October 2009
Photos for October 27, 2009
The Rim Country Homebrewers handed out free samples of their homebrews Friday during Octoberfest. Greg Zimmerman, club vice president, hands over a sample of his brew to a customer at the Sugar Shack.
Dean Hill Roberts
Madeline Tomasicchio
Airman Athena M. Porter
Michael Hicks and Kathleen Converti
Josh Thompson gets the water spray as high as he can on a huge ponderosa pine as the needles on the lower branches crackle and burn, quickly and hot.
Emma Branson concentrates on cutting the rubber bands off of the shirt she just tie-dyed, without cutting into the shirt, as she and other members of her family have a great time at the Pine by Design Tie-Dye and pumpkin patch event.
James Weeden starts another caricature as Jack Reid sits patiently. Weeden’s drawing booth was one of the exhibitions at PAL’s annual show and sale.
CM Okerwall concentrates on a new painting Saturday as he exhibits his talent at the Payson Art League Fall Show and Sale at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.
Teacher Judith Hunter helps Maddy McPhillips check her spelling and re-write her essay during a writing class at Pine Strawberry Elementary School.
The Rim Country Rotary Club-Payson honored Sean Ford as the Student of the Month for October. Sean is a junior at Payson High School and he was selected by Joe Parone to represent the business and marketing program. Sean’s interests include football, hunting, swimming and family. His future goal is to open his own sporting goods store in Payson. Pictured from the left is Rich Stockwell, 2009-2010 president of Rim Country Rotary; Kristi Ford, Sean’s mother; Sean; Troy Ford, his father’ and Parone.
Mercedes Miranda concentrates on her writing assignment in Judith Hunter’s third-grade class at Pine Strawberry Elementary School.
Earl Wellington Hazell Jr. gave a stirring performance of “I Got Plenty O Nuttin’, from the musical “Porgy and Bess” as the audience absorbed the wide scope and variation of tunes during the Best of Broadway performance. The concert benefited the Payson Institute of Learning.
Francisco Renteria’s booming voice echoed loudly through the PHS auditorium as he wowed the full house with his renditions of songs from Broadway shows.
Earl Wellington Hazell Jr. sang several songs from “Porgy and Bess” during the Thursday night Best of Broadway Show Tunes performance at the Payson High School auditorium.
New Hope Equine Rescue is offering Christmas wreaths to support rescued horses. Orders will be taken starting Oct. 31 through Nov. 15. Orders will also be taken from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Oct. 31 in front of Bashas’. Free delivery will be made Dec. 7-11. Each wreath, made with fresh evergreen boughs from Minnesota, comes with a hanger and, for each purchase, a tree will be planted. For more information or to place an order, call Marga at (928) 970-3764. Additional details can be found at www.newhopepmuequinerescue.org.
Using the theme “Pirates and Bounty of the Sea,” the Gracie Lee Haught Children’s Memorial Fund Costume Party brought in a host of pirates, ne’er-do-wells, and fine guests this year at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino. Here, a pirate attempts to cajole another sucker, er, costumed participant out of their hard-earned doubloons, also known as a charitable donation.
Probably weighing almost as much as they do, these two young ladies, Elija Endischee (left) and Jodi Reid, pick a pumpkin of choice at the Pine by Design Tie-Dye event and pumpkin patch Saturday.
Zach Hatch gets a helping hand from Craig Kakavas, as they slowly back this bike off a truck early Saturday morning at the Payson Elks Lodge for the start of the Mogollon Rendezvous.
Riding in the early morning on the first “A” trail of the day, these two riders round a corner and are challenged by the sun, the dust and the unknown. The Mogollon Rendezvous started and ended at the Payson Elks Lodge — sending riders over hills and valleys near Gisela, Punkin Center and up to Young before returning to Payson.
This group of riders scattered around the Payson Elks Lodge Saturday before the start of the Mogollon Rendezvous, an Arizona Trail Riders dual sport event featuring on- and off-road riding.
And the winners are; Second Place, Nick Schneider, Third Place, LeRoy Watson, and First Place, Gary Rains.
Getting what amounts to the last of this pot of chili by Nick Schneider, right, Peg Browne and Jerry Carlson, lick their lips and savor the taste of Viking Chili.
Cheryl Bailey, right, looks in the pot at Ed and Debbie Rusin's Primal Chili before she takes a sample taste.
Marvin Miller discusses the various flavors of chili with a friend as the twenty two contestants wait for the final vote.
Denise and Dave Edwards check out some of the pictures on their digital camera after they have run out of chili at the Pine Chili Festival, conducted at the new Ramada in Pine.
Chelsea Lawler grabbed a big one as she struggled to hold onto this huge pumpkin and walk all the way home with it.
Playing with grandson Sam Da Costa, Kay Lyon, left, and John Lyon, keep him occupied while mom and dad Da Costa attend to their event.
Tracy Da Costa, of Pine by Design, wrings the dye out of another shirt as the event winds down.
Check it out. Robert North holds up the latest edition to a tie-dyed shirt collection, as Cheyenne Boyce looks into a goody bag at the Pine by Design tie-dye event iin Pine.
Emma Branson has a scowl of a lifetime as she looks into this lens and wonders when enough pictures are actually enough.
Wringing out a shirt before it is dyed, Emma Branson, left, and her friend Rachael Wright, are excited about tie-dying.
Whew, trails end, finally!
Looking into the sun and trying to find the road this rider slows down as he negotiates a wide, long curve.
Putting on his gear Scott Whittman of Dallas Texas is eager to get on the trails.
Donna Trigilio preps her bike and gets ready to ride.
Waiting to run.
Check out out the coating on those shocks. Dirk Houghton (front) and Glen Rees get in close and explain that the coating on the shocks makes for a smoother ride. Richard Varner, left, and Josh Randall roll the roll chart into place before the start of the event.
Jeff Lundquist, left and Don Hood, go over the list of registered riders while at the Payson Elks Lodge base camp late Friday afternoon.
Frank Staley, president of Arizona trail Riders, left, and Forest Service Law Enforcement officer Dan Adams, go over the various trails and land use permit details Friday afternoon, before the start of the Mogollon Rendezvous event.
Eat my dust, cough, cough, choke, choke.
On the "A" trail near the shooting range south of Payson and before the trail gets really wicked.
Planning Stategy, Tom Kakavas, left, Craig Kakavas, and Zach Hatch, discuss their options early Saturday morning in the Elks Lodge parking lot.
Taking a picture for his scrapbook, Dale Keiser of Wickenberg, checks his exposure after making the image.
Harry Phillips checks his battery and discovers it needs a charge.
Ray Clugg from Iowa looks closely at his GPS unit before the start of the Mogollon Rendezvous.
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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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