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- Keely Ashlyn Howard
- April 16, 2007
- Keely Ashlyn Howard was born at 4:28 a.m. March 1, 2007 to John and Shaleen Howard at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital in Twentynine Palms, Calif.
- Dog lost in car accident comes home
- April 16, 2007
- When Shannon Crandall struggled awake at Scottsdale Osborne Trauma Hospital after a car accident, doctors asked her how she felt. “Where’s Sammy? Where’s my dog?” was the first thing she said.
- Bar owners bristle over May 1 smoking ban
- April 16, 2007
- Kelly Sterling, owner of Kelly’s bar in Star Valley, believes that on May 1 her business will take a hit, since customers will no longer be allowed to smoke inside her establishment.
- We’ll adjust to smoking ban
- April 16, 2007
- Remember November 2006? Remember how long you stood in the voting booth, ticking off ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to each of 19 propositions?
- Immigration ordinance needs additional thought
- April 16, 2007
- I am a member of the Payson business community and I am a member of a group requesting a petition for a referendum on the town’s recent immigration ordinance.
- Photo Gallery: Children of summer
- Little League kicks off with day of festivities
- April 16, 2007
- On Friday, temperatures were frigid, the winds howling and the cloudy skies threatened rain. But the following day, as if Mother Nature was declaring, “It’s time for the boys of summer to take to the field,” skies cleared, temperatures warmed and clouds moved on.
- Petition drive begins to put ordinance on ballot
- April 16, 2007
- Payson voters may have the last word on whether a local business license ordinance, tied to illegal immigration, actually becomes law.
- How did early Payson build its police department?
- April 16, 2007
- As the Town of Payson discusses the cost of providing police coverage to Star Valley, a few veteran police department employees remember what it was like when Payson became a new town, more than 30 years ago.
- A chance to meet Roundup readers
- FROM THE PUBLISHER
- April 16, 2007
- The Business Showcase on Saturday was a great introduction to the community.
- Looking for answers about the new urban trail system
- April 16, 2007
- In the April 6, edition of the Payson Roundup, there were two letters focusing on the nature trail and some problems being encountered.
- In everyone’s best interest for two towns to reach agreement
- April 16, 2007
- Arguments about the amount of water Payson can take from the Tower Well without jeopardizing the Star Valley water supply raise interesting questions.
- Payson good model for water conservation
- April 16, 2007
- Payson’s intelligent conservation of water resources would be a good model for many other communities in the Valley, where per capita water use is at least double.
- Offering a five-part solution to immigration problem
- April 16, 2007
- I have read numerous articles concerning our illegal immigrant problem and decided that I would state my solution.
- Coach Jimmy will be missed
- April 16, 2007
- I’ll never forget the smile on his face, so happy, so lively, so full of grace.
- Good time to recognize Hospice volunteers
- April 16, 2007
- April 15-21 is National Volunteer Week, a time to recognize and celebrate the thousands of men, women and young people who volunteer in communities across the country.
- Pharmacy should take lead on recycling effort
- April 16, 2007
- Global warming. What can we do?
- Volunteer Week time to thank those who give
- April 16, 2007
- Trying to give something back to the community and finding something worthwhile to do are some of the reasons countless people in the Rim Country volunteer their services.
- What you collect says a lot about you
- SENIOR MOMENTS
- April 16, 2007
- Last week, Len and I attended the monthly meeting of the Library Friends of Payson and enjoyed a very informative and entertaining presentation on “Americans and Their Things” by Dr. Chris Smith from the Arizona Humanities Council.
- Teachers turn lives around
- April 16, 2007
- The students at the Gila County Juvenile Detention Center attend a school called Inspiration Academy.
- ‘Why would a fellow want a girl like her?’
- April 16, 2007
- The high school auditorium will be filled with magic, enchantment and delight as the Payson High School Musical Theater Club presents the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, “Cinderella.”
- Grand opening of lifelong dream
- April 16, 2007
- Art lovers are invited to the official launching of a dream at Down the Street Gallery.
- Julia Randall sets record for Jump Rope for Heart
- April 16, 2007
- In late February, students at Julia Randall Elementary School made history by raising $10,398.69 during their annual Jump Rope For Heart event for the American Heart Association. Last year, the students raised $4,700.
- Business Showcase award winners
- April 16, 2007
- Senior Circle Healthy Woman Advisor Kathy Coombes and Payson Regional Medical Center Director of Marketing Corey Houghton visited with passersby at the 14th annual Business Showcase Saturday. The Healthy Woman booth won the Media Choice award, sponsored by the Payson Roundup.
- Japanese exchange student marvels at life, miles from home
- April 16, 2007
- The taste experience of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is one that 16-year-old Japanese exchange student Misaki Kadowaki is happy not to repeat.
- Girls can fly, too
- Girl Scouts spend day learning about careers in aviation
- April 16, 2007
- If young girls from the Rim Country had never dreamed of becoming pilots, all that changed Saturday, during Aviation Day at the Payson Airport.
- Minerals, mining museum subject of Friday lecture
- April 16, 2007
- Dick Zimmerman of the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum will be a guest lecturer at Gila Community College at noon on Friday. His lecture is open to the public in the Community Room at the college.
- William Stephens Geen
- April 16, 2007
- William “Bill” Stephens Geen died April 12, 2007 at Rim Hospice, Payson, Arizona. He was 68.
- Joyce Nottingham
- April 16, 2007
- Joyce Nottingham died April 14, 2007, one month shy of her 74th birthday.
- Joan Blaney Rogers
- April 16, 2007
- Joan Blaney Rogers, 81, died April 11, 2007 at the Terraces Care Center in Phoenix, after an extended illness.
- Dorothy Harlan Smith
- April 16, 2007
- Dorothy Harlan Smith, 85, died on Friday, April 13, 2007 in the City of Grand Terrace, Calif. She was born in Tucson in 1922.
- Waldon, Cronin to wed
- April 16, 2007
- Clarke and Karen Waldon and the late Sheila Waldon are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Valerie, to John L. Cronin, son of Dean and Greta Cronin.
- Mitchell, Johnson to marry
- April 16, 2007
- Eileen Teresa Mitchell of Payson, daughter of Richard and Frances Mitchell of Payson, will marry Joseph Robert Johnson of Payson, son of Donald and Mary Johnson of Goodyear, on Sunday, April 29, 2007 at the Punkin Center Baptist Church, following the 10:45 a.m. service.
- PHS senior named to state’s most prestigious postseason game
- April 16, 2007
- A teenage basketball junkie who models his game after two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash has been chosen to participate in the state’s most prestigious postseason game.
- Diamondbacks: Who are these guys?
- April 16, 2007
- Can you correctly name the batting lineup on any given day for the Arizona Diamondbacks?
- Horns have shot to make playoff cut
- April 16, 2007
- After a successful campaign last weekend that featured back-to-back wins, including an important region victory against Round Valley on Friday, and leveled their region record to 4-4, the Longhorns have a legitimate shot at making the playoff cut.
- Team leader earns scholarship
- April 16, 2007
- Some older adults view teenagers as mouthy, disrespectful and self-absorbed.
- A links game of hopscotch
- April 16, 2007
- Members of the Payson Women’s Golf Association added a new twist to the children’s game of hopscotch.
- Recreation Roundup
- April 16, 2007
- The MLB Pitch, Hit and Run program provides boys and girls, ages 7 to 14 (child’s age as of July 17, 2007) the opportunity to showcase their pitching, hitting and running abilities.
- ‘Shellcracker’ brought in to fight Quagga mussels
- April 16, 2007
- A fish nicknamed “shellcracker” is being used to guard canals in Arizona against the quagga mussel, a destructive invader that has been found in lakes along the Colorado River.
- Gila County needs a 21st century learning community
- April 16, 2007
- One of the most crucial recommendations that emerged from the Northern Gila County Higher Education Needs Assessment (HENA for short) is its call for establishment of “A 21st Century Learning Community.”
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What is the most important issue in Payson? The economic state of the schools, or the economic state of the county?
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