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VOLUME 20, NO. 19
ARCADIA ROTARY CLUB HONORS JOYCE PLATT by TERRY MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
D
uring this year’s Arcadia Rotary Club’s annual Salute to Seniors, they tipped their hats to one very special individual. Emcee George Fasching went the extra mile and even did a dance following his brief video of some classic dance movies he wanted to share with the huge crowd at the Community Center Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Peter Amundson declared May 9 Senior Citizen Day and bestowed the highly-coveted Senior Citizen of the Year Award to long-time teacher and Arcadia volunteer Joyce Platt. Platt has served on numerous committees and boards such as the Arcadia Travelers; Arcadia Senior Citizens’ Commission; The Gilb Museum, Floretta Lauber Museum Education Center as well as the Performing Arts Center to
name a few. Platt first introduced the audience to her husband and 103 year-oldfather as well as the other members at her table who represented each one of the committees she has served on. Mayor Amundson quipped that the slogan used during his campaign was “Make Arcadia Great Again” and that former Mayor George Fasching’s campaign mantra was ‘Making Arcadia Clean Again, One Car at a Time…” With the Mayor’s respectful apologies to Fritz Coleman for stealing one of his Jokes the program continued when the car wash guru got the mic back and opened an umbrella … as he introduced the main event. NBC Television’s Weather/Funny man took the spotlight for one of his stand-up routines which, of course, brought the house down. It was a veritable who’s
Senior of the year, Joyce Platt shares a joke with KNBC Weatherman Fritz Coleman - Photo by Terry Miller/Beacon Media News
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Arcadia Saving Energy, Creating Jobs Through HERO Program When California state legislators voted to approve Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) and encouraged local communities to embrace this innovative home energy and efficiency financing model, Arcadia was quick to act. Arcadia, as well as surrounding cities, adopted PACE with the goal of helping local
homeowners make renewable energy and energy- and water-effi¬ciency upgrades that could reduce utility bills and greenhouse gas emissions while creating local clean-energy jobs. SEE PAGE 13
'Pest Control' Company Allegedly Killed Coyotes With Controlled Substance Recently, PETA sent an urgent request to California law enforcement, the California State Board of Pharmacy, and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration seeking a formal
investigation into what may have been the illegal use of sodium pentothal—a controlled substance—on coyotes by an employee of Chino-based Animal Pest Management Services, Inc.,
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one of the biggest exterminators in Southern California. Under federal and state law, sodium pentothal must be administered by or under SEE PAGE 13
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