8th grader’s trip to DC, NYC

During our recent Spring break, Dana Middle School organized an 8th grade student trip to visit Washington D.C. and New York City. I was one of the 40 students along with a few teachers and chaperones to visit our nation’s Capital (including the White House) and the Big Apple. – – – – – – [...]

Fifth grader’s Hunger Games

Could you survive on your own in the wilderness, with everyone out to make sure that you would not see the day? Along with many young students in Arcadia, I went to the AMC theater at Westfield Santa Anita to embark on a remarkable movie adventure. The movie line -to my interest- extended all the [...]

5th grader on Candidates

On March 16, 2012, I had the opportunity to attend Arcadia’s last City Council candidate forum before the election. I arrived a little late, but still had the chance to shake hands with Mary Dougherty and John Wuo; the other candidates were busy talking with other people. During this forum, I heard many interesting things. [...]

Sheila Kang: Chinese voting

I would like more Chinese to participate in election by voting. Ballots with a crucial blunder in its Chinese-language instructions could cause some votes to be invalidated. Here is a link to video showing how to vote in Chinese. (Editor’s note: the marking of a candidate on the sample ballot should be considered an example [...]

Richard Midgley: Wuo’s motives?

I was pleased to read in Arcadia’s Best of the strong negative reactions generated by Mr. Harbicht’s and Mr. Chandler’s endorsements via a computerized phone tree of Mr. John Wuo for City Council. Although the election is probably a long way down the road, I would like to add my voice to those negative views. [...]

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