Also from March 10
Lead stories
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Payson deficit still shrinking- March 10, 2009
- Spending cuts and smaller drops in tax collections have gotten budget-battered Payson one month closer to breaking even for the year, according to February budget figures released this week.
All stories
- Taste of Rim is best yet
- Kohl’s Zane Grey Steakhouse wins People’s Choice Award
- March 10, 2009
- The bottom line isn’t official yet, but the 2009 A Taste of Rim Country chefs competition easily raised more than $5,000 for the Library Friends of Payson.
- Make sure your doctor’s office is safe
- March 10, 2009
- Is your doctor’s office safe enough? One in five Americans report that they or one of their family members have been on the receiving end of mistakes in a doctor’s office or hospital, according to recent research.
- More Americans filing taxes early to share refunds
- March 10, 2009
- With many families feeling the impact of the current economic crunch, more people are filing their taxes early to receive tax refunds sooner.
- Military news
- March 10, 2009
- After graduating from Payson High School in 2005, Benjamin S. Leininger joined the United States Air Force security forces.
- School Briefs
- Restaurants raising money for Pine schools
- March 10, 2009
- For a limited time, food purchases at select area restaurants will help raise money for the Pine Strawberry School. During the next month, simply tell the restaurant you are ordering for the school’s fund, and they will know what to do.
- Feature Teacher
- Goal is to turn students into lifelong learners
- March 10, 2009
- I want to make learning fun so that children will want to be lifelong learners.
- Dr. Seuss rhymes help students learn to read
- March 10, 2009
- On March 2, Dr. Seuss would have turned 105 had he still been alive. Every year around this time, students across the nation celebrate the pioneering author with elation.
- Karen’s Kare Bears receives business success award
- March 10, 2009
- After being established for only a few months, Karen’s Kare Bears is one of 14 small businesses that received a Success Award for 2009, said Ron Nielsen of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Gila Community College.
- Time to start focusing on positive side of real estate
- March 10, 2009
- It is time to focus on the brighter side in real estate, the economy and where we may be going.
- Pine quilt shop offers fabrics in historic log cabin
- March 10, 2009
- Stepping into the Quilt Shop in Pine, you feel transported back to a time long ago, and you literally have been.
- Disappointed with column
- March 10, 2009
- I was so disappointed to see that Jinx Pyle has embraced a new venue: bashing Obama instead of the folksy tales that he is famous for relating.
- Off-highway drivers not always the bad guys
- March 10, 2009
- Regarding the article in the Tuesday March 3 edition, titled “Forests to ban off-road driving” — Let me be one of the first of hopefully many, to say that I found the article to be very irritating, and in my opinion, somewhat misleading.
- People need to be informed
- March 10, 2009
- I agree with Richard K. Meszar, that we shouldn’t have one party controlling everything, I’m talking about the national, not state level, we have one party as president and controlling house and senate.
- Congressional representation clearly for states only
- March 10, 2009
- Congress has long recognized that it can only grant residents of the nation’s capital the ability to participate in federal elections through an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- Rescue of pets is heartening tale of hope
- March 10, 2009
- Here’s why there’s hope for us.
- Meals program may roll into Star Valley
- March 10, 2009
- The Meals on Wheels program may finally roll into Star Valley, but the town needs to know how many seniors would actually sign up for the service.
- Parks board considers extra budget meeting
- Rim Country officials keep up pressure to reopen Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
- March 10, 2009
- The state parks board may call a special meeting in March to sort through the smoking smolders of its budget, including the recently imposed closure of Tonto Natural Bridge State Park.
- No turf for school playing fields
- School board changes mind, will spend bond money on buildings, not on fields
- March 10, 2009
- With a new high school 14 years out instead of the more immediate timeline earlier anticipated, the Payson Unified School District voted Monday night to stretch its remaining $3.3 million in bond dollars for building repairs and not install turf on three high school sports fields.
- Cats still missing after fire
- Once-rescued pets missing again
- March 10, 2009
- Ruth Ptak loves her pets. So much so, she refused to leave her home without them Saturday, even when it was on fire.
- Payson deficit still shrinking
- Sales tax figures suggest Rim Country doing better than rest of the state
- March 10, 2009
- Spending cuts and smaller drops in tax collections have gotten budget-battered Payson one month closer to breaking even for the year, according to February budget figures released this week.
- Research may change deer management on the Kaibab
- March 10, 2009
- Research findings may result in a change to deer management guidelines on the North Kaibab.
- Former PHS standout wrestler to compete in championship festival
- March 10, 2009
- Former Payson High School mat standout Larry Wilbanks will be one of seven Western State College wrestlers competing in the NCAA Division II Winter National Championship Festival.
- Ex-Longhorn is two time Pac-10 wrestling champion
- March 10, 2009
- A former Payson High School wrestling star who went un-recruited by Arizona State University has won his second successive Pac-10 wrestling championship. On Nate Lee’s way to the 174-pound weight division crown, he also helped Boise State win its second Pac-10 Wrestling Championship.
- State’s 3A had some great basketball play
- March 10, 2009
- The recently competed Class 3A state basketball tournaments were a tribute to the high quality of play among the northern Arizona reservation schools.
- Payson baseball, softball teams have mixed results
- March 10, 2009
- The Payson High School baseball and softball teams played with mixed reviews in their 2009 tournament debuts.
- Lady Longhorn coach tops East voting, three players named to first team
- March 10, 2009
- The East Region’s champion girls basketball team was shut out in its bid for Player of the Year accolades, but did receive Coach of the Year honors.
- Hayes gets coaching honors, six on All-East
- Cody York is East Player of the Year, four on region’s first team
- March 10, 2009
- Get out the brooms, All-East boys basketball voting was almost a clean sweep for the Longhorns.
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