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- Basketball schedule for balance of 2010 season
- January 29, 2010
- Jan. 29 vs. Snowflake in Payson.
- Schedules for spring sports are firming up
- January 29, 2010
- Spring schedules, which include golf, softball, baseball and track and field, are the most tenuous in high school sports.
- To a city kid, rain can be a great thing
- January 29, 2010
- Country kids take rain for granted. In fact, country kids are not particularly fond of rain. If you live out in the country, and you get up on a sunny morning, the number of things you can do is almost unlimited. But if it’s raining that same morning the list is cut down to a nub, and one worrisome part of that nub is the possibility that Mom will remember the list of inside chores she’s been after you about for the past three weeks.
- A look at the best teams in the 3A tournament
- January 29, 2010
- With onset the 3A Arizona State Boys Basketball Tournament just over the horizon, it’s time to scour the state to uncover some of the teams the Longhorns could face if they qualify, as expected, for the 16-team postseason shoot-out.
- Shelter takes in 13 evacuated pets
- January 29, 2010
- Well, the first big storm of 2010 has come and gone. And to the amazement of us all, our little old shelter held up. We had buckets under many leaks and some things had to be lifted up to get them out of the water running under the door.
- Furry characters come to life
- Teen uses anthropomorphism to give back to community
- January 29, 2010
- Sixteen-year-old Deanna Biesemeyer lives a furry lifestyle. From her hobby, to her business, to her friends, most everything is connected in some way to furry fandom.
- Grateful for wood stoves, generators and bobcats
- January 29, 2010
- The big news of course, was the weather system that hit with a vengeance last week. The Rim Country barely had time to recover from the snow that hit early in the week before we were walloped but good from Thursday through Saturday. This is one time that the weather genies called it pretty accurately which gave us all a chance to get as prepared as possible. Of course it’s almost impossible to prepare for something as intense as what we experienced.
- Creekers: We’re all in this together
- January 29, 2010
- Although, I grew up in Rim Country and almost moved to Payson as a kid, I did most of my growing up in Pinetop-Lakeside (more specifically Wagon Wheel).
- Snow-covered park perfect setting for proposal
- January 29, 2010
- Wow! Wasn’t that some kind of storm we had last week? First, it poured cats and dogs for three straight days, then the temperature cooled just enough to let Mother Nature bless the Rim Country with 1 to 3 feet of fluffy winter wonderland.
- Tips to make your WiFi experience better
- January 29, 2010
- By now you’ve probably had a chance to tap into the vast network of WiFi hotspots scattered throughout the world. You’ll find them in coffee shops, airports (and even airplanes), hotels, libraries, bookstores, and many more locations. WiFi is even available in some campgrounds — you can now check e-mail and weather forecasts from the privacy of your own sleeping bag.
- Rim business owners reach out to help Tonto Natural Bridge
- January 29, 2010
- The Payson Main Street Guild members are planning a series of fund-raising events in an effort to help keep Tonto Natural Bridge operating.
- Payson High student earns Naval Academy appointment
- January 29, 2010
- Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick has nominated 11 Arizonans to our nation’s service academies for the Class of 2014, including Payson High School senior Nicholas Walker. He was selected by the congresswoman for nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy.
- Star Valley, Payson poised to end water wars
- ‘Agreement to agree’ draft would allow towns to work together to solve water issues
- January 29, 2010
- Payson and Star Valley this week turned the water war into a support group, with a “monumental” agreement to give Star Valley access to a deep water well and an existing water main that could support commercial development and fire hydrants along the highway.
- Storms wash away mobile homes and RVs
- Tonto Basin residents try to recover from flooding
- January 29, 2010
- Standing amidst a pile of rubble, Mark Kotas, manager of the Sleepy Hollow RV Park in Tonto Basin, points to a string of trailers toppled or sopping wet from last week’s winter storms that flooded the small park on the banks of Tonto Creek
- Lobbying contract would help EAC over Gila college
- January 29, 2010
- Gila Community College will pay $36,000 this year to a lobbyist that also represents Eastern Arizona College, and who is contractually required to side with EAC should a conflict of interest arise.
- Payson, ASU clear campus hurdles
- January 29, 2010
- Payson and Arizona State University negotiators have resolved the biggest questions about building a four-year college campus in Payson, but devilish details remain, according to Payson Mayor Kenny Evan
- Country could benefit from living by Scouts’ code
- January 29, 2010
- The Boy Scouts of America is an organization that teaches a young man to become a gentleman and to learn the skills he needs, not only to succeed in the wilderness, but also in his family and in the community.
- APS ranks Rim Country storm as one of the worst
- January 29, 2010
- While the majority of us were huddled safely in our homes during last week’s storms, the linemen of APS bravely weathered the sleeting rain and plummeting temperatures for hours to restore power to communities throughout the Rim.
- Community Almanac
- January 29, 2010
- After a lengthy break for the holidays, the Tonto Community Concert Association (TCCA) ramps up the 2010 leg of its 31st season with Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band. TCCA ticket holders will join the energetic group to celebrate the music of Neil Diamond at the Payson High School Auditorium at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29.
- GCC board’s bizarro world
- January 29, 2010
- Did you hear the one about the guy who killed his parents — then threw himself on the mercy of the court on the grounds that he was an orphan?
- Senator grades president’s first year in office
- January 29, 2010
- When President Obama took office, he promised to launch a new era of fiscal responsibility, bipartisanship, and transparency at home, and to improve America’s standing abroad.
- Where in the world are good investment opportunities these days?
- January 29, 2010
- Back in first-grade, you learned that U.S. territory ended where Mexico’s or Canada’s began. Geographically speaking, that is still true. But when it comes to investing, you don’t have to remain within U.S. borders — because you can find opportunities anywhere in the world.
- Storm drops 4 feet of snow in Tonto Village
- January 29, 2010
- Was I the one who said I wanted a white Christmas? Well, I got that and a whole lot more!
- Doomsday ‘profiteering’
- January 29, 2010
- Hollywood producers have capitalized on so-called prophecies given by well known seers of the past, “whole cultures” and devoted followers of various religions. Some people showed their devotion by offering their relatives to the “gods” of nature. I wonder how many have sacrificed the future of their own children to “appease” the anger of these “Hot Under The Collar” unknown gods?
- Firefighters battle sneaky Pine attic fire for 10 hours
- January 29, 2010
- Some fires are big and ferocious and destroy a home in minutes. Other fires are sneaky. They start quietly in an attic, slowly lurk throughout the eaves and eventually consume the home with smoke and smaller pockets of fire in the ceiling and walls.
- Payson bettered by St. Johns
- January 29, 2010
- Both the boys and girls basketball teams saw a rough night when the Longhorns faced the St. Johns Redskins. The boys lost a close 43-40 game, while the girls fell with a 48 to 23 score.
- An idea for local teenagers who are bored
- January 29, 2010
- Many years ago in a small California town of 3,000, the local teens were bored (justifiably so) out of their minds. They went to the town council and asked for a youth center. A place to gather, dance, laugh.
- Register for youth wrestling program now
- January 29, 2010
- It’s not too late for parents to register their children for the upcoming Little Longhorn Wrestling program.
- Region basketball tournament dates changed
- January 29, 2010
- The season-ending East Region tournament will now be held one week later than originally scheduled.
- Affordable auto, marine, RV service comes to Payson
- January 29, 2010
- After providing mobile automotive repair to the Rim Country for the last five years, Craig Chance decided he wanted to settle in one location.
- Hospital hires marketing director
- January 29, 2010
- Payson Regional Medical Center has hired Bo Larsen as the hospital’s director of marketing and business development.
- Native Air donating $15,000 to Gracie Lee Haught fund
- January 29, 2010
- In September 2009, Native Air announced its Flight for the Cause fundraising program to benefit the Payson-based Gracie Lee Haught Children’s Memorial Fund.
- Statewide voter registration dips slightly in 4th quarter
- January 29, 2010
- Statewide voter registration declined slightly in the fourth quarter of 2009 while Gila County numbers remained steady.
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