your ARcadia Realtor.com 602.463.3359 4501 East Calle Del Norte H i L L A R Y $1,175,000 GURLEY GURLEY 2045 East bethany home Rd. $859,000 PENDING $745,000 3147 East Rose LANE REDUCED 6938 East GRANDView 85254 $359,900 SOLD SOLD Brought Buyer SOLD Brought Buyer UNDER CONSTRUCTION & UNDER CONTRACT 4025 North 33rd PLAce $599,000 Page 42 June 2016 2016 BEST OF THE BEST Publisher’s Note: In April, more than 200 community newspapers from around the country gathered in San Diego for an annual industry conference. For the fifth year in a row, the Arcadia News took home multiple awards for our editorial content, graphic design and innovative concepts. We were honored to also receive the top award of “General Excellence” for our category. ARCADIA NEWS 2016 AWARDS: AFCP (Association of Free Papers) Annual Publication Awards \ FIRST PLACE General Excellence (Monthly w/ minimum 26% editorial) SECOND PLACE Community Service (Teachers We Love Campaign) SECOND PLACE Best Original (News) Editorial Photography HONORABLE MENTION Best Original (Sports) Editorial Photography THIRD PLACE Best Original (Feature Article) Editorial Photography FIRST PLACE Self Promotion – “How We Stack Up” THIRD PLACE Best Cover Design – Newsprint HONORABLE MENTION Best Cover Design – Newsprint THIRD PLACE Banner or Nameplate – Newsprint THIRD PLACE Best Original Writing – Column/Entertain (Kindra Hall) FIRST PLACE Best Single (B&W) Ad – Agency Design SECOND PLACE Best Single (Color) Ad – Agency Design HONORABLE MENTION Best Single (Color) Ad – Agency Design \ PAGE 22 Inspire an educational Earth Day lesson with our Kids’ Corner carton garden. Neighbors and friends pitch in to prep fresh meals from the Celle family garden. Story on page 24. Arcadia will hit the streets on April 19 for the third annual Family Fun Run. PAGE 10 ARCADIANEWS.COM / ARCADIAHO.ME April 2015 Vol. 23 No. 1 AWARD WINNING NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS SINCE 1993 . INSIDE HOW WE STACK UP In the last five years Arcadia News has won more than 75 national, international and local awards for our editorial content, graphic design and innovative concepts. Our peers in organizations like the International Free Paper Association and the Arizona Press Club judged these contests. In 2015, for the third year in a row, we took home an award for the best newspaper in our category. Your award-winning neighborhood newspaper is owned and operated by Arcadians, for Arcadians, and has been since 1993. I’m proud of our staff and I want our readers and advertisers to know we will always be grateful for their support. From all of us at Arcadia News , we wish you and yours the best as we head into 2016. Greg A Bruns Publisher, Arcadia News HOW WE STACK UP In the last five years Arcadia News has won more than 75 national, international and Arcadia News has won more than 75 national, international and Arcadia News local awards for our editorial content, graphic design and innovative concepts. Our peers in organizations like the International Free Paper Association and the Arizona Press Club judged these contests. In 2015, for the third year in a row, we took home an award for the best newspaper in our category. Your award-winning neighborhood newspaper is owned and operated by Arcadians, for Arcadians, and has been since 1993. I’m proud of our staff and I want our readers and advertisers to know we will always be grateful for their support. From all of us at Arcadia News , we wish you and yours the best as we head into 2016. Greg A Bruns Publisher, Arcadia News 2015 AWARDS IFPA - First Place - General Excellence IFPA - First Place - Local Business Coverage IFPA - First Place - Original Writing IFPA - Third Place - Automotive Ad IFPA - Third Place - Original Photography AFCP - First Place - General Excellence AFCP - First Place - Rate Card AFCP - First Place Community Service, Graphics AFCP - First Place - Feature Article Layout AFCP - Second Place - Best Single Ad, Color AFCP - Second Place - Best Single Ad, Ad Agency Design AFCP - Second Place - Best Single Ad, Agency Design AFCP - Second Place - Community Service, Editorial AFCP - Third Place - Best Original Writing AFCP - Third Place - Best Original Photography AFCP - Honorable Mention - Special In-Paper Promotion arcadianews.com • 602.840.6379 By Amanda Goossen On April 28, the Arcadia News team, minus our graphics guru Gabe, shut the doors of our Indian School Road office for an extended weekend. We were headed to San Diego for the annual Association of Free Community Papers conference. This year, with the conference being held just a quick flight away, our team was excited to attend for the first time as an entire group. The AFCP conference is a yearly event that includes classes, seminars and panel discussions to educate the thousands of small newspaper employees around the country who come together to discuss the industry and consider ways to keep up with an ever-changing readership. But it’s not all work, we always make time for a little fun. In each city where the conference is held, the AFCP organization does a terrific job of coordinating dinners and activities that put us in the shoes of a tourist, allowing attendees to let their hair down and see the sites and experience what the city has to offer. In San Diego, we were treated to a bit of the city’s culture by having dinner on the USS Midway. Voted the #1 Thing to Do in San Diego and the #1 Museum in San Diego by Trip Advisor, the USS Midway is a site to be seen. As the longest serving aircraft carrier of the 20th century, the Midway carried over 200,000 sailors over a span of 47 years, ending its reign in 1992. In June 2004, the Midway opened its doors as a military museum, displaying an extensive aircraft collection and a self-guided tour, which takes visitors into the officers’ quarters, the engine room, the galley and much more. The Midway is the most popular naval warship museum in the United States. In addition to tours and school field trips, the Midway hosts over 700 events each year. The AFCP Opening Reception put the Arcadia News team on the flight deck, inside the hanger bay and even aboard flight simulation planes that only our publisher, Greg Bruns, and our proofreader, Shirley Bruns, were brave enough to attempt. We all watched from outside the plane, on a grainy old television set, as the two experienced a flight mission. To those of us watching, it seemed similar to riding Star Tours at Disneyland. Bright and early the next morning, our team suited up in our Arcadia News T-shirts, ready to stake our claim in the front row of the 8 a.m. Best of the Best Awards ceremony. While we come to the AFCP conference for the education, everyone in attendance for the weekend knows this is the moment of anticipation. As the awards were announced, I looked down the row at our publisher each time our name was called. Hearing “ Arcadia News ” spoken alongside the words first place, second place, honorable mention, will never get old. While we aim to please our readers each month, being given awards by a professional board of journalism experts is like the cherry on top. The best moment, however, came at the end of the ceremony, as they announced the award for General Excellence. Arcadia News took first place. This award always means the most, because it is the overall excellence of our product. It signifies our hard work as a team. And our teamwork is what makes us the most proud. The rest of the weekend included a Mexican fiesta on Mission Bay, a fun photo booth and our team losing the Family Feud Championship in sudden death overtime. Mostly, though, we just kept talking about how excited we were to share our wins with the neighborhood. Arcadia is the community it is because of the camaraderie. Arcadia News is the paper it is because of the people we serve. Thank you for making us the most excellent monthly paper in the country! Arcadia News takes off for San Diego The Arcadia News team enjoyed happy hour on the flight deck of the USS Midway before taking part in a fun and festive photo booth. WHERE’S THE NEIGHBOR?

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