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- Home Rule rejection would spur devastation
- February 16, 2010
- The Blue Ridge pipeline will die. So too an ASU campus in Payson. Mayor Kenny Evans will step aside.
- Bleak financial outlook forces cuts, layoff at Hellsgate FD
- February 16, 2010
- Facing a massive $365,000 hole in its budget next year, the Hellsgate Fire Department is bracing for major changes in how it provides services to residents in its 40-square-mile district.
- Critics fear fire station could break the budget
- Cost of staffing Payson’s third fire station spurs questions and Hellsgate Fire Department lurches toward financial crisis
- February 16, 2010
- Persistent concerns about the cost of staffing a third Payson fire station have roiled candidate forms, but generated no rifts between the four candidates.
- Food bank drive surpasses goal
- February 16, 2010
- Although it came down to the wire and a few last-minute donations during Super Bowl weekend, the Payson Area Food Drive topped its 50,000-pound goal — cruising through the finish line with at least an extra 1,000 pounds of food in tow.
- Council candidates back college
- Challenger Fred Carpenter runs on his resume, but agrees with Vice Mayor Mike Vogel on the issues
- February 16, 2010
- Two Payson Town Council candidates offered an impassioned defense of a college campus and the Home Rule exemption from spending limits — but didn’t disagree with one another once during a lively, two-hour candidate’s forum before the Citizen’s Awareness Committee Thursday.
- Community Almanac
- February 16, 2010
- Community Almanac
- Schools deserve your support
- February 16, 2010
- So it’s deep winter and the big lake has a thin, frail crust of ice. You spot a commotion just ahead. A child has fallen through the ice. She’s thrashing about, lunging toward shore — but unable to get clear of the ice.
- Payson’s fate in voters’ hands
- February 16, 2010
- Nurture it. Or kill it.
- Sycamore Lane residents thank everyone for help
- February 16, 2010
- The residents of lower Sycamore Lane here in Tonto Basin wish to extend our sincerest gratitude and appreciation for (Gila County Supervisor Michael Pastor’s) assistance in alleviating our threat.
- School override necessary for future
- February 16, 2010
- We are retirees, living on a fixed income, and have to be concerned with every penny that we spend. Times are tough for us and everyone else. We understand that completely.
- Not an act of God, just official stupidity
- February 16, 2010
- Having been involved in the incident you mentioned in 1993, I have a few thoughts.
- More trees than story says
- February 16, 2010
- In article dated 2 Feb. states, “Only about 40,000 big trees greater than 16 inches in diameter remain [on the four national forests in northern Arizona].”
- Vote yes on override, it is the right thing to do
- February 16, 2010
- My wife and I are recently retired teachers from Houston; we live on fixed incomes, have raised and educated our children (with the help of other taxpayers), and are very aware that there is a recession.
- Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes first
- February 16, 2010
- I read with concern your description of residents of Tonto Basin trying to get to their homes on the East side, as if they were just a bunch of stupid knuckle-dragging backwoodsmen looking for a thrill, lacking the common sense to save their own lives.
- Re-Store participates in Disney program
- February 16, 2010
- I read the comment from Leanne Campbell Feb. 9 concerning the “Give A Day, Get A Day” volunteer program sponsored by Disney.
- Community must support the children
- February 16, 2010
- Why must the village support our children? Because without their support and input into the socialist security system that provides your fixed income, you will starve. The fact that you contributed during your children’s education is laudable, however, many other childless people paid in also.
- Help state legislators sort out what’s essential
- February 16, 2010
- It cost Arizona $143,000 per year for each juvenile held in a detention center. At a meeting I recently attended it was pointed out that the state of Washington had adopted the following approach to that problem.
- Support Ed Blair
- February 16, 2010
- Several years ago I met Ed Blair at a polling place, although I don’t remember which election it was. Ed was a very outreaching and charismatic person, and I did not know at that time he was a Democrat.
- Schools threatened by economic conditions
- February 16, 2010
- I am a retired senior who has lived in Payson since 1997. Like many of you, I keep busy in a myriad of endeavors that escaped me during a career and raising a family. One such endeavor has been substitute teaching at Payson High School since 2001. I entered that door quite by accident, on a dare from a friend. One of my life’s most rewarding adventures opened up to me on my first day as a sub.
- Thanks to Hellsgate for their help
- February 16, 2010
- I read David Lloyd’s letter mentioning the fine performance of Hellsgate during the last heavy snow. He’s certainly right. They cost a fair amount but Hatch and his crew did a medical call in Bear Flat at a time I have no idea how they got here. Later I know a family was fine but frightened because they were snowed in and as soon as he could, the chief busted through and took them out.
- Pine seniors plan benefit for man hurt in fall
- February 16, 2010
- I recently heard someone offering pussy willows for sale. I was immediately transported back in time to my childhood. One of my favorite memories is of walking with my mother and sister on an early spring day to Grandma’s house. The road was muddy and rutted and passed by a small stream rushing with melted snow-water. Along its bank was a pussy willow bush (or is it a tree?) with its boughs popping with soft, silvery buds. “Oh, spring is really here,” my mother would exclaim as we carefully broke off a few branches.
- Ballroom dance class a big draw for Senior Circle
- February 16, 2010
- The ballroom dance classes are one of the most popular programs at the Senior Circle. More than 20 couples and singles are attending the class on Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. The instructor, Dee Force, teaches ballroom, Latin and basic dance form. Dee has been dancing since she was 10. Ballroom dance participants can also be found “floating” around the floor on Friday nights from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Tiny’s.
- Federal stimulus money goes to buy already scheduled items
- February 16, 2010
- An influx of $193,000 in federal stimulus funding will help the county complete energy efficiency projects that Public Works Director Steve Stratton said were already on the to-do list.
- Search for new Gila County manager started
- February 16, 2010
- The county’s 120-day hiring freeze on filling vacant positions won’t be lifted, even to hire a new county manager, supervisors decided recently.
- Solar power may be the future of Pine Strawberry Elementary
- February 16, 2010
- The Pine Strawberry Elementary School could be powered solely by the sun after November.
- Council faces decision on roundabout plan
- February 16, 2010
- A sometimes-controversial roundabout traffic circle at the busy intersection of Highway 87 and Airport Road will take a key step forward on Thursday if the Payson Town Council approves a deal with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
- Surprise finish at State for Longhorn wrestlers
- February 16, 2010
- Armed with a determined resolve that usually buoys the toughest of underdogs, the Payson Longhorns cross faced, flanked and “back doored” their way to a silver medal showing in the Class 3A State championships.
- Youth wrestling camp extends registration
- February 16, 2010
- Now that the 2010 state high school wrestling tournament has wrapped up, and plans for a team tournament championship have been scrapped, Payson High coaches, including Joseph Harris — also town recreation coordinator — are turning their attention toward the upcoming Little Longhorn Wrestling camp.
- East regional winners on to state
- February 16, 2010
- Their work done at the regionals in Payson, teams from the 3A East are now meeting on the bigger stage of the state championships.
- Fishing report
- February 16, 2010
- Fishing News Alamo - Lots of stained water and some debris. Fishing has been slow to dead, but with some good weather, that should change soon. By the end of this month, Alamo should be on fire.
- Commercial real estate 101: what you need to know before investing
- February 16, 2010
- The business of commercial real estate, particularly in metropolitan areas is a completely different world than residential real estate.
- Get cooking at the Red Elephant Bakery school
- February 16, 2010
- If you have ever aspired to make your own desserts or present your food like a professional, a local bakery is offering cooking edification.
- Rim officials push job creation in mines, forest thinning plans
- Ag secretary’s visit highlights effort to create jobs with private funds and public partnerships
- February 16, 2010
- The recent whirlwind Rim Country tour by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack boosted prospects for several key job-creating efforts in Rim Country, where unemployment remains stubbornly high, say officials.
- SV neighbors ban together to clean up roads
- February 16, 2010
- With culverts clogged and roads covered in dirt following a thrash of winter storms, the residents of Star Valley took matters into their own hands last weekend and organized a volunteer clean up.
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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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