By mvlife on August 31, 2010
The City’s Marine and Sailors Adoption Committee is seeking donations of new or gently used magazines to ship overseas to members the Headquarters Battalion of the First Marine Division stationed in Afghanistan. The committee, which works year-round to benefit the City’s adopted troops, will collect donations at a booth during the Mission Viejo Readers’ Festival [...]
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By mvlife on August 31, 2010
TV correspondents, journalists and world travelers Lisa and Laura Ling will showcase their current bestseller, “Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home” during the Mission Viejo Readers’ Festival on Saturday, Sept. 25. The free festival, which is expected to attract thousands, is from 10:00 a.m. to [...]
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By mvlife on August 27, 2010
Carolyn Hennesy, a bestselling writer and popular soap and sitcom star, will appear at the second annual Mission Viejo Readers’ Festival Sept. 25. Hennesy stars on soap opera “General Hospital” and on the popular sitcom “Cougar Town” with Courteney Cox. As an author, she is known for her bestselling “Pandora” series written for young adults [...]
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By mvlife on August 23, 2010
Alice Sebold, who penned the critically acclaimed “The Lovely Bones,” will join several other bestselling authors in Mission Viejo’s second annual Readers’ Festival on September 25. Sebold, whose novel was adapted into the 2009 film starring Saoirse Ronan and Mark Wahlberg, will appear with well-known authors and personalities including Lisa and Laura Ling; T. Jefferson [...]
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By mvlife on August 18, 2010
While the 2010 SummerREAD program at the Mission Viejo Library was extremely popular and rewarding for thousands of young readers, it was especially so for Sydney Hentzel, who was the raffle Grand Prize winner of a new bicycle. SummerREAD is the Library’s annual free summer reading program, which encourages reading and promotes regular trips to [...]
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By mvlife on August 13, 2010
The City next week will launch a one-way circulation plan at the Mission Viejo Civic Center in an effort improve traffic flow and increase pedestrian safety. The one-way plan will be implemented in the courtyard parking lot between the Mission Viejo Library and City Hall. New signage and striping will be installed to alert motorists [...]
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By mvlife on August 11, 2010
More than 800 kids gathered Tuesday for the SummerREAD Celebration party at the City’s Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center. The party, complete with circus characters, balloon art, ice cream and more, was for the 1,400 children who completed 12 hours of reading in the popular program designed to instill a lifelong love of [...]
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By mvlife on August 6, 2010
Roughly 350 people were enchanted by the charismatic and hilarious Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series, during the City’s popular free Writers Present program Thursday at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center. With a memorable stand-up comedy act, the quirky author gave advice to teens on how to win over their [...]
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By mvlife on July 29, 2010
Roughly 400 kids are expected to take part in the SummerREAD Star Celebration Party on Tuesday, August 10 at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way. The children earned their invitations by finishing the 2010 Reading Game completing 12 hours of reading during the Mission Viejo Library’s free SummerREAD program that [...]
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By mvlife on July 28, 2010
Readers of all ages are invited to meet New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer in a once-in-a-lifetime experience August 5 that will feature the “Artemis Rocks!” show. Colfer, author of the “Artemis Fowl” series, is traveling from Ireland to appear in Mission Viejo’s Writers Present program, which takes place at 7 p.m. in the [...]
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