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to do to keep your kids but a huge title is
busy? Here are a few
ideas to keep them busy. leaving.

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High School Sports Scores
Local High School Winter Sports Seasons are in Full Swing. How
did they do Over the Last Week?
ALA Ironwood, Poston going. How did the War- wins and a few losses, every-

Butte, Combs, and San Tan riors, Broncos, Sabercats, one is having a great start.

Foothills all have their bas- and Coyotes do over the last Continued on page 10
ketball and soccer seasons few days? There were a few

Winter Break is
Coming Soon

TheKidsWillHaveaLongBreak
FromSchoolSoon

BySanTanTimes
Continued from page 1

HereareafewIdeastokeepthem
BusythroughouttheBreak

Winter break is just around the corner. If
your kids are anything thing like mine you
will hear the phrase “ I am bored “ a lot.
We thought we would share a few ideas of
how to keep your kids entertained without
even leaving the house.

Bake cookies

This is an easy way to occupy your kids for
awhile. Get different colors of frosting and
sprinkles and let the kids help you make
delicious treat for themselves, neighbors,
and of course Santa.

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December 11, 2017

Monday’s Word Search Puzzle



Who is Hiring Schedule 1 Operator (SHI2- 1st,
2nd and 3rd Shifts) in Mesa, AZ
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Shifts
By San Tan Times 1st Shift 6:00am-2:30pm
2nd Shift 2:00pm - 10:30pm
3rd Shift 10:00pm - 6:30am

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Under close supervision performs routine
and repetitive production activities where
work is of a machine loading and tending na-
ture such as assembling and post-processing
of inflators.

ZFhasMultipleOpenings ESSENTIAL DUTIES &
RESPONSIBILITIES:
San Tan Valley does not offer a lot in terms
of full time work, but If you look just 30 min- • Transfers, stocks, loads/unloads materi-
utes outside of town you will find ZF, who als for the production lines. These ma-
has multiple full time openings offering very terials may vary by business team: diffus-
competitive benefits. Here is just one of many ers, holders, retainers, initiators, o-rings,
careers available with ZF. end caps, sleeves, canisters, filters, tubes,
disks, foil seals, springs, support barrels,
shorting clips, labels and generant.

Continued on page 13

December 11 - 13, 2017

San Tan Valley Weekday Weather

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

High 73° High 75° High 75°
Low 45° Low 48° Low 46°

Partly to mostly cloudy. Sunny. High around 75F. Sunny. High around 75F.
High 73F. Winds ENE at Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.
5 to 10 mph.

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Letter to The Editor Dear San Tan Valley and Pinal
County Supervisors
The San Tan Times Recieved a
Letter from a Concerned As a long time citizen of San Tan Valley I
Reader wanted to share my thoughts on the recent ap-
proval of new commercial development here.
By A concerned Citizen
Continued from page 1 I want to start this off by sincerely thanking the
board for voting to approve any commercial
The San Tan Times recently recieved a let- development, for far too long we have seen
ter from a concerned resident about the new commercial land rezoned into residential.
commercial development in San Tan. While Rooftops are the last thing that we need in San
some of these statements may not be entire- Tan Valley, so thank you very much for doing
ly factually correct they represent the readers your part to help bring business into town.
point of view, and in no way represent the
thoughts or ideas of San Tan Times.

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December 11, 2017

Monday’s Sudoku Puzzle

Winter Break is Christmas Bingo
Coming Soon
I might be trying this one this year. You
Continued from page 2 can either buy The game online or in
some select stores or there are plenty of
MHeermshoeryy KGiasmsees with free printable versions. Just grab some
candy to mark which spaces you have
Grab a bag of Hershey kisses and tape and let the fun begin.
pieces of paper on the bottom. You
could draw pictures or even just write Holiday Crafts
numbers. Just make sure there are two of
each picture. Not only will your kids be I am in no way crafty, but if you are there
using their memory skills but also have a are endless possibilities of craft ideas on
treat when the game is over. Pinterest. From popsicle stick Christmas
trees to cotton ball snowman. It’s always
Candy Cane Hunt fun to have your kids make homemade
ornaments to use to decorate the tree.

The Christmas version of an Easter Egg To all you wonderful parents Good Luck
hunt. Hide candy cane throughout the this winter break. I hope we all can sur-
house and set the kids free! vive it with our sanity! If you have any
good ways to keep the kids occupied over
Holiday movies break we would love to hear them. Please
send them to [email protected].
This one is a big hit with me! My kids love .STT
Christmas movies. There are so many to
choose from that they could be occupied
for awhile. The kids will be happy and
we will get some much needed quite. It’s
a win/win!

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How Did the
Local Teams do
This Week?

By San Tan Times
Continued from page 1

Poston Butte

Boys Basketball

The Broncos had a split week last week
starting with a 75-56 Win over Maricopa
on Tuesday, they followed that up with a
tough close game against Queen Creek
where they lost 61-56. On Friday they
traveled to Gilbert where they lost by a
final score of 62-50

ALA Ironwood Girls Basketball

Boys Basketball The girls team had a rough week falling to
both Maricopa and Queen Creek by final
scores of 52-26 and 70-46 respectively.
The Friday night game in Gilbert ended
with a final of 52-40 With Williams Field
coming out on top.

The Warrior started the week with a 28- Boys Soccer
67 loss to Heritage Mesa, and finished it
in Apache Junction against Imagine Su- The Broncos had a tough time this week
perstition. falling in consecutive nights, by final
scores of 4-1 against Mesquite, and 7-1 to
Girls Basketball Queen Creek.

The Girls team had a good week starting Girls Soccer
with a 44-10 beating of Heritage Mesa fol-
lowed up with a 57-9 win at ASU Prep. The Girls Soccer team went undefeated
The week ended with a game at Imagine on the week beating Vista Grande by a
Superstition. score of 4-0, and Mesquite 2-1.

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San Tan Foothills Combs
Boys Basketball Boys Basketball

The Sabercats started the week with two It was a tough week for the Coyotes going
straight wins beating San Miguel 70-43 down to Tempe 35-102 and Higley 37-69.
followed up by a 71-59 win against San-
ta Rita two days later. They finished the Girls Basketball
week with a third road game where they
beat Odyssey by a final score of 56-38. The girls team faced the same fate against the
same two teams with finals of 28-48 and 19-48
Girls Basketball
Boys Soccer
The girls Basketball team started the
week off with a tough 26-35 loss to Odys- Coyotes soccer also had a rough one, losing to
sey followed up with a 36-31 win over San Sunrise Mountain 0-16 and Marcos de Niza
Miguel. Things got rough from there with 0-1.
a 63-4 loss to start the Holiday Basketball
Tournament. Girls Soccer

Boys Soccer Things didn’t get any better for the girls team
with Sunrise Mountain winning by a score of
Things started off well with a 5-3 win in 6-0 and Walden Grove beating them 2-0.
Santa Cruz, unfortunately they finished
up the week with losses against Safford Good Luck this week to all of our local teams!
and Coolidge by scores of 0-4 and 2-4.
.STT
Girls Soccer

The Girls team took a tough loss to
Safford 0-9 followed up with a 2-0 Win
against Arete Prep.

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Transfer to any AZ public university or
train to enter today’s advanced workforce.
Speak to an advisor today.

CentralAZ.edu

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Who’s Hiring larly and perform continuous, active, physical
effort. Prolonged period(s) of standing is re-
Continued from page 5 quired. Work may require the use of special-
• Operates machinery and equipment ized safety equipment.
As with all positions, will have responsibility for
where operations allow minor operator the following:
latitude as to method of production or Safety and Environmental:
process. • Safety Meetings
• May check, correct or perform rework of • Safety Inspections
inflators. • Incident Investigations and Corrective
• Performs quality procedures/audits in-
cluding dimensional checks as required; Actions
performs visual • Protective Equipment
• Inspection of completed inflators and oth- • Safety/Environmental Regulations and
er parts.
• Performs traceability activities to ensure Practices
accurate tracking of product/materials. • Waste and Wastewater Management
• Participates in general housekeeping (5S) • Operations and Maintenance of Equip-
duties in the work area.
• Completes end-of-shift and other re- ment
quired paperwork required for documen- • Pollution Prevention
tation processes. • Regulatory Updates
• Performs general preventative mainte- Quality:
nance tasks on area equipment. Promotion of product quality and attainment
• Rotates through various stations in the of customer satisfaction by supporting plant
area. quality objectives.
• Conducts on-the-job training for newly Lean:
hired and/or transferred employees. Supports and actively participates in continu-
• May cross-train into other production ar- ous improvement activities and applies Lean
eas to provide support to those areas. principles in efforts to reduce variation in our
• Informs appropriate personnel of materi- products and our processes.
als and equipment problems. Participates TRW Mesa Operations screening process
in meetings to resolve production issues, includes a hair substance abuse screening test,
and interfaces with other shifts and sup- ATF lifetime background check and verifica-
port groups as needed. tion of eligibility for employment.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS: You can visit www.zf.com/careers to apply for
Ability: Knowledge of manufacturing, rework this and many other positions.
and preventative maintenance instructions. .STT
Physical Requirements:
Must be able to push, pull or lift 50 lbs regu-

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Letter to The
Editor

Continued from page 6

In the plans for this new area you have auto I know that the county makes a good amount
service, car wash, child care, community ser-
vice, health care/urgent care, fitness center, and of money in impact fees* every time someone
more medical.
breaks ground so I hope it was worth it to you,
Now this area that we are going to have devel- because with the businesses you are bringing to
oped is directly across from the Fry’s on Hunt San Tan Valley there will be no long term tax
let’s pretend we are standing in that empty lot money coming your way. That will all be going
right now looking out towards Fry’s. In front to Queen Creek because we still have nothing
of you see a few different things one of them here.
being Anytime Fitness. If you look to your left
you will see a dentist office but on the other This community needs and deserves more
side of that you can see Autozone, very close to than is currently being offered to them, and
them is a car wash (with one across the corner until the supervisors decide to do whats right
of Hunt/Bella Vista as well). In the same plaza for San Tan or it is incorporated we will con-
as the car wash is My Dr. Now, and two other tinue to be treated with no regard. At least an
auto businesses. incorporated San Tan Valley would try and
take care of it’s citizens which obviously is not
the case right now.

So with all of this in mind how does this seem Signed
like a good idea? San Tan Valley is filled with A Concerned Resident
people that are forced to leave town to do any-
thing other than buy groceries, buy car parts, or *Editors Note
get sick. Is the best use of prime commercial
property to add more of the exact same busi- The statement regarding impact fees is not
nesses? I don’t think so! 100% factual. Additionally, the Board of Su-
pervisors has no control over the type of busi-
With the location that was available; retail, sit nesses that a developer can bring into their
down dining, and entertainment is what should complex as long as it meets zoning regulations.
have gone in, but the board decided to disre- The resident of this piece was contacted and
gard what the community actually needs and chose to leave the statement as is.
go after what was quick and easy for them.
By doing this you are forcing money out of San Tan Times does agree with the general
not only San Tan Valley but also out of Pinal sentiment of this article that San Tan Valley res-
County all together. How can you justify that? idents continue to be ignored when it comes to
what we need as a community when it comes
Your decisions to give us nowhere to do to retail, dining, entertainment, and jobs.
anything is doing nothing other than making
Queen Creek, and Maricopa County richer. We feel the overall idea that this resident was
communicating accurately represents the frus-
tration of this community.
.STT

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Whats new on Freeway: Crack In The System
Netflix this Week? Neverlake
Pottersville
There are Not a Lot of New Reggie Yates Outside Man: Volume 2
Releases But a Big Name is The Haunting of Helena
Leaving The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
The Ranch: Part 4-- NETFLIX ORIGINAL
By San Tan Times Trollhunters: Part 2--
NETFLIX ORIGINAL
New on Netflix: This week Ultimate Beastmaster--
December 11 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
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Catwoman
The Magicians: Season 2 Leaving Netflix This Week
December 12 December 11
Disney’s The Santa Clause
Disney’s The Santa Clause 2 Dollhouse: Season 2
Disney’s The Santa Clause 3:-
The Escape Clause December 13
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NETFLIX ORIGINAL The Queen of Versailles

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