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Plant shut down

Gene study reveals roots of Native Americans

But reportedly plans to reopen by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

HPR Ammunition reportedly sent more than 30 employees home Sept. 13, 2016 and closed its doors.

The business remains closed, but Payson officials say the owners have said they plan to reopen as soon as possible.

The owners of the company did not return calls seeking comment.

However, other sources said the company’s chief lender called in all its loans, apparently having something to do with the company’s efforts to open another, much larger plant in Tennessee.

“The Town of Payson is in contact with HPR and is working with them to help get the facility back up and running,” said Bobby Davis, economic development specialist for the Town of Payson.

Payson Mayor Kenny Evans in a text said, “I had a visit from a financier on Wednesday who asked about ATAC. He said they were financing a reorganization of the Payson operation and thought it would take ‘a couple of weeks’ to get the deal done.”

Another local business owner said he’d talked to employees who indicated creditors had forced the closure and on Wednesday entered the building to change the locks and the access codes.”

“The creditor had a meeting with employees telling them everything is for sale,” said the business owner. “A former employee told me that some are stuck with medical bills as HPR quit paying the medical insurance.”

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Mystery Solved?

Dating talk flap School assembly warns girls not to provoke ‘uncontrollable’ boys Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

What does it say to Payson High School girls when 350 show up to a mandatory assembly on relationships during school hours, while only 25 PHS boys show up to a voluntary after-school session?

And with date rape and sexual assault an ongoing problem, should a speaker warn girls that boys can’t control their sexual urges while giving boys humorous tips on getting a second date?

The sessions on dating sent a lopsided message — making girls responsible for the sexual behavior of boys, said some parents.

Parent Laurel Wala said, “I was very disappointed to hear that there is a second assembly on relationships this afternoon that is mandatory for girls, but that the boys have an optional assembly after school. This sends a dual message that: It is acceptable for girls to miss their normal classes, but not the boys and that girls have more responsibility for whether a relationship is ‘good’ than boys.”

The speaker, Brad Henning, has made his presentation on relationships in high schools across the nation for the last 15 years. His talk, is entitled, “Don’t Take Love Lying Down.” He spends one day talking to both male and female students and the next day splits the student body up between boys and girls. He says that enables both boys and girls to ask questions they might not otherwise.

“Doing what I do you get asked questions over and over again,” he said.

“It’s not that I agree or disagree with the questions ... some of the questions are embarrassing.”

• See School dating, page 11

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• See Payson ammunition plant, page 5

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Native American groups in North and South America are all descended from people who some 23,000 years ago trekked from Asia, through Siberia to the tundra of a now-submerged land bridge, according to genetic studies.

They crossed over at the height of the last Ice Age, when sea levels were 400 feet lower, according to the study by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley published in the journal Science.

Then about 13,000 years ago as the Ice Age waned, the hardy migrants split into two different groups and moved south. One group gave rise to most of the Native American groups in North America. The second to the people who populated South and Central America.

Meanwhile, another group’s genetic analysis shows people crossed the land bridge 28,000 years ago — but settled for 10,000 years in forested patches on the frigid, wind-swept steppes of the exposed Bering Land Bridge.

They only moved south some 15,000 years ago as the Ice Age waned and the glaciers to the south retreated.

University of Utah researchers publishing in the journal Science found the migration stalled in a relative ice-free refuge, where the ancestors of all the Native American groups in the Americas hunted the big game of the Ice Age. Once the Ice Age relented for reasons still not fully understood, the vast glaciers that covered much of the Northern United States

• See Peopling, page 3

Quick, Payson: Lock your car! by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

Stop what you’re doing.

Get up.

Go outside.

LOCK YOUR CAR! The Payson Police Department on Friday reported a rash of 21 vehicle burglaries since Sept. 9 — mostly unlocked cars sitting in front of homes and businesses.

The thefts took place mostly during the hours of darkness.

Usually, the burglars go from car

to car in front of businesses and homes, looking for someone who didn’t lock up.

Once they find an unlocked door, they ransack the interior.

“The Payson Police Department is strongly encouraging residents to make sure any vehicles parked in areas that are accessible are secured by locking the vehicle and rolling up all the windows,” Police Chief Don Engler said in a release on Friday.

Engler also appealed to residents to keep their eyes open and report any suspicious activity — like someone going from car to car and peering in the

windows or testing the door.

Engler said the department will increase nighttime residential patrols in an attempt to catch the thief or thieves.

Often, such small-time crimes relate to drug use, with addicts looking for things to pawn. Payson for the past two years has struggled with rising use of heroin, which grew out of rising abuse of prescription painkillers.

Police appealed to residents to provide any information on the rash of burglaries by calling 928-474-5177 or calling the HOT TIPS line, 928-468-8477.

State’s economy mending, but Gila County lags County jobless rate still high by

Peter Aleshire

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The state’s unemployment rate has dropped to 5.8 percent, but Gila County remains at about 7.2 percent. Economists predict the state’s economic growth will remain at 1.5 percent this year but rise to 2.4 percent next year, finally rising above the national average.

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Arizona hasn’t regained its pre-recession mojo, but we’re doing better.

The state’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in September, drifting down to 5.8 percent. That compares to a 4.9 percent unemployment rate nationally.

Gila County’s unemployment rate remains closer to 7.2 percent, driven largely by high rates of unemployment on the San Carlos and White Mountain Apache reservations and the GlobeMiami areas of South County. The unemployment rate in Gila County has dropped by 1.7 percent since the same time last year.

Unemployment rates varied dramatically by county in Arizona, with rural counties faring far worse than the big, urban counties.

In Maricopa County, unemployment in August dropped to 4.9 percent, slightly better than Pima County’s 5.4 percent and 5 percent in Yavapai County, dominated by fast-growing Prescott.

On the other hand, the unemployment rate in Yuma County remained stuck at 25 percent, with a rate of 13 percent in Santa Cruz County and 12 percent in Apache County.

Most of the rest of the counties looked similar to Gila County — with Graham, Greenlee, Mohave and Navajo

all topping 7 percent.

Cochise and Coconino counties both remained at about 6.5 percent.

Nonetheless, economic forecasts calls for a return to slow, steady growth in the next few years for the state.

The state’s economy should grow by 2.1 percent this year and 2.4 percent next year, according to projections

by Robert Kavcic, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.

The firm projected a national growth rate of 1.5 percent this year and 2.5 percent in 2017.

The forecast calls for wage growth to exceed the underlying growth rate, a welcome shift from a recovery short on real wage growth. The forecast called for an increase in payroll employment from 2.9 percent this year to 5.8 percent — a full point above the national average. The tightening job market has pushed wages up by 3.7 percent in the second quarter, well above the U.S. average.

The hot Valley housing market has cooled somewhat, although foreclosures remain below 1 percent.

Gila County has struggled to gain traction in the past year, according to a separate analysis by the University of Arizona Economic and Business

• See Economy, page 5

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Payson kids dive into water conservation session Students delight in 10th Annual Water Festival by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

At the 10th Annual Water Festival on Sept. 27 at Green Valley Park, high school students who had gone to the festival when they were in fourth grade helped a new crop of fourth-grade students learn about the Payson watershed.

Town of Payson Water Department employee Brenda Huff has organized this program in partnership with Kerry Schwartz, the director of Arizona Project Wet of the University of Arizona for the 10 years the program has come to Payson.

“This year we had 200 kids and 55 volunteers,” said Huff.

Huff, along with longtime volunteers Bobby Davis, Frank LaSpisa, Jan Parsons, Wayne Kirby, Cameron Davis, Josh Leonard, Mike Ploughe and Byron James received recognition for teaching how people in Payson get their water.

The entire fourth-grade class moved from station to station, learning about the cycle of water, how reservoirs work and how to get the water to homes. They capped off their experience with a competition to see who could carry the most water from one trash barrel to another.

Schwartz said the festival is designed to add to the science curriculum fourth-grade students already learn in the classroom.

Photos by Michele Nelson/Roundup

Wayne Kirby (above), a Salt River Project retiree, and Josh Leonard and Lindsey Wala (below) volunteer to help explain water conservation and the system that delivers water to the home to eager Payson fourth-graders.

Fourth-grade teacher Jessica Hoyt said that the hands-on lessons make the science come alive.

“Kids remember this because it’s hands on,” she said. “I can’t duplicate this in the classroom.”

Schwartz said that this year, organizers added a presentation on the C.C. Cragin Reservoir and how it works.

Leonard worked with the kids using a topographic reconstruction of a watershed based on the C.C. Cragin Reservoir.

He put a pile of ice up from

the reservoir representing the snow that falls around C.C. Cragin and talked to the students about how to get the water from the reservoir to customers in Payson.

“It teaches them about the whole water supply, much of which is ground water,” said Schwartz. “We really try to have it relate to Payson’s water cycle.”

Schwartz said the U of A gives teachers seven hours of professional training to help them with the science unit. To gauge the effectiveness of the lessons, Project Wet gives pre

and post tests.

“We improve lessons every year based on the pre and post assessments,” said Schwartz.

Schwartz said many of the high school students who volunteered for the day remembered fondly their time at the water festival when they were in fourth grade.

“They said they wanted to volunteer because they remembered how fun it was,” said Schwartz.

Hoyt said the whole day is simply wonderful for the kids.

“It’s so good for them,” she said.

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From page 1 mostly melted away, opening the way for these groups to move farther south.

The two studies largely support one another, with differences in timing. They both contradict long-disputed findings of artifacts other scientists have suggested put people in North and South America as much as 40,000 years ago.

However, the bulk of the undisputed evidence based on artifacts supports the idea that people didn’t make it deep into North and South America until some 10,000 to 15,000 years go. The evidence includes carefully made stone spear points made by big game hunters from the Clovis Culture found in the Verde Valley, near the San Pedro River and other locations in Arizona.

The genetic studies offer a fascinating new way to find links between ancient people and modern populations, all preserved in the coding of the roughly 30,000 genes that form the blueprint for a human being.

The study suggests that Apache, Navajo, Hopi, Hohokam, Aztec, Mayan, Navajo, Cherokee and a host of other culturally distinct groups have relatively recent common ancestors.

The UC Berkeley study seems to rebut speculation that several waves of migrants made their way across the land bridge between Siberia and Alaska. It also casts doubt on various theories suggesting that Europeans and people from Polynesia might have migrated to North America in the distant past and mingled with other groups. The study did find the suggestion of a genetic link to people living in East Asia, suggesting at least some additional migrants.

The study also concluded

that the Eskimos and other groups still living in Alaska came later and have a different genetic heritage.

The conclusions came from comparing the genes of 31 living Native Americans, Siberians and people from Oceania with the genes of 23 samples that came from burials of groups who lived in the region thousands of years ago — like the Hohokam and Sinagua. The ancient samples came from people who lived between 200 and 6,000 years ago. They could also take advantage of the genetic analysis from the remains of a Clovis Culture boy who died some 12,000 years ago, but whose body and DNA were preserved when he was frozen into the tundra.

The researchers used three different methods to analyze the patterns found in the genes, but all three methods yielded similar results. Evolutionary biologists have figured out how to use genetic material to estimate how long ago two groups shared a common ancestory.

They looked for genetic material in between the actively evolving genes which tends to accumulate without change, since its not part of a gene that’s subject to evolutionary change and pressure. This allows them to create a “genetic clock” by comparing the random changes that accumulate at a fairly uniform rate over time.

The second study by the University of Utah researchers came to equally striking conclusions.

The effort to track the migration across the land bridge has been hampered by the 400-foot rise in sea level, which submerged almost all of the areas where they lived for some 10,000 years before populating the Americas. However, the DNA analysis makes it possible to reconstruct their history from the genes they passed

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New genetic evidence shows that all the Native American groups in North and South America, including those who built the great city at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, and modern-day Apache are descended from people who spent 10,000 years living in the Bering Straits during the last Ice Age, then moved south some 15,000 years go. along to their descendants.

They probably lived in isolated refuges of trees and forest in the otherwise harsh environment of the land bridge during the Ice Age. The area probably remained relatively ice free, although massive glaciers to the south covered Montana, Wyoming, Canada and a vast swath of territory.

They spent the span between 28,000 and 18,000 years ago living in this isolated refuge, perhaps 1,000 miles long and 3,000 miles wide connecting Siberia to Canada. That isolation made them genetically distinct from the Siberian and Asian populations from which they descended.

The researchers concluded they didn’t begin to spread south until the Ice Age glaciers retreated some 15,000 years ago — dovetailing with the

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Most of the animals the Clovis people hunted died out with the end of the Ice Age. Scientists continue to debate whether climate change or the big game hunters themselves played the leading role in the disappearance of the mammoths and other Pleistocene megafauna.

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School’s talk on dating sends wrong message

• Oct. 5, 1947: President Harry Truman makes the first-ever televised presidential address from the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans.

He asked that the public voluntarily forgo meat on Tuesdays, eggs and poultry on Thursdays and to save a slice of bread each day.

• Oct. 4, 1957: The “Space Age” begins with the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. Other firsts for the Soviet space program included first man in space, first woman, first three men, first space walk and first to orbit the moon.

• Oct. 3, 1961: The United Auto Workers union goes on strike at Ford plants across the country to win higher wages and better benefits. It was the first companywide strike since Ford had agreed to a collective-bargaining deal in 1941.

Well intentioned.

But dreadfully misguided.

Payson High School sent the wrong message to teenagers during several school assemblies to talk about dating and relationships.

We certainly support the underlying message — teens should put off sex until they get married — or at least until they’re old enough to cope with the consequences — emotional and physical.

But the speaker perhaps unintentionally also conveyed a dangerous and outdated message: Boys can’t control their urges and so girls must live in fear and shame.

Again and again, the speaker put the full responsibility for these relationships on the girls, without addressing the real problem.

And if the words of the speaker didn’t make that clear — the message came through loud and clear in the bizarre decision to make a girls-only session mandatory, while making the boys-only session voluntary. As a result, 350 girls missed class to learn that guys have an uncontrollable sexual urge so the species won’t die out while girls have low sex drive to avoid overpopulation of the planet.

Only 25 guys showed up for the voluntary session, which among other things offered tips on getting that second date.

The session completely ignored sexual violence and date rape.

The session failed to deliver the message boys must hear: No means no, means no, means no.

It doesn’t matter what she drinks.

It doesn’t matter what she wears.

It doesn’t matter what anyone says.

When she says no, when she turns away, when she pushes you away, when she freezes in fear — stop.

Consider the results from a national survey of 10,000 teenagers by researchers for the federal Centers for Disease Control published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

-- One in five girls and one in 10 boys in high school experienced some form of violence while on a date in the past year.

-- Exposure to teen dating violence can raise the risk of suicide, eating disorders, risky sexual behavior, depression and drug and alcohol abuse.

-- Teenaged girls face four times the risk of rape as any other group.

Study after study suggests that rape remains the most under reported of major crimes. One national study found one in three women will suffer a sexual assault in their lifetime, but only 6 percent of those assaults are reported to the police.

The twisted lessons that shame women and excuse men underlie a culture of sexual violence.

National studies suggest another American woman suffers a sexual assault every two minutes. Of those, 15 percent are teens between the ages of 13 and 17. Another 54 percent are young women between the ages of 18 and 34.

Moreover, teaching the victim of violence that she’s responsible for that violence lies at the root of a host of social evils — especially domestic violence.

Domestic violence remains the most common violent crime, the greatest risk to police and a scourge upon society. And it rises like a ghoul from the same tendency to blame the victim for violence that has no excuse.

Girls who suffer sexual violence almost all suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. One third contemplate suicide and 13 percent attempt suicide. Victims of sexual violence are 10 times more likely to subsequently use major drugs.

We cannot end this terrible plague of sexual violence by telling girls and women to dress modestly, avoid eye contact and fear every boy who looks at them.

We will only end this tragic violence when boys and men take responsibility.

When they’re taught that no self-respecting man would ever turn to violence against women or children.

When they learn the measure of a man is who he protects, not who he threatens.

When they learn that they’re responsible for all their urges and every one of their actions.

Unfortunately, it appears the program on dating staged for teens at Payson High School did none of that. Instead, it shamed the girls and excused the boys.

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Thank you Editor: My daughter Ashley VanBuskirk passed away Aug. 16 and I have received so much love and support. I just want to say thank you so very much to everyone: My family, friends, co-workers (who are like family), all of Payson; the First Response Team, the Payson Fire Department and Payson Police Department!

To my son Kody ... I wouldn’t have been able to get through this without you!

A big thank you and hug to all!

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If you lose the debate ...

Editor: It is clear from Dale Oestmann’s short letter to the editor on Sept. 30, that he, like Donald Trump, is aware of the debater’s axiom: If you lose the debate — obfuscate.

Robert Hershberger

Where’s the quality control?

Editor: During the last few weeks, a contractor for the city of Payson applied an asphalt slurry coating on East Underwood Lane and on most of the adjacent side streets.

The lack of quality control and safety was remarkable.

The coating is satisfactory in places, but see-through or nonexistent in others. There are bare spots, and many areas are coarse and granular.

At best, it was a very patchy application.

Worse yet, traffic was restricted to one lane on Underwood Lane just off Tyler Parkway. Underwood is curvy with a steep hill preventing visibility of oncoming traffic and virtually no room to pass another car.

There were no caution signs or individuals monitoring traffic flow in this area. This was obviously an enormous potential liability and serious risk/safety hazard for the city.

Adding insult to the project were empty water bottles strewn along the roadside.

We can only hope the city, after a thorough inspection of the job will hold back funds until the job is completed in a safe and professional manner.

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Bring back logging Editor: Dear Tonto National Forest Service leaders, It has now been two weeks since the “Managed” Fulton Fire began choking the folks in Northern Gila County. We can’t see the Rim or the Mazatzals along with difficulty in breathing.

Many of us remember when the air around Payson was famous as the cleanest in the world.

Of course, in those days the logging operations kept the forest thinned and the logging roads allowed access to fire fighters. Lumber was harvested and people had jobs because of the Whiting family,

Southwest Forest Industry, and the dozens of other successful logging companies in Northern Arizona.

We have watched the futile efforts of the 4FRI fiasco over the past few years amount to a few thousand acres addressed.

We know your orders come from Albuquerque and Washington, D.C. and change is ever so slow, but it seems obvious that instead of burning all these trees, you allow many logging operations to re-emerge and turn these forest harvests into lumber and paper and good paying jobs, instead of ash and smoke.

Ted Paulk

Rim Country helping the Rim Country is real Editor: Once again, Rim Country proved it pulls together to help each other.

New Beginnings would like to say a big thank you to Swiss Village Social for choosing New Beginnings for their nonprofit organization of choice for September.

Participating businesses for the fundraiser were Affordable Furniture and Appliances, Artists on the Rim Gallery, Country Charm Fudge, Payson Candle Factory, Vintage Roost and Floral Boutique, and Payson Wireless.

We would also like to thank Beeline Cafe and Dan Good Flooring for their contribution of a gift certificates gift basket at The Nook Thrift Store.

Recently The Nook Thrift Store was blessed by the Nazarene Church by their donations after its rummage sale and when they realized we were not blessed with a pick-up and delivery truck they still pulled together and used their own trucks and went the extra mile and dropped it off for us.

The Nook Thrift Store would also extend its thanks to all the giving people who give their donations, time in volunteering and efforts.

With all sincerity, New Beginnings

About opinions Editor: This scribe and is wife enjoy reading newspaper editorial pages because those opinions often provide new and unique perspectives.

Whether you agree or not with the views, reading different ideas is thought provoking.

Linda Valdez of The Arizona Republic, a favorite of ours, often writes provocative, meaty and intriguing editorials.

One such was published Sept. 23.

Entitled “Unfiltered Hillary can blow Trump off the stage” it was obviously a preface to last week’s presidential debate.

In the editorial, Valdez wrote, “Donald Trump has the advantage going into Monday’s debate; low expectations and a double standard.

“Hillary Clinton’s best chance is to channel her inner anger. I’m sure she has plenty.

“That’s what America needs to see. The sharp-witted Queen of Mean.

“The audience for the debate is expected to be huge and many of those tuning in will

be looking for entertainment — not detailed analysis of foreign and domestic policies.

“Trump is the entertainer. Clinton is the work ... She needs to give ’em a show they won’t forget. The Raging Feminist Show.

“She’s smarter and tougher than Trump.

She had to be. Clinton succeeded in a man’s world without being the child of money and privilege.

“She did it on smarts, resiliency and tenacity. He’s got none of that.

“Little rich boy Trump has had it soft all his life.

“He’s no match for a powerful woman who has disconnected her niceness meter.

“America needs to see a woman who can keep going despite pneumonia. A woman who can maintain her dignity in the heat of public revelations about her husband’s cheating. A woman who can face down world leaders and a hostile Congress.

“Hillary can — and should — blast Trump off the stage with a full dose of her intelligence and wit.”

As usual, Valdez penned another intriguing hypothesis.

Whether Secretary Clinton followed any of Valdez’s suggestions can only be determined by viewers, but the consensus among the media is she won the debate.

In fact, The Arizona Republic — a paper that has never endorsed a Democrat for president — published an editorial entitled “Clinton takes down a national bully.”

Max Foster

Is there life before death?

Editor: It seems like there is always some special observance around the corner. There is even a World Day for Farmed Animals.

It’s observed, fittingly, on Oct. 2 (Gandhi’s birthday). It’s intended to memorialize the tens of billions of animals abused and killed for food around the world.

My first instinct was to dismiss it. But, I wanted to understand the impact of my diet and my food dollars on others.

Recent undercover investigations showed male baby chicks suffocated in plastic garbage bags or ground to death, laying hens crowded into small wire cages, injured pigs killed by slamming their heads against the concrete floor and cows skinned and dismembered while still conscious.

As theologians debate whether there is life after death, I wondered whether these animals have a life before death and why I should subsidize these barbaric practices.

I wonder no more, as I have now embraced a plant-based diet — green and yellow veggies, legumes, fruits, nuts, and some grains.

Occasionally, I indulge in nut-based cheese or ice cream.

Although I was motivated by compassion for animals, I have since learned that my diet is also great for my health and for the health of our planet.

Palmer Riggs

worthnoting “Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.”

— Willard Beecher

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School candidate wants students better prepared Payson native Shane Keith wants to give back by

Michele Nelson

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Shane Keith would like to give back to the town that has given him so much by serving on the Payson School Board.

Born and raised in Payson, Keith graduated from Payson High School in 2009. His mother’s side of the family started the sawmill many years ago — just to be clear, not the movie theater, the lumber mill.

Keith is the first of his family to graduate from college and that led him to one of the reasons he would like to serve on the PUSD board.

“They allow you to graduate with deficiencies that keep you from attending a four-year university,” said Keith.

He said he was “that kid” talented in sports (he was on the 2008 championship football team as a strong safety on defense and a tight end on offense), but from a lower to middle class family with no college graduates.

“I didn’t have any structure on how I would get to college,” said Keith, “it was just me figuring out what classes to take.”

Keith ended up going to a community college to prepare him to attend Grand Canyon University, where he graduated at the top of his class and gave the commencement speech. He now has a master’s degree and works in the compliance department for the Vanguard Investing Group.

Keith believes that if PUSD can raise the expectations it has for students, the students will benefit and find it easier to succeed outside of the district.

He and his wife made the decision to return to Payson a year ago to raise their 1-year-old son here because of the opportunities Keith sees with the district.

“With planning to raise my young family in Payson, I want to take part in what makes this community great,”

said Keith. “I want the school district to be included in the conversation of what makes Payson a great place to live.”

Which leads to the other reason Keith would like to sit on the PUSD school board — his son.

“When I went through the school system,” he said, “they had full day pre-kindergarten and it was free.”

Keith has researched the studies that show pre-school makes a difference by preparing students for kindergarten.

“I think that is a big topic in general,” he said.

Currently, Payson has a few church preschools available, such as the Presbyterian and Church of the Nazarene programs, Head Start and the private Payson Christian School.

The Payson district does have a pre-kindergarten class, but it’s reserved for students with special needs and learning disabilities.

The community has a woeful need of affordable pre-school options. So Keith said he’d like to focus his time on the board to addressing those two issues, in addition to working with the policies and procedures.

Keith said he has plenty of experience working with those issues in the compliance department of Vanguard.

“If you boil down what a school board’s job is, it’s to implement policy and procedure,” said Keith.

He said in his last job with Vanguard, he edited and interpreted financial policy and procedure to ensure his company was within regulatory requirements.

“The skills I obtained during that time directly correlate with the expectations of a school board member,” he said.

Unfortunately, Keith was not able to attend the first school board debate at the Tea Party because of a family emergency, but he looks forward to participating in the Kiwanis school board debate on Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. at PUSD.

“I didn’t have any structure on how I would get to college. It was just me figuring out what classes to take.”

Shane Keith

Payson School Board candidate

Economy growing in Arizona, but Gila County still lags From page 1 Research Center.

The civilian labor force for the county stood at about 21,000 in July, unchanged from a year ago — but not as well as the 1.4 percent gain in June. A total of about 1,700 Gila County residents were actively looking for work in July, about the same as a year ago.

It takes a month to break out the figures by category, so the figures on employment in various sectors of the Gila County economy reflect how things stood in June.

The figures showed a drop in most subcategories from a year ago — including a 5.7 percent decline in “goods producing”

jobs, a 2.2 percent drop in total, non-farm jobs and a 1 percent decline in government jobs, compared to a year previous.

However, most of the rest of the county-specific data looks more encouraging.

Gross taxable sales not counting food and gasoline rose 4.5 percent in March and 9.9 percent and April, before dropping back by about 1.7 percent in May. Building permits for homes rose 2 percent in March, 8 percent in April, remained about the same in May, rose 4 percent in June then dropped 4 percent

in July, compared to the same periods the year previous.

The overall analysis suggested Arizona will return to the ranks of the fastest growing states in the course of the next 30 years, but will probably not return to the super-heated growth rates seen before the recession.

The forecasters predicted a roughly 6 percent growth in personal income for the state in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The economists predicted a 5-6 percent gain in retail sales and a 3 percent gain in employment in those years as well.

Payson ammunition plant shuts down From page 1 HPR is the brand name used by ATAC, one of the largest manufacturing operations in Rim Country.

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After weathering criticism from people worried the new plant would affect an area popular with hikers, the company decided to instead build in Tennessee. However, they promised to also expand the existing Payson plant adjacent to the airport.

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A community partnership between Gila County and

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County can help residents get ready for winter weather Gila County “It’s not just about weather stripping,” says Gila County’s Housing Services Administrator Estelle Belarde.

“Reducing energy costs makes it possible for people to stay on top of other bills.”

It’s a simple assertion: spending less money on heating and cooling means residents don’t have to choose between utility bills and food, medication, and other necessities. However, with the various factors that affect a home’s energy efficiency, addressing high-energy costs can require a multi-faceted approach.

Belarde and her fellow Community Services staff work with qualified residents to implement weatherization improvements and other changes to reduce families’ energy use, making homes in Gila County more safe and energy efficient.

Belarde worked with one client whose two-story home and its multiple window AC units left her with an APS bill that topped $700. At that point, the woman reached out to Community Services for help and began meeting with Belarde.

“After our third visit I was feeling like things were working out and in a positive way. We worked on ways for my household to save energy and budget,” the client later wrote in a letter to Community Services.

She continues, “It has made me more aware of how energy can be used and how I can save money while still being comfortable. Thank you for having a program that makes a difference in lives in such a big way.”

With some of the limited funding available, Community Services was able to help the client replace the multiple window units with a cooler, reducing the family’s bill by hundreds of dollars.

Community Services draws funding for its weatherization assistance program from a variety of sources including the Arizona Department of Economic Security, Arizona Public Service Company, Arizona Department of Housing, from

Southwest Gas and Pinal Gila Council for Senior Citizens. Determining a resident’s eligibility for the program begins with a pre-screening form.

Eligibility is based on a number of factors, including income — and the program currently has a waiting list.

Folks who rent are eligible for the program, although there’s a little extra paperwork in order to properly obtain the landlord’s permission. In the 2015 calendar year, Community Services was able to help 32 residents with weatherization projects.

When a resident is selected for the program, Program Administrator Gabe Eylicio performs an energy audit on their home, determines the most cost effective approach to making improvements, and teaches the clients to utilize energy in a more efficient way. He suggests simple ways for the residents to reduce their energy use, such as using a power strip and making small adjustments on their thermostat. After the improvements are complete, Eylicio performs another audit, to ensure the project was successful.

“If we go into a home and see things that need to be done, we take action on it,” says Belarde.

If Community Services can’t address the issue, the staff will make a referral to another agency.

Belarde is quick to credit the contractors who work with Community Services on weatherization projects.

“The contractors are a very big part of making this work,” she says.

“They’re very compassionate.”

The funding streams that the program draws from require the contractors obtain additional certifications and training in order to be paid.

“They have to go the extra mile to even be considered for the job,” explains Belarde.

Often, the changes made to a home will not only reduce residents’ heating and cooling costs, but make their homes significantly safer and healthier as well.

Belarde says that one thing they often run into in homes is non-vented heaters. Non-vented heaters are not vented to the outside of a home, which means that the carbon produced by the heater goes into the air that the residents breathe. Belarde says clients are often surprised how much better they feel after their non-vented heaters are removed.

Belarde offers a number of small steps that everyone can take to reduce energy use. Health permitting, they typically suggest folks set their thermostats at 68 in the winter when temperatures are between 25 and 35 outside.

Belarde explains, “Your body gets used to the cooler temperature. It’s amazing.”

She stresses that air filters are an integrally important part of a heating or cooling system.

When they’re not replaced on time, it not only causes the unit to work less efficiently, it also reduces the life of the unit. She also urges that families with children get the kids involved in helping the family reduce energy use. It helps when everyone in the family is on the same page and younger children get a kick out of helping

County residents recycle 30,000 pounds metal, more Gila County Gila County Recycling & Landfill Management accepted nearly 30,000 pounds of appliances and metal at its most recent recycling event on Sept. 10.

“Gila County has provided this opportunity for residents to clear their properties of unwanted appliances and metal, free of charge, for more than 10 years,” notes District Two Gila County Supervisor Mike Pastor.

Residents hauled 18,360 pounds of metal to Buckhead Mesa Landfill in Payson and 10,670 pounds to Russell Gulch Landfill in Globe-Miami.

“We really try to be out there helping our community,” says Sharon Winters, manager of Gila County Recycling & Landfill Management.

“It’s important to us.”

Winters explains that after the metal arrives at the landfill, it is diverted to one of a handful of facilities in the Valley that deal specifically with metal processing. There the metal gets crushed, recycled and sent out to be re-purposed. By recycling metal, paper, plastic, and tires, and diverting hazardous products like oil, batteries, and computers from the landfills, the Gila County Recycling & Landfill Management Department adds an additional from

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When Rim Country residents discarded metal and appliances at a free dump day in September it created a pile that was high and wide. month to the life of its landfills each year.

“We’re always striving to save people money, and meet the needs of the community and the environment,” says Winters.

Gila County Recycling & Landfill Management offers these appliance and metal recycling days twice a year, in addition to other recycling events throughout the year, such as free paint and tire recycling. Winters has plans for tire recycling days in Roosevelt, Tonto Basin and Young in the future as well.

“The services that Sharon

provides — such as community clean-ups — are a real plus, especially for our outlying communities,” says Supervisor Pastor.

The county has held community clean-ups in Roosevelt, Tonto Basin and Gisela in the past, which provide residents with the opportunity to dispose of waste free of charge in their own neighborhoods. Pastor explains that they hope to hold more clean-ups in the future.

For more information about any of Gila County’s Recycling & Landfill Management services, contact 928-476-3350.

out, says Belarde.

Belarde is proud that the clients of Community Services feel cared for and that she and her fellow staff are able to make a lasting impact on the lives of Gila County families.

“People keep us on their card list,” says Belarde. “We get a lot of thank yous.”

For more information, contact 928-474-7192.

Energy Saving Tips from Gila County Community Services: • During the heating season, set your thermostat between 65 and 68 degrees, health permitting. Experiment with turning down the thermostat by five degrees, health permitting. Every degree saves about 2 percent on your heating bill.

• Your electronics can draw energy even when they’re off, so plug them into a power strip and switch it off at night.

• Unplug power adapters and chargers. Even when your cellphone isn’t attached, a plugged-in charger still draws energy.

• Set your fridge temperature between 36 and 38 degrees, and set your freezer between zero and five degrees.

• Check the door seals on your fridge by closing the door on a dollar bill and trying to pull it out. If it slides out easily, it’s time to replace the seal.

• Keep light bulbs clean. Dust can cut a bulb’s brightness by 25 percent.

• Use lids when cooking. They help keep steam in and help food cook more quickly, which saves energy.

• Make sure your space heater is only used in an open area on a level, hard, non-flammable surface.

• During the warmer season, set your thermostat between 78 and 80 degrees, health permitting. Try using a fan before turning on the AC. The air will feel four degrees cooler and you’ll save energy.

Help kids learn to love books, reading Gila County “The more experiences and vocabulary children have, the more of a leg up they’ll have when they get to school,” explains Gila County Public Services Librarian Elaine Vortruba. This is why early literacy — the process of getting children ready to read — is so important.

“We want all children in Gila County to be ready for school when it’s time,” says District 3 Gila County Supervisor John Marcanti.

“Getting them interacting with books as early as possible is a great first step in that direction.”

Storytimes, like the ones offered at Gila County libraries, are a great way to help get children ready for kindergarten. They provide socialization and have structured time, like children will encounter in school.

“Read every day,” says Vortruba. For many families, bedtime is a natural fit.

Vortruba also stresses that it’s never too early to start reading to your child.

“They may not understand what you’re saying, but you’re giving them attention when you’re talking to them,” she explains.

“It’s going to be a one-sided conversation at first, but they’re absorbing the language.”

Vortruba offers a number of simple tips for further engaging your child as you read.

As they’re reading, grown-ups can ask the child about what they see in the picture, ask them to identify colors or letters they know, or have them count items on the page. Encourage imaginative thinking in your child by pausing and asking what they think is going to happen on the next page or empower them to imagine an alternate ending once the story is over. As a general rule, Vortruba says to stick to questions that don’t have a simple “yes” or “no” answer.

Vortruba suggests having a special spot for books in the home that children can access. That way, they can easily use their from

Photo courtesy of Gila County

The Storytime programs at area libraries are a great way to keep Gila County youngsters interested in reading.

books independently even when a grownup isn’t available. The Gila County Library District sought out and secured a grant from First Things First with the goal of providing free books by mail to as many children as possible in Gila County through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program. Currently, 2,234 Gila County children receive books through Imagination Library and 2,600 children have graduated out of the program, which serves ages birth through 5.

“You don’t need money to do this. You just need to spend time with your child,” says Vortruba.

While reading with your child is certainly important, there are numerous free ways to support your child’s early literacy each day.

“As you’re going through your regular routine at night, for example cooking, talk about what you’re cooking,” she says.

She also suggests singing, talking about signs as you’re driving home, and talking through family traditions at the holidays.

“There’s just so much you can talk about with your kids,” says Vortruba.

Contact Elaine Vortruba at the Gila County Library District at 928-961-2581 for more information or to schedule an early literacy class at your organization.

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Sugar industry paid for ‘official’ positive research My blood caramelized when I group’s president when he identified learned that research published in an opportunity to increase sugar’s Journal of the American Medical market share by getting U.S. citizens Association indicates the sugar indus- to eat a low-fat diet. try paid for research to give little Remember that low-fat craze? weight to sugar’s role in cardiovascuSnackwells, blue milk (er fat-free lar disease. milk), Zero fat yogurt, low-fat Wheat Instead, the research pointed a Thins and the list goes on and on. finger at fats. The sugar-supported The only thing low-fat that came research helped cook up the low-fat out of that craze were the products. craze — which effectively let sugar off As the low-fat craze exploded, so did the heart attack hook. obesity rates. According to the Centers Since that time, obesity rates have for Disease Control and Prevention, skyrocketed and cardiovascular dis- between 1960 and 2000, healthy ease remains the leading cause of weights dropped by 25 percent while death in the United States. obese and extremely obese weights So what hapincreased by 22 pened? percent.

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Sugar Research The war focused on fats and sugar. Foundation’s vice president and direcWe recently found out about the tor of research proposing the indusbehind-the-scenes struggle to manip- try “embark on a major program” to ulate the scientists from a University counter “negative attitudes towards of California, San Francisco research- sugar.” er and former dentist named Cristin Part of his plan included paying for Kerns. She quit her profession in dis- research. gust when she heard a speech assertPutting their ingredients togething that sugar was not the cause of er, the Sugar Research Foundation chronic disease. brought the Harvard public health In her quest to disprove that belief, school’s nutrition department chair Kerns flew to Boston to comb through onto its board. the Harvard School of Medicine’s Things heated up in 1965 when morgue. She found a treasure trove in an article appeared in the Annals of the form of letters written by famous Internal Medicine linking sugar to corHarvard nutritionist Mark Hegsted. onary heart disease.

The letters tell how Hegsted and That’s when the industry recruited fellow researcher Dr. Fredrick Stare Hegsted. cooperated with the sugar trade group, The sugar industry paid him to Sugar Research Foundation (now the review research articles that found Sugar Association). The group also nutritional dangers in sugar. paid them the 2016 dollar equivalent Thereafter, Kerns sifted through of $48,000 to blame fats. numerous letters that went back and The two published research, which forth as Hegsted and the sugar indusreviewed studies on sugar, fats and try agreed to review the articles with a cardiovascular disease in the 1967 favorable eye toward sugar.

New England Journal of Medicine.

Not only did Hegsted write to the They concluded that sugar did not sugar industry at the outset of the affect cardiovascular disease, but that research, but he continued throughout fat did. as the project unfolded.

The battle started during a 1954 Then finally, as he wrote the review, speech given by the sugar trade he asked to delay his article because

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Whether you have sugar in one of those specialty coffees or not, you are still most likely getting a healthy helping of the sweet stuff — it is hidden in more of what we eat than most of us realize. of research done in Iowa.

“Every time the Iowa group publishes a paper, we have to rework a section in rebuttal,” Hegsted wrote.

To put the cherry on top, there is evidence that the sugar industry read the paper before it was published, although there is no indication it edited the work.

“Let me assure you this is quite what we had in mind and we look forward to its appearance in print,” wrote John Hickson, director of research for the sugar industry.

No mention was ever made of the sugar industry’s involvement in the research.

Kerns had Dr. Stanton Glanz, the researcher who exposed the internal documents of the tobacco industry, co-author her research findings.

When the sugar industry read Kern’s article, it continued to deny

sugar’s role in heart disease.

Indeed, nutritionists continue to skirt around admitting that sugar causes cardiovascular disease.

Obviously, Hegsted’s research did its job and now we have more chronic, long-term diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis — even some cancers such as endometrial, breast and colon.

So, what happened to Hegsted after his sugar research was published?

He ended up writing Dietary Goals for the United States in 1977 that spun off the first dietary guidelines in the U.S. Then Hegsted went on to head the human nutrition unit at the Department of Agriculture.

Of course, no one can directly question any of the cooks from that kitchen, they have all passed on.

All that’s left are record obesity rates and letters in a box.

1960 Obesity Rates Not overweight BMI under 25 – 54.2% Overweight BMI between 25 and 30 – 31.5% Obese BMI 35 or higher – 13.4% Extremely Obese BMI of 40 or higher – .9% 2000 Obesity Rates Not overweight BMI under 25 – 28.9% Overweight BMI between 25 and 30 – 34.4% Obese BMI 35 or higher – 31.3% Extremely Obese BMI of 40 or higher – 5.4%

County health educators make impact with students

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The staff of Gila County’s School Health Liaison Program with the county’s health programs, work with students throughout Gila County.

Gila County “Start early and talk often,” says Gila County’s Health Programs Manager Nancy Rutherford.

Connecting with students early and often to talk about health issues ranging from tobacco use to self-confidence is at the heart of Gila County’s School Health Liaison Program (SHLP).

“Gila County’s SHLP facilitators go into our schools and become another trusted adult in many children’s lives,” says District One Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin.

“They work with the schools to offer classes that are age appropriate and grow with the students.”

SHLP, which is funded by state grants, went live in schools in August 2015. By giving students the knowledge and tools to prevent communicable and chronic diseases, SHLP helps build a strong and healthy future for Gila County from

residents.

“We’ll do whatever we can to get in front of the kids,” says Rutherford.

SHLP links public schools with public health in an effort to improve the efficiency and span of services available to Gila County residents.

SHLP has five School Health Liaisons: Deeadra Ursin-Zachary (Payson School District), Shaunae Casillas (Globe School District), Jessica Palmer (Pine/Strawberry, Young, and Tonto Basin School Districts), Patricia Dodd (Miami School District and Juvenile Detention Home) and Mariah Campagna (Hayden School District, Liberty High, and Destiny School).

Rutherford and her staff work with administrators to best serve the needs of each individual school, providing prevention classes during the school day.

SHLP has an exhaustive “menu” of classes that can be

tailored to any grade level or issues the school might be dealing with at a particular time.

For example, an administrator could request a class on bullying if bullying has been coming up a lot at their school.

While there is enough flexibility to pinpoint the best class topics for a particular school, SHLP facilitators all have consistent curriculum to draw from. High school students, for example, might receive smart driving and sexual health classes, while elementary school students might learn about hand-washing and nutrition.

“We get kids to think healthy,” says Rutherford.

SHLP facilitates successful anti-tobacco clubs at Payson, Miami and Globe high schools.

“It’s great to see students come together in our anti-tobacco clubs and display leadership skills that we help develop,” says Shaunae Casillas, SHLP’s Tobacco Free Environments Program Lead.

The anti-tobacco clubs help students educate others on the dangerous effects of tobacco use.

“Our anti-tobacco clubs really empower students to become leaders in their communities,” says Rutherford.

The students are encouraged to take on a project to affect change around tobacco use locally. SHLP is excited about Gila County’s newest anti-tobacco club at Payson High School.

Another important area of focus for SHLP is teen pregnancy prevention and sexual health. “Gila County’s teen pregnancy rate is the highest in the state,” explains Rutherford.

Students begin in fifth grade learning about puberty. In middle school, the curriculum focuses on confidence building, self-esteem, decision-making, assertiveness, puberty and human anatomy.

Deeadra Ursin-Zachary, SHLP facilitator for the Payson

School District says, “The biggest compliment I’ve received is ‘Miss Deeadra, thank you for telling us what we need to know to keep our bodies safe and thank you for making it ‘not creepy.’”

Arizona state law requires boys and girls to be separated for sexual health education in

grades eight and below. SHLP also obtains parent consent for students of all ages before providing sexual health education classes at any grade level. All SHLP sexual health educators receive state training and certification.

SHLP served almost 3,000 Gila County students during

the 2015-2016 school year.

Rutherford is always proud when students approach her and SHLP staff after classes to thank them for making it easier to make healthy choices.

“We’re giving the students information that they not only need to know, but what they want to know,” says Rutherford.

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The change of position for two of the three Republican candidates during a recent forum could matter, since the Corporation Commission had a large influence on things like setting the incentives for alternative energy and enforcing the current policy calling for the state to get 15 percent of its energy from alternative sources by 2025.

Moreover, the Arizona Public Service effort to dramatically reduce incentives for homeowners to go solar remains at the core of its request for an 8 percent rate increase — which will face whoever wins the election.

During the primary, four of the five Republican candidates seeking the three commission seats expressed various degrees of skepticism about the scientific consensus that the planet is heating up due in significant measure to human activities — especially the release of polluting, heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide.

The two most skeptical candidates both lost in the primary.

Out of the three Republican winners, only former House speaker and appointed incumbent commissioner Andy Tobin agreed humans have contributed significantly to the warming trend.

On that issue he agreed with both of the Democrats now running for one of the three seats on the commission. Former state senator Tom Chabin and former state lawmaker and ACC commissioner Bill Mundell both agreed with the consensus of an estimated 97 percent of climate scientists. Both have said they would push for the state to shift away from reliance on coal-fired power plants to develop more alternative energy sources — including solar and wind.

In that first round of debates in the primary. Incumbent commissioner Bob Burns said he’d seen no proof humans were contributing to global warming. Former judge Boyd Dunn said neither the warming trend nor human influence had been “absolutely proven.”

However, in the most recent debate with the survivors from the primary — all the candidates acknowledged the evidence of the warming trend and the likely contribution of human activities — especially the release of greenhouse gases.

Burns said he suspects humans do affect the climate, but most likely it’s a “minimal amount.”

Dunn said he said “no” in the past because he wanted to move past the question so he could explain his thinking on the subject more fully, according to an account of the debate reported by Capitol Times.

This time he said, “Obviously there’s global warming occurring on this planet” and people should do “whatever is our part”

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to address it. He also said it was “splitting hairs” to argue about whether humans are causing the warming trend.

Tobin, Chabin and Mundell all repeated their acceptance of the warming trend and the contribution of humans to the problem.

Whoever wins the three commission seats up for grabs — two of them now held

by Burns and Tobin — will quickly cast votes that will increase — or decrease — the release of greenhouse gases.

APS wants an 8 percent rate increase as well as changes that would dramatically reduce the amount it pays for excess energy generated by homeowners’ solar cell installations. APS also wants a new demand charge, which could significantly increase the cost of using energy during certain peak hours of the day.

The Corporation Commission has also acted in the past to oppose efforts by the federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants regulated by the commission.

Tobin also recently came into conflict with other members of the Corporation Commission when he tried to put on the agenda a discussion of whether APS should consider buying batteries or other technology to store energy during slack times to reduce peak energy demand.

APS then pressed ACC Chairman Doug Little to take Tobin’s item off the agenda, saying it wasn’t ready to discuss any of the technologies involved. The effort to reduce peak energy use figures heavily in the APS rate increase, especially the demand charge.

The squabble between Tobin and Little broke into the headlines, when Tobin put out a press release.

APS allegedly spent about $3.2 million in a dark money campaign two years ago to help elect Little and commissioner Tom Forese.

Commissioner Bob Burns has been pushing to force APS to disclose its dark money spending. The other incumbents — including Tobin, Little, Forese and outgoing

Boyd Dunn commissioner Bob Stump have opposed that effort.

The grand jury recently issued several subpoenas to APS parent company Pinnacle West, apparently in response to an FBI investigation of the 2014 election.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office sought records concerning Pinnacle West and APS executives and communications between Pinnacle West and “a former ACC commissioner.”

That could relate the dark money contributions to former commissioner Gary Pearce’s son, who was running for statewide office.

Current commissioner Bob Stump has also been embroiled in controversy as a result of his emails and text messages to APS and Pinnacle West executives as well as Forese and Little during the campaign.

Stump deleted thousands of emails that critics said might have been a link between the APS dark money campaign and the campaign efforts of Little and Forese. The law allows corporations and special interests groups to spend as much money as they want to influence an election without revealing the source of the money. Virtually the only restriction is that they not directly coordinate their efforts with the candidates.

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Cicadas emerge every summer at the height of the monsoon, buzzing for love. This one latched onto Ross Roberson’s windshield wiper and hung on for dear life — all the way from Strawberry to Payson.

Cicada hitchhiker really hanging on by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

On Monday, Ross Roberson picked up a most unique hitchhiker — a cicada.

What are cicadas? Those bugs that make that racket in the trees every summer until they disappear until it heats up again. They make their song by vibrating parts of their body.

Roberson said he picked up the hitchhiker outside his home in Strawberry.

When he went to the post office in Pine, folks told him he needed to head right over

to the paper to show the Roundup this large specimen.

“I did 50 all the way here and he hung on,” said the astonished Roberson.

Cicadas usually live in trees and eat sap.

They lay their eggs in a slit in the bark of the trees. Here in Rim Country, they hatch once a year signaling summer has arrived.

Cicadas have been mentioned in ancient literature from the time of Homer’s Illiad and ancient Chinese art.

Roberson said he’s lived in Strawberry since 1979, but he’s never seen a live cica-

da. The only thing he’s ever seen were the shells cicadas leave behind after they molt and the holes they leave in the yard.

Yet this very large bug simply sat on Roberson’s windshield wiper as photos were snapped.

“Look at the eyes all bugged out,” he said. “I’ve never seen one up close.”

Roberson oogled the gold colors and beautiful designs on the bug, but couldn’t believe he made the whole trip.

“I was afraid he’d come off,” said Roberson.

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Peter Aleshire

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“Gloock. Glooocch. Glooch,” quote the raven.

I didn’t know how to respond.

The glossy black raven cocked his head, studying me with raucous skepticism.

His mate for life, sitting next to him on the stone wall overlooking the Petrified National Forest, hunkered down and peering, beady-eyed at her partner.

“What would it take for me to get you to fly upside down?” I asked by way of conversation.

The raven shook his head. “Gluuc, gluuc, gluuc, gluuc,” observed the raven.

I felt vaguely encouraged. I did not feel it likely the raven would oblige me in the matter of upside down flying — although I know they can do it. I felt good he had not greeted my request with open ridicule.

“Well, just think about it. No rush,” I offered.

The wind rose off the painted desert, stirring the dust of a 220-million-year-old tropical forest turned to stone, agates and quartz and ancient bone.

If we get to come back as something else — I’d pick a raven.

They’re troublemakers, too smart for their own good, scavengers with a reputation, liars, faithful husbands, endlessly flexible — but they don’t seem bored.

I’ve seen them fly upside down. And

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Ravens cannot only fly upside down — they’re also as smart as chimps, according to some measures. Ravens have thrived in proximity to humans because they’re endlessly flexible and clever. The species of ravens in the Southwest have been distinct for an estimated 2 million years. They mate for life, lie to one another and can even learn to imitate human speech. Apparently, the densely packed neurons in their brains give them unusual intelligence in the animal world. saw a National Geographic spread on a raven that strode to the top of a snow bank, flipped over on his back to toboggan down the slope — then repeated the process.

I also read a book — “Mind of the Raven” — presenting all kinds of studies on raven intelligence. Turns out they cannot only learn to talk, then lie to each other. Ravens often hide food for later use. If another raven’s watching while they hide the food — they’ll go to elaborate lengths to pretend to hide it in various places — hoping to fool the alert observer.

In another experiment, a researcher tied a piece of meat to the end of a string hanging from a perch. One raven figured out he could sit on the perch, lean down, pull up the string,

pin it with his claw, reach down and do it again — until he could grab the meat. Took him awhile to work out this clever solution. But watching ravens immediately copied his shortcut.

Now it turns out ravens and closely related corvids like crows are just about as clever as chimpanzees, despite having far smaller brains.

In this case, the researchers from Lund University in Sweden devised a test of something called “inhibitory control,” which means overruling instinct with thought and experience — considered a measure of intelligence.

The researchers had previously trained chimps and gorillas to get food out of a tube by opening the tube from the end. Then they substituted a clear

plastic tube, so they could see the food.

The primate mostly still flipped the tube and opened it from the end, their experience overruling the sight of the food in the tube.

Then they administered the same test to ravens. The ravens did just as well as the primate, despite their much smaller bird brains. The researchers noted that the ravens and other corvids like the jackdaw and the New Caledonian crows rank as among the smartest animals ever tested — probably due to a very high density of neurons in their tightly packed brains.

They’ve used those smarts to thrive, in a world where sweeping changes caused by human beings have driven many other bird species to the edge.

They’ll eat just about anything, from

garbage to road kill to wolf kill.

They’ve been known to lead hunters to game — and wolves to deer and elk — planning to dine on the leftovers.

I figure that’s why Lobo, my better half, pays such close attention to their activities. He’ll go tearing off through the woods after a raven flittering lazily from one treetop the next — seemingly amused by Lobo’s shaggy enthusiasm.

But I left Lobo home for this jaunt to the petrified remains of a vast, tropical forest buried 220 million years ago on the brink of a mass extinction, which cleared the way for the rise of the dinosaurs. He pulled something in his back leg — a tendon. We gave surgery a try, but he’s still limping — so he’s not chasing ravens as joyfully as he once did.

“Lobo says hi,” I added, knowing they would enjoy each other. Turns out putting wolves back into the ecosystem at Yellowstone was hard on the elk, but proved a huge boon for ravens, eagles and other scavengers.

The raven fluffed himself.

His sweetheart croaked.

Ravens apparently mate for life, conducting spectacular mating displays in mid air. I’ve seen them lock talons and pinwheel toward earth, braking contact just shy of disaster.

A mated pair will claim a carcass and drive away other ravens. Although, unmated youngsters will fly back to communal roosts and bring a bunch or rowdy young slackers to drive off the mated pair and lay claim to all the dead meat for themselves.

I moved forward.

The ravens hopped backward on the wall.

I moved closer.

They hopped up into the air, spreading their wings, catching the wind blowing off the colorfully dead world below. They rose effortlessly into the sky, watching me with alert, disdainful eyes.

I waved.

What a gig.

When I come back -- I definitely want to fly.

Fiddlers converged on Payson – and the winners were ...

The new Arizona State Champion Fiddler is Ben Shu of Tempe, Ariz. The young man competed in the 2016 Young Adult Division of the 46th Anniversary Vertielee Floyd Memorial Payson Old Time Fiddle and Acoustic Celebration held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24 and 25 at the Payson Event Center.

Shu has been participating in the contest for a number of years and will now represent the state in the national contest in Idaho.

Other honors in the 2016 State Championship Division went to: second, Will MacDonald, Tucson; third, Maria McArthur, Tucson; fourth, Nick Coventry, Tucson; and fifth, Jess Barry, Benson.

Age and specialty division winners were: Small Fry, ages 3 to 9 1 – Ranelle Dietrich, Casa Grande 2 – Brie Dietrich, Casa Grande 3 – Jacob Hudson, Phoenix 4 – Brooke Casarotto, Tucson

5 – Aspen Dietrich, Casa Grande Jr. Jr., ages 10 to 12 1 – Malcolm Barrios, Tucson 2 – Molly Lorring, Tucson 3 – Jonathan Hudson, Phoenix 4 – Isaac Casarotto, Tucson 5 – Tilden Walker, Phoenix Junior, ages 13 to 17 1 – Maria McArthur, Tucson 2 – Will MacDonald, Tucson 3 – Madison Dietrich, Casa Grande 4 – Iselle Barrios, Tucson 5 – Grant Baltosser, Casa Grande Young Adult, ages 18 to 39 1 – Nick Coventry, Tucson 2 – Ben Shu, Tempe 3 – Jess Barry, Benson 4 – Corrine Garey, Tucson Adult, ages 40 to 64 1 – Kevin DeRusha, Safford 2 – Bruce Wurst, Phoenix 3 – Anita Barrios, Tucson 4 – Carol Berry, Tucson

Senior, ages 65 and older 1 – Kent Chamberlin, Sun City 2 – Sue Elsclager, Tucson 3 – Laura Barry, Tucson 4 – Dave Brinkman, Surprise 5 – Dorothy Cory, Cottonwood Specialty Trick Fiddle – Molly Lorring, Tucson Fancy Fiddle – Ben Shu, Tempe Twin Fiddle – Jess Barry, Benson/ Corrine Garey, Tucson Masters Hot Bow Champion – Ben Shu Accompanist 1 – tie – Nick Coventry, Tucson/Joey McKenzie, Burleson, Texas 3 – Dave Brinkman, Sun City 4 – Madison Dietrich, Casa Grande 5 – tie – Lee MacDonald, Tucson/Seth McKenzie, Phoenix Volunteer of Year Crystal Thies, Payson Fiddle-in Band Incidental Bluegrass, Payson

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at the Payson High School Auditorium.

Single tickets are $25 and are available at the door. Children and students under age 18 are admitted at no charge when accompanied by a ticketed adult.

For more information, visit the association website at www.tccarim.org or call 928-472-2423 or 303-903-2895.

raffle tickets available now

Robert Wolf, author of “The Awakening of the Silent Majority? — I Pray It’s Not Too Late” will speak at the Payson Tea Party from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4 at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy. 260.

Wolf is traveling from Battle Creek, Mich. to presents his topic, “Will We be Proud of What We Leave Our Grandchildren?” Come join us for this highly recommended presentation.

Books available for purchase. For more information, call 928-951-6774.

Win a side of beef

The Gila County Republican Party’s last fundraiser of the season features a side of beef. The raffle prize is approximately 300 pounds of northeast Arizona-raised beef and will be cut to the order of the winner.

The cost: 1 ticket, $20; three for $50. Tickets are available at the Republican Club Headquarters, 307 S. Beeline Hwy., Suite C (behind Buffalo Bar and Grill) or call Gary 928-4788186 or Shirley 928-951-6774. Drawing is Monday, Oct. 31 at Rim Country Republican Club meeting.

Radiothon 2016

Radiothon 2016, a remembrance of the victims and survivors of domestic violence is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6 at Swiss Village Affordable Furniture, 612 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson.

This year, the event is also in honor of the late Vanda Millien and Pat Johnson.

Come down and donate to the cause and enjoy music and food.

The event is presented by Soroptimist International of Zane Grey Country and sponsored by KMOG.

Live Celtic Music

Aine, Payson’s six-piece Celtic band, performs from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays at the newly reopened Oxbow Inn. Aine plays traditional Celtic music with a twist. The band includes Anne and Jennifer from Cinnamon Twist with guitar, vocals and drum, plus Bette on flute, Denise on fiddle, David on guitar, and Ron on bass.

The Oxbow, Payson’s Historic Saloon and Inn is at 607 W. Main St.

Senior Expo

The Rim Country is the place thousands of senior citizens — those of us 50 and older — have chosen to make our home. Consequently seniors and those who want to assure their quality of life have developed multiple resources to make sure Rim seniors are happy and healthy.

To learn about area resources, attend the 2nd Annual Rim Country Senior Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7 at the Messinger Community Room, Payson Messinger Funeral Home, 901 S. Westerly Rd., Payson. No admission is charged and there will be door prizes and refreshments.

Messinger Payson Funeral Home sponsors the Expo in partnership with the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce. It will have more than 35 vendors and showcase some of the local business products and services currently available to the Rim’s senior population.

Participants will be able to get information on medical/non-medical devices, financial services, senior community/housing and care options, Medicare, Social Security, VA services, health, wellness and more.

First Friday Concert

Come listen to Goin’ 4 Broke on First Friday at the Community Presbyterian Church, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7.

Goin’ 4 Broke is a progressive bluegrass band. It includes Bill Rinesh on violin, mandolin and vocals; Dale Knighten on banjo, mandolin and vocals; Roger Williams, on guitar and vocals; and Tom Edney on bass and vocals.

The evening’s dinner is Sloppy Joes and a house salad for donations to benefit the Deacons’ Food Pantry. The event is hosted by the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St. For more information, please call 928-474-2059.

Beth Moore conference

All women from throughout the Rim Country are welcome to participate in a Beth Moore “The Symphony” Conference at Ponderosa Bible Church, 1800 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson.

The conference’s opening session is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7 and continues from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8 with breakfast and lunch served. Please bring a candle (any size) to decorate for fall.

The cost is $20 per person and child care is provided upon request. Preregistration is required. For registration and information, go to www.pbcpayson. org or call the church office at 928-4749279.

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Every season is raffle season, and fall is no different. The Sy Harrison Masonic Lodge #70 is having a Grand Canyon Railway Raffle. The prize includes two first class round trip tickets to the Grand Canyon on the Grand Canyon Railroad, a two-night stay at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel in Williams and two tickets for a bus tour of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The drawing is Oct. 11. The Gila County Republican Party’s last fundraiser of the season features a side of beef. The raffle prize is approximately 300 pounds of northeast Arizona-raised beef. The drawing is Oct. 31. See the notices on this page for details on purchasing tickets.

Meals on Wheels benefit

Once again the community theater group is presenting “Home Town Country Radio Show” at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7 — First Friday — at the Payson Senior Center, 514 W. Main St., Payson.

Donate $7 to benefit the Center’s Meals on Wheels program.

Come celebrate the simple life and meet our town folks in “Episode 3” when the Rodeo comes to town. This Friday special guests will include Jayne and Jinx Pyle, Rim Country’s historians, storytellers and songwriters.

TARA Swapfest

The Tonto Amateur Radio Association of Payson is organizing a Swapfest and invites everyone to come and participate as a seller or buyer.

The TARA Swapfest is from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 8 at Ramada 5, Rumsey Park, Payson.

TARA has the ramada until 1 p.m. so the group can have a potluck/barbecue (bring your own meat and something to share). There will be a hot grill to cook on, and condiments provided. To help cover expenses, there is a charge of $3 for tailgaters (sellers) or $3 per table for vendors. There is no entrance fee.

This is a place to buy, sell and swap amateur radio, electronic and computer equipment. Hams and non-hams alike are welcome.

To pre-register or for additional information, call Bruce Johnson, N7DDT 928-474-4154.

Safe Driver Class

The next AARP Safe Driver Class is Saturday, Oct. 8 at Banner High Country Seniors, 215 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson. The class is from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes a 1-hour lunch break.

You may bring a sack lunch. This class is designed for drivers 50 and older, but is open to all drivers over 18.

Call 928-472-9290 to register. AARP member registration is $15; non-AARP registration is $20 (cash or check on day of class).

There are no tests. You simply sign up and learn. Plus, you may get a great discount on your car insurance.

Animal Welfare Thrift Shop anniversary

The Animal Welfare Thrift Shop will have its Five Year Anniversary Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8 at 434 S. Hwy. 87 (across from Wendy’s).

The event includes a KRIM live broadcast, raffles, a half-price sale and representatives from some of the rescue organizations that benefit from sales proceeds: Rim Country Friends of Ferals, Aussie & Friends Rescue (with adoptable dogs) and Wonders of the Wild Animals Sanctuary (with live animals and educational seminars).

The store’s half-price sale starts Friday and the store will be open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; regular hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through

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• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Author speaks: Robert Wolf speaks at Payson Tea Party meeting, 6 p.m., Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016

Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday and Monday. Call 928-951-2587 for more information.

All proceeds from the shop’s sales benefit local animals in need.

Teen event at library

There will be a teens-only Pizza and Ping-pong event at the Payson Public Library from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8.

The library is at 328 N. McLane Rd., Payson, in Rumsey Park. For more information, call 928-474-9260.

if desired. At 6 p.m., the assembled group will line up to begin a brief walk to McDonald’s and back to Expedition Church, where, at 6:30 p.m. a short program will be presented.

Should the walk be canceled due to inclement weather, the program at the church will proceed at 6:30 p.m. as planned.

The program is intended to help raise awareness and sensitivity to a topic that is sometimes difficult to understand. For details, call Time Out at 928-472-8007.

Shred-A-Thon

Flute Circle

Discover the beauty and relaxation of the Native American Flute. Meet others learning to play or just come and enjoy the music. The event is free at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8 at in Tom Russell’s insurance office behind Fargo’s Steakhouse, 620 E. Hwy. 260, Suite D-3. For more information, call 928-474-1233.

The next Payson Shred-A-Thon by TNT Shredding is from 10 a.m. to noon, Friday, Oct. 14 in the parking lot of Walmart.

To shred contents filling a banker’s box-size container is $6. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Sustainable Rim Country group.

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

Wine Around the Library

Soroptimist event

Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library will be holding its 3rd Wine Around the Library from 4 p.m. until sunset, Saturday, Oct. 8 inside the library.

Tickets are now on sale for $20 per person and sponsorships are still available for $100. Those purchasing a sponsorship will receive two tickets for the festivities.

This is a great opportunity to see the library in a different setting by enjoying wine and cheese while visiting with friends and neighbors. Trouble in Paradise will be providing music.

For tickets, stop by the library or call 928-476-3678 for additional information.

Masons holding raffle

The Sy Harrison Masonic Lodge #70 is having a Grand Canyon Railway Raffle. The prize includes two first class round trip tickets to the Grand Canyon on the Grand Canyon Railroad, a two-night stay at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel in Williams and two tickets for a bus tour of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

The cost is $10 per ticket or six for $50. Only 500 tickets will be sold. The drawing is Oct. 11.

Get raffle tickets from any Sy Harrison Lodge member or by contacting the lodge secretary at 928-474-1305.

Leave a message and the secretary will return your call.

Candlelight walk, program

On Wednesday, Oct. 12 the community is invited to participate in Time Out’s annual candlelight walk/program honoring those who have survived the social epidemic known as domestic violence and those who have died as a result of abuse.

Participants will meet at the Expedition Church parking lot, 301 S. Colcord, at 5:45 p.m., where they will be given candles and signs to carry,

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The Soroptimist of Zane Grey Country are presenting a special evening of gifts and wine at Head to Toe Essentials, 904 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14.

The evening will feature handmade items from Uganda and more.

Quilt Roundup

Payson’s 12th Annual Rim Country Quilt Roundup is Friday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino, Payson.

The exhibition is from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. both days and admission is $5 per person, with those under admitted for free.

In addition to exquisite quilting from around the Southwest, the show features a vendor mall and shop hop, a special lecture by noted quilter Ann Petersen, plus quilt appraisals.

Presenting sponsors of the exhibition are Gila County District 1 Supervisor Tommie Cline Martin, the Payson Church of the Nazarene and Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.

To learn more go to www.quiltroundup.com or call 928-978-3464.

Holiday cooking class

At a special benefit holiday cooking class at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 15 participants will be making eggnog, flambé, baked cheese, etc. Presented

by Friends of Rim Country Gila Community College as a fund-raiser, call Judy 928-978-0472 to reserve a seat for this fun event.

TCCA hosts multi-talented vocalist to Rim

George Bugatti brings the Rim Country a one-of-a-kind experience that combines the beauty of art with the melody of music in his show Portraits of America at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 16

The Central Arizona Board of REALTORS® annual Food Drive, benefiting the Payson Food Bank and Pine/Strawberry Food Bank, continues through the end of October.

Drop non-perishable food donations or checks payable to the Food Bank at any real estate office in the area or at the CABR office, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Suite 12, Payson.

See’s Candy

The Soroptimist of Zane Grey Country again have See’s Candy available for sale at Western Village, 1104 S. Beeline Hwy., Payson. For special orders, call Jean at 928-474-6167.

Library bookstore specials

During October the Library Bookstore at the Payson Public Library will continue the Buy One, Get One special on all books in the areas of History, Politics, and Biographies.

As always, the second item must be of equal or lesser value than the first item. The Library Friends of Payson Bookstore is to the right of the circulation desk just inside the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road.

For more information, visit the Library Friends of Payson website at www. libraryfriendsofpayson.org.

Elks events

Applications for the Elks’ New Year’s Eve SUPERSTARS! Duets are now available at the Lodge, 1206 N. Beeline Hwy. Duets can consist of male/female, male/male or female/ female. All singers are invited to apply.

Applications must be returned to the Lodge by Wednesday, Nov. 2.

Also available at the Elks Lodge are tickets for its Veterans Day Dinner and Ceremony.

The dinner is free for all veterans and only $8 per plate for non-veterans.

A complete baked chicken dinner will be served. A maximum of 150 tickets are available so get tickets early.

Everyone must have a ticket, including all veterans. All are welcome to stay for karaoke following the dinner and ceremony.

For more information, call the Lodge at 928-474-2572.

Crafters’ spaces available

Spaces are available for crafters wishing to participate in the Seasonal Holiday Bazaar at St. Philip’s Church from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5.

To reserve a space or for more information, contact Karen at 480-518-3618 or Connie at 612-805-9354.

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

• Radiothon for Domestic Violence Awareness Month: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Swiss Village Affordable Furnture, 612 N. Beeline Hwy. • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

• Senior Expo: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Payson Messinger Funeral Home, 901 S. Westerly Rd., Payson • Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy.

• First Friday concert: Goin’ 4 Broke, 5 p.m., Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main, Payson • Meals on Wheels benefit: play at 7 p.m., Senior Center, 514 W. Main, Payson

• TARA Swapfest: 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Rumsey Park, Payson • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Teen Event - Pizza/Ping-pong, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Flute Circle: 2 p.m., Tom Russell office, 620 E. Hwy. 260, behind Fargo’s • Wine Around Library: Pine, 4 p.m.

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Off-ramp to Nowhere (yet)

Forecast by the National Weather Service

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Backers of the plan to bring a university to Payson continue to spend money at a furious rate. Last week crews continued to work on a $1.4 million slowdown lane on Highway 260 for an entrance to the 254-acre parcel the Rim Country Educational Foundation and the Rim Country Educational Alliance bought from the Forest Service.

The Alliance has yet to sign a university partner for the project. Reportedly, Arizona State University has demanded a larger subsidy and guarantee against losses. The slowdown lane was necessary for any development on the property, say backers.

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sexual urges.

In response to a question, Henning explained that guys are sexual so the species won’t die out, while girls have a low sex drive so the planet will not get overpopulated.

Henning said if girls decide they just aren’t attractive enough, they might choose to wear provocative clothes to get boys’ attention.

“The girl stands in the mirror and decides, ‘OK, this is war’ and she puts on spaghetti straps and mini skirts,” said Henning, “What do you want the guys to look at — your eyes?”

Henning says boys cannot control their sexual appetites and need girls to help them keep control by not wearing risqué clothing or acting in any way like they are asking for sex.

Many of the newly formed campus sexual assault victim groups oppose such a message, which excuses abusive dangerous behavior by boys and shames girls — in the end making them responsible for sexual assault by men.

Groups such as Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER) say that placing the responsibility on women and girls places the blame for rape and assault on the wrong person.

To see the questions for girls and Henning’s answers go to: http://www.bradhenning.com/ girlsonly.html)

Fight domestic violence The Gila County Superior Court is collecting used cellphones to help the victims of domestic violence. Working in conjunction with Verizon Cellular’s HopeLine project, the Superior Court will collect donations of phones and phone accessories throughout the months of September and October.

Drop off cellular phones and accessories at the white collection bins (with black and red print) at the following locations:

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School dating talk provokes parents Henning said the talk grew out of his work with a church youth group where he found relationships plague kids.

“I used to have a group of college kids,” he said. “The thing that was killing them was their relationships.”

When he talked to high school students, he had the same questions: What are the differences between men and women? What is love? How do you know if it’s the real deal?

His research prompted him to write a book and start his speaking career. By his own calculations, he’s talked to 2 million students in his career.

PHS principal Brian Mabb said Henning requested the separation of the girls and boys because the boys needed, “skin in the game.” Mabb said Henning had discovered boys often refuse to listen if participation wasn’t voluntary.

Henning told Mabb girls tend to listen even if they had to miss school.

Mabb noted that parents could exempt their children from the session.

Henning also did the presentation for parents on Tuesday, Sept. 27.

He gave different advice to the boys and the girls.

In talking to the girls, he stressed they should make sure they do not turn on a guy by dressing or acting in a way that unleashes a guy’s God-given

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• Community Action Program – Building “C,” 107 W. Frontier Payson.

• Gila County Complex, 610 E. Hwy 260 Payson.

• Payson Town Hall: 303 N. Beeline Hwy. Payson.

All refurbished or recycled equipment will directly benefit domestic violence victims and survivors. To learn more about HopeLine’s efforts against domestic violence please visit: http://www.verizon.com/about/ responsibility/hopeline-faqs

Wow your holiday guests Gila Community College would like to prepare all of the holiday cooks to wow their guests at a Holiday Cooking Class on Oct. 15 at 9:30 a.m.

The Friends of Rim Country Gila Community College will host the event that will teach how to make homemade eggnog, flambé, baked cheese and other high-calorie goodies.

To reserve a seat for this fun and informative event, please call Judy at 928-978-0472.

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After the bell rang and the girls left for the day, Henning ushered in a scant 25 boys for his presentation on how to get a date.

“Out of 350 girls in this auditorium, guess how many were dating,” Henning asked, “Fortyone. So, guys, any guy want a date tonight?”

Henning had suggestions for the boys on how to ask a girl

out, what to do on a date, what to talk about on a date and how to get a second date with a girl. (For more information on Henning’s presentation for boys see: http://www.bradhenning.com/guysonly.html) At no point did Henning admonish the boys to take responsibility or to avoid taking advantage of a girl, no matter what she’s wearing.

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

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

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William “Bill” Warren Dupke: June 14, 1957 – September 24, 2016 On the morning of September 24th, Bill Dupke passed away in Payson, Arizona after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 59 years old.

Bill was born on June 14, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, the second child and only son of Warren and Patricia Dupke.

Bill graduated from Ferndale High School in 1975.

As a small child, Bill loved to ice skate. This love turned into a passion for hockey, which he played professionally as a young adult.

Bill’s life was greatly enriched when he became a father of two girls, the daughters of his first wife, Sharon.

He loved being a dad, and was always so proud of his girls, Tisha Duthie and Christina Walker.

Bill had a long, successful career as a high performance automotive sales rep, with customers throughout the United States and Canada.

His automotive knowledge gained him a high level of respect among his peers and many of his clients became lifelong friends.

Seeking a challenge, he decided to become a firefighter at the age of 50, and joined the Hellsgate Fire Department. He loved the physical and mental challenge of firefighting and emergency medicine, and loved being able to help others and make a difference in the community.

In 2010, Bill met the love of his life, Rhonda Dobson. They instantly became inseparable and spent much time traveling to Alaska, Mexico, and the Caribbean. They married in

October of 2012.

Bill had many hobbies. He loved hunting, fishing and hiking, especially in the woods near his Diamond Point cabin. He could often be found volunteering as a hunting guide, and you could always count on Bill to know where the best spots were.

He also enjoyed restoring classic cars, and participated in, and won, many car shows around the state.

He also loved to relax in the sun, preferably by the beach or a pool, and was in a constant competition with Rhonda over who had the best tan.

Bill had such a huge personality and a love for life.

Although he was only given 59 years here on earth, he lived each day to its fullest and touched the lives of many people around him.

Bill was preceded in death by his father, Warren Dupke, and his mother, Patricia Dupke.

Bill is survived by his wife, Rhonda Dobson-Dupke; his sisters, Claudia Czerwiec and Patty Collins; his daughters, Tisha Duthie and Christina Walker; and his grandchildren, Calvin Duthie, Presley Woods and Harper Woods.

The family would like to extend their sincere gratitude to everyone for their continuous love, support and prayers.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, October 14th at the Outdoor Chapel at 10 a.m. The Outdoor Chapel is located at the Payson Church of the Nazarene, 200 E. Tyler Parkway, Payson, AZ 85541.

A benefit will be held by the Hellsgate Fire Department the following day at the Star Valley Fire Station.

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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) 978-3640.

Senior Singles with Spirit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The program meets at Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy St. (behind Ace Hardware and Habitat Restore). Call Sally Harvey 480-213-8472 or Joyce Kennedy 928-978-1884 with any questions. This free program is open to all.

Veterans of Foreign Wars

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States of America will meet at 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the Elks Lodge, 1206 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson.

All members are invited to attend. For more information, contact Post 9829 Commander Ken Dale, 928-363-1037.

Moose Lodge events

The Women of the Moose

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

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

The Moose Lodge is located on E. Hwy. 260 in Star Valley. For more information, call 928-4746212.

Masonic Lodge

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

For more information, go online to www.paysonmason. org or contact Bill Herzig, secretary, at 928-474-1305 or 928951-2662.

Rim Country 4 Wheelers

Members of the Rim Country 4 Wheelers (RC4W) invite anyone interested in four-wheel-drive back road travel to join them at 8 a.m. Wednesdays in the Bashas’ shopping center parking lot in front of the Big 5 store.

For more information, visit the Web site at www.rimcountry4wheelers.com or call RC4W President Tom Doyle, 928-6009009.

Card players wanted

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

This Red Hat group meets at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the Crosswinds Restaurant patio room. There is a break for lunch around noon and play and resumes after lunch. Anyone interested in joining will be welcomed. You do not need to know how to play, the members will be happy to teach the game.

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

About Soroptimist

Soroptimist is a group of ladies who raise money and give it away to organizations that work to improve the lives of women and children.

Any Rim Country woman who is looking for a group that does good work in the community and enjoys working with others is encouraged to come check out the group. Its regular meetings are at noon Wednesdays at Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson.

Call Jean Oliver for details, 928474-6167.

to attend any or all of the following: • First and third Wednesdays of the month from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Center.

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

Rim Country Classic Auto Club

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

PAWS meeting

The Payson Area Woofers Society (PAWS) meets at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5 in the conference room of the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd. Members will be finalizing the plans for A Dog’s Day Out, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22 at Pet Club, at the corner of South Beeline and West Aero.

Complimentary light refreshments will be served. If you have any questions, please call Dorothy Howell 928-472-7396.

Arizona Cactus Navy luncheon

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

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

Bridge results

Winners at Ladies Tuesday Bridge for Sept. 27 were: Flo Moeur, first; Kay Hutchinson, second; Mary Kemp, third.

The group meets at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Senior Citizen Center, 514 W. Main St. For information and reservations, call Lynn DeVoe, 480-773-2475.

Winners at Bridge for Wednesday, Sept. 28 were: Flo Moeur and Joan Young, first; Andy LaFrenz and George Aucott, second; Judy Fox and Ruth Aucott, third.

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

Northern Gila County Society Alzheimer’s caregivers Genealogical The Northern Gila County support groups Genealogical Society meets The Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group invites caregivers, families, service providers and members of the community

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he and his wife approached and finalized their genealogy books. Hoyt is currently the vice president of the Genealogy Society. He and Alice have lived in Payson since 1985.

The Genealogy Library is now open three days a week, 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Thursday and Friday, and 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Coffee, lemonade, and doughnuts will be served. Everyone is welcome to attend the business meeting that follows directly after the program.

The Society library/meeting facility is at 302 E. Bonita St., Payson.

High Country Garden Club The High Country Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6 in the log cabin building of Mount Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Hwy. 260, Payson.

The speaker is Judy Springer of the Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. She is a plant ecologist with the institute at NAU and also has a degree in agricultural economics. Her topic is a discussion of geraniums, including a visual tour of the many varieties available and growing geraniums.

A short business meeting will follow the presentation and refreshments will be served.

All members and guests are encouraged to attend and please remember to bring non-perishable food items for local food banks. For more information, contact Sallie at 928-468-6102.

Strawberry Patchers The October business meeting of the Strawberry Patchers, a chapter of the Arizona Quilters Guild, is Thursday, Oct. 6 in the Isabelle Hunt Public Library Activity Room, 3872 Hwy. 87, Pine. The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m. and will be preceded by a social period with refreshments beginning at 9 a.m.

Anyone who is interested in quilting at any skill level is welcome to attend. For more information, interested parties are invited to contact Karen Plante, Membership Chairman, 480703-4056 or visit the website at www.strawberrypatchers.com.

Payson Area Computer Association The Payson Area Computer Association meets at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7 at the Payson Library meeting room (side entry door).

This is a members only meeting with a serious discussion on how the club should be structured in 2017.

President Ray Baxter will provide a suggested framework on how a “Meet-Up” organization operates and will seek input from club members. Time permitting, Webmaster Todd Longfellow will lead a technology related discussion.

For more information about the association, please visit the website at www.pacaonline.net.

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MOVING SALES Huge Moving Sale 5240 N. Bay Dr Strawberry

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1993 Cadillac Sedan Deville, Dark Blue w/Only 149,00. It has a Cabriolet Top, Good Tires, Over $7,000 spent in last 5 years (have All Receipts), Runs Great, Looks Great, Sacrifice $2,200. No Low Ballers. Serious buyers only 928-474-4925 or 480-277-2761

October 10, 2016 10:00 am to 5:00 pm 188 Apache Trail, Globe Looking for Industrial Electricians of all levels Apprentice to Journeyman.

Interviews will be conducted on site bring resumes and proof of work history.

MSHA OSHA Certification a plus.

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Must be eligible for jury duty to participate. Call 928-474-6727

2010 Ford Taurus

Repair!

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Serving Payson over 7 years

MOTORCYCLES 2003 Harley Davidson, Wide Glide, 100 year Anniversary Model, 12,435 miles.

New tires, (F&R) HD, new brakes and front cable assembly, new handlebar and mirrors, new digital tach and oil pressure gauge, new battery, new crash bars and footpegs, custom HD luggage, black and silver, showroom condition, much more, manual/records available, $6500 602-525-5517, keepon82@gmail.com

RVS 1996 Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. Allegro, Both coach and chassis are in excellent condition. See photos and details on Craig s List, Show Low, AZ. $10,900.00.435-757-9955 drmrshuns@hotmail.com.

2007 Holiday Rambler 30 V-10, Gas Engine, 8 Slide Out, 12,235 Miles, Like New, Many Add-ons, $44,000.

928-951-4183

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

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.

HEALTH CARE Caregiver Part-time position in an innovative Habilitation setting, providing training, supervision and therapeutic activities for individuals with disabilities. Requirements: 21 yrs. of age or older, AZ driver license, good driving record, must pass DPS fingerprint clearance. Dependable, experience helpful but training is provided.

Submit application/resume to: Horizon Health and Wellness 700 E. Wade Street Payson, AZ 85547 (P) 928-472-8296 (F) 928-468-6870 email to walter.badger@hhwaz.org AA/EOE/M/F D/V FT or PT Position Avail.

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

2009 Starcraft RV Inc. Travel Star Expandable, Sport XLT 18FBS Like new.

Full queen bed, bunk bed, and slide-out couch that becomes a single bed. Full kitchen and bath.. $12,500.928-474-2411 azd0314@gmail.com.

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2004 Ford F250 Wanted...8 ft Ford F250 pickup bed, single fill tube 7 inches on center from cab.. $0000. 1-928-474-4060

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Alfalfa and Bermuda for sale. family grown and straight from our farm. Will deliver to Payson and Star Valley areas. $Alfalfa 12.00 - Bermuda 14.00 520-237-2164 Respironics EverGo portable oxygen concentrator, excellent condition, 2-rechargeable lithium ion batteries, AC and DC power cords, carrying case, FAA approved for air travel, $1500/firm, 928-474-6489.

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GILA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, in partnership with Eastern Arizona College, has an Administrative Assistant I position open at the Gila Pueblo Campus. Excellent wage and benefits offered.

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Home for Rent 1) Mobile 2br, 2 bth clean and ready for you next to National Forest. $700 monthly 2) Mobile 3 br, 2 bth, clean and ready for you next to National Forest $700 monthly Please call 928 978 2192 In Payson, 3Br/2Ba, Very Clean, New Paint/Flooring, Large Woodsy Fenced Yard, Shop + Storage Shed, $1075.mo Call 928-468-1068 or 602-647-2014

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906 N. Hillcrest Dr., 4BD, 4.5BA.....................$2200 204 S. Bronco Cir., 3BD, 3BA........................$1300 1001 S. Montana Cir., 3BD, 2BA....................$1200 306 S. Bentley St., 4BD, 2BA.........................$1100 613 S. St. Phillips St., 4BD, 3BA....................$1050 105 N. Spring Rd., 3BD, 2BA.........................$1050 547 W. Mary Patricia Dr., 3BD, 2BA...............$1000 609 N. Ponderosa Unit C, 2BD, 2.5BA.............$950 609 N. Ponderosa #B, 2BD, 2BA.....................$925 707 W. Bridle Path Ln., 2BD, 2BA....................$875 200 W. Saddle Ln., 2BD, 1.5BA.......................$800 512 W. Longhorn #4, 2BD, 1BA.......................$775 201 S. Ponderosa St., 1BD, 1BA.....................$575

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SPACIOUS 1 Bedroom Duplex Rock Fireplace, Fenced Yard, Close to Hospital. $625/mo.

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MOBILE/RV SPACES Mountain Shadows R.V. & Mobile Home Park Nice quiet family park, Travel Trailers, $425.00 to $470.00, 1 bedroom Apt unfurnished $550.00, RV Spaces $256.55 mo, , with onsite Manager, Laundry, Shower, Game room, and free Wifi Call Shawn at 928-474-2406 RYE RV PARK 1Br/1Ba, (Furnished) $350.mo Free Laundry On-site, Water/Trash/Sewer Included, 602-502-0020

LEGAL NOTICES #16336 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14/2016 Superior Court of Arizona in Gila County Case#201600148 Affidavit Supporting Publication Name of Petitioner/Plaintiff: Jeffrey D. Vance Name of Respondent/Defendant: Aimee Michelle Vance 1. I make this Affidavit to tell the Court why service by publication was used, and to show how service by publication was done.

2. Pursuant to Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 4.1 (n) 4.1(o), 4.2(f) and 4.1(g), service by publication is the best way to notify the other party of this court case because the other party is: (X) The other party s residence is unknown. I have not mailed copies of the proceedings to the other party.

3. The residence and whereabouts of the other party is unknown to me, even though I have made a diligent search to find out. My search failed to reveal any information that might lead to knowledge about the other party s residence or whereabouts. This is what I did to try and find the other party. (Check all boxes that apply.

Note: This list is not all inclusive.

There may be other options available to you as well. Explain everyth-

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ing you did to try to find the other party): (x) Searched the phone address (x) Searched on the internet (x) Checked voter records (x) Checked obituaries.

Address, location and phone # s of respondents family is unknown. (x) Checked with Respondents previous employer. Unknown (x) Any other person(s) that you spoke to about Respondent: (Who?) Had mother, Mave Vance and niece Autumn Asforth search internet and Facebook and Twitter for Respondent. They have also serached phone directories in AZ and Louisiana and voter registry.

(7) I have read this statement and know of my own knowledge that the facts stated herein are true and correct. /s/ Jeffrey D. Vance Subscribed and sworn to before me this date 9/16/2016 by Notary Public Carol Bahr, my commission expires 3/10/2020.

16321: 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4/2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE File ID. #16-40700 Schmidt Title No: 21602450 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 10/11/2007 as Document No. 2007-016996 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 November 28, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace 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 East One-Half of Lot Four (4) and all of Lot Three (3), of ALPINE VILLAGE UNIT ONE, according to the plat of record in the office of the county recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map Nos. 610 through 610D and Certificate of Correction recorded June 24, 1985, in Docket 647, Page 986 and Certificate of Amended Dedication recorded March 17, 1986 in Docket 667, Page 544, and Certificate of Correction recorded July 08, 1986, in Docket 676, Page 157. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 405 W Sherwood Drive Pay-

son, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel No.: 302-79-003A 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: $370,500.00 Original Trustor: Phyllis A. Schmidt, an unmarried woman 405 W Sherwood Drive, Payson, AZ 85541 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-4590961 09/13/2016, 09/20/2016, 09/27/2016, 10/04/2016 16322: 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4/2016 Notice of Trustee s Sale Recorded on: 8/8/2016 TS No. : AZ-16-739549-CL Order No. : 160212181-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 12/2/2002 and recorded 12/6/2002 as Instrument 2002-019169 , 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: Sale Date and Time: 11/23/2016 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: At the Front Entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: LOT 2, BLOCK 4 OF COBRE VALLEY TOWNSITE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE

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LEGAL NOTICES COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, RECORDED IN MAP(S) NO, 56. Purported Street Address: 5996 MORROW AVE, MIAMI, AZ 85539 Tax Parcel Number: 206-09-026 Original Principal Balance: $26,200.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Federal National Mortgage Association ( Fannie Mae ), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America C/O Seterus, Inc. 14523 SW Millikan Way, Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97005 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): PAMELA S CORBIN, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN 5996 MORROW AVE, MIAMI, AZ 85539 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 800-280-2832 Login to: www.auction.com AZ-16-739549-CL The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary s Agent, or the Beneficiary s Attorney. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-16-739549-CL Dated: 8/5/2016 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Dominic Penaflorida, Assistant Secretary A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California County of: San Diego On 8/5/2016 before me, Brenda A. Gonzalez a notary public, personally appeared Dominic Penaflorida, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Brenda A. Gonzalez Commission No. 2116627 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 6/21/2019 IDSPub #0114382 9/13/2016 9/20/2016 9/27/2016 10/4/2016 16335, 9/27, 10/04, 10/11, 10/18/2016 TS No. : AZ-16-743788-BF Order No. : 8663138 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 9/30/2003 and recorded 10/9/2003 as Instrument 2003-017868 , 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: Sale Date and Time: 12/7/2016 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: At the Front Entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: LOT 65 OF PONDEROSASPRINGS UNIT SIX, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA RECORDED IN MAP NO. 375. Purported Street Address: 65 PINE CREEK ROAD aka 140 S HIDDEN HOLLOW RD, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel Number: 303-17-072 Original Principal Balance: $161,500.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. C/O WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. 1 Home Campus X2504-017 Customer Service Des Moines, IA 50328 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): GOERGE MICHAEL SCHENCK AND ARLEEN SCHENCK, HUSBAND AND WIFE 65 PINE CREEK ROAD, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 800-280-2832 Login to: www.auction.com AZ-16-743788-BF The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the De-

LEGAL NOTICES partment of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary s Agent, or the Beneficiary s Attorney. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-16-743788-BF Dated: 8/22/2016 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Genzl Favor, Assistant Secretary A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California County of: San Diego On 8/22/2016 before me, Brenda A. Gonzalez a notary public, personally appeared Genzl Favor, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Brenda A. Gonzalez Commission No. 2116627 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 6/21/2019 IDSPub #0115219 16339 9/27, 10/4, 10/11 ARIZONA SUPERIOR COURT GILA COUNTY No. PB201600083 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of SANDRA MORROW, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Victor Troy Bomar, whose address is PO Box 610, Roosevelt, Arizona, 85545, has been appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Sandra Morrow, Deceased (the Estate ). All persons having claims against the decedent, Sandra Morrow, and/or this Estate, are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or such claims will be forever barred.

Clams must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim in the manner and in the form required by law to the Personal Representative, Victor Troy Bomar, at his address set forth above with a copy to the Personal Representative s attorney, Alan W. Wilson, of the Wilson Law Firm, 2133 E. Warner Road, Suite 104, Tempe, Arizona, 85284. Such claims must be filed within the time period prescribed in Arizona Revised Statutes 14-3803, subsection A, and/or any and all such other applicable laws, and in the manner prescribed by law, or such claims are forever barred.

DATED this 20th day of June, 2016, PERSONAL REPRESENTIVE /s/ Victor Troy Bomar WILSON LAW FIRM By /s/ Alan W. Wilson Mark A. Wilson 2133 E. Warner Road Suite 104 Tempe, Arizona 85284 (480) 491-5700 Attorneys for Personal Representative 16340 10/4, 10/7, 10/11/2016 LEARNING DISABILITY SOLUTIONS CENTER, LLC NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: LEARNING DISABILITY SOLUTIONS CENTER, LLC II. The address of the known place of business is: 530 IKE CLARK PKWY, YOUNG, AZ 85554. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: ROBERT H WADE, 530 IKE CLARK PKWY, YOUNG, AZ 85554 .

III. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: ROBERT H WADE, MEMBER, PO Box 201, YOUNG, AZ 85554; SUSAN WADE, MEMBER, PO Box 201, YOUNG, AZ 85554

16341 9/30, 10/4, 10/7/2016 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. HIGH DESERT MAN, LLC L-2119690-9 II. The address of the known place of business is: 499 E. Granny Jones Ln. #77, Young, AZ 85554 III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Randall Eaton, 227 Naeglin Crossing #14 Young, AZ 85554 (b) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names an addresses of each person who is a member are: (x) member Virgil Evans, 499 E. Granny Jones Ln. #77 Young, AZ 85554 (x) member Pamela Evans, 499

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

LEGAL NOTICES Granny Jones Ln. #77, Young, AZ 85554 (x) member Randall Eaton, 227 Naeglin Crossing #14, Young, AZ 85554 (x) member Sharon Eaton, 227 Naeglin Crossing #14, Young, AZ 85554.

16343: 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25/2016; Notice of Trustee s Sale Recorded on: 8/30/2016 TS No. : AZ-16-702544-JB Order No. : 733-1600119-70 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 7/13/2004 and recorded 8/2/2004 as Instrument 2004-011953 , 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: Sale Date and Time: 12/6/2016 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: At the front entrance to the County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash Street Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: The surface and the ground to a depth of 200 feet immediately beneath the surface of the following described property: That certain piece or parcel of land lying in and being a portion of the SE1/4 of the SE1/4of Section 22, Township 1 North, Range 15 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Section 22, 23, 26 and 27 bears South 75° 40 30 East, 1,146.59 feet; Thence South 71° 05 20 West 79.61 feet; Thence North 172.05 feet Thence East 82.27 feet Thence South 71° 13 40 East 76.12 feet; Thence South 18° 46 20 West 52.00 feet; Thence South 40°39 40 West 95.60 feet to the Southeast corner and the point of beginning. Subject to reservations in patents and all easements, right of way encumbraces, covenants, conditions and restricttions as may appear of record. Purported Street Address: 5865 E SCOTT AVE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel Number: 207-09-188J Original Principal Balance: $30,400.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: BANK OF THE WEST C/O First Hawaiian Bank, Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): Erlinda B Dorame 5865 E SCOTT AVE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 888-988-6736 Login to: Salestrack.tdsf.com AZ-16-702544-JB The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary s Agent, or the Beneficiary s Attorney. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-16-702544-JB Dated: 8/26/2016 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Rachel C. Kenny, Assistant Secretary A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California County of: San Diego On 8/26/2016 before me, Brenda A. Gonzalez a notary public, personally appeared Rachel C. Kenny, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Brenda A. Gonzalez Commission No. 2116627 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 6/21/2019 IDSPub #0115611 10/4/2016 10/11/2016 10/18/2016 10/25/2016 16345: 9/30, 10/4, 10/7/2016 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION NONPROFIT CORPORATION 1.

ENTITY NAME: HOPE HOUSE PAYSON; FILE NO. 2118355-4

LEGAL NOTICES 2.

CHARACTER OF AFFAIRS: To serve the poor, homeless and underserved.

3.

MEMBERS: (x) The corporation WILL NOT have members.

4.

ARIZONAKNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 4.1: Is the Arizona known place of business address the same as the street address of the statutory agent? (Yes).

5.

DIRECTORS: Don Lees, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541; Joseph Corrigan, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541.

6.

STATUTORYAGENT: Joseph Corrigan, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541.

7.

REQUIRED: Certificate of Disclosure was submitted with the Articles.

8.

INCORPORATORS: Joseph Corrigan, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541. By checking the box marked I accept below, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law. (x) I ACCEPT /s/ Joseph Corrigan, JOSEPH CORRIGAN; Date: 08/26/2016 16346: 9/30, 10/4, 10/7/2016 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION NONPROFIT CORPORATION 1.

ENTITY NAME: HOPE HOUSE; FILE NO. 2118359-8 2.

CHARACTER OF AFFAIRS: To serve the poor, homeless and underserved.

3.

MEMBERS: (x) The corporation WILL NOT have members.

4.

ARIZONAKNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 4.1: Is the Arizona known place of business address the same as the street address of the statutory agent? (Yes).

5.

DIRECTORS: Don Lees, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541; Joseph Corrigan, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541.

6.

STATUTORYAGENT: Joseph Corrigan, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541.

7.

REQUIRED: Certificate of Disclosure was submitted with the Articles.

8.

INCORPORATORS: Joseph Corrigan, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541. By checking the box marked I accept below, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law. (x) I ACCEPT /s/ Joseph Corrigan, JOSEPH CORRIGAN; Date: 08/26/2016 16347: 9/30, 10/4, 10/7/2016 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION NONPROFIT CORPORATION 1.

ENTITY NAME: HOPE HOUSE PAYSON ARIZONA; FILE NO. 2118351-0 2.

CHARACTER OF AFFAIRS: To serve the poor, homeless and

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3.

MEMBERS: (x) The corporation WILL NOT have members.

4.

ARIZONAKNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 4.1: Is the Arizona known place of business address the same as the street address of the statutory agent? (Yes).

5.

DIRECTORS: Don Lees, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541; Joseph Corrigan, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541.

6.

STATUTORYAGENT: Joseph Corrigan, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541.

7.

REQUIRED: Certificate of Disclosure was submitted with the Articles.

8.

INCORPORATORS: Joseph Corrigan, 401 S. Mariposa St., Payson, AZ 85541. By checking the box marked I accept below, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law. (x) I ACCEPT /s/ Joseph Corrigan, JOSEPH CORRIGAN; Date: 08/26/2016 16348: 9/30, 10/4/2016 NOTICE OF SALE OF MOBILE HOME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following item of personal property will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder, to satisfy a landlord s lien: Mobile Home Make: PALM HARBOR Body Style: 28 X 60 MH Model Year: 1992 VIN: AS18863X VIN: AS18863U Date and Time of Sale: 10/10/16 10:00:01 AM Location of Sale: Space No. ROOSEVELT LAKE RESORT 358 STAGECOACH TRAIL ROOSEVELT, AZ 85545 Name of landlord: ROOSEVELT LAKE RESORT Amount of Claimed Lien: $3,300.00 as of October 10, 2016 The Landlord reserves the right to bid at said sale and if its bid is the highest, to purchase said mobile home. The Landlord claims a lien against this property in the amount shown above as of the date shown above, for rents and other charges which have accrued through that date under a rental agreement covering the space occupied by the mobile home. The rental agreement giving rise to this lien was entered into by the Landlord and the following parties, owners of the mobile home, as tenants: Date of Rental Agreement: March 5, 1992 Name(s) of Tenant(s): DEBORAH W. LEACH, MICHAEL E. LEACH Said mobile home is located at the address shown above as the location of sale. The above described property shall be offered for sale pursuant to A.R.S. §33-1023. The proceeds from the sale will be applied to the cost of sale and to the lien, and any money that remains will be disposed of as provided in A.R.S. §33-1023. ROOSEVELT LAKE RESORT By: /s/illegible Park Manager Dated: September 26, 2016 9/30, 10/4/16 CNS-2930461# 16349: 10/4, 10/7, 10/11/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OF-

LEGAL NOTICES FICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: SAGUARO CARPENTRY, LLC File No. 2123197-4 II. The address of the known place of business is: 1108 N. HILCREST DRIVE, PAYSON, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: VICKI JENSEN, 1108 N. HILCREST DRIVE, PAYSON, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: VICKI JENSEN, 1108 N. HILCREST DRIVE, PAYSON, AZ 85541.

16350 10/4/2016 GILA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Gila County Board of Adjustment and Appeals will hold a public hearing on an application for a variance from Gila County zoning regulations. This meeting will be held on October 20, 2016 at 9:00 AM at the Gila County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room located at 608 E. Highway 260 in Payson, AZ. Variance Hearing 9:00 AM V-16-04 Alejandro and Linda Martinez: Request to obtain a side yard Variance to construct a garage. The applicant finds that due to the lot configuration he is prevented from meeting the side yard setback. Applicant is requesting a 3 4 side setback instead of 7 . Subject property is located at 3798 Anvil Road, Pine, AZ; Gila County Tax Assessor s Parcel 301-24-122 and is currently zoned R1-D12.

Information on the above case is available for review in the Gila County Community Development Division located at 745 N. Rose Mofford Way, Globe, Arizona 85501 and 608 E. Hwy 260 in Payson, Arizona 85541 during normal business hours.

Gila County Board of Adjustment and Appeals B y : ______________________________ Robert Gould, Planner Community Development Division

16352 10/4, 10/11, 10/18/2016 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the matter of the Estate of ROBERT CARL BEERS, Decedent No PB201600092 NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INTESTATE ESTATE) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Walter Beers has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative at the Law Office of Michael C. Hughes, 2999 North 44th Street, Suite 303, Phoenix, AZ 85018 DATED this 28th day of September, 2016 s/s: Michael C. Hughes Michael C. Hughes Attorney for Personal Representative

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Arizona ranks #3 for hunger 27 percent of kids ‘food insecure’ by

Sabella Scalise

cronkite news service

Food advocacy groups said Apache County children had the least reliable access to healthy food in the nation in 2014, when 41.5 percent of children in the county were deemed to be “food insecure.”

But Apache County was just the most extreme example of a problem seen throughout the state, where more than one in four children was in danger of not having enough food or not having access to enough healthy food.

The state rate of 26.8 percent was third-highest in the nation for childhood food insecurity in 2014, according to “Map the Meal Gap,” a report by Feeding America. The national rate that year was 20.9 percent.

Those numbers, first reported in April, were cited again this week in the State of Obesity 2016 report by the Trust for America’s Health, which said food insecurity can contribute to obesity.

“We know children that don’t have access to fresh nutritious food, have a lifelong impact of problems,” said David Martinez, advocacy outreach specialist for St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix.

“When families have low incomes, they tend to go towards more affordable and less healthy meals,” said Martinez, who has worked to deliver free nutritious meals to Apache County.

Poverty is one of the main factors behind food insecurity, making it an urban and rural problem. But in remote rural areas — like Apache County

— the problem can be compounded by sheer distance to a grocery. The problem affects grownups as well: The food insecurity rate for all ages in Arizona was 17.1 percent in 2014.

“It is very difficult to be in those areas” and have access to healthy food, said Christina Economos, director of the advocacy group ChildObesity180.

“Even if a grocery trip is made once every seven or 10 days, because of transportation and distance, we need to help them get the best foods they can get,” said Economos, speaking at a panel in Washington this week on the need to improve childhood nutrition.

Albert Lang, a spokesman for Trust for America’s Health, said the trust uses the food insecurity numbers as a way to bring attention to areas with families that need help getting healthy meals.

“A family can consist of one, two or three people with limited access to adequate food or nutrition because of cost or proximity,” he said. “It is the percent of households with children that have food insecurity, not enough resources to purchase nutritious food for the family.”

Food insecurity is an Agriculture Department measure that is based on data from the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other sources. One advocate called it the “gold standard” of household nutrition measurement.

“We’ve been doing the study for a few years now, the methodology is thought out,” said Michael Kato, research analyst for Feeding America.

Alexandra Brewis Slade, co-director of the Mayo Clinic/ Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative, said food insecurity has to do with ecological, environmental and income inequality.

“It’s a problem that must be tackled at multiple points,” said Slade, adding that the food insecurity rankings are a sign of where Arizona should be focusing its programs.

The Arizona Department of Health services said in an emailed statement that “addressing both food insecurity and the problems caused by obesity is important.” The statement went on to say that the solution to the problem is multi-pronged, and includes involving doctors, nurses, families and schools.

Martinez and others said the classroom is a vital part of the solution, both in terms of providing meals to children and teaching them about nutritious eating.

They pointed to the implementation of summer lunch programs, for example, as a crucial program that can keep children from going hungry during their summer vacations.

Schools are also critical to Apache County’s efforts to fight the problem, officials there say.

The Arizona Nutrition Network has created a threeweek curriculum for students from Head Start to eighth grade that teaches about proper nutrition and introduces healthy snacks to the students.

“If we teach kids from little to be healthy, when they grow … they will be healthy,” said Doris Fodera, the nutrition network coordinator for Apache County Public Health and Emergency Preparedness.

Fodera goes into the schools and works with kids on nutrition practices, cooking and how to shop smart at the grocery. She said she thinks the program is already starting to make a difference.

“It is working,” Fodera said.

“It’s not all the time, but I’ve had parents tell me they are eating healthier because of the class.”

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Keith Morris

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Show Low 43, Payson 34 Show Low 21 7 7 8 — 43 Payson 14 0 7 13 — 34 Scoring summary First Quarter P-DiAndre Terry 13 pass from Ryan Ricke (Kenny Ayres kick), 7:51 SL-Cody Irwin 14 pass from Rhett Ricedorff (Cole Gardanier kick), 5:13 P-Shane Law 65 run (Ayres kick), 4:45 SL-Chris Imoto 86 pass from Ricedorff (Gardanier kick), 3:46 SL-Jake Reidhead 28 pass from Ricedorff (Gardanier kick), 37.9

They lost the game but Payson’s football players won something just as important on Friday night.

Respect.

Few expected the unranked Longhorns who limped into a Second Quarter showdown with one of the most SL-Reidhead 19 pass from dominant programs in Class Ricedorff (Gardanier kick), 1:49 3A to stand much of a chance against a team that’s had its Third Quarter P-Law 6 run (Ayres kick), 9:31 way with them for years.

SL-Irwin 17 pass from Ricedorff And when unbeaten Show (Gardanier kick), 2:16 Low built a 28-14 halftime lead, it seemed the large Payson Fourth Quarter home crowd was destined to go P-Terry 14 pass from Ricke (Ayres kick), 2:38 home disappointed.

P-Angel Jacquez 26 pass from But these Longhorns stole Ricke (run failed), 17.5 the show over the final two SL-James Turner 55 kick return quarters and made believers of (Jaisen Brown run), 9.0 everyone.

Payson stormed back with three second-half touchdowns Longhorns felt seconds earlier to set up one of the most dra- turned to dismay.

They tried to recover anothmatic finishes in the history of er onside kick, but James this rivalry.

The Longhorns entered the Turner scooped it up and raced 3A East Region opener with a 55 yards to the end zone with 2-3 record looking to even their 9.0 on the clock. A two-point record and halt an eight-game run following a Payson penalty losing streak to the Cougars. made the final score 43-34.

Keith Morris/Roundup Swartwood explained the J.T. Dolinich cuts back trying to elude a Show Low defender as another Cougar pursues him during Show Low’s 43-34 win.

They hadn’t beaten Show Low, ranked No. 3 by the Arizona rationale for trying to end it “My hat’s off to them for more than 19 points until the drive with a 13-yard scoring down to put the home team Republic, in Payson since 1994. instead of playing it safe. ahead 14-7.

“We didn’t want to go into making that call because Longhorns matched their high- pass to Terry.

But these Longhorns did The teams traded touchHowever, Show Low needed everything they could to change overtime with Show Low and I would have done the same est scoring output of the seadowns early. just two plays to tie it again as see who would win the gun bat- thing at my house,” he said. son. that.

Payson started strong, pinShow Low answered with a Chris Imoto snagged a screen Payson scored two touch- tle,” Swartwood said. “They’re “Your kids fight like that, they downs in the final three min- a little bit more built for that deserve the chance to go and ning the Cougars deep in their nine-play 66-yard drive to tie pass and cruised 86 yards down end on the opening kickoff and it 7-7. get that win.” the left sideline. than us. utes.

But the Longhorns respondRicedorff said it was simply forcing a three-and-out.

Shortly thereafter Show Low “So we decided to go for two The Longhorns recovered Taking advantage of a short ed quickly as just two plays took advantage of the game’s an onside kick after DiAndre there. I’m just bummed like the a fun game to be part of.

“What a great game,” field after the punt, Ricke later, Shane Law raced around Terry caught a 14-yard touch- rest of them that we didn’t get See Gridders, page 18 Ricedorff said. “(Payson’s) got capped the five-play 34-yard right end for a 65-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Ricke it.”

Ricke said he and his fellow players. And they’ve got a lot of with 2:38 remaining. speed and size.

And Ricke “And tonight connected with they showed Angel Jacquez “(Payson’s) got players. And they’ve got a lot of they have a ton for a 26-yard speed and size. And tonight they showed they of heart.”

Hail Mary have a ton of heart.”

Swartwood touchdown pass Randy Ricedorff praised the on fourth down Show Low football coach fight his playwith 17.5 secers showed in onds remaining pushing the to cut the deficit seniors didn’t hesitate when mighty Cougars to the end. to 35-34.

“I could not be prouder of That’s when the Longhorns their coach asked what they these boys for the way they wanted to do. showed their guts.

“Coach pulled us seniors stick together and their heart Instead of sending standout kicker Kenny Ayres out together and said, ‘What are and how they continue to fight for the nearly-automatic extra we doing,’” Ricke said. “And I throughout a game like that,” point kick, head coach Jake was like, ‘There’s no question he said.

“They had a couple of times Swartwood asked his seniors in our minds; we’re going for if they wanted to kick it and two.’ That’s on us seniors; we down by 14 points where you can decide to roll over or you play for overtime or try for two called that.”

The opportunity to end can decide to go and fight.” points and the win.

Rhett Ricedorff threw for years of frustration against the No discussion needed.

They chose the latter option. Cougars on one play was simply five touchdowns for Show Low (6-0), which faced its stiffest too temping for the veterans.

Gutsy.

Show Low coach Randy test by far this season. The Unfortunately, the Cougars Run ahead of the Pack stopped J.T. Dolinich well Ricedorff applauded the Cougars’ previous closest marshort of the goal line on a run Longhorns’ move to go for the gin was 36 points.

Show Low hadn’t allowed up the middle and the joy the win instead of the tie.

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Cameron Ross falls on top of a Show Low player during Friday’s 43-34 win by the Cougars.

Gridders earn respect in loss From page 17 only turnover to go ahead to stay.

Four plays after Jacob Mills recovered a Payson fumble at the Longhorns’ 28-yard line, Ricedorff hit Jake Reidhead with a 28-yard pass to put the Cougars ahead 21-14 late in the first quarter.

Ricedorff connected with him again to give the visitors a two-touchdown advantage late in the second quarter.

But the Longhorns came out focused after intermission and allowed just one touchdown before the closing seconds.

Cameron Ross returned the second-half kickoff 31 yards and Payson drove 60 yards in six plays. Dolinich rushed three times for 40 yards on the drive before Law scored his second TD on a 1-yard run.

The Cougars scored another TD late in the quarter to re-establish the 14-point margin.

Ricke’s second scoring pass to Terry capped a 10-play, 57-yard drive prior to a perfectly executed onside kick the Longhorns recovered at the Show Low 35 to set the stage

for their final seven-play scoring drive.

Payson was penalized nine times for 62.5 yards. Show Low drew six flags for 60 yards.

It doesn’t get any easier for the Longhorns with a trip to Snowflake to face the unbeaten and No. 4-ranked (last week) Lobos.

Ryan said the performance against one of the best teams in the state gives the Longhorns a confidence boost.

“After tonight, we can beat anybody,” he said.

“We had that game won.

“We all had something to prove against Show Low. And we came out there and we hit ’em in the mouth to start out. We let ’em come back and we hit ’em in the mouth in the second half; fourth quarter. We have momentum going into Snowflake.”

Jacquez agrees.

“We’re off the radar now,” the senior receiver-defensive back said. “Not a lot of people believe in us because we have a negative record. But we went to the wire against the No. 1 team in our division. We have a great team.”

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