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APS seeks 8 percent rate hike by

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Peter Aleshire

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Just for practice: Turn off the air conditioner.

Never mind the heat wave.

Best brace yourself.

Arizona Public Service wants to boost residential rates for power an average of 8 percent, in a rate increase request now before the Arizona Corporation Commission.

The proposed rate increase would boost the average homeowner’s bill by about $11 per month throughout the APS service area, which includes much of the Valley.

APS has submitted the rate increase request to the ACC, which will probably spend the next year considering the proposal.

The proposal would also substantially reduce the cost benefits of installing solar panels on a home by reducing the amount APS would pay for extra power generated by solar customers and fed back into the electrical grid. The proposal would reduce the amount APS pays for that extra power by 78 percent.

The solar industry maintains the proposal would virtually put it out of business in Arizona, which relies more on coal-fired plants than most other states.

See APS seeking, page 2A

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Prison term for assault A man who nearly ran over his ex-girlfriend, was sentenced to 1.75 years in prison.

On April 22, Michael Edward Freeman, 36, pleaded guilty to endangerment.

According to Deputy County Attorney Duncan J. Rose, who prosecuted the case, on April 15, 2015, Payson Police Department officers responded to a reported domestic disturbance.

The victim told officers that Freeman, her ex-boyfriend, had stolen her cellphone and then got into his truck to leave.

As Freeman drove off, the woman had to jump onto the side of the truck to avoid being run over.

She was thrown from the vehicle and injured her arms and legs.

On May 23, Judge Gary Scales sentenced Freeman to 1.75 years in prison and 24 months of supervised probation following his discharge.

As a term of probation, Freeman will attend a domestic violence treatment program.

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Photos courtesy of DJ Craig and the U.S. Forest Service

Photographer DJ Craig captured sunset through the smoke of the 29,000-acre Juniper Fire near Young and the U.S. Forest Service provided this image of trees going up in flames on the shores of the C.C. Cragin Reservoir. Firefighters have held that blaze to about 138 acres.

Hot, dry conditions, hoards of campers and a rash of fires this week prompted Tonto National Forest to impose fire restrictions on 4 million acres — including all of Rim Country.

An explosive 3,300-acre fire near Yarnell on Wednesday forced the evacuation of 300 people from the community traumatized in 2013 by the Yarnell Fire, which killed 19 firefighters.

However, cooler temperatures and a chance of rain forecast for today and tomorrow should give firefighters some relief heading into the weekend.

In the Tonto National Forest, the ban on a wide range of fire-producing activities from campfires to target shooting came as firefighters worked to contain a host of fires — including

an alarming, 138-acre blaze on the shores of the C.C. Cragin Reservoir — Payson’s major water source for the future.

Two Hotshot crews, four engine companies, three water tenders, three other crews, one aircraft and two helicopters worked all week to contain the fire started by an abandoned campfire burning on the shores of the reservoir and potentially threatening several homes in the area.

Cooler temps and a chance of rain

The fire could cause tremendous damage if it got out of control and charred the thick forests on the watershed of the 15,000-acre-foot reservoir.

The Salt River Project currently gets about 11,000 acre-feet per year from

• See Tonto Forest, page 6A

Gila County must cope with health crisis by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

The state of the health of Gila County residents and how to improve it came before the Board of Supervisors recently.

The report called for a shift from a focus on treating disease to preventing disease. “Conducting the assessments and developing a health improvement plan are the most important first steps in transforming health and wellness,” said the report.

The health department spent six months gathering data from residents and public records to

identify the most pressing health issues facing residents to help create an action plan.

The committee established four priorities, including obesity; substance abuse; sexual health; and access to quality health care, including mental health services.

Obesity Gila County residents suffer from higher rates of obesity than other rural counties in the state, especially among children from low-income families.

The problem stems from a lack of vegetable

consumption and exercise. Additionally a higher percent of Gila’s population has limited access to healthy foods. Gila County families also more often go hungry than those in other U.S. counties.

The steps identified to reduce obesity among county residents include: More fruits and vegetables

• Increase the percent of Gila County residents who meet or exceed recommended amounts of fruit and vegetable consumption from 14 percent

• See Gila County, page 2A

Population boom came long before collapse Study charts rise and fall of civilizations in the ancient Southwest by

Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

A centuries-long baby boom unmatched in modern times in the ancient Southwest ended in an also unprecedented, drought-triggered population collapse, according to a new study by researchers from Washington State University.

The researchers examined thousands of human remains found in the Four Corners region and down into Arizona, according to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study was funded by the National Science Foundation.

The study offered a haunting look at the boom and bust of a seemingly invincible civilization, which had thrived and expanded for 1,000 years.

But in the end, they fell into violence, conflict and

• See Population boom, page 7A

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New research shows a centuries-long population boom in places like Chaco Canyon in New Mexico led to an abrupt collapse that depopulated most of the Southwest.

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From page 1A to 19 percent. That will involve taking advantage of farmers markets with on-site education, increasing healthy eating education in schools and increasing access to registered dietitians.

• Decrease the percentage of residents who report being physically inactive from 25 percent to 20 percent. This would involve increasing opportunities to engage in structured/group recreational activities and supporting physical education or physical activity in schools.

Substance abuse

Drug addiction remains one of the top three health challenges in the county, due in part to a lack of support services for those struggling with addiction. Addiction ranks as a “moderate” problem for adults, but a crisis for teens — with higher rates of drug addiction than other counties statewide.

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Goals include: • Reduce by 2020 the percentage of kids using drugs or alcohol in the past 30 days, from 31 to 25 percent for alcohol; from 19 to 15 percent for marijuana; and from 2 percent to 0 percent for methamphetamines). This would involve substance abuse prevention programs and outreach and early detection.

• Reduce the non-medical use of prescription drugs and reduce reported use in the last 30 days from 6.5 percent to 3 percent.

This would involve promoting responsible prescribing and dispensing; increasing public awareness and patient education; and enhancing assessment and referral to substance abuse treatment.

Access to health care

Gila County residents need more access to health care, including mental health services, Statistics show the county’s suicide rate of 34 per 100,000 is almost twice as high as the state’s.

This goal requires: • Boosting the percentage of residents able to see a doctor from 84 percent to 95 percent. This would involve creating a Web-based resource guide listing all health resources in the county, starting with mental health services.

Sexual health

The committee, using the public’s input and public records, decided to include sexual health as a priority due to a teen birth rate that is 79 per 1,000, which is more than twice the rate in peer counties and nearly twice the national average. Additionally both gonorrhea and chlamydia are worse than in other counties in the state.

• Decrease the teen birth rate to 55 per 1,000 by improving the protective factors for sexual health, especially reproductive health literacy; reduce the rate of sexually transmitted disease and decrease sexual risk behaviors through clinical interventions.

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APS says it needs the rate increase to cover higher operating costs plus $3.6 billion in capital improvements needed in the next three years — mostly energy grid maintenance and upgrades. The company also needs $500 million to modernize the coalfired Ocotillo Power Plant and $400 million to reduce emissions from the Four Corners Power Plant.

For the past 20 years, the APS rates have risen about 1.5 percent per year. The 2016 proposal would involve a 5.74 percent rate increase — if you average together commercial and residential customers.

The company says that it needs a roughly 1.25 percent increase to cover a “cost shift” from solar to regular customers, an issue of intense political controversy and consumer criticism.

APS officials say it must invest heavily in the network of power lines and power plants called the “grid” to meet peak power demands. The rates spread the cost of maintaining the grid over all customers, based on their energy usage. However, solar customers use much less electricity. When the sun’s shining, they can effectively reverse the flow of electricity and feed power back into the grid — further reducing their electrical costs. However, APS officials say that means the solar customers don’t pay their “fair share” of maintaining the grid — on which those customers still rely at night and when they effectively sell back their excess power.

APS ran into a buzz saw of criticism when it sought permission from the Corporation Commission to impose a “standby” charge on customers with solar panels.

The proposal got tangled up in a political debate. Arizona Public Service reportedly set up a “dark money” political front group and launched a $3 million to $8 million political campaign that centered on the race for the Arizona Corporation Commission two years ago. The money helped elect Republicans Doug Little and Tom Forese and to defeat two Democrats, who benefited from a much more modestly funded dark money campaign by solar energy companies.

Another ACC commissioner, Bob Stump, triggered months of controversy and investigations when he deleted thousands of texts from a phone he used for corporation business. That included hundreds of texts with both APS officials and the two candidates benefiting from the dark money campaign.

The law allows the dark money groups to spend as much as they want without disclosing their donors, but does bar direct coordination between a dark money campaign and individual candidates.

APS had asked the Corporation Commission to approve the standby charge for solar customers in advance of the rate increase, but backed away from the request in the wake of the furor over dark money spending.

APS officials say they need the overall rate increase including a standby charge that would apply to all customers in order to upgrade and maintain the system that serves more than 1 million residents, including all of Rim Country.

Solar customers counter that APS will save money in the long run if it can increase

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Arizona Public Service wants to boost electrical rates for homeowners by 8 percent and dramatically reduce the cost savings for solar energy customers. the power it generates from solar cells, because it means the system could postpone building more expensive power plants.

APS counters that it will still have to build more conventional power plants to deal with peak power demands, when solar energy production drops in the early evening.

The proposal would also build on an existing “demand charge,” as a way to try to shift energy use. The electrical grid has to meet peak power demands, since the energy produced by the power plants has to be instantly used. The new rate structure would charge customers for their highest one-hour use of electricity each month in the peak period from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

APS officials argue this would shift power use to off-peak hours, reducing its costs and postponing the need for added power plants. Currently, APS is building a series of natural-gas power plants, which have the advantage of rapidly boosting power input when demand surges.

The debate about the rate increase over the next year will play out against a turbulent political debate about solar energy and dark money.

Commissioner Bob Burns, a Peoria Republican, has demanded that APS reveal how much it and its parent company, Pinnacle West, have spent on Commission elections. He said he wants to know whether the company has used ratepayer money for its political activities. However, APS has refused — saying it has a constitutional right to spend as much as it wants without revealing the amount or the source.

In his re-election announcement, Burns said, “We are witnessing the story of David vs. Goliath. The Modern-day Goliath is APS. Believed to control millions of dollars in polit-

ical campaign money, APS has an incredible influence over candidates and elected officials, particularly those for the Corporation Commission. The message to them is simple: Help us out or face the consequences.”

Former state lawmakers Bill Mundell and Tom Chabin have launched their campaigns for the three seats up for grabs on the Corporation Commission, with sharp criticism of the APS dark money campaigns.

Both Mundell and Chabin have made recent appearances in Rim Country. “APS executives are using your money to re-elect the commissioners they want,” said Chabin, who several years ago ran unsuccessfully for the state Senate seat representing Rim Country, after having previously served in the state Senate. Mundell is both a former state senator and a former ACC commissioner.

Commissioner Bob Stump’s term is also ending, but he can’t run again after serving two terms — leaving his seat open.

The third seat is now held by former House Speaker Andy Tobin, appointed by Gov. Doug Ducey after Commissioner Susan Bitter-Smith resigned due to conflicts of interest between her commission job and clients she represented as a lobbyist and consultant.

Tobin also ran into conflict of interest problems, because a relative worked for a solar energy company. However, he convinced the Legislature to pass a law specifically exempting him from the conflict.

Republicans running for the post include Sen. Al Melvin of Tucson, Rick Gray of Sun City and Gilbert Town Council member Eddie Cook.

Currently, all five commissioners are Republicans.

Payson’s foreign student program honored Payson High School recently received national recognition for excellence in global education from EF High School Exchange Year, the leader in high school exchange programs.

The EF High School Exchange Year Global Education Excellence Award is presented annually to high schools that demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to international understanding and global awareness. Payson High School was one of a select group of high schools and districts recognized across the United States for the 2015-16 school year.

“Payson High School has shown an outstanding commitment to offering a global education,” said Bob Fredette, president of EF High School Exchange Year. “By welcoming exchange students into the classrooms, Payson High School has created new and unique learning opportunities not just for the exchange students, but for the American

students and faculty as well.”

This year, Payson High School welcomed three EF High School Exchange Year exchange students. Not only were the students accepted into the school, they became an integral part of the school’s academic and extracurricular life.

“My experience at Payson High School has been amazing,” said EF student Tanaphol Wanapha.

Kristin Peter said, “We were able to participate in sports, band, choir and student government, which is something we would never have done in our home countries” Ariel Lin added, “ We will never forget our time in Payson and we know we will always be welcome here.”

Local exchange coordinator Edie Miller added, “We thank Payson High School for welcoming this year’s students from around the globe. The community and visiting stu-

dents shared an unforgettable experience thanks to the generosity of Payson Unified School District, administration, teachers, students and families.”

Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., EF High School Exchange Year has been committed to promoting international understanding and global awareness for more than 30 years.

The organization brings more students to the United States each year than any other high school exchange program. Since 1979, EF High School Exchange Year has matched more than 100,000 enthusiastic students from around the world with caring host families across the United States.

To learn more about getting involved with high school exchange, please call the EF High School Exchange Year main office at 1-800-447-4273 or visit www.efexchangeyear. org.

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Quilt show in Pine

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The Strawberry Patchers present their 20th Annual Quilt Show this weekend.

The show is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11 in the cultural hall of the Pine-Strawberry Community Center on Hwy. 87 in Pine. Admission is $2 per person; those bringing a non-perishable food item donation will receive a ticket for a quilt drawing to be held June 11.

Organizers say 105 quilted works will be displayed; there will also be vendors; plus tickets will be sold for the Dec. 1 raffle of the 2016 Opportunity Quilt members are crafting. The quilt is entitled “The Herd,” which is 98-inches-by-98-inches and depicts varying scenes of elk. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5

Payson Farmers Market Get a little “Help from Hailey” in the kitchen with gourmet sauces for quick and easy meals; add some sliced Beef Steak Tomatoes and you’re set. Kids & Adults can join Chris from Scoops at 10:00 for our Rock/Paper/ Scissor contest.

Bingo at Senior Center

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

Snacks and fun for all, no membership required.

At the library

The Payson Public Library has planned the following special programs. Ccall 928474-9260 or stop by 328 N. McLan Rd. for details • June 10, 4 p.m. – Lego Family Fun • Family Game Night, 4:30 p.m., Monday, June 13 • Movie “5th Wave,” 1 p.m., Tuesday, June 14.

• “Book Cooks” program, “Ants on a Log” for those 3 to 8, 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 15, requires pre-registration, call the above number • Ukulele class for those 9 to 18 at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, June 16, requires pre-registration, call the above number

World Doll Day

The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library is Pine is planning a special event, World Doll Day, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, June 11.

It is open to those 5 and older, but will be limited to 12 participants, so pre-registration is necessary. Visit the library or call 928-476-3678 to sign up. The only admission is to bring a doll to share.

Activities will include a discussion of history of dolls, fun projects with dolls and a raffle.

At the Mazatzal Casino

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

• Summer Spectacular, now through Sept.

5: Earn 2X entries every Monday! Drawings held July 2 — $500 Home Depot Gift Card (10 winners); July 3 — $500 cash (five winners); July 4 — $500 cash (five winners) and Grand Prize of a pontoon boat. More drawings held Sept. 3 — $2,300 cash (five winners); Sept.

4 — $500 cash (five winners); Sept. 5 — $500 cash (five winners) plus Grand Prize of a 2016 Fiat!

• Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Job Fair: June 14, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Oriental Buffet $10: June 15, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Cedar Ridge Restaurant.

Payson Area Habitat for Humanity seeks volunteers

The Payson Area Habitat for Humanity crew is refurbishing a four bedroom, two bathroom manufactured home for a deserving family in need.

Help from volunteers is needed for the following: scraping popcorn ceilings, taping seams for mudding, drywall finishing, painting.

However you can help, you will be making a difference in the future of a local family in need. Please contact Cindy at 928474-0330 to get signed up.

Work days are Mondays and Wednesdays and some Fridays.

Free Payson Teen Poetry Slam June 11

Rim Country teens, ages 13-18, are invited to take part in a teen poetry slam, themed “Youth Voice: Words are Power” from noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 11.

Teens can explore the power of words through slam poetry as they discuss youth issues, write about their experiences in a workshop and learn ways to perform written work. Winners receive prizes.

The program is free and includes lunch for participants at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson. Youth mentors from the Tucson Youth Poetry Slam group will help teens have fun through this

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Topics planned for the day include legal and financial planning for seniors; day-today living with dementia and update on the community from Payson Police Chief Don Engler and an overview of community resources available to seniors.

Time Out annual meeting

Time Out, Inc. will hold its annual meeting at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 21. The meeting will be held at the offices of the Central Arizona Board of Realtors, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson, across the parking lot from Tiny’s Restaurant. The public is welcome.

Go to www.timeoutshelter.org for more information.

Shelby School informational meeting

Have you been seeking a way for your student to experience success both academically and personally? Come to a public meeting about The Shelby School at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 21 at the Payson Public Library.

Learn about the chartered and tuition-free school and how it “Accesses Academics through the Arts.”

Come at 6 p.m. for refreshments and a mix-and-mingle with staff members. The presentation is at 6:30 p.m., followed by a question and answer session.

Payson blood drive set for June 28 at Banner hospital

There will be a United Blood Services blood drive in Payson from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, June 28 at the main conference room (administration building) of Banner Payson Medical Center, 807 S. Ponderosa.

From now until August 31 blood donors will be automatically entered to win a 2016 VW Passat S. Blood donors receive a Bonus Entry card that provides two additional chances to win: register the entry code online, and for even better odds, deposit the card in any designated Volkswagen dealer showroom raffle box (Findlay VW in Flagstaff). The entries of 10 finalists will be drawn to participate in the grand prize drawing. They will be unveiled throughout the summer on AZ-TV, proud media partner for the “Summer Drive the public on Saturday, June 18 for a Flag to Save Lives” campaign.

Day Ceremony followed by a Jam Session.

For a blood donation appointment, call The ceremony will start at 1:30 p.m. and 1-877-UBS-HERO (827-4376) or visit www. includes a program on the history of the BloodHero.com and enter your city or zip United States’ flags. Local musicians are code. welcome to join in with the Jam Session.

Pulled pork sandwiches, with coleslaw and beans, will be available for purchase Winning 50/50 tickets along with a variety of beverages. For more still unclaimed information, call the Lodge at 928-474-2572.

If you attended the May Rodeo and bought 50/50 tickets, take a second look Hear about ‘The at your stubs. From Friday night a white ticket, #6263620, is unclaimed, and two red Matrix of Frauds’ tickets from Saturday night, #9339036 and The Payson Tea Party welcomes Brad #9339875. are unclaimed. If you have any of Heward, Chandler, who will present “The these numbers, please call Jane at 928-472Matrix of Frauds” from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., 8430 to receive your prize.

Tuesday, June 14 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260.

Learn how identity and Social Security theft lead to welfare, food stamp, voter and Board members wanted for HARP refinance fraud. Two thirds of mul- Community Action Program tiple government entitlement programs are The Gila County Community Action being defrauded out of billions of dollars with many folks benefiting from this theft of Program (CAP) invites Rim residents to become volunteer members of the CAP tax dollars.

Advisory Board.

For more information call 928-951-6774.

To qualify you must be in a position representing low-income residents or be a low-inWriters, aspiring authors and come resident living in the Payson area.

As a board member, you will provide input readers socialize and receive information on the CAP projects.

The Rim Country Chapter of the Arizona There are four meetings a year that must be Professional Writers meets at noon, attended.

Wednesday, June 15 at the Majestic Rim Applications are available at 107 W. Living chapel. The Majestic Rim Living com- Frontier St., Building C, Payson or online at plex is at 310 E. Tyler Parkway (just past www.gilacountyaz.gov/government/commuthe community garden). The meeting is free nity/community_action_program.php. and open to the public.

Contact Dorine Prine at 928-474-7192 for After a short business meeting local more information. authors, writers and interested would-be writers and readers will get the chance to interact and develop vital connections LOTTERIES toward a more rewarding writing life and perhaps even better sales.

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Market open every Saturday, 8~noon; 816 S. Beeline Hwy, behind Chili’s. Info on Facebook. WIC & SNAP welcome! creative workshop experience where they can express themselves in both written and spoken words. Song lyrics often evolve from this process.

A pre-event of the Payson Book Festival, which takes place in July, this event is provided in partnership with Arizona Humanities, Tucson Youth Poetry Slam and Spoken Futures Inc. Register before June 8 by calling 928468-9269 or send a message with name, age and contact details to info@paysonbookfestival.org. More information is on the teen poetry slam tab of the website www. paysonbookfestival.org.

Summer concert series

The wonderful Green Valley Park amphitheatre area and bandstand will again play host to a series of concerts under the stars this summer. The Payson Summer Concert series takes place every Saturday in June and July, starting around 7 p.m. and ending about 9 p.m. Bring your family, a blanket and some treats and join in the fun.

Scheduled to perform: Bon Fire, June 11, band features local artists; Back Roads, June 18, this is a local band with medical professionals Mike Darnell, Scott Nossek, Jared Tenney, Mike Crossman and Steve Thompson; Junction 87, June 25, another local band and a perennial Best of Payson winner; Top Cats, July 2; Take Cover, July 4; Whiskey Rose, July 9; Back to the Fifties, July 16; The John Scott Band, Payson’s own “Rockin’ Blues Band,” July 23; Breaking Point, July 30.

The concert series is made possible with the support of SuddenLink and Majestic Rim Retirement Living.

Hospital volunteers needed

Banner Payson Medical Center is looking for volunteers. Work in a variety of areas is available. If you are interested in volunteering and spreading kindness, contact Volunteer Services at 928-472-1268.

Volunteer Services is excited about the new look for the Gift Shop and would welcome anyone who would like to volunteer there.

Payson Parks presents Boredom Busters Camp

The Payson Parks’ Boredom Buster Camp, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., June 13-16, is geared toward the Pre-K (4) through 1st grade (up to 8) age group. Register by June 12.

It offers a full two hours of games and

crafts to keep participants engaged.

The camp will be held indoors at JRE Gymnasium to beat the summer heat and stay active.

The cost is $25 per child. Register online at paysonrimcountry.com or at the Parks & Recreation Office in Green Valley Park.

Lions Club offers flag service

The Lions of Payson will be flying 3-footby-5-foot American flags at businesses and homes throughout the Payson area during patriotic holidays. This patriotic display is a community service as well as a fund-raiser for Lions. Flag Day is coming up June 14.

For $36 a year, flags are prominently displayed either in ground sleeves or in wall brackets seven times on key holidays.

Proceeds serve the Lions Foundation eyesight and hearing program providing eye exams, eyeglasses and hearing aids to qualified, low-income individuals in the Payson area.

To participate, just sign up and the Lions will handle the rest. To join the program visit the club’s website at www.paysonlionsclub. com for the entry form. For more information, call 928-474-2176.

Healing with herbs is topic

The Rim Area Gardeners host Leilah from the Herb Stop in Pine at 7 p.m., Monday, June 13. Leilah will be discussing the principals of healing with herbs. Learn what to plant in an herb garden that will not only make your food taste better, but will help your health in the future. The Rim Area Gardeners meet monthly at the Church of Christ, 410 E. Tyler Parkway with refreshments beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the program at 7 p.m. For more information please call Diane at 928-595-1265.

Sustainability discussion

Felicia French, a retired U.S. Army colonel, will discuss sustainability and its implications to Rim Country at a meeting of the Democratic Women of Rim Country.

French is a resident of Rim Country and has a degree in sustainability from Arizona State University. She will be speaking at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy. 260 at noon, Tuesday, June 14. Come at 11:30 a.m. to order lunch and visit. All are welcome. For more information call Carol at 928-468-1115.

Flag Day Ceremony

The Payson Elks Lodge will be open to

Senior Connections event sign-up deadline is June 17

The annual Senior Connections Conference is from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Friday, June 24 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.

The conference is free, but you must register in advance – the deadline to reserve a space is Friday, June 17. Look for brochures, which include registration material, around the area or call 520-836-2758 or 1-800-293-9393.

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Friday • Strawberry Patchers’ 20th Annual Quilt Show: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pine • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Lego Family Fun, 4 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; World Doll Day, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

• Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Green Valley Park • Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Bingo at Senior Center: 1 p.m., benefits Payson Helping Payson

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Saturday • Strawberry Patchers’ 20th Annual Quilt Show: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pine Community Center Cultural Hall • Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Green Valley Park • Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Teen Poetry Slam, noon to 4 p.m., free, with lunch provided, Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main, Payson, 928-468-9269 • Summer Concert in Park: 7 p.m. with Bon Fire, free

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• 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.; Family Game Night, 4:30 p.m.

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

• Boredom Buster Camp: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., JRE gym, continues through Thursday, hosted by Payson Parks, $25 per person, go online to register at paysonrimcountry.com • Learn about herbs: 6:30 p.m., Church of Christ, 410 E. Tyler Pkwy., hosted by Rim Area Gardeners

• Flag Day: contact the Lions of Payson about their flag service - they provide hardware and flags and put flags up, 928-474-2176 • Sustainability discussion: 11:30 a.m., Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260, hosted by Democratic Women of Rim Country • Flag Day Ceremony: 1:30 p.m., Payson Elks, 1206 N. Beeline

June 17 • Deadline to register for Senior Connection Conference, to be held Friday, June 24, call 520-836-2758 or 1-800-293-9393 for details June 28 • Blood Drive: hospital, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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4A Friday, June 10, 2016

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lookback • June 11, 1509: King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon, the first of his eventual six wives. When Catherine failed to produce a male heir, Henry divorced her against the will of the Roman Catholic Church, thus precipitating the Protestant Reformation in England.

• June 9, 1772: Colonists, angered by the British Parliament’s passing of the Townshend Acts restricting colonial trade, board the HMS Gaspee, an armed British customs schooner, and set it aflame. When British officials arrived to investigate the incident, they found no one willing to identify those involved.

• June 12, 1924: The first Bush president, George Herbert Walker Bush, is born in Milton, Mass. Bush served in the Navy during World War II and survived a harrowing ordeal when his torpedo bomber was shot down over the Pacific.

• June 10, 2002: Clint Messina and Rose Houk steal a Krispy Creme doughnut delivery truck and lead Louisiana police on a 15-mile chase, leaving a trail of doughnuts behind. As it involved cops and doughnuts, the incident kept late-night comedians busy for days.

The monster has returned The nightmare rises from the ash and reaches out its charred arms for us.

This week, a brush fire near Yarnell forced the evacuation of 300 people, precisely three years after another wildfire advancing on that unincorporated community killed 19 Prescott firefighters. Mercifully, a shift in the weather and quick action by firefighters appears to have averted the worst — this time.

But the news inspired nightmarish flashbacks — and another chance to measure whether we’ve done nearly enough to honor the tragic sacrifice of those firefighters.

Fortunately, Yarnell learned some harsh lessons from its failure to prepare for that inevitable fire. In the past three years, the community, the state and the U.S. Forest Service cooperated to thin a firebreak on the edge of town.

That provided a safe place for firefighters to make a stand against the onrushing flames.

Moreover, as we’ve seen in recent weeks — the Forest Service has dramatically changed its approach to wildfires. Once, they rushed to put out fires immediately.

That worked — for decades. But it proved a hopeless and self-defeating strategy. In the end, it allowed the brush, dead trees and debris to build up — decade after decade.

One reason Yarnell now faces such peril is that the chaparral and brush all around the community haven’t burned in 50 years — until that fatal fire in 2013.

On page 8 in today’s Roundup, we detail some of the consequences of the change in Forest Service approach to managing fires. We’ve seen the effects here in Rim Country in recent weeks, with the 30,357-acre Juniper Fire, the 6,000-acre Pivot Rock Fire and the 10,821-acre Jack Fire burning within planned areas as firefighters work to hem fires in rather than put them out. Because of adroit management in mild conditions up until now, those fires have done far more good than harm — creating vast firebreaks.

We owe much to this change in philosophy, although it sometimes fills our skies with smoke and our hearts with dread.

But is that enough?

No. Not nearly.

The Forest Service has learned painful lessons.

But what about the rest of us?

Payson has still not adopted a Wildland-Urban Interface Code.

Gila County has still not adopted a Wildland-Urban Interface Code.

Star Valley has still not adopted a Wildland-Urban Interface Code.

And only a handful of communities have taken effective action to ensure a Firewise community. The determined, persistent clearing of brush and trees within communities now only makes us safer when embers rain down on overgrown yards and empty lots, it helps prevent the spread of a house fire into the forest.

Elected officials from Star Valley, Payson and Gila County have all largely ignored the need to update the fire code with things like ember-resistant roofs and foster Firewise efforts.

Fortunately, the elections are upon us.

We hope voters will hold accountable now anyone running for the Payson or Star Valley councils or the Gila County Board of Supervisors. Bring up fire protection at every meeting. Demand an explanation from the incumbents who have done nothing even in the deep shadow of the Yarnell Hill Fire tragedy. Support any challenger willing to make protecting this community from wildfire the top priority of his or her campaign.

If you don’t do that — it means you’re willing to squander the lives of those brave firefighters, because we were too lazy, short-sighted and greedy to do our parts.

If you don’t do that — it means you don’t care deeply about this community.

If you don’t do that — it means we will have no excuse when the embers rain down and the rooftops catch fire.

At the very least, we owe that to the 19 brave firefighters who died in 2013 because the state and the Forest Service and the residents of Yarnell hadn’t done enough.

We know better.

We must do better.

webnotes

Education funding Editor’s note: An article about Rep. Brenda Barton’s comments on education funding inspired the following exchange on our website. To join in the discussions, go to payson.com and make a comment on any story that interests you.

Richard Christensen:

So Brenda Barton voted to cut vocational education last year, and then this year she voted to restore $30 million so her grandson could attend a nursing school because he didn’t like working in the mines. Now he can buy a new truck, even though she can’t. It looks like school funding is just too complex for her to understand.

Maybe we should replace her with someone more knowledgeable in the next election.

(R-Flagstaff) and Sen. Sylvia Allen (R-Snowflake).

Other towns in the district include Sedona, Camp Verde, Cottonwood, Young and Taylor. Northern Gila County also lies in Congressional District 4, currently represented by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Prescott).

Flagstaff is not in CD 4, which goes all the way from Payson to the Colorado River and all the way from Yuma to the northern border of the state.

Supervisor’s race Editor’s note: We thought we’d also share reactions from our website to a story about Gila County supervisor candidate Woody Cline’s recent appearance before the Payson Tea Party. He’s running against Payson Mayor Kenny Evans in the Republican primary. The winner will face incumbent Democrat John Marcanti, from Globe.

Pithy comment Double ugh.

Barbara Buntin:

You missed the part where it was said that funding for education is 52 percent of the state budget.

Klmsedona:

She said ALL education was over 50 percent.

That includes universities, community colleges and the Voucher (ESA) program as well as K12, and even then not sure her facts are correct — Since she seems to think that all the measures that place us between 44 and 48 for funding are imaginary numbers not based on reality. Don’t understand her rambling about the truck. If her grandson can afford to buy a truck while attending school, he is unusually rich or deeply in debt. And if he is in a CTE program for nursing after working in the mines that means he quit high school without a diploma and is still young enough to return to a traditional high school to get a high school diploma. I am sure Barton can afford a truck if her grandson who (must) still be under 21 can.

Robert Jones:

There’s no making sense of Brenda Barton.

You can’t make a good cake without knowing the right ingredients. Leave out an ingredient or two (or three) using one’s own flawed judgment that, (“I just know better”), that ingredient (say, flour for example) is superfluous ... (like she apparently feels money is to public education) ... and I’m not using it ... well, you won’t end up with a tasty cake most likely.

It’s quite obvious to me that Ms. Barton’s bun is wound way too tight! Vote out illogical, incompetent, incumbent “party hacks” (ALL of them) and replace them with anyone else ... look for the folks who have no “D” or “R” after their name on the ballot!

John Hansel:

Has it ever been established where she actually lives? I have heard she has an apartment in Payson, but still owns a house in Stafford, is this correct? You know Gosar did this until he realized that this district is so GOP that he didn’t need to put on an act anymore, and just lives in Flagstaff full time now. By the way, folks, Flagstaff is NOT in our district. Is the same true for Ms. Barton? Can anyone clarify this?

Editor’s note: Flagstaff and Northern Gila County are in Legislative District 6, currently represented

by Rep. Brenda Barton (R-Payson), Rep. Bob Thorpe

university acreage is not zoned to pay property taxes, nor will the students make enough income of their own to pay income taxes. How will we end up paying for the nearby (non-university property) infrastructure improvements in roads, intersections, police, fire, etc.? Maybe even more property tax increases for the rest of us?

Mike White

Rep. Bob Thorpe’s speech Editor’s note: These comments came in response to an article about Rep. Bob Thorpe’s appearance before the Payson Tea Party. Among other things, he strongly opposed designation of a new, 1.7-million-acre Grand Canyon Monument and supported new state laws intended to cancel out federal laws.

Put away the tin foil hat Maria Heller

Party vs. geography

I take it you prefer the incumbent from Globe, putting your political preferences over the option of having two out of three supervisors from Northern. Gila County instead of from Southern Gila County. I guess you would prefer the continuation of most of the tax revenue going to Globe, even though it is mostly paid from up here. Vote for a fair and proportional representation of population, tax revenue, and spending, and put aside your political party identification.

Mike White

Doesn’t represent common folk

Unfortunately I have no faith in Evans giving us a fair representation of our population. He hasn’t listened to the “common folk” yet! Looks like very little choice ... Again!

Paul Frommelt

Quadruple ugh!

We seem to have a new “party” as evidenced

by Mr. Thorpe: “beamers.” Man, put away that tin foil hat and go fishing or something. You should look a catfish in the eye, it would do you some good, Mr. Thorpe. Catfish got whiskers, and a cute little grin. But you never can tell where a catfish has been ...

Robert Jones

Political comedy hour

I must complement the Payson Tea Party on their ability to get all the state wackos to come speak at their comedy hour. Most comedy clubs have to pay good money to get their entertainment.

Richard Christensen

Highway bypass Editor’s note: The following exchange came in response to an article about whether the Arizona Department of Transportation will ever build a highway bypass around Payson.

I’m with Meria on this one! Quadruple ugh!

Party identification has NOTHING to do with competence. While I believe your concern is valid Mr. White, I’m not about to vote on that basis alone! Put garbage in, you’re going to get garbage out! Simple concept. You seem to be quite interested in county issues and politics Mike, and while I don’t agree with many of your stated viewpoints, you seem to have an able mind ... in light of your concern, and in view of your quite obvious political bent ... why don’t you throw your own hat into the ring and run for the supervisor seat? I’d promise to give you due and fair consideration before I cast my ballot! Would you be able to represent my interests fairly?

Based on the level of announced competition ...?

Robert Jones

Residents can bypass the highway

College tax increase

It’s all about the weekenders

Editor’s note: This came in response to an article about Gila Community College’s decision to raise its property tax rate, in part to compensate for a decline in both state support and enrollment.

Does this make sense?

Gila (Community) College is raising our property taxes in large part to an insufficient student attendance. And yet investment groups are spending well over $60 million to put in a university almost across the highway. And the

We could have local bypasses that only we residents would know about to make our lives more pleasant. And the tourists would still be jammed through the 260/87 choke point to keep the businesses happy.

We have one on the NE side (Manzanita), one that could be completed on the NW side with the road behind Walmart being extended, and one that could be completed on the SE side with Mud Springs extended to the 260. Not sure where one on the SW side would go, maybe Main to McLane with some improvements?

The residents at South Lake Tahoe use unposted back routes, while the tourists idle on the incoming Highway 50. Everybody wins, and the costs are a great deal lower.

I wouldn’t be the least surprised if westbound 260 at 87 became three left turn lanes with 87 south of 260 losing the middle turn lane to establish a third southbound lane. In terms of ADOT dollars it would be a cheap solution. Never mind that businesses would suffer from loss of access without a turn lane but what the hey, it’s not about local citizens, it’s about the hordes of weekenders from the Valley that hold sway over ADOT funds due to a majority voting status.

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Wildfire forces Yarnell evacuations Peter Aleshire

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A 3,300-acre wildfire on the east side of Yarnell has forced the evacuation of 300 residents and consumed three structures.

The fire was on the opposite side of town as the lethal 2013 fire that claimed the lives of 19 Prescott firefighters trying to move through thick brush to get to a position where they could save the unincorporated community.

The fire blew up quickly yesterday, but

moderated last night, according to a summary posted on InciWeb. Fire managers used existing fuel breaks, backfires, air tanker, two helicopters, 20 engines, four water tenders and 240 firefighters to protect the unincorporated settlement, sitting in the midst of a sea of brush and scrub growth — much of which hasn’t burned in 50 years.

Fire officials said the fire was mostly moving away from Yarnell this morning and esti-

mated containment at about 10 percent.

The onset of hot, dry conditions has prompted the Forest Service to shift to a strategy of trying to put out fires as they start rather than trying to manage them within a contained area.

The Tonto National Forest imposed fire restrictions on Wednesday banning fires anywhere in the 4,400-square-mile forest except in a list of developed campgrounds with metal fire rings.

Hash oil lab discovered in Payson Routine traffic stop tips off police Officials Wednesday said they uncovered an intricate hash oil laboratory in the garage of a home in northeast Payson.

A sizable team, made up of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Gila and Navajo County narcotics units, Payson Fire Department and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, went to the home Wednesday after a traffic stop.

On Tuesday, a state trooper had stopped a car for speeding southbound on State Route 87 at milepost 182. The trooper observed suspicious behavior and searched the car,

finding five pounds of marijuana and more than $3,000.

Due to evidence seized during that stop, authorities served a search warrant at 501 N. Marantha Road, which is located north of Gila Community College, off North Mud Springs Road.

The team found a dangerous hash oil laboratory and dismantled it with the ADEQ disposing of various chemicals.

Detectives seized 24 rifles/shotguns, 10 handguns, 19 pounds of THC wax with an estimated street value of $510,000, 130 pounds of marijuana, one gram of cocaine, two quarts of processed hash oil, $5,025 in cash, 18.5 gallons of precursor chemicals mixed and ready to process hash oil, 70 gallons of ethanol, 2.5 gallons of isopropyl alco-

hol and an extensive amount of laboratory glassware and laboratory equipment.

Police expect to charge a 27-year-old man in conjunction with the lab pending completion of the investigation.

“We continue to see an increase in hash oil and wax manufacturing in Arizona,” said Capt. Jennifer Pinnow of DPS’s Criminal Investigations Division.

“Some think this crime is harmless and victimless, but it presents real dangers to our communities, the environment and families.

“If anyone suspects a hash oil lab is in their community, they are urged to contact their local law enforcement.”

Indicators of a hash lab include the odor of marijuana mixed with a chemical smell.

Tonto Bridge seeks lodge operator by

Teresa McQuerrey

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A little history

The Tonto Natural Bridge State Park is considered a geological and historical wonder. It has a rich and colorful history dating back thousands of years.

Over the centuries the park’s lands have been home to Native Americans, settlers, farmers, prospectors and entrepreneurs.

It is believed that David Gowan, a Scots immigrant, “discovered”

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the Natural Bridge while running from Native Americans. He is said to have taken shelter in a cave-like area above the “floor” where Pine Creek runs.

Gowan claimed the land and pursued farming while prospecting in the area. He preferred prospecting to producing crops and invited his nephew, David Goodfellow and his family to come and take over the site.

The Goodfellow family built a small cabin and grew fruit and vegetables, which they hauled to Payson to sell — traveling a road they had built down into the deep valley area around the bridge.

With the advent of the automobile, travelers started making their way to the Rim Country and eventually they found Tonto Natural Bridge.

The Goodfellows reduced their farming efforts and built a series of small cabins to accommodate guests and in 1927 completed the 10-bedroom, 9,000-square-foot lodge.

The property changed hands a number of times before the Arizona State Parks acquired it in the summer of 1990 and began operating it in October 1990, hosting a formal grand opening in June 1991.

Improvements by the state

The lodge is a three-story, wood framed building with a basement. Over the last eight years, the state has completed renovations to the site that include: a new metal roof; structural improvements; fire and life safety improvements; new mechanical systems for heating and air conditioning; replacement of much of the plumbing piping and valves; electrical systems; and improvements for compliance with the

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Now the state is seeking someone to operate the historic lodge and other facilities. Peter Aleshire took this photo of the historic lodge, which has 11 guest rooms.

Americans with Disabilities Act. It has also replaced old sugarcane board with drywall, painted most of the walls and installed new carpet.

The first floor of the lodge has a dining room in excess of 1,000 square feet, with windows on two sides looking out onto the park and a broad veranda on two sides as well; both the dining room and veranda are furnished with tables, chairs, benches and rustic rattan furniture. Also on the first floor is a living room in excess of 600 square feet with sofa and chairs maintaining the historic character of the building, also in the living room is a reading nook in a bay window area; a 130-square-foot gift shop area; a 300-square-foot functioning kitchen; and a restroom for lodge and dining room guests.

The second floor has 10 bedrooms; some share a bathroom;

at Stephen Leroy Dishroon’s residence, according to Deputy County Attorney Duncan J. Rose, who handled the prosecution.

During the search, officers found multiple items of drug paraphernalia and methamphet-

amine.

On May 23, Gila County Superior Court Judge Gary Scales sentenced Dishroon, 35, to two years in the Arizona Department of Corrections for possession of drug paraphernalia.

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one has a private bath; and the others must share a communal, bath; however, each room has a sink.

The basement is outfitted for accommodating guests in a group manner and includes a kitchenette.

The third story of the lodge is not open and cannot be occupied until an approved exit is added.

In years gone by, the lodge operated a bar on the third story, windows all around to view the spectacular scenery of the property bordering the magnificent natural bridge.

An outdoor event area enhanced to accommodate 150 people seated at tables surrounds the lodge. The area is lighted for night use and has a large barbecue grill with electrical outlets.

The new freestanding restroom facilities are also easily accessed from the outdoor area.

Man gets two years in prison for meth paraphernalia A Payson man was sentenced to two years in prison after police found him in possession of meth paraphernalia.

On Aug. 7, 2012, the Gila County Narcotics Task Force assisted in a probation search

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The historic Goodfellow Lodge at Tonto Natural Bridge State Park is ready for guests — if the state can hire a concessionaire to operate it.

Arizona State Parks is hosting a pre-proposal conference at the park June 13.

Making a proposal to operate the 11-bedroom facility, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is no walk in the park. The state’s Request for a Proposal form is 71 pages.

Following the June 13 meeting, the prospective concessionaires have 10 days to submit any questions not answered at the meeting and must turn in their bid by June 28. A selection panel decision is due July 14 and the 10-year contract should be awarded Aug. 2.

The state is seeking a qualified business or individual to operate the lodge, making its rooms available for overnight rental.

Officials believe the lodge is an ideal location for group functions such as weddings, family reunions and retreats, as well as for overnight guests. However, with only 11 rooms, the lodge’s capacity is just 28 guests.

The state will let the operator install a number of park model cabins near the facility’s new restroom/shower building. But the additional rental units must meet established official specifications.

The lodge has a functioning kitchen, but the operator might also update the kitchen and include equipment rental; vending machines in approved locations; and expansion of communication services. The lodge has only limited communications now, since it’s in a deep canyon.

However, options exist to bring high speed Internet to the park via a dedicated fiber line and cell service through installation of a whip antenna on an APS tower on the ridgeline above the park.

The concessionaire is required to provide only rental services for guests and retail space for the sale of such things as groceries, snacks and beverages; souvenirs; and state park branded products, including at least 20 square feet of the retail space for state merchandise.

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In addition, because Dishroon was on probation for possession of drug paraphernalia at the time, Scales revoked his probation and sentenced Dishroon to one year in prison, to run concurrent to the above conviction.

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Legal wrangles tangle up Prop. 123 money for schools by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

Voters approved Proposition 123’s boost in school funding, but controversy persists.

One man has already filed a federal lawsuit saying that Proposition 123 violates the federal Enabling Act, which set up the rules for spending the money generated from the federal lands turned over to Arizona when it became a state.

Michael Pierce claims the state needs congressional approval to increase from 2.5 percent to 6.9 percent the distribution from the cash account in the state

Questions remain about distribution of $230 million to schools in June land trust. Proposition 123 authorized the increase for the next 10 years. The state land trust — already reserved for schools — would generate 60 percent of the $350 million annual average increase in school funding.

Moreover, State Treasurer Jeff DeWit, who opposed the measure, has asked Attorney General Mark Brnovich for a legal opinion on whether he should distribute the extra, roughly $300 per stu-

dent to charter schools as well as district schools.

DeWit said he’s concerned about language in the federal Enabling Act that reserved the state land trust for the benefit of schools “under exclusive government control.”

Arizona has one of the most extensive charter school systems in the country. It provides the same per-student funding to charter schools as to district schools,

with an extra $1,000 per student intended to make up for district school funding for capital improvements, transportation and other extras.

DeWit said that charter schools are owned by private individuals and companies, both for-profit and non-profit operations. As a result, he asked for a ruling on whether they qualify as “exclusively government controlled” as stipulated by the federal government in setting up the state land trust.

The Arizona Charter Schools Association has protested that charter schools now receive money from the state trust fund and should therefore get the

extra money from Proposition 123 as well.

DeWit also asked whether he could distribute money without waiting for the outcome of the federal lawsuit on the legality of the change in the distribution formula.

DeWit has until the end of June to distribute the first payment of $260 million to schools.

Payson Unified School District expects to get about $500,000 annually in Prop.

123 funding and has already earmarked the first year’s payment for a roughly 4 percent average across-the-board salary increase, after a pay freeze in six of the past seven years.

Tonto Forest imposes restrictions as wildfires burn From page 1A the reservoir, which it runs down the East Verde River. Payson is entitled to 3,000 acre-feet annually, enough to more than double its long-term water supply once it completes a $50 million pipeline.

The Forest Service, Payson and SRP officials have undertaken a plan to thin the 64,000-acre watershed to prevent a runaway crown fire from denuding the slopes and perhaps filling the reservoir with sediment.

The Forest Service hastened to contain the blaze, unlike other major fires firefighters have managed and contained in recent weeks. The efforts proved successful this week, with little growth of the fire, trapped between the fire line and the reservoir. Firefighters also snuffed out fires on the opposite side of the narrow, sinuous reservoir caused by embers blown across the water.

Meanwhile, hundreds of firefighters continue to work to contain other major blazes in the region, including the 29,000-acre Juniper Fire near Young and the 9,000acre Mormon Fire near Flagstaff.

Both of those fires remain contained in a planning area established between old burns and new fire lines. Firefighters for the past two weeks have managed a host of fires statewide with backfires and mild conditions.

But last week’s heat wave

changed the dynamics of new fires.

That prompted the Tonto National Forest to impose restrictions.

Starting this week and likely lasting until the monsoons start in July, the Forest Service has banned building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire or charcoal-burning device outside of metal fire rings and metal pedestal grills provided by the Forest Service in developed recreation site.

The ban does not cover the use of petroleum-fueled stoves, lanterns and heating devices are allowed.

Restrictions also apply to operating internal combustion power tools, using welding equipment or torches with open flames, operating combustion engines without spark-arresting devices in effective working order and meeting either USDA or Society of Automotive Engineers standards.

The ban also covers shooting guns in the forest, with the exception of hunters. Visitors also cannot smoke except within an enclosed vehicle or building, or a developed recreation site. Do not toss or discard cigarette butts or ashes on the ground.

“Temperatures reached 115 degrees last weekend, drying out grasses and leaves, raising the fire danger” said Tonto National Forest Fire Staff Don Nunley.

“These precautionary measures will help prevent human-caused wildfires, decreasing unnecessary exposure to firefighters.

“We are reminding the public that fireworks and the use of exploding targets are always prohibited on the forest,” emphasized

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Violation of these fire restrictions is punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and imprisonment for up to six months.

For more information regarding forest recreation sites and fire restrictions on the Tonto National

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Payson man headed to prison for assault A Payson man who attacked a co-worker after he was fired for showing up drunk, was sentenced to a year in prison.

On Oct. 20, Payson Police Department officers responded to an assault at Sal and Teresa’s Restaurant.

They learned that Troy Nathaniel Tackett, 31, was fired after showing up to work intoxicated. As Tackett was escorted from the property, he turned and punched the victim in the mouth knocking several teeth loose and a dental bridge, according to Deputy Gila County Attorney Robert Swinford, who handled the prosecution.

Tackett fled the scene and police later arrested him.

On May 23, Judge Gary Scales sentenced Tackett to one year in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Tackett previously pleaded guilty to aggravated assault-victim capacity to resist substantially impaired on April 21.

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Population boom lasted for centuries before collapse From page 1A despair in the face of climate shifts that withered their crops and left them with no way to sustain their huge population.

The study documented birth rates likely “exceeding the highest in the world today” among Native Americans as they shifted from living as hunter-gatherers into agricultural populations living mostly on corn, beans and squash.

The rapid population expansion lasted from A.D. 500 to 1300 before the onset of a severe 25-year drought that left the region virtually depopulated by the end of the 1400s.

The sweeping changes likely encompassed all of Rim Country, which occupied the cultural and ecological borderlands between the Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) to the north and the Hohokam to the south.

The study dovetails with another massive study of the Hohokam, which found they created a diverse, irrigation-based culture that held sway across southern Arizona and perhaps even over to California’s Imperial Valley and on to the coast of California in the area of San Diego.

University of California, Berkeley researcher Steven Shackley relied on a chemical

analysis of obsidian and arrow points to build on previous studies of pottery styles to suggest the Hohokam spread much more widely than earlier researchers had suggested.

The Hohokam likely had a huge influence on the groups living in Rim Country and the Tonto Basin, either colonizing those areas directly or strongly influencing them.

Shackley concluded the Hohokam peaked in their classical period from A.D. 1150 to 1350.

Their trade networks spread across 50,000 square miles and they traveled for hundreds of miles on foot to trade for shells, obsidian and other goods.

Through 500 years, the burials and ruins they left behind showed little sign of warfare or violence.

However, the same 25-year drought documented in the Washington State study apparently triggered a collapse throughout the Hohokam area, where extensive irrigation works supported a large population.

After that drought, the Hohokam civilization started to contract, with burials showing increasing signs of violence and conflict, Shackley concluded.

The same thing happened sooner and faster in the north, where a centralized civilization

centered on Chaco Canyon and New Mexico also underwent an apparently violent collapse, according to the Washington State study.

The study showed an explosive and sustained population increase starting in about A.D. 500 as people shifted from hunting to growing corn. The shift was reflected in their tools, known as the Neolithic Demographic Transition. Increasingly, sharpedged tools for cutting meat gave way to blunt tools for pounding grain.

People in the region first started growing corn — or maize — in about 2000 B.C., but the practice proved slow to catch on.

Century after century, people refined their use of corn. By A.D. 400, corn provided an estimated 80 percent of the calories of the people living in the region. This ushered in a 600-year period of rapid population growth.

The birth rates were highest to the north, especially in the Four Corners area, including the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado. The ruins of Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon capture something of the scope of the resulting civilization.

The populations living in the Sonoran Desert and the Tonto Basin also boomed, but not to the same extent. These peoples

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Chaco Canyon and other areas had centuries of high birth rates before their civilization collapsed in the 1300s, says a new study. were more culturally advanced — with ball courts, extensive irrigation works and large homes

for high-status people built on platform mounds. But perhaps the limited amount of land they

could irrigate and health problems related to sanitation and infection linked to the reliance on irrigation limited their birth rates and population growth, the researchers speculated.

By around A.D. 900, birth rates began to fluctuate — perhaps reflecting the impact of over-population, drought or other problems. In the following two centuries, signs of conflict and warfare multiplied — but birth rates remained surprisingly high.

Perhaps people sought to increase the size of their groups for protection — and came to rely on warfare with other groups to sustain themselves, the researchers suggested.

By the mid-1200s, the population in the northern Southwest still numbered an estimated 40,000 — and birth rates remained high.

The researchers speculated as a series of droughts set in, people found they could no longer support themselves.

In any case, by the start of the 1300s, the region was virtually deserted, as people moved away — seeking a way to feed themselves.

The Hohokam lasted only a little longer, before they too abandoned the cities and irrigation works they’d labored 1,000 years to construct and maintain.

West struggling to cope with worsening water shortage by

Travis Arbon

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U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, said he believes there is a chance the U.S. Congress will move forward with legislation addressing drought in the West, but any federal response to water shortages must not overrule state policies or rely on federal funding.

Flake spoke at the 2016 Business of Water Summit in Phoenix, where local government and business leaders convened to discuss the future of water sustainability in the Southwest.

The Colorado River Basin faces a 16-year drought that has led to tightening belts as the swelling population of west-

ern states increases strain on the river’s resources.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the combined population of California, Arizona and Colorado has grown about 19 percent since 2000, from about 43.3 million to more than 51.4 million people.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of the Interior said the Colorado River system — Arizona’s largest water source — is experiencing its driest period in the last 100 years.

Flake said he has been working on federal legislation to address the issue, but those measures remain trapped in congressional gridlock. One proposal would extend the Colorado River system’s conservation pilot program and allow the

Department of the Interior to make voluntary agreements with water users to limit use. Flake said he is pushing for the Senate to advance a western drought bill this year, but the probability of passage remains low.

Ellen Hanak, the director of the Water Policy Center at the Public Policy Institute of California, said the federal government can do more to address western drought and water shortages. Her organization published a report in February on suggested federal responses.

The report recommends the federal government use its influence to resolve water conflicts, improve monitoring and data collection of water systems and develop plans to protect endangered spe-

cies, among other reforms.

“A piece of the solution is reducing some of that (agricultural) water use, but to do that in a way that is not causing the kinds of problems you see,” Hanak said.

Flake said funding for federal legislation is complicated, because he would want to find ways to cut spending in other areas to pay for programs.

He said he would prefer to find a solution that honors previously negotiated water rights, including contracts that are nearly 100 years old, despite the potential for increased drought in the Colorado River Basin going forward due to climate change. A 2011 report by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects temperatures in the Colorado River Basin to increase by 5

to 6 degrees Fahrenheit during the century. Although many of the contracts were negotiated decades ago, Flake said they have a provision for handling droughts — a shortage declaration — that would force states to reduce water use.

Eric Kuhn, general manager of the Colorado River District, said the basin is entering a “new era” of water management.

The Colorado River in the 1920s was experiencing an unusually high flow.

Water planning at the time did not take into account future supply decreases.

Kuhn said excess usage is draining water stores built up over decades, and basin reservoirs have declined from 60 million acre-feet to 30 million acre-feet.

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Wildfire: A dangerous tool

Forest Service struggling to turn wildfires into a management tool in dense, unhealthy forest by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

The thousands of acres on fire all across Rim Country in the record-heat for early June offer a stark illustration of the transformation of the Forest Service’s approach to wildfires in the past decade.

The rapidly evolving approach toward wildfires also reflects a much broader realization that many regions must learn to live with fire rather than always rush to battle the flames.

The shift in Rim Country has been stunning, as evidenced by the reassuring updates on the now 30,357-acre Juniper Fire near Young, the 16,500acre Jack Fire near Happy Jack, the 138-acre Reservoir Fire near the C.C. Cragin Reservoir and the 7,884-acre Mormon Fire near Flagstaff.

In addition, the 8,522-acre Mule Ridge Fire continues to burn on the Coronado National Forest along with the 1,000acre Longview Fire on state lands in southeast Arizona near Sierra Vista.

Five or 10 years ago, the Forest Service would have rushed to snuff out those fires as quickly as possible — fearful they would get out of control, threaten communities and consume valuable resources — including timber.

But these days, fire managers seek to turn these low-intensity blazes to their advantage. Most of those fires started before temperatures rose and humidity plunged in the past week, which means they mostly remained on the ground chewing through a longtime accumulation of downed wood and debris on the ground. Reassured by fuel moistures and fire behavior, fire managers quickly mapped out perimeters — relying on older burns, roads, power line firebreaks and the distribution of subdivisions and settlements to plan a strategy of containment.

For instance, when lightning sparked the Juniper Fire near Young, fire managers quickly established an 80,000-acre

Photos courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service

The 30,357-acre Juniper Fire near Young (top) and the 7,884-acre Mormon Fire near Flagstaff continued to burn this week as fire managers worked to keep them within certain areas, despite the rise in temperatures and drop in humidity. A decade ago, the Forest Service would have rushed to put out such fires as soon as they started. Now, they let them burn when the conditions are right to prevent much more dangerous and destructive fires later. The shift means people have to put up with a lot more smoke, but it may also save forested communities by creating what amounts to giant firebreaks. The photo at right shows how the Juniper Fire is consuming debris and brush on the ground without climbing into the tops of the trees. area in which they felt they could let it burn. Given the wind directions and the movement of the fire, they effectively flanked it with firebreaks and backfires that effectively herded the wildfire toward an area that had burned several years ago.

A growing body of national and international research lies behind the approach, intended to reverse policies that called for putting almost any fire out within the first hour. In addition, forest managers for a century embraced intensive grazing that removed the fuels that carried low intensity fires and clear-cut logging that often resulted in replacement stands that amounted to spindly tree thickets. As a result, densities in the state’s ponderosa pine forest rose from about 50 trees per acre to more like 800 trees per acre.

One international study concluded that many forest managers will have to drastically change policies to use wildfire as a tool to maintain forest health and diversity, especially in the face of a projected rise in average global tem-

peratures.

More than 70 researchers from across the globe collaborated in the study, according to a summary posted on Science Daily.

The massive study documented the rapid spread of human settlements into forested, wildlands areas prone to wildfires. Invasive plants, climate change, population growth, economic and social attitudes have all played a role in a dramatic increase in structures and lives at risk in wildfires.

The consensus statement indicated the problem will become critical due to a projected 50 percent increase in world population by 2050 and a projected 1- to 20-degree centigrade average temperature increase.

Another study concluded that forest managers should study the methods of communities that lived for long periods of time in balance with wildfire — often by deliberately setting fires at certain times of the year.

Many Native American cultures in the Southwest regularly burned semi-ar-

id forested areas, keeping the forest cleared and boosting the growth of shrubs and grasses — which in turn benefited species they hunted like elk, deer and antelope.

This approach applied to a wide range of groups, including the Pueblo people in Arizona and New Mexico, according to the study by researchers from Southern Methodist University published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

The study included contributions from researchers in Australia, the U.S., Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa and Spain.

The Basque communities in the French Western Pyrenees and the Aboriginal people of Western Australia all maintained grasslands and forests with the deliberate use of wildfire, the study concluded.

The study noted that wildfires have actually produced 40 percent of fossil fuel emissions globally in the past decade. The warming trend combined

with an increase in the length and depth of drought in recent decades has resulted in a big increase in wildfires in the United States and many other regions.

The shift in the use of wildfires to manage the forest in the U.S. now provides an example of the kind of shift in approach the studies suggest.

The Forest Service is currently working on the largest forest restoration effort in history. The Four Forest Restoration Initiative has lagged several years behind schedule, but remains an ambitious effort to combine thinning projects and controlled burns to dramatically reduce tree densities across several million acres — including virtually all of Rim Country.

Moreover, the Forest Service in coordination with Payson, the Salt River Project and the National Forest Foundation has undertaken a separate project to thin the 64,000-acre watershed draining into the C.C. Cragin Reservoir, which holds the key to Rim Country’s future water supply.

Salvage logging can reduce danger for decades Study shows dead and dying trees can leave plenty of wood for fires by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

Massive fires that rage through the ponderosa pine forest leave a haunted wasteland in their wake.

To find a stunning example, just drive on Forest Road 300 through the blackened scar of the Dude Fire, which charred 30,000 acres and killed six firefighters more than 20 years ago.

Many of the blackened snags still stand, many more lie piled on the ground like jackstraws.

But at least the burn area forms a firebreak.

Right?

Not necessarily.

A tree-killing fire actually increases the amount of readily burned fuel on the ground for 20 years or more, according to a recent study by the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station published in the Journal Forest Ecology and Management.

The study gives support for the controversial practice of salvage logging, which gives timber

companies the go-ahead to move in quickly after a wildfire to harvest the dead and downed trees killed — but not consumed — by the fire.

Current Forest Service practice often requires a detailed, time-consuming study before timber companies can go in and harvest the dead and dying trees. Often, this results in the “bluing” of the wood and the onset of rot and decay, These natural processes can make the lumber all but worthless by the time the Forest Service approves the salvage logging project.

However, the study of the long-term effects of salvage logging offers strong new support for the practice. The researchers sampled 255 forest areas killed by wildfires in Oregon and Washington between 1970 and 2007. That included 96 stands that underwent post-fire salvage logging and 159 stands that did not.

The researchers studied a series of wildfires decades after the burn. They compared areas that underwent salvage logging to areas where the dead and dying trees were left alone.

The unlogged stands had relatively low fuel loads right after the fire, but the downed wood still ready to burn built up steadily for the next 20 years. The greater amount of wood on the ground remained measurable for 40 years after the burn.

In the logged stands, the amount of brush and wood and debris on the ground increased right after the fire. That’s probably because the loggers harvested the trunks of the trees, but left behind branches and other debris. After that, the amount of fuel on the ground declined steadily and significantly — without the slow death and toppling of the big trees killed by the initial fire.

The study just looked at the impact of salvage logging on the amount of wood and debris left behind. They did not consider other potentially important impacts like erosion, wildlife habitat and how the forest looked. Some of the objections to post-fire salvage logging have centered on Peter Aleshire/Roundup those issues, including the damage done to soils by having heavy equipment move in after a fire to Trees killed by the Dude Fire more than 25 years harvest the dead and dying trees. ago provide lots of fuel for additional fires.

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Gila County awards $30,000 for brush pits WEATHERREPORT by

In other business

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

The Gila County Board of Supervisors made a $30,000 grant June 7 to the Tonto Natural Resource Conservation District for the northern Gila County brush pits.

The Regional Payson Area Project (RPAP) for a Firewise Rim Country has operated the pits through the Tonto NRCD since 2009.

While the Forest Service owns the land on which the pits are located — south of Pine on Colcord Road and east of Star Valley off Highway 260 — RPAP volunteers staff the pits. They are on hand to inspect the loads brought in by area residents to assure the contents are only vegetative waste.

The supervisors awarded a bid to Hatch Construction and Paving of Taylor, Ariz., in the amount of $118,948 for three northern Gila County road projects. The work is on portions of FS Road 512 in the Cherry Creek Hill area, Hunter Creek and Colcord.

The firm will remove existing asphalt and aggregate base material, then replace the removed sections with a new 2-1/2-inch asphalt concrete section on top of a 4-inch aggregate base. The total estimated quantity of area to be repaired is 3,057 square yards.

The county public works department reported the Hatch bid was the lowest, responsible submission among five compa-

‘Three Strong Western Women’ Editor’s Note: The Rim Country District of the Arizona Professional Writers and Gila Community College present the second Payson Book Festival July 23 at the college. We asked Andy McKinney to review works of some of the 70 participating authors.

This short, 116-page book covers the title subject twice, and in only a few pages at that. I haven’t seen this kind of a format before, but it works for fiction writer and illustrator Carol Sletten and her history writing partner, Eric Kramer.

The first section of the book is actually a three-act play by Sletten. Each act has a single actor, one of the “Three Strong Western Women” of the title. The three women featured are all connected to Sletten’s Arizona. All three are historical figures, but Sletten has fictionalized their words for her audience.

Emma Lee, an English woman, came to America as a Mormon convert in 1856, a period when life was precarious on the frontier. She struggles for the last 1,300 miles of her journey from England to Salt Lake City by pushing a handcart with her

nies.

The supervisors also approved a request

by James Aldo Bruzzi for a farm winery license for Bruzzi Vineyard in Young. With the county’s support the application now goes to the State Department of Liquor Licenses and Control.

According to the plans Bruzzi included in the papers submitted to the county, the operation will have a 160-square-foot wine making facility and a 2,100-square-foot tasting room and a 600-square-foot patio.

If Bruzzi gets state approval, Young will have two wineries. Already operating in the community is Pleasant Valley Winery. The Rim Country is also home to Trident Winery in Pine.

belongings and rations. She doesn’t simply walk that terrible distance, she pushes a cart the whole way. She becomes one of many wives to a leading Mormon man and dies at age 61 after an eventful and historically noteworthy life.

Minnie Guenther came to the Apache Reservation as the bride of a missionary minister and stayed for 61 years helping the people there. Strong Western woman? You bet.

The third woman lived the life of an Apache warrior. Lozen had the personality aspects of a healer, a shaman and as a fierce and successful warrior. She rode with her brother Victorio and was with Geronimo when that famous chief finally surrendered to U.S. Army troops.

Eric Kramer fills out the fictional narrative with actual history of the three women. He provides detailed facts about the early LDS church in America, about the Apache wars and about the Lutheran missionary effort in Apache country. I learned a lot, including the connection of Tom Horn to Geronimo.

Fans of Western lore will love this book. Get it on Amazon for sale or at the Northern Gila County Historical Society’s Museum in Green Valley Park. Author Carol Sletten has another book, “Story of the American West — Legends of Arizona.”

O B I T U A R I E S Jean Myslinski

1940-2016

1926-2016

the Army at the age of 17 after convincing his mother it might keep him out of trouble. During his enlistment Jack had assignments in Fort Dix, New Jersey, Stuttgart, Germany and Fort Bliss, Texas.

He returned to Arizona after his service and worked in the local trucking industry until his retirement.

Jack and Judy moved to Payson, Arizona, 15 years ago after their retirement. Jack enjoyed fishing, camping and taking cruises.

Services will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Messinger Payson Funeral Home, 901 S Westerly Rd, Payson, AZ at 10:00-10:30 viewing, 11:00 -2:00 Memorial gathering.

Jean Myslinski, 89, passed away on June 6, 2016. She was born to Joseph and Alice Krosky in Steubenville, Ohio on August 8, 1926.

Jean was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, John.

Jean was a former employee of Ohio Bell Telephone Company, and then retired from St. John’s Medical Center where she worked in medical records.

Jean was a member of Holy Rosary Church’s Catholic Women’s Club and the St. Francis Society at Holy Rosary Church

in Steubenville, Ohio.

She moved to Payson, Arizona in 2002.

Jean is survived by her daughter Jan Parsons (Harry) of Payson, AZ, David Myslinski (Christine) of Bellevue NE, Mark Myslinski (Nicolette) of Crafton, PA and Robert (Barbara) of Mesa, AZ; seven grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on June 16, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at S. Phillip the Apostle Parish in Payson.

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Medium: Pollen levels between 7.3 and 9.6 will likely cause symptoms for many individuals who suffer from allergies to the predominant pollen types of the season.

Low: Pollen levels between 0 and 7.2 tend to affect very few individuals among the allergy-suffering public.

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Jack Lloyd Strickland Jack Lloyd Strickland, 75, passed away the evening of June 5, 2016, in Payson, Arizona, with his wife Judy by his side. Jack was born in Fulton, Missouri on November 14, 1940.

Jack is survived by his wife of 28 years, Judy, his children Jack C Strickland, Deidra L Strickland and Russell D Strickland(Julie); 3 stepdaughters Julie Padilla(Carlos), Jody Swendson(Mike) and Jeannie Wright; along with 19 wonderful grandchildren and 3 great-children, and a sister Lenda Bauer.

He is preceded in death by his parents Marvin and Neta Strickland; a brother Bill; and sisters Francis and Brenda.

Jack was born in Fulton, Missouri and raised in Springfield, Missouri, where he helped his father run the Strickland & Son Garage until his family moved to Arizona in the fall of 1957. Jack joined

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The wind, The stream, The tanager, and the perfect day

An improvised hike to See Canyon Spring ends with a splash & a lesson

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I’d pretty much blown the day.

Got caught up in reading the paper, then dashed off to the store, weeded the yard, then raced off to see the unveiling of the new sign for the fossil site near Kohl’s Ranch.

Before I knew it, the hours had slipped away on a beautiful Saturday.

I stood there at 2 o’clock, having once again violated my vow to do something spectacular with my weekend — instead of bailing the rowboat of my life for one more day.

“So let’s go to See Canyon,” said Michele, the light of my life and the organizer of my impressive list of chores.

“It’s too far, too steep and too late,” I groused.

“Not far,” she said, “just off the Christopher Creek Road.”

“Well, not far — but steep and long.”

“We’ll just go until we turn around,” she cajoled.

I sighed, reluctant to let go of my grumpy self-pity. I guess I’ve got some Calvinist in me — accepting work as my life purpose and nurturing a guilty suspicion of fun. It’s odd: Every time I actually do wander off the path of my obligations and squander time to no purpose, I come back lighter. But after all these decades, I still resist spontaneous adventure.

“Let’s go,” she said, knowing me not necessarily better than I know myself — but with fewer contradictions and covert judgments.

In we piled, down the highway we sputtered, up to the Christopher Creek turnoff we trundled. We came then to the dirt road turnoff opposite the little store and took it.

A couple miles later, we parked at the trailhead, piled out and pondered the trail sign, trying to figure out which way to go.

We traced the 53-mile-long Highline Trail as it meandered along the base of the Rim, one of Rim Country’s great and under-appreciated adventures. The Highline connected to the See Canyon Trail somewhere north of us.

The See Canyon Trail, for its part,

passed along Christopher Creek before turning resolutely to ascend the Mogollon Rim. I’d read that it features an 1,800-foot elevation gain in the span of about two miles. In my younger days, I relished such statistics and the chance to stand on a summit wiping the sweat from my eyes aching with accomplishment. Not so much these days. Now I savor the view more than the sweat.

But, hey, I could hardly express such reservations to Michele. A guy’s got his pride, after all — especially standing next to a girl both taller and waaaaaaaay better looking.

“I think that’s the trail,” I said, assertively macho. Like, dude, how bad could it be?

So off we trundled. We soon crossed Christopher Creek, spring-fed, crystal clear, stocked with trout in its lower reaches. My tasks and sense of obligation immediately slouched from me, like a lizard crawling out of his dry, scratchy skin.

We trudged through the forest, which rose on every side. I made note of the stands of yellow belly ponderosas — each at least 150 years old, which is when the deep-barked trees turn a rich orange-yellow. The ponderosas can live for 800 years or more, giants that dominate the mesh of living things over millions of acres of Northern Arizona.

After maybe a mile, we came to a weather-beaten sign indicating a fork in the trail. One path led on toward the Rim and that test-of-wills climb.

The other led half a mile to See Spring, which feeds into Christopher Creek.

“Let’s go to the spring,” said Michele.

I hesitated just long enough to suggest a manly desire to exhaust myself in an ego-driven, 1,000-foot climb to the top of the world.

“Sure,” I said, with the faintest hint of regret.

So we climbed through the thickening forest, accompanied by the joyful sound of the stream. The wind rose up, creating a soul-soothing complexity of sound, passing through the pine needles up high and the leaves of the ash, walnut and maple trees down low.

The sweat stung my eyes, but only a

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The See Canyon Spring lies at the end of a short hike — about 1.5 miles.

The jaunt to the spring represents an easy trek compared to the longer See Canyon Trail, which climbs 1,800 feet to top out on the Rim.

little — just enough to make the delight of the day seem earned.

The trail eventually threaded into nothingness as we approached the stream source. I had expected some little giddy gush of clear water. Instead, the stream simply disappeared into the rocky hillside. The water emerged from the jumble of rocks and roots in at least three places. We stood on a pile of rocks over the main current, listening to the song of the spring down in the rock. It tumbled through deep and secret places, echoing with the sounds of earth and water.

Then we found a big, flat rock in a little

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Debate centers on 1.7-million-acre Grand Canyon Monument by

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Tribal leaders joined Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, recently in urging President Barack Obama to designate 1.7 million acres around the Grand Canyon as a national monument, bypassing Congress in the process.

Grijalva said he was calling on the president to invoke the Antiquities Act after becoming convinced that his bill to create the same monument would not get “a real, honest, rational hearing” from a Republican-led House.

Grijalva specifically cited opposition from Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Prescott, and Arizona Republican Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake, who he said are “on the wrong side of the angels on this one.”

Gosar has been a blistering critic of the president’s use of the Antiquities Act calling it an unconstitutional land grab that would harm local economies and prevent the mining of uranium.

After Obama invoked the act in February to create national monuments on about 1.8 million acres of federal land in California, Gosar wrote the leaders of the House Appropriations Committee demanding that they include language in the budget restricting the president’s ability to use that authority. That letter was signed by 30 House Republicans, including three others from Arizona.

“Presidents on either side of the aisle shouldn’t have unilateral authority to create massive new national monuments by executive fiat without local public input,” the letter stated. “It is, after all, the people living near these national monuments who are most affected by their creation.”

The proposed Greater Grand Canyon

Heritage National Monument Act would protect 1.7 million acres in the canyon’s watershed, prohibiting mining and other natural resources development. It would make permanent a current 20-year moratorium on uranium mining that was imposed by the Interior Department.

Mohave County Supervisor Buster Johnson said he is concerned both by the mining ban, and by Grijalva’s attempt to get the president to use the Antiquities Act. “I was always afraid this might happen,” Johnson said. “This act has been used before to skirt the public.”

Johnson said mining has the potential to add $29 billion to the economies of Mohave County and Washington County,

Utah, and would provide better jobs than tourism could.

But Havasupai Tribe Councilwoman Carletta Tilousi, one of the tribal leaders who joined said the monument designation is vital because uranium mining could destroy her tribe’s land.

“We are nearing extinction,” Tilousi said. “We want my people to remain left alone from international mining companies.”

Tilousi said any money generated by mining likely would not help her tribe.

“We fear that international companies will come in, mine uranium, leave a toxic smell in our water and in our air, and we don’t want that to happen,” she said. “It is not money for us.”

Coconino County Board of Supervisors Chairman Art Babbott said that while there would be an economic boost from uranium mining, the risks it poses are “not theoretical” and not worth taking.

There would certainly be economic benefits from a monument designation, he said.

“I absolutely am a supporter of the objective and the outcomes that the legislation seeks to achieve,” said Babbott, who was careful to note that it was a personal position and not the official position of the board. “It’s in our economic interest, it’s in our environmental interest.”

Gosar said the Antiquities Act has been abused by the president as a favor

to environmental groups.

But speakers at Tuesday’s event included representatives of the Navajo, Hopi and Hualapai, in addition to the Havasupai.

Jackson Slim Brossy, executive director of the Navajo Nation Washington Office, read a statement from Navajo President Russell Begaye that said Obama needs to use executive action to extend protection to the Grand Canyon.

“I stand here, with my fellow tribes, with Representative Grijalva, and request executive action now,” Brossy said, reading the statement. “President Obama, come stand with us and support the Greater Grand Canyon National Heritage Monument.”

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aroundthe rim Wedding, parade made weekend a grand affair Christopher Creek trickled fet breakfast, including biscuits softly by just feet away from the and gravy, put out by Sheila and couple saying their vows. It was a her crew up at Creekside. More magnificent setting in the shade of and more of the guests attended and out-of-towners a giant walnut tree on the were introduced to locals lawn just above the water. another week and groom’s friends met A slight breeze blew in the creek bride’s friends. and a few cotton clouds Lori (1), Joanie, Cheryl floated overhead as the and Cathy, the bride’s ceremony was to begin. girlfriends, flew in from Despite the warmth, the the Midwest as did the late afternoon was near bride’s son, Ian and his perfect! girlfriend, Kelsey. Craig, The Creek had not the groom’s brother, seen such a wedding drove all night from San in years. The festivities Rod Britain Diego. Matt and Cory, the actually began Friday evening. A pasta dinner was pre- groom’s kids, were there along pared for members of the wedding with Matt’s family. Well, you see party, some family and early guest where this is going. Other friends arrivals. and family came from all over.

Karen Thornton hosted that Some of the Midwesterners, event and her home and the cabin impressed by the desert landnext door continued to be the focal scape and saguaro cacti on their point for the weekend. A pre-wed- trip from the Valley, made a trip ding conference was quite brief. to the top of the Rim to be fur“You stand there and you stand ther awed by the views across the over here — no, no, the bride is on mountains and smoke from the fire near Young. the left.” That was about it.

At some point, the bride warned A cool Saturday morning dawned, but it was not to stay cool her friend, Joanie there were to be for long. Margot Holmes, mother of no shenanigans under penalty of the groom hosted a fabulous buf- getting her (bottom) kicked!

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Michael and Junior Le Vac were married in a wonderful outdoor ceremony Saturday Upon arriving at the appointed hour later that afternoon, Bud Light John, in his Tijuana taxi, was in place playing the music from the bride’s song list. Appetizers were out and libations were served as the 65 guests arrived and mingled.

The time was at hand. The couple exited the house through the decorated archway over the deck.

Hand-in-hand, down the steps and across the lawn through the aisle

formed between the seated wedding guests, they arrived at their appointed spots.

A life-long friend, Lori, attended the bride and the groom’s son, Matt, stood up with him.

A brief ceremony was replete with subtle references to the picturesque setting on Christopher Creek. Their vows were exchanged and their rings were shared and as the officiate introduced, for

the very first time, Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Junior Le Vac, they turned to be greeted by a crowd wearing bright red clown noses!

Well played, Joanie.

Chairs were rearranged and tables were brought in and the party was on. Mike’s brother, Craig, had the thankless job behind the bar. Soon the barbecue was served, catered by Susie’s Q from Payson. Good stuff!

After the cake was cut, the tables were removed from the deck for dancing. As the evening wore on and the sun was low some folks made their farewells. Many remained, however, and Mike had a time convincing his new bride it was time for her to change her clothes. “But there are still so many people here!”

Little did she know her decorated chariot awaited and those remaining were waiting to join the parade. Just before dark, off they went through town on a festooned golf cart complete with clanking tin cans followed by a horn-blaring entourage.

Kids ran to the fences and folks rushed to their porches to clap and wave at the noisy wedding party

passing. Not in 30 years, perhaps, has there been a post-wedding parade like it.

The Landmark was the destination, where in honor of the bride and groom, the Western Star Band with Dusty Rhodes provided the fine entertainment.

The entire weekend was a grand affair.

Remember that June 11 is a luau at Creekside from one to four and then the CCHOA community potluck/picnic starts at four down at Milburn Meadow.

Late Saturday night we met Tom Colman at the campfire.

Tom has recently purchased his idyllic place along the creek on the old Dale Ashby property.

Congratulations and welcome to the Creek, Tom and Patricia.

We look forward to see what guest columnist, author Marsha Ward, has to share with us next week.

Should anyone try to tell you that biscuits and gravy is not a complete meal, do not talk to them anymore as you do not need that kind of negativity in your life ... and that’s another week in the Creek.

Unusually high temperatures even in Rim Country Whew! I hope everyone is staying cool.

The temperatures have been unseasonably hot this past week.

My garden seems to enjoy the heat, even if I don’t — everything is doing quite well.

The southwestern part of our country is not the only hot spot; India is experiencing a heat wave that so far has lasted more than two months. The temperatures have been hovering around 116 degrees most days. The hottest so far has been recorded at 123.8 degrees near New Delhi. We have had temperatures near 103 in Payson, and 100 degrees in Tonto Village. I know, that is still pretty warm (not as hot as India) — but it does cool down after the sun sets.

My neighbor Lucy and I are working on a project that will be a part of my column in a few weeks. We will be going to several homes in the Village and if they have a garden, we’ll be asking what are the pitfalls and what are the joys of having a garden and, hopefully, we will have practical tips to share with the readers. I might include a few recipes for the most popular garden items such as tomatoes

and zucchini.

I am looking forward to seeing the variety of garden ideas and how their crops are faring.

sounds like a good idea to you, stop by the Star Valley Fire Station and fill out an application.

One last reminder: June Milke’s Celebration of Life is at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 11 at the Tonto Village Chapel.

Anyone who knew June is welcome to celebrate her life and maybe share a few stories with everyone about their experience knowing June. Light refreshments will be served.

the village

Hellsgate Fire Department

Engineer Jeff Yunkens and firefighters Dusty Marsh and Destiny Cordero have been sent to the Juniper Fire in Young with an engine to help control the Janet wildfire.

Snyder The Christopher/Kohl’s Fire Department has sent firefighters Chad Stluka and Wrigley Harper, both of Tonto Village, to the Juniper Fire. Our prayers are with all the firefighters for their safety and to return back home soon.

Hellsgate firefighter George Karrys, Deputy Chief John Wisner and firefighter Ilyas Sekandari have recently patched and refilled the bladders that are located in Ellison Creek Estates. Great job, fellas.

Deputy Chief Wisner has let me know that the Hellsgate Fire Department is looking for a few good men or women to serve as volunteer firefighters. If that

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Attention all Domino Divas: this Wednesday, the Divas will celebrate Linda Price’s birthday, which is on June 11. Linda comes up from the Valley every summer and joins the ladies all summer.

Linda lives in Colcord Estates and travels with a few other Divas that live in the area, Laura Bierwirth, Renae Wagner, Pat Bruder and Betty Starr. As the summer progresses, there are so many that join the group to enjoy the friendship,

good food and, of course, a highly competitive game of Chicken Foot. In fact, at the height of the summer, two tables need to be set up to play comfortably.

Come and join in the fun. The Divas meet at the Tonto Village Fire Station at 1 p.m. every Wednesday. If you need directions, call Janet at 928-478-9935.

Other birthdays this week include Vicki Grootegoed, formerly of Christopher Creek and now in Los Angeles, who has her birthday on June 12; Bill Dupke of Diamond Point and a Hellsgate firefighter celebrates his birthday on June 14.

To Linda, Vicki and Bill, don’t think of yourself as old. Chronologically gifted sounds much cooler. Happy birthday!

Happy anniversary wishes to Grant and Marie Coley of Tonto Village II. This happy couple have been together for 51 years as of June 18.

Bob and Penny Wells formerly of Christopher Creek and Payson, and now residents in South Carolina, will have spent the better part of their lives together since childhood. They will celebrate their wedding anniversary on June 11.

Happy anniversary to both couples.

Recipe of the week

Both Vicki and Penny contributed so many wonderful recipes for the “Fireflies Can Cook” cookbook, it is tough to choose just one. Since July 4 is just around the corner, I have chosen Vicki’s recipe for Patriotic Pie. Patriotic Pie 1 can blueberry pie filling 1 can cherry pie filling pie crust dough for a double crust pie Line a deep dish pie plate with pie crust dough. Put cherry pie filling in the crust. Put the blueberry pie filling in the center of the crust. Use the remaining pie dough to make lattice strips and stars, using a star cookie cutter. Place lattice strips on two-thirds of the pie and place stars in the remaining third. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool thoroughly before serving. Top with vanilla ice cream.

That’s all for this week, folks, I know the creek won’t rise this week and probably not next week either, but use a lot of sunscreen! That sun is brutal!

Characters under the Rim – Ola Burdette Smith, Part 1 The Tonto Apaches called Fossil Creek was “Blue Water,” her “Grandma Ola” as did many back when Flowing Springs was “White of the town folk by the time Water,” the camp at East Verde she died Oct. 13, 1998. She told was “The Cedar That Stands On reporters during her lifetime A Hilltop,” the Natural Bridge that she did not know how old was “Two Lands Joined together Over A River.” Each place she was. In a 1970 interview had its own traditions. with doctoral student Nicholas She remembered a few of Houser he showed her a census the legends. As a child she and record that stated her birthday Stan Brown her playmates saw lights going as Nov. 15, 1932. Of course census takers record whatever they back and forth on the Mazatzal are told and often hear it wrong. Ola Mountains and they were told they were Smith’s Social Security record states her made by the Gaan, the Mountain Spirits. birthday was Nov. 15, 1928. [1] Those mountains were the sacred Grandma Ola lived on the divide dwelling places of the Gaan, as was the between the traditional and new ways Natural Bridge. There was a spring in among the Apache families. Growing up the foothills where they would go when she heard parts of the tribal traditions, gathering acorns. To approach the grotto but never had anyone pass them on to one must say a prayer and if the proper her. She confessed she did not even gifts were not offered that person would know the Creation stories that were so become lost, never to return. A woman’s important to Apache people. She had gift was to drop a white stone into the learned some of the names for plac- spring; the men must drop a blue stone, es, which were always very descriptive. but the stone must be one’s very own.

She said that some people had secret names that could not be translated, and everyone had a name that was descriptive such as “He Who Has A Red Forehead.”

She recalled that her people also had names for residents of Payson. They could talk about these people among themselves, but not use English names.

These Apache nicknames included “He whose hand is always up; He who has big ears; He who has one eye.”

“He that is paralyzed in the throat and looks only one way” was their name for merchant William Hilligas.

Ola’s family was living on Indian Hill in Payson when she was born. “I was having a hard time being born,” she said, “and they sent to town for Theresa Boardman.”

The Boardmans actually owned the Indian Hill property where the Smith family had built their little house. In fact, the Boardmans provided water from their well to many of the folks on The Hill. Theresa was the nurse-assistant to

Dr. Risser and frequently played the role of midwife for both white and Apache families.

Growing up Ola had only flour sacks to wear for clothing. Her father was Henry Burdette, and was quite old having been a Scout during the Apache War in Arizona. [2] After getting out of the Army he worked on building roads throughout the Rim Country as did many of the Tontos. He was part of the crew being supervised by Al Sieber when that retired chief of scouts was killed near Roosevelt Dam by a sliding rock.

Times were hard and she said, “When I was only knee-high, learning to walk” the family moved from Indian Hill out to a traditional campsite on lower Rye Creek, near its confluence with Tonto Creek. [3] There along the floodplain they raised squash and corn. The children were sent out to gather food as the Apaches had always done. They hunted small game, cactus fruit, wild greens, walnuts, acorns, mesquite beans and

berries.

“We would be in our bare feet,” she said. “I don’t know how we did it without getting burrs and spines in our feet.

Mostly we caught pack rats. We would chase them out of the cactus and throw stones at them. Sometimes we would get 12 or 15, and bring them home to boil and eat.”

To be continued.

[1] Much of the material in this article and the next is based on the oral history taken by Dr. Houser in 1970. He interviewed numerous members of the Tonto Apache Tribe for his doctoral thesis and those interviews are held in the library of the Rim Country Museum.

[2] He was known in the tribe as “Chitten.”

[3] If you stand on the steel bridge over Rye Creek, down the road from Jakes Corner, and look downstream you will be looking over this old Apache camp. It was the camp where Chief Melton Campbell was born.

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aroundthe rim Library, Friends name raffle winners Former Pine Strawberry School Beeline traffic could slow Principal/Superintendent Cody Barlow’s The Arizona Department of resignation on May 10 morphed into a Transportation will soon begin a tree disconcerting episode that exploded into removal project along 29 miles of Beeline a community stir.

This scribe will not delve into the Highway (SR 87) from mileposts 254 accusations and allegations from all to 283, beginning just north of Payson.

When completed, the project will improve those involved. driver visibility and reduce hazards to That is better left to my friend vehicles. The work is expected and former colleague Payson to be completed by fall. rattlin ’ Roundup education reporter Work will be performed the rim Michele Nelson. during daylight hours, Monday But having worked in pubthrough Thursday. There will no lic education for 37 years as a night, weekend or holiday work. teacher and coach, I empathize Traffic will be reduced to one with those in leadership posilane during operations and a tions because they are expected pilot car escort will allow for to please everyone — parents, alternating travel through the board members, teachers and work zone. students.

Max Foster Delays can be anticipatThat, of course, is an impossied where removals are taking ble task and when some factions place.

ADOT is asking drivers believe they have been slighted, controversies and firestorms arise that to allow extra time for travel, observe split the entire community, especially in reduced speeds in the work zone and be alert of crews and equipment. a small town like Pine.

As a former head football coach at County sets up emergency system two Arizona high schools I have been involved in some of those controversies.

Gila County Emergency Management Since the inception of high school has a system that will inform residents sports, the football coach is the only one of local emergencies before, during and who works under more public scrutiny after incidents that could impact public than the administration. safety.

This columnist is aware that Barlow To be contacted, however, residents had his detractors, but he also had his must sign up for the emergency notificasupporters, including faculty members. tion system at www.ReadyGila.com.

My experiences with Barlow in covSign up now to remain safe during all ering school events for the Payson types of emergency events.

Roundup were always pleasant, even when I penned articles about the contro- Health board seeks members versial mercury scare in the school gym.

The Pine Strawberry Health Clinic Barlow was always open, honest board has three positions open, each for and professional with me. He was also a three-year term. readily available when I had questions, which is something all journalists greatly appreciate.

The entire episode of the past school year could have been handled better by all those involved.

After all, the responsibility of all administrators, teachers, coaches and board members should be the welfare of students.

In Barlow’s resignation, that obligation was mishandled.

Or as we say in football, “fumbled.”

Chebowski wins library raffle

The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library’s coffers have been enriched by $1,500, thanks to Felicia French’s donation of an authentic and valuable Navajo rug.

Glenna Begay wove the rug on the northern Arizona reservation.

Longtime Pine resident Lou Chebowski won the rug during a raffle drawing last week.

All 150 tickets at $10 each were sold.

World Doll Day tomorrow

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Strawberry resident Pat Sessions was the lucky winner of the “Gift Tree” raffle held May 29 during the Pine Library Friends book sale. When she found out it was more than $450 in gift cards from the local area, she couldn’t believe it.

Applicants must be a member or shareholder to apply. Memberships can be purchased for $25 each share.

All voting members will receive ballots this month with one vote per share.

Those who wish to be voting members should send a check to “Pine Strawberry Health Services” at P.O. Box 270, Pine, 85544.

Applicants can mail a letter of interest to be on the board by sending a letter of interest to the same address.

Call Annetta Follmer at 928-476-5330 for more information.

A permit guarantees a parking space within a lot, but not a specific parking space, which are on a first-come, firstserved basis.

The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library has six public computers that can be used Tuesday through Saturday to print the parking passes.

A total of three pages must be printed to obtain a permit. Copies are 20 cents each. The library also has additional information on other parking sites off the SR 260 (Camp Verde) entrance to Fossil Creek.

Party down

Like strawberries?

An “Arts Party” that will focus on “crafting flowers out of feathers and fabrics” will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, June 21 in the Pine senior dining hall.

Organizers promise plenty of laughs and fun and supplies will be provided free. Call Rosina at 602-881-1806 to reserve a party space.

Heat weary desert dweller will be flocking to the high country June 18-19 for the 26th Annual Pine Strawberry Festival, formerly the Strawberry Festival.

The festival, to be held at the Pine Cultural Center, will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday. Organizers promise flats of delicious strawberries and strawberry treats will be sold, there will also be plenty of arts and crafts vendors on site and live music will have visitors tappin’ their toes.

The Pine Strawberry Business Community sponsors the festival.

What no permit?

$450 gift card tree winner named

Strawberry resident Pat Sessions was the lucky winner of the “Gift Tree” raffle held May 29 during the Pine Library Friends book sale.

“Pat told a friend she would just pick up her card at the library, but when she found out it was over $450 in gift cards from the local area, she couldn’t believe it,” said Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library Director Becky Waer

the children must work together and apply survival skills to ward off treacherous foes of the wild.

Children should bring a pillow so as to be comfortable on the floor and refreshments will be served.

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Young Hannah Fuller had the honor of drawing the winning raffle ticket, purchased by longtime Pine resident Lou Chebowski, for the collectible authentic Navajo rug donated to the library as a fundraiser by Felicia French.

With all the publicity the new Fossil Creek permit system has received, it’s tough to believe visitors are not aware of it.

But there are those who continue to attempt to visit the creek without a special use permit.

Beginning on May 1 and continuing until to Oct. 1, advance permits will be required to park a vehicle in the Fossil Creek area.

The permit allows parking for one vehicle at one of nine designated parking lots. During the five-month period, a maximum of six permits per person will be allowed.

More madness

Movie Madness at the Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library continues at 1 p.m., Thursday, June 16 with the showing of “Against the Wild II,” a 91-minute film that is rated PG. The family adventure involves a plane crash that strands two children in the African jungle. With the help of their dog,

The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library staff is inviting patrons to join in on a celebration of World Doll Day to be held from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Saturday, June 11.

The day has been observed since 1986 and was begun by Mildred Seeley to celebrate “Not only dolls, but caring nurturing love and the people offering it.”

In a letter Seeley penned, she wrote, “I have always felt that the common doll could be an instrument of world understanding.”

The day’s symbol is a logo showing a child holding a bisque doll as “A symbol of the significance of dolls in early childhood for both girls and boys.”

The day is traditionally celebrated by giving a doll to a child or adult who hopefully will remember the people who gave them the doll and the message they conveyed.

The local library’s World Doll Day is open to those 5 years of age and older, but will be limited to 12 participants so pre-registration is necessary. Visit the library or call 928-476-3678 to sign up.

The only admission is to bring a doll to share.

Activities will include a discussion of history of dolls, fun projects with dolls and a raffle.

Quilt show begins today

The Strawberry Patchers 20th Annual Quilt Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Friday, June 10 and during those same hours tomorrow, Saturday, June 11 in the Pine-Strawberry Cultural Hall. Admission is $2 and those who contribute a non-perishable food item to be donated to the local food bank will receive a ticket for a quilt drawing to be held June 11.

Viewer’s choice voting on the outstanding quilts will be today, Friday, only. In addition to the show, there will a vendor mall on site.

Go to www.strawberrypatchers.com for more information. The group is a member of the Arizona Quilters Guild.

Naked yard sale next week

The Riff Raff Club’s annual Naked Yard Sale will be held Saturday, June 18, but the group is accepting “worthy” sale items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday until the sale. Items can be donated at unit #11 at Bishop SelfStorage located directly behind Bishop Realty in Pine.

No clothes will be accepted.

All proceeds earned at the yearly sale benefit worthy causes in both Pine and Strawberry.

Call 928-978-3019 for more information.

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One of those times occurred “So much for that; your on Okinawa when I was just heart’s actually in great shape.”

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Then came pipes. That, I have to admit, was fun for a while. You don’t just smoke pipes; you collect them — all kinds of them. Clay ones, briars, corncobs, meerschaums, calabashes, churchwardens — it goes on and on. So do the endless varieties of tobacco. And the accessories — pipe racks, tobacco pouches, pipe cleaners, a thousand and one other things. Then comes endless cleaning of bowl and stem and polishing of the exterior. And the worst part is that you can’t leave the house without all the required bits and pieces — the pouch,

the tobacco, a couple of pipes, a pipe tool, a pack of pipe cleaners, matches, a pipe lighter, and so on.

But what made me quit was simple.

No matter how good your pipes may be, no matter how wonderful your tobacco may smell, and no matter how great your prowess as a master of pipe cleaning may be, the %$#@! things always burn your tongue!

So one day, having had enough of a burning tongue, as well as a place inside my lower lip that really burned, I told Lolly, “To hell with it! I’m going to put this pipe rack up on the mantle piece as a decoration and toss the rest of the stuff.”

She seconded the motion.

So I quit again, Johnny.

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The “burning spot” was a very nasty looking white patch!

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“Why?” “That,” he said very meaningfully, “is leukoplakia.”

What’s leukoplakia? Dictionary: “Leukoplakia: A premalignant lesion in which cancer is likely to occur.”

The doctor told me it looked like I “might” have quit in time, but I would have to sweat out many worrisome weeks as we waited to see whether that nasty looking stuff would go away or turn into malignant lip cancer.

That was 37 years ago.

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Overeaters Anonymous

Overeaters Anonymous meets from 2 p.m.

Mondays at Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane, Payson.

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

Call the following members for more information: Denise, 928-978-3706; Mary Jo, 928978-4663; Ted, 928-951-3362; Alice at 602-8280917 or 928-478-4361.

TOPS in Pine

The TOPS 412 (Take off Pounds Sensibly) Pine group meets Tuesdays at the LDS chapel in Pine. Weigh-in is at 8 a.m., the meeting starts at 8:15 a.m.

For details, call Barbara at 928-978-4750 or Charlotte at 928-978-3640.

Senior Singles with Spirit

The Senior Singles with Spirit group is composed of men and women who are young in spirit and have an enthusiasm for life.

The purpose of this group is to build lasting friendships, share ideas, have fun and enjoy activities with like-minded people. The choices are many and varied and all up to you.

The group meets at 8:45 a.m. every Tuesday for breakfast at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson.

For more information, call Paula at 480695-2786.

Friendship Bible Class

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

Payson 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. Member­ship is open to local women ages 18 and up.

Color Time Tuesday

Enjoy a relaxing and fun time of coloring every Tuesday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. This activity is a great way to relieve

stress and express creativity.

Adults can bring their children to color with adult supervision, too. You can stay for some of the time or all the time. Bring your own or share some of the supplies on hand.

The program meets at Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy St. Call Sally Harvey 480-213-8472 or Joyce Kennedy 928978-1884 with any questions.

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Beyond Limits Disability Ministry

The annual picnic for Beyond Limits will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 14 in the ramada at Mountain Bible Church, 302 E. Rancho Road in 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.

Photographers meet

The Rim Country Camera Club meets at 6:30 p.m., Monday, June 13. Nick Berezenko will present the results of his Gila Community College camera class project, “A Day in the Life of Payson.”

R3C is looking for submissions for the upcoming 2017 Rim Country Charity Calendar. Send landscape-oriented photographs taken in Rim Country to rimcountrycameraclub@gmail.com or post to the club’s Facebook page, 2017 Rim Country Charity Calendar. For initial submission and the selection process, low-resolution landscape orientation jpeg images are acceptable.

Larger 10-inch-by-12-inch, 300 dpi files are required for final printing.

The meeting is open to all those interested in photography and there is no charge to attend. If you need directions to the meeting location, please call Harold Rush at 928-4749673.

Learn about sustainability

Felicia French, a retired U.S. Army colonel, will discuss sustainability and its implications to Rim Country at a meeting of the Democratic Women of Rim Country Tuesday, June 14.

French is a resident of Rim Country and has a degree in sustainability from Arizona State University.

She will be speaking at noon at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson.

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

Masonic meeting

Sy Harrison will have its monthly stated meeting Tuesday, June 14. The dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the regular meeting will begin at 7 p.m. All Masons and their guests are invited to the dinner, followed by a talk by a prominent member of the commu-

share work with other artists. A short business meeting at 6:30 p.m. will be followed by a program with Tom Arndt, who will give a demonstration of his drawing and charcoal art.

Speaker to talk about ‘The Matrix of Frauds’ Contributed photo

The Rim Country Camera Club meets at 6:30 p.m., Monday, June 13. Nick Berezenko will present the results of his Gila Community College camera class project, “A Day in the Life of Payson.” For directions to the meeting location, please call Harold Rush at 928-474-9673.

nity about the change in gun laws in Arizona at 6:15 p.m. All members of the fraternity are then invited to stay for the regular meeting.

For details call the secretary, 928-474-1305 or 928-951-2662, or email at secretary.shl70@ gmail.com.

Payson Art League

The Payson Art League invites everyone to its meeting Tuesday, June 14 at the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd. Beginning at 6 p.m. enjoy refreshments and show and

Join the Payson Tea Party in welcoming Brad Heward, of Chandler, who will present “The Matrix of Frauds” from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Tuesday, June 14.

Learn how identity and Social Security theft lead to welfare, food stamp, voter and HARP refinance fraud. He contends that twothirds of multiple government entitlement programs are being defrauded out of billions of dollars with many folks benefiting from this theft of our tax dollars. For details call 928-951-6774.

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 928-472-7294.

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). Women and men are both encouraged to join.

Call Ellen Prentice at 928-970-0812 for further information.

Authors, aspiring writers to socialize

The Rim Country Chapter of the Arizona Professional Writers meets at noon, Wednesday, June 15 in the Majestic Rim Living Chapel, 310 E. Tyler Parkway (just past the community garden).

The meeting is free and open to the public.

Local authors, writers and aspiring writers and readers will get the chance to interact and develop those vital connections to a more rewarding writing life and perhaps even better sales.

The event will feature coffee, tea, a light luncheon and a great deal of interaction with other people interested in the written word.

No RSVP required.

Program on fire prevention

The Library Friends of Payson will meet Monday, June 20, and host Gary Roberts, U.S. Forest Service fire prevention officer, who will talk about forest health, fire prevention and how homeowners and communities can reduce wildfire risk. He will share suggestions for creating a defensible space around our homes. The time to prepare for wildfire is before smoke is on the horizon.

The Library Friends of Payson presentation for the community, which is held in the library meeting room, will start with a short business meeting at 10 a.m.; the program begins at 10:30 a.m. The public is invited to both the business meeting and the free onehour program. If you have any questions, please call the library at 928-474-9260.

Library Friends of Payson, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, supports the library with programs and materials not covered by the town budget.

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June is National Adopt a Shelter Cat Month • Are able to pay the adoption fee that most shelters/rescues charge?

June is National Adopt a • Are you able to financialShelter Cat Month. With that ly care for your new cat? This being said, maybe it’s time for includes yearly vet visits and any you to consider adding a new cat other medical costs that to your household. may occur.

Adopting a new cat • Do you know what Humane can come with a lot of supplies you will need Society of Central changes for both you to be able to bring a new Arizona and your new cat. We’ve cat home? (Litter box, put together a checklist litter, food, water and to help make the tran- ADOPTION food bowls, toys, collar OPTIONS sition as smooth as poswith identification, etc.) sible.

If you think you are • Do you currently ready to add a new cat to your have pets, and if so, how will they home, the next step is to visit react to a new cat? your local shelter/rescue and • Is your home suitable for the start interacting with the adoptcat you are looking to adopt? able cats. It may take one visit, or • How will your work and it may take several. Just be sure social life affect caring for a new that you are choosing wisely and cat? are happy with your decision.

• Do you have a plan for your In honor of Adopt a Shelter Cat new cat for vacations or work Month, we have decided to featravel? ture some of our fabulous felines.

• How do all the members of We have some adorable adoptyour house feel about adopting? able cats here at the shelter and • Is anyone in the home aller- located offsite at PetSmart in the Rim Country Mall next to Stage. gic to cats?

The Humane Society of Central • Is there tension in the home?

Cats pickup quickly on stress in Arizona is open Monday through the home which can affect their Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and we are happily waiting to health and personality.

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• Have you considered whethOur dogs are in need of dog er a younger or older cat is more food. Although we have other food, suitable for you and your home? we have run out of the Purina Pro • Have you thought about what Plan Chicken and Rice that they personality traits you are looking usually eat and we are having to for in your new cat? Playful, easy- mix other foods (which is causing lots of upset stomachs at the shelgoing, etc. by

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Upcoming Summer Events

• June 11th – Pet Club Adoption Event, Payson Pet Club. We will have adoptable dogs available from 10-2.

• June 15th – Globe Spay/ Neuter Clinic, By appointment only. Please call Gila County Animal Control at 928-425-5882.

• June 25th – Pets in the Pines Adoption Event, Flagstaff.

• June 26th – Runnin’ with the Pups. Event hosted by the OBMC at the Spur Bar in Star Valley from 11-5.

• July 23rd – Rescue Roundup Adoption Event, Flagstaff.

• July 27th – Globe Spay/ Neuter Clinic, By appointment only. Call Gila County Animal Control at 928-425-5882.

• August 17th – Payson Spay/ Neuter Clinic, By appointment only. $25 deposit required. Please call 928-474-5590.

Featured pets

Following are just two of the many wonderful pets currently available for adoption. To learn more, visit the shelter at 605 W. Wilson Court, open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; call 928-474-5590 or go to www.humanesocietycentralaz. org.

Tippy OREO

Feel like indulging in a little?

Come on and give in to the dark side, I may not be a delicious crème-filled cookie, but I am a sweet treat to have by your side.

Just think of a young and athletic hunk like myself strutting around and fitting in purr-fectly with the family. I’m not that loud when it comes to announcing my presence, I’ll just give you a little nudge so you know I’m still around. You can earn bonus points with me if you find my favorite hiding spot.

TIPPY

Do you hear that, I’m picking up a signal again. Aren’t

these ears just so adorable? You wouldn’t believe the reception I get out here. You won’t ever have to worry about someone getting past me, I would hear them down the street. Other than having fantastic hearing, I get pretty pumped when it’s time to play.

Throw that ball for me and watch me fetch. Or how about playing tug of war? When it comes to competition, you’ll want me as a teammate. I have an activity level that’s unparalleled to most, those senior dogs just don’t know what to think of me. I’m still looking for that special person to show me the ropes and help guide me in the right direction, I can be silly when it comes to certain manners.

Rim Country Church Directory Calvary Chapel Payson 1103 N. Beeline Hwy. at Sherwood Dr.; (928) 468-0801, office@ calvarypayson.com, calvarypayson.com. Sunday: Services at 8:30 & 10:30 a.m., Devotion & Prayer at 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday: Men’s & Women’s Discipleship at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Fellowship Dinner at 5 p.m., Service at 6:30 p.m.; Thursday: Christ-Centered Recovery & Young Adult Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. Childcare is provided for all of the above services.

Sundays: Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Evening Fellowship 6 p.m. Communion service the first Sunday during Morning Worship. Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 8 a.m. first Saturday of each month. Women’s Bible Study 9:15 Tuesday mornings. AWANA program on Mondays as follows: Sparks for K-2nd 2:30-4 p.m.; TNT, Trek and Journey 6-8 p.m. All other activities, please contact the church office Wednesday 10 a.m. to noon or Friday 9 a.m. to noon.

Catholic Church of the Holy Nativity A Roman Catholic Church under the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. 1414 N. Easy St.(corner of Easy Street & Bradley Dr.), Payson, AZ 85541, (928) 478-6988, wwwholynativitypayson. com. The Rev. Fr. Lowell E. Andrews, Pastor. Sunday: Mass 10 a.m.

Wednesday: Low Mass & Holy Unction 10 a.m. First Wednesday of the month: Benediction & Chaplet of Divine Mercy 5:30 p.m. followed by potluck supper. High Holy Days: Mass 10 a.m.

Mount Cross Lutheran Church (ELCA) 601 E. Highway 260, 474-2552. Rev. Scott Stein, Pastor. Sunday Worship Schedule: 8:30 a.m. Traditional Service; 10:30 a.m. Praise Service. Holy Communion celebrated on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. Visit our website at www.mountcross.org. Church office hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mount Cross is a warm, loving church community that extends itself to others and welcomes everyone with joy.

Christopher Creek Bible Fellowship - I.F.C.A. 1036 E. Christopher Creek Loop, first driveway past fire station on left. Pastor Ed Hepworth, 478-4857 (church), 478-4310 (home). 10:30 a.m. Worship Service and Children’s Sunday School (nursery provided). Tues. & Thurs. Bible Studies. Join us on Sunday, April 17th for worship service followed by a Mexican Food Potluck for the Retirement of Pastor Ed & Susan Hepworth.

Church of Christ in Payson 401 E. Tyler Parkway, (928) 474-5149. Sunday: Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Singing Practice 5:30 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m. Tuesday: Ladies Bible Class 10 a.m. Wednesday: Bible Class 6:30 p.m. www.paysonchurchofchrist.com Church on Randall Place, SBC (in Pine) Pastor John Lake. All are welcome! 6338 W. Randall Place (turn west on Randall Place road near the Thrift Store) Sunday Morning Prayer: 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Sunday Adult Bible Enrichment 8:45 a.m. to 9:40 a.m., Sunday Worship Celebration: 10 a.m. Sunday Communion 2nd Sunday of the month. Sunday Fellowship Meal every 3rd Sunday of the month. Women of CORP Ministries and Bible studies lead by Simone Lake. Other various Connection Groups available throughout week. For more information, contact: 1-928-476-4249 (ch), 1-928-472-6439 (pastor’s hm) 1-928-970-4249 (pastor’s cell), Email: pinerandallchurch@hotmail.com Website: http://churchonrandallplace.org Online Sermons: www.sermon.net/CORP Community Presbyterian Church 800 W. Main Street, Rev. Charles Proudfoot, Pastor. First Fridaty with Windstrum on May 6 from 5-7 p.m. Sundays: SON Risers Adult Bible Class at 8:30 a.m.; Hymn Sing at 10:15 a.m. followed by Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. The sermon title for June 12 is “God’s Law, Human Law.” Bible Time and nursery care for children provided.

Office hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to noon; 474-2059 office, 474-0624 fax, E-mail: cpcgen@yahoo.com, Website: cpcpayson.org.

Crossroads Foursquare Church We invite you to join us Sunday mornings, 10 a.m. Find us at www.crossroads4square.com, on Facebook or at 114 E. Cedar Lane, Payson.

Expedition Church 301 S. Colcord Road (two blocks west of Hwy. 87, just north of Bonita). Expedition is a non-denominational church whose mission is to “make disciples who love God and people.” Sunday services are at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. For more information, go to www.discoverexpedition.com, Facebook at ExpeditionChurchPayson, or call (928) 474-9128. We look forward to having you join us on our journey!

First Baptist Church of Pine 4039 N. Highway 87, 476-3552, Website: www.fbcpine.com.

Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church (WELS) At Rock of Ages you will find a worship service designed to praise God and enrich faith. Our purpose is to serve all people in God’s world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the basis of the Holy Bible.

We are a friendly, family oriented church. All are welcome! Rock of Ages Lutheran Church is located at 204 W. Airport Road (corner of Airport Rd and North McLane). Pastor David Sweet, (928) 970-7606 or (928) 474-2098. Sunday Worship Service is at 9 a.m.; Sunday School and Adult Bible Class at 10:15 a.m.; Holy communion is celebrated at the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Adult Bible class is held on Tuesdays at 1 p.m., Thursdays at 9 a.m. and Saturdays at 9 a.m.

Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church (LC-MS) 507 W. Wade Lane, 928-474-5440, Pastor Steve De Santo. Sunday: Adult Bible Study 8:30 a.m., Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship Service 10 a.m. Holy Communion is celebrated on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month.

Church For the Nations Payson Sunday Experience at 901 S. Westerly Rd @ 10 a.m. Contact us at 928-444-8791 or email us at info@cftnpayson.com for more detailed information on mid-week connection events and community outreach. Visit us on our website at cftnpayson.com and like us on Facebook. WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER! Church of Christ 306 E. Aero. Sunday Bible classes 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. For Bible studies any day of the week, call Bob Nichols, 468-0134. By understanding and living the principles taught in the New Testament, we attempt to accomplish the spiritual mission of the church, rather than being a social or recreational institution.

Ponderosa Bible Church of Payson 1800 N. Beeline Hwy. Dr. Joe Falkner - Sr. Pastor, Sunday: Traditional Worship Service 9:30 a.m., Contemporary Worship Service 11 a.m. Nursery, Adult and Youth Bible Studies during both services.

Wednesday evening fellowship and Bible study for all ages! For more details and information on other weekly events, check out our website at www.pbcpayson.org or call the church office at (928) 474-9279.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church WE Welcome Everyone. 1000 N. Easy St. (Corner of Sherwood & Easy St.). 928-474-3834. The Rev. Daniel F. Tantimonaco, Rector.

Sunday: Holy Eucharist Services are at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. The 10 a.m. service includes traditional and contemporary music. Child care is provided. Wednesday: Service of Healing & Holy Eucharist at 9 a.m. Visit our Website: www.stpaulspayson.org. Email: stpaulspayson@gmail.com. WE Welcome Everyone.

Mountain Bible Church Please be our guest this weekend, 8:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at 302 E. Rancho Road where our goal is to ‘Love God and Love People!’ We have many adult, children and student ministries on Sundays and during the week. Our Spanish Church called “La Roca” meets Sundays at 12:30 p.m. Want more information?

(928) 472-7800 or www.mountainbible.org New Life Foundation Hwy. 87 (next to Windmill Corner Inn), Strawberry, 476-3224.

Services: Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 9 a.m.

Payson Family Church 501 E. Rancho Rd. 474-3138. We are a new, non-denominational Christian church that ministers to the entire family. Our vision is to reach this community with God’s love and Word and see lives transformed for His glory. We are mission minded and believe in showing people Jesus, not just talking about Him. Join us Sunday mornings at 10:45 for contemporary worship and teaching of God’s Word. We also offer various other ministry meetings throughout the week for junior high, high school, and college-aged students. Visit our website @ paysonfamilychurch.org. Or our Facebook page for more information.

Payson First Church of the Nazarene Come join us for a time of fellowship and worship as we praise the Lord! 200 E. Tyler Parkway (928) 474-5890. Sundays: Morning Worship Service 9:30 am; Sunday School for all ages 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Monday- Friday: Safe Haven Childcare Center 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Lighthouse Club 2:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays: Prayer and Praise 6 p.m.; Wednesdays: Women’s Bible Study 1-2 p.m.; Children’s Quizzing 3-6th grades 1:30-4:30 p.m.; Thursdays: Youth Night 6:30 p.m.; Last Saturday of each month: Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 8 a.m.; Senior Activities each month. For more information on locations, times and topics contact the church office. Office hours: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Payson United Methodist Church 414 N. Easy Street (between Zurich St. and Malibu St. behind ACE Hardware); Pastor Carl Peterson. Services: 8:30 a.m. Informal; 11:00 a.m. Traditional. Safe nursery care provided. We are a growing, multi-generational faith community where our hearts, minds, and doors are open to all people. Our mission is to Love Like Jesus. For more information on our choir and handbell programs and ministries and mission to the community, visit our website: paysonumc.com or call 928-474-0485, M-F, 8 a.m. - 12 noon.

Seventh-day Adventist Church 700 E. Wade Lane, Payson; Pastor Steven Salsberry; Elder Sharon Judd. Saturday services: Sabbath School/Bible Study 9:30a.m.; Worship Hour 11 a.m. We welcome all visitors. Come and join us for uplifting fellowship. Call 928-474-9209 for Prayer Meeting times and location, and for coming local events, or visit our website: http:// payson.adventistfaith.org.

Shiloh Christian Fellowship 501 E. Rancho Road (across the street from Payson Elementary School), 474-3138. Non-denominational church teaching verse by verse and chapter by chapter through the Bible. Contemporary Worship and family oriented, children’s ministries and nursery provided.

Sunday Worship Service at 10:45 a.m. Bible Study on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Tonto Basin Bible Church Hwy. 188 off Dryer Dr., Tonto Basin, Pastor Robert Melotti, (928) 479-2299. Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m., worship service 10:45 a.m., Children’s Church 10:45 a.m., no Sunday eve. service.

Wednesday Night Bible Study Fellowship 7 p.m. Potluck every third Sunday at noon following the worship service.

Tonto Creek Shores/Tonto Valley Bible Church Lots 240-241 Valley View Road, Gisela, 474-1360. Valley View Drive, Gisela; Pastor Ted Tatum. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. (combined service with both churches).

Tonto Village Chapel Tonto Village Chapel exists to serve, love and uplift the Lord Jesus Christ. Our mission is to operate in the community as a light House through fulfilling the great commission as found in Matthew 28:1820. We welcome an opportunity to worship with you on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school/Bible study at 10:45 a.m. for adults, children and youth, or Tuesday evening Bible study and prayer meeting at 5 p.m. For questions or information please call the Church at (928) 478-5076.

Unity Church of Payson Join us and live Practical Christianity, a positive path for spiritual living. We sing, laugh, love, pray, and support each other and our Payson community. We meet at 600 State Highway 260, #14 (Board of Realtors Conference Room, back of Tiny’s parking lot). For more, go to www.unityofpayson.org (See ‘What’s Happening’ tab for the latest activities.) or call 928-478-8515.

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Must have a valid AZ Drivers License We offer great pay and benefits package.

Requirements: Experienced HVAC service and repair technician with EPA Certification a must.

Must have a valid AZ Drivers License We offer great pay and benefits package.

Send resumes to: resumes@GHPHC.com or call 928-951-5988

NOW HIRING CNA’S, RN’S & LPN’S

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Full-time, Part-time & PRN Positions Available. Competitive wages and benefits. Please inquire about our Baylor program for weekends.

Apply in person at:

107 E. Lone Pine Drive, Payson, AZ 85541 (928) 474-6896 Order: 10079582 Cust: -McDonalds Keywords: Help Wanted art#: 20115075 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 4.00

Join our friendly Team

MERCHANDISE ANIMALS AKC Registered Chocolate Pointing Labrador Retriever Pups...1 female, 3 males. Call 702-423-2813 Dog Nail Clipping in the comfort and convenience of your home by Tracy. Local professional groomer of 24 years. $12.00 928-978-4959

ANTIQUES Antiques/Collectibles Sun purple glass, polish pottery, Fenton glass, Ginny dolls at Tymeless Antiques & Treasures Too on route 87 in Pine

APPLIANCES Maytag Maxima X-Large Front Loader Gas Dryer. Like New, Includes Pedestal Drawer. Cost $1400. Will sell for $450.obo 928-474-6482

FIREWOOD HOUSTON MESA GENERAL STORE AND FUEL WOODS

FIREWOOD Juniper & Oak; Full Cords, Delivery Available Call 928-474-9859

FURNITURE furniture roll top desk 47L 20W 46H make offer, futon new black cushion $35.00, blk office chair $20.00, handicapped scooter used 3 wks. $700.00 928-468-8075 Twin Size Niagara Adjustable Hospital type Beds $250.obo 661-400-1262 or 661-361-8985

YARD SALES 1. 608 E. Park Dr., Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 2pm: Electric Snow Blower, Knick Knacks, Kitchen ware and appliances, Fluorescent Fixtures and Bulbs, Trailer weight distribution hitch, Christmas Items, Freebies, Puppets, Stuffed Animals, Sola Tube, Books & Games, and More!

2. MOVING SALE: 1012 S. Ponderosa St. Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 3pm: Some Furniture, Dinette set, Chair w/Ottoman, Kitchenware, a Bunch of Odds & Ends, Sleeping Bags and Lots More!

3. Multi-Family Yard Sale; Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 12 Noon Both Days; 914 W. Chatham, Payson 4. June 10 & 11 from 6am to 1pm @ 1307 Matterhorn (N. of Easy); Glass Computer Desk, Bookcase, End Tables, Wall Pictures, Kitchenware, Guy Stuff, Clothing $1.50 bag, Books .25, Toys.

6. Yard Sale June 10-12, Fri. and Sat. 7am to 5pm, Sun. noon to 5 p.m. at 318 Moonlight Drive in Star Valley (3rd house on the right from Hwy 260). Art supplies, tools, antiques, knife collection, garden tractors and lots more. 15 years accumulation.

8. 507 N. Blue Spruce, Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 2pm: Furniture, Toys, Clothes, Christmas Stuff, Tile Cutter, Dishes, Lifting Weights, Small Refrigerator, Attic Ladder, and Bicycle.

9. 409 E. Evergree St., Thursday Sundaystarting at 8am: A lot of Stuff, Too Much to List!

AUTOS/VEHICLES ATVS Mobile ATV/UTV Repair!

Call Mike 970-507-1199

GUNS/KNIVES 7.62 x 39 Ammo $4.50.box; 2 Boxes 7mm Mag, $22.box.

Call 476-3087

5yrs Experience Factory Trained Will go to Trail!

MISCELLANEOUS *DOWNWINDERS CANCER CASES*

www.cancerbenefits.com Flagstaff Office; 928-774-1200 or 800-414-4328.

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

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PRESS OPERATOR

The Payson Roundup is accepting applications for an experienced web press operator.

We are an award winning, twice weekly newspaper and produce products for a limited number of commercial printing customers.

We are looking for someone with experience in running 5 units of Goss Community, negative stripping, plate making and with a pride for quality.

Mechanical abilities and forklift experience are also desirable.

This is a full-time position with a complete benefit package. Payson is located in the heart of Mogollon Rim country where outdoor recreation, hunting and fishing abound.

Please send your resume to publisher@payson.com, OR Payson Roundup 708 N. Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541.

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Media Consultant (Digital Emphasis)

Due to increased growth, the Payson Roundup is seeking a Media Consultant specializing in Digital.

Payson.com is the largest viewer supported website in Rim Country with over 250,000 page views per month and over 30,000 unique visitors monthly.

We assist businesses to export their message to attract buyers and increase their sales revenues.

The position has a base salary, commission, full health benefits, 401k match.

Please send your resume to pwyer@payson.com, gtackett@payson.com OR Payson Roundup 708 N. Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541.

GENERAL

TRUCKS 2003 Ford Thunderbird, 10K Orig. Miles, Totally Orig., Like New, Fire Red, Sacifice $29,500.

602-647-2014 or 928-468-1068

EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATIVE/ PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT For non-denominational church in area. Must share Christian beliefs. Skills needed include solid grammatical, typing, computer proficiency and people skills. Full time, competitive salary with benefits. If interested, call Jim at 928-978-7624 or email resume to jim@mountainbible.org Community Association Manager Rim Golf Club Community Association Seeking experienced manager for the Rim Golf Club Community Association, a 317-lot (with about 80 homes built), guard-gated, high-end private golf community in Payson, AZ. Responsible for management and enforcement of CC&R’s and Architectural and Design Guidelines. Candidate must have excellent skills in organization, customer relations, customer service, budget management, written and verbal communication and strong supervisory skills for on-site maintenance crews, contractors and office staff. Reports to Board of Directors. Education: Bachelors Degree and Certified Association Manager or equivalent preferred. Experience: Three years in management position, property and/or homeowner association experience preferred.

Send resumes to d.goth@aol.com or mail to P.O. Box ___, Payson, AZ 85541.

CLERICAL/OFFICE

FOUND: Last Thursday, Tackle Box belonging to Young Boys, Please call 480-710-4807 THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades?

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

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS

2012 Hyundai Elantra Touring, 39K Miles, Very Clean, on Sale for $11,995.

2013 Kia Soul, 29K Miles, Under Factory Warranty, Save Hundreds, $11,495. Under KBB 1997 Ford F250 Super Cab XLT, In Great Shape, On Sale for a Limited Time only $6100., $1700 off KKB 2006 Land Rover LR3, 4x4 Luxury SUV at an Affordable Price, $9895.

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TRAILERS

Fri, Jun 10 and Sat, Jun 11. 7am-4pm Furniture, kitchen & household items, linens, tools, cabin decor. Fossil Creek Rd to Dan’s Highway

GENERAL

MOVING SALES

2000 Car Trailer 16 feet in length Car Trailer for sale. 16’. Excellent condition.. $1800 OBO. 602-309-8058 elmchris10@gmail.com.

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Optical Technician/Optician Please send Resume to Payson Eye Care Center 411 S Beeline Hwy Ste A Payson Az 85541 attn: Jessica or email to pecc@optician.com

FULL-TIME DRIVER, Must have CDL License, Apply in Person @ 107 W. Wade Lane #7, Payson, AZ

5. Huge Estate Sale 8940 W Dans Highway Strawberry

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Sexton Pest Control is looking for a friendly, self motivated customer service rep.

This position will require some computer knowledge and exceptional customer service skills.

Training is required and will be completed at the Phoenix office.

This is a full time hourly position Monday - Friday.

We also offer health, dental and vision benefits.

If you are interested please contact Vivian Prentice at 602-942-3653 or email at vprentice@sextonpestcontrol.com only.

DRIVERS

ESTATE SALES

7. Moving Sale: 116 N. Orion Dr. (Star Valley), Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 12 Noon: Vehicle, Furniture and Misc. Owners are moving, must sell.

Must be 21 years of age, good driving record, dependable transportation, Preferably 4-Wheel Drive.

Attach Proof/Copy of Arizona Driver’s License to Application Our Company does Background Checks Applications available after 3:00 p.m. at 708 N. Beeline, Payson, AZ

Newspaper PART-TIME INSERTER High Energy Position 20-25 Hours per week Mon, Tue, Thur, Friday’s 8:00 AM - Finish Must be able to Lift up to 25 lbs.

Work at a very fast pace, be able to stand for the period of the day. This is a minimum wage paying job.

Must be Able to Pass Background Check Pick Up Applications After 3pm at the Roundup Office and attach Copy of Drivers License.

708 N. Beeline Hwy.

FT Laborer Wanted Start Immediately Wage Depends on Experience, Call 928-474-6622 or 928-595-4511 Immediate Opening for Front Desk Clerk Must have Hotel Experience, Customer Friendly, Team Player, and Ability to work on weekends, No phone calls, Please apply in person, Days Inn & Suites 301 S. Beeline Hwy, Suite A, Payson, AZ 85541

$ $

The Payson Roundup is accepting applications for an experienced web press operator.

We are an award winning, twice weekly newspaper and produce products for a limited number of commercial printing customers.

We are looking for someone with experience in running 5 units of Goss Community, negative stripping, plate making and with a pride for quality.

Mechanical abilities and forklift experience are also desirable.

This is a fulltime position with a complete benefit package.

Payson is located in the heart of Mogollon Rim country where outdoor recreation, hunting and fishing abound.

Please send your resume to publisher@payson.com, OR Payson Roundup 708 N. Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541.

Security FT PT, all shifts, background ck, computer or typing, able to be on feet, work ethic, service oriented. Pay DOE, PU/Return app Mon-Sat 11am-2pm, 814 N Beeline Hwy, Suite J, Payson

WANTED: Experienced Painters Only, Top Wages Paid, Health/Dental & 401K Benefits Avail. Contact Jim Nelson Jr. 928-978-0707

HEALTH CARE Certified Caregivers Needed for Multiple Assisted Living Homes CPR,First Aid & FP Card Required Experience or will train 928-595-2068 928-978-4527

HANDYMAN

Complete Home Repair

2014 Clayton 14X48 2B/1BA Manufactured Home, all electric, private interior lot, Cedar Grove MHP 55+ Park $35,000 financing available call/text 480-390-8901 218 E. Phoenix Street, Approx.1/3 Acre Stucco Home, 4Bd/3Ba, Kitchen and Half Kitchen, plus 1Br/1Ba Guest Home,$139,000 Call Don 928-978-3423

Comple repair and remodel services for your home. No job too big or small. Over 20 years experience with kitchens, baths, windoows, doors, and more. wood furniture repair and refinishing. Reasonable and dependable. Free estmates. Call 602.826.1937

Don’s Handyman Home Repairs, Mobile Home Roofs, Backhoe Work, Drains, Driveway, Landscaping, Yardwork Tree Trimming, Hauling!

Senior Discount: 928-478-6139 JIMMY’S ALLTRADES Since 1993 Plumbing, Electrical, Sun Screens, Dryer Vent Cleaning, Gutters Cleaned, Window Screen Repair 928-474-6482 not licensed

HAULING Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2015

HOME REPAIRS

2B/1BA 14x56 1983 GoldenWest Manufactured Home, fenced yd/lrg trees/incl 10x10 shed in pet friendly 55+MH Park $11,000.obo call/text 480-390-8901 Brand New 3Br/2Ba, 1400sf, Split Plan, 9ft Ceilings, Upgraded Slate Appliances, Fenced, Trees, Quiet.

604 E. Fir Circle, $179,900; 928-978-4011

PT Certified MA for Busy Dermatology Practice 313 S. Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ Submit Resume in Person or Fax 928-472-6025

HOSPITALITY Quality Inn of Payson 801 N. Beeline Hwy

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(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

JOE - 970-1873

HOME SERVICES HOUSEKEEPING ETC. Cleaning Services, Regular Schedulled Cleanings, Organizing and Move-Outs!

Call Shari for a Quote!

928-951-1807

HOUSEKEEPING “Spotless Cleaning Services�

Licensed, Professional, and Reliable.Free Estimates Call Today: Home or Business for a Spotless Shine Every Time!

928-225-0657

MOVE-IN / MOVE-OUT CLEANING SERVICES! REASONABLE RATES & FREE ESTIMATES Call: Ashley @ 928-970-2400

LANDSCAPING DZ Lawn Care Weeding, Edging, Trimming, Free Estimates Providing All Your Lawncare Needs 321-200-7295

OakLeaf Yardworks Yard Maintenance Minor landscaping and tree trimming.

Firewising!

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

LEGAL SERVICES

VIEWS!!! 2100sqft 3BR/3BA Alpine Hts. wrap-ar deck w/spa, frplace. granite K & MasterBA. RV p’king, XXgarage + wkrm. ALL Appliances, W/D, Spa, 60� Flat Screen INCLUDED! $345.000 602.686.5903

MOBILES FOR SALE 1986 Fleetwood MH 2Br/2F-Ba, in 55+Park, Central AC/Heat, Evap Cooler, W/D, Refridg, D/W, Garbage Disposal, $18,950.obo 602-697-1389 Foreclosures: 30 Homes, both New and PreOwned to Choose From, Free Delivery, Call Bronco Homes, 1-800-487-0712 REPOS: 2, 3, & 4 Bedrooms, Starting from $9,989. Call Bronco Homes: 1-800-487-0712

RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1 Bedroom Ground Level Apartment, Great Downtown Location, South Beeline $650.mo 928-474-8000. Rim Country Guns 1100 Sq.Ft 2BDR/2BA Apartment In Central Payson, Central Heating and A/C, F/P., Washer/Dryer Hookup $750.p/m, 480-326-7203 or 480-926-9024 Apartments : : : : For Rent

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Forest Hills Condominiums :

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LEGAL NOTICES Ash Street Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: The surface and the ground to a depth of 200 feet immediately beneath the surface of the following described property: That certain piece or parcel of land lying in and being a portion of the SE1/4 of the SE1/4of Section 22, Township 1 North, Range 15 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Section 22, 23, 26 and 27 bears South 75° 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 30â&#x20AC;? East, 1,146.59 feet; Thence South 71° 05â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 20â&#x20AC;? West 79.61 feet; Thence North 172.05 feet Thence East 82.27 feet Thence South 71° 13â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 40â&#x20AC;?

East 76.12 feet; Thence South 18° 46â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 20â&#x20AC;? West 52.00 feet; Thence South 40°39â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 40â&#x20AC;? West 95.60 feet to the Southeast corner and the point of beginning. Subject to reservations in patents and all easements, right of way encumbraces, covenants, conditions and restricttions as may appear of record. Purported Street Address: 5865 E SCOTT AVE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel Number:

Order: 10082318 Truth Taxation Hearing Cust: -Tonto Basin Schoolin District Keywords: Truth inNotice Taxation 2016 of Tax Increase art#: 20135689 Class: Public Notices In 2.00 compliance Size: X 3.00 with §15-905.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, Tonto

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LEGAL NOTICES 207-09-188J Original Principal Balance: $30,400.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: First Hawaiian Bank C/O First Hawaiian Bank, Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): Erlinda B Dorame 5865 E SCOTT AVE, 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: 888-988-6736 Login to: Salestrack.tdsf.com AZ-16-702544-JB 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 Purchaserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Agent, or the Beneficiaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 rightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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-16-702544-JB Dated: 4/11/2016 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Rachel C. Kenny, 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 4/11/2016 before me, Courtney Patania a notary public, personally appeared Rachel C. Kenny, 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

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LEGAL NOTICES 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 Courtney Patania Commission No. 2044156 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 11/1/2017 IDSPub #0107411 5/20/2016 5/27/2016 6/3/2016 6/10/2016 16182: 5/20, 5/27, 6/3, 6/10/2016; TS No. AZ07000100-16-1 APN 207-20-023D TO No. 8620608 NOTICE OF TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated January 17, 2012 and recorded on January 27, 2012 as Instrument No. 2012-000923 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Gila County, Arizona. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE Order: 10082334 Cust: -Arizona State Parks Keywords: State Park art#: 20135712 Class: Public Notices Size: 3.00 X 6.00

LEGAL NOTICES SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME ON THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 on July 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM on said day. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 745 N ROSE LANE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 THE SURFACE AND GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 200 FEET LYING IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: THAT PART

LEGAL NOTICES OF LOT 3, BLOCK 3 OF AMERICAN TERRACE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 3, SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST, GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 3, BLOCK 3; THENCE SOUTH 17° 15` 05â&#x20AC;? WEST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 3, A DISTANCE OF 96.85 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 0° 30` 20â&#x20AC;?

WEST, A DISTANCE OF 73.0 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 3; THENCE SOUTH 89° 36` EAST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 3, A DISTANCE OF 128.16 FEET; THENCE NORTH 6° 07` 23â&#x20AC;? EAST, A DISTANCE OF 73.37 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89° 36` WEST, A DISTANCE OF 135.37 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. APN: 207-20-023D Original Principal Balance $131,770.00 Name and Address of original Trustor DESIREE PHILPOT AND JASON PHILPOT, HUSBAND

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LEGAL NOTICES AND WIFE 745 N ROSE LANE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name and Address of the Beneficiary Southwest Stage Funding dba Cascade Financial Services c/o Cascade Financial Services 3345 S. Val Vista Drive, Suite 300 Gilbert, AZ 85297 Name and Address of Trustee MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 TDD: 800-367-8939 Said sale will be made for cash (payable at time of sale), but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note secured by said Trust Deed, which includes interest thereon as provided in said Note, advances, if any under the terms of said Trust Deed, interest on advances, if any, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Trust Deed. The Trustee will accept only cash or cashier’s check for reinstatement or price bid payment. Reinstatement payment must be paid before five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) on the last day other than a Saturday or legal holiday before the date of sale. The purchaser at the sale, other than the Beneficiary to the extent of his credit bid, shall pay the price bid no later than five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) of the following day, other than a Saturday or legal holiday. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Conveyance of the property shall be without warranty, express or implied, and subject to all liens, claims or interest having a priority senior to the Deed of Trust. The Trustee shall not express an opinion as to the condition of title.

Date: April 22, 2016 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Amanda Alcantara, Authorized Signatory Manner of Trustee qualification: Real Estate Broker, as required by ARS Section 33-803, Subsection A Name of Trustee’s regulator: Arizona Department of Real Estate SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT

LEGAL NOTICES w w w. i n s o u r c e l o g i c . c o m FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic at 702-659-7766. Order no.

AZ16-000577-1, Pub Dates, 05/20/2016, 05/27/2016, 06/03/2016, 06/10/2016.

16190: 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #16-01656 Berry Title No: 21601207 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 02/20/2002 as Document No. 2002-2814 and Re-Recorded on 08/30/2002 as Document No. 2002-013666 for the reason of’correct spelling of borrower’s name’ Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on August 17, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501. and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33811). The sale shall convey all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: A parcel of land, being a portion of HOMESTEAD ENTRY SURVEY NO. 101, situated in Section 2, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, more particular described as follows: COM-

LEGAL NOTICES MENCING for a tie at Corner No. 4 of H.E.S. No. 101, from which point Corner No. 5 of H.E.S. No. 101 bears North 59 degrees, 13 minutes, 20 seconds West, said point also being the most Southerly point of Pinal View Drive, a part of Pinal View Subdivision, Map No. 325, Gila County Records: Thence North 59 degrees, 13 minutes, 20 seconds West, along line 4-5 of H.E.S. No. 101, said line being the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Pinal View Drive and the Southwesterly boundary of Pinal View Subdivision, a distance of 145.11 feet; Thence North 30 degrees, 46 minutes, 40 seconds East, a distance of 10.70 feet along said right-of-way line and subdivision boundary and along the Southeasterly boundary of that portion of H.E.S. No. 101 described as an exception in the property description recorded in Docket 164, Page 440, Gila County Records, hereinafter referred to as “Parcel EX”; Thence North 53 degrees, 02 minutes West, along the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Pinal View Drive and boundary of Pinal View Subdivision and the Northeasterly boundary of “Parcel EX”, a distance of 90.65 feet; Thence North 59 degrees, 42 minutes, 30 seconds West, along the Northeasterly boundary of “Parcel EX”, a distance of 151.57 feet to the True Point of Beginning; Thence North 59 degrees, 42 minutes, 30 seconds West, along said boundary, a distance of 125.00 feet; Thence North 30 degrees, 17 minutes, 30 seconds East, a distance of 80.33 feet to the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Pinal View Drive and the Southwesterly boundary of Pinal View Subdivision;Thence South 59 degrees, 17 minutes East, following said right-of-way line and subdivision boundary, a distance of 72.11 feet; Thence following said right-of-way line and subdivision boundary along the arc of a curve to the right an arc distance of 53.63 feet, said curve having a radius of 193.00 feet and a central angle of 15 degrees, 55 minutes, 18 seconds; Thence South 30 degrees, 17 minutes, 30 seconds West, a distance of 72.01 feet to the True Point of Beginning. The street

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LEGAL NOTICES address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 8002 South Pinal View Drive Globe, AZ 85501-0000 Tax Parcel No.: 102-23-023E 9 The undersigned Trustee, Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable.

Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. Original Principal Balance: $72,699.00 Original Trustor: William G. Berry and Theresa A. Berry, husband and wife 8002 South Pinal View Dr, Globe, AZ 85501-0000 Current Beneficiary:CitiMortgage, Inc. Care of / Servicer CitiMortgage, Inc. 1000 Technology Drive O’Fallon, MO 63368-2240 Current Trustee:Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6035 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar. A-FN4576438 06/03/2016, 06/10/2016, 06/17/2016, 06/24/2016 16193: 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #16-02017 Zamora Title No: 21601444 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 03/19/2010 as Document

LEGAL NOTICES No. 2010-002970 Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on August 31, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501. and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33811). The sale shall convey all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Lots 20, 21 and the South 54 feet of Lot 30, Block 15, INSPIRATION TOWNSITE, according to Map No. 39, records of Gila County, Arizona, and that portion of the abandoned alley in said Block 15 (abandoned by Resolution No. 86-4-1, recorded in Docket 669, Page 916) described as follows: The West half of said alley adjacent to said Lot 30 and lying between the Easterly extension of the North line of Lot 21 and the Easterly extension of the South line of Lot 30 in said Block 15. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 5881 El Camino Claypool, AZ 85532 Tax Parcel No.: 206-06-237 7 The undersigned Trustee, Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has acceler-

LEGAL NOTICES ated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable.

Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. Original Principal Balance: $96,224.00 Original Trustor: Paul M Zamora, a married man 5881 El Camino, Claypool, AZ 85532 Current Beneficiary: Nationstar Mortgage LLC Care of / Servicer Nationstar Mortgage LLC 8950 Cypress Waters Blvd Coppell, TX 75019 Current Trustee: Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6035 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar. A-4576957 06/03/2016, 06/10/2016, 06/17/2016, 06/24/2016 16201: 6/3, 6/10/2016 Mahindra Finance USA will offer the following repossessed equipment for sale to the highest bidder for certified funds, plus applicable sales tax. Equipment: MAD EMAX25 tractor S/N: 25HR00362, MAD EMAX25L Loader S/N: M25LH00880, MAD ST48 Cutter S/N: 191701, MAD BS 4ft Box Scraper S/N: 191552, MAD STR 4ft Landscape Rake S/N: 208251.

Date of sale: June 17, 2016.

Time of Sale: 9:00 A.M. Place of sale Rim Country Tractor 16657 N AZ Hwy 87 Payson, AZ 85541. Equipment can be inspected at place of sale. The equipment will be sold AS IS, without warranty. Final sale of equipment will be contingent upon winning bidder meeting all applicable fed-

LEGAL NOTICES eral and state regulatory requirements. We reserve the right to bid. For further information please contact Mike Chase (480) 678-8122 Reference Number: 1544417.

16206: 6/10, 6/14, 6/17/2016; ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION 1.

ENTITY TYPE: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 2.

ENTITY NAME: H & H PAVING LLC 3.

FILE NUMBER: L20961166 4.

STATUTORYAGENT NAME AND ADDRESS: Street Address: RICHARD HERRERA, 603 S. ST PHILIPS ST., PAYSON, AZ 85541.

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ARIZONA KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 603 S. ST PHILIPS ST., PAYSON, AZ 85541.

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DURATION: Perpetual 7.

MANAGEMENT S T R U C T U R E : Manager-Managed The name and addresses of all Managers are: 1.

RICHARD HERRERA, 603 S. ST PHILIPS ST., PAYSON, AZ 85541.

The names and addresses of all Members are: 1.

TYLER HERRERA, 9132 STAGELINE RD., PAYSON, AZ 85541 2.

JOSEPH HENRY MORGAN, 12B TONTO APACHE RESERVATION, PAYSON, AZ 85541.

ORGANIZER: RICHARD HERRERA; 5/31/2016 16207: 6/10, 6/14, 6/17/2016; ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION 1.

ENTITY TYPE: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 2.

ENTITY NAME: XCESS OMDISTROES. LLC 3.

FILE NUMBER: L20859035 4.

STATUTORYAGENT NAME AND ADDRESS: Street Address: JULIE PENTICO, 64 W. CLAXTON RD., PAYSON, AZ 85541.

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ARIZONA KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 64 W. CLAXTON RD., PAYSON, AZ 85541.

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DURATION: Perpetual 7.

MANAGEMENT S T R U C T U R E : Manager-Managed The names and addresses of all Managers are: 1.

DANIEL PENTICO, 64 W. CLAXTON RD., PAYSON, AZ 85541.

LEGAL NOTICES 2.

DAELY PENTICO, 64 W. CLAXTON RD., PAYSON, AZ 85541..

ORGANIZER: Julie Pentico; 4/20/2016 16208: 6/10, 6/14, 6/17/2016 CERTIFICATE CONCERNING RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF Non-Profit Corporation 1.

ENTITY NAME: Shiloh Christian Fellowship.

2.

A.C.C. FILE NUMBER: 01244441 3.

DATE OF ADOPTION: 02/21/16 4.

APPROVAL OF RESTATE ARTICLES - 4.2 (X) The restated Articles contain one or more amendments that required approval by members and / or other person - continue with number 5.

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APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS - (X) Approved by members; (X) Approved by other person(s) as required by the Articles of Incorporation.

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The Restate Articles or Amended and Restate Articles must be attached to this Certificate..

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CERTIFICATE OF DISCLOSURE: Submitted with Articles.

SIGNATURE: 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/ Blair C. Meggitt, BLAIR C. MEGGITT; (X) I am the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation filling this document. Dated: 05/06/2016.

EXHIBIT A: A. Title Heading “changed to Payson Family Church” B. Article 1 - changed to read “…shall be Payson Family church” C. Article 9 - changed to read “…third Sunday…year 2016” D. Article 13 - changed to “…appoint Blair C. Meggitt, 501 E. Rancho Road…”

E. Signature Section change names to: Blair C. Meggitt, Chairman; Franklin P. Hill, Jr., Director; Georgia M. Klundt, Secretary

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YARD SALE GUIDE Weekend of June 10-12 1. 608 E. Park Dr., Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 2pm: Electric Snow Blower, Knick Knacks, Kitchen ware and appliances, Fluorescent Fixtures and Bulbs, Trailer weight distribution hitch, Christmas Items, Freebies, Puppets, Stuffed Animals, Sola Tube, Books & Games, and More!

6. Yard Sale June 10-12, Fri. and Sat. 7am to 5pm, Sun. noon to 5 p.m. at 318 Moonlight Drive in Star Valley (3rd house on the right from Hwy 260).

Art supplies, tools, antiques, knife collection, garden tractors and lots more.

15 YEARS ACCUMULATION.

2. MOVING SALE: 1012 S. Ponderosa St. Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 3pm: Some Furniture, Dinette set, Chair w/Ottoman, Kitchenware, a Bunch of Odds & Ends, Sleeping Bags and Lots More!

7. Moving Sale: 116 N. Orion Dr. (Star Valley), Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 12 Noon: Vehicle, Furniture and Misc. Owners are moving, must sell.

3. Multi-Family Yard Sale; Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 12 Noon Both Days; 914 W. Chatham, Payson 4. June 10 & 11 from 6am to 1pm @ 1307 Matterhorn (N. of Easy); Glass Computer Desk, Bookcase, End Tables, Wall Pictures, Kitchenware, Guy Stuff, Clothing $1.50 bag, Books .25¢, Toys.

8. 507 N. Blue Spruce, Fri. & Sat. June 10 & 11 from 7am to 2pm: Furniture, Toys, Clothes, Christmas Stuff, Tile Cutter, Dishes, Lifting Weights, Small Refrigerator, Attic Ladder, and Bicycle.

9. 409 E. Evergreen St., Thursday Sunday starting at 8am:

A lot of Stuff, Too Much to List!

5. HUGE ESTATE SALE 8940 W Dans Highway Strawberry Fri, Jun 10 and Sat, Jun 11. 7am-4pm Furniture, kitchen & household items, linens, tools, cabin decor. Fossil Creek Rd to Dan’s Highway

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Payson Roundup OUTDOORS Friday, June 10, 2016

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See Canyon Spring hike From page 1B crook of the stream, close by where a gush of water tumbled over a tableau of rocks and moss.

We coaxed the cork out of a bottle of wine and nibbled at the crackers and cheese and pesto Michele had packed. The girl has a genius for producing the perfect snack at the perfect moment — some kind of elfin witch magic thing.

A brilliant red summer tanager, recently arrived from South America, flitted through the thick network of branches overhead.

The heart-stopping migrants live almost entirely on bees and wasps, plucked deftly from mid air. No one can figure out how they avoid getting stung on such a menu. The males are completely scarlet — the females a lovely yellow-green. The male noted my scrutiny and chewed me out with a lyrical pit-ti-tuck call. He’d made his way unerringly for 4,500 miles — from somewhere in the northern third of South America to this oasis to breed. I nodded to him, understanding his urges — having traveled through many thickets

myself to find this spot.

Michele lay back on a sunlit rock and gave herself to the lullaby of the brook.

I should have done the same.

But, like I said, hard for me to really sit still. So instead, I grabbed my camera and went off chasing photons.

Maneuvering for the right angle on a spillover of water, the rotted log gave way beneath my weight. I went crashing down into the mercifully shallow stream — camera held heroically aloft.

“You all right?” came Michele’s voice, rudely awoken from her elfin dreams.

“Good, good. Wonderful, even, I said, smearing a trickle of blood from a scratch on my forearm.

And truth to tell, I did not exaggerate.

I sat another moment in the cooling water, marveling at the sound of the stream, the glisten of the droplets, the green of the moss, the sighing of the wind, the graceful sway of the great trees overhead.

A perfect day after all.

My inner Calvinist fell into a wondering silence and I gave myself, finally, to the moment.

Don’t miss deadline for hunting permits It is the second week of June you can pick the right unit and and many Arizonans who enjoy hunt number. the outdoors are fishing for trout If you have a youngster in or camping in the higher eleva- your family who wants to try big tions, trying to escape the sum- game hunting, check out the fall mer heat. juniors-only season for deer in The fall hunting seasons are many units throughout the state. months away, but the permit The youth deer hunt is also a deadline for many big game ani- lottery drawing, with the season mals is fast approaching! The lot- being a week or two prior to the tery drawing is for deer, turkey, general hunt. If a young hunter is fall javelina, sheep and drawn between the ages buffalo. Hunting these of 10-17 years of age, he animals is by permit only, outdoors or she must have completed the national firedesignated by specific under the rim arms safety course prior hunting units throughout to the hunt. the state of Arizona with You can also sign up the rifle deer hunts being for numerous deer huntthe most popular. ing camps hosted by the The application process must be completed Mule Deer Foundation and returned to one of and the Arizona Deer the seven department Association Oct. 6-9.

Dennis Pirch offices by 11:59 p.m. on These camps will offer June 14, which isn’t far a campfire dinner, tips away. Complete online applica- for successful deer hunting, and tions at azgfd.gov by clicking on many free gifts for young huntbig game permits. Pick up mail-in ers. More information on the paper applications at most sport- youth deer camps can be found ing goods stores, but don’t miss on pages 26 and 27 in this year’s the deadline.

Arizona hunting booklet.

If the Internet is not available, Junior hunters can also hunt hand deliver last-minute applica- wild turkeys in early October by tions to one of the regional offic- purchasing an over the countes. Mesa, Flagstaff or Pinetop are er tag for a specific number of all within two hours of driving areas, the closest being unit 23, time for those procrastinators. which is just a few miles east of Choosing a unit to hunt deer Payson. It can be a great family is often a pondered and stud- experience of scouting, camping ied question. A general “rule and spending quality time with of thumb” is to first choose the your children or grandchildren. dream hunt you’ve wanted for The Arizona outdoors can be a years, but include a second pick real teaching lesson in zoology with better odds. Oftentimes, and botany for a young hunter. the third choice should be a unit Take your time when filling where the odds of drawing a tag out the application and double are close to 100 percent, which check all the information before may require a deer hunt in south- sealing the envelope or pressing ern Arizona. I have had many complete on the Game and Fish enjoyable hunts in southern Web page. The most common Arizona, which also gave me the errors for rejection of an appliopportunity to learn some new cation are not signing a signature, not checking either resident deer country in our great state.

This information can be or non-resident, or the correct obtained by going to pages 44 amount on a check.

Good luck in the drawing and and 45 in the newest hunting regulations booklet. The drawing all applicants should know by odds and hunter success are both early August if they drew that given for each of the specified special tag they have been waiting for. After more than 20 years, units within the state.

It is important to note many of I am still waiting for that prethe units will have several hunts cious Arizona desert bighorn tag, for either whitetail or mule deer maybe this time.

Enjoy the Arizona outdoors, and may have numerous weeklong hunts. Carefully study so God’s creation.

Peter Aleshire/Roundup

The hike to See Canyon Spring starts with a crossing of Christopher Creek (right) on the much tougher See Canyon Trail. About a mile up the trail, a half mile spur trail leads to the spring. The water produces a wealth of trees and brilliant fall color.