The Arcadia Unified School District is in the process of selecting an official logo from among 30 entries received from Nancy Cullison's Design Graphics class at Arcadia High School.
Neighbors of Lutheran Church of the Cross, at 66 West Duarte Road, have complained about the placement of a school playground directly behind their property. They say they have found bottles, rocks, oranges, beer cans and shoes in their backyards.
Arcadian Bob Wieland, a double amputee who is walking from California to Washington, D.C. on his hands to raise money for world hunger projects, has progressed 161.7 miles on his 3,400 mile journey.
Arcadian Denise Lucy Thrane agreed to be a surrogate mother and was artificially inseminated in June with James Noyes' sperm. Ms. Thrane now says the baby may not be Noyes' and wants to keep it. The unprecedented dispute may have repercussions for other surrogate mothers.
Arcadians celebrated the third annual Community Fair to raise funds for the district's schools. The event, sponsored by the Arcadia Council PTA, raised $13,000 during its first two years.
Long-time resident J. Lyle Cunningham, Arcadia Citizen of the Year in 1983 and former president of the Arcadia Rotary Club, died on December 15th at Methodist Hospital of natural causes. He was 82. Mr. Cunningham was actively involved in the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, the Arcadia Red Cross, the Church of the Good Shepherd and Arcadians for Arcadia.
Nanci Lee Stewart, experienced in merchandising, has been appointed the new manager of the Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop, succeeding Dorothy Smith, who is retiring after 10 1/2 years as manager.
Arcadia Tournament of Roses Royal Court is pictured together with Michael Allison, manager of the shoe department at The May Co., Arcadia. They are Queen Laura Cowan, and princesses Marena Hanrahan, Lisa Bowen, Barbara Hale and Jana Lynn Worsley.
Recent groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Arcadia Chapter building of the American Red Cross culminated years of fundraising projects and negotiations between the Red Cross, Methodist Hospital and City of Arcadia. Ceremony held at Methodist Hospital.