Also from April 9
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Lawyers in rodeo dispute agree to work quickly- April 7, 2010
- At an afternoon hearing Wednesday, both sides of lawyers on the August rodeo dispute agreed to work together to quickly and as cheaply as possible come to a resolution.
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- Community leaders honored
- April 9, 2010
- From a group of dedicated search and rescue volunteers to a humanitarian chef, an eclectic group of business owners and organizations were recognized Thursday at the fourth annual Rim Country Business Awards.
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- Listen carefully and you will hear turkeys in the forest
- April 9, 2010
- Springtime in the high country of Arizona brings a unique opportunity of hearing wild turkeys in the woods.
- Academic success part of NCAA title teams
- April 9, 2010
- Most refreshing about the NCAA championship basketball game on Monday evening was that it showcased two teams, Duke and Butler, on which academic success and good character are priorities.
- Community leaders honored
- April 9, 2010
- From a group of dedicated search and rescue volunteers to a humanitarian chef, an eclectic group of business owners and organizations were recognized Thursday at the fourth annual Rim Country Business Awards.
- Breakthrough forest agreement complete
- Environmentalists and loggers agree on a plan to thin 50,000 acres
- April 9, 2010
- Environmentalists and loggers have agreed on a groundbreaking plan to use a reinvented timber industry to restore forest health by thinning 750,000 acres of dangerously overgrown central Arizona forests.
- Six schools take part in co-ed meet
- April 9, 2010
- It wasn’t the traditional track meet in which boys and girls compete separately in open events, but rather the Chuck Hardt Coed Relay Carnival featured prep athletes of both sexes competing alongside one another — sometimes running legs in opposite directions.
- Payson loses another native son
- April 9, 2010
- Memorial services will be held at 11 am., Saturday April 17 at the Tonto Apache gym for native son Columbus Buford “Junior” Haught, 86, who died April 3, 2010 in Payson. A potluck will be held following the services.
- Up to 10 more school layoffs coming Monday
- April 9, 2010
- The Payson Unified School District will lay off another eight to 10 employees at Monday night’s board meeting, Superintendent Casey O’Brien confirmed Thursday afternoon.
- Judge says rodeo compromise crucial
- April 9, 2010
- At an afternoon hearing Wednesday, both sides of lawyers on the August rodeo dispute agreed to work together to quickly, and as cheaply as possible, come to a resolution.
- Meals a blessing to residents
- Every day Lella Brown and her beloved black mutt Chico anxiously wait outside Pineview Manor Apartments for Meals on Wheels volunteer John Wakelin.
- April 9, 2010
- As soon as Wakelin’s minivan pulls off South Clack Road, Chico runs over to greet him with a lick. Wakelin pets Chico and then pulls out a piping hot meal for Brown, prepared only hours before at the Payson Senior Center.
- German student enjoys laid back atmosphere
- April 9, 2010
- Although he misses going to the discos and drinking with his friends in his native country of Germany, foreign exchange student Lukas Benecke says he still enjoys America with its easier school courses and laid back atmosphere.
- Spring Fling planning in the works
- April 9, 2010
- The second annual Spring Fling Under the Stars/Party in the Creek at Paula’s is May 3. Entertaining everyone will be Lynda St. John and Wendy with the music starting at 5 p.m. This will be a great night of fun, dancing underneath the stars. The location is Wheeler’s Resort at Paula’s and admission is $10 per person. Please also BYOB, bring a chair and also bring a dish for the potluck. Everyone is invited to come join in the festivities.
- Singer told of roads that led to ‘Drugs or Jesus’
- April 9, 2010
- Throughout our lives, each of us face a multitude of difficult choices. If we make good choices, life is good. But if we choose the wrong fork in the road, our life’s journey is often filled with potholes and even life-threatening.
- Head to Pine for Shop Hop
- April 9, 2010
- Don’t forget to head to Pine for the Second Saturday Shop Hop tomorrow, April 10. Several of Pine’s finest gift shops, antique stores, and restaurants will feature special pricing, entertainment, and/or refreshments between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to celebrate the return of this popular monthly event.
- Reminder: ‘Pack it in, pack it out’
- April 9, 2010
- My hubby and I and our neighbor took a ride to Diamond Point this past weekend. I have lived here for about 10 years and had never gone to the tower. We couldn’t get too close, the barriers are still in place.
- Rescue organizations offer purebred pets
- April 9, 2010
- I watched him as he looked out the window, a nervous look on his face. I couldn’t help but wonder what must be going through his mind. A once beloved member of a family. Now one who had fallen through the cracks of a broken home.
- We must take steps to make energy more affordable
- April 9, 2010
- The days are getting longer and temperatures are growing warmer. Summer is fast approaching. For a lot of folks, summer means family vacations and many miles on the road. Unfortunately, gas prices often rise during the summer months, making trips harder on families’ wallets.
- County adult education programs likely to survive
- April 9, 2010
- Arizona’s adult education program will miraculously continue next year on a shoestring even after lawmakers slashed its $4.4 million in funding when they balanced the budget.
- ‘The Battle of Payson’ this Saturday at Green Valley Park
- April 9, 2010
- Get out your Union and Confederate flags and choose a side, because “The Battle of Payson” Civil War re-enactment is set to explode on Green Valley Park, Saturday April 10, from noon to 4 p.m.
- Community Almanac
- April 9, 2010
- Come see the new Z-Coil shoes on sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10 in the main lobby of the Payson Regional Medical Center.
- Common sense comes to rescue of the forest
- April 9, 2010
- Sometimes, common sense can prove maddeningly uncommon. So when common sense triumphs, it’s cause for uncommon celebration.
- Board, school needs to be more transparent
- April 9, 2010
- Thank you for your reasoned and somewhat emotionless editorial Friday, “Schools Must Keep Public Informed.”
- Study looks at what Pine-Strawberry business owners want
- April 9, 2010
- The Pine-Strawberry business community needs to work together to define a clear identity for the area and attract new businesses that offer more for the locals, according to the results of a new independent survey by a Pine resident.
- Progressive agenda and scare tactics
- April 9, 2010
- Progressive has a pretty name and leads one to believe that it is for good progress when in fact it is destroying our country from the inside out.
- Thanks to dedicated NPG crew
- April 9, 2010
- I am sure that there were several calls to the NPG call center on the afternoon of Saturday. April 3, after a man took a service pole down with his truck. I am sure it will be in our local paper this week (Roundup, April 6).
- Too many phone books
- April 9, 2010
- I am not sure if all of the Payson residents know this, but we have three phone books (that I know of).
- Kyl offers no positive suggestions
- April 9, 2010
- If the issues were not so important, the rants of Senator NO (Jon Kyl) might be viewed as merely irritating partisan blather.
- A brave man is a brave man
- April 9, 2010
- There’s an odd truth about us human beings. When we are at war, we do our best to hate each other, often succeeding altogether too well. But when the shooting, and the suffering, and the dying are over, no matter how hard we try to keep on hating, the anger and bitterness drain out of us, slowly ebbing away until we once again come to see each other as we did before — as ordinary people.
- Put these estate planning moves to work for you to protect a legacy
- April 9, 2010
- Like everyone else, you want to leave a legacy. To make it happen, though, you need to do some estate planning.
- Rim Country Museum grabs honors from magazine
- April 9, 2010
- Hundreds of museums around the country celebrate the American West and True West magazine says the Rim Country Museum in Payson is one of the best.
- Pine school still offering free all-day kindergarten
- April 9, 2010
- Despite losing state funding for all-day kindergarten, the Pine Strawberry Elementary School will still offer it next year at no cost to parents, Superintendent Mike Clark said recently.
- Most forest roads not reopened
- April 9, 2010
- Although the calendar says spring, much of the Coconino National Forest looks like winter. Most of the roads on the Coconino National Forest — those above the Mogollon Rim —are still snowy and muddy and remain closed.
- Weather hinders Longhorn golfers match with Winslow
- April 9, 2010
- Battling 20 mph winds and 25 mph gusts made playing the pristine Chaparral Pines golf course an adventure for the high school golfers representing Payson and Winslow high schools.
- Payson High kicker commits to St. Louis area college
- April 9, 2010
- The teenager who booted the winning extra point in the Payson Longhorns’ dramatic 34-33 double overtime victory over the Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets in the 2008 state championship final is taking his act to college.
- Annual egg hunt a huge success
- April 9, 2010
- The spring winds arrived Monday with wind speeds around 35 to 45 mph and gusts up to 55 mph. They extended into the night and subsided by 6 a.m.
- Longhorns hope to avenge loss to Blue Ridge
- April 9, 2010
- The Longhorn baseball team (3-2, 7-11) travel today, April 9, to Lakeside armed with aspirations of avenging a March 30 disheartening 16-1 loss to the region-leading Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets (4-0, 15-3).
- Allen to push for GCC independence
- Legislative bills would allow Gila Community College to own its buildings; second bill would give college bonding authority
- April 9, 2010
- Gila Community College advocates may find it easier to gain accreditation if they don’t immediately demand more funding, state Senator Sylvia Allen said recently.
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