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SV struggles to keep water issues afloat- October 10, 2008
- The Star Valley Town Council dipped into all things water Tuesday night, trying to figure out if it should keep a struggling water task force, bring its water attorney up from the Valley to discuss its stalemated condemnation trial and if they should keep trying to buy the privately owned water company.
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- More than 15 percent of election ballots cast already
- October 10, 2008
- Just four days after early ballots hit the mail, more than 15 percent of voters had returned ballots to the recorder’s office a month before the Nov. 4 general election.
- School enrollment drops again
- October 10, 2008
- Payson Unified School District’s enrollment is continuing to decline, despite an increase in elementary school attendance.
- SV struggles to keep water issues afloat
- October 10, 2008
- The Star Valley Town Council dipped into all things water Tuesday night, trying to figure out if it should keep a struggling water task force, bring its water attorney up from the Valley to discuss its stalemated condemnation trial and if they should keep trying to buy the privately owned water company.
- Smoky rites of fall’s prescribed burns
- Controlled burns protect towns, but raise plumes of smoke
- October 10, 2008
- Ah — fall is in the air.
- Julia Randall is most successful Rim Country school
- October 10, 2008
- Julia Randall Elementary School is Rim Country’s most successful, according to data released this week by the Arizona Department of Education.
- Around Rim Country/Community Almanac
- Don’t miss Dog Day in the Park Saturday
- October 10, 2008
- Dogs and their people won’t want to miss Dog Day in the Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 in the Off-Leash Dog Park at Rumsey Park on North McLane Road.
- Gas is now cheaper in Phoenix
- October 10, 2008
- In the early 1980s, gasoline in Payson cost 25 cents more per gallon than in Phoenix. The experts told us that the cost of transporting gas from the Phoenix terminal tanks to Payson was three-quarters of a cent per gallon.
- McLane, other roads are not a racetrack
- October 10, 2008
- Here we go again. What is it about Sherwood Drive that causes some people and event planners to choose the area for unwanted events?
- School buses need to put their red lights on when stopped to pickup or let off children
- October 10, 2008
- Imagine my surprise when I received a call last week from the Payson Police Department. The officer told me he would discuss with me the subject when I returned his call. Well, I tried to call him back but he was off, so I spent the weekend a bit worried about what it was about. However, since I hadn’t broken any law I knew off, I shrugged it off.
- Payson Kids Count
- October 10, 2008
- On Nov. 4, we will be voting on the future of our children and our community. The Payson Unified School District (PUSD) is asking the community to extend the existing budget override of 10 percent for another seven years. A yes vote to the budget increase allows the district to maintain the current school programs and class sizes. Your tax rate does not change; it stays the same as it has been for the past four years.
- Homeowners need to help make Payson beautiful
- October 10, 2008
- I frequently drive around our local neighborhoods to see what’s new. I am so dismayed by what I have recently seen in our more moderately priced subdivisions.
- Volunteers helped with vision, hearing screenings
- October 10, 2008
- I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to the Payson Elementary School PTO members and those additional volunteers who recently helped in conducting vision and hearing screenings for more than 410 students.
- Solving the crisis
- October 10, 2008
- It’s so simple a caveman can do it. I can’t believe that our congressmen are so stupid and inept when our nation is floating on enormous deposits of energy of all sorts, oil shales and sands, coal, off shore deposits, just to name a few.
- YMCA is conscious of environment
- October 10, 2008
- My name is Bill Ensign. I am president of a group known as the Friends of Payson Parks and Recreation. There have been several letters to your paper which I feel demand a response and they are as follows.
- Does Payson need the Y?
- October 10, 2008
- Did you see the voter information packet concerning the proposed YMCA in Payson? More than six pages of information, for and against, and not a word addressing the real question here: Does Payson need another indoor recreation/fitness facility? The answer, which renders the arguments contained in those six pages moot, is no.
- No to the Y
- October 10, 2008
- It amazes me how much money a nonprofit organization like the YMCA has spent on lawsuits, mailings and full page ads. Is this your membership dues going into the community for our own good?
- Support for Haapala urged
- October 10, 2008
- I would like to recommend Dan Haapala for Gila County Supervisor in District 1. I have seen Dan for the last four years dedicate a lot of his time and money to our community. Dan lives in East Verde Estates where I live and I have watched him work almost every Saturday helping older residents clean lots to prevent fires in our community and haul the brush to the brush pit at no charge to the residents. He is always ready to assist in making our community safe.
- Schools need override OK
- October 10, 2008
- Psst. You there. Payson voter.
- What’s in a label? What do they mean?
- October 10, 2008
- The Arizona Department of Education has released the AZ LEARNS achievement profiles for all public and charter schools in Arizona.
- Four seek three open Payson school board seats
- October 10, 2008
- Today the Roundup is featuring profiles of candidates running for the Payson Unified School District’s board. Buzz Walker, Barbara Underwood, Matthew VanCamp and Richard Meyer are running for three open seats.
- Barbara Underwood: arts, music, vocational classes essential
- October 10, 2008
- With “eyes and ears” scattered around the Payson Unified School District, Barbara Underwood says she would be an effective school board member because she is already embedded in district politics.
- Buzz Walker: supports vocational, alternative ed
- October 10, 2008
- Payson Unified School District board member candidate Buzz Walker knows the good, the bad, and the broke of working for elected officials.
- Richard Meyer: his mantra, ‘Live within your means’
- October 10, 2008
- Payson Unified School District board candidate Richard Meyer decided when he got out of college that he was going to retire at 55. And he did.
- Attack ads dominate congressional race
- Republican in congressional race decries ‘hypocrisy’ of opponent, but says onslaught boosts name recognition
- October 10, 2008
- So what’s the silver lining in an avalanche of harsh attack ads?
- School district under spends to create buffer
- October 10, 2008
- Payson Unified School District under spent last year’s budget by $400,000, officials said Thursday.
- Two Payson teens arrested for possessing stolen BMX bikes
- October 10, 2008
- After allegedly stealing BMX bicycles, the suspects left a trail of clues all over town for police, including at a probation office and supermarket a block away from bike store.
- Volunteer brings good spirits to every activity
- October 10, 2008
- Chris Decker is a California transplant to the Mogollon Rim via Montana.
- ‘FLASH OF GENIUS’
- Payson woman’s family struggle told on big screen
- October 10, 2008
- n 1953, Phyllis Hall married Bob Kearns. Their wedding night was anything but conventional, and set the stage for their tumultuous 27-year unconventional marriage and decades-long struggle to defeat some of the largest car manufacturers.
- Final Shop Hop of the season promises fun for entire family
- October 10, 2008
- The all-night symphonies may have ceased, but the Pine elk population is still very active. If you are an early riser, you’ve probably been treated to a recent visit as the cows and their babies resume their heavy grazing schedule in anticipation of the cooler weather.
- Fireflies plan big yard sale
- October 10, 2008
- Bill and I are extremely happy. We finally have the foundation poured for the addition to our cabin thanks to Isaac Morris and his crew of very competent workers. Thank you, Isaac. To come just this far has been a long and tedious process. The weather did not cooperate either. We were hoping to be in the cabin by winter, but the outlook does not look good, winter is approaching too fast. We will continue, as the circumstances will permit. Hopefully, the framing and the walls can be put up. We will keep our fingers crossed that all goes well from this point on.
- Halloween fun planned in area
- October 10, 2008
- It is that time of year again when the tarantulas are on the loose. It seems the only time I have ever seen one of these spiders is in October. For some strange reason they are out and about during this month. The other day my daughter and I were walking down the road during the day and came across two of them. I have not been able to figure out why it is only during the month of October that we see them, but I am glad that is the only time. These things are not little spiders, some of them are about four inches across, and that is pretty big for someone who doesn’t like spiders, even the very small ones.
- It’s all in how you look at it
- October 10, 2008
- I spent four happy years in England at RAF Upper-Heyford.
- Payson couple marry in hospital
- October 10, 2008
- Heather and Bryan Watkins of Star Valley exchanged vows at an unusual wedding location Oct. 6, 2008.
- Second wine tasting series moves to Gerardo’s
- October 10, 2008
- Tickets are now available for the second round of the “Wines of the World Tasting Series,” a very popular fund-raiser for the Payson Humane Society building fund.
- Feed and stone businesses expand
- October 10, 2008
- Coming this fall is a new 5,000-square-foot feed and stone store in east Payson.
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