September 2008
Photos for September 25, 2008
Soccer stalwart Omar Guerra (26) battles a Snowflake Lobo for a loose ball. The Longhorn soccer team is in action this weekend in the Payson Invitational at Rumsey Park.
The Tonto Creek Hatchery dumped one final batch of trout into Woods Canyon Lake this week.
Preston Mercer, a local archer, scored under the rim with a whopping 412-inch wall hanger, which is of world-class size.
The half-marathon course for the Rim Country Challenge is hilly and provides a challenging route that runs through scenic areas.
Rim Country Boomers
Summer has flown off the calendar and we are welcoming autumn to the Rim Country. A scouting party of Canada geese are already in residence at Green Valley Park, and elk can be heard bugling through the cool night air.
This ice cave in the Hubbard Glacier is so huge the bow of our 985-foot long cruise ship would have fit in the opening and it is just a small bit of the glacier.
Judy Dahl has 38 years of experience in decorative painting. Her work is featured in a special fund-raiser this month.
Judy Dahl began her love affair with painting when her husband, Tom, gave her a birthday gift of tole painting classes. Since then she has learned china painting and the traditional Norwegian folk art painting called rosemaling.
Dean Pederson, center, along with John Huffman, left, and Bob Wingle (Don Heizer’s brother-in-law), right, might have bagged the last Desert Big Horn Sheep in the Ajo hunting unit in 2006. There was only one permit given and it was the last one to have been issued, Pederson said.
While Dean Pederson is not interested in getting in record books with his hunting, he has harvested his share of good-sized game.
— Cathy Hamilton is editor of BoomerGirl.com and a 51-year-old empty-nester. Events recounted here may be embellished, exaggerated or completely made up because she can’t remember squat anymore.
Slow Cooker Chili, at left, Corn Leek Chowder and Chili with Corn Bread Topping are sure-fire hits to warm cooling nights arriving with the coming of autumn.
An easy dessert, such as this Cappuccino Parfait, is the perfect ending to a meal featuring a warm soup, stew or chili and homemade bread.
Jackson Rhodes looks up from his coloring project at the Chili's Car Show Saturday, Sept. 20. Chili's Restaurant and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital joined forces to raise money in the fight against cancer. The car show was conducted in Chili's Parking lot and had a 21 car limit.
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