MWD Solar Cup Regatta Boats to Be Inspected Saturday; 38 High School Teams Competing in May 19-21 Event; Students gather in Claremont for pre-event inspection and swim tests.

LOS ANGELES -- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California:

WHAT: Thirty-eight high school teams competing in May 19-21 Solar Cup
      at Lake Skinner present their solar-powered boats for technical
      inspection, skippers given swim tests

WHEN: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 6

WHERE: Three Valleys Municipal Water District, 1021 E. Miramar Ave.,
       Claremont.  (Los Angeles County Thomas Guide page 571, F-5.)

VISUALS: Hundreds of Southern California high school students; 38
         solar-powered boats being inspected by professors and
         students from Cal Poly Pomona; boat skippers being
         swim-tested at nearby Claremont Club.

BACKGROUND: In the largest event of its kind in the nation, about 500
            students from 38 schools are putting finishing touches on
            the solar-powered boats they've been building since
            December, preparing for the May 19-21 Solar Cup at Lake
            Skinner, Temecula.  This inspection two weeks before event
            gives teams time to fix items that don't pass review.

            Schools from Anaheim, Camarillo, Chino Hills, Claremont,
            Covina, Diamond Bar, Downey, El Monte, El Toro, Glendale,
            Hacienda Heights, Indio, La Puente, Lawndale, Long Beach,
            Los Angeles, Mira Loma, Moreno Valley, Murietta, Norco,
            Pomona, Riverside, Rowland Heights, San Dimas, San
            Fernando, San Gabriel, San Jacinto, Temecula, Upland and
            Whittier.