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Cellphone sex busts

One Tragedy

Sex with minors, sending naked photos by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

Five Payson residents are facing charges for underage phone sex, including two teenage girls who under a new Arizona law face charges of sending graphic photos.

Two different men face charges for having sexual contact with a minor, after sending graphic photos and images on cellphones led to sexual intercourse with underage girls.

The Payson Police Department investigated two reports of men sleeping with underage girls in a one-week period in August. One of the investigations untangled a web of teen sexting.

Detectives launched the first investigation on Aug. 11 when the PPD got a report from the

& a few close calls

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon that a 16-year-old Payson boy had slept with a 17-year-old female while visiting his grandmother in Oregon. During their investigation, Oregon investigators learned the Payson boy might have also slept with a 13-year-old Payson girl.

Payson Det. Michael Hansen went to Rim Country Middle School and questioned the 13-year-old girl. She denied sleeping with the boy, but said they had fooled around once while in Apache Junction. She said they had talked over Facebook and their conversations were sexual in nature.

Hansen went to Payson High School and questioned the boy. He admitted to sleeping

• See Cellphone, page 11A

City manager pay: $144,000 6 months severance – even if fired for cause by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

Pete Aleshire/Roundup

A man drowned beneath a popular Fossil Creek waterfall after saving his young daughter from the same fate.

Photo courtesy of David Bathke

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Two people were taken to the hospital when weekend outings with family went astray, leaving them bruised and battered.

A woman in her 50s suffered a broken leg while hiking near Star Valley and an elderly man was tossed from his ATV while hunting elk near Round Valley, both on Sunday.

The first call came in at 1 p.m. when a woman hiking with several others off Forest Road 371 slipped and fell on a steep dirt road.

Gary Hall, vice commander with Tonto Rim Search and Rescue, said the group was hiking out past the Blattner Pit, on a steep road that curves back toward Star Valley. The group had driven in and then stopped to hike down the road. The woman was maybe 100 feet from the vehicle when she slipped and broke her leg, a compound fracture above her left ankle.

Hellsgate firefighters gave the woman pain medicine while TRSAR got her into a litter that the Department of Public Safety Ranger helicopter then lifted out on a short haul line with Gila County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Dennis Newman attached. The woman and Newman were flown out to the brush pit area where PHI Air Medical then flew her to Banner Payson Medical Center for treatment.

A few hours later, around 6 p.m., Hall and TRSAR were called out again, but this time for an elderly man that rolled his quad in Round Valley.

The man was hunting elk with his wife, granddaughter and her husband several miles back in the forest in a rough area Hall had seen people crash their quads before.

Hall drove his side-by-side ATV in with two medics. The man was apparently trying to navigate an uphill turn when the quad flipped. The man had a lot of abrasions, but was otherwise fine, Hall said.

Hall drove him out to the road where he was taken to the hospital for treatment.

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Alexis Bechman

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• See Manager’s contract, page 2A

Dad drowns saving University sale imminent 6-year-old daughter Foundation to spend by

Alexis Bechman

Just a few months after the Payson Mayor Kenny Evans criticized an employment agreement that gave then-town manager Debra Galbraith six months severance, the town could hand out a similar agreement to Galbraith’s replacement.

The council will vote Thursday on LaRon Garrett’s town manager contract, which is currently written with a six months severance package even if Garrett quits or gets fired.

And the contract comes with a hefty 13.3 percent pay increase for Garrett, putting him at $144,250 annually, $15,500 more than what

Galbraith made when she left.

That salary puts Garrett near what Prescott and Bullhead City pay their town managers.

Both pay $145,000, but their town populations hover around 40,000, compared to Payson’s 15,300, according to a 2013 salary survey by the League of Arizona Cities.

On average, Arizona towns with populations between 10,000 and 50,000 pay their town manager $138,600 annually, with those under 20,000 people paying around $130,200.

Star Valley pays its Town Manager Tim Grier $115,000, according to the League survey. He also acts as the town’s attorney. His

Tragedy struck in the depths of Fossil Creek on Monday when a 41-year-old father of four died after he plunged into the water to save his daughter.

The man and his family were swimming below the popular waterfall in Fossil Creek, roughly nine-tenths of a mile off Forest Road 708.

The man’s 6-year-old daughter was sitting on a submerged island when she went in and “got in trouble,” said PineStrawberry Fire Chief Gary Morris.

Her father rushed to save her.

He managed to reach her where she struggled in the water and pushed her up out of the water to several other people who grabbed her and pulled her to safety.

Tragically, the man then slipped backward and went under water himself. The joy of the other rescuers turned first to bafflement and then horror. The man ended up under the waterfall.

He did not resurface.

Witnesses called for help.

After rescuers arrived, a diver with the Gila County Sheriff’s Office spotted the man’s body some 30 feet underwater, trapped under the roll of the waterfall.

It is unclear if the man could swim.

Rescue crews then spent some time recovering the man’s body. The first diver on the scene had to wait for a second member of the dive team to arrive before they could together recover the man’s body.

Divers brought the man’s body to the surface at around 4:20 p.m. and the Department of Public Safety Ranger helicopter flew it out. No word yet on the man’s identity or where he was from.

$1 million on development contract, engineering

The Rim Country Educational Alliance and Foundation will this week hand over a $4.1 million check to buy 253 acres for a future university site in Payson.

The land purchase clears the way for a final agreement with one or more university partners and construction of the first phase of a 6,000-student campus, with the first classes starting in the fall of 2018, according to Payson Mayor Kenny Evans.

The long delay in finalizing the land sale this summer finally forced backers to shift the expected start of classes from 2017 to 2018.

The Foundation also got clearance from the Alliance last week to hire a project manager and pay for initial engineering for the roads, utilities This map shows the location of the dorms, classrooms, roads, athletic fields and other components of a proSee Land, page 2A posed, 6,000-student university in Payson

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Sporting Association donates to rehab area creeks by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

The Mogollon Sporting Association donated $30,000 to Arizona Game and Fish to rehabilitate fish habitat on Canyon, Haigler and Christopher creeks.

This is the largest donation in MSA’s history.

“It is the first time MSA has directly donated to the AG&F Department,” said Jim Goughnour, a spokesman for MSA. MSA started in 1993 to raise funds for the youth of the area and for wildlife conservation in Rim Country. Since its founding, the organization has raised more than $2 million.

Goughnour said AG&F representatives contacted MSA in the late summer asking for help to improve stream habitat.

“Branch Fisheries Chief Cantrell requested $30,000 to complete the funding for projects,” said Goughnour.

Curtis Gill of AG&F said with the huge cuts in state funding, the department was stymied in its efforts to complete stream restoration needed as a result of the RodeoChediski Fire.

“Since the Rodeo-Chediski Fire, the streams aren’t functioning properly,” said Gill. “We are trying to restore the riparian area.”

The fire destroyed plants near the creek shores that now allows erosion.

Gill said AG&F partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to work through the cumbersome NEPA process to get permission to work on improving the stream environments.

AG&F had started the project in 2005 or 2006 on Tonto Creek making pools for the trout with cross-over logs.

The department has also laid down gravel to help with spawning in Canyon Creek.

• See Association, page 2A

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The Mogollon Sporting Association has donated $30,000 to improve the fish habitat on area creeks.

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The Foundation expects to spend $1 million on the project management contract and the engineering for the infrastructure, including water, streets, electricity and sewers. The money will come from the MHA Foundation, which also provided the money to buy the land.

The MHA Foundation created and funded the Educational Foundation, the fundraising arm of the university project. The MHA Foundation’s recent investment in the project comes mostly from the $40 million it received as a result of the sale of the Payson Regional Medical Center to Banner Health Systems.

The Alliance board will have to ultimately approve and adopt the general plan and infrastructure plans the consultant and engineering firms prepare under the terms of the contract with the Foundation.

The Foundation and the Alliance will jointly hold title to the land.

The Alliance board met last week to hear progress reports on the project and schedule a board retreat in the next few weeks to educate the board on the complexities of the project and plan the next steps.

“We’re going to have a lot of things happening pretty fast in the next couple of weeks,” said Alliance President Jim Lyon.

The Alliance has not yet finalized an agreement with Arizona State University or any other potential university partners.

Recent shifts in the planned developer for the project has

Jim Lyon, Rim Country Educational Alliance chairman. prompted the Alliance to seek a new builder for the student housing and a new financier. The Alliance and Foundation boards are working jointly to settle those questions, both necessary before finalizing an arrangement with a university partner, said Evans.

Evans predicted the Alliance won’t publicly finalize a deal with ASU and perhaps one or more other university partners until after the first of the year, now that the construction schedule has been pushed back to 2018.

He said detailing the plan for the infrastructure, the financing and the student housing would come first.

“The good news is that ASU is more optimistic about how quickly they’ll attract students, so they’ve made the student housing a priority,” said Evans.

Reportedly, ASU has hired the former economic development director for the City of Phoenix to help develop expansion projects — starting with the Payson campus. Evans said that could accelerate negotiations with ASU once he comes on board.

The Alliance board last week also set up a committee to recommend the detailed financial structure for the project. That includes establishing a series of “special purpose entities” to take

From page 1A contract also has a six-month severance clause.

Mayor Kenny Evans said previously that he was not in favor of Galbraith’s contract and had he been mayor when it was signed, would have voted against it, mainly the six months severance package.

He told the Roundup Monday he is still not in favor of that contract, but would not say how he will vote on Garrett’s contact because he does not want to violate the open meeting law.

He said Vice Mayor Michael Hughes, Councilor Su Connell and Town Attorney Hector Figueroa drafted Garrett’s con-

tract.

He said it is likely the council will discuss the contract and they could vote to make changes to it or pass it through.

Side-by-side, Garrett’s and Galbraith’s contracts are very similar. Both include a sixmonth severance clause even if the council fires the manager for cause. Both contracts stipulate this is null if the manager is convicted of an illegal act involving personal gain, a crime of “moral turpitude” or a drug or alcohol offense, such as DUI. No other town employee has such a contract.

Garrett’s contact stipulates he will get to keep his current vacation days, get a town cell-

LaRon Garrett, town manager for Payson. phone and continue to use a town vehicle.

The town hired Garrett in

November 1994. He worked his way up from town engineer, public works director to assistant town manager. Garrett has worked with four town managers while in Payson, including current Councilor Fred Carpenter.

Garrett has been Payson’s assistant town manager for the last four years and became interim town manager when Galbraith left earlier this year. The town had to wait out her severance before it hired a new town manager, since the town would have a hard time budgeting for a new town manager while continuing to pay Galbraith’s salary.

The council meets at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, at 303 N. Beeline Highway.

Association donates money to improve creeks From page 1A Gill said the generous donation will allow AG&F to complete Phase II of Canyon Creek and complete work on Haigler this winter.

“We really appreciate getting enough funding,” said Gill.

Goughnour said the work will give MSA the chance to educate Rim Country students.

“AG&F representatives will be coordinating with Payson High School to conduct “before and after” field trips so students can learn about conservation and the efforts to preserve these streams for future generations,” he said.

The money will help create more pools in which trout can find shelter and reduce erosion, silting and other problems. Haigler Creek will also serve as the site for the reintroduction of the endangered Gila trout.

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the land purchase or the proposed $1 million for predevelopment costs. Including all those costs will boost the preliminary donations to at least $6 million.

It’s unclear how much of that money will end up going back to the ASPIRE Foundation or some other mechanism to lower student costs. The Alliance and the SPEs it creates will borrow money to build the campus, hotel, research park, dorms and other facilities, which could provide money to shift the upfront donor money to student scholarships.

John Wakelin focused on that question during the Thursday meeting. “Is the $1 million contribution (for predevelopment services) a contribution or a loan?”

“It’s a grant,” said Educational Foundation Chairman Richard Johnson, who also serves on the MHA Foundation board. “At some point in time it may come back to further the educational purposes of the university. But for now, it’s a grant from the MHA Foundation to the (Rim Country) Educational Foundation to hire the professional services we need to take the next step.”

“And will the $4.1 million (for the land purchase) come back as well?” asked Wakelin.

“It may or may not come back to an entity that will use the money to enhance the educational experience or the facilities. It’s not totally clear what will happen to these monies at present,” said Johnson.

“I realize the complications,” added Evans. “The money may not go back to the donors” due to tax laws. “The goal is to get it back to fund scholarships. Rim Country Educational Foundation’s goal and purpose is to get the college campus here.

The money will not go back to those donors, but it may go to something like ASPIRE, which has in its charter to help students go to school here.”

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responsibility for various aspects of the overall project, like the student housing, research park, conference hotel, campus facilities and others. The establishment of the SPEs provides substantial tax advantages for the eventual investors, said Evans.

Backers have long said acquiring the land has posed the key bottleneck for the project, since the unpredictable Forest Service timetable made it difficult for ASU to make a firm commitment and for the Alliance to move forward with a complicated series of decisions necessary to start construction on the campus. The Forest Service spent a year getting an independent appraisal of the property value. Completed late last year, the Forest Service predicted the sale could go forward quickly. But a series of added requirements and approvals has consumed another 10 months.

The Alliance meeting last Thursday prompted some backand-forth questions from the audience about the terms of the Foundation’s contributions to the project, mostly money provided by the MHA Foundation.

Backers have long suggested that a lot of the money advanced by donors for the environmental studies, Forest Service administrative costs, preliminary engineering, project management services and other costs will eventually get repurposed to support scholarships or other programs to reduce the cost of attending the Payson campus. Backers have long hoped to attract students by keeping the cost much lower than at ASU’s other campuses.

Backers have established the ASPIRE Foundation to raise money to provide scholarships for students attending the Payson campus, effectively lowering the cost of tuition substantially.

Donors have already advanced nearly $1 million for the project, not counting the $4.1 million for

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The Pumpkin Patch is open at the Payson Community Garden, 300 E. Tyler Parkway (across from Home Depot); weekday hours are 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., the garden is closed Sunday.

Candlelight Walk for domestic abuse victims

The resident of Payson and the Rim Country are invited to participate in Time Out’s annual candlelight walk and program honoring those who have survived the social epidemic known as domestic violence and those who have died as a result of abuse Wednesday, Oct. 14.

Participants will meet at the Expedition Church parking lot, 301 S. Colcord, at 5:45 p.m., where they will be given candles and signs to carry. At 6 p.m., the group will begin a brief walk to McDonald’s and back to Expedition Church where at 6:30 p.m. a short program will be offered.

Should the walk be canceled due to inclement weather, the program at the church will proceed at 6:30 p.m. as planned.

Spontaneous music night

The Baha’is of Gila County invite Rim residents and visitors to join Carl and Marsha Breimer from Chino Valley for a night of spontaneous music. Bring your instruments — drums, guitars, flutes, even homemade (non-amplified, please) and either join in or just come to listen. The event is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 14 at Rumsey Park Ramada 2.

Speaker at Tea Party meeting

The Payson Tea Party will host Karen MacKean, the Northern Arizona coordinator for Americans for Prosperity, who will

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ARToberFEST this weekend

The Payson Art League’s annual ARToberFEST is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Event Center.

The exhibit and sale features 24 individuals and their fine arts and fine crafts.

Head Start open house

The Payson Head Start program plans an open house from noon to 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16 at 1008 S. Westerly Rd. The event is open to public.

As part of the event, the Arizona child identification program will be on-site fingerprinting children free of charge.

Mayor Kenny Evans will be at the facility at 2 p.m. to read proclamation declaring October as “National Head Start Month.”

Hike Houston Loop Trail Oct. 17 with PATS group

The next Payson Area Trails System (PATS) guided hike will be on Houston Loop Trail, starting at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 17. Be sure to wear hiking boots/ shoes, bring water and walking sticks. Preregistration is preferred, but can be done on-site.

The hike begins at the Chaparral Pines trailhead, which is at end of Chaparral Pines Road off E. Highway 260.

This is a 5-½-mile loop hike of moderate difficulty due to its length, a couple of short, steep, hills and many undulations.

Archaeology group meets

The Rim Country Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society hosts guest speaker Rich Lange, who will give a presentation on the Homolovi Ruins located north of Winslow.

The meeting is at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 17 at The Center (formerly the Payson Senior Center – this is a new location), 514 W. Main St., Payson. There will be refreshments available and guests are always welcome.

Each month the group has a hike to a local archaeology site. This month the excursion will be to the Milk Ranch Point Hilltop Signal site. Gather at The Center parking lot at approximately 1 p.m.

Participants will carpool to the site and be guided by Ed Spicer, activities coordinator.

Release forms will be available, and are required for all hikers.

Star Valley anniversary party

The Town of Star Valley is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a picnic at the B. Diane McDaniel Community Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be food, music, games of all ages and prizes.

Contact Star Valley Town Hall at (928) 472-7752 to RSVP.

Celebrating a century

An open house to celebrate the 100th birthday of Myrtle Warter is planned from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Payson Elks, 1206 N. Beeline, on Airport

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Mrs. Warter requests that in lieu of cards and gifts, donations be made to the Payson High School baseball team.

Payson GCC cosmetology informational meeting

Payson Gila Community College is having a meeting about its cosmetology program and a call for admissions at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 19. The meeting will be at the Rim Country Cosmetology Academy on the Payson GCC Campus.

At this meeting, students will learn details of the Cosmetology Program and receive the application for admission. No reservation required. For more information, call (928) 468-8039 or stop by the campus at 201 N. Mud Springs Rd., Payson. Classes begin Jan. 22, 2016.

Trunk or Treat Festival

Businesses, organizations and individuals have until Friday, Oct. 23 to submit applications for trunk/booth space for the annual Trunk or Treat Festival.

The cost is $30. Booth space is 10-feetby-10-feet or you may use your car trunk.

The Payson Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department provides the candy to distribute. Trunk or Treat is intended for young children under age 12 to ensure a safe trick or treating experience.

The Trunk or Treat Festival is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Oxbow Saloon on Main St. Trunk/booth participants will be set up outside the Oxbow, while inside the “Super Hero Experience” takes place. For complete event details, please call (928) 472-5110.

For more than 52 years Amnesty International has been writing letters to free prisoners of conscience, individuals who have been unjustly imprisoned.

As a continuation of the popular International Write-A-thon in December, Payson Amnesty International is hosting a lunchtime letter writing opportunity from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21 at the Crosswinds Restaurant, 800 W. Airport Rd. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The letters will support women’s rights to live free from violence. Just purchase lunch and Payson Amnesty International will supply everything needed to write a letter and save a life. Join members as they support human rights issues locally and around the world.

Call Penny at (928) 978-1268 for information about Lunch Letters and/or Payson Amnesty International.

Fall Festival

The Payson Christian School, 110 E. Frontier St., Payson, (928) 474-8050, is hosting a Fall Festival from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Friday Oct. 23.

Adult cooking class at the library

The next adult cooking class at the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane, is from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24. The theme is heart health. Call (928) 474-9260 for details and to register.

ZAZU Gypsy Band performs

The Payson Friends of Jazz present the ZAZU Gypsy Band at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson.

A $5 donation is requested and includes refreshments. For more information or to RSVP, contact gerry-reynolds@hotmail. com, (602) 619-3355.

For the performance in Payson, ZAZU features Mike Fowler, solo guitar; Jeff Quamo, clarinet; Ryan Vance, rhythm guitar; Steve Douglas, bass; and Gerry Reynolds, drums.

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Pumpkin Patch open: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Payson Community Garden, east of Home Depot

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Wednesday • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

• Pumpkin Patch open: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Payson Community Garden, east of Home Depot • Candlelight Walk for Domestic Violence victims: 5:45 p.m., Expedition Church,, walk at 6 p.m., program at 6:30 p.m.

• Music at Rumsey Park: 6 p.m.

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Looking ahead

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Pumpkin Patch open: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Payson Community Garden, east of Home Depot • Moose Lodge Dinner Special: 5 p.m., Highway 260 in Star Valley

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • Pumpkin Patch open: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Payson Community Garden, east of Home Depot • ARToberFEST: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Event Center

• Pine Library: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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

• ARToberFEST: 10 a.m.. to 4 p.m., Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Event Center, continues Sunday • Town of Star Valley 10th anniversary celebration, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., B. Diane McDaniel Community Park • ABATE of Arizona High Country Chapter 10th Annual Chili Cook Off, noon to 5 p.m., Spur Bar, Star Valley

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Costly contract, with a gaudy gold parachute

• Oct. 12, 1940: Cowboy-movie star Tom Mix is killed when he loses control of his speeding Cord Phaeton convertible and rolls into a dry wash in Arizona. Mix was hit in the back of the head by a heavy aluminum suitcase, killing him almost instantly.

• Oct. 13, 1957: American movie audiences are treated to the science-fiction thriller “The Amazing Colossal Man.” Other films of the Cold War nuclear-weapon culture included “Them!” (1954) and “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” (1953).

• Oct. 14, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear conflict. High-altitude photographs offered evidence of Soviet-made medium-range missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. • Oct. 15, 1989: Canadian ice hockey great Wayne Gretzky breaks Gordie Howe’s National Hockey League career scoring record of 1,850 points. Gretzky dominated professional hockey during the 1980s, setting numerous records.

We’re confident LaRon Garrett will make a great Payson town manager.

But we don’t think he needs a gilt-edged contract dangling beneath a golden parachute far more protective and expensive than anything the taxpayers he serves could expect to negotiate.

The proposed contract up for approval by the town council on Thursday has two provisions to make you gulp and swallow and wonder whether things have gotten out of hand.

For starters, he’ll make $144,000 — a hefty wage for Payson by any stretch.

He would be making well above what his peers make at similarly-sized towns. His salary would be on a par with the managers of much larger cities, like Prescott and Kingman.

We understand that he deserves a raise in moving from assistant town manager to the top spot. But as the assistant, he was making almost the same salary as former Town Manager Debra Galbraith. So just because he was overpaid as the assistant town manager doesn’t mean the council has to give him a big pay bump now.

Please note, the median household income in Payson is $45,000 — which in many cases comes from two incomes.

The per capita income in Payson is $23,000. Does it make sense for the town manager to make three times the average household income in the community he serves?

And bear in mind, boosting his salary to $144,000 will send inflationary ripples all the way down the salary schedule.

Worse yet, the proposed contract would give the town manager six months’ salary as a severance package — even if he quits voluntarily or gets fired for cause. The same obnoxious clause showed up in Galbraith’s contract.

Once upon a time, public employees got paid less but had more job security. But these days, they get paid more than people in the private sector, have better benefits — and also get a golden parachute when they get fired.

None of this reflects any criticism of Mr. Garrett, who has served Payson with calm, ethical, dedicated competence for decades. We think he’s going to do a great job as Payson’s town manager.

But we don’t think that the town council ought to enter into the lopsided contract as it’s currently proposed.

Terrifying revelations in age of sex texting The Payson Police Department has stumbled into a series of investigations into teenage sex texting that should give every parent nightmares.

The series of revelations has resulted in five arrests so far. That includes two men who used lewd sexual messages on cell phones accompanied by pornographic pictures to lure two, underaged girls into sex.

Three other teens face charges now for sending lewd pictures of themselves and one another, along with sexual messages that would make a pornographer blush.

The case started with a call from police in Oregon, pursuing a case involving a man there who had been sending sexual images and messages to a 13-year-old Payson girl.

None of these cases involve forced sexual relations. But they all demonstrate the risks of stalking young people with parent-provided cell phones that have cameras and continuous connection to the Internet — the greatest purveyor of porn in the history of the world.

The law says that young teens don’t have the maturity or judgment to consent to sex. That’s why we have statutory rape laws, to protect vulnerable young people from their own poor judgment — as well as to protect them from the sexual predators always seeking their next victim.

But we suspect most parents remain in denial about the world of temptation, bullying, damage and confusion Internet-connected cell phones open to the children they have tried so hard to protect.

We also suspect the young people sliding into this seamy, dangerous, disorienting world don’t know that when they send lewd pictures of themselves over their phones and through the Internet they’re breaking the law — with potentially serious consequences.

After reading the disturbing chain of messages, hookups and sexual encounters contained in the latest Payson police investigations, we hope parents will talk to their children seriously.

Please look into the options available for limiting the temptations and abuse to which those smart phones make them prey. It’s a painful irony that the cell phones we provide so they can call us in an emergency may pose the greatest danger of all.

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Heat: The critical element to change Editor: Years ago, I learned of a Noble Peace Prize winner by the name of Ilya Prigogine from Belgium. He earned the prize for chemistry in 1977 when he studied thermodynamics and both equilibrium and dissipative structures. It was once thought that the two structures were independent of each other until Mr. Prigogine studied the caterpillar turning into something new and very beautiful; the butterfly. He deduced that the body of the caterpillar is a solid mass until it encases itself in a cocoon. At some point while tightly wrapped, the heat generated within the caterpillar’s body causes it to melt and re-order.

In an instant, a new form is birthed. He called this process, the theory of dissipative structures.

I believe the heat generated by life, has to be embraced in order for God to re-order our lives and change the mundane into the beautiful. In my business, I have aligned with a great coaching company called, “The Core” and I can tell you I am feeling the heat. Growth is crucial to my well-being and I do not like stagnancy, but often find myself there with my mind stuck in a deep groove. I love to be challenged to find a better way, to be a better person for my family, for my business and for everyone I have the honor of interacting with in this life.

I recently learned from the Payson Area Food Drive chairman that the food bank shelves are empty and they have a zero balance in their bank account. They are in desperate need of donations. Knowing this, we have a food collection box at our office and are asking for your help in filling it up through Oct. 15. They need boxed items, canned goods and monetary donations. In the spirit of the theory of dissipative structures, let’s apply a lot of heat and transform something static, into something new and beautiful and take care of those in need. We will have a pizza party in October for everyone that brings in donations!

Deborah Rose

Thanks to all who helped with STEMFest Editor: I would like to express my sincere appreciation to everyone who participated in the Third Annual Gila County STEMFest on Saturday, Sept. 26 in Payson. Approximately 600 people attended the community celebration of science, technology, engineering and math! More than 80 volunteers hosted 37 booths, providing information, demonstrations, hands-on activities and more!

I would like to thank the Town of Payson for the wonderful support we received throughout the planning and realization of this event. I would also like to thank APS for printing posters and providing power for our event as well as the Payson Roundup, KMOG Radio Station, Rim Country Chamber of Commerce and the many businesses and agencies that displayed our posters and ads for this event.

I would like to express my gratitude to the following organizations and individuals for host-

ing exhibits and activities and making this year’s STEMFest a huge success: Arizona Public Service; Arizona SciTech Festival; Banner Payson Medical Center; Cub Scout Pack 526 of Glendale; Earth Science Museum; Future City Competition; Gila Community College; Gila County CERT Team; Gila County Cooperative Extension Office; Gila County Cowbelles; Gila County Health Department & WIC; Gila County Sheriff’s Office, including the Dive Team, K-9 Unit, Posse, and Tonto Rim Search & Rescue Team; Gila County Onsite Wastewater Dept.; High Country Garden Club; Home Depot-Payson; Payson Art League; Payson Fire Dept.; Payson Police Dept.; Payson Premier Dentistry; Payson Public Library; Payson Rimstones Rock Club; Rim Country Flyers; Salt River Project; Tetra Tech; Tonto Amateur Radio Association; Tonto National Monument; USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service; and the U.S. Forest Service.

I would also like to recognize the many volunteers and supporters from the Payson Unified School District whose efforts added significantly to the success of the STEMFest, especially for our younger guests. A special thanks to the student volunteers of the Gila County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Program, who helped with setup and take-down, as well as the Payson High School chemistry and biology students — and their teachers — who hosted exhibits. I would also like to thank PUSD Superintendent Greg Wyman and principals Brian Mabb, Jennifer White, Linda Scoville and Gail Milton as well as Pine-Strawberry Superintendent Cody Barlow and Tonto Basin Lead Teacher Lanae Laurias for their cooperation.

Dr. Linda O’Dell Gila County Superintendent of Schools

Keith’s a treasure Editor: A big shout out and congratulations go to Roundup sports editor Keith Morris, for the myriad of accolades he won in the recent Arizona small newspaper awards. His recent article on the Longhorns’ thrilling win over Blue Ridge in football, as well as the extensive research he put into the article, is indicative of the superior quality he regularly produces.

In my years of coaching Payson volleyball, I found Keith to be respectful and accurate, as well as having a right mixture of home team support and objectivity.

Max Foster’s shoes were big ones to fill when Max retired as sports editor, but Keith filled the void smoothly.

Payson has a real treasure in Keith Morris, and I hope we don’t take what he does for the community for granted.

Arnold Stonebrink

School shootings provide response Editor’s note: The following string of comments came in response to Michele Nelson’s story in Friday’s Roundup about training in Payson schools to cope with emergencies on campus, like the presence of an active shoot-

er. You can see more comments after many of our stories posted at payson.com and get in on the discussion.

Some fool with a gun

It would be a mistake to include Friday morning’s shooting at NAU among the “mass shootings” where someone goes to a school with the intent to kill a number of people. The incident at NAU was the result of a fight in the parking lot after a drunken frat party where one fool decided he needed to use a gun.

John Barto

Why not arm teachers?

Can some carefully selected teachers (who are not only capable but are volunteers) be trained to carry concealed, or at least have very quick access to some hidden gun locations? Not only would they have careful training, but there could be periodic drills (without the students present but with volunteers acting like scared students) in which the selected teachers and staff would practice getting out the hidden guns quickly under different scenarios. Some could also carry concealed. Teachers and administrators who are anti-gun or afraid of guns would not have to participate as gun users. The students would then have very quick protection. I would even let it be known that the school has armed protection. There are far more shootings in gunfree zones.

Mike White

Why not arm children?

Kids as little as 5 can fire weapons. Why not arm them? Some quick CCW instruction, and no more worries. Of course, there are not far more shootings in gun-free zones, but, what does that matter? Makes for a good argument, statements made to make a point, not necessarily meant to reflect reality.

Mike DeVirgilio

Teachers shouldn’t have to carry guns

You want to pay a starting teacher $32,000 and ask them to carry a gun? And if you can find someone stupid and insensitive enough to agree to do that, are you going to pay their legal bills if they make a mistake? We live in a gun culture that pays more money for starting police than teachers, and now you want the teachers to do double duty? Not to mention that they are judged as poor educators if your kid doesn’t get an acceptable AIMS score. It’s always the teachers fault, not your poor parenting skills. You want all of that for $32,000? plus a master’s degree in five years? If teachers were really free to speak their minds, and not get fired for doing so, you will find very few takers on this packin’ a gun deal.

John Hansel

We need officers on campus

I, as a parent, would encourage those able and willing to do anything to protect our children. I would pay more taxes to station a police person at the school my child goes to. This world is crazier and more dangerous than ever before.

All responsible people should be armed to protect against the murderous ones. Shootings can happen anywhere, anytime.

Paul Zywicke

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Star Valley approves staff bonuses Council also debates dangers of bounce houses by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

The Star Valley Town Council had a busy meeting Tuesday night, making several decisions that affect the park and law enforcement protection. They also voted to give town staff members a $500 bonus.

The council approved construction of a low-water crossing on Moonlight Drive, the installation of bathrooms at the new town park, a ban on bounce houses there and the holiday bonuses for staff. The council also appointed several new people to the Planning and Zoning Commission, which had nearly gone defunct.

The council approved most of those items unanimously, but did get into a lively discussion about whether the town should let residents use inflatable slides and bounce houses at the newly constructed park. Some council members worried one lawsuit stemming from a twisted ankle could wipe out the town’s million-dollar reserve fund.

The park

In less than a year, the B. Diane McDaniel Community Park, west of town hall, has gone from a few picnic tables to a park with a grassy area, playground, horseshoe pit and more.

The council Tuesday approved building a new bathroom with flushing toilets at the park for $80,000. Town Manager Tim Grier said he was surprised how much it costs for a small bathroom facility, especially since the original bid had come in at $90,000.

The council decided only to put concrete at the entrance of the building and use asphalt shingles in lieu of metal roofing to

shave costs.

While the park gets some use, Grier said the town doesn’t have a way to track visitation.

After an event at the park where Councilor George Binney brought bounce houses in, several councilors said they worry that someone could get hurt. Binney, who rents the inflatables out, said bounce houses pose a risk — but so does almost everything in life.

Grier said the town’s insurance would not cover a bounce house accident and said their use made him nervous.

The council decided to ban their use with Binney abstaining.

Moonlight Crossing

After several floods made it impossible for residents to reach their properties on Moonlight Drive, the council Tuesday approved installing an $88,000 low-water crossing. Crews will install a concrete pad on Moonlight Drive, roughly where it connects with Rainbow Drive. Councilor Bob O’Connor, who lives in the area, said residents have had to use his property to get across when it floods.

Councilor Barbara Hartwell said the town should stop talking about a crossing and just build it. Mayor Ronnie McDaniel agreed, saying, “get ’er done.”

Planning and Zoning Commission

It’s been awhile since Star Valley has had to call on its Planning and Zoning Commission, but it recently did to discuss a conditional use permit. When only three commission members showed up, town clerk Lois Johnson decided to put an ad in the

paper for more members.

Four people applied and the council decided to appoint all of them to the commission.

They include Bobby Davis, Payson’s economic development specialist, Larry Stephenson, former Gila Community College board member, Jeff Provencher and Mark Salem, who serves on the town’s mediation committee.

Councilor Andy McKinney and McDaniel said it is great so many people applied.

Town bonuses

For the second year, the town’s staff of five will receive a $500 holiday bonus. Councilor Paty Henderson said while the staff probably appreciates the council’s thanks, money speaks louder.

Councilor Barbara Hartwell said the town is lucky to have a talented staff that works so tirelessly for the town.

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Police protection

Since 2009, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office has provided police protection to Star Valley. The council approved another year of service with the sheriff’s office, agreeing to pay $383,000 — the same amount it has paid since 2009.

The town switched from the Payson Police Department to the GCSO in 2009 after the PPD presented a bid of $421,00. By contrast, the sheriff’s office said it would provide police protection for $383,000. The town at one time had considered forming its own police force, but abandoned that due to the cost.

Star Valley’s bill for police protection amounts to about $166 per person. Payson spends nearly twice as much on a per-capita basis.

Congressional race draws a feisty crowd District has all of southern Gila County by

Peter Aleshire

roundup editor

The bare-knuckle struggle to replace District 1 Congressman Anne Kirkpatrick is shaping up to be the most contentious and competitive in the state.

Kirkpatrick gave up her Flagstaff-based seat, which includes all of southern Gila County, to run against Senator John McCain for the U.S. Senate.

Candidates have crowded forward in a bid to replace her.

Almost evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, the district offers one of the most competitive races in the state.

Kirkpatrick, a former prosecutor, held the seat for two years before losing it to Paul Gosar.

He held the seat for two years until redistricting shifted it more toward the Democrats. He then moved to Prescott and won in a safe Republican seat, which he still holds. That District 4 seat includes all of northern Gila County.

The old, District 1 seat now goes from the Grand Canyon, through Flagstaff, across to the Hopi and Navajo Reservations, across southern Gila County and

Tom O’Halleran

Paul Babeu

Ken Bennett

all the way down to the outskirts of Tucson.

On the Democratic side, former Republican state senator Tom O’Halleran has won the backing of many top Democrats.

O’Halleran ran unsuccessfully as an independent against Republican State Sen. Sylvia Allen a year ago. He re-registered as a Democrat to run for the congressional seat.

A former police officer and school board member, O’Halleran developed a reputation as a pragmatic moderate in the state Legislature but eventually ran afoul of the increasingly conservative legislative leadership. He’s from Sedona and served as a Republican in the state House from 2001 to 2006 and in the senate from 2007 to 2009.

Libertarian turned Democrat Miguel Olivas has also filed paperwork for the Democratic nomination.

The real battle for the nomination is shaping up on the Republican side.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has already released polls showing himself as the front-runner. He ran for the Republican nomination two years ago, but withdrew in the wake of a spectacular series of revelations that he was gay and threatened his illegal immigrant boyfriend with deportation if he revealed the relationship. At the time, Babeu based his campaign on calls for tough enforcement of immigration laws along the border. Babeu lived in Florence, but moved to Casa Grande so he could run in the district.

Speaker of the House David Gowan has also joined the race.

He also carries some baggage into the race. In his first year as speaker, half of the Republican caucus rebelled against his plans to spend $2 million on renovating the House, including

a new gym and showers. The announcement of his plans came in the wake of deep cuts in core state services, including schools.

Gowan lives in Sierra Vista and would have to move into the district to represent it.

Former Secretary of State Ken Bennett is also running for the Republican nomination, although he lives in Phoenix and would also have to move to represent the district.

Also running on the Republican side is businessman Gary Keihne, who came in second in the Republican primary for the seat in 2014.

Finally, Shawn Redd, a Navajo who lives on the reservation, rounds out the Republican field.

By contrast, Gosar’s District 4 will likely generate little competition. Gosar won 70 percent of the vote in 2014 in the lopsidedly Republican district. Republicans account for about two-thirds of the voters.

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Payson couple’s efforts at Payson Care honored Ken and Aleah Burreson received Life Care Centers of America’s Group Volunteer Award for their service to Payson Care Center in August.

The presentation was made during the company’s annual management meeting at its headquarters in Cleveland, Tenn.

The couple began volunteering in May 2014.

They had recently moved to the Payson area to retire and were looking for a way to contribute to the community. They connected with volunteer Lorene Meyers, who included them in the Tuesday afternoon Christian music programs at Payson Care Center. Ken plays the guitar, while the ladies lead the residents in singing.

The Burresons even took their music ministry to the resident rooms and found a way to help a bedbound resident make a joyful noise. Though the resident was a quadriplegic, he had limited use of one hand, so Ken and a neighbor put together a way to enrich his musical experience.

The neighbor put together a special attachment to fit on the resident’s bed and hold a tablet. Ken affixed the attachment and helped the resident learn to use a virtual drum program so the resident could help keep the beat along with the group’s playing and singing.

When asked why they do what they do, Ken said, “A large part of it is that we love sharing the Lord’s love.”

Aleah added, “We love seeing the joy on the people’s faces in the facility.”

Music is not the only way the Burresons contribute to the lives of residents at Payson Care Center.

They also volunteer with bingo and helped residents on the special care unit plant flowers and vegetables in the garden this spring.

“They are quiet, humble servants,” said Jason Norman, executive director at Payson Care Center.

Beecher Hunter, Life Care president, shared, “Music touches the soul in a way no other medium can. For Ken and Aleah Burreson to share the special talents God has given them to bless others shows their love for, and obedience to, our Lord.”

Payson Care has new medical director Payson Care Center’s administration is a member of the Arizona Medical Association, pleased to announce that it recently placed Dr. the American Medical Association, and the Joseph Zitar as the facility’s full-time medical American College of Physicians. director.

Over the last 12 years, Dr. Zitar has worked In his new position, Dr. Zitar will provide in internal medicine in various roles. He startpatient assessment, diagnosis and treatment. ed out as a hospitalist at Good Samaritan Regional Center and later He will work with the Payson supervised and trained Care Center team of nurses, dietitians, therapists internal medicine residents. and caretakers on behalf of He worked for a private each of his patients. hospitalist group and then Dr. Zitar’s presence joined Desert Vista Medical in the nursing home will Associates in 2005 when it enhance physician accessiwas founded. He started his bility to patients and famoutpatient practice at that ilies. He will aid hospital time. transitions and pharmacy “When I met Dr. Zitar communications, and being and his wife, I knew we had on-site will allow him to perthe right doctor for Payson sonally respond to medical Care Center,” said Norm changes or emergencies in Norman, executive director a timely manner. for Payson Care Center.

“I want to ensure that “Being devoted to the patients and their families care of our most vulnerable citizens is something have the information, support and care they need and he takes seriously. He has deserve,” said Dr. Zitar. a unique vision for his role Contributed photo Zitar attended Dr. and is enthusiastic about Arizona State University Dr. Joseph Zitar is the new medical the mission of providing where he earned a bache- director for Payson Care Center. the best care for our residents. His positive outlook lor’s degree in chemistry in 1991. He attended medical school at the and great sense of humor have already won University of Arizona where he graduated in the hearts of staff and residents alike and will 1996. He completed his internship and resi- only serve to enhance the service we offer our dency in Internal Medicine at Good Samaritan patients on a daily basis.”

Regional Medical Center in downtown Phoenix.

Dr. Zitar is married and has four children.

In his final year, he served as chief resident. In his free time, you can find him exercising.

Dr. Zitar became Board Certified in Internal He frequently competes in marathons and triMedicine in 1999 and re-certified in 2010. He is athlons.

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Payson Care Center’s Ken and Aleah Burreson recently received a national group volunteer award.

About the award

The Volunteer Group of the Year Award is presented annually and selected from the best of every region and division within Life Care. Criteria include active, ongoing and hands-on service and raising community awareness of the Life Care Center.

About Payson Care Center

Payson Care Center is located at 107 E. Lone Pine Drive.

Founded in 1976, Life Care is a nationwide health care company. It operates or manages more than 200 nursing, post-acute and Alzheimer’s centers in 28 states. For more information about Life Care, visit lcca.com.

Guest commentary

Health care decisions tools should be tailored to the patient’s needs by

Alan Balch

patient advocate foundation

Imagine the flood of questions that follows a cancer diagnosis.

How much longer do I have to live? How much am I willing to pay for treatment? What side effects am I willing to bear?

These aren’t easy questions. So health care providers and insurance companies are trying to help doctors guide their patients through the process with tools that aid in selecting the best treatment regimens.

In June, the American Society of Clinical Oncology released a framework it hopes physicians eventually will use to compare new cancer therapies with established treatments — the clinical benefits, side effects and costs.

Last year, Anthem produced a program designed to determine the best treatment options for some cancer patients and provide incentives for physicians to prescribe those treatments.

Such efforts face a common limitation: They do not adequately reflect the complex range of issues that inform patient treatment decisions. For example, some incorporate only drug prices into their cost models — one issue of concern to patients, but not the only one.

Developing precision treatments can be expensive, and the resulting prices for these specialty products can be high. Because novel therapies are often introduced to patients with advanced diseases, they may demonstrate only a modest benefit.

In the latest issue of JAMA Oncology, for example, researchers attempted to determine an appropriate price for an experimental lung cancer drug that extends life, according to clinical trial data, by between six weeks and two months, on average, for some stage-IV lung cancer patients. They calculated a low value for the treatment.

If patients’ decisions about novel treatments

are determined by rigid calculations of narrowly defined costs versus benefits, they’ll shy away from these treatments — or insurance companies may restrict or deny access to them.

My organization, the Patient Advocate Founda­ tion, provides case management support to tens of thousands of patients each year suffering from financial hardships. Last year, the primary medical debt issues for our patients were transportation expenses, followed by co-pays for hospital and doctor visits.

To make an informed decision about a treatment’s value, patients need to know much more about their likely out-of-pocket costs, beyond just the relevant medications.

People consider a wide variety of factors when buying a new car or refrigerator. Surely, applicable lessons exist for health care, especially with consumers shouldering an increasing share of their costs.

Frameworks can be designed to enable physicians to help their patients navigate health care decisions. But the frameworks also are likely to be used to determine what the patient can receive and what will be covered by insurance. To avoid inappropriate rationing of care or limiting of choice that may be contrary to a patient’s best care, these tools should address myriad risks, costs and benefits that reflect the complexity of treatment choices.

Patients and their providers don’t benefit from rigid formulas based on limited variables; they need sophisticated models that allow patients to determine what is important and then compare treatments. In a consumer-based medical system, this approach will ensure that treatment decisions are based on the needs of the individual patient.

About the author

Alan Balch is chief executive officer of the Patient Advocate Foundation.

Community Health & Care Fair next month The annual autumn Com­ munity Health and Care Fair is in November this year.

Once again it will be at the Julia Randall Elementary School gym. It will be from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 7.

As part of the event the annual Girls on the Run 5K will also be held that day.

Participants can have health screenings and visit with area experts and service providers.

Details are in the works and

will be published at a later date.

The Title Sponsors are MHA Foundation and Banner.

Other sponsors are EAHEC; Rim Country Health; Payson Care Center; and Hospice Compassus.

County waits for flu vaccines before scheduling clinics While Coconino County is already reporting confirmed cases of the flu for the 2015-16 season, at this time Gila County has no confirmed cases of the flu, according to Michael O’Driscoll, director of the county’s Division of Health and Emergency Services.

“We are waiting to receive our ordered vaccine stock from the state prior to planning clinics.

However, once clinic dates and times are confirmed, I will send a press release,” O’Driscoll said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone over 6 months old be vaccinated, but especially those who are at

a higher risk of illness, including: • Pregnant women.

• Children younger than 5 years old.

• Adults 65 years old or older.

• Those with chronic medical conditions such as heart disease or diabetes.

• People living in nursing homes or long-term care facilities.

• Those caring for at high-risk individuals, including health care and day care workers.

In addition to getting a flu shot, if you are around people who are sick, avoid contact with them and also frequently wash hands, cover cough.

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In a state over goiter – or is it gout?

So I told my editor I wanted The Linus Pauling Institute at to write about iodine deficien- Oregon State University reports cy, which messes with the thy- that iodine helps the thyroid creroid, which can give you goiters. ate hormones necessary for norI wondered whether all these mal growth, healthy metabolism fancy new salts without iodine and neurological development. additives might cause problems.

In the rest of the world, iodine “Salt gives you gout?” he deficiency in mothers trickles down to affect the child during asked. pregnancy. Once born, the child “Not gout. Goiters,” I replied.

“Gizzard goiters?” he asked. develops cretinism, a condition of a severely stunted physical “So like a holiday theme.” and mental capacity.

“Holiday theme?”

Dr. Andrew “Turkey gizzards give you Weil, with the goiter gout if T h e University of you don’t salt H e a l t h y Arizona, added ’em.” that a lack of I rolled my iodine could eyes. slow down the

by Michele Nelson Puns: The metabolism, lowest form of cause weight humor, except gain and stimulate other symptoms of hypomaybe ill-timed alliteration. thyroidism.

“I’m serious here,” I said.

“Look, if people don’t get “Serious as a heart attack,” he said, “which comes from too enough iodine, they will start to look like the turkey,” I said to much salt.”

I remembered, suddenly, my my editor.

“You mean like they gobbled vow to not talk to him about up everything,” he said. stories.

I groaned.

So, seriously, a lack of iodine Goiters in the states used to that causes the thyroid to enlarge in an attempt to squeeze out any be a huge problem, especialiodine it can find. And that’s ly along the “goiter belt” from no laughing matter when goiters the Great Lakes to the Pacific ensue and the neck looks like a Northwest. So back in the 1920s, the United States decided to add turkey’s wattle.

FOODIE

iodine to table salt in an effort to end high incidences of goiter in the country.

It worked. Goiter rates dropped in the U.S., but since 1971 and 1994 the Centers for Disease Control found that the levels of iodine intake dropped by 50 percent.

I was sure it was because of everyone eating Himalayan rock salt or Hawaiian black salt, something I have written about in another column.

Should I feel goiter guilt?

“So, I’ve got to write about goiter and iodine deficiency because so many people are eating salt without added iodine,” I said to my editor.

“Do people still really get gout?” he asked.

“Not gout. Goiters. Gout’s a different column.”

He looked confused, and stroked his Adam’s apple nervously.

Dr. Weil attributes the decreasing iodine amounts to Americans’ reliance on processed foods, so does the CDC. “The salt they contain is not iodized and probably because people are cooking less at home and substituting take-out food or processed foods, iodine intakes in the United States have declined from about 250 micro-

Payson Christian Clinic conference The health care and first responder community — both professionals and volunteers are invited to participate in the Seventh Annual Payson Christian Clinic Conference. The theme is “The Year of the Sabbatical.” The conference is from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 18 at The Rim Club, 300 S. Club House.

The day’s program features: • Tom Lutz, Lutz Group International. Lutz has more than 60 years of service in science, business, information management and leading change globally and ministers to church leaders and pastors and their families.

• Jerry Peyton, MA, executive director, Sold No More. Peyton has more than 40 years of experience in ministry and he is the principal founder of Tucson Crisis Pregnancy Center.

• Martin and Susie Gonzales, missionaries, Evangelical Alliance Mission in Mexico and Central America.

• Pastors John and Simone Lake. John is a teacher at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and pastor of the Church on Randall Place in Pine.

Simone serves with her husband in prayer, administration, education and as a Bible teacher.

Please register at godtalksrx.com as early as possible as space is limited. Donations by participants

Tom Lutz will be one of the featured speakers at the Payson Christian Clinic Conference being held Sunday, Oct. 18 at The Rim Club. are appreciated.

GodTalksRx is a teaching ministry of the Payson Christian Clinic and seeks to encourage health care providers to practice spiritual care as they practice medicine.

Ask your health care provider about COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is one of the most serious diseases in the U.S. Unfortunately it is also one of the most common.

The scary fact is over half of those with COPD do not even know they have it.

It is absolutely vital to find out if you have COPD and begin treatment as early as possible.

COPD gradually gets much worse over time if left untreated. Shortness of breath gets worse as COPD gets worse.

If you are diagnosed early, before you have a lot of lung damage, you may have very mild symptoms, even when you are active. This can make them difficult to detect, but still just as dangerous.

What are the dangers of undiagnosed COPD? If you are diagnosed later, you may have already lost much of your lung function.

If you are active, you may be short of breath during activities that didn’t used to cause this problem.

If you are not very active, you may not notice how much shortness of breath you have until your COPD gets worse.

If you have had COPD for many years, you may be short of breath even when you are at rest.

Even simple activities may cause very bad shortness of breath.

It’s very important to stop smoking. If you keep smoking after being diagnosed with COPD, the disease will get worse faster, your symptoms will be worse, and you will have a greater risk of having other serious health problems.

COPD is the name for a group of diseases that restrict air flow and cause trouble breathing. COPD includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Chronic lower respiratory disease, including COPD, is the third leading cause of death in the United States.

Fifteen million Americans have been diagnosed with COPD. Two decades ago, more than 50 percent of adults with poor pulmonary function were not aware that they had COPD, therefore millions more may have it and not be aware.

The lung damage that causes symptoms of COPD doesn’t heal and cannot be repaired. But if you have mild to moderate COPD and you stop smoking, you can slow the rate at which breathing becomes more difficult. You will never be able to breathe as well as you would have if you had never smoked, but you may be able to postpone or avoid more serious problems with breathing.

Helpful information on COPD can be found at http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12709111 http:// www.cdc.gov/copd/maps/docs/pdf/OH_ COPDFactSheet.pdf

Medicare open enrollment taking place now Medicare’s annual open enrollment is just around the corner. It is from Thursday, Oct. 15 through Monday, Dec. 7.

Medicare members are encouraged to review their health and prescription drug coverage, including changes in costs, coverage and benefits that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2016.

The Pinal-Gila Council for Senior Citizens will have its counselors available to provide screenings, plan comparisons and application assistance for several programs.

When seeing a counselor at one of the following Rim Country visits, bring a list of your (or the Medicare member’s) prescriptions and Medicare

ID card information.

Counselors are in the Rim Country on the following dates: Friday, Oct. 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Center, 514 W. Main, Payson Friday, Oct. 30, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library, 6124 N. Randall Place, Pine Friday, Nov. 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Center, 514 W. Main, Payson For additional information or to make an appointment, contact the Pinal-Gila Council for Senior Citizens at 928-474-3779, 520-836-2758 or 1-800-293-9393.

grams (mcg) per day to 157 mcg daily,” he wrote on his website.

Yet iodized salt is not the only place to get iodine. The American Thyroid Association says that cheese, cow’s milk, eggs, frozen yogurt, ice cream, salt water fish, seaweed, shell fish, soy milk, soy sauce and yogurt also contain iodine.

In other words, eat a balanced varied diet and the body will get enough iodine for health.

So I made my pitch for an iodine column.

My editor looked skeptical.

“How do you get enough iodine?” he asked.

“Well, enriched salt.”

“Can’t. Got high blood pressure on account of editing your stories.”

“Well, yogurt — plain.”

“Yuck,” he said.

“Cod,” I said. “50 percent of your recommended daily dose in three ounces.

“Don’t like cod,” he said, frowning.

“Chocolate ice cream: Twenty percent of your daily dose in half a cup.”

“Hey. That’s good information.”

“Told you,” I said.

“Yeah: Don’t want gout.”

“Goiters.”

“Whatever,” he said. “But five cups of chocolate ice cream a day — that’s a diet I can live with.”

So maybe next week, we’ll do the obesity epidemic.

But I don’t think I’ll run it past him.

Seaweed salad from Food.com 3/4 ounce dried wakame seaweed (whole or cut)

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Old-fashioned table salt has long been painted with the colors of one more health evil — but it (or at least the iodine with which it is fortified) is essential to a healthy thyroid, without it, all kinds of complications can arise.

3 tablespoons rice vinegar 3 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 teaspoon sugar Red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon finely grated ginger 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic 2 scallions, thinly sliced 1/4 cup shredded carrot 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

1. Soak seaweed in warm water to cover, 5 minutes. Drain, rinse then squeeze out excess water. If the wakame is uncut, cut into 1/2-inch wide strips.

2. Stir together vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, pepper flakes, ginger and garlic in a bowl until dissolved. Add the seaweed, scallions, carrots and cilantro, tossing to combine well.

3. Sprinkle salad with sesame seeds and enjoy.

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Battered Longhorns fall to Winslow Payson 5-2 after 27-16 setback

Photo courtesy of DJ Craig

Trey Glasscock goes up high trying to block an extra point attempt by Winslow’s Damon Avelar. In the photo below by Roundup sports editor Keith Morris, Alex Suarez gets by Winslow’s Darrien Brown for a 20-yard touchdown pass from Chaz Davis in the second quarter.

Keith Morris

close the season at unbeaten Show Low on Oct. 30.

Payson will have to get much healthier to Next man up. challenge those two powers. Winslow drove The Longhorns have rallied around that cry home the impact of the accumulation of injuries this season as injuries have mounted. on the Longhorns’ chances.

On Friday, however, the succession of blows Wyatt Chapman (hamstring), to Payson’s football standouts caught up with Ruben Estrada (ankle/foot) and them.

Brigham Flake With four senior stars all (knee) all missed watching from the sidelines, the entire game.

D4 Section 1 Football the Longhorns suffered a disAnd Taran

Section All Games heartening 26-17 loss to visit- W L W L PF PA Sarnowski ing Winslow (4-3) on Friday Show Low 2 0 7 0 355 97 (shoulder) Snowflake 2 0 7 0 260 33 night at Longhorn Stadium. returned The defeat left Payson Winslow 1 1 4 3 214 187 from an 5-2 and could deliver a body Payson 1 1 5 2 239 122 i n j u Blue Ridge 0 2 5 2 118 89 blow to the Longhorns’ play- Page ry that 0 2 1 6 89 314 off hopes. Fortunately, they knocked need just one win in the final Friday, Oct. 9 results him out of three games to earn a berth Winslow 27, Payson 16 last week’s in the 16-team Division 4 Show Low 63, Page 8 thrilling 20-19 win playoff field. Show Low and Snowflake 36, Blue Ridge 7 at Lakeside Blue Ridge Snowflake look tough given only to leave Friday’s Friday, Oct. 16 games the Longhorns’ battered con- Payson game early because of at Snowflake, 7 p.m. dition — but they also have Show Low at Blue Ridge, 7 p.m. the same injury. a 1-6 Page team as the oppo- Page at Winslow, 7 p.m.

Head coach Jake nent for next week’s home Swartwood said earlifinale. er in the week that he The Longhorns had hoped expected both Estrada for more of a cushion after back-to-back thrill- and Sarnowski to return for the game after ing victories. For a heady week, the team had leaving the Blue Ridge game early. Estrada, visions of finishing in the top eight and facing a however, didn’t suit up and spent the game less-daunting first-round playoff challenge. flashing signs to the defense. During much of However, finishing in the top eight will likely the time Payson’s offense occupied the field, he require seven wins. Unfortunately, the Horns stood watching next to Chapman, who missed travel to unbeaten Snowflake on Friday and his second game after pulling up hurt on a long by

roundup sports editor

Photo courtesy of DJ Craig

Angel Jacquez hauls in a Chaz Davis pass against the Bulldogs.

run in the first half of the Longhorns’ 32-28 win at Flagstaff on Sept. 25. Flake, a top member of the defensive secondary, is out for the season.

With three senior running backs missing, the Longhorns turned to sophomores like DiAndre

• See Beat up Longhorns, page 9A

PHS junior shines bright on one of golf’s biggest stages by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Mitchell McGuire lived a golfer’s dream.

The Payson High junior played in the Nature Valley First Tee Open on Sept.

22-27 in an event pairing 81 junior golfers with 81 Champions Tour professionals at famed Pebble Beach Golf Links.

“You’re walking down the fairway and the view behind you is incredible,” McGuire said.

Pebble Beach, one of golf’s premier courses, hugs the Pacific Ocean in Monterey County, Calif.

Beauty is only part of Pebble Beach.

Another aspect is wind.

“Since it’s an ocean-side course, there’s super high winds,” McGuire said. “So you can miss by a little bit and you’re literally on the beach. It took a little getting used to.”

Fortunately, he was able to play a practice round at Pebble Beach before returning for his second round on Sept.

26.

He played his first round at Poppy Hills Golf Course.

He was paired with Peter Senior in the tournament. The team came up two strokes shy of making the cut for the final round. It wasn’t because of McGuire, who shot an impressive 4-under-par. He carded a 1-under 70 at the par-71 Poppy Hills in the first round and finished strong with a 3-under 69 at par-72 Pebble Beach.

McGuire tried to soak up every bit of knowledge he could from Senior.

“I learned a lot playing with Peter Senior,” McGuire said. “He didn’t play his best but I kind of made up for it. As

a team we played well.”

McGuire said he was playing well before arriving for the tournament.

“I was kind of playing at the peak of my game when I went out there,” he said. “A lot of kids were complaining about how hard and fast the greens were but it kind of felt like what I practice on normally so it didn’t really affect me.”

He said he’s thankful for the opportunity to play and learn from a veteran professional golfer.

“It was really interesting just watching how he works his way around the golf course,” McGuire said of Senior.

“Being that he’s a little on the older side, instead of like most kids trying to hit it long and stick all your wedges, it didn’t really matter to him. It was really interesting to see a new way of playing golf instead of what we’re taught today.”

McGuire went through a challenging process to earn an invitation to the event.

“We had to have a few years of experience to even be selected to apply,” he said. “Once you’re selected to apply, you had to have an entire golf resume and write like six different essays. And then I had to do a face-to-face interview in Phoenix with a panel of like four judges scoring you on how you’re answering questions.”

Only 81 of the more-than 1,000 young golfers who applied were accepted.

“It was definitely difficult to get in,” McGuire said.

There wasn’t a lot of down time to go sightseeing.

“We had events pretty much every

night,” McGuire said. “We went to special dinners. We had a night just talking to professionals and a legends night talking to CEO’s from major corporations trying to help us see the bigger picture and what we could do.”

That was a revelation, he said.

“It was helpful,” McGuire said. “It really opened your eyes to how business really works. They’re really just normal people and it was nice to see how you can grow. The entire event was about a lot more than just golf. And the golf was amazing.

“It was just an incredible experience to be able to not just play golf but meet all these new people and network and learn these new skills while playing one of the best courses that’s ever been

created.”

McGuire already has an idea of what kind of field he’d like to go into.

“I want to get into aerospace engineering and of course college would come first for me,” he said. “If I could play golf in college that would be great.

I’m kind of interested in Embry Riddle University in Prescott. They specialize in flight and aeronautics and they have a pretty good golf team.”

He was accompanied on the trip by his mother, Denise, his father, Michael, and his sister, Mikaela. They flew to San Jose on Tuesday morning and returned the following Monday.

McGuire will be a junior on the Payson High golf team this spring.

Photos by Denise McGuire

At left, Payson High junior Mitchell McGuire putts beside the Pacific Ocean playing Pebble Beach.

Above, McGuire teamed with PGA Champions Tour professional Peter Senior in the Nature Valley First Tee Open.

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Payson Women’s Golf Association busy on the links Claudia Thompson and Ann Adams shot 68.5 to win the Flight A crown in the Payson Women’s Golf Association’s Greensome Tournament at Payson Golf Course on Sept. 29. Stephanie Collins and Judy McFall gave them a battle, finishing second with 69.

The tournament featured teams of two both teeing off then picking the best ball then hitting alternate shots until the final putt of the hole.

Kay Davis and Jan Burns shot 68 to win Flight B in a tight contest with runners-up Mary Crain and Marilyn Black (68.5).

Judy Mackenzie was closest to the pin on No. 5 (13 feet 6 ½ inches). Karen Peterson was closest to the pin on No. 17 (10-8 ½).

finished second. Marcy Hewlett claimed the consolation title.

Carolyn and Bill Davis triumph

Carolyn and Bill Davis claimed the Mac Trophy by winning the Co-Ed Tournament held with Payson Men’s Golf Association members. Nina and

Carolyn Davis wins Match Play

Carolyn Davis won the Match Play Knock-Out Tournament, which lasted all season. Peterson

Mangiello’s 65 wins by a single stroke Lou Mangiello fired a 65 to win a fierce battle with Tim Ernst (66) for the A Flight crown in the Payson Men’s Golf Association’s Individual Low Net Tournament at Payson Golf Course on Oct. 7.

Doug Magnuson’s 66 claimed the B Flight

Payson High Sports Schedule Boys soccer At Blue Ridge, 3 p.m.

Volleyball Winslow at Payson, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 14

Girls soccer Chandler Arizona College Prep at Payson, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 15

Boys soccer At Show Low, 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 16

Football At Snowflake, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17

Cross country At Snowflake Invitational Volleyball At Monument Valley, 1 p.m.

Girls soccer Chino Valley at Payson, 6

Tuesday, Oct. 20

Volleyball Ganado at Payson, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 21

Girls soccer At Desert Christian, 6 p.m.

Jack Greenshield (72) placed third.

Closest-to-the-pin winners were: Tim Hughes (No. 2, 42 feet 2 inches), Stan Eggen (No. 5, 21-10), Vaplon (No. 8, 15-6), Magnuson (No. 14, 9-6) and Mangiello (No. 17, 4-5 ½).

Lindsay won the consolation crown.

Rick Heppler Memorial Oct. 17 The Payson Rotary Club Foundation presents the Third Annual Rick Heppler Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Payson Golf Course. The tournament features a $500,000 holein-one contest, a $1 million hole-in-one contest, a $10,000 putting contest, and many more exciting games and raffles.

The four-person scramble benefits the Rick Heppler Memorial Fund and the Payson Rotary Club Foundation Charities.

Entry fee is $115 for one golfer ($95 for Payson Golf Course members) or $450 for a team of four. Those not playing can get lunch for $25. Registration opens at 7 a.m. the day of the tournament, followed by breakfast at 7:15, warm up at 7:30, tee times at 8 and lunch, raffles, results and prizes at 1 p.m.

For more information, call Mark Daniels at (928) 978-5913, Debra Daniels at (928) 978-6051 or Shawna Daniels at (928) 978-5235.

Beat up Longhorns stumble against Bulldogs From page 8A

Tuesday, Oct. 13

Monday, Oct. 19

title by two strokes over runner-up Gary Campbell (68). Ed Bossert (72) finished third.

Jim Dalgleish enjoyed a more comfortable margin of victory with a 63 in the C Flight.

Gary Vaplon (71) was eight strokes back.

Frank Szakal finished second.

Karen Peterson and Terry

Winslow 27, Payson 16

Terry and Shane Law, and junior Cameron Moore, along with senior Alex Suarez and junior Angel Jacquez. And, of course, senior quarterback Chaz Davis did his best without some of the big weapons in an explosive offense behind him.

But the Bulldogs shut down Payson’s running game. The Longhorns managed just 25 yards on 26 carries.

Forced to rely on the pass with Winslow anticipating it, Davis completed 15 of 25 passes for 189 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.

The Longhorns fell to 5-2 with three games remaining. They travel to Snowflake for their biggest test of the season on Friday.

The Lobos are 7-0 and coming off a rout of Blue Ridge.

Payson stood at No. 9 in last week’s Division 4 power rankings that determine the seedings for the 16-team state tournament. This week’s power rankings were scheduled to be released this morning.

The Longhorns ended the previous two games with Davis taking a knee to run out the clock.

They ended this one the same way as Swartwood threw in the towel with Payson facing firstand-10 from its own 6 with 55.1

Winslow 7 Payson 3

Scoring summary First quarter P-Kenny Ayers 25 FG, 8:21 W-Darrien Brown 25 run (Damon Avelar kick), 5:56 Second quarter W-C.J. Chacon 1 run (Avelar kick), 9:20 P-Alex Suarez 20 pass from Chaz Davis (Ayers kick), 7:46 Third quarter W-Chacon 1 run (Avelar kick), 26.8 Fourth quarter W-Nathan Hollins 40 interception return (kick failed), 11:51 P-Shane Law 32 pass from Davis (pass failed), 2:02

Team statistics

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A Winslow ball carrier finds running room as Payson’s Tito Vega (68) pursues him and Angel Jacquez tries to escape from a Bulldog who appears to be holding him. on the clock following a botched punt return that lost 14 yards.

He called timeout and when players started to walk closer for a huddle, he said, ‘We don’t need to huddle. Take a knee and let’s get out of here.’”

Davis took a knee twice and it was over.

Kenny Ayers hit a 25-yard field goal, the team’s first of the season, to break a scoreless tie with 8:21 left in the first quarter.

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But the lead was short-lived as the Bulldogs went up 7-3 on a D Brown 25-yard run with 5:56 left in the first quarter.

C.J. Chacon made it 14-3 on a 1-yard run with 9:20 left in the first half but Alex Suarez caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Davis to cut the deficit to 14-10 with 7:46 to play in the second quarter.

But Chacon put Winslow up 21-10 on his second 1-yard

run with 26.8 seconds left in the third quarter and Nathan Hollins intercepted Davis for the second time and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown to make it 27-10 with 11:51 left in the game.

Shane Law hauled in a 32-yard TD pass from Davis with 2:02 left but an onside kick failed to travel 10 yards before Payson touched it, effectively ending any comeback bid.

Rushes-yards Comp.-att.-int.

Passing yards First downs Penalties-yards Punts-avg.

Returns-yards Fumbles-lost Time of possession

W

P

40-199 26-25 7-13-1 15-25-2 69 189 15 11 10-75 8-61.5 6-28.7 4-31.8 3-58 8-106 1-0 5-0 24:25 23:35

Individual statistics RUSHING – W: C.J. Chacon 25-99, Darrien Brown 10-79, Mikel Bonner 1-14, Nathan Hollins 1-3, Chris Padilla 2-2, Ricardo Villanueva 1-2. P: Cameron Moore 9-21, Taran Sarnowski 1-3, Chaz Davis 16-1.

PASSING (comp.-att.-yds.-TD-int.) – W: Rey Velez 7-13-69-0-1. P: Davis 15-25-189-1-2.

RECEIVING – W: Hollins 5-59, Bonner 2-10. P: Shane Law 2-87, Alex Suarez 5-53, Angel Jacquez 4-26, Moore 3-20, DiAndre Terry 1-3.

RETURNS – W: Chacon 3-58. P: Law 5-48, Davis 2-44, Terry 1-14.

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More money for schools Early Trick-or-Treat Head of House at the Payson Roundup education committee supports Ducey plan

by

Pete Aleshire

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State Rep. Paul Boyer urged voters to support Gov. Doug Ducey’s plan to increase K-12 spending with more money from the flush state land fund.

Head of the House Education Committee and a history teacher in a charter school, Boyer has become a leading voice on education and advocate for the governor’s plan to temporarily increase the money going to education from the state’s $5.2 billion land fund.

Gov. Ducey supported putting on the ballot a measure that for five years would increase from 2.5 percent to 10 percent the percentage of the money that has accumulated in the fund spent on K-12 schools. The distribution would then drop to 5 percent for the next five years, before dropping back down to 2.5 percent after a decade.

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee estimates the measure would increase K-12 spending by $344 million annually — at least initially. That works out to roughly $300 per student.

Despite the diversion of the extra money, the state land trust would still increase in value by an estimated $1 billion over the 10 years.

“If you let the interest that would be going to education instead go back into the fund and compound itself, of course the fund will be much higher. But schools need the money now,” said Boyer.

Boyer’s wide-ranging talk before the Payson Tea Party last week revealed confusion, frustration — and broad support for schools.

One former teacher in the audience said even when lawmakers increase school funding, the money doesn’t make it into the classroom. “Even when you had the 1 cent sales tax, I never saw a dime in the classroom.

I was never given anything. If I needed paper, I had to buy paper. I’m telling you right now, I’ve never seen the money going into classrooms.”

Boyer also covered topics like Common Core academic standards and the accumulation of state imposed regulations schools must observe. He said the massive Title 15 book of school regulations was already NABBING YEARLY AWARDS ACROSS 1 A hiker may commune with it 7 Chop 12 Gets entry to 20 Worked hard for 21 The “veni” of “veni, vidi, vici” 22 Slope at the base of a mountain 23 Start of a riddle 25 Funny actress Barr 26 By way of 27 Big vase 28 Western U.S. gas brand 30 Police attack 31 Riddle, part 2 37 Geller of the paranormal 38 Naval acad. grad’s rank 39 Gender-altering suffix 40 Punk music subgenre 41 Fawn bearer 42 Steady pay 44 Learning ctr.

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Rep. Paul Boyer holds aloft the massive compilation of state regulations for school districts known as Title 15. The book of regulations grew another inch this year. The head of the House Education Committee, himself a teacher, spoke before the Payson Tea Party last week to support Gov. Doug Ducey’s plan to temporarily increase the money from the State Land Trust going to schools. nearly a foot thick, but grew another inch last year alone. He then hefted the tome to make his point.

He said school districts should have the flexibility to decide how to spend any new money. “As a legislative body, we should give districts flexibility. If they get extra money, they can spend it on all-day kindergarten or reading specialists or teacher salaries.”

He acknowledged that taking the additional money out of the state land trust won’t bring Arizona’s state spending on K-12 schools anywhere near the national average. Arizona is currently close to last in per-student spending and 47 percent below the national average, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

In fact, the $300 per student wouldn’t even cover the adjustment for inflation provided for in a 2001 voter initiative that several courts have said the state illegally withheld from schools during the recession.

Courts have ordered the state to immediately pay $336 million in withheld inflation money for this year, but not ruled on $1.3 billion in accumulated shortfunding.

Last week, a judge suspended the order for the state to pay the $336 million pending rulings by a higher court or fresh negotiations.

He said he thinks the governor will call a special session of the Legislature to work on school funding in the next few weeks.

Boyer said the governor’s proposal would at least provide some new money without raising taxes. “It’s not where we need to

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be, but it’s a good start. I think we should do more. But I also think we need to be realistic about our funding priorities.”

He said more money won’t solve all the problems schools face, but it’s a start. “I think funding is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for a solution. I don’t want to starve schools — and starve good schools — because there are some bad actors out there that aren’t putting money back into the classroom. I want to get as much money into the classrooms as I can — and not just because I’m a teacher. But as a teacher, last year I put $800 into the classroom. I teach European history — and I don’t have any maps.”

He said he hopes to convince his fellow lawmakers to work hard on reducing the thousands of pages of requirements included in Title 15, rather than adding to the requirements every year.

Darlene Younker, who ran unsuccessfully for the Payson School Board, said she doesn’t think there’s much relationship between per-student spending levels and how much students learn. “This is not a new problem. This has been going on for years and years — piping more money in doesn’t seem like we’re steadily rising.”

But Don Cline, said he’d seen reports saying Arizona is 49th in teacher salaries, 49th in teacher-student ratios and near the bottom in teacher salaries.

“Seems to me that’s an excellent reason why you’ve got a brain drain in terms of teachers leaving the classroom.”

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Pine throws a heck of a party for the best of causes by

Max Foster

special to the roundup

Whoever tagged Pine a sleepy, quiet town wasn’t in the tiny mountain hamlet on Saturday.

On that day, the village was alive with a pulsating vibe that can only be found in rural America where camaraderie, volunteerism and good times go hand in hand.

The fervor stemmed from the second annual Wine Around the Library charity benefit, the Fall Festival and an old-fashioned

chili cook-off, all of which that drew throngs of curious visitors and an overflow crowd of locals eager for a weekend of merrymaking.

Early in the afternoon during the Fall Festival Arts and Crafts show, about 20 home chefs, most from Pine and Strawberry, brewed their favorite chili recipes in hopes of winning the crowd’s votes and $100 in prize money.

For $5, customers slurped and downed spoons of chili before voting for their favorite concoc-

tion.

Later that afternoon, attention shifted to the Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library where the charity benefit attracted about 60 revelers there to enjoy the music of Trouble in Paradise, browse the library shelves, and indulge in top shelf chocolates, fine wines and scrumptious hors d’oeuvres.

Many took a stab at bidding on the more than 20 silent auction items that included a Navajo rug handwoven by a mother of nine living on the Northern Arizona

Reservation. Others ticket holders were content in kicking back for a few hours of conversation with friends, newcomers and visitors.

At times, the small town gathering resembled a Norman Rockwell painting.

Library manager Becky Waer called the benefit a huge success saying it topped last year’s inaugural benefit, “It’s better because we learned how to do it and it will be even more successful next year.”

Cellphone sex triggers multiple arrests From page 1A with the girl in Oregon, but said he never slept with the Payson girl, they just fooled around.

When Hansen spoke with the boy’s parents, they said when they learned their son had slept with the girl in Oregon they took his Facebook privileges away.

The boy’s mother said she read several sexting conversations on her son’s Facebook page that he had with girls. The mother said she took her son’s phone away out of concern that he was sending and receiving naked images from these girls. The boy admitted to sexting at least five girls.

While inspecting the boy’s Facebook messages, Hansen found sexual messages and pornographic photos from a 14-yearold eighth-grader at Rim Country Middle School.

The site also included sexual images to and from a 16-year-old sophomore at PHS, a 15-year-old sophomore at PHS and another teen girl from Skyline High School in Apache Junction.

The boy denied sexual contact with any of the girls he was sexting, but Hansen said it appeared he was lying throughout his ques-

tioning.

“He was joking and asking completely unrelated questions,” Hansen wrote. “(The boy’s mother) spoke with me after the interview and she advised that he does not think that he will have consequences and laughs about the situation.”

When Hansen went to PHS to interview one of the teen girls the boy was sexting, he learned the girl had sent and received several graphic images.

Hansen charged the boy and two of the teen girls the boy was sexting for sending nude photographs. Since July 2010, a juvenile can face a class 2 misdemeanor for sexting, punishable by up to four months in jail.

“Under the new law, it is unlawful for juveniles to send or possess sexts using electronic communication devices, including computers and cellphones,” according to a newsletter from The University of Arizona Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families.

Before 2010, sexting was considered sexual exploitation of a minor, which under the law, required convicted “sexters” to register as sex offenders.

“Because the consequences were so harsh, legal authorities often did not charge youth with a crime when caught sexting,” according to the UofA. Now, teens that receive and send explicit messages can face charges. That includes teens that send explicit self-portraits or selfies.

While Hansen spoke with the 16-year-old sophomore the boy had sexted, he asked if she had sexted anyone else. She said she had sexted a 20-year-old that works at a local grocery store and they had sex once.

When Hansen met with the girl’s mother to discuss this, the girl’s mother said she was shocked her daughter had slept with the boy, because he had taken her daughter out on a date and before that, the mother told the boy only to take her to Chili’s and then to bowl.

“She advised she had no idea that they had gone to his house instead and had sex,” Hansen wrote.

The mother said she did not want to press charges against the 20-year-old.

Hansen charged the man with sexual conduct with a minor.

A few days after this investigation, Hansen began another when the parents of a 14-year-old girl reported their daughter slept with a 19-year-old she had been sexting.

The freshman at Payson Center for Success met the man while working at a local restaurant. When the girl started acting differently, dressing more provocatively and trying to lose weight, the mother grew suspicious.

When the mother confronted her daughter, she learned her daughter had slept with the 19-year-old and sexted him multiple times, mostly through a phone application known as Snapchat.

Snapchat messages automatically delete after they are viewed, but users can take screen shots of the messages. The mother said she viewed many sexual chats between her daughter and the man.

Hansen pulled up several of these messages on the girl’s Snapchat account, including references to videos the two sent each other.

Hansen charged the 19-yearold with sexual conduct with a minor and sexual exploitation of a minor.

O B I T U A R I E S Bernadette Marie Heath

Karen K. Gibbs

(1942-2015)

Wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, photographer, author, fused glass artist, Grand Canyon hiker, potter, pen and ink artist, quilter, seamstress, antique glass collector, lifelong rock hound, track and field coach, volunteer and many other accomplishments, died Aug. 13, 2015 surrounded by her family. Bernadette battled ovarian cancer for nearly three years.

Bernadette was born in 1942 in Minnesota. She is survived by husband, Bill; children, Monica, Rick, Anita; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Bernadette was the oldest of seven and is survived by three sisters and one brother.

What my mom has given to us all. When you are watching the world fly by at 75 mph, you are missing more than you think. Pull out of the fast lane, put down the remote, get off

(1942-2015)

the couch, walk off the beaten path, and just take a close look at what we are surrounded by.

This world may not be much at 75 mph, but when you stop and take it in, it will blow your mind what we miss every day. Life is never a curse to be endured, it is a gift to be enjoyed and explored.

When it is over and you slide into the end, with your hair blown out of whack, sunburned face, and the dirt from the road on your lips, you will know how she lived. When all was done, and we listened close and she crossed over, we can hear her say, “Woo hoo! What a ride!” Great job, Mom. You will be greatly missed by us all.

Funeral mass 10 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17, continued in hall with celebration of life at the Catholic Church of the Holy Nativity, 1414 N. Easy Street, Payson.

Craig C. Steedman 1948 - 2015

In the early morning of October 6th, Craig Carpenter Steedman was called to heaven by his Lord and Savior. Craig was born in Berkeley, California on January 15, 1948. He graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry, followed by four years in the U.S. Coast Guard during the Vietnam War. He received a Master’s Degree in Entomology from the University of Idaho and immediately began a career in the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, from which he retired in Camp Verde, AZ. He was a man of many passions including history, trains, science fiction, and nature. He loved working in his garden and transformed his yards wherever he lived. He always had a good

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story to share with friends over a glass of wine or cold beer.

At times a man of few words, but exceedingly generous and kind.

He was preceded in death by his mother Helen E. Steedman and his father George C. Steedman.

He is survived by his 2 sons, Peter (Michelle) and Andrew (Sophia); 2 grandsons, Jaedon & Trevin; and his sister, Kathie (Ron) Mettler.

Service will be held on Saturday, October 24th at 10:00 am at the Cottonwood Bible Church, 1020 S. Camino Real, Cottonwood, AZ. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Craig Steedman Memorial Fund, c/o Verde Valley Reformed Chapel, P.O. Box 834, Cottonwood, AZ 86326.

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Karen K. Gibbs went home peacefully to be with the Lord on Sept.

5, 2015. She was born on June 24, 1942 in Parkers Prairie, Minn.

Karen is survived by her mother, Lillian Karger; a sister, Maureen (Ralph) Gropper; and two brothers, Donald (Roberta) Karger and Ronald (Elise) Karger.

Karen was preceded in death by her husband, Bert F. Gibbs; her father, Edwin Karger; and her sister, Janice Gropper.

She was a caring and lov-

ing daughter and wife.

Everyone who knew her felt her love and enjoyed her company.

Karen loved serving her church and her Lord. All who knew her will miss her greatly.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015 at the Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 407 W. Wade Lane, Payson, Ariz.

Donations in Karen K. Gibbs’ name may be made to the Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church.

Some visitors, such as Kelly Minton of Goodyear, traveled from the Valley to take part in the charity festival.

While it took hundreds of manhours and a pack of dedicated volunteers to host the high country events, at the end of the day

the crew paused long enough to pat themselves on the back for a job well done and without hesitation began planning for next year’s festivities.

“It’s the way we do it up here,” said a library governing board member.

WEATHERREPORT Forecast by the National Weather Service

Tuesday

PAYSONREPORT

Sunny

86/51 Wednesday

Sunny

88/53 Thursday

Mostly sunny; 30% chance for rain

84/57 Friday

Mostly cloudy; 60% chance for rain

76/54 Saturday

Mostly sunny; slight chance for rain

73/52

Weather courtesy of Weather Underground

Payson Statistics DATE H Oct. 2 84 Oct. 3 79 Oct. 4 76 Oct. 5 63 Oct. 6 61 Oct. 7 71 Oct. 8 79 Oct. 9 79 Oct. 10 78 Oct. 11 83 Oct. 12 85

L PRECIP. 50 42 49 0.05 52 1.07 43 0.47 43 0.01 46 49 51 49 51

Precipitation 2015 thru today 17.23 30-year Average through Oct. 17.97

Oct. 2015 1.60 Oct. Avg. 1.72

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

PAYSON POLLEN COUNT FORECAST Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

MED-HIGH

MED-HIGH

MEDIUM

MEDIUM

8.4 7.3 6.8 7.2

Dominant pollen: Ragweed, Elm High: Pollen levels between 9.7 and 12.0 tend to affect most individuals who suffer

from the pollen types of the season. Symptoms may become more severe

during days with high pollen levels.

Medium: Pollen levels between 7.3 and 9.6 will likely cause symptoms for many

individuals who suffer from allergies to the predominant pollen types of the season.

Low: Pollen levels between 0 and 7.2 tend to affect very few individuals among the

allergy-suffering public.

Source: pollen.com

Payson Roundup LOCAL Tuesday, October 13, 2015

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Group seeks Internet backup for Rim Country by

Pete Aleshire

roundup editor

Driven by repeated Internet and cellphone outages, a high-powered group of local business and political leaders is pushing for a backup network.

Some 20 political and community leaders met last week to explore solutions and launch a crusade to improve the reliability of the existing CenturyLink fiber optic

trunk line, which has been severed three times in the past year. The most recent incident caused by a Forest Service work crew left most of Rim Country without Internet or cellphone service for 13 hours on Sept. 28.

A survey of local businesses by the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce suggests the outage cost local businesses roughly $100,000 in lost sales, with most

unable to process credit card payments or even keep their doors open.

“All the banks, all the businesses, everyone who uses Internet was just dead in the water,” said Payson Economic Development Director Bobby Davis.

He noted that Banner Payson Medical Center had to fly three patients to the Valley to get emergency CT scans, because the loss of the Internet connec-

JRE’s September Super HEROs

Teachers nominated each student chosen as the Super HERO (Helping Everyone Respect Others) for that month. They represent outstanding character, are an example to others and portray the qualities of their classroom’s Social Contract. In short, they are JRE Super HEROs. Each Super Hero was honored with their name read to the school, attended the Super Hero root beer float party, received a gift certificate from Native Grill and Wings for a free kid’s meal and a HERO bracelet.

Pictured from left to right:

Bottom row (sitting on the floor) — second grade — Amy McEntire, Madison Sylvester, Heaven Yates and Haskin Lyman 2nd row — third grade — Manny Flores, Lizbeth Reyes, Alondra Dominguez-Ramirez, Sabrina Burlando, Sydney Gilbert, Sierra Lamons and Keenan Lozano 3rd row — fourth grade — Christine Stone, Brinna Hall, Candace Ewing, Hailey Deaton and Alexia Dyer Back row — fifth grade — Jarrett Johnson, Megan Anderson, Kassidy Pirch, Maggie Whaley, Guillermo Vazquez and Cameron Beadle

tion made it impossible to get CT scans done at the hospital interpreted by the radiologist group the hospital contracts with in Chicago.

Although the Payson Police and Fire departments still had internal communications thanks to a recent upgrade in the town’s communications system, most people who needed help couldn’t call the fire or police departments, said Davis.

“We’ve got to have redundancy with the connection. How are we going to grow this region economically if we can’t have a secure broadband connection?” said Davis.

The group included representatives from Gila County, Payson, Star Valley, local schools, several police and fire departments, Central Arizona Association of Governments, Gila Community College, local businesses and others.

The group agreed activating an existing microwave tower connection through Gov.NET probably offers the best shortterm, cost effective solution.

“This is the leading candidate for a quick fix,” said Davis.

The federal government has invested more than $50 million in creating a network of microwave towers in rural Arizona that can carry a high-speed, high-volume Internet connection. A private company, Gov.NET runs that network, which now includes two towers in Payson. However, the network exists mostly to serve rural schools, government agencies, police and fire departments.

Private companies like Verizon can’t contract to use the network until a list of government customers has signed on or declined. So far, none of the mandated list of government customers has made a decision on whether to use the network.

Davis said he doesn’t yet know how much it would cost for the various government agencies on the list to contract for the backup or primary service through gov.NET. “From my understanding it’s just a matter of flipping the switch now that they’re working with Gila County,” said Davis. “Within a matter of weeks, we should be able to have a backup system with gov.NET if everything works out. But this meeting was apparently the first time the CenturyLink people and the gov.NET people had sat down together.”

The group also agreed to push CenturyLink, Verizon and other service providers to improve the reliability of the

Outage Impacts on Business 1. How much profit did the outage cost you: $0-$100: 32 percent $100-$1,000: 28 percent $1,000 +: 18 percent 2. Did you have fewer customers?

Yes: 60 percent No: 39 percent 3. Could you complete banking transactions?

Yes: 28 percent No: 70 percent 4. Were you able to use debit/ credit cards?

Yes: 12 percent No: 81 percent Source: Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce

existing systems.

The group scheduled an Oct. 21 follow-up meeting and agreed to organize a letter writing campaign to get the attention of federal officials in hopes of getting more money to improve emergency communications and Internet reliability.

Davis noted that connecting Payson to an existing fiber optic tower on the Rim near Forest Lakes would also provide another connection, which would kick in if the primary line that runs from the Valley to Camp Verde and up into Rim Country gets cut again. However, it costs about $1 million per mile to lay a fiber optic cable — so it would cost $30 million to provide another, hard-wired fiber optic connection.

“The commercial carriers say there just isn’t enough business here to pay for that,” said Davis. “They all want to be partners and take care of our problems, but it’s just the economics of the funding.”

However, the chamber of commerce study revealed how dependent many businesses have become on the Internet — and how badly an outage disrupts their operations.

Zane Grey’s vivid depictions of Wild West celebrated On Tuesday, Oct. 13 and Wednesday, Oct. 14, the replica of the author Zane Grey’s Cabin at Green Valley Park will celebrate 10 years of entertaining and educating visitors.

“The replica of the Zane Grey Cabin has enriched the Town of Payson in so many ways,” said Sandy Carson, president of the historical society. “It provides a venue where students, adult learners, and tourists can learn about Grey’s Arizona legacy.”

The days mark a moment to celebrate a prolific writer who immortalized the early days of Arizona settlers.

Grey visited, hunted and learned about the Rim Country and old Arizona from the early 1900s until 1929.

Bill Furman, a Zane Grey fan and management consultant who coordinated the cabin project, spoke of the historical value of the author’s writings.

“Whether his creations are fiction or not, they actually depict our early time — our love of stories, our ranching, our trials and tribulations,” he said.

Beth Counsellor, one of the original cabin’s caretakers, elaborated on Furman’s thoughts.

“When Zane Grey came here, he was interviewing and visiting with people who actually settled the area, “she said. “The old-timers were here to spin

stories for him and explain, because they knew firsthand what the old adage meant — that ‘Arizona ain’t for amateurs.’ This was a wild and wooly place, and Zane Grey learned that right from the people who experienced it.”

Grey came to love the people and the place so much he returned year after year, so his hunting guides built him a cabin under the Mogollon Rim. During the autumn hunting seasons of the 1920s, the cabin was his base camp from which he hunted, researched his books and wrote.

He last used the cabin in 1929 following a spat with Arizona Game and Fish.

Grey died 10 years later.

The cabin was abandoned and on the verge of ruin by vandals when Bill Goettl purchased it in the 1960s to restore the cabin turning it into a museum.

Thousands of people visited every year.

In 1974, Goettl got it listed on the National Register of Historical Places.

Then tragedy struck.

Less than two years after the Goettl family sold the cabin and property to a land development company, the devastating Dude Fire of 1990 swept across the face of the Mogollon Rim. The fire took the lives of six firefighters, burned more than 28,000 acres of

forest and destroyed nearly 60 homes.

Among the causalities — Grey’s cabin.

Unfortunately, efforts to rebuild on the original site were unsuccessful and the development company built an exclusive subdivision.

In 2005, volunteers decided to rebuild a historically accurate replica of the cabin next to the Rim Country Museum in Green Valley Park.

Dick Wolfe, president of the Zane Grey Cabin Foundation, noted that they had a difficult time finding certain materials and furnishings so that the cabin would look as it did when built 83 years ago.

“One of the most difficult things we’ve had to do is convincing all of these craftsmen to not do a perfect job,” he said.

“It was not perfect back then. It was just some cowboys and ranchers working up there with one carpenter.”

To restore the cabin to its original state, all the wood used in the cabin, both interior and exterior was rough sawn. The walls and ceiling of the interior were comprised of one-by-six board.

The effort even roped in local students. Eleven from the Payson High School building trades class made replica furniture based on an old interior photograph.

The cabin has become a focal point for special events and community pride, said Carson.

“It is a sought after tourist attraction and brings folks from around the world

to Payson,” she said. “The cabin replica has both preserved and promoted the history of Rim Country.”

For more information, please call the Rim Country Museum at 928-474-3483.

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The Rim Country Camera Club has once more stocked local outlets with scenic calenders to raise money for Rim Country food banks.

The club sells the calenders for $10, with all the money going to food banks thanks to the support of local businesses that covered the printing costs.

The club sorted through 328 photographs submitted by 56 local photographers. Last year, the club raised $2,500 for the food banks, after covering the cost of the printing.

The club meets the second Monday of every month, with presentations by members and guests. For information contact Greg McKelvey (gempressphotos43@gmail.com) Sponsors include: Macky’s Grill Scoops KRIM Chitwood’s Cabinets Beverage Place St. Vincent de Paul Black and Tan Apparel Western Village Payson Jewelers Computer Guys Aloha Bean Coffee Peggy’s Payson Place Tymeless Antiques and Treasures Tonto Silk Screen Coyote Auto Payson Barber Buffalo Grill Payson Premier Dental Patty Hunt Photography GemPressPhotos Kim Ross, Realtor Iron Horse Signs

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Sy Harrison Masonic Lodge stated meeting

The stated meeting and dinner for Sy Harrison Masonic Lodge #70, F&AM, is Tuesday, Oct 13. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. for all members and guests. The Stated meeting for All Regular Masons will begin at 7 p.m. All Masons, members of Sy Harrison or other lodges are encouraged to attend.

Rim Country Optimist Club

The Rim Country Optimist Club works in a variety of ways to help youth in the community.

The group meets once a month on the second Tuesday at the Cedar Ridge Restaurant of the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino starting at 5:30 p.m.

The speaker Tuesday, Oct. 13 is Cameron Davis, director of Payson Parks and Recreation. He will provide information about events that are held and activities that are provided through his office.

The Optimist Club will be holding its 10th all community Fishing Festival in April. There will be time for questions, and as always, visitors are welcome.

For further information about the club or future events, contact Joan Young at (928) 472-2264. The web site is http://www.rimcountryoptimist.com.

Beyond Limits food drive

Beyond Limits Disability Ministry concludes its annual canned food drive on Tuesday, Oct. 13 when members bring their collections at 6 p.m. to St Vincent de Paul Food Bank, 511 S. St. Philip St., Payson. At 6:15 p.m. participants will go to Expedition Church, 301 S. Colcord Rd., Payson for dinner, free of charge, and a time of celebration, fellowship and inspiration. Family, caregivers and service providers for the participants are welcome to attend.

Beyond Limits, an interdenominational Christian group for adults with developmental disabilities, has been serving the Payson area since 2005. The ministry is a 501(c)3

non-profit charitable organization.

For questions or further information, call Mark or Jennie Smith at (928) 468-8434.

enthusiasts are invited to meet up with fellow fans at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Payson Event Center on the north side of the warm-up arena.

For more information, call (928) 978-2365.

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

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

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

The lodge is open to members and their guests.

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

Americans for Prosperity speaker The Payson Tea Party will host Karen MacKean, the Northern Arizona coordinator for Americans for Prosperity, who will speak on How the Grassroots Can Rally to Win Free Market Victories.

The meeting is from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at Tiny’s Family Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260. For details, call (928) 951-6774.

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

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

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

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

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

Ukulele fun Play a ukulele? A new group of players is forming and participation is free. All skill levels welcome. For more information, call (928) 5952086. If you have a ukulele you would like to donate or sell, call the above number.

Libertarian meeting Rim residents who believe the U.S. Constitution is America’s only “Operating System” are invited to attend the area Libertarian Party’s monthly meeting at 7 p.m., the sec-

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Members of the Reaching Out Breast Cancer Support Group took a “field trip” Oct. 8 to the Imaging Center, 127 E. Main, Payson. Renee Harrigan, the Imaging Center’s senior mammographer, hosted the group, which was shown the inside workings of the facility. The group left with pink goody bags filled with pink shoe laces, pink pens, pink two-year planners, pink boas and a host of information concerning what to do when given a breast cancer diagnosis. ond Tuesday each month at Tiny’s Restaurant, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson.

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

Rim Country 4 Wheelers Members of the Rim Country 4 Wheelers (RC4W) invite anyone interested in four-wheel-drive back road travel to join them at 8 a.m.

Wednesdays in the Bashas’ shopping center parking lot in front of the Big 5 store.

For all trips, have a full tank of gas, lunch, and a lawn chair.

For more information, visit the Web site at www.rimcountry4wheelers.com or call RC4W President Chuck Jacobs at (928) 595-0967.

Soroptimists The local Soroptimist club invites all women who are interested in working with and for the community to improve the status of women to join members for lunch at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260, Payson, at noon Wednesdays.

Anyone interested should contact Jean Oliver, (928) 474-6167; or Audrey Wilson, (928) 468-3108.

Rock club meets The Payson Rimstones Rock Club meets Wednesday, Oct. 14 at the Payson Library, 328 N. McLane Rd. The board meeting will be held at 2:30 p.m., with the general meeting beginning at 3:30 p.m.

This month, geologist Peter Dohms will speak about the Animas River toxic spill resulting from a botched EPA cleanup of the Gold

King Mine. Non-members are always welcome to attend. Treats will be provided.

87 Mountain Biking Club 87 Mountain Biking Club meets at 4 p.m. every Wednesday at the 87 Cyclery shop, 907 S. Beeline Highway.

Members have group trail rides throughout Gila County for every level of rider (beginners to advanced).

Everyone is encouraged to join and learn about all the great mountain biking trails Payson and the surrounding area has to offer.

For more information or questions, please call (928) 478-6203.

Radio control vehicle group meets Wednesday Radio control car and truck

The Rim Country chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society meets at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 17 at a new site, The Center (formerly the Payson Senior Center), 514 W. Main, Payson.

The guest speaker is Rich Lange, who will give a presentation on the Homolovi Ruins located north of Winslow.

There will be refreshments available, and guests are always welcome.

Each month the group features a hike to a local archaeology site.

This month the excursion will be to the Milk Ranch Point Hilltop Signal site. Gather in The Center parking lot, 514 W. Main, Payson, at approximately 1 p.m. Participants will carpool to the site and be guided

by Ed Spicer, activities coordinator.

Release forms will be available and are required for all hikers.

Wednesday Duplicate Bridge results Winners at Wednesday Bridge Oct. 8 were: Kathy and Hal Bass, first; Dot and Ed Koshinski, second; Wanda Sitz and Phon Sutton, third.

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Tortoise, snail, denied endangered species listing Feds, state say protections now adequate despite threats by

weight in an enormous bladder — which allows them to go a year or more without access to freestanding water.

Their populations have declined as much as 90 percent in many areas.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department hailed the finding, saying the Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) involving 16 state and federal agencies has worked when it comes to protecting the iconic desert reptile.

“Creating the large-scale partnership will contribute greatly to tortoise conservation and we hope will keep it from needing to be federally listed,” said Thomas Jones, acting nongame wildlife branch chief for the department.

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State and private efforts have worked so well there’s no need to list either the Sonoran desert tortoise or the Page springsnail as endangered, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has concluded.

Both species have declined and environmental groups have been filing lawsuits for decades trying to get the federal government to confer protection on the species and their habitat.

However, up against a legal deadline the Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that conservation agreements and efforts by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and other agencies are working well enough without imposing the additional restrictions the listing as an endangered species would trigger.

Desert tortoise

The Fish and Wildlife Service finding clears the way to remove the tortoise from the endangered species list. The tortoise has been listed since 2010. The tortoise will remain on Mexico’s endangered species list and it will remain illegal to collect or harass tortoises in the United States.

Somewhere between 470,000 and 970,00 desert tortoises lumber along across some 38,000 square miles — twothirds of it in the U.S. and the rest in Mexico, concluded the USFWS. The 24 million acres of tortoise habitat is generally so dry and remote that urbanization hasn’t affected them much.

The study concluded that climate change, altered wildfire patterns, fragmented habitat and non-native plants still pose problems for the tortoise.

However, the state and federal governments control 73 percent of the land over which the tortoise wanders and all those agencies have entered into conservation agreements that ensure the tortoise “does not face extinction for the foreseeable future.”

The tortoise can live for 80 years,

Page springsnail Photo courtesy of the Arizona Game and Fish Department

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided the Sonoran desert tortoise doesn’t need the protection of a listing as an endangered species, thanks to ongoing state and federal conservation efforts. spending much of that time hidden in burrows and rock shelters in a state resembling suspended animation. They emerge after rains, when they stock up on ephemeral desert flowers and grasses. They can go long periods without water and tolerate salt and water imbalances on a daily basis that would quickly kill a human.

They can weigh up to 50 pounds and dig burrows utilized by a wide variety

of other desert creatures. An individual tortoise will wander over a 10- to 100acre home range.

They grow slowly and reproduce rarely, requiring 16 years to reach a length of eight inches and as much as 20 years to reach sexual maturity. Fewer than 5 percent of hatchlings make it to sexual maturity. They get their water mostly from the plants they eat and can store water totaling 40 percent of their body

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also concluded that Arizona has done so much to protect the tiny snail that lives in nine freshwater springs that there’s no need to include it on the endangered species list either.

The little mollusk survives in just eight springs, along Oak Creek and Spring Creek in Yavapai County. Although the snail remains vulnerable to water quality, vegetation changes, groundwater pumping and other changes, the USFWS sees no immediate threat to the snails’ survival.

Arizona Game and Fish entered into a Candidate Conservation Agreement for the snail in 2009 and since then has

worked to protect the existing populations, including restoring spring habitat on state-owned lands and actively monitoring known snail populations.

Most of the springs where the snails survive feed into fish hatcheries operated by the department. As a result, seven of the nine populations of snails are stable or increasing, thanks to the spring modifications.

About 1/10th of an inch long, all the known populations live within about a two-mile radius. Among other problems, they face predation by the introduced mosquitofish as well as non-native crayfish.

“It may be small and not the most charismatic, but the Page springsnail is an important part of Arizona’s natural ecosystem nonetheless,” said Jim deVos, Arizona Game and Fish Department assistant director for wildlife management.

He said conserving the snail without the endangered species listing “gives biologists greater management flexibility.”

Monitoring and conservation efforts since 2001 have not only protected the remaining populations at the state’s hatcheries, but led to the discovery of a new population near Spring Creek and the return of the snail to another area.

The Phoenix Zoo also has a captive breeding program to produce snails for other reintroduction efforts.

ZAZU Gypsy Band coming to Payson Oct. 25 The Payson Friends of Jazz present the ZAZU Gypsy Band at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Community Presbyterian Church, 800 W. Main St., Payson.

A $5 donation is requested and includes refreshments. For information contact gerry-reynolds@hotmail.com, 602-619-3355.

Gypsy jazz, Manouche jazz, Django jazz, Gypsy swing ... call it what you will, it has the same unforgettable ingredients — infectious swing, melancholy, dark and moody highlights and improvisation with abandon.

The ZAZU Gypsy Band has been active playing at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), Bistro du Lac in McCormick Ranch, The NASH operated by Jazz in Az and at The Taste of Flagstaff. The group just released its CD, “The Soul of Paris” in honor of gypsy jazz great Django Reinhardt.

Formed in 2005 by Steve Douglas of

Artists in Rhythm to carry on the tradition of Django Reinhardt, in 2007 the group was renamed ZAZU for the Sedona Tlaquepaque concert series.

For the performance in Payson, ZAZU features Mike Fowler, solo guitar; Jeff Quamo, clarinet; Ryan Vance, rhythm guitar; Steve Douglas, bass; and Gerry Reynolds, drums.

The Payson Friends of Jazz flourishes through the generosity of individuals who attend performances, volunteer, become jazz angels, provide media support, or assist with and provide use of the Community Presbyterian Church. They value jazz as an important art form that is needed in the community.

Coming next month, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 15 renowned jazz guitarist Howard Alden performs in a trio setting.

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LEGAL NOTICES 15926: 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/13/2015: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File ID. #15-02123 Landgraf Title No: 21501995 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain trust deed recorded on 07/11/2005 as Document No. 2005-012210 Gila County, AZ. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction on December 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM, at the front entrance to the County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash, Globe, AZ. and the property will be sold by the Trustee to the highest bidder for cash (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States and acceptable to the Trustee, payable in accordance with ARS 33-811).

The sale shall convey all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and more fully described as: Lot 19, THE PORTAL PINE CREEK CANYON UNIT IV, according to Map No.s 650, 650A and 650B and amended in Maps Nos. 657, 657A and 657B, records of Gila County, Arizona.

The street address/location of the real property described above is purported to be: 6580 West Ruin Hill Loop Pine, AZ 85544 Tax Parcel No.: 301-69-019 8 The undersigned Trustee, Leonard J. McDonald, Attorney at Law, disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary under the aforementioned Deed of Trust has accelerated the Note secured thereby and has declared the entire unpaid principal balance, as well as any and all other amounts due in connection with said Note and/or Deed of Trust, immediately due and payable.

Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as proved in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by

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LEGAL NOTICES said Deed of Trust. Original Principal Balance: $305,900.00 Original Trustor: Brian S. Landgraf, an unmarried man 11440 East. Sweetwater Avenue, Scottsdale, Arizona 85259 Current Beneficiary: PennyMac Loan Services, LLC as servicing agent for PennyMac Loan Trust 2012-NPL1 Care of / Servicer PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 6101 Condor Drive, Suite 200 Moorpark, CA 93021 Current Trustee: Leonard J. McDonald 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 700 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 (602)255-6035 Leonard J. McDonal, Attorney at Law Trustee/Successor Trustee, is regulated by and qualified per ARS Section 33-803 (A)2 as a member of The Arizona State Bar A-4541892 09/22/2015, 09/29/2015, 10/06/2015, 10/13/2015 15943: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2015; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS#: 15-34537 Order #: 1826443 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 9/28/2007 and recorded on 10/3/2007, as Instrument No. 2007-016640, in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, Arizona 85501, on 11/25/2015 at 11:00 AM of said day: A PORTION OF THE EAST 297.51 OF THE NORTH 225 FEET OF LOT 14, OF RUSSELL SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, RECORDED IN MAP NO.73: PARCEL 2, AS SHOWN ON RECORD OF SURVEY MAP NO. 1698, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. Per A.R.S. Section 33-803 (A)(2) the successor trustee appointed here qualifies as a Trustee of the trust deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona. ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION 33-808(C): Street address or identifiable location: 805 E MILLER RD PAYSON, AZ 85541 A.P.N.: 304-04-215G 5 Original Principal Balance: $140,000.00 Name and address of original trustor: (as shown on the Deed of Trust) SHANNIN PEARSON AND AN-

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DREW PEARSON, WIFE and HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP 805 E MILLER RD PAYSON, AZ 85541 Name and address of beneficiary: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) U.S. Bank National Association as successor by merger of U.S. Bank National Association ND 4801 Frederica St. Owensboro, KY 42301 NAME, ADDRESS and TELEPHONE NUMBER OF TRUSTEE: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) Carrie Thompson Jones, a member of the State Bar of Arizona Law Offices of Les Zieve 112 North Central Avenue, Suite 425 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Phone Number: (602) 688-7420 SALE INFORMATION: Sales Line: (714) 730-2727 Website: www.servicelinkasap.com Dated: August 24, 2015 Carrie Thompson Jones, a member of the State Bar of Arizona Per A.R.S. Section 33-803 (A)(2) the successor trustee appointed here qualifies as a Trustee of the trust deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona.

A-4544259 10/06/2015, 10/13/2015, 10/20/2015, 10/27/2015

Name and address of original trustor: (as shown on the Deed of Trust) DEBORAH S FOSTER, A SINGLE WOMAN 566 MARY PATRICIA ROAD PAYSON, AZ 85541 Name and address of beneficiary: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) MandT Bank 4425 Ponce De Leon Blvd. 5th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33146 NAME, ADDRESS and TELEPHONE NUMBER OF TRUSTEE: (as of recording of Notice of Sale) Carrie Thompson Jones, a member of the State Bar of Arizona Law Offices of Les Zieve 112 North Central Avenue, Suite 425 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Phone Number: (602) 688-7420 SALE INFORMATION: Sales Line: (714) 730-2727 W e b s i t e : www.servicelinkasap.com Dated: August 25, 2015 Carrie Thompson Jones, a member of the State Bar of Arizona Per A.R.S. Section 33-803 (A)(2) the successor trustee appointed here qualifies as a Trustee of the trust deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona.

A-4544266 10/06/2015, 10/13/2015, 10/20/2015, 10/27/2015

15944: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2015; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS#: 15-35478 Order #: 8552845 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 4/8/2013 and recorded on 5/28/2013, as Instrument No. 2013-006174, in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN AN ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash Street, Globe, Arizona 85501, on 11/30/2015 at 11:00 AM of said day: LOT 186, OF EAST VERDE PARK PLAT TWO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, RECORDED IN MAP NO. 148 Per A.R.S. Section 33-803 (A)(2) the successor trustee appointed here qualifies as a Trustee of the trust deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona. ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF TRUST OR UPON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE BENEFICIARY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO A.R.S. SECTION 33-808(C): Street address or identifiable location: 566 MARY PATRICIA ROAD PAYSON, AZ 85541 A.P.N.: 302-32-065B Original Principal Balance: $166,000.00

15945: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2015; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee’s Sale No. 123683 Title No. 150237054 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust recorded on 10/27/2006 in Instrument No. 2006-018474, Book xx, Page xx, records of Gila County, Arizona, at public auction to the highest bidder at the front entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 East Ash St, Globe, AZ 85501 on 12/29/2015 at 11:00 AM. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE, YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME ON THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS Secured property is legally described as: Lot 69, RODEO RANCHES PLAT FIVE, according to Map No. 202, records of Gila County, Arizona PURPORTED STREET ADDRESS: 1307 W. Stirrup Way, Payson, AZ 85541 TAX PARCEL NUMBER(S): 304-12-070 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE: $337,250.00 Name and Address of Beneficiary: The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-24 8742 Lucent Blvd, Ste 300 Highlands Ranch, CO 85374 Name and Address of Original Trustor: Joseph Nichols, A Married Man as His Sole and Separate Property 1307 W. Stirrup Way Payson, AZ 85541 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The beneficiary un-

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

Name and Address of Trustee: Christina Harper, Esq. 301 E. Bethany Home Road, #A-227 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Telephone: (877)914-3498 Sales Line: (714) 730-2727 Dated: September 21, 2015 Christina Harper, Attorney at Law Successor Trustee The Successor Trustee herein qualifies as Trustee of the Trust Deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a member of the Arizona State Bar as required

by A.R.S Section 33-803(a)(2).

The Trustee’s regulator is the Arizona State Bar. A-4544338 10/06/2015, 10/13/2015, 10/20/2015, 10/27/2015 15946: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2015: ARIZONA SUPERIOR COURT, COUNTY OF GILA Petitioner: Lana Sue Green; Respondent: Cory Robert Green; Case Number: DO 201500283; SUMMONS; TO: CORY ROBERT GREEN; UNKNOWN STREET ADDRESS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend, within the time applicable, in this action in this Court. If served within Arizona, you shall appear and defend within twenty (20) days after the service of the Summons and Petition upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If served outside of the State of Arizona - whether by direct service, or by publication - you shall appear and defend within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Petition upon you is complete, exclusive of the day of service. Service by publication is complete thirty (30) days after the date of first publication. Direct service is complete when made.

Service by mail must include signature confirmation or certified mail, signed return receipt signed by the party to be served; and, and Affidavit filed with the Court by the serving party stating (a) that the summons and a copy of the pleading and other documents being served were dispatched to the party being served; (b) that such papers were in fact received by the party as evidenced by the receipt, or copy of the pleading and other documents being served were dispatched to the party being served; (b) that such papers were in fact received by the party as evidenced by the receipt, or copy of the signature confirmation containing the signature of the party served and cash register receipt or package label, a copy of which shall be attached to the Affidavit; and, (c) the date of receipt by the party being

LEGAL NOTICES served and the date of the return f the receipt or signature confirmation to the sender. Service by mail shall be deemed complete from the date of receipt by the party being served, provided that no default may be had on such service until the required affidavit has been filed. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that in case of your failure to appear and defend within the time applicable, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded n the Petition.

YOU ARE CAUTIONED that in order to appear and defend, you must file and Answer/Response or other proper response in writing with the Clerk of this Court, accompanied by the necessary filing fee, within the time required, and you are required to serve a copy of any Answer/Response or other response upon the Petitioner. A copy of the Summons and Petition, together with all accompanying and attached documents in the above entitled matter, can be obtained from the Petitioner at: LANA SUE GREEN, 81 E. QUAIL HOLLOW DR., STARY VALLEY, 85541. Either spouse, or both spouses, may file in the conciliation court a petition invoking the jurisdiction of the court for the purpose of preserving the marriage by effecting conciliation between the parties. REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES MUST BE MADE TO THE DIVISION ASSIGNED TO THE CASE BY PARTYIE AT LEASE THREE (3) JUDICIAL DAYS IN ADVANCE OF A SCHEDULED COURT PRODEEDING. SIGNED AND SEALED THIS DATE: ANITA ESCOBEDO, CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT, GILA COUNTY By: /s/ Deputy Clerk 15947: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2015: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that the following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Deed of Trust recorded on March 24, 2005 in Document No. 2005-004761, records of Gila County, Arizona (the “Deed of Trust”) at public auction 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 A.R.S. § 33 811(A), at the main entrance of the Gila County Courthouse, 714 S. Beeline Highway, Payson, AZ 85541 on November 20, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.

Lot 126, THE RIM GOLF CLUB PHASE TWO, according to Map Nos. 733A through 733N, inclusive, records of Gila County, Arizona.

The street address or identifiable location of this property is purported to be: 905 South Spirit Hollow, Payson, AZ 85541.

The Beneficiary’s Statement of Breach or Non-Performance is attached hereto as Exhibit “1” and is incorporated by reference herein.

Said sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trust and of the Trust created by said Deed of Trust.

Tax Parcel Number: 302-43-126 Original Principal Balance: $450,000.00 Name/Address of Current Successor Beneficiary: 2010-1 RADC/CADC Venture, LLC 4601 College Boulevard, Suite 350 Leawood, Kansas 66211 Name/Address of Original Trustor: Warren H. Ashmann and Amy K. Ashmann, 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Ste. 1025, Los Angeles, CA 90067 Render Crayton, PO Box 2502 Sun Valley, Idaho 83353 Render Crayton, 905 E. Spirit Hollow, Payson, AZ 85541 Render Crayton, 905 S. Spirit Hollow, Payson, AZ 85541

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LEGAL NOTICES Fern Mackenzie, PO Box 2502 Sun Valley, Idaho 83353 Fern Mackenzie, 905 E. Spirit Hollow, Payson, AZ 85541 Fern Mackenzie, 905 S. Spirit Hollow, Payson, AZ 85541 Name/Address of Successor Trustee: John L. Lohr, Jr., Esq. Hymson Goldstein & Pantiliat PLLC, 16427 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 300, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254, Telephone: (480) 991-9077 The appointed Successor Trustee qualifies as Trustee of the Trust Deed in the Trustee’s capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona, as required by A.R.S. § 33 803(A).

Dated this 12th day of August, 2015. /s/ John L. Lohr, Jr. John L. Lohr, Jr., Esq. Successor Trustee STATE OF ARIZONA)) ss.

COUNTY OF MARICOPA) The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 12th day of August, 2015. /s/ Richard James Knaeble Notary Public My Commission Expires: June 20, 2017 Richard James Knaeble Notary Public-State of Arizona Maricopa County 15948: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20/2015 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In re the Estate of: MARY AGNES (BECKY) PROUDFOOT, Deceased.

CASE NO. PB201500027 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND / OR INFROMAL PROBATE OF A WILL NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT: 1. Charles W. Proudfoot has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate on March 20,2015 2. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claim within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred.

3. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative by and through his attorney, Law Offices of Jo Ellen Vork P.L.L.C, 615 West Main Street, Payson, Arizona 85541 4. A copy of the Notice of Appointment is attached to the copies of this document mailed to all known creditors.

LAW OFFICES OF JO E L L E N VORK, PLLC

LEGAL NOTICES ously telecast to the County Complex, Board of Supervisors’ conference room at 610 E Highway 260, Payson, Arizona.

Information on the above-mentioned case is available for review at the Gila County Community Development Division office located at 745 N Rose Mofford Way, Globe.

DATED AND POSTED this 6th day of October 2015.

Marian Sheppard, Clerk Gila County Board of Supervisors 15951: 10/9, 10/16, 10/23/2015 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In re the Estate of: RAYOLEEN TAYLOR, Deceased.

CASE NO. PB201500061 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND / OR INFROMAL PROBATE OF A WILL NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT: 1. JENTA LYNN HANNA has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate on Auguts 18,2015 2. All persons having claims against the Estate are required to present their claim within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred.

3. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to the Personal Representative by and through his attorney, Law Offices of Jo Ellen Vork P.L.L.C, 615 West Main Street, Payson, Arizona 85541 4. A copy of the Notice of Appointment is attached to the copies of this document mailed to all known creditors.

LAW OFFICES OF JO E L L E N VORK, PLLC Date: October 7, 2015 /s/ Jo Ellen Vork, Jo Ellen Vork, Attorney for Personal Representative

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Date: September 24, 2015 /s/ Jo Ellen Vork, Jo Ellen Vork, Attorney for Personal Representative 15949: 10/9/2015 PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO A.R.S. §11-813, PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Gila County Planning and Zoning Commission and the Gila County Board of Supervisors will each hold public hearings to obtain public comments and ultimately decide upon a rezoning request to rezone parcel number 205-08-005 from C3 (Commercial Three) and R1-D8 (Residence One with a minimum 8,000 square foot lot size) to R1-D8.

The Gila County Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct its hearing on Tuesday, October 27, 2015, beginning at 8:00 a.m. at the County Complex, Board of Supervisors’ conference room at 610 E Highway 260, Payson, Arizona; and the hearing will be simultaneously telecast to the Board of Supervisors’ hearing room located at the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E Ash Street, Globe, Arizona.

The Gila County Board of Supervisors will conduct its hearing on Tuesday, October 27, 2015, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Board of Supervisors’ hearing room located at the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E Ash Street, Globe, Arizona; and the hearing will be simultane-

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Payson Roundup LOCAL Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Rim Country artists’ work showcased by

Teresa McQuerrey

roundup staff reporter

Rim Country’s top artists — and a few from out of town — are showcased this weekend at the annual Payson Art League ARToberFEST Fine Art & Fine Craft Show & Sale.

The show and sale takes place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Event Center.

This year’s featured artist is Carol Kane, who works in both oils and sculpture. Her sculptures include bronzes, fired clay and papermâché.

In addition to Kane, the exhibition showcases 23 other artists working in a variety of mediums. Juried to participate are: Melanie Capps, Barb Carrier, Ann Christensen, Angela Cockle, Donna Davies, John Finkey, Matalyn Gardner, Harry Jones, Sue Jones, Sharon Kennedy, George Lewis, Janet Longbotham, Sue McIntyre, Rock Newcomb, CM Okerwall, Rani Primmer, Joseph Prock, Jan Ransom, Pat Sessions, Georgianne Smolenski, Alan Snyder, Carole Snyder and Jim Strong.

Kane is thrilled at the age of 91 to be chosen as the featured artist for the Payson Art League ARToberFEST. She has been creating art for the past 35 years in her treetop studio overlooking Granite Dells. Her work has been shown in local Payson galleries and is currently in Myra’s Art Gallery in Pine.

Kane studied at the New York Art Students League, receiving her master’s of fine arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.

Later in life she earned a degree as a registered nurse Harry Jones designed this beautiful stone from Scottsdale inlay box, one of the art works featured in Community College. the ARToberFEST show.

She works in the traditional classic manner, but also enjoys creating whimsical original pieces — from sculpting bas-relief angels to tabletop lamps and more recently, dimensional portraits, such as a Brillo pad clown; Tilda, famed star of screen; and a hallelujah angel.

For the ARToberFEST, Kane has chosen to exhibit her Southwestern art collection that includes dynamic Tonto Apache portraits, Native American bronzes and unique wall sculptures, ready to hang.

Kane said the inspiration for this collection by her travels throughout Arizona and her photos through which she captures Southwestern peoples. She will also be showing her full-sized paper-mâché saguaro cactus, which has been cheerfully displayed and decorated for the holidays in the office of the Gila Community College.

In 2006 she fulfilled a promise to her aunt, Sybil Kane, and completed Sybil’s life work, her children’s book “The Insect Wonderland” which is now in its third printing and has been accepted for sale by the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Signed copies of the book will be available during the show.

Kane and “The Insect Wonderland”

Kane assumes the persona of “Lady Dragonfly” when signing copies of the book at different venues. “All ages, from toddlers all the way to adults are fascinated with the insects in the book,” Kane said.

The book, as originally published is a soft-covered ABC book, filled with poems and illustrations.

Kane’s aunt, Sybil Kane (1902-1994), although wheelchair-bound much of her life, was fascinated by the natural world, especially bugs.

She wrote and drew “The Insect Wonderland” more than 40 years ago.

“We were together a lot when she was trying to finish the book,” said the ARToberFEST featured artist.

“My aunt was blind with glaucoma, so I finished one of the beetle pages myself — I don’t think it is the most exciting one — with Sybil telling me how the feelers should be drawn.”

Music at show

The Payson Jazz Trio — Bob Smolenski, piano; Mike Buskirk, bass; and Gerry Reynolds, drums — will perform at the ARToberFEST. Sharing their musical talents from 5 p.m. to 8 pm, Friday, Oct. 16 and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17. In support of this program a piece of art created by each artist is donated to the Payson Art League Education Fund and displayed for raffle.

The monies collected annually (approximately $2,000) from Payson Art League event raffles are used to purchase art supplies for: Payson Head Start, Julia Randall Elementary School, Payson Community Christian School, The Shelby School (Tonto Village), Payson Center for Success, Payson Community Kids, Tonto Basin School, The Son Shine Club, Whispering Hope Ranch, library books for the three elementary schools and provide hands-on art experiences in the elementary schools.

Provided photos

Two dozen local artists will showcase their work on Oct. 16-18 at the Payson Art League’s ARToberFEST at the Mazatzal Casino, including Carol Kane (above) and Pat Sessions (left).