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December 8, 2010
Rio Vista Resident Publishes Second Book Big House On The Hill
Shirley Schuster Grijalva has published her second book, Marshall’s Big House On The Hill. She published her first book, Just Read About It, in 2008. Marshall’s Big House On The Hill – a disappearance, discovery, chase, and adventure – all arise, when the Marshall family of forty, spend an extended weekend at the Big House. The four generations have gathered to celebrate the matriarchs’ ninetieth birthday at a party to be held on Saturday. Daughter Catherine, who lives with her mother in the Big House, has planned an elaborate party, like so many others held over the years at the Big House. Granddaughter Marla, as she drives the family home, reminisces about the planned idyllic weekend. With eighteen children . . . unexpected situations
arise which the Marshalls have to face and solve. The reader will become involved in each event that brings tears and laughter in this delightful, warm story of family and friends. Shirley is a new resident of Trilogy in Rio Vista. She has four children, nine grand children, and four great-grandchildren. Born in Michigan, she married Fletcher Bouyer. She worked in her father’s insurance agency in Detroit where she learned bookkeeping and office management. Shirley, her husband, and their four children moved from Michigan to southern California in 1961. Then they moved from Los Angeles to Altadena, CA in 1963. After Shirley’s divorce, she and her two youngest children moved
to South Pasadena, where Shirley lived 14 years. Shirley was a bookkeeper in a life insurance company in Beverly Hills, then GMAC in Pasadena, M & M Mfg in Montrose, and Jacobs Engineering Company in Pasadena. She became involved in the medical field when she worked as a bookkeeper at La Vina Hospital & RD Unit in Altadena. She managed a Psychiatric office in Pasadena. She married Robert Grijalva in 1986. They moved to Reno in 1987, for two years, then to San Gabriel, back in southern California. Shirley continued in the medical field in Reno and when she returned to southern California. She worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for Psychiatrists, 15 years before, retiring in 1994. Shirley and Bob lived in San Gabriel until 2002, when they bought homes in California’s high desert, Adelanto then Victorville. Shirley’s oldest son, L Michael Bouyer, published his first book, The Evolutionary Man, in 2008. Michael and his wife, Renee, are also residents of Rio Vista Trilogy. Michael is owner of Bouyer Productions: Photography, videography, 3D animation, and graphic design services. Renee is a school teacher at Rodriguez High School in Fairfield. Although, Shirley wrote some of the stories of her first book, in 1978 after the marriage of her youngest child, she just put them in a file. Shirley’s husband, Bob, encouraged her to pull out her stories and within three months, she had her first book of six short stories ready for publication. After her husband of 23 years passed in August 2009, Michael and Renee encouraged her to
move to Rio Vista. Shirley came for Christmas and was very impressed with Trilogy and the city of Rio Vista. She went home, packed, and moved here, January 2010. Shirley avails herself of many activities available at Trilogy. Besides writing books, she plays bass guitar on the worship team of Calvary Chapel Rio Vista. She played the bass for five years on the worship teams of Desert Winds Community Church in Adelanto and The High Desert Harvest Church in Victorville. Her oldest daughter, Sharon and family live in Canyon Country, her other son, Roderick and his family, live in Valencia, and her youngest daughter, Shawn and her family, live in Westchester, all in southern California. Growing up in Michigan, Shirley spent many hours in the library, even before the age of ten. As a teen, she joined a book club – which was the beginning of her and Bob’s 1,000 hard cover book home library. She knows the value of the written word; not only for learning but traveling to places a reader may never see. Her books written for children eight to thirteen are about everyday subjects that help build, what Shirley calls the three ‘C’s’, consideration, concern, and character. Marshall’s Big House On The Hill may be purchased, on line at www.xlibris.com, www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble. com, your local bookstore, or directly from the author at 707-374-6752. Paperback books are $20 and hard cover books are $30.
TORTILLA FLATS 3
Breakfast Special
Cheer for Rio Vista Every day the people of Rio Vista are cheering for their town as part of a contest being conducted by Reader’s Digest. The publication is offering towns a chance to win a share of $5 million in funds and promotional support in the WE HEAR YOU AMERICA SWEEPSTAKES. The contest began on November 8 and run through February 27, 2011. It is open to legal residents age 18 and older. Go to www.rd.com/ wehearyouamerica and
follow the simple online instructions to enter. Everyone can vote ten times per day. Reader’s Digest wants to reward communities where residents are ready to cheer for their town. Now is a chance to show America how much we care about Rio Vista, win some money, and appear in the May issue of Reader’s Digest Magazine. Show your support and vote every day.
No Electricity or Rain Cant Stop Holiday Spirits
As Rio Vista was getting ready for its day of Festivities this past Saturday, one major and one minor challenged happened. Around 10.00 in the morning the whole city was left with out power for about 4 hours. Some business helped you through their store with a flash light, others powered up a generator. A few closed during this time, but promised to reopen as soon as the power was restored. Then just as the parade entries were lining up
about 4:45, it started to rain. The rain did not last long an as each entry drove down Main Street, the spectators could be seen waving and cheering, as the parade brought so many smiles to everyone’s face. For as much work that many business and organizations did to make this day of events successful, it was well worth it in the eyes of the crowd. A Thank you too all. Happy Holidays.
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