Year in Review
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tival is getting larger and more
impressive each year," said Ann
Muscat, president and CEO of
the Catalina Island Conservancy,
which is the beneficiary'of the
non-profit festival.
"It is through the dedication
and support of the community of
Avalon, partners like the Catalina
Film Festivaliincluding founder
Ron Truppa and co-founder Tim
KennedyIthat together we are
able to create such an outstanding
event," Muscat said.
Film luminaries gracing the
red carpet included Sharon Stone.
October
27th JazzTrax
Festival starts
JazzTrax returned to Catalina,
starting on Thursday, Oct. 4,
and kicked off with the first
unplugged sessions under the stars
at Descanso Beach and flowing
through Sunday with shows in the
Casino Ballroom.
A group including Catalina Island Marine Instiute instructors hold up an 18-foot-long oarfish
that washed up dead on Sunday, Oct. 13, at Toyon Bay and was discovered by CIMI instructor
Jasmine Santana who was snorkeling when she encountered the rare, exotic fish. Photo cour-
tesy of CIMI,
The annual music festival
runs over three weekends, during
which Avalon turns into "smooth
jazz central" with an atmosphere
unique to the island.
The event, now in its 27thyear,
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was voted the Best Jazz Festival in
America for 2010 and 2011.
Since 1987 it has brought visi-
tors to the island at a time when
the tourist economy would nor-
mally slow down to a trickle,
thus giving the town an economic
boost.
JazzTrax was a big help to
Avalon's economy during the
recession and this-year contin-
ued its three-weekend tradition.
However, according to its founder
Art Good, in 2014 JazzTrax will
be consolidated into a two-week-
end event.
24th Buccaneer
Days at resort
The Santa Catalina Island
Company hosted the 24th annual
Buccaneer Days from Oct. 4 to
Oct. 6 at Two Harbors.
Guests of the event put on their
best pirate costumes and set sail
for a weekend of great food, cold
drinks, live music, a treasure hunt,
costume contest and other fun.
Falcon program
comes to end
The Avalon Pest Bird Abatement
program by On the Wing Falconry
came to an end Oct 15:
The question of how to afford
further gull and pigeon control
remained in the air, though the
hawks were grounded.
The entire program now hinged
on finding adequate long-term
housing for the birds and their
handler.
A footprint of 1,500 square feet
was sought for the "weathering"
and "mews" enclosure.
Their handler, Master Falconer
Rocky Post, needed a small house
adjacent to the birds so he could
monitor and care for them.
Water quality
improves
Avalon Bay's water quality
improved in 2013, according to
both city tests and an environmen-
tal group.
"Based on the city's most recent
internal water quality testing all
of the Avalon Harbor Beaches
earned excellent water quality
grades," said Jordon Monroe, a
city of Avalon employee.
The End of Summer report
from Heal the Bay said: "Though
the water quality is far from excel-
lent, all five monitoring locations
improved from F grades to the
following: one A, one B, two C's
and one D grade."
Oarfish found
at Toyon Bay
An 18-foot long, dead oar-
fish washed ashore in Avalon
on Sunday, Oct. 13, causing a
stir among the island's scien-
tific and naturalist communities
and brought national attention to
Catalina.
It appeared to be the largest
and oldest to be found after it
swam uncharacteristically near
the shore and died.
Oarfish are rarely seen, as they
prefer to be in water from 650 to
3,000 feet deep. The one that was
Year in Rev/ew, Page 9
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cross their lines at Princeton and
seek security in the hills of northern
New Jersey.
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high temperature of 72 °, humidity of 28%. The D_
record high temperature for today is 86 ° set in Fri
1969. Expect partly cloudy skies tonight with an Sat
overnight low of 54 ° . The record low for tonight Sun
is 30 ° set in 1952. Saturday, skies will be mostly Mon
sunny with a high temperature of 69 °, humidity of Tue
59%. Skies will be partly cloudy Saturday night Wed
with an overnight low of 53 °. Expect sunny skies Thu
Sunday with a high temperature of 66 °. Skies will
remain sunny Monday with a high temperature of
66 °. Tuesday, skies will be mostly sunny with a
high temperature of 67 ° .
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Mort l:17am 7:14am 12:52pm 7:28pm Mort l:22am 7:22am 12:57pm 7:36pm
Tue 2:16am 8:46am 2:t6pm 8:24pm Tue 2:21 am 8:54am 2:21pm 8:32pm
Wed 3:18am 10:21arn 4:01pro 9:28pm Wed 3:23am 10:29am 4:06pro 9:36pm
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Sun 6:57 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 9:58 a.m. 10:16 p.m.
Mon 6:57 a.m. 5:01 p.m. 10:35 a.m. 11:19p.m.
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