Also from August 31
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5:08 a.m.
Longhorn rally burns Redskins- 9:16 a.m., August 28, 2010 Updated 11:15 a.m.
- Trailing 21-20 midway through the fourth quarter, the Longhorn football team rallied with a late touchdown to edge the St. Johns Redskins 26-21.
1:36 p.m.
- Love that (controlled) smoke
- August 31, 2010
- As Rim Country heads into the prime season for controlled burns, a recent study has produced some surprising good news.
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- Flush out the details on a home’s septic system before buying
- August 31, 2010
- As we know, real estate has been in the toilet for quite a while, hopefully, getting poised for a comeback like it has in other economic cycles.
- New Sears owners open improved showroom
- August 31, 2010
- With a new, streamlined showroom and new owners, everything about Payson’s Sears has changed.
- Seniors urged to be active in their health care
- August 31, 2010
- Senior Circle members were recently reminded to “Speak Up” and help prevent errors in their health care.
- A model man
- A great memory, terrific ingenuity lie behind this mini construction boom
- August 31, 2010
- It started out as just something to do, but now it almost has a life of its own.
- Sex offender with history of parole violations moves into Star Valley
- August 31, 2010
- Sex offender Dennis Ross Tudor Jr., 41, notified police that he is living at 3696 E. Highway 260 #A3 in Star Valley.
- A big risk and months of campaigning pay off for new constable
- Former Gila County sheriff’s deputy quit his job to put in months of 15-hour days in the primary
- August 31, 2010
- A former sheriff’s deputy who decorated campaign signs with balloons and whirligigs and relied heavily on family and friends’ volunteer support, pulled out a substantial election victory Aug. 24 in the constable race, beating out three Republican opponents.
- Work on roundabout may go around the clock
- Highway work could snarl traffic for three months with 24-hour days all week long
- August 31, 2010
- What would you rather have: massive pain all at once or the drip-drip-drip of congestion? Give it to us all at once, says the Payson Public Works Department.
- After-school homework slashes failure rate
- Teachers volunteer for program that keeps students after school to do assigned work
- August 31, 2010
- Eight Rim Country Middle School students sat scattered around the library on Wednesday, detained for not completing their homework in a new program that promotes student accountability.
- Study links region’s rain to ice caps
- University of Arizona researchers use cave formations to show abrupt rainfall shifts
- August 31, 2010
- Long before human beings started pumping greenhouse gases into the air, the Earth’s climate underwent alarming shifts.
- Lost boy’s family says thanks
- August 31, 2010
- I am Travis Mitchell’s grandfather and I would like to take this opportunity for our entire family to thank the entire Payson community for their help, prayers and support during the worst day of our lives.
- Board president’s statistics wrong
- August 31, 2010
- As reported by the Payson Roundup, Payson School Board President Rory Huff was quoted as saying at a school board meeting, “Not everybody goes to college.
- Work together to overcome hate
- August 31, 2010
- Larry Brophy expressed my opinion exactly and articulately in his letter “Why I support the Ground Zero Mosque.”
- Payson cannot afford a bypass
- August 31, 2010
- We moved to Payson three years ago from Holbrook. We grew up in Holbrook and dealt with the Route 66 traffic going through town making getting anywhere a hassle.
- A true hometown event
- August 31, 2010
- The 126th Rodeo Parade, “Ropin’ and Ridin’” was a great success, with 56 entries and an hour and 20 minutes of entertainment.
- Something to think about
- August 31, 2010
- A thought for the day: According to Mr. Sowell, a scholar of the Hoover Institute and author of the new book “The Dismantling of America,” “One should judge a person by what he does, not by what he says.”
- Enrollment rises anyway
- August 31, 2010
- Whew. Turns out increased tuition at Gila Community College’s didn’t squelch enrollment after all
- Community Almanac
- August 31, 2010
- The NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition, which allows boys and girls ages 6-15 to show their football skills in punting, passing and placekicking, is at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 31 at the North Multipurpose Field at Rumsey Park.
- Payson may relax upfront impact fee rules
- August 31, 2010
- Once upon a time, developers amounted to Payson’s cash cow. These days, they’re more like an endangered species.
- They’re really cooking now!
- August 31, 2010
- Two Payson students won a silver medal at a July national cooking competition in Chicago.
- Business boosters retrench
- August 31, 2010
- An organization designed to spur economic activity in northern Gila County is grappling with more than just how to grow the economy, it is trying to figure out how to reorganize itself after losing its director three months ago.
- Home prices off by nearly a third
- August 31, 2010
- Before reading this, you may want to take an antidepressant.
- GCC Payson adds classes, students
- August 31, 2010
- Gila Community College’s Payson campus has seen an uptick in enrollment and a surge in new classes, said Payson Dean Pamela Butterfield.
- GCC: bursting at the seams
- August 31, 2010
- Enrollment at Gila Community College increased 2 percent last year despite a drop in spring enrollment and a recent 30 percent tuition increase, according to figures released during Thursday’s board meeting.
- Region faces parched future
- August 31, 2010
- Bone dry springs.
- Love that (controlled) smoke
- Prescribed burns good for the planet, health of residents
- August 31, 2010
- As Rim Country heads into the prime season for controlled burns, a recent study has produced some surprising good news.
- Chamber sponsors shredding for charities
- August 31, 2010
- The next Payson Shred-A-Thon occurs on Friday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. until noon, or until the truck is full, whichever comes first.
- Webworm mounts attack on area trees
- Homeowners urged to attack webs harboring caterpillars on alders, sycamores, walnuts and birches before infestation spreads
- August 31, 2010
- Fall webworm, a native insect, is again active in the Payson area principally on Arizona walnut trees.
- Volunteers unite to ‘save the osprey’
- Mormon Lake Lodge teams up with Game and Fish to protect nests of peerless feathered fisherman
- August 31, 2010
- Looking for something positive to do on Sept. 11?
- Youth, town have lost a great friend
- August 31, 2010
- Payson’s youth, the town and the school district lost a sincere friend and supporter with the death of Glenn Hale on Aug. 24.
- Boys soccer opens at home on Wednesday; girls on the road today
- August 31, 2010
- After a full month of preseason practices and controlled scrimmages on Aug. 28 against Round Valley in Eagar-Springerville, the Payson High soccer teams are primed and ready to spring into region action.
- Second try a charm for Smith
- August 31, 2010
- Jessie Smith can be excused for wildly celebrating his win in the coveted 2010 Payson Men’s Golf Association Club Championship mostly because he came up short of the title last year losing a 2 up 1 heartbreaker to Frank Szakal.
- Lady Longhorns clash with Mustangs today in Heber
- August 31, 2010
- The Lady Longhorns put their unblemished 2-0 record on the line when they travel today, Aug. 31, to Heber-Overgaard to take on the Mogollon Mustangs.
- Spirited rally lifts Horns over Redskins in opener
- August 31, 2010
- After watching a seemingly comfortable 14-0 lead evaporate and St. Johns jump ahead 21-20 in the fourth quarter, the Longhorns could have folded up their tents and gone home.
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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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