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- SV council to review several engineering floodwater studies
- January 5, 2010
- Hoping to keep their budget woes at bay, the Star Valley council will once again carefully consider several engineering studies that could ebb the flow of floodwaters but put a hole in their financial rowboat.
- Forest Service waits as tragedy beckons
- January 5, 2010
- Ah, hindsight. So much easier than foresight. And so much less useful.
- Senior Center, Thrift Store lights get overhaul
- January 5, 2010
- The Payson Senior Center and Thrift Store shine a little brighter these days thanks to an APS rebate program and a generous donation from the Association of Energy Engineers.
- Community Almanac
- January 5, 2010
- The Arizona Department of Transportation will close the eastbound lane of a 1,000-foot segment of State Route 260 between Kohl’s Ranch and Christopher Creek this week. The closure will be in effect through Jan. 8 and will run 24 hours a day.
- 200 young women in town for Holiday Hoops tourney
- January 5, 2010
- Following two days of almost constant hardwood wars in Wilson Dome and old Payson High School gymnasium, Dec. 28 and 29, the 16-team Holiday Hoops tournament wrapped up with a championship showdown in which Glendale Apollo High School overwhelmed Williams Field, 59-43.
- Longhorns travel to Bradshaw Mountain for Alvarez Tire Hoops
- January 5, 2010
- The challenge facing the Payson High boys basketball team was daunting — five games in three days against “big school” teams, and without one of the Longhorns’ best players.
- Limited squad hampers wrestlers at Mingus
- January 5, 2010
- Although several Payson wrestlers shined at the Dave Work Memorial Tournament at Mingus in Cottonwood, at least three wrestlers who quit the team, Derek Williams’ illness that had him sidelined and a fractured hand that has ended heavyweight J.B. Thornhill’s season, hampered the Longhorn cause.
- Holiday Hoops brings crowds, cash to town
- January 5, 2010
- Anyone who has helped stage a high school tournament in any sport understands it is a huge undertaking.
- Payson boy ranks high at U.S. Kids Golf Desert Shootout
- January 5, 2010
- Rim Country Middle School seventh-grader Dean Harpe swung his way to a 12th-place age group finish at the prestigious U.S. Kids Golf Desert Shootout.
- Submit an application for the business awards
- January 5, 2010
- Organizers of the 2010 Rim Country Business Awards are thrilled to announce that applications to honor the businesses and persons for outstanding business practices and community involvement in the Rim Country are now available.
- Save money, energy with new appliance rebate
- January 5, 2010
- The next time you need a washer, dishwasher or water heater, a new rebate program could shave as much $425 off the cost.
- Real estate statistics show now may be the time to buy and hold
- January 5, 2010
- The Rim Country real estate market in 2009 was statistically a mixed bag that most of us are glad to see end.
- Payson to award key water contract
- January 5, 2010
- After 30 years of dreaming, scheming and hoping, the water hits the road on Thursday when the Payson Town Council will likely approve a $283,000, one-year contract to do the preliminary engineering on the long-awaited Blue Ridge pipeline.
- Drivers keep holiday safe
- January 5, 2010
- The New Year’s Eve holiday brought out a fair number of drunk drivers in the Rim Country Thursday night, but even more designated drivers.
- Fire-menaced communities may get back-road escapes
- Forest Service asks county to propose second access route for settlements
- January 5, 2010
- Scattered across northern Gila County, many of roughly 88 small, fire-menaced communities surrounded by overgrown forests have no back door to flee a deadly wildfire.
- GCC meeting request being stonewalled
- January 5, 2010
- With Arizona State University potentially building a campus in Payson, at least one Gila Community College board member worries that contractual limits could hamstring the board’s powers to negotiate a relationship with the school.
- Eliminate advantages for the rich
- January 5, 2010
- Jon Kyl’s article (Jan. 1), in which he uses the inflammatory term “death tax” to refer to the estate tax, is an astounding example of how very rich people attempt to convince ordinary folks to allow them and their descendants to become richer.
- Phony prize letter
- January 5, 2010
- I received a letter in the mail yesterday from the “Prize Information Bureau.” It had an official-looking seal at the top of the letter from the State of Arizona.
- Finnish student feels at home in Payson
- January 5, 2010
- For one globe-trotting Finnish foreign exchange student, there isn’t one thing she doesn’t love about the states. From the warm climate to the nice people, Laura Aaltonen is convinced America is where her home base should be.
- Revenue enhancements — how about taxes on cell phones, soda pop and chips
- January 5, 2010
- I believe most Arizonans would agree that food, clothing, shelter, electricity, water, gasoline, land line telephones, and insurance for our homes, health and vehicles are necessities for living in Arizona in 2009 and beyond. I also believe that most Arizonans agree that beer, liquor, tobacco, lottery tickets, cell phones, text messaging, sports tickets (ASU, U of A, Suns, Cardinals, etc.) movie tickets, soda pop, DVDs, and many snack foods like chips, pretzels and candies, are not necessities for survival in Arizona in 2009 and beyond.
- Get help with New Year’s resolutions
- January 5, 2010
- How do you say it — two thousand ten or 20-10? Which is correct, or are both acceptable? There’s an upbeat feeling about the sound of either. It doesn’t seem very long ago that we were awaiting the turn of century with hope and apprehension and here we are already in the second decade of the millennium. What does it hold in store? Let’s pray it brings peace to our world.
- Backroom health care fraud
- January 5, 2010
- It’s time for the people of the United States to wake up and see what Obama and the Democratic senators are trying to do to this country. They are not listening to the vast majority of Americans that do not want government-controlled health care.
- Where is the justice?
- January 5, 2010
- Did you read the recent article about the confrontation between the wrestling coach and student at the local high school?
- Teacher, coach failed students
- January 5, 2010
- After reading the article on page 2A in the Dec. 25 edition, I was appalled.
- Self control needed by coach
- January 5, 2010
- I was a little surprised at the Christmas Day story in the Payson Roundup written by Alexis Bechman. It appears as though Ryan Abraham the “provoker” was at fault in this scuffle.
- Communities drowning in water delay
- Those who would gain most from Blue Ridge water have tried every approach — but made little progress
- January 5, 2010
- The four small communities with the most to gain from Payson’s Blue Ridge pipeline at the moment have tried almost every possible approach.
- Arizona school chief puts out new K-12 online course offering catalog
- January 5, 2010
- Arizona Schools Chief Tom Horne announces the new Arizona Department of Education (ADE) K-12 online course offering catalog.
- Traffic board seeks study of speed, bypass, dangerous intersection
- Council will face list that echoes emphasis of ousted chairman
- January 5, 2010
- It’s either a left-handed compliment or maybe a kick in the teeth — all depending on how you look at it.
- Payson’s New Year’s first baby is a boy
- Mom gives birth at 6:10 a.m. Friday
- January 5, 2010
- It’s a boy! Kody Kepp and Matthew Shannon, both of Payson, are the proud parents of Jeremy Shannon who was born at 6:10 a.m., Jan. 1, at Payson Regional Medical Center Family Birthing Center.
- An adventure in searching history
- January 5, 2010
- Do you remember stories your grandparents told about the war heroes among your ancestors? Do you think one or more of those ancestors participated in the American Revolution?
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