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- Two teams headed to 200-mile Ragnar Relay
- February 24, 2009
- The vans are decorated, the power bars and Gatorade stockpiled and the runners are stretched, limber and ready to run. Two local teams of 12 runners will compete in the 200-mile Ragnar Relay this weekend against more than 200 national teams. Up for grabs are the bragging rights to the Rim Country for the local teams.
- New caterer to share wares at chef competition
- February 24, 2009
- Chris Kaminski is a new caterer on the Rim Country dining scene. He came to the area in April and has shared his 20 years of culinary skills with about 20 different clients so far.
- Man airlifted to Valley hospital after ATC accident
- February 24, 2009
- With clear skies and temperatures reaching the high 60s, the beautiful weather in the Rim Country over the weekend caused a few headaches for authorities.
- PRMC Senior Circle health fair Thursday
- February 24, 2009
- The Payson Regional Medical Senior Circle will have a health fair this week.
- Screenings set at Senior Center for stroke risks and osteoporosis
- February 24, 2009
- Residents living in and around Payson can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fractures. The Payson Senior Center will host Life Line Screening March 26. The center is at 514 W. Main St. in Payson. Appointments for screening tests start at 9 a.m.
- ‘The Bard’ offered by Longhorn Theatre
- February 24, 2009
- The Payson High School Longhorn Theatre Company will present “The Bard” by Squire Fridell beginning Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
- Feature Teacher
- Specialist helps students learn
- February 24, 2009
- Education is at the root of all success. Every child deserves the best we can give him.
- ACE lab helps students progress at own pace
- Program helps excelling and struggling students
- February 24, 2009
- For some Rim Country Middle School students, the ACE lab is an oasis. Students excelling and struggling arrive in the computer-laden room to move at their own pace.
- Mazatzal employees complete leadership program
- Four participants honored for completing six-month program
- February 24, 2009
- Tonto Apache tribal employees who participated in the Mazatzal Hotel and Casino’s Tribal Professional Development Program (TriPoD) were honored at a banquet Thursday night.
- Daisies sell thousands of Girl Scout cookies
- February 24, 2009
- Payson Police Records Clerk Jill Van Camp had only had her box of Thin Mints for a few minutes and mysteriously, half the box was already gone. Similar strange occurrences of cookie disappearances were reported all over the police department Friday shortly after a group of Daisies delivered boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
- PSWID needs to consider the questions being asked
- February 24, 2009
- Mr. Haney (Chair, PSWID) and Mr. Jackson (CEO, Economist.com) refer to the “inflammatory language, name-calling, blatantly false and baseless allegations” which they claim Mr. Schwalm directed at the recent Economists. com analysis and report for purchasing the two water companies of Pine and Strawberry (Payson Roundup, Feb. 17). As a full-time resident tax/rate payer of this district who reads all of the news reports related to this subject, and was involved as a member of the former board, I must say that Haney and Jackson have it turned around. They are the ones directing inflamed name-calling and accusations against Mr. Schwalm.
- Interest only is a fudge
- February 24, 2009
- I read Bill Haney’s letter to the editor with a great deal of interest.
- A once in a lifetime pet
- February 24, 2009
- Have you ever had that once in a lifetime dog or pet? My daughter Jessica has.
- Thanks to the Rim Country Middle School coaches
- February 24, 2009
- I am an eighth-grade student at Rim Country Middle School. I have participated in school sports for the last three years, in cross-country and in track and field.
- Natural bridge park closure is really foolish
- February 24, 2009
- Every time you think you’ve adjusted to the bizzarro wrong-headedness that passes for lawmaking, the brain trust thinks up something else to make you choke on your morning coffee.
- Around Rim Country
- Celebrate Fat Tuesday at PUMC
- February 24, 2009
- If “really good” teachers could receive six-figure salaries, and ineffective teachers were weeded out, then perhaps Arizona’s students would stop falling behind, says Matthew Ladner, a vice president of research for the Goldwater Institute.
- Rock Building will be reworked as school district office
- February 24, 2009
- Renovations to turn the Rock Building into the Payson Unified School District’s administrative office could begin this spring.
- Rim chamber rallies support for state park
- February 24, 2009
- Seeking to avert an “economic disaster” stemming from the closure of Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce Manager John Stanton asked the region’s state representatives and Gov. Jan Brewer to attend a town hall meeting in Payson.
- Star Valley budget still rosy
- February 24, 2009
- Seven months into the fiscal year and financially Star Valley is keeping its head above water. While its neighboring town continues to drown in financial shortfalls, Star Valley’s financial consultant reports the town is doing well thanks to solid reserves and a gain in sales tax and photo enforcement revenue.
- Schools share $2.1 million in federal money
- February 24, 2009
- It turns out school superintendents around the county agreed on the formula to distribute $2.1 million in federal money for rural schools that Gila County supervisors approved last Tuesday — but they didn’t really agree.
- Tonto bridge faces indefinite state closure
- Travertine arch will close gates Thursday for lodge repairs, but re-opening depends on state park budget turnaround
- February 24, 2009
- Tonto Natural Bridge State Park will shut down indefinitely on Friday to shift staff to other struggling parks, say park officials.
- Tourneys bring many visitors to Payson
- February 24, 2009
- If our town seemed to be overrun with visitors last weekend, there’s a reason for it.
- Lady Longhorns outduel Tuba City, 35-33; Monument Valley next
- February 24, 2009
- The Lady Longhorn express continues to steam toward what could be the school’s first girls state basketball championship.
- Cody York sets Longhorn three-point record in win
- February 24, 2009
- Cody York’s school record eight three-pointers was the shot in the arm the Longhorns needed to take a first-round state tournament 75-46 victory over the Sedona Red Rock Scorpions.
- Forfeits doom PHS wrestlers
- Head-to-head Horns tie Holbrook, 23-23
- February 24, 2009
- When is a tie not a tie?
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