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Payson burglars busted after haphazard spree by

Alexis Bechman

money and tools from Granny’s Attic, Central Arizona Supply and the 260 Café, say police.

When Luh awoke and went outside at 8 a.m. Jan. 1, she spotted footprints in a foot of snow leading through her side yard and to her back door, where the door jam was badly damaged from someone prying on it with tools. The power box next to the door was ajar, the power switch flipped off. Luh believes the crooks wiggled open her locked side gate and started working on the back door, but fled when they heard her dogs barking. The aggressor, her tiny white Chihuahua Rex. Her other dog, Peanut, a larger shepherd mix, stayed by Luh’s side.

Police learned Duhamell and Connolly were staying at a local hotel with a stolen credit card and had decided to break into several businesses between Dec. 31 and

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Petra Luh was sleeping on a tiny couch in Granny’s Attic New Year’s Eve after a snowstorm blocked her from getting home. At 3 a.m., she awoke when the lights went out in the multi-room antique store off Highway 260. In the dark, she heard a metallic sound. She figured it Tyler Duhamell was just the storm.

Then her two dogs went wild, barking wildly at the back door. She peered outside with a flashlight, but didn’t see anything. She rushed to the front door, pointed her light and saw two men walking away through the side yard.

Not wanting to bother police during the holiday storm, she went back to bed.

Only the next morning did she discover what those shadowy figures had been Cubb Connolly doing.

Police have so far arrested two men in con- Jan. 2.

At the 260 Café, owners Diane Fitzpatrick and junction with multiple burglaries that week and Kathy Bickert discovered a window pried open and say they could arrest two more. Tyler Duhamell, See Two arrested, page 2A 18, and Cubb Connolly, 36, both of Payson, stole

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Granny’s Attic owner Petra Luh points out the splintered door jam she discovered on New Year’s Day when the barking of her dogs apparently interrupted an attempted burglary.

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Man who murdered mother, now sentenced for abuse Child abuse nets 2.5-year prison term by

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A man that says he murdered his mother when he was a teen because she abused him, is heading back to prison after beating his own children.

William Norman Crain, 40, will spend the next 2.5 years in custody for child abuse, after Superior Court Judge Peter Cahill sentenced him Monday to an aggravated maximum term.

When Crain was just 13, he killed his mother after she introduced him to drugs and emotionally and physically abused him for years, according to Crain in a presentencing report. He spent 12 years in the custody of the California Youth Authority until his release at age 25. Years later, he married and had three children.

In August, one of his children told a Payson Elementary School official about abuse at home. The boy told officers he was afraid to go home because his dad had hit him repeatedly with a coat hanger, kicked him in the stomach, head-butted him and strangled him.

The boy’s mother told officers that although Crain has an anger issue and sometimes yelled at the children, she had never seen him hit them with anything other than his hand.

When questioned, Crain admitted he hit his son, saying

he spanked him after his son lied about where he was hanging out.

When the boy tried to avoid being hit, Crain said he picked up a coat hanger and hit his son four or five times.

“When Mr. Crain realized he had gone too far, he threw down the hanger and ran to his room and cried,” according to the report. “He stated he knew he went too far because of his

anger and blamed his Crain said after the mother for many of his abuse he suffered, he problems.” never wanted to harm Problems include a his children. drug addiction, start“He further claims ing when he was just a he has never inflicted child. Crain told a proso much force as in this bation officer his mothcase and it was a horrible mistake made in the er encouraged him to heat of the moment.” use drugs. By age 8, he William Cain was using methamphetProbation found that amine and by age 9, he was abus- Crain was treating himself with ing cocaine, marijuana, alcohol marijuana and had discounted and prescription drugs. the recommendations of behav-

ioral health professionals.

“Consequently, it would appear Mr. Crain has been a walking time bomb,” probation wrote.

Crain’s lawyer, Barry Standifird, argued that his client had not been in trouble in 10 years, but unfortunately, the spanking went too far.

Crain’s mother-in-law said she supported sending Crain away to prison for a while. Crain’s wife, who sat in the corner of the court-

room weeping, did not say anything to Cahill.

Crain told the judge he has many problems stemming from his childhood, but never abused his children, saying he only lost his temper one time. Crain asked Cahill to show mercy and sentence him to probation because he feared for his life in prison.

Cahill said Crain is not a good candidate for probation and sentenced him to 2.5 years in prison with credit for 153 days served.

State vows lawsuit to stop wolf plan

Game and Fish disputes expansion of range to Rim Country by

Pete Aleshire

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The battle to prevent the expansion of the range of the endangered Mexican gray wolf took another turn this week with word of a lawsuit by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

In addition, biologists are investigating the reported shooting death of a gray wolf in Utah, which is probably the same wolf that had showed up near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon before Christmas.

Biologists believe the wolf had wandered hundreds of miles into Arizona from Idaho or perhaps Utah before heading back north.

Photo courtesy of Robin Silver A hunter shot the wolf, which was Arizona Game and Fish says it will sue to wearing a no-longer functioning radio block new federal rules on wolves. collar. The hunter said he mistook the

wolf for a coyote.

Some speculated that the wolf in the Grand Canyon was a dog-wolf hybrid, but DNA tests on the animal’s scat showed it was a Northern gray wolf, reintroduced in recent decades and recently taken off the endangered species list in most of its reclaimed range.

Meanwhile, the debate continues about expanding the area for the Mexican gray wolf, a still-endangered subspecies.

Arizona Game and Fish filed its lawsuit threat this week in an attempt to block a proposed expansion of the 15-year-old federal recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolves. The program has struggled to establish a self-sustaining wolf population in a remote area near Alpine that includes wilderness

areas in both Arizona and New Mexico.

More than 83 wild-born wolves now live in the recovery area, but federal biologists decided that the wolves need a much larger recovery area, which would include most of Arizona south of Interstate 40 including all of Rim Country. They also have proposed expanding the target population from 100 in the smaller area to 300 in the two-state area.

Game and Fish has spent an estimated $7 million so far assisting the federal government reintroduce the Mexican gray wolf.

Fifteen years of effort has resulted in about 19 wolf packs and 83 wolves in the current recovery area in Arizona and New Mexico. The current ground

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Contractor takes new step forward for historic forest plan Partnership to produce 60,000 pounds of compost annually Pete Aleshire

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It ain’t jet fuel.

But it’s progress.

Good Earth Power AZ this week announced a new partnership that will help it turn 60,000 tons of brush and tree scraps annually into compost at a not-yet-built facility in Williams.

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in history, with a promise to turn small trees and undergrowth into jet fuel and finger-jointed furniture. After a lag in actually cutting the fire-prone tree thickets on some 300,000 acres, the company in the past month has announced progress on building facilities in Williams necessary to get started.

The Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) hopes to ultimately thin millions of acres of ponderosa pine trees on Forest Service lands to dramatically reduce the risk of catastrophic crown fires at no cost to the taxpayers. However, difficulty in finding a contractor who can make money off cutting the thickets of small trees has put the project several years behind schedule.

The Oman-based Good Earth this

week announced a partnership with Flagstaff-based Roots Composting to combine household waste from Williams with mountains of sawdust and wood chips from thinning projects to produce rich, organic soil suitable for gardens and farmland throughout the region.

The partnership to produce rich, organic, bagged topsoil could provide a way to get the thinning effort jump-started, given the huge quantities of brush and small trees that dominate the approved thinning projects in the Flagstaff area ready to cut.

The more comprehensive effort that includes larger trees and other products will mostly await construction of new Pete Aleshire/Roundup mills in Williams and elsewhere capable The 4FRI contractor Good Earth hopes to turn trees and brush from thinning projects, like this one near Christopher Creek, into compost.

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rules require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to recapture wolves that wander outside that recovery area. As an “experimental, non-essential” population, biologists and ranchers can kill or recapture wolves attacking cattle or pet dogs or threatening people.

Game and Fish filed a “notice of intent,” the first step before actually filing a lawsuit.

Game and Fish Director Larry Voyles said, “This notice of intent is an effort to ensure that the Fish and Wildlife Service adheres to its legal obligation to develop a thorough, science-based plan that will lead to a successful recovery outcome that recognizes Mexico as pivotal to achieving recovery of the Mexican wolf given that 90 percent of its historical range is there.”

One of the major reasons USFWS cited for expanding the recovery area was to connect the isolated reintroduced packs in Arizona with the wolves’ historic range in Mexico’s Sierra Madres. Mexico is also attempting to reintroduce wolves there, but with less success.

Arizona Game and Fish officials argued that the federal government shouldn’t finalize any change in the wolf reintroduction program until it has a detailed, coordinated, bi-national plan that includes Mexico.

Game and Fish called the science underpinning the plan to expand the wolves’ reintroduction range scientifically flawed. “This misguided approach could jeopardize genetic integrity of the subspecies if the Mexican wolf is permitted to re-establish in close proximity to the Northern gray wolves.”

At least 7,000 Northern gray wolves live in Alaska, 3,700 in the Great Lakes region and 1,675 in the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest. Yellowstone National Park also has a population of Northern gray wolves, but they remain on the protected list. The expanded area for reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf would not be in direct contact with areas occupied by Northern gray wolves, but as the wolf in the Grand Canyon indicates, single wolves can wander hundreds of miles looking for a vacant territory or a mate.

Newly elected Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said he supports the Game and Fish lawsuit. “I fully support today’s action and I look forward to working with the department to develop a legal and sound plan for the recovery of the Mexican wolf.”

Congressman Paul Gosar (R-Prescott) also strongly supported the state’s proposed lawsuit against the federal government, insisting that the revised recovery plan is based on bad science and remains outdated. He said the plan to increase the recovery area “will result in huge swatches of lands becoming blocked off for other uses and in most cases prevent things like energy extraction, mining,

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timber harvesting and various other forms of economic development. Additionally, the proposed designations would negatively impact ranchers, businesses and residents throughout Arizona.”

The reintroduction of the wolves in the existing area has affected ranchers who lose cattle grazing on public lands to the wolves every year. However, the introduction effort has had few effects on other uses of the land otherwise. The reintroduction of the wolves usually focuses on wilderness areas. The endangered species act generally requires the federal government to consider the impact of federally permitted activities on the wolves on federal land, but doesn’t necessarily bar other uses and generally does not affect the use of private land. The categorization of the wolves as an “experimental, non-essential” population gives the federal government greater flexibility in dealing with problem wolves.

The Arizona Legislature passed several bills supported by Rim Country representatives that would have authorized the state to essentially ignore the federal rules for the reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolves.

The plan to expand the range of the reintroduced Mexican gray wolves has so far spurred some 40,000 comments and substantial local opposition, mostly by elk hunters and ranchers.

The state’s lawsuit seeks to prevent the fed-

eral government from acting on the conclusions in the final Environmental Impact Statement completed in November. The USFWS proposal would continue reintroductions for another 12 years to build up to a population of at least 300 wolves in an area south of I-40 to the Mexico border. The plan would continue listing the wolves as an experimental population, with rules for when biologists, ranchers and others could kill or capture wolves attacking livestock and non-feral dogs. It would also allow federal officials to reduce wolf populations if the packs had too great an impact on elk and deer populations.

The current population of some 83 wolves suffers a mortality rate in excess of 10 percent annually, caused mostly by humans either driving cars or wielding rifles.

Federal biologists said that since wolf packs defend a roughly 220-square-mile area from other wolves, they have run out of room to introduce new packs in the existing reintroduction area.

Critics of the wolf reintroduction effort say they fear the wolves will drive ranchers out of business by preying on cattle and sheep and reduce hunter success by preying on deer and elk. The federal government reimburses ranchers for livestock lost to the wolves, relying in part on donations. However, ranchers in the existing reintroduction area complain that the payments don’t fully cover their losses.

4FRI partnership will turn trees into compost From page 1A of producing biofuel, furniture, oriented strandboard and other products from the small trees that pose a huge fire danger to the whole region.

Roots Composting Chief Executive Officer Kevin Ordean said, “We want to change the way that people think about waste and we want to produce as much high-quality soil as we possibly can for a region that needs it desperately.”

Good Earth Power Spoils Division Director Martin Gillard said, “This partnership will redefine the role that biomass plays in assuring forest health and in improving environmental quality throughout the region.”

The soils project would end up reducing the emission of planet-warming, greenhouse gases, added Gillard.

Currently, many organic household wastes go to landfills, where they decompose and produce large amounts of methane. This gas traps heat in the atmosphere 21 times more efficiently than carbon dioxide.

However, the soil-making operation will combine biomass from thinning projects with the household waste, add oxygen and therefore greatly reduce the production of methane as the material decomposes. The mix will essentially ferment for three to four months before workers bag it at the Williams facility.

“We are hoping to have products ready for the spring markets,” said Gillard.

Good Earth Chief Executive Officer Jason Rosamond said, “Using the outputs of forest restoration to benefit soil and air quality provide alternative energy sources and create sustainable economic growth.”

The announcement comes on the heels of a previous Good Earth press release announcing plans to build a mill in Williams that can handle the small trees that not only fuel intense, ground-sterilizing wildfires, but provide a fuel ladder for fires to climb up into the tops of the remaining old-growth trees.

The U.S. Forest Service recently completed an unprecedented, large-scale environmental impact report in the first 100,000 acres covered by the Good Earth contract. That report

won cautious approval from environmental groups and other local officials and experts who formed the group that originally developed the 4FRI approach based on clearing out the small trees and leaving as many of the old, fire-resistant, old-growth trees as possible.

The Forest Service had refused to simply adopt the large tree retention strategy suggested by the original stakeholders group.

The Forest Service based that action on studies suggesting that many areas had clusters of trees larger than 16 inches in diameter.

Those studies suggested the thinning projects could improve forest health by removing even many of those larger trees to protect meadows, springs, riparian area and create a

diverse forest structure — open in some places, but also with more dense areas preferred by different varieties of wildlife.

The draft environmental impact statement didn’t include a strict size limit on the trees cut, but did stress the need to preserve as many of the fire-resistant, old-growth trees as possible.

In the pre-settlement forest there were between 30 to 60 big trees per acre. But in the dense, 1,000-tree-per-acre forests that have sprung up after a century of grazing, logging and fire suppression only 1-3 percent of the true, old-growth trees remain.

The High Country News recently published an investigation by reporter Claudine LoMonaco into the controversy that has attended the Forest Service’s effort to pick a 4FRI contractor. Read that report at http:// www.hcn.org/issues/46.15/lost-in-the-woods.

LoMonaco’s report challenged the Forest Service’s decision to award the initial contract to the high bidder, rather than the timber company that had worked closely to develop the 4FRI approach, including the large tree retention strategy. The report also raised doubts about the viability of the contractor’s initial plan to turn millions of tons of biomass into jet fuel and finger-jointed furniture.

So far, in the nearly two years Good Earth has held the contract it has cut only a fraction of the promised 30,000 to 50,000 acres a year needed to stay on track for the 10-year contract. The company has mostly cut already-approved thinning projects and turned the biomass into sawdust, piles of small trees bound for a handful of existing mills or debris piles for burning.

The company so far has announced no concrete plans to build the high-tech, cutting-edge plants necessary to produce jet fuel from wood scraps, which has reportedly never been done on a commercial basis.

However, the promised small-tree mill in Winslow coupled with the compost operations would give the company the ability to ramp up its thinning operations as the Forest Service puts the final touches on the prescription for the millions of acres that await treatment.

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cash missing.

Fitzpatrick said it wasn’t the first time someone had broken in. Some $800 has been taken from the restaurant during half a dozen break-ins. After this last break-in, they installed a security camera system.

On Jan. 2, Central Arizona Supply employees discovered several Milwaukee tools miss-

ing, including drill bits, a Sawzall and a work light. Paperwork behind the front counter was splayed about and cash was missing.

On Jan. 4, an off-duty Phoenix police officer noticed several men attempting to sell power tools at the Giant Gas Station parking lot. Suspicious, the off-duty officer alerted local police. Officers determined the stolen tools were from Central Arizona

Supply, said Chief Don Engler.

Officers arrested Duhamell and Connolly later turned himself in after learning police were looking for him.

Police charged the men with burglary, attempted burglary and theft. Duhamell was also charged with attempted trafficking of stolen property.

Two other men could face charges as well, Engler said.

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With plenty of negative press about law enforcement nationally, our local police chief is asking residents to show support for officers Friday during National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (LEAD).

Chief Don Engler said when he heard about LEAD from the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police, he decided to pass the word on.

Nationally, 780,000 police officers, including 30 from the PPD, put on a badge and go to work knowing they may face dangerous situations, said Jan Strauss with the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police.

“Law enforcement officers play such an integral part in our society,”

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“Irreplaceable” is a documentary that seeks to address these fundamental questions. This full feature film is a recent release and the Payson premier is at Mountain Bible Church at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 9 and Sunday, Jan. 18.

Its host, Tim Sisarich, travels the world to explore what “family” really means — and why it is so important to humanity.

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Christmas tree drop-off

As in past years, the Town of Payson is accepting Christmas trees for recycling at the Payson Event Center (Rodeo Grounds) just south of town and west of the casino.

Residents can bring their trees and deposit them in the designated area at the Payson Event Center parking lot.

Drop-offs can be made any time of day through Jan. 26, 2015. Please be sure all decorations have been removed prior to disposal and please remember this service is for residential Christmas trees only. No brush or yard trimmings and no commercial dumping will be accepted.

This service is free of charge and provided as a community service by the Town of Payson.

Residents of the Rim Country interested in acquiring some of the Christmas tree wood chips for mulching or ground cover at their homes, should stop by the Community Development Office, Payson Town Hall Complex from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and register for this, first come/first served, free distribution.

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There will be an auction for a grandfather clock donated by Howard Miller and raffles for jewelry.

Once again the popular event will feature the music of the Sonoran Swing Band at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Ballroom.

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she said. “Have you ever thought about that you would do if you were in trouble — a car accident, a home invasion, an assault — and you did not have someone to call for help?

No matter how much abuse law enforcement takes, they continue to do their job and do it well. They are the guardians of our way of life and they deserve our support.”

Citizens can show their support Friday by doing something as simple as sending a thank you card to a local law enforcement department, including the Gila County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Public Safety or PPD, or thanking an officer in person.

Other ideas include posting a positive law enforcement experience on social media or wear blue clothing in support of law enforcement.

or single, or religious persuasion, this is a must-see as you look to your future and to the future of those in your circle of friends and family.

Mountain Bible Church is at 302 E. Rancho Road, Payson.

Child care will be available during both showings.

For more information, call the Mountain Bible office at (928) 472-7800.

Jazz concert

The second half of the 2014-15 Jazz Concert Series season opens with a 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 11 performance by vocalist Renee Patrick, who is performing with the Beth Lederman Trio. The concert is at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson. A donation of at least $5 is requested at the door to cover program expenses.

Patrick has connected with individuals and crowds with Renee Patrick her voice and music over the past several years in the Valley and has made frequent visits to Payson to perform in the jazz series hosted by the Community Presbyterian Church.

Patrick’s latest CD, “Feel The Rain,” was a collaboration with Judy Roberts, who has also performed in Payson on a number of occasions and helped raise funds for a performance-quality piano for the Payson High School Auditorium.

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Wyman is guest speaker

Greg Wyman, superintendent of Payson Unified School District, will speak at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 13 at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway. 260.

The Democratic Women of Rim Country is sponsoring the program. For more information, call Carol at (928) 468-1115.

Unity Church of Payson hosts music and comedy concert

Singer-songwriter and Unity favorite Greg Tamblyn returns to Unity of Payson for another fun musical program, A Healthy Dose of Comic Relief at 7 p.m., Friday Jan.

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Tamblyn has been a successful singer, songwriter, and humorist for more than 20 years. He combines outstanding audience rapport with an irreverent sense of humor.

He has become widely known for his inspiring songs about the power of the human spirit, as well as his off-the-wall send-ups of modern life, such as “The Shootout at the I’m OK, You’re OK Corral,” “Analog Brain in a Digital World” and “Self-Employment Made Harder by Difficult Boss.”

Tickets are $10 in advance available through unityofpayson@gmail.com or by calling (928) 478-8515, and $12 at the door.

Light dessert refreshments will be served.

The concert will be in the Central Arizona Board of Realtors conference room, 600 E. Highway 260, Suite 14 (across the parking lot from Tiny’s Restaurant).

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Violin, guitar duet concert

The Tonto Community Concert Association opens second half of 2014-2015 season with duet of violin and guitar.

International duo Alex DePue and Miguel DeHoyos will transport concert-goers on a wildly eclectic and virtuosic tour of classical and popular repertoire at the Payson High School Auditorium at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 18.

Single tickets are $35 as available.

Children and students under the age of 18 will be admitted free when accompanied by a ticket-holding adult.

Season tickets to the Tonto Community Concert Association 2014-2015 season are also still available at $90 for this concert and the remaining three concerts — Piano Battle, 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 3; Live from Nashville (a review), 7 p.m., Friday, March 20; and SAXsational, 7 p.m., Thursday, April 30. For more information, visit the association website at www.tccarim.org or call (928) 478-4363 or (928) 474-4189.

Murder Mystery

The Payson Elks Lodge will be having a Murder Mystery Dinner Show Saturday Jan 24. The title of the show is “Class of ’54 Return of Rock N. Roley.” Tickets are only $10 each and are available at the Lodge, located on the corner of Beeline Highway and Airport Road.

Keeping with the theme of Class of ’54, the menu will be malt shop burgers, fries, and a sundae. Tickets are selling fast, so get yours today. This event is open to the public, but only 100 tickets will be sold.

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

Time for Taste of Rim Country

The Library Friends of Payson 14th Annual A Taste of Rim Country Fundraiser is from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 7 at the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road, Payson.

The event includes samplings of appetiz-

ers 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.

As in past years, the Library Friends are offering sponsorships of the event to local businesses and individuals at several levels: Gold ($500), Silver ($250), and Bronze ($100). Sponsors receive two complimentary tickets, a complimentary 1-year membership in the Library Friends of Payson, Inc., and prominent recognition in event publicity (newsletter, FaceBook pages, press releases, and signage at the event).

Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Payson Public Library, providing equipment and supplies, and supporting programs that are not included in its regular budget from the town and county.

Tickets are priced at $35 each, and include a ballot on which to vote for your favorite chef entry. Only a limited number of tickets will be sold, and will be available starting Monday, Jan. 19 at the Library Friends’ general meeting. They will be available at the Library’s circulation desk beginning Jan. 20.

This event sells out fast, so patrons are encouraged to purchase their tickets as soon as possible.

The Library Friends of Payson, Inc., is a private, non-profit 501(c) 3 organization whose mission is to support the Payson Public Library.

For more 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.

Pine Child Find

The Pine Strawberry Elementary School District will have its annual Child Find activities for all 3- and 4- year-olds the second Tuesday of each month during the school year.

Child Find is a state-mandated program to identify children who may require services to address a potential disability in learning, speech, vision, hearing, physical growth or some other possible developmental delay.

The district will conduct the screenings by appointment. Special arrangements may be made for alternate days.

To schedule a preschool screening or for more information, call the Pine Strawberry Elementary School, (928) 476-3283.

Male singers wanted

The Payson Elks Lodge is now accepting applications from male singers to perform in its next SUPERSTARS! show. The show is Saturday, March 7. Applications can be obtained at the Lodge, located at the corner of Beeline Highway and Airport Road.

The completed application must be returned to the Lodge by Jan. 24. For more information, call the Lodge at (928) 4742572.

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Friday • Law Enforcement Appreciation Day • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • American Legion Fish Fry: Noon-8 p.m., American Legion • Movie at Mountain Bible: 6:30 p.m., see “Irreplaceable” a documentary about the concept of family

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• 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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pine Community Center • Rim Country Museum: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 700 Green Valley Pkwy.

• Bingo: 1 p.m., Elks Lodge, open to the public • Jazz concert with Renee Patrick and the Beth Lederman Trio, 3 p.m., Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main, Payson

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

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

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Democratic Women of Rim Country host PUSD Superintendent Greg Wyman: noon, Tiny’s

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Looking ahead Jan. 16 • Greg Tamblyn performs “A Healthy Dose of Comic Relief”: 7 p.m., 600 E. Hwy. 260 (CABR conference room) Jan. 18 • TCCA presents Alex DePue and Miguel DeHoyos on violin and guitar respectively, 2:30 p.m., PHS Auditorium

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4A Friday, January 9, 2015

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There be dragons

• Jan. 9, 1768: In London, Englishman Philip Astley stages the first modern circus. Astley, a former cavalry sergeant major, found that if he galloped in a tight circle, centrifugal force allowed him to perform seemingly impossible feats on a horse’s back.

• Jan. 11, 1908: U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt declares the massive Grand Canyon in northwestern Arizona a national monument.

Congress did not officially outlaw private development in the Grand Canyon until 1919, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Grand Canyon National Park Act. • Jan. 10, 1976: “Convoy,” by C.W. McCall, is the No. 1 song on the U.S. pop charts. “Convoy” fueled the trucking/CB-radio craze that had millions of Americans creating “handles” for themselves — Rubber Duck, Pink Lady, Scooter Pie, etc. — and daydreaming about the glamorous life of the long-haul trucker. Hollywood responded with a parade of related works, including “Smokey and the Bandit” (1977).

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ov. Doug Ducey set forth his priorities at his inauguration this week, as he mounted the charge of his rhetoric and prepared to gallop into the dragon’s lair of problems that have accumulated.

The big-picture themes resonated — fiscal responsibility, equal access to quality education, changes in the tax code, touch decisions in balancing the budget. The former chief executive of Cold Stone Creamery also promised to bolster the economy by luring new job-producing businesses to the state.

All good.

Alas, we fear he’ll find the devil’s in the details when it comes time to tackle the big problems waiting for the new governor in his bulging in-basket.

Gov. Ducey brings tremendous experience in the private sector, strong conservative principles and a focused, seasoned temperament to his daunting task.

The $1 billion deficit projected for fiscal year 201516 poses his first and most urgent challenge, with state revenues failing to rise as fast as projected in the current budget year.

Unfortunately, the budget hasn’t fully recovered from the deep cuts made during the recession — nor the financial gimmicks the Legislature embraced to sidestep some of the consequences of a nearly onethird drop in state revenues. So Gov. Ducey won’t find any easy solutions when it comes time to balance the budget without inflicting further damage on the state’s beleaguered schools. We believe sustained economic recovery depends critically on coping with the problems faced with one of the worst-funded systems in the nation.

During his inauguration, Gov. Ducey seemed to imply that an expansion of parent choice can solve the deep-seated challenges facing our poorly-funded public schools. He seemed to think that finding some way to cram thousands of additional students into a handful of highly ranked charter schools in urban areas can solve the problems caused by deep cuts in funding for public schools with more than a million students.

Moreover, Gov. Ducey must find a way to provide the illegally withheld inflation adjustments for public schools in the course of coping with the state’s budget deficit. That could mean finding some way to increase revenues without tax changes likely to make it harder to recruit new businesses to the state.

Nonetheless, Gov. Ducey swept into office this week with the right priorities, an impressive resumé and a fresh approach.

We wish him well in his brave and public-spirited effort to slay the dragons that have gathered down at the state capital — coiled and waiting.

Signs of progress

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reshly minted 2015 has already brought welcome progress in the vital effort to use a revitalized timber industry to thin Arizona’s unhealthy, fireprone forests.

Good Earth, the contractor for the vital Four Forest Restoration Initiative, announced a partnership with a Flagstaff company to turn brush and small trees into 60,000 pounds of compost each year. This comes on top of an announcement last month that Good Earth has obtained financing to build a mill in Williams to handle the small trees that have grown in such thickets that they pose a threat to the existence of every community in the region.

Admittedly, the relatively small scale operations planned for Williams can handle only a fraction of the millions of tons of wood and biomass Good Earth must clear from public lands to fulfill its contract to thin an initial 300,000 acres of ponderosa pine forests in the next decade.

The company has yet to demonstrate the feasibility or obtain the financing for promised cutting operations needed to turn small trees and brush into jet fuel, furniture and other products the company can sell to cover the cost of the thinning operations.

Still, the partnership to create topsoil for gardeners and growers throughout the region demonstrates a creativity and flexibility we applaud. The press release announcing the partnership pointed out that the project will also use the domestic waste from Williams. This will divert organic material from the landfill and reduce the release into the atmosphere of methane — a potent greenhouse gas.

Hopefully, Good Earth can this year confound the skeptics and make significant progress on this groundbreaking effort, which remains our best hope of greatly reducing the risk that a catastrophic wildfire will destroy everything we’ve built.

Then all we have to do is get Gila County, Star Valley and Payson to adopt Firewise building codes and encourage the clearing of dangerous tangles of brush and trees in town.

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Nice, considerate young people in Payson Editor: My wife and I were trying to clear our driveway after the recent 10-inch snowstorm.

We are elderly and two nice looking young men approached us and took our shovels and said we will clear that for you and proceeded to do so in very short order.

Our neighbor John Welker also joined in and helped as well.

After they had cleared driveway, we visited with them and offered to pay them for their effort. They adamantly said no and we could not get them to accept any money.

It is sure nice to see we really do have nice, considerate young people in our town of Payson. Hunter McDaniel, Stratton Hall and my neighbor John Welker certainly head the list in my opinion.

Don and Carolyn Toot

Background checks for guns Editor: In 1993, a federal law was passed for the stated purpose of preventing our reducing access by criminals and the mentally ill to firearms. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 instituted, for the first time in our history, a compelled interrogation under penalty of perjury and a search of a citizen’s private papers and effects on public record as a precondition to receiving (or being denied) permission to exercise a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

The purchase of a firearm is not probable cause of criminal conduct, yet this interrogation and search is compelled in violation of our Fourth Amendment right to be secure from search in the absence of probable cause of criminal conduct.

A compelled written interrogation under penalty of perjury and a compelled search of otherwise private records on public databases is not due process, yet this interrogation and search is compelled in violation of our Fifth Amendment right to be secure from deprivation of rights in the absence of due process.

The authority to violate our rights is not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States, and is prohibited to the states, by the 10th Amendment.

No criminal, and no mentally ill person, has ever been prevented from committing a crime by this egregious government violation of our fundamental rights. This law was never intended to reduce access to firearms by the criminal or the mentally ill and its backers knew it would not accomplish this objective. However, it does accomplish another objective dear to their hearts: It renders moot our constitutional rights under the Fourth, Fifth, 10th, and ultimately Second, Amendments.

We, the people, were suckered into supporting the above law and now its chickens are coming home to roost: The anti-rights factions that supported that above law have now managed to get an initiative passed in the state of Washington requiring this background check through a dealer any time a firearm is handed from one individual to another, even for the temporary purpose of inspection or training.

Colorado already has such a law. The backers of the Washington initiative now have their sights set on Nevada, and Arizona and Maine are next.

Our rights under the U.S. Constitution are not subject to voter initiatives or unconstitutional fiat masquerading as law.

Background checks cannot be lawfully compelled as a precondition to receiving permission to exercise a right no government, at any level, has the authority to issue or withhold.

I urge all to examine these issues and our Constitution very carefully, and vote to ban all government interference in our fundamental and guaranteed rights.

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Thanks for helping Moose provide Christmas to needy families Editor: To all of the very special donors that made this event a success, thank you! Your generosity helped the Loyal Order of the Moose and the Women of the Moose provide a Christmas for over 20 needy families.

A special thanks goes out to: ABATE Wayne, Dee and all of the members, AAA Medical Transport, American Legion Riders, Wolves MC, El Rancho Mexican Restaurant, Payson Candle Factory, Buffalo Bar & Grill, Bill Armstrong, Greg Garth-Matlock Gas, John Griffin-Payson Wireless, Bob’s Western Wear, Beeline Bowl, Walgreens, Pour House, Inslatus Co., Shelley’s Complete House Cleaning, Michelle Graham, Hans Schernborn, Jeri Langenbaugh, Art Dickey, Deb Qabogard, Jackie Mafia, Larry Isaacs, Suzi Tubbs and Louie and Cathy Ramirez.

Thanks to Steve Ramsey for being Santa Claus for the party. Every child was able to visit with him, receive a gift and have an opportunity for a photo.

And a special thanks to the Women of the Moose who made the event possible. Without the WOOM this event would not have happened.

Patty Ihle and Ted Kosnik

worthnoting Of all God’s creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

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Editor: The Declaration of Independence says in part: “… all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness … That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men …”

Too often we seek to complicate our notions of government and what government can and should do. Some people even think that government grants rights to us. In the American system, that most certainly is not the case. In the American system, we believe that we are endowed by our Creator with our rights. The rights are only recurred by the government that we choose to form for that purpose, not created by that government.

Maybe I can make it even more simple. God gives us liberty. The purpose of government is to preserve liberty. I urge our elected officials to make sure that their votes will be made on the basis of this. Does the vote you are asked to make interfere with the liberty of our citizens? Does that vote enhance the liberty of our citizens? That makes an excellent template to judge things by. Liberty, Liberty, Liberty. On this matter I stand with Patrick Henry.

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Woman sentenced to prison for aggravated DUI by

Alexis Bechman

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A woman battling a lifelong drug addiction is going to prison after she continued to drive impaired despite repeated attempts at rehab.

Mariesa Suzanne Hull, 33, will spend 2.5 years in prison for aggravated DUI, her second DUI conviction since 2011.

Hull’s lawyer Barry Standifird said drugs have been a demon in Hull’s life since childhood. Raised in a dysfunctional home, riddled with drug abuse, Hull left home at age 13 and continued to abuse marijuana and methamphetamine until age 25.

While she briefly gained sobriety, she continued to cycle in and out of drug abuse, according to a presentencing report.

Since her last relapse in December 2013, Hull has struggled with marijuana, meth and opiate use.

On Aug. 14, a Gila County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped Hull driving erratically.

Hull admitted she was on meth and marijuana and was driving on a suspended license.

At the time, Hull was serving a three-year probation sentence following a 2011 DUI and endangerment conviction where Hull crashed into a fifth wheel trailer while driving 57 mph in a 25 mph zone.

Hull in 2011 initially “flourished” in drug court, but dropped out of the program in 2012.

Hull was placed on intensive probation and excelled for the next seven months. She continued to do well until relapsing in December 2013.

In February, Hull completed a treatment program, but continued to relapse. Due to marital issues, Hull left the family home and continued to use morphine, meth and amphetamine.

Up until Dec. 10, Hull admitted to using drugs.

And to date, Hull owes nearly $32,000 in fines and court fees.

Hull told Superior Court Judge Peter Cahill she would do whatever it takes to better herself and be there for her three children.

Cahill said the state has given Hull the best it has in terms of rehabilitation services and while she has done well in those programs, she continues to relapse.

Yo-yo champ competes in Vegas competition Local yo-yo champ and Payson High School senior Steven Martinez placed 24 out of 64 competitors in the Las Vegas Open Yo-Yo Championship at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas the last three days in December.

“Not bad at all, said Kathy Siler his theatre production teacher.

“The top three in each division go to World Yo-yo in Tokyo in June.”

Siler and fellow theatre production teacher Thomas Walling traveled with Martinez to Las Vegas to watch him perform. On the way home, the group were forced to spend the night in Kingman because of the New Year’s Eve storm.

“We got stuck in Kingman New Year’s Eve night, but got home safely … taking 93 to Phoenix,” said Siler.

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Payson High senior Steven Martinez placed 24 out of 64 competitors in the Las Vegas Open Yo-Yo Championship at the Riviera Hotel and Casino.

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The Mogollon Health Alliance will host its Black & White Ball fundraiser Saturday, Jan. 17 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Ballroom.

Residents are encouraged to get gussied up, dance to music by the Sonoran Swing band and enjoy “A Night on Broadway.”

A tradition of elegant fun and generosity by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

The tradition of the Mogollon Health Alliance’s Black & White Ball started in 2007 as a way to raise money to bring a dialysis facility to Rim Country.

The first year it raised $35,000.

It was successful enough for organizers to take a leap of faith and promise to raise another $150,000 over the following five years for the Rim Country Dialysis Center, which was opened in conjunction with DaVita and Rim Country Health.

Since then the ball has been held every January and raised money not only for the dialysis center and to assist its patients, the funds have helped support the many MHA programs and scholarships, as well as the Rim Country Educational Foundation.

The MHA is now accepting reservations for the 2015 Black & White Ball — number nine if you’re counting. Tickets are $200 per person or $1,500 for a table for eight.

The formal affair is Saturday, Jan. 17 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Ballroom. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Sanja Long, executive director of MHA, said reservations

are needed by Jan. 12, however, there is some flexibility with that deadline. She also encourages anyone interested in being a sponsor of the 2015 Black & White Ball to get in touch with her.

Proceeds will be used for MHA health scholarships; dialysis support; first responder training and equipment like mhaXwell, a programmable training mannequin; free CPR classes; the Community Health & Care Fair; the Women’s Wellness Forum; and the Rim Country Educational Foundation, which is working to help bring a fouryear university campus to Payson.

There will be an auction for a grandfather clock donated by Howard Miller and raffles for jewelry.

Once again, the popular Sonoran Swing band is performing.

In the past, one of the most fun aspects of the event were its themes — guests have celebrated the Roaring Twenties; Chicago; and the Golden Age of Hollywood. The theme for the 2015 Black & White Ball will be “A Night on Broadway” celebrating New York City.

To learn more or to make a reservation, call the MHA office at (928) 472-2588.

Library gearing up for annual Taste of Rim Country fundraiser Sponsorships, tickets offered for March gala The Library Friends of Payson, Inc. is once again looking for sponsors for its big spring fundraiser, the 14th Annual A Taste of Rim Country on March 7 at the Payson Public Library.

The event includes samplings of appetizers and desserts from area restaurants, caterers and chefs, plus a complimentary wine-tasting table and a 50-50 cash raffle and silent auction of donated items of fine arts, jewelry and more.

As in past years, the Library Friends are offering sponsor-

ships of the event to local businesses and individuals, at several levels: Gold ($500), Silver ($250) and Bronze ($100).

Sponsors receive two complimentary tickets, a complimentary one-year membership in the Library Friends of Payson, Inc., and prominent recognition in publicity efforts.

Proceeds will benefit the Payson Public Library, providing equipment and supplies and supporting programs.

Tickets cost $35 each, which includes a ballot on which to vote

for your favorite chef entry. A limited number of tickets will go on sale Monday, Jan. 19 at the Library Friends’ general meeting and thereafter at the library’s circulation desk.

This event sells out fast, so patrons are encouraged to purchase tickets as soon as possible.

For information, contact the Library Friends at P.O. Box 13, Payson AZ 85547, or email library_friends@hotmail.com.

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Payson becoming hub of non-traditional healing services Practitioners provide new and ancient healing alternatives “Payson is becoming a healing practitioners’ center — certainly with less of the glitz and glamour that some associate with Sedona, but with more healing traditions available from a wider variety of practitioners,” observes Tom Quirk, Tai Chi teacher in Payson.

Payson now has a group of practitioners that provide non-traditional healing services that complement traditional medicine, working to reduce pain, provide stress-related healing and assist clients in improving their own overall health. They are generally known as energy healers.

Yoga, Tai Chi, Reiki, Healing Touch and Kiatsu are among the energy healing practices available in Payson, all based on the understanding that our bodies have an energy about them.

The practitioners agree, “We are energy beings. When we feel great, our body’s energy is balanced. When we feel ill or are under stress, our body’s energy

is out of balance. Energy healing brings the body back into balance.”

Most of these successful healing arts originated in China, Japan, India or other parts of Asia. They have been passed down through thousands of years. Western civilization continues to grow in its acceptance of the value of these practices.

The practices are making their way into hundreds of hospitals and treatment centers across the country.

Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, for example, has a fully developed program utilizing energy healing. Trained volunteers provide healing in pre- and post-operative settings.

A research study at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut reported that using Reiki improved patients’ sleep by 86 percent, reduced pain by 78 percent, and nausea by 80 percent. These statistics along with other studies have opened doors in many traditional hospitals for the support of energy healers.

Almost every practitioner interviewed for the Roundup, suffered with a significant health issue and either researched ways to get relief that complemented the care they were receiving from their traditional healthcare professionals or serendipitously discovered what works for them.

Jennifer Hinkie

Tai Chi is offered in Green Valley Park and in other facilities in town.

Years of chronic pain motivated Jennifer Hinkie to look for an alternative to increasing dosages of anti-inflammatory medicine to treat her arthritis. After researching alternatives, she settled on traditional Usui Reiki.

“Reiki is a Japanese technique for relaxation that also promotes healing. It’s done with touch. A warm and soothing energy flows from the hands into the client, promoting relaxation and releasing tension,” explains William Lee Rand of the International Center for Reiki Training.

Since 2009, Hinkie has self-administered Reiki and eliminated the need for any medications to deal with her osteoarthritis. She now shares her healing skills at the Merritt Center as well as working with local referrals. She is a member of the International Center of Reiki Training and is registered as a Usui and Karuna Reiki Master. For a private con-

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Certified Reiki practitioner

some hospitals and physicians regularly offer or even prescribe Healing Touch sessions.”

Blair also does volunteer work, especially for combat veterans at the Merritt Center. For a consultation, call Blair at (928) 472-3021.

Shironda Deerwoman, M.A. Transformational Kinesiology (TK) TM, The Trager Approach, and Reiki practitioner

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A Reiki practitioner helps a man balance the positive energy in his body for maximum benefit. sultation, call Hinkie at (928) 8483139.

Tom Quirk Certified Tai Chi practitioner

Would you like to move more comfortably even if you have arthritis? Perhaps you want to increase your range of motion, improve muscle strength, reduce mental stress and improve your balance and avoid falls.

“Tai Chi, originally developed as a self-defense practice in China, is now a healing tool recognized by the U.S. Center for Disease Control as helping with arthritis and fall prevention,” shared Tom Quirk, local Tai Chi teacher and practitioner.

“In fact, there is an orthopedic surgeon in the Valley that prescribes Tai Chi for his patients recovering from surgery.”

“Tai Chi is a series of movements,” added Quirk, “that work the body in healthful ways. The classes, whether they are at the community college, Club USA, the Senior Center, or in the summer at Green Valley Park are open to all. Tai Chi can complement treatments prescribed by one’s physician. Like starting any new health-related activity, consultation with your doctor is the first step.”

Quirk was an active Tae Kwan Do practitioner and teacher for 16 years in Indiana. He was first exposed to Tai Chi in 2003. For information about classes, pictures and links, go to his website: www.rimcountrytaichi.com.

Karyl Blair

Healing Touch practitioner

Healing Beyond Borders provides the certification for Healing Touch practitioners and teachers. Developed in 1989, by a nurse, Healing Touch is a medically-based energy therapy that began as a continuing education program for nurses and others.

Studies show Healing Touch can result in a reduction in pain, anxiety and stress; support during chemotherapy and surgery; improved mood; reduced effects from trauma and chronic pain; support when withdrawing from substance abuse; enhancement of the immune system; and a deeper sense of spiritual connection. The goal of Healing Touch is to restore harmony and balance in the human energy system by creating an optimal environment for the body’s innate tendency for healing to occur.

Clients do not undress to receive Healing Touch. Many aspects can be done without touching if a client’s previous experiences cause discomfort with any touching.

Blair has a business license from the Town of Payson as Karyl R. Blair’s Healing Touch.

She has a small, private practice in her home.

“Often I offer the first session gratis, especially if a potential client has not experienced any energy work,” explains Blair.

“Understandably, some people are skeptics initially even though

Shironda Deerwoman has a rich background of 20 years as a teacher and counselor in school settings and 20 years facilitating healing processes. She will teach Counseling CSL 104, Personal Assessment at Gila Community College beginning in January.

In addition to offering individual sessions, she also volunteers at the Merritt Center.

Her practice focuses on helping participants find a better, more lasting means to address pain, disease, emotional upset and unwanted thoughts and behaviors.

“A pill does not heal a migraine headache or body pain even though it might make it go away for a while,” explains Deerwoman. “I try to help the participant uncover the emotional causes behind the pain or disease.

“Our bodies are connected to our minds in ways many do not understand. The health of one affects the other,” she said.

TK and The Trager Approach both involve muscles in the body even though the process methodology differs. Deerwoman can be reached at www.healwhatcaused it.com.

Brenda Slapnicka

“Many people feel a noticeable difference in their wellbeing after their first class, but I recommend new students experience at least eight classes before drawing any conclusions on whether they want to continue the practice.”

Drawn to yoga by the stress in her life and the recommendation of a senior executive friend, she was skeptical. On a shopping trip for her son, she noticed a yoga kit on the shelf and she’s been hooked ever since.

Yoga therapy is a holistic approach and, therefore, supports conventional Western medical treatment. This is not a replacement therapy to traditional medicine, but one that complements and lends alternative ways of accessing our natural ability to wield vital energy and reduce internal and environmental stress. In this way, a yoga therapy program combined with traditional medicine may optimize and minimize recovery time.

Gila Community College offers a number of 16-week classes. Club USA currently offers five classes per week. Slapnicka also offers private yoga classes as well as yoga therapy sessions.

She can be contacted by email at bslapnicka@hotmail.com.

So who is benefiting from energy healing in Payson today?

Could be a class full of people at Club USA or the community college, or an individual in a private session with one of the practitioners, or, if it were summer, a group of locals in Green Valley Park.

Yoga practitioner

“Yoga, a 5,000-year-old practice, is India’s most precious gift to the world,” beams Brenda Slapnicka. “It is more than a physical practice, it is a philosophy, a science, and a form of art that not only strengthens and tones the body, but creates spinal flexibility, mental clarity and emotional stability while reducing stress and encouraging change, growth, and enhanced well-being. Yoga is a lifestyle; one that seeks to bring peace, and joy back into our lives.

“It is easy to get hooked on Yoga,” expands Slapnicka, a certified instructor, with more than 500 hours of teacher training, a Masters in Yoga Therapy and over 2,000 hours of teaching experience.

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Twenty million Americans regularly practice yoga which can increase range of motion, muscle tone, and reduce heart rates.

Book review

‘Living with LEO’ by Sherry Engler Andy McKinney What is a LEO? Is it a Zodiac sign? Nope.

Like COP, it is an acronym. Cop derives from the English term Constable On Patrol. LEO stands for Law Enforcement Officer. I think LEO sounds warmer.

“Living with LEO” introduces us to the life of a police officer from the point of view of someone who loves him. In the case of Payson author Sherry Engler, it brings us the point of view of someone who loves three LEOs. Her husband, son and daughter have all chosen to serve the public by putting on the blue and standing between the public and danger. We like her perspective and her humor.

She opens by describing one night when she awoke to strange sounds coming from the next room and an empty spot where her husband should be sleeping. Alarmed, she crept into the living room to see her husband at three A.M. in his undies practicing for his qualifying test later that morning. He took his approved firing stance and dry fired his empty Glock. Click, click, click. Most of us don’t have that sort of an experience.

With years of marriage to her LEO behind her, Engler has a wealth of anecdotes to

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The Payson location, at 400 E. Highway 260, is the largest rue21 store in Arizona. The store specializes in fashions and accessories geared toward the younger crowd.

rue21 comes to Payson by

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While driving through Payson on her way to her other stores, rue21 District Manager Cheryl Keltner, of Prescott, noticed the limited number of fashion-conscious shops in Payson geared toward the younger crowd.

With an accessory-rich mix of purses, watches, sunglasses, cologne, perfume and nail polish, rue21 has much more to offer than just the latest fashionable styles in clothing.

After talking to students at Payson High School and anticipating a future ASU campus here, rue21 decided to open a shop in Payson.

The new Payson location, at 400 E. Highway 260, is the largest rue21 store in Arizona and also the largest rue guy store, which means it has a much more substantial men’s section than most rue21’s. This

store has eight walls dedicated to men, while most stores only have three.

Teaming up to get the Payson location up and running are store manager Laura Johnson of Payson and assistant manager Cody Wiley of rue21, who relocated from Flagstaff.

Wiley said, “Younger kids are hyped up” about the new rue21 coming to Payson and has even noticed the older crowd has started to show a great deal of interest.

Johnson shared the new rue plus-size segment. Currently, customers have to order the plus-size clothes online, but she hopes to add a section to the store soon.

Top sellers thus far according to Johnson and Wiley have been their sweaters, boots and denim.

With 20 new stores scheduled to open soon, rue21 has 12,000 stores nationwide and continues to grow rapidly.

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Sherry Engler wrote “Living With LEO” about her life as a wife and mother to law enforcement officers.

share with us. She starts at the beginning when her husband studied like mad to master his recruit training and brings us through a long career. Her family grew along the way. Her stories of the unique trials of

raising the children of and being the wife of a LEO are both charming and enlightening.

And I love the names she puts on her characters. Mrs. Noseytoot, for example, wants to know if Sherry’s marriage is OK. Mrs. Noseytoot has seen men, not LEO, come and go from the house. LEO was undercover at the time and donned a variety of disguises.

Again, not something most of us deal with.

She refers to her small daughter as Little Sprout and her son as Small Tot. When they become teenagers, her fond nicknames for them change to Sunflower Blossom and Vibrant Spirit. The very idea of referring to an adolescent boy as Vibrant Spirit brings a smile to my face. Too often we refer to our adolescent offspring in more dramatic terms.

Readers can find this behind-the-scenes look at life in law enforcement on Amazon.

Payson readers can contact the author directly at livingwithleo.sherryengler@ gmail.com and make arrangements for a personalized copy signed by the author.

Sherry Engler lives in the Payson area and has been married to Payson Police Chief Don Engler for 28 adventure- and humorfilled years.

Accounting for You expands at new location Accounting for You celebrated its expansion and address change this week with a ribbon cutting at its new digs at 200 W. Frontier Street, Ste Q. Owners Carol & Ric Quigley invited Payson officials, employees, Rim Country Chamber of Commerce officials and others to the company’s shift to the old Department of Motor Vehicles office. The company renovated the inside to accommodate customers.

Payson Roundup LOCAL Friday, January 9, 2015

Mathew Krogulski

Fundraiser Sunday in Pine for family who lost infant son by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

The community has rallied behind a local family with a fundraiser planned this weekend in Pine after they unexpectedly lost their infant son.

Already, a casket has been donated and funeral fees waived after Adam and Christina Krogulski lost their 1-year-old son, Mathew. The couple says they are overwhelmed by the generosity and support, according to a Facebook page created in honor of Mathew Aldain Krogulski.

And from noon to 6 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 11, a fundraiser will be held at the Sidewinders Saloon in Pine, 6114 Hardscrabble Mesa Road, to raise additional money for the family to buy a headstone and help with expenses.

Bette Acker, who is helping organize the event, said she didn’t know the family, but when she learned of Mathew’s death,

she and countless others knew they wanted to help. Mathew died Nov. 28 due to an illness, leaving behind two brothers, ages three and five.

The family says Mathew loved life and was a real adventurer.

The fundraiser Sunday will include an auction with items donated from more than 50 businesses, including C.A.L.M. Home Inspections, the Christopher Creek Lodge, Cabins on Strawberry Hill, Walmart, Mattress Experts, True Value, Payson Candle Factory, Country Charm, A 2 Beeline Auto Glass, PostNet, Arby’s, Sears, Cardo’s, Anytime Fitness, Chili’s, El Rancho, the Pine Deli, Tymeless Antiques, The Randall House, Early Bird Café, Taylors Service Station and many others.

Acker said she is so proud to be apart of such a giving, loving community. For more information, contact Acker at (602) 6251696.

O B I T U A R I E S James T. Clayton (1938-2014)

James T. Clayton, Jr., age 76, passed away at home in Payson on Dec. 31, 2014. Born Feb. 22, 1938 in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, Jim was the only child of the late James and Marguerite Clayton.

On June 2, 1959, Jim married the love of his life, Carla DeKoeyer. Along with Carla, Jim moved from Huron, Ohio to Payson 10 years ago.

Jim’s career in food service began in Ohio working for Lever Bros., then Green Giant and eventually with food broker A. W. Fodor (now Louis F. Leeper Co.) where he rose to become vice-president and partner.

While in Ohio, Jim was president of AGMR (Associated Grocers Manufacturers Representatives) and the “Santa’s Little Helpers” where he helped the underprivileged at Christmas. He was also a long-time member of the Mayo Smith Society, the Detroit Tigers’ fan club.

In Payson from 2007 to 2012, Jim’s smiling face was well-known at Bashas’ and Safeway where he worked for Pro DemoWorks offering food samples to customers. Jim also served as a board member of the

Woodland Meadows where he and Carla lived for 10 years. Jim loved people, selling, and food, and had the perfect career for 40 years in food service.

Jim’s family is most appreciative for the care Jim received from Dr. Alan Michels and Dr. Lawrence Kasper. They made Jim’s journey much easier.

In addition to his adored wife of 55 years, Carla, Jim is survived by sons, Christopher J., James T., III; daughter, Kelly Clayton Ott (Mark); five grandchildren, Jacky Nash Price (Josh), Brianna Ott, Carissa Ott, Abby Clayton and Jacob Clayton; and one great-grandson, Elijah David Price.

Services for Jim will be held in Ohio in the summer of 2015.

For those wanting to honor Jim’s memory, contributions to the Payson Senior Center (www. paysonseniorcenter.org), 514 W. Main St., Payson, AZ 85541 are encouraged.

Walter Roalstad, DVM (1934-2014)

Walter Roalstad, DVM, of Boise, Idaho, passed away peacefully at home with family on Dec. 5, 2014 at the age of 80. Walt was born and raised in Phoenix and Prescott and he thrived while practicing Veterinary Medicine throughout Arizona.

Walt took a degree in animal husbandry from Colorado State University and was drawn to clinical work while serving with the Army in Japan. Walt returned to CSU to study veterinary medicine and became an integral part of rural veterinary practice in Arizona; he built thriving practices in the White Mountains, South Phoenix, Payson, Flagstaff and Winslow.

He loved the open West, German cars, clever writing, pinto beans, old dogs, and children.

Walt got a real kick out of human nature and is probably best known for his deep loud laugh at the curious things that people do.

He is survived by a family that loves him deeply including three of his four children, Andrew Roalstad, Shelly Roalstad and Lorrie Roalstad; three grandchildren; and four siblings, Joanne Jones, David Roalstad, Jane Teigen and Felicite Forest.

Memorial services will be held at the group camping ramada, on Tom’s Thumb Drive in McDowell Mountain Regional Park near Fountain Hills, Ariz. on Jan. 18, 2015 beginning at 1 p.m. The family suggests donations be made to a charity of your choice.

Rest in peace, Dad, you’re loved and missed.

Anita Liley (1922-2015)

Anita Liley, 92, went home to be with her Lord on Jan. 3, 2015.

Born in Akron, Ohio on Sept. 6, 1922 to the late George and Gertrude Smith. During World War II, Anita honorably served her country in the United States Army.

For her military service she received the American Service and the World War II Victory medals.

Anita was a very good cook.

She enjoyed the outdoors, fishing and camping and was a member of Mountain Bible Church.

She had four children, Bruce, Mark, Laurel and Skip; as well as a sister, Dorothy; a niece, Karen; and a nephew, Bobby. Anita also

has 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild.

Friends are warmly invited to Anita’s funeral service at 1 p.m., Saturday (tomorrow), Jan. 10 at Mountain Bible Church, 302 E. Rancho Rd. in Payson, where military honors will be presented.

Private burial will take place at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix.

Rylee Sheehan (2014)

Rylee Sheehan, 10-1/2 months old, was born Feb. 6, 2014 and passed away Dec. 29, 2014.

Rylee packed more joy and miracles into her short life than most people experience in decades.

Born with an extremely rare condition known as Heterotaxy, Rylee didn’t let several complex surgeries of her heart and intestines keep her from smiling and bringing joy to everyone who met her. She received a heart transplant at just 8 months old and as the youngest Heterotaxy patient ever to have done so, has made medical history.

Her wild ride has inspired thousands who have rejoiced and now mourn with us all.

Her joyful spirit and active temperament earned her the nickname “Wiggle” and she especially loved dancing and “wiggling” to the “Frozen” movie soundtrack.

Her contagious laugh and huge smile reflected her resilient spirit and are deeply missed by all who knew her.

She is survived by her devoted mommy, Stephanie Miller, and loving daddy, Steven Sheehan.

Services for Rylee will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10 at Messinger Payson Funeral Home.

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during days with high pollen levels.

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Barbara A. HorvathJett died Jan. 4, 2015.

She was born Dec. 8, 1929.

Barbara graduated from Madison High School in Mansfield, Ohio in 1947. She worked at J.C. Penny for many years, retiring in 1993.

Barbara and Charles H. Jett married on Jan. 4, 1988 and lived in Mansfield, Ohio until 1994.

During 1994 they retired and moved to Payson, Ariz. Barbara was active in the Senior Circle, Red Hat Society and the Payson Pro Rodeo Committee.

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band, Charles H. Jett; brother, Martin Keipp; and five children, Jeffrey Horvath, Jean Briningstool, Julie Fleming, Joseph Horvath and Jay Horvath; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

All Barbara’s children are by her deceased husband, Kenneth Horvath.

The family wishes to thank Hospice Compassus of Payson for all the care and support that they received during her brief illness.

There will be a Celebration of Barbara’s Life announced at a later date.

Thomas Harry Sowles (1946-2015)

Loving husband and father, Thomas Harry Sowles, died suddenly at the age of 68 on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015 at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz. Tom lived in Payson, Ariz. with his loving wife, Barbara Jean Sowles.

Tom was born in Worthington, Minn. on Aug. 18, 1946 to Harry and Clare Sowles.

Tom grew up there working summers as a lifeguard and enjoyed hunting duck and pheasant with his dad and friends. He attended Worthington High School and went on to Mankato State University, where he became a champion wrestler and achieved a Bachelor of Science degree in English. After graduation, he was immediately drafted into the United States Army, serving his tour of duty in Vietnam. After being discharged, he moved to Bloomington, Minn. and began a career at Kennedy High School as an English teacher and wrestling coach.

Eight years later, he met and married the love of his life, Barb, and got into the car business.

Tom and Barb moved to Apple Valley, Minn. and had son, John, and daughters, Liz and Katie.

After years of harsh weather, they decided to move to a fairer climate in San Diego, Calif. to raise their young family. Tom continued his career in the car business until retiring at the age of 62. He and Barb then moved to Payson, Ariz. for a slower pace of life. It was a bit too slow, so Tom decided to try a new career as a detention officer in Gila County. He was a gun enthusiast and member of the Tonto Rim Sportsman’s Club in Payson.

His love of automobiles was an obsessive hobby of sorts throughout his life. It all started with a a ’62 Corvette, but he restored ’60s vintage Chevy trucks and Novas mostly, moving on to Isuzu Troopers and Toyota trucks later in life. He couldn’t have just one of each. He wanted to buy them all.

Tom is survived by his loving wife, Barbara Jean Sowles; children, John (and wife Savannah Sowles), Elizabeth Sowles, Katherine Sowles; and granddaughter, Hailey SowlesThompson; sisters, Susan Nasers and Mary Burchill; multiple nieces and nephews. He is loved and will be missed.

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Plea recanted in scrap ammo case Maker says selling unsafe ammunition endangered public by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

A Payson man who admitted taking scrap ammunition from his employer and selling it, asked a judge Monday to recant his guilty plea and set a trial date after the state reportedly didn’t give him the plea deal he expected.

Clayton Robert Sopeland, 39, pleaded guilty Oct. 13 to taking some 15,000 rounds of HPR scrap ammunition from Advanced Tactical Armament Concepts between January 2011 and March of 2013, according to a presentencing report.

Sopeland thought taking the plea meant a probation-only sentence, but the terms of plea included a possible prison sentence. Sopeland’s lawyer, Art Lloyd asked Superior Court Judge Peter Cahill to withdraw Sopeland’s guilty plea to correct a “manifest injustice.”

Although he already pleaded guilty, Lloyd says Sopeland can withdraw it because the court has not accepted the agreement.

Prosecutor Duncan Rose, said Sopeland is having buyer’s remorse.

“A defendant is not permitted to withdraw from a plea agreement because he made a bad bargain; he may not use a guilty plea as a device to test the attitude of the trial court,” Duncan wrote.

In 2013, the Payson Police Department began a 10-month investigation after the founder of ATAC, Jim Antich, discovered scrap ammunition was being sold online.

The business normally incinerates unsellable scrap ammunition for safety reasons. When someone contacted Antich saying they had purchased 1,000 rounds of bad ammunition from an online blog, Antich suspected an employee was behind the sale.

Antich told his employees that if they came forward and returned the ammunition, he would not pursue criminal charges. Sopeland came forward, saying he had

taken the ammunition for his personal use and given some to a friend, who sold it to make extra money, according to the report.

While the PPD closed the investigation because Antich was handling it in-house, the case was re-opened when they confirmed Sopeland had sold ammunition to friends, family and strangers.

Sopeland reportedly packaged at least three boxes of ammo in HPR boxes and sold it, according to Rose.

During an interview with police, Sopeland admitted to stockpiling scrap ammunition, but said he had permission to take it. Then an unemployed friend who had a new baby to support asked for ammo to sell.

In a letter to the court, Sopeland said he is an honest, Christian man that has never been in trouble before. Sopeland said he and his wife run a non-profit that helps those in Gila County with cancer, he coached the high school track team, his band Moonshine Mafia donates their time for charitable events and he is a hunting guide.

“I have a good reputation in our community.”

Antich told Cahill that he has known Sopeland since he was a child and was excited when he came to work at ATAC as a ballistic technician because he is a good person.

“I know Clay was raised knowing the difference between right and wrong because I experienced it for many years. And I know his parents raised him the right way,” according to a court transcript. “What happened here was Clay was stealing from us and then going out and selling it to the general public and my biggest concern in all of this was not our monetary loss, but the fact that he was stealing unsafe ammunition.”

Antich said the scrap ammo is unsafe because it can sometimes have a double charge of powder or no powder at all.

“This kills people. It maims people. It injures people,” Antich said. “So not only was the general public at danger with the thousands and thousands and thousands of rounds that — ammunition that he willfully sold at a monetary gain, not only that, he also endangered the 45 employees

that work at our facility and their families, OK. But he also endangered our multi-million-dollar investment because if somebody was injured or killed, who is going to get sued?”

Antich asked Cahill to designate Sopeland’s theft a felony conviction, to take away Sopeland’s right to bear arms and to make Sopeland donate $10,000 to start a non-profit firearm safety course.

The objection to the plea offer focused on whether the theft charge will be left undesignated, a misdemeanor or a felony.

Cahill said he would most likely leave it an undesignated offense to give Sopeland incentive to do well on probation. If he violated probation, Cahill could sentence Sopeland to up to two years in prison.

When Cahill asked Sopeland if he understood that the plea carried with it the possibility of jail as a term of probation because it was a class six undesignated felony, Sopeland responded, “Yes, sir.”

Cahill then asked if Sopeland understood that he could spend up to two years in prison if his probation was revoked. Sopeland said, “Yes, your honor.”

Therefore, Rose argued the judge should not revoke the plea.

Nonetheless, Lloyd asked Cahill to withdraw Sopeland’s guilty plea, pointing out that Sopeland had only pleaded guilty to theft, not selling the ammo or fraud.

“We believe we had probably a 99 percent of getting an acquittal at trial,” Lloyd said at a Nov. 20 hearing. “So, I guess the state has got a decision to make because I don’t think they can convict this man of anything.”

Duncan said he told Lloyd that jail was always a discretionary term of probation.

“Just for clarification, he (Duncan) didn’t say that jail would be off the table. He said he wouldn’t recommend jail,” Lloyd said. “That was my understanding. I knew that the court had the discretion.”

After hearing from the lawyers Monday, Cahill scheduled a sentencing/status conference for Jan. 26 at 11:30 a.m. in Payson.

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Friday, January 9, 2015

Wolves devour Horns 62-23 in boys hoops

by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

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Above, Payson’s Korben White battles for a rebound against Goodyear Estrella Foothills’ Ricky Robinson as Trey Glasscock looks on. At right, Matt Davis applies defensive pressure against Robinson.

Neither Payson nor Goodyear Estrella Foothills entered Tuesday’s boys basketball game at Wilson Dome near the top of the Division 3 power rankings. But it’s early and the visiting Wolves showed they’re probably much better than their No. 29 ranking indicates.

The Longhorns entered at 2-4 (5-6 overall) and No. 47 in the rankings. They, too, could move up by the time the 24-team state tournament brackets are filled in following the six section tournaments the second week of February.

The six section champions and two others earn first-round byes. It’s hard to imagine eight better teams in the division than the Wolves after Tuesday’s impressive performance.

Payson played with the visitors in the first quarter, trailing by only four points after eight minutes.

But the Longhorns couldn’t buy a basket in a 15-2 second-quarter domination by the Wolves, who outscored the home team 50-15 over the final three quarters to roll to a 62-23 victory that squared their overall record at 6-6.

Guard David McCray and 6-foot-6 power forward Rex Greabell both scored 15 points to lead EF (6-6 overall), who had nine players score. Chaz Davis led Payson with seven points.

Payson shot just 26 percent (10 of 38) from the

field, including a 1-for-13 performance from threepoint range. The Longhorns went to the free-throw line just twice, making both of them. Estrella Foothills visited the foul line 15 times, sinking 11.

The Wolves dominated the boards as Payson managed just 17 rebounds.

The Longhorns (5-13), who were coming off a 3-3 performance in the White Mountain Holiday Classic at Lakeside Blue Ridge on Jan. 1-3 with wins over Ash Fork, Joseph City and Ganado and losses to Ironwood Ridge, Gila Ridge and Walden Grove, were scheduled to return home to face Lakeside Blue Ridge on Thursday before playing at Show Low at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday following the 6 o’clock girls game. Both the girls and boys return home to play Holbrook at 6 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Estrella Foothills 62, Payson 23 Estrella Foothills 62 – Ricky Robinson 1 2-2 4, Phillip Parks 0 0-0 0, Cameron Runyan 1 0-0 2, Grant Greabell 3 1-2 9, Joe Logan 2 0-0 4, David McCray 6 1-2 15, Tae Brown 2 2-3 6, Trace Jenkins 1 0-1 3, Rex Greabell 6 3-3 15, Evan Walberg 1 2-2 4, Ben Bruyer 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 11-15 62.

Payson 23 – Alex Suarez 0 0-0 0, Ruben Estrada 2 0-0 4, Chaz Davis 3 0-0 7, Spencer Herrera 0 0-0 0, Matt Davis 2 0-0 4, Hunter Harrison 1 0-0 2, Braden Hancock 0 2-2 2, Ryan Wacker 0 0-0 0, Wyatt Chapman 0 0-0 0, Ryan Ricke 1 0-0 2, Korben White 1 0-0 2, Trey Glasscock 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 2-2 23.

12 15 24 11 - 62 Estrella Foothills Payson 8 2 9 4 - 23 3-point goals – EF: G. Greabell 2, McCray 2, Jenkins. P: C. Davis.

Cori Barnett more than a three-sport star Honor student excels at juggling busy schedule by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Cori Barnett remembers getting cut from her seventh-grade basketball team.

“That hadn’t happened to me before,” she said.

“It was heartbreaking. I had gone to basketball camps for so many years trying to better myself. I almost didn’t have the drive anymore.”

But she decided to use the experience as motivation to improve.

“It was a learning experience,” she said. “I got a basketball hoop at my house so I could work on my shot. And I continued going to basketball camp. I wanted to prove to the coach I was a good player.”

She’s been proving it ever since. The Payson High senior is in her second season as a starter on the varsity girls basketball team and plays a key role as a post player who can rebound with the best of them and put the ball in the basket when needed.

“She’s exceptionally strong,” said her former coach and current PHS athletic director Jennifer White. “She gives

110-percent effort all the time. She works hard in practice honing her skills.”

Barnett’s also the kind of young adult who’s a role model for younger kids.

“She’s one of those kids as a parent you want your kids to look up to,” White said.

That’s because, in addition to starting on the girls basketball, volleyball and softball

teams, Barnett is also a member of the National Honor Society, volunteers for community organizations — for example, spending six hours ringing the bell for the Salvation Army’s holiday fundraising drive, and takes college courses each morning as part of the Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology (NAVIT) program. She hopes to pursue a career in nursing. She’s currently employed at Payson Care Center.

“It’s all about balance,” she said of trying to juggle high school and college courses, athletics, a job, volunteering and a boyfriend. “I set my prior-

ities.”

One of the drawbacks of being a student-athlete is often missing the final class(es) of the day to travel to away games. For Barnett, that’s AP statistics, a challenging math class.

“It’s hard to be away so much because of sports,” she said.

“We have three away games next week, so that’s going to be a challenge.”

Her favorite sport is volleyball, which she’s played since the fourth grade.

She started on the varsity the last couple of years and was the Longhorns’ only senior this fall. She’s one of three 12th-graders on the girls basketball team and serves as

a captain. She says it’s a good team.

“We have so much potential when we play as a team,” she said.

Another team with plenty of potential is the softball squad that lost just one senior starter to graduation after earning the No. 1 seed and reaching the state championship game for the first time in program history last spring.

Barnett started at first base for the Longhorns.

“It was exciting but there was a lot of pressure because one slip up could cost your team the championship,” she said of last year’s final game, which PHS lost 5-3 to Winslow. “But it was a learning experience. It would be so cool to be able to say, ‘I’m a state champion.’

Although we lost a key senior, I think if we all play together we can accomplish it.”

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aroundthe rim Snow, snow and more snow in Pine National Weather Service reports indicate Pine received 14-1/2 inches of snow during the New Year’s storm, but several measurements I took at our home in the higher elevations of Pine Creek Canyon showed almost 18 inches to have fallen.

Along with the snow were some Godzilla-sized drifts that covered cars, trucks and woodpiles.

The storm also prompted the Fuel Reduction Committee to cancel its Jan. 3 work day on the Pine View section of the Arizona Trail.

Once the snowfall seemed to subside, flatlanders eager for a day of snow play overran the Rim Country from Payson to Pine/Strawberry and farther north.

Traffic was bumper to bumper on some sections of Beeline and the Payson Walmart and other stores Max Foster photo were overrun by visitors lining up to Grandkids Madison and Max built this snowman after the record snowfall purchase, gloves, snowshoes and win- in Pine last week brought a flood of visitors to Rim Country to frolic in the ter gear. white stuff.

During a quick stop at Walmart icated service in protecting residents this column. to bank at the Desert Schools Credit and resources.

My friend, former Tempe High Union, I noticed a long line of patrons Capt. Zach Graham was cited for and Chandler Basha High School wound from mid store to near the front 10 years of service, reserve firefighter football coach Tim McBurney, was door.

It took a few minutes to figure out Dominic Masse received praise for on the University of Phoenix stadiwhat the line was for, but eventually I his five years with the department um sidelines running the chain gang found out it was the waiting line for the and Billy Chester was named PSFD’s at the Fiesta Bowl game pitting the Firefighter of the Year. Engineers University of Arizona vs. Boise State. ladies’ restroom.

The photographer apparently Needless to say our home was a Stacy Figueroa and Kevin Figueroa revolving door of children, grandchil- were honored for 20 years of service asked Tim and his chain gang partner dren and friends looking forward to and Forrest McCoy received a souve- if they would like their picture taken a day of sledding, snowmen and hot nir plaque and huge thanks for his 10 at halftime with Wilbur the Wildcat. chocolate in front of the wood burning years on the fire board, including a The two complied with the request, stint as chairman. but there was a problem — Tim and stove.

Chief Gary Morris is asking resi- his sidekick are ASU alum who bleed For those of us who live here, it was dents who cross paths with maroon and gold. just another bout of shovelany of the honorees to thank In the picture I received, Wilbur has ing driveways, shifting into four-wheel drive, negotiating rattlin’ and congratulate them for his arms (legs?) wrapped around the icy roadways and keeping fin- the rim their unselfish service. smugly smiling Tim and his friend. gers crossed the power didn’t Currently, the department Upon closer inspection, the two Sun go out. is accepting applications for Devil alums are cleverly flashing the reserve firefighters and EMTs. forked finger sign (pitchfork) that is a Work restarts For more information, log point of pride among Devils disciples on to: pine-strawberryfired- and a sore spot for some Cat fans.

Although the trail work ept.com.

Too funny. was canceled on Jan. 3, it will Then go to “employment� resume from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and click on “reserve/recruit Students return Jan. 10, 17 and 25. program.�

For the first two Saturdays, Max Foster A two-week long winter break Morris also wants residents ended for Pine Strawberry School stuvolunteers should bring their to know that the brush pit off dents when classes resumed on Jan. 5. own lunch, snack and water, but on Jan. 25, which has been des- Control Road is closed for the winter. On the upcoming calendar is a board ignated “A major work day on the An announcement will be made when meeting on Jan. 12, a teacher in serPine Trail,� lunch and snacks will be it reopens. vice on Jan. 14, a day when students Burn permits, however, are being will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m. provided by the Pine Strawberry Fuel issued.

Reduction Committee.

For that day, the Isabelle Hunt Call (928) 476-4272 for more infor- Memorial Library will host another of The Pine View Trail is a 1-plusmile section that connects the difficult mation. its Movie Madness showings that will 8-mile Pine Canyon Trail to the 51-mile begin at 1 p.m. The title of the movie to Wilbur and Devils, no way!

Highline Trail. be shown will be announced soon.

Volunteers should meet at the Pine Just last week I received an emailed On Jan. 19, classes will be recessed Trailhead. picture from an old friend that was a at P/S School in observance of the belly-buster.

Martin Luther King holiday. The Firefighting honorees Maybe what they call today a “pho- Buffalos’ annual science fair, one of the academic highlights of the winter, During 2014, the Pine Strawberry to-bomb.�

It was taken by a pro photographer will be Jan. 26 to 30.

Fire Department took time out to honor several members for their ded- and copyrighted, so I can’t use it in Winners on the local level advance

to a county showdown in Globe and finally to the state championships in Phoenix. Last year, Abby Ast, Krislyn Alford, Meredith Kiekintveld, Joshua Paine and Bobbie Rose all won the local and county science fairs.

HOA meetings can be drab

Homeowner association meetings are often routine, mundane gatherings few have any interest in attending.

But the next Portals III HOA meeting at 10 a.m. Jan. 24 in the Pine Fire Department meeting room appears to be drawing plenty of interest among homeowners mostly because a very controversial proposal to be discussed actually affects all who live and visit Pine and Strawberry.

It involves making Portals III a gated community, which has caused quite a stir among residents. The drift among homeowners is that there is opposition to the proposal.

At the last HOA meeting on Oct. 18, an ad-hoc committee was appointed to do a “complete and objective study� to be presented to the board.

Board members stressed they were only authorizing an “unbiased in-depth study, including pros and cons� and are not approving gating at this point in time. Stay tuned.

At the library

Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library manager Becky Waer continues her pleas for more volunteers to step up.

They are vital to the success of the library and at this point there simply aren’t enough to go around.

The volunteer effort took a big hit last fall when one of the most active members unexpectedly died and the cause suffered further when some summer workers returned to their Valley homes. Others had to take time off for medical reasons.

Ideal volunteers, says Waer, should be friendly, computer- and detail-oriented and work well with the public.

Flexible hours are available and training will be provided by the library staff.

Also at the library, computer guru Ray Baxter is primed and eager to help you master your laptop.

He will do so during a computer training class to be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 24 in the library activity room on Randall Drive.

The class is limited to 24 pupils and registration is required. The fee is $10 and students should bring their own laptop and power supply.

Call (928) 476-3678 to volunteer or for more information.

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Shelby School’s Christmas production was special indeed Brrrr! Baby it’s cold outside! Tonto Village is shivering with icy cold weather this past week. The low temperatures have been hovering in the teens and hardly warms up to below 50 degrees during the day.

The winters have been so warm the past few years that a person didn’t need a warm winter coat. That includes yours truly. I went looking in my closet for a warm coat to wear the to Payson, and I didn’t have one! village The next time I went to town, I went looking for a winter coat. Luckily I found one almost immediately. To complete the warm weather gear, I also bought warmer socks, (ones that almost go to my knees), and a pair of gloves to go with the jacket.

I’m ready now!

Janet Karen, Tonto Village mail lady Snyder Karen called me this past week and she wanted me to mention that she appreciated the cooperation from the residents regarding the mail pickups. Karen thanks everyone for their diligence in picking up their mail just about every day. That left room for all the Christmas cards and packages so that there was room for everyone.

Karen is a wonderful mail lady. She will call us if

ning merrily with their dancing/singing introductions and humor. The finale had the whole cast back on stage for a chorus of “I Believe in Santa Claus.� A festive party for cast, friends and family followed, complete with delicious baked treats and hot cocoa.

The spirit of Christmas certainly filled the air, and sent well-wishes for the holidays home with everyone in attendance!

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there is a large package that she cannot fit into the mailbox. That saves everyone a trip into the post office. Thank you Karen, we all appreciate your kindness.

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On Tuesday, Dec. 16, The Shelby School had a very animated “Christmas Special,� hosted by Kenny and Dolly. A range of acts by K-8 students included “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,� “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,� Glee’s “Deck the Rooftop� that even showcased some gymnastics, and a signed then sung “Silent Night.� Taylor Kamp and Ana Brooks, both parents and teachers aides, kept the show run-

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Another domino player Dara Sutton and her hubby Phon of Bear Flat will observe their 35th wedding anniversary on Jan. 12. May the love you share today, grow stronger every day of your lives. Happy anniversary.

On Jan. 13, Hellsgate firefighter Rick Heron will add another candle to his birthday cake. Hellsgate fire board member Garah Monnick adds another candle to her birthday cake on Jan. 16.

For all of the birthday people, ‘I wish you magic and laughter and everything else that you’re after.�

What we believe at any given moment depends on what we know Ever think about how odd it is that you and I read fiction or watch fictional TV programs and films? If you think about it for a minute, you’ll realize that we are voluntarily spending our time focusing on things we know doggone well didn’t happen. It seems a little odd when you think about it, but we humans have been doing it for at least thousands of years, as proven by the fact that even our remotest ancestors seem to have listened to tales or watched plays they knew weren’t real.

If you think I’m going to try to explain why we do that, Johnny, think again. Other than the fact that we all seem to enjoy it, I haven’t got a clue why we do it. For all we know, someday in the far future, when the Martians or the folks from Alpha Centaurus drop in, we may just find out that the rest of the inhabitants of this far-flung universe think we’re nuts.

And who knows? Maybe we your turn are.

Strange, isn’t it though? You and I have a tendency to judge people on what kind of grip they have on reality, but we turn around and spend hours on things we know doggone well aren’t real. It isn’t entirely crazy though. Sixty years ago when I Tom Garrett first became interested in writing fiction I learned something that may help to explain a wee bit of why fiction holds such a fascination for us. The very first fiction-writing books I ever read all emphasized the same thing: You will lose your reader in the first few pages if you don’t manage something called “the suspension of disbelief.� What’s that? It’s what happens when you and I sit down to read a book or watch a story and allow ourselves to slip quietly into a mode that lets us treat what we are seeing or hearing as something real. Not only is that the key to success for a fiction writer, it’s a large part of the enjoyment we all get out of reading or watching fiction.

How do writers accomplish it? Well, the textbooks say a lot of stuff, but it all comes down to understanding who we are and why we believe what we believe, and then just staying with that.

How does a writer learn to do that? The easiest way to learn how to do it is to read the masters, see how they did it, and do the same thing. Basically, it comes down to this: You and I believe what our eyes and ears are telling us, the things that come to us through our senses, and the things our emotions and our experience identify as “true.� Proof of that — admittedly an odd sort of proof, but a good one — is that there are people wandering around the planet who believe things that you and I know are absolutely untrue. Like the guy strolling down the avenue who thinks the rest of us are nuts because the real truth comes to him from little voices inside his head.

And don’t dare to ever try convincing one of those folks that he’s got it wrong, Johnny. It’s worth your life! In fact, even sensible, conservative, adults believe what they believe, and woe betide the fool that tries to convince them otherwise!

For example, when I first started teaching I found that the average teacher was so conservative he squeaked. It happened that I worked in a high school in Texas that didn’t need much heating in winter. The school had just had a new heating system installed, the brainstorm of an engineer who thought that since base radiator heat worked so well, but was hard to install, he would invent a set of flat ceiling-mounted radiant electric heaters. By using his “Radiant Energizers,� as he called them, he thought the district could heat the school cheaply and efficiently.

The only thing wrong was they didn’t work! If you turned on those boxes your head got fried while the rest of you froze. I know. I was there. Like everyone else in the building I shut the %$#@! things off, put on an overcoat, and froze waiting for a fix.

Then came the day where that fool engineer got up in front of 140 very irate people and said, “You’re not cold! You only THINK you’re cold!�

It was the closest thing to a lynching I have ever seen. The entire audience rose as one. THUHRUMP, 140 chairs slid back and 140 bodies surged forward toward the speaker.

The only thing that saved that sucker was the fact that he was spirited away before we could get to him!

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As the barbershop harmonies of the century’s opening decade remained enormously Discs rule the music world popular, other male quartets also rode high By 1910 discs assumed full dominance in record sales. The Peerless Quartet had of the popular record market over wax cyl- success with “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” inders, with an advantage that expanded (1911), and before the U.S. entered the war, every year. In July 1912, Columbia stopped with “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier” all production of cylinders, leaving Edison as (1915). The Hayden Quartet also had big hits the only major company still producing the with the 1910 songs “Put on Your Old Gray record format that had ruled the industry only Bonnet” and “By the Light of the Silvery Moon.” a decade earlier.

And there was always a place in the record Sheet music sales reached an all-time high market for sentimental ballads, and no one in 1910, with published estimates ranging from 30 million to substantially more. Two had more success with them than tenor Henry Burr, whose “When I Lost You” six-million sellers were “Let Me Call (1913) and the tearjerker “M-O-T-HYou Sweetheart” and “Down by the dj ’ s music E-R (A Word That Means the World Old Mill Stream.” trivia to Me)” (1916) delighted listeners Ballroom dancing, symbolized by everywhere. the team of Vernon and Irene Castle, As the decade ended on the eve became a nationwide phenomenon of Prohibition, the record industry this decade, with 1913 as its peak was poised to enter a decade of even year. This was also the year that the more tumultuous change. era’s biggest dance craze, the foxtrot, was introduced. The tango spread This week’s question from South America to Europe and the U.S. and other new steps like DJ Craig In 1919 the song “Beautiful Ohio” the turkey trot kept the dance floors was a No. 1 hit for both Henry red-hot.

Burr and Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra. Which of the following is a true The hit artists and records of 1910-1919 statement about this song? A) In 1969, the One of America’s all-time top recording Ohio Legislature adopted it as Ohio’s state artists was Billy Murray. As a solo artist he song; B) It is played before the start of every scored with such hits as Irving Berlin’s “I Love home Ohio State University football game; a Piano” (1916) and “Pretty Baby” (1917). But C) In 1946, Judy Garland’s cover version of Murray’s greatest success this decade came it was the song of the year; or D) All of the as the lead tenor of the American Quartet. above.

The group’s 1910 performance of the timeless Last week’s question “Casey Jones” became one of the biggest sellers of the entire acoustic recording era.

One of the top songs of the first decade of The group followed with such immortal war- the 20th century was Billy Murray’s 1904 hit time classics as “It’s a Long, Long Way to “Meet Me in St. Louis,” which was influenced Tipperary” (1914) and “Over There” (1917). by a major event held that year in America’s

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“Gateway to the West” city. Last week’s question asked if you could name that event.

The choices were A) The completion of the Gateway Arch; B) The St. Louis World’s Fair; C) The St. Louis Walk of Fame; and D) The first pitch being thrown out at the Cardinals’ Busch Stadium.

The correct answer was The St. Louis World’s Fair, commemorating the centennial of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. (The fair was delayed from a planned opening in 1903 to 1904, to allow for full-scale participation by more states and foreign countries).

A couple of final notes

My thanks to Star Valley residents Bob and Karen Sitter for inviting me into their home this past weekend to enjoy their collection of windup phonographs, graphophones and Victor trademark dogs. And what a collection it is — three bedrooms devoted to music reproduction memorabilia from the late 1800s through the early 1900s and Karen’s personal collection of the famous Victor dog putting its ear to the windup phonograph’s horn.

The couple’s extensive collection includes many different models of the Big Three’s (Columbia, Victor and Edison) horn, the more “modern” encased-horn, and coin-operated styles of the day.

And last, we were certainly blessed with the timing of the first big snow of the season, as the nearly foot of the white stuff fell just in time for the New Year’s Day weekend. Sunny skies and calm winds allowed for hundreds of out-of-town families to enjoy sledding, snowball fights and creative snowman building at Green Valley Park and other favorite sledding slopes in the area.

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Snow brings a grand time to Christopher Creek Christopher Creek echoed with the screams of delight from the youngsters flying down the half-dozen impromptu sled runs throughout the town last weekend. Now the echoes are gone and so too are the multitude of snow bunnies who visited the area last weekend.

Gone too are the sled runs, melting away with our first big snow of winter.

Across Columbine Road another week there’s a corner of Forest in the creek Service land that comes down off the ridge. Friday morning, the Bottle kids made a sled run over the rock ledges and down through the trees. It wasn’t long before other kids discovered the feature and joined in. Soon a second run parallel to the Rod Britain first was going to handle the numbers. Hours were spent as youngsters and an adult or two trudged to the top then swooped down, some getting ‘air’ coming over the ledges with others crashing into the drifts.

The Creek woke up Saturday morning to 9 degrees and a foot of snow still remaining from last week’s storm. A couple of guys say they had more snow and that’s probably true.

The first liar doesn’t have a chance. Chuck lives down on Apple toward the west end of the Creek. He measured eight inches before he shoveled off his drive. He measured an additional six inches later in the day as the storm moved out. That’s 14 inches any way you look at it. Don up in See Canyon says there was 14 inches at his place as well.

What we do know is it was a “nice” storm.

Winds weren’t so terrible and didn’t last long.

Power outage wasn’t an issue. It made for a picture from Currier and Ives and there were a ton of folks here to enjoy it!

Brenden from Christopher Creek Lodge said every rental cabin in the Creek was occupied and many folks with their own places braved the brunt of the storm, determined to get to the snow.

Blake Bottle and his outfit spent five hours on the road New Year’s Eve day. They missed some of the long waits from the road closures

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See Canyon resident Kelly O’Neill enjoyed snowshoeing along Christopher Creek.

and were almost here when they hit a ‘bottleneck’ at Little Green Valley. That ended up being another hour-and-a-half delay. It seems the snowplow just couldn’t keep up, bringing traffic to a stop.

Opie and Pat got stopped at Bush Highway and through social media heard of a second closure a Highway 188 and SR 87. After being advised to go home and wait, they decided to

brave the roads through Globe, Show Low and across the Rim and down to the Creek. After a harrowing, however beautiful, seven-hour trip they arrived for the New Year’s party at Creekside.

Although the inclement conditions were brutal, a small but mighty crowd showed for the New Year’s celebration. Dennis and Kelly came in on their quad and Don Farmer arrived on cross country skis.

As the evening wore on, our DJ Bud Light John had the faithful singing to all the oldies and Mike fed the campfire out on the patio.

Sheila did up some complimentary pizzas and there were plenty of those Jell-O things to go around. Creekside was quite busy the balance of the weekend with the horde of visitors in the Creek.

Our hats are off to Dale Ashby and his old blue pickup for running the plow down Columbine Road and around town on New Year’s morning! Mike Jelevnic , Rick Schantz and Brenden from the Lodge were out pushing snow off of parking lots and drives as well.

Josh, Samone, Shannon and Kyle finally got up on Saturday. Kyle and Shannon’s yearold, Braden, enjoyed his first experience in the snow.

Down at the store we ran into Keith Mead who shared with us that his wife Rhonda is doing well. She is recovering from a trip to a Valley hospital on Christmas Eve! Along the way we met Becky Feola. When here in the Creek, she lives down on lower Columbine Road where there seems to be just a nest of authors. Two doors down is fledgling author Dave Elston who lives across the road from veteran author, Marsha Ward.

Becky is working on her book, “The Eldercare Consultant,” which will soon be available at Amazon.

Gone now are the holiday visitors and the snow bunnies. Gone, too, are the holiday lights along the Loop. Bring on the next snowstorm and bring on the long nights of solitude. Soon this winter, too, will be gone. By the time this hits the streets, it will be less than 87 days, six hours and 40 minutes until baseball’s Opening Day … and that’s another week in the Creek.

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War was the dominant theme of the century’s second decade. The June 1914, assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo set into motion a war that engulfed most of Europe. After Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare, the United States could no longer maintain its neutrality and entered the “The Great War” in April 1917. By the time the Armistice was signed in November 1918, more than 10 million lives had been lost.

The loss of 1,600 lives on the “unsinkable” Titanic stunned the world in 1912.

Jim Thorpe, the decade’s greatest athlete, was stripped of his gold medals at the 1912 Olympics because he had played professional baseball.

Baseball was rocked by the “Black Sox” gambling scandal during the 1919 World Series.

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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 For location and information, call (928) 472-3191 or (928) 468-8962.

Calvary Chapel Payson 1103 N. Beeline Hwy. at Sherwood Dr.; (928) 468-0801, Email: office@ calvarypayson.com, web: calvarypayson.com. Sunday: Services at 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.; Upper Room Prayer Meeting For Jesus at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday: Men’s & Women’s Discipleship at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Fellowship Dinner at 5 p.m.; Old testament Study, Calvary Kids, Jr. High & High School Youth Groups at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: Christ-Centered Recovery Study using the One Step To Freedom program at 6:30 p.m. Faith-based discipleship program for those dealing with strongholds in their lives such as substance abuse, eating disorders, gambling, etc.; Young Adult Fellowship 6:30 p.m.

Childcare is provided for all of the above services. Friday: Friday Fellowship at the Friday’s – a fun night for the whole family! Games, snacks, followed by worship and a short Bible study and prayer, 111 W. Rancho Rd. 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.

Christians Together Independent-non-denominational. Meeting Sundays at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel at Majestic Rim Retirement Living, 310 E. Tyler Parkway.

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

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

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

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. Like us on Facebook.

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.

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.

Iglesia La Roca 302 E. Rancho Rd. Nuestro proposito es que usted encuentre una relacion personal con Dios y pueda experimentar la hermosura de su presencia en cada uno de nuestros servicios: Miercoles 6:30pm Ensayo del Ministerio de Alabanza, Jueves 6:30pm Estudios Biblicos, Domingos 12:30 Tiempo de Celebracion y Adoracion, para mayor informacion comunicarse con los Pastores Carmelo y Ruth Andujar. Dr. Carmelo Andujar, Pastor (928) 2380240, Ruth Andujar (407) 341-9775, Secretaria de La Roca (928) 595-0874.

Te invitamos a vistitar nuestra pagina web: www.iglesialarocapayson.com.

“Visitenos, Sera un placer tenerles en nuestra Iglesia” Jehovah’s Witnesses North Payson Congregation, 1616 N. McLane, 474-7867, 474-2750: Public Discourse, 4 p.m., Sunday; Watchtower Study, 4:40 p.m., Sunday; Tuesday Congregation Bible Study, 7 p.m., Ministry School, 7:30 p.m., Service Meeting, 8 p.m.

South Payson Congregation, 474-7867, 474-8346: Public Discourse, 10 a.m., Sunday; Watchtower Study, 10:40 a.m., Sunday; Thursday, Congregation Bible Study, 7 p.m., Ministry School, 7:30 p.m., Service Meeting, 8 p.m.

Congregation Espanol de Testieos de Jehovah, 472-7867, 474-8763: Discurso publico, Domingo, 1 p.m.; Estudio del Atalaya, Domingo, 1:40 p.m.; Estudio de Biblia, Lunas, 7 p.m., Escuela del Minitero, 7:30 p.m., Reunion de Servicio Miercoles 8 p.m.

Kriya Meditation Learn Kriya Meditation Tuesday nights, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. in Payson. By donation. For location and info, please call Zuné at (928) 472-7654.

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.

Lifehouse Christian Center Meets at Mountain High Coffeeworks, 3652 N. Cemetary Rd., Pine, AZ 85544. Pastors Phil and Roxanne Castle, (928) 242-0773. A spirit filled church and congregation with a very unique and wonderful praise and worship time. Services are at 11 a.m. Sunday, followed by a free meal.

Church of Christ in Payson 401 E. Tyler Parkway, (928) 474-5149. Sunday: Bible classes for all ages 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:25 a.m. and 6 p.m., A-Capella singing, song practice 5:30 p.m. Tuesday: Ladies Bible Class 9:30 a.m. Wednesday: Bible study 6:30 p.m.

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

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints PONDEROSA WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 11 am to 2 pm; Sacrament Meeting 11 am, 472-8709, 474-6367 or 468-1103, Missionaries 472-7956.

MOGOLLON WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 1 pm to 4 pm; Sacrament Meeting 1 pm, 474-6367, 468-8157, Missionaries (928) 863-5396, 468-8886.

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

FAMILY HISTORY CENTER: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa, 468-0249; Open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 6 pm and by appointment J. Foster 978-4031.

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. 479-2484.

CHRISTOPHER CREEK SERVICES: Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Sacrament meeting 10 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. followed by Sunday School, Priesthood and Relief Society. 478-4608.

SPANISH BRANCH: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 9 am to 12 pm. Sacrament meeting 9 am.

YOUNG BRANCH: Sunday 9:30 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society; 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School; 11:20 a.m. Sacrament meeting. 462-3326 or 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: 1-928-476-4249 (ch), 1-928-472-6439 (pastor’s hm) 1-928-970-4249 (pastor’s cell), Email: pinerandallchurch@hotmail.com Website: http://churchonrandallplace.org Online Sermons: www.sermon.net/CORP Community Presbyterian Church 800 W. Main Street, Rev. Charles Proudfoot, Pastor. Sundays: SON Risers Adult Bible Class at 8:30 a.m.; Hymn Sing at 10:15 a.m. followed by Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. Bible Time and nursery care for children provided.

Office hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to noon; 474-2059 office, 474-0624 fax, E-mail: cpcgen@yahoo.com, Website: cpcpayson.org.

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

Desert Community Christian Fellowship, SB Pastor Eric Woods, (928) 479-2216, 173 Stephen’s Way, Tonto Basin. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday services 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday worship 6 p.m.

East Verde Baptist Church Houston Mesa Road at Whispering Pines Control Road, 474-9385. Sunday Morning Bible Study, 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 7 p.m.

Eckankar If you have experienced seeing a light when your eyes were closed, you most likely were experiencing the Light of God, and if you have heard a sound which you could not account for, you may have experienced the Sound of God. For more information on these spiritual experiences, call (877) 300-4949.

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!

Fireproof Your Marriage Discover the power of 2=1 “Married For Life” and “Parents For Life” courses.

Call (928) 478-4715 for more information.

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:

Mountain Bible Church Our Mission at Mountain Bible is quite simple: Loving God…Loving People.

It is our desire before God to develop and offer ministries, inside and outside our church, that further this important cause. Are we succeeding? We invite you to be our guest this weekend and see for yourself! Located at 302 E. Rancho Road in Payson, we offer two opportunities to worship on Sunday mornings: 8:45 and 10:30 a.m. Many children and student ministries are available on Sundays and throughout the week. More details are available through our office (928) 472-7800 and on our website (www.mountainbible. org). Please let us answer any further questions you may have about our church…and we hope to meet you soon!

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

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

Payson Bible Fellowship Meets at Rim Country Health and Retirement Community, 807 W. Longhorn Road. Every Sunday 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Conversation, 9 a.m. Praise and Worship, 9:30 a.m. Prayer and Bible discussion. 1st and 3rd Sundays: 10:15 a.m. Open Discussion, 11:15 a.m. Close.

Payson First Assembly of God The church at Green Valley Park (1100 West Lake Drive) invites anyone who wants to have a fresh, new encounter with God every week to come and join us. With a full-time Children’s Pastor and Youth Pastor, we are a church that ministers to the entire family! Sunday Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.; Sunday Evening Bible Study - 6:00 p.m.; and Wednesday Bible Study for all ages - 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more information, or for a ride to any service, contact Pastor Kelly Wooldridge at 928-474-2302.

Payson First Church of the Nazarene 200 E. Tyler Parkway, (928) 474-5890. Sundays: Morning Worship Service 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Monday through Friday: Safe Haven Preschool 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Lighthouse Club 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays: Children’s Bible Quizzing 3rd-6th grades 2:30-5:30 p.m., and Prayer and Praise 6:00 p.m. Wednesdays: Children’s Bible Quizzing K-2nd grades 3:154:15 p.m. Thursdays: Youth Night 6:30 p.m. Last Saturday each month: Men’s Fellowship Breakfast 8:00 a.m. and the Ain’t Nearly Done (ANDY) Group 11:30 a.m. For more information on locations, times and topics, contact the church office. Office hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

Payson Living Word Bible Church 208 S. McLane Road (across from the High School). Services Sundays starting at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. with Kids Church and nursery provided. PLW is a Spirit Filled Contemporary Church based on Faith; we believe speaking the Word of God will move mountains in our lives. We have a mission here at PLWBC: Love, Win, Build and Change. There are many activities at the church so come out and be a part of our family. The Lord is doing great things. If you have any questions, the church number is (928) 474-8606.

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

Kid’s Church along with free and safe nursery care is provided. Please call the church for information on additional programs, ministries and our mission to the community.

Payson United Pentecostal Church - The First Church Website: www.paysonupc.com. All meetings and events are held at Mesa del Caballo. Kids’ Church, Sundays at 10 a.m. (Behind the Veil Puppety) Experience Pentecostal-style worship and preaching, Sundays at 6 p.m.

Around the Table Bible Study, Wednesday at 7 p.m. All are welcome to experience the difference of the earliest New Testament message and not the traditions and customs that followed. Go back to the message of the First Church – Acts 2:38. Pastor Dale Lewallen 469-2171.

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

Ponderosa Bible Church 1800 N. Beeline Hwy., (928) 474-9279. “Preparing God’s people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up.” Dr. Joe Falkner, Sr. Pastor; Curtis Fahrlender, Pastor of Student Ministries; Jim Hurlburt, Pastor of Worship and Outreach. Sunday Worship: Traditional 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. Middle School Youth Group, grades 6-8, 4-5 p.m.; High School Youth Group, grades 9-12, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Adult Cell Group, 6 p.m. Nursery and Pre-Primary available for morning worship services. Wednesday: Legacy Singles (55+ years of age) coffee at Dimi’s 9 a.m.; High School Cell Group, 7-8 p.m.; 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.; Payson Women’s Bible Study 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 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 Meets at 6 p.m. every Wednesday at Star Valley Baptist Church, 4180 E. Highway 260, Star Valley. Service includes live music by the Country Gospel Misfits. For more information, call (928) 474-5557.

Rim Valley Church 208 S. McLane Road, Pastor Brandon Pratt, (801) 513-4286.

Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church (Wisconsin Synod) 204 W. Airport Rd. (corner of Airport Rd. and N. McLane). Sunday Worship Service 9 a.m.; Sunday School and Sunday Adult Bible Class at 10:15 a.m.

Everyone is welcome to attend! For more information, please call pastor David Sweet, (928) 474-2098.

St. Benedict’s Catholic Mission Church Meets every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Young School for Catholic Mass.

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: pasepchurch@qwestoffice.net.

WE Welcome Everyone.

St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church 511 S. St. Phillips Street, 474-2392. Daily Masses Monday-Friday 8 a.m, Sat. 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., Spanish 12:30 p.m.; Confession at 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call Mrs. Judith Carroll, Religious Education office, (928) 474-1269 for Catholic education programs for children and adults. Call Mr. Allen Holder, Life Teen Director, (928) 474-2392 for Sunday evening youth group activities and other youth-focused events.

Seventh-day Adventist Church 700 E. Wade Lane, Payson; Pastor Steven Salsberry; Elder Sharon Judd.

Saturday services: Sabbath School/Bible Study 9:30a.m.; Worship Hour 11 a.m. We welcome all visitors. Come and join us for uplifting fellowship. Call 928-474-9209 for Prayer Meeting times and location, and for coming local events, or visit our website: http://payson.adventistfaith.org.

Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 507 W. Wade Lane; (928) 474-5440, (928) 478-8603. Pastor Steve DeSanto.

Sunday: Adult Bible Study 8:30 a.m., Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship Service 10 a.m. Holy Communion celebrated on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month. Wednesday Evening Worship Service 6 p.m. (Dec.-April). Men’s Bible Study each Monday at 9 a.m. Adult Bible Class (study) Thursdays 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Visit Shepherd of the Pines on our Web site: www.shepherdofthe pineslutheran.com.

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

Shiloh Christian Fellowship 501 E. Rancho Road (across the street from Payson Elementary School), 474-3138. Nondenominational church teaching verse by verse and chapter by chapter through the Bible. Contemporary Worship and Family Oriented, children’s ministries and nursery provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Worship Service 10:45 a.m. First and third Mondays Women’s Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Bible Study (in the Fellowship Hall) 6:30 p.m.

Star Valley Southern Baptist Church 4180 E. Highway 260, 4 miles east of Payson, (928) 474-5557. Sunday Bible Study, 9:30 a.m. and the Worship Service is at 10:50 a.m. The Sunday Evening Service begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday features the Rim Country Cowboy Church Service at 6 p.m. Music is by the Country Gospel Misfits.

Come join us!

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 Basin Catholic Mission Meets Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. at the Tonto Basin Chamber building for Catholic Mass.

Tonto Creek Shores/Tonto Valley Bible Church Lots 240-241 Valley View Road, Gisela, 474-1360.

Tonto Valley Bible Church 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 E. Highway 260, #14 (Board of Realtors Conference Room, back of Tiny’s parking lot). The 1st Sunday of each month is our inter-generational service and we celebrate birthdays and bring non-perishables for the foodbank. The 2nd Sunday browse the Unity of Payson library, 3rd Sunday pot luck, 4th Sunday power prayer follows service, 4th Tuesday Chili’s give-back day, 4th Friday 4 p.m. hiway cleanup, on-going noon Faithlift 1st and 3rd Wed. To find out more:www.unityofpayson.org. 928-478-8515.

The Way of Adidam The Way of Adidam, based on the spiritual teachings of Adi Da Samraj, is offering free tours of the Da Love Ananda Botanical Gardens. Water conservation techniques will be discussed. Also, beginning in July, tours will include seven meditation sites surrounding Lake Love Ananda. In addition, we are offering area study group meetings. For further information, telephone 928-472-4700 and ask for Pat Rollins. For worldwide information, go online to www.adidam. org.

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.

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Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other to help others recover from alcoholism. For more information on local meetings, call (928) 474-3620.

Tai Chi and Qigong

Tai Chi and Qigong classes are offered at 9 a.m. Saturdays at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church parish hall, 1000 N. Easy St., Payson.

The program is especially de­ signed for seniors 50 or older, but is beneficial for all ages. There is no charge, but donations are accepted to help the church with utility bills.

For details, call (928) 478-6032.

Photography club to meet Jan. 12

Rim Country Photography/ Camera Club (R3C) will meet Monday, Jan. 12 at 6:30 p.m. This month’s presentation is by R3C member Greg McKelvey, called “24 Tips to Take WOW Photographs.�

R3C is proud to announce its first-ever Rim Country scenic calendar project was a success and that the club donated $2,500 to two local food banks, St. Vincent de Paul and Pine-Strawberry. Thank you, Rim Country businesses and residents, for making it possible!

The Rim Country Camera Club is a group of photography enthusiasts who meet once a month, hold field trips and occasional seminars focused on learning, mentoring and having fun with photography. The meeting is open to all those interested in photography and there is no charge to attend. The meeting location is in the home of Harold Rush. Please call him at 474-9673 or 978-1339 for directions and a map.

Call for entries Rim Country Camera Club - R3C is looking for a logo. Please submit your ideas to gempressphotos@ gmail.com.

Rim Area Gardeners

Rim Area Gardeners will be starting the New Year with a program on noxious plants in your garden. This will focus on what to plant and how to keep your pets safe.

Rim Area Gardeners meet the second Monday of the month; this month will be Jan. 12 at the Church of Christ, 410 E. Tyler Parkway, in Payson, 6:30 p.m. for fellowship with meeting program beginning at 7 p.m.

If you are interested in sharing your garden and would like to be considered for the Garden Walk 2015, you may contact Nancy Jones at (928) 474-2876 for an appointment.

Payson Elks Lodge

Hope everyone had a great holiday. We sincerely apologize for having to cancel our New Year’s Eve festivities, but felt it in the best interest and safety of our members.

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more information. Don and Candy will be providing karaoke on Friday night and Jonny Greywolf will entertain you on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m.

Lunch specials Monday, Jan. 12 - Navy Bean Soup with salad Tuesday, Jan 13 - Chiliburger with side Wednesday, Jan 14 -Â Chicken Parm Sandwich with side Thursday, Jan. 15 - Beef and Noodles with salad.

All specials are $6 unless noted. Regular menu also available.

Coming events Jan. 24 — Murder Mystery tickets are now on sale and they are going fast. Only 100 tickets will be sold and more than half of them are already sold. The title of the Murder Mystery is “Class of ’54 or Return of Rock N. Roley� and it promises to be a good time. Tickets are $10 and the meal will be malt shop burgers and fries and sundaes.

Feb. 14 — Sweetheart Ball. Menu will be baked chicken or grilled-to-order steak for $15 each. Tickets will be available soon, so put it on your calendar.

March 7 — Male SUPERSTARS! will be back again. SUPERSTARS! events have been very successful and have sold out each time. Mark your calendar.

Payson Womans Club

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

Moose Lodge events

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

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

The lodge 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 provides music from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The lodge is open to members and their guests.

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

Join the Gila County Sheriff’s Posse

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

The Posse was founded back in 1967 as a volunteer group to serve the Sheriff and the people of Gila County. The Posse is called on for many emergencies such as forest fires, floods and snow.

Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Gila County Sheriff’s Posse

building, located just north of Main Street on McLane Road. The public is invited.

Call the Sheriff’s Office at (928) 474-2208, ext. 8978 for further information or visit our Web site www. paysonposse.org.

Pro Rodeo Committee

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

For information, call (928) 4727294.

Ladies’ Tuesday Bridge

Ladies’ Tuesday Bridge winners for Jan. 6 were: Georgia Salwitz, first; Betty Mashl, second; Mary Kemp, third.

We play at 1:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Majestic Rim, 310 E. Tyler Parkway. Area residents and guests are welcome.

Please call Mary Spencer at (928) 468-8856 for reservations and information.

Democratic Women of Rim Country

The Democratic Women of Rim Country meet at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 13 at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260.

The group’s speaker will be Greg Wyman, superintendent of Payson Unified School District. Come early to order lunch and visit with friends.

For more information, call Carol at (928) 468-1115.

Beyond Limits Disability Ministry

Beyond Limits will kick off the new year meeting from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 13 at Payson First Church of the Nazarene, 200 E. Tyler Parkway in Payson.

A delicious free dinner will be provided, followed by music and an inspirational program. Family members, caregivers and service providers are always welcome to join us.

Beyond Limits is an interdenominational Christian group for adults with developmental disabilities, age 18 and older. The ministry, which began in 2005, is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization. For questions or further information, call Mark or Jennie Smith at (928) 4688434.

Rim Country CoDA

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

Meeting time is at 6 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.

Kellie Padon, Owner Veterinary Technician

(928) 472-6210

www.paysonpetsitting.com Licensed • Bonded • Insured

Chandra Cushman

humane society of central arizona

The Humane Society of Central Arizona will hold a low-cost spay/neuter clinic on Saturday, Jan. 10. Space is limited and you must sign up at the shelter at 605 W. Wilson Ct. prior to the clinic.

Humane Surgeries will be perSociety formed on a first-come, of Central Arizona first-served basis. There is a non-refundable $25 ADOPTION deposit due at the time OPTIONS of registration. The $25 deposit will be put toward the total amount due for the surgery.

To register, please come by the shelter during business hours, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you have any questions, please call (928) 474-5590.

Price list for services is as follows: Surgeries: cat spay $60; cat neuter $40; dog spay 0-39 lbs. $75, 40-70 lbs. $95, over 70 lbs. plus $1 lb.; dog neuter 0-39 lbs. $70, 40-70 lbs. $80, over 70 lbs. plus $1 lb.; lactating or in heat $10-$20; pregnant $15-$40; cryptorchid $10-$50; pain medicine $15 (injection) or $12/box (take home).

Dog vaccines: Canine Rabies $10, DA2PP $15, Bordatella $10.

Cat vaccines: Feline Rabies $10, FVRCP $10, FeLV $15.

Microchips: $25.

In order to receive a 3-year rabies vaccine, you MUST provide proof of current rabies vaccination in the form of a current rabies certificate or vet bill. Gila County licensing will be available, but not Star Valley or Town of Payson. Gila County license fees are $10 for altered and $30 for unaltered. CASH ONLY. At the Payson shelter

Following are just two of the many wonderful pets currently available for adoption at the HSCAZ shelter in Payson. They are already spayed or neutered and current on vaccinations.

FROSTY

Hello there; it is nice to meet you. My name is Frosty. Don’t let my name make you think that I have a frigid personality; I am quite sweet once you get to know me. I can be shy at first until you warm my heart with love and friendship. I do well with my friend,

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Frosty

Emmy, and would do best with a calmer kitty friend I can snuggle with on a chilly winter’s eve. Since I am a calm older lady, a quiet, more relaxed home would be preferred.

CHIBS

My name is Chibs! I am a nervous little guy in a big, scary world! I was terrified when I came to the shelter, but I am learning how to make new friends! So far, I like the ladies better than the guys. Maybe it’s just the gentle touch that helps me relax. Just take your time and I will come around. I like to take things slowly. They say Chibs I look pretty cute while I am exploring! I have very long legs and look like a little deer in the yard. I love to sit quietly in a warm, comfy lap. Sometimes I’ll even climb on shoulders to be closer to the person I like! I get along pretty well with other polite dogs. Some of my siblings picked on me, so I have had to make new friends here. Luckily, I am not too choosy!

Adoption event

Join HSCAZ Saturday, Jan. 17 at Petco in Fountain Hills. We will be there with some of our adorable adoptables from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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BATHTUB CUTDOWN MODIFICATIONS 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.

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MERCHANDISE

AUTOS/VEHICLES

ANIMALS

CARS

Alfalfa Hay & Bermuda for Sale! 3 String Bales, 928-978-7604 Dog Nail Clipping in the comfort and convenience of your home by Tracy. Local professional groomer of 24 years. $12.00 928-978-4959 Lhasa Apso: Adorable, AKC Pups,Potty/pad trained, Shots, $400. to $450.

Call 928-243-2378

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“BEST PRICES IN TOWN AND FRIENDLY SERVICE” Tree-Trimming, Brush Removal w/Hauling-Service.

We also do Backhoe Work.

horse and repair fences. Must be able to lift 50 pounds. May be on call 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. 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. Feeds and waters livestock on range or at ranch headquarters. Herds, examines animals for diseases and injuries, vaccination of livestock, and applies medications and insect sprays, delivery of offspring, branding or identification marks and castration of livestock. Cleans and repairs stalls. Maintain ranch buildings and equipment. Assist with irrigating, planting, cultivating and harvesting hay for livestock and feeding supplemental food to livestock. Returning worker may be offered longevity pay and/or production bonus. Signed contract may be required.

HOUSTON MESA FUELWOODS

Delivery Available 928-474-9859

LOST AND FOUND FOUND: Hearing Aid found 12/29 on Peach Loop Trail on the Ridge. Contact Paula at the Payson Roundup Newspaper 928-474-5251 x 102

MISCELLANEOUS *CANCER CASES* www.cancerbenefits.com Call 800-414-4328.

20 ft. and 40 ft.: Shipping Containters, 928-537-3257

RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT REPAIR

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

Refer to order #CO6017865

LIVESTOCK WORKER

Order: 10072679 Cust: -Town of Payson / HR Must possess Parks 6 months experience as a livestock and provide Keywords: and Rec ad-pick up oldworker ad-need proofone letter of reference to20122095 that experience. Dates of need: 02/01/2015 thru 12/01/2015. One temporary art#: position opening. $875.00 per month plus housing and food.

Live in mobile camp or Class: Administrative/Professional bunkhouse. work guarantee. Must be able to ride a horse and repair fences. May Size: 2.003/4 X 2.00

be on call 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Must be able to lift 50 pounds. Returning workers may be offered longevity pay and/or production bonus. Signed contract may be required. 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. Feeds and waters livestock on range or at ranch headquarters. Herds, examines animals for diseases and injuries, vaccination of livestock, and applies medications and insect sprays, delivery of offspring, branding or identification marks and castration of livestock. Cleans and repairs stalls. Maintain ranch buildings and equipment. May assist with irrigating, planting, cultivating and harvesting hay for livestock.

DAVID SMITH RANCH / RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO Call Craig Workforce Center, (970) 824-3246 or contact your nearest State Workforce Center.

Refer to order #CO6024338

Order: 10073430 Cust: -McDonalds Keywords: Help Wanted art#: 20123185 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 4.00

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

The McDonald’s Team offers Part-Time and Full Time employment with wages starting at $7.95 per hour.

Flexible hours, training, advancement opportunities, management development, employee retirement benefits, insurance, performance reviews and raises, and many other benefits. McDonald’s rewards outstanding performance.

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

To apply online visit www.mcarizona.com Order: 10073824 Cust: -Gila County Personnel Keywords: Weekly 3x3 art#: 20123738 Class: General Size: 3.00 X 3.00

Ovens, Walk-Ins, A/Cs, Electrical, Plumbing,

THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades?

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

2005 KIA Optima, Power Group, Sun Roof, Premium Wheels, Very Clean, $6995.

2008 Ford F150 XLT, Low Miles, Nicely Equipped, Camper Shell, $11,500.

RVS

2007 Four Winds 5000 “C” Class 28A, 29 ft. Low Mileage 21,000 Queen bed,7 new tires, Workhorse Chassis, all amenities inside, Great condition. $35,000.

928-595-1980.

PARK & $ELL

YARD SALES After Christmas Sale: 1113 S. Deer Born Drive, Sat. Jan. 10 from 9am to 2pm: Inflatables, Mesh Animals, Lighted Yard Orniments, and Much More!

Payson:

Part-time Deputy Constable Lube Specialist Lube Specialist Public Health Nurse Juvenile Detention Officer Juvenile Detention Officer Associate Jury Commissioner WIC Nutritionist Field Data Technician Field Data Technician Temporary PHEP Planner Administrative Clerk, Sr. Temporary Accounting Clerk Spec.

Property Appraiser I Building Maintenance Technician

Bylas: Early Literacy Community Liaison

Gila County Sheriff’s Office Positions Sheriff J. Adam Shepherd Globe and Payson

911 Dispatcher • Detention Officer • Deputy Sheriff • Public Health Nurse (Jail) Gila County is an equal opportunity employer

Applications and salary information available at: www.gilacountyaz.gov

Visit our website at 222.pgccs.org to see our updated employment listings.

Program is 100% federally funded-EOE

GENERAL

Community Bridges is currently recruiting for EMT’s in Payson.

Must have current Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Certification within the State of Arizona and a valid Arizona DL in good standing.

Apply at 803 West Main Street

Hardworking, Energetic, Detail Oriented Person looking to work at a great automotive dealership. Good pay.

Must have a clean MVR.

Apply in person.

NEW & USED UTILITY TRAILERS

Steve Coury Ford 4397 E. Hwy 260 Star Valley, AZ 928-474-8888

928-468-2026

TRAILERS 1969 Reids Equipment Trailer For Sale is a medium-heavy duty equipment trailer originally designed for a backhoe. Trailer has pintle-style hitch and attached steel ramps. Also the deck is all steel (no wood). Can be seen locally by appointment, leave message.. $3500.00 OBO. 928-595-2860 adams@npgcable.com.

EMPLOYMENT CLERICAL/OFFICE Front Office

SEELY, MULLINS & ASSOCIATES Certified Public Accountants

Must be a very sharp individual with excellent phone, people, and organizational skills.

Must be a self starter, computer literate especially with Microsoft Outlook and Excel.

Tax or tax office experience a plus.

Please fax or e-mail resumes only to 928-474-6608 or shawna@seelymullins.com; no phone calls or drop-ins please.

MOVING SALES

Classroom Support Aide Payson

WINTERIZING & REPAIRS

ESTATE SALES

905 N. Beeline Hwy, Unit 38, Sat. Jan. 10 from 9am to 4pm and Sun. Jan. 11 from 8am to Noon: All Furniture: Bedroom Sets, Dining Room Sets and Living Room Furniture!

Pinal Gila Community Child Services, INC. Seeking hardworking, dependable people to fill the following position:

HELP WANTED LOT ATTENDANT

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS

Huge Estate Sale 613 N. Blue Spruce Rd Payson, AZ Fri & Sat., Jan. 9 & 10. 8am-5pm All items must go, furniture, bedroom sets, dodads, stereo, TV, tools, small appliances, beds, lots of garage stuff, China, Kitchenware, And much much more!!!!

SALES/MARKETING telemarketer ad-on server

lot attendant-pick up 6-14-13 ad

Very busy professional CPA firm needs a front office person for the tax season 20-30 hours per week.

Estate / Household Belongings / Garage Sale: Fri and Sat, Jan 9th and 10th, from 10am - 3pm, at 715 W Sherwood Drive, Payson.

A lot of furniture, kitchen items, wall décor, curtains, and MUCH more. Everything will be priced to move. You can email pashakitty@hotmail.com if you have anything that you are looking for in particular.

EDUCATION

2008 Mini Cooper S-Model, Leather, Vista Roof, 6sp, All the Extras, Low Miles, $11,995.

928-468-2026

Gila County Career Opportunities Globe:

1991 Mercedes Benz, Very Clean Car, Clean Car Fax, One Owner $5995.

Alligator, Juniper or Oak, Can Mix, Call for Prices 928-535-5503

Town of Payson Recreation Coordinator – Event Center

LIVESTOCK WORKER

2002 Chevy Impala, Clean Car Fax, One Owner, $4995.

Firewood:

Summer Firewood Sale, Shaggy-Bark Juniper $240.

Aligator Redheart Mix $260. and Oak $300,

Order: 10073771 Cust: -High Country Agricultural Serv Keywords: RANCH Must possess GILMAR 6 months experience as CO6017865 a livestock worker and provide the contact information of art#: 20123665 one previous employer who can speak to applicant’s livestock worker experience. Dates of Class: General need: 02/15/2015 to 12/01/2015. One temporary position opening. $875.00 per month plus Size: XLive 2.00 room &2.00 board. in mobile camp or bunkhouse. 3/4 work guarantee. Must be able to ride a

Ray’s Auto Exchange, 615 W. Main, 928-978-8375

928-951-6590 928-951-1864

Order: 10073770 Cust: -High Country Agricultural Serv Keywords: David Smith Ranch CO6024338 art#: 20123664 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 2.00

$16.79 - $25.18/hr.

Obtain job description and required application by calling (928) 474-5242 x207; 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, 01/15/15. EOE

AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING, LOCAL: Will Pick Up, Good Prices, DAVE’S AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING, Parts for Sale, M-F, 9-5, Sat 9-1, 928-474-4440

Payson Pet Care Veterinary Clinic We are actively recruiting for Experienced Vet Tech(s), Receptionist w/ exclt phone and client svcs skills, and Janitor. Send resume to cathi@paysonpetcare.com, fax 928-472-9610. Applications available at 1010 N. Beeline Hwy. DFWP, Drug screen req’d.

Payson Vacation Rental Housekeeper Flexible to accommodate rental bookings: holidays, weekends, quick turns. Bonded. Insured.

Email rates, references: svfltd@aol.com Rewarding P/T Food Service positions open now at local Christian Camp. Call Chris at 928-478-4630 ext 305 for more info on these positions

Tonto Apache Tribe Tribal Police Officer Status: Full Tim For Job Description and Application please contact Tonto Apache Police Chief, Mary Schlosser, at Tribal Police Station 928-468-1050

Route Driver-pick up ad

ROUTE DRIVER Full-Time Position Available For Payson Area

Applicant must have Arizona Class B CDL with TankerAirbrakes-HAZMAT endorsement, and must be organized with good customer service skills, job includes local route deliveries and minimal service work.

Company benefits include: Medical, 401K plan, paid holidays and vacations. Salary based on experience.

Apply at: Griffin’s Propane 1315 Red Baron Rd.

928-478-6972 Griffin’s is an equal opportunity employer

IMMEDIATE OPENING Telemarking Rep at Steve Coury Ford.

ATT E N T I O N

Looking for candidates with strong work ethic, a willingness to learn.

We provide top of the line training for right individuals. Experience not required, you can earn while you learn. Must be willing to contact prospects to sell Ford new car lines in addition to quality preowned vehicles. We offer excellent pay and benefitplan opportunities.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals that want to succeed and grow. If you feel that this is the opportunity you have been looking for in the automotive industry then please contact Heath Wacker at (928) 474-8888 or come out to Steve Coury Ford located at 4397 East Highway 260 in Star Valley.

SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS MOBILE WELDING Repair, Fabricating, Gates, Piped Fencing, & Chain Link Fence; Insured; 928-369-8960

CONSTRUCTION Debco Construction

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

HANDYMAN Don’s Handyman Home Repairs, Mobile Home Roofs, Backhoe Work, Drains, Driveway, Landscaping, Yardwork Pine Needles, Tree Trimming, Hauling. 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 Steve’s Handyman Service Homes, Mobile Homes,Trailers, Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry, Tile, Hardwood Floors, Painting.

Honest & Dependable, Credit Cards Accepted 928-301-6237 Tile,Carpet and Wood Installer 35 years Exp. Repairs/Drywall/Custom Showers Local References if needed Realters Welcome 928-951-2823

HAULING Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2014

HOME REPAIRS

Lawn Care

HAULING

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

JOE - 970-1873

Tribal Council Secretary Status: Full Time For Job Description and Application please contact Human Rsource Manager, Belinda Guerra, at Tribal Administration Office.

928-474-5000 ext. 8139

HEALTH CARE

HOME SERVICES

Caregiver: Must have Experience in an ALF, with ALL Certification Call 928-468-2461

CASE MANAGER: Provide case management services for SMI, Substance Abuse population and children/families. Min. req: HS/GED plus 4 years exp in BH or combined BH education and exp with at least 1-year case mgmt. exp; 21 yrs of age Generous benefit package.

Bilingual encouraged.

Submit application/resume to: Horizon Human Services, 600 E. HWY 260 #8, Payson, AZ 85547 AA/EOE/M/F D/V

Needed: Full Time Certified Care Giver, Fingerprint Clearance, First Aid and CPR Required, Please Call: 928-595-2068 or 928-978-3319

REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE Brand New Schult MF Home, in Quiet Park in Heart of Payson, 2Br/1Ba w/Upgraded Cabinetry, Move in Ready, Tree Shaded Lot, Asking $28,900. Financing Available for those who qualify. Call for Details 480-390-8901 HOME INSPECTIONS AZ and ASHI Certified Home Inspector 14 years Experience Payson License #PO0049 www.inspectaz.com Dan Harris 928-970-1187

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

RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT Apartments for Rent

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

and a Happy NEW APARTMENT, too!

Call The Cheaper Sweeper You’ve tried the rest, now try the best!

Windows to Walls, Baseboards to Ceiling Fans WE CLEAN IT ALL!

Gift Certificates Available

Call The Cheaper Sweeper for a free estimate: (928) 472-9897

Mario & Mario Landscaping and Masonry Complete Landscaping & Irrigation, Tree Service and Removal. Rock, Retaining Walls, Block Fencing Walls, Wrought Iron Fences.

Flagstone & Concrete Driveways, Pavers and Sidewalks.

Licensed, Bonded and Insured. Home Maitenance Available. Call 928-282-3118 Mention this add and get 10% Off!

TREE SERVICES DANGEROUS Tree Removal Lot Thinning, Fire Prevention INSURED Call 928-369-8960

LEGAL SERVICES AZ Certified Legal Document Preparer / Paralegal AZCLDP #81438

PT Certified MA for Busy Dermatology Practice in Payson, Submit Resume to Fax 928-472-6025

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Living Trusts Wills/Living Wills Powers of Attorney Deeds Patty Rockwell 928-476-6539

Absolutely an executive gem!

Beautiful 3BR/3BA townhouse on cul-de-sac across from GCC. All features are upgraded in this 2000 SF luxury home. Gorgeous kitchen opens to great room with fireplace. Wonderful laundry room with W/D. Large 2 car garage and cov’d Outdoor Area. Small Dogs Allowed Non-smoking - $1350.00, 602-763-4397.

ALPINE VILLAGE, Large two-story, 3Bdrm/2.5Ba. Decks, Slate-Tile/Wood Floors, Wood-burning stove.

600 W.Forest. Near Rumsey Park $1,050/mo. Must Qualify/1yr Lease 602-620-0396.

Beau. 3BR/2BA Condo, 1550 SF w/fireplace, W/D & huge Master Bedroom Suite. Open floor-plan & cov’d patio Small Dog OK, Non-Smoking $900.00, 602-763-4397.

Beautiful, Cozy Home, 3Br/2.5Ba Avail, Payson., Beautiful Views, Very Reasonable Price Please Call Flavio, Se Abla Espaniol: 602-384-7177 Completely Remodeled: 3Br/2Ba/2-Car Garage, RV Gate, Central AC/Heat, Wood/Tile Floors, Gas Fire-Place/Stove, All Appliances, $1,100.mo Jim 602-367-8897 or Chris 928-978-1600

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

ASPEN COVE

801 E. FRONTIER ST. #46, PAYSON, AZ 85541

(928) 474-8042

Cornerstone Property Services www.cornerstone-mgt.com Apartments For Rent

Warm & Cozy Community nestled in the Pines!

Forest Hills Condominiums

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

Call Caroline 928-472-6055

Lazy “D” Ranch Star Valley RV Spaces, Studio Apts.

(Water, Sewer,Trash, Cable Included) For Details and Availability Call 928-474-2442 Positively Payson

Tonto Oaks Apts. & Mobile Homes

120 S. Tonto St. Come live next to the BEST tenants in Payson!

Beautiful, Spacious 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments w/storage room Call Cindy for availability (928) 472-9238 or email tontooaksapts@yahoo.com

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT Eagle Springs Professional Plaza 903 E Hwy 260

Cozy Fully Furnished Studio Cabin, ac/heat, Kitchen and Full Bath in Beautiful East Verde Estates, (Just 3 Miles North of Payson Home Depot) Large Fenced Yard + storage shed. Rent = $495 + $494.sec, Good Pet Welcomed with Pet Deposit Call Owner 602-999-6910 welcomehome16@gmail.com Great View of Rim & Airport from Large Covered Deck, Beautiful 2Br/2ba A-Frame in Quiet Area across street from National Forest.

Newly Redecorated w/Wood upgrades, Pet-Ok/Smoking-No, 2602 W. Bulla Dr. $1050.mo 602-763-4397 Immaculate Home in Nice Area 2Br/2Ba Carport, New Heating and Air Conditioning, 107 S. Lakeshore, $925.mo Avail in January, 928-468-0306.

LG/CLEAN 2BDRM/1BATH Central Heating & Cooling, Large Workshop, Fenced Back Yard, Laundry Room, Garage, In Payson $895/month.

Call 928-978-1385 Prudential Pine

ARIZONA REALTY

PO Box 329, 3640 Hwy 87, Pine, AZ 85544

928-476-3279

Pine, 1BR, 1BA . . . . . $425 Pine, 3BR, 3BA . . . . $1900 RENTAL HOMES NEEDED Independently Owned & Operated

Pine Prudential Rentals x3

Prudential

ARIZONA REALTY

Property Management

609 S. Beeline Hwy. Payson, AZ 85541 474-5276 www.paysonrentals.com

1000sf to 3350sf 928-978-0149

RESIDENTIAL RENTALS

Eagle Springs Professional Plaza 903 E Hwy 260

204 N. Stagecoach Pass, 4BD, 3BA $1700 2808 E. Pinegate Ct., 3BD, 2.5BA. $1350 1113 W. Driftwood, 2BD, 2BA . . . . . $875 1302 N. William Tell Cir., 2BD, 2BA. $725 207 W. Cherry St., 2BD, 1BA . . . . . $675

Doctor/Medical Office 1650sf, 3 Exam Rooms, 928-978-0149 Office or Retail Space Lowest Rates In Payson Private Bath,500 sq.ft.

On Upgraded Remodeled Units, 1 Month Rent Free 602-616-3558

COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE 1500 Bravo Taxiway 601 N. Beeline 401 N. Tyler Parkway 501 W. Main #B 501 W. Main #C 408 W. Main St., Suite 8 408 W. Main St., Suite 11

RV/MOTOR HOME SPACE Independently Owned & Operated

OFFICE SPACE Various Sizes 255sf to 3000sf PRIME LOCATION 708 HWY 260 PAYSON, 928-472-7035

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LEGAL NOTICES 12643: 1/9, 1/13, 1/16/2015 NOTICE (for publication)ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name:ESR5 Properties, LLC# L19732864-II The address of the registered office is: 205 N. Fawn Dr., Payson, AZ 85541 III The name and address of the Statutory Agent is Susan D. Rocha 205 N. Fawn Dr., Payson, AZ 85541 IV] Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and address 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 Edward C. Rocha 205 N. Fawn Dr., Payson, AZ 85541, Susan D. Rocha, 205 N. Fawn Dr., Payson, AZ 85541, Managers & Members.

15625: 12/26/2014; 1/2, 1/9, 1/16/2015; Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 11/21/2014 TS No. : AZ-14-641494-CL Order No.: 733-1401068-70 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 11/1/2012 and recorded 11/8/2012 as Instrument 2012-013994, in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 3/2/2015 at 11:00:00 AM Sale Location: At the main entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: Lots 1, 2, 3 and that portion of Lots 18, 19 and 20, all in Block 9, of Cobre Valle Townsite, according to the Plat of record in the Office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map No. 56, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point 11.50 feet North of the Southwest corner of Lot 18, said Block 9; Thence North, a distance of 110.00 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot 20, in said Block; Thence East, a distance of 70.00 feet; Thence South, a distance of 100.00 feet; Thence West, a distance of 70.00 feet to the point of beginning; Except title to any mine of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper or lead or to any valid claim or possession held under the existing laws of Congress, as set forth in patent from United States of America. Purported Street Address: 5986 RUTH AVENUE, MIAMI, AZ 85539 Tax Parcel Number: 206-09-075A Original Principal Balance: $69,005.00 Name and Address of Current

LEGAL NOTICES Beneficiary: M&T Bank C/O M&T Bank 1 Fountain Plaza Buffalo, NY 14203 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): Juan C. Salazar-Figueroa, a married man as his sole and separate property 5986 RUTH AVENUE, MIAMI, AZ 85539 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) -645-7711 Sales Line: 714-573-1965 Login to: w w w. p r i o r i t y p o s t i n g . c o m AZ-14-641494-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. 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-14-641494-CL Dated: 11/19/2014 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Valerie Frost, Assistant Secretary State of: California County of: San Diego On 11/19/2014 before me, Ashley Maxwell , 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. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature Ashley Maxwell Commission No. 2065217 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 5/18/2018 IDSPub #0075187 12/26/2014 1/2/2015 1/9/2015 1/16/2015 15633: 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #14-03141 Knowlton Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $88,631.00 executed by Mark M. Knowlton, an unmarried man, 5629 E. English Avenue Globe, AZ 85501 , dated March 4, 2006 and recorded March 16, 2006, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2006-004668 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on March 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which

LEGAL NOTICES are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: The surface and ground to a depth of 200 feet immediately beneath the surface of: Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Block 16, CENTRAL HEIGHTS, according to Map No. 52, records of Gila County, Arizona. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 5629 E. English Avenue Globe, AZ 85501.

Tax Parcel No.: 207-08-150 0. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable.

Said sale will be made in an “as is� condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid 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 Current Beneficiary:JPMC Specialty fka WM Specialy by JPMorg; Care of/Servicer: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 3415 Vision Drive Columbus, OH 43219; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000.

Dated: 12/15/2014 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 12/15/2014, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4503590 01/09/2015, 01/16/2015, 01/23/2015, 01/30/2015 15634: 1/2, 1/9, 1/16/2015 SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA, GILA COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of MARIA HANCOCK Deceased.

NO.PB201400115 NOTICE TO CREDITORS (For Publication) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that JOHN HANCOCK has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate. All persons having claims against the Es-

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES tate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative at: The Prescott Law Group, PLC 116 N. Summit Ave. Prescott, AZ 86301.

DATED December 29, 2014. /s/

Taylor

R. Nelson Taylor R. Nelson Attorney for Personal R e p r e s e n t a tive 15635: 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #14-05734 Singer Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $140,160.00 executed by Margaret L Singer, and Carl J Singer Jr, wife and husband as joint tenants with right of survivorship, 1007 N Bern Cir Payson, AZ 85541-3955 , dated January 22, 2009 and recorded January 28, 2009, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2009-000902 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on March 19, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Lot 2, PAYSON NORTH UNIT FOUR, according to Map No. 452 records, of Gila County, Arizona. TOGETHER WITH an undivided interest in and to Tracts A through G, inclusive as shown on said plat. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 1007 N Bern Cir Payson, AZ 85541-3955. Tax Parcel No.: 302-68-002 2. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is� condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid 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 Current Beneficiary:Bank of America, N.A.; Care of/Servicer: Bank of America/Fidelity Bank of America, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd Simi Valley, CA 93063; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix,

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LEGAL NOTICES Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000.

Dated: 12/18/2014 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2, as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 12/18/2014, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4503779 01/09/2015, 01/16/2015, 01/23/2015, 01/30/2015 15636: 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #14-40505 Deppe Notice is hereby given that David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, as trustee (or successor trustee, or substituted trustee), pursuant to the Deed of Trust which had an original balance of $370,500.00 executed by Mary J. Deppe, an unmarried woman, as her sole and separate property, To correct legal description , dated September 23, 2008 and recorded October 8, 2008, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2008-013239 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, State of Arizona, will sell the real property described herein by public auction on March 18, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrace to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ., to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811A), all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Parcel I Parcel B, as shown on Record of Survey recorded as Survey Map No. 1307, being in Section 32, Township 11 North, Range 11 East, Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 92 E Arena Drive Payson, AZ 85541. Tax Parcel No.: 302-59-011B 0. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable. Said sale will be made in an “as is� condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid 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 Current Beneficiary:Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; Care of/Servicer: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc 3476 Stateview Boulevard, MAC #X7801-014 Fort Mill, SC 29715; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000. Dated: 12/17/2014 /S/David W. Cowles, Attorney at Law, Trustee/Successor Trustee under said Deed of Trust, and is qualified to act as Successor Trustee per ARS Section 33-803 (A) 2,

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as a member of the Arizona State Bar. STATE OF ARIZONA, County of Maricopa. This instrument was acknowledged before me on 12/17/2014, by DAVID W. COWLES, Attorney at Law, as Trustee/Successor Trustee. /S/Judy Quick, Notary Public Commission expiration is 04/20/2017.

NOTICE: This proceeding is an effort to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary under the referenced Deed of Trust. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Unless the loan is reinstated, this Trustee’s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4503790 01/09/2015, 01/16/2015, 01/23/2015, 01/30/2015 15639: 1/9, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/2015 TS No. AZ05000460-14-1 APN 304-36-151 2 TO No. 8501061 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 September 18, 2006 and recorded on October 6, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-017247 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Gila County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder at the main entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 on March 20, 2015 at 11:00 AM on said day. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 123 West Black Mountain Road, Payson, AZ 85541 LOT 141, OF DEER CREEK VILLAGE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA RECORDED IN MAP(S) NO. 589 THROUGH 589 A. APN: 304-36-151 2 Original Principal Balance $267,000.00 Name and Address of original Trustor CHARLES LEON OWENS AND WANDA KAY OWENS, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS 123 West Black Mountain Road, Payson, AZ 85541 Name and Address of the Beneficiary OneWest Bank N.A. c/o Financial Freedom, a division of OneWest Bank N.A. 2900 ESPERANZA CROSSING AUSTIN, TX 78758 Name and Address of Trustee MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Said sale will be made for cash (payable at time of sale), but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note secured by said Trust Deed, which includes interest thereon as provided in said Note, advances, if any under the terms of said Trust Deed, interest on advances, if any, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Trust Deed. The Trustee will accept only cash or cashier’s check for reinstatement or price bid payment. Reinstatement payment must be paid before five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) on the last day other than a Saturday or legal holiday before the date of sale.

The purchaser at the sale, other than the Beneficiary to the extent of his credit bid, shall pay the price bid no later than five o’clock P.M. (5:00 P.M.) of the following day, other than a Saturday or legal holiday If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Conveyance of the property shall be without warranty, express or implied, and subject to all liens, claims or interest having a priority senior to the Deed of Trust. The Trustee shall not express an opinion as to the condition of title. DATE: December 12, 2014 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Rosenda Cardenas, Authorized Signatory Manner of Trustee qualification: Real Estate Broker, as required by ARS Section

33-803, Subsection A Name of Trustee’s regulator: Arizona Department of Real Estate SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.priorityposting.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Priority Posting and Publishing 714-573-1965 State of ARIZONA County of MARICOPA On this 12th day of December, 2014, before me, LINDSAY M. BROWN personally appeared ROSENDA CARDENAS, whose identity was proven to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who he or she claims to be, and acknowledged that he or she signed the above/attached document. Lindsay M. Brown Notary Public Maricopa County, Arizona My Comm. Expires 04-09-15 Lindsay M. Brown, Notary Public Commission Expires: April 9, 2015 P1125800 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 01/30/2015 15641: 1/6, 1/9, 1/13/2015 NOTICE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR RYE CREEK STORAGE, LLC 1.

Name: RYE CREEK STORAGE, LLC, File No. L-1969896-0 II. The address of the known place of business is: 1101 S. Sutton Road, Payson, AZ 85541 III. The name and address of the Statutory Agent is: Allen A. Lehman, Jr., 1101 S. Sutton Road, Payson, AZ 85541 IV. Management of the limited liability company is reserved in a manager. The name and address 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: Manager, Allen A. Lehman, Jr., 1101 S. Sutton Road, Payson, AZ 85541; Member, Allen A. Lehman, Jr. Family Trust dated June 19, 1998, Allen A. Lehman , Jr. and Christina S. Lehman, Trustees, 1101 S. Sutton Road, Payson, AZ 85541 15642: 1/6, 1/9, 1/13/2015 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF EPCR SALES, LLC. FILE # L-1810654-4 The Articles of Organization of EPCR SALES, LLC, (Articles of Organization ), initially filed with the Arizona Corporation Commision in April of 2013 are hereby amended as follows: 1. Article I of the Articles of Organization is hereby amended to update the name of the limited liability company: The name of the professional limited liability company is: COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE RESPONSE NETWORK, LLC Dated: November 20, 2014. EPCR SALES, LLC Signed by /s/ Charlie M. Smith, Charlie M. Smith, 11/6/2014.

15644: 1/9, 1/13, 1/16/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: URBAN SURVIVAL LLC File No. L-1957435-5 II. The address of the known place of business is: 3465 Harps Way, Pine, AZ 85544.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Mrs. Margaret Welsh, 6240 N. 34th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85017.

(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: Ray Stephens, (x) manager, 3465 Harps Way, Pine, AZ 85544; Julie La Magna, (x)

LEGAL NOTICES manager, 3465 Harps Way, Pine, AZ 85544.

15645: 1/9, 1/16, 1/23/2015 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the Matter of the Estate of ELEONORE LEMANS, Deceased.

No. PB2014 00108 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that OTIS MARION TRIMBLE has been appointed Personal Representative of the above Estate. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within sixty (60) days of the mailing or other delivery of this Notice, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative as follows: c/o Richard B. Johnson, Attorney-at-Law, 1003 N. Rosewood Circle, Payson, AZ 85541.

DATED this 5th day of January 2015. LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD B. JOHNSON, By /s/ Richard B. Johnson, Richard B. Johnson, 1003 N. Rosewood Circle, Payson, AZ 85541, Attorney for the Personal Representative.

15647: 1/9, 1/13, 1/16/2015; NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: LET’S TALK FISHIN, LLC File No. L-1968602-0 II. The address of the known place of business is: 504 W. Ashby Apple Dr, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Teresa Purtee, 504 W. Ashby Apple Dr, Payson, AZ 85541.

(B) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Tracy Purtee, (x) member, 504 W. Ashby Apple Dr, Payson, AZ 85541; Teresa Purtee, (x) member, 504 W. Ashby Apple Dr, Payson, AZ 85541.

15649: 1/9, 1/16, 1/23/2015 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the Matter of the Estate of: John A. Swanson, an Adult, Deceased Case No.: PB2014-00117 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND INFORMAL PROBATE OF A WILL NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT: 1.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Jennifer Barbone has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate on December 18, 2014.

2.

ADDRESS OF PERSONAL REPRESNTATIVE: The address of the personal representative is: 13270 W. Mulberry Dr., Litchfield Park, AZ 85340.

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DEADLINE TO MAKE CLAIMS: All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of the claims will be forever barred.

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NOTICE OF CLAIMS: Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative at 13270 W. Mulberry Dr., Litchfield Park, AZ 85340.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT: A copy of the Notice of Appointment is attached to the copies of this document mailed to all known creditors.

DATED: December 27, 2014. /s/ Jennifer Barbone, Jennifer Barbone

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Young wrestlers look to improve by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Young wrestling teams that forfeit five of the 14 weight classes don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on dual results.

Losing the maximum six points at five weights because you don’t have a wrestler to send out on the mat is the situation Payson High’s wrestling team has found itself in this season.

“We’re competing with a lot of teams, but when you’re starting out 30 points down, it’s kind of hard to win a dual,” said second-year head coach Zach Lee. “We’re a pretty young team. We only have two seniors and one of them is in his first year of wrestling.”

So the Longhorns spent December gaining the experience they lack.

“We’re plugging away, going along this year,” Lee said. “We’re taking our lumps and working every day to get better.

“We’re just trying to get kids ready to wrestle the best they can at state. You always want a few placers, but you never know until you get there.”

The Longhorns have bolstered the roster with the addition of a few wrestlers since the season started, so the coach is hoping they’re not forfeiting at five weights the rest of the season.

The top wrestlers in the Feb. 7 Division 3 Section 1 tournament, as well as in the three other section tournaments, qualify for the Division 3 state tournament to be held Feb. 12-13 at Prescott Valley Event Center.

Two returning medal winners

Among those hoping to qualify is senior Trevor Anderson, who’s wrestling at 132 pounds this season after placing sixth at 126 as a junior.

The only other returning medal winner from a year ago is sophomore Dylan Keeney, who placed third at 113 as a freshman but has moved up to 120 this season. That’s a strong weight in Division 3 this season. “That’s one of the toughest weight classes in the state in our division,” Lee said.

Keeney went 10-0 and sophomore Brooks Randall 9-1 at 113 to help Payson go 6-4 and finish seventh among 16 teams at the Dec. 12-13 Nate Johnson Memorial Tournament at Red Mountain.

Anderson, Keeney and Randall were among a half-dozen Longhorns who placed in the Dec. 5-6 Camp Verde Tournament.

Sophomore Brendan Macnab

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Members of the Payson High wrestling team include, kneeling (from left): Gabe Hernandez, Dylan Keeney, Donovan Cross, Chris Johnson, Kolbi Rackley, Trevor Anderson, Brooks Randall, Victor Olivera;, standing (from left): Daniel Cluff, Christopher Perry, John Perry, Sammy Bland, Brendan Macnab, Nathan Cluff and Tito Vega. Not pictured are Ben Abney and Tanner Dendy.

(126) finished second; Keeney, Gabe Hernandez (145), Anderson and Nathan Cluff (138) third; and Randall fifth.

Macnab placed sixth at last weekend’s challenging Mile High Tournament in Prescott featuring approximately 35 schools.

“That’s one of the toughest tournaments we go to,” Lee said.

The roster includes two seniors — Anderson and Chris Perry (106/170 pounds); five juniors — Donovan Cross (220), Tito Vega (195), Tanner Dendy (145), Nathan Cluff and Hernandez; 10 sophomores — Keeney, Randall, Macnab, Victor Olivera (132), Mathew Fink (126), Sammy Bland (170/180), John Perry (145), Ben Abney (145), Kolbi Rackley (132) and Daniel Cluff (152); and one freshman — Chris Johnson (152).

Only two home events

PHS was scheduled to compete in a dual at Flagstaff on Wednesday, Jan. 7, before traveling to Apache Junction on Jan. 14 and to Lakeside Blue Ridge on Jan. 21 before coming home for their only events at Wilson Dome this season.

The Longhorns have just two home events this season beginning by hosting 19 teams in the Payson Invitational on Jan. 23-24.

They also host their only dual meets of the season when they entertain Mountain Valley and Chino Valley on Jan. 29. That’s the last event on their schedule heading into the sectional tournament except for the All-Arizona Freshman Tournament on Jan. 31.

Fish Green Valley Lake duce children to the The winter months outdoors and angling. tend to put a halt to most outdoors The chance of catchangling within the state under the rim ing a trout, bass or of Arizona, especially for crappie is very good rainbow trout. Well, the and as the motto exception is Green Valley goes, “Catching Fish Lake right here within Catches Fishermen” the city limits of Payson. and youngsters can The three separate bodies learn a true appreciaof water at Green Valley tion of the outdoors.

Park all have catchable This is our park and rainbow trout, thanks to Dennis Pirch every angler should do the urban fishing program conducted by the Arizona Game their part by leaving the lake and Fish Department. These shore a cleaner place because ponds are stocked every two you were there. Excess line, bait weeks during the winter and bottles, and other litter should spring concluding in the month be discarded in the many garof May when water tempera- bage cans which are convenienttures start to rise. ly placed around the lake. These Anyone who has a valid are valuable lessons that all Arizona fishing license can fish ages can learn and teach to the all of the waters within the state next generation. that are a part of the Community Green Valley Park is also a Fishing Program. This is a haven for waterfowl that have change from the previous year migrated from the northern where a separate urban license states to winter in Arizona. was required on the local Green On any given day many differValley Lake. A licensed angler ent species of ducks and geese has a four-trout possession limit can be observed and identified at Green Valley Lake, while a as they fly to the lake. If you child under the age of 14 has are fortunate, a wintering bald a two-fish limit which is differ- eagle can be seen flying over ent from the statewide regula- or perched in one of the trees tions. The license regulations nearby. A fishing trip to Green have been further simplified by Valley Lake has all kinds of poseliminating the old trout stamp sibilities from catching fish to needed for some anglers. observing waterfowl in their winThe rainbows that are stocked ter plumage. every two weeks are raised by a Purchasing an Arizona fishprivate trout hatchery from the ing license has a real bonus this state of Colorado and are trans- year by including the Community ported to numerous community Fishing Program and catching fishing lakes in the Phoenix area trout within the city limits of as well as Green Valley Lake. Payson. Try some PowerBait, They are catchable trout in the corn or worms and the chances 9- to 12-inch range with a signif- are good you can catch a trout or icant number of bonus fish that two for dinner. may be as much as two pounds.

This week take a child fishing Trout fishing at Green Valley at our own Green Valley Lake Lake is the perfect place to intro- and enjoy God’s creation.

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