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The Oak Tree Racing Association has allocated $365,000 to the University of California, Davis, Veterinary School for the study of the heart and lungs of the thoroughbred.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-8

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-8

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association

Item ID: 2403AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Oak Tree Racing Association's autumn season will begin October 17. The 25 day session offers 16 stakes races with record purses. Several new features including Pick Six wagering will be offered.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-11

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-11

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association

Item ID: 2400AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The 1980 Oak Tree Racing Association season set records in attendance, parimutual handle, wagering and horsemen benefits. Awards for the meet are enumerated: John Henry was voted Horse of the Meeting. Sandy Hawley won the riding championship.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Devcember 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-6

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Devcember 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-6

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association

Item ID: 2402AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Oak Tree begins its 12th season on October 17. An 8 page supplement included several articles about the Oak Tree meet: special events, charitable contributions, etc.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement

Date: October 16, 1980

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement

Date: October 16, 1980

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association

Item ID: 2401AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Christine Fulton, who recalls 30 years with Santa Anita Park race track, retired at the end of the Oak Tree meet last fall.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 13, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 13, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - People

Item ID: 2421AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A consultant has recommended a sewer project that would cost Arcadia $180,000. The city's engineering division has come up with an alternative plan that will cost $55,000. Construction should be completed before the beginning of the Oak Tree racing meet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 5, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 5, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Sewers

Item ID: 3207AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Lou Rowan, one of the founders of the Oak Tree Racing Association, died September 28 of a heart attack. Biographical notes included.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Subjects: Rowan, Louis

Item ID: 2349AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article describes the California Home for the Aged Deaf. The facility can accommodate 24, but at present there are only 12 residents who pay $375 per month for their room and board.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: California Home for the Aged Deaf

Item ID: 878AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Increases in total attendance and total parimutuel handle, compared to last season, and a decline in daily average were in evidence in figures released after the November 16 close of the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2439AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An ordinance will be introduced for first reading by Arcadia City Council whereby the city would receive .33 of 1% of parimutuel wagers at Santa Anita Park race track. If ordinance is approved, city would eliminate admission tax.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 31, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 31, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2418AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

There was standing room only at City Council meeting as the request for annexation by residents of an area west of the city was considered. The matter will be brought up again in July after Council has had time to investigate the ramifications.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 7, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 7, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Annexation (Municipal Government)

Item ID: 409AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 11, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1199AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 13, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2775AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council to receive report on ramp metering proposal. Staff opposed because Arcadia would be severely impacted because of racing.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 19, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 19, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1629AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two year old horses will be offered racing opportunities in 1981 at Santa Anita Park for the first time since 1974.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 25, 1980

Pages: p. C-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 25, 1980

Pages: p. C-2

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1945-1980

Item ID: 2397AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

As part of a $2.6 million capital improvements program, Santa Anita Park race track has built a 2-story addition to the east end of the club-house. The 2nd story patio will be open during the Oak Tree meet, with a third story to be constructed next year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 5, 1985

Pages: p. B-6 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 5, 1985

Pages: p. B-6 photo

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2427AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

If the lottery initiative on the November ballot passes, Santa Anita Park race track could go out of business, dragging down with it reserves that the city of Arcadia obtains from the track's handle, according to Robert Sweeney, executive vice president and general manager of the California Thoroughbred Association.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 14, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 14, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Proposition 37

Item ID: 2266AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2783AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A public hearing Wednesday night before the Arcadia City Council on a draft Environmental Impact Report for an extensive addition to Whispering Pines Estates drew a mixed reaction from the audience and many questions from Councilman Jeff Dring. After lengthy discussion, the council members, on a 3-1 vote, agreed that a soils study could be postponed until after submission of the final EIR.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Real Estate - Whispering Pines

Item ID: 2295AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2613AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The Oak Tree Racing Association has allocated $365,000 to the University of California, Davis, Veterinary School for the study of the heart and lungs of the thoroughbred.

Oak Tree Racing Association's autumn season will begin October 17. The 25 day session offers 16 stakes races with record purses. Several new features including Pick Six wagering will be offered.

The 1980 Oak Tree Racing Association season set records in attendance, parimutual handle, wagering and horsemen benefits. Awards for the meet are enumerated: John Henry was voted Horse of the Meeting. Sandy Hawley won the riding championship.

Oak Tree begins its 12th season on October 17. An 8 page supplement included several articles about the Oak Tree meet: special events, charitable contributions, etc.

Christine Fulton, who recalls 30 years with Santa Anita Park race track, retired at the end of the Oak Tree meet last fall.

A consultant has recommended a sewer project that would cost Arcadia $180,000. The city's engineering division has come up with an alternative plan that will cost $55,000. Construction should be completed before the beginning of the Oak Tree racing meet.

Lou Rowan, one of the founders of the Oak Tree Racing Association, died September 28 of a heart attack. Biographical notes included.

Article describes the California Home for the Aged Deaf. The facility can accommodate 24, but at present there are only 12 residents who pay $375 per month for their room and board.

Increases in total attendance and total parimutuel handle, compared to last season, and a decline in daily average were in evidence in figures released after the November 16 close of the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park.

An ordinance will be introduced for first reading by Arcadia City Council whereby the city would receive .33 of 1% of parimutuel wagers at Santa Anita Park race track. If ordinance is approved, city would eliminate admission tax.

There was standing room only at City Council meeting as the request for annexation by residents of an area west of the city was considered. The matter will be brought up again in July after Council has had time to investigate the ramifications.

City Council to receive report on ramp metering proposal. Staff opposed because Arcadia would be severely impacted because of racing.

Two year old horses will be offered racing opportunities in 1981 at Santa Anita Park for the first time since 1974.

As part of a $2.6 million capital improvements program, Santa Anita Park race track has built a 2-story addition to the east end of the club-house. The 2nd story patio will be open during the Oak Tree meet, with a third story to be constructed next year.

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.