Also from October 21
Lead stories
9:03 a.m.
- “a game for the ages.”
- October 20, 2008
- Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead.
2:30 p.m.
School campus to be closed- October 21, 2008
- Payson’s school board on Monday night unanimously agreed to close campus for high school freshmen during lunch, ending months of discussion and speculation about the measure’s financial and academic implications. The rule will be implemented next school year.
All stories
- Hex is over, Longhorns sting Yellow Jackets
- October 21, 2008
- A Yellow Jacket gridiron curse that nauseated and dismayed Payson faithful for decades has been exorcised.
- Class works on developing future teachers
- October 21, 2008
- A new program at Payson High School seeks to encourage students to become teachers — particularly in Payson.
- Water district votes to buy out Brooke
- Pine-Strawberry board votes to borrow $5.2 million, kill K2 well
- October 21, 2008
- The Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District board has officially voted to offer Brooke Utilities $2.55 million for the water company, borrow $5.2 million and cancel the K2 well agreement.
- School campus to be closed
- Payson board votes to close campus for freshmen next year
- October 21, 2008
- Payson’s school board on Monday night unanimously agreed to close campus for high school freshmen during lunch, ending months of discussion and speculation about the measure’s financial and academic implications. The rule will be implemented next school year.
- Multi-million dollar PRMC imaging center opens
- October 21, 2008
- Payson Regional Medical Center will have an open house for its new Outpatient Imaging Center Thursday.
- Around Rim Country
- Congressional candidates at GCC
- October 21, 2008
- Gila Community College will be hosting two of the candidates for U.S. Representative from Arizona’s first Congressional District. Ann Kirkpatrick, the Democratic candidate will speak at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 21. Sydney Hay, the Republican candidate will speak at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28.
- Linda O’Dell helps children
- October 21, 2008
- The Payson and Globe Education Centers were started three years ago by Linda O’Dell, the Gila County school superintendent, in response to the excessive high school drop out rate in Gila County. The centers are in the Gila County Regional School District, an accommodation school entity, which is funded by state-aid from the Arizona Department of Education and federal and state grants.
- Rim Country Challenge went great
- October 21, 2008
- The Third Annual Rim Country Challenge went off without a hitch on Oct.4 thanks to the work of many people dedicated to Payson Area Habitat for Humanity and affordable housing in the Rim Country.
- Consider these questions
- October 21, 2008
- A few questions to consider honestly before the November election:
- Vote against Prop. 401
- October 21, 2008
- I encourage everyone to vote no on Proposition 401.
- Star Valley speed trap turns people away from Rim Country
- October 21, 2008
- On Oct. 10 I sent out a letter about my outrage over the Payson/Star Valley “speed trap.” I have since been in contact with Mike Vogel of the Payson Town Council about this matter.
- Motive is to raise money for YMCA
- October 21, 2008
- Jim Keyworth and Vicky Lucas were on KMOG forum on Oct. 9, trying to figure out a motive for the proposed donation of a $5.6 million YMCA building and indoor recreation … and all they could come up with was that the Y is making a profit.
- Easy to see where the problem lies
- October 21, 2008
- General Motors is just one among many of the biggest companies in America that is suffering from lack of sales and looking for bailouts or restructure.
- Our view on perplexing propositions
- October 21, 2008
- Great goal. Bad plan.
- ‘We have met the enemy and they are us!’
- October 21, 2008
- If the comments attributed to members of the Surface Transportation Advisory Committee (STAC) in a recent issue of the Payson Roundup, “Fender-bender plan?” are correct, they are disturbing and frustrating — disturbing that town committees seem to be functioning in a vacuum and frustrating because their untimely comments are counterproductive.
- Feature Teacher
- October 21, 2008
- Mr. Gay in Flagstaff. He made me do the work!
- Life-changing instruction takes place in the class
- October 21, 2008
- Over the last several weeks I have been expanding on the vision statement for Payson High School: All students, regardless of their circumstances, will receive the finest content, instruction and community as a school. As well, everyone will be committed to continuous improvement.
- Senior Center presents variety of speakers through rest of October
- October 21, 2008
- I am usually an early riser but on these chilly mornings when the sun doesn’t make an appearance until after 6 a.m. it is very tempting to linger beneath the warm covers. Back when I was a kid, beds came in two sizes — single and double. And back in those days, box springs were unheard of. Instead, there was a metal coil thing that sometimes poked through the mattress.
- Hot-button ballot measures, ‘sneaky’ language spur debate
- Gay marriage, taxes, immigration, 400 percent loans and baffling arguments enliven Payson forum
- October 21, 2008
- A wide-ranging debate involving gay marriage, real estate taxes, payday loans, illegal immigration, sneaky language and a host of hot-button issues took place Wednesday during a nonpartisan ballot proposition forum held Wednesday in Payson’s Democratic Party headquarters.
- Opponent with Growl Towel was an irritant to players, fans
- October 21, 2008
- It must have taken a huge amount of restraint and coolness for coaches, players, fans and boosters to not tear down, or at least move, that huge Blue Ridge “Tradition of Champions” banner placed so blatantly on the sideline end of the PHS football field where the Longhorns were warming up Friday night.
- Lady Longhorns soccer team earns postseason berth
- October 21, 2008
- While it will take an unlikely scenario for the Longhorn boys soccer team to qualify for state, the Lady Horns are bound for the postseason.
- Longhorns top AIA power point rankings
- October 21, 2008
- Payson’s hard-fought 13-7 win over the Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets could eventually produce the scheduling advantage the Horns need to earn the school’s first state football championship since 1998.
- Lady Horns seek to improve power point ranking
- October 21, 2008
- With three games remaining in the season, the Lady Longhorn volleyball team is working to hang onto, or improve its 10th-place power point ranking.
- One program provides true low-cost housing
- October 21, 2008
- A group of dedicated volunteers has assured residents that there will be affordable housing in the Rim Country.
- Accusations of competition unfounded, says educator
- October 21, 2008
- Deflecting accusations of parasitism, the Gila County Superintendent of Schools defended the county’s alternative schools during a recent forum, saying they provide a necessary service.
- weather
- October 21, 2008
- Payson Weather Statistics
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