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DSC016 Arcadia News 10.25x3 Ad C FINAL.pdf 1 6/15/16 10:12 AM DECEMBER Departments 04 Teachers We Love 06 Healthy Tidbits 07 Behind the Business 10 What’s Happening? 17 Worth the Drive 24 Legal Ease 25 Places We Like 26 Kids Corner 32 Food Wise 50 Girl Next Door 53 Now What? Articles Publisher: Greg A. Bruns greg@arcadianews.com Editorial Department editorial@arcadianews.com Head Writer: Nick Smith nick@arcadianews.com Designer: Gabe Turner gabe@arcadianews.com Advertising: Roni Mier roni@arcadianews.com Office Admin: Allison Summerday allison@arcadianews.com Arcadia News Arcadia Home & Design 3850 East Indian School Road #1 (602) 840-6379 • arcadianews.com 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. Subscriptions $35 annually for Continental U.S. Contact office for details. Arcadia News is distributed only by Arcadia News’ authorized distributors. No person may take more than one copy of each Arcadia 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 (©2016) 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 responsibility 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, defend and hold harmless Publisher for, from and against any loss, damage, claim, cost or expense relating to or resulting from Advertiser’s advertisements, 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 considered for use in future issues. Any unsolicited manuscripts or photographs cannot be returned. The publisher reserves the right to reject any advertisement which is not in keeping with the standards of this publication. Current monthly circulation: 20,000. Primary distribution by U.S. Postal Service. Verifiable proof provided upon request via USPS and printing receipts, along with checkable references. 20 History of Sky Harbor Airport Dirt roads, a stock market crash, a World War, and one left over control tower are all part of Sky Harbor’s journey from “The Farm” to Phoenix icon. 42 Four spots to get your ski fix Holiday vacations are coming up, and we’ve got some ideas for hitting the slopes at some of the snowy ‘cold spots’ in our desert state. 46 Where are the speakeasys? As you can tell with these local watering holes, sometimes just getting to your evening destination is half the fun. 60 From Africa to the grid iron For three brothers from Zimbabwe now at Central High, learning how to play the game of football is their easiest challenge yet. COVER IMAGE: Sam (left) and Noah Hedrick and their Happy Buttons business were two of the young entrepreneurs at Arcadia’s first AZ Children’s Business Fair. PHOTO BY RAY ARTIGUE