December 2008
Photos for December 26, 2008
Suzie Strickland and Nancy Ward are the birthday ladies. Cheryl Dolby is threw the party that helped the Payson Humane Society.
Town recreation leaders Charlene Hunt, Deb Rose, Mary McMullen and Joseph Harris are vowing to keep programs up and running despite severe budget cutbacks enacted earlier this month.
Senior wing player Candice Ayers (31) is among the Lady Longhorns now on holiday break but slated to return to action on Jan. 3 when the team plays Estrella Foothills.
In a last surge of play, the losing team attempts to score one more basket in the closing seconds of a hard-fought championship game, Saturday, Dec. 20 at the Rim Country Middle school gym. Youth basketball is among the programs the town recreation department has been able to keep alive thanks to donations and volunteer help.
Construction crews continue work on a new building that will house Hinshaw & Associates and Payson Physical Therapy on Main Street next to Gasoline Alley.
Volunteers organize the food into groups before placing it into boxes. From left to right are: Diane Waldrop, Tawnya Allaire, Joan Young and Kyndall Lann. The Payson Optimists gave out 214 food baskets this year.
Audra and Phillip Daugherty have been giving 20-minute horse-drawn carriage tours on Saturday nights around the Woodhill subdivision.
The Town of Payson will be accepting Christmas trees for recycling at the Payson Event Center parking area through Feb. 1. This is for Christmas trees only, no brush or yard debris, please. All Christmas trees should be free of ornaments, stands, ropes and strings, etc. Trees will be chipped in early February. If you are interested in having the chips delivered free of charge to your home, please stop by Planning and Zoning at the Town Hall Complex and fill out an excess materials request form as soon as possible. This is a first come, first served “while supplies last” program. For more information, call the Parks and Recreation Office at (928) 474-5242, ext. 7, or visit the Web site at www.paysonparks.com.
Steve Drury (left) hands Ken Powell a quick connect valve to attach to the water line of his refurbished trailer at C Bar Diamond trailer park in Star Valley.
Nikolas Bramlet helped the Rim Country Optimist Club by moving boxes and getting them ready for packing into food baskets. The group gave out 214 food baskets for Christmas. See page 6A for an additional photo.
Besides being one of the best-preserved western forts, Fort Apache was also one of the only outposts to come under attack — in the wake of the tragic killing of an Apache religious leader.
Aiden Timmer and Carson Williams beat their toy drums during the “Twelve Days of Christmas” performance at the Pine Strawberry School.
The first-grade class at Pine Strawberry School, (left to right) Holly Carl, Makenzie Abney, Heaven Uhlig, Kody Bethsold, Abby Ast, Macayla Dixon, Kayla Schank and Seann Albers perform during the school’s winter concert last week.
Fort Apache served as a major staging ground for the U.S. Army’s campaign against Geronimo and other war leaders. The sandstone officer’s quarters represent one of the best-preserved remnants of a cavalry post in the southwest. The White Mountain Apache Tribe has used them as a tourist draw.
The tribe has converted the collection of sandstone officer’s quarters and boarding school buildings into a cultural center, including a museum and the replica of a traditional Apache village.
The White River flows past Fort Apache, one of the wealth of streams on the White Mountain Apache Reservation that draw outdoor enthusiasts.
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