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An earthquake registering 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Australia's southeast coast at 3:28 PST on Wednesday, December 27, 1989. Newcastle, Australia's fifth largest city, suffered the majority of damage as 11 were known to have died. A city of 500,000, Newcastle has the largest concentration of heavy industry in the country.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1989
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Sister City - Newcastle, Australia
Item ID
3237AN
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Newspaper Index
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First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3127
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3044AN
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Newspaper Index
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A building contract for a senior citizens center has been awarded to Nationwide Construction of Downey. Groundbreaking is anticipated in three months. The center will be built on the triangular piece of land at the intersection of Holly Avenue and Campus and Huntington Drives across from the Chamber of Commerce.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3266
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Senior Citizens Center
Item ID
3170AN
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Newspaper Index
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Theresa Eskola, 63, head housekeeper at the 87-room Motel 6 across from the Santa Anita Park race track, is the first employee to work 25 years for the hotel chain. Her gifts included $2500 in $100 bills, a limousine ride and the day off. Photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
Subjects
Eskola, Theresa
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6
Item ID
1526AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School students accepted a third-place trophy for their performance in the 40th Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon. The third-place award is for the North Los Angeles County region. Countywide, Arcadia ranked ninth, compared with its fourth-place finish in 1988.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3076
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2998AN
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Newspaper Index
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Betty Harris, 65, is retiring after 20 years of service as Arcadia's Senior Citizen Services coordinator.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1688
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Harris, Betty
Item ID
1687AN
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Newspaper Index
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Last year, Foothills Junior High students raised $800 for the Peace Corps to go to Lamotrek Atoll, Micronesia, an island in the South Pacific. The Peace Corps Partnership Program allows American schools, clubs and organizations to fund small projects, typically less than $1500. The money will be used to construct a basketball court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3134
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3050AN
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Newspaper Index
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Susan Clavey, the mother of Tanya Clavey (the 16-year old girl who died following a 400-foot plunge off the Santa Anita Canyon Road) asked the Arcadia City Council to close the road's gate at dusk to prevent further fatalities. The gate, normally locked at 10 PM, was unlocked when the accident occurred at 10:15 PM.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3392
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 26, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 26, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Streets - Chantry Flat Road
Item ID
3282AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 1989 Arcadia Tournament of Roses Royal Court includes Jenny Chan, a Cal Poly Pomona freshman; Kathleen Lecher, a Maranatha High School senior; Jennifer Worsley, 16, Elyse Douglas, 17 and Tricia Stonecipher, an Arcadia High School senior.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3502
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2 photo
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
3388AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council approved a 6% hike in building fees, such as building permits, conditional use permits, and request for modifications. The increase, set for November 17, will be used to offset the 6% salary hike that city employees received in the 1989-90 budget.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1989
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p A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1989
Pages
p A-1
Subjects
Building Fees
Item ID
679AN
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Newspaper Index
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Robert Shortell, 80, attended the World of Poetry's fifth annual convention in Washington, D.C., where he was honored with a Golden Poet Award. Shortell was a history and social studies teacher and sometime coach at Arcadia High School for 21 years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Shortell, Robert
Item ID
3210AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Automobile Club of Southern California will relocate its Temple City and Monrovia offices to its new facility at 420 East Huntington Drive, Arcadia, beginning October 16.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 8, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 8, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Automobile Club of Southern California
Item ID
757AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council has grounded a proposal that would have allowed hang glider pilots to land their grafts on an unused LA County floodplain in the north end of the city. The 30 pilots of the Mr. Wilson Soaring Society need a landing site because the one used for the last 8 years in Pasadena has been developed with the new Pasadena Rose Court homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1682
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hang Gliding
Item ID
1681AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arthur Farr, 46, the band and orchestra leader at Dana Junior High School, has been named the Arcadia Unified School District's 1990 Teacher of the Year. Farr has been teaching band and orchestra at Dana for 23 years, as well as coaching the basketball team and teaching physical education. (NOTE: This article incorrectly identified him as "Allen", but the error was corrected in the issue of October 1.)

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Farr, Arthur
Item ID
2833AN
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Newspaper Index
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Herb Fletcher, 71, a longtime Arcadian best known for questioning city government, advising local newspapers and comforting senior citizens, died of a heart attack at Arcadia Methodist Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1621
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fletcher, Herb
Item ID
1620AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency recently made several changes in its relocation rules that serve as guidelines to move residents and businesses to comparable sites when the city purchases their locations for redevelopment purposes. The new rules, which go into effect January 1, were prompted by new changes in state law and the need for smoother transition periods during relocations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1341
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 13, 1989
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 13, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1340AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia ranks at the top among US cities with the highest-paid employees, yet charges its residents less for municipal services and receives less aid than most California cities of similar size. No other US city outside California with a population between 10,000 and 50,000 pays its employees more; the average city employee earns $32,767 per year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 31, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 31, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Economic Conditions
Item ID
1501AN
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Newspaper Index
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Some Sierra Madre parents want to split from the Pasadena Unified School District and join the Arcadia Unified School District because of Arcadia's high-ranking CAP scores and low dropout rate. Members of Arcadia's Board of Education question whether they could handle the influx of new students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2173
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2151AN
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Newspaper Index
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Amy Nelson and Kathleen Ashenfelter, both 16,toured the Soviet Union for 3 weeks with the People to People Friendship Caravan, a program which takes 1600 American youths to 50 Soviet cities. It is the largest student educational program in the history of the US and USSR.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Nelson, Amy
Ashenfelter, Kathleen
Item ID
2013AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia joined the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito Abatement District, making it one of the last cities in the valley to participate in a mosquito control program. The program is designed to monitor mosquitos that transmit St. Louis encephalitis, a sometimes fatal viral disease.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 6, 1989
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Mosquitos
Item ID
1989AN
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Newspaper Index
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