October 2009
Photos for October 30, 2009
A 20-foot-square chunk of ceiling in the second floor meeting room of the Payson Senior Center on Main Street collapsed Thursday at about noon. The collapse prompted the fire department to evacuate about 50 people who had just gathered for lunch. Employees say the problem originated with the roof-top swamp cooler, after Wednesday night’s freezing temperatures burst the pipes. Water from the broken pipes seeped down into the insulation above the ceiling until its weight caused the collapse. Just last year, the senior center faced major expenses when water leaks caused problems in the kitchen.
Kathryn Lee Hardt
Diena Marie Belk
The best-known tourist attraction in Rim Country draws nearly 100,000 visitors annually to gawk at the 400-foot-long tunnel dissolved where Pine Creek flows through a massive wall of travertine.
Dean Pederson, Pine Strawberry School physical education teacher, took several students and their chaperones on the Humphrey’s Peak Challenge Hike. Several students completed the hike. The climbers are (from left to right, front to rear): Adam Jergens, Dr. Chris Tetzloff, Rachel Ralls, Abby Greenleaf, Dalton Isabelle, Dean Pederson, Emma Greenleaf, Hadyn Jergens, Jack Fleming and Wes Goldschmidt.
Tiffany Goldman, Vliet Hulse, Audrey Vetter and Audrey Wilson do their part at Chapman Auto Center for Soroptimist of Payson. All money raised will stay in Payson and go to the following support groups: Rim Country Arizona for Children, Payson Community Kids, Time Out Shelter and Soroptimists Women’s Opportunity Awards.
Pastor Clifton Richey points to some of the damage done to one of the buildings on the property. Besides the church burning to the ground, windows were broken, doors ripped from their hinges and materials stolen from several of the buildings.
A new study suggests that dead trees, like these off the Mogollon Rim Forest Road 300, may actually be good for the forest.
Brad Guyton gets to experience make-believe medieval torture, as fellow students clamp him in stocks and walk away. It’s all part of the fun that will be taking place at the Ox Bow Saloon when it turns into a haunted house for Halloween, courtesy of the Payson High School Theatre Troupe. The haunted house and Trunk or Treat event will be on Main Street Saturday.
Jim Dunne was one of the many Rim Country residents who visited one of the local car washes this week after a brief rainfall Tuesday night covered vehicles with a fine dusting of white dots.
The boys cross country team members are in high spirits as they warm up and think about the challenge of the upcoming 3A East regional championships at Whiteriver. From left to right are: Michael Scott, Jamie Waddington, Michael Anderson, Aman Sharma, Ezekial Brooks, Forrest Wadington and Tanner Hodges.
Getting their minds and bodies ready for the 3A regional championships in Whiteriver are girls cross country team members Emily Hill, Nisha Edwin, Lauren Nossek, Lucy Schouten and Jacquelyn Oesterblad.
Payson High School junior Daniel Conley was the starring member on the Quadruple Gnar four-person team that finished first in the Men’s Junior Class at the 2009 USA Cycling 24-hour Mountain Bike National Championships.
William Ahrendt, a renowned artist who lives in Pine, stands by two of his paintings. Ahrendt makes his own frames, one of which is also pictured.
Winners in the 10 through 12 age group were: had 13 kids. The winners were: third place, clown, Matthew Pulido; second place, vampire, Alissa Hofmann; and first place, gypsy, Beatrice Lewinson.
Costume contest winners in the ages 6 through 9 group were: second place, wicked witch, Emma Helmick; first place, Account Dracula, Christopher Pulido; and third place, space clone, Mikey Harlig.
Emma Branson peers into the bucket and stirs until her entire T-shirt is orange, except, of course, for the places where she wrapped rubber bands. Emma and her family spent some quality time at the Pine by Design tie-dye party Saturday.
The Longhorn Theatre will present an exciting, two-act version of “The Three Musketeers” — a classic tale of chivalry, honor and loyalty. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 4, 5 and 7, and a 4 p.m. matinee Friday, Nov. 6 at the Payson High School Auditorium on West Longhorn Road. Tickets at the door are $5 for adults and $4 for students and senior citizens.
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