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DPS expecting more wet conditions on Arizona highways- December 16, 2008
- Southern and Eastern Arizona are experiencing cold temperatures along with incoming storm fronts, which are expected to bring snow, sleet, freezing rain and produce wet and icy roadways for elevations beginning at 3,000 feet, including most of Gila County.
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- A nightmare they can walk away from
- Mock accident gives glimpse of tragedy
- December 16, 2008
- Held back by caution tape, Payson High School students recently eyed a fellow student, bloodied and bruised, lying on the ground after a car accident.
- Center has lots of fun to come
- December 16, 2008
- ’Tis the season to deck the halls, and all around town streets and stores and yards and lawns are blooming with holiday decorations, making the winter darkness bright.
- If we could but see the threaded tapestry we weave in our lives
- December 16, 2008
- Each Christmas season I watch Jimmy Stewart’s 1946 movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life.” If you’re not familiar with this enduring film, Jimmy Stewart plays young, small-town Savings & Loan operator George Bailey, who chooses generosity and integrity over money.
- College class will produce magazine
- December 16, 2008
- Gila Community College this semester will get its first-ever literary magazine, thanks to a new class taught by Payson Roundup News Editor Peter Aleshire
- Feature Teacher
- December 16, 2008
- “Music is a gift, an inspiration and a source of hope in a crazy world.”
- Pine students prepare for annual Christmas show
- Winter concert theme is Twelve Days of Christmas
- December 16, 2008
- Rowdy Pine Strawberry School students crowded into the school’s band room recently to practice for their upcoming winter concert with raucous, but melodic abandon.
- Community needs the whole story
- December 16, 2008
- In a letter to the editor in the Dec. 2, issue Ray Pugel made several claims about the water issues in Pine/Strawberry and about my views on those issues. I have addressed these issues in the past, but have responded to each again in detail and those responses can be found here: http://www.waterforpinestrawberry.com/PSWID.htm. As usual his claims cannot stand up to the light of day, but read and judge for yourself.
- Notions about police department are wrong
- December 16, 2008
- I have been a resident of Payson for 4-1/2 years and have silently listened to a lot of people complain about, put down and flatout disparage the police department. I can no longer stay silent.
- Layoffs were Draconian
- December 16, 2008
- I wish to express my angst regarding the decision of the mayor and town manager to lay off a number of top employees after “many town employees had offered to work shorter hours or take a pay cut to save the jobs of coworkers.”
- Santa needs to send us some Rain-deer
- December 16, 2008
- I don’t get it. For two years in a row the Christmas Boat Show at Green Valley Park has been shut down because of rain.
- Good teachers make for good programs
- December 16, 2008
- When money is short, what’s a school district to do?
- Around Rim Country
- Gingerbread house party Wednesday
- December 16, 2008
- The Crossroads Foursquare Church is holding a special event for all ages — a gingerbread house construction party.
- Star Valley manager hire on agenda
- After 90-day search, interim manager may get the job
- December 16, 2008
- After a three-month search, Star Valley could have a new manager Tuesday night, if the town council approves acting Town Manager Tim Grier as the permanent choice.
- Design review board survives
- December 16, 2008
- The Payson Design Review Board saw the light gleaming dangerously down there at the end of the tunnel.
- Vocational enrollment strong after decline
- December 16, 2008
- Enrollment has bounded back strongly in Payson High School’s vocational programs after declines for the past two years, with new programs and trend-setting teachers.
- Town sales tax revenue drops to 2004 levels
- December 16, 2008
- Payson’s sales taxes for the first four months of this fiscal year took a record 42-percent drop compared to the same four months last year, according to just-released figures.
- Beeline Highway accident takes California woman’s life
- December 16, 2008
- The passenger in a Thursday afternoon accident on Highway 87 near the landslide area has died.
- Is Payson too gray?
- December 16, 2008
- Recently, the Wall Street Journal ran an article concerning the sales slowdown of so-called retirement or active adult communities.
- Buying books will help Mogollon Health Alliance
- December 16, 2008
- The Mogollon Health Alliance will offer hundreds of new books and gifts at its Books Are Fun Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Dec. 22 and Tuesday, Dec. 23 in the Payson Regional Medical Center main lobby. Quality books and unique gifts, including photo albums, stationery, music and much more, will be sold at great discounts.
- PHS student seeking funds to attend leadership forum
- December 16, 2008
- Payson junior, honor student and Longhorn champion Josh Porter is raising money to attend a youth leadership forum on National Security in Washington, D.C. in February.
- New state wildlife Web site provides adventures for wildlife enthusiast
- December 16, 2008
- Watching wildlife is one of the most economical recreational activities families can do together. Visitors come to Arizona from around the world to see the diversity of animal species living in the Sonoran Desert, the tops of the mountainous sky islands or in the vast northern regions of the Colorado Plateau.
- Cinch Hook Pit currently closed to snowplay visitors
- December 16, 2008
- Cinch Hook gravel pit, located on State Highway 87 and Highway 260 junction, is a popular site for snow sledding and snowplay during the winter season.
- Outdoor recreationists: Respect private and public land, or risk losing access
- December 16, 2008
- Recent incidents involving thoughtless and even destructive acts by some outdoor recreationists have Arizona Game and Fish Department officials and responsible outdoor users concerned about retaining continued public access to vast tracts of public and private land.
- Horns host Rim Country Duals this weekend
- December 16, 2008
- Payson hosts the Payson Pro Rodeo Rim Country Duals this week.
- Longhorns win one, lose two in Shootout
- December 16, 2008
- Payson lost a close game to Boulder Creek of Anthem and won an even closer game with Tuba City at the weekend’s Pepsi Shootout Tournament in Flagstaff. A second tourney loss to Precision of Phoenix was by a wider margin.
- Lady Horns take bronze honors in Hoops tourney
- December 16, 2008
- The Lady Longhorns took third place in Payson’s annual Holiday Hoops Tournament this weekend.
- Flooding info for Tonto Creek area residents
- December 16, 2008
- Tonto Creek flooding information is now available at the Tonto Basin Fire Station. Residents on the east side of Tonto Creek can get information on operation hours for the emergency center, delivery times for necessities, and updated creek information in fire station number two’s parking lot, located on Elm Street and Mimosa Street.
- DPS expecting more wet conditions on Arizona highways
- December 16, 2008
- Southern and Eastern Arizona are experiencing cold temperatures along with incoming storm fronts, which are expected to bring snow, sleet, freezing rain and produce wet and icy roadways for elevations beginning at 3,000 feet, including most of Gila County.
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