COACHING LEGEND JOHN WOODEN TO SPEAK AT LIBRARY FUND-RAISER : CASTAIC MIDDLE SCHOOL HOPES EVENT WILL NET $5,000 FOR BOOKS.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer John Wooden, the legendary Wizard of Westwood who led 10 UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX basketball teams to national championships, will speak tonight at a $50-per-plate fund-raiser for the Castaic Middle School library. An autograph session will follow the 6:30 p.m. dinner and Wooden's speech. The event, organized by the nonprofit Castaic Education Foundation, will be held in the multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective room and gymnasium of the school, 28900 Hillcrest Parkway. Laura Kumazawa, a foundation board member, said all 120 tickets for the dinner have been sold out, but there are still tickets available for the speech. That part of the evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for people 18 and younger. Organizers hope the fund-raiser nets $5,000. Building a library collection of 10,000 books will cost about $50,000, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an administrator who oversees public school libraries for the county superintendent's office. Castaic Middle School will try several sources to collect the book money, such as applying for a grant from the state government, said Principal Beverly Silsbee. ``We're pursuing a lot of funding sources, and (the Wooden dinner) is just one of them,'' Silsbee said. ``We want students to read, and you need to have a variety of books to get kids interested in reading.'' Castaic Middle School sought out Wooden in part because his ``Pyramid of Success'' philosophy is tacked to the wall of their gymnasium. Silsbee said the 25 qualities listed on the pyramid - including loyalty, ambition, faith, initiative, reliability, honesty and team spirit - reinforce lessons that students are learning in the school's character education program. Wooden, now 86, retired 20 years ago but still attends UCLA games and makes the public speaking circuit. He coached 27 years at UCLA and amassed a 620-147 win-loss record there while molding future NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= superstars like Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar For the football player, see . Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. on April 16, 1947) is a retired American professional basketball player and current assistant coach. ), Bill Walton William Theodore Walton III, better known as Bill Walton (born November 5, 1952), is a former American basketball player and current television sportscaster. He is the father of current Los Angeles Lakers player Luke Walton. , Gail Goodrich and Walt Hazzard. Overall, Wooden's coaching career spanned 40 years, beginning with high school basketball squads in Indiana and Kentucky and then the team at a college in Indiana. When he took the UCLA coaching job in 1948, the Bruins were the weakest team in their conference. Wooden is the only man enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame For Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, see Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. For other uses, see Basketball Hall of Fame (disambiguation). The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., as both a coach and a player; the Indiana native was an All-American player for Purdue University. The first time the Bruins won a National Collegiate Athletic Association National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Organization that administers U.S. intercollegiate athletics. It was formed in 1906 but did not acquire significant powers to enforce its rules until 1942. Headquartered at Indianapolis, Ind. championship, in 1963-64, the squad had a perfect season record of 30-0. During Wooden's tenure, the Bruin basketball dynasty won seven straight NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships and amassed an 88-game winning streak over four seasons. THE FACTS WHAT: The former UCLA coach will speak in Castaic. WHEN: 7:30 tonight WHERE: Multipurpose room at Castaic Middle School, 28900 Hillcrest Parkway. COST: $10 for adults; $5, 18 and under. INFORMATION: (805) 295-0712 or (805) 257-0937 CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (SAC edition only) John Wooden Guided UCLA to 10 titles |
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