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Arcadia resident, Bob Wieland, who lost his legs in Vietnam will do the Los Angeles marathon using his arms to propel himself through the course.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25245
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 2, 2003
Pages
p. B4
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 2, 2003
Pages
p. B4
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Los Angeles Marathon
Item ID
25442AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bob Wieland, Arcadia resident who lost his legs in Vietnam walked the entire Los Angeles Marathon on his hands finishing in 173 hours, 45 minutes in a weeklong journey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25296
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Los Angeles Marathon 2003
Item ID
25494AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The bodies of two missing men identified as Haang Fung Chin, also known as Edward Chin, of Arcadia and Cheuk Lun Cheung, also known as Alan Cheung, of Monterey Park were found badly charred in a desert area south of Barstow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26741
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Missing Persons
Chin, Haang Fung
Cheung, Cheuk Lun
Item ID
26943AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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This article profiles Kris Romero, a senior at Arcadia High School. He is the top runners among Arcadia High School boys.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30719
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - cross country runners
Romero, Kris
Item ID
30906AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Tim Stafford of Arcadia is training for the 17th Los Angeles Marathon to raise money for a child to meet Shaquille O'Neal via Make-a-Wish Foundation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30208
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Athletes
Los Angeles Marathon XVII
Running
Stafford, Tim
Item ID
30395AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School juniors Catrina McAlister and Ammar Moussa are the Pasadena Star News girls and boys Runners of the Year, and Arcadia High School coach Jim O'Brien is the Boys Coach of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31852
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2009
Pages
p. B1 w/photos
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2009
Pages
p. B1 w/photos
Subjects
Arcadia High School - sports - cross country runners
Arcadia High School - Students
McAlister, Catrina
Moussa, Ammar
O'Brien, Jim
Runner of the Year
Item ID
32049AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An appeal has been made for help in locating two men, Haang Fung Chin of Arcadia, and Cheuk Lun Cheung, both missing for a month. They worked as food servers in the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26739
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Missing Persons
Chin, Haang Fung
Cheung, Cheuk Lun
Item ID
26941AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A group of Arcadia firefighters who had gone to New York City to help after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were so profoundly affected that they organized a fundraiser to benefit widows and orphans of the New York Fire Department and Arcadia Fire Department. Those who went were Captain Hutcheson, Captain Trabbie, John Beveridge, Craig Stogner, Cody Cerwin and paramedic Mike MacGregor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30614
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department - 2001-2010
Firefighters
Fundraisers
New York Fire Department
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
30802AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City Council has approved a contract with Keyser Marston Associates to analyze city housing projects, including senior housing on the Marketowne site on Las Tunas and another senior project at the Elite Westerner site on Colorado Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30723
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council - 2001-2010
Housing
Keyser Marston Associates
Item ID
30911AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently evaluated the Arcadia Fire Department and reconfirmed its designation as a "Class 1" department. This is the second time Arcadia has been so honored. Only 41 fire agencies in the country have this elite distinction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29526
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department - 2001-2010
Awards-honors-recognitions
Insurance Services Office (ISO)
Item ID
29710AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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7-year-old Maria Lugo Rocha of Sinaloa, Mexico, is recovering after a surgery to remove a bone tumor from her chin, performed last week at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. LIGA International, a non-profit group of medical experts, pilots and volunteers, helped to bring the girl to Arcadia to have the surgery.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30999
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2008
Pages
p. News 4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2008
Pages
p. News 4
Subjects
LIGA International
Non-profit organizations
Rocha, Maria Lugo
Surgeries
Item ID
31194AN
Collection
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31823
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Annie Yuen was elected as the Arcadia school board's first Asian member. She is part of a growing group of local politicians who came as immigrants and ended up in public office.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20514
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Apr. 20, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Apr. 20, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Yuen, Annie
Item ID
20741AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Bob Wieland, 62, lost both legs in the Vietnam War, but that didn't stop him from majoring in physical education at California State University Los Angeles. He has walked on his hands and biked across the United States, competed in 6 marathons, completed a triathlon, and set world weight-lifting records. He will be inducted into the California Powerlifting Hall of Fame today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30962
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
Subjects
Athletes
Awards - honors - recognitions
Wieland, Bob
Veterans
Item ID
31157AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School senior Andrew Pilavjian is Runner of the Year and Mr. January in the cross-country calendar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30328
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2006
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2006
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - sports
Cross country
Pilavjian, Andrew - biography
Runners
Item ID
30514AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School junior cross-country runner Ammar Moussa wins the boys Division 1 and 2 sweepstakes at the Mt. San Antonio College Cross Country Invitational. Also included is a photo of Arcadia High School junior Catrina McAlister.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31765
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports
Cross country runners
McAlister, Catrina
Moussa, Ammar
Item ID
31962AN
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Newspaper Index
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Details have been released on the deaths of Alan Cheung of Monterey Park and Edward Chin of Arcadia. Their charred bodies were found in the desert, west of the Barstow (15) Freeway on October 26, 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28599
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ching, Haang (Edward)
Cheung, Cheuk (Alan)
Disappearajces - Missing persons
Barstow
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
28794AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia County Park fountain rededicated. The fountain in the park, which is a memorial to wartime casualties, was rededicated to honor those who perished in last year's September 11th terrorist attack. The fountain is being redone and will have a bronze peacock on the top of the fountain. The renovated landmark will be called Peacock Corner.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23028
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Parks - Arcadia County Park - Fountain
Peacock Corner
Item ID
23236AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The owner of Rumor's Bar in Arcadia shot and killed a burglar who threatened him with a crowbar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23319
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2000
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2000
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Crime
Item ID
23528AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A group calling itself the "Friends of Anoakia" filed a suit in LA Superior Court to stop the destruction of the Anoakia mansion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27176
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Lawsuits
Item ID
27374AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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