Also from March 23
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7:56 a.m.
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.
3:00 p.m.
- Tragedies, rescues increase as snow melts
- March 23, 2010
- Rising temperatures have drawn out hikers, but also sent snowmelt rushing down streams. In the past month, two people have already been swept away by fast-moving water.
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- Military News
- March 23, 2010
- Matt West always wanted to be in the Army. It wasn’t until he started working as an ER Tech at Payson Regional Medical Center that he knew he wanted to become an Army Medic. On March 30, West leaves for nine weeks of basic training at Fort Sill, Okla. Upon completion he will attend medic school at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas for 16 weeks of training.
- Payson height limits to rise
- Council approves increase in building heights from 45 to 75 feet in some areas
- March 23, 2010
- Get ready for high rises in Payson.
- Meals on Wheels coming to Star Valley
- March 23, 2010
- A hot meal is something we can all take for granted.
- Miscues end Horn hopes in St. Johns
- March 23, 2010
- Errors are the bane of every baseball coach, often turning noggin hair gray, thinning and attenuated.
- Tragedies, rescues increase as snow melts
- Warm days lure hikers into canyons brimming with rushing streams
- March 23, 2010
- Rising temperatures have drawn out hikers, but also sent snowmelt rushing down streams. In the past month, two people have already been swept away by fast-moving water.
- Women golfers invited to check out fun with the PWGA
- March 23, 2010
- Claudia Bullard loves to play golf and wants to share her passion with women around the Rim Country.
- Winslow wins GLH Classic
- March 23, 2010
- The temperatures didn’t rise to the balmy digits players, coaches and fans were hoping for, but softball action was searing hot as 16 prep teams from around Arizona battled for the Gracie Lee Haught Classic Softball Tournament championship.
- Golfers swing to 4th at Mt. Graham
- March 23, 2010
- Battling some of the finest prep golf teams in Arizona, including defending state champion Snowflake, the Payson Longhorns played to a fourth-place finish in the Thatcher Invitational.
- PMGA opens with rare ‘double dip’ closest-to-pin win
- March 23, 2010
- Richard Harding is being good naturedly labeled a “double dipper” by his fellow Payson Men’s Golf Association members.
- Business Showcase draws big crowds
- 1,000 people sample local wares
- March 23, 2010
- Local businesses stressed by the downtrodden economy got a boost in morale and possibly their bottom line last weekend, when a record number of visitors attended the annual business showcase.
- Hiker rescued
- March 23, 2010
- Saturday’s pristine blue skies and warm temperatures quickly grew cloudy for one Payson man and his dog when the duo found themselves stuck on a rock and without a way down.
- Volunteering should not be a costly endeavor
- March 23, 2010
- It may be harder to get volunteers for Payson Community Kids when volunteers must pay to volunteer.
- Kirkpatrick votes to pass health reform
- Changes would cover an estimated 118,000 in District
- March 23, 2010
- All Arizona’s Democrats supported the biggest expansion of health coverage since Medicare and all Republicans opposed it, reflecting the bigger partisan divisions revealed by the historic vote.
- Near Tragedy: Jail release party turns into weird crash
- March 23, 2010
- A boozy jail release party went horribly array Friday night when it nearly ended tragically — twice.
- Community Almanac
- March 23, 2010
- Due to the extremely wet winter weather the Tonto National Forest has received this year, a decision has been made to postpone the dead down personal use fuel wood and other forest product permit sales until Monday, April 12.
- The future knocks, the room’s ready
- March 23, 2010
- The future doesn’t always call ahead for reservations. So sometimes, you have to keep the guest bedroom ready — just in case.
- Cheaper to layoff staff than pay for health insurance
- March 23, 2010
- The new health care bill requires an employer with at least 50 employees to provide them insurance.
- Kirkpatrick voted against the American people
- March 23, 2010
- Representative Ann Kirkpatrick had the opportunity to do the right thing and vote against Obamacare as was the overwhelming wishes of her constituency and at least 68 percent of Americans.
- New health reform bill includes good things
- March 23, 2010
- Since this bill only passed last night, I don’t know what the response will be, but I can guess that there will be much gnashing of teeth and moaning about socialism, etc.
- Miracle on S. Sutton Road
- March 23, 2010
- A miracle has happened on S. Sutton Road. We can drive safely on it now. We, the residents at 1206 and 1210, wish to thank you, whoever you are.
- New EPA rules a critical blow to struggling economy
- March 23, 2010
- I read recently that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) thinks that now is the right time to introduce new rules and regulations geared at regulating greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) on America’s industrial facilities, power plants, hospitals, and small businesses (such as bakeries).
- New short sale program may streamline process
- March 23, 2010
- If you find yourself in the unfortunate position of not being able to make your mortgage payments on your primary residence, and the value of the loan is greater than today’s value of the home, you may want to consider a short sale after consulting with your attorney and tax advisor.
- Nature’s classroom
- Students explore environmental health at river, Fossil Springs
- March 23, 2010
- Recently Payson High School ecology and biology students packed onto a school bus and traveled to different points along the Verde River to measure pH levels of water, velocity and depth, and to look for organisms. The preponderance of delicate organisms can mean water has stayed healthy a long time, according to biology teacher Joe Schmidt.
- Coor to discuss the ‘Arizona We Want’ at business awards
- March 23, 2010
- Lattie Coor will discuss ‘The Arizona We Want,’ a citizens’ agenda derived from the results of the Gallup Arizona Poll, during his speech at the April 8 Rim Country Business Awards Luncheon.
- Business Briefs
- March 23, 2010
- Yavapai Workforce Connection, Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce, and Yavapai College are teaming up again to host the 5th annual Verde Valley Job, Career & Education Fair on Wednesday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Verde Valley Fairgrounds.
- Big spenders didn’t top vote in Payson council race
- Retirees provided most of the donations, but Carpenter financed his own campaign
- March 23, 2010
- The council election in which challenger Fred Carpenter upended Vice Mayor Mike Vogel showed no clear relationship between spending and vote totals — and no sign at all of the real estate, developer and construction money that once played a key role in town politics.
- Payson can now charge drunk drivers for response teams
- March 23, 2010
- The state cracks down with big fines, license revocations, automatic jail time for drunk drivers and now the Payson Town Council wants to charge for fire trucks and paramedics.
- McCain to Host Fundraiser for Dr. Steve Mehta
- Mehta Speaks out on Healthcare Vote
- March 23, 2010
- Show Low, AZ – Today, Dr. Steve Mehta announced that Laurie McCain, no relationship whatsoever to Senator John McCain, will be hosting a fundraiser at her Show Low home in honor of Dr. Steve Mehta this Tuesday.
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Question of the week
Do you think new Principal Anna Van Zile has a valid idea in eliminating the Asst. Principal and replacing it with an Athletic Director position that would share her duties as Principal?
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