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Students struggle on test Fewer than 1/3 pass as Payson lags behind state by

Percent passing AZMerit Language Test Payson Unified vs Arizona Average

Peter Aleshire

A big crowd turned out for Friday’s Swiss Village Christmas Lighting celebration — the kickoff for Rim Country’s big shopping season. To see more photos by DJ Craig, see page 10A. by

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Sure enough, Rim Country students struggled to pass the new, AZMerit test.

Fewer than one-third of Payson Unified School District students passed the new, more-rigorous tests for language and math.

Students from Pine Strawberry’s K-8 school did a little better, with 31 to 37 percent passing.

Students from the K-8 Tonto Basin district did a little better yet, with 32 to 45 percent passing.

But in most grades in Payson, fewer than 30 percent of students passed the test.

That’s bad.

But it gets worse.

At most grade levels, Payson students scored below the also discouraging statewide average. Overall, Payson had a roughly 15 percent lower proficiency rating than the statewide average when comparing grades 3 through 11 in both language and math.

School officials warned parents, teachers and students more than a month ago that far fewer students would rate as proficient on the new tests based on national standards than on the old, Arizona-only AIMS test.

District officials offered assorted explanations for the low, statewide passing rate.

For starters, the educators who set the bar for the AZMerit test boosted the score necessary to rank as proficient. Moreover, teachers and students haven’t had time to adapt to the new test, which is based on national, gradeby-grade standards developed as part of the controversial

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Teresa McQuerrey

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More than 2,000 people visited the Swiss Village Shops this weekend during its annual Christmas Lighting celebration.

The two-day event included a carnival in the parking lot, music, dancing and Christmas carols. For the kids, there was face painting and free pictures with Santa.

The event has been celebrated at the Swiss Village for 37 years. For the last five years it has included the Chari-Tree event. Different businesses, groups and individuals decorate Christmas trees that are displayed throughout the Swiss shops and visitors are encouraged to leave non-perishable foods and toys to be donated to the area holiday food and toy drives. The tree getting the most donations is declared the “winner.”

Becky Acord of Country Charm has coordinated the tree event for a number of years and has been active in the lighting celebration as well. She said she thinks this year’s event was one of the most successful. Voting donations may be made until Dec. 18. While about 26 trees had been expected this year there were only 15 on display.

Participants displaying Chari-Trees included: Country Charm; the Acord family; the Walters family; Matt Crespin State Farm; Anderson Dry Cleaning; Payson Wireless; Greater Moose Lodge of Star Valley; Pandora, Buttermoon Windcup Gallery and Heaven Scent; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church; Morgan’s Creek Montessori School; Time Out Thrift Shop; Dance Vibe; Girls on the Run; Stand Up, Stand Tall, Stand Strong; Keller Williams at the Rim Team; Candle Factory; George Henry Plumbing; Rim Country Power Sports; Anderson Dental; Affordable Furniture; Beeline Braces; and Artists of the Rim Gallery.

Swiss Village draws 2,000

Private prison debate rages on Do they save money? Violate morality? Endanger public? by

Michele Nelson

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Are Arizona taxpayers getting their money’s worth with private prisons?

Since the 1980s, the state of Arizona has built six for-profit, private prisons, while maintaining 10 public prisons. This has caused a raging debate on the efficacy, fiscal soundness and potential for civil rights abuse of prisoners.

At its State of the State Conference, the ASU Morrison Institute waded into the debate with a panel discussing, “What is the role of private prisons?”

The panel included U.S. Marshal David Gonzales, attorney John Dacey, a lawyer in practice at Gammage & Burnham and founder of Abolish Private Prisons, Leonard Gilroy, director of Government Reform at the Reason Foundation, and Terry Stewart, a consultant to private prisons and a former director of the Arizona Department of Corrections.

Dacey objected to private prisons mostly on moral grounds. “The public-private partnership issue, it is not the issue,” he said. “We are talking about liberty here. We’re talking about things the founders of this country thought were the most essential rights of any person ... there is no

place for private prisons.”

A Libertarian, Gilroy said the private prisons augment, but don’t replace, public prisons. Nationally, private prisons house about 7 percent of the prisoners, but in Arizona they house 15 percent.

Gilroy said privatization can help the public sector.

“You can test things out in the private sector that government entities would be risk averse to trying out,” he said.

Stewart focused on the financial benefits of the private prisons.

“I have seen both sides,” he said. “There are a couple of

• See Studies challenge, page 2A

He’s no turkey

Woman turns tables on the scammers by

Alexis Bechman

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A Payson woman that scammers wouldn’t leave alone finally found a way to get them to stop calling.

Judi Standifird said after she started receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits earlier this year, the fraud calls started. While she usually just hung up, the calls kept coming.

On Monday, Standifird decided to play along.

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Standifird told the caller her name was Sally Stuthers and she lived on the corner of This and That. She said her Social Security number began with 000, which Standifird knew is not a valid number since no one’s social security number starts with 0.

The caller didn’t appear to know this and continued to ask Standifird for information on her prescription drugs. When the caller asked Standifird for her bank account information so they could pay for the prescriptions when they picked them up, Standifird spelled out her bank name — U R A D U M B A S S. Once the caller realized what she had spelled, he cursed her out and hung up, she said.

Standifird said she called the number back, which had a 535 area code, and someone answered, but it was clearly not someone working at a government office.

Standifird said she decided to share her story because she knows these callers are preying on seniors. A friend of hers got a similar call recent-

ly and gave out some of her personal information before she realized it was a scam and hung up.

Standifird hopes others will hang up and block these callers.

The Federal Trade Commission advises never to give out personal information on the phone, through the mail or over the Internet unless you’ve initiated the contact or know who you’re dealing with.

If a company that claims to have an account with you sends an email asking for personal information, don’t click on the links in the email.

Instead, type the company name into your Web browser, go to their site, and contact them through customer service. Or, call the customer service number listed on your account. Ask whether the company really sent a request. If you have been a victim of fraud, call the Payson Police Department at 928-474-5177 to report it or contact the Arizona Attorney General’s Consumer Line at 800-352-8431.

To add your number to the National Do-NotCall list and stop unwanted telemarketing phone calls, call 888-382-1222 or go to www.donotcall. gov.

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Percent passing AZMerit Mathematics Test Payson Unified vs Arizona Average

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The predictions largely came true on Monday, when the state released the grade by grade scores for the whole state.

The new AZMerit system provides much more comprehensive results than the old AIMS test and places greater stress on the development of analytic thinking skills. Most educators said the standards are more rigorous and useful than the old AIMS test. The AZMerit test and an accompanying skills test provide more detailed information to help teachers figure out which students need help to catch up.

District officials predict that the new test system will eventually make it easier to provide students targeted assistance before they fall through the cracks and get so far behind their peers that they can’t catch up.

However, the first year’s results will also likely prove a shock to parents and students, especially the high failure rate and the relative handful of students who rank as highly proficient.

The tests divided students into four categories, with levels 1 and 2 either below or far below proficient. Level 3 students are proficient in the grade-by-grade standards and level 4 performing well above expectations In most grades for language and math, only a relative handful of students performed well above expectations.

Statewide, between 4 and 14 percent of students performed well above expectation and between 29 and 51 percent failed outright — depending on the grade level.

In Payson, between 1 and 10 percent performed well above expectation and between 29 and 56 percent scored at level 1.

In Pine-Strawberry for language scores, 31 percent passed, 43 percent scored at level 1 and only 3 percent at level 4. When it came to language scores, 37 percent passed, 31 percent scored at level 1 and 16 percent at level 4.

In Tonto Basin, 45 percent passed in language, 37 percent scored at level 1 and 3 percent at level 3. In addition, 32 percent passed for math, 29 percent scored at level 1 and 8 percent at level 4.

In most grades for language arts, Payson lagged only a little bit behind the state average.

Payson students also kept pace in math in the lower grades, although scoring consistently below the state average.

The scores will likely intensify the ongoing debate about the adoption of the new, national standards.

Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered the Arizona Department of Education to review the already adopted math and language standards, to adapt them to state needs. Despite a series of hearings throughout the state, the department has so far proposed

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Percent passing language

• Middle school girls did better at language than the boys – but the boys topped the girls by roughly the same amount when it came to math.

• Hispanic students at the middle school did far worse on language than whites – with almost twice as high a failure rate.

• Middle school students performed spectacularly on algebra I – with an 87 percent passing rate – the highest rate for any grade on any subject.

• At virtually every grade level, low-income students did far worse.

Percent passing math

• At Julia Randall Elementary School, the girls did far better on the language test than the boys – but about the same when it came to math.

• At Payson High School, girls did substantially better than the boys on language and a little bit better in math – although passing rates remained below one-third for both. only minor changes in the standards intended to allow parents to compare how their children are doing to students nationally.

The state hasn’t yet adopted the national standards for science or social studies.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas won on a platform calling for the state to pull out of the national standards and start over in developing its own. But she has become involved in a complicated legal tangle with both Gov. Doug Ducey and the State Board of Education that has spawned months of confusion, lawsuits and headlines, leaving the overhaul of the standards in a muddle.

Nonetheless, Douglas praised the state department of education staff for compiling the results of the AZMerit testing administered last spring and released this week.

“In addition to giving schools and teachers information about

how they can better serve Arizona students, the results will give parents one more resource when making decisions about the education of their children,” she said in a release on Monday.

The Monday release of results broke down scores by sex, economic status, race, homelessness and a host of other variables. The scores mostly underscored the importance of family income and education in a student’s scores.

The state had vowed to link school funding and teacher pay to how well students performed on standardized tests.

However, the state cut school funding deeply during the recession, then decided to shift tests.

That prompted the Legislature to drop the long-established AIMS test and to suspend a law that would have linked funding and teacher evaluations to student test performance.

The state also suspended its grading system for schools,

which was based largely on test scores — with extra weight given to the performance of the weakest students.

School districts statewide have spent the last several years getting ready for the new system, training teachers, overhauling the curriculum and investing in computer systems to allow students to take the new tests online.

However, the election last year brought into office key officials opposed to the nationally-benchmarked test. School districts went ahead and administered the new test, but it’s unclear whether the state will stick with this test, modify it or throw it all out and start over.

In the meantime, the state won’t issue school report cards based on the new test, leaving parents, teachers and students to muddle through the results and their implications as best they can.

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Although he says it wasn’t his, a Valley man will serve 4.5 years in prison for being in a vehicle with a loaded handgun.

Tonto Apache Police found Arturo Valdez, 41, passed out in a Winnebago parked at the casino in August 2014. When Valdez went to reach for something under the seat, officers asked what he was doing. Valdez’s response: “I have weed.”

Valdez also said there was a gun between the seats, but it was not his.

When officers searched the RV, they found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a loaded pistol. Neither Valdez nor the owner of the RV would accept ownership of the gun.

In 2002, Valdez was convicted of manslaughter in the Maricopa County Superior Court.

“Now that I know I’m not supposed to be around weapons, although I personally did not have it on me, I now know that I can’t be around it and I won’t,” Valdez wrote the court.

Valdez has multiple felony convictions, according to a pre-sentence report.

On Nov. 23, Presiding Judge Gary V. Scales sentenced Arturo Valdez to 4.5 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections for misconduct involving weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia. As part of the plea agreement, Valdez admitted to a prior felony conviction and received an enhanced sentencing range.

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Renaissance Christmas at Mount Cross

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Mount Cross is going back to the Renaissance for a special Christmas program at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6 in the Log Building on the church property.

The Royal Renaissance Singers will be featured with support from a few of the church’s staff and congregation.

There will be a five-course repast of roast pork, roast beef, cheeses, buttered squash soup, appetizers and a special Renaissance dessert.

The cost is $20 per person and should be purchased by Tuesday, Dec. 1. To get a ticket reserved call Mount Cross Lutheran Church at 928-474-2552 or pick up at the church office, 601 E. Hwy. 260, Payson between 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays. Tickets can be purchased at the ReStore of the Payson Habitat for Humanity or any Payson High drama student. Guests are encouraged to attend in their own “Renaissance” style costume.

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The Payson Native Grill and Wings has partnered with United Blood Services to make sure patients across Arizona have the lifesaving blood transfusions they need this holiday season.

To make your appointment to “Find the Hero in You,” call 1-877-UBS-HERO (1-877827-4376) or visit www.BloodHero.com and enter your city name.

donations of money and/or non-perishable food items will benefit the local food banks.

Any questions, please call the office at 928-474-2059.

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Mount Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Hwy. 260, across from Tiny’s Restaurant, will hold a mid-week Advent finger food supper at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 2 in the church vestibule, along with a Christmas tree decorating. A service will follow at 6 p.m., which will begin with the lighting of the decorated tree. All are welcome to join in the festivities. Free will offerings will be accepted.

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Carol’s Cookie Sale

Carol’s Cookie Sale, presented by the Ladies of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, is from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Dec, 5 in the No ballroom dance party Due to the Electric Light Parade Dec. 5, parish hall, 1000 N. Easy St., Payson.

The community is invited to walk among there will be no Ballroom Dance Party at the goodie-laden tables, selecting their own The (Senior) Center that evening. assortment of homemade cookies and candies to take home in a decorative tin. This is a great way to get a variety of cookies for First Friday at church holiday entertaining and gift-giving without Are you already humming your favor- having to spend hours in the kitchen. ite Christmas Carols? Well, don’t be shy!

The proceeds support Rim Country chilCome out to First Friday and get your dren, youth and women. For more inforChristmas Caroling on, after all, ’tis the mation, please contact Sue Becker, (928) season to sing joyfully.

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There will be a Christmas Sing with Buckshot Dot from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 at Community Presbyterian Church, At the Mazatzal Casino There’s always something happening at 800 W. Main Street. In the back of the church sanctuary will be The Mudhens the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino, located on Highway 87 at milepost 251. For more inforModels Train Show.

Guests can enjoy a hot soup bar for a mation, call 1-800-777-PLAY (7529).

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Are you already humming your favorite Christmas Carols?

Well don’t be shy! Come out to First Friday and get your Christmas Caroling On! Tis’ the season to sing joyfully! There will be a Christmas Sing with Buckshot Dot. In back of the room, we’ll have the Mudhens Model Train Show.

We will be offering a hot soup bar.

We hope you will join us for this festive event! .

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children’s Christmas community service programs for their neighbors throughout Payson.

Come early, get a good spot to watch the parade and park for free.

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Treats for holiday parade

Keep warm for the annual Electric Light Parade with some delicious baked treats and hot cocoa or coffee from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St. The Presbyterian Child Learning Center’s Pre-K class is sponsoring the treats and all donations/proceeds will go toward the

ite Christmas carols? St. Paul’s Episcopal Church invites Rim residents and visitors to attend a 9:10 a.m. Sunday Advent series through Dec. 20 in the Parish Hall, located at 1000 N Easy Street. Pastries, juice and coffee will be served.

See’s Candies available

Delicious See’s Candies are now available in Payson, in time for the holidays. The local Soroptimist members will be at Safeway from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11 and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 18 at National Bank, at the corner of Main Street and Hwy. 87. See’s wonderful chocolates are also available at Arizona Elite Properties, 1101 South Beeline Hwy. At both Safeway and National Bank, $5 raffle tickets will be available for $100 gift certificate from Safeway and $50 worth of movie tickets to the Sawmill Theaters. Only 300 tickets are being sold.

For more information, please call Jean Oliver, 928-474-6167.

Pine Library has just received their annual holiday shipment of See’s Candy. A large variety of candy is available from a 2-pound box of chocolates to a 4-ounce Santa gift box.

The library is also offering a chance on a gorgeous See’s Candy basket valued at $225. Drawing for this basket will take place Saturday, Dec. 19. Candy will be available until sold out.

Stop by during regular library hours to make your selection. Contact the library at 928-476-3678 for any questions.

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Participants write letters, sign postcards and send faxes demanding the release of individuals who have been unjustly incarcerated, and send letters of support to individuals whose basic human rights have been grossly violated. It only takes 10 minutes to write a letter and change a life.

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Electric Light Parade

The Town of Payson’s annual Electric Light Parade is at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 on Historic Main Street.

The theme of the parade is the popular Christmas movie (now a stage musical), “A Christmas Story.”

Holiday raffle tickets are on sale to benefit the Senior Center and its Meals on Wheels and Dial-a-Ride programs.

Winners will enjoy a holiday basket filled with gifts from local merchants. Tickets are only $1 each or six for $5 and are on sale at The Center, 514 W. Main St., and from members of Unity Church.

Unity members are gathering the donations and creating the baskets as part of their quarterly program to give back to the community.

The raffle drawing is Dec. 6 at the Unity of Payson church, but you need not be present to win. Winners will be called, so please write your name and telephone number on the raffle ticket. For more information, call Sarah Berry at (602) 696-2231 or Ric Hinkie at (928) 848-4501.

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The annual Payson Choral Society Christmas Concert is at 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12 and 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 13 at the high school auditorium. Admission is $8 in advance from society members, the chamber and library and $10 at the door.

Bell ringers needed

It is a holiday tradition that has been part of the Rim Country for many years.

The local chapter of the Salvation Army is in need of volunteers to serve as bell ringers in front of a number of area stores.

Please consider finding some time this holiday season to help Payson Salvation Army fill all of the time slots.

To register as a bell ringer, contact John Morgan, (928) 474-8454.

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Tuesday • Deadline to buy tickets for Mount Cross Lutheran Church Renaissance Christmas, $20 per person, call 928474-2552, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays; also at ReStore and from PHS drama students - to be held 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6 • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Wednesday • Blood drive at high school, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., get a free pizza from Payson Native Grill & Wings • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

• Mid-week Advent service: 5 p.m. supper and tree decorating, service at 6 p.m., Mount Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Hwy. 260, Payson

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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

• Moose Lodge Dinner Special: 5 p.m., Highway 260 in Star Valley

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • American Legion Fish Fry: Noon-8 p.m., American Legion • First Friday events: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Community Presbyterian Church and at Down the Street Art Gallery

• Carol’s Cookie Sale, presented by the Ladies of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, is from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Dec, 5 in the parish hall, 1000 N. Easy St., Payson.

• Payson Amnesty International Global Wirte-a-thon at Payson Public Library, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Pre-parade goodies at Community Presbyterian Church, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Payson Annual Electric Light Parade: 6 p.m., rain or shine, Historic W. Main Street

December 11 • See’s Candy sell by Sororptimists, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Payson Safeway and then again from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at National Bank, December 18; also available at Pine Library December 12 and 13 • Payson Choral Society Christmas Concert, 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12 and 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 13 at Payson High School Auditorium, $10 at the door; $8 in advance from Society members, chamber and library

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What lesson shall we teach?

• Dec. 2, 1859: In Charles Town, Va., abolitionist John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder and insurrection. Brown became militant during the mid-1850s, when he fought pro-slavery settlers in the sharply divided Kansas Free State territory.

• Nov. 30, 1965: Lawyer Ralph Nader publishes the muckraking book “Unsafe at Any Speed.” It became a bestseller and prompted the passage of seat-belt laws in 49 states (all but New Hampshire).

• Dec. 3, 1979: Eleven people are killed in a stampede outside a Who concert in Cincinnati when a crowd surged forward in an attempt to secure prime unreserved seats inside, known as festival seating.

• Dec. 1, 1990: 132 feet below the English Channel, workers drill an opening through a wall of rock, connecting the two ends of an underwater tunnel linking Great Britain with the European mainland for the first time in more than 8,000 years.

Ugh. As in ugly.

The test scores came out nearly as bad as we feared.

Turns out, less than one third of Payson students ranked as “proficient” on the new AZMerit test of key skills in math and English.

What’s worse: We ranked well behind the state average at most grade levels Payson students in the primary grades did best – at least in terms of the gap between our students and the average student statewide.

But the proficiency rating slipped grade by grade as students advanced.

So now, we all face a test.

What will we do with the sobering results?

Will we wave our arms and flail about? Will we blame the federal government, the alignment of the planets and the new math? Will we seek scapegoats and alibis and insist that our schools throw out the results and start over?

We hope not – but we’re not optimistic.

At least for a moment, let us consider the lessons our children might extract from a reaction that politicizes the results and denies responsibility. Should we not instead teach them to face the hard truth, make the hard choices and accept responsibility?

Certainly, the scores aren’t quite so grim as they look.

For starters, educators raised the bar considerably in deciding what counts as “proficient” on the new test, which is calibrated to line up with standards nationally.

That’s good: We should expect a lot of our children – since they face so many challenges in this hyper-competitive world. We should not repeat our mistake with the AIMS test, which state officials watered down year after year until they could produce an acceptable proficiency rating – no matter how low they had to set the threshold.

Moreover, it will certainly take a couple of years for students, teachers and administrators to get used to the new test – and adapt the curriculum to its new, higher demands.

The test won’t magically produce better results – it’s just one tool teachers can use to make sure students learn what they need to know. We should not expect too much of the test – but neither should not dismiss the warning it offers.

We have a lot of work to do now to secure for our children the future they deserve. That means holding them accountable – as well as the teachers and the schools.

That also means giving them the tools they need – which includes an adequately funded school system.

We hope lawmakers will look hard at these results – and then support our public schools. It’s true that spending money doesn’t guarantee outcomes – but it’s also true that we can’t have the worst-funded public school system in the country and expect to compete nationally when it comes to student achievement.

So we hope parents and voters will insist that the schools – and the politicians – respond with the same hard work, truth-telling we ask of our children.

We need an “aha” moment -- or whatever sound it is you make when you put your shoulder to the wheel and do what’s required to solve the problem.

Foolish in the sunlight The Earth’s climate shifts: No doubt about it.

Ice Ages come and go. Droughts destroyed ancient civilizations. Mass extinctions have swept away 90 percent of species time and again.

All that happened without help from human beings, stretching back to when our furry little ancestors crouched in the shadow of the dinosaurs.

So does that mean human beings can’t affect the climate? Does that prove the vast quantities of heat-trapping gases we spew into the atmosphere can’t cause global warming?

Not at all: It’s just another of the logical fallacies climate change skeptics cling to in insisting that we should ignore the overwhelming consensus of climate scientists, who predict disastrous temperature changes, melting ice caps, flooding coastal plains and wrenching changes in rainfall patterns.

The computer models clearly show the potential for disaster. The temperature measurements show a rise in average temperatures consistent with the models. Change seems assured, even if the degree of change remains up for debate.

We’re like a man who builds his house on the flood plain of a mighty river in the dry season. Every day, he goes out onto his porch and scoffs at the warnings of the hydrologists. The sun is shining, the breeze is warm. What is all this foolishness about floods?

He could take the time in the sunlight to move his house to high ground -- or he can take his chances.

And so can we.

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Don’t judge me Editor: I am a resident of Chaparral Pines and oppose the fence.

The Chaparral Pines Matters Group of which I am a part of has done due diligence in seeking out facts. Arizona Game & Fish estimates that the elk population in our area has not increased over the past 5 1/2 years. With that said, they advise us that since the fence will be incomplete, there is a high likelihood that the elk population may increase within CP as they will have a more difficult time getting out and they will remain close to their resources and where they breed.

In 2005, we purchased our lot in CP and built with beautiful views, to live among the wildlife and enjoy all that Payson has to offer. Those within CP are ignorant to think that this fence does not and will not affect those outside of CP. A fence redirects elk traffic patterns affecting our neighbors along Tyler Parkway, Chaparral Pines Drive, Star Valley and The Knolls, as well as traffic along Highway 260. Why is the HOA board so blind to this? Interesting in the article the board says they have not done anything illegal. Who’s accusing them of doing anything illegal? In my opinion, it’s unethical and financially irresponsible to spend nearly $750K on a fence that will be incomplete and therefore ineffective. For some within CP, money doesn’t matter and can be spent foolishly; that’s not my case.

It is a shame that local companies have not been used to install the fence already constructed.

In 2007, a vote for a special assessment for money to spend on installing a fence did not pass.

There has never been a vote to install a fence.

The CP HOA board says they are doing “what’s best for the entire community.” I think they have forgotten that while Chaparral Pines is a master planned gated community, CP is also part of the Payson community. The poor decision by the board to move forward without 100 percent easements has divided the CP community and for that I hold the board responsible.

CP Matters has repeatedly voiced our concerns to the HOA board. Pat, you are correct in that we moved in to “animal territory.” We have said numerous times, don’t plant anything you don’t want elk to eat, don’t pose your small grandchildren near an elk for a “neat picture,” and be respectful of nature. The Golf Club at Chaparral Pines needs to be responsible for their course. That may mean more maintenance crews (more jobs for locals) and an increase in dues for golfers to name a few ideas. I’m no golf course expert, but what I do know is this issue should be dealt with by the golf club and not the HOA. Please do not judge me by where I live, but rather who I am.

Kathy Abbott

Jail and mental illness Editor: We would never put someone with cancer in jail — but we put the mentally ill in jail. We have a fully developed health system to respond to cancer. We do not have a fully developed health system to respond to mental illnesses. To have the one and not the other reflects a long cultural choice, one we are not likely to overcome in my lifetime.

We designed hospitals to respond to most health care issues, and isolated institutions to conceal people with mental illnesses, not wanting to “see” people with those illnesses.

We have since closed many of those ersatz jails, but have not integrated health care to include mental illnesses. There is some progress in that direction.

Harold A. Maio, retired mental health editor

Don’t give to panhandlers Editor: I’ve seen panhandlers in Payson and know there are many organizations that provide help to those in need in our community. I am not heartless. I’ve been out of work or faced hard times in my life, too, and I know it isn’t always easy to find work, but I do know there are jobs available, even if you have to start out with $5 an hour like I did.

I do not give money to panhandlers. One reason is because after I gave money to a woman in Phoenix when she told me she only needed $3 to get some gas for her car I came back out to the same parking lot shortly afterward and saw her telling another person the same thing and getting another $3. I have to wonder how many people she got $3 from that day. And if she needed gas how did she get to the parking lot in the first place? It’s hard for caring individuals to turn their backs on a person in need. However, I’ve also seen many stories about people panhandling that are making $50,000 to $100,000 a year. One young man in a wheelchair pretended to be mentally challenged until he was exposed. He admitted to moving from one city to another in different states and making over $100,000 a year. He was disabled enough to actually be wheelchair bound so I’m certain he is also getting Social Security disability.

Some of the people panhandling are using the money you give them for drugs and alcohol. That doesn’t mean they all are, but it makes me wonder. I’ve given food to panhandlers only to have them look at the food like it might be a bomb.

Obviously, food is not what they had wanted.

Normally they wanted money to buy whatever they choose and food may not be the priority.

If you let them know you have a job for them to do they usually let you know they can’t do it for some reason.

In the Phoenix and Mesa areas there are many organizations providing food, shelter, clothing, for the homeless. St. Vincent de Paul in Mesa serves breakfast and down the street from them Paz de Cristo serves dinner every day. At the end of the day a shuttle bus picks up females after they have dinner at Paz de Cristo and will take them to various churches to sleep for the night and then they will shuttle them back to wander the streets the next morning. Many churches provide food, showers, clothing, etc. The homeless are also given free cellphones with free minutes and can refill minutes when they use them up.

Some of the homeless are getting Social Security benefits along with free health care and free prescriptions.

I don’t mean to over-simplify the issue of the homeless and I am not heartless. However, when I learned the extent of help that is provided in the Valley I was happy but also wondered if we take away the incentive these people would have to even try to find a job. They have total freedom

and no responsibilities, after all, and everything is given to them. I don’t mean to imply it is an easy life. If they are living outdoors it is often too hot or too cold and it is a risky lifestyle, especially for females, but I also know that being homeless is the choice of many. And, as we know well, many of the people walking the streets homeless are mentally ill and not able to get the help they need. As I mentioned, many are getting Social Security benefits. This is the case with our family member. Because of her mental illness she is not able to handle life situations intelligently but because she is an “adult” she is protected so that her family is kept from knowing what she is doing, where she is, or even being able to help her use her Social Security benefits to set her up in an apartment. She is allowed to make her own choices and we are not permitted to interfere. So rather than using the Social Security payments to get an apartment she uses it to buy toys, alcohol, etc., because she isn’t mentally able to handle the money the way she should. She also panhandles and is always given money, clothing, blankets and has rented a storage unit to store a lot of her “stuff.”

I do not think panhandling should be allowed, period. If someone is without a home and job they should have resources provided where they can work and be given shelter and food until they are able to get a job or provide for themselves on their own.

No one should give to a panhandler. If the money you give is used by them to buy drugs, alcohol, etc., you are only enabling the people you think you are helping. Give to the organizations that help the homeless: St. Vincent de Paul, St. Mary’s Food Bank, The Salvation Army, Paz de Cristo, churches that provide help with food, clothing and shelter and to the shelters like the Central Arizona Shelter Services in Phoenix, or to any of the organizations you know of in Payson.

Our favorite charity is Heifer International which is a worldwide organization that helps people help themselves.

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

Judy Lindsay

Global warming Editor: Sometimes I think it is hard for us to realize that Earth has existed for millions of years including global freezing and global warming. We have records of at least five ice ages (Vostok Scale) before humans existed. Now, because we are so smart we must believe we are causing global warming. We must believe that when Neanderthals and Cro Magnon humans appeared, they brought on global warming that melted the glaciers of the fourth ice age (as far south as Kentucky (was it Kentucky then?) burning too much wood in their campfires, because it took a lot of wood to cook all those mammoths.

When we have scientists who claim we haven’t had global warming in 20 years in spite of ever-increasing carbon emissions, why are they prosecuted as climate change deniers?

If this issue is more important than radical Islam (John Kerry and President Obama) we all better get involved.

Sally Low

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Rescuers hone lifesaving skills Story and Photos

by Alexis Bechman roundup staff reporter

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Sheriff’s deputies and Tonto Rim Search and Rescue volunteers last week practiced rappelling out of a helicopter -- a nerve-wracking skill essential to rescuing people in the deep canyons and remote mountains of Rim Country.

On a windy overcast day last week, local search and rescue members took turns dangling from a helicopter near the Shoofly Ruins northeast of town.

The exercise was part of ongoing training the Gila County Sheriff’s Office and Tonto Rim Search and Rescue do with the Department of Public Safety.

Six local rescuers are qualified to rappel out of DPS birds and must get re-qualified every 120 days. Wearing waist and chest harnesses, each man took turns hooking a large orange double stop descender to ropes clipped to the side of the helicopter.

The descenders have several features to keep the rescuers from free falling if they happen to let go of the rope or “freak out.”

“This is pretty risky stuff,” said Bill Pitterle, TRSAR commander.

So far, Rodney Cronk and Dennis Newman with the GCSO have put the training to use, first being flown into a canyon, rappelling down to an injured party, usually a hiker, and loading them into a litter, which is then flown out to a safe location. DPS pays for the training, but the rescuers provide their own harnesses and rappel devices.

Pitterle said DPS needs the help of local rescuers because it often does not have the crew to send into a canyon to get a person out.

Gary Hall, with TRSAR, said stepping out of a helicopter and dangling 80 feet off the ground is “pretty fun.”

The men pointed to small knives clipped to each of their chest harnesses. They said as they rappel down the rope, they alternate between looking at the ground and the pilot. If they get the signal, they cut the rope – but not the rope above them, the rope dangling below. Hall said that could occur if the rope is caught on a tree and the crew needs to get away.

Elks Lodge throws Thanksgiving bash for 350 by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

The Payson Elks Lodge provided about 350 free Thanksgiving dinners this year. This included the residents and visitors who came to the Lodge at 1206 N. Beeline Highway, and the meals delivered to the area’s homebound.

The next big project for the members of the Payson Elks is collecting new sweatshirts, sweat pants, T-shirts, socks, slippers and 2016 calendars for hospitalized veterans in Prescott.

Last year, because of the generosity of members of the Elks and the community, it was possible to deliver 60 packages to the hospitalized veterans at Christmas.

This year, the Lodge has already received a call from a veterans’ residence home in Prescott asking to be added to the list.

So that means 120 packages are needed this year. There is a drop off box inside the Lodge for these items.

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Studies challenge value of private prisons

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The Morrison Institute for Public Policy’s conference last week on the criminal justice system included a debate about the value of private prisons. that minimum security inmates in state prison cost 2.6 percent more than those in private prisons, but after calculating out the extra costs shouldered by the state, the difference only came to 3 cents a day.

But in medium-security state prisons, inmates cost 4.4 percent less than at private prisons.

The report found one possible

reason for the difference at the higher security prisons — private prisons only choose relatively healthy inmates.

In an interview for the New York Times, Arizona Corrections Director Charles R. Ryan admitted that private prisons often have restrictions on the type of inmates they take and limit “inmates with medical condi-

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points. First, building private prisons avoids the state entity from having a massive front-end investment.

“Second, in my years of experience, I am absolutely convinced there is a lower cost than state prison.”

Stewart focused on the accounting practices of the public system that make it impossible to accurately compare the two types of prisons.

Yet an analysis done by the Arizona Department of Corrections found that it cost up to $1,600 more per year per prisoner at private prisons than at state-run prisons.

The report also discovered that private prisons did not disclose many inmates due to their high medical costs, making a direct cost comparison even harder.

The University of Utah bolstered the Arizona findings when its team of researchers reviewed years of research only to find the “cost savings from privatizing prisons are not guaranteed and appear minimal.”

The Arizona study found

tions to a specific cost.”

That fact reflected some of Dacey’s concerns that private prisons turn prisoners into dollars, rather than recognizing they are people with human rights.

“If I am someone who is risking $100 million in a facility and I’m relying on a government contract, I need some reassurance that that investment is going to work,” he said. “It is not only about bond holding if we only have 50 percent of the beds occupied ... it’s putting profit versus the person.”

A question Dacey believes needs to come before the Supreme Court, but until that time, Gonzales said he must use private prisons to house those awaiting trial in a federal court because the state does not have enough beds in its state system and he cannot use county jails.

“There are a lot of requirements of the federal government that (county jails) do not reach the same standards for health care and dietary (and) I can’t put them in tent cities,” he said. “The federal government will not build a facility for pre-trial detainees.

I’ve tried for 14 years.”

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Armed robber gets prison, getaway driver gets probation by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A California man that robbed the One Stop in January and the woman that drove the getaway car were both sentenced Monday.

Daniel Carl Righos, 25, will spend 4.5 years in prison for armed robbery and Jessica LaDawn Hill, 24, will serve 36 months probation for facilitating the crime.

Just months after Righos was

released from the California Department of Corrections for passing fictitious checks and robbery, Righos made his way to Payson to temporarily live with a friend.

While strung out on drugs, Righos decided to rob the One Stop to get money to relocate to the East Coast, according to a pre-sentence report.

Hill said she met Righos, introduced to her as “Danny” at a friend’s home.

Righos asked Hill if she would

give him a ride. When Righos returned to her vehicle, he was wearing all black and had a gun in his waistband.

Righos told Hill he was going to rob the convenience store on West Bonita Street and the Beeline Highway.

“Fearful of the weapon, she did as he instructed,” probation wrote. Hill drove Righos to the store and he ran into the One Stop. Righos jumped the counter, pointed a gun at the owner and repeatedly told him to open

the cash register. The owner handed Righos between $700 and $800.

Righos jumped back in Hill’s car and they fled the scene.

Righos later gave Hill $60 for driving him.

While officers searched for Righos, Hill went to the Payson Police Department and voluntarily turned herself in, overwhelmed with guilt, according to the report.

“Although there seems to be no reasonable motive behind

her actions beyond a spontaneous act of criminality, Ms. Hill described this episode as a very dark time in her life,” probation wrote.

Police eventually found Righos hiding south of El Rancho, a loaded syringe of heroin on him as well a pipe with marijuana.

Righos denied any involvement with the armed robbery and said he was running from police because he has a parole warrant for armed robbery and did not want to go back to prison.

Righos has spent the majority of his life in and out of custody and has never been gainfully employed.

Righos told probation that in retrospect, he wishes he had sought rehabilitation for his drug addiction and was sorry for the harm he inflicted on the store owner.

Hill wrote that she is not the same person as she was in January and is motivated to improve her life and succeed on probation.

Payson’s whimsical western artist inspired by Zane Grey Down the Street painter’s Rim Country visit changed his life by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Growing up amongst the tall buildings and cornfields of Illinois, Conrad Okerwall decided he would paint pictures of the rough wild cowboys and life of the Old West — probably because of his love of Zane Grey novels.

“I was born and raised in a city, but every summer I went to my grandparents’ farm,” he said.

“For some reason, I was always interested in Zane Grey.”

Maybe it’s because he’s read pretty much all of Grey’s novels.

His passion for art led him to graduate from the American Academy of Art in Chicago, then start his own advertising agency.

But when he retired, Okerwall moved to Payson to paint.

Now he shows his art at the Down the Street Art Gallery on Main Street.

When Okerwall and his wife first visited Payson in 1975, the town only had one light. Despite or possibly in spite of the small town feel, Okerwall made Payson his permanent home in 1988 and started painting full-time.

Okerwall said he started painting rodeo scenes then moved on to horse paintings, now he’s off to other topics.

At all times, a theme had to motivate him to complete a painting.

“I get an idea, like the Hopper painting, and then it gets easy,” he said.

His Hopper painting is a tongue-in-cheek painting of the famous Nighthawk painting with characters meeting late at night at an all-night diner.

In Okerwall’s version, he populated his painting with characters from westerns including Clint Eastwood and John Wayne.

Okerwall put himself in the painting as a gunslinger pulling his gun out on the street.

In another painting, Okerwall painted a bunch of boys dressed in 1930s Depression-era clothes in front of an old jalopy. Okerwall is one of the boys. A whimsical cat wanders through the picture.

“I like to do strange things,” said Okerwall. “I start a painting and add strange things. I like to do paintings with a story and humor.”

Take his Riders of the Purple Stage painting. A stagecoach careens through the sagebrush through the piles of red rock spires. Zane Grey drives the coach, his wife rides in the coach and Okerwall rides shotgun next to him, holding, well, a shotgun.

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Conrad Okerwall first fell in love with Payson in 1975. After a career in advertising, he took up western art and now exhibits in the Down the Street art gallery on Main Street.

The painter says his favorite mediums include both watercolor and acrylic.

“I won’t say which is more difficult, they’re both easy,” he said.

He also dabbles in pencil drawings.

Okerwall enjoys being one of the Down the Street artists

because he learns a lot from the other artists.

“I’ve been improving talking and hanging around the other artists,” he said. “They inspire me and give me pointers.”

Okerwall not only has painting festooning the walls of Rim Country residents, he has paint-

ings in other countries and counties, too.

“I’ve got something in Scotland, Great Britain and different parts of the U.S.” Look for Okerwall painting on the days he mans the gallery.

He’ll be wearing a hat.

“I got a lot of hats,” he said.

“Cowboy hats.”

To contact Down the Street Gallery please call 928-468-6129 or email them at artist@downthestreetgallery.com.

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Screening makes colon cancer easier to prevent One of the community’s new physicians, Loyd B. Olson III, MD, is with the department of general surgery with Banner Payson Health Care Center.

Among his specialties is doing colonoscopies.

He recently spoke at a Lunch & Learn program at Banner High Country Seniors and said in the brief time he has been in the community he thinks screening for colon cancer is one of the biggest needs.

“I believe screening can extend life,” he said.

There is a substantial amount of research that indicates the polyps that develop in the bowel, which a screen can find and allow the surgeon to remove, are caused by toxins. He said the end of the colon (the rectum) is most at risk of cancer because it is where the toxins in the stool are most concentrated.

“If the polyps are not dealt with they can turn into cancer in 10 years,” he said; adding colon cancer is one of the easiest cancers to prevent.

Olson said in 2014 there were 96,830 new cases of colon cancer and 40,000 new cases of rectal cancer. That year there were more than 50,000 deaths from colon and rectal cancer combined.

“Death rates are down,” he said.

Colon/rectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer in both men and women. He said 1 in 20 men will develop colon cancer and 1 in 22 women will get the disease.

He said recommendations for colonoscopies from primary care providers have had the most

significant impact on the increase in screenings.

Generally it is recommended an individual be screened at age 50, however, if close relatives have had the disease, screenings should start at 40 or when an individual is 10 years younger than the age when their youngest relative with the disease was first diagnosed. Olson said it is now suggested screening take place every five years.

He said in the future genetic testing for colon/ rectal cancer may be the standard, however as it stands now, genetic testing is very expensive.

There are some risks to a colonoscopy — the patient must go under anesthesia — Olson said some patients can have a heart attack or stroke as a result of the anesthetic; and there is a 1 in 3,000 to 3,500 the procedure could result in a perforation of the bowel, which would require surgery to repair; there is a 1 percent chance of excessive bleeding when a polyp is removed; on occasion an infection can develop; and following the procedure some patients experience cramping from the gas that is used to expand the colon to provide a better view in the colonoscopy.

In addition to the possibility of using genetic testing to screen for colon/rectal cancer some facilities have the technology to do “virtual colonoscopy” through a CT scanner that can make a 3D image. Olson said the drawbacks include the method cannot detect small polyps and if polyps are detected the patient would still need to have an actual colonoscopy to remove the growths.

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Loyd B. Olson III, MD spoke at a recent Lunch and Learn program on the importance of colonoscopies, which make colon cancer one of the easiest forms of cancer to prevent.

Guest commentary

Time to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Janet Trautwein The Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges opened for business earlier this month. Now, millions of Americans who do not get coverage through work have the opportunity to shop for policies that will take effect in 2016.

But they only have a few months to do so. This open enrollment period will end on January 31, 2016.

Those who currently lack insurance should sign up without delay. And those who have had coverage this year should investigate whether there’s a better deal available to them for coverage that will kick in next year. Picking a plan can be complicated, but it’s worth it -- and there’s help available to ensure by

that consumers make wise decisions for themselves and their families.

There are many advantages to getting covered. The most important, of course, is that insurance ensures access to medical care. Robust coverage can be a life-saver in the event of a serious medical emergency.

But insurance also keeps people from having to pay the Affordable Care Act’s penalty for not maintaining coverage – a penalty that increases dramatically in 2016.

This year, those who were uninsured paid either $325 per adult and $162.50 per child, up to a maximum of $975, or 2 percent of their income – whichever was greater.

In 2016, those who don’t secure coverage will pay much more. The per-per-

son rates will more than double to $695 per adult and $347.50 per child, up to a maximum of $2,085. Wealthier uninsured will have to pay 2.5 percent of their incomes.

That’s a lot of money to spend on not getting insurance.

Additionally, federal tax credits subsidizing coverage are available through the exchanges for low-income individuals who need help paying for their policies. This year, 85 percent of those who bought private plans on the exchanges got financial assistance.

However, the online insurance exchanges can be very complex.

Fortunately, buyers who find themselves overwhelmed can seek the expert counsel of a licensed, professional insurance broker. The easiest way to

do so is via a free tool available online, at agent-finder.org.

Brokers are specifically trained to help consumers work their way through the maze of plans, coverage levels, deductibles, networks, and premiums.

Nearly three-quarters spend most of their time explaining coverage to clients, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. And nearly two-thirds of brokers devote significant time to resolving claims questions or disputes with insurance carriers.

In Minnesota, premiums are 13 percent lower in areas where there are the most brokers, compared with those with the fewest.

It’s no wonder that nearly 84 percent of shoppers who got assistance purchasing exchange coverage in 2014

rated their agent or broker as “helpful.”

No other enrollment assistance group received a higher satisfaction rate.

Selecting a health plan can be confusing. But help is readily available.

And the Affordable Care Act provides incentives for buying insurance -- carrots in the form of subsidies to those with low incomes, and sticks in the form of penalties for those who fail to sign up.

During this open enrollment season, getting covered should be a no-brainer.

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The truth about the turkey torpor My dog, Ginger, sprawled on the floor — head on grams of the stuff to knock out a human.

Mostly, however, the large amounts of food we the floor between her paws, front legs on either side gorge on induces the body to of her ears, eyes rolling to watch reroute the blood to the gut to aid me walk back and forth in the digestion. Scientists also say that kitchen in what looked like utter T h e the pressure on the small intestine exhaustion.

Healthy stimulates the parasympathetic I’d just fed her a bunch of turnerve to force the person onto the key fat and pieces I didn’t want, couch so the body can digest the but knew she would snap up. feast.

“Look at Ginger! The tryptoby Michele Nelson I have yet to tell my daughter phan has knocked her out, just as she was right, but she probably it does to us,” I told my daughter already knows, YouTube told her.

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So I decided to pull a Myth Buster’s move and do 2 tablespoon chili powder ½ teaspoon paprika some research.

Scientists and nutritionists say tryptophan is an ½ teaspoon oregano amino acid that makes up proteins, but it’s only one ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper ½ teaspoon cumin of the many amino acids that make up proteins.

Researchers say tryptophan plays an important ½ teaspoon salt (unless broth used) role in the creation of serotonin, a neurotransmitter. ½ teaspoon black pepper Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Place The University of Pennsylvania found that serotonin works to bring on the slow-waves of deep sleep. turkey in pot and cook until evenly brown.

Stir in the onion with the meat and oil and cook Score one for my belief in the tryptophan-induced until tender. food coma.

Pour liquid into pot.

But Loyola University nutritionists say it’s not Mix in tomatoes, kidney beans and garlic. eating turkey that makes people exhausted, it’s Add chili powder, paprika, oregano, cayenne eating copious amounts of stuffing, potatoes and pie.

The carbohydrate load overtaxes the system and pepper, cumin, salt and pepper.

Bring to a boil. puts people to sleep.

Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

Add a couple of glasses of wine and you’re sawing logs on the sofa, says the research.

Saving turkey leftovers My excitement cooled, I wondered why I’d heard about the turkey tryptophan debate?

According to the Still Tasty website, you need Not even Wikipedia knows that answer. But in a to refrigerate turkey leftovers within two hours of 1997 Seinfeld episode, the comedian solidified the cooking. myth when he plied his girlfriend with turkey and These should be stored in shallow, airtight conwine trying to get her to go to sleep so he could play tainers or tightly wrapped with heavy-duty alumiwith her vintage toy collection. She wouldn’t let him num foil or plastic wrap. touch her toys when she had all her wits about her.

They will keep for three to four days.

But how to explain Ginger’s reaction?

Freeze cooked turkey in airtight containers or Well, she didn’t eat anything else. heavy-duty freezer bags, or wrap tightly with heavy Scientists do say that if a person eats about eight duty aluminum foil for the freezer. ounces of turkey by itself, they could sleep.

Stored in the freezer in one of these ways, the In fact, L-tryptophan supplements are sold as a turkey should be good for two to three months at sleep aid, but it takes between 500 and 2,000 milli- best quality.

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Loyola University nutritionists say it’s not only eating that holiday turkey that makes people exhausted following the traditional feast, it’s eating copious amounts of stuffing, potatoes and pie. The carbohydrate load overtaxes the system and puts people to sleep.

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Rough road to a splintered piece of history We recently took you on a trip with the Rim Country 4 Wheelers it was probably a mercury mine. The cabin itself is (RC4W). Today we are going to do it again, and our destination this small, maybe 10-by-12-feet, and is constructed of small time is going to be an old mining cabin called Fred Pantry Cabin. It’s logs. There were no large trees in the area, so the hard to describe to you where this cabin is at. I guess the simplest cabin is made up of small pieces, wherever they found way is to say that it is sort of halfway between Gisela and Young, something long enough and straight enough to use. The and is in a canyon at the end of a dead-end road, literally in the quality of the workmanship is stunning. It looked like middle of nowhere. they didn’t have any nails at first, so Pantry (or whoevTwelve rigs assemble at the regular RC4W meeting place ... the er built it) used wooden pegs to hold it together. Nails parking lot in front of the Big 5 store in Payson. Pull-out time is 8 looked like they were added later. He must not have a.m., and the long line of vehicles heads south on Highway 87. The been a very big man, as the door is quite small. I had to day is perfect ... not a cloud in the sky. At the Gisela Road turn- duck and turn kind of sideways to get through. There off, the group stops to air down tires and disconnect front sway was an old wood-burning cookstove inside, and the cabin bars. This is a kind must have been built around it, as it was far too big to of four-wheeling ritfit through the door. I have been to quite a numual for trips, and as ber of these old remote we have mentioned cabins over the years, before, it provides but this one is unique. a smoother ride, Fred Pantry’s story better traction, and is kind of unique as well. better front axle I need to do some more articulation (flex) research to confirm this, on rough backbut as I understand it, he country roads. lived and worked at this Everyone knows mine part-time, and when that today’s trip he didn’t show up back g ... rough, in is slow goin ab will be a long home when he was supC y tr an P ed ute in to the Fr posed to, somebody went and bumpy one.

Much of the ro y. sh to check on him. He wasn’t While checking rocky, and bru at the mine, and a search of his rig, one member discovers the area turned up no trace The long trip back was uneventful, and that his alternaof him. Around 10 years later, we arrived back in Payson around 6 p.m. It was a good trip, and tor is seriously hunters or somebody found his skel- a good day. etal remains some distance from the overcharging, cabin. He had a broken leg and a causing his batUntil next time ... Happy Jeepin’. tery to boil. His bullet hole in his skull. The authorities at the time ruled it trip is over.

The cabin itse lf is a small, lo a homicide, He heads back tailing pile in front of a mine g-sided, one-room structure but many home to fix it, ,b tunnel. Photo s by Chuck Jacouilt on the local people and the remainbs ing 11 vehicles believed that continue on. he somehow The access point for our trip today is through a private ranch. The fell and broke gate is locked, but we have received permission to come through, and his leg, and when he realized that he was the road down to the crossing on Tonto Creek literally goes between going to die from his injury out there all the rancher’s house and his barn. His dogs bark at alone, he chose to commit suicide. Which of these us as we slowly pass through, being careful not to stories is the actual truth kick up any dust. The creek is up a little, about 18 will never be known. inches deep at the crossing, but everyone makes it The mine tunnel across with no problem. A member tells everyone by entrance is right behind CB radio that there is a bald eagle sitting in a tree the cabin. It looked pretty very near one of the houses, and everyone spots it, unstable, so we didn’t go several stopping to get pictures. in very far. After looking at The creek crossing is at an elevation of 2,700 the cabin and taking a lot feet, but once out of the creek bottom, the road of pictures, we circled our climbs sharply up a ridge, gaining 2,000 feet in just chairs for lunch, after which a few miles. The road is steep, rocky, and rough, but we took a short walk down the views are incredible. Over ridges, down through to Gun Creek. At this prorocky canyons, and up and down deeply-eroded hills Jeepin’ in Rim Country tected location, the fall leaves the road goes. After a few miles, we turn onto an

by Chuck Jacobs were still at their peak, and unmarked two-track, that takes us through rocky, outdoor columnist the place was breathtakingly brushy areas, and across wide open, grassy ridgecabin. walk from the of color. rt o sh a st tops. From the highest points, you can see clear to beautiful. ju laze reek is Scenic Gun C evation, the leaves were a b out 10 feet the Mogollon Rim to the north. Finally, we turn onto yet another But we still had a long way to go, and it ab el is et fe re At 4,300 ns. r of the pictu unmarked road that quickly drops down into a steep, brushy, rocky was time to start heading out. The decision was made to go home er in the cente weighs in excess of 100 to it ld u o b e h T t canyon. After 4-1/2 hours, we arrive at our destination. through Young, and after many miles of rocks, scratchy brush, and ly u p ab b to ro n p d nyo in diameter, an ater coming down that ca Fred Pantry Cabin is located in a side canyon just off of Gun dust, everyone was glad to get back on improved roads. A couple of w It took a lot of Creek Canyon, and was built on the tailing pile right in front of a members chose to stop for dinner at the Antlers in Young, but it was there. mine entrance. The dominant rock strata is slate, meaning that already getting pretty late, so most of us decided to head for home.

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Car theft sends Payson man back to prison WEATHERREPORT by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A Payson man who stole a vehicle while still on probation for an earlier burglary will serve six years in prison.

Police on May 15 found Richard Crago, 35, in a stolen vehicle with a rear window smashed out just outside town limits. He also had a syringe with heroin residue. The owner of the vehicle had reported it stolen after he came out of work and found it missing, along

with a laptop inside.

When questioned, Crago admitted that he and a woman, also found in the vehicle, had injected heroin while in the vehicle, but said an unknown couple had given him permission to use the vehicle.

Crago said he didn’t know anything about a laptop in the car.

Crago had only been out of the Arizona Department of Corrections for 24 days before he stole the vehicle.

During that time, Crago had

been to two centers to get help with his drug addiction and a vocational support program, but continued to use and skip 12-step meetings.

A judge revoke his probation and a day later officers caught up with him in the stolen vehicle.

Crago has an extensive criminal history spanning 20 years, including time in juvenile detention and prison.

“Simply put, the defendant seems to lack any pro-social means of supporting himself,

has demonstrated a tendency to think and behave in a criminal manner, abuses illegal drugs and surrounds himself with criminal associates and substance abusers,” a probation officer wrote.

The courts have sent Crago to every community and treatment program, but to no avail.

On Nov. 23, Presiding Judge Gary V. Scales sentenced Crago to six years in the Arizona Department of Corrections for theft of means of transportation and burglary.

Two-year term for massive fraud scheme by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A 22-year-old woman part of an elaborate credit card and identify theft scheme will spend the next two years in prison.

In February, officers found hundreds of fake credit cards, blank credit cards, fraudulent licenses disguises and check making software in a Star Valley home Destinee Rhiannon Costanzo shared with Louis Manganiello Jr. Police were tipped off on Costanzo and Manganiello when she went to Safeway to sell gift cards to the store, saying she didn’t have time to shop with them at the grocery store.

When officers arrived and questioned her, she told them her name was Mia Sharp. When officers found no record of that

name, she said she had used an alias because she was in a witness protection program, according to a pre-sentence report.

Officers found credit cards and a driver’s license with the name Mia Sharp on them. She also had 16 fraudulent gift cards on her.

When detectives went to the pair’s trailer in Star Valley, they found a stash of forgery equipment, including printers, computers, applications, blank cards with magnetic strips, Discover card templates, 114 fraudulent credit cards, documents with personal information not matching either Costanzo or Manganiello, chemicals used in the forgery process and disguises.

Manganiello would not answer detectives’ questions. He was arrested on charges of forgery, conspiracy, fraudulent schemes/ artifices, taking the identify of another and criminal possession of forgery device. His case is ongoing.

Costanzo wrote the court that she was ashamed for what she had done.

“For every action there is a

reaction. I made poor decisions and subsequently will receive fair punishment for my actions,” she wrote.

Costanzo told a probation officer that she had overcome a sixyear addiction to heroin, but just as she did, she met Manganiello and started using methamphetamine.

On Nov. 23, Presiding Judge Gary V. Scales sentenced Costanzo two years in the Arizona Department of Corrections for fraudulent schemes and artifice and two counts of forgery of a credit card. Once discharged from prison, Costanzo will serve 48 months probation.

Payson Police Department Officer Christopher McDonough, Det. Michael Varga, Det. Michael Hansen, Sgt. Matt VanCamp, and Sgt. Joni Varga completed the investigation.

Celebrating the winter solstice (shortest day of the year) Okay, be patient. I know we are all getting weary of these brief hours of sunlight, and getting up in the still dark morning, but wait! Just three more weeks until the Winter Solstice, shortest day of the year, after which the hours of sunlight slowly grow longer. If you just can’t wait, take a trip to Key West, Fla., the southernmost SENIOR part of the lower 48 states, which MOMENTS has 10-½ hours of Carol Zebb daylight on Dec. Roundup columnist 21. Be glad we don’t live north of the Arctic Circle where there is no direct sunlight at all this time of year!

The December Solstice has long been observed in many cultures worldwide. The pagan people of northern Europe celebrated a 12-day midwinter holiday at the time of the winter solstice, which to them represented the reawakening of nature. Sacrifices to the gods were believed to bless the forthcoming crops. Sol Invictus was originally a Syrian god who later became the chief god of the Roman Empire whose holiday was tradition-

ally celebrated on Dec. 25.

Many places worldwide observe the Festival of Lights with parades, lighting of Christmas trees, music and other observances from mid-November to mid-December.

Isn’t Payson’s annual Electric Light Parade our own celebration of the event?

It isn’t exactly on the day of the Winter Solstice, but there will be plenty of lights and festivities. Hot drinks and baked treats will be available during the parade at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St. Proceeds benefit children’s Christmas service programs in the community. If you want to be part of the fun, be on Main Street from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, and brighten your early evening.

Banner High Country Seniors

Enjoy games? Check out the games offered weekdays by Banner High Country Seniors (formerly Senior Circle) at 215 N. Beeline Highway, Payson. If you like Dominos, Mexican Train is played from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesdays; Bunco is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays; Maj Jong on Wednesdays and Pinochle, Thursdays. Calendars of these and

other events are available weekdays at the Banner High building. For more information, call (928) 472-9290.

(1961-2015)

Kenneth Lee “Kenny” Christensen, 54, of Payson, Ariz., passed away Wednesday Nov. 25, 2015.

Kenny was born in Grand Junction, Colo. on March 24, 1961.

Kenny married Patti Murray on Sept. 17, 1983 in Payson.

Kenny is survived by his wife Patti of 32 years, daughters Heather and Katie Christensen, son Shawn Christensen, grandchildren Max and Emma, parents Jan and Wayne Christensen and brother Keven and (Phyllis) Christensen.

Kenny was a Journeyman Lineman/Foreman for 30 years at Arizona Public Service and

was a 1979 graduate of Payson High School.

Kenny was a devoted and loving husband, father, papa, son, brother and friend to all that knew him. Kenny adored his many extra children and loved life in general.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 at Payson High School Auditorium; a reception will immediately follow at the Tonto Apache Gym.

John Wayne Scott (2015)

John Wayne Scott, formerly of Roosevelt, Ariz., passed away Nov. 23, 2015 at the age of 78.

He married Nona Peters in 1958 and was the father of three boys, one girl, seven grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

There will be no services per

John’s request.

Interment will be at a later date.

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Payson Statistics DATE H Nov. 20 68 Nov. 21 64 Nov. 22 65 Nov. 23 49 Nov. 24 63 Nov. 25 57 Nov. 26 53 Nov. 27 49 Nov. 28 51 Nov. 29 47 Nov. 30 51

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Precipitation 2015 thru today 20.20 30-year Average through Dec. 22.08

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

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PAYSON POLLEN COUNT FORECAST Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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2.7 2.9 3.8 3.8

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

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

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

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In the mood for live Christmas music?

The Old Time Music Makers will include some Christmas carols in their Dec. 7 and 14 get-togethers to play old favorite songs.

Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the music, which is from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in The Center Dining Room, 514 W. Main St. The Center is planning a trip to Prescott Dec. 7. Call (928) 474-4876 for information.

A Christmas Lunch will be served at noon Dec. 24 in The Center Dining Room.

Reservations must be made by Dec. 17, either by calling the above number or stopping in The Center Lobby. The Center will be closed after lunch and will be closed on Friday for Christmas.

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Marilyn Ann Graham (1926-2015)

Marilyn Ann Graham of Payson, Ariz. left us to be with Jesus on Nov. 19, 2015.

She was born April 24, 1926 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Marilyn was an accomplished athlete in her younger years and was active in synchronized swimming with the Aquarells in Iowa.

She retired from the Maricopa Sheriff’s Office in 1988.

Marilyn’s family’s happiness was the most important passion in her life. She was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend. Marilyn is survived by her husband Wandel (Bill) Graham of Payson, Ariz.; and her children: James Frazee III (Judy), Molly Parton-Shumway, Jay Frazee (Debra), Brian Berry, step-daughters Colleen Pointer and Connie Farnum; 10 grand-

children, 23 greatgrandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Victor and Harriet Hayes; brother, James Hayes; infant daughter, Debra Ann Berry; and grandson, James Frazee IV. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 at the Messinger Funeral Home in Payson Ariz., with a luncheon to follow.

In lieu of flowers, donations on her behalf may be made to Payson’s Sheriff Department Search and Rescue.

Marilyn will be deeply missed, but never forgotten.

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La Boutique is a tiny but mighty gift shop with everything from tea towels to topsy-turvy Christmas wine bottle toppers and sweet prices to boot.

Tiny, because you might have missed it tucked away as it is, inside Banner Payson Medical Center, just to the right of the main lobby doors.

Mighty, because proceeds help the members of MHA Foundation’s Auxiliary fund human health occupation scholarships.

Just in time for Old St. Nick are darling woodland critter shelf sitters, wreath hangers, Santa cookie plates and sparkling angels to watch over the treats.

For the smallest darlings on the nice list are soft handmade-with-love blankets, bottle buddies, baby spoons and stuffed animals. (Of course the latter are also for the young at heart!) Shoppers may find faux fur neck wraps to keep the chill away and an assortment of copper jewelry to show off a Southwest style. There are even a few items for the guys.

“The inventory moves quickly so stop in and look,” manager Ruth Nelson invites. “And you never know what treasures you might find on the sale table,” she added.

La Boutique is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. for your shopping pleasure.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Experience, talented big men fuel boys’ hopes Boys and girls open home schedule tonight by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

The Arizona Interscholastic Associ­ ation realignment has made it a radical­ ly different schedule this season.

And Joe Sanchez believes his Payson High boys basketball team features the right mix of experience and talent to radically change last year’s 6-23 record.

“We have a team that’s got some great senior leadership and great young guys to learn from them,” Sanchez said.

“So we’re excited about this season.”

The guards include seniors Chaz Davis, Ruben Estrada, Brigham Flake and Alex Suarez; sophomore Julian Parker; and freshmen Brock Davis and Rayce Mathews. Davis led the Longhorns in scoring (12.9 avg.), assists (3.9) and steals (2.6) as a junior.

Having four seniors in the backcourt should prove key.

“The experience of our guards is huge,” Sanchez said. “After Chaz, Ruben, Brigham and Alex, the rest of our guards are young. All three of those young guys are going to be starting on JV. But when we looked at tryouts and we were looking at the 12 best guys in the program, those guys are there and they deserve a varsity jersey. They might not get a lot of playing time at the varsity level. This might be a lot of experience for them. But if we have an injury, those are the guys that are going to have to step up and we’re going to have to trust those young guys. Right now, we would trust them if we needed to go to them, the coaching staff trusts that those three young guys are the ones that would be next in line.”

Sanchez said the veterans on the team could help the Longhorns pull out some of the close games Payson lost a year ago.

“In the past, not being mentally tough has been a concern,” the coach said.

“We lost a lot of games last year by five points or less. And with the guys coming back, I feel like this is a mentally tough­ er team this year that can handle it.

They can handle getting yelled at. They can handle getting positive criticism but understanding that coaching staff wants us to do this better and feel like they can handle that, even the young guys can handle that a lot better than probably we’ve had in the past.”

Flake is back after missing all but one game a year ago because of an injury. A knee injury sidelined Flake for most of the football season. But it appears he’ll be able to play. He was expected to play in Monday’s season-opener at Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain.

Sophomore Aubrielle Paulson, shown here in a game against Show Low last season, played well at point guard to help the Longhorns go 2-2 in the season-opening Goodyear Desert Edge Scorpion Shootout last weekend. Payson’s girls and boys varsity basketball teams open the home schedule against Snowflake tonight at Wilson Dome. The girls game is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the boys game at 7:30.

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Head coach Joe Sanchez watches practice last week on crutches after suffering a foot injury running in the Turkey Trot 5K.

Div. 3 Section 5 Boys Basketball There are six sections in Division 3.

Chandler Valley Christian Florence Poston Butte Lakeside Blue Ridge Maricopa Payson Phoenix Veritas Prep San Tan Valley Combs Scottsdale Christian Scottsdale Prep Show Low

“Brigham is one of the best shooters in the program,” Sanchez said. “Had a tough injury last year. Got hurt again during football again. He should be ready for the first game and we’re just going to slowly bring him in if he can stay healthy could help us tremendously.

In addition to senior Troy Yokum, Sanchez is excited to have a quartet of talented forwards in juniors Ryan Ricke, Atreyu Glasscock, Dimitre Sleeuw and Korben White. Ricke started as a soph­ omore.

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Boys Basketball Schedule Times and dates subject to change.

Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 10 Dec. 14 Dec. 19 Dec. 31 Jan. 1 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 Jan. 12 Jan. 14 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 22 Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 5

at Bradshaw Mountain Snowflake, 7:30 p.m. at Sedona Red Rock Classic at Sedona Red Rock Classic Holbrook, 7 p.m.

Show Low, 7:30 p.m. at Round Valley, 5:30 p.m. at Blue Ridge WMH Classic at Blue Ridge WMH Classic Mingus, 7:30 p.m. at St. Johns, 7:30 p.m. at Blue Ridge, 7:30 p.m.

Valley Christian, 7 p.m. at Maricopa, 7 p.m.

Poston Butte, 7 p.m.

Sedona Red Rock, 7:30 p.m. at Scottsdale Prep, 7 p .m.

Combs, 7:30 p.m. at Veritas Prep, 7 p.m. at Fountain Hills, 7:30 p.m. at Show Low, 7:30 p.m. at Scottsdale Christian

Photos by Keith Morris/Roundup

Top left, Chaz Davis is back at point guard to lead a talented and veteran backcourt that also features Ruben Estrada (passing ball) and Alex Suarez (above).

End of Regular Season

Girls gain valuable experience in tourney Longhorns open season by going 2-2 in Desert Edge Scorpion Shootout by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

GOODYEAR — Payson opened the girls basketball season by going 2-2 in the 16-team Goodyear Desert Edge Scorpion Shootout on Friday and Saturday.

The Division 3 Longhorns lost to a pair of Division 2 schools on Friday, falling 46-18 to host Desert Edge and 45-34 to Avondale La Joya. But they rebounded nicely on Saturday to handily beat Div. 3 Peoria Sunrise Mountain and Div. 4 Scottsdale Coronado.

As of last week, it was unclear wheth­ er senior standout Arissa Paulson would play for Payson this season. Athletic direc­ tor Barry Cromer said last week that she wasn’t enrolled at Payson High. He said she was taking classes online through a Valley school.

However, head coach Miles Huff said on Monday morning that she has been cleared to practice with the team while the

school applies for a hardship waiver with the Arizona Interscholastic Association. The coach said he hopes she’ll be cleared and ready for game action in a couple of weeks.

Without her in the early going, the coach is looking for others to step up. And he got that from senior Rylee Chapman and sopho­ more Kylee O’Donald. They both performed very well in both the scoring and rebounding categories.

“Rylee and Kylee both had good tourna­ ments,” Huff said. “Kylee had a double-dou­ ble both games on Saturday. And I think Rylee was close to a double-double in both.”

He liked what he saw from his squad.

“I was happy,” Huff said. “We only went 1-3 in the same tournament last year. So winning one more game was huge. Missing Arissa and having those two posts step up was very important.”

And sophomore point guard Aubrielle Paulson was the one feeding them the ball.

“Aubrielle takes the brunt of the respon­

sibility of handling the ball and attacking presses,” her coach said. “And she’s basical­ ly running our offense. She did really well.”

Huff said getting four games of experi­ ence was very beneficial for his team.

“It was huge,” he said. “We’re getting early games and good competition. Desert Edge was a high intensity team, which was good for us to see.”

Tournament games don’t count in the power rankings that determine the seeding for the state tournament. So the two losses don’t hurt the Longhorns.

“We were approaching it as four full speed practices to get us going,” Huff said.

“That’s why I like this tournament, because it’s early and gives us a jump-start to see where we’re at.”

The Longhorns open the home schedule against Snowflake at 6 p.m. today at Wilson Dome. The varsity boys game follows at 7:30.

“Snowflake always a very tough test,” Huff said.

Bass fishing conditions on Roosevelt Lake keep improving For anglers fishing Roosevelt anglers know to look for Lake, be sure to adhere to the rim country warmer water where bass will waterfowl goose closure areas fishing report be more active. that went into effect Nov. 15. The The afternoon bite is clear­ ly better than the early morn­ buoys are up and well marked ing bite this time of year. Also at the Bermuda Flats and Goose bass are moving to deeper Flats areas of the lake. There is water where the water tem­ a map of the closure areas on the perature is warmer than the AZGFD website. These closures surface temperature. Anglers will be in place until Feb. 15. are fishing deeper water using Bass fishing conditions on James deep diving crankbaits such Roosevelt Lake continue to get Goughnour as a DD-22 or large casting better. The conditions at the lake spoons for these deeper bass. are definitely late fall early win­ ter and fish sense the changing water This time of year, the coves on the conditions and are adjusting to them. southern side of the lake, which is the With the water temperatures in highway side, receive sunlight for lon­ the high 50s and low 60s experienced ger periods than the coves on the north

side. So in the afternoon, the shallow water on the south side will typically be slightly warmer and bass are actively feeding in these areas. Reaction baits such as a Super Fluke, paddle-tail swimbait and crankbaits in a SR5 or SR7 size were reported successful. Also Texas and Drop Shot techniques rigged worms, as well as 1-ounce jigs are excellent choices.

Crappie fishing reports were mixed last week. Larger crappie schools are being reported, but the trick is to find them. Remember that crappie like more stable weather and some kind of struc­ ture or cover in 25-35 feet depth. A small jig using a 2-inch grub-tail, low­ ered into the middle of the school was

the successful technique reported.

The lake level has increased to 41 percent full from the recent snow runoff and flows into the lake are higher than normal flows for this time of year. The Salt River is flowing at 300 percent and the Tonto Creek is at 150 percent.

The water clarity remained very clear except for the very ends of the lake where the water flows in.

The AZGFD has one of the best trout stocking programs in the country. Trout stockings in our state occur almost year-round. During the summer, the Rim lakes are stocked and during the winter the lower elevation lakes get trout. Green Valley Lake in Payson is part of the Community Fishing Program,

which is producing excellent results.

PowerBaits and salmon eggs were the choice of baits this past week. You can follow the weekly stocking activities of your favorite lake or stream at www. azgfd.gov.

Rim Country Custom Rods has gift certificates available as well as some inventory to select from for a perfect Christmas gift for your favorite angler.

For a free quote on any custom rod, call 928-468-0263. Or visit our website at www.rimcountrycustomrods.com.

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

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Payson Roundup LOCAL Tuesday, December 1, 2015

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Payson Elks Lodge

Members of the Elks are still taking donations of sweat pants, sweat shirts, t-shirts, socks, slippers and 2016 calendars for our hospitalized veterans for Christmas. Drop these items in the box in the inner lobby of the Lodge, 1206 N. Beeline Highway.

Tickets for the New Year’s Eve SUPERSTARS! Duets are now on sale at the bar. They are $25 each or two for $45. The dinner features your choice of prime rib or baked chicken. Included are party favors and champagne toast.

Veterans of Foreign Wars

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

All members are invited to attend.

For more information, contact Post 9829 Commander John Putman, 602329-8686.

Masonic Lodge

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

For more information, go online to www.paysonmason.org or contact Bill Herzig, secretary, at (928) 474-1305 or (928) 951-2662.

Payson Walkers

The Payson Walkers will depart at 9 a.m. starting Dec. 1 for daily walks which are about an hour in length on sidewalks. Departure points are: Wednesday - Walgreens Thursday - Payson Library Friday - Home Depot parking lot, (south end) Saturday - end of Longhorn Road Sunday - Town Hall parking lot Monday - Payson Elks Tuesday - Green Valley Park, Parks and Recreation Office.

Rim Country 4 Wheelers

Members of the Rim Country 4 Wheelers (RC4W) invite anyone interested in four-wheel-drive back road travel to join them at 8 a.m.

Wednesdays in the Bashas’ shopping center parking lot in front of the Big 5 store.

The route and destination may be prescheduled or may be decided on the spot; the level of difficulty

may range from easy to moderate.

Saturday trips are also scheduled at least once a month and are usually decided on at the previous month’s meeting. For all trips, have a full tank of gas, lunch, and a lawn chair.

For more information, visit the Web site at www.rimcountry4wheelers.com or call RC4W President Chuck Jacobs at (928) 595-0967.

Payson TOPS meeting

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TOPS 373 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a weight loss support group for anybody wishing to drop those extra unhealthy pounds — sensibly.

Come check us out. The first meeting is free and you get lots of information, lots of support, and you will meet caring, upbeat people.

We meet every Thursday morning. Weigh-in starts at 7 a.m. and the program is from 8 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.

Meetings are in the two-story building across from Walmart (formerly known as the Senior Circle), 215 N. Beeline Highway. If you have any questions, call Ilona at (928) 472-3331.

International Police Association

The International Police Association (I.P.A. Region 61 Northern AZ) meets for breakfast at Mazatzal Casino Restaurant at 9 a.m. every Wednesday. All honorably retired law enforcement and active law enforcement personnel are welcome.

For more information, call Michelle Dyer at (928) 970-0247 or go online to www.ip_usa.org.

Arizona Cactus Navy luncheon

Card players wanted

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

This Red Hat group meets at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the Crosswinds Restaurant patio room. There is a break for lunch around noon and play and resumes after lunch. Anyone interested in joining will be welcomed.

You do not need to know how to play, the members will be happy to teach the game.

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

Soroptimists

The local Soroptimist club invites all women who are interested in working with and for the community to improve the status of women to join members for lunch at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson, at noon Wednesdays.

Anyone interested should contact Jean Oliver, (928) 474-6167; or Audrey Wilson. (928) 468-3108.

Alzheimer’s caregivers support groups

The Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group invites caregivers, families, service providers and members of the community to attend any or all of the following:

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The members of Payson Amnesty International invite Rim residents and visitors to participate in the annual Global Write-a-thon, Saturday, Dec. 5, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Payson Public Library. Participants write letters, sign post cards and send faxes demanding the release of individuals who have been unjustly incarcerated, and send letters of support to individuals whose basic human rights have been grossly violated.

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

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

87 Mountain Biking Club

87 Mountain Biking Club meets at 4 p.m. every Wednesday at the 87 Cyclery shop, 907 S. Beeline Highway.

Members have group trail rides throughout Gila County for every level of rider (beginners to advanced).

Everyone is encouraged to join and learn about all the great mountain biking trails Payson and the surrounding area has to offer.

For more information or questions, please call (928) 478-6203.

Mothers of Preschoolers

The Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) group is now meeting from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays at the Payson First Church of the Nazarene, 200 E. Tyler Parkway.

Childcare is provided.

For more information, contact Dixie Neal, (619) 990-2025.

Rim Country Classic Auto Club

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

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

Kiwanis evening meeting at Denny’s

The Kiwanis Club of Zane Grey Country is pleased to announce a new club meeting option — an evening meeting the first Thursday of each month.

The Kiwanis will now meet at 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Denny’s Restaurant.

The club also meets on all other Thursdays at 7 a.m. at Tiny’s Restaurant.

For more information about Zane Grey Kiwanis, please visit www. zanegreykiwanis.com.

Bingo at Senior Center

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

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

A full “Blue Plate Special” lunch is also served from noon to 2 p.m.

Computer Club meets

The next meeting of the Payson Area Computer Club is at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 in the Payson Public Library meeting room. This will be a meeting for the members and their families only. Please remember to bring a wrapped White Elephant item for the gift exchange.

The regular meetings will resume on Jan. 8, 2016.

For more information about the club, visit its website at www.pacaonline.net.

Amnesty Write-a-Thon

The members of Payson Amnesty International invite Rim residents and visitors to participate in the annual Global Write-a-thon, Saturday, Dec. 5, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Payson Public Library.

Payson Amnesty Join International and human rights activists around the world in writing letters to free prisoners of conscience and help others who are at risk.

Participants write letters, sign post cards and send faxes demanding the release of individuals who have been unjustly incarcerated, and send letters of support to individuals whose basic human rights have been grossly violated.

Join the group anytime between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5. Refreshments will be served. It only takes 10 minutes to write a letter and change a life. For information about the Write-a-Thon or how you can join the Payson chapter of Amnesty, contact Penny at (928) 978-1268.

Bridge results

Winners at Wednesday bridge Nov. 25 were: Wanda Sitz and Phon Sutton, frist; Meg Turlukis and Kathy Salvaggio, second; Sandy Finn and Hallie Jackman, third.

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

Ukulele fun

Play a ukulele? A new group of players is forming and participation is free. All skill levels welcome. For more information, call (928) 5952086. If you have a ukulele you would like to donate or sell, call the above number.

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ACROSS 1 Pink bird 9 ___-jongg 12 Return 20 Spray types 21 Simian beast 22 The college world 23 Displayed collection of choice coffees?

25 Lawfulness 26 Spanish for “those” 27 Displayed collection of animals 28 Certain Nebraskan 30 Most draftable 31 Brew for a Brit 33 Group of connected electric generators?

36 2012 Robert Pattinson film 40 Las Vegas’ state: Abbr.

41 Stale-smelling 42 Period when some buttercup-family plants are grown?

46 Vast, grassy Argentine plain 51 Actress Wynter 52 One day ___ time 53 Biol., e.g.

54 One driving too fast 56 Touchdown area 58 “Neon” tank swimmers 61 Daddy deer 62 Group overseeing quadrennial games?

67 Cartoonist Bil of “The Family Circus” 70 “It’s ___-brainer!”

71 Wee one 72 Beijing locale 73 Engine fuel sold all over the country?

79 Razor option 80 Lampoon ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

81 Combo punches 85 Things that destroy 87 Cousin of a 401(k) 89 Austrian peak 90 Inner Hebrides isle 91 Muscle jerk 92 Slammer used by a global crime-fighting agency?

96 En ___ (all together) 99 Tree with acorns 100 Rate 101 The Netherlands before 1939?

107 Stuff in soap 108 “Ooh ___!”

109 Name of 11 pharaohs 110 Actress ___ Dawn Chong 112 Generic dog 116 Radiating heat or light, say 118 Entertainer Rita did a pressing job?

122 Greatest 123 “... man ___ mouse?”

124 Came into, as debt 125 People going “Achoo!”

126 ___ degree 127 Their names are hidden in eight answers in this puzzle DOWN 1 Stardom 2 Most August-born folks 3 Western U.S. oil giant 4 ___ scale of hardness 5 “It ___ far, far better ...”

6 Yuletide beverage 7 Doughnut coating 8 Capital near Lillehammer 9 West of film 10 Cook’s tie-on 11 2002 #3 hit for Cam’ron 12 Actor Rory 13 Liner locales 14 Refrigerator stick-on 15 Writer LeShan 16 Under 17 ___ acid 18 Person quoting 19 Inuit canoe 24 Metallic veins 29 Bullets, e.g.

31 Dr.’s gp.

32 Tedious list 34 YSL part

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40 Supersecret org.

43 News note 44 ___ part (play on stage) 45 Noonday nap 47 Principles of artistic beauty 48 Cato’s 1,503 49 The Evita of “Evita” 50 Soccer site 54 Cul-de-___ 55 It follows chi 57 Margarine 59 General ___ chicken 60 ___-tiller 63 Ark unit 64 Prefix with 72-Across 65 Redact jointly 66 Oxy target 67 Tree knots 68 Accept avidly 69 Skylit courts 74 It airs “Fresh Air” 75 “How ___ I to know?”

76 Whirl 77 Hang laxly

78 Like a live ball 82 Stirred to life 83 Obligation 84 Devitalizes 86 Austen title 88 Middle name of Elvis 89 Just swell 92 Compound variants 93 Guitarist Cline 94 Italian father 95 Sugar ending 97 Make it there 98 Schick tool 101 Members of the masses 102 Japanese noodle soup 103 Beethoven’s “Fuer ___” 104 Offscourings 105 Yellow fruit 106 Of ___ (in some way) 107 Helmsley or Lewis 111 “There’s ___ in the air” 112 Citadel 113 Concerning 114 Moose, e.g.

115 10:1, e.g.

117 “___ who?!”

119 Stadium cry 120 Here, in Haiti 121 Stocking flaw

Payson Roundup Tuesday, December 1, 2015

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Program aims to connect kids and national parks Federal government offers educational opportunities at 2,000 national sites As part of the Every Kid in a Park initiative, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell recently visited Saguaro National Park with a class of about 25 Native students from Santa Rosa Ranch School — funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) — at the Tohono O’odham Nation. Announced by President Obama earlier this year, the program connects the next generation to the outdoors by providing free passes to fourth-grade students and their families at more than 2,000 federally managed lands and waters, including national parks, wildlife refuges, and national forests and grasslands.

National parks and monuments close to Rim Country include Tonto National Monument about 30 miles south of Payson, Grand Canyon National Park, Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monuments near Flagstaff, Walnut Canyon National Monument and others.

Secretary Jewell and Bureau of Indian Education Director Dr. Charles ‘Monty’ Roessel presented the students with their passes and participated in educational activities, including building petroglyphs out of clay.

“The students visiting Saguaro National Park today with their Every Kid in a Park passes learned about local history and culture while enjoying one of our nation’s most majestic desert parks,” said Secretary Jewell.

“Because these learning activities are aligned with Arizona state academic standards, not only can these learning activities be used to introduce fourth graders to topics surrounding federal lands and waters, they will also help to ensure that our students are college and career ready,” said Principal Delbert Ortiz from Santa Rosa Ranch School.

Every Kid in a Park recognizes the role of national parks as a premier pro-

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National Parks and monuments, like Tonto National Monument, have launched programs to get students to visit the parks. vider of place-based education. Saguaro National Park offers a variety of natural and cultural curriculum-based educa-

tional opportunities, including field trips and park ranger visits to classrooms.

Schools can request traveling trunks

for their classrooms on subjects like the iconic saguaro cactus, desert mammals, and the Hohokam people.

The National Park Service works with various partners and educational institutions to expand programs and encourage the use of parks as places of learning.

The website www.nps.gov/teachers contains lesson plans and content on more than 125 subjects, ranging from archeology to biology to Constitutional law.

Fourth graders, their parents and educators can log onto the website at www.everykidinapark.gov and complete a fun educational activity in order to obtain and print a paper pass. Students may also trade in their paper pass for a more durable pass at participating federal sites nationwide.

The program is part of an overall strategy to engage young people from all ages and all backgrounds with the great outdoors. This includes the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps, a bold national effort to put thousands of young people and veterans to work protecting, restoring and enhancing America’s public lands and waters.

Lobbying records disclose recipient for $1 out of $8 spent by

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Less than 14 percent of the roughly $333,000 spent to lobby Arizona lawmakers in the first half of 2015 identified who the money was spent on, continuing a trend of scant disclosure going back years.

Since 2010, the portion of lobbying records that include beneficiaries has averaged about 12.5 percent. This is according to data maintained by the Secretary of State’s office and includes lobbying records for the first half of each year, which typically includes Arizona’s annual legislative session.

Lobbyists are required to report their expenditures in quarterly expense reports submitted to the Secretary of State. But loopholes and minimal regulatory oversight leave room for lobbyists to spend without reporting who benefited, ultimately leaving the public in the dark about who’s influencing the people they’ve elected to craft Arizona’s laws, budget and taxes.

For 2015, lobbying records include a beneficiary for $1 out of every $8 spent, an analysis of the Secretary of State’s lobbying database by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting shows.

Rim Country lawmakers

Rim Country’s lawmakers ranked in the middle of the pack when it came to benefitting from the publicly disclosed spending by lobbyists.

Rep. Brenda Barton (R-Payson) received disclosed benefits on six occasions worth a total of $1,099.

Rep. Bob Thorpe (R-Flagstaff) received disclosed benefits on four occasions worth a total of $892.

Sen. Sylvia Allen (R-Snowflake) received disclosed benefits on six occasions worth a total of $603.

The Center for Arizona Policy, a conservative activist group, was the biggest expenditure — with

contributions going to all of Rim Country’s representatives. Other significant contributors included the Eastern Arizona Counties Association and the Salt River Project, which also hosted events benefiting Rim Country representatives.

Watchdog groups said the rules are so loose that lobbyists still operate largely under the radar of public dislosure.

“It shows the public how important it is to uncover the lobbying done by these special interest groups, whether on the right or the left,” said Sam Wercinski, Executive Director of the Arizona Advocacy Network. “They’re kept in the dark about the influence peddling that goes on with our lawmakers.”

Arizona disclosures limited

A recent report by the Center for Public Integrity gave Arizona’s lobbying disclosure an F grade.

The state scored poorly due to weak reporting requirements, a lack of an auditing and penalty regime and for not providing free, online access to the records or database.

Reporting exemptions exist for both large- and small-dollar expenditures and lobbyists face minimal threat of being audited for filing reports incorrectly or incompletely.

For expenditures of $20 or less, which totaled $21,279 in the first half of 2015, lobbyists and the public bodies or private companies they work for only have to report an aggregate figure, rather than report each expense individually, so beneficiaries are left out.

If a principal or public body wants to hold a special event for lawmakers, they are only required to report the total cost of the event. They have to invite all members of the Arizona House of Representatives, Senate, a caucus or some committee from either, so attendees aren’t listed.

Special events might include catering, rented locations, audio and visual systems or any num-

Rep. Bob Thorpe ber of services, making them the most expensive form of lobbying, totaling $254,266 in the first half of 2015 — a cost that can’t be broken down by individual beneficiary.

State can’t do audits

The Secretary of State’s office collects and maintains the lobbying reports, but doesn’t check them for compliance.

“We don’t have audit authority,” said Matt Roberts, a spokesman for the Secretary of State’s office. “We accept lobbyist registrations on their faith.”

Roberts said it’s possible for lobbyists to report incorrectly or inadequately.

“The system is what it is,” Roberts said. “If a lobbyist wanted to, they do it at their own risk.”

Michael Williams, president of Williams & Associates, a lobbying firm that represents more than a dozen clients, says his method for avoiding mistakes in the reporting process is erring on the side of caution by over-reporting expenses.

“I report everything even when the law doesn’t technically require us to,” Williams said.

Lobbyists have little incentive to follow Williams’ footsteps, so Secretary of State Michele Reagan plans to revise the process to broaden and simplify reporting requirements, Roberts said.

Arizona law defines lobbyists in three categories and the bodies they work for in two, which are public and private entities.

Lobbyist distinctions are predi-

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Confusing requirements

2015 lobbying by the numbers

All lobbyists are required to report the same things, as are their employers at the end of each year. But the information required in expense reports varies by the type of expenditure, for which there are 22 definitions. So many categorical distinctions in reporting requirements can make the reporting process confusing.

A lack of understanding may have been the reason why 13 records were incorrectly filed without beneficiaries. Those expense reports totaled $679, but without an explanation for the errors, lobbyists responsible for filing those records didn’t comply with reporting requirements.

The public policy lobbying firm B3 Strategies was responsible for eight of those records, totaling $440.

The firm’s CEO, Russell D. Smoldon, attributed the erroneous filings to a “misunderstanding in the firm,” and amended the reports on Oct. 6.

Roberts said Reagan’s plan to simplify the reporting process by making fewer distinctions among lobbyists and their employers should lead to greater clarity about the reporting on the part of lobbyists.

“The Secretary has indicated that a lobbyist is a lobbyist,” Roberts said.

Whether any prospective changes would affect requirements to include beneficiaries wasn’t clear, as plans wouldn’t be complete for at least a year,

For the first half of 2015, the most lobbied lawmaker in Arizona was not either the Senate or House leadership, but a swing Democrat, whose vote has often been the reason to call a bill’s passage “bipartisan.”

As far as the records indicate, Sen. Carlyle Begay, D-Ganado, was the most lobbied Arizona lawmaker by dollar in the first half of 2015. As it happens, last week Begay changed parties and became a Republican.

Because of the special-event and small-dollar reporting loopholes, the $2,217 spent on Begay’s meals, travel, lodging and other lobbyist-provided amenities, captures only what’s reported with him as the beneficiary. There could be more money that was spent to lobby Begay, or not, and the same is true for all lawmakers.

Begay said he was flown to New Orleans at the expense of the American Federation for Children to speak about disparities among Native American students in grades K-12. While his travel and lodging totaled $1,394, he wasn’t paid for the speech.

House Speaker lobbied most often

While Begay was the most lobbied by dollar in 2015, House Speaker David Gowan, R-Sierra Vista, was lobbied more often.

The $1,598 in lobbying spent on Gowan was less than Begay, but Gowan was listed as the bene-

ficiary of 28 expenditures — more than double Begay’s expenditure count.

Gowan’s largest single expenditure came from Barry Aarons, the owner of lobbying firm The Aarons Company. Aarons said he paid the $321 expense hosting a monthly gathering between Gowan and other lobbyists.

Aarons said he wasn’t reimbursed by his firm or any of its clients for the monthly meeting, which he said lobbyists take turns hosting.

The data also show lobbyists spent $1,276 on Gowan for 27 “food and beverage” transactions, more than anyone else for that category of spending.

Most records were filed under that category. Of the records that list beneficiaries, lobbyists reported $30,082 in expenses under food and beverage.

By principals and public bodies

When it comes to expenditures made with beneficiaries listed, the pro-life organization Center for Arizona Policy spent the most in the first two quarters of 2015.

Its 37 transactions came out to $9,718, and 35 of those represent the respective cost of each lawmaker and any accompanying guests that attended CAP’s dinner event April 25.

The Eastern Arizona Counties Association spent $5,663 in 15 transactions and Salt River Project spent $2,787 in 56 transactions, ranking No. 2 and No. 3 by dollar amount.

Pinnacle West reported $3,313 with beneficiaries listed out of its $10,772 total lobbying tally.

Most of the $2,644 Apple Inc. spent lobbying in the first two quarters of 2015 — more than the company spent in the previous two years combined — was on City of Mesa officials, placing it among the top-lobbying companies by dollar.

In 2015, the Legislature passed a bill approving a $5 million tax-credit for the company’s prospective data center in Mesa.

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT Apartment For Rent

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

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LEGAL NOTICES 15973: 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1/2015; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #14-05389 McCarthy Title No: 21404503 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 10/23/2006 as Document No. 2006-018150 Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on January 20, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ. and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811).

The sale shall convey all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Lot 68, LAKE ROOSEVELT GARDENS WEST UNIT TWO, according to Map No. 424, records of Gila County, Arizona. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 386 South Mulberry Drive Tonto Basin, AZ 85553 Tax Parcel No.: 201-15-085 3 The undersigned Trustee, Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is� condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

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LEGAL NOTICES Original Principal Balance: $154,400.00 Original Trustor: Charlene McCarthy, a single woman 386 South Mulberry Drive, Tonto Basin, Arizona 85553 Current Beneficiary: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee on behalf of the certificateholders of the HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust 2007-HE2 Care of / Servicer Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. 3815 S.W. Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115-4415 Current Trustee: Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6035 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar A-4548039 11/10/2015, 11/17/2015, 11/24/2015, 12/01/2015 15975: 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1/2015: TS No. AZ05000655-13-2 APN 102-23-020 TO No. 150239011-AZ-VOO NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated June 7, 2010 and recorded on June 22, 2010 as Instrument No. 2010-006667 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Gila County, Arizona.

NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME ON THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 on December 21, 2015 at 11:00 AM on said day. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 7369 E ALAMO WAY, GLOBE, AZ 85501-5047 PARCEL NO. 1: THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF HOMESTEAD ENTRY SURVEY NO. 103, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN CORNER NO.4 AND CORNER NO. 5 OF H.E.S. NO. 103, A DISTANCE OF 161.75 FEET FROM CORNER NO.4; THENCE SOUTH 86 WEST ALONG SAID BOUNDARY LINE 232.01 FEET; THENCE NORTH 21 54 EAST 274.47 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 58 46 EAST 211.51 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 21 54 WEST 142.95 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT BEGINNING AT A POINT ON LINE 5-4 OF SAID H.E.S. NO. 103, A DISTANCE OF SOUTH 86 WEST 393.76 FEET FROM CORNER NO.4 OF SAID H.E.S.; THENCE NORTH 21 54 EAST 116.07 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 44 56 EAST 118.39 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 27 34 EAST, 17.48 FEET TO A POINT ON LINE 4-5 OF SAID H.E.S. NO. 103; THENCE SOUTH 86 WEST TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; (BEING A PORTION OF LAND

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LEGAL NOTICES SITUATED IN H.E.S. NO. 103 CONVEYED TO CHARLES WITHERS AND OLA WITHERS, HIS WIFE, IN THAT CERTAIN DEED RECORDED IN DOCKET 154, PAGE 131, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA); AND EXCEPT 35 FEET OF LAND SITUATE IN GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: EXTENDED NORTH OF TED C. WATSONS SURVEYED LINE C, 103 35 FEET NORTH ON A.J. STRIPLINGS PORTION OF OR WITHIN 103, EXTENDING FROM END FENCE EAST TO CREEK BED AND EXTENDING WEST TO FENCE THAT ENCLOSED THE SURVEYED ACRES OF A.J. STRIPLING, (BEING PORTION SOLD UNDER AGREEMENT RECORDED APRIL 14, 1962, IN DOCKET 136, PAGE 99, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA). APN: 102-23-020 Original Principal Balance $184,200.00 Name and Address of original Trustor ALLEN WEIMER, AND SPRING WEIMER, HUSBAND AND WIFE 7369 E ALAMO WAY, GLOBE, AZ 85501-5047 Name and Address of the Beneficiary Ditech Financial LLC formerly known as Green Tree Servicing LLC c/o Ditech Financial LLC 7360 S. KYRENE ROAD TEMPE, AZ 85283 Name and Address of Trustee MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 TDD: 800-367-8939 Said sale will be made for cash (payable at time of sale), but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note secured by said Trust Deed, which includes interest thereon as provided in said Note, advances, if any under the terms of said Trust Deed, interest on advances, if any, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Trust Deed. The Trustee will accept only cash or cashier’s check for reinstatement or price bid payment. Reinstatement payment must be paid before five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) on the last day other than a Saturday or legal holiday before the date of sale.

The purchaser at the sale, other than the Beneficiary to the extent of his credit bid, shall pay the price bid no later than five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) of the following day, other than a Saturday or legal holiday. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Conveyance of the property shall be without warranty, express or implied, and subject to all liens, claims or interest having a priority senior to the Deed of Trust. The Trustee shall not express an opinion as to the condition of title. Date: September 14, 2015 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Rosenda Cardenas, Authorized Signatory Manner of Trustee qualification: Real Estate Broker, as required by ARS Section 33-803, Subsection A Name of Trustee’s regulator: Arizona Department of Real Estate SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic at 702-659-7766.

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15977: 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8/2015; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #15-40870 Quesada Title No: 21504277 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 06/01/2010 as Document No. 2010-005805 Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on February 3, 2016 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ. and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811).

The sale shall convey all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: All that parcel of land in City of, Gila County, State of Arizona, being known and designated as Lots Nine (9) and Ten (10) of Block Four (4), PAYSON TOWNSITE, according to Map No. 64, records of Gila County, Arizona. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 709 W Rim View Road Payson, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel No.: 304-06-077A 3 The undersigned Trustee, Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

Original Principal Balance: $292,500.00 Original Trustor: Isabel Rodriguez Quesada 709 W Rim View Road, Payson, AZ 85541 Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Care of / Servicer Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc 3476 Stateview Boulevard, MAC #X7801- 014 Fort Mill, SC 29715 Current Trustee: Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-0035 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member

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15979: 11/17, 11/24/2015, 12/1, 12/8/2016: Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 10/13/2015 TS No. : AZ-15-689197-BF Order No. : 150260648-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 5/29/2010 and recorded 6/14/2010 as Instrument 2010-006334 , in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona . Notice! If you believe there is a defense to the trustee sale or if you have an objection to the trustee sale, you must file an action and obtain a court order pursuant to rule 65, Arizona rules of civil procedure, stopping the sale no later than 5:00 p.m. mountain standard time of the last business day before the scheduled date of the sale, or you may have waived any defenses or objections to the sale. Unless you obtain an order, the sale will be final and will occur at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 1/20/2016 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: At the front entrance to the County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash Street Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: PARCEL NO. 1: THE SURFACE AND GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 200 FEET IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE SURFACE OF: A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PART OF BLOCK 13, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS TOWNSITE, OFFICIAL PLAT NO 31, GILA COUNTY RECORDS, SAID PARCEL HAVING A BOUNDARY MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING FOR A TIE AT THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID POINT LYING A 3/5 INCH STEEL PIN MARKING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1, BLOCK 13, OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS TOWNSITE, OFFICIAL PLAT NO. 31, GILA COUNTY RECORDS, FROM WHICH POINT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID TOWNSITE BEARS SOUTH 48 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST, 660.28 FEET DISTANT; THENCE 96.62 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 276.97 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 19 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 13 SECONDS AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 77 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST, 96.13 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST, 113.44 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF BLOCK 13; THENCE NORTH 73 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST, 46.45 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 60 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST, 56.74 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 13; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST, 108.25 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL NO.2: THE NORTHERLY 15 FEET OF PRINCE STREET LYING BETWEEN THE SOUTHERLY PROLONGATION OF THE WEST LINE OF LOT 1 AND THE SOUTHERLY PROLONGATION OF THE EAST LINE OF LOT 4, BLOCK l3, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS TOWNSITE, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 31, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARI-

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LEGAL NOTICES ZONA. Purported Street Address: 680 SNELL AVENUE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel Number: 207-18-022E Original Principal Balance: $86,487.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, NA C/O WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. 1 Home Campus X2504-017 Customer Service Des Moines, IA 50328 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): JANICE E NEELY, A MARRIED PERSON 680 SNELL AVENUE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 888-988-6736 Login to: Salestrack.tdsf.com AZ-15-689197-BF The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-15-689197-BF Dated: 10/9/2015 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Martha Sanchez, Assistant Secretary A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California County of: San Diego On 10/9/2015 before me, Courtney Patania a notary public, personally appeared Martha Sanchez, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Courtney Patania Commission No. 2044156 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 11/1/2017 IDSPub #0095284 11/17/2015 11/24/2015 12/1/2015 12/8/2015

LEGAL NOTICES 15980: 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8/2015; Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 10/9/2015 TS No. : AZ-15-673947-AB Order No. : 733-1500831-70 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 2/13/2007 and recorded 2/21/2007 as Instrument 2007-002944 , in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona . Notice! If you believe there is a defense to the trustee sale or if you have an objection to the trustee sale, you must file an action and obtain a court order pursuant to rule 65, Arizona rules of civil procedure, stopping the sale no later than 5:00 p.m. mountain standard time of the last business day before the scheduled date of the sale, or you may have waived any defenses or objections to the sale. Unless you obtain an order, the sale will be final and will occur at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 1/19/2016 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: At the front entrance to the County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash Street Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: Lot 6, Block 19, of Revised Map Miami Map No. 1, according to the plat of record in the Office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map(s) No. 66; Except all metals, ores, minerals and mineral bearing earth and rock as reserved in Deed recorded in Book 58 of Deeds to Real Estate, Page 82, records of Gila County, Arizona. Purported Street Address: 4223 COPPER STREET, CLAYPOOL, AZ 85532 Tax Parcel Number: 206-02-057 9 Original Principal Balance: $79,900.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Nationstar Mortgage LLC C/O Nationstar Mortgage LLC 8950 Cypress Waters Boulevard Coppell, TX 75019 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): Thomas P. Schaffner and Susan M. Schaffner, husband and wife, as community property with right of survivorship PO BOX 2413, CLAYPOOL, AZ 85532 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 888-988-6736 Login to: Salestrack.tdsf.com AZ-15-673947-AB The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-15-673947-AB Dated:

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LEGAL NOTICES 10/7/2015 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Long Do, Assistant Secretary A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California County of: San Diego On 10/7/2015 before me, Courtney Patania a notary public, personally appeared Long Do, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Courtney Patania Commission No. 2044156 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 11/1/2017 IDSPub #0095262 11/17/2015 11/24/2015 12/1/2015 12/8/2015 15990 11/27, 12/1, 12/4/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: SDI: 4555 LLC FILE NUMBER: L-2043347-4 II. The address of the known place of business is: MILE POST 251 HIGHWAY 87 PAYSON, AZ 85547 III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: KENNETH R. MERRITT 3146 E. MARLENE DRIVE GILBERT, AZ 85296 Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: SW KARMA LLC member 3146 E. MARLENE DRIVE GILBERT, AZ 85296 CNS#2818424 15991 11/27, 12/1, 12/4/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: SDI: 4565 LLC FILE NUMBER: L-2045328-9 II. The address of the known place of business is: 2117 N. HIGHWAY 60 MIAMI, AZ 85539 III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: KENNETH R. MERRITT 3146 E. MARLENE DRIVE GILBERT, AZ 85296 Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: SW KARMA LLC member 3146 E. MARLENE DRIVE GILBERT, AZ 85296 CNS#2818421 15992 12/1, 12/4/2015 NOTICE OF SALE OF MOBILE HOME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following item of personal property will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder, to satisfy a landlord’s lien: Mobile Home Make: GUERDONMAGNOLIA

LEGAL NOTICES Body Style: 16 X 58 MH Model Year: 1972 VIN: 7175 Date and Time of Sale: 12/7/15 10:10:01 AM Location of Sale: Space No. 175 SANTIAGO COPPER COUNTRY MHP 5900 N. MAIN STREET GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name of landlord: SANTIAGO COPPER COUNTRY MHP Amount of Claimed Lien: $3,024.00 as of December 7, 2015 The Landlord reserves the right to bid at said sale and if its bid is the highest, to purchase said mobile home. The Landlord claims a lien against this property in the amount shown above as of the date shown above, for rents and other charges which have accrued through that date under a rental agreement covering the space occupied by the mobile home. The rental agreement giving rise to this lien was entered into by the Landlord and the following parties, owners of the mobile home, as tenants: Date of Rental Agreement: February 11, 1994 Name(s) of Tenant(s): STEVEN RAY EARVEN Said mobile home is located at the address shown above as the location of sale. The above described property shall be offered for sale pursuant to A.R.S. §33-1023. The proceeds from the sale will be applied to the cost of sale and to the lien, and any money that remains will be disposed of as provided in A.R.S. §33-1023. SANTIAGO COPPER COUNTRY MHP By: /s/illegible Park Manager Dated: November 18, 2015 11/27, 12/1/15 CNS-28193 15995: 12/1, 12/4, 12/8/2015 KHD MACHINE AND PUMP REPAIR LLC NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: KHD MACHINE AND PUMP REPAIR LLC II. The address of the known place of business is: 8734 S SIX SHOOTER CANYON RD, GLOBE, AZ 85501. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: HAZEL M DILLON, 8734 S SIX SHOOTER CANYON RD, GLOBE, AZ 85501.

III. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: KEITH D DILLON, Member, 8734 S SIX SHOOTER CANYON RD, GLOBE, AZ 85501; HAZEL M DILLON, Member, 8734 S SIX SHOOTER CANYON RD, GLOBE, AZ 85501 15996: 12/1, 12/4, 12/8/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: CIRCLE H WASH, LLC File No. L-2038272-6 II. The address of the known place of business is: 713 S. Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Dumitru Hiticas, 1215 N. Earhart Parkway, 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: Dumitru Hiticas, (x) member, 1215 N. Earhart Parkway, Payson, AZ 85541; Virginia Hiticas, (x) member, 1215 N. Earhart Parkway, Payson, AZ 85541.

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Paradise Nails won the Town of Payson co-ed volleyball championship. Hog Creek Towing finished second, Dig This third, Bay Equity fourth and Bump, Set, Psych fifth. Registration is now open for the 2016 women’s and men’s volleyball leagues. Sign up at paysonrimcountry.com or at the Parks & Rec office at 1000 W. Country Club Drive. Call 928-474-5242 ext. 7 for more information. The fee is $190 per team. The season begins in January with games on Monday and Wednesday nights.

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Payson resident Craig Griffitt took this elk during the 2015 archery season.

Longhorns strong in the backcourt From page 1B “The guys that have come up from JV — Trey and Korben — we feel like are going to jump right into a big part of our rotation,” Sanchez said.

“Dimitre moved here from Belize this summer. So we feel like we have four bigs and they’re all juniors. We’re pretty excited about the future for our big men.”

Sanchez said one of the key reasons for the excitement is that this quartet features good hands as a group.

“Our four bigs can catch the ball,” the coach said. “A lot of our turnovers happened last year because our bigs would come up and couldn’t catch the ball cleanly and sometimes the guards would get a lot of those turnovers. These four bigs are ahead of the game right now as juniors.”

Sanchez said Ricke is a real leader on the baseline.

“Ryan Ricke coming back as a starter in the same role he had last year has become a lot better basketball player,” Sanchez said. “And he’s hungry to be that guy, our starting big that’s going to be putting some pressure on some defenses.”

The Arizona Interscholastic Association realignment originally scheduled to cover the next three school years, now will last just one. Things change again next year after this school year.

The Longhorns find themselves in Division 3 Section 5 this season. While White Mountain rivals Lakeside Blue Ridge and

Show Low remain section foes, the other seven schools are new opponents for Payson. All are in the Valley. They include Chandler Valley Christian, Florence Poston Butte, Maricopa, Phoenix Veritas Prep, San Tan Valley Combs, Scottsdale Christian and Scottsdale Prep.

Combs lost to Snowflake in last year’s Division 3 state championship game.

Snowflake isn’t in Payson’s section this season. However, the Lobos are the opponent as the Longhorns open the home schedule tonight at 7 o’clock following the 6 p.m. varsity girls game.

“Our strength of schedule the last couple of years has been very tough,” Sanchez said.

“Now adding Valley Christian, Scottsdale Christian, Veritas Prep, Scottsdale Prep — a lot of these private schools — there’s no gimmee games for us. We have to come out and perform.”

The coach said the Longhorns will simply have to adjust to a new schedule.

“I’m excited to go down to the Valley and play some of these Valley schools,” Sanchez said.

“But we don’t know much about them. We do have to do a little bit more scouting than we have in the past. There’s nothing wrong with that.

“But knowing we’re not going to have this section again next year, it is kind of frustrating that it’s just been inconsistent for the last couple of years and for the seniors this year playing all these new schools is a little bit of a disadvantage to them I think.”

Payson High sports schedule Tuesday, Dec. 1 Girls Basketball Snowflake at Payson, 6 p.m.

Boys Basketball Snowflake at Payson, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 2 Wrestling At Page (Show Low), 3 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 3 Boys Basketball At Sedona Red Rock Hoops Classic Friday, Dec. 4 Boys Basketball At Sedona Red Rock Hoops Classic

Wrestling At Camp Verde Duals Saturday, Dec. 5 Boys Basketball At Sedona Red Rock Hoops Classic Wrestling Payson at Camp Verde Duals

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