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Squirrel suspected in service outage Technology blackout drives Rim Country residents nuts by

Alexis Bechman

roundup staff reporter

All it took was one break and most of Rim Country was without phone, TV and Internet service for much of Tuesday, crippling businesses and leaving subscribers wondering how this could happen.

On Tuesday, customers flooded the small Suddenlink office in the Bashas’ shopping center seeking answers after service suddenly stopped around 10 a.m. The two women on duty were just as flustered and confused as customers, with no idea what was happening or when service would come back online.

“Since we didn’t cause it, we can’t fix it,” one Suddenlink employee said, before joking she was

going to smoke at her desk, the stress overwhelming her. Instead, she grabbed her cigarettes and walked outside where a stream of customers greeted her for answers. She repeated that she didn’t know anything.

And that was the story for most of the day, leaving Verizon, AT&T, Suddenlink and CenturyLink Internet customers in the dark.

Only Sprint’s wireless network continued to work intermittently, as did CenturyLink’s landline phone service.

With credit card machines down, many businesses were forced to take cash, break out the old manual credit card imprinters or send customers away. The credit card machine was down at the Subway inside Walmart, but Walmart, which has its own private satellite network system, carried on business as usual.

All other users that tap into the Internet were without service with a break in a fiber optic cable in Camp Verde off East Verde Lakes Drive, which is just off Highway 260 as you enter Camp Verde from the Rim. CenturyLink crews ended up replacing 1,000

4FRI thinning project lurches into motion by

feet of hanging cable there. The cable follows an existing telephone line, traveling both above and below ground on its way to Payson depending on the topography, said Alex Juarez with CenturyLink.

Rumors swirled as to what caused a break in the fiber optic line, including a squirrel gnawing on the line.

Juarez said crews initially suspected a squirrel was the culprit, but then backtracked and said they had not determined a cause just yet. Juarez said the size of the fiber optic cable is small enough that an animal could cause damage to it, but it could have been something else.

On the Roundup’s Facebook page, many dismissed the squirrel rumors saying it wasn’t possible.

“It was the North Koreans,” one man wrote.

“They’re kinda squirrelly.”

“Don’t buy the squirrel excuse,” a woman wrote.

“Why would my CenturyLink DSL be down as well as my Verizon cell phone and Suddenlink? They’re

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In a major step forward for the best hope of protecting Northern Arizona communities from wildfire, Good Earth Power AZ, LLC (GEPAZ) signed a lease to build a small-tree lumber mill on a 37-are parcel in Williams.

The Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) contractor hopes to start working on the mill this month and start producing lumber and wood chips by March 2015. The Williams mill will initially focus on cutting logs 7 to 9 inches in diameter to help clear away the dense thickets of trees that pose a grave fire danger on millions of acres of ponderosa pine forest.

“We are prepared to begin milling 50,000 board feet a day and then steadily increase until we are producing 300,000 board feet daily,” said Good Earth Power CEO Jason Rosamond. “We’d like to get the slabs in place before winter sets in so that we can establish the initial production line during the coming months.”

“The sooner, the better,” stated Williams Mayor John Moore. “I am very excited about this project and the new jobs for our community,” he said.

The announcement represents concrete progress after a year of delay and mounting skepticism about the Forest Service’s decision to shift the contract for the largest forest restoration effort in U.S. history to the Oman-based energy and timber company.

Backers of the 4FRI project hope it can dramatically reduce tree densities across millions of acres of Northern Arizona for-

The gray, shaded area represents the boundaries of the 4FRI thinning and timber project.

Photos by Pete Aleshire/Roundup

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ests by providing a large enough supply of small trees that contractors can thin the forest and turn the small trees into wood products at virtually no cost to taxpayers.

The Good Earth business plan ultimately envisions turning the millions of tons of biomass into jet fuel and finger-jointed furniture. However, initially Good Earth will simply truck brush and small trees from nearby west side task orders to Williams for composting or chipping. On the east side of the 4FRI project region, contractors will reduce the trees and brush to wood chips and deliver the material directly to

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The adorableness hit before arriving in the auditorium.

A little fellow in a red sweater vest, not more than 6 years old, was excited about handing out the program for the Payson Elementary School’s (PES) 5 p.m. Christmas concert that he wandered outside of the high school auditorium to press the paper into everyone’s hands.

Wearing his best red argyle sweater, crisp white shirt and creased clean black jeans, hair plastered to his head, he could barely hold the stack of green folded over programs as he gushed, “Would you like one?”

From there, the “awwwws” only increased.

• See 4FRI contractor, page 2A

No helper for homeless kids by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

A steady job that pays $32,000 for nine months of work helping children in Payson should be easy to fill, right?

Nope.

The Payson Unified School District (PUSD) has had no applicants for a homeless coordinator position created from the McKinney-Vento grant.

Despite a month of advertising the position, no one has applied.

Superintendent Greg Wyman reported the bad news to the PUSD board at its Dec. 1 meeting.

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tion reports that many school jobs have gone begging, thanks to low pay and plenty of stress. Statewide, districts have 500 open teaching positions they can’t fill.

Board members had their own ideas why the homeless coordinator job remains unfilled.

“It could be that it is mid-year,” said board president Barbara Underwood.

“It could be the salary offered,” said Jim Quinlan.

Wyman suggested perhaps the board should reconsider whether to require that homeless coordinator have a teaching credential. He suggested the board lower the requirements.

A certified teacher has to take a certain number of teaching courses, fill out an application then pay fees, pass an exam and a background check.

Classified positions do not require specialized training, except for administrative positions such as a business manager or

• See No applicants, page 2A

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Inside the packed auditorium, classes of kindergartners sat near first- and second-grade classes. The students fidgeted and squirmed, giggled and plucked at their unfamiliarly nice clothes while waving at friends and family.

Mothers must have spent hours curling their daughters’ hair and putting it up in barrettes with bows or decorating it with sparkly bobby pins. Mothers of little boys must have waited until the last minute to dress their sons, as each outfit had not a spot on it.

It was hard for parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles to keep from grinning ear-to-ear watching the antics of the youngest students in the Payson Unified See PES students, page 8A

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A white Rim, but Payson just gets wet by

Michele Nelson

roundup staff reporter

After the midweek storm that hit the Rim Country, the Rim glowed white in the morning light Thursday, but will it stay?

Possibly, but temperatures are predicted to rise with sunny days heading into next week.

On Thursday, a two-day storm that left the white stuff above 6,000 feet and rain on Payson, started to break up.

The storm gave Payson about a quarter inch of rain, while Flagstaff’s

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Snowbowl Ski Resort received four inches of snow in the past 24 hours to add to the 19- to 23-inch base the ski resort had from previous storms.

So far, the Flagstaff Nordic Center has not opened its cross-country trails due to a lack of snow, but with this most recent storm, the Nordic area’s operators hope to open today, Friday, Dec. 19.

For updates, please see: http:// www.flagstaffnordiccenter.com.

Guess if Rim Country residents would like to have a white winter experience, they can drive up to Flagstaff

— but chains or four-wheel drive are required.

Closer to home, if Rim Country residents own a pair of cross-country skis or snowshoes, Weather Underground (http://www.wunderground.com) reports Happy Jack has about a foot of snow.

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Meanwhile, over at Sunrise Ski Resort outside of Pinetop, the resort

• See Another storm, page 2A

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efforts will be clearly visible through new jobs and economic development in the community and increasing restoration work in the forests.”

Already some two years behind schedule due to the failure of the originally selected contractor to obtain financing, the eagerly awaited 4FRI project has picked up welcome momentum in the past few months.

The U.S. Forest Service recently completed the draft of an unprecedented environmental impact statement on the first 300,000 acres planned for thinning. Instead of marking individual trees for cutting, the new method will describe the diverse, open, less-dense forest the planners hope to restore — then leave the contractor much more free to cut as necessary to fulfill the prescription.

The original backers of the project initially bridled at the Forest Service’s refusal to accept a proposed “large tree retention strategy” that would cut very few of the remaining oldgrowth trees greater than 16 inches in diameter. The Forest Service reserved the right to cut more of the larger, fire-resistant trees, arousing suspicion among supporters of the original concept like Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin that the contractor would end up focusing on those large and lucrative trees.

However, environmental groups confessed themselves reassured when the draft of the EIS stressed the need to leave as many large trees standing as possible.

Good Earth’s promise to build a mill focused on trees 7 to 9 inches in diameter provided further reassurance.

No applicants for Payson Schools homeless job From page 1A superintendent. They must also pass a background check.

Board member Shirley Dye had no problem with changing the requirements.

“I looked at the job description,” she said.

“I could see that a classified person would be fine, if they have a good relationship with the students.”

When asked why the position was advertised as three-quarters time, Wyman explained that the position is a full day, five

days per week position, for just nine months out of the year.

The grant runs for the next three years, said Wyman.

The McKinney-Vento homeless grant coordinator will work with students to increase the graduation and retention rates through similar procedures as the Gear Up grant coordinator. The job amounts to a combinatory social worker, mentor, tutor and advocate.

Wyman said he anticipates the McKinneyVento homeless grant coordinator and the Gear Up grant coordinator to work closely

Bell Choir performs The Grace Notes Bell Choir of Payson United Methodist Church had 12 members perform at the Payson Public Library at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 16. Their talent attracted almost more people than could be seated in the library’s large meeting room. The Bell Choir is only one of several groups and individuals the staff of the library is hosting during the Christmas holiday. Scheduled to perform next week are pianist Angeline Ng from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Dec. 22; mandolin player Sue Bobek from 11 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 23; and the vocal duet of Jim West and Kathleen Kelly from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 24.

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The district plans on the coordinator starting sometime in January.

Roughly 359 students in the district qualify as homeless, roughly 15 percent of the enrollment. The number includes students with no settled place to live, which includes students living at least temporarily with friends and relatives other than their parents as well as children whose families are homeless.

The percentage has declined in the past two years, but still remains among the highest in the state.

Another storm expected next week From page 1A has three lifts open with a 20-inch base; 14 of those inches fell during this past storm.

Temperatures are predicted to increase dramatically — especially the highs — for the upcoming week, so that snow will melt quickly.

Area lows around 25 degrees this week will rise to the lows 30s and highs that have been around 49 degrees are expected to go up to around 60 degrees.

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The Williams site will turn some of the slash and biomass into compost and soil. A manual line will bag soils and bark. A second, automated bagging line can add color to chips for decorative landscaping uses.

Good Earth will ultimately add drying kilns, a pole peeler and other equipment to expand the mill operation. “There will be a nice, steady progression of board feet once we get started,” noted Rosamond. “We plan to utilize the entire footprint of the parcel.”

The mill will process the smaller diameter trees over the remaining eight-year life of the Phase 1 4FRI contract, which ultimately calls for thinning 40,000 acres annually.

Good Earth officials said they will ramp up operations to work at a faster pace. “We need to be restoring 2,000 to 2,500 acres a month by June 2015 to support the capacity that we are creating,” he said. “That means more logging sides, more loggers, more truckers and more jobs at all GEPAZ facilities.”

Good Earth hopes to ramp up to the target 40,000 acres annually by 2016.

If the 4FRI approach works, it could potentially save taxpayers billions of dollars while still providing protection for forested communities from the devastating crown fires that have become increasingly common in an Arizona fire season expanded by global warming trends. The Forest Service has spent some

$17 million in the past decade just clearing buffer zones around Rim Country communities. Thinning projects in the White Mountains saved communities like Alpine, Nutrioso and Springerville from the Wallow Fire, the largest wildfire in state history. However, the Forest Service paid contractors about $800 per acre to do those projects. Paying for thinning on the 2.6 million acres covered by the 4FRI project would cost some $2 billion. The 4FRI approach not only forgoes the subsidy, but creates local jobs in the new mills capable of handling the small trees and slash.

“We will complete the majority of the forest restoration work utilizing in-house capacity with some outsourcing based on interest from potential logging partners. This will allow us to retain the necessary flexibility to respond quickly to changing customer needs, and to keep restoration moving forward in the forests,” said Rosamond.

By June 2015, the company projects that it will have assets valued at more than $60 million throughout the project region, directly employ more than 300 people and have invested millions more in the expansion of its processing facilities in Williams and Heber.

The company plans to hold a job fair in January to promote opportunities at the Williams processing center and other GEPAZ facilities.

“From the start, there has been a considerable amount of money and resources invested in building infrastructure necessary to support active, long-term forest restoration,” Rosamond said. “Now the results of those

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Area churches invite all to Celebrate the Reason for the Season The Catholic Church of the Holy Nativity

(928) 474-2098.

The congregation of the Catholic Church of the Holy Nativity, located at 1414 N. Easy St. (corner of North Easy Street and Bradley Dr.), Payson, invites Rim residents and visitors to join them for Christmas to welcome the newborn baby Jesus in a rich, historical, and traditional way. Come and celebrate this glorious mystery of God with us in the form of a baby.

Christmas Eve Mass is at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Christmas Day Mass is at 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 25.

Those who would like to help with the congregation’s food ingathering of can and packaged goods for St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank are encouraged to bring those along. We will try to help the food bank following the Holy Days and New Year’s when the bank is in great need.

God bless you with a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy New Year.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, on the corner of Easy Street and Sherwood Drive, Payson, will have a Christmas Eve family service of Lessons, Carols and Holy Eucharist at 7 p.m. and Midnight Holy Eucharist at 10:30 p.m.

St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church

A traditional Christmas Midnight Mass at St. Philip the Apostle Parish will be celebrated this year at 511 S. St. Philip. All are welcome to prayerfully and joyfully commemorate the Nativity of Jesus Christ together as a community.

On Christmas Eve, the vigil Mass is at 6 p.m. and then the Midnight service is slated.

On Christmas day there will be services at 10 a.m. and a bilingual Spanish/English Mass at noon. Please note that there are some changes in the regular schedule of services.

Expedition Church

Expedition Church’s Christmas Eve Celebration will be at both 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 301 S. Colcord.

There will be Christmas carols, tasty treats, and an inspiring message titled, “Good News, Great Joy.” For more information, go to expeditionchurch.com.

Mount Cross Lutheran Church

There will be two Christmas Eve services Dec. 24, a 6:30 p.m. Family Candlelight Carol service and an 8:15 p.m. Traditional Candlelight service. Mount Cross is at 601 E. Hwy. 260.

Mountain Bible Church

Christmas Eve is a special celebration for the

Payson Area Salvation Army needs bell ringers

The Payson Salvation Army is in need of volunteers to ring bells for this Christmas season.

This is the only fund-raising event held

by Payson Salvation Army during the year.

It is important to fill all of the time slots to collect as many contributions as possible during this time.

Please consider finding some time this holiday season to help Payson Salvation Army fill all of the time slots.

To register as a bell ringer, contact John Morgan, (928) 474-8454 or (928) 595-0517; Dave Jewitt, (928) 978-5543.

Free Christmas trees

The Payson Choral Society and the Mogollon Health Alliance in cooperation with Walmart Stores will make free Christmas trees available to help make Christmas more merry for those who might not have been able to buy one.

The trees will be available after 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 19 and on Saturday at the Mogollon Health Alliance parking lot at 308 Aero Drive.

If you are in need of a tree, please come on down and get one while they last.

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• Christmas Buffet Thursday, Dec. 25, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Cedar Ridge Restaurant featuring Slow Roasted Prime Rib, Applewood Smoked Ham, Roast Turkey with Homemade Stuffing, Soup, Salad Bar, Desserts.

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entire family at Mountain Bible Church, 302 E. Rancho Road. There will be two one-hour services: one at 4:30 p.m. and another at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 24. The program will include various types of Christmas music and a dramatic presentation. Enjoy caroling and refreshments afterwards in the church’s newly completed ramada.

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The public is invited to join the congregation of Payson First Assembly of God, 1100 W. Lake Dr. - the Church at Green Valley Park - for their Christmas service “A Babe is Born” at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 21.

Rock of Ages Lutheran Church, 204 W. Airport Rd., Payson will have its Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Christmas Day service 9 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 25. For more information, call Pastor Sweet at

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See’s Candies for Christmas

The Soroptimists will have See’s Candies available at special locations this weekend to help with gift shopping in Payson. It will be at National Bank from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, Friday, Dec. 19 and Safeway from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 20.

There’s always a supply at Arizona Elite Properties, 1101 S. Beeline Hwy. Proceeds benefit the Soroptimists’ many local programs.

For details, call Jean at (928) 474-6167.

Brush pit schedule

This coming weekend, the Regional Payson Area Project… for a Fire Wise Rim Country (RPAP) will be staffing free brush drop-off points at the following locations, weather permitting: Saturday, Dec. 20 the Blattner Pit will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Blattner Pit is located at Milepost 259.7 on Highway 260, east of Payson; Sunday, Dec. 21 the Pine Pit will remain closed due to excessively muddy conditions because of recent storms.

Pits to close for winter Following this weekend, RPAP brush pits will close for the Christmas holidays, and due to a sharp decline in use by the public, the pits will remain closed through January and February. Weather permitting, the RPAP pits will reopen in March.

Library bookstore specials

During December, the Library Friends of Payson Bookstore will continue to feature a collection of Christmas fiction, cookbooks and craft books at two for the price of one.

As always, the second item must be of equal or lesser value than the first item. These Christmas items are going fast. Bookstore gift certificates are also available at only $3. All paperback books are available at the amazing value of six for $1 throughout December.

All proceeds directly support the library.

The LFOP Bookstore is located to the right

Ponderosa Bible Church, 1800 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson, will culminate its celebration of the season with two Christmas Eve services, one at 4:30 p.m., which is geared toward children and another at 6 p.m., designed for adults, though families are also welcome.

of the circulation desk just inside the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road. For more information, visit the LFOP website at www.libraryfriendsofpayson.org.

Book signing — ‘Fast Forward Your Career’

Proceeds from local Payson author Ric Hinkie’s book, “Fast Forward Your Career,” will benefit Payson Habitat for Humanity.

Hinkie will sign books from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 20 at the Habitat ReStore, 425 N. Beeline Hwy. The book features career success tips gleaned from active and retired Payson area, Arizona, and nationally known executives from major companies including Apple, T-Mobile, Duke Energy, Pella Corporation, Aramark, and 55 others.

Net proceeds will go to help Payson families earn their new homes.

Archeological Society hosts speaker Saturday

The Rim Country Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society will host Dr. Todd Bostwick as its guest speaker at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 20.

His subject will be A Remarkable Discovery: Excavation of the Dyck Rockshelter, a Sinagua Habitation Site on Beaver Creek.

Bostwick is director of archaeology at the Verde Valley Archaeology Center and senior research archaeologist for PaleoWest Archaeology.

The meeting is at the Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Holy Nativity, 1414 Easy St., Payson.

Snacks and refreshments will be provided, and guests are always welcome.

Get gifts wrapped for food bank contribution

The staff of Kevin Dick Investment Management Group will wrap any boxed holiday gifts, or let you use their supplies to do your own wrapping, for a donation of a can of food or non-perishable food item for the food bank from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 20 at the Payson office, 620 E. Highway 260, Suite B.

A Celebration of Light

Ponderosa Bible Church, 1800 N. Beeline Highway, presents A Celebration of Light

Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane, will be celebrating Christmas with two special services. A Christmas Eve Candlelight service will be held at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 24. The theme will be “God’s Gift for You.” The Christmas Day service is at 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 25. Holy Communion will be served. The theme will be “Rejoice Evermore.”

The New Year’s Eve Service is at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 31. Holy Communion will be served. The theme will be “Baptism: God’s Benediction.”

For more information, call Pastor Steve DeSanto, (928) 474-5440 or visit us on the web. www.shepherdofthepineslutheran.com.

outdoor festival for the community throughout the month of December.

The church will be brightly illuminated with thousands of lights and decorations to commemorate the coming of light into the world through the birth of Jesus Christ.

The celebration will culminate in two Christmas Eve services: 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.; the earlier service is geared toward children, while the later service is for adults, though families may attend either service.

Holiday programs at Payson Public Library

The Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd., will have a variety of programs to celebrate the season. The schedule includes: • Teddy Bear Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Monday, Dec. 22. Participants are invited to bring their Teddy Bear to the event and then let it stay overnight. They will then get a letter about their bear’s adventures overnight when they pick it up the next day.

• Angeline Ng, pianist, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Dec. 22.

• Sue Bobek, mandolin, from 11 a.m. to noon, and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 23.

• “The Polar Express” event, 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 23 – “board the train” and then enjoy the book and watch the movie.

• Jim West & Kathleen Kelly, singing duet, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 24 • “The Snowman” – an award-winning picture book by Raymond Briggs will be read starting at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 29, afterward participants can make a marshmallow snowman treat and watch “The Snowman and the Snowdog” movie, rated “G” • “The Giver” event is planned for 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 30. Teens are invited to visit the library for a slice of pizza and participate in a short discussion of Lois Lowery’s book, “The Giver” and then stay for a showing of the recent movie based on the book at 2:30 p.m. The movie is rated “PG-13” and is intended for teens. It is not necessary to have read the book to watch the movie.

• Another Humorous and Horrible History Program is planned for 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 2. The theme, “You Wouldn’t Want to be a Mammoth Hunter” based on the book by John Malam. At 2:45 p.m. the movie, “Ice Age: Continental Drift” will be shown. Rated “PG”.

For more information, call the library at (928) 474-9260.

Holiday shopping at La Boutique Gift Shop

La Boutique Gift Shop, located in the main lobby of the Payson Regional Medical Center, now has a variety of gifts and Christmas items.

While all merchandise is offered at reasonable prices, there is also a special table with goods selling at 65 percent off.

The shop is operated by the Pink Ladies of the Mogollon Health Alliance, and all proceeds go back into the community to benefit the Mogollon Health Alliance Auxiliary Health Scholarship Fund and the many other health related programs.

Pine Library plans ‘Polar Express’ fun

Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library is celebrating the season with the “Polar Express”.

Library Manager Becky Waer is planning another Polar Express holiday treat for area children.

The G-rated movie will be shown at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 26. Refreshments will be served.

Children should bring their own pillow to be comfortable on the floor.

Waer is always quick to remind children to arrive early because fire codes restrict the number of children who can be in the library and late arrivers sometimes have to be turned away.

Call (928) 476-3678 for more information.

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Friday • Soroptimists See’s Candy: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., National Bank of Arizona, corner of South Beeline and West Main, Payson • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Community Center • American Legion Fish Fry: Noon-8 p.m., American Legion

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• Pine Library: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Soroptimists See’s Candy: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Payson Safeway • Archaeology Soceity: 10 a.m., program on Sinagua site on Beaver Creek, Church of the Holy Nativity • Gift wrapping for food bank donation: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 620 E. Hwy. 260, Suite B,Payson • Payson Public Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

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

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

• Pine/Strawberry Museum: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pine Community Center • Bingo: 1 p.m., Elks Lodge, open to the public

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

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

•Teddy Bear Story Time: 10:30 a.m., Payson Public Library, children should bring their bears to the library and let it stay overnight and get a letter about their adventures when it is collected the next day • Pianist Angeline Ng performs from 1 to 3 p.m. at Payson Library

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

• Pine Library: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Sue Bobek, mandolin artist, performs from 11 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Payson Library • Polar Express event, 3:30 p.m., Payson Library

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Looking ahead Dec. 24 • Jim West and Kathleen Kelly perform from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd. in Rumsey Park Dec. 26 • Pine’s Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library presents the movie, “Polar Express” at 1 p.m.

Dec. 29 • Payson Public Library will have a program featuring “The Snowman” picture book and the movie “The Snowman and the Snowdog” at 2 p.m.

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Unexpected kindnesses It has been said many times before in this spot — the Rim Country is blessed with more generous individuals and organizations — as well as businesses and governmental entities — than can be counted.

Still, when something more is added to these many blessings, we want to count it in full measure.

The most recent unexpected kindness of the Christmas season is the generosity of the staff and administration of the Walmart store in Payson — it is donating approximately 100 Christmas trees to be given, free of charge, to those who might not be able to afford one.

Later today, after 4 p.m., and again tomorrow, the Payson Choral Society and the Mogollon Health Alliance, in cooperation with Walmart, will have free Christmas trees available at the Mogollon Health Alliance parking lot at 308 Aero Drive.

Anyone in need of a tree is welcome to come and get one.

In addition to the participants listed, the Town of Payson is also taking part in the program, providing transportation of the pallets of trees from Walmart to the MHA parking lot.

No formal paperwork is needed to get a tree — the only qualification is that you need a tree to make your holiday merrier.

Students at Pine Strawberry School and the residents of Pine and Strawberry recently enjoyed more Christmas tree-related generosity at Pine Strawberry School’s traditional Christmas Tree Auction.

For the program, each grade — preschool through kindergarten and several clubs — buy and decorate live Christmas trees under the auspices of a sponsor who contributes $50 to be used in decorating.

During the auction, the fully decorated trees go to the highest bidder. Money raised goes directly into the classroom or department that decorated the tree. The funds are used for supplies, field trips and rewards. The Dec. 10 auction earned $2,400 for the school.

Many tree sponsors chose to remain anonymous and bidders went all out to make sure each class and club was honored for its efforts. One resident was so enthusiastic and supportive he bought three trees. The event is so popular, a couple of the canine residents of the community were listed as the sponsors of the tree decorated by the school’s first-grade students.

Earlier this week, the Star Valley Town Council indicated it would contribute $30,000 of its next Community Development Block Grant to the Payson Senior Center for the Meals on Wheels and transportation programs it provides the little town’s elderly.

It has made a similar contribution to this program for many years now.

In the last couple of weeks we published a photo of just some of the refurbished bicycles workers with Gila County landfills and others collected to be distributed to 140 youngsters — 70 in Northern Gila County and 70 in Southern Gila County.

Living in the Rim Country is a blessed privilege and it is made all the more so by these delightful, unexpected kindnesses — not only during the holiday season, but all through the year.

May all our blessings multiply in the coming new year.

Out of touch What did we ever do without cell phones and Internet?

Now we know.

Tuesday’s outage of almost all cell phone and Internet service, along with cable television was unsettling. It also opened our eyes to what we did before we had all these communications devices and how dependent on them we have become.

For the most part we really don’t have to be on the phone as much as we are. Fortunately, emergency responders could still be contacted. One sheriff’s officer, making a report at a meeting that evening, said he was loving it — he hadn’t had a phone call all day.

The alternative is pretty simple — go and talk to people face-toface. But then there’s that pesky preliminary: getting an appointment to talk to them … you need to at least make a call to set something up (or send an email). So, scratch that … though here in the Rim Country most of us are still casual enough not to mind unscheduled visits too much.

We can also get around our dependence on the Internet … to a point. Here at the Roundup, reporters were able to work on stories that were already in varying stages — but if research was needed it was a no go, unless they wanted to dig through our archived printed newspapers.

Over at the Payson Public Library they had a great alternative to time on the Internet … a beautiful concert by the Grace Notes Bell Choir from the Payson United Methodist Church. The group packed the meeting room, but there wasn’t a soul to be seen in the main library — except staff.

Maybe the scariest thing is the fact that most banks had to close.

Isn’t that what happened at the start of the Great Depression? All that advice about keeping some cash on hand (at all times) makes sense now.

We are grateful it was such a short outage and thank all the folks that worked to get us reconnected. But think about what you missed the most over those few hours and put a plan in place just in case it happens again.

• Dec. 18, 1620: The British ship Mayflower docked at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and its passengers prepared to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony. That winter of 1620-1621 was brutal, and the Pilgrims struggled to find food and ward off sickness. By spring, 50 of the original 102 Mayflower passengers were dead.

• Dec. 20, 1957: Elvis Presley receives his draft notice for the United States Army. After basic training, he served in 3rd Armor Corps in Friedberg, Germany, where he attained the rank of sergeant.

• Dec. 21, 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, as well as 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground. A bomb hidden inside an audio cassette player detonated in the cargo area when the plane was at an altitude of 31,000 feet. publicofficials

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An answer to state’s legal dilemma re: education Editor: Yesterday at a meeting of our local chapter of Saving Arizona Revenue, Children And State Money — members Pat, Brenda and Shirley (not their real names ... they prefer to work anonymously) came up with a great solution that will keep our governors, current and incoming, from facing charges for unlawfully withholding voter-approved funds for education, while at the same time offering a plan eliminating the need for funding education altogether.

The Plan: Close ALL Arizona schools K-12 and home-school the children! The kids’ brains would not be filled with frivolous ideas about playing music, acting, sports, attending college, or other distractions.

Pat reported, “Reading, writing, and ’rithmetic” were good enough when I was attending school.”

Brenda and Shirley chimed in with these positive remarks, “Once grown, without having been introduced to outside influences or ambitions, these young adults will be happy to stay in their small communities working as servers at our many fast food businesses and motels.”

No longer will we have “youth flight” from our hometowns since the kids no longer aspire to a higher calling.

After a few years on the job, the skills shown by this new generation of “service professionals” will encourage tourists to return again and again to spend their money here. Everyone will be happy ... merchants, politicians, even the churches.

What will happen to the departing teachers you may well ask ... big box stores! Just think of the improved level of service and customer satisfaction with the infusion of college graduates, the last of a breed, into these busy businesses ...

We will be circulating petitions to put this on the ballot in 2016.

Ted Paulk, Saving Arizona Revenue, Children And State Money (SARCASM)

Savor a Payson Christmas Editor: Small town Christmas — special small town Christmas, I think. Here in the mountains high above the big city, warmth has a meaning far beyond temperature. The clear air provides a perfect atmosphere for radiance and illumination. Sounds are clearer, smells are sharper, handshakes firmer, hugs more freely given, and smiles more genuine.

As “the Cable Guy” might say, “I don’t care who you are, that’s good stuff.”

And this is a major point, I believe. I don’t care who you are, the sights, sounds and overall ambiance of small town Christmas cannot fail to touch even the smallest good places in whatever heart comes upon them.

It is, of course, a high holy day for Christians. It has, however, come to be a major occasion for much of mankind simply for the release of good will, positive values and a wonderful celebration of beauty and excitement during the darkest and coldest period of the year.

Every form of religion has its special days, and rightly so. The magnificence of Christmas has, however, grown beyond small, sacred observations once carefully nurtured through difficult times. Its appeal is far too broad to be confined. Its universality was, and is, inevitable.

Christians should not be too hard on themselves

or others for the vast secular displays of lights, ornaments, decorations, or the abundance of gift giving.

The spirit of the season calls for it. It’s “an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace,” Saint Augustine’s definition of a sacrament.

Folks who claim no religious affiliation at all still feel a stirring within which calls for expression.

In any event, the festivities during these few weeks are ample proof of the ultimate goodness which is contained within most of mankind. Gifts, large and small, are the order of the day, and good will is the lubricant.

Happiness and gaiety are chosen over dour existence. It is a cold and sad heart, indeed, which can utter, “Bah Humbug!”

Soon enough, we will retreat into our own personal reality. We will fight the battles and do the work that each of our lives demand. There will be no lack of generosity or caring, no dampening of personal celebrations, no less anticipation of a better world to come, but for the most part, the gatherings will be small, and the outpourings will be meager by comparison.

Although the coming year, 2015, appears more looming than inviting it is well to remember — our best has always, somehow, overcome our worst.

Christmas is the one great occasion which seems to invite everyone to the table in some way or another. It is a wonderful communal affair, more enjoyed because of the great mingling of divergent folks in a universal and inclusive happy event.

If anyone doubts that Christmas is alive and well, let them come to Payson, Arizona.

Noble Collins

Editor: I have visited ponderosa pine forests throughout the West, including in the Coconino National Forest.

These forests, like most fire-dependent forest ecosystems, depend on regular fire and naturally have a diverse range of densities. When they are damaged by fire suppression or logging/thinning they have reduced ecological function, use by wildlife, and ecosystem services to people.

I have studied the thinning activities of the U.S. Forest Service for the last 20 years and have yet to see a fundamental shift away from “getting the cut out.” The rationale has changed to say things like “restoration,” “biomass thinning,” “wildlife habitat restoration,” and “watershed restoration.”

What has not changed is the picture your photographer took for the story, which matches the science very well: thinning causes degraded soils, loss of forest cover/habitat, and stacks of commercially valuable logs.

The presence of logging-friendly academics from Northern Arizona University and “environmental groups” like the Center for Biological Diversity at the table doesn’t change the findings of scientists.

The best that can be said is that the jury is out on some of the damage caused, but this is not a good basis for a 1 million acre roll of the dice as is proposed for Northern Arizona’s forests.

Fraser Shilling Editor’s note: The letter-writer is a practicing ecologist and wildlife biologist at the University of California, Davis.

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New code officer enforcing sign ordinance by

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If you are a business owner, you may have already met Jason Larson, the town’s new code compliance specialist tasked with enforcing everything from business signage to overgrown yards.

Larson’s position is a new one for the town, which did not have a designated code enforcement officer and relied on Community Development staff to take care of complaints as they came in, dealing with issues reactively.

Larson is taking a more proactive approach, getting out and meeting with businesses and homeowners to address issues head-on.

He has already been around to a number of businesses along the Beeline north of Highway 260 if their sign does not meet code and giving them time to get it fixed.

And Larson is working to get a community group together to help homeowners who may not have the money or ability to clear their yards.

Helping people is the No. 1 reason Larson said he applied for the job. A former Payson police officer, Larson said he wants to help and not make a difficult situation worse for homeowners or businesses despite some public

perception. their sign he has been For example, a widow met with both understanding and adverse has a dead tree in her reactions. yard that is a safety hazard, but she doesn’t have “People are very partial to their signs and the means to get it cut understandably so,” he down. Instead of hitting said. “A lot of people her with a fine, Larson don’t understand that says he would tap into a Jason Larson we haven’t had somenetwork of churches and one to enforce the sign see if someone could cut it down for her. Or someone is issue. It has been on the back dealing with a hoarding issue and burner for so long and now it is a big deal.” needs counseling.

Now that they do, Larson is “Sometimes you arrive at a house and the homeowner is giving owners time to make the in a very difficult situation,” he necessary changes.

What starts as informal consaid. “Either the property owner has an inability to take care of versation only turns formal if no issues physically or financially changes are made.

And so far, everybody Larson and the Community Development Department has encouraged has spoken with has been coopme to come up with community erative.

“With nobody to enforce it, it projects that would involve local has kind of been like a do what churches’ and businesses’ help.”

On the business side, unper- you want kind of deal.” mitted or signs that do not meet Some business owners have code is the biggest issue Larson expressed frustration with the is tackling. With no one to enforce sign notices, but Larson said he the code before, many businesses only wants to standardize pracput up whatever sign they wanted tices so it is fair.

A big box chain faces the same and as many of them as they saw sign restrictions as a mom and fit.

This has led to a jumble of pop store.

While Larson understands that signs in all shapes and sizes.

When Larson tells a business some business owners are frusowner that they need to change trated and may even feel attacked

Rose Lesnick celebrates 100th birthday Rose Lesnick turned 100 Nov. 28, 2014 surrounded by friends and family coming from as far away as Northern California.

Rose was born in Halifax, Mass. and raised in Fall River.

At 17 she moved to New York where she began working for the National Dairy Products Corporation (which later became Kraft), administering the vehicle registration of the dairy trucks in numerous eastern states.

She said some of her fondest memories of this era of her life were going bowling with the girls and to shows at Radio City Music Hall.

When asked about any memories of the wars during her lifetime she says she remem-

bers seeing the French ship the SS Normandie burning from her office on West 57th Street.

After taking a break to raise her two children, Rosemarie and

Edward, she went to work for a network of automobile dealerships again doing automobile registration. Her husband was a police lieutenant in Yonkers, N.Y. where they lived.

When Rose’s husband died in 1984 she moved to Payson to be closer to her daughter. Later, despite advanced arthritis Rose took care of her daughter after she became ill until Rosemarie died in 2005.

As for hobbies, Rose says she loved to sew. She also was proud of being a lecturer for the Watuppa Grange in Fall River, Mass.

While living in Payson Rose attended St. Philip’s Church and has lived at Payson Care Center for the last several months.

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and that the town is anti-business, that is not the case.

“The town wants to do everything we can to help support businesses and see the town grow and see local businesses thrive and that is part of the reason why we have the codes that we have so that everybody has the same opportunity as everybody else,” he said. “But code is code.”

On the residential side, many code violations are also a safety hazard. For instance an empty refrigerator in a yard is potently a place where a child could get trapped, a home abandoned with trash and waste attracts animals.

And just as there are thousands of building codes (which Larson does not enforce) there are hundreds of town codes that relate to nuisances and even some animal calls.

While animal control handles most cat and dog issues, they will not take care of an iguana, he said.

Dealing with the public is a delicate balance and one Larson is working on. He is pursuing a counseling degree. He also relies on his experience as a cop.

Larson worked for the PPD for one year in 2009. Becoming a cop was a childhood dream for Larson, but one that did not live up to the reality.

“My No. 1 goal when I became a police officer was I really wanted to help people and in my duties as a police officer daily I didn’t feel like that is what I was doing.”

After that, he worked as the deli manager at Safeway.

Larson said he plans to retire in Payson and can’t imagine living anywhere else. During his four years with the Marines and three years in the Army, Larson and his family moved 27 times.

Payson was the only place they came back to on purpose.

“I don’t want to be hard on anyone, but code is code and there is a reason for it,” he said. “It is not just bringing the hammer down, it is helping people in town not only realize there is a code, but educating them because 75 percent of the people I would say in town are just not aware that a code exists.”

To contact Larson, email jlarson@paysonaz.gov.

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Grier strongly urged the council to give the PW2/PW1 the highest priority.

“The project would put in place a ‘back-up’ water source and after this is accomplished it is believe no additional ‘big water projects’ will be necessary in the foreseeable future. I believe we can do this without a water rate increase,” Grier said in a memo to the council.

Star Valley bought the wells from Payson in 2011. The PW2 can produce 400 gallons per minute, but the agreement with Payson limits pumping to 200 gpm. Even with this restriction, the well could produce more than 52 million gallons per year, more than twice as much as the 364-hookup system now uses.

The project for PW2/PW1 would involve replacing the pumps, improving the sites, installing a main line and connecting to the existing Milky Way Well.

Teresa McQuerrey

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The Town of Star Valley is getting ready to seek another round of funds through the federally funded Community Development Block Grant program.

The council on Dec. 16 prioritized projects. Next month, Tuesday, Jan. 20, residents can make their own suggestions for use of the $269,000 for fiscal year 2015-16. The town has used about $30,000 of its most recent CDBG awards to help the Payson Senior Center’s Meals on Wheels and transportation programs for its older residents.

The public hearing starts at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 20. On Feb. 17, the council will make a final decision. The council agreed with Town Manager Tim Grier’s recommended priority list: • Development of the PW2 and PW1 well sites, which can produce a lot of

Grier estimates the project would cost $190,000, with a $30,000 grant from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority paying for the engineering and design.

The town manager also identified issues connected to the PW2/PW1 project.

“An easement issue exists to bring the water line from the PW2 well to Highway 260 to tie into the Milky Way Well. The Benjamin Family Trust owns a parcel of land (an approximate 70-foot strip of land) parallel to Highway 260. It is necessary to either have the Benjamins grant an easement … or pursue an eminent domain action.”

The cost of eminent domain/condemnation legal fees would probably not exceed $30,000.

Grier’s memo goes on to outline the Benjamins’ demands for an easement: They would be allowed 6 acre-feet of

water per year or approximately 2 million gallons per year in perpetuity for Sky Run and a possible new project; Star Valley would adopt and maintain the road that runs from Highway 260 to the Sky Run commercial property; The town would pay their attorney’s fees; The agreement would run in perpetuity; The Benjamins would be paid $160,000 for the time he has put in over the years on Star Valley water issues; The agreement could never be revoked.

The council considered the offer in executive session and in public session made a counter offer: • Purchase of the old Circle K property for the well it contains.

• Purchase of the old Lumberman’s property for the well it contains.

• Drainage issues into Houston Creek.

Grier said part of the proposed solution to the drainage issue includes building a modified dam structure on Forest Service property. He said the Forest Service might not act in a timely enough manner to meet the CDBG requirements.

He also reminded the council CDBG grants must benefit low-income residents.

Grier advised the town should avoid using CDBG money for road projects, since Star Valley has other funding sources limited to transportation, including: • The state Highway Users Revenue Fund, which totals $225,268 annually, and • A share of the county’s half-cent excise tax recently reauthorized by voters worth $146,000 annually for 20 years.

That will give Star Valley $371,267 per year for road projects.

Outstanding Payson student and school board members honored Payson was well represented last Thursday at the 57th annual Arizona School Boards Association and Arizona School Administrators Association (ASBA/ASA) conference at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.

Payson High School junior Kandace Baez was selected as one of two winners of the 2014 Panfilo H. Contreras Honorary Scholarship

Awards presented by the HispanicNative American Indian Caucus.

This award recognizes outstanding junior and senior Hispanic and Native American students, who excel in the classroom, community, fine arts or athletics. Baez will receive $1,000 to the institution of higher learning of her choice.

Her parents, Manuel and Raylene

Baez, joined her at the ceremony.

Payson school board members Barbara Underwood, Rory Huff, Shirley Dye, Jim Quinlan and Devin Wala also were honored with the Total Boardsmanship Award for having attained the level of a Certificate of Boardsmanship or the Certificate of Orientation to Boardsmanship.

Board members earn continuing edu-

cation units by attending conferences designed to educate board members.

In addition, retiring two-term board member Rory Huff received an Honor Roll Award for outstanding service and leadership, while board president Barbara Underwood received her Master of Boardsmanship second cluster pin representing 160-219 additional continuing education hours.

Barbara Underwood and Rory Huff

Many revert to old-fashioned methods to keep businesses, services functioning From page 1A all on one little cable? If that’s the case, they are seriously underinsured for backup.”

Jenny Weaver with Verizon said they offer service to the area through the fiber optic cable, leasing space on the line from CenturyLink, which owns and maintains the line.

System design

When customers make a call from their cell phone, radio waves transmit voice and data to a nearby tower. From there, the data is sent to a base station and a landline with most wireless calls transmitted over a landline network.

When calling another wireless user, the call eventually goes back through a wireless antenna to the recipient’s wireless device, according to the CTIA Wireless Association.

“Wireless is only wireless to the cell phone tower,” Weaver said.

Payson and Pine-Strawberry data is all sent through the Camp Verde CenturyLink line. The line travels to the Valley, roughly along I-17.

Weaver said all cell phone companies

use a combination of cable, fiber optic and microwaves to send data and calls.

Engineers design a system to ensure the highest standards of reliability based on the area, she said.

When the system failed Tuesday, Verizon worked closely with CenturyLink to get things back online.

While Suddenlink and most wireless callers were without service, CenturyLink’s home phone customers still had a signal. That is because CenturyLink still uses a copper line for telephone service, Juarez said.

For Suddenlink, some 6,000 of its customers in Payson, Camp Verde and PineStrawberry were without Internet, TV and phone service, said Gene Regan with Suddenlink Communications.

“Our engineers contacted the company that owned the cable and remained in contact with them while they made repairs.

“The service interruption began late morning and repairs were completed and service restored for our customers shortly before 7 p.m. local time,” he said. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”

Neither of the companies have a backup line.

Only Sprint customers had service,

although call quality was intermittent.

Emergency services

As Tuesday wore on and there was no word when service would resume, the Payson Police and Fire departments worked together to form a plan.

Both the Gila County Sheriff’s Office and PPD dispatch services remained online throughout the outage.

The GCSO gets its phone and Internet service through a T1 line from Globe, which travels up through Mesa.

Lt. Tim Scott with the GCSO said the outage only affected officers’ Verizon cell phones. That was also true for PPD officers’ cell phones. Radios still worked though, so dispatch could stay in contact with officers.

Officials worried whether residents could still call 911 for help from their cell phones if service was out. They made several test calls and determined Verizon users could still call 911, said Dan Bramble with Payson Fire.

Payson firefighters went to local convenience stores, health care facilities and any other high-traffic areas to let customers and managers know they could still call for help.

Bramble even attended a play at the high school to let the audience of 700 know they could call for help if needed.

Weaver said while Verizon customers were able to piggyback on the Sprint network to make emergency calls that may not always be the case. Under different circumstances, the entire network could go down with no roaming capabilities to call 911.

Usually, however, it is Verizon’s network that is still up and other providers are down when a network crash occurs, she said.

There were no reports of customers unable to call for help.

Business impact

With credit card machines down, several businesses had to go back to hand-written receipts or close altogether.

Many of the banks closed, but most businesses stayed open.

PetSmart associates broke out the manual credit card swipe machines, while at Sal and Teresa’s Mexican Restaurant customers who didn’t have cash promised to come back and settle up their bills.

At Payson Regional Medical Center,

staff went to paper charting with their computers down.

Jan Parsons with PRMC said there was no interruption in patient care and they simply went back to the old-fashioned way of keeping records.

“We prepare for these kinds of things,” she said.

Post office

A long line quickly formed at the post office when the system crashed Tuesday.

Normally, employees enter a zip code and the system calculates the postage.

However, with no Internet service, the system could not do this, but continued to search for some 15 to 20 minutes. When the system finally gave up, employees could manually compute postage.

Postmaster Pam Vinson said there is no way to bypass this process so employees simply had to wait. When the post office closed at 4 p.m., a long line of customers was still waiting to mail their holiday packages. The post office stayed open until 5:15 p.m. when everyone was helped.

“The customers were really understanding,” Vinson said.

“They were troopers and stood there.”

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Habitat for Humanity ReStore has relocated to a much better location and more spacious building to accommodate the growth of the business. The store now has its own parking lot and side yard, with the administration offices in the back instead of right up front.

The quarters offer a much a better shopping experience. “We actually have a ceiling here,” said Executive Director Cindy Kofile.

It’s a better fit now that they have their “own location” instead of a storefront clustered with other stores with a a crowded parking lot, said Kofile.

The new location enables them to move more product in and out and Manager Andy Kofile has lowered prices on many items as well, which may have had something to do with the rise in sales. “We have an outstanding staff” and “they’re just a phenomenal group,” said Kofile.

Kofile would like to give special thanks to the Town of Payson employees for being so helpful throughout the relocation, “They made it really painless,” said Kofile.

Proceeds from the ReStore help build and repair homes here in Rim Country. Since 1976, Habitat for Humanity around the world has helped over one million families.

This program gives families who could not otherwise purchase a home through conventional financing the opportunity to own their own home and pay an interest-free mortgage so they can actually build equity. “It’s not a handout, it’s a hand-up,” said Kofile.

This program helps the community by giving new homeowners a stake in their neighborhood. Numerous studies have documented the benefits of home ownership and the beneficial impact on neighborhoods when people own their own homes instead of renting.

This program only exists because of donations from private donors as well as local businesses. “It’s a partnership between

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Through their Brush with Kindness program, Habitat also does repairs on homes of low income and senior residents that either can’t do the work on their own or simply can’t afford supplies.

Habitat has many businesses that support them through in-kind donations including Ace Hardware, The Home Center and The Home Depot. Payson Paint Supply provided a huge donation of paint and Chitwood Cabinets donates regularly, plus many local handymen offer their services. “This town supports us really well,” said Cindy.

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and generous donations from the community stays local, with only 10 percent of unrestricted funds going back to Habitat International to aid with global building.

However, 100 percent of donations received through the AZ Charitable Tax Credit stay local. These funds will be used to help build the group’s 28th home.

“It’s important to stay local,” said Cindy.

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Retired executives offer tips on boosting careers Local author signing book Saturday to benefit Habitat the more I realized we have many very successful people who chose Payson as the place they wanted to retire to. Eventually, I realized that the collective wisdom of all 60 people, some still in their 20s and 30s and others in their middle years, could be organized into a book.

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“I was fortunate to work on the Payson Habitat Board of Directors with some very successful executives who were, like me, wanting to “give back” during our retirement years, explained Richard “Ric” Hinkie.

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PES students rock Christmas From page 1A School District (PUSD) act out their anxiety as they waited for the show to start.

Principal Asa Hall wandered amongst the students to calm them down waving hello to many of them as they called out to him.

“You’ve got to get around and know them,” he said.

From the moment the first group of students walked onto the stage, it was clear music director Christie Varner ran a well-coordinated show, including the numerous props and instruments from hand bells to recorders.

But she could not control what the girls wore. One little girl had the same sparkly dress as the girl standing right behind her.

She balked at standing so close to her dress rival, but Varner restored order.

The groups must have practiced where they would stand because each child knew exactly where to go to get on and off the stage.

The first set of second-grad-

ers from Katie Hoff and Brianne Descheemaker’s classes played recorders to “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.”

Varner had a flip chart with the notes and kept time to help the little performers.

Some of the boys had a too tough persona moving like a rapper as they sang “A Holiday of

Music.”

Kindergartners from Gina Dulaney’s and Jane Pond’s classes put cutout paper carrots on their noses and wrapped red scarves around their necks to sing “Snowmen Jump!”

The classes used Boom Whackers (hollow plastic tubes) to hammer out a different sound-

ing “Jingle Bells.”

Next up, the first-grade classes of Vicki Ladewski and Amanda Sanchez.

Using color-coded bells, the little ones played “Chime In.” The next set of kindergartners from Darlene Daniels’ and Judy Poston’s classes pumped up their version of “Yummy, Yummy Christmas Time,” by wearing red and white-striped aprons while waving plastic rolling pins.

The 5 p.m. concert ended with the first-grade classes of Laura Hacker and Stacey Summers.

The first-graders used bells to animate “Ding Dong Ding” then watched as a fellow classmate came out dressed as Santa Claus with shades to rock out to “The Santa Claus Rock.”

As each new class filled the risers, parent groupies rushed the stage, phone cameras at the ready to record this special oncein-a-lifetime event of their child.

The final awwww came when all the classes rose to sing “Christmas Wishes” to an audience full of people with pained cheeks from all of the smiling.

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Get a free Christmas tree while they last The Payson Choral Society and the Mogollon Health Alliance, in cooperation with Walmart Stores, will have free Christmas trees available to help make Christmas more merry for those who might not have been able to buy one.

The trees will be available after 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 19 and on Saturday at the Mogollon Health Alliance parking lot at 308 Aero Drive.

If you are in need of a tree, please come on down and get one while they last.

John Landino, one of the coordinators of this special project, said Walmart initiated contact with him.

“Walmart let me know it would be willing to donate these trees to a non-profit organization that would use them,” Landino said.

In addition to the participants listed,

the Town of Payson is also taking part in the program, providing transportation of the pallets of trees from Walmart to the MHA parking lot.

Landino said there might be two to three pallets of trees, depending on what Walmart has available. He said each pallet holds an average of 45 trees, so as many as 90 could be distributed.

No formal paperwork is needed to get a tree. “This is an honor system. The only qualification is that you need a tree to make your holiday merrier, but you are not able to buy one,” Landino said.

He added the members of the Payson Choral Society, the Mogollon Health Alliance, the Town of Payson and Walmart hopes this great — and unexpected — act of kindness will help everyone have a Merry Christmas with their families.

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O B I T U A R I E S Joshua Edward Wade Family and friends will gather to celebrate the life of Joshua Edward Wade at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014.

Memorial services are at Mountain Bible Church, 302 E. Rancho Rd., Payson, Ariz.

In lieu of flowers, the Wade family requests memorials donations be made to the Joshua Wade Legacy Scholarship. This scholarship fund supports Payson-area high school graduates in need of financial support who plan on pursuing higher education.

Contact Todd or Irma Bramlet of the Mazatzal Optimist Club for further information on contributing at MazatzalOptimists@ Hotmail.com. Donations can also be made directly at the Arizona State Credit Union, Joshua Wade Legacy Scholarship, Account #701031656.

“Our family appreciates the love and support the Payson community has shown to us during our time of loss. God Bless you and your loved ones,” the family writes.

Rowland Keith Beech (1951-2014)

Rowland Keith Beech, beloved husband of Kathy Bajamundi-Beech, was born in New Orleans, La. Aug. 19, 1951 and died in Anaheim, Calif.

Nov. 25, 2014.

He was a resident of Pine, Ariz. and was a proud member of the Gila County Sheriff’s Posse since November of 2012.

Rowland is survived by his sons by marriage, Brandon and Keith Bajamundi; his natural daughter, Johna Beech; and sister, Sharman Beech.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his honor to support the Gila County Sheriff’s Posse.

(1938-2014)

Lois Kay (SorensenBerkhousen) Darr passed away gracefully at the age of 76 near her home in Payson, Ariz. on Nov. 21, 2014.

She was born March 31, 1938, in Oklahoma City, Okla. to parents, Richard and Ellen Sorensen. Her father was in the armed forces and her mother a registered nurse.

At the age of eight, the family moved. She and her brother, Donald, would grow up just outside the small town of Troy, Idaho.

Lois was an active member of her community and high school, having fun as a majorette and crowned princess her senior year. On the farm, she grew and sold strawberries to earn money for college tuition.

Lois was a graduate of Sacred Heart School of Nursing/ Gonzaga University in Spokane Wash. After earning her RN degree in 1959, she moved to Coeur D’Alene, Idaho and began as a night charge nurse at the CDA Hospital.

She became engaged to Gary Berkhousen, stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, and they married Feb. 27, 1960.

During her career, she worked off and on between children and life as a traditional military wife.

During their station at Kincheloe AFB Michigan, she served under the Civil Service as a lieutenant nurse. Years later, after a 3-year station in New Brunswick, Canada, the family came home to Spokane, Wash. She returned to work as a charge nurse at

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Mike McCarthy of Phoenix, Ariz., passed away peacefully on Dec. 14, 2014 with his wife, Jo, and her children at his side.

He was born in 1938 on a small farm in Raheen, Bantry County Cork, Ireland. His parents, the late Charles and Julia McCarthy, and brother, Jim, proceeded him in death.

He is survived by his brother, Charles and sister, Mary. He is also survived by daughters, Terrie and Susan, and sons, Wayne and Tim. He is survived by his wife of 14 years, Jo, and her children, Royce, Tamara, Ramon, Randall, and their families.

Mike served in the U.S. Air Force before his employment in the auto repair and pharmaceutical industries.

After immigrating from Ireland, he received his U.S.

Citizenship, which was his proudest accomplishment. He was driven by his love of God, country and family. One of Mike’s most cherished accomplishments was the publishing of his life story, “Irish by Birth, American by the Grace of God.” Mike was known for his positive, engaging nature and endless jokes. His ashes will be interred at the National Veterans Memorial Cemetery on North Cave Creek Road, Phoenix, Ariz. at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Mike’s Celebration of Life ceremony is being planned for the spring in Payson (date to be announced).

Mike’s family and loved ones are eternally grateful for the loving, compassionate care of the Hospice of the Valley organization.

Arrangements by Bunker’s Garden Chapel.

Deaconess Medical Center, specializing in geriatrics. She retired her career as a director of nurses from Pend Oreille Nursing Home in Newport, Wash.

Outside of work, Lois was an excellent seamstress, enjoyed knitting, baking, gardening, crafts, fishing, reading and four-wheel drives in the desert. Her life’s journey also brought forth five children. They all survive her: Tina Jeffrey (husband Jon), Hayden Lake, Idaho; Brenda Berkhousen (husband Darren), Post Falls, Idaho; Douglas Berkhousen (wife Bettie), Newport, Wash.; Holly Miller (husband Jack) and youngest son, Devin Berkhousen.

Also surviving are grandchildren, Kara Jeffrey-Fellows, Tesla Weathers-Orr, Seth Orr, Katrina Berkhousen, Nathan Walker, Rachel Miller Lee, Jacob Miller and Whitley Randolph.

She will be greatly missed by her great-grandchildren, Maximus Henry Fellows, Aquila Lynne Weathers and Kaiden Randolph.

She leaves behind her childhood sweetheart and adoring husband of the past nine years.

In October of 2005 she married Alan Darr and immensely enjoyed her life with him in Arizona with so many friends and activities.

“We know our beautiful mother will be missed by those she touched. Thank you to all the friends and family who organized her Celebration of Life event. Our family is very grateful. And Mom, thank you for the memories,” writes her family.

2014 thru today 15.41 30-year Average through Dec. 22.08

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Low: Pollen levels between 0 and 4.0 tend to affect very few individuals among the

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Noel Talbot Smith, 96, passed away peacefully in Payson on Nov. 12, 2014. He enjoyed a long life helping children, the community and serving his church.

His mother became one of the early female pilots in America and loved to fly. Noel became an aeronautical engineer and a “rocket scientist” for Garrett AiResearch (later Allied Signal and Honeywell).

Noel was born on Christmas Eve 1917 in Vancouver, BC, to Katherine Talbot and Wilfred E. Smith. He attended some school in Canada before he and his mother moved to Glendale, Calif.

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Noel retired in 1986 after 43 years with Garrett. In 1988 they moved to Payson, where they helped to establish Payson United Methodist Church. In all, Noel volunteered service to Cross Roads, Faith and Payson United Methodist churches in many roles for more than 50 years as a church incorporator, trustee, treasurer, youth counselor, audio equipment operator, proofreader, handyman and more.

Noel was preceded in death by his lovely and loving wife, Maxine, and their son, Scott Talbot Smith. A memorial service will be held for Noel at 3 p.m., Sunday Dec. 21, 2014, at Payson United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy St., Payson, Ariz.

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Mogollon rallies past Payson Big 4th quarter helps D4 Mustangs upset Longhorns by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Payson’s boys basketball team needed a win in its home opener against Heber Mogollon on Monday night.

The Longhorns entered the contest on a two-game losing skid after opening the power points schedule with a 60-53 triumph at Camp Verde. PHS limped into the contest reeling from a heart-breaking overtime loss at Division 2 Cottonwood Mingus and a 65-41 trouncing against unbeaten Fountain Hills on back-to-back nights last Thursday and Friday.

And the Division 4 Mustangs seemed like the perfect opponent for a D3 team looking for a psychological boost.

Things looked good as the Longhorns led by as many as 12 points in the first half. But then Caleb Whipple woke up and put the Mustangs on his back.

The 6-foot-4 senior had a monster night, scoring 26 points, grabbing 17 rebounds and blocking seven shots as Mogollon rallied for a 57-55 win.

The tiny school of about 100 students is known more for its eight-man football team and its success on the wrestling mat than its exploits on the hardwood. So the significance of the win wasn’t lost on first-year head coach Mike Ferriter.

“This is a legendary win,” Ferriter said. “We haven’t done very well against Payson.”

Payson fell to 1-3 in power points games and 1-8 overall.

Whipple finished strong, scoring 15 points in the final quarter.

Mogollon outscored the Longhorns 23-15 to overcome a 40-34 deficit.

Fellow senior Mckay Turley, who finished with 16 points, scored the

other eight points in the period for Mogollon.

The Mustangs used just eight players, only six of whom played multiple quarters, and had just five players score. Whipple, Turley and fellow senior Jaden Willis combined to score 50 of their team’s 57 points.

Mogollon jumped out to a 5-2 lead, but Payson stormed back to tie it on a three-play by Braden Hancock with 5:01 left in the opening quarter and the Longhorns led most of the way after Ruben Estrada drained a three-point basket to make it 8-5 with 4:29 to go in the first period.

After PHS built a 23-11 lead with 3:46 left in the first half, the visitors went on a 19-9 run to pull within two points, 32-30, with 4:33 to play in the third quarter, but an 8-0 Payson run left the Mustangs down 40-30 with 1:56 showing on the third-quarter clock. But Whipple stepped up big as Mogollon closed on a 27-15 run.

The Mustangs tied it 48-48 on a drive to the basket by Turley with 3:37 remaining and went ahead for the first time since the opening minutes on another inside hoop by Turley with 2:57 left. A Matt Davis jumper knotted the score at 50-50 with 2:20 remaining, but Whipple hit a free throw with 2:03 unplayed to put Mogollon ahead to stay. An inside basket by Whipple with 23.8 left gave the visitors their largest lead, 57-51, as he stepped to the line trying to complete a three-point play. He failed and Chaz Davis sank a jumper with 11.3 on the clock to make it 57-53, but it was too little, too late as a Chaz Davis drive up the middle in the final two seconds left the home team two points short.

Chaz Davis led Payson, which was just 5 of 9 from the free-throw line, with 21 points. Mogollon went 14-for-20 at the charity stripe.

Mogollon (4-8, 2-4 power points games) had lost all four of its power points games since opening the season with a win over Eagar Round Valley. So it was a big victory for the Mustangs, who also beat Division 3 foes Round Valley (for the second time) and Safford in the Round

Valley Classic, where they went 2-4, losing a third meeting with Round Valley.

Payson hosts Snowflake at 7:30 p.m. Friday before taking on Globe at 3:45 p.m. Monday at US Airways Center, the home of the Phoenix Suns, following the 2 o’clock girls game.

Mingus 72, Payson 68 (OT)

COTTONWOOD – Payson outscored host Cottonwood Mingus 39-32 in the second half to rally from a 26-19 halftime deficit and force overtime, before the Marauders prevailed 72-68 on Thursday night.

Chaz Davis poured in a season-high 25 points for the Longhorns, who outscored the home team 25-20 in the fourth quarter. Matt Davis added 20 points.

PHS shot 49 percent (26 of 53) from the field, including 71 percent (5 of 7) from three-point range.

Chaz Davis and Ryan Wacker both pulled down six of Payson’s 30 rebounds. Chaz Davis also dished out four assists and came up with four steals before fouling out. Matt Davis also fouled out.

Mogollon 57, Payson 55 Mogollon 57 – Stafford Brown 1 0-0 2, Bailey Travers 0 0-0 0, Gabriel Horn 1 2-2 5, Caleb Whipple 6 10-11 26, Jaden Willis 3 2-6 8, Mckay Turley 8 0-1 16, Justin Bullamore 0 0-0 0, Tyrel Pritchard 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 14-20 57.

Payson 55 – Hunter Lane 0 0-0 0, Ruben Estrada 3 0-0 7, Chaz Davis 10 1-2 21, Spencer Herrera 1 0-0 2, Matt Davis 2 1-2 6, Hunter Harrison 3 0-0 6, Braden Hancock 3 1-1 7, Ryan Wacker 2 1-2 5, Wyatt Chapman 0 0-0 0, Ryan Ricke 0 1-2 1. Totals 24 5-9 55.

Mogollon 9 14 11 23 - 57 Payson 12 18 10 15 - 55 3-point goals – M: Horn, Whipple 4. P: Estrada, M. Davis.

Mingus 72, Payson 68 (OT) Payson 68 – Hunter Lane 0 0-0 0, Chaz Davis 10 3-6 25, Spencer Herrera 4 2-3 10, Matt Davis 6 6-8 20, Hunter Harrison 3 0-0 7, Braden Hancock 1 0-0 2, Ruben Estrada 0 0-0 0, Ryan Wacker 1 0-0 2, Ryan Ricke 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 11-17 68.

Payson 6 13 14 25 10 - 68 11 15 12 20 14 - 72 Mingus 3-point goals – P: C. Davis 2, M. Davis 2, Harrison.

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Payson’s Chaz Davis and Mogollon’s Caleb Whipple (10) and Makay Turley watch Davis’ shot during the Mustangs’ 57-55 win on Monday night.

Longhorns rout Mustangs 54-25 in girls basketball by

Keith Morris

roundup sports editor

Photos by Keith Morris/Roundup

At top left, Taylor Vaughn tries to dribble around a pair of Mogollon defenders. At bottom left, five Longhorns prepare to enter the game at the same time as the lopsided score allowed Payson coach Miles Huff to substitute liberally. Above, Terena Ward (45) battles for a rebound.

It didn’t take the Longhorns long to get rolling on Monday night.

Payson scored the first 15 points of the game and bolted out to a 21-3 lead after one period en route to a 54-25 blowout of visiting Heber Mogollon in girls basketball.

Arissa Paulson scored 16 points as the Horns put a difficult two-point loss against defending Division 3 state champion Fountain Hills in the home opener three days earlier behind them.

“Just getting back in the win column, that’s the big thing for us, especially after the Fountain Hills game,” said PHS coach Miles Huff. “I just think it’s huge for us to have a win like that. It wasn’t as pretty or as effective as we would have liked, but just to get back in the win column is huge.”

He said it was nice to see Paulson back in form after a couple of sub-par offensive nights.

“We got Arissa going finally,” Huff said. “She’s had two games that have been more of a struggle for her and I think she scored our first eight points.

It’s very important for us to get her rolling early.”

Although they outscored the Mustangs 33-22 in the final three quarters, Huff did find things to work on after the fast start. The Division 4 Mustangs hung with the Division 3 Longhorns in the second quarter, as the home team managed to outscore them by just a 6-5 margin.

“The first quarter was phenomenal, they played great,” he said. “I think the girls from that point forward kind of got a little complacent and decided we had won and really backed off on the pressure and taking care of the ball, which is understandable to me. It’s tough when you

realize the situation you’re in. We knew coming in that they were the weaker team and I just really wanted to execute, basically like we did the first quarter.”

Sadie Dunman added nine points, Cori Barnett eight and Terena Ward seven for the Longhorns, who had eight players score in improving to 2-2 in power points games after an impressive performance in a 38-36 defeat at the hands of Fountain Hills following a win over Camp Verde in their first game counting in the power rankings.

Huff was pleased to have a game that allowed him to give all his players plenty of playing time.

“I’ve got to get other guards in, other than Aubrie (Paulson) and Sadie and Brittany Proctor and Taylor Vaughn got a lot more time than usual,” he said. “I enjoyed getting those players in that maybe don’t get in quite as much. That’s big.”

The Longhorns (3-5 overall) return to the court to host Snowflake at 6 p.m. today and play Globe at 2 p.m. Monday at US Airways Center, home of the Phoenix Suns, ahead of the boys game at 3:45. Payson hosts the Holiday Hoops Tournament on Dec. 26-27 before taking a nine-day break.

Payson 54, Mogollon 25 Mogollon 25 – Watchman 1 0-0 2, Weber 1 0-0 2, Whipple 1 1-2 3, Crandell 0 0-0 0, McClaws 0 0-0 0, Porter 0 2-8 2 Faber 4 7-15 16, Bealfant 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 10-25 25.

Payson 54 – Aubrielle Paulson 2 0-2 4, Brittany Proctor 1 0-2 2, Sadie Dunman 3 2-2 9, Cori Barnett 4 0-0 8, Taylor Vaughn 0 0-0 0, Arissa Paulson 5 6-6 16, Rachel Knauer 1 0-0 2, Rylee Chapman 3 0-3 6, Terena Ward 3 1-1 7, A. Schreur 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 9-16 54.

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Sally Randall outbid all comers for the student council-decorated tree sponsored

by EW Enterprises.

Freddy Miranda took home the Uncle Tom’s championed Builders Club tree.

Molly and Willow, who, believe it or not, are dogs — sponsored the first grade’s tree that was taken by Amanda Finkler at Strawberry Cabins.

So how do a pair of canines raise the money to sponsor a Christmas tree? You figure it out.

Those hardworking folks at the Pine Strawberry Fire Auction, concert a huge hit Department took time off from their public safety Pine Strawberry duties to underwrite School’s tradition- rattlin’ the second grade’s al Christmas Tree the rim tree, won by Arlene Auction and holiday Ramirez. band concert explodScott Helmer at ed into a celebration Rim Country Guns that is sure to be long now has in his shop remembered by famthe fourth-grade tree ily, friends and loved sponsored by the ones.

Randall House. Little On Dec. 10 the two Stinker, those friendevents were held on Max Foster ly folks who have a the same evening for nasty job, backed the the first time ever. fifth-grade tree purchased by “The combined format Nancy Donaldson. went very well and brought Wade Parker bought a crowd,” said superintendent-principal Cody Barlow. the Maverick Restaurant’s “The kids sounded awesome sixth-grade tree and Anne and the tree auction was a Kiekintveld took home the Eddie Pritchard-sponsored huge success.”

In fact, the Dec. 10 auction eighth-grade tree. John earned a whopping $2,400 — Banning outbid all for the seva very respectable sum for a enth-grade effort that drew an anonymous sponsor. small rural school.

For the program, each Call for volunteers grade — pre-school through The Isabelle Hunt Memorial kindergarten and several clubs — buy and decorate Library is in need of volunlive Christmas trees under teers. Ideal volunteers, says the auspices of a sponsor who library manager Becky Waer, contributes $50 to be used in should be friendly, computer and detail-oriented and work decorating.

During the auction, the fully well with the public.

Flexible hours are available decorated trees go to the highest bidder. Money raised goes and the library staff will prodirectly into the classroom or vide training.

Call (928) 476-3678 to voldepartment that decorated the tree. The funds are used unteer. for supplies, field trips and Builders Club steps up rewards.

During the high-energy Marti Heinert of the Pineauction, George Hill was in Strawberry Food Bank left a festive holiday spirit pur- little doubt when addressing chasing three trees — the the Pine Strawberry School preschool effort sponsored Builders Club early this week

by Strawberry Cabins, the that the group’s holiday food kindergarten tree sponsored collection efforts were greatly

by Mission Wila Inc. and the appreciated.

Monica Hancock-sponsored “What you just did was quilt group tree. fantastic, we can’t thank you Barlow won the auction for enough,” she said. “What the archery team’s tree that you do is so wonderful; just Those pesky squirrels, so abundant in the Rim Country, apparently like fiber-optic cables as well as they do the fruit off my apple and apricot trees.

That became evident on Tuesday when Payson, Pine and Camp Verde lost phone and Internet services because a squirrel had gnawed through a cable. Repair crews had to replace 1,000 feet of cable.

Customers, including most of Pine and Strawberry, were without phone and Internet services from just after 10 a.m. to about 6:45 p.m.

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Members of the Builders Club at Pine Strawberry School recently donated 1,129 cans and boxes of non-perishable food to the Pine-Strawberry Food Bank. They were thanked for their efforts by Marti Heinert, one of the Food Bank officials. The Builders Club has 22 members from the school’s sixth, seventh and eighth grades and is part of the Kiwanis organization. remember there are little kids who would go hungry without you.”

The Builders Club, which includes 22 sixth-, seventhand eighth-grade students, had just delivered to the community center 1,129 cans and boxes of food that will be distributed to the less fortunate in our two communities.

If you cross paths with a Builders Club member, or sponsors Bill and Dawn Potter, give them a pat on the back for a job well done.

Members include Ryan Stein, Holly Carl, Chance Bridges, Hope Carl, Raci Miranda, Owen Pippin, Hunter Ferguson, Scott Hein, Mercedes Miranda, Lexi Ward, Haley Hargett, Kayla Schank, Bobbie Price, Dwayne Schank, Brian Hall, Travis Richardson, Brandon LaFave, Micheal Aguon and Jerusha Paine.

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Pam Mason says the Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District work-study board meeting on Dec. 9 was an enlightening one. Her advice to water users who did not attend is to read the minutes that can be found at: http://www.pswid.org.

I plead guilty to this one

Bassmaster magazine did a very nice story on Rim Country fishing pro Clifford Pirch and his challenging path to the

pinnacle of his profession.-In the story, Clifford talks about those who doubted his ability to earn a living wage on the professional fishing tournament circuit.

I am one of the first doubters he identifies. As a 14-yearold student in my algebra classroom in the Payson district, I once noticed Clifford focusing more on fishing at Roosevelt Lake than the quadratic formula. So I “encouraged” him to think about his math studies and put fishing on the back burner.

Sure enough, Clifford hit the big time in professional fishing and I’m left with egg on my face.

That’s one teaching faux pas that will follow me to the grave.

But I had to have one last word, so I posted on Clifford’s Facebook. “Do you agree the quadratic formula can be radical, irrational and too complex to be real, but does get to the root of the problem?”

Good lunch, good friends

The Pine Strawberry Community dining hall is an excellent place to have a scrumptious meal, enjoy small town camaraderie and make new friends.

Seniors, age 50 and older from Pine, Strawberry, Payson and surrounding areas are welcome to the hall that opens at 11:30 a.m. each weekday.

A full meal is $3 for Senior Citizens Affairs Foundation

(SCAF) members and $6 for non-members. The salad bar is $2 for members and $3 for non-members.

Call (928) 476-2151 to make reservations.

Permits expire soon

Time is running out to gather firewood for the upcoming winter months. 2014 permits that became available April 1, will expire Dec. 31.

Permit holders may gather wood from portions of the Payson, Pleasant Valley and Tonto Basin Ranger Districts, but not Mesa and Cave Creek.

No firewood gathering is allowed in wilderness areas.

Maps and instructions are included with each permit. Thanks to help from son Gerry, we have a good supply of juniper and oak, but you can never have too much, so, there could be another trip for us in the near future.

The real challenge in heating with firewood, is finding good sources. But don’t expect your neighbors or friends to cough up their prime spots.

When it comes to revealing these honey holes, firewood gathers are much like fishermen guarding the secrets of their favorite creek or river — when asked for hot spots, they feign blind and deaf.

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Weekend’s weather creates winter wonderland Tonto Village has had its first snowfall on Saturday afternoon. First there was rain, and then it suddenly turned to snowflakes. What a sight! The wind was blowing the snow every which way and at first the snowflakes didn’t stick, it just melted as soon as it hit the ground, but the then the ground looked white, but village not for long. Within an hour or so, the snow was gone.

The next morning, I looked out my office window at the tall pines and they were covered in white crystals. What a wonderful sight — like a winter wonderland!

Holiday decorations are going up all over the Village and the Janet most spectacular, as always, is the Snyder home of Bobette Davis on Johnson Boulevard. There are blow-up characters of all kinds in her front yard. Every year Bobette adds a new character. Be sure to drive slowly by her home to see her display for the holidays.

In keeping with the holiday season, the Double D Restaurant on Johnson Boulevard will be hosting a community Christmas party on Saturday, Dec. 20.

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The December meeting of the fire board was held at the Star Valley fire station on Dec. 10. An election was held for the coming year. Elected were: Gary Norem, chairman; Jeff Shaw, vice chairman; Garah Monnick, clerk; and Mark Runzo, member. The positions are strictly voluntary. The Hellsgate family appreciates the service of these individuals to the fire department and to the community.

The meeting dates and times for the year were also discussed. The times have not changed, the meeting will still be held on the second Wednesday of each month except for the January and November meetings. The dates will be advertised on the two changes.

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Special Olympics

The local chapter of the Special Olympics held a bowling tournament on Monday, Dec. 5 at Beeline Bowl. Jacquelin Karrys of Tonto Village and her teammates bowled for a bronze medal. Congratulations to Jacquelin and her teammates.

Birthdays

There are a few birthdays this week. Monica Savage of the Payson Fire Department adds another candle to her birthday cake on Dec. 22. Have a great day, Monica.

On Dec. 23, Tonto Village resident, Jan Farmer will celebrate her big day. If anyone has been to the Imaging Center of the Payson Regional Medical Center, you would see Jan. Happy birthday to you, Jan. I want to tell all of my readers to have a wonderful Christmas and I pray that each of you have a fantastic and joyful holiday.

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Some ancestors had great humor Part 2 Last week I wrote that I happened to look up someone mentioned in a humorous way in a story I read. His name was Sydney Smith, an Anglican minister born in England in 1771. I didn’t think I had found someone likely to say anything very funny.

Was I wrong! If you read last week’s column you know what I mean. That’s not the half of it.

Smith spent his entire life saying things that are so true — and often so funny! — he’d be one of the most famous people alive were he living today.

The odd thing about this is your turn that his words were spoken to parishioners on Sunday morning or in an occasional lecture, but Smith was so unimpressed with himself — as the truly great ones often are — that he took his sermons and lectures and burned them when they Tom Garrett had served their purpose — a means to provide the money to furnish and maintain his home and family. If his wife hadn’t rescued the sometimes-charred papers and published them in 1850 after his death, his words would have been lost.

Luckily, you can get free copies at archive.org and entering “A memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith.” It is in two volumes; you have to download both if you want everything.

Anyway, here are few more of his gems: It seems that for a long time his little town could not find a preacher. He says, “On first coming to Foston, when I began to thump the cushion of my pulpit as is my wont when I preach, the accumulated dust of a hundred and fifty years made such a cloud ... I lost sight of my congregation.”

About some politician, he says, “No one minds what Jeffrey says … it is not more than a week ago that I heard him speak disrespectfully of the equator.”

And this, “... there are three sexes — men, women, and clergymen.”

He must have visited America, because he had a few things to say about us. One that made me smile was: “Daniel Webster struck me much like a steam-engine in trousers.”

And this one doesn’t hurt his image, does it?

“Magnificent spectacle of human happiness.

America.”

But Smith wasn’t one who had nothing to do but make short little quips. He could get downright lengthy when he talked about some things — taxes, for example: “The schoolboy throws his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a taxed road; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which was taxed seven per cent, into a spoon that has been taxed fifteen per cent, flings himself back upon his chintz bed for which he has paid twenty-two per cent, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death.”

Makes you want to dig him up and run him for office, doesn’t it?

I have often wondered who first made the comment about a square peg in a round hole.

Now I know: “If you choose to represent the various parts in life by holes upon a table, of different shapes — some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and a square person has squeezed himself into the round hole.”

And speaking of the writer Macauley, who may have written well but apparently was one of those who should have stuck to putting his opinions on paper, Sydney Smith says: “Macaulay … has occasional small flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.”

Wow, Johnny! Don’t you wish you had said that?

But when Sydney Smith got serious he spoke pure truth.

“Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best.”

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Season’s greetings well-intentioned Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! The beautiful remakes of the classic Christmas little phrases so commonly used at this time standards, too. of the year.

One of my favorite new artists, Idina When I ring the bells for our local Salvation Menzel (of the Disney “Frozen” fame) has Army, I sometimes alternate between the recently released “Holiday Wishes” and it two. Almost everyone I greet seems to be OK has become this year’s top-selling seasonal with that. But I’ve noticed that every once in album. On one of the tracks, she teams with a while someone will get a little upset if he a well-known modern day crooner for their hears one and not the other. I wonder why? rendition of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and it Maybe it’s because some well-mean- currently tops Billboard’s adult contempoing “Christians” seem to believe that it’s rary chart. pretty much mandatory that people greet This Canadian-born artist broke onto the each other at this “Christ”-mas time of the scene in the late 1990s and has had recent year with the tradition “Merry Christmas.” hits on the jazz, pop and rock charts. He Perhaps some folks feel that saying “Happy was influenced by — and his voice and style Holidays” is just more general and of singing, are often compared to — it covers the whole holiday seaFrank Sinatra. Some of his recent son. Maybe others don’t like “Merry dj’s music big hits are “Hold On,” “Everything” trivia Christmas” because it doesn’t really and “Haven’t Met You Yet.” fit in with their beliefs.

This week’s question is: can you But does it really matter how name this modern day crooner who we greet each other at this time joins Menzel in singing “Baby, It’s of the year? Does it really make Cold Outside”? any difference at all if we wish Is he A) Sam Smith, B) Colton someone “Merry Christmas,” Dixon, C) Michael Buble, or D) Chris “Happy Holidays,” “Happy Daughtry?

Hanukkah,” “Feliz Navidad,” “Buon DJ Craig If you’re the sixth caller and have Natale,” “Frohe Weihnachten” or the correct answer this week, you’ll “Maligayang Pasko”? win a CD of your favorite artist or genre of In the spirit of this time of the year, or any music. Good luck! other time of the year, does it really matter two hoots what words we choose to greet Last week’s question someone? Can a greeting ever be wrong Last week’s music trivia question asked if if it’s done when looking someone in the you could name the 1961 song that became eye, smiling and relaying a message that’s Ben E. King’s signature hit, which earned accompanied with goodness in one’s heart Rock & Roll and Grammy Hall of Fame inducand respect for another’s humanity? tion and was later used as the title song in I think not. And after all, isn’t a greetthe 1986 movie, starring Will Wheaton and ing much like a gift — it’s the thought that River Phoenix? counts.

The choices were A) “The Lion Sleeps So, if you’re one of the very, very few Tonight,” B) “Tossin’ And Turnin’,” C) “Take who have not particularly cared for my (or Good Care of My Baby,” and D) “Stand By anyone else’s) Christmas-holiday greeting, Me.” please try not to let it get too far under The correct answer was “Stand By your skin. Rejoice and be happy. As Andy Me.” King’s other Top-10 hit was “Spanish Williams and so many other artists have Harlem,” which unusually debuted on the sung — now is “The Most Wonderful Time exact same date as “Stand By Me” — New of the Year”.

Year’s Eve, 1961.

This week’s question All of the other three choices were also No. 1 hits in the second half of 1961 and are The Christmas holiday season is a great surely remembered by most baby boomtime of the year for those of us who enjoy ers.

“Tossin’ And Turnin’” by Bobby Lewis, music. The airwaves are filled with classic topped the charts for seven weeks in July holiday favorites, such as Bing Crosby’s 1942 holiday favorite “White Christmas” and August. Teen idol Bobby Vee’s “Take (still the only song ever to be No. 1 in three Good Care of My Baby” was No. 1 for three different years), Spike Lee’s 1952 humorous weeks in September and “The Lion Sleeps “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” and Tonight” by the Tokens finished the year as Perry Como’s 1954 heart-warming “There’s the top hit.

Congratulations to last week’s trivia winNo Place Like Home For The Holidays” — ner, Louise Sanders. seasonal hits that have endured the test of time and will be around for years to come.

A final note But to compliment the old tunes we enjoy Two big thumbs up to the Payson Choral every Christmas, there are always new holiday songs that come out every year — and Society for leaping outside the box with

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Bing Brown, a longtime member of the Payson Choral Society, appeared as Scrooge in the group’s first venture into a musical production, “A Christmas Carol” presented Saturday, Dec. 13 and Sunday, Dec. 14.

this year’s presentation of “The Christmas Carol,” a musical version of Charles Dickens’ famous novel. From the talk around town that I’m hearing, the change from strictly a choral presentation to a mix of singing and acting was whole-heartedly enjoyed by all.

The program a nice mix of the excellent voices of the Payson Choral Society members matched with the superb acting of adult Society members and a number of PHS and RCMS music theatre thespians. Eighthgrader Bobbi Beaugareau, who played Tiny Tim, certainly appears to be a star in the making.

Thank you, Payson Choral Society, and so many others, who toiled for hours and hours to put together this marvelous performance.

Have a great Rim Country week — and Joyeux Noël et Joyeuses Fêtes to all!

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First snow of season a delight at Creek Christopher Creek got a taste of early winter weather over the weekend with another three-quarters inch of rain overnight last Friday. Saturday afternoon the clouds turned black, the temperature dropped noticeably, the winds swept down See Canyon and white stuff started in earnest. It came first in the form of pellets. Soon the smaller flakes another week grew to large flakes and it in the creek wasn’t long before there was a hint of white on the trees and on the grass. The squall was a quick-hitter, and as fast as it arrived it was gone.

Anticipation and excitement about the possibility of snow last weekend came, Rod Britain perhaps, from folks recalling the snow on parade weekend two years ago and the fact of not having any snow to speak of all last winter.

The arrival of the snow could not have been timed any better. Many of the crowd of folks at Dennis and Kelly’s party watched through the large windows as the swirling, bouncing white balls came off the roof and others were outside in it while affixing lights and features to their rides. This annual cart decorating party was No. 10. In years past attendance has been as many as 70 celebrants. Saturday, more than 50 stopped by to enjoy the hospitality, holiday decorations, the four different pots of Kelly’s chili, the fabulous baked bread and other goodies.

Sadly, this is the O’Neills’ last decorating party as they have bought a new home in Bend, Ore. and will be moving there in May. By the way, their beautiful place in See Canyon homes is for sale!

Come 6 p.m., darkness was upon us. They began to appear down by the market, lining up down the middle lane of the Loop. Dazzling, spectacular, tall were all descriptors of the entries as they arrived. One unit featured a giant lighted snowman about 15 feet high, built

by Gary and Josh. Unfortunately, some of the clearances going down Columbine Road are only about 13 feet. Chuck Schmitt’s Santa’s Sleigh lined up behind the fire engine followed close behind by Dean and Genny’s Red Sled II and the huge inflated Santa. Cowboy’s Christmas by Randy and Patsie was one of my favorites. Kenn and Pat’s Blue Christmas was the favorite of many.

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There were more than 20 youngsters at the Christopher Creek Homeowners Association party with Santa, held recently at the fire station.

Michelle and her entourage were hosting a young couple from China. At the last minute it was decided the visitors would be the ones to drive their entry. A tiny light parade in a tiny mountain hamlet in Arizona will be a highlight they will take home with them.

It turned out to be a cool, but pleasant evening as the parade circled through the Creekside parking lot and then down through the village. Here and there were small groups of spectators. The route was adjusted to pass

by Mimi’s home where a large audience was out to watch the lights go by. Back on the Loop, the largest group of spectators greeted the passing caravan back at the Landmark.

Dave and Rosemary invited me down to Mimi’s on Sunday afternoon for a traditional Swedish dinner. On the table was Potatis Korv, Bruna bonor, Knacklebrod with pickled herring, limpa bread along with the ham, salami, cheeses, deviled eggs and for dessert there was fruit soup or rice pudding with lingonberries. Wow! The food was prepared by members of Dave’s family including Chuck and Marilyn Elston from Lake Montezuma,

Tom, Karen, Kristina and Kevin Cole from Valencia, Calif., along with Brad and Nancy Sharpe from Phoenix. Neighbors LR and Keith Meade were there as well.

Mimi was seated right in the midst of all the conversation inside while Brian and Rosemary were outside tossing the bags. It was quite an enjoyable affair.

Marte Bethancourt, 95, suffered a fall a while back and is recovering. Her address is: Scottsdale Springs, 3212 N. Miller Rd. Apt 137, Scottsdale, AZ 85251.

Thanks and Ho, Ho, Ho — She would enjoy some greetings from the Creek.

Earlier Saturday a packed house greeted Saint Nick when he arrived at the fire station in the “Sleigh.” There were kids of all sizes from 1-year-old Braden to our friend Spenser who is over 6 feet tall and in his 20s.

Elves Saige and Mariah helped Santa and volunteers with CCHOA put on the party.

One 8-year-old when asked if he had been a good boy answered that he’d been good for a week! Honestly is the best policy … and that’s another week in the Creek.

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The yellow-billed cuckcoo has almost vanished from the Southwest. in the past century, thanks to dams, water diversions, groundwater pumping and the introduction of non-native species.

Populations of the white-breasted, long-tailed, longbilled cuckoos have plunged as a result, perhaps augmented by a buildup of pesticides in the bodies of the insects they eat.

A cuckcoo can scarf down 100 caterpillars a day — often taking care to scrape off the sometimes toxic hairs before they gulp down morsels few other birds can digest. Things like tent caterpillers can devastate a riparian area, so the cuckcoos help protect the trees on which they so critically depend for food and nesting shelter.

The foot-long bird has a long, black and white tail and makes a distinctive croaking song. They nest in thick foliage, especially in willows. They spend much of their time hunkered down in thick vegetation, rarely seen, but often heard. When they’re not dining on the population explosions of caterpillars, they eat other insects, frogs, lizards, crickets, cicadas and other streamside dwellers.

Population surveys suggest the Western Cuckcoo continues to decline by about 1.5 percent annually. The estimated 15,000

breeding pairs in California in the late 19th century had declined to about 30 pairs by 1986. The thousands of pairs in Arizona had declined to 200 pairs in the same period. Biologists aren’t sure how many pairs remain in the southwest now.

The widespread destruction of riparian habitats gets most of the blame. However, some evidence suggests the buildup of pesticides in insects may have caused the same sort of eggshell thinning in the cuckcoos that nearly doomed eagles and peregrine falcons before the national ban on the pesticide DDT. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first approved a petition to list the western subspecies in 2001, but didn’t have the money to actually act on the listing. The Fish and Wildlife Service has listed hundreds of species as “warranted but precluded” for years for lack of money to do the studies necessary to finalize a listing.

The federal government finally agreed to move forward with listings on dozens of species under threat of lawsuit.

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They’re devoted, cold-blooded parents.

They’ve got a stomach you can’t believe.

They’re beautiful, sound strange and have some really odd sexual habits.

Oh, yeah — and they’ve almost vanished from the Southwest — including Arizona.

So the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to list the wide-ranging, quickly-disappearing, stream-loving western yellow-billed cuckcoo as an endangered species — likely adding one more layer of protection for — and restrictions on — streams in Rim Country.

The federal government has proposed listing 80 protected streamside areas as critical habitat for the robin-sized bird, including Tonto Creek, the Verde River and other small streams like the East Verde, Fossil Creek and other Rim Country streams.

The cuckoo winters in the tropics and every year sets out on an astonishing migration that spans two continents to summer in deserts and woodlands along leafy steam banks.

The eastern yellow-billed cuckcoo remains relatively plentiful, but the populations of the western subspecies has plunged — likely due to the widespread destruction and degradation of the riparian areas on which they depend.

Biologists say the cottonwood, willow, sycamore riparian areas along streams like the East Verde remain the most biologically productive environments in North America. But some 90 percent of the riparian areas in Arizona have been degraded or destroyed

month.

The listing could add another key species to the array of endangered species dependent on Arizona’s dwindling number of riparian areas. The East Verde, Tonto Creek and Fossil Creek remain some of the last relatively intact stream habitats in Arizona.

Efforts to restore cottonwood-willow habitats along the Colorado River have already resulted in increases in cuckcoo populations there. The birds remain very rare along Rim Country streams, but stream reaches like the East Verde and Fossil Creek provide perfect habitat.

The birds have a strange and sometimes startling lifestyle.

They fly thousands of miles every year, taking advantage of the explosion of life and insects in North America during the spring and summer — then return to the tropics to ride out the winter.

The have several adaptations to produce as many chicks as possible.

They generally hook up with their partners on the spring and summer nesting grounds. The males have a distinctive and alluring display. When a female signals her interest, the male grabs a twig, lands on her back and offers her one end of the twig with a seductive flourish. The female signals her acceptance of his salacious offer by grabbing the other end of the stick in her beak. Probably gives the happy couple leverage.

They cooperate to build a loose, thin-bottomed nest in thick vegetation and lay a succession of eggs — often five days apart.

They raise their young faster than almost any other bird, moving from incubation to fledging chicks in just 17 days. Born naked, the chicks grow feathers within a week of hatching — thanks to a specially designed feather that all but burst out from their skins.

The parents will go to great lengths to draw dangerous interlopers away from the nest. They have perfected a faltering, fluttering flight pattern, intended to lure potential predators by mimicking wounded prey.

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The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program has an urgent need for volunteers to advocate for children in court.

The Arizona Department of Health Services estimates that one or more children witness domestic violence in Arizona every 44 minutes. In addition, up to 60 percent of perpetrators of partner violence also abuse their children.

Currently in Gila County, some 153 children have been removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect, but only 21 active CASA volunteers are advocating for these children in court.

“We’re currently experiencing a drastic increase of cases in Gila County and these children need a voice in court,” says Lyndsie Butler, Program Coordinator for CASA of Gila County. “As a CASA, you literally have the opportunity to

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change a child’s life forever. You can be the difference between that child languishing in foster care, or finding a permanent home where they can be healthy, happy and safe,” she said.

CASA volunteers serve as critical figures in the lives of children who have suffered from abuse or neglect. After receiving special training and appointement by a judge, CASA volunteers gather all of the information involving a child’s case and make formal recommendations to the court on the child’s behalf.

For many children, their CASA volunteer is the only consistent adult presence they have.

For more information on CASA of Gila County, contact Lyndsie Butler at 928-474-7145 or visit www.CASAofGilaCounty.org.

The Arizona Supreme Court administers CASA in all 15 Arizona counties. County programs recruit and train community-based volunteers to speak up for the rights of abused and neglected children in court.

Judges appoint CASA volunteers for foster children who have the greatest need for an advocate.

Volunteers do not provide placement or a home for the child, but serve as advocates and make recommendations to the judge.

CASA volunteers complete 30 hours of training to prepare them for their duties.

Child abuse statistics

• In the six-month period of October 2013 to March 2014, the statewide Child Abuse Hotline received 22,956 calls that met the statutory criteria for a report.

• Neglect is the most common form of child abuse, followed by physical abuse.

• Reports of child abuse and neglect have been consistently rising in Arizona since 2010.

• As of March 2014, there were 15,751 children in out-ofhome care.

• The majority of children in out-of-home care in Arizona have a case plan goal of family reunification (54 percent).

CASA volunteer requirements

• Volunteers must be at least 21 years old.

• Volunteers go through a rigorous screening process includ-

ing interviews, reference check, a fingerprint check and polygraph exam.

• Volunteers make a commitment to one case until its conclusion, typically involving 10-20 hours per month.

• Volunteers must complete 30 hours of pre-service training.

• CASA volunteers are advocates, not mentors. Their objective is to help the court system determine the best outcome for the child.

• CASA volunteers try to build a 360-degree view of the child and his or her surroundings. To do this, they meet with teachers, counselors, physicians and guardians.

• CASA volunteers work to ensure that children are in safe, permanent homes where they can thrive.

If you would like to become involved, but cannot make the time commitment to become a CASA volunteer, you can help in other ways. Contact Gila County Friends of CASA and become a member, or provide a donation.

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A group seeking to improve early childhood education needs help from the public.

The First Things First Gila Regional Partnership Council needs a parent representative with a child younger than five to its regional council who wants to work to improve early childhood development and health.

To apply go to www.azftf.gov/apply.

Research has shown a child’s early experiences lay the foundation for a lifetime of success in school and beyond. First Things First works to expand education and health services for children from birth through.

“With the demands placed on schools to educate our children, it is even more important to focus on early childhood in order to have our children ready to start school. Serving on the Regional Council allows us to play an important role in making sure young children are ready for school” said Sherry Dorathy a Regional Council Member and

Superintendent of Miami Unified School District.

The Gila Regional Partnership Council collects information on the strengths and needs of the Gila community and then prioritizes the specific needs of children. The council then comes up with a plan to address those needs and allocates funding.

Regional Council members also participate in community outreach to educate community leaders, public policymakers and the general public about First Things First and the importance of investing in early childhood.

Applicants for this volunteer position must live or work in Gila County and serve a four-year term. The position will require a commitment of at least 10 hours per month. Meeting sites alternate between Globe and Payson. Previous experience on local decision-making boards is a plus.

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The Humane Society of Central Arizona has teamed up with first-graders at Payson Elementary School to design the 2014 Wall of Hope fundraising murals. This display of four boards holds 200 envelopes. Each envelope has been Humane designed by a stuSociety dent and contains of Central Arizona a number that represents a possible donation amount ADOPTION OPTIONS of $1 to $200.

The Wall of Hope project is a simple fundraising effort to hopefully offset some of the financial needs of operating the shelter as we head into the winter months. With envelopes for sale beginning for one dollar and going up to a maximum amount of $200.

The Wall of Hope project was put on display Nov. 1 and is running through Dec. 31 at the HSCAZ shelter. The envelopes may be viewed and chosen during regular shelter hours. Envelopes may also be claimed over the telephone or through www.humanesocietycentralaz. org.

Shelter hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (closed Sundays and holidays).

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The 2014 Wall of Hope will be on display at the Humane Society through Dec. 31. Stop by, choose an envelope and make a donation from $1 to $200. for animals who are lost, abandoned or homeless; to place animals into loving homes through adoption; to improve the lives of animals through education and example; to promote spay and neuter of companion animals; and to provide a shelter where animals are nurtured in a loving space while healing from fear, physical or emotional trauma, mistreatment or loss of a caregiver. HSCAZ considers non-human animals to be partners in the human life journey and

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

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

For details, call (928) 478-6032.

Payson Walkers The Payson Walkers group invites everyone to join its daily, hour-long walk, mostly on pavement. The start time is 9 a.m. from the following sites: Saturday: West end of Longhorn Sunday: Payson Public Library Monday: Elks Lodge on Airport Road Tuesday: Parks and Recreation office, Green Valley Park Wednesday: Walgreens Thursday: Payson Public Library Friday: Home Depot.

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

Members enjoy activities, service projects and events that benefit local charities. All interested persons are welcome to attend. You are never too young or young at heart to be a Lioness. For more information, call Carol at (928) 978-4132.

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Archeological Society hosts speaker

The Rim Country Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society will host Dr. Todd Bostwick as its guest speaker at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 20.

His subject will be A Remarkable Discovery: Excavation of the Dyck Rockshelter, a Sinagua Habitation Site on Beaver Creek.

The meeting is at the Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Holy Nativity, 1414 Easy St., Payson.

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

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

Call the following members for more information: Denise, (928) 978-3706; Mary Jo, (928) 978-4663; Ted, (928-) 951-3362; Alice at (602)

strives to develop and implement programs to make the community a more humane place for all.

The Humane Society of Central Arizona is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization located at 605 W. Wilson Ct., Payson, AZ 85541. The telephone number is (928) 474-5590.

Home for the Howlidays

Help our furry friends get a home for the howlidays. The Humane Society of

I am a fun, energetic and affectionate girl who loves playtime! I enjoy getting out for time in the yard, going for walks, and running with volunteers! I am not all that interested in toys — I’d rather get some attention from my people. And if they let me climb up in their laps, so much the better! I am young and still in a puppyish phase, so I would definitely benefit from some basic training.

Don’t worry, I am eager to learn! I love playing with other dogs, too! I do need patient dog friends, because when I get excited I have a whole lot to say! I would make a great friend for a fun-loving dog with tons of energy to burn.

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828-0917 or (928) 478-4361.

Payson Area Singles

Payson Area Singles is a social group for men and women of all ages.

Those interested are invited to join members for their 9 a.m. gatherings Tuesday at Tiny’s, 600 E. Highway 260.

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

Friendship Bible Class

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

Masonic Lodge

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

For more information, go online to www.paysonmason.org or contact Tom Jones, secretary, at (928) 474-1305 or (818) 314-9950.

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.

The route and destination may be prescheduled or may be decided on the spot; the level of difficulty may range from easy to moderate.

Saturday trips are also scheduled at least once a month and are usually decided on at the previous month’s meeting. 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.

International Police Association

The International Police Association (I.P.A. Region 61 Northern AZ) meets for breakfast at Mazatzal Casino Restaurant at 9 a.m. every Wednesday. All honorably retired law enforcement and active law enforcement personnel are welcome.

For more information, call Michelle Dyer at (928) 970-0247 or go online to www.ip_usa.org.

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.

87 Mountain Biking Club

Celebrate Recovery

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.

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

Mondays at Mountain Bible Church.

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

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

Alanon Do you have a loved one or friend with a drinking problem? Do you feel as if you need some support living with the alcoholic in your life?

Then please join us for an Alanon meeting. There is help.

Alanon meetings are held in Payson at 6 p.m. Mondays at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 511 S. St. Philips St.; in Star Valley at 1 p.m. Wednesdays at the Southern Baptist Church, E. Highway 260, Star Valley. Contact Kali for information at (503) 354-4402.

Rim Country CoDA Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a 12-step fellowship of women and men whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships.

Meeting time is at 6 p.m. every Tuesday at St. Philip’s Catholic Church (education building to right of church), 511 S. St. Philips St., Payson.

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

Bridge results Winners at Ladies Tuesday Bridge for Dec. 16 were: Mary Kemp, first; Georgia Salwitz and Kay Hutchinson tied for second.

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

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

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MERCHANDISE

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FIREWOOD AND YARD CLEANING

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We also do Backhoe Work.

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Firewood:

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

KOHL’S RANCH LODGE 202 S. Kohl’s Ranch Lodge Road, Payson, Arizona

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IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: 1 Front Full Time Front •Desk Agent • Full-time Assistant Full-time Housekeeper Agent Desk Manager 1 Part Time Front•Desk Part-time House Person 2 Full Time House Persons • Full-time Maintenance Tech House Person Laundry 1 Part Time House• Part-time Person Laundry

Summer Firewood Sale, Shaggy-Bark Juniper $240.

Aligator Redheart Mix $260. and Oak $300,

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Diamond Resorts Management, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Weslo Cadence G 5.9 Treadmill Sturdy treadmill like brand new almost never used $150 OBO Go to Amazon for reviews - 4 stars on 353 reviews Bill (928) 978-0451

Antique Singer Treddle w/Oak Top, $100.obo; Ethan Allen Antique Pine Shelf Unit, $500.obo; Spinet Piano, Sherman Clay, Excellent Condition, $900.obo 928-468-2005

GUNS/KNIVES Rossi Mare’s Leg 45 Caliber, Combination 357/38 and 44 Magnum; Never been Fired w/Boxes, $1900.Firm for all Three (3) 928-478-6053

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

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

To apply online visit www.mcarizona.com RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT REPAIR

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DIETARY AIDES Must be customer service oriented. $9.50 to $10.50 per hour

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

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Lube Specialist Public Health Nurse Juvenile Detention Officer Property Appraiser I

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

PT. Enroll/assess volunteers, parents and children. Match and rovide on-going support. $15/hour.

Resume/cover letter: mstilwell@bbbsaz.org

DRIVER WANTED Payson area full time seasonal from Oct-Apr. Must have CDL Class B with Hazmat and Tanker Endorsement, Pay D.O.E. Call 928-474-3334

I BUY & REPAIR CARS, TRUCKS,

P/T Driver/Donation Receiver, Must be able to lift 75 lbs, More details, apply at Habitat ReStore, 425 N. Beeline Hwy

RV’S & TRAILERS

EDUCATION

RUNNING OR NOT 928-951-3500

PAYSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Cohort Coordinator $32,000 PARK & $ELL Submit Classified or Certified Application and Résumé to Human Resources 902 West Main, Payson, Arizona 85541 P.O. Box 919, Payson, AZ 85547 (928) 472-5739 (928) 472-2013 - FAX Download application at: www.pusd.k12.az.us

WINTERIZING & REPAIRS NEW & USED UTILITY TRAILERS 928-468-2026

TRUCKS

Tonto Basin School District #33 Seeking a Long-term Substitute or Certified Teacher for self-contained middle school classroom.

2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1/2 Ton Extended Cab, 4 Wheel Drive, Security System, Leather Seats, Bed Liner, Tool Box, 84,000 Miles, Good Condition, One Owner, Call 928-478-6927 after 10:00am

EMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTING

1. Certified Teacher must have Highly Qualified certifica tion; 2. Preferably with a math endorsement; 3. Start date immediate.

Please contact Patty Ahlman in Human Resources at 928-479-2277 or by email at pahlman@tontobasinschool.org

GENERAL

Bookkeeper for Law Office

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

The Lloyd Law Group is looking for a bookkeeper. Must have prior bookkeeping experience. Legal experience preferred. Send resume to 113 E. Frontier Street in Payson. Contact: 474-6727

Local Insurance Agency is looking for highly motivated people to work part-time scheduling appointments for producers.

A company - provided progressive training program, resulting in a full time career opportunity including salary, commission, and benefits may be available to top performers.

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and repair fences. Must be able to lift 50 pounds. May be on call 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. All work tools and equipment provided. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worker will be provided or paid by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract.

Feeds and waters livestock on range or at ranch headquarters. Herds, examines animals for diseases and injuries, vaccination of livestock, and applies medications and insect sprays, delivery of offspring, branding or identification marks and castration of livestock. Cleans and repairs stalls. Maintain ranch buildings and equipment. Assist with irrigating, planting, cultivating and harvesting hay for livestock and feeding supplemental food to livestock. Returning worker may be offered longevity pay and/or production bonus. Signed contract may be required.

> Starting; $10-$12/hour plus bonuses! > Create a flexible schedule! > Excellent communication skills required.

Please Email Resume to: careerazrim@gmail.com

Part-time Inspector needed to inspect single family homes for insurance purposes in and around Payson, AZ. Flexible hours, measuring wheel, digital camera and computer needed.

Construction or inspection experience helpful.

E-mail resume to resumes@nationalis.com Rewarding P/T Food Service positions opening soon at local Christian Camp. Call Chris at 928-478-4630 ext 305 for more info on these positions

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

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Part-time Deputy Constable Lube Specialist Juvenile Detention Officer Deputy Probation Officer WIC Nutritionist Road Maintenance/ Equipment Operator

Early Literacy Community Liaison

Globe or Payson: Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal Program Administrator Environmental Health Manager

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

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

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

HOMES FOR SALE

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

CONSTRUCTION Debco Construction

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

HANDYMAN DHW Home Services Decks/Porches Sheds Drywall Texture Matching Paint Remodeling 928-595-1555 Credit Cards Accepted not a licensed contractor Don’s Handyman Home Repairs, Mobile Home Roofs, Backhoe Work, Drains, Driveway, Landscaping, Yardwork Pine Needles, Tree Trimming, Hauling. 928-478-6139 JIMMY’S ALLTRADES Residential Repairs Since 1993 FREE ESTIMATES Plumbing, Electrical, Sun Screens, Dryer Vent Cleaning, Gutters Cleaned 928-474-6482 not licensed

Rim Country Handyman Specializing in carpentry, painting, siding, decks, wood floors, window cleaning, and tile. If you want someone trustworthy that has more than 15 years experience having been the superintendent of a company that built over 65 homes in the Payson area then call me at 928-978-0234 Steve’s Handyman Service Homes, Mobile Homes,Trailers, Electrical, Plumbing, Carpentry, Tile, Hardwood Floors, Painting.

Honest & Dependable, Credit Cards Accepted 928-301-6237

HAULING

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UNIVERSAL SPECIALIST Majestic Rim Retirement Living is looking to fill a part-time universal specialist position.

The position includes two 12-hr shifts; Friday & Saturday from 7:00 pm – 7:00 am.

Duties involve housekeeping and concierge and hospitality services as needed. Looking for a caring individual with a strong desire to work with an elderly population. Background check and references are required. Please apply at Majestic Rim – 310 E. Tyler Parkway.

For additional information, call (928) 474-3912.

Majestic Rim is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

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

RENTALS APARTMENTS FOR RENT Apartments for Rent

Ho Ho Home Aspen Cove!

APARTMENTS FEATURING: • • • • •

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

ASPEN COVE

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

(928) 474-8042

Cornerstone Property Services www.cornerstone-mgt.com

HOME SERVICES Call The Cheaper Sweeper

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

Gift Certificates Available

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LANDSCAPING

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

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

Forest Hills Condominiums

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

Positively Payson

Tonto Oaks Apts. & Mobile Homes

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

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

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT Eagle Springs Professional Plaza 903 E Hwy 260 Completer Medical Office 1650sf, 3 Exam Rooms, Avail. Jan. 1st Mike 928-978-0149 Eagle Springs Professional Plaza 903 E Hwy 260 1000sf Office w/Private Bath 2350sf Office w/Private Bath & Breakroom Mike 928-978-0149 Office or Retail Space Lowest Rates In Payson Private Bath,500 sq.ft.

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

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

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

3Bd/2Ba MF-Home, Fairly New, Fenced-in Yard, $800.mo + $800.Dep. Renter Pays All Utilities, Avail. Now Close to Hospital,Ted 480-694-4044 or Mark 623-810-4051.

Warm & Cozy Community nestled in the Pines!

Diversified Services IOWA BOY - HONEST, DEPENDABLE

JOE - 970-1873

3+ BR, 3 BA, House, 201 N Trailwood Rd, Payson, AZ, 85541, 12 months lease, unfurnished, approx 2800 sq.ft., W/D, Microwave, Dishwasher, Fireplace, Air Conditioning, Outdoor Area, Cable/Satellite TV Hookups, Carpet, Hardwood Flooring, Laundry Facilities, Storage Available, Beautiful Panoramic views from covered deck living room and kitchen. 2 Master Bdrms.

Not available until sometime in Jan/Feb $1,750.00 mo.

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OWNER AGENT PETERSON REALTY

Apartments For Rent

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

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

(Inexpensive) Not a Licensed Contractor

2Br/1Ba, Beautiful Geronimo Estates, Carport, Newly Tiled/Carpeted/Decorated $750.mo + $500.Dep. Approved Dogs w/$200.Dep. Contact Janet, 480-991-4904 or Eddie, 480-338-6642

MOBILES FOR SALE

Lawn Care

HAULING

2Br/1Ba Mobile In Town, On Private Lot,Large Living Room, Dining w/Built-ins, Heating/Cooling, W/D Hook-ups, Double-Pane Windows,$650.p/m Avail Jan 1st.

928-288-2440

55 + Park Double Wide 1344sf, 2Br/2Ba, Family Room, New Carpet, Blinds, Plumbing Fixtures, Flooring, Furnished or Unfurnished, 928-478-6115

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

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

Quality Work…Affordable Prices!

AMERICAN GREETINGS is looking for Retail Merchandisers in Payson. You will ensure the greeting card department is merchandised and maintained to provide customers the best selection. Apply at: WorkatAG.com. Questions?

Call 1.888.323.4192

Brand New Schult MF Home, in Quiet Park in Heart of Payson, 2Br/1Ba w/Upgraded Cabinetry, Move in Ready, Tree Shaded Lot, Asking $32,500. Financing Available for those who qualify. Call for Details 480-390-8901

Call Caroline 928-472-6055

Yard Maintenance Ɣ Clean Ups Weeds Ɣ Trimming Ɣ Hauling

Retail Merchandiser

MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE

Home Repair Lawn Care Hauling CD 2014

HOME REPAIRS

HOMES FOR RENT 1. 2Br/2Ba, Complete New Kitchen, Remodeled Baths, Fenced Yard, Inside Storage, Arizona Room.

2. 3Br/2Ba Fireplace, Large 20x20 Metal Shop, 110/220, Airlines.

3. Small 1Br Studio, New Refrig., Microwave, Fence Yard.

928-472-9085

HOME INSPECTIONS AZ and ASHI Certified Home Inspector 14 years Experience Payson License #PO0049 www.inspectaz.com Dan Harris 928-970-1187 Site Built 3Br/3Ba, 1650sf. .66 Acre, Attached 2 Car Garage w/Office & 3/4 Bath, 30x30 RV Garage, Laundry Room, Horse Setup, Lots of Parking, $249,000.

928-468-2005

Landscape classified

Town of Payson Recreation Coordinator – Event Center $16.79 - $25.18/hr.

Obtain job description and required application by calling (928) 474-5242 x207; pick one up at Town Hall or download at www.paysonaz.gov.

Human Resources, 303 N Beeline Hwy, Payson, AZ 85541, must receive applications no later than 4PM MST, 01/15/15. EOE

Holiday Healer’s Special, Gift Cert. Avail. also 4-Sessions for Holiday Rate of $100.

Call Jill While Christmas is Approaching 928-468-6097

DRIVERS

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

LIVESTOCK WORKER

Gila County Career Opportunities

Globe:

Program SpecialistBig Brothers Big Sisters

CARS

Order: 10073598 Cust: -Kohls Ranch Keywords: CD as a livestock worker and provide the contact information of Must possessEmployment 6 months experience art#: 20123426 one previous employer who can speak to applicant’s livestock worker experience. Dates of need: 02/01/2015 Class: Generalto 12/01/2015. One temporary position opening. $875.00 per month plus room and board. in mobile camp or bunkhouse. 3/4 work guarantee. Must be able to ride a horse Size: 2.00Live X 2.00

Fast paced environment, background and drug test required.

Apply in person at: Rim Country Health 807 W. Longhorn Road, Payson or email resume to brianc@rimcountryhealth.com

AUTOS/VEHICLES 2002 Chevy Impala, Clean Car Fax, One Owner, $5450.

REAL ESTATE 55+ OxBow Estates, 2008 Laurel Creek Park Model 1 Br, Fully Furnished, w/Deck & Shed, $29,500 or Rent to Own $650 w/Lease 928-476-8650

MISCELLANEOUS *CANCER CASES*

SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS

FITNESS EQUIPMENT

FURNITURE

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

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

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

ADMINISTRATIVE/ PROFESSIONAL

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

FIREWOOD

Also: Medicare Plans (all types) and Life Insurance

MISCELLANEOUS THE BLIND DOCTOR Broken Blinds? Saggy Shades?

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

Get the best results!

CONDOMINIUMS 3 BR, 2 BA, Condo 1540 sq. ft.Water Inc, Fireplace, WD, Ac, Pool,Storage. $900, 474-9300 or 480-246-0478.

3BR/2BA 1632sq’ avail by Jan15 @ $1350/mo on 1-yr lease. No smoking, no pets. Drive by 607 W St Moritz in Alpine Village but do not disturb tenants. 928-978-1836 3Br/3Ba Separate Family Room, Spacious, $1250.mo 602-670-1340

Absolutely an executive gem!

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

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

600 W. Forest. Near Rumsey Park $1,095/mo. Must Qualify, 602-620-0396.

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

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LEGAL NOTICES 15595: 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2014; Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 10/29/2014 TS No. : AZ-13-542454-VF Order No.: 130027677-AZ-GTO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 12/5/2006 and recorded 12/6/2006 as Instrument 2006-020521, in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 2/6/2015 at 11:00 AM Sale Location: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE GILA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1400 EAST ASH ST., GLOBE, ARIZONA 85501 Legal Description: LOT 245, ALPINE HEIGHTS, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 559, RECORDS OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. Purported Street Address: 1426 N EASY ST, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel Number: 302-75-245 Original Principal Balance: $288,000.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the CSMC Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-3 C/O Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. 3815 S.W. Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115-4412 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): BRIAN J TOLLEFSON, AN UNMARRIED MAN 1426 NORTH EASY STREET, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) -645-7711 Sales Line: 714-730-2727 Login to: w w w. s e r v i c e l i n k a s a p . c o m AZ-13-542454-VF The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TS No.: AZ-13-542454-VF Dated: 10/28/2014 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Dorian Bradley, Assistant Secretary State of: California County of: San Diego On 10/28/2014 before me, Ashley Maxwell , a notary public, personally appeared Dorian

LEGAL NOTICES Bradley who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature Ashley Maxwell Commission No. 2065217 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 5/18/2018 IDSPub #0074175 12/5/2014 12/12/2014 12/19/2014 12/26/2014 15596: 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2014; Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 10/29/2014 TS No. : AZ-14-643350-BF Order No.: 140313791-AZ-VOO The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 1/25/2010 and recorded 2/1/2010 as Instrument 2010-000954, in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 2/6/2015 at 11:00:00 AM Sale Location: At the main entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: LOT 6, OF CRESTLINE TERRACE UNIT V, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, RECORDED IN MAP NO. 530. EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL COAL, OIL, GAS AND OTHER MINERAL DEPOSITS AS RESERVED IN INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 41, REAL ESTATE DEEDS PAGE 211. Purported Street Address: 145 E AMARILLA AVENUE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Tax Parcel Number: 205-33-006 Original Principal Balance: $115,893.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Wells Fargo Bank, NA C/O WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. 1 Home Campus X2504-017 Customer Service Des Moines, IA 50328 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): FRED M LOVATO, AN UNMARRIED MAN 145 E. AMARILLA AVENUE, GLOBE, AZ 85501 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) -645-7711 Sales Line: 714-573-1965 Login to: w w w. p r i o r i t y p o s t i n g . c o m AZ-14-643350-BF The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TS No.: AZ-14-643350-BF Dated: 10/28/2014 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: Reina Isip, Assistant Secretary State of: California County of: San Diego On 10/28/2014 before me, Ashley Maxwell , a notary public, personally appeared Reina Isip who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature Ashley Maxwell Commission No. 2065217 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 5/18/2018 IDSPub #0074190 12/5/2014 12/12/2014 12/19/2014 12/26/2014 15606: 12/9, 12/12, 12/16/2014 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF NGU CONTRACTING, INC. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation, under and pursuant to the laws of the State of Arizona, and for that purpose hereby adopt(s) the following Articles of Incorporation: ARTICLE I The name of the Corporation is NGU CONTRACTING, INC. ARTICLE II PLACE OF BUSINESS The principal office of the Corporation shall be at 1009 N. Mudsprings Road, Payson, AZ 85541, and the mailing address of the Corporation shall be 1009 N. Mudsprings Road, Payson, AZ 85541, and the Corporation may establish other offices and may engage in business elsewhere within and without the State of Arizona. ARTICLE III INITIAL BUSINESS The Corporation initially intends to conduct the business of construction contracting and all other lawful purposes for which corporations may be incorporated in the State of Arizona. ARTICLE IV AUTHORIZED CAPITAL The Corporation shall have the authority to issue 100,000 shares of common stock without par value.

Said common stock may be issued for such consideration as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, and said consideration shall be paid in at such times and upon such conditions as the Board of Directors may direct, either in cash or by services actually rendered to the Corporation, or by real, personal or mixed property transferred to it. The determination of the Board of Directors as to the value of any property or services received by the Corporation in exchange for stock shall be conclusive. ARTICLE V STATUTORY AGENT The name and address of the initial Statutory Agent of the Corporation is: David J. Sandoval, Attorney-at-Law Carmichael & Powell, P.C. 7301 North 16th Street, Suite 103 Phoenix, Arizona 85020-5297 a bona fide resident of the State of Arizona. The directors may, at any time, appoint such Statutory Agents as may be required in Arizona or in other States in which the Corporation may qualify to do business and revoke such appointments in accordance with the laws of the State wherein such Agent is appointed. ARTICLE VI BOARD OF DIRECTORS The initial Board of Directors shall consist of one director. The person who is to serve as Director until the first annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified is: Einar James Johnson 1009 N. Mudsprings

LEGAL NOTICES Road Payson, AZ 85541 The number of persons to serve on the Board of Directors shall be fixed by the shareholders at the annual meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose, except that the Board of Directors shall always consist of not fewer than one (1) person, nor more than ten (10) persons. ARTICLE VII INCORPORATORS The names and addresses of the incorporator of the Corporation is: Einar James Johnson 1009 N. Mudsprings Road Payson, AZ 85541 All powers, duties and responsibilities of the incorporators shall cease at the time of delivery of these Articles of Incorporation to the Arizona Corporation Commission for filing. ARTICLE VIII LIMITATION OF LIABILITY To the fullest extent permitted by the Arizona Revised Statutes as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action as a director. No repeal, amendment or modification of this article, whether direct or indirect, shall eliminate or reduce its effect with respect to any act or omission of a director of the Corporation occurring prior to such repeal, amendment or modification. Additionally, the private property of the shareholders, directors and officers of this corporation shall be exempt from all corporate debts or liabilities for corporate debts. ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS The Corporation shall indemnify any person who incurs expenses or liabilities by reason of the fact he or she is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. This indemnification shall be mandatory in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by law. ARTICLE X SHARE RIGHTS, OPTIONS, AND WARRANTS The issuance of rights, options, or warrants of the Corporation’s shares to the directors, officers or employees of the Corporation, or an affiliate, shall be approved upon a vote by fifty-one percent (51%) of the then issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation. ARTICLE XI PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS The stockholders of the Corporation are to be entitled to preemptive rights in the event of the issuance and sale of stock of the Corporation or securities convertible into stock of the Corporation, and each stockholder of the Corporation will be entitled to purchase the same proportion of such stock or securities to be sold by the Corporation as the proportion of the stock owned by such stockholder bears to the total outstanding stock of the Corporation at that time. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned person has hereunto set her hand this 6th day of November, 2014. /s/Einar James Johnson, Incorporator 12/9, 12/12, 12/16/14

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2014

LEGAL NOTICES CNS-2690473# 15607: 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2014, 1/2/2015; Notice of Trustee’s Sale Recorded on: 11/6/2014 TS No. : AZ-14-641675-CL Order No.: 733-1401074-70 The following legally described trust property will be sold, pursuant to the power of Sale under that certain Deed of Trust dated 5/12/2010 and recorded 5/26/2010 as Instrument 2010-005596, in the office of the County Recorder of GILA County, Arizona at public auction to the highest bidder: Sale Date and Time: 2/13/2015 at 11:00:00 AM Sale Location: At the main entrance to the Gila County Courthouse, 1400 E. Ash Street, Globe, AZ 85501 Legal Description: Lot 224, of Payson Ranchos Unit Three, according to the Plat of Record in the Office of the County Recorder of Gila County, Arizona, recorded in Map No. 349. Purported Street Address: 802 WEST BRIDLE PATH LANE, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Tax Parcel Number: 302-36-394B Original Principal Balance: $98,928.00 Name and Address of Current Beneficiary: Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC C/O M&T Bank 1 Fountain Plaza Buffalo, NY 14203 Name(s) and Address(s) of Original Trustor(s): Samuel W. Cook, Jr, an unmarried man 802 WEST BRIDLE PATH LANE, PAYSON, AZ 85541 Name and Address of Trustee/Agent: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: ( 866 ) -645-7711 Sales Line: 714-573-1965 Login to: www.priorityposting.com AZ-14-641675-CL The successor trustee qualifies to act as a trustee under A.R.S. §33-803(A)(1) in its capacity as a licensed Arizona escrow agent regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TS No.: AZ-14-641675-CL Dated: 11/4/2014 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION By: John Pascual, Assistant Secretary State of: California County of: San Diego On 11/4/2014 before me, Ashley Maxwell , a notary public, personally appeared John Pascual who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized

LEGAL NOTICES capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature Ashley Maxwell Commission No. 2065217 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 5/18/2018 IDSPub #0074456 12/12/2014 12/19/2014 12/26/2014 1/2/2015 15609: 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2014, 1/2/2015; DCS’S NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP No. JD 201300011 (Honorable Gary V. Scales) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF GILA In the Matter of: XZAVIER MICHAEL RAY VIDALES d.o.b. 11-09-2002 GEOVANNI VICTORIA RAE RICH d.o.b. 07-25-2006 ANIYA ROSE MARIE LOPEZ d.o.b. 05-14-2008 Person(s) under 18 years of age.

TO: MARCELINA ANGELA NAOMI SPURGEON aka RICH and JOHN DOE (a fictitious name), parents and/or guardians of the above-named children.

1. The Department of Child Safety, (DCS or the Department), by and through undersigned counsel, has filed a Motion for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship pursuant to Title 8, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, Rules 4.1, 4.2, and 5 of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure; and Rule 64, of the Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court.

2. The Court has set a Publication hearing on the 13th day of January, 2015 at 2:30 p.m., at the Gila County Superior Court, 1400 E. Ash St., Globe, AZ 85501, before the Honorable Gary V. Scales for the purpose of determining whether any parent or guardian named herein is contesting the allegations in the Motion.

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

4. You have a right to appear as a party in this proceeding. You are advised that your failure to personally appear in court at the initial hearing, pretrial conference, status conference or dependency adjudication, without good cause shown, may result in a finding that you have waived your legal rights and have admitted the allegations in the Motion. In addition, if you fail to appear, without good cause, the hearing may go forward in your absence and may result in an adjudication of dependency, termination of your parental rights or the establishment of a permanent guardianship based upon the record and the evidence presented to the

LEGAL NOTICES court.

5. If you are receiving this Notice by publication, you may obtain a copy of the Motion for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship and Notice of Hearing by submitting a written request to: SCOTT SPADAFORE, Office of the Attorney General, 120 W. 1st Ave., 2nd Floor, Mesa, AZ 85210. The assigned case manager is Jason Stein and may be reached by telephone at 928-425-3101.

6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the court by parties at least three working days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding and can be made by calling 928-425-3231.

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

DATED this__day of December, 2014.

THOMAS C. HORNE Attorney General SCOTT SPADAFORE Assistant Attorney General 12/12, 12/19, 12/26, 1/2/15 CNS-2695547# 15612: 12/12, 12/16, 12/19/2014 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT (SHORT FORM) 1.

SENIOR TO SENIOR IN-HOME COMPANION CARE, LLC 2.

A.C.C. FILE NUMBER: L-1711339-5 3.

(X) ENTITY NAME CHANGE: NEW NAME: AFFORDABLE IN-HOME CARE, LLC (x) “I accept” below, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law. /s/ Michael Vogler, MICHAEL VOGLER 09/03/14 (X) This is a manager-managed LLC and I am signing individually as a manager or I am signing for an entity manager named: /s/ Michael Vogler 15614: 12/12, 12/16, 12/19/2014; ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION NONPROFIT CORPORATION 1.

ENTITY NAME: Payson Youth Football & Cheer 2.

CHARACTER OF AFFAIRS: Educational and charitable to youth teaching them good character and skills for football & cheer.

3.

MEMBERS: (x) The corporation WILL NOT have members.

4.

ARIZONA KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 4.1 (x) Yes 5.

DIRECTORS: Pamela J. Way, 22 E. Quail Hallow Dr., Payson, AZ 85541; Sundi Neese, 9029 W. Stageline Rd, Payson, AZ 85541; Rebecca Waterman, 222 E. Pine St., Payson, AZ 85541.

6.

STATUTORY AGENT: Pamela J. Way, 22 E. Quail Hollow Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

7.

REQUIRED: you must complete and submit with the Articles a Certificate of Disclosure.

The Articles will be rejected if the Certificate of Disclosure is not simultaneously submitted. FILED 8.

INCORPORATORS: Pamela J. Way, 22 E. Quail Hollow Dr., Payson, AZ 85541; By

E-P.6 - NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS FOR RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROJECTS USING RER/APPENDIX A TIERED REVIEW PROTOCOL

Order: 10073624 Cust: -Town of Payson / P&Z art#: 20123462 Class: Public Notices Size: 4.00 X 12.00

12/19/14 Name of Responsible Entity [RE]: Town of Payson Address: 303 N. Beeline Hwy. City, State, Zip Code: Payson, AZ 85541 Telephone Number of RE: (928) 474-5242 REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS On or about Jan. 2, 2015 the Town of Payson will submit a request to the Arizona Department of Housing for the release of CDBG funds under Title 1 of Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, to undertake a project known as Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation, for the purpose of: To repair and/or rehabilitate approximately 5 single-family owner-occupied housing units for lowto moderate income persons within the incorporated limits of the Town of Payson. No eligible homes or structures in the area of consideration are in a Special Flood Hazard Area. All construction will be performed by qualified licensed contractors through a competitive procurement process and will conform to HUD standards. As outlined in the Town of Payson’s approved Housing Rehabilitation Guidelines, OOHR will be provided via deferred, forgivable loans.

Emergency repairs will be provided as grants. The program will be administered by the Town of Payson’s Housing Rehabilitation Program.

7B

LEGAL NOTICES checking (x) I ACCEPT, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law. /s/ Pamela J. Way; Pamela J. Way. Signing for an Entity; (x) Corporation as Incorporator - I am signing as an officer or authorized agent of a corporation and its name is: Payson Youth Football & Cheer.

15615: 12/12, 12/16, 12/19/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: LKS TRUCKING, LLC File No. L-1965444-3 II. The address of the known place of business is: 407 East McKamey Street, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 17470 N. Pacesedtter Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85255.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers.

The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Loren Karl Sepala, (x) member, (x) manager, 407 East McKamey Street, Payson, AZ 85541; Geraldine M. Seppala, (x) manager, 407 East McKamey Street, Payson, AZ 85541.

15616: 12/12, 12/16, 12/19/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: C AND B, LLC File No. L-1968052-3 II. The address of the known place of business is: 3423 N. Whispering Pine Rd., Pine, AZ 85544.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Lorie Dee Stodghill, 3423 N. Whispering Pine Rd., Pine, AZ 85544.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers.

The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Lorie Dee Stodghill, (x) member, (x) manager, 3423 N. Whispering Pine Rd., Pine, AZ 85544; Travis Stodghill, (x) member, 3423 N. Whispering Pine Rd., Pine, AZ 85544.

15617: 12/12, 12/16, 12/19/2014 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR-PROFIT or PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 1.

ENTITY TYPE (x) FOR-PROFIT (BUSINESS) CORPORATION 2.

ENTITY NAME: YOUNG REALTY PARTNERS, INC.; File No. 1967249-0 3.

PROFESSIONAL C O R P O RATION SERVICES: N/A 4.

CHARACTER OF BUSINESS: Real Estate sales and leasing.

5.

SHARES: Common class; total: 50 and preferred class; total: 50 6.

ARIZONA KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS: 6.1 Is the Arizona known place of business address the same as the street address of the statutory agent? (No). 6.2 48959 N. Highway 288, Young, AZ 85554, USA. 7.

DIRECTORS: Renee Ann Zeising, 48959 N. Highway 288, Young, AZ 85554; Ronald David Wilson, 49864 N. Highway 288, Young, AZ 85554; Melinda Kristen Heairet-Zeising, c/o Vial Fotheringham, LLP; 2333 W. University Dr., Suite C103, Tempe, AZ 85281.

8.

STATUTORY AGENT: Renee Ann Zeising, 48959 N. Hwy 288, Young, AZ 85554.

9.

REQUIRED: Certificate of Disclosure has been completed and submitted.

10.

INCORPORATORS: Renee Ann Zeising, PO Box 297, 48959 N. Highway 288, Young, AZ 85554. (x) “I ACCEPT” and acknowledge under penalty or perjury

LEGAL NOTICES that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law. /s/Renee Ann Zeising, Renee Ann Zeising, Dec. 9, 2014. Signing for and entity (x) Corporation as Incorporator - I am signing as an officer or authorized agent of a corporation and its name is: Young Realty Partners, Inc. 15620: 12/19, 12/23, 12/26/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: RCPS PROPERTIES, LLC File No. L-1957927-9 II. The address of the known place of business is: 865 W. STANDAGE DR., PAYSON, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: SEAN KUCEWESKY, 865 W. STANDAGE DR., PAYSON, AZ 85541.

(B) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: SEAN KUCEWESKY, (X) MEMBER, 865 W. STANDAGE DR., PAYSON, AZ 85541.

15621 12/19, 12/23, 12/26/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: HAGEN APPRAISAL SERVICE, PLLC File No. P-1966178-8 II. The address of the known place of business is: 602 W. Main St., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Daniel J. Hagen, 901 S. Manzanita Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

(B) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Daniel J. Hagen, (x) member, 901 S. Manzanita Dr., Payson, AZ 85541.

15622: 12/19, 12/23, 12/26/2014 NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: FUN & FABULOUS FABRIC CRAFT, LLC File No. L-1967064-3 II. The address of the known place of business is: 303 N. Deer Trail, Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 17470 N. Pacesetter Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85255.

(A) Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers.

The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Michele Ensign, (x) manager, 303 N. Deer Trail, Payson, AZ. NOTICE (for publication) ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. Name: MYRTLE VIEW ENTERPRISES, LLC File No. L-1970321-2 II. The address of the known place of business is: 1035 N..

Pyle Ranch Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Melvin Jay Mevis, 1035 N. Pyle Ranch Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

(B) Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Melvin Jay Mevis, (x) member, 1035 N. Pyle Ranch Rd., Payson, AZ 85541; Judith A. Mevis, (x) member, 1035 N. Pyle Ranch Rd., Payson, AZ 85541; Leva Joy Mevis, (x) member, 1035 N. Pyle Ranch Rd., Payson, AZ 85541.

During the period February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2017 approximately $226,279 in CDBG funds will be used by the Town of Payson to rehabilitate approximately 5 homes/units. The area of consideration for this program is: within the boundaries of the Town of Payson but not in a special flood hazard area.

The activities proposed are categorically excluded under HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58 from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). An Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determinations for this project is on file at the Town of Payson Town Hall, 303 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson AZ 85541, and may be examined or copied weekdays from 8 A.M to 5 P.M. The Town of Payson will use the Appendix A format to supplement this ERR with additional site-specific reviews further addressing Historic Preservation, Explosive and Flammable Operations, Airport Clear Zones, Flood Insurance, Toxic Substances and Hazardous Materials prior to approving any loan or grant under these programs.

PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the Town of Payson, 303 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson AZ 85541. All comments received by December 26, 2014 will be considered by the Town of Payson prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION The Town of Payson certifies to Arizona Department of Housing that Kenny J. Evans in his capacity as Mayor consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. Arizona Department of Housing’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the Town of Payson to use Program funds. .

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS Arizona Department of Housing will consider objections to its release of funds and the Town of Payson’s certification received by January 19, 2015 or for a period of fifteen days following its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the Town of Payson ;( b) the Town of Payson has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the project have committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by Arizona Department of Housing; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to Arizona Department of Housing at 1110 W. Washington Street, Suite 310, Phoenix, AZ 85007. Potential objectors should contact the Arizona Department of Housing to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

__________________________________ Signature of RE Certifying Officer Kenny J. Evans, Mayor, Town of Payson

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Cunninghams top Avid Angler Division Victor and Debra Cunningham caught 10.22 pounds of fish to win the Avid Angler Division of the Let’s Talk Fishin’ Tournament at Roosevelt Lake on Dec. 6. Rod Nelson and Jake Randall (9.78) placed second and Jacob and Cole Garratt (9.42) third among 16 teams. Nelson and Randall had the big fish at 4.08 pounds.

Layne and Gary Chitwood won the High School Division with a catch weighing 10.03 pounds.

James and Grayson Denny (8.47) placed second with the big fish (3.21) and Seth Branson and Kirk Russell (7.63) finished third among six teams.

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Through three tournaments this season, the Garratts led the season standings in the Avid Angler Division with 318.09 points.

Keith and Kelly Burns (312.71) ranked second and Marty Halsey and Athena Hammond (299.90) third.

Art and Kasey Chamberlin led the High School Division standings with 317.39 points. James and Grayson Denny are second with 307.67 and Branson and Russell (304.71) third.

Karavites and Combs led a tight Team Division standings with 320.77 points, while Chuck Thompson and George Sisemore (319.01) are a close second and Anthony Avalos and LeRoy Price (316.99) just behind them in third.

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