Payson Events Note Big Crowds And Crime Spree
Bob Hunt ace at Payson Country Club. Las Vegas Night by Pop Warner raises 500 from 70 attendees with Rotary and Payson Club. Frontier Drug burglary nets 4500 in cash and drugs. 600 attend Old-time Gospel Music Festival. Memorial Day draws 56 250 visitors in 14 500 cars. ER treats 77. Drug ring busted in Young after shootout. one suspect wounded. Marijuana valued at 1.6 million. 200 cowboys seek 500 prize at ARA Rodeo. Tim VanHorn among winners.
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Bob Hunt
Payson
Pop Warner
Las Vegas
Rotary Club
Payson Country Club
Frontier Drug
Payson Chamber of Commerce
Rodeo Grounds
Young
Tim VanHorn
Forest service policies spark protest and later changes
In June about 30 residents held an informal press conference opposing wood cutting in forests demanding open cutting in all areas. The service altered policies and met several demands. Two people died in the Payson area that weekend in unrelated incidents. One man died in a single vehicle accident north of Strawberry and a 17 year old girl perished from injuries after a hike near Sunflower. Forty seven Payson High School seniors completed graduation with speeches by Sen. Tony Gabaldon and top scholars Jerri and Cherri Stafford.
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Forest Service
Strawberry
Sunflower
Payson High School
Tony Gabaldon
Jerri Stafford
Cherri Stafford
Thomas A. Allen
State Supreme Court
Allen
Payson Chamber of Commerce
Slate Creek
M.M. Sundt
United Utilities
State Corporation Commission
Payson Community News Highlights July Events and Developments
July saw completion of Payson Airport runway after 15 years of planning with $380000 cost, $345724 federal funds, and local support. Community shifts include new district ranger Hugh Thompson, Junior Rodeo draw of 2000 spectators, Pioneer Day parade with Isaac Hunt as Grand Marshal, and debates on disincorporation and taxes. Weather peaks at 101 degrees. Ford-edged planning for fire department funding faced public scrutiny. A Kohl's Ranch plane crash injured four. Isaac Hunt, Pine pioneer, died at 90. World’s Oldest Rodeo drew 40000 visitors. ASU scrimmage 2200. Chandler’s Les Mason named all-around cowboy. parade had 60 entrants. prize money $12840.
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Payson
Steve Hathaway
Hugh Thompson
Robert Tippecomb
Tonto National Forest
Tippeconb
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
Thompson
Tonto Basin
Fire Department
Payson Citizen’s Committee
Broken Bow Gas Company
Corporation Commission
Payson Chamber of Commerce
Prescott
Camp Verde
George Crook
Kohl
Payson Plaza
Isaac Hunt
Pine
ASU
Les Mason
Chandler
Payson Receives State Prospectus as Busy Holiday Draws
Governor Raul Castro visits Payson to present a prospectus from the Office of Economic Planning and Development. The Payson Hospital Auxiliary raised 1600 dollars over Labor Day weekend as visitors thronged the area. Nine Payson firemen and sheriffs deputies spent 22 hours rescuing an injured hiker from Hell’s Gate. The Longhorns opened their season with a Soap Scrimmage. Plans for a 20 acre park facility are studied with funding of 181000 dollars awarded in December. construction expected to begin in January.
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Raul Castro
Payson
Office of Economic Planning and Development
Payson Hospital
Hell's Gate
Longhorns
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Mogollon Montoneros
Humane Society
Gisela
Payson Sanitary Board
Country Club Vista
Russ Zakariasen
Scottsdale
Tonto Natural Bridge
Slim Anderson
Harry Cain
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Heber White
Christopher Creek
Planning and Zoning Commission
Thomas Allen
Isaac
Hunt
Bill Hartley
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