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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

Nine visitors to the Arboretum were injured when a large eucalyptus branch fell on them. They were taken to Arcadia Methodist Hospital where all but two were treated and released. The more seriously injured had a broken right arm and spinal damage.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 28, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 28, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 445AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Michael Dougherty of Boy Scout Troop 103 has attained the rank of Eagle Scout. Fewer than two percent of all scouts nationally earn the Eagle rank, the highest honor that can be achieved in the Boy Scouts of America.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Dougherty, Michael

Item ID: 1434AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The jungle area of the Arboretum is being restored with a $250,000 grant. The jungle has been badly damaged due to heavy use and a fire. It is being restored as a prehistoric jungle garden.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 4, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 4, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 441An

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

An anonymous donor apparently has withdrawn $225,000 in support of county botanical programs because of concerns about a proposed merger between the L.A. County Natural History Museum and the county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

Arcadia Councilman Don Pellegrino has been cleared of charges filed more than two years ago that he had violated the Political Reform Act because of alleged conflicts of interest.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 22, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 22, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: City Council 1980 - 1989; Pellegrino, Donald E.

Item ID: 1032AN

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

Grace Clark has retired after more than 21 years with the Arcadia Public Library. She was City Librarian for a number of years and has been head of the Technical Services Department for the past 15 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 3, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 3, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library - Employees - Clark, Grace

Item ID: 1932AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article describes two June events: a wine and cheese social and a continental breakfast. The history of the founding of the Arboretum, now celebrating its 33rd year, is reviewed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 28, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 28, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 456AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

More than 400 rosebushes from the Arcadia Rose Garden were moved to the Arcadia High School campus. The city is planning to build a senior citizen center on the rose garden's former site.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 26, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 26, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Parks

Item ID: 2138AN

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

The Friends of the Arcadia Public Library's 30th annual book sale drew larger than usual crowds, with sales amounting to more than $9000, $1000 more than sales made in 1987.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1988

Pages: p. B-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1988

Pages: p. B-1 photos

Subjects: Friends of the Arcadia Public Library

Item ID: 1648AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The new Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum has been completed and will open to the public shortly. The 8,000 sq. ft. auditorium in the new building accommodates nearly 1,000 people. It will be used for exhibits, classes and shows.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-9

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-9

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 453AN

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

After years of lengthy and frustrating negotiations, Arcadia is close to signing a new franchise agreement with Group W cable television company. An agreement, if reached, would more than double the size of the city's cable system and finally allow Arcadians who live south of the 210 freeway to receive service.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 23, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 23, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Antenna Television

Item ID: 1241AN

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

Lyle W. Alberg has been chosen City Manager from more than 100 applicants. He has had more than 20 years experience in city government and will assume the post vacated by Lyman Cozad as of January 1, 1978.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 24, 1977

Pages: p. 1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 24, 1977

Pages: p. 1 photo

Subjects: City Employees - Alberg, Lyle W.

Item ID: 1140AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

H. Richard (Dick) Closson has been elected president of the Huntington Bank. Closson has been in the banking profession for more than 25 years and has resided in Arcadia for 30 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Huntington Bank

Item ID: 786AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mark Douglas Pryor, 19, arrested after an undercover investigation at Arcadia High School, has been placed on three years formal probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service work. He was convicted of selling less than an ounce of marijuana to a woman who turned out to be an undercover officer. He was the first of eight defendants arrested to raise an entrapment defense.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 4, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 4, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1467AN

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.

Nine visitors to the Arboretum were injured when a large eucalyptus branch fell on them. They were taken to Arcadia Methodist Hospital where all but two were treated and released. The more seriously injured had a broken right arm and spinal damage.

Michael Dougherty of Boy Scout Troop 103 has attained the rank of Eagle Scout. Fewer than two percent of all scouts nationally earn the Eagle rank, the highest honor that can be achieved in the Boy Scouts of America.

The jungle area of the Arboretum is being restored with a $250,000 grant. The jungle has been badly damaged due to heavy use and a fire. It is being restored as a prehistoric jungle garden.

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.

Arcadia Councilman Don Pellegrino has been cleared of charges filed more than two years ago that he had violated the Political Reform Act because of alleged conflicts of interest.

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.

Grace Clark has retired after more than 21 years with the Arcadia Public Library. She was City Librarian for a number of years and has been head of the Technical Services Department for the past 15 years.

Article describes two June events: a wine and cheese social and a continental breakfast. The history of the founding of the Arboretum, now celebrating its 33rd year, is reviewed.

More than 400 rosebushes from the Arcadia Rose Garden were moved to the Arcadia High School campus. The city is planning to build a senior citizen center on the rose garden's former site.

The Friends of the Arcadia Public Library's 30th annual book sale drew larger than usual crowds, with sales amounting to more than $9000, $1000 more than sales made in 1987.

The new Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum has been completed and will open to the public shortly. The 8,000 sq. ft. auditorium in the new building accommodates nearly 1,000 people. It will be used for exhibits, classes and shows.

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.

Lyle W. Alberg has been chosen City Manager from more than 100 applicants. He has had more than 20 years experience in city government and will assume the post vacated by Lyman Cozad as of January 1, 1978.

H. Richard (Dick) Closson has been elected president of the Huntington Bank. Closson has been in the banking profession for more than 25 years and has resided in Arcadia for 30 years.