Members of the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association (PCLK), the non-profit that manages the historic Point Cabrillo Light Station (part of State Parks) and the new Lighthouse Inn at Point Cabrillo met with State Parks officials (local and from Sacramento) this week to begin planning the 100th anniversary of the opening of the light station. The lighthouse was illuminated for the first time on June 10, 1909. Preliminary plans are for a year-long celebration in 2009.
Kudos to Marilyn Murphy, the new district supervisor for Mendocino Area State Parks, for her personal involvement in what should be a great series of events. She is a hands-on leader working hard to be an important resource to our community. Rather than keeping arms length, Marilyn encourages her team to cooperate in the joint promotion of local events that also involve State Parks.
One event discussed was having State Parks divers with their new see-as-they-go underwater camera gear broadcast from the site of the Frolic shipwreck, a new underwater state park at the north end of Point Cabrillo Light Station, to video screens on the bluffs above the ocean. I look forward to it.
Will report more as plans unfold.
