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The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1367AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Pasadena Unified School District

Item ID: 2153AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to Peter Kinnahan, Arcadia's manager for economic development, Arcadia needs to pursue redevelopment projects more aggressively or surrounding communities like Monrovia will take major businesses away. He cited the delay over location of the proposed Target Department Store in Arcadia as an example.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1303AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to the Arcadia Police Department's monthly activity report for the month of December, which reports statistics for the entire year, daytime burglaries increased while night burglaries decreased. Also, there were no murders, 3 rapes, 2 attempted rapes, 36 assaults with a gun and 13 arrests for indecent exposure in 1987.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1378AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to West Covina Police Lt. David Shively, Arcadia High School student Matt Van Wickle was murdered during an argument he had with a man he met at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 13, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 13, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Murder; Van Wickle, Matt

Item ID: 1999AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to year-end figures released by the Arcadia Police Department, the number of felonies for 1986 as compared to 1985 declined by 72, from 2857 to 2785.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1370AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Adeline Lhotsky celebrates her 95th birthday on Easter. Born in Czechoslovakia, Lhotsky moved to Arcadia 47 years ago.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 26, 1989

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 26, 1989

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Subjects: Lhotsky, Adeline

Item ID: 1922AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After 6 1/2 years of court battles, Kenneth Kirkpatrick hopes to be back on the job in June as chief probation officer of the county.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1981

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1981

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Kirkpatrick, Kenneth E.

Item ID: 1886AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After 19 years as an employee with Arcadia Unified School District, Virgil J. Goode has retired. Goode worked over the years as custodian, groundsman and bus driver.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 19, 1980

Pages: p. A-9

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 19, 1980

Pages: p. A-9

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Goode, Virgil J.

Item ID: 2840AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After presentations by 3 architectural firms Tuesday night, the Arcadia City Council voted 4-1 to ask one of the companies back for further discussion on doing a master plan for the city's proposed civic center project. The proposed center would probably be located on the Huntington Drive median where the city hall and police station are now located. Mayor David Hannah indicated that this could be a long-term project, perhaps lasting as long as 20 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 11, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 11, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1199AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After serving 17 years as a crossing guard, 83-year-old Harry Christianson is retiring. The children at Highland Oaks honored him with a special Mr. Chris Day.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Christianson, Harry

Item ID: 942AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After two years of waiting for red tape to untangle, ground was broken Tuesday for the 100-unit senior housing complex on Naomi Avenue in West Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Senior Citizens - Housing

Item ID: 3194AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After years of lengthy and frustrating negotiations, Arcadia is close to signing a new franchise agreement with Group W cable television company. An agreement, if reached, would more than double the size of the city's cable system and finally allow Arcadians who live south of the 210 freeway to receive service.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 23, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 23, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Antenna Television

Item ID: 1241AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

AHS counselor Lois Iredale retires after 20-year career. Photo.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1982

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1982

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Subjects: Iredale, Lois

Item ID: 1869AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Although the Arcadia City Council unanimously upheld a planning commission decision Tuesday night to permit the construction of a 97-unit retirement hotel at Michillinda Ave. and Sunset Blvd., an opponent said he plans to take court action against the project.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens - Housing

Item ID: 3202AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Although two of Arcadia's 14 water wells have been contaminated by industrial solvents for years, a purification system installed by the city last December is reportedly working well, allowing the water from these wills to be used.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3463AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Alvina Reichmuth of Arcadia was honored for her volunteer work as a foster grandparent at the MacLaren Children's Center for 16 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1989

Pages: p. A-5 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1989

Pages: p. A-5 photo

Subjects: Reichmuth, Alvina

Item ID: 2333AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An Arcadia man who didn't like a group of church Christmas carolers singing on his front lawn, brandished a gun at the group and threatened to kill them unless they got off his property. Police surrounded his house for an hour before he surrendered.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 24, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 24, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1369AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An Arcadia resident for 35 years and married 40 years to world famous jockey Johnny Longden, Hazel Longden was one of the first women to become a licensed horse trainer. She is the first woman to train a stakes winner at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1981

Pages: p. A-7

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1981

Pages: p. A-7

Subjects: Longden, Hazel

Item ID: 1959AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An Arcadia undercover police officer, 28, helped a Drug Enforcement Administration team and the LAPD in Sylmar for the biggest drug bust in history, a cache of 20 tons of cocaine valued at $20 billion. Federal agents also confiscated $10 million in cash.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 4, 1989

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 4, 1989

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1479AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The 14-year-old son of Arcadia real estate developer Charles Bluth shot and killed one of 2 intruders who had broken into the Bluth home in the exclusive Whispering Pines neighborhood.

According to West Covina Police Lt. David Shively, Arcadia High School student Matt Van Wickle was murdered during an argument he had with a man he met at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

According to year-end figures released by the Arcadia Police Department, the number of felonies for 1986 as compared to 1985 declined by 72, from 2857 to 2785.

Adeline Lhotsky celebrates her 95th birthday on Easter. Born in Czechoslovakia, Lhotsky moved to Arcadia 47 years ago.

After 6 1/2 years of court battles, Kenneth Kirkpatrick hopes to be back on the job in June as chief probation officer of the county.

After 19 years as an employee with Arcadia Unified School District, Virgil J. Goode has retired. Goode worked over the years as custodian, groundsman and bus driver.

After serving 17 years as a crossing guard, 83-year-old Harry Christianson is retiring. The children at Highland Oaks honored him with a special Mr. Chris Day.

After two years of waiting for red tape to untangle, ground was broken Tuesday for the 100-unit senior housing complex on Naomi Avenue in West Arcadia.

AHS counselor Lois Iredale retires after 20-year career. Photo.

Although the Arcadia City Council unanimously upheld a planning commission decision Tuesday night to permit the construction of a 97-unit retirement hotel at Michillinda Ave. and Sunset Blvd., an opponent said he plans to take court action against the project.

Although two of Arcadia's 14 water wells have been contaminated by industrial solvents for years, a purification system installed by the city last December is reportedly working well, allowing the water from these wills to be used.

Alvina Reichmuth of Arcadia was honored for her volunteer work as a foster grandparent at the MacLaren Children's Center for 16 years.

An Arcadia man who didn't like a group of church Christmas carolers singing on his front lawn, brandished a gun at the group and threatened to kill them unless they got off his property. Police surrounded his house for an hour before he surrendered.

An Arcadia resident for 35 years and married 40 years to world famous jockey Johnny Longden, Hazel Longden was one of the first women to become a licensed horse trainer. She is the first woman to train a stakes winner at Santa Anita Park.

An Arcadia undercover police officer, 28, helped a Drug Enforcement Administration team and the LAPD in Sylmar for the biggest drug bust in history, a cache of 20 tons of cocaine valued at $20 billion. Federal agents also confiscated $10 million in cash.