Lois Schubert, who has been an employee of the Arcadia Unified School District for the past 42 years, is retiring January 31. Mrs. Schubert worked for most of those years as a secretary.
Denis Weber, resident of Arcadia for twenty years, is running for City Council. Weber is manager of the Westwood Village branch of Security Pacific Branch. Biographical notes included.
Consecration services were held for the new $270,000 West Entry Development of the Church of the Good Shepherd, United Methodist. Article describes the project.
The construction of private medical offices as part of the Methodist Hospital facility on property owned by the City of Arcadia has been an issue since 1953. The matter is subject to City Council approval as such construction may be in violation of the current terms of the 99 year lease held by the hospital.
Barbara Rulac is a a member of the 1980 Skiathon, a team of 11 people who roller-skied from Los Angeles to Lake Placid to promote and attend the Winter Olympics.
Outline of items to be carried on the primary election ballot: the presidential candidates; several state and local offices; 11 state propositions and a local advisory measure regarding low rent housing for senior citizens.
Members of the school district Long Range Space Utilization Task Force have been visiting all the elementary schools in the district to gain an overview of all the facilities before they recommend which should be closed.
The Board of Education has added four new members to the Long-Range Space Utilization Committee. The additions provide for representation by a parent from every elementary school in the district.
City Council has voted to purchase Monrovia's Chapman Well and reservoir. In addition Arcadia will exchange 951 acre feet of water rights in the San Gabriel Basin for the same amount now owned by Monrovia in the Raymond Basin.
Preparations for the sixth annual Health Fair to be held at the Santa Anita Fashion Park mall are discussed. Numerous local community organizations will be participating.
A nationwide forgery scheme uncovered by the Arcadia Police Department has resulted in the arrest of three men at the Santa Anita Avenue branch of the Bank of America.
Arson is suspected in a $150,000 fire that gutted a brand new office building at 411 South First Avenue on September 11. The building housed the law offices of Pike, Wilson and Cosso.
Thirteen negotiating sessions have been held since March yet the teachers and the Board of Education are still at odds. The Board is reluctant to give up its authority over the disputed matters of transfers, evaluation and grievance arbitration.
Santa Anita Park will have thoroughbred racing from December 26 through April 22, a season expanded by two weeks. The horse racing bill AB 3383 provided other changes in the sport that will affect Santa Anita Park.
Profile on Rebecca Diane Denney, a member of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Royal Court, to represent Arcadia in the January 1981 Pasadena Rose Parade.
At the Board of Education meeting there was some discussion of the Space Utilization Committee's recommendation to close two elementary schools, Bonita Park and Baldwin Stocker. Robert Kladifke, a member of the committee, objected to closing the newest and most educationally modern school in the district, Baldwin Stocker. Two public hearings are scheduled.