December 2008
Photos for December 5, 2008
The Payson Police Department’s special enforcement unit works to get drug dealers and suppliers off the streets. At the special enforcement office, a box containing drug paraphernalia serves as a reminder of the unit’s goal.
Sam Mays and Al Lauderbaugh wrap tamales for the Tamales for Toys event put on by the Payson Fire Department and the Northern Gila County Firefighters Association. This year the event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6 at Gerardo’s Italian Bistro.
Karri Steely sits patiently as her mom, Terri, fills out a Christmas for Kids registration form with Optimist member Mark Manelli.
Joanne Yadanza
Performing on saxophone at the Winter Concert are (from left to right) Melissa Shepard, Rachael Weatherly and Echo Seay.
Payson High School’s Mixed Choir started off the Winter Concert with a number from “High School Musical II” called “Gotta Go My Own Way.” The concert was presented Tuesday, Dec. 2 in the high school auditorium.
Vivian Otteson rings the Salvation Army bell as Carol McCraney makes a contribution before doing some grocery shopping at Bashas’ Thursday, Dec. 4. In addition to Bashas’, bell ringers will be located at Walmart and Walgreens throughout the holiday season.
The annual Main Street/APS Electric Light Parade takes place on West Main Street beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. The sparkling procession of approximately 40 entries will start at Sawmill Crossing and travel west on Main Street to Green Valley Park. Parade participants will include the 3A State Champion Payson Longhorns, and Santa Claus will be parade marshal. Dress warmly and bring blankets and chairs. There will be additional parking behind Pine Country Animal Clinic, which can be accessed by taking East Aero Drive to Westerly.
Some of the Snyder and Porter family gals got together in Yuma recently and all received a pedicure at the same time at the Yuma School of Beauty. Enjoying the treat were (from left) Jennifer Walk, Janet Porter, Christina Lopez, Eileen Porter and Janet Snyder.
This is just one of the Christmas displays at Jo Armistead’s home. I don’t know what they feed the wildlife over there, but the one reindeer is 12 feet tall.
Members of the Strawberry Patchers join Pine-Strawberry Food Bank volunteers to show off some of the homemade Christmas stockings donated for the local children.
Christina Breen spent five weeks in Costa Rica last summer living with a dentist and his family and working on a coffee plantation.
Concentrate use: Pools like this provide a refuge for most of the 2,000 trout stocked into Tonto Creek every week during the summer fishing season, but the good fishing holes have dwindled. That concentrates all the fishermen in a few places, something a new plan to create more pools and riffles may prevent.
Surveys of Rim Country visitors found that hiking, camping and fishing are big draws — and Tonto Creek remains one of the most popular destinations.
Boulders galore: Crews hope to use trees and rocks to create pools and trout habitat while taking advantage of the natural mix of sandstone ledges and boulders.
End of the stream: Tonto Creek often all but dries up once it emerges from Hellsgate Wilderness and spreads out before flowing into Roosevelt Lake. Easy access to the stretch above Bear Flat make it one of the most heavily used trout streams in the state, but the 22-mile stretch through the narrow canyons below Bear Flat offer a different adventure for canyoneers.
Making of a pool: Rock ledges like this one create small waterfalls, which then erode a downstream hole that forms a pool, where trout can hide and rest while waiting for dinner to float downstream.
Tonto Creek picks up runoff from off the Rim and runs all the way down to Roosevelt Lake, where it widens and runs through boulders and past saguaros, like along the stretch pictured here.
No Pools: Tonto Creek lures 10,000 anglers every year, but floods have swept away the logs, rocks and debris that create pour-overs that in turn create the deeper pools trout need. Most of the stream now lacks pools and good trout hiding spots, as in this stretch.
The American gizzard shad has experienced a population explosion at Roosevelt Lake.
Ty DeWees’ first hunt in a decade found the longtime Payson resident bagging a record mule deer buck.
Camp Tontozona has been used by ASU for preseason practices since legendary coach Frank Kush first took the Sun Devils there 48 years ago. The property was acquired seven years before Kush began using it, when the Arizona Board of Regents deeded it to ASU.
Andy Towle/Roundup Marquel Waterman, #24 (above left), looks for a pass from teammate Jenna Robertson, #44.
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