Also from January 8
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- Supervisors could rotate as chairperson
- County governing board may take up nomination process this spring
- January 8, 2010
- Flashback January 2009: Supervisor Shirley Dawson grasps her new gavel as the first female chairperson of Gila County’s governing board.
- Community Almanac
- January 8, 2010
- With the first Friday of 2010 falling on the Jan. 1 holiday, the Main Street First Friday festivities will take place the second Friday of the New Year, Jan. 8 — for January only.
- Drip Castle Dreamland
- January 8, 2010
- The earth breathes — its intake and exhalation measured in seasons. Standing in the caverned heart of the earth — red as blood and warm as a womb, people stand and stare, fleeting as cave crickets — sensing both the vitality of stone and the frailty of flesh.
- Library expansion under way in Pine
- January 8, 2010
- While it’s true that construction has ceased almost entirely in our community, the many users of the Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library are excited to see that the 444-square-foot expansion to the building has begun! This is an absolutely amazing feat considering the lack of state funding which was anticipated from a matching building grant.
- Opinions on Web browsers can spur heated debate
- January 8, 2010
- There used to be a rule about polite conversation … something about never discussing religion or politics. It might be time, however, to add a third taboo subject to the list: Internet browsers. Stick to the weather and avoid asking someone what Internet browser they are using. If your friends are tech savvy, they will most likely have strong opinions about which browser is the best. If they are less computer-centric, they will feel ostracized and belittled. You just can’t win.
- Cruise into Beeline Insurance for new quote
- January 8, 2010
- No one wants to shop around for insurance, but most of us want to save money. The chore of drudging up history on your car, home or personal finances and the added task of comparing quotes can be confusing and enough to make you stay with your current and possibly more expensive carrier.
- Tonto Basin turns out for bridge talk
- $10-$20 million bridge could cost $20,000 per resident on the far side, but spur development and save lives
- January 8, 2010
- Nearly 200 people showed up Tuesday, with their hopes up to have their say about a long-discussed bridge over Tonto Creek.
- Pets react differently to shelter closing time
- January 8, 2010
- It’s closing time here at HSCAZ, and as you watch the animals, you can see the many different reactions to this time of day.
- Crackdown on Cinch Hook users promised
- Trash, vandalism, traffic, forced shutdown; sledders ignoring closure
- January 8, 2010
- The Coconino National Forest says lawless merrymakers sledding at Cinch Hook will now start getting citations — not to mention tickets for parking on the highway.
- PHS wrestling coach back to work after pleading no contest
- January 8, 2010
- Payson High School’s wrestling coach is back to work this week following an investigation into a scuffle with a student in his office that left student and teacher facing disorderly conduct charges.
- Idiots spoil it for everyone
- January 8, 2010
- How frustrating. How strange. How typical. We’re referring to the dispiriting saga of the Cinch Hook snowplay area and what it reveals about both the average yahoo and the average bureaucrat.
- Disappointed with Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick
- January 8, 2010
- This is an open letter to Ann Kirkpatrick. I was disappointed that you voted for the House version of health care reform.It should be clear that Americans do not want health care reform that does little to address the flaws of our current system and only increases government bureaucracy.
- Driving while talking on cell phone becoming dangerous habit
- January 8, 2010
- I am angry and I am concerned.
- Urbanization of Payson problems
- January 8, 2010
- In a recent business column there was made a comparison between Flagstaff and Payson.
- We don’t need more taxes
- January 8, 2010
- The gentleman that wrote that we need to tax more is just what is wrong with the Democrats and their way of thinking.
- Global warming, fact or fraud
- January 8, 2010
- Global warming promoters like to use three different situations to prove the existence of global warming. One is the hockey-stick graph which was produced in 1999 by Professor Mann of Penn State University by using manipulated treeing data. The graph supposedly proved air temperatures that had been stable for some 900 years then soared off the charts in the 20th century. Mann along with others had to make the historical Medieval Warm Period (A.D. 800-1400 and the Little Ice Age (A.D. 1400-1850) statistically disappear which they did.
- My angel is gone
- January 8, 2010
- My angel has gone on to another assignment. My Dutchess, (whose name should have been Queen) because she was quite regal, powerful and pampered.
- SV council defers decision on floodwater mitigation money
- Councilors wait to see if they will get $120,000 grant for project
- January 8, 2010
- Every year, several Star Valley residents watch a little bit more of their yard wash away with the floodwaters.
- Pine Strawberry: Awash in water?
- PSWID board seeks to acquire Strawberry Hollow, Milk Ranch wells, study non-producing wells, drill new deep well
- January 8, 2010
- If the plans of the Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District (PSWID) board unfold as anticipated, the two tiny mountain towns will enjoy new water sources by spring.
- Ernesto Tobias wins district spelling bee
- January 8, 2010
- Rim Country Middle School eighth-grader Ernesto Tobias killed the competition at Payson Unified School District’s spelling bee Thursday, beating 47 other spellers when he correctly spelled “disobey.”
- Scholarships to boost college attendance
- Income limits to rise to $60,000 to cover most costs for an additional 1,100 freshmen
- January 8, 2010
- An expanded Arizona State University financial aid program aims to more than triple the number of incoming freshmen receiving money for college. Raising the income eligibility from $25,000 to $60,000 will enable more students to apply for the mix of funds to pay for school. All the student must pay for is the contribution as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Longhorns throttled by Round Valley Elks
- January 8, 2010
- The Longhorn boys basketball team fell to 1-1 in the East title chase after being completely throttled 61-27 by the Round Valley Elks.
- Coach praises girls’ performance in spite of 44-34 loss to Round Valley
- January 8, 2010
- The road to the East Region girls basketball championship might wind through Eagar-Springerville.
- Home wrestling on the horizon
- January 8, 2010
- The East vs. West Duals Jan. 13 in Wilson Dome will provide fans and boosters their first opportunity to see Longhorn wrestlers showcase their grappling skills on the home front.
- Whisenhunt wise or foolish? Time will tell
- January 8, 2010
- If there is a certainty surrounding Sunday’s Packers vs. Cardinals NFC wild card first round football clash, it’s that Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt will emerge from the fray either a sheer genius or a gridiron dunce.
- Payson has $2.6M shortfall
- Council furloughs employees two days a month; more cuts coming next week
- January 8, 2010
- Slumping tax revenues have created a projected $2.6-million shortfall in the Payson general fund budget, prompting the council on Thursday to approve two-day-a-month furloughs for all town workers.
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