The Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band won the Sweepstakes Award at the annual state championship All-Western Band Review for the third consecutive year which earns them the perpetual trophy. This makes the third time they have won the perpetual trophy which goes to a school that has won the Sweepstakes Award three times in a row. This is a "first" in the All-Western Band Review.
L.A. County plans to contract out both the maintenance and operation of area parks to private companies. Many fear such a move will result in charging tennis players to use the city's 12 tennis courts.
A tennis club planned for a county debris basin on the north Arcadia-Monrovia border will come before an open meeting of the Highland Oaks Homeowners Association. Dennis Alfieri, one of the development's planners, said it will include 14 tennis courts, a 20,000 square foot clubhouse with locker rooms, a dining facility, saunas and jacuzzi, 2 racquetball courts and a room that could be used for basketball, volleyball and aerobic dancing.
A petition of 732 signatures of people opposed to the planned tennis club in the Santa Anita Debris Basin in north Arcadia was presented to the Arcadia City Council. Residents of the Highland Oaks section of Arcadia have vowed to fight the proposed tennis club by legal means if necessary.
In a split vote, City Council approved an ordinance that effectively doubles business license fees bringing Arcadia to roughly the mid-point in fees charged by other Los Angeles County cities.
The 1980 Oak Tree Racing Association season set records in attendance, parimutual handle, wagering and horsemen benefits. Awards for the meet are enumerated: John Henry was voted Horse of the Meeting. Sandy Hawley won the riding championship.
Kelly McGuire was crowned queen at the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association's 19th annual coronation ball in the Grand Hall of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Residents on and near Elkins Avenue in North Arcadia are
circulating a petition objecting to a proposed tennis club in the county debris basin next to Arcadia wash.
Among matters discussed at City Council meeting: new lighting systems for the tennis courts; salary increases for part-time employees; code enforcement.
Eight of Arcadia's 10 City Council candidates told Highland Oaks homeowners Monday night that they were opposed to the construction of a private tennis club in their neighborhood.
Officers of a homeowner's group fighting a proposed tennis club in the Highland Oaks area of Arcadia say that opposition to the development is mounting despite efforts by developers to win support.
Polo grounds and equestrian facilities, though listed on a lease agreement with L.A. County, are not included in plans for a proposed tennis club in a county debris basin above Arcadia and Monrovia.
Homeowners in the Highland Oaks area of Arcadia showed up at City Hall to list their concerns about a private tennis club proposed for flood control land near their homes.
Seven of the 10 City Council candidates gave their views on redevelopment, English, the proposed tennis club in North Arcadia, and other topics at a luncheon meeting of the Arcadia Republican Women's Club.