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Friday's Gallery October 28, 2011
A collection of images from the week. Anyone interested in having their photos in the Friday Gallery? Email them to:atowle@payson.com Images must be a minimum of 200 ppi(pixels per inch) and 5 x 7 inches in size, electronic images preferred. Images must be in focus, proper image content (meaning no sexually explicit material) or images that could be construed as denigrating a persons character.
The Annual Trunk or Treat Festival sponsored by Chili’s Restaurant, as well as the annual Haunted House, is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, Oct. 31 on Payson’s Historic Main Street at the Ox Bow Saloon. The town will once again be purchasing all of the candy and providing it to more than 30 decorated booths that will hand it out to children ages 12 and under. The haunted house will be open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and admission is $3 or bring a can of food for the local food bank and get in for $2.
Practicing their ghoulish routines Payson High School Drama Club students get ready to scare any and all who enter the Haunted House in the Ox Bow Saloon on Historic Main Street, Monday, Oct. 31, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Lexi Hagler, Allie Day and Janine Tantimonaco operate on their watermelon brain.
Stephanie Barwick enjoys the Frankenstein Oreo Pop her group put together.
A culinary arts student adds veins to make the Crunchy Doughnut Eyeballs creepy.
Marily Ridings and Kayla Pryor of Payson High School’s culinary arts class put the finishing touches on their Witch’s Hat Cookies.
Levii Lopez and Autumn Parrish carefully draw spooky veins on their Crunchy Doughnut Eyeballs.
The finished Halloween Worm Sandwiches whet the appetite. Yum!
Women in the Reaching Out Breast Cancer Support Group include (from left to right): Dotty Sutter, Jean Colette, Ilone Swenson, Barbara Cox, Barb Bennett, Phyllis Renning, Aggie Hanson, Fern Spears and Tex Ann Kraft. Kraft is a representative of a company that offers modified bras for women with single or double mastectomies.
Madeline Tomasicchio celebrated her 101st birthday with a cake and friends Oct. 25.
R. Rep. Chester Crandall, District 5, right, examines an object printed out on the new 3-Dimensional printer at Payson High School, as Casey O'Brien Payson School District Superintendent, explains the new engineering program and state-of-the-art computers being used to design and produce objects similar to the one Crandall is holding.
Jack Lagana, left, of Yellow Jacket Drilling Services, and Forrest Switzer, of Tetra Tek, discuss how long the improvements for this well along Payson Parkway will continue before moving to Phase Three.
Sunlight filters through a canopy of trees.
Several trails wind around the lagoons, and lead to the Verde River Greenway and onto the Coconino National Forest. The two lagoons total approximately 16 surface acres. The largest of the lagoons at the state park takes on a different hue as it reflects the color of the setting sun .
Cottonwood trees and bright, blue sky at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood reflect from one of the ponds. The park has a dock, launch ramp, fish cleaning station and modern restrooms.
Holding up the quilt donated by Gine Perkes are from left to right; Molly Davis, Kassidy McAfee, Patrick Bickert, Seth Crisp, Austin Shannon, Gine Perkes, Rob Varner, Katelyn Curtis, Shayna Neal, and Megan Wessel.
Elaine Putnam wears a T-shirt with a photo of her granddaughter, Stephanie Gurrero, who took her own life five weeks ago. Putnam joined others at Green Valley Park Saturday during the Out of the Darkness walk for suicide prevention.
Kathryn Spiess shows 7-year-old Wyatt Gunzel how to spin thread on her wheel during the ArtoberFest show and sale at the Mazatzal Hotel and Casino. The Payson Art League’s annual showcase of art works from jewelry to sculptures takes place each fall.
The PHS boys soccer team will open state tournament play vs. Snowflake Oct. 28 in Mesa.
Katelyn Curtis, a standout Lady Longhorn blocks another attempt by the opposition as the Lady Longhorns show their mettle as each match becomes more critical with the season winding down to the final games.
Jamie Hill is oblivious to those around her as the class chatter ebbs and flows according to how successful her fellow students are while working on their various art projects.
Cale Novack (22) has been a Longhorn mainstay all season long and is one of several seniors coach Byron Quinlan is praising for having “a lot of pride.”
Art Instructor George Conley listens intently as a student asks a question about making art out of words.
Rae Diller is working on her second scratch board piece. When asked about making mistakes, she just said; "Don't make any."
Molly Beir concentrates on combining her words into art as other members of the class discuss and formulate their own art.
John Agent shows off his cool jumping bean using the scratchboard technique of scratching away the black to reveal the art you create as you go.
Kathy Hrabluk, Associate Superintendent for High Academic Standards, Arizona Department of Education, welcomes everyone to the symposium and explains the need for changing the way Arizona is educating students at all levels in their preparation for real world situations.
Linda O'Dell, Gila County School Superintendent, points to a graph of the proposed model that has been formulated for improving students' chances at competing in the world market and preparing them for future opportunities.
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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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