January 2009
Photos for January 9, 2009
Longhorn David Carlen (50) will be expected to carry much of the scoring, rebounding and defensive burden during the upcoming East Region basketball season.
The Payson Parks and Recreation Department is offering a mountain biking seminar to be held at 10 a.m., Jan. 31 at Ramada No. 1 in Rumsey Park. There is a $15 fee for the two-hour clinic and ride.
Ted Pettet and his wife, Lillian, listen as Gary Barcom of the Mogollon Sporting Association announces that the MSA will offer two $2,000 scholarships to a pair of Payson High School graduates. The scholarships were named in Pettet’s honor because of his many contributions to the town and school district.
Youth soccer is among the sports offerings at the Grand Canyon State Games. Payson has traditionally had good showings in track and field, shooting and soccer.
The Rim Valley Church of God, 208 S. McLane Road, will host a free concert by Larry Ahlborn at 6 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 18. Ahlborn is a vocalist and pianist. He has a mellow, tenor voice with a down-home style that will relax, bring back and create happy memories. For more information, call (928) 474-5449. The church is located on the west side of the high school.
Sharon Allsup, left, sits with Payson volunteer fire counselor Phyllis Lockhardt as firefighters work diligently to squelch the blaze that engulfed her home.
Keeping the flames at bay two firefighters soak objects in the garage to prevent any more damage from a fire which destroyed a two-story home. The fire apparently started in the garage of the Payson home on Tuesday, Jan. 7 around noon and spread from there to the rest of the house. S
Photos by Tom Brossart/Roundup Water Balance: Many once year-round streams running off the Mogollon Rim have all but dried up, partly because tree thickets on top of the Rim drink up every drop of moisture, leaving little to run off to soak into the ground and gradually feed water into streams.
Shaped by Fire: In a healthy ponderosa pine forest, low-intensity ground fires burn through every five years or so and clear out the saplings and debris, without hurting the mature pines with their lower branches well above the flames.
Super hot fires in the thickets of pines on the Rim, like the Dude Fire, caused dramatic increases in erosion, sterilized the soil and posed the threat of catastrophic mud slides for Rim communities.
Fire and Water: The Mogollon Rim forms a crucial ecological divide running through the heart of the world’s largest ponderosa pine forest.
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