Also from July 31
Lead stories
9:20 a.m.
Payson celebrates National Day of the Cowboy with music- July 29, 2009
- Jonell Loeffler, left, and Chris Royer, right, lend their talents to Anne James’ National Day of the Cowboy performance at the Payson Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore on July 25.
2:00 p.m.
- Back at it
- July 31, 2009
- The first day of school on Wednesday was electric – full of jitters, butterflies, uncertainty, excitement and joy. Old friends were greeted and new classmates and teachers encountered.
All stories
- At rope’s end: Fear, grief and joy in Cibecue Creek
- Apache guide leads the way into sacred Cibecue Creek, on the trail of bears and loss
- July 31, 2009
- Gregg Henry — bull rider, firefighter, cowboy, canyoneer, guide, and full-blooded Cibecue Apache of the clan of Chief Diablo himself — stood nonchalantly on the edge of the sheer 80-foot drop alongside the thundering waterfall and looked at me expectantly.
- Around the Rim
- Rummage sale to benefit Hellsgate
- July 31, 2009
- Moving from one place to another is a bear and we are moving just down the street! Where does all the stuff come from?
- Four-year college would be a win-win-win for Payson
- July 31, 2009
- A couple of weeks ago I read in the Roundup that there is a strong possibility that little ol’ Payson just might become the benefactor of Mayor Evans’ hard work to bring a four-year college to our community. Wow! How exciting is that!
- World virus attacks should send wake-up call
- July 31, 2009
- We’ve all seen the “low fuel” light come on in our vehicles. Most of the time, we promptly pull into a gas station and take care of the situation. Sometimes, though, we use a variety of excuses to delay action: “I don’t have time to stop right now.” “I’d rather not spend my weekend ‘fun’ money on gas.” “That gauge is always wrong, I have plenty of gas left.”
- Art, artists focus of First Friday fun
- July 31, 2009
- July is at an end, so can First Friday festivities be far behind?
- Dreams, hopes, visions for shelter
- July 31, 2009
- Dreams, hopes and visions — these are the topics of this week’s article.
- Done Deal!
- Pine/Strawberry board OKs handshake deal to buy water company for $3.5 million
- July 31, 2009
- After years of tumult and struggle, the Pine/Strawberry Water Improvement District Board on Thursday night approved a tentative agreement to buy the community’s privately owned water company for $3.5 million.
- Back at it
- July 31, 2009
- The first day of school on Wednesday was electric – full of jitters, butterflies, uncertainty, excitement and joy. Old friends were greeted and new classmates and teachers encountered.
- Payson growth stalls Star Valley shrinks
- Town leads county but lags state
- July 31, 2009
- New census data shows growth in Payson has nearly screetched to a halt in the last few years.
- School board nixes override
- July 31, 2009
- Payson schools won’t try again for an override because the economy is too rough, the school board decided Tuesday night.
- Community Almanac
- July 31, 2009
- The Arizona Elks Association will be hosting a charity bingo session open to the public at the Payson Elks Lodge Saturday, Aug. 1. Ticket sales begin at 8 a.m. and bingo starts at 9 a.m. at the Lodge, at the corner of Beeline and Airport Road.
- School board must decide when to fight
- July 31, 2009
- So, when do you admire the guy who charges a bullet-spitting machine gun nest?
- County needs to step up on water
- July 31, 2009
- First and foremost I would like to comment on the supervisors’ meeting held July 21 in Star Valley. It was announced on the front page of the Payson Roundup. Supervisor Dawson said it would be on various water issues and it also stated it was open to the public.
- Fire wise landscape is ugly
- July 31, 2009
- When the builder built our house he made an effort to disturb as little of the natural foliage as possible. Now, 17 years later, the insurance companies and environmentalists, along with the gardeners want to tell me how to landscape my yard.
- Support of cowboy celebration appreciated
- July 31, 2009
- The National Day of the Cowboy was celebrated in Payson this past Saturday with music performances organized by the “Wagon Wheel Territory” group of businesses
- Dawson approach appalling
- July 31, 2009
- I hope Supervisor Dawson enjoyed her 15 minutes of fame at the “ambush” meeting she put together. Little wonder why politicians have such low approval ratings what with such underhanded and disingenuous approaches.
- Cutbacks and county plans don’t add up
- July 31, 2009
- Has anyone looked up the meaning to cutbacks?
- Dawson offensive
- July 31, 2009
- I attended the “workshop” meeting on Tuesday, July 21. I sent this letter to Supervisor Dawson and I would like to share it with the Roundup. The “workshop” left me shaking my head wondering about some of our elected officials.
- Thanks, ADOT
- July 31, 2009
- On May 11, I received a letter from ADOT thanking our Community Presbyterian Church volunteers for keeping SR87 between mileposts 255 to 256 clean.
- Concerns, questions about water deserve answers
- July 31, 2009
- The editorial “County session is curious, curiouser” (July 24 Roundup) criticizes individuals attempting to get answers to questions about the Pine-Strawberry water situation.
- Senator Kyl should refrain from health care vote
- July 31, 2009
- I am asking for equal time. Senator Kyl has had over 1,000 words printed in your paper over the last two weeks, arguing his side.
- ‘Sam’s Plan’ had far-reaching consequences
- July 31, 2009
- Back in the 1880s there was a little cowtown on the Red River that sported five bars, four churches, a bank, and a schoolhouse.
- One plus one can equal trouble if you’re counting sons, Part II
- July 31, 2009
- I left off last week at the point where my brother Charlie and I had just discovered that the six ounces of nitroglycerine we were making in the back yard had to be constantly stirred and kept cool for 24 hours to prevent it from detonating. When Charlie read that in his little book he began flipping pages like mad. And a few minutes later — without warning — he just took off.
- Pine Country Animal Clinic now on call 24 hours
- July 31, 2009
- It’s something you hope you’ll never need, a 24-hour vet to look after your cat, dog or horse in a medical emergency.
- Understanding mutual fund classes is not always as easy as A, B, C
- July 31, 2009
- Before you buy a mutual fund, you’ll want to do some research.
- GLH fund big winner in Home Run Derby
- July 31, 2009
- A pair of former Payson High School sports standouts dominated the Fifth Annual Home Run Derby.
- Good times wait at GLH barrel racing, team roping
- July 31, 2009
- Economic times are tough all around, but Bobbie Jo Haught’s best hope is that the distressed market doesn’t adversely affect the Gracie Lee Haught Barrel Racing and Team Roping.
- Pitching distance to change
- July 31, 2009
- High school softball pitchers will, within the next two years, find themselves pitching from 43 feet rather than the 40 feet they now do.
- Draw for leftover permits is Aug. 3
- July 31, 2009
- Even though it is mid-summer, the fall hunting permits have been finalized for the big game seasons in Arizona. Hopefully, you obtained at least one tag for a favorite hunt or at least a second choice permit.
- Rim Country teens gearing up for fall sports
- July 31, 2009
- Teens around the Rim Country are gearing up for the onset of the fall sports seasons of football, volleyball, cross-country and soccer.
- Gila County tax hike closes gap but ‘raises eyebrows’
- 2 percent rise will cost $8 on $100,000 home, but helps offset state cuts, projects
- July 31, 2009
- Gila County supervisors adopted a $100 million budget and a 2 percent tax increase Tuesday that maintains services despite state cuts.
- Be a hero — donate at any August blood drive
- July 31, 2009
- We all expect blood to be available when we need it. Make sure it is by becoming a blood donor at one of these upcoming blood drives.
- Forest fire burning near Dude Creek
- July 31, 2009
- A remote fire at the head of upper Dude Creek, off the Control Road, continues to burn but poses no threat to any structures, the U.S. Forest Service reports.
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