Humorist Dorothy Denne (photo) honored by Arcadia City Council for her 23 years of laughter as the long-time Arcadia Weekly columnist of "Dorothy's Place." See also page 5, Fasching's Car Wash tribute to Denne.
Help bring the K-9 Unit back to Arcadia. Arcadia Police Foundation is trying to raise funds to create and maintain an Arcadia Police Department K-9 Unit.
Arcadia's first female mayor Floretta Lauber, 90, passes away. See also same page "I'm Not Your Mother" by Von Raees. Floretta Lauber wrote social column for Arcadia Weekly.
New Arcadia City Council member April Verlato brings a new voice. She is a lawyer born and raised in Arcadia. She has been an activist against mansions. She is president of Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association (AIA). Her goals for her time in office are 1) to address the uptick in residential burglaries and 2) to improve Arcadia's business districts.
Beacon Media will celebrate 20 years with a special edition December 29. Visionary leader Von Raess, Dorothy Denne, and the late Floretta Lauber started Arcadia Weekly in 1996.
City of Arcadia to update Recreation and Park Master Plan. Seeking resident input. The last update was 2007. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 4, June 4, 2015.
The K-9 program returns to Arcadia Police Department. Police dog Zoli has been on the job for a month. The K-9 program was previously in place for many years before being discontinued in the mid-2000s.
Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center (MEC) dedicated in Arcadia in her name, upon the 1 year anniversary of her death. Lauber died August 1, 2016 and the MEC broke ground September 29, 2013. She was Arcadia's first woman to serve as mayor.
Arcadia Rotary Club's Salute to Seniors Luncheon will honor husband and wife Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer, the City of Arcadia 2015 Senior Citizens of the Year.
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage will have a groundbreaking for its Education Center at 5:30 PM on September 29. The 2,650 square foot Education Center will have classrooms for educational programming such as art, crafts, lectures, children's and senior activities. The building will provide the space needed for current activities and will allow for future expansion of Museum and recreation programs. The Arcadia Museum Education Center is a joint effort of the City of Arcadia and the Arcadia Historical Museum Foundation. The budget for the building is $877,339 with $500,000 of that donated by the Foundation. It should be open by May 2014.
Crystal Ball 2013: Arcadia Methodist Hospital Foundation's fundraising gala will take place October 19. Jane Wuo and John Wuo are this year's honorees. Co-chairs are K. Heiner Vogelbach, M.D., and Christine Antonovich. Motown legendary singer Smokey Robinson will perform.
Arcadia Police Department receives a $137,000 grant for a year-long program of special enforcements and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic-related deaths and injuries.
Arcadia Museum Education Center (MEC) was dedicated June 28, 2014. It was a 5-year project from concept to completion. It has long been a dream of Floretta Lauber, Arcadia's first female mayor, to build the MEC to fill a void in the museum's ability to bring in guest lecturers. The Museum Foundation was the founding sponsor and donated $500,000 to the City of Arcadia towards the cost of the building.
Arcadia 2014 Senior Citizen of the Year Glynna Harper is recognized at the 49th Annual Older Americans Recognition Day Awards Program at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.