January 2010
Photos for January 8, 2010
Troubled waters: Project Manager Chuck Williams details the four proposed sites for a bridge over Tonto Creek.
Chioya Hill readies for a free throw as a Holbrook opponent watches the action. Hill is only a freshman, but she has seen considerable varsity playing time.
Payson’s Cody Waterman (32) goes up for a jump shot as teammate Chamberlain Fitch (52) observes. Action took place in the Longhorns’ 56-50 loss to Holbrook in Wilson Dome.
Kathleen Dana Scholtz
Payson Elementary student Kristin Menghini spells her word during the district spelling bee.
Let the folks with the Payson Area Trails System help you keep your “get fit” resolution for the New Year with a hike of American Gulch South Trail. The group-let hike starts at 9 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 9. The hike is 3 miles roundtrip and the level of difficulty is moderate. Meet at the American Gulch South Trailhead, 2.6 miles west of Highway 87 on Main Street/Doll Baby Ranch Road. This is a free event.
Nick McMullen, seated, and Ernesto Tobias exchange a high five, while Sean Self, left, Kendall Dugan and Collin Nossek await their turns in the next round of the district spelling bee which took place Jan. 7 at Payson High School Auditorium. See related story on page 6A.
A Tonto Basin resident makes an emphatic point about the need to clear the approaches to a proposed bridge over Tonto Creek.
Joyce Berry, manager with Beeline Insurance, recently opened an office in Payson just off the Beeline Highway. Berry said she is excited to work with customers to get them the best and most affordable insurance plan that meets their needs.
The Christopher Creek Lodge celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.
The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library expansion is a great benefit to all of our community, including local construction workers!
Dissolved limestone seeping out of cracks in the ceiling of Kartchner Cavern State Park have created a fantasy landscape of rock formations in the past 100,000 years. The Mogollon Rim is made of similar layers of limestone, formed in the bottom of ancient oceans.
Dissolved limestone seeping out of cracks in the ceiling of Kartchner Cavern State Park have created a fantasy landscape of rock formations in the past 100,000 years.
Flagman Tim Foley directs traffic at the west end of the one lane road on Hwy 260. Various shafts are being drilled to discover the type of rock in this area. The design of a bridge will be determined by the nature of the rock when this portion of the highway becomes four lanes instead of two.
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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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