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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.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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August 23, 1989
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Pasadena Unified School District
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Qualified low and moderate-income homeowners may receive up to $7500 for the rehabilitation of single-family owner-occupied homes through the Arcadia Planning Dept.'s Housing Rehabilitation Program. This program is financed with Community Development Block Grant Funds, and monies are available on a first-come first-served basis through June 30, 1990.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 20, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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August 20, 1989
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Housing Rehabilitation Program
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1849AN
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Amy Nelson and Kathleen Ashenfelter, both 16,toured the Soviet Union for 3 weeks with the People to People Friendship Caravan, a program which takes 1600 American youths to 50 Soviet cities. It is the largest student educational program in the history of the US and USSR.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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August 16, 1989
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Nelson, Amy
Ashenfelter, Kathleen
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2013AN
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Arcadia joined the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito Abatement District, making it one of the last cities in the valley to participate in a mosquito control program. The program is designed to monitor mosquitos that transmit St. Louis encephalitis, a sometimes fatal viral disease.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 6, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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August 6, 1989
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Mosquitos
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1989AN
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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.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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August 2, 1989
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Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Actions and Defenses
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336AN
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Russell J. Ribb, former superintendent for the Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District, has been named to serve as Arcadia's interim school superintendent. Elaine Boyce of the School Service of California, a Sacramento-based consulting firm, has been hired to recruit a new superintendent.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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August 2, 1989
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Schools - Superintendent - Ribb, Russell
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3095AN
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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.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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July 30,1989
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Schools - Finance
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2943AN
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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.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30 ,1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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July 30 ,1989
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Schools - Superintendent - Goldstone, Stephen A.
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3094AN
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The Arcadia Planning Commission approved a request for a variation in the distance between buildings for a proposed 20-unit condominium project at 412-422 California St. and 417-421 Diamond St. The variance would allow a 10-18 foot distance between buildings, instead of the standard 20-foot requirement.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 19, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 19, 1989
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Boards and Commissions
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636AN
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Susan Robertson, 48, a 4th grade teacher at Hugo Reid School for 26 years, died on July 4 after an 11-year battle with cancer. Mrs. Robertson graduated from USC in 1963 and worked for the Arcadia Unified School District, teaching at Hugo Reid School for her entire career.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 19, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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July 19, 1989
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Robertson, Susan
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The Arcadia Rotary Club has installed Ronald H. Huston, project manager of the Sierra Madre Main Street Program, as its 63rd president.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1989
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Organizations - Rotary Club
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Dr. Vance T. Peterson of Arcadia has been appointed vice-president for institutional advancement at Occidental College. Peterson will assume responsibility for Occidental's external relations program, including fundraising, alumni relations, public communications and community affairs.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
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July 16, 1989
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Peterson, Vance
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital now utilizes DOCENT, a communications computer program which automatically enters test results and other reports into the hospital's main computer as soon as they are processed by the laboratory, thereby eliminating the need for a technician or lab secretary to manually enter the data.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1989
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Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
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1814AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District's high school dropout rate was 1.13% for the 1987-88 school year. Erroneous figures previously released by the state Dept. of Education had the figures at 7.05% to 15%.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1989
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Schools - Finance
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2944AN
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An international businessman was abducted from his Arcadia home and later released the same evening after his abductors demanded he pay them $1 million. He was told that he would be contacted the next day with instructions about where to put the money, but no money has been paid. This is the first kidnapping of this type in Arcadia, although there have been four other kidnappings in the San Gabriel Valley since last October.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 5, 1989
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Crime and Criminals
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education has adopted a tentative $28 million budget for 1989-90. The year-end balance of $191,326, combined with the 1988-89 balance, will total 4381,714 as a reserve fund. The final budget will not be adopted until September.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
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Schools - Budget
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2653AN
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency's financial obligations and development projects prevent it from saving $294,000, or 20% of its tax increment, for low-cost housing, as required under California Assembly Bill 265. The state law, concerned with agencies formed since 1976, does not affect the ARA, formed in 1974. Starting in the 1996-97 fiscal year, however, all agencies will be required to set the money aside.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
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Community Redevelopment
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Three Arcadia police officers carried a torch through the city for the California Special Olympics.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1989
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Police
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The University of La Verne will provide summer school instruction for students who did not get into the free courses offered by the district.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1989
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Schools - Summer School
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3091AN
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All of Arcadia's six elementary and each of its three junior high schools were identified as high-performing schools in the latest California Assessment Program.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1989
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1989
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Schools
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2624AN
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