Also from May 25
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Payson signs off on sale of wells to Star Valley- May 25, 2010
- The Payson Town Council has approved an agreement to sell three deep-water wells to neighboring Star Valley for $100,000 and to limit its future use of the controversial Tower Well.
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- Tournament is a chance to remember Jack
- May 25, 2010
- The annual Jack Morris Memorial Benefit Golf Tournament is more than an opportunity to enjoy a round of golf while raising much-needed money for the Payson High football program and a memorial scholarship.
- A belated thank you
- May 25, 2010
- To everyone that helped make JRE’s Spring Fling a success — thank you.
- Sheriff’s Posse instates new captain
- May 25, 2010
- At a recent general meeting of the Payson Gila County Sheriff’s Posse, Rick DePillipis was sworn in as posse captain. DePillipis was appointed by the posse board and confirmed at the general meeting.
- Bicyclist has bumps, bruises after colliding with car
- May 25, 2010
- A bicyclist escaped serious injury after crashing a bike into a car Thursday afternoon and walked away with only a few bumps and bruises.
- Community Almanac
- May 25, 2010
- Donate blood from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, May 25 at the Fireside Room of the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.
- Decision to let high school principal go was a poor one
- May 25, 2010
- I first moved to Payson in 1969 and all my sons attended and graduated from Payson elementary and high schools. I have not been crazy about every teacher they had, but never had a reason to be glad to see one go.
- Patient’s Choice Award winners honored
- May 25, 2010
- When Payson Regional Medical Center (PRMC) asked former patients to nominate nurses who exceeded expectations, the community responded with an incredible number of nominations.
- Payson police to host National Night Out activities at Green Valley Park
- May 25, 2010
- On July 31, the Payson Police Department is once again hosting the National Night Out (NNO), a nationwide police effort aimed at lowering crime rates.
- Seniors get spicy this summer to help teens
- May 25, 2010
- Members of the Senior Circle will spice it up this summer with a Bikini Car Wash and Zumba Dance.
- Payson cuts costs with health shift, buyouts
- Eight town employees take five months of salary, insurance coverage to retire early
- May 25, 2010
- Changes in health insurance and a rash of employee buyouts could help balance Payson’s precarious budget in the upcoming fiscal year.
- PHS receives 2010 Global Education Excellence award
- May 25, 2010
- Payson High School recently received national recognition for excellence in global education by leading foreign exchange organization EF Foundation for Foreign Study.
- Options for getting out and moving on
- May 25, 2010
- The housing economy has caused many people to face a dilemma.
- Longhorn spring football practice kicks off
- Former PHS player named head coach
- May 25, 2010
- Newly appointed Payson High School football coach Byron Quinlan jump-started his first off-season program by holding a five-day spring practice last week on the PHS campus.
- Documentary on small town life filming in Payson
- May 25, 2010
- An upcoming documentary that producers hope captures small-town nostalgia and the joy of reinvigorating lapsed relationships will soon start filming in Payson.
- California boycotters should read their state’s law
- May 25, 2010
- I wish those in California who are boycotting our state would read Section 834 B of the California Penal Code. It basically mirrors SB 1070. Just go online and read it.
- Students present research projects during colloquium
- May 25, 2010
- Who knew that scientists are curing paralysis with olfactory mucosa transplantation, or that those afflicted with bipolar disorder tend to demonstrate high levels of creativity?
- End of water wars finally draws near
- May 25, 2010
- Maybe they ought to stage a signing ceremony on a bass boat floating serenely in a Green Valley Lake. If that seems too, well Payson, maybe they could set up a picnic table alongside the Tower Well for the ceremony.
- Students bring appreciation to Walmart employee
- May 25, 2010
- A large yellow school bus nosily creaked to a stop out in front of Walmart Friday. Some 70 tiny feet filed out, careful in their excitement not to make too much noise as they waddled through the entrance.
- Firefighters inhale toxic fumes from brush fire
- Weekend fire at abandoned Shumway mill site causes concerns
- May 25, 2010
- Several firefighters who helped fight a brush fire at an old mill site south of Payson Saturday, suffered minor smoke inhalation and could have breathed in toxic chemicals including arsenic abandoned at the site.
- Many people helped with Tonto NRCD Ag. Education Field Day
- May 25, 2010
- On behalf of The Tonto National Resource Conservation District, I, Lori Brown, would like to thank Lani Hall, our Gila County 4-H extension leader, and Johnna Kile, my assistant activity director, for all their time, thought and hard work to make this as good as I expected it to be.
- State, federal candidates attend meet and greet Republican event
- May 25, 2010
- About 25 Republican local, state and federal candidates attended a meet and greet hosted by the Rim Country Republican Club Saturday at Rumsey Park.
- Question: Who should count GCC’s tuition?
- May 25, 2010
- Gila Community College’s budget next year will increase 10 percent — not counting tuition.
- Forest officials seek comments
- May 25, 2010
- The Tonto National Forest has started a public comment period on a draft Environmental Assessment for Heber-Reno/ Morgan Mountain Sheep Driveways.
- Payson signs off on sale of wells to Star Valley
- $100,000 deal would also limit pumping from infamous Tower Well
- May 25, 2010
- The Payson Town Council has approved an agreement to sell three deep-water wells to neighboring Star Valley for $100,000 and to limit its future use of the controversial Tower Well.
- Rodeo 50/50 winners announced
- May 25, 2010
- Larry Hinds of Glendale and Daniel Taft of Payson won the Payson Pro-Rodeo Committee 50/50 drawings at the Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo.
- Forest recreation sites open in time for Memorial Day weekend
- May 25, 2010
- Visitors planning to travel to the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests (ASNFs) this upcoming Memorial Day weekend will be happy to know that the forest’s recreation sites have opened for the summer season.
- Farmers Market to open May 29 at Sawmill Crossing
- May 25, 2010
- Locavores rejoice, the Payson Farmers Market will open May 29 for the summer with double the vendors in its new location at Sawmill Crossing.
- Mesa firefighter gets help from buddies after breaking leg on trail
- May 25, 2010
- Mesa firefighters had to help rescue one of their own Thursday afternoon after a bone breaking fall on a Tonto Basin area trail.
- Lawsuits blast plan to reduce eagle protection
- Apaches, environmentalists insist politics again overruled science at Fish and Wildlife Service
- May 25, 2010
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has once again substituted politics for science by overruling the views of biologists in trying to remove desert bald eagles from the endangered species list, according to a lawsuit filed by environmentalists and several Apache tribes.
- Casino security uses AED to revive woman who collapsed on the job
- May 25, 2010
- A Mazatzal Hotel and Casino worker who went into cardiac arrest while gardening Monday afternoon was revived, thanks to the prompt action of casino security, according to the Payson Fire Department.
- Sparky and Wilbur to tug family loyalties
- May 25, 2010
- It would be fun and entertaining to be a fly on the wall in the Nossek home next fall when Arizona State University plays the University of Arizona in the two schools’ bitter rivalry football game.
- Attempt to end SV business license fails
- May 25, 2010
- What’s in a tax? For one Star Valley councilor determined to take a stand against the government’s many tariffs, change has to start at the local level.
- New immigration law is absolutely the correct answer
- May 25, 2010
- The proof that Arizona’s SB 1070 is the absolutely correct answer at the perfect time is all the purple-faced, bug-eyed, slobber-slinging diatribes being launched against it by the left.
- Senior runs down all comers
- May 25, 2010
- The challenge of competing against the finest athletes in Arizona high school track and field was not a hurdle Dustin Isles couldn’t clear.
- Senior pockets McDonald’s scholarship
- May 25, 2010
- Academic achievement and community involvement has earned Payson High School senior Elizabeth Luna the Ronald McDonald House $2,500 scholarship to attend the college of her choice.
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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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