EL SEGUNDO HERALD May 26, 2016 Page 3 announced that a library would be established in Mexico City as part of the non-profit’s mission to promote literacy and educational development in underserved communities. For more information on WIJABA, please visit wijaba.org.• Burkley & Brandlin LLP A T T O R N E Y S A T L A W Living Trusts/Wills, Probate, Employment Law, Personal Injury Trust and Estates Litigation, Business Litigation, Civil Litiga tion 310-540-6000 Lifetime El Segundo Residents *AV Rated (Highest) Martindale - Hubbell / **Certified Specialist Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization Brian R. Brandlin • Bruce R. Brandlin • Christopher P. Brandlin The Jewelry Source is hosting A Fundraiser For All! Benefiting Saturday June 4 4:00 - 7:00 pm What will YOU find on Treasure Island? The Jewelry Source 337 Main St. El Segundo. 310-322-7110 www.jewelrysourceUSA.com ©2007 20% of all sales will be donated to the hospital. (some exclusions apply) Free admission. Refreshments will be served. Raffle for custom designed necklace. The Jewelry Source Hosts Fundraiser Author Fair Gets Expressive in 16th Annual Event at Library By Brian Simon The El Segundo Public Library Author Fair returns on Sunday, June 12 with more than 30 authors and poets slated to be onhand for the 16th annual installment of the popular event. With the theme “Express Yourself…Through Writing. Art. Music,” the 2016 festivities will include appearances from several notables from the creative realm. Heading the list are songwriter/ musician/authors Charles Wright, who appropriately enough penned the early ‘70s hit “Express Yourself” and recently published his autobiography Up From Where We’ve Come; and Bobby Hart, who along with the late Tommy Boyce wrote numerous classics for The Monkees (“Last Train to Clarksville”), Chubby Checker and other musical luminaries. Boyce and Hart were also performers in their own right. For his writing debut, Hart composed a memoir entitled Psychedelic Bubble Gum: Boyce & Hart, The Monkees, and Turning Mayhem into Miracles. Other prominent authors on board include Attica Locke, Julie Claiborne Johnson and Maggie Shipstead (Fiction); Neal Griffin, Diane Vallere, Jeri Westerson and Gwendolyn Womack (Mystery); and Derek Kent (Children’s). “We chose this year’s theme to incorporate all elements of creative expression that the Author Fair promotes, including our authors, the El Segundo Art Association—whose art will be on display during the event—and the live music,” said Senior Librarian Julie Todd. “But since our past fairs have always been eclectic, we’re also adding some Mystery— literally—to the mix with a panel focused on that genre.” Additional event highlights will include book purchases and signings; two author panels; balloon art courtesy of Boom Boom Balloon Man; Children’s Puppet-Making Workshop (in the Children’s Library between 3 and 4 p.m.) led by Sarah Woloski; raffle prizes (handed out at the panels), and a broad mix of live music from the Smoky Hollow Band (American Traditional), Andy and Renee (Folk), Planet Queens (Singer/Songwriter Tribute) as well as original tunes from Paul Zollo, Jill Freeman, Gary Stockdale and Lisa Johnson. “We will also have a photo booth where participants can take selfies with their friends, family or possibly even their favorite author,” Todd said. The first panel, “Expressing Yourself Through Writing,” runs from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and will be a how-to for those interested in writing/publishing. Screenwriter and Library Board member Kevin Smith will serve as moderator with the aforementioned Claiborne Johnson, Hart, Locke and Wright as panelists along with Fiction writers Parnaz Foroutan, and Andrew Roe. Griffin will moderate the second panel, “Confessions of the Best Local Mystery Writers,” from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Vallere, Westerson and Womack will be the panelists, along with Mike Befeler, Joel Fox and Terri Nolan (who writes crime stories based in the Los Angeles area). Other authors appearing at the event will include Larry Bridges (poetry), Elena Karina Byrne (Poetry), Jennifer Caloyeras (Young Adult), Charles Epting (Historic LA), Liz Fenton (Chick/Pop), Jamie Asaye FitzGerald (Poetry), Jake Gerhardt (Children’s), Rachel M. Harper (Fiction), Peggy Hesketh (Fiction), Charlottte Innes (Poetry), Jessi Kirby (Young Adult), Sharael Kolberg (Memoir), Laura Levine (Mystery), Gabriel Meyer (Poetry), Nadine Nettman (Mystery), Tao Nyeu (Children’s), Lisa Occhipinti (Decorating/ Book Art), Nina Sadowsky (Thriller/ Fiction), Nancy Webber (Art/Non-Fiction) and Mariano Zaro (Poetry). In addition to checking out the panels, attendees can get books signed on the Library Main Floor between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Children’s author/illustrator signings (Gerhardt, Kent and Nyeu) will take place in the Children’s Library between 2 and 3 p.m. Meanwhile, Meyer—a long-time El Segundo resident—will again host the annual Poetry Corner in the Main Floor Rose Garden Room from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Bridges, Byrne, FitzGerald,Innes and Zaro will handle the readings and sign poems after. Also of note, the Library will debut its first-ever Adult Summer Reading Program this year with sign-ups officially starting up during the Author Fair. The inaugural theme is “A Book is Your Passport… Travel. Explore. Read.” Adults 18 and over can participate in the festivities that will include a Book Buzz Tea kick-off event, with additional programs and prize incentives along the way. Community Briefs The Jewelry Source is hosting a fundraiser for El Segundo Auxiliary Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on June 4, from 4-7:00p.m. Featuring 20% of all sales, proceeds will be donated to the hospital, however some exclusions will apply. The event is free to attend and refreshments will be served. A special raffle will be held with a custom designed necklace for the prize. For more information call The Jewelry Source at 310-322-7110. The World is Just a Book Away A local doing good around the globe: as part of the board of directors for “The World Is Just A Book Away,” El Segundo Mayor Pro Tem Drew Boyles and family met with non-profit advisor Jane Goodall in Mexico. The WIJABA board and Ms. Goodall Strikers Hit the Alps El Segundo girls Trinity Parascandola and Zoe Fuentes., and a couple other girls who play on the Strikers South Bay (El Segundo) club team. Hinano Negishi and Isabelle Wang, who last week competed in the Cordial Cup in the heart of the Kitzbueheler Alps. 166 teams participated in the Cordial Cup - one of the largest youth soccer tournaments in Europe. The tournament was held in the Kitzbueheler Alps. Team Strikers USA was formed by Strikers FC South Coast, the only team which qualified from the United States. Strikers USA finished 11th place overall. The photo is taken atop of Kitzbüheler Horn (also spelled Kitzbühler Horn), which is one of the most important mountains in the Kitzbühel Alps in Tyrol, Austria, with a height of 1,996 m, only just missing being a ‘two-thousander.’ The mountain has several cable cars and gondola lifts and provides a panoramic view of Kitzbühel. Bill Ruane ReMax International #1 Agent Bill was recently named as the number 1 agent of the Top 100 for RE/MAX International for the time period of January - March 2016. which also means that the City of El Segundo is at the top of the list above all of the other cities where there are Re/max offices. • See Author Fair, page 14
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