Also from July 27
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Fire destroys Chaparral Pines house- July 23, 2010
- A bolt of lighting Thursday likely started a massive, smoky fire in a two-story Chaparral Pines home.
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ASU ‘on track’ for campus here by 2012- July 27, 2010
- Arizona State University is “on track” to open a branch campus in Payson by the fall of 2012, said ASU Senior Vice President Richard Stanley.
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- Senate hopeful brings hard-sell campaign to Rim
- July 27, 2010
- The long, detailed interview with front-running senate Democrat Rodney Glassman went a little sideways when Bill Roehr stuck his head into the room.
- Learn to preserve memories; and make new ones with Senior Circle
- July 27, 2010
- Carol LaValley will be the Senior Circle’s guest speaker Wednesday, July 28. LaValley will help members delve into their treasure trove of memories so they can preserve them for future generations.
- Beauty, brass, a beat and more at concerts
- July 27, 2010
- The Tonto Community Concert Association (TCCA) season beginning in September will feature eight shows covering a broad medley of audience-pleasing musical performances.
- Alternate solution to the housing debacle
- July 27, 2010
- The federal government has tried, not so successfully, to solve the housing dilemma through programs designed to help homeowners having trouble making their payments.
- Affordable housing seminar Thursday
- July 27, 2010
- Low-income families and individuals struggling to pay rent or find affordable housing in Rim Country may soon have more options.
- Judge Duber appointed to third Committee on Superior Court term
- July 27, 2010
- Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch reappointed Judge Robert Duber II, for a third term to the Committee on Superior Court (COSC).
- District to offer kindergarten at each elementary school
- July 27, 2010
- Enough students in the Payson school district have enrolled in all-day kindergarten to offer one section at each of the three elementary schools.
- Woman injures ankle crossing Fossil Creek
- July 27, 2010
- Reports that a woman had been swept downstream and was hanging precariously from a tree above Fossil Creek Saturday turned out to be exaggerated.
- Chief, marshal graduate from fire academy
- July 27, 2010
- Four years ago Payson’s fire chief and fire marshal signed up for one of the country’s most rigorous fire leadership programs.
- Wrong penal code provided
- July 27, 2010
- I would like to provide a correction on my quote of the California Penal Code of a letter I submitted yesterday, July 20. It should read California Penal Code 834b, instead of 845b.
- Rules should apply to everyone
- July 27, 2010
- You know better. Flatten boxes when you take them to the recycle bin. Then it won’t be full when I get there. Return the shopping cart to the store or the cart return. It’s just the right thing.
- Fortunate to have Sen. Allen represent Gila County
- July 27, 2010
- We are very fortunate in District 5 of Arizona (Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Apache and Navajo counties) to have State Senator Sylvia Allen represent us. She fits our need at a time every conservative vote counts.
- Gila County taxpayers already pay for college
- July 27, 2010
- The question was raised recently in a Roundup article dealing with who pays for our local community college. The article was reporting on a recent Gila Community College Independence Task Force meeting held in Payson. The first line indicated independence could cost taxpayers.
- Town visionaries champs already
- July 27, 2010
- So, let’s say you’re scripting a movie about a team of lovable misfits that against all odds made it into the Super Bowl. No one gave them the smallest chance. But they played with such heart and courage that they’re on the very brink of winning it all.
- Community Almanac
- July 27, 2010
- Staff members for the office of Representative Ann Kirkpatrick will be hosting office hours in Payson from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, July 27.
- Tonto Creek cleanup effort wins testing, education grant
- July 27, 2010
- The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality last week awarded a grant to help prevent leaking septic systems from polluting Tonto and Christopher Creeks.
- Candidates Allen, Konopnicki explain views
- July 27, 2010
- Rim Country’s two Republican state senate candidates agreed on most issues Thursday during a calm Citizens Awareness Committee debate, issuing support for the recently passed immigration bill and for new laws that allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit or training.
- PSWID board president resigns during meeting
- 12:36 p.m., July 27, 2010 Updated 02:18 p.m.
- Pine Strawberry Water Improvement District board president Bill Haney unexpectedly resigned at a July 24 board meeting, citing not wanting “to be associated with actions of the board that have been and will likely be detrimental to the property owners within the District well into the future.”
- Man arrested after allegedly assaulting hospital staff
- July 27, 2010
- A 23-year-old Payson man was arrested after reportedly assaulting two nurses and a doctor as well as frightening several patients at Payson Regional Medical Center, the police said.
- Group seeks to help high school students without parents
- July 27, 2010
- A new group has formed to help the roughly 10 students in Payson with neither homes nor parents to fulfill basic needs so they can finish high school.
- ASU ‘on track’ for campus here by 2012
- Proposed 750-student first phase would generate 100 staff jobs and 200 construction jobs
- July 27, 2010
- Arizona State University is “on track” to open a branch campus in Payson by the fall of 2012, said ASU Senior Vice President Richard Stanley.
- Furious immigration debate shapes congressional race
- Incumbent congresswoman castigates administration and senate, but faces fierce attack from Republicans
- July 27, 2010
- Facing both budget setbacks and furious attacks from a crowded field of Republican challenges, 1st District Congressional Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick this week condemned both the U.S. Senate and the Obama administration for positions on the hot-button topic of immigration.
- School starts on Wednesday
- July 27, 2010
- School starts Wednesday, and new and returning teachers in the Payson Unified School District have already arrived on campus, preparing for the onslaught of students.
- Marathon golf ends
- July 27, 2010
- It took Payson Men’s Golf Association members three rounds and almost a month to complete the annual Match Play tournament, but the results are in and the champions have been crowned.
- Payson man wins tourney
- July 27, 2010
- Local pro Clifford Pirch fished his way to the championship of the 2010 Won Bass U.S. Open on Lake Mead.
- California bass pro tossed from tourney for cheating
- July 27, 2010
- Rowan and Martin often quipped, “You can bet your sweet bippy” on the 1960-70s American sketch comedy television program “Laugh-In.”
- Shoot for the Rim archery draws record number to Jim Jones range
- July 27, 2010
- Tournament Director Les Conner is calling the Shoot the Rim 3-D archery competition a huge success.
- Lady Horns shine in inaugural invitational
- July 27, 2010
- The inaugural Payson Invitational Volleyball Tournament turned into a Lady Longhorn highlight reel.
- View Arizona’s hunting recommendations for spring
- July 27, 2010
- The Arizona Game and Fish Department invites the public to get a first look at the proposed 2011 spring hunt recommendations for turkey, javelina, buffalo and bear regulations at a series of open houses beginning July 27.
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