By Heather Sneed
The Bubbly Hostess
Special to the Ledger
Welcome back! Have you tried San Tan Brewery’s Mr. Pineapple Wheat beer yet? If not, you need to! This is one of their seasonal beers and this year it’s available in a can – perfect for summer…and I mean PERFECT.
I was skeptical at first, it sounded like it was going to be sweet, just based on the name, but I was wrong. I should know better than to judge a book by its cover. This is a delicious German Wheat Ale that was the winner of a silver medal at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival competition. I am completely sold on this and can’t wait to buy more to enjoy this summer. You can visit SanTanBrewery.com and go to their “beers” menu to find out where you can buy Mr. Pineapple this season.
Speaking of
The Scottsdale City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to hire Pinal County Manager Fritz Behring as Scottsdale’s next City Manager.
Behring will begin his duties around July 1, pending completion of an employment contract.
“I look forward to working with the staff and citizens in Scottsdale to make this an even better community,”
By Chase Kamp
Southeast Valley Ledger graduation special
The Yearbook is the most powerful document of high school student activity, one that is kept and thumbed through for decades by those seeking nostalgia for the glory days. First-time Yearbook sponsor Krystin
Tatum Schranz
Valedictorian
Originally from San Antonio, Texas
Favorite course: Anatomy
What extracurricular activities, clubs or sports did you participate in?
Student council, National Honor Society, LINK crew, Academic Decathlon, Key Club and The Dogpound.
Could you name any awards, scholarships or competition victories you received
Ryan Ringle
Valedictorian
Originally from Chandler, Arizona
Favorite courses: Human anatomy, biology and other science
What extracurricular activities, clubs or sports did you participate in?
President of robotics, varsity football, National Honors Society, LINK crew, The Dogpound and Physics Club.
Could you name any awards, scholarships
Jessica Traichal
Valedictorian
Originally from El Paso, Texas
Favorite courses: English and human anatomy
What extracurricular activities, clubs or sports did you participate in?
Drama, Culinary Club, National Honors Society and Physics Club.
Could you name any awards, scholarships or competition victories you received this
By Andrew Luberda
Southeast Valley Ledger
The Coolidge Bears defeated the Poston Butte Broncos in a Unified Sports basketball game, 36 – 20. The game was played at Coolidge High School on Thursday, May 16, 2013.
Both schools have Unified Sports team for
By Chase Kamp
Southeast Valley Ledger graduation special
The Queen Creek High School chapter of the Distributive Education Club of America, or DECA, had a big year of community action and competitive success. Three Bulldog competitors reached the top 10
By Shirley Lind
Special to SEVLedger
The Trauma Center ‘Wake Up!’ Youth Program has been in place in Arizona for 10 years. The program leaves a huge impression and often changes life decisions of youth from ages 13 through 20. However, many parents and teachers have not heard about it until now.
Only
By Chris Clark, AZ Family Financial Services
Special to the Ledger
Budget – the four letter word of personal finance. Just hearing the word can induce dread and fear, yet it’s a vital tool for your financial well-being. Part of the problems surrounding budgets are how needlessly complicated and convoluted they can become.
PINAL COUNTY – A Tucson man was arrested for stealing nearly $47,000 worth of jewelry from SaddleBrooke homes while working on a home cleaning crew.
The Pinal County Sheriff Office arrested Robert Gilson, 28, in a string of thefts in the
PINAL COUNTY – The Pinal County Community College District (PCCCD), also known as Central Arizona College, is notifying its property taxpayers of the PCCCD’s intention to raise its primary property taxes over last year’s level.
The Pinal County Community College District is proposing an increase in primary property taxes of $8,232,029
Phoenix – Arizona State Parks is gearing up to hire the most talented people for employment opportunities as a Park Ranger, Park Manager, or Park Ranger Specialist in our 27 State Parks and Natural Areas. Law enforcement officers and veterans are welcome to apply!
Some of the duties a park ranger
The Town of Florence and Right Away Disposal is hosting its annual Community Clean-Up Day on Saturday, June 8th. This is a great opportunity to clean up your property and dispose of garbage, recyclables, old appliances, tires, landscape material, electronics, paint, sealers, oil, and household cleaners.
The FREE drop-off site is
The Queen Creek Fire Department will host an Open House from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 18, at Fire Station 411, 22407 S. Ellsworth Rd. to kick off National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week. The public will be able to view the fire engines, see demonstrations on Hands Only
Queen Creek High School held their annual scholarship awards assembly on May 14, 2013.
All the awards totaled a record setting $3M+, following a record total last year of $1.7M. 35 scholarship providers gave out scholarship awards to 96 high school students.
The Queen Creek Education Foundation provided $9,ooo in scholarships to
Statement from Pinal County Supervisor Cheryl Chase whose district includes San Tan Valley.
“Today my office became aware of an incident that occurred last night in San Tan Heights. Neighbors reported what appeared to be raw sewage in the water features outside the residential community. I am concerned about this issue
By Chase Kamp
It was the Future Business Leaders of America club that drew those Sabercats with a knack for the hard skills of entrepreneurship and the soft skills of leadership. This year’s FBLA crew garnered some impressive accolades
Last night, during the 10:00 o’clock news, Channel 12 grossly misled its viewers and the customers of Johnson Utilities. Channel 12 claimed that “water filled with feces, waste and other synonyms we can’t even say on TV” was flowing into the San Tan Heights
By Andrew Luberda
San Tan Foothills senior Jake Lee will leave behind quite a legacy when he graduates in the next couple of weeks. He excelled in two different sports, football and wrestling, and was recognized by his coaches for his
By Andrew Luberda
Three local area high schools are providing athletes with disabilities an opportunity to participate in sports in the traditional high school sports format. Poston Butte, Florence, and Coolidge high schools have a Unified Sports program with teams for basketball and track.
The Unified Sports program integrates both students with
By Andrew Luberda
On Monday, May 6, 2013, Poston Butte High School recognized three more student-athletes who signed Letters of Intent with different colleges or universities.
PINAL COUNTY – The Central the Arizona College women’s rodeo team earned a berth in the 65th Annual College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) after finishing second in the Grand Canyon Region.
The nationals will take place at the Casper Events Center beginning Sunday, June 9, through Saturday, June
RYAN JOHNSON
SENIOR – COMBS HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS: BASEBALL
POSITIONS: 1B – LHP & RHP
NOTABLE STATS: .513 BA / 3 HR / 39 HITS / 26 RBI / .627 OBP / .711 SLG%
Are you ambidextrous? Did you teach
By Andrew Luberda
Southeast Valley Ledger
Senior Gunnar Scrogham is playing in his fourth and final season for his father, Coyotes’ head baseball coach, John Scrogham. It hasn’t always been easy during the four
By Andrew Luberda
Southeast Valley Ledger
Senior Gunnar Scrogham is playing in his fourth and final season for his father, Coyotes’ head baseball coach, John Scrogham. It hasn’t always been easy
TAYLOR CLARK
SENIOR – POSTON BUTTE HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS: SOFTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL
POSITIONS: CF – 2B / L – DS
NOTABLE STATS: .486 BA / 2 HR / 18 HITS / .612 OBP
178 DIGS / 12 SERVING ACES
I understand
Servers, spikers and bumpers took over the Barney Sports Complex last week.
The volleyball tournaments are part of the USA Volleyball Tournaments Circuit and include teams from all over the Valley as well as teams from Queen Creek, Las Vegas, and Tucson.
Missed the action?
By Heather Sneed
The Bubbly Hostess
Special to the Ledger
Welcome back! Have you tried San Tan Brewery’s Mr. Pineapple Wheat beer yet? If not, you need to! This is one of their seasonal beers and this year it’s available in a
