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A new or improved public library could become a reality in the near future. The current library is bursting at the seams with increasing amounts of books, computer equipment and an increasing number of people using the 28-year-old library.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20 1990
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1952AN
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Newspaper Index
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James Domney, 49, is leaving his position as City Librarian after 11 years in this position and 18 years with the library. Kent Ross, 45, who started at the library at about the same time as Domney, was recently appointed as the new City Librarian.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 4, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Employees - Domney, James D.
Item ID
1934AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council approved a recommendation to hire Glendale-based Charles Walton Associates to prepare a library building program. The proposal will cost between $50,000 and $55,000 and the new library will cost approximately $7 million.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1953AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council approved an application for $9 million in state funds to build a new library. If the state awards the funds and the council accepts them, the city would have to contribute $7 million toward the new library.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1954AN
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The City Council gave preliminary approval Wednesday to an expansion of the Arcadia Public Library that may add 15,000 square feet of space at a cost of about $3.5 million.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999
Item ID
88AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Reverend Ron Fraker is the new pastor at Victory Church.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 6, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 6, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Churches - Victory Chapel Foursquare Church
Fraker, Ron
Item ID
952AN
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Olga Bicos, 30, an attorney-turned-romance-novelist, has her first book published, entitled "By My Heart Betrayed." With photos.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Bicos, Olga
Item ID
563AN
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Police detained four teenagers Tuesday for questioning about a lunch time melee Monday involving a dozen youths at Arcadia High School in which a teenager was hit on the head with a lead pipe.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 16, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 16, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
15AN
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Newspaper Index
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Romance novel author Olga Bicos will talk about her first novel, "By My Heart Betrayed" at the Women's Club of Arcadia annual Book Reviews and Author's Luncheon. With photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 5, 1991
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 5, 1991
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Bicos, Olga
Item ID
564AN
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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
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p. B-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 30, 1991
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p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Reeder, Ruth
Item ID
574AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 5-year effort to put $1.5 million worth of computers, laser disc players, videocassette recorders and other high-tech teaching tools into Arcadia classrooms was kicked off by the Arcadia Educational Foundation, an independent fundraising group.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 31, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 31, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Educational Foundation
Item ID
489AN
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Newspaper Index
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69 year old Win Arn of Arcadia has published his theories on how older people may enjoy their later years through their mental activities and their attitudes in a book titled, "Characteristics of People who Live Long and Enjoy It."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 23, 1991
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 23, 1991
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Arn, Win
Item ID
562AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadian Kim Abeles collects dust, dirt, soot and grime from the air we breathe on Plexiglass in the form of various objects.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 21, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 21, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia artists - Abeles, Kim
Item ID
527AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bea Wyant Chute of Arcadia was among 48 delegates from California to attend the 2nd White House Conference on Library and Information Services recently in Washington, D. C. "Making most of library network: delegate Chute says support is key to better education" by Shelia Thompson.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1991
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p. A-3 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1991
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Chute, Bea
Conferences - Library and Information Services, White House
Item ID
956AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Gloria Horstman, a book columnist for San Gabriel Valley newspapers, begins a monthly book review program at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1750
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Horstman, Gloria
Item ID
1749AN
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Mildred Shaw has been collecting salt shakers for fifty years. Her collection includes 3500 of them.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1992
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p. A-3 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1992
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p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Shaw, Mildred
Item ID
21AN
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The Arcadia City Council has rejected the Asian Pacific American Legal Center's request that the city revoke a rule limiting the amount of space foreign languages can occupy on business signs. Councilman Robert Harbicht noted that the ordinance has been on the books for several years and the city has not received a single complaint about it.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Signs and Signboards
Item ID
3216AN
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Newspaper Index
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New efforts to combat truancy were outlined by school district officials. Businesses that regularly cater to students during school hours can be cited if they don't cooperate with the effort.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1992
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools - Truancy
Item ID
28AN
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Newspaper Index
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Genevieve Perchlak, 63, a survivor of a Nazi labor camp, speaks to eighth graders at Foothills Junior High School every year when they are reading "The Diary of Anne Frank."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2183
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Perchlak, Genevieve
Item ID
2160AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia will head a group of about 17 cities now teaming up on a regional plan to reduce smog in the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper319
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
West San Gabriel Valley Air Quality Plan Consortium
Air Pollution
Item ID
319AN
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Newspaper Index
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