Ticket order deadline this Thursday, March 20:
The Arcadia Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Bob and Patsy Harbicht have been named Citizens of the Year for 2014-15.
Individually and together the couple has devoted a lifetime of volunteer service to the community of Arcadia through scouting, schools, church and myriad organizations, including the Chamber.
The Harbichts will succeed Jim and Shelly Romo at the 2014 Board of Directors Installation Dinner to be held on March 27 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel on Huntington Drive. The annual dinner event, featuring the induction of the new Chamber officers, including President-elect Denise Weaver of Weaver & Associates Insurance, a tribute to outgoing Chamber President Arlynn Robinson, and presentations by Chamber and City leaders and political dignitaries, is considered one of Arcadia’s premier events. In addition, Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary will receive the Corporate Community Contributor Award. For information, tickets, and ads/sponsorships, see the information below or call the Chamber office at 626-447-2159. Or order tickets online here ($60 for members; $70 for non-members).
Other recent Citizens of the Year include Alice Wang, Sho Tay, Vince Foley, current City Councilmen Gary Kovacic and Mickey and Lee Segal, and Gail Jensen.
Early on a Monday morning last September, Bob Harbicht was spotted putting table cloths on dozens of tables at the Arboretum being set up for that evening’s Taste of Arcadia, which he calls “Arcadia’s signature event.”
It was emblematic of his attitude even while leading the City as Mayor four times and on a record-setting 20 years on the City Council, which ends in April.
“We’re pretty good at being Indians as well as chiefs,” he says.
Bob has also been Chairman of the Lucky Baldwin District of the Boy Scouts of America, and received the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award. His other volunteer leadership roles have included President of the Arcadia Rotary Club and Arcadia High School Drill Team Booster Club, as well as serving on the Board of Directors for the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, Arcadia Red Cross, Arcadia Welfare & Thrift, and the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association. And that’s in addition to his years as AYSO soccer coach and referee.
When they aren’t traveling and bicycling the world and caring for their children and grandchildren, the Harbichts have a hard time keeping up with each other as Patsy also has a full slate of volunteer responsibilities. In addition to serving on the PTA from Highland Oaks Elementary, Foothills Middle School and Arcadia High School and as a leader in the Girl Scouts, she has also been President of: Visiting Nurses Association of Methodist Hospital; Children’s Home Society of Arcadia; Arcadia Partners in Rotary; and Monrovia Guild of Children’s Hospital. Her decades of volunteering have also included participation in the Assistance League of Arcadia and more than 30 years at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
Get your tickets now and show your support for these wonderful award recipients:
Keystone Club Sponsor: $2,500
- VIP Table of 10
- Logo on all publicity online and in print
- Signage at event
- Any available full page ad in program; plus listing
Gold Sponsor: $1,000
- Reserved table of 10
- Any available full-page ad in program; plus listing
Silver Sponsor: $799
- Reserved table seating for 6
- Listing in program
Bronze Sponsor: $550
- Reserved table seating for 2
- Full page ad in program; plus listing
Congratulatory Program Ads
- Back cover (8.5” tall x 5.5” wide): $300
- Inside covers (8.5” tall x 5.5” wide) : $250
- Full page inside (8.5” tall x 5.5” wide): $200
- Half-page (5.5” tall x 4.25” wide): $125
Citizen of the Year Recipients 1969-2014
2014 Bob & Patsy Harbicht
2013 Jim & Shelly Romo
2012 Alice Wang
2011 Sho Tay
2010 Vince Foley
2009 Lee & Mickey Segal
2008 Gail Jensen
2007 Gary Kovacic
2006 Eva Chinn
2005 Floretta Lauber
2004 James Helms, Jim & Margaret Barrows
2003 Don Fandry
2002 Charles & Ruth Gilb
2001 Chris McClain
2000 Barbara Yack
1999 Eileen Hubbard
1998 Carmen Thibault
1997 Peter Ulrich
1996 Joan Cline
1995 Micky Harbur
1994 Mary Hansen & Pat Wallace
1993 Anna Roginson-Busse
1992 Monty Lindsey
1991 Mary Young
1990 Dr. Dennis Lojeski & Christopher McGuire
1989 Barbara Saelid & Jean Cope
1988 Carol Papay
1987 Marilyn Bryant
1986 Don Pellegrino & Herb Goddard
1985 June Fee & Dottie Burnett
1984 Ruth Gilb & James Parker
1983 Catherine Mundy & Lyle Cunningham
1982 Marguerite Towsley & Dr. Robert Bell
1981 Marilyn Daleo
1980 John Joseph & Marilyn Morrison
1979 James Helms & Kelvin Mason
1978 Carol Libby & Roy Long
1977 Jean Livingston & Charles Gilb
1976 Paul Johenk
1975 Lt. Neal Johnson
1974 Jean Hoard & Dr. Alton Scott
1973 Phillis Parker
1972 James Harvey
1971 Edna B. Lenz
1970 Elton Phillips
1969 Jesse Balser, Conrad Reibold, Dale Turner