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- Vocational building for PHS will break ground in May
- Money comes from voter approved bond fund and vocational institute
- March 9, 2010
- The Payson Unified School District’s brand new vocational building could be completed by October.
- Business Briefs
- March 9, 2010
- Payson will soon be home to a new independent bookstore, coffee shop and yoga studio.
- Home values plunge, taxes may not
- March 9, 2010
- Rim Country home values fell in some neighborhoods as much as 44 percent in the past year, according to information released this week from the county assessor’s office, but that doesn’t necessarily mean taxes will fall.
- Community Almanac
- March 9, 2010
- Payson Community Action Program (CAP) has free tax help available for area residents.
- Students learn ins and outs of courtroom
- March 9, 2010
- Domestic abuse victim Martha Monroe was found guilty of manslaughter last week after 90-minutes of arduous jury deliberation.
- Freshman sends three over the fence
- March 9, 2010
- Move over Hank Aaron, make room for Taylor Petersen.
- Seminar’s topics are mountain lions, camp cooking
- March 9, 2010
- With two highly successful “Shoot for the Heart” seminars now in the record books, event organizers, including Mountain Bible Church, are aiming for a three-peat.
- Bowlers bring home honors from Reno, Nev. tournament
- March 9, 2010
- While a Gila monster is a heavy, slow moving, venomous lizard native to Arizona, Payson’s version of the species turned into an agile, mobile bundle of vigor at the Special Olympics Unified Bowling Team Tournament.
- PWGA gets set to hit the links
- March 9, 2010
- Make no mistake, the Payson Women’s Golf Association 18-hole group is a festive, fun-loving group of linksters. But they are also very competitive.
- Teens lend talent to wrestling clinic
- March 9, 2010
- The Payson High School wrestling team, though light on numbers, has always been a self-motivated, hard-working group.
- Baseball team sees mixed results at tournament
- March 9, 2010
- Results from the Payson Longhorn baseball team’s appearance March 5 and 6 in the Thunderbird Classic near Laughlin, Nev. are sketchy at best; mostly because coach Jerry Daniels was not available at press time, and the school is in spring break.
- County assessor sends out home assessments
- March 9, 2010
- No doubt, you recently received your 2011 property valuations from the Gila County assessor’s office and probably saw little change in your valuation from 2010.
- El Niño storms drench Rim Country
- Reservoirs brim as Verde River, Tonto Creek rise to 13-15 times normal flow for this time of year
- March 9, 2010
- El Niño delivered for Rim Country this year.
- Payson sales tax collections on the way up
- January figures nearly equal last year, after swooning in November and December
- March 9, 2010
- Payson retail sales bounced back in January, offering beleaguered town officials hope that the economic downturn may have finally bottomed out in the Rim Country.
- Rep: GCC independence a fantasy
- March 9, 2010
- One of Rim Country’s representatives says independence for Gila Community College is an impossible fantasy despite good prospects for two potentially helpful bills.
- California murder suspect arrested
- March 9, 2010
- When a Gila County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped to help a man whose vehicle had slid off Highway 87 due to severe weather Sunday, he had no idea the man was wanted on a homicide warrant.
- Not too late to vote on region’s future
- March 9, 2010
- One last plea. If you haven’t voted, it’s not too late. The stakes remain high. The budget override will determine whether the Payson Unified School District weathers the impending budget hailstorm or withers for lack of community support.
- Proposed bills provide health care insurance, but not health care
- March 9, 2010
- The currently proposed health care legislation will have a severe impact on rural Arizona. While the goal to provide equal health care insurance coverage to every American seems worthy, health insurance does not equal health care. The delivery of health care in the United States has evolved in a very complex way. Any legislation with a goal of “fixing” American medicine needs to take into account not only the payments for services, but also the allocation of services.
- Idealism vs. realism
- March 9, 2010
- Debate on health care continues with many opinions and arguments; all of which have some merit. Ideally every U.S. citizen or legal resident is entitled to receive the health care they need to “pursue happiness.”
- McCain should be removed from the Senate
- March 9, 2010
- John McCain’s re-election campaign is broadcasting fuzzy-feel-good radio and TV ads blasting his opponents, promoting himself as the savior of Arizona; and, sadly, even recruiting Sarah Palin’s endorsement statements.
- Article contained some incorrect information
- March 9, 2010
- In the recent article, “Touching the Past” in the Feb. 17 edition of The Rim Review, there were a couple of errors.
- No vote urged on health care bill
- March 9, 2010
- Representative Kirkpatrick, I have been a registered Democrat since 1968, and I realize that we do need health care reform; however, the Obama plan is not the right plan for America or its citizens. It will increase the premium cost by 10 to 13 percent (per CBO calculations); cost between $2.5 and $6.0 trillion (or more), which will bankrupt America; and put the government between us and our doctors, reducing our freedom of choice.
- Childhood lessons
- March 9, 2010
- Like most children, I was relegated to the back seat of our family car with my siblings when traveling. I remember the squabbles: “he/she touched me,” “did not, did too,” “not my fault,” “he/she did it,” etc
- Scouts serve their community
- March 9, 2010
- A Scout is helpful means that he will volunteer his time to the service of his community and neighborhood without expecting pay.
- Something different needs to be done
- March 9, 2010
- I firmly believe that the importance of education cannot be overstated.
- Fortune cookie fiasco
- March 9, 2010
- You finish your last bite of Kung Pao Chicken, crack open your fortune cookie hoping that yours will say the words that you want to hear. The conversation turns from fortune cookies to spending fortunes.
- Vote for a voucher system
- March 9, 2010
- I would like to take this opportunity to express my concerns with the responses to my concerns about the proposed school override. Comments have been expressed that I am “vindictive, full of hatred, selfish, and just plain wrong.” Interesting that 80 percent of the respondents to my letter were ex-school teachers
- PHS students help educate fifth-graders about dental hygiene
- March 9, 2010
- Payson High School students in Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) recently educated fifth-graders at Frontier Elementary School about dental hygiene, and the causes and implications of tooth decay.
- School Briefs
- March 9, 2010
- Payson High School English teacher Lindsay Smith is having students in her American Literature and World Literature classes write letters to their favorite celebrities. And they are getting answers back.
- Lots of activities planned for seniors
- March 9, 2010
- vThe remainder of the Branson trip payment is due this week. Please come by the Senior Circle office and make the remainder of your payment. There will be 44 Senior Circle members headed out to Branson for a week of fun and activity on May 15. This active group of seniors ranges in age from 50-75 and are excited about meeting new friends and finally making that trip they have all talked about for so long. We are taking names for a substitute list in the event of a cancellation, so come and in and sign up. The Senior Circle is located at 215 N. Beeline Highway.
- Assistance center for flood victims moves to Tonto Basin
- March 9, 2010
- Gila County residents who still have flooding issues or need assistance after a thrash of winter storms hit Northern Arizona in January can get help in Tonto Basin Wednesday through Saturday.
- Burn pile work in Pine nearly complete, fires continue this week
- March 9, 2010
- For the past few weeks, Forest Service workers have lit hundreds of debris piles to thin heavily overgrown forests and create defensible spaces around Rim Country communities.
- New forest supervisor for Coconino
- March 9, 2010
- A new forest supervisor for the Coconino National Forest arrived last week, replacing Nora Rasure, who left the Coconino in July to become the deputy director of recreation, heritage, and volunteer resources in Washington D.C.
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