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Tragic case of abuse, but a common problem by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A Payson man was sentenced to four years in prison Monday, Nov. 28 for shaking an infant after he grew frustrated by the child’s crying.

The 12-week-old child survived after Aaron Lewis Batey, 24, shook him. However, last year alone six infants died in Gila County due to various causes, including abuse.

In the state, child fatalities due to maltreatment increased from 75 in 2014 to 87 in 2015 and accounted for 11 percent of all child deaths in Arizona, according to a report the Arizona Child Fatality Review Program released Nov. 15, 2016.

Metro Creative Services photo One tragically common cause of

infant death is violent shaking, which can break bones or cause a fatal swelling of the brain in infants, whose neck muscles are weak and heads disproportionately large.

Researchers agree that the No. 1 trigger for shaken baby syndrome is frustration with a baby crying.

In April 2014, Batey was watching his girlfriend’s 12-week-old baby while she was at work, according to a pre-sentence report.

When the mother called home on her break, Batey said something appeared to be wrong with the baby as it had gone limp, but was still breathing.

When police questioned him, Batey said when the baby had started crying, he went into the bedroom and lifted the child up “forcefully.”

“He also advised while he and (mother’s name

redacted) were arguing on the phone, he picked up (child’s name redacted) and shook him three times where his head went back and forth. (Child’s name redacted) then went limp and his eyes rolled back in his head,” according to a Payson Police Department report.

Judge Gary Scales sentenced Batey to four years in prison and three years of probation.

Before sentencing, Batey told a probation officer that he had not shaken the baby, but picked it up too quickly and without the proper head support, calling it a “sheer accident.”

The child Batey abused was taken to the hospital where staff found multiple brain bleeds, strangulation bruising on its neck, a hand mark on its back and facial bruising.

• See Child maltreatment, page 5

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Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

The percentage of people living in poverty and the share of the population without medical insurance continues to fall — although it remains far above the national average in Gila County.

Arizona also remains worse off than the national average on both By the Numbers counts, despite steady improvements

since the depths of the recession.

USA Gila Co. However, the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau suggest the Poverty 15% 24% long, but sluggish recovery from the Jobless 4.9% 7% 2007-09 recession has picked up Uninsured 9.1% 17.6% speed.

The national poverty rate dropped Median Household Income from 15.5 percent to 14.7 percent in 2015, according to the just-released

$56,500 $40,000 figures. In Arizona, the rate fell from 18.2 percent to 17.4 percent.

The Gila County poverty rate stood at 24 percent, far worse than the national average, according to Census Bureau figures. Payson’s poverty rate stood at 13.3 percent, a little better than the national average.

• See Poverty drops, page 9

Follow the money

Managed fires, new building codes save lives, water – & forest by

AZ superintendent changes tune

Peter Aleshire

Let it burn, baby, burn.

That might make a great new Forest Service motto, according to the latest research on managing wildfires.

Of course, that means towns like Payson, Star Valley, Show Low, Pinetop and other forested cities and counties would have to adopt building codes that will allow people to live with fire instead of making a futile effort to continue a century-long Forest Service effort to stamp out wildfires, according to other recent studies.

Start with a 40-year experiment in letting fires burn on a 40,000-acre patch of Yosemite National Park in California. Shifting to a more natural wildfire pattern since 1973 has not only dramatically reduced big, forest-destroying Pho The Forest Service this tos courtesy U.S. Forest Service fires, it has boosted forest health, increased ye fires like the Ce r Fire ar let lightning-caused (top) and the Juniper stream flow and groundwater levels, improved Fire burn thousada nds

• See Managed fire benefits, page 14

of ac underscores the value of res. New research such managed fires.

Strange twist in marijuana case Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

Two brothers formerly on the Gila County Sheriff’s Office Posse were sentenced last month on drug charges.

A judge sentenced Troy Sessions, 54, to one year of probation for possession of drug paraphernalia-methamphetamine and Wayne Sessions, 53, to 18 months for possession of drug paraphernalia.

In September 2015, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office received information from a concerned citizen that two Posse members were using marijuana.

When officers searched Troy’s room, they found several items of drug paraphernalia, meth, marijuana and weapons, according to a pre-sentence report.

Wayne admitted he has smoked

marijuana recently and there was a grinder and pipes in his room. He also had several weapons.

Wayne told a probation officer that although he qualified for a medical marijuana card, he didn’t get a card because he wanted to serve on the Posse. Therefore, he decided to use marijuana illegally.

After he was arrested, Wayne obtained a medical marijuana card.

In a letter to the court, Wayne said he was sorry.

“I was a very active member of the Gila County Posse for three years,” he wrote. “I have put in hundreds of hours volunteering. I feel it was an honor to serve the people of Gila County.”

The Gila County Attorney’s Office recommended that Judge Tim Wright sentence Wayne to three years of probation. Wright sentenced him to 18

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already-launched Project Zip Code and a suggested report card on schools, After riding into the state superin- which rates more things than stantendent of education position on one dardized test scores — like graduation issue — getting rid of Common Core rates, advanced classes and others.

Wyman has hopes for the report academic standards card.

— Diane Douglas has “The school report decided it’s all about the card issue is currentmoney. ly being addressed “I still hear everyby an ad hoc commitwhere I go that tee of the State Board Arizonans want more of Education,” he said. funding for their “There is also a state schools,” said Douglas statute that requires a in a speech announcing new accountability systhe launch of her Kids tem to be put in place Can’t Wait! plan. this year. Finally the Yet Payson Unified federal legislation, Every School District Student Succeeds Act Superintendent Greg “Even with the (ESSA), has a requireWyman has little hope passage of Prop. ment for school accountDouglas can wrestle ability through a report 123, Arizona’s the funds from the govcard. My point is that as ernor and Legislature funding is woefully a result of all of this, the who have made Arizona inadequate.” school report card will one of the worst-funded Diane Douglas be addressed.” school systems in the The Zip Code project Az. schools superintendent country. finds opportunities for “Given the minimal youth between the ages amount of excess in the current state of 16-24 who don’t have a job and/or budget, the governor’s pledge to cut have dropped out of school. Douglas taxes every year and a reluctance to said this project has proved so sucutilize the rainy day fund for ongoing cessful she is expanding the zip codes expenses, I believe the funding issues the program serves. in the superintendent’s proposal will Douglas formulated her Kids Can’t have a hard time getting funded,” said Wait! plan after spending the last two Wyman. years traveling around the state to Douglas does have two positive See Superintendent, page 5 programs on her plan, however. The by

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months. This is his first felony conviction.

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Mini flips out Police found a Mini Cooper Countryman lying flat on its roof in the center of a quiet residential street Thursday, Dec. 1. The female driver had gotten herself out of the white vehicle, which had flipped on North Alpine Heights Road, just east of Farview Drive at 11:30 a.m. It is unknown why the woman lost control, but she appeared uninjured.

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Payson got its water just in time.

That’s one selfish conclusion Payson boosters could draw from a series of dismaying studies on the water supply in the Colorado River, which provides water for roughly 50 million people and 4 million acres of farmland.

With Lake Mead already at record-low levels, a series of studies suggest a warming trend, a population boom and a groundwater crisis could usher in a vast western water shortage in coming decades.

That’s probably bad news for Arizona, California and Nevada.

But it could turn out to be perversely good news for places with an assured water supply like Payson with its right to 3,000 acre-feet of water from the C.C. Cragin Reservoir and Show Low sitting in the rainfall-blessed White Mountains.

Payson is currently building a $50 million pipeline that will more than double its water supply, providing enough water to support a build-out population of 40,000 or more. Starting in about 2018, Payson will start drawing 3,000 acre-feet annually from the 11,000 acre-foot reservoir, adding to the 1,800 to 2,400 acre-feet it can draw from groundwater without lowering well levels.

With places like Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa and other cities potentially losing water from the Colorado River, economic prospects could brighten for places with water to grow.

But setting aside the happy water economics of Payson and Show Low, water prospects look grim for anyone relying on the Colorado River — which drains into seven states and sustains Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tucson and a host of places in between.

So here’s a summary of some the most recent research on the snowpack and runoff feeding into the Colorado River.

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Too warm, according to a study by researchers from Oregon State University published in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. The study found that 80 percent of the snow measurement sites in California, Oregon, Washington, western Nevada and western Idaho had record-low snowpack levels, mostly because of high average temperatures in the spring. The warm springs and early runoff will become much more common given the projected rise in average temperatures due to heat-trapping pollutants in the atmosphere, the researchers concluded.

Most of California remains in a severe drought that started in 2011, which ranks as the most severe drought there in 500 years. But even areas like Oregon with nearly normal moisture had record-low snowpacks as a result of temperatures some 6.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than average during the winter. Overall, the snowpack in California and Oregon was 91 percent below normal.

The results dovetailed with various computer climate models used to predict the likely effects of the projected rise in temperatures due to greenhouse gases.

The scientists noted that a huge patch of warm water off the coast of Oregon dubbed “the blob” may have also played a role. Scientists still don’t know why the area of warm water formed and has persisted for the past two years.

Warm spring reduces flow Above average springtime temperatures likely account for a sharp decline in runoff into the Colorado River, concluded researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Arizona publishing in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

The researchers came to the surprising conclusion that high temperatures may affect runoff into the river more than rainfall or snowfall. The high temperatures apparently reduce snowpack, increase water use by plants and the soil while increasing evaporation — all resulting in less water flowing into the river.

Graphic courtesy of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Lake Mead has declined to record lows and an array of studies suggests water shortages loom across the West, giving places like Payson with an ample water supply an economic edge.

The team studies runoff, stream flow, rainfall and temperature records for the years from 1906 to 2012 in seven western states. They found that temperatures in the March-July period had the biggest influence on how much water flowed past stream gauges at Lee’s Ferry on the Colorado River.

About 90 percent of the water in the Colorado comes from runoff from the states above Lee’s Ferry.

The study included six drought periods. The researchers discovered that cool, dry years actually produced more runoff than wet, hot years in many cases. A warm spring results in the rapid melting of the snowpack, which means less water makes it to the river than when the snowpack lingers through a cool spring.

Groundwater feeds river Groundwater accounts for half of the water that flows down the Colorado River rather than directly from snow and rain.

The findings could spell big trouble for development plans in the drought-plagued West, with projections suggesting the population of the Colorado River Basin will increase from 50 million now to 73 million by 2030.

The researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey published their findings in Water Resources Research, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. They based their conclusions on stream flow and water chemistry measurements at 146 sites in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.

After feeding the data into a computer model, they concluded 56 percent of the average annual flow seeps into the river and its tributaries from groundwater sources, rather than from runoff. At the higher elevations runoff accounts for a

higher percentage of the flow, but as the elevation drops the contributions of groundwater increase. The model suggests any attempt to make up for the dwindling flows in the Colorado River by pumping groundwater may only make the shortfall worse.

Drought shrinks groundwater About 75 percent of the water that has disappeared from the Colorado River Basin since the onset of the drought in 2004 came straight out of the groundwater, according to a startling satellite study by researchers from the University of California, Irvine and NASA published in the journal Geophysical Research and Letters.

The surprising conclusion came from a mind-boggling satellite that could measure gravity so accurately it could detect the change in gravity that resulted from the disappearance of the water from not only lakes and reservoirs, but from underground supplies.

All told, the basin lost 53 million acre-feet of water from December of 2004 to November of 2013. That amounts to a cube of water 16 miles square. That period came in the midst of a 14-year drought that amounts to the driest 14-year period in at least 100 years.

About 41 million acre-feet of that missing water came straight out of the underground water supply, the researchers concluded. The researchers called the results “shocking” and said the already rapid decline in groundwater supplies will make it much harder to compensate for the big drop in the reservoirs along the river — with Lake Mead hitting an all-time low. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has already warned that states like Nevada and Arizona may soon face water rationing.

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Volunteers ready to help neglected, abused children by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

David Morrison, took his oath to become a Court Appointed Special Advocate on Nov. 17.

Morrison a calm, gentle man, recently retired from working for the City of Tempe as a heavy equipment operator and moved to Rim Country to escape the heat.

But he felt he needed to do more than just sit on the porch and drink coffee. So when he read about CASA in the Payson Roundup, he felt it was the right volunteer effort for him.

“I thought I could make a difference,” he said. “I was the primary caregiver, because of my wife’s job. There is no greater voyage in life than raising children.”

CASA volunteers often serve

as the only consistent adult in a foster child’s life, explained Judge Timothy Wright after swearing in Morrison.

Wright said a child often moves from placement to placement, but the CASA volunteer always shows up for court appearances, knowing the child’s background and history when no one else remembers.

This serves as an invaluable benefit to the court, helping the judge understand how to help the child.

Dan McKeen, the Northern Gila County CASA coordinator, said he tells prospective volunteers to expect to volunteer anywhere from 10 to 20 hours per week.

“As time goes on, they have to do less research on a case,” said McKeen to explain why the hours vary.

Supervisor Martin wins county post Gila County Supervisor Tommie Cline Martin will serve as president of the County Supervisors Association (CSA) for the next year.

“This is a tremendous honor,” Supervisor Martin said. “I am looking forward to representing my fellow supervisors in this vital organization and look forward to working on behalf of counties throughout the state as the (Arizona) Legislature begins its new session in January.”

Outgoing CSA President Mandy Metzger declared, “I have had the honor of knowing and working with Supervisor Martin for more than 20 years.

She is a dedicated public servant whose experience and commitment to local government make her an exceptional representative of Arizona counties.”

Supervisor Martin will lead CSA’s 2017 Executive Committee, helping to develop plans and engage state and federal policymakers.

She will serve alongside CSA President-elect and Pinal County Supervisor Anthony Smith, First Vice President and Yuma County Supervisor Russell McCloud, Second Vice President and Santa Cruz County Supervisor Rudy Molera, Third Vice President and Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Gallardo, and Immediate Past President and Coconino County Supervisor Mandy Metzger.

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McKeen said training to become a CASA takes 30 hours.

More importantly, the volunteer goes through an extensive background check.

“They are working with children,” said McKeen.

Morrison said he appreciated the training McKeen gave him, but looks forward to working with a mentor, as well.

“I’ll be assigned a mentor here in Payson,” said Morrison.

“I’ll be able to bounce off questions.”

McKeen said the CASA program is funded partially by unclaimed lottery money and a grant from the Victims of Crime Act. In Gila County, the program supports McKeen and fellow coordinator Emily Leverance in Globe along with Patti Dremlen as part-time administrative assistant. All three attended Morrison’s swearing in.

Wright said a CASA volun-

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Celebrating David Morrison officially becoming a CASA volunteer are Dan McKeen, Judge Timothy Wright, Morrison, Emily Leverance and Patti Dremlen. teer not only provides consistency in a child’s life, they offer a different perspective and information others cannot.

Wright praised Morrison for volunteering as a CASA. “Let me express my thanks,” he said, “It’s early for people to

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retire and we all lose (if they don’t).”

Once the ceremony finished, Wright asked if he wanted to stay and watch a family court hearing.

Of course, he said yes.

Morrison’s on the job training

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Welcome to the fight, superintendent.

We were pleased — albeit bemused — to learn that Arizona Superintendent of Education Diane Douglas has finally decided that a shameful lack of funding remains the biggest problem facing our schools.

You may remember that she campaigned for the office on a platform limited to a call for Arizona to pull out of the national standards commonly referred to as Common Core — but transformed into AzMERIT here.

Douglas won the Republican nomination by appealing to the suspicion of anything that smacks of federal meddling with K-12 schools among a core of Republican voters. She then spent two years getting into assorted strange tangles with other Republicans, including the governor and the state board of education. But never mind all that. After a conscientiously conducted “listening tour” of the state, she’s decided the Arizona must provide more funding for its schools.

Well. Duh. Arizona remains 50th (maybe 48th) in per-student funding — something like 40 percent behind the national average.

The Legislature made the deepest cuts in education in the nation during the recession and hasn’t come near replacing the money hacked out of the budget — except for when it comes to funding vouchers for private schools.

Granted, lawmakers got behind Proposition 123 to settle a lawsuit from school districts after the Legislature ignored a voter-approved ballot measure requiring the state to at least keep up with inflation. But even that compromise restored only 70 percent of the illegally withheld money — most of it from the schools’ own state land trust savings account.

Meanwhile, the AzMERIT test has indeed revealed that Arizona students lag well behind the national standards, the state has made a few minor tweaks and the feds have loosened up on an unhealthy obsession with standardized tests. Please note: Although the state spends much less than average on each child, we get much more than other states from the feds. Go figure.

Meanwhile, we can mark down Superintendent Douglas’ conversion as a case of better late than never. Parents and students can use any help they can get in coping with child neglect by the Legislature.

Of course, we wish she’d spoken up before the last election — with the lawmakers who voted for all the cuts facing the voters.

But she said nothing and voters mostly re-elected the school-whackers.

But who knows, maybe once those worthies get done eliminating the corporate and personal income tax, they’ll dig into the seat cushions for some spare change for education.

Wouldn’t that be nice?

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Payson’s example So, here’s the hard truth.

Our future depends on the willingness of visionaries to put in the hard, grinding, often unrewarding labor it takes to make a community work.

If you need proof, look no further than the 20-year struggle by a succession of Payson leaders to win rights to water from the C.C. Cragin Reservoir — then build a $50 million pipeline to get the water to us.

Payson Water District Manager Buzz Walker probably did more than any single individual to make it happen, but a succession of town councils played a critical role. Payson Mayor Kenny Evans’ vital role in winning final federal approvals and developing the funding mechanism ranks as the most important achievement of his time as mayor.

The studies of what looks like a desperate water shortage only underscore the contributions those visionaries and community protectors have made. Lake Mead has shrunk to record lows, with water rationing in the offing in a year or two. That rationing could have a big impact on Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas and other cities.

The problem will surely get worse before it gets better.

One study after another suggests the steady increase in heat-trapping, greenhouse gas pollutants in the atmosphere will result in longer, deep droughts in the West. In studies detailed in today’s Roundup, researchers have shown that even modest increases in average temperatures have already played a key role in limiting the snowpack and runoff on which the region depends.

That may spell hard times throughout the West — although Payson may reap gains as a result of its farsighted water planning. Already, conservation efforts have stabilized water table levels. When the pipeline gushes into town, Payson will not only have enough water for all its future growth plans — we’ll have enough to restore water tables to historic levels.

Tragically, such vision appears tragically lacking at the national level. Congress seems uninterested in the kinds of bold infrastructure projects that made it possible to settle the West at all. And President-elect Trump says he’ll withdraw from the international climate treaties, which could stave of the disaster most climate scientists see coming.

They should take a field trip to Payson — and see how it’s done.

And that’s the cold, hard truth.

they were going to burn the school down? A mass shooting? Why are we not told what the specific threat was? This was a serious criminal act that caused great fear and disruption to the community. I don’t care who they were or who their parents are or may be personal friends with. (Were the suspects kids?) This criminal behavior has to stop and the responsible persons should be prosecuted (see Arizona Revised Statute 13-2308.01). If the suspects were local juveniles so what? This cover-up stinks to high heaven and should not be just written off as a prank with no justice consequences to the responsible persons. Our citizens, public schools, and students deserve better.

Don Evans Editor’s note: We have not yet gotten full details on the reported threat. The information we do have suggests that one or more students overheard another student talking about something that the listening students thought sound­ ed threatening. The students who over­ heard the conversation reported it to the administrators who reported it to the police. Upon investigating, the police decided it wasn’t actually a threat to the school. We think it’s great that students who think something might sound like a threat report what they heard. We also think it’s great that the police not over­ react and ruin the lives of students who were apparently misunderstood. At least, that’s what we know at this point.

Get those letters off to Santa

Thanks for support after explosion

Editor: Ho ho ho Rim Country.

Even though this is a very busy time for Santa, he really enjoys receiving your letters. Santa is working hard in his workshop, but every evening he tries to respond to all the letters that he receives.

So be sure to write those letters and please include your name and address so that Santa can get a letter off to you as soon as possible.

The Payson Post Office is one of Santa’s special helpers and will deliver those letters up to the North Pole right away.

Merry Christmas to all.

Steve Christensen Payson Post Office

Editor: We want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers and for the overwhelming generosity in support of the gas explosion victims. We collected enough donations at the Chase Bank account to give more than $700 to each family before Thanksgiving.

Dennis and Victoria Baker

Is this a cover-up?

Editor: On Nov 7, 2016 The Payson HS Principal Mr. Brian Mabb thought the threat was serious enough to send out a message to students parents warning them. Some 160 students remained at home due to concerns and fear. The school was seriously disrupted and the community at large was bracing for something violent to occur at the high school. The police chief stated in the newspaper all the responsible parties were identified but no charges are to be filed. He and the school administration did not advise the community what the serious violent threat was?

Why not?

Was it a bomb threat? Were they saying

A reason for thanks Editor: As we give thanks at this special time of the year, we wish to thank everyone who participated and attended the Veterans Day program at the PHS Auditorium on Veterans Day. The event on Veterans Day is the final event of the patriotic year and brings together all American patriots for the right reasons. The coordination among all involved provides for a fitting and meaningful service. The partnership between the Payson Patriotic Events Committee and the PHS Longhorn Theatre Company has proven to be an excellent venue for the Veterans Day Tribute for both the participants and those attending.

Working with the PHS staff, students and technicians has provided all with a valuable learning experience and insights into the protocol for observing such a special day.

On behalf of all involved in presenting our Veterans Day program we wish to thank everyone who attended — both presenters

and attendees — for they all came for the right reasons. We look forward to another patriotic year and encourage everyone to take a small slice of time to attend our patriotic community events and honor the legacy that was handed down to all of us.

Bill Sahno, Col., USMC (Ret) Payson Patriotic Events Committee

St. Vincent de Paul volunteers say thanks Editor: With gratitude to all Rim Country residents, Bashas’ Channel 12 News, the Payson Roundup, KPIH-98.9 Catholic Radio and Sgt. Newman of the Gila County Sheriff’s Office and his Explorer Scouts for their hands-on distribution, we thank you. A special word of appreciation to Mike Farrell and his crew at KMOG Radio for carrying live updates throughout the day — Turkey Tuesday, Nov. 22 — in front of Bashas’.

This community’s continued devotion to St. Vincent de Paul is what makes Turkey Tuesday a great success.

We were able to provide 300 turkey dinners to families that may have gone without a Thanksgiving dinner. Without the compassion and generosity of our Rim Country community, we at St. Vincent de Paul could not carry out the work that our Lord calls us to do.

Again, our deepest thanks.

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

Storytellers draw a crowd in Pine Editor: A quirky band of storytellers on Saturday, Nov. 19 delighted a crowd in the Pine Community Center during the fundraising Tellabration event produced by Don Doyle and sponsored by the Senior Citizen Affairs Foundation (SCAF).

Senior Center Chef George prepared the appetizers for the meet-and-greet session and the sit-down dinner for 60 preceding the gathering of five renowned storytellers.

The presenters included “Buckshot Dot” Johnson, who sang her three stories, with Trouble in Paradise (Chuck and Barbra Casey) providing the music.

The two-hour program cost just $5 for the show and $20 for the meal and the show.

Volunteers decorated the Community Center cultural hall, planting a veritable forest as a backdrop to the stage. Don Lusty and volunteers set up the seating area.

Chef George also does the daily meals for the Senior Dining Room and Meals on Wheels at the Community Center in Pine.

The event will raise money for graduation activities for the Pine Strawberry School eighth-grade class.

“We also would like to thank the numerous sponsors and the many volunteers who gave of their time and energy,” said Doris Frerich, one of the organizers. “This is a result of a thought that became a plan. That plan was nurtured by many and turned into a very successful event.”

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Four home fires reported Saturday by

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It was a busy weekend for Payson firefighters who respond to four reports of fires.

All of the fires occurred on Saturday with the first call coming in at 2:40 a.m.

Dec. 3.

Fire had spread through a mobile home in the 300 block of West Bonita Street when firefighters arrived and was threatening to spread to mobile homes on either side of the residence. Firefighters knocked the flames down and saved the nearby trailers, with only the trailer to the right sustaining minor damages, said a Payson Fire battalion chief.

The homeowners evacuated themselves and were not injured.

At 9:30 a.m., a fire started in a chimney in a home in the 400 block of South Manzanita.

The homeowner saw heavy smoke pouring from the chimney. Firefighters got the fire under control, containing it to the wood stove.

The fire did not spread to the rest of the home.

Later, there was a report of a fire in an oven in the 200 block of East Aero.

Firefighters also got that fire out before it could spread to the rest of the home.

And finally, there was a house fire just before 10 p.m. in the 300 block of East Juniper Street. The fire spread through the

attic and there were flames coming out of the roof when firefighters arrived. The roof and part of the home were damaged, but firefighters managed to save most of the homeowner’s personal effects.

The Red Cross provided assistance to the residents.

No one was injured in any of these calls.

Payson Fire reminded residents to check that their smoke detectors are working and if they are using their fireplace or wood stove for the first time this year, to clean it out or have it inspected.

During the summer, squirrels and birds can make nests in chimneys and when it gets cold and homeowners light a fire, these nests catch fire.

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She came away with a core question she presented in her speech: “As a state, do we want Arizona to have the best education system in the world or simply the cheapest system we can get by with politically?”

The Rim Country’s local school board and administrators have asked the same question repeatedly since the Arizona Legislature slashed education funding in 2008.

Wyman said without a horse to pull the cart, he does not believe Douglas’ plan possible.

Lawmakers have dramatically expanded tax credits for private schools, but made the deepest cuts in the nation to Arizona’s public schools.

“Her funding proposal accurately describes three major issues with funding of public education in Arizona, but without a proposal for a dedicated funding source, I do not believe these issues will be addressed,” said Wyman.

Douglas’ Kids Can’t Wait! plan proposes increasing teacher salaries and improving student achievement along with infrastructure funding.

Yet, Douglas backpedaled from completely embracing funding as she leans toward the Tea Party political philosophy.

“Funding is not everything and will not solve every problem,” said Douglas in her speech. “However, Arizona’s funding, even with the passage of Prop. 123, is woefully inadequate.”

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Arizona Superintendent of Education Diane Douglas has released a new education plan that drops her previous primary focus on fighting national academic standards and instead centers on the need to increase funding in one of the worst-funded public school systems in the nation.

K-12 funding by about 8 percent with $350 million annually in new funding for the next decade — 60 percent of it from the state land trust — which was already reserved for schools. The proposition settled a lawsuit filed by school districts by providing about 70 percent of the inflation funding illegally withheld during the recession.

Douglas’ new plan will ask for $200 million more for local school districts and charter schools to use where they see fit.

“These funds could go to all day kindergarten options, compensating for the minimum wage increase provided

by Prop. 206, or other needed resources according to the priorities of local parents and their elected school boards,” said Douglas in her speech.

The Kids Can’t Wait! plan

calls for; • A 5 percent increase in salary for all teachers, which will cost an additional $140 million in the budget (that’s on top of the $200 million).

• An increase in transportation funding for rural districts to “compensate for rough roads and the longer distances their school buses must travel.”

• An increase in per student funding for rural districts “to provide those students with adequate support and services.”

• Restoration of funding for school infrastructure “for both preventative maintenance and new buildings to provide a safer and more welcoming learning environment for our students.”

Douglas suggested the Legislature use the currently saved up rainy day fund to sup-

port the increases, but Wyman doubts the Legislature will consider that option.

“The funding proposal by Superintendent Douglas highlights the real issues that public schools face in Arizona as a result of sustained long-term underfunding; however, absent a funding plan that can be supported in a bipartisan fashion, these issues will continue to impact public education negatively in Arizona,” said Wyman.

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Batey bonded out of jail and with a new girlfriend has a 2-month-old child.

He asked the court in a written statement for leniency, saying he wants to marry his girlfriend and get back to his family quickly.

“In lieu of taking the case to trial, Mr. Batey opted to go forward with the plea agreement,” probation wrote. “He has started his own family and does not want to miss any more time with his son.”

Experts say people who shake an infant usually don’t mean to hurt them, but rather seek to interrupt what seems like endless crying, according to the St. Clair County Child Abuse/Neglect Council website.

The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome has coined the phrase the “Period of PURPLE Crying” when babies tend to cry a lot. The period begins at about two weeks of age and continues for three to

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During this time, babies often resist soothing and bouts of inconsolable crying can go on for hours. This leads many parents to think there is something wrong with the child, but often the child is not in pain.

Experts say babies pass through this perfectly normal period when they’re 3 to 5 months old.

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Above all, avoid letting the frustration build up dangerously.

“Remember, it is not your fault or your baby’s fault,” according to the Purple Crying website.

If you get frustrated, put the child down in a safe place and walk away to cool down. Check on the child when you calm down.

Report suspected abuse or neglect to the Department of Child Safety at 888-SOS-CHILD (888-767-2445).

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Gila County’s health detective

Craig Humphrey likens his job to being a “health detective.” As Gila County’s communicable disease specialist, Humphrey tracks and investigates all instances of communicable disease in Gila County.

“Gila County’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness staff helps prepare us for the worst as we hope for the best,” says District Two Supervisor Mike Pastor.

According to the Mayo Clinic, communicable diseases are “disorders caused by organisms—such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.” This includes anything from salmonella to chicken pox to anthrax. Humphrey investigates them all. “Fortunately Gila County is only 53,000 or so people,” he says with a smile.

He explains that in larger counties, by necessity, investigators like him are more siloed — they work on only one specific type of disease. He likes that he gets to do everything, and he has the knowledge to back it up.

The state health department requires that places like schools, health care providers, and other agencies report cases of communicable disease. Different diseases have different mandated time periods during which they have to be reported. These windows of time vary based on the severity of the disease. Meningitis, for example, must be reported within 24 hours. Tetanus, on the other hand, needs to be reported within five days.

When a doctor’s office in Gila County reports a case of salmonella, for example, Humphrey gets assigned to look into it. He works from a standard set of questions that are dictated by whatever illness that he is investigating. He admits that the conversations he has to have with members of the public can sometimes be awkward.

“As gross as it sounds, I’m calling to talk to you about your kid’s diarrhea,” he says half-jokingly. His priority is always helping folks figure out how they got sick in order to prevent them from getting sick again or spreading illness to others.

“I start putting together a pattern,” says Humphrey.

Courtesy photo “I’m looking for a common source that leads to dissemCraig Humphrey investigates reports of communicable diseases ination.”

When it comes to outfor Gila County. breaks, Humphrey explains that there is no uniform number of cases overall that constitutes an outbreak. What qualifies as an outbreak is very disease specific. According to Humphrey, one way to think of an outbreak is to ask, “Is the number of cases in excess of what you expect to see?”

Most months, he will see just a couple of salmonella cases, if any. If he had five a week, he would quickly call that an outbreak.

For something like measles, he says he’d likely deem one instance an outbreak.

Before completing his master’s degree in public health, Humphrey had a career as a pharmacy technician. As a pharmacy tech, he liked being able to talk with people and he appreciates that about his current position as well. Behind the pharmacy counter, Humphrey says that he often saw folks in dire health situations. He also watched an aunt struggle with diabetes-related health complications. These experiences made him passionate about taking a proactive role in public health and supporting prevention whenever possible.

Although it may not seem like it on the surface, his role as communicable disease specialist is as much about education and prevention as it is about pinpointing the source of disease.

“Once the investigation is complete, the most important thing is education,” says Humphrey.

He explains that he can’t tell people what to do, but he can make recommendations. He loves being able to talk with people, making sure they have the right information, and that they know what to do with it. “I’m happy when people stay healthy,” says Humphrey.

Outside of the context of communicable disease investigation, Humphrey really enjoys when members of the public come to him with questions. For example, in recent months, he says that he has received numerous phone calls from folks with questions about Zika.

“That’s what I want!” says Humphrey. “It’s always about education.”

Humphrey is proud of the collaboration that happens around communicable disease investigation and prevention from the state level, down to the counties. “Especially in rural Arizona, we need that collaboration,” he says.

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Gila County, through its Recycling & Landfill Management, has provided almost 1,300 bikes to county youth in need at Christmas for the past 13 years. The project is a joint effort by many to make the holiday merrier.

Bringing ‘better-than-new’ bikes to county youth Each December, Gila County Recycling & Landfill Management presents the community with nearly 150 better-than-new, refurbished bikes, which get distributed to families in need throughout the county. “A 13-year-long tradition, each bike giveaway represents a year’s worth of work by county staff, community members, and inmate laborers,” says District One Supervisor Tommie Martin.

“As soon as the bikes are gone each year, they start again.”

The bike program began 13 years ago at the prison in Globe with bikes collected at the landfill and funding from both the landfill and prison. Since then, Gila County has rebuilt and donated almost 1,300 bikes.

The program was nearly eliminated in 2009 because of safety concerns around having bike parts at the prison. However, Gila County Public Works stepped up to save the program, providing a bike workshop space at Russell Gulch Landfill.

At the bike shop, two “bike expert” inmates, hired by the landfill for 50 cents an hour, work all year long to rebuild bikes. The inmate bike crew staff has changed many times as their sentences have ended, but the program continues as new workers are trained. Sharon Winters, Recycling and Landfill manager for Gila

County, says that being able to give back to children in the community can be very meaningful for the inmates involved in the bike program, many of whom leave behind families while they’re incarcerated.

Winters says that this will be the third Christmas for one member of the bike crew who hopes to finish out his sentence working in the bike shop. The bike shop workers are constantly updating a bulletin board with their inventory, always striving to have an equal number of bikes for boys and girls, and an equal number of the various sizes.

The bikes are re-painted and given new seats, tires, tubes and handgrips. The bikes used in the program are collected at the landfill and donated by members of the public and local businesses. The landfill supports the bike program financially using its proceeds from selling recyclable materials.

Winters has a long list of favorite moments related to the bike program, but one that sticks out is one year when a last-minute request came in for a bike for a young boy. Winters remembers that because of the boy’s circumstances at the time, he did not expect to get a bike. The bike shop workers went above and beyond for this child’s bike. They even painted

his name on it. “It was something just for him,” remembers Winters. “I just felt like he was one child who was going to believe in the magic of Christmas.”

Winters ensures that the finished bikes make their way all across Gila County from Pine/Strawberry down to Hayden/ Winkelman and over to Young. The bikes are distributed by various organizations throughout Gila County such as schools, town halls, and fire and police departments, the San Carlos Tribal Chairman’s Office, the Knights of Columbus in Globe, Community Kids, and the Time Out Shelter for Domestic Violence.

“We remember every community in Gila County. Every single community is given an opportunity for the bikes,” she says.

Winters and Gila County Public Works extend their thanks to the following donors and community partners, without whom the bike program would not be possible: Mick Wolf at Certified Bicycle in Payson, Almost New Thrift Store, the Nurses Auxiliary, Todd Bramlet, Capstone, Gila County’s Injury Prevention Program, Peter Lesch at NAPA, Gila County Signs Department, Department of Corrections, the Gila County Board of Supervisors, and the many public safety departments throughout Gila County.

Drug take back efforts critical to fighting opioid abuse More than 500 pounds of unused or expired medication was collected at a “National Prescription Take Back Day” in Payson at the end of October. According to Chuck Turney, community health specialist at the Gila County Health Department, encouraging Rim Country residents to secure, dispose of, and not share medications is an important first step for combating opioid abuse.

“The prescription drug drop box in the lobby of the Payson Police Department is open 24/7,” says District Three Supervisor John Marcanti. “Safely and securely disposing of medications is vital to reducing prescription drug abuse in our communities.”

The drop box cannot be used for liquids, but it does accept vitamins and pet medications in addition to unused prescriptions.

A 2012 national survey on drug abuse and health returned staggering results: Arizona currently ranks sixth highest in the nation for individuals misusing and abusing prescription drugs. Arizona also

has the 12th highest rate of death from prescription drug abuse.

Turney says that in addition to the more straightforward opportunities for residents to dispose of their prescription drugs, he also tries to use more unconventional avenues to combat prescription drug abuse. For example, he talks with Realtors and asks them to encourage their clients to lock up their prescriptions while their homes are on the market. He also connects with funeral home directors, making sure they have the correct information to pass along to families regarding disposing of their loved ones’ medications. He explains that he serves as a liaison between the initiative and the community, building partnerships and helping implement the priorities on a local level. One of the areas where he has been working hard to make connections is with health care providers.

One piece of the initiative is a Controlled Substance Prescription Monitoring Program for providers (CSPMP). Turney explains that since its inception, the pro-

gram has been underutilized. Just under 30 percent of subscribers currently use CSPMP. Turney works with providers to help identify their barriers to using the system and help address those barriers.

One thing that he has heard from providers that initially made it hard to fully utilize is that only the doctors have log-ins. Helping make sure doctors are aware that they can assign a delegate, essentially a proxy, to use the system on their behalf has produced measurable results. In just about a year, the number of registered proxies has gone from one to 17 and the overall number of subscribers using the system has increased roughly 4 percent.

“There are no lines in the sand,” says Turney on how prescription drug abuse reaches across all barriers. He says that although the magnitude of the problem can feel staggering, he has been very encouraged knowing about all the work going on behind the scenes to tackle the issue and help keep our communities healthy and safe.

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Subversive programs help fight food insecurity There’s a couple of subversive food The first distribution on Nov. 16 programs in Payson — and they’re not successfully loaded up 126 families food banks. with potatoes, bananas, zucchini and Their aim? summer squash, bread and eggs.

Fill bellies and S – T – R – E – T Roger Kreimeyer said everything – C – H the food went wonderfully, dollar. especially with The How? all the volunteer By loading peohelp.

Healthy ple up with fresh “It went great! food.

We anticipated With many we would have

by Michele Nelson people unsure 125 families and where their next we processed 126 meal will come families. Some from, getting the most out of grocery families split an order, so the number dollars means the difference between of families could go higher. We had full tummies and hunger. about 15 volunteers to load the tables In Payson, many have to choose and take heavy boxes to cars,” he said. between paying the electric bill or Kreimeyer said a couple of cases putting food on the table. To make remained and were delivered to the matters worse, food banks can barely Presbyterian Food Bank. keep enough wares on the shelves.

“The MOM people said Payson For $25 a month, these two pro- was the best distributors in northern grams put fresh fruits and veggies, Arizona even though this was the first meat, eggs, bread and other grocery delivery. And they would bring a bigitems onto the pantry shelves of many ger truck next time,” he said. in the Rim Country — truly subverBesides MOM, the Church of the sive.

Nazarene quietly loads up people So what are these programs? with a grocery cart full of food the The first is Market on the Move. fourth Saturday of every month. In MOM has the goals of: December, the distribution will fall on • Keeping 30 million pounds of food Christmas Eve, the 24th. out of the Nogales landfill.

The church calls their program the • Distributing $45 million worth of Nothing Wasted Food Program. fresh fruits and vegetables throughout Participants purchase a $10 tickthe U.S. and Mexico. et the Friday before the distribution • Feeding 25 million meals to at the church office at 200 E. Tyler 600,000 families.

Parkway (across from The Home • Helping 1.8 million children avoid Depot). hunger.

Then between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. on How does MOM work?

Saturday, participants come to claim a The third Wednesday of every shopping cart full of food. month, MOM comes to Payson with a “The cart normally will contain: truck full of food that otherwise would meat, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, have ended up in the trash. The food’s yogurt, chips and various other groperfectly good — just blemished in cery items,” says the church’s websome way that makes it less likely to site. “There is no income limit, but sell quickly in the market. Then, with the tickets are available on a first the help of Payson Community Garden come, first served basis, with one tickvolunteers and LDS missionaries, the et per household and no refunds will food gets distributed. be offered for unused tickets. Food will For $15, participants receive 60 be distributed per ticket number.” pounds of fresh fruits, veggies, bread For more information, please call and eggs. the church office at 928-474-5890 That ends up providing people with Or check out the website at: a couple of grocery bags full, plus a http://www.paysonchurchofthbox flat of food. enazarene.com/home/community-outThe next MOM distribution will fall reach/food-distribution/ on Dec. 21 at the Gila Community The reason these programs are College between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. subversive? The food comes from

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The first Market on the Move food distribution in the Rim Country took place in mid-November and 126 families were provided with about 60 pounds of food for just $15. The distribution is the third Wednesday of the month, with the next distribution from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 21 at Gila Community College. Also helping Rim Country residents stretch their food budgets is the Nothing Wasted Food Program of the Church of the Nazarene in which participants buy a $10 ticket on the fourth Friday of the month at the church and return the next day at the time designated on the ticket to get a cart of food. stores that would normally throw it out because of the best buy date or that it’s not perfect enough to go out on the floor.

Consumers have shown they have a particular pickiness when it comes to the way fruits and veggies look on the shelf.

Millions of pounds of perfectly fine food gets thrown out every week because of picky consumers.

As I’ve written before, this food waste contributes to excess carbon in the atmosphere as it decomposes.

Plus, it’s estimated that more than a third of Arizona children and almost 20 percent of adults don’t know where their next meal will come from.

The U.S. produces enough food to waste millions of pounds. MOM and the Nothing Wasted Food Program simply aim to turn that waste into meals. A subversive plan that helps our Rim Country neighbors.

Explaining the job of constable in Gila County

Tony McDaniel is Payson’s constable. He was appointed in March 2016 and was just elected to serve the remainder of that unexpired term.

Wyatt Earp is one of the history’s most well-known constables — a law enforcement office that dates back to the 1800s.

Far from being just a piece of Old West history, constables are an essential part of public safety in Gila County today.

Constables are elected officers of the county and the judicial precinct in which they reside.

Payson’s constable is Tony McDaniel, who was appointed to his post in March 2016 and was just elected to serve the remainder of that unexpired term. As Payson Constable, McDaniel is the executive officer of the Payson Regional Justice Court. He brings 24 years of service with DPS to his role with the county and reports that he draws from the

officer safety skills and other experiences he had with DPS every time he’s in the field.

“Everything we do we’re approaching an unknown,” says McDaniel of a constable’s work.

At the heart a constable’s duties is serving of things like subpoenas, summons, injunctions against harassment, and orders of protection. Although, by nature, the job of a constable involves confrontation, McDaniel says that he strives to approach his duties with compassion. “Ninety-nine percent of the public is good,” says McDaniel. “They’re good people and I’m just taking them some paperwork from a situation that they’re involved in.” McDaniel says that it’s very, very seldom that he comes across a situa-

tion where someone wants to do him harm.

Constables, along with sheriffs, are the only elected peace officers in the state of Arizona.

Constables and sheriffs have similar duties and responsibilities according to state law, but differ in the fact constables do not patrol and generally do not investigate crimes. Constables are also not mandated to maintain a jail system.

McDaniel explains that when he goes to serve someone papers, his goal is always to communicate clearly with them and be straightforward and honest. He tries to be low key, if the situation allows. “I introduce myself and say, ‘Hey, I have some paperwork for you.

Hopefully this is something you can get behind you,’” says McDaniel.

McDaniel explains that he tries at least three times to get things served, attempting three different times on three different days. “Sometimes I have to show up at their work and I try to be inconspicuous,” he says. “Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn’t.”

Over half of the time he’s in the field, McDaniel is working alone. He and part-time Payson Deputy Constable Terry Phillips work together when possible. McDaniel has a great working relationship with the sheriff’s office and police department and can always call on them to provide support in the field as well. He is quick to compliment his staff, both Deputy Constable Phillips and Clerk of the Constable Kim Rust. As civil law is very technical and becomes more so every year, the constable and deputy constable attend seminars and training sessions throughout the year in order to stay up to date.

In addition to serving criminal and civil process, consta-

bles also can provide security in court hearings as needed, for example if the bailiff is absent or needs additional support.

While serving papers, a con-

stable is often in the position to assume the role of third party mediator so that an individual can return home under safe conditions. “I have to be a good

listener and maintain a calm environment, in order to have a peaceful resolution for both parties without taking sides,” he says.

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Many Payson Elementary students aced tough, new AzMERIT test by

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The Payson Unified School District board honored 51 third- through fifth-grade students for performing above expectations on the AzMERIT test at its Nov. 14 meeting.

“I am pleased to welcome you as we take time to recognize students who scored highly performing in grades three through five,” said Brenda Case, director of academic achievement.

The students excelled in either English, math or a combination of both subjects. Not all the

students honored were present at the meeting.

“The students we honor tonight have demonstrated a strong work ethic and are motivated to learn, focused on academic achievement, self-sufficient learners, and have a strong support system at home that encourages them to succeed,” said Case.

“Individually and collectively, these students are our future and the graduating classes of 2023, 2024 and 2025.”

Not only did the students receive a certificate, their names will reside on a plaque in the boardroom, said Case.

Don’t miss Rubber Duckie race for charity this weekend by

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We don’t have a salmon run in Payson nor southern Arizona’s sandhill crane migration, but for one day, we will have the largest duck race across the state.

That’s right, head to Green Valley Park on Saturday, Dec. 10 to watch the inaugural Rubber Ducky race.

Town officials will release up to 2,500 rubber ducks into the lake, with the Payson Fire Department giving the little yellow toys a boost by spraying them across the lake in a race for fastest duck. The duck that has trained the best, which is to say the one blown across the line first, wins its owner a prize.

To get in on the action, stop by the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce on the corner of Beeline and West Main and adopt a duck or two. It costs $10 to adopt one duck, $25 for three and $40 for five duckies.

The first three ducks across the finish line will win their owners a cash prize. Each duck will have a number on it to identify it.

There is even the chance to win a million.

Before the race, a duck number will be chosen at random from each group of 1,500 adopted ducks. If the number on the bottom

of the duck finishing 40th matches one of the pre-selected duck numbers, the adopter of that duck wins $1 million.

The eighth of a mile duck race will begin at 2 p.m. at Green Valley Park.

All kidding aside, the race has rules. No interfering with already-launched ducks and no use of “duck enhancers” allowed.

Money raised through the event will go to several local nonprofit groups.

Jamiee Hilgendorf, manager of the visitor center, said they would create a lane using foam pool noodles so the ducks don’t roam waywardly across the lake. They asked the fire department to keep the ducks moving with a flood of water. Other towns without help from the fire department found the rubber ducks oddly unambitious as they floated about.

Such duck races have proven popular to raise funds for nonprofit groups. Hilgendorf and Chris Bertone, chamber membership manager, said they thought a duck race in Payson would be a fun way to promote the town and raise money for local causes.

Also at the event, Native Air 7 will fly Santa and Mrs. Claus in from the North Pole to get a start on children’s Christmas list wishes.

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Help free human rights prisoners 2.8 3.7 3.9 4.1 by

Michele Nelson

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Ever imagined a letter could free a human rights prisoner?

Payson Amnesty International member Bob Horne said letters written have made a difference.

“In about one-third of the cases, positive results have been derived from these massive letter writing campaigns,” said Horne.

In 2015, Amnesty International generated 3.7 million letters on behalf of people around the world, whose rights have been stripped.

On Saturday, Dec. 10 in the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road, the local chapter of AI will hold its annual Write for Rights event. People locally call it the Write-A-Thon.

Horne said that the Rim Country writers have consistently surprised Amnesty International, USA. “... Our little Rim Country community has stunned Amnesty International USA by repeatedly outperforming — proportionality — the majority of areas in the United States,” said Horne. “This is a profound achievement and reflects positively on our citizenry.”

How it works: the Payson Amnesty International group will have 11 cases from which to choose.

“The case studies will provide detailed background for each letter writing opportunity,” said Horne.

Paper and pens will be provided. If a person suffers from ‘writers block,’ sample letters are available to help loosen the thoughts.

A donation jar to help with mailing costs will be available — and drinks and snacks to provide the energy to write.

Last year, letters helped: • The government of Burkina Faso commit to ending the forced marriages of young women and girls (500,000 letters).

• The release of Phyoe Phyoe Aung from a Myanmar jail for helping to organize protests against the government (400,000 letters).

• Freed Fred Bauma and Yves Madawambala, who had been imprisoned for 17 months for promoting democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“I am happy to finally be free after more than 17 months of imprisonment,” said Bauma. “I thank Amnesty International and all those who fought in one way or another for my release.”

Horne said writing a letter is a concrete way to help “your fellow man.”

He said it just takes 10 minutes.

Poverty drops, still high in Gila County From page 1 Still, nationally the number of people living in poverty dropped by a whopping 8 percent in a single year — to about 43 million.

The results generally mirror the unemployment statistics.

Gila County’s unemployment rate has improved steadily since peaking at about 15 percent at the bottom of the recession. It has now dropped to 7 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

However, Arizona’s unemployment rate has dropped to 5.2 percent and the U.S. rate to 4.9 percent. The national rate peaked at about 10 percent and Arizona at 11 percent in 2010.

Overall, the most recent figures show that incomes grew at one of the strongest rates since the recession, with larger percentage gains finally coming for lower and middle-income families. In the early years of the recovery, most of the gains went to the upper 20 percent of households.

The median household income rose 5.2 percent to $56,500 nationally, the first increase in the median income since the recession. The “median” represents the midpoint — with half of families earning more and half earning less.

Gila County also made gains — but remained well below the national average, like most of the other primarily rural areas in the county. Gila County’s median household income stood at $40,000, with a per capita income of $20,857.

That’s nearly 30 percent below the national average.

Payson’s median household income rose to $42,987

— about 5 percent above the Gila County median and about $13,500 below the national average.

Payson’s per-capita income stands at $23,784, compared to a state per-capita average of $25,537 and a national per-capita average of $28,555. That means the average income per person in Payson is nearly $5,000 or 17 percent below the national average.

The recent voter-approved increase in Arizona’s minimum wage could result in further declines in poverty in 2017. The Census Bureau figures showed stronger declines in poverty in the states that have already approved minimum wage increases.

The number of people without health insurance has also continued to improve.

Nationally, the share of the population without health insurance fell from 10.4 percent to 9.1 percent in 2015.

An additional 4 million people gained insurance in 2015 — reducing the ranks of the uninsured to 29 million. Nationally, 91 percent of Americans had insurance in 2015 compared to 89 percent the previous year — an all-time record.

However, Gila County continues to suffer compared to the national average. Some 17.6 percent of residents younger than 65 years old lacked health insurance in 2015. That compares to a state average of 12.8 percent and a national average of 9.1 percent.

In Payson, a stunning 21 percent of residents younger than 65 lacked health insurance in 2015 — more than double the national average.

In 2009, a study by Harvard

researchers suggested that not having health insurance significantly increases the risk of a premature death. At that time, 46 million Americans lacked health insurance. The researchers estimated this resulted in 45,000 preventable, premature deaths annually. The researchers concluded uninsured, working-age Americans had a 40 percent higher risk of death than people with insurance. Some previous studies had put the risk at a lower, 25 percent.

The researchers tried to correct for other factors like demographics, income, education, obesity, drinking and smoking. Most of the averted deaths came from things like hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic con-

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The most recent Census Bureau figures suggest the number of uninsured Americans has dropped by a third — saving perhaps 15,000 lives every year.

The latest Census Bureau figures suggests working-age Payson residents may be suffering more than twice the rate preventable deaths as the national average.

The Payson figures on insurance and income came from the U.S. Census Bureau’s website showing results by community.

It’s unclear whether those figures include the latest state and national improvements when it comes to both income and health care coverage.

O B I T U A R Y Betty Louise “Lou” Rabinkoff (1933-2016)

Rabinkoff, Betty Louise “Lou,” of Strawberry, Ariz. passed away peacefully at age 83 on November 27, 2016.

Betty was born in Brooklyn, NY. Her loving husband of 52 years, Jerome Rabinkoff preceded her in death.

She is survived by daughters, Cheryl Hubbell (Jerry), Leanne Boyer (Brent); 5 grandchildren, Danielle (Brent), Nichole (Matthew), Jeremy (Alaine), Vanessa (Justin), and Elexis; 5 great-grandchildren, Anthony, Lucca, Ashlyn, Gia, Bayleigh.

Betty was born and raised in New York and graduated

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Betty worked for the State of Arizona as a statistical analyst for DES and retired in 1996. Betty was best known for her love of the forest and animals. Betty was a crafter and the president of the Pine art guild for many years.

She was known as Grandma Goodie or Grandma Pine Cone and will be missed by all.

A celebration of life service will be held on Wednesday December 28th at 5:30 p.m. at Messinger Mortuary, 7601 E. Indian School Rd, Scottsdale.

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School concerts

As always, schools in the Rim Country will be filled with holiday music at Christmas concerts. The tentative schedule for the programs: Payson - Julia Randall Elementary, 6 p.m., third grade, 7 p.m., fourth grade, Tuesday, Dec. 6; Payson Elementary School, 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7; Rim Country Middle School/Payson High School Choral Concert, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 8; Payson High School/Rim Country Middle School Band Concert, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 15; guitar concert, 6:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16. All concerts for Payson schools are in the auditorium on the Payson High School campus.

Pine – Pine Strawberry Elementary School Christmas concert and Christmas tree auction is at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 14 in the school gym; the tree auction is a popular tradition in the Pine and Strawberry communities, each class and any school club or organization may decorate a tree, sponsored by a business or community club or organization and then these are auctioned to the highest bidder, with funds used by the decorating team for classroom supplies. Linda O’Dell, principal/superintendent for the school, said this year Home Depot in Payson is a new sponsor for the program.

Tonto Basin – Tonto Basin Elementary School will present its Christmas program at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16.

Learn about Prosperity Zones

Nick Dranias, president of Compact for America Educational Foundation and Heartland Institute Expert, will speak on Prosperity Zones (not to be confused with Federal Promise Zones) to ignite growth in Arizona.

Dranias will explain to the Payson Tea Party members and friends, how “the ProsperityStates.org Initiative delivers free-market, limited-government best practices to a local community.”

Come bring your questions and join the discussion from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6 at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy. 260. For more information, call 928-951-6774.

Library Friends of Payson Bookstore specials

During December, the Library Friends of Payson Bookstore features Christmas fiction, cookbooks, craft books, etc. at two for the price of one.

As always, the second item must be of equal or lesser value than the first item.

Bookstore gift certificates are $3 and make perfect gifts for those hard to shop for people. Stop by and discover the bookstore’s holiday treasures.

The bookstore will also be offer-

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Community Breakfast

Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane, hosts a Community Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Friday, Dec. 9.

This event is held the second Friday of every month and everyone is welcome. For details, call 928-474-5440.

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It is Christmas concert time at schools around the Rim Country. The first is this evening, Tuesday, Dec. 6 when Julia Randall Elementary School presents two programs, one at 6 p.m. with the third grade and 7 p.m. with the fourth grade at the PHS Auditorium.

ing all regular size paperbacks at the amazing value of 10 for $1. This is an opportunity to stock up on books by your favorite authors for those cold winter days to come.

Another special this month is a free cookbook with any purchase. This is a good time of year to discover some new recipes.

Bookstore stock is constantly changing, so stop by often. All proceeds directly support the library.

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 our website at www.libraryfriendsofpayson.org.

Angel Project Toy Drive

Rim residents and visitors are invited to help 11-year-old Angel Alatriz until Tuesday, Dec. 20 to collect toys and other gift items to benefit Payson area children.

Donation boxes are at Sears, Little Caesar’s, Star Valley Storage and the Payson Barber Shop.

Angel Trees for the project are at Payson Wireless, Pandora’s Box, Maverik Cadillac Ranch Restaurant, Shear Oasis, Rue 21, Culver’s, Tiny’s Restaurant and Verizon Wireless.

Additional information is available

CL U B S Payson Walkers

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

Friendship Bible Class

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

Color Time Tuesday

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

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

The program meets at Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy Street (behind Ace Hardware and Habitat Restore). Call Sally Harvey 480-2138472 or Joyce Kennedy 928-978-1884 with any questions. This free program is open to all.

Veterans of Foreign Wars

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

All members are invited to attend.

For more information, contact Post 9829 Commander Ken Dale, 928-3631037.

Masonic Lodge

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

tlements when it comes to Medicare is at 4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 8 at El Rancho restaurant, 200 S. Beeline Hwy., Payson.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

from Angel’s mother, Leticia, 480-3222743.

Blood drives Rim residents have a chance to participate in one of these upcoming blood drives.

Blood may be donated from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the old gym at Payson High School, 514 W. Wade Lane or from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 22 at the main conference room of Banner Payson Medical Center, 807 S. Ponderosa.

Writer’s workshop The Payson Public Library is presenting a free workshop offered by local author Melinda Williams from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the library, 328 N. McLane Rd., Payson.

Williams is a published author of Native American paranormal books.

She also writes articles for Southern Writers Magazine, Native Hoop Magazine and teaches online writing classes for numerous Romance Writers of America chapters.

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Amnesty International Payson invites Rim residents and visitors to participate in its seventh Annual Global Write for Rights, Saturday, Dec. 10. Stop by the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd. anytime between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Join human rights activists around the world working to free prisoners of conscience. We write letters to demand that the rights of individuals are respected and protected. More than 40,000 individuals have been freed as a result of this letter writing effort over the years. Laws to uphold human rights have been enacted; investigations into allegations of torture have been launched, and families have been reunited!

Refreshments will be served and letter writing materials provided.

Participants will be writing for 12 urgent cases from the United States and around the world. It only takes 10 minutes to write a letter and change a life!

For information about the event, contact Penny at 928-978-1268 or Joan at 928-478-6295.

Christmas Boutique

The Pine-Strawberry Arts and Crafts Guild Boutique is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. There are many handcrafted items available, including hand-woven baskets, unique jewelry, leather crafts, knitted and crocheted items, handmade aprons, clothing, pet

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

This Red Hat group meets at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the Crosswinds Restaurant patio room.

There is a break for lunch around noon and play and resumes after lunch.

Anyone interested in joining will be welcomed. You do not need to know how to play, the members will be happy to teach the game.

Please contact Queen Mum AnnMarie at 928-468-8585.

The Breast Cancer Support Group is holding its monthly meeting Thursday, Dec. 8 at the Senior Apartments, 313 S. McLane (just past the high school on the corner of Wade & McLane) from 12:30 p.m. until about 2 p.m.

The meeting is for anyone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, be it just yesterday or 30 years ago.

The meeting is the group’s Annual Christmas Potluck this month. Come join us and bring your favorite dish.

Not only good food, but also you will gain valuable information while meeting caring members who have “been there, done that.”

For details call Ilona at 928-4723331.

Mountain Village Foundation The Mountain Village Foundation meets every second Thursday of each month at 5 p.m. to socialize, with the meeting at 6 p.m.

The foundation’s mission is to

Gift wrapping offered The KEY Club of Payson High School will wrap your holiday gifts for donations at the Walmart Garden Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10.

Proceeds are used to help send KEY Club members to leadership and educational conferences and finance many local service projects to better the Rim Country communities.

Payson Choral Society Christmas concert The Payson Choral Society presents the community’s big Christmas concert at 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10 and 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 11 at the Payson High School Auditorium.

The theme of the concert is “Rejoice!” directed by Daria Mason with accompaniment by Lisa Tan. Tickets may be purchased in advance from Choral Society members, at Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce and at the library. Tickets will also be available at the door before each concert. Concert tickets are $10 at the door and $8 in advance. Children and students up to age 18 are admitted free.

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 928-468-0023.

New hours at library The Payson Public Library’s hours of operation have changed. The library’s new hours are: Fridays: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

Closed Sundays and holidays.

LOTTERIES Powerball (Dec. 3) 8 10 26 27 33 (22) Mega Millions (Dec. 2) 3 33 35 49 51 (1) The Pick (Dec. 3) 1 12 13 16 24 33 Fantasy 5 (Dec. 3) 3 7 9 15 21 Pick 3 (Dec. 3) 775 5 Card Cash (Dec. 3) 5H 7D AC QH 3H

throughout the Rim Country. All of our members are volunteers. MSA has raised in excess of $2 million dollars since its inception with 100 percent of all proceeds going to benefit our immediate community. The MSA group meets at 6:15 p.m., each month on the second Thursday at the Payson School District Board Room. New members are welcomed and encouraged to attend. For more information visit the website at www.msapayson.org or call James Goughnour at 480-495-1351. ls call 928-468-1115.

Mule Deer Foundation

Senior Bible study

Breast Cancer Support Group

attire and many seasonal crafts.

The boutique is located behind the Pine thrift shop at the senior center.

OR G A N I Z A T I ONS

Card players wanted

The Payson Senior Center, 514 W. Main St., hosts a Bible study from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday with a rotating roster of ministers.

Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016

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Stop by Color Time Tuesday with favorite holiday images to color and turn into greeting cards — giving a tradition a new personal touch. The group gathers from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Methodist Church. help the children in need in Pine and Strawberry; sometimes it also provides a helping hand to a family in need.

The group has several fund-raisers a year. To learn more, call (928) 4765940 for meeting place. Donations, by check, may be sent to Mountain Village Foundation, P.O. Box 715, Pine, AZ 85544.

National Alliance on Mental Illness The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is dedicated to improving the lives of those with mental illness and those who love them through education, support and advocacy.

NAMI Family Support Group is a free meeting of caregivers where family members can talk frankly about their challenges. The support group meets from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson.

Email namipayson@yahoo.com or

call 928-301-9140 for more information.

Payson Lions Club Payson Lions Charitable Foundation and its parent Payson Lions Club serve Rim Country by conducting service and fund-raising projects to help those in need of eye exams and eyeglasses as well as hearing exams and hearing aids.

Membership in Lions is open to all adults interested in giving something back to their community. Meetings are held at at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday at the Crosswinds Restaurant at the Payson Airport.

Mogollon Sporting Association The Mogollon Sporting Association, (MSA) is a nonprofit, 501 (c) 3 organization that formed in March of 1993. Our mission is to raise funds to benefit wildlife conservation, game management and youth programs

The Rim Country Chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation meets the second Friday of every month at the Ox Bow Saloon in Payson.

The next meeting is Dec. 9 and starts at 6:30. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The group is looking for some ideas for projects to get started for the upcoming year and possibly a ranch or two for our Adopt a Ranch Program.

There are also tickets still available for a Vortex Spotting Scope with Tripod raffle.

The winner will be drawn after only 200 tickets are sold.

Democratic Women

The Democratic Women of Rim Country meet Tuesday, Dec. 13 at noon at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson. Come at 11:30 a.m. to order food and visit with friends. All are welcome.

Bridge results

Winners at Ladies Tuesday Bridge for Nov. 29 were: Betty Mashl, first; Connie Gyde, second; Hilda Jungblut, third. The group meets at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Senior Citizen’s Center, 514 W. Main, Payson. For information and reservations, call Hilda Jungblut at 928-468-2137.

Winners at bridge Wednesday, Nov. 30 were: Ann Nugent and Bud Dock, first; Flo Moeur and Joan Young, second; Diane Bricker and Kathy Salvaggio, third.

For information and reservations, please call Kay Young-Hutchinson at 928-474-0287.

Payson Roundup CLASSIFIEDS Tuesday, December 6, 2016

MERCHANDISE

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS

ANIMALS

YARD SALES

Dog Nail Clipping in the comfort and convenience of your home by Tracy. Local professional groomer of 24 years. $12.00 928-978-4959 Hay for sale. Alfalfa Grass Mix, $9/bale, 928-978-4359.

HUGE YARD SALE 224 N. Parkwood Rd Payson

Fri, Dec 2 and Sat, Dec 3. 8 am - we get tired.

Lots of collectables, silver, china, clothing, bedding household items.

AUTOS/VEHICLES

FIREWOOD FIREWOOD BEST PRICES IN TOWN AND FRIENDLY SERVICE

Mobile RV & Trailer Repair!

Call Carl

928-978-7384 or 928-978-5473

928-951-3500

Serving Payson for over 8 years

GUNS/KNIVES Benelli, Auto, 12gauge, ultra light, like new, $900. 928-363-1271.

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

TRUCKS One Owner, 2002 F-350 SuperDuty Lariat 4x4. 7.3 Power Stroke, long bed. EXCELLENT CONDITION. White with gray interior. Rhino bed liner, trailer towing package. All maintenance records, $12,500.

Call 928-468-6102.

EMPLOYMENT

CARS

Also BACKHOE SERVICE & YARD CLEANING Tree-Trimming, Brush Removal with Hauling Service

TRAILERS

4X4S

MISCELLANEOUS

CLERICAL/OFFICE FT General Office/Clerical Including some Saturdays.

Duties include: Customer Service, Sales, Multiple Phone Lines, Multi-tasking a Must for Busy/Fast Paced Office Environment!

Payson Concrete 1900 E. Hwy 260 Apply in Person.

GENERAL

*DOWNWINDERS CANCER CASES* www.cancerbenefits.com Flagstaff Office; 928-774-1200 or 800-414-4328.

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

Call Shari for an Appointment!

928-951-1807

LANDSCAPING Antonio s Landscaping

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

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

Order: 10084764 Cust: -Town of Payson / HR Keywords: Executive Assistant EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT for Town of Payson art#: 20138950 Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department Class: Administrative/Professional $15.98 - $23.96/hr, plus benefits.

Size: 2.00 Xapplication 2.00 Obtain required by calling (928) 472-5012, 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, 12/14/16.

EOE

Order: 10084800 RANCH WORKER GENERAL Cust: -High Country Agricultural Serv One temporary position opening. $11.27 per hour + housing. Dates of need: Keywords: SILVER RANCHES 01/01/2017 to 11/01/2017.

A signedSPUR contract may be required. ¾ time guarantee.

Work tools, supplies and equipment will be provided at no cost to the worker. art#: 20139005 Transportation & subsistence expenses to worksite provided by employer or paid Class: by employerGeneral upon completion of 50% of the work contract. Must be able to ride Size: 2.00 4.00 horses and/or ATV X to move the livestock safely. Must have 6 months’ experience and provide (1) reference from previous employer with knowledge of applicant’s skills. Must be able to lift 75 pounds. Attend to livestock, builds and cleans corrals. Wean calves, vaccinations and pregnancy check cows. Moves livestock to pasture for grazing. Assist with castration and branding. Maintain all fences, corrals, cabins, buildings, range improvements, and livestock equipment. Must have knowledge of building and repair of irrigation and management, planting, cultivating and harvesting hay for livestock. Light mechanical skills preferred.

Assist with the shipping of cows and calves. Longer hours (night shifts during calving) and more days (up to 7 days per week) may be required when feeding cows supplemental rations, calving season, irrigation and haying season.

Workers must be willing and able to perform all duties per the employer’s requirements during the contract period. Workers will be expected to work in conditions normally associated with Colorado climatic conditions.

Silver Spur Ranches / Jackson County, Colorado Call Craig Workforce Center, (970)824-3246 or contact your nearest State Workforce Center.

Refer to order #CO6738362

Order: 10079582 Cust: -McDonalds Keywords: Help Wanted art#: 20115075 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 4.00

Join our Friendly Team

CBI offers an Outstanding PTO Package!

We are Hiring for EMT (Sign-on-Bonus), Crisis Mobile Team and Transition Coordinator, Level 1 Fingerprint Card Required.

Please send resumes to recruiting@cbridges.com or call 480-831-7566

Whelan Security

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

928-978-4340

Legal Services ad attached

REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS WILLS & DEEDS LIVING WILLS LLC FORMATION FINANCIAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY MEDICAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY

AZ Certified Legal Document Preparer/ Paralegal

928-476-6539 AZCLDP #81438

REAL ESTATE HORSE PROPERTY FOR SALE

is hiring security professionals in Payson, AZ!

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

CONSTRUCTION Debco Construction

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

HANDYMAN

• • • • •

2 Bedrooms/2 Baths 2 Bedrooms/ 1.5 Baths Washers & Dryers Covered Parking Pet Friendly

ASPEN COVE

801 ST. #46,Payson, PAYSON,AZ AZ85541 85541 801E.E.FRONTIER Frontier Street,

(928) 474-8042

Positively Payson

Warm & Cozy Community nestled in the Pines!

Forest Hills Condominiums

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

Call Caroline 928-472-6055

HOMES FOR RENT 1Br/1Ba Clean & Cozy Furnished Cabin, Senior Neighborhood in Pine, $600.mo w/1yr lease, Shorter Term Lease Rates Availalbe, 928-476-3989 Smoking/Pets-No 2 BR, 2 BA, House, Payson, AZ, 85541, 12 months lease, 1100 sq. ft., w/refrig, washer and dryer, fenced back yard, one car garage., $ 1100.00. Call 480 822 0587 Premier Realty Solutions 2Bd/2ba, Cute, Bright House, Close to town, Nice Neighborhood, Wrap Around Deck, Fenced Yard, $825.mo, Call 888-900-7570 2Br Mobile for Rent, Roosevelt/Tonto Basin Area, $500.mo + Dep. 928-300-7161

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

602-620-0396

HEALTH CARE

SERVICES

Ho Ho Home Aspen Cove!

APARTMENTS FEATURING:

Beautifully FURNISHED , 2Br/2Ba w/FP, 1800sf, MAIN HOUSE, in town, Lease and Month-to-Month, quality neighborhood, Rumsey Park Area, $1400.mo Call: 602-290-7282.

Great Pay, Benefits Plan and a team culture.

Apply online at www.whelansecurity.com (job# 4288BR) or Call us for information at (602) 635-3077

NEEDED NOW!!!

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

Internal Med Clinic, PO Box 2581,Payson,85547

APARTMENTS FOR RENT Apartments For Rent

Cornerstone Property Services www.cornerstone-mgt.com

Patricia Rockwell

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

Shipping Containters, Call 928-537-3257

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

HOME SERVICES

Immaculate 3Br/2Ba Open Plan in Lovely Woodhills, Granite Counters, All Appliances, Covered Porch and Charming Gazebo, Take McLane to Sherwood, Boulder Ridge to 705 N. Foxhill Dr. $1,295.mo 602-499-3031 4 BR. 2 BA. 2.3 ACRES - 383 W. Round Valley Rd., Payson, AZ, 85541.

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

MOBILES FOR SALE Foreclosures: 30 Homes, both New and PreOwned to Choose From, Free Delivery, Call Bronco Homes, 1-800-487-0712 REPOS: 2, 3, & 4 Bedrooms, Starting from $9,989. Call Bronco Homes: 1-800-487-0712

RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT

Berkshire-Hathaway 1x3 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY

HomeServices Advantage Realty ProPerty ManageMent

609 S. Beeline Hwy. PaySon, aZ 85541 474-5276

www.paysonrentals.com RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

906 N. Hillcrest Dr., 4BD, 4.5BA........................$1995 1009 W. Rim View Rd., 3BD, 2BA....................$1075 1034 W. Rim View Rd., 3BD, 2BA....................$1075 2610 W. Bulla Dr., 2BD, 2BA...............................$995 306 S. Bentley St., 4BD, 2BA..............................$995 609 N. Ponderosa #B, 2BD, 2BA........................$925 2809 W. Nicklaus Dr., 2BD, 2BA.........................$875 707 W. Bridle Path Ln., 2BD, 2BA.......................$825

FURNISHED HOMES

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

Now offering a 30 Day Retention Bonus!

PAYSON

Order: 10083796 Join our Cust: -McDonalds friendly Team art#: 20137704 Class: Mechanical Size: 2.00 X 4.00

Independently Owned & Operated

MOBILES FOR RENT

Order: 10079403 Cust: -Gila County Personnel art#: 20127705 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 3.00

1Br/1Ba Trailers, No Pets, 928-978-3775

HOME REPAIRS

MAINTENANCE WORKER

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

JOE - 970-1873

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

Starting pay $9.50 hr.

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

Autos Wanted WANTED: Old Porsche’s, 911, 912, Mercedes 190SL, 280SL. Jaguar, Triumph, or ANY Sportscar/Convertible/ Corvette older than 1972! ANY condition! TOP $$ PAID! Call/Text: Mike 520-977-1110. I bring trailer & funds.

(AzCAN) Financial SOCIAL SECURITY Disability Benefits.

Unable to work? Denied benefits? We can help! WIN or Pay nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1-800-9603595 to start your application today!

(AzCAN)

The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 07/08/1999 and recorded on 07/16/1999 as Instrument No. 1999 11520, Book - Page - and rerecorded on as in the official records 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 to the Gila County Courthouse 1400 E. Ash Street Globe, AZ 85501, in Gila County, on 01/26/2017 at 11:00 AM of said day: Legal Description: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: LOT 80, OF RIM TRAIL MOUNTAIN CLUB TRACT PLAT 7, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, RECORDED IN MAP NO. 173.

Purported Street Address: 132 W Sierra Vista Lane, Payson, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel Number: 302-04-078 Original Principal Balance: $ 97,600.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation, SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust 1999-BC4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1999-BC4

Name, Address and Telephone Number of Trustee: Western Progressive - Arizona, Inc. Northpark Town Center, 1000 Abernathy Rd NE; Bldg 400, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30328; (866) 960-8299 SALE INFORMATION: Sales Line: (866) 960-8299 Website: http://www.altisource.com/Mort gageServices/DefaultManagem ent/TrusteeServices.aspx

DATED: September 28, 2016 /s/ Keisha Lyons Trustee Sale Assistant

HAULING

Apartments for Rent Looking for an affordable 62+ senior apartment? Superior Arboretum Apartments, immediate occupancy, one bedroom & studios, on-site laundry & utility allowance. Rent based on Income Guidelines. 199 W. Gray Dr., Superior, AZ. Call 1-866-962-4804, www.ncr. org/superiorarboretum. Equal Housing Opportunity. Wheelchair Accessible.

(AzCAN)

16370: 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2016 TS No. 20 16-00639-AZ NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE

Western Progressive - Arizona, Inc.

Lawn Care

ARIZONA CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING NETWORK

LEGAL NOTICES

Name and Address of Original Trustor: Eldon W. Jenkins and Joan A. Jenkins, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants With Rights of Survivorship, 132 W Sierra Vista Lane, Payson, AZ 85541.

JIMMY S ALLTRADES Since 1993 Plumbing, Electrical, Sun Screens, Dryer Vent Cleaning, Gutters Cleaned, Window Screen Repair 928-474-6482 not licensed

az cans

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

RENTAL HOMES WANTED

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

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

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

c/o Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, 661 Worthington Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33409

Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2015

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

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

McDonald’s rewards outstanding performance.

MOBILE/RV SPACES

BISON COVE CONDOS

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

Don s Handyman Home Repairs, Mobile Home Roofs, Backhoe Work, Drains, Driveway, Landscaping, Yardwork Tree Trimming, Hauling!

Senior Discount: 928-478-6139

HAULING

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No urban noise & dark sky nights. Blend of evergreen woodlands & grassy meadows with sweeping views across surrounding uninhabited wilderness mountains and valleys. Abundant groundwater, rich loam garden soil & maintained road access. Camping and RV ok. $27,500, $2,750 dn. with no qualifying seller financing. Free brochure with additional property descriptions/photos/topo map/ weather chart/area info 1st United Realty 800.966.6690. (AzCAN) Real Estate ADVERTISE YOUR HOME, property or business for sale in 71 AZ newspapers.

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Pursuant to A.R.S. 33 - 803(A)(6), the trustee herein qualifies as a trustee of the Deed of Trust in the trustee s capacity as a corporation all the stock of which is owned by Premium Title Agency, Inc., an escrow agent in the state of Arizona.

The regulators of Premium Title Agency are the Arizona Department of Insurance and the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. Western Progressive - Arizona, Inc. is registered with the Arizona Corporation Commission.

STATE OF Georgia COUNTY OF Fulton On September 28, 2016, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said State, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Keisha Lyons, personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument, the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

WITNESS my hand and official seal. /s/ Stephani Spurlock NOTARY PUBLIC My Commission Expires: April, 09, 2017 16386: 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6/2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE File ID. #16-03491 Wulitich Jr Title

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LEGAL NOTICES No: 21602422 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 04/04/2007 as Document No. 2007-005726 Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on February 1, 2017 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501, and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33Â811). The sale shall convey all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Lot 23, PAYSON NORTH UNIT FOUR, according to Map No. 452, records of Gila County, Arizona. Together with an undivided interest in and to Tracts A through G, inclusive, as shown on said plat. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 202 E Pinnacle Cir Payson, AZ 85541-3934 Tax Parcel No.: 302-68-023 3 The undersigned Trustee, Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

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

Original Principal Balance: $224,000.00 Original Trustor: George Wulitich Jr, and Mary F Wulitich, husband and wife 202 E Pinnacle Cir Payson, AZ 85541 Current Beneficiary: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC as Attorney in Fact for MandT Bank Care of / Servicer Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC 4425 Ponce De Leon Boulevard, 5th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33146 Current Trustee: Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602)255-6035 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar A-4597255 11/15/2016, 11/22/2016, 11/29/2016, 12/06/2016 16390: 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2016 Notice of Trustee s Sale Order No.: 160297548-AZ-VOO TS No.: AZ-16-7199-JY APN : 302-34-006E The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 10/29/2007 and recorded 11/2/2007 as Instrument 2007-018477, Book xxx, Page xxx, in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona; and at public auction to the highest bidder. 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: Sale Date and Time: 12/30/2016 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE GILA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1400 EAST ASH ST., GLOBE, ARIZONA 85501 Legal Description: THE NORTHWESTERLY 330 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY:THAT PORTION OF TRACT 4, OF MESA DEL CABALLO TRACTS PLAT NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, RECORDED IN MAPS(S) NO. 210, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING AT THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF TRACT 4, MESA DEL CABALLO TRACTS PLAT NO. 1; THENCE NORTH 33 DEGREES 45 MINUTES EAST, A DISTANCE OF 165.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 55 DEGREES 48 MINUTES EAST, A DISTANCE OF 660.00 FEET TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID TRACT 4; THENCE NORTH 33 DEGREES 45 MINUTES EAST, DISTANCE OF 165.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 55 DEGREES 48 MINUTES WEST, A DIS-

Payson Roundup CLASSIFIEDS Tuesday, December 6, 2016

LEGAL NOTICES TANCE OF 660.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 33 DEGREES 45 MINUTES WEST TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THE EASTERLY 143 FEET; AND EXCEPT THE NORTH 15 FEET FOR ROAD AND UTILITIES. Purported Street Address: 7531 N CABALLERO RD, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel Number: 302-34-006E Original Principal Balance: $213,409.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: LSF9 Master Participation Trust,

by Caliber Home Loans, Inc., solely in its capacity as servicer C/O Caliber Home Loans, Inc. 16745 W. Bernardo Drive, Ste 300 San Diego, CA 92127 Name and Address of Original Trustor: DANIEL R. PARKER AND AMY LYNN PARKER, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP 7531 NORTH CABALLERO ROAD, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: SUMMIT SERVICES AND REALTY, LLC 16745 W. Bernardo Dr., Ste 100 San Diego, CA 92127 Phone: (866) 248-2679 Sales Line: 714-730-2727 Login to: www.servicelinkasap.com AZ-16-7199-JY The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. Section 33-803A (1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona Real Estate Broker. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee s Attorney. Dated: 9/29/2016 SUMMIT SERVICES AND REALTY, LLC By: Justin Yahnke, AVP 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 holder s rights against the real property only. THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 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. A-4598081 11/29/2016, 12/06/2016, 12/13/2016, 12/20/2016 16393: 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13/2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE File ID. #16-03036 Williams Jr Notice is hereby given that Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $171,000.00 executed by Curtis E Williams Jr, an unmarried man, 715 E Manzanita Drive Globe, AZ 85501-1472 , dated July 24, 2007 and recorded July 25, 2007, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2007-012552 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on January 25, 2017 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: That certain piece or parcel of land lying in and being a portion of the Northwest Quarter of section 34, Township 1 North, range 15 1/2 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona and more Particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point from which the North quarter corner of said section 34 bears North 64 degrees 19 minutes 24 seconds East 904.54 feet; Thence South 18 degrees 54 minutes 40 seconds West 103.00 feet; Thence North 73 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds West 114.15 feet to a road; Thence Northeasterly along the Arc of a Curve to the right whose central angle is 7 degrees 25 minutes 15 seconds and the radius is 397.01 feet and the Long Chord is North 8 degrees 38 minutes 23 seconds East, 51.15 feet, a distance of 51.42 feet; Thence North 12 Degrees 20 minutes East, 52.20 feet; Thence South 73 Degrees 40 minutes 07 seconds East, 129.29 feet to the point of beginning. EXCEPT 1/2 interest in and to all mines, beds, seams or veins of coal, iron stone, copper or other minerals and oil as reserved in deed recorded in Book 52, deed to real estate, page 549, records of Gila County, Arizona.

The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 715 E Manzanita Drive Globe, AZ 85501-1472. Tax Parcel No.: 205-18-040L. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

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

LEGAL NOTICES cipal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust Current Beneficiary:Select Portfolio Servicing-TB; Care of/Servicer: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. 3217 S Decker Lake Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84119; Current Trustee: Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000. Dated: 10/25/2016 /S/Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 10/25/2016, by LEONARD J. MCDONALD, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property.

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16395: 11/22, 11/29, 12/6/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NO. PB2016-00085 ARIZONA SUPERIOR COURT GILA COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of: TROY W. BURNS, Deceased.

NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT: 1. MONICA BURNS was appointed Personal Representative of this Estate on November 1, 2016.

2. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred.

3. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative at the following address: Monica Burns c/o Frederic G. Lemberg, Esq. ANDERSEN PLLC 17015 N. Scottsdale Rd., Ste. 225 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 DATED this 8th day of November, 2016.

ANDERSEN PLLC By: /s/Frederic G. Lemberg, Of Counsel 17015 N. Scottsdale Rd., Ste. 225 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Attorneys for Monica Burns 11/22, 11/29, 12/6/16 CNS-2945677#

the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made as is, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note secured by said Deed of Trust, which includes interest thereon as provided in said note, advances, if any under the terms of said Deed of Trust, interest on advances, if any, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Deed of Trust. Trustee will accept only cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the trustee, payable in accordance with A.R.S § 33-811(A)) or credit bid by the beneficiary. Reinstatement payment must be paid before five o clock p.m. on the last day other than a Saturday or legal holiday before the date of the sale.

The Purchaser at the sale, other than the beneficiary to the extent of his credit bid, shall pay the price no later than five o clock p.m. of the following day, other than a Saturday or legal holiday. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein.

Date: 09/16/2016 CARSON EMMONS, A MEMBER OF THE STATE BAR. Trustee is qualified per AR.S § 33-803(A)(2), as a member of the State Bar of Arizona. Trustee s regulator is the State Bar of Arizona. State of ARIZONA } § County of MARICOPA } On 09/16/2016 before me, Sean Wilson Notary Public, personally appeared CARSON EMMONS, who is known to me 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. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature: Sean Wilson (seal) Name: Sean Wilson SEAN WILSON Notary Public, State of Arizona Maricopa County My Commission Expires October 12, 2019 FOR TRUSTEE S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: HUDSON & MARSHALL 14785 PRESTON ROAD, SUITE 1150 DALLAS, TX 75254 972-732-2581 www.hudsonandmarshall.com 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 holder s rights against the real property only.

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16397: 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13/2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE Trustee Sale No.: 00000006230171 Title Order No.: 733-1600916-70 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 45-45-6-2891384 ORIGINAL TRUSTEE SALE RECORDED ON 09/21/2016 IN THE OFFICE OF THE GILA COUNTY RECORDER. The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 01/09/2015 and Recorded as Instrument No. 2015-000700 on 01/23/2015 of Official Records, 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 front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash, Globe, AZ 85501, in GILA County, on 12/29/2016 at 11:00AM of said day: LOT 36, PAYSON RANCHOS, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 167, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY ARIZONA. ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES SECTION 33-808(C): Street address or identifiable location: 1707 N MCLANE RD, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel number: 302-36-036 Original Principal Balance: $169,755.00 Name and Address of Original Trustor (as shown on the Deed of Trust): SCOTT LEONARD KING AND JULIE A. KING, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP MAILING ADDRESS: 1707 N MCLANE RD, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Name and address of beneficiary (as of recording of Notice of Sale): 360 MORTGAGE GROUP, LLC, 11305 FOUR POINTS DRIVE BUILDING 1, SUITE 200 AUSTIN, TX 78726 Name, address & telephone number of trustee: CARSON EMMONS, A MEMBER OF THE STATE BAR BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP 4004 Belt Line Road, Suite 100 Addison, Texas 75001-4320 (855) 286-5901 The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared

16398: 11/29, 12/6, 12/3, 12/20/2016 Notice of Trustee s Sale Recorded on: 10/20/2016 TS No. : AZ-16-750403-BF Order No. : 8675773 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 8/10/2012 and recorded 8/14/2012 as Instrument No. 2012-010017 in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona . Notice! If you believe there is a defense to the trustee sale or if you have an objection to the trustee sale, you must file an action and obtain a court order pursuant to rule 65, Arizona rules of civil procedure, stopping the sale no later than 5:00 p.m. mountain standard time of the last business day before the scheduled date of the sale, or you may have waived any defenses or objections to the sale. Unless you obtain an order, the sale will be final and will occur at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 2/1/2017 at 11:00:00 AM Sale Location: At the Front Entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 29 TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE GILAAND SALT RIVER BASE AND MERIDIAN, GILA COUNTY ARIZONA AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING PARCEL 2 OF DOCUMENT ENTITLED RECORD OF SURVEY-MINOR DIVISION RECORDED JUNE 27 2012 IN SURVEY MAP # 4076. Purported Street Address: 9684 WEST JUNIPER ROAD, STRAWBERRY, AZ 85544 Tax Parcel Number: 301-03-041W 2 Original Principal Balance: $170,600.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. C/O WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. 1 Home Campus X2504-017 Customer Service Des Moines, IA 50328 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): MARC GASTINEAU AND SUSAN GASTINEAU, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP 9684 W JUNIPER ROAD, STRAWBERRY, AZ 85544 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 800-280-2832 Login to: www.auction.com O r Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 AZ-16-750403-BF The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale

LEGAL NOTICES shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee.

This shall be the Purchaser s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary s Agent, or the Beneficiary s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-16-750403-BF Dated: 10/19/2016 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: January Crawford, 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 10/19/2016 before me, Brenda A. Gonzalez a notary public, personally appeared Brooke Frank, 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 Brenda A. Gonzalez Commission No. 2116627 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 6/21/2019 IDSPub #0118388 11/29/2016 12/6/2016 12/13/2016 12/20/2016 16399: 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE File ID. #16-04257 Sater Title No: 21602852 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 07/31/2009 as Document No. 2009-009153 Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on February 15, 2017 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811). The sale shall convey all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as:Lots 13, 14, 15 and 16, Block 22, INSPIRATION TOWNSITE, according to Map No. 39, records of Gila County, Arizona. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be:4340 East Locomotive Drive, Claypool, AZ 85532 Tax Parcel No.: 206-06-353 0 The undersigned Trustee, Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

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

Original Principal Balance: $132,259.00 Original Trustor: Dennis K. Sater and Peggy A. Sater, husband and wife 4340 East Locomotive Drive, Claypool, AZ 85532 Current Beneficiary:Nationstar Mortgage LLC Care of / Servicer Nationstar Mortgage LLC 8950 Cypress Waters Blvd Coppell, TX 75019 Current Trustee:Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6035 Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar. A-4599383 11/29/2016, 12/06/2016, 12/13/2016, 12/20/2016 16405: 11/29, 12/2, 12/6/2016 NOTICE (for publication)

LEGAL NOTICES ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: WOOD TRAILS, LLC File No: L-2135828-3 II. The address of the known place of business is: 500 N. Club Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Sue Munoz, 500 N. Club Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: G S Investment Properties, LLC, (x) member, 1231 W. Northern Lights Blvd. #911, Anchorage, AK 99503.

16407: 11/29, 12/6, 12/13/2016 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the Matter of the Estate of KENNETH A. MILENTZ, Deceased.

No. PB201600111 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of this estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative in care of Charles W. Whetstine, P.C., 3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 1600, Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2615.

DATED: November 21, 2016.

Eric D. Belanger Charles W. Whetstine, P.C. By: /s/ Charles W. Whetstine, Charles W. Whetstine 16408: 11/29, 12/6, 12/13/2016 Notice To Creditors/Deborah Sampson Kile & Kupiszewski Law Firm, LLC, P.O. Box 6617, Scottsdale, AZ 85261, (480) 348-1590, Info@kilekuplaw.com, Emily B. Kile, Esq. #018819, Jennifer L. Kupiszewski, Esq. #019916, Christina M. Stoneking, Esq. #031666, Stephen J.P. Kupiszewski, Esq., Of Counsel #013290, Attorneys for Personal Representative, Daniel Rensch In The Superior Court Of The State Of Arizona In And For The County Of Gila In the Matter of the Estate of Deborah Sampson, Deceased. No. PB201600106 Notice To Creditors Notice is given that Daniel Rensch was appointed Personal Representative of this estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative, c/o Emily B. Kile, Attorney, P.O. Box 6617, Scottsdale, Arizona 85261. Dated this 16th day of November, 2016. /s/ Emily B. Kile P.O. Box 6617 Scottsdale, AZ 85261 Attorneys for Personal Representative 16409: 11/29, 12/6, 12/13/2016 Notice Of Informal Appointment Of Personal Representative/Deborah Sampson Kile & Kupiszewski Law Firm, LLC, P.O. Box 6617, Scottsdale, AZ 85261, (480) 348-1590, Info@kilekuplaw.com, Emily B. Kile, Esq. #018819, Jennifer L. Kupiszewski, Esq. #019916, Christina M. Stoneking, Esq. #031666, Stephen J.P. Kupiszewski, Esq., Of Counsel #013290, Attorneys for Personal Representative, Daniel Rensch In The Superior Court Of The State Of Arizona In And For The County Of Gila In the Matter of the Estate of Deborah Sampson, Deceased. No. PB201600106 Notice Of Informal Appointment Of Personal Representative (Intestate Estate) You are notified that: 1.

Notice is being sent to those persons who have, or may have, some interest in the estate of Deborah Sampson ( Decedent ). 2.

Decedent died on September 14, 2016. 3. Daniel Rensch filed an Application for Informal Appointment of Personal Representative in the above-named court, requesting that Daniel Rensch be appointed Personal Representative of the estate. 4. On November 8, 2016, the registrar appointed Daniel Rensch as Personal Representative of the estate. 5. Bond is not required. 6. An heir of decedent wishing to contest the probate has four months from the receipt of this notice to commence a formal testacy proceeding. 7. Papers relating to the estate are on file with the Court and are available for inspection. Dated this 16th day of November, 2016. /s/ Emily B. Kile P.O. Box 6617 Scottsdale, AZ 85261 Attorneys for Personal Representative 16411: 12/2, 12/6, 12/13/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: ANVIL TRANSPORT LLC File No: L-2133106-1 II.The address of theknown place of business is: 1013 N. Aviator Parkway, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Michael Doyle Young, 1013 N. Aviator 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: Michael Doyle Young, (x) manager, 1013 N. Aviator Parkway, Payson, AZ 85541.

PAYSON ROUNDUP

SPORTS

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

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Horns eager to pin down strong season by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Turning a high school wrestling program around takes time.

And first-year Payson coach Bryan Burke believes the Longhorns are heading in the right direction.

“I’m very optimistic about our future,” Burke said.

A strong nucleus of seasoned wrestlers complemented by a group of green but dedicated student-athletes and a great coaching staff fuels his optimism.

Seven wrestlers lead the way. That group includes seniors Dylan Keeney, Brendan Macnab, Brooks Randall and Daniel Cluff; juniors Chris Johnson and Chance Elmer; and sophomore Alan Cerna. Elmer grew up in Payson but his family moved to Florida a few years ago. They’ve now moved back.

The bulk of the Longhorns’ points this season will come from those guys occupying seven weights from 126 pounds all the way up to 170.

Most if not all expect to drop down a weight class once the two-pound allowance takes effect after Christmas.

“We have one of the tougher middle lineups in the state,” Burke said. “That’s kind of the heart of our team. That’s where our intensity in the (wrestling room); where our leadership comes from; where our momentum in duals comes from.

“When they come out and do their thing, it’s fun; it’s a good atmosphere.”

Of course, those seven make up only half the 14-weight starting lineup. Young or inexperienced wrestlers fill the other weights.

“We have a lot of green guys — one- or two-year kind of guys,” Burke said. “We’ve got a couple of freshmen in the lineup who’re really doing some nice productive things for us.”

The group of inexperienced wrestlers includes some hard-working upperclassmen.

Among them is firstyear senior Emerson Carr.

“I love that kid,” Burke said. “I had him in football and he’s translated the exact same attitude from football. He does everything you ask him to. If you ask him to run through a wall Keith Morris/Roundup he’s going to do it 100 Payson’s Chance Elmer tries to take St. Johns’ Chase percent until he gets Jarvis to the mat. Elmer was successful, pinning Jarvis knocked out or he evenin 1:59. tually runs through it.

He has no idea what he’s going to do, but he does it full speed.”

Also new to the team are juniors like Wyatt Taylor and Seth Allison.

“We’ve got a lot of inexperienced guys that are going to learn some fundamental things and really go along way because of their work ethic and attitude,” the coach said.

The Longhorns have been forfeiting in the first two weights in the early going this season, but that’s expected to change. The two-point allowance should mean they’ll have a 113-pounder in freshman Francisco Marquez, who’s been wrestling at 120.

And Burke said another talented ninth-grader, Rayden Roszko, may return from an injury soon and step in at 106.

The coach said both he and the kids have benefited from a strong staff featuring veteran coaches Rocky Beery, Porter Wilbanks and Don Heizer, as well as newcomer Chris Taylor.

“I think I have the best staff in the state,” Burke said. “I couldn’t be in a better position coming in as a first-year coach. I’m surrounded by enough great role models; great men and great coaches who are going to help us get this program moving forward.”

One of the highlights of the season is the tournament Payson hosts on Jan. 20-21. Called the Payson Invitational the past several years, it will once again be known as the Tim Van Horn Memorial in honor of one of the program’s biggest boosters.

Casteel 80, Payson 53 Payson 53 — J.T. Dolinich 1 0-4 2, Julian Parker 1 2-3 4, Rayce Mathews 2 0-0 5, Ryan Ricke 6 1-3 17, Atreyu Glasscock 4 2-4 10, Andres Bell 0 1-3 1, Korben White 4 1-5 9, Dylan Justice 1 1-2 3, David Pasquini-Jonassen 0 1-2 1, Efrain Amaya-Medina 0 1-3 1. Totals 19 10-29 53.

Casteel 80 — Chris York 9 0-0 20, Gunner Cruz 1 1-4 3, Jackson Church 2 0-1 6, Tate Schow 2 0-0 5, Austin Ponsness 5 0-0 11, C Christensen 5 0-0 10, Nicholas Pappas 3 0-1 8, Riley Norris 1 2-2 4, Eric Babcock 5 1-4 13, Kerwin Danley 0 0-0 0. Totals 33 4-12 80.

Payson 11 19 11 12 — 53 Casteel 18 25 14 23 — 80 3-Point Goals — P (5): Mathews, Ricke 4. C (10): York 2, Church 2, Schow, Ponsness, Pappas 2, Babcock 2.

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Chris Johnson tries to turn Chinle’s Jacob Benally onto his back during action at Wilson Dome on Nov. 30. Johnson wound up getting the pin. The junior is part of a strong group of middleweights that are expected to lead the Longhorns this season.

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Payson wrestling coach Bryan Burke saw plenty of reasons for optimism in the Longhorns’ 42-30 loss to Division 4 power St. Johns at Wilson Dome on Wednesday.

The Longhorns battled the Redskins until the end. The match was tied 24-24 before the visitors won three of the final four weights.

Payson (2-2) split two matches on the day, winning nine of the 12 weights it sent a wrestler onto the mat in — six pins, three forfeits — to roll over Chinle 54-18 in its first battle. St. Johns beat Chinle in the first match in the three-team event at Wilson Dome.

Dylan Keeney (132), Brendan Macnab (138), Chance Elmer (152) and Daniel Cluff (170) all went 2-0 for Payson. Keeney and Elmer both had two pins. Macnab and Cluff also scored 12 points. Macnab posted a pin and won by forfeit and Cluff won twice by forfeit.

The Redskins won eight of the 13 contests, scoring six points in six of

Boys fall at Casteel QUEEN CREEK — Ryan Ricke scored 17 points but it wasn’t enough as Payson’s boys basketball team opened the regular season with an 80-53 loss at Queen Creek Casteel on Wednesday, Nov. 30.

Ricke also came away with four steals for the Longhorns. Payson fell to 0-4 including a tournament at Poston Butte that doesn’t count in the power rankings but provided valuable experience.

Atreyu Glasscock added 10 points for the Longhorns, who shot 49 percent from the field but just 34 percent at the free-throw line,

sinking 10 of 29.

All 10 Longhorns who got in the game scored.

Chris York scored a game-high 20 points to lead four Colts scoring in double figures.

Casteel out-rebounded Payson 41-14 in stats entered at MaxPreps. com.

The Longhorns, who were scheduled to play at Fountain Hills on Friday, Dec. 2, visit Camp Verde at 7 o’clock tonight.

Payson then opens its home schedule against Phoenix Northwest Christian at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13.

those triumphs — five pins, one forfeit. Payson produced two pins and won its other three by forfeit.

Keeney and Elmer both produced first-period pins, while Macnab, Cluff and Ulises Vazquez (220) didn’t get a chance to wrestle.

Rio Raykovitz rallied in the third period to come-from-behind and post a 9-7 decision over Chris Johnson at 160.

“Chris made a poor decision at the end that cost him the match, but he’s going to learn from that,” Burke said.

“Now’s the time to make mistakes because we’ve got a lot of time to fix them.”

Another big win for St. Johns came at 145, where Brooks Randall battled defending Division 4 138-pound state champion Dawson Avila. Randall avoided a pin like many of Avila’s opponents, losing by a 10-6 decision.

“Brooks wrestled one of the toughest kids in the state and wrestled him hard to the end,” Burke said.

The Redskins led 36-30 when Jonathan Holder closed it out with a pin at 285.

Payson 54, Chinle 18 106 — double forfeit; 113 — double forfeit; 120 — Francisco Marquez (P) forfeit; 126 — Alan Cerna (P) d. Ty Guy 2:57; 132 — Dylan Keeney (P) d. Vernon Chee :18; 138 — Brendan Macnab (P) d. Ryan Chee :53; 145 — Brooks Randall (P) d. Jacob Smith :23; 152 — Chance Elmer (P) d. Juan Curley 2:42; 160 — Chris Johnson (P) d.

Jacob Benally 3:20; 170 — Daniel Cluff (P) forfeit; 182 — Emerson Carr (P) forfeit; 195 — Isiah Towne (C) d. Hunter Harold :36; 220 — Nathan Wagner (C) d. Ulises Vazquez 2:42; 285 — Tyler Esquivel (C) d.

Seth Allison :51.

St. Johns 42, Payson 30 106 — Daniel Jimenez (SJ) forfeit; 113 — double forfeit; 120 — Tanner Crosby (SJ) d. Marquez 1:44; 126 — Kaiden Smith (SJ) d. Cerna :54; 132 — Keeney (P) d. Trevor Harris 1:27; 138 — Macnab (P) forfeit; 145 — Dawson Avila (SJ) d. Randall 10-6; 152 — Elmer (P) d. Chase Jarvis 1:59; 160 — Rio Raykovitz (SJ) d. Johnson 8-7; 170 — Cluff (P) forfeit; 182 — T.J. Heap (SJ) d. Carr 1:14; 195 — Diego Hernandez (SJ) d. Harold 1:26; 220 — Vazquez (P) forfeit; 285 — Jonathan Holden (SJ) d. Allison 1:41.

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After finishing first in the regular season with a 21-3 record, Paradise Nails closed off a strong season by winning the Town of Payson Co-Ed Volleyball Playoff Championship. PN went 3-0 in the tournament, beating No. 2 seed Creighton in the final.

Horton Creek a self-sustaining fishery and Rim treasure During the Thanksgiving boulder or undercut stream holiday I teamed up with outdoors bank. Even the movement of a Jake Swartwood, the head under the rim rock, which causes vibrations football coach for the Payson in the water, would quickLonghorns, and made a quick ly cause these wild trout to trip to Horton Creek. vanish.

After another successful Needless to say, it was a season and their third succhallenge that we were enthucessive trip to the state playsiastically up for with lightoffs, it was time for the coach weight fly rods and an assortto take a break and enjoy his ment of dry flies. favorite pastime, fly-fishing. Dennis Pirch These wild German browns Much to our surprise, the trail had been in the spawning parking lot was empty which meant cycle for six weeks and to our amazesolitude on the creek. ment, we still saw numerous pairs of We chose to walk an hour before we trout on the gravel bottom of the creek. decided to wet a line in the small creek We were delighted to see that the creek and try to outsmart a wild trout that was healthy and the future of trout was born and grew to maturity in the fishing looked good with hopefully a natural habitat. successful spawn in progress.

These wild trout are survivors and Horton Creek is definitely a suchave grown to maturity by being very cess story where anglers, the Arizona wary of any unnatural occurrence. Any Game and Fish Department, and the motion or even a shadow on the water Mogollon Sporting Association (MSA) causes them to quickly seek cover of a worked cooperatively to improve the

trout waters that future generations of anglers can enjoy.

This small stream is now catch and release only with a single barbless hook on a fly or lure being allowed.

Most fishermen were not aware of the new rule, even though it was in the regulations.

Then, a group of sportsmen stepped forward spearheaded by Jake Swartwood who provided attractive signage at critical spots along the creek in addition to the labor needed for installation. The MSA provided the funding for these signs as well as the signs for the headwaters of the East Verde River that is also designated catch and release.

If you do decide to make a trip to any of our local streams under the Rim, dress appropriately by layering your clothes because it is wintertime conditions. The southern sun seldom penetrates many of these canyons, which makes the air temperatures cold

all day along the creek.

My outermost layer is a down vest which is lightweight being extremely comfortable and warm. On colder days, I wear a stocking hat because so much body heat is lost through the head.

It was necessary to approach some fishing spots by wading in the water in a crouched position to avoid detection by these wild trout. Obviously, we were wet most of the time up to our knees, which might be uncomfortable for a while, but all is soon forgotten when fighting a wild trout on a fly rod.

A lightweight hiking shoe with good traction is essential to avoid slipping on wet rocks lined with algae or the creek bottom. Neoprene waders are just too cumbersome in maneuvering through the overhanging brush and boulders in these hard to reach fishing waters.

The hike back to the truck after a short day on the water always warms up the body, even with wet feet. The

Photo by Dennis Pirch

Jake Swartwood displays a trout he caught in Horton Creek.

warm heater provided by a vehicle is always welcome on the trip home with the last cup of coffee from the thermos.

Winter condition trout fishing offers a unique opportunity to catch fish with none of the summer crowds. Enjoy the vastness of the Arizona outdoors, God’s creation.

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From page 1 resistance to drought — and cut firefighting costs, according to a study by researchers from University of California, Berkeley published in the scientific, peer-reviewed journal Ecosystems.

The results dovetail with another research paper on “Learning to Co-exist with Wildfire” by an international team of scientists led by UC Berkeley researchers and published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature.

That study concluded an overhaul of building codes, vegetation rules and emergency procedures can make it possible for people in forested communities to live with fire — the same way that building codes have made it far safer for people to live with natural hazards like earthquakes.

Payson, Star Valley and Gila County have long refused to follow the lead of cities like Flagstaff and Prescott in adopting either aggressive Firewise vegetation-clearing efforts in developed areas, or Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) building codes intended to make structures more resistant to embers from wildfires.

The Forest Service currently spends more than $2 billion annually fighting forest fires, but losses continue to escalate thanks to a century of fire suppression compounded by record-breaking drought.

Ironically, the cost of fighting fires has increasingly stripped away money for things like thinning projects, forest restoration and managed fires.

The groundbreaking study of the 40,000-acre area in Yosemite National Park demonstrated the enormous potential value of the approach to wildfires the U.S. Forest Service has adopted in Northern Arizona in the past several years. For 110 years, the Forest Service concentrated on putting out most fires within 24 hours — which caused an enormous buildup in fuels in a forest adapted to low-intensity fires every five to 10 years. However, the Forest Service now generally lets fires burn as much as possible in the spring and fall, especially in moist, cool conditions.

The Yosemite study underscored the value of that approach, even without mechanical thinning or deliberately set prescribed fires.

Decades of letting natural fires burn resulted in a much more diverse and healthy forested landscape in a forested area of California similar to the fire-adapted forests of Northern Arizona.

The researchers spent three years comparing conditions in the section of forest with managed wildfire to similar, nearby portions when fire crews continued to suppress many fires.

Report Recommendations • Adopt land use regulations and zoning to minimize development in fire-prone areas.

• Update building codes to require fire-resistant construction keyed to local conditions.

• Require vegetation management around structures.

• Develop evacuation and warning systems in case of disaster.

• Develop household and community plans, including when to stay instead of flee and what to do to minimize risk if you do stay.

• Develop better maps of fire hazard areas and take into effect likely effects from projected climate change.

The study found increased streamflow, decreased flooding, increased soil moisture, increased drought resistance, smaller fires and an increase in plant vigor and forest health. Many of the benefits came from large patches where fires removed most of the trees. These patches often turned into meadows or bogs, which retained more water and provided diverse wildlife habitat.

The strategy could yield even more benefits in coming decades given the predictions of steadily rising average temperatures due to the heat-trapping effects of human-caused pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane. The normally drought-tolerant ponderosa pine forests of Northern Arizona have suffered massive tree die-offs in drought conditions in the last decade, partly because they’ve become tree thickets due to a century of fire suppression.

The patchy managed fires in the 40,000acre experimental plot in Yosemite have created large, 5-100-acre patches where most of the trees burned — leaving behind meadows and wetlands. These open areas serve as natural firebreaks, limiting the size of future fires. The open areas from past fires generally affect about a quarter of the total forested area. Although forest cover has decreased by roughly 20 percent, wetlands vegetation has increased by 200 percent.

The researchers called it a “triple win, win, win” for water, forest structure and fire risk.

The researchers relied on field work, satellite photos, a 400-year record of rainfall and wildfire, a network of sensors and more than 3,000 soil moisture samples throughout the study area. They found that the fire-created clearings allowed more snow to reach the ground, more snow to

remain longer in the spring, a delay in the peak runoff period and a dramatic decline in tree mortality.

The second set of studies on building codes offered the perfect complement to the managed fire study. That study shows how cities like Payson and Show Low can survive if the Forest Service seeks to return fire to its natural role in the ecosystem.

However, city and county governments have in the past 40 years approved a host of subdivisions in the midst of this increasingly overgrown, tinderbox forest. Most of those subdivisions lack even the most rudimentary protections from the rain of glowing embers a big fire can throw out a mile beyond the active fire line.

The international research team concluded forested communities must adapt to fire risk with adequate building codes in the same way that cities have adopted building codes to cope with earthquakes and floods.

The authors of the study that examined wildfire prone areas on three continents concluded government firefighting and land use policies have actually encouraged development in hazardous landscape — effectively amplifying rather than reducing losses over time.

Most forested communities in Northern Arizona have taken only halting steps toward implementing any of those recommendations, despite the dramatic increase in catastrophic, forest-destroying crown fires in recent decades — or tragedies like the deaths of 19 Prescott firefighters battling the Yarnell fire several years ago.

This week, wildfires in Tennessee near the Smoky Mountains killed 10 people and consumed more than 700 structures scattered across thousands of acres.