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VOLUME 20, NO. 41
Arcadia High Students Named to Rose Court for Second Consecutive Year Arcadia has long history of producing royalty Staff Writer editorial@beaconmedianews.com
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rcadia High School students Lauren Buehner and Sydney Pickering were selected for the 2018 Rose Parade Royal Court last week. With nearly 1,000 applicants this year, Arcadia High School had three of the 37 finalists, and now two of the seven Royal Court members. Maya Khan and Emi Powers represented Arcadia High School as princesses on the 2017 Royal Court. The Announcement and Coronation of the 100th Rose Queen will be made Wednesday, Oct.18, 2017, at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Arcadia High School students Sydney Pickering (right)and Lauren Buehner (right). - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
HIGHLIGHTING
100 Years Plus Is Nothing New at Arcadia Senior Care Facility Monica SANCHEZ monicaadeline2@gmail.com
Vista Cove, an assisted living senior care facility in Arcadia is helping residents live until 100 years old. With the quality of care and attention they have provided to each senior who chooses to stay with them, 18 residents so far in the last ten years have been able to live a full century. Vista Cove’s most
recent centennial star is Charles Hackett, who likes to be called Chuck around the facility. Chuck was born on Nov. 15, 1917 in a small town, Arlington, Texas, and has been a member of the Arcadia community since 1955. During his lifetime, he worked at standard oil leasing service stations in the San Gabriel Valley, enjoyed traveling around the country in his motorhome, and
is the proud father of two children, a son and daughter, who gave him two lovely grandchildren. At Vista Cove, Chuck is certainly one of the most memorable residents as the staff admits that he often likes to play practical jokes on staff members. The staff jokingly referred to him as a “smart aleck.” When Chuck isn’t joking around, residents, staff and family SEE VISTA COVE PAGE 13
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Downtown ARCADIA
New Business Friendly Zoning Code Tim SCHWEHR, Economic Development Analyst, City of Arcadia
For this week’s Highlighting Downtown Arcadia column, I’ve been invited by the Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association to discuss the City’s new Business-Friendly Zoning Code for the area, and some of the exciting opportunities it has created for the downtown. Adopted in November 2016 as part of a comprehensive
noteworthy and important for the economic growth and continued revitalization of Downtown Arcadia. First, to encourage additional mixed-use development around the Arcadia Metro Station, the Downtown Mixed Use (DMU) Zone has been expanded to include properties on Santa Anita Avenue, Second Avenue, and La Porte Street. The larger DMU area offers new opportuSEE ZONING PAGE 12
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citywide zoning update, the Downtown Arcadia BusinessFriendly Zoning Code was created with the goal of bringing more mixed-use development to the area and incentivizing adaptive reuse of existing buildings. The new code seeks to accomplish both these goals through a number of important changes, including updates to permit requirements, approved uses, parking, and much more. Of these changes, I think three items in particular are most
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