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		<title>County updates mask rules</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 20:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Businesses may offer options for wearing masks to vaccinated individuals The county Health Officer Order now says businesses may offer optional masking for those who are vaccinated against COVID-19, as of 12:01 a.m., today, Friday, Feb. 25. (Some details about the new rules are below.) Supervisor Janice Hahn welcomed the news, but also said there [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon sees COVID surge</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hospital CEO believes Avalon seeing more positive tests because it’s easier to get tested here Jason Paret, CEO of the Catalina Island Medical Center, updated the City Council this week on the local COVID-19 surge. “We do have a COVID problem in our community,” Paret said. Paret told the council on Tuesday, Jan. 4, that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>State mandates indoor masks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 19:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[indoor mask requirement currently in effect through Jan. 15, 2022 Starting Wednesday, Dec. 15, the state of California has imposed a mandate to wear masks indoors in public places. The mandate is currently scheduled to end Jan. 15. Your vaccination status doesn’t matter, according to the state government. On Dec. 13, the California Department of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>JazzTrax returns to the island</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David N. Young]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 17:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another small step to normalcy For the first time since 2019, the sweet sounds of jazz are expected to waft across Avalon as the 34th Anniversary of JazzTrax opened last night. “It’s been a whole lotta work,” said promoter Art Good, but he said the JazzTrax reboot was nearly complete as he and a team [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council OKs agreement with Royal Caribbean for cruise ship visit to Avalon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Council authorizes city manager to prepare future agreements with cruise lines The Avalon council voted 3-0 to authorize the city attorney to execute a memorandum of agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., at a special Sept. 30 council meeting. Two council members were absent. The council approved a memorandum of understanding with a different cruise [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council OKs agreement with cruise line for visits</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carnival outlines safety protocols in agreement subject to CDC approval The City Council this week unanimously approved a memorandum of agreement with Carnival Cruise Line in preparation for the return of cruise ships to Avalon. (In related news, the Carnival cruise ship Miracle is scheduled to visit Avalon on Tuesday, Sept. 28, according to a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council looks at vaccine mandate</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council this week discussed requiring city employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The council held a special meeting this week due to technical problems that interfered with the broadcast of the last regular council meeting. City Manager Denise Radde said staff would have to come back to the council with a written [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council to meet Aug. 31</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 31. On Aug. 17, as some of you may recall, technical difficulties forced the Council to stop the meeting that was being held. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, a post on the city website announced that “New business will be conducted as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Jehovah’s Witnesses’ year without knocking on doors</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 19:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Catalina, faith outreach required a non-traditional approach during the pandemic It’s been one year since Jehovah’s Witnesses adjusted their hallmark methods of sharing comfort and hope from the scriptures due to the pandemic. For many, the change from ringing doorbells and knocking on doors to making phone calls and writing letters expanded and invigorated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon Lions Club holds first in-person meeting of 2021</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Burney Ramming]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After more than a year of Zoom meetings, the Avalon Lions Club held their first meeting as a vaccinated Lion Family. Avalon Lions are thankful for the excellent vaccination program of the Catalina Island Medical Center. Lion Jason Paret and the entire staff of our Island Medical Center are to be congratulated for their outstanding [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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