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- Saving the pine forest
- Wally Covington has shaped the debate and befuddled critics with woodsy charm and the tenacity of a badger
- August 7, 2009
- Wally Covington, who has spent a quarter century reshaping the debate about forest management, leaned forward excitedly across the boundary between his biggest disappointment and his dearest hope.
- Professor: Human intention can alter physical matter
- August 7, 2009
- During the years that William Tiller toiled in Stanford University’s department of materials science and engineering, he lived a parallel life.
- Quilt auction, shop hop this weekend
- August 7, 2009
- There was a definite air of anticipation as more than 100 residents from Pine and Strawberry gathered at the Cultural Hall Thursday for a special meeting of the Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District board.
- Tickets available for Labor Day raffle
- August 7, 2009
- The second annual dominoes competition between the Domino Divas/Fireflies, Hellsgate Fire District of Tonto Village and the Firebelles of the Christopher/Kohl’s Fire District was held last week
- High country ladies enjoy domino competition
- August 7, 2009
- The ladies from Christopher Creek and Tonto Village got together for an afternoon of dominos last week. Thirty-two ladies enjoyed a delicious potluck and a fun competition of dominos at the Christopher Creek Bible Fellowship.
- Crooner charted 40 hits over 21-year career
- August 7, 2009
- Since my recent wedding engagement notice came out several weeks ago in the Roundup, quite a number of people have approached me about how their own relationships started on the Internet. Many others have asked me how to go about meeting someone online.
- Custom computers provide lasting benefits
- August 7, 2009
- Most of us love ice cream, but we all have different tastes. Most ice cream shops now allow easy customization of flavors via a wide selection of ice cream, mix-ins, and toppings. We can get exactly what we want, even if that means chocolate ice cream with gummy bears and pistachios.
- Community leader honored by sporting association
- August 7, 2009
- Some men wander aimlessly through life taking the path of least resistance.
- Alums take the honors in annual game
- August 7, 2009
- Lady Longhorn volleyball coach Arnold Stonebrink has little doubt the Second Annual Payson High Alumni Game was fun for all.
- Elk permit donated for use by ill boy
- August 7, 2009
- Pat Willis’ courageous fight against cancer will prohibit him from using an Arizona hunt tag he was just drawn for this season.
- Get out to PEC for old-fashioned fun, contests
- August 7, 2009
- The Gracie Haught Children Memorial Fund benefit gets off to a roaring start at 7 p.m., today, Aug. 7 at Payson Event Center with a jackpot barrel racing hosted by Charlene Hunt. Books open at 5:30 p.m.
- PMGA low-net play
- August 7, 2009
- Members of the Payson Men’s Golf Association prepped for the upcoming club championship with a low-net tournament played July 29 at Payson Golf Course.
- On the hunt for the Rim Country blackberry
- August 7, 2009
- Are you looking for something to do in the outdoors during the dog days of summer? By the first of August, wild blackberries are starting to ripen in most of the canyons beneath the Rim where live water flows. Berry picking season will start about now and will last for about six weeks depending on the elevation and the amount of sunshine available to the plants.
- Parks department has plenty of fun set for fall
- August 7, 2009
- School may have started, but that does not mean the Payson Parks and Recreation Department is shutting down the fun. The staff has lined up plenty of activities for young people, adults and families in the coming weeks.
- Former PHS football player opens photography studio
- August 7, 2009
- What does an all American football player without a stitch of creativity from Payson do after high school? Open a photography studio, of course.
- Time to put aside childish techniques when it comes to investments
- August 7, 2009
- When you were a child, you probably acted like one. But when you’re grown, you discard childish behavior. However, many otherwise mature adults still approach investing in a rather immature manner — and it costs.
- Visit the heart of Payson for First Friday
- August 7, 2009
- Main Street in Payson has long been the social center of Payson with its stores, hotels, saloons, stables and, of course, the sawmill.
- Attorney general: Beware of bogus property tax offer
- August 7, 2009
- The attorney general’s office and Gila County Sheriff’s Office are warning homeowners across the state and county of a new scam targeting homeowners.
- Mixed breed animals make great pets
- August 7, 2009
- Here at the Humane Society of Central Arizona we call ourselves a shelter — “The Little Shelter that Could.”
- Congresswoman gets an earful
- More than 120 mostly disgruntled voters crowd sidewalk for one-on-one chat with Rep. Kirkpatrick
- August 7, 2009
- A first-term Democratic congresswoman wanted some feedback.
- Park advocates plead for help
- State Parks like Tonto Natural Bridge face renewed threat of closure or even sale as advocates rush to lobby lawmak
- August 7, 2009
- The Arizona State Parks will probably avoid any more closures in the short term and Payson this week renewed a backup agreement with the state to keep Tonto Natural Bridge State Park open regardless of what happens to the rest of the system.
- Rim Fire grows to 1,500 acres
- Crews have it ‘caged’
- August 7, 2009
- Billows of smoke rising from the now-1,500-acre Rim Fire have alarmed residents of small developments down slope, but fire crews have the blaze 55 percent contained and far from any structures.
- Penny throwers cause driver to stop school bus
- August 7, 2009
- A one-sided penny war erupted Monday on a school bus when at least one student began throwing copper coins at the driver.
- Community Almanac
- August 7, 2009
- The Humane Society of Central Arizona will have a grand opening for its new thrift store from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7 as part of the First Friday on Main Street celebration.
- Brooke are you listening? Enough is enough
- August 7, 2009
- Enough already. What the heck is going on with Brooke Utilities?
- Kirkpatrick meeting disappointing
- August 7, 2009
- About 100 people showed up for a public meeting with Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (Democrat) in front of the Safeway store Aug. 5.
- Editorial makes good points
- August 7, 2009
- Your editorial of Aug. 4 on the proposed third fire station makes many good points. The use of the words “Cut-rate fire station” in my opinion, however, serve to inflame rather than enlighten the public.
- No excuse for not controlling dogs, or temper
- August 7, 2009
- A few comments on Mr. Dave Engleman’s letter which you printed Aug. 4. Mr. Harold Fish was released from prison because our legal system requires the accused to be proven guilty, and not the burden of innocence to be upon the accused.
- Health care rush makes no sense
- August 7, 2009
- The present administration in our nation’s capital agrees with the majority of citizens that the existing health care system is broken, and to fix it we have to rush to expand it. That way we’ll have a much bigger, more expensive, more complex problem to solve. This doesn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense.
- Old-time Rim cowboys were conservative by nature
- August 7, 2009
- Growing up in Payson during the 1940s and 1950s I was on a first-name basis with lots of the old cowboys of that era and I wouldn’t class any one of them as a liberal. To a man they minded their own affairs, took care of their cattle or their boss’ cattle and resented interference or even uninvited help from anyone else including the government. On more than one occasion some of the ranchers told the government exactly where to go.
- Enjoying Taylor Pool activities
- August 7, 2009
- I have just completed my 21st year of water aerobics and lap swimming at Taylor Pool, and would like to thank the Town of Payson and Parks and Recreation for a wonderful, wonderful experience!
- Pet owners — take responsibility
- August 7, 2009
- After giving a little thought on raising monies for the Payson animal shelter, I think that my idea would work.
- Thanks to the Noon Rotary Club
- August 7, 2009
- The board of the Payson Multi-Purpose Senior Center and all the seniors and staff wish to thank the members of the Noon Rotary Club.
- What do you say we talk some real trash?
- August 7, 2009
- I was in the grocery store the other day, pushing my cart around as a young man dressed in working clothes sauntered by with a 24-pack of beer lovingly cradled in his arms.
- Return of cattle to Fossil Creek protested
- Appeal to put cows back on 42,000 acres cites statistics showing grazing land already in poor shape
- August 7, 2009
- Fossil Creek can handle the return of grass-munching, dirt-stomping cattle, says the U.S. Forest Service.
- Star Valley council expects to change meeting location
- August 7, 2009
- It looks like the Star Valley council meetings will move to a new location, but not in the way the council initially envisioned.
- Rim fire chiefs enlist congresswoman to help battle fires, Forest Service
- Firefighters laud forest thinning and front-line cooperation, but decry potentially life-threatening delays on other fronts
- August 7, 2009
- Imagine you’re living on credit cards and your filthy rich uncle comes to town for a sit-down: What would you talk about?
- Night vision goggles help pilots see
- August 7, 2009
- When night falls on life-saving medical missions in Payson, pilots with Native Air helicopters will now slip on night vision goggles to help them see.
- Celebrating 125 years of rodeo in Rim Country
- August Doin’s gearing up for another great event
- August 7, 2009
- In the 1800s, Payson was mostly a flat, grassy spot where cowboys could gather up their scattered, near-wild herds during the fall roundups, and prepare to drive them down to Phoenix or to the railroad line in Winslow.
- Sharing: Motorists and bike riders
- August 7, 2009
- Payson cyclists put a lot of wear on their wheels.
- Three more hikers, run out of water, saved on Hell’s Gate Trail
- August 7, 2009
- The Hell’s Gate Trail has fully lived up to its name this summer with eight groups of hikers rescued after either running out of water or underestimating the trail’s difficulty.
- Pine eighth-graders test above state average on AIMS
- August 7, 2009
- Eighth-graders at the Pine Strawberry School aced the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards test last spring with students testing well above state averages in reading, writing, math and science, released results show.
- No water irritates residents
- Arizona Corporation Commission may order investigation into Stage 5 alerts, water hauling and cutoffs at Mesa del Caballo
- August 7, 2009
- Repeated water rationing and the cutoff of customers for using too much water in Mesa del Caballo have triggered a slew of complaints to the Arizona Corporation Commission, which has promised to investigate the actions of Brooke Utilities.
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