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Advocates ask Payson to restore funding for Time Out Shelter, announce Lanterns on the Lake event

5916727 · October 8, 2025
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Summary

A local psychologist and community advocates asked the council to consider restoring municipal funding for the Time Out Shelter and invited council members to the fifth annual Lanterns on the Lake at Green Valley Park.

Laurie Ann Martinez, a clinical psychologist and longtime Payson resident, used her public comment time on Oct. 8 to invite council members to the fifth annual Lanterns on the Lake at Green Valley Park on Oct. 16 and to request restoration of municipal funding for the Time Out Shelter.

Martinez said the shelter has served the community for 32 years,…

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