Also from January 26
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Rep. Kirkpatrick nominates Payson High student to U.S. Naval Academy - January 26, 2010
- Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick has nominated 11 Arizonans to the nation’s service academies for the Class of 2014, including Payson High School senior Nicholas Walker. The Congresswoman selected Walker for nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy.
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- Storm topples trees, floods creeks
- January 26, 2010
- Toppling trees, flooding creeks, sliding hillsides and overcorrecting motorists kept every emergency agency hustling this weekend to keep up with one disaster after another.
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- Game Postponed for second time
- January 26, 2010
- A make up boy’s basketball game vs. Alchesay that was scheduled to be played Jan. 27 has been postponed a second time. It will now be played on Feb. 5 in Wilson dome. Game times remain the same, 4:30 6 and 7:30 p.m.
- Community Almanac
- January 26, 2010
- The Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program will have an open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 27 at the CASA office, 714 S. Beeline Highway, Ste. 201.
- Ed Blair needed on town council
- January 26, 2010
- The citizens of Payson need a council member like Ed Blair.
- Young students given chance to catch up
- January 26, 2010
- “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” set to a Hawaiian tune lilts out over Mimi Dailey’s pre-first grade classroom, where roughly a dozen students sing the song and simultaneously gesture in sign language.
- Business Briefs
- January 26, 2010
- Arizona State Credit Union is now offering online account opening service for existing and new credit union members, including those who use the Payson branch.
- Snow forces scheduling changes
- January 26, 2010
- School district and town parks and recreation officials spent yesterday, Jan. 25, muddling through games and events cancelled last week while trying to figure out when and where to reschedule.
- Horns’ fate rests with trio of seniors
- January 26, 2010
- Any hope the Longhorn boys basketball team has of improving its last place position in the East region standings rests on the return to the lineup of injured co-captains Dakota Marshall and Cody Waterman to lead the Horns during the final five-game stretch run.
- Lady Longhorns shorthanded for stretch run
- January 26, 2010
- The Lady Longhorns could be without the services of a trio of their finest players during the five crucial games remaining on the regular season schedule.
- Storm topples trees, floods creeks
- January 26, 2010
- Toppling trees, flooding creeks, sliding hillsides and overcorrecting motorists kept every emergency agency hustling this weekend to keep up with one disaster after another.
- Nearly year of rain falls in 5 days
- Storms dump 11 inches on Payson, fill reservoirs to overflowing — but El Niño pattern may not last
- January 26, 2010
- El Niño delivered after all. At least, for the moment.
- Thank you Rim Country
- January 26, 2010
- We very much appreciate your contribution and want you to know that the entire squad looks forward to volunteering their efforts in the coming year, knowing that people like you stand behind them with your generous support.
- School board will face tough budget decisions
- January 26, 2010
- Faced with a budget deficit of at least $1 million for the next school year, the Payson Unified School District board is treading lightly, leaving it up to the superintendent to formulate proposals for a balanced budget, members agreed Monday night.
- Blue Ridge water may end conflict
- Salt River Project vows to not only dole out 500 acre-feet to communities along the pipeline, but to resolve tangle of issues
- January 26, 2010
- Go on out into the rain. Stand with your face upturned, the sky running like tears across your face. Just remember — that’s not your water.
- Star Valley to consider improving storm water drainage on Valley Road
- January 26, 2010
- It looks like the Star Valley Town Council is one step closer to mitigating flooding with improved storm water drainage on Valley Road.
- School advocates must make their case for override
- January 26, 2010
- Fool me once – shame on you. Fool me twice – shame on me.
- France needs to help Haiti
- January 26, 2010
- France now has the opportunity to step to the plate and provide amends to the Haitian people. For more than 80 years they hauled marketable Africans from French West and French Equatorial Africa to Haiti to be sold on the slave market primarily in the United States.
- The people are watching now
- January 26, 2010
- Congratulations to the independent voters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for sending a resounding message to the congressional leadership and President Obama!
- Thermometers appreciated
- January 26, 2010
- The Payson Unified School District health care providers are diligent in their quest in keeping students healthy and in preventing the spread of disease.
- America is not pleased
- January 26, 2010
- In response to Scott Brown’s decisive victory in the Massachusetts special election White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stated that the president was “not pleased.” I hope that President Obama understands that the votes cast in typically left-leaning Massachusetts reflect the feelings of most Americans. We are “not pleased.”
- Helpful folks at Jake’s Corner
- January 26, 2010
- In mid December 2009, after meeting with a client, I stopped by Jake’s Corner because of car problems.
- Dog walk in Green Valley Park
- January 26, 2010
- It was a very mild January day and I had a new dog.
- Miracles do happen
- January 26, 2010
- I see that the anointed one flew to Massachusetts for a Sunday revival meeting to sing the same old boring hymn he always sings to his congregations.
- Feature Teacher
- January 26, 2010
- I teach because I am surrounded daily with wonderful people, my students, my students’ parents, my principal, and my co-workers. I always say if I have a bad day it is my own fault; children are beautiful people.
- DECA students win 34 awards at regional career conference
- January 26, 2010
- Payson High School’s DECA Chapter let the rest of the state know it will be a chapter to watch in upcoming competitive events.
- GCC offers classes in Pine
- January 26, 2010
- Gila Community College is offering eBay As A Home-Based Business and a Photoshop course in Pine.
- Pine spellers
- January 26, 2010
- Just peeking over the lectern, Meghan Bridgers is barely able to see the judges as she correctly spells her first word.
- School advocates start campaign to pass override
- Passage of the Payson school override would give the school $1.2M
- January 26, 2010
- School advocates are mounting a huge grassroots effort to pass March’s school budget override election. The same measure failed in November 2008 after a quiet campaign, leaving in its wake a set of worried and confused school and community leaders.
- Local real estate agents offer expertise not found in the Valley
- January 26, 2010
- Recently my wife and I were interested in a property in another part of Arizona.
- Longtime CPA represents Valley firm in Payson
- January 26, 2010
- Just in time for the tax season, longtime Payson certified public accountant Stephanie J. Tangeman has teamed up with H&S Accounting, LLC out of the Valley.
- Rep. Kirkpatrick nominates Payson High student to U.S. Naval Academy
- January 26, 2010
- Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick has nominated 11 Arizonans to the nation’s service academies for the Class of 2014, including Payson High School senior Nicholas Walker. The Congresswoman selected Walker for nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy.
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