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Contributed by: Mary Silva on 9/23/2009

Literacy Services of Indian River County, Inc., and Honorary Co-Chairs Carol Kanarek and Susan Chenault are pleased to present the Love of Literacy Author Series. Literacy Services has expanded its highly popular annual Love of Literacy luncheon to an Authors Series event that includes two champagne receptions and a luncheon. Carol Kanarek and Susan Chenault, both lovers of books and firm believers in helping local adults improve their literacy skills, are encouraging fans in the realm of baseball, mystery, international interest, and religious supporters of fostering understanding across cultural borders to attend the Author Series.

Bring your spouse to the first event series, a Champagne Reception on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 3 to 5 pm at the Indian River Shores Community Room. Award winning romance and mystery thriller author Martha Powers will keep you spellbound and Author Fay Vincent (former baseball commissioner and former Chairman and CEO of Columbia Pictures) will toss out a few liners on baseball and Hollywood.

The second event of the Author Series will be a Champagne Reception on Saturday, Feb. 6 from 3 to 5 pm at the Indian River Shores Community Room. The ever so popular international author Stephanie Keating will be the featured speaker. She will keep you mesmerized about stories of Kenya and other interesting tidbits.

The third and final event of the Author Series will be a luncheon on Thursday, March 25 from 11:30 to 1:30 pm at Bent Pines Golf Club. Activist Kent Annan, co-director of Haiti Partners, will be the keynote speaker. Mr. Annan is the author of the upcoming book, Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle: Living Fully, Loving Dangerously will discuss his experience in working with the rural poor of Haiti and his struggles of working across economic borders.

The individual ticket price to attend ALL THREE events is $125. The price to attend two events of your choosing will be $90 and the price to attend one event of your choosing is $50. You may mail a check payable to Literacy Services, and send it to Literacy Services at 1600 21st St., Vero Beach, FL 32960. Please specify which date(s) you will be attending and the name of the attendee(s). Please call Mary Silva at 778-2223 for any questions you may have. Surprise guest authors may also attend at these events. Sponsors include George E. Warren, RBC Bank, and the Rotary Club Oceanside.

Literacy Services is a nonprofit United Way agency dedicated to helping local adults improve their literacy skills by providing free one-on-one tutoring. It is estimated that 20% of local adults have substandard literacy skills. Tutors are all volunteers and Literacy Services provides free 1/2 day workshops every other month to train prospective tutors. The next workshop is Sat., Oct. 17. Please call Mary for further information at 778-2223.

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