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Gov. Ducey plugs proposition in Payson by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

On Monday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey held an education summit in Payson to push Proposition 123, before heading over to speak at the Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Luncheon.

Voters will vote on Proposition 123’s promise of an extra $350 million annually for K-12 schools in a special election May 17.

Ducey and Arizona Education Association Andrew Morrill joined forces Monday to make sure voters understand the stakes, both financially and politically.

Morrill was one of the school

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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (right) convened a meeting of top Payson education and community officials to make a pitch to support Proposition 123, to increase funding for K-12 schools. People attending included Payson Mayor Kenny Evans, Roundup publisher John Naughton, financial adviser Kevin Dick, Payson School Board chair Barbara Underwood and Payson schools superintendent Greg Wyman. Ducey urged officials to support Proposition 123 to generate an extra $350 million for schools annually.

New law may weaken water rules Ducey ponders bill to waive requirement for long-term supply by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

The Arizona House last week passed a bill that would deal a blow to efforts to link development to an adequate, long-term water supply.

The House approved SB1268 on a 33-25 vote to allow cities in Yuma or Cochise counties to opt-out of a state law requiring developers to

show they have a 100-year water supply before getting permission to build new subdivisions.

Currently, Rim Country is one of the few areas in the state with an ample future water supply, thanks to conservation measures and construction of the C.C. Cragin pipeline.

A projected statewide water shortage and groundwater management laws could give Payson a substantial edge in attracting development in coming years. However, the piece-

meal repeal of groundwater management requirements could both diminish that advantage and lead to a sooner, more severe water crisis statewide.

House Speaker David Gowan, also running for the congressional seat representing southern Gila County, made an impassioned plea for the bill, which would clear the way for a currently stalled 7,000-home subdivision in Sierra See Law may waive, page 8A

officials who sued to force the state to add an inflation adjustment for schools as mandated by the voters in 2000. But after the governor mediated two months of talks on a compromise, Morrill is helping Ducey push the proposition that will settle the case.

The proposition would for the next decade take an extra $130 million from the general fund and an extra $220 million from the state land trust already reserved for schools to give schools roughly $300 more per student — the first significant increase in K-12 school funding in years.

• See Gov. Ducey, page 5A

Man killed in tractor accident by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A 48-year-old Payson man was killed Thursday when the tractor he was operating rolled.

Ronald William Richardson was working in a yard in the 1000 block of W. Golden Nugget Lane in a front-end loader when the tractor rolled, pinning him,

said Police Chief Don Engler.

Engler said Richardson was moving some dirt for the homeowner and appears to have raised the bucket when the accident occurred.

The homeowner discovered Richardson around 6:30 p.m. when returning home.

An investigation is ongoing.

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Dark money restrictions loosened Laws will loosen donor rules, ban collecting of ballots

by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

A sweeping series of controversial changes in the rules for political donors and elections have either moved through the Arizona Legislature on straight, party-line votes or already won the governor’s signature.

Gov. Doug Ducey has already signed a bill making it a felony for people to collect signed, sealed ballots and turn them in at a polling place — a tactic used successfully by minority advocacy groups to boost turnout.

In addition, lawmakers have sent to the governor bills that would make it easier for “dark money” groups to spend money to influence elections without ever revealing the source of that money.

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objection of Democrats in the Legislature.

Studies of dark money spending in recent election cycles show that Republicans have benefited the most from the support of special interest and corporate groups, which is hardly surprising since they control both houses of the Legislature and all five statewide officers. Such dark money groups can

collect nearly unlimited amounts from undisclosed donors to influence elections, so long as they don’t coordinate their campaigns with individual candidates.

The bundle of election measures largely echo a package of election and campaign

• See Dark money, page 2A

Two busted for sex with teen by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

Payson Police arrested two men last month for allegedly having sex with an underage teen.

The 15-year-old is the same girl another man was convicted of molesting when she was just 13 years old.

Last year, Brady Ray Acuff, 48, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for molesting the girl. Acuff was dating the teen’s mother at the time the abuse took place.

One of the men police recently arrested for sleeping with the girl was also dating the teen’s mother, according to a police report.

The other man was reportedly dating the teen even though he knew she was underage.

It is the Roundup’s policy not to print the names of those accused of sexual crimes unless they’ve been convicted.

The two men police recently arrested are

stepbrothers.

In late February, the girl’s mother called police after her daughter revealed she had slept with the mother’s 21-year-old boyfriend.

The girl showed her mother Facebook messages discussing their sexual relationship.

The girl said she and the man had been drinking and smoking marijuana together in the mother’s home while she was at work when they had sexual intercourse for the first time. While the girl said she told him “no,” the man persisted. She told police the sex was consensual and that the man had not raped her.

Between June and October of 2015, the girl and the man had sex four other times; all while the mother was out of the home.

The 38-year-old mother met the 21-year-

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Residents and visitors alike have been taking advantage of perfect spring weather to romp through Green Valley Park.

This week will feature highs in the upper 70s under cloudy skies, with rain expected by Thursday evening.

• See Two men, page 9A

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Judges shoulder huge caseload by

Alexis Bechman

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After donning a robe a little more than a year ago, Gila County Superior Court Judge Tim Wright said it has been a whirlwind.

Speaking before the Republican Club Monday, the former Payson Town Attorney said he has never worked so much.

He comes in on weekends and stays late on weekdays to cope with the heavy caseload.

Currently, the court has 365 open felony cases. On any given Monday, the busiest day for Wright, he will see up to 60 cases in just a few hours.

The most prevalent crimes: drug possession and use, followed by domestic violence.

In 2015, Gila County courts handled 417 domestic violence cases, 283 civil cases, 37 adoptions, 283 juvenile delinquency and dependencies and 114 probates.

“All of those are cases, except for the 37 adoptions, are not happy. Adoptions are the only thing we do in court that are happy and a lot of times to get there isn’t happy,” he said.

Luckily, the caseload has declined slowly.

The court is currently closing more cases than are opening.

“That is something that judges and staff are being very diligent on that,” he said.

Wright shares the majority of criminal cases with Judge Pro Tempore Gary Scales while Judge Bryan Chambers handles civil cases. Like Wright, Chambers is also a new judge, joining the bench in July after Judge Peter Cahill retired.

Because Chambers worked at the Gila County Attorney’s Office, he cannot handle any criminal cases that the GCAO took on while he was employed there.

Besides juggling calendars among the two elected judges and the pro tem, Wright said space is a huge issue.

There are two courtrooms in Globe and in Payson, one outdated, inadequately sized courtroom and another equally crammed hearing room.

The Gila County Board of Supervisors has promised a new courtroom in Payson and an

“All of those are cases, except for the 37 adoptions, are not happy.

Adoptions are the only thing we do in court that are happy and a lot of times to get there isn’t happy.”

Tim Wright

Gila County Superior Court judge

architect is working on a plan to convert the NAPA building next to the Payson Jail on Main Street into a modern courthouse.

The front façade will fit into the style of Main Street with all of the metal siding removed.

“I told them we are not going to be the people on Main Street that people are saying, ‘That’s horrible,’” he said. “We don’t need opulence, we don’t need extravagance, but we need something we can be proud of.”

The rear of the building will be expanded, totaling about 6,000-square feet, which will accommodate trials in Payson.

Currently, the space is too small to hold jury selections, which forces jurors to drive to Globe.

Last year, the county spent $100,000 paying juror mileage and fees.

The new space will have enough room for jury selection and finally put an end to the embarrassing and dangerous practice of toting prisoners across South Colcord Road from the jail to the current hearing room.

The new space will tie directly into the jail.

“We have people that come to the Chamber of Commerce and as they are getting out of their car to go to the Chamber of Commerce they are watching the defendants in orange cross. One, that is not safe and two, that is not what we want to have our town be.”

The new facility will also have metal detectors at the entrances.

The renovations could be done as early as 2017.

Wright ran on a promise he would rule with justice, mercy and humility.

He said he thinks of those tenants every day and rules by them.

One audience member said he had read several of Wright’s rulings and it appeared he was handing out many probation-only sentences.

Wright said probation is no walk in the park.

Defendants must pay fines and meet with a probation officer and must submit to drug testing.

“It is not as bad as prison, but not as easy as you think,” he said.

Wright said he often follows the recommendation of the attorneys and the probation department because they know more about a case than anyone.

“When they come to an agreement on a case, I look real hard before I say that is not a good plea in the case,” he said.

Wright recently imposed 200-year prison sentence on a Globe man that had heinously abused children for years.

He said he didn’t take joy in handing down that sentence, but it was the right thing to do because “he does not need to be among us.”

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reforms adopted on a party-line vote in 2013.

Advocacy groups gathered enough signatures to put a measure on the ballot revoking those changes, but lawmakers then repealed the 2013 changes, making the ballot measure moot.

This session, several of the 2013 changes made it through as separate items.

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Ballot collecting outlawed

That included HB 2023 that makes it a felony with a one-year prison term and a $150,000 fine to collect a signed, sealed mail-in ballot from someone else and turn it in at the polls.

Minority voting rights groups that mostly support Democrats had success in using “ballot bundling” to go door to door prior to an election to collect mail-in ballots. Minority voters typically have far lower turnout rates than white voters and the advocacy groups said the technique increased voter turnout.

However, critics said ballot bundling opened the door to voter fraud. They said the groups collecting the ballots could either tell people how to vote before they sealed the ballot or steam open the ballots afterward so they could throw away the ballots that didn’t support their candidates.

Several lawmakers said they’d heard anecdotal reports of such cases of fraud.

However, critics said not a single case of such fraud has been documented or prosecuted.

Sen. Sylvia Allen (R-Snowflake), who represents Rim Country, sharply criticized a Democratic lawmaker during a Senate hearing who defended as a public service the practice of collecting the ballots to make sure people voted.

“Are you concerned about going door to door to be reminded to send in their house payment, their electricity payment, their car payments, or remember the birthday of their grandmother they might be mailing a letter?

I don’t think so,” said Allen, according to the video of the hearing posted on the state website.

Ironically enough, the version of the ban on ballot collecting targeted by the 2013 referendum made it a misdemeanor rather than a felony to turn in someone else’s ballot. The measure includes an exception for family

Key provisions

Another set of changes will increase the already soaring impact of dark money on political campaigns. The measures have already passed the House and Senate and await Gov. Doug Ducey’s signature.

The U.S. Supreme Court in its “Citizens United” ruling several years ago effectively gutted many of the laws on campaign spending and disclosures. The ruling held that corporations and special interest groups have essentially the same free speech rights as citizens. The ruling struck down limits on what corporations can spend to influence elections — so long as they don’t directly coordinate their campaigns with candidates. The Supreme Court did, however, leave the door open to new state or federal laws that would require the corporations and interest groups to disclose how much they spend and where they got the money.

Neither Congress nor the Arizona Legislature have required disclosures, as the amount of dark money spent on campaigns has soared. The Arizona Center for Investigative Journalism recently published an analysis detailing which lawmakers benefited from dark money spending during the 2014 election cycle.

Dark money groups spent a total of about $750,000. Rim Country lawmakers benefiting included Sen. Allen ($56,000), Rep. Brenda Barton ($8,200) and Rep. Bob Thorpe ($8,200).

Secretary of State Michele Reagan criticized the impact of dark money when she ran for the job of supervising state elections, but her office drafted SB 1516, which made it much easier for dark money groups to spend money without disclosing donors.

Dark money groups have played an increasingly dominant role in state politics in the past few election cycles.

For instance, a dark money group linked to Arizona Public Service spent heavily to support three candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission, dwarfing the spending by the actual candidates. Those three candidates all won election and have almost uniformly supported APS requests before the regulatory board.

Dark money groups also spent heavily to support other candidates, including the Arizona governor and attorney general.

• Makes it so the groups don’t have to reveal funding sources so long as they don’t lose certification with the IRS. • Removes the authority of state officials to subpoena records of candidates.

• Reduces penalties for candidates who overspend.

• Permits candidates to collect money from dark money groups and pass it along to other candidates without disclosing the source of the money.

• Reduces requirements for disclosures of funding sources on campaign advertising.

• Allows unlimited spending by outside groups on social media sites with no requirement to reveal who’s financing the effort.

• Allows virtually unlimited spending with no disclosure of donors to pass or defeat ballot measures.

• Removes all limits on staging fundraising events for lawmakers and any requirement to reveal who financed the fundraiser.

• Makes it almost impossible to enforce a provision that the dark money groups operate “social welfare” groups that spend at least 51 percent of their money on something besides elections.

Payson debates economic development by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

The Payson Town Council will meet twice this week, once for a regularly scheduled Thursday council meeting and at a Tuesday special meeting to discuss an economic development plan.

At 2 p.m. Tuesday, the council will meet at town hall to go over phase III of an economic development plan. The town has been working through the draft since last year and the next step is assigning tasks and setting dates for completion of goals.

The town started building the five-year economic development plan with the help of a consultant and grant funding from APS. In January, the consultant went through the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities (SWOT) of the area, saying while Payson has all the natural beauty to be a major tourist destination, it lacks a clear identity or gathering area and is too focused on fast food restaurants and businesses lining the Beeline Highway.

On Thursday, the council will meet again, this time at 5:30 p.m. at town hall to go over town business.

On the docket is a proclamation, declaring April 10-16 National Volunteers Week.

The council will also consider: • Signing a fair housing commitment resolution. The Housing and Community Development Act requires applicants for Community Development Block Grant funds comply with the fair housing practices.

• Accepting a temporary construction easement on North Manzanita Drive so crews can widen the street.

• Awarding McCauley Construction, Inc. a $50,780 contract to complete drainage work at the airport.

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Scholastic Book Fair

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The Rim Country Middle School has a Scholastic Book Fair takes place this week in the school’s library.

The fair hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the event is open to the public.

Visit RCMS website for more details: http://www.edline.net/pages/Rim_Country_ Middle_School.

The Payson Friends of Jazz present the group Trace, performing jazz standards at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 10 at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson.

Trace features John Hesterman on guitar and bass, as well as performing the vocals; Sandy Lamont, guitar and vocals; Jay Maynes on keyboards, flugel horn and vocals; and Gerry Reynolds, drums.

Please RSVP to Gerry-Reynolds@hotmail.com.

Organizers recommend a $5 donation, which includes refreshments.

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.

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Payson Lions Estate Sale

The Payson Lions will hold an estate sale Friday and Saturday, April 8-9 at 2405 W. Graff.

Items at the sale include a roll top desk, wooden gun cabinet, queen bed, Indian rugs, Lazy Boy recliner, wooden rocker, cedar chest, Willamena chair, mirrors, wall hangings, area rugs, lamps, chairs, 20-cubic foot refrigerator, barbecue, garden tools, many wood shop tools and associated equipment, Nautilus units and more. Call (928) 474-2176 for details.

The Lions’ portion of estate sale proceeds help fund these projects.

Community Breakfast

Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church,

Field of Dreams” by Mary Manin Morrissey.

There is a $10 per class fee is requested to defray classroom rent and supplies.

For more information, call Sarah Berry at (602) 696-2231 or go to the www.unityofpayson.org website and click on What’s Happening.

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Join the Rim Country Optimists at the annual Fishing Festival from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 9 at Green Valley Park. This is the 10th year the event has been held by the club, which is assisted by the Town of Payson, Arizona Game & Fish, the Payson Flycasters, Scoops Ice Cream, Fred the DJ, DJ Craig (photos) and Payson Rotary Club Foundation. No license is required if you register. There are lessons, a big raffle, food and fun.

507 W. Wade Lane, Payson, is hosting a community breakfast at 8 a.m., Friday, April 8. Breakfast includes scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, specialty sausage, hash browns, coffee and juice. Breakfast is at no charge, but free will offerings are appreciated. Please contact Pastor Steve DeSanto with any questions, (928) 474-5440.

Bingo at Senior Center

Bingo Bonanza takes place at the Payson Senion Center, 514 W. Main, at 1 p.m., Fridays. Proceeds benefit Payson Helping Payson.

Snacks and fun for all, no membership required.

Fishing Festival planned

Payson Shred-A-Thon set for this Friday at Walmart The next Payson Shred-A-Thon is from 10 a.m. to noon (or until the truck is full, whichever comes first), Friday, April 8 at the Walmart parking lot, 300 N. Beeline Hwy. Look for the TNT Shredding truck.

The service is HIPAA compliant, meeting privacy requirements for document disposal.

The cost is $6 per bankers box (10-inches-by-12-inches-by-15-inches), cash or check. Other sized boxes may be used, but the cost will be based on estimated volume.

Part of the proceeds will be donated to Partners of the Forest, which works to educate the public and improve the health, safety and welfare of national forests with trash removal.

The event is sponsored by the Men of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Partners of the Forest and TNT Shredding.

For more information, call Tim at (480) 329-7412.

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.

Smart Driver Course

An AARP Smart Driver Course will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 9 at the Banner High Country Seniors, 215 N. Beeline Hwy. There will an hour break for lunch.

To register, call (928) 472-9290 or register in person at Banner High Country Seniors.

The fee for AARP members is $15; non-members pay $20 (cash or check), pay-

able on day of class.

The class is designed for those 50 and older, but is open to all people 18 and over.

Participants may earn a discount on your vehicle insurance.

Business Showcase

The 2016 Business Showcase, presented by the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce, is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 9 at the Sawmill Crossing, in front of the theater.

The event has a carnival theme this year and will include food, games, music, giveaways and more.

Learn to create the future you want

Want to create your future with intention? Unity of Payson is offering a two-session class in Dream Mapping from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday April 9 and April 16 at the Payson Community Kids facility just north of Expedition Church.

The session facilitator is Sarah Berry.

She says, “Together we will learn how to use new tools so each participant can create their own road map to the future they really want.”

Bring a few magazines that have pictures that inspire you and a scissors or two to cut them out in the workshop portion of the session. If you have time, read “Building Your

A economic development roundtable focusing on central and eastern Arizona communities and counties is planned from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 20 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.

The event is free, but reservations are required, go to www.aaed.com/event/ april20th to save a seat by noon, Monday, April 11 (reservations will not be accepted any later).

The featured speaker is Jim Rounds of Rounds Consulting Group.

The Town of Payson, City of Show Low, Gila County, the Gila County Industrial Development Authority, Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce and National Bank of Arizona are sponsoring the program.

Democrats host candidates Rim residents will have the opportunity to hear several candidates at noon Tuesday, April 12 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson.

The Democratic Women of Rim Country host Nikki Bagley, State Senate candidate; Bill Mundell and Tom Chapin, candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Come at 11:30 a.m. to order lunch and visit with friends. All are welcome For details call (928) 468-1115.

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Tuesday • Scholastic Book Fair: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rim Country Middle School Library, open to the public • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Color away stress: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy, free • Learn about county superior court: Judge Tim Wright speaks, 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson, hosted by Payson Tea Party

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Wednesday • Scholastic Book Fair: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rim Country Middle School Library, open to the public • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

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Looking ahead

• Scholastic Book Fair: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rim Country Middle School Library, open to the public • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

• Scholastic Book Fair: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rim Country Middle School Library, open to the public • Community Breakfast: 8 a.m., Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane, Payson • Shred-a-Thon: 10 a.m. to noon, Walmart parking lot • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• American Legion Fish Fry: Noon-8 p.m., American Legion

• Optimist Fishing Festival: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Green Valley Park • Pine Library: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Business Showcase: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sawmill Crossing in front of theater

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4A Tuesday, April 5, 2016

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Governor makes case for Prop. 123

• April 5, 1614: Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy, marries English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Va. Their marriage brought peace between the English colonists and the Powhatans.

• April 6, 1776: The Continental Congress takes the first step toward American independence by announcing its decision to open all American ports to international trade with any part of the world not under British rule. It was the first act of independence by the Continental Congress.

• April 3, 1933: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt informed newspaper reporters that beer would be served at the White House. This followed the March 22 legislation that legalized “3.2” beer.

• April 4, 1975: Childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen found the computer software company Microsoft. In 1987, the 31-year-old Gates became the world’s youngest billionaire. Today, Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker.

Gov. Doug Ducey made a powerful case for Proposition 123 in his appearances in Payson on Monday.

We’re heartened not only that the governor cut through years of deadlock and confusion to negotiate a settlement for the school inflation funding lawsuit — but that he’s now willing to go on the road to ensure its passage.

Of course, we understand the frustration that might lead someone to vote against the plan to settle for about 70 percent of the money the Legislature illegally withheld from schools during the recession. And we share in the outrage that lawmakers should so flagrantly ignore the law. Finally, we’re unsettled that the compromise proposal gets 60 percent of the $350 million annual payment to schools for the next decade from the state land trust — which is already earmarked for schools.

Some wag observed that it’s like having a burglar break into your house, steal your stuff — then sell it back to you at a discount.

And we also understand the skepticism of voters who fear lawmakers will now pretend they’ve solved all the problems of the worst-funded public schools in the country — and return to their first love: Cutting taxes. Several legislative leaders have already made comments along those lines.

Bear in mind, the $300-per-student increase represents a minimal 10 percent increase in state support for public schools — not even enough to fully compensate for the illegally withheld inflation payments. We would have to nearly double the $3,400-per-student state support to even claw our way back to the national average.

Still, we think Gov. Ducey struck just the right tone in advocating for this flawed, but essential proposition. He stressed that Proposition 123 is just a down payment on a real solution. It settles the lawsuit and finally puts top state officials and school officials on the same side of the debate.

It also represents the first significant new money going into our schools in years.

We also suspect the governor had it right when he pointed out that lawmakers would take a rejection of Proposition 123 as expressing a lack of support for public education. In that case, they might not only ignore the court order — they might make additional cuts. That’s like having the burglar threaten to come back for your copper plumbing if you don’t buy back your household goods — but we wouldn’t put it past this Legislature.

Gov. Ducey said repeatedly that Proposition 123 represents just the first necessary step in giving our children the support they deserve — so they will gain the skills they need to sustain the economic growth on which we depend.

We’ll take the governor at his word — and fervently hope he’ll take on the fight for education after Prop. 123 passes.

So like Gov. Ducey, we urge you to support Proposition 123. We understand how galling it is to pay off a thief. But the thug has our children’s stuff — and we need it back.

Save our groundwater

Oh, and Gov. Ducey, while we have your attention.

Please, please, please — veto SB 1268, which will gut the state’s landmark groundwater management system in a shameless pander to developers.

The bill would allow cities to exempt development from the state and county requirement that developers demonstrate a 100-year water supply sufficient to provide for the homes they build.

The state adopted the groundwater management act in 1980 as one of the conditions for convincing the federal government to spend more than $5 billion building the Central Arizona Project. The act required careful management of ground water in the counties receiving the water from the Colorado River. In 2007, a far-sighted Legislature allowed counties in the rest of the state to require developers to get that 100-year water supply certification.

Since then, Arizona’s water supply situation has grown ever more worrisome. Studies show that we drained 52 million acre-feet out of underground aquifers during the drought of the past decade — double the holding capacity of Lake Mead, which is near record lows.

This is a horrible time to abandon any kind of restraint and planning when it comes to the state’s water supply, on which all future growth depends.

House Speaker Gowan pushed the bill through, mostly to benefit a 7,000-home development in his jurisdiction, which includes the endangered San Pedro River. Now he’s one of a herd of candidates running for the congressional seat that represents Southern Gila County.

Payson’s decades-long effort to get water from the C.C. Cragin Reservoir, its willingness to invest in a $50 million pipeline to get that water and its embrace of tough water conservation measures in the meantime demonstrates the vision and willingness to make hard choices we need.

Gov. Ducey in his campaign stressed the need for discipline and responsibility in confronting our water future — and specifically praised the Groundwater Management Act. So we have hope that he’ll do the right thing, the brave thing, the conservative thing — and not let lawmakers flush away our water future.

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Bill intended to protect privacy; reaffirm parents’ rights surveys that ask personal questions about themselves and their families with no control over “The fantastic advances in the field of elec- how that information will be used. Parents tronic communication constitute a greater dan- should know and give permission for these types ger to the privacy of the individual.” — Earl of surveys.

I have been working with Warren Representative Finchem, staff and the I believe our greatest challenge livgovernor’s office to amend the bill in ing in this electronic age is to have the Senate to address concerns so the right to privacy in our speech, that it will have the votes necessary to thoughts, beliefs and lives. One trend pass in the Senate. We need calls and in our schools brought by the progresemails made to the Senate to encoursives is the use of our children for data age everyone we can to support this that can be used in marketing, curcritical bill. I don’t know how anyone riculum, test development and social could think that a parent should not be engineering.

Sylvia Allen required to consent before any of the Representative Mark Finchem is following are asked of your child: sponsoring HB 2088 (schools; assess1. Critical appraisals of a close relationship. ments, surveys; informed consent) that asserts 2. Gun or ammunition ownership. the God-given rights of parents. This is an 3. Illegal, antisocial or self-incriminating important bill to reaffirm parents’ rights in protecting the privacy of their children against behavior. by

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4. Income or other financial information.

5. Relationships with a lawyer, physician or member of the clergy.

6. Medical history or medical information.

7. Mental health history or mental health information.

8. Political affiliations, opinions or beliefs.

9. Pupil biometric information.

10. The quality of home interpersonal relationships.

11. Religious practices, affiliations or beliefs.

12. Self-sufficiency.

13. Sexual behavior or attitudes.

14. Voting history.

This is the first of many bills that are needed to protect our children and I appreciate Representative Mark Finchem’s leadership.

I also must express thanks and gratitude to the grassroots parents, Bill Sandry and Tracy Langston, and others for their hours of help and support with this legislation.

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Debate on military spending Editor’s note: The following letters were posted on the Roundup’s blog in response to a recent letter to the editor questioning the size of the U.S. military budget.

When your life’s on the line Have you ever had to risk your life in combat on the reliability of a military weapon or weapons system? Having done so, I can assure you of the panic that ensues when said system waivers or even fails. This is the wrong area for penny pinching.

But, I do agree that the incompetence of Congress and DoD bureaucrats in formulating ridiculous system requirements of non-combat equipment not only wastes enormous amounts of money, but diminishes the priority of those features that truly are most critical for combat supremacy and survival.

Mike White

How much is enough?

Our military budget is larger than the next 10 biggest military budgets combined. We have more aircraft carriers than the entire rest of the world combined. When is enough enough?

Charles Eby

Federal responsibility I suggest those who have not done so recently would benefit from studying what the United States Constitution says about the federal government’s responsibility to provide for the common defense. Most Americans had to memorize the preamble to the Constitution when they were children, so they are aware that one of the purposes of the document was to “provide for the common defense.” But they are not aware of the extent to which the document shows the Founders’ concern for national security.

With that being said, there is always room for improvement in federal spending habits, whether it be defense, welfare, education and many other areas.

I do agree with Mike that those of us who

served in the military deserve nothing but the most reliable and up-to-date tools (weapons and support) to do the task we were ordered to accomplish.

Karl Moore

Every child deserves an education Editor: First, Mr. Owens, I must ask where you got this number of over a billion dollars solely for “illegal” children. Please provide some sort of citation.

Second, every child deserves an education.

Period. It does not matter what papers they may or may not have, they deserve a quality education.

Third, how is it that anyone can live in this country without paying taxes? I’m assuming the families of the children you don’t want to educate live in a home of some sort. If they have a home, they contribute to property taxes, through their rent, that fund our schools.

Last, as a future educator, I will welcome all children that want to learn into my classroom.

An educated population makes for a strong country and I want every child in my community given the opportunity to learn, regardless of where they were born.

It’s a shame you want to punish children for being born to the “wrong” people. I cannot understand your attitude at all and I think it’s obvious you could have benefited from a bit more education yourself, Mr. Owens.

Maia Dee Editor’s note: The University of Arizona’s Udall Center did a report in 2004 on the financial impact of undocumented workers and their children. The report concluded that Arizona has 830,000 foreign-born residents, including 619,000 non-citizens. Immigrant workers generated $2.4 billion in state tax revenue — $1.5 billion of that from non-citizens. The immigrants incurred $1.4 billion

in costs for education, health care and law enforcement. That represents a net gain to the state of $940 million. The total economic output of those workers was $44 billion, including $29 billion for non-citizens. The report estimated the cost of education for non-citizen immigrants at $540 million.

Another hate-filled letter Editor: Once again a hate-filled letter denigrating the poorer element of our society has appeared in the Roundup. This time the writer demands that children of migrant workers (“illegals” in the vernacular of bigots) not be allowed in our schools.

Previous letters from followers of the far, far, far right, have called for an end to health care for our poorer citizens, an end to subsidized school lunches for disadvantaged children (“Their parents should get a job”), an end to food stamps for poor people (“They should also get a job”).

Luckily, most of the good people of Payson are not such mean-spirited, “I got mine” curmudgeons as the advocates of destroying the lives and minds poor children. A small group makes a lot of noise while most of the intelligent people stay silent.

When election time comes this year, remember which party advocates kindness and education; hint: It’s not the conservative right. Don’t let the bigots win.

Ted Paulk

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onlinepoll Question: Do you plan to vote yes on Prop. 123, which gives school districts extra money from the state land trust for the next decade, money that could go towards raising teacher salaries?

Choices: Yes – 38.00% No – 56.00% Undecided – 6.00% 100 total votes Results as of Tuesday morning – payson.com

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Gov. Ducey pushes proposition From page 1A “Our focus groups show Republicans are a default ‘no’ — they are still not an enthusiastic ‘yes,’” said Ducey. “Independents don’t traditionally vote in special elections. Democrats would like to see more money given to schools.”

Payson Mayor Kenny Evans backed Ducey’s assertion by recalling a conversation with the former director of the League of Cities and Towns.

“He was opposed to it,” said Evans. “He was opposed to the principle of the thing because ‘we’re going to rob (the land trust).’ Philosophically, he was opposed to it because, and I’m paraphrasing him ... ‘You know, everybody talks about ways to get more fat out of the budget.’”

For his part, Ducey said he recognizes this is only a first step in a long conversation on how to adequately fund schools. Arizona remains nearly last in per-student funding and made the deepest education cuts in the nation during the recession. However, he said a lot now rides on this vote.

“There is no plan B,” he said.

“It is critical this be successful at the ballot.”

Prop. 123 would cut through the deadlock between lawmakers and the schools that persisted even after the courts ruled the state must make the inflation adjustments voters approved in 2000 by adopting Prop. 301.

Ducey made it clear that if 123 does not pass, the Legislature will take that as tacit agreement that voters want to continue slashing state funding to public schools.

Prop. 123 will pay back about three-fourths of what the state owes schools after dropping inflation increases in 2008.

About 60 percent of the new money will come from the state land trust and about 40 percent will come from the state’s general fund, with a projected surplus of

Crash blocks Highway 87 by

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Southbound Highway 87 was blocked Friday afternoon after a pickup truck rolled just south of the Mazatzal Casino.

Cecilia Isabel Ikeda, 41, of Chula Vista, Calif. was heading south out of Payson when her fullsize Dodge pickup rolled, landing on its roof.

Ikeda was extricated from the vehicle and taken to the hospital.

She was later arrested for extreme DUI, with a blood alcohol content of .20 or higher, according to Police Chief Don Engler.

No one else was injured.

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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and Payson Mayor Kenny Evans participated in a education summit in Payson on Monday to urge support for Proposition 123. about $1.5 billion.

Currently, schools receive about $125 million from the land trust. That amount was determined by Prop. 118, which requires the state to distribute 2.5 percent of the cash in the fund each year.

At this time, the land trust has $5 billion in cash and an estimated $70 million in land value behind that, according to the Yes on Prop. 123 website. Any proceeds from land sold or lease money for the use of the land goes into the fund to generate more capital, which then increases the payout to schools.

If voters approve Proposition 123, the state would distribute to schools about 6.9 percent of the cash in the fund for the next 10 years.

Some opponents have objected to the plan, saying schools would get more money in the long run by letting the state land trust grow, instead of increasing distributions by 4.4 percent annually.

Ducey said as a businessman, he could understand the concerns.

“I was in the private sector for 25 years,” he said and also served as state treasurer. “When I managed the fund, I managed it to record highs.”

He said increasing the payout to 6.9 percent would still leave plenty to fund education in future years. But schools need the extra

money now.

Morrill hastened to add that there is a control measure built into the proposition.

“Ten years is a control mechanism ... it’s a measured payout ... it does not accelerate land sales,” he said.

Prop. 123 will: • Give schools $350 million each year for 10 years — an increase of $300 per student.

• Settle the lawsuit, includ ing $1.4 billion in back payments owed to schools.

• The land trust would cover 60 percent of the payments or $210 million.

The remaining 40 percent or $140 million would come from the general fund.

• Overturn Prop. 118’s limits on payments from the land trust and revise Prop. 301’s mandate to fund inflation.

• Allow school districts and boards decide on how to spend the extra money, which would amount to about $500,000 for Payson Unified School District.

Since the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the federal government has granted lands to states to fund public education. When Arizona was established as a territory in 1863, the federal government set aside “sections 16 and 36 of each township” to fund public schools.

Once Arizona became a state in 1912, the Legislature set up a three-member State Land Commission to evaluate, assess and make recommendations about what to do with those lands given to Arizona by the federal government — currently about 9 million acres.

The commission decided Arizona should not sell its lands, as other states had done, but rather employ the lands to their “highest and best use.”

Sales or leases of trust land would be based on the potential use of each parcel.

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New technology to keep county residents safe, informed in crisis Gila County’s Office of Health and Emergency Management has partnered with the award-winning company Everbridge to instantly disseminate life-saving information in the critical moments at the onset of a crisis.

Available now, the Everbridge Mass Notification System is an opt-in program that immediately sends key information through any combination of email, voice or text messages to Gila County residents who register to receive them. Unlike previous disaster notification systems, the Everbridge Mass Notification System can target highly specific areas, down to the street where the information is needed. If a natural or manmade disaster strikes, residents of affected areas who have registered for the service will be armed with relevant information instantly, potentially saving loss of life and property. “By providing early notification through Everbridge, we will likely reduce public concern, and hopefully decrease the strain on the emergency response 911 systems,” said District One Supervisor Tommie Martin.

The new system frees local officials from navigating often slower state channels to access statewide emergency alert systems, such as those used for Amber and Silver Alerts or storm warnings, meaning the notifications will take much less time during the key moments at the onset of a crisis. By employing this technology, Everbridge affords local officials the ability to provide the public with timely and accurate information that will enhance the overall safety of the public.

Additionally, registered users will be able to select which areas they prefer to get information — such as their home, school, workplace, vacation spots, and so on.

Rather than warning all of Gila County about a flood in Tonto Basin, only those in the affected area would be alerted. This should help reduce unnecessary concern and fatigue from resi-

Spring health reminder: Reduce mosquito habitat

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Gila County has a new emergency alert system in place that will target residents in areas that might be in a crisis situation due to such things as a fire, above, or flooding, below. dents being exposed to repeated warnings that do not impact them. Ideally, if there was a controlled burn in Northern Gila County that created excessive smoke in a particular area, a direct message could be sent to the affected area to inform citizens of the activity.

The program is paid for by a federal grant, and is entirely free to users, but interested residents must enroll at www.readygila.com, by clicking “register for emergency alerts” on the main page. Once registered, users can visit their profile at any time to update contact information or unregister for the service.

If a resident does not register, they will receive notifications only by the methods on file for their organization. Contact information will only be used for emergency alerts and notifications, and will never be sold or distributed.

County provides residents discount prescription card Through a joint effort of Gila County government and the National Association of Counties (NACo) a valuable prescription discount card program is available to residents.

There are no claim forms to fill out, and no membership fees. Any resident without prescription coverage can use this program. Even if you have prescription coverage you may still benefit from the discount card, since it may save you money on prescriptions your existing plan does not cover.

Discount cards are available at pharmacies, doctor’s offices, county offices and local libraries throughout Gila County. Simply pick up card and present it to a participating retail pharmacy along with your prescriptions.

While savings on each prescription may vary, you can save an average of 24 percent off of the pharmacy’s regular retail prices for prescriptions. You will always receive the best price available to you through this program. On occasion, pharmacies will price a particular medication lower than the discount rate provided by the card. If that occurs, you will receive the lowest price.

If you choose to obtain a threemonth supply of your prescriptions, you have access to mail service through this program.

“We wholeheartedly support this discount prescription card program,” said John Marcanti, Gila County District Three Supervisor. “This is part of our ongoing effort to help citizens stretch their medical dollars farther.”

There are no limits on how many times the card can be used. You can use it for the whole family. Accepted at nine out of 10 pharmacies nationwide, the card is accepted locally at Walgreens, Bashas’, Walmart, Safeway and QOL Meds 510.

The website www.nacorx.org allows you to find a local pharmacy, check drug coverage and estimated cost. In addition, you can search for drug information, check drug interactions, print a card, or utilize the pill identifier search feature.

You can even use the card for your pets. If your pet is prescribed medication, ask your veterinarian if the medication is also used to treat human conditions. Examples are medications for seizures, heart conditions, infections, allergies, pain relief, diabetes

and certain eye and skin conditions. Ask your veterinarian for a written prescription, and take the prescription to a participating pharmacy along with your prescription discount card.

Gila County has been a participating member since June 2008. Not every medication has a discount through this program; however, for more than seven years residents have used this card to fill 9,480 prescriptions with an average savings of 25.13 percent off of retail price.

Operated by CVS Caremark, this is not insurance. Discounts are available only at participating pharmacies. Savings may vary by drug and by pharmacy.

With winter’s end and temperatures rising, mosquito season is upon us again. In addition to being irritating, these pests often spread dangerous diseases.

Some quick facts about mosquitoes: • Their bites itch because of an allergic reaction to their saliva.

• Only females bite, and for a specific reason — they only take a “blood meal” for reproductive purposes.

• All mosquitoes also drink pollen.

• After drinking blood, the females search for standing water in which to lay their eggs. Adult mosquitoes emerge from the water about two weeks later.

These small insects are considered one of the most dangerous creatures on the planet because of their ability to spread deadly diseases.

According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the insects kill more than 1 million people a year just through the transmission of malaria. Add to that the numbers of those sickened and killed by other mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile virus, Zika virus, dengue fever, yellow fever and Chikungunya, and it’s easy to see how they earned their dangerous reputation.

Having spread to almost every country in the Americas, in February 2016, the Zika virus was declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization.

There are a few simple steps to help reduce mosquito populations — and the risk for disease.

Reduce or eliminate standing water. A six-inch diameter plant saucer with only 1/2-inch of water can be enough for mosquitoes to reproduce. Tip any item that contains water, such as plant saucers, dog bowls, and birdbaths on a weekly basis. Children’s toys, wading pools, buckets, and anything else that can hold water should be flipped over when not in use so they don’t fill with water.

Old tires are notorious for retaining water that allows mosquitoes to breed. If you have a tire swing, drill a hole in the bottom so water will run out. Clean gutters so water can drain freely. Stagnant water and organic material like leaves give mosquitoes everything they need to breed and survive.

Treat ponds. For water that can’t be drained, such as large stock tanks, fish ponds and rain barrels, treat with a product that contains the naturally occurring

bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis israeliensis (B.t.i.) to kill mosquito larvae. B.t.i. has not been shown to adversely affect other insects. It won’t harm fish, birds or other animals. These products are available at most garden centers.

Trim back vegetation.

Mosquitoes feast on plant nectar when they aren’t prowling for blood, so they spend a lot of time in tall grasses or around shrubs and bushes. A well-manicured yard with brush trimmed back eliminates habitat.

Use natural repellents including Citronella candles, mint, tea tree oil, lavender, garlic, lemon oil and eucalyptus oil. There are many natural, plant-based products available.

Air curtains have traditionally been used by businesses for customer entrances, concession stands and drive up windows.

There are now residential models for outdoor living spaces or doorways. Electric fans work as well.

Portable traps are another solution. Running on either propane or batteries, they lure mosquitoes. One unit can offer coverage on one acre. These traps are designed to run 24/7 for maximum effectiveness, and take around 10 days to see a noticeable difference, and around four weeks to see significant results.

Propane fueled mosquito repellent patio lanterns are battery operated and come with 12 hours of protection in a 15-inch radius.

Mosquito misting systems use insecticide to eliminate the pests from your outdoor space.

Most systems can be activated by remote control or set on a timing schedule. The active ingredient most commonly used in these systems is pyrethrin, an extract derived from certain varieties of chrysanthemum flowers. The manmade pyrethrin botanicals are labeled permethrin and are low in toxicity to humans and mammals.

Use pesticides with caution.

Pyrethroids are synthetic, or manmade, versions of pyrethrins.

Synthetic pyrethroids have relatively longer environmental persistence than do pyrethrins.

While all pesticides can be toxic to aquatic organisms, and to fish, pyrethrins are 10 to more than 100 times less toxic than some of the synthetic pyrethroids.

Pyrethroids kill all insects — including bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects as well as mosquitoes.

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Peeling the layers to find out onion secrets Every time I chop an onion, I cry. serve as human’s chief source of antioxidants.

Actually, I don’t just cry — I weep.

Onions pack themselves with nutriDoes that mean I’m deep? Peeling away those layers to find the true essence ents including Vitamin C, sulphuric compounds, flavinoids and phytochemicals. of who I am?

Flavinoids, the chemical that gives Or am I just wracked with guilt for chopping the onion for my own selfish fruits and veggies their color, have a host of benefits according to the University of pleasure?

Or am I the sensitive type — too high Maryland Medical Center. They sooth the strung to withstand the power of the symptoms of bladder infections, support onion? Gotta say, menopause doesn’t the prostate gland and even lower blood pressure. help that sensitive The flavinoid querthing. cetin may also help Bottom line — I The to prevent the sticky am willing to suffer Healthy plaque buildup in because I love how arteries that leads the onion makes my to heart attack and food taste. stroke.

And so is the world.

by Michele Nelson A study in the According to American Journal of archaeologists, the onion may be one of the longest culti- Physiology said quercetin might also help vated plants with evidence it has been relax airway muscles to relieve asthma. grown for 7,000 years. The bulb originalThat same flavinoid may also act as ly came from central Asia. an anti-cancer agent, says the University Ancient Egyptians worshiped the of Maryland, by inhibiting cancer cells in onion equating its round shape and rings “breast, colon, prostate, ovarian, endoto symbols for life. They even used onions metrial, and lung tumors.”

The National Onion Association (yes, in the mummification process.

In Greece, athletes ate and doused even the lowborn onion has its own assothemselves in the onion and its juice ciation!) reports the phytochemicals in before competing in games — must have onions, known as disulfides, trisulfides, covered up the ripe smell of the athletes cepaene and vinyl dithiins, not only keep us healthy, they fight cancer and have as well.

The gladiators in Rome did the same antimicrobial properties.

A study in the Journal of Thrombosis thing.

Even in the New World, the Native Research indicates the sulfur compounds Americans used onions for cooking and in onions have numerous health benefits, including acting as a natural blood thinmedicine.

In fact, the onion fumes and simmers ner.

In another study from the Journal of at the heart of just about any recipe from Europe, Asia, Africa, South or North Hypertension, sulfur reduced hypertension in animals. Researchers concluded America. it could do the same for humans. That And for good reason.

A report in the journal Phytotherapy research still needs to be completed, Research, said good stuff in onions cre- however. ates that distinctive taste and aroma.

Sulfur in onions may also serve as Since humans around the world use anti-inflammatory agents, says a study them ubiquitously; these humble bulbs published in the Journal International

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Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology.

Just so you know, the research isn’t done on the dutiful onion.

The onion has a soluble fiber called oligofructose that promotes good bacterial growth in the intestines. A study in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology discovered oligofructose could help counter and cure the effects of certain types of diarrhea.

The National Onion Association said onions might also help you avoid developing gastric ulcers.

In the Journal Environmental Health, a study found the sulfur in onions could help diabetics regulate blood sugar by triggering increased production of insulin.

And finally, a study published by the journal of Menopause found that eating onions everyday improves the bone density in women.

Would that those onions also improved the mood of menopausal women, but the knowledge that onions add powerful flavor with relatively low calories should make up for the menopausal mood swings.

Or, I could just use my tears as I cut my onions as an excuse for those sudden shifts in mood.

“Don’t worry, it’s just the onion!” I’ll say as I weep.

My family will never know why.

French Onion Soup Recipe courtesy of Tyler Florence The Food Network Total time: 1 hour and 10 minutes; preparation: 15 minutes; cooking: 55 minutes. Makes 4 to 6 servings and the level of difficulty to prepare is rated as easy.

1/2 cup unsalted butter 4 onions, sliced 2 garlic cloves, chopped 2 bay leaves 2 fresh thyme sprigs

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 cup red wine, about 1/2 bottle 3 heaping tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 quarts beef broth 1 baguette, sliced 1/2 pound grated Gruyere Melt the stick of butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and salt and pepper and cook until the onions are very soft and caramelized, about 25 minutes. Add the wine, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the wine has evaporated and the onions are dry, about 5 minutes. Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Dust the onions with the flour and give them a stir. Turn the heat down to medium low so the flour doesn’t burn, and cook for 10 minutes to cook out the raw flour taste. Now add the beef

broth, bring the soup back to a simmer, and cook for 10 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

When you’re ready to eat, preheat the broiler. Arrange the baguette slices on a baking sheet in a single layer. Sprinkle the slices with the Gruyere and broil until bubbly and golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.

Ladle the soup in bowls and float several of the Gruyere croutons on top.

Alternative method: Ladle the soup into bowls, top each with 2 slices of bread and top with cheese. Put the bowls into the oven to toast the bread and melt the cheese. © 2016 Television Food Network, G.P. All Rights Reserved.

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/ french-onion-soup-recipe2.print.html?oc=linkback

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Onions, in all their various glories, along with garlic, are age-old ingredients for home remedies.

Use them raw in salads, the base of any number of sauces, or in great French onion soup (above).

‘You taste like mercury,’ said the spider to the fly Dartmouth-led study illuminates pollutant’s movement from aquatic to land food webs

Recently the Roundup published a report from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Arizona Game & Fish Department cautioning residents about consuming fish from several lakes due to elevated mercury levels in tissues of certain game fish.

The issue is not isolated to Arizona lakes, according to the following report from Dartmouth College.

More mercury than previously thought is moving from aquatic to land food webs when stream insects are consumed by spiders, a Dartmouth College-led study shows.

The findings, which appear in the journal Ecological Applications, shed new light on the influence of dissolved organic carbon in the spread of mercury contamination.

Mercury concentrations in aquatic environments have increased globally, exposing consumers of aquatic organisms to high mercury levels. Exposure to mercury depends on their food sources as well as environmental factors influencing mercury’s bioavailability. The majority of the research on the transfer of methylmercury, a toxic and bioaccumulating form of mercury, between aquatic and terrestrial food webs has focused on land carnivores that primarily eat fish. But a gap exists in our understanding of the factors regulating methylmercury bioaccumulation by other terrestrial predators, specifically consumers of adult aquatic insects.

Because dissolved organic carbon binds tightly to methylmercury, affecting its transport and availability in aquatic food webs, the Dartmouth-led team hypothesized that dissolved organic carbon affects methylmercury transfer from stream food webs to terrestrial predators feeding on emerging adult insects. They tested this hypothesis by collecting data over two years from 10 streams spanning a broad range of dissolved organic carbon and methylmercury concentrations in New Hampshire.

Their results show that there is transfer of methylmercury from aquatic systems to terrestrial food webs when stream invertebrates emerge from streams and are caught and consumed by spiders. In addition, the amount of dissolved organic carbon in the stream mediates the amount of methylmercury that is bioavailable to the aquatic and terrestrial food webs. The more dissolved organic carbon there was in the water, the more methylmercury there was as well. But streams with the highest dissolved organic carbon concentrations had emerging stream prey and spiders with lower methylmercury concentrations than streams with intermediate dissolved organic carbon concentrations. Therefore, the streams with the highest methylmercury concentrations did not have the greatest bioaccumulation in the stream invertebrates or spiders.

“Our paper is important because the role of dissolved organic carbon in mediating the bioavailability of methylmercury is still poorly understood, and the reach of methylmercury from aquatic systems where it is produced to terrestrial systems is broader than previously recognized,” says lead author Ramsa Chaves-Ulloa, who conducted the study as part of her Ph.D. at Dartmouth’s Department of Biological Sciences.

The study included researchers from Dartmouth, Bates College, Colby-Sawyer College and the Bates Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

Tuesday, April 5 Board of Supervisors to approve Proclamation 2016-01 Proclaiming April as National County Government Month Monday, April 11 Gila County Open House

Friday, April 15 Art Contest for all Gila County K-12 Schools with the focus on what individuals, schools and communities can do to protect and enhance the environment. Local entries will be displayed at the Gila County Administration Building, 610 E. Hwy 260, Payson, AZ 85541

SAFE & SECURE COUNTIES 2016 marks the 25th annual nationwide celebration of National County Government Month and Gila County’s opportunity to raise public awareness and improve understanding about its roles and responsibilities in contributing to safe and secure counties by providing health services, law enforcement, vital records, economic development, education services, animal control, voter registration, courts, roads & bridges, planning & zoning, disaster response, child support enforcement, wildfire prevention, marriage licenses, job training, historical records preservation, elections, recycling & solid waste management, housing rehab, childhood immunizations, adoption assistance, crime victim compensation, 9-1-1, public records accessibility, teen pregnancy prevention, guardianships, smoking cessation, self-sufficiency training for the disabled, senior property tax valuation protection, natural resource advocacy, utility franchises, etc.

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Arizona has since 2004 pulled enough ground water out of long-term storage to fill Lake Mead to the brim twice. Meanwhile, Lake Mead stands just seven feet above the level that would trigger water rationing in four states.

Arizona gulping down water reserves Crisis looms as Arizona mines its underground reserves

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Western states use about twice as much Colorado River water as they can sustain, according to a recent study by researchers from Arizona State University.

Another shocking study by NASA suggested we have weathered a decade of drought by drawing 53 million acre-feet of water from underground water supplies, which includes water stashed there since the wet years of the last Ice Age. Meanwhile, a decade of drought has driven Lake Mead to record lows. Even the strong El Niño winter only boosted runoff to about 94 percent of normal heading into the spring snow melt. But for the past four years, the river has carried 1 million acre feet less than the long-term average.

The lake’s level has dropped 130 feet since February of 2000 and federal officials say if current trends continue, they’ll have to ration releases in 2017 or 2018.

California remains first in line for water from the Colorado River, with Arizona and Nevada standing at the end of the line. Lake Mead provides 90 percent of Las Vegas’ water. The Bureau of Reclamation had warned it might have to start rationing water from Mead this year, but the El Niño winter has now boosted the lake level about seven feet above the level that would trigger rationing.

Still, Lake Powell has dwindled to about 45 percent full, although it has received 89 percent of its normal flow this year after years of drought.

The Bureau of Reclamation now says it may have to start rationing in 2017.

Currently, Roosevelt Lake is 53 percent full. Fed by the Salt River, Roosevelt is the major water storage for the Valley with a capacity of about 1.5 million acre-feet. The Salt River is currently running at about one third of normal, Tonto Creek at one quarter of normal and the Verde River at half of its normal flow.

But in the long run, things will get worse – much worse – concluded the ASU researchers.

The researchers said that to avoid run-

ning out of water, western states should use only 40 percent of the average flow from the Colorado River’s watershed – which includes almost all of Arizona. Instead, we’re currently using 76 percent.

Lake Powell and Lake Mead can hold five years of normal usage, providing a vital cushion in times of drought.

Most of the water from the reservoirs still goes to farming – a whooping 77 percent.

For instance, Yuma County produces about two thirds of the nation’s lettuce, although it gets just 3.5 inches of rain annually.

The ASU study suggested the Southwest will have to cut its water use by 60 percent to live within its water means and not gradually use up its underground water supplies.

Converting farmland to subdivisions has sustained places like Maricopa County up until now. The Valley grew by 24 percent from 2000 to 2010 and has resumed rapid growth after its slump in the recession. Projections suggest the population of Phoenix and Tucson will exceed 7.8 million by 2030.

The region continues to exhaust its underground water supply at a rapid rate, much of it stored underground since the far wetter centuries of the last Ice Age. A study by NASA and researchers from the University of California concluded that 75 percent of the water loss in the Colorado River Basin since 2004 has come from underground supplies – which means the region is effectively mining its underground reserves to sustain current water use.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has reported that the basin since 2000 has experienced its worst drought in a century. Other studies say the past 10 years have included some of the lowest rainfall totals in 1,000 years.

The NASA study used the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite to measure minute changes in gravity, which allowed for an estimate of the withdrawal of groundwater over a vast area between 2004 and 2013.

The measurement showed the region lost 53 million acre-feet of fresh water – about

Law may waive water supply requirement From page 1A Vista. Various studies suggest the subdivision could help dry up the San Pedro River, one of the last undammed rivers in the state and a key wildlife and bird migration corridors.

The Senate must still adopt the bill before it goes to Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk. The governor has made managing the state’s water supply one of his top issues, but his office has a policy of offering no comment on a bill before he either signs or vetoes it.

The state in 1980 enacted the

Groundwater Management Act, in part to satisfy federal requirements for construction of the Central Arizona Project to bring water from the Colorado River to Phoenix and Tucson.

The Groundwater Management Act set up “active management areas” receiving the federally subsidized water to balance water use to assure a long-term, sustainable supply.

A 2007 law allowed counties outside those active management areas to manage groundwater by requiring developers to assure a 100-year water supply.

Gov. Ducey has set up a group

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twice the amount Lake Mead can hold.

Imagine a cube of water 16 miles on each side and 16 miles high – about three times the height of Mt. Everest.

The Colorado River basin provides water to 40 million people and irrigates 4 million acres.

Worse yet, the rapid depletion of groundwater will only make the decline in surface water flows worse. As the underground water table empties, more of the rain and snow that falls on the surface will soak into the ground.

Already, computer climate models predict that a projected warming trend will significantly reduce the flow of water into the Colorado River and its reservoirs. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation estimates average flows will decline by 9 percent by 2060, which means a reduction of 1.4 million acrefeet annually. That’s about how much water Roosevelt Lake holds when it’s full.

In this context, recent efforts by the Arizona legislature to craft out exceptions to the state’s groundwater management act could exacerbate an already serious crisis.

Fortunately for Rim Country, water conservation efforts put in place before the Great Recession helped reduce water use – and protect groundwater. The water table in Payson had dropped nearly 100 feet in many locations before the town imposed the toughest water conservation efforts in the state.

Since then, water use for Payson has stabilized at about 1,800 acre-feet annually and the water table has stopped dropping.

Starting in 2017 or 2018, Payson will start receiving 3,000 acre-feet annually from the C.C. Cragin Reservoir atop the Mogollon Rim. That will give Payson two or three times its current sustainable water supply, enough to nourish a town or more than 40,000. The town will inject water from the reservoir back into the water table, bringing well levels back to historic levels and hopefully restoring the flow of springs that went dry long ago.

However, the studies elsewhere in the state suggest Payson may turn out to be one of the few cities in the state not coping with water shortages in the coming decades.

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to investigate ways to provide a long-term water supply, amid estimates suggesting that the state faces a shortfall of nearly 1 million acre-feet annually in coming decades.

The move by the state to potentially gut water management in two counties comes after years of conflict and litigation centered on the effort by environmental groups to safeguard the San Pedro River, one of the few intact cottonwood-willow riparian areas in the state. Much of that litigation up until now has focused on various efforts to expand Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista.

The State Department of Water Resources certified that Sierra Vista has a 100-year water supply, which would have cleared the way for approval of the 7,000-home Tribute development about 50 miles east of Tucson. However, the federal government sued to overturn that certification, asserting a need to protect the San Pedro River from the effects of increased groundwater pumping.

The bill would essentially clear the path for the development by waiving the requirement for the 100-year water supply. The measure passed on a largely party-line vote, with the support of both of Rim Country

representatives – Brenda Barton (R-Payson) and Bob Thorpe (R-Flagstaff).

Critics of the bill said it would weaken water conservation and management efforts statewide and could endanger the future of Fort Huachuca, a major job producer in the region that could shut down under federal rules if the available water supply drops. The Fort has previously cut its water use by two-thirds and provided money to recharge and restore the San Pedro.

“If one part of the state is seen as weakening its water management, the whole state is seen as weakening its water management,” said Warren Tenney, executive director of the Arizona Water Users Municipal Association, which represents city water suppliers in the Phoenix area.

“It doesn’t seem to be consistent with the message that the governor has been saying regarding water in recent months.”

A University of Arizona hydrology study concluded the development would extend the portions of the river that dry up in the summer by 10 percent and use up almost all the water the Fort has saved through various conservation efforts.

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Edie Miller honored as ‘Hero of Education’ Edie Miller, has dedicated the last few years to expanding the cultural awareness of Payson High School students and the Rim Country community by finding homes for foreign exchange students to attend the high school for up to a year.

At one point, Miller brought in more than a dozen students from places as far flung as Thailand, Germany and Argentina.

For her years of service, the Payson Unified School District Board recognized her as a hero of education.

“She has quietly done a lot for the district,” said PUSD Superintendent Greg Wyman at the March 28 board meeting.

He said her work has “served as a

bridge between the school and international parents.”

But Miller has done more.

She has organized group trips for her students to experience the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, and other nearby points of interest.

She attended meetings to advocate for students to attend without tuition or to ask that the board allow a certain number of students to attend for free.

For her years of service and dedication, Miller has won numerous awards from EF (Education First) the organization she works with to facilitate finding and supporting forMichele Nelson/Roundup eign exchange students.

Wyman said that after this year, Foreign student coordinator Edie Miller receives plaque from PUSD board member Barbara Underwood.

Miller plans to retire.

Two men face charges for sex with teenager From page 1A old while working. She was his supervisor.

The mother told Payson Police Det. Michael Hansen she knew the relationship was a bad idea given the age difference.

The man had lived with the woman and her daughter for roughly a year before the mother and the man broke up and he moved out.

The mother told Hansen she saw no warning signs indicating a sexual relationship between her boyfriend and her daughter.

She believed her daughter was drinking and smoking while she was at work, but her daughter always denied the allegation.

The man did not deny he had slept with the girl, when Hansen questioned him. He said the girl came on to him and he could not control himself. The man said he knew the girl was underage and he worried about going to jail for sleeping with her. He also knew Acuff had slept with the girl and been arrested for it.

As Hansen investigated the case, he learned the teen had also slept with the 21-year-old man’s half brother.

The girl had reportedly dated the 23-year-

old man and they slept together twice while she was 14.

The mother said she knew the girl had a crush on the 23-year-old, but when she confronted the man, he denied anything was going on.

When Hansen interviewed the mother, he asked how three men had managed to sleep with her teen daughter in just a few years.

“I expressed to her great concern over the multiple adult men that had molested her daughter and the situations she was placing her daughter in that was giving these men the opportunity to do this,” according to a police report. “(Name redacted) advised she shared the concern looking in hindsight.”

The mother said when she had told her 21-year-old boyfriend about what Acuff had done to her daughter he had said he would never do something like that. “(Name redacted) advised looking back she believes that it was a bad decision to let (name redacted) around (name redacted) so soon after the other event (with Acuff).”

According to court documents, Acuff molested the girl repeatedly and then pressured her to hide the abuse, saying he did

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After spending 10 years in prison for assault and resisting arrest, Acuff had transferred his parole to Payson to start life anew and got involved with the mother. He moved into the woman’s home and started hanging out with her daughter.

He took the teen to the gym, sent her sexually charged text messages and then told her to delete the messages so he would not go back to prison.

In October of 2014, the abuse turned physical during a camping trip.

After that trip, Acuff went on to sleep with the teen four times, twice at a friend’s house, once in the back of his pickup and another time in the woods on a camping trip.

“I am extremely ashamed of my actions.

I take full responsibility. I would also like to point out that I was a positive role model for two years in the victim’s life,” Acuff wrote the court. “I should not have allowed myself to become close to her in an intimate way. It was wrong and irresponsible of me.”

In March, police arrested the 21 and 23-year-old men for sexual conduct with a minor. Both men are being help in the Gila County Jail with no bond.

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on March 22, 2016 and was conducted by John Holiday.

Many loving family members and friends gathered to celebrate Jami’s life. Jami will be greatly missed and was loved by all of us.

May Jami Rest in Peace.

Elenore Mae Farrell 1929-2016 Elenore Mae Farrell "Ellie" formerly of Payson, Arizona passed away peacefully on Sunday March 27, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona.

She is survived by her two daughters, four grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

Ronald William Richardson 1967-2016 Ronald William Richardson, age 48, passed away on March 31, 2016, from a tragic work accident. Ron was born in Detroit on November 19, 1967. He is survived by his loving wife, Su PearsonRichardson, his beloved daughter, Randi Richardson (fiancé Nicholas Baker) and his stepson, Ryan Pearson. Ron grew up in Warren, Michigan with his parents, June (Van Poucker) Richardson and the late William E. Richardson, his sisters, Nancy (Ed) Karnes, Julie (William) Brown, Cindy (Glenn) Adamek,

and his brothers, Charles Richardson and Gerald (Jennifer) Richardson. Ron has many nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, whose lives were touched by him. Ron is now riding a Harley on a long and winding road in Heaven, with the wind in his face and the sun on his back; smiling down upon us all. A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 from 58pm at 771 W Beaver Flat Rd. Payson, AZ 85541.

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WEATHERREPORT Forecast by the National Weather Service

Tuesday

PAYSONREPORT

Sunny

78/41 Wednesday

Mostly sunny

78/44 Thursday

Mostly cloudy, 50% chance of rain

73/45 Friday

Mostly cloudy, 60% chance of AM rain

65/42 Saturday

Mostly sunny, slight chance of rain

66/40

Weather courtesy of Bruce Rasch, weather.astro50.com

Payson Statistics DATE H March 25 72 March 26 72 March 27 73 March 28 66 March 29 53 March 30 51 March 31 60 April 1 64 April 2 70 April 3 76 April 4 79

Leo Willemarck was born in Duluth, Minnesota and passed away peacefully on March 28th at the grand age of 91 in Payson. He had 3 wonderful sisters and 4 great brothers Florence, Marie, Jeannie, Ed, George, Hank, and Bob. Betty was Leo's first wife and the mother of his 3 daughters, he then married Marilyn, and latterly had 6 happy years with his partner Carmen. He travelled to many parts of the world, serving his country in the US Navy and Air Force. He enjoyed helping people, had a passion for technical innovation and improving the world around him, loved dancing, and was known loc-

ally for his cowboy hat. He will be fondly remembered for his free thinking, good moral values, engineering ingenuity, great sense of humor - and his attempts at singing!

He completed his autobiography 'My Life as a Minnesota Country Boy' in 2008. Leo was a good friend, and devoted and loving Dad to his three daughters Susan, Terry and Janice; and amazing grandad to his two grandsons Chris and Luke.

He was a light in our lives and will be very greatly missed.

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PRECIP.

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Precipitation 2016 thru today 4.30 30-year Average through March 7.35

April 2016 0.01 April Avg. 1.07

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

PAYSON POLLEN COUNT FORECAST Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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HIGH

HIGH

MEDIUM

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Dominant pollen: Mulberry-Ash-Juniper 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.

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April 9 at Noon. Ellen is survived by a son, Jay FitzGibbons, a daughter, Kathleen FitzGibbons Moritz and a granddaughter Lindsey Fitzgibbons.

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A flock of seagulls made an unscheduled stopover at Green Valley Lake recently. Gulls actually do wander far from the ocean — but never far from water. The seagull is the state bird of landlocked Utah, in commemoration of the “Miracle of the Gulls,� when a vast flock of seagulls appeared just in time to save the crops of the Mormon settlers from a plague of crickets. The clever birds have learned all kinds of useful tricks. For instance, sometimes they drum their webbed feet on the ground to fool tasty earthworms into thinking its raining and crawling out onto the surface. They will also drop muscles and clams onto rocks to break open their shells.

Devoted parents, they mate for life and take turns incubating the eggs. Moreover, they’re one of the few creatures who can drink both fresh water and salt water.

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Free fishing this weekend in Green Valley Rim residents and visitors are fortunate to have an abundance of lakes and creeks in which to fish just about year-round ‌ If it’s too cold in the late fall or early spring, just head south to Roosevelt or take advantage of the fishing at Green Valley Park.

It is stocked most of the winter and this weekend it will get extra helpings of the scaly prey.

The Rim Country Optimist Club’s 10th Annual Fishing Festival is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 9.

No fishing license is required for all those who register. This is an event for all ages. There will be food, music and a big raffle in addition to help with fishing, including some equipment to use.

This year the huge raffle is bigger and better than ever. It will include two Cardinals pre-season tickets, a guided fishing trip for two, fishing equipment, many gift certificates, and a variety of items and baskets of items resulting in 43 raffle drawings.

Even if you don’t fish, be sure to stop by to see what’s going on as you might wish to buy raffle tickets Keith Morris/Roundup The festival is the result of a cooperative effort of the Rim Country Optimists, Payson Parks and Recreation, Arizona Game and Fish, Payson Flycasters, Scoops Ice Cream, Fred the DJ, DJ Craig (photos) and Payson Rotary Club Foundation, which will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks and more.

For more information, contact either Jim Tye, (928) 468-2453 or Joan Young, (928) 472-2264.

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Tim Meeske, Jenna Palandri, Kobi Smith, Brandon Nicholson, Tiffany Slayman, Heather Werlinger and Lyndsey Brewer was coached by Albert Hunt.

The athletes described Albert as a great coach, outgoing, helpful and fun.

Mike McCannon coached the 5-5 team of Todd Orr, Reed Hunt, Gary Bonn, John Sexton, Larry Graham, Danny Kelly, Adriana Barnes and David Frohme. The athletes feel Mike is goofy, fun to be around and their best friend.

The athletes felt the competition was tough and competitive, but they did well and expressed their joy.

The teams’ weekly practices

at Tonto Apache Gym really paid off.

Along with the competition, the Special Olympics tourney included an opening ceremonies that was held at University of Arizona. Many athletes stated that the dance was their favorite part. This event gave athletes the opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones.

Volunteers at this Special Olympics event felt it was an honor to spend time with the athletes and observe how well they do in competition and improved with the good coaching. They all demonstrated helpfulness to others, caring and examples of good character.

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Fossil Creek: Geology in real time Question: What is 500 feet thick, buried in the Colorado them. Field studies in 1996 identified Plateau, gushes clear water and constructs geological wonders? the eroded remnants of at least 80 such Answer: The remarkable regional aquifer-rock dams. After the creek’s natural flow called the Redwall Limestone! was restored in 2008, hundreds of new The three outstanding examples of where travertine dams began to form along a this water transmitter finds the surface at the six-mile stretch below Fossil Springs. sides of deeply incised streams in Arizona Malussa estimates the stream deposare: Montezuma’s Well on Beaver Creek near its about 13 tons of travertine per day McGuireville, Fossil Springs on Fossil Creek along its banks.

It does not take much time to near Strawberry and the Tonto Natural Bridge on Pine Creek near Pine. Same source of water, drop the minerals and build up dams, same travertine deposition, yet each forming a mounds, coatings and casts. Fossil Creek may not return to what it was different geologic feature at the surface.

Fossil Creek, whose waters were diverted for exactly, as geology does not go backnearly a 100 years to generate electricity now ward, but it will form a new Fossil flows free as an officially designated Wild & Creek with the same processes and Scenic River. Home for only native fish, Fossil likely pleasing results.

After you visit, swim or phoCreek waters are once again doing what they have done for thousands of years — slow- tograph at Fossil Springs, step ly building back the travertine deposits that back and look beyond the waters. formed the many terraces and pools that exist- Perched above the current stream ed when Fossil Creek was first discovered — channel is a thick flat terrace also from which it drew its name. made of travertine. Not only are The laudable effort to dams making remove the non-native spenew clear-water cies and return the flow below pools now, it hapby Greg McKelvey pened before. the springs to its former When?

Well, channel is beginning to show we do not realresults. It is a prime venue to ly know, but we see geology in action! can speculate.

The Redwall Limestone formed more than Fossil Creek, 300 million years ago in a shallow, inland sea Tonto Natural from the calcium-rich skeletons of microscopic Photos courtesy of Bridge and even sea creatures and other things that settled Nick Berezenko Montezuma’s into the seabottom mud layers. In the Grand Well appear to Canyon, the hard Redwall Limestone layer The travertine, have major deposits of travertine cut through forms a chain of sheer cliffs 500 to 800 feet tall, essentially made of Geologist and President by erosion after the water table level dropped thanks to the chert and fine-grained dolomite dissolved limestone, of Rim Country Camera by up to 150 feet. We don’t know when the embedded in its layers. precipitates out of the Club travertine layers were deposited, yet studies of But when buried and washed by groundwawater, coating rocks ter running through cracks and fissures, the travertine in eastern Grand Canyon National and roots — thereby Redwall Limestone can create springs with Park and Springerville, Ariz., indicate they earning Fossil Creek remarkable geological qualities. likely formed during times with a lot more rainfall. it’s name.

Fossil Springs flows from a myriad springs and seeps along USGS scientist Barney Szabo reports that uranium dating a 1/3-mile stretch of the creek where the Redwall Limestone indicates the deposits formed at around 15,000, 71,000, 111,000, nears the surface. The waters that issue from the springs are 171,000, and 338,000 years. That coincides with high paleolake filled to capacity with calcium carbonate, carbon dioxide and levels, montane glacial maxima, and high paleowater-table other minerals. At the surface, these minerals can no longer levels from several Great Basin localities. Could be the Fossil remain in solution. Change in temperature, oxidization poten- Creek terraces date to those same periods. tial and contact with organic material causes the CO2 and Ca to But here’s another Fossil Creek riddle: If the water carries so combine and make travertine, a mineral called aragonite. Even many minerals, why does it remain so clear? in fast-flowing streams like the 20,000 gallons per second Fossil That’s because the minerals remain in solution, bonded to Creek, deposition is inevitable. the water at the molecular level and therefore not visible to the The Malussa report (see references below) states that early naked eye. observers found many travertine dams with deep pools behind And, whether a stream is clear depends mostly on silt and sand it’s carrying. After seeping through the Redwall aquifer for tens or perhaps hundreds of miles, not only does the water pick up the minerals in the rock it also sheds any silt or sand.

Any water treatment plant would love to have the quality of the filter these waters have passed through. Only after surfacing does the creek pick up and move sand and silt, but only after moving for miles downstream over the travertine-coated stream-bottom.

The springs probably flowed out of the exposed side of the Colorado Plateau for several periods as long as perhaps 10,000 to 300,000 years ago. Settlers used the flow to generate power for about 100 years, which is but a geologic wink in time. Now the stream has returned to doing what it has done several times before, making pools and making rocks.

As a side note: I got into a debate with one respected biologist friend of mine about the effects of the most invasive species the globe has ever known — humans. I argued that what we do is more important than how many people are doing it.

He tried to rebuff my argument by saying, “I miss the passenger pigeon and other species that are gone.”

And I said, “I miss the trilobites and dinosaurs.”

He countered, “Your problem is you use geologic time.”

Well, until a better time measure is found, yes, we can take Photo courtesy of Nick Berezenko comfort from the lessons at Fossil Creek. Time will not reverse, If Fossil Creek is loaded with travertine, why’s it so clear? Because the minerals are chemichange is a cornerstone to what the earth does, and if left alone, cally bonded to the water molecules, until they precipitate out. the earth will move on, with us or without us.

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Fossil Creek owes its remarkable geology to a 340-million-year-old layer of Redwall Limestone.

Tips & suggestions: Contact the United States Forest Service for information on their new permit system. http://www. recreation.gov/wildernessAreaDetails.do?page=detail&contractCode=NRSO&parkId=74997 If you hike down, please, oh, please go prepared with water, good shoes, hat, sunscreen and enough time to walk out safely.

For the photographer, a tripod, filters, wide-angle lenses and even macro equipment will be put to good use. Return each year to record the changes that real-time geology is offering up.

Additional info: Malussa, John, Overbyb, Steven T., and Parnella, Roderic A, 2003, Fossil Creek Potential for travertine formation: Fossil Creek, Arizona: Applied Geochemistry, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2003, Pages 1081–1093 Szabo, Barney J, 1988, Ages of travertine deposits in eastern Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, Colorado 80225 USA Munderloh, Terry, 2007, Harnessing the water power of Fossil Creek.

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CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Color Time Tuesdays

A new program of coloring fun started today, Tuesday, April 5 and continues from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. every Tuesday at Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy Street (behind Ace Hardware).

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.

The program is free.

For information, call Sally Harvey (480) 213-8472 or Joyce Kennedy (928) 978-1884.

Payson Tea Party

The Payson Tea Party meets every Tuesday night starting the month of April.

The group meets at 6 p.m. at Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260. Payson.

Masonic Lodge

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

For more information, go online to www.paysonmason.org or contact Bill Herzig, secretary, at (928) 474-1305 or (928) 951-2662.

Card players wanted

The Saving Graces of Payson — a Canasta card-playing group — is looking for a few ladies who enjoy fun, laughter and friendship.

This Red Hat group meets at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the Crosswinds Restaurant patio room. There is a break for lunch around noon and play and resumes after lunch. Anyone interested in joining will be welcomed.

You do not need to know how to play, the members will be happy to teach the game.

Please contact Queen Mum AnnMarie at (928) 468-8585; please leave a message if there’s no answer.

Ukulele fun

Rim residents, regardless of skill level, are welcome to join Ukulele Fun from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. every Wednesday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

If you have any ukuleles you would like to donate or sell, please call (928) 595-2086.

Alzheimer’s caregivers support groups

The Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group invites caregivers, families, service providers and members of the community to meet the first and third Wednesday of the month from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Center, 514 W. Main, Payson.

For details, call Mary, (928) 4743560.

PAWS meeting

The Payson Area Woofers Society (PAWS) is having its monthly meeting at 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 6 in the conference room at the library.

Mona Kincaid, a member of PAWS, will discuss her family’s organic farm in Kentucky and the success that they had with canine therapies, equine therapies, fostering children and animals. She has pictures to share with us. They were ahead of their time.

Complimentary light refreshments will be served. For questions, please call Dorothy Howell at (928) 472-7396.

MOPS has new meeting time

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the Nazarene is changing its meeting times, at the request of members.

It was meeting the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Payson First Church of the Nazarene, 200 E. Tyler Parkway, with childcare and dinner is provided.

For more information, contact Dixie Neal, (619) 990-2025.

The meeting for this Wednesday, April 6 is cancelled and meetings will resume from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Friday, April 15. The group will meet only once a month.

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Payson TOPS meeting every Thursday

TOPS 373 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a weight loss support group for anybody wishing to drop those extra unhealthy pounds — sensibly.

We meet every Thursday morning. Weigh-in starts at 7 a.m. and the program is from 8 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.

Meetings are in the two-story building across from Walmart (formerly known as the Senior Circle), 215 N. Beeline Highway. If you have any questions, call Ilona at (928) 472-3331.

Strawberry Patchers gather in Pine

The April business meeting of the Strawberry Patchers, a chapter of the Arizona Quilters Guild, is Thursday, April 7 in the Isabelle Hunt Public Library Activity Room, 3872 N. Hwy. 87, Pine. The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m. and will be preceded by a social period with refreshments beginning at 9 a.m.

Following the meeting, chapter member Jane Wilcox will present a program on using social media.

For membership information contact Karen Plante, membership chairman, at (480) 703-4056 or visit the website at www.strawberrypatchers.com.

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At the Kiwanis evening meeting, at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 7 at the Crosswinds Restaurant, Payson Airport, the Kiwanis club hosts two speakers, Barbara Thompson and Shelly Sokora, who are with Child Help for Gila County.

For more information, call (928) 468-8527.

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Rim Country Classic Auto Club

The Rim Country Classic Auto Club (RCCAC) holds its monthly meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260 in Payson. For information, call Steve Fowler at (928) 478-6676.

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A new program of coloring fun is starting 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.

Arizona Cactus Navy luncheon An informal get-together of Navy and Coast Guard veterans and Merchant Marines in the Payson area is held on the first Thursday of each month at La Sierra restaurant on north AZ 87 at Forest Dr. in Payson.

The group meets for coffee or lunch at 11 a.m. to share stories and camaraderie among fellow vets of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, other conflicts, and peacetime naval service. For questions please call (928) 970-0066.

Genealogy meeting The Northern Gila County Genealogical Society has a membership meeting and speaker scheduled at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 7.

The speaker is Ed Harvey, who will talk about his career as a pilot in Vietnam.

All Rim residents are invited to attend this talk. Visitors are also invited to attend the membership

meeting, which follows.

The Payson Genealogy Society meets at 302 E. Bonita St., Payson.

Coffee, doughnuts and lemonade will be served.

Awakening our gardens topic of next meeting The High Country Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 7 in the log building of Mt. Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Hwy. 260.

The speaker for the evening will be Glen McCombs of Plant Fair Nursery. He will be discussing Awakening Our Gardens - getting plant beds and gardens ready for spring planting, including soil preparation.

A short business meeting and refreshments will follow the presentation and all members and guests are invited to attend.

Please remember to bring non-perishable food items for the area food banks. For information contact Sallie at (928) 468-6102.

The April meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is at 1 p.m., Friday, April in the conference room of the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd., Payson.

The guest speaker will be Stan Garner, president of the Rim Country Sons of the American Revolution. He will present a program on “Making Train Movies in Arizona.”

Prospective members and guests are always welcome. To learn more about this meeting, or the Daughters of the American Revolution, please contact Regent Kathy Farrell at (928) 472-9752 or Registrar Cathy Boone at (928) 474-3960.

P.E.O. meets

Chapter DF of the P.E.O. Sisterhood meets at 9:30 a.m., Friday, April 8 at the Church of the Nazarene, 200 East Tyler Parkway, Payson. The program will be Sharing Keepsakes. The hostess will be Pat. Visiting P.E.O.s are welcome. For further information, call Pat at (928) 474-8960.

Bridge results

Winners at Ladies Tuesday Bridge March 29 were: Kay Hutchinson, first; Flo Moeur, second; Betty Mashl, third.

More players are needed. Play is at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Payson Senior Center, 514 W. Main St. Area residents and guests are welcome.

Please call Mary Kemp at (928) 468-1418 for reservations and information.

Winners at Wednesday Bridge for Wednesday, March 30 were: Sharon Vaplon and Hallie Jackman, first; Mary Kastner and Tim Demaray, second; Kay Hutchinson and Kent Teaford, third.

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

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Chapman rushing off to Colorado Mesa Speedy Longhorn tailback taking it to next level by

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He raced 60 yards for a touchdown the first time he ran the football in a varsity game.

Even as a freshman making his debut in a win over Globe in the final game of the 2012 regular season Wyatt Chapman’s talent was obvious.

The speedy tailback didn’t disappoint the next year, rushing for 1,660 yards and 12 touchdowns as a sophomore. He went on to win the 100-meter dash in the Division 3 state track meet that spring.

After another 1,000-yard campaign in his junior year, Chapman was on pace for his best season last fall.

But he pulled a hamstring on a long run in the second quarter of the Longhorns’ football game against Flagstaff at Northern Arizona University in week five. He missed the final five games of the regular season before trying to give it a go in PHS’s state playoff game against Tucson Pusch Ridge. He managed just five carries for 16 yards and a reception for 6 yards before aggravating the hamstring injury and being taken out. Payson lost 38-13. Pusch Ridge went on to win the Division 4 state championship.

“I pulled my hamstring pretty bad,” he said. “It was very disappointing.”

Despite the disappointing end to his senior season, Chapman enjoyed a spectacular career with the Longhorns. He rushed for 3,553 yards and 31 touchdowns on 421 carries over his final three seasons, an average of 8.44 yards per attempt.

He ran a blazing 4.35-second 40-yard dash at a skills camp at Arizona State University to get the attention of the Sun Devils and other Division I programs, like Arizona and Northern Arizona.

Wyatt Chapman Rushing Stats By Season Rushing Grade Year GP Att. Yds. Avg. TD Senior 2015 6 66 *751 11.4 8 Junior 2014 10 130 1142 8.8 11 Soph. 2013 11 *225 *1660 7.38 *12 Frosh. 2012 2 No stats available Total 29 421 3553 8.44 31 *-Led team Chapman will get a chance to continue his promising football career at Division II Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction.

“It’s always been a dream of mine to go compete at the next level and I’m just very excited that I got that chance,” Chapman said.

He could have tried to walk on at a Division I school, but decided CMU was where he should be.

“The plan was to go Division I,” he said. “It looked like I had good chance of going. But my injury is what I think made coaches stop looking at me. I had a lot of interest from NAU. They were sending me stuff. And they offered me a tryout. But I decided to just go where I know I’ll play and not sit for three years.”

Chapman is impressed with CMU head coach Russ Martin.

“We just hit it off right when I met him,” Chapman said. “We chatted it up for a while and he seems like he’d be a really cool guy and a good head coach.”

He likes that the Mavericks run a similar

offense to what the Longhorns have been running the last couple of seasons.

“Empty (backfield), four wide, pistol, read option, all that fun stuff,” Chapman said. “I’m used to it and I’ve just always liked it.”

He led Payson with 1,488 all-purpose yards as a junior in 2014. He rushed for 1,142 yards and 11 TDs, adding 346 yards and four TDs on 18 receptions. He also led Payson in scoring with 15 touchdowns and 96 points, adding three two-point conversions.

Chapman won the 100-meter dash in the state track meet as a sophomore but injury kept him from defending his title as a junior. He hopes to get back on top of the medal stand next month.

Wyatt is the son of Christie Gillespie and Wes Chapman.

Payson head coach Jake Swartwood said CMU is a good fit for Chapman.

“It’s a great place for Wyatt to go,” Swartwood said. “Mesa State is a program that’s going to be competing for national titles in the next couple of years and he has a really good chance to go out and participate and earn his spot.”

Chapman, who has a 3.1 grade point average and is undecided on a major, may be redshirted this fall.

“We look at probably seeing him redshirt this year, which I think is a great opportunity for him to get another year of growth on him and kind of learn a system, learn a program,” Swartwood said. “They were really excited about his speed, his explosiveness, athletic ability and just pretty much everything he brings to the table.”

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Aubrielle Paulson wins strikeout showdown Filling in for older sister, sophomore fans 15 to beat last year’s state strikeout champion “It was the most impressive win of the season for Payson.”

Curtis Johnson

Payson softball coach

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The Longhorns had no problem figuring out Phoenix Veritas Prep junior Lainey Stephenson, who led the state in strikeouts a year ago. Payson collected 10 hits and struck out just nine times. by

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Aubrielle Paulson struck out 15 Phoenix Veritas Prep batters to win the battle against state strikeout queen Lainey Stephenson.

It was supposed to be a showdown between two of the top players in the state from last season.

Phoenix Veritas Prep junior Lainey Stephenson led all pitchers in the state regardless of size in strikeouts as a sophomore with 468 in 186 innings — second only to a girl from Alabama who pitched 100 more innings.

Arissa Paulson, the Gatorade Arizona Softball Player of the Year as a junior, ranked second to Stephenson among all pitchers in Arizona on the strikeout list

with 375.

Paulson and Stephenson were the only two Arizona players to make the MaxPreps’ Preseason All-America Team. Stephenson will continue her softball career at Lehigh University.

But Paulson, who’ll continue her softball career at Brigham Young University, was sitting on the bench thanks to January shoulder surgery that will sideline her for the entire season.

So sophomore Aubrielle Paulson stepped in for her older sister.

And she stole the show.

The 10th-grader dominated,

striking out 15 Falcons as the Longhorns won 8-1 at Payson on Wednesday, March 30. Paulson scattered four hits and walked one. She hit a batter. VP’s only run was unearned.

The Longhorns had Stephenson figured out, touching her for 10 hits. She struck out nine.

But Veritas never did figure out how to handle Aubrielle Paulson, who induced a bunch of swings and misses.

Kylie O’Donnel and Jewel Johnson led the way at the plate for the Horns. O’Donnel was 3-for4 with a double, triple and three RBIs. Johnson was 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Rachel Spooner was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Kalea Smith tripled and drove in a run.

Payson head coach Curtis Johnson praised the performance by his players.

“It was the most impressive win of the season for Payson,” he said. “The team continues to improve and should have an exciting and competitive finish in the month of April.”

The Longhorns were scheduled to host Camp Verde on Monday, April 4. They open Section 1 (Div. 3) action at Lakeside Blue Ridge at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6. PHS hosts Page in another section battle at 3:45 p.m. on Friday, April 8.

Longhorn 9 put heartbreak behind them, roll into section opener Host Blue Ridge today in $5 carne asada fundraiser by

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A Payson High baseball team reeling from three consecutive heartbreaking defeats righted the ship with three big victories last week.

And the Longhorns look to keep that momentum going in the Section 1 opener against visiting rival Lakeside Blue Ridge tonight at 6 o’clock.

After pounding visiting Sedona Red Rock on March 28, the Longhorns beat host Chino Valley 9-7 on Wednesday, March 30 and edged visiting Phoenix

North Canyon 4-3 on Thursday, March 31.

“We had a great week,” said skipper Brian Young. “We went through a three-game slump where we didn’t have the energy and enthusiasm that we needed, but it is back and we are playing well. I like where we are at.”

The big week vaulted the Longhorns (6-4) up to the No. 18 spot (as of Friday) in the Division 3 power rankings. The top 32 teams in the rankings qualify for the state tournament.

North Canyon scored two runs in the top of the sixth to tie the game 3-3, but the Longhorns

answered with what proved to be the game-winning run in the bottom of the inning.

Carl Adcock singled, advanced to second on a Nate McMullen bunt, moved to third on a Jason Daniels groundout and scored on an errant throw to first base by the shortstop on a Shad McNeeley grounder.

Payson answered a run by the Rattlers in the top of the first with two of its own in the bottom of the first as Koy Duran singled and trotted home on Taran Sarnowski two-run homer.

PHS led 3-1 after Efrain Amaya-Medina singled in Jason

Fundraiser today Eric Santana’s State Farm office will serve carne asada as a fundraiser for today’s baseball games between visiting Lakeside Blue Ridge and Payson. The cost is $5 per plate with all proceeds benefiting the Payson High baseball program. The junior varsity game is at 3:30 p.m. and the varsity game at 6.

Daniels in the fourth. Daniels walked and advanced on a McNeeley single.

“I was proud of our guys in the bottom of the sixth to come back and get a run after North Canyon tied it up in the top half of the inning,” Young said. “We got the bunt and moving around the bases that we needed.

“Taran hitting a home run

right away was nice. Anytime you bring in a former Division 1 playoff team from last year and can show you can hit with them early in the game it is a nice pickup for our guys.”

Ruben Estrada struck out 10 Keith Morris/Roundup while walking just one in a complete-game effort on the mound. Hunter Paul pitches against Sedona Red Rock on March See Baseball, page 6B 25.

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PERSONALS Ride Sharing on a regular basis between Payson & Flagstaff, will share expenses! 872-233-5152

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS ESTATE SALES 3. April 8-9 at 2405 W. Graff: Roll top desk, wooden gun cabinet, queen bed, Indian rugs, Lazy Boy recliner, wooden rocker, cedar chest, Willamena chair, mirrors, wall hangings, area reugs, lamps, chairs, refrigerator, BBQ, garden tools, many wood shop tools. Call 928-474-2176 5. 2101 Cold Springs Point, (Payson Pines) Fri, Sat & Sun. April 8, 9 & 10 from 7am to 12 Noon 6. 904 Rocky Road (Stone Creek) Thurs., Fri. & Sat. April 7, 8 & 9 from 8am to 3pm: Queen Size Sleep Number Bed, Kitchen Aid Mixer (Like New), Twin Beds, Master Bedroom Suite, Large LG TV w/Stand, Beautiful Old Rocker, Ladders & Lawn Tools, Formal Dining Room Set, Sofa w/Built-in Recliners and Much More! Everything Must Go!

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9. Gisela Community Yard Sale: Fri. & Sat. April 8 & 9 from 8am to 2pm; 17 miles south of Payson exit left at Gisela turn off AZ2-87: Gisela has beautiful mountains and scenery and the views are FREE. Individual Yard sale signs to homes. Collectible rocks, And collectible items to cherish and pass on to others Household Items, Vintage Items, Clothing and More Misc.

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CARS 1992 Cadilac DeVille, $1000.

1990 Hull Double Axel Trailer 7x17 Flatbed, $1500.

One Log Splitter, $700.

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Also Yard-Work and Debri-Halling CALL ROBIN 1-928-595-1816

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Forest Hills Condominiums

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

LANDSCAPING

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TRAILERS

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R.W.P. CARPENTRY & REMODELING:

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MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE 1983 MH 2 BR, 1 BA, 14 x 56, close in Payson 55+ age park, $16,500. Financing available Call 480-390-8901 New Cavco 2 BR, 1 BA, MH 14 x 48, close in Payson 55+ age park, $39,900. Financing available 480-390-8901

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COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE 601 N. Beeline 408 W. Main St., Suite 8 & Suite 11 708 E. Hwy 260, A2, C2, C1- A & B 1322 W. Red Baron Rd. #A & #B

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Senior Lady/Couple to Rent New 1Br Apt. Attached to our home.

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LEGAL NOTICES 16115: 3/22, 3/29, 4/5/2016 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE DISTRICT COURT JUVENILE SESSION IN THE MATTER OF:) FILE NO. 16 JT 61) S.K.H. (DOB: 08-12-2000) TO: BRETT DAMON HAYES, FATHER OF THE ABOVE CAPTIONED MALE CHILD BORN IN WILMINGTON, NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Termination of all parental rights you have to the above-captioned minor child.

You are required to make defense to such pleading within forty (40) days following March 22, 2016, which date is the date of first publication of this Notice. Upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A HEARING ON THE PETITION TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS IS SCHEDULED

LEGAL NOTICES FOR MAY 9, 2016 AT 9:30 A.M. or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, at the Department of Juvenile Justice, 138 N. 4th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401.

This the 16th day of March, 2016.

Lori W. Rosbrugh Attorney for the Petitioner P.O. Box 217 Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 (910)256-6808 (phone) (910)256-6808 (fax) 16121: 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26/2016 Notice: Citation for Publication (Preston Elijah Valentine J12739) Legal No. LEGAL NOTICE CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTION CODE SECTION 294 CASE NAME: Preston Elijah Valentine Case Number: J12739 To Justin Daily and anyone claiming to be a parent of: Preston Elijah Valentine born on December 11, 2007 at Rogue Regional Medical Center 2825 E. Barnett Road Medford, Oregon 97504 A hearing will be held on June 7, 2016 at 2:00pm in Dept JJC-1 located at 1790 Walnut Street Red Bluff, CA 96080. At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer.

The social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated. You have the right to be present at the hearing, to present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford to hire one the court will appoint an attorney for you. If the court terminates your parental rights, the order may be final. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present.

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The TOWN COUNCIL will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at the Star Valley Town Hall, 3675 E. Highway 260, Star Valley, Arizona, for the following purpose: 'LVFXVVLRQ DQG SXEOLF KHDULQJ UHJDUGLQJ ÀVFDO year 2016/2017 budget requests.

The TOWN COUNCIL will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 3, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. at the Star Valley Town Hall, 3675 E. Highway 260, Star Valley, Arizona, for the following purpose: To adopt the Tentative Budget for 2016/2017.

LEGAL NOTICES Dated: March 15, 2016 Clerk, Veronica Gerstner, Deputy Publish: April 5, 2016, April 12, 2016, April 19, 2016 and April 26, 2016 TC Dept of Social Services Attn: Accounts Payable, PO Box 1515 Red Bluff CA 96080 16123: 3/29, 4/1, 4/5/2016 Notice Of Publication Articles Of Organization Have Been Filed In The Office Of The Arizona Corporation Commission For I Name: AZ Scape LLC. L-20-74859-9. II The address of registered office is: 207 E Longhorn #1, Payson AZ 85541. The name and address of the Statutory Agent is: National Contractor Services Corporation, 1010 E Jefferson St Phoenix AZ 85034. III Management of limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Jack Vazquez Legarreta, 207 E Longhorn #1, Payson AZ 85541, member.

16125: 3/29, 4/1, 4/5/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: JON’S YARD SERVICE LLC File No. L-2077236-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 212 N. Titel St., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Jon D. Hamilton, 212 N. Titel St., Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members.

The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Jon D. Hamilton, 212 N. Titel St., Payson, AZ 85541; Teri L. Hamilton, 212 N. Titel St., Payson, AZ 85541.

16129: 4/1, 4/5, 4/8/2016 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF COUNTING STARS INVESTMENTS, L.L.C. Pursuant to the provisions of Title 29, Article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, the undersigned adopts the following Articles of Organization for the purpose of forming an Arizona limited liability company.

ARTICLE I Name.

The name of the Company is COUNTING STARS INVESTMENTS, L.L.C. (the “Company”).

ARTICLE II Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Company shall be 96 South Union Park Drive, Payson, Arizona, 85541.

ARTICLE III

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016

LEGAL NOTICES Statutory Agent. The name and address of the initial statutory agent of the Company is: Sheena Christensen; 96 South Union Park Drive, Payson, Arizona, 85541.

ARTICLE IV Date of Dissolution. The Company shall have perpetual existence. There is no date by which the Company must dissolve.

ARTICLE V Management. Management of the company is vested in a manager. The name and address of the initial manager is: Name/Title Address Sheena Christensen, Manager 96 South Union Park Drive, Payson, Arizona, 85541 ARTICLE VI Members of the Company.

The names and addresses of each person who is a member of the Company at the time of its formation are: Name/Title Address: Sheena C h r i s tensen, Member 96 South Union Park Drive, Payson, Arizona, 85541 Rani Primmer, Member 44 N. Seldom Creek, P a y son, Arizona, 85541 ARTICLE VII Purpose. The purpose and business of this Company shall be providing veterinary services, and to transact any other lawful business for which a limited liability company may be organized under Arizona law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand on the date set forth below. /s/ Sheena Christensen, Sheena Christensen Date: 2/18/2016 Manager/Member 16130: 4/1, 4/5, 4/8/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: TIM BAKER HORSESHOEING, LLC File No. L-20779399 II. The address of the known place of business is: 980 W. Lenora Way, San Tan Valley, AZ 85140.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Brittany R. Baker, 980 W. Lenora Way, San Tan Valley, AZ 85140.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members.

The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Timothy R. Baker, (x) member, 980 W. Lenora Way, San Tan Valley, AZ 85140. Brittany R. Baker, (x) member, 980 W. Lenora Way, San Tan Valley, AZ 85140.

16131: 4/1, 4/5, 4/8/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZA-

LEGAL NOTICES TION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: MOUNTAIN WEST LOG HOME FINISHING LLC File No. L-20708313 II. The address of the known place of business is: 200 N. Parkwood Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Robert Neumann, 200 N. Parkwood Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Robert Neumann, (x) manager, 200 N. Parkwood Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

16132: 4/1, 4/5, 4/8/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: SPLATZ ICE CREAM NOVELTIES LLC File No. L-2076612-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 1302 W. Random Way, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Colleen Johnson, 1302 W. Random Way, Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Colleen Johnson, (x) manager, 1302 W. Random Way, Payson, AZ 85541.

16136: 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10/2016 Attorney: Robert E. Krysak: SBN 147198 Krysak & Associates 525 D. Street Ramona, CA 92065 Tel: 760-789-9314 Fax: 760-789-5561 Attorney For: Judith Coleman SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF San Diego Street Address: 250 East Main Street Mailing Address: Same City and Zip: El Cajon, CA 92020 Branch Name: East County Branch PETITIONER/PLAINTIFF: Judith Coleman RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT: Cary Coleman

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LEGAL NOTICES Case Number: ED72610 REQUEST FOR ORDER (X) Attorney Fees and Costs; (x) Other: Spousal Support Arrears; Obtain Retirement Owed; Omitted Asset Division; Enforce Judgment & Orders Filed: 2016 of Jan. 7th Clerk-Superior Court, San Diego County, CA 1.

To: Cary Coleman 2.

A hearing on this Request for Order will be held as follows: If child custody or visitation is an issue in this proceeding, Family Code section 3170 requires mediation before or at the same time as the hearing (see item 7.) a.

Date: March 24, 2016; Time: 9:00 a.m. (x) Dept.: 5. b. Address of court (x) same as noted above.

3.

Attachments to be served with this Request for Order: (x) Completed Income and Expense Declaration (form FL-150) and a blank income and Expense Declaration. Date: 12/5/15; Robert Krysak, /s/ Robert Krysak.

LEGAL NOTICES (X) COURT ORDER 4. (x) YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR IN COURT AT THE DATE AND TIME LISTED IN ITEM 2 TO GIVE ANY LEGAL REASON WHY THE ORDERS REQUESTED SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. To the person who received this Request for Order: If you wish to respond to this Request for Order, you must file a Responsive Declaration to Request for Order (form FL-320) and serve a copy on the other parties at least nine court days before the hearing date unless the court has ordered a shorter period of time. You do not have to pay a filing fee to file the Responsive Declaration (form FL-150) or Financial Statement (Simplified) (form FL-155).

APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR REISSUANCE OF (x) Request for Order 1.

Name of Applicant: Robert E. Krysak 2.

Applicant requests the court to reissue the: (x) Request for Order

LEGAL NOTICES 3.

The orders were originally issued on : January 7, 2016 4.

The last hearing date was: March 24, 2016 5.

Number of times the orders have been reissued: 0 6.

Applicant requests reissuance of the orders because: (x) Respondent/Defendant be served as required before the hearing date.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Claifornia that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date: 3/15/16 Robert E. Krysak /s/ Robert E. Krysak ORDER 7.

IT IS ORDERED (X) Request for Order and any orders listed are reissued unless this order changes them. The hearing is reset as follows: Date 07/21/2016; Time: 1:45 p.m.; Dept: 5 at the street address of the court shown above.

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Newland, Wong made lasting impact on outdoor fraternity In the last month, two life-long outdoorsmen passed away that made a lasting impact on the fishing and hunting fraternity in the Rim Country. Del Newland and Raymond “Pedro” Wong were the friendly faces who operated Diamond Point Gun and Archery Shop near Star Valley and Wong’s Drive-In for Chinese/ Mexican food in Payson.

Raymond, and his wife Mona, opened their drive-in restaurant on the Beeline in 1972 so that he was close to his favorite fishing spot, Roosevelt Lake. Their business was open six days a week with Wednesday always being closed for a chance to catch bass and crappies on the reservoir. Another local businessman,

Jerry Laird, also took the same day off so they could fish all the major waters from Lake Powell to Alamo.

His favorite time to fish was in the spring when the crappies were moving to the shoreline for the annual spawn. “Pedro” had it mastered when it came to filling a livewell with those tasty fillets. As a young man who wanted to learn more about the art of angling, I would ask him questions frequently about how to catch springtime crappies.

His technique was to place a bobber two feet above the bait, cast to the shoreline, and make a very slow retrieve to the boat.

While, his favorite lure was a mini-jig in yellow/white or a red/

Baseball team rolling From page 3B “This was huge for us as Ruben hasn’t pitched a ton in the last couple of years,” Young said. “I knew he was going to compete, but to totally hold North Canyon down was really impressive.”

The Rattlers (4-5) dropped down to Division 3 after making the Division 1 state tournament last year.

Horns beat Chino Valley again

The Longhorns were coming off a satisfying 9-7 win at Chino Valley the previous night in a rematch of Payson’s upset of the Cougars in the opening round of last year’s D3 state playoffs.

CV led 3-0 after one inning, but PHS answered with three in the second, two in the fifth and four in the fifth to take a 9-4 lead before the Cougars climbed back into it with a three-run fifth.

The game was halted after six innings because of darkness.

“This was a pretty emotional game,” Young said. “The weather was cold and it got dark as the game went on because they don’t have lights. The condi-

tions weren’t great, but our guys showed some character to battle through and come out with a win, especially against a team we knocked out of the state tournament last year that I’m sure was gunning for us.”

Shad McNeeley was 3-for4 with a double and two runs to lead Payson’s 11-hit attack.

Hunter Paul added two hits, Koy Duran singled, walked twice and drove in two and Ruben Estrada doubled and drove in a pair.

Efrain Amaya-Medina pitched the first 4 2/3 innings, yielding nine hits and seven runs (six earned), while walking four.

“Erain did a nice job,” Young said. “He gave up some hits and runs but held Chino when we needed him to. Especially with a lead, we are pitching to contact and he did what he needed to do.”

Koy Duran limited CV to one hit in working the final 1 1/3 innings for the save.

A defense that has had trouble at times this season was pretty strong, with just one throwing error from the outfield.

The Longhorns ended the game with a “nice” 5-4-3 double play.

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Payson High senior Wyatt Chapman signs his National Letter of Intent to play football at Colorado Mesa University at Wilson Dome on March 30. Also pictured are (from left) Payson head football coach Jake Swartwood, mom Christie Gillespie, dad Wes Chapman and sister Rylee Chapman.

Chapman to play football at Colorado Mesa University From page 3B Swartwood said Chapman’s talent isn’t his only attribute.

“One of the biggest things coaches did ask was, ‘What kind of a person is he?’” Swartwood said. “It’s easy to talk about Wyatt because he’s a very dedicated individual, he’s a leader, he’s a good teammate, a very responsible young man. I think they’re getting a great kid up there, a great player and a great person.

So it’s going to be exciting to see what he does on Saturdays now.”

Swartwood said CMU benefited from D-I programs losing interest because of Chapman’s injury.

“I feel like coach Martin up at Mesa State got a steal,” Swartwood said. “And they recognize that, as well. They’ve been in constant contact with him and with us throughout this entire time making sure he didn’t get away from them.”

Hughes wins men’s golf tourney Tim Hughes shot a 65.7 to win the A Flight crown in the Payson Men’s Golf Association Individual Low Net Tournament on March 30 at Payson Golf Course.

Virgil Cly (68.2) finished second and Dave Rutter (70.0) third.

Lou Crabtree’s 65.3 score won the B Flight over runner-up Mike Eilenfeldt (68.3).

Richard Harding found the

hole from 12 feet, 2 inches on the 18th hole to win the tournament’s longest putt contest.

Rutter was closest to the pin on No. 5, leaving his ball 14 feet 3 inches from the cup. Tim Ernst was closest to the pin on both No. 2 (3-9) and No. 8 (12-9 1/2).

Other closest-to-the-pin winners were Lou Manganiello (No. 14, 1-6 3/4) and Dan Dorough (No. 17, 7-2 1/2).

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after coaching wrestling white combination on a which was rather late in 32nd ounce lead head outdoors life. So, I was a frequent hook. Not surprisingly, under the rim visitor to his shop askI used this strategy for ing all kinds of questions many years when crappie about equipment and Del fishing was at its peak on was especially helpful to Roosevelt. a novice like myself.

The only time I got to A few years ago, Del see Raymond fishing was had a rifle elk tag and during spring break at I had a chance to hunt the high school, which was always a learning Dennis Pirch with him for a day. The experience was special, opportunity. He wore his trademark extended billed base- glassing from a ridge, sharing a ball cap with his long sleeved thermos of coffee, and watching white shirt to reflect the rays of a young spike bull on a hillside. the Arizona sun while he fished Listening to his hunting stories for bass and crappies. Raymond of years gone by while we were would say, “When the lupines are watching that elk were special. He blooming on the Oxbow hill its decided to pass on that young bull time to go fishing.” and his hunt was still complete.

Likewise, in the early fall, I Both of these men left a legacy would visit Del’s gun and archery to the community, in addition to shop because it was hunting sea- the fishing and hunting enthusison. His pleasant demeanor and asts of the Rim Country. Fond stoalways being ready to answer ries and memories are generated questions was a real tribute to when the names Del Newland and the man. I began archery hunting Raymond Wong are mentioned

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Raymond “Pedro” Wong (at left) and Del Newland both made a lasting impact on the fishing and hunting fraternity in the Rim Country. to most longtime residents of the area.

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memories of your own in the Arizona high country, God’s creation.