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Blustery storm drops tree on Star Valley house Normally bone-dry June brings rain, wind by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

A rare, cold June storm blew into Rim Country on Thursday, surprising residents and sending at least one tree crashing into the roof of a Star Valley home.

Judy Rose said, “I was just out in the back yard when the wind came up and I said, ‘We’re going to have a storm.’ I went back in the house and whoosh — there it goes. It sounded like an avalanche.

The giant, white-barked tree snapped off at the base and crashed down on the roof of the home of Robert and Judy Rose on Moonlight Drive. It also smashed the back end of their SUV parked in the

driveway.

The couple was unhurt, but the impact on the roof splintered one of the support beams of the high-ceilinged rental home.

Robert said he had just canceled his renters insurance as he struggled to pay medical bills resulting from the complications of his diabetes.

The National Weather Service said the storm generated gusts of up to 37 miles an hour, but residents throughout Rim Country reported very strong, localized winds — perhaps even microbursts.

The wind snapped off the tree in front of Rose’s house close to the ground, without pulling

• See Storm damages, page 2A

Chopper saves hiker Pete Aleshire/Roundup

Robert Rose walks down his driveway after Thursday’s storm sent a massive tree crashing down on his car and home. The rare, June series of storms will likely continue into Saturday.

Fire restrictions imposed Despite rain, dry fuels spur ban on smoking and fires

by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

So it begins.

Fire restrictions officially started at 8 a.m., Friday, June 5, which means no campfires at disbursed campsites, target shooting, using internal combustion power tools, welding equipment or torches with open flames, operating combustion engines without spark-arresting devices in effective working order and that meet either USDA or SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) standards.

All of this despite the National Weather Service predicting a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms starting Friday going through Saturday.

Payson followed suit on Thursday, imposing essentially the same fire restrictions within the town limits.

For Forest Service Fuels Special­ ist Gary Roberts, this is not a surprise.

“Even though showers are likely through this weekend, the moisture content of our 10,100, and 1,000 hour fuels is very low,” he said.

“There is a possibility that dry, windy conditions (Friday) could lift fire conditions to critical.”

Year-to-date, the Southwest Coordination Center reports 716 fires have occurred in the Southwest with 87,676 acres burned. Humans caused 94 percent of those fires.

Under the SCC fuels status, Payson’s fuels have an energy release component of 87 as of Wednesday, June 3. Forest Service fuels specialists say once that ERC number reaches 90, fire restrictions start.

The weather could play a dangerous part in fire restrictions, however. Many fires start during

these dry lightning storms.

“The eastern side of the Payson Ranger District is most likely to see precip,” said Roberts, “Prior to the showers that are forecast for this weekend, our relative humidity has hovered at just 7 to 12 percent.”

This dry, hot weather has quickly escalated the fire danger not present during the cool, high-humidity Memorial Day weekend.

“As temperatures reach the 100-degree mark, the abundant grass crop the desert received because of winter rains dries out, raising the fire danger to high” said Acting Tonto National Forest Fire Staff Bill Crolly, “These precautionary measures help prevent humancaused wildfires, preventing unnecessary exposure to firefighters.”

Already at the Payson Airport, the Hotshot fire crews stationed there are on high alert.

Fire restrictions apply to building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire or charcoal-burning device.

Violating fire restrictions can

• See Forest Service, page 10A

Man lost for days without food or water by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

On Tuesday, June 2, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Public Safety collaborated to rescue a 58-yearold Tucson man who had survived three days without water on the Arizona Trail.

But he didn’t have to.

“There are several springs along the trail,” said Sergeant Rodney Cronk of the Gila County Sheriff’s Office. “He found a couple of them, but didn’t like the quality of the water he saw … he apparently didn’t have a water filter.”

Cronk served as the commander for the rescue operation that took place in the Mazatzal Wilderness on the Arizona Trail between Roosevelt Lake and Payson. He spoke with the rescued hiker when the DPS helicopter that rescued him landed.

The patient was then taken to a Native Air medical helicopter for transport to Payson Regional Medical Center.

Cronk said the man had

Photo courtesy of the Department of Public Safety

This DPS rescue helicopter helped locate and then rescue a hiker lost for three days on the Arizona Trail near Payson. just finished one liter of intravenous fluid when he landed.

Paramedics started another in the chopper on his way to the hospital.

Cronk said the rescue started when the man’s wife called early in the morning saying she had received a text from her husband saying he was out of water and needed help.

“I sent a helicopter up there and the available one was DPS,” said Cronk.

In a press release, DPS said

it launched a helicopter from Flagstaff that began the search at 5 a.m. on Tuesday.

“Forty-five minutes into the search for the hiker, (the pilot and paramedic crew) observed a backpack and sleeping bag strewn about the ground before locating the man in a prone position with one of his hands in the air; the man was unable to even turn his head to look at our helicopter,” said Terry Miyachi, DPS aviation commander.

See Chopper, page 9A

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Cragin watershed work starts

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Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

The U.S. Forest Service has agreed to start a 64,000-acre thinning project on the watershed feeding into the C.C. Cragin Reservoir by the summer of 2017.

The Coconino National Forest has already started the environmental analysis for a thinning project on the thickly overgrown watershed that provides Rim Country with its guarantee of a long-term water supply.

The project will likely reduce tree densities on one of the most productive watersheds in the state from 1,000 trees per acre to fewer than 100 trees per acre. The project would therefore dramatically reduce the odds of a crown fire.

Water managers fear that a crown fire on the small, steeply sloped, badly overgrown watershed would effectively sterilize the soil — leading to a dramatic increase in erosion.

The resulting mudslides could quickly fill the 15,000-acre-foot reservoir with sediment, dramatically reducing its storage capacity.

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sis on the watershed this summer stems from an agreement to protect the watershed signed last summer. The agreement involved the Salt River Project, Payson, the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, Gila County and the National Forest Foundation.

“The C.C. Cragin Reservoir and the East Clear Creek watersheds are time bombs waiting to explode in yet another catastrophic landscape-scale fire on the Rim like the 2002 Rodeo-Chediski and the 2011 Wallow — half million acre fires,” said Pascal Berlioux, executive director of the Eastern Arizona Counties Organization, which recently organized a flyover of the watershed for a dozen state lawmakers.

The ponderosa pine forests that cover the watershed atop the Rim have adapted to frequent, low-intensity wildfires. Such fires burn through pine litter and small trees every five to 10 years, creating an open, grassy forest. But grazing, logging and a century of fire suppression effort have allowed tree densities to increase from perhaps 40 per acre to 1,000 per acre across the entire

watershed.

Fires in such dense forests burn far hotter than the natural fires, searing the soil so it can no longer absorb water normally and so thoroughly consuming the trees that the ponderosas can’t return for decades — if ever.

Mega fires like the Rodeo-Chediski and the Wallow fires cost hundreds of millions to fight and can consume entire communities.

But even relatively small fires can do lasting damage in an overgrown forest, said Berlioux.

“The Schultz Fire in Flagstaff burned 15,000 acres,” he said. “When it was said and done, it cost more than $150 million.”

Tragically, the Forest Service had approved a thinning project in the area the fire consumed, said Berlioux. “Schultz, was NEPA approved. It had been offered to the (timber) industry. But there was no taker because the infrastructure was not in place to take it. We could have treated Schultz at zero dollars to the government and we would never have had a fire,” said Berlioux.

Hunter Moore, policy adviser to Gov. Doug Ducey on natural resources said thinning costs far less than paying the cost of a major fire — especially if the timber industry can cover Pete Aleshire/Roundup the cost of the thinning by making a profit on If a crown fire seared the thickly forested watershed of the C.C. Cragin Reservoir, it could fill with mud from denuded slopes.

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Teresa McQuerrey

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The Star Valley Town Council on June 2 approved a $6.8 million fiscal 2015-16 budget to serve its 2,400, which works out to about $2,800 per resident.

The expenses include law enforcement, road improvements, continued maintenance of wells and water lines and development of reliable water resources, funding to assist the area’s Meals on Wheels and Senior Ridership programs, the town’s little community park and the salary and benefits for the small town staff that keeps the municipality of Star Valley operating.

Revenues for those $6.8 million in expenses are fluid — but then, so are the expenses. The town has to build its budget based on historic trends and best guess scenarios.

Many of the town’s expenses are for projects it hopes to fund with grants. If the grants don’t come in, the projects are shelved. Should the town win the grants for which it applies, it cannot spend the money unless the project is in the budget.

For instance, a couple of recent grant applications were unsuccessful — one made to the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority and another made to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

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than the town’s budget for FY 2014-15. It reflects slightly increased revenues from city sales and franchise taxes; state income sharing, state sales and auto license taxes; plus a bump in building permit fees.

The town’s big revenue engine, its photo enforcement program, is a bit of a mixed bag. The actual funds generated for FY 14-15 exceeded projections by a little more than $175,000. But rather than basing the new budget on the higher number, the town’s staff kept projections conservative, expecting the program to generate $889,000 in the new year, less than what was received in FY 14-15, but more than was anticipated. The town uses the photo enforcement funds to pay for services from the Gila County Sheriff’s Office and the costs to adjudicate speeding violations. It expects those combined expenses to be a little more than $1 million, so the balance must come from the general fund.

The town expects additional revenues from both the state and county, however, most of it can only be spent on designated projects. For instance, the Highway User Fund Revenue and the new Gila County Transportation Taxes are restricted to road projects.

Topping the town’s general fund expenses is the $2.5 million in its contingency fund, followed by $600,000 in its rainy day fund — both are actually savings cushions built into the budget for emergencies.

It plans to spend $564,667 for staff salaries and benefits; and $130,406 on the B. Diane McDaniel Community Park; $56,399 for the council.

The water department revenues and expenses are kept apart from the general fund in a water enterprise fund. A total of $803,935 is budgeted for the water department, funded with grants and customer fees.

Other business

The council awarded the contract for construction of the Quail Valley Well Site to Buck Mountain, a firm based in Strawberry, which will be using local employees. It bid $256,378 for the project, which includes improvements to the well that can produce 80 gallons per minute, two storage tanks and a structure for the well mechanics. The firm gave the lowest bid among four that responded.

Following a presentation on building bathrooms in the community park, the council authorized the staff to prepare formal documents and put the work out for bids.

The proposal is for a site-built structure with two restrooms, one for women with two stalls and one for men with a single stall and urinal, both will have sinks and electricity.

The fixtures will be stainless steel and the structures durable low maintenance.

The staff estimated the cost would be about $80,000.

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For residents besides the Roses, the storm represented another reprieve from the onset of the fire season, always at its worst in June. The region gets little rain in June normally, but this year Rim Country has received more than 8 inches since January, with more due in the next few days.

“This is unusual, but unusually welcome,” said Brian Kimowski meteorologist of the National Weather Service of the rain in June.

Usually June is the hottest, driest, most fire prone month of the year for Rim Country, but a very unusual trough (low pressure system) over Southern California has drawn up moist air from Pacific hurricanes dumping it on Arizona explained Kimowski.

“Normally we don’t see this strong of an arc of low pressure in the middle atmosphere,” said Kimowski.

The meteorologist explained that the atmosphere moves like eddies in water. When swirled, the water has ridges and troughs — or in atmospheric terms, highs and lows.

Coupled with two historically early hurricanes from the Eastern Pacific, Andres and Blanca, excessive moisture will cause unsettled weather including thunderstorms for the next week.

No one, from the Forest Service to the Weather Service, believes the moisture will make a huge difference to the dryness of the grass, brush and trees which are tinder dry from the low humidity and high winds of last week. The lightning could even contribute to the fire danger.

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“During the monsoon, its much weaker (atmospheric) dynamics,” said Kimowski. “Largely it’s the weakness in the gradients that allows the monsoons to form.”

He did say that for someone on the ground, however, the rain this week would be hard to differentiate from the start of the monsoons.

Officially, the monsoon starts on June 15 annually — but the familiar storm systems with their towering thunderheads typically don’t develop until sometime in July. Arizona gets half its annual moisture during the monsoon.

The region could have an unusually active monsoon season, due to the development of El Niño conditions at the surface of the Eastern Pacific. Even an average monsoon season generates about 2,300 lightning caused fires annually. The greatest danger lies in the period after the start of the monsoon lightning storms but before the onset of the heavy

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The Hellsgate Fire Department arrived to help Judy and Robert Rose clear enough branches to free their car and make it safe to stay in their house after the storm snapped off a tree at its base. rains.

The current, unseasonable storms should move on by Sunday as the low pressure shifts, but it will leave the moisture it brought up with it from the south. Before it breaks up, the storm system could generate 60 mile-an-hour

winds and even hail in excess of one inch in diameter.

Conditions should dry out by Monday, but new storm systems could develop in the middle of next week.

So in the meantime, enjoy the reprieve — just don’t start a fire.

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The Payson First Church of the Nazarene again invites Rim residents to participate in a special food program, its “Nothing Wasted” food distribution ministry.

Visit the church at 200 E. Tyler Parkway (across from Home Depot) from noon to 6 p.m. today, Friday, June 5, pay $10 and get a ticket for a grocery cart of food. Distribution is from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., Saturday, June 6 at the church — individual food collection times are on the back of the ticket.

Normally included in the “cart”: meat, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, yogurt, chips and various other grocery items.

There are no income restrictions, however only a single ticket will be sold to a household.

Supplies are limited and no refunds will be issued.

Reservations due for Senior Connections Conference

Rim residents and visitors interested in attending the June 12 Senior Connections Conference must make reservations by Friday, June 5 by calling (520) 836-2758 or 1-800-293-9393.

There is no fee, but registration is required as seating is limited.

Once again the event will be at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino in Payson.

Programs include information on the latest in Alzheimer’s treatment and care; stress and pain; Payson area veterans’ healthcare; an update on the community from the Payson Police Department; and a panel discussion of Payson area caregiver resources. There will also be a special tribute to veterans.

A continental breakfast and lunch will be served.

Ballroom Dance Party Another Hawkeye’s Ballroom Dance Party is planned at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, June 6 at The Center, 514 W. Main St., Payson.

A $5 contribution per person is requested.

No alcohol may be brought to the facility.

Coffee is provided and attendees are welcome to bring snacks.

The next Hawkeye’s Ballroom Dance Party is Saturday, June 20. The events are normally the first and third Saturday of each month, same time, same location.

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Mud Run and Mountain High Games this weekend

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 is $70 per person. The kids’ event is $5 per child. Registration is on site today (Friday, June 5), from noon to 6 p.m. and from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., Saturday, June 6.

There is an adult run for ages 12 and up and a Kidz Monster Mudder for ages 6-11, both on Saturday. Three ATV trail rides are planned, one Friday night, another Saturday, and a third on Sunday.

This is truly a family affair with a vendor show, beer garden and all kinds of family entertainment and music.

Contact the Payson Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department, (928) 474-5242, ext. 7 for details or go online to www.paysonrimcountry.com.

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With farmers from the north and south, we have a wide selection of organically grown spring greens, root veggies and tons of heirloom tomatoes, both hydroponic and from the soil. A juicy free range steak and a fresh-made pie for dessert, oh so delicious! Open Saturday 8-noon; 816 S. Beeline Hwy. Info: www.PaysonFarmersMarket.com “the happy place to be.”

Register now for kids camps

The Payson Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department has summer day camps planned from mid-June through late July.

All participants must register online at paysonrimcountry.com or at the Parks & Recreation Office in Green Valley Park two weeks prior to the start of camp.

The cost is $35 per participant and generally a free lunch is provided. The camps are at Rim Country Middle School. Children as young as 4, if they are potty trained, will be accepted. The “senior” members can be sixth-grade students.

An Olympic Games Camp is planned from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 15-18. There will be both individual and team contests.

Next is a Water Fun Camp, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 22-25. This is followed by Patriot Week Camp June 29-July 2. Schoolyard Craze is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 6-9. A Discovery Camp is planned from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July 20-23.

Register for camps at www.paysonrimcountry.com or at the Payson Parks & Recreation Office, (928) 474-5242, ext. 7.

Joanie sings the Blues

Join Joanie Smith, vocalist and jazz guitarist with Jason Larson, string bassist and Gerry Reynolds, drummer from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m,, Friday, June 5 at Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson, for and evening of blues.

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The performance is free, but for a $5 donation you will receive barbecue pork sandwich sliders, coleslaw and a drink.

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No reservations needed, but if you would let us know that you plan to come, that will provide added encouragement while rehearsing for the performance.

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Play preview at First Friday

Throughout the month of June, Payson’s nonprofit alumni theatre group Setting the Stage will perform “Pity Party” with a single scene preview at Down the Street Art Gallery the evening of Friday, June 5. The gallery is at 703 W. Main, Payson.

The play is a romantic comedy written and directed by Clint Nichols. The play will be performed at the Black Box theatre at Payson High School June 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, and 27 and at other locations to be announced at a later date.

The group was founded to help raise scholarships for current Payson High School students.

Rim Country Museum yard sale Saturday

The Rim Country Museum plans its Second Annual Yard Sale from 7 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 6 at the museum in Green Valley Park.

The majority of items will be on sale in exchange for a donation, which will support the Northern Gila County Historical Society.

Organizers stress no early birds.

Brush pit schedule

This coming weekend, the Regional Payson Area Project… for a Fire Wise Rim Country will be staffing free brush drop-off points at the following locations, weather permitting: Saturday, June 6 the Blattner Pit will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Blattner Pit is located at Milepost 259.7 on Highway 260, east of Payson; Sunday, June 7 the Pine Pit will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Pine Pit is located .7 of a mile east of Highway 87 on Control Road, south of Pine.

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The MC6 A Cappella group opens the annual Concert Under the Stars series at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 6 in the Green Valley Park amphitheatre. Presented by the Payson Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department and sponsored by SuddenLink and Majestic Rim, the series features concerts at 7 p.m. every Saturday through July 25, with both visiting and local artists.

The Men’s Ministry at Ponderosa Bible Church cordially invites all men in the community to a delicious hot breakfast at 8 a.m., Saturday, June 6. Following the meal, which costs $1, a new study series begins, “Stepping Up--Part Two”.

Ponderosa Bible Church is located at 1800 N. Beeline Highway, just south of Home Depot.

Summer fest in Pine

The 25th Annual Pine/Strawberry Summer Fest (formerly the Strawberry Festival) will be held June 6 and 7 at the Pine Strawberry Community Center, 3886 N. Highway 87.

Events are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, June 6 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Sunday, June 7.

Enjoy cool mountain air, arts and craft vendors, food, music and all kinds of strawberry treats.

The event is hosted by the Pine Strawberry Business Community. More information can be found online at www. psbcaz.comsummer.

In conjunction with the festivities, there are two huge community yard sales planned for the weekend.

The Riff Raff Club’s annual “Naked Yard Sale” begins at 7 a.m., Saturday, June 6 in the lot next to Payson Concrete in Pine.

Karolyn’s Wish is hosting its annual “Super-Sized Yard Sale” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Windmill Corner in Strawberry.

Proceeds from both sales go to help Rim Country needy.

Free Child I.D. Clinic A special Free Child I.D. Clinic offered by the Payson Police Department takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 6 at the Payson Police Department, 303 N. Beeline Highway.

The program is for children 3 and older, accompanied by their parent or guardian.

Each child will be given a laminated photo I.D. card for their the parent or guardian to keep and the parent or guardian will also be given a CD with the child’s photo, digital fingerprints, video, voice recording and child safety tips.

The PPD encourages registering for the service by emailing: llinkey@paysonaz.gov or calling (928) 474-5242, extension 209.

The clinic is on a first come, first served basis, with appointments honored first.

Without an appointment, there may be a long wait time.

The PPD is co-sponsoring the program with the Arizona Crime Prevention Association, Inc.

Unity hosts “Celebrate Yourself” workshop “You have absolutely everything you need, to do whatever you want” is the theme of a workshop to be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 6 at the Payson Community Kids building, 213 S. Colcord.

Led by licensed Unity teacher Betty Bennett, the workshop draws on the work of long-time Unity minister Eric Butterworth.

In the class, participants will gain the tools to access God-given gifts and abilities, to pursue true joy.

Bennett uses prayer, meditation, discussion and activities to illuminate Butterworth’s book, “Celebrate Yourself”.

A love offering of $15 is requested. To register, email unityofpayson@gmail.org.

Native American Flute Circle meets The Native American Flute Circle meets at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 6 at Tom Russell’s insurance office behind Fargo’s Steakhouse, 620 E. Hwy 260, Suite D-3. Learn to play this user-friendly instrument or just come and enjoy the relaxing music. Reservations not needed. But for more information, call (928) 474-1233.

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

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Non-profits Coming Together meet June 19 Non-profits Coming Together will meet to discuss the 2015 Christmas Program from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, June 19 in the Fireside Conference Room at Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.

Non-profit organizations interested in participating are welcome to attend. For additional information, contact Michell Marinelli at (928) 474-6044, extension 5304.

Community Breakfast Shepherd of The Pines Lutheran Church hosts a community breakfast from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., Friday, June 12 at 507 W. Wade Lane. Breakfast includes scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, hash browns, coffee and juice.

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

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

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

State veterans’ services director visits Payson The new director for the Arizona Department of Veterans Services Wanda A. Wright visits Payson at 10 a.m., Friday, June 12 at the Messinger’s Funeral Home, 901 S. Westerly Road.

This is an opportunity for area veterans and their families to meet the new director, listen to her plans for now and the future and to ask questions.

Summer food for kids Children can have both free breakfast and lunch this summer at Julia Randall Elementary and Rim Country Middle School.

Breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday through July 30. Lunch is available from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday through July 16.

Adult meals are available for purchase: $2 for breakfast and $3 for lunch.

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Get food cart tickets: $10 tickets at First Church of the Nazarene, noon to 6 p.m., distribution 7-10 a.m., Saturday • Mountain High Games/Mud Run: Payson Event Center, Friday afternoon through Sunday morning • First Friday: events at Community Presbyterian Church and Down the Street Art Gallery

• Mtn. High Games/Mud Run: registration 6-8 a.m., run at 9 a.m., Payson Event Center • Naked Yard Sale: 7 a.m., Pine • Yard Sale: 7 a.m. to noon, Rim Country Museum • Summer Fest, Pine Community Center: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., continues Sunday • Child I.D. program: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Payson Police Department • Flute Circle: 2 p.m., 620 E. Hwy. 260 Ste. D-3

• Rim Country Museum: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy.

• Bingo: 1 p.m., Elks Lodge, open to the public

• Payson Public 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

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

June 12 • Community Breakfast at Shepherd of the Pine Lutheran Church, 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., free will offering • Strawberry Patchers Quilt Show: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., cultural hall of Pine/Strawberry Community Center, admission is $2 June 13 • Strawberry Patchers Quilt Show: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., cultural hall of Pine/Strawberry Community Center, admission is $2

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4A Friday, June 5, 2015

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lookback • June 6, 1944: Known as D-Day, 160,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from control of Nazi Germany. Within three months, the northern part of France would be freed and Allied forces would be preparing to enter Germany.

• June 7, 1893: Mohandas K. Gandhi, a young Indian lawyer working in South Africa, commits his first act of civil disobedience when he refuses to comply with racial segregation rules on a train and is forcibly ejected. The British-educated Gandhi influenced leaders of civil-rights movements around the world.

• June 4, 1974: The Cleveland Indians had “Ten Cent Beer Night.” Due to the drunken and unruly fans the Indians forfeited to the Texas Rangers.

• June 5, 1993: Julie Krone rides Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes to become the first female jockey ever to win a Triple Crown race. Krone won her first horse race at just 5 years old in a 21-and-under race.

Forest Service gives us hope The solid progress on thinning the watershed draining into the C.C. Cragin Reservoir gives us cause for hope.

Salt River Project officials say that crews working for the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) contractor will thin a few thousand acres this summer. It turns out, the 64,000-acre watershed has some of the highest-value timber among the parcels already approved by the Forest Service for cutting.

Moreover, the Forest Service has also started an environmental analysis to cover the whole 64,000 acres, which constitutes one of the most productive watersheds in the state. That analysis will take place outside of the 4FRI contract, which means it may escape the balky, fitful timetable of the 4FRI contractor.

That’s great news.

Because until the Forest Service thins that watershed, we will remain one careless camper away from disaster on a vital watershed on which Rim Country’s economic future depends.

In an era when mega fires can easily consume 500,000 acres, a 64,000-acre blaze would barely rank as major.

But the effects on Rim Country could nonetheless prove catastrophic.

The deep, narrow, meandering C.C. Cragin Reservoir holds about 15,000 acre-feet of water. Payson has rights to about 3,000 acre-feet, enough to more than double its long-term water supply. With that water, we can become a university town with 38,000 residents and a thriving, diverse, year-round economy. Without that water, we’re essentially done — with no water to support any significant future growth or industry. We’ll go back to water rationing as the water table falls.

A crown fire on the C.C. Cragin watershed would sear the soil, sweep away all the trees and dramatically increase erosion for decades to come. A century of mismanagement has allowed tree densities to reach perhaps 1,000 per acre across most of that watershed. Instead of a healthy, fire-adapted, 50-trees-per-acre forest — we have tree thickets and a countdown to disaster.

The resulting erosion on the watershed following a crown fire will send huge mudslides sluicing into the reservoir, dramatically reducing its capacity. It would also dramatically reduce the quality of the water, imposing steep costs on Payson to filter drinking water from the mess that remains.

Fortunately, Payson, the Salt River Project, Gila County, the Forest Service, the National Forest Foundation and others have teamed up to turn the C.C. Cragin watershed into a model of cooperation and pro-active management.

Everyone who lives in Rim Country is indebted to the shrewd, far-sighted persistence of this region’s water managers — who worked for decades to secure the Cragin bounty and have now taken this creative and far-sighted step to protect what they have won.

Certainly, we’ve had our fair share of bouts of frustrated hand-wringing when it comes to the pace at which the Forest Service makes crucial decisions.

But not today.

Today, we’re grateful the Forest Service seems eager and willing to make the protection of this vital watershed a top priority — even if it means thinking outside the box and doing things in new and creative ways.

Now if Payson and Gila County would just adopt effective Firewise programs and a Wildland Urban Interface Building Code, we’d throw a party.

But then, that’s getting greedy.

For today, we’ll settle for an unfamiliar burst of hope caused by the Forest Service’s far-sighted action.

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Editor: “A heartfelt and sincere thank you to all who attended one or more of our four Memorial Day events this past Memorial Day weekend.

Those who presented stepped up to the plate and shared their sincere thoughts and those who attended came for all of the right reasons.

Once again, hats off to Payson and all American patriots who came forth to honor America’s sons and daughters who paid the supreme sacrifice.

The next event on deck will be our Independence Day tribute scheduled for Saturday, 4 July at Payson’s Green Valley Park.

Bill Sahno, Payson, Patriotic Events Committee, Vietnam veteran

Local mental health service vital Editor: Thank you for the article on May 26 about mental health, addiction and the wonderful efforts of Southwest Behavioral in working with this population.

This organization has had a direct impact on the quality of life of one of my family members. This person is affected by mental illness and, in the past was incarcerated or frequently in/out of the emergency room due to self-medicating issues. Because of the guidance received, assistance with medications and the camaraderie of having others around, this person now has a much improved quality of life and future.

Our system for dealing with mental illness and addiction can be very difficult to navigate. We, as a family are extremely grateful to all staff at Southwest Behavioral for their efforts, and for the help and encouragement given to our family member. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

The Colbertson family, Debra Colbertson

We need to pay attention Editor: The Arizona Clean Elections Act gives some protection to the citizens from elections being controlled by those who can afford to exert more financial influence on the outcomes and beyond. It seeks to level the playing field so that anyone who wishes to serve has a chance to run in these highly money-dominated elections.

During the session recently ended, the Republicans in our Legislature proposed SCR 1001 whose purpose it was to eliminate the Clean Elections Act. Never mind that three years ago the voters rejected any attempt to get rid of the public funding system.

Our representatives Bob Thorpe and Sylvia Allen voted for the measure to get rid of clean election laws.

Fortunately, the measure failed, thus saving us enormous amounts of expenditures for another lawsuit.

At the same time, Republicans in the Legislature put forward HB 2415 to effectively raise campaign contributions from $2,500 to $6,250. Now, how many of us can afford to contribute that much money to our favorite candidate? So who do you think this proposed change is really going to benefit? Certainly not our working families nor any ordinary citizen.

Our local representatives, Brenda Barton, Bob Thorpe and Sylvia Allen, all voted for this measure which, only serves to increase the influence of the wealthy in government. Governor Ducey was only too happy to sign it into law.

A recent commentator said “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

Marilyn Decker

Thank you jazz fans Editor: Our 2014-15 jazz series at the Community Presbyterian Church concluded with a terrific performance by the ZAZU gypsy jazz band. The series featured varied styles of jazz, from Chicago-style Dixieland, guitar vocal jazz-pop, mainstream swing and Latin, and early-era European swing.

The performers were some of the best to be found in Arizona.

I am grateful for the support received by those who attended the performances. And of course, of those who helped at the door and in the kitchen, and who made gifts to the program. Without you, there just would not be live jazz on Sunday afternoons in Payson. Thank you so much!

In the next month I will need to reflect and make some decisions about future Sunday afternoon performances at the church. If you have any thoughts or suggestions about what we will need to do to pack the church at future performances, I’d like to hear from you.

Gerry Reynolds

Gardeners say thanks Editor: On behalf of the Rim Area Gardeners, I would like to thank Rim Country for the great participation in our annual Garden Walk and for making it a success again this year.

I want to thank the garden owners for opening up their gardens, the local businesses for allowing us to place fliers in their establishments, the Payson and Pine libraries, Ace Hardware, Plant Fair Nursery and Fancy Finds in Pine for handing out programs and selling tickets to the event.

Thanks to the Payson Roundup for the great coverage of our Garden Walk this year and every year and to KMOG and KRIM radio for allowing us to promote the event on the radio.

And finally I want to thank our members who stepped up and volunteered to help in the planning and organizing of the walk and the contribution of plants for the plant sale.

The winner of the raffle for the little red garden seat was Sherri Neil, we hope she enjoys it and thanks to all who purchased tickets.

The Rim Area Gardeners meet every month except December on the second Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Church of Christ on Tyler Parkway and everyone is welcome.

Diane Arnold, president, Rim Area Gardeners

Think again about fireworks show Editor: “Firewise, Firewise, Firewise” is the phrase we continue to read and hear in our community. We all recognize the importance of being Firewise and many of us strive to clear our yards and neighborhoods of possible fire dangers. I have noticed that the city, which I believe to be responsible for weed control at the sides of our roads, is not doing so well in clearing the fire dangerous weeds along West Wade Lane. Perhaps we do not have enough money for that work.

Our personal water bill has actually doubled over the past few years and it is our understanding that it will double again. Apparently the city officials do not consider the repayment of $1 million to the water department an urgent concern and are willing to spend $10,000 of our tax money on fireworks. Every year I contact members of the town council and attempt to stop the fireworks show. There is sufficient data to prove that the chance of a spark starting a fire is real (see Flagstaff), and also data to prove that the toxic particles remain in the air for quite some time. Children with breathing problems and old people like me are actually threatened by these particles, which also cause damage to the soil and to our water.

Since the decision to have the show is based on “tens of thousands” coming to Payson, is it not possible that the great number of people who come here do so to escape the terrible summer heat in the Valley. Or perhaps they come to fish, camp, hike and enjoy clean mountain air and blue sky. Come on town council members, think again!

Sylvia Freeman

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State tax revenue surplus growing by

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State tax revenues continue to flow in much faster than budget builders assumed when they adopted the Fiscal 2015-16 budget, which included a freeze on K-12 spending and another cut in university spending.

Rep. Bob Thorpe, who represents Rim Country and chairs the House Government and Higher Education Committee, has written Gov. Doug Ducey a letter asking for a chance to revisit some of the cuts to education adopted in a brisk legislative session earlier this year.

In addition, school advocates have asked for revisions in legislation that will impose deep cuts on small, charter schools and on districts, like Payson, who run their own charter schools.

The rise in state revenues and the confusion about the hastily passed legislation on charter schools exemplify some of the problems that have arisen as a result of the deepest cuts in the

Thorpe’s district nation when it comes includes Northern to public school spendArizona University ing and higher educaand Payson, which tion. The cuts during is working to partner the recession solidified with Arizona State Arizona’s position as University to build among the worst-funded a campus here. The public school systems in state’s university systhe country.

However, any talk Rep. Bob Thorpe tem suffered the deepof revisiting this year’s est cuts in state support cuts takes place in the shadow in the nation during the recession of an impending court case con- — along with the state’s commucerning past cuts in K-12 educa- nity college system. The deep cuts tion. Several courts have ordered in state support have continued the state to restore $300 million despite the economic recovery, annually in inflation adjustments, forcing steep tuition increases at denied during the recession all three state universities. Six despite a voter-approved initia- years ago, the state’s universities tive requiring the state to at least were in the bottom third nationkeep up with inflation when it ally for average tuition. Today, they’re in the top third. comes to K-12 funding.

The shortfall totals some $1 Thorpe said he hadn’t yet talkbillion. The Legislature didn’t ed over his ideas with other laweven fund this year’s inflation makers, but thought the state adjustment for K-12 schools, might reconsider some of the cuts much less reduce the backlog of in view of the improved revenue illegally withheld funding. picture before they go into effect The current projections sug- in July.

Mollifying the budget would gest the state will end up with $303 million more than it antic- require a special session of the ipated by the end of the current Legislature, which wrapped up fiscal year. The money could both its regular session this year in restore the $75 million cut from near-record time.

Meanwhile, Superintendent of the universities and the bulk of the illegally withheld inflation Public Instruction Diane Douglas has said that certain language in adjustment for K-12 schools.

the budget could inadvertently cost charter schools millions of dollars.

Most charter schools currently get an extra $1,000 per student payment from the state, plus extra money through the state’s minimum payments for small schools — both charter schools and regular public schools. Districts like Pine and Tonto Basin get roughly three times as much per student as the Payson school district because they have fixed overhead and administrative costs and far fewer students to spread out the per-student cost.

However, the Legislature’s budget would phase out some of the benefits for running small schools for some charters over time.

Douglas’ office calculated that denying the small-schools boost for charter operators with several campuses totaling more than 600 students would reduce payments to those charters by $15 million this year and $33 million annually by the time the extra payments are phased out in three years.

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee, however, says the provision will cut charter funding by $6.5 million in fiscal 2016 and by $27 million by the time the cuts are fully phased in by 2018.

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Each year, the Payson Unified School District board mulls over what to do with foreign exchange students — this year, the discussion fell on May 26.

Each year, Edie Miller, a feisty retiree who has dedicated her time to finding homes for students from far-flung places such as Thailand, Germany and Brazil for the program Education First, shows up at the these meetings to advocate for as many students as possible to attend Payson High School.

Each year, the deal changes.

Used to be, the district allowed three students to attend school for a year for free.

The school board figured the enrichment for Rim Country students coupled with the high cost the students’ parents paid for the privilege of coming to the states was enough.

Then the recession hit and the Legislature slashed education’s budget. Suddenly, allowing students from another country access to services that cost thousands of dollars per student was too valuable to give away.

So, a few years ago, the district decided to charge $5,000 per student for tuition.

“The first year we adopted the policy to

charge, we had 10 students and received $110k in revenue,” said PUSD Business Manager Kathie Manning.

Miller corrected Manning, saying she found 13 students to pay the price.

Everyone was happy, except Education First (EF). After that initial year, the organization decided to change the policy and paid the tuition directly.

That limited the number of students.

Last year, Miller could only place one student due to the policy changes.

This year, she came to the board meeting armed with a request from EF to please consider a two-for-one deal. For every two students who pay tuition, they asked that the district take one for free.

“Payson is the only school in Arizona that does not accept free students,” said Miller to the board, “And EF knows that.” She said that is why the group made the request.

This spurred a debate amongst school board members.

Manning said even at $5,000, the district was losing more than $2,000 per student as it costs $7,087 to educate each student.

Last year, the board imposed a limit of 10 foreign exchange students.

Superintendent Greg Wyman said the dis-

trict had budgeted for up to 10 students to attend, but he also said all of the districts he had worked at allowed for two free students.

Manning said the past board had felt the lower tuition “was a benefit for the community.”

All that information left the board flummoxed.

Board president Barbara Underwood said, “We have to charge a certain amount for students to come. I know with financial times it’s hard. I’m up for suggestions.”

Board member Angie Prock suggested raising the price for the students who are paying and then allow others for free.

“If you raised the price to $6,500, then do one for half price,” she said.

Board member Sheila DeSchaff said she would like to support the program, but not have it a detriment to the school. Her family has hosted a foreign exchange student in the past.

In the end, the board voted to cap the number of foreign students who could attend at six, charge five of those students $5,000 and the sixth $2,500.

“That was tough,” said Prock after the vote finished.

Miller left to see what she could do.

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Strawberry Patchers Quilt Show

Quilters’ heaven can be found in Pine this month.

The Strawberry Patchers 19th Annual Quilt Show is June 12 and 13 at Pine/ Strawberry Cultural Hall, Highway 87, Pine.

Hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday. Admission $2.

Bring a non-perishable food item and get a ticket for the quilt drawing to be held June 13. Viewer’s Choice voting is Friday only.

Guests can purchase tickets for Opportunity Quilt drawing; visit the Vendor Mall, and, by appointment, have a quilt appraisal.

Call Monika Hancock at (928) 476-0980 for an appraisal appointment.

The Strawberry Patchers is a chapter of the Arizona Quilters Guild (www.azquiltersguild.org). It was organized in February 1994 by a handful of dedicated quilters.

Currently its membership exceeds 40.

Anyone interested in quilting at any skill level can learn more at the group’s website or by attending the quilt show.

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The event will still feature all kinds of great strawberry treats, plus arts and crafts, live music and other food choices.

In conjunction with the festivities, there are two huge community yard sales planned for the weekend.

The Riff Raff Club’s annual “Naked Yard Sale” begins at 7 a.m., Saturday, June 6 in the lot next to Payson Concrete in Pine.

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Payson FFA racks up awards at state conference by

Michele Nelson

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Small, but mighty would serve as a motto for Payson High School’s FFA (formerly Future Farmers of America) program.

The Payson chapter has racked up several statewide awards.

First, Payson’s FFA members received a Gold rating for overall chapter performance on the National Chapter Application, a distinguished award going to only four chapters in the whole state.

“This is a huge honor for our chapter to be recognized at this level,” said David Rutherford, Payson FFA advisor. “It is really exciting to see the students’ hard work paying off. This is a very competitive award, comparing ourselves to every one of the nearly 80 chapters in the state.”

The group traveled to Tucson June 3-6 to find out where it placed among those four chapters.

In addition to receiving the Gold rating at the state conference, 12 Payson FFA students will receive their state FFA degree.

The state degree requires a lengthy application in which students document their Supervised Agriculture Experience project, which can include working at an agriculture-based company or their own entrepreneurial project such as raising animals for the fair. Students need a combination of money earned, hours invested and leadership experience above the local level.

“We are very fortunate to have such a strong group of state degrees this year, and to have the most of any chapter in Arizona is icing on the cake,” said Rutherford.

While attending SLC, students will be representing Payson in Public Speaking, Extemporaneous

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Speaking, Parliamentary Procedure, Conduct of Meetings, Discussion Meet, Agriscience Fair, Ag Issues and Scrapbook.

Krislyn Alford, a freshman this year, will present her award-winning essay on “What the FFA Jacket Means to Me,” and receive her very own FFA jacket.

Beyond the state conference, the chapter has submitted its application to the National FFA and will find out in October where it ranks in the U.S.A. delegation.

If the chapter places, it receives the award at Nationals in Louisville, Ky.

Members have already begun planning and preparing to raise funds throughout the summer to cover travel and lodging costs.

To top off the state and national news, Payson’s FFA received a second place award in the Nutrients for Life competition <http://www.nutrientsforlife. org/>.

“Placing first and second two years in a row is outstanding. Making compost and making money sounds like you have found a great project to build upon!” wrote Dee McKenna, Nutrients for Life Foundation FFA program coordinator.

Rutherford has entered the Payson FFA Chapter

in the Nutrients for Life Helping Communities Grow competition for the last two years. The organization focuses on educating the public about fertilizers.

The Helping Communities Grow competition rewards FFA chapters for creating programs that educate and engage the community.

Last year, the Payson FFA students went to the Pine-Strawberry Elementary School to teach the students about soil and gardening.

This year, the chapter created compost.

Nutrients for Life will award the Payson FFA chapter with a $2,000 check.

TCCA has early bird subscription offer by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

Through the month of June, subscriptions for the Tonto Community Concert Association’s 2015-2016 season are available for $90. After June 30, the subscription price is $100.

A subscription buys admittance to a series of eight diverse concerts starting Sept. 20, 2015 and continuing through May 1, 2016.

Enjoy performances by Presidio Brass, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 20; Kevin Johnson, 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1; The Young Irelanders, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 8; Valinor Quartet, 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14; Hits & Grins, 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 4; Ball in the House, 7 p.m., Friday, March 18; Stringfever, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, April 3; and Savannah Jack, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, May 1. All performances are presented in the auditorium at Payson High School, 301 S. McLane Road.

Subscriptions can be purchased online at tccarim.org or contact TCCA President Eloise Jones at (928) 478-4363 or Sandy Lumsden, (928) 472-2423.

About the artists

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Ventriloquist Kevin Johnson will be among the performers during the Tonto Community Concert Association’s 37th season.

• Presidio Brass, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept.

20 – Since forming in 2006, Presidio Brass has rocketed to success as the face of a bold new generation in brass entertainment.

By combining a brass quintet, piano and percussion instruments with fresh, original arrangements, their unique sound has become a trademark for the ensemble from San Diego, Calif., captivating audiences everywhere.

Save $10 on Tonto Community Concert Association 2015-16 season subscription through the month of June.

Call Eloise Jones (928) 478-4363 or Sandy Lumsden (928) 472-2423 or purchase online at tccarim.org.

• Kevin Johnson, 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1 – A ventriloquist, Kevin has always been known for his “clean comedy” and is loved and appreciated by audiences of all ages.

Nancy Landino, with TCCA, said Johnson is so funny he practically had the audience rolling in the aisles.

• The Young Irelanders, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 8 – The Young Irelanders is comprised of eight sensational performers who have Irish traditional music, song and dance running through their veins. The artists have toured as lead performers with Riverdance and Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance.

The sound the band creates is described as eclectic, where traditional Irish music, Celtic music, folk music, world music, jazz music, country music and popular music all come together.

• Valinor Quartet, 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14 – Valinor Quartet is a unique hybrid of jazz and classical; classical highlighted

by Sergei Teleshev (of Trio Voronezh) on accordion fused with jazz by members of the International String Trio – Ben Powell (violin), Slava Tolstoy (guitar) and Greg Feingold (bass).

• Hits & Grins, 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 4 – Hits and Grins features three accomplished singer/songwriters performing original songs both serious and comedic, and

sharing the stories of how and when they were written.

• Ball in the House, 7 p.m., Friday, March 18 – Ball in the House is five guys, five voices, that’s it. This Boston-based group takes a cappella to the next stage, making “music that’ll move ya” with vocal drums/beatbox and vocal bass under their pop harmonies to create a sound that’s hard to believe.

• Stringfever, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, April 3 – Stringfever — brothers Giles, Ralph and Neal Broadbent and their cousin, Graham — are four world class musicians playing five- and six-stringed electric violins, viola and cello in a truly original show. Stringfever’s unique, acclaimed version of Ravel’s “Bolero” has all four playing on one cello simultaneously.

Then they challenge the audience to play Name That Tune as they race through 20 of the best-loved film themes in one breathless arrangement. Their helter-skelter 007 James Bond medley is an absolute killer.

• Savannah Jack, 2:30 p.m., Sunday, May 1 – Exceptional songwriters as well as versatile musicians, band members infuse their individual style to collectively create Savannah Jack’s unique sound. All come from a musical family and have been singing and playing their individual instruments from a very young age. Their musical influences range from Ronnie Milsap, The Gatlin Brothers, Kenny Rogers, and Restless Heart to The Beatles, Tom Petty, and The Eagles.

The band is comprised of Don Gatlin on lead vocals, Jay Darby on bass, and Matt Thomas Schumacher on fiddle and guitar. They are backed by an incredible drummer, and guitar player as well.

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Condemned community eyesore or lost historical treasure?

Gisela’s former centerpiece demolished by

Ted Tatum Jr.

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On May 27, 2015 an old building in Gisela was torn down.

To some it was an eyesore — neglected and a hazard; to others it was a precious piece of Gila County history in a state with few historical markers of the past.

The Gisela Steakhouse was built by Ted Tatum and family by hand with the help of a few neighbors and opened in the summer of 1969. The old board siding of the steakhouse was rough-cut pine purchased from the sawmill in Winslow and from the old Kaibab mill in Payson. The windows in the building were Payson’s old Wilson’s market, a building originally built by Harry Connolly in the 1940s.

The Tatums — Ted, Pat, Ted Jr., Beth Ann and Dave — moved to Gisela from Phoenix in 1967 where Ted began the development of Gisela Ranches, the first subdivision in Gisela on the old Booth ranch. While his wife, Pat, taught school in Payson, the Tatums developed a dream that the Gisela Steakhouse would serve as a center of community life and a bridge the Old West past to the current times.

Few in northern Gila County today probably recall the mark of the Gisela Steakhouse on the county, and as with other lost historical markers, fewer still will remember it in the future.

When the steakhouse opened, fewer than a dozen families lived Gisela, a community five miles west of Highway 87 on a winding dirt road. This was three years before either electricity or phones had been brought to Gisela. An old Whittey generator plant from the Tatum ranch powered the steakhouse itself. The steakhouse quickly became the center of not only Gisela life, but the larger community as well.

Ted was active in politics and the Gisela Steakhouse hosted political rallies for many of Arizona’s leading politicians including Senator Bill Hart, Representative Polly Rosenbaum, Bunch Guerrero, Rose Mofford, Barry Goldwater, Dennis DeConcini and others whom the Tatums considered personal

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The Gisela Steakhouse was crushed to rubble May 27 after condemnation by Gila County. friends. Local politicians and friends who regularly came to Gisela included Judge Ezra Peace and Gila County Sheriff Lyman Peace, brothers of Gisela rancher Calvin Peace, as well as Undersheriff Ronnie McDaniel and county treasurer Priscilla Knuckey.

Then-Governor George Wallace made his only Arizona campaign stop there during his presidential bid in 1976.

Despite a late snowstorm, between 2,000 to 3,000 people came from as far away as Colorado to see Governor Wallace.

During the filming of the television series “Grizzly Adams” in Payson, the Gisela Steakhouse was a favorite haunt of Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle and many others involved in the production who could relax in Gisela incognito.

Many local musicians played regularly in the Gisela Steakhouse, including the Gibson brothers, Lynn and Mary Little, Mogollon and the Cherokees. The “house band” was created by local rancher Ralph “Cuc” Hale, who played fiddle, first with local Payson musicians Cliff Musgrave (owner of Payson Music Shop) and friend Lefty Barber. Cuc later brought in his (then young) teenage son Ralph Duke Hale and neighbor Ben Sandoval to form “The Hales Angels” in 1970. Ralph in turn introduced his son Taylor Hale and Ben Sandoval brought in his daughter Sonia Sandoval and along with popular western songs of the day, also added their own contribution with tunes such as “I’m Proud to be an Okie from Gisela” and the always-popular Gisela version of “Where Oh Where Are You Tonight” with verses on local residents like Jerry

Tucker, Ralph and Ben, the local county road crew and Ted and Pat themselves and Ted’s ever present equipment woes, “I went to Ted Tatum to borrow his backhoe, he said it’s broke down and so was his Cat. As a matter of fact from what I’ve heard lately, the only thing Ted has that’s working is Pat.” When it came time for a paved road into Gisela, the county did not have funds, but half-heartedly committed to the community: if residents raised the funds for the materials, the county would provide the labor. So in 1978 the Tatums, with the help of many neighbors, launched a wild idea and using a bulldozer and backhoe to rip up a 300-foot track and add many gallons of water to create a mud pit and hosted the first ever Mud Bog, raising the funds for the paving of Gisela Road and establishing the Arizona State Championship Mud Bog, which was held in Gisela for the next eight years.

The Tatums also brought northern Gila County’s first Fourth of July fireworks display to Gisela in 1973, which many people from all over Gila County came to for many years until competition with other displays in Payson made it unfeasible to continue.

With the guidance of Ben Sandoval of Gisela, the Gisela Steakhouse also hosted Gila County’s first old-time fiddle contest and bluegrass festivals for several years until these also moved to Payson in the 1980s.

Many Payson residents of the ’70s and ’80s have fond memories of driving down to Gisela for its events throughout this period. Often this community of 300

full-time residents would house crowds of more than 5,000 on weekends. From rodeos and gymkhanas to the annual Easter parade, bluegrass festival, mud bogs and ATV races, the Gisela Steakhouse served as the center of entertainment for more than 20 years.

Payson residents and guests from Phoenix and beyond would come to the Gisela Steakhouse for the Tatums’ Southern-style cornmeal catfish, steak and shrimp dinners. Ted built three catfish ponds behind the steakhouse where guests could catch their own fish, which the Tatums would clean and cook fresh in the steakhouse.

The Tatums brought fresh jumbo prawns from Rocky Point by the truckload and hosted shrimp cookouts. Ronnie McDaniel of Star Valley said the shrimp at Gisela was the best he ever had.

Austin Haught, another Gila County resident, said the Tatums served the best steak and shrimp dinner in Arizona, and Bill Armstrong of Star Valley used to gather a party and make a special trip to the steakhouse when Ted would bring in a fresh load of shrimp.

From Georgia, Ted and family also tempted Rim Country appetites with specialties like fried frog legs, chitlins, chicken gizzard dinners, pickled eggs, homemade pork rinds and pickled pigs feet and Southern-style hush puppies.

Throughout the years, tourists from as far away as Japan and Germany would make the drive down the Gisela Road to answer the question “What in the Hell is a Gisela?” queried on many a bumper.

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Pat Tatum, the widow of Ted Tatum Sr., who built the Gisela Steakhouse in 1969, collects pieces of wood from the structure before its demolition. “It was very emotional,” she said.

The Tatums sold the steakhouse in 1996 to Jonathan Hepp, who ran it for several years until it was finally closed.

The steakhouse then remained inactive for many years.

Some in the community began to complain it was a danger. Despite efforts to save it, the county condemned the building rather than designate it as a significant historical site.

The Hepps and others tried unsuccessfully to protect the building by getting it recognized as a state historical site as it was nearing the 50-year mark.

Many who frequented Gisela have fond memories of the glory days, but of course as they grow in age, these memories fade. Soon, few will remember the stories or the little rustic building that represented Gisela, home of the first State Championship Mud Bog, old-time fiddle and bluegrass festivals, and fireworks displays. As old-timers pass, so do the memories of those places they cherished, and so today another marker of northern Gila County passes to memory, replaced by the world of progress and modernization.

Maybe the Gisela Steakhouse was an eyesore to some, but it was full of fond memories to many others.

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Fourth-graders learn about Tonto National Monument Six fourth-grade classes from Julia Randall Elementary School recently got a chance to visit Tonto National Monument, thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation, which paid for bus. The National Park Foundation provides the grants to create connections between national parks and local schools.

The students, teachers and chaperones hiked on the paved trail to the Lower Cliff Dwelling where park staff offered a tour of the 700-year-old cliff dwellings built by the Salado people. The Salado farmed along the Salt River and used the natural resources of the Sonoran desert for food, medicines and building materials. The students also toured the newly renovated Visitor Center and Museum, which includes a replica cliff dwelling room to illustrate construction techniques and typical household items. The museum exhibits include many original artifacts such as polychrome pottery, stone tools, and pieces of woven cotton cloth.

Superintendent Duane Hubbard said, “As a Payson resident with two children enrolled in the district, I wanted to see a stronger connection between Northern Gila County and Tonto National Monument. The monument staff have collaborated with the Globe and Miami schools through field trips and classroom presentations for many years. We look forward to strengthening these already established relationships while welcoming the Payson children to our park and encouraging them to discover the amazing resources of Tonto National Monument.”

Superintendent Hubbard’s son was one

of the students who enjoyed the experience with his classmates.

This visit connected to lessons on Arizona history and native cultures. Very few of these students had ever been to the monument, although it’s less than an hour’s drive.

Since October of 2014, the monument has hosted a total of 548 students from around the state, including 434 from Gila County schools. With the upcoming 2016 National Park Service Centennial and new initiatives such as “Every Kid in a Park” (http://www. nationalparks.org/ook/every-kid-in-a-park), the monument staff hopes to reach nearly 1,000 students over the next year.

Park staff is expanding its public archaeology programs this year to include demonstrations such as fire by friction, flint knapping, utilizing natural resources in the Sonoran desert, prehistoric pottery manufacture seminars, and more. Additional interpretive programs such as night sky presentations, bird and photo walks, and history presentations will be added to current park programs.

As one of the oldest national monuments in the National Park Service, Tonto National Monument protects two cliff dwellings built by the Salado people over 700 years ago.

Established as a national monument in 1907

by President Theodore Roosevelt, the cliff dwellings were part of the archaeological preservation movement in America. The monument is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Christmas. Directions and addiTom Brossart photo tional information are available on the monument’s website, http://www.nps.gov/tont. Or Thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation, fourth-graders from Julia Randall Elementary got to visit the Tonto National Monument. you may call (928) 467-2241.

Volunteers needed You can be a part of the dynamic Payson community by serving and volunteering at Just Serve.Org. More than 20 service groups need a few hours of your time and talents. You can work with animals, children, seniors or beautify our community.

Volunteers are needed at the hospital, Time Out Shelter, Humane Society, police volunteers and more.

Payson becomes a better community when you serve.

And we are continuing to add new projects each week.

Go to Just Serve.Org, register. Get involved because

Payson needs you.

Volunteer opportunities include: • Work on xeriscape gardens • Adopt a street and keep it clean • Help manage animal care • Volunteer at the hospital • Care of children while mothers take battered women classes • Help with Gila County Fair • Be a greeter at the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center

Bungled state law will punish schools Districts with charter schools may have to make years of back payments by

Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

A mistake in a budget bill could cost districts like Payson with charter schools millions.

The mistaken language in the budget bill denying districts extra money for students in district-sponsored charter schools could be retroactive, forcing districts to refund money going back for years.

The state typically pays charter school operators an extra $1,000 per-student, which is supposed to make up for other finan-

cial advantages that regular public school’s receive like bonding for facilities. Charter schools also don’t have to abide by many of the most burdensome state regulations affecting regular public schools. For instance, teachers at charter schools don’t have to have specific credentials in their subject and charter school operators have less paperwork and regulations to cope with.

The flexibility the Legislature granted charter schools and the extra money prompted some districts to set up their own charter schools to operate alongside their regular programs. That includes the Payson Unified School District, which set up an alternative high school on a charter school model.

Alarmed by the rapid growth of district-sponsored charter schools, the Legislature decided to cut off the extra funding for the district-funded charters.

The Legislature this year voted to phase out any extra funding for the district-sponsored charters

over the next two years.

However, drafters of the legislation overlooked a provision in the 1999 charter school law that says any district-sponsored charter school that shifts back to regular public school status would have to pay back any extra money received.

So districts with charter schools now face a nightmarish Catch 22, forced by the state to revert their charter campuses to regular campus, then heavily penalized for doing so.

Gov. Doug Ducey would have to call a special session of the Legislature to correct the error, which even the bill’s authors describe as an oversight, according to an account of the problem in Arizona Capitol Times.

Payson Center for Success this year had 68 students. That means the district might have to refund the state up to $68,000 annually going back for years. Enrollment in the alternative high school rose when Gila County shut down its own alternative high school program, also operated on a charter school basis.

The provision could have a huge impact on some other districts, including Cave Creek

Unified School District and Vail Unified School District, where district-operated charters are among the top-rated schools in the state. A total of 60 traditional schools have converted to charters, drawing an extra $24 million in funding annually.

Gov. Ducey had originally proposed a five-year phase out for the district-operated charters, but the Legislature accelerated the shift — which dramatically increased the impact on districts with charter schools.

The change leaves the financial advantage untouched for privately operated charter schools, including for-profit schools.

One massive study by researchers from Stanford University found that nationally, charter students do slightly better than regular public school students when you account for things like family background and family income.

However, in Arizona charter students do a little worse than comparable students in public schools, the study concluded.

However, the crackdown on district-operated charter schools will effectively shut down some of the most successful charters in the state.

Coconino Forest updates motor vehicle use maps for 2015 Coconino National Forest has issued an updated and revised Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) showing all of the roads, trails and areas open to motorized vehicles on the forest.

In addition to hard copy maps, forest visitors can now get a free electronic MVUM, which is a color map with shaded relief topography, game management units, hiking trails, and all designated motorized routes and areas. Using this electronic map on a smartphone through the Avenza PDF Maps app incorporates GPS location. That means the map will show the user’s position on the map.

The 2015 MVUM includes a number of updates and corrections made as a result of public input received over the past year. More substantive route changes requested by the public will need to be reviewed through the National Environmental Policy Act process.

If you discover errors on the 2015 MVUM, notice problems with road signs on the Coconino National Forest, or have any general comments about motorized use policies or designations, please visit the website and complete the “Feedback” form, at http:// go.usa.gov/Qww.

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Protection for C.C. Cragin watershed

WEATHERREPORT

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the wood harvested.

Hunter, who formerly worked for the Eastern Arizona Counties Organization (ECO), said it costs between $140 and $130 per acre to do an environmental analysis on an acre for thinning.

By contrast, he said the 8,000acre San Juan Fire last year cost $10 million to fight. That works out to about $1,000 per acre for the firefighting costs.

State Forester Jeff Whitney pointed out that a high-intensity crown fire can inflict steep costs in addition to the cost of actually fighting its spread.

He noted that the Slide Fire in the upper end of Oak Creek Canyon last summer burned just 21,000 acres. But the Sedona Chamber of Commerce estimated that the highway closure and other impacts costs the normally booming tourist economy in Sedona some $120 million in lost tax receipts.

“If we invest in proactive resource management work and get that fiber off the public lands, it costs dimes on the dollar compared to letting it burn. Being proactive is far, far more beneficial.

Just 1 percent of the wildlands fires eat up 70 percent of the firefighting budget — and we’re canceling restoration contracts to pay those firefighting costs.”

He noted that after a fire in Colorado, Denver spent $45 million trying to prevent mudflows into a reservoir about the same size as the 11,000 acre-foot C.C. Cragin Reservoir. By contrast, paying $1,000 per acre to thin the 64,000-acre watershed feeding the reservoir would cost about $64 million — even without selling any of the wood for biomass, timber or other projects.

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PAYSONREPORT

Mostly cloudy, 70% chance of rain

Weather courtesy of Bruce Rasch, weather.astro50.com

78/55 Saturday

Payson Statistics DATE H May 25 75 May 26 81 May 27 79 May 28 86 May 29 90 May 30 92 May 31 94 June 1 91 June 2 90 June 3 87 June 4 83

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84/55 Monday

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Precipitation 2015 thru today 8.19 30-year Average through June 8.25

87/57 Mostly sunny, slight chance of rain

June 2015 0.00 June Average 0.35

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

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The U.S. Forest Service is working on the environmental analysis to undertake a thinning project like this one on the 64,000-acre watershed of the C.C. Cragin Reservoir. Some areas will be thinned this summer, but most will have to wait until 2017. nearly 10-year period relied on payments of roughly $800 per acre to thin forests around Alpine, Show Low, Springerville and other communities. Fire managers credit those thinning projects with saving Alpine and Greer during the Wallow Fire.

The Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) replaced the White Mountains Stewardship approach, with the promise that giving a private contractor a guaranteed supply of wood in

the course of a 10- or 20-year contract would provide an incentive to build new sawmills and power plants that would produce enough revenue from the thinning projects that taxpayers wouldn’t have to provide that per-acre subsidy.

However, the selected 4FRI contractor has so far cut only 10,000 or 15,000 acres, falling several years behind schedule.

Meanwhile, the small-log mills and biopower plants developed in the course of the White Mountains Stewardship project are all in danger of going out of business, said Berlioux.

That’s why the recent announcement that the Coconino Forest will move forward with a separate project to thin the crucial C.C. Cragin watershed comes

at such a critical time. Several thousand acres in the watershed are included in the 4FRI projects scheduled for cutting this summer, said SRP officials. In fact, the 4FRI project on that watershed has so many thickly set big trees that they’re among the most potentially profitable parcels already approved for 4FRI. However, the bulk of the watershed will remain untouched until at least 2017 — three more highrisk fire seasons from now — and that’s assuming the current, optimistic time schedule holds.

SRP officials said the Forest Service has the money in the budget right now to do the environmental analysis, but then will have to find a contractor who can do the thinning work with little or no per-acre subsidy.

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A DPS paramedic shelters a dehydrated hiker while they wait for a helicopter rescue.

Chopper rescues hiker From page 1A

OUTDOOR SAFETY TIPS • Never hike alone • Always tell someone • where you will be • Take plenty of food and • water • Carry a communications • device people suspended from ropes or cables from the rescue location to someplace where they can be safely unhooked from the rope or cable.

For DPS, two paramedics are needed for short haul missions — one as a spotter from the aircraft and another attached to and hanging from the cable with the patient, 150 feet below the helicopter.

“We dropped a rope down and picked up the medic and the patient, then short hauled them down to Doll Baby,” said Cronk.

Cronk said he visited with the patient on Tuesday in the hospital and reported the man was recovering so well, he thought the hiker went home on Tuesday.

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Brian Eugene Marshall was born June 29, 1966 and passed away May 28, 2015 while pursuing his love of guiding and hunting in the White Mountains.

As a youth, Brian would run trap lines with his father, Bill Marshall, and mother, Mary Sanders. While trapping, Brian learned to skin animals and later worked for several taxidermists skinning and preparing deer, elk, lion, bear, etc. to be mounted.

Brian worked on several ranches when he was younger, gathering cattle, roping and branding the calves.

Brian was an accomplished bull rider and rode bulls in several rodeos.

As Brian was growing up, he assisted his father, Bill Marshall, in their family run guide business “Chaparral Guides & Outfitters.”

In the off-hunting season, Brian would operate equipment working on road improvement projects and working at the local mines.

As Brian grew up, he started his own guiding business known as “Unlimited Outfitters” and in recent years, changing it to “Marshalls Guide Service” in honor of his deceased grandfather, Bob Marshall.

Brian never met a stranger; everyone he met was a friend.

Brian made long-lasting friendships, whether they met in the woods while hunting or at the lake fishing or in a casual passing.

Brian was known as one of

the premier hunting guides in Arizona, New Mexico and old Mexico.

In Brian’s hunting guide career he has guided literally several hundred clients while pursuing successfully their dream hunts.

Brian will be missed and loved by everyone that ever knew him. In our hearts, we know Brian has moved on, scouting and hunting in the great hereafter.

There will be a celebration of life in the next couple of months; date, time and place to be announced in the near future.

Brian is survived by his wife, Jessica Partee Marshall; daughter, Amber Marshall; his sons, Justen Williams (Tawni), Austin Marshall and Hunter Marshall; his father, Bill Marshall; his mother, Mary Sanders; step-mother, Phyllis McMichael; brothers, Sherman Marshall (Rebecca) and Homer Sanders; sister, Monica Hall; half-sister, Trish Enloe; sister, Jimi Lei Nitso; nephews, Billy Hall, Dominic Hall, Jared Hall, Aiden Hall; two grandchildren, Karlynn Williams and Colben Williams; uncle, Fred Engle; aunts, Sandy Engle, Angie Marshall Overman; cousins, Chris Rehm, Ted Thompson, Justin Overman; nephews, Tavin Thompson, Logan Marshall, Freddy Engle; two great-nephews, Cooper Marshall Wilson, Chanse Marshall Wilson; nieces, Taylee Thompson, Niki Marshall Wilson and Milika Marquart; and former wife, Shannon Marshall.

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DPS paramedic Chris Hecht said the man was about a tenth of a mile off the trail, 800 feet down into a canyon.

“It appeared that the patient was crawling up from the bottom of the canyon where he may have been looking for water since the vegetation was very green compared to the area of the trail,” said Hecht. “If the patient had been further down that canyon, we may not have found him in time.”

Cronk said the man’s wife told him her husband does long hikes trying to complete sections of the Arizona Trail. He had wandered off the trail seeking water.

Due to the challenging terrain where the hiker was found, the Flagstaff DPS helicopter had to land 15 minutes away.

Pilot Lowell Neshem and Paramedic Hecht hiked to the man with rescue gear, while a second DPS helicopter launched from Phoenix.

Cronk said the Phoenix helicopter had to perform a short haul rescue.

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Robert ‘Bo’ Bochansky 1922-2015 We lost our Bo on May 6th; he was 92 years old and said he was ‘ready to go.’ Bo was a 20-year Navy man and a Pearl Harbor survivor. He was predeceased by his first wife Zevla. He is survived by his second wife, Edith; his son Frank (Linda) and step-daughter Cheri. He is also survived by his grandchildren Rose and Luke (Lindsey), and Laura (Gary) and Bryan. He also has 4 great-grandchildren. Bo was a ‘larger than life’ character; if he didn’t offend you, he made you laugh. Bo was laid to rest in San Diego alongside his first wife and his father, but he remains in our hearts. We who understood you, loved you, Bo.

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Sunset Crater’s not erupting, no matter what Internet claims by

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The National Park Service spent Thursday trying to squash an Internet rumor based on a doctored or misleading satellite photo suggesting Sunset Crater had erupted after a 900-year silence. After the last eruption, people took advantage of the effect of the layer of ash on the growing season and built or expanded settlements like Wupatki (above).

Turns out, you can’t believe what you read on the Internet.

But that didn’t stop the National Park Service from spending the day trying to smother rumors that the volcano that created Sunset Crater has come back to life.

Some black and white satellite image apparently went viral, with cloud smears purportedly representing smoke from a reawakened volcano. The eruption that created the cinder cones of Sunset Crater National Monument erupted more than 900 years ago and it is still officially considered active — although it hasn’t so much as rumbled in centuries.

The National Park Service put out a press release on Thursday saying it had fielded numerous alarmed inquiries about the supposed eruption.

“The Internet source of the purported eruption is based upon a black and white satellite image. The report is not from an academic source or part a scientific agency, such as the United States Geological Survey. Furthermore, no activity has been observed on the ground by park rangers staffing the National Monument.”

Sunset Crater is the youngest of 600 volcanoes in the area, including San Francisco Peaks itself. Sunset Crater — and Mt. Humphreys, for that matter — are considered extinct volcanoes.

However, geologists say that the San Francisco Volcanic Field could still be active and so could generate an eruption in the next 1,000 to 5,000 years somewhere east of Flagstaff.

People lived in the region when the Sunset Crater cinder cone erupted, covering hundreds of square miles with ash and cinders. Archaeologists say people initially fled the immediate area as lava covered homes and crops. However, the layer of ash may have helped conserve soil moisture in ensuing decades — which apparently coincided with a wet period. As a result, the population boomed in the area. People linked culturally to the Payson area built a whole series of settlements, like Walnut Canyon and Wupatki and the population boomed for the next few centuries.

People largely abandoned the area in the 1300s, probably as a result of a sequence of droughts and a shift in average rainfall.

For what it’s worth, we’re in the middle of perhaps the worst drought since they left.

But at least the volcano’s not back.

Forest Service, Payson impose fire restrictions despite rains From page 1A result in a $5,000 fine and six months in jail.

The ban also covers target shooting.

Fireworks and explosives are prohibited yearround.

The Forest Service says the only exceptions to restrictions are metal fire rings and metal pedestal grills provided by the Forest Service in developed recreation sites and petroleum-fueled stoves, lanterns and heating devices.

Smoking is prohibited except within an enclosed vehicle or building, or a developed recreation site. The Forest Service asks that smoking trash be deposited in an ashtray or inside a building. Do not toss or discard the remains on the ground as these may start a fire.

For more information regarding forest recreation sites and fire restrictions, please contact the Tonto National Forest at (602) 225-5200, or check online at www.fs.usda.gov/tonto.

For general information on fire activity and restrictions in Arizona, call toll free 877864-6985, or visit the Southwest Coordination Center website: http://gacc.nifc.gov/swcc or http://firerestrictions.us/az Useful Websites

Fire Preventions and Restrictions: www.azfireinfo.com Arizona Fire Restrictions: http://firerestrictions.us/az Arizona Emergency Information Network: www.azein.gov National Incident Information System: www.inciweb.org Southwest Coordination Center: http://gacc.nifc.gov/swcc National Interagency Fire Center: www.nifc.gov National Fire Plan: www.forestsandrangelands.gov Firewise: www.firewise.org

Forest Service campgrounds that allow fires Payson Ranger District Houston Mesa Campground Houston Mesa Horse Camp Ponderosa Campground Christopher Creek Campground Sharp Creek Campground Tonto Creek Campground Tonto Creek Walk-In Pleasant Valley Ranger District Haigler Creek Campground Tonto Basin Ranger District Apache Lake Marina Vineyard Picnic Site Frazier Campground Frazier Group Site Windy Hill Campground Cholla Campground Grapevine Campground Cottonwood Picnic Site

Schoolhouse Campground Burnt Corral Campground Globe Ranger District Pioneer Pass, Pinal Mtns Sulphide Del Ray, Pinal Mtns Kellner, Pinal Mtns Icehouse CCC Day Use Area Lower Pinal, Pinal Mtns Upper Pinal, Pinal Mtns Jones Water, north of Globe Oak Flat, east of Superior Timber Camp Timber Camp Horse Camp Mesa Ranger District Saguaro Del Norte Butcher Jones Acacia Boulder Laguna

Palo Verde Granite Reef Phon D. Sutton Coons Bluff Saguaro Lake Marina Canyon Lake Marina Pebble Beach Blue Point Sheep’s Crossing Water Users Larry Forbis Group Site Cave Creek Ranger District Bartlett Lake Recreation Area Bartlett Lake Marina Rattlesnake Cove SB Cove ramadas Yellow Cliffs ramadas Lower Verde Recreation Area Needle Rock Picnic Area

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Fond memories of a game 39 years ago As I sat It’s always MORE THAN A in the press been a spebox at O.Co cial memory Coliseum in because my Oakland on mother finalMay 26 watchly gave in to

by Keith Morris ing the Detroit my pleading Tigers wrap and took me up a 1-0 win to the game. over the Athletics, my phone chimed.

We drove the 90 miles or so to old Tiger A friend of mine back in Michigan Stadium to see the game. I had a brothwho avidly follows the Tigers with me er and three sisters — so I almost never texted me to say he was watching the got alone-time with my mom. same game on TV. He added that the Of course, I was upset Oakland announcer said it was the first time the didn’t pull out the win. But still I marTigers had beaten the A’s by a 1-0 score veled at the gangly young right-hander since an 11-inning shutout by Mark with his curly blond mop. He resembled Fidrych in 1976.

Big Bird from Sesame Street, hence his That information surprised me. Had nickname, The Bird. it really been that long?

But it wasn’t just his appearance I remember that Friday night in that made him a phenomenon. His Detroit so long ago. To this day, it antics added to the allure. He’d manremains one of the most memorable icure the mound and talk to the baseexperiences of my life. ball, although I believe he was actuI was a passionate Oakland A’s fan ally talking to himself about the next back then, having jumped on the band- pitch. I remember Oakland’s Claudell wagon with a buddy of mine. We rooted Washington blew up thinking Fidrych for the A’s as they won three consecuwas talking to him, which resulted tive World Series titles from 1972-74. in a bench-clearing confrontation.

I was still an Oakland fan when Washington wasn’t the first to confront they came to the Motor City to play the See Game brings, page 10B Tigers on July 16 of 1976.

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Detroit’s Yoenis Cespedes takes a healthy swing in the Tigers’ game against the Oakland A’s at O.Co Coliseum on May 26. The left fielder’s three-run homer helped power the Tigers to a 3-2 win in the final game of the three-game series.

Rim Country riders shine in final junior rodeo High school rodeo will come to Payson next week

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Denton Petersen, shown here in the tie-down calf roping event last September in Payson, finished third in the 16-18 boys all-around season standings and second in both team roping and chute dogging in the Arizona Junior Rodeo Association with a strong performance in last month’s Prescott Rodeo.

Rim Country cowboys and cowgirls wrapped up strong seasons on the Arizona Junior Rodeo Association circuit by riding away with plenty of prizes in the AJRA Finals Rodeo in Prescott on May 16-17.

Monty James lassoed a buckle for winning the rodeo’s 16-18 all around cowboy title, which helped him claim a saddle for finishing first in the 16-18 calf roping season point standings.

He also finished second in the allaround boys season standings.

In Prescott, James won the 16-18 calf roping, taking first in the first go, and finished second in ribbon roping and team roping.

In addition to winning the season point standings in calf roping, he also placed second in the ribbon roping season standings, third in the chute dogging season standings and fifth in the team roping season standings.

Denton Petersen placed third in the 16-18 boys all-around season points standings after winning the 16-18 chute dogging in Prescott thanks to a first-place finish in the second go. He also placed third in team roping in Prescott.

Petersen finished second in the 16-18 team roping season

standings, second in the chute dogging season standings, fifth in the calf roping season standings and fifth in the ribbon roping season standings.

Bryndee Hall finished third in the 13-15 girls all-around season standings with another impressive rodeo. She placed second in 13-15 goat tying and third in barrel racing. She won the second go of goat tying. She also won the first go in breakaway roping, placing fourth overall.

She finished second in the 13-15 breakaway roping season point standings, fifth in the goat tying season standings, eighth in the barrel racing season standings and 10th in the pole bending season standings.

Brinna Hall placed second in 4-8 barrel racing.

She finished fifth in the 4-8 girls all-around season point standings, third in the barrel racing season standings, fifth in the pole bending season standings and eighth in the goat tying season standings.

James, Petersen and Bryndee Hall are scheduled to compete in the Arizona High School Rodeo Association Finals Rodeo in Payson on Wednesday, June 10 through Saturday, June 13.

ARIZONA JUNIOR RODEO ASSOCIATION FINALS May 16-17 At Prescott Area Results 16-18 Calf Roping 1. Monty James (1st in 1st Go, 3rd in 2nd Go) 6. Denton Petersen (2nd in 1st Go) 16-18 Chute Dogging 1. Denton Petersen (2nd in 1st Go, 1st in 2nd Go) 16-18 Ribbon Roping 2. Monty James (4th in 1st Go, 2nd in 2nd Go) 5. Denton Petersen (2nd in 1st Go) 16-18 Team Roping 2. Monty James (5th in 1st Go, 2nd in 2nd Go) 3. Denton Petersen (2nd in 1st Go, 4th in 2nd Go) 13-15 Barrel Racing 3. Bryndee Hall (7th in 1st Go, 3rd in 2nd Go) 13-15 Breakaway Roping 4. Bryndee Hall (1st in 1st Go) 13-15 Goat Tying 2. Bryndee Hall (6th in 1st Go, 1st in 2nd Go) 13-15 Pole Bending 10. Bryndee Hall (10th in 1st Go, 10th in 2nd Go) 4-8 Barrel Racing 2. Brinna Hall (2nd in 1st Go, 4th in 2nd Go) 4-8 Goat Tying 6. Brinna Hall (7th in 1st Go, 9th in 2nd Go) 4-8 Pole Bending 7. Brinna Hall (8th in 1st Go, 6th in 2nd Go)

Sunrise Lake offers great trout fishing opportunities There are so many high elevation Now is the time to go! Sunrise trout lakes from the Mogollon Rim outdoors Lake will quickly fill with weeds to the White Mountains in Arizona. under the rim and grasses as the growing season Each year, I try to make a couple of warms which makes it very difficult trips to one of my favorites, which is to fish. This also allows for the trout Sunrise Lake on the Apache Indian to grow very rapidly in the summer, Reservation. It is a 125-mile trip to feeding on freshwater shrimp and this shallow body of water located in crayfish that abound in the aquatic a vast meadow at 9,000 feet elevation weeds. Because of their diet, these near the popular Sunrise ski area. fish will have a salmon-colored flesh, The lake has a healthy population which makes for a tasty trout dinner.

Dennis Pirch of rainbow and brook trout that grow The rainbows and brookies can be at a phenomenal rate allowing the caught a variety of ways which proopportunity to always catch a 2- to 4-pound vides an opportunity for all level of anglers to fish. This is especially true when there is a experience some success. The area near the mild winter and very little fish die off as the dam on the west side of the lake is the deeplake had this year. The rainbows have a very est and provides plenty of room for shoreline wide girth and are sometimes compared to a anglers. For bank fishermen, PowerBait is football in their size and shape which makes the most effective method while worms and them a real “fighting machine” on lightweight corn also will do the trick.

The fishing area obviously is much greater spinning gear or a fly rod. They will jump and run three or four times before they can with a boat where small crankbaits, spinners, and flies will attract a hungry trout. The abilbe netted.

ity to cover much more water will increase the action looking for the next feeding trout.

During the warmer summer months, a boat will also allow you to get beyond the shoreline aquatic weeds that will eventually take over most of the lake. There is a daily $5 boat permit that can be purchased at Hon-Dah located on the highway en route to the lake.

It is also necessary to purchase a daily fishing permit at a cost of $9, which allows for a five-fish limit. If the wind blows at Sunrise Lake, it is also possible to fish Horseshoe Cienaga or A-1 Lake, which are somewhat more sheltered and can be fished in windy conditions.

For a change of pace this summer, the White Mountains offers some great lake and stream fishing for a variety of species of trout at an elevation which is over 1,500 feet higher than the Mogollon Rim in a true alpine Submitted photo setting. Take a friend fishing, expand your horizons, and enjoy the Eastern Arizona high Rim Country Custom Rods and Repair owner Jim Goughnour with country, God’s creation. a 2-pound rainbow from Sunrise Lake.

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Payson Area Computer Club meets Friday

Sweet Power Hour Lunch for women

build a miniature garden

Rim women and those visiting are invited to a new group focusing on women and helping them experience Acceptance, Belonging and Connection — the ABC’s of social interaction. It meets from noon to 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday, at The Sweet Shoppe in the Sawmill Plaza.

Holly Crump and Tiffany Weis will plan weekly topics to include information, music and movement, as well as a time for women to break into pairs to further discuss the topic as it applies to them.

Please call Holly at (928) 4743472 or Tiffany at (480) 735-4253 for more information.

The Payson Area Computer Club meets at 6:30 p.m., Friday, June 5 in the Payson Public Library meeting room.

Bobby Jones of ASAP (Any System, Any Problem) mobile computer repair company will give a presentation on Spring Cleaning Your Computer. All members and interested guests are encouraged to attend the meeting.

For more information about the club, please visit the Club’s website at http://www.pacaonline.net.

Tai Chi and Qigong Tai Chi and Qigong classes are offered at 9 a.m. Saturdays at Rim Country Health, 807 W. Longhorn Rd., Payson.

The program is especially de­ signed for seniors 50 or older, but is beneficial for all ages. There is no charge. For details, call (928) 478-6032.

Rim Country Optimist Club

Write Your Story Write Your Story is a group of ordinary people who are in the process of writing short narratives from their life experiences. The group meets at 1 p.m. every Monday.

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

Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous meets from 2 p.m. Mondays at Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane, Payson.

There are no fees or dues. The only membership requirement is a desire to not compulsively overeat anymore.

Call the following members for more information: Denise, (928) 9783706; Mary Jo, (928) 978-4663; Ted, (928-) 951-3362; Alice at (602) 8280917 or (928) 478-4361.

Photographers’ outing Members of the Rim Country Camera Club have a photo outing planned for their Monday, June 8 meeting.

The event is called Wide Open Spaces. Participants are asked to meet at 6:30 p.m. at the following location: go north on 87 to Houston Mesa Road (Home Depot is on the left), turn right; drive past the

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The Rim Area Gardeners will have a program on creating miniature gardens with Jan Ransom at 6:30 p.m., Monday, June 8 at the Church of Christ, 401 E. Tyler Parkway, Payson. first community, which is Mesa del of gardening in Rim Country.

Caballo; the road makes an abrupt For more information, contact left and an old corral is standing on Diane at (928) 595-1265. the left side of the road. Pull off the road here or on the right side. This is right before the Shoofly Ruins. Senior Singles Bring your camera and a tripod.

With Spirit Everyone is welcome.

Senior Singles With Spirit is a group of men and women who are young in spirit and have an enthuRim Area Gardeners Join the Rim Area Gardeners siasm for life. The purpose of this for a creative evening of “Miniature group is to build lasting friendships, Gardening How To” on Monday, share ideas, have fun, and enjoy activities with like-minded people.

June 8.

The group meets at 8:45 a.m.

Local artist and gardener Jan Ransom will share the tricks of every Tuesday for breakfast in making and growing a successful the Cedar Ridge Restaurant of the tiny garden that can be entered in Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.

For more information, call Paula the Northern Gila County Fair in at (480) 695-2786.

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The Rim Area Gardeners meet on the second Monday of the month Democratic Women at 6:30 p.m., with the program at 7 p.m. at the Church of Christ on Tyler of Rim Country The Democratic Women of Rim Parkway and welcome guests to participate in the wonderful world Country will meet at noon, Tuesday,

June 9 at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260. Men are always welcome.

Come at 11:30 a.m. to order lunch and visit with friends.

For more information, call Carol at (928) 468-1115.

Friendship Bible Class Friendship Bible Class, a non-denominational Bible study for women, meets at 1 p.m. every Tuesday at Majestic Rim. All women in the community are invited. For information, call Marilyn at (928) 474-6712.

Payson Womans Club The Payson Womans Club, the oldest service club in Payson, holds general membership meetings at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Payson Womans Club building, 510 W. Main St. Member­ ship is open to local women ages 18 and up.

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

The next meeting is June 9. It will be a short business meeting, followed by a discussion about our activities and events for the next fiscal year. It is a good meeting for visitors to find out about Optimists and get acquainted.

For further information about the Optimist Club and/or Nonprofits Coming Together (NCPT), contact Joan Young at (928) 472-2264. The group’s website is http://www.rimcountryoptimist.com/.

Pro Rodeo Committee

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

For information, call (928) 4727294.

Moose Lodge events

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

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

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

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.

Beyond Limits Ministry

The annual picnic for Beyond Limits will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 9 in the ramada at Mountain Bible Church, 302 E. Rancho Rd., Payson.

Hamburgers, hot dogs and drinks will be provided, free of charge.

Participants should bring a salad, fruit or beans. Food, fellowship, music and inspiration will guarantee a lively evening. Families, caregivers and service providers are always welcome to join us.

Beyond Limits is an interdenominational Christian group for adults with developmental disabilities.

As a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt public charity, all donations are fully tax deductible.

For questions or further information, call Mark or Jennie Smith at (928) 468-8434.

Posse members wanted

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

The Posse is a uniformed volunteer group who serve the Sheriff and the people of Northern Gila County.

The Posse is called on for emergencies such as forest fires, floods and snow events as well as many critical daily support roles such as court security, prisoner transports and more.

Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the Gila County Sheriff’s building located just north of Main Street on McLane (this building was also known as the old Gila County Jail).

The public is invited.

Call Ellen Prentice at (928) 9700812 for further information.

Bridge players wanted

Winners at Ladies Tuesday Bridge for June 2 were: Mary Kemp, first; Rowena Cole, second; Marilyn Castleman, third.

The group needs more players, so anyone interested is invited to join. Play is at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at The Center (formerly the Payson Senior Center), 514 W. Main St. Area residents and guests are welcome.

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

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Don’t miss the DIY event at the HSCAZ Resale Store & Vintage Boutique. Find the DIY in you from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 6.

Gather vintage style ideas; learn chalkboard lettering; KRIM remote — join the fun at 510 W. Main St.

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Runnin’ With the Pups

OB presents Runnin’ With the Pups — a benefit for the Humane Society of Central Arizona — Saturday, June 13 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the OBs Motorcycle Clubhouse, 610 S. Beeline Highway.

Festivities include a 50/50 raffle, auctions, a bike show, a dunk tank and a raffle for a custom EZ-60 gas-powered golf cart. Admission is $15 per person or $25 per couple and includes a plate of food.

Raffle tickets are $25 each for the golf cart and only 400 tickets will be sold. The drawing takes place at 4 p.m. June 13 (you need not be present to win).

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Adoptable Pets

Following are just two of the many wonderful pets available for adoption at the Humane Society of Central Arizona. All pets are already spayed or neutered and current on vaccinations. To learn more, stop by the shelter at 605 W. Wilson Court Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or visit www.humane society centralaz.org.

VIOLET

Just like the flower that is my namesake, I am “soft and sweet but far from shrinking.” Delicate, I am not! I am a puppy through and through.

Playful, clumsy, shy, affectionate and oh so full of energy! Like many little ones, I can be a little bashful at first. And like many little ones, I get over my shyness very quickly! Add another dog or some toys to the mix and I will forget any worries that I may have had. I am attentive and people-focused.

Like most pups, I have very little training and will need some patience. I am an open book and willing to learn! I love to get out and explore. The world is full of toys and smells! I also love to play with other dogs. Big or small, it really doesn’t matter! I am a rowdy playmate, so my dog friends should be accepting of puppy antics!

EMILY LICKENSON

I’m Emily Lickenson. I’m a beautiful, shy girl.

I like to hide from most things, as I am still nervous in new environments. I do like being petted, though. As long as you’re patient with me I will warm up to you. Since I’m easily shaken, a quiet home where I could be the only animal would probably be a great match for me. I probably would do best in a home without children, too, as they can be a little loud sometimes.

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coleman, apfel engaged

five generations now call payson home

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Ralph and Karol Gnodle came to the Rim Country with their family in 1996 and now five generations call it home. All live in Payson. Pictured, from left, are: great-grandmother Janee Hensley; great-great-grandfather Ralph Gnodle; Gennica Rodriguez with infant daughter, Juliette Rodriquez; great-great-grandmother Karol Gnodle; grandmother Jaimee Hilgendorf. Ralph and Karol will celebrate their 62nd wedding anniversary in October.

new prest baby Dexter Marshell Prest was born at 8 a.m., Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Payson Regional Medical Center to Amber Buchea and Jeromee Prest, both of Payson. Maternal grandparents are Jack Marshell Buchea and Teri Stewart.

Paternal grandparents are Dan Fitzpatrick and Diane Fitzpatrick. Dexter joins big brother Silas Jackson Prest, age 6, at home.

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Brandt enlists in U.S. Air Force

Johnathon Brandt, son of Robert and Liz Brandt of Star Valley, departed for Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas May 25, 2015 to start a six-year enlistment. He is a 2014 Payson High School graduate.

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Mr. and Mrs. George Coleman of Payson announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Coleman, to Jake Apfel, son of Mr. Jim Apfel of Pine and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Chase of Mesa. The bride is a 2005 graduate of Payson High School and a 2010 graduate of Northern Arizona University, with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She is employed at Flagstaff Medical Center. The groom is a 2004 graduate of Payson High School and is currently employed with Mountain High Excavating in Flagstaff. A July 18, 2015 wedding is planned in Flagstaff, where the couple will reside.

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aroundthe rim Pine library bustling for summer Last fall’s inaugural Wine Around the Library benefit turned into an overwhelming success that had ticket holders clamoring for more such festivities.

The governing board responded by scheduling the second annual Wine Around the Library event to be held from 4 p.m. to sunset, Saturday, Oct. 10 in the library.

With the benefit now on the calendar, board members and library manager Becky Waer are setting the stage for the 2015 benefit which is expected to be even bigger, better and more celebratory than the first.

A limited number of tickets at $20 each are available at the library or from governing board members. Sponsorships at $100 each are also being sold.

Last year, more than 150 tickets were sold and the list of those who stepped up to sponsor read like a “Who’s Who” in Pine, Strawberry and Payson.

All proceeds benefit the local library in its quest to remain “The finest small town library in Arizona.”

This year’s benefit will mirror 2014 with ticket holders treated to a selection of wines, snacks, fine chocolates and plenty of old-fashioned small town camaraderie.

Chuck and Barbara Casey of the hometown musical duo “Trouble in Paradise” will entertain.

Library board member Mike Clark, formerly the principal-superintendent of Pine Strawberry School and a highly visible member of the Gila County Sheriff’s Office will help provide the necessary law enforcement presence Arizona statutes mandate.

With the inaugural Wine Around the Library in the record books and the second is sure to be a hit. The benefit is well on its way to becoming an event that will surely become a staple on the Rim Country recreational and social calendar.

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ATV riding certainly has its share of critics — especially from those who have never climbed atop an OHV vehicle to enjoy the splendor and majesty of the great outdoors, particularly in Arizona’s national forests.

The bad rap the sport seems to have is from a handful of rogue drivers who pay scant attention to rules or show little concern for the environment.

At the opposite end of the spectrum from the scallywags are the members of the Rim Country Riders, a local group of dedicated off-roaders working hard to squelch that “bad boy” image. The Riders’ efforts center on discouraging off-roading in areas unauthorized by the Forest Service and donating proceeds from club events to help maintain and develop authorized ATV/OHV trails in the Tonto National Forest.

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Chuck and Barbara Casey of the hometown musical duo Trouble in Paradise will entertain at the second annual Wine Around the Library in October.

One such fundraiser is the Rim Riders June 5, to do so.

The Riff Raff Club’s annual “Naked Second Annual Poker Run, which begins at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 6 (tomorrow), Yard Sale” begins at 7 a.m. in the lot at Sidewinders Tavern and Grill in Pine. next to Payson Concrete.

Proceeds from both sales go to help Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and tickets are $10 per member or $15 for Rim Country needy. non-Rim Country Rider members.

The ride is expected to wrap up by Patchers host quilt show about 1 p.m.

Don’t forget to visit the Strawberry Breakfast burritos will be sold from 9 Patchers’ 19th Annual Quilt Show to be a.m. to 9:45 a.m. held June 12-13 in the Pine-Strawberry Organizers, including Linda Oyas, Cultural Hall. tout tomorrow’s route as “new and more Last year an estimated 700 persons fun.” turned out for the show and even more The ride level difficulty is 3 on a scale are expected for the 2015 event. of 1 to 5.

The show will be open from Maps will be distributed 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and rattlin’ during registration. admission is $2. Those who Prizes will include $100 for the rim bring a non-perishable food best hand, $50 for second, and item to donate to the local food $25 for worst hand. A raffle will bank will receive a raffle ticket also highlight the morning. for a quilt drawing to be held Club T-shirts will be sold for June 13. $10 and sweatshirts are availViewer’s choice voting will be able. held on Friday. Quilt appraisals Trailers may be parked are by appointment only, which in the field just south of Pine can be made by calling Monika Max Foster Hardware.

Hancock at (928) 476-0980.

For more information, call Pine could have several Linda at (928) 476-2626. strong entries in the show based on the results of last fall’s 10th Annual Yard sales tomorrow Rim Country Quilt Roundup, a regional Rejoice shoppers, a pair of the largest show in which locals Monika Hancock, yard sales of the summer season take Elaine Putnam, Debbie Stanton and othplace tomorrow, June 6, in Pine and ers won honors.

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Non-readers struggle Karolyn’s Wish is hosting its annual “Super-Sized Yard Sale” from 8 a.m.

Ever tried teaching expressions to 5 p.m. at the Windmill Corner in and equations to a student who is a Strawberry. Those who wish to donate non-reader? items have until this evening, Friday, As a retired math teacher of 37 years,

I have and it’s like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

We all understand, reading is fundamental to the education process, but sadly there are those who have not mastered the skill.

While some young readers are phonemically aware, understand the alphabetic principles and can apply these skills in a rapid and fluent manner, there are those children who struggle because of limited experience with books, speech and hearing problems and poor phonemic awareness.

Fortunately, in Pine and Strawberry there are summer programs to help remedy reading deficiencies and also enrich the skills and interests of good readers.

It is, however, a parental responsibility to be sure children take advantage of the opportunities.

Among the finest of the local summer reading programs is “Every Hero Has a Story” being presented by the Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library during July. Sessions will be held 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.

The series is free thanks in part to grants the library received last fall from the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Cardinals. It is also part of “Read on Arizona,” which has a mantra, “When Arizona Reads, Arizona Thrives.”

Registration for the program is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, June 26, but children can sign up prior to each session.

Also at the library are “Story Time” and “Happy Music” programs on Wednesdays and children’s self-guided craft activities on Fridays.

Library Friends will host a luncheon meeting at noon, Monday, June 22 in the activity room.

Call (928) 476-3678 for more information.

June movies at the library

Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library staff and volunteers have selected the four features to be shown during June “Movie Madness” sessions.

They are: June 4 – “Brighty of the Grand Canyon” June 11 – “Charlotte’s Web” June 18 – “Heidi” June 15 – “Peter Pan” All movies begin at 1 p.m.

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Tragedy mars Memorial Day holiday weekend The Memorial Day weekend around the Village was Fitch is usually at the fire station on Fridays and can not a safe weekend. issue burn permits. Near the Mead Ranch station, A UTV accident on the Control Road Saturday eve- Lonie Smith in Ellison Creek Summer Homes, will ning resulted in the tragic death of the driver, also issue permits. At the Star Valley station, who was trapped when the UTV rolled on top the Angie Lecher can issue a permit by phone, of him. The Hellsgate Fire Department assist- village email, or fax if she is notified a day or two in ed, administering CPR before an ambulance advance. Permits can also be picked up at the arrived on the scene. The person’s name has station from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through not been released.

Thursday. The phone number for the Tonto Condolences are sent to the person’s famiVillage station is (928) 478-0405, Lonie’s numly; and get well wishes to the injured. ber is (928) 970-1552, and Station 21 in Star The Forest Service was also called out this Valley is (928) 474-3835. past weekend to two small wildland fires in Hellsgate Fire Department our area. The Hellsgate Fire Department was called by the Forest Service for assistance Janet The Hellsgate Fire board meets at 5:30 with a water truck. The fires were quickly Snyder p.m., Wednesday, June 17 at the Star Valley contained. I can’t stress enough the potential fire station. The second reading of next year’s danger of forest fires in our area. budget is on the agenda. The agenda will be PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE ANY TYPE OF FIRE posted at all three fire stations.

UNATTENDED! The fire board will also recognize firefighter Martha Bartlett for her continuing service. Martha will be Burn permits recognized for her 28 years of service to the district.

Many of our part-time residents come back to their Congratulations, Martha. cabins during the Memorial Day weekend and they Birthdays need to clear their yards of pine needles, fallen limbs, etc. They need a burn permit to burn the piles, so the Marilyn Lamb of Kohl’s Ranch and a Domino Hellsgate Fire Department has arranged to easily Diva will add another candle to her birthday cake on file for a burn permit. In Tonto Village, Captain Nick Saturday, June 6. Happy birthday, to you.

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It has taken me a long time, but I at long last understand what it was that so strongly attracted me to Arizona when I first passed through here 57 years ago. A 26-year-old Air Force NCO born and raised on the East Coast, I didn’t really understand that attraction back then; I just felt it. And it remained a mystery to me until just recently.

I explained a little of that last week, but there’s more to tell. A few days ago, as I was reading the introduction to a thin volume of Western novels, something finally dawned on me. What I felt back then when I first passed through Arizona were the first stirrings of a true understanding of what the word “pioneer” means, an understanding that changed my whole view of our nation over a period of years, but did it in such a subtle way that I didn’t really notice it.

About two weeks ago a thin book with three short Western novels in your turn it found its way into my hands. Happy to have found it because it was a book I very much wanted, I skipped the introduction and went directly to one of the three Westerns between its cov- Tom Garrett ers — Zane Grey’s novel, “Tappan’s Burro” — and started reading. What a great story that was! Like so many Westerns I have read, it was yet another confirmation of my beliefs concerning all that is good and right about this great nation of ours.

You may not have noticed it if your acquaintance with the “Western” is limited to the ones put on the screen by Hollywood, but if you’ve read a Western novel or two you know that the Western of the written page can be quite different from the Hollywood version. It is — how shall I put it? — more interested in justice than in the “law.” Know what I mean? That warm feeling you get when you close the cover of a book thinking, “Well, that rotten S.O.B. sure got what he deserved!”

Feels good, doesn’t it Johnny?

It’s a feeling that may not appeal to some people, one that leaves you thinking about fair play instead of book law. It’s what we call out here in the South 40 “getting your just desserts.”

And I ain’t talking about tapioca pudding!

Anyway, having cheated a bit by not reading the introduction of that thin little book of Western novels, and satisfied that whatever it said would not turn me off as some introductions do, I flipped back to the front of the book. There, I read the words of John Tuska, an American author who often wrote about the West.

My! Did I improve my education that evening!

I don’t doubt that anyone watching me that evening would have seen my face light up as something dawned on me, something I had been puzzling over for more than half a century. Just read John Tuska’s words and you’ll see what I mean: “The greatest lesson the pioneers learned ... is with us still: that it is each man’s and each woman’s inalienable right to find his own path in life, to follow his own vision, to achieve his own destiny — even should one fail in the process. There is no principle so singularly revolutionary as this one in human intellectual experience ... it grew from the very soil of this land and the people who came to live on it.”

Did you catch those seven last words, Johnny? “... the people who came to live on it.”

That’s what I sensed as I first drove through Arizona — the pioneer spirit, still alive and well, a spirit that has faded a bit back East, buried under 240 years of living in a “designed, built, tested, and complete” portion of our nation. I had found the America as we created it out of the wilderness — a little rough around the edges here and there perhaps, but the America of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

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Time for music in Green Valley Park It’s that time!

Tomorrow night the 2015 free Concert Under the Stars series at Green Valley Park begins at 7 p.m.

The Phoenix group, MC6 A Cappella, will kick off the nine-week concert series for the third straight year. MC6 A Cappella bills itself as “a group that will bring to the stage your doo-wop favorites in a way you’ve never heard before.”

For those who grew up in the ’50s or ’60s and love the doo-wop sound, or for those who just enjoy great harmony from any era, MC6 A Cappella should be a great season-opening concert.

For those unfamiliar with doo-wop, it was a style of rhythm-and-blues and rock ’n’ roll vocal music popular in the 1950s and ’60s.

The structure of doo-wop music generally featured a tenor lead vocalist singing the melPhoto provided by DJ Craig ody of the song with a trio or quartet singing The Platters were rare among the early doo-wop artists. The group included a female background harmony. The term doo-wop is vocalist. derived from the sounds made by the group as they provided harmonic background for the center talent shows. As a result, many doo- ing 220 hits from 1920 through 1954, including wop records had such remarkably rich vocal 28 singles that went to No. 1. His 1920 hit lead singer.

The roots of the doo-wop style can be found harmonies that they virtually overwhelmed “Whispering” topped the charts for 11 weeks as early as the records of the Mills Brothers their minimalist instrumental accompani- and sold over 2 million copies, quite a feat in those “Roaring Twenties” days. and the Ink Spots in the 1930s and ’40s. The ment.

In 1928, Whiteman hired Bing Crosby to appeal for much of the public Doo-wop’s Mills Brothers turned small-group harmosing along with his band. Two short years lay in its artistically powerful simplicity, but ny into an art form when, in many of their later the breezy-persona baritone left to begin this “uncomplicated” type of record also was recordings, they used their vocal harmony to simulate the sound of string or reed sections. an ideal, low-budget investment for a small a solo career. Over the next three decades, Crosby would sell over 300 million records, The Ink Spots established the pre-emi- record company to produce. including over 30 No. 1 hits and be featured nence of the tenor and bass singer as mem- This week’s question in over 50 movies. During the 1940s, he often bers of the pop vocal ensemble, and their teamed with the Andrews Sisters, and togethIn addition to being the era’s most cominfluence can be heard in rhythm-and-blues music beginning in the 1940s (in records by mercially successful group, the Platters were er produced many World War II favorites, the Ravens), throughout the 1950s and well a unique doo-wop group in that a female was including “A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin” and “Don’t Fence Me In.” into the 1970s. This influence is best exhibited part of the quintet.

Band leader Ray Noble and his orchestra This week’s question is: On which of the in the remakes of the Ink Spots’ hit records was the most popular and acclaimed of all the following top-20 Platters’ hits was Zola Taylor “My Prayer” (1956) by the Platters and “If I Didn’t Care” (1970) by the Moments. In fact, featured as the lead singer? A) “He’s Mine,” 1930s British bands. His songs “Love is the Motown’s premier male group of the 1960s B) “The Great Pretender,” C) “My Prayer,” or Sweetest Thing,” “The Very Thought of You,” and “Isle of Capri” were among the decade’s and ’70s, the Temptations, had a vocal sound D) “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”? top hits. that was based in this classic doo-wop style, Last week’s question with the Ink Spots’ tenor lead singer, A final note Bill Kenny, and bass singer, Hoppy dj’s music Last week’s question asked if you Jones, serving as inspiration for the trivia If you’re looking for something fun to do could name the early 20th century Temptations’ lead singers, Eddie Russian-born artist who sang the this Saturday morning, you may want to head Kendricks and David Ruffin. on over to the Payson Event Center to cheer song “Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!”

The popularity of doo-wop music During his 36-year recording on the more than 500 runners (many local) among young singers in urban career, from 1912 through 1948, who will be taking on the 35-plus obstacles in American communities of the 1950s he charted over 90 top-10 songs, this year’s Mogollon Monster Mudder 5K. was due in large part to the fact that This grueling and fun (if you’re watching) including 23 No. 1 hits. Some of his the music could be performed effecmost popular and memorable hits event is free to the public and will include ventively a cappella. Many young enthuwere “Sonny Boy,” “April Showers,” dors, a beer garden and a “Kid Zone” where siasts in these communities had little DJ Craig “My Mammy” and “When the Red, children can enjoy a bounce house, face-paintaccess to musical instruments, so the Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin’ ing, rock wall, spray-on tattoos and games. vocal ensemble was the most popular musical Along.”

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The choices were A) Paul Whiteman, B) Al mettle over this challenging three-mile course.

Doo-wop groups tended to rehearse in Jolson, C) Bing Crosby, and D) Ray Noble.

Day-of registration will be held from 5:30 locations that provided echoes — where their The correct answer was Al Jolson, a.m. to 10 a.m. The race will start at 9 a.m., harmonies could best be heard. They often who during the height of his career was with waves of 35 runners taking off every 15 rehearsed in hallways and high school bath- often referred to as “The World’s Greatest minutes. rooms and under bridges. When they were Entertainer.”

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One of the Rim’s most inspiring spots Christopher Creek has some neighbors not five miles from here — just a couple miles down Colcord Road to Gordon Canyon.

Summer locals, Doc and Pepper, joined me this week for a visit.

A story we were told happened some years ago. It was about an autistic teen with limited verbal skills who very rarely spoke.

Her fear wouldn’t allow her to interact with the animals until she was coaxed into touching the soft nose of Eeyore the burro. After overcoming that fear she was able to pet Eeyore and soon was giving Eeyore a hug. Her parents were there to hear her spontaneous words, “Eeyore loves me!”

We soon learned all the interactive animals are challenged. Black Beauty the duck is blind.

A horse named Tory had no front hooves.

Some of the rest of the lovable menagerie includes cats, a goat, a Shetland, llamas, peafowl, emu, 12 horses, and a pot-belly pig.

A soccer match was in progress and judging from the screams of joy all the special needs competitors were having a delightful time. less than 1 in 20 grade to accommodate the Each team member had a co-pilot to power wheelchairs.

It was “crazy hair and pajama day” and their wheelchair as they chased a very large several members of the staff were appropribeach ball toward the goal.

By now you have guessed we were visiting ately attired. We met Mitsy over in the shaded corrals when we first arrived and later on we the Whispering Hope Ranch. ran into Terry and Lonnie Flores, staff memMary Clark, executive director, and her bers who live out on Colcord near the husband, Bill, met us and graciously took an hour-and-a-half from their another week ranch.

Cowboy Charlie Motley was riding busy schedule to give us a golf cart in the creek a tractor and was cleaning up some tour of the facility. pens. He stopped long enough to say New additions of an animal interhello and then we were off to the action area with large canvas canbunkhouses. On the way, Mary told us opies and the splash pad started that Charlie attains rock-star status the tour. The splash pad features among the young campers each time streams that spout from the special he brings out his guitar to sing and surface along with colorful spraying entertain out at the fire pit area called “rain trees.” Behind the operation of Inspiration Point. this water feature is a recycling plant Rod Britain The residences sleep 12 and the with a double filtration system and a beds are capable of being raised or large holding tank. lowered to accommodate individuals getting in As the morning progressed we learned and out of their chairs. Showers and restrooms more and more about the infrastructure that have different textured plastic curtains so supports the camp. those with vision impairment can distinguish Charging wheelchairs or operating dialy- the difference. There were so many things one sis machines as well as just general lighting would not think of to ensure the safety and requires a large generating plant should there comfort of the campers. be a power failure. Quite a large water-storage Between the residences are covered areas tank was required to support the facilities. with plenty of tables. One such area was Then there are hundreds of yards of concrete pretty noisy as a couple dozen kids were busy pathways throughout the ranch, all with a constructing birdhouses. Not everyone had the

Whispering Hope Ranch photos

Christopher/Kohl’s firefighters (left) assist Mitsy as she leads a Whispering Hope Ranch camper on a horseback ride. Above: A happy camper with Black Beauty, the blind duck at the ranch.

ability to drive a nail, so the duties involving a hammer were shared.

From humble beginnings the Whispering Hope Ranch has evolved over the years with new features and facilities. On the ride to Inspiration Point, Mary talked about new projects including the remodeling of the barn to house an additional 35 campers. Another hope is to someday restore the old settler’s cabin.

Inspiration Point sits on a knoll overlooking Gordon Canyon Creek some 50 yards below. A low, stone wall surrounding the large fire pit area provides seating for parents and caregivers. In the wall, as well, are donor bricks upon which are many dozens of names of those who have supported the construction of the numerous buildings and necessary infrastructure.

Mary confides that capital donations come more easily than operational donations. A staff of 28 in years past is now down to 10.

A heavy reliance on volunteers has resulted. Whispering Hope Ranch has an easily accessed Web presence should one be interested in helping.

Barns and bunkhouses aside, one would be foolish to attempt to describe the joy and love and compassion and caring and emotion and, yes, hope which emanates from this inspiring setting — along the canyon, in the pines, under the Rim. Thank you, Mary Clark … and that’s another week in the Creek.

Solution to 6/2 puzzle

6B

PAYSON ROUNDUP FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2015

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 The Rim Country Regional Chamber has an Immediate Order: 10076072opening for the position of Membership Manager.

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• Self starter, goal oriented and strong interpersonal skills and problem solving skills.

• Comfortable working with the computer basic skills with Word and other basic programs.

• We prefer some knowledge of the community if possible • Good professional appearance and goal-oriented.

We offer; • Good base salary plus commission, health insurance available, PTO time.

MERCHANDISE ANIMALS Dog Nail Clipping in the comfort and convenience of your home by Tracy. Local professional groomer of 24 years. $12.00 928-978-4959 Small Golfin Cockatoo, Goes by Eve (Name);Comes w/Big Iron Cage worth over $600 by itself, Asking $600.obo for both; 602-526-6807 or 602-399-0170

FURNITURE

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NOW HIRING CNA’S, RN’S & LPN’S Full-time, Part-time & PRN Positions Available.

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Please inquire about sign-on bonus for full-time positions.

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STAFF DEVELOPMENT/ INFECTION CONTROL COORDINATOR Must be an Arizona licensed RN. Previous teaching or training experience in a long-term care setting is preferred.

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Pullout Sofa/Sleeper, $100.

Dark Wood Dining Table w/Extra Leafs & 6 Chairs, $75.obo 928-476-3635 THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades?

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

POOLS/SPAS

107 E. Lone Pine Drive, Payson, AZ 85541 Order: 10076037 Cust: -Payson Care Center Keywords: Staff Development art#: 20126866 Do you want to make a difference? Are you ready Class: Healthcare Size: X 3.00 for2.00 a job that can evolve into a fulfilling career?

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

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS GARAGE SALES

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We are seeking compassionate and reliable individuals to provide care to individuals with developmental disabilities in community based settings.

Full Time overnight and on-call positions available.

Thu, Jun 4 and Fri, Jun 5. 8am GARAGE SALE: Outdoor, camping & fishing gear, tents, RV items, screen room, sleeping bags, backpacks, chairs, etc. Household & kitchen, small appliances, artwork,picture frames, office supplies, large file cabinet. Misc. electronics & cameras. Shop & yard tools.

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MOVING SALES 12. 907 W. Landmark Trail (Woodhill), Fri. & Sat. June 5 & 6 from 7:30 am to 2pm: Furniture, Costume Jewelry, Women’s/Men’s Clothes, Electronics, Massage Chair, Lawn Furniture, Tools, and Lost of Misc.

3. Moving Sale: Rancho Rd. across for the Payson Fire Dept.

June 5 & 6 from 7am to 2pm: Lot of Furniture, Nik/Naks and Bric & Brac! Collectibles, Lots of Guy Stuff, Everything Must GO! We Have Fun in Fund Raising!

5. MOVING SALE: 2807 W. Palmer Dr. Sat. & Sun. June 6 & 7 from 8am to 5pm: Furniture, Tools, Books, Exercise Equipment, Everything Must GO!

YARD SALES 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 Order: 10073824 Cust: -Gila County Personnel Keywords: Weekly 3x3 art#: 20123738 Class: General Size: 3.00 X 3.00

1. NEIGHBORHOOD SALE W. Chatham Drive, Fri. & Sat. June 5 & 6 from 8am to 2pm: Too Many Beautiful and Wonderful Items to List! Don’t Miss Out on this One! 10. Yard Sale - The Riff-Raff Club of Pine and Strawberry, a charity organization, is having their annual yard sale, on the Saturday June 6 starting at 7am. They will be set up by Payson Concrete in Pine.

Loads of great items for sale.

11. Street Sale (Fredanovich Circle) Fri. & Sat. June 5 & 6 from 8am to 4pm: THE BIG BAD BEST STREET SALE! Tools, Furniture, Baby/Children Stuff, Stained Glass Supplies and Much Much More!

Gila County Career Opportunities Globe:

Globe cont’d:

Lube Specialist Public Health Nurse Director of Public Works Juvenile Detention Officer Chief Deputy Assessor Temp. Executive Administrative Assistant

Account Clerk Sr. Construction Project Manager

Payson: Part-time Deputy Constable WIC Nutritionist Justice Court Clerk Associate

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

YARD SALES 13. Strawberry Yard Sale Windmill Corner Inn Strawberry Sat, Jun 6. 8am-4pm Hosted by Karolyn’s Wish Monies raised at Karolyn’s Wish Booth will go to benefit the Children of Pine and Strawberry

14. 483 N. Sleepy Hollow Dr., Beever Valley Estates, Sat. & Sun. June 6 & 7 from starting at 8am to 4pm: Mostly Clean Out Sale, Household items, Garage, and a Great Variety of Items. A Little Bit of Everything from Every Room!

2. 1107 W. Gold Nugget Lane, Fri. June 5 from 8am to 2pm: Mercury 6HP Engine, HP3300 Generator, Metal Detector, Animal Mounts, Antlers, Pelts, Elliptical Exerciser, Books and Misc.

4. MOVING SALE: Fri. June 5, from 7am till Everything is Gone!

116 S. Lakeshore Rd., Payson; 6’ Husky Fiberglass folding step ladder, speakers, under wall cabinet TV/radio combo, Toshiba TV with wall mount, clothing and plenty of other stuff. Everything must go.

6. HUGE MAN CAVE

TRAILERS

8053 Cherry Ann Lane, Mesa Del. 7. “Tons O Stuff” Huge sale this Thur, Fri. & Sat. June 4, 5 & 6 from 7am till ?: Saddles & Horse Tack, Tools, Christmas, Easter, Halloween Goods, Lots of Stuff!

Huge Selection; Great Prices!

404 E. Juniper St. Ya Can’t miss this one!

8. Pre Moving Carport Sale, Fri June 5 and Sat. June 6 from 7am to 2pm at 71 South Hillside Drive (Star Valley), Something for Everyone!

AUTOS/VEHICLES BOATS CHAMPION, 181 s/x specialty FISH & SKI 2001. 2001 mercury 125 elpto 2 stroke average retail 9600.00 call for more info.. $8500.00. 928 970 0283

CAMPERS 1992 Starcraft LeisureStar 24ft Fifth Wheel, Very Clean, New Refrigerator, New Battery, Like New Tires, $4,500. 928-978-2321

CARS

SERIES M-32RLT 21500.00. 928 970 0283 2006 31ft Outback Travel Trailer, Sleeps 9-10, Lamplighter Resort/Star Valley, Space 236 Pine Lane, $10,000.obo 480-471-6354 or 480-570-0350

TRUCKS 1993 Toyota 4x4 Pickup SR-5, 105K Orig. Miles, Second Owner, Good Condition, $4,000.

928-476-5912 2001 Ford Ranger 4x4 Super Cab, 4.0-L AC, AT, Shell, Very Good Tires, 105K Miles, Orig. Owner, Excellent Condition, 928-472-4444

EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATIVE/ PROFESSIONAL Paralegal, Legal Secretary for Full Time, Contingent on Experience; Call 928-232-9270 Pine Strawberry Fire District is seeking a P/T Administrative Assistant, up to 20 hrs/week (No Benefits).

Duties will include reception, phones, assisting in payroll, A/P, A/R, medical billing and records retention.

Please e-mail resume to: pine-strawberry@psfdaz.com

by Friday, June 12,2015.

Practice Manager Payson Pet Care, an AAHA accredited 3 dr. practice seeks f/t practice manager. Duties include staff mgmt, practice acctg & inventory control. Prior mgmt & acctg exp. req’d. Salary based on exp.

PTO, 401k, paid holidays and employee discounts. email: drsnyder@paysonpetcare.com

CHILDCARE Payson 1st Assembly is looking for a Childcare Provider for two hours each Sunday morning at $15/hr. Call 474-2302, Tues.-Fri., 10-4.

CLERICAL/OFFICE Experienced & Dependable Receptionist and Office Assistant for Busy Office.

Must be Organized and Able to Multitask. Scheduling, Filing, Email, Scanning, Excel & Work Skills are a MUST! Knowledge of Accounting, Taxes and Data Entry in Quickbooks would be helpful.

Email resumes to classads@payson.com or mail to 708 N. Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541 By Mon. June 8.

1940 Ford Deluxe

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.

I BUY CARS TRUCKS, RV’S & TRAILERS RUNNING OR NOT 928-951-3500 Ray’s Auto Exchange, 615 W. Main, 928-978-8375 2005 Ford F150 Super Cab XLT Pick-up, Nicely Equipped, $11,995.

2001 Volvo S-80, 6 Cylinder, Leather Interior, Sun Roof, Loaded, $5495.

2005 Saturn Vue, 5sp Transmission, Very Clean, $5795.

JET SKIS 2001 Yamaha R1, Runs like New, 12,120 Miles, $4,250. Call 928-978-2321

RVS 2008 Jayco Eagle Super Lite, Fifth Wheel one slide out, sleeps 6, television, with an extra hook up in the bedroom, automatic awning, air conditioning, heater, great shower, microwave, refrigerator freezer, oven and four burner stove, lots of storage. .. $13,500 OBO. 9284764883 mahaffey_futureone@msn.com.

TRACTORS Model 2015 Mahindra Diesel Tractor, Hydrolic Bucket, Gannon, Fiberglass Canapy, 320 hours, Call 928-300-6779

TRAILERS 1998 Coachman 33ft Travel Trailer, Set up in Park w/Extras, Asking $7,500.obo for info Call Robin at 928-595-1816

Family Community Advocate 40 hours per week / 40 weeks per year. Pay starts at $9.69 per hour.

Classroom Support Aide Payson 25 hours per week / 34 weeks per year, Pay starts at $8.37 per hour Teacher Assistant - Payson 40 hours per week / 37.5 weeks per year Pay starts at $9.00 per hour Family Community Advocate - Payson 40 hours per week / 40 weeks per year Pay starts at $9.69 per hour Classroom Support Aide - Payson 25 hours per week / 34 weeks per year Pay starts at $8.37 per hour Apply today at www.applitrack.com/ pgccs/Onlineapp Program provided by Pinal Gila Community Child Services is 100% federally funded.

EOE.

GENERAL Cabinet Installer, Experience Required, call 928-978-1629

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

FT/PT CLEANERS WANTED to Clean Cabins $10-$15/Hr+TIPS, , Flexable Hours, Reliable, Hardworker, Casual Dress, Christopher Creek, Shawna 928-478-4300

Maintenance Technician

FT Front Desk Clerk, Must be Available 2pm to 10pm & Weekends. Possess Excellent Customer Service Skills, Apply in Person Mon.-Sat. Majestic Mountain Inn 602 E. Hwy 260.

Four Door (Street Rod) Totally restored with new engine, brakes, suspension, wheels/tires with only 3080 miles from restore. Ice cold air conditioning that will drive you out of the car. Fantastic condition.. $32,500 OBO. 928-554-563 or 602-524-2511 wjmarshall@hsmove.com.

EDUCATION

2004 HOLIDAY RAMBER PRESIDENTIAL 5th WHEEL

SALE + MISC: Guns, Tools, Drain Cleaning Machine, Musical Instruments, Camping Stuff, Battery Charger, Bowling Bag on Wheels, Queen Air Mattress, Piano Tuning Wrench, Antiques, Furbys; Fri & Sat. June 5 & 6 from 7am to 2pm.

Get the best results!

Multi-family Housing Service oriented individual to perform routine maintenance on apartment development including minor repairs. Must have previous experience in housing maintenance. Successful candidate will have the ability to perform general maintenance including interior and exterior painting, drywall repair, grounds, janitorial, minor electrical and plumbing repairs, carpentry, preparing vacant units for re-rent, and handle emergency calls. Maintenance tech is on-call 24 hours a day and some weekends will be required. Must have ability to communicate with site manager and tenants. Salary commensurate with experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

You may obtain an employment application by going to www.syringaproperties.com/careers or locally at 905 S. Mclane Road M-F between 1-5pm.

Wanted Receptionist Looking for someone that is dependable with good typing skills, good with customers, can answer phones, schedule appointments, knows Quickbooks a plus, enter data, is computer savvy, can multi-task and perform under a fast pace and high pressure.

30 Day Training period. $10/hr.

Monday-Friday (Weekends off). Send resume to sharon@ghphc.com or call Sharon at 928-951-5988. 905 S Beeline Hwy.

CUSTOMER SERVICE see attached

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NOW HIRING: Medical Office Experience Only/Front Office 4-Days-a-week,day/evening hours, must be flexible, Excell & Word,Transcription a plus,Pay-DOE Send Resume & References to: Medical Clinic PO Box 1463, Payson,AZ 85547

Powell Place PT Leading to FT is looking for compassionate, dependable, hardworking Caregivers to provide services to our residents.

Experience working with older adults preferred, current CPR/First Aid card, level 1 fingerprint card and caregiver certification a plus.

Apply online @ enlivant.com

MECHANICAL Affordable Automotive, Now Accepting Resumes, for FT Mechanic, Call 928-474-1000 pick up prior mechanics wanted ad- 2 proof please.

EXPERIENCED

GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS WANTED! Full-Time Positions, must have own tools, current & valid Arizona Drivers License.

ASE certificate not necessary. Work on foreign & domestic cars.

Apply in person to SOUTHWEST TRANSMISSION, 212 W. Aero Drive between 8:00am and 5:00pm ask for Nick Adams.

RESTAURANTS 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.

HIRING Prep/Line Cook, Server, Busser. Fill out app in person 3270 N. Hwy87, PINE

SALES/MARKETING ad on server

IMMEDIATE OPENING Telemarketing Rep at Steve Coury Ford AT T E N T I O N Looking for candidates with strong work ethic, a willingness to learn.

We provide top of the line training for right individuals. Experience not required, you can earn while you learn. Must be willing to contact prospects to sell Ford new car lines in addition to quality pre-owned vehicles. We offer excellent pay and benefit plan opportunities. We are looking for highly motivated individuals that want to succeed and grow. If you feel that this is the opportunity you have been looking for in the automotive industry then please contact Heath Wacker at (928) 474-8888 or come out to Steve Coury Ford located at 4397 East Highway 260 in Star Valley.

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Medicare Plans Al Types Many Companies

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HOME REPAIRS

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LANDSCAPING

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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 Yard Maintenance Minor landscaping and tree trimming.

All work affordable.

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LEGAL SERVICES AZ Certified Legal Document Preparer / Paralegal, AZCLDP #81438,

928-474-1233 Behind Fargo’s Steakhouse • Since 1994 We do not solicit you by telephone, or suddenly show up at your front door uninvited. You’ll like our educational, relaxed way of doing business.

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HANDYMAN

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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

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of housing discrimination call the Arizona Attorney General’s Office

HEALTH CARE

R.W.P. CARPENTRY & REMODELING: Quality Additions, Cabinet Installation, Decks, Finnish Work, Painting, Drywall, Etc.20yrs Experience, Licensed & Bonded ROC200461, Payson B/L#PH9305, Call Robin 1-928-595-1816

Living Trusts Wills/Living Wills, Powers of Attorney, Deeds, Patty Rockwell, 928-476-6539

REAL ESTATE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES First Mortgage Wanted on Pine Home! $75,000. at 5.5% for 15 years; Balloon in 5. 280-261-6667 Pine, AZ, Established Antiques Business for Sale, Multi-dealer mall, 2500 sq ft leased bldg , Serious Inquiries only 928-951-3302

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

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

PAYSON ROUNDUP HOMES FOR SALE

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT

HOME INSPECTIONS AZ and ASHI Certified Home Inspector 14 years Experience Payson License #PO0049 www.inspectaz.com Dan Harris 928-970-1187

MOBILES FOR SALE 1978 Mobile Home for Sale $12,000. Family/Pet Friendly, Pine MHP, Space Rent $240.mo Vinyl Siding, New Carpet, Storage Shed. 928-476-6539 1Br/1Ba (Quiet End Unit in Oak Park), on site Laundry, New AC Unit, Clean, $4500.obo. Space Rent $320.mo 928-474-6375

$1075.mo = .69 Cents sf.

1550sf/New Energy Efficient AC,Carpet,Bathroom, Large Visible Signage from Highway,Ample Parking Front/Rear 807-A S.Beeline Hwy,Payson, 928-478-4110

Eagle Springs Professional Plaza Medical Suite Available also Office Space Available 1000sf to 3500sf 928-978-0149 Office or Retail Space Lowest Rates In Payson Private Bath,500 sq.ft.

On Upgraded Remodeled Units, 1 Month Rent Free 602-616-3558

HOMES FOR RENT 2Br/1Ba, Large Fenced Yard, Covered Patio, One Year Lease, $525.mo + Dep. Pets-No 602-390-7449 2BR/2BA M.Home in Payson M.H.Park, Covered deck, carport, new int.paint, new skirting, appliances inc. $8,500 480-390-8901 or 480-250-3404 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

3Br/2Ba 1 Car Garage; Site Built Home, Avail. June 1st, $1075.mo 928-978-2435 or 928-970-0634 3Br/2Ba-One w/Jacuzzi Tub; in Payson, $850.mo, W/D, Fenced Yard, Knotty Pine Interior, One Year Lease, Credit Report Required. 928-476-3989

Foreclosures: 30 Homes, both New and PreOwned to Choose From, Free Delivery, Call Bronco Homes, 1-800-487-0712

3Br/2Ba-Payson Two Story w/4-Car Garage, Extra Storage Shed, Fenced Yard, FP, Sauna, Pet-Friendly, $1100.mo Call James 520-304-6859 or Karl 480-201-6910

Park Model w/18’x15’ add on in Star Valley 55+. 1Br/1.5Ba, Covered Parking & Handicapped Ramp, Great Views.

480-258-1929

Beautifully “FURNISHED” ,New Paint/Carpet, 2Br/2Ba w/FP, 1800sf, MAIN HOUSE, 1.25 Acres In Town, Bring Your Horse, TV’s, $1,350.mo Call: 602-290-7282

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

RENTALS

Master Bedroom, Bath, Balcony, Remodeled Home on Quiet Cul-de-sac, w/3 decks, Fully Furnished, Perfect for Retiree, Smoking-No, $875.mo 480-284-5998

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.

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

PAYSON TRAILER RANCH Spaces starting @ $310.

1 & 2 Bdrms Starting @ $425.00 1st Mo + Deposit!

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LEGAL NOTICES 15784: 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #15-01605 Johnson Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $168,644.00 executed by Cedric L Johnson and Leslie D Johnson, husband and wife, 261 Hermosa Vista Globe, AZ 85501 , dated April 14, 2008 and recorded April 22, 2008, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2008-005679 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on July 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Parcel No. 1: Parcel 5, as shown on Record of Survey recorded as Survey Map No. 2404, being a portion of the Southeast quarter of Section 27, Township 1 North, Range 15 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona. Parcel No. 2: An easement for roadway as shown on Parcels

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15785: 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/5/2015 NOTICE OF HEARING ON DEPENDENCY PETITION No. JD 201500009 Honorable Timothy Wright IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the Matter of: CORINA BEARD-FISCHER d.o.b. 10-19-2011 Person under 18 years of age.

TO: CHAUNTE BEARD-FISCHER, MICHAEL COMBS-BEARD, and JOHN DOE, a fictitious name, parent(s) and/or guardian(s) of the above-named child.

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

2. The Court has set a continued initial/publication hearing on July 23, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., at Gila County Superior Court, 714 S. Beeline Hwy., #104, Payson, AZ 85541, telephone number 928.474.3978, for the purpose of determining whether any parent or guardian named herein is contesting the allegations in the Petition.

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

4. You have a right to appear as a party in this proceeding. You are advised that your failure to personally appear in court at the initial

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

5. If you are receiving this Notice by publication, you may obtain a copy of the Dependency Petition, Notice of Hearing, and Temporary Order by submitting a written request to: TRACEY L. HEINRICK, Office of the Attorney General, 120 W. 1st Ave., 2nd Floor, Mesa, Arizona 85210. The assigned case manager is Matthew Milone and may be reached by telephone at 928.468.9803.

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

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

DATED this__day of May 2015.

MARK BRNOVICH Attorney General TRACEY L. HEINRICK Assistant Attorney General 15786: 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/2015 TS/File 127922.10128 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust recorded on AUGUST 2, 2007, in INSTRUMENT NO. 2007-013126 in the Office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF PIONEER TITLE AGENCY, INC., 421 S. BEELINE HWY, PAYSON, ARIZONA on

Pursuant to A.R.S. 38-431 et seq: and A.R.S. 42-17101 et seq: and A.R.S. 48-251 et seq. Notice is Hereby Given to the Members of Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District Of a Hearing on the Proposed Rates & Budget for Fiscal Year July 1 2015 to June 30 2016. At this meeting any District member may appear and be heard in favor or against any proposed tax levies, revenue resources, or planned expenditures.

Location & Time of the Hearing: 6:00 p.m. Thursday June 18 2015 at the PSWID 2IÀFH DW : +DUGVFUDEEOH 5RDG Proposed Annual Budget July 1 2015 to June 30 2015

Funds In-No Change in Revenue Pricing and/or Tax Levy same as last fiscal year

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LEGAL NOTICES JULY 13, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. of said day: Unit 17, formerly known as Unit 25, FRONTIER CONDOMINIUMS, a condominium, as created by that certain Declaration recorded in Docket 679, page 502, and First Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration, recorded in Fee No. 95-665163 and as shown on plat recorded in Map Nos. 618 and 618A, records of Gila County, Arizona. TOGETHER WITH an undivided interest in and to the common elements as set forth in said Declaration, First Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration and plat and any annexations thereof. Purported Property Address: 300 W. FRONTIER #17, PAYSON, AZ. Tax Parcel Number: 304-08-142B. Original Principal Balance: $52,442.34 Original/Current Beneficiary: DARWIN E. BROWN and SHERI L. BROWN, 95-1017 KUAULI ST. #121, MILILANI, HI 96789. Original Trustor: JACKIE L. VAN BUSKIRK, 300 W. FRONTIER #17, PAYSON, AZ 85541. Current Trustor: BRIAN J. VAN BUSKIRK, 4945 N. COLUMBINE DR., STRAWBERRY, AZ 85544. Said Trustee’s Sale will be held without covenant or warranty express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid principal balance of $48,599.32 plus monies due as provided under the terms of said Deed of Trust, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Deed of Trust. Dated: MARCH 25, 2015.

Current Trustee: Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. 580 East Wilcox Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635. (520) 458-3500 Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation, as Trustee. By: /s/ Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary. Manner of Trustee Qualification: Escrow Agent.

Name of Regulating Agency: Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF MARICOPA. The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on April 9, 2015,

by Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary of Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. By: /s/ Erin C. Klabough, Notary Public.

My Commission Expires: January 7, 2018.

LEGAL NOTICES 15787: 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #15-40192 Sund Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $64,223.00 executed by Ronald J. Sund and Tracey A. Sund, husband and wife, 180 Ash St Roosevelt, AZ 85545 , dated February 27, 2004 and recorded March 8, 2004, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2004-003527 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on July 30, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: The following described real property situate in Gila County, Arizona with the title being conveyed to the grantee as set forth in the attached acceptance by the grantee: Lot 180 of ROOSEVELT LAKE ESTATES UNIT TWO, according to the plat of record in the office of the county recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map No. 291. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 180 Ash St Roosevelt, AZ 85545. Tax Parcel No.: 204-04-180 4. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid prin-

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$1,250.00

$2,000.00

1"

$1,350.00

$2,300.00

1 1/2"

$1,700.00

$2,900.00

2"

$1,800.00

$3,500.00

3"

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$3,500.00

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$3,500.00

Amount of Fee

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NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4524050 05/22/2015, 05/29/2015, 06/05/2015, 06/12/2015

Notice of Rate and Budget Hearing • Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District

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Order: 10076034 Cust: -Pine Strawberry Water Improvem Keywords: Notice of Rate & Budget Hearing art#: 20126861 Class: Public Notices Size: 6.00 X 14.00

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1305 N. Camelot, 5BD, 3BD . . . . . . . . . . . . $2200 803 S. Boulder Cir., 4BD, 3BA . . . . . . . . . . $1810 911 W. Wilderness, 3BD, 2BA. . . . . . . . . . . $1000 117 E. Pine St., 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $975 89 Milky Way, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $950 703 W. Saddle Ln., 3BD, 2BD . . . . . . . . . . . $895 1501 N. Beeline Hwy. #36, 2BD, 2BA. . . . . . $875 121 E. Cedar Ln., 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850 200 E. Malibu Dr. D2, 2BD, 2BA. . . . . . . . . . $800 1501 N. Beeline Hwy. #59, 2BD, 1BA. . . . . . $800 204 E. Jura Cir. #B, 2BD, 1BA . . . . . . . . . . . $700 207 E. Longhorn #3, 1BD, 1BA. . . . . . . . . . . $575 205 E. Forest Dr. #11, 1BD, 1BA . . . . . . . . . $525 607 S. Beeline Hwy Sp19, 1BD, 1BA . . . . . . $460

LEGAL NOTICES

1, 2, 3, and 4 of said survey. Parcel No. 3: An easement for vehicular access and utilities as created in instrument recorded at Fee No. 94-652604, of Official Records, records of Gila County, Arizona.

Parcel No. 4: An easement for vehicular access and utilities as created in instrument recorded at Fee No. 1998-5105, of Official Records, records of Gila County, Arizona. Make: Palm Harbor Model: DVP476H2 Year: 2007 Serial Number(s): PH19-6162A,B Length and Width: 76x27 The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 261 Hermosa Vista Globe, AZ 85501. Tax Parcel No.: 207-23-014R 1. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust Current Beneficiary:JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Associatio; Care of/Servicer: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 3415 Vision Drive Columbus, OH 43219; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000.

Dated: 04/24/2015 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 04/24/2015, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

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Late Fee Meter Re-read Fee

Brief Description

$30.00 All returned payments $100 +(Base fee Rate X # of Months Service was When Customer or terminated PSWID stops service and then restarts service at up to 12 same residence months) All new & transferred $50.00 customers For Non-Payment within $50.00 90 Days $5.00 plus Charged monthly on 2% balance due until Monthly current If meter is correct and $40.00 was at customer request

Meter Test Fee

If meter is good and was $150.00 at customer request

Security Deposit

All Customers Must have $150.00 Deposit on File

After Hours Service At Customers RequestFee $125.00 Minimum fee 1 Hour Any size MeterReinstall Fee if $0.00 preplumbed* $150.00 *Also see ReEstablisment Fee Miscellaneous Fees Impact Fee applys only to brand new location of meter never had a meter before Meter Install fee applys to meter and any service line installations required

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LEGAL NOTICES cipal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust Current Beneficiary:Wells Fargo SBM WFHM; Care of/Servicer: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc 3476 Stateview Boulevard, MAC #X7801-014 Fort Mill, SC 29715; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000. Dated: 04/30/2015 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 04/30/2015, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject p r o p e r t y. A - F H 4 5 2 4 8 3 3 05/22/2015, 05/29/2015, 06/05/2 15788: 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/2015 TS No. 2014-00983-AZ 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 11/06/2002 and recorded on 11/15/2002 as Instrument No. 2002-018005, Book —- Page —and rerecorded on as in the official records 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 08/27/2015 at 11:00 AM of said day:

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

More Particularly Described As Follows: Commencing At the Northeast Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Said Section 36; Thence South 89°58`00” West, Along The North Line Of The Northeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36, A Distance Of 490.81 Feet To The POINT OF BEGINNING. Thence South 00°11`00” East, A Distance Of 636.22 Feet; Thence South 82°50`40” West, A Distance Of 169.86 Feet To A Point On The West Line Of The Northeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36; Thence North 00°11`00” West, Along The West Line, A Distance Of 657.28 Feet To The Northwest Corner Of The Northeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36; Thence North 89°58`00” East, Along The North Line Of The Northeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36, A Distance Of 169.61 Feet To The POINT OF BEGINNING Excepting Therefrom the North 100 Feet.

Parcel No. 5 An Easement For Ingress, Egress And Public Utilities Over The West 10.00 Feet Of The Following Described Property.

That Portion Of Section 36, Township 6 North, Range 10 East Of The Gila And Salt River Base And Meridian, Gila County, Arizona More Particularly Described As Follows:

Parcel No: 1

Commencing At The Northeast Corner Of The Northeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Said Section 36;

Parcel 2-B, As Shown On Record Of Survey Recorded As Survey Map No. 2099, Being A Portion Of Section 36, Township 6 North, Range 10 East Of The Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona.

Thence South 89°58`00” West, Along The North Line Of The Northeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36, A Distance Of 174.38 Feet To The POINT OF BEGINNING

Reserving Unto The Grantor Her Heirs and Assigns an Easement For Ingress, Egress And Public Utilities Over The West 10 Feet Of Said Parcel 2-A.

Except Therefrom Any Portion Lying With Parcel No. 1 Described Above.

Parcel No: 2 A 18.00 Foot Wide Easement For Ingress, Egress And Utilities Located In A Portion Of Section 36, Township 6 North, Range 10 East Of The Gila And Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, The Centerline Of Which is More Particularly Described As Follows:

Purported Street Address: 2 4 North Rice Road, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553 Tax Parcel Number: 20106158A/R003627 Original Principal Balance: $64,000.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary:

Commencing At The Southwest Corner Of The Northeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Said Section 36;

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-AR1

Thence South 00°11`00” East, Along The West Line Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36, A Distance Of 04.57 Feet To The Beginning Of Said Centerline;

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Thence North 82°50`40” East, A Distance Of 345.54 Feet To The End Of Said Centerline.

He Sideline Of Said Easement Commence On The West Line Of The East Half Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36 Which Bears North 0011”00” West.

Parcel No.3 The 24.00 Foot Wide Easement For Ingress, Egress and Utilities Located In A Portion Of Section 36, Township 6 North, Range 10 East Of The Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, The Centerline Of Which Is More Particularly Described As Follows: Commencing At The Southwest Corner Of The Southwest Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Said Section 36; Thence North 89°55`50” East, Along The South Line Of The Southwest Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36, A Distance Of 43.39 Feet To The Beginning Of Said Centerline; Thence North 56°52`45” East, A Distance Of 183.92 Feet To The P.C. Of A Curve To The Left, Concave To The Northwest Having A Radius Of 490.00 Feet and A Central Angle Of 13°55`35”; Thence Northeasterly Along Said Curve, A Distance Of 119.10 Feet; Thence North 42°57`10” East, A Distance Of 98.28 Feet To The P.C. Of A Curve To The Left, Concave To The Northwest Having A Radius Of 295.00 Feet And A Central Angle Of 41°50`09”; Thence Northerly Along Said Curve, A Distance Of 215.40 Feet; Thence North 01°07`01” East, A Distance Of 95.66 Feet To The P.C. Of A Curve To The Right, Concave To The Southeast Having A Radius Of 105.00 Feet And A Central Angle Of 81°43`40”; Thence Northeasterly Along Said Curve, A Distance of 149.77 Feet; Thence North 82°50`40” East, A Distance Of 129.18 Feet To A Point On The West Line Of The East Half Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36, From Which The Southwest Corner Of The Northeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Bears North 00°11`00” West, A Distance Of 04.57 Feet, Said Point Being The End Of The Centerline.

Except Any Portion Lying Within The Northwest Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Said Section 36.

The Sideline Of Said Easement Commence On The South Line Of The Southwest Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36 Which Bears North 89°55`50” East And Terminates On The West Line Of The East Half Of The Southeast Quarter Of The Southeast Quarter Of Section 36 Which Bears North 00°11`00” West.

Parcel No.4 An Easement For Ingress, Egress And Public Utilities Over The East 10.00 Feet To The Following Described Property: That Portion Of Section 36, Township 6 North, Range 10 East Of The Gila And Salt River Base And Meridian, Gila County, Arizona,

1661 Worthington Road West Palm Beach, FL 33409 Name and Address of Original Trustor: Raymond Lee, AN UNMARRIED MAN 24 North Rice Road, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553 Name, Address and Telephone Number of Trustee: Western Progressive - Arizona, Inc. Northpark Town Center 1000 Abernathy Rd NE; Bldg 400, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30328 (866) 960-8299 SALE INFORMATION: Sales Line: (866) 960-8299 W e b s i t e : http://www.altisource.com/Mortgag eServices/DefaultManagement/Tru steeServices.aspx

Western Progressive zona, Inc.

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The successor trustee herein qualifies as a trustee of the Deed of Trust in the trustee’s capacity as an Escrow Agent as required by A.R.S. § 33-803 (A)(6). The successor trustee’s regulator is the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions.

STATE OF Georgia COUNTY OF Dekalb On _______________________, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said State, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared ____________________________ ____, personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity, and that by his/her 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. ____________________________ _____ NOTARY PUBLIC 15795: 5/29, 6/2, 6/5/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: Chamberlain Construction Consulting, LLC FILE NUMBER: L-2003189-0 II. The address of the known place of business is: 200 S Rocking G Ranch Rd Payson, AZ 85541 III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Rick W Palmer 200 S Rocking G Ranch Rd Payson, AZ 85541 Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Rick W Palmer member 200 S Rocking G Ranch Rd Payson, AZ 85541 Elane R Palmer member

200 S Rocking G Ranch Rd Payson, AZ 85541 5/29, 6/2, 6/5/15 CNS-2756589# 15800: 5/29, 6/5, 6/12, 6/19/2015 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 4/24/2015 TS No. : AZ-15-663282-BF Order No. : 150066356-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 10/28/2013 and recorded 10/30/2013 as Instrument 2013-012697 , in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 7/29/2015 at 11:00:00 AM Sale Location: At the main entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: That portion of Lots 3 and 4, Block 2A, of EAST GLOBE MAP NO. 1, according to the plat of record in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map No. 2, described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of Parker Street, a distance of 125 feet Southerly from the Northeast corner of Lot No. 6, Block No. 2-A, EAST GLOBE; THENCE Southerly along Parker Street, 75 feet; THENCE Westerly parallel with Maple Street, 117.33 feet; THENCE Northerly parallel with Parker Street, 75 feet; THENCE EASTERLY, 117.33 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, being the South 55 feet of Lot 4, and the North 20 feet of Lot 3 of Block No. 2-A, Map No. 1, EAST GLOBE, Gila County, Arizona.

Purported Street Address: 420 SOUTH PARKER ST, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel Number: 208-05-108 Original Principal Balance: $175,000.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. C/O WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. 1 Home Campus X2504-017 Customer Service Des Moines, IA 50328 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): KENNETH C WOOLSTON AND JANET L WOOLSTON, HUSBAND AND WIFE 420 SOUTH PARKER ST, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 714-573-1965 Login to: w w w. p r i o r i t y p o s t i n g . c o m AZ-15-663282-BF The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations . If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-15-663282-BF Dated: 4/23/2015 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Martha Sanchez, Assistant Secretary A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California County of: San Diego On 4/23/2015 before me, Janeth Salas Aguilar a notary public, personally appeared Martha Sanchez, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Janeth Salas Aguilar Commission No. 1997798 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm.

Expires 11/11/2016 IDSPub #0083736 5/29/2015 6/5/2015 6/12/2015 6/19/2015 15801: 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/2015 SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA GILA COUNTY in the Matter of the Estate of MARY ELAINE CESTA PETERS, Case Number PB201500043 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT: 1.PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: MARK F. CESTA has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate on 5/08/2015.

Address: c/o LAW OFFICES OF JO ELLEN VORK, PLLC, 615 W. Main St, Payson, AZ 85541 2. DEADLINE TO MAKE CLAIMS. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred.

3. NOTICE OF CLAIMS: Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative at LAW OFFICES OF JO ELLEN VORK, PLLC, 615 W. Main St, Payson, AZ 85541. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT: A copy of the Notice of Appointment is available at LAW OFFICES OF JO ELLEN VORK, PLLC. Jo Ellen Vork Attorney for Estate of Kevin Scott VanEckhoutte.

15802: 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #15-40398 Steele Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $80,000.00 executed by Mark Steele, an unmarried man, 300 Josephine Street #A and B Globe, AZ 85501 , dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 10, 2006, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2006-002414 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on August 7, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Lot 5, Block 8, of

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LEGAL NOTICES DUNCAN ADDITION, according to the plat of record in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map No 51. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 300 Josephine Street #A and B Globe, AZ 85501. Tax Parcel No.: 208-07-045 3. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust Current Beneficiary:Deutsche Bank/MorgStanley/2006-NC4 by WF; Care of/Servicer: America’s Servicing Company 3476 Stateview Blvd, MAC #X7801-014 Fort Mill, SC 29715; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000.

Dated: 05/08/2015 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 05/08/2015, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4526869 06/05/2015, 06/12/2015, 06/19/2015, 06/26/2015 15803: 5/5/2015 IN THE MATTER OF: U.S. CURRENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $625,810.00 SEIZED IN COUNTER NARCOTICS ALLIANCE CASE NUMBER: 1505020606 NO: 20150518EUC02 NOTICES OF SEIZURE AN OF PENDING FORFEITURE MAKING UNCONTESTED FORFEITURE AVAILABLE You are hereby given notice the property described in Appendix One has been sized for forfeiture by the State of Arizona pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 13-2314(G), 13-2317, 13-3413, and 13-4301, et. see..

The seizure was made by the COUNTER NARCOTICS ALLIANCE, 270 South Stone Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85701, and took place on SR 87 AT MILEPOST 249 on May 2, 2015.

Pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 13-4306(C), 13-4307, 13-4308, and 13-4311, the Pima County Attorney declares the property described in Appendix One subject to forfeiture.

No person claiming to be an owner or interest holder in property seized for forfeiture may commence or maintain any action against the State concerning the validity of the alleged interest other than as provided in Chapter Thirty-nine, Title 13, Arizona Revised Statutes.

A.R.S. § 13-4310(J).

The attorney for the State has chosen to make uncontested forfeiture available so an owner or interest holder in the property may either (a) submit a Petition for remission or Mitigation to the Deputy Pima County Attorney undersigned, or (b) may file a Claim against the property in the Pima County Superior Court. Anyone submitting a petition may use the form included with this Notice; preparation and filing of a claim is the sole responsibility of the owner or interest holder. Either must be done within thirty (30) days after this Notice A.R.S §§ 13-4307, 4309(2), and 4311 (D). Both must meet the requirements of A.R.S. § 13-4311 (E) and (F); by law, no extensions of time for the filing of a claim may be granted. If the interest claimed is a lien or other encumbrance on the property, any claim or petition must include the balance of the principal still owed.

A.R.S. §13-4311(E)(3).

The procedure for uncontested forfeiture is described in A.R.S. §13-4309. An owner or interest holder submits a petition directly to the attorney for the State. The petition must meet all the requirements for a claim, see A.R.S. §13-4311, subsections E and F, but the petition is not filed in court.

After a timely proper petition is submitted to the Pima County Attorney’s Office, the State’s attorney may inquire further to determine whether a petitioner’s interest will be maintained in whole or in part. The inquiry and determination usually takes less than ninety days from this Notice, may include an interview, and allows negotiation between the State’s attorney and the petitioner. Within ninety days, the attorney for the State will decide whether to grant or deny the petition or to offer mitigation of forfeiture. If the petition is denied, or the petitioner rejects the mitigation, if any, which may have been offered, then the petitioner will be provided with a written Declaration of Forfeiture. An owner or interest holder in any property declared forfeited may then file a claim as described in A.R.S. § 13-4311, subsections E and F, in the Pima County Superior Court within thirty days after the mailing of the Declaration of Forfeiture. By law, no extensions of time for the filing of a claim may be granted. A.R.S. § 13-4311(F).

You may need to consult a lawyer before making a decision to submit a petition, or file a claim, to do nothing. The Pima County Attorney cannot provide legal advice; the County Attorney’s Office will not file anything in court for your.

Failure to either (a) submit a proper and timely petition or (b) file a proper and timely claim will result in the forfeiture of all interest.

See A.R.S. § 13-4314.

DATED this 26 day of May, 2015.

BARBARA LAWALL PIMA COUNTY ATTORNEY /s/ Kevin S. Krejci, KEVIN S. KREJCI, #64569 Deputy County Attorney NOTICE: ANY VEHICLE OR PROPERTY SEIZED MAY BE STORED AT A COMMERCIAL STORAGE FACILITY CHOSEN

BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. ANY ACCRUED OR ACCRUING TOWING AND/OR STORAGE FEES ARE SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PETITIONER OR CLAIMANT. An owner of property seized for forfeiture may obtain the immediate release of the seized property by posing a bond or cash in an amount equal to the value of the property as explained in Arizona Revised Statutes §13-4306(G) &

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(H). If you wish to post a bond or cash that will substitute for the property seized and have the property returned to you while the forfeiture proceedings continue, please call this Office and speak with the Forfeiture specialist paralegal, Jose Arvizu.

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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: Arthur E. Lloyd, (x) manager, 113 E. Frontier St., Payson, AZ 85541; Susan Leigh Lloyd, (x) manager, 113 E. Frontier St., Payson, AZ 85541.

15804: 6/2, 6/5, 6/9/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: FANCY FINDS LLC File No. L-2001634-2 II. The address of the known place of business is: 4069 N. Hwy 87, Pine, AZ 85544.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Sherri Gray, 204 E. Sherwood, 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: Sherri Gray, (x) member, 204 E. Sherwood, Payson, AZ 85541; Peter Undlin, (x) member, 204 E. Sherwood, Payson, AZ 85541.

15809: 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #15-00015 Reeves Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $152,000.00 executed by Richard L. Reeves and Jaimie M Reeves, husband and wife, as community property with right of survivo, 8293 S Colt Drive Globe, AZ 85501-4055 , dated December 14, 2011 and recorded January 18, 2012, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2012-000540 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on August 20, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: THAT certain parcel of land situate and being a portion of LOT 10 of Section 12, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of said property from which the North quarter of Section 12, Township 1 South, Range 15 East, bears North 68 degrees 27 minutes 57 seconds East, a distance of 347.14 feet; THENCE South 89 degrees 54 minutes 11 seconds West, a distance of 100.00 feet; THENCE South 0 degrees 30 minutes 11 seconds West, a distance of 91.57 feet; THENCE South 22 degrees 34 minutes 33 seconds West, a distance of 11.55 feet along the chord of a circle whose radius is 15 feet; THENCE South 44 degrees 47 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of 146.79 feet; THENCE North 0 degrees 30 minutes 11 seconds East, a distance of 205.57 feet to the Place of Beginning.

The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 8293 S Colt Drive Globe, AZ

15806: 6/2, 6/5, 6/9/2015 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 1. ENTITY NAME: CASA PLAY VISTALLC. 2.

A.C.C. FILE NUMBER: L-1958868-8. 3. (x) ENTITY NAME CHANGE: RED BARON 1505 LLC. By checking the box marked “I accept” below, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law. (x) I ACCEPT; /s/ Keith H. Stacher, Keith H. Stacher, 04/13/15. (x) This is a member-managed LLC and I am signing individually as a member or I am signing for an entity member named: Keith H. Stacher.

15807: 6/2, 6/5, 6/9/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: LLOYD FARM ENTERPRISES LLC File No. L-2002524-1 II. The address of the known place of business is: 113 E. Frontier St., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Arthur E. Lloyd, EJQ, 113 E. Frontier St., Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a

85501-4055. Tax Parcel No.: 102-12-022 9. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust Current Beneficiary:United Security Financial Corp; Care of/Servicer: Lender Live Network, Inc. Attn: Payment Processing P.O. Box 469047 Glendale, CO 80246; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000. Dated: 05/21/2015 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 05/21/2015, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4527677 06/05/2015, 06/12/2015, 06/19/2015, 06/26/2015 15810: 6/5/2015 Public Notice EBI Project #6115002738 T-Mobile USA is proposing to modify an existing unmanned wireless telecommunications facility on an existing guyed tower located at Diamond Point Mountain, Payson, Gila County, AZ. The modification will consist of removing existing antennas and replacing them with new antennas at a centerline heights of 7 feet and 25 feet above

LEGAL NOTICES ground level. Any interested party wishing to submit comments regarding the potential effects the proposed facility may have on any historic property may do so by sending such comments to: Project 6115002738-SF c/o EBI Consulting, 11445 East Via Linda, Suite 2, #472, Scottsdale, AZ 85259 or 858-229-7862.

15811: 6/5, 6/12/2015 PUBLIC NOTICE: Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Whispering Pines Domestic Water Improvement District will conduct a public hearing to adopt the budget for the coming 2015-2016 fiscal year. The public is invited to attend. Date: June 21st, 2015.

Time: 2:30 PM. Location: Whispering Pines Fire Station 71, 10603 N. Houston Mesa Rd., Whispering Pines.

2015 - 1026 Budget: Revenue: District Tax Levy $19,125.00 Carryover from Prev.FY$80,000.00 Total Revenue $99,125.00 Expenses: Administration $10,525.00 Board of Directors $ 1,600.00 Capital Projects $87,000.00 Total Expenses $99.125.00 15812: 6/2, 6/9, 6/12/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: GILACOUNTY INVESTMENTS, LLC File No. L-1998230-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 2307 E. Blue Bell Circle, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Jacob Sopeland, 2307 E. Blue Bell Circle, Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Jacob Sopeland, (x) manager, 2307 E. Blue Bell Circle, Payson, AZ 85541; Sundi Sopeland, (x) member, 2307 E. Blue Bell Circle, Payson, AZ 85541; Patrick Phaneuf (x) member, 2307 E. Blue Bell Circle, Payson, AZ 85541.

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YARD SALE GUIDE Weekend of June 5-7 1. NEIGHBORHOOD SALE W. Chatham Drive, Fri. & Sat. June 5 & 6 from 8am to 2pm: Too Many Beautiful and Wonderful Items to List!

Don’t Miss Out on this One!

2. 1107 W. Gold Nugget Lane, Fri. June 5 from 8am to 2pm: Mercury 6HP Engine, HP3300 Generator, Metal Detector, Animal Mounts, Antlers, Pelts, Elliptical Exerciser, Books and Misc.

3. Moving Sale: Rancho Rd. across for the Payson Fire Dept.

June 5 & 6 from 7am to 2pm: Lot of Furniture, Nik/Naks and Bric & Brac! Collectibles, Lots of Guy Stuff, Everything Must GO! We Have Fun in Fund Raising!

4. MOVING SALE: Fri. June 5, from 7am till Everything is Gone!

116 S. Lakeshore Rd., Payson; 6’ Husky Fiberglass folding step ladder, speakers, under wall cabinet TV/radio combo, Toshiba TV with wall mount, clothing and plenty of other stuff. Everything must go.

5. MOVING SALE: 2807 W. Palmer Dr. Sat. & Sun. June 6 & 7 from 8am to 5pm: Furniture, Tools, Books, Exercise Equipment, Everything Must GO!

6. HUGE MAN CAVE SALE + MISC: Guns, Tools, Drain Cleaning Machine, Musical Instruments, Camping Stuff, Battery Charger, Bowling Bag on Wheels, Queen Air Mattress, Piano Tuning Wrench, Antiques, Furbys; Fri & Sat. June 5 & 6 from 7am to 2pm.

8053 Cherry Ann Lane, Mesa Del. 7. “Tons O Stuff” Huge sale this Thur, Fri. & Sat. June 4, 5 & 6 from 7am till ?: Saddles & Horse Tack, Tools, Christmas, Easter, Halloween Goods, Lots of Stuff!

Huge Selection; Great Prices!

404 E. Juniper St. Ya Can’t miss this one!

8. Pre Moving Carport Sale, Fri June 5 and Sat. June 6 from 7am to 2pm at 71 South Hillside Drive (Star Valley), Something for Everyone!

9. Garage Sale 922 N. Easy St. Payson Thu, Jun 4 and Fri, Jun 5. 8am GARAGE SALE: Outdoor, camping & fishing gear, tents, RV items, screen room, sleeping bags, backpacks, chairs, etc. Household & kitchen, small appliances, artwork,picture frames, office supplies, large file cabinet. Misc. electronics & cameras. Shop & yard tools.

10. Yard Sale - The Riff-Raff Club of Pine and Strawberry, a charity organization, is having their annual yard sale, on the Saturday June 6 starting at 7am. They will be set up by Payson Concrete in Pine.

Loads of great items for sale.

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11. Street Sale (Fredanovich Circle) Fri. & Sat. June 5 & 6 from 8am to 4pm: THE BIG BAD BEST STREET SALE! Tools, Furniture, Baby/Children Stuff, Stained Glass Supplies and Much Much More!

12. 907 W. Landmark Trail (Woodhill), Fri. & Sat. June 5 & 6 from 7:30 am to 2pm: Furniture, Costume Jewelry, Women’s/Men’s Clothes, Electronics, Massage Chair, Lawn Furniture, Tools, and Lost of Misc.

13. Strawberry Yard Sale Windmill Corner Inn Strawberry Sat, Jun 6. 8am-4pm Hosted by Karolyn’s Wish Monies raised at Karolyn’s Wish Booth will go to benefit the Children of Pine and Strawberry

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14. 483 N. Sleepy Hollow Dr., Beaver Valley Estates, Sat. & Sun. June 6 & 7 from starting at 8am to 4pm: Mostly Clean Out Sale, Household items, Garage, and a Great Variety of Items. A Little Bit of Everything from Every Room!

15. Yard Sale at Rim Country Museum in Green Valley Park from 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 6.

Donations will support Northern Gila County Historical Society.

No early birds, please.

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Game brings back fond memories of a night long ago From page 1B the youngster over a misinterpretation of his behavior.

He was an exuberant kid, always smiling. He dominated that summer, going 19-9 and winning the American League Rookie of the Year Award.

He captivated Detroit, the state of Michigan and baseball fans across the country, routinely drawing capacity crowds of 50,000 to the corner of Michigan and Trumbull avenues to watch a losing team.

So, there we were, my mother and I, in our seats on the first base side of the infield watching this kid baffle the A’s for 11

innings before the Tigers finally managed to push a run across to the delight of most of the 45,905 in attendance.

Like everyone else, I loved him.

Who wouldn’t?

The whole stadium stood and applauded Fidrych until he reappeared on the top step of the third base dugout to don his cap in acknowledgment.

I remember standing there, next to my mom, while she clapped and grinned — a fan after all, even if she just came for me.

Watching the Tigers and the A’s again last week, all these memories flooded my mind.

On that unforgettable day 39 years ago, my mother patiently

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Payson’s John Whaley and Justin White finished first in the avid angler division in the Let’s Talk Fishin’ Bass Tournament at Roosevelt Lake on May 16-17.

Anglers reel in the bass on Roosevelt by

Tracy Purtee

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The weather wasn’t cooperating prior to the start of the May 16-17 Let’s Talk Fishin’ Bass Tournament on Roosevelt Lake, as heavy rain the night before led to a power outage in nearby Tonto Basin, causing some anglers to be late. And the rain had the creeks running, changing the lake from a stained green to a chocolate milk color, which adversely affects the fishing.

The first day started at 5:14 a.m. with clouds and a light rain and water temperatures in the low 60s.

Twenty-four teams were anxious to get to their special fishing spots so they could load their boats with their five biggest bass.

At 10 a.m. the team of Chris and Jonell Massey called the tournament director to see if they could weigh in early because they had a fish that barely fit in the live well. They wanted to continue to fish so they needed to wait until later because once you weigh in any fish, you’re done for the day.

At 1 p.m. the director received another call from the team and they could wait no longer and asked to weigh in. They weighed in the big fish for day one and the tournament at 8.47 pounds. The Flagstaff team weighed in a total of 17.68 pounds for both days, taking fifth place overall.

Payson anglers stole the stage with John Whaley and Justin White in the avid angler tournament topping the scales at 20.76 pounds, with a 3.12 big fish.

Eighth place went to Mick Pageler fishing solo with 15.96. His big fish weighed 2.34. Rod Nelson and

Jake Randall finished 10th with 15.47 and a 1.95 big fish. They also won the Anglers of the Year award for the most points for the season.

Keith Hunsinger and Robert O’Donnell (14.68/2.60) finished 11th.

In the high school division, Layne and Gary Chitwood finished second with a catch of 16.43, including a 2.56 big fish.

They were crowned Anglers of the Year for the division. Kasey and Art Chamberlin (15.80/2.22) finished third. Seth Branson and Kirk Russell (10.26/1.92) placed fifth.

Tom Karavites and Adam Combs took top honors in the teams division with a catch weighing 19.02 and a big fish of 3.15.

Chuck Thompson and George Sizemore (18.52/2.53) finished second. They also were Anglers of the Year for the second straight season.

More than $5,000 in cash plus prizes was paid out during the event.

The 2015-2016 season starts Oct. 17 at Roosevelt Lake and the Night Tournaments start June 27 at Roosevelt Lake. For more information visit the website at www.letstalkfishin@gmail.com.

The Let’s Talk Fishin’ Crew would like to thank Black & Tan Apparel & Design Center, NAPA Auto Parts, Rim Sight & Sound, south side Giant, Printing By George, Rim Country Custom Rods and LIL Chunk Baits for all their support.

To hear more fishing facts, rigging tips, angler stories and fishing trivia, tune in to KRIM 96.3 at 4 p.m. on Fridays for the Let’s Talk Fishin’ radio program.

Anderson’s 48 wins golf tourney Mike Anderson fired a 48 to win the A Flight title in the Payson Men’s Golf Association tournament at Payson Golf Course on May 27. It was an Individual Low Net event in which one hole on each nine was eliminated.

Anderson beat runner-up Frank Szakal (51) by three shots.

Mike McKee finished third with 52 and Alex Armenta (54) placed fourth.

Ralph Lindo shot a 52 and won a tiebreaker with Ron Fischer for

the B Flight crown. Dave Rutter and Herb Sherman both carded 53, with Rutter winning the tiebreaker. Steve Vincent (54) finished fifth.

Jim Marshall had the longest putt, finding the cup on No. 18 from 33 feet 8 inches. Ken Althoff was closest-to-the-pin on both No. 2 (13-5) and No. 8 (1-7). Other closest-to-the-pin winners were: Anderson (No. 17, 5-2), Szakal (No. 14, 6-1) and Stan Eggen (No. 5, 10-2).

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endured stares from Tiger fans as I cheered for the visitors. She half-heartedly shushed me once or twice, but in the end accepted my odd passions — as she’s always done. She taught me that — how to accept someone you love, even when you don’t really understand. I’ll never forget that perfect night, sitting beside her.

Within a couple of years, my allegiance changed to the Tigers.

I fell in love with the home team, in good years and bad years. At some point as I grew, loyalty felt more important than merely winning. But maybe that’s life. My parents got married as teenagers.

They’ve been together 61 years — good days and bad, always showing up. Maybe that means more than winning a World Series ring — loving the home team.

I only know that I’ve had many years of great memories attending games as a Tigers fan, including the final game with my buddies at Tiger Stadium in 1999,

before I finally moved west.

Still, my fondest memory remains that summer night in 1976 spent watching a baseball game with my mother, who

couldn’t quite bring herself to shush me.

As I write this column, she’s in pain and undergoing surgery to repair a broken vertebrae — the

latest in a series of frightening health problems she always minimizes.

I’m cheering for you now, Mom. I always have been.

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The umpire calls Detroit’s Nick Castellanos safe at second base as Oakland’s Ben Zobrist looks on.