MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
Catalina's facts, folklore and fibs
THIS WEEK: THE WANDERING JIM
GOES TO
CHINA
BY JIM WATSON
EDITOR'S NOTE:
the final installment of
part series on
the author's
trip to China.
Jim Watson is
the author of
"Mysterious
Island: Cata-
lina," available
This is
a four-
on Amazon, Kindle and in stores One of my favorite things to
in Avalon do when I visit an exotic locale is
to reserve some time for simply
Ah, the joys of returning home walking and wandering around,
after a lengthy trip away from stopping here and there for a bite
home: the cats don't remember to eat or a puff on a cigar and gen-
you, the bill collectors do, and the erally observing the world around
inside of your fridge smells like me. These adventures usually
Salinas in August. wind up lasting longer than I orig-
I'm back on the Island now with inally anticipate because I nearly
the final part in this four-part series always get lost at some point and
along with some final thoughts, spend an hour or two trying to get
found again. This is exactly what
I did last week, first visiting the
Watson, Page 12
Women's Golf
Three golfers win
the cumulative 2014
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Each year, the Women's
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sors a special tournament that lasts
for several months. The Eclectic
Tournament is a cumulative event
allowing participants to replace
a score on any given hole with a
better score earned at a later date
for the same hole. Opportunities
for improvement are limited to
golf games held during the club's
weekly Thursday morning play-
days. The 2014 winners for the
Eclectic Tournament are as fol-
lows:
-First Place, Gross score: Ellen
Hodge.
First Place, Net score: Elizabeth
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The ancient Yellow River wends its way through the futuristic skyline of Shanghai.
(Photo by Jim Watson)
Club Eclectic Tournament ends
2014 Eclectic Golf Tournament winners Ellen Hodge, Elizabeth Madden and
Val Schafer. Courtesy photo
Madden The 2015 Eclectic Tournament
LoweSt Puttc0ur/t:FirstPlace- will begin the first week in
Ellen Hodge, Second Place- Val January.
Schafer
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