Beverly Jane
High-Balingit
AUGUST 26, 1939- AUGUST
23, 2012
Long-time Island resident Bev-
erly Jane High passed away Thurs-
day Aug. 23, 2012 at Evergreen
New Hope Care Center in Tracy,
Calif. Her husband A1 and her chil-
dren were by her side.
Beverly was born in Long Beach
on Aug. 26, 1939. She moved to
Catalina in 1974 with her children
and soon after, began working for
the Santa Catalina Island Company
in the accounting department. She
Worked for the IslandCompany for
25 years and retired in 2000.
After her retirement she loved
to work on genealogical research
for friends and family. She reunit-
ed with a classmate from High
School, Albert Balingit in the fall
of 2010. They married on August
6, 2011 and she moved to Tracy.
They enjoyed going to the Bay
Area for the fine restaurants and
live jazz.
Survivors include her husband
of one year, Albert Balingit of Tra-
cy; two children, Oden Vanderwiel
and his wife Cathy, and Alison
Adkins and her husband Dennis,
all of Avalon; five grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren. Also
surviving are six brothers and four
sisters; one of" her sisters is Island
resident, Anita Rockwell.
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Please, Please, Please, I am desperate to find my
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I am just sick, the day that I should.be overjoyed and
elated.. And instead I am distraught. I feel I have let my
grandmother and my mother down (both of them have
since passed away) for losing a part of our family history.
I went back to Avalon on September 3rd to search the
areas we stopped at with no luck. I am just hoping and
praying that someone with a heart will find it andturn it
in to the police station, or call me. I am offering a
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Theatre rolls in classics
MONTHLY EVENTS TO FEA-
TURE OLD FAVORITES AFTER
THE REGULAR SHOWINGS
BY DENNIS KAISER
Family entertainment is taking
center stage at the Avalon Theatre,
according to Scott Moyse, who
runs the facility.
"We actually started last
month," Moyse said. "I hope this
can become a monthly event. In
August we started showing an old
'classic' movie in the theatre after
the regular movie,'
Last month we showed 'Grease"
and next Wednesday night we will
be showing "The Wizard of Oz"
Moyse and the theatre are also
rolling the prices for the classic
movies btck a few years. "The
price is only $5 for adults, children,
and seniors. I see this as a great op-
portunity to see a great old classic
on the 'big screen,'" he said.
Moyse said that modern inno-
vations actually helped him decide
to start the classic movie program-
ming. "It first occurred to us when
we upgraded our projection system
that we could play DVDs or Blu-
Ray on the big screen. At first we
made this an employee only ben-
efit and we showed 'Young Fran-
kenstein.'"
Moyse said that while the turn-
out was good, in a theatre the
The Avalon Theatre will show "The Wizard of OZ" next Wednesday as part of its new classic
movie_revival program after its regular film screening.
size of the Casino it still seemed
empty. "We then decided to admit
the public for a minimal price,"
he said. "Many of our people had
said in the past how cool it would
be to see some of the old movies
again or for the first time on the
big screen and'I agreed."
The classic movie titles are
chosen by the theater's employees,
who vote for the movie of their
choice. "We place ballot boxes
throughout the Island Company
offices with 10 movies listed from
the genre of the month."
The events seem to be catching
on. "The first show with the public
was 'Grease' and it probably had
twice as many visitors as employ-
ees," Moyse said. "I thought it was
pretty successful since we did not
have time to get it in front of the
public other than through avenues
such as Facebook and flyers on the
movie poster kiosks."
Moyse said he has already re-
ceived positive feedback on the idea.
"'From the people that have gone I
have receivec nothing but extremely
positive comments," he said. "I truly
believe this will be an event looked
forward to by the community. I hope
to involve the community in the vot-
ing for the movie, but I still need to
figure out how I would go about it
without involving a lot of manpower
or time"
The Avalon Theatre is located
in the lower level of the Catalina
Casino. It features first-run movies
and seats 1,184 people. The theatre
is 138 feet across and 43 feet high.
Art deco murals by John Gabriel
Beckman adorn the walls and cre-
ate a glamorous ambiance.
For more information on the
Avalon Theatre's classic film pro-
gram, call the theatre at (310) 510-
0179.
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF AVALON WOULD LIKE TO
FOR THEIR HELP IN MAKING THE FOUR PREPS CONCERT A SUCCESS!
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Steve's Steakhouse
Catalina Island Museum
Casino Dock Care
Catalina Transportation Services
Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce
The Sand Trap
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Cornerstone Youth Center
Catalina Island Yacht Club
Seaport Village Inn
Claudia Canby
Bruce Belland & The Four Preps
City of Avalon
Catalina Express
Xceptional Music Company
Liddell Talent Management
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