Friday, July 24, 1998 The CATALINA ISLANDER Page 3
Tuna
Big game sportfishing on the
Pacific Coast was spawned in
Catalina waters one hundred years
ago. Banners and bunting adorn
Avalon's Tuna Club this summer
as the historic angling association
celebrates its centenni',d.
On Thursday and Friday, July
30 and 31, club historian Michael
Farrior will conduct public tours
of the building, hourly, between 1
and 4 p.m.
Tickets for the tours are $8 and
sales are being coordinated by the
Catalina Island Museum Society,
which will receive all the pro-
ceeds.
Space is limited and reserva-
tions are required. Tickets are
now on sale at the Museum in the
Casino building. On Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, July 29
through 31, tickets will be on sale
at a table in the Post Office
Arcade from 10 a.m until noon.
For more information call the
Museum at 510-2414.
On July 30 and 31, the public will be able to tour the Avalon Tuna Club.
LIVE JAZZ MUSIC!
f~Uoy the soothing sounds
oJ live jazz music while you
dine on the patio every
Wednesday and Thursday
nights through October 15.
The purpose of this column is
to keep the community informed
of city activities during the pre-
ceding and upcoming months.
Public Works Projects: The
Pedestrian Mall and Pleasure Pier
restrooms were opened to the
public in late June. Work is con-
tinuing on several small items,
including installation of tiles on
the Wrigley fountain.
Rules for use of the Mall are
similar to those in effect in the
past on Crescent Street with dogs,
vehicles, bicycle, s and
[x ing prohibited.
The City Council is consider-
ing a proposal to correct the prob-
lem of sand and rocks being
washed into the low flow divert-
ers at the end of the storm drains.
The next phase of the project is
the Casino Walkway which will
be under construction during the
summer. In the fall, work will be
centered on Crescent Street
between the Casino Arch and
Metropole.
The first workshop for the
streetscape along Pebbly Beach
was scheduled on Thursday, July
23, at the Catherine Hotel from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m. A second session
will be Thursday, August 6. When
completed, construction will tie
the entire waterfront from the
beginning of the walkway at
Abalone Pointe to the Casino.
Hospital: Hospital collections
were down in June. Total rev-
enues were $128,551 and total
expenditures were $224,465 leav-
ing a deficit of $95,914 for the
month.
A subsidy payment of $27,216
was received from the City of
Avalon which reduced the loss to
$68,968. Continued effort is being
made to collect using the in-house
billing service.
Clinic visits were up again in
June. The Clinic saw 624 patients
as compared to a budgeted esti-
mate of 428 patients. The skilled
nursing beds were full and the
number of emergency room visits
was higher than normal. Radio-
logy and laboratory use was down
as was acute hospital bed use.
In July the hospital was noti-
fied that the Federal Government
reduced the amount it pays for
skilled nursing patients on Medi-
care. The hospital estimates the
resulting loss may equal $40,000
per year.
The budget for fiscal year
1998-99 already included a
$140,000 loss because of reduc-
tions in Federal and State Medi-
care and medical reimbursements.
Housing: The Santa Catalina
Island Company agreed to pro-
ceed with 24 of the 114 units in
Avalon Canyon which will house
Descanso Beach Resort employ-
ees. This will also allow the city
to proceed with 13 senior housing
units on Beacon Street. Construc-
tion is expected to begin by late
1999.
The Bird Park housing deve-
loper also took preliminary steps
to finance the remaining 90 units
in Bird Park. Actual construction
will depend upon the Island Com-
pany's ability to secure a
financier, developer and operator
for the hotel at Descanso Beach.
Ongoing efforts continue.
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Marlin (shown below)
Single Green Parrot
Double Red Parrots (shown right)
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Crane
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