Students offer apologies for results of high school prank
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
To Superintendent Mr. O'Brien, Principal Mr. Sandoval, Assistant Principal Mr. Fruth, Athletic Director Mr. Lobik, Governing Board: Vicki Holmes, Donald Engler, Charles Brown, Mike Horton, Rory Huff, Brittney McDaniel, Lauren Bartoli, and to all bus drivers and students who may have been affected:

Students seek support for pranksters
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
This week, high school as they knew it was over for seven Payson High girls. As members of the community, you may or may not have heard of the most recent uproar centered around the seven seniors.

Many made dinner a success
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Payson Elementary School would like to thank all of those people who supported our recent spaghetti dinner. All proceeds from the dinner go toward funding or subsidizing the transportation costs of field trips for students at Payson Elementary School.

Updated information on Pine-Strawberry Water
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
In a letter to the editor that was published in the April 18, 2008 issue of the Payson Roundup, I addressed the reasons why it is important for the future Pine-Strawberry water district to own its own source of water and why completing the K2 well prior to purchasing the water companies makes more sense than relying on private wells as the major source of water.

Grateful for coverage of field day
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Thank you for your coverage of the Tonto Basin Elementary School Field Day. The pictures published were priceless and truly captured the fun atmosphere present at the school that day.

Heavy traffic frustrating for travelers
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Now that we are back to heavy traffic weekends, I wonder if we've considered a short term solution. We need the business that our valley friends bring to the Rim Country, but the heavy traffic and slow movement through Payson makes it very frustrating for travelers.

Arizona pork barrel among lowest in country
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I recently received the Citizens Against Government Waste "2008 Congressional Pig Book Summary." This annual report, by CAGW, is a recap of the 11,610 "earmarked" pork projects, amounting to $17.2 billion stuffed into the 12 federal appropriations bills.