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The family of Cathy LaCorte, who was shot in Chantry Flat on February 11, 1976, with her boyfriend, Bob Morton, is asking a parole board not to set the killer Richard Johnson free.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25766
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Morton, Bob
Johnson, Richard
Murder
Item ID
25966AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The family of Cathy LaCorte successfully blocked the parole of Richard Johnson who murdered Cathy and her boyfriend Bob Morton at Chantry Flat in 1976.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25770
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Morton, Bob
Johnson, Richard
Murder
Item ID
25970AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26959
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 16
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 16
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
DeRonde, Arthur
Item ID
27158AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Christina Farrell, former Arcadia High School student and member of the Pasadena Rose Court, looks back at her year and what she learned as a Tournament of Roses princess.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27153
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
Pages
p. 31
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
Pages
p. 31
Subjects
Farrell, Christina
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
27351AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27159
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 9, 1999
Pages
p. 19
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 9, 1999
Pages
p. 19
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Iverson, DeForest Dale
Johnson, Nell B.
Item ID
27357AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School graduate Kirk Johnson is serving as team liaison officer for the U.S. Olympic baseball team.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27703
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Johnson, Kirk
Sports
Item ID
27900AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia meets federal and state drinking water standards as reported in the "City of Arcadia Year 2000 Consumer Confidence Report." A photo shows Amanda Silva and Alison Wien.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30052
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 30, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 30, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Water quality
Silva, Amanda
Wien, Allison
Item ID
30239AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Finalists have been determined in the 2001 City of Arcadia Mayor's Spelling Bee. Competition will be held at the Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic on October 28.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30150
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Bong, Crystal-Ya
He, Jeffrey
Lam, Matthew
Lee, Ariel
Mitchell, Kevin
Moseley, Kai Allen
Wu, Adela
Zhu, James
Spelling bees
Item ID
30337AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Christina Aragon, Assistant Superintendent of business services at Arcadia Unified School District, totaled her district car that she uses as a personal vehicle. It is part of her salary package. Arcadia School Board members and Superintendent Mimi Hennessy defended Aragon in media coverage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30202
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Aragon, Christina
Arcadia Unified School District
Automobile accidents
Cayer, Margaret
Takamura, Vickie
Item ID
30389AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mimi Hennessy, Superintendent of Arcadia Unified School District, writes in response to anonymous letter about the district's vehicle perquisite, after a district vehicle was involved in an accident in Las Vegas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30209
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Aragon, Christina
Arcadia Unified School District
Automobile accidents
Cars
District vehicles
Hennessy, Mimi
Item ID
30396AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Board of Education promised parents and supporters of former teacher Sandra Ragusa a statement on why she was not allowed to withdraw her resignation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30624
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Ragusa, Sandra
Ragusta, Sandra (spelling is not certain, see Arcadia Weekly, October 10, 2002, p. 1)
Item ID
30816AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bradford Hack, Dawn Pejsar, and Nicholas Campbell will be some of the riders on the 2003 float representing Arcadia in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Other riders are named as well.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30721
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003
Campbell, Nicholas
Hack, Bradford
Pejsar, Dawn
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003
Item ID
30909AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Twenty-four staff members of the Arcadia Unified School District were honored with Profiles in Excellence awards.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31186
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Awards - honors - recognitions
Ashcraft, Nancy
Blackman, Alison
Castillo, Jennifer
Chang, Grace
Childs, Paul
Citrin, Bill
Donoghue, Melody
Educators
Evans, Barbara
Hoherd, Michelle
Hopkins, Gayle
Huntzinger, Penney
Johnson, Linda
Malisos, Fontaine
McGrath, Melinda
Oakland, Teresa
Ottaviano, Carol
Parrott, Barbara
Peritore, Linda
Potter, Debbi
Scherba, Marilyn
Swender, Lynn
Teachers
Uranga, Emilio
Vinci, Linda
Williams, Kim
Item ID
31381AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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This article presents a history of the Anoakia mansion, home of Anita Baldwin. The article is written by Arcadia Weekly writer Charles Cooper.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31428
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia Breeding Farm
Anoakia Estates - housing development
Anoakia mansion
Baldwin, Anita - biography
Benton, Arthur (architect)
Cooper, Charles
Item ID
31621AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Highland Oaks PTSA gives service awards and installs its Executive Board on May 28, 2003. Yoshiko Hayashi and Dick Grumm received "Very Special Friend" awards. Teacher Teresa Sarrail received the Honorary Service Award. Volunteers Cindy Forillo and Stephanie McNutt also received the Honorary Service Award. Lisa Lucas was installed for a second term as PTSA president.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31518
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Subjects
Awards - honors - recognitions
Forillo, Cindy
Grumm, Dick
Hayashi, Yoshiko
Lucas, Lisa
McNutt, Stephanie
Sarrail, Teresa
Item ID
31714AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The dead body of 24-year-old Nancy Christina Sanchez, of Baldwin Park, was found in an alley behind Alice Street near Santa Anita Avenue. In an unrelated case, 60-year-old Gisela Fischer died at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after she was found floating in the hot tub at the Elite Westerner Motel at 161 Colorado Place.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31528
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Deaths
Fischer, Gisela
Sanchez, Nancy Christina
Item ID
31724AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Longtime Arcadia High School music teacher Arthur Farr, 61, retires. Photo and biography.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33472
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2004
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2004
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Arcadia High School--teachers
Farr, Arthur--biography
Item ID
33667AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. See hard copy in VF Deaths.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33851
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2014
Pages
p. 32
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2014
Pages
p. 32
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Johnson, Neal Roger (retired Arcadia Police Chief)
Item ID
34045AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Local horn players join "The Four Tops" on stage at Arcadia Performing Arts Center on February 21. The local musicians are Fabio Spinella, a graduate of Arcadia High School, Matthew Murdock, who was a teacher for Arcadia High School Band Program, and Mike Danielson, Music Director at First Avenue Middle School for over 20 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34095
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 2015
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 2015
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Center
Danielson, Mike
Four Tops, The (pop group)
Murdock, Matthew
Spinella, Fabio
Item ID
34289AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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