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Lowry B. McCaslin, owner of the 20-acre estate Anoakia, died at the age of 88. His life is profiled.

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Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: August 11, 1995

Pages: p. A22

Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: August 11, 1995

Pages: p. A22

Subjects: McCaslin, Lowry B; Anoakia

Item ID: 4710AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The 49-year-old Anoakia School, facing a June deadline for relocation, has opted for local print advertising. Owner Lowry McCaslin apparently wants to develop the property at Foothill Blvd. and Baldwin Ave. However, the school also has numerous city fire code violations and a building that is not up to seismic standards. The school currently has 279 students from K-8th grade.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3056AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

At a meeting of about 200 Anoakia School parents, directors of the school, which has operated on the former estate of Anita Baldwin for 48 years, explained the reasons the school wants to relocate after June 1990. Lowry McCaslin, who owns the property, wants to develop the 20 acre estate.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 22, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 22, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3055AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A profile on Ken Lavoie, who has been appointed the new Fire Chief, replacing retired Chief Gerald Gardner.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 31, 1996

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 31, 1996

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fire Department; Lavoie, Ken; Gardner, Gerald

Item ID: 25972AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Fire Chief Gerald Gardner said that 735 of all calls received by the Fire Department in the past five years have been for paramedics.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fire Department

Item ID: 1582AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A group of Duarte residents has vowed to appeal a 3-2 Planning Commission decision permitting the Anoakia School to relocate to a Duarte neighborhood.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3057AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A nursery owner who has been keeping his plants at Anoakia School will have to move them, the Arcadia City Council decided.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3053AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Anoakia School plans to relocate to another city. The Fire Department has cited the school with many violations in the past year. Last month the Department closed a group of 10 classrooms for being unsafe.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3054AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Planning Commission has approved a zone change for the Anoakia property from R-O 30,000 to R-O and D 22,000. The zone change will allow owner Lowrey McCaslin to develop the 19.13 acre site with 29 to 32 homes instead of 23.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 432AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Chief wants new fire station built. After a year of study using computer technology, Arcadia Fire Chief Jerry Gardner has recommended to the City Council that a fourth fire station be built in vicinity of Sixth and Live Oak Avenues.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 12, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 12, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fire Department

Item ID: 1580AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3039AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Fire Chief Jerry Gardner is retiring after 31 years with the Department.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 2, 1996

Pages: p. A1 photo

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 2, 1996

Pages: p. A1 photo

Subjects: Fire Department; Gardner, Jerry

Item ID: 6070AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Correction of article of July 6, 1982: The Council actually voted to refer the ordinance back to the City Attorney to include the latest recommendations made by Fire Chief Jerry Gardner. He will return the amended ordinance to the Council at their next meeting.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 11, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 11, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fires and Fire Prevention

Item ID: 1600AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Anoakia School, soon to be renamed the Anita Oaks School, won a victory against staunch opponents of the relocation when the Duarte City Council unanimously approved the move to property owned by New Life Assembly of God Church.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 15, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 15, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3058AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The new owners of Anoakia have applied to the city to transform Anoakia into a 31-house gated community.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: February 8, 1999

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: February 8, 1999

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 17031AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Plans to build 31 homes on the site of Anoakia drew fire from a handful of area residents.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 1, 1999

Pages: p. 1 The Star

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 1, 1999

Pages: p. 1 The Star

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 16429AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Fire Department Chief Jerry Gardner has announced plans to retire on July 20 after 31 years with the department. Photo.

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Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: July 11, 1996

Pages: p. 7

Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: July 11, 1996

Pages: p. 7

Subjects: Gardner, Jerry R; Fire Department

Item ID: 6407AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Former fire chief Jerry Gardner has been rehired two months into his retirement to supervise the completion of the library renovation project.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 5, 1996

Pages: p. A3 photo

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 5, 1996

Pages: p. A3 photo

Subjects: Gardner, Gerald R.

Item ID: 7198AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia couple renew vows on 50th wedding anniversary.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1988

Pages: p. B4 w/photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1988

Pages: p. B4 w/photo

Subjects: Bonfiglio, Frank; Bonfiglio, Ruth (nee Bondy)

Item ID: 28407AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An informal committee of some 15 people was initiated by the Arcadia Historical Society in mid-September in an effort to preserve the old Anoakia School site, now that the school has relocated to Duarte.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 14, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 14, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 433AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Lowry B. McCaslin, owner of the 20-acre estate Anoakia, died at the age of 88. His life is profiled.

At a meeting of about 200 Anoakia School parents, directors of the school, which has operated on the former estate of Anita Baldwin for 48 years, explained the reasons the school wants to relocate after June 1990. Lowry McCaslin, who owns the property, wants to develop the 20 acre estate.

A profile on Ken Lavoie, who has been appointed the new Fire Chief, replacing retired Chief Gerald Gardner.

Arcadia Fire Chief Gerald Gardner said that 735 of all calls received by the Fire Department in the past five years have been for paramedics.

A group of Duarte residents has vowed to appeal a 3-2 Planning Commission decision permitting the Anoakia School to relocate to a Duarte neighborhood.

A nursery owner who has been keeping his plants at Anoakia School will have to move them, the Arcadia City Council decided.

Anoakia School plans to relocate to another city. The Fire Department has cited the school with many violations in the past year. Last month the Department closed a group of 10 classrooms for being unsafe.

Arcadia Planning Commission has approved a zone change for the Anoakia property from R-O 30,000 to R-O and D 22,000. The zone change will allow owner Lowrey McCaslin to develop the 19.13 acre site with 29 to 32 homes instead of 23.

Chief wants new fire station built. After a year of study using computer technology, Arcadia Fire Chief Jerry Gardner has recommended to the City Council that a fourth fire station be built in vicinity of Sixth and Live Oak Avenues.

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

Arcadia Fire Chief Jerry Gardner is retiring after 31 years with the Department.

Correction of article of July 6, 1982: The Council actually voted to refer the ordinance back to the City Attorney to include the latest recommendations made by Fire Chief Jerry Gardner. He will return the amended ordinance to the Council at their next meeting.

The Anoakia School, soon to be renamed the Anita Oaks School, won a victory against staunch opponents of the relocation when the Duarte City Council unanimously approved the move to property owned by New Life Assembly of God Church.

The new owners of Anoakia have applied to the city to transform Anoakia into a 31-house gated community.

Plans to build 31 homes on the site of Anoakia drew fire from a handful of area residents.

Arcadia Fire Department Chief Jerry Gardner has announced plans to retire on July 20 after 31 years with the department. Photo.

Former fire chief Jerry Gardner has been rehired two months into his retirement to supervise the completion of the library renovation project.

Arcadia couple renew vows on 50th wedding anniversary.

An informal committee of some 15 people was initiated by the Arcadia Historical Society in mid-September in an effort to preserve the old Anoakia School site, now that the school has relocated to Duarte.