RE: Catalina Island Cleanup
BY: Steve Elliot to All on Wed Jan 17 1996 05:46 pm
 > The 16th Annual Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup will take place in
 > about 5 weeks (February 24, 1996). Avalon Harbor is the main harbor
 > on Catalina Island, about 20-30 miles from Long Beach, in Southern
Just a note for all those interested who have not attended before..and BTW I 
do
participate in about 95 % of the cleanup dives as well as the adopt a beach
program........Last year the event cost me over $85 per person to attend, 
hat
with registration, boat fees to get there, and lunch ( which mind you this is
one of the few (if not the only) large event that does not provide lunch). 
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prize catagories were decided AFTER all the trash was brought up and
suspiciously certain dive clubs came away with a very large percentage of the
prizes.  Also I managed to lose a good light and entries for the contests 
because the people assisting with the garbage took my game bag and it took me
45 minutes to find it again without the dive light I stuck in it while 
climbing
out over the rocks.
Put your money to better use by writing a check directly to the Catalina
Chamber and the Conservancy. Maybe then the promoters of the Avalon clean up
will learn to put on a class act cleanup like King Harbor or the cleanup at 
Big
Corona each year.
That's just one participant's opinion.
--- GEcho 1.00
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