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Virginia Stein is new president of the volunteer support organization for the Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27826
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 10, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 10, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Stein, Virginia
Volunteers
Item ID
28023AN
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Newspaper Index
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Virginia Brown recalls memories of early Arcadia having chicken farms everywhere. She has lived in Arcadia since her birth in 1917. Her father Scott Lee came to Arcadia in 1907 to dig water wells. Lee was a graduate of Throop Institute, which became California Institute of Technology. Her mother was Delia Chandler. Virginia Brown talks about where her family lived and her family's friendship with Anita Baldwin. The article includes a photo of Virginia Brown and her parents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31810
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Brown, Robert
Brown, Virginia - biography
Chandler, Delia
Lee, Scott
Item ID
32007AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Thomas V. McKernan, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Automobile Club of California, has been elected president of the non-profit Los Angeles Police Foundation, which was created to help fund police safety programs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30034
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
McKernan, Thomas V., Jr.
Los Angeles Police Foundation
Non-profit organizations
Item ID
30221AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Assemblywoman Carol Liu has moved her campaign headquarters to 921 S. Baldwin Avenue, Unit D, in her bid for re-election in the 44th Assembly District. Liu's district stretches from LaCanada to Duarte, including all of Pasadena, and Eagle Rock in Los Angeles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30588
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Democrats
Liu, Carol
Politicians
Item ID
30776AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County is having second thoughts about the newly changed name for the Arboretum. The official name is Los Angeles County Botanic Gardens and Arboretum, but now LA County will seek the feedback of interested residents and organizations to decide on the official name.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31442
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 24
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 24
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
31635AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia All Pro Athletic Club has been saved by new owners Bruce and Lily Sikora and Larry and Peggy Lachner.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27702
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia All Pro Athletic Club
Lachner, Larry
Lachner, Peggy
Sikora, Bruce
Sikora, Lily
Item ID
27899AN
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Newspaper Index
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Foothills Middle School and Arcadia High School PTSA install new officers and Executive Board. Two articles include photographs. Janet Chew is the new president of Arcadia High School PTSA. Terry Leahy is the new president of Foothills Middle School PTSA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31530
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 22 w/photos
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 22 w/photos
Subjects
Chew, Janet
Leahy, Terry
Phillippi, Lori
Item ID
31726AN
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Newspaper Index
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Supervisor Mike Antonovich has proposed a name change for the Los Angeles County Arboretum. The new name will be the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens. Tour guide and peafowl expert Nelson Holmes is shown in photo. Currently, there are no safeguards protecting the Arboretum peafowl from Exotic Newcastle Disease.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30832
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Holmes, Nelson
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Item ID
31020AN
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Newspaper Index
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Henry Nunez, owner and president of Henry Nunez Real Estate Co., Inc. in Arcadia, has been elected chair of the Arcadia Association of Realtors.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30843
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2003
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2003
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Nunez, Henry
Realtors
Item ID
31031AN
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Newspaper Index
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In the 1920s and 1930s, Arcadia had a reputation as a poultry raising community. There were many poultry ranchers in Arcadia, including a Denmark royal family member named Prince Eric, cousin of the King of Denmark.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31687
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 25, 2002
Pages
p. 8, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 25, 2002
Pages
p. 8, 16
Subjects
Arcadia history - 1920-1930
Arcadia history - 1930-1940
Chicken farms and farming
Eric, Prince of Denmark
Poultry ranches
Item ID
31884AN
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New regulations require that Arcadia, among other cities in the Los Angeles River basin, reduce the amount of trash put into the system to "zero tolerance" in twelve years. Arcadia has joined other cities in the Coalition for Practical Regulation to appeal the order.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29063
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Environmental issues - trash
Coalition for Practical Regulation
Appeals
Item ID
29249AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Gary R. Dimkich has been appointed to the Los Angeles County Beach Commission. He is a graduate of California State University Los Angeles and owns DeLacey's Club 41 restaurant in Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31773
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia people
Dimkich, Gary R. - biography
Item ID
31970AN
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Ruth Gilb is the new president of Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Association. Other elected board officers are John Pape, Richard Cordano, and Jack Lamb.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33290
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 1, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 1, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Association
Cordano, Richard
Gilb, Ruth
Lamb, Jack
Pape, John
Item ID
33487AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich announced that the Board of Supervisors has appointed Arcadia resident Daisy L. Ma to the Los Angeles County Commission for Children and Families. The board also reappointed Arcadia resident Michael Gi-Hao Cheung to the Los Angeles Commission on Insurance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31153
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2003
Pages
p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2003
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Cheung, Michael Gi-Hao
Los Angeles County commissions
Ma, Daisy L.
Item ID
31348AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden has hired a new Chief Executive Officer named Dr. Mark Wourms. Wourms has a B.S. degree in botany from Ohio University, a Ph.D. in ecology and animal behavior from Boston University, and a certificate in business administration from New York University. He recently left the Kansas City Zoo, where he had been the zoo director since 1992.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31630
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 8, 2004
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 8, 2004
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum (2001-2010) - employees
Wourms, Mark - biography
Item ID
31827AN
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Newspaper Index
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The County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors has voted to consider buying mobile defibrillators for the county's 17 golf courses, including Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29221
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Golfers
Golf Courses
Defibrillators
Heart attacks
Item ID
29407AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Two-time All-American Rob Sneider has started training Jennifer Lee in volleyball.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29052
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Sneider, Rob
Lee, Jennifer
Most Valuable Players (MVP)
Volleyball
Sports
Athletes
Item ID
29238AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council has approved a design review process for the upcoming addition to the Santa Anita Park race track. The procedure adopted requires review by the Planning Commission and the City Council of all preliminary site plans, floor plans, exterior architectural improvements, and new construction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29813
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track
Expansion
Development
Design review process
Zoning
Planning Commission
Item ID
29998AN
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Newspaper Index
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All the judges in Los Angeles County are in the process of voting on whether or not to consolidate the municipal and superior courts. Their decision would affect the local Santa Anita Municipal Court District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27167
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Courts - Santa Anita Municipal Court
Item ID
27365AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Irene Gahr, Arcadia resident, has won the 2000 Directors' Cup tournament. The article profiles her community involvement.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29053
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Gahr, Irene
Santa Anita Women's Golf Club
Directors' Cup Tournament - 2001
Item ID
29239AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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