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- No road carnage this time around
- December 31, 2009
- Unlike the Dec. 22 storm that dropped a foot of snow in some parts of the Rim Country, clogging roadways and stranding motorists for miles along Highway 260, this week’s storm proved more of a washout than a whiteout.
- Payson son has challenge, rewards with ROTC
- December 31, 2009
- A guide to the University of North Dakota’s ROTC Helicopter Flight Training Program tells candidates to be successful, “you need the strength to lead, the composure to keep cool under pressure and the overwhelming desire to succeed.”
- Gubernatorial hopefuls visit Payson
- December 31, 2009
- Three challengers to Jan Brewer’s reign as governor were entertained by area Republicans this week.
- Quail, archery deer hunts offer good exercise
- December 31, 2009
- New Year’s Day is a time for college football, food and friends, as the holiday season begins to wind down. This time of year always seems to add a few pounds, with all the great food and desserts that are so easy to reach at a timeout or during a television commercial. Consequently, those New Year’s resolutions made usually include some kind of exercise program for the coming year.
- Hopefully ‘Come and Go’ is here to stay
- December 31, 2009
- With Christmas over, Santa’s (aka Rod’s) workshop closed, and the pressure off, it was high time to relax, kick back and party a bit. So, it was off to Irma and Alex Armenta’s Saturday-After Come and Go Party.
- Permanent repeal of death tax is the best policy
- December 31, 2009
- For one year only, Americans won’t get taxed after they die.
- Firefighters help stranded motorists
- December 31, 2009
- Happy New Year to all of my readers. Here’s hoping that 2010 will be a banner year for all of us.
- Christopher Creek namesake attended his own funeral
- December 31, 2009
- Dwight Joy reached for another log and placed it carefully on the small fire. My young heart stirred with anticipation — another log meant another story, and I loved Dwight’s stories. We listened through the darkness, my father and I.
- Quiet week in Pine and Strawberry
- December 31, 2009
- It’s a rather slow news week in Pine and Strawberry. I guess everyone is recovering from Christmas and scratching their heads wondering how it is that we are already in 2010! Even the Christmas break seemed shorter than usual this year.
- Tons of new music talent in 2009
- December 31, 2009
- As my daddy used to tell me, “Son, life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.”
- Smarter e-mailing a perfect New Year’s resolution
- December 31, 2009
- So it’s time to make the infamous New Year’s resolutions … the promises that we publicly announce and privately break. Some of us vow to exercise every day, some of us promise to read all of the selections for book club (and not use the online cheat-sheets), and others resolve to cut out fast food entirely. Until around mid February the plan works nicely. But then, before we know it, we are using our workout time to surf the Web for “A Tale of Two Cities” summary while chomping on an extra value meal from McDonald’s. It happens to all of us.
- Pipeline delivers dilemmas
- Developments closest to pipeline could claim most of the Blue Ridge water
- December 31, 2009
- Ready or not — the future has come knocking for a string of small communities along the East Verde River.
- Bragging about roaring wildfires
- December 31, 2009
- Once upon a time, forest managers would have been scared stiff by a year in which 21,000 acres of trees went up in flames.
- Food drive passes halfway point
- December 31, 2009
- The Payson Area Food Drive Committee hailed it as a Christmas miracle: Not only did the food banks have enough food to make it through the holidays, thanks to munificent donations from the community, but the loveable squirrel logo pasted across stickers, buttons and boxes came to life Tuesday night, thanks to the creativity and generosity of one teen.
- Community Almanac
- December 31, 2009
- Shepherd of the Pines Lutheran Church, 507 W. Wade Lane, will celebrate the New Year with a New Year’s Eve service at 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 31. The theme will be “What’s in a name?” and Holy Communion will be served. The community is invited to join in the celebration. For more information, call (928) 474-5440.
- Best of times Worst of times
- December 31, 2009
- Whew. What a year. Droughts, flames, hungry children, foreclosed homes, shriveling economies, lingering wars, mounting unemployment, an imploding state budget. Terrible times — especially for those who have lost their jobs, their homes, their hope.
- Federal health care plan financially devastating to Arizona
- December 31, 2009
- “As the decade began, Arizona voters enacted an initiative (Proposition 204) to expand low income health care coverage through Medicaid (AHCCCS) in the state. Voters were led to believe that this state expansion would be covered with funding from the nationwide tobacco lawsuit settlement. In other words, they were told that tobacco companies would pay for it — not Arizona taxpayers.
- Don’t ever say to me, ‘Where there’s smoke there’s fire’
- December 31, 2009
- One thing that never fails to amaze me is that I was once the target of a communist conspiracy. That’s what I said, a communist conspiracy. Me personally! And my drill instructor partner, Hondo.
- Elkhart example true for nearly every county in America
- December 31, 2009
- (Note: The Elkhart Truth in northern Indiana recently did a series on how meth affects a community especially in tough economic times. This particular series is part of the MSNBC Elkhart Project, which focuses on how a small Midwestern town is surviving current economic conditions. While much of the information in this article was gleaned from the series, incidents and circumstances described could happen anywhere in the U.S.)
- When filling tires, skip the air
- December 31, 2009
- The next time you fill up your tires, consider using nitrogen, the switch may increase the life of your tires and lower the number of top offs, one tire and lube owner says.
- What should you do with retirement funds after a layoff?
- December 31, 2009
- As you’re no doubt aware, the long and deep recession has resulted in the highest unemployment rate in decades.
- Register youth for Payson programs
- December 31, 2009
- Now that the town-sponsored fifth and sixth grade basketball program is up and running, sports coordinator Joe Harris is turning his attention to other youth programs including the third and fourth grade hoop league.
- Longhorn basketball teams to entertain Holbrook Roadrunners at home Jan. 2
- December 31, 2009
- Both Payson High School basketball teams have the opportunity to test their mettle against the hoop-crazed North region in make-up games vs. Holbrook tomorrow, Jan. 2 in Wilson Dome.
- Hope for New Year is sporting success at PHS
- December 31, 2009
- If there were a 2009 sports story that bewildered, confused and baffled readers it was the departure of three Payson High School head coaches and the resulting demise of the Longhorn football program.
- Chiefs promoting new life-saving device: ICE
- December 31, 2009
- The Northern Gila County Fire Chiefs want to turn your cell phone into a potentially life-saving device. They are asking all residents to establish an emergency contact that can be reached by paramedics and other emergency personnel during an emergency.
- Believing ‘because they matter’
- December 31, 2009
- Another year has come and gone. There were days we thought would never end, and days we looked up and said, “Where does time go?” There were days when we’d look around and say, “I give up,” only to turn around and keep going.
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