Letters to the Editor: Thursday, June 21, 2018

Animal Care Center thanks Seal Beach Yacht Club

The Seal Beach Animal Care Center would like to thank the Seal Beach Yacht Club, our event attendees, volunteers, and donors for the wonderful support you gave us at our annual Pet’s Ahoy fundraiser at the Seal Beach Yacht Club on May 20th. Thanks to your generosity, we raised $16,249.12 after expenses.

The money will help us feed, house and provide veterinary services for our many dogs and cats.

Hope to see you at our annual WagNWalk Event at the pier on Saturday, September 29th.

Christina Miller

Seal Beach Animal Care Center Fundraising Coordinator

Plastic straws—a product endanger millions of sea animals

Plastic straws—a single use, non-recyclable plastic still found in many restaurants, hotels and resorts are steadily falling out of favor.

In the past few years, many governments and establishments throughout the world have banned the small item that wreaks havoc on sea life. Because of their size and the fact that they do not biodegrade, millions of plastic straws end up in the ocean, eventually fragmenting and being mistaken by sea life as food.

Save Our Beach is encouraging restaurants on Main Street, Seal Beach to join them in their efforts to drastically reduce the number of plastic straws used by local patrons.

Save Our Beach has created a tastefully worded table tent to be placed on dining tables at restaurants, stating that you must ask for a single use plastic straw; it will not automatically be provided to you.

Taco Surf and The Hangout have already started this practice and O’Malley’s on Main has agreed to join the practice.

SaveOurBeach is requesting that every local restaurant do the same.

If you are a restaurant owner or manager and wish to join this movement and are willing to place the table tents on your tables, please email Steve Masoner at stevemasoner@outlook.com and he will provide the table tents.

Karen Ferretti