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PAYSON ROUNDUP Danger growing But wildfire plan little changed by

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PAGES 2-3: SPORTS Failure to communicate PAGE 4 Rescues, fires abound PAGE 5 County’s wildfire plan PAGE 6 OBITUARIES PAGE 7 Monster fish PAGE 8: BUSINESS Local firms help kids PAGE 9 Beware IRS scam PAGES 10-11 ALMANAC AND CLUBS

New subdivisions, drought and the rising number of fires large and small have all altered the fire hazards residents face in Gila County.

The growing threat has prompted Gila County to update its Northern County Wildfire Protection Plan, originally developed in 2004 and updated in 2006.

The board of supervisors approved the latest update at its July 5 meeting in a presentation by Michael O’Driscoll, director of the county’s health and emergency services department.

The 60-page document included eight pages of appendix. The report stressed the need for a building code that takes account of wildfire danger, strong efforts to convince homeowners to Firewise their lots and better coordination between fire districts

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Chicken & the Egg Which comes first: good jobs or a highly skilled workforce? by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

With a large percentage of Payson’s workforce leaving the area every day to work, building a strong workforce in town is a key goal of the town’s fiveyear economic development plan.

The town council recently approved the plan and staff is just beginning work to bring some of the goals to fruition. The Roundup is covering the plan in a multi-part series. This is part two and focuses on job creation and

entrepreneurship.

Currently, 67 percent of Payson’s workers out-commute to jobs in other cities, 38 percent of those to the Valley. Nearly 59 percent of jobs in town are filled by those who commute to Payson, with nearly 12 percent of those coming from the Phoenix metro area.

A key to economic development is attracting and developing a local pool of qualified workers.

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Helicopter crashes by

Alexis Bechman

When a helicopter went down Sunday, the only thing left standing was the pilot and the seat he was sitting in.

The family of Rick Sexton, 45, of Payson, says they are grateful Rick survived the helicopter crash in the West Valley Sunday afternoon.

Rick, who works with Tri Rotor out of Buckeye, was flying a crop-dusting helicopter when it went down in a field of carrots near Olive and Sarival avenues, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

Rick’s mother, Diana Sexton, said Rick was making one last pass, spraying the last row, when a gust of wind knocked him out of the sky around

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The Water Wheel Fire nearly destroyed Beaver Valley in 2009.

Seven years later, the community still doesn’t even have a back-door escape route or a Wildland-Urban Interface building code.

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“Everything was destroyed, but the seat he was in,” she said. “We are very thankful.”

Rick said he was making his last pass when the winds changed and gust came up behind him and threw the helicopter to the ground. Rick was flying about 10 feet off the ground at the time, spraying fertilizer on parsnips and carrots. He has been flying for 10 years and three years with Tri Rotor.

Rick was the sole occupant of the helicopter. He was taken to the hospital and treated for a cracked rib and lacerations. He got 25 stitches on his face.

Rick owns the Pinon Cafe with his wife Alicia Sexton.

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Peter Aleshire

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Photographer DJ Craig captured the scatter of the Milky Way galaxy’s 400 billion stars in the clear night skies above Payson, with the glow of Phoenix on the hushed horizon. With a long, double exposure, he even managed to put himself in the picture, a mute observer to the splendor of the galaxy we inhabit.

I can’t stop looking at the photo, drawn to the worlds within worlds.

A century ago, the brightest minds thought the Milky Way contained all the stars in the universe. Now we know it’s a modestly sized galaxy shaped like a rotating two- or four-armed pinwheel, one of some 200 billion other galaxies.

Once, we thought the universe revolved around the Earth. Now, we suspect the Milky Way alone has at least one planet for every star, probably far more. Once we thought our solar system vast. Now we know that if our solar system was the size of a quarter — the Milky Way

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Why did Payson teachers quit? by

Michele Nelson

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This year, not only did Payson Unified School District make full disclosure on how many employees left the district, but the district also reported reasons they left.

Twenty-six employees left. Their reasons ranged from taking another position to moving to retirement.

Roughly 54 percent of those who left cited dissatisfaction with their supervisor, working conditions or the salary.

The rest were relocating, got a better job or retired.

“When I came to this district, I wrote down what

everyone complained about.

Slowly but surely, we are addressing those complaints,” said Superintendent Greg Wyman.

One negative — Wyman said he tried to speak with each employee who had worked for 10 years or more and decided to leave, but none would take him up on his offer.

Generally, the departing employees gave the district higher marks than those who left in 2014, with the exception of a growing dissatisfaction with pay.

On most issues concerning job satisfaction, the teachers who quit in 2015-16 rated the district more highly than the year before.

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Turning lose, lose into win, win, win When two sides with open minds seek a solution, anything is possible.

Providing they can communicate.

Last week, Payson Little League (PLL) and the Town of Payson found themselves at loggerheads over two tournaments competing for the same playing fields.

The six-team Little League Baseball Tournament lost out to the 27-team Amateur Softball Association B State Championships. As a result, the District 1 All-Star Tournament for 10-11-yearold boys that started here on July 1 and 2 played the final five days in Flagstaff because the bigger tournament had the five Rumsey Park fields from July 8-10.

But with better communication, both the Little League and the softball tournament could have played in Payson.

Payson Parks and Recreation Director Cameron Davis said the town wanted to work with Little League, but in this case tournament dates conflicted. Davis therefore accommodated the tournament that brought an estimated 2,000 players, coaches and supporters to town thereby generating $200,000 for the local economy.

All right.

Makes sense.

But did he have another option?

Did a compromise lie within reach?

Maybe.

Both the Little League and the softball tournament wanted to use Rumsey Park Field 3, perfect for either softball or Little League baseball.

As it turns out, an unused Payson High School softball field sat empty just down the road. Payson and the school district have an agreement to share playing fields.

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previous years, but the monsoons came and a low spot in the infield turned to mud.

He didn’t want to risk using that field again.

Again.

Makes sense.

But he did suggest Little League finish its tournament on the high school softball field.

Miffed, Little League officials decided they’d have to bring in fences and shift operations — so they decided to finish in Flagstaff.

Lose, lose, lose.

No one was happy.

But wait, here’s where communication comes into play.

What the town apparently didn’t know was that the Payson High softball players had raised money through fundraisers to buy tarps to cover the field in a rainstorm.

Moreover, PHS softball head coach Curtis Johnson said his players also raised money to buy field dirt to eliminate the troublesome mud hole, low spot. This was news to me — or I’d have done a story complimenting Roy Haught Excavating for delivering the dirt for free.

But what’s worse — apparently, no one told the town.

And apparently, the town never asked.

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it would have made it so the Little League could have stayed in town for their entire event.

Win, win, win.

Everyone’s happy.

Now, I don’t want to knock Payson. The town has done a wonderful job of improving those playing fields so we can lure a lot more tournaments to town. That’s great for the economy — and we end up with firstrate fields for we locals as well.

And I don’t want to knock Little League.

The dedicated people who spend countless hours keeping the program going make a huge contribution to our kids — and our community. PLL President Barbara Rasmussen was the driving force behind winning a grant from the Diamondbacks that upgraded both Kiwanis fields in Rumsey Park.

It’s just a shame the way it worked out.

The only reason I bring it up now is to make sure we don’t make the same mistake next year.

I suspect if Davis had been aware the high school had solved the mud problem, the Payson team and parents wouldn’t have had to drive to Flagstaff.

In February, Little League will decide where to hold next year’s tournaments.

Hopefully, Payson can work things out with Payson Little League before then. After all, we’re all on the same team here — we’re all rooting for the kids.

Little League needs enough flexibility to finish the tournament.

Payson needs enough playing fields to accommodate both events.

The high school playing fields hold the key to satisfying both those conditions.

Providing, of course, we communicate.

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Hall of famer LaHaye: Wrestler’s roots in Payson by

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He was also selected that season a team captain and grappled to NCAA Division II All-American honors.

When LaHaye was asked what advice he would give to aspiring young wrestlers hoping to be as successful as he was, he answered, “Have fun with it. Keep practicing and putting the work in and you will be amazed how much you can achieve.”

He also said his mother and father made “countless sacrifices for me.”

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R.C. LaHaye might be the youngest member of the 2016 Payson High School Hall of Fame, but one check of his sterling credentials reveals he’s more than qualified to be included in the inaugural hall.

The hall of fame ceremonies in which LaHaye and four others were inducted took place May 19 in Wilson Dome.

Although LaHaye could not be present for the presentation, he was taken aback, “I am very honored and humbled to be a part of the inaugural class,” he said. “To be selected with so many great coaches (Ted Pettet, Dan Reid, Chuck Hardt and Dennis Pirch) is truly an honor.”

In 2001, LaHaye, now 33, and associate head coach of Newberry College in Newberry, S.C. capped his sterling fouryear PHS career by being named the Arizona Republic’s Small School Wrestler of the Year.

During his senior season he was an All-Arizona First Team selection in the 140-pound weight division and the only Class 3A athlete named to the first team.

LaHaye also was chosen, as a senior, to the Arizona Wrestling Coaches Association All-Arizona squad.

In the AWCA’s annual Red vs. Blue competition held at Casa Grande High School, LaHaye defeated Class 4A state champion Max Vickers of Mingus 5-3.

The win extended LaHaye’s streak to 112 consecutive triumphs, pushed his career record to 180-9 and helped him earn National High School Athletic Coaches Association All American honors.

Just one month later, Wrestling USA magazine also named LaHaye a Prep AllAmerican.

LaHaye’s selection to the USA Wrestling team marked only the fourth time a Payson High athlete had received such honors.

LaHaye graduated from PHS having set a state record for career wins and was a team captain on three PHS state championship teams.

His fondest memory, however, occurred early in his fabled career, “Winning my first state title as a sophomore was a memory I won’t forget ... it is the first time I realized the value of putting in extra work to reach a goal.”

While LaHaye can call upon a wealth of great memories during his time at PHS, there is one recollection he might want

to forget.

His high school coach Dennis Pirch, recalled, “RC was a freshman and wrestling in his very first varsity match ... it was at the Verde Valley Duals. He had just made weight (112) and had about a 30-minute wait before his first match.” Pirch recalls.

Although LaHaye had made weight eating only a salad and an apple that day, there were some suspicions he might have indulged during the wait.

“He won his match and just as the referee was about to raise his arm, it was obvious RC was getting sick; he turned a kind of ashen color.”

Pirch rushed to find a garbage can for LaHaye to upchuck, but had to settle for offering LaHaye his hat.

“He filled it up very quickly,” Pirch remembers.

The coach’s wife, Kathy, quickly washed the hat in the school home economics classroom and her husband wore it for the rest of the tournament.

On to college After graduating from PHS in 2001, LaHaye accepted an athletic scholarship to NCAA Division II wrestling powerhouse Western State College in Colorado. He eventually became the Mountaineers’ starting 141-pounder, and early on was ranked eighth nationally on a team that sported five wrestlers listed among the nation’s top eight in their respective weight classes.

He eventually molded himself into one of the finest young wrestlers on the collegiate scene and rose to become the nation’s No. 1 ranked 141-pounder.

By the time his college career had wrapped up he was the 2004 NCAA Division II All-American and a three-time NCAA Academic All-American, a three-time NCAA National Qualifier and a three-time AllRocky Mountain Athletic selection. He was also a Colorado Collegiate Champion and a member of the 2003 Western State team that finished fourth in the nation.

Peterson, Burns reach state tourney Karen Peterson shot a twoday score of 155 to win the gross championship and Jan Burns carded 134 to win the net championship in the Payson Women’s Golf Association’s Medallion Tournament on June 29 at Payson Golf Course.

Golfers play four rounds over the course of a month and count their two best rounds.

The winners advance to the State Medallion Tournament in January.

Adams wins Dot Tourney Ann Adams fired a 16 to edge Judy McFall (15) to win the A Flight in the PWGA’s Dot Tournament on June 28 at Payson Golf Course.

Jeri Shepard (16) won the B Flight over runner-up Stephanie Collins (14). Kay Davis (20) claimed the C Flight crown, with Mary Jones (18) placing second.

Claudia Bullard was closest to the pin on the fifth hole (3 feet, 6 inches) and Sharon

Vaplon on No. 17 (10-10).

Peterson wins Flag Tourney Karen Peterson won the A Flight crown over runner-up Claudia Thompson in the PWGA’s Flag Tournament on July 5 at Payson Golf Course.

Sharon Vaplon won the B Flight over runner-up Jan Burns. Mary Jones finished first in the C Flight ahead of Kay Davis.

Peterson was closest to the pin on No. 8, leaving the ball 14 feet, 5 inches from the hole.

Vaplon was closest on No. 14 (5-8).

For this tournament, each golfer is given an American flag with their name on it. They start on the first hole and continue until they have used up all their handicap strokes, so on this par 71 course, if you have a handicap of 10, you stop playing and put your flag in the ground once your score totals 81. The person who gets furthest on the course wins.

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On to GCU WSCC head coach Miles Van Hee then chose him to grace the front of the Mountaineers’

After graduating from Western State as one of the school’s finest-ever wrestlers,

Fourth in a five part series on this year’s inductees into the Payson High School Hall of Fame LaHaye in 2007 founded the Grand Canyon University wrestling program. Eventually he turned the program into one of the finest in Division II, leading GCU to a 76-28 dual meet record from 2009 to 2014.

In LaHaye’s seven seasons at Grand Canyon, he led the team from a lowly club status to a Division I program.

LaHaye joined the Newberry College wrestling program for the 2014-15 season and served as interim head coach during the 2016 spring semester.

During his tenure with Newberry LaHaye has helped lead the team to an NCAA

Super Region II championship and the 2016 ECAC Wrestling League title.

Looking back on both his wrestling and coaching career, LaHaye is certain his coaches played a huge role. “Dennis Pirch provided me with so many life lessons that I use today ...

Dave LaMotte’s intensity and high expectation pushed me to another level.”

He also thanks Don Heizer, Bob Hoyt, Todd Miller, Jon Vick and Doug Eckhart for their hard work and mentorship.

As good an athlete as LaHaye was, he always remained focused academically. After graduating from Payson High with honors, he earned a bachelor of arts in business administration from Western State in 2005 and a master’s of science in leadership from GCU in 2010.

LaHaye’s wife, Katie (Whelan), is also a PHS alumnus.

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Rescuers responded to repeated calls last weekend, including operations at Salome Canyon and the Tonto Natural Bridge State Park.

On Saturday, a group of three hiking into Salome Canyon ran out of water 2.5 miles into the canyon, before they reached the creek.

Afraid they could not safely hike out, they called for help.

Sgt. Rodney Cronk with the Gila County Sheriff’s Office hiked in to the group with water. After they were rehydrated, he helped them walk out to a quad. He then carted them out to the trailhead.

Besides being unprepared, Cronk said two of the people were not in shape for the difficult hike.

On Sunday, a woman in her 40s hiking below the Tonto Natural Bridge needed to be carted out after her knee gave way.

The woman could not put any weight on one leg and was unable to hike back

out on the steep trail. Family and friends helped her to a wooden platform south of the bridge opening where volunteers with Tonto Rim Search and Rescue met them.

They carried the woman out on a wheeled litter.

Also on Sunday, the Forest Service responded to two brush fires along State Route 188 near Jakes Corner.

One fire started near Gold Creek, south of Jakes Corner, and the other started near milepost 273. The fires were quickly contained, Cronk said.

Good jobs still elusive economic goal From page 1 “Competitive economics require a workforce that has the necessary educational attainment and technical skills,” the report states.

To attract educated workers, the area needs to have jobs available that reward an investment in education.

The plan identifies a lack of employment opportunities as one of the town’s greatest weaknesses as well as a skilled workforce.

There is an exodus of the area’s youth for higher education and job opportunities, most of which never return. Those that stay, lag behind student counterparts in the state.

While many residents, including retirees enjoy the area’s small-town feel, attracting new businesses and workers is key to the town’s growth and economic development and quality of life.

If the area can bring more doctors to the area, for example, that will help retirees get appointments sooner and require less trips to the Valley.

“Payson’s median age of 55, combined with lower educational attainment rates can be a deterrent to attracting new business,” the report states. “Ensuring that Payson has a first-class educational system and retaining young adults will be critically important in job creation efforts.”

A major component of the five-year plan is fostering job growth by diversifying the economy and creating higher wage jobs.

The plan focuses on attracting new businesses, helping small businesses grow and developing local entrepreneurs.

Job creation The first objective in the creation of higher wage jobs is to launch a business recruitment campaign aimed at target industries.

The plan identified industries that have the highest probability of expanding or locating in Payson. They include, tourism; health care; niche manufacturing, such as firearms/ammunition manufacturing and wood products and electronics products; software and business and financial services.

Industrywise, those driving growth in the area include construction and government, the arts and entertainment and recreation. Health care and personal services jobs are strong, but growing slower. Those jobs that are not as concentrated, but still contributing to the economic base include business and financial services, software and information technology. Areas that have seen a decline in employment include manufacturing, agribusiness, education, mining and publishing.

From 2009 to 2014, there was a nearly 19 percent increase in employment in Payson with the average wage $26,600.

In the recreation industry, Payson is not known as an entertainment or recreation destination, the report states. To grow this industry, the area needs to leverage existing hiking trails, the event center and revitalize Main Street to create a town center.

Still, entertainment and recreation employ the largest percentage of people in Payson at 24 percent and that area of employment grew nearly 21 percent in five years.

Business sector booming In the business and financial services sector, Payson saw a 180 percent growth in employment in this area from 2004 to 2014.

In health care, the area has had a shortage of physicians. Because the area has a large population of seniors, attracting doctors to Payson is critical. Currently, the industry employs 1,000 people in Payson,

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Culver’s will reportedly hire 70 people when it opens. But Payson’s economic plan focuses on bringing something besides more fast food jobs to the region. with a modest growth of 18 percent from 2004 to 2014.

In manufacturing, the area saw a significant decline in these types of jobs in recent years. With the town unable to accommodate new businesses because of a shortage of sites and buildings, this area could continue to see a decline in jobs.

The plan calls for developing a one-page marketing piece geared toward each industry and using marketing strategies to reach target companies within those industries, including trade shows and business calls.

For existing businesses, the plan calls for creating a small subcommittee of volunteers, drafting a survey and calling each business to gather information. Depending on the needs of local business owners identified, work with the Arizona Small Business Development Center to offer classes, including those that tackle basic financial skills, business plan development, website design and marketing. The SBDC recently held a QuickBooks class at Gila Community College.

The plan calls for the town becoming a repository of information for business owners, including compiling a list of incentives and training programs and available sites and buildings in Payson.

To encourage new business, the town will consider offering economic incentives, such as waiving or reducing fees for certain projects, a retail sales tax rebate or offering expedited plan review. And the town could set up a “deal closing fund,” such as the town agreeing to put in a new sidewalk at a location if it brings in a new business.

Annually, the town should hold a business appreciation luncheon and a business round table.

Talent development Part of the five-year plan proposes strengthening the collaboration with Northeastern Innovative Arizona Workforce Solutions to identify skill gaps and find ways to fill those gaps, such as specialized workforce training, grants.

Working with the high school and GCC, the town is in the process of starting an internship and job shadowing opportunities, promoting a job fair and collaborating

with the health care industry to help recruit doctors and nurses.

GCC is currently the only higher educational institute in town. It offers classes to obtain an associate degree. The most popular degrees are in fire sciences, cosmetology and nursing.

Efforts are underway to bring a fouryear university to town and although 253 acres of land has been secured from the U.S. Forest Service, no school has signed on to offer classes there and there are no plans for construction.

If completed, the campus could offer a way for local students to obtain a bachelor’s degree and attract a large workforce, with students looking for work while they attend classes. The plan calls for establishing a strong economic development partnership with the campus. This includes establishing an innovation zone within proximity to the university that includes incubator space to help launch new businesses.

While the town works to bring a university to town, there are plenty of ways to help students now. One way is to encourage and support Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education programming to prepare students for future jobs.

“Building a stronger education pipeline of skilled workers will require seamless connections between workforce and economic development and with the skill demands of the workplace,” the report states.

Entrepreneurship To help foster a entrepreneurial culture that stimulates the creation of new business, the plan calls for first assessing the entrepreneurial talent in Payson.

That will entail conducting an opportunity assessment to determine local talent, available resources and stakeholders.

In the short term, the town hopes to become the point of contact for entrepreneurial assistance, connecting startup companies with mentors, creating a Entrepreneurs Club and working with the SBDC to offer training and education programs. The town will also look at tapping into local philanthropy to provide seed capital for startups.

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By Kimberly Anderson, REALTOR® Advantage Realty Benefits to Hiring a Property Management Company for Your Real Estate

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The Water Wheel Fire in 2009 started from an unofficial campsite alongside the East Verde River. Whipped by winds and high temperatures, the fire raced up the hillside and bore down on Beaver Valley. Residents scrambled to evacuate as firefighters rushed into the subdivision, all on the same narrow access road. The U.S. Forest Service had rejected Gila County’s pleas to open a second escape route with a dirt road through a short stretch of forest. Seven years later, Beaver Valley still has only one escape route.

Although the Payson Ranger District has thinned some 50,000 acres to create a buffer zone around most Rim Country subdivisions, Gila County has still not adopted a Wildland-Urban Interface building code or systematically encouraged Firewise communities.

Gila County updates wildfire plan From page 1

tricts have used state and federal grants to fire agencies, including the Gila County purchase equipment, fund local fuels mit- Sheriff, Payson Police and Fire, and Globe throughout the region. igation projects and meet matching fund Dispatch Center. State and federal agenThose goals mirror the goals set in 2005. requirements of federal grants. The Forest cies often have their own communications Unfortunately, the county has done little to Service has used grants to complete envi- centers.

The plan calls for coordinating and conmove toward most of the goals established ronmental assessments and completion of solidating emergency dispatch. Already, in 2005. Nonetheless, the report recom- fuel mitigation projects. mends the county once again pledge to do However, other than providing water Payson and the Gila County Sheriff’s Office most of the things it hasn’t done since 2005. bladders for helicopters and fire trucks have merged dispatch operations. Other and facilitating fire season planning with small fire districts are also considering An overview fire districts, the county has done little to merging dispatch.

The Community Wildfire Protection promote Firewise treatments or overhaul Community evacuation management Plan (CWPP) — The Healthy Forests the building code, as both Prescott and Many of the communities also face Restoration Act (HFRA) provides a way Flagstaff have already done. dangers due to the limited routes in and Fortunately, the Payson Ranger District for communities to influence fuel reduction out in case of a fire or other emergency. of the Tonto National Forest has proved projects on federal land. Communities with Several Northern a protection plan get higher priority for adept at snagging Gila County subdiyear-end money thinning projects. visions have only Recommendations for forest thinning The multi-agency plan helps fire disone primary road in projects.

In the past • Better account for grant funds. tricts identify dangerous gaps in resources. and out. Other areas decade, the Payson The plan prioritizes fuel reduction proj• Systemic tracking of fuels have roads with ects, addresses dangers to structures and Ranger District has mitigation projects. limited width and completed thinning looks for problems in local preparedness. bridges with limit• Increase regional grant funding projects on more ed carrying capac requests.

The process than 50,000 acres to ity. Limited access clear buffer zones • Provide digitized maps illustrating The 2015 Review Team monitored around most Rim cannot only make it fuels mitigation projects. changes in wildfire suppression policy and Country communihard for firefighters seeks ways to restore public lands to his- ties. to deploy to fight a toric conditions. fire — it can also However, neither Payson nor Gila Factors such as fire weather conditions, trap residents as a fire approaches.

County have undertaken any significant topography, fuel conditions and other fire Moreover, most communities don’t actions in the past suppression actividecade when it comes have a community staging area in case ties will help deterto building codes or of emergency. Such Temporary Shelter Communications mine the response Firewise brush clear- Areas (TSA) provide a safe place for both Recommendations to wildfires. ing around vulnera- residents and firefighters to assemble. The The 2015 Review county should also mark evacuation routes • Push home surveys to identify ble subdivisions.

Team hopes to dangers.

The report noted with standardized signs, the report conhelp all threatened that while many cluded.

• Define levels of risk. communities meet Gila County has asked the Tonto communities have • Stress the value of fuel reduction Firewise standards, National Forest to provide back-door established volun programs. when it comes to teer-driven Firewise escape routes for isolated, one-entrance clearing brush from • Creation of fire suppression projects, such volun- communities like Beaver Valley — which around the house capabilities in all communities. teer efforts often run narrowly escaped destruction by the Water and doing things out of steam after a Wheel Fire in 2009. A short stretch of road • Stress the value to the like covering porchbig fire as memory of would provide residents a way to flee from environment of prescribed fires. es and ventilation a fire approaching from the north — while the danger dims.

• Use Firewise educational openings to prevent Therefore, the leaving the main road into the community materials to educate embers from startcounty should put open for fire trucks. The Forest Service homeowners. ing a fire. The 2004 out a consistent, promised to address the issue in its Travel plan has called for • Complete the community alert urgent message to all Management Plan. But the latest draft of identifying priority system. communities when it the plan apparently includes no systemic treatment areas, • Better communicate day-to-day comes to fire protec- approach to creating escape routes from reduce the vulneralandlocked communities. and emergency activities. tion. bility of structures Other recommen- Monitoring plan • Create links to Arizona State and promote comdations include: Lands Department, Arizona munity involvement.

The serious wildfire risks and hazards • Improve coordi Game and Fish Department, In the past 10 facing Northern Gila County requires colnation and cooper U.S. Forest Service, Firewise, years, the county laboration and monitoring. That could ation involving fire Gila County Office of Emergency has done almost include a series of annual photographs districts within the Management, APS and SRP, nothing to upgrade from designated photo points. If larger Northern Gila County Red Cross, and other relevant the fire code for treatments are undertaken, the county Community Wildfire agency home pages. subdivisions in the needs a more formal protocol of pre-treatProtection Plan.

Wildland-Urban • Tighten rela- ment and post-treatment measurements.

Interface and has For the 2015 Northern Gila County tionship with state provided little or no support for Firewise CWPP, the Review Team agreed: forester of Arizona State. efforts in subdivisions throughout the • The Gila County Office of Emergency • Improve local and statewide funding county.

Management and the Northern Gila County for training.

During the review process, the 2015 Fire Chiefs Association should both track • Improve access to state training classteam analyzed treatment areas, utility projects. es. projects that can create firebreaks, com• The Gila County Office of Emergency munity programs and community response County responsibilities Management should track changes in fire changes made by fire districts, government departments when it comes to equipment, Currently, several communication cen- training, grants, thinning projects and agencies and community groups.

During this time, the county and fire dis- ters provide emergency dispatch to local other data.

If you own real estate that you rent out, you already know how much work it is to juggle all the responsibilities of being a landlord. Being able to share that work with someone else is an obvious reason for hiring a property management company. I personally don’t do property management but our company does and I do get many questions from buyers thinking about purchasing investment property. Here are five additional benefits to hiring a company to manage your rental properties.

Stay up to date on legal issues - It’s difficult to stay on top of all the ins and outs of rental ordinances and tenant’s rights. Property management companies ensure tenant and landlord rights are not violated and that all state and local laws regarding rental property are followed.

Free up more of your time - The property management company is responsible for the day-to-day operations of your rental homes.

If the furnace goes out in the middle of the night the management company gets the call, not you. They schedule routine maintenance and handle any repairs that are needed. Some management companies perform quarterly (or six month) inspections of your real estate to identify any problems or tenants that are damaging the property.

Screen potential tenants - Instead of spending your time interviewing potential tenants, running credit reports and checking references, you can spend your time on other things that you need or want to do. The property management company advertises your rentals and screens all potential tenants. Their job is to get you the best possible tenants for your rental home and they know how to do it.

Collect rent - The management company collects and deposits rent on all your rental properties. This cuts down on the accounting you must do on a monthly basis. Each unit is tracked separately, so you know which rentals are making the best return and which ones you might want to sell.

Remove unwanted tenants - The management company is responsible for evicting tenants for non-payment of rent or improper care of your real estate. They handle filing the paperwork and going to the court hearing, as well as the follow-up process. This is probably one of the most unpleasant landlord duties and one of the most difficult to implement without violating the tenant’s rights from lack of knowledge.

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WEATHERREPORT Forecast by the National Weather Service

Friday

PAYSONREPORT

Sunny

Weather courtesy of Bruce Rasch, weather.astro50.com

98/63 Saturday

Payson Statistics DATE

July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13

Sunny

95/63 Sunday

Sunny

94/65 Monday

Mostly sunny, slight chance for rain

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Precipitation 2016 thru today 7.26 30-year Avg. thru July 10.89

95/65 Tuesday

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Mostly cloudy, slight chance for rain

July 2016 1.09 July Avg 2.64

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

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PAYSON POLLEN COUNT FORECAST Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

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LOW-MED

4.2 4.2 3.2 2.6

Dominant pollen: Ragweed-Grasses-Chenopods High: Pollen levels between 9.7 and 12.0 tend to affect most individuals who suffer from the pollen types of the season. Symptoms may become more severe during days with high pollen levels.

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

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

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The Payson Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest on the Fourth of July holiday weekend once again provided dumpsters for campers headed out of town. The effort netted 10,000 pounds of trash in a single week. The rangers relied heavily on donations and volunteers to provide the dumpsters, contact campers and check campsites afterwards. by

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The Forest Service Pack It Out program only needed 20 more pounds of trash to make it an even 10,000 pounds collected on the July 4th weekend — which thrilled staff and set a new record for the program.

“Once again, Pack It Out has proven to be a huge success with just under 10,000 pounds of trash hauled out of the forest. A new record,” said recreation officer Chelsea Muise.

She said she even heard people say they saved up their trash to drive it to the Home Depot parking lot to drop it off.

Muise reported that for patrols, the weekend started off slow because of the weather, but increased as the warmer weather took over.

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From page 1 would be the size of North America — and we’d be lost on a beach on its furthest shore.

Despite all we’ve learned, mysteries abound — and multiply.

Earth sits on the lonely edge of the Milky Way, so the galaxy looks like a band of stars across the night sky, visible to the naked eye only in places like Payson blessed with a dark, clear sky. Great, diffuse clouds of “dust” create dark spots in the glow of the 100 to 400 billion stars. Light from the far side of the galaxy takes somewhere between 100,000 and 180,000 years to make the trip across — even traveling at 186,000 miles per second.

The great collection of stars is spinning, dragging us on an unending journey orbiting the galaxy. It takes us about 240 million years to make one lap.

So we last occupied this position in our orbit of the galaxy when the limestones on the topmost layer of the Mogollon Rim were forming on a shallow sea

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bottom — before the dinosaurs dreamed of glory, before the first mammals grew the first fur.

But get this — we don’t even know what the galaxy’s made of.

The force of that spin should have scattered the stars of the Milky Way into space billions of years ago. Yet the galaxy has retained its shape for 12-16 billion years — give or take. The mass of the visible stars and dust provide only a fraction of the gravity needed to pull off that trick. Where’s the missing mass? We shrug and call it “dark matter” made of invisible stuff. Kind of like the “dark money” in politics these days.

But the mysteries keep piling up, one on top of the other.

Near as we can tell, a black hole broods in the star-crowded center of the galaxy, hoarding about 4 million times the mass of our own sun. The black hole has so much mass in such a small space that it has punched a hole in the tormented stretch of time/space. It swallows light and stops time within its grasp.

Forest restoration topic of hearing in Payson The U.S. Forest Service will host a public meeting in Payson on July 21 on the Four Forest Restoration Initiative plan to thin some 1.24 million acres over the next 10 years, including almost all of Rim Country.

The treatments would include much of the Payson and Young ranger districts.

The meeting will focus on the latest proposal to expand the thinning project from the original 300,000 acres to a total of 1.2 million acres.

The Payson meeting will take place on Thursday, July 21, in the Julia Randall Elementary School Gymnasium.

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fire department has partnered up with the Forest Service to help collect trash.

Problem was, their dumpster wasn’t big enough to hold all the trash.

“By Monday their dumpster was full to the brim and they were directing all traffic to us,” said Muise.

She said that things were slow at the Home Depot dumpsters until 11 a.m. when volunteers could barely keep up with the rush until 2 p.m. when it tapered off again.

Muise gives a lot credit to the success of the Pack It Out program to her volunteers.

“A huge thanks goes out to all the volunteers who make this program such a success,” she said. “Without your dedication and willingness to give up your holiday weekend to sling trash, none of this would be possible.”

Muise will pull out all the stops for the Labor Day weekend.

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morning patrols were incredibly slow,” she said. “Popular camping areas like Flowing Springs, Cracker Jack, and Verde Glen had campers, but far fewer than usual. Things picked up considerably Saturday afternoon and by Sunday morning it felt like a true holiday weekend.”

Muise, volunteers and staff didn’t get to eat hot dogs and roast marshmallows during the huge weekend, they tramped through the forest’s most popular camping grounds armed with black trash bags and information on the Pack It Out program.

Despite the education efforts, recreation officer Jason Spence had to haul an additional 100 pounds of trash out of the Flowing Springs camping areas on top of the trash dumped at the Home Depot dumpster.

Up at Whispering Pines, the fire department had its own 30-yard dumpster. The

3620, or by email to 4FRI_comments@fs.fed.us. The public can review the Proposed Action and follow the project as the planning process continues by visiting www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ 4FRIRimCountry.

The Forest Service will then review and respond to these comments as part of its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), due out in July of 2017. The Forest Service hopes to finish the Final EIS in September of 2018.

The Rim Country EIS is the second landscape-scale, multi-forest EIS in the Four Forest Restoration Initiative, a collaborative effort between the U.S. Forest Service, the public, and a stakeholder group representing nearly 40 individuals, organizations, and government entities. For more information, visit www.4fri.org.

O B I T U A R Y Denver Ray Mitchell (1966-2016)

Leaving behind loving wife, 2 stepdaughters, one son, 3 grandchildren, 2 step-children, mom, and 2 brothers. Services will be held Monday, July 18 at 1 p.m. at The Word, 208 S. McLane Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

Photographer DJ Craig captured this image of the Milky Way, using a flashlight to paint light on the hillside in the foreground during a long exposure.

But we don’t really understand how black holes form, or what role they played in the formation of the galaxy.

But heck, I don’t even know how DJ Craig got that picture, with the suggestion of the central bulge, the great, ominous clouds of dust, the breathtaking scattering of stars and worlds.

I know he has a sturdy tripod.

I think it has something to do with the bulb setting. I know

he’s a patient man.

As for me, for the first time in my life I can go out my back door on a moonless night, let my eyes widen, then turn my face to the galaxy.

Sometimes, I wonder who’s looking back from one of those 400 billion or maybe a trillion planets — studying the night sky.

Lord, I do love living in Rim Country.

Tonto Basin, Pine School Districts getting ready Both the Tonto Basin and Pine school districts are gearing up for student registration. Here are the dates to remember for parents:

Tonto Basin Elementary School Monday, July 25 is the first day of school Registration is done, but walk-ins are always welcome.

Open House will correspond with the school board meeting, so parents may meet board members, staff and teachers.

Tuesday, Aug. 9 Board meeting at 4 p.m.

Open House at 5 p.m.

Please call 928-479-2277 for more information.

Pine-Strawberry Elementary Monday, Aug. 1 is the first day of school Walk-in registration is currently ongoing. Please call the school to make sure it is staffed.

Celebrate School Day Wednesday, Aug. 10 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

New superintendent/principal Dr. Linda O’Dell will introduce the teachers and staff to parents and the school will open to have parents see their child’s classroom.

For more information, please call the office at 928-476-3283.

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School registration upon us It’s that time of year again — if you can believe it — for school registration and open house.

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 1.

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Payson Elementary School Open house, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, July

Walk-in registration is going on now. Please call 928-474-5882 to make sure the office is staffed.

Julia Randall Elementary Open house, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 28.

Walk-in registration is going on now. Call 928474-2353 to make sure the office is staffed.

Rim Country Middle School Open house and barbecue, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,

Wednesday, July 27.

Registration for sixth grade, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 26.

Registration for seventh and eighth grades, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 27.

Payson High School Junior and senior registration, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 19.

Freshmen and Sophomore registration, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 20.

New students and make-up registrations, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, July 21.

Freshman orientation, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, July 29.

Transportation and lunch provided.

For more information, call 928-474-2233.

Now thats a lot of CARP On Saturday, July 9 the team of Jimmy Ridge of Tonto Basin, Dean Linne of Lakeside, and Dell Owens of Payson, competed in Memphis Tenn. in the U.S. Open Bowfishing Tournament. They finished well in the money with 250 teams competing, 10th place.

Pictured is Jimmy Ridge holding a 73-pound grass carp, on the right is Dean Linne holding a 63-pounder. Only one fish separated them from 10th to fourth place, it was close to say the least.

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Businesses sponsor mountain bike event for kids

Sunshine Cleaning, Payson bike shops give lucky local children a mountain bike adventure by

Michele Nelson

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What could be more fun than kids, dirt and bikes?

Sunshine Cleaning and Restoration and the other sponsors, including the two local bike shops, decided to find out on July 9.

Twenty-eight kids, some who had never ridden on dirt before, came out to the trails at the end of Phoenix Street with their parents to learn the basics of mountain biking. They learned how to look forward rather than down and how to balance, by riding around cones and traversing a balance beam on their bikes said Matt Sharmon, business development man-

ager for local family-run Sunshine Cleaning and Restoration.

“You could tell there were those who had never ridden on dirt before,” he said.

Sharmon said Sunshine has decided to host more and varied events for the community such as the mountain biking skills day for kids, to add to the community.

The business development manager partnered up with the Pizza Factory, Certified Bicycle, 87 Cyclery and the Rim Country Mountain Biking Association.

Up until now, Sharmon said Sunshine has hosted the canned food drive the last couple of years.

“Sunshine Cleaning has decided to

redirect what we do with the community,” said Sharmon. “It’s good to be helpful where you can help out.”

Besides the mountain bike clinic for kids, Sunshine will host a community movie night on Friday, Sept. 2.

The mountain bike clinic also taught kids bike safety and how to be a responsible mountain biker.

Sharmon, an avid mountain biker and part of the Sunshine corporate race team, expressed surprise at how quickly the kids picked up skills.

“We saw them apply the skills, that was pretty nice to see,” he said.

He said most of the kids were ages 6 through 8.

Sharmon said parents brought out their kids whether they themselves

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Sunshine Cleaning, 87 Cyclery, Certified Bicycle, Pizza Factory and the Rim Country Mountain Biking Association joined forces to give 28 local kids a chance to learn the basics of mountain biking. rode mountain bikes or not.

He said the parents learned that biking together can be fun.

With a background in marketing, Sharmon started to advertise the event early by sending out fliers to churches, the schools and organizations in town.

He was pleasantly surprised by the response.

“We had almost 40 say they were coming and actually more than half came out,” he said.

Sharmon also had lots of help from local volunteers, such as Scott Davidson, seventh-grade science teacher and Outdoor Club adviser.

Michael Bonnette of RCMBA also volunteered.

Sharmon said two adults stationed themselves at each clinic site to help the kids.

“It was fun to have them outdoors,” he said.

Sharmon said Sunshine has been in the community since 1980s.

The company has a commitment to providing the best service by keeping their employees trained on the latest techniques in water and fire restoration practices, said Sharmon.

The company also guarantees it will show up within an hour of the call in the Payson town limits.

The quicker a restoration company can arrive, the less the extent of the damage in the home, said Sharmon.

“Time is of the essence,” he said.

Swiss Village merchants stage art-themed event today Swiss Village merchants will host a special event on Friday, July 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., complete with refreshments, a raffle, music by Bruce Wales and Pete Van Winkle, a chance to meet local artists, and a ribbon cutting for a new flower shop.

In addition, the five sponsoring businesses will host a children’s booth, where kids can make their own art and flower arrangements.

Participating merchants include: Vintage Roost & Floral Boutique; Artists of the Rim Fine Art Gallery; Country Charm Fudge; Payson Candle Factory; and Affordable Furniture and Appliances.

The event will feature a ribbon cutting for the Vintage Roost & Floral Boutique grand opening, as well as a reception for artists at the Rim Fine Art Gallery.

Visitors will get a chance to talk to two new local artists featured at the Artists of the Rim Gallery.

Charles Fine sculpts cypress tree roots, or knees with rocks and metal. “Until I began forming rocks and metal into images, I never believed I could create an art form.

I considered myself artistically illiterate.”

Fine was a lawyer for 53 years after graduating from the University of Wisconsin and Washington College of Law of the American University. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he worked in radio, television and entertained in theater and night clubs. He also is a veteran of the Korean War. Medana Gabbard creates folk art and Native American designs in acrylic.

Her folk art started with a trip to Vermont in 2001, where she felt compelled to paint the villages and country scenery.

She then brought that newly awakened artistic urge back to Arizona, her birthplace.

“I am a native of Arizona and have a great love of the Southwest.

My paintings of the West are greatly influenced by Native American design and colors.

“I am a licensed artist with Art Licensing International and you can find my images on many items such as jigsaw puzzles, cards, gift bags, gift wrap and calendars.”

SRP will test use of wood scraps to generate electricity Salt River Project is exploring the feasibility of using forest debris as a supplemental fuel at its Coronado Generating Station (CGS) in St. Johns, to improve the health of Arizona’s forests and watersheds.

CGS workers will test burn more than 2,600 tons of forest debris harvested from 250 acres. The test burn will last for about 20 days in the fall or early winter.

The small-scale test project will combine biomass with coal, the first such system in Arizona. The limited project will not require any permanent modifications to the power plant.

The test burn will help SRP identify and address technical challenges posed by combining wood debris and coal. Forest restoration projects cut both trees for sawmills and huge volumes of low-value woody biomass crews would otherwise have to pile up and burn, creating emissions and smoke.

“While there are many hurdles

Mix of coal and debris could speed forest restoration to overcome, if we are successful in making CGS a potential receiver of forest-clearing materials, it would provide significant assistance to keeping our forests healthy while reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires,” said SRP Chief Water Resources Executive Dave Roberts.

Most power plants don’t burn forest waste because it’s both less efficient and more expensive than traditional resources and could adversely impact vital equipment, such as the plant’s boiler or fuel-delivery lines.

Roberts said that if the test is successful, the potential positive impact on Arizona’s forests could outweigh the challenges associated with burning tree and brush clippings at CGS. “The test of biomass planned by SRP is a tremendously important

and innovative step in responding to climate change, providing for forest health and potentially reducing wildfire risk,” said Cal Joyner, Forest Service Southwestern regional forester. “Finding economically positive uses for the huge volume of biomass on the national forests is a major barrier to overcome in the long-term protection of critical watersheds in northern Arizona.”

The experiment could provide a vital outlet for biomass produced by the Four Forest Restoration Initiative and other forest health projects. The density of trees in northern Arizona’s ponderosa pine forests has increased from about 50 trees per acre a century ago to about 800 trees per acre now, thanks to a century of grazing, fire suppression and logging. The

thickets of trees pose a deadly risk of crown fires, which burn so hot they can consume whole communities, sterilize the soil, cause permanent changes in ecosystems, smother streams and fill reservoirs.

Reducing the risk of wildfires in northern Arizona will reduce erosion, sedimentation and ash in the Salt and Verde river watersheds, protecting vital water supplies for residents, businesses and agriculture in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area as well as rural Arizona communities, Roberts said.

SRP will work with the U.S. Forest Service and the state of Arizona, to address funding for the test burn as well as the forest-thinning activities and the transportation of the materials to CGS. State Forester Jeff Whitney said, “Forest thinning is a priority to accomplish a number of related natural resource management objectives across all lands in Arizona, whether private, tribal, state and federal

lands. The potential to expand the use of forest and woodland management byproducts that are currently not being used — generally referred to as ‘biomass’ — through ‘wood to energy’ is an important facet of our statewide strategy.”

CGS, owned and operated by SRP, was completed in 1980 and uses coal as a fuel to generate electricity from two 400-megawatt units for SRP customers in Phoenix metropolitan area.

SRP recently completed a $470 million project at the plant to install new emission-control technology that further reduces sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and mercury emissions.

SRP is a community-based, notfor-profit public power utility and the largest provider of electricity in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, serving more than 1 million customers. SRP also is the metropolitan area’s largest supplier of water, delivering about 800,000 acre-feet annually to municipal, urban and agricultural water users.

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Residents report rash of fake IRS scams by

Alexis Bechman

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Several residents have reported receiving multiple Internal Revenue Service scam calls recently.

Susan Wyckoff said she received automated robo calls for weeks.

When she finally decided to call back and got someone on the line, she told them she wasn’t falling for their scam. They hung up on her.

Another woman, in Mesa del Caballo, said she got two calls from the IRS claiming she owed thousands of dollars. The woman said she knew better than to give out any personal

information.

From October 2013 to January 2016, 136 victims in Arizona lost $581,431 to scammers posing as the IRS. Nationally, more than 5,000 victims lost more than $26.5 million, according to the IRS. The IRS says an aggressive and sophisticated phone scam has been making the rounds throughout the country. Callers claim to be employees of the IRS, with fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers, and usually know a lot about their targets. They usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS

is calling.

Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license.

In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting. Sometimes, victims may be told they have a refund due to try to trick them into sharing private information. If the phone isn’t answered, the scammers often leave an “urgent” callback request.

The IRS will never:

1) Call to demand immediate payment, nor will the agency call about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill.

2) Demand that you pay taxes without giving you the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say you owe.

3) Require you to use a specific payment method for your taxes, such as a prepaid debit card.

4) Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.

5) Threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying.

If you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to think that you do: • Do not provide any information to the caller. Hang up immediately.

• Contact the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at www.treasury.gov/tigta.

• You should also report it to the Federal Trade Commission. Use the “FTC Complaint Assistant” on FTC.gov. Please add “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes.

• Contact the Consumer Protection branch of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office in Phoenix at 602542-5763.

Payson’s got Oscars of our own by

Michele Nelson

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Each year, after all the productions have ended and the auditorium prepares for a quiet summer, the Payson High School Drama Department gathers for its own version of the Oscars: The Thespies.

The kids dress up in gowns, tuxes, tiaras, boutonnière, heels and patent leather dress shoes.

The event also serves as a send off to the graduating seniors with a video tribute to each.

It’s a time for the kids to celebrate each other and their accomplishments for the year.

The award winners this year included: PHS THEATRE AWARDS 2016 DIRECTOR’S AWARD – Carly Banning JOHN L. SILER FOUR-YEAR SERVICE AWARD – Jasmine Ernst OWN IT AWARD – Ali Cambier SPIRIT OF THESPIES – Tierney Phillips & Zoia Brouwer UNSUNG HERO – Naomi Cobos TECHNICAL THEATRE – Kylie Chapin ONE-ACT PLAYS Best Actor in a Major Role: Elliot Zalewski for Damien Cahill in DOWN IS EASY Best Actress in a Major Role: Bobbi Beaugureau

for Jen Hawkins in DOWN IS EASY Best Actor in a Minor Role: Matthew Zalewski as Mr. Coddlesworth in THE BLISSFUL ORPHANS Best Actress in a Minor Role: Jayme Peet as Anastasia Anderson in DOWN IS EASY

FULL-LENGTH PLAYS Best Actor in a Leading Role: Tony Gentless for Grandpa Prophater in MEET ME IN ST LOUIS Best Actress in a Leading Role: Hailey Hamblen as Cuda in ADDICT Best Actor in a Character Role: Christian Teague as Gepetto in COMMEDIA DELIGHT Best Actress in a Character Role: Cassie Satathite as Piccola in COMMEDIA DELIGHT Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Dexter Tiffany as Peso in COMMEDIA DELIGHT Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Rachael Brundage as Linguini in COMMEDIA DELIGHT Best Actor in an Ensemble Role: Jack Randall as The Housekeeping Supervisor in ADDICT Best Actress in an Ensemble Role: Moira Hamrick as Cuda’s Pusher in ADDICT

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.

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.

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.

mation, go to www.discoverexpedition.com, Facebook at ExpeditionChurchPayson, or call (928) 474-9128. We look forward to having you join us on our journey!

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

Sundays: Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Evening Fellowship 6 p.m. Communion service the first Sunday during Morning Worship. Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 8 a.m. first Saturday of 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.

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 is celebrated every week. 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.

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.

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. 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. On Sunday, July 17 the sermon will be “Listening and Doing.” 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 infor-

ing, 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.

Ponderosa Bible Church of Payson 1800 N. Beeline Hwy. Dr. Joe Falkner - Sr. Pastor, Sunday: Traditional Worship Service 9:30 a.m., Contemporary Worship Service 11 a.m. Nursery, Adult and Youth Bible Studies during both services. Wednesday evening fellowship and Bible study for all ages! For more details and information on other weekly events, check out our website at www.pbcpayson.org or call the church office at (928) 474-9279.

Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church (WELS) 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.

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 grow-

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.

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.

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 28:18-20. We welcome an opportunity to worship with you on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school/Bible study at 10:45 a.m. for adults, children and youth, or Tuesday evening Bible study and prayer meeting at 5 p.m. For questions or information please call the Church at (928) 478-5076.

Unity Church of Payson 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. Sunday service is 10 a.m. 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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Bingo at Senior Center

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

Snacks and fun for all, no membership required.

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Payson Farmers Market

Brush pit schedule

This coming weekend, the Regional Payson Area Project… for a Fire Wise Rim Country (RPAP) is staffing free brush drop-off points at the following locations, weather permitting: Saturday, July 16 the Blattner Pit will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Blattner Pit is located at Milepost 259.7 on Highway 260, east of Payson; Sunday, July 17 the Pine Pit will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Pine Pit is located .7 of a mile east of Highway 87 on Control Road, south of Pine.

All RPAP free drop-off locations are for brush, leaves, pine needles, trimmings, and other vegetative materials only. Properly bagged Yellow Starthistle or other listed noxious weed species will also be accepted and will be burned. No household garbage, construction debris, or other items will be accepted.

RPAP brush pits are intended for the use of private citizens who are working to clear their properties for wildfire risk reduction and to create defensible space around their homes.

They are not intended for commercial use and use by commercial haulers is prohibited.

Museum plans free day for anniversary

The Rim Country Museum in Green Valley Park, 700 S. Green Valley Pkwy., will have a free day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, July 16.

The free day is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the formation of the Northern Gila County Historical Society — founded July 1976 — and the grand opening of the Society’s newest exhibit, the refurbished log cabin that belonged to the Haught family.

Entrance to the Zane Grey Cabin and Rim Country Museum will be free

Friday • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pine Community Center • American Legion Fish Fry: Noon-8 p.m., American Legion • Bingo at Senior Center: 1 p.m., benefits Senior Center and Payson Helping Payson • Swiss Village Social: 5:30 p.m-7:30 p.m

Congressman to speak

Kaitie’s Closet new shoe drive

Alzheimer’s training

Mother Nature is doing her thing – our farmers now have Heirloom Tomatoes and Cantaloupes to go with their other produce. While at the market, enjoy Native American Flute with local musicians, Windstrum. Follow us on FaceBook. Open Every Saturday, 8~Noon. 816 S. Beeline Hwy, behind Chili’s. all day. Snacks and water will be provided.

Benefit dinner Moose Lodge 852 and Women of the Moose Chapter 2012 invite the community to a benefit dinner for the Wallace family of Payson. Funds will help the family with medical and related expenses for the care of their newborn, Neveah.

The benefit is from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, July 16 at the Moose Lodge in Star Valley. It features a $6 pulled pork dinner, live music, silent auction, raffles and more.

Neveah Wallace was born in Phoenix on July 8, 2016 with a heart defect. She must have several surgeries to correct the defect.

All donated baked good items will need to be delivered to the Moose Lodge by 10 a.m., Saturday, July 16.

Cash donations can be made at Wells Fargo under the name of Baby Neveah.

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 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: 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.

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specializing in children’s and young adult literature.

Go online to paysonbookfestival. com or email info@paysonbookfestival.org for details.

Congressman Dr. Paul Gosar, AZ-CD4, is the guest speaker at the Payson Tea Party from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Tuesday July 19 at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260.

Gosar is running for his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

All are welcome to hear his presentation and ask questions. For more information, call 928-951-6774.

All invited to Swiss Village Social

The Swiss Village Social has returned and features the grand opening of the Vintage Roost & Floral Boutique from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 15.

There will be music by Bruce Wales and Pete Van Winkle, a children’s tent for flower arranging and art activities, specialty coffee, cotton candy, fudge, candles, furniture and new artists to meet.

Businesses will be serving refreshments and each store will hold a drawing for a free prize where each person visiting the business will receive a ticket. Others participating are Artists of the Rim Gallery, Country Charm Fudge, Candle Factory and Affordable Furniture and Appliances.

at Messinger Payson Funeral Home, 901 S. Westerly Rd., Payson.

The purpose is to share information about the system, hear feedback and answer questions.

tures a special bonus concert from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, Aug. 5 with True to Life Band as part of the town’s Tontozona Week festivities.

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).

• Monday Nights: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. get 12 wings and a 16 oz. domestic draft for $7 in the Apache Spirits Lounge.

• Oriental Buffet $10: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 in the Cedar Ridge Restaurant.

• Veterans Appreciation Fridays from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Veterans receive 3x Bonus Points! Earn 10 points and get $10 Maz Cash and a breakfast special voucher! Must show proof of service.

• Summer Spectacular, now through Sept. 5: Earn 2X entries every Monday!

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!

GCC Cosmetology openings Rim Country Cosmetology Academy in Payson has a limited number of openings for the 2016-2017 school year.

Become a licensed cosmetologist in two semesters. Financial aid will pay tuition and fees for qualified students.

Classes begin Tuesday, July 19. Call Gila Community College, 928-468-8039 for more information.

Veterans town hall The Phoenix VA Health Care System hosts a town hall meeting for area veterans, their families and the rest of the community at 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 19

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The Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in partnership with Rim Country Health and Powell Place is holding the third session of the Dementia 101 course from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday July, 20 at the Rim Country Health Community Center, 809 W. Longhorn Road, Payson.

Seating is limited, so make sure to RSVP to Christine Zuber, social services director/BAI certified trainer at 928-474-1120.

Glow in the Bowl Family Fun Run 5k

Also part of Tontozona Week festivities is the Glow in the Bowl Family Fun Run 5k at 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 6 in Green Valley Park.

Come decked out in your best glow gear. Then we’ve got you covered with glow accessories in your goody bag each participant will receive before the race.

Registration before July 22 is $25 for adults and $10 for those 12 and under; after July 22 the cost is $30 for adults and $15 for those 12 and under.

Register early to be guaranteed an official Glow in the Bowl Fun Run shirt Check in starts at 5 p.m.

For more details, stop by the parks office in Green Valley Park.

Make reservations for big Chamber luncheon

The Rim Country Chamber of Commerce is hosting Bob Pritchard, a noted business expert, at a special luncheon meeting Thursday, Aug. 2 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.

Reservations are due by July 22, the cost for single admission is $40 or $300 for a table of eight. Seating is limited.

Contact Jaimee or Chris at 9284784-4515 or email jaimee@rimcountrychamber.com for details or to make a reservation.

Payson Book Festival

The second Payson Book Festival is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, July 23 at the Payson campus of Gila Community College.

More than 80 authors are expected to participate with more than 600 guests in attendance. The authors offer works in all genres, with more than 20

Kaitie’s Closet’s Annual New Shoe Drive continues through Aug. 31 to help the children in the community have new shoes to start school.

Pink donation boxes are located at all school offices, Crosswinds Restaurant at the airport, Payson Physical Therapy, Scoops Ice Cream & Espresso, and 814 N. Beeline Highway in the Swiss Village. Kaitie’s Closet, Inc. is a 501c (3) so if you have no time to shop, you can send your donation to Kaitie’s Closet Inc., 814 N. Beeline Hwy., Suite E, Payson, 85541. The goal this year is 200 pairs of new shoes.

Payson Community Blood Drive A blood drive is planned from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday, July 25 at Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane.

Sponsor Community Radio 96.3 KRIM-FM encourages residents to make an appointment by calling 1-877-UBSHERO (827-4376), going online to www.UnitedBloodServicesAZ.org.

Those interested may also contact Pat or Jon at 928-951-0863 or visit www.

Bloodhero.com (enter sponsor code: payson).

For eligibility questions, call 1-800288-2199, extension 5497.

Library bookstore sale During July the Library Friends of Payson Bookstore will continue the following summertime specials: 10 for $1 on all standard size paperbacks; five for $1 on all videos; and DVDs are only $1 each.

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

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• Pine Library: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

• Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy. - Free admission for anniversary celebration • Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Benefit Dinner at Moose Lodge: 2 p.m.-6 p.m., $6 • Concert in Park: 7 p.m., Back to the Fifties, Green Valley Park, free

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

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

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

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

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Veterans town hall: 5 p.m., Messinger Payson Funeral Home, 901 S. Westerly • Gosar is guest: 6 p.m.-7:45 p.m., Payson Tea Party hosts, Tiny’s 600 E. Hwy. 260

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SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2016 at 8PM Limited VIP Seating $25 (Includes seating in air cooled covered patio and two domestic beers - purchase VIP Tickets at Jake’s Bar)

$10 Cover Charge at the Door Worried about driving home? Camping and RV sites available right next door at Jake’s Corner Storage and RV for $8. Call Annette to make a reservation at 928-468-5253. Questions? Call 928-474-0679.

Jake’s Corner Bar & Grill - 57564 N. AZ Hwy 188 An Arizona Stage Stop since 1916

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Blind kitten and ‘seeing eye companion’ need special home while, but with lots of attention and medical care, Keller has Keller came into the Humane made a full recovery. Although Society of Central Arizona in it’s obvious to anyone who sees him that he has a disextremely critical conability, he does not let dition. He had been it slow him down. abandoned in a shed, Humane Keller was able to Society and a good Samaritan of Central be saved because of brought him to our Arizona donations that help shelter. Both of his keep our shelter open. eyes were severely ADOPTION Please consider donatdamaged. Our med- OPTIONS ing to our medical fund ical team got right to so we can continue to work and saved this have the resources beautiful kitten. Both of Keller’s available to save lives. eyes had to be removed due Keller is now available for to extreme infection. His health adoption and ready for his forevwas touch and go for quite a er family. Pollux is Keller’s seeby

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‘The Secret Life of Pets’ HSCAZ is hosting a movie day on Saturday, July 23 at 10 a.m. Please join us at Sawmill Theatres (201 W. Main St.) to see “The Secret Life of Pets.”

Tickets are just $4 per person and all the proceeds go to the shelter. For more information, please call 928-474-5590.

C L U B S Bingo at Senior Center

The Payson Senior Center and Payson Helping Payson host bingo every Friday at the Senior Center, 514 W. Main St. Tickets go on sale at noon and games start at 1 p.m. Now offering 25 cent hot dogs.

Payson Walkers

The Payson Walkers departure time is 8 a.m. for daily walks which are about an hour in length on sidewalks.

Departure points are: Saturday - intersection of Longhorn Road and Payson Parkway Sunday - Town Hall parking lot Monday - Payson Elks Lodge Tuesday - Green Valley Park, Parks and Recreation Office Wednesday - Walgreens Thursday- Payson Library Friday - Home Depot parking lot, (south end).

Sons of the American Revolution meet

The July meeting of Rim Country Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution is at 8 a.m., Saturday, July 16 at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson. Come, enjoy breakfast and socialize with other “sons.”

Jan Huber, president, Saguaro Chapter AZ SAR will discuss the Declaration of Independence as set forth in the book “1776” by David McCullough.

Guests, those interested in the subject, and those interested in learning more about SAR, are always welcome.

Tai Chi and Qigong

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

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

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Lioness membership drive meeting Saturday The Payson Lioness Club is having a membership drive meeting at 9 a.m., Saturday, July 16 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson.

Open to the public, the event is a chance for those interested to learn more about the group and its work in the Rim Country.

For more information, call Barb Stratton, president, at 928-468-1185.

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, 928-978-4663; Ted, 928-951-3362; Alice at 602-828-0917 or 928-478-4361.

Payson Amnesty International The Payson Amnesty International group has joined the national “The America I Believe In” Campaign.

Payson Amnesty International members invite Rim residents and visitors to join their work toward creating an America we can believe in, a country based on positive human rights values rather than policies that are based on fear and bigotry.

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is a grassroots global movement of millions of people worldwide fighting injustice and standing for basic human rights for everyone everywhere. AIUSA has launched a new, domestic human rights campaign “The America I Believe In.” This campaign outlines how policymakers can reject fear and lead with human rights — and how anyone can get involved and take action.

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The local Payson Amnesty International group meets from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, July 18, at Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy Street, as it organizes letter writing, petitioning and public awareness events supporting human rights both locally and globally.

For more information about Payson Amnesty International, call Penny at 928-878-1268.

Order of the Eastern Star The Ponderosa Chapter #64 O.E.S. meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Mondays at the Sy Harrison Masonic Lodge, 200 E. Rancho Rd., Payson. All Eastern Star members are invited to attend. Master Masons and all ladies with any Masonic affiliation or family members in Freemasonry are encouraged to join the group.

In addition to the meetings, the ladies gather at 10 a.m. every Wednesday for a fun game of O.E.S. Canasta.

For more information, contact Marjorie Winemiller, secretary, at 928468-0790.

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 more information, call Barbara at 928-978-4750 or Charlotte at 928-9783640.

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 varies and all up to you. Come check us out.

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

For more information, call Paula at 480-695-2786.

Pinochle, 1 p.m.; Polish Poker, 1 p.m.; • Thursday: Stitch ’n Time, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m. third Thursday of the month (through September), sponsored by the Senior Citizens Affairs Foundation; • Friday: Poker, 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m.; • Saturday: Walkers Club, 9 a.m., meets at the P/S Elementary School Track.

For details, call the P/S Thrift Store at 928-476-4633.

Payson Senior Center

The Payson Senior Center, 514 W. Main, activities include: • Zumba classes three times a week – Zumba with Bernie, 9 a.m., Monday and Wednesday; and New Zumba is at 8 a.m., Tuesday; • Daily yoga classes, 10 a.m., Monday and Wednesday and 9 a.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; • Music – Music Makers, 10 a.m., Monday and Lobo, 10:30 a.m., Tuesday; • Weekly balance classes, 11:15 a.m., Monday and Thursday; • Dominoes, 12:45 p.m., Monday; • Bridge, 12:45, Monday; Ladies Bridge, 12:45 p.m., Tuesday; • Canasta, 12:45 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; • Bible studies, 10:30 a.m., Wednesday; • Alzheimer’s Support Group – 1:30 p.m., the first and third Wednesday; • Bingo – free bingo is from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Thursday; cash prize bingo, 1 p.m., Friday, which benefits the Payson Senior Center and Payson Helping Payson; • Wood carving, 1 p.m., Thursday.

To learn more, call 928-474-4876.

Narcotics Anonymous If you think you may have a problem with drugs, give yourself a break. There is a way out, with the help of other recovering addicts in Narcotics Anonymous.

We have been there.

Payson meetings: Rim Recovery - Thursday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 6:30 p.m., 107 E. Airline Dr. (Steps House – directly behind old batting cages).

Recovery in the Pines- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7 p.m. at 213 S. Colcord, Room 213, in rear, off Ash Street (Payson Community Kids Building).

Before you use again, please call Bill N. at (928) 978-8001 or Annie W. at (480) 341-3264; Arizona NA website: www. arizona-na.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other to help others recover from alcoholism. For more information on local meetings, call (928) 474-3620.

Pine senior activities

The following activities are now available at the Senior Dining Room in Pine. The Senior Dining Room is located at the P/S Community Center, 3866 N. Highway 87, Pine.

• Monday: Poker, 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; • Tuesday: Canasta, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Arts Party, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., held once a month; • Wednesday: Hand & Foot, 9 a.m.;

Alanon Alanon meets: Monday at 6 p.m., St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, Payson; Wednesday at 1 p.m., Southern Baptist Church, Star Valley. For information call Kali at (503) 354-4402.

Alateen meetings have been suspended until further notice. For information call Helen at (928) 978-6424.

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aroundthe rim ‘Nonsoon’ season – Where are our summer rains?

Christopher Creek drew River on Saturday and Sunday. the short straw in our brief Mother spent the weekend and visit from the 2016 monsoon. we made several tours about Locations in the surrounding town in the golf cart and genareas did much better than erally just kicked back. We had the three-quarter of an inch some cake and ice cream as she we received here. Nonsoon has had just celebrated her 92nd on been the word for the last cou- Thursday. ple weeks and a similar outlook However, she hadn’t been will hold until the coming mid- in town for 30 minutes before week at the earliest. several folks asked Keep your fingers about any improvecrossed for a big another week ment in my health. The increase in rainfall in the creek cat was out of the bag. amounts to compenShe was brought up to sate for our sad moisdate on my brush with ture total for the first a heat-related illness. half of the year. Fire You can’t keep anyrestrictions remain thing from Mom. despite rumors to the Children 4 and contrary. under and adults 65 The Creek was fairand older are more Rod Britain ly quiet last weekend susceptible to heat following the banner exhaustion when holiday weekend of the Fourth. temps are above 85 degrees A fair crowd was on hand last and humidity levels are up, parSaturday up at Creekside, sit- ticularly with exertion. Well, ting around on the straw bales if you’re not 64 anymore you and listening to the sounds of need to pay attention to staying Landon Shill. hydrated and taking a break Few may remember a reg- periodically. Let’s be careful ular visitor to the Jack Parr out there and don’t forget to late-night television program mention it to Mother! who portrayed the character This is a reminder to mark Charley Weaver. That goes Sept. 3 on your calendar. This back to the 1950s. He would little town had been the backbegin with the line “Just gotta bone of the effort to build a letter from Mama.” Much better memorial to those who lost than that, Mama came to the their lives in the Labor Day Creek for a visit last weekend. flood of 1970. Starting with the My sister, Linda, overnight- two Marshall Trimble events ed Friday and left for meet- hosted by the folks down at the ings in Show Low and White Landmark, the funds donated

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Deanna White, at left, Chief Bob Lockhart, center, and Linda Digman, left were among those at Digman’s retirement party. Digman has served the fire district nearly seven years as administration assistant and is now passing the reins to Deanna White. to a monument fund from many local residents has gotten us to the realization of that goal.

To update everyone, the slab has been poured down at Green Valley Park in Payson.

The location is next to the firefighter memorial in front of the Northern Gila County

Historical Society building. The form for the concrete base has been built and is scheduled to be poured next week.

The final proof for the engraving of the marble slab has been approved. The 500pound granite top has been quarried in Georgia and when

the polishing is complete will be en route to Safford for the engraving.

With just 50 days remaining, details for the Saturday morning ceremony are being handled by some of the survivor families. Programs, seating, a large public address system,

and parking coordination with the Town of Payson, are just some of the many final considerations to make for a successful event. We thank those who are undertaking this job for taking the load off the committee.

Marshall Trimble will emcee the ceremony and will sing “I Love You, Arizona.” He has stated that the memorial is very important to him. One other speaker is Ronnie McDaniel who was in charge of the 350man multi-organizational recovery team.

Consider spending a couple hours of the long weekend to attend the unveiling.

Serenaded by the endearing sounds of a power drain snake, 15 folks gathered at the fire station for Linda Digman’s retirement party. Sheila delivered pizza and some others brought fruit salad, a vegetable tray and cookies. Linda’s nearly seven-year stint as administration assistant comes to an end as she passes the reins to Deanna White.

Happy trails, Linda, and enjoy your vacation!

Next week, author and Creek resident, Dave Elston will give us his thoughts in this space.

For anybody who doesn’t know, Dave is married to Rosemary and is Mimi’s son-in-law as well as host at Sheila’s Creekside wine tastings ... and that’s another week in the Creek.

Watch out for children riding ATVs on our roads this summer The Village has finally quieted down after the Fourth of July activities. Naturally we still have the summer residents around with their toys going up and down Johnson Boulevard and into the forest.

My one worry is the smaller the kids driving those toys with village no awareness they are on a busy street and most of the time they are going too fast and not watching the oncoming traffic. I caution the drivers on the streets to be extra careful of those urchins flying down the streets.

Well, I finally bought myself Janet an android tablet. Do I know Snyder how to use it? NOOOOO! I had to ask my daughter a few basic things like how to turn it on and how to get the programs going.

I finally have Facebook and Yahoo and a few installed programs. I also found out that most of them have to be purchased. Bummer! I really wanted to read books online, but again, most of the best sellers are for sale. As I progress slowly, I will enjoy the tablet more, but for now, learning is a bit frustrating.

Hellsgate Fire Department The July fire board meeting has been rescheduled to Wednesday, July 20. Please mark your calendar for the date change. The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. in the conference room at station #21 in Star Valley. If you are interested, the fire board will have three openings in November.

Please check the Hellsgate website for more details.

Birthdays I am not going to forget the birthday this week, like I did a few weeks ago.

Thursday, July 14 was the birthday of Janice Long of Long Ranch on the Control Road. Janice works every day at Camp Tontozona and still finds time to help out at the Tonto Village Chapel. Janice is one busy lady. Remember Janice, if you’ve got your hair, nothing else matters. Hope you’re aging well. Happy birthday!

July 16 is a big day for Sam Coe. Sam has lived in Tonto Village II for quite some time, he is one of the old-timers, but don’t worry, age is just a number (in our case, a big number).

Nick Fitch of Tonto Village III, and now a retired captain of the Hellsgate Fire Department,

shares his birthday with Sam. Nick, keep busy now, you know what they say about idleness, so there are three things that happen as you grow older: first, your memory goes — I forget the other two.

Recipe of the week This recipe was submitted by Dara Sutton of Bear Flat. Dara is a former Hellsgate Firefly president and she submitted this recipe for the “Fireflies Can Cook” cookbook.

Dara mentions that this cookie recipe was Connie Weldon’s favorite cookie, I’m sorry to say, Connie has passed away, but she is still in our hearts.

German Chocolate Cookies 1 German chocolate cake mix 1 stick butter, melted 1/2 cup chocolate chips 1/2 cup oatmeal 1/2 cup raisins 2 eggs Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Makes 33-36 cookies.

That’s all the news for this week, I sure do hope that the creek rises soon; we have not had enough rain. Where is the monsoon?

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Adero Barron and Grandpa George Karrys man the fire truck for the Fourth of July parade in Tonto Village.

Characters under the Mogollon Rim – John Henry Thompson, Part 1 John Henry Thompson was among expert tracker, something that would those Texans who along with the stand him in good stead later as counHaught and Ellison families migrat- ty sheriff. In the years immediately ed to the Rim Country in the 1880s. after he settled the Webber Creek Like the others he made a signifi- ranch Thompson went into partnercant mark on the historical landscape ship with a Mr. Van Stack and was of Gila County and became so successful developing the Arizona’s longest serving herd of cattle it grew to numback when sheriff. ber 2,000 high-grade animals Thompson was born Dec. In 1884 Thompson felt the 19, 1861 in Bell County, need to pay a visit to his famTexas, to William Gordon ily and friends in Texas, and Thompson and Mary Ann while there he reunited with a Cockerham. He was the first rancher he had known while of 12 children. Bell County growing up, Jesse W. Ellison. is in east-central Texas. He At that time a severe drought grew up learning the cowboy was plaguing Texas ranchStan Brown trade, and in 1880 at the age ers, and when Thompson of 19 he moved out and headdescribed to good range below ed for Arizona. Like so many others, the Mogollon Rim, Ellison decided to he heard about the lush rangeland of bring his herd with its Q brand and central Arizona and was intrigued by his family to Arizona. Ellison hired stories of easy-to-find gold.

Thompson and a group of other cowThe young cowboy staked a claim boys to help him with the cattle over along the upper waters of Webber the long distance. They would be able Creek, snug under the Mogollon Rim. to go part of the way by railroad and [1] then just over the New Mexico borIn protecting his herd of livestock der with Arizona they would trail the from bears and lions he became an herd the rest of the way. Among the

men coming to Arizona with Ellison was a fellow rancher named Glenn Reynolds, who would play a significant role in Thompson’s future. After the Ellison family settled on a creek that would carry their name, John Henry returned to his Webber Creek ranch.

It is of interest to note that the same year John Henry Thompson made a return visit to Texas, 1884, a 20-yearold teacher named Carrie Louise Nash traveled with her family from Indiana to Arizona, where her father took up a teaching position in Yuma. Looking for a teaching position somewhere in the Territory she applied to the local school board in Strawberry. They had just completed a schoolhouse for their community and were looking for a teacher to begin the first session in the new school in the autumn of 1885. [2] Perhaps they met at a community dance, but apparently both John Henry and Carrie were ripe for courtship because they were married on New Year’s Day 1887. [3] School protocol required that a single teacher had to resign if she

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To Be Continued [1] Thompson’s ranch would become the Geronimo Boy Scout Camp in later years. His original cabin still stood on the property and became the source of many campfire ghost stories.

[2] A county record that hangs on the wall of the schoolhouse records Carrie Nash as the first teacher in 1885, with six boys and four girls as students. It is important to note that although the prime mover for obtaining a school in Strawberry was the politician L. P. Nash, Carrie Nash was not related to him or his family. Her parents were George W. and Louise Nash, and she was born in Switzerland County, Indiana, in the town of Vevay.

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Thompson quickly became so well known in Payson he was appointed postmaster.

In 1889 Arizona’s 15th Territorial Legislature met and created an expanded Gila County, carving it out of the old Yavapai County. This included the Rim Country and Tonto Basin. Cattleman Glen Reynolds ran for sheriff of the enlarged county and won, but he was in office only a few months when he was killed. He was transporting convicted Apache prisoners to the Yuma Territorial Prison when they overpowered Reynolds and his deputy “Honkydory” Holmes, killing Reynolds while Holmes died of heart attack. This group included the Apache Kid who would go on to an infamous career. The stage driver Eugene Middleton survived to tell the story. Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ryan filled Reynolds’ place, but within a few months he drowned in the Salt River rescuing a girl who had fallen

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aroundthe rim Special guest joins Friends of Pine Library Friends of Pine Library could be hosting one of the group’s most interesting and informative guests ever during its monthly meeting at 1 p.m., Monday, July 25 at the Library Activity Center, behind the Cultural Hall of the Community Center.

Evangeline Yazzie-Parsons, a professor emerita at Northern Arizona University, will speak on “Boarded Up: Social and Historical Interpretations of the American Indian Boarding rattlin’ School Era.” the rim Having grown up in Winslow in the 1950s I am all too familiar with boarding schools having gone to high school and played sports with Navajo and Hopi teenagers who Max Foster lived in a good-sized government boarding school less than a quarter-mile from our family home on Aspinwall Street.

In those days, American Indian children were taken, by force if necessary, from their reservation homes and placed in boarding schools where sometimes they were not allowed to speak their native language or practice their culture.

The children were usually immersed in the American culture, sometimes through appearance changes, such as traditional haircuts.

There are reports the children went for months and months without seeing their parents or siblings.

All of this was done by the federal government in the name of education.

Boarding schools were intended to provide opportunities for American Indian children who did not have schools nearby. Decades later, however, documented cases of physical, mental and sexual abuse at the schools surfaced.

American Indians were the only ethnic group in American history the government forced into education.

Yazzie-Parsons, originally from Hardrock (Ts’eDildo’I in Navajo) on the Navajo Reservation, obtained a master’s degree in bilingual multicultural education and a doctorate of education.

After teaching 24 years, she became a writer of novels and short stories.

One of her novels is about the Navajo Long Walk, which tells the story of a Navajo family and its struggles.

She also wrote the award-winning children’s book, the “Little Woman

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Also on the PSWID front, the Arizona State Office of the Auditor General notified the district it is doing an audit of financial records from 2010 to present. The audit is not related to the recent felony charges filed against former PSWID treasurer Mike Greer.

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Yazzie-Parson’s appearance is sure to be one history and culture buffs will not want to miss.

Born to run I can’t speak to the government boarding school experience as YazzieParsons certainly will, but those of us who grew up in Winslow in the ’50s and ’60s remember the Navajo and Hopi student-athletes for their phenomenal physical conditioning.

In those days, there was no school bus transportation to and from school, and the boarding dormitory was located more than a mile from the high school.

Those students ran full bore each morning to school, back to the dorm at noon for lunch and then ran back to WHS prior to afternoon classes. After school they participated in sports practices before running back to the dorm that evening. That’s four miles of running, not considering the rigors of after-school sports.

After dinner, the lights on the boarding school’s outdoor courts blinked on and the students played pickup basketball games until curfew.

Small wonder the Navajo and Hopi students led the state in cross country running as they continue to do so today.

Life in a government-run dormitory couldn’t have been ideal, but in the ’50s and ’60s, those Native American students earned the respect of their peers.

Smell of pigskin permeates Pine Strawberry young people attending Payson High next year and planning on turning out for the football team should attend an upcoming football camp set to begin 9 a.m., Monday, July 18.

As a former high school football coach at Payson and Show Low, I can attest that attendance at these types of camps, although voluntary, is crucial to the success of players and the team.

Those who choose not to participate will most likely, due to lack of conditioning and experience, struggle the entire season for playing time and success.

Registration for Monday’s camp begins at 9 a.m. in old PHS gym.

Aspiring players should be accompanied by a parent to fill out necessary forms and sign waivers. The camp fee is $150, which includes 14 meals, coaching, housing and more. While at the camp, PHS players will be housed in the high school cafeteria.

Waer settles on two

Roundup file photo

Preparation for the 2016 football season at Payson High School starts Monday, July 18 with a camp at which multiple schools will participate.

Campers should bring sleeping bags, mattresses and personal items.

Teams from Mesa Red Mountain, Buena Vista and North Mountain will also participate.

Three-a-day practices will be held highlighted by 7-on-7 passing league sessions at 8 p.m. each night at the high school and Rumsey Park.

Spectators are invited.

The camp culminates at about 9 a.m. on Friday, July 22 with team-building exercises.

Go Horns.

Gettin’ trashed The Rim Country Riders ATV/OHV Club has teamed with the Ponderosa Market to host the annual “Get Trashed” ride set to begin at 11 a.m., Sunday, July 17 at the Maack home located at 6519 Crest Dr. in Pine.

For the event riders must navigate trails and streets around Pine and Strawberry and return with at least one bag of trash found along roadsides or in the forest — no domestic trash or dumpster diving.

At the conclusion of the ride, Ponderosa Market owner and Rim Country Riders member Cindy Maack judges the amounts and uniqueness.

Prizes will be awarded the winners.

The event includes raffles; a 50/50 drawing; a post-race meal of the Ponderosa’s baby back ribs, beans, slaw, sodas and water. The event is also BYOB. RCR members should bring a side dish before noon.

Music will be provide by Plum Krazy. At the event, Rim Country Riders T-shirts will be on sale.

RCR members are also being reminded to renew their memberships as soon as possible.

Upcoming RCR rides: “Bernie and Dave’s Waterwheel Fun Ride,” Aug. 5; a casino to Gisela Ride, Sept. 17; Justice McNeeley Poker Run, Oct. 1; Rye-4Seasons Motorsports Annual Ride and BBQ, Oct. 8 ; and the Tonto Village Double D Ride and Lunch, Oct. 15.

For details, call 928-476-2626.

Farmers Market in Pine The Herb Stop in Pine is hosting a Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays throughout the remainder of July until October. Onehalf of the proceeds will benefit local charities.

Rates increase slightly, tax bumps The Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District at a June meeting approved usage rates for its customers. Those who use less than 5,000 gallons per month will not see any increase, but those who use 5,000 to 10,000 gallons, cost would increase to $10 per thousand gallons and those who use more than 10,000 gallons per month will see an increase of $15 per thousand gallons.

Also passed by the board was a proposal to increase property tax assessment to 1.78 percent from 1.048 percent per $100,000 of a property’s assessed valuation. The increase is equivalent to about $70 per $100,000 valuation each year.

The money earned from the increase will go to pay of the Compass Bank loan originally used to purchase

After scouring a list of movies appropriate to show children, Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library Director Becky Waer has settled on two to be shown as part of the Movie Madness offering.

“American Girl: Lea to the Rescue” will be shown at 1 p.m., Thursday, July 21. The movie is not rated and is 96 minutes in length.

It will be followed at 1 p.m., Thursday, July 28 with “The Dog Love.” The true story is rated PG and is 102 minutes in length.

As usual, children should bring a pillow so as to be comfortable on the floor and refreshments are served.

Because fire codes restrict the number of persons who can be in the library at one time, children should arrive early.

Also at the library, the summer reading program continues through the end of the month. Parents, youngsters should also remember the library is hosting “Artist in Training” sessions all day each Tuesday, Friday and Saturday throughout July. The sessions include independent art projects. Also on those days, Wii is available during opening hours. “Lego Time” will be held 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. each Thursday. “Duplo Play” precedes it from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The library also hosts chess games and sessions from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. each Friday throughout the month.

Terrific Ts Don’t forget to drop by the Ponderosa Market tomorrow, Saturday — or Sunday — to purchase one of those spiffy souvenir Fire on the Rim Mountain Bike Race T-shirts.

They are $15 for small through XL and $20 for 2XL. While there, pick up a few race raffle tickets that have as prizes a high-dollar Kona Mountain Bike, a really cool lime green ladies cruiser bike and a BMX Haro Z-Flex long board. The drawing will be held race days Sept. 16-17.

Thought for the week “Sometimes it’s not how good you are but how bad you want it.”

Four days and 1,000 miles by rail on a ‘prisoner chase’ After two years of civilian life I re-enlisted in the Air Force in 1955, having discovered that I had mistakenly left the kind of life I truly loved. I faced a daunting reality: For every six months I’d been out of uniform I had lost a stripe. But regulations said they had to leave me at least one, so I started over as Private First Class Garrett.

It wasn’t too bad. Because of experience promotions came fairly fast, and just two years later I was a drill sergeant, or DI, loving an outdoor job that let me instill my love of military life into basic trainees.

One day I was called up to headquarters and told I’d been selected to travel 1,000 miles by rail to a small base in Wisconsin on a “prisoner chase.”

It sounded exciting at first, but turned out be nothing more than pick-

“The kid’s looking at a ing up a deserter, a basic dishonorable discharge,” trainee, and bringing him your turn Mac told me. “It’ll ruin his back to Texas. whole life. He’ll never get a “Well,” I thought to myself. good job, never be respected, “That’ll be dull.” never be happy. All because Which only goes to prove of that piece of s---t, Ted how wrong we can be!

Long.”

A couple of days later a “I’ll do my best,” I said young airman named Eddie doubtfully.

Morgan and I picked up our Ted Long was a drill orders from Tech Sergeant Tom Garrett instructor who’d been kicked McMurdie, one of the best. out for ill treatment of basic Mac told us we would travel in coach on the way north, but in a trainees. For two days on the train first class compartment with the pris- north I mulled over how to undo the oner. I turned to leave, but he stopped harm he’d done. me, looking none too happy.

“But what can I really do?” I asked “Tom,” he said, “the kid you’re myself over and over again, eying my picking up couldn’t handle Ted Long DI’s badge. “He’ll probably just see me so he ran off. Think you can help turn as another DI.” him around on his way back?”

I still hadn’t thought of a thing I frowned. “I can try, I guess.” when we entered an Air Police Office

Presented by Arizona Professional Writers and Gila Community College with funding support from AZ Humanities

A free community celebration of books for all ages.

two days later to pick up our prisoner.

I was packing a fully loaded 45, and we each had a set of cuffs, but I was surprised when they grabbed Eddie, issued him a very hefty nightstick, and took him off somewhere to teach him how to use it. I wondered what all that was about, but I found out while we were waiting for them to bring out our prisoner.

The desk sergeant turned to me and asked, “Hey, DI. What did they tell you about the kid you’re picking up?”

“Not much.”

Looking rather surprised he said, “You mean you don’t know he’s a psycho case? We’ve had him in a strait jacket most of the time. He’s suicidal.

Says you’ll never get him back to Texas.”

Naturally, when they brought the kid out I took a hard look at him. He

was very young, just 19 years old.

Thin, unshaven, with hardly any meat on his bones, a deep frown on a pale sullen face, and an uncombed mop of hair, he looked like he’d been through all nine levels of hell. As his light blue eyes went straight to my DI’s badge fearfully and his hands twisted in his cuffs he looked like one badly scared kid.

As an AP put my cuffs on him I couldn’t help feeling sorry for the poor kid. In my entire life I had never seen anyone who looked more like he needed a friend, and I made up my mind right then that I was going to be that friend. But when we got him on the train and it began to roll he eyed my DI’s badge and said, “DI you ain’t never gonna get me back to that base!

I’ll take out both of you.”

Tell you about it next week, Johnny.

Free Personal Family Legal Session

9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, July 23 Gila Community College, 201 N. Mud Springs Road This event promotes literacy and showcases local and Arizona authors of fiction and non-fiction. Meet 80 authors; enjoy book signings and presentations.

Kids can meet “Story Monster” and enjoy story time.

Food from local vendors on site. Free entertainment and door prizes.

Major Event Sponsor: The Payson Roundup

Estate Planning • Trusts • Wills • Probate • Elder Law • Trust Administration • Asset Protection Planning

Top Shelf Sponsors: Gila County Board of Supervisors and Majestic Rim Retirement Living Second Shelf Sponsors: APS, KMOG, KRIM, Five Star Publications Third Shelf Sponsors: State Farm Santana Insurance Agency, MHA Foundation, PostNet, Miller Auto Works, Star Valley Veterinary Clinic

Website: www.paysonbookfestival.org • Contact: info@paysonbookfestival.org

Personal Legal Solutions

620 E. Highway 260, Building E Payson, Arizona 85541 928-474-4141 www.DANA.legal

Payson Roundup CLASSIFIEDS Friday, July 15, 2016

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MERCHANDISE

YARD SALES 1. 607 S. St. Phillips St., Fri. & Sat. July 15 & 16 from 7am to 3pm: Cookware, Clothes, Yard Tractor w/Blade, Shpsmith w/Attachments, Older Dishwasher, Other Misc. Items from a Kitchen Remodel: Kitchen Cabinet w/No Doors and Vanity Drawers w/Soft Close Sliding Hardware 928-468-2206

ANIMALS Lhasa Apso pups: Adorable, AKC, Potty Pad Trained, Shots, $495. Call 928-243-2378

GUNS/KNIVES PR

GUN SHOW Pick up 2015 ad

Payson, AZ in the

TONTO-APACHE GYMNASIUM 2 blocks East of the Mazatzal Casino

BUY - SELL - TRADE ADMISSION $6 – $1 OFF W/AD

Aug 12 Aug11 3 & 2 1 & 47 3 2 AUGUST 6& Sat 5pm SAT9am 9AM--5 PM Sun 2pm SUN9am 9AM--4 PM

INFO 928-485-0437 WWW.FIRINGPIN.COM

LOST AND FOUND

2. 3943 N. Pine Road, Fri. July 15 from 8am to 4pm: Moving Sale: All Must Go! Shelving, Double Bed and Linens; Porch Furniture and Grill, Stainless Vent Hood, Storage Cupboard, Toys, Tools and More!

4. Crafts Plus Sale, Very Cheap 302 E. Cedar Mill Rd, Star Valley (Houston Creek Landing), Doors open 9am Sat. July 16, No Early Birds!

Domestic and Professional Items, Stand Magnifiers, Glue Guns, Electric Staplers, Paints, Beading, Needlepoint, Cross Stitch, Stamping and Embossing, Sewing Notions and So Much More!

AUTOS/VEHICLES

CONSTRUCTION Experienced Plumbers Wanted Come join our team at George Henry s Plumbing Heating and Cooling. Looking for Experienced Plumbers. MUST have 7+ years Experience. MUST have VALID drivers licence. $25/Hour Plus Benefits after 30 day Period. Contact Mike at 928-951-6515, Stop by 1013 S Goodfellow in Payson to fill out application or send resumes to: resumes@ghphc.com

DRIVERS Payson Concrete Looking for Experienced CDL Driver Drug Testing and Background Check; Apply within: 1900 E. Hwy 260, Payson 928-474-2231

MISCELLANEOUS

2002 Crown Victoria, Police Intercepter, 4.6 Liter, PS, PB, ABS, AC, Heavy Duty Trans., Alum Drive-shaft, PW, PDL, $3500.obo 928-486-7559 2012 Prius-C, 68K Miles, Averages 49 MPG, Great Car! High Blue Book, $9,200.

Asking $8,700. Call 928-978-3827 or 520-425-7430; Don t Miss This!

*DOWNWINDERS CANCER CASES* www.cancerbenefits.com Flagstaff Office; 928-774-1200 or 800-414-4328.

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

Shipping Containters, Call 928-537-3257 Propane Turkey Cooker w/Stand in Box $45. Three Room Family Dome Tent, New in Box $85. Old 1950 s Metal Frame Bed, Complete w/Mattress $65.

928-474-8864 THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades? Droopy Drapes? WE CAN FIX THAT! Dani 928-595-2968 BLINDS & DESIGNS Repairs, Sales, Shade Screens & More!

TOOLS 18 inch Woodmaster Planer/Molder, Never used and Carve Wright Machine by Craftman, Never been out ot the box, Items Priced to Sell 602-997-0216 Call after 5:00 p.m.

Wood Working Tools for Sale!

14 Band saw 6 Jointer HD 1/2 Drill Press Resonable Price; Call 928-476-2293

I BUY CARS

GENERAL

EMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTING Patient Financial Service Rep Physician Practice Banner Payson Medical Center is Currently looking for a Patient Financial Services Rep to join our team. Contact Cheryl.Hickman@bannerhealth.com to apply or go to http://tinyurl.com/j4boano

ADMINISTRATIVE/ PROFESSIONAL

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS

Secretarial And Administrative Support Needed

MOVING SALES 3. Hugh 2 Families Moving Sale 809 S. Greenfaire Circle Payson

Fri, Jul 15. 7am - 3pm Friday & Saturday July 15th & 16th Furniture, Kitchen items, Electronics, Washer & Dryer, Yard & Patio Take Main St. past Vista Rd. to Greenfaire Circle

COOKS Experienced, Full time, Good pay, Benefits and Working Conditions.

Golf privileges, We drug screen, Applications available at the security gate on Rim Club Parkway or send resume to snordstrom@therimgolfclub.org

AECOM America.

Secretary/Administrative Assistant Needed to be a Customer Service Rep in our company, well-organized and timely manner. Experience not required. $860 per week for a start, send your CV/Resume to aliciaje92@yahoo.com or call:(928) 978-2495 $860 per week,aliciaje92@yahoo.com

Order: 10079403 GILA -Gila COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE Cust: County Personnel art#: ADULT 20127705 EDUCATION/GED TEACHER NEEDED Class: General REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s Degree; Valid driver's Size: 2.00 2.00 license andXfingerprint card; 6-8 hours per week/ $20.00 per hour.

LANDSCAPING

is seeking independent contractors to deliver newspapers, Tuesdays and Friday in the Early Morning Hours!

~Rim Golf Club Community Association~ You will maintain and beautify all common areas, experienced with concrete and rock, and road maintenance. Must be honest, reliable and can work independently.

A valid drivers license is required. Please apply in person at 903 E. State Hwy 260, Suite 5, Payson, AZ 85541

RESTAURANTS

SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS Brandt s Bookkeeping & Accounting Monthly accounting, quarterlies, payroll, taxes etc. Work alongside Certified Public Accountant. Licensed & insured. Amy Brandt 928-978-5800

CHILDCARE School aide for autistic six year old

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

School aide. 35 hours per week.Need associates degree or a paraprofessional certificate 480-678-8959

Applications available after 3:00 p.m. at 708 N. Beeline, Payson, AZ

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

Looking for Experienced Electrician, Must have Transportation, Please Call 928-970-0155

CONSTRUCTION Debco Construction

REPAIRS Drywall, Stucco and Plaster

Looking to Hire Journeyman Carpenter, Steady Work, Call 928-978-1996

HEALTH CARE Health Care Aid Is Needed Dementia Care- CMT WITH CNA & Insulin Certifications needed to take care of unfit adults, an Assisted Living Community.

Must be EXPERIENCED, RELIABLE & PROFESSIONAL. $980 per week, Apply in person by sending resume to nichole_sprout@yahoo.com or call 928-908-1306.

85541/nichole_sprout@yahoo.com

40 Years Experience, Retired Plasterer Call Rick 928-468-2361 or 626-318-2395

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

Order: 10082720 Cust: -Gila County Schools Superinten Keywords: Employment art#: 20136265 Class: Education Size: 2.00 X 2.00

Position open during afternoons/evenings in Payson.

Contact ggorry@gilacountyaz.gov or 928.402.8784.

Order: 10082719 Cust: -Hospice Compassus art#: 20136263 FULL-TIME HOUSEKEEPERS Class: Healthcare GROUNDS Size: 2.00FULL-TIME X 3.00 & LANDSCAPING TECH

Order: 10082660 Cust: -Kohls Ranch Serving Rim Country art#: 20136171 for 20 years!

Class: General Size:You’ll 2.00 X 3.00 remember why you do what you do, when you join the fabulous care team at Hospice Compassus!

Includes Benefits

If you are passionate about impacting patient & family care and enjoy working with a great team, a clinical position with our company may be the perfect opportunity for you!

We have great benefits and competitive pay.

To apply online and learn more about an exciting opportunity to work for Hospice Compassus: Pease visit our website at www.hospicecompassus.com Call Mary Jane Rogers at 928.472.6340

Join our Friendly Team

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

The McDonald’s Team offers Part-Time and Full-Time employment with wages starting at $8.50 per hour. Flexible hours, training, advancement opportunities, management development, employee retirement benefits, insurance, performance reviews and raises, and many other benefits.

McDonald’s rewards outstanding performance.

Now offering a 30 Day Retention Bonus!

PAYSON

Please pick up an application and learn of the opportunities available at your McDonald’s today. To apply online, visit: www.mcarizona.com

RENTALS

Complete Home Repair and Remodel

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Complete Home Repair and Remodel service. No job too big or small.

20+ yrs exp in kitchens, baths, Windows, doors +more. Custom woodwork and cabinetry. Reasonable and dependable. Free estimates.

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

Lawn Care

HAULING

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

(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

Mobile Home Leveling & All Repair. Manufactured home All home Repair, Painting & Mobile leveling/re-leveling. 17 yrs exp. Call 520-414-0857

LANDSCAPING Antonio s Landscaping Landscaping, Yard Maintenance, Stonework and Firewood Available, Call Antonio @ 928-951-4267 or 928-363-1382

OakLeaf Yardworks Yard Maintenance Minor landscaping and tree trimming.

Firewising!

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

Le ga l Se rv ice s ad attached

REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS WILLS LIVING WILLS FINANCIAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY MEDICAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY DEEDS

Patricia Rockwell AZ Certified Legal Document Preparer/ Paralegal

928-476-6539 AZCLDP #81438

REAL ESTATE BUSINESSES FOR SALE

Hiring in the IPU Hospice Aide Payson, AZ office: 6am-6pm Sat & Sun only

Order: 10079582 Cust: -McDonalds Keywords: Help Wanted art#: 20115075 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 4.00

HANDYMAN

Landscaper/Maintenance

Personal Certified Caregiver w/25 yrs Experience, looking for Clients needing help w/activities of daily living. Personal and Professional References. Call Leona 602-359-8926

TRUCKS, RV S & TRAILERS RUNNING OR NOT 928-951-3500

NEEDED NOW!!!

Experienced In House Medical Biller RN w/IV Skills Pay D.O.Experience, Send Resume & References Required.

Internal Med Clinic, PO Box 2581,Payson,85547

SUBWAY: Apply within, Bashas Shopping Center, 128 E. Hwy. 260. Energetic People.

Come Join Our Crew! PT/FT, Monthly Bonuses. $50. Sign-up Bonus, Vacation Pay.

CARS Lost DOG Lost German Short haired Pointer 16 months old. His name is Cooper. He is scared of loud noises.

We just want him home. $Reward be offered 150 602-717-0761

HEALTH CARE

Email to Mary.Rogers@hospicecom.com

Order: 10082714 Cust: -Powell Place- Division of Enli art#: 20136256 Class: Healthcare Size: 2.00 X 4.00

Powell Place Senior Living is now hiring a MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN and CAREGIVERS. Must enjoy working with seniors.

Apply online under careers at www.enlivant.com, then call 928-474-6249.

Local Boutique for sale-Large inventory, low rent, high weekeng traffic, great potential for growth, currently open weekends only, establish 2011. $12,000 call 928-951-3314

Apartments For Rent

Got Shade?

Cool off at ASPEN COVE! COVE! ASPEN

APARTMENTS FEATURING: • • • • •

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

ASPEN COVE

801 E. FRONTIER ST. , PAYSON, AZ 85541

(928) 474-8042

Cornerstone Property Services www.cornerstone-mgt.com

Apartments for Rent

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Forest Hills Condominiums ✿

333 N. McLane

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Relax by our cool swimming pool Large 1-2 Bedrooms

Wood Burning Fireplace Washer & Dryer • Covered Parking Pet Friendly Close to Rumsey Park & Library

Call Caroline 928-472-6055 Positively Payson

Tonto Oaks Apts. & Mobile Homes 120 S. Tonto St.

. .K LOO

NO LONGER!

I have what you need!

Glorious 1 & 2 BR APARTMENTS ALSO: BIG Beautiful 2BR/2BA Home in Payson w/Large Yard Area Call Cindy for availability & Details (928) 472-9238

HOMES FOR RENT 1000 sf, 2Br/1Ba Near Hospital, Adults, Smoking-No, Small Dog-?, $800.mo First/Last-Payments, $400.Dep. Information/Application 928-970-2463 2Br/1Ba, 2 Car Garage, Payson North, No Smoking, $900.mo, $900.dep, Small Pet-Possible, 928-474-3563 3+ BR, 2 BA, House, 804 N. Wilderness Circle, Payson, AZ, 85541, 12 months lease, unfurnished, 1700 sq. ft., Trash Disposal Included, Microwave, Dishwasher, Fireplace, Air Conditioning, Outdoor Area, Cable/Satellite TV Hookups, Carpet, Storage Available, $1400.00, 907-841-2991.

4Br/2Ba, Office, FP, Laundry Facility, Lot of parking, Very Private Lot, Close to Shopping, $1150.mo Pets-OK 480-758-0553 Avail Now. 4Br/3Ba, Full Kitchen + Half Kitchen, Home w/Seperate 1Br/1Ba Mother-in-law Apt. Large Lot, $1400.mo Call 928-978-3423 Available 7/20/2016. Beautiful Luxurious Tri-Level Townhouse on G.V. Lakes. Very Quiet. Over 2100 Sq. Ft. Good Credit and Ref. Required. Small Pet OK. Non-Smoking. $1200 per month. 901 W. Madera Ln. Call (928) 951-4320 Beautiful, Remodeled 3BD/2BA Home W/2 Car Garage & Yard In Payson. $1200/month. No Smoking/Pets. Good Debt to Income Ratio. 949.212.8911 Duplex (Pine) 2Br+Den/1Ba, Garage, Screened-in Patio, FR, LR, $995.mo, 2Br/1Ba $875.mo, Both Include: Yards, Water + Electic, Smoking-No, 480-248-6144 Owner/Agent House/Studio Apt. Secluded in the Pines, Behind the College, Upscale 2Br/2Ba Home w/Open Floor Plan, 2 Car Garage and Many Extras, Must See, $1200.mo Matching Detached Studio Apt. w/Full Kitchen, Murphy Bed and Bath, $600.mo Discount Avail. If Renting Both. References Required, No Smoking, Small Pets Ok, First/Last Months Rent & Cleaning Dep. Call Gordon, 602-619-7744

Restaurant for sale or lease in Pine, Arizona. 928-978-2993

HOMES FOR SALE 218 E. Phoenix Street, Approx.1/3 Acre Stucco Home, 4Bd/3Ba, Kitchen and Half Kitchen, plus 1Br/1Ba Guest Home,$139,000 OWC w/Good Down Payment Call Don 928-978-3423

INCOME PROPERTY FOR SALE Investment Income Property for Sale by Owner!, 4 Plex in Clean, Quiet, N.E.Payson. For Details Call 928-978-1385

LAND FOR SALE Nice Building Sight, Rim View Height Estates, $120K, Half Down OWC, Owner/Agent, Bob 928-300-2345

MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE 1Br/1ba MFG, 55+, Furnished, Covered Porch, Car Port, On Cul-de-sac, $14K, 705 E. Miller #33, 928-978-7499

MOBILES FOR SALE 12x60 Mobile Home, Wheel Chair Accessible, Air, Carport, 60 Awning, 1.5 Bath, 3 Bedroom, 12x20 Storage Shed. $17,000.

928-474-4710

In town quiet 3bd/2.5ba/bonus-room 2Car Garage A/C, kitchen appliances, walk, parks, Schools, Fence, sml pets + dep, $1100.mo+dep 928-474-2724 or 602 358-1722 Prudential Pine

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices Advantage Realty PO Box 329, 3640 Hwy 87, Pine, AZ 85544

928-476-3279

UNFURNISHED RENTAL HOMES NEEDED

Independently Owned & Operated

Berkshire-Hathaway 1x3 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY

HomeServices Advantage Realty ProPerty ManageMent

609 S. Beeline Hwy. PaySon, aZ 85541 474-5276

www.paysonrentals.com RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

904 N. Scenic Dr. 5BD, 5BA...........................$1950 918 W. Madera Ln., 3BD, 2BA.........................$925 200 W. Chateau, 2BD, 2BA..............................$900 914 W. Rim View Rd., 2BD, 2BA.....................$900 407 S. Manzanita, 3BD, 2BA............................$825 119 E. Pine St. 3BD, 2BA.................................$825

FURNISHED HOMES

904 N. Scenic Dr., 5BD, 5BA..........................$2500 1110 S. Sequoia Cir., 3BR, 3BA.........$2300-$2600

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

COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE

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

Independently Owned & Operated

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

RV/MOTOR HOME SPACE

BISON COVE CONDOS

200 E. MALIBU DRIVE, 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH UNFURNISHED & FURNISHED UNITS RENT $800 TO $1150

Payson Roundup CLASSIFIEDS Friday, July 15, 2016 MOBILES FOR RENT 2 BR, 1.5 BA, Mobile Home, 206 W. Main St., #3, Payson, AZ, 85541, flexible lease, unfurnished, 768 sq. ft., Water & Trash Included, new Durafoam roof & dual pane windows, $550, Ginger Sparks 928-472-6020.

LEGAL NOTICES 16210: 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE File ID. #16-02223 Reutter Title No: 21601563 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 06/10/2013 as Document No. 2013-006770 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 September 14, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501. and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811). 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:Lot 7, GISELA RANCHES SUBDIVISION, according to Map No. 404 and amended in Map No. 563, records of Gila County Arizona.The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be:452 S. River Road Payson, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel No.: 304-31-014 3 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: $119,387.00 Original Trustor: Donald A Reutter, a single man, and Krystal R Gabel, a single woman.

452 S. River Road, Payson, AZ 85541.

Current Beneficiary:JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Care of / Servicer JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 3415 Vision Drive Columbus, OH 43219 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-4578857 06/24/2016, 07/01/2016, 07/08/2016, 07/15/2016 16213: 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE TS#: 15-40777 Order #: 150311262-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 9/13/2002 and recorded on 9/24/2002, as Instrument No. 2002-014907, in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, Arizona 85501, on 8/22/2016 at 11:00 AM of said day: PARCEL NO. 1 THE SURFACE AND GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 200 FEET IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY:A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, HAVING A BOUNDARY MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:COMMENCING FOR A TIE AT THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID POINT BEING THE

LEGAL NOTICES U.S.G.L.O. SCRIBED STONE MARKING THE NORTH QUARTER SECTION CORNER OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST, FROM WHICH THE U.S.G.L.O. SCRIBED STONE MARKING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 27 BEARS SOUTH 89º 47 40 EAST 2638.20 FEET DISTANT;THENCE SOUTH 89º47 40 EAST 876.91 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER; THENCE SOUTH 0º33 WEST 1315.03 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER; THENCE SOUTH 89º50 44 WEST 876.94 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER; THENCE NORTH 0º17 33 EAST, 1320.54 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND;THAT CERTAIN STRIP OF LAND 50 FEET IN WIDTH, USED FOR INDUSTRIAL WATER LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY, LYING IN AND BEING A PORTION OF SAID SECTION 27, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE LINE BETWEEN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 27, WHICH BEARS SOUTH 0º08 34 WEST, 370 FEET FROM THE EAST 1/16 CORNER OF SECTIONS 22 AND 27;THENCE NORTH 54º30 WEST 200 FEET;THENCE NORTH 77º30 WEST 360 FEET; THENCE NORTH 48º34 WEST 212 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89º45 WEST 640 FEET;THENCE SOUTH 56º WEST, 20 FEET SOUTH 0º17 21 WEST, 50 FEET FROM THE QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 22 AND 27 LYING 25 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED CENTER LINE AND APPROXIMATELY 1,432 FEET IN LENGTH; ANDEXCEPT THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND;COMMENCING FOR A TIE AT THE U.S.G.L.O. SCRIBED STONE MARKING THE NORTH QUARTER SECTION CORNER OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST, FROM WHICH THE U.S.G.L.O. SCRIBED STONE MARKING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 27 BEARS SOUTH 89º47 40 EAST, 26.38 FEET DISTANT;THENCE SOUTH 89º47 40 EAST, 270.97 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE INTERSECTION WITH SOUTH STREET AS SHOWN ON GILA COUNTY RECORDS SUBDIVISION MAP NO. 52 AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING;THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89º47 40 EAST, 605.94 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 57º58 25 WEST, 717.02 FEET;THENCE NORTH 0º17 33 EAST 382.42 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; AND EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND:COMMENCING FOR A TIE AT THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID POINT BEING THE U.S.G.L.O SCRIBED STONE MARKING THE NORTH QUARTER SECTION CORNER OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST FROM WHICH THE U.S.G.LO. SCRIBED STONE MARKING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 27 BEARS SOUTH 89º47 40 EAST, 2638.20 FEET DISTANT;THENCE SOUTH 89º47 40 EAST, 270.97 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE INTERSECTION WITH SOUTH STREET AS SHOWN ON GILA COUNTY RECORDS MAP NO. 52:THENCE SOUTH 0 17 33 WEST, 764.84 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89º50 44 WEST, 270.98 FEET;THENCE NORTH 0º17 33 EAST, 766.54 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; AND EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND;COMMENCING FOR A TIE AT THE U.S.G.L.O. SCRIBED STONE MARKING THE NORTH QUARTER SECTION CORNER OF SECTION 27,TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST, FROM WHICH THE U.S.G.LO. SCRIBED STONE MARKING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 27 BEARS SOUTH 89º47 40 EAST, 2638.20 FEET DISTANT;THENCE SOUTH 0º 17 33 WEST, 766.54 FEET ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER, NORTHEAST QUARTER SECTION 27 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 89º50 44 EAST, 876.94 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER; THENCE SOUTH 0º17 33 WEST, 554.00 FEET T O THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER NORTHEAST QUARTER SECTION 27;THENCE SOUTH 89º50 44 WEST, 876.94 FEET ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER;THENCE NORTH 0º17 33 EAST, 554.00 FEET T O THE POINT OF BEGINNING; ANDEXCEPT ALL SURFACE I M PROVEMENTS ON THE P R E M ISES HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DWELLINGS, RESIDENCES, HOIST HOUSES, HOISTS, CABLES, MINE O F F I C E BUILDINGS, HEAD FRAMES, (EXCEPT THE HEAD FRAME O N THE ARIZONA COMMERCIAL NUMBER 2 SHAFT), THOSE CERTAIN WATER LINES, P I P E S , TANKS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING E L E C TRICAL AND POWER EQUIPMENT USED IN CONNECT I O N WITH PUMPING, STORING A N D SUPPLYING OF DOMESTIC WATER TO THE CITY OF

LEGAL NOTICES GLOBE, ARIZONA; AND THAT PORTION OF THE OLD D O M I N ION RAILROAD, EXTENDING FROM THE POINT WHERE T H E SAME JOINS THE SOURTHE R N PACIFIC RAILROAD TO THE POINT WHERE THE SAME INTERSECTS THE SECTION L I N E COMMON TO SECTIONS 25 A N D 26, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST OF THE G I L A AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, A R I ZONA, AS RESERVED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 17 OF DEEDS OF M I N E S , PAGE 404, RECORDS OF G I L A COUNTY, ARIZONA; AND EXCEPT ALL OIL, GAS, CASING HEAD GAS, HELIUM, S U L P H E R , ASSOCIATED WITH THE OIL AND GAS, AND ALL OTHER H Y DROCARBONS AND CONSTIT U ENTS THEREOF, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TAR SANDS AND OIL SANDS, AS R E SERVED IN DEED RECORDE D IN DOCKET 581, PAGE 498, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. PARCEL NO. 2 AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS A N D EGRESS AS CREATED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED AT F E E NO. 94-650292, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOME DESCRIPTION: 1989 DAVAZD8909350 ARZ103877 ARZ103878 CAVCO Per A.R.S. Section 33-803 (A)(2) the succ e s sor trustee appointed here q u a l i fies as a Trustee of the trust d e e d in the Trustee s capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona. ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON I N FORMATION SUPPLIED BY T H E BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION 33-808(C): Street address or identifiable location: 5 9 1 8 S NELL DR GLOBE, AZ 85532 A.P.N.: 207-23-008J Original P r i n cipal Balance: $72,100.00 N a m e and address of original trustor: ( a s shown on the Deed of Trust) L Y N W BILLINGSLEY AND CHERYL D BILLINGSLEY, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS W I T H RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP 5 9 1 8 S NELL DR GLOBE, AZ 85532 Name and address of beneficia r y : (as of recording of Notice of S a l e ) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National A s s o c i a tion fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as succ e s s o r to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee for Residential Asset M o r t gage Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through C e r tificates, Series 2003-RS1 8742 Lucent Blvd., Ste. 300 H i g h l a n d s Ranch, CO 80129 NAME, ADDRESS and TELEPHONE N U M BER OF TRUSTEE: (as of r e c o r d ing of Notice of Sale) Eric L. C o o k , a member of the State Bar of A r i zona Zieve, Brodnax and S t e e l e , LLP 112 North Central Avenue, Suite 425 Phoenix, Arizona 8 5 0 0 4 Phone Number: (602) 688-7420 SALE INFORMATION: Sales L i n e : (714) 730-2727 or Website: w w w. s e r v i c e l i n k a s a p . c o m D a t e d : 05/18/2016 Eric L. Cook, a m e m ber of the State Bar of Arizona P e r A.R.S. Section 33-803 (A)(2) t h e successor trustee appointed h e r e qualifies as a Trustee of the t r u s t deed in the Trustee s capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona. A-4579361 06/24/2016, 07/01/2016, 07/08/2016, 07/15/2016 16214: 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE File ID. #16-40480 Buchmann Title No: 21601736 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 02/22/2008 as Document No. 2008-002304 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

LEGAL NOTICES 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 September 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ. 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 33-811).

The sale shall convey all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Parcel No. 1 Parcel C-1, as shown on record of survey, recorded as Survey Map No. 910, being a portion of the Southwest quarter of Section 23, Township 6 North, Range 10 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona. Parcel No. 2 A non-exclusive vehicular access and utilities installation easement as created in Instrument recorded at Fee No. 93-639294, records of Gila County, Arizona, over, across, under and through that portion of the Southwest quarter of Section 23, Township 6 North, Range 10 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, described as follows: The North 30 feet as measured along the West boundary line of Parcel B as shown on Record of Survey recorded as Survey Map No. 725, records of Gila County, Arizona.

Parcel No. 3 A non-exclusive vehicular access and utilities easement as created in Instrument recorded at Fee No. 94-652331, records of Gila County, Arizona, over, across, under and through the following described Parcel of land: Being a portion of that property described in Instrument recorded at Fee No. 93-636861, Gila County records, being Parcel A as shown on Record of Survey recorded as Survey Map No. 725, records of Gila County, Arizona, being also a portion of that property shown as Parcel 2 as shown on Record of Survey recorded as Survey Map No. 711, records of Gila County, Arizona, and being situate in the Southwest quarter of Section 23, Township 6 North, Range 10 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, described as follows; COMMENCING at the U.S.B.L.M. Brass capped pipe marking the South 1/16th section corner of said section 23; THENCE South 0º 30 00 East along the Westerly boundary of said Section 23, 120.50 feet; THENCE South 89º48 58 East 1513.80 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE continuing South 89º48 58 east 325.21 feet to the Southwesterly Right-of-Way line of the newly aligned Arizona State Highway No. 188; THENCE South 28º 31 14 East along said Southwesterly Right-of-Way line 34.20 feet to the Southeasterly corner of said easement described herein; THENCE North 89º 48 58 West 325.21 feet; THENCE North 28º 31 14 West 34.20 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 173 W. Earl Drive Tonto Basin, AZ 85553 Tax Parcel No.: 201-08-014A 6 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: $232,500.00 Original Trustor: Sally A. Buchmann, an unmarried woman as surviving joint tenant 173 W. Earl Drive, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553 Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Care of / Servicer Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc 3476 Stateview Boulevard, MAC #X7801- 014 Fort Mill, SC 29715 Current Trustee: Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6035 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar. A-4580390 07/08/2016, 07/15/2016, 07/22/2016, 07/29/2016 16224: 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15/2016; TO: Abigail Talian DOB 1-1-1994: Superior Court of Arizona County Gila: NO: PB GC201600025 NOTICE OF HEARING REGARDING CUSTODY OF 2 MINOR CHILDREN: 16225: 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE File ID. #16-40504 Landers Title No: 21601836 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 11/12/2003 as Document No. 2003-019909 Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BE-

LEGAL NOTICES LIEVE 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 September 22, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ. 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 33-811).

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:The South Half of the West Half of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 10 North, Range 10 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona.

EXCEPT the South 27 Feet thereof.

The street address/location of the real properly described above is purported to be:363 West Round Valley Road Payson, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel No.: 304-22-008E 5 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: $232,344.00 Original Trustor: Martha F. Landers, a widow P.O. Box 85541, Payson, Arizona 85547 Current Beneficiary:Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. Care of / Servicer Wells Fargo Home Mortgage lnc 3476 Stateview Boulevard, MAC #X7801-014 Fort Mill, SC 29715 Current Trustee:Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6035 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trusteee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar. A-4581484 07/08/2016, 07/15/2016, 07/22/2016, 07/29/2016 16226: 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE: The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 5/2/2005 and recorded on 5/4/2005 as Instrument# 2005-007423 in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00P.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 to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the Gi!a County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501, on 9/21/2016 at 11:00 AM of said day; Parcel C, as shown on Record of Survey recorded as Survey Map No.2066, being a portion of Lot 21A, PAYSON THREE UNIT ONE, according to Map No. s 655, 655A, 655B and 655C, records of Gila County, Arizona.

The successor trustee appointed herein qualifies as trustee of the Trust Deed In the trustee s capacity as an attorney and member of the State Bar of Arizona as required by ARS Section 33-803, Subsection A(2). Name of Trustee s Regulator: State Bar of Arizona ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION 33-808(C); Street address or identifiable location: 1800 E. Underwood, Payson, AZ 85541 A.P.N.: 302-84-024-C

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LEGAL NOTICES Original Principal Balance: $206,250.00 Name and address of original trustor; (as shown on the Deed of Trust) Todor Kitchukov and Mariana Kitchukov, husband and wife 1128 Desert Court, Gilbert, AZ 85234 Name and address of beneficiary: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) BMO Harris Bank NA, successor by merger with M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank 180 N. Executive Drive Brookfield, WI 53005 NAME, ADDRESS & TELEPHONE NUMBER OF TRUSTEE: (As of recording of Notice of Sale) · Larry 0. Folks Folks & O Connor, PLLC 1850 N. Central Ave, #I 140 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 (602)262-2265 Fax requests for sale information to:(602) 256-9101.

Sales information is also available online at: www.folksocorulOr .com Dated: 6/2 l/2016 By: Larry 0. Folks, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, as required by A.R.S. § 33-803, Subsection (A)(2) State of Arizona))ss County of Maricopa) Ori 6/21/2.0 16 before me, Carmen K. Ruff, Notary Public, personally appeared Larry 0. Folks personally known to me (or 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 hc/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person (s), or the entity upon beha lf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. INWITNESS WHEREOF l hereunto set my hand and official seal. /s/ Carmen K. Ruff, Notary Public-Arizona MARICOPA COUNTY Commission Expires: February 12, 2017 16230: 7/8, 7/12, 7/15/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: J AND D CONTRACTING OF TONTO BASIN, LLC File No. L-2096886-8 II. The address of the known place of business is: PO Box 453 / 174 W. Elmer Lane, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Debra K. Morris, 174 W. Elmer Lane, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

(A) Management of the limite d liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: William E. Morris, (x) manager, 174 W. Elmer Lane, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553; Debra K. Morris, (x) manager, 174 W. Elmer Lane, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

16231: 7/8, 7/12, 7/15/2016 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION 1.

ENTITY TYPE: LIMITED L I ABILITY COMPANY 2.

ENTITY NAME: REDN E C K PRINCESS LLC 3.

FILE NUMBER: L2099015 4.

STATUTORY AGENT NAME AND ADDRESS: Street Address: ALISA GORDON, 1100 N. PONDEROSACIRCLE, PAYSON, AZ 85541.

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ARIZONA KNOWN P L A C E OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 1100 N. PONDEROSA CIRCLE, PAYSON, AZ 85541.

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D U R A T I O N : Perpetual 7.

MANAGEMENT S T R U C TURE: Member-Managed The names and addresses of all Members are: 1.

ALISA GORDON, 1100 N .

PONDEROSACIRCLE, PAYSON, AZ 85541.

ORGANIZER: RICHARD HERRERA; 6/6/2016 16233: 7/8, 7/12, 7/15/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: BOOKWORM BOOKKEEPING, LLC File No. L-2094274-0 II. The address of the known place of business is: 100 W. Frontier Street, No. 1655, Payson, AZ 85547.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Robert Huber, 1861 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715.

(A) Management of the limite d liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Lori Lynch, (x) manager, 100 W. Frontier Street, No. 1655, Payson, AZ 85547; Lynch

Payson Roundup CLASSIFIEDS Friday, July 15, 2016

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LEGAL NOTICES Living Trust, (x) member, 100 W. Frontier Street, No. 1655, Payson, AZ 85547.

16234: 7/8, 7/12, 7/15/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: RIM CONS T R U C TION SERVICES, LLC File No. L-2094306-2 II. The address of the known place of business is: 100 W. Frontier Street, No. 1655, Payson, AZ 85547.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Robert Huber, 1861 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715.

(A) Management of the limite d liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Mark Lynch, (x) manager, 100 W. Frontier Street, No. 1655, Payson, AZ 85547; Lynch Living Trust, (x) member, 100 W. Frontier Street, No. 1655, Payson, AZ 85547.

16235: 7/12, 7/15, 7/19/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: INVISIBLESURVIVORS . COM LLC File No. 16 N. Star Vale Dr. Spc 91, Star Valley, AZ 85541.

II. The address of the known place of business is: Paul Hanley, 16 N. Star Vale Dr. Spc 91, Star Valley, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: (A) Management of the limite d liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Paul Hanley, (x) member, (x) manager, 16 N. Star Vale Dr. Spc 91, Star Valley, AZ 85541.

LEGAL NOTICES 16237: 7/12, 7/15, 7/19/2016 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION 1.

ENTITY TYPE: LIMITED L I ABILITY COMPANY 2.

ENTITY NAME: THE W O L F MANOR LLC 3.

FILE NUMBER: L21036527 4.

STATUTORY AGENT NAME AND ADDRESS: Street Address: SANDI JEAN WOLF, 2003 W. FAIRWAY LN, PAYSON, AZ 85541.

5.

ARIZONA KNOWN P L A C E OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 2003 W. FAIRWAY LN, PAYSON, AZ 85541.

6.

D U R A T I O N : Perpetual 7.

MANAGEMENT S T R U C TURE: Member-Managed The names and addresses of all Members are: 1.

SANDI JEAN WOLF, 2 0 0 3 W. FAIRWAY LN, PAYSON, AZ 85541 2.

GEOFFREY T WOLF, 2 0 0 3 W. FAIRWAY LN, PAYSON, AZ 85541 ORGANIZER: Sandi J Wolf; 6/29/2016 16246: 7/15, 7/22/2016 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The Town of Payson will accept Proposals at the Payson Town Hall, Town Clerks Department, 303 N. Beeline Highway, Payson, Arizona, 85541, until 4:00 PM, MST on August 23, 2016 for leasing a parcel of property at the Payson Airport to construct new Aircraft Hangars.

A pre-proposal meeting will be held on July 27, 2016 at 2:00 PM in the Payson Town Council Chambers, 303 N. Beeline Highway, Payson, AZ. Proposal envelopes must be clearly marked on the outside lower right hand corner: Proposal of (Name) Payson Airport Ground Lease Aircraft Hangars

LEGAL NOTICES considered for recommendation of award at the next available public meeting of the Airport Advisory Commission. Any recommendation from the Airport Advisory Commission to accept a proposal will be forwarded to the Payson Town Council for a decision. The Town reserves the right to reject any and all proposals or to waive any irregularities or informalities.

Proposal packages may be obtained at the following location: Town of Payson Town Clerks Office 303 N. Beeline Highway Payson, AZ 85541 Submitters shall comply with all federal, state and local nondiscrimination statutes in the operation, implementation and delivery of, including state and federal civil rights and disabilities laws. In particular, the contractor shall ensure that the Town s obligation for program, facility and service accessibility in Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act are complied with in all activities arising under this contract, and shall hold the Town harmless for any and all loss, including but not limited to damages, costs or expenses, incurred or arising from any alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities act under the auspices of this contract unless resulting from an intentional or actual negligent act of the Town and its employees.

Failure to comply with the nondiscrimination or accessibility requirements herein shall be construed as non-performance and may result in termination of funding, civil action, or both.

Published: July 15, 2016 and July 22, 2016 in the Payson Roundup.

16249: 7/15, 7/22/2016 ORDINANCE NO. 884 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PAYSON, ARIZONA, LEVYING UPON THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN SUBJECT TO TAXATION, A CERTAIN SUM

LEGAL NOTICES UPON EACH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF VALUATION SUFFICIENT TO RAISE THE AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE REQUIRED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET, LESS THE AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2017, AND PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE OPERATION AND EFFECT OF THIS ORDINANCE. (PROPERTY TAX LEVY 2016-2017) WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. 42-17151, the Ordinance levying taxes for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 is required to be finally adopted no later than the third Monday in August of 2016; and WHEREAS, Gila County is the assessing and collecting authority for the Town of Payson, and a certified copy of this Ordinance will be transmitted to the Gila County Assessor and the Gila County Board of Supervisors, NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF PAYSON, ARIZONA, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: There is hereby levied on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of the assessed valuation of all property, both real and personal, within the corporate limits of the Town of Payson, except such property as may by law be exempt from taxation, a primary tax rate of $0.3839 for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2017.

Section 2: Failure of Gila County officials to properly return the delinquent list, any irregularity in assessments or omissions in the same, or any irregularity in any proceedings, shall not invalidate such proceedings or invalidate any title conveyed by any tax deed; failure or neglect of any officer or officers to timely perform any of the duties assigned to him/her or them shall not invalidate any proceedings or any deed or sale pursuant thereto, the validity of any assessment or levy of taxes or of the judgment of sale by which the collections of the same may be en-

2. 3943 N. Pine Road, Pine AZ Fri. July 15 from 8am to 4pm:

Moving Sale: All Must Go! Shelving, Double Bed and Linens; Porch Furniture and Grill, Stainless Vent Hood, Storage Cupboard, Toys, Tools and More!

4. Crafts Plus Sale, Very Cheap 302 E. Cedar Mill Rd, Star Valley (Houston Creek Landing), Doors open 9am Sat. July 16, No Early Birds!

Domestic and Professional Items, Stand Magnifiers, Glue Guns, Electric Staplers, Paints, Beading, Needlepoint, Cross Stitch, Stamping and Embossing, Sewing Notions and So Much More!

3. Huge

2 Families Moving Sale

809 S. Greenfaire Circle Payson Fri, Jul 15. 7am - 3pm Friday & Saturday July 15th & 16th Furniture, Kitchen items, Electronics, Washer & Dryer, Yard & Patio Take Main St. past Vista Rd. to Greenfaire Circle

LEGAL NOTICES

forced, shall not affect the lien of the Town of Payson upon such property for the delinquent taxes unpaid thereon, and no overcharge as to part of the taxes or of costs shall invalidate any proceedings for the collection of taxes or the foreclosure; and all acts of officers de facto shall be valid as if performed by officers de jure.

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Section 3: If the sum or rate set forth in Section 1 exceeds the maximum levy allowed by law, the Gila County Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized to reduce the levy to the maximum amount allowed by law after notice to the Town of Payson.

Danette Rosensteel, 279 Ridge

Section 4: The Town Clerk is directed to transmit a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Gila County Assessor and the Gila County Board of Supervisors.

a member are:

Section 5: Whereas the establishment of a levy upon assessed valuation is administrative in nature, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption by the Mayor and Council; this Ordinance is hereby exempt from the referendum provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona.

Rosensteel, (x) member, PO Box

PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PAYSON this 7nd day of July, 2016, by the following vote: AYES__7__ NOES__0__ ABSTENTIONS__0__ ABSENT__0__ Kenny J. Evans, Mayor ATTEST: Silvia Smith, Town Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Hector M. Figueroa, Town Attorney 16250: 7/15, 7/19, 7/22/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: File No: ROSE INVESTMENT LLC

Yard Sale Guide It is anticipated proposals will be

For the week of July 15 -17 1. 607 S. St. Phillips St., Fri. & Sat. July 15 & 16 from 7am to 3pm: Cookware, Clothes, Yard Tractor w/Blade, Shopsmith w/Attachments, Older Dishwasher, Other Misc. Items from a Kitchen Remodel: Kitchen Cabinet w/ No Doors and Vanity Drawers w/Soft Close Sliding Hardware 928-468-2206

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II.

The address of the

known place of business is: 279 Ridge Run, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

III.

The name and street ad-

dress of the Statutory Agent is: Run, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

(A)

Management of the limit-

ed liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is Glenn R Rosensteel, (x) member, PO Box 982, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553; Danette 982, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

Public notice is hereby given that the Northern Gila County Sanitary District calls an election for November 8, 2016, for the purpose of electing three persons to serve on the Board of Directors.

Nomination papers and petitions are available from Gila County Department of Elections, 5515 S Apache Ave Suite 900, Globe, AZ 85501 or the Gila County Government Complex located at 610 E Hwy 260 in Payson.

Completed petitions must be filed with the Gila County Department of Elections, 5515 S Apache Ave Suite 900, Globe, AZ 85501 beginning July 11, 2016 and no later than 5:00 pm, August 10, 2016.

Voter registration closes October 10, 2016 at midnight.

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West Clear Creek Stair step into

paradise

Photographer Nick Berezenko reflects on the joys of his canyoneering odyssey Greg McKelvey Professional Geologist Nick Berezenko Naturalist & Photographer

Remote, rugged and pristine, West Clear Creek lies at the heart of a 200-mile-long maze of canyons and jumbled ridges draining off Arizona’s Mogollon Rim. The stream starts at the crest of the Rim and flows for 37 miles to join the Verde River near Camp Verde.

Other creeks and streams join the Verde as well: Sycamore, Oak Creek, Wet Beaver, Fossil, Deadman, and the East Verde River. However, West Clear Creek has created the most pronounced geologic staircase, each step down offering remarkably different ledges, pools, formations and challenges.

The canyon reveals three of the sedimentary formations found in the layers of the Grand Canyon. In addition, the top and bottom of the canyon reveal younger volcanic basalt flows that protect the softer layers beneath.

Stepping down the canyon — no easy feat and not a trip to take without significant planning and support — you first encounter the compacted fossils beds of the Kaibab limestone. Next come the buff, cross-bedded lines of the Coconino sandstone, composed of compressed sand dunes that form jutting cliffs and long, narrow pools.

Finally, you find the brilliant reds, pinks and browns of the Supai formation, which creates the largest pools, rimmed by soft, rounded rock.

Each layer of stone erodes into different patterns — each presenting unique photographic opportunities. The canyon may not have the bright red colors of the Sedona canyons or the Grand Staircase-Escalante, but West Clear Creek remains one of the most challenging and rewarding locations to visit, hike, swim and photograph.

But savoring this splendor requires a trek deep into the canyon. West Clear Creek offers no grand overviews like the Grand Canyon. Even air photographs fail to record the beyond-words uniqueness of West Clear Creek.

In general from the top of the Rim, the creek steps down geologic time from reef-like limestones, to windblown sandstones to muddy clay and mud units.

For three years or more of his life, Pine resident and professional photographer and writer Nick Berezenko invested his strength, talents, time and abilities in exploring and documenting West Clear Creek.

The following is the account of Nick Berezenko doing just that!

Greg: Nick, you have done some incredible adventures including hiking the entire length of the Little Colorado River in 35 days. What made you want to hike down the West Clear Creek gorge?

Nick: I was working for Arizona Highways magazine and discovered it while photographing for their Mogollon Rim Guide. When the editors saw my 35mm slides of it, they stuck a 4x5 camera in my hands and said, “Go shoot it as a standalone project.” Doing it intensively, I discovered so many wonders within it, that to my mind it became the most beautiful place on Earth for me.

For one thing, it has incredible variety. It starts as a gurgling mountain stream, in lush, green vegetation. Works its way into the giant, sheerwalled White Boxes. Pauses for a brief respite at Hanging Gardens. Then cascades down through long chains of pools and waterfalls in the sensuous Red Boxes, before finally hitting the open plain near Camp Verde.

In its 37-mile course it cuts through only the top three geologic layers of the Grand Canyon. So, in effect, what we have is a laboratory, a simulacrum of what the Grand Canyon was like at its inception, when it was just a mountain stream coming off the plateau.

No doubt, as beautiful as West Clear Creek.

Greg: Where is it possible to see and get a feeling for the expanse and diversity of West Clear Creek?

Nick: There’s a handful of wilderness trails, ranging from moderate to difficult to downright ornery bushwhacks. The descent is anywhere from 600 to 1,200 feet on these trails, but usually the shorter the route the steeper it is. The real difficulty comes when you’re down in the canyon.

Greg: Why is that?

Nick: It’s very slow going along the stream.

Which is all right if you want to just stay in one spot. But if you want to explore — and believe me, you’ll want to — there’s either a lot of vegetation to fight through, or rock-hopping the stream, or wading numberless pools — and, of course, having to swim the deep pools of the Boxes. You’re lucky if you can proceed two miles in a day.

• See Adventure, page 18

The 37-mile long canyon cut

by West Clear Creek starts atop the Rim and ends up in the Verde River. In between, it passes through two volcanic layers and three sedimentary formations, each with strikingly different geology and photographic possibilities.

Nick Berezenko and his fellow adventurers strapped their packs to an inflatable raft to navigate the frequent, long pools in the slot canyon section.

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Photographer Nick Berezenko went deep into West Clear Creek 40 times to explore these layers of sandstone and limestone.

Adventure in West Clear Creek From page 17 Greg: What was the scariest moment of the adventure? And your biggest challenge?

Nick: I guess it would be the first time I had to swim the White Boxes.

I’d gone down totally unprepared, by myself alone, without any flotation device, not knowing what I was going to encounter. At first, there were a few short pools to swim, but then I came to a long pool that disappeared into the twisting walls, so I had no idea where it would end.

I started in, swimming with heavy hiking boots on my feet. By the time I got to the first turn, I was pretty tired. The water was frigid, and the sheer rock walls were totally flat, with not a single ledge or handhold on them. And looking down the pool, it continued at least as far as I’d already come, before disappearing behind another turn. I decided to go for it, and luckily the pool did end behind the final turn. This was the pool that we subsequently named

The Mother of All Pools.

we do is tie our backpacks into the boats and wear them on our backs while rock-hopping down the stream. When we come to a pool, we sling the boat and backpack down onto the water and lie down on top of them, and scull our way along.

That way we don’t get wet at all!

Greg: How deep?

Nick: About 50 feet deep. That’s what causes the water to be so cold. And that’s the real danger — hypothermia. Even in the heat of midsummer you can get exhausted swimming these cold pools. I know of at least one person who died doing that.

Greg: What’s your favorite part of your West Clear Creek adventure?

Greg: And you have done the entire canyon?

Nick: Oh, yes. Altogether I’ve gone in about 40 times into West Clear Creek. Mostly two- or threeday forays in the upper section. And four or five “through trips,” lasting four or five days each through the boxes in the lower section. With all the heavy camera gear I had to carry, those “through-trips” would have been impossible if my good canyoneering buddy Neal Berg hadn’t turned me on to using little inflatable kiddie-pool boats. What

Nick: Man, that’s tough! There are so many different, varied aspects to West Clear Creek, and each one of them’s unique. There’s the conifers and greenery of the upper section, where we’ve seen bears and otters. Then you have the sheer walls of Coconino. The White Boxes. Hanging Gardens. The sensuous Supai Red Boxes. The waterfalls. The monkeyflower seeps. It’s all like being in the first Eden, in the primal state of water, sun and air. I don’t know of a place where you can feel more vital, more perfect, and more serene.

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