November 2009
Photos for November 3, 2009
Curtis Thompson wakes up on the operating table and screams for help from passersby. Degrees of scariness were established for the Haunted House, so many of the young and impressionable minds weren’t scared any more than they could handle.
Su Connell takes a break from her witchly duties as she relaxes and blows bubbles with her tasty Halloween-flavored bubblegum.
Heather Meyocks may have a butcher’s cleaver in her head, but she still managed to hand out candy at the Denny’s Restaurant booth with a smile and good cheer. Sometimes there is no stopping those who have a real Halloween gift for giving.
Cody Kermeen sports a traditional Mardi Gras mask as he parades around the Trunk or Treat booths on Main Street.
Looking good as young ladies Saturday night, these three boys, Taron Sarnowski, left, Nathan Hodges and Jacob Jurek, wait in line at the Haunted House.
Paul Pitkin gives Matthew Edwards a little pre-flight instruction on a two-seater Taylor Craft training plane before takeoff. The EAA Young Eagles program was launched in 1992 to give interested young people, ages 8-17, an opportunity to go flying in a general aviation airplane.
Planes were lined up and taking off with first-time young fliers Saturday at Payson Airport. As fast as pilots and their support crew could line up planes for pictures and take off with their charges, they did. These flights are offered free of charge and are made possible through the generosity of Experimental Aircraft Association member volunteers.
Charlie Todd looks surprised at the announcement of her first-place win in the creative costume category at the Payson Senior Center during their First Friday celebration and entertainment of seniors for Halloween.
Staff members at the Payson Senior Center entertained the crowd with their rendition of the “12 Days of Halloween.”
Due to budget concerns, the Rim Club’s main clubhouse closed for the winter Nov. 1. The golf course and pro shop will remain open.
Zane Wiles lifts the coffin lid and gives instructions to his fellow crew members as they practice their scary routines a few days before Halloween.
Robin Ippolito helps the theater group by covering the windows as students decorate and make sets as they prepared for a extremely fun Halloween and haunted house experience. The haunted house was set up at the Oxbow Saloon building on Main Street.
Andrew Kofile, left, and Dillon Russo-Holiday practice their Egyptian routine of a mummy and priest at the second stop on a dark and scary journey through the drama department’s haunted house.
This bull dog was a prisoner of its owner’s imaginative costuming as it sported a prisoner’s get-up and won for most creative animal costume.
Connie Miller leaves Julia Randall Elementary School as one of the cartoon characters known as “The Pussy Cats.” Her creative costume won her an award from the judges.
Mr Creighton and his class march toward the center of the grass as judges tally their votes and everyone waits excitedly for ice cream.
Celebrate autumn with artists during the First Friday celebration from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Nov. 6 on Historic Main Street. The First Friday event will have artist Curt Harp (work above) at Artists of the Rim Gallery, while Glenda Roark and Jeff Wiles will be featured at Down the Street Art Gallery. The event also kicks off the Main Street Merchants Guild’s second annual Scarecrow Contest. (See details in the Nov. 4 Rim Review.)
Dakota Harold scored this dandy buck with an hour and thirty minutes to spare on the last day of deer season.
Among the successful young hunters was 11-year-old Dylan Keeney, who downed his first deer.
Jason Daniels (bottom left), 10, was accompanied on his first deer hunt by his father, local Game and Fish officer Dave (top left), uncle Derrick (top right) and 6-year-old brother Troy.
Lady Longhorn Blanca Valdez toes the ball as two Desert Christian opponents try to slow her.
The Lady Longhorns cross country team won the East region contest Oct. 30 and advance to the state championships, to be held Nov. 7 at the Cave Creek Golf Course in Phoenix.
Lady Longhorn Kayla Francis battles a Tucson Desert Christian foe for a loose ball that seems to be suspended over Francis’ head.
Blanca Valdez, Marissa Garcia, Macy Daily and Natalie Moceri take off on a fast break opportunity against Desert Christian.
Longhorn fullback Nick Johnson (34) had 129 yards on 16 carries in Payson’s season-ending 35-17 loss to the Show Low Cougars Friday night.
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