per person will be allowed. A permit guarantees a parking space within a lot, but not a specific parking space which are on a first-come, first-served basis. Permits are not required Oct. 2 through April 30. Two roads lead to the creek, one of them just a few miles from Strawberry has been closed which means visitors must hike a five-mile trail to reach the water. The other access is via a long gravel road that begins off the road to Camp Verde (Hwy. 260). This road eliminates the long hike to reach the creek. but it often reaches capacity by early morning. The permit system was instituted because the creek was being overrun by swimmers, campers and hikers who left trash, burned illegal campfires and damaged the area’s fragile ecosystem. Forest rangers, law enforcement officers and Tonto Search
First Baptist Church of Pine members are issuing an invitation to all in the community to join the congregation in its annual Sunrise Service that will begin at 6:45 a.m., Sunday, March 27 at the church on Beeline Highway in Pine. “Join with us in singing praises to our Risen Lord and worshiping Him at this special time as you see the sun rise over the mountains,” invites church member Sue Montgomery. “We encourage you to wear warm clothes as we celebrate the service outside looking toward the mountains on that crisp morning.” Following the service, attendees are invited to a breakfast that will be held in the Fellowship Hall. The church’s regular Bible study classes for all ages begins at 9:15 a.m. and the Resurrection Worship Service starts at 10:30 a.m. “Come to one or all of the events of that morning, we’d love to share God’s love together,” says Montgomery. Book discussion
Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library is hosting at 1 p.m., Friday, May 20 a book discussion on the novel “Looking for Jane,” by Judith Redline Coopey. The book focuses on 15-yearold Nell who was born with a cleft palate and left as a foundling on the doorstep of a convent. She yearns to know her mother, whose name, she knows, was Jane. A book reviewer apparently enjoyed it, writing, “From the first page I felt for Nell. She was dropped at the convent and had a speech problem so others did not treat her as well as they should have. The author did a good job of describing Nell’s journey to find her mother as you felt as if you were on the journey with her.” The author was born in Pennsylvania, but holds a degree from Arizona State University. Thought for the week
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”
You can learn something new every day when you read By now I guess that all make. Every once in a you know I like to read. your turn while when I am reading I picked up the habit the news I’ll see something and my very first when I was young and reaction is to say, “Oh, have been at it ever since. those doggone (fill in the Good thing too! Now that blank). They’re always I take care of my beloved making trouble!” wife 24/7 there is no way We all do it, don’t we? I can watch TV or listen to the radio anymore. Tom Garrett It’s called “being human.” I can’t always be in the However, I ran across room with Lolly, so I have someone who said somemonitors all over the house that thing 120 years ago about that pick up anything she says and particular human error, and said transmits them to small receivers it so well I thought I’d share it with I can hear. That means no TV, no you today. He was writing about a war in South Africa, which had radio, no nothing. Doesn’t bother me though. just taken place, a war we’ve all Reading fills the hours when I’m heard of, but don’t know much not working, and there’s a side about these days: The Boer War benefit to it beyond the fact that fought between the British and the there are a lot of good things Boers, who were a mixed group of to read: I learn something new European settlers. I had read Winston Churchill’s almost every day. Like what? For one thing, being exciting tale about his daring as human as anyone else, I guess escape from a POW camp in I make the kind of mistakes we Pretoria, so I knew a little some-
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thing about the Boer War, but I had no idea what a long, bitter struggle it was, nor did I know that it was a war in which the British learned something from their casualty rate, namely that the days of bright red uniforms, cavalry attacks and bayonet charges were over — as World War I demonstrated just a little more than 10 years later. Nor did I know how many of the accepted rules of war were tossed out by a few of the Boers during the fighting. Can you guess who wrote the definitive book about it all? None other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of someone still ranked by many as the greatest fictional detective ever — Sherlock Holmes. I’ve read all of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes books and stories, and I’ve even read a few other things he wrote, including “The Lost World,” a great science fiction novel that has been made into at least a half dozen
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films. But until I began downloading free e-Books on the Internet I had no idea that he had written so many non-fiction books as well, including “The Great Boer War,” which is where I read this comment about the Siege of Mafeking, one of the critical battles of that war: “Snyman, the Boer general, showed none of that chivalry at Mafeking which distinguished another Boer general at Ladysmith. Not only was there
no neutral camp for women or sick, but it is beyond all doubt or question that the Boer siege guns were deliberately turned upon the women’s quarters inside Mafeking in order to bring pressure upon the inhabitants to surrender. “Many women and children were sacrificed to this brutal policy, which must in fairness be set to the account of the savage leader, and not to that of the rough but kindly folk with whom we were fighting. In every race there are
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individual ruffians, and it would be a mistake to allow our actions to be influenced by, or our feelings permanently embittered by, their crimes. It is from the man himself, and not from his country, that an account should be exacted.” Well put, isn’t it, Johnny? Especially when we remember that Conan Doyle was British, and so were the “women and children” in Mafeking. But there’s no doubt he was right, is there?
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Rim Country Church Directory Calvary Chapel Payson 1103 N. Beeline Hwy. at Sherwood Dr.; (928) 468-0801, office@calvarypayson.com, calvarypayson.com. Sunday: Services at 8:30 & 10:30 a.m., Devotion & Prayer at 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday: Men’s & Women’s Discipleship at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Fellowship Dinner at 5 p.m., Service at 6:30 p.m.; Thursday: Christ-Centered Recovery & Young Adult Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. Childcare is provided for all of the above services.
sermon title is “Idle Tales.” Office hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to noon; 474-2059 office, 4740624 fax, E-mail: cpcgen@yahoo.com, Website: cpcpayson.org.
Catholic Church of the Holy Nativity A Roman Catholic Church under the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. 1414 N. Easy St.(corner of Easy Street & Bradley Dr.), Payson, AZ 85541, (928) 478-6988, wwwholynativitypayson.com. The Rev. Fr. Lowell E. Andrews, Pastor. Sunday: Mass 10 a.m. Wednesday: Low Mass & Holy Unction 10 a.m. First Wednesday of the month: Benediction & Chaplet of Divine Mercy 5:30 p.m. followed by potluck supper. High Holy Days: Mass 10 a.m.
Desert Community Christian Fellowship, SB Pastor Eric Woods, (928) 479-2216, 173 Stephen’s Way, Tonto Basin. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday services 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday worship 6 p.m.
Crossroads Foursquare Church We invite you to join us Sunday mornings, 10 a.m. Find us at www.crossroads4square.com, on Facebook or at 114 E. Cedar Lane, Payson.
East Verde Baptist Church Houston Mesa Road at Whispering Pines Control Road, 474-9385. Sunday Morning Bible Study, 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 7 p.m.
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Christopher Creek Bible Fellowship - I.F.C.A. 1036 E. Christopher Creek Loop, first driveway past fire station on left. Pastor Ed Hepworth, 478-4857 (church), 478-4310 (home).10:30 a.m. Worship Service and Children’s Sunday School (nursery provided). Tues. & Thurs. Bible Studies. Join us Palm Testament, we attempt to accomplish the spiritual Sunday, March 20th , for a FREE Southwestern mission of the church, rather than being a social or Gospel Concert with Phil Dickey during the worrecreational institution. ship service. Potluck to follow concert. Church For the Nations Payson Sunday Experience at 901 S. Westerly Rd at 10 a.m. Contact us at 928-444-8791 or email us at info@cftnpayson.com for more detailed information on mid-week connection events and community outreach. Visit us on our website at cftnpayson.com and like us on Facebook. WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER! Church of Christ 306 E. Aero. Sunday Bible classes 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. For Bible studies any day of the week, call Bob Nichols, 468-0134. By understanding and living the principles taught in the New
Welcome everyone
Holy Week Schedule
• March 20, 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., Palm Sunday
• March 23, 5:30 p.m., Passover Seder Meal and Eucharist Service • March 24, 6:30 p.m., Maundy Thursday Foot Washing • March 25, Noon, Good Friday, Liturgy Service • March 25, 3 p.m. Good Friday, Stations of the Cross • March 27, 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., Easter Sunday Service (Praise Band at 10:00)
Regular Service Times
Service of Healing & Holy Eucharist 9am Wednesday Sunday Morning Holy Eucharist 8am and 10am Fr. Dan Tantimonaco, Rector
“No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, there is a place for you at St. Paul’s.”
1000 N. Easy Street, Payson • 474-3834
Church of Christ in Payson 401 E. Tyler Parkway, (928) 474-5149. Sunday: Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Singing Practice 5:30 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m. Tuesday: Ladies Bible Class 10 a.m. Wednesday: Bible Class 6:30 p.m. www.paysonchurchofchrist.com
Expedition Church 301 S. Colcord Road (two blocks west of Hwy. 87, just north of Bonita). Expedition is a non-denominational church whose mission is to “make disciples who love God and people.” Sunday services are at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. For more information, go to www.discoverexpedition.com, Facebook at ExpeditionChurchPayson, or call (928) 474-9128. We look forward to having you join us on our journey!
First Baptist Church of Pine 4039 N. Highway 87, 476-3552, Website: www. fbcpine.com. Sundays: Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Evening Fellowship 6 p.m. Communion service the first Sunday during Morning Worship. Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 8 a.m. first Saturday of Church on Randall Place, SBC (in Pine) each month. Women’s Bible Study 9:15 Tuesday Pastor John Lake. All are welcome! 6338 W. mornings. AWANA program on Mondays as folRandall Place (turn west on Randall Place road lows: Sparks for K-2nd 2:30-4 p.m.; TNT, Trek near the Thrift Store) Sunday Morning Prayer: 8 and Journey 6-8 p.m. All other activities, please a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Sunday Adult Bible Enrichment contact the church office Wednesday 10 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. to 9:40 a.m., Sunday Worship noon or Friday 9 a.m. to noon. Celebration: 10 a.m. Sunday Communion 2nd Sunday of the month. Sunday Fellowship Meal Gospel Meetings every 3rd Sunday of the month. Women of All are invited to come and hear the simple CORP Ministries and Bible studies lead by teachings and doctrine of Christ. The gospel of Simone Lake. Other various Connection Groups Christ still provides an anchor for the soul in a available throughout week. For more information, turbulent world. These meetings present the goscontact: 1-928-476-4249 (ch), 1-928-472-6439 pel story simply and freely. Tuesday from 7-8 (pastor’s hm) 1-928-970-4249 (pastor’s cell), p.m., Mogollon Health Alliance, 308 E. Aero Dr., Email: pinerandallchurch@hotmail.com Payson. Website: http://churchonrandallplace.org Online Sermons: www.sermon.net/CORP Mount Cross Lutheran Church (ELCA) 601 E. Highway 260 (across from Tiny’s RestauCommunity Christian Church rant), 474-2552. Ken Lentz, Interim Pastor. SunAn independent, undenominational fellowship. day Worship Schedule: 8:30 a.m. Traditional Meets every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel Service; 10:30 a.m. Praise Service. Holy Comat Majestic Rim Retirement Living, 310 E. Tyler munion is celebrated on the 1st & 3rd Sundays Parkway. Open Communion served every Sunday. of each month. Visit our website atwww.mountcross.org. Church office hours: Monday-Friday Community Presbyterian Church 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mount Cross is a warm, lov800 W. Main Street, Rev. Charles Proudfoot, ing church community that extends itself to others Pastor. Sundays: SON Risers Adult Bible Class at and welcomes everyone with joy. 8:30 a.m.; Hymn Sing at 10:15 a.m. followed by Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. Bible Time and Mountain Bible Church nursery care for children provided. Easter Sunday’s Please be our guest this weekend, 8:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at 302 E. Rancho Road where our goal is to ‘Love God and Love People!’ We have many adult, children and student ministries on SunHOLY WEEK SERVICES days and during the week. Our Spanish Church Ecumenical Good Friday called “La Roca” meets Sundays at 12:30 p.m. Want more information? (928) 472-7800 or www. at Community Presbyterian mountainbible.org.
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8:30 a.m. between services 10:30 a.m.
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First Baptist Church of Pine invites you to join us Sunday, March 27
In the Bible it reads in Mark 16:2: “Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, the women went to the tomb. As they arrived they saw that the stone had already been rolled aside.” We invite all to join members of our congregation for our annual Sunrise Service at First Baptist Church in Pine, Arizona, 4039 N. Hwy. 87, Pine, Sunday, March 27th at 6:45 a.m. Join with us in singing praises to our Risen Lord and worshiping Him at this special time. We encourage you to wear warm clothes as we celebrate the service outside looking toward the mountains. We also invite you to stay for breakfast in our Fellowship Hall afterwards, and join us in our regular Bible Study classes for all ages at 9:15 a.m. and our Resurrection Worship service at 10:30 a.m. You are most welcome at each or all of the services. Further information, call the church office at 928-476-3552.
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Rim Country Church Directory New Life Foundation Hwy. 87 (next to Windmill Corner Inn), Strawberry, 476-3224. Services: Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 9 a.m.
for all ages 9:30 a.m., worship service 10:45 a.m., Children’s Church 10:45 a.m., no Sunday eve. service. Wednesday Night Bible Study Fellowship 7 p.m. Potluck every third Sunday at noon following the worship service.
Payson First Church of the Nazarene Come join us for a time of fellowship and worship as we praise the Lord! 200 E. Tyler Parkway (928) 474-5890. Sundays: Morning Worship Service 9:30 am; Sunday School for all ages 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Monday- Friday: Safe Haven Childcare Center 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Lighthouse Club 2:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays: Prayer and Praise 6 p.m.; Wednesdays: Women’s Bible Study 1-2 p.m.; Children’s Quizzing 3-6th grades 1:30-4:30 p.m.; Thursdays: Youth Night 6:30 p.m.; Last Saturday of each month: Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 8 a.m.; Senior Activities each month. For more information on locations, times and topics contact the church office. Office hours: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Tonto Creek Shores/Tonto Valley Bible Church Lots 240-241 Valley View Road, Gisela, 4741360. Valley View Drive, Gisela; Pastor Ted Tatum. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. (combined service with both churches).
Payson United Methodist Church 414 N. Easy Street (between Zurich St. and Malibu St. behind ACE Hardware); Pastor Carl Peterson. Easter Services: 6:00 a.m. Sunrise; 8:30 a.m. informal; 11:00 a.m. traditional. Safe nursery care provided. We are a growing, multi-generational faith community where our hearts, minds, and doors are open to all people. Our mission is to Love Like Jesus. For more information on our choir and handbell programs and ministries and mission to the community, visit our website: paysonumc.com or call 928-474-0485. Ponderosa Bible Church of Payson 1800 N. Beeline Hwy. Dr. Joe Falkner - Sr.Pastor, Sunday: Traditional Worship Service 9:30 a.m., Contemporary Worship Service 11 a.m. Nursery, Adult and Youth Bible Studies during both services. Wednesday evening fellowship and Bible study for all ages! For more details and information on other weekly events, check out our website at www.pbcpayson.org or call the church office at (928) 474-9279. Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church (WELS) 204 W. Airport Road (corner of Airport Rd and North McLane). Pastor David Sweet, (928) 9707606 or (928) 474-2098. Sunday Worship Service is at 9 a.m.; Sunday School and Adult Bible Class at 10:15 a.m.; Holy communion is celebrated at the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Adult Bible class is held on Tuesdays at 1 p.m., Thursdays at 9 a.m. and Saturdays at 9 a.m. Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services, both at 6 p.m, March 24 and March 25. Sunday, March 27 Early Easter Celebration Service 7 a.m. Easter Light Breakfast 8 a.m. Easter Celebration Service 9 a.m. Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church (LC-MS) 507 W. Wade Lane, 928-474-5440, Pastor Steve De Santo. Sunday: Adult Bible Study 8:30 a.m., Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship Service 10 a.m. Holy Communion is celebrated on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month.
He Is Risen St. Paul’s Episcopal Church WE Welcome Everyone. 1000 N. Easy St. (Corner of Sherwood & Easy St.). 928-474-3834. The Rev. Daniel F. Tantimonaco, Rector. Holy Week Schedule: March 20, 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., Palm Sunday; March 23, 5:30 p.m., Passover Seder Meal and Eucharist Service; March 24, 6:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday Foot Washing; March 25, noon, Good Friday, Liturgy Service; March 25, 3 p.m. Good Friday, Stations of the Cross; March 27, 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Easter Sunday Service (Praise Band at 10:00). Visit our Website: www. stpaulspayson.org. Email: stpaulspayson@gmail. com. WE Welcome Everyone.
Tonto Village Chapel Tonto Village Chapel exists to serve, love and uplift the Lord Jesus Christ. Our mission is to operate in the community as a light House through fulfilling the great commission as found in Matthew 28:18-20. We welcome an opportunity to worship with you on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school/Bible study at 10:45 a.m. for adults, children and youth, or Tuesday evening Bible study and prayer meeting at 5 p.m. For questions or information please call the Church at (928) 478-5076. Unity Church of Payson Spiritual leader Dr. Lynnette Brouwer, Licensed Unity Teacher. Our mission is to inspire and awaken one another to a greater experience of God and life through the practical application of spiritual principles. Easter Sunday services at 10:00 a.m. will feature music by Cinnamon Twist. We meet at 600 State Highway 260, #14 (Board of Realtors Conference Room, back of Tiny’s parking lot). For more, go to www.unityofpayson. org or call 928-478-8515. Young Baptist Church (928) 462-3476. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Services, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday prayer service, 6 p.m.
Seventh-day Adventist Church 700 E. Wade Lane, Payson; Pastor Steven Salsberry; Elder Sharon Judd. Saturday services: Sabbath School/Bible Study 9:30a.m.; Worship Hour 11 a.m. We welcome all visitors. Come and join us for uplifting fellowship. Call 928474-9209 for Prayer Meeting times and location, and for coming local events, or visit our website: http://payson.adventistfaith.org. Shiloh Christian Fellowship 501 E. Rancho Road (across the street from Payson Elementary School), 474-3138. Non-denominational church teaching verse by verse and chapter by chapter through the Bible. Contemporary Worship and family oriented, children’s ministries and nursery provided. Sunday Worship Service at 10:45 a.m. Bible Study on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Strawberry Chapel in the Pines Fossil Creek Road, Strawberry, 476-3893. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wed. Bible study 7 p.m. Tonto Basin Bible Church Hwy. 188 off Dryer Dr., Tonto Basin, Pastor Robert Melotti, (928) 479-2299. Sunday School
HE IS RISEN! Celebrate the resurrection of our
Savior Jesus Christ at
Rock of Ages Lutheran Church Jesus said, “Because I live ye shall also live.” John 14:19
Celebrating New Life! Good Friday ~ March 25 at 7 pm
Easter Sunday ~ March 27 Services: 8:45 & 10:30 am
La Roca (Spanish Church) 12:30pm Mountain Bible Church 302 E. Rancho Road 928-472-7800 www.mountainbible.org
SUNDAY, MARCH 27th Early Easter Celebration Service - 7:00 AM Easter Light Breakfast - 8:00 AM Easter Celebration Service - 9:00 AM
Everyone is welcome. Rock of Ages Lutheran Church
204 W. Airport Road (corner of Airport & McLane)
928-474-2098
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SPORTS
Rivalry with sister fuels young rodeo star by
Keith Morris
roundup sports editor
The name’s Talaura Rhyann Frost. But you can call her TR. And you may be able to call her champion if things work out. The Tonto Basin eighth-grader, who’ll turn 15 next month, is enjoying a breakout season in the Arizona Junior High Rodeo Association. Frost ranks second as a runner in ribbon roping, just one point back of the current leader. The top four in the final season standings in each event qualify for the National Junior High Finals Rodeo in Lebanon, Tenn. in June. She also could qualify in goat tying. She ranks fourth in the AJHRA season standings in that event. Additionally, she stands sixth in pole bending, ninth in breakaway, 10th as a header in team roping and 14th in barrel racing. Her strong season in multiple events leaves Frost in fourth place in the girls all-around season standings with 147.5 points, which is just 4.5 points back of third place. It’s the mid-point of the AJHRA schedule, with four of the eight rodeos already in the corral. It took four months to get those four rodeos out of the way. But the final four events come rapidly. She’ll compete in an AJHRA rodeo in Casa Grande this weekend, another in Casa Grande on April 2-3 and one in Willcox on April 16-17 before the AJHRA State Finals Rodeo, which is scheduled for April 30-May 1 in Prescott. Then, of course, she’s hoping to be heading to Tennessee for the National Finals. She’s also enjoying a strong season in the Queen Creek Junior Rodeo Association. Frost ranks fourth in the teen girls all-around standings in the QCJRA, which has just two more rodeos on the schedule — April 23-24 at Welcome Home Ranch and May 6-8 in Payson. She ranks second in teen girls goat tying on that circuit, second in teen girls ribbon roping, fourth in teen girls team roping, fifth in teen girls barrel racing, sixth in teen girls pole bending and eighth in teen girls breakaway. Frost, who is home-schooled, is the youngest of Kristie and Harvey Frost’s five children. Her father and two of her siblings are also involved in rodeo. Having three members of the family involved helped her get into it, as well. Her sister, Payten, 18, is a member of the Mesalands Community College Rodeo Team. The honor roll student is studying animal science at
Photos by Keith Morris/Roundup
Above, Tonto Basin eighth-grader TR Frost and her versatile horse, Lilly. At right, Frost practices goat tying at Lori and Bill Brown’s ranch in Tonto Basin. The 14-year-old would qualify for the National Junior High Finals Rodeo in two events if the season ended today.
the Tucumcari, N.M. school. Payten’s provided motivation for TR to improve. “I try to get better than her,” TR said. “That’s my goal — to beat my sister. She’s tough.” With an advantage in experience, her older sister let’s her know who’s better right now. “When we practice, we do it as a competition,” TR said. “Everything’s a competition with us. “Sometimes it gets frustrating because she likes to talk a lot.” Payten grew up riding Lilly, the family’s 12-year-old palomino. They took turns riding her until Payten went to college. Now TR and Lilly are inseparable. While most of her competitors have multiple horses, with each specializing in certain rodeo events, the Frost family doesn’t own a number of
horses. So Frost rides Lilly for all of her events. “We got her as a team roping horse, but we made her into everything else she is,” TR said. “She’s one of a kind. I do everything on her — barrels, poles, goats and breakaway.” TR grew up in Snowflake, where her father worked for Catalyst Paper. But when the mill closed, the family moved to Texas for three years before moving to Tonto Basin last year. Her father runs the Greenback Crossing RV Park in Tonto Basin. Home schooling allows her to compete in rodeo. “If I wasn’t home-schooled, I wouldn’t rodeo,” she said. “You have to take off too much school to do that.” Since the family doesn’t own a ranch, she and her dad load up the horse and drive over to Lori
and Bill Brown’s Tonto Basin ranch for practice several times a week. That process takes about 30 minutes each way. “Lori’s been a big help,” she said. “I wouldn’t be sitting as good as I am if it wasn’t for her.” TR said she’s enjoying her best rodeo season because she’s been more focused this season. Instead of practicing maybe once a week like she previously did, TR practices several times each week now. And then she’s competing in rodeos most weekends. “I don’t have any other hobbies,” she said. “Rodeo’s my life. I try a lot harder now. It used to be fun. Now I go to win.” Frost hopes to follow in her sister’s footsteps and earn a place on the Mesalands CC rodeo team. She’s eying a career as an equine dentist.
Horns fall to Blue Ridge
valuable lessons Payson High varsity softball player Becky Bauer gives a girl a high-five after she made a nice play during the Longhorns’ Second Annual Kids’ Clinic on Tuesday. The number of participants grew from about 30 last year to approximately 45 this year, as the clinic expanded to six hours and included lunch. The clinic, featuring varsity players and coaches teaching youngsters fundamentals of the game, is a fundraiser for the high school program and helps get kids doing things the right way in preparation for future varsity careers. See our website – payson.com – for a video and photo gallery.
Payson bats go silent in 5-4 loss by
Keith Morris
roundup sports editor
Host Lakeside Blue Ridge scored two runs in the fourth inning to overcome a 4-3 deficit and beat Payson 5-4 in baseball on Monday. The Longhorns managed just four hits. They scored three runs in the third without managing a base hit. Every batter in the inning walked, was hit by a pitch or struck out. Iram Macias starred for the Yellow Jackets, shutting Payson down with four innings of relief and going 3-for-3 at the plate with two doubles and four RBIs. “Basically, we got beat by one
guy,” said Payson coach Brian Young. “That is on me. I have to do a better job of making sure one player doesn’t beat us.” Other than scoring a first-inning run on a Nate McMullen single and an RBI double by Carl Adcock, the Longhorns simply didn’t get it done at the plate. “We were just absolutely flat at the plate,” Young said. “To only manage four hits with our offense is pretty disappointing. We need to go back to the drawing board and figure out how to score some runs.” Blue Ridge scored twice in the bottom of the first on two walks and two hits. The Jackets went up 3-1 on an RBI double in the second and went ahead to stay on a two-run double in the fourth. Although Blue Ridge (2-4, 0-1
Section 1) is a Section 1 opponent, the game was a non-section game. The teams meet again in the section opener for the Longhorns at Payson on April 5. But Monday’s game does count in the power rankings, dropping the Longhorns to 3-3 in those games that determine the Division 3 state tournament teams. All three losses have been by two runs or fewer. “We have put ourselves in a bit of a hole and now it’s time to find a little character and start digging ourselves out,” Young said. “We can play better baseball and we will.” The Longhorns were scheduled to play host to Camp Verde on Thursday, March 24. They entertain Sedona Red Rock on Monday, March 28 at 5:30 p.m.
Paulson’s super-human performance best I’ve ever seen I’ve seen plenty of memorable moments in my 31 years as a sports writer for newspapers in Arizona, Michigan and Alabama. I’ve covered just about every sport you can think of. Occasionally, I’ve been able to rub elbows with professional athletes, such as PGA stars at the Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Mich. But I’ve mostly covered high school and community sports. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. I certainly wouldn’t have continued in this career if I didn’t absolutely
love what I do. You don’t get rich working at a newspaper. What I love about high school athletics is that it’s sports in its purest form. I don’t deal with prima donnas searching for a big payday. No, I work in a different arena. It’s one where the team comes first. Over the years I’ve covered many state championship teams and individual state champs. Championships are always so much fun to cover. I made a list of all the individual wrestling state championships I’ve covered over the years. I came up with 178 of them. Many of those involve a young man putting in the hard work and countless hours of practice necessary to turn a heartbreaking loss in the state wrestling tournament one year into Arissa Paulson dominated batters the fuel that and terrorized pitchers in leading the propels him Horns to the semifinals as a freshman to the top the and the state title game each of the next season. last two years. Although those
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kinds of achievements stand out in one’s mind, there’s more to it than that. Just because a team or individual may not win a championship, doesn’t mean there’s nothing to celebrate. It’s that desire to succeed and the effort young men and women put into their sport that’s worth covering, no matter what the final outcome. And I’ve been fortunate enough to cover many dramatic moments on the high school athletic scene that aren’t broadcast across the nation. I’ve seen tears filling the eyes of Flint (Mich.) Northern High wrestler Darnell Ruffin as he had to beat teammate Antonio Harrison, the defending champ at 106 pounds, 5-1 for the 1996 112-pound Division 1 state title after a rule change allowed teams to enter more than one wrestler at each weight for the Michigan High School Athletic Association State Tournament. He wrestled with the thought of celebrating state glory while his friend
endured heartache, or the notion of watching his buddy experience the satisfaction of accomplishing what only one a year can while he falls into despair. It’s one of the most memorable dramas I’ve witnessed. But one moment stands out above all the rest in my three-plus decades of covering sports. It happened last spring as I watched Payson’s Arissa Paulson fight back tears after each agonizing pitch in the softball state semifinal win over archrival Winslow. She kept pitching despite an injured shoulder. And the pain was evident even as she rounded the bases with her second home run of the game, this one a walk-off blast in the eighth to propel the Longhorns into the state championship game for the second straight season. That pain was there on her face again as she willed herself back into the circle inning after inning in another gutsy performance in the title game against Tucson Empire. And it was clearly there when she’d return to the dugout each inning and drop her head as she leaned forward holding her right arm. It was the last game she’ll ever pitch for Payson. The 2015 Gatorade Arizona Softball Player of the Year will miss her
senior season this spring because of the injury. Fortunately, she’s still receiving a scholarship to Brigham Young University, where she’ll join older sister, Arianna, on the diamond. BYU coaches believe she’ll recover from Arissa Paulson the injury and has a promising collegiate career after a simply dominant prep career mowing down batters and blasting home runs. But, as great an athlete as she is, she’s got something else many don’t — courage and heart. Both were on display in last year’s state semifinal win and the championship game loss to Empire. And they’re permanently engraved in the memories of all who were on hand to witness them. Sure, I’d rather have watched the Longhorns claim their first state softball championship either of the last two years. But getting the chance to witness such determination and self-sacrifice is something I’ll never forget. See Paulson, page 10B
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LEGAL NOTICES 16081: 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25/2016; Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 1/27/2016 TS No. : AZ-15-697441-CL Order No. : 150331399-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 12/21/2007 and recorded 12/26/2007 as Instrument 2007-020831 , in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona . Notice! If you believe there is a defense to the trustee sale or if you have an objection to the trustee sale, you must file an action and obtain a court order pursuant to rule 65, Arizona rules of civil procedure, stopping the sale no later than 5:00 p.m. mountain standard time of the last business day before the scheduled date of the sale, or you may have waived any defenses or objections to the sale. Unless you obtain an order, the sale will be final and will occur at public
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LEGAL NOTICES auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 5/2/2016 at 11:00AM Sale Location: At the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: THE WEST HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF THE WEST 360 FEET OF THE PART OF HOMESTEAD ENTRY SURVEY NO. 577, DESCRIBED AS FOLLLOWS: PART OF H.E.S. NO. 577 BEGINNING AT CORNER NO.3; THENCE NORTH 33º45’ EAST ALONG A LINE BETWEEN CORNERS NO. 3 AND 2, 495 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CORNER NO. 1; THENCE NORTH 33º45’ EAST, ALONG SAME LINE 165 FEET TO CORNER NO.2; THENCE NOTTH 55º48’ WEST 660 FEET TO CORNER NO.3; THENCE SOUTH 33º45’ WEST 165 FEET TO CORNER NO.4; THENCE SOUTH 55º48’ EAST 660 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THE NORTH 15 FEET; AND EXCEPT THE WEST 20 FEET OF SAID WEST HALF OF THE WEST HALF. Purported Street Address: 8178 W DUKES RD, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel Number: 302-34-016J Original Principal Balance: $92,800.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association C/O JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 3415 Vision Dr Columbus, OH 43219 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): MARYBETH G. EVANS AND, DAVID E. EVANS, HUSBAND AND WIFE 2032 W ROCKWELL DRIVE, CHANDLER, AZ 85224 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 916.939.0772 Login to: www.nationwideposting.com AZ-15-697441-CL 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. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. 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-15-697441-CL Dated: 1/26/2016 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: John Pascual, Assistant Secretary 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 truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California County of: San Diego On 1/26/2016 before me, Janeth Salas Aguilar a notary public, personally appeared John Pascual, 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 instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Janeth Salas Aguilar Commission No. 1997798 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 11/11/2016 IDSPub #0102445 3/4/2016 3/11/2016 3/18/2016 3/25/2016 16089: 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #16-00324 Kinnard Title No: 160022269-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 02/05/2008 as Document No. 2008-001594 Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION
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AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on May 25, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501. and the property will be sold by the Trustee 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 33811). The sale shall convey 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: Parcel No. 1: That certain piece or parcel of land lying in and being a portion of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 27, Township 1 North, Range 15 1/2 East, of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of Lot 22, of El Mirador subdivision, according to the plat of record in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map No. 390; THENCE North 14 degrees, 11 minutes, 10 seconds East, a distance 82.82 feet THENCE North 57 degrees, 14 minutes, 30 seconds West, a distance of 68.24 feet THENCE South 70 degrees, 42 minutes West, a distance of 36.22 feet; THENCE South 19 degrees, 47 minutes, 40 seconds West, a distance 84.97 feet; THENCE South 75 degrees, 49 minutes, East, along the Northerly boundary line of said Lot 22, El Mirador Subdivision, a distance of 103.20 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT a one-half interest in and to all minerals and oil as particularly set forth in and reserved in instrument recorded September 28, 1938 in Book 52 of Deeds, Page 549. Parcel No. 2: An easement for ingress and egress purposes, described as follows: BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of the herein described parcel of land, which corner is common with the Northeast corner of said Lot 22 El Mirador Subdivision; THENCE South 76 degrees, 21 minutes East, a distance of 30.00 feet; THENCE North 05 Degrees, 47 minutes, 15 seconds West, a distance of 87.82 feet the Northeast corner of the herein described parcel of land; THENCE South 14 degrees, 11 minutes, 10 seconds West, a distance of 82.82 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 797 East Senita Drive Globe, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel No.: 205-18-036E The undersigned Trustee, Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, 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, expressed 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. Original Principal Balance: $118,750.00 Original Trustor: Lamar O. Kinnard and Verna Lou Kinnard, husband and wife as community property with right of survivorship 797 East Senita Drive, Globe, Arizona 85501 Current Beneficiary: PennyMac Loan Services LLC Care of / Servicer PennyMac Loan Services LLC 6101 Condor Drive, Suite 200 Moorpark, CA 93021 Current Beneficiary: PennyMac Loan Services LLC Care of / Servicer PennyMac Loan Services LLC 6101 Condor Drive, Suite 200 Moorpark, CA 93021 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee/ is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar. A-4563290 03/04/2016, 03/11/2016, 03/18/2016, 03/25/2016
2006-019657 in the Office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona - NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF PIONEER TITLE AGENCY, INC., 421 S. BEELINE HWY, PAYSON, ARIZONA on APRIL 27, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. of said day: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 1, Block 14, of Globe Townsite, according to the plat of record in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, Recorded in Map No. 63; Thence Northerly 113.5 Feet More or Less; Thence Easterly 110.00 feet more or Less; Thence Southerly 113.5 feet more or less parallel to the Westerly boundary of said Block 14; Thence Westerly along and parallel to the Southerly boundary line of said block, a distance of 110.00 feet more or less to the point of beginning, according to the official Plat on file in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map No. 63. Purported Property Address: 951 N. HIGH ST., GLOBE, AZ. Tax Parcel Number: 208-02-039. Original Principal Balance: $55,800.00 Original Beneficiary: WMC MORTGAGE CORP., 3100 THORNTON AVE., BURBANK, CA 91504-3183. Current Beneficiary: MORGAN CARTER, 1402 E. MOJAVE ST., COTTONWOOD, AZ 86326. Original/Current Trustor: ERIC SCHEINDLINGER, 939 N. EAST ST., GLOBE, AZ 85501. Said Trustee’s Sale will be held without covenant or warranty express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid principal balance of $55,573.47 plus monies due as provided under the terms of said Deed of Trust, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Deed of Trust. Dated: JANUARY 4, 2016. Current Trustee: Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. 580 East Wilcox Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635. (520) 458-3500 Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation, as Trustee. By: /s/ Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary. Manner of Trustee Qualification: Escrow Agent. Name of Regulating Agency: Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF MARICOPA. The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on January 25, 2015, by Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary of Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. By: /s/ Erin C. Klabough, Notary Public. My Commission Expires: January 7, 2018.
16092: 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1/2016; TS/File 201863T.10244 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 recorded on NOVEMBER 16, 2008, in INSTRUMENT NO.
Original Principal Balance $29,488.00
16098: 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1/2016; 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 recorded on December 30, 1999 in Instrument No. 1999-20440 in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME ON THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder At the Front Entrance of the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 at 11:00 AM on June 8, 2016: LEGAL DESCRIPTION AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO Purported Street address: 631 Brooks Avenue AKA 231 N. Summit Ave, Miami, AZ 85539 Tax Parcel # 206-18-096
Name and Address of Beneficiary: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON f/k/a THE BANK OF NEW YORK as Trustee for the Certificate Holders of CWMBS 2004-R1, in c/o Nationstar
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2016
LEGAL NOTICES Mortgage LLC, 8950 Cypress Waters Blvd, Coppell, Texas 75019. Name and Address of Original Trustor:Raul Encizo, Jr., husband of Dutchess Encizo, 631 Brooks Avenue AKA 231 N. Summit Ave, Miami, AZ 85539 Name, Address and Telephone Number of Trustee: Jason P. Sherman, 3636 N. Central Ave., Suite #400, Phoenix, AZ 85012, 602-222-5711 Dated: February 25, 2016 /s/ Jason P. Sherman Jason P. Sherman, Trustee Manner of Trustee Qualification: The Trustee qualifies pursuant to A.R.S. § 33-803(A)(2) as a member of the State Bar of Arizona. Name of Trustee’s Regulator: The Trustee’s Regulator is the State Bar of Arizona. STATE OF ARIZONA }} ss. COUNTY OF MARICOPA } The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on February 25, 2016, by Jason P. Sherman, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, as Trustee. /s/ Yolanda R. Gardner, NOTARY PUBLIC A r i z o n a Maricopa County My commission expires: 02/09/2019 EXHIBIT “A” ALL AND SINGULAR THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF LOT 631, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN BLOCK 41, OF RED SPRINGS ADDITION TO THE TOWNSITE OF MIAMI, COUNTY OF GILA, STATE OF ARIZONA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT: THE SURFACE AND THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 40 FEET LYING IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 631, WHICH CORNER IS IDENTICAL WITH THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 633; THENCE SOUTH 71 DEGREES 55 MINUTES, 24.16 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 39 DEGREES 54 MINUTES EAST, 36.40 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 35 DEGREES 26 MINUTES EAST 36.25 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 68 DEGREES 06 MINUTES EAST, 50.65 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY SIDE OF SAID LOT 631 (WHICH IS NORTH 26 DEGREES 26 MINUTES WEST, 7.52 FEET FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 631); THENCE NORTH 26 DEGREES 26 MINUTES WEST, 29.23 FEET; THENCE NORTH 43 DEGREES 51 MINUTES, 80.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. 16100: 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1/2016; TS No. AZ07000406-15-1 APN 208-02-009 TO No. 150320800-AZ-VOO 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 September 6, 2013 and recorded on September 9, 2013 as Instrument No. 2013-010693 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Gila County, Arizona. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME ON THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 on May 25, 2016 at 11:00 AM on said day. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 439 S EAST STREET, GLOBE, AZ 85501 ALL AND SINGULAR THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, LYING AND BEING IN BLOCK 2, GLOBE TOWNSITE ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 63, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AND BLOCK 2A, EAST GLOBE MAP NO. 1 ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 2, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE TRACT HEREIN CONVEYED, FROM WHICH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 6, BLOCK 2A, EAST GLOBE MAP NO. 1 BEARS NORTH 22°29` WEST
LEGAL NOTICES 154.75 FEET; THENCE RUNNING SOUTH 66°47` WEST, 235.8 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO THE EAST SIDE LINE OF EAST STREET; THENCE RUNNING NORTH 23°01` WEST, ALONG THE EAST SIDE LINE OF EAST STREET, 50 FEET; THENCE RUNNING NORTH 66°47` EAST, 235.8 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO A LINE RUNNING NORTH 22°18 WEST, FROM THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE RUNNING SOUTH 22°18` EAST AND PARALLEL WITH PARKER STREET 50 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. ALSO A RIGHT OF WAY OR EASEMENT ONLY TO PASS OVER FOR PURPOSE OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, TO AND FROM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PREMISES, OVER THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY, TO-WIT: A STRIP OF LAND 35 FEET IN WIDTH, EXTENDING FROM MAPLE STREET AND LYING ADJACENT TO AND ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF THE END LINES OF LOTS 6, 5 AND 4, BLOCK 2A, EAST GLOBE MAP N0.1, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 2, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. APN: 208-02-009 Original Principal Balance $109,971.00 Name and Address of original Trustor SHAWN R. W. BOLINGER AND SHANNON D. FOERSTER, HUSBAND AND WIFE 439 S EAST STREET, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name and Address of the Beneficiary First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation c/o RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation 5016 Parkway Plaza Blvd., Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28217 Name and Address of Trustee MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 TDD: 800-367-8939 Said sale will be made for cash (payable at time of sale), but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note secured by said Trust Deed, which includes interest thereon as provided in said Note, advances, if any under the terms of said Trust Deed, interest on advances, if any, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Trust Deed. The Trustee will accept only cash or cashier’s check for reinstatement or price bid payment. Reinstatement payment must be paid before five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) on the last day other than a Saturday or legal holiday before the date of sale. The purchaser at the sale, other than the Beneficiary to the extent of his credit bid, shall pay the price bid no later than five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) of the following day, other than a Saturday or legal holiday. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Conveyance of the property shall be without warranty, express or implied, and subject to all liens, claims or interest having a priority senior to the Deed of Trust. The Trustee shall not express an opinion as to the condition of title. Date: February 16, 2016 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Amanda Alcantara, Authorized Signatory Manner of Trustee qualification: Real Estate Broker, as required by ARS Section 33-803, Subsection A Name of Trustee’s regulator: Arizona Department of Real Estate SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED AT ONLINE www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INPLEASE FORMATION CALL: In Source Logic at 702-659-7766. Order no. AZ16-000246-1, Pub Dates, 03/11/2016, 03/18/2016, 03/25/2016, 04/01/2016. 16108: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #16-40208 Grainger Jr Title No: 21600723 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 09/13/2004 as Document No. 2004-014274 Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on June 8, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable
LEGAL NOTICES to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33811). The sale shall convey 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: PARCEL NO. 1 That part of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 26, Township 1 North, Range 15 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, described as follows: BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of this parcel of land which bears South 89º 53’ East, a distance of 132.09 feet from the Northwest corner of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of said Section 26; THENCE continuing South 89º 53’ East, a distance of 133.71 feet to the Northeast corner; THENCE South 41º 29’ East, a distance of 153.00 feet to the Southeast corner; THENCE South 47º 35’ West, a distance of 100.00 feet to the Southwest corner; THENCE North 41º 29’ West, a distance of 243.40 feet to the Northwest corner, the PLACE OF BEGINNING. PARCEL NO. 2 An easement for ingress and egress and utilities being 20 feet in width, as created in instrument recorded in Docket 286, Page 825, records of Gila County, Arizona, described as follows: BEGINNING at a point which bears South 89º 53’ East, 265.80 feet from the Northwest corner of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 26, Township 1 North, Range 15 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona; THENCE South 41 º 29’ East, 153.00 feet; THENCE South 47º 35’ West, 40.0 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE South 42º 25’ East, 19.93 feet; THENCE North 82º 40’ East, 47.93 feet; THENCE South 54º 53’ East, 29.6 3 feet; THENCE South 82º 40’ West, 80.21 feet; THENCE North 42º 25’ West, 30.33 feet; THENCE North 47º 35’ East, 20.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 487 W. Hackney Avenue Globe, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel No.: 207-22-033B 2 The undersigned Trustee, Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, 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, expressed 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. Original Principal Balance: $91,563.00 Original Trustor: Wayne R. Grainger Jr., a single man and Misti L. Katich, an unmarried woman Pinal Creek Rd #7, Globe, AZ 85501 Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Care of / Servicer Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc 3476 Stateview Boulevard, MAC #X7801- 014 Fort Mill, SC 29715 Current Trustee: Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6035 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar. A-4566169 03/25/2016, 04/01/2016, 04/08/2016, 04/15/2016 16110: 3/18, 3/22, 3/25/2016; PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE APPLICATION OF KACY J. PARKER D/B/A/JAKE’S CORNER WATER SYSTEMS FOR APPROVAL OF THE SALE OF ITS ASSETS AND THE TRANSFER OF ITS CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, LLC. (DOCKET NOS. W-04249A-15-0260 ET. AL) On July 10, 2015, Kacy J. Parker dba Jake’s Corner Water Systems (“Jake’s Corner” or the “Company”) filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission (“Commission”) an application for approval of the sale of its assets and the transfer of its Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (“CC&N”) to Management Systems, LLC. The Commission’s Utilities Division (“Staff”) has recommended approval of Jake’s Corner’s application. However, the Commission is not bound by the proposals made by the Company, Staff, or intervenors. On January 22, 2016, the Commission held an evidentiary hearing on Jake’s Corner’s application. Subsequent to the hearing, the Commission determined that Jake’s Corner had not provided sufficient public notice of the application. Thus,
LEGAL NOTICES Commission has directed the Company to republish notice of the application to allow interested parties time to file comments on the application and/or to request intervention in tis matter. The Commission will issue a Decision regarding the Company’s application following consideration of testimony and evidence presented at an evidentiary hearing. Copies of the application, Staff Report, and any written objections to the Staff Report filed by the Company are available at Jake’s Corner’s offices [211 W. Saddle Ln. Payson, Arizona]; at the Commission’s Docket Control Center at 1200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona; and on the internet via the Commission website (www.azcc.gov) using the e-docket function. Interested parties may file written public comments by mailing a letter referencing Docket Nos. W-04249A-150260 and W-20935A-15-0260 to Arizona Corporation Commission, Consumer Services Section, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007. Or by submitting comments on the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) using the “Submit a Public Comment for a Utility” function. If you require assistance, you may contact the Consumer Services Section at 602-542-4251 or 1-800-222-7000. 1. Your name, address, and telephone number and the name, address, and telephone number of any person upon whom the service of documents is to be made if different from yours; 2. A short statement of your interest in the proceeding (e.g., a customer or potential customer of Jake’s Corner, a member or shareholder of Jake’s Corner, etc.); 3. A statement certifying that a copy of the motion to intervene has been mailed to Jake’s Corner or its counsel and to all parties of record in the case and 4. If the proposed intervenor is not represented by an attorney who is an active member of the Arizona State Bar, and is not an individual representing himself or herself, information and any appropriate documentation demonstrating the intervenor’s compliance with Arizona Supreme Court Rules 31, 38, 29 and 42, as applicable. The granting of motions to intervene shall be governed by A.A.C. R14-3-105, except that all motions to intervene must be filed on or before April 8, 2016. More information about requesting intervention is available at the Commission’s website using the “Intervention in Utility Cases” function. The granting of interventions, among other things, entitles a party to present sworn evidence at hearing to cross-examine the other witnesses. However, failure to intervene will not preclude any interested person or entity from appearing at the hearing and providing public comment on the application or from filing written comments in the record of the case. The Commission does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to its public meetings. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, as well as request this document in an alternative format, by contacting the ADA Coordinator Shaylin Bernal, e-mail sabernal@azcc.gov, voice phone number 602-542-3931. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. 16112: 3/25, 3/29, 4/1/2016 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF TONTO AGGREGATE GROUP LLC (Pursuant to A.R.S. §29-632) ARTICLE I NAME OF ORGANIZATION The name of the organization is TONTO AGGREGATE GROUP LLC (“Company”). ARTICLE II KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS The known place of business of the Company is #32 Tonto Apache Reservation, Unit F Payson, Arizona 85541 ARTICLE III NAME AND STREET ADDRESS OF STATUTORY AGENT The name and address of the statutory agent is as follows: Farrell Hoosava #32 Tonto Apache Reservation, Unit F Payson, Arizona 85541 ARTICLE IV PURPOSE OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The purpose of the Company is to conduct any business permitted pursuant to the laws of the State of Arizona. ARTICLE V DISSOLUTION The Company is perpetual. ARTICLE VI MANAGEMENT Management of the Company is reserved to its Members. ARTICLE VII NAME AND ADDRESS OF MEMBERS The name(s) and address(es) of the Members of the Company are as follows: Farrell Hoosava
LEGAL NOTICES #32 Tonto Apache Reservation, Unit F Payson, Arizona 85541 Dated this 18th day of February, 2016. /s/Farrell Hoosava, Member 3/25, 3/29, 4/1/16 CNS-2857046# 16113: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Case Number: PB2016-00023 SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA GILA COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of JOSEPH EDWARD STEELE JR. NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT: 1. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: GLORIA LYNN WOODROW has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate on MARCH 8, 2016. My address is: 5232 E. Dodge St., Mesa, AZ 85205 2. DEADLINE TO MAKE CLAIMS. 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. 3. NOTICE OF CLAIMS: Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative at 4. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. A copy of the Notice of Appointment is attached to the copies of this document mailed to all known creditors. DATED: 3/8/16 /s/Gloria Lynn Woodrow Personal Representative 3/25, 4/1, 4/8/16 CNS-2857110# 16114: 3/18, 3/24, 4/1/2016 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE OCUNTY OF GILA In the Matter of the Estate of MARK STEVEN TOMASKO, Deceased. No. PB2016-00022 NOTICE TO CREITORS BY PUBLICAITON NOTICE IS GIVEN to all creditors of the Estate that: 1. David Tomasko has been appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate. 2. Claims against the Estate must be presented within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or be forever barred. 3. Claims against the Estate may be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to David Tomasko, care of Rilus M. Dana, Dana and Associates, L.L.C., 1234 S. Power Road, Suite #102, Mesa, AZ 85206. DATED this 11th day of March, 2016. DANA AND ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. By: /s/ Rilus M. Dana RILUS M. DANA 1234 S. Power Road, Suite #102 Mesa, AZ 85206 Counsel for Personal Representative 16116: 3/25, 3/29, 4/1//2016 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF KUPER, LLC Pursuant to A.R.S. §29-632, the undersigned states as follows: 1. Name. The name of the limited liability company is KUPER, LLC (the “Company”). 2. Business Address. The address of the known place of business in Arizona is: 501 Scott Drive Payson, Gila County, Arizona 85541 3. Statutory Agent. The statutory agent’s name and address are: ST Service Co. 4250 North Drinkwater Boulevard, 4th Floor Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 4. Dissolution. The duration or life period of the Company is: Perpetual. 5. Management. Management of the Company is vested in a manager or managers. The name and address of each manager at the time of the formation of the Company are: Richard Adams P. O. Box 2800 - 150 Carefree, Arizona 85277-2800 Janet Adams P. O. Box 2800 - 150 Carefree, Arizona 85277-2800 6. Members. The name and address of each member who owns a twenty percent (20%) or more interest in the capital or profits of the Company are: Richard Adams P. O. Box 2800 - 150 Carefree, Arizona 85277-2800 Janet Adams P. O. Box 2800 - 150 Carefree, Arizona 85277-2800 Dated: March 10, 2016 /s/Janet Adams JANET ADAMS 3/25, 3/29, 4/1/16 CNS-2858993# 16119: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15/2016 Trustee’s Sale No.: 3240.003 Notice Of Trustee’s Sale Recorded: 3/2/2016 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under this deed of trust, recorded August 25, 2008, at Instrument Number 2008-011311, as assigned to Beneficiary pursuant to that certain Assignment of Deed of Trust dated August 7, 2015 and recorded September 11, 2015 at Instrument Number 2015-008966, all in the Official Records of Gila County Recorder, Arizona. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE
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LEGAL NOTICES OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. Unless you obtain an order, the sale will be final and will occur at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the County Courthouse located at 1400 East Ash Street, in Gila County, Globe, Arizona, on June 1, 2016, at 11 o’clock a.m., to the highest bidder. Legally described as: See Exhibit “A” attached hereto. Tax parcel number(s): 302-36-165A Original principal balance: $240,000.00 Description of Personal Property: All personal property and fixtures located on, or utilized in connection with, the Property and described in the deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) and or referenced in filed Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 101 – 103 – 105 West Roundup, Payson, Arizona – Gila County Name and
LEGAL NOTICES address of trustor: Karen L. Lloyd Donald A. Lloyd 207 West Roundup Payson, Arizona 85541 Name and address of original beneficiary: Compass Bank 15685 North Greenway-Hayden Loop, Suite 100A Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 NOW: CFS-4 IV, LLC c/o Midwest Servicing Inc. 230 CrossKeys Office Park Fairport, New York 14450 Name, address and telephone number of Trustee/Successor Trustee: James B. Ball Poli & Ball, PLC 2999 North 44th Street, Suite 500 Phoenix, Arizona 85018 602/840-1400 Telephone Dated this 1st day of March, 2016. /s/ James B. Ball, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is qualified per A.R.S. § 33-803(A)(2), as a Member of the State Bar of Arizona State of Arizona ) )ss. County of Maricopa ) On this 1st day of March, 2016, before me personally appeared James B. Ball, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee, whom
LEGAL NOTICES I know personally, and acknowledged that he executed the same. My Commission Expires: May 31, 2017 /s/ Michelle Garcia, Notary Public My Commission Expires: May 31, 2017 Exhibit A The land referred to herein below is situated in the county of Gila, State of Arizona, and is described as follows: Lots, I J and K, Payson Ranchos Unit Two, according to Map No. 220, records of Gila County, Arizona. Tax Parcel No. 302-36-165A
16120: 3/25/2016 LEGAL NOTICE The Town of Payson Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 13, 2016 on the application listed below. V16-001, An application filed by Edwin Cudyk, property owner, for relief from the 55’
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front setback requirement of R1-90 Zoning District regulations to allow for construction of an accessory structure in conjunction with a residence on the property located at 417 N. Graham Ranch Rd, APN 302-23-045A.
Community Development Department at 303 N. Beeline Highway, Payson, Arizona 85541, a minimum of 48 hours prior to the scheduled hearing. This department welcomes written comments at the address listed above.
All meetings are held in the Town Council Chambers at 303 North Beeline Highway. All interested persons are invited to attend this hearing and comment on the proposed requests. Materials relating to the above-referenced hearing items are available at the Town of Payson website, www.paysonaz.gov or at the
The Town of Payson endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. With 48 hours advance notice, special assistance can also be provided for sight and/or hearing impaired persons at public meetings. Please call 474-5242 (voice) or 472-6449 (TDD) to request an accommodation to partic-
LEGAL NOTICES ipate in the meeting. PUBLISH PAYSON ROUNDUP: March 25, 2016 Sheila DeSchaaf, Planning & Development Director 16188: 3/25, 3/29/2016 NOTICE OF SALE OF MOBILE HOME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following item of personal property will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder, to satisfy a landlord’s lien: Mobile Home Make: STONEBROOK Body Style: 28 X 56 MH Model Year: 1988 VIN: 13509493A VIN: 13509493B Date and Time of Sale: 4/11/16 10:00:00 AM Location of Sale: Space No. 137 SANTIAGO COPPER COUNTRY MHP 5900 N.
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LEGAL NOTICES MAIN STREET GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name of landlord: SANTIAGO COPPER COUNTRY MHP Amount of Claimed Lien: $4,788.00 as of April 11, 2016 The Landlord reserves the right to bid at said sale and if its bid is the highest, to purchase said mobile home. The Landlord claims a lien against this property in the amount shown above as of the date shown above, for rents and other charges which have accrued through that date under a rental agreement covering the space occupied by the mobile home. The rental agreement giving rise to this lien was entered into by the Landlord and the following parties, owners of the mobile home,
LEGAL NOTICES as tenants: Date of Rental Agreement: October 2, 2012 Name(s) of Tenant(s): PAULA DIANE STIDHAM Said mobile home is located at the address shown above as the location of sale. The above described property shall be offered for sale pursuant to A.R.S. §33-1023. The proceeds from the sale will be applied to the cost of sale and to the lien, and any money that remains will be disposed of as provided in A.R.S. §33-1023. SANTIAGO COPPER COUNTRY MHP By: /s/illegible Park Manager Dated: March 16, 2016 3/25, 3/29/16 CNS-2858921#
YARD SALE GUIDE Weekend of March 25 – 27 1. ESTATE / MOVING SALE Fri.; & Sat. March 25 & 26 8am-4pm 914 W. Landmark Trail
2. PINE cabin estate sale Orloff Road Pine Fri, Apr 1 and Sat, Apr 2. 8 am start time Selling our PINE, AZ cabin and everything in it! Follow the bright GREEN ESTATE SALE signs starting at the corner of Rte 87 & Hardscrabble to the estate sale on Orloff Road. Just a sampling of what is included in the sale: furniture, yard items, garage items, decorator items, fishing gear, kitchen ware, pictures, and a lot more.
Garage full: Camping gear; Auto supplies; Sporting goods; Painting tools & Supplies; Personal fishing boat; Lake tube; 100’s small hand tools & 50+ elec tools-Makita, Ryobi, DeWalt, Craftsman; Tools Chests; Generators;Compressors; Lincoln 135 Welder w/cart & Helmet; Ladders; Fishing pole & gear; Fire Pits; Gas BBQ; Bike; Kitchen Items; Housewares; Chairs; King Bed; Men’s Clothes—Suits, ties, shirts, shoes of all kinds; Watches; Coffee & End Tables; Leather Bar Stools; Too Many Things to List...J&D Enterprises!
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Payson Roundup SPORTS Friday, March 25, 2016
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New bass fishing circuit turning heads by
James Goughnour
special to the roundup
In its inaugural season the Wild West Bass Trail has been making great progress toward becoming the largest tournament circuit in the West. Several national level bass fishing organizations have experimented with conducting tournaments in Arizona, California and Nevada, but only with one or two tournaments. The WWBT philosophy is to concentrate all tournaments in the West. And so far, that strategy is paying off. “The Town of Payson, Mazatzal Hotel and Casino, Tonto National Forest personnel and the Gila County community have welcomed the Wild West Bass Trail,” said Gary Dobyns, one of the WWBT principals. “Agencies and businesses in Rim Country are extremely easy to work with and very supportive. We look forward to returning to Rim Country for many years.” WWBT staff member Jeremy DeHart said the tournament wouldn’t have succeeded without volunteers. “The success of this event was largely in part to the volunteers who came out and helped us in every way, from the Tonto Basin Fire Department filling up the dip tanks and live release boat, the great guys who provided angler transportation to and from the docks, and the generous group from the Grand Canyon University providing food for donations,” he said. Tournament director Jim Kirkwood echoed Dehart’s comments adding something many Rim Country residents already know. “Payson is one of the best small communities we have the pleasure to visit,” Kirkwood said. Two WWBT tournaments have been held on Roosevelt Lake this year. A team tourna-
ment was held on Feb. 13 and was won by a Tonto Basin husband and wife team, Victor and Debra Cunningham. Last weekend, the WWBT held its Pro-Am Tournament at Roosevelt Lake. Anglers who earn points based on tournament finishes will be competing for the Wild West Bass Championship Tournament scheduled for June 25-26 on Lake Mead. The top award for the championship is a Ranger boat with an Evinrude Outboard motor The WWBT is bringing unique ideas to tournament bass fishing. At the top of the list is the 100 percent payback of all entry fees. So how do they make money? Sponsorships. WWBT leans heavily on sponsors like Ranger Boats and Evinrude Outboards to attract anglers and keep the payback percentage the highest in the industry. Also unique are the contingency awards offered by sponsors. As an example, the winner in the Pro Division that has a qualified Evinrude motor receives a $10,000 cash award. Lucas Oil, Lowrance Electronics, Yamamoto baits, P-line, Add-AWrap, and Power Pole offer similar contingency awards. Lake Havasu angler Justin Kerr led wire to wire in the Roosevelt Lake Pro-AM event with an amazing weight of 40.73 pounds for his two daily limits of bass. Johnny Johnson, Tommy Jonovich, Jon Griffith and Justin Patti rounded out the top five. Jon “Scooter” Griffith took big fish honors on the pro side with an amazing 10.61 Roosevelt Lake monster largemouth bass. Kerr focused on a flippin and sight techniques on the Salt River end of the lake. “I fished both sides of the Salt River and about a half mile into the lake itself along the shore-
Paulson became a legend in 2015 state tournament From page 6B It’s the kind of thing they make movies about. Well, they would if they thought anyone would believe it. Most athletes would never get the chance to keep going back out on the diamond while clearly in such pain. But nothing and nobody was going to stop this remarkable young lady from doing everything she could to deliver the
state championship that had barely eluded her team’s grasp the previous two years. The injury may have prevented her from winning that day. But it allowed everyone fortunate enough to be there to learn that she has the heart of a champion. Including a veteran sports writer who thought he’d seen it all. He hadn’t. But now he has.
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Bryce Goodman shot 44 to lead Payson’s golf team in the home opener at Chaparral Pines on March 11. The Longhorns shot 193 to finish second among the four teams playing. Lakeside Blue Ridge won. Snowflake and Gilbert Christian both finished behind Payson. Mitchell McGuire carded 46 for the Longhorns, followed by Rayce Mathews with 48 and Carden
Wood rounded out the scoring with 55. Payson has just one more home match on the schedule when they host Gilbert Christian, Fountain Hills and possibly Show Low at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 7 at The Rim Club. Head coach Randy Mathews encourages fans to come out and support the Longhorns. The Longhorns return to action on Tuesday, March 29 at Verde Santa Fe against Gilbert Campo Verde.
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line,” he said. “All of my fish were caught in one to four feet deep water.” Kerr used a specialty Ever Green heavy power, fast action Flippin Stick coupled with 65-pound braided line. “I fished that section of the lake primarily because of the flow, water temperature and slightly muddy stained color, which reminded me of the Colorado River Chain lakes where I’ve had a lot of success in the past,” Kerr said. “I knew that area of the lake would be holding the better fish. My experience told me that a brush hog and a Roboworm Zipper bait would be my go-to baits for this tournament and they didn’t let me down. “I love the Payson area. My good friend and Bassmaster Elite angler, Clifford Pirch, lives up there in the mountains. It’s so peaceful and quiet up there at
Clifford’s home and on Roosevelt Lake that I can’t wait to come back again.” On the amateur side Tom Karavites, an experienced tournament angler from Payson, topped the field with a two-day total of 21.20 pounds. Tom also won the amateur big fish award, weighing in a 5.39-pound largemouth. Spencer Herrera, who just graduated from Payson High last year, finished in second place with 18.71 pounds. This was his first professional event following a very successful Payson High School Bass Club career. Rounding out the top five amateurs were Tony Cimino, Taj White and David Bebawy. Watch a replay of the weighins, register and get all of the information on the Wild West Bass Trail at www.wildwestbasstrail.com.
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Payson’s Spencer Herrera enjoyed a strong Wild West Bass Trail debut, finishing second.