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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3341
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1989
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p. A-1
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Sister City - Newcastle, Australia
Item ID
3237AN
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Long-time resident J. Lyle Cunningham, Arcadia Citizen of the Year in 1983 and former president of the Arcadia Rotary Club, died on December 15th at Methodist Hospital of natural causes. He was 82. Mr. Cunningham was actively involved in the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, the Arcadia Red Cross, the Church of the Good Shepherd and Arcadians for Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1403
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1989
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1989
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p. A-2
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Cunningham, J. Lyle
Item ID
1402AN
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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
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3044AN
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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
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1989
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p. A-1
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Senior Citizens Center
Item ID
3170AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Police Department's non-emergency business telephone numbers have been changed to the following: Front desk, 570-5150; Administrative offices, 574-5178; Investigation division, 574-5160. The change is due to the switch to Pacific Bell Centrex System which gives priority to emergency services in the event of an emergency.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1989
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p. A-1
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Police
Item ID
2205AN
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Two Arcadia women, Marisa Ann Stephenson, 17, and Joanne Elizabeth Ward, 18, have been selected to the 1990 Tournament of Roses Royal Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3500
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1989
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p. A-2 photo
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Tournament of Roses
Stephenson, Marisa Ann
Ward, Joanne Elizabeth
Item ID
3386AN
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Newspaper Index
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About 1500 people went to a hearing before the county Commission on School District Organization to discuss the possible transfer of Sierra Madre schools from the Pasadena Unified School District to the Arcadia Unified School District. The hearing is the first step in a long process that involves approval by the state Board of Education and local voters before an area can transfer to another school district.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2153AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Shortell, Robert
Item ID
3210AN
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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
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p. A-1
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Hang Gliding
Item ID
1681AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Schools - Employees - Farr, Arthur
Item ID
2833AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District has about 130 new elementary school students this year, prompting district officials to hire 4 new teachers, combine classes and add portable classrooms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2983
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Enrollment
Item ID
2909AN
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Arcadian Gary A. Lorden, professor of mathematics at the California Institute of Technology and a Caltech faculty member for 21 years, has been appointed the Institute's Vice President for Student Affairs.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1989
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p. A-1
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Lorden, Gary A.
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1960AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education is considering a new policy that gives students the right to refuse to dissect animals on moral grounds. Such students will have their teachers assign alternative educational projects.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 27, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 27, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2479AN
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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
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
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p. A-1
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Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2151AN
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The Arcadia City Council approved a 5% tax on interstate and international telephone calls over the strong objections of residents. The tax, which will cost about $.40 per person per month, is expected to generate $225,000 in city revenues, which will help close the gap between the city's general fund expenditures and revenue.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 6, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 6, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Telephone
Item ID
3337AN
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency won a $495,000 settlement for removing toxic waste from 1.6 acres of downtown Arcadia land it bought from Clifford C. Bong and Co. last year. The agency sued Bong in April of 1988 to recover the money it spent to dispose of soil contaminated with high levels of lead, cadmium and hydrocarbon wastes. The agreement was reached two days before the June 27 trial was to begin.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Actions and Defenses
Item ID
336AN
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Russell J. Ribb, former superintendent for the Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District, has been named to serve as Arcadia's interim school superintendent. Elaine Boyce of the School Service of California, a Sacramento-based consulting firm, has been hired to recruit a new superintendent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3186
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent - Ribb, Russell
Item ID
3095AN
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An application for state funds to make $8.5 million worth of repairs in 6 Arcadia schools is moving ahead. Funds for the repairs, from the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Program, a bond measure, have been exhausted. However, another bond issue, coming up in the June 1990 election, is expected to pass and provide money to continue the program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3019
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2943AN
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Dr. Stephen Goldstone, Arcadia Unified School District Superintendent, is leaving his post here for a similar position in Chino. He says it is an advancement for him since Chino has about 23,000 students, compared to Arcadia's 7500.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3185
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30 ,1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30 ,1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent - Goldstone, Stephen A.
Item ID
3094AN
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Don Alcorn, a 20-year veteran of the Arcadia Police Department, has been named to the new post of Emergency Services Coordinator by the Arcadia City Council. Alcorn's job is to prepare an emergency plan that will cover any aspect of any possible disaster, from earthquake to fire to nuclear disaster.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1526
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Emergency Services Coordinator
Alcorn, Don
Item ID
1525AN
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Newspaper Index
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