The Trask Boy Scout Camp in the San Gabriel Mountains has a new multi-purpose building, thanks in part to the Arcadia Rotary Club. The building is named after Arcadia resident Nick Pokrajac.
The Arcadia Rotary Club awarded small grants to 21 Arcadia Unified School District teachers in a program designed to augment existing school curricula with specially funded projects.
The Arcadia Rotary Club awarded grants totaling $4,990 to 17 teachers at the February 13 Arcadia Board of Education meeting. Grants ranging from $175 to $300 were given to individual teachers to help with special classroom projects. The teachers represented 5 of the 6 Arcadia elementary schools, all 3 junior high schools and both Arcadia and Huntington high schools.
After the County spent $410,000 over two years to renovate three of the four bowling greens at Santa Anita Lawn Bowling Club, some members are angry that the greens won't be playable for as long as two more years.
The Arcadia Presbyterian Church has a history of area participation, and carries a full schedule of counseling, outreach and support services for Arcadians in need of guidance or help.
The City Council voted Tuesday to impose a temporary ban on new Karaoke clubs after police reported such clubs increasingly attract gangs and lawlessness.
Jim Hauser, a 40-year resident who is active in the Arcadia Red Cross, Arcadia Historical Society, and the Rotary Club, was named Senior Citizen of the Year.
Michelle and Tyjana Boykins, 30 and 29, were awarded $200,000 after claiming to be unjustly strip searched by a female Monrovia police officer in September of 1990.