Payson Hospital faces expansion to meet growing demand
The editorial urges raising 600000 to match 600000 in government funding for a 1200000 facility that doubles beds and adds an emergency room surgery x ray lab and obstetrics. It notes Medicare and Blue Cross eligibility require upgrades and warns of travel to Globe Phoenix or Cottonwood if not funded. May 11 to 18 is National Hospital Week.
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Payson Hospital
Blue Cross
Payson
Pine
Christopher Creek
Kohl
Prisoner transfers relocate 21 inmates from Globe to Payson jail
Gila County Sheriff Lyman Peace closed the Globe County jail citing unsafe unsanitary conditions. Twenty one inmates were moved to Payson jail after failure to place them at Florence State Prison. The Globe jail neared capacity with 34 inmates and could not separate women and juveniles from men.
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Gila County
Lyman Peace
Globe
Payson
Arizona State Prison
Florence
Ronnie McDaniel
Chuck Roberts
Sheriff Peace
City of
Douglas Shearer
William Price
Board of Supervisors
Bob Ross
Peace
Il Am
Fire danger high on the Tonto despite moisture
Forest Service officials warn fire danger varies from low to high on the Tonto National Forest this week due to winds. The Payson Ranger District expects a normal fire season with limited severity as spring moisture improves forest brush conditions.
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U.S. Forest Service
Tonto National Forest
Payson
Dave Bacon
Forest Service
Bacon
Payson School Board names O J Thompson new high school principal
The Payson School Board selected Bisbee resident O J Thompson to become Payson High School principal next year replacing William Nelson who resigned March 4. Thompson will sign a one year contract at 16500 dollars with teacher salary adjustments approved pending CTA recognition.
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Payson High School
Payson School Board
Bisbee
O.J. Thompson
William Nelson
Nelson
Classroom Teacher’s Association
Bill Lawson
Payson Cta
CTA
Acme Fence Company of
Phoenix
Acme
Joann Jones
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State Justice Planning Agency
Arthur D. Espinoz
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Gila County Board of Supervisors
Justice Planning Agency
Jacka
Tim van Horn
Jim Damme
Ted Pottet
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