Also from March 19
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Polls
Do you think having a four-year college in Payson will benefit the Rim Country?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 78% | |
| No | 18% | |
| Undecided | 2% | |
| Total | 394 | |
All stories
- Show Low heart doctor aims to unseat Rep. Kirkpatrick
- March 19, 2010
- Show Low cardiologist Steve Mehta wants to apply a little CPR to politics — starting with the increasingly rancorous debate about health care reform.
- Most of the Rim closed due to very saturated soil
- March 19, 2010
- We are beginning to enjoy a spring-like warm up and much of our snow is all but disappeared. Only in areas where the sun hardly ever hits, snow still makes its presence. Still there is a sigh of relief the major winter storms and deep snows have past.
- Depression kids were the very soul of private enterprise, Part II
- March 19, 2010
- Last week I left off at the point where some teenagers from my neighborhood were out scouting for valuable scrap metal and found a fat brass railing running uphill beside a set of abandoned concrete steps. With Petey Disarro working as the anchorman at the bottom of the railing, they put everything they had into hauling on it to get the uprights to give way. Which they did, sending several hundred pounds of brass railing, which ended in a three-inch round ball, crashing right into Petey’s — well, you know, the worst possible place.
- Program gets wayward kids back on track
- ReadOut uses books to get kids in trouble off probation, but program needs adult volunteers
- March 19, 2010
- When Carole Shevlin meets with a juvenile on probation for the first time at the Payson Public Library, she has no idea what crime they committed or what led them to this place in life.
- Invitational will be a testing ground
- March 19, 2010
- Coaches of the Payson High School boys and girls track teams have decided to use the Round Valley Dome Invitational in Eagar as a testing ground meet.
- Kids Fishing Festival a welcome to spring
- March 19, 2010
- Spring is finally here in the high country, and the Rim Country Optimist Club is kicking off the warm weather with their 4th Annual Kids Fishing Festival at Green Valley Park.
- Thrift store helps animals in need
- March 19, 2010
- While the dogs and cats of the Central Arizona Humane Society don’t buy sweaters or pants from the Humane Society Thrift Store, they are common visitors at the Main Street shop, bringing in visitors and driving up sales with their lovable faces and tricks.
- For the love of Horses
- Women help riders gain experience, confidence
- March 19, 2010
- Pint-size McKenzie Randall held the reins of a tall horse, her tiny frame inspiring incredulousness.
- Library director’s talent goes beyond books
- March 19, 2010
- Terry Morris’ talents aren’t limited to her work as director of the Payson Public Library.
- Investing for college and retirement
- March 19, 2010
- You most likely need to save and invest for retirement. But if you have children, you also may want to put money away for their college education.
- Business Briefs
- March 19, 2010
- A family run furniture store is opening in the former space of Legacy Furniture this weekend.
- Time to get down to business
- March 19, 2010
- What a great weekend this is going to be — it’s finally that time of the year when we don’t have to mind our own business.
- Spring just around the corner
- March 19, 2010
- Spring is right around the corner. Hurray!
- Snow keeps cyclist stranded
- March 19, 2010
- Stranded by the snow. I ran into a guy name Mark Hieb last week in the Tall Pines Market who ended up somewhat reluctantly being a customer of ours at the Christopher Creek Lodge.
- Spring Fling filled with food, fun, friendship
- March 19, 2010
- I was visiting some Kauai friends down in the Valley over the weekend so I wasn’t able to attend the Spring Fling, but from what I’ve heard, it was a great time filled with food, fun and friendships galore. The weather was perfect and judging from the crowd, folks are more than ready for spring. Thanks to the Pine-Strawberry Business Community for hosting another successful event. We are blessed to have such an active group who are constantly thinking of ways to bring friends and family together.
- Federal government has a broadband plan
- March 19, 2010
- The government often gets involved in areas that affect the private sector, but the success of these “intrusions” is debatable. One area that seems to have captured our attention is the recent announcement by the FCC that it indeed has a “National Broadband Plan.” This plan seeks to expand the availability of high-speed Internet access and improve existing networks throughout the United States.
- Spay and neuter is only solution
- March 19, 2010
- Well, it’s official — spring has sprung. The tulips are in bloom, the trees are budding out, the desert is gorgeous, and everyone but us has “sprung forward.”
- Cuts hit cops hard
- March 19, 2010
- With overtime and training pay all but stripped away, and officers forced to take two furlough days a month, the Payson Police Department is feeling the effects.
- Star Valley adds speed cameras
- March 19, 2010
- They are every motorist’s worst nightmare and Star Valley’s best friend. Bringing in more than $1 million a year, photo enforcement cameras in this small town have kept the Star Valley budget balanced.
- ‘At-risk’ kids make gains
- March 19, 2010
- Initial results from the highly hailed early intervention program launched in Payson schools this year show promising progress.
- EAC president faces probe
- March 19, 2010
- Eastern Arizona College President Mark Bryce improperly borrowed more than $7,000 from the college for personal travel expenses, including spa treatments, movies and meals for his wife and children, according to a new report from the auditor general.
- Payson saves Tonto Bridge State Park
- March 19, 2010
- The State Parks Board on Wednesday approved a deal with Payson that will keep Tonto Natural Bridge State Park open five days a week all summer.
- Helicopter rescues couple trapped on snow-covered ridge
- March 19, 2010
- A Department of Public Safety helicopter on Wednesday rescued a stranded couple trapped on a snowy ridge in the Mazatzal Wilderness Area south of Payson.
- Potholes abound in bleak Payson budget
- Council reviews five-year plan that patches carpets and streets, defers ambitious projects
- March 19, 2010
- The Payson Town Council this week visited the corpse of its five-year capital improvement plan, filing past the embalmed remains like spooked visitors to Lenin’s tomb.
- Community Almanac
- March 19, 2010
- The Mogollon Health Alliance Arts & Crafts Auxiliary will be holding its annual spring sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, March 19 in the main lobby of the Payson Regional Medical Center. All proceeds benefit the many programs, scholarships, and grants offered in the Rim Country by the Mogollon Health Alliance.
- Schools confront reading challenge
- March 19, 2010
- Every kid confronts the mystery of the printed page. Some hit school thoroughly prepared.
- ACLU wrong — military commissions are not unconstitutional
- March 19, 2010
- Only weeks ago, President Obama appeared to have made up his mind to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 co-conspirators to New York City for trial in civilian courts. Now, however, news reports suggest that the president may be poised to abandon the civilian court trials altogether and try the 9/11 plotters in military commissions.
- Former Payson student signs at Michigan State
- March 19, 2010
- After watching his two older sisters, Whitney and Kari, ink athletic scholarship offers to Arizona State University, Sherod Hardt has opted for Michigan State University.
- Neighbors protest housing for seniors
- March 19, 2010
- The article, “Neighbors protest housing for seniors” by Pete Aleshire struck righteous anger in me. Why such a title? “Block” more senior senior apartments?
- Bring rodeo’s charm and magic back before it’s gone
- March 19, 2010
- With sadness, I read about the ills of the Payson Rodeo. As a former chamber manager during the 100th World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo, I wonder what happened.
- Please use the recycling services available in our community
- March 19, 2010
- People of Payson, please remember we do have some recycling services available. Please remember to dispose of cardboard and other paper items such as newspapers and junk mail at the hoppers that are available in town.
- Ticket will keep driver out of Star Valley
- March 19, 2010
- On or about Feb. 19, I received a “hand” carried photo radar ticket from Star Valley. According to the ticket, I was traveling “approximately” 56 in a 45 mph zone. An area that has poor signage.
- Strong teams promise to make tourney a thriller
- March 19, 2010
- A pair of Valley-area “big schools,” coupled with a small, rural hotbed of softball could be the teams to beat in the Fifth Annual Gracie Haught Classic tournament.
- Cougars nipped in Eastern showdown
- Horns battle back from 4-1 deficit to win over Show Low
- March 19, 2010
- The scrappy Payson Longhorn baseball team battled back from a 4-1 deficit in the top of the third inning to rally for a 7-6 East region win over the visiting Show Low Cougars.
- Lady Longhorns lose when Show Low rallies in seventh
- March 19, 2010
- Like the used car salesman who couldn’t convince the little old lady from Pasadena to lay down her cash, the Lady Longhorns couldn’t close the deal against the Show Low Cougars.
- Promise of good weather a relief for players
- March 19, 2010
- That sigh of relief Rim Country readers heard this week was from Gracie Haught Classic Tournament Director Charlene Hunt.
- Valley student drowns trying to reach Verde Hot Springs
- March 19, 2010
- A 22-year-old ASU student drowned Wednesday while hiking near the Child’s Power Plant with friends.
- Obama approves Brewer’s disaster relief request for flood victims
- March 19, 2010
- Governor Jan Brewer announced Friday that President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster for eight Arizona counties and six tribal nations, committing the release of federal funds to rebuild state and local government infrastructure damaged by the January storms.
- Bikers on a Quest
- March 19, 2010
- Biking across the country, Paul and Clint stopped by our offices (Payson Roundup) on a deadline day, (not the best time) but I talked with them and set up a place along the highway where I could get a good shot of them whizzing past on their way to Phoenix. Once they zipped passed me, I jumped in my car to catch up with them and possibly get another shot or two.
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