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Murder charge Man arrested for killing East Verde Estates resident by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

On Monday, Nov. 21, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting an altercation between two men that had occurred on Sunday, Nov. 20.

Deputies responded to a residence in East Verde Estates and found a man dead.

Detectives have arrested Jeffrey Berry, 38, of Star Valley, and charged him with first degree murder.

The victim was later identified as Marco Antonio Rodriquez, 51, of Payson.

Berry was detained initially for questioning and later booked into the Gila County Jail.

Sgt. Travis Baxley is heading up the investigation.

Baxley would release few details on the incident Tuesday saying they were still investigating what had occurred and how the victim had died. An autopsy is scheduled for sometime later this week.

Baxley would say that Berry knew the man he reportedly killed and the two had gotten into a verbal argument Sunday that led to a physical altercation.

He could not say what the fight was Jeffrey Berry about, but said Berry had suffered minor injuries from the altercation.

Multiple types of weapons were located in the victim’s East Verde Estates home. No one else was in the home at the time of the murder.

This is an ongoing investigation and additional information may be released as it becomes available.

Terrible abuse by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A Payson couple was sentenced last month inflicting life-threatening injuries on a baby they were watching and then trying to cover up the injuries with makeup.

A Payson woman left her infant under the care of Kaylen McBride, 20, and Manuel Dorame-Ruiz, 25, for three days in July 2015 while she went to work.

The mother reportedly called every day and was told everything was OK. When she called on July 6, McBride reported that when the baby woke from her nap, her face was swollen and bruised.

The mother picked up the child and took her to the hospital where doctors found massive bruising under the child’s chin, on its neck and face. The baby’s eyes were swollen shut and there was yellow pus oozing from her eyes and bellybutton. There were also bruises on her hip, abdomen and right leg. Staff noticed makeup had been applied to the child’s head to cover up some of the bruising.

Paramedics flew the child to a Valley children’s hospital. There, doctors determined she had severe head trauma, a fracture in her pelvis, a burn on a finger and deep bruising.

Drugs played key role in shocking beating and cover-up

Storm front

A sudden hailstorm Monday afternoon caught one driver by surprise, sending their vehicle careening off State Route 87 at milepost 260, north of Payson.

Pine-Strawberry Fire Chief Gary Morris said there was half an inch of hail on the roadway, causing the driver of the SUV to lose control and the vehicle to go off the roadway and land on its side 15 feet down a ravine.

Both the male driver and passenger, a female child, were wearing seat belts and had only minor injuries.

The storm lifted on Wednesday. The forecast calls for scattered clouds through the weekend but cooler temperatures, with highs in the 40s and 50s. A slight chance of rain returns by Sunday.

A cold front blustered through Rim Country last week. Pine-Strawberry Fire Chief Gary Morris took the photo above of a car that slid off the highway. Photographer DJ Craig waited for the sun to come back to capture this image of a egret on the waters of a Green Valley lake.

Payson balks at Hellsgate plea Private ambulance company opposes plan by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A divided Payson Town Council balked at supporting the Hellsgate Fire District’s efforts to provide ambulance service to the area.

The fire district had asked the town to support its bid to provide ambulance service in Star Valley and elsewhere. The fire district is seeking a certificate of necessity (CON) from the state.

Mayor Kenny Evans, Vice Mayor Michael Hughes and Councilors Su Connell and John Wilson opposed the measure. Evans said the area doesn’t generate enough ambulance calls to support both Hellsgate and the existing private company.

On the other hand, Councilors Richard Croy, Chris Higgins and Fred Carpenter supported Hellsgate.

Carpenter said while he doesn’t know if it is a good idea to have two ambulance providers, a letter from Payson would leave it up to the state to decide.

In December 2015, Hellsgate filed an application with the Arizona Department of Health Services for a CON to operate a ground ambulance in Rim Country, excluding the service areas of the Pine-Strawberry, Tonto Basin, Forest Lakes and Blue Ridge fire districts and Rural Metro Corporation- Maricopa.

John Wisner, Hellsgate’s deputy chief, said Hellsgate

• See Hellsgate ambulance, page 5

Marine Beware of scams Corps Birthday • See Child abuse, page 3

by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Beware calls promising a Medicare program that sounds too good to be true.

“The government’s Medicare agency never calls beneficiaries asking to check their Medicare number, birth date, etc.,” said local health insurance agent Tom Russell. “Medicare contacts its beneficiaries by mail.”

Russell said it is not legal for an insurance agent to call and solicit a Medicare recipient, without first having his or her written or recorded permission to do so.

So, Russell said those pushy sales calls where someone on the other end demands a patient’s Medicare number — usually the Social Security number with an ‘A’ behind it — suspect foul play.

“Selling to Medicare beneficiaries has very protective and strict regulations,” said Russell.

“If you fill out the form giving official marketing permission — OK, they can call you.”

Since Phoenix Health Plan is pulling out of Arizona on January 1, 2017, leaving Medicare recipients high and dry searching for a low premium/deductible option, unsolicited calls to a person’s home about insurance have increased.

Russell said his office receives calls from about 35 or 40 people a week asking for help finding affordable Medicare options.

They have also asked about the calls.

Medicare options are not the only insurance marketing problem — people under 65 needing an Affordable Care Act policy may also face misleading advice. Russell said he’s hearing of people under age 65 getting scam calls for

Read fine print on Medicare insurance policies

• See Beware Medicare, page 2

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Former Roundup publisher and Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Naughton (center) hands the microphone to Sgt. Major Chuck Johnson, a veteran of World War II and Korea at the recent celebration for the Marine Corps’ 241st Birthday held in Payson. by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

John Naughton was a gung-ho young Marine Corps sergeant running an artillery unit when the North Vietnamese shells began to rain down on the encircled defenders of Khe Sanh.

The siege of the 6,000 Marines by a force of perhaps 18,000 to 30,000 North Vietnamese would last for five months and 18 days. The U.S. forces lost some 274 killed and 2,541 wounded inside the base and many more in a relief effort. The North Vietnamese lost somewhere between 5,550 and 15,000 killed.

So Naughton, former publisher of the Payson Roundup, could have talked all night about those five months, culminating in the mortar round that earned him a Purple Heart as he sprinted for the helicopter home. He was the keynote speaker for the

241st Birthday Celebration for the U.S. Marine Corps at the Mazatzal Casino, speaking to a ballroom crowded with Marines and their families raised on stories of the endurance and heroism of the defenders of Khe Sanh.

After all, he earned the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Medal, a slew of other medals and two President Unit Citations, before returning and spending most of the rest of his life in newspapers.

But it’s hard to get Naughton to talk about the siege of Khe Sanh. You need beer and time and alert patience to coax out details of the artillery duel with the Vietnamese regular army units that poured thousands of shells into the perimeter for month after month — between mass assaults on the barbed wire defenses and the isolated garrisons on two vital hilltops.

Only intense bombing on the American side saved the base.

Heroes dwell amongst us still

• See Marine recalls, page 3

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A storm front this week interrupted a long, dry unseasonably warm spell in Rim Country. The roughly over half an inch of rain this week brought the total for November to 1.42 inches and the total for the year to 17.09 inches. Payson normally gets about 22 inches of rain in a year — so the pace will have to pick up in December for us to get even a normal amount of rain.

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Pastor appointed to Alliance board

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The Payson Town Council last week appointed Richard Richey as a new director to the Rim Country Educational Alliance.

Richey is filling the vacancy left by Jim Lyon.

The council went with Richey, the pastor of Payson First Church of the Nazarene, over Rob Ingram for the appointment. Ingram has worked on plans to bring a fouryear multi-university to Payson

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for many years, even helping pen the papers for the land from the U.S. Forest Service for the site of the campus project.

The council did not discuss the appointment before naming Richey.

The financial backers for the project selected the two nominees.

Richey said a member of the Alliance approached him a month ago about serving on the board. After some prayer, he decided to put his name “in the hat.”

He believes a university would be a great way to offer the area’s youth an opportunity to further their educations.

“The local availability of a college bachelor’s degree program here in the Rim Country with courses that are in high demand will hopefully be appealing for our own Payson-area students as well as be attractive to students from across the nation or even from other nations around the world,” he wrote in an email. “After all, what’s not to love about Payson and the Rim

Country. I think many students would love to learn in such a beautiful setting.”

Richey, who grew up in Arizona, said he has a deep love for Payson and the Rim Country. He said a campus would not only offer a way for the youth to advance, but also help the local economy.

“I also believe that having a university here will be a significant part of seeing our Payson and Star Valley area businesses prosper and our economy grow.”

Beware Medicare, Marketplace scams

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Alexis Bechman

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From page 1 inferior health plans.

ACA scams – what to watch for Russell said it is important for people under 65 and not on Medicare, to visit the government’s website at www.healthcare. gov and/or call the Health Marketplace at 800-318-2596 for help. Residents may call North Country HealthCare at 928-468-8610.

“When people qualify based on their total household income, the federal premium subsidies for Gila County residents are extensive for 2017 and usually a big help in lowering the premium,” Russell said. “The Qualified Health Plan premium you pay

when receiving a federal subsidy, could be less than the tax penalty you would pay for not having qualified coverage.”

Russell said if people earn too much to qualify for a federal premium subsidy, aggressive marketers know they will seek anything cheaper. Scammers target just these customers with their calls.

Russell said the high-pressure calls often ask for a credit card immediately and cautions clients to not accept these requests.

The callers may propose to put the customer in a “special” group plan, but the plan is likely to be inferior, with costly limits on what is covered. The marketers may mention a well-known insurance company, when in fact they have no connection with

the well-known company.

“Require printed policy information from the company — if you can even get a policy.

Don’t be talked into anything from a phone call to your house or office. Evaluate it carefully,” Russell said.

If someone does not qualify for a federal premium subsidy and chooses not to own a Qualified Health Plan, they can see if they qualify for an short-term health plan.

“Short-term plans do not exempt a person from tax penalties. And, they do not cover pre-existing conditions. The length of time is limited, and there is no guarantee of renewal,” Russell said. “Just read the fine print carefully, and refuse to be rushed,” said Russell.

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Marine recalls tales of heroism at birthday celebration From page 1 The Air Force, Marines and Navy flew more than 20,000 sorties and dropped more than 40,000 tons of bombs. An airlift also dropped in 60 tons of supplies every day to keep the base from getting overrun.

But Naughton didn’t say much about Khe Sanh during that celebration of the nation’s most hard core fighting force. Instead, Naughton talked mostly about the men he’d known, the legendary battles of the Corps, the fierce devotion of Marines to one another. The veterans in the room sometimes brushed back tears, just like Naughton.

He talked about that Belleau Wood and the Fourth Marine Brigade arrived in 1918 just in time to plug a hole ripped in the French and British lines opened by a desperate German offensive. The retreating French commanders urged the Americans to fall back, but instead they dug in where they stood and stopped the German attack at terrible cost in fighting that came down to fists and bayonets and mustard gas in the shell-torn woods. Here, the Marines earned their nickname — Devil Dogs.

“Every Marine knows the story and dozens more that include names like Tripoli, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Pelilu, Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir, Kae Sanh, Hue and most recently names like Falluja, Nasiriya, Najaf and Tikrit,” said Naughton.

He spent much of his speech before the ceremonial cutting of the Marine Corps birthday cake calling out old men in that august audience who had withstood terrible things.

He recalled his friend, Ben Carson, a member of the famed Carlson’s Raiders, a 220-man force

that attacked Makin Atoll during World War II, an island held by thousands of Japanese soldiers. The team spent two months on the island and pulled off a dramatic escape, capturing the imagination and spirit of a nation in urgent need of a victory after the crushing defeat of Pearl Harbor.

“However, his proudest accomplishment was after decades of long effort to locate and bring home the 19 bodies of his fellow Raiders lost during the Makin Raid,” he said.

Naughton recalled Payson resident Marine Toby Cogswell, awarded the Silver Star for “extraordinary heroism” and a Purple Heart earned in hand-to-hand combat on Guadalcanal.

That 1942 battle to gain control of a stepping-stone island involved 60,000 Americans and 36,000 Japanese. It cost 7,000 American and 20,000 Japanese lives, plus some 1,400 aircraft shot down and 67 ships sunk on both sides.

Naughton recalled his father-in-law, Marine Carl Murphy, who was in the invasion force that hit the beach at Tarawa in 1948. The attackers “had to wade in some 200 yards over razor coral and were cut down by merciless enemy fire. One Marine to another, he told me, ‘you can’t imagine the carnage. I see it every day.’”

The Marines suffered 3,000 casualties. Of the 4,700 Japanese defenders, only 17 survived — and all that death compressed onto a scrap of rock three miles long and half a mile wide.

Naughton also called out Marine Jack Day, a Tonto Basin resident. Day fought on Bella Lavella and Bougainville then earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star on Iwo Jima. Day told him, “I remember seeing all these people — I thought they were just laying in the sand. Come to find out, that beach was covered with deceased.”

The youngest Marine present was Sgt. Pedro Ramirez, a graduate of Payson High School.

Then Naughton asked Joe Sorrelman to stand up — one of the survivors of the Morenci Nine — a group of Arizona boys who volunteered for service in the Marines in Vietnam. When the Marines rejected one of the group, the others said the Marines would have to take them all — or not at all.

So they all went to Vietnam. But only three returned.

“Bobby Draper was killed in an ambush while leading his squad on a road sweep. Stan King died less than a week after reaching Vietnam.

Alfred Whitmer was killed on a patrol. Larry West was shot near Quang Nam, while serving on a landing team. Jose Moncayo was part of an entire platoon wiped out by the enemy near Quang Tri. Clive Garcia had volunteered to lead an unscheduled patrol in Quang Nam province when he was struck down by a booby trap.”

Finally Naughton returned to Khe Sanh to recall Cpl. Steve Wiese, who had the bad luck to serve in Bravo Company under a gungho but inexperienced lieutenant. The officer led the patrol out beyond the wire where the North Vietnamese waited. Seeing three North Vietnamese soldiers, the patrol gave chase — well beyond the established limit of their patrol.

They ran into an ambush.

“Wiese crawled meticulously back to the besieged American base,” said Naughton, pausing to steady his voice. “It took the entire day to trek back about 400 yards. Twenty seven Marines did not return that day, 19 wounded and one taken prisoner.”

That’s as close as Naughton came to talking about the terrible irony of war, the selfless courage of the grunts at the mercy of the blunders of the brass.

But Naughton made it clear you fight for your country and your comrades, not the politicians.

“I particularly like Eleanor Roosevelt’s comments about the Marines,” said Naughton. “She said, ‘The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps.’”

Child abuse, cover-up results in prison term, probation From page 1 Due to the blood loss, she had to undergo a blood transfusion.

When questioned by police, both McBride and Dorame-Ruiz denied any wrongdoing.

“However, officers were able to learn they were aware and had knowledge of concealing the crime by placing makeup on the child to cover up the injuries,” according to a pre-sentence report. “It was also determined both individuals had care and control of the child and were responsible for the injuries.”

Dorame-Ruiz later said he could not remember what had happened because he was in a drug-induced blackout, having nearly overdosed on heroin before his arrest. He said he could recall neither injuring the child

nor putting makeup on her.

McBride said she saw the child was injured after she returned home from work. She said she confronted Dorame-Ruiz, but he denied doing anything wrong.

“At the time of this offense, Ms. McBride was in disbelief her boyfriend was capable of injuring the child and stood up for him when questioned by police,” a probation officer wrote.

“Reflecting back, Ms. McBride advised she should not have left the child in his care and should have provided her with the care she needed.”

Dorame-Ruiz and McBride began dating while she was still attending Payson Center for Success.

School staff wrote the court that McBride had been a good student until she moved out on her own and started dating Dorame-Ruiz.

“She went from being a wellgroomed, beautiful young lady to a slovenly, haggard looking young lady with extremely dark circles under her eyes,” a school official wrote.

With a lot of pushing from school staff, McBride graduated.

Dorame-Ruiz, who had attended PCS, did not graduate.

The couple dated for two years, with McBride calling it an abusive relationship. McBride said she suffered a serious drug problem after she started dating Dorame-Ruiz, with her addiction spiraling out of control to the point she was unstable and homeless.

Just weeks after her arrest for child abuse, McBride learned she was pregnant. She bonded out of jail and took steps to improve her life, attending church in the Valley, substance abuse treatment and therapy and living with

her grandparents, according to the pre-sentence report.

“I have never regretted a decision I made so badly,” McBride wrote the court. “I will take this lesson with me for the rest of my life. I pled guilty to these charges because I believe this is what I’m guilty of. Nothing like this will ever happen again.”

A probation officer wrote that while McBride was less culpable, she placed the child in danger and failed to provide her with medical care when she discovered the child had been beaten.

Still, given the steps she has taken since her arrest, she is at a moderate-low risk to re-offend, the probation officer concluded.

However, probation found DorameRuiz has a high risk of re-offending, due to his pattern of aggressive behavior.

“Although he recognized he was in (a) drug-induced blackout, it is more than apparent the cruel and vicious manner in which this offense was committed demonstrates this man can be easily triggered to commit an (inconceivable) act of brutality, leaving two victims physically and emotionally harmed,” probation wrote.

In February 2014, police arrested Dorame-Ruiz for domestic violence for grabbing McBride and throwing her on a bench after she left work.

On Oct. 24, Judge Gary Scales sentenced Dorame-Ruiz to nine years in prison and 120 months of probation for two counts of attempted child abuse.

Scales sentenced McBride to 48 months probation and a year in jail, with the jail time deferred upon a review hearing for two counts of attempted child abuse.

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Grateful beyond measure

• Nov. 24, 1944: More than 100 American B-29 Superfortress bombers target the Nakajima aircraft engine works in Tokyo. Bad weather proved an insurmountable obstacle at 30,000 feet, and fewer than 50 bombs hit the main target.

• Nov. 27, 1978: San Francisco leaders George Moscone and Harvey Milk are murdered by Dan White at City Hall in San Francisco. White pleaded a “diminished capacity” defense, claiming that copious amounts of junk food caused him to suffer mental problems.

Thus the “Twinkie Defense” was born.

• Nov. 26, 1983: A Brinks Mat Ltd. vault at London’s Heathrow Airport was robbed by gunmen. The men made off with 6,800 gold bars worth nearly $40 million. Only a fraction of the gold has ever been recovered and only two men were convicted in the heist.

• Nov. 25, 1999: The U.N. General Assembly passes a resolution designating Nov. 25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It marked the anniversary of the brutal political murder of three sisters in 1960 in the Dominican Republic.

I rise early on deadline day, shower hastily, scrape the ice from the windshield and rush down the hill on Airport Road, having forgotten to write anything for the editorial page last night before dashing off to teach my writing class.

Coming around the corner, I see the Rim swaddled in clouds, blessed by sunlight.

Pulling to the side of the road, I sit and watch the sun rise, gratitude spilling over me, like those clouds flowing over the hollows of the Rim. I wonder again how life’s strange turnings brought me here, to such a place, surrounded by such people — my soul’s respite.

I’m lucky far beyond my merits. And I’m grateful, every day — especially on such a day as this. I can hardly make a list that will fit in a single issue.

I’m grateful to live in a place where I can go to a Tea Party meeting and enjoy the friendly nods and the political discussions — despite my outbreaks of liberal thought. Then I can go to the Rim Country Democratic Women’s Club and they’ll feed me cookies and kindness, despite my outPete Aleshire roundup editor breaks of conservative thought.

The nation has descended into bitterness and division, but somehow we’re just neighbors here with different opinions.

I am grateful to live in a place with people like Kenny Evans and Craig Swartwood and Tommie Martin and Roger Kreimeyer and the untold other people who have devoted themselves selflessly to the beloved community.

These workhorse volunteers labor day after day for the common good — with no payoff beyond the good they do.

I am grateful to have worked for former Roundup Publisher John Naughton and current Roundup Publisher Brian Kramer. By and large, publishers are beady-eyed fellows with spreadsheet souls. But John loved the business and treated us like human beings. And Brian has come bounding into the future, determined to save the business I have loved all my life — brimming with enthusiasm.

I am grateful also for the Roundup crew — for Paula (and Cody) and Teresa and Alexis and Keith and Michele and Gary and John and Steve and Julie and Pia and Dave and Jay and Sherrie and Melinda and Patty and Valina.

I’m grateful for the carriers who deliver the paper as well, although I don’t know most of them. Sadly, it’s a shorter list than when I got here — before the changes in the newspaper business squeezed us down. But no one has faltered.

We’re a family — a tad dysfunctional — but the best place I’ve ever worked, the best people I’ve ever sat alongside.

And I’m grateful for all of you — the wonderful, quirky, strange, kind, insightful, irritated, persistent, community-minded readers of the Roundup. You keep my mind open and my heart full — and sustain any good the Roundup manages to do in our beloved community.

Of course, I’m grateful to have three grown sons and six grandchildren — all healthy and delightful and full of love and odd observations. They have wonderful wives.

They’re better men than me — loyal partners and kind fathers. A school principal, a policy analyst for the Centers for Disease Control, an artist. They have the best kids who will do wonderful things — including Hazel, who has just joined the circus.

I’m grateful also for Crystal and Brooke, who have come into my life as quirky blessings — making sure I branch out from country music radio stations. They’ve taught me deep new lessons about the strange minds of girls and how love reaches out to make a family.

You see, nearly out of space and I’ve barely gotten started. Have I room to mention the vanilla smell in the bark of ponderosa pines; the sound of the East Verde River flowing over rocks; the sunset view from the Rim; the eagles of Green Valley Park; the sound of trout jumping in Woods Canyon Lake; the ferns and moss that grow at See Canyon Spring; the drip of the water from the cavernous roof of Tonto Natural Bridge?

And shall I mention the nested miracles of the world that make us possible? The expansion of water when it freezes; the steadying influence of the moon; the precise value of the weak nuclear force. The Creator blessed us beyond all measure, beyond even the ability of our minds to comprehend.

It’s too much. I can’t fit it in. Not in a column, not in a book, not in all the days of my life.

So I will just sit a while longer and watch the first light fall upon the top of the clouds on the face of the Mogollon Rim. I love you, Rim Country. I am grateful beyond words for the blessings you have showered on me.

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Compromise could solve Electoral College problem by

Joe Bailek

roundup reader

The framers of the U.S. Constitution created the Electoral College as a result of a compromise for the presidential election process. During the debate, some delegates felt that a direct popular election would lead to the election of each state’s favorite son and none would emerge with sufficient popular majority to govern the country.

Other delegates felt that giving Congress the power to select the president would deny the people their right to choose. After all, the people voted for their representatives to the federal legislature. The compromise was to set up an Electoral College system that allowed voters to vote for electors, who would then cast their votes for candidates, a system described in Article II, section 1 of the Constitution.

Each state is allocated a number of elec-

tors equal to the number of its U.S. senators (always two) plus the number of its U.S. representatives (which may change each decade according to the size of each state’s population as determined in the Census).

Whichever party slate wins the most popular votes in the state becomes that state’s electors — so that, in effect, whichever presidential ticket gets the most popular votes in a state wins all the electors of that state.

The debate has started again as to whether the U.S. Constitution should be amended in order to change the presidential election process. Some promote eliminating the Electoral College in favor of a direct popular vote for president while others believe the Electoral College should remain unchanged.

Just as compromise solved the initial problems of the framers so it is that compromise can solve this problem. The solution is to change the electoral votes to electoral

points and reward each candidate a percentage of points based on the percentage of popular votes received in each state. This would eliminate the “winner take all” system thus allowing for all the votes to count.

A voter is more apt to believe their vote counted when a percentage of popular votes are taken into account rather than the “all or nothing” system currently in existence.

Further, this new system would integrate the desire for a popular vote for president with the need for the individual states to determine who actually gets elected.

As for political primaries the number of delegates awarded in each state should be determined by the percentage of votes won by each candidate.

For 2016 multiplying the percentage of votes each candidate received {in each state} times the number of electoral votes {in each state} results in the following: Clinton 256.985 and Trump 253.482.

ceremony.

I would like to point out a very important fact that the Payson Patriotic Events Committee, headed up by retired Col. Bill Sahno has taken the lead on producing quality, meaningful ceremonies in our community for many decades.

The event on Veterans Day is, in my opinion, the highlight of the year. Col Sahno and his team brings together prominent local dignitaries and special presenters for a fitting and meaningful service.

The coordination between the Payson Military Honor Guard and the local Civil Air Patrol Cadets is a significant feature of this ceremony. It was a joy to watch their unified precision this year.

Co-producing this ceremony with the PPEC has given me and my students, both actors and technicians, great insight into proper protocol for observing such a special day. We all need to recognize Col. Sahno’s hard work throughout the year and thank the committee.

Kathy Siler, director.

Payson High School Theatre Department

more just society for all.

The civil rights movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women’s movement, the gay rights movement, the labor movement, and the environmental movement have changed government policy and, perhaps more importantly, changed how we live today.

Those of us who believe in fairness and justice cannot rest until it comes. Nor can we sit idly by while fear mongers and extremists adopt policies and laws that serve only to promote hate, bigotry and inequality.

As we teach our children to stand up for pledges and anthems, let us also show them how to stand up for social justice and humanity and to speak out with kindness, understanding and love.

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Guess I shouldn’t vote Editor: I’m 60 years old and I’ve only done nine out of Donald Cline’s 21 things I must accomplish in order to have a voice.

I guess I shouldn’t even be writing this.

Ann Adams

But most people voted against Trump Editor: After reading your article that points out all the policies that our state Legislature will have free rein on due to support by the Trump administration, I would like to point out one thing. It should be remembered that many more Americans voted for Democratic values than voted for Trump’s agenda, although he won in the Electoral College.

Therefore, a majority of Americans still believe very strongly in tolerance, equality, protecting our planet and environment, no tax cuts for millionaires, higher minimum wage and stronger unions, curtailing dark money and Citizens United, ending voter suppression, protecting women’s rights and the wish for our leaders to be a good example, in words and action, to our young people and to the world.

We can only hope that Trump will govern with more restraint and wisdom than how he campaigned.

Although his choices of advisers so far seems to indicate otherwise.

Wendy Trainor

Hard work appreciated Editor: Thank you for the article and photo in the paper featuring the recent Veterans Day

Teach children to stand for beliefs Editor: To those who question why people are protesting the election results and suggest that they owe Donald Trump the opportunity to govern — and with Steve Bannon as his chief White House strategist, a person with racist, anti-semitic, xenophobic, and misogynistic views: Nonviolent protest is the most effective weapon against discrimination and injustice.

Through public marches, picketing, sitins, rallies, petition drives, and teach-ins, protesters contribute their time, energy and passion with the hope of making a better,

It was an honor Editor: The Payson Flycasters and Trout Unlimited chapter members were proud to host Project Healing Waters at Green Valley Park this past Saturday, Nov. 19.

Veterans, spouses and coaches from Phoenix were treated to great weather, a few fish and some tasty brats.

Richard E. “Ric” Hinkie

worthnoting It is my belief that whereas the twentieth century has been a century of war and untold suffering, the twenty-first century should be one of peace and dialogue. As the continued advances in information technology make our world a truly global village, I believe there will come a time when war and armed conflict will be considered an outdated and obsolete method of settling differences among nations and communities.

— Dalai Lama

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Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, November 25, 2016

An iris by any other name – is Payson by

Michele Nelson

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Sallie Lowman and other gardeners from the High Country Garden Club got dirty for a good cause — planting irises at the base of the trees lining the Town of Payson path near Main Street.

The president of the club worked with fellow gardeners Stephanie Collins and Eileen Lawson. Sallie’s husband Randy had a shovel handy to dig the deep holes.

Sallie said one of the club’s missions is to beautify the town and community.

“We maintain the flower beds in front of the chamber of commerce and we planted trees in Green Valley Park,” she said.

For this iris-planting project, Sallie said her club partnered with the Town of Payson. In fact, the High Country Garden Club petitioned the town to proclaim the blue iris as the official flower of Payson.

“They presented that to us in May,” said Sallie.

Town employees Sheila DeSchaaf, whom the club worked with closely, came out to help plant the irises.

Sallie said people in town had donated the flowers from their yards.

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Stephanie Collins, Sallie Lowman and Eileen Lawson work to plant irises. The Town of Payson has proclaimed the blue iris the official town flower.

“You can call us and we will come take your iris plants,” she said.

Call 928-468-6102 to relocate iris plants.

The next project the club plans on completing is a patch on a corner of Westerly

off of Main Street.

The High Country Garden Club holds meetings the first Thursday of each month at the Mount Cross Lutheran Church log building at 6:30 p.m.

Longtime Gila County manager resigns by

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After years of service to Gila County, Manager Don McDaniel submitted his letter of resignation to the Board of Supervisors Nov. 14.

“It is time for me to move out and for Gila County to move onward and upward,” he wrote.

McDaniel and his wife have been planning retirement for some time, but he opted to stay on board until after the Nov. 8 gen-

eral election.

“I was concerned that recruiting and hiring a replacement county manager would be a distraction and perhaps even an unwanted campaign issue,” McDaniel wrote.

He did not include an effective date in his resignation, proposing to stay on until a new manager can be appointed.

“I would also offer to assist ... in the recruitment and hiring process. That of course, is a board decision and I will obviously respect and be responsive to your

wishes.”

McDaniel, in his letter of resignation, submitted a transition plan for the board’s consideration which included the following timeline: Nov. 15-25 — Establish a profile of the ideal candidate; determine if recruitment will be internal county only, or external; decide whether to have county Human Resources (HR) conduct a search or use a professional search firm; develop a recruitment plan The schedule calls for making an offer on Feb. 3 for a new manager to start on March 6.

Hellsgate ambulance service debated From page 1 officials were concerned about ambulance delays in the district and sought a CON to provide residents with better service.

John Valentine, regional director with American Medical Response (AMR), which operates Life Line Ambulance, urged the council to reject a letter of support for Hellsgate.

He said Hellsgate’s bid raises several glaring issues.

First, he said the decline in Hellsgate’s revenues since 2011 leave it financially “unfit” to provide service.

From fiscal year 2011 to 2016, Hellsgate has suffered a 30 percent decline in tax revenue. The district has maxed out its state-approved maximum tax rate.

Hellsgate’s application even predicts the district will lose $250,000 in its first year of ambulance operation.

Second, Hellsgate has no experience operating a complex rural ambulance operation, while AMR is the largest ambulance provider in the nation.

Third, Hellsgate wants to provide service not just with-

in its district, but to an area 40 times the size of the fire district, putting them in direct competition with AMR. “If the CON is granted to the Hellsgate Fire District, it could potentially displace the current long-term ambulance provider that has served this area for decades,” Valentine wrote.

“This would also affect more than 20 employees and their families that live and work in this community.

“I encourage you to ask this question, ‘Does Payson want to rely on an outside, already financially distressed fire district, to provide critical 911 emergency ambulance service to the residents of Payson?’”

During the recent apartment fire on Zurich Drive, Valentine said AMR had additional ambulances on the road for Payson to provide backup.

Daily, AMR staffs three ambulances in the Payson area. If all of the ambulances are on calls, AMR sends additional Life Line ambulances up from the Valley.

He said if Hellsgate gets a CON, it would greatly impact the number of calls Life Line gets, effectively leaving them to “pick up the scraps.”

Carpenter asked Valentine if the area generates enough business for two ambulance companies.

No, said Valentine.

“The targeted service area simply cannot support the addition of an overlapping provider,” an attorney for the ambulance company wrote in court documents. “It is not in the public’s best interest to replace an existing health provider with a governmental entity provider that will require a taxpayer subsidy just to break even.”

Connell said she did not feel comfortable supporting Hellsgate in its current financial state.

Town Attorney Hector Figueroa said the council is not being asked to determine if Hellsgate is fit to operate an ambulance company, but only to decide if they are willing to support Hellsgate.

At the December hearings, Payson Fire Chief David Staub, Hellsgate Fire Chief David Bathke and Pine-Strawberry Fire Chief Gary Morris will testify about the past and current ambulance service in the area.

Charlie Smith, who purchased Canyon State Ambu­ lance and renamed it Lifestar

Bell ringer volunteers needed If you have a few hours to spare, consider becoming a bell ringer for the Salvation Army this holiday season.

Starting Nov. 25 through Dec. 24, bell ringers will be stationed outside several local stores collecting change from shoppers. All money donated

stays local.

The group needs to cover 245 two-hour slots, but so far has volunteers for only about 15 percent of those slots.

If you can spare two hours on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday, call John Morgan at 928-595-0517 and sign up.

“It means a lot to our community and it is fun!” said Joanne Conlin. “You see people you know and you meet the nicest people. It is also fun to do with a group. The two hours goes by very fast. The more bell ringers, the better our community can be helped.”

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in 2001 and then operated the ambulance company in Payson until 2012, said he supports Hellsgate going for the CON. He said the fees Hellsgate relies on to fight fires would be different than the fees it uses to provide ambulance service. And any money Hellsgate makes operating the ambulances would stay local as opposed to going to a corporation.

He said all of the fire districts in the area supported Hellsgate going for the CON. Evans said the area doesn’t generate enough calls to support two ambulance providers.

Nonetheless, Carpenter said he would vote to support Hellsgate’s application.

The motion to support Hellsgate failed 4-3.

FREE Did you know that you can contribute to the St Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Payson, and that it will not cost you anything? This year Arizona Law allows you to contribute up to $400 (per individual) or $800 (per couple filing jointly) to the Food Bank and get your contribution back as a dollar-for-dollar Arizona tax credit even if you do not itemize. See www.azdor.gov. Your entire donation will be used right here in the Payson area and 100% of it actually provides food for the hungry along with utilities and rent assistance for those in need. So that we can help those most in need during the winter, we ask you please to contribute your donation before December 31. We will send you a receipt so that you can get your donation refunded to you when you pay your state taxes. Please contact us:

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With the fluctuations in real estate and the increasing cost of home ownership, many people are entering the market with more trepidation these days. Fortunately, there are a number of myths associated with buying a home that may not adversely affect potential homebuyers. If you’re interested in purchasing a home but are unsure about whether it will get approved, here are a few things you may want to dispel.

No Approval With Less Than 20 Percent - While putting 20 percent down can help you avoid having to pay private mortgage insurance, this down payment percentage is still just a suggestion when it comes to mortgages. It’s necessary to put a certain percentage down and be able to drum up the money on your own, but if getting into the market is your priority, buying now may be worth the investment over time. It’s just important to remember that the cost of your monthly payment should be affordable for the long term.

Home Ownership Is Too Expensive - It’s certainly the case that the real estate market is always fluctuating and prices can go up or down, but generally speaking, a home will increase in value over time and that means your monthly payment will be something you can consider an investment. While monthly rent disappears as soon as the calendar month is over, the money you invest into a home month after month builds up your equity and ensures greater stability for your financial future.

You Must Have A Good Credit Report - While it will definitely help your mortgage application if you possess good credit, it’s not necessarily a deal breaker if you don’t. Each mortgage is assessed based on a combination of factors that can include your down payment amount and your debt-to-income ratio, so this means that if you have a higher down payment and a less impressive credit report, you can still be approved. It’s a good idea to pay your bills on time and get your debt down if you’re applying for a mortgage, but there are opportunities for potential buyers who have experienced credit issues.

Home Ownership - Home ownership is an important dream for many people and as a result, there are many myths associated with the mortgage process. However, even if you don’t have 20 percent down or perfect credit, there are still opportunities for improving your financial well-being and investing in a home. If you’re currently looking for a new home give us a call, your real estate professionals for more information.

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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.

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Things are getting pretty hairy at the Payson Police Department these days.

Since Nov. 1, 24 officers and three dispatchers have been growing out their beards to raise money for a local family as part of “Beards on Patrol.”

Officer Justin Deaton suggested the department participate in “No Shave November” last year to raise cancer awareness and help someone affected by the disease have a better holiday. He set a goal of raising $2,500 and officers rounded up

nearly $5,000 in donations.

This year the goal is $7,500, with all the money going toward a Rim Country resident in need.

Officers are each raising funds and whoever collects the most money wins not only the bragging rights of having the best beard, but gets to decide who gets the money.

Every dollar counts as a vote.

Bring in cash or check to the Payson Police Department front lobby in a sealed envelope with “Beards on Patrol” as well as the name of the officer receiving the votes.

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. 7 – Michelle Reay Mulkey, 28, Payson – possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of promise to appear;

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Joshua Morris Merrill, 28, Payson – failure to pay a fine; Ronald Edward Kerr, 43, Payson – domestic violence, communication harassment, disorderly conduct-fighting.

Nov. 8 – Roland Reyes Guzman, 55, Mesa – warrant, possession of drug paraphernalia; Jennifer Danae Grandjean, 23, Payson – failure to appear-2nd degree; male juvenile, 13 – criminal damage-deface or damage property; Arlando Mike Yazzie, 21, Phoenix – warrant; Dylan Sean Morton, 25, Payson – warrant; Lucas Alan Jones, 36, Payson – possession of a narcotic drug,

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Donations can also be handed to officers working in the field.

Mail checks or cash to: Payson Police Department, 303 N. Beeline Highway, Payson, AZ 85541 Attn: Beards on Patrol.

Make sure to write Beards on Patrol in the check’s memo line and note which officer you are voting for.

The PPD will post pictures of the officers’ beard growth through the month on the PPD’s Facebook page. The PPD will announce the receiver of this year’s donations on Dec. 3 and then shave off their beards.

R E C O R D possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia; Whitney Paige Jones, 29, Payson – possession of a narcotic drug, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia; Christopher Jerry Gibbons, 20, Payson – warrant; Christopher Roynon, 22, Star Valley – possession of a narcotic drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Nov. 9 – Jonathan Richard Simmons, 29, Payson – failure to pay a fine; Charles Wayne Miller, 43, transient – disorderly conduct-fighting; James Edward O’Connor, 55, transient – warrant, false reporting to a law enforcement agency, taking the identity of another and disorderly conduct-fighting.

Nov. 10 – Donnell Andres Jaurequi, 37, transient – disorderly conduct-fighting; Levi

Tylor Wilkins, 22, Payson – bench warrant.

Nov. 12 – Michael Thor Durendal Hartnett, 28, transient – aggravated assault-entering private home of another with intent to commit assault, criminal trespass-1st degree-residential structure or fenced residential yard, domestic violence, assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury; male juvenile, 17 – minor with alcohol in body.

Nov. 13 – Scott Alan Frost, 28, homeless – aggravated assault on a peace officer, criminal damage-deface or damage property, disorderly conduct-fighting, domestic violence, assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury; Amanda Allison, 30, Roosevelt – disorderly conduct; Ian Paul Iott, 23, Tonto Basin – disorderly conduct.

O B I T U A R Y Betty Ailene Lincoln (1928-2016)

Our Mom, Betty Ailene Lincoln passed quietly on November 5, 2016.

Mom was born July 6, 1928 in Glendale, Arizona, the second of five children of Alma and Kenneth Caswell. She spent her formative years on a ranch north of Scottsdale, Az. She graduated from the old Scottsdale High School in 1946. Our Dad, Robert C. Lincoln, returned from WWII that year and found her “all grown up.” They were married in November and enjoyed their first year in the Rim Country on the Spade Ranch. They spent 57 years in a wonderful marriage, working, raising four children, volunteering in various school and community activities. They especially enjoyed hosting events for the Payson High School Longhorn Booster Club. Mom the consummate was homemaker, cook, seamstress and gardener. It was always hard to meet and keep up with her standards! She was employed by the Town of Payson as a Police dispatcher and office clerk, and she volunteered for the Payson Police Department following her retirement.

Mom was pre-deceased by her husband, Robert Lincoln, parents Kenneth and Alma Caswell, by her brother Don Caswell and by her brothers-in-law Lawrence Vance and Bob Brown. She

is survived by sisters Thelma Vance and Jean Brown, sister-in-law Norma Caswell, brother Aubrey Caswell (Sadie), children Betty Leon, Robert “Casey” Lincoln, Joanne (Vern) Byers, Sue (Alfonso) Munoz. She also leaves behind nine grandchildren: Jared (Andi) McSweeny, Michael (Jamie) Leon, David (Elizabeth) Leon, (Casey) Lincoln, Guy Byers, Verna (James) Tucker, Kenneth (Heather) Byers, Jim (Leslie) Oestmann, Dawne (Chris) Ferrara, and four step-grandsons. Eleven great-grandchildren, twelve step-great-grandchildren, one great-greatgrandson, numerous nieces and nephews.

We wish to express our appreciation for the services of Hospice Compassus, Banner Payson Hospital, Payson Care Center and our very special gratitude and thanks for the exceptional, loving and compassionate care by all the staff of Powell Place.

She will be missed. Per her request there will be no funeral service.

Memorial donations: Hospice Compassus, 511 S. Mud Springs Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

PAYSON ROUNDUP

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Friday, November 25, 2016

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Pregnant woman wins Turkey Trot 5K First female to finish; Scott Jones first overall by

She and her husband, Rolley, have been married 11 years. Their six children range in age from 2 to 13.

Scott Jones wins in 21:10

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Payson’s Scott Jones, 38, won the overall title in 21 minutes and 10 seconds.

Trista White couldn’t wait to reach the finIt’s one of the shortest races the APS superviish line in Saturday’s Payson Turkey Trot sor’s ever run. He normally competes in Ragnar 5-Kilometer Family Fun Run. Relays, which requires running long distances Because that got her closer to her real des- over multiple days. tination — the rest room at Green Valley Park.

“I usually have about 20-24 miles to do over “Well, I really had to go to the bathroom most a two-day period,” he said. “I met some friends of the time,” said the 32-year-old Payson resident when we lived in Flagstaff that did it and it got with a laugh. me hooked on it. It’s endurance and you get It’s understandable. to hang around with your friends for about 36 White won the women’s title in the 3.1-mile hours, so it’s a lot of fun.” race in 26 minutes, 18 seconds despite being He entered this race for the first time after pregnant with her seventh child. She’s due in doing well in his age group in the Mogollon May. Monster Mudda this summer.

But a fast time wasn’t a motivating factor for His first victory came on a familiar course. It the stay-at-home mom. was like a typical run for “I just wanted to finish,” Jones. she chuckled.

“I run every day so it’s See a race video and race White starred in basketjust normal for me,” he results at payson.com ball, softball and soccer as said. “I run that same route Trista Carlton before gradalmost every day since I uating from Payson High live in this area.” in 2003. She held the school’s single-season He was focused on his time, not place. rebounding record until recently.

“I was going for time and finished second at White doesn’t have much experience in races. the Fourth of July race in Taylor and it was my The only other running event she’s entered is fastest time,” he said. “Now this is my fastest the Mogollon Monster Mudda, which is a bit time I’ve ever ran. It’s my first time winning, so different with obstacles and all the mud. She it feels good.” finished fourth in her age group in that event this He and his wife, Melinda, have three sons summer. ranging in age from 4 to 12. He’s worked at APS “It was a good run,” she said of her first real for 11 years. He grew up in Flagstaff and moved 5K. “It was longer than my body wanted to run, to Payson from Phoenix a year and a half ago. but I felt like I kind of prepared for it because I Both White and Jones won a turkey. do CrossFit.” The youngest and oldest runners each won She started the race next to another woman a pumpkin pie. Diane Jackson, 70, waited a year who’s expecting in April. to win her pie after finishing second in the 60-69 “She was like, ‘you go ahead I gotta slow group a year ago. down,’” White said.

“I figured I’m going to come back this year when White said she didn’t know where she stood I’m 70 and I’m going to win,” she said. “And I did.” among all the women in the race until someone Nearly ideal running conditions greeted runtold her she was the first to cross the finish line. ners. Officials said 72 people finished the race.

But she was aware when others were approachPayson Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director ing her on the course.

Cameron Davis hopes to grow the race.

“I walked a few times just to kind of let my legs “We’d love to see it grow to about 200 next have a little breather,” she said. “Then I saw peo- year,” he said. “It’s always going to be a family fun ple coming up behind me and I was like, ‘OK, got event, but we’d like to bring more people from the to keep going.’ I didn’t want anybody to pass me.” Valley to enjoy this beautiful weather.” roundup sports editor

The start of Saturday’s Payson Turkey Trot 5-Kilometer Family Fun Run.

Trista White won the women’s title.

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Scott Jones races to victory.

A woman and child near the finish line of Payson’s Turkey Trot 5-Kilometer Family Fun Run on Saturday at Green Valley Park.

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Three players expected to play key roles this season include (clockwise from left) Savanna White, Sadie Sweeney and Kylee O’Donnell.

Miles Huff enters his third season as the head coach of Payson’s varsity girls basketball team with something he lacked his first two years — a healthy roster.

“This is the first year for me that I went into the season with the full roster I was expecting,” Huff said on Monday. “So that’s exciting.”

And it’s not the only reason for excitement as the Longhorns get set to open the season in the Goodyear Desert Edge Scorpion Shootout this Friday and Saturday.

The roster features plenty of varsity experience with five returning regulars and two others who saw action.

“And the rest of the players got a lot of experience with our summer league stuff,” Huff said. “So experience-wise, I think we’ll be right there with anyone.”

The Longhorns return to the sixteam 3A East Region in the latest AIA realignment with familiar rivals Blue Ridge, Show Low, Snowflake, Holbrook and Winslow.

“We have a lot of rivalries on the mountain and a familiarity with those teams and players and it’s good to get back to that,” Huff said.

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“We are a pretty tall team,” Huff said. “It’s nice to have that for rebounding and low-post play, but I think our athleticism is going to surprise people.”

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“It’s definitely a positive outlook,” Huff said. “We have a lot of athletes and hard workers and if we can put that together we can be a dangerous team.

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Returning varsity players include seniors Sadie Sweeney, twins Beatrice and Sandra Lewinson, juniors Kylee O’Donnell and Abby Schreur and sophomores Savanna White and Reagan Ashby.

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The team scrimmaged against host Scottsdale Prep and Benjamin Franklin on Nov. 18. The coach said that experience proved a big help.

“I feel that defense can be one of our strengths,” Huff said. “We put in a few new things, sets this year after the scrimmage. We’re excited about what we saw there.”

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Swiss Village Lighting and Pine Festival of Lights

The Swiss Village Annual Christmas Lighting begins at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25. The event features a full carnival in the northern Swiss Village area with rides, vendors and giveaways. Come meet the Jolly old elf himself — Santa Claus at 6 p.m.

There will also be roaming entertainment such as magicians, face painters, Christmas carolers and more.

Once again there will also be Christmas trees decorated and then given to families in need at the end of the event. During the event there will be locations where people can vote for their favorite tree by placing donations of canned goods under them.

The Swiss Village Shops are located on North Beeline Highway and West Forest Drive.

The next evening up at the Pine Strawberry Community Center residents will have their own Festival of Lights.

The annual Pine Strawberry Festival of Light is from noon to 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 26 in the cultural hall.

Vendors will open at noon and continue until closing time. Santa and Mrs. Claus are to arrive at 5:15 p.m. and the Jingle Bell Parade is set for 5:30 p.m. The event will also include a Christmas Tree Lighting, caroling and refreshments.

The festival is sponsored by the Senior Citizens Affairs Foundation and all proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels.

Artists event in Pine

An Artists Open House and Christmas Sale is planned in Pine from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 26 by Diane Nathe and local artists at Bishop Park in Pine at The Studio, 3617 N. Hwy. 87.

The event features a wine reception from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

New hours at library

The Payson Public Library’s hours of operation will change after

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in students at PES we have had to adjust the distribution time.

Organizers Jack and Barbara Gooch say it is with a heavy heart that they are closing Kaitie’s Closet. “We will miss the many friendships we have made not only with our dedicated volunteers but throughout the community.

Kaitie’s Closet would not have existed without the help from the entire community.

“Thank you for helping to make Kaitie’s Closet such a success over the years.”

Lioness food drive

The Payson Lioness Club is sponsoring a food drive the month of November.

Boxes can be found at the following locations: Payson Elementary and Julia Randall schools; Uncle Herb’s; and in the Swiss Village at Verizon, Country Charm and Gerardo’s. The collected food will go to the local food banks.

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The annual Lighting Festival at Swiss Village begins at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25. Events are planned at shops on North Beeline Highway and both sides of Forest Drive, so make sure you stroll the whole complex.

Fancy Finds, 4069 N. Hwy. 87, Pine, is hosting a raffle for a hand-made afghan to benefit the Pine Strawberry Food Bank.

Tickets are $5 or may be obtained with a donation of five cans of food.

There is no limit on the number of tickets and it is not necessary to be present to win. The tickets can be purchased at Fancy Finds during regular business hours and the drawing is Wednesday, Nov. 30. All proceeds go to the food bank.

Gift wrapping offered Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 24.

Beginning Saturday, Nov. 26, the Payson Public Library’s new hours will be: Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Mondays: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesdays: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Wednesdays: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursdays: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Fridays: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Closed Sundays and holidays.

Final clothing distribution for Kaitie’s Closet

Kaitie’s Closet, Inc., a nonprofit 501c3 organization that has provided children’s clothing to anyone in need for nearly seven years.

The next distribution is the organization’s last. It will be from 2:45 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30 at Payson Elementary School. Due to the increase

The KEY Club of Payson High School will wrap your holiday gifts for donations on four different days during the upcoming weeks.

The students will be at the Walmart Garden Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3 and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10. They will also be at a new location this year: Sawmill Theater from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18.

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Club members to leadership and educational conferences and finance many local service projects to better the Rim Country communities.

Medicare seminar Dec. 8

A seminar designed to help better understand rights, options and entitlements when it comes to Medicare is at 4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 8 at El Rancho restaurant, 200 S. Beeline Hwy., Payson.

Presenters Todd Walker and Sylvia Cleland hold these programs throughout Arizona all year long, generally for those turning 65 within the next months.

While the deadline to make Medicare changes is Dec. 7, in some cases people have 63 days after Dec. 31, 2016 to make changes.

This is not a sales presentation, it is an educational seminar to learn the four parts of Medicare.

The presenters have more than 30 years experience in the insurance industry and 15 years with Medicare.

They educate seniors to help them make an informed decision when it is time to do so.

To RSVP or for questions call Todd Walker 928-362-0646 or Sylvia Cleland 928-487-0818.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Christians Together A Community Christian Church meeting on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at Majestic Rim Retirement Center, 310 E. Tyler Parkway. For more information, call 928-474-0160.

Christopher Creek Bible Fellowship-I.F.C.A. 1036 E. Christopher Creek Loop, 478-4857, www.christophercreekchapel.org, first driveway past fire station on left. 10:30 a.m. Worship Service and Children’s Sunday School (nursery provided). Tues. & Thurs. Bible Studies. Please join us on Sunday, October 16th for a potluck following the Worship Service to welcome our new Pastor Jeremy Jessup and family.

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

Church of Christ 306 E. Aero. Sunday Bible classes 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. For Bible studies any day of the week, call Bob Nichols, 468-0134.

By understanding and living the principles taught in the New Testament, we attempt to accomplish the spiritual mission of the church, rather than being a social or recreational institution.

Church on the Street Payson and Payson Soul Winners Church on the Street Payson and Payson Soul Winners are taking the gospel of Jesus Christ directly to the streets of Payson in obedience to Mark 16:15 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Inviting you or your church to join us. Sunday at 12:30 p.m. and Friday at 4 p.m. on the 87 and 260 intersection. For prayer or interest, call 480577-5759 / 928-474-4646.

Community Presbyterian Church 800 W. Main Street, Rev. Charles Proudfoot, Pastor. Sundays: SON Risers Adult Bible Class at 8:30 a.m.; Hymn Sing at 10:15 a.m. followed by Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. The sermon Sunday, November 27: “The Road to Bethlehem: Hope Against Hope.”

Communion Sunday. Bible Study Bible Time and nursery care for children provided. Office hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to noon; 4742059 office, 474-0624 fax, E-mail: cpcgen@yahoo.com, Website: cpcpayson.org.

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

Restoration Church 1100 W. Lake Drive. Introducing people to the life changing power of Jesus. Join us Sunday at 10:30 am for our Sunday morning worship experience. Check us out online at www.restorationpayson. com for more info.

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

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

Christmas Special Services: Advent Services, Wednesdays, November 30, December 7, December 14 ... Soup Supper at 5 p.m. and Advent Service at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve Service at 6 p.m. and Christmas Day Service at 9 a.m. Everyone is welcome to join us for all our Christmas festivities and celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ!

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

Church of Christ in Payson 401 E. Tyler Parkway, (928) 474-5149. Sunday: Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Morning Worship 10:30 a.m., Singing Practice 5:30 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m. Tuesday: Ladies Bible Class 10 a.m.

Wednesday: Bible Class 6:30 p.m. www.paysonchurchofchrist.com Church on Randall Place, SBC (in Pine) Pastor John Lake. All are welcome! 6338 W. Randall Place (turn west on Randall Place road near the Thrift Store) Sunday Morning Prayer: 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Sunday Adult Bible Enrichment 8:45 a.m. to 9:40 a.m., Sunday Worship Celebration: 10 a.m. Sunday Communion 2nd Sunday of the month. Sunday Fellowship Meal every 3rd Sunday of the month. Women of CORP Ministries and Bible studies lead by Simone Lake. Other various Connection Groups available throughout week. For more information, contact: 1-928-476-4249 (ch), 1-928-472-6439 (pastor’s hm) 1-928970-4249 (pastor’s cell), Email: pinerandallchurch@hotmail.com Website: http://churchonrandallplace.org Online Sermons: www. sermon.net/CORP

Worship Service 9am, Contemporary Worship Service 10:45am.

Nursery, Children, Youth and Adult Bible Studies during both services. Wednesday evening fellowship & Bible study for all ages! For more details and information on other weekly events check out our website at www.pbcpayson.org or call the church office at 928-4749279.

Mountain Bible Church Please be our guest this weekend, 8:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at 302 E. Rancho Road where our goal is to ‘Love God and Love People!’

We have many adult, children and student ministries on Sundays and during the week. Our Spanish Church called “La Roca” meets Sundays at 12:30 p.m. Want more information? (928) 472-7800 or www.mountainbible.org New Life Foundation Hwy. 87 (next to Windmill Corner Inn), Strawberry, 476-3224.

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

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

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

Ponderosa Bible Church of Payson 1800 N. Beeline Hwy. Dr. Joe Falkner - Sr. Pastor: Traditional

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

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

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

Tonto Village Chapel We are a Bible based church, in the cool pines of Tonto Village, just a short 17 miles East of Payson, AZ, in the Mogollon Rim area.

We invite you & your family to join us for Worship, Bible Study & Fellowship on Sunday & Monday. We offer Sunday Worship Service at 9:30 am, followed by Adult & Child Sunday School/Bible Study at 11 am. We also offer a Monday Evening Adult Bible Study at 5:30 pm (Currently studying the Book of Job) & a Women’s Bible Study Thursday Mornings at 10 am (Currently studying Understanding Purpose by Women of Faith). Lead Pastor Mark Pratt 711 W. Haught Ave, Tonto Village, AZ 85541.

Website: www.tontovillagechapel.com Call us @ 928-478-5076 or Email us @ tontovillagechapel@gmail.com. Highway 260 East to the Control Road/Tonto Village turn off, then 1 mile in to Tonto Village Chapel. Hope to see you there!

Unity Church of Payson Join us on a positive path for Spiritual Living. We sing, laugh, love, pray, and support each other and our Payson community. Our Sunday topic is “A Childlike Faith.” Our service is at 10 a.m. Sundays at 600 State Highway 260, #14 (Board of Realtors Conference Room, back of Tiny’s parking lot). For more, go to www.unityofpayson.org (See ‘What’s Happening’ tab for events) or call 928-478-8515.

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aroundthe rim Be a sweetie, get tickets for See’s Candy raffle to help library Is there anything more lus- me there is also insufficient cious than mouthwatering authentic instructional time.

See’s Candy?

Census Bureau statistics Probably not and that’s why show that Arizona is near the there is a huge demand for the bottom of the country in spendluscious bites especially during ing per student, $7,208. The the holidays. average per pupil spending While the nearest See’s store around the country is $10,700. is over 100 miles away in the Aleshire pointed out in his Valley, the candy can be pur- article that a Wallet Hub report chased now at the Isabelle Hunt ranked Arizona 49th nationally Memorial Library. when it comes to conBuying the candy ditions and attractions there is a win-win sit- rattlin’ for teachers. uation because the the rim Most depressing customer has access is that Gov. Doug to probably the most Ducey and the GOPdelectable sweets in controlled Legislature the country and all doesn’t appear prone profits from the sales to correcting the fundbenefit the library in ing deficiencies. its quest to remain the Swartwood tapped finest in small-town Arizona.

Max Foster Payson High School Just last week, football coach Jake library director Becky Swartwood is one of Waer announced she had 10 in the running for Arizona’s received the holiday supply of “Small School Coach of the candy that includes nuts and Year.” chews, truffles, peanut brittle, Under Swartwood, a PHS dark chocolates, milk choco- alumnus and former threelates, toffee-ettes and more. All sport standout, the Longhorns are now available for purchase. wrapped up the 2016 with a 6-6 While buying sweets for record playing one of the toughyour sweetie, don’t forget to est small-school schedules in participate in the library’s the state. annual “See’s Holiday Candy During the regular season, Basket” raffle. Tickets are one the Horns gave powerhousfor $1, six for $5, and 15 for es Show Low (43-34), Round $10. The raffle will be held at Valley (20-13) and Snowflake noon, Thursday, Dec. 22. The (26-21) all they could handle basket, which contains $200 in before narrowly losing.

See’s Candy and several decIn the first round of the postorative items, is on display at season, the Horns pulled off the the library. upset of the year, eliminating Several years ago, wife Kay No. 2 ranked Snowflake. won the bountiful raffle basket Richard Davis (Eloy), Jace and we both were concerned Hancock (Pima) and Randy about what the win might do to Ricedorf (Show Low) are the waistlines. among the other coaches in the Luckily, we were on our way running for Coach of the Year to Chandler for a Christmas laurels. visit with five of our grandchildren.

Holiday boutique opens We quickly found out that Pine-Strawberry Arts and even a couple of hundred dollars of See’s doesn’t last long Crafts Guild member Catherine when the younger set eyes the Hurla is issuing an invitation to visit the guild’s annual scrumptious confectionery.

Christmas boutique.

Teachers leaving profession “As always we will have many handcrafted items made The Nov. 18 edition of the by our talented members of Payson Roundup included edithe guild,” she says. “We have tor Pete Aleshire’s very inforhandwoven baskets, unique mative story “Teacher shortage jewelry, leather crafts, knitted growing critical.”

It is a must read for any- and crocheted items handmade one with children in any of the aprons, clothing, pet attire and many seasonal crafts. state’s school systems.

“Come out and do your As a retired teacher of 37 years, the father of a biology Christmas shopping and enjoy teacher in the Tempe Union the day in Pine.”

The boutique is located School District and another behind the Pine-Strawberry gift who taught for three years only to leave and move on to a more shop.

It will be open 9 a.m. to 5 lucrative information-technolop.m., Friday, Nov. 25, Saturday, gy career, I understand why Nov. 26, Saturday, Dec. 3, and teachers are fleeing.

In fact, one of my former col- Saturday, Dec. 10. leagues who continues to teach Rivalry week in the Payson District asked me With the Arizona State vs. if I were still teaching today, would I remain in the profes- Arizona football game to be played tomorrow, Saturday, in sion?

As much as I loved teaching Tucson, it’s time to dust off the and coaching, I had to reply rivalry jokes.

My apologies to former “no.”

Teachers are saying good- Roundup colleague and friend bye because of low pay, insuffi- Alexis Bechman (a UA grad), cient classroom resources and but here are this Devils disciso many testing requirements ple’s jests.

Do you know that they don’t and education guidelines that have no flexibility. Teachers tell have any ice in the University of

Arizona cafeteria? Apparently the only kid who knew the recipe has graduated.

Did you hear the U of A library burned down? The saddest part was that half the books weren’t colored in yet.

How can you tell if an Arizona football player has a girlfriend? Tobacco juice on both sides of the pickup truck.

And finally: A University of Arizona football player walks into the doctor’s office and removes his hat to reveal a frog sitting on top of his head. The doctor asks, “What can I do for you?”

The frog replies, “Can you take this wart off my butt?”

Go Devils!

Fire board needs members The Pine-Strawberry Fire District is seeking candidates to fill two projected vacancies on the fire board. Those interested in serving on the board should submit a letter of interest that includes contact information and brief resumé to Box 441, Pine, AZ 85544 or deliver them to the Fire District office on Hardscrabble Road in Pine.

Candidates must be full-time residents within the boundaries of the Pine-Strawberry Fire District and registered voters in Gila County. They also must enroll in three state-mandated classes within the first year and complete a short course on Arizona’s open meeting law.

The deadline to apply is noon, Monday, Dec. 19.

Why PHS? A reader asked why I occasionally include information about Payson High School in Rattlin’ the Rim when the column focuses on Pine and Strawberry.

It’s because high school aged children in Pine-Strawberry attend PHS. The local school is K-8 only.

Most importantly PineStrawberry students have over the decades been huge contributors to Payson High School academic and extracurricular activities.

During my coaching years at PHS I had the good fortune of coaching many student-athletes from Pine-Strawberry and know well they deserve a little recognition for their accomplishments.

Emergency notification Pine-Strawberry residents are not taking full advantage of Gila County’s new opt-in program that will send key emergency and disaster notification information to residents who register to receive them.

The county will send the notification by email, voice or text messages.

Last spring, the county partnered with the company Everbridge to disseminate life-saving information in the critical moments of a crisis.

The system can target specific areas where the information is most needed which frees local officials from being forced to use slower state channels

12th Annual “Light the Rim” House Lighting Contest Application

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Name: Address: Cross Street: Phone: By entering this contest, I agree to allow my address and a photograph of my home to be published in the Payson Roundup Newspaper and online at payson.com, rimcountrychamber.com as well as the the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce Facebook page.

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Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library volunteer Kathy Morgan shows off the See’s Candy gift basket that the library is raffling. The winner will be announced Thursday, Dec. 22. The basket has a wide assortment of See’s Candy plus decorative items. as access to emergency alerts systems such and Amber and Silver Alerts or storm warnings.

When registering, users will be allowed to select which areas they prefer to get information for — such as home, school, workplace, vacation spot, etc.

To register, go to: https:// member.everbridge.net/ index/892807736724090#/signup.

Holiday festival The annual Pine Strawberry Festival of Lights will take center stage from noon to 8 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 26 in the cultural hall.

Vendors will open at noon and continue until closing time.

Santa and Mrs. Claus are to arrive at 5:15 p.m. and the Jingle Bell Parade is set for 5:30 p.m. The event will also include a Christmas tree lighting, caroling and refreshments.

The festival is sponsored by the Senior Citizens Affairs

Foundation and all proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels.

Trail work tomorrow Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction trail committee members will continue their improvement and rerouting work on Pine Strawberry Trail, also Trail #15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 3 and 17.

Volunteers should meet at the Mohawk Drive entrance which is also the county access road. Workers are also asked to bring their own lunch snacks and water.

Food Bank gears up ... again Although Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror and the Pine-Strawberry Food Bank has distributed turkeys and other food products to complete a holiday meal, Christmas is just over the horizon and the effort to collect even more nutritional fare is underway.

Food items can be dropped

off in the deposit boxes at the Ponderosa Market.

The bank is also accepting monetary donations, which can be mailed to: Pine Strawberry Food Bank, P.O. Box 1534, Pine, AZ 85544.

The donation is tax deductible.

Low income families with vulnerable adults can receive additional assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps buy the food needed for good health.

Locally SNAP is administered by DES, which determines eligibility, allotments and distribution benefits.

To register, go to: https:// www.healthearizonaplus.gov/ Default/Default.aspx.

Thought for the week “The school is the last expenditure which America should be willing to economize.” Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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aroundthe rim Creek residents prepare for more holiday fun Christopher Creek can such to pack in boxes they commence with its Christmas another week will decorate. celebrations now that we in the creek Afterward they will have have Thanksgiving behind us. some hot chocolate and cookJust to remind us of that fact, ies and await the arrival of we had snow in the Creek the Visitor from the North Tuesday afternoon along with Pole. an inch of much wanted rain.

He comes by way of sleigh The lights are on up and courtesy of Chuck Schmitt down the Loop. A new addiand maybe, just maybe, Mrs. tion to the decorations this Rod Britain Claus will accompany him year is a spectacular lightthis year. It was supposed ed sleigh and reindeer at the to be a surprise, but who can Christopher Creek Lodge. Well done, keep a secret like that! crew!

The Jolly Ol’ Elf will read the Dec. 10 is the big day around here. Christmas Story to entertain the 20 Festivities start with the children’s or so children and the like number of party at the fire station. The little adults as well. You never know what folks arrive at 2 p.m. bringing with he will say. them donations of some canned goods, One of Santa’s favorite kids the last non-perishable boxed food items and couple of years is Spencer Short. His

folks, Terry and Cheri, have a cabin on the Creek down by the meadow.

This young man is in his mid-20s and is well over six feet tall. In the Valley he spends his days at Cortney’s Place, which is a sanctuary for a special needs population in and around Scottsdale.

Spencer will tell you that he has seen the Santas at the malls around the Valley, but the real Santa is at Christopher Creek. At the end of the party he will give Santa a big hug and remind him to say hello to Mrs. Claus.

This year he may tell her himself.

As darkness falls, they come from all directions, punctuating the night with bright, colorful, blinking lights.

Forming up at 6 p.m. down by the Tall Pines Market, the Carts and Quads Parade prepares to make its annual

tour through the Creek.

An engine from CKFD leads out with Santa’s sleigh right behind.

Competition is keen among a number of the entries displaying their many decorating talents. Last year, one entry was quite proud of the very tall, lighted snowman atop the rig.

Unfortunately the snowman was too tall to negotiate the entire parade route.

The parade terminates at Creekside restaurant where the Christmas party has already started. From 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sheila is hosting the event, providing the sloppy joes and hot seasonal libations will be on special. There is also a sign-up list at the restaurant for any side dish you wish to bring.

Last week we enjoyed coffee with Payson resident Roger Buchanan. In

two hours he took us down a couple dozen trails, recalling every cowboys’ name and all the ranches between here and Globe. Roger is son of the late Marguerite Noble, the author of “Fillaree.” He is a fascinating character and we look forward to another session.

Genny Dodson continues to update us with the her mother’s progress following a serious medical event in Florida. We are happy to hear of the good news.

We sadly acknowledge to passing of Stan Szczepanski. Pops was a fixture here in the Creek for a number years as he and his wife Marlys had the Landmark back then. Happy trails, Pops.

Short and sweet ... and that’s another week in the Creek.

Thanksgiving: A time to reflect on the Rim’s blessings It seems that the older I get, the course, there is always the question quicker the years fly by. Summer fishing of who caught the biggest or most fish has gone, fall hunting is in full swing, that always seems to be embellished and now its Thanksgiving and just a few the more the episode is relived at family short weeks before the year gatherings.

2016 is history! During the For me, the time spent with outdoors holiday season there always under the rim granddaughters on their first seems to be an opportunity deer hunts, where I got to tag to reflect on special moments along with them and their dad that may have occurred for you was ever so special. The exciteand your family. ment of one of these girls when In the Rim Country many of she spotted the first deer, then those experiences are shared also locating a mature buck with families and friends in to pursue made the hunt even the outdoors that they become more precious. If you enjoy outmemories enjoyed for years to Dennis Pirch door activities as I do, then you come. Fishing, hunting, hiking, have a lot to be thankful for this mountain biking, and other Thanksgiving living beneath the outdoor adventures often take center Mogollon Rim. stage when there is conversation as Children and grandchildren grow up the family gathers for the Thanksgiving so fast, and it is a blink of an eye and dinner. they are on their own as young adults.

Because of where we live, there are The most precious commodity we have so many quick getaways within a few is spending time with those who matter miles of Payson that can add to the sto- in our lives so we can make a posirytelling for future family get-togethers. tive impact. The Rim Country offers a Fishing trips to one of the local lakes playground of outdoor activities that for bass or trout with grandchildren everyone in the family can enjoy within will be memories long remembered. Of minutes of our homes.

Maybe someone in your family drew a rifle elk tag in one of the local units where the hunt starts today and you are going along. Family and friends are always welcome especially when the game needs to be packed to the nearest road. Whatever you are doing this Thanksgiving weekend, make it a point to enjoy family, friends, and the outdoors.

When those pilgrims got off the boat in 1620 at Plymouth Rock and faced immense hardships to survive in a new land, they gave thanks to God after the first year with a celebration of Thanksgiving. The bounties of the land and the wildlife from the field of fish, turkeys, and venison were the feast. That tradition has lived on and was made an official holiday by Abraham Lincoln in 1863.

We live in the greatest country in the world with an abundance of opportunities and freedoms, this is a time to reflect and give thanks for those blessings. This extended Thanksgiving weekend enjoy your family and make some fond memories in God’s creation, the Arizona outdoors.

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Your personal horn of plenty can be filled with many things — memories of wonderful family experiences, a loving family with which to spend time and more.

‘Fantastic Beasts’ has lots of magic, wizard duels and romance Harry Potter does not what works in this magical appear in this film of magic at the movies universe. He also has already and mayhem. His birth hapbeen tapped to direct all five pens some 70 years after the of the “Fantastic” films. In events shown in “Fantastic terms of box office, he has Beasts and Where to Find one of the most successful Them.” We are instructed runs ever with an average of that this is not a prequel to $280 million including every the Potter films, but rather film he has directed. a separate story — stories Andy First-time scriptwriter rather, as the producers plan McKinney J.K. Rowling comes with high five films in this run. Oh boy. expectations. She of course I loved the Potter films and wrote the original Potter considered them to be excellent movie books as well as “Fantastic Beasts and fare — still do for that matter.

Where to Find Them.” As the inventor And director David Yates handled of the magical world we can count on the last four Potter movies, so he knows her to translate her own vision to the

big screen, perhaps better than anyone else could. She, by the way, became the first author in the history of the world to become a billionaire from her writing, proving that people like her stuff.

London born Oscar nominee and Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne plays the leading man, Newt Scamander.

Oddly enough he tried for a role in the 2002 film “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” but after reading a single line was dismissed.

Also appearing are Colin Farrell in a major supporting role and the always lively Johnny Depp in a brief cameo. Jon Voight and Ron Perlman also appear.

Katherine Waterston and Alison Sudol play sisters who help Newt Scamander round up his beasts. Dan Fogler plays a non-magical baker who also helps out.

In the story Newt Scamander (Redmayne) arrives in New York City after girdling the globe in a quest to find and record the said Fantastic Beasts. He is an ecologist of sorts.

Misadventure allows some of the very dangerous magical critters to get loose among the good folk of NY City. But writer Rowling will not let things go so simply.

We have a much more dangerous sub story that involves very sinister

forces indeed. We have lots of magic, some wizard duels and a little romance along with everything else.

This four saw blade film carries a mild PG-13 rating and runs for a good long two hours and 13 minutes. With a budget of $180 million the producers expect “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” people all around the world to buy lots of tickets, and they surely will.

Historical movie note: In the 2004 film “The Prisoner of Azkaban” Harry Potter has a magical map. On the map is inscribed the name Newt Scamander. How about that? Rowling plays the long game.

A season sparse of celebration for my family still provides an opportunity to be a time of thanks by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

The holiday season is going to be quiet for my family this year.

A week after his 82nd birthday in August, our stepfather died after a long battle with a variety of illnesses.

Our mother has been fighting myleodysplastic syndrome, a bone marrow/blood cell disorder, for more than a year now.

She has surprised us these last few weeks, having almost as many

good days as bad. But the bad days are becoming more frequent now.

So, celebrating holidays is really not part of our family plans this year.

However, we still have things for which to be thankful.

Our stepfather was spared the isolation of being placed in a veterans facility too far away for family to visit.

Our mother has been with us much longer than any of us expected her to be and as crises go, we are fortunate that there have been only a few —

though admittedly some of them were pretty scary.

We have also had emotional support, as well as tremendous help from two superb home care providers.

Our mother’s illness has also provided us with an opportunity to see some relatives a time or two since her diagnosis — her younger brother and her twin brother’s widow, who has been like a sister to her even before they became related by marriage.

It has all made me aware of how

lucky I am to have understanding employers here at the newspaper.

They realize there are times we have to be away and let us do our jobs at the odd hours our caregiving duties sometimes demand.

Then there are my sisters — who will hate that I am writing about them here — but words can’t express how thankful I am for them.

We have held each other up and worked together to do the best we can for our mother.

Two of my sisters have borne most

of the burden over the last few years, but once our mother became so seriously ill we all pulled together.

It is a testament to how our mother raised us. She worked full time as an educator with little support from our father while they were married and none at all when they divorced.

She raised us to be smart and responsible and always do our best.

And now we are doing our best for her. And when this part of our journey ends, we will do our best for one another.

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Rim holidays – Thanksgiving

SUPER CROSSWORD

and drifted back to the places of their Arizona was recognized as a territory birth. Eventually Rim Country settlers separate from New Mexico in 1864, and welcomed them and gave them employthe capital was established with the pro- ment on ranches and in town. [1] Many tection of Fort Whipple in the new town of a Thanksgiving dinner included Indian guests, as had that first thanksPrescott. Two years later things giving feast in the Plymouth were getting organized enough back when Colony. that on Nov. 29th the first official When the holiday was first Thanksgiving celebration was proclaimed in the capitol at held. With the constant threat Prescott, a big community dance of Indian raids on the settlers was held, and in true pioneer the Arizona Miner editorialized, fashion dancing continued to be “This is the first time a day of a communal way to celebrate the Thanksgiving has been set apart holidays. By 1880 a Thanksgiving in this Territory, but we trust it Dance was pounding the floors of will be duly respected. While as Stan Brown Rim Country schoolhouses from people we have much to contend Rim Rock to Strawberry. When with, we certainly have much to be thankful for and we should be glad to Payson had a large dance hall it became introduce here a custom so pleasing and the scene of these celebrations. One proper as that of annually acknowledg- old-timer recalled that Ida Jane Armer ing the blessings we have received and and her brother Eddie would set the pace imploring a continuation of Divine favor.” with their fast-moving feet.

The dance would often go on until By 1869 the celebration had become tradition, and Governor Safford proclaimed morning, including a midnight supper Nov. 18 Thanksgiving Day throughout the of wine, chicken pies, scalloped oysters Territory. He said, “(We proclaim a day and hand-cranked ice cream. Marguerite of Thanksgiving even though) our people Noble recalled dancing as a child to “Put have been sorely scourged and afflict- Your Little Foot” while Rose Childers ed during the past year and many of played the piano. Bill Haley was on the our bravest and best citizens have fallen saxophone and Pappy Haught played the beneath the scalping knife and tomahawk fiddle.

Baby sitters were at a premium so famof our savage foe, and death and desolailies would attend the dance together, and tion have been brought to many homes.”

It should be noted that the Apaches the children learned to dance soon after neither practiced scalping nor did they they would walk. When they got tired they use war clubs. These practices were found went to sleep with a quilt on the bench in in other tribes, and later when the gover- a corner — some say the quilt would be nor offered a bounty for Apache scalps it put on the floor under a bench and the became all too common for white men to child/children would sleep there — while scalp Indians, Mexicans and anyone with their parents danced on. When the fiddlers wore out and began to play “Home black hair to claim a few dollars cash.

Governor Safford’s comments were Sweet Home” the sleeping children were part of the ongoing attempt at genocide gathered up and taken home.

The Shaker song reminds us “tis a when it came to the Native people. But “the only good Indian is a dead Indian” gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free.” In was hardly a proper attitude to bring to those difficult times Rim Country families prayers of thanksgiving. Fortunately, peo- recalled the simple gifts that blessed their ple of goodwill prevailed in Washington days and passed without notice the rest and in the 1870s a “peace movement” of the year. Such a Thanksgiving celewas established which took local chiefs to bration is good for us still. Tis the season Washington to learn about the ways of the for football and turkey, fun with family white man, distributed “peace medals” and friends and the freedom to enjoy it among the natives, and set aside reser- all. This is more than enough to raise our vations where the tribes were forced to hymn of thanks.

[1] See Stan Brown’s book, “They relocate and develop new lifestyles.

By the turn of the century Apache Would Not Be Conquered,”available at the families were free to leave the reservation Rim Country Museum in Payson.

PART TWO

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VOWELS ON VACATION ACROSS 1 Throat ailment 6 Rial earner 12 Final Four inits.

16 “It was only OK” 19 English dramatist George 20 Singer/fiddler Krauss 21 MP3 player attachment 23 Took a big step to relieve debt [IEOAUY] 25 Worker “standing by” 26 Enjoy 27 Surpasses 29 Wanton man 30 Carry on, as business 34 Mind-altering chemical substances [YOAIEU] 38 Rip off 39 Musical gourd 42 Composer of many marches 43 Withdrawn 44 Hebrew “A” 47 Transformed 49 Tirade 51 Cooking contest since 1949 [IUYAEO] 53 Study of bonds between atoms [OEUAYI] 59 Poker-pot promise 60 Of an average 62 Episodic drama 63 Basic human intelligence 66 U. URL ending 69 Hunter constellation

71 Fencing move 72 Spanish for “that” 73 President before Rutherford Birchard Hayes [UYEIOA] 77 “Imagine!”

78 Disney movie 80 Daughter of Desi Arnaz 81 Posed (for) 82 Suffix with Oktober 83 Zedong’s theories 85 “G’day” sayer 88 Shower with flowers, e.g.

90 “Sicko” and “Super Size Me,” e.g. [OUEAYI] 92 “Dear Abby” is one [YIAEOU] 98 Mazar of “Entourage” 99 From sunup to sundown 101 Follower of “had a farm” 102 Morris, e.g.

105 Gone up 108 Naval clerk 110 Flutter 111 In great demand [IYOUAE] 114 Trapped by a blizzard 117 Sheltered, nautically 118 Plaza Hotel girl 121 Leslie Caron musical 122 Seder time 126 Thwarters of Boris Badenov [OYAUIE] 131 Neighbor of a Sudanese 132 “SOS!”

133 “So do I” 134 The, to Rene 135 Suffix with disk 136 Palace of Paris 137 For ___ (dirt-cheap) DOWN 1 UV-blocking stat 2 ___ Aviv 3 Johnnie Walker blend 4 Pixie-like 5 Livens (up) 6 TV chef Martin 7 Caribou kin 8 Joan of art 9 NBA broadcaster 10 Steno’s aid 11 Ear bone 12 Kansas river 13 Upper limit 14 Consist of 15 Wet mo.

16 Part of GMC 17 Adequate 18 Joan of Arc’s crime 22 Like steel 24 Joist or lintel 28 Windows boxes?

30 Web, to flies 31 Bun 32 Low-___ diet 33 Major hike 35 Perm part 36 Bygone emperors 37 “Peanuts” boy Linus ___ 40 Radio-switch letters 41 Sidewalk eatery

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BY FIFI RODRIGUEZ 2016 KING FEATURES

1. COMICS: What superhero’s real name is Steve Rogers?

2. LITERATURE: Which mystery author created the character of Sam Spade?

3. ANATOMY: What disease is commonly associated with a lack of vitamin A? 4. LANGUAGE: In the NATO phonetic alphabet, what word stands for the letter “J”?

5. MYTHOLOGY: What is the Roman counterpart to the Greek god Odysseus?

6. MOVIES: What 1954 movie included the song “The Man That Got Away”?

7. HISTORY: What did the 1997 Kyoto Protocol international

agreement attempt to regulate?

8. TRANSPORTATION: In what city is the Jose Marti International Airport located?

9. MUSIC: What famous singer/ songwriter was born with the name Robert Zimmerman?

10. FOOD & DRINK: What plant does the coriander seed come from?

Answers 1. Captain America 2. Dashiell Hammett 3. Night blindness 4. Juliet 5. Ulysses 6. “A Star Is Born” 7. Greenhouse emissions 8. Havana, Cuba 9. Bob Dylan 10. Cilantro

45 Fraternity letters 46 “Silicon Valley” airer 48 Arab chiefs 50 No ___ traffic 52 Wishes away 54 Been abed 55 Obstructs 56 Burn slightly 57 Zoo pens 58 Wintry mix 61 Ding-a-lings 63 Online health info site 64 Stern with a violin 65 May greeting card opener 67 Fast Net svc.

68 Normal 70 Gun org.

73 People itemizing 74 Bathtub gunk 75 ___ beat (hesitate) 76 Abbr. on a food label 79 Tough spot 82 Central points 84 The head honcho 86 Capri, e.g.

87 Inside: Prefix 89 Verse tribute 91 Sole, for one 93 Obstructs 94 Blue color 95 Preface 96 Skirt style 97 Both-hands-up time 100 Rhapsodic 102 Small church 103 Blazing

104 Hurdle for a grad student 106 E’erlasting 107 Titans’ org.

109 Longtime Steelers coach Chuck 112 In case that 113 Musical Mel 115 Wife of Fred Flintstone 116 Actor Cary 119 Vodka brand 120 Outer limits 123 Mined metal 124 Animal doc 125 Devour 127 2000 Peace Nobelist Kim ___ Jung 128 “Toodles” 129 “___-Tiki” 130 Ship record

MAGIC MAZE ANSWER

MAGIC MAZE OIDS

WEEKLY SUDOKU

BY LINDA THISTLE

Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions — forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.

CROSSWORD ANSWER

SUDOKU ANSWER

SALOME’S STARS ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Keep those sharp Sheep eyes focused on a hazy situation. As things begin to clear up, you’ll find a sharper picture emerging, showing something you will need to know.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Watch your expenses through the end of the month. Later, you’ll be glad to have extra money to pay for something that will make an acquisitive Bovine’s heart beat faster.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’re now ready to make that oft-deferred commitment, if you still believe it’s what you want.

Don’t be afraid to change your mind if you feel you should go in another direction.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Now that you are moving on with your life after that recent disappointment, how about reactivating your travel plans and taking someone special along with you.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Many new friends come into your personal life, which suits all of you social Lions just fine. However, one new friend might make demands that you could find difficult to deal with.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Communication doesn’t exist unless it’s two-way. So if you’re getting no replies to the signals you’re sending, it could be time to look for someone more receptive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) A workplace complication that you thought was ironed out develops new wrinkles that need attention.

Meanwhile, expect continuing improvement in your home life.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A tense personal problem needs to be talked out before someone decides to walk out. Resist making decisions until full explanations are offered from both sides.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) A technological glitch that caused problems recently will soon be repaired, and life can return to normal. A colleague has a surprising message to deliver.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Your partner might feel that you haven’t been as open with him or her as you should be.

Deal with this now, before it turns into something more difficult to handle.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Good news: Many of the stumbling blocks that affected the progress of some of your career projects are fading away. Things also start to look up on the home front.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You’ll need that strong Piscean pluck to get through waters that will be turbulent for a while. A more positive aspect soon emerges, along with some welcome news.

BORN THIS WEEK: You are zealous in the pursuit of truth. You would make an excellent research scientist.

Truth can really be stranger than fiction stool, took a straight razor, and If I were to take some of the deeply slashed his forearms in unlikely coincidences in my life your turn 18 places. and use them as plots in a short Had someone not woken up story or novel I’d be laughed out right then with a natural urge of every editor’s office I took it Dan would have been dead in to. And I wouldn’t blame them minutes. I know that because I either. saw the huge pool of blood that Most of those coincidences, formed. But as good luck would while startling, were not importhave it he was rushed to the ant, but some of them were. They Tom Garrett were things that had to happen hospital, given emergency treatfor the most important event of ment, and flown stateside, where my life to occur — meeting my beloved to our joy he survived. wife Loretta halfway around the planet.

I left the Air Force after that first hitch.

I’ll first mention one of the small, star- I went home to Connecticut; stayed there tling things that seemed very odd at the two years; re-enlisted, lost all but one lonetime. When Lolly and arrived in Utah it ly stripe; was supposed to go to Andrews was a long while before we were settled AFB, but got stuck taking seven enlistees into the second from last apartment in a to Sampson AFB in upstate New York; six-apartment building on Hill AFB. There found out my color blindness was going to we became good friends with Frank and keep me from flying or doing 99 percent Marlene, the couple in the third apart- of the things I wanted to do; volunteered ment. for a high priority Mandarin Chinese Two years later we shipped out to Language program at Yale University; Okinawa. We stayed there three years and passed muster for a required top secret were given orders to report to Lockbourne clearance; discovered that the only places AFB in Ohio. Once again, we waited for an I would be stationed if I finished the proon-base apartment to come empty, moved gram would be atop remote mountains in into the second from last apartment in a three Asian nations; wiggled my way out six-apartment building, and became good of the program with the slickest trick I friends with ... ever pulled; asked for and talked my way Frank and Marlene, the couple in the into the only school on base without even third apartment. knowing what it was because I knew they It would have been enough of a coin- would have me back in that accursed cidence if they had been the same Frank Chinese Language program if I didn’t get and Marlene, but they weren’t. It was an into an Air Force School that same day; entirely different couple. What are the finished the school; learned how to teach chances of that? (surprise!); was assigned to one of 11 But that pales into insignificance com- training squadrons on a base with 25,000 pared to this genuinely weird coincidence. men on it; reported; was assigned to one On Otis AFB, Massachusetts, and Keflavik of eight sections; knocked on the door of AB, Iceland, I worked for just under three the section NCO’s office; walked in; and years for a tech sergeant I’ll call Dan worked for ...

Lattice. I won’t use his real name for Tech Sergeant Dan Lattice until the reasons I think you’ll agree with. Near the base closed. end of our days in Iceland Sgt. Lattice, Can you believe that, Johnny? The a man we all admired and respected, odds against that are astronomical! received word from home about his wife And no, neither of us ever so much and his 1-year-old daughter, what it was as said one word about our former three will also have to go unsaid. To make years together. Not a solitary word! the story short, after the men in our There was nothing to say.

Quonset hut were asleep one night Dan Next week, more of the same, but even Lattice went into the latrine, sat on a better.

Busy week means short column This week the column will be very short. The week so far has been hectic due to Thanksgiving preparations.

Birthdays

the village

mind me telling her age — she turns 93! God bless her! She has moved to the Valley to be closer to her family. I sure do miss her and the impromptu tea parties she arranged. Loved them!

I do want to mention a few Domino Divas birthdays that happen the last week of November. Jeff Leonard One reminder: The Domino of Tonto Village III celebrates his Janet Divas will be meeting again on big day on Nov. 28 and then on Snyder Wednesday, Nov. 30. Not only Nov. 29, Casey Stluka of Tonto will there be dominoes played, Village II has her big day. On that but also a Christmas decorating same day, former Hellsgate chaplain for party for the meeting room. the Fireflies, Pamela Furubotten, will celI shall catch up with the rest of the ebrate on the same day. I hope she doesn’t news in next week’s column.

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humane society of central arizona

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, GIVING TUESDAY. Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving back designed to combat the sometimes excessive greed of the holiday season. Our shelter cares for over 1,500 dogs and Humane cats throughout the Society of Central year. HSCAZ is a Arizona safe haven for lost, homeless or abanADOPTION doned pets. We serve OPTIONS over 900 square miles and work hard to provide low- or no-cost options for members of the community needing help with their pets.

HSCAZ wants to stress the importance of dogs and cats being in homes and not spending their lives in shelters. Dogs and cats have human-like qualities that make them perfect companions. Pets are a lot like us — loving, loyal and really funny! Please consider a donation to the Humane Society of Central Arizona for Giving Tuesday on November 29. You can come see us in person at 605 W. Wilson Court, call us at 928-474-5590 or donate online at www.humanesocietycentralaz. org.

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Payson Walkers

The Payson Walkers departure time is 8:30 a.m. for daily walks which are about an hour in length, mostly on sidewalks.

Departure points are: Saturday - intersection of Longhorn Road and Payson Parkway 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).

Payson Fly Casters & Trout Unlimited

Create a fly fishing lanyard and learn to tie some basic flies that work in local waters at the Saturday, Nov. 26 meeting of the Payson Fly Casters & Trout Unlimited.

The group meets at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson, with a short business meeting at 9 a.m. and then the program begins. Come early and enjoy a great breakfast.

In addition to fishing stories, hear about fishing trips to local waters and learn additional skills. Green Valley Lakes are being stocked with trout every two weeks. For more information, contact Ric Hinkie at 928848-4501 or go to www.paysonflycasters.org.

Pine Library Friends

The Pine Library Friends meetings are held at 1 p.m. on the fourth Monday of the month in the Library Activity Room located just behind the Cultural Hall in Pine.

ATTORNEY

This a small, friendly, informal group and the members would love to have any Rim residents come to one of the meetings to see if it might be something of interest.

Frequently the group hosts guest speakers on a variety of subjects. The public is always welcome.

For more information, please call Carol at 623-363-5985.

Overeaters Anonymous

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

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

Call the following members for more information: Denise, 928-978-3706; Mary Jo, 928-9784663; Ted, 928-951-3362; Alice at 602-828-0917 or 928-478-4361.

choices are many and varied and all up to you.

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

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

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.

Color Time Tuesday

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

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

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

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

The program meets at Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy Street (behind Ace Hardware and Habitat Restore). Call Sally Harvey 480213-8472 or Joyce Kennedy 928978-1884 with any questions.

This free program is open to all.

Senior Singles with Spirit

Republicans host Mayor-Elect

TOPS in Pine

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

The purpose of this group is to build lasting friendships, share ideas, have fun, and enjoy activities with like-minded people. The

The Rim Country Republican Club meets Monday, Nov. 28 at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson. Members and guests may gather at 11 a.m. to order lunch and to socialize. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., the speaker will be Mayor-Elect

Craig Swartwood, who will discuss his plans and vision for the Town of Payson.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Call Nancy Cox at 928472-1172 for more information.

pants for veterans, also slippers and white T-shirts. The goal is 120 gift bags to be delivered to the Prescott VA. Volunteers are being sought to take a child or two shopping for clothes on Craig Swartwood December 3. If you Masonic Lodge can help, there is a The Sy Harrison sign-up sheet in the Masonic Lodge #70, located at inner lobby of the Lodge, 1206 200 E. Rancho Road in Payson, N. Beeline Hwy. meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Tickets are available for the For more information, go New Year’s Eve celebration, online to www.paysonmason. which will feature the Duets org or contact Bill Herzig, sec- program. The cost is $30 per retary, at 928-474-1305 or 928- person with a choice of lobster 951-2662. tail or prime rib.

Payson Elks Lodge

The Lodge still needs all sizes of new sweatshirts and

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Radio Control flyers

Rim Country Flyers is the local club for RC airplane/heli-

copter/drone flyers. It has a local flying field and, if a novice, instructors to get you started.

Visit rimcountryflyers.com or call Jason at 928-478-6234.

Rim Country Corvettes

Rim Country Corvettes is a group of Corvette owners from the Rim Country who enjoy driving their special cars and meeting new Corvette owners with the same interests.

There is a monthly run that members are alerted to via the Internet, with a meeting location in Payson and other details.

Anyone interested can contact organizers via e-mail: Don and Jeannie McLaughlin, djmack1@ npgcable.com or Bill and Marilynn Berggrenn, ienjoy@ npgcable.com. Send your name, address, phone number, year of Corvette and e-mail address.

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Lil’ Red Tractor Services

Chris Nagy offers compact tractor services including backhoe bucket driveway grating, property cleanup, drainage ditch cleanout, holes for planting trees, footings and more. Tractor Services are $75 per hour with a 2 hour minimum. Dump Trailer/Hauling Services are also available. We bring dump trailer to your location, you fill, we haul away. Junk, garbage, rock debris, landscape materials, etc. are $85 per load (includes dump fees).

Contact Chris for an estimate today: call (928) 478-9959, (602) 301-3682 or online visit www.lilredtractor.com.

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Kellie Padon, Owner Veterinary Technician

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HARDWARE

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STORAGE

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TRACTOR SERVICE

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Keep your name in front of the public by advertising regularly in the Payson Roundup.

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MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

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Tractor Service By the Hour (2 hour min.) or By the job Dump Trailer Service by the Load

480-364-3344

David Mikulak - ISA Board Certified Arborist Serving Rim Country Since 2000

Planting • Pruning • Removals Fire Safety • Diagnosis & Treatment FULLY INSURED

Payson Roundup CLASSIFIEDS Friday, November 25, 2016

Payson’s Original Hospice Order: 10084623 With The Only Inpatient Unit Cust: -Comfort Keepers Serving Rim Country Keywords: Client Care Coordinator for 22 years! art#: 20138776 Class: Administrative/Professional You’ll remember why you do what you do, when you Size:join 2.00 X 3.00care team at Hospice Compassus! the fabulous Hiring in the Payson, AZ office: Are you passionate about care & enjoy working with a great team? We may be the perfect opportunity for you!

PRN RN SOCIAL WORKER RN CASE MGR RN ADMISSIONS PRN / CNA

We have great benefits and competitive pay.

Please visit our website at www.Compassus.com Contact Mary Jane Rogers at 928.472.6340

Email to mary.rogers@compassus.com

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Client Care Coordinator

must have strong home care, clinical and people management experience. Must possess excellent commuication skills and lead the implementation of our strategic vision. Manage and lead a team that is dedicated to providing the highest quality of home care.

Qualifications: CNA, RN or LPN required, management experience preferred. Must have excellent computer skills. Pay is DOE.

928-474-0888 for applications

MERCHANDISE ANIMALS

Hay for sale. Alfalfa Grass Mix, $9/bale, 928-978-4359.

Join our Friendly Team

Repair!

BIKES/SCOOTERS

Call Carl 928-951-3500

Serving Payson over 7 years

4X4S

Denali Road Bike,21 Speed Series 6061, Black, Excellent Condition, $80.

928-363-1762

FIREWOOD OAK 1/2 Cord, $160.

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

Call Jeff 602-224-6023.

Leave message.

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1990 Suzuki Side Kick 4x4, Powerful, 1.8L, All Good (needs a window), Salvage Title Because Car was stolen, Tow bar included, $1,700. Call 480-229-1655

TRAILERS 2006 Funfinder Travel Trailer 14ft travel trailer, 2200 lbs, self-contained, tv, cd/dvd, radio.. $7200 OBO. 602-481-2308 aeda56@hotmail.com.

EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATIVE/ PROFESSIONAL

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

Shipping Containters, Call 928-537-3257

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Entry-level position to join the most successful real estate group in the Payson area! Wendy Larchick and the At The Rim Team with Keller Williams is seeking a real estate assistant (license not necessary) to assist the team with reception duties, showing coordination, assisting clients that come in the office and other administrative support duties. We are looking for a team player who wants to assist us in providing our clients the highest level of customer service. Weekends Required.

Needed skills are: Professionalism and the ability to maintain confidentiality Excellent customer service skills, including professional telephone etiquette Good organizational skills Email Wendy Larchick at Wendy@AtTheRim.com.

HEALTH CARE Cardiovascular Tech

Like new 928 978-2111.

Located in Payson and ready for you.

AUTOS/VEHICLES CAMPERS

NEEDED NOW!!!

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

Internal Med Clinic, PO Box 2581,Payson,85547

HOME BASED Certified Home Child Care Provider Care for your communities kids from your home! Become a Certified Home Child Care Provider. Call your Buena Vista Specialist at 928-451-6800 or 866-646-5200 or visit www.BV-CS.org

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

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

McDonald’s rewards outstanding performance.

Now offering a 30 Day Retention Bonus!

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

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MAINTENANCE WORKER Full-Time Position Maintenance experience required, Drug testing and background check will be completed prior to employment.

Starting pay $9.50 hr.

Apply in person with General Manager at Payson McDonald’s.

CARS 2001 Mustang GT Convertible, 4.6 (289 Engine), Automatic, Showroom Condition, Have All Records, Fire Red/Tan Top $7000/firm. 928-300-2980

HANDYMAN Complete Home Repair Experienced carpenter and repairman.

No job too small. windows, doors, decks, closets,, and more. Honest, reasonable and dependable. References available. Free estimates 602.826.1937 Specializing in Custom Woodwork: Furniture and cabinetry, design and build or repair and refinish not 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 Since 1993 Plumbing, Electrical, Sun Screens, Dryer Vent Cleaning, Gutters Cleaned, Window Screen Repair 928-474-6482 not licensed

Order: 10084668 Cust: -Rim Country Health Keywords: Medical Biller Employment art#: 20138838 Skilled Nursing Facility Class: Healthcare Accepting applications for Size: 2.00Medicaid/Medicare X 2.00 Biller Experience Preferred / Start ASAP Please apply at 807 W. Longhorn Rd., Payson, AZ Order: 10084472 Cust: -PhysAssist Scribes, Inc. art#: 20138573 PhysAssist Scribes, Inc. is looking for experience-driven Class: Healthcare candidates who are pursuing careers in the medical field Size: 2.00 X 2.00

to join our team in Payson, AZ. Our scribes work in the emergency department at Banner Payson Medical Center.

We currently have 2 Full-time positions open.

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Rachael at rachael.kodya@iamscribe.com or (751) 510-1270.

2BR 1BA, Apts and Condos, 4 Unites December 1st, Price ranges from $700-$850.mo, unfurnished and furnished, background/credit check required, 480-628-4465 pine4rest@gmail.com.

Apartments For Rent 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

801 E. FRONTIER ST. , PAYSON, AZ 85541

(928) 474-8042

Cornerstone Property Services www.cornerstone-mgt.com

Warm & Cozy Community nestled in the Pines!

Apartments for Rent

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

Positively Payson

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

LARGE

1 & 2 BR Apartments

with storage & covered parking

COMING SOON

2 BR/2 BA Home

HAULING Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2015

HOME REPAIRS

Lawn Care

in PAYSON. W/D Hook-up Call Cindy for availability & Details (928) 472-9238

HOMES FOR RENT

HAULING

1Br/1Ba Clean & Cozy Furnished Cabin, Senior Neighborhood in Pine, $600.mo w/1yr lease, Shorter Term Lease Rates Availalbe, 928-476-3989 Smoking/Pets-No

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

2 BR, 2 BA, House, Payson, AZ, 85541, 12 months lease, 1100 sq. ft., w/refrig, washer and dryer, fenced back yard, one car garage., $ 1100.00. Call 480 822 0587 Premier Realty Solutions

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

JOE - 970-1873 HOME SERVICES HOUSEKEEPING ETC. Cleaning Services, Regular Scheduled Cleanings, Organizing and Move-Outs!

Call Shari for an Appointment!

928-951-1807

LANDSCAPING Antonio s Landscaping

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

Liberty Yard Maintenance Clean cut , dependable, honest, yard work and odd jobs. Call 4 free quote.

928-978-4340

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AZ Certified Legal Document Preparer/ Paralegal

JIMMY JOHN S NOW HIRING Drivers and Inshoppers for ALL shifts.

Visit us at 303 E Hwy 260, Payson, AZ (Safeway shopping center) to apply.

RENTALS

ASPEN COVE

Patricia Rockwell

16ft hybrid Kodiak by Dutchman 2008. full kitchen and bath, front opens to Queen bed, rear opens to double. lot more options. call Jim 727 314 9603 $7500.

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

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

One Call We Do It All PAYSON BUSINESS LICENSED and INSURED Plumbing, Drywall, Carpentry, Electrical, Flooring, Window Washing, Landscaping, Painting, Remodeling, Repairs, Christmas Light Hanging, and much more 928-978-8642

Cardiovascular Tech needed for busy Payson cardiology practice. Duties include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular testing both exercise (treadmill) and pharmacological, ABI testing and Holter monitor application and reading, and medical assisting. Great pay and benifits.

Please email resumes.

Qualified Applicants Only Kelley Hall khall@bcardiology.com esweet@bcardiology.com

Beautiful piano that looks and sounds amazing. $500 with a value of $1700

CHILDCARE Looking to take care of 2 infants, clean/nurturing environment, Had ND day care license, please call Rosy @ 701-400-0050

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REAL ESTATE ASSISTANT

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

Concrete Driveways, Side Walks and Patios 27 years exp. not a licensed contractor, Call Ed 928-205-1495

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

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928-978-7384 or 928-978-5473

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SERVICES

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State Record Mounted Trophy Bull Elk, Head Turned Right, Not Shot by me!

Offered at Half Value, Perfect Condition $1750. 928-951-4779

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Mobile RV & Trailer

Dog Nail Clipping in the comfort and convenience of your home by Tracy. Local professional groomer of 24 years. $12.00 928-978-4959

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CARS

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928-476-6539 AZCLDP #81438

REAL ESTATE HORSE PROPERTY FOR SALE

2Br Mobile for Rent, Roosevelt/Tonto Basin Area, $500.mo + Dep. 928-300-7161 Alpine Village, Large 3BR, 2 1/2BA, large family room, $1300/mo., 1st and last, 928821-8025.

Cute Cabin, 2br/1ba, Fireplace, Large Deck, Oak Floors, Remodeled Kitchen, Extra-Storage. 105 W. Alpine Circle. $800/mo, Year s Lease.

602-620-0396 Prudential Pine BERKSHIRE

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Pine, 3BR, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . $1750 Strawberry, 2BR, 1BA . . . . . . $695 Strawberry, 3BR, 2BA . . . . . $1600 UNFURNISHED RENTAL HOMES NEEDED

Independently Owned & Operated

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906 N. Hillcrest Dr., 4BD, 4.5BA........................$1995 309 N. Heritage Ln., 3BD, 2BA.........................$1000 306 S. Bentley St., 4BD, 2BA..............................$995 609 N. Ponderosa #B, 2BD, 2BA........................$925 200 W. Chateau Cir., 2BD, 2BA..........................$900 707 W. Bridle Path Ln., 2BD, 2BA.......................$825

FURNISHED HOMES

1110 S. Sequoia Cir., 3BR, 3BA..................$2300-$2600 2300 E. Blue Bell Cir. 4BD, 4BA..............................$2300

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

RENTAL HOMES WANTED

Independently Owned & Operated

Woodhill Custom Home, 3/2/2, Rent $1,400/mo + Deposit.

Retirees Encouraged to Call.

Smoking-No, 928-978-6167

MOBILE/RV SPACES

4 BR. 2 BA. 2.3 ACRES - 383 W. Round Valley Rd., Payson, AZ, 85541.

MLS ID 5518628, 4 bdrm/2 ba 1615 sq. ft. home on 2.3 fully fenced acres with 10 STALL BARN and 2400 sq. ft. garage/workshop. $360,000. Tannenbaum Realtors, inc., Gary Tannenbaum 480-201-1412 Email: gary@tannenbaumrealtors.com

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

Mountain Shadows R.V. & Mobile Home Park Nice Quiet Family Park 2 bedroom double wide mobile home $700, 5th wheel trailers $470.00, 1 bedroom Apt unfurnished $550.00, RV Spaces $256.55 mo, with onsite Manager, Laundry, Shower, Game room, and free Wifi Call Shawn at 928-474-2406

ROOMS FOR RENT Room for Rent: Use of Kitchen, Washer/Dryer, Nice View, Nice Area, Cul-de-sac Street, $400.mo + $300.Sec. 928-363-1422

Roommate Wanted: $450.mo, Share Utilities, No Smoking, No Pets, $400.Dep. Neg. Contact Lori 928-978-8966

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LEGAL NOTICES 16286: 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/2016: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA RICKIE RENDON, as an individual and a partner in CO-JO PHASE II, an Arizona partnership: Plaintiff, v.

CO-JO PHASEII, an Arizona partnership; the heirs of SUZANNE E. GERDES, deceased, including her daughter ROBERT A GERDES; MARY ANN HAAK, an unmarried woman; the heirs of PATRICIA R. VINE, deceased; heirs of JAMES McMURRY AND JOYCE McMURRY, husband and wife, deceased; and the heirs of ILA C. THOMPSON, deceased; Defendants.

NO. CV201600100 NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION (Assigned to the Honorable Timothy M. Wright) Plaintiff, through undersigned counsel, hereby gives notice of service by publication upon the known heirs of Patricia R. Vine, James, McMurry, Joyce McMurry and Ila C. Thompson, all deceased, to Rule 4.1(l) & (m) of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure.

Summons directed towards these unknown heirs are attached as Exhibits 1-4 hereto. A copy of the Complaint filed in this action may be obtained by contacting Michael J. Harper at the address and telephone number included at the top of this filing.

DATED this 1st day of August, 2016.

HARPER LAW OFFICES, PC /s/ Michael J. Harper

By Michael J. Harper Attorneys for Plaintiff EXHIBIT 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA RICKIE RENDON, as an individual and a partner in CO-JO PHASE II, an Arizona partnership: Plaintiff, v.

CO-JO PHASEII, an Arizona partnership; the heirs of SUZANNE E. GERDES, deceased, including her daughter ROBERT A GERDES; MARY ANN HAAK, an unmarried woman; the heirs of PATRICIA R. VINE, deceased; heirs of JAMES McMURRY AND JOYCE McMURRY, husband and wife, deceased; and the heirs of ILA C. THOMPSON, deceased; Defendants.

NO. CV201600100 SUMMONS THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: The heirs of PATRICIA R. VINE, deceased YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend, within the time applicable, in this action in this Court. If served within Arizona, you shall appear and defend within 20 days after the service of the Summons and complaint upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If served out of the State of Arizona-whether by direct service, registered or certified mail, or by publication-you shall appear and defend within 30 days after the Service of the Summons and Complaint upon you is complete, exclusive of the day of service. Service by registered or certified mail without the State of Arizona is complete 30 days after the date of filing of the receipt and affidavit of service with the Court.

Service by publication is complete 30 days after the date of first publication. Direct service is complete when made. ARCP 4, A.R.S. §§25-311 TO 25.381.22.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that in case of your failure to appear and defend within the time applicable, judgment by default may be rendered against you.

YOU ARE CAUTIONED that in order to appear and defend, you must file a proper response in writing with the Clerk of this Court, accompanied by the necessary filing fee, within the time required. You are required to serve a copy of nay response upon the Plaintiff. ARCP 10(d), A.R.S. § 12-311, ARCP 5.

REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION for persons with disabilities must be made to the Division assigned to the case by parties at least three judicial days in advance of a scheduled Court proceeding.

The name, address and telephone number of Plaintiff s attorney is: Michael J. Harper, HARPER LAW OFFICES, PC, 111 W. Cedar Lane, Suite C, Payson, AZ 85541.

SIGNED AND SEALED THIS DATE: 6/7/16 Anita Escobedo, Clerk By: /s/Megan Miller, Deputy Clerk EXHIBIT 2 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA RICKIE RENDON, as an individual and a partner in CO-JO PHASE II, an Arizona partnership: Plaintiff, v.

CO-JO PHASEII, an Arizona partnership; the heirs of SUZANNE E. GERDES, deceased, including her daughter ROBERT A GERDES; MARY ANN HAAK, an unmarried woman; the heirs of PATRICIA R. VINE, deceased; heirs of JAMES McMURRY AND JOYCE McMURRY, husband and wife, deceased; and the heirs of ILA C. THOMPSON, deceased; Defendants.

NO. CV201600100 SUMMONS THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: The heirs of JAMES McMURRY, deceased YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend, within the time applicable, in this action in this Court. If served within Arizona, you shall appear and defend within 20 days after the service of the Summons and complaint upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If served out of the State of Arizona-whether by direct service, registered or certified mail, or by publication-you shall

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LEGAL NOTICES appear and defend within 30 days after the Service of the Summons and Complaint upon you is complete, exclusive of the day of service. Service by registered or certified mail without the State of Arizona is complete 30 days after the date of filing of the receipt and affidavit of service with the Court.

Service by publication is complete 30 days after the date of first publication. Direct service is complete when made. ARCP 4, A.R.S. §§25-311 TO 25.381.22.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that in case of your failure to appear and defend within the time applicable, judgment by default may be rendered against you.

YOU ARE CAUTIONED that in order to appear and defend, you must file a proper response in writing with the Clerk of this Court, accompanied by the necessary filing fee, within the time required. You are required to serve a copy of nay response upon the Plaintiff.

ARCP 10(d), A.R.S. § 12-311, ARCP 5.

REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION for persons with disabilities must be made to the Division assigned to the case by parties at least three judicial days in advance of a scheduled Court proceeding.

The name, address and telephone number of Plaintiff s attorney is: Michael J. Harper, HARPER LAW OFFICES, PC, 111 W. Cedar Lane, Suite C, Payson, AZ 85541.

SIGNED AND SEALED THIS DATE: 6/7/16 Anita Escobedo, Clerk By: /s/Megan Miller, Deputy Clerk EXHIBIT 3 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA RICKIE RENDON, as an individual and a partner in CO-JO PHASE II, an Arizona partnership: Plaintiff, v. CO-JO PHASEII, an Arizona partnership; the heirs of SUZANNE E. GERDES, deceased, including her daughter ROBERT A GERDES; MARY ANN HAAK, an unmarried woman; the heirs of PATRICIA R. VINE, deceased; heirs of JAMES McMURRY AND JOYCE McMURRY, husband and wife, deceased; and the heirs of ILA C. THOMPSON, deceased; Defendants.

NO. CV201600100 SUMMONS THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: The heirs of JOYCE McMURRY, deceased YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend, within the time applicable, in this action in this Court.

If served within Arizona, you shall appear and defend within 20 days after the service of the Summons and complaint upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If served out of the State of Arizona-whether by direct service, registered or certified mail, or by publication-you shall appear and defend within 30 days after the Service of the Summons and Complaint upon you is complete, exclusive of the day of service. Service by registered or certified mail without the State of Arizona is complete 30 days after the date of filing of the receipt and affidavit of service with the Court. Service by publication is complete 30 days after the date of first publication. Direct service is complete when made. ARCP 4, A.R.S. §§25-311 TO 25.381.22.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that in case of your failure to appear and defend within the time applicable, judgment by default may be rendered against you.

YOU ARE CAUTIONED that in order to appear and defend, you must file a proper response in writing with the Clerk of this Court, accompanied by the necessary filing fee, within the time required. You are required to serve a copy of nay response upon the Plaintiff.

ARCP 10(d), A.R.S. § 12-311, ARCP 5.

REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION for persons with disabilities must be made to the Division assigned to the case by parties at least three judicial days in advance of a scheduled Court proceeding.

The name, address and telephone number of Plaintiff s attorney is: Michael J. Harper, HARPER LAW OFFICES, PC, 111 W. Cedar Lane, Suite C, Payson, AZ 85541.

SIGNED AND SEALED THIS DATE: 6/7/16 Anita Escobedo, Clerk By: /s/Megan Miller, Deputy Clerk EXHIBIT 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA RICKIE RENDON, as an individual and a partner in CO-JO PHASE II, an Arizona partnership: Plaintiff, v.

CO-JO PHASEII, an Arizona

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LEGAL NOTICES partnership; the heirs of SUZANNE E. GERDES, deceased, including her daughter ROBERT A GERDES; MARY ANN HAAK, an unmarried woman; the heirs of PATRICIA R. VINE, deceased; heirs of JAMES McMURRY AND JOYCE McMURRY, husband and wife, deceased; and the heirs of ILA C. THOMPSON, deceased; Defendants.

NO. CV201600100 SUMMONS THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: The heirs of ILA C. THOMPSON, deceased YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend, within the time applicable, in this action in this Court. If served within Arizona, you shall appear and defend within 20 days after the service of the Summons and complaint upon you, exclusive of the day of service.

If served out of the State of Arizona-whether by direct service, registered or certified mail, or by publication-you shall appear and defend within 30 days after the Service of the Summons and Complaint upon you is complete, exclusive of the day of service. Service by registered or certified mail without the State of Arizona is complete 30 days after the date of filing of the receipt and affidavit of service with the Court. Service by publication is complete 30 days after the date of first publication.

Direct service is complete when made. ARCP 4, A.R.S. §§25-311 TO 25.381.22.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that in case of your failure to appear and defend within the time applicable, judgment by default may be rendered against you.

YOU ARE CAUTIONED that in order to appear and defend, you must file a proper response in writing with the Clerk of this Court, accompanied by the necessary filing fee, within the time required. You are required to serve a copy of nay response upon the Plaintiff.

ARCP 10(d), A.R.S. § 12-311, ARCP 5.

REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION for persons with disabilities must be made to the Division assigned to the case by parties at least three judicial days in advance of a scheduled Court proceeding.

The name, address and telephone number of Plaintiff s attorney is: Michael J. Harper, HARPER LAW OFFICES, PC, 111 W. Cedar Lane, Suite C, Payson, AZ 85541.

SIGNED AND SEALED THIS DATE: 6/7/16 Anita Escobedo, Clerk By: /s/Megan Miller, Deputy Clerk 16383: 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS CASE NO.: PB2016-00095 (For Publication) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In re the Estate of: George W. Hansen, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Bonnie S. Smith has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative at Braun Siler Kruzel PC, 14811 North Kierland Boulevard, Suite 500, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254.

Dated this 31st day of October, 2016. /s/Bonnie S. Smith Personal Representative BRAUN SILER KRUZEL PC 14811 North Kierland Boulevard, Suite 500 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 By /s/Kelley L. Cathie Attorneys for Personal Representative 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/16 CNS-2943177# 16388: 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9/2016 TS/File 407149.10389 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 SEPTEMBER 5, 2013, in INSTRUMENT NO. 2013-010612 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 OC-

LEGAL NOTICES CUR at public auction to the highest bidder AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF PIONEER TITLE AGENCY, INC., 421 S. BEELINE HWY, PAYSON, ARIZONA on JANUARY 4, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. of said day: All that portion of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 1 North, Range 15 ½ East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the North Quarter corner of said Section 34; THENCE South 00° 03 East, a distance of 557.13 feet; THENCE South 49° 40 East, 327.60 feet; THENCE South 48° 09 East, a distance of 240.00 feet; THENCE Southerly along a curve having a Delta of 14° 52 to the right a degree of a curve of 01° 30 and of a radius of 3819.72 feet, 50.0 feet to the Place of Beginning; THENCE Southerly along a curve having a Delta of 14° 52 to the right, a degree of curve of 01° 30 and a radius of 3819.72 feet, 220.0 feet; THENCE South 43° 27 West, a distance of 254.0 feet; THENCE North 43° 36 West, a distance of 220.0 feet; THENCE North 43° 27 East, a distance of 254.0 feet to the True Place of Beginning; EXCEPT the following described property: Beginning at a point on the Westerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 70 which bears South 25° 55 20 East, a distance of 1075.45 feet from the North Quarter corner of said Section 34; THENCE South 43° 27 West, a distance of 100.00 feet to the Southwest corner; THENCE North 43° 36[ West, a distance of 6.00 feet to the Northwest corner, being a point in the South line of that property described in Docket 305, Page 523 , records of Gila County, Arizona; THENCE North 43° 27 East, a distance of 100.00 feet along the South line of said property in Docket 305, Page 523 to the Northeast corner; THENCE South 43° 36 East, a distance of 6.00 feet to the Southeast corner and the Place of Beginning; EXCEPT all coal and other minerals as reserved in Patent recorded May 29, 1926 in Book 41 of Deeds, Page 211. Purported Property Address: 1770 E. ASH ST., GLOBE, AZ. Tax Parcel Number: 205-17-007 Original Principal Balance: $204,000.00 Original/Current Beneficiary: PICACHO VALLEY GROUP, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, 2365 TUSCAN HILLS LANE, LAS CRUCES, NM 88011.

Original/Current Trustor: BRAD OSBORN and JACQULYN J. OSBORN, P.O. BOX 572, KEARNY, AZ 85173. 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 $164,170.41 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 13, 2016. 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/ Fran Milianta, Vice President. Manner of Trustee Qualification: Escrow Agent. Name of Regulating Agency: Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF COCHISE. The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on October 3, 2016, by Fran Milianta, Vice President, of Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. By: /s/ Mary A. Iglesias, Notary Public. My Commission Expires: July 14, 2017.

16391: 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9/2016 NOTICE OF INITIAL/ PUBLICATION HEARING ON DEPENDENCY PETITION NO. JD 201600031 Honorable Timothy M. Wright IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the matter of: REILLY ELIZABETH SMITH d.o.b. 09-08-2002 Person(s) under 18 years of age.

TO: JENNIFER ELIZABETH HERRING aka SMITH aka PRICE and GLENDON LUKE SMITH, parents of the above-named child.

1. The Department of Child Safety, (DCS or the Department), by and through undersigned counsel, has filed a Dependency Petition pursuant to Title 8, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, Rules 4.1 and 4.2 of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure; and Rule 48(D) of the Arizona Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court.

2. The Court has set an initial/publication hearing on the 2nd day of February 2017, at 11:30 a.m., at the Gila County Superior Court, 714 S. Beeline Hwy., #104, Payson, AZ 85541, before Honorable Timothy M. Wright for the purpose of determining whether any parent or guardian named herein is contesting the allegations in the Petition.

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

LEGAL NOTICES have admitted the allegations in the Petition. 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, as well as an order of paternity, custody, or change of custody in a consolidated family law matter and an order for child support if paternity has been established.

5. If you are receiving this Notice by publication, you may obtain a copy of the Dependency Petition, Notice of Hearing, and Temporary Order by submitting a written request to: TRACEY L. HEINRICK, Office of the Attorney General, 120 W. 1st Ave., 2nd Floor, Mesa, AZ 85210-1312. The assigned case manager is Jennifer Radford and may be reached by telephone at 928.468.9868.

6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the court by parties at least three (3) 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 November 2016.

MARK BRNOVICH Attorney General TRACEY L. HEINRICK Assistant Attorney General 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9/16 CNS-2945267# 16400: 11/25/2016 LEGAL NOTICE The Town of Payson Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 14, 2016 on the application listed below.

V16-002, An application filed by Hultstrand Family Trust, property owner; Janet Hultstrand, Trustee/applicant, for relief from the 20 side yard setback requirements of R1-35 Zoning District regulations to allow for an addition to the existing single family residential structure on the property located at 1202 S. Western Drive, Tract A of Rodeo Ranches Subdivision, APN 304-12-076.

All meetings are held in the Town Council Chambers at 303 North Beeline Highway. All interested persons are invited to attend this hearing and comment on the proposed requests. Materials relating to the above-referenced hearing items are available at the Community Development Department at 303 N. Beeline Highway, Payson, Arizona 85541, a minimum of 48 hours prior to the scheduled hearing. This department welcomes written comments at the address listed above.

The Town of Payson endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities.

With 48 hours advance notice, special assistance can also be provided for sight and/or hearing impaired persons at public meetings. Please call 474-5242 (voice) or 472-6449 (TDD) to request an

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PUBLISH PAYSON ROUNDUP: November 25, 2016 Sheila DeSchaaf, Planning & Development Director 16402: 11/25, 11/29, 12/2/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: BLUE LOG CABIN, LLC File No: L-2135838-5 II. The address of the known place of business is: 500 N. Club Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Sue Munoz, 500 N. Club Dr., 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: GS Investment Properties, LLC, 1231 W. Northern Lights Blvd. $911, Anchorage, AK 99503 16403: 11/25, 11/29, 12/2/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: DUTCH OVEN RETREAT, LLC File No: L-2135836-3 II. The address of the known place of business is: 500 N. Club Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Sue Munoz, 500 N. Club Dr., 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: GS Investment Properties, LLC, 1231 W. Northern Lights Blvd. $911, Anchorage, AK 99503.

16404: 11/25, 11/29, 12/2/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: PLAZAMEDICA, LLC File No: L-2135836-3 II. The address of the known place of business is: 500 N. Club Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Sue Munoz, 500 N. Club Dr., 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: GS Investment Properties, LLC, 1231 W. Northern Lights Blvd. $911, Anchorage, AK 99503.

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Night Sky Secrets Night photography is as popular now as cotton candy at the State Fair. Everyone wants in on the action. Creative Live just completed a weeklong webinar focused on night shooting. Beth Ruggiero York in her bestselling book, “Fun in the Dark,” details how to capture images from the Milky Way to the blue hour and more. Workshops, lectors and YouTube videos are cropping up like weeds. But none of these windows into the night skies address the unique opportunity in the Rim Country. We have some of the best locations that few ever see.

Night photography is as much about capturing the light as finding a unique foreground for context. We do not need the Washington Monument or any of the other global iconic settings. The Rim is full of lakes, trees, rustic structures, open vistas and often textures in the sky like no place else. Night photography is more than an image of the Milky Way, it’s any image taken at night. Photographs Story and Photos can be from the unusual light just after and immediately before dawn

by Greg McKelvey and dusk or a lit up scene. Bring your own light or use the moon to light up a building or crater or cliff. It can be car light moving down the street. No limits bound our imagination. That said, let’s start with the infamous Milky Way! So how can we take advantage of the Rim? First, the camera. The successes of a night’s work depends on letting as much light into the camera as possible before the earth moves too much! Too much means blurry stars or star trails. The amount of light finding the

Rim Country offers a wealth of settings for people who want to capture the drama of night skies, with the new line of light-sensitive cameras. You’ll need a camera with a good, low light sensor that can go down to an ISO of no more than 2000, a tripod, a wide angle lens and a spirit of experimentation.

Photographer Greg McKelvey took these photos of Willow Springs Lake and offers in this article tips on photographing the night sky.

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sensor is a trade off between a lens that can open up wide, a camera that can have the shutter open for up to 25 seconds and a camera that can adjust the “film speed” (ISO).

Let in as much light as possible and don’t move!

The key is a good, wide-angle lens, a tripod to hold the camera still and the ability to capture more light electronically (ISO). The settings I use are an f 2.8 lens, tripod holding the camera open for 20 seconds and the ISO as low as it can be and still capture the light, between 800 to no more than 2000. Higher ISO settings only add to the grain or noise in the image. Sounds technical, but it works.

There are other ways to get more light into the camera,

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Night photography From page 15 At each magnification, focus to make the star as small as possible. Modern lenses focus beyond their infinity settings and the markings on the camera are not always exact.

Taking the extra time to get it all in focus is cornerstone to crisp, tack-sharp images.

Remember, working in the dark can result in accidentally altering the focus or settings.

Focus before the skies get dark, keep the lens on manual and tape it with gaffer’s tape to keep it in focus.

Taking test shots and adjusting the variables will result in better images. I keep my lens and time constant and only vary the ISO to get in more light. If the lens you have is an f-4 or f-5.5, less light finds the sensor. Each f-stop increase cuts the light to the camera by half. That is a lot and the only remedy is to shoot at a higher ISO with the consequence that the image will be more grainy or full of noise. I also shoot in RAW format because the images recorded on the sensor (film) is all the light that finds

its way through the lens. Other formats, such as jpeg are the result of the camera computer program taking all the information and mathematically compressing it to a smaller file. Small files compressed by the camera software are nice for space saving on your computer. The mathematical algorithm gives you a nice view, yet eliminates a major amount of the information captured.

No night photo you see published today is possible without post image processing in Photoshop or similar programs.

Use all the light you spend so much time and perhaps money on capturing. When you return home in the middle of the night, the images on the back of your camera will look a lot better than the photos downloaded to your computer. Not to worry!!

You have all the information in these files to produce stunning images.

Location, Location, Location This is where the Rim Country is unique. Willow Springs Lake, with reflective waters, expansive skylines

and unusual foregrounds, is a must for night photography. Unlike the Rim overlooks where the lights of Phoenix can dominate the image, the Rim lakes offer more darkness and the potential for wonderful reflections.

Some use the Payson Golf Course as a fun location for silhouettes, while others locate vistas on the Rim overlooks. Fields with animals and fences that can be “light painted” to enhance the foreground are unique to our part of the world. Lookout towers, cabins lit up inside with subtle lights work well. I especially like when there are clouds in the sky and even distant monsoon storms. Permit me to say, the Sky is not the limit!

Great ideas, yet the Milky Way, if that is what you wish to capture, is not in the same location throughout the year.

The ‘eye’ spends the winter in the southern hemisphere.

The low arch is best in spring.

So how will you plan a trip to a unique location? Use one of several programs available for the smart phones, such as the iPhone-compat-

Photographer Greg McKelvey created this image with a long exposure on a tripod for the Milky Way and a flashlight to “paint” the horse and shed in the foreground. ible “PhotoPills.” With this app you can determine the location of the Milky Way any place on earth at any time past, present or future.

So once you find a fun location, you can return when the shooting is the best.

Get the foreground and tell the story. Stitching multiple images together can capture the arch of the Milky Way. Water or rocks in the foreground give the image context and dimension.

Always look around for

more perspectives, experiment, and have fun. When you see the rays from the sun, for example, turn around and you might see these near parallel rays keep right on going. Yup, parallel like looking down a long, cosmic hallway.

Tigers lurk in shallows of Willow Springs Lake Have you been lucky enough to catch a tiger trout yet? Now, might be your best chance at Woods Canyon Lake or Willow Springs Lake to reel in one of these unusual trout.

Tiger trout are a hybrid cross between a brown and a brook trout. In other states where they have been stocked, these trout have been found to be a very aggressive fighting fish

that attack lures and flies.

Tiger trout were stocked for the first time in Arizona in May in just four lakes. They are in Woods Canyon Lake and Willow Springs as well as Carnero and Becker Lakes.

I have written in previous articles about watching these trout at the Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery, and trips that my grandsons and I have taken

to Woods Canyon and Willow Springs Lake to try to catch them. On those trips, we had seen a couple tigers caught from shore with power bait, but we were hoping to catch them with spinners or flies, so we remained skunked.

The Nov. 10 fishing report on the azgfd.gov website got me revved up to believe that I might finally catch my first

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tiger trout. I read the fishing report each week, and think that our state’s website is among the best that I have seen. The Nov. 10 report had two great pieces of information that helped me a great deal with my quest. The first was in the Fish AZ blog that reported on a recent study they did on tiger trout in Woods Canyon Lake. They noted a higher than anticipated number of tiger trout in their electroshocking study. Apparently, the tiger trout move into the shallows more at this time of the year than the rainbows, so they showed up in the electroshocking survey. They believe that the tiger trout have moved in to feed on baitfish in the shallows before winter slows down their feeding. Both lakes have an abundance of green sunfish in

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The second feature that really helped me was a video of a fly fisherman casting from shore on Willow Springs Lake.

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He noted that the trout would take large dry flies skated across the surface, or wooly buggers stripped in quickly a couple feet down. I caught tigers with green and black wooly buggers as well as beadheads stripped rather quickly after I had let the fly sink four or five feet down.

I did see trout rising, so a dry would probably work well too. There were other folks fishing nearby with spinners and powerbait. It was one of those days where everything seemed to be working. The trout are likely to be in this pattern of patrolling the shore for the next few weeks until the lakes begin to ice up. So don’t wait too long to head up to Woods Canyon or Willow Springs Lakes.

Trout continue to be stocked in Green Valley Lakes every two weeks. Wooly buggers and beadheads have been working very well for me. Check the azgfd.gov website for the stocking schedule.

If you think you might be interested in learning more about fly fishing, catch the Nov. 26 meeting of the Payson Flycasters at Tiny’s at 9 a.m.

— or 8 a.m. if you want breakfast with fellow anglers. This month’s meeting will feature a lesson on tying flies while others will be working on fishing lanyards to carry fly fishing tools. You are welcome to join in on either of these activities.

I hope to see you there.