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Arcadia's Focus on the Family has a "handshake agreement" to move to Pomona. The 5th largest employer in Arcadia, with 400 workers, will move everything except a warehouse in Monrovia, to Pomona.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Focus on the Family

Item ID: 1624AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Focus on the Family, and Arcadia-based Christian organization dedicated to the preservation of the home, is about to move into new offices in Arcadia. The organization, which has grown rapidly over the past few years, currently has 310 employees and occupies offices in 7 separate buildings in Arcadia. The new building, located on Foothill Blvd., will be completed around the first of October.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Focus on the Family

Item ID: 1622AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Within 18 months, Arcadia Nissan, the last of the city's 3 auto dealerships, will pack up and leave town. The departure of the 3 auto dealerships will result in a loss to the city of $450,000 a year in sales tax (about 2% of the yearly city budget).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 18, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 18, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Datsun

Item ID: 745AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Educational Foundation, a non-profit public benefit corporation, is now in the process of incorporating. The purpose of the organization is to provide financial support to the school district. Several other cities in the area have formed similar organizations.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Educational Foundation

Item ID: 473AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Within the next 6 months a left turn signal will be installed at the corner of Duarte and First Avenue in an effort to avoid the many accidents that have occurred at that intersection recently.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3279AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Noise Abatement

Item ID: 2024AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Community Hotline, sponsored by the Arcadia Presbyterian Church, will be able to pay its telephone bill for the remainder of the year, thanks to a decision by the City Council to grant the telephone counseling service $8,000. Councilman Charles Gilb questioned using taxpayers' money for a church-related operation, and asked how the Hotline would raise funds next year. Rev. Bob Johnson, Hotline director, said the organization could be incorporated and operate as a non-profit group to raise funds.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 22, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 22, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Hotline; Gilb, Charles

Item ID: 1251AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A moratorium on new liquor store construction has been extended. The original moratorium would have run out before the August 2 date set for a public hearing before City Council.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Alcohol - Law and Legislation

Item ID: 344AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council has extended the operating hours and reduced fares for Arcadia's Dial-A-Ride program. The service is available to anyone within city limits who needs a ride anywhere in town by calling 445-2211.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Dial-A-Ride

Item ID: 1424AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In a significant move to redevelop the east end of town, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency voted to take 6 landowners to court to obtain their property by condemnation.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1327AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop serves a dual purpose: a non-profit department store with thrift shop prices and as a local welfare agency for those in need. The article discusses the types of assistance given. All programs are funded by sales from the thrift shop.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 11, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 11, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop

Item ID: 513AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop is beginning its 51st year. Thrift shop manager Dorothy Smith tells of the changes and growth since its opening during the depression, and describes the types of merchandise to be found in the "non-profit department store with thrift shop prices."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop

Item ID: 511AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia branch of the California School Employees Association and the Board of Education have come to an agreement on a new contract that will give the non-teaching, non-administrative employees a 5.755 raise retroactive to July 1, 1986.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2783AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

County supervisors approved a $4.7 million infusion of funds to aid mental health programs in the Children's Home Society in Arcadia. The Children's Home Society, a non-profit organization that places mentally disturbed children in foster homes, will now lose $16,000, instead of the anticipated loss of staff and $32,000.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Children's Home Society

Item ID: 936AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Browning Ferris Industries of Pasadena has purchased Best Disposal's non-commercial trash contracts. Monrovia, Arcadia and Duarte intend to put their residential pickup contracts out to bid.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Refuse and Refuse Disposal

Item ID: 2331AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

El Monte city officials have scheduled a town hall meeting to discuss the draft environmental impact report on the proposed landfill.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Rodeffer Landfill

Item ID: 1900AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Non-teaching employees in the Arcadia Unified School district have voted against the implementation of a merit system to monitor such activities as hiring and promotion.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 1, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 1, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2803AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

With Arcadia's Foulger Ford now following Arcadia Suzuki out of town, Arcadia stands to lose about $230,000 in sales tax revenue per year, just short of 1% of the city's $23.699 million budget.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Foulger Ford

Item ID: 771AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has decided to allow horses to remain within 35 feet of a neighbor's home as long as the horse was there first. Previously the city code would have required horses to move if a new home was built within 100 feet of the horse.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Horses

Item ID: 1745AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency granted Stanley Gribble and Associates a 6-month exclusive right to negotiate with the city to develop a commercial project at the east end of the city between the railroad tracks on the south and west, Huntington on the north and 5th Avenue on the east.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1315AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia's Focus on the Family has a "handshake agreement" to move to Pomona. The 5th largest employer in Arcadia, with 400 workers, will move everything except a warehouse in Monrovia, to Pomona.

Within 18 months, Arcadia Nissan, the last of the city's 3 auto dealerships, will pack up and leave town. The departure of the 3 auto dealerships will result in a loss to the city of $450,000 a year in sales tax (about 2% of the yearly city budget).

The Arcadia Educational Foundation, a non-profit public benefit corporation, is now in the process of incorporating. The purpose of the organization is to provide financial support to the school district. Several other cities in the area have formed similar organizations.

Within the next 6 months a left turn signal will be installed at the corner of Duarte and First Avenue in an effort to avoid the many accidents that have occurred at that intersection recently.

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

A moratorium on new liquor store construction has been extended. The original moratorium would have run out before the August 2 date set for a public hearing before City Council.

The City Council has extended the operating hours and reduced fares for Arcadia's Dial-A-Ride program. The service is available to anyone within city limits who needs a ride anywhere in town by calling 445-2211.

In a significant move to redevelop the east end of town, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency voted to take 6 landowners to court to obtain their property by condemnation.

The Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop serves a dual purpose: a non-profit department store with thrift shop prices and as a local welfare agency for those in need. The article discusses the types of assistance given. All programs are funded by sales from the thrift shop.

The Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop is beginning its 51st year. Thrift shop manager Dorothy Smith tells of the changes and growth since its opening during the depression, and describes the types of merchandise to be found in the "non-profit department store with thrift shop prices."

The Arcadia branch of the California School Employees Association and the Board of Education have come to an agreement on a new contract that will give the non-teaching, non-administrative employees a 5.755 raise retroactive to July 1, 1986.

Browning Ferris Industries of Pasadena has purchased Best Disposal's non-commercial trash contracts. Monrovia, Arcadia and Duarte intend to put their residential pickup contracts out to bid.

El Monte city officials have scheduled a town hall meeting to discuss the draft environmental impact report on the proposed landfill.

Non-teaching employees in the Arcadia Unified School district have voted against the implementation of a merit system to monitor such activities as hiring and promotion.

With Arcadia's Foulger Ford now following Arcadia Suzuki out of town, Arcadia stands to lose about $230,000 in sales tax revenue per year, just short of 1% of the city's $23.699 million budget.

The Arcadia City Council has decided to allow horses to remain within 35 feet of a neighbor's home as long as the horse was there first. Previously the city code would have required horses to move if a new home was built within 100 feet of the horse.

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency granted Stanley Gribble and Associates a 6-month exclusive right to negotiate with the city to develop a commercial project at the east end of the city between the railroad tracks on the south and west, Huntington on the north and 5th Avenue on the east.