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Historic Windmill Turns Again After Long Hiatus George Fasching’s Original Idea Spawns Huge Community Pride BY TERRY MILLER
George Fasching (left) and one of the original architects, Harold Bissner, pose in triple digit heat at the official “switch on” for the windmill Wednesday afternoon, June 29. - Photo by Terry Miller
BY KATTA HULES
Alexis Arellanes Gains National Policy Experience Through CHCI
Arcadia native Alexis Arellanes. – Courtesy photo
is hosting Arcadia native Alexis Arellanes, who studies political science at the University of San Francisco, SEE PAGE 14
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Farwell to the Chief
Arcadia Student Walks the Halls of Congress
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), the nation’s premier Hispanic youth leadership development and educational organization,
“To everything there is a season,” the late Pete Seeger wrote in the late ‘50s. How appropriate that on Wednesday afternoon, June 29, the man whose idea of getting the iconic windmill to turn again became a reality, George Fasching, was the guest of honor at a celebration dedicating this landmark occasion. Last year we told you about a magnificent plan that Fasching, Arcadia’s former mayor, had to get the old windmill atop of Denny’s restaurant on the corner of Huntington and Santa Anita in Arcadia rotating again like it once did. Well, after several conference calls, emails, and a bunch of enthusiastic support and local media interest, the popular carwashing guru got his wish realized on Tuesday afternoon, April 5. Denny’s CEO and the City of Arcadia gave the thumbs up and before you knew what was happening, the new motor was installed and the fabled Van De Camp windmill is once again turning, inviting people to step back into Arcadia’s proud history of preservation. Now equipped with a new variable speed motor, the windmill will run
Fire Chief Kurt Norwood resigns. - Courtesy photo
Arcadia Fire Chief Kurt Norwood is retiring. “I’ve got a little over 30 years in the fire service ... There are other things I’d like to do while I’m relatively young and still healthy,” says Norwood, adding, “It’s been a great career.” The chief was interested in public safety at a young
age, torn between following his mother’s footsteps into the police or his father’s into the fire department. He chose firefighting because, while both his parents loved their jobs, his father’s fire station had “more of a feeling of family and camaraderie … and the line of work just appealed [to SEE PAGE 15