Also from May 21
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Star Valley council keeps lid on coffers- May 21, 2010
- With tax revenues unpredictable next year, the town of Star Valley isn’t taking any risks with its proposed budget, preferring to keep its rainy day fund life jacket securely fastened.
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- East Region coaches honor Lady Longhorns
- May 21, 2010
- The laurels are flowing in for members of the Lady Longhorn softball team.
- Owning bonds in today’s interest rate environment is a good move
- May 21, 2010
- If you own bonds, keep this in mind: Bond prices typically drop when interest rates rise.
- Highway 260 construction continues
- May 21, 2010
- In case you haven’t noticed, our Highway 260 looks mighty different these days.
- Four walls better than one for Arizona
- May 21, 2010
- Vaca Sagrada! No matter which side of the proposed John McCain fence you’re on, Arizona’s new illegal immigration law certainly has caused a stir, hasn’t it?
- Barbershop offers affordable ’dos for men and women
- May 21, 2010
- While salons and spas have become trendy outlets for a haircut in recent years, a trip to the local barbershop proves you can still get a great cut for only a few bucks.
- Mogollon High School track getting a facelift
- May 21, 2010
- The weather has been very pleasant lately. A few days we had breezes. The fire danger has already been set to “high” as indicated at the Black Mesa Ranger Station billboard next to Highway 260 in Overgaard.
- Couple starts diaper drive to help families
- May 21, 2010
- After reading a Time magazine article that described women reusing disposable diapers in Connecticut, local resident Anthony Alfano knew something had to be done to prevent this from happening in Rim Country.
- Neighbors object to looser lot splitting rules
- May 21, 2010
- Should Payson make it hard on folks who want to sell their back yards? Nah — let’s be loose, says Payson’s planning staff.
- Advocacy center to join Childhelp family in treating abused children
- May 21, 2010
- A program dedicated to the treatment and prevention of child abuse in Payson will stay open after a national nonprofit stepped up and took the program over May 1.
- Pilots pass on love of flight at Aero Fair
- May 21, 2010
- After a rough and tumble night of bronc and bull riding Friday at the Gary Hardt Memorial Spring Rodeo, the Aero Fair Saturday offered visitors a soft place to land. With near perfect weather, it was nothing but smooth flying throughout the event.
- Vendors for Memorial Day, yard sale sought
- May 21, 2010
- The Tall Pines Market is really stepping it up a notch to help members of the community.
- A better way to share your digital photographs
- May 21, 2010
- It’s amazing that some of us are still using e-mail to send pictures to our friends and family.
- New fence for cemetery
- May 21, 2010
- Could it be possible that spring has finally arrived? It sure feels that way as we are finally getting warmer weather.
- Star Valley council keeps lid on coffers
- May 21, 2010
- With tax revenues unpredictable next year, the town of Star Valley isn’t taking any risks with its proposed budget, preferring to keep its rainy day fund life jacket securely fastened.
- Sales tax saves schools
- May 21, 2010
- Voters statewide approved the 1-cent sales tax measure this week, which means Payson schools avoided “mothballing” Frontier Elementary School and laying off enough teachers to qualify as crisis-mode, Superintendent Casey O’Brien said at a Rim Country Chamber lunch at Tiny’s Thursday.
- Payson council awards fire station bids
- Town gets a bargain on building third station, but still needs federal grants to staff it
- May 21, 2010
- Sure enough: Payson got a smoking deal on a new fire station. Now all the cash-strapped town has to do is find a way to staff it.
- Community comes to aid of burned out family
- May 21, 2010
- Thanks to a profusion of donations from residents and businesses, a family displaced by a May 1 fire will soon have a new home, and plans are under way to rebuild their former rental.
- Prop. 100 easily passes in Gila County
- May 21, 2010
- Despite serious concerns it wouldn’t pass, the residents of Gila County and the rest of the state overwhelmingly supported Proposition 100 at Tuesday’s polls.
- Meth Messenger: Hope and recovery from drug addiction
- May 21, 2010
- This column centers on hope and recovery from drug addiction. There is help available and there are agencies and facilities willing to give assistance to addicts in an effort to find a treatment plan suited to his/her particular needs.
- Community Almanac
- May 21, 2010
- Rim Country Middle School is offering enrichment classes this summer. The deadline to register is Friday, May 21.
- Make long view part of plan for new fire station
- May 21, 2010
- What happens if you build a new fire station but you don’t have the firefighters or the equipment to operate it?
- Failing to fix the Fannie and Freddie fiasco
- May 21, 2010
- The Senate continues to press forward with legislation to address the causes of the financial crisis. But, while lawmakers’ eyes have trained on the big banks in New York, they have overlooked two of the main culprits of the financial crisis within the Capital Beltway.
- Being on the front lines of illegal immigration
- May 21, 2010
- After Arizona rancher Rob Krentz was murdered on his ranch a month ago, I participated in a Senate hearing on border violence.
- GI happiness is soft boots, stuffed belly and snug bed
- May 21, 2010
- Oh yeah! Good boots, good food, and a good bunk. Any GI who has all three is in danger of smiling so hard he may split his face. Or worse, smiling so hard some %$#@! lieutenant gets it into his head that the troops need more training.
- Aero Fair was a huge success
- May 21, 2010
- The 2010 Payson Aero Fair on Saturday, May 15 was a huge success.
- Green Valley Lake needs to be cleaned up
- May 21, 2010
- If the citizens of Payson are asked to keep up their property, what’s the problem with the Town of Payson?
- Kyl needs to introduce legislation to deal with immigration issue
- May 21, 2010
- Arizona has two of the most powerful and long-serving senators in Congress: Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party’s last presidential candidate, and Sen. Jon Kyl, who ranks second among the Senate Republican leadership.
- Grant helps handicapped youth learn adult skills
- May 21, 2010
- For many youth that are seriously mentally ill, transitioning into adulthood is a challenge. From finding a job, a home and learning to support themselves on their own, many teens find the transition difficult, especially since a lot of assistance programs end when they become adults.
- Middle school students planning push for Relay for Life
- May 21, 2010
- he students and staff of Rim Country Middle School are planning a big push for the upcoming Relay for Life, the area’s premier fund-raising event to help fight all cancers.
- Zone change for huge block of land hits snag
- Developers will rework request for 222-acre block along Airport Road that includes some of the last land left for light industry and apartments
- May 21, 2010
- The Payson Planning Commission during a recent meeting put off hearings on a detailed zone change for a crucial 222 acres of forested land near the Airport to let the developer recast a plan for houses, apartments and an industrial park.
- Get set for Saturday nights in the park
- May 21, 2010
- Make a list of your favorite picnic supper foods and supplies and start getting the ingredients together. Find easy-to-carry lawn chairs or a nice, thick, comfy blanket to put on the grass at Green Valley Park. The annual Concert Under the Stars series is coming back in just a couple of weeks.
- I-40 closures possible this weekend due to high wind warnings
- May 21, 2010
- Forecasters are predicting a combination of high winds and dry conditions for northeastern Arizona this weekend, posing a threat to drivers on Interstate 40 where similar conditions have prompted multiple closures due to near-zero visibility.
- Junior Rodeo returns to roots
- May 21, 2010
- As if the Lone Ranger’s introduction “Return with us now to the thrilling days of yesteryear” was echoing through the air, Payson youth rodeo action soon takes a step back in time to when the thrills and spills of Arizona Junior High School Rodeo Finals was a Rim Country highlight.
- Fab four set for champions’ showdown Saturday
- May 21, 2010
- A foursome of Payson High School’s finest track and field athletes has spent the past week preparing for appearances in one of the state’s most prestigious postseason competitions.
- Payson High School slugger named to All-State second team
- May 21, 2010
- Payson High School junior Westin Gibson has been chosen to the Arizona Baseball Coaches Association Class 3A All-State second team as a designated hitter.
- Seminar on Coues deer set at Mtn. Bible
- May 21, 2010
- The Mountain Bible Church-sponsored “Shoot for the Heart” series of outdoor seminars continues at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 22 with Chuck Youngkers leading a presentation on “Arizona Coues Whitetail” deer. Youngkers, a renowned Rim Country hunter, will give tips on how to find, hunt and score the deer.
- Springtime turkey season a success
- May 21, 2010
- The spring turkey hunting season came to a close yesterday throughout all of northern Arizona. The birds in the local units of 22, 23 and 6A were very obliging in that they continued to turkey talk to the final days of the hunt.
- Payson woman makes bid for state senate
- May 21, 2010
- Politicians worried about surviving the next election often make short-term decisions instead of devising long-term solutions, said Payson resident and Democratic state senate candidate Elaine Bohlmeyer.
- Appreciating Ag
- May 21, 2010
- ’Twas agriculture field day and not a video game was in sight.
- Vote for us in the Shelter Challenge
- May 21, 2010
- Follow these simple steps to help us win grant money in The Animal Rescue Site’s $100,000 Shelter Challenge.
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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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