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Early morning Tonto Basin trailer fire kills two dogs by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

Fire officials believe a space heater started a fire in a Tonto Basin trailer Thursday morning that killed two dogs.

The homeowners had gone camping in Heber and left a space heater on in the living room, said Tonto Basin Fire Chief Steve Holt.

Around 7:20 a.m., someone spotted a huge plume of smoke coming from the older, singlewide trailer behind the Cactus Flats Bar, at 151 Elmer Lane.

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The home was engulfed in flames when Holt arrived. He was the first on scene from Tonto Basin Fire. He found a Forest Service officer at a padlocked gate to the yard. He cut the locks on the gate so Holt could get through before the fire trucks arrived.

Using new firefighting tactics, crews hit the fire hard and were able to save it from totally burning to the ground, partially saving bedrooms on either end of the trailer.

Still, “it pretty much was a total loss,” Holt said.

It appears three dogs at the home initially got out through a doggy door, but then two went back in scared, Holt said.

Firefighters found one dog OK outside and two dogs, a shepherd mix and a dachshund, dead inside.

Holt said a roof built over the trailer compounded the difficultly because crews could not get into the ceiling of the trailer to hit the flames. Standing outside on a shed, firefighters shot water into the concealed space between the roof areas.

“We were able to extinguish it before it

burned to the ground,” he said.

When the homeowners returned, Holt learned they had a third-party surveillance system in place. Cameras in the living room area show the fire starting near the space heater.

Payson Fire responded and helped Tonto Basin extinguish the flames and mop up.

Holt said that was a big help because his “guys were wiped out.”

“It was a pretty successful structure fire if there is such a thing.”

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Leading the way on Veterans Day

Payson Fire calls rarely involve fires by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

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Payson schoolchildren singing patriotic songs proved the high point of Payson’s Veterans Day celebrations on Wednesday, bringing veterans of terrible battles in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq to their feet in tearful applause.

Payson Police Chief Don Engler thanked veterans for their service, both in battle and here at home — since half the members of the police department served in the military. Payson Elementary School kindergartners prompted the big contingent of retired U.S. Marines to climb to their feet and stand at attention as the kids sang both the first — and the second — verse to the Marine Corps hymn. The hour-long celebration ended with the distinctive songs for each branch of the service, as veterans stood to their song and the big crowd in the high school auditorium applauded. For more Veterans Day coverage see 6A and 9A.

Domestic violence hotline in danger Feds slash funding with her staff to prepare for cuts.

“I don’t believe in secrets. I like to have everything out in the All the money spent to fund open,” she said. the 24-hour 7-day-a-week crisis These cuts would not only be hotline and advocacy functions of devastating locally, but nationthe Time Out Shelter might evap- ally. orate by Dec. 4.

Last year, the National The at-risk funds are dis- Network to End Domestic tributed under Violence surveyed the Victims of 1,697 domestic Crime Act. The violence shelters Domestic violence Department of to see what they shelters each day Public Safety did in a 24-hour receives those Serve: 67,646 period. The shelfunds and distribCalls: 20,845 ters harbored Turn away: 10,871 utes them to the 67,646 people — 600 applicants in mostly women National Network to End Arizona. These Domestic Violence and children. applicants cover But every day every sort of they turned away family service from domestic vio- nearly 11,000 for lack of space or lence to child abuse, murder and services. sexual assault, reported Edna That means each year 2.4 milWelsheimer, executive director of lion people seek shelter. the Time Out Shelter.

Around the country, victim “Congress is threatening to cut advocate groups asked supportVOCA funding from $2.36 billion ers to write or call their congressto $1.2 billion,” she said. “This men. affects us and it affects any crime They created a hashtag for the victim, including CPS.” social media movement. To conWelsheimer said the cut in tact Rep. Paul Gosar who repfunding was suggested to create resents Rim Country, call 202a last-minute deal as part of the 225-2315 or 928-445-1683.

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WEEKEND:

Mostly sunny but becoming colder Sunday & Monday, 20-40% chance for rain Saturday & Sunday, 50% chance light snow Monday. Details, 9A

It was another busy year for the Payson Fire Department as it responded to an average of eight incidents a day last fiscal year.

Medical calls continued to dominate the call load, with 70 percent for emergency medical services and just 2 percent for fires.

Of the 38 fires, investigators considered none of them intentional. However, they never determined the cause of 13 fires.

Since the town eliminated its fire marshal position in June 2013, firefighters have taken over investigations. Currently, four firefighters, including the fire chief and several battalion chiefs, have the minimum training needed to conduct investigations.

Payson sometimes works with Hellsgate’s fire marshal, Rick Heron, but mainly handles cases on its own.

No one has the credentials or experience of former fire marshal

Payson Fire calls FY14-15: 2,863 FY13-14: 2,884 FY 12/13: 2,680 FY 11/12: 2,625

Type of call FY15 Medical: 70% Fire: 2% Hazards: 2% Service: 17% False alarm: 9% Bob Lockhart, but the town council scrapped his position to save money.

The department also has to do without as many reserve firefighters.

See Payson Fire, page 2A

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Battling hunger Alexis Bechman

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Last month, local Realtors collected $4,200 and 2,000 pounds It’s that time of year again — of food during their own drive to the time to break out Woody the benefit the PAFD. Those totals squirrel suit and do not go toward collect cans. the holiday For the sevHunger in Arizona food drive. The enth year, the much-needed • Nearly 1 in 3 children, 1 Payson Area donations from in 5 Arizonans, and 1 in 7 Food Drive has Realtors came seniors in Arizona live in kicked off just in just in time, poverty. time for the holisince the com• 18 percent of Arizonans day season. The munity food are food insecure, comdrive’s lovable had just drive pared to 16 percent nationmascot, a squir$20 left after ally. rel with a basthree local food • Arizona ranks third in the ket, will grace banks used up country for child food insethe Roundup’s the funds from curity, behind only New front page every last year’s holMexico and Mississippi.

Friday with an iday drive. The • 2 million Arizonans are update on donafundraising considered working poor. tions. effort supports • 40 percent of the houseThis year, the three local holds receiving emergency organizers food banks. food assistance have at least hope to colSince the one person working. lect $50,000 in PAFD launched cash and 30,000 St Mary’s Food Bank Alliance in 2009, the pounds of food community has

by Feb. 2. So far, donated more they already have 4,468 pounds than 247,300 pounds of food and and $705. $235,800, according to Roundup “Not a bad start,” said Chuck See Community, page 2A Proudfoot, chair of the drive’s by

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Jessica Homan and Lana Bird work the hotline at the Time Out Domestic Violence Shelter.

Waiting for the call by

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Time Out Shelter, looked at each other. “I hope this works out,” said Bird.

Bird has worked with the shelter for years. She knows what her clients suffer, since she grew up in an abusive home. “It was more verbal, emotional and economic,” said Bird.

But she did once have a gun pulled on her by an armed robber who blessedly forgot to load the gun, allowing Bird to survive to serve the abused people who use the shelter. A few months ago, a family member who works closely with the shelter suggested she

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The phone rang.

Instantly everyone in the room strained to listen.

“Are you safe? Where is your abuser?” asked Jessica Homan, an intake coordinator for the Time Out Shelter.

Then her eyes opened wide and she said, “Call us back ... please ...!”

She replaced the handset onto the receiver.

“She said she was looking right at him,” said Homan.

Both Homan and Lana Bird, the intake coordinators for the

• See Domestic violence, 9A

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No word yet on formal negotiations with university partner by

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Backers of the plan to build a university campus this week recorded the deed to the 253-acre university parcel on which they plan to build a 6,000-student university.

The action completes a four-year effort by the Rim Country Educational Alliance and the Rim Country Educational Foundation to buy the property.

The Alliance and Foundation paid the Tonto National Forest $4.1 million advanced by the MHA Foundation to make the purchase.

The Foundation also paid for roughly $500,000 in archaeological work to clear the property for sale.

“We deeply appreciate the commitment and effort of the Foundation and all of its volunteers,” praised Alliance Chairman Jim Lyon.

“We would never have reached this point without their tireless energy and the deep generosity of campus supporters.”

The Alliance and the Foundation will jointly own the property.

Now that the property has been legally transferred to the Alliance and the Foundation, the Alliance and Foundation boards will pursue a development plan and negotiate with university partners.

The Alliance has been in discussions with Arizona State University for more than four years about building a campus. However, ASU representatives stress that they have made no commitments and not entered into “formal

negotiations” to build or operate a campus here.

ASU Vice President Richard Stanley in response to a letter from local residents criticizing the project wrote that the university has had discussions for several years and “we tend to agree that increasing opportunities for individuals seeking a post-secondary education would have benefits for the region and for Arizona.

“If and when it is determined there is a viable proposal for creating a university campus in the Payson area, we likely will be interested in continuing the discussion to determine if ASU would be the right partner for the project ... If we were to enter into formal negotiations about establishing a presence in Payson, we would be committed to seeking public input into our plans and the project would be subject to our due diligence.”

Payson Mayor Kenny Evans said the letter is consistent with backers’ discussions with ASU. He said backers did not want to enter into formal negotiations until they owned the land and therefore had control over the timetable going forward.

Backers of the project have said they have talked to ASU representatives while they pushed to complete the land sale, but haven’t finalized an agreement with ASU or with any other university partner.

“We needed to have the land secured in order to engage in meaningful discussion with potential campus partners regarding the

design and construction process,” commented Lyon. “Clear understanding of the development costs is central to their budgeting process and to our conversations with the universities who are interested in joining us on this path to creating a 21st century education experience.”

In addition to Lyon, Alliance board members include: Laura Bartlett-Armstrong, Campus Volunteer Committee member and financial services professional; Jon Cline, Star Valley resident and businessman; Susan Connell, Payson Town councilor; Ronnie McDaniel, Star Valley mayor; and Larry Sugarman, retired business owner and campus supporter.

“We are fortunate to have a dedicated board with a variety of backgrounds in business, community and government represented,” noted Cline. “We expect to have more details regarding the campus design and development plan shortly.”

“People are the hidden resource of the Rim Country,” said Mayor Evans. “Our volunteers got us to this point with their desire to see this community thrive. Our boards will take us over the finish line and get shovels in the ground early next year.”

The Rim Country Educational Foundation, meanwhile, has hired a project manager and an architect to draw up plans sufficiently detailed to conclude an agreement with a university partner, especially concerning the cost and design of infrastructure such as roads, power, water and sewer.

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The state retirement system and the Affordable Care Act required the town to pay benefit costs for half-time workers, so the town has gradually scrapped a once-robust volunteer and reserve firefighter system. Surrounding fire departments still rely heavily on reserves.

Battalion Chief Dan Bramble said the ACA requires towns to provide health care for anyone working more than 30 hours a week and the town must pay into the state retirement system for anyone who works more than 20 hours a week for 20 weeks a year. This prompted the town to cut reserve firefighters to 12-hour shifts rather than the normal 24-hour shifts. That has discouraged most reserve firefighters. All four of the remaining reserve firefighters have full-time jobs elsewhere.

Bramble said the reserve program remains crucial when it comes to adequately staffing trucks at each station. The 30 full-time firefighters don’t provide enough manpower to staff each truck with three firefighters around the clock.

“With such slim staffing, we are consistently running short,” he said.

Payson Fire strives to keep eight firefighters working around the clock, with three at the Main Street station, three at the station of East Rancho Road and two at the Tyler Parkway station, which gets the fewest calls.

Bramble said the department wants to bring on more reserves

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Loss of reserve firefighters due to the cost of providing benefits has left Payson with just two firefighters per truck for many shifts, which increases the risk of firefighter injury and the time it takes to accomplish critical tasks. and is working with the town’s legal staff to find a way to do so.

In the meantime, Bramble said the department relies on automatic and mutual aid agreements with surrounding fire departments like Hellsgate, Houston Mesa and Pine-Strawberry when faced with a major incident.

Still, the lack of reserves so far hasn’t affected service, according to the report.

The average response time dropped by 12 seconds to 4 minutes and 24 seconds. Crews also shaved a five seconds off the time it takes to get on the truck and on the street, with the average dropping to 80 seconds.

The turnout standard for the National Fire Protection Association is 60 seconds.

Bramble said they are working toward that one-minute goal.

Overall, the department continues to handle more calls than two years ago. From 2012 to 2013, the number of calls jumped 7.6 percent, with consistent increases for the past several years. Calls rose from 2,236 in 2006 to 2,863 last year. The 7.6 percent jump in 2013 was the biggest jump in years.

Losses from fires dropped significantly last year, from $2.57 million in 2013 to just $686,000 last year. Bramble said the loss of a multi-million-dollar home in Chaparral Pines in 2013 skewed the statistics in that fiscal year.

Firefighters managed to stop another big fire in fiscal 2014/2015 at the condominiums across the street from Rumsey Park.

Neighbors spotted the flames sparked by a discarded cigarette and called for help. While the unit was destroyed, firefighters saved the rest of the complex.

The PFD’s save ratio last year was 85 percent, up from 33 percent in 2013/2014.

The department put more energy into training last year. The average firefighter concluded 231 hours of training, up from 179 hours the year prior.

Future training classes include fire inspector and fire instructor.

The department lost one firefighter to retirement and added two new recruits. Battalion Chief Tom Fife retired after 20 years.

New hires include AJ Purinton from Blue Ridge and Joe Loehr from Clarkdale.

Community food drive sets new collection goals From page 1A

On average, St. Vincent gives out 25,000 pounds of food monthly, enough to fill 600 family baskets, which last a family roughly 10 days.

In years past, local food banks simply shut their doors when they ran out of food.

That happened to Community Presbyterian Church in 2011.

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Just last year, the drive brought in $50,800 and 18,000 pounds of food. All donations stay in Rim Country, spread between St. Vincent de Paul and Community Presbyterian Church food banks and a PineStrawberry Food Bank.

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A group of concurred citizens, with the help of local churches and the Town of Payson, launched the drive in 2009 after a severe economic recession and job losses hit Rim Country, affecting many families in Payson and surrounding areas.

Proudfoot said the need remains consistent as families struggle to get on their feet.

Nationally in 2014, 14 percent of households were “food insecure.” In the Payson Unified School District, 70 percent of students qualify for free or reduced priced lunches based on family income.

To donate, drop food off at any of the boxes set up at Safeway, the Payson or Star Valley Town Halls, Payson library or directly

at any of the food banks. Mail checks to PAFD, P.O. Box 703, Payson, AZ 85547.

Items needed include canned vegetables and meat, along with beans, peanut butter, jelly, pasta, rice, soup, macaroni and cheese, pancake mix and syrup, juice as well as toiletries.

You can also drop off canned donations at the Electric light Parade on Main Street Dec. 5 at 6 p.m., any of the three announces stands along the parade route.

Donations to the PAFD qualify for Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Program for the Working Poor. Contributions up to $400 earn a dollar-for-dollar tax credit on Arizona income tax, which means a total tax bill can be reduced by this amount. The donation qualifies as a charitable deduction on a federal return if you itemize.

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The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Payson is once again seeking help from residents to collect turkeys. On Sunday, Nov. 22, St. Vincent de Paul volunteers will be at Bashas’ in Payson from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. to accept turkeys, non-perishable food items and cash donations. Also, turkeys, food items and cash donations can be dropped off at the Food Bank, on or before Nov. 22.

The Food Bank is at 511 S. St. Philip St. Payson, (928) 4749104. It is open from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. All donations will be kept in the Rim Country and distributed by St. Vincent de Paul.

The Pine-Strawberry Food Bank desperately needs 150 turkeys as well as non-perishable food items to distribute to those in need. Buy a turkey and some food items and leave them at the Ponderosa Market. Those who would like to make a tax deductible donation can mail checks to: Pine Strawberry Food Bank, PO Box 1534, Pine, AZ 85544.

Soroptimists need applicants for financial award

The Soroptimists’ Live Your Dream financial award applications are available now and must be completed and returned

by Nov. 15.

These awards are for women who are head of household and are attending school to attain a better life for themselves and their children.

The local awards are presented in March.

Winners receiving the Payson club’s award can move on and compete for the regional and national awards.

Contact Candace Conte at (928) 4728891 or (928) 472-1336 for more information. Applications are also available at the Payson campus of Gila Community College.

Free dance lessons

Lynn and John Pajerski will be giving free country western dance lessons Friday, Nov. 13 and 20 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson.

Participants will learn the Arizona 2-step, East Coast swing, country waltz and line dancing. The class for beginners starts at 4 p.m. and one for those with intermediate skills is at 4:45 p.m.

Forest Service seeks help in trail work

Graf Road Trail in the forest behind the airport needs cleanup help. The Forest Service and the volunteer organization Partners of the Forest hope the community will support the effort. Lunch will be served.

The cleanup is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14.

Meet at the Payson Ranger District before 8 a.m. to follow along to the trailhead.

Organizers will provide tools, but ask volunteers to wear hats, long sleeves, pants and closed-toed shoes to help. Water and sports drinks will be available. Lunch will be barbecued hamburgers and veggie burgers. The project should wrap up about 2 p.m.

For more information, please contact Chris Welker of the Forest Service at (928) 474-7920.

Brush pit schedule

This coming weekend, the Regional Payson Area Project… for a Fire Wise Rim Country will be staffing free brush drop-off points at the following locations, weather permitting: Saturday, Nov. 14 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, Nov. 15 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.

Aglow hosts Merina Netto

Men and women are invited to Aglow’s quarterly meeting Saturday, Nov. 14 to hear Merina Netto.

Netto is the Aglow India National Board President and serves on the Aglow International Board of Directors. You will be blessed by her passion and love for Christ, God’s Word and His call on her life. Light refreshments are available at 9 a.m., with meeting following at Crossroads Church Fellowship Hall, 114 E. Cedar Lane, Payson.

For more information, call (928) 472-6146.

High Country Holiday Bazaar

The annual High Country Holiday Bazaar is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday Nov. 14 at Julia Randall Elementary School, 902 W. Main St., Payson.

Get a start on your holiday shopping with a great selection of handmade arts and crafts; fill the freezer with holiday treats at the bake sale; and enjoy a barbeque lunch.

Guests can bring youngsters to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Payson Public Library is from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14.

The featured topic by instructor Cassandra Votruba is healthy holiday treats for diabetics.

Contact the library at 328 N. McLane Rd., (928) 474-9260, for details and registration (signup is required).

Blessing of the Animals

The Humane Society of Central Arizona invites the public to attend the Blessing of the Animals from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 14. Payson United Methodist Church representatives will be at the shelter at 605 W. Wilson Court for a Blessing of the Animals. Dogs or cats must be on a leash or in a carrier. Those attending are asked to bring a donation for the shelter whether it be monetary, dog or cat food or cleaning supplies. If you have any questions, please call the shelter at (928) 474-5590.

Ballroom Dance Party

Another Hawkeye’s Ballroom Dance Party is planned by 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, and again Saturday, Nov. 21, at The Center (formerly the Payson Senior Center), 514 W. Main St., Payson.

The Mathews Swing Band provides the music. A $5 donation is requested at the door. Guests may bring snacks, but no alcohol. Coffee is provided.

Stellar jazz artist in concert

An amazingly significant jazz music event comes to Payson Sunday, Nov. 15.

Howard Alden, a stellar New York City guitarist, will perform in a trio setting at 2 p.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson. Only a $5 donation at the door is requested.

The Payson Friends of Jazz and the Community Presbyterian Church are hosting Alden’s performance as part of a long-standing monthly jazz series. An RSVP to Gerry-Reynolds@hotmail.com is advised.

Hollywood Rides the Rails in Arizona

The Library Friends of Payson welcomes Stan Garner to the Monday, Nov. 16 meeting.

He will present a fascinating and humorous program entitled Hollywood Rides the Rails in Arizona. His talk includes a video slide presentation on filming with trains for two movies shot in Arizona.

Garner has 48 years of experience in the restoration, maintenance and operation of trains, and he was actively involved in the motion picture industry. Presently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler, Ariz.

The Library Friends of Payson presentation for the community, which is held in the

library meeting room, will start with a short business meeting at 10 a.m.; the program begins at 10:30 a.m. The public is invited to both the business meeting and the free onehour program. If you have any questions, please call the library at (928) 474-9260.

Blood drive

United Blood Services plans a blood drive for residents of the Pine and Strawberry communities from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the First Baptist Church, 4039 N. Highway 87, Pine.

Call 1-877-827-4376 or go online to www.

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ate these items to provide for their children.

The program, Life Stitches, is through Soroptimist and is part of a medical program in Africa to assist in preventing AIDS in the infants.

Items available will include tablecloths, placemats, napkins and tote bags.

Call Jean Oliver at (928) 474-6167 for more information.

Input sought on school math, English standards

The Rim Country Museum will once again be hosting Stan Brown. Stan will be discussing his newly published book “They Would Not Be Conquered… A History of the Tonto Apache Tribe.” He will be presenting data on the history of the Tonto Apache as well as vignettes on some of the more captivating members. Please welcome back Stan Brown at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the Rim Country Museum located at Green Valley Park. A book signing will be held afterward. The books are available in the museum’s gift shop.

The State Board of Education’s Standards Development Committee will hold a public input meeting on Arizona’s mathematics and English language arts standards at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18 in the Gila County Board of Supervisors’ Hearing Room 610 E. Highway 260, Payson.

The meeting will physically be held in Globe, however, residents of Northern Gila County will be able to attend the meeting via interactive television video (ITV) in the Gila County Board of Supervisors’ Conference Room in Payson.

For more information on Arizona’s K-12 mathematics and English language arts standards, visit https://k12standards.az.gov.

To submit feedback online, please visit https://k12standards.az.gov/comment-standards.

Authors host program on writing humor

Nov. 20 entries due for holiday parade

Stan Brown’s in town

The Rim District of Arizona Professional Writers hosts Jodi Weisberg, a stand-up comic and award-winning writer at its noon meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 18.

She will present a program titled “Comedy Tips and Techniques to Improve Your Writing.” Open to the public, this free event is in the community room of the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road.

She says, “Humor is everywhere, but it is very subjective. I will do a sketch and share some techniques that anyone can use. Writers sometimes take themselves too seriously. Be prepared to have some fun!”

For information, call (928) 468-9269.

Win a Fender Guitar signed

by Alice Cooper

To raise funds to support its many programs, Time Out, Inc. is raffling a Fender Guitar signed by rock legend Alice Cooper.

Only 200 tickets will be sold. The cost is $10 per ticket or six for $50. Purchase a chance at the Time Out Thrift Shop in the Bashas’ Shopping Center.

Ugandan crafts offered

Unique handmade gifts from Uganda will be available for sale at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18. Ugandan mothers cre-

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Area businesses, clubs, churches and individuals planning to participate in the annual APS Electric Light Parade on Payson’s Historic Main Street need to have entries submitted by Friday, Nov. 20 to the Payson Parks, Recreation & Tourism Office in Green Valley Park.

Entry forms can be obtained online at paysonrimcountry.com. The theme this year is “A Christmas Story.”

The public attending the parade, which takes place at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, is encouraged to bring contributions for the area food banks to any one of the three parade announcer stands.

For more information, go online to the website or call (928) 472-5110.

Holiday Boutique and Bake Sale

The annual Holiday Boutique and Bake Sale of the Women’s Ministries of Payson First Assembly of God is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20 and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21.

The sale will feature a variety of special holiday baked goods, crafts, decorations, gift items, and a Mini Rummage Sale.

The church is at 1100 W. Lake Drive (the church at Green Valley Park). Entry is from the upper level parking area. All proceeds benefit local charities.

Once again, students on the Payson campus of Gila Community College will present a show and sale of works they have created during the current semester. The show and sale is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20 at the college, 201 N. Mud Springs Rd. Works will include ceramics and pottery, oils, acrylics, watercolors, photography, quilting, paper crafts, jewelry and other design arts.

For more information, call (928) 468-8039.

Holiday craft show

A holiday craft show at the Tonto Apache Gym is planned from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 22.

The show features art and crafts, including pottery, clocks, purses, totes, decorative boxes, baked goods, mini albums for journaling and photographs, jams and jellies, baby blankets, rock art, jewelry, knitted items, crocheted items, woodworking, walking sticks and more.

Santa will be there, so bring the kids down to get their photo taken with the jolly old elf for a small fee.

Gem & Mineral Show

The annual Payson Rimstones Rock Club Gem & Mineral Show is Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21 and 22. It will be at Payson High School.

Proceeds from the event go toward scholarships for Payson High graduates and other northern Gila County students.

Tellabration! in Pine

Enjoy an evening with some of the world’s best storytellers Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Pine Community Center Cultural Hall.

Join them for a meet and greet, have dinner with them and then settle in for some great storytelling.

A beef stroganoff dinner will be prepared

by Chef George Sanders and will be served at the Senior Dining Room starting at 5 p.m.

Dinner tickets are $20 and include a ticket to the storytelling. To make reservations for the dinner, visit the Pine/Strawberry Thrift Store or call (928) 476-4633. Seating is limited.

Tickets to the storytelling only are $5 and will be sold at the door. Storytelling begins at 7 p.m. The P/S Community Center is located at 3866 North Highway 87. This event is sponsored by the Senior Citizens Affairs Foundation and proceeds benefit the Pine Strawberry Elementary School and the Pine and Strawberry communities.

Piano and baritone concert

A two-piano and baritone concert is planned for 2:22 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 22 featuring bold and beautiful music from Bach to Broadway. The musicians are Lisa Tan, Angeline Ng and Steve Stevens. Please RSVP Angeline for venue at (928) 951-4853 or email justangeline@aol.com.

This time, any free-will offerings collected will go toward the scholarship fund for worthy students at Gila Community College set up by the Friends of Rim Country, GCC.

Republicans plan raffle just in time for holiday shopping

The Gila County Republican Committee is raffling Visa gift cards just in time for holiday shopping.

Only 500 tickets at $10 teach or three for $20 will be sold for the first prize of a $500 Visa card and a $250 Visa card.

The Visa gift cards are not limited to any one retailer.

Call (928) 951-6774 to arrange for ticket purchases.

The drawing is at 11:30 a.m., Monday, Nov. 30 at the meeting of the Rim Country Republican Club.

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Friday • Medicare enrollment help: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Center, 514 W. Main, Payson • Pine 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 • American Legion Fish Fry: Noon-8 p.m., American Legion • Free dance lessons: 4 p.m., Tiny’s • Lego Family FunL 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Payson Public Library

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Saturday • Forest Service trail work: 8 a.m., Payson Ranger Station • Blessing of the Animals: 10 a.m. to noon, Humane Society shelter, 605 W. Wilson Ct. • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; adult cooking class, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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

• Ballroom Dance Party: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., The Center, 514 W. Main, Payson, $5 per person

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Looking ahead

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

• Bingo: 1 p.m., Elks Lodge, open to the public • Jazz star Howard Alden performs at 2 p.m., Community Presbyterian Church, $5 per person

• Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Library Friends host Stan Garner at 10 a.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Blood drive, Pine First Baptist Church, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Stan Brown speaks about his book on the Tonto Apache to the Northern Gila County Historical Society, 1 p.m., open to public

November 18 • Learn about writing humor: noon, Payson Public Library Community Room, hosted by Arizona Professional Writers • Shop Ugandan crafts: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., hosted by Soroptimists • Share input on state standards for math and English: 6 p.m., Gila County Board of Supervisors, 610 E. Hwy, 260, Payson November 20 • Entries for Holiday Electric Light Parade due to Parks & Rec

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Only the firefighters are doing their jobs

• Nov. 13, 1850: Robert Louis Steven­son, author of “Treasure Island” and “Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” is born in Scotland. He pursued a career as a writer, but his decision alienated his parents, who expected him to follow the family trade of lighthouse keeping.

• Nov. 15, 1867: The first stock ticker is unveiled in New York City, making up-to-the-minute prices available to investors around the country.

Since the New York Stock Exchange’s founding in 1792, information had traveled by mail or messenger.

• Nov. 12, 2001: American Airlines flight 587 crashed just minutes after take off from Kennedy Airport in New York. The Airbus A300 crashed into the Rockaway Beach section of Queens.

All 260 people aboard were killed.

• Nov. 13, 2006: A deal was finalized for Google Inc. to acquire YouTube for $1.65 million in Google stock.

State, local and federal officials continue to bungle the crucial task of restoring the forests on public land to a healthy state — and protecting forested communities from wildfires.

Officials at all levels have shown a reckless and potentially lethal indifference to the plight of our forests — and the lives and livelihoods of everyone who lives surrounded by forested public lands.

Consider a couple of the most recent developments:

Pine brush-clearing effort falters The Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Committee has performed heroic service for those unincorporated communities with a volunteer effort that should serve as a model for the nation. The committee has raised perhaps $50,000 annually to haul away brush cleared from around homes. Volunteers have also built miles of trails that double as firebreaks. By working closely with the Payson Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest, the committee has helped dramatically increase the chance that firefighters can save the houses there from an approaching wildfire.

But the community-minded organizers say they’re not sure they can continue, given the lack of equipment, the dwindling of state and federal grants and Gila County’s threat to charge some $15,000 to accept the brush cleared by landowners at the county landfill.

The volunteers in Pine and Strawberry have done far more than the Payson Town Council, the Gila County Board of Supervisors, the Star Valley Town Council or any other volunteer groups in the region — but in the end they may demonstrate the limits of a volunteer effort.

The Payson council and the Gila County Board of Supervisors seem to think they can leave brush clearing and fire-smart building codes to volunteers and developers. That’s a dangerous and irresponsible notion.

But at least they’re not alone — the shortsighted refusal to address the problem caused by a century of state and federal mismanagement of public lands continues.

Federal fire budget foolishness Congress still has not reformed the funding system for wildfires, despite three years of blather and inaction.

Thanks to a century of misguided policies concerning grazing, fire suppression and logging, millions of acres of forests have thickets of trees prone to soil-sterilizing, community-destroying crown fires. The share of the Forest Service budget going to fight fires has risen from about 16 percent to about 42 percent.

The soaring cost of fighting fires like the holocausts this year in California, Oregon and Washington have forced the Forest Service to constantly shift money from other accounts to cover the cost of fighting fires that can grow to half a million acres and consume whole communities. Even if Congress eventually replenishes the money diverted from other priorities, the practice of fire borrowing can stall things like forest thinning projects intended to prevent runaway crown fires.

The administration has urged Congress pay for fighting wildfires the way it copes with hurricanes — with a special fund for natural disasters. Congress must act immediately.

Meanwhile, Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake along with Gov. Doug Ducey have urged the Forest Service to speed up the desperately slow progress of the Four Forest Restoration Initiative. They’re absolutely right to focus on that issue — as well as urging the Forest Service to launch other efforts to put a reinvented timber industry to work thinning the dangerously overgrown forest.

State lands disaster in the making But then, perhaps Gov. Ducey should also put some effort into the task closer at hand — reducing fire danger on 9 million acres of state trust land. The Yarnell Fire demonstrated that the state had done even less than the federal government to reduce fire danger on its lands.

The state will likely spend more money fighting lawsuits by homeowners and the families of the 19 firefighters killed in that blaze than in thinning the thickets on state lands. The Forest Service is at least spending millions and trying to get 4FRI off the ground — the state is doing almost nothing to prevent the next wildfire tragedy.

So neither the irresponsible politicians nor the bungling of bureaucrats have done their jobs.

That leaves the firefighters on the front lines, risking their lives to protect the homes of, well, politicians and bureaucrats.

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American Leadership Academy to be a community school Brent McArthur

ALA does not seek to divide the community or create conflict. ALA and the existing educational institutions can and should work together Hope and opportunity. for the benefit of all students. ALA has taken Growth and progress. the first step in developing this relationship by Cooperation and respect. scaling back from a K-12 to a K-8 offering. ALA As the CEO of American Leadership Academy, wants high school students to have opportuniI offer a positive, hopeful and opportunistic ties to play sports and participate in extracurperspective to last week’s Payson Roundup ricular activities. Offering grades 9-12 could editorial, “Charter school: Hope and fear must hinder both organizations’ ability to contend.” provide a full high school experience, Despite the positive feelings of anticso we adjusted. It is ALA’s desire that ipation by many in the Payson commuwe make what’s best for the students nity, there are understandable feelings of Payson our mutual goal. of uncertainty for those providing eduFor understanding, cooperation cational services. Why? Perhaps it’s and respect to exist, it’s important the fear of competition: the realization that common misunderstandings that families and students will soon about charter schools be corrected. have a choice.

First, contrary to what is commonLet’s remind ourselves why our eduly reported, charter schools do not cational system exists: it’s the stu- Brent McArthur receive more funding than traditional dents. Will the addition of ALA to public schools. In fact, when all sources of Payson provide more opportunities to students? funding are considered, charter schools receive Will those opportunities result in growth, prog- $1,180 less per student than traditional pubress and greater student achievement? Will lic schools according to the Joint Legislative greater student achievement benefit the com- Budget Committee of the Arizona Legislature. munity? The answer to each of these questions This distinction is often difficult to make due is, yes! to the unnecessary complex nature of Arizona by

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school finance. Both traditional and charter school districts can agree that Arizona’s school funding formula needs to be revised to provide equitable funding for all educators.

Secondly, ALA is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit, tuition-free public charter school. As such, ALA is in contract with Arizona and legally obligated to comply with the same state and federal statutes that govern public schools. Public schools are constitutionally prohibited from religious instruction and affiliation.

ALA’s mission is to provide the best educational experience to as many students as possible in a moral and wholesome environment. We invite all families who seek an educational environment described as principled, respectable, safe, honorable, accountable, decent, law-abiding, civil, and patriotic to join us.

Finally, American Leadership Academy prides itself in being a community school. ALA is for all students regardless of their academic capabilities. We welcome those who are willing to work together to create the best educational experience for each and every child. We’re excited for the positive changes ALA will bring to the Payson community. We look forward to partnering with the Payson Unified School District for the benefit of all Payson students and families.

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Wonderful Payson Elementary teachers, staff Editor: I have had the privilege of being allowed to present a nature program to about 15 classes at Payson Elementary School (PES) this month, so I have become acquainted with many PES teachers.

I am always impressed by the love, dedication, and hard work of the teachers and other staff. I have seen office staff give a big hug to a child who had a hard morning, and they greet everyone with a smile.

The new principal, Mrs. Milton, and teachers work hard to customize lessons to fit each child’s abilities, and they applaud each child’s progress, not just the achievements of those at the top of the class.

While I recognize that it is good to have choices regarding our children’s education, I appreciate that we have wonderful teachers at our district schools who strive to make sure all students in our community succeed.

Denise Blanchette, PES volunteer

Thanks to the community Editor: The Pride of Payson finished its competitive marching season on Saturday at the State Festival. We were one of 27 bands to qualify and are really proud of how well we did.

This season was a lot of fun and we had some great successes, learned a lot and made some great new friends.

The Pride of Payson would like to thank all those who helped out, donating time, money or moral support. We would especially like to thank the parents and friends who made our season possible. Thank you!

Please help us thank our generous corporate sponsors: Ace Hardware, Pine Ice, Payson Premier Dental, the Payson Roundup, Tractor Supply, Safeway, PostNet, Payson Orthodontics, American Pacific Mortgage, Miller Autoworks, Gerardo’s Firewood Cafe, Payson Physical Therapy, Sunrise Engineering, Payson Pet Club, Plant Fair Nursery, Tonto Silkscreen and Embroidering, Charles M. Beier, DDS, Kendra’s Country Bakery, Robert and Elizabeth Brandt, Shaw’s Chainsaw Shop, the Tonto Apache Tribe, the Payson F.A.N. Club, and the Payson High School Grounds Crew and Administration.

Especially thanks to all the people who support our local musicians and continue to place value on music in our schools.

The Pride of Payson Marching Band

Keystone pipeline Editor: President Obama has now rejected the Keystone Pipeline in favor of global warming and environmental concerns. Really, that was his reason? Let’s look at the rest of the story.

Warren Buffett is a major contributor to the Obamas and the Democratic Party, making the Koch brothers look like the JV team, and was the driving force behind this rejection. Why? Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway owns BNSF railroad that has the largest number of oil tankers in our nation. BNSF moves millions of barrels of oil daily by oil tankers from North Dakota and other oil fields. Also, Buffett’s Marmon unit just completed a $1 billion purchase of an additional 25,000 oil tankers from GE to move more oil from these fields immediately after Obama nixed the pipeline.

What would Buffett do with his BNSF oil tanker cars if there is a Keystone Pipeline?

Simple answer is to watch them collect dust and rust. Buffett’s BNSF railroad today transports

between 50 percent and 70 percent of all oil from North Dakota and tens of thousands of tons of frac sand and drilling pipe into the oil fields.

The president invoked the environment as his reason for the pipeline rejection but nothing about the environmental disasters from all those derailments and fires that have been caused by the oil tanker trains? This administration is eerily quiet on this topic. Obama’s administration does not talk about all these train wrecks and the deaths, disfigurements and loss of lives, homes, businesses and income to all those affected. Neither has this administration ever mentioned the overwhelming success of the Alaskan pipeline and how that oil delivery system has protected the Alaskan environment from oil tanker derailments, fires, disfigurements and loss of life.

At a start, the Keystone Pipeline would have replaced at least a one-mile-long oil tanker train each day or up to one 365-mile-long oil tanker train in its first year of use. Imagine looking at Buffett’s BNSF railroad oil tanker train stretching from Flagstaff all the way down to the Mexican border at Douglas, Ariz., that’s how much oil would not have been transported by rail.

All that oil going into the Keystone Pipeline would have been a huge loss for Buffett’s BNSF railroad that contributed $1.16 billion dollars to Buffett’s third quarter profits on his $9.4 billion dollar quarterly earnings.

Yes, Bernie Sanders, looks like income inequality does exist.

Keri Cutting, vice president of North Dakota Petroleum Council, which represents over 500 companies working in the North Dakota oil industry, said “the most baffling part of this decision is that this administration would rather continue importing oil from countries that fund terrorism than from our very own resources and Canadian allies.”

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Although they are new to the area, many of the medical staff on PHI Air Medical has been flying Rim Country skies for years.

Three in-flight nurses transferred to PHI when it received the contract with Banner Payson Medical Center in August, leaving Native Air, who previously held the contract.

Among them is in-flight nurse Mark Runzo, who also serves on the Hellsgate Fire District Board.

Runzo estimates between the four pilots, four nurses and four paramedics, there is more than 100 years experience among the group.

Soon more local talent will join their team.

PHI has partnered with the Hellsgate Fire Department to train one of its firefighters to become an in-flight paramedic.

Under PHI’s H.A.L.O. program, local fire departments around the state have paramedics work with PHI. PHI currently has the program in Sun City West, Surprise and Glendale.

Hellsgate firefighter Bobbi Doss will be the first local firefighter to go through the training to work in-flight. She will then work one shift a week for PHI as a paramedic.

Rachel Burginger, business operations manager for PHI, said the program is great because it allows PHI to partner with local fire departments and use paramedics already familiar with the area. PHI provides them with 12 to 20 weeks of training, which they can then bring back to their department.

“The benefit to us is we are not just hiring someone from the Valley,” Burginger said. “They are vested in the area and we find the turnover is much less.”

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PHI Air Medical recently took over the contract to fly patients from Banner Payson Medical Center, making it the dominant air ambulance company in Rim Country. career in the medical field, said working as an in-flight nurse is the pinnacle of nursing. In a hospital, for example, most nurses specialize in one area. As a nurse with an air ambulance company, Runzo is trained in all areas, from pediatric to geriatric.

Burginger said there are only 5,300 in-flight RNs around the world.

“As a paramedic, it is the highest certificate,” she said.

In Payson, PHI transfers patients from Banner Payson Medical Center to Valley hospitals or other hospitals around the state and responds to accident scenes, such as a car accident on State Route 260 or recently, a woman that had injured herself while hiking near Star Valley.

DPS Ranger flew the woman out of the canyon and PHI transported her to the hospital.

“We work hand in hand with DPS,” Burginger said.

PHI also works with Native Air. Native Air covers all calls north of the intersection of Highway 87 and 260 while PHI responds to calls at the hospital, in Star Valley and south of town.

In case of a vehicle accident or other emergency, dispatchers will call the helicopter closest to the

Business briefs A 2 Beeline Auto Glass is no longer just mobile.

They recently opened a storefront at 1505 W. Red Baron, near the airport. They offer windshield repair and replacement. For more information, visit www.a2beeline.com or call 928-478-6740.

From Head to Toe Essentials will host the November Chamber Mixer on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Check out the salons new, expanded space and learn about what services they offer. There will be door prizes, refreshments and lots of fun for everyone.

Cameron Davis, Town of Payson Parks, Recreation and Tourism director, is the next speaker at the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon Dec. 1. Davis will talk about

scene unless a patient specifically requests another outfitter.

Native Air and PHI both offer membership programs that cover transports.

PHI Cares is $50 annually for households with up to seven individuals with health insurance and $100 annually for households with no medical insurance. Native Air offers OmniAdvantage, which is $49 annually for insured households; $39 annually for AAA members and groups of 10 or more and $99 annually for applicants without health insurance or those who have insurance but standard air ambulance coverage is excluded.

A third provider, LifeShield Alliance, offers $10,000 toward medically necessary air ambulance transport needs across the nation with any provider. It is $49.95 annually for an individual; $59.95 annually for a family membership and individuals that do not have health insurance are eligible.

A PHI Cares membership offers “good peace of mind,” said Angela Jensen, business operations manager for PHI. While Native Air held the pad at the hospital for 13 years, PHI had an aircraft in Payson roughly 20 years ago.

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The Payson McDonald’s Restaurant is hosting a “Hiring Day” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 18. Job openings will include both full- and parttime crew and manager positions. Statewide, Arizona McDonald’s restaurants will be hiring 2,000 employees as part of the event. Interested candidates can stop by the restaurant for an interview. They can also apply online at www. mylocalmcds.com.

Rim Country Furniture and Appliance in Star Valley is celebrating 26 years in business. Visit owner Steve Glissendorf at 4305 State Route 260, near Steve Coury Ford. For more information, call 928-474-9322.

‘Heroes of Education’ honored Businesses provide safe place for teens

After every Longhorns’ Friday night football game, hundreds of keyed up teenagers start casting around for something to do before they have to go home.

Hundreds of excited teenagers on a Friday night: Could give you nightmares.

But three school boosters and a bunch of Payson businesses turned the problem into an opportunity.

So this week the Payson School Board honored Lance Chabot, Joe Sanchez and Mandie Smith as “Heroes of Education” for their role in organizing and sustaining the Longhorns’ “5th Quarter” series of events at pizza parlors, movie theaters, bowling allies — and even the Payson Event Center.

Superintendent Greg Wyman said the three honorees have volunteered for numerous school events, but outdid themselves in spending countless hours to

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Lance Chabot, Joe Sanchez and Mandie Smith worked with local businesses this year to offer the “5th Quarter” gatherings for teens after the Longhorns football games on Friday night. make the 5th Quarter events a success.

“We end up having 200 or 300 kids, sometimes until 2 a.m. at substance-free activities. You have a small group of people that decided they want to make a positive difference and go ahead and work through the community to make that difference. It really illustrates the old adage that 10 percent of the people do 90 percent of the work. In this case it’s

this small group. One time they may be at Pizza Factory or at the bowling alley. For the last game, we had it at the Event Center, with a DJ and a bonfire.

“They’re always asking, ‘how do we make it better? How do we get more kids here?’ So when we talk about heroes in public education — this is what we’re talking about — to go above and beyond to help our kids have a positive experience.”

“We were always looking to come back,” Jensen said.

PHI said residents requested they offer service in the area and it just “felt like the right step for us.”

For Runzo, working with PHI is great. He said he loves to work up in the air in an aircraft on patient despite its challenges.

Chief among them: space.

Helicopters have far less space than an ambulance. Runzo said it is like working in an aquarium.

Especially difficult is CPR since you cannot stand upright given the low ceiling. But Runzo has everything within arms length.

PHI is looking into adding a mechanical CPR device known as a Thumper, which delivers chest compressions to patients in cardiac arrest.

Burginger said PHI is focused on safety and offering patients the best care.

For more information, visit PHICares.com or call 888-4359744.

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Veterans Day celebrations abound JRE students sing and salute by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Braving the first really chilly winter day, the Julia Randall Elementary School student body marched over to the memorial at Green Valley Park to honor veterans with song and a flag raising ceremony.

Some children clutched prized medals and pictures of family members who had served.

Awaiting the children at the park, a line of military officers, many who work for the school district.

JRE Principal Linda Scoville served as the emcee of the event introducing the veterans representing each branch of the military.

“Let me introduce retired Lt. Col. Ernie Milton, now one of our wonderful fifth-grade teachers,” she said.

Milton stepped forward to tell the children what it meant for him as a child growing up in a small rural town, to travel the world with the Air Force.

“I stood like you do, as a kid and I thought I would never leave Florida,” he said. “But through the military I saw South America ... the Pacific ... Europe ... (and) the Middle East.”

After he spoke, he had Dazie Haught and Dexter Waterman help him fold a flag donated to the school. The flag had flown in Afghanistan and will now reside at JRE in a case along with a certificate explaining its past.

Then Scoville took a moment to let those who brought family mementos to show them off.

“Some showed me medals and pictures of family members in the military — please raise them up,” she said. “Feel free to look around at how many have family that have served.”

With the sea of pictures and medals held in the air, it seemed as if one out of 10 students had someone from their family in the military.

Then the JRE choir led by music teacher Juli Davies, sang tributes to the veterans who clapped at their songs wrapping up a heart-warming ceremony.

Tonto Basin on parade

Roundup Circulation Manager Patty Behm took these great photos of the Tonto Basin Veterans Day Parade, with a wonderful mix of school kids, veterans and homemade floats.

Children recall a father who was larger than life by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

His children fondly remember George Armstrong’s colorful legacy. The onetime owner of Doll Baby Ranch lived life to the fullest up until he died of cancer on Sept. 18 in California.

Two of his four children, Dan and Lynnie, live in the Rim Country. Two others, Mary and Kim, make their homes in California. Dan, Lynnie and Mary’s mother, Olive Matus, is also a Rim Country resident.

Born Dec. 26, 1927 in Oklahoma, Armstrong grew up in Southern California. He joined the military in the late 1940s, going into the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division.

Two things happened while in the service that started Armstrong on his life’s path. One, he learned he had an eye condition. He wanted to learn more about it, so when he left the service, he studied to become an optometrist — and acquired the nickname Doc. Second, he learned to fly and in the end logged more than 7,000 flight hours.

Another incident in the service presaged the adventurous life he would lead.

He was parachuting with his team when his chute didn’t open. He went into freefall and “crashed” into a fellow jumper — who he knocked unconscious. But they landed safely with a single chute.

Armstrong’s family came to the Rim Country in the 1950s and his three older children attended Payson schools. While he never lived in the area — Armstrong and Matus divorced in 1952 — he still made frequent visits from California.

“When he would get here, he’d buzz the house in Christopher Creek to let us know he’d arrived. We’d then drive down to Payson and he’d buzz the airstrip — which was just dirt — to get the cattle off so he could land,” Mary said.

Dan Armstrong bought part of the Doll Baby Ranch in 1980 and later involved his family in the ownership. While Dan had hoped to develop the property into a ranch-oriented resort, his father ran a working ranch with as many as 350 head.

“After becoming involved in Doll Baby, he was here a lot — every chance he had.

He loved being a cowboy,” Dan said.

Mary said one of her fondest memories of her father was a wonderful fishing trip with Doc and Dan to Catalina.

“He asked Dan if he wanted to ski.

Dan is skiing and then Dad jumps in the back of the boat and grabbed the line and started pulling Dan to the boat. When he had Dan alongside, he had me kill the

engine and he hauled Dan on board. He had seen the fin of a great white shark and it was following Dan. She also remembers having to land on a small road in Idaho while on her honeymoon with her husband, Ed Schuck, after their plane ran out of gas. Armstrong took the controls to prevent a crash landing. “He was always calm and in control while flying,” she said.

Lynnie’s favorite memories of her father involved taking his 136-foot converted minesweeper, the sister ship to John Wayne’s boat, the “Wild Goose,” for a week to Santa Barbara with Michael Cain and Shirley Maclaine to film the movie “Gambit.” The captain pulled into the wrong harbor in the fog and almost ran the boat aground. On another adventure, “he was flying my new husband, Darryl, and me to Canada for our honeymoon. As we were taking off, the plane filled with exhaust and he had to land it. That same trip, we ran into weather and he had to fly low enough to follow the freeway and read the road signs to get us to our destination. If that was not enough, once we tried to land, the landing gear wouldn’t come down, so he circled the field a couple of times and then did a touch-and-go landing to test the gear.”

Kim said she was fortunate to spend quite a few hours filming her father telling his stories. “I expected it would take three to four hours, but it took five or six years,” she said. The project produced 20, 90-minute tapes. “It was a lot of good quality time and I got to know him in a way that I never did before,” Kim said.

Mary said she often thinks of her father as a man with nine lives. Over the course of his life in the air, he had numerous close calls.

Still, some of Armstrong’s close calls were pretty memorable.

Charles Lindbergh in the 1920s flew over the Atlantic to Paris in a single engine plane called “the Spirit of St. Louis.” That inspired Armstrong in 1967 to fly a single-engine plane from Long Beach, Calif. to Paris. He added “ferry” fuel tanks in the back seat to extend the aircraft’s range so he could get across the Atlantic.

Mid-flight, in a storm, the plane’s ferry tanks stopped working. Armstrong’s co-pilot panicked and tried to take the plane down into the storm. Armstrong took the controls, turned the plane around and made it to Newfoundland, without much more than fumes in the gas tank, Mary said.

The trip was supposed to take two weeks but instead it took two months.

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George Armstrong led a life of danger and adventure. Here, he poses with a Japanese Zero he flew all over the country to promote the movie “Tora Tora Tora.” His family has lived in Rim Country since the 1950s.

At one point, she and her sister Lynnie, who were waiting at a hotel for him in Germany, were told he had been lost at sea.

Armstrong and his brother, Bill, flew promotional flights across the country for the 1970 movie “Tora, Tora, Tora”

using Japanese Zeros. They staged aerial dog fights and had some fun buzzing farmers working in their fields.

Armstrong walked away from several crashes — one after landing on a dirt strip in Mexico where the wind knocked the plane off the runway and another

when a storm forced a crash landing of an ultralight he’d been flying over the Doll Baby to check on cattle.

Olive Matus met him in church as a teenager and “fell madly in love.” They married in 1945 and divorced in 1954.

It was Olive who brought the family to the Rim Country. Paul Ashby, one of the men who helped build Christopher Creek, was her uncle through her stepfather.

Olive, her brother Rich Henry, and their families, visited the area frequently.

She started the Blue Jay Cafe and the Pecky Pine Grocery, but couldn’t draw enough customers, so she moved away. In 1970, she and her husband, the late John Matus, returned and built Creekside Steakhouse and Tavern in Christopher Creek.

Olive said she and Armstrong stayed friends because of their children.

“I never really realized he appreciated our life together until one Christmas when Mary brought us all together he called them all in (their children) and told them to thank me because I had always been there for them and he hadn’t. I didn’t think I’d ever hear that come out of his mouth.”

A “Celebration of Life” for Armstrong will be held in both California and Mexico.

Jazz great performs in Payson Howard Alden, one of the greatest jazz guitarists working today, performs in Payson at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 15.

The performance will close the long-running jazz series organized by Gerry Reynolds at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St. Reynolds will play the drums and Steve Douglas will be on bass for the concert.

“This is the most significant event I’ve had the fortune to bring to live music fans in Payson,” said Reynolds.

He is being brought to the community by the Payson Friends of Jazz and the Community Presbyterian Church.

A donation of $5 or more is requested.

An RSVP to gerry-Reynolds@Hotmail.com is advised.

Alden learned his craft under the legendary Howard Roberts, and his jaw-dropping fretwork has graced Hollywood soundtracks, duets with his mentor, George Van Eps and much more.

The New Yorker magazine said about Alden, “... utter assurance ... crystalline sound ... each note articulate and complete. His solos are succinct, orderly and swinging.”

The Jazz Times said “Howard Alden may be the best of his generation” and the Newark Star Ledger proclaimed he is “the most impressive and creative member of a new generation of jazz guitarists.” The New York Post observed that he is “... one of the very finest young guitarists working today.”

Indeed, and Alden has worked with some of the best in jazz — Benny Carter, Flip Phillips, Mel Powell, Bud Freeman,

Kenny Davern, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Vignola, and as mentioned above, the all-time great, George Van Eps. Alden can be heard on the soundtrack to the Woody Allen Movie “Sweet and Lowdown” starring Sean Penn who was nominated for an Oscar for his role as a legendary jazz guitarist (presumably Django Reinhardt) in the ’30s. He not only played all the guitar solos on the soundtrack, but he also coached Penn on playing the guitar for his role in the film.

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Girls just gotta have run by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff writer

On Saturday, Rim Country girls who had worked for weeks with the Girls on the Run program to prepare for a 5K run/walk gathered at Green Valley Park festooned in tutus, crazy socks, ribbons and colored hair to celebrate their girl power.

The girls, along with their running buddies and coaches, participated in pre-race antics, such as the “Whip/Nae Nae” dance and warm-ups.

Former coach Casandra Stouder traveled from Prescott to kick off the 5K event, reported organizer Amity Justice on her Facebook page. “(Casandra) has a special way of providing energy, connection and significance to anything she does,” said Justice.

The local Safeway store got into the spirit with donations for the runners.

“A big thank you to Dan Dillon and our local Safeway store,” wrote Justice. “They donated waters, bananas and oranges again for our prepost treats ... Thank you for supporting our 5K event!”

Dubbed the “Run with your heart not your

Photos courtesy DJ Craig

legs!” It was a great event to end another season of Girls on the Run and Heart & Sole programs in Payson.

Schools honor Tonto Apache Tribe by

Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

The Payson Unified School District honored the Tonto Apache Tribal Council as “Heroes of Education,” for the tribe’s many donations to the district in recent years — including $20,000 to replace the turf on the football field.

Superintendent Greg Wyman said, “They’ve been quietly doing that for quite a long time. When the kids need something, they’re there to help out — whether it’s classroom supplies, staffing position, helmets — or signing up when there’s a fundraiser.

It’s these kind of selfless acts this community is known for and what makes a difference for our kids. When they see a need they step up.”

Tribal Chairman Vivian Burdette accepted the award on behalf of the tribal council.

“Being in this building brings back a lot of memories,” she said looking around the remodeled Julia Randall Elementary School building where the board now has its meetings. “I started first grade here way back whenever.

It’s been an experience — going

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Tonto Apache Tribal Chairman Vivian Burdette and Payson School Board President Barbara Underwood.

to the basketball games and being hit by players falling on you. We weren’t recognized as Tonto Apache, but we came to watch the basketball games. We helped put the track in place.

This year we had heard about

the players from different cities they weren’t allowed to play on the high school football field (because of the possibilities from the deteriorating turf). We said we want our youth that are coming up to play on the field.”

So she said the tribe gave the school even more than they asked for, to restore the whole field instead of just the playing area.

“One of our promises was that we would support education. We don’t like to be recognized for these things. We just want to do it undercover. We appreciate the players for coming out and playing and we were really glad we had the opportunity.

We will continue supporting the education as well as whatever is necessary.”

She noted she planned to step down from her position on the tribal council in June, after 40 years involvement in tribal politics.

“I started out with Indian Health Services in my 20s and it was a struggle. My next goal is to take (school board president) Barbara’s place,” she laughed.

Barbara Underwood applauded loudest of all.

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World on fire Wildfires ignites political firestorm centered on faster forest thinning, budget reforms by

Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

The U.S. Forest Service remains in something approaching bureaucratic and budget meltdown, with wildfires torching the budget and thinning projects languishing.

Forest Service officials have appealed to Congress to completely overhaul the wildfire budget, to keep the predictable disaster of each fire season from consuming money for everything else the Forest Service does.

In the meantime, Arizona’s senators and governor have crafted an urgent appeal to the Forest Service to both accelerate the Four Forest Restoration Initiative while funding additional thinning projects as well.

The rising heat on wildfire politics comes after a mild fire season in Arizona, but an all-out disaster in California and some other western states.

Fire budget quickly exhausted

The Forest Service quickly exhausted its firefighting budget this year, spending a record $243 million in a single week in a desperate effort to contain fires that consumed more than 750 California homes in a single, catastrophic week.

The cost of fighting wildfires now consumes 52 percent of the Forest Service budget, compared to just 16 percent in 1995.

By 2025, fighting fires will use up two-thirds of the Forest Service budget, according to projections.

The seemingly inexorable rise in wildfires stems from both the effects of record-breaking drought throughout most of the West and a century of fire suppression and overgrazing and logging that have left tree densities 10 to 20 times higher than normal across millions of acres in the West.

The dire situation has prompted lawmakers to call on the Forest Service to put more money and effort into largescale thinning projects.

Lawmakers advocate thinning

Therefore, the Forest Service should accelerate the pace of forest thinning projects and determine whether 4FRI contractor Good Earth Power AZ can actually pull off the largest forest restoration contract in history, according to letters sent by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and U.S. senators from Arizona John McCain and Jeff Flake.

“We believe that a substantial increase in the number of people and organizations involved in forest thinning, made possible only by timely and consistent access to treatable acres, would serve the dual purposes of the Service managing its forests while ensuring the successful mitigation of Arizona’s risk of catastrophic wildfire,” said the letter sent by all three officials to Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Tom Tidwell.

The letter urges Tidwell to not only press forward with 4FRI but to put other companies to work on additional acres.

The Forest Service is working on

an unprecedented environmental impact statement on 586,000 acres as part of the 4FRI project. Instead of doing the study one timber sale at a time, this analysis would apply a complex prescription on tree densities and diversity to a vast swath of landscape all at once.

Instead of marking individual trees for cutting, the 4FRI approach would train private crews to apply the prescription in the field — with special rules for areas around archaeological sites, streams, spotted owl nesting sites, meadows and other critical habitats.

4FRI falls years behind schedule

However, after shuffling contractors the 4FRI project has fallen several years behind schedule. Instead of thinning 30,000 acres annually, Good Earth has thinning only a couple thousand acres in the past two years as it struggles to get enough trucks, mills and other infrastructure.

The 4FRI approach not only requires Good Earth to turn a profit on small trees less than 16 inches in diameter, the company must also remove vast quantities of brush and saplings with only marginal value as compost, wood chips or fuel for bio-energy plants.

The McCain, Flake and Ducey letters all offer support to the critics of Good Earth’s slow start on 4FRI, but urging the Forest Service to do more to foster work by other contractors and the development of a reinvented wood products industry that can turn a profit on the small trees now choking millions of acres of public land. The previous logging industry relied mostly for its profits on the big, old-growth trees greater than 16 inches in diameter. These big, fire-resistant ponderosa pines once dominated across millions of acres, but

now constitute less than 3 percent of the trees in the forest, according to various estimates.

“The pace of treatment activity in the Kaibab and Coconino national forests is unsatisfactory and the efforts to sustain the pace of restoration in the eastern forest, while significant, remains inadequate. Even if fully implemented, the efforts related to 4FRI would only partially restore the northern forests to health,” said the letter.

The letter urged the Forest Service to undertake additional efforts like the White Mountain Stewardship Project, which thinned about 50,000 acres over a 10-year period and is credited with saving Alpine and Springerville from the Wallow Fire. The Forest Service provided a subsidy of about $800 per acre for that project, which fostered about $130 million worth of investment in the wood products industry focused on processing the small trees and brush.

The letter urged the Forest Service to partner with the state and other agencies to undertake thinning and forest health projects and to give Good Earth tight deadlines to clear the hundreds of thousands of acres already available.

Forest Service pleads with Congress

Ironically enough, the Forest Service at the same time is also urging Congress — especially the U.S. Senate — to act on a proposal to dramatically change the way the federal government covers the spiraling cost of fighting wildfires.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and White House Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan wrote a letter recently urging Congress to budget for wildfires in the same way it budgets for natural disasters like hurricanes.

The U.S. Forest Service provided these pictures of forest fires this year in California, Washington and Oregon — all suffering record-breaking drought and wildfires.

The proposal would set up a huge wildfire fund the Forest Service and other agencies could tap into as soon as their regular budget for firefighting was exhausted. Currently, the Forest Service and other agencies have to transfer money from other budgeted funds when fires flare up, then hope that Congress will replenish those funds at the end of the budget year. As a result, even when Congress eventually votes more money to compensate, the “fire borrowing” in the budget plays havoc with other activities — including thinning projects intended to prevent wildfires from raging out of control.

As the California fires burned this year in the face of the state’s “extreme” drought conditions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture transferred $250 million into the firefighting budget, boosting it to $700 million with the budget year only half over.

The House earlier this year approved a plan to put money into a wildfire emergency fund, with 19 Democrats joining all the Republicans in support. The

measure would also dramatically speed up the approval process for thinning projects. In some cases, it can take three years to approve a single thinning project, but the legislation would set a tight timetable of about three months.

That prompted many environmental groups and some Democrats to oppose the new rules saying that rushing through the thinning approval process would hurt things like recreation, watersheds, endangered species, archaeological sites.

Payson Ranger District’s triumph

On the other hand, the current rules do allow for greatly accelerated approval processes for thinning projects, as demonstrated by the Payson Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest.

Fire specialists here did an environmental assessment on about 100,000 acres all at once, similar in approach to 4FRI. The Payson Ranger District then waited for year-end thinning and restoration money from the Forest Service, able to move quickly because it had already done the environmental work.

This approach has allowed the Payson Ranger District to thin about 50,000 acres to create buffer zones around almost every Rim Country community, demonstrating how to get thinning projects done without having to waive existing environmental requirements.

Despite the unfolding disaster in California and the exhaustion of the Forest Service firefighting budget once again, Congress has not acted on the proposal.

The letter from the federal officials to 16 key members of Congress said, “with the dramatic growth in wildland fire over the last three decades and an expected doubling again by mid-century, it only makes sense that Congress begin treating catastrophic wildfire as the natural disaster it is.”

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Payson Veterans Day 2015

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Everyone cheered the 101-year-old veteran of World War II (above) and the Payson Choral Society (below, right), but the kindergartners stole their hearts.

Mostly sunny, 40% chance for rain

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Domestic violence hotline offers help From page 1A

their backs,” said Bird.

Others decide on a date and prepare to would enjoy the work. She said it proved a leave by collecting identification and finanperfect fit. cial paperwork, money and a safety bag The intake line is manned 24 hours a day, with clothes, toiletries and their children’s seven days a week, but that comes at a cost. favorite toys.

The price tag for the five full-time and two They need to pack light though, said Bird. part-time advocates comes to $128,362.

She said the shelter has a brochure that Last year, the Rim Country’s only domes- helps victims to create their escape plan tic violence shelter received 1,470 calls. The with specific suggestions. shelter served 326 people wracking up 7,010 Bird told the story of one woman who bed nights. called in from the side of the road. She The national hotline received about had followed the directions on the brochure 300,000 calls report shelter staff. Time Out given out by Time Out. not only helps those locally who need help, “She told us, ‘I’m on the side of the road. they also take in victims from other states Yes, I’m in my car. I’m actually coming from — some as far away as Young. I want to tell you Canada and Mexico. all — you all have saved Bird said each initial call The Price of Running a my life — I got one of those takes about 15 minutes to someone mailed 24/7 Intake Call Center brochures determine if the shelter is me. It told me what to pack even the best place for the up… birth certificate, driv$128,362 victim. ers license and any divorce 5 full-time employees “We are getting a lot of decrees,’” said Bird.

2 part-time employees calls from those that need Ironically, the woman 1,470 calls in 2014 medical assistance,” said owned the house she fled, Bird. “Unfortunately, we leaving her abuser still Time Out Shelter are not a nursing facility.” inside. An artist, she had She also said the shelter all of her supplies and 326 people housed in 2014 cannot take a person who works still in the house, so 7,010 bed nights in 2014 has used drugs or alcohol she worked quickly to fix in the last week or who has the situation to get back to any legal charges against her business. them.

The intake process takes a little time, Why? Bird and Homan must make sure however. those in the shelter are safe. If someone has Once a woman arrives at Time Out, Bird a drug or anger issue, it could erupt and and Homan have another set of questions to cause harm to the families living there. ask before they can take her into the shelter.

But Bird always tries to find the callers “It’s a sheet that asks very personal and the help they need. private questions… We ask them questions “We don’t want to turn anybody away and about their backgrounds, what led them to leave them with no hope,” she said. this point, what steps have they taken with Time Out has contacts with Community the legal matters… They will tell you if it is Bridges, Southwest Behavioral Health, hos- true domestic violence or not,” she said. pitals and legal advisors. Hotline workers The process is designed to help the shelhelp callers connect with those services. ter understand how to help. But Bird said If a man or woman calls seeking help, Bird many women struggle to answer those quesand Homan either create a safety plan and a tions. Some because they are in shock, othdate for the caller to leave their situation or ers in denial. they invite them into the shelter directly.

“Some are extremely emotional, others “Some arrive with only the clothes on say, ‘I’m going to keep it in and not show any

F O R 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. After reviewing cases, the Gila County Attorney’s Office often drops or modifies charges. If your name is listed and you are exonerated, please contact the Payson Roundup at editor@payson.com.

Nov. 2 – Keith Richard Allard, 33, Fountain Hills – DUI-aggravated, while suspended for DUI and possession of stolen property; Briana Deidra Harris, 21, Payson – domestic violence, disorderly conduct-fighting and drug paraphernalia-posses-

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Robert “Joe” Wells (2015)

Robert “Joe” Wells, 91, of Payson, Ariz., passed away peacefully on Nov. 10, 2015.

He was in the Army Air Corp in World War II. He and his wife, Peg Wells, shared in 66-½ years of marriage, before she passed away in 2009.

He was a firefighter in Long Beach, Calif. and retired as Captain in 1977.

He and Peg then made Payson their home.

port warrant.

Nov. 6 – Joshua Allen Davy, 24, Payson/ Transient – criminal trespass-2nd degree and disorderly conduct-fighting; Leroy Paul Papineau Jr., 61, Payson – aggravated domestic violence; Annette Susan Luna Roesch, 63, Payson – disorderly conduct-fighting; Lyle Herman Roesch, 69, Payson – disorderly conduct-fighting; Lorie Keyfauver, 48, Tonto Basin – disorderly conduct and domestic violence.

Nov. 7 – Nathaniel Dominick Myers, 29, Payson – shoplifting-concealment and driving with a suspended/canceled/revoked license; Gary Huckins, 52, Payson –warrant.

In Loving Memory

He is survived by daughter, Shari (Dennis) Stutzman; great-grandson, Brian Foster; and many friends.

Per Joe’s request, no services are planned. He will be laid to rest at Mountain Meadows Memorial Park next his wife, Peg.

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sion; Jaycie Michele Gotell, 27, Payson – driving with a suspended/canceled/revoked license; Ashley Marie Griffith, 32, Whispering Pines – criminal trespass-2nd degree and felony shoplifting with convicted priors; Brandon Heape, 26, Star Valley – threats and intimidation; Elizabeth Heape, 22, Payson – theft; Justin Heape, 33, Star Valley – threats and intimidation.

Nov. 4 – Brian Jay Wagenhals, 28, Payson – shoplifting, unlawful use, possession, or removal of theft detection shielding devices-theft and unlawful flight from law enforcement vehicle; Paige Reanne Begay, 26, Payson – shoplifting.

Nov. 5 – Darrin Miles, 29, Payson – child sup-

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emotion,’” said Bird.

Bird said she waits until the women feel strong enough to answer all the questions.

Some have come from another state, arriving in a new town with no contacts to find more protection, especially if the abuser is in law enforcement or the military, said Bird.

“They have buddies all over the place that help him find her,” she said.

Those types of abusers have access to surveillance technology that often requires a victim to change her name, leave her career and start a new life.

“I had one (law enforcement) abuser who chased the woman across four states,” said Bird.

Bird said thankfully Time Out has not had any women from Rim Country who are escaping a law enforcement/military abuser come to the shelter, because of the difficulty involved in remaining in the area.

So what do the victims who bring their children do with the kids during the intake process? “Some will keep the kids close and not let the kids play,” she said. “With others, the minute they hit the gate and see the playground they are gone. That is always a nice thing to see they have joy.”

After completing the intake paperwork, Bird gives the families a welcome bag with toiletries and towels, then shows them to a room.

The next day, the families begin the long process of rebuilding their lives with lots of counseling and support.

But it has to start with the call.

Bird and Homan waited anxiously for a callback from the woman who hung up staring into the eyes of her abuser.

Such a call eats at them.

“It’s a crisis call,” said Bird. “We don’t know if he hurt her. We don’t know if this is the time she decided to leave.”

In the uncertainty of silence, the two volunteers work to keep their own hopes up.

Bird said she takes time to talk to the residents and play with the children.

“You do what you can,” she said.

“Chocolate and iced coffee are at high premium around here.”

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

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

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

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Roundup reader Christy Power said we could share this wonderful photograph of a double rainbow in front of a stormy sky she shot as she drove into Payson. The National Weather Service predicts we’ll see mostly clear skies with highs in the low 60s and lows in the high 30s through the weekend. However, look for nearly 60 percent chance of rain and snow in the higher elevations by Monday, with a high of about 41 and a low of about 24.

Attack firefighter, go to prison A Payson man who assaulted a firefighter who tried to help him will now go to prison.

Jody Edward Sullivan grabbed the neck of a firefighter and spit on him when the firefighter attempted to administer medical assistance, according to Duncan J. Rose, deputy Gila County attorney.

On Oct. 26, Superior Court Judge Gary V. Scales sentenced Sullivan to four years in prison,

including two years for attacking the firefighter and two years for resisting arrest. The assault on the officer occurred in another incident when Sullivan kicked a Payson police officer attempting to take him into custody for a domestic disturbance.

Sullivan’s criminal history includes six felony convictions for misconduct involving weapons by a prohibited possessor, unlawful use of means of trans-

portation, aggravated DUI and three felony theft convictions.

The defendant has nearly two dozen misdemeanor convictions, including assault, threatening and intimidating, possession of marijuana and criminal damage.

County Attorney Bradley Beauchamp commended the Gila County Sheriff’s Office, Houston Mesa Fire Department and Payson Police Department for their hard work and dedication to duty.

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Tonto Apache history revealed The Rim Country Museum will once again be hosting Stan Brown. Stan will be discussing his newly published book “They Would Not Be Conquered… A History of the Tonto Apache Tribe.”

He will talk about the history of the Tonto Apache as well as stories about some of the more captivating members.

Brown has filled a large gap in the history of Rim Country with his book on the Tribe. He covers the history of the Tribe from the time they called this country their own through relocation at San Carlos, the years without a place to call their own in the Payson area. They finally won designation as the Tonto Apache Tribe in 1972 and a reservation of their own.

Brown’s presentation is at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the Rim Country Museum located at Green Valley Park, with a book signing to follow.

The books are available in the museum’s gift shop.

Brown is a historian for the Payson area, a noted author, past president of the historical society and a wonderful bene-

factor as well. So far, he has given the Northern Gila County Historical Society rights to publish and sell seven of his books.

These books are published by the NGCHS Rim Country Publishing team and sold in the gift shop as well as a few other gift shops. The NGCHS benefits from 100 percent of the proceeds.

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Sentence for drug charges Payson resident Mollie Avere Buker will spend 2.25 years in prison for stealing $20,000 worth of jewelry.

Buker stole the jewelry from a home while the owners were away, then sold it at a local pawn shop. Officers recovered the jewelry.

On Oct. 26, Superior Court Judge Gary Scales sentenced her to prison and then 24 months of supervised probation on burglary and drug charges related to two other cases. Buker has prior felony convictions in Maricopa County for forgery and aggravated DUI.

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Payson’s Kyra Ball, Abigail Greenleaf and Anna Schouten (from left to right) start the Division 3 girls cross country state meet at Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix on Saturday. See payson.com for photos and a video from the race.

Longhorn girls race to 15th place in state meet by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

PHOENIX — Just qualifying for the Division 3 cross country state meet was the Longhorns’ goal this season.

So when Payson finished eighth in the most challenging section in the division to do just that, whatever happened in Saturday’s state meet at Cave Creek Golf Course was simply icing on the cake.

And there was plenty of that.

Senior Abigail Greenleaf finished 26th in 21:03.3 to lead the Longhorns to a 15th-place standing among 22 scoring

teams.

“I’m just real proud that we achieved a goal,” coach Jonathan Ball said. “When they realigned our section (before this year) and put us back in the north, we wanted to be here today. So we met our goal this season to represent Section 8.

Half the teams didn’t get to do that. So I’m real proud of them.”

He said the focus for most of the Longhorns was to excel at the sectional meet, rather than the state meet.

“We have to peak our kids for the sectional race and spend so much energy just trying to get (to state) that

we’re off a little bit when we get here,” Ball said. “Page, they get to peak their kids for today. They have the tradition.

They’re the defending champs. They’re always winning.”

Page produced five of the top 24 finishers in winning the girls race with 64 points. Fort Defiance Window Rock finished second with 110 and Rio Rico (115) third.

Rio Rico junior Alexandra Schadler dominated the race to claim her third consecutive Division 3 individual state championship. She won in 17:04.5, which was easily the best time of the

day for a girl in any of the four divisions. Runner-up Daangoiina Haven of Ganado was a minute and a half back in 18:35.1.

Coach Ball said a race featuring such a strong runner changes things.

“It throws everything out of whack when you have a girl that can run in the 17 minutes and everyone else chases them,” Ball said. “It just makes it a real fast race and it’s an exciting time to compete for cross country.”

Former Rim Country Middle School student Sarah Carter, a junior at Phoenix Xavier College Prep, won the

Division 1 girls race in 18:08.6, which was the second-fastest time by a girl in any division behind only Schadler.

Payson finished with 409 points.

Since the AIA moved the state meet to Cave Creek Golf Course in 2005, Greenleaf owns the second (21:01, 2013), third (21:03, 2015), and fourth (21:28, 2012) fastest times ever run by a Payson High athlete on the course.

“She has had a great cross country career,” Ball said.

Greenleaf missed last season with

• See Girls met, page 8B

Sport shoe program a blessing for Rim Country youth by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Athletic shoes that fit well are one of the most important items an athlete needs to compete.

And they can be expensive.

That can seem like money thrown away to a parent of a growing child that’ll need bigger shoes next season — maybe even before this season ends.

So in 2012, Larry and Joyce Kennedy decided to do something about it. They started the Payson United Methodist Church Sport Shoe Program.

The Kennedys hatched the idea of starting a program after talking to their former pastor who was coaching his son’s soccer team.

“These kids go through these shoes in no time at all,” Larry Kennedy said. “A lot of times they’ll even grow out of them during a season. And because they go through them so quickly and there is very little wear on them, we thought, ‘why couldn’t we start a program where we could clean up the shoes, and sanitize them and get them back as close to new as possible and then pass them on to other kids that can’t afford them or that really need

them.’”

Now in its fourth year, the program that takes donated shoes with rubber or plastic cleats, cleans and sanitizes them and gives them to children in need of cleats to play baseball, softball and soccer is going strong.

“The shoes are free for anybody who needs them,” said Payson United Methodist Church Pastor Carl Peterson. “We receive donations from throughout the community. Many of the thrift stores support us by providing pairs of shoes.

People take the shoes home, clean them up, sanitize them so they’re as close to new as we can possibly get. Then they’re distributed at the games and several of the practices throughout the year.”

With soccer season having just ended, the Sport Shoe Program is looking for parents to donate shoes their children will have outgrown by next season or simply won’t need.

Peterson said some members of the community donate money to the program.

“We have a lot of people participating in the program, doing the cleaning,” he said. “Some people provide cash donations, which permits us to go to the stores in

town and buy brand new shoes. We always have a need for more small shoes as the younger kids grow and go through them very quickly.”

In addition to picking up shoes at one of the early season soccer, baseball and softball practices and games at Rumsey Park, people may also drop off or pick up shoes at the church, located at 414 N. Easy St.,

any time of year from 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. If you have questions about the program, call 928-474-0485 during the same hours.

In addition to baseball, softball and soccer cleats, the program also has shin guards for soccer. “We have some of the baseball equipment like

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The Payson United Methodist Church Sport Shoe Program cleans, sanitizes and repairs donated cleats and also offers some new ones free of charge to kids for soccer, baseball and softball. In the submitted photo above, a child is fitted for cleats. At left, Pastor Carl Peterson displays a shoe a child was wearing when volunteers showed up to give away shoes.

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Bass fishing on Roosevelt Lake now requires experimentation There’s good news for Rim if conditions are right. From a Country bass and trout anglers. rim country bass perspective, one trout can Apache, Canyon and fishing report equal a thousand shad, so it’s Saguaro lakes all received the not hard to figure out why bass first stockings of winter trout pursue them. recently. Trout fishing around The water temperatures on piers and docks on these lakes these lakes right now is in the can be lots of fun for a family low 70s and as soon as the temperature drops to 50 degrees, fishing day. the bass metabolism slows to For bass anglers, it means where they can no longer chase there are a few weeks of exciting fishing before the water James trout effectively.

Goughnour turns too cold for bass to chase Bass fishing on Roosevelt these trout.

Lake this time of year requires In the meantime, imitation trout some experimentation. Bass are active swimbaits can catch giant-sized bass all over the lake and can be found in

very shallow to very deep water depths.

Anglers are reporting good numbers of bass using a drop-shot technique, however, most are in the 1- to 2-pound range. Larger sized bass are close to bait balls of shad. Reaction baits such as crankbaits, chatter-baits, top-water baits and spoons were catching bass in depths from 2 feet down to 40 feet.

If you’re using a specific technique and not catching fish, move to a new area using a different technique.

The water in the lake is mostly clear with some stained water where the Salt River, Tonto Creek and other small streams flow into the lake.

Western impound lakes such as the Salt River chain of lakes are known for crystal clear water especially when the weather is stable. The fresh water flows into Roosevelt Lake are above normal rates and the water level remained constant at 39 percent full.

Crappie fishing continued to be called good by experienced anglers. The weather is predicted to remain calm so the crappie bite should continue.

Crappie schools can be found in 25-30 feet of water close to structure or cover.

The 2-inch curly tail grub in a yellow and green color called a John Deere, on a 1/16 or 1/8 ounce small jighead hook

were reported successful on most days last week.

A custom fishing rod with the owners name or a short verse makes a fantastic Christmas gift for your favorite angler.

Rim Country Custom Rods can build any style of fishing rod for a specific angler and his or her style of fishing.

We also have gift certificates available. Call for a free quote on any custom rod at 928-468-0263 or visit our website at www.rimcountrycustomrods.com.

Have a great week of fishing and I hope to see you on the water.

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aroundthe rim Pine Strawberry residents invited to dinner During my years as a Payson Thursday, Nov. 26 in the senior dining Roundup reporter I had the privilege room behind the Pine Thrift Store. of writing numerous stories about the Reservations may be made by calling Tonto Rim Sports Club and the Jim the dining room answering machine at Jones Shooting Range.

928-476-2151 and leaving a message with TRSC Public Relations Officer Charlie name, phone number and number of Thompson was always ready to help out guests in the party. and between the two of us once managed Reservations can also be made by visto convince rookie reporter Erin Turner, iting or calling the thrift store, 928-476who had never shot a firearm, to visit the 4633, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday range and possibly fire a few practice through Saturday. rounds.

Reservations must be made by noon Erin agreed and left the range that on Nov. 20. day with a newfound confidence handling firearms and a respect for the sport Journalist miscue of shooting.

Paul Paul, a friend and longtime local While TRSC offers a myriad of activ- resident who for the past two years has ities, among my favorites during my worked on the Pine Strawberry Fuel reporting years were the Turkey Shoots Reduction Committee’s brush pickthat usually took place just up truck approached me last before Thanksgiving.

Saturday following PSFR comrattlin’ While the shoots are actually the rim munitywide meeting in the culbenefits, they offer a chance to tural center. win one of 40 turkeys, courteI had mentioned Paul Paul’s sy of Payson Safeway, and the name in a couple of stories I had opportunity to showcase markswritten on the pickup program man skills with a handgun, rifle, and he said he had a complaint. shotgun or bow and arrow.

It was, that when I wrote his For $2 a shot, participants name, he said, I was getting the can try all four options or just first and last mixed up. one of the four.

“Try to keep them in the Max Foster For the competitions, shootproper order,” he asked. ers are randomly grouped.

OK Paul Paul, I stand correctArchery is scored on best shot from ed, I will try to do better.

25 yards in each group, handgun is best shot at 15 yards and rifle is best at 100 Touching bases after almost 50 years yards. Shotgun with slugs is at 50 yards.

Also while leaving the PSFR meeting, The 2015 shoot will be held from 10 I was flagged down by a sparkling lady a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21 at the who introduced herself as Jean Larson range located 2.2 miles south of the and reminded me that she and I had Mazatzal Hotel & Casino on the Beeline Highway. Turn left onto a gravel road taught school together in the late 1960s and drive 1.5 miles to the entrance. The in the Tempe School District.

At the time, I believe I was in the secroute will be clearly marked with signs. ond or third year of my teaching career.

The Tonto Rim Sports Club was My favorite memories, other than founded in 1979 with the express purteaching, was playing on the same faculpose of encouraging organized and safe shooting among Rim Country sports- ty volleyball team with Jean.

It was exciting to once again talk with men. Members are taught safe handling Jean and it’s obvious she is the same and proper care of firearms and have elegant and classy person I remember. the opportunity to improve marksmanship on the range. The club produces a Improving Bearfoot monthly newsletter and hosts a number This month, Pine Strawberry Fuel of organized monthly activities.

Membership is open to any U.S citi- Reduction Committee volunteers are zen. In 1981, the Northern Gila County doing maintenance work on the Bearfoot Shooting Range began operating under Trail.

Work will be done from 9 a.m. to 1 a U.S. Forest Service special use permit.

Since its inception it has been developed p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14 and Nov. 28. and maintained by TRSC. The facility Volunteers should meet at the LDS was renamed the Jim Jones Shooting Church parking lot on the corner of Range about a decade ago in honor of Beeline Highway and Pine Creek Canyon the late Gila County supervisor who Road. On both days, volunteers should helped secure the permit and design the bring their own lunch, snacks and water. facility.

Shortchanging kids, as usual SCAF offers Turkey Day dinner As a retired teacher of 37 years, I — OK, so a Pine-Strawberry shooter like all educators — am relieved that travels south to the range, plops down state politicians have finally agreed to restore some lost funding to Arizona $2, but doesn’t win a turkey.

What’s for Thanksgiving dinner? schools.

Gov. Doug Ducey is touting the fundSmack Ramen?

Nope, the hard luck shooter is in ing agreement, saying the bill puts $3.5 luck because the Senior Citizens Affairs billion into education to dramatically Foundation (SCAF) is inviting all com- improve our schools.

What he doesn’t say is that the schools munity members to a free Thanksgiving dinner that will be served at 2 p.m. are actually owed $3.8 billion under a

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The Tonto Rim Sports Club is hosting its annual Turkey Shoot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Jim Jones Shooting Range.

Maricopa County Superior Court judge’s ruling and the Arizona Supreme Court decision that the Legislature had ignored a voter mandate to fund inflation.

So basically, the new agreement is just returning some of the money schools had been shortchanged for years.

I guess if lawmakers want to pat themselves on the back for returning money illegally taken, so be it.

The new bill, which increases funding about $300 per student, probably won’t improve Arizona’s dreadful national last-place standing in state funding for public education.

In Arizona, educators are asked to be thankful for any crumbs thrown their way.

Boutique dates

The Pine-Strawberry Arts and Crafts Guild will host its annual holiday boutique from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Dec. 5, and from noon to 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 28.

The boutique can be found at the Community Center west of Beeline Highway in central Pine.

Items included in the boutique are handwoven baskets, kitchen items, jewelry, handmade clothing, original art, pet attire, holiday decorations, hand-knitted and crocheted baby items, mittens and scarves, greeting cards and much more.

Food Bank needs donations

Ron Calderon is asking community members to step up and support the Pine-Strawberry Food Bank in its efforts to ensure local families enjoy a scrumptious Thanksgiving holiday meal.

He says, the food bank desperately needs 150 turkeys as well as non-perishable food items to distribute to those in need.

“I know times are tough, but they are even tougher for the needy,” Calderon said. “Most of us can afford $25 or $35 to help feed them, please buy a turkey and some food items and leave them at the Ponderosa Market.”

Those who would like to make a tax-deductible donation, can mail checks to: Pine Strawberry Food Bank, P.O. Box 1534, Pine, AZ 85544.

“Thanks for your generous support and please tell your friends and neighbors to help,” Calderon said.

Disney movie

The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library will show the Disney movie “Inside Out” at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 25.

The movie is rated PG and is a 120 minutes in length.

Movie Madness day is part of Pine Strawberry School’s Thanksgiving recess so schoolchildren will be free to attend. Children will also be treated to a new high-tech experience with the addition of a 50-inch high definition television in the children’s area.

Snacks will be served and children should bring their own pillow so as to be comfortable on the floor.

Since fire codes limit the number of children that can be in the library at any given time, it’s best to arrive early.

Senior Christmas tree goes up

The SCAF and PostNet-sponsored Senior Angel Christmas kicks off tomorrow Saturday, Nov. 14 in the gift shop at

the cultural center.

The tree will be decorated with “gift guides” that include the names of local seniors. Among these names, may also be seniors that reside in health care facilities.

“Those who want to brighten a senior’s day, may choose a card, sign it out with the thrift shop cashier, then have fun shopping,” said Thrift Shop Manager Rhonda Bossert.

Wrapped gifts for the seniors should be returned to the shop by Saturday, Dec. 5.

“Also, we need help finding seniors, in our community, that can use a gift that says, we care for you,” said Bossert.

Those wishing to submit a senior name may do so by, calling Bossert at 928-476-4633 or stopping by the Pine Strawberry Thrift Shop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday.

Fill in and send

Don’t forget to complete and return the Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District’s seven-page survey that was sent Nov. 2. It asks a series of 20 questions then has a block for comments and concerns. The survey also asks customers to update their contact information which will allow PSWID’s customer service manager to contact customers directly to answer any concerns.

The board members are obviously doing a tremendous job and need feedback from customers to continue to do so.

Thought for the week

“If opportunity doesn’t knock build a door.”

Private enterprise is the heartbeat of America - Part 2 Last week I talked about a friend of dollars. Not much — until you realize mine back in the Great Depression, a that you could buy a loaf of bread, a kid who came up with a simple idea and quart of milk, or a pack of cigarettes instead of making maybe a dollar or a for 11 cents and a month’s rent in our dollar and half shining shoes all neighborhood ran about $18. day Saturday made something Think about that, Johnny! like five or six dollars. How did your turn How many kids, then or now, he do it? He decided that people earn enough to pay the rent on were usually in too much of a the family mansion? rush to get their shoes shined What was so beautiful to me while they were in the ferry about the whole thing was that station, so he invested 10 cents Dominick, my friend, explained each round trip to travel on the that he had tried doing something other kids wouldn’t do. ferry with them for 40 minutes They all said they’d lose money when they had nothing to do Tom Garrett if they paid the 10 cents for a but sit, enjoy the sea air, and round trip fare, but he thought maybe get their shoes shined!

He cleared 40 to 50 cents each round it over, tried it, and he came out way trip, which took about an hour and a ahead. That, Johnny, is private enterhalf. That meant that the most he could prise at its best, and it’s something make in a 12-hour day was five or six that has impressed me all my life, espe-

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During the Great Depression in New York City as a kid I saw private enterprise in action every day. I saw people get an idea, invest their hard-earned money in it, and create a way to feed themselves and their families.

For one thing, there were the pushcarts. All kinds of pushcarts rolled through our neighborhood — fruit carts piled high with fresh fruit; vegetable carts piled high with fresh corn, lettuce, peas, lima beans, and the rest; used book carts; carts piled with socks and undershirts; and even a cart whose owner made a living out of selling nothing but shoelaces as he rolled along happily singing out, “Two pairs for a

nickel! Two pairs for a nickel!”

There was also the knife sharpener who came by bearing the weight of a huge foot-cranked grindstone, a man with the shoe repair cart, a window washer, the flower vendor, the man who sold hot roasted chestnuts, and ... it goes on and on.

But you know what amazed me most of all in my many years? The sight of all those one-man-and-a-pickup businesses Lolly and I saw when we moved up here to the Rim Country. In all my life I had never seen so many enterprising people, and it sure made me feel at home again.

It’s amazing, isn’t it, Johnny? Simple people with simple ideas. Or maybe just one idea: “If someone needs it done then maybe I can make a living doing it.”

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aroundthe rim Hamner retirement party a big success Christopher Creek’s day may have come celebration to honor “Too another week near the end of the show Tall” Bill Hamner on the in the creek when band leader Duane occasion of his retireMoore called on Bill to be ment was indeed an evehis best man at his April ning to remember. Folks wedding to fiancee Lisa. came from all over last Fall colors came late Saturday. A large group as everybody is aware. came up from Payson The maples have just and Tonto Village was become “red” red this also well represented. Rod Britain week. Strong wind has Yuma had a bunch come brought down a bunch up and Flagstaff fans of leaves already. Tons came down. Another large entou- of apples remain high in the tops rage was here from the Valley of trees above the elk line. When and most of the rest were from elk stand on their hind legs they right here in the Creek. In all reach about 12-feet high. more than 150 came to help Bill This past week’s four-inch celebrate! snow combined with the precedOf course, many in attendance ing rain amounted to an inch and came to enjoy Mogollon. They a half in the gauge. Add that to the put on a great show. The dance numerous shower totals from the floor was crowded all during last month and here we are with the performance. Folks from the a remarkable 31 inches for the Landmark did a fine job of host- 2015 calendar year. That’s well ing the event. over the annual average around During the party, Bill was here. With half of November and brought up front and was present- December yet to come and all ed a blow-up traffic barrier from the El Niño moisture fueling our Duane and Lisa and members weather pattern, don’t be surof the band. You wonder where prised to see a banner year here one would find such a thing. An in the Creek for rainfall totals!

Upcoming events at Creekside announcement was made that the band will be back for a return include Thanksgiving dinner with engagement again next season. ham and turkey and all the trimBut perhaps the highlight of the mings being served. Then on Nov.

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Mogollon’s Duane Moore works the room at the big retirement party for Bill Hamner, much to the delight of Margo and Karen.

28, Sheila is having her Christmas Party from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., with entertainment by Nina, Curri and friends.

Dave Elston’s book is completed and is soon headed to the editor. His publisher has convinced him to debut “A Year in the Grand Canyon” as an e-book and then go through the rigmarole to get approval from the Park Service.

We will certainly update you

when that happens.

William Ashby passed away last week at the home of his parents. William attended Sunny­ slope High School and graduated in 1981. He was an ASU grad and his career path took him to Sacramento where he worked for the California Controller’s Office for a number of years. Glen and Rebecca Ashby, who owned the Christopher Creek Lodge over

the years, were his parents. He has a sister Rodema.

Linda and Richard have a place directly behind the Landmark patio across the creek. It’s about 600-700 yards down Columbine Road through the s-curve. Linda was aware of my interest in her oak tree that she was having removed and she made sure the tree cutting company was aware as well. A crew of five

spent the day blocking down that huge oak threading the tower of the man-lift through the maze of wires decorating the power poles throughout the Creek.

It was already dark when they were down to the last 20 feet of the large trunk of that oak. They dropped the top 16 feet under the wires and across the drainage onto the road. They then cut that behemoth into two logs. Randy Dawson backed up to the first one and we hooked on the chain. He put that big Dodge in four-wheel drive and off we went up the road.

Now the bark on those 32-inchthick logs fill up with granite and dirt and they slide up the road like the runners on Santa’s sleigh. We flew up Columbine Road to keep up momentum and right onto my drive. In 15 minutes we had the second log pushed up beside the first. Only in the Creek can you do crazy stuff like that!

My last thespian adventure was in high school and my next role will be Father Alfredo in a production to play at the Elks in Payson come March. You can just about bet the rehearsal schedule requiring trips to Payson this winter will guarantee the biggest snows in history ... and that’s another week in the Creek.

Cold weather a good time to make nice, hot soup I am writing this on Tuesday after- 2 tablespoons minced garlic 2 cups water noon and the weather is gloomy, 1, 15-ounce can chicken broth mopey and drowsy, but it is per1 teaspoon each of cumin, chili fect weather to curl up with a the powder, salt, black pepper, good book or movie with a hot village more chili powder if you want drink and just relax and look more heat out the window once in a while 1, 15-ounce can whole kernel and you may be surprised, snow corn could be falling at any time.

Combine all ingredients in Maybe you are hungry for slow cooker, cover and cook 6 some nice hot soup. You have to 8 hours on low or 4 hours on to admit today is a good day for high. Serve with cheese, chips, it. I just happen to have a recipe Janet cilantro, sour cream, lime or from the “Fireflies Can Cook” Snyder any other garnish you would cookbook handy. like. How good does that sound?

The recipe is called “CrockPot® Chicken Tortilla Soup” and was sub- On a cold and rainy day like Tuesday, it mitted by Terry Phelan from Amarillo, is perfect!

Texas. Terry works for Southwest Hellsgate Fire Department Airlines. The great part about this recipe is that everything goes into the slow The Safer Grant, which was awarded cooker and you can forget it for eight to Hellsgate a while back, has made hours or so. it possible for the fire department to The ingredients: receive applications from qualified appli1-1/2 pounds shredded chicken cants for the deputy chief position. All 1, 15-ounce can diced tomatoes or one applications will be reviewed by the fire can Ro*tel tomatoes and green chilies board and Chief David Bathke.

1, 16-ounce can green enchilada sauce The Safer Grant has also made it 1, 4-ounce can chopped chilis possible for the fire department to hire 1, 15-ounce can pinto beans a full-time engineer. That position has 1, 15-ounce can black beans been filled by Tonto Village II firefighter George Karrys. George has been on call 1 medium onion chopped

in the Village part time for six years.

He is thrilled to be able to stay in the neighborhood instead of traveling to the Valley. George is also a paramedic as well as the firefighter engineer. George will be training in specific areas before he is stationed at the new Tonto Village fire station. Congratulations to you, George.

Tonto Village Chapel

Don’t forget the Thanksgiving dinner at the chapel on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 15. The meal will be ready to serve at 4 p.m. The turkey will be provided and side dishes would be appreciated.

Remember that the food box days have been changed to Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Bible study will start at 5:30 p.m.

Double D Doings

No pool cues were being used on those newly covered pool tables on Sunday afternoon. There were not enough players, but Tammy assures me that the Sunday afternoon games will still be held at 2 p.m. So don’t give up, keep those pool sticks chalked up and ready to go on Sunday afternoon.

On Saturday night about 6 p.m., or a bit after, the bar will be featuring the

UFC competition between Rousey and Holm. There will not be a cover charge, but donations will be gladly accepted. I am not a fan of this, but I am told that this match up will be a big one and is very popular.

Domino Divas

Poor Jake the hound dog! He came to the fire station too late to beg for any goodies last Wednesday. The weather was not looking so good, snow flurries and sleet, so the gals decided to leave early. Nobody told Jake. He even scratched on the back door hoping for any response to no avail. Dara, Pat and I were just about to leave when he showed up. We had to tell him to go back home and he howled! We told him to come back next Wednesday. I wonder if he understood. A reminder to all the Domino gals: The annual Christmas party will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 9. The party is always a big hit and we always hope for the weather to stay nice for that day. If you need an update weather-wise, call Janet at 928-478-9935 or Dara at 928-478-7294.

Birthdays

On Saturday, Nov. 21, Jimmy “Rabbit” Stephenson will celebrate his birthday

along with our newest firefighter in the village, George Karrys.

Elizabeth Fowler and Debbie Sampson will also celebrate their birthdays this week. (I didn’t get a date.) George and Lucy Karrys will be host to Bill Karrys who turns 92 this week. Bill is visiting from Florida. One of Bill’s grandsons, Nash Rensch, will also be celebrating his birthday on Friday with his grandfather. Nash will be turning 11 years old. Shauna Rensch had her birthday on Nov. 5. Shauna teaches at Shelby School and she was recently awarded her master’s degree in education administration.

Congratulations to everyone on their birthday.

Campgrounds closing

I received an email from Gary Roberts from the Forest Service concerning the closing of the campgrounds in our area.

The following Forest Service fee campgrounds on the Payson Ranger District are closed for the season: Ponderosa, Upper and Lower Tonto, Christopher Creek, Sharp Creek. Houston Mesa Campground will close Nov. 30.

Houston Mesa Horse Campground is already closed. The closures are for the winter months. They should reopen in April and May of 2016.

Characters under the Rim – the John Holder family John Francis Holder’s home state was Mississippi, where, at the age of 29, he was a widower with five children.

In 1875 he married his second wife, Sarah Ann Gypson and they moved to Texas where two children were born, Spyas and Martha (called Mattie). In 1880 John packed up his family and they moved to New Mexico where they raised cattle. During their years in New Mexico they had more children: Frank, Eugene, Ogden, Allen, and Thomas Watson Holder. In the summer of 1896 John traded his cattle for Angora goats and moved his family to Arizona. At that time New Mexico was so lawless the Holders felt their lives were endangered.

They came over the Mogollon Rim and settled along the East Verde River, buying squatter’s rights from several families. His goat herd numbered 3,000 head, and within a few years the number swelled to over 5,000 head, so he needed lots of property for grazing. The Holders’ spread along the river began in today’s Beaver Valley and followed the river all the way down to the Payson-Pine road.

John built their ranch home along the river at Beaver Valley and applied for a post office. He named it simply “Holder.”

There was a ready market in Globe for the Angora goat’s cash product, mohair.

It grows in 10-inch white ringlets, its durability and luster placing it in high demand.

During this time Willis and Sydney Holder, John’s brothers, came to join their brother’s family. Sydney staked his claim along Sycamore Creek, the spring fed wash that empties into the East Verde River just below the crossing.

Today State Highway 87 bridges that crossing.

The year 1900 was a time of trag- crossing was a very busy place with easy edy for the Holder families. Sydney’s access to supplies and an ideal place for wife Carrie and their 4-month-old baby a post office and a store. John Holder Olive died, presumably from diphtheria. promptly established both in June 1900 Mother and child were buried at the and called the place Angora. The family ranch site and a white picket fence sur- also built a schoolhouse and John’s oldrounds their graves to this day, easily est son William became the teacher. The seen from the highway. At a later time two Holder families had enough chilJohn & Sarah Ann Holder also buried dren to fill a schoolroom, and additional her mother, Mrs. Orr, in that same fam- children from families working at the ily plot. nearby Grand Prize Mine added Adding to the family’s sorrow to the enrollment. [2] The mine that same year was the death of back when was located on nearby Webber John and Sarah Ann’s 12-yearCreek, and the mine operators old daughter Arminta and their established a small smelter on unnamed baby boy. By this time the East Verde, just upstream the Holder family had all confrom the crossing. Today one tracted undulant fever from the can still find bits of slag from goat products and it is unknown that operation. if the death of these children Where today’s East Verde was from complications of that Stan Brown Estates is located, downstream disease or from the all too comfrom Angora, there was a tradimon diphtheria. The two sibtional camp of Tonto Apaches lings were buried together along the who had returned from the San Carlos river by the ranch house. Their grave Reservation before the turn of the century. The Holders’ goat herd had grown marker, a plaque, can be seen today.

John and his brothers had been build- so large additional help was needed, and ing a house further down the river near John hired these Apaches as herders.

Flowing Springs, and after the death The Angora store became a center for of the children it was time to move his the Indian families, who purchased food, family there. [1] Not only did the ranch clothing and trinkets with the money house in Beaver Valley carry too many they earned. They often traded with sad memories, but also the Holder post Holder using their beautifully woven office had proven too far away from the baskets, which he in turn traded in mail road to warrant deliveries. The Globe for more supplies. family had been going into Payson for The winter of 1901-1902 was unusually bitter, and the heavy snows killed their mail delivery.

The new location for their ranch many of the goats. Looking for a winter home was almost adjacent to the mail pasture, Holder purchased the rights to road between Camp Verde and Globe. property in Gisela along Tonto Creek. He During the move another child had been sold the East Verde Ranch to his brother born to John and Sarah Ann, named Sydney and moved to Gisela. [3] There Mae Holder. The location near the river he continued to hire Tonto Apaches as

herders. Holder reopened the defunct Gisela post office and was postmaster there from December 1902 until July 31, 1906. During this time events forced another move by the Holder family.

In 1905 the U. S. Forest Service was established with a great concern about the destruction of rangeland due to ranchers overgrazing their livestock.

A charge of 10 cents for each cow was levied. The next year that was raised to one dollar a cow, and a deadline was set when all goats and sheep had to be removed from government range. By the spring of 1906 John and his sons had moved the herd of goats to New Mexico, near Magdalena. Sarah remained behind at Gisela with the younger children, but the separation was very hard on the Holders’ marriage.

In 1908 John left New Mexico to rejoin his wife and young children at Sheldon, Ariz. in Greenlee County, where he opened another store and a post office.

[4] However he soon was diagnosed with cancer and surgery performed at nearby Duncan was to no avail. He was sewed up and advised to return home to die. He turned the store and post office over to his brother Willis in 1909 and by 1912 his illness was imminently terminal. He wanted to return to his native Mississippi to die, although Sarah did not want to go with him because all her children were in Arizona. John and Sarah decided to end their marriage, and John left Arizona at age 66. He did not die until July 15, 1922.

Sarah and the younger children went to live with her older son Spyas in Kirkland where she married a rancher named H. D. Sheperd. In time they sold his ranch and moved to Payson where

“Dad” Sheperd operated a butcher shop.

He died in 1943 and Sarah died April 15, 1948. She is buried in Payson’s Pioneer Cemetery along with 14 other Holders from the extended family.

Notes

[1] Holder had purchased the rights to this property from the Sidel family, who then moved into Payson and built a reinforced mud house as a fortress against Indian attacks. That house stands today as Payson’s oldest building. The Sidels would later sell their Payson holdings to the Pieper family and move to California.

[2] In 1900, 14 children were enrolled at the East Verde School, nine of the Holders and five from a family named Cochran. The following year there were 10 Holders, the Cockrans were gone but a new family named Shirley enrolled five.

[3] Sydney operated the Angora store and post office until June 1908.

The school had closed in 1905. Sydney and his children disappear from school records and it is unclear where the family went.

[4] John Holder was credited with starting more post offices in Territorial Arizona than any other person.

SOURCES: “Rim Country History” published by Northern Gila County Historical Society; oral histories with Mae Holder Haught and Tom Watt Holder; Gila County School Census figures 1881-1907.

Editor’s note: The first 26 chapters of this series by historian Stan Brown have appeared in The Rim Review, which can be found at payson.com.

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, November 13, 2015

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Remembering a special volunteer Chandra Cushman

ered at HSCAZ to show respect and remembrance as we placed a plaque on one of the cat houses in her honor.

Myrna Tipps was sitting in the We shared tears and even laughter cat houses, socializing with the kitas we reminisced on good times and tens when I first met her. as we grieved her passing.

She and her husband, Ron, Myrna will always have a were volunteers when special place at HSCAZ Humane I started working at the Society and in our hearts as well.

Humane Society more than of Central HSCAZ knows how Arizona eight years ago. Not only important it is to be able did they walk dogs and to honor and remember a socialize cats, but they ADOPTION loved one that is no longer also helped with the recy- OPTIONS around, and there are sevcling program and were eral ways you can do that. foster parents. I remember Donations can be made in working with her on several occahonor or memory of a person or pet sions and thinking to myself, “This is one amazing woman.” She had a and are acknowledged with a card to huge heart and was always eager the family of the loved one. Plaques to help in any way she could. While can be ordered for $100 and placed Myrna may have left us physically in the animal shelter on kennels or back in April of this year, her mem- cat houses. There are more creative ory and love continue to live on, day ways we can help you honor a person and/or memorialize them — for more after day.

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Blessing of the Animals

The Humane Society of Central Arizona welcomes you to bring your pets to the shelter (605 W. Wilson Court) on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to noon for a Blessing of the Animals. The Payson United Methodist Church will be here to bless your pets. We do ask those attending to bring a donation to the Humane Society, whether it is monetary, toys, cleaning supplies, or dog and cat food. Please be sure all cats and dogs are either on a leash or in a carrier. All dogs and cats, regardless of denomination, are welcome.

For more information, please call the shelter at (928) 474-5590.

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Come see our new endless selection of craft items for your enjoyment. Why pay more elsewhere? Visit the Humane Society Resale Store & Vintage Boutique, 510 W. Main St., open Monday-Saturday 9 to 4:30.

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Ron Tipps and Barbara Brenke at a recent gathering in honor of beloved humane society volunteer Myrna Tipps.

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Payson Walkers

local resident wins quilt

The Payson Walkers now depart at 8:30 a.m. for daily walks which are about an hour in length on pavement.

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

Jackie Robinson, left, a local Payson resident, was surprised and thrilled when notified she held the winning ticket for the quilt raffled off by the Northern Gila County Genealogy Society (NGCGS).

The king-sized quilt, comprised of several pictures of horses set on a blue background, was the last quilt made by Sue Owen before she died.

She had donated it to the NGCGS as a fundraiser. Jackie exclaimed, “I have never won anything!” She plans to give the quilt as a Christmas present to her daughter. Val Sullivan, right, president of the NGCGS, made the presentation to Robinson at the group’s Nov. 5 meeting.

Activities at the Pine Senior Dining Room

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

Saturday: Walkers Club, meets at 9 a.m. on the P/S Elementary School Track Monday: Poker, 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday: Canasta, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Arts Party, held once a month, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday: Hand & Foot, starts at 9 a.m.; Pinochle, starts at 1 p.m.; Polish Poker, starts at 1 p.m.

Thursday: Stitch ‘n Time, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Bingo, starts at 1 p.m. the third Thursday of month Friday: Poker, 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Bridge, starts at 1 p.m.

For more information, call the P/S Thrift Store at (928) 476-4633.

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

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

Bridge results

Winners at Ladies Tuesday Bridge for Nov. 10 were: Mary Kemp, first; Diane Baran, second; Lori Nelson, third.

The group needs more players.

Any woman interested in joining the group can attend at 12:30 p.m., every Tuesday at the Payson Senior Center, 514 W. Main St. Area residents and guests are welcome.

Please call Carol Blann at (928) 978-3881 for reservations and information.

TARA meeting and election of officers

Calling all Amateur Radio Operators! The election of 2016 officers will be held at this month’s

meeting. Anyone interested in Amateur Radio is invited to join other Hams to further your interest.

Amateur Radio Operators (HAMS) are dedicated to community service, and introducing new and innovative ideas to further communications.

We can talk across town, across the state, across the country and around the world. Even bounce signals off of the moon!

Join us in the community room at the Payson Library, 328 N. McLane Rd. at 9 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 14.

Trail work

Volunteers with the Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Committee will be doing maintenance on the Bearfoot Trail. In case of inclement weather, the work will be rescheduled • Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Meet in the parking lot of the LDS Church on the corner of Highway 87 and Pine Creek Canyon Road. Bring lunch/snacks/water.

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Rim Astronomy Club organizing A Rim Astronomy Club is organizing. The first meeting is 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14 at a place to be determined.

The agenda includes: election of officers; What’s Up — a discussion of the week’s astronomy opportunities; and the Denver Astronomy Seat and how you can make one.

Please respond to: diane@ rimastronomy.org or todd@rimastronomy.org.

Visit the group’s new website: rimastronomy.org.

Radio control car/truck enthusiasts wanted If you are a r/c (radio control) car or truck enthusiast then you are invited to a get-together at 3 p.m. this and every Sunday at the Payson Multi Event Center, north side of the warm-up arena.

Write Your Story

This is a group of people who want to get their life story written for their family. The group meets from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mondays at 215 N. Beeline Highway, the home of Banner High Country Seniors.

Members share a little of what they have written as an incentive to keep writing.

Overeaters Anonymous

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

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

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

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Tai Chi and Qigong

es, this program replaces Neil Morrison’s presentation which was previously scheduled. The Library Friends of Payson presentation for the community, which is held in the library meeting room, will start with a short business meeting at 10 a.m.; the program begins at 10:30 a.m. The public is invited to both the business meeting and the free one-hour program. If you have any questions, please call the library at (928) 474-9260.

Meet fellow enthusiasts and try your skills and your rig’s ability on one of several courses that will be set.

Being there will answer most questions, but if you have them, call (928) 978-2365.

Hollywood Rides the Rails in Arizona The Library Friends of Payson hosts Stan Garner at its Monday, Nov. 16 meeting.

He will present a fascinating and humorous program entitled Hollywood Rides the Rails in Arizona. His talk includes a video slide presentation on filming with trains for two movies shot in Arizona.

Garner has 48 years of experience in the restoration, maintenance and operation of trains, and he was actively involved in the motion picture industry. Presently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler, Ariz.

Due to unforeseen circumstanc-

Payson Amnesty meets the third Monday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy St., Payson. We have the power to change someone’s life just by writing a letter. Join us as we work for human rights both locally and globally. Please call (928) 978-1268 for more information.

TOPS in Pine

The TOPS 412 (Take off Pounds Sensibly) Pine group meets Tuesdays at the LDS chapel in Pine.

Weigh-in is at 7:50 a.m., the meeting is from 8:10 a.m. to 9 a.m.

All ages welcome. The group is for men and women looking for a support group and accountability in losing weight.

For more information, call Barbara at (928) 476-5955 or Charlotte at (928) 978-3640.

Senior Singles with Spirit

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

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Come check us out.

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

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

Friendship Bible Class

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

NARFE meeting

The Mogollon Chapter 1235 of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees will hold its monthly no-host luncheon and meeting Wednesday, Nov. 18 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson.

The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. Election of officers will take place.

All active and retired federal employees are invited to attend.

Any new member will receive a free lunch.

Those attending are asked to bring non-perishable food items for the Payson Food Bank.

Clinton representative to speak to Democrats

Susan Castner, a longtime campaign worker for and friend of the Clintons, will speak on behalf of Hillary Clinton, Democratic candidate for President, at the Payson Public Library at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18. Everyone is welcome. Light refreshments will be served. A meeting of the Democratic Club of Northern Gila County will follow. For additional information, call Chris at (928) 468-9669.

Garrett Retirees

Rim Country Garrett Retirees will meet Thursday, Nov. 19 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson. Social hour begins at 11 a.m. with lunch served at noon. Family, friends and Honeywell retirees are always welcome. For more information, call Merie (928) 474-6011.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds local meetings

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

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Firewood for Sale: Juniper, oak & Mesquite, $300.per cord, Split, Delivered, and Stacked! Nick 480-669-9756 FIREWOOD OAK 1/2 Cord, $160.

Free Delivery (Christopher Creek to Payson) Kindling included Weekends only.

Call Jeff 602-224-6023.

Leave message.

FIREWOOD SALE All Cords sold in Full Cords Split & Delivered (Payson / Heber Areas), Call Calvin 480-322-9078 FIREWOOD. JUNIPER OR PINE AND MIXES SOLD IN BUNDLES TO FULL MEASURED CORDS, WE DELIVER.ALSO TREE STUMP AND SMALL TREE REMOVAL. TRENCHING. 928-468-1309

1109 S. Mountain View Dr. (Elk Ridge) Fri. & Sat. Nov. 13 & 14 from 8am to 2pm; CLEAN OUT SALE - Wm’s & men’s clothing, shoes, handbags, ties, collectible Mom & Pop doll set, pictures, luggage sets, games & More.

2002 Winnebago Industries, Inc. Winnebago Adventurer, 30 foot 2 slides 20,700 miles original owner always garaged like new condition with every option new batteries new michelins. $48,000.928-978-0926 dodachek@yahoo.com.

2-family yard sale, 404 W. Arabian Way, Payson, 8 am to 1 pm Fri & Sat Nov 13 & 14. Refrigerator, washer & dryer, Waterloo lighted work bench, furniture, kitchen items, Christmas items, wall art, decor, antiques, collectibles & more!

2015 K-Z Inc. Durango 1500, Fifth-Wheel Bunk House 296BH Must Sell This beautiful fifth-wheel same as new.One Trip! 7mo old.

1/2 ton tow-able 8700# 33’ 3 slides. tan/brown w/tinted frame-less windows. pls see UTUBE Video by Motor Sports Land (all the details here)matching 2013 f-150 w/slider hitch available. $35,000.00 OBO. 719-332-2668 dennisneedleman@gmail.com.

FIREWOOD: Oak and Pine, Discount for Seniors. 928-476-3819 or 480-266-4471

GUNS/KNIVES Elk Recovery Elk hunters need 2 strong guys to be on call Nov. 13-26 to assist in recovering harvested elk. Area hunted will be close to Payson. When needed pay will be $30 hour 4 hour minimum. Call Jeff 602-541-7259

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

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

Shipping Containters, Call 928-537-3257 4 NASCAR Tickets PIR Race Sunday 11/15, Allison Grandstand, Section 1-C, Row 33, Price $110.each Best Offer 928-607-0619

I BUY ESTATES! (928) 474-5105 PAINT BALL EQUIPMENT: 5 Variety sized paint guns, 2BB guns, 9canister belt, 2canister pouch, 1-no finger glove, 1-soft 6500 6mm Plastic red BB’s 12 grams, 3- 9ozCo2 cylinder, 120ozCo2 Cylinder, 1- scope, 1-cleaning rod, 1-extra BB clip, All items as is: Asking $275.00 / Make Offer.

GRABER BICYCLE RACK: Trailer hitch mount type of rack Asking $45.00 / Make Offer U-HAUL MINI REFRIGERATOR: 3ft. and brown in color Asking $35.00 / Make Offer

HUGE SALE 1202 N EASY STREET Payson Sat, Nov 14. 7AM-1 PM DECORATIVE ITEMS, LIVING ROOM FURNITURE, GLASS WARE, TOOLS, AMO RELOADING STATION WITH ACCESORIES, LADIES CLOTHES 5-10, CAMP GEAR, COLLECTABLES, TWO LAWN CHAIRS WITH TABLE, PICTURES OF FURNITURE TO BE VIEWED AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION, EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK, COME , SHOP, HAVE FUN!!

Kaylee’s Cottage Holiday Boutique in Pine Fri & Sat, Nov.13,14,20 and 21.

December 4,5,11 and 12th. Beautiful handmade winter scarves, artwork and many more unique, one of a kind items. Pepper jelly, pumpkin bread, gorgeous lighted wreaths and floral arrangements for the holidays. Expertly painted holiday yard signs. (You can’t get ‘em at WalMart!)

Very generous portion of our proceeds goes to the Fuel Reduction Program which does an amazing job to help our Firefighters protect our beautiful forest.

Follow the signs to 5002 Spruce Drive in Pine.

AUTOS/VEHICLES ATVS

THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades?

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

2011 Honda Rincon 680 Great condition, runs like new. LOW MILES-348. Winch/tow $8000 OBO 530-409-3518

Serving Rim Country for 20 years!

Hospice Aide Inpatient Unit RN Registered Nurse Case Manager

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

We have great benefits and competitive pay.

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

2003 GMC Sierra F17 Extended Cab, Excellent Condition, 96,800 Miles, Aluminum Tool Box, New Catalytic Converter, $9,500.

928-474-9862

Email to Mary.Rogers@hospicecom.com

INSURANCE Insurance Agent “ Licensed “ P & C Insurance Agent for local Independent Insurance Agency to sell & market Auto; Home; Commercial Insurance Salary Commission and Renewal Income

Fast Auto Loans No Experience required, full training provided Requirements: Credit,criminal and MVD background,check, valid Driver License.

Benefits: We offer competitive pay and benefits.

Send Resume to: jrowland@clacorp.com or call 928-474-2360

SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS Ad on server COMPARE & SAVE!

Medicare Supplements Dental Plans

Advantage • Part D Rx Annual Enrollment Oct 15-Dec 7

CONSTRUCTION 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 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 Tree Trimming, Hauling!

Senior Discount: 928-478-6139 JIMMY’S ALLTRADES Residential Repairs Since 1993 FREE ESTIMATES Plumbing, Electrical, Sun Screens, Dryer Vent Cleaning, Gutters Cleaned 928-474-6482 not licensed Tile,Carpet and Wood Installer 35 years Exp. Repairs/Custom Showers Local References if needed Realters Welcome 928-951-2823 Robin H.

Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2015

HOME REPAIRS

Lawn Care

HAULING

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

JOE - 970-1873

HOME SERVICES Call The Cheaper Sweeper

EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATIVE/ PROFESSIONAL

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

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

Gift Certificates Available

Ruth Rand

Agent with Tom Russell & Associates (Behind Fargo’s Steakhouse)

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

HOUSEKEEPING

Call for appointment The Rim Golf Club HR/Accounting Administrator The HR/Accounting Admin is responsible and accountable for handling all general office / clerical duties, including accounts payable processes, daily flash reporting, payroll, employee documentation and other HR related responsibilities. In this role it is crucial to be able to handle multiple tasks/projects simultaneously such as communication with the golf facility and membership, attention to detail and working well with others is a must.

Please email your resume and salary requirements to snordstrom@therimgolfclub.org

CLERICAL/OFFICE Needed: part-time office worker, 2-3 days p/week, 32 hours p/month, Knowledge of Microsoft Word/Excel/Outlook, Scheduling, Ability to build client base required. Call 928-474-2552 for information.

Resumes may be emailed to secretary@mountcross.org.

CPES Is Hiring!

PT positions $9.25hrly Up to 25 hours per week Working with adults with Special Needs Days, evenings and weekends available No experience required Ask about our full time openings!

For more information call: 928-595-1886

Health Care Aid Needed Urgently Looking for healthcare aid to take care of elderly MAN and WOMAN, CNA optional, $950 per week, send resume to aberaroha@yahoo.com for more details... aberaroha@yahoo.com IMS Primary Care is hiring for Front Office and experienced Back Office Medical Assistants in Payson. Submit resumes to: Cynthia.richardson@imsaz.com Order: 10078531 Cust: -Benjamin McDowell Keywords: Orthodontist Assistant art#: 20130492 Class: Dental Size: 2.00 X 2.00

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RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1 Bedroom Ground Level Apartment, New Paint, New Tile, Great Downtown Location, South Beeline $650.mo 928-474-8000. Rim Country Guns 2Br/1Ba downstairs unit. In a quiet neighborhood! Water, Trash, & Sewer included! No pets $625.mo $625. Security, Call Bonnie 928-978-1415 Apartment For Rent

Now Renting!

Canal Senior Apartments 807 S. Westerly Road Payson, AZ 85541 INCOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY Independent, vibrant living located off Historic Main Street and just down the road from Senior Center.

Home-like setting and big smiles from our professional staff. We offer spacious 1 an 2 bedroom apartment homes. For 25 years Syringa Property Management has been creating cheerful communities for individuals who want to enjoy an independent and enriching retirement.

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

HAULING

Call The Cheaper Sweeper

HEALTH CARE

You’ll remember why you do what you do, when you join the fabulous care team at Hospice Compassus!

Hiring in the Payson, AZ office:

TRUCKS

Call 480-201-9697 Six-Piece Bedroom Set,$225.obo Hewlett Packard Computer, $125.obo; Kirby Vacuum Cleaner w/Extras, Works Great,$200.obo All OBO or Trade 928-951-4932 or 480-435-2358

Please email resume to: marilyn@ hospiceofpayson.com

Seeking Branch Manager / Sales Representative

YARD SALES

814 E. Park Dr. Fri. & Sat. Nov. 13 & 14 starting at 8am: Lots of Mechanic Tools, PVC Pipes, Wheel Barrow, High Pressure Machine and Misc.

Valid AZ driver’s license required.

SALES/MARKETING

928-970-0132 or 928-363-1014 Order: 10073430 Cust: -McDonalds Keywords: Help Wanted art#: 20123185 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 4.00

HEALTH CARE Part-Time RN and CNA needed at Hospice of Payson Arizona Drivers License required.

Please e-mail resume to: marilyn@hospiceofpayson.com

GARAGE SALES

“BEST PRICES IN TOWN AND FRIENDLY SERVICE”

Order: 10078464 Cust: -Town of Payson / HR Keywords: Chief Fiscal Officer art#: 20130401 Class: General Town Size: 2.00 X 2.00

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS

Get the best results!

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

Call Shari for a Quote!

928-951-1807

This Fall make ASPEN COVE Your New Home

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 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

PineCrest Apts., 1 & 2 Bedrooms, Storage Unit, Laundry & BBQ, $525.mo & up, 480-734-0858

Tonto Oaks Apts.

Positively Payson

LANDSCAPING Finding the Right Fit

Permanent/Temporary Placements.

FREE to job seekers.

928-474-2845 info@employment-dynamics.co m. 418 S. Beeline.

Upload Resume @ www.employment-dynamics.co m Training/meeting room available.

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Have you booked your Holiday Party with us yet?

Call Pirate’s Hideaway TODAY! 928-478-6830 Pirate’s Hideaway - The Place for Miniature Golf, Great Food, Fun & Games 805 E. Highway 260, Payson, Az.

Mario & Mario Landscaping and Masonry Complete Landscaping & Irrigation, Tree Service and Removal. Rock, Retaining Walls, Block Fencing Walls, Wrought Iron Fences.

Flagstone & Concrete Driveways, Pavers and Sidewalks.

Licensed, Bonded and Insured. Home Maitenance Available. Call 928-282-3118 Mention this add and get 10% Off!

& 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

OakLeaf Yardworks

Rentals CD

Yard Maintenance Minor landscaping and tree trimming.

All work affordable.

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

Green Valley Apartments 905 S. McLane Road Payson, AZ 85541

LEGAL SERVICES ad attached

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

Patricia Rockwell AZ Certified Legal Document Preparer/ Paralegal

Now Renting!

INCOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY Newer apartments located off historic Main Street and just down the road from beautiful Green Valley Park.

2 & 3 Bedroom Apartment Homes Bright, open layouts Onsite laundry facility Playground area Community room Satellite ready

See Manager for details Phone (928) 472-4639 Hearing Impaired TDD# 800-545-1833 x298

928-476-6539 AZCLDP #81438

Paralegal Services Legal Document Prep.

Affordable Legal Document Preparation and Notary Services.

LLC Formation, Wills & Trusts,Probate, Divorce/Legal Separation, Custody, Deeds, Bankruptcy & More I offer mobile services & free quotes.

928-978-2005 katie_meredith@outlook.com

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

MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE Park Model, Handicapped Accessible, 2Br, Shed w/W&D, $35,000.

Call 928-595-1595

MOBILES FOR SALE 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

Studio and One Bedroom Apartments Starting at $615. with All Utilities Weekly Light Housekeeping Included Small Pet OK with Deposit Meal Service Available Call Angie M-F 8-5 928-474-1120

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT Office or Retail Space Lowest Rates In Payson Private Bath,500 sq.ft.

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

HOMES FOR RENT 1Br/1Ba Overlooks GV Lake 704 S.Oak, Stove,Refrig, Trash Included, Large Wood Stove,AC,W/D Hook-ups, Gated Yard,Covered Carport, $610.mo 928-978-4773 or 928-474-3453

PAYSON ROUNDUP

6B HOMES FOR RENT

2Br/1Ba, Mobile on Private Back Lot, Freshly Painted Interior w/New Light Fixtures/Ceiling Fan, Large Fenced Back Yard w/New Trees, Large Living Room, Dining w/Built-ins, Central Heating, W/D, Double-Pane Windows, $725 p/m, Yard Maintenance Included, 928-288-2440 Best Rim/airport view in town from the unique double decks in quiet Country Club Vistas area. 3BR/3BA executive home w/fireplace, double garage and large fenced yard.

2300 SF, all appliances inc. A beautiful place to live! Flexible lease-Small Dogs OK, Non-smokers - $1,400.00, 602-763-4397

East Verde FURNISHED STUDIO CABIN with full kitchen & full bath.

Rent includes water, DirecTV + Trash $475 Rent + $474 SecDep CALL NOW: (602) 999-6910 welcomehome16@gmail.com For Rent, Star Valley 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath $850. 928-472-9065 LARGE 1BR on 1/3 ACRE w/GREAT VIEW (STRAWBERRY) SMOKING/PETS-NO. $475.mo w/$500.dep REFERENCE REQUIRED. SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. 928-476-4238 or is 602-799-3545

PAYSON TRAILER RANCH 1 & 2 Bdrms Starting at $425.00 Spaces starting at $310.

1st Mo + Deposit!

All Include Cable/Water/Sewer/Trash Calll 928-517-1368

Prudential Pine

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

928-476-3279

UNFURNISHED RENTAL HOMES NEEDED Independently Owned & Operated

Pine Prudential Rentals x3

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices Advantage Realty PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 609 S. BEELINE HWY. PAYSON, AZ 85541 474-5276

www.paysonrentals.com RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

1809 W. Fairway Ln., 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . $1450 1103 N. Camelot, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . $1200 1406 N. Sunset, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1100 1009 W. Rim View Rd., 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . $1075 1006 N. Gila Dr., 2BD, 1.5BA . . . . . . . . . . . . $895 703 W. Saddle Ln., 3BD, 2BA. . . . . . . . . . . . $895 1106 N. William Tell Cir., 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . $880 1101 N. Carefree Cir., 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . $850 905 N. Beeline Hwy. #10, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . $850 200 E. Malibu Dr. B5, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . $850 607 S. Beeline Hwy. Sp#5, 1BD, 1BA . . . . . . . . $550 208 E. Juniper St. #B Studio, 1BA. . . . . . . . . . . $500 607 S. Beeline Hwy. C5, Studio 1BA. . . . . . . . . $425 607 S. Beeline Hwy. C4, Studio 1BA. . . . . . . . . $400 607 S. Beeline Hwy. C6, Studio,1BA . . . . . . . . . $400

FURNISHED HOMES

2900 E. Chuparosa Cir., 3BD, 2BA. . . . . . . $2200 1104 S. Elk Ridge, 4BD, 3BA . . . . . . . . . . . $2000

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

Independently Owned & Operated

HORSE PROPERTY FOR RENT 2 BR, 2 BA, 1344 SF, 288 E Buckboard Trail, Gisela, AZ, 85541, 12 months lease, Yard maintenance included, $ 930, Chuck Olinger 602-881-8736.

MOBILES FOR RENT 2 BR, 1 BA, Mobile Home, 29 B N Milky Way, Star Valley, AZ, 12 months lease, Really Cute!, $550.00, Call Jason at 602-459-1414.

2Br/1Ba Mobile Home in Payson, Clean, AC/Heating, Nice yard Sewer/Trash Included, Pets-No, $600.p/m Call 480-940-4593

MOBILE/RV SPACES Mountain Shadows R.V. & Mobile Home Park, Nice quiet family park, RV Spaces $256.55 mo, with onsite Manager, Laundry, Shower, Game room, and Wifi, Call Shawn at 928-474-2406 RYE RV PARK 1Br/1Ba, (Furnished) $350.mo & Up; Free Laundry On-site, Utility Dep. Water/Trash Included, Spaces $200.mo 602-502-0020

ROOMS FOR RENT ROOMMATE WANTED! Mature, Responsible Person to share my Beautiful Mountain View Home!

W/D, Cable, Own Bathroom & Views! $375.mo + Utilities: 928-474-2106 or 480-242-5812

LEGAL NOTICES 15962: 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/2015; DCS’S NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF A PERMANENT GUARDIAN OF A MINOR CHILD NO. JD 201400039 (Honorable Gary V. Scales) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the Matter of: NIZHONI LAKOTA BEGAY d.o.b. 01-28-2014 Person(s) under 18 years of age.

TO: COLYNN CAMILL BEGAY, BRANDON METHETH aka METHEHC, 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 Appointment of a Permanent Guardian 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 61 of the Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court.

2. The Court has set a Publication hearing on the 3rd day of December, 2015 at 1:15 p.m., at the Gila

LEGAL NOTICES County Superior Court, 714 S. Beeline Hwy., #104, Payson, AZ 85541, 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 Appointment of a Permanent Guardian and Notice of Hearing by submitting a written request to: TRACEY L. HEINRICK, Office of the Attorney General, 120 W. 1st Ave., 2nd Floor, Mesa, AZ 85210. The assigned case manager is Matthew Milone and may be reached by telephone at 928-468-9803.

6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the court by parties at least three working days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding and can be made by calling 928-474-3978.

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

DATED this __ day of October, 2015.

MARK BRNOVICH Attorney General TRACEY L. HEINRICK Assistant Attorney General 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/15 CNS-2805 1596l: 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13/2015; TS/File 406112.10192 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 JANUARY 13, 2010, in INSTRUMENT NO. 2010-000349 in the Office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona - NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF PIONEER TITLE AGENCY, INC., 421 S. BEELINE HWY, PAYSON, ARIZONA on DECEMBER 15, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. of said day: That portion of Block 46, of GLOBE TOWNSITE, according to the plat of record in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map No. 63, described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Block 46; THENCE Westerly along the Southerly side of North Street, 37 ½ feet; THENCE Southerly parallel with Deveraux Street, 112 ½ feet; THENCE Easterly parallel with North Street 37 ½ feet to the Westerly side of Deveraux Street; THENCE Northerly along the Westerly side of Deveraux Street 112 ½ feet to the Place of Beginning. EXCEPT title to any mine of gold, silver, cinnabar or copper or to any valid claim or possession held under the existing laws of Congress. Purported Property Address: 340 NORTH ST., GLOBE, AZ. Tax Parcel Number: 208-02-317. Original Principal Balance: $48,500.00 Original/Current Beneficiary: DEBBIE L. EVANS, 8211 E. ALBANY RD., MESA, AZ 85207. Original/Current Trustor: RICKIE R. BARELA and DORINA L. FLORES, 1185 N. GLOBE ST., GLOBE, AZ 85501. 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 $37,680.04 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: SEPTEMBER 2, 2015. Current Trustee: Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. 580 East Wilcox Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635. (520) 458-3500 Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation, as Trustee. By: /s/ Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary. Manner of Trustee Qualification: Escrow Agent. Name of Regulating Agency: Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF MARICOPA. The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on September 11, 2015, by Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary of Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. By: /s/ Erin C. Klabough, Notary Public.

My Commission Expires: January 7, 2018.

15970: 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/2015: 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 17, 2006 in Instrument No. 2006-002904 in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME ON THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder At the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash St., Globe, AZ 85501 at 11:00 AM on January 15, 2016: TRACT B AND THE WEST 10 FEET OF THE NORTH 108.66 FEET OF TRACT C, FAIRWAY OAKS ESTATES, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 588, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA Purported Street address: 2003 West Fairway Lane, P a y s o n ,

LEGAL NOTICES

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES

AZ 85541 Name of Trustee’s Regulator: The Trustee’s Regulator is t h e State Bar of Arizona.

Tax Parcel #304-13-008 Original Principal Balance $716,000.00 Name and Address of Beneficiary: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the certificateholders of Banc of America Funding Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-D, in c/o Nationstar Mortgage LLC, 8950 Cypress Waters Blvd, Coppell, Texas 75019.

Name and Address of Trustor: Michael T. and Georgia Ann Salwitz, and wife, 2003 West Lane, Payson, AZ 85541

Original Salwitz husband Fairway

Name, Address and Telephone Number of Trustee: Jason P. Sherman, 3636 N. Central Ave., Suite #400, Phoenix, AZ 85012, 602-222-5711 Dated: October 16, 2015 /s/ Jason P. Sherman Jason P. Sherman, Trustee Manner of Trustee Qualification: The Trustee qualifies pursuant to A.R.S. § 33-803(A)(2) as a member of the State Bar of Arizona.

STATE OF ARIZONA}} ss.

COUNTY OF MARICOPA} The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on October 16, 2015, by Jason P. Sherman, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, as Trustee. /s/ Kari Sheehan NOTARY PUBLIC My commission expires: 9/12/2018 15971: 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/2015: TS#: Martini, Kathleen Order #14-118044 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 9/28/2006 and recorded on 9/28/2006 as Instrument # 2006-016729 in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona NOTICE: IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PRUSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF

LEGAL NOTICES CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AN DIWLL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance in the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501, on 1/20/2016 at 11:00 AM of said day: LOT 68 OF PAYSON NORTH UNIT THREE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, RECORDED IN MAP(S) NO. 419 AND 419A. The successor trustee appointed herein qualifies as trustee of the Trust Deed in the trustee’s capacity as an attorney and member of the State Bar of Arizona as required by ARS Section 33-803, subsection A(2).

Name of Trustee’s Regulator: State Bar of Arizona ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION

Order: 10078453 Cust: -Pine Strawberry Water Improvem Keywords: PSWID ON-CALL ENGINEER art#: 20130387 PINE STRAWBERRY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Class: Public Notices Size: 6.00 X 17.00

(PSWID)

REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS for PSWID ON-CALL ENGINEERING SERVICES SOLICITATION INFORMATION AND SELECTION SCHEDULE (1) Solicitation Number:

RFQ # 2015.002

Solicitation Title:

PSWID On-Call Engineering Services

Release Date:

October 30, 2015

Advertisement Dates:

November 06, 2015 and November 13, 2015

Final Date for Inquiries:

November 23, 2015

RFQ Deadline:

November 30, 2015 by 5:00 p.m. (local time, Pine, AZ)

Oral Interviews (2)

As Scheduled if needed

Target PSWID Board Award Date:

December 17, 2015

PSWID Representative:

Russell Brock, Treasurer

LEGAL NOTICES 33-808(C): Street address or identifiable location: 803 N. Easy Street, Payson, AZ 85541-3911 A.P.N.: 302-66-068 8 Original Principal Balance: $112,000.00 Name and address of original trustor: (as shown on the Deed of Trust) Kathleen Ann Martini, an unmarried woman 803 N Easy St Payson AZ 85541-0000 Name and address of beneficiary: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) BMO Harris Bank NA, successor by merger with M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank 180 N. Executive Drive Brookfield, WI 53005 NAME, ADDRESS & TELEPHONE NUMBER OF TRUSTEE: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) Larry O Folks Folks & O’Connor, PLLC 1850 N. Central Ave, #1140 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 (602) 262-2265 Fax request for sale information to: (602) 256-9101.

Sales information is also available online at: www.folksoconnor.com Dated: 10/20/2015 /s/ Larry O. Folks

By Larry O. Folks, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, as required

by A.R.S. §33-803, Subsection (A)(2)

Request for Qualifications Selection Criteria For the convenience of the review committee, please limit your proposal to ten (10) or less single sided (8.5" x 11") pages using 10 point or larger font, plus a one-page cover letter. Respond to Items A through C in alphabetical order.

If desired, additional materials, such as detailed resumes, detailed descriptions of previous projects, and/or other information relevant to the assessment of the qualifications may be included at the end of the Statement of Qualifications in clearly labeled appendices. Please be aware that the review committee members may limit their review activities only to Items A through C. A. Qualifications and past performance 1. Provide a general description of the firm and/or team that is proposing to provide services.

Explain the legal organization of the firm and/or team. Identify the capabilities provided by the firm. Identify all key personnel and identify those proposed for assignment to the Scope of Work.

2.

Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District (PSWID) Request for Qualifications for On-call Engineering Services Proposal Due Date: November 30, 2015

Background The Pine-Strawberry Water Improvement District is located in the northwest portion of Gila County and provides water to almost 8,000 residents through 3,200 service connections. The District provides water that is supplied exclusively by groundwater pumped from the District’s wells which draw water from the Lower Verde River watershed. In 2012 PSWID produced nearly 110 million gallons of water from its 23 wells and 10 water sharing agreements. The District has multiple storage tanks and booster stations and approximately 58 miles of main service lines.

The District was formed by Gila County in June of 1996. PSWID is a public water system governed by an elected seven member Board of Directors that began operating the system on October 1, 2009 following the completion of the purchase from a private owner. The system operates under the authority of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and is classified as a Grade 3 – Water Distribution System and a Grade 1 – Water Treatment System. The District also operates under the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) as a Community Water System.

PSWID is operated and maintained through an agreement with Operation Management International, Inc. originally entered into on October 1, 2010. The PSWID Board, through its bylaws, independently contracts for professional services. The Board typically meets on the third Thursday of each month in Pine. Additional information about the Pine-Strawberry Water Improvement District can be found at www.pswid.org.

Communications All communications related to responding to this Request for Qualifications should be directed to Russell Brock, PSWID Treasurer and Chairman of the Support Services Committee at rbrock79@yahoo.com or (602) 692-8837.

Consulting Service Needs The District operates a water distribution and water treatment system previously operated as private water companies that did not provide adequate maintenance, the necessary replacements and upgrades to the systems infrastructure, nor made the necessary and badly needed additions to its water supply portfolio. The District intends to pursue an aggressive program of capital improvements and facilities replacement expected to last over the next two decades. As such, the Engineering firm/individual needs to have extensive experience in the design and construction of water utility systems. Specifically, on an as needed contract basis ,the firm/individual will be expected to be responsible for all surveying and other engineering work necessary to document the current status of the systems infrastructure, prepare reports, plans, specifications, estimates, assessments and as necessary, contract with outside engineering consultants to support and supplement such activities.

B.

Provide the following information: a.

List the Arizona professional licenses held by the firm/team and the key personnel who will be assigned to this program. Provide the license number and explain if held by an individual or firm. b.

Identify any complaints or disciplinary actions filed with the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration for any engineers that will be assigned to this program. c.

Identify any contract(s) or subcontract(s) held by the firm or officers of the firm, which have been terminated within the last five years. Identify any claims arising from a contract that resulted in litigation or arbitration within the last three years. Briefly describe the circumstances and the outcomes. d.

List all local projects/studies awarded to your firm during the last three years that were similar to the Scope of Work anticipated under this request. For each project/study provide a brief project description, award date (note if pending), project cost, status of completion, and (estimated) completion date. e.

Describe how the firm will manage the receipt and scheduling of project requests from PSWID. f.

Describe grant applications generated and results of applications submitted.

Information from References 1.

Provide at least three references for past projects/studies awarded to your firm within the last three years. Provide current client contact information.

Submittal Requirements Interested firms should submit a sealed qualifications packet addressing the specified Request for Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) criteria. On the submittal package, please display the firm name, and SOQ title. The sealed envelope must clearly state “Do Not Open”, RFQ # 2015.002. Please provide an original plus five copies (total of six) of the SOQ, no later than 5:00 p.m.(local time, Pine, AZ) November ___, 2015, to: Tom Weeks, PSWID Chairman P.O. Box 134 (for US Postal delivery) or 6306 West Hardscrabble Road (for UPS, FedEx or hand delivery) Pine, AZ 85544 Please be advised that failure to comply with the following criteria will be grounds for disqualification and will be strictly enforced: Receipt of submittal by the specified date and time.

The number of originals and/or copies of the submittal specified.

Adherence to maximum page requirement.

Adherence to the maximum page criterion is critical. Each page size (maximum 8 ½ x 11) with criteria information will be counted. Pages that have photos, charts and graphs will be counted towards the maximum number of pages. Submittals are not returnable and will become the property of PSWID. All questions regarding this Statement of Qualifications are to be addressed in writing or by e-mail to: Russell Brock, PSWID Treasurer and Chairman of the Support Services Committee at rbrock79@yahoo.com or (602) 692-8837.

Evaluation Criteria The following criteria will be used to evaluate each Statement of Qualifications submitted.

A.

Consultant Team 1. Qualifications and relevant technical experience 2. Unique qualifications of key members 3. Organizational chart including significant Sub-Consultants (if applicable) 4. Distance of Consultant’s office from the PSWID office 5. Knowledge of design and construction considerations specific to the PSWID

B.

Firm’s Capabilities 1. Experience in Engineering Services and Land Surveying or similar/related projects 2. Management and organizational capabilities 3. Quality and cost control procedures/policies 4. Accountability of firm to avoid change orders

C.

Past Performance 1. Technical Performance (quality of product/service) 2. Cost Control 3. Timeliness 4. Business Relations (professionalism, focus on satisfaction, approach to change proposals and resolution or avoidance of disputes)

This position is expected to be filled on a contract services basis and the selected firm will be required to designate one Arizona licensed Professional Engineer on its team as the District’s main contact.

Scope of Work The following is a general description of the scope of work that the firm/individual will be required to perform. The services listed in this scope of work may include, but are not limited to, the following: A. Design, study and coordinate 1. Design system improvements 2. Attend project meetings as necessary to maintain the project budget and schedule. Meetings may include; a.

Meetings to determine the scope of work, and deliverables. b.

Meetings required for obtaining permits. c.

Meetings with utility companies. d.

Meetings with general public, property and business owners, etc.

3. Assist with the coordination of private, public and City utilities regarding standard utility issues; 4. Prepare and maintain a design plan and schedule; 5. Assist in the permitting processes; 6. Preparation of Design Concept Reports or Project Studies; 7. Identify projects that are suitable for grants and generate applications; 8. Field work as necessary to support reports, studies or designs; 9. Prepare bid documents for construction; 10. Advise the District regarding use of construction materials; 11. Coordinate the review of master plans, or studies with appropriate local, State, and Federal authorities, including adjoining municipalities.

B. Construction Administrative Services: 1. If appropriate, make recommendations regarding requests for substitutions; 2. Coordinate with various agencies, utility companies and other entities on the site 3. Coordinate the installation of any materials/items not provided under the construction contract; 4. Attend preconstruction conference with District operations and other interested parties; 5. Provide all quality assurance controls and coordinate testing for both on-site and off-site work;

15972: 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/2015: Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 10/2/2015 TS No. : AZ-11-464852-BN Order No. : 14-102979 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 12/19/2007 and recorded 1/7/2008 as Instrument 2008-000241 , in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County,

Arizona . Notice! If you believe there is a defense to the trustee sale or if you have an objection to the trustee sale, you must file an action and obtain a court order pursuant to rule 65, Arizona rules of civil procedure, stopping the sale no later than 5:00 p.m. mountain standard time of the last business day before the scheduled date of the sale, or you may have waived any defenses or objections to the sale. Unless you obtain an order, the sale will be final and will occur at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 1/11/2016 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: At the front entrance to the County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash Street Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: Lot 224 and Lot 225 of TONTO CREEK SHORES, according to Map No. 441, records of Gila County, Arizona Purported Street Address: 507 and 515 S. STETSON, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel Number: 304-33-225, 304-33-226 Original Principal Balance: $117,500.00 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): THERESA K. HERNANDEZ, A MARRIED PERSON 224 Stetson Drive., Payson, AZ 85541 Name

Ensure that all permits required for construction are obtained; Address all construction deficiencies in the work or materials; Attend periodic construction project meetings; Maintain a running deficiency list during the course of the project. Address all deficiencies before requesting a final inspection; 10. Provide the record as-built drawings.

11. Submit the final project closeout documents; C. Construction Oversight and Inspection 1. Maintain oversight of the project during construction 2. Develop recommendations to address unforeseen and unexpected construction issues 3. Ensure completion of the project scope 4. Verify compliance with the project specifications

(1) The District reserves the right to amend the solicitation schedule as necessary.

(2) In the event that a Vendor cannot be selected based solely on the SOQs submitted, oral Interviews may be conducted at the District’s sole discretion.

The D istrict may award a Professional Services Contract, renewable annually, for an overall period not to exceed three (3) years, to one or more Consultants. The District shall issue a purchase order or authorization for services under the Contract for specific tasks and projects. It is expected that no Consultant will be tasked with more than $50,000 per contract year in aggregate value of services.

State of ARIZONA))ss. County of MARICOPA) On 10/20/2015 before me, TWHiggins, Notary Public, personally appeared Larry O Folks personally known to me (our 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.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and official seal. /s/ TWHiggins TWHiggins Notary Public - State of Arizona Maricopa County Commission Expires 02/12/2017

LEGAL NOTICES

6.

7.

8.

9.

Notes:

Introduction The Pine-Strawberry Water Improvement District (District) is seeking qualified firms/individuals to be considered for on-call engineering services during the 2015/2016 through 2017/2018 fiscal years. The selected firms/individuals shall be knowledgeable in all areas of water and public works construction. Knowledge of the Maricopa Association of Government’s Uniform Standard Specifications and Standards Details is necessary. Qualifications shall be submitted in the form of a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ).

LEGAL NOTICES

The Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District reserves the right to contact those references submitted as part of this proposal regarding evaluation of past performance.

D.

Schedule 1. Internal measures proposed for timely completion 2. Scheduling of individual requests for services 3. Mechanisms in place to ensure timely responses to District requests 4. Project schedules in Microsoft Project, or compatible format 5. Flexibility of consultant firm related to a variable work load throughout the contract period 6. Quality Assurance or Quality Compliance measures the Consultant provides for all of its projects

Selection Criteria Qualified firms/individuals will be evaluated per the rating sheet shown as Attachment A.

Non-Responsive Submittals The SOQ format herein shall be followed when expressing interest in On-Call Professional Engineering Services. An SOQ not following the correct format may be considered non- responsive and may be rejected and not be given any further consideration, at the sole discretion of the District.

Award of Contract Upon the final ranking and designation of the final list, the District may proceed to negotiate and enter into an Agreement with one or more of the highest ranked qualified firms/individuals with whom the District is able to successfully negotiate terms, conditions and price of an Agreement to the parties’ mutual satisfaction. Entering into an Agreement with the D istrict does not necessarily guarantee that the District will issue future Purchase Orders or Authorizations for Services to the firm/individual. Purchase Orders or Authorizations will be issued based upon the District’s needs.

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LEGAL NOTICES and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 888-988-6736 Login to: Salestrack.tdsf.com AZ-11-464852-BN The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-11-464852-BN Dated: 10/1/2015 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Ellene Barnett, Assistant Secretary A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California County of: San Diego On 10/1/2015 before me, Courtney Patania a notary public, personally appeared Ellene Barnett, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Courtney Patania Commission No. 2044156 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 11/1/2017 IDSPub #0094644 11/6/2015 11/13/2015 11/20/2015 11/27/2015

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15974: 11/10, 11/13, 11/17/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: TRI-STATE KENNEL LLC File No. L 2036434 9 II. The address of the known place of business is: 609 E. Park Drive, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Jamie Boyle, 609 E. Park Drive, Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Jamie Boyle, (x) member, 609 E. Park Drive, Payson, AZ 85541; Lonnie Boyle, (x) member, 609 E. Park Drive, Payson, AZ 85541.

15982: 11/13, 11/17, 11/20/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: GRACEFUL WILLOW DESIGNS LLC File No. l-2034834-2 II. The address of the known place of business is: 300 N. Trailwood Road, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Leanna Mawby, 300 N. Trailwood Road, Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Leanna Mawby, (x) member, 300 N. Trailwood Road, Payson, AZ 85541.

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Solution to 11/10 puzzle

Payson Roundup SPORTS Friday, November 13, 2015

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Girls met goal of making state From page 1B a broken hip. She finished 27th in 21:01.78 as a sophomore and was 35th in 21:28.83 as a freshman on the same course.

The coach’s daughter, sophomore Kyra Ball, placed 48th in 21:44.8. That time puts her sixth on the top 10 list of PHS athletes on that course, just 3/10ths of a second behind Rhea Cosay’s 21:44.5 in 2006.

Ball finished 52nd in 22:17 as a freshman.

“We tried to run Kyra and Abby a little bit different this year,” coach Ball said. “We trained them to try to peak for this race. Kyra was very disappointed with her place. But when you look at the time, it was an entire 30 seconds faster. So there’s improvement there.”

Senior Anna Schouten finished 60th in 22:13.9, the eighth fastest race by a Longhorn girl on the course. She improved on last year’s 95th place finish in 23:57. She finished 117th in 24:09.12 as a sophomore.

“I thought Anna ran a great race,” her coach said. “That’s a huge improvement (going from 95th to 60th place). I’m real proud of Anna.”

Freshman Melissa La Spisa finished 153rd in 28:27.1 despite being ill all day. Classmate Amy Borges crossed 155th in 29:28.7.

Sophomore Abby Ward finished right behind Borges, placing 156th in 29:33.3. The top five finishers for each team score team points.

There were 158 finishers in the girls race.

“Melissa was sick today,” coach Ball said. “She just didn’t have the lung capacity that she’s had. There was a pack of girls she could have been in front of had she not been sick. She usually runs about two minutes in front of our back two and today that wasn’t the case. So that hurt us a little bit.”

Ball said he liked what he saw from Borges and Ward.

“They go out there and they compete real hard,” he said.

“They’ve improved by five minutes this year.”

Ball is glad the AIA is switch-

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Abigail Greenleaf (on right) races in the state meet on Saturday. The Payson senior finished 26th in 21:03.3.

Best Cave Creek Times

The fastest times for Payson High girls in the cross country state meet since it was moved to Cave Creek Golf Course in 2005.

List provided by PHS coach Jonathan Ball.

Time Year Name Erin Huffman 20:51 2012 Abby Greenleaf 21:01 2013 Abby Greenleaf 21:03 2015 Abby Greenleaf 21:28 2012 Rhea Cosay *21:44.5 2006 21:44.8 2015 Kyra Ball Lana Cluff 22:08 2007 Anna Schouten 22:13 2015 Kyra Ball 22:17 2014 MacKenzie Mann 22:22 2013 Lana Cluff 22:40 2008 *-Ineligible athlete

ing back to smaller conferences for all sports beginning next season. The Longhorns won’t face Rio Rico and some other strong cross country schools next fall.

Payson will compete in Class 3A in most sports.

“We’re going from 52 to 37 teams,” he said. “You never want to shy away from competition.

You always want to try to compete against the best. And I feel like we were able to do that in our section last week and qualify a team for here.

“But I hear a lot of people that say ‘Payson used to win state championships.’ Well, it was under this old conference format (we’re returning to).”

Sport shoe program making a difference From page 1B occasionally a baseball glove, batting helmet, things like that,” Larry Kennedy said.

He said he and his wife have received a lot of positive feedback about the program.

“The people of the community are very appreciative of having this program available to them, whether they get shoes from us or not,” Larry Kennedy said.

He told the story of one child whose shoes split wide open during a game that the group was providing cleats at.

“We happened to be out there that afternoon and this young

man came running over hobbling on one foot showing (two volunteers) the shoe that blew apart on him on the field,” Larry Kennedy said. “So if we hadn’t been there and had the right shoe size for him, he would not have been able to continue in the game.”

Along with Larry and Joyce Kennedy and Pastor Carl Peterson, also volunteering for the program are Kathy Almandarez, Sharon Frost, Tom Herbolsheimer, Bob Hershberger, Audrey McDowell and Pat Skelpsa.

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Rec Roundup Youth volleyball

Today is the deadline to sign up for the Town of Payson’s Youth Volleyball Leagues for boys and girls. The fee is $30. Games for both the fourth-sixth grade and the seventh-ninth grade leagues are Friday nights and Saturday mornings.

Practices begin as early as the week of Dec. 30.

Youth basketball

Dec. 11 is the deadline to sign up for the Town of Payson’s FifthSixth Grade Basketball. The cost is $30. Games are Friday nights and Saturday mornings at Rim Country Middle School.

Men’s & Women’s Volleyball

Registration for the Town of

Payson’s men’s and women’s volleyball leagues will open on Monday and run through Dec. 31.

The fee is $190 per team.

Games will be played on weekday evenings at Julia Randall Elementary Gymnasium.

Teams will be scheduled for eight regular season games with a double-elimination tournament to follow.

You must be at least 16-years old to play in this league.

Competitive and recreation divisions will be offered as long as there are a minimum of four teams per division. The season begins on Jan. 11 and runs through February.

Call the Parks and Recreation Department at 928-472-5113 for more information on any of these offerings.

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