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Arcadia resident Henry"Red" Austin, who helped start the private Highpoint Academy in Pasadena and worked as a dentist in Alhambra for more than 25 years, died Thursday at the age of 69.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Austin, Henry "Red"
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An 82-year tradition ended Monday when the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association announced it will disband and not enter a float in the next Pasadena Rose Parade.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 1998
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p. A1
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Tournament of Roses
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Arcadia will have 2 of the 7 members of the 1994 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court. The 2 are the Queen, Erica Beth Brynes, 18, and Princess Therese Kathleen Erdman, who waved last year as a member of the Arcadia float.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 1993
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p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 1993
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p. A-3 photo
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Tournament of Roses
Item ID
707AN
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Arcadia's Rose Parade float seeks to raise awareness of childhood cancer by honoring the lives of four young people who survived cancer.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1997
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p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1997
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p. A3 w/photo
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Tournament of Roses
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin. 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41. 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907. 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page…
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1875
End Date
1909
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1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin.
2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41.
3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
5. "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
6. "Rancho Santa Anita."Lasca Leaves, March 1976, by Sandy Snider.
7. "Pastoral - it's scenes like this that gave Arcadia its name." News photo mounted on gray paper, circa 1950.
8. "This is Santa Anita." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. News photo of Baldwin store.
9. "Baldwin's boat house." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1960. News photo of boat house.
10. "List of ranches and acreage planted to various crops." Century Magazine, October 1883, Volume XXVI, Number 6. Compiled 1978.
11. "Last remnant of the Rancho." Thoroughbred, November 1965 by Dick Nash. Six pages.
12. "Days of yore - progress is wonderful, but ..." Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. News photo of Baldwin cattle pastures.
13. " 'Beast' Baldwin and his two great loves." Sports Illustrated, February 19, 1962 by Dolly Connelly.
14. "1894 photo of the bell tower of Mission San Gabriel." Article confirming bell from Mission was at ranch.
15. "History of Santa Anita." Westways, October 1955 by M. Richard Marx.
16. "Life at Guenoc (breeding farm owned by Lily Langtree). Westways, August 1957 by Idwal Jones.
17. "Mission-period Rancho." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1978.
18. "About 1876 or 1877, Baldwin hired a distant relative, Julius A. Kelly." Los Angeles Herald Tribune, December 30, 1960. Typed notes.
19. "Rancho was lucky for Baldwin." Arcadia Tribune, April 6, 1978.
20. The Peacock Call, September/October 1978. Rancho area residents' newsletter with article and map on Ranch. Also: a chronology on Rancho by Joe Buck.
21. "Life and death." Golden West, January 1966, pages 20-21+. Regarding Workman and Temple tragedy.
22. Ad in Sierra Madre Vista for Baldwin store. March 16, 1889.
23. February 1889 notice in Sierra Madre Vista telling of corn sale by Baldwin.
24. Story of Blas Cuellar recalls days of Baldwin Reign; 40 descendants still live in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. Cuellar had come from Mexico.
25. Letter relating to observation of the Ranch in 1883. Article in Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, March 1979.
26. "Baldwin large operator - acquired much land in Los Angeles County." Chapter 3 from the book _California Memories_ by Jackson A. Graves, published by Times Mirror Press, 1930. Copied at Huntington Library, 1979.
27. "Lucky Baldwin's energy turning to the swamp lands of his great ranch." Valley Vista, March 31, 1900. Regarding lands in El Monte and Savanna areas.
28. "Mr. E.J. Baldwin was presented with four Java oyster shells by a captain of a vessel from China." San Gabriel Valley News, March 28, 1878.
29. "The Los Angeles Herald recently contained the following about E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch: a long account of the ranch and its developing." Sierra Madre Vista, February 5, 1891.
30. Boat house construction." Sierra Madre Vista, May 28, 1891.
31. "Baldwin money for road up Mount Wilson." Sierra Madre Vista, May 3, 1889.
32. "Brick manufacture at Santa Anita." Sierra Madre Vista, April 14, 1888.
33. "Banana trees." Sierra Madre Vista, May 31, 1889.
34. List of numbers of fruit trees, grape vines, and head of livestock. Sierra Madre Vista, January 15, 1891.
35. "Acreage being sold for small ranches." Sierra Madre Vista, November 20, 1890.
36. "Estimated worth of ranch, 1891. Sierra Madre Vista, August 13, 1891.
37. Description of ranch from newspaper. Sierra Madre Vista, January 8, 1890.
38. "E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch is undoubtedly the most beautiful." Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 30, 1887. Copied from the Los Angeles Public Library by Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
39. "Water." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. Regarding Baldwin building flumes to carry water from Big Santa Anita Canyon.
40. "The Santa Anita Ranch." Two pages from California of the South, by Walter Lindley, publisher, 1888.
41. "The Builders. VI Where Ranch and City Meet." Outing, October 1906 by Ralph D. Paine.
42. "In 1880, 'Lucky' Baldwin orange grove of 75 acres at Sierra Madre was planted to navels." Historical Society of Southern California Bulletin, December 1943, page 152.
43. "A large number of fine varieties of plants received for Mr. Baldwin." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. From the Huntington Library.
44. Map showing irrigated lands, canals, pipe lines and pumping plants in the Pasadena Quadrangle, 1907. Original owned by Mrs. Robert Pitzer.
45. Letter from H. Unruh to Richard Garvey on E.J. Baldwin office letterhead featuring Bird's Eye Map. Original owned by Jack Donnelly. Obtained March 3, 1981.
46. "Notice of claim to water." Legal notice filed by E.J. Baldwin on August 23, 1883 in Court in Los Angeles. Regarding his right to water from Santa Anita Canyon. Original at County Hall of Records.
47. "Santa Anita Store." Ad in Sierra Madre Vista, circa late 1880's.
48. The Land of Sunshine: a magazine of California and the Southwest, February 1898, edited by Chas. F. Lummis. Photos and mentions of Arcadia on marked pages.
49. "Typical views of California." Los Angeles Times. Large photographic prints. (NOTE: OVERSIZE! See bottom drawer of photo file cabinet with oversize photos.)
50. "Childhood visit to Baldwin home recalled by former Los Angeles mayor." Arcadia Tribune, April 23, 1956, page 1. Article and photo.
51. "Rancho Santa Anita once vast Baldwin empire of more than 54,000 acres." News clip, circa April 1948.
52. "Lucky Baldwin's Rancho Santa Anita." by Percy L. Bonebrake. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 83-85.
53. "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin and his Santa Anita Ranch." by Carey S. Bliss. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 79-82.
54. "20 cents an acre! - The Santa Anita Rancho story." The Realty Scene, Pasadena (Ca.) Independent, January 11, 1953 by Independent Real Estate Editor, Jack Cressman.
55. Ad in the Monrovia Planet, January 15, 1887, page 2. For the sale of 5-20 acre lots (out of 2,000 for sale) by E.J. Baldwin.
56. Arcadia Notes in the Monrovia Planet, May 21, 1887, page 2. Regarding buildings and road work, etc. for Arcadia at that time.
57. Article in the Monrovia Planet, March 15, 1887, page 3. Regarding the sale of two lots by E.J. Baldwin to the two Studebaker brothers.
58. Articles regarding the orange trees E.J. Baldwin will set out. Monrovia Messenger, March 27, 1890 and November 13, 1890.
59. Article regarding the placing of several thousand acres of land on the Santa Anita Ranch by E.J. Baldwin. Monrovia Messenger, January 8, 1891.
60. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch: a Southern California paradise of sixteen thousand acres. (Description of the ranch). The Daily Constitution, March 22, 1877.
61. It was too much. (Description of the ranch). Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1877.
62. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch. Chicago Daily Tribune, June 17, 1879. Description of the acreage, trees, fruits, etc.
63. Lucky Baldwin's 'Arcadia': establishes sporting city on Santa Anita Ranch in defiance of strenuous opposition. New York Times, June 23, 1903. Arcadia is incorporated, and it promises to be the "sportiest" place in the country, despite opposition from the State Anti-Saloon League. The town is located on Baldwin's ranch of 18,000 acres.
64. "A Corner in Arcady," a chapter copied from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin
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Christina Farrell, former Arcadia High School student and member of the Pasadena Rose Court, looks back at her year and what she learned as a Tournament of Roses princess.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
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p. 31
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
Pages
p. 31
Subjects
Farrell, Christina
Tournament of Roses
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The Pasadena Tournament of Roses named Arcadian Christina Leanne Farrell as the 81st Rose Queen. Joining her on the Royal Court are Arcadians Chaitali Gala and Olivia Wilson.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
October 22, 1998
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p. 11
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Sierra Madre News
Date
October 22, 1998
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p. 11
Subjects
Farrell, Christina Leanne
Gala, Chaitali
Wilson, Olivia
Tournament of Roses
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Plans for the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association to revive its Rose float have fizzled for now because there is no room for another float in the year 2000 parade.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 1999
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 1999
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p. A3
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Tournament of Roses
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This article profiles Derek Moses, Amy Dilbeck, John Sandbrook, and Susan Webb, four children who survived childhood cancer and will ride on the 1998 Arcadia Rose Parade Float.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 4, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 4, 1997
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p. 1
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Tournament of Roses
National Childhood Cancer Foundation
Dilbeck, Amy
Moses, Derek
Sandbrook, John
Webb, Susan
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Volunteers are working on the Arcadia float, "Fresh Start," for the Tournament of Roses Rose Parade.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 1, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 1, 1998
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p. 1
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Tournament of Roses
Volunteers
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26131AN
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Article describes many of the float entries, including Arcadia's "Fresh Start" and the Arcadia High School "Apache" Marching Band. Photo.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 8, 1998
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p. 1
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 8, 1998
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p. 1
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Tournament of Roses
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Arcadia's Rose Parade float for 1995 features the Royal Court sitting in a gazebo overlooking a horse race at Santa Anita Park. The 2 lead horses will be ridden by live jockeys. This fits in with the 1995 theme, "Sports-Quest for Excellence."

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 1994
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p. A-1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 1994
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Tournament of Roses
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The artist's drawing of Arcadia's 1998 Rose Parade float was unveiled at the Festival of Foods.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 1997
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p. 1
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Tournament of Roses
Rose Parade
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26096AN
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Bea Chute of Arcadia was among those who traveled to Sacramento as part of her role as Library Supporter Delegate to the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. "School libraries should be an Arcadia priority."

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1992
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1992
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Chute, Bea
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The Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band will make its 10th Rose Parade appearance.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 1, 1998
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p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 1, 1998
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band
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A history of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association. Float history is traced back to 1915.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 1996
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p. 6
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 1996
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p. 6
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Tournament of Roses
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The 5 princesses for the Arcadia float for the 1994 Rose Parade are Michelle Anderson, Danielle Didier, Michele Garrett, Allison Hannegan and Lianne Mead.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 21, 1993 p. H6 photo
October 13, 1993 p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 21, 1993 p. H6 photo
October 13, 1993 p. A-3
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Tournament of Roses
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Allison Hannegan, 16, was crowned as Queen of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Float.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 1993
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p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 14, 1993
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p. A-3 photo
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Tournament of Roses
Hannegan, Allison
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Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association float waits in storage for final application of flower petals.

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Star Tribune
Date
October 10, 1992
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p. 1 Color photograph
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Star Tribune
Date
October 10, 1992
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p. 1 Color photograph
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Tournament of Roses
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For $35 a week, developmentally disabled children can enjoy cooking, crafts, nature walks and free tennis lessons every afternoon from 2:30 PM to 6 PM Monday through Friday at the Arcadia County Park as part of the new Special Time After-School Recreation (STAR) program.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1990
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Special Time After-School Recreation (STAR)
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