La Jolla Village News, October 29th, 2009

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009

San Diego Community Newspaper Group

www.SDNEWS.com Volume 15, Number 8

LJ’s Steel hard to beat on the tennis courts Will represent U.S. at Perth world ITF championships BY DAVE KENSLER | VILLAGE NEWS

Suella Steel first learned how to play tennis at age 33, which was nearly 35 years ago. Today the La Jolla resident is ranked No. 1 in the United States in both singles and doubles for the Women’s 65 and over age group. Her world ranking for singles in the same age group is No. 2. Those rankings (in the USA) have afforded Steel the opportu-

MEETING THE CHALLENGE Physically-challenged athlete McKayla Hanson (center) gets a lift after completing the 1.2-mile swim portion of the VILLAGE NEWS | DON BALCH San Diego Triathlon Challenge at La Jolla Cove on Oct. 25. See more photos on page 11.

BY ADRIANE TILLMAN | VILLAGE NEWS

The 15th annual Jewish Book Fair is already underway, piercing minds and hearts this year through three themes of discussion: Anne Frank, spiritual growth and the Middle East. The book fair runs through Nov. 13, with Family Day on Nov. 8 at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. The fair has also expanded to North County this year with events at Temple Solel. Family Day at the Jewish Book Fair will be held on Sunday, Nov. 8 from noon to 4 p.m. Authors will take to the stage to share their books. Attendees will sing along with Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) who wrote “Day is Done” at noon. Or they can meet Vigfus the Viking with Hollywood author David Sacks at 1:45 p.m. Children will be seen in action in their performance of “The Cats in Krasinski Square” at 2 p.m. Jacqueline

Greene will host tea and story time with the newest American Girl doll, a Jewish-American who lives on Manhattan’s lower east side, at 2:30 p.m. Art activities will be offered throughout the afternoon, including Japanese origami, paper hat making, bookmark making, cookie making and a discussion of the art of Roy Lichtenstein with Susan Goldman Rubin. San Diego teenager Zachary Kucinski will debut Holocaust artifacts he has collected in hopes of someday opening his own Holocaust Museum in San Diego. Kucinski was inspired to begin collecting Holocaust artifacts after hearing Holocaust survivor Ela Weissberger speak at the 2006 Jewish Book Fair, at which time Weissberger had her yellow star in her shirt pocket. Anne Frank’s secret attic has also been recreated as part of an exhibit for people to walk through and experience.

Notable speakers The following events will be held at the Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive. Larry King, the Emmy Awardwinning TV host of “Larry King Live,” will headline the book fair on Sunday, Nov. 9 at noon. King will discuss his memoir, “Larry King: My Remarkable Journey.” Anne Frank’s life will be honored in a presentation by novelists Francine Prose and Stephen Smith. Prose explores the literary nature of Frank’s diary in her latest book, “Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife.” Smith established the first Holocaust Center in the U.K., and is the director of the USC Shoah Foundation, which records survivors’ stories. Smith recounts his family’s own personal story in “Making Memory: Creating Britain’s First Holocaust Centre.” Robert Spencer, author of eight books on Islam and Jihad, SEE BOOK FAIR, Page 5

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Race for the Cure will paint Balboa Park pink BY ANTHONY GENTILE | VILLAGE NEWS

2009 Jewish Book Fair has triple focus

nity to represent the United States at the 29th International Tennis Federation (ITF) SuperSeniors World Team Championships in Perth, Australia, to be held Nov. 2 through 7, for the Kittee Godfree Cup. The following week will be for the individual titles. “These competitions are why I still love to play tennis,” Steel exclaimed. “It is a privilege to represent the United States of America in an international event. We wear the same USA warm-ups they do for the Davis and Fed Cup competitions.”

Thousands of pink-clad racers will take over San Diego this weekend. The 13th annual Susan G. Komen San Diego Race for the Cure will be held in Balboa Park on Sunday morning. “The race is such a fun day,” said La Jolla resident and race participant Angie Thieman. “It’s a really positive day and it’s a chance to be out in the community with a lot of other people and just feel good about life and fight-

ing this really hideous disease.” The 5-kilometer run and fitness walk begins at 8 a.m. It is preceded by a survivor ceremony at 7:30 a.m. and followed by a health expo that will have booths set up by sponsors, and a healthful food area. “It’s an opportunity to celebrate survivors to really focus on how far we’ve come,” Thieman said. Of the money raised during the

A breast cancer survivor proudly proclaims completing chemotherapy during a previous Komen Race for the Cure. This year’s event is Nov. 1.

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