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Patrons can now use the self-checkout machine at the library. Express checkout is fast and helps eliminate long lines at the circulation desk. The article includes a photo of Jason Chang (6) using the machine.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25953
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Chang, Jason
Item ID
26153AN
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Arcadia Public Library will have a new conference room constructed and will remodel the existing room into offices and a work area. An office will be created for the Friends of the Library. This is the first phase and the contract was awarded to K & S Design for $106,500. Phase 2 of the project, to be completed at a later date, will include a teen center and an enlarged international language area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31563
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010 - remodeling
City Council Meetings
Item ID
31759AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library opens "Teen Center," with a new collection dedicated especially to teenagers. It is located in the northeast corner of the adult reading room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33376
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 11, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 11, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library--2001-2010
Item ID
33572AN
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Library patrons with mobility problems use the new motorized cart donated to the library by the late Logan Garner's family.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24164
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Garner, Logan
Item ID
24358AN
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Arcadia will renovate Baldwin Avenue, Lower Azusa Road and Peck Road during September and October. The renovation is designed to maintain the city's infrastructure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24383
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
24574AN
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Arcadia City Council hears report on Phase Two of the Arcadia Public Library Strategic Plan. It outlines the need for additional funding to the Strategic Plan to accommodate for remodeling and additional office space and staff.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33405
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library--2001-2010
Sporleder, Janet
Item ID
33601AN
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Arcadia Public Library offers an electric cart for patrons with limited mobility. The cart was donated by Stan and John Garner.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30499
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010
Electric carts
Garner, John
Garner, Stan
Item ID
30686AN
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City contemplates approval of Phase Two of Arcadia Public Library's Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan outlined the current budget, proposed budgetary increases, and proposed plans for improvement of the library's facilities and staffing needs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33395
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library--2001-2010
Budget
Strategic Plan
Item ID
33591AN
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Newspaper Index
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Local author Denise Hong and her son Andrew collaborate on a children's book titled "Why I Love My Mom." The book is illustrated by Paul Lopez.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28230
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News U Section
Date
May 9, 2004
Pages
p. 12
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Pasadena Star News U Section
Date
May 9, 2004
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Authors
Hong, Denise
Hong, Andrew
Lopez, Paul
Children's Books
Item ID
28424AN
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On March 5, 2005, the city will hold a community art project to decorate 6 by 6 inch tiles that will be affixed to the northwest exterior wall of the Arcadia Public Library. The theme is "Arcadia is..." The project is limited to 200 tiles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29424
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Public art projects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001 - 2010
Tile painting
Item ID
29608AN
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Santa Anita Park plans to make at least half of approximately 600 equipment rooms and dormitory rooms available as living quarters for its back-stretch workers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18885
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
19127AN
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The Arcadia School Board after a two-hour closed session decided that Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusa - who resigned but then quickly changed her mind - could not have her job back.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24654
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ragusa, Sandra
Schools - Foothills Middle School
Item ID
24844AN
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Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusta resigned after 12 years, after receiving her lowest employee evaluation since 1990. She tried to withdraw her resignation but Arcadia Board of Education decided not to give Ragusta her job back.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30623
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Ragusa, Sandra
Ragusta, Sandra (spelling is not certain, see Arcadia Weekly, October 17, 2002, p. 1)
Item ID
30811AN
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Mary Tillman, mother of former NFL player Pat Tillman, shares her grief and her book "Boots on the Ground by Dusk" at Arcadia Public Library. Pat Tillman was a U.S. Army Ranger killed in action in Afghanistan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31233
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - programs
Authors
Books
Tillman, Mary
Item ID
31433AN
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The car dealerships hit by ELF vandalism were back to business on Sunday. Ecoterrorists attacks destroyed 20 Hummers and other SUVs were damaged in the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26173
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Item ID
26373AN
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The Arcadia City Council debated the issue of more parking on the west side of Baldwin Avenue, next to the Hub Center, between Duarte Road and Naomi Avenue. The Council approved the revision to the adult business ordinance, adopted an anti-loitering measure for gang members, and more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31451
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
Subjects
Arcadia City Council meetings - 2001-2010
Parking
Item ID
31644AN
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The prosthetic leg belonging to Melissa Huff, Arcadia High School student, which was stolen last year, was found in a back yard in Temple City. It will be returned to her as soon as possible.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29850
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2006
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Huff, Melissa
Prosthetics
Thefts
Item ID
30035AN
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Some members of Arcadia Christian Academy's boys basketball team acted as heroes after a 65 year-old woman lost control of her Mercedes and ran it through a group of children and adults in Eagle Rock, where the team attended a game. The boys ran to the scene and helped lift the car off two children and an adult. There were no fatalities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33429
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Arcadia Christian Academy--boys basketball
Heroes
Item ID
33625AN
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Helen Jackson, a master artist in making handmade quilts, spoke about the history of quilting at the Arcadia Public Library and displayed many of her quilts.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24955
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2003
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2003
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Quilting
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Jackson, Helen
Item ID
25154AN
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Money from a $19.9 billion statewide transportation bond approved by voters in 2006 is being used for road improvement projects. Arcadia received $900,000 for the rehabilitation of Santa Anita Avenue, which is already under construction. Two photographs of Santa Anita Avenue with captions are included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31202
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Road construction - Santa Anita Avenue
Transportation bond
Item ID
31397AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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