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Crews contain E. Verde blaze- April 30, 2010
- Firefighters on Wednesday managed to keep a fierce, wind-whipped fire that consumed an East Verde Estates home from igniting thick brush and threatening the whole community.
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- Third anniversary for First Friday is May 7
- May 4, 2010
- Main Street in Payson is where the town’s first commercial center developed, with residences, the school and church growing up around it.
- See ‘new’ Cancer Closet Thursday
- May 4, 2010
- Remember May 6 the “new” Cancer Closet will have an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stop by and see the gift closet and learn how this incredible program provides free services to women undergoing chemotherapy.
- Clear out old medicine
- May 4, 2010
- What is in your medicine cabinet? If yours is anything like ours, there are probably lots of things that are obsolete in there.
- Gardening conference coming to Payson
- May 4, 2010
- The 11th Annual Arizona Highlands Garden Conference will be held Saturday, Aug. 28 at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino. Also offered will be Sustainability Demonstration Tours on Friday, Aug. 27 at different locations around Payson.
- PHS senior earns Coca-Cola $10,000 scholarship
- May 4, 2010
- Nicole Scott, a senior at Payson High School has been recognized as one of the country’s most exceptional high school seniors by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation and has been awarded a $10,000 Regional Coca-Cola Scholarship for college.
- Volunteers sought for First Things First Partnership Council
- May 4, 2010
- If you are a Gila County resident interested in helping our youngest children arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed, the First Things First Gila Regional Partnership Council needs you.
- Feature Teacher
- May 4, 2010
- Outer experience is a reflection of inner reality.
- Class offers students Web development skills
- May 4, 2010
- The chatroom dating service Plentyoffish.com holds the title of most lucrative click-through advertising site. Google had to write its operator a check for $901,000 — two months worth of payment — after Google’s electronic funds transfer bounced, according to a blog run by Plentoffish.com’s founder, Marcus Frind.
- Skeptics challenge need for jump in water rates
- Walker defends need for 25 percent increase in Payson’s water rates to provide money to upgrade system
- May 4, 2010
- Last year, an aging water main under Main Street crack, split and turned a big chunk of the street into a messy sinkhole.
- Climate changes can be a hazard to your health
- May 4, 2010
- I see that the recent news media reports that the enviro wackos are at it again. They are trying their utmost to save their sinking ship, like the Titanic, it’s a lost cause.
- Yes vote urged for Prop. 100
- May 4, 2010
- Payson voters are receiving their ballots for Proposition 100.
- Opposed to Town of Payson’s economic development position
- May 4, 2010
- An open letter to Mayor Kenny Evans: I am writing to express my concern over the possibility of appointing Mike Vogel to a paid economic development position on the Town staff.
- Blue ribbon committee is faddish
- May 4, 2010
- Mr. Lemon’s use of 30 years of experience to support his views is not the constructive criticism needed in this situation. I have 35-plus years of experience as a teacher, principal, assistant superintendent and university instructor. Perhaps, I have as much credibility as he.
- Water rate increase: timing is everything
- May 4, 2010
- Timing, they say, is everything. So on Thursday, the Payson Town Council will consider a slimmed down water rate hike — 10 percent. Now, that’s just half as bad as the first proposal — which asked for more like 20 percent.
- Community Almanac
- May 4, 2010
- Frontier Elementary School is hosting a 50 percent off book sale May 4 through May 7.
- Christopher Kohl’s Fire Department torches building as training exercise
- May 4, 2010
- The Christopher Kohl’s Fire Department recently performed intensive fire training drills using a donated cabin to brush up on firefighting skills and possibly lower homeowners’ insurance rates.
- Two carfuls of illegal immigrants caught by deputies
- May 4, 2010
- In what appears to be two unrelated incidents, two carfuls of illegal immigrants were discovered by deputies last Tuesday on Highway 87 at the exact same location, several hours apart.
- GCC president wants special assistant
- May 4, 2010
- One month after the Gila Community College board opposed hiring a part-time accountant, board chairman Bob Ashford suggested hiring an executive liaison that would report to him.
- School district’s health costs go up 28 percent
- May 4, 2010
- Payson schools’ health premiums will rise 28 percent next year, even after the school board approved switching health carriers Monday night.
- Town council to consider smaller water rate hike
- May 4, 2010
- The Payson Town Council on Thursday will consider a 10 percent increase in water rates, about half the rate increase included in the “worst case scenario.”
- Popeye flexes forearms at Payson Golf Course
- May 4, 2010
- As if he was wolfing down spinach and tooting his corncob pipe much like his cartoon namesake, Popeye Clay hooked up with Jim Dalgleish to take first place in a Payson Men’s Golf Association two-man best ball tournament held April 28 at Payson Golf Course.
- 2010 T-ball registration still open
- May 4, 2010
- Although the original registration deadline, May 3, for town-sponsored youth T-ball has passed, recreation coordinator Joseph Harris says parents can continue to sign up their children during a late period this week.
- JRE principal to double as high school AD
- May 4, 2010
- Julia Randall Elementary School Principal Rob Varner will act as Payson High School’s athletic director next year, the school board decided recently.
- Horn baseball team’s shot at state done in by Cats, power points
- May 4, 2010
- A screwy power points system and a 15-9 loss to Show Low squashed the Payson Longhorns’ dreams of advancing to the 3A state baseball tournament.
- Lobos, Horns will clash once again
- May 4, 2010
- Payson Longhorn and Snowflake Lobo players might soon grow weary of peering into one another’s mugs.
- State first round awaits Lady Longhorns
- May 4, 2010
- The Lady Longhorns are advancing to the 3A state softball tournament thanks to a 13-10 East regional tournament victory over the Round Valley Elks.
- Fall hunting and trapping regulations available online
- May 4, 2010
- Hunters, it’s that time of the year again. The deadline to apply for an Arizona fall hunt permit-tag, issued through the draw, is 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 8. The 2010-11 Arizona Hunting and Trapping Regulations, and application forms, are now available at the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/draw.
- Spring sports teams enter final frays
- May 4, 2010
- Beginning this week is the portion of the spring sports season that prep coaches and players most look forward to. For fans, it’s the most exciting part of the campaign.
- Putting health into perspective
- May 4, 2010
- A once debunked mini-golf center is now home to an all-natural weight loss and health center fit for anyone looking to feel better physically and mentally or just grab a bite to eat for lunch.
- Will the health care bill further hurt the health of the real estate market?
- May 4, 2010
- There is some confusion out there as to what the new health care bill’s impact will be on real estate.
- Boat overturns, family rescued
- May 4, 2010
- Three adults, two children and a dog nearly drowned in Roosevelt Lake Sunday after their boat capsized in high waves, leaving them stranded in icy cold water for nearly two hours.
- Cash, donations needed for flood victims
- May 4, 2010
- The repercussions of the powerful winter storms and flooding that scrapped across Arizona in January continue to be felt in Gila County and among the residents of Black Canyon City, Yavapai County.
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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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