May 2009
Photos for May 29, 2009
Looking for quarters in sawdust was child’s play. Brooke O’Donnell (left) was particular about where she dug, but Kayla Kline wasn’t and found the big prize and not just a few silver coins.
Katherine “Kay” Cribb
Jess Cheveria maintains eye contact with the ball and smacks another hit into center field. Men 60 and older get together for softball games during the summer and have tournaments with other teams around the state. The big tournament is always in Pinetop-Lakeside during the waning days of summer.
Mitch Leech steadies himself as he gets ready to receive another truss from the Milam Crane Company of Payson at the Habitat for Humanity housing project at the corner of Longhorn and McLane roads. Five more units are in the process of being completed and will be ready for new families soon.
Troy Wayland celebrates receiving his diploma as his classmates shout and scream their heartfelt approval at Payson High School’s 2009 graduation ceremony in Wilson Dome, Thursday, May 21.
Megan Evans plays the role of victim during this shallow-water spinal extraction exercise for lifeguards at Taylor Pool. Rachel Ward, holding Evans’ chin, demonstrates the technique to other lifeguards (clockwise from the left) Stratton Hall, Jimmy Brehans, Ryan Palmer and Baylie MacRae. The lifeguards practiced many life-saving techniques every morning for the entire week, getting ready for a busy summer.
All motorcycle riders are invited to a free Blessing of the Bikes, coffee and treats at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 30 at the Payson United Methodist Church, 414 Easy Street, one block behind Ace Hardware and Bison Cove Condominiums. The event is social and includes a brief blessing in appreciation of our freedom to ride in God’s creation. After the blessing and time to see old friends and meet new ones, the group will ride up Highway 87 to Lake Mary Road for lunch at Mormon Lake Lodge.
Humane Society staff members Shelly, Donna, Cristal, Lisa, Chandra, Sasha and Stephanie speak for the homeless animals of the Rim Country, who have no voice — Please Save Our Shelter.
Roundup’s Advertising Director Bobby Davis (left) and advertising representatives Frank LaSpisa and Jeff Lodge hold their awards from the ANA awards ceremony May 22.
The Pine Arts and Craft show was busy place during the Memorial Day weekend despite the rain.
Lenny Trujillo and his son Taylor purchase tickets from Joe Desrochers for the raffle to be held at the next Hellsgate Fireflies fund-raiser on Labor Day Weekend.
The Bell Trail starts at a campground down a dirt road from the Sedona turnoff on I-17 and leads two miles to a popular swimming hole.
The Bell Trail starts at a campground down a dirt road from the Sedona turnoff on I-17 and leads two miles to a popular swimming hole. Beyond the swimming hole, the creek offers an arduous, but rewarding canyoneering adventure.
Wet Beaver Creek drains off the Mogollon Rim.
Dorine Gonzales let this axe fly during her medly of activities that included; cutting a log with a chain saw, walking a log and throwing an axe at the bull's eye. The axe had to hit the target and stay there to qualify as a hit.
Looking for quarters in sawdust was child's play. Brooke O'Donnell, left was particular about where she dug, but Kayla Kline wasn't and found the big prize and not just a few silver coins.
John Spear let this axe fly and consistantly hit the bull's eye or very near the center of this target.
It may not look like a good axe throw from this angle, but Tina Harrison is no novice. Harrison, husband George and John Spear spent some of their spare time pracitcing their technique.
Zoey Garvey threw the rolling pin twice like all the other contestants but heaved it much farther than anyone else. Her longest throw was 69', and on a muddy, semi-slippery surface.
Log rolling, seems like an easy thing to do, right? Just get the right tool and roll something round wherever you want it. NOT. Logs are dense and heavy and aren't exactly round; which means they aren't that easy to roll, unless it's all downhill. John Spear struggled mighty hard to move this mountain of wood a short distance of 15'. Yeah? Let's see you do it as well.
Joshua Thomas successfully squirts an opponent into submission before a judge calls time to access whose cigars are out and whose are still lit to determine who may continue the battle. Thomas eventually won the match but was sick from inhaling cigar smoke and swallowing water. The runner-up was Irene Neail.
Irene Neail waits for her cigar to be lit by one of the judges before the start of the 'put out the cigar' water fighting event that left strong men weak and weak men weaker.
Leo Leonard gets mentally ready for the 'put out the cigar' water fight.
Tina Harrison takes a minute to rest between events and leans up against the axe throwing target stand.
Charlie Howard threw so much sawdust on his second cut during this timed event it was difficult to know if it was him or not. It was.
Sawdust obscures George Harrison on his second cut of three during a timed event, Saturday, May 23, at the Payson Multi-Event Center during the Sawdust Festival.
Dorine Gonzales bites her lip much as the chain saw bites into the log as it throws sawdust everywhere on its journey through another slice of wood.
Irene Neail concentrated on getting that blade through the log with the most force in the least amount of time. Her hatchet throwing skills weren't quite as skillful. But then throwing axes at a target and hitting it everytome isn't an everyday activity.
Vince Marsh had this log cutting exercise well in hand and sliced through this foot thick log with relative ease. At least it looked easy.
Looking like a pro log thrower Alex Percy wasn't able to throw it more than six feet. Of course the boys had one practice throw before the real thing and that's not much time to grasp the nuances of balance, leverage and strength in the best proportion for a good toss.
Throwing a large tree limb may seem like a fairly easy task, until one is challenged with the prospect of throwing an oblong object on slippery ground as far as you can. Franky Morenco grabbed his chance and let it fly. The farthest toss was a little more than twelve feet.
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Question of the week
Do you think new Principal Anna Van Zile has a valid idea in eliminating the Asst. Principal and replacing it with an Athletic Director position that would share her duties as Principal?
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