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Test scores of Arcadia Unified School District's seniors rose this year. The reading score was 294 (up 19 points) while math score was 333 (up 20 points). Since 1987-88, students moved from the 77th to the 85th percentile in reading and from the 89th to the 96th percentile in math statewide.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
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Schools - Test Scores
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3128AN
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23 "heroes and heroines" in the Arcadia Unified School District were honored by the Board of Education in the first "Profiles in Excellence" awards. The awards were presented to "individuals who maintain a standard of excellence in their work and who represent those values and qualities which make Arcadia a special place for students." Names and positions of winners are given.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1990
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School Board
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2480AN
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Charles "Chip" Sturniolo, owner of the Derby restaurant, announced that he is withdrawing from the downtown redevelopment project because the proposed parking structure "just wasn't feasible." The City Council will now reconsider previous plans.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 6, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 6, 1990
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Restaurants, Bars, etc - The Derby
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2338AN
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Sandi McQuilkin, a volunteer at Holly Avenue Elementary School, has received the Golden Apple Award for her service to the community. The award, given for outstanding community leadership, is sponsored by the Northwest San Gabriel Valley Administrators Association.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 6, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
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May 6, 1990
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McQuilkin, Sandi
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1967AN
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Kenneth Branson, 18, a senior at Arcadia High School, is one of only 6 San Gabriel Valley students to receive a $200 National Merit Scholarship. He is one of 1800 nationwide winners.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 9, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 9, 1990
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Branson, Kenneth
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David Park, 17, a senior at Arcadia High School, is one of only 6 San Gabriel Valley students to receive a $2000 National Merit Scholarship, on of 1800 nationwide winners. Park is one of only 2 students in California to also be honored in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, where he is one of 500 national finalists competing for 141 scholar awards.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 9, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 9, 1990
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Park, David
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City Finance Director Alan C. Murphy died of cancer at 34 - just two weeks after receiving a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting and an award for Financial Reporting Achievement by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). Photo

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 9, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 9, 1990
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City Employees - Murphy, Alan
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1161AN
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Henry Amparan and David "Casey" Jones are being hailed as local heroes for their quick thinking in using a ladder to lead three people to safety when a fire swept through a second-story apartment at the San Souci complex at 501 East Live Oak Ave.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
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Fires and Fire Prevention
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1607AN
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Dale Allen, 72, has been named Arcadia Senior Citizen of the Year for 1990. He has helped to fight for and plan the $4.4 million senior center that will be completed next spring.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
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May 13, 1990
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Senior Citizen of the Year - 1990
Allen, Dale
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Gerald A. Parker, last years's City Employee of the Year, has been appointed director of finance. Parker replaces Alan Murphy, who died earlier this month after a long battle with cancer.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 16, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 16, 1990
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City Employees - Parker, Gerald A.
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1164AN
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111 City Hall employees may earn an extra $50-110 a month by walking, bicycling, carpooling, or using public transportation to work. The City Council approved the plan to satisfy South Coast Air Quality Management District regulations requiring worksites to provide incentives to employees who reduce vehicle trips to work.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1990
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City Employees
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1139AN
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Mary Bittner, 79, is retiring from the Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop after 33 years on the governing board and 4 years as welfare director. Ms. Bittner will move to a retirement community in San Luis Obispo.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 23, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
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May 23, 1990
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Bittner, Mary
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611AN
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Vons Market, which operates 328 grocery stores in Southern California, has moved its corporate headquarters from El Monte to Michillinda Avenue, between Sunset Boulevard and Huntington Drive. The 240,000 square foot building, a former May Co. store that closed in January 1989, will house 950 Vons employees.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1990
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Vons Market
May Company
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842AN
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Bill Connolly, 67, has closed his White Eyes Indian Shop, located south of Huntington Drive on First Avenue. First opened in 1964, the property was sold to Don Ta of Alhambra, who plans to open a real estate office.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 3, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 3, 1990
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White Eyes Indian Shop
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The Arcadia Police Dept. will receive $1,227,823 of a total of $12 million for its part in the largest drug bust in history at a Sylmar warehouse last September. The money will be used to step up drug enforcement, as well as for community programs in drug prevention and awareness. The undercover work was by officer Dean Caputo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1990
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Drug Trafficking
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1480AN
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Arcadian Gary Twombley will leave Washington, D.C. to become part of the 1st group of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in Eastern Europe. Twombley, 24, is preparing with 59 other volunteers, including Elizabeth Oewn, 22, of Pasadena, for 2 years of service in Hungary.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1990
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Twombley, Gary
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A unanimous City Council adopted a "conservative" $42.5 million 1990-91 budget after fine-tuning some expenditures to the Chamber of Commerce and the workers' compensation program. The city has $33.8 million in reserves going into the 1990-91 fiscal year, and expects another $42.6 million in revenues.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 24, 1990
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Budget
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676AN
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County supervisors called a halt to a plan to merge the Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens with the county Museum of Natural History because the county's Economy and Efficiency Commission has not made sufficient progress on it and because the board needs to replace recently retired arboreta department head Francis Ching.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1990
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Arboretum
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462AN
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Marian Hauerwaas, 50, a volunteer for the Arcadia Meals on Wheels program for homebound senior citizens, helped to rescue Florence Sutton, 81, who was suffering from a fractured hip and heart problems.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1990
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Hauerwaas, Marian
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Rose Foreman, 100, an Arcadia resident since 1947 and a Dial-A-Ride user since 1975, has been given a lifetime Dial-A-Ride pass, enabling her to ride for free.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1990
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Foreman, Rose
Dial-A-Ride
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1639AN
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