Ahoy! Four Hundred Southland Students to Build Boats Saturday for Metropolitan Water District's Solar Regatta; Cut, Hammer, Glue and Screw Pieces of Marine Plywood for May 19-21 Event.
WHAT: Teams of high school students from throughout
Southern California gather at 8 a.m. Saturday to
build the shells of the boats they will race in
Metropolitan Water District's fourth-annual Solar Cup
program, May 19-21, 2006, at Lake Skinner.
WHEN: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10
WHERE: Three Valleys Municipal Water District, 1021 E.
Miramar Ave., Claremont.
Los Angeles County Thomas Guide page 571, F-5
VISUALS: About 400 students from high schools throughout the
region cutting, planing, sanding, gluing and nailing
precut wood into 16-foot-long hulls.
BACKGROUND:
A record 40 teams have entered Metropolitan's
fourth annual Solar Cup program, making it the
nation's largest solar boat program at high school
and collegiate levels. Thirty-two teams will
participate Saturday; eight teams completed their
boats on Dec. 3.
Teams are given workspace under large tents, boat
kits, instructions and a tool chest. Later, with
$3,000 donated by local sponsors, they will equip
the boats with solar-powered electrical systems,
steering and other necessities.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest bulk water supplier for municipal use in the world. The name is usually shortened to the "Metropolitan Water District" or simply "MWD". is a cooperative cooperative Organization owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its services. Cooperatives have been successful in such fields as the processing and marketing of farm products and the purchasing of other kinds of equipment and raw materials, and in the of 26 cities and water agencies serving 18 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. and Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. , storage and other resource-management programs. |
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