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VOLUME 20, NO. 24
ARCADIA TO CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF REVITALIZATION OF ICONIC WINDMILL JUNE 29 by TERRY MILLER
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t was almost one year ago we told you about a man and his great plan to get Denny’s windmill running again. “To everything there is a season,” the late Pete Seeger wrote in the late ‘50s. How appropriate that on Wednesday afternoon, June 29 last year, the man whose idea of getting the iconic windmill turned again became a reality. The humble albeit well-known man who worked diligently behind the scenes with a letter writing campaign wants no notoriety on this anniversary but we can tell you he specializes in keeping Arcadia’s horseless carriages clean and shiny. Denny’s CEO and the City of Arcadia gave the thumbs up to the local visionary and before you knew what was happening, the new motor was installed and the fabled Van De Camp windmill is now once again turning, inviting people to step back into Arcadia’s proud history of preservation. Now equipped with a new variable speed motor, the windmill will runs at about six rotations-per-minute and is illuminated at night. Originally built in 1967, the Arcadia windmill sits atop the building’s Googiestyle architecture roof and was designed by Pasadena architects Harold Bissner and Harold Zook, according to LA Conservancy.
-Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Downtown Arcadia Patriotic Festival Slated July 1 Downtown Arcadia is making the good times roll at this year’s Patriotic Festival, with a giveaway of prizes from local merchants next month. The event runs Saturday, July 1, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on First Avenue in Downtown Arcadia. It includes live patriotic music, a jam session and plenty of free fun activities for the kids. Feast on Burger Barn BBQ and beat the heat with a beer garden for the big kids (21 and over).
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT Support Animal Welfare—With Cool Clothes
Enter now for the Patriotic Festival merchants’ giveaway. You must be present at the Patriotic Festival to win. Be sure to check in by 7 p.m. at the Downtown Arcadia Booth. Winners will be announced at 7:30 p.m. Patriotic Festival prizes include: • A bike from Helen’s Cycles. SEE PAGE 11 It’ll be all red white and blue on July 1 in Arcadia’s Downtown district complete with Uncle Sam. – Photo by Terry Miller/Beacon Media News
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Pasadena Pops & Michael Feinstein Celebrate Broadway
Cool Cops help Arcadia Kids Chill Arcadia Officers Reward Youth for Good Behavior through 7-Eleven Stores' ‘Operation Chill’ This summer, local law enforcement officers will be dispensing well-deserved Slurpee justice to good kids in the City of Arcadia. For the 22nd year, 7-Eleven is working with local police and sheriff’s departments to distribute free Slurpee drink coupons to children and youth through its popular Operation Chill communityservice program. During 2017, 7-Eleven SEE PAGE 11
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Officer Machado was able to meet a group of kids and offer them a cool treat! Thanks to 7-11, our officers are handing out coupons for free Slurpees through their program known as Operation Chill. - Courtesy photo
SPORTS Former NFL Players from Pasadena Host Youth Football Clinic at The Rose Bowl
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