Sunshine Club

Author and Seal Beach Historian Larry Strawther will speak at the Sunshine Club in Clubhouse 3, Room 2, at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 15.

Strawther will talk about Ross Cortese, the early development of Leisure World and other early large-scale senior communities.

Strawther has been writing professionally for over 40 years for newspapers, movies and television. His writing and producing credits include the television classics “Happy Days,” “Laverne and Shirley” “Night Court,” the cult comedy hit “MXC” (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge), the “Merv Griffin Show” and even being the head writer on “Jeopardy!” in the late 1970s. He has also written for movies “Without a Clue,” “Mighty Ducks” and was a sportswriter in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In recent years, he has indulged his lifelong interest in local history by writing three books on the histories of Los Alamitos and Rossmoor, Seal Beach, and the Old Ranch Country Club. He was recently elected as the president of the Seal Beach Historic Resources Foundation.

For more information, contact Anna Derby at 562-301-5339.