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Will the Payson Longhorn football team having a winning season?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 68% | |
| No | 27% | |
| Undecided | 3% | |
| Total | 159 | |
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- Meet some of our Lonely Hearts
- September 3, 2010
- This week, we’d like to feature some of our Lonely Hearts Club members. These are animals that have been at the shelter for more than six months.
- Supply Line event will help send holiday treats to troops
- September 3, 2010
- Although the United States has officially ended its seven-year combat mission in Iraq, tens of thousands of troops remain overseas. This Christmas, a dedicated group of Payson volunteers is determined to let soldiers know they are not forgotten. Butch Klein and Lud Kaftan founded Payson Supply Line in January of 2005.
- So-called experts don’t have all the answers
- September 3, 2010
- According to a recent Gallup poll, 42 percent of Americans identify themselves as conservative or very conservative. Twenty percent identify as liberal or very liberal.
- GI beds are a lot of bunk
- September 3, 2010
- A while back I mentioned that GI happiness is soft boots, a full belly, and a comfortable bunk. I thought I had just barely enough stuff to make a full column, and was amazed to find out I had to leave out 90 percent of the things I had in mind. Why?
- The real tax cut beneficiaries
- September 3, 2010
- We’ve gotta pinch pennies these days. Don’t you know we have a budget deficit?
- Voters will get what they deserve
- September 3, 2010
- On Aug. 24, 19 percent of registered voters in Arizona went to the polls.
- Glen Beck puts on a great show
- September 3, 2010
- If you currently don’t watch Glenn Beck, you don’t know what you are missing by not watching his show.
- Lots of tests, no followup
- September 3, 2010
- What is happening to our medical doctors here in the Rim area?
- Hey folks it’s not over yet!
- September 3, 2010
- The Payson Tea Party had a good crowd — around 72 — at its post-election meeting, but we need you all to come back every Thursday as our fight is far from over.
- Thanks for making roping a success
- September 3, 2010
- The Gracie Lee Haught Children’s Memorial Fund Fourth Annual Roping was a great success. Gracie’s family and the GLH Children’s Memorial Fund extend our sincere thank you to the volunteers behind the scenes and to everyone who participated in the roping and enjoyed the weekend with us. The success of the event lies in the generosity of our community.
- Success of Rodeo Reunion due to many
- September 3, 2010
- We would like to thank everyone that made the Payson Rodeo Reunion possible this year.
- Meaningful goals for teachers needed
- September 3, 2010
- This week the Payson School Board once more found itself mud wrestling a vexing topic: How should it distribute bonuses based on teacher performance?
- Payson gambles by building 3rd fire station
- Questions about bid process, operating costs dog town’s efforts to build and staff new station
- September 3, 2010
- When the Spanish conquistador Cortez landed in the New World intent on conquering the vast empire of the Aztecs — he gambled everything by burning his boats as his men watched.
- Board wants higher goals for teachers
- Schools choose own goals it must meet to earn performance pay
- September 3, 2010
- Teachers in the Payson Unified School District must increase the goals they set to earn performance pay or the school board will send them back, members warned Monday.
- Police standoff over domestic dispute closes Roundup Road
- September 3, 2010
- A man who told his girlfriend he would shoot at officers if she called for help, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after a brief standoff with police.
- Despite high death rate, rural drivers feel safer
- As Rim braces for weekend crunch, study shows people misjudge risk of rural highways
- September 3, 2010
- Ah: Cruising down a scenic highway with the Mogollon Rim on the horizon. Breeze in your hair — life is good. Right?
- Baby recovering after being tossed onto car
- Mother charged with aggravated assault on a child, domestic violence
- September 3, 2010
- Police say a baby is recovering well after its mother threw it onto the hood of a vehicle during a domestic dispute Wednesday evening.
- Woman set bed on fire to drive the devil away
- September 3, 2010
- Fire officials say a woman determined to “get the devil out of her bed” intentionally set her home on fire Thursday evening. Plumes of dark smoke hung over Payson as firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish a fast-moving blaze, fueled by hoards of paper, boxes and junk throughout the home, at 301 S. Clark Road.
- Prescribed fire plans for the week of September 6
- September 3, 2010
- Pending favorable conditions, fire specialists on the Coconino National Forest plan to conduct prescribed burns at three project areas the week of September 6. No prescribed burns are planned for Labor Day.
- Lightning caused Weir Fire
- September 3, 2010
- The Weir Fire, which began on August 15 from lightning, is currently 10 acres in size and is being managed by firefighters. The fire is located approximately one and half miles north of Stoneman Lake and west of Interstate 17.
- Next Shred-A-Thon is scheduled for Sept. 10 at old Foxworth location
- September 3, 2010
- The Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce will be hold a second Shred-a-thon, this time benefiting Time Out Shelter at Foxworth Galbraith property.
- Life skills class for Payson High School students proposed
- September 3, 2010
- Step away from that Big Mac Payson High School students.
- A better night’s sleep
- September 3, 2010
- If you are sleeping on a double bed with your spouse, you might as well be sleeping in a crib.
- The good, the bad and the investment opportunities of today
- September 3, 2010
- As an investor, you often may have to digest a great deal of information, some positive and some negative.
- Fall bowling leagues now starting
- September 3, 2010
- Once again, it’s time for the 2010-11 fall/winter bowling leagues. RCL has leagues starting up Monday through Friday and we have plenty of spots available. Monday is our 9-pin no-tap league which is open to anyone.
- Dove hunting season opened Sept. 1
- September 3, 2010
- The first of the fall shotgun seasons opened two days ago with the mourning and white winged dove hunt. Arizona is one of the premier states for this popular bird with prolific numbers in the lower elevation desert regions.
- Rivalry continues between Cougars, Longhorns
- September 3, 2010
- A heated rivalry that has its roots in 2006 when Josh Anderson left Chino Valley High School to become the head football coach at Payson continues this evening with the two schools meeting on Longhorn field in a non-region clash. Kickoff is 7 p.m.
- Del Taco to issue trading cards of FLW pro fishermen
- September 3, 2010
- Cameron Davis admits that as a youth he was a sports trading card junkie. “I had over 1,000 of them — baseball and basketball,” he says.
- Big time battles heat up at PHS
- September 3, 2010
- A bevy of 18 of the state’s finest prep volleyball teams clash today, Sept. 4, and tomorrow in a Payson Invitational that is being heralded as one of the state’s finest regular season tournaments.A bevy of 18 of the state’s finest prep volleyball teams clash today, Sept. 4, and tomorrow in a Payson Invitational that is being heralded as one of the state’s finest regular season tournaments.
- Book and Bake Sale at the library Sept. 4
- September 3, 2010
- We are starting to feel a little cool down as we move into September. Rains have subsided with moderate winds on and off again. The sunshine shows to be predominate in the near future as our summer gives way to a more “fall” feel.
- Holiday weekend packed with events
- September 3, 2010
- I can hardly believe it is Labor Day weekend! I’m not sure if it’s outright denial or busyness, but it sure did sneak up on me. The last couple of mornings there has been a slight chill in the air, so I’m trying to drink in every second of summer before it slips away.
- Gila County libraries to receive new laptop computers
- September 3, 2010
- Public library patrons in Gila County gain additional access as 28 new laptop computers will be delivered soon to four public libraries within Gila County, including Payson, thanks to a federal grant of $19,960, along with $5,158 in local matching contributions.
- Senior softball team needs players
- September 3, 2010
- Lou Felix is issuing an invitation for athletes 60-years-plus to hook up with the Payson Cougars senior slow-pitch softball team.
- Open house will be held about Control Road bridges
- September 3, 2010
- The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD) is hosting an open house at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 14 at Julia Randall Elementary School to discuss a proposed multi-bridge replacement/rehabilitation project along National Forest System Road 64 /Forest Highway 51 (also referred to as Control Road) in the Tonto National Forest, north of Payson.
- Labor Day honors hard working men and women
- September 3, 2010
- This week’s music trivia question is dedicated to the young man who busses tables into the wee hours of the night, the certified nurse’s assistant who toils on her late-night weekend shift and the hard working man who pounds roofing nails under the sweltering August Arizona sun.
- Big barbecue, bake sale, auction tomorrow
- September 3, 2010
- The Labor Day weekend is here! The Hellsgate Fire Department Auxiliary is busy preparing all the great-tasting pulled pork sandwiches, the bake sale, and silent auction details to get ready for a successful fund-raiser for our dedicated and loyal firefighters this Saturday.
- Creek reminds water company owners of New England
- September 3, 2010
- With only this weekend left to go (the Labor Day holiday), the summer season officially starts to wind down.
- Turning a life around is not easy
- Juvenile drug court is tough, effective
- 06:00 a.m., September 3, 2010 Updated 01:09 p.m.
- It was no cakewalk, but for one teen, undergoing a year of intensive therapy and frequent status hearings at Payson’s juvenile drug court has turned her life around. And on Monday, the 17-year-old was rewarded for 230 sober days with — a cake.
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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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