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- Demolition Derby promises big fun to close Northern Gila County Fair
- September 11, 2009
- Looking for loud nonsense? Make plans to attend the 4th annual Demolition Derby at the Payson Event Center this Sunday.
- First State Bank bought by California-based bank, Sunwest
- September 11, 2009
- Over the last year, headlines have detailed the number of failing banks, from the large ones like Washington Mutual (WaMu), which was bought by Chase in September 2008, to smaller ones like Community Bank of Arizona sold in August.
- Where are your (social media) manners?
- September 11, 2009
- Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized the way we communicate with each other. With new technology, however, we are held to a new set of rules … and manners.
- Police investigating threat at high school
- September 11, 2009
- Payson police are keeping a watchful eye on Payson High School after a student discovered a message scrawled on a girls’ bathroom wall Thursday afternoon that threatened to kill several students.
- Lady Horns keep consolation crown
- September 11, 2009
- The Lady Longhorns won the consolation championship in the Payson Invitational Volleyball Tournament this past weekend.
- Kids help food bank
- 1,924 families lined up in August
- September 11, 2009
- Nearly every day that the food bank opens its doors, at least 100 families anxiously wait outside for a box of necessities, tuna, bread, noodles and milk. Some 128 volunteers at different times gingerly load up 40-pound boxes and hand them out. As they do, they also give a little something extra — comfort.
- Payson finishes in middle at Padre run
- Early invitational a test of talent
- September 11, 2009
- The Marco de Niza Padre Invitational in Tempe Sept. 5 is one of the biggest early season meets in the cross country season.
- PWGA returns to Northeastern Team Play
- September 11, 2009
- The Payson Women’s Golf Association competed for several years in the Northeastern Team Play, but due to lack of interest, stopped attending.
- Longhorns make major halftime turnaround at Chino Valley
- September 11, 2009
- At halftime the Payson Longhorns were looking at a dismal 20-6 score against Chino Valley. By the end of the game the score was 22-20, with the W in the Horns’ column.
- Listen for the bugle call this fall
- September 11, 2009
- Have you noticed that the daylight hours are significantly getting shorter? Our shorter days mean that fall is right around the corner. The early morning hours now have the familiar sound of the bugle of the bull elk in the Rim Country.
- Focus on long-term goals and less on day-to-day investments
- September 11, 2009
- During difficult times in the financial markets, it can be hard to stay committed to investing.
- Walmart donates $500
- September 11, 2009
- Several weeks ago, manager Quinn Cremer of Walmart presented a $500 donation check to Bill Sahno of the Marine Corps League.
- Senior volunteers are invaluable
- September 11, 2009
- A lot of folks who live here in Rim Country don’t realize that we are sitting on a gold mine. We are among the wealthiest of communities.
- Out for some air
- Agility comes naturally to dogs, not so much for owners
- September 11, 2009
- Ellie, a 3-year-old Golden Retriever, barked joyously as she raced around an agility course one recent evening. Through tunnels, over jumps, and around weave poles, dogs and owners were both challenged to know the course and complete it without running each other over.
- Building a backyard paradise for Rim birds
- September 11, 2009
- For a woman who loves birds, Grace Knowles’ Star Valley back yard is paradise. Gambel’s quail, black-headed grosbeaks and warblers flutter among bird feeders as squirrels scurry up trees.
- Lots on tap this weekend
- September 11, 2009
- Golly, wasn’t the traffic in town (and the backup just trying to get here) something this past Labor Day weekend? But, who can blame our flatlander friends from wanting to escape the oppressive heat of the Valley?
- 2nd Saturday Shop Hop tomorrow in Pine
- September 11, 2009
- We may not have gotten a lot of rain so far this summer, but it sure came through when we needed it most. The folks fighting the Water Wheel Fire got the break they desperately needed —when they needed it the most. Although Pine didn’t get any that night we got a good dousing just in time for Labor Day weekend.
- Labor Day barbecue was a resounding success
- September 11, 2009
- Whew!!!! What a busy and wonderful weekend for Tonto Village. The Labor Day barbecue held by the Fireflies Auxiliary to support the Hellsgate Fire Department was a resounding success. That success was accomplished by not only the Fireflies, but all the volunteer firefighters who helped set up and tear down tables and chairs.
- Crusader talking trash
- Waste Matters provides Dumpsters to keep a ton of trash out of forest
- September 11, 2009
- It’s a familiar and depressing sight in Rim Country — trash lining the roadway and bags of rubbish strewn about a campsite — just another holiday weekend.
- Health system ‘unsustainable’
- September 11, 2009
- Rim Country representative Ann Kirkpatrick, a proudly dissident Democrat on many issues pushed by the House leadership, edged closer to supporting President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan after listening to his speech to Congress on Wednesday.
- Main Street’s flags recall shock of 9/11
- September 11, 2009
- In memory of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, Payson’s Patriotic Events Committee has once again erected 41 flags along Main Street. For the next few days, the flags will wave gracefully along the street, a small gesture by one man to show his patriotism.
- Fair entrants set to show their stuff
- September 11, 2009
- Photographs, quilts and kids’ projects represented the majority of entries at the Northern Gila County Fair in the Tonto Apache Exhibit Hall late Wednesday afternoon.
- Community Almanac
- September 11, 2009
- The 55th Annual Northern Gila County Fair is Friday, Sept. 11 through Sunday, Sept. 13 at the Payson Event Center and the Tonto Apache Exhibit Hall (gym).
- Don’t talk trash, do take action
- September 11, 2009
- Knuckleheads. Neanderthals. What the heck’s wrong with these people?
- Waste, fraud will ruin us
- September 11, 2009
- After watching Obama’s speech to Congress Wednesday night, I still find myself amazed at the man’s hubris and arrogance. He really has disdain for the intelligence of the American people.
- Red Cross appreciates all the help
- September 11, 2009
- The residents of our small town community will not forget the Water Wheel Fire.
- Veterans Helping Veterans needs community’s help
- September 11, 2009
- Misty Isley, director of Veterans Helping Veterans, is a retired lieutenant colonel in her 80s. She is a three-time survivor of cancer. Misty does more in a 24-hour day than most people do in an entire lifetime.
- Government out to destroy American farmer
- September 11, 2009
- This government seems desperate to destroy the small American farmer and organic farmers. This is clearly a bill written with the help of Big Agra, ie, Monsanto. HR 2749 came out of the worst of the “food safety” legislative bills.
- Stop labeling people just because they disagree with opinion
- September 11, 2009
- I find it simply amazing that our Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will attack any real or imagined opposition to their agendas. These two elected officials label and smear citizens who simply disagree or need to know more of pending congressional bills as “unpatriotic” “evil-mongers” and “Nazis.”
- Longest night of this cowboy’s life
- September 11, 2009
- Nine years ago, 09-09-2000, I suffered the worst wreck of my life. I was living with my mom, Dorothy Pyle, on our Canyon Creek Ranch in New Mexico. I threw a saddle on Jetson, a Quarter Horse Paso Fino cross, and as my dad would have said, “a hell of a wagon” meaning he was a good traveling horse. I waved goodbye to Mom intent on making a little circle, taking the Flying V Trail into the Middle Fork of the Gila River, riding down the river for about six miles then turning up Canyon Creek to home. I wanted to check on the salt in the Bull Pasture and roll up some downed barbed wire at the old Flying V Headquarters in the bottom of the Middle Fork.
- Money, money, who’s got the money?
- September 11, 2009
- I mentioned a while back that the guys I was stationed with in the American Embassy in Karachi were just a tad different than most GIs.
- State parks face more cuts, but Tonto bridge has friends
- Park board Friday may approve more layoffs, but world’s largest travertine bridge not on cutback list now
- September 11, 2009
- The Arizona State Parks Board on Friday will have to choke down yet another round of budget cuts, but Rim Country officials hope that when the budget blood stops gushing Tonto Natural Bridge State Park will remain open at least five days a week through the fall and winter.
- Dancing goes to the dogs
- Humane Society plans weekend bash to help build shelter
- September 11, 2009
- Dance the night away on Saturday and bid on special items to help the Humane Society of Central Arizona raise funds for operating expenses.
- Teens arrested in Rim Club break-in
- September 11, 2009
- After reviewing surveillance tapes, two teen employees of the Rim Club were arrested for allegedly breaking into the club’s golf pro shop to steal $2,000 worth of golf balls and clubs.
- Library teaches teens key skills for ‘Stayin’ Alive’
- September 11, 2009
- Payson Public Library will sponsor its free teen program, Stayin’ Alive — Teen Survival 101: Your Lifeline at the Library for area teens aged 15 to 18 years.
- Posse stands ready to help Payson
- September 11, 2009
- Whenever the police department is stretched thin and needs a helping hand, they have two groups of loyal volunteers to call on, the Gila County Sheriff’s Posse and police volunteers.
- Let the concerts begin!
- Concert association calls on Chapter 6 to launch season, with lighthearted songs including Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
- September 11, 2009
- The Tonto Community Concert Association launches its concert season Friday, Sept. 11. The award-winning vocal group Chapter 6 performs in the first of eight concerts planned at TCCA at the Payson High School auditorium. The performance starts at 7 p.m.
- Symposium on senior care options
- September 11, 2009
- Seniors in the Rim Country have a wide array of options when it comes to varying levels of care. Representatives from several Rim area facilities will be presenting an overview of the services they offer in a special Senior Care Symposium this month.
- Coconino now certified as ‘StormReady’
- September 11, 2009
- On Sept. 2, Coconino County officials and meteorologists from the National Weather Service (NWS) gathered to officially proclaim Coconino County as a StormReady county.
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