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48th Annual Arcadia Festival of Bands will be held Saturday, November 17. The event, which showcases the finest high school instrumental music talent in Southern California, has been a proud tradition in Arcadia since 1953. Dennis Davies, who recently retired after serving 39 years as a music director in Arcadia Unified School District, has been named Grand Marshal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33401
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
Arcadia Festival of Bands
Davies, Dennis
Item ID
33597AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Alpha Auxiliary of the Methodist Hospital Foundation named Dennis Lee, President of the hospital, as recipient of the Order of Merit Award.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30251
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Awards - honors - recognitions
Lee, Dennis
Methodist Hospital Foundation
Item ID
30438AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia and Monrovia will be split into two assembly districts in the redistricting plan signed by Governor Gray Davis last week. Under the new plan, the 59th District, currently represented by Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy, will move 84% of Arcadia and 40% of Monrovia to Assemblywoman Carol Liu's 44th District. The new plan is still being challenged in court. Senate district boundaries were also modified but did not affect Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30095
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Liu, Carol (Assemblywoman)
Mountjoy, Dennis (Assemblyman)
Assembly districts
Politics
Redistricting
Item ID
30282AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council votes to appoint Gary Kovacic to fill the seat vacated by the death of Dennis Lojeski.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25742
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council - 1990-1999
Kovacic, Gary
Lojeski, Dennis
Item ID
25942AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Lions Club members and Arcadia firefighters hold a head shaving benefit at Matt Denny's restaurant in Arcadia for 3 year old Samantha Gangloff, who has acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33465
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Arcadia Lions
Carter, George
Cerwin, Cody
Charities
Fundraisers
Gangloff, Samantha
Gattas, Bob
Giors, Fran
Giors, Loretta
Giors, Richard
Keegan, Dennis
Marston, Ken
Matt Denny's Restaurant
Organizations
Seastrom, Mark
St. Baldrick's
Stogner, Craig
Item ID
33660AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department confirms that James Allen Beck was a former police officer with the City of Arcadia. He is a suspect named as responsible in the death of Deputy Jake Kuredjian of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30088
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Beck, James Allen
Kuredjian, Jake
Shootings
Item ID
30275AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library garden dedicated to the memory of Jesse Vanlandingham, known to many as Van. He was instrumental in founding the Arcadia Public Library Foundation and served as its president since its inception in 1995, until his death in 2000. The Vandlandingham Memorial Garden was designed by landscape architect Bob Ericksson.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library Foundation
Vandlandingham Memorial Garden
Item ID
33600AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's old Eisenhower Field was re-dedicated as the Dennis Lojeski Field, kicking off the 1997 Santa Anita Little League.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25808
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dennis Lojeski Field
Lojeski, Dennis
Item ID
26008AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Weekly columnists: Dennis Mountjoy writes commentary, p. 3; Pat Ostrye writes the "Around Town" social page, p. 27.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31784
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
Subjects
Mountjoy, Dennis
Ostrye, Pat
Item ID
31981AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Broadway stars Dale Kristien and Bill Hutton gave a benefit concert at the Arcadia Community Center to benefit the Arcadia High School Athletic Booster Club.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32745
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Arcadia High School--Athletic Booster Club
Cosso, Dennis
Hutton, Bill
Kristien, Dale
Item ID
32942AN
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Newspaper Index
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By unanimous consensus the Arcadia City Council on August 20 appointed Gary Kovacic to fill the seat vacated by the untimely death of Dennis Lojeski.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25734
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council - 1990-1999
Kovacic, Gary
Lojeski, Dennis
Item ID
25934AN
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Newspaper Index
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Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33318
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia housing development
Anoakia Mansion--history
Anoakia School
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
33514AN
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Dennis Lojeski Field at Eisenhower Park, site of the Little League baseball field named in honor of Dr. Dennis Lojeski (1944-1996), was dedicated on January 12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25798
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dennis Lojeski Field
Lojeski, Dennis
Eisenhower Park
Item ID
25998AN
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Newspaper Index
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A group of young people protested outside Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy's office. They protested AB 1326, a bill Mountjoy introduced to ban the teaching of homosexuality in schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Assembly bills
Homosexuality
Mountjoy, Dennis
Protests
Item ID
30764AN
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Newspaper Index
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A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Architecture
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
31401AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Library Board of Trustees voted to post a PATRIOT Act notice, as required by the act. The notice reads, "Although the Arcadia Public Library makes every reasonable effort to protect your privacy, under the federal USA PATRIOT Act (PL107-56), records of the books and other materials you currently have on loan from this library, your inter-library loan requests placed during the past year, or the Internet sites and e-mails that you access through our computers may be obtained by federal agents. That federal law prohibits library workers from informing you if federal agents have asked about or obtained your records.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Library Board of Trustees
Federal laws
USA PATRIOT Act
Item ID
32130AN
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Newspaper Index
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Lisa Welchert, an alleged drunk driver who caused the death of John Chan, will face a murder trial.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa Melinda
Automobile accidents
Drunk Driving
Murder
Item ID
27156AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. 29
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. 29
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Campbell, Mildred Melvina
Item ID
10051AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29021
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Niedecken, Patricia
Item ID
29210AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29153
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2001
Pages
p. 8, 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2001
Pages
p. 8, 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Nelson, Lewis W., Sr.
Hall, Shirley M.
Item ID
29338AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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