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Unison Bank is pleased to announce it awarded the “Unison Scholarship” for $500 to an area senior at Queen Creek High School, Nicole Speeding. Originally form Queen Creek, Arizona, her favorite courses are: Anatomy, Physiology, World History, English and Leadership. Which scholarships/awards did you receive?I received the Queen Creek Unified School District Education Foundation

Scholarship, Unison Bank Scholarship, Kiwanis Club Scholarship, U.S. Airways Scholarship and an Academic Scholarship to Texas A & M University. What are studying at Texas A & M University?I plan to major in Animal Science to prepare me for a career working with horses. What is one of your fondest memories?It was when I won Miss Arizona High School Rodeo Queen for the first

time in 2011. This is when my self-confidence and outlook on life was really boosted. Now that you are graduating, how do you feel?I have looked forward to graduation for as long as I can remember. Now that I am graduating, I have a rush of excitement and sorrow at the same time. Until now, I never realized how much I am going to miss my loving friends and family. It is definitely

Nicole Speeding awarded $500 scholarship from Unison Bankgoing to be an adventure!What would you like to be doing 10 years from now?I would like to have a successful career bringing joy and wealth into my life for not only me, but my family that I hope to have at that time.

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Baseball – Head base-ball coach Mike Campbell announced the Bulldogs’ post-season award winners. They include RHP Jaren Holmes 2nd team all-section and 2B Ryan Kottcamp 1st team all-section. Honorable Mention all-section Bull-dogs’ players are: OF Marcus Still, RHP Chase Beal, LHP Josh Andrews, and 1B Kody Funderburk. The Bulldogs’ players also selected their Team Awards for the season. Cy Young: Jaren Holmes, Off. MVP: Ryan Kottcamp, Bulldog Award: Kody Fun-derburk, Rookie of the Year: Austin Nichols, and Gold Glove Award: Jake Schlosser.

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When did you fi rst become interested in education/public service? As a child growing up in the Midwest, I had some wonderful opportunities through civic organizations such as the Girl Scouts and 4-H. I was also able to volunteer at a local hospital. I believe that these opportunities helped me to see the bigger picture of involvement and the importance of contributing to a community. The path I choose nearly three decades ago was that of public education. What is your proudest achievement thus far? Professionally, my proudest achievement is my nearly 30 years of service to public education in the state of Arizona. I continue to believe that the education profession is one of the most honorable and noble professions. I will forever be grateful for the opportunities that I have had to make a difference. I hope that in some small way I have contributed in making Arizona a better place for all. Personally, my proudest achievement is raising two amazing children who are both young adults and recent graduates of ASU. I am proud of their academic and personal growth. They inspire me each and every day. What additional improvement to Pinal and the surrounding region do you strive to achieve? I would hope that my actions and involvement would result in quality educational programs for the students and families in San Tan Valley. I hope to be instrumental not only with programs within the public schools, but also community support such as enrichment programs for students and adult learners, community awareness programs and continued support for our medical partners, specifi cally Banner Ironwood Medical Center. What’s your favorite thing about his region? I enjoy the rural, open feeling of San Tan Valley while still being close to a major metropolitan area. I am excited about the potential growth for both business and residential and believe that the community of San Tan Valley has the opportunity to create a unique and lasting culture. Who are your personal heroes? My dad is my personal hero. He was the hardest working person I have ever met and taught me the importance of a strong work ethic and the meaning of personal integrity. What is your favorite fi lm? Dessert? Sports team? The American President. I’d choose hot and spicy food over sweets, and my favorite sports teams are, of course, the Combs High School Coyotes!

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On Thursday, May 23, Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles presented a $10,000 check to the Copper Basin YMCA to support their summer youth programs. The $10,000 check made available through the RICO Community Outreach Funding program will assist the YMCA as they work to fight drug- and gang-related activities by providing a safe and drug-free environment, where mentoring and positive role models

encourage the development of healthy and well-rounded youth. “Making sure justice is served remains my top priority and with that includes lifting up and empowering victims and youth in Pinal County,” said Voyles, who added, “I support and appreciate the significance and beneficial impact of what youth programs, such as those offered in our community YMCAs, mean for our County and especially in the Summer months. These

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(Submitted photo)Campbell said senior, and former SEV Ledger Athlete of the Week, Jaren Holmes has been selected to play in the Div II AZ Baseball Coaches Association All-Star game on June 2, 2013 at Surprise Stadium. Holmes will play in the game as an outfielder. The All-Star game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Softball – After the Bulldogs first-round playoff loss to Casa Grande, head softball coach Katie Bundy surpris-ingly announced her resigna-tion from the school. Coach Bundy had resigned as a result of her husband’s career relocation. It was an emotion-al time for the staff, players and supporters of Bulldogs’ softball. However, due to an additional reassignment for her husband, Coach Bundy is able to continue to her duties at Queen Creek, including those of Head Softball Coach. In a statement Coach Bundy said: “I’m coming back for another year.” Track & Field – Senior Dedrick Harris won the Div II AIA championship in two separate events. He won the Boys 110m Hurdles with a time of 14.93. He also won the Boys 300m Hurdles with

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a time of 39.00. Junior Jacob Brewer finished seventh in the Boys 110m Hurdles. The Bulldogs’ 4x100m relay team finished second in the Div II AIA championship. Sopho-more Jase Penrod finished sixth in the Div II AIA Pole Vault championship. The Bulldogs’ Boys team finished second in the final Div II championship standings. Sophomore Lucy Hilarides finished seventh in the 3200m

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run at the Div II AIA finals. Senior Summer Crewes finished third in the Girls

100m Hurdles. Crewes also finished seventh in the Triple Jump finals. Junior Chereese Peterson finished third in the Div II AIA Pole Vault champi-onship.

Baseball – Head baseball coach Jim Stevens announced senior SS Wyatt Pattyson has been selected to participate in the Div II AZ Baseball Coaches Association All-Star game on June 2, 2013 at Surprise Stadium. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Stevens said Pattyson’s selection to the team is a big honor. Additionally, Stevens said senior C Tyler Ervin will be an alternate for the game. He said Ervin missed out on being named outright to the team by one vote. Track & Field – Junior Stephfon Hayden finished second in the Div II AIA Triple Jump Championship.

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Combs Baseball – Head baseball coach John Scrogham announced the Coyotes’ post-season award winners. Senior, and former SEV Ledger Athlete of the Week, Ryan Johnson was named AIA 1st team all-section 1B. Johnson was also named as the AZ Baseball Coaches Association 2nd team all-state 1B. Senior Gunnar Schrogham was named AIA 1st team all-section 2B. Coach Scrogham said Ryan Johnson, Gunnar Scrogham and Jorge Garcia have been selected to participate in the Div III AZ Base-ball Coaches Association All-Star game on June 1, 2013 at Surprise Stadium. The game is scheduled for 4 p.m.


Celebrating Poston Butte High School’s Top Students

Originally from Mesa, AZFavorite classes: History, gov-

ernment and English What college plans do you have? I’m attending Hampton Uni-versity in Virginia with a schol-arship to play softball. I want to get my B.S. in Nursing. What got you interested in nursing?

I didn’t want a job where I’d have to sit at a desk. I wanted it to be hands-on and on my feet. When I have kids, I want to be able to do a job part-time, and nursing is perfect for that. You make money and you can work three days a week, 12-hour shifts. What clubs or activities were you involved in?

Softball, volleyball, cross-country and National Honor Society. What awards and scholar-ships did you receive? I was selected Poston Butte Female Athlete of the Year. The Wells Fargo Team Mem-ber Dependent Scholarship for $1,500 and the Hampton Scholars Award for $18,000. I

also got an athlete scholarship to cover the next $10,000. Is there a particular mem-ory from high school you’ll hold on to? Our senior trip was the best. We went to Disneyland and embodied everything about my high school career. Now that you’re about to graduation, how do you feel?

It’s a roller coaster. I’m so ex-cited to go to college and start the next chapter of my life. I’m sad to leave high school. It’s every emotion in the spectrum.Note: Poston Butte did not select a valedictorian yet be-cause the two top students are very close in GPA. The other top student did not want to be interviewed.

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Senior Alexa Moody performed on April 20, 2013 at Northern Arizona University in the Arizona

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Poston Butte’s Alexa Moody performs at State Honor Choir

Alexa Moody

zona receive the honor to participate in this event each year. Alex earned the opportunity to perform in the event after competing against over 1500 soprano from high schools through-out the state. Alexa said she started singing 14 years ago at the age of five and has been singing ever since. She vividly recalls how her singing career started at Park Elementary School in Holbrook, AZ. “My first performance was in first grade,” she said. “I sang the National Anthem on Veteran’s Day for the entire student body.” Poston Butte Choral Director Debra Thomas serves as Alexa’s vocal trainer. According to Al-exa, a soprano is the high-est voice register for girls and is a result of training for several years. “I’ve had seven years of vocal training from Mrs. Thomas to maintain my voice placement,” she said. Alexa is the first State Honor Choir member from Poston Butte High School.

The Poston Butte High School jazz band provided featured entertainment at the Nov. 19, 2012 Speak Out Ar-izona dinner at the O’Connor House with former U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Arizona Senator Sandra Day O’Connor. Poston Butte stu-dent Bryan “Gator” Stephens was recognized among many volunteers from around the state. Michelle Reid, project man-ager at the O’Connor House, told jazz band director Aaron Heinen that she could not thank them enough for their participation. “I have never

seen Justice O’Connor more enamored with a group of students, and had we not kept her so busy, I feel certain she would have sat amid the band the entire evening.” More than 100 people attended the event, includ-ing students, civic leaders, communicators and non-profits. Speak Out Arizona, a non-profit founded by Sandra Day O’Connor, encourages civil discourse in politics by working with local organiza-tions and businesses in order to promote voter registra-tion and civility in politics regardless of party affiliation.

Poston Butte freshman Elias Castillo also attended as an honoree for his efforts to promote iCivics to other children and adults. The iCivics program, which was also founded by Justice O’Connor, promotes civics education and encourages students to become active citizens. Castillo first encountered iCivics in Mrs. Meadows Social Studies class in 8th grade at Walker Butte K-8 and quickly became proficient. Justice O’Connor referred to him as the “iCiv-ics Guru.”

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Eighty-one students from Poston Butte High School fired up their calculators in the 37th annual Central Arizona College Math Competition where the team’s total score landed them first place overall. The team of Gunnar Wilson and Ricardo Garcia won first place in Calculus/Pre-Calculus, with the team of Ryan Arbon and Noah Rudko finishing a strong second. The duo of Meghan Begay and Hannah Bueler won first place in Algebra 1. Poston Butte instructor Eva Zakrocki organized the team and also sponsors the Math and Chess club, where students push pawns and crunch numbers. She said the Bronco math competitors have consistently performed well at the annual CAC event, finishing second in the Algebra II division in the school’s first year and earning a third place overall in 2012. However, finally winning the overall team competition is a sweet victory for students that Zakrocki has taught for their entire high school

Poston Butte math champs take first place overall in CAC math competition

Gunnar Wilson and Ricardo Garcia won first place in Calculus/Pre-Calculus.

Poston Butte’s AP Calculus class.

careers, she said. “They were so happy they finally won,” she said. “It’s so fun that we graduate together after winning.” Seniors Garcia and Wilson both have had mathematics classes with Zakrocki all four years at Poston Butte, and have been in advanced math classes together since eighth grade. For the CAC competition, the two collaborated on a timed 20-question test, ultimately walking away with the best performance. While the two say hard studying and practice are

central to their skills, their big secret to mathematic success is an unlikely one: Comedy. Wilson said he listens to music to get mentally prepared for math competitions, particularly a song that Garcia had recommended to him: “Jack Sparrow” by the musical comedy trio The Lonely Island. Garcia said he actually cracks jokes out loud before competing to get psyched up. “Lousy, cheesy jokes,” he said. “They’re not even funny.” Garcia aims to be a

psychologist and Wilson is planning to be an electrical engineer. They said Zakrocki’s classes and coaching taught them some helpful lessons for the future. “If you want do something, you have to work at it,” Garcia said.

“You need to do your homework,” Wilson stated. “If you don’t, you’ll fall behind.” Zakrocki said the math team received excellent support from the district and her co-sponsor Lauri Douglass. “I am just super proud of

our kids,” said Principal Dr. Bob Pappalardo. “I’d say the team performance is a positive reflection on the changes we have implemented in our math program as well as some hard work and perseverance on the part of some really great kids.”

Kris Kringle made a special early stop in San Tan Val-ley on Dec. 1 to visit with children from the Sunshine Acres Children’s Home cour-tesy of the Florence Unified School District Culinary Arts students. The children met with Kringle and community members at Poston Butte High School (PBHS) for a Breakfast with Santa event that included plenty of food, presents and holiday cheer. The Southeast Valley Ledger spoke with Culinary Arts Advisor Amanda Celaya-

Ortiz who explained that her students had never done a Christmas event before and decided it would be a great way to give back to the com-munity. “In Skills USA we do a big training event every year part of which is deciding on an event that involves the com-munity,” Celaya-Ortiz said. “They decided helping chil-dren who don’t have families was a great way to celebrate the season.” With a plan in mind, the stu-dents got to work, eventually

getting in touch with Sunshine Acres and selling tickets that included a buffet breakfast as well as the opportunity to buy presents for one of the children in attendance. With the help of Director of Performance Kyle Spitler, the PBHS drama students also got involved, helping as Santa’s elves during the event and providing a backdrop for photos as well. Ortiz was quick to point out that the students were in charge of everything right

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down to designing the menu that included waffle cinnamon rolls, pancakes, French toast, spinach quiche, pie bites, snowball cookies, eggnog, hot chocolate and more. The morning of the event found the BroPher Bistro full of holiday cheer as com-munity members mingled and sipped eggnog while the children from Sunshine Acres snuck glances at the four Christmas trees piled high with presents spread around

Poston Butte Seniors earn scholarships, military contracts

Afrah “Reanna” Mohammad receives the Florence Women’s Club Scholarship.

Gina Rivera receives the San Tan Valley Democrats Scholarship for $2,500.

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Kaleb Daniel receives a scholarship from the U.S. Navy.

the room. While each child was spon-sored by at least two commu-nity members to ensure they would get something fun as well as practical, excess was the order of the day and by the end of the morning each had a sack brimming with enough delights to rival Santa’s own. The fun continued past the presents with holiday themed arts and crafts and vendors and school clubs offering games and items for sale with proceeds benefiting Sunshine Acres. A highlight of the event for

those involved was painting ceramic Christmas ornaments provided courtesy of PBHS bus driver Mike Reynolds’ company Ceramics from the Heart. Reynolds also sold or-naments, donating 50 percent of his proceeds to Sunshine Acres. Overall Culinary Arts Chap-ter President Brynna Landehe-ine was thrilled with what her club had accomplished. “It’s such a great turnout, every-thing really came together,” she enthused. “We hope to keep it going and make it a yearly thing.”

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Poston Butte Athletic Director Gordon Ray said the school had 14 student-athletes sign letters of intent to participate in college athletics. The list

of student-athletes, their sport, and college is listed below.Jalen Richard – Basketball, Santa Clara UniversityTaylor Clark – Softball,

Hampton UniversityEmily Lodge – Softball, Phoenix Community CollegeSamantha Castoldi – Softball, Avila University

Broncos have 14 senior athletes Rhaea Herman – Soccer/Softball, Gateway Community CollegeBeth Barnes – Basketball, William Penn University

Alyssa Brewer – Cheer, Eastern Arizona Community CollegeDelainey Quirke – Cheer, Northern Arizona

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How do you balance being a three-sport athlete and academics? Academics always come fi rst and it’s a priority for me. Being able to perform well academically allows me to participate in athletics. I hold myself to the highest standard on the fi eld and off. Coach Campbell said you are one of the fastest players on the baseball team. How has your speed affected your athletic career? One of my biggest assets is my speed. I broke the single-season stolen base record as a junior. My speed

has allowed me to excel in other sports as well. What are your plans after graduation? Five days after graduation I will be leaving to serve my mission in Cuernavaca, Mexico. I am serving a two-year mission. What is something people would be surprised to know about you? I have six nephews and four nieces. I want you to fi nish this sentence: “My greatest athletic memory at QCHS is…” Winning the state football championship and holding up the trophy. Do you have a quote or phrase you like to refer to that helps get through a diffi cult time or provides inspiration? Something my Grandpa always told me: “It’s not what you have that’s important but what you do with what you have.”

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Head football coach Mike DeLaTorre said preseason camp is one of the most important weeks for the development of his team. For that reason it’s near and dear to his heart. For some seniors on the Broncos football team the camp in the White Mountains did more than just prepare them for the upcoming season. It provided memories for a lifetime. Two former SEV Ledger Athletes of the Week said football camp was their greatest athletic memory at Poston Butte. “Team camp is kind of what we did to get away,” Antwane Sonneveldt said. “It was bonding. It was just us. (We woke) up at 5:30 a.m. to run hills, work hard, and get to know one another.” “The whole experience is one I will remember for the rest of my life,” Deliano Contreras said. “A lot of memories were made there and a lot of tears were shared there and I will always remember it.” According to Coach DeLaTorre camp is an integral part of bringing some unifying experience to a group of kids that has come from all over.

“Priority number one at camp is to build a team of players that are interested in helping each other,” DeLaTorre said. “The X’s and O’s of football are secondary to the challenges of creating team chemistry and developing leadership.” Providing leadership to the underclassmen is part of the plan for the seniors on the team and is something they took pride in. “Being a senior meant leadership was a larger component of being at camp,” Sonneveldt said. “It was important for us to be leaders for the younger players.” Showing the way for the younger players and paying it forward are some of the goals Coach DeLaTorre expects the camp to provide. It’s also what will help future camps and teams to succeed. “I hope summer camp will be around for as long as PBHS football is around,” DeLaTorre said. “I’m hoping players that graduate from PBHS will come and help support other players’ efforts to pay for camp.” And by doing so they will help those players develop memories that last a lifetime too.

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In 1971, Congress made Memorial Day a three-day weekend. According to some people, that was the beginning of the end of any real kind of memorial to our fallen soldiers. Celebrated on the last Monday in May, the holiday has evolved into nothing but an early summer party. Gone are the times when the day was an occasion to tidy up the grave markers and memorial cemeteries of those who gave their lives for our freedoms.

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Remembering the true meaning of Memorial Day

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of Remembrance at 3 p.m.

the younger generation to learn what it means to live in a free country, then it’s certainly worthwhile to try.

You don’t even have to sacrifi ce all the festivities in order to observe this day. It doesn’t take much time to lay a fresh bouquet of fl owers on the grave of a family member or ancestor who lost his or her life in wartime fi ghting. If you don’t know any fallen soldiers, then a visit to a memorial site is enough to show you value the sacrifi ce of all who died fi ghting for this country and our values.

No matter where you are at 3 p.m., let your family and friends know that you’d like to observe the National Moment of Remembrance. Simply pause in your activities and spend one minute in silence to refl ect on the true meaning of the day.

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