August 2009
Photos for August 7, 2009
Stephen Gehring, owner of the Houston Mesa General Store, demonstrates the regulating defect in a water flow meter used by Brooke Utilities in the Mesa del Caballo housing complex.
Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick listens intently as Dick Krugh discusses his concerns.
Girls and boys wishing to join the Scouts are asked to attend the All-Scout Registration Night from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10 at Mount Cross Lutheran Church in the log building, 601 E. Highway 260. Age divisions are: Girl Scouts K-12th grade, Cub Scouts 1st-5th grade, Boy Scouts 6th-12th grade, Venture Scouts 14-21 years. Parents and volunteers are welcome and always needed. For more information, call Marcia Olson at 474-5996 (Girl Scouts), Shannon Romberger at 472-7243 (Cubs), Jeff Leonard at 478-0523 (Boy Scouts, Ventures).
This chart shows the average Pine Strawberry student score for reading, writing, math and in some grades, science, compared to those averages statewide.
Clayton Duhamell rests at the last sign on the Hell’s Gate Trail before entering the wilderness area.
Tandem cyclists Randy and Minnie Norman ride nearly every day around Payson. Of the 3,000-plus miles they ride each year, they say they experience a few close calls with motorists who either don’t know or don’t follow Arizona bicycle laws.
James L. Young
Roger Hattrup
Marie Glissendorf
Virginia “Ginger” Covey Boswell
Native Air crew members Pat Madich (right), pilot and base manager, and paramedic Brian Osbonlighter check out the night vision gear all flight crews now use when conditions allow.
Chuck Jacobs, of the Houston Mesa Fire Dept., emphasizes a point during a meeting of the area fire departments with Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick at the Gila County Administrative office in Payson.
Advocates for Fossil Creek, which flows off the Rim west of Pine, are protesting a plan to return about 500 cattle to 42,000 acres of land that drains into the creek. Designated as a “wild and scenic river,” the creek harbors a wealth of endangered species.
The second annual Alumni Volleyball match brought back players from the past to compete with the young women aspiring to be today’s Lady Longhorns.
Pat Willis (center) is being honored by his friends in the Mogollon Sporting Association with the renaming of a stock tank. The former Pasture Tank will now be known as the Pat Willis Tank. Willis has been a Rim community leader for years.
Laural Corely puts finishing touches on a painting of a grizzly bear during an artist’s workshop taught by Kelby Love, a well-known artist whose clients include Field and Stream, National Geographic, and Outdoor Life. Gloria Shannon was the workshop presenter and the success of this workshop will determine if Artists of the Rim Gallery sponsors future events of this kind.
Jon and Trina Gunzel recently opened Arizona Photo Solutions in the Sawmill Crossing plaza.
Blackberry picking is always a challenge, but the feast from the labor is well worth the effort.
Thirty-two ladies enjoyed a delicious potluck and a fun competition of dominos at the Christopher Creek Bible Fellowship last week.
Thirteen lucky ladies received door prizes at the second annual dominoes competition held in Christopher Creek last week for highest and lowest score, the quietest, the loudest, the smartest, etc. The lucky gals were, Corky Cook, Linda Stailey, Mimi Tidwell, Sandy Kalmar, Eileen Kittock, Vicki Grootegoed, Betty Starr, Nancy Yoakum, Helen McKenzie, Dara Sutton and Judie Desrochers.
Kim Blankenship (left) of Jade Spirit Community Acupuncture demonstrated the ancient Chinese practice at the Awakening Earth Expo last weekend in Pine.
Wally Covington (right) and a colleague measure the diameter of a tree in an experimental forest near Flagstaff. After thinning the plot, the tree’s growth rate increased markedly almost immediately.
Northern Arizona University Forester Wally Covington has spent 25 years experimenting with how to turn overgrown thickets with 1,200 trees per acre (right) into healthy forests (above) with lots of grass and wildlife.
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Do you think the community should be involved with the selectioin of a new School Board Superintendent?
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