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Francis Ching, 60, a native Hawaiian, is retiring after 20 years as supervisor of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, which includes the LA County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 466AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The south lake of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum has dropped from three acres in surface area to about two acres. In 1958, the center depth was nine feet. Now it is two feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 464AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on September 16 NOT to charge a $.25 admission fee at the Arboretum.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 444AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Volunteers constructed a replica of a Shoshone shelter, called a WICKIUP, at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 30, 1991

Pages: p. A-3 photo related story

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 30, 1991

Pages: p. A-3 photo related story

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 463AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A series of winter storms has returned the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum's lower lake to its more picturesque self.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1992

Pages: p. 1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1992

Pages: p. 1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 12AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The possibility of a fee for admission to both the Arboretum and Descanso Gardens is being considered by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. At a hearing, Hal Roach, a member of the Board of Governors expressed the hope that the Supervisors would not resort to charging a fee. The fee would NOT be used to keep up the Arboretum, but would go into the County General Fund.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 442AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Suzanne Gilstrap, who was paralyzed for life when a 20-foot-long tree limb fell on her at the Los Angeles County Arboretum on July 25, 1977, has won a $1,625,000 settlement from the County. Miss Gilstrap, now 16, has appeared as a paraplegic in a recent television movie, "Skyward," with Bette Davis.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 458AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An anonymous donor apparently has withdrawn $225,000 in support of county botanical programs because of concerns about a proposed merger between the L.A. County Natural History Museum and the county Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 25, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 25, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 461AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance lifting a 25-year-old ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at County botanical gardens, including the Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1980

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1980

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: Alcohol - Law and Legislation

Item ID: 343AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a program for the development of a Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum. The Arboretum foundation has pledged $500,000 to the total $1,295,000 bill. There is no timetable for the work, but it will take approximately 2 or 3 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1975

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1975

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 440AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Governor George Deukmejian signed into law legislation transferring title of Arcadia and Monrovia's arboreta from the state to the county of Los Angeles.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 27, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 27, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 459AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Statistical profiles of schools in Los Angeles County.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2594AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

County supervisors called a halt to a plan to merge the Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens with the county Museum of Natural History because the county's Economy and Efficiency Commission has not made sufficient progress on it and because the board needs to replace recently retired arboreta department head Francis Ching.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 462AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Photo and caption. Kirk Brayshaw in the Queen Anne Cottage at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, with his friend "Snoopy" and story book "Night Before Christmas."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 26, 1974

Pages: p. C1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 26, 1974

Pages: p. C1

Subjects: Brayshaw, Kirk; Queen Anne Cottage

Item ID: 32747AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Secession of San Gabriel Valley from Los Angeles County.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 1, 1971 p. 1 (split studied); August 15, 1971 p. 1 ( " ); September 1, 1971 p. 1 ( "" ); September 12, 1971 p. 1 ( " ); September 29, 1971 p. 1 ( " ); October 31, 1971 p. 1 (reprisal feared); November 28, 1971 p. 1 (Arcadia in avor); December 8, 1971 p. 1 (City OK's study); December 12, 1971 p. 1 (support for new study); February 9, 1972 p. 1 (new law regarding splits); April 19 1972 p. 1 (legislation eases secession); June 1, 1972 p. 1; Maryc 1, 1973 p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 1, 1971 p. 1 (split studied); August 15, 1971 p. 1 ( " ); September 1, 1971 p. 1 ( "" ); September 12, 1971 p. 1 ( " ); September 29, 1971 p. 1 ( " ); October 31, 1971 p. 1 (reprisal feared); November 28, 1971 p. 1 (Arcadia in avor); December 8, 1971 p. 1 (City OK's study); December 12, 1971 p. 1 (support for new study); February 9, 1972 p. 1 (new law regarding splits); April 19 1972 p. 1 (legislation eases secession); June 1, 1972 p. 1; Maryc 1, 1973 p. 1

Subjects: San Gabriel Valley - Secession

Item ID: 4172AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Association will prepare a profile of the San Gabriel Valley within the coming month. A second project will be to organize themselves to deal with the "incoherence of Los Angeles County government."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Association of San Gabriel Valley Cities

Item ID: 544AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Summary of Los Angeles County reform efforts that perhaps will make unnecessary the efforts of the San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel Valley and other areas to secede from Los Angeles County.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 10, 1977

Pages: p. A-

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 10, 1977

Pages: p. A-

Subjects: San Gabriel Valley - Secession

Item ID: 2370AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Rudolph C. Shosted, now 79, recalls his time spent at the Army's observation balloon school, located where the Los Angeles County Park golf course now is.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 11, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 11, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Balloon School

Item ID: 594AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Incumbent Carol Papay plans to file for position on the Board of Education. Her thoughts on current problems and her reasons for seeking a second term are discussed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Papay, Carol

Item ID: 2520AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia-born Ruth Reeder, author of the recently published book, "Lemon-Twist: No Salt Added," will be the featured speaker at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum on June 10, 1991.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 30, 1991

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 30, 1991

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia authors - Reeder, Ruth

Item ID: 574AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Francis Ching, 60, a native Hawaiian, is retiring after 20 years as supervisor of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, which includes the LA County Arboretum in Arcadia.

The south lake of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum has dropped from three acres in surface area to about two acres. In 1958, the center depth was nine feet. Now it is two feet.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on September 16 NOT to charge a $.25 admission fee at the Arboretum.

Volunteers constructed a replica of a Shoshone shelter, called a WICKIUP, at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in Arcadia.

A series of winter storms has returned the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum's lower lake to its more picturesque self.

An anonymous donor apparently has withdrawn $225,000 in support of county botanical programs because of concerns about a proposed merger between the L.A. County Natural History Museum and the county Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance lifting a 25-year-old ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at County botanical gardens, including the Arboretum in Arcadia.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a program for the development of a Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum. The Arboretum foundation has pledged $500,000 to the total $1,295,000 bill. There is no timetable for the work, but it will take approximately 2 or 3 years.

Governor George Deukmejian signed into law legislation transferring title of Arcadia and Monrovia's arboreta from the state to the county of Los Angeles.

Statistical profiles of schools in Los Angeles County.

Photo and caption. Kirk Brayshaw in the Queen Anne Cottage at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, with his friend "Snoopy" and story book "Night Before Christmas."

Secession of San Gabriel Valley from Los Angeles County.

The Association will prepare a profile of the San Gabriel Valley within the coming month. A second project will be to organize themselves to deal with the "incoherence of Los Angeles County government."

Summary of Los Angeles County reform efforts that perhaps will make unnecessary the efforts of the San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel Valley and other areas to secede from Los Angeles County.

Rudolph C. Shosted, now 79, recalls his time spent at the Army's observation balloon school, located where the Los Angeles County Park golf course now is.

Incumbent Carol Papay plans to file for position on the Board of Education. Her thoughts on current problems and her reasons for seeking a second term are discussed.

Arcadia-born Ruth Reeder, author of the recently published book, "Lemon-Twist: No Salt Added," will be the featured speaker at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum on June 10, 1991.