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A good cause, a brave survivor, a bad blunder Police roust rider and his saddle gets stolen

Nearly a statistic – now he makes a difference BY

ALEXIS BECHMAN

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Every day, at least 22 veterans commit suicide. Marine veteran Matthew Litrell thinks about that number every day. “January 2013 I almost became one of those 22. I sat there and I stared at a pistol on the table in front of me,” he said. After two tours in Iraq, Litrell had returned to Colorado and his life as a farrier. But things had changed. “I came back, and like so many guys, I had a really hard time coming back. It seemed that things just didn’t matter as much,” he said in a slow, deep voice, his eyes shaded beneath a cowboy hat. “You go from a situation of, I know this matters, to being a barista or a landscaper and just being essentially forgotten.” Scared and confused, Litrell called a Veterans Affair suicide hotline. He did get a live person on the other end of the line, but he felt like they were reading a script without understanding what he’d experienced — the enemies he’d faced and the demons he brought home. And it infuriated him. If he couldn’t get help, beyond a prescription

Payson got an unwelcome dose of national publicity this week when a veteran Marine making his way cross-country on a charity ride had his saddle stolen in the middle of the night from the Payson Event Center. The theft came after Payson Police reportedly rousted veteran Matt Litrell’s riding partner Ray Avery from the group’s horse trailer at 1:20 a.m. Avery, 64, said the cops booted him from the event center even though the riders had permission from the Town Parks and Recreation Department to camp. While he was away, someone stole Litrell’s saddle from his untended trailer. Litrell said he holds officer Josh Cadwell responsible for the theft because he didn’t have to kick Avery out. The Payson Police Department said it was an unfortunate misunderstanding. “There were obviously two different perspectives. Mr. Avery believed that he was asked to leave by our officers. Our officers indicate to me that they did not tell him to leave, that he left on

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Marine Corps veteran Matthew Litrell is riding across the country to raise money to help treat fellow combat veterans struggling with PTSD and adjusting to civilian life.

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Residents protest 40-foot, view-destroying APS poles Bulla homeowners say property values hit by power lines BY

MICHELE NELSON

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New APS power poles block the view of the Rim for many.

Quarantine ends BY

TERESA MCQUERREY

ROUNDUP STAFF REPORTER

Allen Mann’s self-quarantine following a missionary trip to Nigeria ended a week ago. Mann, who works with Crossway International Missions, went to Nigeria in September and upon his return, quarantined himself, his wife and their four children in their home. “We were well prepared, we had enough groceries and other supplies, so it wasn’t that difficult,” he said in a phone interview with the Roundup Thursday. Mann said it is a lot harder on people who find themselves suddenly quarantined with no opportunity to prepare. The mission to Nigeria had been planned for some time. Knowing the risks, Mann and his THE WEATHER Weekend: Sunny tomorrow with a high of 77, low of 52. Expect daytime and nighttime temps to drop by nearly 10 degrees by Sunday. Details, 9A

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family took measures to prevent exposure while he worked in the rural area of the country and then safeguarded others as much as they could when he returned in the event their preventive actions failed. “When I am home, we are together all the time. The kids are well adapted, so there was nothing awkward,” he said. His wife home-schools their children, so lessons continued as usual. Still there were a couple of lessons learned over the course of the 21-day confinement. “It reinforced my feelings about humanity. Unfortunately, too many people said just let them be in Africa and stay here and (let Americans) be healthy,” he said. The rumors were incredible he said. An acquaintance told him he was in Show Low and overheard someone say they were never going back to Payson because “there is Ebola in Payson. A man in Payson has Ebola.” The friend got up from his table, went over to the woman and corrected her. On the other hand, he and his family got acquainted with a neighbor they had not had much to do with in the past. She offered to get them groceries and help in other ways, as did many other See Minister, page 9A

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Two wrecks hospitalize couple, mother and child BY

ALEXIS BECHMAN

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A hair-pin curve with a long history of serious vehicle and motorcycle wrecks sent an elderly couple 150 feet down its slope Thursday afternoon. The couple, both in their 70s, were heading south into Strawberry just before noon when the husband reportedly lost control just three miles outside of town and drifted across the centerline. He overcorrected and the SUV skidded across the road, went airborne and tumbled nearly 150 feet down a slope, said Pine-Strawberry Fire Chief Gary Morris. The wife climbed out of the car through an open sunroof and was crawling part way up the steep embankment when firefighters arrived, he said. However, the slope was so steep that firefighters had to use ropes to safely descend to the SUV where the husband was still inside. Tonto Rim Search and Rescue set up a rope haul system on the roadway and pulled the couple up individually in a metal litter. It took nearly two hours. Both were flown to Scottsdale Osborne Hospital trauma center in serious condition. Morris said the curve at milepost 273 has a “long history” of serious crashes. Star Valley accident

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effect. Residents say that a legal precedent called “private nuisance” may provide a basis for legal action. “Private nuisance covers the invasion of the private interest in the use and enjoyment of the land,” said Myron Fink, professor of law at the University of New Mexico School of Law on the law school’s website: (/lawschool.unm.edu/ nmlr/volumes/04/2/01_fink_private.pdf). In Arizona, the Del E. Webb Development Company won a case against a nearby rancher because the expansion of the ranch affected the quality of life of the residents in the development. The court ruled the ranch had affected the value of the Del Webb development and the quality of life for the homeowners. (http:// www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00845566 .1972.10396436?journalCode=rzzd20#preview)

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Get ready to lose your Rim views Rim Country residents — APS has decided to install 40-foot metal electrical poles. APS started a long-term plan to replace 26foot wood poles with 40-foot metal poles all along Bulla Street. But the giant new poles have electrified the neighborhood, since the towering poles have strung a tangle of wires smack dab into the middle of homeowners’ view of the Mogollon Rim, a likely portent of things to come for many Payson residents.

An investigation by the Roundup has revealed that the new poles rise at least 13 feet higher than the national standard required by the Arizona Corporation Commission, which the old poles met. APS officials said the higher poles meet the company’s own standards, but at press time had not provided a detailed rationale for the change. “It’s very shocking indeed, that APS would show such little regard to its customers,” said Susan Walker a Bulla homeowner, “Home values are already compromised in these economic times, I surely cannot afford a further depreciation of value nor do I feel Payson can afford an unnecessary project negatively affecting the aesthetics of a town that heavily relies on its serene landscape to attract both residents and visitors.” Walker and other residents have sent emails and had numerous phone calls with APS and town officials, with apparently little

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Pine-Strawberry Fire, Gila County Sheriff’s Office and Tonto Rim Search and Rescue set up a rope haul system and pulled a couple up a steep hill north of Strawberry Thursday. four other people uninjured. A man was driving east on Highway 260 around 7:15 p.m. when he went to turn into the neighborhood east of the Diamond Point Shadows Restaurant. The man reportedly turned right in front of another vehicle heading west on 260 and the two vehicles hit nearly head-on, said Hellsgate

Fire Chief Dave Bathke. David Carroll, 54, of Chandler was arrested on charges of extreme DUI with a BAC .200, aggravated DUI with a suspended license and driving with a suspended/revoked or canceled license. The highway was closed in both directions for roughly two hours.

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Rider raising money to save comrades From page 1A for antidepressants, other vets probably weren’t getting the support they needed either, he realized. It “lit a fire” and gave Litrell an idea, something to live for again. “I woke up several days later (after contemplating suicide) and I knew that I was going to do this ride. There was never a question of what could I do to help,” he said. “I woke up and I said, ‘I am taking a mustang and am riding from coast to coast.’ So I listened to it and I did.” Litrell started his horseback ride in Surf City, N.C. and he’s headed to Camp Pendleton, Calif. to raise awareness and money for wounded veterans as they come back from overseas. If he can stop one veteran from taking his own life, it’ll be worth it. He calls it the Long Trail Home. “I originally did it for me. I wanted ... peace. That somehow at the end of this deal I would be able to find peace,” he said. “I realize there are so many guys out there, 22 a day, that can look at me and they can say, ‘He went and rode 20 miles today, he has ridden 2,000 some odd miles, he has been there.’ “I am one of them. I am not some psychiatrist telling you it will all be OK. I have been in their shoes and maybe they can see that and go, ‘You know, maybe I can see what tomorrow looks like.’” Litrell grew up in Colorado. Wild and feral, he says. Around age 6, he met Ray Avery at his ranch where his father would sometimes go to rope. “Have you heard of free range kids? Well they invented that term after Matthew,” Avery said laughing. “They would open the trailer door and I would bail out and then they would round me up several hours later,” Litrell said. Today, they would probably put a kid like

that on hyperactivity drugs, but they thought it was normal — to an extent, Avery said. Today, Litrell’s demeanor is calm and disciplined. On May 1, the men loaded up their horses and set off for the coast. Crow, Litrell’s main horse, a black mustang, will have had his feet wet in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans when this is done, Litrell said. Litrell said he decided to complete the journey on horseback because the animals saved his life. “As a horseshoer, I have to crawl underneath them and they reflect how you are, they will let you know where you are,” he said. “They taught me how to come down and relax and just be present in a way that none of the pills can, they taught me to be here and now and they saved my life.” Avery said the connection Litrell has with his horses is remarkable. “To know the horse is to know the man,” Litrell said. This connection has touched several people that met Litrell and Avery on their trip. In Georgia, the men met Eddie McFarlin, who stopped to talk and then invited them them over for dinner with his wife. While Litrell had other plans to stay for the night, he decided to go with his gut and stay with McFarlin. Litrell and McFarlin soon got to talking and Litrell mentioned they might need to get another horse. While looking out over McFarlin’s ranch, Litrell kept his eye on one horse in particular. “My dream horse has always been a buckskin, Doc Bar, Col. Freckles, Hancock cross,” Litrell said. “He (McFarlin) says to me, ‘You like that horse?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I do. What is she?’” “She’s a Doc Bar, Poco Bueno, Hancock cross and she is yours if you’ll take her to California.”

The horse wasn’t broke when Litrell got her, but Siren now “goes down the road like a champ.” Litrell said there is no better gift. “Eddie gave me a gift that will last a lifetime. The memory of him giving me that horse and the look in his eyes when we rode away with that horse in tow was more precious than any saddle there ever was.” In Alabama June 12, Litrell got another gift when he rode into a barn to stay the night. It was horse trainer Kristen Fuhrmann’s barn and when she walked in with pizza and beer Litrell knew he was in love. Fuhrmann said the connection between them was immediate, like something from a movie. She joined the ride and brought with her three horses (Nutmeg, Ellie and Pendragon) along with a truck and trailer. Soon after, the couple got engaged. The group averages about 100 miles a week. So far, they have raised more than $60,000 for the Semper Fi Fund. His goal is $7 million. But beyond money, Litrell hopes his ride shows veterans that they are not forgotten. “Your brothers haven’t forgotten you,” he said. “The ride started off a feeling. We got to stay with that. We have to do what we believe is right. If we do that and make it to California at $7 million or not who cares? The money is great, but that guy seeing us being true to what we say we are going to do, true to the ride, that guy that puts that pistol down, I don’t care how much we raise, cause that is what keeps me going. “When we look back in years to come we can say we did it right, we did it without compromise, we did it how we wanted to and we feel good about that.” For more information, visit The Long Trail Home Facebook page or https://fundraising. semperfifund.org/fundraise?fcid=249300.

Police roust riders, someone steals saddle From page 1A his own accord,” said Chief Don Engler. News of the theft quickly spread through social media sites and on Valley news stations. Several people offered Litrell a saddle and many more offered their apologies and support. Some fiercely criticized the PPD. Kristen Fuhrmann, Litrell’s fiancee, told the Roundup Wednesday that so far none of the donated saddles were the right size for Litrell. On Wednesday, the Town of Payson and PPD gave Litrell a $750 check to replace the missing saddle. Engler said he personally tracked Litrell riding down the Mogollon Rim to give him the money and apologize. “I don’t want to make this into an us versus them thing. I am going to take responsibility,” Engler said. While parks and recreation had given Litrell permission to camp, an email stating as much was not passed onto the officers. Engler said he takes responsibility for that oversight. “Let’s make it clear, that rests with me and not our officers, not our dispatch center, nobody else,” he said. Litrell and Avery are riding from Surf City, N.C. to Camp Pendleton, Calif. to raise awareness and money for the Semper Fi Fund, a group that helps Marines returning from combat. Litrell said he hopes the ride shows veterans that they are not forgotten and that people still care. “We come to Payson and Ray gets booted and my saddle gets stolen. How are we showing them that we care?” Litrell said. “We have never encountered this. We have traveled some 2,000 miles on horseback going through towns across this country and everyone we have come across has been entirely helpful, done whatever they can to help us.” The Roundup spoke with the men just hours after they discovered the saddle was missing.

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Ray Avery says Payson Police told him to leave the event center grounds in the middle of the night. Police officers said he misunderstood. “This is kind of a little different day for us,” Avery said. Matthew had his saddle stolen. He is angry. It’s a piece of s*** leather saddle, but god damn it was his saddle.” Litrell said it was not the monetary, but the sentimental value, all the hours he put on the ride in the saddle he valued. “Now some idiot has my saddle,” he said. Cadwell, who joined the PPD in 2011, explained in a police report that he never intended to kick Avery out nor asked him to leave. New officer Jacob Lee had spotted the truck and trailer in the event center afterhours and called Cadwell for help. The officers questioned Avery and he explained the charity ride. When Avery could

not produce a camping permit, the officers say they told Avery he would have to get a permit from the parks and recreation office the next day. “I merely told him (Avery) that he was in violation and he chose to leave. This was after I explained that he was OK to stay as long as he got written permission in the morning,” Cadwell wrote in a police report. “I understand that at the hour of our contact it is unreasonable to get that permission or verify that they were authorized to be there.” The men told Avery he was not under arrest or detained, the event center would be open at 6 a.m., and “he could return at that time,” Lee wrote in his report. Avery said he would go get a cup of coffee and walked off toward the Mazatzal Casino, Lee wrote. Litrell and Fuhrmann meanwhile were camped away from Avery and did not hear or see the commotion. They learned of the incident the next morning and later posted a long explanation of what had occurred on Facebook, which generated hundreds of comments. Cadwell wrote that he had read those comments and noted some said he should be fired or suspended. “I understand the importance of the charity that Raymond and Matt represent. My brother and father are Marines. My father is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. Both of my grandfathers are combat veterans,” he said. Officer Justin Deaton later helped Litrell find a loaner saddle and lent him his shower to clean up. Deaton wrote on Litrell’s Facebook page that while he understood everyone was upset over the incident, to let the negativity go, donate money to the cause and get back on track with the positive purpose of the ride. So far, police have yet to track down Litrell’s stolen saddle, but have a few leads. Officers from the PPD, Gila County Sheriff’s Office, Tonto Apache Tribe and U.S. Forest Service helped search the area around the event center.

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Cole has been on tour this fall and is excited to be able to have a book signing in his hometown. Stop by and chat with him about his upcoming fourth novel, “Down Cryptic Creek” (his first children’s story) and get an autograph.

Payson First Assembly, 1100 W. Lake Drive (the church at Green Valley Park), is hosting a huge rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24 and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 25. There is something for everyone. For additional details, call (928) 474-2302 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.

Charity Art Raffle Stop by Artists of The Rim Gallery, 618 N. Beeline Highway, Payson, in the next week to see the beautiful art pieces and to get raffle tickets for a benefit for The Time Out Shelter. Betty Daily, Ruth Overton and Dusty Bahnson have donated their art to help the charity. Come and have fun at the reception from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1 and to listen to music by Bruce Wales, enjoy refreshments and learn who wins the raffle prizes. For more information, call (928) 472-1159.

Discount tickets to new movie Sawmill Theatres will offer $3 admission to a special 10 a.m. showing, Saturday Oct. 25 for the movie “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” All proceeds benefit the Payson High School baseball team.

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Last days to buy big raffle tickets There are only a few days left to get in on the Ultimate Sportsman Giveaway raffle. This is a great way to give back to the Payson community since all of the proceeds go to the Payson High School basketball team and Bass Club. Only 400 tickets are being sold. A prize will be given away each day during the month of November. When a winner is drawn, their name goes back into the barrel and can be drawn again. Tickets are at Chasin’ a Dream Outfitters, Bob’s Western Wear, the Payson Parks & Rec office and Scoops, or call (928) 474-5242 to make other arrangements to purchase tickets. Winners will be announced each morning between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on KMOG Radio in Payson. Check out all the great prizes at www.ultimatesportsmansgiveaway.com.

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This coming weekend, the Regional Payson Area Project… for a Fire Wise Rim Country (RPAP) will be staffing free brush drop-off points at the following locations, weather permitting: Saturday, Oct. 25 the Blattner Pit will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Blattner Pit is located at Milepost 259.7 on Highway 260, east of Payson. Sunday, Oct. 26 the Pine Pit will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Pine Pit is located .7 of a mile east of Highway 87 on Control Road, south of Pine. All RPAP free drop-off locations are for brush, leaves, pine needles, trimmings, and other vegetative materials only. Properly bagged Yellow Starthistle, or other listed noxious weed species will also be accepted and will be burned. No household garbage, construction debris or other items will be accepted.

The annual Halloween benefit for the Gracie Lee Haught Children’s Memorial Fund is from 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Journigan House, 202 W. Main St. The theme is “Twisted Fairy Tales” and there is a $10 per person cover charge. To learn more about the 2014 Halloween event, contact the Mogollon Health Alliance at (928) 472-2588.

Payson Library party The Payson Public Library will have a costume party with games, face painting and spooky stories from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30. The library is at 328 N. McLane Road, Payson. Call (928) 4749260 for details.

Pine-Strawberry fun Pine Strawberry School’s annual fall festival will be held 5:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31 at the school gym.

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Tonto Basin Halloween Carnival The annual Halloween Carnival takes place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 at Tonto Basin School. The event features a haunted house, photo booth, bounce house, decorated pumpkin contest, costume contest, cake walk, auction and more.

Health & Care Fair The 16th Annual Community Health & Care Fair is from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Julia Randall Elementary School gym at the west end of Historic Main Street, Payson. The event provides an opportunity for both adults and children to have free health screenings and learn about health resources available in the Rim Country. Several tests and immunizations are available for a fee.

Proceeds go toward purchase of pre-school playground equipment. If you’d like to help, we need cakes and auction items. For info or auction donations, call Jeannie Cline at (928) 970-0002.

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The Town of Payson Trunk or Treat Festival is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31 on West Main Street outside the Oxbow Saloon. Inside the Oxbow there will be a “House of Magical Characters” with varying “scare” levels for different age groups.

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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Taizé service The congregation of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Easy St., Payson invites Rim residents and visitors to join them for a Taizé service at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 26. This is a beautiful meditative service that incorporates serene music and scripturebased prayers in a candle-lit atmosphere. The goal of Taizé prayer is to shed the concerns of the world and enter into a spiritual place where a calm certainty of God’s presence infuses the participant. “At St. Paul’s WE Welcome Everyone,” organizers say.

Republicans host candidates The Rim Country Republican Club meets Monday, Oct. 27 at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260. Members and guests may gather at 11 a.m. to order lunch and to socialize. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., the club will hear Sylvia Allen, candidate for Arizona Senate, as well as Brenda Barton and Bob Thorpe, candidates and incumbents for Arizona Representatives. Call Nancy Cox at (928) 472-1172 for more information.

Sheet sale to benefit MHA A sale of sheets “as soft as Egyptian cotton” will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28 in the main lobby of Payson

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Regional Medical Center. The cost of twinsize sets is $25, all other sizes are $39 a set. Proceeds support the programs and scholarships offered by the Mogollon Health Alliance. For details, call (928) 472-2588.

Chili dinner A chili dinner benefit to buy heating oil for Navajo Mission and School is set from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29 at Mount Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Highway 260, Payson (between Safeway and Giant in the log building). Four kinds of chili, cornbread, macaroni, drinks and dessert are available for a donation to help keep the mission and school warm this winter.

The 18th Annual Chili Supper, sponsored by PAWS in the Park, is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4 at the Payson Elks Lodge, 1206 N. Beeline Highway. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Humane Society of Central Arizona, 605 W. Wilson Court; the Humane Society Boutique and Resale Shop at 510 W. Main St.; Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd., or at the door. The event is need of volunteers to make it a success, according to organizers. If you are interested in volunteering, please email, Dorothy Howell at dandort @msn.com or call (928) 472-7396. To contribute bars or cookies for the Barkery Bakery, please contact Ann Young at (928) 474-5383 or email ann7236@gmail.com.

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Candlelight Walk Time Out Inc.’s annual Candlelight Walk to remember the victims of domestic violence is Wednesday, Oct. 29. This year the walk starts and ends at the Expedition Church on the corner of West Bonita and South Colcord. Walkers will meet at 5:30 p.m. and start walking at 6 p.m. At the end of the walk, there will be a short program. Please stop by the Time Out Thrift Store on Highway 87 to pick up a sponsor form.

Book signing Thursday Local author and artist, Steven Andrew Cole will be having a book signing at the Payson Public Library from noon to 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30 to promote the release of his third fictional novel, “P.O.T.”

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• Pine Library: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Discount movie admission: 10 a.m., $3 to see “Alexander...” to benefit Payson High baseball • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy. • Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Halloween benefit: 7 p.m., Journigan House for GLH Children’s Foundation, adults only

• Rim Country Museum: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy. • Pine/Strawberry Museum: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pine Community Center • Bingo: 1 p.m., Elks Lodge, open to the public • Taizé service: 5:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Easy St., Payson

• Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Rim Country Museum: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy. • Candidates speak: 11 a.m., Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson, Sylvia Allen, Brenda Barton and Bob Thorpe, hosted by the Rim Country Repbulican Club

• Sheet sale to benefit MHA: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., main lobby, Payson Regional Medical Center • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• 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. • Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Chili dinner: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Mount Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Hwy. 260, Payson, benefit for Navajo Mission and School • Candlelight Walk for victims of domestic violence, 5:30 p.m. Expedition Church

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4A FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

OURVIEW

LOOKBACK • Oct. 26, 1776: A month after being named a diplomatic agent, Benjamin Franklin sets sail from Philadelphia for France, where he was to negotiate and secure a formal alliance and treaty. While Franklin’s personal achievements were celebrated and feted in Paris, his treaty success was slow. The treaty wasn’t signed until 1778. • Oct. 27, 1927: The first newsreel featuring sound was released in New York. • Oct. 23, 1973: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon agreed to turn over the subpoenaed tapes concerning the Watergate affair. • Oct. 24, 2001: The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that gave police the power to secretly search homes, tap all of a person’s telephone conversation and track people’s use of the Internet. • Oct. 25, 2001: It was announced that scientists had unearthed the remains of an ancient crocodile which lived 110 million years ago. The animal, found in Gadoufaoua, Niger, grew as long as 40 feet and weighed as much as eight metric tons.

APS: No one likes bullies No one likes a bully. So Arizona Public Service ought to give a little more thought to its relationship to the customers who provide all those shareholder profits — and vote in the members of the Arizona Corporation Commission which regulates the power company’s stategranted monopoly. Payson residents got a dose of the high-handed attitude of APS when they suddenly found 40-foot-tall power poles festooned with wires strung right across the views they most treasured. The utility company has started replacing 50-year-old, 26-foot-tall wooden power poles with giant, new, 40-foot metal poles. In many areas, that wouldn’t matter. But in other neighborhoods, the new, taller poles spoil views that make life here in Rim Country so special. But even when the poles don’t immediately spoil the view, they will give many neighborhoods an industrial, downtown Phoenix feel — not at all in keeping with our cozy little town. So far, APS has mostly brushed off the complaints of the neighbors who woke up to find their view ruined. National standards certified by the Corporation Commission require the bottom set of wires to be at least 18 feet above the ground — like the wires on the old, 26-foot-tall polls. But APS apparently has its own standard requiring the bottom wires to be 34 feet off the ground. So far, we haven’t received a clear explanation from APS to support the 34-foot standard. Clearly, the other poles worked fine. Moreover, when one homeowner threatened a lawsuit — the utility company cut the poles down to size. So at the very least, it looks like APS has a lot of latitude in terms of which standard it applies. So we hope that APS will take a deep breath and consult homeowners before proceeding with the current plan. In neighborhoods where the taller polls will cause a loss in views and property values, the utility company should show some sensitivity and flexibility. APS has already taken a beating in the public view by pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars of ratepayer money into election campaigns. Political observers believe the utility giant has made a boldfaced attempt to buy votes on the Arizona Corporation Commission by supporting Doug Little and Tom Forese. Now, it appears the company has also dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into Attorney General candidate Mark Brnovich’s campaign, for reasons that remain mysterious. Perhaps APS assumes Brnovich will use his office to fight federal regulatory efforts that could affect the utility company. So APS has enough questions to answer without despoiling Payson neighborhoods by putting up rows of needlessly tall poles that ruin views and undercut property values.

Payson can show its heart Payson got a black eye when an overzealous officer got into a middle-of-the-night confrontation with a weary rider raising money to help returning veterans. Two police officers woke Ray Avery at about 1:30 in the morning to ask why he was camped with his horses and horse trailer on the Payson Event Center grounds. Avery explained that he was riding across the country with his friend Matt Litrell in an effort to raise money to provide help for returning combat veterans. Litrell vowed to ride until he could raise $7 million to support veterans services after he had his own brush with despair. Something went wrong in the conversation between Avery and the officers. He says they ordered him to leave the event center, even though he told them they’d received permission from the town to camp there for the night. The officers say they told him he needed to get a permit in the morning, but that he grew angry during the conversation and walked away. In any case, Avery returned four hours later to find someone had stolen Litrell’s saddle out of the horse trailer. The officers and town officials fell all over themselves trying to set things right the next morning. Police Chief Don Engler took responsibility for not having made sure the officers on duty overnight knew the riders had made arrangements to stay at the event center grounds. Officers found a loaner saddle and the town gave the riders $750 and continue to search for the idiots who stole the saddle. We do think the incident underscores the need to impress on Payson Police officers the values of community policing. That’s one reason we worried about the implicit message sent when police officers ride around in surplus armored cars. But in the meantime, we hope the unfortunate understanding and the theft will not overshadow Avery and Litrell’s epic journey. If you want to show Payson’s true heart and priorities, we hope you’ll get involved and donate to veterans services. Just go to: The Long Trail Home Facebook page. In the meantime, we extend our gratitude to both the police who protect us and to Matt Litrell and his supporters for their brave and eye-opening journey.

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No qualified candidates EDITOR: If we are supposed to believe all the ads on television, it appears that no current candidate is qualified for the office he or she is seeking. This then begs the question, why should I vote for any of the candidates? Susan Barry

Setting high-end average EDITOR: Payson wins again. Payson residents should be really appreciative of service station management. They’re doing what they can to beat the national average of 325.9 per gallon by aggressively lowering per gallon of 342.9 all the way down 1 cent to 341.9. Whoopee Do! On my annual trip to the Valley I noted a significant difference in gas prices. I filled my vehicle with 309.9 regular and also a five-gallon container I happened to have with me. My goodness, what’s happened to our quaint little village? Are we setting the high end of the national average? It sure looks that way. Brue Halama

‘Extended play’ program more like expanded pay EDITOR: If you are considering going on an “Extended Pay” plan you might want to consider our experience and judge for yourself. In order to make our monthly payments more even over the year period we decided to opt for APS’s “Extended Pays Plan” — where APS uses the prior year’s usage to calculate a monthly payment. First of all, if you want this plan you have to have the new smart meter installed. We had previously refused the new meters as we felt they gathered too much personal habit data. However, we wanted the plan and OK’d the installation of the new meter. Unlike the old meters, which anyone could read, you can’t tell what these are doing. Right away the first meter had to be replaced because it was faulty. From April to September our usage showed a considerable increase each month. It should be noted that in the last five years at our advanced age (82 and 85) we have not changed the number of showers, the number of loads of wash, the number of times we run the dishwasher, the size of meals or the number of times I bake. This was reflected by the usage shown on the old meter readings. However, with the installation of the new meter it showed a continual rise in usage each month even taking in consideration the weather. Our thermostat has never changed one degree from its setting of 77 degrees summer and 72 degrees winter, but the readings continued to rise. After many complaints and no action we stopped the “Extended Pay” plan and demanded that the new meter be replaced with the old one. We will continue to monitor our usage monthly.

APS admitted that something wasn’t right, but refused to make an adjustment in our bill. This is written in the hope it might clear up the mystery some people have as to why their bill keeps rising if their usages does not. Obviously the Corporation Commission has continued to approve rate increases for APS, but certainly not each month. This increase has amounted for us to more than 40 percent per month increase to the last date of the “Extended Pay” with the fancy new meters. So I say to you, “Beware!” We tried to save electricity cost and paid dearly in the inconvenience of having to do laundry and baking, etc. from 7 p.m. to noon the next day when under “Extended Pay” you have a lower rate. Not only was there no saving, but it cost 40 percent more than the old meter where you had no inconvenience. Harold and Shirley Snyder

Event support appreciated EDITOR: The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Public Library Board of Trustees and staff want to thank everyone who came to our first “Wine Around the Library” event Saturday, Oct. 11. What a show of support from our community! This event couldn’t have been as successful without all the sponsors that supported us. There were: Debbie Drakulich, Gila County Sheriff’s Posse, Herb & Diana Dwyer, Kay & Max Foster, Ken & Linda O’Dell, KMOG, Linda R. Armstrong – Realtor, Marion & Tom Inward, Mike & Janet Brandt, Painted Lady Vineyard, Payson Concrete, Payson Lions Charitable Foundation, Payson Roundup, Prudential Arizona Realty – Pine Office, Rim Country Computer Tutor – Ray Baxter, Rim Country Health, Rim Country Home Brewers Club, Rob & Donna Reifschneider, Sidewinders Tavern & Grill, Strawberry Patchers, Take Two – Kathleen Kelly & Jim West, THAT Brewery & Pub, The Randall House, Toni Sorel, Trident Winery – Ray Stephens, Tymeless Antique & Treasures, Walgreens and all the wonderful folks that donated wine and raffle items for this event. Becky Waer, library manager

Many thanks to supporters EDITOR: Mountain Village Foundation held its annual Steak Fry on Sept. 28 at the StrawBEARy Bear in Strawberry. This is an important fundraiser for the group whose mission is to help children in need and provide emergency help for seniors in Pine and Strawberry. A variety of beautiful gift baskets were raffled off. Mountain Village Foundation would like to thank those businesses and individuals who donated items and services for their generosity: Up The Creek Bed and Breakfast, Christine Pattison – Massage, Windmill Corner Inn and Strawberry Mini Storage all of Strawberry. We also thank Ruth Lewis Crafts, Jane’s Dog Grooming, Sabra of Conrad Michael’s Salon and Payson Concrete of Pine and PetSmart of Payson.

We especially thank Lisa and the crew at The StrawBEARy Bear for their generous donations of time and energy and all their efforts on our behalf. Lisa cooked all the steaks. Trouble in Paradise provided great entertainment throughout the evening. And we thank the people from our communities who joined us for the evening and helped us continue our mission. Mountain Village Foundation

STEMfest a huge success EDITOR: Gila County School Superintendent Linda O’Dell would like to express her sincere appreciation to everyone who participated in the second annual Gila County STEMFest on Saturday, Oct. 4 in Payson. More than 500 people attended the community celebration of science, technology, engineering and math. More than 80 volunteers hosted 35 booths, providing information, demonstrations, hands-on activities and more. Dr. O’Dell would like to thank the Town of Payson for the wonderful support we received throughout the planning and realization of this event! She would also like to thank the AZ SciTech Festival for printing our posters and postcards as well as the Payson Roundup, KMOG radio station, Sawmill Theatres, and the many businesses and agencies that displayed our posters and ads for this event. Dr. O’Dell would like to express her gratitude to the following organizations and individuals for hosting exhibits and activities and making this year’s STEMFest a huge success: AZ Game & Fish Department; Arizona SciTech Festival; Earth Science Museum; Gila Community College; Gila County CERT Team; Gila County CowBelles; Gila County Health Department & WIC; Gila County Mounted Posse; Gila County Sheriff’s Office, including the Dive Team, K-9 Unit, and Tonto Rim Search & Rescue Team; Native Air Methods; Payson Fire Department; Payson Police Department; Payson Public Library; Payson Rimstones Rock Club; Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce; Salt River Project; Suddenlink; Tetra Tech; Tonto Amateur Radio Association; Tonto National Monument; UA Cooperative Extension Office; and the USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service. Finally, Dr. O’Dell would like to thank the many volunteers and supporters from the Payson Unified School District whose efforts added significantly to the success of the STEMFest, especially for our younger guests! A special thanks to members of the Payson High School National Honor Society, who helped with setup, as well as the FFA Club, Robotics Club, and Payson High School science students who hosted more than 10 exhibits. She would also like to thank PUSD Superintendent Greg Wyman, principals Brian Mabb, Rob Varner, Asa Hall and Will Dunman, as well as Carm Locke, who provided a Galaxy tablet to the middle school science class that returned the most passports. The Gila County School Superintendent’s Office

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PAYSON ROUNDUP OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

POINTCOUNTERPOINT

Republican lawmakers to sponsor bill seeking additional classroom time for kindergartners BY BRENDA BARTON, DOUG COLEMAN, JEFF DIAL AND KAREN FANN

room. Furthermore, Arizona’s 2010 “Move On When ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Reading” education reform requires all thirdgraders in Arizona to demonstrate proficiency in As staunch advocates for a strong public educa- reading before moving onto the fourth grade. tion system and Republican members of the Arizona Universal, additional classroom time for all kinderState Legislature, we read the recent Arizona garten students will guarantee every child in Republic My Turn piece “It’s time for additional Arizona the opportunity to learn their ABCs, the classroom time for all of Arizona’s youngest stu- basic rules of English, and the basic concepts of dents” with great excitement. math. The article was thoughtfully and collectively writThe majority of Arizona’s public school districts ten by business and community leaders Phil have chosen to reallocate resources from existing Francis, retired CEO of PetSmart, Deb Duvall, exec- programs to provide additional classroom time for utive director of Arizona School Administrators, kindergarten, highlighting the importance of addiBrendan Walsh, executive director tional classroom time. As legislaof Central Arizonans for a tors, we are committed to local conSustainable Economy, and John trol when setting policy for educatWhiteman, retired CEO of Empire ing our students. Southwest Caterpillar. Yet, those children who do not As policy makers, we believe the receive the proper foundation of a concept of a singularly focused strong early childhood education coalition, dedicated to bringing suffer — often facing greater acaadditional classroom time to every demic and social challenges as they kindergartner in Arizona, is wellmove forward. timed and much-needed. We are Receiving additional classroom committed to working with our coltime at an early age can no longer leagues in the Arizona State be left to chance, available only for Legislature and Phoenix attorney students who happen to live nearby, Rodney Glassman to help the “ACT or accessible to students whose parfor Kindergartners” coalition sucents are willing to drive to a school ceed. that is reallocating resources for Brenda Barton Additional classroom time for this purpose. As policymakers, we kindergartners must be an option must ensure that all Arizona’s for all parents and a responsibility of all public kindergartners have access to additional classroom schools. time to learn English and math. This January, we will be sponsoring legislation in The recent court ruling requiring the state the Arizona House and Arizona Senate titled “ACT Legislature to increase annual funding to public and — Additional Classroom Time for Kindergartners.” charter K-12 schools by $317 million presents the When signed into law, this legislation will guarantee perfect opportunity to provide universal, additional that every public elementary school kindergartner classroom time for kindergartners. This will allow in the state of Arizona will have the opportunity to Arizona’s youngest students to access additional receive universal, additional classroom time. It is instructional time to learn English and math, develour goal that our legislation will inspire leaders in op valuable social skills, and be positioned for the Arizona House and Senate to work collabora- strong academic futures. tively with our newly elected governor on identifying Our legislation, the 2015 “ACT Bill — Additional the court-ordered $317 million in inflation funding Classroom Time for Kindergartners,” will guarantee while delivering a valuable academic program to all all of Arizona’s kindergarten students are provided of Arizona’s kindergartners. While not required, we with the opportunities they deserve for their futures will encourage school districts and charter schools and for the future of our state. to use a portion of the inflation funding, ordered by the Arizona Supreme Court, to pay for the addition– Rep. Brenda Barton (R), chair, House al instruction required. Agriculture and Water Committee, Legislative Just last week, Arizona Treasurer Doug Ducey, District 6 our Republican nominee for governor, stated, “We – Rep. Doug Coleman (R), vice-chair, House must make sure that any new funding for our public Education Committee, Legislative District 16 schools goes directly into the classroom, identifying – Rep. Jeff Dial (R), chair, House Higher what works, and focusing on English literacy for all Education and Workforce Committee, Arizona students.” No concept more squarely aligns Legislative District 18 with Ducey’s goals. – Rep. Karen Fann (R), chair, House We know that our constituents want to direct Transportation Committee, Legislative District more funding for education directly into the class- 1

ACT bill is typical election year posturing to deflect attention from incumbent’s abysmal record on education LANNY MORRISON

2291, for example, which would have shifted funding from public to private and parochial schools. I support universal full-day kindergarten. The As a candidate for Arizona’s House of Repre- 2004 passage of SB 1405 established the dedicated sentatives my priority is public education. It is my funding and phased implementation of full-day priority because public education powers Arizona’s kindergarten. But in 2006, HB 2874 eliminated the economy by developing a high-quality workforce, phase-in and replaced dedicated funding with bringing in investors, and creating entrepreneurs. increased weighting of kindergartners in the school Quality public education is the surest path to higher funding formula. paying jobs and is vital to Arizona’s future. And in 2010, Governor Brewer signed a bill However, Arizona’s public education system is (passed along party lines) to eliminate $218 million reeling after years of brutal cuts that have left our for full-day kindergarten (as part of state economically weakened and much broader cuts to public educapoorly positioned to recover, let tion). alone to grow. Many school districts recognized The Great Recession is finally the critical importance of full-day over, nearly every other state has kindergarten and continued to fund restored education funding, yet it independently. They did it by disArizona has dangerously bucked placing cuts either by charging this trend with further cuts to K-12 tuition for additional hours, raising education, and the deepest cuts to local property taxes, increasing university and community colleges class sizes, cutting other costs, etc. in the nation. The ACT initiative supported by Arizona has dropped to near-botRep. Barton is an empty promise. tom in per-pupil funding, and a Like the emperor’s new clothes — record number of school districts there is nothing there but questions. (like Payson) are now asking local Their press release states that voters to support budget overrides kindergartners, “will have the for their schools. opportunity to receive universal, Lanny Morrison The situation is so bad that the additional classroom time.” Does courts have stepped in, deciding “additional classroom time” mean that the Legislature has violated state law, and full-day kindergarten? Does “opportunity” mean ordered the restoration of $317 million in school mandatory? Does “universal” mean every school funding this year. district must do the same thing? Does “local control” What is the Legislature’s response? To fight it in mean each school district will do its own thing? If so, court, in effect rejecting our system of checks and how will there be universality and an avoidance of balances declaring that the courts have no jurisdic- perpetuation of disparities between wealthier tion. school districts and those less wealthy? Will only I was not surprised to see this week that those districts that did not continue full-day kinderRepresentative Brenda Barton of Payson, and three garten be eligible under ACT? If so, where is the of her GOP colleagues announced their intention to equity and fairness for those districts which found a introduce “ACT — Additional Classroom Time for way to continue on? How much is intended to be Kindergartners.” I’m not surprised because in an allocated? How will it be funded? What about class election year she has a lot of work to do to shore up size and staffing ratios? What about tuition? I could her abysmal record on education. go on and on. It is laughable that the press release describes Despite her stated opposition to adequate fundRep. Barton and her colleagues as “staunch advo- ing for education, it appears that Rep. Barton and cates for public education.” In June, Rep. Barton her colleagues are positioning themselves to take submitted her position on education to the Payson credit for court-ordered budget increases. How Roundup stating that schools have adequate fund- would ACT fit into restoring the billions in lost funding, and “it’s the allocation of our educational ing for public education, including the inflationary resources that requires adjustment.” increases that are owed? How would Rep. Barton Just weeks ago Rep. Barton was asked at a pub- address Arizona’s low teacher salaries ranked just lic event in Payson whether or not she supported the 44th among the states and the District of Columbia, court-ordered restoration of school funding. She our higher student-to-teacher ratios, the deplorable responded, “How in the world are we going to pay reality of teachers having to pay for their own classfor that?” room supplies, reductions in force in some areas This does not include her ongoing support for like arts and music, reductions in force for some school choice, in effect shifting resources away from support areas like teacher aides, nurses and guidpublic schools. Look at her voting record on HB ance counselors, and so on.

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Pat Galileo Bonnie Young Dianna Wagner Peggy Phillips Evelyn Pickens Coyladene McKean Sharon J. Campbell Cathy Stevens Sandra Obrecht Helen Szekfresh Donna Martinson John Wakelin Maria Wakelin Ed Blair Karyl Blair Randy Mynard Maran Mynard Dean Pederson Laura Pederson Juli Davies Shelley Dunman Mark Alten Kim Alten Joni de Szendeffy Gary de Szendeffy Melanie Elliot Samantha Leininger Barbara Underwood Patrick Underwood Kevin Bott Kataie Manning Brenda Case Jodi Lorenz Diana Fletcher Don Heizer Pat Heizer Harry Young Asa Hall Theresa Lammers Brian Mabb Alan Ammann Bruce Haught Donna Haught Linda Gibson Julie Gibson Mark Gibson Keri Parker Jim Duncan Ron Paludan Rachelle McCoy Panda O. Stalkhouse Jonella Wright Bill Stalkhouse Jake Swartwood Jammie White Ross Carpenter Shari Carpenter Phyllis McGinnes Nikol Fabian Wayne Gorry Carrie Chlarson Arnold Stonebrink Kim Young Randy Wilcox Deborah Taylor Trevor Creighton Scott Davidson Shelli Creighton Barbara Potvin Gail Wade Ginger Liddell Paul Liddell Nichole Ward Carmelita Locke Henry Locke Joshua Locke Marsha Fitzhugh Ali Cooper Stacey Ernst Tim Ernst Sheila Axlund Erik Axlund Craig Swartwood Linda Swartwood Scott Reger Randi Reger Janna Cline John W. Cline Michele Davidson Brenda Ortlund Robert Ortlund Lorraine Bright Jon Bright Sharon Braymiller Jose Figueroa Janelle Figueroa Laurie Lindell Robyn Schall Robert Ned Schall George Cenbey Robby Varner Lisa Evan Richard Alvarez Kelli Archer Harold Parsons Jr. Kathe Ketchem Rose Ellen Fischer David Fischer Mike McKee Kimberly Ann Ross Kimberly M. Essaff John J. Essaff Donald J. Garvin Andrea F. Bishop Greg Wyman Don Sualeil Donna Acosta Angie Sockrider Sharon Judd Sharon Rubash Russell Judd Monica R. Contreras Garay John Rutherford Karol Gnodle LeAnne River Donese Manning

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Payson athletes shine at statewide meet in Surprise Local Special Olympics team excels again BY

LUCY KARRYS

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Sixty-one Special Olympics athletes, coaches and chaperons from Payson descended on the town of Surprise last week for a riotous statewide swim meet and bocce tournament. Families and athletes alike occupied the Holiday Inn Express after four months of training and competition to swim, cheer, sing, munch, sing and celebrate. Hanging in the pool and playing games and sitting in the hot tub together provided a chance to relax and socialize before the intense competitions on Friday and Saturday. As usual, David Frohme, a Special Olympics global leader, schmoozed the crowd and educated onlookers about Special Olympics. Once the competition started, Chrissy Wiley, a Special Olympics veteran who works at Walmart and is still recovering from a serious illness, did so well she beat the odds and won a silver medal in the breaststroke. Many other Payson athletes won medals as well. Competitions included a medley relay, 50meter freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke and a 100-meter freestyle and breaststroke. Payson earned medals and ribbons in single races in breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle, as well as bronze, silver and gold. Melody Horowitz, our friendly Safeway helper, raced her heart out and got the gold in freestyle. John Sexton, also a longtime racer, reminded us that he had worked at Safeway in Payson so long he was just a bit short of retirement. John also competes in the triathlon in the fall. Cousins John Agent and Missy Kane supported each other as they waited for their races and they were exceptionally good sports. Missy brought her toy horses and photo books to pass the time between events. Tim Meeske, brother of Department of Public Safety officer Seth Meeske, passed his time by naming each overhead plane by sound, reflecting his everlasting passion for aircraft. In addition to swimming, the bocce ball teams competed and won gold and bronze. Jahair, Holly and Misty Smith, Todd and Shelly Orr, Kurt Roberts, Adam Ostrom, Carmen Brown, Diane Neil, Jody and Savannah Legassi, Jon Merko, Mary Samsipas, John Ditzhazy and others rolled to wins in this Italian lawn bowling sport coached by Diane Mulaley and Ruby Lane.

Adam, Stephanie, Michael, Tomacina and others went into the Congo line at the dance after opening ceremonies. Tomacina, our resident mother hen, is always offering to help everyone with help from errands to hairdos and shoulder rubs for tired friends. Swim coaches Karrie Brunson, longtime special needs advocate; Dave Ranck, manager of our town’s community garden; and George Karrys worked hard to keep logistics flowing. It takes coaches and a team of parents to keep everyone covered with sun block and well hydrated, fed, calmed and rested. It takes a village to make all of this happen for the athletes. At the dance, Kurt Roberts — reluctant to dance at first — had shining eyes as we all took turns dancing with him in his wheelchair. All athletes had been through a gauntlet of cheering volunteers, armed forces and law enforcement volunteers, when entering the opening ceremonies. We celebrated with a parade, the lighting of the cauldron, fireworks and the presentation of the Honor Guard. Mascots Ronald MacDonald, the Phoenix Suns Gorilla and The Dog detective wandered the crowds hugging athletes and posing with them for photos. Teams from Chandler, Scottsdale, Show Low, Flagstaff, Navajo Nation, Apache Nations and other tribes from all over the state joined a colorful parade. Most teams sported new and flashy team shirts. The theme for the dance was Safari and there were leopard spots and tiger stripes everywhere. David Frohme and Adriana Barnes competed like the super-athletes in the 100-meter race. Logan Wright, our team comedian, kept us in stitches and his brother, Josh, an all-star baseball player, joined our unified relay team.

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(Unified teams are made up of Special Olympics athletes and a friend or sibling who is not Special Needs.) Mom, Deanna Wright flashed her professional photos and cheered with other parents at the podium. We were all hoarse from cheering by the end of the event. The town of Surprise welcomed Special Olympics for the 10th year, treating Special Olympics as well as any Super Bowl hosts treat their guests. DJ/entertainer Big Shoe Stu Evans kept us laughing in between speeches of gratitude for financial gifts from Valley businesses. Tim Martin S.O. Arizona president teared up as he delivered his heartfelt message acknowledging all athletes’ strength, endurance and compassion for others. After three hard days, we headed home tired, slightly sunburned and glowing with a sense of happiness knowing we had given our all to our sports and to our fellow athletes. Coming up

A Special Needs family Halloween dance and potluck is at 1 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Tonto Apache Pool and game room. Call Lucy and Jacquelin Karrys for more information at (928) 478-0231. In November, Special Olympics is sponsoring the 77th Annual triathlon through the Jewish Community Center in Scottsdale and with S.O. athletes and unified partners. Donations for new team shirts can go to Becky Derwort at (928) 978-3839 or (928) 474-9142. Special Olympics welcomes newcomers or returning athletes and is always looking for new volunteers, call head coach and area director, Becky Derwort at (928) 978-3893 or (928) 474-9142.

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Cub Scouts pick up trash around Green Valley Park Cub Scouts from Packs 7254 and 7454 spent a recent day collecting trash along the banks of the Green Valley Park lakes and having a generally wonderful day. Between stints of trudging around with

plastic bags and picking up after other people, the Scouts enjoyed a beautiful day in the park. They filled nine bags, especially in the area of the spillover, which had turned into a major eyesore.

They enjoyed a lesson on radio-controlled sailboats offered by a member of the Payson Boating and Yacht Club and they also sailed their own milk-carton boats they’d made during the weekly den meeting.

Counties set priorities to push with Arizona Legislature Gila County Supervisors Tommie Cline services. State lawmakers eliminated the Martin, Mike Pastor and John Marcanti, joined county share in FY11. The share was restored county officials from across the state at the in part in FY13-14 and again in the current 10th Annual Legislative Summit of the County state budget (FY14-15), appropriating for one Supervisors Association (CSA) this week in year $7.15 million to be split among the 13 Prescott. At the event, local rural counties ($550,000 leaders established a county each). policy agenda for the 2015 • Fully fund the Highway “State leaders need to state legislative session. User Revenue Fund (HURF) “Counties in the state are hear what’s important for local governments. Since great partners in serving FY09, the state has diverted Arizonans,” CSA Second to local leaders. The more than $369 million from Vice-President and Gila work we did at the sum- municipal and county road County Supervisor Tommie mit can have a direct building and maintenance Cline Martin said. resources to fund state gov“State leaders need to and positive impact on ernment operations. In FY13hear what’s important to constituents.” 14, $60 million was diverted local leaders. The work we Tommie Cline Martin from municipalities and coundid at the summit can have a CSA second vice-president ties. State leaders, in a much direct and positive impact on appreciated step toward full constituents. I look forward restoration, appropriated an to working with the Legislature to advance additional $30 million in the current state our important priorities in the 2015 legislative budget (FY14-15) for local government road session.” activities, allocating $10 million to counties. During the policy work sessions at the • Eliminate the requirements for counties Legislative Summit, the CSA Board of to fund incarceration and treatment of sexualDirectors approved the top state financial pri- ly violent persons housed at the Arizona State orities of the association. Specifically, CSA will Hospital, returning that responsibility back to call on the new governor and state legislators the state. Since FY10, the state has shifted a to take the following actions in the FY15-FY16 portion of the costs of this state function to state budget: help offset state revenue shortfalls. This poli• Prevent any new shifts of the costs of cy has cost county taxpayers approximately state programs to the county taxpayer. $20.4 million to date. • Secure the county share of lottery revCSA President and Graham County enues to support county operations in FY16. Supervisor Jim Palmer stated, “We are grateFor more than 20 years, counties received a ful for the recent progress state lawmakers share of lottery revenues to help fund local have made addressing damaging policies

enacted during the depths of the recession, but more work needs to be done. The financial priorities, that we adopted, represent good public policy and will deliver results for our local communities. We are hopeful that they will be addressed in the state budget.” In addition to asking for HURF restoration in the state budget, county officials discussed the growing transportation crisis in the state, specifically evaluating the deteriorating condition of county transportation infrastructure and the weakening ability of existing resources to meet constituent needs. As a consequence, the CSA Board of Directors adopted a policy statement calling on state lawmakers to work with transportation stakeholders to identify and enact revenue enhancements for the existing HURF distribution system and to pursue policies that improve utilization of transportation resources. CSA also considered 21 county-submitted statutory proposals. Of those, eight were included in CSA’s agenda for the 2015 legislative session, including proposals designed to streamline and clarify authorities for flood districts, ensure adequate legal counsel for juvenile dependency cases and help control costs for mandated pretrial inmate health care. CSA staff will begin briefing legislators on these matters in preparation for 2015 session. CSA is a non-partisan forum for Arizona’s 61 county supervisors to address important issues facing local constituents, providing a mechanism to share information and to advance a proactive state and federal policy agenda.

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Pine group wants design review Volunteers sought to influence county planning BY

MAX FOSTER

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Finding townspeople willing to serve on a community Design Review Board (DRB) was the focus of a Wednesday evening Town Hall meeting hosted by an offshoot group of the Rim Country Business Coalition. Chris Walsh, spokesman for the Pine Strawberry spin-off group, told an audience of about 40 residents that finding volunteers willing to serve on the board can help encourage Gila County to upgrade a comprehensive planning and zoning policy that has not been updated since 2003. Design review boards typically encourage quality building design and site plans that enhance the character of the town. The board would review projects within Pine and Strawberry for consistency with adopted design standards. However, the county has not

yet decided how it will select such a board. “We have been informed that the (county supervisors) are discussing what they need to see from us and how such a board might be selected; appointment or election.” said Walsh. “The only way we can move forward is with the blessing of the county supervisors.” Once formed, the Pine Strawberry DRB will most likely report to the county planning and zoning commission, said Walsh. Currently, Walsh and eight residents who call themselves “townspeople representing a cross section of our community” are scouring the two communities to find residents willing to serve on a DRB. If the group can find board members, Walsh said, “It would demonstrate a deep roster of citizens with the desire to serve in this capacity.” Walsh expects to present

those names to the county in November. The turnout at this week’s meeting proved much smaller than the roughly 200 people who showed up last June to protest a plan before the Gila County Planning and Zoning commission to rezone a parcel to allow for the development of a Dollar General store. The property owners dropped the rezoning request after Walsh presented a petition signed by 504 Pine and Strawberry residents asking the county to deny the rezoning request. The business group then circulated surveys that showed residents would like to see developers build public parks, independently owned lodgings, bike/ horse rentals, public parking/ rest stops and outdoor adventure retail stores. Most residents said they don’t want to see chain stores, including big box, fast food, clothing, restaurants and convenience stores.

Halloween fun starts this weekend BY

TERESA MCQUERREY

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Rim Country residents and visitors start celebrating Halloween this weekend all over Rim Country. Tonto Basin will host its traditional carnival on Saturday at the Tonto Basin Elementary School from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., a delightful, costumed celebration that raises money for the Little Red Schoolhouse Preschool. Hundreds usually attend, taking advantage of the games, displays and chance to catch up on gossip. Anyone wishing to contribute baked goods should bring them to the school by 6 p.m. on Friday. In Payson

In Payson, adults can enjoy the annual Halloween benefit for the Gracie Lee Haught Children’s Memorial Fund is from 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Journigan House. The theme of the $10 event is “Twisted Fairy Tales” and organizers promise, “What happens at the Journigan House stays at the Journigan House.” The adult-themed event raises money for children and their families. The funds stay in the Rim Country to help with children’s medical bills, car seats, bike helmets and safety education programs. Established in 2005 by Mogollon Health Alliance (MHA), the nonprofit Gracie Lee Haught Children’s Memorial Fund provides health education and both financial and emotional support to families suffering from the fallout of tragic accidents and unexpected emergency situations. To learn more about the 2014 Halloween event, contact the MHA at (928) 472-2588.

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A leery pixie decorates a pumpkin at last year’s Tonto Basin Halloween Carnival. In Christopher Creek

The Christopher Creek kids’ Halloween hayride and party also starts at 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 25. Participants will meet at the Christopher-Kohl’s Fire Station for hot dogs and a costume parade. At 5 p.m. the wagon is loaded up for visits at the Tall Pines Market and the Landmark. The route will take them through town for some trick-or-treat stops along the way, wrapping up with another party at the Creekside Restaurant. The Christopher Creek Homeowners’ Association sponsors the event.

APS power poles anger neighborhood From page 1A Residents of Bulla Street say the poles have affected property values, although they’re not strictly required by the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), which the Arizona Corporation Commission accepts in its regulation of the state’s utility companies. What are the codes?

The NESC code requires a power company to have 18 feet of clearance between the lowest hanging wire and the street. The poles must then be high enough to provide 40 inches of clearance between each set of wires. However, the new APS standard provides for 34 feet of clearance between the bottom wire and the ground. APS Crew Foreman George Coleman said the code requires 40 inches between the various groupings of wires on an electrical pole. “The top wire is the primary voltage at 12,000 volts,” said Coleman. “The secondary wire transmits household voltage at 120 to 240 volts. The transformers convert the voltage.” Coleman said APS has to replace the insect-and-weatherdamaged wooden poles put up in the late 1960s. The taller metal poles will also make it easier for crews to do maintenance and repair, Coleman said. In an email exchange, Walker asked McFall to show her the code that supported the height difference between the old poles and the new. McFall replied that the APS standard required the bottom wire to be at least 34 feet above the street. “It is an APS

Transmission and Distribution Construction Standard that primary lines be installed on a 40’ pole that is 34’ above ground level,” wrote McFall. However, APS has already granted an exception to that standard on Bulla Street, when it lowered the pole height in front of her neighbor’s house by six feet after he threatened legal action. APS responds to legal threats

In a letter dated June 26, Paul Masse wrote to the Payson mayor, town council representatives and APS officials. He said that as an architect and builder, he could not believe what APS had done without any notification. “I have never been notified by APS nor the Town of Payson that APS was going to install such hideous, out-of-scale poles, destroying the view and diminishing the value of my home and doing such literally on my property (the pole sits on an empty lot Masse owns in front of his house),” he wrote. “The worst part of this new installation is that the poles are so out of proportion, scale and material for a small little mountain community; they will destroy the mountain look of the entire subdivision.” Masse wrote the letter the day after APS installed the metal poles. A few weeks later, Coleman and his crew cut shorter the poles in front of Masse and Walker’s homes. The foreman said he wasn’t sure why APS decided to cut the poles. “I don’t know why we are cutting these poles,” said Coleman. “The management and legal made the decision.”

In the letter, Masse had threatened to start a petition drive and complain to the Arizona Corporation Commission. Ironically enough, although dropping the height of the poles moved the wires below Masse’s viewline, the lowered wires now run right across the top of the Rim when viewed, but put them right on top of the Rim from Walker’s lower view. The two poles blocking his view were cut, but his house sits higher than Walker’s and several other residents’ homes. Town of Payson and the Corporation Commission

In early August, Walker sent emails to Payson Mayor Kenny Evans, but has received no response. Emails to the Corporation Commission have not resulted in any relief either, beyond an acknowledgement the staff had received the letter. In a letter to Evans, Walker requested help regaining her view. “I spoke with Mr. Masse today and he informed me that Charles Hayes is scheduling the pole completion without compromise to my view… Mr. Masse’s upper deck sits eight feet higher than my upper deck. The pole sits directly in front of my home and the 34 feet will not improve my view and further hinder the view from my lower deck… I ask for your help on this matter…” In response to an inquiry from the Roundup, Evans said APS told him the company is working to address her issues. Since APS cut the pole, nothing has changed for Walker and other neighbors.

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aggravated driving under the influence; Jonathan Martinez, 27, Goodyear – possession and use of a narcotic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia and obstructing government operations; Oral Deburger, 61, Payson – violating a court order Oct. 8 – Nathaniel Dominick Myers, 28, Payson – failure to pay a fine, drug paraphernalia-possession, taking the identity of another, domestic violence and criminal damage-deface or damage property; December Leona Tudor, 41, Payson – failure to pay a fine; Dylan Christenson, 19, Payson – warrant Oct. 9 – Sable Lavelle Shill, 27, Payson – domestic violence and touching another person with intent to injure, insult or provoke; Arthur Joseph Gallegos, 19, Star Valley – failure to appear-2nd degree; Male Juvenile, 16 – domestic violence, criminal damage-deface or damage property and disorderly conductfighting; Alexander William Lee Simmons, 24, Payson – failure to pay a fine; Rachel Jessica Proctor, 20, Payson – warrant; Annette Susan Luna Roesch, 62, Payson – domestic violence and disorderly conduct-fighting. Oct. 10 – Frank Steven Erdelyi, 48, Payson – theft of services; Casey Abe Hill, 43, Payson – fraudulent use of a credit card-intent to

R E C O R D defraud and theft-failure to return property (except rental property); Jermey James Bruce Ferguson, 37, Payson – disorderly conductfighting, assault on a health care provider, drug paraphernalia-possession and resisting arrest-uses or threatens to use physical force against peace officer. Oct. 11 – Danny Lynn Webb, 46, Payson/Transient – drug paraphernalia-possession; Freddie Leon Berkheimer Jr., 38, Payson – assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury; Theresa Ann Gerardo, 49, Payson – two counts of aggravated assault-

assault on peace officer, resisting arrest-uses or threatens to use physical force against peace officer. Oct. 12 – Ronald Ray Thompson, 78, Star Valley – touching another person with intent to injure, insult or provoke; Jeffrey William Pelto, 35, Missouri – child support warrant and probation violation; Dale Roland Gnodle, 54, Payson – domestic violence and assault-placing another person in reasonable apprehension of physical injury; Richard Ray Moreno, 50, Payson – DUI with BAC of .08 or higher and DUI-alcohol, drug, vapor, combination thereof.

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The following reports and arrests were released by the Payson Police Department and Gila County Sheriff’s Office. All persons listed in this report are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Oct. 6 – Daniel Joe Kabinto, 30, Mesa – resisting arrest-using any other means to create substantial risk of physical injury to peace officer and shoplifting; Lynn Ann Kelley, 59, Payson – threatening or intimidating (non-UCR0-cause injury or damage property, aggravated assault-assault on peace officer and theft of services. Oct. 7 – Female Juvenile, 15 – drug paraphernalia-possession and marijuana-possession; Ramon Daniel Gonzales, 22, Payson – shoplifting-concealment; Female Juvenile, 15 – runaway from the child’s home or parent, guardian or custodian; Colton Cheyenne White, 20, Payson – failure to pay a fine, failure to appear-1st degree, aggravated assault-assault on peace office, drug paraphernaliapossession, criminal damage-deface or damage property, resisting arrest-uses or threatens to use physical force against peace officer, DUI with drugs or metabolite, theft and theft of means of transportation-intent to permanently deprive; Rodolfo Alvarez, 40, Payson –

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of highly-infectious diseases — and the growing worldwide attention surrounding Ebola — it is imperative that we take every practical measure to ensure that, if a case does arise in Arizona, we are well-equipped to address, control and ultimately eliminate its occurrence. Michael O’Driscoll, Gila County health officer and president of the Arizona Local Health Officers Association, is a member of the committee, which includes the director of the Arizona Department of Health Services Will Humble and the department’s chief medical officer, Dr. Cara Christ and 16 others.

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people. Mann is returning to Africa next week. He will spend a week in Kenya and a week in Ethiopia. “The nearest case of Ebola is 3,300 miles away,” he said, but if an outbreak occurs nearby, he knows how to limit his exposure. Mann will work with orphans supported by his mission and he encourages anyone interested in learning more about helping the orphans to call him at (928) 978-5277 or go online to www.crossway.org.

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Diamond star now queen of links Peterson claims 8th straight Club Championship BY

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Taran Sarnowski (56) and Trey Glasscock stop a Snowflake runner. MORE THAN A

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Playoffs in air for gridders The high school football playoffs don’t begin until Nov. 8, but the Longhorns find themselves in the middle of an extended dress rehearsal. Round one didn’t go so well last week as Payson watched a powerful Snowflake squad that appears poised for a strong bid at its first state championship since Keith Morris winning three consecutive Class 3A titles from 1991-93 drive into Payson and waltz away with a 65-27 victory. Since it’s not actually the playoffs, the Longhorns get two more chances to finish an impressive start to the regular season off on a strong note, beginning with tonight’s 7 o’clock game at Lakeside Blue Ridge against the defending Division 4 state champions. But this isn’t a typical Yellow Jackets squad. At 4-4, they’ve already lost more games in a season than they have since going 8-4 in 2006. If they don’t go on to win the state championship, it’ll become the first Blue Ridge team since 1986 (4-6) to lose five games. That was Paul Moro’s third season at the school and the last time the Jackets had a losing record and failed to make the playoffs. But Moro left for Poston Butte and Jake Belshe’s trying to get Blue Ridge in the playoffs for the 28th straight season. And, after stumbling to an 0-3 start, the Jackets seem to have righted the ship, going 4-1 in their last five games, with the only blemish an ugly 50-10 defeat at Snowflake three weeks ago in the Section 5 opener. The Jackets, who rebounded to beat archrival Show Low 36-29 then whipped Globe 54-0 last week, stand at No. 14 in the power rankings. Payson is No. 10. The teams find themselves locked in a second-place tie behind Snowflake in the section with Show Low, Payson’s final regular season foe next week at PHS. The 4-4 Cougars are No. 11 in the power rankings. The top 16 teams in those rankings make the Division 4 state tournament and the top 8 host firstround games. Two more wins likely ensures Payson of hosting a postseason game for the first time since 2008. But in order to do that, the Horns need to shore up a defense that’s allowing 29 points a game after surrendering one of the highest point totals in program history last week. The Lobos scored two more points than what the Yellow Jackets managed in a 63-6 blowout of the Horns in Payson last year. Blue Ridge has won all three meetings since Payson beat the Jackets twice in 2008: 13-7 at Payson in the regular season and 34-33 in the triple-overtime thriller in the Class 3A state title game at Northern Arizona University. The Longhorns could really use a big bounce back game tonight, not only to boost their shot at a firstround home playoff game, but to also boost their confidence. I think they get it.

Karen Peterson’s introduction to golf was such a calamity in her mind that she walked off the course in embarrassment before finishing her first hole. Of course, playing your first round with a future World Golf Hall of Famer like JoAnne Gunderson Carner can be a bit intimidating to a young woman who didn’t know the first thing about the sport. She seems to have figured it out. Last week, Peterson won her record eighth consecutive Payson Women’s Golf Association Club Championship at Payson Golf Course. “I thought golf was boring,” said the 74year-old Payson resident. She also thought it was much too difficult when she set out to play her first round at Mesa County Club trying to make the Arizona State women’s golf team at the age of 18. “I took a golf class in college for an easy credit,” she recalled. “That didn’t work out too well. They asked me to play on the golf team at ASU and I go to Mesa Country Club and they gave me a set of clubs. JoAnne was my buddy on a golf scholarship and I had to play with her on the first hole. I didn’t last the first hole. I had no idea what I was doing. There might have been some kind of talent there, but I thought, ‘If this is how golfers really play, I’m not in the league with JoAnne Carner.’ It was an embarrassment. I didn’t pick up a club again until I was 34 or 35.” Softball, not golf, was her sport as a young woman. And she was good at it. But ASU didn’t have a team back then, that’s why she figured why not give the golf thing a go. But it wasn’t for her at that time. Instead, she played softball at a high level, starring at second base for the Phoenix Ramblers semipro team in the late 1950s and early ’60s before suffering a shoulder injury that required reconstructive surgery and ended her career at the age of 23. Despite playing only a few seasons because of the injury, she was inducted into the Arizona Softball Hall of Fame last year. After graduating from ASU, Peterson spent 17 years as a physical education teacher in Southern California before switching careers and working in marketing for Farmers Insurance for 23 years in Los Angeles and Colorado Springs, and in 1985 returned to Phoenix, where she moved from Minnesota with her parents at the age of 11. She transferred to Sun City West at 55 and decided to focus on improv-

Club Champion – Karen Peterson Low Net Winners Flight A – Shari Cody Flight B – Marcy Hewlett Oct. 6 Medalists Low Gross – Karen Peterson Low Net – (tie) Earlene Brewer and Shari Cody Nearest the Pin Winners Oct. 6th – Claudia Bullard and Stephanie Collins Oct. 7th – Marcy Hewlett and Earlene Brewer Oct. 14th – Mary Cain and Stephanie Collins ing her golf game and played after work. But she missed softball and, despite doctors telling her she’d never play the game again, Peterson returned to the sport she loved on a senior slow-pitch travel team that played in several national championships and won the 55 age division at the World Series. But the earlier surgery left her with limited range of motion in her throwing shoulder, so she wound up injuring her back trying to throw the ball with such a restrictive motion. “I can’t throw like a normal person,” she said. “I can’t pull my arm back very far.” She retired in 2002 and moved to Payson in 2005 and finally put away her softball glove and took up the golf clubs for good in 2006. “I needed a hobby,” she said. Not sure if her back could handle playing 18 holes every week, Peterson joined the Niners, a ladies league that plays nine holes each Thursday at Payson Golf Course. “I wasn’t sure how my back would hold up,” she said. “I got the bug again. The next year I joined the 18-holers (PWGA) and I got addicted to it.” She also got pretty good at it. Laura Meyocks won the Club Championship in 2006, Peterson’s first year in the PWGA. But she’s claimed the PWGA’s most prestigious crown every year since. She won this year’s title with a gross score of 79-79-80 for the 54-hole event held Oct. 6, 7 and 14. Although the score assured her name will be etched on the trophy once again, it wasn’t one that satisfied her on the par-71 course. “My handicap was a 5, and now it’s a 6

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Karen Peterson watches her drive during a PWGA tournament earlier this summer. Peterson won her record eighth consecutive Club Championship last week. because of this tournament,” she said. “My goal is to break 70. I didn’t do it this year, so I’m going to have to set that goal again next year. I’m not happy unless I’m shooting no more than 75. I feel like I’ve really blown it if I don’t shoot a 75. But you’re never happy with that, because if I continually shoot 75, I’ll think, ‘What’s wrong with me, I want to shoot 74.’” She’s driven to continue her success in the tournament. “Every year it gets harder and harder because I wear a target,” she said. “Some of the women are out there practicing and wanting to beat me. There are a couple of gals who were injured and haven’t been able to play this year, so I caught a break

there. It’s really kind of cool that they want to get better — they’re not just satisfied with the status quo, they want to beat me and they have to practice and it’s a good thing.” Despite all her success, the Club Championships haven’t become routine for her; quite the opposite, in fact. “It’s important to me,” she said. “I can get so whacked out on it and lose sleep over it. I want it. It means more each year. The first one meant a lot because I beat Laura, who was so good, but she is a nurse and had to stop playing to work. But then it became more special, because I want my name on the trophy over and over again. I like to win, I play to win.”

Girls stepping up to challenge, running well Greenleaf hopes to return for next week’s sectional BY

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When a hip injury sidelined Abby Greenleaf, the Longhorns lost their top runner. The junior has missed about a month with the injury and it’s unclear if she’ll make it back for the Div. 3 Section 3 meet on Oct. 31 in Gilbert.

But a trio of runners has turned in several strong efforts to help Payson’s girls cross country team cushion the blow of her loss. “In the wake of Abby’s absence, we have needed a few girls to step up and three really have,” said coach Jonathan Ball. “I talked to the girls about what a great opportunity they

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Megan Porter (left), Anna Schouten (center) and Kyra Ball (right) have led the way for Longhorns in the absence of the injured Abby Greenleaf.

had in the absence of our top runner.” In the Chandler Valley Christian Invitational, the Longhorns’ first race without Greenleaf, freshman Kyra Ball ran in the top 10 for the first time, finishing eighth. Anna Schouten took 13th and Megan Porter earned her first varsity medal, placing 25th. And the strong races have continued for the trio, who’ve all medaled in four of the past five meets. The following Saturday in the Shane Morris Invitational at Lakeside Blue Ridge, Ball ran in the top 10 again, finishing ninth, while Schouten crossed 17th and Porter 23rd. Freshman Maddie Abney, meanwhile, medaled for the first time, placing 13th in the open race. The Longhorns returned to the Whiteriver Alchesay Invitational on Oct. 10 for the first time since PHS’s girls won the last 3A East Regional Championship in 2009, to face their old 3A East foes. Ball and Schouten both finished in the top five for the first time, with Ball crossing fourth and

Schouten, who was 10th after one mile, ran a great final two miles to take fifth. Porter finished 12th, while Abney placed third in the open race. PHS then competed in the Snowflake Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 18 for the first time since winning the 2009 Snowflake Invitational in convincing fashion. Snowflake canceled its program for a couple of years but is now back to hosting the race. “It was good to get back there, and our girls ran really well, once again,” the coach said. Ball finished third, Schouten fifth and Porter 12th. And Abney placed second in the open race in what her coach said may have been her best performance. He said he’s impressed with the way his daughter and Schouten have taken it upon themselves to lead the way without Greenleaf. “They have formed a real good one-two punch for us,” coach Ball said. “Kyra has finished in the top 10 in four of the past five meets, and she’s been in the top four the past two races. She is real young, and we are still working on her being mentally tough, but she is having a good season. Once she

finds that mental toughness, she has a chance to be a great one. “Anna, on the other hand, is such a hard worker. She runs a lot of miles in the off-season and has made so many improvements the past three years. She has been in the top five the past two races, which is an awesome reward for all her hard work, and the effort she has made the past three years. “And when you add in Megan, who just keeps dropping her time down, we have a real solid top three. And Maddie continued her success.” The Longhorns get a final tune-up for the sectional with a race today at Holbrook. “Holbrook is going to be a very competitive meet where we are going to have to compete really hard,” coach Ball said. “Most of the reservation teams go to this meet to get on their sectional course. It gets very competitive. On a competitive basis, it will be similar to the Fountain Hills Invitational, where Kyra took 39th, Anna took 56th, and Megan 76th, however instead of running against big Valley schools, we will be running against all the traditional teams of the north.”

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aroundthe rim Proof in the proverbial pocketbook During the opening days of school each year, geometry teachers stress to students that a “given” is a fact being provided to help solve a proof. In the Rim Country, a “given” can be something different. Such as, the fact that Pine Library Friends members are among the hardest working volunteers and it is their fundraising efforts that help keep the doors of the Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library open. During each holiday arts and crafts festival in Pine, Library Friends hosts benefit book sales and raffles to earn money to help fund the local library. This past year, the Memorial Day weekend book sale earned $1,757.75 and during the three-day Fourth of July sale, $1,443.67 was earned. The Labor Max Foster photo Day sale generated $966.53. Members of the Gila County Sheriff’s Posse are a constant presence at the With success such as that to buoy the many holiday events held at the Pine Community Center, keeping traffic group, Library Friends members are eagerly anticipating the next meeting at flowing and pedestrians safe. 1 p.m., Monday, Oct. 27 in the activity allocated for a question and answer sesIn volleyball, the Lady Buffs will travroom behind the cultural center. sion. Palmer also stresses that the 1 el tomorrow, Saturday, to West Sedona “Refreshments will be served and the p.m. meeting time represents a change. School to compete in the annual seasonmeeting is open to the community so Previously they were held at 10 a.m. ending league tournament. please come and bring a friend,” said First fire board meeting Library Friends member Helen Palmer. Archers on target The group has lined up a special proThe highly accomplished Pine I attended my first-ever Pine Strawgram to be highlighted by presentations Strawberry Buffalo archery team berry Fire Board meeting on Oct. 15 and from guest speakers Mike Clark and returns to action tomorrow, Saturday, left highly impressed by its civility and Melvin Palmer, both very active memOct. 25 on the school’s softball field. the graciousness. bers of the Gila County Sheriff’s Posse. Board members, Fire Chief Gary Almost every weekend, the two and Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the first flight will compete 9 a.m. to noon. Morris and those in the audience treatfellow posse members volunteer to proThe second flight is in action noon to 3 ed one another with mutual respect and vide law enforcement presence and p.m. and the awards ceremony courtesy. assist at community events. will be at 3:30 p.m. For most onlookers the politeness Most recently, the posse Tomorrow’s match is one of would be nothing new. But having RATTLIN ’ worked the Fire on the Rim THE RIM few home events the Buffs host reported in past years on Pine Mountain Bike Race, Fall and that means local residents Strawberry Water Improvement board Apple Festival and Antique will have the opportunity to see meetings that frequently turned conShow, Wine Around the up close and personally one of tentious and combative, I found reportLibrary benefit and Mountain the most accomplished smalling on the fire board meeting a breath of Daze. school teams in the state. fresh air. The posse also took center Over the years, the Buffs On the election front, voters now stage during the parking conhave racked up an impressive have the opportunity to select two fire troversy last summer in which list of accomplishments includ- board members from three candidates the Arizona Department of ing last spring’s trip to the — Michael Clark, Forrest McCoy and Max Foster Transportation ruled that visLouisville, Ky., where the five David Burkhardt. itors could no longer park on local qualifiers competed in the Make your choices and cast your both sides of Beeline as they had done since the festivals were first 2014 National Archery in Schools vote. Championship finals tournament. organized. In that national showdown, archers Disney at library It was posse members who were Movie Madness events are some of entrusted to help control parking and competed in the traditional bull’s-eye event as well as the 3-D Challenge in the Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library’s pedestrian activity. “Many people are surprised when which the targets are life-sized foam most popular children’s offerings. they hear about all they actually do replicas of wild animals. Next on the agenda is the showing of Coach Dean Pederson called the trip the Disney movie “Maleficent” at 1 p.m., when on duty,” said Helen Palmer. At Monday’s meeting, time will be “Pretty awesome, a great experience.” Wednesday, Nov. 5. The movie is rated

PG and is one hour and 36 minutes in length. Refreshments will be served, but children are asked to bring their own pillow so as to be comfortable on the floor. Library Manager Becky Waer urges moviegoers to show up early because fire codes limit the number of persons who can be in the library during a given time. Lend a holiday hand

In Pine and Strawberry there are those, young and old alike, who need a little help to fully enjoy the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday. The more fortunate among us can lend a helping hand by donating frozen turkeys to the local food bank. The birds, ideally 10 to 16 pounds, can be dropped off at the Ponderosa Market where thy will be stored in a freezer until holiday distributions. By donating turkeys, food bank money is freed up to purchase other food items. As always, other foods and cash donations are always welcome. “We are so blessed by the residents of our two small towns who are generous to a fault in helping others in our communities who need a little extra help and we thank you and thank God for your caring spirit,” read a press release from the volunteers. SCAF senior tree

While contributing a turkey, food or cash to the food bank, don’t forget to participate in the Pine Strawberry Senior Citizens Affairs Foundation Senior Angel Christmas Tree program. To get involved, simply place the name of a Pine or Strawberry senior resident on the tree that will be set up Nov. 4 in the thrift shop. Next, purchase a gift for a needy senior and delivering it to back of the thrift shop by Dec. 13. Trail work

Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Committee volunteers will be back at work from 8 a.m. to noon, tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 25 improving the Rim View Trail section of the Arizona Loop. Volunteers should bring their own lunch, snacks and water and meet at the Pine Trailhead south of town.

Colors of the season dazzle Tonto Village Tonto Village is turning all kinds of the 50-meter freestyle swimming colors. Mother Nature and Jack Frost event. Congratulations to Melody and are responsible for all the gold, orange, Jacquelin. red and brown hues on the trees and Hellsgate Fire Department bushes. This time of year is one of my I hope that you read the article in the favorite seasons — the way the air Payson Roundup about the family who feels so crisp and clean; seeing is donating helmets to the people raking up pine needles Hellsgate Fire Department. It and leaves; and the smell of the THE is a very heartwarming, but a smoke as the leaves and nee- VILLAGE tragic turn of events precipidles are burned. tated the donation. Along with the changing Derek Jacobs has started a season, October ushers in memorial fund in honor of DJ Halloween, a time for thinking Jacobs Jr. To donate, go to any up a great costume either for U.S. Bank or Wells Fargo Bank yourself or your children. They and ask to contribute to the DJ probably already know how Jacobs Memorial Helmet Fund they want to dress up. or send checks to DJ Jacobs Of course, your most impor- Janet Memorial Helmet Fund, 2709 tant job is to find a good deal Snyder E. Arrowhead Trail, Gilbert, on Halloween treats for the AZ 85297. kids who will be knocking at your door Get well on Oct. 31. Many of the Villagers like to decoI just received word that a former rate their home for this season, espe- Hellsgate Firefly secretary has been cially one in particular — Bobette taken to St. Joseph’s/Barrows Hospital. Davis. Bobette goes all out with her Karen apparently has suffered a stroke decorations and blow up characters in and is undergoing therapy. Karen will her front yard. Bobette lives at the first be at the hospital for a few weeks and house past the Tonto Village Chapel on a few cards will uplift her spirit. Send Johnson Boulevard. Stop by and check your get well wishes to: Karen Fausz. it out and make sure you bring your Room 2R11W, St. Joseph’s/Barrows camera. Hospital, 350 W. Thomas, Phoenix, AZ 85013. Special Olympics Birthdays, etc. Special Olympics held a state meet On Oct. 23, Bill and Karen Fausz of Oct. 17 in Surprise, Ariz. The swimming division’s 50-meter event saw for- Thompson Draw I, will celebrate their mer Tonto Village resident Melody 55th wedding anniversary. Happy anniHurwitz win a gold medal. Melody also versary to you both. On Oct. 23, Darlane Leonard of won a bronze medal in the relay race for the Payson team. Jacquelin Karrys, Tonto Village III will be another year of Tonto Village, won a bronze medal in younger. On the same day, Hellsgate

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Sunday afternoon at the Double D was alive with pool sticks cracking those pool balls around on a green felt table after a long hiatus. The afternoon passed by too quickly, but there were three winners when the afternoon came to a close. Harvey Poyner, pool player extraordinaire, became the first place winner; Bailey Randall shot for second place; and Phil Nieto took third place. Congratulations to the winners. Be there next Sunday around 2 p.m. to

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Somebody up there likes us I just finished reading a book titled “The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo.” It was written in 1851 by Sir Edward Creasy, and is a classic, which is still read and quoted today. Two things impressed me about that book. The first one was how right Creasy was when he said, “These critical battles have for humankind an abiding interest, both while we investigate the chain of causes and effects by which they have helped to make us what we are; and also while we speculate on what we probably would have been, if any one of those battles had come to a different termination.” The second one was the fact that Creasy selected Waterloo as the last in his YOUR TURN series of battles. To me, as to most Americans I suspect, the day that Napoleon was beaten seems a bit ho-hum, not at all like the other 14 battles in the book. The Battle of Marathon, for example, stopped the Persian invasion Tom Garrett of Europe, which would forever have changed the character of the western world. And the rest of the battles in the book, including our victory over British General Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777, obviously play a key part in history. Had Burgoyne won, the colonies would have been divided in two. With New York, New Jersey, and much of Pennsylvania occupied by the British, and the southern colonies too small in population to carry on the fight alone, there would have been no United States. I wondered, though, why Creasy felt that Waterloo was so important. But then — taking a look at the world from the other side of the Atlantic — it dawned on me. If the British and their Prussian allies had lost at a time when Britain had just signed a shaky peace treaty in the War of 1812, it is likely that we Yanks, still stinging over the British burning of Washington, might very well have decided that with the British tied down in Europe for the next five or six years it was time to annex Canada and get the redcoats out of North America altogether. A closer reading of Creasy’s last chapter — which covers Waterloo — shows he was thinking along the same lines. However, because Napoleon lost at Waterloo, Creasy was able to write his book at a time in 1851 when for the first time in three centuries Europe was enjoying a nearly fourdecade long period of peace. And we Americans, more interested in our vast and still unknown continent than in revenge on a nation which was to become our best friend, turned our faces west and began the slow expansion to our natural boundaries. At the beginning of his book, Creasy — speaking of almost 40 years of peace — says, “It is an honourable characteristic of the Spirit of this Age, that projects of violence and warfare are regarded among civilized states with gradually increasing aversion.” He adds, “In closing our observations on this the last of the Decisive Battles of the World, it is pleasing to contrast the year 1815 which it describes with the year that is now passing over our heads. We have not had (and long may we be without) the stern excitement of martial strife, and we see no captive standards of our European neighbours brought in triumph to our shrines. But we behold an infinitely prouder spectacle. We see the banners of every civilized nation waving over the arena of our competition with each other in the arts that minister to our race’s support and happiness, and not to its suffering and destruction.” What a happy thought! What a great piece of good luck it is that Creasy was able to focus on the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 then on that “other battle,” the one that never took place, the final bitter conflict between a still young United States and a Great Britain outraged by the loss of Canada, a battle in which she could have called upon hundreds of thousands of troops from her colonies around the world. Who knows what the outcome of such a battle might have been? I don’t, Johnny, but I can tell you this: I’m glad we didn’t have to find out. Thinking about all that, and about two world wars in Europe and the Far East shed the blood of the best and brightest of the western world in two separate wars in one generation, I for one am eternally grateful that our nation and the British nation were able to stand side by side, as the brothers we truly are, to stop in Europe what might truly have become a “World War.” And I’ll tell you something else, Johnny. Reading about how close it was at Waterloo, I can’t help but feel that Somebody up there likes us. Who are “us”? Everyone, I hope.

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The Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center is still looking to fill a couple of volunteer slots in its weekly schedule. Shifts are once a week (or more if you like) and are generally four hours in either the morning or afternoon. Some volunteers work alone and others with another person. The chamber director and assistant are also present, in case you need help answering questions. Volunteers answer the phones and greet visitors who are usually looking for things to do in the Rim Country or have questions about chamber member services. You’ll meet people from all over the United States and the world — and often meet visitors from your home state. I’ve been volunteering at the chamber for the past 10 years and really look forward to my Wednesday morning shift. When I first started, I didn’t really know the town and area that well, but through volunteering, I learned quickly about all that our area has to offer. The only real requirements for being a volunteer are a willingness to commit to a regular weekly shift, a helpful predisposition and a big smile. If you’d like to become a chamber volunteer or learn more about the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, please call the office at (928) 474-4515. And lastly, kudos go out to the Cub Scout dens that meet at the LDS Church — the members spent part of their fall break from school cleaning up trash along the shores of Green Valley Park. Den leader Victoria Farnsworth said, “The boys were enthusiastic and dug right in, and believe me, there was a lot of trash — nine big bags worth. And one of the really good things about our pickup was that almost all of what we picked up was recyclable. The boys celebrated the end of our project by sailing their milk carton sailboats, which we had made the week before.” Way to go Cub Scouts! DJ Craig – (928) 468-1482 www.djcraiginpayson.com

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Saying goodbye to a really great guy Christopher Creek held a memorial for John Matus at the Creekside Restaurant last Friday afternoon. Folks from all over filled the historic building that John built himself. They came from Long Beach, Calif. where John had been a firefighter before he married Olive and came to Rim Country. They came from Tonopah, Ariz. where John’s singing partner and entertainer now lives in retirement. Tucson, Ariz. was represented as well as ANOTHER WEEK Casa Grande, Apache IN THE CREEK Junction, Phoenix, Rye, Tonto Basin, Payson and Star Valley. After greeting folks you hadn’t seen in years or meeting a few you may have never known, you got the idea John was a part of the lives of not only these 75 in Rod Britain attendance but perhaps thousands of those who had come to Creekside over the decades. Among those represented in attendance were the Pfister, Donovan, Greenleaf, Dryland, Hannum, Gordeau, Holmes, Schantz, Sundra, Latus, Hoedl, Pennington, Liles, Brown, Boeschling, Houser, Shields, Moore, Short and Tidwell families. Deanna, Cookie, and Linda represented the White family with Ray and Roxie Savage also among the attendees. It was good to see Bob and Rita Magness along with Charles and Willene Byrne. Many of those who came had been employed by John and Olive over the years. Olive’s brother, Richard Henry was looking well and Danny Armstrong, Olive’s son, was there.

Back in the President’s Room were the buffet tables where Sheila and her crew put out lunch. In the other corners were the tables where a number of people poured over the photo albums containing thousands of pictures of life in the old restaurant from years back. John Marksbury was ably providing the background music in the rear dining room where, following lunch, everybody gathered for the telling of stories, both humorous and poignant. Olive sat with a couple from Long Beach and Mrs. Caan told the story of John introducing her to her husband of 48 years. A number of others took to the microphone to share small vignettes of John back in the day. Dennis Louchart and Lynn came a long way to return to place they spent hundreds of weekends over the years. Dennis was the entertainer off and mostly on for 25 years. He tells of a stint of eight years straight without missing a weekend. Dennis told us that John Matus was part of the show, perhaps like a Jerry Lewis to Dean Martin or Tom Smothers to Dick. He said that parts of the show were choreographed to John and that he had his own music sheets with the words to the songs on them. In the later years those music sheets had to be reprinted in larger type, according to Dennis. Dennis spent 20 minutes on the microphone sharing many stories of John and their various exploits. All the stories having been told, he then raised his glass and toasted his singing partner as we all drank to John. Mornings have cooled, but are not yet crisp and the maples are brilliant red. We are just now at the peak of fall’s color show and

great time for photographers. Congratulations to Rhonda Louch on filling her tag in area 3C just on top of the Rim. She got her cow elk. Down in 23, over at the OW ranch, former Creeker, Ray MacDonald filled his tag, as well, with a very large cow, whose liver now resides in my freezer! Last week’s latest ENSO (El Niño Surface Observations) report tells us that we will have a greater than 40 percent chance for warm, wetter winter weather when El Niño kicks in. A couple of weeks back, we were whining about the long delays in reopening of the highway. Well, that very Friday morning, the striping was painted and the barricades removed. How nice to have the road back in only a short time! Once again, a final reminder that tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the CKFD firehouse the Christopher Creek Kids Halloween Costume Party and Hay Wagon Ride will be held. It promises to be pretty spooky! Last Friday, over in the corner booth, by the door to the President’s Room, a song rose from the voices of six or eight who sat at the piano bar at the Creekside Steakhouse some 20 years ago. It was an a cappella rendition of an old campfire ballad that brings to mind another era both in the history of the song and of its singing here in the Creek. If you close your eyes and look real hard, you can see them all, nearly 50 folks crammed into that tiny bar, John Matus among them and their voices all raised in song: “In the evening, (rah-de-do-da) in the moonlight, (rah-de-do-da), you can hear …” And that’s another week in the Creek.

Falling Leaves Fashioneesta benefits Christian Clinic The Rim Country Optimist Club is hosting its fourth annual Falling Leaves Fashioneesta. This is a cooperative effort between the Rim Country Optimist Club, Payson Christian Clinic, Payson High School culinary class, local Girl Scout troops and the individual and business sponsors who are supporting the event. Proceeds will benefit the Payson Christian Clinic to help provide health care to youth — from newborns up to those 18 years of age — who do not have health care bene-

fits. The Fashioneesta will take place Saturday, Nov. 8 at The Center (formerly The Senior Center), 514 W Main St. Doors open at 11 a.m. The Falling Leaves Fashioneesta extravaganza will feature a tasteful luncheon and yummy desserts, served by local Girl Scouts, along with an exhibit of the latest fashions from the Boutique and Bob’s Western Wear. There will also be raffle items and silent auction baskets. Local residents will model the clothes;

Fred Carpenter provides the music; and the Payson High School drama department will handle the lighting. For more information, to become a sponsor, make a donation, purchase tickets ($15 per person) for this event, or to buy raffle tickets, please contact Joan Young, (928) 4722264; Flo Moeur, (480) 201-2990; or Joanne Conlin at The Center, (928) 474-4876. Tickets are by advanced purchase. Reservations will be taken for tables of eight. Seating is limited — and very popular.

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Members of the Rim Country 4 Wheelers (RC4W) invite anyone interested in four-wheel-drive back road travel to join them at 8 a.m. Wednesdays in the Bashas’ shopping center parking lot in front of the Big 5 store. The route and destination may be prescheduled or may be decided on the spot; the level of difficulty may range from easy to moderate. Saturday trips are also scheduled at least once a month and are usually decided on at the previous month’s meeting. For all trips, have a full tank of gas, lunch, and a lawn chair. For more information, visit the Web site at www.rimcountry4wheelers.com or call RC4W President Chuck Jacobs at (928) 595-0967.

Friendship Bible Class Friendship Bible Class, a nondenominational 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.

Moose Lodge events The Loyal Order of the Moose meetings are at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. The Women of the Moose meet at 5:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month. The lodge has a Thursday Fish Fry from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and weekly dinner specials are available. Also, on the second, third, and fourth Thursday Diana Marie provides music from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The lodge is open to members and their guests. The Moose Lodge is located on E. Hwy. 260 in Star Valley. For more information, call (928) 474-6212.

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 Tom Jones, secretary, at (928) 474-1305 or (818) 314-9950.

International Police Association The International Police Association (I.P.A. Region 61 Northern AZ) meets for breakfast at Mazatzal Casino Restaurant at 9 a.m. every Wednesday. All honorably retired law enforcement and active law enforcement personnel are welcome. For more information, call Michelle Dyer at (928) 970-0247 or go online to www.ip_usa.org.

Faithlift and coffee Unity Church of Payson hosts a mid-week Faithlift and coffee on Wednesdays at Dimi Espresso. All are invited. The Faithlift will focus on the book “Spiritual Economics” by Eric Butterworth and meets from noon to 1 p.m. Come at 11:30 a.m. to socialize. Meetings of Faithlift will continue each Wednesday through Oct. 29 and will also be held Wednesday, Nov. 12 and 19. To find out more about Unity of Payson, go online to visit www.unity-

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The New Hope Grief Support Group is for those who have lost a spouse. It meets from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Senior Circle, 215 N. Beeline Highway. For more information, call (928) 472-9290.

87 Mountain Biking Club 87 Mountain Biking Club meets at 4 p.m. every Wednesday at the 87 Cyclery shop, 907 S. Beeline Highway. Members have group trail rides throughout Gila County for every level of rider (beginners to advanced). Everyone is encouraged to join and learn about all the great mountain biking trails Payson and the surrounding area has to offer. For more information or questions, please call (928) 478-6203.

Bridge results Winners at Tuesday Bridge Club for Oct. 21 were: Betty Mashl, first; Kay Hutchinson, second; Bonnie Sheldon, third. Play is at 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Majestic Rim, 310 E. Tyler Parkway. Area residents and guests are welcome. Please call Marilyn Castleman at (928) 474-6134 for reservations and information.

Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held Monday through Sunday at 8 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. (Rule 62) at 434 S. Beeline Highway Suite A, Payson; Tuesday and Thursday, 7 p.m. (Back to Basics) at St Philips Church, 511 St. Philips Street (Knights of Columbus room, side building); Monday and Tuesday, 6 p.m. at Men’s Step House, 107 E. Airline Blvd., Payson; and Sunday and Monday, 7 p.m. (Living Sober), 408 W. Main St., Suite 11 (rear entrance). An Alcoholics Anonymous UNITY meeting takes place at 6 a.m. every Monday and at 7 p.m. every second Saturday at 600 E. Highway 260 #14. There is handicap access. AA meetings may be open discussion or closed meetings. For more information, call the Alcoholics Anonymous 24-hour phone service at (928) 474-3620 or visit www.paysonaa.com.

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Time Out Inc.’s annual Candlelight Walk to remember the victims of domestic violence is Wednesday, Oct. 29. This year the walk starts and ends at the Expedition Church on the corner of West Bonita and South Colcord. Walkers will meet at 5:30 p.m. and start walking at 6 p.m. The route is just under a mile. At the end of the walk, there will be a short program. Stop by the Time Out Thrift Store on Highway 87 to pick up a sponsor form.

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

20 ft. and 40 ft.: Shipping Containters, 928-537-3257

DARLENE

Darlene Younker

YOuNKER PAYSON SCHOOL BOARD paid for by Darlene Younker for School Board 2014

RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT REPAIR Ovens, Walk-Ins, A/Cs, Electrical, Plumbing,

928-468-2026 Solar Screens, 90% Blackout, Call for sizes, 928-478-6382 THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades? Droopy Drapes? WE CAN FIX THAT! Dani 928-595-2968 BLINDS & DESIGNS Repairs, Sales, Blind-Cleaning & More! Yamaha Inverter Generator Like new EF 3000iSEB Ideal source of power for RV or home. AC output 3000 watts + plus 500 watt boost. Strawberry, AZ $1500 602-403-8907

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS

AUCTIONS

DARLENE YOuNKER

Darlene Younker

PAYSON SCHOOL BOARD paid for by Darlene Younker for School Board 2014

AUCTIONS

YARD SALES

Need Cash

NEED CASH? Need To Sell It?

Now accepting items for Nov. 15th, 2014 AUCTION in Clay Springs, AZ

Call Ron 928-521-7517 www.RonBrewerAuctions.com

ESTATE SALES 15. ESTATE SALE: 303 S. Clark St. Fri. Sat. starting 7am & Sun. Starting at 8am; Household Items, Collectibles, Antiques, Tools and More! 6. ESTATE SALE: 44 Seldom Creek Ln (Off Quail Run, Diamond Point Shadows) 7am -3pm, Oct. 24-26, Fri-Sun: Contents of house, garage and workshop must be emptied! China Cabinets, Horse Trailer, Elmira “Vintage” Stove, Skutt Kiln, Craftsman 1000 Lawn Tractor, Race Sulky, Hay Budden Anvil, Blacksmith Forge & Tools, Mig Welder, New Swim Pool, 5’ Rd Horse Trough, Saddle, Feeders, Shop tools, Vintage Hand Tools, like new (27) Gun Safe, Antique Cupboards, Vintage Tables, Leather Couch, Large Old Pot, Cast Iron Pans, Zero Gravity Chair, Super Radiant Dome, Massage Equip, Toy Trucks, RC, Legos, Tonka, Huge Train Set, Schylling Rodeo, Games, Lamps, Silverware, Dishes etc. Well worth the trip! J&D Antiques, Judy Baker ESTATE SALE: October 1 thru November 2, 2014; Antiques, Books, Collectibles, Household Goods, Personal Possessions, Call for Apt. 928-474-8658

EDUCATION

4. 620 E. Phoenix St. (Elk Ridge Sub Division) Sat. Oct. 25 from 8am to 2pm; Household Items, Seasonal Items, Pictures, Boys clothes NB-3T, Adult Clothes and Much More! 5. 600 N Vista Rd. Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25, Fri. 8am to 2pm, Sat. 8am to 4pm; Household, furniture, small appliances, clothes. Too much to list. Cash only. No early birds. 7. Two Party Garage Sale: 1005 North Chalet Circle, Payson, Fri. Oct. 24 & Sat. Oct. 25 from 8am to 2pm; Gas Dryer & Furniture, Display Cases & Other Business Related Items, Tools, Household Items, Hitch and Other RV Related Items 9. Multi Family Yard Sale; 1108 S. Sierra Ancha Lane, Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 9am to 3pm; Tools & Household Goods and Much More!

AUTOS/VEHICLES ATVS 2004 Polaris Sportsman 700, 4x4, 2700 Miles, One Owner, Recently Services, Great Condition, Asking $3,750.obo Ed 928-468-9075 or 602-999-3388

Adult Education Teacher

GILA COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE

ADULT EDUCATION/GED TEACHER • BA required • 8-16 hours per week

Contact soconnor@gilacountyaz.gov or 928.402.8783 for more information

GENERAL

Fri, Oct 24. 7:00 - noon Tools, tool boxes, framed art, framed photos, speakers, lamps, computer hutch, kitchen appliances, office chairs, 32” LCD TV and more.

11. 600 N. Ponderosa Circle #1, Sat. Only Oct. 25 from 8am to 4pm No Early Birds Please. Guns-Winchester 94 Big Bore, Ruger Ranch Rifle with ammo. Camping-Casting rods, Reels, Numerous Plugs. Household-Eureka Carpet Vacuum, Blender, Deep Fryer, Corning Ware. Electronic-New DVD Recorder, Sony portable CD Player, Computer Speakers, Fax Machine. Clothes-Chamois Shirts, REI Down Vest, Lands End Squall Jacket, etc. 13. 701 N. Foxhill Rd. Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 7am to 2pm; Nice Women’s and Men’s Clothes, Jewelry, Household Items, 2 Humidifiers, Collectibles, Picture, Fans, Kitchen Faucet, Picture Window-Security Screen. 14. 1208 N. Gila Drive, Sat. Oct. 25 from 8am to 2pm; Desk, Bookshelves, 8x8 Dome Tent, Photo Albums & Frames, Halloween Decor, Ladie’s Medieval Costumes, Misc. Collectibles Incl. Nightmare Before Christmas, Nikon/Pentax/Yashica Camera Equipment & More! 16. BIG YARD SALE: 4305 E. 260 Hwy, Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 8am to 4pm; All Kinds of Good Stuff! Table & Chairs, Small Flat Screen TVs, Table Saw w/Table, Misc. Collectibles, Pictures, Heaters, Lamps, Work Bench, Tools & Much More.

NEW & USED UTILITY TRAILERS 928-468-2026

YOuNKER

PAYSON SCHOOL BOARD paid for by Darlene Younker for School Board 2014

XLT Good condition, cream color, 88,000 miles, 2WD, 5.4L V8.. $17,500.. 928-595-0477

EMPLOYMENT CHILDCARE NOW HIRING

FT Dependable, Enthusiastic, Energetic and Coachable; Experience Preferred Karen’s Kare Bears, 103 W. Roundup Rd.

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

Broker-Joel Dean, Beeline Insurance, 807 S.Beeline Hwy.Ste.C 928-478-7151 Direct-480-385-9144 Auto,Home,Life,Health Avail.7 Days a Week

DRIVERS Part time CDL driver Part time CDL CLASS A driver needed one day a week. Perfect for a truck driver that has other work, but needs one more day a week, but a full day guaranteed! Contact me at 928-978-0534

Quality Pumping Needs FT/PT CDL and Non-CDL Driver Positions Great Pay, Good Hours, Service Payson and Surrounding Areas, Must Be Reliable, Dependable and Ready to go to work, Call Chancy 928-978-4632

Medicare Supplements Advantage • Part D Rx

Looking for a job that provides meaningful work and competitive compensation? Please drop off resume at: Eric Santana, Agent 904 S. Beeline Hwy, #4

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

$16.79 - $25.18/hr. Obtain job description and required application by calling (928) 474-5242 x207; pick one up at Town Hall or download at www.paysonaz.gov. Human Resources, 303 N Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541, must receive applications no later than 4PM MST, 01/15/15. EOE

Gila County Career Opportunities Globe:

Payson:

Lube Specialist Part-time Deputy Constable Public Health Nurse (2 positions) Administrative Clerk Sr. Juvenile Detention Officer Grant Project Assistant Road Maintenance Worker

Part-time Deputy Constable Lube Specialist Juvenile Detention Officer Road Maintenance Equipment Operator Bylas: Early Literacy Community Liaison

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

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

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

Debco Construction

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

HANDYMAN A Dependable Handyman Service Carpentry, Painting, Masonry, Electric, Yard Work, Wood Splitting, Hauling Payson License #P08226, Barney Branstetter 928-595-0236

HOME SERVICES

LEGAL SERVICES

RAPID PLUMBING SERVICE

DHW Home Services Decks/Porches Sheds Drywall Texture Matching Paint Remodeling 928-595-1555 Credit Cards Accepted not a licensed contractor Don’s Handyman Home Repairs, Mobile Home Roofs, Backhoe Work, Drains, Driveway, Landscaping, Yardwork Pine Needles, Tree Trimming, Hauling. unlicensed; 928-478-6139

HOME REPAIRS

Lawn Care

HAULING

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

JOE - 970-1873

Call The Cheaper Sweeper

All Service & Repairs Drain Specialist, All Work Garanteed, Lowest Prices in Rim Country! Registered Nurse w/40 years experience desires to assist individuals w/medical care needs in their home. Questions? Call Lorna Hansen 928-978-0145.

*YOU Name It Pricing* Tree Trimming and Removal Always Within YOUR Budget Specialized in Safety

Legacy Lumberjack 928-478-2123

IRIS GARDEN SERVICE 10% Off Your Full Cleanup! COMPLETE YARD & GARDEN CLEANUPS, DEBRIS REMOVED, REASONABLE; PAYSON LIC. 928-474-5932 Cell 928-951-3734 not.lic.contr. Landscape classified Yard Maintenance Ɣ Clean Ups Weeds Ɣ Trimming Ɣ Hauling Quality Work…Affordable Prices!

928-951-0859 FREE Estimates/SENIOR Discounts

2)) Your 1st Service 2))

OakLeaf Yardworks Yard Maint.,Firewising minor landscaping and tree trimming. All work affordable. Call:Dennis 928-595-0477 deebsfoil34@yahoo.com not a licsensed contractor

PAINTING Three Generations of Quality Interior/Exterior,Lacquer, Stains, Epoxies, Wood and Drywall Repair, Concrete, Polishing and Stains, Garage Floors,Tom 928-474-7022, 928-970-2754 tomkolleck@gmail.com

Call for appointment Tom Russell & Associates

PAYSON HUMANE SOCIETY 812 S. McLane - 474-5590

Order: 10072179 Cust: -Walmart (local) Keywords: Now Hiring- Pick up art#: 20121379 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 3.00

Now Hiring

for the following positions: • • • • • • •

Overnight Maintenance Overnight Stocking Cashiers Deli, Meat, Beauty Departments Grocery Courtesy Clerks Dairy/Frozen Department

Apply online at www.walmartstores.com or at our hiring kiosks inside the store Order: 10072628 Cust: -Hospice Compassus Keywords: Hiring Payson Office art#: 20122022 Class: Healthcare Size: 2.00 X 3.50

REAL ESTATE MOBILES FOR SALE 12x60 Mobile Home for Sale 3Br/1Ba, Includes All Appliances, Located 703 Frontier Street #25, Family Park, $4,500. 520-867-3051 55+OxBow Estates 1Br, Very Attractive Southwest Style Park Model, Fully Furnished, $28,000. or Rent to Own $650. w/Lease 928-476-8650 Foreclosures: 30 Homes, both New and PreOwned to Choose From, Free Delivery, Call Bronco Homes, 1-800-487-0712 REPOS: 2, 3, & 4 Bedrooms, Starting from $9,989. Call Bronco Homes: 1-800-487-0712

RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT Apartments for Rent

Tonto Oaks Apts. & Mobile Homes

120 S. Tonto St. Come live next to the BEST tenants in Payson! Beautiful, Spacious 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments w/storage room Call Cindy for availability (928) 472-9238 or email tontooaksapts@yahoo.com

174 N. Elizabeth Dr.

9am-Noon

In East Verde Park

Just outside of Payson, within walking distance of the East Verde River, sits this getaway. Two levels, each with their own private access. Views on the upper level and a fenced yard. New roof. 2BR/2BA. $98,500.

Gift Certificates Available

978-9108

PAYSON HUMANE SOCIETY 812 S. McLane - 474-5590

Saturday Oct. 25

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

Local Independent Broker

Don’t delay... Adopt a Cat TODAY!

OPEN HOUSE

Order: 10072777 Cust: -Prudential / Tim Ehrhardt Keywords: Elizabeth Drive art#: 20122238 Class: Open Houses Size: 2.00 X 2.00

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

Don’t delay... Adopt a Cat TODAY!

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

LANDSCAPING

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

Ruth Rand

AZ Certified Legal Document Preparer / Paralegal AZCLDP #81438

30yrs Exp. Call Mark 928-595-0323

not licensed contractor

HOME SERVICES

Front Office/Receptionist Position Must be familiar with the operations of a busy family practice, computerized medical records (EMR), and Microsoft Windows 7. Email your resume to easton708@gmail.com of fax to 928-472-6176

Order: 10072679 Cust: -Town of Payson / HR Keywords: Parks and Rec ad-pick up old ad-need proof art#: 20122095 Class: Administrative/Professional Size: 2.00 X 2.00 Town of Payson

Order: 10067884 Cust: -Gila County Personnel Keywords: Weekly 3x3 art#: 20115215 Class: General Size: 3.00 X 3.00

COMPARE & SAVE!

Ruth Rand ad

HEALTH CARE

INSURANCE

CONSTRUCTION

HAULING

SUBWAY: Apply within,

2008 Ford Expedition

Fire Wood Oak $290/ cord Juniper $230/ cord Mixture $260/ cord... negotiate 928-951-5645 Jay 928-978-5828 Tiffany 928-468-6935

Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2014

Darlene Younker

YOuNKER

WOOD FOR SALE

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

DARLENE

SUVS

Recreation Coordinator – Event Center 3. Multi Family Yard Sale, 716 S. Ridgeway Lane, Payson, (2 blocks East of Payson Christian School) Fri. Oct. 24 & Sat. Oct. 25 from 7am to 2pm: Motorized wheelchair, kayak, horse gear, antiques, tools, books, luggage, clothes, headboard, mirror, desk chair, misc. houshold items; CASH ONLY

DARLENE

Payson Senior Center needs a COOK. MUSTS: strong exp. in cooking & baking, inventory control, Required: food handler cert. Lift 50 lbs. Hours: M-Th 6:30am-2pm Email resume to: pseniors@npgcable.com

YARD SALES

10. 1105 W. Birchwood Rd. Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 7am to 5pm; Furniture, Houshold, Art & Craft Supplies, Tools, Christmas, Clothes and Much More!

13 years QuickBooks experience. Will work directly with your accountant. All or partial books. Call Tammy Helmer at 928-978-3994.

COOK

1. 1072 E. Highline Drive, Sat. Only Nov. 1 from 8am to 12 Noon. 1. 800 N. Manzanita Dr., Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 8am to Noon: Tools for Sale; Table Saw, Saber Saw, Drill Press, Grinder, Several Sanders, Plus Lots of Hand Tools. Cash Only!

MISCELLANEOUS

Open Enrollment for Medicare Supplements and ACA on the Exchange, Also AHCCS Plans Available Broker Guidance Start-to-Finish

RVS WINTERIZING & REPAIRS

2. HUGE CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE Payson First Assembly at 1100 W. Lake Dr. (the church at Green Valley Park) Oct. 24, 8-4, and Oct. 25, 8-3. Something for everyone: Home decor, kitchen items, furniture, toys, clothes, miscellaneous. NO EARLY BIRDS PLEASE! Questions: call 474-2302, Tues-Fri 10-4.

SERVICES

paid for by Darlene Younker for School Board 2014

AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING, LOCAL: Will Pick Up, Good Prices, DAVE’S AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING, Parts for Sale, M-F, 9-5, Sat 9-1, 928-474-4440

PARK & $ELL

RUMMAGE SALES

Western National Parks Association (WNPA) seeks a part-time/year round Park Store Manager I to lead and supervise park store at Tonto National Monument in Roosevelt, AZ. Requires HS diploma or GED; prefer experience managing successful retail store, ability to pass background check. 32 hours/week, with a Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon schedule. $11/hour, plus emloyee store discount. Must submit application at www.wnpa.org by 10/31/2014. For more info, send an e-mail to jobs@wnpa.org. EOE

PAYSON SCHOOL BOARD

2008 Ford Focus SES 2 Dr, 21K Miles, Excellend Condition $7,500. 928-474-2594 or 928-474-0378

12. Garage Sale 1312 N. Sunshine Ln. Payson

Park Store Manager I (part-time/year round)

Darlene Younker

CARS

GARAGE SALES

MISCELLANEOUS

RETAIL

• Afternoons/Evenings • Valid driver’s license and fingerprint card required.

Get the best results!

Call Carolyn 928-970-0337 Or Tim 602-478-9655 Prudential Arizona Realty

Order: 10072365 Cust: -Payson Care Center Keywords: CNA's, RN's, LPN's art#: 20118827 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 3.00

NOW HIRING CNA’S, RN’S & LPN’S Full-time, Part-time & PRN Positions Available. Competitive wages and benefits. $1,000 sign-on bonus for full-time positions. Apply in person at:

107 E. Lone Pine Drive, Payson, AZ 85541 (928) 474-6896 Order: 10067778 Cust: -McDonalds Keywords: Help Wanted art#: 20115075 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 4.00

Join our friendly Team McDonald’s invites you to join our professional, friendly and dedicated team. McDonald’s is committed to outstanding customer service, people development and professional growth. The McDonald’s Team offers Part-Time and Full Time employment with wages starting at $7.95 per hour. Flexible hours, training, advancement opportunities, management development, employee retirement benefits, insurance, performance reviews and raises, and many other benefits. McDonald’s rewards outstanding performance.

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

To apply online visit www.mcarizona.com

PAYSON ROUNDUP FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014

6B APARTMENTS FOR RENT Apartments For Rent

Warm & Cozy Community nestled in the Pines!

Forest Hills Condominiums

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

Call Caroline 928-472-6055

HOMES FOR RENT Pine Prudential Rentals x3 Friday

Prudential

ARIZONA REALTY

Property Management

609 S. Beeline Hwy. Payson, AZ 85541 474-5276 www.paysonrentals.com

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

1415 N. Sunset Dr., 3BD, 2.5BA . . . . $1400 1704 W. Birch Dr., 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . $1200 89 Milky Way, 3BD, 2BA. . . . . . . . . . . . $995 916 W. Wilderness Trl., 3BD, 2BA . . . . $980 1028 W. Rim View Rd., 2BD, 2BA . . . . $900 602 N. Ponderosa #A, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . $900 839 W. Overland Dr., 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . $850 303 E. Drowsey Cir., 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . $825 119 E. Pine St., 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . $795 2907 W. Nicklaus, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . $625 208 E. Juniper St. #B, Studio, 1BA . . . $500 607 S. Beeline Hwy. C5, Studio, 1BA. . $395

COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE

PineCrest Apartments Large 1 & 2 Bedroom. Each with Large Locking Storage Unit, Laundry & BBQ Area, $500. & up 480-734-0858

1500 Bravo Taxiway 601 N. Beeline 401 N. Tyler Parkway 501 W. Main #B 501 W. Main #C 405 S. Beeline, Unit F

RV/MOTOR HOME SPACE Independently Owned & Operated

MOBILES FOR RENT

This Fall make ASPEN COVE Your New Home

Positively Payson

Units Available! Apply Today!

APARTMENTS FEATURING: • 2 Bedrooms/2 Baths • 2 Bedrooms/ 1.5 Baths • Washers & Dryers • Covered Parking • Pet Friendly

ASPEN COVE

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

(928) 474-8042

Cornerstone Property Services www.cornerstone-mgt.com

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT Eagle Springs Professional Plaza 903 E Hwy 260

2Br/1Ba 12x65 w/10x40 ad on, 912 W. Saddle, Fenced Yard, Pets-OK, New W/D, Lots of Parking, $700.mo 928-978-9191 Lazy “D” Ranch RV Park and Apts. $45. Off for 3mo for any NEW RV SPACE LEASE OF 6mo OR MORE BY DEC. 1, 2014, Call 928-474-2442 for details

MOBILE/RV SPACES Mountain Shadows R.V. & Mobile Home Park Nice and Clean, Newly Remodeled Mobile Homes for rent. Two 24’x40’ Doublewides each are 2Br/w2Ba A 14’x64’ Single wide, 3Br/2Ba, On a Corner Secluded lot. Lot Space, sewer, and trash are included RV Spaces also available for $256.55.mo

1000sf Office w/Private Bath 2350sf Office w/Private Bath & Breakroom Mike 928-978-0149

Walking distance to downtown Payson with onsite Manager, Laundry facilities, Game room and wifi. Call Shawn at 928-474-2406

Office or Retail Space Lowest Rates In Payson Private Bath,500 sq.ft. On Upgraded Remodeled Units, 1 Month Rent Free 602-616-3558

PAYSON CAMPGROUND & RV RESORT 808 E. Hwy 260, Open Yr-Round, Special Low Rates Starting @ $280.mo Forest Setting in Town, Close to Everything www.paysoncampground.com 928-472-2267

OFFICE SPACE Various Sizes 255sf to 3000sf PRIME LOCATION 708 HWY 260 PAYSON, 928-472-7035

Private Room for Rent in Day Spa. Bring your Specialty or can be used for small office space. Shelley 928-978-5466 UpScale Office, 1000sf, 3 Offices & Reception Area, Great Location, Just $650.mo Call 928-468-1365

HOMES FOR RENT 1800sf 3Br/2Ba, Open Floor Plan, Newly Remodeled, Wet Bar, Large Front Deck, Oversized One-Car Garage, All Electric, Convection Oven and Side-by-side Refrig. Peacefull Country Feel, Minutes from Walmart. Full Credit/Criminal Check, $1250.mo First/Last + $1000.Sec. Dep. Cats-No, 928-978-4491 1Br/1Ba Furnished, Senior Neighborhood/Pine, $600.mo; 3Br/1Ba in Payson, Large Fenced Yard, W/D, $850.w/One year lease, Application/Credit Report, Required, 928-476-3989 1Br/1Ba House on 1.5 Acre, Covered Parking,Fenced Yard, W/D, Storage, Utilities Incl except Electric. $700.p/m + Dep. References Req. 480-236-9625

2Bd/1Ba, House In Town, Excellent Condition, Bath Remodeled, New Energy Efficient Beautiful Stove/Heater, Cooling, Laundry,Storage, Fenced Yard, $750.p/m, 928-288-2440 3/2, Payson north neighborhood, new kitchen appliances & new heat pump, ceiling fans, 2 car garage, fenced yard. $1150 928-978-4971. 3BR 1BA refrig w/d lg fenced backyd credit/background check $800 mo $800 sec dep 928-970-6900 114 E. Pine St. 3Br/2Ba 2 Car Garage, Quiet Street, Trash Paid, Smoking-No, $1150.mo, 928-978-4069 3Br/2Ba on Corner Fenced Lot, $950.mo + Deposit, Call for Apt. 928-472-6969 3Br/2Ba,MFG Home, 1400sf,FP,All Appliances Upgraded,Covered-Front/Back Porch/Patio w/Storage Shed, Single Car Garage w/Work Shop,Extra-large lot w/Fenced yard/Trees,Smoking/Pets-No, $1000.mo 480-338-3464 or 408-300-8583 Beautifully “FURNISHED” ,New Paint/Carpet, 2Br/2Ba w/FP, 1800sf, MAIN HOUSE, 1.25 Acres In Town, Bring Your Horse, TV’s, $1,350.mo Call: 602-290-7282 Extra Nice!!! 2BDR/2BA, 2/Car-Garage, Smoking-No! $950/month + Deposit, All Appliances, Near High-School, 1-970-729-0222 or 928-978-1452

Prudential Pine

ARIZONA REALTY

PO Box 329, 3640 Hwy 87, Pine, AZ 85544

928-476-3279

Pine, 1BR, 1BA Pine, 2BR, 1BA Pine, 2BR, 1BA Pine, 3BR, 3BA

. . . . . $425 . . . . . $750 . . . . . $795 . . . . $1800

Independently Owned & Operated

LEGAL NOTICES 15523: 10/24, 10/28, 10/31/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: ELEMENT HOMES OF PAYSON, LLC File No. L-1946038-9 II. The address of the known place of business is: 2307 E. Blue Bell Circle, Payson, AZ 85541. III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Jacob David Sopeland, 2307 E. Blue Bell Circle, Payson, AZ 85541. (A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Jacob David Sopeland, (x) manager, 2307 E. Blue Bell Circle, Payson, AZ 85541; Sundi Lynn Sopeland, (x) manager, 2307 E. Blue Bell Circle, Payson, AZ 85541. 15540: 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31/2014; Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 9/5/2014 TS No. : AZ-14-629839-BF Order No.: 140145746-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 8/24/2007 and recorded 9/20/2007 as Instrument 2007-015697, in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 12/12/2014 at 11:00:00 AM Sale Location: At the main entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: PARCEL NO. 1 A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT PARCEL SHOWN AS PARCEL B ON MINOR LAND DIVISION MAP RECORDED SEPTEMBER 15, 1989 IN SURVEY MAP NO. 349. PARCEL NO. 2 AN 18.00 FOOT WIDE EASEMENT FOR INGRESS, EGRESS AND UTILITIES LOCATED IN A PORTION OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, THE CENTERLINE OF WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 36; THENCE SOUTH 00º11’00” EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, A DISTANCE OF 4.57 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE NORTH 82º50’40” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 345.54 FEET TO THE END OF SAID CENTERLINE; THE SIDELINES OF SAID EASEMENT COMMENCE ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36 WHICH BEARS NORTH 00º11’00” WEST AND TERMINATES ON A LINE WHICH BEARS NORTH 00º11’00” WEST. PARCEL NO. 3 A 24.00 FOOT WIDE EASEMENT FOR INGRESS, EGRESS AND UTILITIES LOCATED IN A PORTION OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, THE CENTERLINE OF WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 36; THENCE NORTH 89º55’50” EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, A DISTANCE OF 43.39 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE NORTH 56º52’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 183.92 FEET TO THE P.C. OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT, CONCAVE TO THE NORTHWEST HAVING A RADIUS OF

LEGAL NOTICES 490.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 13º55’35”, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 119.10 FEET; THENCE NORTH 42º57’10” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 98.28 FEET TO THE P.C. OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT CONCAVE TO THE NORTHWEST HAVING A RADIUS OF 295.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 41º50’09”; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 215.40 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01º07’01” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 95.66 FEET TO THE P.C. OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, CONCAVE TO THE SOUTHEAST HAVING A RADIUS OF 105.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 81º43’40”; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 149.77; THENCE NORTH 82º50’40” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 129.18 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36 FROM WHICH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER BEARS NORTH 00º11’00” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 4.57 FEET, SAID POINT BEING THE END OF THE SAID CENTERLINE. EXCEPT ANY PORTION LYING WITHIN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 36. THE SIDELINES OF SAID EASEMENT COMMENCE ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36 WHICH BEARS NORTH 89º55’50” EAST AND TERMINATES ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36 WHICH BEARS NORTH 00º11’00” WEST. PARCEL NO. 4 AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS, EGRESS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES OVER THE EAST 10.00 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: THAT PORTION OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 36; THENCE SOUTH 89º58’00” WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, A DISTANCE OF 490.81 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 00º11’00” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 636.22 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 82º50’40” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 169.86 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36; THENCE NORTH 00º11’00” WEST ALONG SAID WEST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 657.28 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36; THENCE NORTH 90º58’00” EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, A DISTANCE OF 168.61 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE NORTH 100 FEET. PARCEL NO. 5 AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS, EGRESS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES OVER THE WEST 10 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: THAT PORTION OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 36; THENCE SOUTH 89º58’00” WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, A DISTANCE OF 316.43 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 00º11’00” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 614.44 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 82º50’40” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 175.68 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00º11’00” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 636.22 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89º58’00” EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, A DISTANCE OF 174.38 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL NO. 6 AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES OVER THE SOUTH 10 FEET OF THE EAST 77.19 FEET OF THAT PARCEL SHOWN AS PARCEL A ON MINOR LAND DIVISION MAP RECORDED SEPTEMBER 15, 1989 IN SURVEY MAP NO. 349. PARCEL NO. 7 AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES OVER THE NORTH 10 FEET OF THE WEST 107.19 FEET OF THAT PARCEL SHOWN AS PARCEL C ON MINOR LAND DIVISION MAP RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1989 IN SURVEY MAP NO. 349. Purported Street Address: 193 RICE ST, TONTO BASIN, AZ 85553 Tax Parcel Number: 201-06-036A Original Principal Balance: $64,000.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, NA 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): CINDY O’NEAL, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN 193 RICE STREET, TONTO BASIN, AZ 85553 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) -645-7711 Sales Line: 714-573-1965 Login to: www.priorityposting.com AZ-14-629839-BF The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. 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

LEGAL NOTICES USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TS No.: AZ-14-629839-BF Dated: 9/4/2014 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Reina Isip, Assistant Secretary State of: California County of: San Diego On 9/4/2014 before me, Ashley Maxwell , a notary public, personally appeared Reina Isip 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. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature Ashley Maxwell Commission No. 2065217 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 5/18/2018 IDSPub #0071798 10/10/2014 10/17/2014 10/24/2014 10/31/2014 15542: 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31/2014; DCS’S NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP No. JD 201300055 (Honorable Gary V. Scales) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the Matter of: KEIRA AUDRIANA TOALA d.o.b. 09-24-2011 Person(s) under 18 years of age. TO: HEIDI JOHANNA MOAT and JOHN DOE (a fictitious name), parents and/or guardians of the above-named child. 1. The Department of Child Safety, (DCS or the Department), by and through undersigned counsel, has filed a Motion for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship pursuant to Title 8, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, Rules 4.1, 4.2, and 5 of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure; and Rule 64, of the Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court. 2. The Court has set a publication hearing on the 4th day of November, 2014 at 1:30 p.m., at the Gila County Superior Court, 1400 E. Ash St., Globe, AZ 85501, before the Honorable Gary V. Scales for the purpose of determining whether any parent or guardian named herein is contesting the allegations in the Motion. 3. You and your child are entitled to have an attorney present at the hearing. You may hire your own attorney or, if you cannot afford an attorney and want to be represented by an attorney, one may be appointed by the Court. 4. You have a right to appear as a party in this proceeding. You are advised that your failure to personally appear in court at the initial hearing, pretrial conference, status conference or dependency adjudication, without good cause shown, may result in a finding that you have waived your legal rights and have admitted the allegations in the Motion. In addition, if you fail to appear, without good cause, the hearing may go forward in your absence and may result in an adjudication of dependency, termination of your parental rights or the establishment of a permanent guardianship based upon the record and the evidence presented to the court. 5. If you are receiving this Notice by publication, you may obtain a copy of the Motion for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship and Notice of Hearing by submitting a written request to: SCOTT SPADAFORE, Office of the Attorney General, 120 W. 1st Ave., 2nd Floor, Mesa, AZ 85210. The assigned case manager is Jason Stein and may be reached by telephone at 928-425-3101. 6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the court by parties at least three working days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding and can be made by calling 928-425-3101. 7. You have the right to make a request or motion prior to any hearing that the hearing be closed to the public. DATED this__day of October, 2014. THOMAS C. HORNE Attorney General SCOTT SPADAFORE Assistant Attorney General 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31/14 CNS-2674864# 15543: 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31/2014; TS/File 201657T.10008 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust recorded on FEBRUARY 14, 2005, in INSTRUMENT NO. 2005-002191 and re-recorded MARCH 17, 2005 in INSTRUMENT NO. 2005-004301 in the Office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF PIONEER TITLE AGENCY, INC., 421 S. BEELINE HWY, PAYSON, ARIZONA on DECEMBER 2, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. of said day: PARCEL NO. 1 THE SURFACE AND GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 40 FEET IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL: A parcel of land 100.00 feet in width located in the Southwest quarter of Section 30, Township 1 North, Range 15 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at Engineers Station 490+79.00 as shown on Gila Valley Globe and Northern Railway Survey of what is known as The Extension from Globe to Miami, said point of beginning is also the intersection with the East line of the Southwest quarter of Section 30; THENCE Southwesterly along the arc of a tangent curve to the right having a radius of 2864.79 feet and whose long chord bears South 65?22’52” West, 95.00 feet to Engineers Station C.C. 491+74.00; THENCE North 04?40’53” West, a distance of 105.98 feet to a point on the Northerly right-of-way line of said railroad; THENCE along a curve to the left having a radius of 2764.79 feet with a long chord bearing North 64?31’47” East, 104.99 feet; THENCE South 00?06’59” East, a distance of 111.20 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL NO. 2 An easement for ingress, egress and public utilities as created in instrument recorded February 14, 2005 in Fee No. 2005-002188. Purported Property Address: 6 MIAMI AVE #2, MIAMI, AZ. Tax Parcel Number: 206-19-221D. Original Principal Balance: $200,000.00 Original/Current Beneficiary: PPEP MICROBUSINESS AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 806 E. 46TH ST., TUCSON, AZ 85716. Original/Current Trustor: MAF MANUFACTORING, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company and DAVID GORE and RHODA GORE, 6 MIAMI AVE #2, MIAMI, AZ 85539. Said Trustee’s Sale will be held without covenant or warranty express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid principal balance of $93,896.21

LEGAL NOTICES plus monies due as provided under the terms of said Deed of Trust, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Deed of Trust. Dated: AUGUST 14, 2014. Current Trustee: Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. 580 East Wilcox Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635. (520) 458-3500. Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation, as Trustee. By: /s/ Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary. Manner of Trustee Qualification: Escrow Agent. Name of Regulating Agency: Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF MARICOPA. The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on August 29, 2014, by Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary of Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. By: /s/ Erin C. Klabough, Notary Public. My Commission Expires: January 7, 2018. 15544; 10/21, 10/24, 10/28/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: BEELINE GUEST HOUSE, LLC File No. L-1947288-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 4042 N. Hwy 87, Pine, AZ 85544-0150 III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 17470 N. Pacesetter Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85255. (B) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Patrick S. Moore, (x) member, 4042 N. Hwy 87, PO Box 150, Pine, AZ 85544; Robert W. Gleason III, (x) member, 4042 N. Hwy 87, PO Box 150, Pine, AZ 85544. 15545: 10/10, 10/17, 10/24/2014 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTRY OF GILA In the Matter of the Estate of MICHAEL JASON HATHAWAY, Deceased. NO. PB 2014-00088 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRS AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jennifer Meeks has filed a Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy, Determination of Heirs and Appointment of Personal Representative in the above-named Court, seeking that Letters of Personal Representative be issued to Jennifer Grace Meeks. This is a legal notice; your rights may be affected. Este es un aviso legal, Sus derechos podrian ser afectados. If you object to any part of the petition or motion that accompanies this notice, you must file with the court a written objection describing the legal basis for you objection at least three days before the hearing date or you must appear in person or through an attorney at the time and place set forth in the notice of hearing. Hearing has been set to consider the Petition and the other matter referenced herein above on Tues. October 28, 2014, at 9:30 AM, before the Honorable Peter J. Cahill Judge of the Superior Court, Gila County Courthouse located at 714 South Beeline Hwy., Payson, AZ 85541. DATED: September 29th, 2014. BY: /s/Cassie M. Durnan, Court Administration 15549: 10/21, 10/24, 10/28/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: NANCY’S PERSONAL SERVICES, LLC File No. L-1944149-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 800 N. McLane Rd., Payson, AZ 85541. III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Nancy L. Coleman, 800 N. McLane Rd., 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

LEGAL NOTICES member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Nancy L. Coleman, (x) member (x) manager, 800 N. McLane Rd., Payson, AZ 85541. 15550: 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2014; States) At the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash, Globe, AZ, on 12/18/2014 at 11:00AM of said day: See Exhibit “A” Attached Hereto and Incorporated Herein for All Purposes. Exhibit A ALL AND SINGULAR THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN BLOCK 38, GLOBE TOWNSITE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MAP NO. 63, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 38; RUNNING THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EAST LINE OF DEVEREAUX STREET, A DISTANCE OF 95, FEET; THENCE EASTERLY PARALLEL WITH MESQUITE STREET, A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH DEVEREAUX STREET, A DISTANCE OF 95 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY AND ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF MESQUITE STREET, A DISTANCE OF 125 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY; ALL AND SINGULAR THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN BLOCK 38, GLOBE TOWNSITE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MAP NO. 63, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT 82 FEET IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 38, RUNNING THENCE NORTHERLY PARALLEL WITH DEVEREAUX STREET, A DISTANCE OF 95 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY, PARALLEL WITH MESQUITE STREET, A DISTANCE OF 43 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY, PARALLEL WITH DEVEREAUX STREET, A DISTANCE OF 95 FEET TO THE NORTH SIDE LINE OF MESQUITE STREET; THENCE WESTERLY AND ALONG THE NORTH SIDE LINE OF MESQUITE STREET, A DISTANCE OF 43 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Property Address: 319 NORTH DEVEREAUX STREET, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel No.: 208-02-252A Original Principal Balance: $172,500.00 Name and Address of Beneficiary: Champion Mortgage Company c/o CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE LEWISVILLE, TX 75067 Name and Address of Trustee: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, 6 Campus Circle, Westlake, TX 76262. Name and Address of Original Trustor: ENRIQUE E. MARTINEZ AND CONNIE MARTINEZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, 319 NORTH DEVEREAUX STREET, GLOBE, AZ 85501. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designations, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid principal balance of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon as provided in said note(s) advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Dated: 09/17/2014 First American Title Insurance Company, 6 Campus Circle, Westlake, TX 76262 877-276-1894 DEEANN GREGORY AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY The successor Trustee appointed herein qualifies as a Trustee of the

LEGAL NOTICES Trust Deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a title insurance company as required by Arizona Revised Statutes Section 33-803, Subsection (A)(I). This company may be assisting the Beneficiary to collect a debt and any information we obtain may be used for that purpose whether received orally or in writing. If available, the expected opening bid and/or postponement information may be obtained by calling the following telephone number on the day before the sale: (916) 939-0772 or visiting http://search.nationwideposting.com/prope r t y S e a r c h Te r m s . a s p x Name of Trustee’s Regulator: Arizona Department of Insurance. State of Texas County of Tarrant. Before me, Aida Chehati on this day personally appeared DEEANN GREGORY, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that this person executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and seal of office this 09/17/2014. Aida Chehati (Notary Seal) AIDA CHEHATI Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires July 01, 2018 NPP0237376 To: PAYSON ROUNDUP 10/24/2014, 10/31/2014, 11/07/2014, 11/14/2014 15552: 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14/2014; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #14-40579 Preston Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $370,500.00 executed by Michael L. Preston, trustee of the Michael L. Preston Trust Under Agreement Dated March 24, 2005, 78 N Ponderosa Cir Payson, AZ 85541 , dated September 18, 2007 and recorded October 9, 2007, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2007-016912 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on January 5, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Lot 198, of TONTO VILLAGE 3, according to the plat of record in the office of the county recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map Number 565 and 565A. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 78 N Ponderosa Cir Payson, AZ 85541. Tax Parcel No.: 302-62-038 9. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust Current Beneficiary: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: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000. Dated: 10/06/2014 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trus-

LEGAL NOTICES tee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 10/06/2014, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017. NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4492388 10/24/2014, 10/31/2014, 11/07/2014, 11/14/2014 15554: 10/24, 10/28, 10/31/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: ETTALYN’S LLC File No. L-1951017-0 II. The address of the known place of business is: 494 North Lees Way, Payson, AZ 85541. III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Etta Lynn Johns, 494 North Lees Way, Payson, AZ 85541. (B) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Etta Lynn Johns, (x) member, 494 North Lees Way, Payson, AZ 85541; Thomas Philip Johns, (x) member, 494 North Lees Way, Payson, AZ 85541. 15555: 10/24, 10/28, 10/31/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: INFLATUS LABS, LLC File No. L-1954202-0 II. The address of the known place of business is: 514 W. Jones Drive, Payson, AZ 85541. III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 17470 N. Pacesetter Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85255. (A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Michael J. Uhlik, (x) member, (x) manager, 514 W. Jones Drive, Payson, AZ 85541. 15557: 10/24, 10/28, 10/31/2014 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR-PROFIT or PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1. ENTITY TYPE: (x) FOR-PROFIT (BUSINESS) CORPORATION. 2. ENTITY NAME: BOWMAN’S BOBCAT SERVICES, INC..; FILE NO. 1955705-0 3. PROFESSIONAL C O R P O RATION SERVICES: N/A 4. CHARACTER OF BUSINESS: GRADING 5. SHARES: Common, Total: 10,000 6. ARIZONA KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 6.1 Is the Arizona known place of business address the same as the street address of the statutory agent? (Yes). 7. DIRECTORS: BARRY BOWMAN, 205 W. TIMBER CIRCLE, PAYSON, AZ 85541; MANDI BOWMAN, 205 W. TIMBER CIRCLE, PAYSON, AZ 85541. 8. STATUTORY AGENT: BARRY BOWMAN, 205 W. TIMBER CIRCLE, PAYSON, AZ 85541 9. INCORPORATORS: BARRY BOWMAN, 205 W. TIMBER CIRCLE, PAYSON, AZ 85541; MANDI BOWMAN, 205 W. TIMBER CIRCLE, 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) /s/ Barry Bowman, Barry Bowman, Officer 9/25/2014; /s/ Mandi Bowman, Mandi Bowman, Officer 9/25/2014.

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YARD SALE GUIDE Weekend of October 24-26 1. 800 N. Manzanita Dr., Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 8am to Noon: Tools for Sale; Table Saw, Saber Saw, Drill Press, Grinder, Several Sanders, Plus Lots of Hand Tools. Cash Only!

3. Multi Family Yard Sale, 716 S. Ridgeway Lane, Payson, (2 blocks East of Payson Christian School) Fri. Oct. 24 & Sat. Oct. 25 from 7am to 2pm: Motorized wheelchair, kayak, horse gear, antiques, tools, books, luggage, clothes, headboard, mirror, desk chair, misc. houshold items; CASH ONLY

9. Multi Family Yard Sale; 1108 S. Sierra Ancha Lane, Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 9am to 3pm; Tools & Household Goods and Much More!

4. 620 E. Phoenix St. (Elk Ridge Sub Division) Sat. Oct. 25 from 8am to 2pm; Household Items, Seasonal Items, Pictures, Boys clothes NB-3T, Adult Clothes and Much More!

10. 1105 W. Birchwood Rd. Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 7am to 5pm; Furniture, Houshold, Art & Craft Supplies, Tools, Christmas, Clothes and Much More!

5. 600 N Vista Rd. Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25, Fri. 8am to 2pm, Sat. 8am to 4pm; Household, furniture, small appliances, clothes. Too much to list. Cash only. No early birds. 6. ESTATE SALE: 44 Seldom Creek Ln (Off Quail Run, Diamond Point Shadows) 7am -3pm, Oct. 24-26, Fri-Sun: Contents of house, garage and workshop must be emptied! China Cabinets, Horse Trailer, Elmira “Vintage” Stove, Skutt Kiln, Craftsman 1000 Lawn Tractor, Race Sulky, Hay Budden Anvil, Blacksmith Forge & Tools, Mig Welder, New Swim Pool, 5’ Rd Horse Trough, Saddle, Feeders, Shop tools, Vintage Hand Tools, like new (27) Gun Safe, Antique Cupboards, Vintage Tables, Leather Couch, Large Old Pot, Cast Iron Pans, Zero Gravity Chair, Super Radiant Dome, Massage Equip, Toy Trucks, RC, Legos, Tonka, Huge Train Set, Schylling Rodeo, Games, Lamps, Silverware, Dishes etc. Well worth the trip! J&D Antiques, Judy Baker

12. Garage Sale 1312 N. Sunshine Ln. Payson Fri, Oct 24. 7:00 - noon Tools, tool boxes, framed art, framed photos, speakers, lamps, computer hutch, kitchen appliances, office chairs, 32” LCD TV and more.

13. 701 N. Foxhill Rd. Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 7am to 2pm; Nice Women’s and Men’s Clothes, Jewelry, Household Items, 2 Humidifiers, Collectibles, Picture, Fans, Kitchen Faucet, Picture Window-Security Screen. 14. 1208 N. Gila Drive, Sat. Oct. 25 from 8am to 2pm; Desk, Bookshelves, 8x8 Dome Tent, Photo Albums & Frames, Halloween Decor, Ladie’s Medieval Costumes, Misc. Collectibles Incl. Nightmare Before Christmas, Nikon/Pentax/Yashica Camera Equipment & More!

7. Two Party Garage Sale: 1005 North Chalet Circle, Payson, Fri. Oct. 24 & Sat. Oct. 25 from 8am to 2pm; Gas Dryer & Furniture, Display Cases & Other Business Related Items, Tools, Household Items, Hitch and Other RV Related Items

15. ESTATE SALE: 303 S. Clark St. Fri. Sat. starting 7am & Sun. Starting at 8am; Household Items, Collectibles, Antiques, Tools and More!

8. See Yard Sale #11

16. BIG YARD SALE: 4305 E. 260 Hwy, Fri. & Sat. Oct. 24 & 25 from 8am to 4pm; All Kinds of Good Stuff! Table & Chairs, Small Flat Screen TVs, Table Saw w/Table, Misc. Collectibles, Pictures, Heaters, Lamps, Work Bench, Tools & Much More.

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Payson’s volleyball team has found plenty to cheer about as it fights for a state tournament berth.

PHS spikers teetering on edge of playoffs Payson’s Longhorns find themselves teetering on the edge of the Division 3 state volleyball tournament picture. They stood at No. 16 in the Division 3 power rankings (as of Wednesday) that seed the 16team state tournament following a 25-12, 25-11, 30-28 loss at No. 4 Snowflake on Tuesday. The loss dropped the Horns to 7-7. They may need to finish as high as No. 14 since two teams from each of the five sections receive automatic berths and both Tucson Empire and Tucson Amphitheater would go even if they finish out of the top 16 in the rankings if they stay the top two teams in Section 2. Empire was No. 18 and Amphi No. 25 on Wednesday. “We need some help and we essentially have to win our last three games, against Cortez (Oct. 23), Moon Valley (Monday at Payson), and (at) Chino Valley (Oct. 30),” said PHS coach Arnold Stonebrink. “It is very much doable. The girls have played well all year long; we really only had one hiccup in match play, the 0-3

loss to Blue Ridge. But that loss has really made things rough for us.” The coach was thrilled with his team’s effort against Snowflake. “A lot of teams would have hung it up after losing the first two sets as badly as we did,” he said. “But our girls never gave up, nor did they get down. That enabled us to nearly win the third set and nearly push the game to four sets.” The tough Lobo block and defense made PHS have to scrap for every one of its 24 kills. Sara Novack led the hitters, hitting .300 with five kills. Taryn North added six kills on .160 hitting. Kelsee Stonebrink delivered 19 assists. Novack and Brie Harrison paired up for two blocks. Novack led the Longhorns with a 2.14 serve receive efficiency, followed by Sam Sokol at 2.00. Stonebrink led Payson in serving efficiency, at 1.78, followed by Sokol and Cori Barnett at 1.88 apiece. The Lobos also beat the PHS JV 21-25, 25-21, 15-6 and the freshmen 25-12, 25-11.

Payson’s Cooper Wantland, 15, poses for a photo with his first bear on the Naeglin Rim in Young on Oct. 18 with his great uncle, Joe Haught. It was Wantland’s second bear hunt. The first was two years ago and he didn’t get anything. But he got this beast, and killed a mountain lion in February on another hunt with Haught as his guide. Submitted photo

Smith, Eggen win best ball Larry Smith and Stan Eggen combined to fire a net score of 50 to win the A Flight in the Payson Men’s Golf Association Two-Man Best Ball Tournament by four strokes over Tim Ernst and Don Pollock (54) at Payson Golf Course on Oct. 15. Lou Mangielid and Gary Campbell shot a net 52 to win the B Flight by two shots over runners-up Ed Bossert and Ron Fischer (54). Richard Harding and John Calderwood’s 51 claimed the C Flight crown over Bill Mullins and Lou Crabtree (54). Jack Greenshield found the cup from 14 feet 9 inches on the 18th hole to win the longest putt contest. Closest-to-the-Pin winners were: Jim Kennedy (No. 2, 15-4), Tim Hughes (No. 5, 8-10), Tim Hughes (No. 8, 14-0), Ed Bossert (No. 14, 7-1) and Steve Vincent (No. 17, 4-8).

Payson Parks & Rec Fall Softball Co-Ed League Chris’s Mom Native Grill & Wings Payson Orthodontics Tonto Apache Recreation Roundin Third The Wood Guys Jordanos Uncle Herbs

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Men’s League L 0 1 1 2 3 3 5 5

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Oct. 6 results Payson Orthodontics 19, Uncle Herbs 2 Chris’s Mom 11, Jordanos 2 Native Grill & Wings 17, Roundin Third 13 Oct. 13 results Roundin Third d. The Wood Guys Chris’s Mom d. Uncle Herbs Oct. 15 results Native Grill & Wings 23, The Wood Guys 3 Tonto Apache Recreation 22, Jordanos 3 Roundin Third 14, Payson Orthodontics 10

Chris’s Mom Deco Stone Padres Barking Spiders Yaquis

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Oct. 7 results Padres 20, Barking Spiders 3 Chris’s Mom 24, Yaquis 7 Oct. 14 results Barking Spiders 15, Yaquis 18 Deco Stone 15, Padres 12 Oct. 16 results Chris’s Mom 20, Deco Stone 5 Padres 17, Yaquis 14 Chris’s Mom 22, Barking Spiders 5

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