Also from January 23
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- Neighborhood chops away at fire risk
- Payson Pines becomes the latest Rim community to qualify as ‘firewise’ subdivision
- January 23, 2009
- Payson Pines this week became the latest Rim Country community to clean up to avoid burning down.
- Time to get your 2009 fishing license
- January 23, 2009
- Now that we are in mid-January, if you haven’t already, it’s time to renew that fishing license for the 2009 year. Springtime is still a couple of months away, but Arizona has many lakes that will produce bass, crappies and trout in the winter months.
- Wrestlers host Van Horn tourney
- January 23, 2009
- Coolidge’s Anthony Garcia won the 2008 Tim Van Horn Memorial Trophy for his pin of 5A defending state champ Ryan Miller of Tempe Corona del Sol.
- Cardinals coaches face former team
- January 23, 2009
- I won’t even pretend to know what makes professional football coaches tick. But it must be an emotional roller coaster for Arizona Cardinals coaches Ken Whisenhunt and Russ Grimm to be playing their former team, the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl.
- Longhorns remain unbeaten in the East
- January 23, 2009
- Doubts no longer linger about which 3A East team is the region’s finest.
- Lady Longhorns take sole possession of East Region
- January 23, 2009
- The Payson Lady Longhorns have taken over sole possession of first place in the 3A East Region with a come-from-behind 52-45 victory over the Alchesay Falcons.
- Big bass tourney coming to Roosevelt
- January 23, 2009
- The world’s leading tournament fishing organization is coming to Payson.
- Elk herd cause of Hwy. 87 crash that took out power pole
- January 23, 2009
- After authorities learned that the driver of a tractor-trailer that overturned and took out a power pole on Highway 87 was trying to avoid a herd of elk, they decided not to ticket him.
- Woman pulled from fiery crash on Hwy. 260
- January 23, 2009
- Thanks to the bravery of several witnesses, a Show Low couple is recovering from only minor scrapes and bruises after being pulled from their burning truck last week on Highway 260.
- Comeback fish returns to Fossil Creek
- State hopes to create blue-ribbon fishery in a restored Fossil Creek for the threatened Verde trout
- January 23, 2009
- The Verde trout have finally got a stream to call their own — the resurrected Fossil Creek. And that makes perfect sense.
- Charlie’s Meats is not closing
- January 23, 2009
- There has been a rumor going around that Charlie’s Meats is going out of business and I am going to work for Bashas’. This rumor is not true.
- School district blessed with professional staff at all levels
- January 23, 2009
- On behalf of Julia Randall Elementary, we thank the Roundup for the gracious words from your article on Jan. 16.
- I’ll never forget the words spoken by a police officer
- January 23, 2009
- A few weeks back I mentioned a New Jersey “anti-blizzard,” but I only told part of the story.
- Terrible budget choices confront state lawmakers
- January 23, 2009
- The state legislature and newly seated Gov. Jan Brewer face mounting budget deficits, which will inevitably shrink the operations of state government.
- Around Rim Country
- Hashknife party slated for tonight
- January 23, 2009
- The annual Chamber Mixer for the Hashknife Pony Express riders is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 23 at the Buffalo Bar & Grill, at the corner of E. Bonita Street and Beeline. The fee is $3 for chamber members and $5 for nonmembers.
- Schools fear impact of state budget cuts
- January 23, 2009
- Local educators say that a tentative plan to slash $900 million, and possibly all-day kindergarten, from the state’s education budget to balance the budget would devastate local schools.
- DPS officers protect Obama
- Jimmy Oestmann and Lt. Jamie Escobedo among 50 Arizona officers called to Washington
- January 23, 2009
- A pair of Payson law enforcement officers were among the U.S. Marshals carefully monitoring the 2 million enthusiastic spectators who greeted President Barack Obama along his inauguration parade route.
- Granny flats get go-ahead
- January 23, 2009
- It’s official. You can rent that upstairs bedroom. Even convert your garage for Grandma.
- ATV accident claims life of PHS student
- Second teen injured, while a third girl escapes unhurt
- January 23, 2009
- A Payson High School junior died and another teen was injured while riding on an ATV east of Beaver Valley on Monday night, authorities said.
- Senseless breeding results in many homeless puppies
- January 23, 2009
- Sitting here in my warm and comfortable home, surrounded by my warm and comfortable animals, my mind can’t help but turn to the animals at Payson Humane Society.
- What first-wave boomers should know
- January 23, 2009
- If you’re a senior member of the baby boom generation, generally defined as those born between 1946 and 1964, you’ve seen a lot in your life: the Cold War, the first moon landing and the birth of the Internet.
- Colorz stylists loves working with clients again
- January 23, 2009
- They say a hairstylist is like a best friend, therapist and cosmetologist all rolled into one.
- Quilter’s Outpost staying open
- January 23, 2009
- By a stitch of good luck, Quilter’s Outpost has decided to stay open after eight years of business.
- Super Bowl a win-win for columnist
- January 23, 2009
- Are you ready for the Super Bowl? We watched the Arizona game and the Pittsburgh game and we yelled loud enough for them to hear us in Phoenix. You can’t say they were not exciting games.
- Privileged to witness historic week
- January 23, 2009
- What an historic week this has been for the sports world and Arizona, and for our country with the inauguration of our new president. I am so grateful that I could see history in the making.
- Area controlled burns in full force
- January 23, 2009
- The controlled burns have been in full force around our communities for the past few weeks. I, for one, am grateful!
- Ruins hint at the benefits of catastrophe
- Wupatki ruins north of Flagstaff bear witness to the paradoxical blessings the region reaped from
- January 23, 2009
- The earth trembled. The rock smoldered. The forest burned. And the holy man danced, his turquoise and coral beads bouncing on the chest of his finely woven tunic. The low wall of glowing lava rolled inexorably toward him at a slow walk, swallowing everything in its path with a gulp of flame and smoke.
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