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Florin, JACL, marks 60th

• anniversary By FRANK IRITANI Special to the Pacific Citizen

The 60th Anniversary of the Florin hapter, JACL, was celebrated Nov. 3-5, 1995, with $75,000 raised for the California State Univer­sity at Sacramento Archives Endowment Fund. Co-chairs, actor George Takei and Congressman Robert Matsui, led the tribute to the area's Issei pioneers, to those who endured the forced intern­ment during World War II, and the Nisei who died in battle.

Takei and Matsui issued chalJeng to th JACL and the Nikkei community to rededicate themselve anew to the JA L mi. ion and creed of upholding the civil and human righ of all people.

In celebrating its 60th anniv rsary, chapter leaders chronicled the history and achi v mcnts ofthefirstJapaneseimmigranl1 whocatn>{ the Florin are.8 around 1 90.

The Florin hapter wa fonnally org nil.cd by the Nisei in 1935.

The late Yoshio Kiino, who w th first Ni i born in Florin, wa~ th chllplcr'~ first pr sid nf. The late Walter Tsukamolo, a Florin n h'. w nationallvactiveJA Ler andon ofth nalional pre-war jACL presidents.

Here are highlights ofth cbap{ r's history: • One oftbecbapter's most noteworthy chi

menta was it role in desegregating "'Ionn Gr m· marSchoolin 1939and,8ub equcntly.twOOlh r segregated county schools and bringing th om· munity in line with democratic Bnd con tilu, tional principles .

• Though th paren~ and relBtiv w fined in 10 isolated T loe lion nte World War n. 45 young Nikk·j Florin

Actor George Tak.cl (left), whose mother 1\ a F/onn, Cabr .. IUltwe, attended !he \IC1It HI! poUI here WII.h Paul T akhato. cho.pler president from 1967-68 and 1978·79

FLORIN BEFORE 1942

From the national director

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mer of improvement seems to be some stablization oftbe member­ship. I have been hearing, and I think ournumbers will bearitout later, that members are -rethink­ing and willing to come back ~ into the organization. To eDSure that we retain our members, we aTe

YAMANISHI

Asian American groups meet

ReHections

MORE APPOINTMENTS: rane y Lim Youn b rg n m d

director 01 Congr slon I APA Caucu -p ge 6.

to discuss Houston police . sues

Disaster of Challenger spacecraft recalled-after 10 Y ar By HARRY K. HONDA Editor emeritus

When the U.s. apace Hhult1l~ Jo .. ndeuvolJr sat on the launch pad Itt Cape (~Ilnuv ral for 23 minutcl'lThursday murning IrUil Wt k (Jan. 11), delayed hy U communicationH prabl m between t.h MhuLl\(' und .lohnHon Space C nl.er at HoutlLon, thl' tragic IOM8 of Lt. '01. Ellison Onizuku, thl' ( hullllOUI r and crewoflK!vcn 8HtrunuuL8didn'lMIl m to hav happon d 10 YNUIJ (tKO.

What appeared to htl U (Jcrf"d blu tofl' that cold 'I'u IJday morning .Jlln 2H. \UHfl, al8::m a.m. PST, hud nvc u!d thou lind" of

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JACL calendar

Eastern DISTRICT COUNCIL Sat. Jan. 2O-Meellng In the morning, Bradley Hilts Presbyterian Ohuroh, Bethesda, Md. HOST- Washington DC Chapter. WASHINGTON D.C. Sat. Jan. 20-50th anniversary celebration, 6 p,m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner, Fort Myer Offloe r's Club, Arlington, Va.; Info: Lily Okura, 301/ 530-0945.

Midwest CHICAGO Sat. Jan. 20-519t annual JACL Inaugural dinner. 6 p.m. cocktail, 7 p.m. dinner. The Inn at University Village, 625 S. Ashland Ave.: Info: JACL Office, 3121728-7171. NOTE­Paul Iga9akl. vice-chair. U.S. equal Employment OpportvnltyCommlsslon. speaker. Sun., Feb. 18--Chlcago Chapter and the Japanese American Service Committee honor '#WI! velerans at Itle annual Day of Remembrance, Helwa Terrace, 920 W. Lawrence, 2 p.m. The fHm. 'From HawaiI to the Holocaust: A Shared Moment In History' Is scheduled to be screened. Informallon: MIdWest JACL office,3121 728·7231

IMPORTANT All JACL and Community calen­dar Itema muat Include the follow­Ing Information: what, where, When (date, time), phone number(a) and contact peraon.

CLEVELAND Thu. Feb. 22-Aprll 4-Smilhsonlan's "A More Perfect Union," Heights Public Library, Info: Judith Soppel 216/932· 3600, Hank Tanaka 216/229·2491, or Yoshlko Ikuta 216/694-4n4. NOTE­Grand opening program, Sun. Feb. 25; training wor1<shops on Jan. 8. 23, Feb. 1 for elemenlaly and secondary teachers of Amer1can history, social studies by registration at Heights PL. 2345 Lee Rd, Cleveland Hls, OH 44118, 932-3600. Films (Honor Bound, Days of Waiting, Family Gathering) on Wed. March 27. 7-9:30 p.m., at Cleveland Mueeumof Art DAYTON Ending Feb. 14-Smflhsonian's ' A More Perfect Union: Dayton Public Library, 3rd and SL Clair SIB. NOTE-A series of af1emoon programs at 2 p.m. for six Sundays starts Jan. 7; focus on WWII American hlsto/y and lessons of justice, correc1tng past errors and ltIe Constitution. Co-sponsored by Dayton JACL. Dayton-Monlgomery County

Community calendar

East Coast NEW YORK Frl. April 19-Yamada-ryu Koto Ensembla concert/Lynn WaJwbayashi, 8 p.m .. The New Schootmschman Auditorium. 66 W. 12t1l SI. Info: Wor1d Music In IIluls, 2121545-7536. WASHINGTON Set. April 20- {amada·ryu KOlo Ensorroleconcol1/Lym Wakabayashi, 7.30 p.m, Eu one· Agnes E. yer AU(lllorium. Fr r Gallery 0' Art. Inlo: 2021357 -4880 .

Plidwest

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SEATTLE Frt·Sun., April 26-2&-21 51 annual Cherry BlOssOm and Japanese Cultural FosIIVal. Seattle Center; Into: Ilorthwesl Nikh. 2061624-4169, 62So1424 (fax). Sat. June 22-5Oth artnlVers&y ~ Veterans Gomm.l1ee celebrabOn. Sea­Tee Red LJon Inn Info: Harry Kataoka. reuruon chair. 12t2 S. KiI19 St., Sea WA9a144. TACOMA Fn-Sun., Sept. 6-8-Tacoma & VICi ty

NlSGi Reunion. In o' Tac::orna-Voe Kasal 2061474·1650. Tadaye F Il00:0 2061 5&4-9485; cnicago-Kaz Hart 3121260-3550, Mlnneapolls-QI bert ' I)'sza f

f 2(420-8724; los Angeles-Ryo unekats 2131 32· 834; San

Fmncisco-Fusaye Yoshida 4151591-9505.

Arizona PHOENIX S.l.-Sun., Feb. 24-25-11 F <II 01 Ja ,H ,ila re,

roe; InIO nlona JACl. 6021 931-1985

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Library and the National Conference (formerly, NCCJ). DETROIT Frl. Feb. 9-Opening reception, Detroit JACL's 50th anniversary photo and aftifact exhibit, Detroit Historical Museum,5:30 p.m. tnfo: 313/833-1805.

Guest Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer. Sat. Feb. 17-501h Annlversarydinner­dance, Novl Hilton. info: Valerie Yoshimura 313/482-3778. Keynote speaker, George Take;' ST. LOUIS Sal March 2-JACL 50th Anniversary party. Sheraton Tower. Westport (near the Airport) ; info. George Sakaguchi, 314/842-3128.

TWIN CmES Chapter Board once a month, preceded by potluck dinner; open to any visitor; info Joanne Ku1T'fa981, chapter president, 6121537-8076. WISCONSIN Sun. Jan. 21-lnstallation dinner (non­football weekend). 3 p.m. cocktaJls,3:45 program, 4:45 dinner. Meyer's Family Restaurant, 60th and Forest Ave .• Greenfield; info: Renee Murakami, 4141 228·6683; RSVP by Jan. 12. Shem FuJfhlra 423-14~8 , Unda Pfaller n4-5687. NOTE-On lap: resolLJbon to adopt a chapter dissolLJbon clause in consbtutJon.

See JACL CAUpage 12

NCWNP schedu es Feb. 4 meeting

The ortbemCalifomia-West.­em evada-Pacific ~CWNP)Dis-

riet Council of ,JACL will bold a meeting unday, Feb. 4, at the ,Japanese Cultural and Commu­nity Center of • ortbem Califor­nia.

The event wiU be hosted by the ('..olden Gate Chapter, J CL. The program will feature California's

ivii Rights Beyond 1995: Cbal­leng and I ues for JACL" y,;tb paneli ts Pablo Wong. deput.y di­rector, Community Relations. Of­fice of 0\'. P te Wilson; Herbert Yam8ni hi • . JACL national direc­tor; and Don 1'amaki. Sansei at· tome.' and community ci '1 rights lead r.

The center I' located at l 0 utt r t .. franci - . alif..

_·HIS. fnformation : Paul Osaki. H51

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By DENNY YASUHARA

Why JACL will more than survive

Today, JACL is recovering from its most recent crisis. I say most recent. because

throughout our organizational his­tory, we have had to deal with crises of one sortor another. Yet. f-allowing each of these periods of turmoil, JACL has risen to new heights in its advocacy for Japa­nese Americans and others. We will not only survive this period of financial and spiritual uncer­taint),. but learn from our mis­takes and bring new vigor, spirit and responsibility into the 21st century ... Why do I believe this? ... Because the vast majority of our membership rec-ognize that the battle for equitable treatment is far from over and have main­tained their support and faith in an organization that has done much for its constituency in years past. They have not permitted the disagreements and public negativism to sour their vision of all the good that JACL has achieved over the years and be­lieve that the organization will c-ontinue to fulfill its duty to its members.

What has su tained JACL to­day and will do so in the future through good times and bad, is the loyalty of our grassroots mem­bers and chapters. This has al­ways been the strength of .JACL. Nothing has been more dramati­cally demon trat.ed in the past year and 3 months ... Leader come and go. National Board mem-

• bers come and go and so do staff. The one constant throughout all of the unrest and uncertainty h88 been the core of our membership. They are not weather van that cbange with each shifting wind, but have steadfastly given u of their time, money and support.

How many chapters are falling apart, because of the current cri­sis? Over $150,000 was given in Annual Giving rr.onies since No­vember, 1994. This has enabled JACL to begin on its road to recov· ery.

Expenses were reduc d from $1,504,917 in 1993 and $1.453.609 in 1994 to $1,142.790 (proj(..'Cwd )

as of Dec. 31, 1995, roughly $310,000.

Our revenues in 1995 are be­ing projected at $1,243,136 only $27,000 down from original pro­jections, but $230.000 down from 1994.

Given these overall, figures, JACL in 1995 still operated within current or existing in­come.

This was achieved despite: (Please remember these are round numbers for just the "big ticket" items.)

(1) Paying on -time legal and personnel cosLs aS8 ult.ofr or­ganization. (About $35,000 paid to date.)

(2) Declining rev nues from membership ($100,000), dona­tions/rund raising ($80,000 and PC revenues ($40,000, although final totals for the Holiday Issue will reduce this. Thi rev nu loss i advertising revenue 10!ts due to feweri!!suea of the PC from previous years.)

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Agenda

DONATIONS-The West Los Angeles Chapter. JACL, presents donations to local nonprofit organizations, among the local police department. From left, West Los Angeles bike patrol officer Romero. Dr. Yoshi Setoguchl, Howard Henkes, Police and Community To· gether Organization; Stephanie Yamaki·Milsuuchi. Western Region

Asian Pacific Agency; Eiko Iwata, fashion show co-chair, Chieko Inouye, president, West Los Angeles JACL Auxiliary; Bill Sakurai, West Los Angeles Buddhist Church president Jean Ushijima, fashion show co-chair; and West Los Angeles bike patrol office Wilkens. The donations came a fashion show luncheon held in 1995.

group for the next biennium are: James Minamoto, president; Jane

Kaihatau, vice president; Shawn Layden, secretary; and Janice Terakawa, treasurer.

Board members are: Kervin Go, Tom Hida, Jack lshio, Jonathan Kaji, Sen Nishiyama, Bob Ohta, Gary Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Oyabu, Wayne Parton, Ted Shigeno and James Takeuchi .

Minamoto is a Sansei a ttorney with Anderson Marl Law Offices. Born and raised in New York City, he received his under­graduate degree at Cornell University and his law degree from Pennsylvania Law School in 1984. He practiced corporate and commercial litigation for eight yeaTS in New York City before coming to Japan He was active in the Asi an American Bar Asso­ciation of New York. It is his goal to stimu­late the education of and involvement by members on issues of concern to Japanese Americans.

. West Los Angeles donates to local organizations

Kaihatau is an active and longstanding .JACL member botb in the United States and Japan. She served as president, pr0-

gram, chair. and newsletter editor of the Chicago Chapter . She was also a San Fran­cisco Chapter board member . The new vice presidentwas a Japan Chapter board mem­beT pnor to her going to Kyoto for a year to study J apanese. She is a San.sei born in Chicago and raised in Park Ridge. ill

The West Los Angeles Chapter, JACL, recently presented donations to four local nonprofit organizations.

The donations were made possible through a fashion show luncheon held in the summer of 1995. West Los Angeles Auxiliary President Chieko Inouye and fashion show co-chairs Eiko Iwata and Jean Ushijima formally presented checks to :

• W tern Region Asian Pacific Agency (WRAPP) for it." unique programs ll88isling Asian Pacific eli nta in counseling, th rapy, community education, literacy, family and delinquency situation , te., through mul­tilingual staff. t phani Yamaki ­Mitsuuchlacccpwd lh h k on behalf of WRAPP.

Police D partment's Bike Patrol Program in W t Los Angeles. PACT Treasurer Howard Henkes. Bike Patrol Officer Wilk ns and Bik Patrol Officer Romero w r pr ' nt to a pt the donation.

Japan Chapter names new officers for biennium

Kaibatsu was an aasociate producer and co-writer of the film "'Unfinished Business; Tbe Japanese American Internment Cases, with Steven Okazaki, as well as a produc­tion manager for Okazaki's film, Living on Tokyo Time, ~ and other independent film projec:t.s. Before coming to Japan she was involved in 8 career of commercial film­making. directing and coordinating televi­sion commercial'. new • documentary and indu rialIec:lucation film and \;deo p ~ects

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Layden was born in Tokyo in 1961 ofan Irish American father and a Nisei mother, raised in Southern California and studied at the University of Notre Dame. He came to Japan to further his education at Sophia University in Tokyo, returned home, then re­turned to Japan to pursue a fel­lowship at the Ministry of Educa­tion. In 1987, he came back to Tokyo to work as assistant to Akio Morita of the Sony Corporation. He was involved in supporting Morita's activities as Japan fund­raising chair for the Japanese American National Museum.

Terakawa, who resumes her position as treasurer, was born in New York, and is currently work­ing as program coordinator for the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations, an orga­nization responsible for the man­agement of the Japan Exchange Teaching Program. Terakawa pre­viouslv served as a board member of the' Hawaii. Chapter. She has been in Japan for more than a decade and intends to become penn anent re ident.

The installation dinner for th new officers and board memb rs is scheduled for Jan. 24, with fea­tured guest. speaker Teresa Watanabe, a Los Angeles Times correspondent.

Livingston/Merced installs new officers

The chapter is cheduled to in­stall its new officers at a banquet Jan. 29. erving as presid nHor a two-year term i Gordon • lorimolo. Oth r officers are Rob· ert Taniguchi. vice pre8idenl: Leslie Kim Loeser, secretary; Steve Terani hi, tr a ur r; hri Masuda, member hip-activity chair; Sherry Kaji. scholal1lhip chair; and Grace Kimoto, 1000 Club. The chapter's delegate will again be Steve Teranishi.

In other news, the chapter do­nated ra ource hook. on .Jnf'l8nf' (>

Am rican hlSl..ory to th MclU'<1 Public Library branch s.

The!;e hooks document th> I X·

perienc of .Japan Am ric n veterans during World War II. Especiall noteworthyislh liltl -known contribution oflht filitory Int lJig nee ervic, Whl h w provided invaluabl nnd cruci I frontHn information b' I j 01-di 1'5. Thr hook. Honor by F,r • hy Lyn ro t, al 0 docum nt th(> fr eing of the Jews by th • Ni ,i 522nd I j Id Artillery Battalion from th Dachau concl'ntration camp

Alsoinclud d i th( docum 'nl his Lory of Lb, heginning of lh Livingston .Japanes Am ric"n community in a well r' carcht:d book called The Yamato Colony hy Kesa Noda.

In addition, t.he Mere d (...,allegr' and High School District libmri,' received Ii National .JA 'L 'r ·uch· ers Resource Book and a copy of Ii patriotic biography oflJ ,Japunrof'l' American educator from Florin. Calif., Mary Tsukamot.o. Hllrfltory begins aB a child in a gregat.cd f.'I m' ntary school nnd pnds wilh a school in 8 Sucr m("nto sehoul district which i8 named in Iwr

honor. HI~r hook is cnlJ{·d WI'. t"I' People.

Sacramento to hold 'Remembrance' By TOKO FUJII

'rht· Sacramento Chuptl r, .JACL, will ohBcrvlJ DIlY of lu'­mcmbrancu, on Hnturduy, 1,'I·b. 17, J 996 at th ' Seer t.!try of Hluu,'" AudiuJrium in Sacrament.o. Thl k(!ynot,(· HllI'uker will til! J liroki Sugihara, Hon of tho lut.u inulrnu· tional humunif.uriun Chiunl HUlCihHrIJ.

AHh risk ufhi" Hnd hilffillll it y'" w ·lfur , the llJdcr HUKihllrlt dl·. fiod U" .Julllln 'liO "UV I'll/w'nt during WurJd WUI' II hy HiKning VilfWl frJr morf' thun 6,OO() ,II willh rofu" .. frolTl Polllnd. 'J'hili IId"f euunlKO ulluwl'd lhom til I'KI'I\III'

thll row or moru LllIln fi,OIJO,OOO

Jews who were put to death by the Nazi government. Hiroki Sugihara will introduce Visas for Life, the recently translated his­torical account of his family'S cou­rageous act of compassion. A book signing reception will follow his keynote address. Limited tickets and book reservations are avail­able through the Sacramento of­ficeat9161447-0231. Ticketdona­tion is $10.

In another chapter event, four chapter and community leaders and one organization of the Sac­ramento area were honored at a Nov. 16 dinner.

Honored were: Tom Fujimoto, a longtime community leader who has been involved with the Kumamoto Kerijin Kai, Sacra­mento, JACL and th MIS of Nort.hern California; am Kaneko, whose service to the Asian Community Nursing Hom • the Sacramento Betsuin and the JA L is well known; Kazuo Ninomiya, who has been invo)v d with the Mstsuyama· acram nto SiRtcr ity movement and who has been a past commander of Nisei Post 8985 and active in the JA Laswell; the Hon. rnn oHin, a memb r of the scram nto .ounty Board of upcrvisors. wh

has be n a strong 8uPporWr ofth Nikkei ofth ar u for mol' than a d('cade; and th Asian ommu­nity nter/Asian ommunity Nursing Home. which has for the past 10 year rved thp. Asian elderly who r quire nursingCll1'C.

hapler officials w re al 0 in-taUed by North m olifomi·

West mN vada·PnciticRC! 'on I Dir~ctor Patty Wads. Th n w slat of offie 1'8 IS: nick Fukushima. pn.s id nt; Lori Fujimoto. vic pr idl'nt: Rnndy Imoi and Erin Komn ub roo ce· r tary: Ralph ·uglmoto. tr 'n­sur('r; Royc Mnki hima nd Mi hu I Iwahiro, eholnr hip; • tichn 1 • ow mura, civil righ : ( .ary Ki kumoto. athletics. n th be I'd 01 anna Dicn.n. tiko

Richnrd • nwarn m.

'I oko ~ uJiI. n I IIW,' om l'ujimoto ond Alon J{ h Y hi .

Cleveland holds Asian marrow drive By SCOTT FURUKAWA

ognized for their efforts in bring­ing this drive to hh Northeast Ohio area. Kathy Vaughn, vice president of the Cleveland Chap­ter and MDC vice governor brought forth the idea for a drive. Many members of the Cleveland Ohapter board and the J apanese­American communityvoJunteered their time in planning and assist­ing the drive.

Hopefully, this drive will help begin an effort to register more Asians in the Northeast Obio area. At this time, anoLher drive is planned in the spring and would involve the Chinese-American community to expand the cam­paign Lo include all Asians. Infor­mation: The National Marrow DonoT Program, 3433 Broadway St. NE, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN, 55413, or call 1-800-MARROW.

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Personally speaking

Lim Youngberg named director of Congressional APA Caucus

Francey Lim Youngberg, an attorney/advisor for the Commod­ity Futures Trading Commission, was named Dec. 21 as the first executive director of the Congres­sional Asian Pacific American Caucus Institute.

Youngberg, who was employed in the International Unit, Divi­sion of Trading and Markets, at the commission, assumed her of­fice Jan 2. The institute is a non­partisan, nonprofit, educational corporation that was founded in March 1995 to enhance the par­ticipation of Asian Pacific Ameri. cans in public poliey on a national level.

Commenting on the appoint­ment, Chairman of the Board M.E. Chang, Rear Adm., USN eRet.), a Raytheon Vice President, said, "We are so pleased that a leader of Ms. Youngberg's caliber will be guiding the Institute. She has a record of service to the Asian Pa­cificAmerican community and the ability to work with both Republi­cans and Democrats in a coopera­tive manner. These qualities are just what we need to establish the Institute as a resource for mem­bers of Congress. the AP A com­munity and the general public."

CongresswomanPatsyT.Mink Chair of the Congressional A.qian Pacific Caucus and a member of the Institute Board of Directors, stated that "M . Youngberg has a

FRANCEY LIM YOUNGBERG

difficult butexciting task ahe d of her. The board is confid nt. that she will be abl to fulfill th gr at. hopes we hav for the Institute."

Youngberg was preaidenlofth Asian Pacific Am rican Bar Asso­ciation ofthe District of olumbia (APABA) from 1992 to 1993 and bas served 8B APABA's coordina­tor of community out. 8ch sin 1993. In those capacilies, be h88 promoted the inter ts oflh AP community with respect to such issues 88anti-Asian viol nce, puh· lic safety, crim victim 88i tane and ace s for hin detain's to interpr ters and I·g I r 'pr -sentat10n.

Youngb rg is also the founding president of the Asian Pacific American Educational Fund, the cbaritabl arm of APABA, which provides AP A law students from the oin D.C.-area law schools with fellowships, mento1'8 and net­working opportunities.

Th n w x cutiva direator is a 1988 graduate of Harvard Law School. She am dab ch lor of arts degr , mng1W cum laude, at Wellesley ollege in 1985. B fore joining the ommodity Futur 8

Trading Commission, eh was in private practic with Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C., and wit.h Morgan Lewis & Bockius in Philadelphia.

In its January 1996 issue, The Wasilwgioflio.n Magazme nam d Youngberg ono of the 16 Washing· toniQDs of th(> Year In 1995 sh alRO ived a Trailblazer Award from th National Asian Pacific Am ricM Dr AsRociation and was recogniz d aa among the Women

tars of th Bllr by tbe Worn n'8 Bar Association of Washington, o. ., he hRa en honored by th~ W8.8hington , D. • M tro Polic D partm nt, lh Associntion of Philippin Amen ' In Wooww.; ili­pino Am ricnnWom n'8 N twork und hI! Ko an ociation of Grcawr \! (1 hington. for commu ­nit nnd public rvice.

Traci Endow chosen a Mike Masaoka in ern n

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Traci Mayumi Endo. 23. of unn -RI. alif, has been named th fourth Mikfl 1. 101 ka Fellowship Fund congTe' ion lint rn far th 1995·1996 term. Th awardee, r----:----------, an assiBlant aocount :It cutiv . with Rogers & Associa\,(' ,a Los Angeles public relations ag ney, was named by Dr. Tom Tamaki. chainnan of the Fund.

"Traci will f'erv h r int.em­ship in the office of Rep. Palsy Mink CD·Hawaii) beginning in lat.e February 1996," £laid Tamaki. "She was I ted from a group of outstanding candi­dates."

Endo,curr nUya LosAng I resident, will serve 8n intem­shipofapproximatelythroo-and. one-half montha in th notion's TRACI ENDOW capital. She will receive a ati· pendof$6,OOOCromthefund,Th F \low bipl'und honors the late Mike M. Maaaoka for a lili·t.im of outstanding public service promoting justice, ci vi I righbl and human dignity.

The major goal of the Maaaoka F lIowship Fund is to encourage public servic ,granting 8w,U"d to educate or train recipiente for leadership in public

Kunsho awardees A number of prominent JACL

members were decorated by th Japanese government Nov. 3 for theirachievemente in U.S .... Japan relationa. They include the deco­ration listed in parenthc!Ie :

JOSEPH ALLMAN

Joaepb Roy Allmon, 1S, lin Ari'l.Qnu JAGL lili· 011 mbt r lind chapter prcl.lid nt 1993 94, u u­roor Army v·\,( ran, KI" dU/lu of Anny LangullK School, Monu'rt·y, Cnlif., in 1949·50 in.1i PIIOI I nd uRuin in 1954·1)!; in Kurt /ln, 1"1'

tir din I 964frunt miJiulry Inu·lli. gonc H{lrviel. AUnt"n Willi lIC'tivl with the Am riclI./u}lUO Wl't k l·t I bration in PhO(mix, W/lli hon

orcd in 19H4 IIR lin uuillt.lIlldiu citiz Jl oftht Aril,unll Aainn Am.'n cun AaRociutiull, lind (·hnir. d III'

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Tashima named to appellate court A. Wallace Tashima was

confirmed Jan. 2 by the U.S. Senate to the U .S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is the first American of Japanese ancestry to serve at the federal appellate level. A U LA graduate from Harvard Law School in 1961, Tashima worked in private practice wi th a Los An gel cs firm, then served 88 deputy aLtorney general with tbe State of California and for the past 15 years 8S a judgeon the U.S. dis trict court for the entral District of Cal i· fornia . Twooth r Asian Ameri­cans have pr c ded him at the appelJate level: Herbert Y. . Cboy of Hawaii, the first K0-rean Am rican attorney in the U.S., in 1941 and Theodore

for Museum Service, the highest recognition for an American mu­seum, In October.

Community service

CAROL YOSHINO

A WALLACE TASHIMA

Tang of Arizona, a Chinese Amencan Jurist.

Yoshmo iBaiso past president of the .JACL Credit Union.

The Asian Lunar ew Year oaiition banquetiB said to be the

largest gathering of Asian Ameri­cans in the state ofDlinois. Infor­mation: fay akano. 31.21561-8944; or Dwight Sora. 7081366-2249.

Heads art museum • Mark llasuoka, the third

full·time director of the -evada Institute for Contemporary Art. 3455 E. Flamingo. Las \ ega , heaos a 250,OOO-a-~ear organi­zation founded 10 yean; ago. A hand -Qn type, • fasuoka pent much orthe day .... -ith equipment. g tting lh recent _ taRual . 'eri

ulpture in place. wben a Las \ 'l/a un r porter c me by.

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In education

Pacific Citizen, January 19-February 1, 1996-7

Pe.'spectives

California event provides forum for women1s issues By CATHERINE ISEDA

Nearly 7,000 women from all parts of California gathered in the Lon&Beach Con­vention Center on Nov. 14 for the 4th An­nual Governor Pete Wilson's Conference for Women.

This was my first experience with this kind of conference, and it was an over­whelming eXJ)E'rience to see so many thou­sands of women all in one place. I was amazed and amused to watch the different types of women in all variations of size, shape, style and background.

The morning began promptly with regis­tration and opening greetings by author Iris Dart (Beaches) news co-anchor Rosie Allen, and Gayle (Mrs. Pete) Wilson. The presentations from these three attractive, intelligent and sparkling personalities were a very refreshing beginning to the exciting day ahead.

A grand entrance with standing ap­plause honored Gov. Wilson as he was led to hi seat. During his presentation he expressed his concern for equality forwomen and related an example of the upport given to one another by women on his staff .

There were 37 seminars covering a wide range of interests. Here are some of the topics:

• Managing Your Finances • Upate on Healtb are and Women at

Risk Issue • Spotting Mass Trends in aon umer

Market • Entrepeneurs, They Did it Th ir Way

• Organizing Yourself • Writing-Selling-Publi hing • Parenting Without Carrots and licks • Lo\'e & Marriage in an Ag of nfu­

sion • Dealing ... {ith Disasters . Violence • Hot Caree~s in the 21t ent.ury

Direct Marketing • Using Pas ion to fake Dream orne

True • Celebrity onnections & Lh • M dia • Technology as a Tool for Growth • Winning on Appeal- A P >rspcdi ....

From Top Women Lawyers . PowerBehindtheThrone-Th Rol of

the Political pouse.

Marcia lark, now-famous prosecutor Ii r the Los Angeles County District Attorney' Office, gave a heurtfi It p" entation on how abusive relationships at work and hom can hinder the growth of our potential nd present hannful emotional distr ' to our self-esl..eem, he said we mu t learn to identify our enemies, stay aw y from Uwm, and not fall prey to becoming 8 victim to their evil manipulr.tions.

How to get your goals by getting it o Marci Wieder, author of Making Your

Dreams Come T,.W!, stressed how pion creates energy, like putting Lhe plug into the outlet. You need to know in what nreWi your passions lie to become tTectivt·, 'rh(· possible areas Onl (1) Learning/Teaching, (2) Service Oriented, (3) Creative Problc'm Solving, (4) AdventurefRisk Taking.

What are the steps for get.ting startc:!d? • Be clear about your dream-lak Lh'

time to internalize it,

FLORIN (Conttnued from page 1)

and Carol Hisatomi WfUI the firr~t. woman president, in 1991.

• Upon pBflsoge of the landm rk 19/j2 Wolwr·McClUTan I mmigrlltion und Nlltion· ality Act, the chl1pwr promoLod nnd UH' siewd Issei 1.0 become naturulized it.i":I'nH, heretofore denied 1.0 thorn. ('rhl' Chilll'Ht· were granwd nuturolization privillJJ(08 in 1943,J

. The Florin Chapler launch d thc.Jupu nese American oral history project in 19M7 in collaboration wlt.h California Htui.t Uni­vorsit.y, Sacrum -nl.o, Library Archiv .. , Under the leadership ofMorion KlIIH mULti,

41) compl ted oral hlHl.oriollltre in t.ho CHIJH Archivoli . A comploLo Met nlso r""tl4 in lh,. UC Dav", Library.

• $20,000 w rai d by chnpwr fClr 1(( dr· 8. Th chupwr COClporllU!d fully with nationnl JACL liver mnny y IWi U) IIIl' k rCdrIJ8f1 li,r th inwrnnwnt,

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Catherine Iseda, right, poses with Gayle Wilson,

wife of Calilornia Gov. Pete Wilson and one of

the speakers at the annual conlerence for women

held in Long Beach, Calif. , Nov. 14, The event

prOVided a variety of seminars focused on

issues faCing women today presented by a number of

well known experts in their respective fields

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8-Paclfic Citizen, January 19-February 1, 1996

Opinions

Dealing with stereotyping

Near the end of a long, wearisome flight recently. 1 feU into an ex­hausted sleep. The next thing I knew

someone was tapping me on the shoulder. It was the stewardess, a middle-aged moth­erly sort which, because of seniority rules, one sees frequently on overseas routes these days.

"Would you like some coffee or orange juice before we land; she asked.

Still befuddled by sleep, I looked at her blankly. Sbe spoke to me again, this time slowly, enunciating each word with exag­gerated clarity:

"Would. .. ou ... like ... ,om ... coffee ... or ... orMge ... juice . .. hefore ... we ... land?ft

Then it hit me. She thought I was Japa­nese. There were sev ral Japanese on th plane and she thought T was ooeofthem. h thought I didn't under tand English and he was trying to be kind. trying to help m

comprehend what she wa aying.

"Yes," I replied. "Yes, I'd like some coC­ti e." Thinking about it later. I wondered if

East

I should have said, "Hell yes, Sis, gimme a cup of Jave, no cream." That way, there would be no doubt about my nationality.

On another occasion not long ago I went to a luncheon hosted by a Japanese group at a downtown hotel fr quently used by Japanese. Th n> was an nlLractive little blond girl waiting to scort guests into the room. As I approached sh . smiled pr ltily and bowed graciously in w leom

Orwe 1 ri htin what! did. which "". to 1 t h r a um that ju t heca m n

BY BILL MARUlAN I

looks like a Japanese, he certainly must be Japanese and should be treated like aJapa­nese.

That, of course, perpetuates the stereo· type that one has to be white or black to be American, and all people with Asian faces are Asians. That is the kind of thinking that persists even though people li ke,J udge Lance Ito, to cite recent high-profile ex­ampl . demoDJItrated for all the country that Americans come in n variety of sizes, shope • colora and thnic backgrounds. And th y don't havf' to be bowed to.

Wowdilhaveb nmor propertostopto chat with h r nd, in acourt.oousandkindly manner, let her find out without hurting hl'!rfi lings that not. v ryoneiswhatheor sh might appenr to be?

1 don't know he anew r. What do you hink?

Hosokau'o i the former editorial pall edi­lor{orth D"lIuPo I. H, column appears m the Paci{u: Citizen

And a happy one to y

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BE FUN 8LEDDING AND FROLlCKlNG IN -mAr PREllY WHtTE SJ1JFf.

Letters

More frequent Pacific Citizen can help the Nikkei cause

We in the Chicago area certainly enjoy reading the Pacific Citizen. one of the ar­ticles, entitled "Common Sense," was the highlight of a discussion regarding having a Japanese American creed fOT the Sansei. We al1 stated that we hope that the Na· tional Board would appoint a committee to look into this matter.

It is a shame that our national organiza­tion could put out a paper, the PC, only twice a month. I wish more JACLers would consider contributing to the "Save the PC Project" and, whenyoudo this, our cartoon­ist, Pete Hironaka, will send you a litho­graph poster entitled, "Issei." It measures 21" x 28." Then the PC ccruld come out at least once a week to keep us informed about the current events of all .JACLers across the United States.

Case in point: Japanese Americans had a chance to put Min Y asui'sstatue in the Hall of Fame of great American citu.ens in the corridors of the U.S. Capitol. The contest was, unfortunately, held for only three days and by the time many Colorado .JACLers had time to alert other JACLers, it became too late and unfortunately our PC was Dot published in time to get the maximum voles in for tiD Yasui.

The hunt for Colorado Hall off ame Com­mittee came up wjth eight candidates, one ofwbom was, of course, • tin Yasui, theci\;1 rights leader who fought for redres.. for the Japan Americans intemeddunng World War II. Other candidates included Glen

lilter. the musician. \\ illiam Bent. the Tad r, Big Ed .Johnson, former Democratic

gov mor of Colorado--jwt to name a few. you - that du to OUT inabili • to get

tb new out tootber .JA Lers. 'e were not abl to full) participate in g tting an im­portant i-into be Hall 0 Fame..

I hope JI of you could help by contribut-ing toward -ng the PC out more ire-qu nuy.

\ r of m ny ~um

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Policies

During the last five-and-a-half de­cades the world, America and the Nikkei community have changed-tremendously.

The resulting turmoil and unresl can be understood if one considers the almost ir­reconcilable conflict of interests due to dif­ferences in perception, age, background and -yes-race and ethnicity.

Confusion, disenchantment. misinforma­tion and resentment are apparent in our society.

And JACL is part. of that society -in its second winter of discontent.

Under today's conditions it is ea y to be negative,

It's much harder-but necessary-to be positive

In the JACL I sense that there is a grow­ing remgnition that apathy, avoidance of accountability, lack of oversight and inad­equate communication should no longer be tolerated.

I also sense that JACL members are, by and large, tired of discord and want unifica­tion.

But this does not mean that we cannol have diversification.

Nor does it mean that we cannot hold to our principles and value .

And certainly thi · doe nol mean that board and taffare immune from critici m when appropriate.

In fact. ifmore members could ov rcom our cultural leaning~ toward "not rocking the boat" and not peaking out be-cau e ..... ' want to avoid confrontation, JA L could become a stronger, mor open, more re-

Pacific Citizen, January 19-February 1, 1996-9

By ROY NISHIKAWA

Keep the faith sponsive and more responsible organiza­tion ,

I also believe that mainslr am JACLer's want to go back to our basic reason for existence as defined by our founding forefa­thers: The promotLOn a1ld protecfton of the Japanese American community.

Atthesametim I know thatJACLmust engag in advocacy for civil and human rights to the fuJI eat ext nt. possible-am­stTained only by r cognizing thal our re­sources are limited. This is realIty.

Moreover, any minority group wheth r African American, Jewish American, La in American, Native American, Asian Ameri­can, or whatever, must put self-pre rva­tion and future viability on i18 priority list, This, too, is reality.

And each group must.r aHz thatwhileit can col1obatorate with others, it cannot be all things to all peopl . Another reality in this imperfect world

Although red flags were flying in 1990, the initial defining moment for JACL's cur­tenl problems was probably the 1993 fall meeting ofthe National Board when a clique of board and staff members with scant regard for freedom of the press sought to control and censor what was publisbed in t.he PacIfIC Citizen The result was the fir­ing of the PC Board chairman, Then~ unbeli vably-the Board compounded its error by attempting to cover up ds own proce dings!! (Paci{LC CIt,un, OeL. 1, 1993) Result: Fir storm #1.

Th second defining moment <December, 1994) was the new National Board's deci­sion to downsizo st.affin order to reduce the deficit created hy the previous board and staff: Fir torm #2.

Th thirdd fimngmomentwasthehasty and iIl-conceiv d pr S8 release demanding th rf'8ignation of curr nt. President Denny Ya uh fa (March 1 ,1995)

Th a llegations regarding Yasuhara were nUQUS nd mean-spirited. All of this is nt history. J recommend

that read r r vi w "Recent History of ,lA L 101" in th PacifIC Citl.% n (1992-1 95). The di idents would pr t; r that you

d stori' which they ft to the ,,'emncu­lar pr' ..

By KARYL MATSUMOTO

heavily because of their deep collllllitment. Fortunately, most of the new board are

not sitting on their hands in silence and denial,

They have replaced some staff, they are trying to balance the budget, replenish the Reserve Fund; they have taken steps to develop oversight and contTols in order to spot and prevent future management prob­lems. And they are trying to fill committees with new appointments

These are Herculean tasks because of their extensiveness and because oflimited resources.

Despite these efforts there are a few people who are looking for scapegoats. They continue to grumble and to whine,

President Yasubara is a lightning rod for criticism It. goes with the territory. His responses have been measured, steadfast. patient and dignified 1 believe that his !:ravels have energized his supporters who are clearly m the majority.

No, we haven't reached closure on all of our problems. Closure, I believe, wil1 re­quire a full exposition of how and why we got. so messed up. Unfortunately. those who muld heJp explain things are now gone, or not inclined to be cooperat.ive, or bave re­treated into silence_

o a few people ha -e told me that they wer thinking of ~dro pping ou • In every

See NISHIKAWA/page 10

NuhJkaWG uo post JACL n.alionaJ pfi

d nt; ~'It Pacific itiz.en Board duJir. a pcrmon nl m mber of tn JACL Endow­m nt Fund ComnuU and pTi sU:k ' of th4!\ 'ilsh; 'JuJpt :r, .IACL.

Accountability and the JAC Reserv Fu d

A s some of you mayor may nol be aware, in addition to stabilizing the operations ofthe ,JACL, my direct.ives as interim nalion I

director were to identify and impleml'nt. procedures for sound financial manag -ment. In my mmmitment to open up the operations of the JACL to m mbership, I thought it judicious to at.wmpt t.o re Iv thequest.ionsraisedrelativetoth Rc· rv Fund. I bring this matter to your attention from a most crilical st..andpoint in that there is an inherent lack in th pecified policy and procedures and pr requi it checks and balances required for the IId­ministration of this fund Withdrawals W(rrll made from lh .JA 'L Reserve Fund and the JA I~ Invl'8tm 'Tit

Fund (the Funds) without th • unanimnu approval of the Reserve Fund Board (&ard Thl8 occurred because the JA 1,' tah· lished procedures to ensure t.hat withdraw­als were reviewed and approved by th' Board were not followed . As a resull, for th,· t.wo-year period ended Dec. 31, 1994, th JACL's reserve for contingencies was re­duced by $309,000.

Background National JACL Constitution Bnd By­

laws, Article XlV. Budget. and f'inanco, Section 2, Nat.ional JACL ReR rv' li'und st.awa as follows:

(a) A National JACL n'BI'rut' fUlld shall be I'Htablishrd to be u8t'd for sprcia! ('l)II/11I

Rl'nC/I'B,

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LETTERS (Continued from plge 8)

American educators who huvo 88IfUml'CJ chiefschool ItdminiBtrllwr rol B. Tho Iikoli · hood of two in one county must.m! v ryrlt1' .

Whilli the Boards of IlJducotion in New Jaf'lley are oware of th divorlf( Ift.ud nt population that mUlt be IIOrved. they hov been verycolPlizantofth caliborofl ad r­.hip needed to meot th chollcn" It of th n xtcentury. Dr, Choyoand I will boKlluflCd by tho quality of education that our Ichool. can deliver to tho .tud niM and th commu-

Withdrawals from The Fund On ,Inn J, 199:1, til I' unt! ' bllll," •. WI

$350,H23, which w t'omprl ( lof I r,7,71:.! in the.JACL RUlOrvt II und lind 193,11111\ tho JACL Inv stmlnll'und Durin til( t.wo-y ar pI riod ndl~d [I't'. 31, 1994, $)/,iO.OOO Willi d, poHiiA.·d int.o thll I' undA, $100,000 WitH wit.hdruwn I nd trL II (IIrnt!

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Commend JACL leaders for action In apparent hate crime

U e of Funds

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Scholarships . . ' . .

San Mateo, JACL,1996 scholarships ThE:' San Mateo Chapter,

JACL, announces its annual scholarship program for 1996 which will award up to $1,500 to a deserving high school se­niorfrom the San Mateo County area who is planning to attend a trade school, business school, college,university. or anyinsti­tution of higher learning this fall.

The chapter may choose to distribute awards in smaller amounts to more than one re­cipient. according to Catherine T. Motoyama. chapter scholar­ship chair and a professor of speech and communication at the College of San Mateo.

The San Mateo Chapter scholarship is open to JACL members and their families. Applications for JACL and youth memberships are avail­able at the San Mateo Chapter office. 415 So. Claremont St., San Mateo. CA. 94401-3323;

USC group offers '96·97 scholarships

The Asian Pacific American Support Group (APASG) at th University of Southern Califor­nia is offering scholarship forthe 1996-97 academic year w quali­fied USC undergraduate and graduate students. kNardS are based on academic and personal

LETTERS (Continued from page 9)

Seeks clarification on article on Jonathan Kaji

I am writing this letter w clarifY what I perceive are misle.ading statements made in the Nov. 3-16, 1995. issue of the PC regarding the Nat.ional Board' r lution supporting our National tary-Treasurer, Jonathan Kaji. As a member ofthe National 80 rd, J

was present-at the National Board meeting on the w(-ekend of Oct 21-22. 1995. held in Son F ran­cisco. Although tb resolution was drafted in dosed 8C8 ion it w passed by the Nation I Bo rd in open scssion, not in dos ~ cs ion as stated in th article. The in nt of the r solution was to show uni­fied support of Mr. Kaji in light of the unfounded tat.cm nt8 mad in a legal docum -nt filed hy Ms. (Peggy) Liggett on bl!holf or ht'r then-client, Nation I I'r idt'nt Denny Yssuhara

AB a past national ( ret.ary­treasur'r, I would lik to clllrify

statements mad hy Ms. LiggnH

in the samo PC artkle in r Kurd La the U6 of endowml'nt funds 10

cover operating deficits. Th n· dowment funds which MH. Ligg tt alludes La in the orticl urt not funda coming out of th corpus or principal of the fund but liT! th accumulation ofpa8t year's earn· ing8 generlited by tho fund which is a revenue item in each year's JUltinal budget. During th 1988· 92 bienniums, comings from tho EndowmentFundwer noldrawn from tho Endowmont I- und WI

National'sfinancial8ituation dur­ing this period WWl very fllvor­able. Instead of drawing tho (·nrn· ing" out of the I<.;ndowment l' unci and placing the cam inJ(tIin II HUpll­

rate rcserve account (nch y IIr, it was decided to lellve th fund" in the Ji.ndowm nl Fund u tht yi Jd W('ru much mnr fl1voruhl thun if plltcllcJ in IJ 8uvinv,11 or C I) , [tc'cfJunl. The Illkn!. Hf d"ln~1 I.hi WIJ ·t.o draw th" 0 fund frorn th' t~HlJuwment 1- uml wilt II Lit u(('umuillt.cd 'Urllillll' lrI 1II·I·dml o WI} t.h, CII f duJiIlJ{ llll' IIlU2 Oil "I nnium til (OVC r IIp<tlllllll('

phone: 415/343-2793. Scholarship applications are

available from San MaL 0

County high schools and coro­munity colleges, the San Mateo Buddhist Temple, Sturge Pres­byterian Church and the San Mateo Community Center, 415 So. Claremont St., San Mateo.

Entering freshman applica­tions and supporting materi­als must be postmarked no later than March 1,1996, and sent to the San Mateo hapter office.

After selection of the local award recipients, the top ap­plicant or applicants will be submitted to JA L h adquar­ters in an Francisco for fur­ther judging in the Natioual Scholarship Program.

In its 50tb year, th Nat.ional Scholarship Program will award more than 40 scholar­ships totalling mor than $40,000.

merit and financial n ed. 1'0 be eligibl , pplicants must.

plan to be nrolled full-time in 11

U Cdegre program fl rth 19 6-97 academic year; must have at least a 30 grad point ovcrog\' on a 4-point scal in their Ie ld<'mic cours work; and mu l citi7. n or perman ·nt r idcnl r I

United to .AllappJican rou l

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AP ASG h8s awarded mar than $30,000 annually in scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $2,000. The application deadline for the 1996-97 awards is March 22,1996.

Applications for the scholarship or APASG membersbip may be obtained from: Asian Pacific American Support Group, c/o Asian Pacific American Student Services (APASS), USC, Student Union 410, University Park, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-4851; or call APASS at 2131740-4999. Direct inquriestoJeffMuraitami.APASS director.

NSRCF scholarship now available

Nabuko Mizuno. a .Japanese American woman who ov rcame poverty nd racial discrimination to compl te a doctorate in bio­chemistry lind develop a car r in . ci nLific r search, h stab·

JiBhed a schola hip at the UOI­versityof alifornia at an Diego to RUpport stud nts in n of financial help.

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Akiyama, TokloG, Culver City, Nov. 2; Gardena-bom WWIt veteran of 3rd Armored Div., survived by sons David. Steven. Glann, Russell, daughter Roxanne Baker. brother Yoshlo, sisters Mitsuka Yamaglshl. Shirley Monahan, predeceased by wife Nagako.

Asato, Amy T, 92, Los Angeles. Oct. 6: survived by daughter Alyce Stevens, sons Mlnaru. Osamu. Carl and Shlgeru, 12 gc., 7 ggc.

Fugaml. Roy S .. Seattle. Sept. 20: WWII MIS veteran, survived by wife Irane, daughters Kathy Matsuzakl, Sandy Vanersnlck. son Jerry. brothers George, PaUl, Mar1<.

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Fukumorl, Nancy, 66. Albany. Calif .• Oct. 25. survived by husband Taro, son Wes, 2 gc .• sisters Jana Hamatenl , Minnie Yoshinaga. brother Dan Otsuka.

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La Puente·born, survived by husband Tom, daughtersJoyce DePew (Fairfield), Margie Schnepp (Las Vegae), Jean MlJmbleau (Ontano), 2 gc, brother Harry Anta, sisters Mary Dan, Ruth Sakalanl, Eslher Nlshlyorl.

FuJikawa, Melko, 81, Gardena, Nov. 11; Nampa, Idaho-born, survived byson Byron, brother Max Ikl, alster Beth Amano.

FuJikawa, Seklno, 99, Los Angeles, OC\. 31 ; Wakayama-born, survived by san George. daughters Masako FuJimoto. Haruko Ohauga, Teruko Motoyama, Klmiko Kikuchi. 12 gc., 12 ggc., 3 ggc.

Fukuhara, Steve, 51, Gardena. Nov. 5; Nisei, survived by brother Yuklo.

Fukumoto, Katsuml J, 79, Los An· geles, Oct. 3: Lomita-born, survived by wife Tomlko. son Kazuo (Carmel), daughter Judy Oklta (Washington). 3 gc., sis ters Noe (Newport), Toshl YOShida. Chlml Ohara, Hlna Kawabata (Jpn)

Furukawa, Sachlko, n. Monterey Park, Nov. 15; SeatUe·bom, survived by husband Yoshikazu. sons Norman, Tamotsu, 5 gc, sister Mltsuko Kawaguchi.

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Furuya, Sot, 71, Richmond, Sept. 24; Alameda-born, survived by brothers Yasumasa, Yasumitsu (San Francisco), sisters MlUle Tarver (San Francisco). Terry ..

Hamasaki, Fuml, 96, Mountain View, Nov. 1: Kagoshlma-born, survived by son Milton, daughters Kazuko Adachi. Mlmeko Honbo, 10 gc., ggc,

Hanamoto, Chlyoko,58, Rosemead. Oct. 5; Okinawa-born, survived by hus­band Sam, son Terry, daughters Tamlko Morral, Corlne Grunwald. Sandie Grunwald. 6 gc .• 1 ggc.

Harada. Clark K. 79, Los Angeles, Oct. 1: Riverside-born WWII veteran. survived by brother Dr Harold, sister Suml.

Hlga, 18el F, 91, Azusa. Oct. 16: Okinawa-born, survived bywife Kaneko, sons Bob, Roy. Dennis. daughters Msebelle Hlrakaml. Lily. Jean Nakama, Nancy Ikehara. 13 go. 1 ggc.

Hlno, Hatsuml, 99, Gardena. Oct 27; Hiroshima-born, SUrvived by sons Hlraml. Noboru, daughters Emlko Tsuji. Harumllnouye. 11 gc. 14 ggc .• daugh­ler-in·law Alice Hino

Hlral8. Chlyo, 95, Gardena. Nov. 13; Hlroshima-bomnaturallzed U.S. Cttizen, survived 'by sons Kiyoshi. Shlgeru, Tsutomu. daughters Yoshlko Selo, Bemlce Nagaoka. Nobuko Hirata, 14

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Hlaatd,. George M. 86, SIOC on. Oct . 6, Lo An ·born. surviYed by Ie

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Judy, son Melvin. 4 gc, Hoshlzakl, Neml, 96, Los Angeles.

Oct. 25; Kanagawa-born naturalized U.S, citizen. survived by sona Takashi, Hiroshi. daughters Yoko Matsuura, Toshlko SugIyama, Kazuko Immish. Klyoko Penso, 12 gc. 7 ggc_

Ichikawa, Aklra, 79, Los Altos, Sept 22; Oakland-born. survived by wife Chizu, sons Gerald, Donald, Mlchaal. 5 gc" 5 brothers Tom. Lester. James. Ben, Dick. 2 sisters Rose Fukuba, May.

Inouye, Fuml, 89. Gardena, Nov. 15: Kagoshima-bom naturalized U.S. citizen. survived by son Kazunori. 4 gc.

ishida, Takushl, 70, Pasadena. Sept. 1; Reedley-bom 442 vet, survived by wife A11ro, son Steve. daughter Chris LeGagnoux, 4 go.

Isomura, Shlgeo, 73, Anaheim. Oct. 14; Hilo-bom Korean War veteratt. sur­vived by wife Katherine. son Kenny ltagaki. daughter Sharleen Inouye. Jaimee ltagakl. 2 gc. brothers & sisters in Hawaii.

Ito, Ben Talee.hl, 81, Sacramento. Sept 21: Sacramento-born, survived by wife Ruth. sans Dan. caJvin, daugthers Jean Kanenaga, VaJene. go.. brother Kawo.

Ito, Tom T. 84, Pasadena. , OV 8; Riverside-bam iosuranceman. Pasa­dena JACL pres. ~5S. '50, survived by WIfe SaJZle S. sons Roger. Philip daughter Patty Nagano. 4 gc. brothers James 0 (Laguna Hills). BID. ssters TOITIIye Nagai, {)()(othy Shundo (la­guna Hils).

Iwane. Nawuko. 80. Los Angeles. Oct 1; Reno-born. sul\IIVed by husbarld Jiro, brothelS and sisters n Jpn.

Iwasaki, Hall'}' M. 72, LongBeactl. Sep . 4; Temlnallsland-bom. SUI'\Ir\'ed

by lie Chiyeko, sisters ' ulsu 0

YBmaSal . ' 1(0 Harada. twa .. ld. Helen T. 76, Manna del

Ray. Oct. 25, Guada1upe-bom. survived by huSband Joe. son Ronald. sis el'S .. a Fla . Joyce Ima.i.

Iwasak. Yukino. n, Palo ~ , Oc: 20; Fresno-bom v'9d by daugh!ars

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Yvonne, Bette, sister Kazuye OsakI. Jlke. M. Jimmie. 84. Los Angeles,

Nov. 13; Parlier-born Kibei, postwar Selnan community leader, Order of Ris­Ing Sun, Sliver Rays awardee, survived by son Richard, daughter Shery Llu, 5 gc, sister Kumlko Oklda (Cupertino)

Kado. David S, 66, Arlete, Oct. 25; Los Angeles-born, survived by wife Mildred, sons Ronald,Markl, Randy, daugher Cynthia, 4 gc .. sisters Helen Hate, Yaeko Yamamoto.

Kame. Mltsuko, 82, Los Angeles, Ocl. 18; Japan-bom, survived by sons Robert, Dr. Rodger, Don, Ralph, daugh· ter Michlko Furuta, 6 gc.

Kanesakl, Selso, 76, Oakland, Oct. 24; survived by wife Ida, daughtersJean, Gayle, son Donald, 3 gc., sisters Yoshiko Yomogida, Shizuye Inouye.

Kaneta, Suke.hl. 65. South San Gabriel. Sept. 24; Hiroshima-born natu­ralized U.S. cibzen-, survived by wife Motoko, sons Joseph (Arizona), Paul. daughters Marie, Hiroko Seelert, Yukie Mazur, S gc.

Kasuyama, Frank H. n, Los Ange­les, Sept. 16; L.A.·bom. survived bywife Shlzue, son Dwight, daughters Lynn Yamakawa, Miyeko Williams, 2 gc., brothers casey, Henry, Aklra, Mas, sis­ter Grace Takeda.

Katada, Frank J. n, Chula Vista, Nov. 13; Maryknoll School '32 alumnus, survived by wife Emi, sister Emiko Doell.

Katayama, Dorothy, 64. Arcadia, Sept. 16; CaJlf.-bom Sansei. survived by husband Joe, daughter Cathy, son David, brother, Frank Naito, sister Sally Yamamoto.

KawaguChi. Klyo.hl. 75, Hunting­ton Beach, Sept. 20; Shelton. Wash.-

born, survived by wife Mizuye, son Ken, 2 gc., sisters Mleko Tsuohlya, Katsuko Shimamoto.

Kawasaki, Hlroyukl E 90. Monterey Park, Oct. 7; Shlmane-bom naturalized U.S. citizen, survived by son Vlotor, daughter Doris Ono, 5 gc, brother Corky , sisters Frances Makino, Margie Kimura, Miye Narkls, Sally Matsuura.

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receiving complaints about. lost membershps and billing people when they paid th ir dues, quC8-tions about scholarships. queries about when materials for t.he Na­tional convention win be mail d out. etc. I only sk for your pa­tienc as I hire und train perma nent people to take ov r th re­sponsibiliti s of handling mem­berships and scholanthips and other duti s of Lhe organization.

Hiring permanent staff fOT tb positionsCmernb rshiptuld admin­istrative assistant and clerk r -ceptionist) that w{' do hoy vail­able will b lp undergird the asic struct.ur of the organi7.ation . To ensure that we he c a productive, accountable. and fair work nVl­ronment, the PCnIOnnei Commit­tee is I" writing all peTl'lonne1 poli­ci ,job d scriptions, and admin­istrative procedures. With a dr -matical1y chan~ed work environ­m nt, per nne) polici nnd pro­cedures n d to be f-ltnbH hed .

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has to be accomplished is a more complete automating of the office

to make the few staffpositions we have operate as effici nLly as pos­sible and to make commun ications easier. This means upgradingcom ~

puters in the cent..al office and at. all regional offices. At the head­quarters, we need to also network the computers so that. staff can operate more 8S a team than indi­viduals. On the communications end, JACLjust. went on-line. This has aIr ady simplified eome com­munications and hopefully re­duced som long-distanc tele­phone costs as well. Now, we need to geL all regional offices on-line and figure out. how Wf' can help all chapLers Lo get on-line. We are CUrT ntty invest.igating the group pur hasin ofInternot. accesa 84'r­vices which may be one part.ofthe solution .

ther quipm ntayatems in the offic ur OlRO being examined to d .tLlrmin how we can usc them mor effici nOy, mcluding copy­ing, pnnting and frunng.AII of this hMup-frontcostsbul.inthelong r term it can payoff' All w n ed now is om fina nclal and in-kind a '''stanc . IfanyonenssB80ur , lel m know

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who came in contact with her. One will never realize the long hours and spiritual hardship that she has had to endure and what has been accomplished in her short time with JACL.

Neverthelcss, we couldn't have even come this far bad it not been for Grayce Uyehara and her in­domitable spirit in her Annual Giving Campaign. Ten years from now few will remember that JACL's Ad Hoc Budget Analysis Committee Chaired by Mae Takahashi mad us all aware of t.he r 81 extent of out financial a nd procedura l problems and it i8 now this awareness Lhatwill make us all more responsible in our care of JA L. The pain and anguish of this period will be a forgotten memoryexceptforthosewhowere most. directly affected. the former staff and my wife and 1.

Change is always stressful, but it ne d not be fruit}esa. Therein Ii 8 our r spon8ibility. The for­tun Ii of JA L do not hI} in the hands of others. It lies witb us. Th Board and I have tried to do the best we can under not the best of circumstances and now we ask for your help. I and the Board hay requ ted aasistance from th district governors and we ask our members to giv them the assiBtan they n d. particularly

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performance, 7 -6 p.m., JANM, 21 3/825-0414. NOTE-Swiss-born member of famed Ondekoza talke group for 15 years and now embarked on a soJo career. Sun. Feb. 4-Shin-Hanga: Modern Woodblocks prints from Japan, 11 :30-12:30 p.m. walk-through with Hollis Goodall-Cristante, curator; L.A. County Museum of Art, S90S Wilshire Blvd., RSVP 2131627-6217x1S. Sun. F6b. 4-MIS-So. Cal. Shinnen­enkal, 2 p.m., Holiday Inn 8ay View Plaza, 530 W Pico @ Uncoln. Santa Monica: info: George Kanegai 31 0/820-5250, Cathy Tanaka 2131626-0441 .

Thu. Feb. 8-LMU/Japan America Society public affair, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m , Hilton Center for Business, Loyola Marymount University, info: John P Daly. 31 01338-4538 10TE-"Red Flag over Hong Kong.' governmentspeal<ers

from Hong Kong; James Ftanagan. LA nmes Thu. Feb. 8--Japanese Butoh/Oance Chickens In the Sky.- 8 p.m., CSULB

Carpenter PerlonnlnglirtsCenter. 6200 Atherton St, Long Beach: box office; 310/965-7000. Thu. Feb. 8--JANM IWresthng Tlijers: Asian American Wmers Speal<" series, 7-8p.m .• JANM.2131625-0414 tIOTE­emily POfClflevla LaWSln and AarkJue.

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