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		<title>City Hall to reopen July 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 18:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Only four members of the public at one time will be allowed inside. Masks will be required.&#160; By Charles M. Kelly The City Council agreed with staff’s recommendation to reopen Avalon City Hall to the public on July 1. There was no formal vote taken, just direction to the city manager to follow the staff’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon Lions Club holds first in-person meeting of 2021</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Burney Ramming]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After more than a year of Zoom meetings, the Avalon Lions Club held their first meeting as a vaccinated Lion Family. Avalon Lions are thankful for the excellent vaccination program of the Catalina Island Medical Center. Lion Jason Paret and the entire staff of our Island Medical Center are to be congratulated for their outstanding [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>California rental assistance program extended thru June</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tenants and landlords can apply for funding With the California Senate’s signing of SB91, protections for renters and landlords will be extended through at least June of this year. SB91 was signed into law on January 29 and it extends evection protections for tenants who have been impacted by COVID-19 that were established in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Island Museum’s executive director steps down</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy Catalina Island Museum]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 20:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Julie Perlin Lee will become executive director of Laguna Art Museum on May 3 Catalina Island Museum announced this week that its Executive Director Julie Perlin Lee is stepping down later in the month. Lee and her family will move off the island, where she will assume her new role as Laguna Art Museum’s executive [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon children return to school</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristy Throndson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 20:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dean of Students Emma Peguero, greets students on the first day back to school in over a year. Carmella Pedrosa with her daughter Bella Mia Reyas Pedroza learn how to use a QR Code Reader to submit their required Daily Health Screening. Download QR]]></description>
		
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		<title>Free PPE available to local businesses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Love Catalina Island]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Love Catalina Island The PPE Unite™ program will provide a free 30-day supply of personal protective equipment to Catalina’s small businesses and employees from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Jan. 30. The pickup event will be held at Avalon Freight Services, which is at 40 Pebbly Beach Rd. Advance sign-up is required at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sheriff’s Log: Jan. 20 to Jan. 26, 2021</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Capt. Joseph A. Badali]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Editor’s note: The fol­low­­­ing is the Avalon Sheriff’s Sta­tion significant incidents report for the week of Jan. 20 to Jan. 26, 2021. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Many people who are arrested do not get prosecuted in the first place and many who are prosecuted do not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council considers the year ahead</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Though optimistic, members see challenges to business, and the city’s financial future Avalon City Council members expressed cautious optimism about the year ahead, even as acknowledged the challenges caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in response to an informal survey. The Islander recently emailed each council member to ask: “What do you see as the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Triathlete misses attending Avalon 50K Run</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mainland woman reflects on a year that changed sports and everything else When COVID restrictions began, nearly a year ago, gyms and exercise studios were among the most restricted facilities. For some, it may have been a welcomed respite from the workout routine. It may have felt like a nice break. But for those who [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon Food Security program feeds families</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy City of Avalon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On behalf of the Avalon Community Church, city of Avalon and the Food Security Advisory Committee, we would like to thank everyone who helped support the Food Security program. This was a wonderful coming together of our local community and of friends from overtown (that’s the mainland, to any visitors who are reading these words). [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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