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Desiree Christenson, left, receives a little assistance from volunteer Barbara Clark while shopping at Kaitie's ...
Angel Trees, Snowflake Trees and more — take your pick and pick up some presents ...
The Christmas spirit abounds throughout the Rim Country.
Wrapped or unwrapped, all toys donated to the Public Safety Christmas for Kids Program will ...
It is asked that toys donated at the Tamale for Toys event be worth at ...
This is the weekend to get out and enjoy a great tamale dinner and help ...
Bruce VanCamp, who has been involved with both the Payson Fire Department and the Payson ...
Turkey Turnovers
Leftover Turkey Super Sandwiches
“Stuffing” Crusted Turkey Cutlets
Blushing Cranberry and Pear Turkey Salad
The Moreno headstone provided by the Veterans Administration.
The Moreno gravesite along the Crook Trail.
Christmas lights in Payson
Bubbles, their son’s 5-year-old Australian shepherd, died after being attacked by an elk in the ...
Mrs. Claus had her hands and lap full of a less-than-enthusiastic young man during Santa’s ...
The Tonto Community Concert Association will present “Chaplin - A Life in Concert” at 7 ...
Roxanne and Hank Boryczki (right), owners of AZ Trails Travel, enjoy a congratulatory moment during ...
Steve Christensen
Tabatha Meador
Pam Bossert, Kevin Dick, Carrie Dick and Brian Tollefson stand behind some of the knitted ...
Clifford Pirch, a Payson native who has reached for the stars and achieved success on ...
Cameron Romance (#12), goes up for a slam dunk, as Jamie Wadington attempts to block ...
Cade Donahoe, 6, smiles with fascination at a demonstration of modern day gold sifting with ...
The Rim Country Rotary-Payson honored the November Student of the Month, Amanda Hartnell, with a ...
Pat Sessions focuses on details in her painting.
Members of Jim Strong’s art class are relaxed, studious and talented as they create, modify ...
Janet Longbotham applies a few finishing touches to a rose she was working on during ...
Jim Strong has taught oil painting at Gila Community College for the past seven years.
Evie Brennan concentrates on the colors of the flowers as she combines several pictures into ...
Volunteers prepared and served a free Thanksgiving dinner to 500 people Nov. 24 at the ...
There was something for every taste at the annual Mazatzal Arts & Crafts Fair this ...
Samantha Zilmer, left, and her mom Laura check out some of the painting supplies available ...
Wood crafter Gary Barnes, left, of Red Rooster Craft Works, handed Bill Thomack two different ...
Desiree Ratliff, an elf with two four-legged friends, Missy May, in her arms, and Haze, ...
Madison Farris gazes in a mirror at her newly painted face by Jean-Marie of Turn ...
Another walk on Burton Road. Cold, silent, quietly soothing, the crunch of boots on gravel ...
Carrie
Highway 260 work 12 miles east of Overgaard continues to delay travelers in both directions. ...
Tegan and his mom, Renae Meyer, have a grand time sharing touch-me books.
Katie Sanchez’s dedication manifests itself during Tykes and Toddlers Story Time every Thursday. Parents and ...
Pine Strawberry School Student Council members presented a tribute to “Old Glory” during a Veterans ...
Mary Brown (left) and Rebecca Warren, volunteers with the Rim Country Literacy Program, comb the ...
Dan Kealey, a volunteer with St. Vincent de Paul, loads another stack of frozen turkeys ...
More than 50 vendors are scheduled to participate in the Mazatzal Arts & Crafts Fair ...
Crafters Cubbies recently opened in the Swiss Village Shops and features handmade crafts from 17 ...
Owner Rebecca Acord draws “Person-Ettes,” custom images with a person’s name woven into the scene.
York
Maddie
Rolo
Heath
Cara
Mr. Good
Autumn
Rowdy
Goobers
Winnie
Riley
Kate
One table of students, parents and friends already had their places and were waiting to ...
Jesus Munoz checks out a fellow classmate’s paper flower before finding his seat at one ...
Louise H. Thomas
Michele McGarey
Garry Dalrymple
Although they didn’t run more than a few miles each, the students of Julia Randall ...
Hanna Ludwig
Debbie Benshoof and Dave Brown
Jamie Wadington goes up for a shot as Cameron Romance attempts to block it during ...
Sanchez concentrates on helping a youngster glue a felt turkey together.
Katie Sanchez helps Monica Butler examine the seagull’s beak.
Kyra Ball takes time to goof around during Crafty Kidz in the afternoon.
A Photo Illustration. Happy Thanksgiving! May your gifts and givings be from the heart, may ...
The Julia Randall Elementary School kept the turkey trotting for the 3rd, 4th nd 5th ...
With paper tufted feather hats the students circled the upper loop at Green Valley Park, ...
The staff and Dr. Troy Ford of Payson Eye Care Center believe value means more ...
The Senior Circle will have a bake sale of holiday goodies Saturday, Dec. 10 at ...
Pacing yourself keeps holidays under control.
Take old family movies to The Memory Corral to put them on a DVD for ...
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Dr. Robert Sanders and Beeline Chiropractic have served residents of the Rim Country for quite ...
Rose Harper has been serving real estate needs in the Rim Country for 26 years.
You’ll be spending a lot of time in your living spaces with your guests, so ...
The Littles served by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona range in age from ...
Kris Lovetro and the rest of the Moose Mountain family have tons of wonderful items ...
Wrangler Plumbing’s Charlie Hall, Sheyla and Stella Weisser, Sam Cristenson and Doug Hall help bring ...
Dr. Terrance Rousseau has joined the Payson Care Center team as its full-time, onsite physician.
The Payson Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore inventory changes every day. Stop in and you ...
The Higginbothams and their staff at Payson Jewelers can help you find the perfect gifts ...
The staff at Colorz Salon has great products and services, plus gifts for the holiday ...
David Pomeranz and his one-man show, Chaplain - A Life in Concert, will be in ...
However you wish to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s Eve, Mazatzal Hotel & Casino ...
Get Wireless, formerly Rim Country Wireless, at 309 E. Highway 260 in the Safeway/Ponderosa Village ...
Michelle Jackson, Shayna Nickerson, Jeremy Guyer, Joseph Paul and Scott Moody of SmartSystems, Inc. offer ...
Woody the squirrel was out at the crossroads of Highways 87 amd 260 promoting Turkey ...
Derek Shreiner, left, Cindy Gregory, and Sharon King, as part of the B4B Chamber committee ...
Students at the Pine School gave veterans a belated program of appreciation Friday, Nov. 18. ...
A Turkey Shoot was held at the Jim Jones Shooting Range on Saturday morning using ...
Get everybody bundled up - the day after Thanksgiving the magical, jolly old elf will ...
Jim Grady rolls utensils into napkins as the Southwest Behavioral Health staff members prepare for ...
William Houdek (above) slices turkey.
Jim Grady (left) Joe Sanchez and Nancy Sherer, prepare a table for refreshments and utensils.
Natalie Elliot shapes the bottom of this bowl with precision during a Gila Community College ...
David Sanchez’s glazed pots, photo above, sit on a shelf in the finished area.
An unfinished pot waits to dry before the next step is taken to give it ...
All lined up and hard on the wheel, Chuck Warner, Elan Hughes and Tilla Warner, ...
Chuck Warner shapes this container by hand as he smooths out the interior, during a ...
David W. Wallace
Sarah Frances “Frannie” Van Horn
Larry Sarracino
Marlene Rose Hagen
The 2011-2012 basketball season is already under way, but the teams won’t be on their ...
Postseason honors for Payson are going to Chance Randall, Aaron Barnes and Cade DeSpain: Division ...
Multi-platinum singer/songwriter David Pomeranz will perform his one-man, theatrical-musical tribute to Charlie Chaplin at the ...
Rim Country Health & Retirement Community offers dozens of different activities every week for its ...
Gila County Attorney Lacy Cooper
Marilyn Salomon irons the was and brings out the colors in her almost finished piece.
Lydia Schouten takes a small break from her crafting endevour to goof around with her ...
A tangled mass of branches gives this dead stump the appearance of a spider caught ...
A cold morning wind doesn't illuminate this image but the fire sky clouds present an ...
Gerry Bailey
While lost in Payson, Slinky the cat endeared herself to prisoners, judges and courtroom staff ...
Debbie Nichols
Payson High School Assistant Principal Anna VanZile and Superintendent Casey O’Brien cross each other as ...
Nansi Conrad was one of several volunteers helping with donations.
The Payson Womans Club sponsored the Holly Berry Fair Saturday on Main Street. The main ...
Check out the collections of members of the Payson Rimstones Rock Club and others at ...
Laura McCoy shows the recently completed work of award-winning quilter Sharon Schamber.
141 quilts lined the exhibit hall at the annual Rim Country Quilt Roundup — the ...
Hanging on tight, Anna VanZile began her journey across the high wire cable.
Learning to balance in a cooperative manner working as a group to solve problems, as ...
Emmee Ashby looks for a teammate to throw the ball to during a recent girls ...
Jacob Spear (right) and Matt Schreur mix it up during an intensive wrestling practice in ...
Linda Nannizzi checks out some of the copper items at last year’s Gem and Mineral ...
Edith “Patti” Celeste Patterson Walker
Ella Moran
Robert Sertich Sr.
Marilyn Salomon carefully drips wax onto the areas of the fabric she wants to protect ...
Salomon holds an almost finished piece up to a window in her studio, checking for ...
Using a traditional Indonesian tool called a T’janting (which looks like a miniature teapot on ...
Cyndle Ballestero, cashier at the Ponderosa Market in Pine, places a customer’s bag of donated ...
Karen Katsaros of Celtic Threads displays a group of sock monkeys dressed in festive wear ...
GEST workers and sponsors hold up their certificates at a Gila County Board of Supervisors ...
Kaysee
Johnny
Shadow
Sage
Baby Girl
Duke
Peggy Arbaugh, a volunteer at the Payson Public Library, returns books to their proper place ...
Josh Oakley, left, attempts a shot during an early morning practice session in Wilson Dome, ...
Rim Country residents and visitors are welcome to join their neighbors at a free community ...
There will be 17 vendors with sales tables at the 14th annual Gem and Mineral ...
Barry and Margaret Jones of the Payson Rimstones Rock Club invite you to visit the ...
Unique writing pens crafted by Bud Huffman will be among the offerings at the Mazatzal ...
Cicero Grimes
Andrew Hall
Cinnamon Spiced Cafe Latte
Chocolate Chip Canoli Pie
Libby’s Famous Pumpkin Pie
Banana-Mango Bread Pudding with Coconut Caramel Sauce
Client Solutions Team Leader, Chuck Allured, left, and Bob Georgeoff, President of AMERSCO Southwest(formerly APS ...
A proud veteran salutes during the national anthem at Friday’s Veterans Day remembrance at the ...
Girls on the Run volunteer coaches Amity Justice, Brandi Waugh, Casandra Stouder and Jasmine Vela ...
A woman was taken to the hospital Friday after she drove in front of another ...
Bud Huffman’s beautiful hand-crafted pens could go a long way to reviving the dying art ...
Tyrone Anderson, father, Janet Anderson, mother, Jennifer Smith, president of Rim Country Rotary, Zach and ...
Shoshanah Wright
Haddyn Thacker watches as Seth Crisp takes notes about Thacker’s favorite music CD, favorite food, ...
Infinity Campbell, left, talks about her favorite movie with Natalie Moceri, as Moceri asks questions ...
Payson High School student Andrew Kitts, left, and Joseph Bowen Landry, look over a questionnaire ...
William Joseph Pearson
Louise E. McQuiston
Fran Hoffman
John (Jack) Leslie Gibbs
Waiting patiently for the Veterans Day program to proceed, Abby Clark (dressed as Uncle Sam) ...
Louis Bourdreaux
You know it’s a great arts and crafts fair when you can catch Santa and ...
As Lily Thomhill (far right) neared the finish line at Saturday’s Girls on the Run ...
Carson Ross gets a high five as she crosses the finish line in Buffalo Park ...
Brandon Kasl, right, receives well deserved applause as he proves he can return a rubic ...
Elan Hughes smooths her vessel as the potter's wheel spins without mercy.
Doris Weakley chats with a classmate during a short break in their pottery class at ...
A photo-illustration of the Veteran's Day ceremony at Payson High School Auditorium, Friday, Nov. 11.
Miguel Marin prepares his tools as the construction crew braves the early morning cold to ...
Frieda Rush
John Buskirk (center), drum major for the Payson High School Marching Band, directs Sierra McMartin ...
Dr. Michael Lowe
Casey O’Brien Superintendent
The residents and businesses of the Rim Country deserve a big thank you for their ...
Z Man
Payson representatives in the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick sectional championships in Flagstaff included (left ...
Henry Lopez, 72, is another Rim Country senior who has made a mark for himself ...
Katelyn Curtis and the other Payson High co-eds vying for a spot on the varsity ...
Renee Patrick and Judy Roberts will perform at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 13 at the ...
Tanner Savage
Gunner Goodman
Chance Randall
Aaron Barnes
Maurice Keith Trumbell
Frederick R. Pearce
The Marines have tried to win over the local population, including this flag-waving youngster.
The Gila County CowBelles celebrated their 40th anniversary Oct. 7, 2011 with a luncheon at ...
Otis
Echo
Digz
Boogie
Skids
Roxy
Hubert Nanty, a Tonto Apache, recently visited Payson Elementary School and introduced the children to ...
Brad Smith has a silver maple in his front yard at 1011 S. Ash St. ...
The new building for the Humane Society of Central Arizona is taking shape directly West ...
Operating Base Geronimo, Nawa District, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16, 2011. Training by U.S. advisers will ...
An Afghan Uniformed Policeman (AUP), officer Dawud, commander of precinct Loy-Kulay gives out a radio ...
Marine Lance Cpl. Ammon W. Carter (at right) of Pine on patrol in Afghanistan.
An Afghan Uniformed Policeman (AUP) searches under the wheel well of a car during a ...
Nawa district governor Abdul Manaf speaks to Afghan children in Nawa district, Afghanistan, on Sept. ...
The Heber Overgaard area received about six inches of snow Monday and more snow is ...
Pine resident, Richard Hafford (center), got a surprise at Sky Harbor Airport when sister Marie ...
On Sunday, Nov. 6 Christopher Creek Bible Fellowship celebrated Pastor Ed Hepworth’s 75th birthday.
The framework for the new Humane Society of Central Arizona construction project came off the ...
Bobby Davis
Payson’s Bill Sahno, center, was inducted into the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame on Oct. ...
Green Bean Casserole
Moist and Savory Stuffing
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cinnamon Pecan Crunch
Herb Roasted Turkey with Pan Gravy
Award winning quilt
Rim Country residents of all ages know the importance of honoring the service provided by ...
The Payson Choral Society will be part of the Nov. 11 ceremony held in tribute ...
Payson Mayor Kenny Evans will be part of the Nov. 11 ceremony held in tribute ...
Holiday shopper
Brian Scott Knoner
Leslie Owens listens to the chatter during the opening remarks of the parent, teacher student ...
At the beginning of the Parent Teacher Student meeting,conducted at Payson High School, Thursday, Nov. ...
Keynote speaker Master Gunnery Sergeant Stephen Soha gives his wife a kiss as Col. Bill ...
With fall leaves still clinging to the trees, Rim Country got its first big winter ...
The weekend’s rainfall and Monday’s snowfall came just in time to raise water levels in ...
The Rim Country Quilt Roundup is this weekend. Held at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino ...
Participants at this weekend’s Community Health and Care Fair got tips on healthy lifestyles — ...
Anthony Smith, Natalie Black, Austin Shannon, Megan Wessel and Shelly Camp at the Lincoln Memorial.
Natalie Black jotted down ideas for a brainstorming session on how to convince teens not ...
Winter caught sycamores, willows and cottonwoods on the East Verde River still in fall finery.
Winter dumped the first significant snow of the season atop the Mogollon Rim Saturday, followed ...
The Payson Public Library presented a special program on The Day of the Dead Thursday, ...
Diesel Santana didn’t realize this frosting was so sticky.
Rim Country organizations will host a day-long series of events on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. ...
Displays at the weekend Marine Corps birthday bash honored Marines who died for their country ...
Kelly Krieg, above, PHS girls head basketball coach for the past two years, is stepping ...
There is no lack of enthusiasm from the young athletes in Little League, but dedicated ...
The Longhorn boys soccer team made a surprising run to the final four of the ...
Diesel Santana didn't realize the frosting for the sugar skull activity was going to be ...
A morning fog lingers at Green Valley Park. Dan Mossbarger just retreated to his vehicle, ...
MSGSGT. Stephen Soha was the guest speaker at this year's celebration fo the US Marine ...
The Rim Country detachment of the Marine Corps league celebrated the 236th Birthday of the ...
Larry Norton: One of many recognized veterans attending the Marine Birthday celebration. Norton was a ...
A bank of the east Verde river in East Verde Estates has trees bent over ...
Winter, schminter, go away, come again another day, preferably when most of us are somewhere ...
Traffic slows as snow falls and visibility becomes an issue.
Not all of the Ponderosa pine became icicles when the rain/snow blew over the Rim.
Snow on the rim Hwy 260 the western skyline.
Sometimes winter steals into our lives slowly, stealthily, before we notice. Not this year. Hard ...
Boasting the only full-length concert tribute to John Denver, Jim Curry will lend his voice ...
After surviving the Haunted House, little Joie Clark is somewhat teary-eyed having seen ghouls and ...
With a lollipop in her mouth and a can waiting to be filled with Halloween ...
Arrgh! Pirates were spotted on Main Street Monday evening during the annual Trunk or Treat ...
FLW Tour champion Clifford Pirch, a hometown angler who travels the country competing in bass ...
The 2011 junior varsity football season screeched to a halt on Oct. 27 at Payson ...
Tobey
Swiss
Slushy
Priscilla
Miley
Maxi
Larry
Joey
Jackson
Jack
Curly
Carmen
Cadbury
Buddy
Buckeye
Ashanti
Allison
Abby
Children raise their hands to ask questions and receive a treat during the Helth and ...
Dr. Michael Lowe talks to his attorney Elizabeth Flynn before the start of his trial ...
Michael Lowe’s attorney Elizabeth Flynn presents different versions of Alicia Christopherson’s will and trust to ...
Witches, cats, ballerinas, pirates and kids all lined up to try their luck at the ...
Cameron Romance, left, Bethany Sprinkle, and Tyler McMinimy (not pictured) launched a rocket with a ...
Bill Sahno (left) was inducted into the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Oct. 28.
Austin Moss and Merry McGee, both freshmen at Payson High School, took part in the ...
The Heber Overgaard Service Team Thrift Store has expanded to accept more donations to help ...
Savoi Castillo, Christopher Polido and Alyssa Hubbard won the top honors in the 10-12 age ...
Hailey Bridges waits for the Pirate Wheel to stop spinning and hopes for an edible ...
Students from the Pine Strawberry School displayed their pride in having a drug-free campus by ...
Fall turns sycamore leaves yellow.
Fall turns sawtooth maple leaves red.
Lobo takes a dip in the East Verde.
Hailey Bridges waits for the Pirate wheel to stop spinning and hopes for an edible ...
Leaves turn after the tree withdraws green chlorophyll from the leaves, leaving behind anthocyanins that ...
The cottonwoods have just started to turn on the East Verde. Leaves turn after the ...
Fall colors have already peaked and mostly passed along the Rim Road.
The Omniflight Medical Transport Helicopter lands on Payson Elementary School grounds, Tuesday, Nov. 1, during ...
Great Blue Heron, fly away, fly away, fly away
Lisa Smith, left, and Ed Collins move through the line and select the salad of ...
Jessie Brown, Omniflight, Flight RN, slides out the carrier used to transport injured people to ...
'Try before you buy', always a good axiom that may result in a satisfied customer ...
Get to shop til you drop at Rim Country seasonal craft fairs.
The Polynesian fusion band Te Vaka will perform Nov. 10 at Scottsdale Center for the ...
Writer Stan Brown reposes on the well-marked grave of Private Joseph McLernon, a few hundred ...
The St. Philip’s Catholic Church’s annual Holiday Craft and Bake Sale will be held Nov. ...
Bake sales are part and parcel of the holiday fairs - such as the Womans ...
The craft fair at the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino is going to be a little ...
Beer Brat Cheddar Potato Soup
Inspired Creamy Wild Rice Soup
Hearty Cheddar Broccoli Soup
The Roundup analyzed the food safety evaluation reports of 45 Rim Country restaurants dating back ...
Payton Huff rode the bouncing bull as long as she could Friday at the Pine ...
Get in the holiday spirit this weekend listening to John Carpino perform at Bootleg Alley ...
Yvette Harpe, assistant principal at Rim Country Middle School (left) checks out the stitching on ...
Isaiah Hayhurst, left, and Lexy Turlukis pump water into the container simulating the ground to ...
Cyle Moss, left, raises his hands in jubilation as his teammate, Dominic Miller, pours the ...
Mr. Kirby, left, explains to Emma Hill, center, and Ciya Wilson, right, the effects of ...
Cailey Van Buren, left, Jasmine Olsen and Jordan Harger act as rain to graphically display ...
Linda Suzanne Dinardi
Richard E. Coleman
Lilli B. Perry
Amy May Badovinus
The disaster training decontamination tent (left) and reservoir for contaminated solutions were tested and given ...
The Payson High School boys soccer team shocked favorites at the state playoffs this weekend ...
The Payson High School Longhorns wrapped up the season with a No. 20 ranking of ...
A proposed, 33,000-acre thinning plan will affect Bear Canyon Lake (above) and the rest of ...
The Chamber Mixer was conducted at the Payson Public Library, Thursday, Oct. 27. Local business ...
Jim Curry will lend his voice and remarkable resemblance to the crowd-pleasing production of Take ...
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