Art Center College of Design Junior Sally Levi, 23, is making a short film about the life of Benjamin Smith Eaton (1824-1910), after whom Eaton Canyon is named. He proved Altadena and Pasadena could sustain agriculture and therefore was attractive to settlers.
Arcadia Police Department Agent Bruce Smith was given the Arcadia Police Department Life Saving Medal for saving an unconscious man named Ben Noodleman.
An industrial fire at Altos Tire Company, on Longden Avenue, in Irwindale, near Monrovia and Arcadia, burned for more than 3 hours. Arcadia Fire Department and Monrovia Fire Department assisted. Arcadia firefighter Don Smith (photo) from Station 105, battles the fire atop one of the company's largest ladders.
Two articles describe the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park this year. One is about Victor Espinoza riding a horse called Casino Drive on the track's new Pro-Ride Synthetic surface. The other article is about a 4-year-old filly named Zenyatta, ridden by jockey Mike Smith, that won the first all-female card in Breeders' Cup history.
Zenyatta, a filly and the kind of sensational race horse that comes along only once in a generation, scored perhaps the greatest victory in the history of the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. With jockey Mike Smith (in photo), Zenyatta wins the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic by one length. Other winners are listed.
Senior citizens competed in the Senior Olympics powerlifting event held at the home gym of Arcadia personal trainer Harry Sneider as part of the California Senior Games Championships. The highlight of the games was seeing 89-year-old Eugene Mailin lift 140 pounds, winning gold in his weight division. Other participants named were 53-year-old Val Olotoa and 75-year-old Ernie Smith. Legendary competitor Beatrice Maullin died two weeks before the games began.
Burton Wallace Smith graduated Wednesday from Huntington High School with kudos from the President of the United States. The program at Huntington High School allowed Smith to complete classwork and take tests at his own pace.
Frank Ferris, 68, is a well-known Arcadia interior designer who has been in the decorating business since 1947. His store, Frank Ferris Interiors, has been open for 35 years.
Profile of Frank Perini, owner of Perini's Hair Plus on Foothill Blvd., which opened in 1954. Frank changed his name from Perez to Perini in order to be able to buy a house in Arcadia and to be accepted in the community.