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Payson seeks safeguard for phone, Internet service by

Alexis Bechman

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Three Internet outages in the Rim Country within a year have revealed the vulnerability of the network, which relies on a single fiber optic cable from the Valley for service. Improving that system is a critical economic development priority for town officials who are working with other northern Arizona communities and providers to add a backup system.

Later this month, Payson Mayor Kenny Evans will speak at the Apache and Navajo Counties Mayors and Council Members Association about efforts to

add a fiber optic cable from the Forest Lakes area to Payson.

This would tie Rim Country into northeastern Arizona, which receives Internet service from a Frontier Communications line.

That system in Navajo County has also suffered outages. In July, someone shot a fiber optic conduit, one of four outages in that area last year, Evans said.

Payson’s three outages occurred for a variety of reasons.

In December 2014, a line was cut in Camp Verde, knocking service out for hours; in February 2015, vandals cut a CenturyLink cable in the desert just north of

Reader Ralph Roberts photographed the new eagle in flight.

Young eagle looking for love delights Green Valley visitors

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Green Valley Park has a new star — a young bald eagle still in his juvenile plumage.

Turns out, he was born four years ago on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. That means he’s nearly old enough to find a good-looking wife, settle down and start producing fledglings of his own.

Lots of folks are hoping he likes the look of Green Valley Park and will end up moving in.

Green Valley Park visitors have long enjoyed the antics of a migratory bald eagle, who spends much of the year fishing in the trout-stocked lakes. But he heads north for the breeding season — probably going to Canada or Alaska.

However, Arizona also has a population of 76 pairs of nesting bald eagles — which last spring produced about 66 young who survived long enough to take flight.

Those young eagles spend about five years wandering the world before reaching sexual maturity. After that, they usually seek a partner and a nest site near water with fish to raise their own families. They generally mate for life and come back to the same nest site year after year.

Photographer DJ Craig got a close-up shot of the young eagle’s leg band and Game and Fish officials confirmed he was born in 2012 at the Suicide Breeding Area on the San Carlos Reservation.

The sooty looking plumage on his head indicates he’ll finish maturing this year or maybe next.

Heart 6 Ranch supporters jam Star Valley council meeting Teresa McQuerrey

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The Heart 6 Ranch must reduce the number of horses on the property to 12 by June 1, if it is to get its conditional use permit (CUP) from the Town of Star Valley.

The Star Valley Town Council issued the order as part of the CUP tentatively granted to owner Connie Agnes at its Jan. 19 meeting.

Agnes operates a free riding program to anyone who volunteers to clean up after and care for the rescue horses she keeps on the three-acre property. Agnes also provides boarding for a fee.

The council had received complaints from several neighboring property owners with concerns about the piles of manure, flies, the smell and potential for contamination of the water table in the area and downstream.

A county official submitted a report prior to the meeting citing “several piles of horse manure located very close to and on the banks of a wash.” He went on to say he was told the recent bad weather has made removal difficult.

Complaints from residents stated the manure piles are freTHE WEATHER

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quently present. Agnes said they are removed daily.

Councilor Bob O’Connor said he personally has visited the site several times and has always counted more than 30 horses on the property.

The Heart 6 Ranch is zoned as transitional residential, which allows no horses. The CUP was sought to make it possible to keep horses and operate a business offering the free riding program supported by the boarding operation.

While evidence shows horses have always been on the property, the town’s attorney/manager Tim Grier said the property still doesn’t have a “grandfathered” right to keep horses in violation of current restrictions.

An overflow crowd filled the council chambers, mostly Agnes’ supporters. Many spoke to the council telling them how important the operation was to them, their children and the rescued horses.

Mayor Ronnie McDaniel told the audience the council admired Agnes for her efforts on behalf of the rescued horses and the people benefiting from the riding program. However,

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Photographer DJ Craig spends hours photographing eagles fishing in the Green Valley Park lakes and quickly recorded the newcomer — even getting the number on his leg tag.

Odds are, he’ll eventually try to set up a nesting territory closer to his birthplace along the Gila River as it passes through the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Normally, eagles don’t build nests in areas with as many people as Green Valley Park. However, Game and Fish biologists say they could easily nest along the East Verde, Tonto Creek, Fossil Creek or the lakes atop the Rim. In the meantime, the fierce-eyed youngster has added to the excitement of a visit to Green Valley Park.

Pine schools reopen mercury-tainted gym by

Michele Nelson

“It was used in the ’70s and late ’80s as a catalyst to level the floor,” said Barlow.

The contractor, Dominion Environmental Construction, sent samples to the Apex Environmental Laboratory.

The lab came back with a reading that caused alarm.

Once the Pine-Strawberry School discovered the mercury, they immediately shut down the gym for further testing.

Barlow said so many Tartan floors were installed in schools, hospitals and other institutions around the state, the School Facilities Board created

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The Pine-Strawberry School Board at its meeting on Jan. 11 voted to re-open the gym it had closed last year.

No one has used the gym since October of 2015 due to the fear of mercury in the spongy rubber Tartan brand floor.

“The floor was installed when the school was built in 1988,” said Principal Cody Barlow.

Barlow said the school found out about the mercury during a grant application process to the Arizona School Facilities Board to fix a crack in the floor.

a task force with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Health Department to study the floors to determine the full extent of the danger.

In Pine-Strawberry’s case, after two months of research and numerous tests, the task force told the school it could re-open the gym. The task force advised the school to keep the gym well ventilated whenever it’s in use.

Reassured, the board voted to re-open the gym — a centerpiece of the school and community.

“They are telling us it is safe to go in there,” said Barlow.

“We’re ventilating it per their recommendation.”

All of the controversy has upset some parents and raised concerns in the community, said Barlow.

To reassure the public, the Pine-Strawberry School will hold a public meeting on Feb. 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the gym.

The task force from the state of Arizona will answer any questions.

To see the documents the Pine-Strawberry School Board received to make its decision, please go to the school’s website: http://www.pineesd.org.

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Photographer DJ Craig recently captured this shot of the geese and ducks of Green Valley Park surrounded by a rare layer of ice on the lake. Don’t expect any ice this week, with the weather forecast calling for mostly sunny skies through Monday, with highs in the mid to upper 50s and lows in the mid 30s. Nonetheless, rainfall for January so far has been about twice normal.

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The Payson Town Council Thursday night gave the go-ahead for the Payson Police Department to absorb the Gila County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center.

Police Chief Don Engler and Sheriff Adam Shepherd must now come up with a six-month plan to make the switch, which if approved, would go into effect July 1.

Currently, both agencies have a handful of dispatchers that answer calls for northern Gila County.

Both have struggled to attract new hires and the PPD’s five dispatchers are all currently working mandatory overtime (10-hour shifts) to make up the difference.

Engler said a sixth dispatcher will start on Monday, but the department needs more help.

Recently, the Globe police and fire department dispatchers moved into the GCSO dispatch center.

Shepherd said the GCSO had the better facility so it made sense for Globe to move over.

In Payson, the opposite is true. The PPD has made more improvements at its dispatch center. For this reason, Shepherd said Gila County dispatchers would move to the PPD. Engler said there is funding to support this endeavor, at least initially.

Gila County would pay Payson to cover the salaries of its dispatchers, although the specifics have not been worked out.

The Gila County dispatchers would become Town of Payson employees.

Engler said there are some cons, including equipment and employee costs, additional training and PPD taking on more dispatch

areas, including the Gisela Fire Department and Tonto Apache Police Department.

“Surely I believe the pros of this endeavor outweigh any cons that might be out there,” Engler said.

But having only one dispatch center in northern Gila County will improve efficiency.

Dispatchers will know where officers from both departments are at all times and in the event of a major emergency, can call on both for mutual aid quickly instead of having to phone the other dispatch center for backup.

Shepherd started his career in law enforcement 37 years ago as a Payson dispatcher.

“I wouldn’t enter any agreement like this lightly,” he said. “It comes down to who is better to go forward with this.”

Mayor Kenny Evans praised the agencies for working together.

“It is a step in the right direction,” he said.

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Phoenix, knocking service out not only for Payson, but Flagstaff for eight-plus hours. Finally, in September 2015, crews doing roadwork on West Fossil Creek Road inadvertently cut a line, severing Internet service for 13 hours.

If you are not on satellite dish service, like DirecTV, your Internet and phone service most likely comes through the CenturyLink fiber optic line from the Valley. Like a tree, Phoenix is the trunk for Internet service.

Branches, or lines, travel from the main trunk to various communities around the state. One branch goes up I-17 to Flagstaff.

In Camp Verde, an offshoot of that line travels to Payson.

Suddenlink and Verizon lease space on this branch to offer service to Payson, Pine, Strawberry and Tonto Creek.

Currently, only the line from Camp Verde brings service to the area for these companies. A cut in that line disrupts nearly all service, bringing many businesses to a halt with residents unable to access the Internet, use cellular devices, pay with credit cards or get cash from ATMs. Phone service carried on copper lines, such as that offered by CenturyLink, has not been impacted by the cuts.

Payson wants to connect to a fiber optic loop so that a cut in the line out near Camp Verde would not interrupt service in Payson, said Todd Whitney

Payson Mayor Kenny Evans and other town officials hope to create a fiber optic loop that would protect Internet and phone communications. with Gila County Health and Emergency Management in October when the last outage occurred. A cut on one side of Payson would almost instantly reroute traffic through the loop to the other side.

Local business owners say they have lost thousands of dollars each time an outage occurs because they cannot process credit cards or make online orders.

“We have got to get some redundancy in the system,” said Scott Helmer, owner of Rim Country Guns and the former Rim Country Regional Chamber

of Commerce president. “This is just unreal. Why is this continuing to happen?”

Evans and Bobby Davis, Payson’s economic development specialist, have been holding monthly meetings since the last outage with local stakeholders to discuss what can be done.

The group is known as the Rim Country Broadband Consortium.

They say in areas with modern network design, a line splice does not mean an Internet blackout. While some outages still occur, most traffic is automatically rerouted to an alternative line. Network performance is sometimes poorer because of lost capacity caused by the disruption, but information still gets through.

Consortium member and local Realtor Cliff Potts said he spoke with the Snowflake Broadband Consortium, which is having similar issues as Payson, including a lack of capacity, reliability and bandwidth.

Evans has met with Sen. John McCain, Congressman Paul Gosar and Sen. Jeff Flake to discuss the issue and Gosar agreed to put pressure on the U.S. Forest Service to modify easements to bring fiber optic cables across Forest Service land.

Evans said to add resilience to the system we need additional fiber optic lines.

Payson is currently at the end of CenturyLink’s line from Camp Verde. If a line could be extended north, Payson would be part of a loop. Then if the line was

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But the cost to add additional line underground is in the tens of millions given the area’s terrain.

Evans believes a more affordable option, costing around $1.5 million, would be to install a 30-mile fiber optic line on existing APS utility poles from the Forest Lakes area.

Other possibilities the group is considering is working with GovNET and launching a Point of Presence (PoP).

GovNET is using federal money to build a statewide microwave and fiber network to support schools, hospitals, government, emergency service organizations and last-mile broadband service providers.

GovNET towers have already been placed in Camp Verde, Cottonwood, Patagonia and Sedona.

Besides offering often better data speeds, the towers act as a backup for emergency communication.

And for commercial purposes, GovNET is selling capacity to a broadband companies who then in turn sell Internet service to subscribers.

Davis and Evans said they would like to bring GovNET to Payson as well.

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The Payson Public Library will again present its Lego Family Fun event from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Jan. 22.

Participants will be invited to build projects with Legos and the masterpieces will then be be showcased in the lobby display case.

Play presented at PHS

The PHS Thespians will present the Italian comedy, “Commedia Delight” by Claudia Haas and Richard Cash. It will tickle your funny bone, charm your wit and stretch your imagination.

Longhorn Theatre Company will present this hilarious farce about mistaken identity in the little town of Delight, Italy.

Performances at Payson High School are Friday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.

Tickets at the door are $6 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens.

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Little League registration

The Payson Little League has registration from 8 a.m. to noon every Wednesday at Scoops and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Big 5 through February.

If anyone needs more information, they can call (928) 978-3417.

and may be purchased at the Rim Country Chamber or Bob’s Western Wear.

For more information, please call local organizer Justin Deaton at (928) 978-2954.

Payson Amnesty group to host ‘Lunch Letters’

Applications for the Men’s SUPERSTARS! event, scheduled for Saturday, March 5, are now available at the Payson Elk’s Lodge, 1206 N. Beeline Highway. All male singers are invited to apply and audition for the show. Applications must be completed and returned to the Lodge by Saturday, Jan. 30.

For more information, call the Lodge at (928) 474-2572.

For over 52 years, Amnesty International has been writing letters to free prisoners of conscience, individuals who have been unjustly imprisoned. As a continuation of the popular International Write For Rights letter writing event in December, Payson Amnesty International is hosting a lunchtime letter writing opportunity Thursday, Jan. 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crosswinds Restaurant, 800 W. Airport Road. Purchase lunch and Payson Amnesty International will supply everything needed to write a letter and save a life! Join us for Lunch Letters as we support human rights issues locally and around the world.

Please call Penny at 928-978-1268 for more information.

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The Hashknife Pony Express will gallop through town on Jan. 27.

Riders will take a break at the Payson Post Office at 4 p.m. before cleaning up for a banquet at the Mazatzal Casino at 6:30 p.m.

At the Post Office, the riders will have the Kids Cowboy Camp Booth open with information and merchandise. They will happily pose for photos as they pick up the mail.

Anyone may attend the banquet, which is a dinner dance. Tickets are $30 per person

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

• Championship Sunday, Jan. 24 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Apache Spirits Lounge.

Bucket of 4 Bud/Bud Light Bottles $8, 12 wings and 16 oz. domestic draft $7, individual single topping pizza and 16 oz. domestic draft $6, Bloody Mary Bar $4.25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., $2 domestic drafts during all the games!

• Valentine’s Dinner Show - Elton John Tribute Saturday, Feb. 13. Doors open 5 p.m., dinner at 5:30, show at 6:15 p.m. $70 per couple or $40 single. Get your tickets at the gift shop.

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During the month of January, the Library Friends of Payson Bookstore is featuring a storewide clearance sale. All items are being offered at two for the price of one.

This includes all books, hard cover as well as paperbacks, videos, puzzles and items in the 50 cent area. Shoppers can mix and match. The second must be of equal or lesser value than the first item. It’s a great way to ensure that you have plenty of reading and viewing material for the cold winter

county attorney is guest speaker The Payson Tea Party invites you to hear Gila County Attorney Bradley Beauchamp discuss the changes to the County Attorney’s office since he took over, and answer questions of interest from the audience. Please join us on Tuesday, Jan. 26, from 6 to 7:45 p.m., at Tiny’s Restaurant on East Highway 260. For more information, call 928-951-6774.

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Bookstore stock is constantly changing, so stop by often. All Bookstore 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 the Library Friends of Payson website at www.libraryfriendsofpayson.org.

any other tax related documents.

From Feb. 1 through April 12, hours are Mondays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge on Airport Road and the Beeline. For more information, leave a message at 928-478-6518, and your call will be returned.

How to get eBooks and audio books from the library

Ponderosa Chapter #64, Order of the Eastern Star is selling raffle tickets for two, round-trip coach class tickets on the Grand Canyon Railway.

Tickets are $5 each or six for $25 and only 300 tickets will be sold.

The drawing for the tickets will be held at the O.E.S. Stated Meeting Feb. 1, 2016. It is not necessary to be present to win and the tickets are valid until Oct. 31, 2016.

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Marjorie Winemiller at 928-4680790 (Payson) or Kathleen Hemmingsen at 602-615-5331 (Pine and Strawberry).

Eastern Star is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping needy children, battered women, veterans and furthering medical research.

The Payson Public Library is introducing OverDrive, a means to download eBooks and audio books from the library directly to your device.

A program on the technology is planned for 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 28 in the library’s meeting room.

The library is at 328 N. McLane Rd., Payson. For more information, call (928) 474-9260.

Language Exchange at library

The Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd., is hosting a unique way to learn Spanish and English. In its Language Exchange program, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Fridays, practice your Spanishspeaking skills or improve your English in an hour of conversation.

Organizers say this is a great way to learn vocabulary, slang and informal expressions in a relaxed atmosphere. All ages are welcome.

See ‘Ant-Man’ at the library

The Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road, presents ‘Ant-Man’ at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29. Please join us for this Marvelous movie.

For more information, call 928-474-9260.

Free day at the museum

In honor Zane Grey’s 144th birthday, Rim Country Museum will be providing tours free of charge on Jan. 30. Zane Grey was born Jan. 30, 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio.

He came to Payson in 1918 and subsequently wrote numerous books about his beloved Tonto Rim (known to us as the Mogollon Rim). Please join us in his celebration.

Refreshments will be served. The museum is located at 700 S. Green Valley Parkway.

Free AARP Tax-Aide service begins Feb. 1

AARP tax-aide volunteers assist low-to-moderate income taxpayers prepare and e-file Federal and AZ income tax returns. Though special attention is given to those 60 and older, any age is welcome and you need not be a member of AARP. The IRS-certified volunteers prepare personal returns, and small Schedule C businesses with expenses less than $25,000, no employees, no depreciation, and no inventory. You must bring: your photo ID; social security cards or ITIN’s for everyone listed on the return; income documents, 2014 tax return, itemized statement of expenses and

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Veterans Benefits Counselor returns to Payson Feb. 4

Robert Thompson, a Veterans Benefits Counselor from the Arizona Department of Veterans Services, will be at the DES office in Payson, on Thursday, Feb. 4. The address is 100 N. Tonto St. #100. Appointments will be seen from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (walk-ins on a time available basis). The appointments will start at 9 a.m. and are one hour long.

Any interested veterans may contact Thompson at (602) 627-3261 to schedule an appointment, or call at any time to get information and/or claim assistance without an office visit.

Non-Profit Summit

The 3rd Annual Non-Profit Summit is from noon to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Mazatzal Hotel & Casino’s Fireside Room.

Attend to find out how your non-profit may become eligible for receipt of unclaimed jackpot funds in 2016. Seating is limited to two members from each organization. Please RSVP to Patty Wisner at (928) 474-6044, extension 5501.

Non-profit organizations that received confirmation of eligibility last year may submit 2016 Renewal form in lieu of attending. Renewal forms are available at Players Club of the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.

Marriage conference planned

The First Baptist Church of Pine is hosting a Marriage Conference — the art of marriage, going to the heart of God’s design in February. The deadline to register is Friday, Feb. 19.

The cost is $35 per couple. The event is from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 20 and from 2:45 p.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday Feb. 21 at the First Baptist Church of Pine, 4039 N. Highway 87 in Pine.

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First Baptist Pine will provide a light breakfast and lunch on Saturday and a light dinner on Sunday, however the church is unable to provide childcare.

No one will be put on the spot but there will be open discussion time for those wishing to ask questions and have further discussions on any marriage related topics.

To register, call the church, (928) 476-3552 or email Marriage First at AOM&MarriageFirst.org.

Read a book, draw a picture

The Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd., is inviting its young patrons to read a book and draw a picture about the book to win a gift certificate for a free Subway Fresh Fit Meal for Kids.

The event is part of the library’s ongoing program, Reading Matters.

Museum, Zane Grey Cabin need volunteers

The Northern Gila County Historical Society is looking for volunteers to help with tours of its museum and the Zane Grey Cabin in Green Valley Park.

Ideal volunteers should like to meet new people, want to learn local history and love to talk about Payson.

Hours are flexible.

To learn more, call (928) 474-3483.

Presidential Preference Election information

Are you aware that as a registered Independent or Party Not Designated (PND) voter, you cannot vote in the March 22 Presidential Preference Elections?

In order to vote in the Democrat or Republican Presidential Preference (Closed) Primary on March 22, you must register with one of those two political parties by Feb. 22. You can register to vote online at www.servicearizona.com, click on “voter registration” on the top information bar.

Instructions will follow. You can also register at the Gila County Recorder’s Office, 201 W. Frontier St. (at the corner of Colcord), Payson. For more information or to have a registration form delivered to you, call (928) 951-6774.

Vendors sought for car show

The Rim Country Classic Auto Club is seeking vendors for its April 30, 2016 Beeline Cruise-in and Car Show.

Local food venders and non-food venders are invited to go to the club’s website (http://clubs.hemmings.com/rccac/) if they are interested in participating in the show. Space is available on a first come basis. For more information, call Sandi, (928) 476-2168.

Visitor restrictions at hospital

Banner Payson Medical Center has announced visitor restrictions to ensure protection of patients, staff and visitors from potentially contagious illnesses.

As of now the following restrictions are in place at Banner Payson and all other Banner hospitals: • Don’t visit hospital patients if you have a fever, cough, are vomiting or have diarrhea.

• No visitors under the age of 13 will be allowed inside the hospital.

• Siblings, who do not have cold or flu symptoms may visit a new baby on the obstetrics unit, however the child may be screened by staff before being allowed to visit.

• Children, 12 and under, must be supervised by an adult at all times in public waiting areas or the cafeteria.

• Please wash or sanitize your hands frequently while at the hospital.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • American Legion Fish Fry: Noon-8 p.m., American Legion • Lego Family Fun: 4 p.m., Payson Public Library • Little League registration: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Big 5, through February • Play presentation: 4 p.m., Payson High School

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Saturday • Little League registration: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Big 5, through February • Pine Library: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Play presentation: 7 p.m., Payson High School

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Looking ahead

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• County Attorney speaks at Payson Tea Party meeting: 6 p.m., Tiny’s Restaurant

Jan. 27 • Hashknife Pony Express returns to Payson P.O., 4 p.m.; dinner banquet 6:30 p.m. at Mazatzal Casino Jan. 28 • Amnesty writes ‘Lunch Letters’: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Crosswinds Restaurant • eBooks presentation: 2 p.m., Payson Public Library Jan. 29 • See ‘Ant-Man’: 3:30 p.m., Payson Public Library

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OPINION

4A Friday, January 22, 2016

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Heartening sign of cooperation

• Jan. 21, 1908: In New York City, the Sullivan Ordinance was passed. It made smoking in public places by women illegal. The measure was vetoed by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. two weeks later.

• Jan. 23, 1968: The U.S. intelligence-gathering ship Pueblo is seized by the North Korean navy and its crew charged with spying. Negotiations to free the 83-man crew dragged on for nearly a year, and required a signed confession by the ship’s captain admitting to spying.

• Jan. 24, 1972: After 28 years of hiding in the jungles of Guam, farmers discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who was unaware that World War II had ended. Yokoi had gone into hiding rather than surrender to the Americans.

• Jan. 22, 2001: Acting on a tip, authorities captured four of the “Texas 7” in Woodland Park, CO, at a convenience store. A fifth convict killed himself inside a motor home.

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We’re excited about the proposed merger of the dispatch centers for Payson police and fire and the Gila County Sheriff’s Office.

The struggle to find enough dispatchers and the hope for operational and economic efficiency has spurred Payson and the sheriff to consider consolidating emergency dispatch operations. The move makes perfect sense, given both the difficulty of finding enough dispatchers and the tremendous potential benefits of coordinating the activities of many police and fire departments from a single center.

Both Gila County and Payson officials deserve great credit for working together so efficiently — and for now seeking to deepen the connection.

We believe all sorts of unexpected benefits will flow from having virtually all law enforcement in Rim Country dispatched from the same center. The Department of Public Safety remains the odd man out now — with officers operating on different frequencies.

The dispatchers working in the Payson center will now know the location of every officer in Rim Country, with the exception of the DPS patrol officers. This will surely improve the response and coordination of law enforcement throughout the region.

We hope it will prove something of a model for closer cooperation between fire departments in the region, almost all of them struggling now as a result of the decline in property values and state-imposed property tax limits. Fire departments have curtailed use of volunteers, cut back crew sizes to dangerous levels, and struggled to cope with onerous new requirements for pensions and benefits.

We believe joint operating agreements or an outright merger would help all those departments save money on administration and training. More important, a closer relationship will improve coordination and cross-training — which will save lives and protect property.

But for now, we can simply celebrate the impending consolidation of dispatch services in Payson’s upgraded emergency call center.

World’s best readers No doubt about it — we’ve got the best readers in the world.

We offer as point of evidence #12,127 today’s little frontpage feature on the eagles of Green Valley Park — made possible by two of our readers.

Ralph Roberts noticed a new eagle hanging out at the lake, with the darker feathers on his head typical of a juvenile on the brink of adulthood. So he got out his camera got some lovely photos of the new bird and emailed them to us.

Next thing we knew, the invaluable DJ Craig sent us some additional photos of the eagle. He even managed to zoom in on the identification tag on the bird’s leg, which revealed the eagle was born four years ago on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. With any luck, the eagle will end up establishing a nesting territory somewhere around here — maybe even overlooking Green Valley Park.

But we just want to express our gratitude for Ralph and DJ — and all the other readers who send us news tips and photographs.

Now, we have to admit — we’re feeling a little snake-bit at the moment.

Couple of weeks ago, Roundup sports editor Keith Morris took a tumble while on assignment down in the bottom of Tonto Natural Bridge State Park. He managed to drag himself out of there — only to discover he’d broken his leg badly enough to need pins and a rod and the kind of cast that immobilizes you for two or three months. So he’s been laid up for about a month now. Fortunately, that old warhorse Max Foster came out of retirement to help us keep the sports page going.

Then this week, managing editor Teresa McQuerrey fell as she left a Star Valley Town Council meeting. She broke a toe and maybe an elbow — we’re still waiting for the doctors to figure things out.

But in the meantime, we’re struggling, with 40 percent of the newsroom staff laid up. Fortunately, we’ve got the world’s best readers — full of compassion and support — and willing to send us photos and uplifting news about bald eagles.

So bear with us, oh best beloved.

And we’ll keep trying to do our best to be worthy of the world’s best readers.

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Educational Alliance answers questions about university site There continues to be much interest and discussion in our towns about the proposed university coming to Payson, the purchase of the Forest Service land, and a proposed charter school to be built by the American Leadership Academy, Inc. (ALA) in Payson. A lot of questions have been asked about what has transpired and concerns have been raised regarding how these events will unfold and impact our community, and specifically the Payson Unified School District (PUSD). We would like to provide you with updated information that we hope will clear up misconceptions about what the Rim Country Educational Foundation (RCEF), along with the Rim Country Educational Alliance (RCEA), are doing to expand educational opportunities in Payson and all of Rim Country.

Since the inception of the university project, a large team of volunteers has been focused on two important interrelated goals: 1. enhancing educational opportunities and 2. fueling economic development. RCEF was formed in 2009 to raise funds to bring a four-year university to Payson. Two years later, the RCEA was formed to provide a political subdivision capable of shielding the taxpayers of Payson and Star Valley from the costs of bringing a university to Rim Country. Five years later, in 2014, the nonprofit Mogollon Health Alliance merged with Banner Health Systems (BHS). As a part of that merger, BHS made a significant donation to the newly formed MHA Foundation. They, in turn, committed a portion of these private funds to help RCEF cover the continuing costs of expanding education in Rim Country in partnership with RCEA which was created to carry out that purpose.

Late last year, the RCEF provided the funds required to purchase substantial acreage from the Forest Service along Highway 260 in Payson to build not only a university complete with classrooms, dorms and auxiliary support buildings for an anticipated 6,000 students, but also retail, hospitality and other revenue-generating enterprises. The purchase was completed after years of efforts that included many forums that culminated in the USFS Public Interest Report which addressed the issues raised by the public forums. This purchase was completed under the guidelines of the Unified Development Code that was adopted in 1996 and updated in 2011 creating an Educational Facilities District (EF). The

EF “permits, protects and facilitates the following: colleges, universities, private schools, charter schools and other facilities used primarily for, or to support, education. Additionally these facilities may be owned by governmental or private entities.”

The anticipated Payson charter school is not a product of the RCEA or RCEF. The ALA is a private enterprise that has been granted a charter from the state of Arizona. The opportunity for RCEF/RCEA to lease a small parcel of land on the property to ALA surfaced after the purchase was completed in the past few months. The revenue stream created by their lease as well as other commercial and retail property leases will help to ultimately reduce the cost of a four-year education through the use of scholarships and other financial-aid packages to qualified students who want to continue their higher education at a nationally recognized university in this community. ALA’s payments to RCEA will help bring affordable higher education to Payson and create jobs as well as give concerned parents and students an educational choice.

Many concerns have been raised regarding this major educational project. Here are answers to the most frequently asked questions.

1. Are my tax dollars being used for this charter school and how can I stop it from going forward? No Payson tax dollars are being used to bring or build a charter school here in Payson. The decision to come to Payson rests with ALA. 2. Won’t the addition of a charter school to the Payson landscape ultimately reduce state funding to the Payson Unified School District (PUSD) by reducing the number of students who attend PUSD? A university in Payson will grow the population of the town which will bring additional students to PUSD and ultimately result in increased state funding.

3. Because the RCEA is a public board (its members appointed by the town councils of Payson and Star Valley) do the citizens of Payson and Star Valley have the right to oversee or overturn the RCEA or direct any future decisions? The RCEA is indeed a public board with jurisdiction over the university property only. Because there are no residents living on the property, area residents do not have any rights regarding decisions of the board,

although the RCEA Board has and will continue to seek public input.

4. Will any local tax monies be used to further the development of this project? No. In fact, the university and all other educational and retail establishments will be purchasing services from local utilities such as electric and propane as well as water and other services from the town and local businesses.

5. Who is the preferred educational partner? ASU, but no contracts or agreements have been signed. However, discussions are ongoing. Other universities have also shown interest in this project.

6. Why is the RCEA going ahead with building plans without a formal commitment from a university partner? Consultants from the nationally recognized architectural firm of RSP Architects, Ltd. and global-project managers from the firm of Rider Levett Bucknall are providing guidance in the planning of the campus layout and building design. ASU, the preferred university partner, is providing input to that design process as well.

7. Have plans been submitted to the Town of Payson? Yes. The RCEA approved a high-level master land plan that has been accepted by the Town of Payson in a series of public meetings. Additionally, the plans are consistent with the Town General Plan adopted by 74 percent of Payson residents last year.

8. Where can I find information about future RCEA meetings? All meetings are posted in advance at the Payson Town Hall. Meetings are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month.

9. How will multiple educational facilities in Payson affect me? Ultimately Payson will grow in size, bringing new cultural activities, increased retail opportunities, a boon to real estate, more and diverse restaurants, and much more. Payson and Rim Country will enjoy many more advantages that good jobs can bring to a community.

There is a lot to be done between now and the time the first students arrive in Payson.

As a board, we will do our part to make residents proud that Rim Country is their home.

Thank you, The RCEA Board: Jon Cline, Su Connell, Jim Lyon, Ronnie McDaniel, Larry Sugarman

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Principles and responsibilities of liberty should be taught Editor: After PUSD Superintendent Greg Wyman described the differences between a traditional public school and a charter school, former school board member Rory Huff brought up the point that the American Leadership Academy touts itself as “real American.”

“Wyman said PUSD says the Pledge of Alliance and sings the national anthem at every sporting event.” (Roundup, Jan. 19, who may be responsible for exchanging the word “Alliance” for the correct word, “Allegiance.”)

That is not real encouraging. Unless PUSD and every other school in the country restores classroom instruction on the principles of liberty our nation

was founded to preserve and protect, and the personal responsibilities citizens have to protect and defend the exercise of those liberties by others from over-reaching government, the first nation in the history of the planet to elevate private individual rights above the arbitrary whim of kings and princes and neighborhood warlords is going to go the way of the dodo bird.

Without understanding the principles and responsibilities of liberty, reciting a pledge of allegiance and singing the national anthem is a hollow farce.

PUSD should do better.

Donald L. Cline

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Recently, the Mogollon Sporting Association held its First Annual Golf Tournament. We raised $7,200 to help with sports fees for those students at the middle school and high school who would otherwise not be able to play.

This tournament would not have been a success without the support of the community. We would like to thank our sponsors and donors: Lou Manganiello, Fraternal Order of Police Phoenix Lodge #2, Anixter, Scott Kelly, North Pine Construction, Fargo’s Steakhouse, Terra Firma Excavating, Cardo’s Pizza, Bud’s Plumbing, T&T Construction, Miller Auto Works, Buffalo Bar and Grill, Dr. Charles Beier, Napa, Rim Country Custom Rods, Kevin Dick Investment Management Group, Bob and Michelle Halenar, Diamond Point Gun Shop, Chris and Mary Wolf, Anderson Dental, Native Grill, El Rancho, Ralfe Taylor, Gary Richardson, Payson Con­ crete, Roy Haught, Golf Friends of Kelsey Bossert, Safeway, Jack and Sandee Koon, Clayton Randall, Albert Hunt, Chaparral Pines, Butch and Pam Bossert, Jason and Kelly Schwein.

We are proud to be part of such a great community and are looking forward to our second annual tournament later this year.

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A Tempe man is recovering after falling above Water Wheel Wednesday afternoon and hitting his head.

The man, in his 50s, was hiking with a friend and Beaver Valley Fire Chief Mike Williamson off Houston Mesa Road, in the Water Wheel area between first and second crossing, which features several waterfalls and rock cliffs.

Williamson said he had only met the man a few hours earlier when his roommate suggested they go for a hike with his friend.

They hiked along the creek and up above the waterfalls.

The men were climbing down a rock face when the man slipped and fell, roughly 15 feet, Williamson said.

The man hit his head and was quite dazed.

Williamson had the man lay down and then with the help of Sgt. Rodney Cronk with the Gila County Sheriff’s Office slowly walked him out to the road where an ambulance was waiting. Paramedics took him to Banner Payson where he was later released.

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Flood-smoothed boulders can make the footing treacherous above the Water Wheel falls on the East Verde, where a hiker was rescued after a 15-foot fall.

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When Renae Yellowhorse comes to the area of the Grand Canyon where the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers meet, she feels the presence of her late father.

She says she sees him in the desert blooms, feels him in the breeze and senses him when she takes steps toward the edge of the canyon.

But the place Yellowhorse holds sacred, where she says her prayers and connects with her ancestors, could someday be the site of commercial development and an aerial tramway, along with the thousands of tourists that would follow.

This spot on the north edge of the canyon is known as the Confluence. Developers want to build a project called the Escalade to make the area a commercial hub for tourists to learn about Navajo culture and have easy access to the bottom of the canyon and the Confluence.

But the land is considered sacred to the Navajo and treasured by hikers and conservationists who worry any development will tarnish its untouched beauty and strain water resources. Yellowhorse is the spokeswoman for Save the Confluence, an organization opposed to any changes — even though the developers behind the project say they will leave the sacred areas untouched.

“When man comes in and does the blasting, the tearing into the heart of our mother, where does that construction end? Where will it stop?” she said.

Some 25 miles away in Gap, Larry Hanks takes a dirt road to his small house, pointing out two couches, a wood-burning stove, propane bottles, a gas lantern. There is no electricity, no running water, not even a bed.

He lives here with his 10-year-old daughter.

He and others in the Bodaway-Gap Chapter of the Navajo Nation support the Escalade project because they say it will provide jobs in one of the poorest and most undeveloped areas of the Navajo reservation.

“In an urban area, a city, a lot of kids have all the resources they want with their school. My daughter does not have that, as you can see,” he said. “There’s no Boys and Girls Club. There’s no elderly care, there’s no places for them to hang out.”

People like Hanks say the development will bring hope and employment. Outgoing Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly also has said he supports it, but he didn’t respond to multiple calls for comment.

Arizona Rep. Albert Hale, D-St. Michaels, and a partner in the project, says it will help the impoverished Bennett Freeze area. The Bennett Freeze, imposed decades ago by federal authorities, prohibited any development on parts of the Navajo reservation because of a land dispute between the Navajo and Hopi tribes.

“There are no jobs available on the Indian reservation,” said Hale, a former Navajo Nation president. “So the people who are

opposed, are they willing to step out and say, ‘You know, we have got to look at these things, we have got to find a way to keep our children here. Pretty soon, who is going to be left?”

Newly elected Navajo President Russell Begaye disagrees. Lynette Willie, his communications director, said Begaye thinks more conversation is needed.

“He doesn’t think the Confluence Partners are doing what the people want, it’s important to listen to the Navajo people about development,” she said.

Marie Peyketewa, whose family has worked the land as sheep farmers for generations, has the same concern. She said the project hasn’t been properly explained to the people and that Navajo Nation leaders have refused to meet with her.

“They don’t want us to question how much money is going to come in and how much you (sic) promising us,” Peyketewa said.

Peyketewa said a better way to bring prosperity would be to build the houses and bring the water and power lines necessary to improve their quality of life, rather than counting on the Escalade project.

Yellowhorse has been coming to the Confluence since she was a girl.

“If they bring in anything to dig up the earth, I will be here, hanging on with my bare hands if I have to,” Yellowhorse said.

“That cannot happen here. Not here.”

Development around the Grand Canyon long has been debated between investors looking capitalize on the area and conservationists and nearby residents who want to protect the natural wonder.

Just miles from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon sits a cluster of hotels and small homes, a McDonald’s, a general store and a gas station, comprising the town of Tusayan. With fewer than 600 residents, most of whom live in employee housing, the town is primarily a pit stop for Grand Canyon visitors.

Tusayan also has been in the middle of a years-long conflict over development plans.

Some say the area is in desperate need of permanent housing for residents, while others say it can’t handle a large development because of water concerns.

For more than 25 years Italian investment group Stilo has been looking to develop the town and even helped get it incorporated, but town members and Grand Canyon park officials say there isn’t enough water to sustain the planned 2,000-home development on 40 acres of land.

For Mayor Greg Bryan, the development is about affordable housing and helping residents put down roots in the town instead of relying on their employer for housing.

“I’ve been here 17 years, and if I were to retire next week I have to leave,” Bryan said.

“I have to leave. I can’t retire here.”

Bryan said affordable housing, rather than employee housing, would help build up the community.

“We have the opportunity to grow the

town and to grow leadership because they will have roots, they will have skin in the game, they will have the desire to build something for them and their family and their children,” Bryan said.

Additionally, the development would greatly improve residents’ standard of living, Bryan said.

“They (critics of the development) don’t understand that they get to sit quietly and nicely in their furnished home — store right down the street, they can shop and get whatever they want — and if they want to change jobs or change schools, it’s a choice they have with minimal impact,” Bryan said.

“Citizens and residents in this community don’t have that luxury today. They don’t have the luxury of owning a home. They don’t have a luxury of tax benefits.”

Clarinda Vail, a third-generation Tusayan resident, said the interests of developers and Town Council aren’t in the best interests of the town.

“They are, in my opinion, in this area just to line their pocketbooks, and they don’t have their heart here the way that my family has had their hearts here for years,” Vail said.

But it’s not just small-town politics causing a rift. Figuring out how to supply water for the development is also an issue.

Dave Uberuaga, superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park, said the proposed development wouldn’t serve the best interests of the town or the public.

“They want to go from a residential community of less than 500 (sic) people to one of 5,000 to 6,000 people,” Uberuaga said. “They want to go from a consumption of water that’s 400 percent more consumption, and they haven’t declared where they are going to get their water.”

Residents like Vail have been asking the developers how they plan on finding water, but Stilo acknowledges having no answers.

Tom De Paolo, managing director of Stilo’s U.S. operations, said the company has looked into repurposing a pipeline to bring in water, but it doesn’t have any set plans.

“If you take a place as special as the Grand Canyon and you do it thoughtfully, it’s forever and it should be,” he said. “So it’s going to take as long as it takes to do it right.”

The Grand Canyon National Park had more than 4.5 million visitors in 2013, ranging from sightseeing families to serious hikers like Grant Emerick.

Emerick has been hiking the Grand Canyon with his father since he was 8 years old.

“I think, especially with the Grand Canyon in particular, I think it’s very important to preserve our national landmarks for younger generations,” he said. “The more they get destroyed, the more they get developed, the less respect people are going to have, you know, newer and newer generations, for the natural world.”

Tips for Winterizing Your Home. The snow is falling, the fire is roaring and all your daily worries begin to melt away as you sip on a cup of hot chocolate. This is probably what you’d like to be doing during a winter storm, but something like frozen pipes could turn cozy into chaotic. It’s not too late to consider these few steps to keep you happy and your house healthy.

Seal windows & doors.

Having carefully sealed windows and doors is imperative to keeping the cold air outside. Double-check the seals around your home to ensure they’re not leaking warm air. Your local home improvement store will also carry a window insulation kit to help stop leaks.

Checking the drywall and exterior of your home for any holes and re-caulking them is a great way to give your home an additional edge.

Check your heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

When was the last time you serviced your HVAC system? Since you don’t want you’re heating to dip-out during a winter storm, it’s important to make sure your current system is in good shape. Typical HVAC upkeep includes: filter changes, pipe/connection inspections and thermostat tests (especially if you have a smart system). Unless you have extensive experience repairing HVAC systems, it’s best to leave these repairs up to a professional.

Clean chimney.

Before you build that big fire in the family fireplace, make sure to have it professionally cleaned. Weather damage, shifting foundations and creosote buildup can lead to some pretty serious problems if ignored. It’s highly advised that you have a professional inspect and clean your chimney.

Inspect the roof, gutters and downspouts.

Before winter weather hits, it’s always a good idea to have your roof inspected by a professional. If any holes, leaks, or missing tiles/shingles are discovered, it’s important to have the problem fixed immediately.

Downspouts and gutters also need a thorough check to prepare for snow and ice. Gutters clogged with leaves or dirt prevent moisture from running through your system.

Insulate your pipes.

If you have any exposed pipes, now is the time to insulate them. Also make sure that any outdoor watering systems are drained and turned off.

Any outdoor faucets should be insulated and covered for the winter as well.

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Strange and unexpected political news Revolutionizing state politics

and Independents a chance. Currently, most of the state’s legislative districts have lopsided registration advantages for one party or another. That means whoever wins the party primary has a lock on the general issues that election. If only the activist party members vote in the primary, it will produce very conservative winners in the Republican disThe tricts and very liberal winners Greasy in the Democratic districts.

Pole Please note, voters rejected ★ ★ ★ ★ a similar plan two years ago by a two-to-one margin. That

by Pete proposal would let people run Aleshire without even revealing their party designation — and crit“I have climbed to the ics feared this would mislead top of the greasy pole” the voters. This time, the bal— Benjamin Disraeli lot would list party affiliation.

Voters may face two ballot would work huge changes in the state’s politics.

One measure would force dark money groups to reveal what they’re spending and where they got the money.

The second measure would make a fresh attempt to replace party primaries with open, top-two primaries.

First the dark money proposition, sponsored by the Open and Honest Coalition — backed mostly by prominent Democrats like former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson and former Attorney General Terry Goddard.

The dark money proposition would require special interest groups and independent committees to disclose the source of any contribution larger than $10,000.

Dark money has increasingly come to dominate campaign spending ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations and special interest groups have the same free speech rights as individuals. The ruling eliminated limits on their spending, but the court effectively invited Congress to pass laws requiring disclosure of spending and sources. Naturally enough, Congress has done nothing — since incumbents from both parties get most of the benefits from the tide of dark money that has transformed politics in the past few years. The millions spent on the last corporation commission election — presumably by Arizona Public Service — represents one obvious example locally.

The second proposal is even more controversial — the imposition of a “top two” primary.

Currently, Republicans and Democrats each have their own closed primaries — although Independents can vote in either primary if they request a ballot.

As a side note — this doesn’t apply in the presidential primary, which goes by its own rules and bars Independents altogether.

The Open and Honest Elections proposition would instead let everyone run in the primary. The top two vote-getters would then face off in the general election — even if they were from the same party.

Advocates say this would give moderates

Tax credits urged for gun permits Oh, those crazy kids down in the state Legislature are at it again — proposing all sorts of entertaining bills certain to improve Arizona’s image.

For instance, House Majority Leader Steve Montenegro (R-Litchfield Park) wants folks to get a tax credit for taking the course that allows them to get a concealed carry permit — so they can take their tucked away guns into bars and other entertainment venues.

At this point, 251,000 Arizonans have concealed carry permits, including 2,350 Gila County residents. We’re pikers compared to Yavapai County, which has four times our population and five times the number of permits at 11,696. Maricopa County has the most permits — 93,000. But that’s one permit for every 43 residents, whereas we’ve got one permit for every 22 residents.

His bill would cap the tax credit at $80.

So if the 3 million eligible adults took advantage of the bill, it would cost the state $240 million or so — which just for comparison exceeds the general fund contribution to the school inflation lawsuit.

The tax credit would apply only to people seeking a permit going forward.

Montenegro says having more people with concealed handguns scattered throughout the population — including bars, town coun-

cil meetings and what have you will make us all safer when “somebody evil” walks in and starts targeting people.

Guess they’ll require people who get the permits to certify they’re not evil.

Capping credits for private schools Speaking of tax credits, Apache Junction Republican Doug Coleman has once again introduced a bill to limit the rate of increase in tax credits for tuition at private schools.

The program started out modestly enough in 1997, with taxpayers covering the cost of $4.5 million in tax credits for private school tuition. But last year, the bill topped $140 million — and the law says the total can grow at a rate of 20 percent per year. About a third of the tax credits go to corporations.

Most of the credits go to high-income families. Couples can take up to $1,083 off their tax bill if they’re paying tuition to a private school.

A combination of dissident Republicans and most of the legislative Democrats didn’t get far with the plan to limit the growth of the private school tax credits last year. The proposal will have to survive hearings in the Senate Education Committee, now chaired

by Sen. Sylvia Allen (R-Snowflake), who represents Rim Country.

Ban on filming police officers Senator John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills) has also proposed a couple of bills that will no doubt get the attention of the national news media.

One bill would make it illegal to video police officers if you’re standing within 20 feet. Scofflaws would face a $300 fine for trying to video cops.

The bill comes in the wake of a series of national scandals and protests spurred by videos of officers shooting or otherwise roughing up assorted citizens. Kavanagh says that people filming from closer than 20 feet from an officer doing his duty will prove too distracting.

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Michelle Marinelli, representing Non-Profits Coming Together, accepts an award for the group’s efforts on behalf of children from Payson Unified School District board member Shirley Dye.

Non-profits join forces School board recognizes group by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

Attempting to unify a discordant gathering of rebels convened as the Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin once declared: “Gentlemen.

If we do not hang together, we shall most assuredly hang separately.”

Well, maybe there’s no redcoats in sight — but a passel of non-profit groups in Rim Country decided that when it comes to the needs of kids — they would most assuredly hang together.

So during the Christmas holidays, Non-Profits Coming Together combined the efforts of 11 non-profit groups to ensure struggling families had a great Christmas. The super-group of the heart staged a carnival at the Mazatzal Casino and provided bundles of presents for 50 families and a total of 152 children.

So last week, the Payson School Board recognized the group as its lat- “They had 50 families est “hero of education.”

Superintendent Greg Wyman said, at a carnival, with a “They had 50 families at a carnival, visit from Santa, all with a visit from Santa … gifts, clothes, with money raised books, sports equipment — all with money raised from member organiza- from member organitions and donation jars around town.” zations and donation Students also got in on the good- jars around town.” hearted action. The culinary arts class Greg Wyman made gingerbread houses for 60 famPUSD Superintendent ilies.

Michelle Marinelli representing Non-Profits Coming Together (NPCT) and president of Frybread for Families accepted the award on behalf of the groups. “It brightened a lot of the families’ day. We thank the community for all the support they give to all the organizations that are part of this.”

Groups involved in the effort included Frybread for Families, Payson Assisting Displaced Students, Payson Unified School District, Rim Country Fire Angels, Rim Country Optimists, Rim Country Rotary, Rim Stones Rock Club, Rotary Club of Payson, Soroptimists of Zane Grey Country, Time Out Shelter and Unity of Payson. KMOG Radio Station is a business partner of NPCT, and several individual volunteers.

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After the three-hour public hearing, the council unanimously approved the CUP for Agnes. The approval requires her to reduce the number of horses — both rescued and boarded — to 12 by June 1; operate only from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and correct irritants like noise, traffic congestion, flies, odor, dust and lighting or face revocation of the permit.

Commercial use is limited to horse boarding and horse rescue operations with horse riding allowed only by certain parties involved in the program.

She cannot have retail sales or recreational events, rodeos, carnivals or fund-raising events on the property.

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Payson hires new HR director by

Alexis Bechman

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She’s worked with an action figure and comic book company and a fine skin care manufacturer. But now Melanie BairdSimmons is working with a whole new cast of characters.

Baird-Simmons recently took over as the Town of Payson’s new human resources manager after Debra Galbraith, the town’s former town manager and HR manager, left.

The town named LaRon Garrett, the assistant town manager, Galbraith’s replacement and gave him a hefty raise above what they’d been paying his predecessor to do both jobs.

Baird-Simmons, a native Washingtonian, moved to Payson from the Valley where she had worked with the Philosophy brand, which manufactures skin

care, bath and body products.

Before that, Baird-Simmons worked for McFarlane Toys/TMP International, Inc., a multi-media entertainment company that licenses and produces action figures as well as comic books, games, anime and movies.

Baird-Simmons said when she learned she would be laid off from Philosophy in November, she started looking for a new position. She learned the town had a human resources manager opening and she quickly applied.

Baird-Simmons and her husband frequently traveled through Payson on their travels and admired the natural landscape and small-town feel.

“When we had the opportunity to spend last summer in town, we enjoyed interacting with the merchants and found everyone to be friendly, open and helpful,” she wrote.

Library seeks Taste of Rim chefs, donors The 15th annual Library Friends of Payson A Taste of Rim Country Fundraiser on March 12 in the library will include samplings of appetizers and/or desserts from area restaurants, caterers and chefs. Guests can enjoy a complimentary wine-tasting table and participate in a 50-50 Cash Raffle and Silent Auction of donated items of fine arts, jewelry and more.

Participants signed up so far include Mazatzal Hotel & Casino’s Cedar Ridge Restaurant, Sal & Teresa’s Mexican Restaurant, Shelia’s Creekside Steakhouse, Rim Country Health, Cardo’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant and The Randall House.

This elegant evening has become one of the most popular winter events in Payson.

Sponsors include GOLD ($500) – Vee Jeanne, John and Sue Wilson; SILVER ($250) – Absolute Adjustments; BRONZE ($100) – Blanchette Family LLC, Hoyt and Alice Kenmore, Messinger Payson Funeral Home, Edward Jones (Ross Hage), Affordable Automotive RV & Marine, Christel Aigner.

Sponsorships are still available at all levels, which come with two tickets to the event, a one-year membership in the Library Friends of Payson, Inc., and prominent recognition in the publicity efforts.

Proceeds will benefit the Payson Public Library, providing equipment and supplies and supporting programs that are not included in its regular budget from the Town of Payson and Gila County.

Tickets cost $35 each, $20 of which is tax-deductible as a charitable contribution. Ticket holders will vote for their favorite chef entries, with categories for Best Sweet, Best Savory, and the coveted Best of the Best award.

Get one of the limited number of tickets at the circulation desk of the Payson Public Library at 328 N. McLane Road. There will be no ticket sales at the door on the evening of the event. Tickets sell out fast, so donate as soon as possible.

For information, please contact the Library Friends at P.O. Box 13, Payson AZ 85547, or email us at library_friends@hotmail. com. Follow and “like” us on Facebook.com, and check our website at www.libraryfriendsofpayson.org to keep up-to-date on details of the event.

Melanie Baird-Simmons heads up the Town of Payson’s human resources department.

Baird-Simmons said her career in human resources developed “a little backwards.”

While working as the managing editor of comic books for TMP, the company appointed her the HR manager.

“I wasn’t quite sure I wanted the position and had to be convinced to accept the role,” she said. “However, while creating the position from scratch to meet the needs of a growing company, I discovered a real passion for HR and its many facets.”

She obtained a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) certification and in 2012,

a bachelor’s degree.

With Payson, Baird-Simmons and the entire HR staff is tasked with taking care of employees and supporting their needs so they can better serve the citizens.

The HR department recruits, hires, trains, administers benefits, coaches and councils, as well as keeps track of a massive amounts of paperwork required by law.

“In my experience, HR is a balancing act that combines law with social work, while protecting the employer’s interests and meeting their business objectives,” she said.

Baird-Simmons said she loves that every day in HR is different and that she has the opportunity to make a difference.

“It is the most gratifying feeling when you can improve both the employers’ business and the employees’ lives,” she said. “I consider myself very fortunate and it is an honor and a privilege to work for the citizens of the Town of Payson. I look forward to serving during this exciting growth period.”

In her off time, Baird-Simmons enjoys most outdoor activities, including kayaking, hiking, camping, fishing, gardening and photography. She also loves to cook, sew, craft and work on home improvement projects.

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The program is for women who just want to find out what the outdoors experience is all about.

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Slip sliding away by

Max Foster

special to the roundup

The Payson High School boys and girls basketball teams postseason playoff hopes are slip sliding away after both dropped back to back games this week.

With the twin losses, the boys fell to 42nd in the Division III standings and ninth of 10 teams in Section V. The girls (7-12 overall) stand 50th in Division III and seventh in Section V. To make the postseason tournament, the teams must be among the top 24 in Division III. The boys team’s (6-15 overall) two defeats were heartbreakers, losing 57-55 on Jan. 19 to Poston Butte in Wilson Dome and 64-62 the following day to Sedona Red Rock also in Wilson Dome.

The girls team dropped a 38-26 decision to Poston Butte on Jan. 19 in San Tan Valley and 40-15 to a very good 17-5 Sedona team the following day in Payson.

With only a handful of games remaining on the 2015-16 schedule, neither team has many opportunities to right their listing ships.

The first opportunity for the boys to get on the

winning track is today at Valley Christian.

The girls will next be looking for a “W” on Jan. 26 when they host Combs.

In the boys’ loss to Poston Butte, the Horns took an early 13-9 lead, but trailed 31-27 at halftime and 43-35 early in the final stanza.

Payson rallied to outscore PB 20-14 in the final eight minutes, but the spirited rally was a case of too little, too late.

As usual, Payson’s big two of Chaz Davis and Ryan Ricke led the scoring parade.

Davis finished with 19 points that included two-of-three three-pointers and Rickie tallied 15 points.

No other Longhorn scored in double figures.

In the battle on the boards, White finished with seven rebounds and Trey Glasscock and Ricke had five each.

Going into the game, the Horns knew if they were to have a chance at winning they had to corral the Broncos’ two leading scorers — Preston Anderson and Quajan Steward.

PHS was partially successful; Steward was held to four points, but Anderson went off for a gamehigh 22.

Longhorns’ Schedule With the 2015-16 high school sports season winding down, wrestling and boys and girls basketball fans have a limited number of games to see, either home or away.

The remaining schedule is:

Tuesday, Jan. 26

Boys Basketball Combs at Payson, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Combs at Payson, 6 p.m.

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Wednesday, Jan. 27 Girls Basketball Payson at Tempe, 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 29

Boys Basketball Payson at Veritas Prep, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Apache Junction at Payson, 7 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 1

Boys Basketball Payson at Fountain Hills, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Fountain Hills at Payson, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 3 Photographer DJ Craig captured this action in the Longhorns’ boys basketball team loss of twin heartbreakers this week.

Pair of Payson wrestlers ‘flawless’ on the mat by

Max Foster

special to the roundup

The Buckeye Verrado Viper Wrestling tournament morphed in two days into “The Dylan Keeney and Chris Johnson Show.”

The new moniker is apropos because the two Payson High wrestlers dominated the 16-team invitational, held Jan. 15-16 in Buckeye, combining for a 13-0 record, nine wins by falls and two weight class championships.

Coach Don Heizer praised the pair’s effort saying, “They dominated against some very good wrestlers.”

Keeney, whose father Mark starred in PHS sports in the mid-1980s, began his run to a 6-0 record and the 126-weight class gold medal by pinning Andres Martinez of Greenway.

He followed up that victory with consecutive falls over wrestlers from Perry, North Canyon, Cactus and Sierra Linda high schools.

In the first place match, Keeney pinned Andre Rodriquez of Westview.

Sports aficionados might compare Keeney’s perfect performance in Buckeye to New York Yankee Don Larsen’s perfect game World Series win on Oct. 8, 1956 against the

Brooklyn Dodgers.

Both were flawless.

Johnson, wrestling in the 160-pound class, compiled a 7-0 record on his way to the tournament title.

He opened the fray with a cross bracket win over Bryce Fallas of Perry.

In round one he won a nail-biting 1-0 win over Serra Linda’s Hector Jarmallio.

Round two action saw Johnson grapple to a major decision 10-2 victory against Washington’s Alexis Morales.

Johnson then won two consecutive pins vs. Copper Canyon and Westview wrestlers.

Round five action was almost an instant replay of round one, as Johnson struggled to win a 1-0 decision against Mason Cuthbertson of Cactus.

In the championship finals, Johnson and Buckeye’s Nicholas Steven waged the mother of all mat wars.

After the two warriors wrapped up three regulation periods and overtimes deadknotted, Johnson pulled out a heart-stopping Ultimate Tie-Breaker victory.

A UTB, which are very rare, occurs when two wrestlers are tied at the end of regulation and three overtimes. The UTB winner is determined by the wrestler who scores the

first point in the 30-second tiebreaker. If no one scores, the winner is the wrestler on top.

Keeney won the UTB by refusing to allow his opponent, who had chosen “down’ in the tiebreaker to escape.

In addition to the superb efforts turned in by Keeney and Johnson, the Payson effort was buoyed by Tito Vega in the 220-pound class. Vega wrestled six matches winning five of them including the third place battle, a 1-0 triumph over Greenway’s Victor Moore.

“Tito had only one loss and that was 1-0,” Heizer said.

Marco Vazquez, a 170-pounder lost his first two matches but then rebounded to win four clashes before losing by a fall to Greenway’s Jason Alvarado in the fifth place showdown.

Payson’s effort was handicapped somewhat in the tournament by having to forfeit two weight classes due to lack of a wrestler to fill them.

“Kids sometimes make bad decisions,” said Heizer hinting that some team members might be academically ineligible.

Heizer did, however, praise the team members saying, “We got better all through the weekend and improvement is one of our goals.”

Boys Basketball Payson at Show Low, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Payson a Show Low, 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 5

Boys Basketball Payson at Scottsdale Christian Girls Basketball Page at Payson, 7 p.m.

Wrestling Sectional Tournament at Bradshaw Mountain

Saturday, Feb. 6

Wrestling Sectional Tournament at Bradshaw Mountain

Friday, Feb. 12

Wrestling State Tournament at Prescott Event Center

Saturday, Feb. 13

Wrestling State Tournament at Prescott Event Center

Payson’s tournament draws big schools, top wrestlers by

Max Foster

special to the roundup

During Don Heizer’s 30 years at Payson High School, he’s developed a reputation as one of the finest wrestling tournament directors in Arizona.

So much so that a few years ago he was asked to run the Class 3A state tournament, which is a Herculean task that involves collaboration with scores of high school coaches, 50-plus athletic directors, the Arizona Interscholastic Association and the extensive workforce needed to run a successful tournament.

Heizer’s reputation is among the reasons the Payson Invitational wrestling tournament is considered one of the best in the state and draws some of the finest

teams in Arizona, regardless of school size classification.

For the 2016 invitational, which begins at 11 a.m. today Jan. 22 and continues at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Friday in Wilson Dome, an exceptional field of 19 teams has committed to participate.

Among them are Valley area so-called “big schools,” including Gilbert, Higley, Williams Field, McClintock, Fountain Hills and Barry Goldwater.

Small-town schools from rural Arizona will be represented by Coolidge, Globe, Santa Cruz, Thatcher, Round Valley, Show Low, Snowflake and Payson.

Northern Arizona high school Coconino, Parker of the Colorado River banks and Yuma from the far south have

also entered.

The mix of schools means individual wrestlers have the opportunity to challenge wrestlers they might not face during the course of the regular season in competition limited to sections and divisions.

The fusion of schools and athletes also gives fans the opportunity to watch some new faces in action and check out how their favorites measure up against wrestlers from other parts of the state.

Also, when an athlete from a small rural school is pitted against a “big school” wrestler, bragging rights seem to be more at stake and fans flock to the side of their favorites.

During today’s first session, wrestlers

in all weight classes will battle from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in round robins on four mats in the dome.

The tournament’s second session — the conclusion of round robins — takes place 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday.

The results of the round robins will be used to seed wrestlers into the third session consolation and championship finals.

Consolation finals are from 3 to 4 p.m. on two mats.

The championship finals are 5 to 7 p.m. on one mat.

At the conclusion of the tournament, the top four winners in each weight class will earn medals and T-shirts with the tournament insignia given to each cham-

pion.

Outstanding Wrestlers Awards will go to a standout in the lightweights (108 to 147) and to a heavy weight (154-287) great.

The Longhorns have a rich and storied PI history of producing weight class champions and OWA winners, many who have gone on to excel in the college ranks and become coaches, dentists, lawyers, military leaders and successful businessmen.

The tournament is also known for drawing large crowds of PHS fans eager to lend their support to the hometown student-athletes.

Admission to the tournament is $5 per day and $8 for a tournament pass.

Elk, antelope permits available from Game and Fish It is that time of year again, the applica- $13 application fee which is non-refundable tion process for antelope and elk permits for whether drawn for a permit or not.

2016 fall season is upon us. The all important The blue application envelopes are also deadline date is Feb. 9 where the application available for mailing for those who choose must be in one of the regional officnot to use the Internet. The antees of the Arizona Game and Fish lope and elk hunting booklets are Department or be applied for online. outdoors valuable to study prior to making a The lottery drawing for these valu- under the rim decision on which unit to select for able big game permits will be held in a big game tag. A general “rule of the early spring and everyone will be thumb” approach is to make the first notified by April 22. This early date choice the dream hunt that you have allows for hunters to make decisions been waiting to draw for years, while on attempting to hunt in other nearthe second pick is a hunt unit where by states if one is unsuccessful for an the odds favor drawing a permit.

Arizona antelope or elk permit. The Pages 19, 29 and 30 are especially early drawing permit process also important in the selection process Dennis Pirch helps to plan for in-state deer hunts. because the information states previous success rates in the unit as well The application can be done online by going to azgfd.gov and click on big game as the chances of getting drawn in the lottery permits. There is a 45-minute time window to process.

The prices for this year’s elk tags are complete the form so it would be wise to have the hunt numbers and choices already deter- $148 and $103 for an antelope tag for those mined to speed up the process. Credit card lucky hunters who draw a permit to hunt. Of payment can be done by Visa or Mastercard course, if not drawn all but $13 is refunded. and your account will be charged if you are If unsuccessful in the lottery a bonus point drawn for a permit. All transactions have a is added to a hunter’s identification number

which can increase the odds of being drawn in the following year.

Last-minute applications can be hand delivered to any of the seven department offices located throughout the state of Arizona with the deadline being 7 p.m. on Feb. 9. The Mesa, Flagstaff and Pinetop offices are all within two hours driving time of Payson if someone chose not to use the Internet or the postal service.

Take your time when filling out the application and double check all information before sealing the envelope or pressing complete on the Game and Fish website.

The most common errors for rejection of a paper application are not signing a signature, checking resident or non-resident, or the correct amount on the check. Applying online eliminates these possible errors, but make sure you place the correct hunt number on the application.

Good luck in the drawing for that precious antelope or elk permit. The results should be available by the third week of April so start the process now for the fall hunts in the Arizona high country, God’s creation.

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Payson Roundup Friday, January 22, 2016

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WEATHERREPORT Forecast by the National Weather Service

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Mostly sunny; 10% chance for AM rain

50/29 Monday

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Don’t miss the Longhorn Theatre Company’s production of the Italian farce about mistaken identity, “Commedia Delight.” You can catch a matinee performance at Payson High School today, Friday, Jan. 22, at 4 p.m., or see the show Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.

Tickets at the door are $6 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens.

Lawmakers gripe about budget rush David McGlothlin

D- and was ranked 45th overall. “I’m sure you will agree that is hardly cause for celebration, but there is a reason to be cautiously optimistic,” she added.

Her goal is that “2016 will bring us one step closer to having the best education system in the nation.”

One way she plans to do so is through a comprehensive education plan with the Arizona Board of Education to “fix Arizona’s education system” called Arizona Kids Can’t Afford to Wait, which she announced last October.

The other is working with legislators and the governor to assure consistent school funding from the state.

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Lawmakers from both parties in the House and Senate listened to the budget proposal presentation by Lorenzo Romero, OSPB director, at the Joint Appropriations Committee Tuesday morning.

Members were critical about the rushed committee hearing in order to get to the joint protocol session on the floor of the House of Representatives for Indian Nations and Tribes Day. Romero’s presentation took about 90 minutes and went off without a hitch aside from an outburst from protesters chanting, “Stop stealing from our kids!”

It was followed by 15 minutes for each member of the committee to pose one question to the director, which was not received well by lawmakers.

District 28 Rep. Eric Meyer, D-Paradise Valley, minority leader, said this is the only chance to propose questions to the governor’s office about the budget.

“The fact that we are limited to one question and we are supposed to rush this entire presentation in 15 minutes … I find unacceptable,” he added.

The governor has proposed a tight, $9.2 billion state budget, which cuts taxes, continues to build up the rainy day fund, but does little to restore the deep cuts in many departments made during the recession.

The budget does restore an added $106 million to K-12 education, in addition to roughly $350 million in new money annually if voters in May approve Proposition 123, to settle an inflation-funding lawsuit.

The budget provided an additional $134 million for the Department of Child Safety, plagued with a continued backlog of some 14,000 uninvestigated reports of abuse and neglect.

The budget would also create a $32 million border strike force to tackle illegal drug trafficking in southern Arizona.

State of Education speech

Also this week, Superintendent of Education Diane Douglas gave two presentations to Education committees in the House on Wednesday and the Senate on Thursday.

“The current state of education in Arizona

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Restoring welfare cuts

Gov. Doug Ducey’s $9.2 billion state budget proposal focused on tax cuts and building up the state’s surplus, but did not restore previous deep cuts in education, universities, welfare and other programs. is hopeful but yet skeptical,” said Douglas.

She referenced old Peanuts comics where Lucy holds the football for Charlie Brown before pulling it out from under him at the last minute. She compared the cartoon to Prop 123, a plan to settle a school inflation funding lawsuit — with most of the money coming from the state land trust, already reserved for education.

“For education, it is too early to tell if we’re only spending enough money to settle a lawsuit, temporarily placating the public and remain in a system with inadequate funding, federal interference on regulation, or are we seriously taking the first step” to building education in Arizona.

She noted Arizona’s improvement in national education ranking systems.

For example, in 2015 she cited Education Week’s Quality Count Report, which assigns grades to states based on student achievement, student success rates and school finance policy.

Arizona received a D- grade and ranked 47th lowest in the country.

Douglas said this year Arizona received a

F O R The following reports and arrests were released by the Payson Police Department and Gila County Sheriff’s Office.

All persons listed in this report are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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

Jan. 4 – Talisa Ann Thiele, 27, Payson – narcotic drugs possession; Male Juvenile, 14 – theft; Male Juvenile, 14 – drug paraphernalia-possession.

Jan. 5 - John Charles Smith, 59, Payson – warrant; Nicholas Klotz, 23, Payson – possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia; Joseph Terborg, 50, Payson – possession of dangerous drugs, possession of paraphernalia and promoting prison contraband.

Jan. 6 – Danielle Renee Brown, 27, Oxbow Estates – DUI with drugs or metabolite; Raheem Lajuan Royal, 23, Payson – drug paraphernalia-possession, marijuana-possession and narcotic drugs-pos-

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session; Cheyne Colwell, 25, Spring Valley, Calif. – narcotic drugs-possession and DUIalcohol, drug, vapor or combination thereof; Andrew Loyd Smith, 45, Payson – domestic violence and disorderly conduct-fighting; Lluvia America Carranza, 18, Payson – failure to appear-2nd degree and failure to pay a fine.

Jan. 7 – Lluvia America Carranza, 18, Payson – shoplifting; Cynthia Ann Barnes, 63, Payson – domestic violence and disorderly conduct-fighting.

Jan. 8 – Keith Richard Allard, 33, Fountain Hills – driving with a suspended/canceled/ revoked license, possession of stolen property, 2 counts felony shoplifting with convicted priors and unlawful use of means of transportation-control (driver); Jourdain Zachery Wood, 26, Payson – domestic violence and disorderly conduct-fighting; Billy Dean Cronin, 20, Payson/ Transient – warrant, drug paraphernalia-possession, dangerous drugs-possession and failure to appear-2nd degree; Talisa Ann Theile, 27, Payson – drug paraphernalia-possession and failure to appear-1st degree;

Two pieces of legislation — SB 1138 and HB 2327 — were introduced into the House and Senate designed to reverse cuts to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF).

Last year, lawmakers voted to reduce TANF to a lifetime limit of 12 months from the previous limit of 24 months.

District 24 Sen. Katie Hobbs, D-Phoenix, minority leader, sponsor of SB 1138, said, “1,600 families with 2,700 children will lose TANF benefits effective July 1,” which is predominately used for rent, utility payments and food by participating families.

Hobbs added this cash assistance program helps families find stability and averages just over $200 per family.

District 9 Rep. Randall Friese, D-Tucson, sponsor of HB 2327, said every member of the Democratic Caucus supports these bills.

Arizona TANF benefits are ranked 42nd lowest in the country and the 12-month limit is the lowest in the country.

Friese explained, “Cuts to TANF were professed by majority leadership as necessary cuts to balance the budget” last year. “We didn’t know there would be a surplus.”

Hobbs calls fellow lawmakers to action to “reverse this devastating and unnecessary cut and keep these families from plunging deeper into poverty.”

David McGlothlin is the Bolles Fellow from the University of Arizona covering the legislature for Arizona Sonora News. Reach him at dmcglothlin@email.arizona.edu.

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R E C O R D Danielle Spears, 29, Mesa – fighting, possession of drugs, and possession of marijuana;

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O B I T U A R I E S Alice Wilson (1928-2016)

Alice Wilson was born Nov. 2, 1928 in New York and raised in Canada. She moved to the United States in her 30’s and has resided in Payson for 50-plus years. Alice worked at the Great Western Bank for 30-plus years and volunteered at the Chamber of Commerce for about 20 years. She was 86 years old when she passed on Jan. 10, 2016. She leaves behind an only child, Debbie Macenas and her husband Ed from Illinois.

She was greatly loved by family and friends and will be greatly missed.

Barbara Dawn Howell (2016)

Barbara Dawn Howell, 79, of Payson, Ariz., passed away Jan. 11, 2016.

Barbara was a woman who loved the LDS Church and while her husband John Howell Sr. was alive, they both taught classes for the church. Barbara was always giving back in whatever way she could.

Barbara is now joining her

husband in heaven.

She leaves behind son John Howell Jr., his wife Linda Howell, grandchildren Victoria and Jarred, daughter DeAnn Fernau, her husband Mitch Fernau, granddaughters Tammy Fernau and Dawn Potts, and great-grandchildren Cody and Anthony.

Barbara was buried Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016.

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Jeffrey D. Wilen identifies himself first as a geologist, then as an educational travel guide/geology and natural history instructor and somewhere around the time he pulls out his Merchant Marine captain status, he will mention he’s an artist.

His work reflects his love of the outdoors, with a focus on Lake Powell.

Working in watercolors, Wilen paints vignettes from his travels on Lake Powell in houseboats. But his watercolors don’t rely on blurred lines and soft edges, rather he uses strong lines of color to capture the intensity of sunlight on water or the shades of green, turquoise and deep blue of the different depths in the lake or the lines of shaded pinks, oranges and reds of the spires of rock that rim the water.

He believes it isn’t art if it isn’t grounded in reality.

“Art is not valued, if it is not real,” he said.

He said he laughed when he saw an artist paint a stream going the wrong way down a hill. He said that could never happen in nature. He feels the same way about rocks.

“How can someone draw or paint rocks without studying them?” he said.

Wilen loves the land he paints. He talks about Lake Powell in exquisite detail, as he knows the place and the science of how the place came to be.

He can tell you about full pool, the line legislators have decided is the safest to reach before the dam is in danger, to the ancient lava dam that filled up Lake Powell and the surrounding areas all the way to Moab, Utah. He can talk about all the different ways he’s seen the water.

“I’ve seen water spouts, in fact I have seen a line of them. It looked like a wall of water,” he said.

Other times, he said, the water looks like glass and reflects the sky and rock walls so perfectly it’s just about impossible to know where one starts and the other ends.

He happily talks about the type of rock around the lake that used to make up Glen Canyon.

“Glen Canyon is mostly Mesozoic rock ... it’s wind blown sand,” he said.

So ... how did Wilen end up showing and selling his work in the Down the Street Art Gallery?

It took a few years.

“I used to paint as a child, then I had a 30-year break,” he said.

The break ended when the tall, sharpeyed, scientist-artist with a Raphaelan face surrounded by hair pulled back by a leather tong met a watercolor artist on one of his houseboat tours of Powell.

At the same time, his boss came to him asking about how to make the houseboat tours more popular.

Wilen suggested adding a watercolor class to the mix of offerings provided to guests — of course he planned on listening in as often as he could.

“But I was the captain and very busy,” he said with a twinkle in his eye.

He managed to squeeze enough time out of his schedule to soak up sufficient information to get him started painting.

You see, Wilen has an urge to paint what he sees, not just what a camera can pick up or memory stores away.

“A camera only goes to f-stop 5 or 6 and the human eye can see 20 f-stops,” he said.

F-stops on a camera capture the depth and complexity of color, but the human

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Artist Jeffrey Wilen captures the vivid colors of the Arizona landscape, especially on Lake Powell, where he also serves as a tour guide. In fact, doing a tour for a painter on Lake Powell got him hooked on painting himself. eye is so much more complex, it’s able to pick up more nuisances of light.

Wilen saw those nuances of light and depth, but for him, it’s frustrating to try and capture the majesty and beauty of something like Lake Powell only to be

disappointed time and again with the results. He said he only comes close to feeling satisfied interpreting what he sees through his painting.

He joined the Down the Street Art Gallery about nine years ago to sell his

art, but he said he’s never totally satisfied with the results. He just reaches a point where it seems done and he lets it go.

To see Wilen’s art call the gallery for hours of operation at 928-468-6129.

Forest Service ponders site for massive dump of copper mine tailings The Tonto National Forest will start collecting baseline hydrological, geochemical and geotechnical data on a site where Resolution Copper has proposed dumping tailings from one of the world’s largest copper mines.

TNF will use the data to analyze Resolution’s General Plan of Operations during development of the Environmental Impact Statement for the massive project.

The Environmental Impact Statement will also evaluate a legislated land exchange associated with the proposed mine. The public will have a chance to

comment on the project and the land exchange during the Environmental Impact Statement process.

Congress has already approved the land exchange for the project, which has prompted ongoing protests from environmentalists and members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe.

The international mining company Rio Tinto wants to use boring machines and robots to mine a deposit of copper some 7,000 feet beneath the surface just outside Superior, in Southern Gila County. The underground excavations would tunnel out an area about 1.5 miles

long and 850 feet deep to remove about 20 billion cubic feet of tailings. The mine could potentially meet 25 percent of the nation’s demand for copper during several decades of operation.

Environmentalists worry about the impact of the project on groundwater and potentially toxic tailings. Native American groups say the mine could cause subsidence that would affect the Oak Flat area, considered sacred to several Apache groups — and a popular area for climbers and hikers.

The activities addressed by the Draft Decision will affect about 75 acres

between Superior and Mesa, Ariz., and will include construction of temporary access roads and drilling/trenching sites; improvement of existing access roads; and installation of groundwater monitoring wells, geotechnical bore holes and trenches. All of these activities are outside the Oak Flat withdrawal area and will not impact camping and recreation activities near Oak Flat, according to a Forest Service news release.

A copy of the Draft Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Resolution Copper Mining Baseline

Hydrological and Geotechnical Data Gathering Activities is available online at http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/ tonto/landmanagement/projects.

Objections must be filed within 45 days. Those that previously commented on the project have the opportunity to submit an objection based on their previous comment. A decision will not be made until the objection process is complete.

In 2014, Congress approved the exchange of 2,422 acres needed for the mine in exchange for 5,344 acres of private land throughout the state.

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Gotta love this grandpa gig But don’t promise to take them sledding if you don’t own a sled Peter Aleshire

sledding.”

Big mistake: Huge tactical error, fraught with potential for disaster — although I did not know it at the time.

Seth seemed kinda worried.

Jill looked concerned. “Liam doesn’t have snow pants I had conned him into driving up from Tucson for a visit and just these slip-on shoes.” with the promise that I’d watch Liam, 5, and Ilana, 8 — Poor Tucsonians – no snow, no gear. while he and Jill went snowshoeing up on the Rim. “Liam’s never been in the snow,” said Seth.

He seemed dubious.

“No problem. Plenty of stores in Payson,” I said, grandI described the hush of unbroken snow. ly. “Now you two get out of here.”

He seemed doubtful.

So we shooed the parents out the door.

I asked when he and Jill had last spent a whole day Then after a brief together without the kids. rock concert rendered He began to weaken. on Xbox guitars, we I said he should take gathered ourselves some bread and wine and for the Great Sledding cheese so they could have Expedition. lunch on a boulder in the I did not fully realize snow with a 100-mile view. then that I was a trend He caved. setter, something that So now he knelt down happens a lot to we baby seriously with Liam and boomers, balanced presaid, “No throwing tancariously on a statistitrums. You do anything cal surfboard riding the grandpa says. And if he curling crest of a demogives you something, you graphic wave. say please and thank you.”

Turns out, sociolLiam nodded, owl-eyed, ogy and psychology with only the slightest hint researchers have finally of his patented imp grin. started paying attention Ilana Aleshire captured this moment of her brother Liam Ilana nodded gravely, to the role of grandparthen noting Liam’s imp demonstrating who is really in control of the situation. ents in families. grin, she rolled her eyes For instance, grandever so delicately. She’s the sensible one except for her parents in modern, industrialized societies spend a siginsistence on climbing any rock formation in sight — espe- nificant amount of time and money on their grandkids, cially the potentially lethal ones. She’s been stitched up according to a study published in Current Directions in almost as often as her foolish father, who banged himself psychological journal Science. This dovetails with previous up so often growing up that we took to keeping red wash- research in hunter-gatherer societies that found grandcloths on hand to make the blood less conspicuous during parents contributed significantly to the survival of young Peter Aleshire/Roundup the cleanup. He’s a school principal now, but a hoodlum grandchildren.

Liam Aleshire demonstrates that when it comes to snowballs, there really aren’t any at heart.

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These photos illustrate what smart grandfathers do: They get the kids to come up to visit right after it snows so they can take them sledding on the big, smooth, perfectly safe hill in Green Valley Park.

Retracing historic route offers an off-road adventure HISTORIC ROADS #3 – HEADING SOUTH, JAKE’S CORNER TO CANE SPRINGS

we’ll jump ahead to the next place where you can find it. Take Highway 188 back to Highway 87, and turn south. As you climb out of the valley in the southbound lanes, and just before you Today we have the third part of our series about the route cross under the same major power lines we spoke of earlier, the the old-timers drove when they wanted to go to the Valley in old route can be seen climbing along the ridgeline just east of the early 1950s. In the first two parts, we drove from Payson the current highway. down to Rye and on to Jake’s Corner on As you top the hill and pass through the what was then called the Globe Road, or the large highway cut, the old route crosses above Payson-Globe Road. In this segment we will you on the ridge overhead. On the other side, start south and west over the mountains on Highway 87 drops down through a small valthe Bush Highway. ley, before starting to climb again.

Our trip for today begins at Jake’s Corner, At the bottom of this valley, right near and the old route headed northwest, paralMilepost 233, turn off the highway to the right. leling the current Highway 188 along Hardt Once across the right of way cattle guard, the Creek. About a mile up the highway, and road turns left again and a sign identifies it as about halfway between Jake’s Corner and Forest Road 177. where the major power lines cross, there is a You are now on one of the most scenic low point in the highway. Pull over on the right and best preserved sections of the entire old shoulder and stop at this point if traffic allows Bush Highway route. The creek to your right you to do so safely.

Jeepin’ in Rim Country is called Gold Creek, and the size of the valley Look to your left (to the southwest) across

by Chuck Jacobs and the creekbed shows that it drains a pretty the drainage, and you will see a smaller, outdoor columnist large area of the Mazatzal Mountains. Take unnamed drainage that comes down from the a minute to look at the size of the culverts hills and joins Hardt Creek. There are some where Gold Creek runs under Highway 87, bushes along the road that block your view, so you may have to they are designed to handle some serious water during storm move a little bit until you get past them, but just to the right of season. this small drainage you can see where the old route climbs to This area also shows the aftermath of the 2004 Willow Fire. the southwest. It takes a sharp eye to spot it.

See Historic Jeep route, page 8B Since this section of the old route is no longer drivable,

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This view is from a drivable section of the old Bush Highway, now Forest Road 177, looking south down the current Highway 87 toward Mount Ord.

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aroundthe rim Area students preparing for annual science fair Pine and Strawberry country music AOM&Marriage First.org.” fans who fondly remember the soul-stirThe fee is $35 per couple and the ring songs of Johnny Cash will want to conference will be held at First Baptist attend “Walking the Line; A Tribute to Church of Pine, 4039 N. Highway 87 in Johnny Cash” at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. Pine.

30 in the Payson High School Auditorium.

Scott Moreau stars in the tribute and Election help after listening to him on You Tube, I was The Gila County Elections Department quite impressed with his rendition of wants you to help work at the polls on Johnny Cash’s many hits.

Election Day. Most recently Moreau presented his Various positions are open and paid impersonation in the Broadway smash hit training is provided. Successful appli“Million Dollar Quartet” at the Ogunquit cants may earn up to $105 per election.

Playhouse.

The Presidential Preference Election An East Coast newspaper reviewer is March 22, 2016. lauded Moreau writing, “Scott Moreau’s Call 928-402-8709 or email cgroe@ portrayal of Johnny Cash gives ‘Million gilacountyaz.gov. for more information.

Dollar Quartet’ its heart and soul. Not only does he conjure up the deep warm Mat action in Wilson Dome baritones of the Man in Black, he gives High school wrestling fans a haunting portrayal of an will want to take in all the excitartist on the verge of making rattlin’ ing mat action of the Payson the life-changing decisions his the rim Invitational Tournament that career would take.” begins at 11 a.m. today, Friday Moreau will be accompanied Jan. 22 and continues at 9 a.m. in the local show by a live countomorrow in Wilson Dome. try band.

Some of the finest high school He is expected to play and wrestlers in the state, regardsing all of Johnny’s biggest less of school size classification, hits including, “Folsom Prison will battle for bragging rights Blues,” “Ring of Fire,” “Boy and school honors.

Named Sue,” “Walk the Line” Max Foster Admission is $5 per day or $8 and more. for a tournament pass.

Proceeds from the show benGood friend Don Heizer, a efit the Dueker Ranch, a therapeutic longtime counselor at PHS, was coaxed riding center for special needs children early this season to come out of semi-relocated in Star Valley. tirement and coach the team.

The Payson Roundup featured the He tells me the young wrestlers are center in an article that appeared in the improving with each match.

Oct. 27 edition.

Don’s wife, Pat, teaches at Pine The ranch is on Facebook at: Strawberry Elementary school.

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Tickets are $15 if purchased in See’s, See’s and more See’s advance or $20 at the door. Tickets for The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library children under 12 are $5. is hosting another of its highly popular Tickets may be purchased in Payson at Western Village, 260 Café, See’s Candy Basket raffles.

This one will celebrate Valentine’s Payson Wireless, Bob’s Western Wear, Day and will be held at noon, Feb. 13 at Crosswinds and Scoops. the library.

Marriage conference Tickets, which may be purchased at the library, are one for $2, six for $5 and Pine First Baptist Church admin15 for $10. istrative assistant Sue Montgomery In addition to the raffle, the library announced last week the church is sponhas a wide assortment of See’s Valentine soring a Marriage First conference on candy on sale.

So do your sweetie a favor Feb. 20-21. and take home a box of delicious chocoIt is entitled “The Art of Marriage, lates.

Going to the Heart of God’s Design.”

Your dearest will love your thoughtMontgomery explains the conference: fulness.

“Topics include Love Happens; Love All proceeds from the raffle and the Fades; Love Dances; Love Interrupted; candy sale will be used to purchase Love Sizzles, and Love Always. library materials.

“This event weaves together expert teaching, real-life stories, humorous vignettes, and more to portray the challenges and beauty of God’s design for marriage.

“Six engaging video sessions are interspersed with projects for couples to complete in a Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

First Baptist Pine will provide a light breakfast and lunch on Saturday and a light dinner on Sunday.

“No one will be put on the spot, but there will be open discussion time for those wishing to ask questions and have further discussions on any marriage-related topics. Registration closes Friday, Feb. 19 and can be accomplished by calling the church at 928-4763552 or by emailing Marriage First at

Science Fair upcoming

Pine Strawberry School hosts its annual Science Fair on Friday, Jan. 29 and if past success is any indication of future achievement, it should be a doozy.

Last year, Jerusha Paine, then a 14-year-old eighth-grader, won the school, county and state science fairs and an invitation to the national finals with a project that focused on how different kinds of light affected the growth of amphidinium.

The study, which was entered in the “Cellular and Molecular Biology” classification, is crucial locally because amphidinium forms harmful algae blooms that can kill Rim Country aquatic life.

For those unfamiliar with science

Photo courtesy of Becky Waer

The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library is selling raffle tickets for a Valentine’s Day See’s Candy Basket. Tickets, which may be purchased at the library, are one for $2, six for $5 and 15 for $10. fairs, they are school competitions in which students present their science project results in the form of reports, display boards and models they have created.

For the fairs, students are required to use the scientific method which is: 1. Observe — Look around and ask questions.

2. Hypothesize — Make a guess about the answer.

3. Experiment — Prove the hypothesis by testing it.

4. Draw a Conclusion — Think about the evidence.

Pine Strawberry School science fair winners, along with other champions from around the county, compete at the Gila County Regional Science Fair usually held at Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum in Miami. The really big reward for all the hard work takes place at the Phoenix Convention Center where regional winners compete at the granddaddy of all competitions — Arizona State Science and Engineering Fair.

Normally, more than 20 students from Gila County qualify for and earn medals at the state’s science fair. The students come from Pine, Payson, Young, Globe and Gila County Regional.

In the United States, science fairs first became popular in the early 1950s, with the advent of Inter­national Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), then known as the National Science Fair.

At the time, interest in the sciences was at a new high mostly because the world witnessed the use of the first two

atomic weapons and the dawn of television.

As the decade progressed, science in the news — such as the launching of the Sputnik satellite and Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine — created even more interest in science fairs.

Raffle a hit

The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library manager Becky Waer says ticket sales for a benefit raffle that has as a prize an authentic and highly collectible Navajo rug, appraised to be worth $3,000, are going well, “We’ve sold 50 tickets only 100 more to go.”

Raffle tickets are $10 each and only 150 will be sold.

Tickets are available at the library and the drawing is set for May 27, but could be earlier if all tickets are sold.

The rug, which was donated by Felicia French, was handwoven by Glenna Begay, an 85-year-old Navajo Nation tribal elder who was born and now lives on the top of Black Mesa area near Kayenta, Ariz.

The rug is woven in a tight fine weave, is teec nos pos style woven on a traditional Navajo upright stand. The rug is 32-inches-by-57-inches and features the colors yellow, orange, white, dark brown and black.

Professors guest of Library Friends

The husband and wife team of Don and Alleen Nilsen, both Arizona State University faculty members, will present

“Growing Old with Humor” at 1 p.m., Monday, Jan. 25 in the library activity center. Refreshments will be served and the community is invited.

Don is an assistant dean of humanities at ASU and Alleen is an editor and professor emeritus at the Tempe school.

The two are also co-founders of the International Society for Humor Studies and regularly make presentations for the Arizona Humanities.

“Their presentation should be something we can all relate to and laugh about,” said Library Friends member Helen Palmer.

Meet the author

Pine Author Gail Kittleson will host a discussion of her fiction book, “In This Together” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6 in the Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library.

The public is invited and refreshments will be served. Copies of the book will be sold for $16.99 each.

Kittleson earned a teaching degree from Wartburg College and a master’s from the University of Northern Iowa.

She has taught creative writing and exploratory writing, edits fiction and facilitates writing workshops and women’s retreats.

Her memoir “Catching up With Daylight” was published in 2013.

Thought for the week

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

Characters Under the Mogollon Rim – Clyde Moose, Payson ranger, Part 1 Clyde P. Moose came to Payson in March 1937 to assume the position of District Forest Ranger and though his stay was only three years, he and his wife Ruby endeared themselves to the ranchers and townsfolk. He had been raised in Texas, worked as a cowboy and married Ruby Taylor. In 1922 the couple moved to Williams, Ariz. where he was employed at the sawmill. There he studied and passed the civil service examination and in 1923 was appointed a District Forest Ranger at the Chalendar District in what was soon to be named the Kaibab National Forest. He remained on duty there until he was appointed to the Payson District, Tonto National Forest in 1937.

Clyde Moose was described as more than six feet tall with short, sandy hair, and always looking neat and trim. He frequently did not wear his uniform, but dressed informally. This spoke to his friendly manner and the ranchers appre-

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ciated his gentle approach to explaining it had been national forest land but had and monitoring the rules imposed by the been designated as a townsite, completenewly created national forests. Anna Mae ly surrounded by national forest land.

“There were about 300 people living in Deming said that before Moose arrived the town, two grocery stores, two the rangers were antagonistic small hotels and three saloons “and the ranchers would just get .... Two stage lines brought pasletters ordering them to do this back when sengers and mail and met there or that.” daily; one from Globe and the During his years in Payson, other from Cottonwood.”

Clyde and his wife Ruby made While the townspeople were many friends and they did a lot friendly and “all wanted to be of socializing with a local group called by their first names” of eight or 10 couples. Anna Mae Moose had to win over the Deming’s evaluation was this, ranchers. “The cattle permittees “What a great man he was in the Stan Brown were cold and resentful, suseyes of the community.” picious and uncooperative with In his memoirs of the Payson years he gave a description of Payson the Forest Service as a whole and rangin 1937. “We found Payson to be a pio- ers in particular. One old cowman after neer town indeed. It was located in Gila being introduced to me said, ‘I’m glad County, near the center of the state and to have met you but I guess we will be about 100 miles from any paved roads .... enemies before long. I don’t get along The town was unique in that nearly all of with the (blankety-blank) rangers. I don’t

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The ranger responded, “Oh I don’t know, I imagine we will get along alright.

I have never been in trouble with anyone yet.”

In the months that followed he and this rancher became good friends. “He would cooperate every way he could and I had the pleasure of helping him get a good individual grazing allotment a couple of years later.”

Clyde’s assistant ranger was Ed Fuel, “short, bowlegged and bald, a real contrast to his tall, trim boss.” Ed was a local rancher who had raised cattle south of Jake’s Corner and owned the 3V brand.

The other ranchers felt he was one of their own with whom they could easily talk. From December to March 1937 Ed was in charge since no supervising ranger was assigned, but when Moose arrived Ed was a great help with the ranchers in easing the transition. He wrote, “Ed

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Fuel took me around and introduced me to everyone in Payson. Then we went to Gisela and I met a lot of people there. Ed kept telling me their names until I could remember.”

The Ranger Station was on the edge of town and the house for the ranger’s family was next door with five rooms.

There was also a barn, a garage and a large warehouse for storing trucks and supplies. Today this cluster comprises the “campus” of the Northern Gila County Historical Society and Rim Country Museum. The barn has been gone many years. [1] Next: Clyde Moose, Part Two [1] Source, People and Places of the Old Kaibab, Cultural Resources Management Reports No. 10, Albuquerque, N.M. USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region 1990. This lengthy paper includes the memoirs of Clyde Moose during his time in Arizona.

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aroundthe rim Low temperatures keep ground covered with snow Brrrr, the weather has been mighty inches of snow was still on the ground chilly; so chilly in fact, Tonto Village and the snowplow had piled the snow up has about 12 inches of snow still on the against the gate making it higher than 22 ground. Forget about mopping the floors, inches. Along comes a caravan of three they will get muddy again right after you trucks loaded down with Boy Scouts and their leaders. They jumped out clean it up. The only solution to of the trucks and literally took this is to leave your shoes and the snow shovel out of Bill’s hand boots outside and come in the the village and said, “We’re taking over.” house with only your socks on. I The Boy Scouts had been snow know, I can hear the gripes now, camping just up the street and “It’s too cold outside, my feet will they were headed home to the get cold!”

Valley. Some of those boys had The Domino Divas are also never seen snow or had a chance dealing with the snow and the to play in it. They were a woncold. The back parking lot at the derful bunch of boys and they got fire station still has snow too right to work to clear the gate. deep for cars, even if the snow Janet There was so much snow the is now crusty. Sooooo, Plan B Snyder job took quite a while. The Boy is still in effect. The ladies will Scouts were members of Troops be meeting at Laura Bierwirth’s home in Payson. The ladies do not want 541 and 641 from Mesa. The troop leaders to miss a Wednesday without playing were Dean Taylor and Merrill Heslop. dominoes and having a fantastic lunch. What a great deed of kindness. We can’t The Divas’ mascot, Jake the Hound Dog thank them enough for saving Bill a very is totally confused, he is so smart that if big backbreaking job. he does not see cars in the parking lot, he trots over to our house. He knows that Special event Bill will always have a treat for him. Last I received an email from Lucy and week Bill and I were on one of the side Jacquelin Karrys of Tonto Village on streets and Jake was walking around and Monday. Jacquelin attended the first ever when he saw Bill’s truck, he started to Payson Special Needs Winter Wonderland bark, so Bill said, “Jake, a doggie bone?” Ball Jan. 16. The ball was held at the Jake followed our truck all the way back Mazatzal Hotel & Casino. DJ Craig was on to our house and waited at the gate for a hand to photograph the event. treat. What a dog!

Organizer Teresa Chernov had help from many others to help make dreams Good Samaritans come true for the special needs adult This past weekend, Bill was struggling community. They were treated to a lovely to clear a path to our garage, an enor- catered meal and danced the night away mous task by the way — most of the 22 to the music provided by DJ Craig. It was

Janet Snyder photo

Members of Boy Scout Troops 541 and 641 from Mesa put their muscles to work shoveling out Bill Snyder’s driveway. We thank them for their help. a night that will not be soon forgotten.

Many thanks to Teresa for making the evening a huge success.

Birthdays

Bill Beller, a Hellsgate firefighter will celebrate his birthday on Jan. 24. Happy birthday to you, Bill. On Jan. 28, Grace Daniels of Tonto Village III will add another candle to her birthday cake. Grace shares her birthday with KMOG’s very own, Ron Gibson. Ron has been a big supporter of the Hellsgate Fireflies auxiliary and the auxiliary appreciates his support and wishes him a very happy birthday.

Arizona Cardinals

What an exciting football game this past weekend! I was on the edge of my seat by the fourth quarter.

I can hardly wait until Sunday, Jan. 24 when they play the Carolina Panthers

(4:40 p.m., MST) for the Divisional Championship. When they win, the Cards will be in the Super Bowl. Wow! How fantastic is that! How about a “drop dead” appetizer for the gang during the game?

Crabmeat Hors D’oeuvres 1 can crescent dinner rolls 1, 7-ounce can crabmeat 1/4 cup chili sauce 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1/3 cup sour cream Separate rolls into 8 triangles. Cut each into 4 small triangles. Place dough on an ungreased cookie sheet. Combine crabmeat, Worcestershire and chili sauces. Spread 1 teaspoon on each triangle and top with 1/2 teaspoon sour cream.

Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

Serve warm. Makes 32.

The recipe is from Juanita Oney of Diamond Point and Apache Junction and is in the “Fireflies Can Cook” cookbook.

DJ Craig photo

Jacquelin Karrys looked like a princess in her gown at the Special Needs Winter Wonderland Ball held at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino on Jan. 16.

Snow-bunnies spend holiday weekend in the Creek Christopher Creek has a ridge that up to Sunrise to try the 10 inches of new runs the length of town, paralleling powder.

Columbine Road. The closer you live Mia, Ava and Jason are another trio to the ridge, the later the sun comes up of snow-bunnies who spent the long in the morning. It goes without saying weekend in the Creek. Scott and Marilyn then, that the snow is not meltare the grandparents. This ing as fast. Dean and Jenny’s another week bunch were into more creative place is carved right into the in the creek endeavors. They spent hours side of the ridge and they still creating a skiing snowman in have tons of deep snow. the shade of the front porch.

The neighbors across the Fence boards served for skis. It road were here over last weekwas a masterpiece, kids! end. Shortly after their arrivAs we continue to document al, the Columbine Sledding and our El Niño winter in the Creek, Slalom Run was in business. thus far we have had 20 inches of snow back in November Located directly next to the and December and 22 inches Bottle Cabin, it’s a 50-yard trail Rod Britain in January. Temperatures have that runs straight down the side of the ridge over rock ledges and been on the chilly side according to my between the numerous ponderosa pine wood pile. The Creek is cookin’ right along and should we have some more trees.

Shouts and screams permeated the 50-degree temperatures the next couple air Saturday and Sunday as they flew days, it will get to roaring. There are down the run time after time. We think still 41 inches of snow at the top of the that was mostly Brooke and her friend canyon.

When you wade all through the Sadie. Monday morning early they were

National Weather Service jargon in their recent El Niño report, it boils down to an above median precipitation forecast for the southern tier of states for the period January through March. That’s us. Now listen to this mumble-jumble: an equal chance of normal, below-normal or above-normal temperatures.

Former Christopher Creek resident Dave Ezzell, 78, passed away Jan. 6 in Omaha, Neb. He and wife Jackie lived halfway down Columbine Road. Dave was a past president of the CCHOA and was an avid quilter.

Last Sunday, a celebration of life was held in Tonto Basin for longtime former resident Willene Bryne. A large crowd of friends and family members including her husband Charles were in attendance. Christopher Creek and Payson were well represented. Many of those folks were coworkers of Willene.

Dennis Louchard, a longtime entertainer at Creekside restaurant, performed.

Back in those years, Willene was always front-row center at the piano bar when

Dennis was playing.

Bob Lusson is back in the hospital once again suffering from life’s toll on a 91-year-old. Bob needs your prayers and by the time you read this he will need a visit from you to cheer him up. Payson Care Center is where you’ll find him. We should ask him if he’s getting frequent flyer miles.

You’ll recall that we have some dates of events coming around the bend. Jan. 27 in the afternoon, the 58th running of the Hashknife Pony Express passes through the Creek on their route from Holbrook to Scottsdale. Did you know there is a larger than life statue named “Passing the Legacy” depicting the riders handing off the mail bags. This work is located along the canal at Scottsdale Waterfront.

Sheila is hosting the first wine-tasting of the season on Feb. 6. Then the next evening is the Super Bowl 50 party and maybe, just maybe … well, we don’t want to jinx it.

Wow, these gals sure did come

through! They were enlisted (volunteered) to costume Father Alfredo for the murder mystery. Marilyn Tice, the seamstress, did a fabulous job on the priest’s collar and vest.

Cheri Short is into bling. She came up with a stupendous crucifix to adorn Father’s vest. Gratsi mille, both of you!

The Arizona Cardinals’ journey through the playoff brings back bittersweet memories of the 2009 Super Bowl run. While the Cardinals were fighting their way to the big game, our dear friend Candy was fighting for her life.

Patty Boeschling and Karen Thornton took turns with the caretaking duties and Ronnie came up from Dealer’s Choice Road to help. There were big dinners and playoff games. Football helped a lot. The Super Bowl came and Arizona lost in the last minute and, in the end, Candy lost her fight, too.

Sunday’s game with the Panthers needs to exceed the magic of last week’s game. Go Cardinals! … and that’s another week in the Creek.

The trip back home isn’t always a boring nothing It’s an odd fact — but a very human one, I sus- your turn pect — that we usually remember the outbound trip to somewhere, but not the homeward bound trip. It isn’t always that way, though. In fact, two of my homeward bound trips have been Tom Garrett downright “interesting” — keeping in mind the Chinese curse, “May you live an interesting life.”

My first “interesting” homebound trip was the flight home from Iceland. Now, I will admit that the outbound trip aboard the troopship wasn’t exactly boring. We crossed the North Atlantic in autumn, a season known to mariners as anything but a smooth sailing season. And while

I do not get seasick, that up-and-down and left-and-right swaying nightmare made some of the 2,800 men on that troopship upchuck everything they had eaten since spring.

Not only that, but sometime in the future when the Martians are digging up the earth to see what kind of creatures could have gotten along with only two legs they may be mystified by the fact that the entire track of what was once an ocean stretching from New York City to Europe is paved with Zippo lighters. They’ll never guess that they fell out of the shirt pockets of GIs leaning over a ship’s rail trying to raise the sea level with their stomach contents.

But the flight home a year later?

Oh my, Johnny! I’ve seen some rough flights, but that one wins the prize. It was the longest, noisiest and worst smelling

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upchucking event in history. If someone had opened the passenger door I think some of those poor GIs would have jumped out.

You see, like ocean-going ships, aircraft follow definite paths across the trackless sky to avoid accidents, such as nose-to-nose surprises. So there are “airways” between specific locations, lanes of specified width with 1,000 or 2,000 feet vertical separations to keep planes flying in opposite directions safely separated.

Fine, but it do make problems at times!

And 8 June 1953 was one of those times for the C-54 carrying 68 of us home from Merry Cold Iceland. I remember being told later that they had assigned us to some altitude, but it happened that a huge storm stretching across the Atlantic had clouds that topped out from 500 feet below that altitude to 500 feet above it.

Oh my! What a rough ride that created!

You see, to the wings of a “great silver bird” a cloud is much more solid than clear air, so when they hit clouds the plane is driven upward. And when it comes out of the clouds it drops. So up and down, and up and down, and up and down we went until — bla-a-a-a-ah! Out it all came!

Being on a plane pitching up and down like that is far worse than being on a ship tossed by rough seas. The vertical distance is much greater, and you careen up and down much faster. In fact, if you aren’t tightly belted in on a rapidly rising and falling aircraft you are nailed to the floor one moment and plastered to the ceiling the next.

Oh, my! You should have heard those GIs filling burp bags. The whole trip

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home all I heard was, “Urp! Oh, God! URP! OH, GOD! UR-R-R-R-R-P!” For 10 %$#@! hours!

Say what? Did I get sick? No. As I said before I am very lucky; I don’t get seasick. But although I think that of the 68 men aboard the aircraft I was the only one who didn’t get sick, it was a close thing. Those last 30 minutes? As the aircraft descended into hot summer air?

And the cabin temperature rose? And the air got riper and riper?

Oh yeah! It was a close, bubba!

I never breathed in anything so good smelling in all my life as I did when they opened the aircraft door at Westover Air Force Base, Mass., and the scent of freshcut grass poured in!

Unforgettable trip home?

You bet, Johnny!

And another one next week ...

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Payson Roundup Friday, January 22, 2016

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

Baha’i Faith Payson For location and information, call (928) 951-4404 or (928) 9786519.

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

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

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

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

Pastor Ed Hepworth, 478-4857 (church), 478-4310 (home).

10:30 a.m. Worship Service and Children’s Sunday School (nursery provided). Thursday Bible Study. For more information, call Pastor Ed.

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

East Verde Baptist Church Houston Mesa Road at Whispering Pines Control Road, 4749385. Sunday Morning Bible Study, 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 7 p.m.

Expedition Church 301 S. Colcord Road (two blocks west of Hwy. 87, just north of Bonita). Expedition is a non-denominational church whose mission is to “make disciples who love God and people.”

Sunday services are at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. For more information, go to www.discoverexpedition.com, Facebook at ExpeditionChurchPayson, or call (928) 474-9128. We look forward to having you join us on our journey!

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

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

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

Church for the Nations Payson (CFTN Payson) meeting at 901 S. Westerly Road in the Chapel at Messinger’s. Sunday service 10 a.m. Pastors Nevin and Dina Hershberger invite you to come to join dynamic praise and worship with uplifting prophetic teaching. Contact Pastor Nevin at (602) 757-3778 or Pastor Dina at (602) 757-3830.

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

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

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

Wednesday: Bible Class 6:30 p.m. www.paysonchurchofchrist. com Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints MOGOLLON WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sacrament Meeting 11 a.m., 474-6367, 468-8157, Missionaries (928) 254-8140.

MANZANITA WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Sacrament Meeting 1 p.m., 474-3788, 472-2266, Missionaries (928) 254-8140.

PONDEROSA WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 9 a.m. to 12 noon; Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., 472-8709, 474-6367 or 468-1103, Missionaries 472-7956.

FAMILY HISTORY CENTER: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa, 468-0249; Open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and by appointment: V. Green (928) 474-4181.

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

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

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

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

YOUNG BRANCH: Sunday 9:30 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; 11:20 a.m. Sacrament meeting. 4623326 or 462-3388.

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

(928) 477-2138.

Church on Randall Place, SBC (in Pine) Pastor John Lake. All are welcome! 6338 W. Randall Place (turn west on Randall Place road near the Thrift Store) Sunday Morning Prayer: 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Sunday Adult Bible Enrichment 8:45 a.m. to 9:40 a.m., Sunday Worship Celebration: 10 a.m. Sunday Communion 2nd Sunday of the month. Sunday Fellowship Meal every 3rd Sunday of the month. Women of CORP Ministries and Bible studies lead

by Simone Lake. Other various Connection Groups available throughout week. For more information, contact: 1-928-4764249 (ch), 1-928-472-6439 (pastor’s hm) 1-928-970-4249 (pastor’s cell), Email: pinerandallchurch@hotmail.com Website: http://churchonrandallplace.org Online Sermons: www.sermon.net/CORP Community Christian Church An independent, undenominational fellowship. Meets every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel at Majestic Rim Retirement Living, 310 E. Tyler Parkway. Open Communion served every Sunday.

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

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

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

Gospel Meetings All are invited to come and hear the simple teachings and doctrine of Christ. The gospel of Christ still provides an anchor for the soul in a turbulent world. These meetings present the gospel story simply and freely. Tuesday from 7-8 p.m., Mogollon Health Alliance, 308 E. Aero Dr., Payson.

Mount Cross Lutheran Church (ELCA) 601 E. Highway 260 (across from Tiny’s Restaurant), 474-2552.

Ken Lentz, Interim Pastor. Sunday Worship Schedule: 8:30 a.m.

Traditional Service; 10:30 a.m. Praise Service. Holy Communion is celebrated on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of each month.

Visit our website atwww.mountcross.org. Church office hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mount Cross is a warm, loving church community that extends itself to others and welcomes everyone with joy.

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

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

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

Monday through Friday.

Payson Living Word Bible Church 208 S. McLane Road (across from the High School). Services Sundays starting at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. with Kids Church and nursery provided. PLW is a Spirit Filled Contemporary Church based on Faith; we believe speaking the Word of God will move mountains in our lives. We have a mission here at PLWBC: Love, Win, Build and Change. There are many activities at the church so come out and be a part of our family.

The Lord is doing great things. If you have any questions, the church number is (928) 474-8606.

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

Payson United Methodist Church 414 N. Easy Street (between Zurich St. and Malibu St., behind ACE Hardware), 474-0485; Pastor Carl Peterson. A growing, multi-generational faith community where our hearts, minds, and doors are open to all people. We invite you to worship with us Sunday at 8:30 a.m. (Contemporary) or at 11 a.m. (Traditional).

Kid’s Church along with free and safe nursery care is provided.

Please call the church for information on additional programs, ministries and our mission to the community.

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

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

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

Ponderosa Bible Church 1800 N. Beeline Hwy., (928) 474-9279. “Preparing God’s

people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up.” Dr. Joe Falkner, Sr. Pastor; Curtis Fahrlender, Pastor of Student Ministries; Allen Mann, Part-time Associate Pastor.

Sunday: Traditional Worship Service 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; Contemporary Service 11 a.m. to 12 noon; Youth Bible Study (Grades 7-12) 9:30 a.m.; BLAST I (Bible Learning And Sharing Together) Grades K-6 9:30 a.m.; BLAST II, Grades K-4, 11 a.m.; Adult Bible Study 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Student Ministries (grades 7-12) 6-7:30 p.m. Nursery and Pre-Primary available for morning worship services. Wednesday: Legacy Singles (55+ years of age) coffee at 9 a.m., please call 4749279 as locations vary. Adult Prayer and Bible Study 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Nursery available. Thursday: Men’s Bible Study 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. (in recess for the summer); Payson Women’s Bible Study 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. (in recess for the summer). Pioneer Clubs (Grades 1-5), 2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays when school is in session.

Visit our website www.pbcpayson.org.

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

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

All are welcome! Rock of Ages Lutheran Church is located at 204 W. Airport Road (corner of Airport Rd and North McLane).

Pastor David Sweet, (928) 970-7606 or (928) 474-2098. Sunday Worship Service is at 9 a.m.; Sunday School and Adult Bible Class at 10:15 a.m.; Holy communion is celebrated at the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Adult Bible class is held on Tuesdays at 1 p.m., Thursdays at 9 a.m. and Saturdays at 9 a.m.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church WE Welcome Everyone. 1000 N. Easy St. (Corner of Sherwood & Easy St.). 928-474-3834. The Rev. Daniel F. Tantimonaco, Rector. St. Paul’s parishioners and Father Dan invite you to join us as WE participate in worship, Christian education, outreach and fellowship activities. Sunday: Holy Eucharist Services are at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. The 10 a.m. service includes traditional and contemporary music. Child care is provided. Our Praise Band leads us with contemporary music on the last Sunday of the month. Christian Education programs offer Children’s Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Sunday Adult Group Study at 9 a.m. Wednesday: We celebrate the Service of Healing & Holy Eucharist at 9 a.m. Quarterly: Taizé, a Service of contemplation and music, is held quarterly on a Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. (Call for dates). We have very active Women’s, Men’s and Bible Study groups. A Film Review group and Book Club are just some of our other regular programs. (Call Church for dates and times). Visit our Website: www.stpaulspayson.org. Email: stpaulspayson@gmail.com WE Welcome Everyone.

Seventh-day Adventist Church 700 E. Wade Lane, Payson; Pastor Steven Salsberry; Elder Sharon Judd. Saturday services: Sabbath School/Bible Study 9:30a.m.; Worship Hour 11 a.m. We welcome all visitors.

Come and join us for uplifting fellowship. Call 928-474-9209 for Prayer Meeting times and location, and for coming local events, or visit our website: http://payson.adventistfaith.org.

Shiloh Christian Fellowship 501 E. Rancho Road (across the street from Payson Elementary School), 474-3138. Non-denominational church teaching verse by verse and chapter by chapter through the Bible. Contemporary Worship and family oriented, children’s ministries and nursery provided. Sunday Worship Service at 10:45 a.m. Bible Study on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Star Valley Baptist Church 4180 E. Highway 260, 4 miles east of Payson (928) 474-5557.

Sunday Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. followed by the Worship Service at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday Night offers children’s ministries from 5-7 p.m. ARMOR for boys 1st-6th grade and GO for girls 1st6th grade. All are welcome!

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

Tonto Basin Bible Church Hwy. 188 off Dryer Dr., Tonto Basin, Pastor Robert Melotti, (928) 479-2299.

Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m., worship service 10:45 a.m., Children’s Church 10:45 a.m., no Sunday eve. service.

Wednesday Night Bible Study Fellowship 7 p.m. Potluck every third Sunday at noon following the worship service.

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

Tonto Village Chapel Tonto Village Chapel exists to serve, love and uplift the Lord Jesus Christ. Our mission is to operate in the community as a light House through fulfilling the great commission as found in Matthew 28:18-20. We welcome an opportunity to worship with you on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. with Sunday school/Bible study at 10:45 a.m. for adults, children and youth, or Tuesday evening Bible study and prayer meeting at 5 p.m.

For questions or information please call the Church at (928) 478-5076.

Unity Church of Payson Spiritual leader Dr. Lynnette Brouwer, Licensed Unity Teacher.

Our mission is to inspire and awaken one another to a greater experience of God and life through the practical application of spiritual principles. Sunday services at 10 a.m., 600 State Highway 260, #14 (Board of Realtors Conference Room, back of Tiny’s parking lot). The Gifts of Imperfection class coming Sunday afternoons Jan. 31 and Feb. 14 & 28. For more, go to www.unityofpayson.org or 928-478-8515.

Young Baptist Church (928) 462-3476. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Services, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday prayer service, 6 p.m.

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, January 22, 2016

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February is National Spay and Neuter Month deal with the hassle or the mess.

DJ Palmer Neutering your male dog or cat: Something all pet owners want is for Neutering your male companion pre­ their pet(s) to live longer. What if one of those solutions was as easy as spaying vents testicular cancer and enlargement and neutering your pet? With February of the prostate gland if done before six only a few weeks away, HSCAZ would months of age. Neutered male dogs live like to take the time and recognize 18 percent longer than those left intact.

No roaming! Finding a mate pret­ National Spay and Neuter Month. Our voucher program has helped hundreds ty much trumps everything else for intact dogs and cats and they of people in our communi­ will do just about anything ty afford this simple proce­ to get out of a house or yard. dure with our mobile clinic Humane Once free, your pet risks and the wonderful veterinary Society many dangers; traffic inju­ practices throughout the Rim of Central Arizona ries, being stolen, fights with Country. Here is a list of other roaming males and or some of the benefits to alter­ wildlife, accidently ingesting ing your pet.

ADOPTION something poisonous, etc.

Spaying your female dog OPTIONS He will be better behavedor cat will ensure: and therefore happier. Many She will live a longer, aggression problems and healthier life. Spaying, espe­ cially before her first heat, helps pre­ undesirable behaviors such as humping vent uterine infections, breast cancer and urine marking can be avoided by and other diseases. On average, spayed early neutering. Studies also show most female dogs live 23 percent longer than dog bites often involve animals who are unaltered. those who are not spayed.

Always remember that one of the She won’t go into heat. Many female cats and dogs express anxiety and most beneficial things to spaying and clinginess when in heat. Felines will neutering your pet is the population yowl and even inappropriately urinate control to our beloved community. in the house. Plus, you won’t have to While we are here to serve the home­ by

C L U B S Fishing enthusiasts gather January 23

The Payson Flycasters and Trout Unlimited meeting is at 9 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 23 at Tiny’s, 600 E. Hwy. 260, Payson. Please note the date change for this month only. The guest speaker is James Goughnour, owner of Rim Country Custom Rods. He will dis­ cuss differences in fishing rod types and the correct terminology relat­ ed to fishing rods. He will discuss the differences between a custom build fishing rod vs. a production built rod.

Goughnour will demonstrate the steps to build a custom fishing rod and answer the question: Who should buy a custom built fishing rod?

Tai Chi and Qigong

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

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

Radio control car/truck enthusiasts wanted

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

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

AUTO DETAILING

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

Republican Club hosts special speaker

The Rim Country Republican Club will meet Monday, Jan. 25 at Tiny’s Family Restaurant. The special speaker will be Dr. Carl Goldberg. His very informative pre­ sentation is entitled, “What NonMoslems Need to Know about Islam and Why.” Dr. Goldberg has a PhD in history from the University of Michigan, and he has performed more than 200 public speaking appearances and radio shows on Islam in Arizona, California, Nevada, Florida, and Mexico.

Members and quests will gath­ er at 11 a.m. to order lunch and to socialize. At 11:30 a.m., Dr. Goldberg will speak.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Call Nancy Cox at 928-472-1172 for more information.

Pine Library Friends

The Pine Library Friends will hold their next meeting on Monday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. We will meet in the Library Activity Room locat­ ed just behind the Cultural Hall in the Community Center in Pine.

Our guest speakers will be Alleen and Don Nilsen whose topic will be Growing Old with Humor.

The Nilsens joined the faculty of Arizona State University in the early 1970s. Don holds a PH.D in linguistics while Alleen holds a Ph.D in English education. During the 1980s, with support from Arizona Humanities, the Nilsens sponsored six national and international humor

less animals of Payson, it never hurts to try and decrease our intake numbers.

Millions of pets each year are eutha­ nized in shelters across the country simply because there are not enough willing adopters. The overall benefit of having healthier, long-living pets should be a goal for all of us as pet owners, and one easy step to achieving that goal is making sure your animal is spayed or neutered.

FEATURED PETS

Pictured are just two of the many won­ derful animals available for adoption at the HSCAZ shelter, 605 W. Wilson Ct. Hours are Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed Sundays and holidays. All pets are already spayed or neutered and current on vaccinations.

To learn more, call us at (928) 474-5590 or visit www.humanesocietycentralaz. org.

HENNY

Big, beautiful and benign describes me perfectly! So don’t let my huge muscles worry you! I am an easygoing, gentle girl who loves everyone! I hope your lap is big, because chances are I’ll climb in it. I enjoy making new friends

a n d

and go out of my way to make sure everyone gets to meet me! Small chil­ dren, seniors, everyone can be my new best friend. We’ll get along fabulously if you like to give (or get!) kisses, play tug, go for walks and lounge on the couch.

Though I enjoy the outdoors, I must confess to being a bit of a homebody.

I take my leisure time very seriously!

I have good house manners and know how to sit pretty for a treat. I’ll keep an eye on the door but don’t mistake me for a watchdog. I love visitors! I have an easygoing demeanor with other dogs and have been tested with dogs both

conferences, all of which were held at ASU. These conferences laid the foundation for the founding of the International Society for Humor Studies, for which they act as lead­ ers. Since 2011, the Nilsens have been active in ASU’s Emeritus College, Don serving as the Asst.

Dean for the Humanities and Alleen serving as the Editor of Emeritus Voices.

Their presentation should be something we can all relate to and laugh about.

As always, the commumnity is welcome so come and bring a friend.

Light refreshments will be served.

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

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

Celebrate Recovery Celebrate Recovery is a group for those with hurts, habits and hangups. Celebrate God’s healing power through eight recovery principles and Christ-centered 12 steps. Meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at Mountain Bible Church. For more information, call (928) 472-7800.

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

There are no fees or dues. The

many and varied and all up to you.

Come check us out.

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

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

Alanon

Friendship Bible Class

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

Alateen meetings have been sus­ pended until further notice. For information call Helen at (928) 9786424.

TOPS in Pine

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

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

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

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

Senior Singles with Spirit

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

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&

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GRANITE

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We offer sales, rentals and service on medical equipment and mobility products including wheelchairs, power wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, etc. Authorized provider for Pride Mobility Products Corp. Honoring our commitment to you since 1989. Located at 217 E. Highway 260 in the Safeway Plaza. Call (928) 478-7940 or visit us online at www. southwestmobility.com.

OFFICE SUPPLIES

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PET SITTING

SALES RENTALS SERVICE

Rim Country’s Cannabis Dispensary 200 N. Tonto Street, Payson 928.474.2420 UncleHerbsHealthCenter.com

WE DELIVER

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Rim Country CoDA

Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a 12-step fellowship of women and men whose common pur­ pose is to develop healthy relation­ ships. We gather together to support and share with each other in a jour­ ney of self discovery — learning to love ourselves.

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

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

Masonic Lodge

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

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

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The Payson Tea Party invites you to hear Gila County Attorney Bradley Beauchamp discuss the changes to the County Attorney’s office since he took over, and answer questions of interest from the audi­ ence. Please join us on Tuesday, Jan. 26, from 6 to 7:45 p.m., at Tiny’s Restaurant on East Highway 260.

For more information, call 928-9516774.

HIGH SPEED INTERNET

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County Attorney to be Tea Party speaker

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High-Speed

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

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

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

The lodge has a Thursday Fish Fry from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and weekly dinner specials are available.

Also, on the second, third, and fourth Thursday Diana Marie pro­ vides music from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The lodge is open to members and their guests.

THE THE TUB TUB GUY GUY

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

since 1989

Moose Lodge events

Call to arrange for an estimate today.

Ask about our senior discounts.

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Honoring our committment to you

JULIETs - Just Us Ladies Into Eating Together - meets for lunch and conversation the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Crosswinds Restaurant at the Airport at 11:30 a.m. It is just for fun, no book to read, no dish to make. Everyone is welcome, no reservations required.

For additional information please call Chris Tilley at 928-468-9669.

We now offer a great price for a cut-down bathtub modification for handicapped or elderly people who find it hard to get in and out of a standard bathtub. In just one day your bathtub can be modified for easy access.

� Installation of prefinished and unfinished wood flooring. � Sanding and refinishing of new and existing wood floors. � Screen & Recoat

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

BATHTUB MODIFICATIONS

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How do you do? The pleasure is mine. I am Toby the gentle giant. Cool and collective is my style, I am not an active guy. Lounging around is what I enjoy. I am looking for a companion that is willing to pet me; I don’t really have any favorite spot, all over is my favorite spot to be petted! If you are looking to add a little love to your heart, I’m the perfect guy! I’m also front paw declawed.

only membership requirement is a desire to not compulsively overeat anymore.

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

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

PAYSON ROUNDUP FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2016

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TO SEE MORE PHOT O TEXT PR AN S, D I.D. # FOUND IN T HE AD TO 56654 More ways than ever to publish and pay for your classified ad!

Call 928-474-5251 • Online at PaysonClassifiedsNow.com • Email ClassAds@payson.com

Classifieds

DEADLINES: 10AM Monday for Tuesday issue • 10AM Wednesday for Friday issue Order: 10079403 Cust: -Gila County Personnel art#: 20127705 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 2.00

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

FIREWOOD Alligator Juniper $250. Spit and Delivered Locally, 928-472-7077 if no answer, please leave message

FIREWOOD Order: 10079017 Cust: -Town of Payson / HR Keywords: Police/Fire/911 Dispatcher Trainee art#: 20131192 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 2.00

Town of Payson

Recreation Coordinator — Event Center $16.79 - $25.18, plus benefits.

Obtain job description and required application 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, 02/05/16. EOE Order: 10079685 Cust: -Town of Payson / HR Keywords: Town of Payson, Recreation Coordinator art#: 20132108 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 2.00 Town of Payson

Police/Fire/911 Dispatcher Trainee starting at $15.58/hr or Dispatcher I starting at $16.38/hr, depending upon qualifications, plus benefits. Must be willing to work irregular hours such as holidays, nights, and weekends. Obtain required application by calling (928) 474-5242 x5012; pick one up at Town Hall; or download at www.paysonaz.gov. Human Resources, 303 N Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541, must receive applications no later than 4PM MST, 01/27/16. EOE

Order: 10079716 Cust: -High Country Agricultural Serv Keywords: Gilmar Ranch Must20132149 possess 6 months experience as a general ranch worker and provide art#: Class: General the contact information of one previous employer who can speak to appliSize: X 4.00 cant’s2.00 related experience. Dates of need: 02/17/2016 thru 12/01/2016.

GENERAL RANCH WORKER

One temporary position opening. $11.27 per hour plus housing. Work 48 hrs per week. 3/4 work guarantee. All work tools and equipment provided.

Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worker will be provided or paid by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract. Worker must be familiar with and able to safely operate an ATV and be able to work livestock on foot in corrals and or small pastures. Must be able to lift 75 pounds. Performs any combination of the following tasks on the ranch.

Attend to livestock including cattle and farm flock of sheep. Waters, feeds hay and supplements to livestock on range or at ranch headquarters-assist with calving, lambing, shearing farm flock of sheep, and observing livestock on a daily basis for herd health and maintaining fences. Maintain all fences, corrals, bunkhouses, buildings, range improvements, and livestock equipment used for proper livestock management. Must have knowledge of building and repair of fence, flood and sprinkler irrigation knowledge and management, and assist with haying operations. Must be able to identify and assist with control of noxious and poisonous weeds under supervision.

Must care for and feed livestock guard dog daily. May have to be on 24-hour call during calving and lambing season and to assist with emergency livestock-- more hours during irrigation season. Light mechanical skills preferred. Maintain small equipment in a working condition and observe safe practices. Worker must be willing and able to perform all duties according to the employer's requirements during the contract period.

Workers will be expected to work in conditions normally associated with Colorado climatic conditions, which may include, at times, dusty conditions, wind, etc. Temperatures in early spring and late fall are cool; winters very cold (-30 degrees F.), temperatures in summer can reach 100 degrees F.

GILMAR RANCH / MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO Call Craig Workforce Center, (970) 824-3246 or contact your nearest State Workforce Center.

Refer to order #CO6375906 Order: 10079582 Cust: -McDonalds Keywords: Help Wanted art#: 20115075 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 4.00

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“BEST PRICES IN TOWN AND FRIENDLY SERVICE” Also BACKHOE SERVICE & YARD CLEANING Tree-Trimming, Brush Removal with Hauling Service 928-978-7384 or 928-978-5473 FIREWOOD ALIGATOR JUNIPER UNSEASONED OR PINE FULL HONEST MEASURED CORDS, WE DELIVER. 951-330-0643 Firewood for Sale: Juniper, oak & Mesquite, $300.per cord, Split, Delivered, and Stacked! Nick 480-669-9756

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS

VANS

ESTATE SALES

NOW $7,288.

Was $9,988.

Call 928-474-8888

ESTATE SALE: 200 E. Malibu, Apt. B-1; Jan. 23 & 24 from 9am to 3pm: Table and 3 chairs, Dresser, Book cases, Lamps, Linens, Glass End Tables, Duncan Phyfe Corner Hutch and Chest, Kitchen Items, Nik Naks and other Misc.

ESTATE SALE: 330 N. Big Als Run (E. of Whispering Pines), Jan. 23 (if weather if bad then Jan. 24) from 8am to 5pm! Beds, Tables, Kitchen Items, Wall Art and so Much More!

Kyle 480-510-5356 ID# 79755

1996 Ford Explorer 4x4 NOW $3,988.

Was $5,979 Call 928-474-8888 STK# FP1870A

FIREWOOD Juniper & Oak; Full Cords, Delivery Available Call 928-474-9859

MISCELLANEOUS *DOWNWINDERS CANCER CASES*

www.cancerbenefits.com Flagstaff Office; 928-774-1200 or 800-414-4328.

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

Shipping Containters, Call 928-537-3257 DRESS FOR SUCCESS BUSINESS MEETINGS, JOB INTERVIEWS MEN’S DESIGNER SUITS-46L SNOWY RIVER, AUSTRALIA FELT HAT MOUNTAIN MEN FUR HATS BLACK & WHITE BALLGOWNS DRESS HANDBAGS, GLOVES, LINGERIE MORE ITEMS AVAILABLE CUSTOM ROCKING CHAIR, LAMPS, IBM/LEXMARK TYPEWRITER & TABLE, SECY CHAIR/SIDECHAIR CALL TO SEE 928-468-1670 Gila County Liquor License #6 GILA COUNTY LIQUOR (Bar) please contact S. Patel, or 1-480-735-1984 LICENSE #6 sushma.s.patel@gmail.com

(BAR)

PLEASE CONTACT S. PATEL AT 1-480-735-1984 OR SUSHMA.S.PATEL@GMAIL.COM

I BUY ESTATES! (928) 474-5105 THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades?

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

NOW $7,988.

Was $10,289.

Call 928-474-8888 STK# FP1799B

Mobile RV & Trailer Repair!

Call Carl 928-951-3500 RED CORVETTE, 1985 55K Miles, New Tires, New Exhaust, Looks Great, Runs Great; $9500.obo 928-468-6425 79654

PAYSON Please pick-up an application and learn of the opportunities available at your McDonald’s today.

To apply online visit www.mcarizona.com Order: 10079825 Cust: -Hospice Compassus Keywords: ad on server and attached art#: 20131737 Class: Healthcare Size: 3.00 X 4.00

FOR SALE Custom made vintage Italian solid marble coffee table.

Round 42” diameter. $20000

Vintage set of Noritake Ivory China “Trudy” 12 Place Settings $10000 Call Barbara at,

928-468-2047

CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCED Plumbers and HVAC Technicians Come join our team at George Henry’s Plumbing, Heating and Cooling. We are looking for experienced Plumbers and HVAC Technicians. Starting pay $27 per hour plus benefits!

MUST have at least 8 years EXPERIENCE. (Plumbing-Preferably Service & Repair) MUST have VALID driver’s license. MUST have EPA Cert if HVAC tech. Make George Henry’s a Career...not just a job! Please send resume’s to resumes@ghphc.com or stop by 905 S Beeline Hwy in Payson and fill out an application.

DRIVERS Garbage Truck Driver for Local Company, CDL not required but prefered, P.D.O.E. Apply in person at 61 Moonlight Drive, M-F 8am-11am/12pm-4pm, online at www.patriotdisposal.com

1998 Ford Expedition 4x4 NOW $4,888.

Was $6,989.

Call 928-474-8888 STK# FP1937A

Newspaper PART-TIME INSERTER High Energy Position 20-25 Hours per week Mon, Tue, Thur, Friday’s 8:00 AM - Finish Must be able to Lift up to 25lbs.

Work at a very fast pace, be able to stand for the period of the day. Starting Pay $8.05/hr.

Must be Able to Pass Background Check Pick Up Applications After 3pm at the Roundup Office and attach Copy of Drivers License.

708 N. Beeline Hwy.

PRESS OPERATOR The Payson Roundup is accepting applications for an experienced web press operator.

We are an award winning, twice weekly newspaper and produce products for a limited number of commercial printing customers.

We are looking for someone with experience in running 5 units of Goss Community, negative stripping, plate making and with a pride for quality.

Mechanical abilities and forklift experience are also desirable.

This is a fulltime position with a complete benefit package.

Payson is located in the heart of Mogollon Rim country where outdoor recreation, hunting and fishing abound.

Please send your resume to publisher@payson.com, OR Payson Roundup 708 N. Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541.

2004 Pontiac Aztek AWD SUV NOW $4,988.

Was $7,688.

Call 928-474-8888

Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low is now hiring for:

STK# RP0771A

Medical Technologist Ultrasound Tech Cath Lab ARRT Physical Therapist

2005 Mercury Mountaineer AWD

* Sign on Bonus / Relocation Assistance / Yearly Increases / Excellent Benefits *

NOW $5,288.

Was $7,998.

Call 928-474-8888

GENERAL

2007 Toyota Highlander AWD, Sport NOW $10,988.

Was $13,788.

Call 928-474-8888

2004 Chevy Colorado Xtra-Cab, 4x4 NOW $9,988.

Was $11,988.

Call 928-474-8888

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

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

HAULING Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2015

HAULING

CBI Inc. is hiring for EMT & Independent Licensed Counselors Great Benefit package, Tuition Assistance and SIGN ON BONUS for Licensed Social Workers or Counselors Send resumes: recruiting@cbridges.com

Apply online at www.summithealthcare.net or call to speak with the recruiter at 928-537-6367

HIRING: Part Time Experienced RN w/IV Skills,Salary D.O.E, Send Resume & References Required: Internal Medicine Clinic, PO Box 1463, Payson, 85547

Ophthalmology back-office F-T position; exp. a + SDOE, fax resume to 928-474-4534 Attention D. Burns

STK# OFP1752A

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

JOE - 970-1873 HOME SERVICES

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Call The Cheaper Sweeper You’ve tried the rest, now try the best!

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LEGAL NOTICES 16024: 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2016 TS No. 2015-00579-AZ NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 08/08/2006 and recorded on 08/14/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-013844, 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

Name and Address of Original Trustor: RAMON PATINO, SR. AND MARIA PATINO, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP, 802 NORTH EASY STREET, PAYSON, AZ 85541 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 W e b s i t e : http://www.altisource.com/M ortgageServices/DefaultMan agement/TrusteeServices.as px Western Progressive - Arizona, Inc. DATED: 11/30/2015 /s/ Chelsea Jackson, Chelsea Jackson, Trustee Sale Assistant The successor trustee herein qualifies as a trustee of the Deed of Trust in the trustee’s capacity as an Escrow Agent as required by A.R.S. § 33-803 (A)(6). The successor trustee’s regulator is the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions.

STATE OF Georgia COUNTY OF Fulton On 11/30/2015, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said State, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Chelsea Jackson, 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/ Stephanie Spurlock, Stephanie Spurlock, NOTARY PUBLIC Clayton County, Georgia My Commission Expires: April 9, 2017

LEGAL NOTICES 16027: 1/8, 1/15, 1/22/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS (PUBLICATION) OF THE JOHN WARREN VISCONTI REVOCABLE TRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1994 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FRED A. SCHOEN is the Trustee of the JOHN WARREN VISCONTI REVOCABLE TRUST DATED September 24, 1994 (hereinafter “Trust”), of which JOHN WARREN VISCONTI was the Settlor. JOHN WARREN VISCONTI died on October 14, 2015. Pursuant to A.R.S. §14-6103, all persons having claims against JOHN WARREN VISCONTI and/or the Trust are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice, if notice is given as provided

by A.R.S. §14-3801(A), or within 60 days after mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Trustee at the address set forth: c/o Fred A. Schoen, Trustee, 1218 3rd Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle Washington 98101.

DATED this 15th day of December, 2015. /s/Fred A. Schoen FRED A. SCHOEN, Successor Trustee 1218 3rd Avenue, Suite 2000 Seattle, Washington 98101 Morrill & Aronson, P.L.C. By /s/Layne Morrill Layne Morrill, Esq. 3636 North Central Avenue Suite 850 Phoenix Arizona 85012 1/8, 1/15, 1/22/16 CNS-2830739# 16028: 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2016; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee’s Sale No. 124000 Title No. 14-117989 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust recorded on 05/23/2006 in Instrument No. 2006-008875**and Modified on 7/25/2012 by Instrument No. 2012-009220, Book xx, Page xx, records of Gila County, Arizona, at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash St., Globe, AZ 85501 on 03/09/2016 at 11:00 AM. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME ON THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL. Secured property is legally described as: The North half of Lots 7 and 9, Block 3, of INDIAN HILL ADDITION TO THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE OF MIAMI, according to the plat of record in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map(s) No. 41 PURPORTED STREET ADDRESS: 213 South Cedar Avenue, Miami, AZ 85539 TAX PARCEL NUMBER(S): 206-21-138 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $38,400.00 Name and Address of Beneficiary: Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America

FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2016

LEGAL NOTICES 14523 SW Millikan Way, Suite 200 Beaverton, OR 97005 Name and Address of Original Trustor: Barbara J. Crockett 213 South Cedar Avenue Miami, AZ 85539 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 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 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. Name and Address of Trustee: Christina Harper, Esq. 301 E. Bethany Home Road, #A-227 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Telephone: (877) 914-3498 Sales Line: (714) 730-2727 Dated: December 9, 2015 Christina Harper, Attorney at Law Successor Trustee The Successor Trustee herein qualifies as Trustee of the Trust Deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a member of the Arizona State Bar as required by A.R.S Section 33-803(a)(2). The Trustee’s regulator is the Arizona State Bar. A-FN4554119 01/08/2016, 01/15/2016, 01/22/2016, 01/29/2016 16031: 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2016; Trustee Sale No: MARTINDALE-BELTRAN Notice Of Trustee’s Sale Recorded: 12/28/2015 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust and Assignment of Rents (if applicable) dated November 7, 2006, and recorded on November 17, 2006 in Instrument Number 2006-019749, 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 front entrance to the Gila County courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ on March 29, 2016 at 11:00AM of said day: Legal: The Southwesterly 41 Feet Of Lot 3, And The Southwesterly 41 Feet Of Lot 4, Block 4, Central Heights Townsite, According To The Plat Of Record In The Office Of The County, Recorder Of Gila County, Arizona, Recorded In Map No. 52. The street address is purported to be: 5525 S. Glendale Ave. Globe, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel Number: 207-08-026 Original Principal Balance: $ 37,000.00 Name and address of original Trustor:

LEGAL NOTICES Kathryn W. Harder, An Unmarried Woman PO Box 315 Claypool, AZ 85532 Name and address of the Beneficiary: Mickey J. Gomez And Kellie R. Gomez, Husband And Wife 8510 N. Cantora Way Tucson, AZ 85743 Name and address of Trustee: James C. Frisch King & Frisch, P.C. 6226 E. Pima, Ste. 150 Tucson, AZ 85712 Conveyance of the property shall be without warranty, expressed or implied, and subject to all liens, claims or interest having a priority senior to the Deed of Trust. The Trustee shall not express an opinion as to the condition of title. Trustee’s Phone number: 520.790.4061 Sale Information: www.mkconsultantsinc.com/ Dated this 22nd day of December, 2015 By: /s/ James C. Frisch, Successor Trustee Manner of Trustee Qualification: Member Of The State Bar Of Arizona Name of Trustee’s Regulator: State Bar Of Arizona State Of Arizona } } ss. County Of Pima } On this 22nd day of December, 2015, before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared James C. Frisch personally known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his 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/ Leanna M. Levine Notary Public My commission expires 9/30/2019 16032: 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5/2016: Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 12/9/2015 TS No. : AZ-15-693701-CL Order No. : 733-1501814-70 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 1/8/2010 and recorded 1/13/2010 as Instrument 2010-000352 , 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: 3/17/2016 at 11:00AM Sale Location: At the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, located at 1400 E. Ash, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: The surface and ground to a depth of 200 feet lying immediately beneath the surface of: Lot 14, Block 11, Central Heights Townsite, according to Map No. 52, records of Gila County, Arizona. Purported Street Address: 5675 EAST MAIN STREET, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel Number: 207-08-111 7 Original Principal Balance: $70,788.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association C/O JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 3415 Vision Dr Columbus, OH 43219 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): Veronica Voss, an unmarried woman 5675 EAST MAIN STREET, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy

LEGAL NOTICES Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) 645-7711 Sales Line: 916.939.0772 Login to: www.nationwideposting.com AZ-15-693701-CL The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-15-693701-CL Dated: 12/7/2015 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Valerie Frost, 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 12/7/2015 before me, Courtney Patania a notary public, personally appeared Valerie Frost, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Courtney Patania Commission No. 2044156 NOTARY PUBLIC California San Diego County My Comm.

Expires 11/1/2017 IDSPub #0099124 1/15/2016 1/22/2016 1/29/2016 2/5/2016 16037: 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2016 ARIZONA SUPERIOR COURT GILA COUNTY In the Matter of: THE HAPSHIRE FAMILY TRUST, dated MARCH 14, 2000, as amended, a Trust.

No. PB201400058 NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Donna Allison, (Herein, “Trustee”), has filed in the above-named Court a Petition to Approve Distribution Schedule and for Discharge of Liability. A hearing was held on or before February 5, 2016. A second hearing on the Petition,, specifically regarding the distribution to Nicole Hampshire, has been set for the 5th day of February, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. before: Honorable Bryan Chambers, Gila County Su-

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LEGAL NOTICES perior Court, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, Arizona 85501.

This is a legal notice; your rights may be affected. Este es un aviso legal.

Sus derechos podrian ser afectados. If you object to any part of the petition or motion that accompanies this notice, you must file with the court a written objection describing the legal basis for your objection at least three days before the hearing date, or your must appear in person or through an attorney at the time and place set forth in the notice of hearing.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 6th day of January, 2016.

By: /s/ Samantha G. Stirling, Samantha G. Stirling, Attorneys for rDonna Allison (Fiduciary License No 20316), Successor Trustee.

16038: 1/15, 1/19, 1/22/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: RIM TIRE DIESEL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR LLC File No. L-2046856-0 II. The address of the known place of business is: 3898 E. Arizona Highway 260, Star Valley, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Michael Hanai, 3898 E. Arizona Highway 260, Star Valley, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Michael Hanai, (x) manager, (x) member, 3898 E. Arizona Highway 260, Star Valley, AZ 85541.

16040: 1/22, 1/26, 1/27/2016 Articles Of Organization Of Rim Country Hardwood Flooring LLC, (An Arizona Limited Liability Company) 1. Name. The name of the limited liability company is: Rim Country Hardwood Flooring LLC. 2. Known Place of Business. The street address of the registered office in Arizona is: 1000 S. Butte Crest Circle, Payson, AZ 85541 located in the county of: 3. Statutory Agent.

The name and street address of the statutory agent of the company is: American Contractor Insurance and Bonds, Inc., 6717 N. Black Canyon Highway, Phx, AZ 85015. 4.

Dissolution. The latest date, if any, on which the limited liability company must dissolve is: 5.a. Management. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: 5.b.

Kevin Leroy Gaddie, member, 1000 S. Butte Crest Circle, Payson, AZ 85541. Executed this 14 day of April, 2015. /s/ Kevin Leroy Gaddie Phone: (701) 213-5481. Acceptance of Appointment By Statutory Agent: I, American Contractor Insurance and Bonds, Inc., having been designated to act as Statutory Agent, hereby consent to act in that capacity until removed or resignation is submitted in accordance with the Arizona Revised Statutes. /s/ - Amber Ridenhour, American Contractor Insurance and Bonds, Inc. 16042: 1/22/2016 INVITATION FOR BID FOR HEAD START MEALS Pinal Gila Community Child Services, Inc. (PGCCS) is presently requesting

LEGAL NOTICES proposals/bids for preparation of Head Start meals.

The qualities Head Start (PGCCS) is looking for in choosing a contractor to manage food services are: 1.

Provide nutritionally balanced meals prepared with quality ingredients in accordance with the meal pattern requirements of young children (CACFP/ USDA). Meals should be low in sugar and fat.

2.

Have approved food service facility meet applicable health standards as authorized by the Arizona Department of Education, Nutrition Division.

3.

The commitment and flexibility of a specialized food service to meet the changing and flexible needs of food services in today’s market.

POSSIBLE FOOD SITES (approximate number of children to serve): Apache Junction (80) Maricopa (40) Casa Grande (152) Miami (36) Coolidge (106) Payson (36) Eloy (95) San Tan Valley (38) Florence (38) Stanfield (20) Globe (36) Superior (20) Mammoth (17) Toltec (36) If you are interested in serving any or all of the above sites for the 2016/2017 school year, your bid should be sent to: Pinal Gila Community Child Services, Inc. Food Services Program 1750 South Arizona Blvd.

Coolidge, AZ 85228 Phone (520) 723-5321, ext.

1224 or 1233 Fax (520) 723-7337 Bids must be received no later than January 29, 2016 by 4:30pm Pinal Gila Community Child Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Pinal Gila Community Child Services, Inc. provides meals at no cost to enrolled children without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, or disability.

16043: 1/22, 1/26, 1/29/2016 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: DPRACING, LLC File No. L-20496893 II. The address of the known place of business is: 502 W. Sherwood Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Julie Pentico, 502 W. Sherwood Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Daniel Pentico, (x) manager, 502 W. Sherwood Dr., Payson, AZ 85541; Daely Pentico, (x) manager, 502 W. Sherwood Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

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Payson Roundup OUTDOORS Friday, January 22, 2016

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DJ Craig took the picture at left of sledding in Green Valley Park. Liam Aleshire took this picture to illustrate Roundup editor Peter Aleshire’s grandchild management skills.

Sledding’s a blast – if you have a sled From page 1B Another study published in Acta Sociologica found that in Europe grandparents spend a significant amount of time with grandchildren. When the grandparents are in their 40s and 50s, the grandmother does most of the child care. But grandfathers become more prominent in their 60s and 70s — very often when they have a different partner than the mother of their children.

Another interesting piece of research from the journal of the North American Menopause Society found that women who take care of their grandchildren one day a week lower their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive disorders.

The study tracked 186 women in Australia, all between the ages of 57 and 68. The study bolsters other findings suggesting women who remain socially engaged do better on tests of mental sharpness. However, the benefit reversed itself if the women took care of their grandchildren more

than five days a week. At that point, they did worse on tests of memory and mental processing.

Well, I’m definitely not in danger of an overdose of grandchildren — with them in Tucson and me in Payson.

However, promising a sledding adventure without actually owning a sled probably wasn’t a peak mental acuity moment for me.

But we set off full of naïve hope, with plenty of room on my credit card for grandkid spoilage.

Big 5 had nothing — well, almost nothing. They exhausted their supply of plastic sleds soon as the first storm hit — and had no snow clothes for the fashionably tiny. So we settled on some cool looking waterproof tennis shoes for Liam and Little Frogger rain gear. Had to go to Bashas’ to get mittens small enough.

We ended up at Walmart, which had also sold all its sleds.

Stalling for time, I told the two adorables to each pick out a toy.

Fortunately, I then bumped into Holly and Ken Crump, introduced them to my ever-so-polite and

Photo by Chuck Jacobs

This section of the old Bush Highway is marked as Forest Road 177, and is one of the most scenic and best preserved stretches of the entire route.

Historic Jeep route From page 1B The upper reaches of the mountains were all burned, and much of the vegetation that you can see up there is grass and brush that has regrown since the fire.

The lower slopes, where you are now driving, show the effects of firefighter burnout operations, intended to stop the main fire by removing the fuel ahead of it.

It was much gentler on the land, leaving a mosaic of burned and unburned areas. The tactic was successful, and kept the monster fire from crossing Highway 87 and threatening the communications facilities on top of nearby Mount Ord. The road climbs out of the Gold Creek drainage, and as you cross over the ridgetop you find yourself next to the current highway, but higher up on the hillside. This section has some excellent examples of the stonework built by the early roadbuilders, as well as stunning views. Here is a good place to stop for a break, take some pictures, and spend a little time just relaxing and watching the traffic speed by below.

As you drive a little farther down the hill, off to the southeast through a gap in the mountains you can see Tonto Basin and Roosevelt Lake. If the day is clear enough, you can even see the dual arches of the bridge at Roosevelt Dam. And right in front of you is the massive presence of Mount Ord, named after a two-star cavalry general, Major General Edward Otho Cresap Ord. Besides being a prominent landmark, the mountain’s 7,128-

foot summit provides a perfect location for millions of dollars worth of vital communications facilities, as well as a fire lookout tower.

The road up the mountain is another spectacular drive, but that is a story for another time.

Today, we’ll stay where we are.

At the bottom of this part of the hill, the road is washed out where it crosses a little canyon called Lion Canyon. You can see where the road continues on the other side, but the washout is impassible, so a sharp switchback turn takes you back to Highway 87.

Be sure to shut the gate. On the highway, turn right (south), which is the only way you can go, as there is no crossover. However, only stay on the highway for a short distance before getting off on Cane Springs Road (FR 177A), which takes you right back to the old route again. Now the old road climbs up and away from Highway 87, and turns west into Cane Springs Canyon. At the mouth of the canyon, there is a flat spot with a decaying cement slab that was once a mining site, a small store, and an important source of water for early travelers.

It is here that we will end our trip for today. With a Jeep, you can cross the creek and follow the old route a couple of miles farther south, where it returns back to the current Highway 87 alignment, but this is a good place to take a break before heading back to the highway and finding your way back home.

Until next time ... Happy Jeepin’.

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patient grandkids and shared my impending failure as a grandfather. Holly offered her daughter’s snow sled and off we went.

So we finally hit the road fully outfitted. I thought the kids hadn’t even noticed we’d spent an hour or two just getting them outfitted.

But then came Liam’s pensive

voice from the heart of his little car seat. “Well, that certainly took forever.”

With my multi-generational reputation on the line, I realized I don’t actually know where to take kids sledding. So we drove, passing possibilities, the snow getting deeper as we gained elevation.

Finally, I turned off at the 260 Trailhead.

We piled out of the car and they floundered off into the snow.

They plunged in to their hips, flopping forward and bursting back to their feet with a brilliant flurry of laughter.

“It’s so deep,” said Ilana.

“Look, grandpa, I have not feet!”

That about melted me down.

They looked like Muppets, in their floppy Little Frogger rain gear, brimming with happiness.

We found a steep, short hill — with a safe enough ending.

And they sledded, screaming with excitement.

Turns out, I was the one without snow gear — since I’d lent it all to Seth. But the wetter I got, the happier I felt — hauling the sled up, positioning them at the top of the drop, launching them, retrieving them.

I made a completely unsuccessful effort to convince Liam that you should not throw a snowball at the head of an elderly person trying to help you get your sled to the top of the hill — but otherwise

felt very nearly competent in the grandfather department.

Ilana signaled the end of the adventure by announcing she was cold — since they both kept losing their tennis shoes at the bottom of a step into the snow.

So off we went, completely content. I feel sure I could have aced a mental acuity test.

Liam fell asleep on the drive back and never so much as stirred when I put him down for a nap, still lost in his Little Froggers.

Ilana and I played Lord of the Rings Monopoly until Seth and Jill got home. They had a rosy romantic glow from their trek all alone through unbroken snow to the Rim. “Did they behave themselves?” asked Seth anxiously.

“Perfectly,” I said.

He surveyed the pile of new clothes and toys.

“Easy to make them happy if you never say no,” he grumbled.

I just smiled.

Gotta love this grandpa gig: All the pleasure — none of the responsibility.