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Urgent parcel tax response needed
Editor’s note: The following blog relates to recent controversy over a parcel tax on all property owners, including schools, churches,...
desseinall
Dec 16, 20122 min read
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Serving homeless on Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving Day my brothers and I participated in an incredibly inspiring event organized by Flintridge Prep School’s KEY Club where...
desseinall
Dec 16, 20123 min read
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Liu at Stanford, Hopkins Pt 2
Screams of elation and eruptions of laughter and cheering blowing up into the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth (CTY)...
desseinall
Sep 9, 20123 min read
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Liu at Stanford, Johns Hopkins
I became fond of a scribbling pencil noise and the quick flip of a book page every day; something I believe that normal students would be...
desseinall
Aug 18, 20123 min read
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Vick Liu: soccer nationals
On July 8th, 2012, Arcadia’s BU-14 Soccer National Team won 5th place in the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) National Games...
desseinall
Aug 14, 20123 min read
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Patriotism’s meaning
On a spring morning in April of 1775, just as the sun began to rise, a shot was fired: one that would change not only a nation, but also...
desseinall
Jul 14, 20124 min read
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Gains in shorter summer break?
When a majority of students look at school days and summer vacation, they think of two very contrasting subjects, but what some people do...
desseinall
Jul 2, 20124 min read
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Troy & Marge Bond: their love story
Troy and Margie grew up living right next door to each other on Valencia Avenue in Pasadena. As a little girl, Margie had a crush on...
desseinall
Jul 2, 20122 min read
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Arcadia’s Shining Star, Erica Wu
Erica Wu receiving certificate by Mayor Bob Harbicht at June 5 City Council meeting. In the City of Arcadia, a bright star shines. Her...
desseinall
Jun 12, 20122 min read
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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...
desseinall
Apr 29, 20124 min read
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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...
desseinall
Apr 9, 20123 min read
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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...
desseinall
Apr 1, 20124 min read
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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...
desseinall
Apr 1, 20121 min read
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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...
desseinall
Mar 29, 20124 min read
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Jim Helms: Campaign Propriety
I was shocked to hear a message on my answering machine from Mayor Pro Tem Bob Harbicht asking me to vote for John Wuo for the City...
desseinall
Mar 16, 20121 min read
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Where did Auditorium money go?
A group of Arcadians in the 1970s who dreamed of building a civic auditorium to stage live theater productions in town will finally see...
desseinall
Jan 8, 20123 min read
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Rotary Hospital Donation
The Arcadia Rotary Club contributed to Arcadia Methodist Hospital’s dream of a new five-story patient tower with a generous donation of...
desseinall
Dec 29, 20111 min read
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Life goals of fifth grader
When your everlasting life comes to a stop and your heart beat grows still, you want to say that you have accomplished something in life...
desseinall
Dec 1, 20113 min read
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Supporting Teachers
It is said that our teachers are teaching the next generation. Why is it so important for us to go to school? Most of our economists,...
desseinall
Nov 6, 20113 min read
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Chemo QT: 6-time cancer survivor
My name is Michelle Ann Gearhart-Pash and I am a six-time breast cancer survivor. I was born on June 22, 1956 in Los Angeles to my...
desseinall
Sep 26, 20114 min read
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