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Arcadia Rotary’s Second Annual ‘Field of Honor’ to Display 1,000 United States Flags at County Park Starting May 21
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The inaugural event displayed 1,000 flags, which marked a corner of the park in an impressive show of patriotism. - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
California Housing Market Downshifts in April Following a strong first quarter start, California housing market downshifts in April. California home sales lost momentum in April, while the median home price accelerated to a near-10-year high, the Arcadia Association of REALTORS said recently.
Closed escrow sales of existing, singlefamily detached homes in California remained above the 400,000 benchmark for the 13th consecutive month and totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of SEE PAGE 10
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT Nostalgic Nosh at Mary’s Market & Cafe Page 6
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Grammy Award-Winner Steve Tyrell Closes Season
ob Harbicht and Arcadia Rotary spearheaded a unique project at Arcadia County Park which was installed for the first time May 20, 2016. The inaugural event displayed 1,000 flags, which marked a corner of the park in an impressive show of patriotism … just in time for Memorial Day ceremonies which will take place Saturday, May 29. Arcadia Field of Honor is a community-wide event designed to celebrate patriotism and honor those who have served our country and/ or are special in our lives. Volunteer help is needed to run the Field of Honor. Help is needed daily from May 21 through May 30. There are a wide variety of opportunities available, Teri Muse is handling volunteer sign up. For questions on volunteering for the Arcadia Field
of Honor: e-mail Teri here: tmuse@wm.com Proceeds support local Rotary charities and a veterans memorial in Arcadia. Flags can be purchased for $50 each and will have a tag with a custom message (up to 25 words) of your choosing. Flags will be displayed at County Park on Santa Anita Ave. & Huntington Dr. in Arcadia from May 20-May 29. Opening Ceremonies will be held on May 21 at 1:00 pm at Arcadia County Park. Please join us! Arcadia Field of Honor is being organized by Arcadia Rotary. Arcadia Rotary is made up of neighbors, friends, and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world. Our SEE PAGE 11
ARCADIA WEEKLY LAUNCHES EXCITING TRANSFORMATION by TERRY MILLER TMILLER@BEACONMEDIANEWS.COM
As many of our regular readers and advertisers will note, there have been some subtle, albeit, significant changes in both
our print edition and notably our corresponding websites. The Arcadia Weekly re-launches in hopes of providing a more enhanced look. Our creative and spirited graphics SEE PAGE 11
SPORTS Baseball & Softball Wrap Ups
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