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The Friends of the Arcadia Public Library sponsored a slide show and lecture by Carol Libby about Arcadia history. The Friends group presents community programming and supports the Library with donations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18648
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Libby, Carol
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18893AN
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Arcadia Public Library received a $30,000 donation from the Friends of the Arcadia Library volunteers. The money will help pay for programs and materials.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31629
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 15, 2004
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 15, 2004
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Donations
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Volunteers
Item ID
31826AN
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Friends of the Arcadia Public Library Bookstore will feature a non-fictioin selection of more than 3500 donated books from a local estate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24774
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2002
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
24968AN
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Obituary/death notice. In Loving Memory of David Saunders II, March 28, 2007 - Aug. 28, 2007. David was born in Illinois, and he moved with family to Arcadia, Ca, where he attended Arcadia Schools. He served in the U.S. Army field artillery from 1944 to 1946. He is predeceased by father, Joseph, mother, Marion, sister Nanette and brother, Joseph. He worked many years at the Zanibar Restaurant in Duarte, Ca. For many years, he was a devotee and friend of Stan Laurel, which brought a tremendous sense of humor to him and his friends. He joined the Motor Yacht Tacinda Jean as steward and traveled across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and traveled extensively there. Dave returned to So. Ca. to care for his mother and worked at PSA storage until his retirement in Pasadena, Ca. At his request Neptune Society handled the final arrangements. He will be greatly missed by John Haddad, Col. Alan Fox (US Army ret.), Jerry Salthouse, and a multitude of friends.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30713
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2007
Pages
p. News 21
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2007
Pages
p. News 21
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Saunders, David II
Item ID
30901AN
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Jerry Selmer will give a talk about growing up in the Arcadia area on November 12 at 11:30AM-1:00PM at Arcadia Public Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34699
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 22, 2016
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p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
October 22, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Friends of Arcadia Public Library programs
Selmer, Jerry
Item ID
34891AN
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Arcadia Public Library will have a new conference room constructed and will remodel the existing room into offices and a work area. An office will be created for the Friends of the Library. This is the first phase and the contract was awarded to K & S Design for $106,500. Phase 2 of the project, to be completed at a later date, will include a teen center and an enlarged international language area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31563
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010 - remodeling
City Council Meetings
Item ID
31759AN
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Library patrons with mobility problems use the new motorized cart donated to the library by the late Logan Garner's family.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24164
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2002
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Garner, Logan
Item ID
24358AN
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City of Arcadia Mayor Gary Kovacic proclaims March 2 "Bobbie the Bobcat's New Friend: Day of Kindness" for Barnhart School's student-created book launch. It will be read at Arcadia Public Library on Read Across America Day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34449
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 27, 2016
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p. 8
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Mountain Views News
Date
February 27, 2016
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library--Programs-Read Across America
Barnhart School
Kovacic, Gary
Private schools
Item ID
34641AN
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Jack Donnelly's vintage postcard collection of Arcadia sights is on display at the Arcadia Public Library through the end of August.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29590
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Donnelly, Jack
Postcards-vintage-historic
Arcadia Public Library-exhibits
Item ID
29774AN
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Arcadia Library Board of Trustees appoints Mary Beth Hayes as interim Director of Library and Museum Services, following the sudden death of Jackie Faust-Moreno. Mary Beth Hayes has been employed by the City of Arcadia since 1989 and is currently Library Services Manager.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33065
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2012
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2012
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia city employees
Arcadia Public Library--directors--employees
Hayes, Mary Beth
Item ID
33262AN
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Gloria Horstman, former library board trustee, former columnist for the Pasadena Star News, and reviewer for the Vroman's bookstore newsletter, returns to Arcadia to present a book review program in honor of the city's centennial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30834
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003
Arcadia Public Library Foundation programs
Columnists
Horstman, Gloria - biography
Writers
Item ID
31022AN
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Arcadia Public Library Foundation donates over $16,000 to Arcadia Public Library. The money will be used to fund Kaleidoscope Classical Concerts, more chairs for the library auditorium, more new adult Chinese language materials, more copies of best seller e-books, updated software for the preschool computers, and updated performances rights DVDs for Children's programming.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33266
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 8, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
December 8, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library Foundation
Item ID
33463AN
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The Arcadia Public Library is not responsible for children left alone at the library by their parents. The library is not a public babysitting service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27432
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Item ID
27629AN
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Arcadia Public Library opens "Teen Center," with a new collection dedicated especially to teenagers. It is located in the northeast corner of the adult reading room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33376
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 11, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 11, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library--2001-2010
Item ID
33572AN
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As part of the Centennial celebration, Gloria Horstman will review current books at the Arcadia Public Library. Horstman was an Arcadia school board member and served on the Library's Board of Trustees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24957
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Horstman, Gloria
Centennial Celebration, 2003
Item ID
25156AN
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The new landscaping and bus shelter for the west side of the Arcadia Public Library will cost $152,126.03 and will be done by Mariposa Horticultural Enterprises Inc.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31157
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 2003
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010
Arcadia Transit
Bus shelter
Bus stops
Landscaping
Item ID
31354AN
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New state-of-the-art library coming to Arcadia. The Los Angeles County Public Library will replace the current branch in unincorporated Arcadia (4153 East Live Oak Avenue) sometime in 2017 at a new site at 22 West Live Oak Boulevard. It will cost about $9 million from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors capital projects funding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34648
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael
Libraries
Los Angeles County Public Library-Live Oak Branch
Patrick, Skye
Item ID
34840AN
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New Live Oak Library dedication in Arcadia November 2. The building was purchased, not leased. Los Angeles County Supervisor helped make this new library a reality.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34708
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 5, 2016
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 5, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
County of Los Angeles Public Library-Live Oak Library
Item ID
34900AN
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Friends of the victims of a car crash that killed 3 when their car hit a wall and overturned at Live Oak Avenue and Las Tunas Drive, said they had been at a Pasadena bar before the accident.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34735
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Car accidents
Garcia, Marcus J.
Velazquez, Anna Lissa
Yniquez, Raymond Daniel
Item ID
34927AN
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The Library Board of Trustees voted to post a PATRIOT Act notice, as required by the act. The notice reads, "Although the Arcadia Public Library makes every reasonable effort to protect your privacy, under the federal USA PATRIOT Act (PL107-56), records of the books and other materials you currently have on loan from this library, your inter-library loan requests placed during the past year, or the Internet sites and e-mails that you access through our computers may be obtained by federal agents. That federal law prohibits library workers from informing you if federal agents have asked about or obtained your records.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31933
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Library Board of Trustees
Federal laws
USA PATRIOT Act
Item ID
32130AN
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