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An 8-foot tall bronze tribute to Arcadia's official bird, the peacock, will be unveiled August 5, as part of the city's centennial celebration. The statue will be located in the fountain at Peacock Corner, in the front of Arcadia County Park, at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. The sculptor of the peacock is Dave Chapple and the sculpture cost $30,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31748

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 24, 2003

Pages: p. 20

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 24, 2003

Pages: p. 20

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 2003; Artists; Chapple, Dave; Statuary -- Peacock Corner

Item ID: 31945AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's 100th birthday festivities will begin in January with the city's float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Riders on float include Jon Dorian Shafer, Lane Barcham and Alison Chien. Other activities for the centennial year are outlined.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30661

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 7, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 7, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003; Barcham, Lane; Chien, Alison; Ha, Derek; Parade floats; Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003; Shafer, Jon Dorian

Item ID: 30849AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's centennial celebration kicks off with a Rose Parade float. Writer Charles Cooper gives a brief history of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30796

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 2, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 2, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 17

Subjects: Arcadia city history; Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003

Item ID: 30984AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's float saluting its centennial was awarded the Queen's Trophy. The float was called "100 Years of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30830

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 9, 2003

Pages: p. 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 9, 2003

Pages: p. 17

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003; Awards; Floats; Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003

Item ID: 31018AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's official city birthday party will be held August 5, a date that reflects the official declaration of Arcadia cityhood by the Board of Supervisors, back in 1903. The 100th birthday party includes a scavenger hunt, the release of the anthology "Visions of Arcadia," unveiling the bronze peacock statue at Peacock Corner, a mixer at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum, and a birthday party at the Community Center. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 18, July 31, 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31743

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 17, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 17, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 2003

Item ID: 31940AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Weekly columnist Charles Cooper looks back at his personal Arcadia experiences in this series of stories for the city's centennial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30844

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 6, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 6, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003; Cooper, Charles

Item ID: 31032AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bradford Hack, Dawn Pejsar, and Nicholas Campbell will be some of the riders on the 2003 float representing Arcadia in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Other riders are named as well.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30721

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 28, 2002

Pages: p. 16

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 28, 2002

Pages: p. 16

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003; Campbell, Nicholas; Hack, Bradford; Pejsar, Dawn; Parade floats; Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2003

Item ID: 30909AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Calendar of events in celebration of Arcadia's centennial is printed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31155

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 13, 2003

Pages: p. 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 13, 2003

Pages: p. 19

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 2003; Events

Item ID: 31350AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dr. Sheng Chang has completed his three month term as mayor of Arcadia. For this centennial year, the position of mayor is a under rotation plan approved by the city council. Gary Kovacic will now be mayor for the next three months. Dr. Sheng Chang was honored as Arcadia's first Chinese-American mayor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31744

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 17, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 17, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 18

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 2003; Chang, Dr. Sheng; Chinese-Americans; Mayors

Item ID: 31941AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Gary Kovacic is Arcadia's mayor for the third time. His first term was in 1998-1999 and his second term was in 2000-2001. In this, his third term, he is one of four out of the five Arcadia city council members rotating into the mayor's position during the 2003 Arcadia Centennial. The article includes biographical information.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31747

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 24, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 24, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 2003; Kovacic, Gary - biography; Mayors

Item ID: 31944AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Gloria Horstman, former library board trustee, former columnist for the Pasadena Star News, and reviewer for the Vroman's bookstore newsletter, returns to Arcadia to present a book review program in honor of the city's centennial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30834

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 16, 2003

Pages: p. 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 16, 2003

Pages: p. 17

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003; Arcadia Public Library Foundation programs; Columnists; Horstman, Gloria - biography; Writers

Item ID: 31022AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Public television personality Huell Howser, of KCET TV, speaks at an Arcadia Centennial dinner.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30836

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 23, 2003

Pages: p. 1 w/photo and caption

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 23, 2003

Pages: p. 1 w/photo and caption

Subjects: Arcadia Centennial - 1903-2003; Celebrities; Howser, Huell

Item ID: 31024AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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