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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a program for the development of a Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum. The Arboretum foundation has pledged $500,000 to the total $1,295,000 bill. There is no timetable for the work, but it will take approximately 2 or 3 years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1975
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1975
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p. A-3
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
440AN
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on September 16 NOT to charge a $.25 admission fee at the Arboretum.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 18, 1975
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 18, 1975
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p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
444AN
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Volunteers constructed a replica of a Shoshone shelter, called a WICKIUP, at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1991
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p. A-3 photo related story
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1991
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p. A-3 photo related story
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
463AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1992
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p. 1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1992
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p. 1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
12AN
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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
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 1, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
466AN
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A cooperative effort by the County Department of Parks and Recreation and the city of Arcadia will make possible the development of a segment of the LARIO bicycle trail in Arcadia joining the Peck County Park Fishing and Conservation Area and Live Oak Avenue.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1981
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1981
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p. A-2
Subjects
Bicycles and bicycling
Item ID
608AN
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The Los Angeles County Department of Health gave H.O.Y. a high rating for the services it has rendered.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 4, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 4, 1975
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p. A-1
Subjects
H.O.Y. (Help Our Youth)
Item ID
1854AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arboretum
Item ID
464AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1975
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 28, 1975
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p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
442AN
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Arcadia may fall short of the recommended recreational space as established by the Los Angeles County Environmental Development Guide and the National Recreation Association. The lengthy article gives acceptable standards.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1975
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1975
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p. 1
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
1181AN
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Governor George Deukmejian signed into law legislation transferring title of Arcadia and Monrovia's arboreta from the state to the county of Los Angeles.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1987
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1987
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p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
459AN
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Charles Gilb was installed as president of the Los Angeles County Division of the League of California Cities.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
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Gilb, Charles E
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1659AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
458AN
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First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3044AN
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Arcadia resident Kenneth Kirkpatrick, head of the Los Angeles County Probation Department, has been fired by the Board of Supervisors. He will appeal.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 24, 1974
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 24, 1974
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p. A-2
Subjects
Kirkpatrick, Kenneth E.
Item ID
1882AN
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Statistical profiles of schools in Los Angeles County.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1975
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
2594AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1980
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 4, 1980
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Alcohol - Law and Legislation
Item ID
343AN
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The newest park in the Arcadia area is the Peck Road Water Conservation Park at Live Oak and Peck Road. There will be fishing in the spreading basin of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. This is a Los Angeles County Regional Park. Supervisor Peter Schabarum was on hand for the opening on June 23, 1975.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Parks
Item ID
2124AN
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Photos and captions. Children celebrate Easter traditions at Arcadia Recreation Department Egg Hunt and Crazy Hat Parade, Kathy Kredel Nursey School at Arcadia Methodist Hospital and various other locations. Assisteen Auxiliary of the Assistance League of Arcadia decorate eggs for the Foundation for the Junior Blind in Los Angeles. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26 , 1978
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p. A6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26 , 1978
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Anderson, Pam
Easter
Erikson, Kristin
Holidays
Hall, Steven
Johnson, Neal (Easter Bunny)
Laing, Kim
Raidy, Linda
Saunders, Susie
Turk, Jason
Turner, Pierce
Item ID
34139AN
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In 1939 the Pacific Rose Society in conjunction with Los Angeles County planted a rose garden in the county park. In 1961 a new rose area was started.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 19, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 19, 1974
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p. A-1
Subjects
Parks
Item ID
2117AN
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