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Departments 16 Straight Up with a Twist 23 Julie at the Movies 31 Places We Liked 32 Arcadia’s Cookbook 34 Sweet Treats 44 Where’s the Neighbor? 45 Travel Tips 46 Sports Articles 24 Good for their health Therapy dogs are a welcome and healing relief for the patients at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. 25 Sweet band They call themselves Sugahbeat, and this local band is finding gigs throughout the neighborhood. 28 New commander Glen Gardner has served in the Phoenix Police Department for 23 years and now he’s leading it. 46 Worthy cause An Ingleside Middle School student’s trip to Africa spawns an effort to help orphans there with sneakers and soccer balls. Cover Photo: Robert Cote, Hai Jung Choi, Derric Butler, Katherine Reckling and Mark Reckling are Sugahbeat. Photo: Harley Bonham photography The Arcadia News is honored to have won multiple awards from the following institutions: Photo credit: Mike Fassel (photo contest entry) This publication is printed on recycled paper. AWA R D W I N N I N G N E I G H B O R H O O D N E W S S I N C E 1 9 9 3 Arcadia News is published monthly by Arcadia News for residents of the Arcadia neighborhoods, and is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. Arcadia News is distributed only by Arcadia News’ au- thorized distributors. No person may take more than one copy of each Ar- cadia News monthly issue, without prior written permission. Additional copies of the current issue of Arcadia News may be obtained from the Arcadia News office. All content is copyrighted (©2011) by Arcadia News. Contents in full or part may not be reproduced without the expressed written consent of the publisher. Opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily the opinions of the publisher or its employees and does not constitute an endorsement of products or services. Readers are urged to verify any statements. Advertisers assume full liability and responsibil- ity for all content of advertisements printed and for any claims arising from such advertising and represent that all licenses and consents and waivers have been obtained including from third parties having rights in text or graphics. The Advertiser and/or its agency agree to indemnify, de- fend and hold harmless Publisher for, from and against any loss, damage, claim, cost or expense relating to or resulting from Advertiser’s advertise- ments, including from the unauthorized use of Advertiser of any name, photograph, sketch or words which may be protected by copyright or trademark law. Articles and photographs can be submitted, to be consid- ered for use in future issues. Any unsolicited manuscripts or photographs cannot be returned. The publisher reserves the right to reject any adver- tisement which is not in keeping with the standards of this publication. Current monthly circulation: 20,000 . Primary distribution by U.S. Postal Service. Publisher: Greg A. Bruns greg@arcadianews.com Managing Editor: Dale Messmer editor@arcadianews.com City Editor: Christia Gibbons christia@arcadianews.com Proofreader: Shirley Bruns shirley@arcadianews.com Graphic Design: Jennifer J. Sand jennifer@arcadianews.com Advertising Manager: Donna Wirtel donna@arcadianews.com Arcadia News 3850 East Indian School Road #1 Phoenix, AZ 85018 (602) 840-6379 • FAX (602) 840-6592 www.arcadiadaily.com This month Complimentary Interior Design Services * By ASID Award Winning Phoenix Interior Design Firm Want to refurnish your home, without making costly mistakes? One Posh Place, by Paige Bailey & Associates, Inc., will provide you with expert Interior Design Services at no charge when you purchase your furnishings and accessories from us. Give us a try and take the worry out of redoing your home. 480-941-8954 www.oneposhplace.com 5625 East Indian School Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85018 9:30 – 5:30 Monday – Friday • 9:30 – 5:00 Saturday *With a $10,000 purchase including furniture, rugs, window coverings, lighting, or accessories. Excludes design services related to structural remodeling.