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PAYSON ROUNDUP TUESDAY | MAY 19, 2015 | PAYSON, ARIZONA

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Snow in May! El Niño may yield wet year Pine wakes to snowscape by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Photo courtesy of Daria Mason

Payson choir director Daria Mason woke this weekend to find her back yard in Pine blanketed with snow.

Headed now for prison

Rodeo Nights

Drunk driver blows ‘greatest’ plea deal

by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A drunk driver that slammed into a Gisela couple’s yard and nearly killed their dogs, saw his path of destruction end Monday when a judge sentenced him to a year in prison, five years of probation and another 60 days in jail.

Gary Don Rodgers, 33, expressed deep regret for the damage he’d done to the home, the lives of the couple and also his own. Rodgers told a probation officer he has been hooked on heroin for the past 10 years, along with marijuana and alcohol.

The Gila County Attorney’s Office originally offered Rodgers a plea deal that guaranteed probation. All Rodgers had to do was show up for sentencing.

He did not.

Because he skipped out on sentencing, Rodgers admitted he had lost “the greatest plea deal I could have gotten.”

Superior Court Judge Peter Cahill said he couldn’t understand why the GCAO had offered probation in the first place and said he would have rejected it. Because the plea agreement stipulated it was null if Rodgers did not appear, Cahill could now sentence Rodgers to prison, jail or both.

In April 2013, Rodgers, driving drunk, crashed into a fence at a Gisela home, nearly hitting two dogs in the yard, said a police report. After damaging some 33 feet of the fence, Rodgers, with a blown tire, continued down the road until the car broke down in the middle of the street. Rodgers’ blood alcohol content was .173 percent.

Rodgers was on probation out of Maricopa County for aggravated assault and assault when he wrecked.

Pine residents and musical directors Daria Mason and Mike Buskirk woke up to find snow on the ground Saturday, May 16.

“So I am up at 4:30 looking up steampunk diy (do it yourself) costumes for next year’s show choir ... Then the sun comes up and what do I see? Yep — the last week of school and the ground is covered in snow.

Didn’t see that one coming. Happy winter wonderland,” Daria wrote her friends on Facebook to accompany photos of her yard and trees covered in the white stuff.

The good folks at weather.astro50.com report that for the month of May, the Rim Country has received 1.69 inches of precipitation.

Payson residents had a view of the snow-covered Rim for most of the day.

With Memorial Day weekend at hand, the cold, wet weather continues to keep the wildfire season at bay. Unfortunately, it has also encouraged the weeds — which will

likely make the fire danger worse in June.

The National Weather Service predicts a slight chance for showers to dampen the Memorial Day holiday on Friday and Saturday.

The NWS reports that the above-average sea surface temperatures in the Pacific have ushered in El Niño conditions.

“There is an approximately 90 percent chance that El Niño will continue in the Northern Hemisphere through summer 2015, and a greater than 80 percent chance it will last through 2015,” reports the NWS on its website (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa. gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_ advisory/ensodisc.html).

The NWS predicts a higher than normal rainfall for Arizona through the end of the year.

A southern jet stream will bring in wet, cool weather along the Southern U.S. from California to the Southeast during the winter.

Rodgers has a significant criminal history, Cahill noted, including an earlier prison term and misdemeanor convictions and jail sentences.

Cahill asked prosecutor Robert Swinford why the county attorney’s office had not insisted on a prison sentence. Swinford said because prosecutors had originally offered Rodgers a probation-only plea, it would seem disingenuous to now ask for a harsh prison sentence such as the aggravated maximum term because he had skipped his original sentencing.

Rodgers’ lawyer, Barry Standifird, said Rodgers has finally taken responsibility for his drug and alcohol problem. He said Rodgers had access to drugs and alcohol during his previous time in prison, which helped keep his addiction going.

Rodgers said his life fell apart when he turned 30 and started drinking heavily.

“I am sorry for my actions and accept responsibility for them,” he said. “I realize I have a drinking problem and I believe I would benefit more from probation and treatment than I would from further jail or prison time.”

The victim in the case wrote Cahill and asked him to sentence Rodgers to prison after having learned he is a repeat offender and has failed diversion programs in the past. This “tells me that he has no respect for the law or concern of any other citizen he may injure in his path,” the woman wrote.

“Maybe I don’t know the answers as how to solve this problem, but I wish that our judicial system knew,” she continued. “I wish that our court system would work to remove the Rodgers of the world from society until they have a thorough understanding that their illegal behavior will not be tolerated.”

by

Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

Keith Morris/Roundup

Intermittent rain could not stop the Gary Hardt Memorial Spring Rodeo this weekend at the Payson Event Center, but it did turn the arena into a mud pit and thinned out the crowd. See photo page on 1B.

The bulls slobber and twist as the cowboys fly.

The broncs launch themselves, wild eyed.

The barrel racers pivot and dance.

The steer wrestlers twirl and drop.

The mutton busters cling in terror.

The flag whips in the wet breeze.

The mud-crusted riders limp from the arena.

And the rodeo “clowns” fearlessly rush toward the bulls.

Ah, rodeo. Nothing like it.

Of course, I don’t understand at all why anyone would ride a bull — 1,500 pounds of muscular fury. The bulls have names like Widow-maker, Perfect Poison, Gunpowder and Lead, Smackdown, I’m a Gangster, and Bushwacker.

It’s a nearly hopeless sport. A bull that no one can ride is worth some monumental amount of money.

For instance, the topranked bull in the country is Bushwacker. To win prize money, bull riders must stay on board for eight seconds — gripping with just one hand and accumulating points for style.

• See Rodeo, page 12A

Payson turns on the charm Alexis Bechman

Junction 87 playing country music from the porch of the Rim Country Museum, a tour of the Zane Grey Cabin, an appearance by several Fiesta Bowl Despite the early hour and chilly conditions, Parade ponderosa pine trees, baked goods from Payson residents came out in droves Friday for a Valley news show, which held a special six-hour the Sweet Shoppe; barbecue from Susie’s Q, food from the Pour House in Star Valley and broadcast from Green Valley Park. several antique shops.

For more Many came dressed in cowboy hats Host Rick D’Amico posted several phoand western wear, proudly displaying on Payson’s tos from the trip on his Facebook page the town’s western heritage on the eve of moment of and said, “Our Payson Zip Trip was one the Gary Hardt Memorial Spring Rodeo.

Even the Mogollon Monster (Bobby Davis) fame see 2A of our BEST.” Host Andrea Robinson posted a group made a special appearance, giving one photo of the morning show crew, town officials, host quite a fright with his grisly, hairy feet. several dancing ponderosa pine trees and the The Fox 10 Zip Trip is the first time a news Mogollon Monster and wrote on her timeline, “Big broadcast has been held in Payson for several thanks to all these amazing people for making years.

The town pulled out all the stops for the show. shows on the road a success. This shot has our Segments included children riding sheep, com- AZAM family and our Payson friends who helped monly know as mutton bustin’, rodeo clowns put this show on the air. It takes a village to do it talking about how they keep cowboys safe, right.” by

roundup staff reporter

Alexis Bechman/Roundup

Payson residents turned out in force to form a friendly, small-town backdrop for Fox 10’s morning show, broadcast live from Green Valley Park.

THE WEATHER Outlook: Mostly sunny through the week with highs in the low 70s. Slight chance for rain by Friday. See 11A

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Forest Service takes aim at trash by

Michele Nelson

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After each major summer holiday, the Tonto Forest around Payson looks like a dump.

Not good for the Rim Country’s reputation.

This year, Recreation Officer Chelsea Muise has decided to proactively attack the problem with the Pack It In – Pack It Out program.

“We’ll have two Waste Management dumpsters available for visitors to dump trash,” she said.

Officials will post one at Home Depot to catch traffic coming down from the Rim and the second at the Payson Event Center to catch people coming down from the White Mountains off of 260.

Muise and her volunteer staff will be on hand to help campers dump their trash from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 24 and Monday, May 25.

But staff will not be idle on Saturday, May 23. Muise, Forest Service staff and volunteers will fan out in the forest handing out a brochure with information on the program and two large size trash bags, in the hopes people will utilize the dumpsters instead of leaving their trash at the campsites.

Muise hopes that more businesses in town will make visitors aware of the program.

“Most of the trash comes from local businesses such as Walmart and grocery stores,” she said.

The Payson Ranger District has informational brochures available for local businesses to keep on hand. Muise hopes they pick some up to keep at registers.

A similar program has already worked in

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The Forest Service hopes to avoid mounds of trash at campsites like this mass at Flowing Springs last year by this year providing dumpsters at Home Depot and the Payson Event Center for visitors leaving campsites. the past.

A pilot program offered by the Forest Service and the Whispering Pines Fire Department resulted in a lot less trash left in the Washington Park camping area.

“We couldn’t have done that without the help of the fire department,” said Muise. She said the Whispering Pines Fire Department paid for the dumpster and allowed their station to serve as the drop off point.

Last Labor Day, the trash overflowed out of the small dumpster used.

But for the firemen, it was a win-win situation. Trash fuels fires. Having less fuel for a fire ultimately helps everyone. Having trash in the forest is not only unsightly, it’s a fire hazard.

Muise said she hopes Rim Country residents resist the urge to dump off household trash. But if they decide to risk it, they face

a fine and possible jail time.

Some trash infractions will result in a $5,000 fine and/or six months in jail.

“We will be taking license plate numbers and sending tickets,” said Muise.

During non-holiday times, Muise said the majority of trash in the forest comes from local residents. Many dump construction and remodel trash in the forest causing harm to visitors and increasing the fire danger.

For the hours the dumpsters will not be manned by Forest Service staff or volunteers, Muise said the Payson Police Department, Gila County Sheriff and Mounted Posse volunteers will be on hand to make sure inappropriate trash is not dumped.

“We hope local residents will tell their friends who visit about the program, or if they are out in the forest with their friends, help them to pack it out,” she said.

The ugly Monster vs. The Dancing Trees by

Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

Turns out, Payson’s chock full of amiable, extras — seeking their gleeful 15 minutes of fame.

Payson residents and a few local characters flocked to Green Valley Park last week, to ham it up for the Fox 10 News cameras, as the station broadcast its morning show live from the park.

The Payson Rodeo crowd shared top billing with a hilariously scary Mogollon Monster, dragged out of the bushes by Payson Recreation Director Cameron Davis to promote the upcoming Mogollon Monster Mudder 5K race.

The surprisingly short, but satisfyingly ugly, Mogollon Monster earned the prize for Outstanding Overacting, although the competition was stiff, given the presence of a couple of Payson’s now-famous dancing trees and assorted hangers on.

The morning-long series of interviews with Davis, local business owners, wandering bystanders, rodeo clowns and community activists provided Payson with a huge dose of delightfully positive publicity heading into Memorial Day Weekend, the traditional kickoff of the crucial summer tourist season.

The Rodeo Committee’s “shady ladies” got a good deal of air time, displaying for the cameras assorted residents kidnapped from their offices to spend time in the makeshift jail on wheels – an annual gimmick the rodeo committee uses to raise money for charities from the fines people happily fork over to get out of the clink.

The weather held for the morning filming, a beautiful, blustery day that felt more like March than May. Unfortunately, the storm closed in on the rodeo – which turned into a rodeo mudder both Friday and Saturday – with light attendance.

But the impending weather didn’t do anything to dampen the spirits of the exuberant Rim Country residents who crowded into the background of every shot — and smiled and waved unendingly on cue.

Still, the Mogollon Monster ought to get some kind of award, for combining a certain creepy persistence with small town charm.

The monster lurked laughably about, sometimes doing a little doo-wop when the music came up and sidling toward the TV host with a peculiar air of adorable menace.

Alexis Bechman/Roundup

Bill Armstrong and other members of the Payson Pro-Rodeo Committee joined with some rodeo bullfighters to enliven Fox News Channel 10’s six-hour broadcast last week from Green Valley Park.

When the Monster wasn’t hamming it up, the Payson Trees took a twirl. Outfitted in the costumes a local quilter produced for Payson’s award-winning turn in the Fiesta

Bowl Parade, the trees cavorted and grinned.

All in all, Payson came off as a perfectly wonderful place to live.

Providing you like monsters and trees.

Voden trial slated for this Wednesday by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

After repeated delays, a Payson man accused of killing his new neighbor is set to begin Wednesday in Globe.

Michael Voden faces second-degree murder charges in the death of Randall Burnett.

Voden shot Burnett several times just feet from Voden’s side door after Burnett entered the yard to retrieve his dog Scooter, who had gotten loose when Burnett’s wife let him out to go to the bathroom on the morning of Nov. 9, 2014.

The Burnetts had just two days earlier moved in next door to Voden on East Rancho Road. Mr. Burnett had not met Voden before the incident occurred, according to police reports.

Frustrated she could not get Scooter to return home, Burnett’s wife woke him up and asked him to try to get the dog back.

The jury will have to sort out contrasting

reports of what happened next.

According to a recording, Voden told the 911 dispatcher that people and a dog were in his yard making a mess. Voden then began yelling at Burnett. The recording then captures several shots.

Voden told a dispatcher that Burnett was going to attack him. He later told officers that he thought Burnett would overcome him and take his gun away.

The jury must decide on Voden’s claim of self-defense. Burnett was already dead when officers arrived.

Voden has been under house arrest since December 2013 awaiting trial. The trial was initially scheduled to start Jan. 21 and then March 31. In the most recent delay, Voden’s lawyer asked for more time to prepare for the case.

The trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday in a Globe courtroom and likely go for several Mike Voden will go on trial this week for days. the shooting death of his neighbor.

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Daughters of Gila County Pioneers host author

fun at fossil creek creamery

Payson author Carole Emma Mathewson is the guest speaker at the Wednesday, May 20 meeting of Daughters of Gila County Pioneers at the Payson Womans Club. She will talk about her Civil War novel, “The Waste of War: The Story of a Civil War Union Surgeon and his Nurse” based on the lives of her great-grandparents. Copies of Mathewson’s book will be available for purchase at the meeting.

Memorial Day rummage sale

Taylor Pool opens

Unity of Payson hosts workshop Contributed photo

Enjoy breakfast in Pine

The 35th Annual Pine Strawberry Arts & Crafts Guild’s Memorial Day Weekend Festival is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 23 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 24 at the Pine Community Center.

The festival has more than 75 booths featuring original hand-crafted works, such as stained glass, wood and copper items, original art, pottery, hand-woven baskets, jewelry, candles, handmade clothing, crocheted items and much more.

Chuck and Barbara Casey (aka Trouble in Paradise) will provide entertainment.

The Guild donates much of the money earned at the festival to local worthwhile recipients including the Pine Strawberry School, Pine-Strawberry Fire Department,

Art show, wine reception

Among the community’s four Memorial Day services is a program at the Payson Pioneer Cemetery at 9 a.m., Sunday, May 24. There will be a flag-raising ceremony and the grounds will be open for visitation.

The Pioneer Cemetery Board sponsors the program.

The morning will begin with opening remarks, followed by an invocation and the flag-raising ceremony, welcoming remarks and special tributes. There will be a musical presentation, followed by closing remarks, the benediction and singing of “Amazing Grace” and the playing of “Taps.”

Hellsgate Fireflies Auxiliary is hosting a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., Saturday May 23 at Fire Station 21, 80 S. Walters Lane, Star Valley (behind the Moose Lodge).

The cost is $5 for adults and $2.50 for children. Proceeds will help the auxiliary help the Hellsgate Fire District firefighters as well as buy items needed for a kitchen at the district’s new station in Tonto Village.

The new kitchen will serve the fire district’s volunteers and the community.

Breakfast includes pancakes, coffee, juice, sausage and strawberries.

Call Karen for more information at (480) 861-3979.

Arts & Crafts Fest in Pine

The Ladies of the Moose host a $5 Taco Dinner – two tacos, rice and beans (add an extra taco for $1) – from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 23 at the Moose Lodge, 4211 E. Highway 260, Star Valley.

There will also be a Chicken and Duck Drop game.

The event honors area veterans and proceeds benefit Moose Charities.

For more information, call (928) 4746212

p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, closed Tuesday.

The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card, or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active duty military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard), National Guard and Reserve members and up to five family members. A family member of active duty military may include a spouse or child, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. If the military family member is deployed, the spouse and children are welcome to participate.

Payson Pioneer Cemetery Memorial Day service

Pancake breakfast in Star Valley

The Mountain Village Foundation will serve a pancake breakfast to raise money at the Memorial Day Weekend crafts show at the Pine Community Center.

Breakfast, with pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee will be sold beginning at 7 a.m., Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24.

The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Proceeds will help the group meet the needs of children in Pine and Strawberry with such things as school supplies, coats, shoes and Christmas gifts. Additionally, the group tries to help the area’s needy families at times. Monetary donations to help the group can be sent to P.O. Box 715, Pine, AZ 85544.

Taco dinner benefit

Enjoy the artwork of Diane Nathe and Rosina French at an Art Show and Wine Reception from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 23 at 3617 Highway 87 (Massage & Yoga Studio).

Payson First Assembly of God, the church at Green Valley Park, 1100 W. Lake Dr., is hosting a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, May 22 and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 23. For more information, call (928) 474-2302.

Celebrate May at the Fossil Creek Creamery annual May Fest Saturday, May 23 and help Payson Community Kids. Tour the farm at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., have a country lunch between noon and 1:30 p.m. Reservations are required and the cost is $10 per person for the tour and $10 per person for lunch. Call (928) 476-5178 for reservations.

Tonto Rim Search and Rescue, Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library and the local food bank.

Buy plants this weekend

The High Country Garden Club will be participating in the 2015 Grand Opening of the Payson’s Farmers Market Saturday, May 23. Hours are 8 a.m. to noon at the parking lot of Sawmill Crossing.

The club’s booth features a nice selection of home grown plants, including vegetables, herbs, bulbs, and Xeriscape plants. There will also be handmade yard art items and dish gardens.

Benefit sale for Whispering Pines Fire District

The Whispering Pines Fire District Auxiliary is holding its annual rummage/ bake/book sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 23. The sale will be at the firehouse, 9 miles northeast of town at 10603 North Houston Mesa Road. There will be lots of miscellaneous rummage items and

good food. All proceeds go to support the fire district and the firefighters.

Visit Fossil Creek Creamery, help Payson Community Kids

Celebrate May at the Fossil Creek Creamery annual May Fest Saturday, May 23 and help Payson Community Kids.

Bring the entire family out for a chance to pet baby goats, take photos with llamas and view felting wool demos. Visitors can also take one of two guided farm tours and learn the history and hear about the operations of this beautiful and unique farm.

Additionally, a country lunch of pulled pork, coleslaw and baked beans will be served.

Reservations are required. The tours are at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and cost $10 per person. Lunch is from noon to 1:30 p.m. and costs $10 per person.

To make a reservation, call (928) 4765178.

The Fossil Creek Creamery is at 10379 W. Fossil Creek Rd., Strawberry (3 ½ miles from Hwy. 87).

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Unity of Payson will present a workshop on Transformational Kinesiology (TK)TM from 12:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., Sunday, May 24, following the Unity of Payson service.

Shiranda Deerwoman will lead the workshop on the TK™ process, which includes muscle checking, kinesiology, creative visualization, and more. It will be built upon the theme of the Unity of Payson lesson of the morning on Memorial Day commemoration and graduation commencement.

Unity of Payson meets at 10 a.m. at the Central Arizona Board of Realtors office, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson. The workshop is at the Payson Community Kids facility, 409 S. Tonto.

The fee is $20 per person, with proceeds going to Unity of Payson. For more information, unityofpayson@gmail.com.

Rim Country Museum in Blue Star Museum program

The Rim Country Museum and Zane Grey Cabin will be participating in the Blue Star Museums program again this summer.

This program is a collaboration among the National Endowment of the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,500 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 25, through Labor Day, Sept. 7.

The facilities in Green Valley Park are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, and Wednesday through Saturday, and from 1

Opening day at Taylor Pool is Monday, May 25. Swim for $2 per person from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Open swim is from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Family passes are available for purchase from the Payson Parks, Recreation and Tourism office in Green Valley Park.

Swimming lessons are offered at four different sessions through the summer; a swim team will again be fielded; and water aerobics are from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for $2 per visit or $60 for eight weeks.

Contact the parks office for details about registration, (928) 474-4515, ext. 7.

Unity Church of Payson car wash at Walgreen’s

The Unity of Payson church will hold a car wash in Walgreen’s parking lot from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, May 25. Love offerings will be accepted for the service.

Library bookstore special

During May the Library Friends of Payson Bookstore is offering a two-for-theprice-of-one special on all hardback books.

Customers may mix and match volumes from all sections of the bookstore. Hurry in for the best selection. As always, the second item must be of equal or lesser value than the first.

All proceeds directly support the library.

The LFOP Bookstore is located to the right of the circulation desk just inside the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road. For more information, visit the Library Friends of Payson website at www.libraryfriendsofpayson.org.

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Learn about Pony Express and cattle drives in Pine and Strawberry: 1 p.m., Rim Country Museum, Green Valley Park • Time Out, Inc. annual meeting: 5:30 p.m., Expedition Church, 301 S. Colcord Rd.

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Moose Lodge Dinner Special: 5 p.m., Highway 260 in Star Valley

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

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

• Pancake breakfast in Star Valley: Hellsgate Fireflies Auxiliary serves pancakes and more from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. at fire station in Star Valley, $5 for adults, $2.50 for kids • Pancake breakfast in Pine, at community center: 7 a.m. benefits program for needy children • Arts & Crafts Festival in Pine: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday at community center • Taco Dinner Benefit: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Moose Lodge, Star Valley

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Looking ahead May 24 • Pancake breakfast in Pine, at community center: 7 a.m. benefits program for needy children • Arts & Crafts Festival in Pine: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at community center • Memorial Day ceremony: 9 a.m.

Payson Pioneer Cemetery May 25 • Taylor Pool opens: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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4A Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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Rains give us the gift of time

• May 19, 1836: During a raid, Commanche Indians in Texas kidnap 9-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker and kill her family. Adopted into the Commanche tribe, she lived a happy life with them for 25 years until Texas Rangers recaptured her and forced her to live again among Anglo-Americans.

Weakened by self-imposed starvation, she died of influenza.

• May 18, 1920: Karol Jozef Wojtyla is born in Poland. Wojtyla went on to become Pope John Paul II, history’s most well-traveled pope and the first non-Italian to hold the position since the 16th century. Pope John Paul II issued the Catholic Church’s first apology for its actions during World War II. • May 20, 1995: President Bill Clinton permanently closes the twoblock stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to all vehicular traffic, citing the need for security. The road had been opened to traffic for nearly 200 years.

• May 17, 2007: Trains crossed the border dividing North and South Korea for the first time since 1953.

Rim Country has gained a precious reprieve from the onset of yet another fire season, thanks to the warming of surface waters of the Eastern Pacific.

The wet, cold weather we’d hoped for in April instead waited until May, surprising even skeptics with a snowfall in Pine and atop the Rim this weekend. The wet, cool, unsettled weather should continue for a while longer, thank heavens.

In fact, the U.S. Weather Service predicts above-normal rainfall for Arizona — especially Rim Country — for the rest of this year.

Forecasters link the urgently needed return to more normal conditions to the establishment of El Niño conditions in the Eastern Pacific. The El Niño pattern can cause all sorts of turmoil globally — but it’s associated with above-normal rainfall in the Southwest.

Boy, do we need it.

The Southwest has suffered through a drought of historic proportions for more than a decade now, interrupted only briefly by a near-normal winter or a near-normal monsoon. Currently, the drought has loosened its implacable grip across most of the nation, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Most of California remains in extreme to exceptional drought, shaking the politics and growth planning of our neighbor to the core. Most of Arizona remains in “severe” to “moderate” drought. Perhaps even that will improve given the current long-term forecast.

Despite the storm systems over the weekend, Roosevelt Lake remains just half full. Mercifully, the flows in Tonto Creek Monday had risen to twice normal and the flows in the Verde River about 30 percent above normal.

The late spring rains may stave off the fire season for weeks — maybe a month. In the good old days, we had big fires mostly in June. But with the drought and the rise in average temperatures, the fire season in the past several years has expanded well into May. So we’re in much better shape than last year, on the cusp of the tourist season — when so many visitors treat fire so recklessly. But we can’t afford to grow complacent.

We must clear the brush from our yards, pressure Payson and Gila County to update their fire codes and get involved in protecting our communities. The Whispering Pines Fire Department has a wonderful program that relies on volunteers to make friendly contact with campers and make sure they understand the dangers posed by the careless use of fire. The Gila County Sheriff’s Posse also has a volunteer program to help educate visitors.

So get involved and get educated. The precious rains have given us the gift of time. Let’s not squander it.

Paying attention Ever notice that once you start looking for red cars, you see them everywhere you go?

Well, same thing happens as soon as you start paying attention to the toll that drugs are imposing on our beloved community.

We have to admit, we were forced to pay attention to the heroin epidemic in Payson when so many desperate parents and family members crowded into the Payson Police Department’s educational meeting on the scourge that threatens our young people, consumes a vast share of police resources, threatens our businesses and inflicts tragic losses on our families.

So we’ve been paying attention — and putting stories about the rise in addiction and its consequences on the front page whenever we find them.

So please make note of today’s front-page story concerning the Gary Rodgers, 33, sentenced to prison after he drove through a family’s yard in a drunken haze. He fled the scene, but got caught after his car broke down.

Prosecutors offered him a no-jail-time probation deal, but it turned into a one-year prison sentence when he failed to show up in court.

Judge Peter Cahill imposed a much tougher sentence, since Rodgers had a criminal record that included assault and other charges. The court hearing revealed that not only does Rodgers have a dangerous drinking problem, he also has used heroin. Ironically, he apparently added heroin to his self-destructive folly while in prison.

Unfortunately, lacking treatment and rehabilitation programs — prison often incubates an addiction.

So now he’s off to prison for a year. He says he accepts responsibility for his actions now. Hopefully that’s true.

That’s the only hope. No one else can force you to change.

Granted, the sad and needless carnage that follows in the wake of people like Mr. Rodgers doesn’t have the tragic ache of the overdose deaths we’ve chronicled in recent editions. But we pause here to make note of this sad case to underscore the ongoing, relentless toll of this scourge.

Clearly, prison isn’t much of a solution.

And ultimately the solution remains elusive and difficult. But at least we can start by paying attention.

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Questions about university plan

Editor: SB 1339, the defunct bill supported by Sen. Sylvia Allen and Rep. Bob Thorpe, would have made it a felony for citizens to deliver more than two ballots of their less able neighbors to election officials.

SB 1339 failed, but don’t be surprised if Sylvia Allen, Bob Thorpe and their cronies try to bring it back in the next legislative session.

Legislators will do whatever it takes to get elected with little regard for their constituents.

Suzanne Covert

Editor: I think there is a lot to question about this whole campus plan. The Roundup has been “selling” it pretty strongly but there are a million details unknown to the public. I think the reporting has been very poor (intentionally). Of course the private donors are in this deal to make money, but who are they and how are they anticipating to reap those rewards?

Why all the secrecy surrounding that? It seems everything is shrouded in secrecy. Which makes me think there’s something to hide. There may not be, but then why not be more transparent?

Kathie Reidhead Deer Creek

Times have changed Editor: It’s a changed world now the way people appreciate veterans.

Sometimes I will don my veterans cap with the war that I served in and the decorations attached and people will say “thank you for your service.” That is so neat, it really makes you feel good that people now appreciate what you did even though it was almost 65 years ago.

We had a job to do and we just did it without question.

When I see someone wearing the Korea veterans cap, I will try to strike up a conversation with him to find out where and when he served. Many times we talk about our experiences.

Some of the vets I talked to didn’t even know where they were. For many years we never talked about our experiences and the subject never came up.

Wayne Donnay

Parents grateful for support Editor: Julia Randall Elementary School PTO would like to thank the bighearted community donors listed below for their donations to our Spring Fling Carnival. It was a success because of your generosity. BIG thank you to: Safeway, our local Coke representative, Home Depot, Pizza Factory, Little Caesar’s Pizza, Kevin Dick and Family, Clifford Pirch Outdoors, Pirates Hideaway, Big O Tire, Atmosphere Salon, Barry and Lori Standifird, Head to Toe Salon, Macky’s Grill, Payson Jewelers, Country Chicks, Pinon Café, Beeline Café, Miller Autoworks, Desert Dentistry, Affordable Auto, Long Valley Café, Rim Country Guns, Bob’s Western Wear, Shear Oasis, Dr. Troy Ford at Payson Eye Care Center, Kutting Edge Salon, Beeline Chiropractic, Chili’s, Payson Tire and Auto, Mark Alten, Sawmill Theatres, Dollar Tree, Audrey Hogue, The Rim Golf Club, Hot Dawgs, and Mary Kay by Gayle Gorry.

Special recognition to Golfland Sunsplash in Phoenix and Disneyland for ticket donations. Also to 4-H Archer, Pirates Hideaway, and Payson Fire Dept. for their booths and Kiwanis members who donated their time and mobile cooking trailer. Great job from our DJ, Richard Hobson.

Thank you also to all our supportive parents who donated items. It is generous companies and parents like you that help us sustain our children’s educational foundation.

Parent Teachers Organization Julia Randall Elementary

Legalizing weed another bad sign Editor: My lifestyle will not change if marijuana is legalized. I have an established set of standards by which I try to live.

One such standard is involved with my natural balance, or homeostasis. I do not enjoy anything which markedly takes me away from what I feel to be my natural balance: I don’t like drugs (including alcohol) unless I can control the degree to which I am changed. Mind you, I do ingest medicines which are intended to restore my body to a natural balance and do ingest a little alcohol now and then. I realize that the young and those people who have no guiding principles can easily be misled and I do not agree that adding one more risky behavior to their patterns of behavior is a good thing. Generally I think that legalizing weed is another sign of a culture without strong standards of behavior and a culture in decline. My lifestyle would not change, but our culture would.

John Lemon Payson

Prohibition a waste of effort Editor: Few will dispute that alcohol prohibition in the 1920s was a colossal waste of resources, ruined many lives and was an utter failure in accomplishing what it set out to accomplish. In 50 years, we will look back at drug prohibition in the same way.

Charles Eby

Public should approve plans At Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. they have a beautiful, expensive shopping center. Restaurants, hotels and I don’t know what else. There are beautiful homes on the grounds that we were told were for the professors to live in. Also the Stanford Hospital is there. Maybe that is what they have in mind as one time they said a convention center would be built on the F.S. land along with a hotel on the site for a university in Payson.

You have to know people are not really giving money to buy this land without getting a profit out of it. I think the agreement should have to be placed in the newspaper before anything final is done. With a drawing of all that is going to be there in the future. That is the way most F.S. land is handled, to see if the public really approves and if what they are going to do with it fits in with the surrounding land uses.

Pat Randall Payson

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Fred Carpenter

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TOWN OF STAR VALLEY 3675 East Highway 260 Phone: (928) 472-7752 Mayor Ronnie McDaniel

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GILA COUNTY Supervisor, District One Tommie Martin 610 E. Hwy. 260, Payson

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STATE Sen. Sylvia Allen R-District Five (602) 926-5219 sallen@azleg.gov 1700 W. Washington Room 307 Phoenix, AZ 85007 Rep. Brenda Barton R-District Five bbarton@azleg.gov (602) 926-4129 1700 W. Washington Room 123 Phoenix, AZ 5007 Rep. Bob Thorpe R-District Five rthorpe@azleg.gov (602) 926-5409 1700 W. Washington Room 338 Phoenix, AZ 5007 Rep. Paul Gosar, D.D.S. R-Arizona 4th Congressional District (202) 225-2315 504 Cannon HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 http://gosar.house.gov

onlinepoll Question: Payson will pay $1 million into the police retirement fund in fiscal year 2015/16. Should the town cut the number of officers to help curb costs?

Answers: Yes – 49.71% No – 48.54% Maybe – 1.75% 144 total votes Results as of Tuesday morning – payson.com

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Register now for Monster Mudder The annual Mogollon Monster Mudder and Mountain High Games takes place at the Payson Event Center Friday, June 5, Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7.

The mud run has more than 30 obstacles and is expected to attract 1,000 participants this year. The Mountain High Games feature a series of ATV trail rides.

The mud run cost to locals is $55 if registered at the parks office with Rim Country identification and $60 for non-residents. After May 22, the cost is $70 per person.

The event includes an adult run (for people older than 12) and a Kidz Monster Mudder for ages 6-11.

The family-style affair includes a vendor show, beer garden and all kinds of family entertainment and music.

To kick things off, at 5 p.m., Friday, June 5, local Rim Country law enforcement personnel will take on local fire personnel for bragging rights on the Mogollon Monster Mudder Course. Come and enjoy a fun evening of cheering on hometown heroes and bring a can of food for local food banks.

After the Police vs. Fire Mud Run, at 5:30 p.m., Friday, June 5 experienced ATV trail guides will set out on the Snowstorm Mountain Night Ride

through some of Rim Country’s most pristine country. Payson’s own Town Historian Jinx Pyle will entertain at a stopping point in the ride, singing some of his favorite ballads and telling stories of days gone by.

The three ATV trail rides cost $60. Register at the town offices in Green Valley Park or at the Payson Event Center from noon to 3 p.m., Friday, June 5 or from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., Saturday, June 6.

The second of the Mountain High Games’ three ATV trail rides starts at 8 a.m., Saturday, June 6. The Table Mountain Ride will showcase some breathtaking backcountry.

During the ride, participants will compete in a poker run.

The grueling Third Annual Mogollon Monster Mudder 5K starts at 9 a.m., Saturday, June 6, with obstacles to challenge participants in every way imaginable.

The KIDZ Mud Run starts immediately following the adult mud run on Saturday, June 6. The cost is $5 each and participants must be 6 to 11 years old.

Registration for the KIDZ Mud Run will be on the day of the race only.

To learn more about the mud run and trail rides, and to register, go online to www.paysonrimcountry.com.

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Last year, Roundup editor Pete Aleshire (above) was among the survivors the Mogollon Monster Mudder 5K Race. This year, Payson will also stage the Mountain High Games, with trail bike and ATV races. Sign up before May 22 to get the $55 Payson resident rate to participate in the mudder.

Payson seniors stage sorrowful plays

One Last Act

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Michele Nelson

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Photo courtesy of DJ Craig

Payson High School thespians staged several one-act plays recently.

In their final shows as Payson High School thespians, this year’s graduating seniors ambitiously produced five shows.

Although a bit on the heavy side (one theater goer quipped that the last show was a comedy so “we wouldn’t kill ourselves,”) the shows included “Flowers for Algernon,” “Mommy Why?”, “May I Have Your Attention Please,” “Dearly Departed,” and “Gerp Gerp.”

In an ironic twist, “Dearly Departed” playwright and director Devon Marcus is actually the great grandniece of “Flowers for Algernon” author David Rogers.

Senior Larissa Popke directed the play.

The poignant story tells of a retarded man (Charlie) who agrees to an experimental intelligence

Truth in taxation hearing Notice of tax increase In compliance with section 15-1461.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, Gila County Community College District is notifying its property taxpayers of Gila County Community College District’s intention to raise its primary property taxes over last year’s level. The Gila County Community College District is proposing an increase in primary property taxes of $80,543 or 2%.

The proposed tax increase will cause Gila County Community College District’s primary property taxes on a $100,000 home to increase from $83.55 (total taxes that would be owed without the proposed tax increase) to $85.22 (total proposed taxes including the tax increase).

This proposed increase is exclusive of increased primary property taxes received from new construction. This increase is also exclusive of any changes that may occur from property taxes levied for voter approved bonded indebtedness or budget and tax overrides.

All interested citizens are invited to attend the public hearing on the tax increase as well as the 2015/2016 Budget that is scheduled to be held at 9:00 A.M. on June 4, 2015 via ITV at Gila Pueblo Campus Room 522, 8274 South Six Shooter Canyon Road, Globe, Arizona 85501, and Payson Campus Room 402, 201 N. Mud Springs Road, Payson, Arizona 85541.

Immediately following the Truth in Taxation Hearing and Public Budget Hearing, the Board Chair shall call to order a Special Board Meeting for the purpose of voting on the tax increase and adopting the budget.

enhancing treatment, after the mouse Algernon has positive results to the same treatment.

Yet, Charlie soon realizes increasing his intelligence has consequences.

“The more intelligent you become, the more problems you have,” he muses in the middle of the experiment.

However, when Algernon begins to lose his intelligence, Charlie realizes he will too and the play explores how he feels about the change.

In “Mommy Why?” directed by Emily Blakley, a son mentally damaged from a car accident struggles to understand why the people of the world are so cruel.

His mother despairs of ever being able to teach him why, as she does not understand either.

“May I Have Your Attention Please,” directly by Kiki York,

attempts to explore the dark reasons for suicide, but left the audience only feeling guilty and confused, as most people do because of suicide.

In Devon Marcus’ original screenplay, “Dearly Departed,” a ghost flits in and out of the lives of his girlfriend and friends without their knowledge — until his girlfriend meets an untimely end.

“Gerp Gerp,” directed by Cody Rislund, mimicked the popular 1980s movie “The Breakfast Club.”

It did have flashes of humor, but for many high school students, their days in high school are fraught with the kinds of challenges the play explored.

PHS Director of the Theatre program, Kathy Siler, had only praise for the seniors who ran the production from start to finish.

“I’m going to miss them,” she said.

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Physical therapy after joint replacement surgery When the pain of moving takes a toll on our quality of life it is time to consider joint replacement surgery.

Many factors go into the decision, not the least of which is weighing the role of physical therapy following surgery.

Payson Regional Medical Center’s Mike Barland, P.T., director of rehabilitation services, and Angie Prock, OT/L, NeuroIFRAH, occupational therapy, discussed the topic at the May 13

Lunch & Learn at Senior Circle.

Joint replacement surgery is an orthopedic surgical procedure where the articular surface of a musculoskeletal joint is replaced, remodeled, or realigned by osteotomy or some other procedure.

It is an elective procedure that is done to relieve pain and restore function to the joint after damage by arthritis or some other type of trauma.

Barland and Prock said the most common joint replacements

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MON:

Tai Chi 9-10 a.m.

Computer Class 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Sign up now for Windows 7 class. Begins May 4.

Bunco 1-3 p.m. ($3 to play) Diabetic Education 1-2 p.m., Monday, June 1 **New Writers Club 1-2:30 p.m.**

TUES: Knitting 9-11 a.m. (all levels)

Feeling Fit 10-11 a.m.

Pinochle 12-3 p.m.

Fresenius Dialysis Outreach (2nd Tuesday)

Mexican Train 12-3 p.m.

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

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Member Lunch & Bingo (meets May 20, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., $4) Lunch & Learn – Chest Pain and the ER with Director of Emergency Services Becky Nissila – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., May 27. You are having chest pain and you think it’s time to get yourself to the ER. Meet Becky Nissila, our new director of emergency services. Becky will discuss the emergency room’s response to patients presenting with chest pain. Call to reserve your seat.

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

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

Tai Chi 9-10 a.m.

Widowed Women’s Grief Group (meets 1st Thursday of

month, 9:30-11 a.m.)

Pinochle 12-3 p.m.

Ballroom Dancing 3-4 p.m.

Lost Loves Suicide Loss (meets 1st Thursday of month,

4-5:30 p.m.)

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Feeling Fit 10-11 a.m.

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

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seen by PRMC rehab therapists are those for hip, knee, shoulder, ankle and thumb. After surgery potential concerns include pain, weakness, walking difficulty, daily activity difficulties and the ability to return to prior activities The doctor will come up with a discharge plan and decide where the patient needs to go upon release from the hospital: either to a skilled nursing or rehabilitation facility, depending on the severity of their condition, or home, depending on their situation there. The primary consideration regarding a release to home is whether or not the patient has anyone at home to assist them.

In the event they can go home, the doctor may then prescribe therapy at an outpatient clinic.

After surgery, therapy generally starts right in the hospital soon after the procedure. The goal is to get the patient moving as soon as possible. Physical therapists are not often the first person that the patient wants to see, but the therapists are determined.

The first visit is spent doing a thorough evaluation to find out how much range of motion the patient has and how much they need to gain back after surgery.

Pain is a factor here also — determining how much a patient can do.

Physical therapists also evaluate the patient’s situation at home and identify any issues that may be a barrier to getting better.

Are there stairs to climb around the house, are there any obstacles that may cause a fall, do they have someone in the home to assist them with the daily activities of living, etc? During this evaluation, the therapist will also find out what kind of lifestyle the patient lives. Do they have any hobbies or sports that they like to engage in? What activities do they want to be able to do?

After these things are evaluated, the therapist sets out to establish goals for the patient.

For instance, how many feet should they be walking every day, what exercises should they be doing and how many of each do they need to do each day. What tools do they need to accomplish these goals? The main goal is to restore the patient’s independence.

Therapy is generally prescribed for about three times per week, but this can vary. The main objective is consistency so the patient can build on the gains they make with each session.

Barland compared surgery and the subsequent physical therapy to having a flat tire. When you have a flat, you get the tire fixed — or replaced — so you can move on with your life.

He said he has had a lot of success with manual therapy — actually working the muscles himself, as opposed to just using machines to move the muscles. But every patient is different as well as every therapist. The patient and therapist need to work closely to determine the best method that will get the best results. He’s had good outcomes with the manual therapy.

The first things he looks at are range of motion, pain and strengthening. The better range of motion comes first and then the strengthening can begin — all of which is dependent on the level of pain experienced by the patient.

Joint pain is very common after a joint replacement procedure.

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Mike Barland (above, right) and Angie Prock (below, left) visit with guests May 13 at the Senior Circle where the two gave a presentation on physical therapy following joint replacement surgery.

range of motion, strength, balance, ability to get in out of bed or chair.

Day 1 often consists of bed exercises and helping you learn to get to a chair and instruction in walking.

Day 2 and 3: Exercises continue with the goal of being able to get in and out of a chair or bed yourself. You will also be taught to walk with a walker safely; how to go up and down stairs if appropriate. The therapist will make recommendations regarding discharge home with home health vs. into a skilled nursing facility for continued strengthening, walking and extending your range of motion in order to be safe at home.

Ligaments have been shortened due to lack of full use over time.

They tighten up and need to be stretched and loosened. An important goal is stable walking so the patient can get around safely.

Doing the exercises the therapist prescribes at home is a must for optimal output and recovery.

It’s generally suggested that the patient do their exercises twice a day on their own.

Different modalities are used with therapy, such as heating and thermal agents, including ultrasound. This is a different ultrasound than that used for pregnant women. This one converts vibration into thermal energy that can reach deep into the muscles and really increase the comfort level when stretching tight muscles, tendons or ligaments. This increases circulation to those tissues which is thought to help the healing process.

Therapists also use a dry whirlpool which is called “fluidotherapy.”

A fluidotherapy machine is filled with a dry, graded media such as ground up corncob. The graded media in the unit is blown through the system similar to the way water is made turbulent in a whirlpool. The amount of airflow can be regulated to be gentle or

more forceful. The temperature can also be altered, making it cool or warm depending on the therapist’s goal.

Fluidotherapy is most often used as a heat modality, with the temperature kept between 108110 degrees. This therapy relieves localized pain and stiffness and increases both blood circulation and range of motion.

Another tool they use is called Kinesio tape. This tape, when applied correctly, helps muscles to relax and move better by supporting the muscle. It helps relieve pressure, pain and swelling also.

It’s best to have a certified professional educate patients on how to apply the tape, although it is available on Amazon. There are generic versions of the tape, but they don’t have the patented pattern that comes on the Kinesio brand product and thus may not work as well.

Barland and Prock outlined the course of recovery.

In the hospital

Post Op Day 1: Your surgeon will order in-patient rehab. Your PT will ask questions about what your home situation is like: Do you have help? Stairs? Step-in shower vs. tub? Do you have a walker or cane?

The therapist will check your

At home

You will continue working with home health therapists on strengthening and range of motion exercises, walking with cane or walker, going up or down stairs if needed, getting in and out of the shower. The goal is to get the patient to the point where they are able to function in their home and transition into outpatient therapy.

Outpatient rehab

Day 1: The patient will have a thorough evaluation of pain, range of motion, strength, walking ability, balance and functional needs. Specific goals will be discussed and a treatment plan developed, which the PT sends to the patient’s physician.

Generally physical therapy sessions are ordered for two to four days a week. These sessions consist of manual therapy for pain control and to help reach range of motion goals.

The rehabilitation orders include therapeutic and home exercises for range of motion, strength, balance and walking, which is revised as the patient gets stronger and progresses toward their goals. It is extremely important to do the home exercises as prescribed by your therapist.

Keep your heart right here in Payson with care from Sam Gillette, D.O., and Toby Paulson, D.O. Dr. Gillette and Dr. Paulson are cardiologists who can help diagnose and manage heart disease as well as provide routine checkups. Call Payson Healthcare Specialists at 472-3478 or visit PaysonDoctors.com to request an appointment.

Medicare, Medicaid and most insurance plans welcome.

Sam Gillette, D.O. Cardiologist

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PHARMACIST Summertime knowledge With the Arizona summer soon upon us, I thought today’s article could provide helpful hints for surviving the summer sun.

In Payson, we are getting to the time of year when the sun is at its strongest and can more easily damage our skin.

Now is the best time to consider using a skin protection product.

There are numerous products containing different ingredients on the market.

Sunscreens containing SPFs (Skin Protection Factor) are always a great idea. SPFs are ingredients added to sunscreens that help filter out UVB (Ultraviolet B) rays of the sun. Sunscreens contain different levels of SPFs. Simply explained, a sunscreen with an SPF of 15 allows a person to stay in the sun 15 times longer than it would take for them to normally burn. For example if a person normally burns in 10 minutes they now would not burn for about 150 minutes or 2.5 hours!

The rate of burning always depends on the particular person and skin type.

Another helpful tool is to observe the UV index reported in many cities daily. It is a predictor of UV levels at noon in a particular zip code on a scale of 1 to 11+. The best level is 1 and gets worse as the number rises. These levels are reported in the newspaper or given by the meteorologists on the news. An important thing to remember is that the UV Index goes up in the spring

and summer and increases with altitude level.

There are many options if sunburn occurs. I will list a few remedies that are great for relieving the sometimes unbearable pain that can persist: • Cold Compresses – wet a washcloth or hand towel with cold water and apply to burn • Witch Hazel – add a small amount to water, wet a towel and applying to burn • Hydrocortisone – this cream can be found at any pharmacy, 1 percent strength works best applied to burn.

• Apple Cider Vinegar – wet a towel and apply to burn for an incredible cooling effect.

• Black, White, Green Tea Bags – soaked in water this works best when applied to sunburned eyes and eyelids.

• Aloe Vera Gel – has great cooling effect on burn.

• Water Intake – Increasing water intake helps remedy the dehydration that occurs along with the sunburn.

• Ibuprofen – 200 to 800 mg, taken with food up to three times daily stops the process in the body that causes the redness and pain. Ask your pharmacist if it’s OK to take with your other medications.

The sun also has many benefits for the body, such as vitamin D production, but it is best enjoyed in moderation.

Health experts recommend a good sunscreen with a high level of protection. Feel free to ask any pharmacist for assistance when choosing the correct product.

Picking the tastiest plants The Healthy

FOODIE

by Michele Nelson

It’s nearly June 1 and my garden beckons.

Up here at 5,000 feet, a gardener risks losing plants to snow or frost if they plant much earlier, so it’s best to wait.

And this year I’ve learned if I want the best tasting fruits and veggies, it’ll take some high maintenance efforts.

As a certified foodie, I only plan on planting the most tasty veggies and fruits, but everything costs something. Right? That super sensitive guy has anxiety, or that beautiful woman has to wear just the right makeup.

Certainly preparing the perfect plot takes work and planning — there’s tilling the soil, composting all winter, prepping with only organic mulch and plucking weed after weed after weed after weed ... Isn’t behind every beautiful woman is a bunch of work?

Now I’ve learned I just might have to choose between good tasting and pest control when it comes to picking varieties to plant.

Seems pests love the same type of flavorful veggies and fruits that I do.

Figures …

So, how am I to know if I’m choosing a variety of plant that may have no taste, but keep away pests?

University of Arizona garden expert Hattie Braun answered that question during a May 8 Community Garden Saturday class.

“Look at the tag, if it has a bunch of letters, it’s been bred to resist diseases and pests,” she said.

Braun said to look closely

at the letters on the plastic tag stuffed into each plant that gives the name and growing conditions.

“These are the disease resistance codes,” she said.

For tomatoes, the codes can be V for Verticullium Wilt, F for Fusarium Wilt, N for Nematodes (the bad kind in the soil), and TSWV for Tomato Spotted Wilt Vine.

They all sound terrible, huh? I thought so too.

I sure would like to avoid the pests these plants have been bred to resist, but if I don’t like how they taste, what’s the point?

Braun said one restaurateur felt the same way.

He wished to raise his own potatoes to serve in his restaurant, but he also sought to avoid potato blight. So he planted the disease-resistant potatoes. They ended up having no flavor and a mealy texture.

“He decided good tasting potatoes were more important,” said Braun and bought potatoes that got sick easily, but tasted great.

She did say it’s possible to get the great taste of heirloom fruits and veggies — it just takes more work.

So why do heirloom veggies taste better?

In the case of the tomato, the gene that makes it round and perfectly red, also destroys the tomato’s ability to produce that sweet, flavorful taste. All those ridges and imperfections make for a great tasting tomato, but much more work because the heirlooms don’t have built-in disease resistance like the round red ones.

See, I told you — everything costs something.

Even Anita Barker, on the board of the Community Garden

and a master gardener, suggested not choosing heirloom tomatoes. She said in the Community Garden, heirlooms were the first to pick up diseases.

Braun explained that it is possible to have heirloom tomatoes, gardeners simply must stay on top of diseases and pests by grooming plants to keep air flow, meticulously removing weeds, building up the soil with nutrients to give plants the strongest root structure possible and addressing disease as soon as it appears.

Wandering around the garden, again and again those gardeners that had clean plots and plants reported impressive yields and healthy plants.

So, I’m going to grow those heirlooms, but check them out every day for the best results — I mean, it takes work to have the best, but the taste is worth the cost.

Places to buy heirloom or native seeds: Native Seed Search 3061 N Campbell Ave., Tucson,

AZ 85719 520-622-5561 http://www.nativeseeds.org The mission of this organization is to “conserve and promote arid-adapted crop diversity to nourish a changing world.”

The organization has collected seeds from native peoples and heirloom seed collectors for years.

Seed Savers Exchange 3094 No. Winn Rd. Decorah, IA 52101 563-382-5990 http://www.seedsavers.org This organization has been around since 1975.

The Kusa Seed Society P.O. Box 761 Ojai, CA 93024 http://www.ancientcerealgrains. org/seedandliteraturecatalog. html The mission of the Kusa Seed Society “is to increase humanity’s knowledge and understanding of a very ancient relationship — the relationship connecting humanity with the edible seed crops.”

Irregular heartbeat may increase stroke risk by

Mindy Strickling

payson regional medical center

A fluttering heart isn’t always romantic — it can also be a sign of a health condition called atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat, is a common heart condition affecting around 2.2 million people in the United States. While the condition, on its own, generally is not life-threatening, it can be a significant risk factor for stroke — a leading cause of death and disability.

Approximately 15 percent of strokes — 75,000 to 100,000 each year — are caused by untreated atrial fibrillation, but many people don’t know what atrial fibrillation is, or if they have it.

Atrial fibrillation, a disorder involving the speed and rhythm of the heartbeat, occurs when the upper chambers of the heart do not contract in proper synchronization with the lower chambers.

This fibrillation (or quivering) of the heart’s upper chambers, instead of a steady, full contraction, produces a rapid and irregular heart rate. A healthy heart contracts 60 to 80 times per minute, but the upper chambers of a fibrillating heart quiver 300 to 400 times a minute. According to the American Heart Association, a heart with atrial fibrillation operates “as though it’s enduring a marathon, even if the patient is relaxing in a chair.”

This irregular beating pattern means that the heart is not properly pumping blood, which can result in poor blood flow, blood pooling in the heart’s chambers, and the potential for blood clots to form — a stroke risk. People with atrial fibrillation have five times the stroke risk of the general population.

Some people with atrial fibrillation have no symptoms at all; others may have the following symptoms: • Rapid, irregular heartbeat • Fluttering, “flopping” or thumping sensation in the chest • Fatigue, especially when exercising • Lightheadedness or dizziness

• Shortness of breath • Fainting • Anxiety • Confusion • Excessive sweating • Chest pain or pressure Atrial fibrillation may only happen periodically, with symptoms that come and go, or it may be a chronic, long-term condition. The risk of developing atrial fibrillation increases with age. Men tend to develop the condition more often than women, but women with atrial fibrillation have a higher risk of stroke than men do.

Even though a stroke occurs in the brain, heart health plays an important role in helping to prevent stroke. The most common cause of atrial fibrillation is longterm, uncontrolled high blood pressure and heart disease. A broad range of other triggers can contribute to atrial fibrillation, from certain health conditions to lifestyle choices: heart disease, hyperthyroidism, emphysema, asthma, obesity, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, excess alcohol consumption, smoking or caffeine use, and even extreme stress or fatigue.

The good news is, atrial fibrillation — and its associated stroke risk — can be reduced by taking

good care of your heart. This may range from simply cutting back on caffeine, to addressing an existing health condition such as an overactive thyroid. Lifestyle remedies that you can implement on your own include eating a healthy diet, being more active, losing excess weight, and taking steps to lower high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

If you are experiencing symptoms, or concerned about your risk, talk with your doctor. The right treatment is different for each person, and may be as simple as visiting your physician regularly for heart rate monitoring, or may require daily medication to control symptoms and prevent complications. In other cases medical devices (such as a pacemaker) or surgery to repair the heart’s electrical system and return it to a normal rhythm may be necessary.

To make an appointment with a cardiologist, call Payson Healthcare Specialists at (928) 472-3478.

Sources: American Heart Associ­ ation, www.heart.org, American Stroke Association, www.stroke. org, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, www.nhlbi.nih.gov, Everyday Health, www.everyday­ health.com.

Debunking medical media myths Becky Nissila, the new director of emergency services at Payson Regional Medical Center, will speak at a free program presented by Arizona Professional Writers at noon, Wednesday, May 20 in the community room of the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd. Her topic is “Debunking Medical Media Myths – What to Expect in the ER.” Beginning at noon, the program will focus on the fact that many people get health and medical information from movies, TV shows and digital media. Due to inadequate facts, they often are not pre-

pared for an unexpected trip to a hospital emergency room.

Nissila has extensive experience with ER departments and other clinical operations in acute care hospitals. In addition to being an RN for 25 years, she earned a B.S. in health science as well as an MBA. She will provide some medical research tips, an insider’s view of emergency medicine and reveal how patients can be better prepared to navigate today’s medical system.

This program is open to the public.

For more information, call (928) 468-9269.

Less waiting for emergency care (and a lot more care, if you need it).

In a medical emergency, every minute matters. So, at Payson Regional Medical Center, you’ll find faster care in the emergency room. We work diligently to have you initially seen by a medical professional* in 30 minutes – or less. And, with a team of dedicated medical specialists, we can provide a lot more care, if you need it.

The 30-Minutes-Or-Less E.R. Service Pledge – only at Payson Regional Medical Center.

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PAYSON ROUNDUP

SPORTS

8A Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Career round powers Harpe to state golf crown Becomes Payson’s first state medalist by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

PRESCOTT — After three years as one of the top high school golfers in the state, Dean Harpe rose to a new level on Saturday.

The Payson High senior sank a birdie putt with one hole remaining to hold off a hard-charging challenger and become the first Longhorn in history to win an individual state golf championship.

Harpe led the entire 36-hole tournament after scorching the South Course at Antelope Hills Golf Course for a 5-under-par 67 during Friday’s cold and rainy opening round. But a six-stroke lead over Fountain Hills senior Griffin Peters evaporated during Saturday’s final round on the more challenging North Course. Winds of 25-30 miles per hour made things difficult for every player.

But Peters mounted a challenge with a finalround 72 that shaved five shots off Harpe’s advantage over him.

However, Harpe’s birdie on the par-5 No. 17 hole, only his second of the day, put pressure on Peters, who was playing three holes behind him

and later stumbled to a bogey on No. 17., which put him two shots back. He gained back one shot with a birdie on No. 18.

Harpe shot 67-77-144, Peters 73-72-145 and Chandler Valley Christian’s Trevor Lampson 72-78-150 to finish third. He led Valley Christian to its third consecutive team title with a 294-321615 score. Phoenix Northwest Christian (311-325636) finished a distant second.

Harpe led the Longhorns to a sixth-place finish. They shot 325-335-660. Sedona Red Rock (639) finished third, Goodyear Estrella Foothills (642) fourth and Scottsdale Prep (651) fifth.

Behind Harpe for Payson, senior Mason Ridley (81-86-167) tied for the 32nd-lowest score, junior Bryce Goodman (87-82-169) 40th, sophomore Mitchell McGuire (90-90-180) 63rd and junior Hunter Harrison (96-97-193) 78th.

Harpe shot 6-over for the final round, including 4-over on the back nine. He had a pair of double-bogeys, including one on No. 16 that left an opening for Peters.

By contrast, on Friday Harpe fired five birdies on the back nine and six for the round.

Peters had his chance after Harpe shot 77 on Saturday with a final back nine featuring four bogeys and a double bogey on No. 16 that left the two tied. But Harpe managed his second birdie of the day on No. 17 before paring No. 18. Peters

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Pictured are (from left to right) Payson High golfers who played in the state tournament Mitchell McGuire, Dean Harpe, Mason Ridley, Hunter Harrison and Bryce Goodman.

Division 3 State Golf Tournament Team standings 1. Chandler Valley Christian 2. Phoenix Northwest Christian 3. Sedona Red Rock 4. Goodyear Estrella Foothills 5. Scottsdale Prep 6. Payson 7. Lakeside Blue Ridge 8. Wickenburg 9. Show Low 10. Snowflake 11. Safford 12. Kingman Academy 13. Camp Verde 14. Tucson Desert Christian 15. Thatcher

294-321-615 311-325-636 315-324-639 311-331-642 317-334-651 325-335-660 329-343-672 336-348-684 340-344-684 333-351-684 346-343-689 333-369-702 362-354-716 365-357-722 388-409-797

Top 10 Individuals

Par 143 1. Dean Harpe, Payson 67-77-144 2. Griffin Peters, Fountain Hills 73-72-145 3. Trevor Lampson, Valley Christian 72-78-150 76-76-152 4. Jake Utley, Scottsdale Prep 5. Morgan Gonzales, Phoenix Country Day 73-80-153 6. Bryan Schmidt, Wickenburg 75-78-153 7. Blake Lorenz, Northwest Christian 78-76-154 8. Jacob Barnes, Desert Christian 77-77-154 9. Boston Richardson, Estrella Foothills 74-80-154 10. Skylar Adams, Northwest Christian 74-80-154

also struggled on the back nine with four bogies of his own before closing with a birdie on No. 18.

So his bogey 6 on No. 17 proved the difference.

Harpe scorched the course on the first day, sinking seven birdies in firing a 5-under-par 67 on the South Course to find himself four strokes ahead of Fountain Hills’ Lucas Johnson. But Johnson collapsed on the final day, carding a 95 to finish 31st with 166.

Lampson was five shots back at 72 after Friday and Peters was one of a trio tied for third six strokes back at 73.

Peters turned in the best second round at 1-over-par 72. Harpe’s 77 tied the fourth best score of the second day, but his first day helped his 6-over-par final round on the more challenging par-71 North Course to get the job done.

Harpe had six scores over par on Saturday, including a pair of double bogeys.

He improved every year, finishing 14th as a freshman, tying for the fifth-best score as a sophomore and tying for third last year, but winding up fifth on a scorecard playoff.

“My goal was to win and it’s pretty special,” Harpe said.

Friday’s rain didn’t really bother him. “It was the best I’ve ever played for 18 holes,” he said. “I hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation.”

He said he actually enjoyed playing in the rain.

“It was an interesting day for sure,” he said.

“When all the other kids were griping about playing in the rain, I was enjoying it because I never get to play in the rain. It was actually a lot of fun for me.”

He said his opening round could have been even better. “I let quite a few slip away,” he said. “I probably had five other chances at birdie within 15 feet and didn’t make birdie, so that round could have been 61 or 62.”

He came close to a pair of hole-in-ones, lipping one out on No. 11 for a birdie and grazing the hole on No. 8.

Although the rain ended before Saturday’s round, winds gusting from 25-30 miles per hour on the back nine made the final round very challenging, as evidenced by the scores. Oneover-par was the lowest score for anyone on Saturday.

“I got to No. 10 on Saturday and the wind was howling and one of my competitors was complaining,” Harpe said.

“I told him, ‘I love it,’ and he said, ‘Why?’ I said, ‘That makes it harder for anyone to catch me.’ The wind was bad, but it really got worse when I got to No. 10. The back nine played tough for everyone. I don’t think anyone was under par on the back nine.”

And the North Course is more of a challenge than the South anyKeith Morris/Roundup way. “I like Dean Harpe the North Course a little better because it challenges you more,” he said.

Harpe, who’s headed to Arizona Christian

• See Harpe, page 9A

Area woman realizes runner’s dream of competing in Boston by

Keith Morris

roundup sport editor

The huge crowds lining the entire 26-mile course fueled Melleny Magill like gas in a racecar’s tank.

“It was amazing to see the support,” the 30-year-old Payson dental hygienist said. “The streets were packed for 26 miles of people standing out in the wind and rain. That was the first marathon I ran with people there the whole way.”

None of her previous 15 marathons can compare to the experience of running in last month’s Boston Marathon for the first time.

It rained throughout the day, which only made the bone-chilling temperatures and 25-35-mile-per-hour headwinds worse.

“It felt like your body never really warmed up, so it was hard to get in the groove of it,” Magill said. “And just running into the headwind that long wore you down.”

But if the horrific bombings that rocked the 2013 event couldn’t shake the spirit of the 27,165 competitors who started this year’s race, or the throngs of people who came out to support them, neither could the weather. And Magill and 26,609 others finished what they started. And most probably felt the way she did.

“It was an experience I’d like to do again,” she said. “It was a fun run.”

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev received the death penalty last week for his role in the 2013 attack that scarred the world’s premier distance race and made safety a major concern on the minds of all who enter or watch the race.

But Magill said it wasn’t herself she was concerned about.

“The security they had was amazing, with police and military the entire run,” she said. “I felt really safe running. I was more concerned about my family waiting at the finish.”

Magill said the she couldn’t help reflecting on the tragic bombings of two years earlier as she ran the race.

Photo courtesy of Dr. Ivan McLaws

Melleny Magill prior to the April 20 Boston Marathon.

“It was really neat to be running in the race, but it was kind of an emotional run when you think about the bombing and what happened,” she said.

Only the most dedicated runners get the opportunity to compete in the Boston Marathon. But four years after she ran in her first marathon, there she was.

She needed to run at least a 3-hour

and 35-minute race to qualify, which she did by running 3:30 at the St. George (Utah) Marathon in October. She also ran 3:32 in Phoenix, which qualified her for the 2016 Boston Marathon.

She plans to return and with an eye on improving her 3:43.39 time. She was hoping to finish in at least 3:30.

“I didn’t get quite the time I was hoping for,” she said. “So I really want to go back and try to do better. So it just gives me another goal to work on.”

She spent a couple of years on the Payson High cross country team before graduating in 2004, but didn’t really get serious about running until a year or so after high school. And she didn’t decide to run marathons until 2011 when she was a student at Utah State in Logan, Utah. Her sister-in-law, the former Shaina Vaught, is also from Payson.

And they began running together while both were in Utah.

“I wasn’t like a real good runner in high school,” she said. “I didn’t really start running better until after high school.

“Me and my sister-in-law decided when we were 26 we were going to run a marathon for some reason. We both like running and we were both living in Utah. I was just there for school and they were going to Brigham Young University in Provo and my brother, Dallin McLaws, was getting ready to join the Air Force. He’s now a pilot in the Air Force.”

The two began running with her father, Payson podiatrist Dr. Ivan McLaws.

“We called my dad and talked him into running with us,” she said.

“I kind of have a love for it,” she said.

“It’s just my time.”

She and her husband, Zack, have a 3-year-old son, Myles. Her husband recently began running with her and her father.

“We all run at our own pace, but we all go to the same marathons,” she said.

She’s the only one of the trio who’s run Boston.

Magill runs about five miles every weekday, along with some strength training. She goes for a 14-20-mile run every Saturday. She rests on Sunday.

She said her mother, Denise, watches Myles when she runs.

“She’s my biggest supporter and I couldn’t have made it without her,” she said. “She makes it all possible.”

Area kids test baseball skills Payson’s Parks and Recreation Department conducted a Pitch, Hit & Run competition for kids ages 7-14 at Rumsey Park on Wednesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 14.

Pitch, Hit & Run is the official skills competition of Major League Baseball. This grassroots program is designed to provide youngsters with an opportunity to compete, free of charge, in a competition that recognizes individual excellence in core baseball/softball skills.

Boys and girls are divided into four age divisions and have the chance to advance through four levels of competition, including team championships at Major League ballparks and the National Finals at the 2015 MLB All-Star Game.

The individual pitching, hitting and running champions, along with the all-around champion in each age and gender group at the local competition will be awarded and advanced to the sectional level of competition.

Here are the Payson winners: 7-8 Girls Pitching, hitting, running and allaround champion — Brinna Hall, 560 points 9-10 Girls Pitching, hitting, running and allaround champion — Bree Hall, 499 points 9-10 Boys Pitching, running and all-around Champion – Levi Stonebrink, 423

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Ethan Bossert competes in the pitching portion of the contest at Rumsey Park on Thursday.

points Hitting champion – Izak Cotney, 134 points 11-12 Boys Hitting, pitching and all-around champion – Chance Hagler, 590 points Running champion – Ethan Bossert, 384 points 13-14 Boys Pitching, hitting, running and allaround champion — Bryce Childress, 779 points

Payson Roundup SPORTS Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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Young’s Human gallops into Jr. High National Finals Rodeo Young’s Hunter Human punched his ticket to next month’s Junior High National Finals Rodeo with a strong showing in the Arizona Junior High Rodeo Association State Finals in Prescott on May 1-2.

Human wound up finishing second in the saddle bronc season point standings by placing second in the first go and third in average buckle competition in Prescott.

The top four finishers in the season standings qualify for the National Finals in Des Moines, Iowa.

Kenslie Rose finished sixth in the year-end pole bending standings and 10th in the barrel racing standings. She took second in the first go in pole bending in the state finals and fifth in the second go and sixth in the average competition, while also placing fourth for the ribbon roping average buckle.

Daylen Brown placed sixth in the yearend standings in the 22 long rifle shooting competition after taking fifth in the third go in Prescott and sixth in the average buckle competition.

Kenslie Rose and Connor Curbello of Gilbert finished seventh in the ribbon Keith Morris/Roundup roping season standings. Emily Daniels finished eighth in the year-end standings Kenslie Rose, competing in barrel racing in Payson earlier this season, finished sixth in the Arizona Junior High Rodeo Association season standings for pole bending. The top four qualify for the National Finals. for pole bending.

AJHRA State Final May 1-2 in Prescott Top Rim Country performers

Ribbon roping Average: 4. Kenslie Rose First Go: 7. Kenslie Rose 2nd Go: 9. Kenslie Rose 3rd Go: 9. Kenslie Rose

Saddle bronc Average: 3. Hunter Human 1st Go: 2. Hunter Human

Goat tying 2nd Go: 8. Makiah Taylor

Barrel racing 1st Go: 9. Kenslie Rose 2nd Go: 9. Makiah Taylor 3rd Go: 10. Kenslie Rose

Pole bending Average: 6. Kenslie Rose, 10. Emily Daniels 1st Go: 2. Kenslie Rose, 7. Emily Daniels 2nd Go: 5. Kenslie Rose

22 Long rifle Average: 6. Daylen Brown 1st Go: 6. Daylen Brown 2nd Go: 6. Daylen Brown 3rd Go: 5. Daylen Brown

Harpe leads Longhorns to sixth place Smith, Armenta win PMGA major From page 8A University on a golf scholarship, said being a senior definitely helped him in his quest.

“Being a senior helped calm the nerves,” he said. “Last year I went in as kind of a favorite to win and I didn’t do it. So I think dealing with those nerves helped me this year.”

Payson coach Denny Morse has announced he’s stepping down as head coach and Harpe said he shared a moment with the longtime Longhorns coach that he’ll always remember.

“What made it over-the-top special is it’s probably going to be coach Denny’s last year as varsity coach and him being there since I was a freshman meant quite a bit,” Harpe said. “We were on 14 the second day and he was walking with me down the fairway and he said this might be the last time I’m walking these holes. It was just special to share it with him.”

Morse agreed that Harpe’s opening

round could have been even better.

“He left at least four putts headed perfectly in the middle of the cup just inches short,” his coach said. “It was just an amazing round of golf in absolutely horrible conditions.”

Morse was proud of what Harpe accomplished.

“We have won the team title in the past, but no other player has been able to bring home the individual title to Payson,” he said. “We would put Dean up against any player in the state in any division. He is just a special talent. He will be hard to replace, as will Mason.”

Morse said the conditions tested every golfer in the field.

“Pounding rain, howling and bone-chilling winds, only brought out the best of the best in Dean. And his focus and determination never faded.”

Goodman’s final-round 82 was the best round of his career and the 17th-lowest score of the day. He, McGuire and Harrison all return next

season as the Longhorns will look to reach the state tournament as a team for the 17th time in 18 years.

“For 17 years, the Longhorns have built incredible memories including our state championship in 2001, six runners-up and multiple region championships,” Morse said. “What has made the program successful has been the hard work, discipline, and team mentality the Horns have always pursued.”

Morse said he was proud of all the Longhorns.

“The rest of the team made me so proud,” he said. “They never quit and the grinding they did for every shot, would have worn most teeth to the gums. Bryce, a first-year player acted like a veteran and showed no sign of a rookie. Mason, a fourth-year varsity player, showed leadership and strength as he battled a season recovery from illness. Mitchell and Hunter had moments of brilliance that only made me drool over what next year could bring.”

Jessie Smith and Alex Armenta shot a 111 to win the Payson Men’s Golf Association’s Two-Man Best Ball Tournament on May 6 and 13 at Payson Golf Course. The 36-hole event is one of the PMGA’s major tournaments.

They beat runners-up Lou Mangiello and Jim Dalgleish (113) by two strokes.

Ralph Lindo and John Calderwood (117) finished third, followed by Chip Yeomans and Dave Rutter (119) in fourth and Terry Lindsey and Gary Campbell (119) in fifth based on the tiebreaker.

Jerry McGuire and Doyle Hefner shot 58 on May 13 for the low round of any team finishing out of the top five.

Jessie Smith found the hole on No. 9 from 15 feet 11 inches for the longest putt of the final round, while Herb Sherman drained it from 11 feet on the same hole for the longest putt of the first round.

Closest-to-the-pin winners for the first week were: Chip Yoemans (No. 2, 31-2), Chip Yeomans (No. 5, 6-6), Herb Sherman (No. 8, 9-3), Ed Quigley (No. 14, 7-6) and John Calderwood (No. 17, 7-8).

Winning the closest-to-the-pin prizes for the second week were: Alex Armenta (No. 2, 9-6), Popeye Clay (No. 5, 4-8.5), Alex Armenta (No. 8, 11-9), Ron Fischer (No. 14, 14-4) and Dave Rutter (No. 17, 10-0.5).

Peterson wins PWGA title May 5 The Payson Women’s Golf Association played a Four Club Tournament in cold and rainy weather at Payson Golf Course on May 5. The event restricts players to three clubs of their choice plus a putter.

Karen Peterson won the A Flight, with Judy McFall finishing second. Earlene Brewer won the B Flight, with Susan Torrens placing second. Claudia Bullard took both nearest-to-the pin prizes on the fifth and 17th holes.

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Payson gears up for four Memorial Day ceremonies by

Teresa McQuerrey

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Take time as you start summer’s fun this Memorial Day weekend to remember why we have the holiday. It is to remember the men and women we have lost to war.

Payson commemorates Memorial Day over the course of two days, with four different ceremonies.

Tributes start at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 24 at the Payson Pioneer Cemetery, with a flag-raising ceremony. The Pioneer Cemetery Board sponsors the program. The ceremony includes welcoming remarks, special tributes, a musical presentation, the singing of “Amazing Grace” and the playing of “Taps.”

The second ceremony starts at 10 a.m. at the Mountain Meadows Memorial Park in Round Valley, sponsored by Messinger Payson Funeral Home and supported by the Payson Patriotic Events Committee, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.

Two more ceremonies will take place on Monday, May 25, one at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino and the other at the Green Valley Park Veterans Memorial.

The 8 a.m. program at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino includes a flag-raising ceremony, patriotic music, prayers and speakers.

The Green Valley Park program, pre-

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Payson’s Memorial Day tributes will start with a ceremony Sunday, May 24 in the Payson Pioneer Cemetery, with flags decorating the graves of veterans going back to the Civil War. sented by the Payson Patriotic Events Committee, is at 10 a.m. Speakers include Col. Bill Sahno, ret., Father Lowell Andrews, Payson Mayor Kenny

Evans, a representative from the Tonto Apache Tribe, Payson Police Chief Don Engler and Payson Fire Chief David Staub.

The holiday started as Decoration Day in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971, according to an article on the

History Channel’s website.

The Civil War claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history, requiring the establishment of the country’s first national cemeteries. By the late 1860s, Americans in various towns and cities had begun holding springtime tributes to these countless fallen soldiers, decorating their graves with flowers and reciting prayers.

In 1966, the federal government declared Waterloo, N.Y., the official birthplace of Memorial Day. Waterloo first celebrated the day on May 5, 1866, when businesses closed so residents could decorate the graves of soldiers with flowers and flags.

Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during World War I the United States found itself embroiled in another major conflict, and the holiday evolved to commemorate American military personnel who died in all wars.

For decades, the nation observed Memorial Day on May 30, but in 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees; the change went into effect in 1971. The same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.

JRE revamps food service – wins national recognition for district by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Julia Randall Elementary students with help from staff, took matters into their own hands requesting a healthier school to win recognition from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Arizona Department of Education through the Healthier U.S. Schools Challenge.

The effort of JRE garnered the school a silver medal.

Two employees of the ADE came up from Phoenix to attend the Monday, May 11 board meeting to present a plaque, a check for $1,000 and a banner to students.

“I’m here recognizing your school’s amazing work – a silver award,” said Nick Dunfird, who represents food and nutrition at the ADE. He said JRE is only one of 75 districts in the state that accomplished implementing 50 different action items from promoting healthy meal choices in the cafeteria, to creating physical activities to teaching healthy lifestyle changes for students through the Healthier U.S. Schools Challenge.

Julia Randall Elementary School recently won an award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for overhauling its school lunch and exercise programs to make sure students learn a healthy lifestyle.

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It took the combined effort of the faculty, staff (physical education and nutrition/food services staff) and students to reach the goals of the program.

The Federal Government launched the Let’s Move program in 2010.

Alarmed by the skyrocketing numbers of obese children, (one in three are overweight or obese) First Lady Michelle Obama challenged school districts and families to eat healthier meals and spend more time playing and moving.

The Let’s Move program challenges schools to educate children on nutrition, physical activity and limiting screen time.

To help them do this, the program asks officials to display pictures of how a healthy plate of food is half filled with fruits and vegetables, a quarter with protein and the remainder grains.

Then the program challenges schools to serve healthy foods from their food service.

Finally, the program asks schools to increase student’s physical activity.

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WEATHERREPORT Forecast by the National Weather Service

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Former Payson Elementary School Principal Donna Haught shakes school board member Jim Quinlan’s hand as she concludes her 29-year career with the Payson School District. A longtime teacher, Haught also served as a principal in a distinguished career in which she affected the lives of thousands of children. She’s one of an alarming number of veteran teachers leaving.

Your talents and service are needed to help make Payson a beautiful and strong community.

Volunteer groups from throughout Rim Country have banded together to seek volunteers.

They’ve listed volunteer opportunities on the Just Serve web site, hoping to match willing Rim Country residents with jobs that urgently need a compassionate heart and willing hands.

Among the opportunities listed this week: • You can save and help animals find a home at the Humane Society.

• You can serve on the Gila County Fair Board and plan a county fair.

• Serve as a greeter at the

Payson Visitor’s Center and welcome visitors.

• Collect food donations and deliver to the Time Out Shelter for battered women.

• Assist in the Mogollon Monster Mud Run in June by assisting runners.

• Help paint park benches at High School.

• Do wood work and build a small, portable book library.

• Make wellness telephone calls to shut-in seniors as a Payson Police Volunteer.

• Join the Sheriff’s Posse.

And… there are many more Payson opportunities at the Just Serve website.

Check it out! Go to JustServe. org and volunteer. Payson needs you!

Prescribed burns this week Recent rains have provided an excellent opportunity for Tonto National Forest fire specialists to eliminate 260 acres of vegetative debris piles in the Long and Mead Ranch areas beginning Tuesday, May 19 through May 20, 2015. Residents can expect to see and smell moderate amounts of smoke during each day of the two-day operation. To minimize the impact of smoke, fire managers will terminate ignitions each day by 3 p.m., however, smoke may linger in the area through Friday, May 22, 2015.

Smoke will be visible during the day, moving northeast and impacting the communities of Tonto Creek, Long Ranch and Mead Ranch. Residual smoke in the evening hours will impact Kohls Ranch, Tonto Creek, Diamond Point Summer Homes, Long Ranch and Mead Ranch.

Prescribed fire treatments

are always dependent on conditions such as wind speed and direction, temperature, relative humidity, fuel moisture content, and other variables. Recent significant rainfall has provided the conditions needed to conduct prescribed fire treatments in the Long Ranch and Mead Ranch areas.

Over the last few months, Tonto National Forest fire specialists have successfully treated 6,211 acres with prescribed fire in the Payson area.

Tonto National Forest fire personnel appreciate the understanding, patience and support of the public as they work to reduce wildfire danger in Rim Country, to initiate the restoration of natural ecological landscapes and wildlife habitat, and to develop and foster sustainable forest conditions and watersheds.

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George F. Larson (2015)

George F. Larson, 82, of Pine, Ariz. passed away May 1, 2015. George was born in Superior, Wis. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict. He began his police career in Racine, Wis. and retired from law enforcement in Tempe, Ariz. in 1980.

He will be missed by his wife, Jean; daughters, Chris, Cathy (Jack) and Mary (Pete); four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will

be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 23 at Mount Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Highway 260, Payson, Ariz.

Contributions may be made to Mount Cross Lutheran Church or Hospice Compassus, 511 S. Mud Springs Rd., Payson, Ariz. 85541.

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She was a member of Mountain Bible Church. A celebration of life service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, June 13 at Mountain Bible Church.

Trevor Van Horn Jr.

(1973-2015) Trevor Van Horn Jr., 41, Trevor Sr. (Barney) and Pat; passed away in Phoenix, Ariz. his brother, Eric; and nephews, on April 23, 2015. He was born Ethan and Sawyer; and many in Newport Beach, Calif. on Aug. aunts, uncles and cousins who 6, 1973 to Trevor Sr. and Pat Van loved him very much.

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A celebration of life will be Trevor grew up and went to held between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., school in Scottsdale. He is sur- Sunday, June 7, 2015 at his parvived by his daughter, the love ents’ home at 809 S. Mud Springs of his life, Kiley; his parents, Rd., Payson, Ariz.

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Recently, there have been social media postings regarding boulders blocking gates around the Buckhead Mesa Landfill. In fact, in the past few years, the Buckhead Mesa Landfill has been trespassed upon, vandalized and burglarized by people in Off Highway Vehicles (OHV’s). It is believed that there has also been unauthorized use of United States Forest Service (USFS) master keys to gain access to the equipment and scrap metal at the landfill. These thieves have not only vandalized county pickups and heavy equipment and stolen a four wheeler and tools; they have also damaged county gates, fences and buildings. A local rancher who holds the grazing permit for the area has also been victimized by trespassers who have stolen metal corrals and dumped sawdust into the tank which provides water to his livestock and to wildlife in the area. While the area in question has been open to ‘down and dead’ wood gathering, there have been a number of large old-growth live trees illegally taken from this area. There are no legal roads or trails in the area immediately surrounding the landfill. Trespassers on OHV’s make illegal trails that cause damage to the environment, facilitate even further intrusion into the area because of the appearance of a well-used trail, and infringes on the permitted uses in the area.

Gila County, in partnership with the local rancher and the USFS, provided the equipment and staff to strategically place large boulders in the area to allow only that access which is lawful, including range improvement and landfill management activities. Placement of the boulders has resulted in a significant decrease of vandalism and theft in the area.

Placement of the boulders has not restricted public access for lawful activity on, or of recreational enjoyment of, the national forest. Visitors can utilize the pullout along Highway 87 adjacent to the right-of-way gate to the Buckhead corrals and may then walk through the gate, or may unload horses and ride through the gate. Within just a few miles are Forest Road 74, which follows the Webber Creek drainage with access off of HWY 87, and Forest Road 322, off of Control Road, both of which provide lawful OHV access to the general vicinity for hunting, wood collection and recreational opportunities.

Music students of Dr. Victoria Harris performed in their spring recital, Wednesday, May 6, at Community Presbyterian Church, Payson. The students have recently performed at Piano Guild Auditions in Cottonwood, and will participate on May 15 & 16 at the Arizona Study Program Evaluations at ASU. Students are Lincoln, Carter and Tatum McDowell, Allyson and Meghan Orvis, Lydia and Anna Schouten, Lois Judd, Sandy Bowling, Megan Anderson, Melissa LaSpisa, Mariah Hintze and Ariana Anderson.

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Dominant pollen: Grasses, Mulberry, Olive 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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7 Generations of Corvettes Chapman Auto in Payson recent celebrated seven generations of Corvettes with a car show of some classic models. Named after a fast, maneuverable warship, the first Corvette debuted in 1952. The sports car went through many redesigns, including the classic 1963 Sting Ray. Owners of classic models they’d spent a small fortune restoring stood proudly by on a blustery, Rim Country day. With so many pristine cars washed and polished, it pretty much had to rain.

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Rodeo never loses its thrill From page 1A The average cowboy stays on Bushwacker for just 3.3 second. So far in his distinguished career, only one cowboy has stayed on for eight seconds.

An average rodeo bull is worth about $10,000. The ones with high scores — which means no one can ride them — can bring $300,000. Bushwacker’s worth $1 million.

Bulls like Bushwacker don’t show up often at little small-town rodeos like Payson. Mostly, they wait for the national finals. But you can still go a whole rodeo in Payson without any bull riders staying on for eight seconds.

The bulls aren’t satisfied, generally, with throwing the impudent cowboy into the air. Half the time they’ll spin around and try to smash the poor sucker into the calf-deep mud before the poor fool gets his breath back.

That provokes perhaps my favorite moment in rodeo, the magnificent efforts of the bullfighters — often mislabeled rodeo clowns — to save the cow-

boy. While the photographers, judges, and assorted inside-thering officials go running for the safety of the high fence, the bullfighters rush toward the bull.

They wave their arms, shout and gesture — often standing over the prone bull rider.

Granted, the top bull riders make millions of dollars a year in prize money.

But most of them struggle to break even, traveling from one little rodeo to another until they get so busted up they give it up.

Hanging out by the chutes in the Payson Rodeo, you realize the cowboys and cowgirls

aren’t doing it for money. They love the horses, the excitement, the danger, the lifestyle. You’ll never meet better people, modest and full of life. They’re kind and uncomplaining and patriotic and half-crazy.

So I go to the rodeo whenever I get the chance.

I salute the flag and snap pictures of the cute kids and wish I was a cowboy, looking so nonchalant brave, but somehow bonedeep humble at the same time.

Yep. Like the Toby Keith song — I should’ve been a cowboy.

So long as they don’t make me ride Bushwacker.

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The Payson Mutton Buster at right stayed on so long they finally took her off the sheep and carried her in triumph across the arena. The bullfighters who dress as clowns to entertain the crowd are really there to protect the cowboys. When a 1,500-pound bull hurls a rider into the mud, the bullfighters rush to put themselves between the bull and the rider, giving him time to get to safety.

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Rodeo Well it’s bulls and blood It’s dust and mud It’s the roar of a Sunday crowd It’s the white in his knuckles The gold in the buckle He’ll win the next go ‘round It’s boots and chaps It’s cowboy hats It’s spurs and latigo It’s the ropes and the reins And the joy and the pain And they call the thing rodeo Performed by Garth Brooks Written by Larry Bastian

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Finding pleasure in an old pastime I have recently re-discovered you have to separate the pieces a fun pastime — jigsaw puzzles. and return them to the box.

I hadn’t done a puzzle for Len once observed, “It’s almost ages, but one of my presents last like breaking up a love affair.”

Christmas was a puzzle and on a wintery January day, I took it out Payson Center and started it. I was hooked!

OK, so you know you need I remembered seeing puzzles more exercise, but you are tired to borrow at the library, so when of the boring, repetitious moveI finally finished the 1,000 piece ments of most exercise programs. challenge, I set off for the library Have you thought of trying where a prolific assortment of Zumba, a dance fitness program puzzles awaited me. set primarily to Latin music?

Since then, I have become a The movements blend both regular visitor and spend many dance and aerobics, which enjoyable hours at my card table, enhance balance and range of fitting pieces together. motion while also strengthening The history of muscles. jigsaw puzzles is The lively beat interesting — 18th is mentally refreshcentury mapmaking as well. ers first made them Zumba with as an aid to teach- Carol Zebb Bernie is offered ing geography. It Roundup columnist at 9 a.m. Mondays wasn’t until the and Wednesdays early part of the 20th century that at the Payson Center (formerly puzzles became a recreational Senior Center), 514 W. Main St. pastime for adults.

For information or to register, Early puzzles had no guide call (928) 474-4876. pictures on the box and the pieces Perhaps yoga is more to your did not interlock. liking. If so, yoga classes are held During the Great Depression, every weekday morning at The puzzle popularity reached its Center. Call the above number peak as people turned to home for times. amusement rather than more Anne James entertains with costly outside entertainment. live music at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays In the mid-1930s, free adver- at The Center. Performances are tising puzzles made their appear- free and open to the public, no ance. A toothbrush company was reservations needed. the first to supply free puzzles to The Pinal-Gila Council for drug stores, and other firms soon Senior Citizens will discuss followed suit.

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Jigsaw puzzles can be addictive for people at any age. place July 20-22. It includes round-trip coach transport from Payson to Chama, N.M., two nights shared room lodging at Vista del Rio Lodge in Chama and adult fare on Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad.

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For the many quilters in Rim Country, the Payson Public Library’s Used Book Store has at least 25 books on quilting at just $1 each. The store is located inside the library at 328 N. McLane Road, just to the right of the circulation desk inside the main entrance. It is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday when the library is open.

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Yoga classes are offered every weekday morning at The Center.

(928) 978-0748 SELF DESCRIPTIONS ACROSS 1 Completed 4 Tea leaf readers, e.g.

9 Title for Macbeth 14 Places to pitch tents 19 Transgress 20 Bow go-with 21 Dignity 22 Largest city in Nebraska 23 Arthur of TV 24 White of TV 25 Writer Dillard 26 Prohibited acts 27 Gougers charge them 30 Warrants 31 Sioux division 32 Just OK 33 Papa Doc’s country 35 First-aid flora 36 No-see-ums 38 Symptom of mumps 41 Tumult 44 Air safety gp.

45 1492, e.g.

46 Pesto ingredient 51 Portable enplaning bridge 56 ___ Banos, California 57 All tangled up 58 Friable soil 61 ___ degree or another 62 Arthur of tennis 64 Home of Iowa State 65 Organisms of a region 66 Chew the scenery 67 Hand-softened “superfood” dish 71 “1492” director Ridley 73 Pierces 74 Condé ___ ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

BISHOP REALTY

75 Cyberjunk 78 More ticked 79 A Great Lake 80 Turns back to 000 82 Sci-fi hoverer 83 Like paradise 85 Result of dropping a bushel, maybe 88 Plant “pet” 91 45s’ relatives 92 Flimsy pancakes 93 What a great ad campaign leads to 99 Plant pest 101 Grimm nasty 102 Pan-fry 103 Lane of song 105 Gymnast Comaneci 109 Encore-eliciting cries 111 What many shards are 114 Handle the party food 115 Lake ___ Vista, Florida 116 George who played Sulu 117 Suffix with neat 118 Love to bits 119 Scourges 120 Sister of Fred Astaire 121 Blasting aid 122 Car rollers, in London 123 Actor Gable 124 Jewish ritual meal 125 Something associated with the first words of this puzzle’s seven longest answers DOWN 1 Credit’s opposite 2 2011 hurricane 3 Air current 4 Safari sites 5 Part of QED 6 “Marty” star Borgnine 7 Sonata parts 8 Exchanges 9 Hot cuisine 10 Bigwig 11 Heat to prevent stress 12 In a racket-filled way 13 Prior to, in poems 14 Pylon shape 15 Indifferent to ethics 16 Capital of the Philippines 17 Light particle

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18 Wised off to 28 Corporate symbols 29 Nun’s beads 30 Rapper Nicki 34 Driving range peg 37 Concert sites 39 ___-Mart 40 Sister of Hansel 41 Sch. near Beverly Hills 42 Experts 43 Mount with presidents’ heads 44 Bone of the lower chest 47 Bring harm to 48 Mendel of genetics 49 Skater Kulik 50 Fonz’s quality 52“ Traffic” actor Milian 53 Fiber for newsprint 54 Wee colonist 55 “___-haw!”

59 “Relax, GI!” 60 Assembled as one body 63 All gone, as dinner 65 Bible divs.

68 Not lax at all 69 Elk’s kin 70 Fasten

71 Reno-to-Riverside dir.

72 Chowder fish 76 For ___ (not gratis) 77 Peat source 80 Tries to shred 81 More elastic 84 Fischer’s skill 86 Suffix with glob or duct 87 Apt rhyme for “treadle” 89 Lupino of film 90 Like always 93 Lynx variety 94 “Hellcats” actress Gail 95 Expert talker 96 Intense 97 Goddess with an owl 98 Less fat 99 Chafe 100 Snuck a look 104 Test models 106 “Purgatorio” poet 107 “Of Thee ___” 108 Invite to join at 110 Mined finds 112 Duty 113 Editor’s strike-out 115 Telly giant

PAYSON ROUNDUP TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015

3B

Classifieds More ways than ever to publish and pay for your classified ad!

Call 928-474-5251 • Online at PaysonClassifiedsNow.com • Email ClassAds@payson.com DEADLINES: 10AM Monday for Tuesday issue • 10AM Wednesday for Friday issue

MERCHANDISE ANIMALS Alfalfa Hay & Bermuda for Sale!

3 String Bales, 928-978-7604 Dog Nail Clipping in the comfort and convenience of your home by Tracy. Local professional groomer of 24 years. $12.00 928-978-4959

FURNITURE Lift Chair, Clean and in Good Working Condition, $350.

Call Ron at 928-478-2669 LOOKING FOR: Queen Mattress and Matching Dresser, Must be in Excellent Condition. Call 480-861-9704

MISCELLANEOUS *CANCER CASES* www.cancerbenefits.com Call 800-414-4328.

10ft, 20ft, 30ft. and 40ft.

Shipping Containters, Call 928-537-3257

BACKHOE SERVICE AND YARD CLEANING “BEST PRICES IN TOWN AND FRIENDLY SERVICE” Tree-Trimming, Brush Removal with Hauling Service WE ALSO SELL FIREWOOD

928-951-6590 928-978-5473 Like New Rubber Boat, for 1 or 2 persons, $250. and Brand New Spay Painter, $75.

Call 928-978-0983 THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades?

Droopy Drapes? WE CAN FIX THAT! Dani 928-595-2968 BLINDS & DESIGNS Repairs, Sales, Shade Screens & More!

Wonder Washer, Apt. Size, $30.

Large Drying Rack $12.

Walk Master Tred-Mill $50.

Electric Heater $35.

928-978-6098

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Flugelhorn, Like new, One Owner, w/Hard Case, $150.

928-978-4457

POOLS/SPAS Spa-Man has restored 1998 Three (3) person Spa, 220 Volt, $1400.

Delivered but not installed w/1 year warranty, Call 928-970-0105

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS

ESTATE SALES 5. Tymeless Estate Sale Services is having another Fine Sale. The home is located in the Trailwood Subdivision in Payson and is filled with treasures. Sale dates: 5/22 & 5/13, Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at 804 W. Zane Grey Circle

MOVING SALES 1. Move it Out! 1103 S, Western Dr. Payson Fri, May 22 and Sat, May 23.

8am-2pm It’s all gotta go including workshop contents.

YARD SALES

CARS

12. Fri. & Sat. May 22 & 23 from 7am to 3pm; 504 N. Hogan Dr. Everything in garage must go so I can park my car! 1986 Goldwing; New attic pull down stairs; Ice cream parlor set; Dressers; Mirrors; China Cab; Weber grill; Smoker; Dish washer; Outdoor Furniture; Vintage crib; Original Native American Art by Halwood & Gilberto; Recliners; Maple tool bench; Old trunks; Dishes; Steamer; Complete PlayStation Rock Band set w/multiple discs; Antiques, Collectibles and everything in between!

13. 610 N. Manzanita Drive, Fri. Sat. and Sun. May 22, 23, & 24 starting 7am.

14. 1201 W. Birchwood Rd. Fri. & Sat. May 22 & 23 from 8am to 1pm: Cookware, Antique Dishes, Nick/Nacks, Baskets, Tins, Men/Women’s Clothes, Bedding, Some Tools, Much More!

15. AUNTIE GAIL’S COLLECTIBLES: 3691 Hall Lane, Pine, Sat. & Sun. May 23 & 24 from 8am to 4pm: Many Items; Old records, Yarn, Kitchen, Clothes/Shoes and Misc.

16. Garage Sale: 127 W. Cottage Creek Ct. (Longhorn & Colcord) Fri. & Sat. May 22 & 23 from 8am to 1pm: Lots of Cabin and Lodge Decor, Home Furnishings and Much More 3. 308 W. Cherry, Payson, Fri. & Sat. May 22 & 23, from 8am to 4pm: Yard Tools, Wood Stove, Furniture, and Lots of Misc.

4. 7757 Toya Vist on the Corner of Toya Vista and Piedra in Mesa Del. Fri. & Sat. May 22, & 23 from 7am to 5pm: Jewelry, Tools, and a Whole Lot More! Something for Everyone!

6. 304 E. Chateau Circle, Fri. & Sat. May 22 & 23 from 8am to 3pm: Furniture including; Bedroom Set, Secretary Desk, Wooden Kitchen Table & Chairs, Wicker Furniture; Household Items, Dishes, Clothes and Misc.

8. BLOCK LONG MULTI FAMILY YARD SALE: Fri. & Sat. May 22 & 23 from 8am to Noon: Start at 1800 W. Fairway Lane and go to the end of the block! Original hand painted furniture, collectibles, glassware, games, dishes, light fixtures, tables, chairs, stools “Everything Goes!!!” Unique Old Stuff, Sold by Old People, That are preparing to Die!!! Not dead yet but still got stuff...on our last leg...we can’t take it with us...Come Buy It From Mom! 9. Annual Garage Sale: Northwoods Homeowners Association 1501 N. Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ Saturday May 23, at 8:00 a.m.

AUTOS/VEHICLES

11. Spring Clearance Sale: 129 E. Quail Hollow Drive (Star Valley) Turn right on Moonlight from Hwy 260. Fri. & Sat. May 22 & 23 from 8am to ?

12. “Man’s Cave” Sale, 3844 N. Hwy 87, Pine. Sun. Mon. & Tues.

May 17, 18, & 19 from 8am to 3pm: Tools & Collectibles, A TRUE MAN’S CAVE SALE!

2011 Ford F150 FX-Ford, Like New, 49K Miles, Fully Loaded, Was $33,995. Now $29,995. Save $3000.

2004 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer, Leather Interior, Loaded, Was $8,495.

Now $7,495.

2005 Chevy Trail Blaizer 4x4, All Extras, Priced Reduced to $6250.

1998 Honda CRV 4x4 SUV, Sale Price $2995.

2006 Chevy Aveo, 4dr, 5sp, Perfect First Time Buyer Car, $4,450.

Payson Concrete is accepting applications for a Mechanic-Welder, and Laborer with Crusher Experience Drug Testing and Background Check; Apply within: 1900 E. Hwy 260, Payson 928-474-2231

SUBWAY: Apply within,

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

CAR-TRUCK-CYCLE WANTED WANTED VEHICLE with under 100k miles priced below $3000. Also want Pre-1980 MOTORCYCLE. Will do repairs to both.

928-468-7060.

TRAILERS

Out-of-Town Owner,Flying in for Quick sale: 1992 Cadillac Deville,$1000.

1994 Cadillac Concourse,$1200.

1997 Hull Trailer,7x17, $2200.

Avail. to see May 14.Cash; 928-978-2192

Order: 10075905 Cust: -Kohls Ranch DIAMONDCD RESORTS INTERNATIONAL® Keywords: Employment art#: 20126658 is a hospitality brand committed to hassle-free, relaxing vacations.

Class: General Size: 2.00 X 2.00

1997 F-250 4x4, 4Dr, Ladder Rack and Tool Box, Good Work Truck, $4,500.obo Call Dale 928-358-2477

EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATIVE/ PROFESSIONAL Paralegal for Full Time, Contingent on Experience; Call 928-232-9270

GENERAL Earn Extra $$. Focus Group Participants Needed. Must be 18 years of age and Eligible for Jury Duty. Call 928-474-6727

Greenskeeper wanted, Chaparral Pines Golf Club.

FT/Seasonal, 40+ hours per week, $9/hour. Must pass drug test, punctual. Applications available at security gate or maintenance yard.

Guard Etc. Friendly, well rounded, some gatehouse, good background.

All shifts avail. Start $10 hr.

Call 928-951-4160

Comfort Keepers is seeking mature, caring people for non-medical in-home care.

Provide companionship, personal care, meal prep, shopping.

Experience preferred.

Please apply in Person @ 200 W. Frontier St. #K, Payson or call (928) 474-0888.

Banner Health Clinic - Payson is seeking an experienced Medical Assistant Must be certified or willing to be within six months of hire.

Apply at BannerHealth.com Job#142449 CASE MANAGER: Provide case management services for SMI, Substance Abuse population and children/families. Min. req: HS/GED plus 4 years exp in BH or combined BH education and exp with at least 1-year case mgmt. exp; 21 yrs of age HABILITATION TECH Part-time position in an innovative Habilitation setting, providing training, supervision and therapeutic activities for individuals with disabilities.

Requirements: 21 yrs of age, good driving record, dependable, pass fingerprint clearance.

Experience helpful but training is provided Generous benefit package.

Bilingual encouraged.

Submit application/resume to: Horizon Human Services, 600 E. HWY 260 #8, Payson, AZ 85547 AA/EOE/M/F D/V

RESTAURANTS

Housekeeper Position Part-Time Housekeeper needed at Tonto Creek Camp (Camp Tontozona) in Payson.

Must have reliable transportation, and a clean background.

Compensation + possible studio housing. Please submit your resume and/or experience via email ONLY. todd@TontoCreekCamp.org

O MAINTENANCE OVERNIGHT STOCKING CASHIERS BAKERY

Please apply online at

www.walmartstores.com or at the online kiosk

We’re Hiring!

Looking to hire team members and Shift Managers for all shifts.

We train and promote from within.

Shift Managers $9.25 to $10.00/Hour Plus vacation Team Members Starting at $8.05 Apply in person at: 230 E State Highway 260, Payson, AZ

Seasonal employment May-Nov., Cook needed ASAP for Bugles Grazing & Guzzling, Forest Lakes, AZ Call 928-978-1862

Find what you’re looking for or sell what you’re tired of looking at in the Payson Roundup Classifieds Call 474-5251

Order: 10075409 Cust: -Payson Care Center Keywords: Cook & Dietary Aide art#: 20125503 Class: Administrative/Professional Size: 2.00 X 3.00

COOK & DIETARY AIDE NEEDED

APPLY IN PERSON or ONLINE at DiamondResorts.com Diamond Resorts Management, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

107 E. Lone Pine Drive, Payson, AZ 85541

REAL ESTATE

Call The Cheaper Sweeper

HOMES FOR SALE

You’ve tried the rest, now try the best!

Windows to Walls, Baseboards to Ceiling Fans WE CLEAN IT ALL!

Gift Certificates Available

MOBILES FOR SALE 55+Park 705 E. Miller #11; 2Br/1Ba, Doublewide 24x44, Needs Repair, Large Shop, Covered Patio, Storage Shed, Nice lot, $5,000. 928-978-2658 Foreclosures: 30 Homes, both New and PreOwned to Choose From, Free Delivery, Call Bronco Homes, 1-800-487-0712

Call The Cheaper Sweeper for a free estimate: (928) 472-9897

LANDSCAPING

2 BR. 1 BA. Manufactured Home, 376 S Old Meadow Lane, Gisela, AZ, 85541. 1000 sq. ft., 1988 Palm Harbor. On two lots. Fence Yard, Appliances Included, Out Buildings, New “on demand” electric water heater, new floor covering in kitchen, well for watering fruit trees/garden, carport detached, newer carpet throughout home, room for RV with hook ups. $70,000. contact at 307-679-7206 or nehuskerwyo@gmail.com. I will be in Gisela May28-June 3

IRIS GARDEN SERVICE

COMPLETE YARD & GARDEN CLEANUPS, DEBRIS REMOVED, REASONABLE; PAYSON LIC. 928-474-5932 Cell 928-951-3734 not.lic.contr.

REPOS: 2, 3, & 4 Bedrooms, Starting from $9,989. Call Bronco Homes: 1-800-487-0712

RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT Apartment For Rent

Now Renting!

Canal Senior Apartments 807 S. Westerly Road Payson, AZ 85541 INCOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY Independent, vibrant living located off Historic Main Street and just down the road from Senior Center.

Home-like setting and big smiles from our professional staff. We offer spacious 1 an 2 bedroom apartment homes. For 25 years Syringa Property Management has been creating cheerful communities for individuals who want to enjoy an independent and enriching retirement.

Dominion Real Estate at Payson 8BR,4BA Hm w/Bus Oppor.

4488 sq.ft. $315K Realtor/S.Campbell 602-550-7110

landscape services-pick up 2014 Yard Maintenance Ɣ Clean Ups Weeds Ɣ Trimming Ɣ Hauling Quality Work…Affordable Prices!

Debco Construction

New Homes,Remodels,Decks, Painting, Garages, Wood/Tile Floors, Affordable Prices, Don 928-978-1996, Lic. & Bonded, Res. Lic.#ROC185345 Commercial Lic.#ROC182282 In Payson Area 35 years

HANDYMAN A AFFORDABLE 1 HANDYMAN Custom Quality Home Maintenance Repairs & Remodeling Trades Master Whatever Needs Done!

Steve @ 928-978-4861

DHW Home Services Decks/Porches Sheds Drywall Texture Matching Paint Remodeling 928-595-1555 Credit Cards Accepted not a licensed contractor

928-951-0859 FREE Estimates/SENIOR Discounts

2)) Your 1st Service 2))

Mario & Mario Landscaping and Masonry Complete Landscaping & Irrigation, Tree Service and Removal. Rock, Retaining Walls, Block Fencing Walls, Wrought Iron Fences.

Flagstone & Concrete Driveways, Pavers and Sidewalks.

Licensed, Bonded and Insured. Home Maitenance Available. Call 928-282-3118 Mention this add and get 10% Off!

OakLeaf Yardworks

JIMMY’S ALLTRADES Residential Repairs Since 1993 FREE ESTIMATES Plumbing, Electrical, Sun Screens, Dryer Vent Cleaning, Gutters Cleaned 928-474-6482 not licensed

HOME REPAIRS

Lawn Care

HAULING

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

F.S.B.O. Excellent Value, 3Br/2Ba, Split Floor Plan, Garage 27x23, Fenced Yard, 1/4 Acre, Payson Proper, $135K 928-978-6633 HOME INSPECTIONS AZ and ASHI Certified Home Inspector 14 years Experience Payson License #PO0049 www.inspectaz.com Dan Harris 928-970-1187

Lil Red Tractor Services I bring my dump trailer to you! $85.00 you load my dump trailer and I haul away for you.

Includes dump fees 1 hour load time ($42.50 per half hour over) No hazardous waste!

Dirt or rock limited to 1 ton.

I also offer Compact tractor services. Firewise, Driveway grating, small backhoe for ditch clean out etc. Tractor work is $75.00 per hour with a 2 hour minimum Servicing, Payson, Hunter Creek, Christopher Creek, Heber, Forest Lakes, Pine and Strawberry Monday- Friday (928) 478-9959 Chris

ARIZONA CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING NETWORK Financial SOCIAL SECURITY Disability Benefits. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We can help! WIN or Pay nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1-800-960-3595 to start your application today!

(AzCAN) SELL YOUR STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT or annuity payments for CASH NOW. You don’t have to wait for your future payments any longer! Call 1-800394-1597 (AzCAN) Help Wanted ADVERTISE YOUR JOB Opening in 77 AZ newspapers.

Reach more than 2 million readers for ONLY $330! Call this

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APARTMENTS FEATURING: • • • • •

MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE

2 Bedrooms/2 Baths 2 Bedrooms/ 1.5 Baths Washers & Dryers Covered Parking Pet Friendly

ASPEN COVE

801 E. FRONTIER ST. #46, PAYSON, AZ 85541

LEGAL SERVICES

(928) 474-8042

2 BR. 2 BA. Manufactured Home, Close in Payson. Covered deck, carport, new int paint, $8,500.

480-390-8901 ro 480-250-3404

Cornerstone Property Services www.cornerstone-mgt.com

Order: 10073430 Cust: -McDonalds Keywords: Help Wanted art#: 20123185 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 4.00

Join our friendly Team

AZ Certified Legal Document Preparer / Paralegal, AZCLDP #81438, Living Trusts Wills/Living Wills, Powers of Attorney, Deeds, Patty Rockwell, 928-476-6539

Find what you’re looking for or sell what you’re tired of looking at in the Payson Roundup Classifieds Call 474-5251 Order: 10073824 Cust: -Gila County Personnel Keywords: Weekly 3x3 art#: 20123738 Class: General Size: 3.00 X 3.00

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

The McDonald’s Team offers Part-Time and Full Time employment with wages starting at $8.10 per hour.

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

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

To apply online visit www.mcarizona.com

Gila County Career Opportunities Globe:

Payson:

Lube Specialist Public Health Nurse Deputy County Manager Juvenile Detention Officer

Part-time Deputy Constable WIC Nutritionist Assessor’s Aide Administrative Clerk Senior

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

911 Dispatcher • Detention Officer • Deputy Sheriff • Public Health Nurse (Jail) Temporary Accounting Clerk Specialist Gila County is an equal opportunity employer

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

newspaper or visit: www.classifiedarizona.com. (AzCAN)

az cans

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Apartments For Rent

Commercial Land for Sale: Zoned for Apartment Units or Condos; All Utilties at Property Line, for more info call 602-978-8583

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

JOE - 970-1873

See Manager for details Phone (928) 468-5650 Hearing Impaired TDD# 800-545-1833 x298

LAND FOR SALE

Yard Maintenance Minor landscaping and tree trimming.

All work affordable.

Call:Dennis 928-595-0477 not a licensed contractor

Don’s Handyman Home Repairs, Mobile Home Roofs, Backhoe Work, Drains, Driveway, Landscaping, Yardwork Tree Trimming, Hauling, Rototilling. 928-478-6139

Breakfast Cook

Apply in person at:

21243.1014

CONSTRUCTION

Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2015

Arby’s Shift Managers & Team Members

HOME SERVICES Call The Cheaper Sweeper

10% Off Your Full Cleanup!

HAULING

full-time. Inquire for details about the sign on bonus.

• Full-time FrontMaintenance • Full-time Housekeeper 1 Assistant Full Time Tech II Desk Manager • Part-time House Person 1 Full Time House Person • Full-time • Part-time House Person Laundry 1 Maintenance Full TimeTech Front Desk / Night Auditor

Medicare Plans (all types) Affordable Care Act Life • Dental Long-term Care

Turning 65?

We’re the LOCAL Pros!

preferably in long-term care. Sign on bonus for

IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

Specialists

928-474-1233

at Payson Care Center. Must have experience,

KOHL’S RANCH LODGE 202 S. Kohl’s Ranch Lodge Road, Payson, Arizona

Health Insurance

Since 1994 - Behind Fargo’s Steakhouse

TRUCKS

NOW HIRING

1957 Chevy Golf Cart Matador Red New 48 volt batteries New high speed motor New programable controller New F/R switch, solenoid, potentiometer New seat and steering wheel Custom dash with radio speakers, clock, cigarette lighter, USB ports, voltage reducer. New wheels and tires Floor mat Unique key ignition. $12,500. $12500 OBO. 928-472-4586 Wanamakerd@q.com.

Tuesday & Friday 1x3 CD

www.TomRUSSELLinsurance.com

ATV, 5’x17.6’, all steel, $1350/obo.

Spare bearings, repacked tires balanced, Glenn, 928-978-6007.

NOW HIRING OVernight Maintenance Overnight stocking Cashiers Bakery Please apply online @ www.walmartstores.com or at the online Kiosk located in the PAy son Walmart VERNIGHT

Golf Cart 1957 Chevy Belair Belair

MISCELLANEOUS

HEALTH CARE

2010 Toyota Prius Model Five less than 22000 miles, advanced tech package, navigation, laser cruise, park assist, lane keep assist, one owner, garaged, 50mpg, white with tan leather, alloy wheels, XM, $34,000 new. $18,500. 928-468-6564

SERVICES

1x3 CD

2008 Mercury Sable, Low Miles, No Dents, Clean, $8,344. $500 Below KBB, 472-7125

2. The Whispering Pines Fire District Auxiliary is holding their annual rummage/bake/book sale on Saturday May 23rd from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. The sale will be at the Firehouse, 9 miles northeast of town, 10603 north Houston Mesa road. Lots of miscellaneous rummage items and good food. All proceeds go to support the fire district and the fire fighters.

10. 600 N. William Tell, Fri. & Sat. May 22 & 23 from 8am to ?: Baldwin Piano, Oak Jewelry Armoire, Jewelry, Oil Paintings, Antiques & Collectibles, Garden Tractors, Motorized Bicycle, Sun Scope Tune-up Machine, Eden Pure Heator and Lots of Misc.

NO SALE IF RAINING!

Ray’s Auto Exchange, 615 W. Main, 928-978-8375

CARS

RUMMAGE SALES

YARD SALES

GENERAL

Get the best results!

NAVAJO Hiring CDL-A Truck Drivers. Plenty of miles!

No-Touch Freight, New Equipment, Great Benefits! 6 mo. recent tractor/trailer exp. in last 3 years. Navajo 866-535-6925.

(AzCAN) DRIVER TRAINEES NEEDED in Phoenix! Learn to drive for Werner Enterprises! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Earn $40K first year! CDL training in Phoenix! 1-888-512-7114.

(AzCAN) Instruction / Training Want A Career Operating Heavy Equipment? Bulldozers, Backhoes, Excavators. Hands On Training! Certifications Offered. National Average 18-22 hr. Lifetime Job Placement. VA Benefits Eligible! 1-866-362-6494 (AzCAN) AIRLINE CAREERS begin here.

Get FAA approved Aviation Technician training. Financial Aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance, 866314-5370. (AzCAN)

classifiedarizona.com. (AzCAN) MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES needed! Become a Medical Office Assistant! No experience needed! Online training gets you job ready! HS Diploma/GED & PC needed! 1-888-926-6058.

(AzCAN) Land for Sale NORTHERN AZ WILDERNESS RANCH $249 MONTH. Quiet & secluded 36 acre off grid ranch at cool clear 6,400í elevation near historic pioneer town & fishing lake. No urban noise & dark sky nights. Blend of mature evergreens & grassy meadows with sweeping views across 640 acres of adjoining State Trust land. Abundant clean groundwater, garden soil, maintained gravel road & free well access.

Camping and RV ok. $28,900, $2,890 dn, seller financing. Free brochure with photos/topo map/ weather/ area info 1st United 800.966.6690 sierramountainranch.com. (AzCAN) Real Estate ADVERTISE YOUR HOME, property or business for sale in 77 AZ newspapers. Reach more than 2 million readers for ONLY $330!

Call this newspaper or visit: www.

Real Estate Auction TWO 4-STORY COMMERCIAL OFFICE BLDGS. Public Auction: June 4, 2015 at 11am. Prime central Phoenix location. Please visit AmericanAuctionCo.com or call Kimberli Baker at 602-4057752 (AzCAN) Satellite DIRECTV Starting at $19.99/ mo. FREE Installation. FREE 3 months of HBO SHOWTIME CINEMAX starz. FREE HD/ DVR Upgrade! 2015 NFL Sunday Ticket Included (Select Packages) New Customers Only.

CALL 1-800-404-9329. (AzCAN) DISH NETWORK: Get MORE for LESS! Starting $19.99/month (for 12 months.) PLUS Bundle & SAVE (Fast Internet for $15 more/month.) CALL Now 1-800318-1693. (AzCAN) Wanted to Buy Autos WANTED: Old Mercedes 190sl, 280sl, Jaguar XKE, Porsche, or pre-1972 SPORTSCARS/ convertibles. ANY CONDITION! I come with trailer & cash. FAIR OFFERS! Finders fee! Mike 520977-1110. (AzCAN)

PAYSON ROUNDUP

4B APARTMENTS FOR RENT Lazy “D” Ranch RV Park Studio, Apts. & RV Spaces for Rent - Call for Availablity Water/Sewer/Trash & Cable Included 928-474-2442

Nice 1Br/1Ba & Loft Apts.

New Paint, Either Unit, $450.mo in Quiet Adult Community, Just Came Available, Call Debbie, 608-359-2071

Positively Payson

Warm & Cozy Community nestled in the Pines!

Forest Hills Condominiums

333 N. McLane Large 1-2 Bedrooms WOOD BURNING FIREPLACE WASHER & DRYER COVERED PARKING PET FRIENDLY CLOSE TO RUMSEY PARK & LIBRARY

Call Caroline 928-472-6055

Rentals CD

Now Renting!

Green Valley Apartments 905 S. McLane Road Payson, AZ 85541 INCOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY Newer apartments located off historic Main Street and just down the road from beautiful Green Valley Park.

2 & 3 Bedroom Apartment Homes Bright, open layouts Onsite laundry facility Playground area Community room Satellite ready

See Manager for details Phone (928) 472-4639 Hearing Impaired TDD# 800-545-1833 x298

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT $1075.mo = .69 Cents sf.

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1305 N. Camelot, 5BD, 3BD . . . . . . . . . . . . $2200 1704 W. Birch Dr., 2BD, 2BD . . . . . . . . . . . $1200 703 W. Saddle Ln., 3BD, 2BD . . . . . . . . . . . $950 89 Milky Way, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $950 700 N. Snead, 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $900 200 E. Malibu Dr. D2, 2BD, 2BA. . . . . . . . . . $800 204 E. Jura Cir. #B, 2BD, 1BA . . . . . . . . . . . $700 205 E. Forest Dr. #11, 1BD, 1BA . . . . . . . . . $525 607 S. Beeline Hwy Sp19, 1BD, 1BA . . . . . . $460

BISON COVE CONDOS 200 E. Malibu Dr. Units C4 and C8 available Pine Model, 2BD, 2BA Unfurnished $800 Furnished $950

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HORSE PROPERTY FOR RENT 2 BR, 2 BA 1344 SF, 288 E Buckboard Trail, Tonto Creek, AZ, 85541, 12 months lease, $850 Plus Tax, Aimee 480-620-3226.

Order: 10075852 Cust: -Gila Community College Distric Keywords: Budget art#: 20126580 Class: Public Notices Size: 6.00 X 21.00

TUEDAY, MAY 19, 2015 OFFICIAL BUDGET FORMS GILA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT GILA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FISCAL YEAR 2016

MOBILE/RV SPACES

GILA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT GILA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 SUMMARY OF BUDGET DATA

Mountain Shadows R.V. & Mobile Home Park Nice 5th wheel trailer for rent $450.00 a month, big slide out, furnished, a/c, microwave, sewer, trash, included also RV Spaces available for $256.55.mo Walking distance to downtown Payson with onsite Manager, Laundry facilities, and Game room Call Shawn at 928-474-2406 One Bedroom Park Model Mobile Home,Partially Furnished, Includes,Water/Sewer/Electric & Satellite TV,Garbage not Included $600.mo + $500.Sec.Dep.Call Steve 928-474-9859 or 928-978-9701

Increase/Decrease From Budget 2015 To Budget 2016 Budget 2016 I.

NOTICE: You have a right to appear as a party in this proceeding.

Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least ten (10) days before your scheduled court date.

The failure to appear at the Initial Hearing, Pretrial Conference, Status Conference or Termination Adjudication Hearing, without good cause, may result in a finding that the parent, guardian or Indian custodian has waived legal rights and is deemed to have admitted the allegations in the Petition.

Failure to appear at the Initial Hearing, Pretrial Conference, Status conference or Termination Adjudication Hearing, without good cause, may result in a finding that the parent, guardian or Indian custodian has waived legal rights and is deemed to have admitted the allegations in the Petition.

The hearings may go forward in the absence of the parent, guardian or Indian custodian and may result in the termination of parental rights based upon the record and evidence presented.

15777: 5/15, 5/19, 5/22/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: THIRSY CAMEL GARAGE LLC File No. L-1995754-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 222 W. Aero Dr. #A, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Ashley Reid, 8902 E. Via Linda #110, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.

(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: Ashley Reid, (x) manager, 8902 E. Via Linda #110, Scottsdale, AZ 85258; Charles Darling (x) manager, 8902 E. Via Linda #110, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.

15782: 5/12, 5/19, 5/26/2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Trust Estate of: JANE C. EILENFELDT, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that David J. Eilenfeldt has accepted his appointment as Successor Trustee of THE EILENFELDT FAMILY TRUST dated September 22, 1999, as amended, which completely amended and restated that certain trust originally dated June 4, 1987, and which was made irrevocable on March 4, 2015. All persons having claims against the decedent’s Trust Estate are required to present their claims within the time prescribed in A.R.S. § 14-3803, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Successor Trustee, c/o Nearhood Law Offices, PLC, 7537 East McDonald Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona 85250.

THE EILENFELDT FAMILY TRUST dated September 22, 1999, as amended, which completely amended and restated that certain trust originally dated June 4, 1987, and which was made irrevocable on March 4, 2015 By: /s/ David J. Eilenfeldt, David J. Eilenfeldt, Sole Successor Trustee STATE OF ARIZONA))ss. County of Maricopa) The foregoing Notice to Creditors was acknowledged before me, the undersigned Notary Public, this 2nd day of April, 2015, by David J. Eilenfeldt, in his capacity as Sole Successor Trustee of THE EILENFELDT FAMILY TRUST dated September 22, 1999, as amended, which completely amended and restated that certain trust originally dated June 4, 1987, and which was made irrevocable on March 4, 2015.

My Commission Expires: September 17, 2017; /s/ Joanna L. Knittle, Notary Public 15783: 5/1, 5/15, 5/19/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: GOLDEN STAR MINE, LLC File No. L-20024726 II. The address of the known place of business is: 16 N. Star Vale Dr. SPC 67, Star Valley, AZ 85541-3984.

III. The name and street ad-

Amount

%

CURRENT GENERAL AND PLANT FUNDS A.

LEGAL NOTICES 15773: 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26/2015 SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA MOHAVE COUNTY In the Matter of: ETHAN DOUGLAS HARRINGTON (Name of Minor Child) Dated: February 24, 2015 Case Number: SV 2015-07001 NOTICE OF INITIAL HEARING ON PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: Your rights may be affected. (ESTE ES UN AVISO LEGAL. Sus derechos podrian ser afectados.)

An Important court proceeding that affects your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or the other court papers, contact an attorney for legal advice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PETITIONER: TANYA GARCIA has filed a Petition for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship with the Mohave County Superior Court regarding the above named child or children and FATHER / STEVEN HARRINGTON Name of parent or parents whose rights are to be terminated, as well as any other known interested parties’ names.

NOTICE OF HEARING AN INITIAL HEARING HAS BEEN SET TO CONSIDER THE PETITION: HEARING DATE: June 12, 2015 TIME: 2:30 PM BEFORE: HONORABLE RICK LAMBERT HEARING PLACE: (x) 2001 College Drive, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403

Budget 2015

B.

II.

Expenditures: Current General Fund Unexpended Plant Fund Retirement of Indebtedness Plant Fund TOTAL

$

7,115,533 261,500

$

6,392,548 360,500

$

722,985 (99,000)

$

7,377,033

$

6,753,048

$

623,985

Expenditures Per Full-Time Student Equivalent (FTSE): Current General Fund $ Unexpended Plant Fund $ Projected FTSE Count

7,906 /FTSE 291 /FTSE 900

$ $

6,729 /FTSE 379 /FTSE 950

$ $

11.3% -27.5% 9.2%

1,177 /FTSE (89) /FTSE

17.5% -23.4%

TOTAL ALL FUNDS ESTIMATED PERSONNEL COMPENSATION Employee Salaries and Hourly Costs Retirement Costs Healthcare Costs Other Benefit Costs TOTAL

III.

$

$

$

$

$

$

SUMMARY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX LEVIES AND RATES A.

B.

Amount Levied: Primary Tax Levy Secondary Tax Levy TOTAL LEVY

$

4,111,994

$

3,992,061

$

119,933

3.0%

$

4,111,994

$

3,992,061

$

119,933

3.0%

Rates Per $100 Net Assessed Valuation: Primary Tax Rate Secondary Tax Rate TOTAL RATE

0.8522

0.9594

(0.1072)

-11.2%

0.8522

0.9594

(0.1072)

-11.2%

IV.

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PRIMARY PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 PURSUANT TO A.R.S. §42-

$

V.

AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM PRIMARY PROPERTY TAXES IN FISCAL YEAR 2015 IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AMOUNT AS CALCULATED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. §42-17051

$

4,109,483

SCHEDULE A

GILA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT GILA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 RESOURCES

General Fund 2016 BEGINNING BALANCES-July 1* Restricted Unrestricted Total Beginning Balances REVENUES AND OTHER INFLOWS Student Tuition and Fees General Tuition Out-of-District Tuition Out-of-State Tuition Student Fees Tuition and Fee Remissions or Waivers State Appropriations Maintenance Support Equalization Aid Capital Support Property Taxes Primary Tax Levy Secondary Tax Levy Gifts, Grants, and Contracts Sales and Services Investment Income State Shared Sales Tax Other Revenues Proceeds from Sale of Bonds Total Revenues and Other Inflows

$

CURRENT FUNDS Restricted Fund 2016

PLANT FUNDS Unexpended Retirement of Plant Fund Indebtedness 2016 2016

Auxiliary Fund 2016

$

$

$ 1,025,000 1,025,000 $

$

$

$

$

$

1,400,000 $

$

$

$

$

368,100

$

$

Other Funds 2016 $

Total All Funds 2016 $ $

$

540,000 540,000

$

1,400,000

$

1,400,000

529,000

52.8%

46,400

-100.0%

4,111,994

3,992,061

3.0%

50,000

325,000

325,000

80,000

200,000 80,000

200,000 80,000

200,000

TRANSFERS Transfers In (Transfers Out) Total Transfers

6,355,094 $

89.8% 89.8%

346,300

4,111,994

$

% Increase/ Decrease

$ 1,025,000 1,025,000

160,900

275,000

Total All Funds 2015

290,900 $

$

$

$

$

261,500 (261,500) (261,500)

6,645,994

$

261,500 (261,500)

6,389,761

360,500 (360,500)

4.0%

-27.5% -27.5%

261,500

Less: ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Total Resources Available for the Budget Year

$

7,118,594 $

290,900 $

$

261,500 $

$

$

7,670,994

$

6,929,761

10.7%

*These amounts exclude amounts not in spendable form (i.e., prepaids, inventories, and capital assets) or amounts legally or contractually required to be maintained intact.

SCHEDULE B GILA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT GILA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 EXPENDITURES AND OTHER OUTFLOWS

General Fund 2016 TOTAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THE BUDGET YEAR (from Schedule B) EXPENDITURES AND OTHER OUTFLOWS Instruction Public Service Academic Support Student Services Institutional Support (Administration) Operation and Maintenance of Plant Scholarships Auxiliary Enterprises Capital Assets Debt Service-General Obligation Bonds Debt Service-Other Long Term Debt Other Expenditures Contingency Total Expenditures and Other Outflows

CURRENT FUNDS Restricted Fund 2016

PLANT FUNDS Unexpended Retirement of Plant Fund Indebtedness 2016 2016

Auxiliary Fund 2016

Total All Funds 2016

Other Funds 2016

$

7,118,594 $

290,900 $

$

261,500 $

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

7,115,533

290,900

261,500

$

7,115,533 $

290,900 $

$

261,500 $

SCHEDULE C

$

$

7,670,994

Total All Funds 2015 $

% Increase/ Decrease

6,929,761

10.7%

7,406,433

6,568,948

12.7%

261,500

360,500

-27.5%

6,929,448

10.7%

$

7,667,933

$

PAYSON ROUNDUP

LEGAL NOTICES dress of the Statutory Agent is: Steven P. Oman, 8664 E. Chama Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85255.

(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: Cvetko Fink, Podturn 85a, 8350 Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenija.

15788: 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9/2015 TS#: 15-34842 Order #: 150088335-AZ-VOO NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 8/24/2006 and recorded on 8/30/2006, as Instrument No. 2006-014898, in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, at public auction to the highest bidder At the main entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501, on 7/17/2015 at 11:00 AM of said day. PARCEL NO. 1 THAT PORTION OF GOVERNMENT LO 7, SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT CORNER NO.3 OF HOMESTEAD ENTRY SURVEY NO. 446; THENCE SOUTH 07°21’00” WEST, ALONG THE LINE BETWEEN CORNERS NO. 3 AND NO. 2 OF SAID H.E.S. NO. 446, BEING THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 7, A DISTANCE OF 320.00 FEET TO THE WESTERLY CORNER COMMON TO THOSE PARCELS DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENTS RECORDED IN DOCKET 432, PAGE 273 AND DOCKET 700, PAGE 682, SAID CORNER BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID H.E.S. LINE SOUTH 07°21’00” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 308.50 FEET TO THE WESTERLY CORNER COMMON TO THOSE PARCELS DESCRIBED IN THE INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN DOCKET 700, PAGE 682 AND DOCKET 454, PAGE 456; THENCE NORTH 82°39’00” WEST, NORMAL TO SAID H.E.S. LINE, A DISTANCE OF 136.13 FEET TO A POINT WHICH LIES ON THE CENTERLINE OF MCLANE ROAD; THENCE NORTH 12°39’12” WEST, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, A DISTANCE OF 328.31 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 82°39’00” EAST, NORMAL TO SAID H.E.S. LINE, A DISTANCE OF 248.44 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THE WESTERLY 45 FEET THEREOF AS SET FORTH IN DOCKET 754, PAGE 476. PARCEL NO. 2 THAT PORTION OF HOMESTEAD ENTRY SURVEY NO. 446, BEING PARTS OF SECTION 33, 34 AND 27, TOWNSHIP

LEGAL NOTICES 11 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT CORNER NO. 3 OF SAID H.E.S. NO. 446; THENCE SOUTH 07°21’ WEST, A DISTANCE OF 320.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 07°21’ WEST, A DISTANCE OF 308.50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 82°39’ EAST, A DISTANCE OF 313.58 FEET; THENCE NORTH 10°33’ WEST, A DISTANCE OF 324.33 FEET; THENCE NORTH 82°39’ WEST, A DISTANCE OF 213.90 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING Per A.R.S. Section 33-803 (A)(2) the successor trustee appointed herein qualifies as Trustee of the trust deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona. ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION 33-808(C): Street address or identifiable location: 1401 N MCLANE ROAD PAYSON, AZ 85541 A.P.N.: 302-42-025C Original Principal Balance: $500,000.00 Name and address of original trustor: (as shown on the Deed of Trust) GERALD E RYDEN, AND SUSAN M RYDEN, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP 1401 N MCLANE ROAD PAYSON, AZ 85541 Name and address of beneficiary: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) The Bank of New York Mellon FKA the Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWALT, Inc. Alternative Loan Trust 2006-29T1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-29T1 4425 Ponce De Leon Blvd., 5th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33146 NAME, ADDRESS & TELEPHONE NUMBER OF TRUSTEE: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) Carrie Thompson Jones, a member of the State Bar of Arizona Law Offices of Les Zieve 112 North Central Avenue, Suite 425 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Phone Number: (602) 688-7420 SALE INFORMATION: Sales Line (714) 573-1965 or Website: www.priorityposting.com Dated: 4/14/2015 Carrie Thompson Jones Carrie Thompson Jones, a member of the State Bar of Arizona Per A.R.S. Section 33-803 (A)(2) the successor trustee appointed herein qualifies as Trustee of the trust deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona. State of Arizona ) ) ss. County of Maricopa ) On 04/14/2015, before me, LaKisha M. Eaden, a Notary Public for the State of Arizona, personally appeared Carrie Thompson Jones, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed

LEGAL NOTICES to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Lakisha M. Eaden Notary Public LAKISHA M. EADEN Notary Public - Arizona Maricopa County My Comm. Expires Sep 21, 2018 P1142367 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 06/09/2015 15790: 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9/2015 DCS’S NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP No. JD 201400005 (Honorable Gary V. Scales) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the matter of: ALYIAH SKYE LUNA d.o.b. 11-17-2004 LELAND EVAN GREENBERG d.o.b. 06-22-2011 LAYTON COLE GREENBERG d.o.b. 07-07-2013 LIAM KURT GREENBERG d.o.b. 01-12-2015 Person(s) under 18 years of age.

TO: IVAN LUNA, father of the above-named child/ren.

1. The Department of Child Safety, (DCS or the Department), by and through undersigned counsel, has filed a Motion for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship under Title 8, of the Arizona Revised Statutes and Rule 64 of the Arizona Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court.

2. The Court has set a continued initial/publication hearing on the 16th day of July 2015, at 10:30 a.m., at the Gila County Superior Court, 714 S. Beeline Hwy, #104, Payson, AZ 85541, before the Honorable Gary V. Scales for the purpose of determining whether any parent named herein is contesting the allegations in the Motion.

3. You and your child are entitled to have an attorney present at the hearing. You may hire your own attorney or, if you cannot afford an attorney and want to be represented by an attorney, one may be appointed by the Court.

4. You have a right to appear as a party in this proceeding. You are advised that your failure to personally appear in court at the initial hearing, pretrial conference, status conference, or termination adjudication, without good cause shown, may result in a finding that you have waived your legal rights and have admitted the allegations in the Motion. In addition, if you fail to appear without good cause, the

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES hearing may go forward in your absence and may result in termination of your parental rights based upon the record and the evidence presented to the Court.

5. If you are receiving this Notice by publication, you may obtain a copy of the Motion for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship and Notice of Hearing by submitting a written request to: TRACEY L. HEINRICK, Office of the Attorney General, 120 W. 1st Ave., 2nd Floor, Mesa, AZ 85210. The assigned child safety worker is Kristin Klee-Martinez and may be reached by telephone at 928.468.9811.

6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the court by parties at least three working days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding and can be made by calling 928.425.3231.

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

DATED this___day of May 2015.

MARK BRNOVICH Attorney General TRACEY L. HEINRICK Assistant Attorney General 15791: 5/15, 5/19, 5/22/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: INNOVATIVE RESOURCES, LLC File No. L-2002996-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 5657 Lou’s Lane, Pine, AZ 85544.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Jeff Passantino, 5657 Lou’s Lane, Pine, AZ 85544.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Jeff Passantino, 5657 Lou’s Lane; PO Box 802, Pine, AZ 85544.

15792: 5/15, 5/19, 5/22, 5/26, 5/29/2015; The Governing Board of the Pine Strawberry School District No. 12, extends an invitation to all qualified contractors to submit their bid to replace one exterior concrete basketball court in the east playground area at Pine Strawberry School. Bids are due by 10am, June 3, 2015. Bid Packets are available in the District Office at: 3868 N. Pine Creek Dr, Pine, AZ 85544 For more info call 928-476-3283

LEGAL NOTICES I. Name: WHITE TRASH BUCKS, LLC File No. L-20030172 II. The address of the known place of business is: 1810 Outlaw Lane, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Lisa Taylor, 600 W. Frontier Street, 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: James Johns, (x) member, PO Box 659, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553; John Ewing, (x) Member, PO Box 340, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553; Patrick Rayburn, PO Box 1799, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553; Clay Sopeland, (x) member, PO Box 369, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

Order: 10075156 Cust: -Central Arizona Association of Keywords: CAG Section 5310 art#: 20125612 Class: Public Notices Size: 4.00 X 6.00

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Order: 10075157 Cust: -Central Arizona Association of Keywords: CAG TIP art#: 20125613 Class: Public Notices Size: 3.00 X 3.00

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Central Arizona Government’s (CAG) Fiscal Year 2015-2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is available for review. The TIP will be available for review and comment from April 1, 2015 to May 15, 2015. A copy of the TIP is available during normal business hours at 1075 S. Idaho Road, Apache Junction, Arizona, from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM or can be downloaded from the CAG website (www.cagaz.org). If you have any comments or questions please contact Andy Smith at 480-4749300 or by email at asmith@cagaz.org.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, this notice also serves to inform interested parties that maximum reasonable accommodation for physical and information access to and regarding the proposed project will be provided to person(s) with special needs.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Under Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (49 U.S.C. 5310) transportation program of the U.S. Department of Transportation-Federal Transit Administration the Central Arizona Governments (CAG) is requesting comment on the CAG Human Services Coordinated Transportation Plan. This provides notice that Central Arizona Governments (CAG) is accepting comments from residents and interested parties within Gila and Pinal counties (cities, towns, tribal communities). This grant program provides coordination assistance to eligible organizations that provide vehicles to transport seniors and disabled persons.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, this notice also serves to inform interested parties that maximum reasonable accommodation for physical and information access to and regarding the proposed project will be provided to person(s) with special needs.

Transportation service providers in your area may be applicants for the Section 5310 grant program, and may include, but are not limited to, the following applicants: CAG, Central Arizona Council on Developmental Disabilities, Coolidge Cotton Express, Cobre Valley Transit, GEST, Globe Active Adult Center, Horizon Human Services, Pinal Hispanic Council, East Valley Adult Resources, Mountain Health and Wellness, On the Go Express, Payson Multi-Purpose Senior Center, Pinal County, PPEP/Encompass, Pinal Gila Council for Senior Citizens, San Carlos Apache Nnee Bich’ o Nii Services, Town of Hayden, Town of Kearny, and City of Maricopa.

Anyone wishing to review and comment on submitted CAG Human Services Coordinated Plan should do so by June 30, 2015, to CAG, located at 1075 S. Idaho Road, Suite 300, Apache Junction, AZ 85119. The CAG Human Services Coordinated Plan can be viewed on the CAG website: http://www.cagaz.org/ For further information, contact Angela Gotto, CAG 1075 S. Idaho Road, Suite 300, Apache Junction, AZ 85119, or call at (480) 474-9300, or toll free at (800) 782-1445, or by e-mail at agotto@cagaz.org.

15793: 5/15, 5/19, 5/22/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR

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tact Jean Oliver, (928) 474-6167; or Audrey Wilson. (928) 468-3108.

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Alzheimer’s caregivers support groups The Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group invites caregivers, families, service providers and members of the community to attend any or all of the following: • First and third Wednesdays of the month from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Center.

For more details, call Mary, (928) 474-3560. The Payson Senior Center is located at 514 W. Main St.

Payson Area Stroke Survivors The Payson Area Stroke Survivors is a support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers A meeting is held from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Mogollon Health Alliance Activity Room, 308 E. Aero Dr., Payson.

For information call Cyndi at (928) 970-0320.

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Becky Nissila, the new director of emergency services at Payson Regional Medical Center, will speak at a free program on preparing for a visit to the ER at noon, Wednesday, May 20 in the community room of the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road. Presented by Arizona Professional Writers, this program is open to the public. For details, call (928) 468-9269.

Moose Lodge events

The Women of the Moose meet at 5:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month. The Loyal Order of the Moose meetings are at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

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

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

The lodge is open to members and their guests.

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

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

International Police Association

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

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

Writers’ group has Payson Art League hosts program on ER Most people are not prepared for Divinity Creative Arts The next meeting of the Payson Art League will be on Tuesday, May 19 at the Church of the Nazarene, 200 E. Tyler Parkway. Bring your artwork to show, socialize and enjoy refreshments beginning at 6 p.m.

The meeting will start at 7 p.m. and our presenter will be Joe Klein, owner at Divinity Creative Arts & Marketing. Joe will be showcasing the Divinity Arts youth program which is a “classroom” structured program allowing 15 children per class to utilize and build on all areas of their creative brain. Within the program, local children will work hand-in-hand with the staff of Divinity Creative, LLC and various local artists to learn multiple aspects of the arts.

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.

an unexpected trip to the hospital emergency room. Becky Nissila, the new director of emergency services at Payson Regional Medical Center, will speak at a free program on the topic at noon, Wednesday, May 20 in the community room of the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road.

She will provide an insider’s view of emergency medicine and discuss what to expect in the ER, explaining how to best prepare prior to going to the hospital emergency room.

Presented by Arizona Professional Writers, this program is open to the public free of charge.

For more information, call (928) 468-9269.

Special Needs Family Support Group

The Special Needs Family Support Group luncheons are at noon the third Wednesday of each month at a different restaurant each month.

Call Lucy Karrys or Jacquelin Karrys at (928) 478-0231 for details (please leave a message).

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The Payson Walkers meet at 8 a.m. daily for an hour’s walk, mostly on pavement. Start sites are: Wednesday - Walgreen’s Thursday - Payson Library Friday - Home Depot Saturday - end of Longhorn Road Sunday - Senior Circle parking lot Monday - Payson Elks Tuesday - Parks & Rec Office at Green Valley Park.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tea Party hosts Thorpe The Payson Tea Party hosts Rep. Bob Thorpe from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 21 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260 Payson. Thorpe will give his take on bills from last legislative session and ideas he has for next session.

Bridge results Bridge winners Wednesday, May 13 were: Judy Fox and George Aucott, first; Sue Chester and Jerri Koch, second; Flo Moeur and Joan

Young, third.

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

Republicans host county assessor

The Rim Country Republican Club meets Monday, May 25 at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy 260, Payson.

Members and guests may gather at 11 a.m. to order lunch and to socialize. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., Deborah Hughes, Gila County assessor, will speak.

Call Nancy Cox at (928) 472-1172 for more information.

Kiwanis Club of Zane Grey Country Members of the Kiwanis Club of Zane Grey Country, an international service club invite Rim residents to join them in supporting the area’s children and their families when they meet at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson, from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., Thursdays. Contact Mike Clark,

(602) 510-9431 or Bobby Davis, (928) 978-4323.

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

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

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

You gain new friends, along with invaluable information and support in your weight loss journey. Come check us out! If you have any questions, call Ilona at (928) 472-3331.

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