Also from June 24
Births
Couples
- Anniversary: Knauss
- Engagement: Wilbanks and Figueroa
- Engagement: Garcia and Parra
Obituaries
Photos
Polls
Do you use coupons when shopping at the grocery store?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Sometimes | 24% | |
| All the time | 21% | |
| Not very often | 20% | |
| Never | 19% | |
| Most of the time | 13% | |
| Total | 255 | |
Lead stories
8:06 a.m.
Crews fighting new fire near Heber- 11:32 a.m., June 21, 2011 Updated 9:11 a.m.
- With the Willow Fire on the Mogollon Rim snuffed, crews took on a new blaze Thursday afternoon, this time eight miles northeast of Heber-Overgaard.
2:45 p.m.
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Low winds help with Willow Fire efforts
- June 24, 2011
- Fears that a forest fire on the Mogollon Rim would spread were all but thwarted this week with low winds allowing firefighters to wrangle in the Willow Fire. Unfortunately, just as crews were mopping up, another fire broke out, this time eight miles northeast of Heber-Overgaard.
All stories
- ADOT: Highway 260 road closure next 3 weeks
- June 24, 2011
- The Arizona Department of Transportation will close a two-mile segment of Highway 260 20 miles east of Payson at 2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday through July 14.
- Clipping cash — how coupons help one woman shop for free
- June 24, 2011
- Buying $800 to $1,000 or more in groceries and paying $50 or less because of coupons is now known as extreme couponing, thanks to a program on the TLC network. Monica Vaughn doesn’t really believe in or practice taking coupon shopping to the extreme. She believes in buying what you need and what you can use (or donate) and having a few extras to replace a product when you run out of it.
- ASU would boost jobs
- June 24, 2011
- An Arizona State University campus in Payson will yield a host of benefits, including $40 million annually in new construction for a decade, 600 new staff jobs, hundreds of local construction jobs, ultra high-speed Internet and a more diverse, year-round economy, backers said Thursday before a crowd of about 60 people.
- Star Valley pursues buying wells from Payson
- June 24, 2011
- With Blue Ridge water too expensive, Star Valley shifted its focus Tuesday to buying three groundwater wells from Payson. The agreement would also limit the pumping of the controversial Tower Well, which provoked the incorporation of the town.
- Low winds help with Willow Fire efforts
- June 24, 2011
- Fears that a forest fire on the Mogollon Rim would spread were all but thwarted this week with low winds allowing firefighters to wrangle in the Willow Fire. Unfortunately, just as crews were mopping up, another fire broke out, this time eight miles northeast of Heber-Overgaard.
- Community Almanac
- June 24, 2011
- The Rim Area Gardeners will host their annual Mogollon Garden Tour Saturday, June 25. Tickets are $5 per person and can be bought at the Pine and Payson libraries, the Rim Country Regional Chamber of Commerce, at Ace Hardware, Plant Fair Nursery and Payson Jewelers.
- A serious fire could happen in Rim Country
- June 24, 2011
- The recent fires around Arizona may leave some of you wondering if something like that could happen here. The answer is yes. Hopefully not to the scale that we have just witnessed but it would still be a disaster if it was your house or your neighborhood.
- Good health care needs fundamental reform of Medicaid
- June 24, 2011
- In his June 21 piece, Mr. Aleshire is correct when he says that Medicaid does not “provide good enough care.”
- Northern Gila County will be slighted again
- June 24, 2011
- The citizens of northern Gila County are being set up to be slighted again in the Gila County Decennial Redistricting of the Supervisorial and College District Boundaries. The Board of Supervisors is 2 to 1 against northern Gila County.
- Dogs should not be allowed to run loose
- June 24, 2011
- I live in the Woodland Meadows area and have a small dog that I walk daily around the neighborhood.
- Congratulations to the town council of Payson
- June 24, 2011
- The go-ahead of building a full ASU campus in Payson, is the very best news for the Town of Payson since the early 1990s.
- School board ponders public’s perceptions
- June 24, 2011
- Payson’s school board members spent Saturday grappling with the future — and worrying about their relationship with the public. The session sometimes sounded like a combat debriefing, as board members talked thoughtfully about the lessons learned in the course of a traumatic year.
- National debt has doubled in past few years
- June 24, 2011
- For the past few weeks, I have been involved in negotiations with the vice president and congressional colleagues as we attempt to develop a plan to fix our nation’s increasingly dire fiscal problems. The conversations have been long and difficult, but the effort is worthwhile. There is no greater crisis facing our country than that posed by the massive deficits and debt obligations that threaten to drown our economy in a sea of red ink.
- Some people just naturally make you feel good, but others …
- June 24, 2011
- For someone who at times in his life quite literally did not have two nickels to rub together I have been to an incredible number of places. When someone mentions places as far apart as Beaumont and Bangkok, Layton and London, Portland and Paris, Tempe and Tripoli, Venice and Vacaville, or even New Bedford, New Delhi, or New London they aren’t just names to me. They are places I know, and perhaps even love. But you know what, Johnny?
- Amateur radio event is June 25
- June 24, 2011
- The MARCA Amateur Radio Club is again participating in the annual ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day Event.
- Adopt a shelter pet today
- June 24, 2011
- All animals available for adoption are spayed or neutered and current on vaccinations.
- School board concerned about public perception
- June 24, 2011
- The Payson School Board at a weekend retreat fretted about criticisms that it too often rubber-stamps the recommendations of Superintendent Casey O’Brien, and grappled with the relationship between the elected board and the hired administrators. “We’re being scrutinized more than ever before,” said board member Kim Pound, who has in the past expressed frustration with the board’s role. “There are some people on this board that are irritated when you ask a question,” said board member Barbara Shepherd who, like Pound, is a newcomer on a tight-knit board.
- Taylor Pool changes public swim hours
- June 24, 2011
- David Tait, of EVO Swim School, who is running Taylor Pool for the Town of Payson, has made some changes in the schedule. He said it is expensive to fully staff lifeguards for the four-hour public swim each day. The public swim program is losing money at an unsustainable rate. To keep the admission price as low a possible, it is necessary to change public swim hours. Taylor Pool will be open for public swim only on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday starting the week of June 27. Open swim is $2 per visit from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Cody, Burns win Payson women’s Memorial Tournament
- June 24, 2011
- The highlight for the Payson Women’s Golf Association for the month of May was the annual Memorial Tournament held May 31. The tournament ended in a tie, so the winning team had to be determined by a playoff. Taking top honors was the team of Shari Cody and Jan Burns, with Marcy Hewlett and Lois Judd coming in second.
- Volleyball tourney provides glimpse of upcoming season for Lady Longhorns
- June 24, 2011
- Aspiring Payson High volleyball team members just returned from a one-day tournament in Winslow where they lost a 25-24 heartbreaker to defending state champion Monument Valley. “It was our first opportunity since last season to see if we could replace last year’s players who departed, especially graduating senior Trinity England and transfer Rachel DiFelice, who moved to Fountain Hills,” said coach Arnold Stonebrink. “I had a small team, just seven players, but they made up for it in desire.”
- Archery: Ancient sport rediscovered
- June 24, 2011
- Twang….pffffft…thwack. Twang…pffffft…thwack. The sound of archers releasing their arrows and hitting the targets fills the still evening air, until this round of shooting ends. “OK, let’s get arrows,” 4-H leader Mike Burket calls out to the seven archers. The children put down their bows, grab their quivers and walk out to the targets, eagerly chatting about the shots they’ve just made. “I hit it right in the middle!” crows Cubby Connolly, a tow-headed 11-year-old wearing a baseball cap and shooting a compound bow.
- Clubs and Organizations
- June 24, 2011
- A Havarah Jewish Group is forming for Friday Evening Shabbat potluck dinners. If interested, please call Nancy or Ike at (480) 563-3836 or (480) 703-7619, or e-mail nfeiges@yahoo.com.
- Hairdresser joins salon staff
- June 24, 2011
- Shear Oasis Salon has a new hairdresser. “I am introducing a new appeal to everyone in our country town at Shear Oasis Salon located in north Swiss Village,” said Amber Crain.
- Take stock of daily routine for investment chances
- June 24, 2011
- Some investors find the thought of investing in the stocks of companies intimidating. After all, how do you possibly decide which companies, out of literally thousands, to choose? A good place to start is by taking a closer look at the products and services you use in your daily routine. Consider a day in the life of an average American.
- Rimstones Rock Club awards college scholarships to two students
- June 24, 2011
- The Payson Rimstones Rock Club as part of its community education program, has just awarded college scholarships totaling $3,000 to two Payson High School graduates. Jeb Ward, who plans on majoring in biology at Northern Arizona University, will receive $1,800 for the 2011/2012 school year and Daniel Conley, who will major in math and secondary education, will receive $1,200. The scholarships are rewarded annually to science majors and can be renewed annually on a competitive basis.
- Students attend Girls State at University of Arizona
- June 24, 2011
- With their junior year of high school behind them, Natalie Black and Kathleen Kelly were two of the nearly 300 young women from across Arizona who attended the 64th American Legion Auxiliary Girls State on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, June 5-11.
- Looking at old photos brings back memories
- June 24, 2011
- This past week I was looking back through some old photo albums that had been tucked away for a long, long time. I couldn’t believe my eyes! Have you ever looked back through your own pictures and muttered to yourself — Wow! I really looked “dorky” back then. Just look at me! Well, that’s exactly what I was saying to myself.
- Have fun in the forest, but be careful
- June 24, 2011
- The forest fires around the state are alarming and frightening! This time of year is so dangerous to live amongst the ponderosa pine trees, but I don’t want to live anywhere else. I just wish that more people who visit and live within the forest would have more respect for the fragility of the forest. Even residents who live here year-round don’t show enough concern to obey the forest restrictions that are put in place by Tonto National Forest officials. They still build campfires, they smoke and throw their butts on the ground and show complete disregard of the fire danger. They ride their dirt bikes and quads on the restricted areas without spark arresters and in many cases, no license plate!
- Independence Day Parade will be Saturday, July 2
- June 24, 2011
- This is the last reminder for the Independence Parade scheduled for Saturday, July 2. John Mitchell is the originator and grand marshal of the Independence Day Parade, so if you have any questions you may reach him at 602-478-4729. We will line up in front of the Tall Pines Market at 12:45 p.m. and the parade will start promptly at 1 p.m. The parade will conclude at the Landmark on the Creek where there will be free ice cream for the kids. So, come on out and decorate your quads, golf carts, trucks, ATVs and bikes or you can get some exercise in and walk with your pet on a leash.
- The race of time and the onslaught of technology
- June 24, 2011
- Much of these columns have to do with coming events with their dates and times. Summer is approaching the mid mark. We talk of time as racing by or running out, as though it was a finite commodity. I think that is because often we fail to stop and appreciate what is going on, only to later reflect on what we have missed.
- Airpark holds annual Fly-In
- June 24, 2011
- Continued warm, calm days with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows around the 50-degree mark are predicted with low or no winds. This welcome respite is allowing fire crews to get an upper hand on the Willow Fire near Bear Canyon Lake. Earlier this week, the size of the fire was re-classified downward in size from the estimated 400 acres to 213 acres due to updated field geospatial data received.
- Garden tour gives glimpse of handcrafted beauty
- “Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in
- June 24, 2011
- There aren’t any Marys on the 2011 Mogollon Garden Tour, presented by the Rim Area Gardeners from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 25, and a cockle is the common name for small, edible, saltwater clams, finding those on the tour is not likely either. What’s a soul to do? But take heart — there are the bells — not silver, but Bellflowers, Bluebells of Scotland, Canterbury Bells, Coral Bells and Lobella. And that’s just in one garden on the tour. Each year, the Rim Area Garden Club seeks out gardens to be featured on the annual Mogollon Garden Tour. There are six sites included in the 2011 tour. Three are in Payson, with one each in Star Valley, Whispering Pines and Washington Park. Each site will also feature either an artist or musician as part of the tour.
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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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