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A program giving Arcadia students access to the city library's book computerized catalog (INLEX) was approved Monday by the school board.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2627AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A new or improved public library could become a reality in the near future. The current library is bursting at the seams with increasing amounts of books, computer equipment and an increasing number of people using the 28-year-old library.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library 1961 -

Item ID: 1952AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council approved an application for $9 million in state funds to build a new library. If the state awards the funds and the council accepts them, the city would have to contribute $7 million toward the new library.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 13, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 13, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library 1961 -

Item ID: 1954AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council approved a recommendation to hire Glendale-based Charles Walton Associates to prepare a library building program. The proposal will cost between $50,000 and $55,000 and the new library will cost approximately $7 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library 1961 -

Item ID: 1953AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

James Domney, 49, is leaving his position as City Librarian after 11 years in this position and 18 years with the library. Kent Ross, 45, who started at the library at about the same time as Domney, was recently appointed as the new City Librarian.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 4, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 4, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library - Employees - Domney, James D.

Item ID: 1934AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bea Wyant Chute of Arcadia was among 48 delegates from California to attend the 2nd White House Conference on Library and Information Services recently in Washington, D. C. "Making most of library network: delegate Chute says support is key to better education" by Shelia Thompson.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 8, 1991

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 8, 1991

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Subjects: Chute, Bea; Conferences - Library and Information Services, White House

Item ID: 956AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In an informal, long-range planning session, City Council members made a new library and police station two of their top priorities. Last month, the council approves spending $55,000 to hire a consultant, to be chosen at the June 19th meeting, to draw up plans for a new library to replace the overcrowded library.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 13, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 13, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Council 1990 - 1999

Item ID: 1038AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council gave preliminary approval Wednesday to an expansion of the Arcadia Public Library that may add 15,000 square feet of space at a cost of about $3.5 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 28, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999

Item ID: 88AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The new simulcast system resulted in reduced on-site attendance but the Oak Tree meeting showed overall gains against a weak economy.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 1, 1991

Pages: p. B-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 1, 1991

Pages: p. B-2 photo

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association

Item ID: 2405AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The new CAS (2) program, an acronym for Curriculum Alignment System and Comprehensive Assessment System, will replace the California Assessment Program (CAP), the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS), and the District Minimum Proficiency Tests. CAS (2) testing will begin in November for high school seniors, with all other grades to take the test in the spring. Advantages of the new test are given in the article.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 21, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 21, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3129AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council recently approved a five-year $34.6 million capital improvement program that will include some refurbishing of City Hall and library facilities, along with a new fire department and preparations for a new police facility.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 16, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 16, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 39AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

R. James Considine, selected by the California State University Alumni Council from a field of 14 candidates from around the state, is the new alumni trustee for the governing board of the CSU system.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Considine, R. James

Item ID: 1346AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 20, 1992

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 20, 1992

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Subjects: Chute, Bea

Item ID: 30AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In order to provide customers with more information on their water bills, the City Council approved Tuesday a $97,500 water billing system.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 17AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia attorneys Joyce Pearson and Susan Hough use alternative dispute resolution to solve disputes and spare clients the trials of the court system.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 19, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Pearson and Hough Dispute Resolution & Legal Services

Item ID: 807AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Residents will no longer pay penalties for using too much water starting in January, after the City Council decided Tuesday that the existing system was unfair.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3473AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A group of parents plans to ask the school board to cancel the performance of the play "Secrets" at Foothill Junior High since it addresses the issues of AIDS and birth control without, as they see it, meeting state education guidelines because it does not stress abstinence from intercourse as an alternative.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Race Relations

Item ID: 3084AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A request from a group of parents that the play "Secrets", dealing with AIDS and birth control, be cancelled at Foothills Junior High has been unanimously denied by the Arcadia Board of Education. Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and performed throughout the state, the play was requested by parents at the junior high level after it was shown last year at Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Race Relations

Item ID: 3085AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council approved funding for a new guardrail along Santa Anita Canyon Road, where a motorist drove over a mountainside last year. Federal funds will cover 90% of the new guardrail costs, and the new guardrail could be in place as early as spring.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets - Chantry Flat Road

Item ID: 3283AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Chamber's new president, Howard Larew, is profiled.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 26, 1992

Pages: p. A-6 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 26, 1992

Pages: p. A-6 photo

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce; Larew, Howard

Item ID: 49AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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A program giving Arcadia students access to the city library's book computerized catalog (INLEX) was approved Monday by the school board.

A new or improved public library could become a reality in the near future. The current library is bursting at the seams with increasing amounts of books, computer equipment and an increasing number of people using the 28-year-old library.

The City Council approved an application for $9 million in state funds to build a new library. If the state awards the funds and the council accepts them, the city would have to contribute $7 million toward the new library.

The City Council approved a recommendation to hire Glendale-based Charles Walton Associates to prepare a library building program. The proposal will cost between $50,000 and $55,000 and the new library will cost approximately $7 million.

James Domney, 49, is leaving his position as City Librarian after 11 years in this position and 18 years with the library. Kent Ross, 45, who started at the library at about the same time as Domney, was recently appointed as the new City Librarian.

Bea Wyant Chute of Arcadia was among 48 delegates from California to attend the 2nd White House Conference on Library and Information Services recently in Washington, D. C. "Making most of library network: delegate Chute says support is key to better education" by Shelia Thompson.

The City Council gave preliminary approval Wednesday to an expansion of the Arcadia Public Library that may add 15,000 square feet of space at a cost of about $3.5 million.

The new simulcast system resulted in reduced on-site attendance but the Oak Tree meeting showed overall gains against a weak economy.

City Council recently approved a five-year $34.6 million capital improvement program that will include some refurbishing of City Hall and library facilities, along with a new fire department and preparations for a new police facility.

R. James Considine, selected by the California State University Alumni Council from a field of 14 candidates from around the state, is the new alumni trustee for the governing board of the CSU system.

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."

In order to provide customers with more information on their water bills, the City Council approved Tuesday a $97,500 water billing system.

Arcadia attorneys Joyce Pearson and Susan Hough use alternative dispute resolution to solve disputes and spare clients the trials of the court system.

Residents will no longer pay penalties for using too much water starting in January, after the City Council decided Tuesday that the existing system was unfair.

The City Council approved funding for a new guardrail along Santa Anita Canyon Road, where a motorist drove over a mountainside last year. Federal funds will cover 90% of the new guardrail costs, and the new guardrail could be in place as early as spring.

The Chamber's new president, Howard Larew, is profiled.