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APRIL Departments 14 Healthy Tidbits 18 What’s Happening ? 23 Worth the Drive 30 Teachers We Love 34 Chem-free Life 37 Places We Like 40 Food Wise 42 Kids Corner 46 Behind the Business 52 Sports Articles Publisher: Greg A. Bruns greg@arcadianews.com News Department news@arcadianews.com Editor: Nick Smith nick@arcadianews.com Designer: Gabe Turner gabe@arcadianews.com Advertising: Roni Mier roni@arcadianews.com Arcadia News Arcadia Home & Design 3850 East Indian School Road #1 (602) 840-6379 • arcadianews.com 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 $36 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 (©2017) 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. 06 Q&A with Robert Joffe A longtime Arcadia Realtor sits down with the Arcadia News to talk about his career, the community and the future of real estate in the area. 10 Top 10 Covers Publisher Greg Bruns takes a trip back in time to share his favorite Arcadia News covers and tell the stories behind them. 38 Restaurant Reminiscing Bruce G. Levitta, longtime editor of the Camelback Corridor, takes a look at the culinary history of the Arcadia neighborhood. 52 Arcadia Sports History The past 25 years have been filled with great teams and players from the Arcadia area. We take a look at some of the best from Arcadia High, Xavier, Brophy and Veritas. ARCAD A NEWS 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 19 9 3 Arcadia News Building at 39th Street and Indian School. COVER IMAGE: This special issue marks the 25th year of the Arcadia News! The core of the team that brings this publication to life every month: (clockwise from lower-left) Nick Smith, Editor Extraordinaire; Gabe Turner, Prolific Designer; Greg Bruns, Perfectionistic Publisher and Roni Mier, Sales Superstar and All Around MVP. ILLUSTRATION BY GABE TURNER