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- Rodeo parade winners named
- June 30, 2009
- Earlier this month the winners of the Payson Pro Rodeo Committee Gary Hardt Memorial Spring Rodeo Parade were announced.
- School board weighs controversial cupcakes
- June 30, 2009
- Here’s the most irritating thing about kids.
- Rim Country 4th promises music, food, fireworks
- June 30, 2009
- An old-fashioned, small-town celebration is in the works for the Fourth of July.
- Couple wants Star Valley to enforce town parking rules
- June 30, 2009
- When the Snyders moved into their home in Star Valley they never thought they would have to fight the town to enforce its own code.
- Where’s the fish?
- State budget impasse could prevent Tonto Creek Hatchery from releasing 5,000 fish
- June 30, 2009
- Something fishy going on here — and oddly enough it’s down in Phoenix, not at the Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery.
- New PHS coach wants runners back on top
- Jonathon Ball named Longhorn track and cross-country leader
- June 30, 2009
- Most everyone who spends a few minutes talking with newly appointed Payson High School track and cross-country coach Jonathon Ball leaves convinced he’s the one to return the programs to the statewide prominence they once enjoyed.
- Horns wrestling camp ends with a swim
- 90 high schoolers take part in intensive conditioning
- June 30, 2009
- Almost 90 aspiring high school wrestlers were looking forward to a cooling swim in one of the state’s most scenic spots. The aquatic respite would also mark the conclusion of the Payson Intensive Wrestling Camp.
- Elks golf tournament provides clothes for needy children
- June 30, 2009
- The summer golf calendar is filled with a myriad of benefit tournaments, but only a handful encompass such a worthy cause as the Arizona Elks Association Social Welfare Clothe-a-Child event.
- Tribute to Grandpa Ed Blose part of motocross
- June 30, 2009
- Payson Motocross racing July 4 and 11 at the Payson Event Center will feature a tribute too “Grandpa” Ed Blose, who died in March.
- LL all-star teams start play this week
- June 30, 2009
- Let the games begin.
- Arizona big game super raffle deadline extended
- June 30, 2009
- You still have a chance to win one of the nation’s most prestigious hunts — the Arizona Big Game Super Raffle deadline for 2009 has been extended to July 12.
- Pastor Steve Desanto training to become a police chaplain
- June 30, 2009
- A police officer often sees more in a day than a person will see in a lifetime.
- Valley residents keep economy afloat
- June 30, 2009
- This time of year, as our highways become clogged, we frequently hear references to the “flatlanders” that visit their second homes in the Rim Country.
- Crews work to reopen batting cages
- June 30, 2009
- For the past six years the batting cages at Airline and the Beeline Highway sat empty. Time took its toll on the cages with nets falling down, poles bending over and weeds growing up where feet once played.
- Financial adviser lends expertise at seminar
- June 30, 2009
- Ross Hage of the financial services firm Edward Jones knows what it takes to be successful in the financial services industry.
- Bob Mykleby wins fire hydrant award
- June 30, 2009
- After a phony hydrant duped firefighters in May, Fire Marshal Bob Lockhart ordered removal of all “decorative hydrants” from town streets.
- Student resource officer of the year
- June 30, 2009
- Sgt. Mike Fane was recently named the WE-TIP school resource officer of the year for 2008-2009.
- Consultant’s county contract is questioned
- Supervisor Tommie Martin says Harry Jones’ old 2003 contract still in place, Supervisor Shirley Dawson not so sure
- June 30, 2009
- Water consultant Harry Jones has billed the county for 134 hours of work since January, yet some wonder if he even has a contract.
- Cliff diving and drinking don’t mix
- June 30, 2009
- A 35-year-old man injured his arm at a popular swimming and diving hole June 22 after reportedly falling from a 30-foot cliff.
- Secure and decorative fence sought for PHS
- June 30, 2009
- Candy cane spikes or squares? The new fence around Payson High School will likely feature decorative wrought iron-like shapes, along with a chain link.
- Volunteers, donors save parks programs
- Friends group prepares to mount renewed fund-raising drive to save kids programs
- June 30, 2009
- Six months ago, Payson’s parks and recreation programs faced devastation in the form of bone-deep budget cuts that had eliminated all the part-time and seasonal positions.
- Cupcakes called ‘most fun thing,’ survive school ban idea
- June 30, 2009
- Cupcakes topped Monday night’s meeting as Payson Unified School District Board members indulged in sugary-sweet irony.
- Around Rim Country
- Last day to enter Xeriscape contest
- June 30, 2009
- The High Country Xeriscape Council Waterwise Landscape Contest is in full swing. There are two categories — residential and commercial.
- Humans should come before animals
- June 30, 2009
- $50,000 is needed for the Humane Society so they can continue their mission of providing shelter, health care, neutering and treatment for animals. But a no-kill shelter only perpetuates an already serious problem with animal overpopulation.
- Does America really want a dictator?
- June 30, 2009
- Maybe a few facts will help.
- Word ‘owner’ should be replaced by ‘guardian’ when it comes to pets
- June 30, 2009
- A recent AP poll found that half of all Americans “consider their pets as much a part of the family as any other person in the household.” But the article referred to these caring individuals as “owners.” If Americans consider their animals equal family members, is “owner” truly the appropriate term to use?
- Views do not reflect the majority
- June 30, 2009
- Regarding the June 26 article “Bankruptcy filing leaves Rim, Chaparral Pines in limbo”: Mr. Drury’s comments were inaccurate and partly untrue. He does not speak for the majority at Chaparral Pines, nor does he have any authority to make any such comments about a private club.
- Tournament thank you
- June 30, 2009
- On behalf of the Payson FAN (Friends and Neighbors) Club, I would like to thank all those who participated and donated their time, prizes and money for the sixth annual Jack Morris Memorial Golf Tournament.
- Legislature needs to do its job better
- June 30, 2009
- There has been so much indecision by our legislature, we have no idea what to expect in the coming days.
- Thanks to donors who helped parks and recreation
- June 30, 2009
- As you are aware, in January of this year the Friends of Payson Parks & Recreation (FPPR) initiated a drive to raise funds to help pay part-time salaries for the folks necessary to run the town’s recreation programs.
- Here’s the blame
- June 30, 2009
- The Republican majority in the Arizona legislature has blamed the federal government for many problems in the past that it has been unable or unwilling to solve.
- Give credit to animal lovers
- June 30, 2009
- I was just reading the story about the man complaining about the veterinarians in town. I feel his pain as far as being financially strapped. I am in the same boat just like so many others.
- Dog owners are responsible
- June 30, 2009
- A walk in “The beauty of Payson’s pine country,” as was stated by Ms. Kelly, is definitely enjoyable, however, I believe it does not provide a right to access private property.
- We will be safer with universal health care
- June 30, 2009
- Why do they call fire houses by company names? Answer: Fire houses were companies owned by corporations — Ben Franklin started the Union Fire Company.
- Thanks for helping clean up East Verde River
- June 30, 2009
- I would like to thank all of the people who showed up and assisted in the cleanup day at the East Verde River on June 13.
- County Probation Department holding community forum
- June 30, 2009
- Join the Gila County Probation Department for the first Community Forum held in Payson on Wednesday, July 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Payson Town Hall, 303 N. Beeline Highway.
- Online Social Security applications are a new freedom to celebrate
- June 30, 2009
- Every American knows that July 4th is Independence Day — a day for celebrating our nation’s independence and the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans.
- Attorney general introduces Senior Sleuth program
- June 30, 2009
- Senior Sleuths is a new effort of the attorney general’s office to help Arizona seniors protect themselves, and to prevent others from becoming victims of fraud and abuse.
- Four adult hikers rescued off of Hell’s Gate Trail
- June 30, 2009
- Seven miles into the Hell’s Gate Trail, four adults had to be rescued Saturday evening after becoming dehydrated.
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