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Departments 12 Julie at the Movies 26 Where’s the Neighbor? 28 Travel Tips 32 Straight Up with a Twist 35 Places We Liked 36 Arcadia’s Cookbook 40 Sweet Treats 50 Sports Articles 18 Hopi variety There are 30 acts and a 300 students in the “12 Months of Hopi” variety show. 22 Painted happiness This woman covers kids’ faces with paint, adding masks of joy at a variety of events. 40 Honey’s sweets The Valley offers a variety of places to get that always-needed Valentine’s candy. 42 Rock and roles Arcadia students take an active role in helping a rock star with his newest recording. Cover Photo: Much has changed in Arizona in its 100 years, and the same can be said of Arcadia. Photo: Arizona State Archives / Greg Bruns This month 5625 East Indian School Road • Phoenix, Arizona 85018 • www.oneposhplace.com • 480-941-8954 • 9:30 – 5:30 Monday – Friday • 9:30 – 5:00 Saturday A S I D 2 0 1 1 1 s tP l a ce A w ar d f or K i t c h e n D e s i g n Home Remodel Specialists Kitchens Bathrooms Architectural Details Flooring Furnishings Window Treatments Paige Bailey, Allied Member ASID Laura Richie Smith, Allied Member ASID The Arcadia News is honored to have won multiple awards from the following institutions: 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