Breach of Promise Rumors Mark Payson Budget Hearing
At a Payson Town Council budget hearing the heated meeting drew about 30 residents amid debate over an 80 cent property tax to fund the newly created Payson Town Fire Department. Dr. Richard B Johns urged a special election while others defended a legal budget balancing 949 488 versus 514 410. The council approved the legal budget and enacted an ordinance creating the municipal fire department.
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Payson
Richard B. Johns
Payson Volunteer Fire Department
County Board of Supervisors
Town of
Dave Gilbert
League of Cities and Towns
Payson Country Club expands with nine new holes
Construction began on the Payson Country Club second nine with bulldozers shaping tee boxes fairways and greens. Seeding starts mid September to early October as owner Russell Zakariasen works with soil conservation experts to balance ecology and manage a through wash. Temperature records and precipitation are noted with July values and high fire danger in the Tonto National Forest.
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Payson Country Club
Country Club
Russell Zakariasen
Zakariasen
Tonto National Forest
Arizona Commission Impounds Interim Water Rate Increase
The Arizona Corporation Commission orders United Utilities Water Company to impound funds from the interim 33 1/3 percent rate increase until a permanent rate hearing. If the emergency rate is upheld, funds may be released. if not, customers may receive refunds. Commissioner Bud Tims criticizes the measure as unneeded amid bankruptcy protections. Interim rates set for Pine-Payson Roosevelt Lake Tom Dooley Tonto Basin systems include fixed charges and per thousand gallon rates.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
United Utilities Water Company
Commission
Bud Tims
United Utilities
Tims
Pine-Payson
Jake’s Corner
Flowing Springs
Geronimo Estates
Whispering Pines
Roosevelt Lake
Tom Dooley
Colcord
Tonto Basin
Mail order lids aid home canners amid shortage
Betty Faris of Gila County notes lid makers lack metal supply to meet demand. A Commerce Department Goodwill program will distribute lids via UPS to about 26 000 families, with 2 8 million lids bought from Ball Bernardin and Owens Illinois.Orders are limited to one per family and require a stamped return envelope with a $5 payment.
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Betty Faris
Gila County
Associated Press
Commerce Department
Goodwill Industries Incorporated
Goodwill
Ball Corp
Bernardin
Owens- Illinois
Kerr Glass Corp
Los Angeles
United Parcel Service
Goodwill Industries
Minneapolis
Minn
Federal Trade Commission
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