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Page A4 / The Joan De Arc Crusader / Sunday, April 1, 2018 Front Page A1 / Editorials A2 / 50th Birthday A3 / Interview A5 / Easter Nostalgia A6 / Crossword A7
By J. Bueker
To mark our 50th, the Crusader
editorial staff has assembled a list of some of our least objectionable
stories from the past five decades, presented for our readers’ approval in
chronological order. Memory lane, here we come. “Chris Dickey’s
turtle dies” - April 14, 1968 Sadness fell upon the Avenue in early
April, 1968 when youthful resident Chris Dickey lost his beloved pet turtle
Timothy to an unidentified malady. One of the earliest Crusader news
stories, its rudimentary pathos still resonates 50 years hence. View online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/041468_1.htm ____________________________________________ “Salute to
Children’s Day” - June 8, 1968 The early Crusader insisted on recognizing
this obscure holiday, urging parents to celebrate by giving their kids “some
idolness (sic) and pop, candy, popcorn and tender loving care.” View online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/060868_1.htm ____________________________________________ “Children protest
Kennedy news coverage” - June 16, 1968 A slightly misguided but nevertheless
amusing criticism of the overwhelming news coverage of Robert Kennedy’s
tragic demise, which apparently pre-empted some favorite kids’ TV
programming. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/061668_1.htm ____________________________________________ “Chuckie Hater
Club officially disbands” by J. Bueker - July 4, 2001 A long-standing Bueker kid club with a
rich tradition of animosity directed at Chuck Bueker is finally closed down
by founder Sue Bueker Bielenda. Sue has since indicated that she reserves
the right to reestablish the club at any time. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/070401_1.htm ____________________________________________ “Joan De Arc
Avenue makes bid for Cardinals stadium” by J. Bueker - December 25, 2001 Crusader editor John Bueker makes an
interesting proposal for the site of the new Arizona Cardinals stadium.
Sadly, his visionary plan was ultimately declined. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/122501_1.htm ____________________________________________ “Christmas
confession” by Barbie Bueker Formichella - December 24, 2003 Barbie Bueker Formichella spills her guts
about a controversial Christmastime incident at Totem Department Store that
occurred in the mid-1960s. View online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/122403_4.htm ____________________________________________ “My fave Joan De
Arc Christmas” by J. Bueker - December 24, 2003 The Crusader’s editor fondly recounts the
events of Christmas 1967 on Joan De Arc, evidently the best yuletide EVER. View online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/122403_4.htm ____________________________________________ “Crime and
punishment on Joan De Arc Avenue” by J. Bueker - June 18, 2004 A fascinating analysis of the disciplinary
culture on Joan De Arc Avenue in the 1960s. Not recommended for readers with
a squeamish aversion to glamour stretchers. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/061804_3.htm ____________________________________________ “Top ten
reasons why Arizona really doesn’t totally suck in the summer” by C.H.
Bueker III – July 4. 2005 Memorable Chuck’s Corner column wherein
the former Avenue resident rationalizes the advisability of enduring central
Arizona during the warmer months of the year. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/070405_2.htm ____________________________________________ “Star Trek: The
Joan De Arc Generation” by J. Bueker – November 23, 2006 A remembrance and analysis of the importance of
Star Trek on Joan De Arc Avenue,
on the occasion of the show’s 40th anniversary. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/112306_3.htm ____________________________________________ “Summer music wish
list” by C.H. Bueker III - July 7, 2007 A favorite Chuck’s Corner piece in which the columnist laments the holes
in his personal CD collection. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/070707_2.htm ____________________________________________ Film Review:
Revisiting Bueker and Mason’s “Untitled” – December 25, 2008 A meticulous breakdown of Chuck Bueker’s and Tom Mason’s 1973
experimental film for their Moon Valley High communications class. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/122508_3.htm ____________________________________________ “The ghosts of
Halloween past” by J. Bueker – October 31, 2009 A fond look back at Halloween shenanigans on the Avenue down through the
years. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/103109_3.htm ____________________________________________ “Joan De Arc
reunion” (BP news story) by J. Bueker - May 1, 2010 A more than slightly tongue-in-cheek account of the memorable Joan De Arc
Avenue residents reunion held in March 2010.
View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/050110_1.htm ____________________________________________ “A Sahuaro memory
sampler” by J. Bueker – December 25, 2010 An affectionate and overwhelmingly
sentimental recollection of 8 years of attendance at Sahuaro Elementary on the occasion of the school’s 50th
birthday. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/122510_3.htm ____________________________________________ JDA residents
remember – August 24. 2011 The Crusader celebrates the 50th anniversary of Joan De Arc
Avenue by inviting long-time residents past and present to share fond
memories of their favorite street. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/082411_2.htm ____________________________________________ “Don’t go away
Mad” by J. Bueker - August 24, 2011 An entertaining analysis of one of the seminal icons of kid’s reading
material on Joan De Arc Avenue: Mad
magazine. View Online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/082411_3.htm ____________________________________________ “How we came to
live on Joan De Arc” by Barbara Bueker Stewart - December 25, 2013 Joan De Arc matriarch Barbara Stewart Bueker recounts the events leading
up to the Bueker family’s momentous arrival on the Avenue. View online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/122513_3.htm ____________________________________________ “Analysis: "It's (It Was) Wallace"” by J. Bueker - December 25, 2014 A loving tribute to the greatest kid's show in the history of the universe and the man who started it all.
____________________________________________ “The Buekers'
legendary ‘little red car’” by various Bueker family members - July 4, 2015 This fine collection of essays paid affectionate tribute to the Bueker
family’s long-lost family car from the 1970s, the legendary Opel Kadett. View online:
http://www.barbarastew-art.com/070415_2.htm ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ JDA Front Page A1 / Editorials A2 / 50th Birthday A3 / Interview A5 / Easter Nostalgia A6 / Crossword A7
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