Not quite twelve months after 16 year old Gerry Woods was wounded in the head by an accidental gunshot, he is now involved in hippotherapy, or horse riding therapy.
Gerry Woods, who is in the process of recovering from an almost fatal gunshot wound to the head last year, went in a wheel chair to receive his certificate of graduation from Foothills Junior High School.
Gerald A. Parker, last years's City Employee of the Year, has been appointed director of finance. Parker replaces Alan Murphy, who died earlier this month after a long battle with cancer.
Grace Clark has retired after more than 21 years with the Arcadia Public Library. She was City Librarian for a number of years and has been head of the Technical Services Department for the past 15 years.
Approximately 147 students who have attended Hugo Reid will be transferred to Holly Avenue next year if the proposal is passed by the school board. The transfer and boundary change are designed to alleviate over-crowding at Hugo Reid.
After two years of waiting for red tape to untangle, ground was broken Tuesday for the 100-unit senior housing complex on Naomi Avenue in West Arcadia.
Doreen Bohn, whose specialty is Scottish dancing, will compete in the United States Inter-Regional Championships to be held in Portland, Ore., in July. She earned the right to compete by winning the regional competition at Cal State Northridge in May.
Arcadian Bob Knox has been scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 5 for 18 years. He has been awarded the "Good Scout Award" by the San Gabriel Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Only few weeks before Paul Simons, manager of the JC Penney store in Arcadia, was to have been installed as president of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, he was transferred to Long Beach store.
Souders expects to retire after his two-year interim contract as superintendent expires. Souders has been with the Arcadia schools since 1955. He discusses problems facing the schools.