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This week's review
Welcome to The Rim Review. Gosh! The first month of 2012 is already gone! That’s hard to believe. Hope the New Year has been good to you and hope you enjoyed January’s editions of The Rim Review. We are starting February with a feature on the Hashknife Pony Express riders who will be thundering into town next Wednesday. We thank Carol McCauley for writing the article, which is illustrated with photos from the Hashknife’s visits over the last few years. Elsewhere in the Review you will find historian Tim Ehrhardt’s column. His topic in this issue is on what he believes are the 10 most important events in Rim Country history over the past 100 years… though he doesn’t go back quite 100 years in his “countdown.” Since this is the first edition of the Review for February, you will also find Simone Lake’s inspirational column, Firm Foundation. Ken Brooks outlines some great sounding tours to consider in 2012 in his Travel Talk column. Recipes in this edition are all about setting up a great bash for the big game on Sunday, Feb. 5. If you are having folks over — or even if it is just you and your family — check out the recipes for some dips, chicken tenders and chili in this edition. Rather see a movie than watch football? Andy McKinney said “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” is a must-see. Katie Schouten wasn’t ready to give “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” the same glowing recommendation, but did say it is a well done film filled with suspense. Check out the calendar listings here and on the Around Arizona page for more activities to make your February fabulous. Thanks for reading. Teresa McQuerrey, editorMore Rim Review
- around AZ
- February 1, 2012
- Inspired by the vibrant culture of its native Colombia, this vivacious young dance company has won widespread praise around the world – including at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing – for its fiery, virtuoso performances of traditional Colombian folk music and dance. Presented with support from National Endowment for the Arts and Western States Arts Federation.
- PonyExpress
- The riders are coming! The riders are coming!
- February 1, 2012
- Neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night (nor traffic, highway construction or weekenders) shall stay these riders, and their mounts, from their appointed rounds. This year however, is a very special year for this ride. The Hashknife Pony Express ride has been chosen by the State of Arizona as one of the official events to celebrate Arizona’s centennial. The first leg of the 200-mile trip over the Mogollon Rim will start at the Holbrook post office. Each year the Hashknife Pony Express riders receive the oath of office from the Holbrook postmaster authorizing them to carry the U.S. mail by Pony Express.
- Humorous answers for the guilt-plagued
- February 1, 2012
- Northeast Arizona author and speaker Jo Russell answers the question, “How Can I Put the Guilt Gene In Its Place?” in a short, humorous talk at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 4, at Oasis Christian Books and Gifts, 512 S. Beeline Highway, Payson. Russell will be signing “Which Button Do You Push to Get God to Come Out? A Humorous Devotional for Women” from 10 a.m. to noon, also at Oasis. “As a longtime Christian author and teacher, I read several thousand devotionals a year. By adding laughter and a light touch, I made these fun,” Russell said.
- Sciatica: Big nerve can be big problem
- February 1, 2012
- I am a 78-year-old woman, and five months ago I came down with sciatica in my left leg underneath the buttock. It’s very painful. I’d like to know if there is something that can be done.
- Beating heart
- February 1, 2012
- What determines and verifies that a person is alive? The heart. The most important organ in our body! This hardworking organ works 24 hours, 7 days a week till the day we die. The human heart beats and pumps blood throughout the entire body as well as delivering oxygen to the brain and all the other organs in our bodies. How thankful we are that it never takes a vacation! If the heart does have problems, diseases, poison, etc., one might consider getting a heart transplant. A heart transplant consists of removing the heart from a suitable deceased donor and giving this “new” heart to a recipient in desperate need. The recipient must undergo all kinds of tests and evaluations to make sure they are mentally, emotionally, psychologically, and physically able to make good use of a new heart. The purpose of the rigid testing is to ensure that the new heart is the perfect match and the transplant a success.
- Payson Regional Medical Center’s newly recruited doctors follow 100-year-old tradition
- January 25, 2012
- The doctors Payson Regional Medical Center brought to the community last year (and in previous years) are following a tradition that started 100 years ago. Payson’s first resident doctor, Christian Risser, hung out his shingle in 1912. He served the community and outlying areas until his death in 1933. One of his descendants, another Christian Risser, is still serving the Rim Country’s needs at the Risser-Thomas Eye Clinic. After the first Dr. Risser’s death in 1933, it was another 21 years before the wheels were put in motion to bring permanent medical care to the Rim Country. During the interim, residents had been served by itinerant physicians or those who only lived in the area for a short while.
- Senior Circle — a place for fun and good health
- January 25, 2012
- A member of the Payson Regional Medical Center’s Senior Circle could fill Monday through Friday with its activities. But the Senior Circle is more than a center for fun, it is also a place to learn about getting and staying healthy and the health care resources that the community’s older residents have available. The Senior Circle is a national, nonprofit organization committed to enriching the lives of adults age 50 and over. The $15 annual membership offers a generous selection of valuable discounts, activities and events, exercise and wellness classes, a chapter newsletter and national publication subscription, in-hospital privileges, reciprocal privileges and much more.
- Senior Center provides plenty of fun events
- January 25, 2012
- Since its humble beginnings at Nan Pyle’s Girl Scout Camp in the 1970s, the Senior Center has been serving senior citizens in the Rim Country. Today, it has its own facility — which served the community in the past as a skating rink, a bowling alley and the post office. There is a large dining room, commercial kitchen, meeting room, a multi-purpose room upstairs and a thrift store.
- Consider these points when selecting in-home care
- January 25, 2012
- Finding the right provider of in-home care — whether short or long term — can make all the difference in the mental, emotional and physical health of the patient and their family. But there’s more to consider than just checking the certification of the providers. You have a right to expect certain standards of behavior from both the individual caregiver and the company for which the caregiver works. You also have certain responsibilities.
- Rim Country Health gets high marks for care
- January 25, 2012
- Rim Country Health and Retirement Community is among an elite group of skilled nursing facilities in Arizona. For the second year in a row it has been given a 100 percent quality rating by the state of Arizona. The rating is the result of a very rigorous inspection, which investigates every aspect of nursing homes to determine the quality of the care provided, the environment, the food, the activities, the facility and more. Owner Harvey Pelovsky recently talked with the Roundup about the inspection and the rating. “Each facility in the state is inspected every 15 months. The state comes in with the objective to find problems and deficiencies,” he said. The facility’s personnel must then submit a plan of correction for any citations and make the required improvements within 30 days.
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