Friday, Jan. 15, 1999
Serving Catalina and its
Mainland Friends Every Week since 1914
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by SHERRI WALKER Two of the teens were charged
with shooting a BB gun within
Three Avalon teenagers are the city limits. The other was
facing charges stemming from an charged with assault. They range
incident with a BB gun. in age from 13 to 15.
A~cording to Sheriffs Deputy The incident began with the
John Hauck, a fourth teenager youths shooting,P@ot~le. T-hey
may also be charged in the inci- then began to shoot each other
dent, which happened near the with the pistol-style BB gun. "And
Avalon Skate Park on Tuesday. then at least one of them decided
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Firefighters remove belongings from the home at Pebbly
Beach photo by TRAVIS PORTER
Avalon firefighters were clothes Firefighters also had to
called to a fire late Saturday knock holes in a wall to reach
afternoon at a home at Pebbly burning electrical circuitry.
Beach. The Occupants of the home
The blaze was caused by will have to find other housing
overloaded electrical circuits, until the electrical wiring can
according to Avalon Fire Chief be thoroughly checked out.
Jack Goslin Volunteers and both city
"There were too many plugs and county fire responded,
into too many sockets," he Goslin said. Volunteer firez
said. fighters also staffed the fire sta-
Damage at the home was tion while city crews worked
limited to a mattress and some the fire.
The flag football league
awards banquet will be held on
Monday, Jan. 18. It will begin at
6 p.m. at the Catherine Hotel.
Dinner will be potluck. Par-
ents will be contacted by their
child's coach regarding which
dish to bring. Otte takes over as Catalina
~layers should bring their jer-
sies to the banquet. Island museum director
For more information, call
Eddy Sandoval at 510-1987 or by MARIE WHITTINGTON drawn to a museum career, Stacey
Ken Cline at 510-2387. enrolled in a graduate program at
Aface familiar to all museum Cooperstown, in upstate New
Avalon Health members has recently donned a York for two years, with courses
Fair for new hat: Stacey Otte, who has in history and museum studies.
been collections manager for the Upon completion, another
ila-r-" Catalina Island Museum, is now opportunity took her to Leicester,
the director of the facility, follow- England for a summer stint in the
ing the retirement of Patricia Newarke Houses Museum.
This year's Island health fair Moore, who served some 25 years It was at the end of this experi-
will be held on Thursday, April in the Island museum, ence that she applied and won the
29. Stacey was born in St. Louis, position at the Catalina Island
Avalon Municipal Hospital is Missouri, received her early Museum as collections manager.
inviting various community schooling there, and some col- Her work here was interrupted
groups to be part of the health lege, before transferring to Ari- briefly when the Gene Autry
fair in the hopes of helping to
meet health care needs not zona State, where she earned a Museum of Western His'tory
addressed in the past. Emergency bachelor's degree in anthropolo- beckoned. Though she found it an
medical, fire and sheriff's person- gy. Internships during this period amazing facility, she soon was
nel are also being invited to take included the Tempe Historical homesick for the Island, returning
part in this year's fair. Society Museum, and, later, the frequently for visits. Finally the
For more information, call Smithsonian Museum of Natural lure of Catalina brought her back
Santa Dominguez or Dawn History inWashington.
Sampson at 510-0520. By this time, realizing she was See Otte page two
to shoot at other kids who weren't districts are responsible for the
involved," Hauck said. safety of all students from the
Five kids who were in the time they leave the house in the
skate park at the time were hit morning until the time they return
with BBs. Tl:le.children who were home in the afternoon."
hit were eight tonine years old, Saldafia said that disciplinary
Hau.ck said. The BBs did not action had already been taken at
break the skin and none of them the school level and that one of
were injured seriously, the teens involved would also be
After they'd been hit, one of referred to the Long Beach Board
the kids came to the Sheriff's of Education.
Station to report the incident. Although the injuries in this
Deputies were then led to the incident were not serious, Hauck
teens who had fired the BB gun. said that has not always been the
According to Principal Matt case on the mainland. "I've seen
Saldafia, the teens who fired the kids where (the BBs) have gone
BB gun also face disciplinary into the neck and into an artery
action from the school. "After and from there into the brain," he
investigation by the administra- said.
rive staff, it has been determined The detective cautioned par-
that education code violations did ents that if their children have a
occur even though the incident BB gun they should not be
occurred off the campus after allowed to use it without adult
school was out," he said. "School supervision.
Carl Jordan will be leaving the
Island next month.
photo by REBECCA "rwIss-VILLAGRA
by REBECCA TWlSS-VILLAGRA this unique hamlet encounter.
Many of us, whether through
Southern California Bank is an business, personal, or organiza-
integral part of our lives here in tion activities, have had the
Avalon. chance to get to know Bank
Unlike banking institutionsBranch Manager Carl Jordan.
overtown, the officers and With l5yearsofbankingexpe-
employees at SCB know almost rience under his belt, Jordan
all of their customers on a first moved to Avalon in November of
name basis. They often times help 1992.
us over the bumps along the road
residents and business owners in See Jordan page two
