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		<title>Catalina Outdoor Adventure Club holds Archery Range grand opening</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Outdoor Adventure Club recently held a grand opening event for its new archery range. The Catalina Outdoor Adventure Club is a non-profit organization that seeks to enrich the lives of Catalina youths, by introducing and educating them to outdoor recreational activities and adventures. Our mission is to educate and facilitate guided outdoor recreational [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2026 City Council candidates named</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[City Clerk Gabrielle Morones announced the names of the certified candidates for the June 2 City Council election. For the office of mayor, the candidates are: Cinde Cassidy (a past council member), current Mayor Anni Marshall, Daniel Feltz (a local business man), and Grayson Kline (recently retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department). The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wording of Assembly Bill 1581</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the legislation that some say played a role in gaining approval of the Conservancy’s permit application for its restoration management permit from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (For details, see https://thecatalinaislander.com/conservancy-gets-final-approval-to-launch-long-awaited-restoration/.) An act to amend Sections 2089.4 and 2089.22 of, and to add and repeal Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 1670) [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Walt Puffer has spent a lifetime in Catalina waters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is so much great history to discover here on the island. I got to tap in again on my friend, Walt Puffer, who just turned 96 years young a few weeks ago! This waterman, still swims daily, and is a legend to Catalina history. Walt has been on the island for 54 years, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Award for scientist who mapped Catalina weeds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Months of trekking the Catalina Island wildlands to conduct weed mapping and eradicate invasive weeds recently earned John Knapp, a Conservancy senior conservation scientist, a prestigious honor. The California Invasive Plant Council Symposium brought conservation leaders from across the state to Ventura, where Knapp received the Jake Sigg Award for Vision and Dedicated Service. In [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon election set for June 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Election season is here. The Avalon City Council on Jan. 20 formally called the 2026 election. The city election will be held Tuesday, June 2. The mayor and two council seats will be in play. The mayor will serve a two-year term and the council members will serve a four-year term. The nomination period is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon Lions 50M/50K Benefit Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine a perfect foot race on a beautiful island. Picture blue skies, green hillsides, a gentle breeze, and lazy bison watching runners go by from their vantage points. About nine hundred long distance runners, their families, and friends voyaged from mainland Southern California to Catalina Island for this race. Each year the second weekend in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Take the Islander on Vacation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chuck and Pam Martin, Val Schafer and longtime summer residents Robert and Connie Stroud recently took a cruise to Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada aboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas. Of course, the Islander made the trip with them.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Enjoy a drink, a little whale, bird discussion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Engage in thoughtful discussion about important scientific issues while socializing in a laid back atmosphere, for Science Pub: Coastal Corridors – Movement and Migration by Land and Sea. Catalina Island Conservancy’s Science Pub is a free community event that offers an approachable way to learn about topics related to the natural world. It will be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Insights from your local thalassophile: Blacksmith fish offering a blue Christmas holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy holidays to all! Can you believe the water temp was 64 degrees the other day? I find myself hanging on to summer with full potential. Local waters have been captivated with the presence of “blackfish”, with their many descendants. Kind of a strange name for such a beautifully blue colored damselfish. Another interesting fact [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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