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Mary Ostrum, 83, of Covina, is retiring from her food service job at the Santa Anita Golf Course after 35 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29863
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Ostrum, Mary - window lady
Retirement
Santa Anita Golf Course
Item ID
30048AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Christina Aragon, Assistant Superintendent of business services at Arcadia Unified School District, totaled her district car that she uses as a personal vehicle. It is part of her salary package. Arcadia School Board members and Superintendent Mimi Hennessy defended Aragon in media coverage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30202
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Aragon, Christina
Arcadia Unified School District
Automobile accidents
Cayer, Margaret
Takamura, Vickie
Item ID
30389AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District students show impressive scores on the Standard Achievement Test (SAT 9) and on advanced placement tests. See chart of scores from 1994-2001.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30109
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Advanced Placement
Arcadia Unified School District
Standard Achievement Test - SAT 9
Test Scores
Item ID
30296AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusta resigned after 12 years, after receiving her lowest employee evaluation since 1990. She tried to withdraw her resignation but Arcadia Board of Education decided not to give Ragusta her job back.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30623
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Ragusa, Sandra
Ragusta, Sandra (spelling is not certain, see Arcadia Weekly, October 17, 2002, p. 1)
Item ID
30811AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A special reception will be held to thank Mary E. Dougherty for her 16 years of service on the Arcadia Board of Education. Her fourth consecutive term expires at the end of June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29811
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Dougherty, Mary E.
Item ID
29996AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Holly Avenue Elementary School has its annual Honorary Service Award Program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33220
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Awards
Bernthal, Genie
Schmitt, Bernie
Schmitt, Fritz
Smoley, Caryl
Volunteers
Wong, Gayle
Yamane, Michael (Dr.)
Item ID
33417AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Highland Oaks PTSA gives service awards and installs its Executive Board on May 28, 2003. Yoshiko Hayashi and Dick Grumm received "Very Special Friend" awards. Teacher Teresa Sarrail received the Honorary Service Award. Volunteers Cindy Forillo and Stephanie McNutt also received the Honorary Service Award. Lisa Lucas was installed for a second term as PTSA president.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31518
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Subjects
Awards - honors - recognitions
Forillo, Cindy
Grumm, Dick
Hayashi, Yoshiko
Lucas, Lisa
McNutt, Stephanie
Sarrail, Teresa
Item ID
31714AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Recreation and Community Services Department Director Jerry Collins retires after 37 years of public service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30801
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia city employees
Collins, Jerry
Retirement
Item ID
30989AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The robotics program in Arcadia schools was the main topic of the state of the district presentation to the Arcadia Rotary Club last week. Superintendent Mimi Hennessy discusses the financial state of the school district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30348
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chantal, Michelle
Charsuasatananone, Brandon
Robotics program
Robots
Item ID
30534AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joyce Platt, an honored and revered educator for 39 years in the Arcadia Unified School District, and a resident of Arcadia, will be retiring in June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31517
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Educators
Platt, Joyce
Teachers
Item ID
31713AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Marilyn Daleo is the television channel manager for Channel 58/96 on Adelphia Cable. She broadcasts from school district headquarters programs such as "Reading Matters."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29049
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Daleo, Marilyn
Reading Matters
School Television Broadcasts
Television stations
Item ID
29235AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia and Monrovia will be split into two assembly districts in the redistricting plan signed by Governor Gray Davis last week. Under the new plan, the 59th District, currently represented by Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy, will move 84% of Arcadia and 40% of Monrovia to Assemblywoman Carol Liu's 44th District. The new plan is still being challenged in court. Senate district boundaries were also modified but did not affect Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30095
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Liu, Carol (Assemblywoman)
Mountjoy, Dennis (Assemblyman)
Assembly districts
Politics
Redistricting
Item ID
30282AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's transportation program has just put into service four new 20-passenger Dial-A-Ride buses. Four additional new buses will be added later this month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27462
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 13, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 13, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Transportation
Item ID
27659AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Officer Toni Caylor describes her job on the campus of Arcadia High School as being sheriff of a small city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29045
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Caylor, Toni
Arcadia High School campus policce
Item ID
29231AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dave Hinig, Arcadia Police Chief, discusses changes in the department over the last thirty years, including new technology, new crimes, community composition and new hires.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29215
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Hinig, Dave
Technology
Police Work
Item ID
29401AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mimi Hennessy, Superintendent of Arcadia Unified School District, writes in response to anonymous letter about the district's vehicle perquisite, after a district vehicle was involved in an accident in Las Vegas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30209
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Aragon, Christina
Arcadia Unified School District
Automobile accidents
Cars
District vehicles
Hennessy, Mimi
Item ID
30396AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Twenty-four staff members of the Arcadia Unified School District were honored with Profiles in Excellence awards.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31186
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Awards - honors - recognitions
Ashcraft, Nancy
Blackman, Alison
Castillo, Jennifer
Chang, Grace
Childs, Paul
Citrin, Bill
Donoghue, Melody
Educators
Evans, Barbara
Hoherd, Michelle
Hopkins, Gayle
Huntzinger, Penney
Johnson, Linda
Malisos, Fontaine
McGrath, Melinda
Oakland, Teresa
Ottaviano, Carol
Parrott, Barbara
Peritore, Linda
Potter, Debbi
Scherba, Marilyn
Swender, Lynn
Teachers
Uranga, Emilio
Vinci, Linda
Williams, Kim
Item ID
31381AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City Council approved a contract with Rokni Electric for a new 800 Kilowatt generator and a new telephone system (not to exceed $342,251) from SBC-Pacific Bell for City Hall. A contract with Systems Source Inc. for furnishings for the new police station was also approved. The City Librarian job title was changed to Director of Library and Museum Services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31216
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 18, 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 18, 19
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall
Arcadia Police Department station
Buildings
Upgrades
Item ID
31411AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District is looking to cut 10% of its budget for district offices and school sites in preparing the budget for the 2003-2004 school year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31238
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Budget
Item ID
31431AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council rejected objections filed by Los Angeles County and declared a redevelopment district for South Arcadia. The district, which covers business properties along Las Tunas and Live Oak, will be operated as a non-contiguous part of the Arcadia downtown redevelopment district. The City Council declared the area does suffer from both economic and physical blight, and hope to spend $12 million to upgrade the district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30028
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Redevelopment
South Arcadia Business District
Item ID
30215AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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