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		<title>Ocean calling leads to life in the sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 22:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems that Catalina Island’s newest sea creature didn’t just wander into the Avalon Bay by accident. Mermaid Madison had a specific reason to make Catalina her summer home. Mermaid Madison, more commonly known as Madison Feldman has been visiting the island much of her life and over the past three years, she has been [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Islander among scholarship grads</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avalon High graduate, Giselle Alvarez, was among a group of college graduates who were recognized by the Angels Baseball Foundation in a pregame event prior to the Angels and Rangers game on Monday at Anaheim Stadium. Alvarez was one of 25 college graduates who were awarded scholarships from the ABF. She recently graduated from UC [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Championship has nice ring to it</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a celebration at the Avalon School Gym, the Lancer football team received their time-honored traditional memento, representing the team’s CIF-SS football championship, won in November. The team was presented with the traditional championship rings. And like most team championship rings, the bigger and gaudier, the better. “Oh my God, they’re amazing, I really don’t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Students schooled in art of archery</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avalon fifth and sixth graders were recently given the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of archery. Put a bow and arrow in anybody’s hands and they are likely to have fun experience. The art of releasing an arrow towards a target provides a rush for the shooter. But aside from providing students with a little [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lifelong runner ‘gets to’ return to Catalina to complete Triple Crown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When the starting gun for the 48th Catalina Island Marathon goes off, among the runners hitting the island trails will be 72-year-old Bobby Porter and when he crosses the finish line, he will have completed the Catalina Island Triple Crown Challenge. The award is given to a runner who completes the islands three big races, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A little piece of Catalina Island</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Robin Cassidy’s impact on Avalon can be seen all over town. Most might not even realize they are looking at it, but it’s there. Since Robin opened Silver Canyon Pottery, her shop’s work has been used to revive much of the aging tiles all around town. Her work has become a fixture in Avalon and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cabrillo Steamer fading into history</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former Catalina residents, now living in Northern California, recently sent in a photo of the last remnants of a piece of Catalina history. The Cabrillo Steamer, a wooden hull steamship, was one of the early transportation ships to bring visitors to Catalina Island. The ship was made by the Banning Brothers, who owned the Wilmington [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon captures CIF-SS championship</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 20:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It might have been fate. It may have been divine intervention. It was definitely something from within. Something took over the Avalon High football team this year and it propelled a group of boys over the top this year, as the Lancers captured the second CIF-SS Eight-man Football Championship in school history. As the 100-year [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catching up with artist Linda Ikeda</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recent ‘Best in Show’ winner at Catalina Festival of Art By Ted Apodaca It was a chance encounter that eventually led to Linda Ikeda’s “Best in Show” win at the recent Catalina Island Festival of Art. Ikeda, a frequent visitor to the Island, is a Long Beach based artist, photographer and former nurse. The Islander [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon football opens season with solid victory</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon High football team started their season off with a win, as the Lancers battled through heat and cramps to defeat Animo Robinson of Los Angeles, 36-26, on Saturday on the road. It was a good-sized hurdle for a young team as the Lancers had never beaten Animo. Avalon graduated much of its starting [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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