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According to Peter Kinnahan, Arcadia's manager for economic development, Arcadia needs to pursue redevelopment projects more aggressively or surrounding communities like Monrovia will take major businesses away. He cited the delay over location of the proposed Target Department Store in Arcadia as an example.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1304
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1303AN
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Newspaper Index
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According to West Covina Police Lt. David Shively, Arcadia High School student Matt Van Wickle was murdered during an argument he had with a man he met at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 13, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 13, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Murder
Van Wickle, Matt
Item ID
1999AN
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Advocates and opponents of a proposed Target Department Store are having their arguments for what should be a lively discussion before the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency on December 4. The most controversial aspect of the proposed project is that, if approved, the city would buy property in the development area for $16-18 a square foot and resell it to the developer, Beech and Associates, as $12 a square foot.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1984
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1984
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p. 1
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Target Department Store
Item ID
821AN
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After months of delay, the city is prepared to begin negotiations with Teleprompter Cable TV to develop the southern portion of the city to receive pay television service.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Community Antenna Television
Item ID
1230AN
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After presentations by 3 architectural firms Tuesday night, the Arcadia City Council voted 4-1 to ask one of the companies back for further discussion on doing a master plan for the city's proposed civic center project. The proposed center would probably be located on the Huntington Drive median where the city hall and police station are now located. Mayor David Hannah indicated that this could be a long-term project, perhaps lasting as long as 20 years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
1199AN
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All of Arcadia's six elementary and each of its three junior high schools were identified as high-performing schools in the latest California Assessment Program.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
2624AN
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Although Arcadia students slipped in their 1983-84 California Assessment Program scores compared to their own performance last year, they still scored well above the average compared to schools statewide. According to figures released by the Arcadia School District and the State Department of Education, Arcadia students in grades 3, 6, 8 and 12 did well above average in all areas tested.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3113AN
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Although the Arcadia City Council unanimously upheld a planning commission decision Tuesday night to permit the construction of a 97-unit retirement hotel at Michillinda Ave. and Sunset Blvd., an opponent said he plans to take court action against the project.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 22, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Senior Citizens - Housing
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3202AN
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The amount of money Arcadia schools will receive from the California lottery should be about $45 per student for the first quarter.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2934AN
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An application to construct a Burger King Restaurant on South Santa Anita Avenue at Alice Street was turned down by the Arcadia Planning Commission on a 4-1 vote. Commission members said they were concerned with noise and traffic problems. Residents also objected to the possibility that students from Arcadia High would congregate and make noise at the restaurant following evening sporting events.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1984
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1984
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p. 1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Burger King Restaurant
Item ID
712AN
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An Arcadia man who didn't like a group of church Christmas carolers singing on his front lawn, brandished a gun at the group and threatened to kill them unless they got off his property. Police surrounded his house for an hour before he surrendered.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 24, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 24, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1369AN
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An international businessman was abducted from his Arcadia home and later released the same evening after his abductors demanded he pay them $1 million. He was told that he would be contacted the next day with instructions about where to put the money, but no money has been paid. This is the first kidnapping of this type in Arcadia, although there have been four other kidnappings in the San Gabriel Valley since last October.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1394AN
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Ann Hall, new assistant principal in charge of curriculum at Arcadia High School, was formerly an English teacher. Biographical notes included.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Hall, Ann
Item ID
2843AN
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Arcadia Board of Education candidate, Gene Shepherd feels it is unfair that he and 3 other candidates were not interviewed (as they had been in past years) by Arcadians for Arcadia. A spokesman for the group said it was pointless to interview Shepherd since the 3 incumbents "are doing a good job" while Shepherd "hasn't proven himself."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Shepherd, Gene
Item ID
2547AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education granted pay raises to two groups of employees: California School Employees Association members (non-teachers, non-administrative employees) and confidential employees (executive secretaries and others who handle confidential materials).

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1985
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2779AN
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Arcadia Board of Education has authorized the administration to enter into an agreement with Performing Tree Inc. to provide Arts-in-Education programs for all schools within the district during the 1983-84 school year. Supt. Elb Souders said he would ask the Arcadia Auditorium Foundation to pick up the $2000 cost.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 20, 1983
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 20, 1983
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Subjects
Schools
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2613AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education has begun the process of finding a new superintendent of Arcadia schools. Elbert Souders, current superintendent who announced his retirement last spring, will leave the district in June 1985. The Board has hired Dr. Elaine Boyce of School Services of California, Inc. to coordinate recruitment and selection process.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3183
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 16, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 16, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent
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3092AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education has offered the California School Employees Association and the Arcadia Pupil Support Services Association a 4.7% raise for 1985-86. The Employees Association is made up of secretaries, custodians and non-teaching personnel while the Services Association is made up of psychologists, nurses, counselors, reading teachers, etc.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1985
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
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2780AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education ratified a new contract with the district's teachers by a 4-1 vote, but with some reservations about a binding arbitration provision (which would have district-teachers disputes resolved by a 3rd party). The contract includes a 10% salary increase for 1984/85 and an increase from a 177-day a year student school year to 180 days, along with lengthier instructional time per day.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 13, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 13, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2775AN
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The Arcadia branch of the California School Employees Association and the Board of Education have come to an agreement on a new contract that will give the non-teaching, non-administrative employees a 5.755 raise retroactive to July 1, 1986.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2783AN
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Newspaper Index
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