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Arcadia officially unveiled the design for its city centennial float last week. Designed by Phoenix Builders, it features the Queen Anne Cottage, the wishing well fountain from Santa Anita, and a giant peacock. It cost $100,000. A list of float riders is included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30516
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia centennial
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade (2003)
Item ID
30703AN
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Using the theme "100 Years of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity," an Arcadia Rose Parade float commemorates the city's centennial. Riding on the float will be a doctor, a nurse, a graduate of Arcadia Methodist Hospital's neonatal program, US Army Captain Jon Shafer, a horseracing figure, and two local children. The two children will be chosen by random drawing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30626
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia centennial
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30813AN
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Bradford Hack, Dawn Pejsar, and Nicholas Campbell will be some of the riders on the 2003 float representing Arcadia in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Other riders are named as well.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30721
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003
Campbell, Nicholas
Hack, Bradford
Pejsar, Dawn
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30909AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's float saluting its centennial was awarded the Queen's Trophy. The float was called "100 Years of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30830
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003
Awards
Floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
31018AN
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Arcadia's 100th birthday festivities will begin in January with the city's float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Riders on float include Jon Dorian Shafer, Lane Barcham and Alison Chien. Other activities for the centennial year are outlined.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30661
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003
Barcham, Lane
Chien, Alison
Ha, Derek
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Shafer, Jon Dorian
Item ID
30849AN
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Arcadia's Centennial (1903-2003) approaches and the Arcadia Centennial Celebration Commission is planning on a year-long, citywide celebration for the city's 100th birthday. In photo, a baseball cap to commemorate the centennial, is on sale at Arcadia Public Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33397
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial (1903-2003)
Arcadia Centennial Celebration Commission
Community events
Item ID
33593AN
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Public television personality Huell Howser, of KCET TV, speaks at an Arcadia Centennial dinner.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30836
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2003
Pages
p. 1 w/photo and caption
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2003
Pages
p. 1 w/photo and caption
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003
Celebrities
Howser, Huell
Item ID
31024AN
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The Arcadia High School students named to the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court include Lauren Buehner and Sydney Pickering.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34988
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade
Buehner, Lauren
Pickering, Sydney
Item ID
35178AN
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Arcadia High School graduate Jon Dorian Shafer, 31, a Black Hawk pilot, will ride on Arcadia's Rose Parade float in January.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30485
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Pilots
Shafer, Jon Dorian
Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30672AN
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Arcadia High School senior Naomi Stillitano was named the Pasadena Tournament of Roses 2024 Rose Queen, the135th Rose Queen. The Royal Court (photo) will ride on a float in the 135th Rose Parade on January 1 and attend the 110th Rose Bowl Game.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36588
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2023
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2023
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2024
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-Royal Court
Arcadia High School students
Rose Queen
Stillitano, Naomi
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Eighth grade students at Foothills Middle School participate in Frontier Days, a celebration of how pioneers lived in the old west. Student Nick Board is shown in a photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29030
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Foothills Middle School
Frontier Days Celebration
Board, Nick
Item ID
29217AN
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Lane Barcham and Alison Chien will ride on the Arcadia city float at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30658
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Barcham, Lane
Chien, Alison
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30846AN
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Arcadia's official city birthday party will be held August 5, a date that reflects the official declaration of Arcadia cityhood by the Board of Supervisors, back in 1903. The 100th birthday party includes a scavenger hunt, the release of the anthology "Visions of Arcadia," unveiling the bronze peacock statue at Peacock Corner, a mixer at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum, and a birthday party at the Community Center. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 18, July 31, 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31743
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Item ID
31940AN
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The City of Arcadia will have its 100th birthday in 2003 with many celebratory events.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30481
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 4, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 4, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Centennial
City of Arcadia
Item ID
30668AN
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The artist's drawing of Arcadia's 1998 Rose Parade float was unveiled at the Festival of Foods.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25896
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Rose Parade
Item ID
26096AN
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Calendar of events in celebration of Arcadia's centennial is printed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31155
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Events
Item ID
31350AN
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"Visions of Arcadia", the anthology of essays celebrating the city's centennial, will be out in time to be presented at the city's 100th birthday party on August 5. The book was edited by Councilman Gary Kovacic. The printing cost over $15,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31529
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
City of Arcadia - centennial
Essays
Item ID
31725AN
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Arcadia resident Anjali Agrawai, 17, a senior at La Salle High School, was named one of the members of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court for 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30628
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Agrawai, Anjali
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court - 2003
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30815AN
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On January 1, 1997, Arcadia's float will be the community's 84th consecutive entry in the Rose Parade, but it may be the last one due to lack of funds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25753
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Rose Parade
Tournament of Roses, 1997
Item ID
25953AN
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Arcadia High School preparing to play big part in upcoming Rose Parade. Nearly 200 Arcadia High School students will be marching in the 5.5 mile parade route in the 133rd annual Rose Parade on January 1. Arcadia High School senior Swetha Somasundara, in photo, is one of the princesses on the 2022 Royal Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36141
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 30, 2021
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 30, 2021
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia High School marching band
Arcadia High School students
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2022
Somasundara, Swetha
Collection
Newspaper Index
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