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The Arcadia float in the 2003 Tournament of Roses Parade will be built by Bill Lofthouse, dean of Rose Parade float builders and owner of Phoenix Floats.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30290
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Lofthouse, Bill
Phoenix Floats
Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30477AN
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Newspaper Index
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Using the theme "100 Years of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity," an Arcadia Rose Parade float commemorates the city's centennial. Riding on the float will be a doctor, a nurse, a graduate of Arcadia Methodist Hospital's neonatal program, US Army Captain Jon Shafer, a horseracing figure, and two local children. The two children will be chosen by random drawing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30626
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia centennial
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30813AN
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Newspaper Index
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Lane Barcham and Alison Chien will ride on the Arcadia city float at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30658
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Barcham, Lane
Chien, Alison
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30846AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's 100th birthday festivities will begin in January with the city's float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Riders on float include Jon Dorian Shafer, Lane Barcham and Alison Chien. Other activities for the centennial year are outlined.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003
Barcham, Lane
Chien, Alison
Ha, Derek
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Shafer, Jon Dorian
Item ID
30849AN
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Arcadia's float saluting its centennial was awarded the Queen's Trophy. The float was called "100 Years of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30830
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003
Awards
Floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
31018AN
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Bradford Hack, Dawn Pejsar, and Nicholas Campbell will be some of the riders on the 2003 float representing Arcadia in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Other riders are named as well.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30721
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003
Campbell, Nicholas
Hack, Bradford
Pejsar, Dawn
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30909AN
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Arcadia officially unveiled the design for its city centennial float last week. Designed by Phoenix Builders, it features the Queen Anne Cottage, the wishing well fountain from Santa Anita, and a giant peacock. It cost $100,000. A list of float riders is included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia centennial
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade (2003)
Item ID
30703AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia has lost its float theme for 1974 because the designing firm missed the deadline. "The First American" idea has been claimed by Los Angeles County, although Arcadia is still appealing through Supervisor Baxter Ward.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3459
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 28, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 28, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
3345AN
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62-year-old Gary J. DiSano of San Juan Capistrano, formerly of Arcadia, is the new Tournament of Roses president. He unveiled the theme for next year's parade: "2010: a cut above the rest." He has been a Tournament of Roses volunteer since 1972.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31358
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
DiSano, Gary - biography
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - presidents
Item ID
31553AN
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Two local fire safe councils, the Sierra Madre and Big Santa Anita councils, each received $1000 of a grant from Farmers Insurance Group. The grant will help residents protect their homes.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fire safety
Fires
Grants
Item ID
31225AN
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"Spirit of America, Pride of Arcadia" is the theme of the Arcadia float for the 1984 Tournament of Roses. Mayor David Hannah proclaimed the theme for the period of November 17 to December 1, the date of Arcadia's Coronation Ball at which Arcadia's Tournament queen will be revealed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3482
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 15, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 15, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
3368AN
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More than 850 people turned out for the unveiling of "Life's Crowning Moments." The Arcadia Tournament of Roses 1997 parade float will depict a coronation in the park with palm trees, a pond, and five former Arcadia Rose Queens. Fiscal problems forced the Arcadia Tournament of Roses to cancel having a Rose Court this year. The five former Rose Queens are not named.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7395
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 1996
Pages
p. A1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 1996
Pages
p. A1 photo
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
7280AN
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Newspaper Index
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For the first time ever, the Arcadia float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses will be animated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3488
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 26, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 26, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
3374AN
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Alison Chien and Lane Barchan recently won a drawing to ride on the City of Arcadia float in the 2003 Tournament of Roses parade.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24777
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Rose Parade
Chien, Alison
Barchan, Lane
Tournament of Roses, 2003
Item ID
24971AN
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Plans for the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association to revive its Rose float have fizzled for now because there is no room for another float in the year 2000 parade.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17054
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 1999
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 1999
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
14484AN
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The Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association's float this year will feature a large oak, a swing bench and a tree house.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3508
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 1, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 drawing
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 1, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 drawing
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
3394AN
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Jack Laidlaw and his daughter Jessica Laidlaw will ride the Trader Joe's float in the Rose Parade. Jack Laidlaw is a film and art teacher at Arcadia High School. His home at the Oakridge Mobile Home Park was lost in the Sayre fire in November, 2008.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School teachers
Educators
Floats
Laidlaw, Jack
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2009
Trader Joe's grocery store
Item ID
31546AN
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"In Her Majesty's Service" is the theme of Arcadia's 1984 Rose Parade float.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3470
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 6, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 6, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
3356AN
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Local girl and boy scouts have the honor of carrying banners announcing the award-winning floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2005.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29348
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chan, Alysha
Chan, Melany
Girl scouts--Troop 421
Mt. Wilson Vista Council
Honors
2005 Tournament of Roses
Item ID
29532AN
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Article describes Arcadia's float for the Pasadena Rose Parade. The theme is "Senior Prom."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3467
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 3, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 3, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
3353AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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