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Long-time resident J. Lyle Cunningham, Arcadia Citizen of the Year in 1983 and former president of the Arcadia Rotary Club, died on December 15th at Methodist Hospital of natural causes. He was 82. Mr. Cunningham was actively involved in the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, the Arcadia Red Cross, the Church of the Good Shepherd and Arcadians for Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1403
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1989
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Cunningham, J. Lyle
Item ID
1402AN
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Arcadia teachers are eligible for mini-grants of $100-300 under a program being implemented by the Arcadia Rotary Club. The program will provide funds to district teachers for special projects beginning in February. All teachers, from kindergarten to 12th grade, are eligible to apply.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2112
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Item ID
2097AN
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A building contract for a senior citizens center has been awarded to Nationwide Construction of Downey. Groundbreaking is anticipated in three months. The center will be built on the triangular piece of land at the intersection of Holly Avenue and Campus and Huntington Drives across from the Chamber of Commerce.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3266
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Senior Citizens Center
Item ID
3170AN
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Newspaper Index
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Theresa Eskola, 63, head housekeeper at the 87-room Motel 6 across from the Santa Anita Park race track, is the first employee to work 25 years for the hotel chain. Her gifts included $2500 in $100 bills, a limousine ride and the day off. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1527
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
Subjects
Eskola, Theresa
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6
Item ID
1526AN
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Arcadia High School students accepted a third-place trophy for their performance in the 40th Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon. The third-place award is for the North Los Angeles County region. Countywide, Arcadia ranked ninth, compared with its fourth-place finish in 1988.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3076
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2998AN
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Last year, Foothills Junior High students raised $800 for the Peace Corps to go to Lamotrek Atoll, Micronesia, an island in the South Pacific. The Peace Corps Partnership Program allows American schools, clubs and organizations to fund small projects, typically less than $1500. The money will be used to construct a basketball court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3134
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3050AN
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Betty Harris, 65, is retiring after 20 years of service as Arcadia's Senior Citizen Services coordinator.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1688
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Harris, Betty
Item ID
1687AN
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Susan Clavey, the mother of Tanya Clavey (the 16-year old girl who died following a 400-foot plunge off the Santa Anita Canyon Road) asked the Arcadia City Council to close the road's gate at dusk to prevent further fatalities. The gate, normally locked at 10 PM, was unlocked when the accident occurred at 10:15 PM.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3392
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 26, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 26, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Streets - Chantry Flat Road
Item ID
3282AN
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Marriage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28612
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 12, 1989
Pages
p. B1 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 12, 1989
Pages
p. B1 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Megaro, Patricia Joan
Patano, Francis Joseph
Item ID
28804AN
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The Los Angeles County Commission on School District Organization voted 9-0 to deny Sierra Madre's petition to join the Arcadia School District. The matter will go to the state Board of Education, which may take 3-4 months to make a decision.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2176
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 5, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 5, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2154AN
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Five young women were chosen for the Arcadia royal court to represent Arcadia in the Tournament of Roses. All Arcadia residents, they are: Jenny Chen, 18; Elyse Douglas, 17; Kathleen Lechler, 17; Tricia Stonecipher, 17; and Jennifer Worsley, 16. One will be chosen to be Queen at the Coronation Ball on December 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3501
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
3387AN
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Robert Shortell, 80, attended the World of Poetry's fifth annual convention in Washington, D.C., where he was honored with a Golden Poet Award. Shortell was a history and social studies teacher and sometime coach at Arcadia High School for 21 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3310
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 11, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Shortell, Robert
Item ID
3210AN
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Marriage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28583
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 1, 1989
Pages
p. B1 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 1, 1989
Pages
p. B1 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Kinsel, Joan Margaret
Smith, Gregory Terrence
Item ID
28779AN
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The Arcadia City Council has grounded a proposal that would have allowed hang glider pilots to land their grafts on an unused LA County floodplain in the north end of the city. The 30 pilots of the Mr. Wilson Soaring Society need a landing site because the one used for the last 8 years in Pasadena has been developed with the new Pasadena Rose Court homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1682
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hang Gliding
Item ID
1681AN
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Arthur Farr, 46, the band and orchestra leader at Dana Junior High School, has been named the Arcadia Unified School District's 1990 Teacher of the Year. Farr has been teaching band and orchestra at Dana for 23 years, as well as coaching the basketball team and teaching physical education. (NOTE: This article incorrectly identified him as "Allen", but the error was corrected in the issue of October 1.)

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2906
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Farr, Arthur
Item ID
2833AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District has about 130 new elementary school students this year, prompting district officials to hire 4 new teachers, combine classes and add portable classrooms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2983
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 24, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Enrollment
Item ID
2909AN
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Arcadian Gary A. Lorden, professor of mathematics at the California Institute of Technology and a Caltech faculty member for 21 years, has been appointed the Institute's Vice President for Student Affairs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1965
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Lorden, Gary A.
Item ID
1960AN
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Arcadia ranks at the top among US cities with the highest-paid employees, yet charges its residents less for municipal services and receives less aid than most California cities of similar size. No other US city outside California with a population between 10,000 and 50,000 pays its employees more; the average city employee earns $32,767 per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1502
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 31, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 31, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Economic Conditions
Item ID
1501AN
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Amy Nelson and Kathleen Ashenfelter, both 16,toured the Soviet Union for 3 weeks with the People to People Friendship Caravan, a program which takes 1600 American youths to 50 Soviet cities. It is the largest student educational program in the history of the US and USSR.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2021
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Nelson, Amy
Ashenfelter, Kathleen
Item ID
2013AN
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The Arcadia City Council approved a 5% tax on interstate and international telephone calls over the strong objections of residents. The tax, which will cost about $.40 per person per month, is expected to generate $225,000 in city revenues, which will help close the gap between the city's general fund expenditures and revenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3450
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Telephone
Item ID
3337AN
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Newspaper Index
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