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		<title>Catalina Paddlers Brave Ocean</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Dominik Haering At dawn in Oceanside Harbor on August 23, the air buzzed with anticipation. Colorful canoes, long and narrow with paddles laid across their hulls, lined the beach and the steady rhythm of Polynesian drums filled the air along with the scent of sunscreen and salty ocean spray. Laughter rippled through the crowd [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Outdoor Adventure Club wraps up summer fishing fun</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the past ten weeks, island kids have been gathering on the Green Pier every weekend to take part in the free Kids Fishing Derby, hosted by the Catalina Outdoor Adventure Club. The derby has been a place for youth to learn, laugh, and enjoy the simple joy of casting a line into Avalon Bay. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Newport Beach mayor to paddle from Catalina to Newport Beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Sept. 13, Newport Beach Mayor Hon. Joe Stapleton will undertake an ambitious 30-mile paddle across open ocean—from Catalina Island to Newport Beach—in support of the Ben Carlson Foundation, which honors the legacy of the heroic Newport Beach lifeguard who gave his life saving another in 2014. Mayor Stapleton has been training rigorously for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race rules them all</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff Report]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Paddleboard endurance races have become a world-wide sport, but the return of the 48th Annual Catalina Classic Paddleboard race brings back the one that is referred to as the “Granddaddy of Them All.” The race returns to the island on Aug. 24 with some of the top racers in the world heading to Catalina to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fishing Derby contestant hauls in 26</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the Islander A total of 18 kids from Hermosa Beach, New York, and Idaho Falls joined the community for the seventh fishing derby of the season on Wednesday. 10 and under most fish caught 1st &#8211; 10 yr. old Jonathan &#8211; 26 fish 2nd &#8211; 5 yr. old Valentin &#8211; 7 fish 3rd &#8211; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ocean calling leads to life in the sea</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<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>Fishing Derby results July 18, 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A total of 34 kids from Avalon, Los Angeles and Long Beach joined the fifth fishing derby of the season on July 16. 10 and under most fish caught 11-16 most fish caught 10 and under biggest fish 11-16 biggest fish Most Unique Fish- Sand Bass from Local Jonathan   The Overall Winner- Lucius We are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fishing Derby pulls 180 fish out of bay</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the Islander A total of 37 kids from Avalon, San Diego, San Pedro, Thousand Oaks, Pasadena, and Temecula participated in the July 9 Fishing Derby. A total of 180 fish were caught. 10 and under most fish caught 1st &#8211; Nicky, 16. 2nd &#8211; Easton Bravo, Avalon, 15. 3rd &#8211; Johnathan Garcia, Avalon, 12. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Honoring legacy of Rosie Cadman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A large gathering of the community came together on June 14 for a ceremony at the fish weighing station on the pier, to honor the late Rosie Cadman. Doug Miller, President of the Tuna Club Foundation, dedicated a plaque that has been placed on the station, honoring Rosie as the “Rosie Cadman Memorial Weigh Station.” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>First ‘Fishing Derby’ of season results</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A total of 15 kids from Avalon joined Avalon’s first fishing derby of the of the summer season. The derby occurs every Wednesday, from 7-9 a.m. through August 20. 10 and under most fish Caught 1st- 8 yr. old Mahi &#8211; 15 fish 2nd- 6 yr. old Skyler &#8211; 10 fish 3rd – 9 yr. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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