A Braille Trail has been developed by the Arcadia Junior Women's Club at Wilderness Park. Approximately 25 species of plants and animals will be marked along the trail.
Arcadia Recreation Commission members recently decided they were in favor of a project at Bonita Park at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue but felt the $78,000 estimated cost was too high.
More than 400 rosebushes from the Arcadia Rose Garden were moved to the Arcadia High School campus. The city is planning to build a senior citizen center on the rose garden's former site.
The John Panatier Nature Center at Arcadia's Wilderness Park houses a wide variety of display: stuffed and live animals, rocks and minerals, etc. Programs offered at the Center are discussed.
A plan for a joint fire dispatch center to serve the cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, El Monte and Sierra Madre was unanimously voted down by the Arcadia City Council.
Though there will be no federal funds available, it is still possible for Arcadia, Monrovia, El Monte and Sierra Madre to build a joint fire station and communications center.
Barbara Rulac is a a member of the 1980 Skiathon, a team of 11 people who roller-skied from Los Angeles to Lake Placid to promote and attend the Winter Olympics.
Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.
At a Sierra Madre City Council meeting, Arcadia and Sierra Madre residents spoke against a joint plan by the two cities to widen Orange Grove Avenue to 40 feet.
Increases in total attendance and total parimutuel handle, compared to last season, and a decline in daily average were in evidence in figures released after the November 16 close of the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park.
Arcadia would lose approximately $472,268 yearly if Santa Anita Park race track were to close down and the 324 acre facility were to be developed with low density residential units. Losses would be partially offset by $190,750 in new property taxes and $278,482 miscellaneous taxes. New city services would account for a 6.18% increase in the city budget.
The City Council approved $32,000 for expansion of Wilderness Park. The city now has title to Clamshell Canyon southeast of the present park. 94 acres were purchased from George Elkins and 10 acres from Mrs. Ruth Schroeder.
Rodents in Wilderness Park were found to have Sylvatic Plague. The area has been dusted with insecticide and closed since June 4. It is hoped that it can be reopened soon.
Santa Anita Park set a record for total attendance (2,690,834) and had it highest daily average attendance (31,289) since 1948, as the 1981-82 meeting closed April 21. Facts and figures about the racing season are presented.