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Blue Ridge pipeline clears key hurdle- February 11, 2011
- The long-awaited environmental assessment of the Blue Ridge pipeline has uncovered no major problems with the $30 million project down which Payson’s future will soon gurgle.
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- Get ready for Women’s Wellness Forum in early March
- February 11, 2011
- The annual Women’s Wellness Forum is a rite of spring in the Rim Country and it is returning in March.
- School board may cut payouts for sick leave
- February 11, 2011
- The Payson Unified School District will meet Monday to ponder whether to put a cap on payments for unused sick leave for long-term district employees who retire or get laid off.
- Dr. Lowe fighting grand jury indictment
- February 11, 2011
- A Payson doctor accused of illegally taking over a patient’s assets after her death is fighting a grand jury’s indictment.
- Community drive helps food bank provide for people in need
- February 11, 2011
- Midday, three times a week, a line steadily forms in the open parking lot at the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank.
- What makes home feel like home?
- February 11, 2011
- I’ve mentioned before that my duty assignment during my last seven years in the Air Force required me to travel from base to base teaching other people how to teach.
- Cub Scouts say thanks
- February 11, 2011
- The Cub Scouts of Troop 7354 would like to thank The Home Depot for their recent assistance with our project to build stairs for our storage shed.
- Suspend pension plans, health insurance for state, federal works to pay for low-income health needs
- February 11, 2011
- Republicans claim to be “pro life” and I guess they are if you’re an embryo. If, however, that embryo makes it to full term, it had better be born healthy, have plenty of money and have health insurance or Republicans will just as soon watch you die.
- Exotic pet law makes no sense
- February 11, 2011
- I am not a reptile, spider, or other creepy, crawly fan. When I see a spider on the floor, I run away or grab the nearest shoe.
- Everyone needs to share cost of Pine water
- February 11, 2011
- It seems that my recent comments regarding sharing the costs to improve our water supply are not appreciated by the part-timers, so I am going to try another approach to see if these folks will get the point or not.
- Those seeking taxpayer help need to pass drug tests
- February 11, 2011
- In response to the letter from Robert Herslberger (Roundup, Jan. 28), I’d like to say yes, close those loop holes and you’re right, a penny wouldn’t hurt anyone. But I think I have a better solution.
- Ways the new health law may affect you in 2011
- February 11, 2011
- A federal judge recently ruled President Obama’s health care law unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court will no doubt have to settle the matter, but several of the reform package’s most damaging provisions have already taken root.
- Good news with an unfortunate footnote
- February 11, 2011
- Rim Country passed a major milestone this week, with the release of the environmental assessment of the 15-mile-long route of the Blue Ridge pipeline.
- GCC independence bill clears Senate Education Committee
- February 11, 2011
- A bill clearing the way for Gila Community College to gain its independence on Monday sailed through the Senate Education Committee on a unanimous vote.
- ADOT starts another Hwy. 260 widening project
- February 11, 2011
- With three sections of Highway 260 widened to four lanes and another two under construction, motorists could soon find part of the drive from Payson to Heber a whole lot more comfortable.
- Couple celebrates 70 years of Valentines
- February 11, 2011
- Tobe and Roberta Cogswell have been one another’s Valentine for almost 70 years.
- Students helping to restore stream
- Hard lives, hard work yield life lessons for volunteer crew on Tonto Creek
- February 11, 2011
- Half a dozen kids with hard lives spent a cold day doing hard work — all to gladden the hearts of trout they’ve never met. And the trout might like to thank them — except there’s a catch.
- Investigators seek dead woman’s ID
- February 11, 2011
- Months of decomposition stripped away the body’s identity, but now facial reconstruction may help investigators put a name to the woman and possibly tie a killer to her murder.
- PAHH breaks ground on next Longhorn housing phase
- February 11, 2011
- The Payson Area Habitat for Humanity (PAHH) is proceeding to the next phase of its Longhorn housing project. This decision was made possible by a commitment from National Bank of Arizona to provide PAHH with a construction loan with good terms and the commitment of great local volunteers, PAHH organizers said.
- Blue Ridge pipeline clears key hurdle
- February 11, 2011
- The long-awaited environmental assessment of the Blue Ridge pipeline has uncovered no major problems with the $30 million project down which Payson’s future will soon gurgle.
- Community Almanac
- February 11, 2011
- This Saturday, Feb. 12 at 2:30 p.m., the Uptown Espresso in the Swiss Village will be rocking with the Rim Country Literacy benefit, The Birth of Rock N Roll.
- Football coaches want changes with AIA
- February 11, 2011
- Only three years ago, the Arizona Interscholastic Association and the Arizona Newspapers Association were locked in a heated argument on how state newspapers could cover prep sporting events, gather the news for those stories and the use of photographs.
- WON anglers primed for Roosevelt
- February 11, 2011
- Anglers from around the Western U.S. are arriving in Payson today, Feb. 11, to compete in the first-ever Western Outdoor News (WON) bass tournament to be held on Roosevelt Lake.
- Longhorns have five wrestlers bound for state games
- February 11, 2011
- Although the Longhorn wrestling team is not a threat to win the Division III “State” tournament, there are five hard-nosed team members determined to represent the team in the finest tradition of the storied program.
- Lady Horns advance; boys eliminated by Falcons
- February 11, 2011
- For one Payson High basketball team it’s let the good times roll and for the other, turn out the lights the party’s over.
- Top aviation awards given to John Glatz
- February 11, 2011
- For half the entire history of flight, John Glatz has been safely keeping aircraft in the sky either behind the controls as a pilot or with a wrench as a mechanic.
- Clubs and Organizations
- February 11, 2011
- Pastor Mark and Lora Henning will be sharing their testimonies at the Aglow Valentine-themed gathering from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Feb. 12 at Crossroads Church, 114 E. Cedar Lane, Payson.
- Fire destroys Heber home
- February 11, 2011
- The front passing to the north earlier in the week brought colder temperatures reaching into the lower teens at night with daytime highs in the upper 30s.
- Teens learn about politics
- February 11, 2011
- I hope to see many of you Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Bruce Thompson Senior Dining Room to support the bake sale and silent auction for Carl Norris.
- With Valentine’s Day approaching, love is in the air
- February 11, 2011
- I think it would be hard to argue that a good percentage of America’s pop and country music that has been produced over the years has something to do with “L-O-V-E.”
- Chimney sweep went above and beyond to help
- February 11, 2011
- The Snyder household has been busy getting ready for the new tax season. Thankfully, we have a few extra days this year.
- Shelter has many sweethearts to share your life
- February 11, 2011
- Ah, Valentine’s Day. That romantic day filled with flowers, cards and candy; the excitement of a secret admirer, or the joy of spending time with your lover.
- Business Briefs
- February 11, 2011
- Businesses/organizations can nominate themselves along with friends or patrons of the business as well as any person who feels that this business/organization is worthy of an award.
- Loans available for small businesses affected by flooding
- Five Arizona counties included in SBA disaster declaration
- February 11, 2011
- The U.S. Small Business Association (SBA) announced that qualifying small businesses jarred by severe flooding in five northern Arizona counties are eligible for disaster assistance in the manner of low-interest loans.
- Financial gifts can bring smiles on Valentine’s Day
- February 11, 2011
- Each Valentine’s Day, Americans spend millions of dollars on candy and flowers.
- Fire board meeting Monday
- February 11, 2011
- On Saturday, Feb. 5, Ray and Joy Ruetz celebrated their 50 years of marriage. A gathering in their honor was held at Christopher Creek Bible Fellowship.
- All aboard!
- Fascination with trains took engineer on long ride
- February 11, 2011
- Bob Dylan wrote a song, titled; “It takes a lot to laugh, but it takes a train to cry.” I pondered that for some time, before I understood what he meant.
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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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