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- Payson tightens budget
- May 19, 2009
- Idle street crews will keep the parks tidy, firefighters will mostly answer medical calls, town planners will try to keep busy despite empty “in” boxes, recreation programs will rehire seasonal workers — and Payson workers generally will eke out another year.
- Everyone’s a winner on Field Day
- May 19, 2009
- There are no winners or losers during Field Day at Frontier Elementary School. There is also no dodgeball, which has traditionally allowed athletic students to pummel the not-so-athletic students with round objects.
- All-East teams feature 7 Horns
- Halenar, Haynes, Gibson named to elite first team
- May 19, 2009
- Although Payson senior catcher Ridge Halenar was edged out for East region Player of the Year honors, the Longhorns did have three players chosen first team, two second team and another pair honorable mention.
- Nossek leads Lady Longhorns’ state shot
- May 19, 2009
- Maddie Nossek’s four medals lifted the Lady Longhorns to a fourth-place finish among the 22 teams that qualified for the Class 3A Arizona State Track and Field Championships.
- Prep baseball loses player in auto accident
- May 19, 2009
- The Chinle High School baseball team is mourning the loss of one of its star players. Junior centerfield Garvin Hardy, 17, was one of three who were killed about 9 a.m., May 9 in a fiery head-on accident on SR 79.
- Senior’s gold-medal effort comes up short
- May 19, 2009
- PHS senior Matt Wilson needed a personal record throw in the shot put to win the event at the Class 3A Arizona State Track and Field Championships, held May 15 and 16 at Mesa High School.
- Single Lady Horn makes first team
- May 19, 2009
- Skye McNeeley was the lone Lady Longhorn player to be selected to an All-East first team dominated by region and 3A state champion Blue Ridge.
- Holistic veterinarian offering a slew of Eastern treatments
- May 19, 2009
- When Leslie Christianson’s 13-year-old Rhodesian ridgeback mastiff was diagnosed with bone cancer last August she was told by a veterinarian the most they could do was prescribe debilitating pain medicine that would leave her dog virtually lifeless.
- The three- to seven-year itch may strike those in a small town
- May 19, 2009
- In 1955, a movie titled “The Seven Year Itch” debuted with starlet Marilyn Monroe.
- Memorial Day services, events planned
- May 19, 2009
- Memorial Day is proclaimed a national holiday, set aside to remember military personnel who have paid the supreme sacrifice, and to honor veterans and members of the armed forces for their service to the country.
- Cowboys ride hard, win big
- Spring Rodeo draws top riders with local roots, but small crowds
- May 19, 2009
- A 22-year-old cowboy with Payson ties and storied accomplishments on the collegiate scene took all-around honors at the Gary Hardt Memorial Spring Rodeo.
- Thieves plague school
- May 19, 2009
- For the fourth time in the last four months, Payson High School reported a burglary on campus. This time computer equipment was stolen in the dead of night.
- Tourist season starts strong
- May 19, 2009
- Rim Country businesses are “holding their own” in the face of the ongoing recession, with one good weekend behind them and a hoped-for blockbuster just ahead.
- Around Rim Country
- Library registering summer programs
- May 19, 2009
- The Payson Public Library’s summer program is built around the theme “Be Creative and Express Yourself.” The program will feature puppet shows, crafts, video games and more. Registration begins May 19 and continues through June 6.
- Quiet revolution finished in Pine
- May 19, 2009
- Bucking broncs. Whooping cowboys. Roaring spitfires. Whirling helicopters.
- The forgotten many
- May 19, 2009
- Some of us who attend church regularly were disappointed that on May 7 the National Day of Prayer was not actively supported by President Obama. I think it was worthy of more than a proclamation from the Oval Office
- Fight against breast cancer is good project
- May 19, 2009
- As a local Ford dealer, I couldn’t be more proud of Ford Motor Company’s partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the fight against breast cancer. For the last 15 years, Ford and its dealers have partnered with the foundation to help generate more than $100 million.
- Professional responders
- May 19, 2009
- Recently, I had the experience of observing the Payson Police Department, Gila County Search and Rescue, and the Department of Public Safety “Ranger” search helicopter, all work as a team to locate an endangered lost person. I was impressed.
- Don’t punish Strawberry for mistakes in Pine
- May 19, 2009
- Pine, Arizona has had a water problem dating back as far as 1958. That was one reason we never bought there and the greed of the real estate groups and land owners now have Pine with twice as many hookups as they can support on their water system.
- Make Main Street a community effort
- May 19, 2009
- After reading the story in the newspaper regarding Main Street Median Improvement and the possibility of returning the funding (are you kidding?). As a 20-plus year Payson resident, I feel strongly about seeing such a lovely and lucrative improvement all the way down Main Street and I would like to offer a suggestion.
- Fool’s Day Fun succeeds with help from many
- May 19, 2009
- The Fool’s Day Fun — Stop Underage Drinking event was again a huge success for the Community Prevention Council in Payson. This event encourages parents to “Start talking before they start drinking.” The primary purpose of this event is to combat underage drinking and to educate parents, youth and others on the issue of alcohol abuse.
- Thank you for your support
- May 19, 2009
- With the school year’s end drawing near, when field trips and pizza parties are at an all-time high, I want to stop and thank the people who helped me through this year.
- Crosswalk guard needed
- May 19, 2009
- Crossing the intersection at McLane and Longhorn is very difficult for the students walking to and from school, “very difficult” being the understatement of the year.
- How the right helped the left gain totalitarian power
- May 19, 2009
- When Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano reported that millions of patriotic Constitution-loving Americans were on her suspect and surveillance list talk radio treated it like a spying storm.
- Kudos for getting state park open
- May 19, 2009
- Kudos to the mayor and town council and John Stanton of the chamber and Ken Volz of Green Valley, for their success in reopening the Tonto Natural Bridge. This looks like a win-win for the Rim Country and the state parks.
- Thanks to those who got the park reopened
- May 19, 2009
- I would like to give a big thank you to all the individuals who made it possible to reopen the Tonto Natural Bridge State Park — even if only for a few weeks.
- Make events affordable
- May 19, 2009
- I find it incongruous that our special events always are touted as “something for the community” or these are “family events” or other such verbiage.
- Feature Teacher
- May 19, 2009
- If we all do our part each and every day, we can make our world an even better place. We are too accustomed to getting and not doing enough giving.
- Treasurer expects recovery starting next year
- May 19, 2009
- During the last recession, Arizona’s treasurer, or Chicken Little as former Gov. Janet Napolitano once called him, suggested that the state save more.
- Insects infest Rim Country pinyon pines
- May 19, 2009
- Pinyon needle scale eggs have already hatched in southeast Payson and Trailwood, Beaver Valley Estates and Round Valley. The immature scales “crawlers” have emerged from the egg state and have attached themselves to the needles on the ends of the branches.
- Students rewarded with Diamondbacks tickets
- May 19, 2009
- It was a fun-filled night for a group of Payson High School students who went to the Valley Tuesday to watch a Diamondbacks game.
- Pests come out with the great weather
- May 19, 2009
- Ah, these wonderful warm May days and cool nights.
- Star Valley seniors to have free transportation starting in June
- May 19, 2009
- The Town of Star Valley has contracted with the Payson Senior Citizens Center to provide ridership services for Star Valley seniors.
- SV may annex another 12 square miles
- May 19, 2009
- Nurturing dreams of long-term growth and expansion, the Star Valley town council will discuss annexing 12 square miles of Forest Service land east of town. The annexation would increase the town size by 50 percent and possibly secure additional water sources.
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