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- Invigorating the body’s energy
- Eastern-inspired exercises yoga and qigong allow practitioners to learn proper breathing and posture
- February 6, 2009
- Penny Navis-Schmidt talks fast. A psychotherapist by training, Navis-Schmidt admits she lives fast, too. Qigong (pronounced chi kung) helps her slow down. “I’m a pretty type-A person,” Navis-Schmidt said. “I’m someone who really needs to do this.”
- Impasse dogs county stimulus talks
- February 6, 2009
- More than a month of debate over the politically neutral, alphabetical list of projects for which Gila County hopes to find federal stimulus dollars has reached an impasse.
- D-back players thrill middle school students
- February 6, 2009
- All hail the Diamondbacks.
- Flood engineer hired by Star Valley council
- February 6, 2009
- Although engineer Andy Romance said he doesn’t have all the answers available for Star Valley now, he plans to get to work right away on possible solutions to the town’s persistent flooding problems.
- Hearing set for man who shot at police
- February 6, 2009
- A Payson man that shot at police more than 20 times during a nine-hour standoff Sunday morning is being held on $500,000 bond in a Gila County jail, authorities said.
- Old radioactive mine tailings pose slow-motion threat
- Forest Service seeks comment on still unfunded plan to clean up uranium tailings and seal off mine shafts near Young
- February 6, 2009
- After decades of delay, the U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comments about a slow-motion contamination risk — the radioactive dirt piles left over from now-abandoned uranium mines in the Young Ranger District along popular Workman Creek in the Sierra Anchas.
- State parks face ‘devastating’ cuts
- Tonto Natural Bridge won’t close, may lose half its staff, defer desperately needed repair work
- February 6, 2009
- Tonto Natural Bridge State Park has put out an urgent plea for volunteer workers after learning it must lay off half its staff to cope with “devastating” legislative budget cuts.
- Retirees must make (at least) five key financial decisions
- February 6, 2009
- When you’re working, you have a financial strategy that is largely based on one goal: saving money for a comfortable retirement. You’ll likely have to make many adjustments over several decades to ensure that you stay on track saving and investing. But once you retire, a new goal arises — investing so you can remain retired. To help yourself achieve this goal, you will need to make a number of investment decisions.
- When the trolley doesn’t go ‘Clang! Clang! Clang!’
- February 6, 2009
- I was just barely tall enough to see over the back of the couch, which stood against the front windows of our first floor apartment. And so I spent a lot of time leaning against the soft mohair back of the couch, watching workmen tearing up the street and removing the trolley tracks in front of our house on Brook Street on Staten Island.
- Former resident enjoys feel-good stories that uplift the spirit
- February 6, 2009
- As a former Paysonite, I enjoy keeping track of my friends and old haunts in Rim Country. Your recent article about Mount Humphrey and its environs brought back fond memories of hiking, exploring, winter picnics and beautiful scenery.
- California’s problems created by environmental laws
- February 6, 2009
- It seems to me that a couple of years ago or less, I sent a letter to the editor concerning a reply to a request from the state of (enviro/wackos) of California.
- Congressional delegation should get money for forest
- February 6, 2009
- I wish that Arizona’s Congressional delegation had acted to get a component in the economic stimulus package that would at least begin the elimination of the massively overgrown situation that characterizes Arizona’s national forests and creates such a great potential for very large and extremely destructive forest fires.
- Volunteering for Payson Parks and Recreation? Give it a try!
- February 6, 2009
- In today’s grim economy, many parks and recreation services and programs that communities nationwide have enjoyed in the past are disappearing. Adult softball leagues are being discontinued, facility master plans are being shelved, staffing is being reduced.
- Payson’s budget news brightens
- February 6, 2009
- We were leafing through Payson’s brand-new, 23-page, monthly budget update report, when we thought again — and fondly — of our favorite cliché: That which does not kill you, makes you stronger.
- Around Rim Country
- Boy Scout food drive in Pine area
- February 6, 2009
- The Boy Scouts of Troop 652 in Pine will be participating in the Scouting for Food campaign.
- Mead Ranch cabin burns
- 12:24 p.m., February 6, 2009 Updated 09:11 a.m.
- The quick response of a Hellsgate Fire Department Lieutenant and Hellsgate firefighters stopped a small cabin fire from spreading to the Tonto National Forest and neighboring homes Monday night.
- Quail season ends Feb. 8
- February 6, 2009
- It’s been a long and fruitful season, but the end is near. When the sun sets on Sunday, Feb. 8, there will be eight long months before upland hunters can chase Arizona’s fabulous quail species again. The good news is, there is still a little time left to head out after them one more time.
- Archery deer tag is a deal
- February 6, 2009
- The mid-winter archery deer and javelina seasons have come to a close with many new hunting stories created by real-life experiences in the field. No doubt, the $34 over-the-counter deer tag proves again to be a real bargain for an excuse to outwit a deer in a month-long hunt.
- Scholarship offer is humbling for PHS athlete
- February 6, 2009
- PHS senior Matt Wilson, about as fine a teenager as there is, admits he was humbled by the full-ride scholarship offer he received from Northern Arizona University.
- Longhorn wrestlers need to overcome short numbers
- February 6, 2009
- Winning a regional tournament while forfeiting four weight classes and 24 team points is a Herculean challenge for any high school wrestling team.
- NAU signs Matt Wilson
- February 6, 2009
- Excellence on the field and in the classroom has earned PHS senior Matt Wilson one of the most lucrative university scholarships ever received by a PHS student.
- It’s win and you’re in for PHS teams
- Lady Longhorns on 12-game win streak; Longhorns need Snowflake win to control East Region first-place spo
- February 6, 2009
- With two games remaining in the regular season, players on both PHS basketball teams are in control of their own destiny.
- Christopher Creek loses longtime resident to illness
- February 6, 2009
- Last week the community of Christopher Creek lost a sweetheart of a lady, longtime resident Candy Hart.
- Firefighters called to battle Mead Ranch cabin blaze
- February 6, 2009
- Fire sirens were heard throughout the village on Monday evening, Feb 2, heading for a one-alarm fire in Mead Ranch. My emergency radio was on and one of the firefighters who was on the scene first said that it was a structure fire and all water tenders were needed.
- Community turns out to welcome Hashknife riders
- February 6, 2009
- What an exhilarating treat to see the towns of Pine and Strawberry come out in full force to welcome the Hashknife Pony Express riders.
- Jan Parsons kept our lights on
- February 6, 2009
- One morning Jan Parsons woke up and knew it was time. Time to retire from only the second job she ever had and held for more than 25 years.
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