Page 26 August 2011 Make a note and check with us before you renew your present Auto or Homeowners insurance. It will pay you to compare our broad coverages and competitive rates. Best of all, you might save some money. POLICY DUE FOR RENEWAL? Vanyo Insurance Group www.VANYOINSURANCE.com P: 480.998.4014 • F: 480.998.3690 8040 E Morgan Trail • Suite 5A Scottsdale • 85258 Representing All Lines of Personal & Commercial Insurance With A-Rated Companies Susan & John Vanyo Independent Insurance Agent Friends you can depend on. STATE AUTO ® Insurance Companies ® www.stateauto.com Own Dr.Luther Our mission is to provide our community with readily available, expert medical care in an efficient and cost-effective manner utiliz- ing a highly skilled group of caring emer- gency physicians and staff. Dr. Butler Owned and operated by your neighborhood ER Doctors Arcadia Towne Center 4730 E. Indian School Road, Suite G-2 Phoenix, AZ 85018 www.ArcadiaUrgentCare.com M – F 8 AM to 8 PM , Sat. 9 AM to 5 PM , Sun. 2 PM to 8 PM 602-354-3491 Offering care for: 3FTQJSBUPSZ JOGFDUJPOT DPVHIT BOE DPMET t "TUINB BOE CSPODIJUJT t 'FWFST BOE GMV t &ZF BCSBTJPOT BOE JOGFDUJPOT iQJOLFZFw t 5POTJMMJUJT TJOVTJUJT FBSBDIFT BOE UPPUIBDIFT t (BTUSPJOUFTUJOBM QSPCMFNT WPNJUJOHEJBSSIFB t6SJOBSZJOGFDUJPOTt#BDLQBJOBOETUSBJOTt4LJOJOGFD - UJPOT CJUFT BOESBTIFTt-BDFSBUJPOT4UJUDIFT DVUT BOECSVJTFTt4QSBJOTBOE TJNQMFGSBDUVSFTt4DIPPMTQPSUTQIZTJDBMTt0OTJUF9SBZTBOEMJNJUFEMBCT WE ACCEPT ALL MAJOR INSURANCES SCHOOL/SPORTS PHYSICALS AVAILABLE Is delighted to announce that JOHN BADALAMENTI, M.D. PAIN SPECIALIST has joined the practice E SPECIALISTS, LTD. SPECIALISTS, LTD. FAMILY PRACTICE SPECIALISTS, LTD. FAMILY PRACTICE Established 1969 • Celebrating 42 years of care 4350 East Camelback Road • Ste F100 • Phoenix 602-955-8700 • F ps A Z . com Family Practice Specialists Our family car ing for yours KARIN O’CLAIR, D.O. DAVID FRANCYK, D.O. CHARLES LEVISON, M.D. T.E. MCCAULEY, M.D. JOHN STATHAKIS, D.O., Certi ¿ ed Dermatologist MARVIN SCHNEIDER, M.D. MARK WYSE, M.D. IRA UNGAR, M.D. ALLAN GOLDMAN, D.O. KATE MONTGOMERY, FNP Award winning on-site clinical laboratory • X-ray facility, bone densitometry & physical therapy Excellent care offered for all ages • Same day appointments available • Accepting new patients Call or view our website for more information By Kaley Kalil Arcadia native Matthew Kelly recently beat the heat by bumming it on the beach in San Diego. Like many Arcadians do every year, he spent fi ve days in Mission Beach over the long Fourth of July weekend. “I’ve been to Mission Beach more times than I can recall,” the 24-year-old Kelly said. “I ran into a few people I knew, a couple of my friends’ parents and a couple friends from college.” Kelly has been vacationing in Mission Beach almost every year since high school, when he fi rst visited the Arcadia hot spot with his friend’s family. “Usually now I’ll go by myself and meet up with friends, or I’ll go with a group of friends,” he said. This go-around, Kelly stayed at a friend’s house on Mission Boulevard. Many of his friends that he drove to San Diego with stayed with another friend down the road. “Our daily routine consisted of waking up around 10 a.m., meeting up with all our friends at the other house they were staying at, grabbing some breakfast at Café Mono, then hitting the beach,” Kelly said. He and his friends ate out quite a bit during their stay. They enjoyed Belgium waf fl es, smoothies and egg sandwiches for breakfast, burgers and sandwiches for lunch and dinner, and of course, plenty of drinks for a holiday weekend. One of their favorite bars to meet up was Sneak Joint on Mission Boulevard, overlooking the beach. Kelly spent the weekend playing beach volleyball, swimming, sur fi ng and running on the shoreline for exercise. “There wasn’t that much seaweed on the shore in the water, the ocean temperature was perfect and it was sunny out,” he said. Kelly and his friends ventured out to Paci fi c Beach a few times, once to visit Mt. Soledad for a house party. “Other than that, we stayed in Mission Beach because parking was a hassle and we did not want to move our car once we found a parking spot close to the house,” he said. Kelly, who knows his way around Mission Beach well, never felt unsafe during his stay. “I have been there so many times that I am never concerned with my safety, at night or during the day,” he said. “The crowd appeared to be the same this Fourth of July: locals, Zonies and families. Continued on page 28 San Diego visit just like so many Arcadians’ summer
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