Family owned and operated since 1977, owners Bob and Nora Barsuk have opened a third location for Arcadia Cleaners. It is the oldest family-owned dry cleaners in Arcadia.
Arcadia resident Henry"Red" Austin, who helped start the private Highpoint Academy in Pasadena and worked as a dentist in Alhambra for more than 25 years, died Thursday at the age of 69.
Arcadia resident Anthony J. Andreoli, professor emeritus of bio- chemistry at Cal State Los Angeles, had been selected as one of two recipients of the American Advancement of Science 1992 Mentor Award. This is the first time this award has been given.
For years, long-time Arcadia resident Kurt W. Rose designated $50 a year to the Methodist Hospital Foundation. Mr. Rose, who died last year at the age of 91, left $4.2 million to the Methodist Hospital Foundation, the largest individual contribution in the hospital's 95-year history.
Funeral services were held May 30 for Marie S. Donnelly, a longtime member of the Arcadia Republican Women's Club who died May 25, two days short of her 96th birthday.
For several years, Joy Dooley, 41, known as "Sensei Joy" owned the Arcadia Karate Studio. Dooley battled breast cancer for nine years before she died earlier this month.
The Arcadia Rotary Club has dedicated the conference room of the newly remodeled and expanded library in memory of the Methodist Hospital chaplain, Paul Johenk, who died in 1993. The article includes a profile of Johenk.
Julie Krone is probably the most famous of the female jockeys who make up 25 percent of all riders. She rides in California for the first time Saturday in a match race at Santa Anita Park.
Brian Osier and Mark Thompson, co-owners of Teamates Sporting goods, are organizing a benefit tournament to help the family of Rob Edgell, a West Covina resident who died in May, leaving behind a wife and four children and no life insurance.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Richard Jarnagin, who created and directed the Los Angeles Co. Parks and Recreation's tax assessment districts. The 63 year old Arcadia resident died April 15 in his home after a struggle with cancer.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way Monday for expanded testing of the drug THA, a promising drug to treat Alzheimer's Disease. Arcadia resident Dr. William Summers first reported that THA was beneficial to Alzheimer's patients in 1986 in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.