October 2009
Photos for October 16, 2009
The beauty of the high country is on display this weekend. Some fall color watchers expect the peak of the colors to take place this weekend on the Mogollon Rim and also around the Flagstaff area. This photo was taken along the East Verde River just outside of Payson.
Deborah Bryant and Raymond Stacey
Jack and Bert Foy
Robert and Melissa Higginbotham
Mary Elizabeth Schoenberger
B. Jane West
William Riley Quick
Tony Creasy, a town maintenance worker, does a little landscape shaping of the roundabout on Highway 87 and North Tyler Parkway. The Payson Gateway Committee is seeking funds and donations to decorate the roundabout with a bronze elk statue and appropriate landscaping to beautify the traffic circle and showcase it as a gateway to Rim Country and the Town of Payson.
Democratic state attorney general candidate Felecia Rotellini effectively launched the 2010 election season in Payson in her appearance before the Payson Democratic Women’s Club.
John Johnson now has 39 bonsai trees to take care of after getting one as a Christmas present 35 years ago.
Thirty-five years ago, Caroline bought her husband, John, his first bonsai tree as a Christmas present and now they have 39 of the trees.
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Commanding Officer Capt. Paul Sohl (right) pins the Bronze Star Medal on fellow F/A-18 Hornet pilot Cmdr. Mitch Conover as his wife Becki and their children watch. Conover was awarded the prestigious medal for distinguished service from May 2008 to March 2009 as the electronic warfare officer in support of the 18th Combat Engineer Brigade in Iraq.
The Payson Supply Line project, which sends comfort items from home to men and women in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, will benefit from a special event being held by Rim Country Health and Retirement, along with Granny’s Attic and the 260 Café from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17 at Granny’s Attic on East Highway 260. Items from more than 40 area businesses will be raffled to benefit this grassroots program that provides a special service to our military personnel in war zones.
Don Robinson, president and chief operating officer of APS, uses grand gestures to emphasize a point during a recent roundtable of community leaders gathered at the Rim Club to discuss the future of energy in Arizona and the role APS will play in the years ahead.
“Billy Jo”, of Bob Lee and Sons Tree Service, gets up with the sun and is busy at work Friday morning as wood chips fly and branches crash to the ground on the Rim Club Community Association property near Highway 260. The association is participating in a Firewise program to help keep fire danger manageable on their grounds. The association received a $45,340 grant to fund a Firewise project on 32.9 acres to assist in protecting Rim Club homes and also homes in the The Knolls, Star Valley, Chaparral Pines and other nearby areas.
After working two decades for Walmart, eight Payson employees were recognized Oct. 8 with a salute from the Honor Guard and an engraved floor tile at the front of the store. Cindy Bauer, Julie Jones, Mary Jo Ludke, Janice Castle, Doylene Anderson, Brenda Licavoli, Janet Waldron and LaVerna McCrum were each presented with a certificate and a floor tile with their name engraved by store manager Quinn Cremer. Also at the ceremony, the Payson Military Color Guard presented the colors to the national anthem. Other employees who reach the 20-year mark will also have their name tiled on the floor.
Lady Longhorn cross country runners Ashley Spear and Madi Flake practice for the upcoming Rio Rancho Invitational by running long distances on Payson streets. The two are shown running north on Beeline during a midweek practice.
Cody Bossert, a 16-year-old junior at Payson High School, drew an early muzzleloader permit after five years of not drawing a tag and bagged a trophy elk in the Rim Country.
Knut Haught rounds the first barrel as he turns his horse and increases his speed for a turn around the next barrel. Haught was the overall winner in the Youth C during the Cowboy Tri event.
Payson High School student Taylor Goss is featured in Overtones the magazine of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers.
The buck stops here. This whitetail deer is only a spike, but in a few years he’ll be a full-grown buck, out to impress the does. The spike, who was accompanied by another about the same size, stopped for a look-see Tuesday afternoon in Pine.
The Christopher Creek Classic Car show attracted 50 vehicles and a was big hit among visitors and residents.
Breianon Miller accepts the door prize of a Stihl 18-inch chain saw from Hellsgate Fireflies president Nancy Yoakum at an appreciation dinner in honor of all Hellsgate firefighters. The dinner was held at station #21 in Star Valley.
The breast cancer support group meets once a month and is affiliated with the American Cancer Society. The group has support and information available to women at all stages of cancer.
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