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- Town lays off top employees
- Finance manager, parks director, fire marshal among those being let go
- November 25, 2008
- The fiscal bloodletting at Payson Town Hall started Monday, with layoff slips to the parks and recreation director, finance manager, fire marshal, town manager’s assistant, grants manager and two people in the building and planning department.
- College extends contract with no escape clause
- November 25, 2008
- Three years into a 10-year contract, Gila Community College board members on Friday approved an extended agreement with Eastern Arizona College that could save Gila County up to $300,000 this year.
- Elks dinner open to whole community
- November 25, 2008
- Thanksgiving can be a lonely time without someone to share it with, so one Tonto Basin man, along with the Elks Lodge, has orchestrated a Thanksgiving feast so no one has to be without a warm meal and a warm smile.
- Police identify driver killed in one-car rollover
- November 25, 2008
- A 44-year-old Strawberry woman who died Nov. 10 a mile north of Payson on Highway 87 has been identified as Janice Kaye Price.
- Around Rim Country/Community Almanac
- November 25, 2008
- Friday last day to get benefit wreath
- Even in tough times there is much to be thankful for
- November 25, 2008
- It is going to be hard this Thanksgiving for a number of people here and around the country to see the good that surrounds us every day.
- Group will continue to provide summaries of PSWID meetings
- November 25, 2008
- At the September PSWID meeting, Fred Krafczyk stood up and claimed that the November election was going to cost the PSWID $27,000 and that the only reason I was running for the board was as part of a plot with Brooke Utilities to drain the PSWID treasury of funds.
- Suggestion for Goat Camp ruins
- November 25, 2008
- Peter Aleshire’s interesting articles regarding the Payson trail system and the Goat Camp ruins lead me to make a suggestion to the Rim archaeological group.
- Is the K-2 Well a government bailout of Brooke Utilities?
- November 25, 2008
- Does this sound familiar? A utility company has ill performed its duties to the public for 11 years. A governmental office that is supposed to protect consumers and provide oversight of the utility has protected the company from competition by allowing them to function with no competition.
- Voters did a disservice to school district
- November 25, 2008
- While the Payson High School Longhorns compete athletically against the likes of Blue Ridge, Round Valley, Show Low, Snowflake, etc., academically they compete against schools much closer in proximity like Fountain Hills, Scottsdale and Mesa.
- Acknowledgement of dedication, effort appreciated
- November 25, 2008
- Last week I attended two high school sports banquets with my son, who is a senior this year.
- To those who travel the Beeline
- November 25, 2008
- The economy is down both in the county and the state as we all know.
- Tough decisions face Payson Town Council
- November 25, 2008
- Sometimes there is no easy way to present bad news. Being direct, honest and open is the only way.
- Payson native leads Goodyear FFA team to national victory
- November 25, 2008
- Eric Stevens, son of Wendell and Cathy Stevens who both teach in the Payson Unified School District, led the FFA team at the Goodyear high school where he teaches to victory in a national competition.
- Culinary class cooks up turkey fixings
- November 25, 2008
- Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches were on the lunch menu Thursday at Payson High School, but these sandwiches weren’t constructed by lunch ladies wearing hair nets in the cafeteria.
- Attitude is everything
- November 25, 2008
- Merrelle ‘Devon’ Wells
- Teacher remembered by students, co-workers
- Longtime, award-winning science teacher dies after 18-year battle with cancer
- November 25, 2008
- The Rim Country lost a great teacher, a fine friend to many and a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother Nov. 20 when Gloria Joe, 68, succumbed to cancer after an 18-year battle with the disease.
- Payson council approves granny flat law
- November 25, 2008
- It’s official — if granny doesn’t want to stay in the flat, you can rent it out.
- What you may not know about Medicare
- November 25, 2008
- Almost everyone knows that Medicare is a medical insurance program run by the government for retired and disabled people. But there are probably some things you don’t know about Medicare — and should.
- Remember a loved one at 13th annual Celebration of Life
- November 25, 2008
- Honor the passing of a loved one during the holidays by celebrating their life.
- Some benefits are taxable
- November 25, 2008
- It is important to remember that some people who receive Social Security benefits will have to pay income taxes on them.
- Rim Guidance serves up a feast
- November 25, 2008
- With an army of Rim Guidance volunteers, 300 pounds of turkey and 100 pounds of mashed potatoes, more than 300 hungry people were served a free Thanksgiving feast Nov. 20 at Mount Cross Lutheran Church.
- Mardell (Dell) Nadine Frederick
- November 25, 2008
- Mardell (Dell) Nadine Frederick, 83, died Nov. 9, 2008.
- Robert Herman Rhoades
- November 25, 2008
- Robert H. Rhoades died Nov. 19, 2008. He was born July 7, 1924 in Summit, Ill. to Roy and Beryl Rhoades.
- Gloria Quan Joe
- November 25, 2008
- Gloria Quan Joe, 68, a longtime Payson resident and educator, died Nov. 20, 2008.
- One game away from state title
- Longhorns topple Wickenburg 28-7, face Blue Ridge in championship
- November 25, 2008
- There’s no doubt the Beasts of the East are the kings of 3A football.
- Fan bus available for 3A state championship
- November 25, 2008
- A fan bus will be available Nov. 29 to take Longhorn boosters to the 3A state championship game in Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
- PHS boys basketball team off to slow start
- November 25, 2008
- If the Longhorn boys basketball team struggles through disarray in early season, it’s completely understandable.
- Rare white elk taken on Christopher Mountain
- November 25, 2008
- The white elk Mike Hernandez of Laveen shot Thursday evening on Christopher Mountain is thought to be exceedingly rare.
- Christmas tree permits available
- November 25, 2008
- The Forest Service offers you the opportunity to cut a Christmas tree from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. As with any forest product, a permit is required. The cost per permit is $15.
- Lady Longhorns not getting any respect
- November 25, 2008
- Big-city pollsters were dead wrong all season long when they ranked the Wickenburg Wranglers football team ahead of the Payson Longhorns.
- Outdoor adventure on the Rim more valuable than money
- November 25, 2008
- With Thanksgiving being only two days away, maybe a time of reflection is needed for all those trips to your favorite fishing hole or hiking areas in Rim Country.
- Draw results for spring hunts available
- November 25, 2008
- If you haven’t had a chance to see if you were drawn for the spring 2009 hunts, draw results are available by visiting the Game and Fish Department’s Web site: azgfd.gov/draw.
- State real estate investors group to meet
- November 25, 2008
- The Arizona Real Estate Investors Association will meet Monday, Dec. 8 at the Herberger Theater.
- New thinking works for borrowers and lenders
- November 25, 2008
- This week, a military officer in Virginia called for advice on his property. He was being transferred to Texas, needed to sell his home, and his loan balance was $60,000 more than what his house was worth.
- Romeo Zavala named Chase branch manager
- November 25, 2008
- Make new friends and keep the old, the saying goes.
- Frontier Village gets approval for condo conversion
- Owners want to renovate 60-unit complex to sell units for $145,000 to $169,000
- November 25, 2008
- The conversion of the Frontier Village Apartments to $145,000 condominiums cleared another hurdle last week, with the town council’s approval of the preliminary plat plan.
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