Photos for February 2012

Photo detail February 29, 2012	A selection of wines to sample, just one of the highlights at the annual Taste ... February 29, 2012	Gift baskets, one of the highlights at the annual Taste of Rim Country event at ... February 29, 2012
Hmm, did I like it that much?. It's tough to pick a winner among the ... February 29, 2012	The Taste of Rim Country event is held annually as a fund-raiser for the Payson ... February 29, 2012	Performances of Aida are March 3 and March 4 at Tucson Music Hall; and March ... February 29, 2012
Nicole Pasternak February 29, 2012	Sausage Mushroom Quiche February 29, 2012	Blue Ribbon Skillet February 29, 2012
Sunrise Breakfast Casserole February 29, 2012	Amazing Muffin Cups February 29, 2012	David Ives (left) and his dad, Rick, chat about their fishing experiences at Green Valley ... February 28, 2012
Jack Charles Warter Jr. February 28, 2012	Edward Reiff February 28, 2012	Ruth Ann Anderson February 28, 2012
Hummingbirds February 28, 2012	Gerri Levine February 28, 2012	Pictured from the left are: Ginger Sturtz, mother, Joseph, Richard Alvarez, Building Trades teacher at ... February 28, 2012
Four Seasons Motorsports of Rye is stepping up to help sponsors of the upcoming Lorraine ... February 28, 2012	The Payson Rodeo was recently voted to AAA’s Best of List. February 28, 2012	The Strawberry School House was recently voted to AAA’s Best of List. February 28, 2012
Sanja S. Long February 28, 2012	Tyler Apps pulled off one of the most amazing accomplishments in local golf lore by ... February 28, 2012	The Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) competition selected Payson High School (PHS) junior Autumn ... February 28, 2012
During a scrimmage on Saturday, Feb. 25, members of the AYSO soccer team, Rim United, ... February 28, 2012	The Payson Public Library and the Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library in Pine will once again ... February 28, 2012	Four Seasons Motorsports of Rye is stepping up to help sponsors of the upcoming Lorraine ... February 28, 2012
Devann Runzo winds up and throws a mean fastball during a recent scrimmage with the ... February 28, 2012	Kaitlyn Wessel (left), first baseman for the Lady Longhorns, reaches high into the air and ... February 28, 2012	Officers from Gila County, the Town of Payson, and Border Patrol had their hands full ... February 28, 2012
Everybody in class wants to answer the question; "What's the difference between a ranch and ... February 28, 2012	Eve Armstrong (left) and Lindsey Wala take notes during a recent assignment with Roundup reporter ... February 28, 2012	Lori Brown shows a map outlining the H-4 Ranch’s allotment in the Tonto Basin Ranger ... February 28, 2012
Checking out this ranch attire, Justin Keegan discovers he might need to grow a little ... February 28, 2012	Nina Adeline Wingfield February 24, 2012	David Kenneth Wingfield February 24, 2012
Father Alan Rekate February 24, 2012	Rita Carol Lyons February 24, 2012	Wil Cardon February 24, 2012
Lewis Tenney talked to a large crowd at the Heber Overgaard Chamber of Commerce about ... February 24, 2012	Young-at-heart senior citizens enjoy lunch Monday to Friday at the Senior Dining Room in Pine, ... February 24, 2012	Jammie Party attendees February 24, 2012
Veterinarian Dr. Alan Hallman recently (Thursday, Feb. 16) gave a talk about sled dog racing ... February 24, 2012	Yukon Quest Route February 24, 2012	Poppy February 24, 2012
Pretty Girl February 24, 2012	Tigger February 24, 2012	Hoss February 24, 2012
Kaysee February 24, 2012	Willow February 24, 2012	A Gila County sheriff’s deputy, right front, searches a suspected illegal immigrant in the Chase ... February 24, 2012
Mark your calendars to come see, taste and experience Payson High School’s culinary students show ... February 24, 2012	John Stanton February 24, 2012	Sean Self does a few high flying spins and turns at the Rumsey Park skate ... February 24, 2012
A construction worker from Amon Builders, Inc. finished part of the duct work inside the ... February 24, 2012	The Lady Horn track and field cupboard appears well stocked. “We have a lot of ... February 24, 2012	Morgan Chilson is the top point producer among those returning to the 2012 edition of ... February 24, 2012
Irene McMann February 24, 2012	Gary Klein February 24, 2012	Chamber Sculpture Raffle prize February 24, 2012
Business Showcase Logo February 24, 2012	Alan Hallman has spent 13 years as race vet at the Yukon Quest sled dog ... February 24, 2012	Cover February 22, 2012
The American Tenors will bring their captivating show to town at 7 p.m., Thursday, April ... February 22, 2012	With original music and parodies of familiar songs, on-point material about life and work, and ... February 22, 2012	Sometime from 1968 to 1973, this rock headstone appeared containing the information on the old ... February 22, 2012
Sometime from 1968 to 1973, this rock headstone appeared containing the information on the old ... February 22, 2012	White Chicken Chili February 22, 2012	Darlene Younker, a representative of the local chapter of the Arizona Tea Party, displays a ... February 21, 2012
Tyler McMinimy took first in the traditional song category for his performance of Lou Bega’s ... February 21, 2012	Leah Brahm paid tribute to Whitney Houston by dressing in a classy black dress and ... February 21, 2012	Brooke Collins and Melissa Shannon won the comedic category at the Lip Sync Contest by ... February 21, 2012
Showing their excitement at winning the Arizona Centennial poster contest, the winners jump for joy. ... February 21, 2012	The next program hosted by the Tonto Community Concert Association is at 7 p.m., Tuesday, ... February 21, 2012	Denise Hughes is the new activities coordinator at the Payson Senior Center. February 21, 2012
Kayla Cline (grade 2), right, focuses on drawing a replica of the Saguaro cactus flower ... February 21, 2012	The Arizona Game and Fish Web site gave her suggestions on classroom projects. Detlef Hilprecht ... February 21, 2012	Lanae Laurias shows the class with her hands how the Saguaro cactus flower opens up. February 21, 2012
Julian Lugo and Jacob Thompson (grade 3) decide which sections of The Arizona Republic newspaper ... February 21, 2012	Jordan Kile presents facts to the whole school during the Reader’s Theater portion of the ... February 21, 2012	Kinsey Speer (grade 3), Ryleen O’Conner (grade 3) and Nick Munoz (grade 2) busily work ... February 21, 2012
Annetta Carpenter leads the school in singing happy birthday to Arizona while holding a cake ... February 21, 2012	Longhorn pitcher Will Dougherty got the starting hurling call in a Feb. 17 scrimmage on ... February 21, 2012	Payson catcher Tyus Sarnowski awaits a pitch from teammate Will Dougherty as a Winslow Bulldog ... February 21, 2012
Members of the Tonto Basin High Flyin’ Hooves 4-H Club proudly show buckles won at ... February 21, 2012	Rim Country Health February 21, 2012	Harvey Pelovsky February 21, 2012
Many February 17, 2012	The Fourth Annual Memorial Fund Poker Ride isn’t until late April, but the 200 raffle ... February 17, 2012	Basketball purists are marveling at the rebounding accomplishments of junior captain Chioya Hill, who burst ... February 17, 2012
Ron Picking, a reserve for the Payson Longhorns, and his fellow players saw their 2011-2012 ... February 17, 2012	AARP volunteers will help low- and moderate-income residents prepare and file tax returns through April ... February 17, 2012	Welcome sign February 17, 2012
The Windmill Corner Inn in Strawberry came under new ownership last May. The inn’s new ... February 17, 2012	Darrell Stubbs February 17, 2012	A prescribed burn between Mesa del and Tyler Parkway blew much smoke into the north ... February 17, 2012
Color Guard member Ken Caldwell (left) holds the 48-star flag, Larry Moore (center) and Cheyenne ... February 17, 2012	Sarah Henderson watches Gail Gorry during a recent singing activity at United Methodist Church, in ... February 17, 2012	After the flag-raising ceremony by the Payson Military Honor Guard, guests and dignitaries from the ... February 17, 2012
Sean Brown of Tonto National Forest holds a boulder in place as volunteer Kurt Longfellow ... February 17, 2012	The Hashknife Pony Express makes for the Skyline Canyon Realty office in Heber as it ... February 17, 2012	Tonto National Forest archaeologist Scott Wood has spent 35 years working to protect and interpret ... February 17, 2012
The project will replace the fence destroyed by vandals that protects the gravesite of the ... February 17, 2012	David Gowan February 17, 2012	Volunteers on March 10 will restore the grave of pioneer David Gowan. February 17, 2012
Millie February 17, 2012	Rudy February 17, 2012	Bandit February 17, 2012
Matt Mcrae, a 15-year member of the Hashknife riders, galloped into Pine on Feb. 8 ... February 16, 2012	Melinda Elmore, mystery writer, is offering a weekly class. February 15, 2012	Red Lentil Crusted Goat Cheese with Three Lentil Salad and Ruby Red Grapefruit Vinaigrette. February 15, 2012
Melanie Capps is the guest speaker at the Feb. 21 meeting of the Payson Art ... February 15, 2012	Savory Chickpea Pancakes with Chickpea, Shrimp and Caper Ragu. February 15, 2012	Willow’s Chickpea Fries with Orange Preserved Lemon Dipping Sauce. February 15, 2012
Watch for Snowy Owls and early migrants on the move in the 2012 Great Backyard ... February 15, 2012	The corrals are probably a bit bigger than most - after all, those are draft ... February 15, 2012	Daniel Stutzman, an Amish farmer from Indiana, demonstrates how to correctly hitch up draft horses ... February 15, 2012
Bill Brown’s family has ranched in Arizona for generations. Bill, at left, and his wife ... February 15, 2012	Riding on a forecart across the fallow alfalfa field, participants at the draft horse clinic ... February 15, 2012	Buffy Trimbach McCrary wrote her book to give people hope. February 15, 2012
Richard A. Havel February 14, 2012	David Sayen is Medicare’s regional administrator for California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Trust ... February 14, 2012	Misty Isley DeCaire and several volunteers were moving things around Friday to make room for ... February 14, 2012
Samantha Johnson works on math to prepare to take the GED next month. She hopes ... February 14, 2012	Payson High School’s Jacob Spear (second from left) brought home the gold from the state ... February 14, 2012	Dr. Alan Hallman will talk about dog sled racing at a 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. ... February 14, 2012
Kesten Jenkins had the moves down at Saturday’s Zumbathon. Held at the Senior Center and ... February 14, 2012	Joyce Adair Lynch February 14, 2012	Taylor Marshall, an eighth-grade student at the Pine-Strawberry School placed second at the spelling bee ... February 14, 2012
Buffy McCrary February 14, 2012	Melinda Elmore February 14, 2012	Robert Eugene Gainer February 14, 2012
The Zumbathon for the Payson Christian Clinic, held Saturday at the Senior Center and hosted ... February 14, 2012	Rosa Dias spends the first moments of her weekly GED preparation hour warming up at ... February 14, 2012	Bob Horne tutors students, “I just love being a teacher. It’s what I love to ... February 14, 2012
Marilyn Horne is the executive director for the Rim Country Literacy Program. February 14, 2012	The Ft. Reno VFW Post 8807 recently honored a teacher in Tonto Basin for her ... February 14, 2012	Judith Marie Sanderson February 10, 2012
Denis Oneil Parish February 10, 2012	Bob Brooks February 10, 2012	Myron “Dobbie” Dobson February 10, 2012
Star Valley Expenditures February 10, 2012	Star Valley Revenue February 10, 2012	This work can be divided into two separate pieces or brought together and form one ... February 10, 2012
Working more magic using just a pencil, Kratos works on a new piece. February 10, 2012	An example of Kratos’ other-wordly artwork, this piece blends a bit of Salvador Dali, Ryan ... February 10, 2012	As a tribute to the 9-11 Twin Towers event, Kratos created this piece. Some of ... February 10, 2012
Martin Szekeresh did not travel The Way of Saint James as a pilgrim, but the ... February 10, 2012	The trip also allowed him to make a return visit to Pamplona. February 10, 2012	The Pine Strawberry School Builders Club officers (right to left) Summer Aguon, secretary; Bailee Taylor, ... February 10, 2012
Gunner Bauer forms a rock flow in the common garden area at Gila Community College. ... February 10, 2012	Just as players are invited to sign up for the coming season of Little League ... February 10, 2012	Jake Hacker is one of the Longhorn varsity players who may be hosting the Division ... February 10, 2012
Tanner Purtill (left) and Layne Chitwood are now fishing the prep circuit and will compete ... February 10, 2012	Certified ZUMBA instructors (from left) Lisa Evans, Christy Walton and Crystal Johnson will lead this ... February 10, 2012	Pat Nelson, left, accepts the first batch of mail from Chuck Jackman, after the Hashknife ... February 10, 2012
Aden Thompson, left, wasn’t about to take off his commemorative Hashknife Pony Express bandanna as ... February 10, 2012	Poppy February 10, 2012	Stella February 10, 2012
Cruz February 10, 2012	Tigger February 10, 2012	Buddy February 10, 2012
Peaches February 10, 2012	Fig Cranberry Bars with Caramel Drizzle February 8, 2012	Jarlsberg, Ham and Herb Swirls February 8, 2012
Chocolate-Dipped Stuffed Figs February 8, 2012	The Rim Country Museum and Zane Grey Cabin will hold a special tour of the ... February 8, 2012	The Emory Oak outside the Payson Womans Club building has been accepted as an official ... February 8, 2012
The Rim Country Museum and Zane Grey Cabin will hold a special tour of the ... February 8, 2012	Snowy Owls have dazzled spectators as these Arctic birds have ventured south in unusual numbers ... February 8, 2012	Christy Walton will lead the Zumbathon fund-raiser Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Payson Senior Center. ... February 8, 2012
Savory Jarlsberg Thumbprints with Fig-Pepper Jelly February 8, 2012	Michael Ferrell Fisher February 7, 2012	Chilly morning air Saturday didn’t stop members of Payson’s Tea Party group from protesting the ... February 7, 2012
Local favorite John Carpino entertained the crowd during the monthly First Friday celebration held Feb. ... February 7, 2012	Clifford Pirch recently competed in Florida and South Carolina. February 7, 2012	Don Castleman and Kurt Ehrenberg February 7, 2012
Conner Anderson, a 152-pound junior, finished the 2011-2012 season with a commendable 30-14 going into ... February 7, 2012	Andrew Fiala, Payson High School physics teacher, and his student Jon Wisner discuss how the ... February 7, 2012	Marine CorpsLeague February 7, 2012
Tanner Hintze, the Horns’ leading scorer, finished with a game-high 20 points, in the team’s ... February 7, 2012	Bob and Donna Daly February 7, 2012	Helen and Bob Hughes are offering Country Western Dance Lessons every Thursday at 6 p.m. ... February 7, 2012
Classmates Zach Anderson, Alicia Bayless and Niyal Curi (above) cheer when Struening’s machine raises the ... February 7, 2012	Noel Struening starts his marble running on the Rube Goldberg machine he built to demonstrate ... February 7, 2012	Paul Zelenski and his dog, Rusty, played together and chatted with the area hikers who ... February 7, 2012
Sid Gee points to the spot where the memorial cross for Paul Zelenski was originally ... February 7, 2012	The Hashknife Pony Express arrives at the Payson Post Office at 4:45 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. ... February 7, 2012	Brad Guyton knows how to do funny. At his audition for the lip sync contest ... February 7, 2012
John Armer February 7, 2012	Three-year-old Hannah Long gives a big hug to a miniature horse that is bigger than ... February 3, 2012	Dacey Taylor (foreground) and a group of town workers, cut, rake and load old cattails, ... February 3, 2012
Foreclosure Chart February 3, 2012	Local favorite John Carpino will be performing at Bootley Alley Antiques & Art from 5 ... February 3, 2012	Payson Mayor Kenny Evans (above left) kicked off the party with a cutting of the ... February 3, 2012
Ayothaya Thai Café marked its one-year anniversary with a special buffet Tuesday. February 3, 2012	Priscilla February 3, 2012	Upcoming expos are a great way to learn about all kinds of outdoors activities; check ... February 3, 2012
C.J. Nottingham makes a great effort in the Horns’ 78-49 loss to Fountain Hills Jan. ... February 3, 2012	Jake Spear, Payson’s best wrestler, will be in the most ‘stacked’ weight classes at sectionals. February 3, 2012	Harriet Rae Strunk February 3, 2012
Mary A. Mullen February 3, 2012	Lala February 3, 2012	A morning frost blankets the grass at Pine Meadows Country Club. Less than normal precipitation ... February 3, 2012
Two school staff members say goodbye. Doris Randall (left) and Jan Clark (right), great friends ... February 3, 2012	Red takes a look at the camera before organizers demonstrate how to safely work with ... February 3, 2012	Brian Jenning shows Karen Lewis of Snowflake how to control the horses while driving a ... February 3, 2012
Walking into the semi-sized container where the Brown’s store their harnesses, bits, reins and halters, ... February 3, 2012	Bill Brown’s family has ranched in Arizona for generations. Bill and his wife Lori started ... February 3, 2012	Daniel Stutzman shares stories about Red, a draft horse he raised, trained and then sold ... February 3, 2012
Riding on a forecart across the fallow alfalfa field, participants at the draft horse clinic ... February 3, 2012	Daniel Stutzman, an Amish farmer from Indiana, demonstrates how to correctly hitch up draft horses ... February 3, 2012	Margaret J. Eckert, R.N. February 3, 2012
Steel February 3, 2012	Kaysee February 3, 2012	Bella February 3, 2012
Riley February 3, 2012	Lyndon “Lindy” Harry Kelly February 3, 2012	Payson High School physics teacher Andrew Fiala shows students Tuesday how to safely walk across ... February 2, 2012
The Forest Service is currently in the process of a prescribed burn on Huston Mesa ... February 2, 2012	Saige Bloom February 2, 2012	Photo detail February 1, 2012
The Dude Fire began on June 25, 1990 and would end up burning over 25,000 ... February 1, 2012	Join author and speaker Jo Russell from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 4 at ... February 1, 2012	John Carpino and the Hot Cappuccinos February 1, 2012
Inspired by the vibrant culture of its native country, the vivacious Ballet Folklórico de Antioquia, ... February 1, 2012	It’s not too late to purchase your official Hashknife mailer to send letters to friends ... February 1, 2012	The Hashknife Pony Express riders will arrive at the Payson post office at approximately 4:45 ... February 1, 2012
7 Layer Fiesta Ranch Dip February 1, 2012	Spicy Touchdown Tenders February 1, 2012

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