Also from May 1
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- Bike and run race on tap for Saturday
- Arizona mountain bike event will be on Carr Lake Trail system
- May 1, 2009
- Mountain biking, a favorite sport and recreational activity in the Rim Country, returns tomorrow, May 2, at the Hike Bike & Run Mogollon Masher race.
- Special Olympic athletes off to summer games
- May 1, 2009
- A band of Special Olympic athletes, their coaches and supporters teamed up yesterday, April 30, with local law enforcement officers for the annual Torch Parade.
- First Friday celebrates
- May 1, 2009
- So why do you live in Rim Country?
- No sign of swine flu in Gila County
- May 1, 2009
- Gila County has no suspected cases of the swine flu, county epidemiologist Matt Bolinger said Thursday afternoon.
- Lack of moisture has left the forest dry — be careful
- May 1, 2009
- Although this is springtime and Mother Nature is getting ready to show off her colors with all the flowers and the lilacs sprouting their great smelling blooms, a worrisome time is growing near.
- Dogs should not have to grow up here
- May 1, 2009
- This week’s article is about some of the young animals who are growing up at the shelter. These are animals who were brought to us as babies and, for one reason or another, have just not caught the eye of a potential adopter. They are all sweet, social, lovable kids. They have just day after day been passed over.
- Rim trail offers a view to forever
- Easy Rim Vista Trail offers stunning views
- May 1, 2009
- It is not the hardest trail you will ever take, but it could be the most scenic.
- Downgrading your operating system could be an upgrade
- May 1, 2009
- Imagine you buy a new car — it’s shiny, it’s fast, and it smells really good.
- Fast response from firefighters saves Pine
- May 1, 2009
- As I prepare to send this in, it appears that Pine has dodged a bullet as the fire crews appear to have the Dripping Springs Fire under control.
- Christopher Creek will be getting a replacement for the old Landmark
- May 1, 2009
- Now you see it, now you don’t. Monday the big trucks rolled into Christopher Creek, along with the big demolition machines.
- ‘What a big surprise’
- May 1, 2009
- Do you remember the song, “Baby, What A Big Surprise,” which was a 1977 hit for the rock group, Chicago? That song came to mind as I was reading last Friday’s front page that our town government had just unearthed $1.1 million in a “mystery fund” — a fund that for the past several years no one (or almost no one) knew existed. Holy cow — $1,100,000!
- Maddie Nossek earns top track athlete honor
- May 1, 2009
- Maddie Nossek’s performance at the Safford Invitational could have reminded old-timers of the feats of some of Payson High’s finest track and field athletes including Nicole Engstrom, Stephanie Robertson, Lura Goldman and Rheanna Martinez.
- Down-home BBQ benefits Lady Horns
- May 1, 2009
- The Payson High School softball team and the palates of hungry Rim Country sports fans will reap the benefits of a deep-pit barbecue dinner to be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. this evening, May 1, at the concession stand near the Lady Longhorn diamond.
- Mason Dacanay takes longest drive honors
- May 1, 2009
- Mason Dacanay lit up the Mt. Graham Golf Course winning both longest drive and closest-to-the-pin honors during the playing of the Safford Invitational.
- Longhorns in state tourney, ladies on the outside edge
- May 1, 2009
- The Payson High School baseball and softball teams face vastly different fates when the regular season wraps up today, May 1, on PHS diamonds against the Snowflake Lobos.
- Why are there no reloading components available?
- May 1, 2009
- OK all you closet survivalist out there. I reload my own ammunition for target shooting only. I don’t hunt.
- $1.1 million … a mere bagatelle
- May 1, 2009
- Recently, $1.1 million in mysterious reserved funds and/or mislabeled reserve funds were discovered by the town manager, Debra Galbraith.
- Tea Party is wrong reference
- May 1, 2009
- Just a note to the “Tea Party” protesters. It makes me sick when people use a historical references for modern causes when they have no idea what they are talking about! The original “Tea Party” was about taxation without representation! We have that now! Here is a history lesson.
- No failing grades in Texas
- May 1, 2009
- Recently I have learned that Texas has several policies stating that “students are not allowed to receive a failing grade.
- Power of the written word
- May 1, 2009
- It’s wrong to ignore wrong.
- Book on Pleasant Valley War now available
- May 1, 2009
- At long last we have the Pleasant Valley War book back from the printer. It will be released in Payson at a book signing from 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, May 8 at the Payson Womans Club.
- When politicians go astray, the people must speak out
- May 1, 2009
- In July 1940, with the boot of Nazi Germany pressing upon the neck of Europe, there occurred in Toulon, France, an event in which the voice of the French people rose above that of a morally bankrupt politician and the defeatist government he had formed.
- Crews snuff Pine fire
- May 1, 2009
- The fire season got off to a quick and scary start this week, with a 43-acre blaze above Pine that filled the sky with billows of smoke, burning in the already dangerously dry brush and dead wood covering the slopes above town.
- Grants drive big Payson budget jump
- May 1, 2009
- Payson’s total spending could jump as much at 86 percent to a whopping $52 million in the coming fiscal year, thanks largely to a potential inrush of federal stimulus grants.
- Spa employee arrested on prostitution charge
- May 1, 2009
- An employee at the Asian Spa was arrested Tuesday on charges of solicitation of prostitution for reportedly offering “happy ending” services.
- Hwy. 87 work will slow traffic
- May 1, 2009
- Expect delays on Highway 87 at the March 2008 landslide area after crews close the southbound lanes of traffic for 16 days starting May 4.
- Around Rim Country
- ’Neath the Rim art studio tour May 1-3
- May 1, 2009
- The Payson Art League’s annual ’Neath the Rim Open Studio Tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3.
- Tonto Basin students learn about good health
- 02:00 p.m., May 1, 2009 Updated 05:09 a.m.
- Who knew one must run 14 to 16 miles to burn off one bag of Cheetos?
- Postmaster sentenced for DUI
- May 1, 2009
- Payson’s postmaster was sentenced April 14 for DUI after pleading guilty in Payson’s Magistrate Court.
- Children’s theater group to perform play
- May 1, 2009
- The Payson Children’s Theater Group will present “The Heavenly Fruit Stand” at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 2 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 700 E. Wade Lane and at 6 p.m., Sunday, May 3 at Ponderosa Baptist Church, 1800 N. Beeline Highway.
- Turning sunshine into savings
- May 1, 2009
- With more than 300 days of sunshine pounding the roof of Arizona homes every year and tax incentives increasing, converting to a solar water heater or installing solar panels has never made more sense or been easier.
- Enjoy holiday from minimum distributions
- May 1, 2009
- Although it sounds strange, you may encounter situations in which you have to accept money even if you’d rather not.
- Celebrate Main Street award
- May 1, 2009
- Main Street will be hopping tonight as merchants and residents celebrate the coming of May and the second anniversary of the monthly First Friday event.
- ADOT has big road plans for the Rim Country
- May 1, 2009
- Although the Arizona Department of Transportation is suffering through a tough economic crisis, a slew of projects have been approved in the Payson area, including widening Highway 260 to Heber, installing a roundabout at Airport Road and repaving multiple roads — totaling more than $75 million in projects.
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