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8:06 a.m.
Record rains cause flooding, accidents- August 3, 2010
- Severe rains from monsoonal storms Friday and Saturday flooded at least half a dozen businesses in Payson and washed away plans for a police-sponsored event.
12:28 p.m.
Water rates may jump 24 percent- August 6, 2010
- The Payson Town Council Thursday approved changes that could raise water rates by 24 percent in the next three years.
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- Local doctor writes more than just prescriptions
- August 6, 2010
- In addition to weddings and other events for which I entertain, one of the other music activities I really enjoy doing is converting old LPs, 45s and tapes to CDs for folks who no longer have record or tape players, so they can once again enjoy their “oldies, but goodies” music.
- Awakening Earth Expo tomorrow at Cultural Hall
- August 6, 2010
- Did you see that the August edition of Sunset Magazine featured Payson as a great destination for a day trip? Included in the article was mention of the Tonto Natural Bridge and the Fossil Creek Creamery.
- Great time visiting with family this week
- August 6, 2010
- This week one of our daughters in our family is visiting us from Yuma, where it is extremely hot! Our daughter Vicki Nelson and her husband Bill are staying with us for the week and we will be celebrating Vicki’s birthday a bit early.
- Downpours create runoff, erosion
- August 6, 2010
- With the recent thunderstorms increasing in coverage and intensity, rains came and caused some minor flooding in ravines and canyons.
- Life plants Payson woman in Paradise
- August 6, 2010
- Sitting peacefully on the porch in her sun-drenched back yard, Martha Teubner puts her feet up in a chair and cradles her baby dachshund, Nicholas.
- Best in the World
- Can a mere writer compete with a bass fishing pro?
- August 6, 2010
- After 90 minutes on the best of bass waters with the best fisherman who’d ever called me by my first name, I commenced to feel better.
- Back-to-school basics for your children’s computer
- August 6, 2010
- Once again, it’s time for back-to-school shopping. After you’re done finding the perfect backpacks, pencil sharpeners, lunch boxes, and blue jeans, it’s time to take a look at your technology situation.
- Tonto Basin man is newest Payson firefighter/paramedic
- August 6, 2010
- Out of 40 applicants, the Payson Fire Department has selected a new firefighter/paramedic.
- Ag torch passed to 22-year-old UA grad
- August 6, 2010
- The timing of recent events has unfolded auspiciously for Payson High School’s new agriculture teacher Jadee Garner.
- Payson doctors in project with medical students
- August 6, 2010
- Three Payson doctors are among physicians working with medical students from the University of Arizona as part of the Rural Health Professions Program. Amalia Pineres, David Cluff and James Schouten are participating.
- Republicans vie for state seats
- Two open seats barely draw enough candidates to make it a race
- August 6, 2010
- Two open state House seats for the sprawling district that includes Rim Country have attracted a surprisingly subdued field of candidates in both parties, with no Payson-area candidates in the mix.
- Porn, kidnapping, shooting cases on court docket
- August 6, 2010
- Cases involving a 73-year-old man suspected of having images of child pornography on his computer, an attempted murder in Tonto Basin and the alleged kidnapping and molestation of a child, will go before the Gila County Superior Court in Payson in the next two weeks.
- Payson Farmers Market plans celebration
- August 6, 2010
- During the past two years, the Payson Farmers Market has grown from a mere thought to a flourishing weekend event with 35 vendors selling everything from bread and pickles to olives and hummus.
- Laid-off principals led top performing schools
- August 6, 2010
- In an ironic twist, the Payson Unified School District’s two top performing schools according to the state AZ Learns achievement labels are the same two schools whose principals the school board laid off last spring. Payson High School and Frontier Elementary School each ranked “Highly Performing” in performance labels recently released by the state.
- Summer storms overwhelm drainage
- Town relies on retention basins instead of storm drains, leaving community prey to flooding
- August 6, 2010
- The intense, localized flooding that shocked some business owners in Payson last weekend unfortunately didn’t surprise Town Engineer LaRon Garrett.
- Swan dive lands man in hospital
- August 6, 2010
- Jumping from a waterfall always carries some risk. Even a high trafficked waterfall with a deep pool below should be met with caution.
- Water rates may jump 24 percent
- August 6, 2010
- The Payson Town Council Thursday approved changes that could raise water rates by 24 percent in the next three years.
- Go ahead, declare martial law for all I care
- August 6, 2010
- At regular intervals I switch on the news and the scene flashes to someplace in Africa.
- Crowded constable field
- August 6, 2010
- The field is flooded with candidates for the position of constable. The most aggressive for that position is Colt White.
- Can’t trust TV news
- August 6, 2010
- Fox News has shown its true reporting tactics, this time regarding Sherry Sherrod, causing undo national concern and great harm to an individual.
- NPG cable guy saved our house
- August 6, 2010
- Thank you NPG Cable, for saving our lives and home on July 24.
- Immigration reform too important to ignore
- August 6, 2010
- Two questions: Why immigration reform and why now? The first question is easy; we’ve known for decades that a comprehensive immigration policy was needed.
- Senior surprise
- August 6, 2010
- Last Sunday as I was waiting for the formal service to begin at the Payson Bible Fellowship, which we hold at the Rim Country Health and Retirement Community Apartments’ dining center, a resident of the apartments told me a story, which I would like to share with you.
- They truly do exist
- August 6, 2010
- I just finished reading the comment from the woman who threatened to sue people if we hit them while crossing an unmarked intersection of highway.
- Amnesty International did an about face
- August 6, 2010
- The Payson Roundup on July 30, reported that a chapter of Amnesty International, with ties to the U.N. Conference on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), is being formed in Payson.
- Colt will make a fine constable
- August 6, 2010
- I have known Colt White for a number of years. Colt and his family have longtime ties to Rim Country
- Thunder Mtn. ride to roar through Rim
- August 6, 2010
- While the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is easily the premier event among bikers, drawing thousands to South Dakota each year, promoters of the inaugural Native Air Thunder Mountain Ride plan for it to someday also hold down a spot on the national cycling scene.
- Rules of the game provided football parents
- August 6, 2010
- NFL Flag Football, a program that has been in Payson since 2004, recently released “Principles for Parents” — guidelines that will be distributed to moms and dads when they register their children for play.
- Community Chest Golf set to rebound
- August 6, 2010
- The Community Chest Golf Tournament is an ideal way to enjoy a round of golf on the exclusive Chaparral Pines course and at the same time lend a helping hand to needy local charities.
- Pikes swim to bronze in Verde Valley Invitational
- August 6, 2010
- The Payson Pikes swim team wrapped up the summer season in rousing fashion finishing third overall at the Verde Valley Invitational.
- Register for flag football Monday
- August 6, 2010
- Mary McMullen, normally the town’s trails and outdoor recreation coordinator, spent last week pounding the pavement to local elementary schools and Rim Country Middle School making a last pitch for youths between the ages of 6 and 14 to sign up for the upcoming NFL Youth Flag Football League.
- Get in condition now for fall hunting
- August 6, 2010
- The fall hunting seasons are not far away. With the big-game drawing being completed, most outdoorsmen know if they were fortunate enough to draw a deer, antelope, elk or sheep tag in one of the many Arizona hunts.
- Preserving the First Amendment by defeating DISCLOSE Act
- August 6, 2010
- The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits making any law that infringes on one’s freedom of speech
- The future trudges back to school
- August 6, 2010
- Ah — summer falters too soon — as the big yellow school buses renew their diesel trudge and motorists must now keep an especially sharp lookout for kids traveling to and from their schools.
- New home construction
- August 6, 2010
- Construction crews were working on a new homesite off Sherwood Drive and Wilderness Trail last week.
- Re-think your 401(k)
- August 6, 2010
- As the economy recovers, you may find some new opportunities to expand your investment horizons — and one such possibility may be your company’s 401(k) matching contribution.
- Bookstore and More’s new owners plan expansion
- August 6, 2010
- Payson is home to many unsuspecting shops and stores that are sometimes so tucked away into shopping centers and behind mega stores that you never know they are there. Bookstore and More is one of those shops.
- Community Almanac
- August 6, 2010
- The SonShine Club, a non-profit, K-5 childcare program, will be participating in the Aug. 6 First Friday event on Main Street in conjunction with the Artists of the Rim Gallery.
- Couple of kitties mark one year together at the shelter
- August 6, 2010
- Tomorrow is a very special day here at the Humane Society of Central Arizona.
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Question of the week
Do you think new Principal Anna Van Zile has a valid idea in eliminating the Asst. Principal and replacing it with an Athletic Director position that would share her duties as Principal?
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