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News Release From Winters History Project Committee
Contact: Joann Larkey, 402-1741

“Meet the Authors of Winters History Books”

Series to Begin October 17 The public is invited to meet the four authors of Winters history books in a series of illustrated talks to be held from 7-8:30 P.M. in the community room of the Winters Community Library, beginning on Monday, October 17. These informal programs are being co-sponsored by the Winters History Project Committee, the Winters Community Library, the Winters Friends of the Library and the Yolo County Historical Society.

Joann Leach Larkey, Yolo County historian and author of “Winters: A Heritage of Horticulture. A Harmony of Purpose,” will be the first featured speaker. She will talk about her experiences researching and writing this book, which documents the development of the Winters area from prehistoric times until the present era. It was published in 1991 by the Yolo County Historical Society. Larkey will also include a slide show of some of the unique photographs that were reproduced in the book and will invite questions from the audience.

The “Meet the Authors” series continues on Monday, November 28, with a presentation by Tom Crisp, longtime Winters High School teacher and author of “An Anecdotal History of Winters High School (with a little town history thrown in for good measure)” that was self-published in 2011.

On Monday, January 23, 2012, featured speaker will be educator, historian and author Gloria Lopez who will talk about the writing and publishing of “An American Paella, Becoming American While Staying Spanish : A Century of Memories in Winters, California, which she and her husband Michael Autry published in 2007.

The series concluded on Monday, February 13 with speaker Dorothy M. O’Niel, author of “Images of America: Winters,” which was published in 2009 by Arcadia Publishing.

All four programs will be held at the same time and place. For further information, call the Winters Community Library, 795-4955.