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Tamara Kato owned the Arcadia franchise of Comfort Keepers, an in-home care service. She celebrated her business' one year anniversary this week. She employed about 30 caregivers that visit and live in clients' homes to help clients enjoy some company and maintain their independence.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2009
Pages
p. A11
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2009
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Business owners
Kato, Tamara
Item ID
31916AN
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Newspaper Index
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Isabelle Stires is retiring after 19 years in the Arcadia Unified School District. This past year Mrs. Stires has been teaching second grade at Camino Grove School. Before that she taught second and third graded at Bonita Park School. She and her husband plan to travel.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2953
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Stires, Isabelle
Item ID
2880AN
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Newspaper Index
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A picture of Arcadia resident Valerie D'Angelo shows her as she hands in her tax return to the post office on the deadline date, April 17, 2006.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
D'Angelo, Valerie
Taxes
Item ID
30183AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Roberta Reynolds, 39, an English teacher at Temple City High School, was shot by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - suicide
Reynolds, Roberta
Item ID
30528AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dr. Aideen Honzay was named principal of Holly Avenue Elementary School. She replaces Jim Gerhardt, who is retiring.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2922
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 31, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 31, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Honzay, Aideen
Item ID
2849AN
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Newspaper Index
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9-year-old Maria Lugo came to Arcadia Arcadia Methodist Hospital from Mexico to have a steel plate removed from her chin. It was a follow-up surgery to a softball-size tumor removal she had in April, 2008, at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Dr. Jon Tyrell, a member of LIGA International, and Dr. B.S. Chandrasekhar operated on her. LIGA International is a non-profit group of medical experts, pilots and volunteers who travel to clinics in Sinaloa, Mexico several times a year.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Chandrasekhar, Dr. B.S.
LIGA International
Lugo, Maria
Lugo, Noemi Rocha
Non-profit organizations
Surgeries
Tyrell, Dr. Jon
Item ID
32020AN
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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.

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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
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Newspaper Index
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John Blanken, newly retired 6th grade teacher from Holly Avenue, enjoyed 21 years at the school after a 20-year stint in the U.S. Navy. Biographical notes included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Blanken, John
Item ID
2816AN
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Newspaper Index
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Camille Woolsey, of Arcadia, has maintained a friendship with her Scottish pen pal, Sadie Ritchie, for 70 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30734
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Letters
Pen pals
Ritchie, Sadie
Woolsey, Camille
Item ID
30922AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Monica Rodriguez, a 27 year old pregnant woman from El Monte, died at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The family believes she died of complications from the H1N1 virus (swine flu). The family is considering legal action against Greater El Monte Community Hospital because she went there to be treated October 14 and 15, but was sent away with medicine and cough syrup, instead of admitting her.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A15
Subjects
Deaths
Rodriguez, Monica
Swine flu - H1N1 virus
Item ID
31971AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Edward N. Lewis has been appointed executive director of the Los Angeles County Republican Headquarters. Article outlines Lewis' background and describes the work of the Headquarters.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 7, 1980
Pages
p. B-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 7, 1980
Pages
p. B-3
Subjects
Lewis, Edward N.
Item ID
1920AN
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Newspaper Index
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Interview with Geraldine Waite who, with husband Harold, has cared for several desert turtle pets for 28 years. The turtles do require special care and diet.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Waite, Geraldine
Item ID
3440AN
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Newspaper Index
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Election for three school board seats slated for Tuesday. The candidates are Mike Allison, department store manager; Jim Bryant, engineer with Jet Propulsion; Bob Kladifko, high school principal in Los Angeles; and Marilyn Perkins, elementary school teacher in El Monte.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 17, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 17, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photos
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Item ID
2538AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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73-year-old Jesus Plasencia Lopez from El Monte has been arrested for a fatal hit-and-run. He allegedly drove a Saturn that hit Guey-Ying Wu and her husband Chia Wu at Santa Anita Avenue and Camino Real Avenue in Arcadia. Lopez is being held at Los Angeles County Jail on $50,000 bail.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Fatal automobile accidents
Hit-and-run
Lopez, Jesus Plasencia
Wu, Guey-Ying
Wu, Chia
Arrests
Item ID
29739AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dave Lewis, who grew up in Arcadia, will be working as the director of Recreation and Community Services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31038
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
City of Arcadia - employees
City of Arcadia - Recreation and Community Services Department
Lewis, Dave - biography
Item ID
31233AN
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Newspaper Index
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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Michael Oddenino against Arcadia High School softball coaches Ed Andersen and Don Riggio. Oddenino claimed Riggio yelled at his daughter causing her emotional distress.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Andersen, Ed
Oddenino, Michael
Riggio, Don
Arcadia High School - sports
Coaches
Lawsuits
Softball
Item ID
30159AN
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Newspaper Index
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Christina Aragon, Assistant Superintendent of business services at Arcadia Unified School District, totaled her district car that she uses as a personal vehicle. It is part of her salary package. Arcadia School Board members and Superintendent Mimi Hennessy defended Aragon in media coverage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Aragon, Christina
Arcadia Unified School District
Automobile accidents
Cayer, Margaret
Takamura, Vickie
Item ID
30389AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Methodist Hospital is honoring Ned Lewis for 48 years of service as director. Biographical notes are included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 14, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 14, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Lewis, Jack
Item ID
1774AN
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Newspaper Index
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Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusta resigned after 12 years, after receiving her lowest employee evaluation since 1990. She tried to withdraw her resignation but Arcadia Board of Education decided not to give Ragusta her job back.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Ragusa, Sandra
Ragusta, Sandra (spelling is not certain, see Arcadia Weekly, October 17, 2002, p. 1)
Item ID
30811AN
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Newspaper Index
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Kate Linder, an actress on television soap opera The Young and the Restless, got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was raised in Arcadia and graduated from Arcadia High School. Her parents are Ralph and Molly Wolveck. She also keeps a job as a flight attendant.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 2
Subjects
Actors and actresses
Celebrities
Linder, Kate
Wolveck, Molly
Wolveck, Ralph
Item ID
31171AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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