Payson Roundup 120415

PAYSON ROUNDUP THE RIM COUNTRY’S NEWS SOURCE

payson.com

FRIDAY | DECEMBER 4, 2015 | PAYSON, ARIZONA

75 CENTS

Payson schools face daunting challenges by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

The Payson Unified School District may be perched on the edge of disaster, Superintendent Greg Wyman told staff and faculty in two special meetings on Wednesday.

The district is operating now in the shadow of an array of budget challenges, from whether voters will approve the school inflation settlement in May’s Proposition 123 to whether a proposed charter school will siphon off hundreds of students.

“There are about 22 balls in the air and we’re not sure where they are going to land,” said Wyman.

He urged the teachers and staff to become advocates for the district.

“I believe we have the answers in this room,” he said. “You have to be the advocate for what we do. What program do you want to celebrate?

You want to celebrate our sports program?

Outscoring many in the nation on ACT and SAT scores? You wanna celebrate we have the teacher of the year? Let’s sell what we are doing. You are making a difference in the life of a child.”

Wyman talked about three things that will affect the district: • Voter approval of the settlement with the Legislature.

• The impact on enrollment of the charter school.

• Whether the state will boost school funding beyond the inflation settlement.

The arrival of a charter school next year could well have the biggest impact, said Wyman.

“We’re running scenarios for up to 800,” said Wyman.

If PUSD were to lose 10 percent of its K-8 students to the charter, it would mean a budget decrease of $875,000.

At 20 percent, the hit increases to $1.74 million.

At 30 percent, the district would lose $2.65 million.

“If we lose 500 kids or more, we will have to close one of the elementary schools,” said Wyman.

Alexis Bechman/Roundup

Payson police officers have been growing out their beards this month in an effort to raise money to help a local family coping with cancer.

And the winner – by a whisker – is ... by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

It was an emotional day for a tall cowboy from Young.

On Tuesday, Mike Henderson, 40, learned his cancer might have flared back after several years of remission. The news barely setting in, just a few hours later, the Payson Police Department handed Henderson a check for $4,770, money it raised through Beards on Patrol, a month-long campaign to help a local family grappling with cancer.

“Oh wow,” Henderson said when Officer Justin Deaton handed him the envelope of cash, his eyes wide and teary.

It was standing room only in the PPD’s training room Tuesday as beard-clad officers listened to Henderson’s story.

Around Christmas 2012, Henderson was eating when he couldn’t get his food down. The stubborn cowboy that he is, Henderson said he ignored it and continued on with his day-to-day, managing the Bar X Ranch in Young.

On Jan. 1, 2013, Henderson finally went to the

doctor and learned he had stage IV non-Hodgkin lymphoma that had spread throughout his body.

“It’s a cancer usually found in old people,” he said.

Two days later, Henderson had his first dose of chemotherapy.

The treatment hit him hard and he felt like he would die.

With the help of family and friends, Henderson changed his diet, underwent many rounds of treatment and prayed — a lot.

• See Police raise money, page 2A

New heroin epidemic proves lethally complicated by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

STORY ONE: The 25-year-old vaulted the counter at the One Stop in Payson, brandished a gun and forced the clerk to empty the register. The robber then ran into a Payson neighborhood. The search forced a lockdown of the middle school campus before police dogs led officers to the man hiding behind El Rancho. He had both a syringe loaded with heroin and a pipe stuffed with pot.

STORY TWO: A Payson man barely out of prison smashes a car window and steals a car. Officers later locate the car on the outskirts of town, with the thief and a woman inside — both zonked out from injecting heroin.

• See Payson schools, page 2A

STORY THREE: Police respond to a call from the Payson Safeway store to investigate an attempt to sell back to the market a gift card, which turned out to be a forgery. Police questioned the woman and found she had credit cards with various names and 16 fraudulent gift cards. They searched her apartment, where they found gear for forging credit cards. She later told probation officers that her six-year heroin addiction had given way recently to a meth addiction.

Welcome to the heroin epidemic, which has hit home in small, rural towns like Payson with a special vengeance.

As the epidemic builds and spreads, an increasing body of research has shown the intimate connection between prescription painkillers and this

new scourge of rural America. For many of the new generation of addicts — mostly young whites living in rural America — opioid painkillers have proven a dangerous, gateway drug. Usually, they start out taking pills prescribed by doctors for medical problems — especially chronic pain.

The federal Centers for Disease Control reports that heroin use has jumped 63 percent in the past decade. Moreover, 45 percent of Americans addicted to heroin are also addicted to prescription painkillers — a potentially lethal combination.

The CDC’s Vital Signs report concluded that addiction has grown markedly among whites and affluent people with private insurance. Many people start

• See Heroin epidemic, page 2A

Alliance adopts plan for university site by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

The Rim Country Educational Alliance on Thursday approved a master plan for the development of a 6,000-student university and support facilities on a 253-acre parcel it bought from the U.S. Forest Service for the purpose.

The Alliance will submit the plan to the Town of Payson to meet the requirements of the town’s general plan, changed last year to designate the property for educational uses.

The Payson Town Council will consider the proposed master plan next week.

The Alliance will also meet again next week to consider a crowded agenda now that the THE WEATHER Weekend: Sunny with highs around 60, overnight lows around 30. Details, 9A

Don’t let the parade pass you by

Alliance and the Rim Country Educational Foundation own the land. That meeting takes place at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10 in the Payson Police Department conference room.

Arizona State University remains non-committal on whether it will sign on as the “educational partner” for the project.

In letters written in response to critics of the project, university officials have said they’ve had “talks,” but not “negotiations.”

University officials have said repeatedly that while operating a campus in Payson would be consistent with their mission, they have made no commitment to operate the campus.

•

by

Roundup file photo

The APS Electric Light Parade down Main Street on Saturday remains a favorite holiday event.

See Alliance, page 5A

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

The 2015 APS Electric Light Parade will feature 44 entries this year. It starts at Green Valley Park at the west end of Historic Main Street and travels east to the Sawmill Crossing. Entries start moving down the route at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 — no matter the weather.

The theme of the parade is the popular movie (now a

• See Light, page 9A

PAYSON AREA FOOD DRIVE

GOAL: 30,000 lbs.

Please help us meet our goal of raising 30,000 pounds of food and $50,000 in financial donations for local food banks.

Look for the drop boxes around town, or mail your check to Payson Area Food Drive, P.O. Box 703, Payson, AZ 85547.

27,000 lbs.

24,000 lbs.

21,000 lbs.

18,000 lbs.

15,000 lbs.

6,000 lbs.

3,000 lbs.

6,000 lbs.

12,000 lbs.

9,000 lbs.

20,000

14,447 $ 15,000 10,000

0 lbs.

$

volume 25, no. 95

GOAL: $50,000 Feb. 2, 2016

$

45,000

Locally Owned & Operated

$

40,000

35,000

$

& MORE

Located in Safeway Center • 928-468-8568 Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm

30,000

$

$

25,000

See our ad and upcoming events on page 8B

$

$

$

5,000

$

0

Nov. 1, 2015

Sell your home with an experienced full service Realtor® for a commission as low as $ .

990

where the experts are™

MAUREEN BUCHANAN R����� E��������� ~ N������� A������ 928.951.0525 Maureen@SoldMyHome.net

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, December 4, 2015

2A

County gets right of way for bridge

SAWMILL THEATRES 201 West Main Street • 468-7535 GO HOLLYWOOD! FOR PRIVATE SCREENINGS CALL CRAIG AT 602-377-0719

Saturday, Dec. 5th 10:00AM Showing All seats just $5.00 One Show Only

A boy who has a bad Christmas ends up accidentally summoning a Christmas demon to his family home.

PG13 • No Passes • 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00

When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down.

PG13 • No Passes • 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

When there is a bridge over Tonto Creek it certainly won’t be the longest one ever built, but it could well be one that took the longest to get built.

At its Dec. 1 meeting, the Gila County Board of Supervisors approved purchasing three rights of way for the bridge, spending nearly $45,000.

Residents and officials have talked about a bridge over Tonto Creek since the 1970s and have worked at developing it for more than 20. Scrounging money from every conceivable source to decide the best place to put the bridge, getting assorted engineering and more.

The light at the end of this particular tunnel is the fact that just last year the county was able to open a small bridge over Oak Creek, one of Tonto Creek’s tributaries to help residents who have been stranded by floodwaters in the past.

That span is 147 feet. It cost about $2 million to build with design work by the Arizona

PG13 • No Passes • 1:30, 4:30, 7:30

From page 1A

An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

PG • No Passes • 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 (3:10 & 5:20 in 3D)

PG13 • No Passes • 1:15, 4:15, 7:15

PG13 • No Passes • 1:00, 4:15, 7:30 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL THEATRE!

When you are ready to buy or sell property in Rim Country, Call Sally, because knowledge and skill are priceless!

Over 18 years serving Rim Country!

Sally Cantrill, Designated Broker, CRS, GRI 620 E. Highway 260, Suite D4 (Fargo’s Plaza) Call: (928) 978-1610 Email: SallyCan@PaysonAreaProperties.com

Stomp Out the Rodents!

150 OFF ALL SERVICES WITH COUPON

$

928-978-8202 Rodent Proofing & Trapping Rodent Waste Clean-up Permanent Solution ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED

Lic # SP693819

Wyman said the impact of the K-8 charter school would ripple through every grade — including the high school.

“Everyone wants AP classes,” he said, “but we would have to raise the number of kids needed to make a financial go of the class.”

Payson High School currently struggles to fill its AP classes. With less money in the budget, the district would likely have to reduce class offerings at the high school to compensate for the losses in the lower grades.

Moreover, the district won’t know how big a hit it faces until school starts in August of 2016.

If the district has not guessed right, it could face staff layoffs.

Unfortunately, Wyman said PUSD does not have an official reduction in force (RIF) policy to determine how to carry out layoffs.

He said the district would have to tackle that issue and hoped the teachers will add their voice.

“We will have to be developing a RIF system,” said Wyman. “If you are a teacher interested in getting your voice heard, join the conversations at your school sites. There is a lot of work that has to be done. The charter school will have a tremendous impact on us.”

Then Wyman detailed the monetary challenges posed by the state budget and the proposed inflation settlement with the Legislature.

The superintendent said the Legislature has more than $500 million in the surplus account and $427 million in the rainy day fund.

But many other governmental entities have a stake in that money, including the sheriff’s office, prisons and child protective services.

Looming in the future — a possible mini-recession.

“The Legislature is hearing that there’s not

Creek floodwaters have claimed five lives and resulted in many rescues.

In other business

Approving an amendment to the planning and zoning code, the Gila County Supervisors have made it possible to increase the rental housing stock in unincorporated areas.

If a parcel is large enough to accommodate an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), which requires a minimum lot area of at least 5,000 square feet, the county is making it easier for the construction. An ADU cannot be a park model manufactured home. It is a small, self-contained dwelling, typically with its own entrance, cooking and bathing facilities that shares the site of a larger, single-unit dwelling.

It must still meet certain guidelines in the planning and zoning code.

Bob Gould, director for the Gila County Community Development office said by making this change to the code, property owners can now make structures available for residential renters, helping the county meet its affordable housing shortage.

Happy Holidays Hassle Free Financing (0% Avail) • Call 928-468-9400 www.upnorthair.com

ROC#196159

Poor Boy’s G H S

GENERAL & HANDYMAN SERVICES Ask about Water Conditioners

for all your hard water problems ELECTRICAL, NEW & REPAIR — ROC#170033 ROC#263914 PLUMBING, NEW & REPAIR — CARPENTRY, PAINTING, CUSTOM HOMES — ROC#211347 CEMENT, ROOFING — ROC#218329

W L !!

WE E D DO O II T T A AL LL

15 years Office 928-472-2429 n Doc 928-978-7780 in Payso

CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED

24 HR Emergency Emergency Water & Fire Water Damage Damage

107 N. Tonto St. 928.474.2521 928.474.2521 www.sunshinecleaning.net www.sunshinecleaning.net

insurance approved

“Let’s sell what we are doing.

You are making a difference in the life of a child.”

Greg Wyman

School superintendent

a whole lot of growth and there might be a mini recession at the end of the decade.”

This makes for lots of competition for funding the governor would like to avoid, said Wyman.

Instead, Wyman said the governor hopes for a quiet session that doesn’t focus on education issues so he can put all his energy into ensuring the passage of Proposition 123 in May. “He needs 123 to pass,” said Wyman.

The settlement would give schools about 70 percent of the inflation money courts have ruled the Legislature illegally withheld. Most of the money would come from a 10-year increase in the amount of money taken out of the state land trust, which is reserved for schools anyway. It would boost Arizona from 50th in per-student to about 49th.

If lawmakers and the schools remain focused on getting the settlement approved without other added funding, the governor can avoid raising taxes, continue with planned corporate tax cuts and perhaps still cut government spending overall, suggested Wyman.

He predicted the proposition will pass with the governor behind it.

However, if voters reject Proposition 123, Wyman fears the Legislature will not return to the bargaining table with the school districts.

In any case, the district faces other financial challenges.

For instance, the Legislature has cut funding for district-sponsored charter schools, such as Payson Center for Success. For PUSD that means a $400,000 reduction to the budget — a big chunk of what it might gain from the inflation settlement.

Another threat? Cuts to Career and Technical Education as a result of a 50 percent reduction imposed by the Legislature to take effect next year. That could cost Payson $100,000 to $200,000.

Agriculture, culinary arts, building trades, auto shop, engineering, information technology and business marketing would get hit hard.

Wyman told the staff he’s hopeful the Legislature will reverse these cuts, given the rise in state revenues.

“This is a mistake,” he said. “There is a good chance they will cut that (cut).”

The projected enrollment remains the biggest uncertainty, since the district has to sign contracts with the teachers in April — based on assumptions about how many kids will show up in the fall.

Wyman said public schools have for decades been paid based on the past year’s enrollment numbers. By the start of next year, however, that could change and school districts would get paid based on the number of students they have for the current year.

“This is based on how charter schools are paid,” said Wyman.

But since districts have to award contracts in the spring, the shift could leave the district overstaffed if enrollment numbers fall due to the arrival of the charter school or other factors.

At best, the district could get an extra $480,000 if the settlement proposition passes.

However, if all the proposed cuts go through the district could wind up losing $400,000 on an operating budget of some $13 million.

Police raise money to help battle cancer From page 1A

24/7 Service & Free Estimates

Department of Transportation, which provided $1.4 million for the project. Gila County spent $649,021 of its half-cent transportation excise tax for the balance.

The bridge needed to span Tonto Creek needs to be nearly 2,000 feet. ADOT and the county are continuing to work toward finalizing plans and finding the money to get the bridge built.

The plans are 95 percent complete, according to information provided by County Public Works Director Steve Sanders.

Before the design can be finalized the rights of way need to be acquired for the bridge and roadway approaches to the bridge.

Getting three rights of way it needs puts the county a little closer to making a Tonto Creek Bridge a reality. It also acquired a right of way from the Tonto National Forest for the project.

On average, annually Tonto Basin residents living on the far side of the creek cannot cross it 41 days. There have been times, during heavy precipitation events or high snowmelt flooding when residents have been stranded for more than 70 days. Since 1995, Tonto

Payson schools face budget challenges

A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

Premier Realty Solutions ©

by

Miraculously, Henderson went into remission.

Then seven weeks ago, Henderson got a cold he couldn’t kick. He noticed his lymph nodes were swollen when he touched the back of his neck.

On Tuesday, Henderson visited his doctor for blood tests. Although results are not yet in, Henderson’s doctor worries the cancer has come back.

Holding back tears, Henderson put on a brave face as he told his story, unaware that the PPD was giving him the money from Beards on Patrol. Henderson said he had read about the fundraiser that morning while eating at the Beeline Cafe, but had no idea all

of the money was going toward him.

Deaton suggested the PPD participate in No-Shave November after seeing similar campaigns on social media. The idea is to grow out a beard for the month of November to stir up conversation, increase awareness and raise funds toward cancer prevention and research.

Deaton thought it would be a tough sell to get Chief Don Engler to agree to the fundraiser, who strictly upholds the department’s grooming policy.

Deaton said he made Engler promise to hear him out completely before he said no to the idea. He said each officer would contribute $20 to participate and then collect donations through the month to donate to a local family with cancer.

Deaton said Engler sat back in his chair and looked out the window, something he typically does when he is going to say no.

Instead, Engler reached into his pocket and handed him a $20, saying he was signing up.

Engler ended the month with one of the biggest, grayest beards.

Deaton collected the most donations, narrowly beating out Det. Michael McAnerny, and therefore got to decide who to give the money to. Deaton said he chose Henderson because he had seen him battle cancer for so many years and may have to do it once again.

Henderson helps support five children.

Deaton told Henderson to spend the money how he wishes. Henderson said he planned to put a big chunk of it toward medical bills and the rest toward Christmas presents.

Heroin epidemic tangled up painkiller abuse From page 1A out with drugs subsidized by insurance without the stigma of heroin, long disdained as a drug used in big cities by minorities and the poor.

Now, the epidemic has taken root in many rural areas like Payson, as the recent rash of court cases involving addiction has demonstrated.

For instance, rural teenagers are 35 percent more likely to have abused prescription painkillers in the past year than adolescents living in large cities, according to a study in the Journal of Rural Health. Some 1.3 million adolescents abused prescription opioids last year, with women even more likely than men to abuse painkillers like OxyContin, oxycodone and Percocet.

The study suggested that many of the teens get their first prescription from urgent care clinics and emergency rooms after a medical problem, since emergency room doctors are more likely to prescribe painkillers for many problems than are primary care physicians — which remain in short supply in many rural communities.

Another study found that 52 percent of women and 38 percent of men who end up addicted to opioids, including heroin, start out on prescription painkillers.

The study of 503 patients in methadone

clinics published in Biology of Sex found that women who became addicted were more likely than men to have physical and psychological problems, child care responsibilities and a family history of psychiatric illness. The men were more like to be working and to smoke cigarettes. About half of the opioid users of both sexes also used marijuana.

Abuse of painkillers has played a crucial role in the surge in heroin addiction, according to another study published in the Annual Review of Public Health. Since 1997, the number of Americans seeking treatment for addiction to painkillers has increased 900 percent, shadowing the increase in doctors’ willingness to prescribe the painkillers to treat chronic pain.

The researchers from Brandeis University concluded that we need to make an all-out effort to get doctors to change their prescribing practices to curtail new addictions, but must also provide access to treatment to “the millions of Americans who are already addicted.”

The underlying over prescribing of painkillers has interacted with other illegal drugs in surprising and complicated ways, according to a study by researchers from Washington University publishing in JAMA Psychiatry. The researchers surveyed 9,000 patients dependent on narcotic painkillers between 2010 and 2013. About one-third of those reported heroin

as their primary drug of abuse.

They concluded that people who start out on painkillers migrate to heroin because it’s easier to get, easier to snort or inject and costs far less than the prescription drugs like OxyContin.

Ironically, an effort in 2010 to reformulate prescription painkillers to make them harder to crush up to snort or inject may have pushed many people already addicted to shift to heroin the researchers concluded.

Many people who became addicted to the painkillers took pride in not using heroin, which they then associated with minorities in big cities. However, price, accessibility and ease of use forced growing numbers to shift to heroin.

Some 90 percent of the study subjects who started using heroin in the last decade were white and most live in rural or suburban areas.

Another study found an even more worrisome trend — the tendency of people to use both heroin and painkillers — often in combinations more dangerous than either drug alone.

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, surveyed 267 patients in drug treatment. They found that half of the heroin users started on painkillers. About 42 percent said they’d used both heroin and painkillers within a month of starting treatment, compared to 23 percent in 2008.

PAYSON ROUNDUP

communityalmanac

Submissions deadlines: • 10 a.m. Monday for Tuesday issue • 10 a.m. Wednesday for Friday issue

Christmas House

cookie sale saturday

There will be a Christmas House at the Rim Country Middle School cafeteria from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6.

Shop for Christmas décor and unique gifts.

Chamber Mixer

Sunshine Cleaning & Restoration hosts a Chamber Mixer from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 at its new location, 107 N. Tonto St., Payson. There will be food, music, raffle, beer and wine tasting.

First Friday Christmas sing and model train show

Are you already humming your favorite Christmas Carols? Well, don’t be shy!

Come out to First Friday and get your Christmas Caroling on, after all, ’tis the season to sing joyfully.

There will be a Christmas Sing with Buckshot Dot from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 at Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main Street. In the back of the church sanctuary will be The Buckshot Dot Mudhens Model Train Show.

Guests can enjoy a hot soup bar for a suggested donation of $5 per person. All 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.

Gallery anniversary

Today — First Friday, Dec. 4 — Down the Street Art Gallery will be celebrating it’s 8th anniversary. The gallery on Historic Main Street is home to some of the finest artists in Rim Country and it has been voted Rim Country’s Best Art Gallery four years running and hope to make it five in 2016.

Toy Drives need donations

Metro Creative Services

Walk among the goodie-laden tables to select an assortment of homemade cookies and candies to take home in a decorative tin during Carol’s Cookie Sale. Presented by the Ladies of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the sale takes place from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Dec. 5 in the parish hall at 1000 N. Easy St. Proceeds support Rim Country children, youth and women.

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.

The community is invited to walk among the goodie-laden tables, selecting their own 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 holiday entertaining and gift-giving without having to spend hours in the kitchen.

The proceeds support Rim Country children, youth and women. For more information, please contact Sue Becker, (928) 595-4123.

At the Mazatzal Casino

There’s always something happening at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino, located on Highway 87 at milepost 251. For more information, call 1-800-777-PLAY (7529).

• Red Sleigh Giveaway: Double Entry Mondays! See Player’s Club for details.

• New Year’s Eve Bash: Featuring America’s #1 Dance Band. Doors open 9 p.m. $20 advance/$25 door. Tickets available at gift shop. Hot Seats 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. Win up to $2016 in cash! 4x bonus points Dec. 31 12 p.m. to Jan. 1 12 p.m.

• Military Appreciation Fridays 7-11 a.m.

3x bonus points. Earn 10 points, receive $10 Maz Cash & breakfast special voucher!

• Football Specials: Sunday, Monday and Thursday in the Apache Spirits Lounge. Beer & Wings and drink specials!

Angel Project returns

Angel, a 10-year-old boy, is once again asking the community to contribute to a holiday Toy & Blanket Drive from now until Dec. 19. Any type, any size will be accepted and organizers can even pick up donations.

Drop-off boxes are at Bob’s Western Wear, Payson Barber Shop, Ponderosa Family Care, Tiny’s, Serendipity on Main and the project has Angel Trees at Rue 21 and Walmart.

To help the cause, he is also organizing a sale of baked goods and Christmas decorations to be held outside of Walgreens from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 19. For more information, call (480) 322-2743.

Amnesty Write-a-thon set

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

The Rim Country Fire Angels are asking the public to donate a new, unwrapped toy for a boy or girl, for ages 1-15 or make a monetary donation for Rim Country children in need.

The Rim Country Fire Angels is a 501c3 organization.

Donations — both unwrapped, new toys and monetary contributions — may be dropped off at Fire Station 11 on West Main Street, Payson; the Payson Town Hall main lobby or the Payson Community Development office; or Kohl’s Ranch Lodge.

Monetary donations can be mailed to: Rim Country Fire Angels, 603 E. Hunter Dr., Payson, AZ, 85541.

If you have any questions, please contact Monica Savage at (928) 472-5120.

Elks Lodge Toy Drive a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road.

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.

Treats for holiday parade

Carol’s Cookie Sale

1101 S. Beeline Highway. 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 with any questions.

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 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.

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.”

No ballroom dance party

Due to the Electric Light Parade Dec. 5, there will be no Ballroom Dance Party at The (Senior) Center that evening.

Raffle for senior programs

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.

Across the Aisle launches

Political activists in Payson are treading new ground. Instead of barking at politicians who take an opposing stand, an experiment is being attempted to have shared dialogue on issues of common concern.

Local Democratic leaders have invited Republican State Senator Sylvia Allen to sit down to discuss local and state issues and see if they can better understand each other and possibly even find common ground.

Senator Allen has accepted the invitation.

A dialogue called “Across The Aisle” will occur from noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8 between Senator Allen and Dr. Raymond Spatti, a local Democrat.

The framework for the event consists of 10 to 12 minutes of discussion on specified topics such as water and energy, health care, rural affairs and environment, state appropriations — issues which Senator Allen has addressed by virtue of her Senate position.

The dialogue will take place at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson.

The public is invited, and those who wish to order a meal should arrive by 11:30 a.m.

Lunch & Learn

Banner High Country Seniors present a program on “Do Not Resuscitate” orders with Michael Herring, chief nursing officer for Banner Payson Medical Center, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance by calling (928) 472-9290 (no later than 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8).

Learn about scholarships

The 2015 Scholarship Open House Event at Payson High School is from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8 in the Longhorn Gymnasium.

It is Payson High School’s goal to showcase the available local scholarships. At the event, students will be able to ask questions and obtain information regarding scholarships.

2015 Holiday House Lighting Contest entries due Dec. 9

The 11th Annual “Light the Rim” Contest entries are due by 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 9 at the chamber of commerce or Payson Roundup office.

Judging takes place the evenings of Dec. 14 and 15, with winners announced Friday, Dec. 18.

Sponsors are: Payson Care Center, first; Bay Equity Home Loans, second; Sunshine Cleaning and restoration, third; with assistance from The Home Depot, APS Community Connectors and the Payson Roundup.

Prizes to be awarded include: $250, first; $150, second; $100, third; plus gifts to all finalists who participate in the contest.

For more information, please call Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce, (928) 474-4515; stop by at 100 W. Main, Payson; or go online to www.rimcountrychamber.com.

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 Highway 87. See’s wonderful chocolates are also available at Arizona Elite Properties,

A Toy Drive Day is planned at the Payson Elks Lodge, 1206 N. Beeline Highway, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12.

Payson Choral Society Christmas Concert

The Payson Choral Society’s Christmas presentation of Christmas Traditions, directed by Daria Mason with accompaniment by Gail Gory and Sue Becker, comes to the Payson High School Auditorium on Saturday, Dec. 12 and Sunday, Dec. 13.

Performances are scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m., Sunday.

Come get into the Christmas spirit and enjoy some fun!

Concert tickets are $10 at the door or $8 if purchased in advance. Children and students up to age 18 are admitted free.

Tickets may be purchased in advance from Choral Society members, the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce and at the library.

Proceeds from the concerts provide musical scholarships to middle school and high school students. These are awarded each year at the spring concert. For added information, call John Landino, (928) 4680023.

Gift trees

Several “gift trees” are springing up around the Rim Country.

Once again, the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree will be at National Bank of Arizona, 804 S. Beeline Highway.

The “angel” tags on the tree are supplied by area social services and the public schools. “Santas” for the “Angels” are invited to come into the bank, take a tag (or more) and purchase the items requested for the child. Details on return of the gifts for distribution will be on the tag.

Another “Angel Tree” is at Chris Walsh’s Edward Jones office, 411 S. Beeline Highway, Suite B, Payson.

“Santas” for this “Angel Tree” are invited to help less fortunated seniors in the community or the children passing through the Time Out Shelter. Stop by during regular business hours through Wednesday, Dec. 16.

Collect a tag and then shop for the “angel” in need. Wrapped gifts should be returned to Walsh’s office, along with the tag, by Friday, Dec. 18 for delivery.

A “Senior Angel Christmas Tree” is up in the Pine Strawberry Thrift Shop. The tags on the tree are “gift guides” for some of the area’s seniors, including those that may be residing in healthcare facilities.

Choose a card, sign it out with the thrift shop cashier and look around the shop to see if there may be something in stock that suits the needs of the “senior angel” or keep the guide for shopping elsewhere.

Wrapped gifts for this program need to be returned to the thrift shop by Saturday, Dec. 5.

Organizers are still searching for those who might benefit from the program. If you know of a senior who needs some extra love

Friday, December 4, 2015 3A

for the holiday, let the folks at the thrift shop know about them by calling (928) 476-4633.

The Pine Strawberry Thrift Shop, located in the PS Community Center on N. Highway 87 in the center of Pine, is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday.

Special holiday concert

The public is invited to a special presentation of the Christmas choruses and solos from Handel’s Messiah by 20 volunteer singers from the community. Some children will be taking part in solos, readings, ringing bells and a nativity scene. This concert will be held at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 700 E. Wade Lane, Payson at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 19 during the church’s worship hour. Admission is free.

Those interested may call Angeline at (928) 951-4853 for more information.

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.

LFOP book sale

During December, the Library Friends of Payson Bookstore will continue to feature a collection of Christmas items at two for the price of one, while supplies last. Bookstore gift certificates are only $3 and make the perfect gifts for those hard-to-shop-for people. They are great stocking stuffers, as well.

The Bookstore will also be offering all standard size paperback books and videos at the amazing value of 10 for $1 throughout December.

Bookstore stock is constantly changing, so stop by often.

The LFOP Bookstore is located to the right of the circulation desk just inside the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road.

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

Pioneer Recycling

Pioneer Recycling is a new non-profit in Payson. Owner Bob Droddy will pick up your aluminum cans for recycling with the proceeds going to the Cancer Foundation of Payson. Contact him at (907) 723-8680 or (928) 474-0118.

Elks New Year’s Eve event

Tickets are now on sale for the Payson Elks Lodge New Year’s Eve SUPERSTARS! Duets night. Guests will have a choice of prime rib or baked chicken for only $25 per person or $45 for two. This event is open to the public.

Tickets must be purchased by Dec. 23 — NO EXCEPTIONS. Get tickets at the Lodge or call (928) 474-2572 for details.

Tax program needs volunteers

AARP Tax-Aide is dedicated to assisting senior citizens and low- to middle-income taxpayers file their personal tax returns free. The program is seeking individuals with basic computer skills, a general knowledge of tax requirements, and an interest in serving our local community.

In January 2016, AARP will provide training and equipment to obtain IRS certification to enable volunteers to confidently offer tax assistance.

For more information or to volunteer, call Lori at (928) 478-6460 or Bob at (928) 4727588 or email:paysontaxaide@gmail.com.

LOTTERIES Powerball (Dec. 2) 14 18 19 32 64 (9) Mega Millions (Dec. 1) 5 7 25 50 59 (12) The Pick (Dec. 2) 1 3 7 17 27 31 Fantasy 5 (Dec. 3) 3 12 26 28 33 Pick 3 (Dec. 3) 491 5 Card Cash (Dec. 3) 3S 2H 4H 2C JS

rim country calendar

4

Friday • 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

5

Saturday • 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

6

7

8

Looking ahead

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

• Bingo: 1 p.m., Elks Lodge, open to the public

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

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Across the Aisle: noon to 1 p.m., State Senator Sylvia Allen discusses issues with Raymond Spatti, Tiny’s • Scholarship program: learn about available scholarships, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Longhorn Gym, PHS campus

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

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

PAYSON ROUNDUP

OPINION

4A Friday, December 4, 2015

ourview

lookback

Alliance must weigh impact on schools

• Dec. 6, 1917: A Belgian steamer and French freighter, both loaded with ammunition, explode in Canada’s Halifax Harbor, leveling part of the town and killing nearly 1,600 people and injuring some 8,000. The ships carried 8 million tons of TNT intended for use in World War I. • Dec. 5, 1945: Five U.S. Navy torpedo-bombers take off from Florida on a routine training mission over the Atlantic Ocean. The squadron leader later reported that his compass had failed and his position was unknown, and a rescue aircraft was dispatched with a 13-man crew. No trace of the 27 crewmen or six aircraft was ever found.

• Dec. 4, 1956: The “Million Dollar Quartet” convenes at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tenn., in a historic impromptu jam session. Present were Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. A tape recorded that day was not discovered until 1981.

• Dec. 3, 1999: Tori Murden became the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone. It took her 81 days to reach the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe from the Canary Islands.

Whoa, Trigger.

Let’s sit a minute and figure out if they’ve got an ambush set up for us in that box canyon just ahead.

That’s our considered advice to the Rim Country Educational Alliance.

Now, we can certainly appreciate the irony of deliberating delay — after four years of panting for progress.

But we think the community needs some time to consider the plan to build a brand new charter school on 10 or 20 acres of the land purchased from the Forest Service for a university and its support facilities.

The proposal to put a charter school in the southwest corner of the 253-acre site popped up recently, after an apparently lengthy series of talks that never broke into public view.

Next thing we knew, the charter school had submitted site plans, started talking to contractors and announced plans to open for business sometime next year.

The proposal upset lots of folks who have been hoping and praying for a university for six long years — especially folks deeply concerned about the future of the Payson Unified School District.

We presume the Rim Country Educational Alliance board will have a public discussion — and vote — on whether to lease the site to the charter school — although most of the discussion so far makes it sound like a done deal.

We hope those hearings — and that discussion — will carefully consider the implications, both to the university project and to the community.

Certainly, you can make a case for going through with the lease arrangements. For starters, the university plan has always relied on bringing in other compatible uses — like a conference hotel, a retail area, a research park, dorms and other support facilities. The revenue generated by those businesses can lower the cost of the deal for the university partner — which means lower costs for students and a big edge in recruitment.

Backers of a university also hope that bringing in other businesses can help cover the cost of the extension of public services — like streets, sewer, water and power. Again, that lowers the cost of the project and helps attract a university partner.

But recruiting to the community a charter school that could drain one-third of the students from the district could have serious impacts. For starters, the district would probably end up closing one or two already-paid-for school sites as the charter school builds new facilities. That seems like a waste of taxpayer resources.

Now, make no mistake — the charter school could also benefit many families. The campus could provide a more focused, college-prep curriculum than the district has managed so far — with its struggling gifted program, a limited offering of advanced placement classes and a historically low college attendance rate.

However, the charter school plans to offer a K-8 program, which means students headed for college would still depend on the district’s high school for their preparation. But after losing so many students to the charter school, the district could face even greater struggles in fulfilling that need for all the students who wind up at the high school — whether from the charter school, Pine or Tonto Basin.

Certainly, the charter school operators have every right to build a school in Payson and compete head to head with the school districts for students. The whole theory behind charters suggests such a competition could give parents and students more choices and challenge the traditional public schools to perform.

However, locating that charter school on land bought to bring a university to town could create all kinds of needless divisions within the community.

At the very least, the Alliance needs to stop and explain to the community the benefits to the university project of the proposed partnership with the charter school. Then, the Alliance must carefully consider whether those benefits outweigh the potential impact on the Payson school district and the deep community consensus that has supported the university project.

We’ve galloped a long way to come within sight of this perplexing canyon.

Let’s let Trigger — and the rest of us — catch our breaths before we charge forward.

guestcomment

Aiming at economic opportunity through education for careers in information technology and energy. In Tucson, efforts will focus on bioscience For the past two decades, Arizona has con- and advanced manufacturing industries.

The pathways will not stop with simply presistently ranked as one of the fastest growing paring students for the technical skills needed states in the nation. This growth in population success in a particular field. They will start for provides a significant opportunity for Arizona with a solid academic foundation that to develop a strong workforce that can open doors and provide students supports economic development and the flexibility and choice they will need prosperity for the citizens of the state. to navigate a world that is constantly However, realizing this opportunity changing. APTP focuses on the entire will require a focus on student outstudent and ensures they are not only comes, educational attainment, and prepared with the technical skills they connecting education and industry in need in a particular field, but that they effective ways. can solve problems, work in teams, Center for the Future of Arizona work effectively in a professional envirecently released the report, “Vision ronment, and adapt to the changing 2025: Arizona Comes of Age,” which Sybil Francis workplace. drives Arizona toward a future where Achieving economic opportunity for all citizens and leaders share a common road map, we work across sectors to tackle our biggest Arizonans depends on providing a high-quality, challenges, and we offer excellence and equity rigorous K-12 education for every child, as well as increasing the percent of the population that in education for all.

One of CFA’s new initiatives, Arizona earns a credential beyond high school — be it Pathways to Prosperity, is designed to do just from a college, trade, or technical school.

Arizona will advance these career pathways that. Funded in Arizona by the Governor’s Office, Arizona Community Foundation and JP Morgan by addressing the following implementation Chase, the initiative partners Arizona with the strategies: • Early, sustained career information, expoHarvard Graduate School of Education, Jobs for the Future and 11 other states in an effort to sure, and advising • Opportunities for students to earn at least help students find careers they are passionate 12 college credits while in high school that are about that pay a good wage.

In Phoenix, APTP will bring together educa- aligned to the requirements of the chosen career tion and business partners to prepare students pathway and related credential by

Sybil Francis, executive director,

center for the future of arizona

• Collaboration between business and education for the improvement and development of career pathways • Engage employers through work-based learning opportunities • Committed state leaders and a favorable policy environment In order to close the gap between what is necessary to support a thriving economy and where we are today, we must increase educational attainment across the board. We must recognize that the path to financial independence and a rewarding career can be different for each person.

Arizona must move beyond a “one size fits all” model of education to one that strengthens and embraces comprehensive, personalized, multiple pathways that maximize individual student success. The Arizona Pathways to Prosperity Initiative is a part of the solution to help Arizona’s educational system ensure excellence and equity for all.

There are many programs in the Valley and in Tucson focused on creating opportunities for students in our state to develop skills that will help us meet the needs of the workforce and we applaud these efforts. It is only when we are all working together to achieve a common goal will we be able to provide Arizona the education it needs.

To learn more about Arizona Pathways to Prosperity, visit www.arizonafuture.org/education-redesign/pathways-to-prosperity/.

mailcall

Street sign theft Editor: To the parents of teenagers. Sometime in the evening of the 18th of November, one of your little darlings knocked over a stop sign! On top of this stop sign was a street sign they could not resist stealing.

Stealing the street sign (Budweiser Circle) was bad enough, but knocking the stop sign over could cause a fatality.

Looking into their bedroom could help the police department catch one of these little buggers early enough in their life to set them straight.

They were not looking to cause an accident, but it could happen. A word to the wise, stop this behavior while they are young. Please!

Tom Tainsh

Turkey Tuesday Editor: Thanks to the Rim Country residents, Bashas’, the Payson Roundup, KMOG Radio, Sgt. Dennis Newman of the Gila County Sheriff’s Office and his Explorers Scouts for helping St. Vincent de Paul’s “Turkey Tuesday” be a great success.

Thanks to everyone for their generous gifts of food items, financial contributions and, of course, the turkeys.

We were able to provide 325 turkey dinner food

boxes to families that may have gone without a Thanksgiving dinner. Without the compassion and generosity of our Rim Country community, we at S.V.d.P. could not carry out the work that our Lord calls us to do. All donations to St. Vincent de Paul, Payson stays in the Rim Country.

Again, our heartfelt thanks.

Volunteers of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Payson

Child needs help Editor: A CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer is needed to serve as a “Baby CASA” for 2-year-old “Lisa.”

The Department of Child Safety (DCS) removed the little girl from her parents’ care due to their abuse of methamphetamines and engaging in domestic violence in her presence.

Both parents are currently unable to provide for Lisa’s basic needs. No family members were willing or able to care for the little girl, so she is currently living in a foster home.

Among the Baby CASA volunteer’s responsibilities: Monitoring Lisa’s progress in her foster home; working with her pediatrician and other health care specialists to ensure that she receives services for age-appropriate developmental milestones, and making recommendations about a permanent outcome for Lisa.

Payson Roundup 708 N. Beeline Highway • Payson, AZ 85541 Phone: (928) 474-5251 • Fax: (928) 474-1893 • E-mail: editor@payson.com • Website: payson.com

Julie Williams

Operations Manager Ext. 107

John Naughton Publisher Ext. 117

Gary Tackett.................. Director of Sales, ext. 104 John Stanton................Advertising Sales, ext. 103 Jeff Smith......................Advertising Sales, ext. 105 Paula Van Buskirk....Classified/legal ads, ext. 102 Pia Wyer...................... Digital media mgr., ext. 119

Teresa McQuerrey Alexis Bechman Michele Nelson Keith Morris Patty Behm

Pete Aleshire Editor in Chief ext. 115

Reporter, ext. 113 Reporter, ext. 112 Reporter, ext. 120 Reporter, ext. 114 Circulation mgr., ext. 108

Sherrie McQuerrey, production mgr.; Melinda McQuerrey, Jay Cooper, production; Dave Rawsthorne, photo technician; Bob Earl, head pressman.

Subscription Rates: Single copy, 75 cents. Single copy (mail), $3.00. Mail delivery: One year out-of-county, $68 plus tax. One year in-county, $65 plus tax. Home delivery: One year, $41 plus tax. Subscribers, if your carrier misses a delivery, please call by 11 a.m. the following day. The Payson Roundup reserves the right to reject advertising and edit copy that it considers objectionable. Liability for any error in advertising shall not exceed the value of the actual space in which the error occurs and shall be satisfied by correction in the next issue. No portion of the Payson Roundup may be used in any manner without the expressed written consent of the publisher. The Payson Roundup (USPS 424-180) is published each Tuesday and Friday by WorldWest Limited Liability Company. Periodical postage paid at the post office at Payson, AZ 85547. POSTMASTER: Proud member of Printed Send address changes to the Payson Roundup, Arizona Newspaper on 100% Association Recycled Paper 708 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson, AZ 85541. © 2015

By submitting opinions, articles, photographs, poems, or other creative works, you grant the Payson Roundup a nonexclusive license to publish, copy and distribute your work, while acknowledging that you are the author of the work.

Are you willing to give approximately 15 to 20 hours per month to advocate for an abused or neglected child in our community? No experience is necessary, and comprehensive training is provided at no cost to the volunteer advocate.

Once certification and training are complete, CASA volunteers spend time learning about the child and their needs, gather information about the child’s circumstances, advocate for services for the child, and provide information to the court about what is in the child’s best interest.

If you are interested in becoming a CASA volunteer and making a difference in the life of an abused or neglected child, please contact the Payson CASA office at 928-474-7145.

Editor’s note: This child’s name has been changed to protect the identities of those involved, and this child is not eligible for adoption at this time.

So many to thank Editor: At this time of year, Soroptimist International of Zane Grey Country thanks all the individuals and organizations who have assisted us in raising funds for local businesses and charities.

Dan Dillon of Safeway; Julie Rivas, Pizza Hut; Subway in Bashas’ Center; Clay Bebell, Walgreens; and the Payson Police Department are among the groups to whom we are grateful. KMOG and the Payson Roundup have helped get the word out about our activities.

See’s Candies are now available for sale if you are inclined to help during the holiday season. Please contact Jean Oliver for more information at 474-6167.

We hope to work with you again in 2016.

Jean Oliver, president, SIZG

worthnoting A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

— Chinese Proverb

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, December 4, 2015

Tribe donates $77,000 to middle school by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

The Tonto Apache Tribe made another huge investment in the Payson Unified School District with a $77,000 check to support technology. This donation will enable the middle school to purchase seven new Chromebook carts that carry 30 of the small tablets, said Jennifer White, principal.

Three representatives from the tribe, Wally Davis, Jr., Junior Tinnin and Donavan Waterman came to RCMS on Tuesday, Dec. 1 to an RCMS assembly.

White explained that to illustrate the request for support, the school with the aid of the tech department, made a video filmed at RCMS using students and faculty as the actors saying things such as, “I want a rewarding career,” “I want to connect with the world” and “We will exceed your expectations.”

It worked.

The three representatives from the tribe all attended PUSD. Davis admitted he dropped out of school and wasn’t proud of that decision, but found his way to a leadership position with the support of his elders. He told the students its best to learn in school and finish it up.

“It’s always cool to stay in school,” he said.

Waterman said the tribe hoped the donation helped the students. He also said that without the teachers asking for the help, the

5A

ACA “Obamacare” Enrollment Deadlines

December 15th for a January 1st effective date.

January 31st for a March 1st effective date.

Call right away to schedule a personal appointment, to secure a January 1st effective date.

Medicare Annual Enrollment Deadline is December 7

Tom Russell & Associates

474.1233

www.TomRUSSELLinsurance.com Office behind Fargo’s Steakhouse Michele Nelson/Roundup

Professional assistance both ON and OFF Exchange

Since 1994

Tonto Apache Tribal Council members Wally Davis Jr., Junior Tinnin and Donavan Waterman present a check for $77,000 to Rim Country Middle School to update the school’s technology. tribe would not have made the donation.

“This wouldn’t be possible without your teachers,” he said.

“Keep up the good work and listen to your teachers. If they had not come to us, you wouldn’t have this help.”

Tinnin simply said, “You are welcome from

Buying or Selling a Home?

the bottom of our hearts.”

The student body spontaneously gave the tribal members a standing ovation. Then a group of students from Nicole Ward’s class gave a heartfelt thank you presentation while Shelli and Trevor Creighton presented a handmade sign for the tribe.

Let me help you make the Real Estate decisions you can live with.

Gary Walton Realtor

®

Round Valley man found not guilty of sex crimes Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A 68-year-old Round Valley man accused of molesting two girls was exonerated Monday on all charges.

After hearing arguments in Globe, a jury Monday returned not guilty verdicts on all counts, including two counts of sexual abuse, three counts of sexual conduct with a minor, child molestation and four courts of aggravated assault.

It is the Roundup’s policy not to reveal the identity of defendants accused of sexual crimes until after conviction. Because the man was found not guilty, we are not printing his name.

The trial commenced Nov. 18 before Presiding Judge Tim Wright with Michael Bernays for the defense and June Ava Florescue for the Gila County Attorney’s Office.

The following is an account from the Gila County Attorney’s Office, who conducted the investigation.

In November 2013, 6- and 9-year-old sisters told their mother that the man had touched them inappropriately several times, squeezing and grabbing them and kissing them. The mother told officers she had also witnessed the man French kissing one of the girls while she sat on his lab.

The girls would see the man when they stayed at their aunt’s house in Round Valley, where the man lived, while their mother worked in Phoenix.

The girls reportedly told their mother the man made them watch pornographic movies with him and would then touch and kiss them inappropriately.

The girls told their mother that the man had showed them a large hunting knife and said he would hurt them if they told anyone what he was doing.

When officers questioned the girls’ aunt, she denied ever seeing any abuse and said the girls did not interact with the man very often who stayed in his room mostly with the door open, unless he was sleeping. She said the man does not watch porn and does not have a working computer. She said she didn’t understand why the girls would say such things about the man.

When detectives questioned the man, he denied doing anything inappropriate with the girls and said they only occasionally gave him a kiss on the check.

He said he does not interact with the girls a lot and keeps his distance from them because he thinks they lie a lot and are “up to no good.”

On Dec. 4, 2013, GCSO deputies searched the man’s Round Valley home and found no porn, but did locate the large hunting knife.

Bernays did not return a request for comment as of press time.

Alliance adopts master plan for university site From page 1A The project has also generated fresh opposition as a result of a proposal to build a charter school in one corner of the property. The charter school operators would raise the money to build the facilities and pay the Alliance a monthly lease for the campus, which would then help lower the cost of the campus for a university partner.

However, the charter school proposal has spurred opposition for advocates of Payson’s traditional public school system, who maintain the potential loss of students to the charter school could prove devastating to the district’s finances and force the closure of one or more of the district’s four campuses.

The plan for the charter originally included about 24 acres, including about 10 acres for the campus and about 14 acres for athletic fields, which would also be available for use by the community and ultimately, by the university students. Reportedly, the town’s ban on grass fields until C.C. Cragin pipeline water arrives and opposition from people who don’t want the charter school on the university site may have prompted the charter school operator to drop plans for athletic fields.

The Alliance, in cooperation with the Foundation, has commissioned architect Joseph Tyndall with RSP Architects and project manager Scott Sumners, with Rider Levett Bucknall, to develop a site plan and infrastructure engineering for the campus, which would include dorms, classrooms, roads, parking, a research park, hotels, a retail area and other support facilities.

The “high-level plan Bucknall and Tyndall presented Thursday divided the 253 acres into four zones. A third of the site is reserved for educational facilities — which would include the classrooms and administrative offices.

The plan shows a large swath of “open space” along a ridge through the middle of the property, which also includes archaeological sites the campus construction would not affect. The Foundation spent about $500,000 excavating several archaeological sites and preserving the pottery shards and stone tools unearthed as a condition of buying the site

garywalton@bishoprealty.com

BISHOP REALTY

Oriental Rug Cleaning

Full Rug Washing Facility in Payson • Dusting

15% OFF

• Bath Washing

when you drop off at our shop!

• Fringe Cleaning

• Free Pick up & Delivery*Payson Only Carpet, Tile & Upholstery Cleaning Duct & HVAC Cleaning F i r e • Wa t e r • F l o o d Remediation

474-2521

FREE Did you know that you can contribute to the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Payson, and that it will not cost you anything? Arizona Law allows you to contribute up to $200 (per individual) or $400 (per couple filing jointly) to the Food Bank and get your contribution back as a reduction of your Arizona taxes even if you do not itemize. Your entire donation will go to the needy right here in the Payson area and 100% of it actually provides food for the hungry along with utilities and rent assistance for those in need. But you have to donate before December 31.

Contact us today: St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank, P.O. Box 1317, Payson, AZ 85547. Tel. 928-474-9104 or 928-951-3480

2015

On Christmas morning, your wife can’t believe it.

She swears she’ll wear it every day, for the rest of her life. You remember her eyes, and her tears.

2044

Your daughter tries it on for what must be the 1,000th time. But now it’s hers to keep. She swears to wear it forever -- and does. from the Forest Service.

The other roughly 60 percent of the site would be reserved for “educational ancillary facilities.”

The current plan calls for the construction of the charter school south of the proposed extension of Granite Dells Road to a roundabout intersection with Mud Springs Road. The project would also require the extension of Mud Springs Road to the highway, a proposal once bitterly opposed by people living along Phoenix Street who feared it would become a de facto highway bypass during the busy summer traffic months.

Sumners said they are currently conducting a geotechnical analysis and will then move on to a survey of the trees on the property.

They said the plan is to keep some of the trees to retain the woodsy feel on the campus, which will include two- and three-story buildings that should sit below the

tree lines.

“It will look integrated,” Tyndall said, adding campus buildings will be connected around a “mall” of sorts that makes it easy to walk between classrooms and the dorms.

Sumners said the Payson campus would offer something different than the urban campus found in Tempe.

The nearly $6 million for the land purchase and predevelopment costs came mostly from the MHA Foundation, which formed and controls the Educational Foundation. That money, in turn, came mostly from the sale of the Payson Regional Medical Center to Banner Health Systems.

Alliance officials say they suspended talks with ASU late last year to focus on buying the property — after having roughed out an agreement with ASU on issues like the number of students, timing, facilities needed, construc-

tion of dorms and the cost of the infrastructure, like roads, sewers, water and power. The preliminary discussions also included a reported offer to guarantee ASU’s operating losses of up to roughly $10 million for the first, 1,000-student phase of the campus.

ASU officials at various times over the past four years have confirmed the ongoing discussions, but have never publicly discussed details of the talks. ASU did sign an intergovernmental agreement to exclusively negotiate the operation of a campus in Payson.

Alliance officials say that they will seek to strike an agreement with ASU or some other university partner once they complete the engineering on the site plan and infrastructure and have control over the timetable for campus construction.

Alexis Bechman contributed to this story.

2072

Your granddaughter slides onto her own finger that precious ring her Mom’s worn forever. She slips it on, and feels a history coming alive . . . .

The fine jewelry you give your wife this Christmas is only the beginning of its magical journey of touching women’s lives.

So give the finest ... to them all.

“Celebrating 31 years in the Rim Country”

Payson Village Shopping Center • 474-9126 www.paysonjewelers.com Holiday Hours Monday-Friday 9:30-5:30, Saturday 9:30-3:00

©JATW2015

by

(928) 595-0454

PAYSON ROUNDUP

BUSINESS

6A Friday, December 4, 2015

Gerardo: Dishing up 15 years of community service by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Gerardo Moceri and his wife Maria came to Payson 15 years ago to do something they had not tried — running their own restaurant.

“I was working for the Boulder Resort (in Phoenix) and they sold out,” he said.

“That meant a new management company took over.”

Not sure what that would mean for them, the Moceris decided to take up an offer from a friend who owned the building their restaurant resides in and moved to Payson.

At the time, their children, Natalie and Gerardo Jr. were 5 and 3 years old.

Gerardo said that made all the difference in the world.

“Being a dad and a father you’re setting different limitations,” he said.

His former career took him all over the world opening hotels, restaurants in hotels and restaurants. He and his wife’s choice to settle down in Payson and make a go of it had everything to do with creating a stable situation for his children to grow up.

Yet no one believed an upscale Italian bistro would survive in Payson.

“As we remodeled in October of 2000 before we opened, people said we wouldn’t make it,” said Gerardo.

Their 15-year anniversary on Dec. 13 proves the naysayers wrong.

The chef said his attention to good food has caught the attention of Valley

patrons and Lamborghini and Ferrari clubs who plan a drive around coming to Payson to eat at the Firewood Café.

Gerardo said his firewood oven serves as the foundation for his menu. He has always made wood fired pizzas in the sturdy brick oven.

“Everything is keyed around the wood fired oven,” he said as he threw in another log. “I still use wood, other restau-

rants often use gas.”

The chef said he has a few classics on his menu, but loves to try out new things all the time. Only the best more fresh ingredients will do, however.

That means he makes his own mozzarella, sausages and bread from scratch.

“What we try to do here is homemade food,” he said. “It’s hard to get the right product ... we go for quality.”

Gerardo said the restaurant could not have survived without local support, however. The chef not only talks about his gratitude, he lives it.

From the moment he opened the restaurant with partner John Posteraro, Gerardo cooked food for school fundraisers, Hospice fundraisers, and families in crisis fundraisers.

Not only did the community recog-

nize his generosity in 2003 with the Payson Man of the Year Award, but the National Restaurant Association also recognized Gerardo as the Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year for serving 3,500 meals a day to refugees and emergency crews from the Rodeo-Chediski Fire.

“We cooked for the firefighters (and) ... all the people from Heber-Overgard coming in,” he said.

Another community service Gerardo provides, mentoring.

At any given time, Gerardo has current and past students working as hosts, waiters or cooks in the kitchen learning how to make homemade food.

“We don’t mind helping the kids,” he said. “We are truly a family business.”

When asked to explain why he donates so much time to helping young people learn the business or donating time and food to causes, Gerardo points to a poster of Mother Teresa given to him by a patron.

The quote from her says, “We are ending hunger ... and we have work to do.”

With customers in the restaurant, Gerardo then turned to the kitchen to start his day feeding the people of Rim Country.

Gerardo plans to have a celebration the week of the restaurant’s anniversary.

For more information, make reservations or find out the hours of operation, please call 928-468-6500. The restaurant is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays.

A business coach for Rim Country business owners by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Deb Rose had a challenge.

The Rim Country real estate agent might have received enough votes to be Realtor of the Year two years in a row, but the business was running her, not the other way around.

She searched for just the right employees for her needs, but struggled until she met Minesh Baxi, a business consultant who gave her the tools to find the employees that allowed Rose more control in her business.

“It has revolutionized my business,” she said.

Rose decided she had to bring Baxi to Payson to spread the good news and he agreed.

On a warm November day, Rose served lunch while Baxi talked to about 25 Rim Country business owners about hiring the right people, working more effi-

ciently, creating attainable goals and deciding what meant success.

“Most people who made their money worked hard,” he said.

“They did the right thing for a long time. If they can do it, shouldn’t you and I be able to do it? My goal is to help business people make more money and make their business more systematized, oh and also to be less stressed.”

Baxi knows of what he speaks.

He worked hard to get where he is today, a successful author and business consultant.

Baxi was born in India along with six other brothers and sisters. He had no indoor plumbing and shared one bike with all of his siblings.

His parents had a dream for him — go to school, get a good education and job.

So, Baxi studied electrical engineering and took a job as a programmer for a dozen years.

But he hated his job.

“I did well, but was not very happy,” he said, “The 9 to 5 was a drag for me. I don’t like being locked in a cage.”

By the year 2000, Baxi found himself out of a job because the Y2K crisis had passed.

“Companies had exhausted their budgets on the Y2K problem,” he said.

Baxi sat squarely at the crossroads.

“I knew I could not spend anymore days doing what I was,” he said. “In the end, I made the decision to go out on my own.”

He had always wanted to be a speaker and business coach because he loved helping people.

He had no idea how to proceed, however.

“I didn’t realize what the path looked like,” he said.

The answer came to him when he attended a seminar — a business coach of his own.

The rest is history.

! s l a i c e p S y a d i l o H Club U.S.A

“If I didn’t have a coach, I wouldn’t be here,” Baxi told the group.

He found a program that helped him to complete and publish his first book and he discovered the power of networking.

He still had more lessons to learn, though.

In 2008, he discovered the hard reality of listening to anyone about investments when he lost a lot of money. He lost clients. He LICENSED

Zee ’s

����� Health & Fitness

Give the gift of a great tan!

6 Month Tanning Gift Basket Gift Certificate $120 270 28-951-5with 9 Annual Tanning Tanning Lotion Gift Certificate $240 Included!

Must be paid in full! No Initiation Fee.

***All Gift Certificate Specials will run thru the end of December

I N S U R E D

CLEANING Any Time, Anywhere!

928-951-5270 Cle an Up Your Holidays!

LICENSED

I N S U R E D

lost property.

He came back, albeit more cautiously and with an eye to keeping his financial house in order.

So, he’s added finances to his consulting.

During his presentation, Baxi took a moment to ask attendees to share with their neighbor their No. 1 concern.

When Rose heard that newspapers struggle to find advertisers because who wants to pay for content that’s free on Google, she decided to ask Baxi how he would deal with that problem.

Baxi said he is friends with the editorial page editor of the Detroit News, who also worries about this dilemma.

“What has happened to your industry, Google has replaced you,” he said. “But every business goes through change. You either change or die.”

He said that in order to gain customers, a business must provide a valuable service.

“In the past, the Realtor would know there would be eyeballs on their ads ... unfortunately oneway marketing is over.”

He said that advertisers now wish to spend money exactly where they will get a return on investment.

With Google analytics, they know exactly who looks at their ad from where and how many times.

“The advertiser wants to spend money exactly where I will get a return on investment and I can be comfortable that there is enough data to make the right choices,” said Baxi.

He suggested to the businesses

at the presentation they would need to make sure they did the same thing for their clients. Give them value.

“If say, the newspaper would give an hour of business consulting time for the initial ad place, then the business would be getting the tools to do better and they would invest in the newspaper ads again.”

A strong business that supports other strong businesses makes for a stronger community, said Baxi.

“If you have a good foundation and you have a big storm with a good foundation, you’ll weather it,” he said.

Baxi said a successful businessperson has: • Enough automated systems and good people to implement repetitive tasks an owner can leave instructions to do.

• Designed a calendar that is more predictable.

• Focused on profit and cash flow.

The unique aspect about Baxi, he prefers to work with employers that have 50 employees and less.

He helps a business owner to define his goals and avoid pitfalls.

In fact, Baxi has a link to a book on how to avoid the top 10 pitfalls for any business. http://www.mbaxi.com/top-tenblunders-business-owners-makeoptin/ Rose said working with Baxi has saved her time and money and helped her business to grow.

If interested in contacting Baxi, please write to him at minesh@ mbaxi.com or call 248-866-0063.

We are seeking needy and deserving families that could use assistance this Holiday season.

NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED

Please email your nominees (why they need help, what they need) to cfrost@dryforce.net or mail to C Frost, 1819 N. Rosemont Dr., Mesa, AZ 85205

Diversified Solutions 1107 S. Beeline # 4

Together, we can make a difference.

Happy Holidays, from our family to yours!

FLU Vaccines

9 am-12 noon Monday-Friday A variety of vaccines will be available in limited supply.

Flu vaccines Pneumonia incl. Prevnar 13 Tdap (includes whooping cough) Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, December 4, 2015

7A

Study shows frightening climate shift now underway Greatest change in 1,000 years happening as politicians debate by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

The world’s climate shifted decisively in the 1980s as a result of the accumulation of heat-trapping pollutants and the carbon dioxide released by the El Chichón volcanic eruption in Mexico, according to a massive study published in Global Change Biology.

The combination led to the biggest climate shift in 1,000 years, which has played out in all sorts of ways in the decades since — including a four-fold increase in wildfires in the western United States, concluded the University of Plymouth researchers.

The study comes as world leaders struggle to agree on a way to slow the increase in the release of carbon dioxide due to the burning of fossil fuels.

The climate accord could require the United States to reduce carbon emissions by about 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels.

China would agree to ensure its emissions peak by 2030 while increasing its share of non-fossil fuels like solar and nuclear to about 20 percent.

The United States and China

are the two biggest polluters on the planet, producing more carbon and other heat-trapping gases than everyone else combined.

The Obama administration’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions linked to rising average global temperatures has stirred resistance already, especially from Rim Country’s representatives.

U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar this week hailed the passage of a House resolution intended to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to reduce carbon emissions from new and existing coal-fired power plants. The regulations would require a roughly 30 percent decrease in emissions in Arizona, which is unusually dependent on coal-fired power plants.

Gosar blasts emission limits

In a prepared statement, Gosar said, “No amount of self-righteous claims or baseless partisan attacks from President Obama will change the fact that he has no power to enact his fanatical environmental agenda, period. His backdoor attempts to rule by executive fiat have

been repeatedly and resoundingly rejected by Congress, federal courts and the American people.

The president’s war on coal is unlawful and extremely misguided as nearly 40 percent of our nation’s electricity is generated from this important resource ... that includes electricity to charge the luxury hybrid car of the president’s climate change buddy, Al Gore.

“Hard-working taxpayers can’t afford more EPA regulations that will drive up energy prices and cost our economy billions of dollars each year. The American people have said no, Congress has said no and it is only a matter of time before the courts say no. Let the president stew over that ‘inconvenient truth’ on his flight back from Paris.”

However, the Paris accords may represent the best chance of averting major consequences from the rise in temperatures, according to a study published this week in the journal Science.

Most climate scientists believe a 2 degrees centigrade (roughly 4 degrees Fahrenheit) average temperature change will trigger major impacts, including accelerated melting of the ice caps, sea level rises and major changes in weather patterns. That could include eliminating or curtailing Arizona’s monsoon rains in the

Julia Randall Elementary November Super Heroes

summer, according to some projections.

Deal could limit temperature rise

The Science study ran about 600 computer simulations of the potential impact of not only the emissions limits under discussion in Paris this week, but also additional reductions after 2030.

The simulations suggested that without a deal now, a 4-degree temperature rise is almost inevitable in the next few decades — with an 8-degree change more likely.

However, a deal now followed by additional restrictions after 2030 could hold the average temperature rise to the 4-degree threshold.

Biggest change in 1,000 years

However, the earlier study on the major climate shift since the mid 1980s suggests the complex feedback between the atmosphere and the ocean could produce sudden, major, escalating changes past a certain threshold.

The researchers combined the results of numerous studies to get a big-picture glimpse of the global climate shifts since 1987.

They relied on data from 6,500 meteorological stations and hundreds of studies to document the most dramatic change in temperatures and weather patterns in the past 1,000 years.

The study suggests that the explosion of El Chichón in 1982 pushed a climate destabilized by the steady buildup of heat trapping pollutants over the edge.

The volcano killed 2,000 people, covered 24,000 kilometers with a layer of ash 40 centimeters deep and injected 20 million tons of ash, gas and sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere.

The combination of higher levels of carbon dioxide from pollutants and the volcanic gases produced a much larger effect than either event would have had alone, the researchers concluded.

Four-fold increase in wildfires

The effects played out in the subsequent decades. That includ-

Julia Randall Elementary School has announced its November Super Heroes.

These students represent outstanding character, are an example to others and portray the qualities of their classroom’s Social Contract.

JRE honored each Super Hero by announcing their name to the school, attending the Super Hero party, and receiving a HERO bracelet.

The November students are, (front row, left to right) second grade: Teagan Dillon, Rebel

Perez, Lucas Lee, Elijah Nightingale; (second row) third grade: Gavin Vold, Alicia Samarripas, Kaden White, Courtney Combs, Presley Kuhn, Alexandra Romo, Faith Pierce; (third row); fourth grade: Joselin Mendoza, Megan McEntire, Aidan Dillon, Carly Olinger, Aidan Meredith, Rafael Tablas; (back row) fifth grade: Briana Wanick, Zayna Rodgers, Lorena Montoya, Ty Diggs, Jacob Jones and Adam Diquattro.

Health Care/Medicare

Confused, Lost, Scared?

We know Medicare Options We know Affordable Health Care Plans We’ve been helping clients since 1969

Visit us now to get your answers.

431 S. Beeline Hwy • Payson • 928-474-2265 Estate Planning • Trusts • Wills Probate • Elder Law Trust Administration Bankruptcy • Estate Litigation Asset Protection Planning

FREE Consultation www.DanaLawGroup.com

Spruce Up Before the Holidays Carpet • Tile • Upholstery

474-2521

Affordable • Professional • Convenient 620 E. Highway 260, Suite B, Payson

928-474-4141

ROC #276421

107 N. Tonto St.

It’s not clean until it’s Sunshine Clean!

A new study suggests that heat trapping pollutants plus gas and ash from the El Chichón volcano in Mexico in 1982 set in motion the biggest climate change in 1,000 years. ed the four-fold increase in wildfires in the West — including the Rodeo-Chediski and the Wallow Fire, the two largest wildfires in recorded Arizona history.

The shift played out in a bewildering number of other ways. That included a 60 percent increase in winter river flows into the Baltic, changes in the temperature and salinity of the ocean, increases in the pH level of rivers planetwide, the timing of spring flowers, shifts in the amount of ice and snow on the land and shifts in wind speed.

Cherry trees flowered earlier all around the planet, frogs underwent a wave of extinction and bird migration patterns changed.

The complexity of the global system and the interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere sometimes masked the changes.

For instance, the eruption of El Chichón coincided with one of the strongest sea surface El Niño warming events in history.

The warming effect of that El Niño muffled the temperature effect of the ash and gas from

“The president’s war on coal is unlawful and extremely misguided as nearly 40 percent of our nation’s electricity is generated from this important resource.”

Rep. Paul Gosar

R-AZ 4th District

the volcano.

Moreover, after the “regime shift” of the 1980s, measurements showed a marked slowing of the rate of carbon dioxide accumulation in the atmosphere.

This apparently stemmed from the growth of new vegetation in areas freed from year-round ice. The ocean may have also increased the amount of carbon dioxide it absorbed — which could help account for die-offs of coral reefs all over the world.

The researchers concluded that the existing models may under-estimate the instability of the whole climate system — which means change could come much more quickly than existing computer models predict once we pass a certain set-point.

Moreover, an unpredictable event like a volcanic eruption can trigger a cascade of changes that can trigger a new “regime change” with much greater effects than experts now expect.

Creating futures...

Spring 2016 Semester starts

January 6

REGISTER NOW! w ww.gilaccc.org

Gila Community College offers transfer programs to state universities that make your 4-year degree more affordable as well as many workforce development programs that will jumpstart your career quickly.

To learn more, call your local campus to make an appointment with an academic advisor.

Gila Pueblo Campus in Globe 928.425.8481

Payson Campus

San Carlos Campus

928.468.8039

928.475.5981

DECEMBER SCHEDULE

Register Monday - Thursday 8 am - 6 pm or Friday 8 am to 5 pm through December 18 Winter break is December 19 - January 4

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, December 4, 2015

8A

Payson sales rise, but construction plunges by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

Payson’s economy perked along heading into the holidays, with a 7 percent rise in sales tax collections and an 18 percent rise in vehicle license taxes, according to the town’s financial tracking report for October.

However, a drop in construction shadowed the good news in the relatively strong retail sales numbers.

Reversing a previously strong first half of the fiscal year for construction, revenue from building permits ended up dropping 6 percent and revenue from planning fees dropped a whopping 75 percent — compared to the same period in the previous year.

Gila County employment remained weak at 8.2 percent. That’s compared to 6.4 percent statewide and 5.1 percent nationally. The county numbers came from September, the most recent month available.

The unemployment rate in Gila County actually rose from 7.3 percent in March of 2015, after having fallen steadily since hitting its high point if 12.7 percent in March of 2010.

The last time Gila County’s unemployment rate was below the national average was back in September of 2009, when it bottomed out at 3.9 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Payson’s economy held its own in October as measured by the retail sales figures. Payson’s 7 percent rise compared to the same period in the previous year compared to a 5 percent increase in state-shared sales tax collections. The state collects a share of the sales tax statewide and divides it by population, which makes the stateshared sales tax figures a measure of the statewide economy.

On the other hand, state-shared income tax receipts dropped slightly,

despite the improving economy statewide. That likely reflects the impact of continued reductions in the income tax rates for high-income earners the state has pursued through the recession.

State-shared gas tax money in the Highway User Revenue Fund also declined slightly, which reflects the state’s continued diversion of money that used to go to cities and counties to pay for things like the state Department of Public Safety.

Payson Finance Director Hope Cribb made note of several major expenditures in the monthly report.

The town paid former town manager Debra Galbraith accumulated vacation and sick leave when she left her $129,000-a-year post. That may account for the town going way over budget in the city manager department for the general fund budget. Almost all of the other town departments remain under budget, with the general fund as a whole 13 percent under budget for the year. However, the town spent $158,000 in the town manager department, compared to a budget total to this point in the year of $62,000. Roughly one-third of the fiscal year has elapsed, but the town has already spent $38,000 more in the city manager department than it budgeted for the full year.

Payson promoted assistant town manager LaRon Garrett to the post, with a salary of $144,000.

The town’s information technology department has also gone substantially over budget. The annual budget for the department is $626,000, but so far the department is running about 32 percent over budget.

The town’s other departments all remained below budget — sometimes substantially.

The police department has a $5.1 million annual budget, but a third of the way through the fiscal year it remained

Peter Aleshire/Roundup

Payson’s monthly economic report shows sales up a strong 7 percent, but construction down significantly. about 18 percent under budget — a savings so far of about $300,000.

The fire department has a $3.6 million budget, but so far is more than $200,000 under budget — roughly 18 percent under budget as well.

Other major expenses so far include $237,100 to resume slurry sealing the town’s streets. Payson has suspended most normal street repair for the past six or seven years due to budget problems. Normally, the town’s maintenance schedule calls for resurfacing the slurry sealing all the streets in town every seven years. Due to the recession, the town essentially skipped one whole

maintenance cycle. That meant a rough ride for many drivers, but it will also hasten the day when the streets will need a major rebuilding.

The town also made a $52,000 debt service payment on one of its new fire trucks.

But the biggest capital expenditure was another $1.1 million for work on the C.C. Cragin pipeline. The town has already spent about $20 million on the project and has roughly $30 million in costs to finish the pipeline, which will more than double the town’s water supply.

The report also revealed interest-

ing variations in sales tax receipts by category, although the figures in the September report broken down by category actually indicated sales in August.

The figures showed a sharp drop in construction spending, reinforcing the message of the dwindling receipts for building permits and plan review fees. Construction spending dropped a daunting 63 percent.

Most other categories held their own or rose modestly. Some categories with significant gains included hotels (5 percent), services (54 percent), real estate (21 percent) and wholesale trade (27 percent).

Economists predict strong job growth for Arizona But state’s planned 50 percent cut in vocational education challenged by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

Arizona seems poised to resume rapid growth, according to Forbes magazine, which ranked the state tops in the nation for project job growth.

However, the state’s future job growth may suffer if the Legislature follows through on a plan to gut the state’s vocational and technical training programs, according to analysts.

The Forbes magazine ranking was based on a Moody’s Analytics report that listed Arizona as one of the “brighter spots” in the U.S. economy, thanks largely to “renewed migration.” The rating predicted a 3.1 percent job growth rate annually through 2019.

A number of major corporations have announced plans to expand to Arizona, including a 1,000-job Northern Trust Bank operating center in Tempe, an 800-job expansion of The Home Depot call center in Tempe, a 2,000-worker McDonald’s job fair this month and other expansions.

Arizona had the nation’s 10th-strongest job growth figures in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — although Utah, California and Nevada all did better.

Nonetheless, Arizona’s 6.1 percent jobless rate remains a little bit above the national average of 5.1 percent.

Some economists say the state’s job recruitment pros-

Winter WhiteninG

In-office whitening special $199 Regular fee: $350

PAYSON PREMIER DENTAL

Call to schedule your appointment 928-472-8400 • 409 West Main St.

pects could suffer from cuts in education, particularly the dramatic decline in state support for the three public universities and an impending 50 percent cut in state funding for technical and vocational education.

The $30 million cut in the state’s Joint Technical Education Districts (JTEDs) will take effect in fiscal 2017, unless the Legislature reverses course. The JTEDs provide funding for vocational programs, like Payson’s culinary arts, agriculture and business programs — plus additional programs at the community colleges.

The vocational courses provide career help for the 70 percent of students with no plans to go to college.

Mike Huckins, vice president at the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, recently issued a call to the Legislature to reverse the reductions, with the state budget surplus now approaching a projected $750 million for the current fiscal year.

“Throughout the process of meeting one-on-one with more than 140 companies in the Greater Phoenix region, we’ve heard loud and clear that identifying a qualified workforce is

Peter Aleshire/Roundup

Economic analysts predict that Arizona will once again rank at the top for job growth through 2019 as people resume migrating to the sun belt, spurring renewed growth in housing and the economy.

However, a coalition of business groups says the state’s decision to cut spending on vocational education in half starting next year could deter many companies from relocating here. not only a challenge for existing businesses, it is the No. 1 factor for companies looking to relocate to Arizona.”

The Legislature recently approved a May ballot measure that would settle a lawsuit against the state for refusing

This Christmas,

60

$ GET A

VISA PREPAID CARD

Online or mail-in rebate. Valid through 12/31/15. See store for details.

The Visa prepaid card is issued by MetaBank pursuant to a license from Visa USA Inc.

FREE

Fountain Hills 16745 E Shea Blvd

480-837-2036 Find more great deals at

ROTATION & BALANCE

which the Constitution already reserves for schools. The rest would come from the state’s growing surplus. The settlement would give the schools about 70 percent of what the state owes and give up the request for back pay. If the voters approve the settlement in May, it would shift Arizona from 50th in per-student spending to about 49th.

The settlement would not restore the money for vocational education.

• Retirement Planning • Estate Planning

I’d be happy at

when you buy a set of 4 Yokohama YK580 or YK-HTX tires installed

STOP IN FOR A

to fund an inflation adjustment for K-12 schools ever since the recession. Courts have ordered the Legislature to pay $336 million to make up for the shortfall this year, but haven’t yet ruled on some $1.4 billion in payments owed from previous years.

The proposed settlement would provide about $300 per student. About 60 percent would come from increasing from 2.5 percent to 7.5 percent the amount taken from the state land trust,

Cars and light trucks only

• Portfolio Management • Fee Only

FURRY FRIEND S Kennel, Inc.

• Certified Financial Planner™ Practitioner

Complimentary Consultation at No Obligation by Appt.

Jeffrey C. Sloan, CFP , ChFC ®

620 E. Highway 260, Suite B3, in the Fargo’s Plaza

professional boarding & grooming for cats & dogs

Please reserve early for the Holidays!

Like us on

December S

Free Teeth pecial Brushing D

og Willing with every gro o ming www.furryfriendspayson.com

474-4447

®

Same Location, Same Owner since 1984

928-978-4947

Thinking of buying or selling your home?

Call or Text me!

Real estate guidance that moves you.

Jacque Lozano (928) 951-4905

jacque@bishoprealty.com BISHOP REALTY

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, December 4, 2015

9A

WEATHERREPORT

Light it up and win!

Forecast by the National Weather Service

Friday

PAYSONREPORT

Sunny

59/29 Saturday

Sunny

59/31 Sunday

Sunny

61/33 Monday

Sunny

As of press time there were only eight entries in the 2015 Holiday House Lighting Contest, so light a fire, folks, and get those entries in by the Wednesday deadline.

There’s money to be won.

The 11th Annual “Light the Rim” Contest entries are due by 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 9 at the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce office, 100 W. Main, Payson, or

the Payson Roundup office, 708 N. Beeline Highway.

Judging takes place the evenings of Dec. 14 and 15, with winners announced Friday, Dec. 18.

Sponsors are: Payson Care Center, first; Bay Equity Home Loans, second; Sunshine Cleaning and restoration, third; with assistance from The Home Depot,

APS Community Connectors and the Payson Roundup.

Prizes to be awarded include: $250, first; $150, second; $100, third; plus gifts to all finalists who participate in the contest.

For more information, call the chamber at (928) 474-4515 or go to www.rimcountrychamber.com.

Light parade rolls down Main St. Saturday From page 1A stage musical), “A Christmas Story.”

This annual event transforms Historic Main Street in Payson into a magical holiday wonderland. Rain or shine, watch the procession of floats, marching bands, music and, of course, see Santa Claus himself.

This year the jolly ol’ elf will share the “spotlight” with a grand marshal, Karson Ross.

“We are honored to have Karson Ross as our Parade Grand Marshal this year,” said Kaprice Bachtell, who is with the town’s parks department, and coordinates the event.

“Karson is a 15-year-old avid archer that resides in Payson. Karson is a straight A student and is actively involved in student counsel, 4-H, Payson High School Cheer and a FFA Chapter Officer. Karson has won many archery tournaments, among them the 3D Triple Crown Series in youth female as well as winning the fourth leg in the women’s division.

With her success, Karson has attracted several big name sponsors such as S4 Gear, Vortex Optics and Carbon Express Arrows.

“Karson is continuing on her quest to be a top ranked 3D archer and hunter. At such a young age, Karson has set and accomplished a variety of goals in and out of the classroom.

Karson prides herself on being a positive role model to her peers and for our community,” Bachtell said.

Expect all kinds of entries: floats, groups,

L 31 28 34 28 22 19 21 16 32 34 36

PRECIP.

Sunny

62/34

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

Dec. 2015 0.00 Dec. Avg. 2.26

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

PAYSON POLLEN COUNT FORECAST Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

LOW-MED

LOW-MED

LOW

LOW

3.1 3.0 2.0 1.8

Dominant pollen: Juniper 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.

Source: pollen.com

Buying or Selling?

When experience and dedication count, call Jesse for all of your Real Estate needs.

(928) 474-2216, x 120 Jesse Wallace “a real estate broker sensitive to your needs”

BISHOP REALTY

CROSSWORD Roundup file photograph by Alexis Bechman

The annual APS Electric Light Parade on Saturday night each year highlights Rim Country’s Christmas festivities. individuals, etc. However, to keep the evening safe, no candy will be thrown to spectators by parade participants.

Often many of the shops along the route provide special treats, and at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., a special invitation has been issued.

Keep warm for the annual APS Electric Light Parade with some delicious baked treats

F O R The following reports and arrests were released by the Payson Police Department and Gila County Sheriff’s Office. All persons listed in this report are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. After reviewing cases, the Gila County Attorney’s Office often drops or modifies charges. If your name is listed and you are exonerated, please contact the Payson Roundup at editor@payson.com.

Nov. 11 – William Clayton Cacek, 24, Flagstaff – possession of burglary tools, marijuana-possession, drug paraphernalia-possession, possession of stolen property, theft, burglary-3rd fenced degree-non-residential, commercial, or residential yard; Rosa Maria Juarez, 35, Flagstaff – drug paraphernalia-possession and marijuana-possession; Meryt Magdalene Cobos, 34, Payson – shoplifting-concealment; Katherine Elaine Humphrey, 34, Payson – shoplifting-concealment; Jeffery W. Munk, 54, Payson/Transient – criminal damage-deface or damage property and criminal trespass-1st degree-residential structure or fenced residential yard.

Nov. 12 – Harold Andrew Theisen, 33, Payson – assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury and disorderly conduct-fighting.

Nov. 13 – Joyce Rebecca Nuckles, 44, Payson – vicious or dangerous animals and dogs at large.

Nov. 14 – James Robert Vickers, 34, Payson – domestic violence and assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury; Dillon James Hallam, 19, Payson – domestic violence and disorderly conduct-fighting; Margarita Marie Sullivan, 20, Payson – fraudulent use of a credit card-use of card without consent of cardholder and theft of a credit card or obtaining credit card by fraud-possession; Darrell Johnson, 35, Payson – warrant.

Nov. 15 – Gina Lynn Johnson, 50, Payson – DUI-alcohol, drug, vapor, combination thereof and DUI-extreme with BAC .20 or higher; Anthony James Pearce, 49, Star Valley – criminal trespass-3rd degree-railroad.

Nov. 16 – Dawn Christine Hinton, 38, Payson – organized

Payson Statistics DATE H Nov. 23 49 Nov. 24 63 Nov. 25 57 Nov. 26 53 Nov. 27 49 Nov. 28 51 Nov. 29 47 Nov. 30 51 Dec. 1 54 Dec. 2 59 Dec. 3 61

Precipitation 63/31

Tuesday

Weather courtesy of Bruce Rasch, weather.astro50.com

T H E

retail theft; Shelly Renee Iler, 43, Payson/Transient – disorderly conduct-abusive or offensive language or gestures and criminal trespass-3rd degree-real property; Michelle Laurie, 33, Payson – aggravated assault and disorderly conduct.

Nov. 17 – Charles Bryan Walker, 56, Payson – threatening or intimidating-cause injury or damage property and marijuana-possession; Joseph Lloyd Myers Garza, 18, Mesa del – DUI-alcohol, drug, vapor, combination thereof, drug paraphernalia-possession and dangerous drugs-possession; Maryssa Nichole Byas, 38, Pine-Strawberry – drug paraphernalia-possession and dangerous drugs-possession.

Nov. 18 – Harold Dean Sheehan, 52, Payson – misconduct involving weapons-prohibited possessor possessing deadly weapon; Michael Thomas Hawkins, 38, Paulden, Ariz. – domestic violence and disorderly conduct-fighting; Mykhael M. Nodal, 25 – theft, domestic violence, prevent the use of telephone in emergency, criminal damage-deface or damage property, disorderly conduct-fighting and aggravated assault on person 15 years of age or under by person 18 or over.

Nov. 19 –­ Anthony Gabbert, 30, Phoenix –contempt of court.

Nov. 20 – Ross Michael Hanes, 27, Payson – failure to pay a fine; Christopher Manfred Allex, 53, Payson – domestic violence and assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury; Amy Jo Putnam, 40, Payson – domestic violence and assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury; Gary Alford, 71, Payson – warrant; Gerald Crawford, 64, Pine –driving under the influence, extreme driving under the influence and having an open container.

Nov. 21 – Crystal Michelle Freeman, 22, Mesa del – DUI with BAC of .08 or higher and DUIalcohol drug, vapor, combination thereof; Leroy Paul Papineau Jr., 61, Payson – aggravated domestic violence; Cody Harris, 22, Payson – warrant.

Nov. 22 – Dustin Lawrence Alley, 24, Star Valley – driving with a suspended/canceled/revoked license.

Nov. 23 – Deborah Lynn Chevalier, 45, Payson – disorder-

and hot cocoa or coffee from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 at the church.

The Presbyterian Child Learning Center’s Pre-K class is sponsoring the treats and all donations/proceeds will go toward the 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.

R E C O R D ly conduct-fighting; Mark Wayne Zerby, 56, Payson – disorderly conduct-fighting; Jeremy Clinton Bishop, 39, Payson – forgery-falsely makes, completes, or alters a written instrument; Julee Marie Chester, 27, Payson – forgery-falsely makes, completes, or alters a written instrument.

Nov. 24 – Linda Ellen McGrew, 30, Young – drug paraphernalia-possession, domestic violence and assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury; Jeffrey Dale House, 44, Payson – domestic violence and assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury; Jeffrey Scott Fate, 57, Payson – theft; Jamie Jo Ostlee, 39, Payson – failure to appear-1st degree; Lance Christopher Bravo, 31, Payson – domestic violence and assault-intentionally or recklessly causing physical injury.

Nov. 25 – Male Juvenile, 13 – runaway from the child’s home or parent, guardian or custodian.

Nov. 26 – Michael Shearer, 23,

Payson –warrant.

Nov. 27 – Karl Frederick Myers, 54, Payson – disorderly conduct-fighting; Heather Marie Bennett, 29, Payson – domestic violence and disorderly conduct-fighting.

Nov. 28 – Emmanuel Maldonado, 25, Omaha, Neb. – driving with a suspended/canceled/revoked license, marijuana-possession and drug paraphernalia-possession; John Brightwell, 47, Payson –assault, threats and intimidation and domestic violence.

Nov. 29 – Victor Anthony Edward, 27, Lahabra Heights, Calif. – driving with a suspended/ canceled/revoked license; Daniel Thomas Foster, 20, hindering prosecution-1st degree, unlawful use of means of transportation-control (driver) and drug paraphernalia-possession; Kyle Benton Satathite, 19, Payson – unlawful use of means of transportation-control (driver) and hindering prosecution-1st degree; Jeffrey Spencer, 52, Payson – warrant.

O B I T U A R Y Hansford J. Coker (1938-2015)

Hansford Jr. Coker (known by many as “Jc”) was born in Edinburgh, Texas in 1938. He was the eldest son of Alvin and Evylen Coker. They settled in Mesa, Ariz. when he was 7 years old. He was always ambitious and worked hard in his chosen field of glazing and auto glass installation, beginning at the bottom with helper and shop maintenance responsibilities. Over the next 25 years, with the help of his wife, Joyce, he built JC’s Glass Service, the largest privately owned single location glass shop in Arizona and the first to become computerized.

In his retirement, Hansford enjoyed several cruises and RV travel across the U.S. with seasonal living in his 3 homes in

Arizona and Colorado.

He loved fishing and hiking and all of nature, especially Rosie the bear he encountered by surprise in Alaska.

Hansford, who passed peacefully from this life on Nov. 14, 2015 in his Payson home, is survived by his wife, Ruth Joyce Coker; and daughters, Tina Shepherd and Gina Sanderson; step-sons, Steven Daniel and Charles Daniel; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and his sister, Judy Campos of Gilbert, Ariz. His beloved brother, Leroy, passed earlier this year.

He will be remembered as a man with an outstanding work ethic, brilliant mind, generous heart, and an impeccable eye for detail, by all those who knew him.

Solution to 12/1 puzzle

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, December 4, 2015

10A

Merry Christmas

From Our Family to Yours You want to elevate your career – and your life.

You belong here.

Provide outstanding patient care as part of a nationally-renowned health care leader at Banner Payson Medical Center. Our 44-bed facility delivers a wide range of high quality inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, imaging, medical, surgical and emergency care to the greater Payson area, in the mountains northeast of Phoenix. As the trusted source of healing and caring for this unique community, we have been recognized three times by Thomson Reuters as one of the nation’s 100 top hospitals.

In addition, we’re now part of Banner Health, one of the nation’s top health systems. With 29 hospitals in seven western states, Banner Health is an organization committed to the highest standards of patient care through leading-edge innovation and profound compassion. Our unmatched clinical resources mean you’ll also be able to experience exceptional opportunities for professional growth and development.

We have a wide variety of exceptional opportunities for you to join our great team:

Clinical Opportunities

Non-Clinical Opportunities

• Registered Nurse – Emergency Department – Manager – ICU – Operating Room – Women’s Services – Home Health

• Cook

Payson Granite & Design, Inc. Payson’s Largest Selection Of Exotic Stone We buy direct from the quarry, so we can save you money AND guarantee quality!

IN STOCK • Granite • Marble • Quartzite • Limestone • Travertine • Quartz • Soapstone CNC machines cut your tops to perfection - custom shapes are available.

Also check out our unique selection of tile for backsplashes or floors.

• Food Service Worker • Environmental Service Associate/ Housekeeping • Patient Financial Services Rep • Health Unit Coordinator

• Physical Therapist PT – Home Health • Speech Language pathologist – Home Health • Registered Dietitian At Banner Health, you’ll enjoy competitive compensation and benefits. To learn more contact us at Sheryle.Clark@bannerhealth.com. Or visit us online at:

www.BannerHealth.com/paysoncareers

EEO/AA/Diversity/Vets. We support a tobacco-free and drug-free workplace.

Follow Banner Health Careers:

Call for a free estimate.

Lowest Prices Guaranteed!

We will meet or beat any written proposal!

Builders Welcome Showroom hours Tues-Thur 9-5, Fri 9-4 Sat by appointment

928.468.6789 (Cell 520.471-7171) 113 W. Aero Drive, Payson paysongranitedesign@aol.com

Payson Roundup 8233607-HO15339 BANHEA 6.40” x 10.5” Loretta Towne v.5

Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Decide where your State Tax dollars go.

Send your tax dollars to Payson Community Kids, a local non-profit who values your support.

Under the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit (CTC), taxpayers can designate their state tax dollars to certain 501(c)3 charitable organizations and get a dollar for dollar reduction on their state tax if they itemize.

Individuals can designate to $200 and couples $400 PCK is eligible for this tax credit because it provides assistance with food, clothing, medical and dental assistance to economically disadvantaged children and their families, thereby making PCK and Arizona qualified 501(c)3 charity.

Payson Community Kids Mail box: P.O Box 1856 Payson, AZ 85547 Location: 213 S. Colcord Rd

FALL 2016

COMING TO PAYSON

K - 8 TUITION-FREE PUBLIC CH ARTER S CH OOL

BRINGING YOU A CHOICE IN EDUCATION

K - 8 TUITION-FREE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE AT OUR

INFORMATIONAL OPEN HOUSE

Monday, December 7th 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Church of the Nazarene

200 E Tyler Parkway, Payson, AZ Join us at 5:30 PM or 6:30 PM for a special leadership presentation from an expert with more than 17 years of educational experience.

WWW.ALASCHOOLS.ORG/PAYSON-K-8

PAYSON ROUNDUP

SPORTS

INSIDE Churches 3B Classifieds 6B-7B

section

B

Friday, December 4, 2015

Gutsy effort comes up short in thriller Snowflake girls edge Horns 55-53 by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Rylee Chapman and Kylee O’Donald did all they could to help Payson’s girls basketball team on Tuesday night.

And thanks in large part to the performance by the two post players, the Longhorns showed great heart in nearly overcoming the absence of their best player. They battled visiting Snowflake to the end before falling 55-53 in Payson’s home opener at Wilson Dome.

Chapman scorched the twine for a career-high 21 points and pulled down eight rebounds. O’Donald, a sophomore, had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. She also came away with four steals and blocked two shots.

Chapman, a senior, is emerging as a force opponents

need to focus on.

“Both her and Kylee are starting to really work together,” said Payson coach Miles Huff. “We’re really leaning on Rylee. She’s our big scoring threat.”

Chapman is averaging a team-leading 12.2 points through five games.

She scored a game-high 17 points in a 47-23 win over Peoria Sunrise Mountain on Saturday as Payson went 2-2 in the Goodyear Desert Edge Scorpion Shootout. She added 12 more in a 58-28 victory over Scottsdale Coronado in Payson’s other game on Saturday.

O’Donald scored 14 points against Sunrise Mountain and poured in a game-high 17 against Coronado.

Their emergence is an encouraging development for a team still waiting for the

season debut of senior center Arissa Paulson. She spent the entire game on the bench.

The 5-foot-10 standout recently enrolled at Brightmont Academy, according to the Deseret News in Salt Lake City. Brightmont is a private school with three Valley campuses that also offers online courses. She sat out one day after she was cleared to practice with the team for the first time as either she or school officials submitted a hardship appeal to the Arizona Interscholastic Association to be allowed to play with the Longhorns, according to PHS athletic director Barry Cromer.

Payson led 12-7 with 2:59 left in the first quarter. The Longhorns were up 15-10 before Snowflake went on a 12-3 run to lead 22-18.

Snowflake built an 11-point lead, 43-32, late in the third

• See Longhorns, page 8B

Photos by Keith Morris/Roundup

At left, Taylor Vaughn goes up for a layup attempt. At right, Rylee Chapman came up big against Snowflake with a career-high 21 points and eight rebounds.

Longhorn boys 0-2 after pair of tough games by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Ruben Estrada takes the ball to the basket against a trio of Lobos.

Keith Morris/Roundup

A difficult schedule makes getting off to a good start a challenge for teams.

Payson High’s boys basketball team’s first two games certainly qualify as difficult.

After opening the campaign with a 28-point loss at Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain on Monday, the Longhorns entertained defending Division 3 state champion Snowflake at Wilson Dome on Tuesday night.

The Lobos rolled to a 67-35 victory.

“Bradshaw Mountain and Snowflake are two teams we feel are going to be there in the playoffs for Division 3,” said Payson head coach Joe Sanchez. “And that’s where we want to go.

“They’re not having And we’re going to have to play better if we want fun. That’s frustrating to do that.” because the team we Chaz Davis scored 11 see in practice has points to lead Payson.

Ruben Estrada and fun. It just hasn’t carRyan Ricke added seven ried over to a game points apiece. yet.”

Jordan Gardner poured in 19 points to Joe Sanchez lead a trio of Lobos (1-0) Payson boys basketball coach in double figures. Dallan Chapman sank three of Snowflake’s seven threepoint field goals in scoring 12 points. Kurt Wood also chipped in 12.

Nine of the 10 Lobos who played scored.

The Longhorns fell 76-48 the previous night. Payson trailed 20-4 after the first quarter and 46-26 at intermission.

Davis scored 14, Atreyu Glasscock 12 and Ricke 10 in that game.

Sanchez said it’s difficult for the players to enter the season optimistic only to suffer back-to-back defeats. It’s not easy on coaches, either.

“I’m just frustrated,” Sanchez said. “I love the game of basketball. And the body language from some of the guys — they’re not having fun. That’s frustrating because the team we see in practice, and how hard they work, that team has fun. It just hasn’t carried over to a game yet.”

Payson was scheduled to play in the Sedona Red Rock Classic Thursday-Saturday. Although that will again feature tough competition, the coach sees the trip as a great opportunity for the Longhorns.

“I think the Sedona tournament is going to be the time for these guys to have that bonding time,” Sanchez said.

“Tournaments are meant for that — to get closer as a fami-

Keith Morris/Roundup

Alex Suarez reflects the mood on the Payson bench late in the Longhorns’ loss to Snowflake.

Snowflake 67, Payson 35 Snowflake 19 16 21 11 — 67 Payson 8 6 11 10 — 35 Snowflake 67 — Tyler Claridge 1 0-0 3, Koy Kelley 2 0-0 5, Dallan Chapman 4 1-2 12, Jordan Gardner 9 1-1 19, Garson Hatch 1 0-0 2, Kegan Bjornn 2 1-2 5, Kurt Wood 4 3-4 12, Trey Schneider 2 0-0 4, Ty Pawlick 2 0-0 5, Jake Lyman 0 0-2 0. Totals 27 6-11 67.

Payson 35 — Chaz Davis 3 4-7 11, Ruben Estrada 3 1-2 7, Alex Suarez 0 0-0 0, Ryan Ricke 3 1-1 7, Atreyu Glasscock 1 0-0 2, Korben White 2 0-0 4, Julian Parker 0 0-0 0, Dimitre Sleeuw 2 0-0 4, Troy Yocum 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 6-10 35.

3-point goals — SF: Claridge, Kelley, Chapman 3, Wood, Pawlick. P: C. Davis.

ly, as a team. And hopefully it’ll (carry over) onto the court.”

Following the three-day tournament, the Longhorns return to action at Wilson Dome against Holbrook at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10.

Cool temps draw hunters to shotgun quail and dove seasons The big game seasons quail. This is also the are drawing to a close for outdoors time when hunting with 2015 but there are still under the rim a dog is much more pleasurable not having to opportunities to be in the be so concerned about field in pursuit of game. snakebites.

With the mild winter The past four or five conditions in the lower years have been very elevations, it is the perfect time to hike the hills poor for quail reproduction and survival, which with a shotgun in hand in means far fewer coveys hopes of bagging a limit Dennis Pirch in the field. This may be of quail or doves. a bit of a rebound year Quail season has been open since early October, but with rainfall at the right times many upland bird hunters choose this spring and early summer to wait until the cooler days that that improved the quail hatch and usually follow Thanksgiving. With survival rate of the young birds. the cooler temperatures and often Precipitation at the right times bone chilling nights the rattle- for a couple of years is needed snake has basically gone into for a total rebound of the quail hibernation for the winter which population. is good news for the hunter who Locating a water source is critwalks the canyons and hills look- ical in finding a few quail to hunt. ing for the next covey of Gambel’s Wherever there is a cattleman’s

stock pond in the desert or chaparral area, chances are good a covey or two of quail will be in the area. These tanks built for the cattle are a gold mine for the existing wildlife to survive during the dry times, which are frequent in Arizona.

The 15-bird limit on Gambel’s quail is not likely to happen in a full day of hunting this year, while most bird hunters would consider five or six birds in the game jacket a good day! Hopefully the rainfall will improve and the quail population can rebound where a 15-bird limit could happen in a day in the field.

It is also possible on the same hunt to bag a limit of 15 doves, which is very possible in Arizona.

The late winter season has just reopened and will close on Jan. 9 statewide. Again, the key in

locating winter flights of mourning doves is water and a food source. Early mornings and late afternoons doves tend to find a water source, especially before going to roost for the evening.

Just a reminder, a $5 Arizona migratory bird stamp is necessary in addition to a valid hunting license. This can be purchased in most sporting goods departments. And while you are there, pick up the free pamphlet about Arizona dove hunting.

If you want to continue hunting in the field after the big game pursuits, try your luck at quail and dove hunting in the winter months. It is a great opportunity to introduce someone to the sport of shotgun bird hunting. Enjoy the perfect Arizona weather in the high deserts to the south and west of Payson, God’s creation.

Photo courtesy of Steve Hillebrand

Quail season has been open since early October, but many upland bird hunters choose to wait until the cooler days that usually follow Thanksgiving.

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, December 4, 2015

2B

Low-cost pet vaccinations offered Dec. 12 more information, call (928) A low-cost vaccine clin474-5590. ic will be held from 8 a.m.

Humane to noon on Saturday, Dec. Society Featured pets of Central 12 at the Humane Society Arizona of Central Arizona, 605 W. Pictured are just two of Wilson Ct. (located south of the many wonderful animals Main Street off of S. McLane ADOPTION available for adoption at the Road). No appointment is OPTIONS HSCAZ shelter, 605 W. Wilson necessary; the vaccines will Ct. (just south of Main Street be given on a first-come, and west of McLane Road). first-served basis. CASH Hours are Monday through Saturday 10 ONLY will be accepted and prices are a.m. to 3 p.m. All pets are already spayed as follows: or neutered and current on vaccinations.

Dogs — Rabies $10, Da2PP-CV $15, To learn more, call (928) 474-5590 or visit Bordatella $10. Cats — Rabies $10, www.humanesocietycentralaz.org.

FVRCP $10, FeLV $15. Microchips — DEVORE $20.

In order to receive a 3-year rabies Diamond in the rough, they say. vaccine, you must provide proof of Friendly old grouch, they say. Guess I’m CURRENT rabies vaccination in the an oxymoron. Or they’re just morons. form of a rabies certificate/vet bill. Maybe they should get off my lawn... All (Tags are not acceptable proof.) For kidding aside, I really am a nice old guy.

Sometimes I get crabby and complain.

So long as you know that it’s just a show. There’s nothing I like more than to lean against your legs while you scratch that spot on my neck. I’m not much of a “play” type of guy. I’ve lived my share of years and now it’s time to take things easy. Sniffing the flowers and whatnot. I am pretty well behaved. Pull a bit on the leash, they say. That’s because I’m old enough to know where I’m headed. When it comes to the other dogs, I don’t stand for any guff from the whippersnappers. If the pups get on board, then everything’s hunky dory. So long as they behave!

BUFFY

Hi there! My name is Buffy like the vampire slayer; I don’t slay vampires though I do slay bugs! I am much cuter than the person anyway, just let my squeaky meow prove that! I can be a

Devore

Buffy

little unsure of new situations, a few days to get use to my new home. A quiet household would be preferred for me

to fully bloom into the lovely lady that I please to be. Come say hello and let me work my magic on you!

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Amnesty Write-a-Thon

Rock of Ages

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.

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.

Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church invites the community to the celebration of Advent Wednesday, Dec. 9. A free soup supper is served at 6 p.m., followed by the Advent service at 7 p.m.

The theme for this year’s Advent services is “Who Has Believed Our Message?”

Rock of Ages is located at 204 W. Airport Road. For more information, please contact Pastor David Sweet, (928) 970-7606.

Advent services St. Paul’s Want to learn more about your favorite Christmas carols? St. Paul’s Episcopal Church invites Rim residents and visitors to attend a 9:10 a.m. Sunday morning Advent series that continues through Dec. 20 in the Parish Hall located at 1000 N. Easy St. Pastries, juice and coffee will be served. We welcome everyone!

Mount Cross Mount Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Highway 260, Payson (across from Tiny’s Restaurant) will hold Advent services Wednesday, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, with supper in the log building at 5 p.m. (free-will offering) and a service in the church sanctuary following at 6 p.m.

All are welcome to join in the Advent gatherings!

Write Your Story

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

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

Overeaters Anonymous

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

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

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

Bridge results

Winners at Ladies Tuesday Bridge for Dec. 1 were: Hilda Jungblut, first; Betty Mashl, second; Kay Houghton, third.

The group needs more players, so if you want to have some fun, play at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Payson Senior Center, 514 W.

Main St. Area residents and guests are welcome.

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

Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery is a group for those with hurts, habits and hang-ups. Celebrate God’s healing power through eight recovery principles and Christ-centered 12 steps. Meetings are held at 6:30 p.m.

Mondays at Mountain Bible Church.

For more information, call (928) 472-7800.

TOPS in Pine

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

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

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

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

Payson Womans Club

The Payson Womans Club, the oldest service club in Payson, holds general membership meetings at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Payson Womans Club building, 510 W. Main St. Member­ ship is open to local women ages 18 and up.

Moose Lodge events

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

The Women of the Moose meet at 5:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month.

The lodge is open to members and their guests.

The Moose Lodge is located on E. Hwy. 260 in Star Valley. For more information, call (928) 474-6212.

Libertarian meeting to be held Dec. 8

Rim residents who believe the U.S. Constitution is America’s only “Operating System” are invited to attend the area Libertarian Party’s monthly meeting at 7 p.m., the second Tuesday each month at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson.

To be on the “Re-boot America” contact list, leave request at another selfstartingamerican@gmail.com or call Jeff at (928) 478-0010 or Bruce at (602) 769-1282 with inquiries.

Posse members wanted

The Gila County Sheriff’s Posse is looking for new members.

The Posse is a uniformed volunteer group who serve the Sheriff and the people of Northern Gila County.

The Posse is called on for emergencies such as forest fires, floods and snow events as well as many critical daily support roles such as court security, prisoner transports and more.

Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the Gila County Sheriff’s building located just north of Main Street on McLane (this building was also known as the old Gila County Jail). Women and men are both encouraged to join.

Call Ellen Prentice at (928) 9700812 for further information.

Pro Rodeo Committee Payson Pro Rodeo Committee meets the second Tuesday of every month in the Swiss Village Quality Inn conference building at 6 p.m. New members welcome.

For information, call (928) 4727294.

Alanon/Alateen

Alanon meets: Monday at 6 p.m., St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, Payson; Wednesday at 1 p.m., Southern Baptist Church, Star Valley. For information call Kali at (503) 354-4402.

Alateen meets: Tuesday at 3:30 p.m., Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, Payson. For information call Helen at (928) 978-6424.

Democrats host Sylvia Allen

Republican State Senator Sylvia Allen has accepted an invitation from local Democrats to participate in a dialogue discussing political differences and looking for areas where they might possibly work together.

Sponsored by the Democratic Women of Rim Country, the dialogue will focus on specific topics such as water and energy, health care, rural affairs and environment, and state appropriations. The dialogue will take place from noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8 at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson. The public is invited. Those who wish to order a meal should arrive by 11:30 a.m.

Masonic Lodge to hold special meeting Dec. 8

Sy Harrison Masonic Lodge #70, F&AM will have its December Stated Meeting Tuesday, Dec. 8 at the Masonic Lodge located at 200 E. Rancho Rd. Payson.

A dinner for all members and guests will be served at 5:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m.

All members and visiting members of the fraternity are invited to attend the stated meeting and dinner.

For information about the Lodge and or Freemasonry, contact the

Lodge Secretary, Bill Herzig at (928) 951-2662. Leave a message and the call will be returned.

Senior Singles with Spirit The Senior Singles with Spirit group is composed of men and women who are young in spirit and have an enthusiasm for life. The purpose of this group is to build lasting friendships, share ideas, have fun, and enjoy activities with like-minded people. The choices are many and varied and all up to you.

Come check us out.

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

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

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

Rim Country CoDA meetings held Tuesday Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a 12-step fellowship of women and men whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships. We gather together to support and share with each other in a journey of self discovery — learning to love ourselves.

Meeting time is from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Tuesday at St. Philip’s Catholic Church (education building to right of church), 511 S. St. Philips St., Payson.

For more information, contact Sharon (480) 244-1393 or Diane (928) 468-1852.

CLIP & SAVE

COUPON$

PACKAGING SUPPLIES, FED EX, UPS, USPS SHIPPING SERVICES, COPYING, PRINTING

15% OFF Your shipping service UPS, FED EX, USPS Priority Mail Discount cannot be combined with any other offer. Offer expires 1/8/2016

928-468-0000 TCGusa.com

Good thru 12/31/15.

Not valid with any other offer. Limit one coupon per appointment.

Payson Roundup Friday, December 4, 2015

3B

Rim Country Church Directory Aglow International Crossroads Church, 114 E. Cedar Lane. The Aglow Bible Study is held each Tuesday at the Crossroads Fellowship Hall. Prayer and Praise 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.; Bible study 9:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. Call 474-6933 for more information.

Saturday of each month. Women’s Bible Study 9:15 Tuesday mornings. AWANA program on Mondays as follows: Sparks for K-2nd 2:30-4 p.m.; TNT, Trek and Journey 6-8 p.m. All other activities, please contact the church office Wednesday 10 a.m. to noon or Friday 9 a.m. to noon.

Baha’i Faith Payson For location and information, call (928) 951-4404 or (928) 978-6519.

Forest Lakes Community Church A non-denominational church meeting in the school district/library building at 417 Old Rim Road in Forest Lakes.

Worship is Sundays at 10 a.m. All are welcome to join us in the pines!

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

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

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

Christopher Creek Bible Fellowship - I.F.C.A. Hwy. 260, Christopher Creek, first driveway past fire station on left.

Pastor Ed Hepworth, 478-4857 (church), 478-4310 (home). 10:30 a.m.

Worship Service and Children’s Sunday School (nursery provided).

Thursday Bible Study. For more information, call Pastor Ed. Church at Powell Place 806 W. Longhorn Rd. Payson, (928) 474-6249. Non-Denominational Sunday Services beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Gisela Community Church Tatum Trail, Gisela; Pastor Ted Tatum. Sunday Morning Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.

Iglesia La Roca 302 E. Rancho Rd. Nuestro proposito es que usted encuentre una relacion personal con Dios y pueda experimentar la hermosura de su presencia en cada uno de nuestros servicios: Miercoles 6:30pm Ensayo del Ministerio de Alabanza, Jueves 6:30pm Estudios Biblicos, Domingos 12:30 Tiempo de Celebracion y Adoracion, para mayor informacion comunicarse con los Pastores Carmelo y Ruth Andujar.

Dr. Carmelo Andujar, Pastor (928) 238-0240, Ruth Andujar (407) 341-9775, Secretaria de La Roca (928) 595-0874. Te invitamos a vistitar nuestra pagina web: www.iglesialarocapayson.com.

“Visitenos, Sera un placer tenerles en nuestra Iglesia” Mount Cross Lutheran Church (ELCA) 601 E. Highway 260 (across from Tiny’s Restaurant), 474-2552. Ken Lentz, Interim Pastor. Sunday Worship Schedule: 8:30 a.m. Traditional Service; 10:30 a.m. Praise Service. Holy Communion is celebrated on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of each month. Visit our website atwww. mountcross.org. Church office hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mount Cross is a warm, loving church community that extends itself to others and welcomes everyone with joy.

Church for the Nations Payson (CFTN Payson) meeting at 901 S. Westerly Road in the Chapel at Messinger’s. Sunday service 10 a.m. Pastors Nevin and Dina Hershberger invite you to come to join dynamic praise and worship with uplifting prophetic teaching. Contact Pastor Nevin at (602) 7573778 or Pastor Dina at (602) 757-3830. Like us on Facebook.

Church of Christ 306 E. Aero. Sunday Bible classes 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. For Bible studies any day of the week, call Bob Nichols, 468-0134. By understanding and living the principles taught in the New Testament, we attempt to accomplish the spiritual mission of the church, rather than being a social or recreational institution.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints MOGOLLON WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., 474-6367, 4688157, Missionaries (928) 863-5396, 468-8886.

MANZANITA WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Sacrament Meeting 11 a.m., 474-3788, 472-2266, Missionaries (928) 863-5396, 468-8886.

PONDEROSA WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sacrament Meeting 1 p.m., 472-8709, 474-6367 or 468-1103, Missionaries 472-7956.

FAMILY HISTORY CENTER: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa, 4680249; Open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and by appointment: V. Green (928) 474-4181.

PINE WARD: Highway 87; Sunday Services 9 a.m. to noon; Sacrament meeting 9 a.m. (928) 476-3118. Missionaries at (928) 600-7546.

TONTO BASIN SERVICES: Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Sacrament meeting 10 a.m. 479-2484.

CHRISTOPHER CREEK SERVICES: Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Sacrament meeting 10 a.m. followed by Sunday School, Priesthood and Relief Society. 478-4608.

SPANISH BRANCH: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sacrament meeting 9 a.m.

YOUNG BRANCH: Sunday 9:30 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; 11:20 a.m. Sacrament meeting. 462-3326 or 4623388.

BLUE RIDGE BRANCH: Sunday 10 a.m. Sacrament meeting; 10:50 a.m. Sunday School; 11:25 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society. (928) 4772138.

Church on Randall Place, SBC (in Pine) Pastor John Lake. All are welcome! 6338 W. Randall Place (turn west on Randall Place road near the Thrift Store) Sunday Morning Prayer: 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Sunday Adult Bible Enrichment 8:45 a.m. to 9:40 a.m., Sunday Worship Celebration: 10 a.m. Sunday Communion 2nd Sunday of the month. Sunday Fellowship Meal every 3rd Sunday of the month. Women of CORP Ministries and Bible studies lead by Simone Lake. Other various Connection Groups available throughout week. For more information, contact: 1-928-476-4249 (ch), 1-928-472-6439 (pastor’s hm) 1-928-970-4249 (pastor’s cell), Email: pinerandallchurch@hotmail.com Website: http://churchonrandallplace.org Online Sermons: www.sermon.net/CORP Community Christian Church An independent, undenominational fellowship. Meets every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel at Majestic Rim Retirement Living, 310 E. Tyler Parkway. Open Communion served every Sunday.

Community Presbyterian Church 800 W. Main Street, Rev. Charles Proudfoot, Pastor. Sundays: SON Risers Adult Bible Class at 8:30 a.m.; Hymn Sing at 10:15 a.m. followed by Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. Bible Time and nursery care for children provided. Office hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to noon; 474-2059 office, 474-0624 fax, E-mail: cpcgen@yahoo.com, Website: cpcpayson.org.

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

Desert Community Christian Fellowship, SB Pastor Eric Woods, (928) 479-2216, 173 Stephen’s Way, Tonto Basin.

Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday services 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wednesday worship 6 p.m.

East Verde Baptist Church Houston Mesa Road at Whispering Pines Control Road, 474-9385.

Sunday Morning Bible Study, 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 7 p.m.

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

First Baptist Church (Independent/Fundamental) 303 W. Main St., 474-3530. Sunday School for all ages, 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (nursery provided); Wednesday Prayer Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

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

Sundays: Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Evening Fellowship 6 p.m. Communion service the first Sunday during Morning Worship. Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 8 a.m. first

Falkner, Sr. Pastor; Curtis Fahrlender, Pastor of Student Ministries; Allen Mann, Part-time Associate Pastor. Sunday: Traditional Worship Service 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; Contemporary Service 11 a.m. to 12 noon; Youth Bible Study (Grades 7-12) 9:30 a.m.; BLAST I (Bible Learning And Sharing Together) Grades K-6 9:30 a.m.; BLAST II, Grades K-4, 11 a.m.; Adult Bible Study 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Student Ministries (grades 7-12) 6-7:30 p.m. Nursery and Pre-Primary available for morning worship services. Wednesday: Legacy Singles (55+ years of age) coffee at 9 a.m., please call 474-9279 as locations vary. Adult Prayer and Bible Study 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Nursery available. Thursday: Men’s Bible Study 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. (in recess for the summer); Payson Women’s Bible Study 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. (in recess for the summer). Pioneer Clubs (Grades 1-5), 2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays when school is in session.

Visit our website www.pbcpayson.org.

Rim Country Cowboy Church The Rim Country Cowboy Church is now meeting at the Payson Living Word Bible Church, 202 S. McLane Rd. (across the street from the High School), Wed. at 6 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, call Bob Neff (307) 254-5533.

Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church (WELS) At Rock of Ages you will find a worship service designed to praise God and enrich faith. Our purpose is to serve all people in God’s world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the basis of the Holy Bible. We are a friendly, family oriented church. All are welcome! Rock of Ages Lutheran Church is located at 204 W. Airport Road (corner of Airport Rd and North McLane). Pastor David Sweet, (928) 970-7606 or (928) 474-2098. Sunday Worship Service is at 9 a.m.; Sunday School and Adult Bible Class at 10:15 a.m.; Holy communion is celebrated at the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Adult Bible class is held on Tuesdays at 1 p.m., Thursdays at 9 a.m. and Saturdays at 9 a.m.

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

St. Paul’s parishioners and Father Dan invite you to join us as WE participate in worship, Christian education, outreach and fellowship activities. Sunday: Holy Eucharist Services are at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

The 10 a.m. service includes traditional and contemporary music.

Child care is provided. Our Praise Band leads us with contemporary music on the last Sunday of the month. Christian Education programs offer Children’s Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Sunday Adult Group Study at 9 a.m. Wednesday: We celebrate the Service of Healing & Holy Eucharist at 9 a.m. Quarterly: Taizé, a Service of contemplation and music, is held quarterly on a Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. (Call for dates). We have very active Women’s, Men’s and Bible Study groups. A Film Review group and Book Club are just some of our other regular programs. (Call Church for dates and times). Visit our Website: www.stpaulspayson.org. Email: stpaulspayson@gmail.com WE Welcome Everyone.

St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church 511 S. St. Phillips Street, 474-2392. Daily Masses Monday-Friday 8 a.m, Sat. 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., Spanish 12:30 p.m.; Confession at 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call Mrs. Catherine Trudell, Religious Education office, (928) 474-1269 for Catholic education classes and programs for children and adults.

Mountain Bible Church Our Mission at Mountain Bible is quite simple: Loving God…Loving People. It is our desire before God to develop and offer ministries, inside and outside our church, that further this important cause. Are we succeeding? We invite you to be our guest this weekend and see for yourself! Located at 302 E. Rancho Road in Payson, we offer two opportunities to worship on Sunday mornings: 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. Many children and student ministries are available on Sundays and throughout the week. More details are available through our office (928) 472-7800 and on our website (www.mountainbible.org).

Please let us answer any further questions you may have about our church…and we hope to meet you soon!

New Life Foundation Hwy. 87 (next to Windmill Corner Inn), Strawberry, 476-3224.

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

Payson First Assembly of God We invite you to come worship with us as we celebrate Christ Jesus’ total victory for us on the Cross! Sunday mornings we have an adult Bible class at 9 a.m.; a Pre-Service Prayer time at 10 a.m., and our Celebration and Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday evenings we now have an informal “Family Gathering” meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. with child care provided. Wednesday evenings we offer classes for children, ages Preschool - 5th grade and our Middle School/High School age youth meet on Thursday’s at 6:30 p.m. We are located at 1100 W. Lake Drive, (the church at Green Valley Park). For more information call, (928) 474-2302.

Payson First Church of the Nazarene Come join us for a time of fellowship and worship as we praise the Lord! 200 E. Tyler Parkway (928) 474-5890. Sundays: Morning Worship Service 9:30 am; Sunday School for all ages 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Monday- Friday: Safe Haven Childcare Center 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Lighthouse Club 2:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays: Prayer and Praise 6 p.m.; Wednesdays: Women’s Bible Study 1-2 p.m.; Children’s Quizzing 3-6th grades 1:30-4:30 p.m.; Thursdays: Youth Night 6:30 p.m.; Last Saturday of each month: Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 8 a.m.; Senior Activities each month. For more information on locations, times and topics contact the church office. Office hours: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Payson Living Word Bible Church 208 S. McLane Road (across from the High School). Services Sundays starting at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. with Kids Church and nursery provided. PLW is a Spirit Filled Contemporary Church based on Faith; we believe speaking the Word of God will move mountains in our lives.

We have a mission here at PLWBC: Love, Win, Build and Change.

There are many activities at the church so come out and be a part of our family. The Lord is doing great things. If you have any questions, the church number is (928) 474-8606.

Payson United Methodist Church 414 N. Easy Street (between Zurich St. and Malibu St., behind ACE Hardware), 474-0485; Pastor Carl Peterson. A growing, multi-generational faith community where our hearts, minds, and doors are open to all people. We invite you to worship with us Sunday at 8:30 a.m.

(Contemporary) or at 11 a.m. (Traditional). Kid’s Church along with free and safe nursery care is provided. Please call the church for information on additional programs, ministries and our mission to the community.

Payson United Pentecostal Church - The First Church Meet at Mesa del Caballo Clubhouse (8119 E. Mescalero). Kids’ Church at 1 p.m. and Worship & Word Service at 2:30 p.m. each Sunday. Family Bible Study at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. We are a Book of Acts church, preaching the original salvation message first preached to the church on the Day of Pentecost. We baptize in Jesus’ Name for the remission of sins and rejoice in the experience of the gift of the Holy Ghost. All are welcome to join us in worshipping Jesus in Spirit and in Truth. Pastor Dale Lewallen (928) 474-2455.

Website: www.paysonupc.com Pleasant Valley Community Church Young Public School Cafeteria on Hwy 288 & Baker Ranch Road. A non-denominational service every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Come early for refreshments and fellowship.

Ponderosa Bible Church 1800 N. Beeline Hwy., (928) 474-9279. “Preparing God’s people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up.” Dr. Joe

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

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

Adult Bible Study, Monday evenings 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A community breakfast is hosted on the second Friday of every month at 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Visit Shepherd of the Pines on our website: www.shepherdofthepineslutheran.com.

Shepherd of the Pines United Methodist Church - Overgaard 3015 Highway 277, Overgaard, (928) 535-5208. Pastor Noni Dye. Worship service 9 a.m. w/childcare. Adult Sunday School 7:30 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School 9 a.m.

Shiloh Christian Fellowship 501 E. Rancho Road (across the street from Payson Elementary School), 474-3138. Non-denominational church teaching verse by verse and chapter by chapter through the Bible. Contemporary Worship and family oriented, children’s ministries and nursery provided.

Sunday Worship Service at 10:45 a.m. Bible Study on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Star Valley Baptist Church 4180 E. Highway 260, 4 miles east of Payson (928) 474-5557. Sunday Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. followed by the Worship Service at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday Night offers children’s ministries from 5-7 p.m.

ARMOR for boys 1st-6th grade and GO for girls 1st-6th grade. All are welcome!

Strawberry Chapel in the Pines Fossil Creek Road, Strawberry, 476-3893. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wed. Bible study 7 p.m.

Tonto Basin Bible Church Hwy. 188 off Dryer Dr., Tonto Basin, Pastor Robert Melotti, (928) 4792299.

Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m., worship service 10:45 a.m., Children’s Church 10:45 a.m., no Sunday eve. service. Wednesday Night Bible Study Fellowship 7 p.m. Potluck every third Sunday at noon following the worship service.

Tonto Creek Shores/Tonto Valley Bible Church Lots 240-241 Valley View Road, Gisela, 474-1360. Valley View Drive, Gisela; Pastor Ted Tatum. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. (combined service with both churches).

Tonto Village Chapel Tonto Village Chapel exists to serve, love and uplift the Lord Jesus Christ. Our mission is to operate in the community as a light House through fulfilling the great commission as found in Matthew 28:1820. We welcome an opportunity to worship with you on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school/Bible study at 10:45 a.m. for adults, children and youth, or Tuesday evening Bible study and prayer meeting at 5 p.m. For questions or information please call the Church at (928) 478-5076.

Unity Church of Payson Spiritual leader Dr. Lynnette Brouwer, Licensed Unity Teacher. Our mission is to inspire and awaken one another to a greater experience of God and life through the practical application of spiritual principles. Sunday services at 10 a.m., 600 E. Highway 260, #14 (Board of Realtors Conference Room, back of Tiny’s parking lot). The 1st Sunday of each month is our inter-generational service and we celebrate birthdays and bring non-perishables for the foodbank. The 2nd Sunday browse the Unity of Payson library, 3rd Sunday pot luck, 4th Sunday power prayer follows service, 4th Tuesday Chili’s giveback day, 4th Friday 4 p.m. hiway cleanup, on-going noon Faithlift 1st and 3rd Wed. To find out more:www.unityofpayson.org. 928478-8515.

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, December 4, 2015

4B

aroundthe rim Buffalo archers continue to shoot well Pine Strawberry School archers continued to build on their reputation of excellence on Nov. 21 at the Wickenburg Invitational Fun Shoot.

The field of 78 archers, including 18 from P/S School, competed in both 3-D and target competitions.

Mackenzie Aguon paced the elementary aged girl archers winning first in both the 3-D and target shoot. In 3-D, her score of 258 bested teammates Winnie Paine (second place, 207) and Kyleigh Fadley (third, 183).

In the target shoot, Aguon tallied eight perfect 10s.

In the middle school girls division, Jordan Wain won the target competition posting a 240.

In the middle school girls 3-D division, Raci Miranda carded a 270 to win the silver medal. The Phoenix Heat’s Emily Nolan edged Miranda for first place.

Caleb Barlow was second in both the middle school boys 3-D and middle target competitions.

In 3-D, he shot 267 and in target posted a 278.

In the battle for the gold, Barlow was nipped by Wyatt Nunn of the Wickenburg Christian Academy.

Miranda and Barlow are two of the most accomplished Pine Strawberry School archers having placed in most every shoot in which the team has participated.

The pair also qualified the past two seasons for the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP) national finals in Louisville, Ky. Barlow, Miranda and fellow team members will continue to hone their skills for the NASP Arizona State Championships to be held March 19 in Phoenix.

Dean Pederson and Margaret Johnson coach the Buffalo team.

One is set up at the Ponderosa Market in Pine.

The gift run is sponsored by ABATE of Arizona which is a nonprofit motorcycle organization that advocates for the rights of all cyclists in the state.

ABATE also promotes rider education and motorcycle awareness for all automobile drivers.

Hensler was a member of ABATE prior to her death four years ago.

For more information on the toy run call “CC” at 928-476-1955.

Christmas program moved

Library raffles See’s delights

Photos courtesy of Max Foster

The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library is holding a raffle for a gift basket filled with $225 worth of See’s Candies. Tickets are on sale at six for $5 or 15 for $10.

Pine Strawberry School students and A gift basket filled with $225 worth of teachers will host their annual Christmas scrumptious See’s Candies and several program, band concert and Christmas decorative holiday items will go to the tree auction 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 in the winner of the Isabelle Hunt Memorial cultural hall.

Library raffle to be held at noon, The traditional performance of the “12 Saturday, Dec. 19.

Days of Christmas” will not be performed Tickets are currently on sale at six for because the school gymnasium floor is $5 or 15 for $10. undergoing safety repairs and is closed My wife, Kay, won the Christmas basto all. ket two years ago and we can attest it “All the props and necessary is filled with loads of mouthmaterials are inside (the gym),” rattlin’ watering chocolates ... way too said school superintendent-prin- the rim much for a pair of senior citicipal Cody Barlow. zens counting calories.

Thankfully, we have nine Holiday toy run grandchildren who willingly The 13th Annual Barbie helped devour the candy.

Hensler Memorial Toy Run The basket, which is on disbegins at 10 a.m. Dec. 12 at the play at the library, contains Sidewinders Tavern and Grill. various See’s boxes including The actual run leaves the pub truffles, nuts and chews, milk one hour later. chocolates, Toffee-ettes, peaMax Foster The charity event, which colnut brittle, peppermints, Jolly lects gifts and toys for deserving Snowman, Holiday Fancy Box, toddlers to teenagers, will include music, molasses chips, gourmet lollypops and raffle prizes, a 50/50 drawing, silent auc- World Chocolate Bars. tion and most importantly plenty of holiSound delicious? If so, hustle down day spirit. to the library and scoop up a handful of Unwrapped donations of gifts are raffle tickets. needed which will be distributed to needy All proceeds from the raffle benefit the children by Moose Lodge #852 in Star library.

Valley.

The library will be closed for the holiGift collection boxes can be found days Dec. 24, 25 and 26. It will also close at participating businesses in Pine- at 2 p.m. on Dec. 31 and be closed New Strawberry, Payson and Star Valley.

Year’s Day.

Gift deadline approaches

Originally the final day wrapped gifts for seniors could be delivered to the Senior Angel Christmas Tree in the gift shop at the cultural center was tomorrow, Dec. 5.

However, gift shop manager Rhonda Bossert, also the event organizer, will possibly extend the deadline because there are not enough “shoppers” for names on the tree.

“We have 98 names on the tree,” said Bossert. “We need more shoppers to come in.”

The tree is sponsored by the Senior Citizens Affairs Foundation (SCAF) and PostNet. The tree has for the past two weeks been adorned with gift guides that include the names of local seniors. Among these names, may also be seniors that reside in care facilities.

Residents were asked to pick a card from the tree, sign it out with the thrift shop cashier and then gift shop for the senior chosen.

No smoke

Tonto National Forest fire control officers are not expecting smoke from prescribed fire treatments in the area around Payson to linger in the Pine Strawberry area.

That’s good news because smoke from some controlled burn held a few months ago lingered over Pine for a couple of days.

Smoke can be seen from the Beeline driving south near Natural Bridge but it appears to be drifting toward Tonto Basin. Smoke from the burns could linger until Monday, Dec. 7.

The Kohl’s Ranch, Bear Flat, Thompson Draw and Little Green Valley areas have been most affected by the smoke.

Record number of dinners served

SCAF member Sheri Earp says more

than 240 Pine Strawberry residents were served free turkey dinners with all the fixin’s on Thanksgiving Day in the senior kitchen at the cultural center.

What a great gesture by SCAF. Women’s Christmas Party

The Church on Randall Place Women’s Ministry is hosting its Third Annual Ladies Community Christmas Party from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 5 in the downstairs fellowship hall.

Attendees should bring a side dish to share with others and the recipe. Also take along something for “show and tell” which could include a quilt, poems, craft items, talent show, favorite Bible passage and more.

Church members are asked to invite their friends and bring their daughters.

RSVP or for more information call Diane Larned at 928-978-1069.

Boutique open

The Pine-Strawberry Arts and Crafts Guild Christmas Boutique in the cultural center will be open, for the final time this season, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 5.

A treasure of homemade gifts will be sold including handwoven baskets, kitchen items, jewelry, hand-stitched clothing, original art, pet attire, holiday decorations, hand-knitted baby items, mittens, scarves, greeting cards and more.

Christmas potluck set

Pine Library Friends members will gather at noon, Dec. 7 in the activity room for a Christmas potluck luncheon that is open to all prospective members.

Members are asked to bring their favorite dish and a friend. Dinnerware and utensils will be furnished.

Also, bring along a cake and frosting mix as the group’s annual donation to the food bank.

Friends’ next regularly scheduled meeting is at 1 p.m. Jan. 25 also in the

activity room.

Special guests Don and Aileen Nilsen will speak on “Growing Old with Humor.”

All-aboard for Polar Express

The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library is inviting all preschoolers to enjoy the reading of “The Polar Express” at 10:15 a.m. Dec. 16 in the library.

Refreshments will be served and children are asked to wear their pajamas.

Riff Raff scholarship

The Riff Raff Club has opened the application process for a 2016 scholarship to be given to a current or former Pine Strawberry resident to help further his or her education.

Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited college or trade school and able to prove they lived in the area for a minimum of one year. Current residency is not required.

Applications are available by calling 928-978-3019 or by writing to the Scholarship Committee at P.O. Box 1981, Pine, AZ 85544.

Applications must be submitted by Monday, Dec. 21.

PSFR seeks donations

While the Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Committee continues to purr along like a fine-tuned V-8, its summer brush pickup program is struggling.

Financial problems stemming from several unforeseen expenses last summer have drained the PSFR budget and there might not be enough money to host the 2016 pickup.

Donations are among the ways P/S residents can help salvage the program that is crucial to protecting of our two hamlets from a catastrophic wildfire.

To donate or learn more about PSFR, log on to: http://psfuelreduction.org/ about/ Thought for the week: “Character is much easier kept than recovered.”

Characters Under the Mogollon Rim – Henry Irving, Part 3 The Indian Hill community grew as more Tonto Apaches settled there, returning from the San Carlos Reservation.

Other families followed Henry Irving’s example and erected their little huts on properties adjoining his. Some of the lots they occupied were owned by the Boardman family, who were sympathetic to the Tontos. The Indian families assumed the paper Henry held for his several lots covered all of them. He was careful to pay his annual property taxes, thanks to the prompting of his white friends, but as it turned out, he did not record his deed at the Gila County courthouse in Globe.

Apache families on Indian Hill included the names Burdette, Smith, Curtis and Bread. Teresa Boardman said in reference to the Burdette family, “I think there must be about 20 of them, or more. And they married, and this cousin came and

the other cousin. Oh, they must In 1938 it had become evident that Henry Irving could no have had cousins coming by the back when longer care for himself, and he millions ....” moved to Camp Verde where his An increasing number of daughter, Mrs. Mary Beecher, school-age children were included and Teresa Boardman, the had already been caring for her nurse for Dr. Risser, felt it was mother, Henry’s estranged wife. her mission to get them into After Henry left Indian Hill it the Payson school. She made was unfortunate that the other sure the children were bathed, families did not understand Stan Brown properly fed and any head lice about paying property taxes. removed. In her oral history They thought “the paper” they Teresa could not remember all their held giving Henry title was all they neednames but one she did remember was ed. Thus during the years 1938 to 1944 Melton Campbell, son of the tribal head Irving’s property was placed on the role man George Campbell. It was in the of delinquent taxes. Unknown to the school that his classmates began calling Tonto families, the property was purhim “Chief,” and the title stayed with him. chased at auction on Feb. 5, 1945 for Later when he became the tribe’s head $3.43 in delinquent taxes. The new owner man he was a prime mover in the process was Newell Fuller. For him it was an of gaining recognition for the tribe and investment and he did nothing to uproot the Apaches. procuring their own reservation.

A Seasoned and Compassionate Realtor For over 20 years I have worked for my clients to make their real estate transaction as effortless as possible. Let me put my experience to work for you!

Jaber Abawi, M.D., M.R.C.P. Board Certified Internal Medicine

Accepting New Patients Payson, AZ 85541

BISHOP REALTY

families also moved to “The Camp,” and by 1957 the last of them was gone. In the meantime the old Tonto Army scout, Henry Irving lived with his daughter three years at the Camp Verde Indian Agency until he died on Nov. 7, 1941, at 9 o’clock PM. His death certificate reads, “Cause of death, senility.” He was not embalmed, but was buried Nov. 11 at Middle Verde, and a $90 funeral allowance was paid by his Army pension.

The government representative from the reservation wrote, “He left no personal belongings whatsoever of any value, but Mary Beecher thinks he has a small piece of land with a house on it in or near the town of Payson, Arizona.”

This was the shameful conclusion to a life so entwined in the history of Arizona’s frontier, but he is honored in the legends of the Tonto tribe.

Next: Julian Journigan

HELPING PAYSON INVEST IN ITS COMMUNITY, ONE HOME AT AT A TIME

Internal Medicine & Arthritis

1106 N. Beeline Highway

Dawn Brunson (928) 978-0748

That same year, 1945, the Boardmans retired and sold their mercantile store.

They also sold their property on Indian Hill, occupied by some of the Apache families, to Fred Joy who planned to develop a subdivision. By 1950 the town of Payson was expanding and real estate beyond the precincts of “old town” was gaining in value. The view from Indian Hill made housing there a premium and the Tontos began to realize they were sitting on a “time bomb.” Some of them moved off Indian Hill to establish a camp in the Tonto National Forest, just south of today’s rodeo arena. Then in 1954 a building contractor arrived and ran a bulldozer through the little house of Henry Irving’s relatives before they could rescue their bedding, stove or personal belongings.

As private housing continued to be built on Indian Hill the rest of the Apache

928.474.5286

Dannielle Tassell Loan Officer NMLS#911715

(928) 951-1199

620 E. Highway 260, Suite B-1, Payson, AZ 85541 BayEquityHomeLoans.com/dannielle-tassell Equal Housing Lender. This is not a commitment to lend or extend credit. Restrictions may apply. Rates may not be available at time of application. Informatin and/or data are subject to change without notice.

All loans are subject to credit approval. Not all loans or products are available in all states. Bay Equity, LLC, 100 California Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA 94111 NMLS ID#76988. Arizona Mortgage Banker License #0910340; NMLS consumer access: www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org.BEJO-150901-1-2

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, December 4, 2015

5B

aroundthe rim Shelby School students in the spirit of the season Baby, it’s cold outside! Try to I wrapped the meat up and put it in the freezer for another day. stay warm and cozy and drink a the This year, we had smoked turlot of hot chocolate or a hot toddy village key for the first time. JB Berry of even cappuccinos will do. The JB’s Smokehouse smoked sevtemperatures in the Village have eral turkeys this year and he been in the low teens most of the asked if we would like to try it. week, and even hitting single We really liked it. Now we know digits a few times. The cold gets of another way to eat turkey me thinking I should turn on the besides roasting or frying one. oven and bake something, so Thank you JB, for giving us the today I will be baking a banana Janet chance to have a really different bread or maybe even brownies. Snyder way to enjoy a Thanksgiving The oven does a fine job of heatturkey. ing up the kitchen and I get to eat JB owns JB’s Smokehouse and the goodies besides, well, not by myself, I do have a husband who loves banana Catering and he has a variety of food bread with his coffee. He’s a purist, just both smoked and otherwise. You can find plain black coffee for him, nothing as him on Facebook for an extensive list of items and where he will be set up in the fancy as a cappuccino. future. He does most events in the area, On a more serious note so next time you see his catering van, try Since the temperatures have been his famous brisket. below freezing for over a week, I hope Shelby School that our part-time residents have winter’Tis the season for giving and the ized their cabins before they left for the Shelby School students are into the holiValley. There is nothing worse than to day spirit. The girls in the upper grades come back in the spring to broken water raised $100 and purchased gifts that pipes. For the full-time residents, if you they are donating to the Barbie Hensler do nothing else, keep a cold water tap on Memorial Toy Run. The Toy Run is affilto just dripping: that will keep your water iated with the Moose Lodge #852 in Star flowing and not freeze.

Valley. All of the purchased gifts will be handed out to local children in Payson.

Turkey If you would like to contribute to this Do you still have turkey left? I do and worthwhile cause, call C.C. at 928-476-

Will our winter snowfall be the same meaning a heavy year for snow? It’s too soon to tell for sure, but just in case, stock up on any essentials, such as propane, matches, candles, flashlights, plenty of soup, and of course, cold weather gear such as gloves, a heavy coat, ear muffs and a good set of waterproof boots.

And, lest I forget, a good snow shovel.

Make sure you spray the shovel with Pam so that the snow just slides off.

Hellsgate Fire Department

The December Fire Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at station #21 in Star Valley. The meeting will be held in the meeting room and will start at 5:30 p.m.

Contributed photo

Pictured are some of the girls from Shelby School who helped raise $100 and purchased toys for the Barbie Hensler Memorial Toy Run. 1955. That’s the Christmas spirit, girls.

Bear Flat Phon and Dara Sutton have kept meticulous records of the weather for many years for Bear Flat and continually keep all the part-time residents informed of the weather conditions by email, whether the creeks have risen, whether the roads became impassable, etc. In keeping those records, some surprising statistics have

come to light.

For instance, the precipitation for October and November 2015 have far exceeded the normal. In October, the rainfall amounted to 3.27 inches as opposed to previous years of 1.21 inches. In November, 3.35 inches of rainfall as opposed to 1.72 in the previous year.

All in all, the precipitation total is 4.50 inches over the average for the past 11 months.

Domino Divas

All you Divas out there, you know who you are — the annual Christmas party is set for Wednesday, Dec. 9 in the meeting room at fire station #22 in Tonto Village.

The fun begins at 1 p.m. Please bring a wrapped gift and a side dish to share.

The meat will be provided. This event has been held for a number of years and a lot of laughs will be shared along with stories of past Christmas parties.

Newcomers are also welcome to join in the festivities. Just call Dara at 928478-7294 or Janet at 928-478-9935 if you would like to join the Divas.

Inordinate number of visitors in town last Saturday Christopher Creek turned out Creeker Kiki while having coffee with Marshall strong last Saturday afternoon and eve- and Vanessa Sunday morning at the ning up at Sheila’s Creekside for her Trimble cabin in See Canyon. While we Christmas party. The locals had the bar were all comparing notes on how busy and the back dining room full to the we are, Marshall announced his recent brim. Then it seems like there was an election as president of the board of inordinate number of visitors in the Arizona Historical Society. town — some hunters and quite Congratulations go out to him on a few Christmas tree harvesters, another week this prestigious honor. as well. The chili went fast and in the creek Many of us have been vicariously enjoying the escapades of there was a nice fire out on the Gary and Cindi Werlinger’s kids patio. and grandkids over on the beachDebbie Dawson was there celes above San Diego. Through the ebrating her something-somemarvel of social media we have thing birthday and endured an had pictorial updates of Shannon, off-key version of the birthday song. Then entertainment and Kyle and Braden, Barb, Chad some raffle drawings kept folks Rod Britain and Mackenzie, Samone, Josh, around until well after dark.

Hayden and Brooklyn along with Thank you to Sheila and her grandma and grandpa on their staff. great adventures!

Don and Kiki Farmer were out well To further document this winter seabefore daylight Sunday, high up near the son, we first note that the southern leg of vertical palisades of the Rim surrounding the jet stream has dipped some 400 miles See Canyon. After filling his elk tag early below Arizona and circles up through the two of them made several trips back Texas and the southeast. That has left us dry the last couple weeks here in and forth bringing out the quarters.

We learned about that from Don and Rim Country. Dry and chilly may be a

better assessment. Temperature lows have dipped down to about 15 F degrees a couple of mornings.

Although there is no moisture on the immediate horizon, should the southern leg of the jet stream flatten out we could still have a white Christmas in the Creek.

Right now the day of the parade could be dry.

Now, about that parade; we know that Chuck has his sleigh assembled. His duty is to deliver Santa Claus to the fire station on the afternoon of Dec. 12. Santa is used to parking his sleigh and the reindeer up on top of the Rim when there is no snow in the Creek.

Kids will gather up about 2 p.m. and should bring some canned goods and such for the food boxes. Then that character in red should be there around three.

Having been to these parties myself you should know that the Ol’ Fella does his best to entertain the children and the old folks as well. It’s must-see reality!

Parade time is 6 p.m. that evening.

Rigs will be festooned with all manner of lights and decorations. Last year Gary (G-Dub) fashioned this giant lighted

snowman atop his cart. It was something to see but you didn’t see it on the parade route. It seems he didn’t calculate the clearance for trees and wires on Columbine Road!

CCHOA board members need a headsup on any local families in need this Christmas. Contact Chuck or Irma should you know of someone.

At least one Arizona football team is still garnering fans’ attention. The Cardinals had a similar record last year as well. However, this ol’ Iowa boy has to say, “How ’bout them 12-0 Iowa Hawkeyes!”

That aggressive javelina female is hanging around on the ridge above Columbine Road. She hangs with a group of five or six. Just be careful out there.

Christopher Creek Lodge has done a bang-up job on their Christmas lights this year!

We have just learned that Rebecca Ashby has passed away recently. Glen and Rebecca owned and operated Christopher Creek Lodge for nearly 50 years.

Last week we sat around a big table

and several of us remembered back to times when there was more physical activity following a big Thanksgiving dinner. When we were kids there was always an impromptu football game. Sometimes it was in the big lot behind my aunt and uncle’s house or it might have been right out in the street. Years later and for many years the game of croquet became the much anticipated after dinner sport.

That was eventually discontinued as the matches became quite competitive and mallets became more and more like weapons.

We graduated to bocci ball and that had a long run. Then one of my nephews rolled one of the balls off a table umbrella onto his grandmother’s head. In more recent years the game of cornhole had a short run. Ah, those were all years of championships and bragging rights.

So, the afternoon activity has further evolved again this year. Following the feast at Carol and Charlie’s there was a large table where six or seven sat around going through the 70 or more advertisements for all the Black Friday sales ... and that’s another week in the Creek.

World War I ‘Sea Devil’ learned the lessons of history his life by the highest standards through their wide-cast net time of conduct showed even when after time, sailing his lightly your turn he was young. As a boy he had armed, tall-masted, wind driven ship the Sea Eagle through dreams of being a sailor, but his both Atlantic and Pacific waters father was determined that he thronged with heavily armed, would follow the family tradition faster-moving, coal or oil drivand go into the cavalry. And so, en ships. Von Luckner captured when in 1894 at the tender age and sank American, British and of 13 he ran away to sea, he French cargo ships virtually at Tom Garrett made a vow swearing to his family that he would never return will, but although those naval home unless he was wearing officers who pursued him may have seen him as a “sea devil,” he was — the Emperor’s naval uniform — “with in the eyes of the officers, crew members honor!”

He kept that promise, Johnny. And and passengers of the ships he took — a “sea angel,” something I know you will some the things he went through on his agree with when you see how he treated way to doing it are so incredible that them. Von Luckner, you see, had learned no one would believe them if they were from history and he steadfastly refused offered up as fiction.

Von Luckner began his struggle to to stray from the high principles of former days. don the naval uniform of his nation by Von Luckner’s determination to live signing up as an unpaid cabin boy on the

Russian sailing ship Niobe, which traveled between Germany and Australia.

His struggle might easily have ended a few days later in the middle of the Atlantic when he was swept overboard by very rough seas. The cowardly Russian captain, worried only about his lifeboat, refused to launch it in such high seas. It was only the defiance of the first mate and the swift actions of the brave and intelligent 13-year-old himself that saved him. As the mate gathered volunteers and launched the lifeboat, von Luckner, totally invisible among giant waves, reached up and grabbed the leg of a 12-foot-wingspan albatross that was circling him and eying him as a meal.

Though ripped at by the vicious beak of the huge bird, he clung to its leg so that the circling of the albatrosses would show the lifeboat crew where he was.

Under no obligation to risk his life

for a captain who cared nothing about it, the teenager jumped ship the minute he arrived in Freemantle, Australia. He then began a wandering life that is second to none.

For a time he kept body and soul together by peddling the Salvation Army’s oddly-named news flier, “The War Cry.” Other equally unlikely jobs followed, including one as an assistant lighthouse keeper which ended because the now maturing von Luckner, having become interested in the fair sex, was discovered in bed with the lighthouse keeper’s daughter. That was followed by unlikely jobs as a kangaroo hunter, a circus worker, and even by a time when von Luckner, now a strong and athletic young man, became a professional boxer.

And that’s just for starter’s. Wait till next week ...

ShowroomFaucets

Our family has been serving Plumbing Par ~ Appliances Arizona for over 40 Years!

Heating & AiPipe Fittings Showroom ~ Faucets Plumbing Parts ~ Appliances Heating & Air ~ Pipea Fittings Our family has been serving Ar for over 40 Years!

Store Hours:

Our family has been serving Ara for over 40 Years!

811 E. Hwy. 260 Store Hours: Payson Monday - Thursday 6:00 am - 4:30 pm 928-474-3516 Friday 6 am - 4 pm

2850 Show Low Lake Road Store Hours: Monday through Show Low, AZ 85901 ~ 928-537-0869

N

260

Central Arizona Supply

ral Arizona Supply

87

Hospital

Show Low Lake Rd.

Since my youngest days I have felt that history teachers too often fail to keep in mind the words of George Santayana, a man famed for saying that those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. It is, I feel, the lessons of history which are important to us, not lists of names, dates and places kids are all too often given to memorize.

Many examples exist of men and women who have proven the truth of Santayana’s words by failing because they ignored the lessons of history, but others have succeeded — sometimes beyond their wildest dreams — by learning and applying them. An outstanding example is Felix Graf von Luckner, German nobleman, naval officer, author and sailor.

During World War I, von Luckner was labeled “The Sea Devil” by British and American naval officers as he slipped

Wal-Mart

Friday 6am - 4:30pm www.centralazsupply.com www.centralazsupplm

Please consider Time Out Domestic Violence Shelter for your 2015 AZ Charitable Tax Credit.

Arizona tax law provides a tax credit for contributions made before Dec. 31, 2015 to certain qualifying 501c3 charities that provide assistance. For 2015, the maximum amount of this credit is $400 for married taxpayers and $200 for single taxpayers and are available based on your income tax filing status.

Time Out at P.O. Box 306, Payson, AZ 85547 For more information, call Time Out at 472-8007

*Time Out, Inc. is not a tax advisor. As with any financial recommendation, contact the AZ Dept. of Revenue and/or a qualified tax professional for expert advice on your specific tax situation.

PAYSON ROUNDUP FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015

6B

Classifieds More ways than ever to publish and pay for your classified ad!

Call 928-474-5251 • Online at PaysonClassifiedsNow.com • Email ClassAds@payson.com DEADLINES: 10AM Monday for Tuesday issue • 10AM Wednesday for Friday issue Order: 10078758 Cust: -Town of Payson / HR Keywords: Classified-PO#201043------Recruitment Ad art#: 20130870 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 2.00 Town of Payson

Police Officer Recruit $18.07 - $27.11/hr or Certified Police Officer $19.95 - 29.93/hr, depending upon qualifications, plus benefits. Obtain required application by calling (928) 474-5242 x5012; pick one up at Town Hall; or download at www.paysonaz.gov. Human Resources, 303 N Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541, must receive applications no later than 4PM MST, 01/14/16. EOE

LIVESTOCK WORKER

Order: 10078877 Must possess 3 months experience as a General Serv Ranch Worker and provide one letter of reference to that Cust: -High Country Agricultural experience.

Dates of need: 01/15/2016 thru 11/15/2016. Two temporary position openings. $11.37 per hour Keywords: LOV Ranch plus housing.

Signed contract may be required.

Live in bunkhouse at ranch site. 3/4 work guarantee. Must be art#: 20131033 able to rideGeneral a horse and repair fences. Must be able to lift 50 pounds. May be on call 24 hours per day, 7 days Class: per week.2.00 All work and equipment provided. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worker will Size: Xtools 2.00 be provided or paid by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract. Attends to livestock and duties on the ranch and uncultivated range areas and grass meadows. Feeds and assures adequate water is available for livestock whether on range or at ranch headquarters. Tends to calving, tagging, branding, doctoring and sorting of heifers and cows and calves. Binds or clamps testes or surgically removes testes to castrate livestock. Cleans livestock stalls and sheds, using disinfectant solutions, brushes and shovels. Prepare ditches and meadows for flood irrigation. Assist with irrigation. Assist with preparation of hay equipment, cultivating and harvesting hay for livestock. Maintain ranch buildings and equipment and other routine as well as emergency work around the ranch.

LOV RANCH / RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO Call Craig Workforce Center, (970) 824-3246 or contact your nearest State Workforce Center.

Refer to order #CO6342462

LIVESTOCK WORKERS

Order: 10078876 Cust: -High Country Agricultural Serv Must possess 3 months experience as a General Ranch Worker and provide one letter of reference to that experience. Must Keywords: Slash EV Ranch be able20131032 to lift 50 pounds. Dates of need: 01/15/2016 thru 11/15/2016. Four temporary position openings. $11.37 per hour art#: plus housing.

May be asked to sign a contract. Live in bunkhouse at ranch site. 3/4 work guarantee. Must be able to ride a Class: General horse and repair X fences.

Must be able to lift 50 pounds. Work 48 hours week. Longer hours (night shifts during calving) and Size: 2.00 2.00 more days (up to 7 days per week) may be required when feeding cows supplemental rations, calving season, irrigation and haying season. All work tools and equipment provided. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worker will be provided or paid by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract. Attend to livestock – feeds and waters livestock on range or at ranch headquarters – calving, maintaining cattle herd health and put up & lay down fences on National forest. Cleans corrals. Wean calves, vaccinations and pregnancy check cows. Assist with shipping of cows and calves.

Maintain all fences, corrals, cabins, buildings, range improvements, and livestock equipment used for proper cattle manage-

MERCHANDISE ANIMALS Dachshund Pups; 10 wks old, 1 male, 1 famale, Black and Tan, Smooth hair, and one that’s only 3 wks old, $400. Call 928-476-6435 or 480-734-7246 Dog Nail Clipping in the comfort and convenience of your home by Tracy. Local professional groomer of 24 years. $12.00 928-978-4959 Two Lovable house cats, FREE to a home that will keep them together! 928-978-0739

APPLIANCES GE Combo Washer/Dryer as new condition, new heater coil, $500.

928-474-2379

BIKES/SCOOTERS

Cannondale Terra Bike Excellent condition $550 406-268-9205

MISCELLANEOUS

Two Used Inflatable Standup Paddleboards, Includes:Board, Pump, Paddle, Carry Bag. $425.ea OBO. The Perfect Christmas Gift! Practical and Fun! 928-474-6482

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS GARAGE SALES 208 N. Tonto St. Rim Country Storage, Fri. & Sat. Dec. 6 & 7 from 8am to 1pm; Unit 7, 8, 9, 11 & 14: Furniture, tools, household goods, clothes, lawnmower, gas cans, table saw and More!

MOVING SALES Garage - Yard - Moving SALE: 308 S. Sandstone Pt., Payson, AZ 85541; Dec. 4 & 5 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm; 3 Items Priced, the Rest...Best Offer; Electronics, Tools, Christmas Items and STUFF!

YARD SALES

FIREWOOD FIREWOOD “BEST PRICES IN TOWN AND FRIENDLY SERVICE�

Also BACKHOE SERVICE & YARD CLEANING Tree-Trimming, Brush Removal with Hauling Service

616 W. Frontier St. Saturday Dec. 5 starting 8am: Furnitrue and Household Items; Maybe some Christmas!

AUTOS/VEHICLES CARS

ment. Cleans livestock stalls and sheds, using disinfectant solutions, brushes and shovels. Must have knowledge of building and repair of fence, irrigation knowledge and management, planting, cultivating and harvesting hay for livestock. Light

928-951-6590 or 928-978-5473

mechanical skills preferred. Maintain equipment in a working condition and observe safe practices.

SLASH EV RANCH / RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO Call Craig Workforce Center, (970) 824-3246 or contact your nearest State Workforce Center.

Refer to order #CO6342539

NOW HIRING CNA’S, RN’S & LPN’S

Order: 10078622 Cust: -Payson Care Center Keywords: Ad attached art#: 20130631 Class: Healthcare Size: 2.00 X 3.00

Full-time, Part-time & PRN Positions Available.

Competitive wages and benefits. $1,000 sign-on bonus for full-time positions.

Apply in person at:

FIREWOOD Firewise, Lot Clean-ups Landscaping Ray Smith 928-970-0132 or 928-363-1014

Mobile RV & Trailer Repair!

Call Carl 928-951-3500

MOTORCYCLES

FIREWOOD. JUNIPER OR PINE AND MIXES SOLD IN BUNDLES TO FULL MEASURED CORDS, WE DELIVER.ALSO TREE STUMP AND SMALL TREE REMOVAL. TRENCHING. 928-468-1309

FURNITURE Beautiful Thomasville Table, Two Leafs, 8 High Back Chairs and Hutch. Pecan wood, Can Text Pictures, $475. 928-300-8054

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

MOTORCYCLE for Sale: 1999 Honda Goldwing GL-1500SE w/Trike Conversion Kit, Matching Trailer, Spectial Edition, Honda’s 50th Anniversary Year, Color (Pearl Mint Green), Lots of Extra’s for all the details, Asking $9995. call Nick 602-373-0910 after 6pm

RVS 107 E. Lone Pine Drive, Payson, AZ 85541 (928) 474-6896 Order: 10073430 Cust: -McDonalds Keywords: Help Wanted art#: 20123185 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 4.00

Join our friendly Team

Englander Pellet Stove. Works great, purchased 3 years ago. $450 406-268-9205

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

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

Shipping Containters, Call 928-537-3257

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

The McDonald’s Team offers Part-Time and Full Time employment with wages starting at $8.10 per hour.

Flexible hours, training, advancement opportunities, management development, employee retirement benefits, insurance, performance reviews and raises, and many other benefits. McDonald’s rewards outstanding performance.

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

EARLY GIFTS: Serving Pieces, Glassware, Fine Knife Sets, Trays, Decorations, Paintings, Candles, Artwork, Tapestry, Custom Rocking Chair, Books, Lamps.

ENTERTAINING: Evening Gowns (B&W Ball) Bags, Gloves, Lingerie, Scarves, Accessories, Sweaters, Fragrance Sets, Jewelry.

PARTY ATTIRE: Men’s Designer Suits, Western Outfit-46L, Snowy River, Australia Felt Hat, Mountain Men Fur Hats.

Call for Appointment: 928-468-1670 For Sale for the Holidays. 2 Electric keyboards & 2 crystal bowls.

Call for visuals and best offer prices. J.D. @ 928-468-6074.

I BUY ESTATES! (928) 474-5105

To apply online visit www.mcarizona.com

2000 Tioga Class C Motorhome, 28 feet, Runs Great, Good Tires, Asking $4,500.obo 928-978-2525 8 ft. $1,200; 16 ft $650; 21 ft $2,300; 28 ft toyhauler $3,700; 8’ x 14’ utility trailer, double axle $650.

928-978-3423.

TRAILERS Folding wheelchair hitch carrier rack with loading ramp, holds 400lbs, slides onto hitch on back of car, fits all 2� receiver hitches., $100/obo, Tom (480) 247-0802.

Northstar Trailer, brand new, never used, 5’x6’, single axle 2� ball, 1000lbs towing capacity, asking $550/obo, Tom (480) 247-0802.

EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION Installation Trainee position open Local Company, Four day week.

Travel, Tool Knowledge, detail-oriented, clean MVD, background/drug tests.

928-474-1727

Looking for a career opportunity in a rewarding field?

If you have proven success in a management role supporting individuals with disabilities, a job as a

Program ProgramCoordinator Director at Arizona MENTOR may be right for you!

To apply, visit us at http://jobs.thementornetwork.com/ arizona or call 602-567-4970

Why join our team?

The opportunity to make a difference Comprehensive rewards & benefits Professional development Supportive & collaborative teams Innovative health & wellness options Employee recognition programs

At Banner Payson Medical Clinic, we are looking for enthusiastic, energetic and engaging individuals to support our communityfocused practice and help us deliver exceptional patient care. Daytime hours, Monday through Friday. Previous experience required.

Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2015

MEDICAL ASSISTANTS –Orthopedics (job#155040) –Family Practice (job#154522) SCHEDULERS –Surgery (job#154491) –Outpatient (job#154740) PATIENT FINACIAL SERVICES REP (job#153105)

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

Help define the future of health care. Join Banner Payson Medical Clinic.

Apply online at www.BannerHealth.com/ careers. Search the appropriate job # above.

EEO/AA/Diversity/Vets.

We support a tobacco-free and drug-free workplace.

Ad attached

Powell Place Senior Living is now hiring CAREGIVERS, in addition to a COOK and a WEEKEND HOUSEKEEPER. We offer competitive pay and benefits. Must enjoy working with seniors.

Apply online at enlivant.com, then call 928-474-6249.

RESTAURANTS Needed:Experienced Line Cook and Server, 18 and Older, Apply between 2pm and 5pm Gerardo’s Firewood Cafe 928-468-6500

SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS

Finding the Right Fit Permanent/Temporary Placements.

FREE to job seekers.

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

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

Go Ride Mountain can provide pick-up, delivery, service & repair of off-road motorcycles & light ATV’s. Specializing in Engine & Suspension. 623-399-2847

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

HANDYMAN

!" $## !

# # # # # #

#

#

" # !#

Lawn Care

HAULING

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

JOE - 970-1873 HOME SERVICES

Call The Cheaper Sweeper

Call The Cheaper Sweeper You’ve tried the rest, now try the best!

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

Gift Certificates Available

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

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

Flagstone & Concrete Driveways, Pavers and Sidewalks.

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

OakLeaf Yardworks Yard Maintenance Minor landscaping and tree trimming.

All work affordable.

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

LEGAL SERVICES ad attached REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS

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

Patricia Rockwell AZ CertiďŹ ed Legal Document Preparer/ Paralegal

928-476-6539

Ho Ho Home Aspen Cove!

APARTMENTS FEATURING: • • • • •

2 Bedrooms/2 Baths 2 Bedrooms/ 1.5 Baths Washers & Dryers Covered Parking Pet Friendly

ASPEN COVE

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

(928) 474-8042

Cornerstone Property Services www.cornerstone-mgt.com PineCrest Apts., 1 & 2 Bedrooms, Storage Unit, Laundry & BBQ, $525.mo & up, 480-734-0858 Positively Payson

Tonto Oaks Apts. & Mobile Homes

120 S. Tonto St. Come live next to the BEST tenants in Payson!

Beautiful, Spacious 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments w/storage room Call Cindy for availability (928) 472-9238 or email tontooaksapts@yahoo.com STUDIO APT. Star Valley w/1 Car Garage, Gas & Electrice Included, $750.mo for one person; no pets Call 708-670-8289 or 928-951-5584 For More Information!

Studio BR, 1 BA, Apartment Unfurnished, Star Valley, AZ, 85541, flexible lease, studio guest house, water,elect,trash, tv,all included, quiet property, $ 650.00 +dep, 928-978-1522.

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT 1200sf Office, w/2 Stalls, Full Roll Up Garage Doors, Possible Living Quarters; 222 W. Aero Suite A,(Payson) $850.mo; Water/Sewer Paid; 928-474-2037 or 928-951-1009 Best Office Value in Payson. 3 private offices, secretary/reception area, 1000sq. ft, centrally located, view, just $750 per month., single office $225, 928-468-1365.

Location! Last available retail store at this location. 580sq.ft. Great start-up. Last tenant did so well, he moved to a bigger store. Won’t last, 928-468-1365.

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

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

AZCLDP #81438

REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE Beautiful 5Br/3Ba home on 1.67 Acres in Middle Round Valley, In Door Pool, Garden, Fruit Trees, More, Possible Lease/Purchase, $298,000; 928-978-4011

MOBILES FOR SALE

Debco Construction

Order: 10076605 Cust: -Gila County Personnel art#: 20127705 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 2.00

HOME REPAIRS

Apartments for Rent

HOMES FOR RENT 2Br/1Ba Den, Restored Home on Private Acre in town, Central Heating, Cooling, FP, Laundry, Fenced Yard, $800.mo 928-288-2440 2Br/2Ba, All Appliances Included, Central AC/Heat, Laminate Wood Floors, Fenced Back Yard, Pets-Neg., $875.mo + $1000.Sec. Dep. 603 Evergreen, Denise:480-650-2678

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

CONSTRUCTION

Pool Table Brunswick Kendrick European Style 8 foot Pool Table.

Perfect Condition. (Cost new was $4000.00) $1499.00 602-769-6001

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

HAULING

Servent for Christ: To heal Prayer, reiki, shiatsu, stone layouts, water element, breath and color therapy, Contact 928-468-6074 Mon-Fri, 11-4pm ask for Jill.

Jazzy Select Power Chair used only 3 mos. Perfect condition.

Oxygen tank holder/battery charger. $1000. 928-474-1877.

HANDYMAN Tile,Carpet and Wood Installer 35 years Exp. Repairs/Custom Showers Local References if needed Realters Welcome 928-951-2823 Robin H.

TRUCKS 2003 GMC 4x4 Sierra Extended Cab, Shortbed, Loaded, Beautiful 96,800 Miles, $8,900.OBO 928-474-9862

Order: 10078723 Cust: -Arizona Mentor Keywords: EMPLOYMENT AD art#: 20130105 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 5.00

Exceptional Exceptional People People Wanted!

Wanted!

HEALTH CARE

THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades?

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

Get the best results!

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

Senior Discount: 928-478-6139 JIMMY’S ALLTRADES Residential Repairs Since 1993 FREE ESTIMATES Plumbing, Electrical, Sun Screens, Dryer Vent Cleaning, Gutters Cleaned 928-474-6482 not licensed

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

RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1 Bedroom Ground Level Apartment, New Paint, New Tile, Great Downtown Location, South Beeline $600.mo 928-474-8000. Rim Country Guns Apartment For Rent

Now Renting!

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

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

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

3+ BR, 1 BA, Duplex, Round Valley, AZ, 85541, flexible lease, 1500 sq. ft., Water Included, W/D, Microwave, Outdoor Area, Carpet, Parking Available, Cats Allowed, Small Dogs Allowed, Large Dogs Allowed, Located on quiet 7 acres of trees at end of the road, adj to Natl Forest, Available 1 January, $950/mo, 480.229.1831, john@scottsdaletrails.com.

Holiday Deal: $100 OFF FIRST MONTH’S RENT: 2Br/1Ba, Mobile, Private Driveway, Large Fenced Back Yard, Bright Spacious Living Room, Dual Pane Windows, Central Heating, Swamp Cooler, W/D Hookups, Quiet Neighborhood, Near Hospitasl, $700.p/m, 928-581-6329

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

1st Mo + Deposit!

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

Apartments WarmFor&Rent Cozy

Community nestled in the Pines!

Forest Hills Condominiums

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

Call Caroline 928-472-6055

BERKSHIRE Prudential Pine

HATHAWAY HomeServices Advantage Realty

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

928-476-3279

UNFURNISHED RENTAL HOMES NEEDED Independently Owned & Operated

HOMES FOR RENT Pine Prudential Rentals x3

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

www.paysonrentals.com RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

1809 W. Fairway Ln., 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . $1450 1103 N. Camelot, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . $1200 1009 W. Rim View Rd., 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . $1075 1106 N. William Tell Cir., 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . $860 703 W. Saddle Ln. 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . $850 905 N. Beeline Hwy. #10, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . $850 200 E. Malibu Dr. B6, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . $800 1101 N. Carefree Cir., 2BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . $795 604 E. Miller Rd., 2BD, 1BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750 609 N. Granite Dr., 3BD, 2BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $725 607 S. Beeline Hwy. Sp#5, 1BD, 1BA . . . . . . . . $550 208 E. Juniper St. #B Studio, 1BA. . . . . . . . . . . $500 607 S. Beeline Hwy. C5, Studio 1BA. . . . . . . . . $425 607 S. Beeline Hwy. C4, Studio 1BA. . . . . . . . . $400 607 S. Beeline Hwy. C6, Studio,1BA . . . . . . . . . $400

COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE 1500 Bravo Taxiway 601 N. Beeline 408 W. Main St., Suite 8 & Suite 11 708 E. Hwy 260 C1, A, B & E 708 E. Hwy 260 C2 1322 W. Red Baron Rd. #A

RV/MOTOR HOME SPACE Independently Owned & Operated

Senior Lady or Couple to Rent New 1Br Apt. Attached to our home. Reduced Rent in exchange for part-time senior care for Elderly Lady. 928-978-4011 Super Nice 3BR/2BA. Corner Lot, Fenced, Near Hospital, $1200 + Dep. No-smoking/small pets ok?

Avail Now, Landlord Pays Sewer Call 928-310-3732

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

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

W/D, Cable, Own Bathroom & Views! $375.mo + Utilities: 928-474-2106 or 480-242-5812 Single Roommate wanted, to share home, centrally located in Payson, $400.mo.

Smoking/Pets-No, Must pass background and credit check.

928-476-3148.

LEGAL NOTICES 15981: 11/20, 11/27, 12/4, 12/11/2015: S/File 137560.10206 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust recorded on JUNE 1, 2015, in INSTRUMENT NO. 2015-005182 in the Office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona - NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF PIONEER TITLE AGENCY, INC., 421 S. BEELINE HWY, PAYSON, ARIZONA on JANUARY 11, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. of said day: Lot 40, MOGOLLON RIM ADDITION PLAT TWO, according to Map No. 150, records of Gila County, Arizona. EXCEPT the North 16 feet thereof. Purported Property Address: 601 E. BONITA ST., PAYSON, AZ 85541. Tax Parcel Number: 304-04-041A. Original Principal Balance: $41,000.00 Original/Current Beneficiary: CHRISTOPHER J. CAMPOLONGO and LILIAN C. CAMPOLONGO, 3900 SHERFIELD COURT, MIDLOTHIAN, VA 23113.

Original/Current Trustor: ROBERT DANA KNIELING, P.O. BOX 1139, HELENDALE, CA 92342. Said Trustee’s Sale will be held without covenant or warranty express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid principal balance of $40,168.93 plus monies due as provided under the terms of said Deed of Trust, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Deed of Trust. Dated: OCTOBER 5, 2015. Current Trustee: Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. 580 East Wilcox Drive, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635. (520) 458-3500 Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation, as Trustee. By: /s/ Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary. Manner of Trustee Qualification: Escrow Agent. Name of Regulating Agency: Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. STATE OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF MARICOPA. The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on October 9, 2015, by Shannon E. Copp, Assistant Secretary of Pioneer Title Agency, Inc., an Arizona corporation. By: /s/ Erin C. Klabough, Notary Public.

My Commission Expires: January 7, 2018.

15983 11/20, 11/27, 12/4, 12/11/2015 TS No. : AZ-15-681355-AB Order No. : 150205684-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 8/11/2014 and recorded 9/11/2014 as Instrument 2014-008538 , 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.

PAYSON ROUNDUP

LEGAL NOTICES 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: 1/22/2016 at 11:00AM Sale Location: At the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY OF GILA, STATE OF ARIZONA: LOT 21, CRESTLINE TERRACE UNIT IV, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 398, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. EXCPETING THEREFROM ALL COAL AND OTHER MINERAL DEPOSITS AS RESERVED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED MAY 29, 1926, IN BOOK 41, PAGE 211 OF REAL ESTATE DEEDS. Purported Street Address: 200 EAST HUNTER DRIVE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel Number: 205-28-148 Original Principal Balance: $155,000.00 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): JACOB R. MILLER, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY 200 EAST HUNTER DRIVE, 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: 916.939.0772 Login to: www.nationwideposting.com AZ-15-681355-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-15-681355-AB Dated: 10/14/2015 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 10/14/2015 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 #0095406 .

15985 11/20, 11/27, 12/4/2015 Notice To Creditors: Bessie M. Turner Monroe McDonough Brent & Morales, PLLC, 2500 N. Tucson Blvd., Suite 140, Tucson, AZ 85716, (520) 325-2000 Voice, (520) 886-3527 Fax, Heidi Rib Brent, Esq., State Bar No. 09625/PCBA No. 65775, Email: hbrent@mmbmazlaw.com, Attorneys for Personal Representative In The Superior Court Of The State Of Arizona In And For The County Of Gila In the Matter of the Estate of: Bessie M. Turner Date of Birth: September 17, 1917 Deceased. No. PB 201500100 Notice To Creditors Notice Is Hereby Given that Frances Rae Boccardo has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written

LEGAL NOTICES statement of the claim to the Personal Representative, Frances Rae Boccardo, c/o Heidi Rib Brent, 2500 N. Tucson Blvd., #140, Tucson, Arizona 85716.

Dated this 10th day of November 2015. Monroe McDonough Brent & Morales, PLLC By: /s/ Heidi Rib Brent, Attorneys for Personal Representative.

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 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,

LEGAL NOTICES 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.

15997: 12/4, 12/11, 12/18, 12/25/2015: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA, GILA COUNTY In the Matter of the Guardianship of: Jocelyn R. Burton, Minor(s) Case No. GC 201500048 PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN(S) OF MINOR(S) Judge/Commissioner Petitioner(s) Arlene Ramirez allege(s): 1.

The minor is unmarried, born on June 02, 2009.

2.

The name, address, and/or dates of death of the minor’s parent are: Briana Chelen Cordle, 2026 N. 64th St., Mesa, AZ 85215; 11/9/15.

3.

The minor resides is present in this county.

4.

No guardian has been appointed by a will or by order or any court, and no other proceedings for the appointment of a guardian are pending in any court.

5.

Parental rights of custody have been terminated or suspended by circumstances or prior court order.

6.

The welfare and best interests of the minor require the appointment of guardian because: 7.

Arlene Ramirez, born 427-62 and residing at 4904 N. Jeans Way, Strawberry, AZ 85544.

Is qualified to serve as guardian.

8.

The relationship between the proposed guardian and the minor is (grandparent).

9.

The persons entitled to notice of this proceeding is: James Burton (unknown address), relationship - father.

Petitioner requests that the court appoint Arlene Ramirez and as guardian of the minor.

The undersigned swears or affirms that the statements set forth above are true and correct, subject the penalties of making a false affidavit or declaration.

Date: 11/11/15 /s/ Arlene Ramirez, Petitioner 15998: 12/4, 12/8, 12/11/2015 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 1.

ENTITY NAME: Keeper of Your Comfort, LLC 2.

A.C.C. FILE NUMBER L17260822 3.

ENTITY NAME CHANGE: Keeper of Your Komfort, LLC 4.

MEMBER AND ADDRESS CHANGE: Irma K. Weber, 9171 W. Circle Drive, Strawberry, AZ 85544.

5.

MANAGERS AND ADDRESS CHANGE: Irma K. Weber, 9171 W. Circle Drive, Strawberry, AZ 85544.

8.

STATUTORYAGENTADDRESS CHANGE: Craig I. Keller, 1 E. Washington St., Ste. 1600, Phoenix, AZ 85004.

9.

ARIZONA KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS CHANGE: 9171 W. Circle Drive, Strawberry, AZ 85544. /s/ Irma K. Weber, Irma K. Weber (x) I ACCEP, under penalty of perjury that this document is submitted in compliance with Arizona Law. Date: 8/27/15. (x) This is a manager-managed LLC. 15999: 12/4, 12/8, 12/11/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPO-

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES RATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: DEVON BAEZA LLC File No. L-2033419-9 II. The address of the known place of business is: 8720 S. Springfield Rd., Globe, AZ 85501.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Devon Baeza, 8720 S. Springfield Rd., Globe, AZ 85501.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Devon Baeza, (x) member, (x) manager, 8720 S. Springfield Rd., Globe, AZ 85501.

7B

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

The Payson Roundup announces

VIDEOS!

Please check out the videos of area merchants on our Holiday Shopping Guide or our home page at payson.com SEE VIDEOS FROM: • Fargo’s Steakhouse • Roud’s Fine Furniture • Macky’s Grill • Enhanced Diesel (more coming soon)

PAYSON ROUNDUP To create your video, call 474-5251 Jeff x105 • John x103 • Gary x104 or Email: jsmith@payson.com • jstanton@payson.com gtackett@payson.com

Payson Roundup SPORTS Friday, December 4, 2015

8B

Spring tag results available PHOENIX – The wait is over for hopeful hunters who applied for a 2016 spring hunt permit-tag.

To view the draw results for the spring turkey, javelina, bison and bear hunting seasons, visit https://az.gov/azgfd/draw/home. xhtml and click on “View Results and Bonus Points.� Nearly 39,000 applicants vied for more than 25,000 total hunt permit-tags issued through the random draw.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department rectified technical issues involving a small percentage of applications. As always, hunters are encouraged to review their draw results and call the department at 800-826-3257 with any questions.

Hunters who have an AZGFD Customer Portal account should review their draw results and other hunting-related information by clicking on the “Sign in to Account� button in the upper right-hand corner of the www. azgfd.gov home page.

For those who were unsuccessful in the draw process, a list of more than 9,000 leftover permit-tags is posted at http:// azgfdportal.az.gov/hunting/draw.

The department now is accepting applications for leftover permit-tags, by mail only, at 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZÂ 85086, Attn.: Draw/First Come.

Leftover permit-tags also will be available for purchase beginning

www.paysongalleria.com

  � � �� �  ­ €� ‚

& 30 Other Cos. É•É?ɋəɚ "ɘÉ?ɉɋə ɛɇɘɇɔɚɋɋɊ

THE PAYSON ROUNDUP IS PRINTED ON 100% RECYCLED NEWSPRINT Steve Maslowski/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The draw results are in for those who applied for a 2016 spring hunt permit-tag.

Monday, Dec. 7, on a first come, first served basis at all department offices.

For those who qualify, military hunts may be available at Camp Navajo. Call 928-864-6239, or click here. Â Permit-tags for successful applicants will be mailed by Monday, Dec. 7. Refunds were mailed Monday, Nov. 30.

For questions, call 800-8263257.

Courtesy of Arizona Game and Fish

Keith Morris/Roundup

Miles Huff discusses strategy during a timeout Tuesday.

Longhorns fight Lobos to the end From page 1B quarter. The Lobos still led by eight, 47-39, before the Longhorns stormed back with a 10-2 run, tying it 49-49 on a Rylee Chapman field goal with 1:38 remaining.

The Lobos went back on top but Aubrielle Paulson hit a pair of free throws to pull the home team even again at 53-53 with 18.6 seconds on the clock.

But Breklee Tanner put the visitors ahead to stay by sinking one of two free throws and Madison Butler ended it by making the first of two free throws with 0.2 to play.

With Chapman and O’Donald clogging up the paint, the Lobos found success from the perimeter with six three-point field goals.

The Longhorns suffered what may prove to be a huge blow when senior Tessa Hintze left Tuesday’s game with an injury in the first quarter. The senior is attempting to comeback from a knee injury that required surgery and sidelined her all of last season. But she played only a few minutes before leaving Tuesday’s game in the first quarter with an apparent knee or foot injury. “It didn’t look good,� Huff said.

Hintze led Payson with nine points in a 45-34 loss to Avondale La Joya on Friday.

Against Snowflake, Aubrielle Paulson dished out 10 assists to go with six points. Brittany Proctor scored seven points before fouling out.

The Longhorns hurt their cause with 33 turnovers.

While he would have loved to see the Longhorns pull out the victory, Huff was pleased with the gutsy performance by his team.

Snowflake 55, Payson 53 Snowflake 13 18 12 12 — 55 Payson 17 6 12 18 — 53 Snowflake 55 — Mickelle Strandling 4 0-0 8, Audrey Livingston 0 1-2 1, Breklee Tanner 2 1-2 5, Elle Flake 4 0-0 8, Tori Flake 5 0-0 13 Emily Ballard 1 0-0 2, Makayla Hall 2 0-0 6, Nikita Olms 2 0-0 5, Madison Butler 3 1-2 7. Totals 23 3-6 55.

Payson 53 — Aubrielle Paulson 0 6-11 6, Brittany Proctor 2 1-2 7, Taylor Vaughn 1 1-5 3, Kylee O’Donald 5 0-0 10, Rylee Chapman 9 3-4 21, Tessa Hintze 0 0-0 0, Savanna White 0 2-2 2, Makyla Hill 1 0-0 2, Sadie Sweeney 0 2-3 2. Totals 18 15-27 53.

3-point goals — SF: T. Flake 3, Hall 2, Olms. P: Proctor 2.

“I couldn’t be more proud of the girls,� he said. “We lost Tessa early. Brittany was in foul trouble early and had limited minutes. They fought the entire game. It was heart and emotion.

It was awesome to see that from them. “I told the girls, ‘This is a game where you don’t hang your head even though it was a loss.’ They showed they’re willing to fight and not ever give up. They fought until the last seconds of the game. Just a couple things didn’t go our way at the end. But it’s a huge step for them.�

He said if the Longhorns keep playing like they did Tuesday night, he’d be thrilled. “I told the girls, ‘You play like that every game we’re going to win a lot of basketball games,’�

Huff said.

Payson returns to action at Laveen Cesar Chavez at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10.

The Longhorns host Division 3 Section 5 rival Show Low in a non-section game at 6 p.m. on Dec. 14.