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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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Newspaper Index
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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
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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
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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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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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Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Foothills Junior High School
Item ID
3050AN
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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
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p. A-1
Subjects
Streets - Chantry Flat Road
Item ID
3282AN
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Marriage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28611
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
Wilson, Wendy Lee
Altman, Dr. Steven Jay
Item ID
28803AN
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About 1500 people went to a hearing before the county Commission on School District Organization to discuss the possible transfer of Sierra Madre schools from the Pasadena Unified School District to the Arcadia Unified School District. The hearing is the first step in a long process that involves approval by the state Board of Education and local voters before an area can transfer to another school district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2175
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2153AN
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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
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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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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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Herb Fletcher, 71, a longtime Arcadian best known for questioning city government, advising local newspapers and comforting senior citizens, died of a heart attack at Arcadia Methodist Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1621
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 17, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fletcher, Herb
Item ID
1620AN
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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.

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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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Some Sierra Madre parents want to split from the Pasadena Unified School District and join the Arcadia Unified School District because of Arcadia's high-ranking CAP scores and low dropout rate. Members of Arcadia's Board of Education question whether they could handle the influx of new students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2173
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Pasadena Unified School District
Item ID
2151AN
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency won a $495,000 settlement for removing toxic waste from 1.6 acres of downtown Arcadia land it bought from Clifford C. Bong and Co. last year. The agency sued Bong in April of 1988 to recover the money it spent to dispose of soil contaminated with high levels of lead, cadmium and hydrocarbon wastes. The agreement was reached two days before the June 27 trial was to begin.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper336
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Actions and Defenses
Item ID
336AN
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An application for state funds to make $8.5 million worth of repairs in 6 Arcadia schools is moving ahead. Funds for the repairs, from the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Program, a bond measure, have been exhausted. However, another bond issue, coming up in the June 1990 election, is expected to pass and provide money to continue the program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3019
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2943AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dr. Stephen Goldstone, Arcadia Unified School District Superintendent, is leaving his post here for a similar position in Chino. He says it is an advancement for him since Chino has about 23,000 students, compared to Arcadia's 7500.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3185
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30 ,1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30 ,1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent - Goldstone, Stephen A.
Item ID
3094AN
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