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VOLUME 19, NO. 17
Community News, Arts & Opinions Since 1996
Arcadia Council Names Kovacic Mayor, Taps Chandler for Pro Tem
Arcadia High Student Gets $40,000 Scholarship From Edison
Arcadia Police Find 700 Pot Plants Growing in ‘Vacant’ House P. 19
BY TERRY MILLER
SPORTS
Monrovia Baseball Cruises Past La Canada 10-1 to Continue Undefeated Streak P. 34
Arcadia Offers 2015 Future Apaches Football Camp P. 34 Gary Kovacic has once again taken over the Mayor’s seat in Arcadia
ENTERTAINMENT Loopholes: A Hodgepodge of Puns, Shticks, and One-Liners P. 7 Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre “A Collection of Works” April 25 P.14
BUSINESS
Business Profile: Geek Tech Repair P. 33
Why Single Parents Don’t Have the Luxury of Putting Off Estate Planning P. 33
EDUCATION
Pasadena City College Foundation to Hold First Scholarship Gala May 16 P. 27
Rosemead High Succeeds at Science Olympiad P. 26
- Photo by Terry Miller
voters have elected Chandler to four terms. Kovacic, who served this past year as mayor pro tem,
Arcadia High School student Brandon Carone was surprised with a $40,000 scholarship he won courtesy of Edison International on Friday morning. Representatives from Edison and his mother suddenly appeared out on nowhere during his tutoring program working with other students. Mr. Carone had entered a contest sponsored by Edison that assists excellent students with a huge grant. He will be double majoring at UCLA next year in Music Composition and Biological Science (he will be pursuSEE PG. 19
City Council members on Tuesday unanimously selected Gary Kovacic to be Arcadia’s next Mayor and Roger Chandler to serve as mayor pro tem.
Both are long-time council members. Kovacic has served consecutively since 1996, taking a two-year break from 20062008 due to term limits, and
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the lead sponsor of the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution in Congress, released the following statement after the White House confirmed to Armenian-American community leaders that the President would not use the word genocide when he issues a statement Friday on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide: “I’m deeply disappointed that the President, once again, will fail to properly describe the extermination of 1.5 million Armenians from 1915 to 1923 for what it was – genocide. How long must the victims and their families wait before our nation has the courage to confront Turkey with the truth about the murderous past of the Ottoman Empire? If not this President, who spoke so eloquently and passionately about recognition
The Centennial of the Armenian Genocide will be this Friday. On Saturday, hundreds attended a special dedication of the new memorial in Memorial Park in Pasadena. - Photo by Terry Miller
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Rep. Schiff “Deeply Disappointed” Obama Won’t Use Word ‘Genocide’
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