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Proudly serving as the Tri-Community’s source of weekly news since 1954 Vol. 57 No. 9
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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Todd Myers Scholarship Walk to be held Saturday
Todd Myers doing what he loved to do – playing music, performing at Country Thunder. (Submitted photo)
By John Hernandez It’s time to get out those walking shoes. The inaugural “Todd Walk 2011” event is this Saturday, March 5, at the Gardner Middle School track. The event is to provide money for a scholarship in memory of Todd Myers who died last year of colon cancer. Todd was a San Manuel graduate class of 1991. The scholarship was his idea as he wanted to give back to the community that had helped him and his wife Jamie with medical bills and support during their time of need. Jamie is seeing that his dream comes true. She has set up the scholarship fund with
Super speller … On Friday, Feb. 18, sixth grade Mountain Vista student Sam Muniz won the Pinal County Spelling Bee championship. Sam will move on to the State Spelling Championship which takes place Saturday, March 26, at Arizona State University. Sam could not have done it without his Spelling Bee coach fifth grade teacher Monika Bond. (Submitted photo)
Citizens of the Year ... Cheryl Hexum and Terry Newman were named Citizens of the Year by the San Manuel Elks for their work in the community with the Boy Scouts. “We do this for the kids,” Newman told those in attendance at the Elks’ annual First Responders Banquet. Presenting the awards were Sherry Miller, front, and Tom Miller, back. Other honorees can be seen on Page 4. (Jennifer Carnes photo)
the Mammoth-San Manuel Education Foundation. She and her friends have been busy organizing the first of what they hope will be an annual event to benefit graduates of San Manuel High School. A Facebook page has been set up. It is at www.facebook. com/toddmyersbenefitpage. They are looking for a catchier, more fun, more touching name for the event. Suggestions can be posted on the Facebook page or at the suggestion box which will be at the event. Todd Walk 2011 will begin at the 8:30 a.m. pre-registration. The walk will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. or anytime in between. It will be followed
by a lunch consisting of a hamburger, hot dog, chips and a drink. The lunch is included in the registration fee which is $5 for students and $10 for adults. There will be t-shirts for sale for $12 or one is free with a $50 donation. The shirts were designed and made by Chris at Miner Creations. You can also pledge an amount for each lap someone walks or donate any amount you wish even if you don’t want to walk. Todd was a musician and played guitar and sang with the Up the Creek Band and Haywire. He even got to play at Country Thunder. Mark Harrington of the Haywire band will be the DJ on
Saturday. He will be playing all types of music including oldies, country rock to modern and will probably be playing some of Todd’s music that he recorded with the bands. Volunteers will be painting kids’ faces. The temperature should be in the 70s so it should be fun for everyone. The Tri-Community is responding well to the benefit walk. There are 49 walkers so far and the business community is generous as always. Businesses that have signed up as sponsors of the Todd Walk 2011 include San Manuel Hair & Nails, Dale’s Auto Collision Center, Oracle Electric, LLC., See Scholarship, Page 7
Helping out a great cause ...
Pinal County Attorney James Walsh presented a check for $2,500 to Tom Miller of the San Manuel Elks for the annual Graduation Night Party. Miller said that since the program’s inception, not a single teen has died on graduation night. Other communities in Pinal County have begun programs based on this successful program. The funds donated by the Pinal County Attorney’s Office come from money and property seized from drug dealers and other criminals. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu quipped that the funds have been laundered legally. (Jennifer Carnes photo)
Folks from across the Copper Corridor - from Superior to SaddleBrooke - woke Sunday morning to a confectioner’s sugar dusting of white snow. It was cold and wet ... but it was sure pretty! Some kids headed out for some snowman making while photographers from the Miner-Sun-Basin headed out for some photos. We took photos in Kearny of Teapot Mountain and in Superior of Picket Post; downtown Superior and some wonderful photos of Devil’s Canyon; San Manuel got some snow and the Galiuro Mountains were just glistening with all the snow left on those peaks. Oracle, of course, got covered in snow, as it usually does. So, was this winter’s last gasp? Go to www.copperarea. com to see a slideshow. The photos are beautiful and will make you glad you were warm and cozy in your homes while our photographers braved the elements. (Jennifer Carnes photo)