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VOL. 22, NO. 43
ARCADIA’S ICONIC WINDMILL RESTORATION ALMOST COMPLETE Mid-November slated as tentative schedule for installation
George Fasching (far right) inspects the progress on two of the four windmill blades. - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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t couldn’t happen at a better time of the year, this close to Thanksgiving. What’s happening, you say? Well, the famous Van De Camp windmill atop of what is now Denny’s in Arcadia will be up and running again thanks to the tireless efforts of one man in particular, George Fasching who spearheaded the initial campaign two years ago to get the windmill turning again after decades of
non-operation. After exhaustive efforts and an elaborate event to officially turn on the windmill after so many years of non-operation, Fasching and Denny’s CEO John Miller celebrated the occasion with city officials and the community last June. Within a mere few months, the blades came tumbling down one morning in a freak accident possibly caused by metal fatigue in one of the mechanical components holding the blades. One of the blades sliced a hole through the roof of the iconic building. No one was hurt, amazingly enough, but it was a sad day for those involved in getting the historic
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windmill turning again. Fasching is quick to point out that the real heroes here are Denny’s CEO Miller; Ed Meda, the project manager; the city of Arcadia and of course the brilliant fabrication and creative design work of Joe Sargis and his company in Arcadia. On Thursday, Arcadia Weekly visited Creative Fabrication and Design on St. Joseph Street in Arcadia to see, first-hand, the progress. Here we saw two of the four SEE WINDMILL RESTORATION PAGE 9
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