May 2010
Photos for May 11, 2010
Stan White (left) and Bill Johnson take it easy as they enjoy the warm day and wait for visitors to ask questions or comment about the machines on display at the Antique Tractor Show in Pine, Saturday, May 8. This particular scale model was used by salesmen as they traveled around the country to demonstrate the actual engine that could power farm machinery, using coal or wood to power pumps or other devices on remote farms throughout the country. Some of these machines are still in use and are now powered by propane as is this model, as it pumps water into a barrel.
The 15th Annual Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo will get its start on Thursday, May 13 with the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association performance at the Payson Event Center. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the competition starts at 7 p.m. Admission is a can of food to help food banks in the Rim Country. The Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association programs are at 7 p.m., Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15, with gates opening at 5 p.m. The rodeo on Friday and Saturday will be followed by the Rodeo Dance at the Historic Oxbow Saloon. Doors open at 6 p.m., music by Junction 87 starts at 9 p.m. There is a $5 cover charge starting at 8 p.m.
Leslie Peacock, a teacher of wearable art at Gila Community College in Payson, mentions that the colorful coat is from many different car shirts she had acquired and made into this standout jacket.
Arlynne Roth shows off the back of her Southwest-themed black vest. The class presented a fashion show upon completion of the course and their garments.
Payson Mayor Kenny Evans addresses a crowd of mostly small-business owners at Tiny’s Restaurant.
A 2-year-old boy was sleeping in this car bed Saturday morning when his 3-year-old brother started a fire in an adjacent bunk bed while playing with matches. Luckily, both boys escaped serious injury.
Head up to the Payson Airport on Saturday. Celebrate flying on International Learn to Fly Day from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 15 at the Payson Airport, 802 Airport Road. Start the day with a pancake breakfast by the Payson Pilots Association from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children under 10. At 11 a.m. there will be a Learn to Fly seminar as well as displays and vendors at the annual Aero Fair.
Payson Longhorn golfers turned in perhaps the finest showing of the 2010 prep season when they claimed the runner-up spot in the East-North regional tournament played May 3-4 in Show Low.
The owners and staff of Laura’s Small Cafe, 512 S. Beeline Highway, celebrated the restaurant’s grand opening April 24 with a ribbon cutting. The Small Cafe reopened in mid-February under owner Laura Selley-Beall (center), a waitress at the former cafe. The cafe’s former owner closed up shop in July for economic reasons. Selley-Beall said she was determined to reopen the beloved cafe, and with the help of family, gathered enough funds to purchase it. Today, the cafe serves up familiar lunch and breakfast offerings as well as a few new favorites.
Jared Swanson
Jessica Bryd, left, and son Craig, enjoy the afternoon delight of a quiet, warm day at the large lake in Green Valley Park, during the Wildlife Fair, Saturday, May 9.
Kalyn Meeske get a helping hand from Dewayne Tabbot as she gets a feel for flycasting at the Wildlife Fair at Green Valley Park, Saturday, May 9.
Lou Popke checks out the fishing kits available at one of the booths at the Wildlife Fair, at Green Valley Park.
Taking this kayak out for a test run, Debbie Huntsman seems to know her way around this particular aquatic environment.
Neve Sopeland listens intently to Frank Gazzano's instructions as she is in the rear of the canoe and must guide the directionher, and Emma Creighton will be going while they are paddling around the lake in Green Valley Park.
This Burrowing owl looks like it just woke up. Unlike most owls this breed does hunt during the day, but mostly at dawn and dusk and avoids the mid-day Arizona heat, even if it is just a dry heat. They make their homes in burrows, usually those abandoned by prairie dogs.
A Harris Hawk checks out the vertical, wingless, two legged, two armed, life forms who don't fly, as diligently as she is observed by the many passersby, during this comfortably warm Saturday. The Harris Hawk is named after a friend and financial supporter of John James Audubon, Edward Harris. It is one of the only birds of prey (raptors) that hunt in family packs.
Looking like Joe Cool, in his fashionable sunglasses, Craig Bryd checks out the cameras dangling from this photographer's neck, as he asks if there is a video camera anywhere it sight. Not today, Craig, not today.
Dana Warnecke assembles paddles as the Arizona Game and Fish crew work diligently to set up the various booths and stations in anticipation of the crowds to arrive and try out just about everything that is offered; including archery, fly casting, boating and fishing. Not to mention the myriad of creatures on display.
Always a popular attraction at the Wildlife Fair, this huge, recently fed, Python had hands all over it as children touched it, petted it and generally kept their hands on it as much as they could while it was on the grass at Green Valley Park. No doubt the children had hardly ever been this close to a creature so large and the opportunity to find out what it felt like was a temptation too difficult to resist. By the way, they don't feel slimy at all, but rather soft and smooth, unless of course you feel against the scales.
Emma Creighton, left, and Neve Sopeland, get iinstructions on how to paddle and navigate a canoe from Frank Gazzano, before they ventured out onto the water, Saturday, May 9, during the Wildlife Fair, at Green Valley Park.
Lettie Connell gets a close up picture of a black tailed prairie dog while husband Robert Connell patiently waits. This species of prairie dog has a range that reaches from Canada, in the north, all the way to Mexico.
Casey Cline asks the Arizona Game and Fish attendant if the owl perched in front of him is real or not, just as the owl turns its head almost all the way around.
After putting the paddles together, arranging the canoes, and checking on life preservers, Rick and Kelley Fowke debate where to place the kayaks that are just arriving by truck during the Wildlife Fair.
Living the easy life at the lake in Green Valley Park, Bryan Swanson reels in his line as something has been tugging at it. Unfortunately, not a fish, just some weeds. Swanson took advantage of the no fishing license rule for the day during the Wildflife Fair.
Brennen Peters checks a gauge on his antique machine at the Pine Antique Tractor Show, Saturday, May 9.
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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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