August 2009
Photos for August 11, 2009
Vanessa Johnson
Squelching the flames by bringing the water right to the fire, this Sacramento Hot Shot soaks a group of fallen trees and stumps along FR 300
Fire creeps along the ground and attacks anything that will burn quickly on the dry forest floor along the Rim Road.
Reed Cox
Amy Peterson, Kathy Coombes and Cory Houghton are among those taking part in the Wear Pink Campaign.
Students in Kristi Kisler’s seventh-grade class had to review 20 political cartoons and decide what the cartoons were trying to convey. The students then compared notes and presented their views to the class. Students Miriam Garner, Trevor Clawson, Adam Shannon, Anthony Tantimonaco and Tiara Reidy got together to compare thoughts.
Working their way through several political cartoons Monday morning were Jayme Chilson, Ali Tenney, Rochell Schmidt and Zoe Wright during Kristi Kisler’s seventh-grade gifted language arts and social studies class.
The Payson Pro Rodeo Committee is sponsoring a dance at the Oxbow Saloon on Historic Main Street Friday, Aug. 14 and Saturday, Aug. 15. Doors open at 6 p.m., the music starts at 8 p.m. There is a $5 cover charge and proceeds from the dance will benefit the Pro Rodeo Committee Scholarship Fund. For more information, call John Landino at 468-6684. For a complete schedule of Rodeo Week events, look for the Payson Roundup’s Rodeo Program available Wednesday.
Staff Sgt. Michael Stansbarger (center), his wife Nisa, son Zachary and Master Sgt. David Luckett spent the Fourth of July weekend in Green Valley Park, two days before Stansbarger would die.
While deployed in Afghanistan, Sgt. Rachael Carey was a gunner in the 282nd Military Police Company.
Getting the wind knocked out of him when he hit the ground was not a happy experience for Kelton Taylor during the mutton busting event at the Gracie Lee Haught Memorial Ropin’.
The Rim Fire grew in size, from 1,500 acres Thursday to 2,500 Monday, but fire crews say they have the blaze 85 percent contained and it remains far from any structures.
Wednesday was not a good day for Postal Service carrier Larry Lashbrook. As he was putting mail in boxes on North Pioneer Trail, his vehicle was struck and sent clear across the road into a drainage ditch.
Ken and Brenda Mooney have offered offbeat antiques on Main Street for the past three years.
Sunday’s jazz concert ended in a standing ovation for the musicians. Featured musicians were Delphine Cortez, vocals; Joel Robin, piano; Tony Vacca, sax and flute; and Gerry Reynolds, drums. The next concert will be Sunday, Sept. 13 and will feature a Rim Country favorite, Renee Patrick.
Payson Police Det. Jason Hazelo holds Abram Fuentes while his mom shops for him during last year’s trip to Walmart. The annual golf tournament, hosted by Payson’s emergency first responders, is just one of the fund-raisers held throughout the year to benefit the Christmas for Kids program.
He may have worn a Blue Ridge jersey for most of his high school football career, but Payson can still lay claim to Steel Armstrong, whose family has been in the area for several decades. Armstrong will soon be playing football at South Dakota University for former Payson High football coaches Josh Anderson and Kenny Hayes.
As part of a larger community effort to put up new goalposts on Longhorn field, Payson High School students in Richard Alvarez’s buildings trades class jumped in to dig the holes for the new posts and prep the site.
Chelsie Stodghill, 12, of Pine, ran the barrels in the best time of all competitors at the Gracie Lee Haught Children’s Memorial Barrel Racing Aug. 7.
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