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Donors back Payson college- July 14, 2009
- Payson remains in the running for a four-year college campus — but the race involves more bushwhacking than roaring down a straight-away due to the state’s dire financial condition.
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- Social Security can connect people in special situations
- July 14, 2009
- People who use social networking Web sites know that it can be exciting to reconnect with long lost friends and relatives over the Internet. Such surprise connections can be fun and conjure up memories of times forgotten.
- Retirement estimator celebrates 1st anniversary
- July 14, 2009
- It’s been only a year since Social Security’s Retirement Estimator went online, but you’d never know it based on the praise it continues to receive from users.
- Extra SS benefits possible
- July 14, 2009
- The idea of someone being “retired with children” may seem like the seed of another television sitcom or reality show. But the fact is that it’s becoming more and more common for older people to have minor children in their care — whether by bringing new children into the world, taking over the care of grandchildren or adopting children who need nurturing parents.
- Business Briefs
- Office supply store celebrates 10 years in Payson at same location
- July 14, 2009
- The owners of Quality Plus, Rosemary and Gary Reed, are celebrating their 10th business anniversary.
- After 79 years, still gardening
- July 14, 2009
- Some people are just born to do a certain job. For gardener Iris Buckpitt-Shaw this is true.
- Second-home buyers drive sales up 142 percent in Pine-Strawberry
- July 14, 2009
- The second quarter statistics for the Rim Country real estate picture produced the expected uptick in sales and unit volume over the first quarter of 2009.
- Dispute now includes county review of 60 contracts
- July 14, 2009
- The debate over whether water consultant Harry Jones has a contract with the county has boiled into what could become an examination of all the county’s contracts.
- SV’s removal of brush could help prevent floods
- July 14, 2009
- If the Star Valley Town Council wants to keep creeks from gobbling up homeowners’ property, they can simply remove debris clogging channels or install an expensive upstream flood control facility, an engineer explained at Tuesday night’s council meeting.
- Reasoning for denial to distribute Constitution was bogus
- July 14, 2009
- I am a member of Payson Sons and Daughters of Liberty. To clarify the brouhaha regarding our request to pass out Constitutions and information about our group, it was me that went into the parks and rec office to find out if we needed a permit or any kind of permission to set up a booth for the Fourth of July event at Green Valley Park.
- Working together
- July 14, 2009
- The Humane Society of Central Arizona, the Town of Payson, the Town of Star Valley and Gila County are working hand in hand to care for the animals in our community.
- Good luck to new basketball coach
- July 14, 2009
- I’m just writing to wish Jared Swanson all the best as coach of the Payson High basketball team.
- Congresswoman got it right
- July 14, 2009
- “Cap and Trade” is bad for America and we applaud Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick for courageously voting “no” against this job-killing bill. She was one of only 44 Democrats who voted “no” on a bill that would:
- Stand behind and support Pyle
- July 14, 2009
- A letter writer’s father taught him about the rationalism of the enlightenment, rather than religion. In other words he taught his desire to promote a secular humanist philosophy using the power of government. He is a revisionist at best and did not teach the truth, for he taught a belief rather than facts.
- Closed door PSWID, water company meeting leads to more talk
- July 14, 2009
- A closed-door meeting involving the seven-member Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District board and three officers of Brooke Utilities has tongues a wagging in filling stations, cafes and watering holes around the two tiny mountain hamlets.
- Visitors flocking to natural bridge
- Volunteers keep world’s largest travertine bridge open to weekend crowds topping 1,000 daily
- July 14, 2009
- They should turn it into a soap opera: Days of our Bridge.
- Tonto bridge teaches lesson
- July 14, 2009
- We do not own the world. We merely tarry here awhile, then leave it for those who come along after. So we must treasure the world and protect its wonders, for they give us our very breath.
- Doing the right thing for rural Arizona: Why I voted against Waxman-Markey
- July 14, 2009
- Rural Arizona has too often been poorly served by Washington. Time and again, the federal government shows us that it does not understand the values we hold and the challenges we face, and we pay the price for their mistakes.
- Donors back Payson college
- $90 million in pledges could make 320-acre campus here a reality
- July 14, 2009
- Payson remains in the running for a four-year college campus — but the race involves more bushwhacking than roaring down a straight-away due to the state’s dire financial condition.
- Three more rescued from Hell’s Gate Trail
- July 14, 2009
- For the seventh time this year, Tonto Rim Search and Rescue volunteers were called out to the Hell’s Gate Trail for overdue hikers.
- PES will operate pilot early intervention program
- Universal screenings will help school district find students who need early help
- July 14, 2009
- Payson Unified School District’s new program meant to identify early struggling elementary school students is taking shape. Specialists hope to compile a basic operating sketch during the coming school year.
- Federal money saves school budget
- July 14, 2009
- Federal funds saved the Payson Unified School District from catastrophe this year, Superintendent Casey O’Brien said Monday.
- Community Almanac
- July 14, 2009
- The Tonto Basin of Arizona, in which rests Payson, is the home of 10 world champion cowboys and cowgirls who will be inducted into the Payson Pro Rodeo Ring of Honor.
- Great job with the fireworks
- July 14, 2009
- My family and I would like to express our appreciation for the outstanding fireworks display at the lake this year! The duration and variety, as well as the number of new projectiles was truly impressive.
- Humane society seeks help in matching grant donation
- July 14, 2009
- The Humane Society of Central Arizona has received a $5,000 matching funds donation from an anonymous donor. All proceeds of this matching fund will go directly into the building fund.
- Take an outing out of the way
- July 14, 2009
- Looking for a getaway that is off the beaten path? Perhaps a visit to Young, will fill the bill. The tiny community sits deep below the Rim, this side of the Sierra Ancha Mountains. Its citizens will be pulling out the stops for a big party on July 18 — Pleasant Valley Days — and everyone is invited.
- Round one of men’s President’s Cup will be played July 15
- July 14, 2009
- With the two rounds of the prestigious President’s Cup just over the horizon, Payson Men’s Golf Association members geared up for the big time showdown in an individual low net shoot-out.
- Last hour of daylight is good time to fish Roosevelt
- July 14, 2009
- The Arizona summertime temperatures have finally arrived and those 110-degree days make it difficult to be out in that midday sun.
- LL tourney in Nogales causing quite a stir
- July 14, 2009
- The decision to hold the 10-11-year-old Little League state baseball tournament in Nogales has caused quite a stir around Arizona.
- Tourney was solid experience for softball all-star team
- July 14, 2009
- Former Lady Longhorn softball coach Curtis Johnson, now the coach of the Payson Little League 13-14-year-old All-Stars, is touting the recently completed Area tournament as a solid learning experience for his squad.
- Payson rider wins 85 Open class
- July 14, 2009
- Round Two of the Summer Gold motocross races gave local riders a golden opportunity to showcase their skills in front of hometown fans.
- Little League team advances to state
- 10-11-year-old squad heads to Nogales to play for state title
- July 14, 2009
- Payson’s 10-11-year-olds Little League all-star team is one of 14 star squads advancing to the Arizona State Tournament to be played July 21 to 28 in Nogales.
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