Police are looking into possible connections between 2 murders of elderly women that occurred January 7. Lillian Lehman, 91, was found dead at her Fashion Park Villas condominium in Arcadia, while Dora Peyton, 78, was beaten to death at her Duarte home.
The National Foundation for Advancement in Arts has named Arcadia High School senior Elaine Kao as one of 105 winners of awards for achievement in dance, music, theater, visual arts and writing.
Charlotte Cowan, now in her 23rd year of teaching at Longley Way School, was selected to receive the Outstanding Teacher Award. Biographical notes included.
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.
Heather Gilchriest, a teacher at the Polytechnic School in Pasadena has written, directed, and choreographed a musical revue for her 8th grade students called "The Crown City Capers of 1927", set at the Huntington Hotel just before the 1927 Rose Parade.