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First Avenue Junior High was one of 3 area schools to receive the state Dept. of Education's Distinguished High School and Middle School Awards. Arcadia's Foothill Jr. High received the award in 1988. The other winners included San Marino High School and the L. A. County High School for the Arts at Cal State Los Angeles.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
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p. A-1
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Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3045AN
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The Board of Education welcomed Beverly Rodriguez, assistant principal at Roosevelt Junior High School in Glendale, as the new principal for First Avenue School.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 10, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 10, 1990
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p. A-1
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Schools - Employees - Rodriguez, Beverly
Item ID
2866AN
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Arcadia High School junior Brian Whitten won a first-place award in the prestigious Music Teachers Association of California competition.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 28, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 28, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Whitten, Brian
Item ID
3498AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education chose Karen M. Cline, assistant principal at Ramona Intermediate School in Bonita, to be the new principal for First Avenue Junior High School.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
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p. A-1
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Schools - Employees - Cline, Karen M.
Item ID
2824AN
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Leonard Rodriguez, executive vice principal at St. Francis School in La Canada-Flintridge, has been named Assistant Principal of First Avenue Junior High School.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1990
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p. A-1
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Schools - Employees - Rodriguez, Leonard
Item ID
2867AN
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Nordstrom will open a new store at the Santa Anita Fashion Park as part of a long-awaited expansion of the Arcadia shopping complex.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 5, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 5, 1991
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p. A-1
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Nordstrom's Department Store
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805AN
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Jason Koh, 13, a student at First Avenue Junior High School, was named Los Angeles Theater Organ Society Organist of the Year for his performance at the Sexson Auditorium at Pasadena City College.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1990
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p. A-1
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Koh, Jason
Item ID
1893AN
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The Arcadia Rotary Club awarded grants totaling $4,990 to 17 teachers at the February 13 Arcadia Board of Education meeting. Grants ranging from $175 to $300 were given to individual teachers to help with special classroom projects. The teachers represented 5 of the 6 Arcadia elementary schools, all 3 junior high schools and both Arcadia and Huntington high schools.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
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p. A-1
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Organizations - Rotary Club
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2098AN
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A group of parents plans to ask the school board to cancel the performance of the play "Secrets" at Foothill Junior High since it addresses the issues of AIDS and birth control without, as they see it, meeting state education guidelines because it does not stress abstinence from intercourse as an alternative.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1991
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p. A-1
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Schools - Race Relations
Item ID
3084AN
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First of 2 articles about the increasing Asian student population in the Arcadia Unified School District, where over the past 10 years the Asian student population has grown from 9 to 39%. This article focuses on meeting the challenge of getting Asian parents involved.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 16, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 16, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Asian Students
Item ID
2631AN
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Robert Fielding, 16, a junior at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, won at least $5000 on the TV show Jeopardy!

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Fielding, Robert
Item ID
1559AN
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A many as 60 of the trees on Orange Grove Ave., the "county road" running from Michillinda Blvd. to Santa Anita Ave., could be endangered by a proposed road-widening project currently under consideration by Arcadia and Sierra Madre. The street would be widened from 30 to 36 ft. since the street is considered too narrow for the trash bins that residents often leave in the road, constituting a hazard.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Streets - Orange Grove Avenue
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3286AN
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A plan to convert the 87 acre Rodeffer Quarry pit in Arcadia into an inert materials landfill has stirred debate among nearby residents and water district officials.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1992
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p. A-2 Map
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1992
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p. A-2 Map
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Rodeffer Landfill
Item ID
37AN
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Lillian Mowdy of Arcadia has worked in the men's department at Hinshaw's Department Store for 10 years and is the first and only woman at the Arcadia store to sell men's suits.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 1, 1991
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p. C-6 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 1, 1991
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p. C-6 photo
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Hinshaw's Department Store
Item ID
780AN
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Genevieve Perchlak, 63, a survivor of a Nazi labor camp, speaks to eighth graders at Foothills Junior High School every year when they are reading "The Diary of Anne Frank."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1991
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Perchlak, Genevieve
Item ID
2160AN
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A gunman driving an off-white pick-up truck attempted to kidnap two 12 year old Arcadia girls as they walked through the parking lot of Camino Grove Elementary School on Sunday afternoon.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1992
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 25, 1992
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
86AN
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Partick Anderson, 23, of Inglewood remained in custody on suspicion of murder charges for the shooting death of Henry Miller, 27, of Los Angeles, who was killed in the paddock at the Santa Anita Park race track, making this the first shooting at the track in its 55-year history.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 7, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 7, 1990
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p. B-1 photo
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Murder
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2001AN
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A request from a group of parents that the play "Secrets", dealing with AIDS and birth control, be cancelled at Foothills Junior High has been unanimously denied by the Arcadia Board of Education. Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and performed throughout the state, the play was requested by parents at the junior high level after it was shown last year at Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1991
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Race Relations
Item ID
3085AN
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The Board of Education has approved a new after-school child care program to be conducted by the Santa Anita Family branch of the YMCA at the Holly Avenue Elementary School Youth Hut. About 20 children have been enrolled in the program, which can accommodate up to 35.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 16, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 16, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Day Care Centers
Item ID
1410AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education backed the idea of a resolution calling for an immediate halt to aerial spraying of malathion. The board's actions came less than a week after the Arcadia City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking for a halt to the spraying.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Pesticides
Item ID
2170AN
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