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Veterans group and Arcadia Mayor April Verlato celebrate World War II veteran Jack McEwan's 100th birthday. He was a pilot on a B-17 bomber from 1942-1943.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35631
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
McEwan, Jack
Verlato, April
Veterans
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Ninety-three year old fighter pilot Edward J. Lopez publishes "flight of a Hell Hawk," his memoir. He is a World War II veteran and purple heart recipient.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34715
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Authors
Lopez, Edward J.
Memoirs
World War II veterans
Item ID
34907AN
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A new street in Honolulu, Hawaii, has been named Asher Court after Arcadia resident and World War II Veteran Fred Asher who saved the USS Blue at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25739
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Asher, Fred
World War II
Streets
Item ID
25939AN
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World War II vet Art Del Rey and other veterans still meet on the first Wednesday of every month at Coco’s in Arcadia. The group started 3 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35296
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Del Rey, Art
World War II veterans
Item ID
35485AN
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Arcadia Vietnam War Monument placed in Arcadia County Park. It is 22,000 pounds. From 1966-1972, 14 U.S. servicemen from Arcadia became casualties of the war in Vietnam. There are 4 plaques on the monument honoring veterans from World War I, World War II, the wars in Korean, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, June 2, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34572
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Monument Memorial
Glasco, Gene
Holidays-Memorial Day
Veterans
Item ID
34764AN
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World War II B-17 bomber pilot Jack McEwan shares his story with Baldwin Stocker Elementary School students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34346
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
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p. 1, 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Lau, Jayden
McEwan, Jack
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Veterans Day
World War II veterans
Item ID
34539AN
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Officers John Bonomo and Larry Weston were awarded the Life Saving Medal for saving the life of Eric Ward.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30050
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 30, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 30, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Awards - honors - recognitions
Bonomo, John
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Life Saving Medals
Ward, Eric
Weston, Larry
Item ID
30237AN
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Altrusa International, Inc. of Arcadia, an international association of business and professional women and men who volunteer to make their communities better, will host the 48th annual District 11 Conference. Dena Spanos-Hawkey, director of literacy services for Monrovia, Arcadia and South Pasadena, is the keynote speaker.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31273
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Altrusa Club
Altrusa International, Inc.
Service clubs
Spanos-Hawkey, Dena
Volunteers - volunteerism
Item ID
31468AN
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Congressional Gold Medal of Honor presented to Sierra Madre Nisei soldier Shoso Nomura, age 93. It has been 68 years since Nomura served as a Japanese-American intelligence officer for the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born on Lucky Baldwin's daughter Anita Baldwin's ranch (corner of Foothill Boulevard and Double Drive--known today as Santa Anita Avenue).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32855
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2012
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p. 1, 6
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
Kunihiro, Mitsuo
Nomura, Shoso
World War II
Item ID
33052AN
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Family Festival Productions Inc. moves its Friday night Family Street Fair from Monrovia to downtown Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34180
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 28, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 28, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Family Festival Productions Inc.
Street fairs
Item ID
34374AN
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Father Gene Wallace of Church of the Transfiguration recently joined the Volunteer Chaplain staff of the Arcadia Police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26315
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 14, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 14, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Police Department
Wallace, Gene
Item ID
26516AN
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Residents demand better cable service and urge City Council to reconsider awarding a 10-year franchise agreement to Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26303
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 16, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 16, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Cable TV
Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI)
Item ID
26504AN
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Arcadia-based company Solar Webb, Inc. offers alternative sources of electricity with solar electric generator systems for homes and businesses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32723
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 23
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Business and Industry
Electricity
Energy
Solar Webb, Inc.
Item ID
32920AN
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Wendi Wagner, president of Wild Cherry Entertainment, Inc. creates new innovations in the candy industry. Her latest creation is Lean Bean, a skinless jelly bean.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25831
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 1997
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 1997
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Wagner, Wendi
Wild Cherry Entertainment, Inc.
Item ID
26031AN
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Gene Glasco, Vietnam War veteran and elected Arcadia City Clerk, will preview the Vietnam War Monument at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce meeting. The dedication ceremony for the memorial will be Saturday, May 28 at Los Angeles County Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34465
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael D.
Glasco, Gene
Statuary
Vietnam War Monument
Item ID
34657AN
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Arcadia American Little League Marlins team is profiled. Coach Guy Gruppie, Sr., team mom Jennifer Jacson, and Manager Marc Mittelman are shown with the team.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32967
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2012
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2012
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia American Little League
Gruppie, Guy, Sr.
Jacson, Jennifer
Mittelman, Marc
Item ID
33164AN
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Pest control in Arcadia by Chino-based Animal Pest Management Services Inc., allegedly killed coyotes with sodium pentothal, a controlled substance. It is being investigated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34871
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Animal Pest Management Services Inc.
Coyotes
Wild animals
Item ID
35061AN
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Arcadia Presbyterian Church's 100th anniversary (centennial) will feature a choral and organ concert. John Henken will conduct the chorus and Tabitha Henken will be the organ accompanist.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33808
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2014
Pages
p. 26
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2014
Pages
p. 26
Subjects
Arcadia Presbyterian Church--anniversary
Henken, John
Henken, Tabitha
Item ID
34003AN
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EDI Media Inc. holds Arcadia's second Lunar New Year festival. It drew approximately 17,500 attendees, a 25% increase from last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34780
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
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p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
EDI Media Inc.
Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year
Item ID
34971AN
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Arcadia Library presents Japanese Artist's Journey. The life and legacy of artist J.T. Sata will be the subject of a virtual program on October 10, presented by Arcadia Public Library in partnership with Japanese American National Museum. The book J.T. Sata: a Japanese Immigrant in Search of Western Art will be discussed by authors Frank Sata (son of J.T. Sata) and Naomi Hirahara. (J.T. Sata and family were imprisoned at Santa Anita Assembly Center during World War II).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35834
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 8, 2020
Pages
p. 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 8, 2020
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Artists Immigrants Japanese-Americans Hirahara, Naomi Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese Sata, Frank Sata, J.T. Takeda, Bryan
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