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New DIY;
Restaurant Self-Stick-
in San Tan ing Floor
Valley Tile

Thegrandopening Someendof
of Homers summerDIY
Smokehouse projecttips

A new, and much need- An alternative to ship-
ed dining option comes lap and an affordable
to San Tan Valley. See price for homeowners
what they have to offer that are looking to do
and what you can expect something a little differ-
from this great little spot ent with their walls.
that just opened. Continued on page 12
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Plant SanTan
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and should you be con- to attends San Tan
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cerned! It’s just nature
being amazing when it Continued on page 15
Current and Future Road Workform of seed dispersal.

Learn what plants offer
comes to an “explosive”

Keepingyouuptodateandroadconstruction
this “feature” from our Over the next sev- where the projects ues to improve their
local San Tan Valley eral years you can are taking place and infrastructure.
landscaping experts. expect various road how to best navigate
project to take place. through them as San Continued on page 5
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October 2, 2017

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Keepingyouuptodateandroad
construction

Continued from page 1

Ironwood Traffic Shift
Began September 30

The traffic shift has started on the Ironwood
Drive Safety Improvement Project Saturday,
September 30th. Traffic is limited to one lane
in each direction along the west side of the
Ironwood Drive median. The speed limit will
be reduced to 35 mph in the work zone.
The west side traffic layout will last throughout
the remainder of the year. Please use extreme
caution through work zone and expect pos-
sible delays. It may be ideal to plan alternate
routes.
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October 2 - 4, 2017

San Tan Valley Weekday Weather
Monday Tuesday Wednesday

High 95° High 95° High 97°
Low 64° Low 66° Low 70°

Warm and in the 90s. Still warm, but clear. Winds A bit warmer with night-
Winds gusting to about 10-15 mph throughout time temps at about 70.
20 mph in the afternoon. most of the day.

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Plant Fireworks “bumping” the seed pods. One tree in Africa,
Tetraberlinia moreliana, can throw its seeds
Ballistic Plants in Arizona almost 200 feet!

By Tom McDonald-smiling dog landscapes
Continued from page 1

I love my job! Every day it presents me with Ballistic plants in our area include:
interesting challenges. Here’s the latest one. • Lupines

A few days ago, my head irrigation tech, • Orchid tree (Bauhinia)
Chris McKenna, was called to a home to • Desert ruellia (Ruellia peninsularis)
make irrigation repairs. When Chris turned • Mexican bird of paradise (Casesalpinia
the system on, one of the leaks shot up from
under a shrub, thoroughly soaking the plant. Mexicana)
Chris whipped out his cell phone to video the • Common yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis
plant because, once saturated, it was literally
exploding, bursting its seed pods and shoot- stricta)
ing the minuscule seeds through the air with • Okra (yes, the kind you eat!)
an audible snap, like a firecracker. Chris had As I prepared to go over to the client’s yard to
never experienced this before and asked me look at the mystery plant, a light bulb went off
to identify the plant. My curiosity was piqued in my head. Not ten feet off my patio is a Des-
so I set out to do a little research to answer ert ruellia, a plant I tend to ignore in the sum-
Chris’ question and, in turn, I learned a few mer because it is brown and dry. Sure enough,
things myself. upon closer inspection, I saw it covered with
First, this explosive form of seed dispersal is tiny, brown seed pods. A quick squirt with the
quite common and is called “ballistichory” garden hose rewarded me a few minutes later
(think ballistic). These types of plants rely on with my own backyard mini-fireworks display!
two or more layers of wood fiber that grow Eureka! Mystery solved!
at different angles to one another. As the fi- Did I say I love my job?
bers dry, tension is created between the lay- .STT
ers. Sometimes the tension is released when
the drying reaches a critical point and other
times, the tension is released by moisture or

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October 2, 2017

Monday’s Sudoku Puzzle

New Restaurant in
San Tan Valley

Thegrandopeningof Homers
Smokehouse

Continued on page 1
With great slow cooked barbecue, fresh
baked bread, and incredibly tasty pastries, this
little shop on Ocotillo offers a lot of bang for
the buck in every sense of the term. They effi-
ciently fit a lot into a small space while provid-
ing great food and a good price.
Order your food and watch them cut and pre-
pare your BBQ dish right in front of you.
.STT

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RWeeceakpend Football

How Did Our Kids Do This
Weekend?

Poston Butte Broncos Combs Coyotes

The Broncos traveled to Gilbert on Friday to The Coyotes came into Friday nights game
take on the 4-2 Williams Field Black Hawks against the 0-5 Dysart Demons looking for
with plans to stay above .500 on the season. their second win of the season on homecom-
Things never really got going for Poston Butte ing night. The Demons came in ready to
as Williams Field put 7 on the board in the spoil the evening for the Coyotes though, and
first followed by 24 in the second, and 21 in Combs fell 40-20.
the third. The Broncos put up a late score but
fell 52-6. The Coyotes have a home game next week
and will take on the Cortez Colts at 7:00PM
Poston will take on Flowing Wells on October on October 6.
6 at home at 7:00 PM.

One Year — To a Great Career

Advanced Manufacturing Technology Courses at Central Arizona College!
Space available for these
classes (with start dates):
CNC Machining - Oct. 2nd
Industrial Maintenance -
Oct. 16th

[email protected] or 520-494-5308
www.CentralAZ.edu/engtech

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Poston Butte Broncos ALA Warriors

The Sabercats were looking to end Benjamin The Warriors had a rare Thursday night
Franklins 5 gaming winning streak on Friday contest last week against the Heritage Hero’s
night, unfortunately for them the demons had in Mesa. Heritage took the early lead with a
other plans. The first quarter of the game was 6-0 score at the end of the first. ALA bounced
a good battle with both teams going scoreless. back in the second and third though, with a
The rest of the game was a different story 14-6 score going into the final quarter. Both
though, Benjamin Franklin scored 14 in both teams scored in the fourth, but ALA had al-
the second and third and 6 in the fourth. Foot- ready done their damage and won the game
hills never could get things going and lost 34-0. by a score of 21-14 moving them to 4-1 on the
season.

The Sabercats will have a home game against The Warriors will take on ALA Gilbert for
Arizona College Prep on October 6, 7:00 PM, senior night on October 5 at 7:00 PM.
at home. .STT

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DIY;Self-Sticking Originally we were going to run these up the
Floor Tile wall vertically, but thanks to a small bow in
our wall it didn’t look quite right. So horizon-
Someendof summer tal it is!
DIYprojecttips I started at the bottom of the wall in the
middle in order to get the layered wood look
By Big Kids at heart just like you would on the floor. Then made
Continued from page 1 my way up. I had purchased just one full box
of sticky tiles for the wall. I had figured that
Summer is a time for DIY in my house. I needed about 80 square feet of coverage.
For those of you who don’t know me, I love Turns out I was about 8 tiles short. The work
a good DIY project. Now, I am not super I had completed didn’t end up sticking to the
knowledgeable in all things home décor and wall. Turns out that our slightly textured wall
maintenance. But I have a decent grasp and did not allow for great adhesive.
common sense on how things work. So I took out my handy nail gun and used it
to secure the tiles to the wall. I actually really
like the way it turned out. It gave it a bit more
of a rustic look. Plus it added some addition-
al texture, and bling.

Eric decided once again that he needed an This turned out to be a relatively quick
office upgrade. Mind you this happens every project (once I knew I needed to tack up
few months it seems. He is a huge fan of the the tiles) that really added some warmth and
shiplap. (Thank you Fixer Upper!) So after depth to a relatively small office space. To
a few dozen trips to Lowe’s I decided that I give you an idea, Eric’s office is roughly 100
would try this craze. In my own way though square feet. I used a small paper cutter (typ-
of course. ically used for scrapbook paper cutting) to
The actual shiplap is insanely priced! I mean size my tiles. This was used to score the back-
if I could find an old barn in the Arizona side of the tiles, which then allowed them to
suburbs that had salvageable wood than game snap to the size I needed. It was much easier
on …. but since I’m not a fan of bugs, snakes, to use than a straight edge and utility knife.
splinters, or Arizona wildlife I scrapped that Also, I should’ve started at the ceiling instead
plan. I could’ve gone with a non-painted op- of the floor, due to the settling of our home
tion, or tile, but since I was putting this up on and slightly bowed wall, it would’ve been easi-
an office wall I wanted something cheap and er to start at the top and work my way down
easy. I happened upon a self-sticking floor tile to make for an easier finishing edge. Aka;
that looked pretty close to wood. The tile has ladder + large tile + uneven ceiling height
grooves on it, that feel like a wood finish. made for difficult finishing and awkward
positions on top a ladder.
Over all, I am very pleased with how it
turned out. Eric likes it too, and even with all
of his superhero figures his office looks more
grown up.
.STT

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Current and Future Road Work Highway, and now combining that with ad-
ditional access points from Judd Road and
Continued from page 5 Tourmaline, traffic flow in one of the busiest
areas of San Tan Valley will soon be very dif-
Judd Road and Tourmaline Drive ferent.
The next 12 to 24 months will be challenging
As we have covered previously, the Gantzel for residents, especially with the snowbirds
extension to meet up with Hunt Highway returning, but the future of San Tan Valley’s
will be underway soon. But, what many may traffic is definitely heading in the right direc-
not know is that Tourmaline Drive and Judd tion.
Road will be extended and connect to the ex- If anyone could locate the remote and hit the
panded Gantzel Road. “fast forward” button so we can skip the tem-
This will offer huge benefits to those in the porary traffic backlog we can expect to face,
Coper Basin area, along with giving the south- we’d be even more excited.
er area of the Johnson Ranch community and .STT
the Anthem community.
With Hunt Highway expanding in lane ca-
pacity, Gantzel Road connecting to Hunt

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Wildlife Of San Tan Valley

Rod Small’s visual journey

By, Rod Small

This Heber stallion has seen better times. Mat- Seems like we might need to start a Tinder app for
ing in the wild can be challenging. This fella is the local wildlife.
fighting hard for the right to have a mare. He is For more information visit
still a bachelor. www.facebook.com/wildhorsephotographer
.STT

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