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PAYSON ROUNDUP FRIDAY | MAY 15, 2015 | PAYSON, ARIZONA

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Pipes burst

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Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

See photos on 8A & our Special Section Inside Pete Aleshire/Roundup

Lawmakers lobbied to save watershed High-powered, high-stakes forest tour by

Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

Payson has a vital interest in protecting the C.C. Cragin Reservoir watershed, but then so does the whole of the Valley, Salt River Project administrator Bruce Hallin told a high-powered gathering of lawmakers and local officials on Wednesday.

“There’s a real disconnect between what happens in these forests and what it means to people who live in the Valley,” said Hallin.

The Valley water utility is spearheading an effort to thin trees on the 64,000-acre watershed of the 15,000-acre-foot C.C. Cragin (formerly Blue Ridge) Reservoir. A pipeline from the reservoir will secure Payson’s water future with 3,000 acre-feet annually — and deliver about 12,000 acre-feet annually to the Valley.

However, Hallin warned the gathering of lawmakers that a crown fire on the watershed could quickly fill the reservoir with mud and debris, drastically reducing its storage capacity and creating major water quality issues.

Hallin spoke at the start of a three-day tour for about 50 movers and shakers, including a dozen lawmakers. Rim Country’s whole state delegation — Representatives Bob Thorpe and Brenda Barton plus Senator Sylvia Allen — attended the session that kicked off Wednesday night at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino. On Thursday, they took a helicopter ride over the watershed and then toured struggling sawmills in the White Mountains.

The Eastern Arizona Counties Organization hosted the event, with support from SRP and others. Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin currently chairs the group, and with the help of Payson Mayor Kenny Evans, pulled

together the high-powered gathering of state policymakers.

Hallin said that acreage burned in Arizona has risen from about 85,000 in the 1980s, to 225,000 in the 1990s to 2 million acres from 2000 to 2010.

Those intense megafires have wiped out whole forests and scorched the soil, leading to dramatic increases in erosion into reservoirs and streams.

“That sediment load is a major concern,” said Hallin. “That sediment settles into reservoirs and will either decrease the life of that reservoir or, in the case of a reservoir like C.C. Cragin, make those reservoirs useless for some time until you clean up the ash and debris — and even then you end up with a much smaller reservoir.”

Local government agencies, the U.S. Forest Service, SRP and the Forest Foundation two years ago signed an agreement to find ways

Aging Payson water mains burst this week, flooding Main Street.

The May 12 break sent a flood of water down the street.

“At 3:30 we had two water main breaks,” said Tanner Henry, Town of Payson Water Department manager. “We got (the repairs) done at 10:30 at night.”

The water department fixed the break with PVC pipe and will now consider a more permanent solution.

During that time, the town closed Frontier Street to one-lane traffic from the post office to McLane.

Henry said those affected were mostly residents, while few businesses had a problem.

Turns out, one of the businesses affected by the water main break is also in the water business — Sparklettes.

Henry said the water company felt no ill will toward the town workers. “Sparklettes brought us a case of water as we worked,” he said.

Michele Nelson/Roundup Henry said after almost 50 years of delivering A pair of half-century-old water mains water, the transite pipe gave way this week, flooding Main Street for hours. finally gave way.

“This water main was installed in the (19)60s,” said Henry. “They got old and brittle.”

Henry went on to explain that transite is an asbestos-cement pipe that was originally produced in the 1920s. The Environmental Protection Agency says that transite is a mixture of cement and asbestos.

“It’s used all over the U.S.,” said Henry.

In the Town of Payson water system, Henry estimates transite pipes make up about 30 percent of the system. He said no longer does the town use transite to fix or replace pipes.

When people hear the words asbestos, they often become fearful, especially as the National Cancer Institute warns that asbestos, a group of natural minerals, can cause lung disease, lung cancer and

• See Broken water main, page 2A

• See Thinning projects, page 2A

C.C. Cragin pipeline work starts in June by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

Construction work to bring C.C. Cragin (formerly Blue Ridge) Reservoir water to Payson by 2018 is well underway and residents next month will soon see those efforts as crews begin work on the Beeline Highway.

Crews will begin installing a $1.6 million pipeline starting in June stretching from Tyler Parkway to East Zurich Drive. The town council is expected to award the contract during Thursday’s council meeting.

During construction, one lane of northbound Highway 87 will be closed Monday through Thursday to give crews space to work. The line will be installed on the east side of the sidewalk and the road should remain intact.

Construction should take six months, said LaRon Garrett, assistant town manager.

Around the same time, two other lines will be going in.

The first is well outside of town below the Mogollon Rim. A 5.5-mile section of Line A will run from roughly Washington Park to Whispering Pines. The $1.5 million project is currently out to bid and the town should get those back by June 3.

The line will be installed five-feet underground next to the road and pass underneath the East Verde River once.

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Payson will start work in June on the final phase of the C.C. Cragin pipeline project. The town has rights to 3,000 acre-feet annually from the reservoir atop the Rim. On Mud Springs Road, crews will install a 1,200-foot section of Line C this summer as well.

Then in 2017, the town will accept bids for the water treatment plant near Mesa del Caballo.

Water from the C.C. Cragin Reservoir should start flowing to Payson in 2018 if the town’s three-year plan goes as planned.

The town recently received the first of three $11 million loans to fund the project.

So far, only Mesa del is signed up to receive a portion of Cragin water besides Payson.

Payson is allocated 3,000-acre feet of water a year, plus 500 acre-feet for outlying communities. Mesa del is set to get 84 acre-feet a year.

The Tonto Apache Tribe could get a chunk of the water, but so far has not signed on.

The town is currently working with the tribe to install a line from Chaparral Pines to

its reservation land. This line will carry wastewater from the treatment plant to Chaparral Pines where it will be used to water the golf courses. The line could be extended from the golf courses to the east side of the reservation where the tribe could also use the water for irrigation.

Other communities that could also have an allocation of Cragin water include Whispering Pines, Beaver Valley, Star Valley, East Verde Estates and even Oxbow Estates and Round Valley.

Any extra drinking water will be put back into Payson’s water table at existing well sites.

Walker will speak about the project at 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 18 at the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road. Walker will show a video on the C.C. Cragin Reservoir and answer questions.

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Crash snarls traffic

Two taken to hospital with minor injuries by

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Two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a near head-on collision Tuesday at East Bonita Street and North Beeline Highway.

Several juvenile passengers were uninjured along with their black and white kitten, which one boy cradled in the grass at Denny’s while rescue workers cleared the scene. Although they appeared visibly shaken, Fire Chief David Staub said their injuries, if any, were minor.

Witnesses told officers that

a 16-year-old male was heading eastbound on West Bonita Street around 3:35 p.m. in a black Jeep Compass when he turned north on to the Beeline and crashed into a silver Ford Mustang, which was heading westbound on Bonita.

There were two female juveniles in the Jeep with the teen driver.

The driver of the Mustang was taken to the hospital along with one passenger, Staub said.

The Jeep’s driver was cited for failure to yield on a left turn, said Police Chief Don Engler.

The road was cleared by 4:20 p.m.

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It is the “big ugly” in Payson’s budget next fiscal year: the town’s contribution to police pensions.

The town is required to pay nearly a million dollars toward employee pensions in the Payson Police Department. Last year, the town had to pay 42 percent of officer wages, but next fiscal year, which starts July 1, it swells to 57.45 percent, according to budget officials.

Finance director Hope Cribb said the contribution rate has increased nearly 33 percent in the past five years. In 2010/11, the town’s contribution rate was just 25 percent.

Rising public safety pension costs are not under the town’s control. Under state statute, towns and cities must contribute a certain rate to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System.

How much cities — and taxpayers — pay has increased substantially for years as the pension system’s investments decreased in value.

Only in recent years have the retirement system investments climbed back to financial health.

Before 2002, the PSPRS was managed in-house with 70 percent of the system’s $5.6 billion portfolio in domestic stocks, concentrated in technology.

The town is currently working on its 2015/2016 budget. Residents can weigh in and let the town council know what they think before the budget is adopted June 18. Meetings, held at town hall, are: • 5:30 p.m., Thursday, June 4: Public hearing and tentative budget and fee schedule adoption • June 9 and June 16: Budget published in the Roundup • 5:30 p.m., Thursday, June 18: Public hearing and final budget adoption; property tax levy hearing • 5:30 p.m., Thursday, July 2: Adopt final property tax levy When the market crashed, the system lost $1.6 billion in two years, “far more than the system would have suffered had its portfolio been highly diversified,” wrote Marc Lieberman and Mark Lundin.

Since then, PSPRS executives have adjusted the portfolio and claim it is now one of the best risk-adjusted in the nation. With a broader range of assets, the portfolio is five times less risky, according to a release. In 2013, the fund’s $6 billion earned 14 percent return on its investments.

Still, cities and towns are making up for the

huge losses that occurred when the recession hit. And in 2014, the Arizona Supreme Court ordered the PSPRS to pay $375 million to return cost-of-living increases to retirees.

Cities across the state are facing similar contribution increases. Some are electing to boost sales taxes to make up the difference.

Payson, however, does not plan to raise the property tax rate or sales tax. The increased cost is being absorbed into the budget, Cribb said.

Cribb said the town’s budget is in acceptable shape, but the reserve fund does not meet the financial policy. The contingency fund is supposed to be 5 percent of the general and streets fund. For next year’s budget, the ending general fund balance is $441,000, barely enough to cover two to three weeks of operating costs.

On the fire department side of the public safety ledger, the contribution rate has increased, but not as dramatically. Next year, the rate will go from 20.89 percent to 24.66 percent, putting the town out $469,000.

In addition, employee health care costs are anticipated to go up about 7 percent in fiscal year 2015/16.

With this in mind, the council has been careful in how it spends. Still, town employees can anticipate a 3 percent merit increase next year and the town will pay off the final two years of paid time off, withheld during the recession.

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Once the EPA formerly recognized asbestos as a dangerous building material, manufacturers stopped using it in production.

Until that time, however, the EPA said 3,600 products were made using asbestos.

But in the water supply, the EPA reports that asbestos only causes benign intestinal polyps. The agency said anything less than 7 million fibers per liter will not cause harm.

Henry said that not only does the Town of Payson regularly test the town’s water. But the repairmen receive training approved by the EPA to handle transite pipes.

“All of our operators who work on the crew are certified in asbestos removal and working with asbestos,” he said.

Since the main issue with asbestos removal has to do with airborne particles, Henry said his employees “wet-cut” the pipe. To remove the material properly, the water department takes the waste to the Buckhead Mesa Landfill, which is certified to handle asbestos waste.

Henry has an employee dedicated to testing the drinking water supply. He said if Dan Utz finds significant levels of asbestos, the water department would shut down the water supply.

Utz said he has numerous sampling sites and tests for much more than asbestos. He said he tests for inorganic chemicals, radionuclides, synthetic organic chemicals, volatile organic chemicals disinfectants, disinfection byproducts and microbiological contaminants.

“I test each well and test each entry point to the system,” said Utz. “The Town of Payson

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tests our drinking water for more than 100 contaminants on a regular schedule. The town is in full compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality drinking water standards.”

Utz said he has 27 entry points, plus 20 places where he samples at residents’ water sources for ecological, microbial and chemical pollutants.

“I also test 30 other places in homes at the kitchen sink for copper and lead,” he said.

Henry said now most pipes used to deliver water either from water mains or into homes are plastic PVC pipes.

Utz said fixed main lines are disinfected and flushed before put back into service.

After fixing the Summit Well water main leak with PVC pipe, the water department must now decide whether to make a more permanent repair and completely replace the transite pipe with PVC pipe or simply run a PVC hose through the transite pipe, said Henry.

“Supplying you and your family with a dependable supply of high quality drinking water is our No. 1 priority,” said Utz. To see the water quality report, please go to: http://www.paysonaz.gov/Departments/ water/quality.html.

Thinning projects urged to save watershed From page 1A to thin the dense, overgrown forest on the C.C. Cragin watershed to protect the reservoir — and serve as something of a national model for a collaborative approach to forest restoration.

Hallin noted that Denver has spent $60 million trying to salvage a reservoir similar in size to C.C. Cragin from the effects of mudflows and erosion following a crown fire on the watershed.

“From SRP’s perspective — getting that watershed treated is a very high priority for us,” said Hallin.

The local officials have convinced the Forest Service to include thinning projects covering about 4,000 acres as part of next round of thinning projects in the Four Forest Restoration Project. This effort to reinvent the timber industry to make a profit on thinning millions of acres of small trees has the backing of environmental groups and local officials. The Forest Service has approved the largest environmental impact statement in U.S. history for the first phase of the project, but contractor Good Earth Power AZ remains several years behind schedule.

Hallin said the coalition group is focused now on completing an environmental assessment on the entire 64,000 acres of the C.C. Cragin watershed. They hope to finish the work in a year instead of the five years it took the Forest Service. With luck, they hope to start work on large-scale thinning to protect the reservoir in 2017.

“This is going to be a hazardous fuel

reduction program … just to go in and cut material.”

Backers hope to streamline the environmental analysis, while enlisting the support of environmental groups and local officials.

“The Forest Service for the last two decades has been focused on how to prevent going into litigation,” said Hallin. “When you’re afraid of litigation, you do everything by the book. You don’t look for any creative options. They need to take more of an attitude of project management.”

The meeting drew in many lawmakers from districts in the Valley, demonstrating a growing recognition that the Valley’s hardpressed water supply remains linked to the fate of the forests of Northern Arizona. Facing projections of a growing water shortage statewide, the Valley now has about two-thirds of the votes of the Legislature — and a vital stake in the health of the forest and the plight of the reservoirs fed by those watersheds.

Sen. Sylvia Allen (R-Snowflake), who represents Rim Country in the Legislature, in a question and answer session said the state and the federal government should consider legislation that would make it harder for environmental groups to file lawsuits to stop logging projects. “The way the laws have been written it has favored the more radical environmental organizations. If we change the way they play the game it would help.”

Environmental groups proved successful in blocking timber sales, filing lawsuits and administrative appeals to stop timber sales approved by the Forest Service. Judges repeatedly not only ruled that the Forest

Service had violated the law, but awarded the environmental groups legal fees.

However, environmental groups actually collaborated with the Eastern Arizona County Organization in developing the 4FRI approach.

Supervisor Tommie Martin, for instance, has worked closely with the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups to develop a consensus approach that agrees on the need for timber companies to harvest enough small trees to make a profit, while leaving as many of the big, fire-resistant, old-growth trees as possible.

“We have an enormous problem here,” Martin told the group. “But the answer is not in the (U.S.) treasury. We don’t have enough money in the treasury to solve this problem — but we do have enough money in the economy. There’s no point in cutting and piling and burning a perfectly good product. By any honest measure, our forests are dead and dying.

We can only restore functionality and health through industry following an environmental prescription.”

However, she said the wood products industry developed as part of the White Mountain Stewardship program is slowly starving to death waiting for the 4FRI contractor to scale up to the 50,000-acres-a-year pace envisioned.

“They invested a lot of money and now they’re hanging on by their fingernails, waiting for something to show up. Industry needs a 10-year-plus guarantee to be an industry.

They can’t continue to work on a year to year basis, wondering what the Forest Service is going to allow.”

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The search for a man involved in a domestic disturbance ended quickly Wednesday morning for sheriff’s deputies.

Deputies were called to a Star Valley home just before 10 a.m. for a disturbance between

Arthur Gallegos, 19, of Star Valley, and his girlfriend, said Lt. Tim Scott with the Gila County Sheriff’s Office.

Gallegos fled the area before officers arrived, but a deputy quickly located Gallegos in a culvert near Cornerstone Way. He was taken into custody without a fight.

Gallegos appeared to be under the influence of heroin, so deputies took him to the hospital to get checked out.

Once he was cleared from the hospital, he was taken to the Globe jail on charges of domestic violence and possession/use of narcotic drugs.

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Spring Rodeo

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The annual Gary Hardt Memorial Spring Rodeo takes place this weekend at the Payson Event Center.

The Tough Enough to Wear Pink performance is at 7 p.m., Friday, May 15; the Patriots Performance to honor wounded and fallen veterans is at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 16. Gates open at 5 p.m. both nights.

For complete details, see your free copy of The Rim Review inside today’s Roundup.

Tonto Natural Bridge State Park will host a talk about the prehistoric people of the Payson area Saturday, May 16.

Representatives from the Northern Gila County Historical Society will present the program from 11 a.m. to noon.

There will be displays about the daily lives of the early people of Payson. This will include what kind tools they used, the crops that they would have grown and other information about their daily lives. There will be free handouts available as well as books about the area that can be purchased.

Community Yard Sale

The Community Yard Sale sponsored by Community Presbyterian Church, is from 7 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 16. This is a great one-stop shopping experience featuring 30 vendors.

The Community Yard Sale will be at 800 W. Main St. (corner of Oak and Main).

Mount Cross open house

Members of Mount Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Highway 260, Payson, invite Rim residents and visitors to join the congregation for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for its new sanctuary at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 16.

Special guests for the event, which is presented by the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce, are Payson Mayor Kenny Evans and Town Councilor Su Connell, board member with the Rim Country Educational Alliance.

There will be refreshments and a guided tour of the new facility.

Benefit for ailing child

A rummage and bake sale is planned at Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church, 204 W. Airport Rd. from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 16.

Proceeds will benefit the Mission for Mason and Rock of Ages Lutheran Church.

Mason Molyneux, born April 1, 2015, is suffering from Hirschsprung’s enterocolitis and has had three operations.

Items for sale will include baked goods, baby items, a keyboard, household items, bedding, antiques, collectibles, “Gone with the Wind” collectible plates, tools, and furniture.

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Plant sale

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The High Country Garden Club Annual Plant Sale is from 7:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 16 in the Walmart parking lot. Many plants, vegetables, Xeriscape plants, yard art and baked goodies will be available for purchase.

Last day to get tickets for Dining with the Dead

The Pleasant Valley Historical Society presents its third annual Dining with the Dead event on May 23, 2015 at the Young Pioneer Cemetery in Young, Ariz.

This year’s guided tour will feature six ranches that were established in and around Young, Arizona in the late 1800s or early 1900s. They include the Graham Ranch/Augustine JA Ranch presented by John Augustine; the Bar X Ranch presented

by Mick Holder; the Q Ranch presented by John Hohman; the OW Ranch presented

by Mike Seeley; the Blumer Ranch presented by Letha Blumer Cline; and the J. D. Tewksbury Ranch/Cherry Creek Ranch presented by Bill Brown. Each re-enactor has some connection with the ranch he or she is presenting.

Tours begin at 4 p. m. at the Young Pioneer Cemetery on Highway 288 in Young, Ariz. Dinner will follow.

Please bring a lawn chair and walking shoes.

The Cowboy Dinner and Tour tickets are $25 per person.

Tickets will be pre-sold by May 16. Please call (928) 462-3661.

All proceeds go to the Pleasant Valley Historical Society.

Tonto Natural Bridge State Park will host a talk about the prehistoric people of the Payson area Saturday, May 16. Representatives from the Northern Gila County Historical Society will present the program from 11 a.m. to noon. To reach the park, take Highway 87 approximately 10 miles north of Payson and turn left at the sign.

Sons of the American Revolution host Connell The May meeting of Rim Country Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution is at 8 a.m., Saturday, May 16 at Tiny’s Restaurant. Come, enjoy breakfast and socialize with other “sons.”

Su Connell, Town of Payson Council member and board member of the Rim Country Education Alliance, will give an update on the university project. There will also be a brief presentation about the next season for the Tonto Community Concert Association.

Guests, those interested in the subject and those interested in learning more about SAR, are welcome.

Brush pit schedule This coming weekend, the Regional Payson Area Project… for a Fire Wise Rim Country (RPAP) will be staffing free brush drop-off points at the following locations, weather permitting: Saturday, May 16 the Blattner Pit will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Blattner Pit is located at Milepost 259.7 on Highway 260, east of Payson.

Sunday, May 17 the Pine Pit will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Pine Pit is located .7 of a mile east of Highway 87 on Control Road, south of Pine.

All RPAP free drop-off locations are for brush, leaves, pine needles, trimmings and other vegetative materials only. Properly bagged Yellow Starthistle, or other listed noxious weed species will also be accepted and will be burned. No household garbage, construction debris, or other items will be accepted.

RPAP brush pits are intended for the use of private citizens who are working to clear their properties for wildfire risk reduction and to create defensible space around their homes.

Passport on a Plate Children are invited to become world travelers at the Payson Public Library.

They will join fellow travelers and “visit” one country on each of the seven continents through stories, crafts, games and traditional ethnic snacks.

The program is at 11 a.m., May 16.

Reservations are required. Call the library at (928) 474-9260.

A carnival for those with special needs and their families is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 16 at the Payson First Assembly Church at Green Valley Park.

A $5 donation would be appreciated.

Call Lucy Karrys at (928) 478-0231 for more information.

Fuel Reduction Benefit

The Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction program will have a fund-raising event from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 16 at the Strawbeary Bear Restaurant in Strawberry.

The event features a barbecue, live music, raffle and art sale/auction, the FireWise trailer and one of the PS Fire Department’s engines.

The cost is $20 per person, which buys a barbecue rib dinner with fries and coleslaw.

Donations will be accepted from those unable to attend; mail them to PSFR, P.O. Box 67, Pine, AZ 85544. To help with the event as a volunteer or contribute something for the raffle or art items, contact Barbara Huber, (623) 910-0886.

Artists of the Rim reception

Artists of the Rim Gallery is pleased to welcome home Chinese impressionist artist C.J. Lukacsik after her award-winning tour of China.

A reception is planned from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 16 at the gallery, 618 N. Highway 87, Payson.

The Chinese government invited Lukacsik, along with other artists, to tour the country speaking and doing plein air demonstrations.

Come enjoy hearing her story, while listening to music and enjoy refreshments provided by Bruce Wales.

For more information, please call (928) 472-1159.

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Ballroom Dance Party Enjoy a night on the town at Hawkeye’s Ballroom Dance Party at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, May 16 at The Center (Payson Senior Center), 514 W. Main St. Music is by The Mathews Swing Band of Payson and admission is $5 per person.

Hosts request there be no alcohol, but guests may bring snacks, and coffee will be provided.

The event will be held the first and third Saturday of every month.

Jazz concert The Payson Friends of Jazz will host the last concert of the 2014-15 season at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 17 at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St. The performance features the ZAZU Gypsie Jazz Band with Mike Fowler, guitar; Ryan Vance, guitar; Alan Ames, violin; Steve Douglas, bass; and Gerry Reynolds, drums.

A $5 donation is requested and includes refreshments. Reserve a seat by contacting Reynolds at gerry-reynolds@hotmail.com.

Symphony of Peace Prayers The Payson United Methodist Church presents a Symphony of Peace Prayers Ceremony starting at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, May 17.

The community is invited to attend this special opportunity to pray for peace in unison with the prayers of a variety of different faith traditions.

The program includes a flag ceremony offering a prayer for peace for all countries and regions of the world as their flag is presented; singing; and joining in peace prayers led by leaders of different faiths.

There will be thousands of people around the world in more than 50 countries creating their symphony of peace prayers at the same time.

Time Out, Inc. annual meeting Time Out, Inc. will have its annual meeting at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 19 at Expedition Church, 301 S. Colcord Rd., Payson.

The meeting is open to the public.

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo: gates open at 5 p.m., performances at 7 p.m., Payson Event Center • Shelby School Play: 6:30 p.m., Shelby School in Tonto Village

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• Plant sale by High Country Garden Club members: 7:30 a.m. to noon, Walmart parking lot • Program on prehistoric peoples: 11 a.m., Tonto Natural Bridge • Fuel Reduction Benefit: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Strawbeary Bear Restaurant, Strawberry • Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo: gates open at 5 p.m., performances at 7 p.m., Payson Event Center • Ballroom Dance Party: 6:30 p.m., Payson Senior Center, $5 per person

• 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: 2 p.m., Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main, features ZAZY Gypsie Jazz Band • Symphony of Peace Prayers: 4:30 p.m., Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy St.

• 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.

• Learn about Pony Express and cattle drives in Pine and Strawberry: 1 p.m., Rim Country Museum, Green Valley Park • Time Out, Inc. annual meeting: 5:30 p.m., Expedition Church, 301 S. Colcord Rd.

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Looking ahead May 23 • Pancake breakfast in Star Valley: Hellsgate Fireflies Auxiliary serves pancakes and more from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. at fire station in Star Valley, $5 for adults, $2.50 for kids May 23 and 24 • Pancake breakfast in Pine, at community center: 7 a.m. benefits program for needy children • Arts & Crafts Festival in Pine: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, at community center

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4A Friday, May 15, 2015

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• May 14, 1904: The Third Olympiad of the modern era opens in St. Louis, Missouri. Like the Second Olympiad, held in Paris in 1900, the St. Louis Games were poorly organized. There were few entrants other than Americans in the various events, and, expectedly, U.S. athletes won a majority of the competitions.

• May 15, 1937: Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). After immigrating to the United States in 1948, her father, Josef Korbel, became dean at the University of Denver, where he would later train another female secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice.

• May 16, 1987: The Bobro 400 set sail from New York Harbor with 3,200 tons of garbage. The barge traveled 6,000 miles in search of a place to dump its load. It returned to New York Harbor after eight weeks with the same load.

• May 17, 1996: U.S. President Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. Megan’s Law was named for 7-year-old Megan Kanka, who was raped and killed in 1994.

A slew of state lawmakers and other officials spent yesterday on a helicopter tour of the C.C. Cragin (Blue Ridge) Reservoir — and its endangered watershed.

The Eastern Arizona Counties Organization headed by our own Supervisor Tommie Martin set the three-day forest tour up, seeking to marshal support for creative and urgent approaches to thinning the forest to avoid the next catastrophic wildfire.

About a dozen state lawmakers attended the eye-opening session, which included the flight over the Blue Ridge watershed, sessions on the risk of crown fires in a crowded and unhealthy forest, a visit to an active thinning project atop the Rim and a visit to mills in the White Mountains, struggling to stay in business while the Forest Service dawdles.

Make no mistake, our future depends on the success of such efforts. For instance, a crown fire could at any moment snatch away the permanent, long-term water supply on which our economy and future growth depends. The Blue Ridge watershed covers a mere 64,000 acres. But even in a relatively dry year, that watershed can fill to the brim the 15,000 acre-foot reservoir.

But what would happen if a crown fire seared that watershed? What if the flames sterilized the soil and led to an exponential increase in silt, mud and flood?

This isn’t a theoretical question. That’s exactly what happened in the Schultz Fire near Flagstaff. The area was earmarked for a thinning project. But the fire moved more quickly than the Forest Service. It claimed one life, and inflicted $150 million in damages.

An intense fire on the Blue Ridge watershed could also dramatically increase erosion and debris flows into the lake. Such an event would significantly reduce the capacity of the reservoir — and perhaps make the silty water unsuitable for domestic water use for years.

So Payson and Gila County have teamed up with SRP and others to convince the federal government to make forest restoration projects on the watershed a top priority. Officials say they’re optimistic they can begin largescale thinning in two or three years. It’s a measure of the problem that the Forest Service thinks that’s quick.

But in the meantime, we’ll just have to pray the Forest Service acts before Mother Nature.

It didn’t work for the Schultz Fire.

But then, the folks in Flagstaff weren’t savvy enough to load lawmakers onto helicopters for a tour of the disaster in the making.

Marvelous May May is busy. There are no two ways about it. And May is marvelous — at least in Rim Country.

Residents and visitors were treated to the annual Studio Tour by the Payson Art League, the Color Craze 5K and the Payson Choral Society’s Spring Concert the first weekend of the month. Last weekend we had the Wildlife Fair, the Relay for Life and the Garden Walk. This weekend we celebrate with the Gary Hardt Memorial Spring Rodeo, a benefit for the Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Committee, a plant sale and other benefits.

Then there are the graduations. Gila Community College graduated students last week and Payson, Pine and Tonto Basin schools will hold commencement exercises next week.

Don’t forget the state finals for spring sports, drama and music students, vocational students, science and engineering students. Rim Country youngsters at all levels put months of effort into hitting the mark to go to state. Their families made sacrifices as well — getting them to practices, making sure they kept their grades up, supporting them at games and performances and contests.

Still to come — the Memorial Day services to honor fallen veterans; pancake breakfasts and craft fairs that generate funds for the good people of Rim Country to help others.

All these events around the community, all the outstanding efforts by the young people of the area and the family support that backed up those efforts, they should make us all proud. We are still small enough, close enough that something of this somehow touches us — even if it is just the passing thought, “Good for them.”

Give these efforts more than a passing thought.

Volunteers with a great passion for their projects and tremendous love for our community make these events possible donating countless hours, juggling the logistics of everyday life with the needs and details of their events.

So, give a heartfelt thank-you to the men and women and young people who make May such a marvelous month in the Rim Country every year. Better yet, if you share their passion, get in touch with the club or organization responsible and see how you can help.

And remember, there is more to come through June, July and August. Summer will be sensational!

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Letter opened my eyes Editor: Thank you for running the letter about how the cuts our Legislature made to our state universities’ budgets is such a shame. As the writer put it, sad.

Since I’m not facing sending a child to college, I might have overlooked the importance of this, but the point made in the letter is how we are cheating our state out of a highly trained workforce in the future.

If the middle-class can’t afford to send their children to college because tuition has to be raised, we’ll just end up with a lot of local unskilled workers.

Frequently the letters to the editor are as informative as the news articles. This one opened my eyes about the situation.

Gene Coppola

Goodbye peaceful Payson Editor: A college town? Really?

Having lived in Flagstaff for 13 years I saw firsthand the negative impact of a university on a small community. If you like weekend traffic all week long, you will love it!

If you like inner city type apartments you will be delighted! Perhaps the sound of sirens wailing throughout the night due to alcohol- or drug-related incidents is your thing. Then a college in Payson is for you.

Keep in mind that all these “great jobs” that have been touted will be imported in from outside the community.

University educators, administrators and other highly qualified employees are not readily available in Payson. Any jobs to be obtained for our local populace will be base pay positions.

College students do not spend a lot of money. I don’t know what draw we have for college students here.

One final thought ... Is this the brainchild of the same folks who brought us our wonderful roundabouts?

Goodbye peaceful Payson!

Paul Frommelt

Sponsors make it possible Editor: Mogollon Sporting Association would like to thank our supporters and the communities for helping us have a very successful banquet.

As you may be aware, our organization’s mission statement is: To enhance wildlife, environment, education and our economy in the Mogollon Rim Country by supporting youth, local quality game management and our local businesses.

We would like to thank the following sponsors. Their generous donations help us to achieve our goals.

The Nash Foundation, Bob and Mikie Halenar, Kevin Dick Investments, Dana Law Group, Tonto Apache Tribe, Payson Jewelers, Miller Auto Works, Wells Fargo Bank, Ron Buehring, Enhanced Diesel Repair, El Rancho Restaurant, Ralfe Taylor, Macky’s Grill, Rim Country Power Sports, Four Seasons Motorsports, Buffalo Bar and Grill, Roud’s Fine Furniture, Ram Slam Outfitters, Cliff Potts Prudential AZ Realty, Fargo’s Steakhouse, LaForge Towing, Pizza Factory, Carl’s Towing, Clayton and Allison Randall, HPR, Payson Tire and Automotive, Dr. Steven Booth, Mogollon Taxidermy, Wells Fargo Bank, Gary Barcom, The Sportsman’s Warehouse, Peggy’s Payson Place, Harry and Jan Parsons Payson Golf Course, Shea Homes, Commonwealth Financial Network, Scott Crabdree Insurance, The Home Depot, Payson General Rental,

Payson Concrete, Sears, O’Reilly, True Value Home Center, Messinger Funeral Home, Clark Jones- ERA Realty, Butler Bags, Clifford Pirch, Dennis Pirch, Rim Country Custom Rods, Chad and Kathy Miner – Wood Metal Creations, Brawley Beef, the Payson Roundup, Charlie Kelly – Phoenix Precast, Rim Club, Golf Club at Chaparral Pines, National Bank, Payson Eye Care, Roy Haught Excavating, The Outdoorsman, DEK Auto Parts – NAPA, La Posada, Clarice and Steve Christiansen, Greg Wyamn, Aquarius Hotel and Casino, Kim and Craig Hoffman, Jennifer’s Skin Care, Pet Care, Center Point Dental, Disneyland, Anderson Dental, Smart Systems, Tammy Dewees, Big-O Tires, Club USA, Sawmill Theatres, Cardo’s Pizza Italian Restaurant, Sal & Teresa’s Mexican Restaurant, The Sweet Shoppe, Chili’s, Denny’s, Native Grill and Walmart MSA supporters.

And a special thank you to the Rim Country community for supporting us throughout the years.

Pam Bossert, secretary, MSA

Saddened to learn of death Editor: We were saddened to learn of the recent death of Chuck Ybarrondo. Chuck was a true friend of Payson Schools’ displaced and disadvantaged students. He quietly donated hundreds of fast-food restaurant gift cards so that hungry students and, at times, their families could have a hearty meal.

Not long before he died, Chuck moved to Northridge, Calif. to be closer to family and care. He called the school district office one day and wanted to donate one last round of gift cards. He promised to send them as soon as one of his relatives could purchase them. Chuck passed away before he could complete that last generous gesture.

Payson is full of kind, compassionate, generous people.

Chuck was among the best of us. We will miss him.

Susan Campbell, homeless services coordinator; Allic Bales, homeless advocate; Payson School District Payson Assisting Displaced Students

Editor: Businesses cite the lack of skilled workers as the second biggest reason the businesses do not expand. So it would seem that educating and training students to work in today’s workforce would be a top priority in order to expand and grow our economy. But all three of our state representatives: Bob Thorpe, Sylvia Allen and Brenda Barton voted to cut funding for a highly effective educational program in half.

The Joint Technical Education Districts have 90,000 Arizona students, mostly in high schools. It includes biotechnology, engineering and automotive tech. The students complete the program and are ready to enter the workforce and become taxpayers earlier than if they went to college. The program needs modern equipment in order to be relevant.

Business and industry needs skilled workers, and our state needs to help expand businesses in order to have a thriving economy. But again, sadly, my elected officials failed to help develop a healthy economy.

Judith L. Hunter

Web cam could help tourism Editor: Many of the local areas have web cam. Our city of Payson does not. I think we should look at installing a web cam at the Payson Airport. This camera could only help tourism.

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Angel donor gives students the gift of discovery by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

What happens when an angel donor, Biosphere 2, the Arizona Museum of Natural History, middle school students and the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant mix it up?

A really good time.

“Our trip to the Biosphere 2 on April 24 was a fantastic day filled with wonder and excitement!” gushed chaperone Lori Wiechmann.

Scott Davidson, officially a seventh-grade science teacher, ended up taking a mix of all three grades of Rim Country Middle School students to the Biosphere 2 and the Arizona Museum of Natural History (with dinner thrown in) because of a donor.

“The donor, who prefers to remain anonymous, approached Mr. Varner (the RCMS principal) about taking a group of students to Biosphere 2,” said Davidson. “She was so impressed with the facility that she decided that our kids should experience it.”

Davidson and the parent chaperones drove the kids almost three hours to Oracle to tour the

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Students from Rim Country Middle School toured the Biosphere 2 near Tucson and visited the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa, thanks to an anonymous donor who wanted the kids to experience the unique facility built to explore whether a sealed environment could sustain colonists on Mars.

Biosphere 2. The donor covered all expenses.

“She has a special heart for students that normally wouldn’t be able to go on a field trip such

as this, so she decided to pay for all of the entrance fees and help supplement the dinners,” said Davidson.

Wiechmann said the Biosphere

did an excellent job.

“We were taken on a very informed tour of the facility and got to walk around and explore all the exhibits and where all the

scientists did their studies,” she said.

Davidson said the Biosphere fit well into his curriculum.

“The Biosphere fits my curriculum quite well. In the ecology curriculum, students are introduced to the concept of a biome.

The Biosphere 2 is made up of a number of large chambers that mimic a number of the biomes found on Earth,” he said. “We have also talked about travel to other planets and the Biosphere was designed as a test-bed for long duration space travel techniques, especially recycling of nutrients, air and water.”

Never one to waste a chance to squeeze as much into a day as possible, Davidson also took his kids to the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa. “The Arizona Museum of Natural History fit nicely with the paleontology portion of the seventh-grade curriculum as well,” he said.

Wiechmann just enjoyed watching the kids have fun.

“Then (we went) to the Arizona Museum of Natural History where the kids got to walk around and explore the exhibits and pan for

gold,” she said.

She added, “My favorite part of the day was just hanging with the kids at Sweet Tomatoes and talking about our amazing day and their plans for high school and their futures,” she said.

Davidson said the trip helped to open many of his students’ eyes. “Many of my students that went on this trip have a more in-depth idea of what a biome is and how complex and amazing our natural Earth really is. They also have an idea what it might take for us to travel to the outer planets or even beyond our solar system,” he said.

That’s exactly what Davidson said the donor had in mind when she made her donation. “(The donor) is a retired lady from Payson who saw a need and felt inspired to help give our students, especially those that often get overlooked, a chance to experience an amazing research facility — the Biosphere,” said Davidson. “She hopes to inspire other folks from the community to come alongside our schools to help our kids get these amazing, possibly life-changing experiences.”

Pine students maintain proud tradition in winning Master Council Award by

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There was no drop off when social studies teacher Shelbi Wilson took over the Pine Straw­ berry School student council adviser reins from Lu Carpino.

Carpino, who resigned the position last spring and moved to Williams, had led the council to three consecutive Master Council Awards at Arizona Association of Junior High School Councils (AAJHSC) conventions.

Wilson picked up where Carpino left off, guiding the 201415 council to yet another Master Council Award at the 49th Annual AAJHSC convention held May 8 at the We-Ko-Pa Resort at Fort McDowell.

“I am so impressed with this group of kids,” said Wilson. “They

were dedicated the whole year and embraced the changes I required as a first year student council adviser.”

Attaining the Master Council Award is a demanding process and the highest the AAJHSC gives out.

To earn it, a school council must sponsor at least 75 activities throughout the school year that involve leadership, awareness, respect, value for all people, academic achievement, creating motivation for academic excellence, school and community involvement and activities for campus pride and participation.

“We had to have a digital presentation, scrapbook, minutes book, five reports, school banner and roll call introduction,” said Wilson. “We also had to be in good standing and have a consti-

tution for our council on file.”

Spirit weeks, once a month flag ceremonies and the Golden Broom award were among the most popular activities the council sponsored.

The Golden Broom is an award the student council gives to a classroom in each wing of the school that students have joined force to keep clean and neat.

“It is really fun and encouraging for them to have pride in their classroom and school,” said Wilson.

All of the reports council members submitted to earn the award had to be authenticated by principal/superintendent Cody Barlow.

Winning a fourth consecutive award set off sighs of relief and shows of pride among the student council members including President Mercedes Miranda.

“I was super thrilled to be able to receive this award,” she said.

“It was a great accomplishment and the council members worked amazingly.”

Eighth-grade representative Quaid Tanner agreed, “All the hard work was worth it.”

Sixth-grade representative Raci Miranda believes the award was a victory for the little guy, “I think it is very cool we got such a big award because we are such a small school.

“It proves big things can come in small packages.”

The actual awards ceremony, however, included anxious moments for council members especially Vice President Abby Ast. “School after school was called and the anticipation was horrible,” she remembers. “But when

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they called Pine Strawberry, all the hours we spent working and all the dedication paid off.”

Winning the award has Wilson

expecting great things, “I can’t wait to see what the future holds; they are an exciting group of students.”

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Landis is a fourth generation rodeo cowboy. He grew up in a rodeo family. His great-grandfather was a pick up man and his grandfather rode bucking horses. His mother was also involved as a rodeo secretary for many years.

His father did most of all — from riding rough stock, clowning, bullfighting and producing some of California’s greatest rodeos. His father was also one of the founders of the California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association.

Landis has been entertaining and working rodeos since age 12. He joined the PRCA at age 18.

In addition to being selected to twice work the World National Finals Rodeo and the

Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo, he has worked rodeos in Salinas, Calif., Houston, Texas, Pendleton, Ore. and the Calgary Stampede.

Among his acts: Wild Cantbeatalope — he rides a shaggy creature in a test against a horse; Mario the Flea is his trained flea act; Claimjumper gets all the kids involved and might be a favorite of crowds he has entertained; Mexican Matador with a little “bull” that is a comedy thriller; Giant Moose Trap, which uses hay and … don’t worry, it’s safe.

Landis also may be showing off some his skills as a magician.

Performances at the Payson Event Center are at 7 p.m., Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16, with gates opening at 5 p.m.

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New gallery in Pine by

Alexis Bechman

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The newest art gallery in Pine brings something warm and welcoming to town. Maybe it is the smell of varnish, acrylic oils and fresh-sawn wood that permeates the space or the art, tucked into several rooms in the charming gallery, most from either friends or family of the owners, Ed and Joanie Farnum.

The Farnums will hold a grand opening for Westwood Gallery of Fine Art on Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 4010 N. Beeline Highway, next to the Herb Stop. Everything is 10 percent off for the grand opening.

While the 1,200-square-foot gallery is new, the Farnums have owned Westwood Products in Pine for five years. The Farnums’ woodshop is located just behind the gallery where Ed offers custom framing.

Through the years, Ed met various artists through his custom framing business and decided to offer them a place to display and sell their work. The existing wood shop was too small so Ed decided to move the gallery into the building nearest the highway,

next to the Herb Stop.

He still owns the wood shop and uses it for fabrication.

The gallery is broken into four rooms. The main foyer has a splattering of art from various artists, including Bob Gleason’s handwoven baskets, which he creates next door on the porch of the Beeline Guest House, a bed and breakfast.

The oils room at the gallery has art from Laurel Corley, whose work features mostly still lifes; Linda Farnum, Ed’s sister, who paints wildlife and pets; Pat Sessions’ western paintings and C.J. Lukacsik’s landscapes.

In the woodcarving room is Kim Beesley’s segmented wood vases and bowls; Oscar Velazquez’s ironwood animal carvings and Ed’s slab wood carvings. Ed works with nearly every type of wood, from Arizona cypress, to black oak, juniper, walnut and maple.

A friend mills the wood at a sawmill in Christopher Creek.

In the hallway are watercolors by Evelyn Christian, leather art from Jim Tradup and photos from Toni A. Parker and Tina Farnum, Ed’s daughter.

Joanie uses a laser to cre-

ate intricately engraved boxes, clocks and plaques out of wood.

Ed first got his taste of working with wood in a seventh-grade woodshop class. But his father first inspired him. His dad, he said, was very creative and could create something out of nothing.

The family moved around with his father in the military, including Okinawa, Japan. They eventually settled in Phoenix when his father retired.

Ed said he initially wanted to be an architect, but a high school mentor who taught drafting and also ran the high school print shop, got Ed working in the print

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Ed Farnum (left) recently opened the Westwood Gallery of Fine Art with his wife, Joanie. The Pine gallery displays and sells work from a variety of local artists. shop his sophomore year.

After high school, Ed got a job at a printing company. He loved the business so much he stayed with it for 28 years, helping build it from five employees to 80, becoming part owner and vice president of operations.

As Ed grew closer to retirement, he and Joanie started thinking about where they would like to settle down.

While they initially looked at Prescott, they liked the small town feel of Payson and Pine.

“We just fell in love with Pine,” he said.

Ed knew he wanted to keep a business going and after visiting a trade show and seeing the woodworking equipment, including the laser, which can create virtually any image or carving, Ed knew they had to get one.

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Construction is underway for a 21,930-square-foot Tractor Supply Company store at State Route 260 and Manzanita Drive, next to Tiny’s Restaurant. The soft opening is currently set for Aug. 29. A company spokesperson said that as a growth-minded company, Tractor Supply Company is always looking for new store locations and Payson was attractive due to the part-time and hobby farmers and horse owners in the area. Tractor Supply carries lawn and garden, and animal care products. The Payson location will employ between 12 to 17 full- and part-time employees. For more information, visit www.TractorSupply.com.

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“We will continue to provide the level of service our Payson members expect through our electronic service channels,” said David E. Doss, president/ CEO of Arizona State Credit Union.

“Arizona State Credit Union remains financially strong, and we are actively looking into expanding our number of locations to better serve our members.”

Members are encouraged to take advantage of online banking, the myAZSTCU mobile banking app and telephone banking services. Through these channels, members are able to make transfers, check balances, pay bills, apply for loans and much more.

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Third-graders at Julia Randall Elementary School learned all about rocks recently from Payson Rimstones Rock Club volunteers.

These kids

R O C K!

by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

Clutching their egg cartons, nine groups of excited thirdgrade students followed their teacher to different stations to learn about minerals, igneous, sedentary and metamorphic rocks from the Payson Rimstones Rock Club.

“We’ve done this for 13 years,” said vice president of the club Barry Jones.

The Rimstones Rock Club raises money for educational programs for third-graders, middle school students and scholarships for budding scientists from the high school.

The club set up nine stations on the ground floor of JRE and outside on the patio to talk about the different rocks and the different industrial uses of rocks.

Take for example, the mineral table.

“To be a mineral, it has to be inorganic,” said a club member.

After each talk, the students received a rock in their labeled egg carton section.

“Each student gets 12 rocks for their collection,” said Jones.

At the Uses of Rock station, the students learned that rocks are used in soaps, sunscreens and tools.

“Surgeons use obsidian because you can sharpen it sharper than steel,” said another club member to the fascinated students.

Most of the money the rock club raises comes from its annual gem, rock and mineral show.

The club meets at 3:30 p.m., the second Wednesday of every month in the Payson Public Library.

Jones said the club hosts speakers and takes field trips.

For the third-graders, learning and collecting the rocks offered hours of fascinating study and fun.

“I’ll keep this on top of my refrigerator,” said one third-grader before heading off to the next station.

Art night at JRE

by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

For the first time, Julia Randall Elementary had a Fine Arts Night dedicated to all the fifth-grade artists.

More than 100 students showed off their art, singing and musical abilities with instruments.

The evening started off with art teacher Joanna Carroll flashing each students’ work with background music on the wall of the auditorium.

Carroll had taught the budding artists the basic tenets of art from shapes and perspective to famous artists.

Band teacher Ruth Schouten directed her 44 students through three songs: the “William Tell Overture,” “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Old MacDonald had a Farm.”

“This year is the year to try new things,” said Schouten to the audience. “As you’ve seen, different students are playing on the percussion.”

On each song, a different group of students got up from their instrument to pick up drum sticks or a triangle.

Chorus teacher Juli Davies pushed her students to try harmonizing with the pop song “Count On Me.” “I’m so proud of them,” she said. “They have never harmonized before.”

The entire choir sang three songs, “You Can Help,” “I’d Rather Be Happy” and “Music is Always There.” The other two songs had soloists.

Christian Linkey and Makenzie Brade sang clearly and sweetly as soloists for the song “One Nation.”

In a play with comedy, soloist Ashlynd Whetstone had background singers Leora Burditt, Jacy Cody, Katelynd Fabian, Lluvia Ibarra, Shaylee Kelly, Kirsten McNeeley, Erma Newell and Victoria Rutherford for the song “Pizza Love.” The background singers added cute dance moves that made many audience members laugh out loud.

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A Proud Payson Tradition Four-year-olds clung to fearsome sheep, cowgirls performed magic tricks with ropes, kids flew into the air from the backs of ornery steers, women performed dazzling displays of horsemanship. In short, the women’s rodeo portion of the Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo went off without a hitch Thursday night at the Payson Event Center, despite blustery skies and the occasional raindrop.

Don’t miss the Friday and Saturday performances, both at 7 p.m. Gates open at 5 p.m.

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Payson Roundup Friday, May 15, 2015

Seven arrested on drug charges, one with illegal firearm by

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After a yearlong investigation, officers arrested seven people Wednesday on various drug charges.

With the help of the Gila County Narcotics Task Force, the Payson Police Department served a search warrant at a home in the 300 block of West

Summit Street.

The PPD says it knew several people were at the home and that several were involved in drug activity in Payson over the last year and could be carrying weapons.

Levi Wilkins, 21; Francisco Jesus Moreno De La Cruz, 19; Tristan Johnson, 18; Armando Crews, 33; Jeremy Gerber, 34; Blake Porter, 21; and a 17-year-

old female were arrested on various drug charges. One suspect was also charged with illegal possession of a firearm. It was not clear who was arrested on the weapons charge or if the subjects were taken into custody without incident.

Because the Payson jail is closed for training, the sheriff’s posse drove the suspects to the Globe jail.

The PPD says it will likely make more arrests after what turned up during the search.

The Gila County Sheriff’s Department participated in the search.

Anyone with information on drug crimes in the Payson area can call the Payson Police Department at (928) Hot-Tips (468-8477). You can remain anonymous.

Master Sergeant Paul W. Eivins, 18th Medical Command (DS), recently retired after 29 years with the U.S. Army and was honored at ceremonies in Hawaii. The son of John and Lynne Eivins of Payson, he was born in Phoenix and entered the Army in May 1986. He completed basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas and advanced individual training at a combat medic at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.

Over the course of his career with the Army, Eivins has served in Colorado, Hawaii, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas and abroad in Afghanistan, Honduras, Iraq and Italy.

The recipient of many awards, Eivins is married to the former Marian Suzanne Hough and has two children, Suzanne Eckhart of Fairbanks, Alaska, and John Eivins of El Paso, Texas. Eivins and his wife plan to

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Master Sergeant Paul W. Eivins maintain their home in Hawaii, but take a year off to enjoy traveling, mission work and spending time with their grandchildren.

Kent Evans was recently surprised with a party to celebrate his 90th birthday. About 50 people were at the event, held at the American Legion and coordinated by Caroline Beeler, Loretta Ritter and Sonja MacLaren. A longtime resident of Payson, Evans served the community as a pharmacist for many years and part of the Payson Packers hiking group.

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

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

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

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O B I T U A R I E S Joel Hans Magisos (1929-2015)

Dr. Joel Hans Magisos completed his life journey on May 3, 2015. He was a loving husband of Nancy Magisos; loyal brother of Sonia Turner; devoted father of Melanie, Timothy, Marc and Ami; and delighted grandfather of Cameron Magisos, Eleanor Lehman, her husband Jason Grantz, and their children, Jonah and Lila.

Joel was born in Chuquicamata, Chile to Norwegian parents Hans and Belinda on May 20, 1929, and was raised in Auburn, Wash.

He became a naturalized citizen as a child. Beginning in his one-room rural schoolhouse, Joel dedicated his life and career to education. At Washington State University, he supported himself through campus and summer jobs to complete two bachelors of science degrees in agriculture and education, and a masters of science in education.

In 1968, with Nancy and their first three children, he achieved his doctorate in vocational education at Ohio State University.

Joel devoted himself to increasing levels of service in his career as a teacher, state vocational education supervisor, professor, leader, and international consultant. He was an OSU professor (retired emeritus), WSU assistant professor, president of the American Vocational Education Research Association, associate director of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education at OSU, and director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career and Vocational Education. Joel loved to travel, and directed/ consulted on vocational education projects around the U.S.

and in 22 other countries. In his retirement, he co-founded Powell International, Inc., and chaired the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

Joel received various honors and awards, including membership in seven professional and academic honoraries and The City & Guilds of London.

The International Vocational Education and Training Association, which he founded, offers the annual scholarship The Joel Magisos Exceptional Service Award.

Joel believed in community participation, and was a member of Future Farmers of America, Kiwanis International, the Masonic Lodge, and the United Methodist Church. In retirement, Joel and Nancy learned to pilot and enjoyed adventures on their boat Belinda Mac in the beautiful waters near Sequim, Wash. Always sharing his leadership, Joel served as commodore of the Sequim Bay Yacht Club, educational officer of the North Olympic Power Squadron, and chair of the New Dungeness Light Station Association.

“We are grateful for Joel’s thoughtful and deep support of family, friends and colleagues, his wonderful humor, and his inspiring example. May Joel’s light and love continue to brighten our lives,” writes his family.

A celebration of his life will be held on June 14, 3 p.m., in the Payson United Methodist Church.

Donations may be made in Joel’s name to the New Dungeness Light Station Association, P.O. Box 1283, Sequim, WA 98382 or http://newdungenesslighthouse. com.

Robert Edward Rusch (1927-2015)

Robert Edward Rusch passed away at home in Payson, Ariz. on May 2, 2015. He was born March 19, 1927 in Milwaukee, Wis. to Robert William Rusch and Adelle (Della) Steffen Rusch.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the USS Destroyer, Floyd B Parks DD884.

He and H. June Larsen were married Sept. 11, 1948 at Milwaukee, Wis. He was an avid Free & Accepted Mason throughout life, having been raised and later serving as Master of Lafayette Lodge #265, nicknamed the “Silk Stocking

Lodge,” in Milwaukee, Wis. In Payson he served for 15 years in the office of Tyler for the Sy Harrison Masonic Lodge #70. In 2015 the Sy Harrison Lodge named him Arizona Mason of the Year.

Robert is survived by his sister, Marion Dinsmore; his wife, June; and their four children, Linda Cornell, Karen Rusch-Fischer, Amy Spiekermann and Robert E. W. Rusch.

A memorial will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Sy Harrison Mason Lodge, 200 E. Rancho Rd, Payson, Ariz.

Rayoleen Taylor

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Rayoleen Taylor was born in Miami, Ariz.

Sept. 24, 1918. Her father was a miner, but soon moved to Phoenix to work as a firefighter for Phoenix Fire Station number one.

She attended Phoenix Union High School where she met Willard Taylor.

The two married in 1937 after graduation and moved to Payson, Ariz. where Willard worked for the Game and Fish, located then near Kohl’s Ranch. He was transferred to Roosevelt Lake and after three years, the couple moved back to Phoenix where Willard would spend the next 30 years working for the Phoenix Fire Department.

Maintaining a love of Payson, they returned in the 1970s after Willard’s retirement, where he became Payson’s second mayor and Rayoleen became active with the hospital auxiliary, historical society, civic clubs and the Methodist Church.

She passed May 5, 2015 and is survived by her daughter, Lynn Hanna and her husband, John Hanna of Payson; and son, Allen Taylor of Salem, OR.; two grandsons, Mark and Mike Hanna; and four great-grandchildren, Hailey and Hunter Hanna of Phoenix, and Jake and Karlee Hanna of Temecula, Calif.

A celebration of her life will be held at Messinger’s Mortuary in Payson at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 23.

The family will always be grateful for the love and care Rayoleen received from the staff at the Powell Place and Rim Country Health. Rayoleen will be remembered for a life fully lived and a love fully given.

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Dolly Armstead (1944-2015)

Dolly Ann Armstead, 71, passed away in the comfort of her home with her children and loved ones by her side on Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

She was born Jan. 15, 1944 in Phoenix, Ariz. Dolly was an Arizona native and a resident of Payson for 44 years. On July 27, 1963 she married the love of her life, Ronald Armstead, and they spent 49 wonderful years together. Together they had three amazing children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild: sons, Michael Armstead of Payson and Timothy Armstead of Mesa; daughter, Misty Armstead (Jason) of Arlington, Wash.; granddaughters, Tabitha, Aimee, Makenzie, Maya, Alison, Trinity and Taylor; grandson, Austin; great-granddaughter, Harper.

When growing up, she was the cutest blond-haired, blue-eyed doll face. She was from a large family; she was number 6 out of 8 children, 6 sisters and 1 brother: Eva Jean Alberta Cooley,

Catherine Imojean Paradis, Johnny May Bell Pruett, Willadean Sweatt, Vivian Joyce Cottrell, Diana Lea Halsey and Dan Anderson Pruett.

Dolly Ann was a hairdresser for 38 years. She was the proud owner of the Doll House in the Swiss Village shopping center. She had so many wonderful clients over the years that just loved her. She was very creative and outspoken. You never had to wonder what was on her mind. Dolly has always been there for everyone that has ever crossed her path. Always having a smile and happy attitude towards everything and everyone.

“We all adored her and cherished her love for each and every one of us. She is peacefully resting with our Heavenly Father.

Psalms 23,” writes the family.

An open house to celebrate Dolly’s life will be held from noon to 5 p.m., Saturday May 16 at the Armstead residence at 211 W. Saddle Lane in Payson, Ariz.

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Getting back to nature at the

Wildlife Fair

by

Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

The wind wafted.

The kayakers paddled.

The fishermen fiddled.

The children tumbled.

The dragon slumbered.

All on a perfect spring day in Green Valley Park for the Payson Wildlife Fair, the annual joint venture involving Payson, the Arizona Game and Fish Department and a host of wildlife-minded groups from Trout Unlimited to the Payson Camera Club.

Game and Fish brought a stocking truck loaded with monster trout — some close to 15 pounds. The fish swam lazily in the stocking truck, until late in the day when their keepers dropped a couple of lunkers into the wind-ruffled waters of the lake.

The fair offered a perfect fami-

ly setting, with people wandering across the green, green grass munching mustard-dripping hot dogs and oohing at the many wonders.

Kids handled the king snake, gawked at the komodo dragon and petted the boa constrictor.

They took aim at archery targets, cast fishing lures to snare prizes on the lawn, donned paper bighorn sheep horns, peered nervously at the fierce-eyed Harris hawk, listened solemnly to game wardens glowering about poachers, kept a safe distance from the ill-tempered black-crowned night heron and lined up for a spin in a canoe.

People sat bundled in lawn chairs on the Green Valley Park shoreline and watched the billows of clouds, savoring the day.

One ambitious father set out to teach his ever-so-cute, 12-yearold daughter how to fish, although he seemed shaky on the details.

But hey, a guy’s got to pass along the manly virtues, even if girls get squeamish.

To the amiable father’s surprise, the kid actually hooked a trout.

She yanked the astonished

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The Payson Wildlife Fair drew a happy crowd Saturday to canoe, gawk at giant trout, irritate the black-crowned night heron, get close to reptiles and admire the babies dressed as giraffes, all on a blustery May day at Green Valley Park. rainbow from the lake.

He plopped down on the sand.

“What do we do now?” asked the girl, seemingly undaunted by all the flopping about.

“We could put him back,” said her father dubiously.

“No!” she cried.

“We could eat him. You don’t want to eat him do you?” he

asked.

“Yes!” she exclaimed. “Let’s eat him!”

He pinned the luckless creature delicately with his foot.

She sensed his uncertainty.

“Just smash him on the head with a rock,” she suggested.

Ah — getting back to nature at the Wildlife Fair.

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Longhorns: Champions of the heart

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Keith Morris

I watched a championship team Monday night.

They wore purple jerseys with LONGHORNS in black letters outlined in gold.

Tucson Empire may have wound up celebrating a championship, but Payson’s softball players are true champions.

I’ve seen enough of them in my 30 years covering high school sports to know one when I see one.

It’s not just that they easily won more games than any other Payson softball team.

No, it’s more about the character these Longhorns showed throughout a 34-2 campaign that caught my attention.

That character was on display throughout this magical and memorable season.

And it shone brightly in the most difficult circumstances on Monday night at ASU’s Farrington Stadium.

After surrendering a season-high six runs in the third inning, these Longhorns did not hang their heads and feel sorry for themselves.

No, these courageous girls headed back to the dugout, picked up their bats and got to work mounting a comeback.

And when the Longhorns loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth of a 6-2 game, they sent a jolt of electricity through even the most pessimistic of the several hundred supporters on hand.

Fans learned never to count this team out after watching the Longhorns snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by rallying from a 3-1 deficit against defending state champion Winslow in Saturday’s semifinal to score three runs in the final three innings and pull out a thrilling 4-3 victory against their arch-rival on a walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth by Arissa Paulson.

And nobody on this team exudes more character and guts than her.

The junior ace probably shouldn’t have been playing because of a shoulder injury that brought tears to her eyes on every pitch and every swing of the bat.

But she kept going back out to the circle, trying to keep her team close enough to mount a comeback. And she led that improbable comeback, belting a pair of home runs, including the biggest one in program history.

She’s one of a trio of Longhorns with shoulder injuries

during the final two games. And another starter was available for the title game.

So there the ailing Longhorns were two days later with Paulson again heroically throwing painful pitch after pitch trying to limit the damage enough to give her team a chance.

And she did, shutting out the Ravens over the final four innings.

And now here in the sixth with a rally brewing, she picked up her bat and walked to the bottom step of the dugout hoping to get a chance to hit. Unfortunately, the Ravens escaped the jam with just one run scoring and Paulson standing in the on-deck circle with two runners aboard.

The Longhorns got a runner on in the bottom of the seventh but couldn’t score, and Empire players celebrated their first championship.

Tears streamed down the faces of several Payson warriors with the realization that their goal of a state title would not be realized.

But these girls can and should be proud of what they accomplished this spring.

They inspired and united a town.

They won 29 consecutive games and a banged-up team came within one unfortunate inning of winning it all.

Life is easy when you win.

But true champions rise from the ashes of defeat, lift their heads up and move forward, better for having lived through the experience.

The Longhorns stood on the field and clapped for Empire as the Ravens received their first-place trophy.

But they were not the only champions on the field.

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Rachel Spooner (top, left) slaps hands with her teammates during player introductions before the state championship softball game on Monday night. At top right, Sadie Dunman and Aubrielle Paulson bond during Payson’s victory over Mingus. At left, Arissa Paulson did her best to give Payson a chance against Tucson Empire despite suffering from a shoulder injury. Above, Brylee Hall, Sadie Dunman, Payton Petersen and Anilese Hayes savor yet another great victory. The Longhorns have a lot to be proud of after a great season.

Payson golfers head to state for 16th time in 17 years Team wins White Mountain Invitational

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Dean Harpe looks to close his career on a high note at this weekend’s state tournament after finishing among the top golfers in each of his three previous state tournaments.

Payson High’s golf team fought high winds as well as four other state-qualifying teams to win the White Mountain Invitational on May 1-2.

The first day featured winds of 20-30 miles per hour at Silver Creek Golf Course in Show Low. The weather improved for the second round at Snowflake Golf Course.

The Longhorns shot 334-332—666 to beat Snowflake by seven shots and Phoenix Northwest Christian by 12.

Senior Dean Harpe led the way, shooting 80-71-151 to finish second.

He closed strong with birdies on the final four holes to fire a 3-under 33 for the final nine holes to help him shoot even-par for the day and finish in a three-way tie for first with Lakeside Blue Ridge’s Cody Goza and a Northwest Christian golfer, who was eliminated on the first playoff hole. Goza won it on the second extra hole.

Harpe’s final round matched the low round of the day and impressed assistant coach Randy Mathews.

“Dean did not have his best game with him today, but he found a way to scratch his way to the top of the tournament,” Mathews said of the

senior’s final round. “His mental strength is second to none.”

Sophomore Mitchell McGuire shot 79-81-160 to finish sixth. Also for the Longhorns, junior Bryce Goodman finished 11th with an 83-84-167 and junior Hunter Harrison carded 92-96-188. Junior Clayton White fired a season-low 86 for the first round but was disqualified because of miscommunication to his group by the tournament committee.

The win was especially impressive considering four-year letterman and team co-captain Mason Ridley was out of the lineup because of illness.

Payson won the Section 3 championship this season, earning one of seven automatic berths in this weekend’s Division 3 State Championship.

The section also features Blue Ridge, Globe, Holbrook, Miami, Show Low and Snowflake.

This marks the 16 time in the last 17 seasons that the Longhorns have qualified as a team for the state tournament, which will be held today and Saturday at Antelope Hills Golf Course in Prescott. Along with the seven section champions, the next eight teams based on scores also qualified for the 15-team event.

Division 3 State Golf Tournament Friday-Saturday at Antelope Hills Golf Course in Prescott • First Round, 10 a.m. Friday at Antelope Hills South • Second Round, 7:30 a.m.

Saturday at Antelope Hills North • Payson is one of 15 teams qualifying, along with the top 15 individuals not on qualifying teams • Admission $25 AllTournament Pass, $15 Day Pass, Children 5 & under admitted free Anther 15 individuals whose teams didn’t qualify also earned state tournament berths.

Golfers representing Payson in the state tournament include Harpe, McGuire, senior Mason Ridley, Goodman, White and Harrison.

Senior Ben Myer will also travel with the Longhorns.

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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.

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

Church of Christ in Payson 401 E. Tyler Parkway, (928) 474-5149. Sunday: Bible 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.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints MOGOLLON WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., 474-6367, 468-8157, Missionaries (928) 863-5396, 468-8886.

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

PONDEROSA WARD: Aero Drive and 913 S. Ponderosa; Sunday Services 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sacrament Meeting 1 p.m., 472-8709, 474-6367 or 4681103, Missionaries 472-7956.

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

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

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

CHRISTOPHER CREEK SERVICES: Sunday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Sacrament meeting 10 a.m. followed by Sunday School, Priesthood and Relief Society. 4784608.

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

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

Sunday School; 11:20 a.m. Sacrament meeting. 462-3326 or 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: the religion of the light and sound of God Why are we here? We are here to learn by experiences, to grow spiritually.

Pay attention to your feelings, intuition. God loves each one of us and he’s everywhere. For more information, call 877-300-4945.

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:

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.

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.; Adult Prayer and Bible Study 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Nursery available. Thursday: Men’s Bible Study 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. (in recess for the summer); Payson Women’s Bible Study 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. (in recess for the summer). Pioneer Clubs (Grades 1-5), 2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays when school is in session.

Visit our website www.pbcpayson.org.

Rim Country Cowboy Church 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.

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.

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.

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”

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

Jehovah’s Witnesses North Payson Congregation, 1616 N. McLane, 474-7867, 474-2750: Public Discourse, 10 a.m., Sunday; Watchtower Study, 10:40 a.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, 1 p.m., Sunday; Watchtower Study, 1:40 p.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, 4 p.m.; Estudio del Atalaya, Domingo, 4:40 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.

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.

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.

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 We invite you to come and worship with us as we celebrate Christ Jesus’ total victory for us on the Cross! Adult Sunday School, 9 a.m.; Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6:30 p.m.; and Wednesday Evening Family Night, 6:30 p.m. We are located at 1100 West Lake Drive, (the church at Green Valley Park). For more information call, (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; Allen Mann, Part-time Associate Pastor. 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

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 Ev. Lutheran Church (LC-MS) 507 W. Wade Lane; (928) 474-5440, Pastor: Steve DeSanto. Sunday: Adult Bible Study 8:30 a.m., Sunday School, 8:30 a.m., Worship Service 10 a.m.

Holy Communion celebrated on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month.

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

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

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

Star Valley 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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World-class raffle prize offered at humane society fund-raiser by

Sarah Hock

humane society of central arizona

The Humane Society of Central Arizona is gearing up for their annual fund-raiser called Music, Mutts & Meowgaritas. Truly one of the highlights of the upcoming event will be the grand raffle prize to be drawn for a world-class Humane Society travel package for of Central a three-night stay Arizona at The Grand Del Mar. The Grand Del Mar holds a ADOPTION Five-Star rating on OPTIONS tripadvisor. The site also considers it the #1 luxury hotel in California and ranks it #4 in the United States.

The Grand Del Mar has San Diego’s only Five-Star spa, and services for two are included in the package. There is a round of golf for two on the Tom Fazio designed 380-acre private course.

Addison, The Grand Del Mar’s signature restaurant, offers an inspired

evening of culinary perfection filled with locally sourced ingredients. This is Southern California’s only Five-Star/ Five Diamond restaurant.

Raffle tickets for this amazing threenight travel package opportunity are $20 each or 6 for $100. Winner need not be present to win. Proceeds from this evening will assist with ongoing operational costs at the shelter, which serves over 900 square miles of Arizona’s Rim Country.

Music, Mutts & Meowgaritas promises guests a fun and furr-filled evening full of events in a spectacular outdoor setting. There will be live music featuring Payson’s own Junction 87. Special meowgaritas will be served courtesy Roger Clyne’s Mexican Moonshine Tequila (100% Blue Agave that is double distilled and triple filtered for a silky smooth finish). Tapas and tacos to taste. Activities from piñatas for paws, a photo booth and a silent auction will round out this fun evening, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 30. The event will be in the backyard of the Rim Country

C L U B S Payson Walkers

The Payson Walkers meet at 8 a.m. daily for an hour’s walk, mostly on pavement. Start sites are: Saturday - end of Longhorn Road Sunday - Senior Circle parking lot Monday - Payson Elks Tuesday - Parks & Rec Office at Green Valley Park Wednesday - Walgreen’s Thursday - Payson Library Friday - Home Depot.

Payson Lioness Club

The Payson Lioness Club meets at 9 a.m. the third Saturday of the month at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260.

Sponsored by the Payson Lions Club, the Payson Lioness Club is part of the world’s largest service organization. Members enjoy activities, service projects and events that benefit local charities. All interested persons are welcome to attend. You are never too young or young at heart to be a Lioness. For more information, call Carol at (928) 9784132.

Archaeological Society

The Rim Country Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society meets at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 16 at the Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Holy Nativity, corner of Easy Street and Bradley.

The guest speaker will be Carolina Butler. Butler will be speaking on the oral history of the Yavapai people. Refreshments and snacks will be available and guests are always welcome.

Mothers of Preschoolers organizing Saturday

The Payson First Church of the Nazarene is launching a new ministry, Mothers of Preschoolers. The first meeting is from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, May at the First Church of the Nazarene, 200 E. Tyler Parkway.

Through the ministry participants will find a place for support, encouraging relationships and practical help, said Dixie Neal, an associate pastor with the church, who will administer the program.

Childcare is provided and the group will meet from 9:30 a.m. to

cat who won’t judge me by my hair and will judge me by my personality! I guess you can say I’m a damsel in distress, and need to be rescued to become the beautiful princess that I am!

Adoptable Pets

BUTCH

Following are just two of the many wonderful pets available for adoption at the Humane Society of Central Arizona.

All pets are already spayed or neutered and current on vaccinations. To learn more, stop by the shelter at 605 W. Wilson Court Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or visit www. humane society centralaz.org.

I am a confident, easygoing guy with a goofy side! I have a calm, reserved demeanor that makes me appear aloof.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

I just have an image to maintain! I am affectionate but not pushy. Intelligent but not obsequious. Confident but not overbearing. Calm but not boring.

Mature but not old. I am ... cool. Enough about me. Let’s talk about you. Are you active, but not too active? Assertive but not domineering? Love dogs but give them space? Let’s get together! I am a great wingman looking for a leader.

The nitty gritty: House trained, rides well in car, walks on leash, likes dogs?

Check.

Cats? No. Definitely not. I have my standards.

LUCKY

You can say I’m kind of on the dramatic side of things, but can you blame me? When I first got here to the shelter I got a horrible haircut, even though it was much needed since I was covered in mats. I must admit that I do feel much better after my bad shave job and have become so much more affectionate! I will be okay going home with a friendly

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11:30 a.m. the second Saturday of every month.

For details call Payson First Church of the Nazarene, (928) 4745890; Neal, (619) 990-2025; or Tonya Poshka, (928) 274-3002; or go online to mops.org/payson-mops.

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are wondering what to do with your old softball glove and bat and want some fun and exercise, come join the Payson Cougars men’s senior softball team.

Practices are at the Kiwanis fields in Rumsey Park at 12:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday. For more information, call team manager Lou Felix at (928) 970-1991 or visit the website at: paysoncougars.com.

Write Your Story

Write Your Story is a group of ordinary people who are in the process of writing short narratives from their life experiences. The group meets at 1 p.m. every Monday.

For more information call Nadine at (928) 476-4659.

Overeaters Anonymous

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Unity of Payson, represented by Spiritual Leader Dr. Lynnette Brouwer and Leadership Council member Betty Daily, presented Unity’s March tithe to Edna Welsheimer, executive director of the Time Out Shelter. Unity recognizes and supports the good Time Out brings in helping individuals break the cycle of domestic violence, and supporting loving relationships and home environments. For more information on Time Out’s programs and services, or to support the organization with your donations, go to www. timeoutshelter.org. For more on Unity Church of Payson, www.unityofpayson.org. from 2 p.m. Mondays at Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane, Payson.

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

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

Celebrate Recovery

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

Mondays at Mountain Bible Church.

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

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Winners at Ladies Tuesday Bridge for May 5 were: Carol Blann, first; Donna Lindstrom, second; Betty Mashl, third.

The group needs more players.

So, if you want to have some fun, play is at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Payson Senior Center, 514 W. Main St. Area residents and guests are welcome.

Please call Mary Kemp at (928) 468-1418 for reservations and information.

Special Needs Family Support Group

The Special Needs Family Support Group luncheons are at noon the third Wednesday of each month at a different restaurant each month.

Call Lucy Karrys or Jacquelin Karrys at (928) 478-0231 for details (please leave a message).

Alzheimer’s caregivers support groups

The Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group invites caregivers, families, service providers and members of the community to attend any or all of the following: • First and third Wednesdays of the month from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Center.

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

Payson Art League hosts Divinity Creative Arts Payson Area Stroke The next meeting of the Payson Art League will be on Tuesday, May Survivors 19 at the Church of the Nazarene, 200 E. Tyler Parkway. Bring your artwork to show, socialize and enjoy refreshments beginning at 6 p.m.

The meeting will start at 7 p.m. and our presenter will be Joe Klein, owner at Divinity Creative Arts & Marketing. Joe will be showcasing the Divinity Arts youth program which is a “classroom” structured

The Payson Area Stroke Survivors is a support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers A meeting is held from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Mogollon Health Alliance Activity Room, 308 E. Aero Dr., Payson.

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The group meets at 8:45 a.m. every Tuesday for breakfast in the Cedar Ridge Restaurant of the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.

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program allowing 15 children per class to utilize and build on all areas of their creative brain. Within the program, local children will work hand-in-hand with the staff of Divinity Creative, LLC and various local artists to learn multiple aspects of the arts.

At Divinity Creative, we are professional artists with a conviction for the youth of Payson. Divinity Arts provides a place for students to walk through the door and let their imaginations dictate every project.

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Christians Together, a non-denominational fellowship of believers in Christ Jesus, worships at 10:30 a.m. every Sunday in the chapel at Majestic Rim Retirement Living, 310 E. Tyler Parkway, Payson.

The Lord’s Supper is at the center of the weekly worship service.

All are welcome. For information, call (928) 474-0160.

The Library Friends of Payson will host a program by Buzz Walker, water superintendent for the Town of Payson Water Department Monday, May 18. He will show a video on the CC Cragin reservoir and answer questions about Payson’s innovative water system.

The Library Friends of Payson presentation for the community, which is held in the library meeting room, will start with a short business meeting at 10 a.m., and the program begins at 10:30 a.m. The public is invited to both the business meeting and the free one-hour program. Light refreshments will be served. For questions, please call the library at (928) 474-9260.

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aroundthe rim Lots of events to enjoy in Pine and Strawberry It’s not unusual for retired teachers and coaches to look back on something they said or did in their careers and exclaim, “Boy, did I misfire on that.”

Such is my situation as I scan to 25 years ago to when I was a classroom teacher in the Payson School District.

In my algebra class was an exceptional teenager, Clifford Pirch, who I knew loved fishing.

He came by it honestly — his father Dennis, a good friend, is one of the finest anglers in the Rim Country.

There were times in algebra class, however, when I felt Clifford’s focus was too much on fishing and not enough on the curriculum.

I once noticed the school janitor standing in the hallway door whispering to Clifford, seated in the back row, about weekend fishing conditions at Roosevelt Lake.

From the conversation, I remember hearing “drop shot,” “flipping” and “crankbait” when I thought Clifford Contributed photo should have been more concerned with “variables,” As a professional fisherman, Clifford Pirch makes “co-efficients” and the “quadratic formula.”

Almost immediately, I reinforced (that’s a nice word more money in one tournament than a teacher to use) to Clifford the value of algebra telling him he makes in a year. should be more involved in the subject matter than 18, “Heidi”; and June 15, “Peter Pan.” catching bass.

All movies begin at 1 p.m. and refreshments will be Years later, that advice comes back to bite me.

“He makes more money in one tournament than a provided by the library. Children should bring their own teacher makes in a year,” is the rebuke I hear most pillow to be comfortable on the floor and parents are responsible on judging the suitability of the movies for often.

I have also heard, “He doesn’t need algebra, all he their children.

Call (928) 476-3678 for more information. needs to do is be able to count to five (a bass fish limit).”

Sunday afternoon, about the time the weigh-in at the prestigious Bassmaster Elite on Lake Havasu was Guild set for holiday festival beginning we tuned to the live streaming on our laptop.

Memorial Day weekend in Pine and Strawberry sigWe watched in anticipation as the event morphed into nals the beginning of the summer festival season. a nail-biter. Clifford entered the final day as the tourThis year the holiday weekend will be celebrated nament leader, but the anticipation was cranked up a May 23 to 25, which is about a week earlier than usual. couple of notches when he was the last pro to weigh in.

Members of the Arts and Crafts Guild are He caught a five-fish limit that tipped the scrambling to finalize festival plans. Hours are scales at 14 pounds, 14 ounces giving him 66 rattlin’ 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 23 and 8 a.m. to pounds, 9 ounces for the four days of tourna- the rim 4 p.m., Sunday, May 24 at the Pine Community ment fishing. The final day’s catch, however, Center. wasn’t enough for Clifford to nail down the The festival will be highlighted by “over tournament title.

75 original handcrafted art booths of stained Aaron Marten had earlier weighed in a glass, wood and copper items, original art, whopping 19 pounds, 5 ounces to finish with 68 pottery, handwoven baskets, jewelry, candles, pounds and 9 ounces — just enough for first handmade clothing, crocheted items and so place and $100,000 in prize money. much more,” says guild member Debra Price.

Clifford, a champion cross country runner, The highly popular and multi-talented musitrack distance star and standout wrestler at Max Foster cal duo of Chuck and Barbara Casey (aka PHS is a fierce competitor and I have no doubt Trouble in Paradise) will provide entertainhe was extremely disappointed. ment.

But there is a bright side to being runner-up — if The Guild donates much of the money earned at the he’d have listened to me in 1990 he might today be festival to local worthwhile recipients. teaching algebra to a room full of teenagers.

MVF hosted breakfasts Trail work schedule Don’t forget to show up between 7 a.m. and 11 Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Committee volun- a.m. at the festival to enjoy the scrumptious pancake teers continue improvement projects on the Pine View breakfasts cooked up just right by Mountain Village Trail the next two months.

Foundation volunteers.

Sessions are from 8 a.m. to noon May 23, June 6 The meal includes pancakes, sausage, juice and cofand June 20. Volunteers should bring their own lunch, fee for the bargain price of $5. Children are $3. snacks and water and meet at the Pine Trailhead.

MVF hosts the breakfasts each year to earn the money needed to provide for deserving children in both June movies at the library Pine and Strawberry.

Foundation members meet on the second Thursday Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library staff and volunteers have selected the four features to be shown during June of each month. A social hour begins at 5 p.m. and a “Movie Madness” sessions. They are: June 4, “Brighty business meeting at 6 p.m.

For more information and the month’s meeting locaof the Grand Canyon”; June 11, “Charlotte’s Web”; June

tion, call (928) 476-5940. Donations may be mailed to: P.O. Box 715, Pine, AZ 85544.

Fledgling thespians need support

The best way to reward the hard work of 42 Pine Strawberry School students is to show up at 7 p.m. today, Friday, to watch the group perform “Willy Wonka Kids.”

Those who can’t attend today may opt for a second showing at 2 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday.

Play director Patti Lawrence and students have been practicing the play the last several months. The play is an offshoot of the 1964 novel “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” In the original novel and film, enigmatic candy maker Willy Wonka stages a contest, hiding golden tickets in five of his candy bars. Whoever finds those tickets wins a free tour of the Wonka candy factory and a lifetime supply of candy.

Benefit in Strawberry

Tomorrow, Saturday, is a big day for Pine Strawberry Fuel Reduction Committee volunteers because it could signal the culmination of months of fundraising efforts to support the summer’s brush pickup program.

If all goes as expected, a benefit dinner from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bear Restaurant in Strawberry could earn the money to put the drive over the top.

The benefit will be highlighted by live music, raffles, art sales, auctions, the Firewise trailer, a PSFD fire engine and music from Chuck and Barbara Casey.

The dinner includes barbecued ribs, fries and coleslaw. Tickets are $20 and all proceeds benefit the committee’s fuel reduction brush pickup, which kicks off Sunday, May 17 — the final day those living in Arrowhead Estates can put out brush for pickup.

This year’s pickup begins in zones 1, 2, 3 and 4, which are in Pine. The last day to put out brush in Pine’s zone 1 (north of Beeline and west of Pine Creek Canyon Road) is Sunday, May 24.

After the four Pine zones have been completed, possibly in mid-July, the program will shift to zones 5, 6, 7 and 8, which are in Strawberry.

Only one brush pickup will be held in each zone so those who miss the deadline, will not have their brush picked up.

For more information, go to: http://psfuelreduction. org/ Baseball gift basket; book sales

A “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” gift basket being raffled by Pine Library Friends includes a vintage first year Diamondback sweatshirt, THAT Brewery growler, THAT Brewery gift card, cooler, wine, beer glasses, chips, 6-pack of Grand Canyon Amber beer, 2001 World Series DVD of Diamondbacks vs. Yankees, Diamondback Back Sack and two See’s butter hearts are included in the basket which is valued at $150.

Tickets are $2 each, six for $5 or 15 for $10.

The basket will be given away in a drawing to be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 24. Tickets may be purchased at the Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library or at any Friends book sale.

Those sales will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, May 22 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24. The sales will be held in the library activity room behind the community center.

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Snow makes brief appearance in Christopher Creek Christopher Creek got a bit of a sur- oak, juniper and dry cottonwood for prise last Friday night. It wasn’t the kindling. Scott and Marilyn continued surprise five or so inches of snow they on their ride after deciding the six fellas had in Flagstaff. Our surprise was less weren’t going to lynch me. than an inch and was all gone by 10 The wedding party was headquara.m. Saturday. While snow in May is not tered across the road at the Grey Hackle Lodge. That morning the groomsmen unheard of, it is rare.

The upshot of Saturday’s frosting of had been tasked with transforming the snow, of course, is the temperature was grassy circle in the middle of the cabins into a reception dinner venue to seat 94 a bit frosty. people. It was an impressive About 1 p.m. on Saturday, Marilyn and Scott were riding another week job — with all the white linens on the tables and all the lights by in the golf cart. They made a in the creek strung around all the trees. quick U-turn when they saw me Rebekah Ziegler had been surrounded by six guys by the up in this area on fishing and log splitter and my impressive camping trips many times over pile of newly split oak. It looked the years. Her fondest dream like trouble! may have been a wedding just These six guys had me cornered and they weren’t about to before sunset on a warm evening in May up in the tall pines ease up until they got what they of Christopher Creek. Her 6 wanted. Even after my explain- Rod Britain ing that firewood was available p.m. ceremony to marry Michael at Tall Pines Market or up at Creekside, Scott was performed just down the Loop they were pretty insistent that they need- at the wedding venue at Christopher ed a lot of firewood. Even after telling Creek Lodge. What Rebekah got was them what they were seeing in the pile everything but the warm part. wasn’t really what they needed, they In her wedding party were Shannon pressed.

Miller, Doug Begette, Lance Maede, Then they dropped the hammer on Katie Ziegler, Matt and Bridget Thrun, me. They informed me that the success Victoria and Cory Gould along with famor failure of the reception and therefore ily members Lynne McSeaton, Pat and entire wedding weekend hung in the Donna Ziegler, and Ruth Ann and Joe balance! They had me. There was no Parkinson. Folks came from Hawaii, Ohio, Florida, Boston, California, Texas, escape.

Off they went with the first of several and all over Arizona.

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entertainment was still going, the bar was still open and there were 16 of the remaining celebrants closely huddled around a hot campfire. The day was saved. Creek congratulations to Mike and Rebekah!

May 6th, the Wildflowers of Christopher Creek and five Bachelor

Buttons met for lunch and a birthday celebration. Among the 16 who came to the Pour House were Marcia, Pat, Jeanie, Karen T, Karen E, Dixie, Margo, Dean, Nancy along with the boys: Eric, Steve H, Steve S, Don and me. Oh, we mustn’t forget the birthday girls Rhea Hoedl and Olive Matus. Olive admits to 88 this year, but Rhea wouldn’t admit anything!

Patti Boeschling has put together a full field for the Eagles golf tournament up in Overgaard tomorrow morning.

This golf outing has evolved from the old Rusty Cooper Memorial tournament from way back in 1992. Chuck, Kenn, Gordon, Phil, Frank, Buchholz and Paul will join me in representing the Creek.

Larry and Ray will be there early to get everything set up. Karen and Betsie will be there to help. It has historically been an enjoyable event — especially if the wind doesn’t blow!

In the Creek to visit Karen T over the weekend were granddaughter Ashley and her husband Kent. Still haven’t seen Leo and Mary yet.

We have recently seen evidence of another “snowstorm” coming. It’s the annual cotton blizzard from the cottonwood trees. All these white “flakes” come parachuting down and cover the ground with a faint dusting that looks like snow. The pine sap rain has already been here and yet to come is the yellow green pollen dust again from the ponderosa pines … and that’s another week in the Creek.

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I can’t eat pizza. The cheese in it turns me inside out. Know what I mean? lactose intolerance? Ugh! If I eat anything with milk in it you better not get between me and the toidy because you’ll end up with size 8-1/2 Reebok tracks on your back.

Nevertheless, I just had a pizza pigout.

How is that possiyour turn ble?

Well, as you age you may not get any smarter, but you get a whole lot more determined to do whatever you want, and a whole lot sneakier about finding ways to do it.

It’s half of what makes Tom Garrett life worth living.

So what do I do? Nothing sensational. I just pick up the pizza and sort of remanufacture it. It takes a while, but that’s nothing new around our place.

I have to remanufacture almost everything Lolly eats anyway, so the extra effort needed to get things in shape to meet my needs seems like a natural part of life.

Lolly’s illness, you see, now entering its 10th year, complicates a lot of things, one of them being either the ability or the patience to chew things that take too much chewing. Now you might not think that plain old pizza takes a lot of chewing, but think again. That mozzarella is what you might call a fight-it-out-to-thelast-chew cheese; it doesn’t give up until you firmly overpower it with a mixed set of incisors, canines and molars — all intent on showing the stuff that it can stretch, and stre-e-e-tch, and stre-e-eetch as much as it likes, but sliced into bits it is going to be anyway.

However, Lolly’s form of Parkinsonism makes her a non-starter in dental battles of attrition, and so her pizza has to be cut up into fine little pieces, including crust and all. That’s no problem except for the fact that the stuff tends to cool down while being pre-cut, so it has to be heated. But take it from me, I am a match for any pizza, however stubborn it may be.

And so, as long as I’m at it, I just remove all the stuff on my half of the pizza, chop it up too, and add it to the culinary delights of Lolly’s half. Works out really well except that I am left staring at a pizza that closely resembles the top of my head — pink and shiny — (see handy pic of me that comes free with column).

Well, bald pizza, while still tasty, leaves a bit to be desired, so I just prepare in advance a bowl of “pizza restoratives,” namely all the ingredients that were removed — with the obvious and necessary exception of the offending cheese. Simple, right?

But that’s not really what I started out to talk about as you can see by the title of this column. What popped into my head as I was inhaling one restored and reheated pizza was how much fun my beloved and I used to have in a small Italian restaurant when we were younger.

And I do mean FUN! All it took to keep us happy for three or four hours and send us home smiling and feeling that we had just enjoyed an evening well spent, was (a) pizza, (b) beer, (c) some friends — usually two to four required.

That was it, Johnny. The four or six of us sat down at a small table with a red, checkered tablecloth, ordered a large pizza and some beer, and began talking. Three or four hours later, with a whole lot more pizza consumed than beer, we stopped talking, said goodnight to each other, and drove happily home.

It was — to a young Air Force sergeant and his wife — a great evening.

I wonder, do people do that anymore?

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Special athletes. Special people. That’s on the country chart (bumping Elvis Presley’s what Special Olympics is all about.

“Jailhouse Rock” out of the top spot).

Last weekend at Raymond Kellis High Eleven years later, a pop-rock contempoSchool in Glendale, Ariz., thousands of spe- rary vocal group repeated those immortal cial athletes gathered for the annual Special lyrics in its cover of Helms’ famous hit …

Olympics state track and field meet, including 25 or so athletes from the Rim Country You are my special angel area. They walked, ran, threw and jumped, Sent from up above and spent time in their own special Olympic The Lord smiled down on me Village. The meet was open to all special peo- And sent an angel to love ple 8 and older, with no upper age limit.

You are my special angel One of our area’s participating Special Right from paradise Olympians was Ruthy Hodges, a second-grad- I know that you’re an angel er in Miss Berry’s class at Payson Elementary Heaven is in your eyes School. At the age of 9, she was Payson’s youngest competitor and competed in three From Turtle Creek, Pa., a town of just over different events.

5,000 outside of Pittsburgh, this four-member “I got a silver medal in the 2x50 relay and group formed in 1958 as the Val-Aires while a fourth-place ribbon in the standing long still in high school. jump,” said Ruthy.

The group parted ways after graduation, “But my favorite event was the 400 meter with some members joining the Army and others heading off to college. In 1965, the race walk, because I got a gold medal singers reunited, changed their group in it.” name and produced their first big During the two-day event, there dj’s music recording, a cover of Petula Clark’s was a lot more going on than competi- trivia tion on the hot Valley track.

“You’re the One,” which topped out “When we weren’t doing our at No. 4. They also produced two events, we got to go to the Olympic other Top-10 singles, “Five O’Clock Village where there was face-painting, World” and “Turn Around, Look at a dance and karaoke. I sang “What Me.” Does The Fox Say,” “Blank Space” In addition to their world tours, and “Let It Go,” Ruthy beamed. the group appeared on “American “And what I really liked best about DJ Craig Bandstand,” “The Tonight Show” the Olympics was everyone was kind, and “The Ed Sullivan Show.” They it was fun and I got to make a lot of were inducted into the Vocal Group new friends.”

Hall of Fame in 2001.

Ruthy, the daughter of Malia Richards, Is this “My Special Angel” group A) The receptionist for the Town of Payson, isn’t rest- Vogues, B) The Lemon Pipers, C) Archie Bell ing on her laurels and already has Olympic & The Drells, or D) The Rascals? goals in mind for the next year.

“I’m going to start Special Olympics swim- Last week’s question ming this summer at Taylor Pool and then Ben E. King, who just recently passed go to the Apache Gym in the fall when it gets away, recorded his classic hit “Stand By Me” cold outside. I like to do the backstroke,” said in 1961. The song would later go on to be honRuthy. ored as both a Grammy and Rock & Roll Hall “Then next spring I’m going to be in track of Fame song. It has been covered over the again, but next year I’m going to do the 800- years by a number of artists, charting nine meter race-walk, 100-meter dash and running different times from 1961 through 1998. long jump. I think I’m ready for it.”

Last week’s question asked if you could Ruthy Hodges, like all of Payson’s very spe- name the artist that has NOT covered King’s cial people, believes in the Special Olympics early 1960s hit. The choices were A) John creed — “If I can’t win, let me be brave in the Lennon, B) Mickey Gilley, C) Elvis Presley, attempt.” and D) Cassius Clay.

The correct answer was Elvis Presley.

This week’s question John Lennon’s cover peaked at No. 20 on Over the years, there have been countless the Billboard chart in 1975. Mickey Gilley’s love ballads written in adoration to someone 1980 version reached No. 22 on the pop chart very special. For my money, one of the great- and was a No. 1 hit for him on the country est tributes to a loved one was “My Special chart that same year. Professional boxer Angel” composed by Jimmy Duncan and sung Cassius Clay, who later changed his name

by Bobby Helms. to Muhammad Ali, released “Stand By Me” The 45 record debuted on the Billboard in 1964, the same year the 22-year-old from charts in October 1957, peaking at No. 7 on Louisville, Ky. knocked out then-title-holdthe pop chart and going to No. 1 for four weeks er Sonny Liston by a seven-round technical

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DJ Craig photo

Ruthy Hodges, 9, was Payson’s youngest athlete at the recent Special Olympics state track and field meet.

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knockout to become the world heavyweight champion. His version, which I think is pretty darn good, topped out at No. 102 and can be heard on YouTube.

Tonto Basin School graduation

Congratulations to the 2015 graduating eighth-graders from Tonto Basin School, who will be moving on to Payson High School in the fall. Please visit my website to see pictures of the six graduates and the graduation ceremony that was held this past Wednesday evening at the school.

Have a great Rim Country week!

DJ Craig – (928) 468-1482 Website: www.djcraiginpayson.com

Visitors leave holiday dregs along roads Another big holiday is now behind us. Mothers are so important to all of us. I know that each mother was shown the love and appreciation she deserves.

The travelers to the Rim Country this past weekend mirrored what is to come this summer, the traffic was tolerable, but the sight along the highway was not. There were several trash bags beside the roadway, left presumably by the visitors to Rim Country. The trash bags are normally seen on Sundays.

Why people dump their garbage along our roads escapes me since there are waste containers at every gas station on the way back to where ever they live, besides their own home waste cans. The Tonto National Forest is our back yard. Littering the forest is trashy behavior and the wild animals just rip those bags to shreds and the litter gets scattered everywhere.

I don’t have a solution to this problem, but maybe there is someone out there who can come up with one.

Shelby School photo

Congressman Paul Gosar shows his sense of humor during a recent visit to Shelby School in Tonto Village as part of National Charter Schools Week.

ited the school as part of National Charter Schools Week.

Legislators were encouraged to visit charter schools in their district. Mr. Gosar was enthusiastically greeted by the students and faculty. His visit was brief but informative.

Shelby School Shelby School is already The Shelby School students will making plans for the 2015-2016 school year’s pre-enrollbe putting on a one-act ment for K-10 students. play remixing the “Snow To reserve a place for White” and “Sleeping the your children, please call Beauty” tales minus village (928) 478-4706 to schedthe princes. The play is ule a visit or to receive a entitled “The Forest of pre-enrollment package.

Enchantment” and features two princesses, Relay for Life rally fairies and dwarfs, the The American Cancer evil queen and Maleficent.

Society sponsored a The first performance Relay for Life rally at was Wednesday, May 13, Janet the Payson High School with additional shows at Snyder track this past Saturday.

12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., The event was held from Friday, May 15. The cost of admission is a can of food to 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Teams were be donated to Payson Community to be on the track one at a time Kids. Seating is limited, so please for each hour the event was held. call Elizabeth Fowler at (928) 970- A Survivor Ceremony was held at 4 p.m. and caregivers were 1825 to make reservations.

In other school news, also included. They were given Congressman Paul Gosar vis- T-shirts and banners to wear

when they walked one lap around the track with the Payson High School cheerleaders and everyone along the track cheering them on.

The ceremony was heartwarming, tearful, joyful and uplifting to know that the survivors do have help and support from everyone, which included yours truly — I am a colon cancer survivor.

Upcoming events in the Village

On May 25, a community barbecue will be held at the Tonto Village Chapel. The event gets underway at 1 p.m. and will go until 3:30 p.m. There will be hot dogs, hamburgers and cold drinks and if you so desire, you can bring along a side dish to share.

A live band, the Fossil Creek Gang, will be playing jazz and Dixieland music for your enjoyment. Everyone is invited to join in the celebration of Memorial Day. Pre-registration for Tonto Village Chapel’s summer Bible school program, the Back Yard Kids Club, will also be available.

Tentative dates are June 22 through June 26. It’s scheduled to

be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Leave a message at the chapel for more information. The number is (928) 478-5076.

Birthdays

Only one birthday this week — John Ceja, an engineer at the Hellsgate Fire Department — added another candle to his birthday cake on Thursday, May 14.

Hope you had a great day, John.

The Domino Divas miss you on Wednesdays.

The Jake saga

Jake has his days mixed up. He did not entertain the Divas with his presence last Wednesday, even when they called for him.

Instead he showed up at our gate on Monday, howling for attention.

I was fixing dinner so maybe he smelled the food cooking or he just forgot what day it was. Before I knew it, Jake was at my door, barking up a storm. Maybe he knew that Bill has doggie bones.

Bill coaxed him back out the gate with another doggie biscuit.

I wonder if Jake will show up at Domino Divas on Wednesday.

Solution to 5/12 puzzle

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Classifieds More ways than ever to publish and pay for your classified ad!

Call 928-474-5251 • Online at PaysonClassifiedsNow.com • Email ClassAds@payson.com DEADLINES: 10AM Monday for Tuesday issue • 10AM Wednesday for Friday issue

MERCHANDISE

COOK & DIETARY AIDE NEEDED

Order: 10075560 Cust: -Payson Care Center Keywords: CNA's, RN's, LPN's art#: 20126181 Class: General Size: 2.00 X 3.00

ANIMALS 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

at Payson Care Center. Must have experience, preferably in long-term care. Sign on bonus for full-time. Inquire for details about the sign on bonus.

Apply in person at:

Dog Sitter Wanted for 7 dogs in your home/yard. Keep safe till I recuperate from hip surgery. Call 928-245-7241 Looking for a gently used horse shade for two horses.

Approximately 10’x20’.

928-535-6249

FURNITURE

107 E. Lone Pine Drive, Payson, AZ 85541

Join our friendly Team

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

For Sale: Poker Table, Bar, Hutch, Bedroom Set, Pool Table and Misc. Leave Message 928-699-3300 or 928-737-0353 Like New: King size Oak Headboard, Footboard w/Frame, $200.

3 Piece Oak entertainment center in good condition, $175.

928-474-2385 LOOKING FOR: Queen Mattress and Matching Dresser, Must be in Excellent Condition. Call 480-861-9704 Reclining love seat and matching sofa leather $200 dining room table with 4 chairs. $100 928-478-8622

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

The McDonald’s Team offers Part-Time and Full Time employment with wages starting at $8.10 per hour.

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

GUNS/KNIVES All guns never fired, new in box.

F&H Scar 308 Desert Tan, Kimber Master Carry PRO w/laser, 45 cal.

Smith & Wesson 460, Nikon M-308 16x42 BDC Scope, 474-8827.

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

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

Shipping Containters, Call 928-537-3257

To apply online visit www.mcarizona.com

Gila County Career Opportunities

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Globe:

Payson:

Lube Specialist Public Health Nurse Deputy County Manager Juvenile Detention Officer Construction Project Manager

Part-time Deputy Constable WIC Nutritionist Assessor’s Aide Administrative Clerk Senior Building Safety Specialist

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

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

Applications and salary information available at: www.gilacountyaz.gov Order: 10075623 Cust: -Gila Community College Distric Keywords: FT Cosmo Instructor art#: 20126263 Class: General Size: 3.00 X 4.00

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GILA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, in partnership with Eastern Arizona College, has a MathemaƟcs Instructor posiƟon open in Payson. Excellent salary and benefits oīered. The PosiƟon Open NoƟce, which includes applicaƟon instrucƟons and other important informaƟon, may be viewed and printed at hƩp://www.eac.edu/Working_at_EAC/list.asp Or, you may call 928-428-8915 to have a noƟce mailed or faxed. Closes at 5:00 p.m. Monday, June 1, 2015. Equal Opportunity Employer Gila Community College continues to provide outstanding academic and workforce development programs to the adults of Gila County.

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BACKHOE SERVICE AND YARD CLEANING “BEST PRICES IN TOWN AND FRIENDLY SERVICE” Tree-Trimming, Brush Removal with Hauling Service WE ALSO SELL FIREWOOD

928-951-6590 928-978-5473 Like New Rubber Boat, for 1 or 2 persons, $250. and Brand New Spay Painter, $75.

Call 928-978-0983 THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades?

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

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Flugelhorn, Like new, One Owner, w/Hard Case, $150.

928-978-4457

POOLS/SPAS Spa-Man has restored 1998 Three (3) person Spa, 220 Volt, $1400.

Delivered but not installed w/1 year warranty, Call 928-970-0105

TOOLS Notice of Estate Machine Shop sale May 15, 16 in Beaver Valley, north side of PAYSON. This is a liquidation of a shop that would make any man and unique women happy.

There is no household items, or baby stuff. NO junk piles,all of that was thrown away.

The shop is 40’x60’ and its FULL. Whats inside?

Shop tools and equipment, made out of iron and steel for MEN and brave Women!

Steel workers If it is used to cut, weld, machine, bend, grind, sand, shape, sandblast or drill holes into any type of metal its probably in this shop.

Machinist whole table of drill bits, mill bits, gauges, tool boxes even a brand new fully automated CNC Mill.

Automotive mechanics Siox valve refacer (grinder), HD shop engine lift, jack stands, chain hoist, air compressor tanks.

Home brewers everything you need to brew BEER, is also in there. Tons of it.

Fishermen There is a small aluminium fishing boat, on a trailer, with 6hp outboard, ready to go.

Electricians there is a whole corner full of heavy duty wire, connectors, cutters, circuit breakers to install heavy shop equipment.

Sheet metal workers there is small press brake/ roller, shears, stampers, grinders.

Construction builders there are name brand, table saws, drills, hand saws, nail guns sets, residential electrical, & and a little plumbing stuff. full scaffold section, and several ladders up to 38’ This was a project dream shop, with NO junk in it. you won’t be disappointed.

Outside there is a Ford 8N tractor and an electric golf cart.

MathemaƟcs Instructor

Order: 10075624 Cust: -Gila Community College Distric Keywords: FT Math Instructor art#: 20126265 Class: General Size: 3.00 X 4.00

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Cosmetology Instructor GILA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, in partnership with Eastern Arizona College, has a Cosmetology Instructor – Payson Campus posiƟon open. Excellent wage and benefits oīered. The PosiƟon Open NoƟce, which includes applicaƟon instrucƟons and other important informaƟon, may be viewed and printed at hƩp://www.eac.edu/Working_at_EAC/list.asp Or, you may call 928-428-8915 to have a noƟce mailed or faxed. PosiƟon closes at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Equal Opportunity Employer Gila Community College continues to provide outstanding academic and workforce development programs to the adults of Gila County.

COME BE A PART OF OUR TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE!

—————————————— —— Save this date MAY 15, 16 only.

—————————————— ——— CASH ONLY, NO PRE SALES! IF YOU COME TO THE PROPERTY BEFORE THE 15th YOU WILL BE ASKED POLITELY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY, NO EXCEPTIONS!

Find what you’re looking for or sell what you’re tired of looking at in the Payson Roundup Classifieds Call 474-5251

YARD SALES/ AUCTIONS YARD SALES 1. HUGE 4 FAMILY YARD SALE Fri. & Sat. May 15 & a16 from 7am to 3pm and Sun. May 17 from 7am to Noon: 800 & 801 North Madison Drive, Country Club Vista Antique Stoves, Vintage Gas Station & Beer Signs; Misc. Pictures, Charles Russell Prints, Dolls, Wood Carved Ducks, Guns, Knives, Minnie Fridge, Power Tools/Tools, LOTS AND LOTS OF MISC. SEE YOU THERE! 11. STULER ESTATE SALE Fri-Sun May 15, 16 & 17 8am - 4pm 911 W. Country Lane New cabin furniture: sofa table, end table, stool, , hall tree, gun racks & small side table; Camera equipment; Dining table 4/4 chairs; Like new recliner and glider w/foot stool; Roll top desk; Books; Beds; Night stands; Dressers; Gun cabinets; Ammunition for all you western buffs; Western holsters; Rifle sheaths; Black powder stuff; Fly fishing gear of all sorts; Hand tools; Water fountains; Dishes; Small appliances; Refrigerator; Camping gear; Heaters—-Oil ones, Eden Pure, Heat Surge; Garage full; Too many things to list...

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CARS Out-of-Town Owner,Flying in for Quick sale: 1992 Cadillac Deville,$1000.

1994 Cadillac Concourse,$1200.

1997 Hull Trailer,7x17, $2200.

Avail. to see May 14.Cash; 928-978-2192 Ray’s Auto Exchange, 615 W. Main, 928-978-8375 2011 Ford F150 FX-Ford, Like New, 49K Miles, Fully Loaded, Was $33,995. Now $29,995. Save $3000.

2004 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer, Leather Interior, Loaded, Was $8,495.

Now $7,495.

2005 Chevy Trail Blaizer 4x4, All Extras, Priced Reduced to $6250.

1998 Honda CRV 4x4 SUV, Sale Price $2995.

2006 Chevy Aveo, 4dr, 5sp, Perfect First Time Buyer Car, $4,450.

3. 1309 N. William Tell Circle, Fri. Sat. & Sun. May 15, 16 & 17 from 7am to ?: Something Must For Everyone - Moving Sale: EVERYTHING MUST GO! 4. BIG Rummage and Bake Sale with many ESTATE ITEMS: Saturday, May 16, 2015, 7 AM - 2 PM at Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church, 204 West Airport Road - Benefitting Mission for Mason and Rock of Ages Lutheran Church. Mason Molyneux, born 4/1/15 is suffering from Hirschsprung’s enterocolitis and has had three operations. Items for sale: baked goods, baby items, keyboard, household items, bedding, antiques, collectibles, “Gone with the Wind” collectible plates, tools, and furniture.

5. 303 N. Deer Trail, Fri. & Sat. May 15 & 16 from 8am to 2pm: Avariety of items will be for sale including household items, tools, clothing, books, etc.

6. 510 E. Timber Dr. Fri. & Sat. May 15 & 16 from 9am to 3pm: Antique Table w/4 chairs, Luggage, Child Safety Gate, Fan, Patio Chair Pads/Cushions, Lost of Household and Misc. items. Men’s & Women’s Clothes 7. 207 N. Mogollion Trail, Sat. May 16 from 8am to 3pm: Assorted Kitchenware, Bedding, Bath, Basketts, Pictures, Bar Stools, Cook Books, Casettes/Tapes, DVD’s & Games, Suit cases and More!

8. 6394 Bradshaw Dr. (Pine), Sat. May 16 from 8am to 2pm: Computer Desk w/Copy Machine and Chair $80. Jack Hammer, $275, Honda Rebel (2002), 250cc, $1200. Blonde wood Entertainment Center w/lots of Glass, $150.

Hide-A-Bed $295. Child’s White Desk w/Chair, $45. Tools and More! Call 928-476-2105 9. 901 W. Chatham Drive, Fri. Sat. & Sun. May 15, 16 & 17 from 8am to 3pm: Estate Sale Items: Furniture, Kitchenware, Electric Mobility Scooter, Walkers, TV’s Some Jewelry, Dolls, Firearms, 901 W. Chatham Dr. Church Parking Lot Sale 800 W. Main, Payson, AZ

2006 Bounder Diesel, 34’ Three Slides, Equipped for Full Timing.

See at 1202 N. Hillcrest Dr. Payson 928-468-0077

TRACTORS ATV, 5’x17.6’, all steel, $1550/obo.

Spare bearings, repacked tires balanced, Glenn, 928-978-6007.

TRUCKS 1997 F-250 4x4, 4Dr, Ladder Rack and Tool Box, Good Work Truck, $4,500.obo Call Dale 928-358-2477

2006 Dodge Dakota 2006 Dodge Dakota SLT. Crew cab. 79,800 miles. Magnum Ho. V8. With auto transmission. Atlantic Blue with Camper Shell painted same color. Bed liner, custom chrome 17 wheels and custom dual exhaust. Full extended warranty from Dodge that is good until March 9, 2017 or 104,833 miles. $10,900.00 Located in Payson AZ. 928-978-2730 or 928-478-6068.

Mike or Connie. $10,900.

928-978-2730

EMPLOYMENT GENERAL Earn Extra $$. Focus Group Participants Needed. Must be 18 years of age and Eligible for Jury Duty. Call 928-474-6727

Greenskeeper wanted, Chaparral Pines Golf Club.

FT/Seasonal, 40+ hours per week, $9/hour. Must pass drug test, punctual. Applications available at security gate or maintenance yard.

Order: 10075409 Cust: -Payson Care Center Keywords: Cook & Dietary Aide art#: 20125503 Class: Administrative/Professional Size: 2.00 X 3.00

NOW HIRING CNA’S, RN’S & LPN’S Full-time, Part-time & PRN Positions Available.

Competitive wages and benefits.

Please inquire about sign-on bonus for full-time positions.

Apply in person at:

Tuesday & Friday 1x3 CD

Health Insurance

Specialists Medicare Plans (all types) Affordable Care Act Life • Dental Long-term Care

www.TomRUSSELLinsurance.com 928-474-1233 Since 1994 - Behind Fargo’s Steakhouse

Turning 65?

We’re the LOCAL Pros!

Debco Construction

Comfort Keepers is seeking mature, caring people for non-medical in-home care.

Provide companionship, personal care, meal prep, shopping.

Experience preferred.

Please apply in Person @ 200 W. Frontier St. #K, Payson or call (928) 474-0888.

Banner Health Clinic - Payson is seeking an experienced Medical Assistant Must be certified or willing to be within six months of hire.

Apply at BannerHealth.com Job#142449

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 HABILITATION TECH Part-time position in an innovative Habilitation setting, providing training, supervision and therapeutic activities for individuals with disabilities.

Requirements: 21 yrs of age, good driving record, dependable, pass fingerprint clearance.

Experience helpful but training is provided 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

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

Laborer Wanted, Must have Valid Driver’s License Reliable Transportation and Pass a Drug Screening Test: Leave Message, Benefits; 928-237-0397

RESTAURANTS

HANDYMAN A AFFORDABLE 1 HANDYMAN Custom Quality Home Maintenance Repairs & Remodeling Trades Master Whatever Needs Done!

Steve @ 928-978-4861 DHW Home Services Decks/Porches Sheds Drywall Texture Matching Paint Remodeling 928-595-1555 Credit Cards Accepted not a licensed contractor Don’s Handyman Home Repairs, Mobile Home Roofs, Backhoe Work, Drains, Driveway, Landscaping, Yardwork Tree Trimming, Hauling, Rototilling. 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

HAULING Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2015

HOME REPAIRS

Lawn Care

HAULING

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

JOE - 970-1873 Lil Red Tractor Services I bring my dump trailer to you! $85.00 you load my dump trailer and I haul away for you.

Includes dump fees 1 hour load time ($42.50 per half hour over) No hazardous waste!

Dirt or rock limited to 1 ton.

I also offer Compact tractor services. Firewise, Driveway grating, small backhoe for ditch clean out etc. Tractor work is $75.00 per hour with a 2 hour minimum Servicing, Payson, Hunter Creek, Christopher Creek, Heber, Forest Lakes, Pine and Strawberry Monday- Friday (928) 478-9959 Chris

HOME SERVICES Call The Cheaper Sweeper

Call The Cheaper Sweeper

Housekeeper Position Part-Time Housekeeper needed at Tonto Creek Camp (Camp Tontozona) in Payson.

Must have reliable transportation, and a clean background.

Compensation + possible studio housing. Please submit your resume and/or experience via email ONLY. todd@TontoCreekCamp.org

NOW HIRING OVernight Maintenance Overnight stocking Cashiers Bakery Please apply online @ www.walmartstores.com or at the online Kiosk located in the PAy son Walmart VERNIGHT

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O MAINTENANCE OVERNIGHT STOCKING CASHIERS BAKERY

Please apply online at

107 E. Lone Pine Drive, Payson, AZ 85541 (928) 474-6896

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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

LABORERS

2012 Artic Cat 4WD Quad 50th Anniversary Edition, Has New Pistons, Rings, Values and Head Runs Excellent. Asking $3,500.obo 928-970-2099

SERVICES

CONSTRUCTION

NOW HIRING: Medical Office Experience Only/Front Office 4-Days-a-week,day/evening hours, must be flexible, Excell & Word,Transcription a plus,Pay-DOE Send Resume & References to: Medical Clinic PO Box 1463, Payson,AZ 85547

ATVS

WANTED VEHICLE with under 100k miles priced below $3000. Also want Pre-1980 MOTORCYCLE. Will do repairs to both.

928-468-7060.

HEALTH CARE

1999 Class “A” 28’ Motor Home, One Owner, Very Clean, Low Mileage, No Slide Outs, $13,500. Call 928-300-6779

AUTOS/VEHICLES

CAR-TRUCK-CYCLE WANTED

PT Mornings Customer Service, Clean-up, Maintenance, Self-Starter, Dependable, Great for a Retiree; Apply at Circle H Car Wash in Payson.

RVS

Sat, May 16. 7am -12pm Collectables, Western wear & boots; books,some old tools, lots and lots

CARS

Payson Concrete is accepting applications for a Mechanic-Welder, and Laborer with Crusher Experience Drug Testing and Background Check; Apply within: 1900 E. Hwy 260, Payson 928-474-2231

1x3 CD

12. “Man’s Cave” Sale, Sun. Mon. & Tues. May 17, 18, & 19 from 8am to 3pm: Tools & Collectibles, A TRUE MAN’S CAVE SALE! 2. Elk Ridge Community Yard Sale: 610 E. Hunter Drive & 617 & 620 E. Phoenix St. Fri. & Sat. May 15 & 16 Starting at 8am.

GENERAL NOW HIRING OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE OVERNIGHT STOCKING CASHIERS BAKERY Please apply online at www.walmartstores.com or at the online Kiosk located in the Payson Walmart.

www.walmartstores.com or at the online kiosk

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

Arby’s Shift Managers & Team Members We’re Hiring!

Looking to hire team members and Shift Managers for all shifts.

We train and promote from within.

Shift Managers $9.25 to $10.00/Hour Plus vacation Team Members Starting at $8.05 Apply in person at: 230 E State Highway 260, Payson, AZ

HOUSEKEEPING “Spotless Cleaning Services” Licensed, Professional, and Reliable. Free Estimates w/satisfaction guaranteed.

Call Today: Home or Business for a Spotless Shine Every Time!

928-225-0657

LANDSCAPING

Breakfast Cook Seasonal employment May-Nov., Cook needed ASAP for Bugles Grazing & Guzzling, Forest Lakes, AZ Call 928-978-1862

IRIS GARDEN SERVICE 10% Off Your Full Cleanup!

SUBWAY: Apply within, Bashas Shopping Center, 128 E. Hwy. 260. Energetic People Come Join Our Crew! PT/FT, Monthly Bonuses. $50. Sign-up Bonus, Vacation Pay.

COMPLETE YARD & GARDEN CLEANUPS, DEBRIS REMOVED, REASONABLE; PAYSON LIC. 928-474-5932 Cell 928-951-3734 not.lic.contr.

PAYSON ROUNDUP LANDSCAPING

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

landscape services-pick up 2014 Yard Maintenance Ɣ Clean Ups Weeds Ɣ Trimming Ɣ Hauling Quality Work‌Affordable Prices!

Lazy “D� Ranch RV Park Studio, Apts. & RV Spaces for Rent - Call for Availablity Water/Sewer/Trash & Cable Included 928-474-2442

928-951-0859 FREE Estimates/SENIOR Discounts

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

Flagstone & Concrete Driveways, Pavers and Sidewalks.

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

OakLeaf Yardworks Yard Maintenance Minor landscaping and tree trimming.

All work affordable.

Call:Dennis 928-595-0477 not a licensed contractor

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

Nice 1Br/1Ba & Loft Apts.

New Paint, Either Unit, $450.mo in Quiet Adult Community, Just Came Available, Call Debbie, 608-359-2071

Tonto Oaks Apts.

Positively Payson

& Mobile Homes

120 S. Tonto St.

Location, Location, Location!

REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE Dominion Real Estate at Payson 8BR,4BA Hm w/Bus Oppor.

4488 sq.ft. $315K Realtor/S.Campbell 602-550-7110

F.S.B.O. Excellent Value, 3Br/2Ba, Split Floor Plan, Garage 27x23, Fenced Yard, 1/4 Acre, Payson Proper, $135K 928-978-6633 HOME INSPECTIONS AZ and ASHI Certified Home Inspector 14 years Experience Payson License #PO0049 www.inspectaz.com Dan Harris 928-970-1187

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LEGAL NOTICES 15761: 5/8, 5/12, 5/15/2015; Amendment for Item 2 of Arizona Articles of Incorporation for Nonprofit Corporation for PVFD SPARKS AUXILIARY, INC. Character of Affairs PVFD Sparks Auxiliary is a non-profit corporation and shall be operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the corresponding section of any future Federal tax code.

PVFD Sparks Auxiliaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sole purpose is to support the building, equipment, and other needs of the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD).

The PVFD Sparks Auxiliary is not permitted to support or fund any organization other that the PVFD. Distribution Upon Dissolution Upon termination or dissolution of the PVFD Sparks Auxiliary, any assets lawfully available for distribution shall be distributed first to the PVFD which is organized as an Arizona Fire District and as such is a political subdivision of the State of Arizona. If the PVFD is not in existence the distribution will be to one (1) or more qualifying organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the 1986 Internal Revenue Code (or described in any corresponding provision of any successor statute) which organization or organizations have a charitable purpose which, at least generally, includes a purpose similar to the PVFD Sparks Auxiliary.

The organization to receive the assets of the PVFD Sparks Auxiliary hereunder shall be selected at the discretion of a majority of the managing body of the corporation. If its members cannot so agree, then the assets shall be provided to the Treasurer of the State of Arizona to be added to the general fund.

15763: 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE File ID. #15-40312 Mounce 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 $135,845.00 executed by James A Mounce, An unmarried Man;, 281 E Green Ave Globe, AZ 85501 , dated January 25, 2012 and recorded January 30, 2012, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2012-001024 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 July 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance 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: Being a portion of Lot 15, APACHE VIEW, according to Map No. 177, records of Gila County, Arizona, Described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast Corner of Lot 15 and running

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015

LEGAL NOTICES South 200.27 feet; Thence West, 125.00 feet, Thence North, 200.24 feet; Thence East, 125.00 Feet to the Point of Beginning. The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 281 E Green Ave Globe, AZ 85501.

Tax Parcel No.: 203-12-015B 3. 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;as isâ&#x20AC;? 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. One Home Campus Des Moines, IA 50328; Current Trustee: David W. Cowles 2525 East Camelback Road #300 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000. Dated: 04/08/2015 /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 04/08/2015, 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 Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property.A-4521431 05/01/2015, 05/08/2015, 05/15/2015, 05/22/2015 15767: 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15/2015 SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA GILA COUNTY Name of Petitioner: Idalia Sanchez. Name of Respondent: Enrique Sanchez CASE NUMBER: DO 201500091 SUMMONS WARNING: This is an official document from the court that affects your rights. Read this carefully. If you do not understand it, contact a lawyer for help. FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: Enrique Sanchez. 1.

A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summons.â&#x20AC;? 2.

If you do not want a judgment or order taken against you without your input, you must file an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Answerâ&#x20AC;? or a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Responseâ&#x20AC;? in writing with the court, and pay the filing fee. If you do not file an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Answerâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Responseâ&#x20AC;? the other party may be given the relief requested in his/her Petition or Complaint. To file your â&#x20AC;&#x153;Answerâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Responseâ&#x20AC;? take, or send, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Answerâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Responseâ&#x20AC;? to the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 or satellite office at 714 S. Beeline Highway, Suite 104, Payson, AZ 85541. Mail a copy of your â&#x20AC;&#x153;Responseâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Answerâ&#x20AC;? to the other party at the address listed on the top of this Summons.

3.

If this â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summonsâ&#x20AC;? and the other court papers were served on you by a registered process server of the Sheriff, within the State of Arizona, your â&#x20AC;&#x153;Responseâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Answerâ&#x20AC;? must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served.

If this â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summonsâ&#x20AC;? and the other papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff outside the State of Arizona, your Response must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. Service by a registered process server or the Sheriff is complete when made. Service

by Publication is complete thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication. 4. You can get a copy of the court papers filed in this case from the Petitioner at the address at the top of this paper, or from the Clerk of the Superior Court at the address listed in Paragraph 2 above. 5.

If this is an action for dissolution (divorce), legal separation or annulment, either or both spouses may file a Petition for Conciliation for the purposed of determining whether there is any mutual interest in preserving the marriage or for Mediation to attempt to settle disputes concerning legal decision-making and parenting time issues regarding minor children. 6.

Requests for r e a sonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the judge or commissioner assigned to the case, at least five (5) days before your scheduled court date. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE COURT 3/20/15 ANITA ESCOBEDO Clerk of the Superior Court By /s/ Megan A. Miller, Deputy Clerk 15768: 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22/2015 Notice of Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sale Recorded on: 3/25/2015 TS No. : AZ-15-663512-BF Order No. : 150068904-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 10/25/2012 and recorded 10/25/2012 as Instrument 2012-013361 , in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 6/29/2015 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: LOT 130, TRAILWOOD UNIT TWO, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 652, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. Purported Street Address: 304 N MOGOLLON TRL, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel Number: 304-53-026 Original Principal Balance: $200,000.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, NA C/O WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. 1 Home Campus X2504-017 Customer Service Des Moines, IA 50328 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): ROBERT EMMONS UNMARRIED MAN 1381 STEVENS LAKE ROAD, PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO 81147 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-15-663512-BF The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser

LEGAL NOTICES at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Agent, or the Beneficiaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations . If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders rightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE . TS No.: AZ-15-663512-BF Dated: 3/24/2015 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Andrew Basom, Assistant Secretary A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California County of: San Diego On 3/24/2015 before me, Courtney Patania a notary public, personally appeared Andrew Basom, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument . I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WIT NESS my hand and official seal. Signature Courtney Patania Commission No. 2044156 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm.

Expires 11/1/2017 IDSPub #0081715 5/1/2015 5/8/2015 5/15/2015 5/22/2015 15770: 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE File ID. #15-00994 Green 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 $140,737.00 executed by Sharon D Green, and Charles A Green, wife and husband as community property with right of survivorship, add legal description , dated March 10, 2009 and recorded March 18, 2009, as Instrument No./Docket-Page 2009-003329 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 July 10, 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 NO. 1 Parcel E. of Record of Survey, recorded as Survey Map No. 1572, being a portion of the South half of Section 23, Township 6 North, Range 10 East, of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona. PARCEL NO. 2 An easement for ingress, egress and utilities, as created in instrument recorded at Fee No. 1998-8846, records of Gila County, Arizona, described as follows: That certain 30 foot ingress, egress and utility easement set forth on Record of Survey, recorded as Survey Map No. 1561, being a portion of the South half of Section 23, Township 6 North, Range 10 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona; EXCEPT any portion lying within Parcel No. 1 Above. PARCEL NO. 3 An easement for ingress, egress and utilities as created in instrument recorded at Fee No. 1999-7183, records of Gila County, Arizona, described as follows: The South 15 feet of Parcel D, of Record of Survey recorded as Survey Map No. 1572, being a portion of the South half of Section 23, Township 6 North, Range 10 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Gila County, Arizona. VIN: AZFLX21A06178-SK12/AZFLX21 B06178-SL12 MAKE: FLEETWOOD HOMES OF ARIZONA INC YEAR: 1999 SIZE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME: 56X26 â&#x20AC;&#x153;which by intention of the parties, shall constitute a part of the realty and shall pass with it The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 199 E Cactus Flats Tonto Basin, AZ 85553. Tax Parcel No.: 201-08-040R 1. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designaOrder: 10075156 Cust: -Central Arizona Association of Keywords: CAG Section 5310 art#: 20125612 Class: Public Notices Size: 4.00 X 6.00

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tion, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;as isâ&#x20AC;? 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, Arizona 85016 (602) 255-6000.

Dated: 04/10/2015 /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 04/10/2015, 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 Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sale proceedings will result in foreclosure of the subject property. A-4522299 05/08/2015, 05/15/2015, 05/22/2015, 05/29/ 15775: 5/1, 5/8, 5/15, 5/22/2015 TS No. AZ09000037-15-1 APN 206-20-002 TO No. 8532739 NOTICE OF TRUSTEEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated October 8, 2008 and recorded on October 8, 2008 as Instrument No.

2008-013243 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 July 1, 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: 713 W RAILROAD AVE, MIAMI, AZ 85539 PARCEL NO. 1 THE SURFACE AND GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 500 FEET IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: LOT 2, BLOCK A, GLASS ADDITION, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 40, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. PARCEL NO. 2 THE SURFACE AND THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 40 FEET IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF THE MYRTLE LODE MINING CLAIM, PATENTED MINERAL SURVEY NO. 2583, GILA COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 2 OF BLOCK A OF SAID GLASS ADDITION, THENCE SOUTH 53° 42` WEST A DISTANCE OF 5 FEET, THENCE NORTH 36° 18` WEST A DISTANCE OF 25 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF THE ARIZONA EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINES OF THE ARIZONA EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY A DISTANCE OF 5 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 2: THENCE SOUTH 36° 18` A DISTANCE OF 25 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. APN: 206-20-002 Original Principal Balance $41,310.00 Name and Address of original Trustor CURTIS E WILLIAMS JR., AN UNMARRIED PERSON 713 W RAILROAD AVE, MIAMI, AZ 85539 Name and Address of the Beneficiary BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. c/o Bank of America Home Loans 7105 Corporate Drive Plano, TX 75024 Name and Address of Trustee MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 TDD: 800-367-8939 Said sale will be made for cash (payable at time of sale), but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, re-

LEGAL NOTICES garding 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 cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s check for reinstatement or price bid payment. Reinstatement payment must be paid before five oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 bidderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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: March 25, 2015 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Rosenda Cardenas, Authorized Signatory Manner of Trustee qualification: Real Estate Broker, as required by ARS Section 33-803, Subsection A Name of Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 at 714-573-1965.

Order No. AZ15-000324-1, Pub Dates 05/01/2015, 05/08/2015, 05/15/2015, 05/22/2015 15777: 5/15, 5/19, 5/22/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: THIRSY CAMEL GARAGE LLC File No. L-1995754-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 222 W. Aero Dr. #A, Payson, AZ 85541.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Order: 10075157 Cust: -Central Arizona Association of Keywords: CAG TIP art#: 20125613 Class: Public Notices Size: 3.00 X 3.00

The Central Arizona Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (CAG) Fiscal Year 2015-2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is available for review. The TIP will be available for review and comment from April 1, 2015 to May 15, 2015. A copy of the TIP is available during normal business hours at 1075 S. Idaho Road, Apache Junction, Arizona, from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM or can be downloaded from the CAG website (www.cagaz.org). If you have any comments or questions please contact Andy Smith at 480-4749300 or by email at asmith@cagaz.org.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, this notice also serves to inform interested parties that maximum reasonable accommodation for physical and information access to and regarding the proposed project will be provided to person(s) with special needs.

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LEGAL NOTICE The Town of Payson Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 5:00 P.M. on Monday, June 1, 2015 on The Item(s) below. All meetings are held in the Town Council Chambers at 303 North Beeline Highway: Item A

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Under Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (49 U.S.C. 5310) transportation program of the U.S. Department of Transportation-Federal Transit Administration the Central Arizona Governments (CAG) is requesting comment on the CAG Human Services Coordinated Transportation Plan. This provides notice that Central Arizona Governments (CAG) is accepting comments from residents and interested parties within Gila and Pinal counties (cities, towns, tribal communities). This grant program provides coordination assistance to eligible organizations that provide vehicles to transport seniors and disabled persons.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, this notice also serves to inform interested parties that maximum reasonable accommodation for physical and information access to and regarding the proposed project will be provided to person(s) with special needs.

Transportation service providers in your area may be applicants for the Section 5310 grant program, and may include, but are not limited to, the following applicants: CAG, Central Arizona Council on Developmental Disabilities, Coolidge Cotton Express, Cobre Valley Transit, GEST, Globe Active Adult Center, Horizon Human Services, Pinal Hispanic Council, East Valley Adult Resources, Mountain Health and Wellness, On the Go Express, Payson Multi-Purpose Senior Center, Pinal County, PPEP/Encompass, Pinal Gila Council for Senior Citizens, San Carlos Apache Nnee Bichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; o Nii Services, Town of Hayden, Town of Kearny, and City of Maricopa.

Anyone wishing to review and comment on submitted CAG Human Services Coordinated Plan should do so by June 30, 2015, to CAG, located at 1075 S. Idaho Road, Suite 300, Apache Junction, AZ 85119. The CAG Human Services Coordinated Plan can be viewed on the CAG website: http://www.cagaz.org/ For further information, contact Angela Gotto, CAG 1075 S. Idaho Road, Suite 300, Apache Junction, AZ 85119, or call at (480) 474-9300, or toll free at (800) 782-1445, or by e-mail at agotto@cagaz.org.

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LEGAL NOTICES III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Ashley Reid, 8902 E. Via Linda #110, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.

(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: Ashley Reid, (x) manager, 8902 E. Via Linda #110, Scottsdale, AZ 85258; Charles Darling (x) manager, 8902 E. Via Linda #110, Scottsdale, AZ 85258.

15778: 5/8, 5/15/2015 BEFORE THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES In the Matter of: Pine-Strawberry Fire District Applicant Case No.: 2015-EMS-T52-DHS (EMS 3998) NOTICE OF INTENT TO WAIVE HEARING TO ADJUST RATES AND CHARGES PURSUANT TO an application filed on September 29, 2014, the Pine-Strawberry Fire District (“Applicant”), requests an adjustment (increase) to various current approved rates and charges in accordance with Arizona Adminis-

LEGAL NOTICES trative Code (“A.A.C.”) R9-25-1102.

PURSUANT TO Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) §§ 36-2232(A)(1) and 36-2234(C) the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services (“Director”) may adjust rates and charges and waive the hearing required by A.R.S. § 26-2334(A) for such action.

THE DIRECTOR GIVES NOTICE that unless a written request for hearing regarding this application is received by the Clerk of the Department, Office of Administrative Counsel and Rules, Arizona Department of Health Services, 1740 West Adams, Room 203, Phoenix, Arizona 85007, by 5:00 p.m. May 22, 2015, the Director may allow the requested rates and charges adjustment based upon the following information and other evidence currently on file: 1.

The Applicant holds a current Renewal Certificate of Necessity No. 81, which expires on February 28, 2017.

2.

The Applicant’s current approved rates and charges became effective on November 27, 2013.

3.

The current approved rates and charges which have not been amended since the above date are as follows: a.

ALS Base Rate

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LEGAL NOTICES 15783: 5/1, 5/15, 5/19/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: GOLDEN STAR MINE, LLC File No. L-20024726 II. The address of the known place of business is: 16 N. Star Vale Dr. SPC 67, Star Valley, AZ 85541-3984.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Steven P. Oman, 8664 E. Chama Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85255.

(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: Cvetko Fink, Podturn 85a, 8350 Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenija.

$0.00 f.

Disposable Medical Supplies Separate charges apply 6.

The Applicant’s justification for the proposed rates and rate increase, as described in its application filed with the BEMSTS on September 29, 2014 is as follows: “Narrow the current ambulance service operating loss. Mitigate to the extent possible the fire district property tax subsidy currently required to operate the ambulance service.”

7.

Details of the Applicant’s request for a general rate adjustment are open to the public and are contained in its application on file with the Clerk of the Department, Office of Administrative Counsel and Rules, Arizona Department of Health Services, 1740 West Adams, Room 203, Phoenix, Arizona 85007.

Dated this 30th day of April, 2015. /s/ Robert Lane, Robert Lane Director’s Designee

15785: 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/5/2015 NOTICE OF HEARING ON DEPENDENCY PETITION No. JD 201500009 Honorable Timothy Wright IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA

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LEGAL NOTICES

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the Matter of: CORINA BEARD-FISCHER d.o.b. 10-19-2011 Person under 18 years of age.

TO: CHAUNTE BEARD-FISCHER, MICHAEL COMBS-BEARD, and JOHN DOE, a fictitious name, parent(s) and/or guardian(s) of the above-named child.

1. The Department of Child Safety, (DCS or the Department), by and through undersigned counsel, has filed a Dependency Petition pursuant to Title 8, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, Rules 4.1 and 4.2 of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure; and Rule 48(D) of the Arizona Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court.

2. The Court has set a continued initial/publication hearing on July 23, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., at Gila County Superior Court, 714 S. Beeline Hwy., #104, Payson, AZ 85541, telephone number 928.474.3978, for the purpose of determining whether any parent or guardian named herein is contesting the allegations in the Petition.

3. You and your child are entitled to have an attorney present at the hearing. You may hire your own attorney or, if you cannot afford an attorney and want to be represented by an attorney, one may be appointed by the Court.

4. You have a right to appear as a party in this proceeding. You are advised that your failure to personally appear in court at the initial hearing, pretrial conference, status conference, or dependency adjudication, without good cause shown, may result in a finding that you have waived your legal rights and have admitted the allegations in the Petition. In addition, if you fail to appear, without good cause, the hearing may go forward in your absence and may result in an adjudication of dependency, termination of your parental rights or the establishment of a permanent guardianship based upon the record and the evidence presented to the court, as well as an order of paternity, custody, or change of custody in a consolidated family law matter and an order for child support if paternity has been established.

5. If you are receiving this Notice by publication, you may obtain a copy of the Dependency Petition, Notice of Hearing, and Temporary

Town of Star Valley Summary Schedule of Estimated Revenues and Expenditures/Expenses Fiscal Year 2016 FUNDS

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$941.16 BLS Base Rate $941.16 c.

Mileage Charge (Patient Loaded Miles) $16.15 d.

Standby/Waiting Charge (Per Hour, After 15 Minutes To Load and/or Unload) $235.27 e.

Subscription Rate $0.00 f.

Disposable Medical Supplies No Charges Allowed 4.

An application to amend its current rates and charges was initially filed by the Applicant on September 29, 2014 and additional information was submitted on January 15, 2015, February 25, 2015, March 11, 2015, and April 29, 2015.

5.

The following are the rates and charges analyzed and agreed to by the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services & Trauma System (“BEMSTS”) as being reasonable for the Applicant: a.

ALS Base Rate $1,296.07 b.

BLS Base Rate $1,296.07 c.

Mileage Charge (Patient Loaded Miles) $16.15 d.

Standby/Waiting Charge (Per Hour, After 15 Minutes Free Time to Load and/or Unload) $324.02 e.

Subscription Rate b.

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015

Special Revenue Fund

General Fund

Debt Service Fund

Capital Projects Fund

Permanent Fund

Enterprise Funds Available

Internal Service Funds

Total All Funds

2015

Adopted/Adjusted Budgeted Expenditures/Expenses*

E

4,339,113

775,590

0

0

0

639,815

0

5,754,518

2015

Actual Expenditures/Expenses**

E

1,453,881

370,550

0

0

0

223,104

0

2,047,535

2016

Fund Balance/Net Position at July 1***

2016

Primary Property Tax Levy

B

2016

Secondary Property Tax Levy

B

2016

Estimated Revenues Other than Property Taxes

C

1,895,233

617,944

0

0

0

459,839

0

2,973,016

2016

Other Financing Sources

D

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 0

0 0

2016

Other Financing (Uses)

D

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2016

Interfund Transfers In

D

1,310

0

0

0

0

215,239

0

216,549

D

215,239

1,310

0

0

0

0

0

216,549

2016

Interfund Transfers (Out)

2016

Reduction for Amounts Not Available:

LESS:

Amounts for Future Debt Retirement:

0

0 0

Total Financial Resources Available

2016

Budgeted Expenditures/Expenses

E

1,681,304

616,634

0

0

0

675,078

0

2,973,016

4,919,952

1,090,530

0

0

0

803,935

0

6,814,417

EXPENDITURE LIMITATION COMPARISON 1. Budgeted expenditures/expenses 2. Add/subtract: estimated net reconciling items 3. Budgeted expenditures/expenses adjusted for reconciling items 4. Less: estimated exclusions 5. Amount subject to the expenditure limitation 6. EEC expenditure limitation

$

2015 5,754,518 5,754,518

$ $

5,754,518

The city/town does not levy property taxes and does not have special assessment districts for which property taxes are levied. Therefore, Schedule B has been omitted. * ** ***

$

2016 6,814,417 6,814,417

$ $

6,814,417

Includes Expenditure/Expense Adjustments Approved in the current year from Schedule E. Includes actual amounts as of the date the proposed budget was prepared, adjusted for estimated activity for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Amounts on this line represent Fund Balance/Net Position amounts except for amounts not in spendable form (e.g., prepaids and inventories) or legally or contractually required to be maintained intact (e.g., principal of a permanent fund).

SCHEDULE A

Order by submitting a written request to: TRACEY L. HEINRICK, Office of the Attorney General, 120 W. 1st Ave., 2nd Floor, Mesa, Arizona 85210. The assigned case manager is Matthew Milone and may be reached by telephone at 928.468.9803.

6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the court by parties at least three (3) working days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding and can be made by calling 928.474.3978.

7. You have the right to make a request or motion prior to any hearing that the hearing be closed to the public.

DATED this__day of May 2015.

MARK BRNOVICH Attorney General TRACEY L. HEINRICK Assistant Attorney General 15791: 5/15, 5/19, 5/22/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: INNOVATIVE RESOURCES, LLC File No. L-2002996-7 II. The address of the known place of business is: 5657 Lou’s Lane, Pine, AZ 85544.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Jeff Passantino, 5657 Lou’s Lane, Pine, AZ 85544.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Jeff Passantino, 5657 Lou’s Lane; PO Box 802, Pine, AZ 85544.

15792: 5/15, 5/19, 5/22, 5/26, 5/29/2015; The Governing Board of the Pine Strawberry School District No. 12, extends an invitation to all qualified contractors to submit their bid to replace one exterior concrete basketball court in the east playground area at Pine Strawberry School. Bids are due by 10am, June 3, 2015. Bid Packets are available in the District Office at: 3868 N. Pine Creek Dr, Pine, AZ 85544 For more info call 928-476-3283 15793: 5/15, 5/19, 5/22/2015 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: WHITE TRASH BUCKS, LLC File No. L-20030172 II. The address of the known place of business is: 1810 Outlaw Lane, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Lisa Taylor, 600 W. Frontier Street, Payson, AZ 85541.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: James Johns, (x) member, PO Box 659, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553; John Ewing, (x) Member, PO Box 340, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553; Patrick Rayburn, PO Box 1799, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553; Clay Sopeland, (x) member, PO Box 369, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553.

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It’s time to put yourself on the MAP

Because it’s YARD SALE TIME in the Rim Country!!!

Make sure Buyers find your Sale in Payson, Pine, Strawberry and Star Valley. Advertise in the Payson Roundup Classifieds and get on the Map and in our Sneak Preview. Call 928-474-5251

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YARD SALE GUIDE Weekend of May 15-17 1. HUGE 4 FAMILY YARD SALE Fri. & Sat. May 15 & 16 from 7am to 3pm and Sun. May 17 from 7am to Noon: 800 & 801 North Madison Drive, Country Club Vista Antique Stoves, Vintage Gas Station & Beer Signs; Misc. Pictures, Charles M. Russell Prints, Dolls, Wood Carved Ducks, Guns, Knives, Minnie Fridge, Power Tools/Tools, LOTS AND LOTS OF MISC. SEE YOU THERE! 2. Elk Ridge Community Yard Sale: 610 E. Hunter Drive & 617 & 620 E. Phoenix St. Fri. & Sat. May 15 & 16 Starting at 8am.

3. 1309 N. William Tell Circle, Fri. Sat. & Sun. May 15, 16 & 17 from 7am to ?: Something Here For Everyone - Moving Sale: EVERYTHING MUST GO!

4. BIG RUMMAGE and BAKE SALE with many ESTATE ITEMS: Saturday, May 16, 2015, 7 AM - 2 PM at Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church, 204 West Airport Road - Benefitting Mission for Mason and Rock of Ages Lutheran Church. Mason Molyneux, born 4/1/15 is suffering from Hirschsprung’s enterocolitis and has had three operations.

Items for sale: baked goods, baby items, keyboard, household items, bedding, antiques, collectibles, “Gone with the Wind” collectible plates, tools, and furniture.

5. 303 N. Deer Trail, Fri. & Sat. May 15 & 16 from 8am to 2pm: A variety of items will be for saleincluding household items, tools, clothing, books, etc.

6. 510 E. Timber Dr. Fri. & Sat. May 15 & 16 from 9am to 3pm: Antique Table w/4 chairs, Luggage, Child Safety Gate, Fan, Patio Chair Pads/Cushions, Lost of Household and Misc. items. Men’s & Women’s Clothes

7. 207 N. Mogollon Trail, Sat. May 16 from 8am to 3pm: Assorted Kitchenware, Bedding, Bath, Baskets, Pictures, Bar Stools, Cook Books, Casettes/Tapes, DVD’s & Games, Suit cases and More!

8. 6394 Bradshaw Dr. (Pine), Sat. May 16 from 8am to 2pm: Computer Desk w/Copy Machine and Chair $80.

Jack Hammer, $275, Honda Rebel (2002), 250cc, $1200. Blonde wood Entertainment Center w/lots of Glass, $150.

Hide-A-Bed $295. Child’s White Desk w/Chair, $45.

Tools and More!

Call 928-476-2105 9. 901 W. Chatham Drive, Fri. Sat. & Sun. May 15, 16 & 17 from 8am to 3pm: Estate Sale Items: Furniture, Kitchenware, Electric Mobility Scooter, Walkers, TV’s Some Jewelry, Dolls, Firearms, 901 W. Chatham Dr.

11. STULER ESTATE SALE Fri-Sun May 15, 16 & 17 8am - 4pm 911 W. Country Lane New cabin furniture: sofa table, end table, stool, hall tree, gun racks & small side table; Camera equipment; Dining table 4/4 chairs; Like new recliner and glider w/foot stool; Roll top desk; Books; Beds; Night stands; Dressers; Gun cabinets; Ammunition for all you western buffs; Western holsters; Rifle sheaths; Black powder stuff; Fly fishing gear of all sorts; Hand tools; Water fountains; Dishes; Small appliances; Refrigerator; Camping gear; Heaters—-Oil ones, Eden Pure, Heat Surge; Garage full; Too many things to list...

J&D Enterprises 12. “Man’s Cave” Sale, Sun. Mon. & Tues.

May 17, 18, & 19 from 8am to 3pm: Tools & Collectibles, A TRUE MAN’S CAVE SALE!

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Payson Roundup SPORTS Friday, May 15, 2015

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Fall big game hunting permits available The whitetail deer hunts The elk and antelope hunting are most popular in the southpermits have already been deter- outdoors mined and the Arizona Game and under the rim ern section of Arizona, but the Fish Department is now accepting local units under the Rim have the rest of the big game permits a healthy population of these for the fall. This will include deer, little gray ghosts with a gensheep, javelina, fall turkey and erous number of permits being buffalo tags which are determined allocated for units 22 and 23. by a lottery drawing in mid sumThere are multiple weeklong hunts so it is necessary to mer.

Obviously, the most popular are Dennis Pirch designate which hunt number best fits a person’s schedule or the rifle deer hunts for whitetail maybe other hunts for the fall. and muleys throughout the state With a lottery drawing there is always of Arizona. The local units in the Rim Country are some of the most sought the chance of not receiving a permit after tags because of their proximity to to hunt. To increase one’s chances, it the Phoenix area and their accessibility would be wise to study the drawing odds by quad or two track trails. Even though and success rate pages from the 2015-16 the quality of the deer herds is at best hunting booklet. Many select that true dream hunt for the first choice, then an average.

There are definite units in the state easier to draw permit for the second that have a history of trophy mule deer choice with the hope of having a rifle located in the northern strip country and in hand pursuing deer in the fall. For the Kaibab. The chance of drawing a tag the rifle deer hunts, it is always wise for one of these units is very slim, but to select a third, fourth and fifth choice the quality of the deer herd increases the if you want to hunt somewhere in the state. odds of harvesting a real wall hanger.

Payson Niners enjoy busy April The Payson Niners are looking for old and new players who want to have fun. If interested in joining, call Mary Hoeger at (406) 587-8893 or Nina Szakal at (928) 474-4665 or (928) 970-0495.

This is a fun golf group for those that only have the time, ability or desire to play nine holes on Thursday mornings.

on No. 14. New member Jackie Cederbaum had a chip in.

Season-opening scramble

Even holes half handicap

The Payson Lady Niners opened their season on April 2 with a season opener breakfast and a scramble at Payson Golf Course. Ann Adams, CeCe McCain, Sandy Ziembu and Mary McEvoy won. Adams was closest to the pin on No. 4, leaving her ball 19 feet 11 inches from the hole.

Mary Hoeger scored a 19 to win the even holes half handicap event on April 23. Ann Adams was runner-up with 19 and Debbie Vincent and Brookie Coleman tied for third with 22’s.

Adams hit it within 47 feet 7 inches to take the closest-to-thepin prize on No. 17.

Odd holes minus half handicap

Moe Vossler won the April 9 odd holes minus half your handicap event. Ann Adams and Linda Teasley tied for second. Mary Hoeger was closest to the pin

Fewest putts

Mary Hoeger’s score of 15 won the fewest putts tournament on April 16. Linda Teasley finished second with 16 putts and Ann Adams took third with 18.

No one got closest to the pin.

April 30 scramble

Debbie Nichols, CeCe McCain, Norma Fallers and Nina Szakal won the April 30 scramble, which was followed by a luncheon. Ann Adams was closest to the pin with a 10-8 effort on No. 5.

Pollock’s 62 wins men’s golf title Don Pollock fired a 62 to win the A Flight championship in the Payson Men’s Golf Association Individual Lo Net Tournament on April 29 at Payson Golf Course.

Tim Hughes (66) was second and Mike Anderson (67) third.

Herb Sherman’s 60 earned him the B Flight title by four strokes over both runner-up Ken Althoff and Mike McKee, who both had 66’s with Althoff winning the tiebreaker.

Jerry McGuire claimed a fierce battle for the C Flight crown with runner-up Dennis Schwebs and third-place Gary

Vaplon. All three shot 67’s with McGuire winning the tiebreaker.

Alex Armenta (68) took fourth.

Jesse Smith’s 72 won low gross.

Vaplon found the cup from 18 feet 7 inches on No. 18 to win the longest putt contest.

He also was closest-to-the-pin winner by leaving his ball one foot 8.5 inches from the hole on No. 2. Other closest-to-the-pin winners were: Tim Hughes (No. 5, 2-6), Frank Szakal (No. 8, 12-10.5), Herb Sherman (No. 14, 4-10) and Steve Thompson (No. 17, 1-11.5).

Foursome win PWGA event Judy Mackenzie, Marcy Hewlett, Mary Jones and Joyce Goff shot 68 to win the Payson Women’s Golf Association Scramble on April 28 at Payson Golf Course.

Claudia Bullard, Jan Burns and Alesha Calderwood (70) finished second.

Ann Adams was nearest to the pin on the No. 8 hole and Karen Peterson was nearest to the pin on No. 14.

The PWGA plays every Tuesday and welcomes new members. For more information, go to www.pwgaonline.com.

Announcements T-Ball & Coach Pitch League

Summer camps

Friday, May 15 is the deadline to sign up for the Town of Payson’s T-Ball and Coach Pitch Baseball and Softball Leagues.

The fee is $30, which includes a team jersey. T-Ball is open to boys and girls ages 4-5 as of May 15. Coach Pitch is open to boys and girls ages 6-8 as of May 15.

Practices begin after Memorial Day and games begin the first week in June. Register online at paysonrimcountry.com or at the Parks & Recreation Office.

Volunteer coaches are needed. Once accepted, coaches will be able to sign up one child for free.

Stay active this summer with the Parks & Recreation’s day and sport camps throughout the summer. Starting May 26 through July 23 a variety of day and sport camps will be offered.

Day camps will be conducted Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for ages pre-kindergarten (4) through sixth grade. Day campers will be provided lunch.

Registration for day camps can be done at www.paysonrimcountry.com or at the Parks & Recreation Office. For more information, call Parks & Rec at (928) 474-5242 ext. 7 or go online to www.paysonrimcountry.com.

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There have been many seasons where I drew a tag in the southern half of the state and had the opportunity to explore new hunting areas. I would have never taken that trip had it not been for having that deer permit in hand with my name on it. What I found was new mountain ranges, glassed many deer, and even brought some venison home.

To apply for a fall deer permit it is necessary to fill out a paper application, which can be obtained from the sporting goods department at Big 5 or Wal-Mart.

Both stores also have the 2015-16 hunting regulations booklet, which will also give information on all the fall hunts.

The deadline for fall hunting permits is June 9. The Arizona Game and Fish Web page has a very quick and simple process to apply for the fall deer hunts.

By going to www.azgfd.gov and clicking on fall big game hunts you can do it from your home computer with a credit card.

Good luck in the drawing for that dream deer hunt and make sure you share the experience with family or a friend in the Arizona outdoors, God’s creation.

Tameron Sarnowski with his whitetail deer.

Submitted photo