City Council has approved the expenditure of approximately $100,000 to provide lighting and additional bleachers for the Civic Center Athletic Field, to allow for night soccer games.
Arcadia rejected a proposal by the California Equine Retirement Foundation to offer Bingo games at Foothills High School to help finance, feed and house 13 retired racehorses.
Soviet Olympic boycott brings mixed reactions from local games officials. Many Olympic events are scheduled for Santa Anita Park. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.
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.
Three months after leaving New York City and just 6 days before the opening of the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, the Olympic torch relay is slated to pass through the West San Gabriel Valley on Sunday, July 22, 1984.
Because a 2-2 vote on regulations for video games appeared inevitable, Mayor pro tem Dennis Lojeski at the last Arcadia City Council meeting requested that the matter be held over until the next meeting when Mayor Don Pellegrino will be present.
Two candidates without professional experience were the winners from among a field of 5 running for 2 seats on the Arcadia Board of Education. Mary Dougherty and Bill Spuck will officially take their posts at the July 1 meeting, replacing Carol Papay and Don Fickas. Final results: Bill Spuck (2489), Mary Dougherty (1983), Marilyn Miller Perkins (1704), Robert Harris (1232), and David Strauss (4331).