JANUARY 31, 10:00AM SCHOOLWIDE OPEN HOUSE AND PANCAKE BREAKFAST Join us after 9:00AM Mass during our Catholic Schools Week kick-off! Classrooms will be open to visit until noon and the Dads’ Club will be serving their breakfast fundraiser. TOURS BY APPOINTMENT Tuesday 8:30AM for grades PreK-2nd / Thursday 8:30AM for grades 3rd-5th Call today to reserve your space: (602) 954-9088 or visit us at www.staphxschool.org MECH JOB INFORMATION PROJ. NO.: 7757822/602824980 JOB NAME: Retail Chin Olsen Campbell Diller DESCRIPTION: SPECIFICATIONS TRIM SIZE: 10.25" × 6" FINISHED SIZE: 10.25” × 6” BLEED: NA POST-PROD.: NOTES TEMPLATE: PICKUP: CREATIVE STUDIO © 2013 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Member SIPC. CRC766749 12/13 NY CS 7757822 Preserving and Enhancing Wealth Those individuals who have the skills and determination to create significant wealth are not necessarily well prepared to manage it. There are highly complex and time-consuming financial planning, asset management and other issues to consider. These are matters that successful people often don’t have the time, inclination or specialized knowledge to address. The Olson Campbell Diller Group at Morgan Stanley serves as financial advisors to many such individuals and their families. With the market hitting new highs, now is a good time to have a financial professional evaluate your portfolio to help you avoid overpriced assets and minimize losses in down markets. For a complimentary review of your portfolio, please call us to arrange a meeting . Olson Campbell Diller Group at Morgan Stanley 14850 N. Scottsdale Road, 6th Floor Scottsdale, AZ 85254 480-922-7800 melissa.campbell@morganstanley.com www.morganstanleyFA.com/olsoncampbelldiller Melissa C. Campbell Kirk W. Diller Shawn D. Olson Managing Director — Senior Vice President Managing Director — Wealth Management Wealth Advisor Wealth Management Wealth Advisor Wealth Advisor Page 4 December 2015 My kids never fail to amaze me By Amanda Goossen It was time for bed for my almost 8-year-old boy. We were giddy about our bedtime story. If you’ve read your child a book by David Meltzer, you understand. In his historical figures series, each book presents a different historical figure, with adorable, comical illustrations that look like the person, yet as a child. The facts are told so a child can understand. Sunday night had been all about Albert Einstein and now my son was eager to learn about Abraham Lincoln. Reading hasn’t come easy for my kiddo. For a perfectionist child, it’s been a difficult, frustrating task. With a lot of fantastic help from our school and local tutors, we’ve come a long way. Hearing my boy read this particular book out loud brought tears to my eyes. “I am Abraham Lincoln,” my boy read with pride. “I’m going to be on the penny.” We learned, we laughed (because Meltzer is a genius at writing with humor, with even the most difficult topics), and we asked and answered a lot of questions. When we finished, I closed the book in a hurry, kissing him goodnight and trying to hurry on with the nighttime routine. It had been a long day. But then something happened that took my breath away. Five words stopped me in my tracks. “Mom, I love Abraham Lincoln.” “Why?” I asked my boy. The book was great, but his words seemed to hold a lot of emotion about the 16th president of the United States. “Because he spoke up for what was right… and he wasn’t afraid.” What do you even say to that? Bedtime was delayed. We laid in his bright red car bed and spoke about what it meant to do what’s right, even at the hardest moments. We discussed how America could be different without such a special person to lead us in a new direction. I spent the next 30 minutes discussing social, political and religious topics with my boy. And it was one of the most eye-opening and truly beautiful moments I’ve ever experienced in my life. It’s not always easy to do what’s right. It’s not always easy to step out of social norms and make a difference, but today, it seems, we need it more than ever before. As you’ll read in many of this month’s stories, our little neighborhood seems to understand. Happy holidays Arcadia! And thank you for reading the Arcadia News. EDITOR’S NOTES