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Sandwich Generation: Pulling Double Duty New Jersey Radio· Station Stresses and lessons Hosts Accused of Hate, abound as the sandwich . generation struggles to Anti-Asian Sentiment care for aging parents while raising their own Among other comments, 25 morning drive-time show, New families. 101.5 FM's 'Jersey Boys' Jersey's 101.5 FM (WKXW FM) call APAs 'fringe people' hosts "The Jersey Guys" Chris By CAROLINE AOYAGI and stir up debate about Carton and Ray Rossi used a stereo• Executive Editor free speech and hate media. typical Chinese accent to criticize Jun Choi, a candidate in Edison's When Lorinda Waltz's parents By LYNDA LIN Democratic primary for mayor. both fell ill over five years ago she Assistant Editor According to a transcript of the willingly agreed to take care of show Carton said, "No specific them, building a two-bedroom Even before the dust settled minority group or foreign group Ohana unit for them behind her around HOT 97 FM's controversial should ever dictate the outcome of family's home in Honolulu. tsunami parody song, two New an American election. I don't care if Waltz, now 53, had just left her . THE SANDWICH GENERATION-Lorinda Waltz and her husband Jersey radio station hosts have re• the Chinese population in Edison position at a company and was Dick (far two left) recently celebrated the wedding of their daughter ignited the Asian Pacific American See RADIOlPage 8 able to devote her energies full• Allison and son-in-law Brandon. Also pictured is their son Jon. community's rage time to taking care of her parents with their recent on• stant climbing of stairs as she strug• have to think of the core family." Lorraine and Fred Chang. But air racially derogato• gled to care for her parents. She also She added, '''There was a loss of Waltz quickly learned that taking ry comments about a found she no longer had the time or the warm and fuzzies from my care of her parents was a 24-hour local Korean energy left in her days to spend with family because I had no time. Just job of cooking meals, bathings, American mayoral her husband Dick and her two kids physically, I was exhausted." administering medications, and candidate and Allison, now 26, and Jon, 17. Waltz is part of a growing group making sure they were safe from "Orientals." The inci• "It's a lot of hard work. I could known as the "sandwich genera• injury. dent is prompting feel myself reaching a point of tion" - those taking care of elder• Soon, the daily stresses and APA groups to say exhaustion - emotionally I needed ly parents and growing children at drain on her energies started to same racist words, help," said Waltz. "You do it the same time. It is estimated that take a toll. Waltz suffered a stress different radio show. because you need to do it but you fracture in her foot from the con- See GENERATIONIPage 4 . During the April L:...:!::i!lMii"iIIIl:e~~ Sansei Businesswoman Uses Her·Own u.s. Courthouse to be Named Experiences to Help Those with Autistic Children After Rep. Robert Matsui By CAROLINE AOYAGI providing autism By P. C. Staff and Sacramento's federal courthouse at Executive Editor resources in 1994 Associated Press 501 I Street the "Robert T. Matsui called Different United States Courthouse." The When Julie Azuma, 61, adopted Roads to Learning. Washington-President Bush Senate previously had passed a sim• her daughter Miranda in 1988 she "When I flrst signed legislation April 29 naming ilar bill. soon realized her child wasn't started my own the federal Matsui's widow, Doris Matsui, developing as fast as the other kids. business most peo• courthouse in who ran to replace him in Congress After years of doctor's visits and ple didn't think it Sacramento and was sworn in this past March, misdiagnoses, Miranda was finally would be success• after the late thanked colleagues in a floor diagnosed with autism at the age of ful," said Azuma, a Robert Matsui speech. six. Sansei, V{ho hoped who represent• '''This courthouse, which symbol• Azuma immediately began scour• to at least make ed the area for izes equal justice for all, was a ing stores for toys and resources to about $30,000 a 26 years major accomplishment for Bob per• help in Miranda's development but parents of autistic children were year in income. "It was frightening before his sonally but also for the city of was disappointed with the lack of likely going through . the same ... I never had my own business." death in January. Sacramento," she said. "It is such an products geared towar~ autistic dilemmas and the need to stay at The House of Representatives children. She soon turned to doc• home and care for Miranda and See AZUMAIPage 6 had voted April 13 to rename . See COURTHOUSEIPage 2 tor's offices and schools for help. younger sister Sophie, Azuma With the realization that other decided to start her own business The Price of Becoming American SP.RINQ CAMPAIGN Think your immigration for his green card application, hurl• an out of state attorney, . but said The Least lawyer passed the Bar? ing Noyori back to the beginning. In Krebs quickly allayed his fears in Think again. a second attempt at gaining perma• their frrst telephone conversation. I Can Do nent U.S. residency in 1992, his new employer set him up with Glen See IMMIGRATIONIPage 12 By ANN LlNDWALL BY LYNDA LIN FUm Assistant Editor Krebs, an immigra• Poe. PNW ~trict Rep. tion lawyer based in ave you ever thought of Yoshiyuki Noyori has American Lexington, H the day when there dreams, but in the 14 years that he Kentucky. would be no more has lived and worked in the United Noyori lived in Pacific States, he has only had glimpses of the Los Angeles Citizen? I those· dreams being realized. Noyori area at the time and don't· think is here on a work visa, but like worked as a liaison many of us many, he wants his uncertain' life to for a business that have. We just be secured by a green card. He has exported automo• kind of ex.pect relied on employers and immigra• tive items to Japan. -it to be there, · tion attorneys for help, but the His boss at the time, sort Qflike. dream always yields to rude awak• . Chad Lapides, said enings. One time, a former employ• he had some skepti- Yoshiyuki Noyori's attempts to become a citizen . See CAMPAIGNIPag'e 2 er abruptly withdrew sponsorship cism about hiring have been thwarted by dishonesty. 2 NATIONAL/LEITERS PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 6-19, 2005 COURTHOUSE "I was fortunate to have counted Congressmap . Matsui among my PACIFIC 'CITIZEN (Continued from page 1) friends, but Bob Matsui was a friend ~e#eIut U ~ Editor 7 Cupania Circle, to all Americans," said John Tateishi, appropriate way to honor him in his Monterey Park, CA 91755 years of public service for the city . JACL executive director. "His self• cent reduction without closure of Tel: 3231725-0083, less and principled service as a poli• On Korematsu's Passing 800/966-6157, Fax: he loved, Sacramento, and the coun• regional offices. . cymaker and a problem-solver is a The results and efforts of many 3231725-0064 try he absolutely adored." I was deeply saddened to learn of timeless legacy, just as this court- . years of volunteer dedication should E-mail: [email protected] "Bob Matsui should ultimately be the death of Fred T. Korematsu who [email protected] house will be a timeless reminder of refused orders for aM Japanese not be wasted. The U.S. remembered for his civility, his dig• Commission and its State Advisory this great man and his accomplish• Americans to evacuate the West nitY and his service to others. He Coast states after Pearl Harbor. The Committees should remain the con• Executive Editor: ments. It is truly fitting that he be Caroline Y. Aoyagi was a selfless role model whose Los Angeles Times paid tribute to science of America. remembered through this designa- him with a full-page obituary which Assistant Editor: footprint will forever be imprinted .&6~~ Lynda Lin on our Nation's history," said U.S. tion." chronicled the life of this extraordi• Congressman Robert Matsui rep• nary man. Colorado Chair Office Manager: Rep. Mike Honda. "It is certainly Brian Tanaka resented Sacramento, Calif. in the I grew up in San Leandro in State Advisory Committees fitting that the House honor his northem California and knew Fred U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting U.S. House of Representatives from I exceptional life, his public service and his family. Our families attend• Publisher: Japanese with this very appropriate court• 1979 until 2005. He passed away I ed the same church and he was one o American Citizens League house designation." Jan. 1 of complications from a rare I of my brother's best friends. We A Road Worthwhile (founded 1929) 1765 Sutter bone barrow disease. He was 63.. I called him Toy in those days, short Street, San Francisco, CA for Toyosaburo which was his Your April 15-May 5 edition'was 94115, tel: 4151921-5225 fax: CAMPAIGN member of the JACL, helping on the Japanese name. filled with gems. Michael and Jenny 415'931-4671, www.jacl.org scholarship and banquet commit-Granted, one of the reasons not to King building a bridge between cul• (Continued from page 1) JACL President: Ken Inouye . tees, and taking part in the annual I report to the assembly center ~t tures was very heart-warming. I am National Director: John water out of the faucet. clean up at Aki Kurose Academy in . Tanforan racetrack was due to his acquainted with that bridge having Tateishi Well, here in Seattle, we are desire to remain behind with his been on it myself. The simi1arities Seattle, where we pull. weeds, plant Ital'Ian A"men can glr. Ifr' len. d Pacific Citizen Board of dreading the summer with no snow• between our cultures - Asian and Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair• some flowers, and pick up the trash Nevertheless, Fred was quick to Afro-American - are so many. person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; pack in the mountains, and in Los - a beautification project for the agree to become a test case to chal- Sometimes my husband and I Casey China, MDC; Grace Angeles, there is the PC, budgeting neighborhood. lenge the constitutionality of the would complete each other's sen• Kimoto, CCDC; Valerie every penny, so they won't over• It makes me feel good that I'm internment orde~. . . . . tences. We had experiences of prej• Yasukochi, NCWNPDC; Ann spend, and maybe they'll have using my valuable time to help my He was heavily cn~clzed for his udice - socially, economically and Fujii-UnQwaIl, . PNWDC; Larry enough for just one more long-dis• 'ty be bette I d stand to defy evacuatlon orders by professionally. There was no need to commum a . . r p a~e, an many in the JA community. He was Grant, IDC; Alayne Yonernoto, tance call. elaborate on the hurt we knew per• PSWDC; Maya Yamazaki, what I get out of It IS knowmg that considered a troublemaker and sonally about making a way for our youth. Every bit of all the hard work that I'm giving back to my ancestors, my worse, his own family did not sup• futures and those of children yet Caroline, Brian, Lynda and Eva put · grandparents, who worked so much port his decision. Yet he did not unbom. r------, in day after day, week after week, harder, were unjustly interned in back down from his decision: That Growing up hated and poor was NEWS/AD DEADLINE: I month after month, probably begins concentration camps in coming to took a great deal of cO?fage m the not easy. Reading about the progress FRIDAY BEFORE DATE I to run altogether after a while, all for . . face of pressure from his own com- in civil rights and experiencing it OF ISSUE. Amenca for a better life. I have not munity and family. He stood by his such a worthwhile cause. Who else made myoid age worth the long and Editorials, news and the suffered one day in my young life. convictions and for that principled painful road. opinions expressed by col• would do such a thing? Would you? And J continue to "give back" every stand we owe him a profound debt I am grateful the pc. tells about umnists other than the I'm not even sure if I would. day, and appreciate the hard lives of gratitude. it, warts and all. I have been a read• national JACL president or But I think the important point to they all had to endure so that I can We must be ever vigilant when er since our "internment" in 'Heart I national director do not : necessarily. reflect JACL be made is that "will I support" this have it easy. . ' our basic civil rights are threatened. Mountain. Our 60 years is a long, This is even more -germane today I publication of the largest· Japanese I long time. Thank you. policy. Events and prod• I was talking with my father today with the current climate in our coun- : ucts advertised . in the American civil rights organization in : Pacific Citizen do not carry (as I usually do, about 3-4 times a I try. Fred, your name rightfully ~~~ the United States, and secondly, ne~ l~ague I the implicit endorsement of .week) about his bowling I deserves to be imbedded as one of Santa Barbara, Calif. : the JACL or this publica• what will happen if we do not help and our conversatlOn turned'm to the true heroes in the annals of U.S. : tion. We reserve the right to these very, very, very hardworking one about the internment, since he I civil liberties history. o :L ______edit articles. ~ staff'? was asked to go to Ellensburg, ~~ ~ Reader Appreciates I know it's hard to imagine what Washington to speak at the college Altadena, Calif. PACIFIC CITIZEN (ISSN: 0030- could or would transpire if there Asakawa's Commentary 8579) is published semi-month• there. I told him that I wish I could I 0 ly except once in January and were no PC around anymore. To really understand what they experi• Gil Asakawa's recent conimentary December by the Japanese me, it's almost like there would be enced during World War II, and it's on the playwright Rachel FaCtor U.S. Commission on recalled an incident that happened to American Citizens League, ' 7 no more JACL; the two are joined at frustrating to me because these are I Cupania Circle,' Monterey Park, the hip forever, I believe, and it Civil Rights Needs State my then teenage daughter. As a child my parents who were interned, yet I during World War II, our family was CA 91755. OFFICE HOURS - would be difficult to have one with• Advisory Committees Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. feel so far away from it. I really want the only ethnic family in a small white out the other. Sometimes I think we Pacific Time. ©2005. to know more, but maybe the fact The decision recently announced town in Pennsylvania. My brother and are spoiled because no matter what, Annual subscription rates: that I want to, and continue to "give by the U.S. Commission on Civil I became the target of schoolmates NON-MEMBERS: 1 year-$35, the pc. has been faithfully delivered back" helps fill that void. Rights to layoff staff and close two who often called us "Jap." payable in advance. Additional to our door. So, wily should you keep helping regional offices because of9 percent Years later, living in the New York postage per year - Foreign I realize you probably get tired of budget cuts appears to show a lack area (I was a member of the NY chap• to support the pc. and why should ter of JACL), my daughter invited a periodical rate $25; First Class us asking you to help support the of respect for the many staff and you have to do that? Well, I guess it's friend to play a duet with her at our for U.S., Canada, Mexico: $30; P c., and rightly so. After all, you volunteers who have dedicated so Airmail to Japan/Europe: $60. sort of synonymous with my story of much time, effort, energy and per• church. The friend happened to be (Subject to change without pay your annual JACL dues, and you wanting to understand my history sonal skills via the State Advisory Jewish. When we got out of the car notice.) Periodicals postage "expect" to receive the pc. every and feel closer to my parents, and Committees. near the church, the friend looked at paid at Monterey Park, Calif., month, right? I also realize that you my desire to contribute-to JACL's For more than the past decade, my daughter and said, "You look real and at additional mailing offices. get asked a lot to donate to many concemed citizen volunteers have JAP. today." legacy and history in the United I was shocked. Later, I discovered Permission: No part of this worthwhile /causes, one of which is held open hearings, published States. the meaning of Jewish American publication may be reproduced probably the JACL. Arid if not, why reports and have made strong rec• without express permission of I am very, very proud of being a ommendations that have resulted in Princess. Obviously, I still feel not? the publisher. Copying for other Japanese American, being a member positive community programs and uncomfortable with "Jap" but I appre• than personal or internal refer• I have been involved in the JACL, of the JACL and supporting the pc. an enlightened citizenry. The great• ciated very much Asakawa's com• ments. ence use without the express off and on, for probably close to 20 because it's important to me, and I est impact the Commission has had, permiSSion of P.C. is prohibited. years, chairing some committees and guess I would feel I would be letting and will have, is because of the vol• unteer efforts of the State Advisory 'P~'P~ POSTMASTER: Send address volunteering at a lot of events them down if I didn't try, at least. retired professor from K wansei changes to: Pacific Citizen, c/o because I think it's important to do Conu:nittees. What if my grandparents and parents Past mismanagement and fiscal Gakuin University JACL National Headquarters, volunteer work, and what better Nishinomiya, Japan 1765 Sutter St. , San FranciSCO, just gave up because it was too hard irresponsibility will not be remedied CA 94115. Ride along organization to help? or too much work? lowe them all so by drastic staff cuts and closing of enclosed. I truly believe my life would not much, I figure this is the least I can regional offices. The Washington PACIFIC CITIZEN be as fulfilling if I was not an active do.• office should be able to bear a 9 per- 7 Cupania Circle JACL MEMBERS Monterey Park, CA 91755 fax: 3231725-0064 Change of Address e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] If you have moved, * Except for the National Director's Report, news and the views please send information expressed by columnists do not nec• to: essarily reflect JACL policy. The columns are the personal opinion of National JA,CL the writers. '*< "Voices" reflect the active, public dis• 1765 Sutter St. cussion within JACL of a wide range of San Francisco, CA ideas and issues, though they may not reflect the viewpoint of the editorial 94115 board of the Pacific Citizen. Allow 6 weeks for address ,1< ':Short expressions" on public issues, usually one or two paragraphs, changes. should include signature, address and Bring the daytime phone number. Because of To avoid interruptions in receiving APA SpOf't~ p. C. ur space limitations, letters are subject to your PC, please notify your pcst• :cro abridgement. Although we are unable master to include periodicals in to print all the letters we receive, we your change of address (USPS appreciate the interest and views of Form 3575) . MAIL TO: PACIFIC CITIZEN, 7 CUPANIA CIRCLE I those who take the time to send us MONTEREY PARK, CA 91755 their comments. ------~ ..... PACIFIC CITIZEN MAy 6-19, 2005 , NATIONAL NEWS 3 Study Finds AAs Under Represented Yule Lake and Granada Considered for on Prime Tnne Televisi. National Historic Landmark Status study with funding provided by By P.C. Staff and Associated Press the IW Group to look beyond the raw numbers that it has been com• KLAMA1H FALLS, Ore.-The piling for the past several years. Landmarks Committee of the For more information: National Park Service Advisory www.NAPALC.org . • Board on April 20 unanimously approved the nominations of the Granada Relocation Center Study Findings (Grenada, CO) and the Thle Lake Segregation Center (Modoc County, A pioneering study on the rep• • The percentage of regular CA) for designation as National resentation of Asian Pacific APA characters on primc time Historic Landmarks. Americans on television reveals a television amounts to less than The Granada Relocation Center dearth of quality roles for APAs in half of the actual APA popUlation was one of the smaller World War II prime time programming. in the United States. camps, yet its significance is sub• Published by the National • APA regular characters are stantial. Today, the site, contains Asian Pacific American Legal often absent from programs selin numerous intact artifacts and !;truc• JACL National President Ken Committee of the National Park Consortium, together with the Cities with high APA populations, tures, including piers of all of the Inouye. 'The JACL is tremendously System Advisory Board ' in Asian Law Caucus and Asi'!ll such as San Francisco and Los watchtowers and a'memorial ceme• grateful for all their efforts, and we Washington, D.C., voted unani• Pacific American Legal Center, Angeles, or severely under-n;pre• tery. are very pleased by the Committee's mously to recommend that Interior "Asian Pacific Americans in sented in places like Hawaii and The Tule Lake Segregation votes today. We look forward to Secretary Gail Norton approve tl:!e Prime TIme: Lights, Camera and New Yolk City. Center was located near the continUing to work towards the designations. Little Action" uses systematic ~ APA regular> characters on Northern California town of greater recognition and protection Jimmy Yamaichi, a camp research methods to analyze the prime time television generilly Newell, just south of the Oregon of all of the intemment camps." detainee who helped build the Thle type, quality, and complexity of feature less prominently than "The Committee was dearly Lake camp stockade, attended the characters portrayed by APA border. DUring WWII, the camp other characters. as demonstrated, "impressed by the presentations board hearing and spoke in support actors. covered 7,400 acres and reached a their significantly lower made by the National Park Service of the site designation. Yamaichi is a' 'The study shows that APA by peak population of 18,789 :screen times, staff and community members," 'member of the Thle Lake actors continue to face barriers in detainees. It opened as a relocation said JACL Director for Public Committee, which holds pilgrim• obtaining quality roles in • On average, non-APA regular center in 1942 and was converted to Hollywood," said NAPALC characters have four times as the nation's only segregation center Affairs Kristine Minami, who testi• ages to 'the Klamath Basin every President Karen K. Narasaki. many romantic or familial rela• in 1943. Most of those held at the fied at the meeting. "We are hopeful two years. tionships as APA regular charac-' that the NPS Advisory Board and National Historic Landmarks are "Because people tend to rely on , I center had refused to sign loyalty characterizations from film and tet'S. APA regular characters are oaths. the Secretary of the Interior will nationally significant historic places television to formulate beliefs generally absentfrorn prime time" ''Recognition of these sites for consider and quickly approve the , designated by the Secretary of the about groups with whom they situational comedies ,!hat feature: their historic significance is the cul• Committee's recommendations - Interior because they possess excep• may be less familiar, representa• families. mination of a great deal of work by and that other internment camps tional value or quality in illustrating tions of Asian Pacific Americans • Monoracial APA actors fare the local communities, by former soon .will be similarly considered or interpreting the heritage of the on ,prime time television may worse in nearly every measure• internees and other Japanese for National Historic Landmark sta• United States. Today, fewer than impact the treatment and percep• men~ of character prominence Americans and by the staff of the tus." 2,500 historic places bear this tions of APAs in real life." and quality than multiracial APA Department of the Interior," said Members of the Landmarks national distinction .• NAPALC commissioned the iacto~ on average in prime time. Houston Chapter Honors WWII Veterans Honorary Texans-WWII Blue Cross of California veterans are honored for their bravery with special plaques: (I-r) Marion Ferguson - 36th, Lawson Sakai - 442nd, Marty Higgins - 36th, Susumu Ito - 522nd, Joe Ichiuji - 522nd, Grant Hirabayashi - MIS, Willie Tanamachi - 442nd, Tommie Okabayashi - 442nd, and George Nakamura - MIS.

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By HOWARD LINDSAY ,the 442nd Regimental Combat Kawamura, 442 (deceased); Team, the 100th Battalion, the Norman Kishi, Burma; Nobumasa Japanese American veterans 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, and Kitayama, U.S. Infantry, Camp" came from ,both coasts to Houston, Merrill's Marauders of the Military Hood; John Ogata, 442nd; George Texas April 16 to be honored for Intelligence Service, that fought Otsuka, 442nd; Carl Otsuki, 8th their extraordinary bravery and valiantly in Europe and Asia on Army Occupational Forces in service during World War II. The behalf of the United States. The Japan; Siggie Oyama, European JACL Houston chapter organized 442nd suffered 314 percent casual• Theater; George Sakato, 442nd, E the event, titled 'The Japanese ties to become the most de<;orated Company; and Harry Shimotsu, 3rd American Experience in World War unit in U.S. military history for its Army in Europe II." The event was a continuation of size. During the same week as the the celebration of "100 Years of Several veterans of the 36th Texas JACL Houston event, the Holocaust Since 1947 the, JACL HEALTH Japanese Texans." Infantry Division were present. In Museum-Houston held an exhibit, Approximately 150 people came the town of ijruyeres, France, JA "Unlikely Liberators," that detailed TRUST has offered Health Care to meet the heroes, listen to their troops rescued the "Lost Battalion," how JA vets and Black soldiers personal war stories, and leam about of the 36th Texas Infantry Division, from the 761st Tank Battalion, first coverage to JACL members how they brought honor to their par• thereby earning the profound liberated Jews from the WWII ents, most of whom were incarcerat• respect of their fellow soldiers. camps. ed in camps during the war. In 1963, Texas Gov. John Soldiers from the 522nd were To protect you and your family from even common The speakers and the topics they Connally made members of the among the first to liberate the infa• accidents and illnesses the JACL HEALTH TRUST spoke on included: Grant 442nd "Honorary Texans." , mous Dachau, Buchenwald, and "provides Blue Cross of California health care coverage. Hirabayshi, MIS, Merrill's The veterans, now in their 80s Landsberg concentration camps in Blue Cross of California has been providing health Marauders, "Merrill's Marauders: and 90s, were given individual Germany. Nisei Rangers"; Joe Ichiuji, 522nd, plaques and they included: George The Holocaust Museum exhibit coverage to Californians for over 65 years. Blue Cross is "Go for Broke"; Susumu Ito, 522nd, Nakamura, MIS; Tommie also honored the WWII Japanese committed to keeping you connected to "Experience of a Forward Okabayashi, 442nd; Willie Consul of Lithuania, Chiune quality health care services. Observer"; Marty Higgins, 36th Tanamachi, . 442nd, Replacement; Sugihara, who violated his own Division, C.O. "Lost Battalion," and Marion ' Ferguson, 36th government's rules in giving thou• "The Texans, The Trap , , and Division. sands of Jews Japanese exit visas Bravery"; and Lawson Sakai, Not present but recognized were: that allowed them to escape the 442nd, E Company, "From Enemy Saburo Tanamachi, 442nd E Nazis .• to Heroes." Company, KIA; Goro Tanamachi; Singled out for special recogni• 442nd, Headquarters (deceased); Howard Lindsay is the treasurer tion were the storied units, such as Shigeru Imai, 442nd; Mutsuo for the JACL HO/fston chapter. 4 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 6-19, 2005 GENERATION sandwich generation Miuj, a former salon owner, volun• some of the stresses. For Waltz, ,caregivers there is still teers in Keiro's be!!uty shop and being able to join a support group (Continued from page 1) a stigma attached to Richard serves as a driver. like Project Dana, a volunteer care• 44 percent of Americans between seeking help from a "At the beginning, there was a bit givers program in Honolulu, helped the ages of 45 and 55 have children senior care facility. In of stigma - she didn't want to be in her fmd some salvation as she strug• under 21 and also have aging par• turn, many elders are a facility," said Richard. "But later gled to care for her parents. ents or in-laws. Today, about 14 reluctant to consider a she fit in." "You have no idea how relieved I million U.S. workers are caring for senior home as an "It's so much nicer be!ng here ... was to see there are other people, aging family members: option, believing they at home it was hard to take care of they understand," said Waltz, who The sandwich generation phe• are doing okay on my mother for 24-hours," said has now gone back to work full• nomenon is overwhelmingly preva• their own. Mitzi. "Just do what I'm doing," she time helping her husband with their lent in the Asian Pacific American "Caregivers need to advised sandwich generation folks. construction business. "You need to community where taking care of realize that it's okay "Come and visit everyday. It's the tap into the resources. Caregivers one's elders is an imbedded part of - that there is a better best way of caring for elders." get so bogged down, you wonder if the culture and a feeling of gin, or quality of life that For many APA families, placing a there's any help out there." giving back, is an automatic these facilities can parent in a senior care facility is the "I'm amazed at the amount of response. Yet, this group often shies offer," said Ito, who only option, where busy work experience people have," agreed away from seeking help or speak• noted that at Keiro, schedules and a need to raise their Harada. '11's important to talk to ing out about the issues. And fre• seniors receive much .own core families make 24-hour peers who are going through it. It's quently, senior care homes are an more social interac• care giving an impossibility. communication; the more' people unpleasant option and families take tion and ' stimulation Margaret Harada, a Sansei, made you talk to, the better network you on the care giving themselves. than they would living the decision to place her mother, 86- have." ''With most Japanese Americans at home where care• year-old Suzuye Hirakawa, in San '''This is one of the biggest)ssues there's a feeling of doing something Fumi Yamanaka, 90, gets her hair done by givers often work full• Francisco's Kimochi Home in in America," said Mori, who wams to take care of the parents. The level her daughter Mitzi Toshima. . time. October of 2001. After years of liv• . that the number of sandwich gener• of feeling is automatic," said Sandy Photo courtesy of Keiro Senior Healthcare Bill Watanabe, 61, ing independently, mild dementia ation folks is going to surge in the Mori, development director for and his two older and a heart condition left Hirakawa coming years with the baby boomer Kimochi, Inc., a nonprofit organi• older sister, furious with the deci• brothers took turns caring for their needing 24-hour-care. generation. "People are experienc• zation in San Francisco providing sion to place their father in a home, mother, 91-year-old Katsuye, after Although Hirakawa did not want ing it so now they're being forced to culturally sensitive care for senior took him out of the facility this past she suffered a stroke and became to enter Kimochi Home at first, talk about it." • citizens. "A lot of people of color January. Although her elder sister growingly absent-minded. Each Harada's full-time work schedule are supportive of the elderly for a had not been a part of her father's week the brothers would coordinate and the need to take care of her two longer period of time." care until recently, she now cares for their schedules to help their mother teenage daughters - Heather, now Mori believes there is still a stig• Fred full-time. but four years ago the decision was 19, and 15-year-old Lisa -left her ma surrounding senior care homes The struggles to take care of their made to place Katsuye, who is with little choice. and facilities and a reluctance to ailing father have left permanent wheelchair bound, in Keiro. "My mother still to this day says "AU of us of course willingly give you put me here, that she'll never ... but it's a huge toll on your time forgive me for it," said Harada, an and your family ... you still have an only child whose father passed obligation to your wife and kids," away 30 years ago. said Watanabe, who has a 27-year• ,But Harada, who regularly visits Kimochi Home old daughter. "It is stressful." her mother along with her family, 1531 Sutter Street Watanabe, who is also the execu: has noticed an 'exponential improve• San PrdllcisCQ, CA 94109 tive director of Little Tokyo Service ment in her mother who now has 415f9Z2..9972 Center in Los Angeles, is happy social interaction with the other res• www.kimochi~inc.org . with the decision to place their mom idents and 24-hour supervision with in a senior care facility. Japanese speaking staff and eiio enior flea thcare "Keiro is an excellent facility and Japanese meals. 325 S. BoyJe Avenue I'm glad there is a Keiro," said "She doesn't have to worry about Los Angeles, GA 9Q()33 Watanabe who encouraged other things," said Harada. "She has . 323f98()"7555 sandwich generation folks to edu• social interaction." She added, "My .www.ktiro.org cate themselves about the available mom does realize that we're there options out there. "People need to every week." Little Tokyo ServiCe Cenwt GIVING BACK-Mitzi Toshima and her husband Richard visit know their options .. . make Health professionals and those 231 E. Third St. Suite &106 k)$f\.rtg(~¢$. their mother Fumi Yamanaka, 90, daily at the Keiro Intermediate informed decisions." experiencing · the sandwich genera• CA 90013 ' Care Facility where she is a resident and they are volunteers. For former sandwich generation tion phenomenon agree that seeking members Mitzi, 70, and Richard help and talking about the issues is a Photo courtesy of Keiro Senior Healthcare Toshima, 72, taking care of their necessity and may help alleviate place parents in them. '''They don't scars on the family and to this day mother - 90-year-old Furni feel they should do it, there's a lot Lorinda and her sister do not speak Yamanaka - has always been a of guilt," she said. 'The family will and Waltz is no longer involved family affair. For years, Yamanaka do everything to avoid that at the ' with the daily care of her father. lived next door to her only daughter sacrifice of more stress." , '''The family dynamics will never Mitzi and three grandchildren, but After years of home care, Waltz's be the same. We cope but I try not to after she had several mini-strokes mother Lorraine passed away in have anything to do with it," said and falls, tht! decision was made to November 2003 at the age of 80 of Waltz. "But I have absolutely not a , place her in the Keiro Intermediate diverticulitis (inflammation of the single regret, no sadness. It gets to a Care Facility. colon). Soon her father Fred, now point where you say it's either me or For three years now, the Toshimas 86, took a tum for the worse. him. I have a family and I still love visit their mother daily and have Already suffering from diabetes, my father." . become regular volunteers and sup• arthritis, and hearing loss, he started Beverly Ito, administrator of porters of Keiro. In addition to help• to suffer from Alzheimer's. Keiro Intermediate Care Facility in ing the seniors with various activi• .# Her father's safety now became Los Angeles, agrees that for many ties like walking and shopping, Peace of Minil',r . :~. the overwhelming concern as Waltz for de(,;idesWe.have shared tried to keep him from using dan• Newl:iegilUllngs, celebratfons, .JOB OPENING The Mfiltl11ent of your dreams gerous household tools and leaving the stove on. In desperation, Waltz Director of Public Affairs in Washington, DC Office til;e you dQ ill a Zen garden, we have taken care sought the help of nurses and home Of setting aU the right ele*!len~ in place The JACL seeks an energetic, resourceful individual for the position of 14 ~i1tisfy your banking needs caregivers but her father's growing Director of Public Affairs in the Washington, DC office. Under the direction belligerence spread even to them, in of the National Executive Director, the Director for Public Affairs maintains let us guide you down a path the end refusing to eat meals and the public affairs office of the JACL in Washington, DC and is responsible Of unparalleled cl.(S:(:omer !>el'\li\:e We are your bank. take his medications. for the organization's government affairs as legislative liaison to Members of Congress and the Senate, as well as interactions with the administration. After much heartache and soul Specific duties include tracking legislation; monitoring regulatory decisions; searching, Waltz and her family writing press releases; interacting with the public and the media; working in ~"------~~~~~ ,,~,,:y' ~~ ~,_, , ~f",.~ i !l ", YOI" made the difficult decision to place coalition and with membership to effectively advocate issues of concern; ;______· ." irE . her father in a state licensed private creating and disseminating action alerts; maintaining the legislative function of the JACL website; convening and directing an annual leadership training care facility, after consulting with program and implementing other programs throughout the year. their longtime family doctor. The candidate must be a self-starter with an ability to work with minimal "He was not happy there but he supervision and must have substantial knowledge of and familiarity with was adapting very well," said APA community issues to represent the organization in l1leetings with elect• ed officials and members of the administration. Three or more years of Waltz, who noted that he was mak• proven leadership in nonprofit/public sector management preferred; ing friends and taking part in vari• Bachelor's degree required, JD preferred. Legislative experience a definite Witll ever 290 kand\es OI! tilt West coast. call ut to find a bl'lllClllINIeSt yau. ous ~ctivities. plus. Salary based on experience. Please CII1ItJd Teleservkmt·8OG-m-7976 (Jap.mese}from Monday to friday, ..-Spm (PSl); For job description and requirements, email [email protected], with "DC 1-81JO.238-4486 (English) from Mondayte Sunday, 6allf .11pm (PST). ••. ' But after two weeks, Waltz's Rep" in subject. . PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 6-19, 2005 COMMUNI1Y NEWS 5 COMMENTARY became a JACL member in the 1940s and has made significant con• NCWNP District Recognizes A Kristi Yamaguchi Encounter tributions to the organization, espe• cially at the loqillevel. 'Unsung Chapter Heroes' By KATIE SOE Yamaguchi, would be seated with Particularly impressive is the fact ly); Contra Costa - Esther us. Before I knew it, I found myself that her participation in the JACL More than 400 JACL members ow often does one attend a sitting right beside her! I had. the has grown through the years, serving and supporters honored 24 Takeuchi; Diablo Valley - Kay H dinner and have the privilege amazing opportunity to chat with as a model of commitment for all of "Unsung Heroes" who serve as the Seno; Florin - Marion Kanemoto; of receiving an award pre• Kristi Yamaguchi throughout the us. backbone of the local chapters French Camp - Furniko Asano; sented by Olympic gold medalist evening and we discussed every- Legacy Award win'ners are recog• while also celebrating JACL's 76th Gilroy - Atsuko Obata; Lodi - Tom Kristi Yamaguchi? thing from her incredible life's jour- nized for motivating youth to remain anniversary. . Kurahara (posthumously); Marin Well, this is only one of the many ney to my trivial high school experi- with the JACL and create their own The NCWNP district fundrais- County - Toyoko Doi; Marysville - opportuni ties ences. impact on the future. Certainly, Seno . ing dinner took place on April 2 at Frank Nakamura; that the JACL Yamaguchi is an inspiring individ- has done that and much more. the Blackhawk Auto Museum, an Monterey Peninsula - ' Frank has made pos• ual, for her dedication, J?t!rseverance, The "Spirit of 76" dinner event sible for me. and personal commitment to making drew me into the JACL with a vice• associate of the Smithsonian, in Tanaka; Placer County - Frank On April 2, a dream come true. The evening like grip, spurring me to realize the Danville, California. Kageta; Sacramento - Terry' the NCWNP encouraged me to reach out to the important role of youth in carrying To commemorate JACL's 76th Makishima, Toyo Nakatogawa, district cele• community, especially in ways on its outstanding legacy. anniversary and the theme, "Spirit • Teiko Matsuo and Myra Kiyota; brated "76 which promote the recognition of .. . During the evening, I met many of 76," the district recognized San Benito County - Tony Boch; years of educa• AAs. fascinating individuals who I look chapter honorees as well as JACL's San Francisco - Y<;> Hironaka; San tion, advocacy, The arrival of dinner found forward to encountering again in the long history . of advocacy, educa• Jose - Sharon Uyeda; San Mateo• and civil rights" at the Blackhawk Yamaguchi and I amicably convers- future. tion, culture, and civil rights. Steve Okamoto; Sequoia - Bud Museum in Danville, CA. ing and of course, I got the prerequi- "Once you get this award, [the Nakano; Sonoma County - Martin . The "Spirit of 76" dinner opened site photograph and personalized JACL] will never let you go," Honorary Chair and Olympic with an introduction by District autograph. Tanakatsubo told me. gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi Shirnizu; Stockton - George Govem.9r Thaya Mune Craig, fol• I also had the honor of presenting A quiet smile spread across my presented the Legacy Awards. This Matsumoto; Tri-Valley - Steve Lal; lowed by a welcome by mistress of the Diablo Valley chapter's Kay face. I don't think I could let go year's recipients were: Berkeley - and Watsonville-Santa Cruz - Iwao ceremonies Heidi Tanakatsubo. Seno with a Legacy Award. Seno either. • . George Yasukochi (posthumous- Yamashita. Especially impressive was eight• The evening's program included year-old Kiely Tchang who sang the the NCWNP District Youth Star Spangled Banner. Council Committee's presentation I was greeted with a flower lei as of 10 Hikari Awards, in recognition a Hikari Award winner. This honor recognizes youth and young adults of contributions and service as who shed their "light" with dedicat• community leaders. "Hikari" ed efforts and service as community means light and through the award leaders. As the president of my high the committee recognized young school's Red Cross Club, I had leaders who give hope for a strong organized a bone marrow registra• future for the community. tion drive coordinated with the Asian This year's recipients were: American Donor Program. Inspired Nicole Adams, Annie Tomita by a workshop I attended at the JACL National Youth Convention in Noguchi and Katie Soe (High 2003, this drive resulted in the addi• School Category); Lindsay tion of 25 new donors to the nation• Nakano and' Amanda Wake al bone marrow registry, in which (College Category), Gavin Asian Americans are but a small per• Funabiki and Jeff Ota (Young centage. Professionals Category); and Carol As I neared the table reserved for Kawase, Melody Takata and Jere awardees, I learned that the ban• Legacy Honorees with Kristi Yamaguchi (seated, center fron~, John Tateishi, JACL executive director Takahashi (Adult Allies Category). quet's guest ' of honor, Kristi (standing left rear) and Ken Inouye, JACL national president (standing right reary. •

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If I were in Japan, I would have wearing kimonos is not as had all my extended family of aunts, glamorous as it looks. uncles and cousins with me, all of The glossy photos that I devel• whom I hardly ever see - maybe oped afterwards completely belie once every couple of years. this sentiment. For a millisecond of a Over here, my immediate family 2005 UPCOMING ESCORTED TOUF.tS camera's flash, I was able to pretend, - myself, my brother, my mother INTER-LEAGUE SUMMER BASEBALL TOUR (11 days, 8 games + Cooperstown) JUNE 10 in my demure smile, professionally and father - are a small, isolated ALASKA CRUISE W/ CRYSTAL CRUISES (departs from SF, 13 days) ...... JULY 5 applied make-up and painstakingly (9 days, games @ ChiWS, Det, Cin, StL, KC, Mil, ChiC) .... have their pictures taken in a long• island in the United States, so far MIDWEST BASEBALL TOUR JULY 19 styled hair, that wearing the many away from the rest of our family. THE OZARKS & BRANSON (wi Tauel< Tours, 9 days) ...... SEPT 24 sleeved kimono and celebrate this JAPAN AUTUMN ADVENTURE (12 days) ...... ••...... OCT . 19 heavy layers of my navy-blue. Still, my mother thought it was rite of passage with their family and DISCOVER KYUSHU (13 days) ...... OCT 30 kimono with crimson flower pat• friends. important enough for me to partake • NEW YORK CITY HOLIDAY (6 days, incl2 Broadway + Rockettes Xmas show) ...... DEC 8 tems was as easy and as natural as I don't know how real Japanese in this tradition, just the four of us, - CALL OR WRITE TODAY FOR OUR FREE BROCHURES - breathing. women do it. Maybe they are natu• even if we weren't in Japan and even Tanaka Travel Service is a full service agency and can assist you in issuing Don't let the beautiful silk and the rally born with an innate gift to wear if not many of our Japanese . individual air tickets, cruise bookings, & other travel plans. ornate decorations fool you. I'm sure kimonos gracefully. 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Tokyo, Hakone, Lake Hamana, Hiroshima, Kyoto. . more into the more comfy confines managed to keep me from complete• ALASKA HOLIDAY CRUISE ...... JULY 3-10 Before you jump to any conclu• 'of my usual t-shirt and jeans. ly assimilating into American cul• Anchorage/Seward, Kenai Fjords, Glacier Bay, S~ka. Juneau, Ketchikan. Vancouver. sions, no, I was not trying out to be Pre-cruoo Anchorage/Denali Park Option. HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISE UNE Why do we go through these tra• ture. an extra in "Memoirs of a Geisha." 13TH PANA CONVENTION TOUR ...... JULY 5-14 ditions, even though they make us Still, the symbolic gesture of tak• Vancouver-PANA Convention. Victoria, Radium/Fairmount Hotspring, Lake Louoo, Banff. The real reason for my donning a uncomfortable, contort our bodies ing a seijinshiki photograph some• CHINA HOLIDAY TOUR ...... SEPT 3-17 kimono was that I tumed 20 this Beijing, )(ian, Shanghai, Guilin, Hong Kong. Japan stopover option. and weigh us down? It cost $300 just how keeps the linkage together. Now HOKKAIDO HOLIDAY TOUR ...... , ...... OCT 2-13 year, and I was partaking in the to rent the kimono for this one occa• I can say I took part in something Sapporo, Tokachigawa, Lakes Akan/Mashu/Kussharo, Shiretoko, Abashirl, Japanese tradition of participating in Saunkyo, Otaru, Noboribetsu, Lake Toya, Hakodate. sion, not to mention hundreds of that my mother and grandmother a seijinshiki. GREEK ISLANDS HOLIDAY CRUISE ...... OCT 3-14 other dollars that went toward the went through, and feel somewhat Venice, Croatia, Santorini, Kusadasi, Athens, Rhodes, Katakolon, Malta. • So what is seijinshiki and why is it photo shoot and the development of closer to my Japanese heritage. HOLLAND AMERICA UNE such a big deal? Seijinshiki is a cere• OKINAWA-KYUSHU HOLIDAY TOUR ...... OCT 17-30 pictures. It's strange, the many When you think of it that way, the mony marking coming-or-age-day Naha/Okinawa, Ibusuki/Kagoshima, Kirishima, Miyazaki, Beppu, things that cultural tradition compel difficulty and discomfort of wearing Yufuin, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Fukuoka. in Japan, where turning 20 repre- SOUTH AMERICA HOLIDAY TOUR ...... NOV 1G-22 us to do. a kimono doesn't seem so bad after ents a complete passage from ado• ARGENTINA-Buenos Aires; BRAZIL - Sao Paulo, Iguassu, Rio de Janeiro. On the car ride back home from all. • lescence to adulthood and you CHILE - Santiago, Valparaiso/Vina del Mar. Meet local Japanese in the long photo shoot, my mother Argentina/Brazil/Chile. PERU OpnON - Uma, Cuzco, Machu Picchu. receive your voting rights. For MUSIC CmES HOLIDAY TOUR ...... DEC 7-11 spoke of how in Japan, a seijinshiki Yumi Sakugawa is currently young women, it is a tradition to Memphis, EMs PresleY's Groceland, Nashville, is a very big deal for young people, attending UCLA. 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Cardinals April 25 after SAN FRANCISCO-When failing to be selected in Chang received several fr~­ Maui native Royce Fukuroku steps the seven rounds of the agent offers before decid• in to hit, he resembles a ba~boy more National Football League ing to sign with the than a batter. Even with his pants draft over the weekend. Cardinals. generously rolled under, they nearly The record-breaking Saint "It presents a really hang to his heels and catch on his Louis School graduate was one of good situation," said cleats. At 5-foot-3, San Francisco's sen• several undrafted rookies signed, Steve Dubin, Chang's agent ior second baseman is one of the in Los Angeles, who declined to dis• along with cornerback Aaron shortest players in Division I. But the Francisco of BYU, a Kahuku High cuss the terms of the signing bonus little man is doing big things for the School graduate nor the length of the contract. Dons, who could be headed toward Chang set NCAA Division I The NFL does not guarantee the the best season in school history and, career passing and total offense contract. they hope, the program's first post• records as a four-year starter with "You still have to make a team (to season berth. the Warriors. receive a salary)," Dubin said. "You 'This year's one of those breakout CARRYING A BIG STICK-University of San Francisco's Royce years, and he's the biggest reason," Chang will join four veteran quar• have to get on a roster to get paid. Fukuroku connects for a single off Sacramento State's' Kyle USF coach Nino Giarratano said. It's different from baseball.". Christensen April 20. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) . terbacks on the Cardinals: Two-time Fukuroku, who starred at Maui High School, got slighted by Sports Fukuroku knew he was not des• strike zone for someone of his lllusmited, but he doesn't care. In BASKETBALL tined to be tall. His older brother also stature is an unforgiving one. the April 18 edition, the magazine stands 5-3, his mom is.4-11 and his The Dons had 27 wins heading reported about players believed to be NBA AII·Star Vao Given dad 5-6. into the series against LMU, only college baseball's shortest and tallest "I expected to be taller than what I seven victories shy of the school- _ - and Fukuroku was left out. Model Worker Award am, but not much taller," he said. "I record 34 they had in 1998. Louisville sophomore shortstop was always the smallest guy on my ."I've seen us at our lowest," said SHANGHAI, China -It's offi• Xinhua News Agency reported, cit• Chris Cates is also '5-3, while Notre team. You had to be faster and quick• Fukuroku, Who will graduate this cial: Houston Rockets center Yao ing Yao's agent Zhang Chi. Dame pitcher Ryan Doherty is 7-1. er and you · had to get stronger. spring with a degree in business Ming is a "model worker." "But compared to the contribu• There were photos of those two. Height wasn't going to be my ticket administration. "I just want to be part Communist China's cabinet, the tions other winners had made to the Fukuroku hit a go-ahead RBI sin• anywhere." of history with this school. I don't State Council, awarded the honor to motherland, there is still large room gle in a 9-3 win over Sacramento Despite his tiny but muscular know if I'm a sparkplug, but I just State on April 19 for USF's fourth both Yao and Olympic gold medal for me to improve," Xinhua quoted frame - he weighs 150 pounds - try to do my part any way to·help the straight victory. Heading into a team." hurdler Lin Xiang, Zhao Jiaxiong, Yao as saying. Fukuroku decided at a young age he three-game weekend series against would be a college baseball player. Reaching the regionals - the first spokesman for Shanghai's Office For decades, the model worker Loyola Marymount, he was batting He began scoring his brother's step toward the College World for Choosing Model Workers, said award has been turning unknown Series - would .350 with 15 RBIs, and his five games at age 5 back home in be huge for this pro• April 27. miners, teachers or factory workers graul, which only three years ago homers were tied for the team lead. Hawaii, and that's how he learned The model worker nominations into celebrities in the state media. Fukuroku also had seven steals in finished 9-21. the game. Arizona State was always eight attempts and had been hit by a With all the physical disadvan• of Yao and Liu, a gold medalist in Yao became one of China's his dream school, but many of the pitch a team-high nine times. tages Fukuroku has overcome, his the men's llO-meter hurdles at biggest sports heroes after joining big programs he contacted didn't ''It's great to hear the other tearns coach would like to see hinl get a Athens, had sparked criticism the NBA in 2002 as, the No. I draft show any interest. talk about him. They always ·wonder shot at the next level. Giarratano has among some Chinese who argued pick. He won praise back home by "I never thought height would how he does that or how small he is, done his share of campaigning to the award was meant to honor ordi• returning during the NBA off-sea• have been an issue," he said. "I'm how does he hit the ball that far?" scouts. nary workers, not sports stars. son to play with the national team. just glad my coaches gave me an "I hear from the scouts, 'If I had pitcher Patrick McGuigan· said. opportunity to play, because not too Yao described the honor, usually Yao already has twice received a the gumption, I would take hinl, ''Things don't get handed to him many places gave me a chance or given to worKers in more proletarian local version of the award from when he's that short. He goes out because he's a good enough baseball even looked at me to play Division I player, '" said Giarratano, whose 10- fields like industry, mining and pub• Shanghai. He also is · an official there ·to prove people wrong. baseball. I always knew I could do it. year-old son, Nico, spends hours lic services, as "one more honor and They're not looking for hinl to suc• spokesman for promoting the city. It was if other people believed I with Fukuroku learning all sorts of encouragement from society," ceed. ... He just brings an attitude could do it." that he can't be- beat to the field skills. "I don't see why his size • Teammates call Fukuroku should matter. If he's good enough, every day and it rubs off on the other "Hawaiian Supennan," and any he's good enough. I think he should ESCORTED TOUR - NORTHERN CAPITALS guys." pitcher will acknowledge that the be given an opportunity." • August 30 - September 12; 2005 Tour Escort: Grace Miyamoto Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Turku, Lahti, St. Petersburg & Helsinki Call or Write today for our free brochure Miyamoto Travel Service 2401 - 15th St. Sacramento, CA 95818 Phone: (916) 441-1020 Fax: (916) 441-1022 E-mail: [email protected] CST #2005654-10

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ne fateful day in October, a message from a Giant self-described baseball fan the mon• came hurling out of the sky and changed Patrick etary means to pay for his Masters Hayashi's life forever. The message was in the degree in business and a used car. , But like in any other battle, there shape of a baseball freshly hit off the bat of.homerun are lessons learned ("It was a rough king Barry Bonds and whispered sweet promises as it sailed process going through the negative over San Francisco's SBC Park. press and people's perception. It makes me a little more cautious.") "J will mnke you rich, " the base• Jose and in another he was sitting in and scars that won't heal ("[popov] ball said. "J will mnke you famous. " the security room of SBC Park - was in it for the money and partly to Hayashi heeded the message and while Major League Baseball offi• be on television. I hope that's what wanted to become its messenger, cials verified the authenticity of the the audience will get out of it."). but so did hundreds of other hope• homerun ball - listening to a "I think Patrick is a mild-man• fuls that momentous day (Oct. 7, woman in another room talking nered humble .guy," said "Up for 2001) when Bonds famously set the openly about his inevitable loss of Grabs" DirectorlProducer/Co• season record at 73 home runs. privacy. Elation turned to terror and Editor Michael Wranovics. '''Early ''I think the idea was to go to the he said he could not even steady his on, I was convinced that Patrick had last ball game of the season and see hand enough to sign his name. Like stolen the ball from Alex's glove ... if Barry Bonds could break the past homerun ball catchers, Hayashi But at this point, my opinion of home run record ... there was a lot was expected to participate in a Patrick Hayashi has changed quite a of electricity in the ball park. Of press conference, but he opted out bit. He never sought the limelight. course J brought my baseball glove, - a decision he told the Pacific He never let his ego take over. He but I thought the odds of it happen• Citizen he would change if he had a seemed to have the ability to keep ing was highly unlikely," said second chance. things in the proper perspective Hayashi, pausing at the last part of "I would change [that decision] while all of this c:aziness was going his statement and then chuckling. and talk to the press even though on." But in the first inning of the I'm not comfortable with sitting in "And now, I can see that he has a game, Bonds delivered and front of cameras and talking about sense of humor about the whole Hayashi emerged from a pile of myself. People didn't know who I . thing. He can look back at it and bodies with the historic ball wedged was," he said. chuckle in a way that I don't believe in his hand.. People did, however, know Alex can," Wranovics added. What happened in the moments Popov who seemed to seize every All the hype and drama has not between the pushing bodies and opportunity to go on camera to soured Hayashi from baseball. He flailing limbs became the center of explain his case. In the documen• still counts himself a fan, but admits an overexposed legal battle tary, it's Popov who receives the with a laugh that if he were at a between Hayashi and Alex Popov, most screen time, introducing him• game and a home run ball were to then a 38-year-old restauranteur self to women at a bar as the guy fly in his direction again he may not who vehemently argued he was the who caught Barry Bond's 73r4 and be as quick to dive for it. rightful owner of the ball. Before ostentatiously burying himself in "Yeah. The fear is there. I would the trial was oveI:, Popov and his property law books to prepare for be a little hesitant." • legal team would accuse Hayashi of . the trial. And like any reality TV star assault, stealing the baseball out of can attest, the camera does not lie. his glove and biting a kid in ·the leg .. Hayashi said that his name was Hayashi and his lawyers (Don dragged through the mud through Tamaki and Michael Lee) said he association with Popov and also simply picked the ball off the because of their racial differences ground and questioned Popov - Hayashi is a third generation about a mystel10us "sucker" ball Japanese American and Popov is that several witnesses saw in the white. pile of bodies. ''Was it the media? Was it the Now for your viewing pleasure, video? Was it the witnesses or was it the saga with all of its eye-rolling just a preconceived belief that cer• PACIFIC CITIZEN twists and turns can be relived in tain cultures receive the benefit of the upbeat documentary film, "Up . the doubt?" said Hayas~i. National business and Professional Directory for Grabs," a lighthearted, cheeky 'He' Can Look Back Your business card in each issue for 22 issues is $15 per line, three-line minimum. Larger type (12 pt.) counts re-examination of the day (and the at It and Chuckle' as two lines. Logo same as line rate as required. PC. has made no determination that the businesses listed year-long litigation afterwards) in this directory are licensed by proper government authority. Almost five years have past since when suing for a baseball became Hayashi, now 40, emerged from the "., ," fair play. Sacramento, Calif. oak\a:Od, Calif. human pile and entered an outra• 'I Was Cast as NAMBA LAW QFFICES geous court battle and he said he is a Greedy Person' Curtis R. Namba ~'!~~~C~ now able to reflect with some In the heat of the controversy amusement. 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San Pedro St.; jointly Mon., June 20--Second Animal sion includes wine and hors d'oeuvres hosted by the Japanese American National JACL Golf Tournament; 10 reception with the artist; all tickets by Korean War Veterans, Japanese a.m., noon shotgim start; Rolling Hills advance reservation only; RSVP by May American Vietnam Veterans and the Country Club; $200 JX':f golfer, includes 4 to 559/582-4915. • . Americans of Japanese Ancestry World lunch, dinner, prizes, cart and awards. Through July 30-The Ruth and War II Memorial Alliance honoring Info and applications: PSW Regional Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art those killed during WWlI, the Korean Office, 213/626-4471 or [email protected] Presents: Drawn from Literature: War, the Vietnam War, Grenada and Iraq. or Floyd Mori, [email protected]. Narrative Traditions in Japanese Art; Info: Frank Kamita, 310/515-1369, Sam SALT LAKE CITY 15770 Tenth Ave; $5 for adults, $3 for Shimoguehi, 310/822-6688 or Victor Fri.-Sun., June 24-26-2005 National children and students with ID. Info: Mlll1ioka" 818/590-6724. JACL StudentIYouth Conference; 559/582-4915 or www.shermanleeinsti• Mon., May 30-Nisei Veterans University of Utah; $40 for members tute.org. Coordinating Council Memorial Day (includes lodging), $60 non-members Program; 11 a.m.; Evergreen Memorial (includes youth membership and lodg• Southern Calfornia Park, 204 N. Evergreen Ave. Info: ing). Info: Joshua Spry, CERRITOS 2131268-6714. [email protected] or Todd Sato, June 21-24-Shochiku Grand Kabuki June 2-5, 9-12, 18-The Pink Dress, a [email protected]. Chikamatsu-za; Cerritos Center for the puppet theatre production presented by VANCOUVER, British Colwnbia Performing Arts; Japan's most spectacu• Triumvirate Pi Theatre in association . Thurs.-Sat., July 7-9-XlII COPANI, lar theater tradition makes its triumphant PHOTOS: STEPHEN WIRTZ GALLERY with JANM; JANM's Dr. Toshio and "Heritage and Health in the 21st retum to Southern California for the first Chizuko Inahara Gallery Foyer, 369 E. Century, 2005 PANA Convention; Sakura, an exhibition of a new series of photographs by photographer time in nearly a decade featuring the First St.; based on a true incident from Hyatt Regency Hotel, 655 Burrard; Taku Aramasa is now showing at the Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Chikamatsu-za troupe; Tickets: 8001300- the Maruyama family experience in Info: www.najc.ca. Francisco. 4345 or www.cerritoscenter.com. Colorado; written and directed by Leslie GARDENA Kitashirna-Gray, puppet designs by Beth East Coast ' Sun., May IS-Health Education Day WASIllNGTON, D.C. Peterson with assistance from Sam Koji Pacif"1C Northwest starting with immigration, the story leads by Gardena Pioneer Project; 1-3 p.m.; Hale; $8 for adults, $4 for children under The., May 17-11th Annual APAICS to internment and military service during ~enter, PORTLAND Ken Nakaoka 1700 W. 162nd 15 and museum members. Reservations, Gala Dinner; Washington, D.C. Capital World War II and culrninates with Sat., June 4-Lecture, Iwao Takarnoto, St.; free and open to the public; transla• 213/625-0414 ext. 2249. Hilton; join APAICS for its annual cele• redress for the wartime infringement of tion will be provided for Japanese speak• creator of Scooby Doo will share his Sept. 17-Oct. 2-2005 World Festival bration of Asian Pacific Islander their civil liberties. The exhibit includes work as an animator; 11 a.m.; NW ing. Info: Karen Uyekawa, 213/894- of Sacred Music; 45 events over 16 day Americans in politics and public serv• a tribute to Robert Matsui for his role in Natural, 4th Floor Conference Room, 3235. in various venues in Los Angeles; free ice. Info: www.apaics.org. the fight for redress. Info: www.califor• 220 NW 2nd Ave.; hosted by the Oregon LONG BEACH admission for most events. Info: May 21-Aug. 29-Exhibition, "Shomei niamuseum.org. Nikkei Legacy Center; $5llecture or Through May 22-International City www.festivalofsacredmusic.org. Tornatsu: Skin of the Nation"; 10-5 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO $251lecture and lunch. Tickets: ONLC, Theatre presents Velina Hasu Houston's, OXNARD Wed.-Mon., closed Tues.; Corcoran Through May 28-Exhibition, 5031224-1458. ''Tea''; Long Beach Performing Arts Sat., May 7-Cemetery clean-up; 8 Gallery of Art, New York Ave. and 17th "Salllfll," a new series of photographs SEATTLE Center, 300 East Ocean Blvd.; Thurs., a.m.; comer of Pleasant Valley Road and Street, NW; Tornatsu is Japan's preerni• by Taku Aramasa; Stephen Wirtz May 12-June 26-Exhibition, Visions Fri. and Sat. performances begin at 8 Etting Road; Ventura County JACL is nent post-war photographer and his Gallery, 19 Geary St. fufo: 415/433- of Buddha: Faces of Transformation; p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. Info and tickets: hosting a clean-up of a neglected ceme• work has rarely been seen in the U.S. 6870 or email: [email protected]. Ming's Asian Gallery, 519 Sixth Ave S 5621436-4610 or www.ictlongbeach. tery, burial site of many Issei. Info: Ellen Info: 2021639-1700 or www.corcoran. Wed.-Thurs., June 2-4-California and 10217 Main St, Bellevue; focuses on com.. Matsuo, 8051987-1470 or vcjacl@hot• org. Conference on the Internment of artistic adaptations by diverse cultures LOS ANGELES mail.com. Japanese Americans; Radisson Miyako l\Idwest and traces the' origins of Buddhism in Wed., May ll-Japan America Society WEST COVINA Hotel, Japantown; sponsored by the CmCAGO India and its wide spread influence of Southern California's 96th Sat., May 7--Cherry Blossom Festival; California Civil Liberties Public Thurs.-Sun., July 21-24-Bi-District throughout Asia; Mon.-Thurs. 10-6 p.m., Anniversary Dinner and Gala noon-7 p.m.; West Covina Civic Center, Education Program. Info: 415/567 -5505, Conference of the MDC and EDC Sun. noon-5 p.m. Celebration; 6:30 p.m. cocktails in the 1444 W. Garvey Ave.; free parking. Info: . [email protected] or JACL; Radisson Hotel, 160 East Huron; outfield, 7:30 p.m. dinner on the playing www.westcov.org or 6261960-2566 .• www.CCLPEPconf.org. room rate: $129/night for single, $139 Northern Caiforria field; honoring baseball coaching leg• SAN MATEO "for two doubles and $154 for comer BERKELEY ends, Rod Deadeaux and Renza Ishii; Sun., May 22-Movie Matinee, "Shall suite; room deadline is June 21; a wel• Thes., May 100"Manzanar: An both foundixl the Japan-USA Baseball We Dance"; JA Community Center, 415 ELK GROVE TOYOTAISCION come reception is scheduled for American Story"; Zellerbach Hall, u.c. Championship Series. Info: 213/627- S. Claremont St.; free. Info: 650/343- Thursday and a dinner on SatUrday. Berkeley; under the artistic direction of 6217, ext. 205 or www.jas-socal.org. 8545 W. Stockton Blvd. 2793. Elk Grow, CA 95757 Further details to follow. Kent Nagano. Sat., May 14-Manzanar Family Day at STOCKTON CLEVELAND SACRAMENTO Union Center; 9:30 a.m.; Union Center RON NAKANO Sat., May 7-Screening, "Only the Sat., May 28-APA Heritage Day, Through June ~Time of for the Arts, 120 Judge John Aiso St.; Sales Manager Brave" by Lane Nishikawa; 2 p.m.; San sponsored by the Asian Pacific Remembrance: The Japanese AI,nerican East West Players, LA Artcore and 1-800-243-3613 Joaquin Delta College, Warren Atherton American Federation; 1-6 p.m.; Experience; Tues.-SaL, 10-5 p.m., Sun., Visual Communications present free Theater, 5151 Pacific Ave.; tickets may Cleveland City Hall; keynote speaker, noon-5 p.m.; California Museum for performances, shor films, panel discus• be purchase through the Delta College Major Jesse Baltazar, retired Filipino History, Women and the Arts; features a sions, art exhibits and youth activities Box Office, 2091954-5110. American WWIl Air Force officer, replica internment camp barrack, com• IClassified Ads I defender at Bataan, survivor of Death plete with items used in the camps, sets the stage for an exhibit on the experieces Central Caifornia ALOHA PLUMBING EMPLOYMENT March; free. Info: David Narnkoong, HANFORD . Lie. #440840 of Japanese Americans in California; 2161921-3217. Sat., May 7-Lecture/demonstration, -SINCE 1922- 777 W. Mission Road ------~ San Gabriel, CA 91778 2nd Ann.ual JACL (323) 283'-0018 NATIONAL JACL GOLF TOURNAMENT Golf Tournament ENlRYFORM DIVERSITY: (562) 598-9523 Set for June 20 Established 1965 Our People Make ~ The Difference The 2nd Annual National JACL $200 Fee per golfer Imperial Jewelry Mfg. Co. 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It is also an forms together. opportunity to enjoy a wonderful outing with fellow JACLers. Mail entry form and check to: JACL chapters are being provid• ed with application fonns. Anyone wishing to become a sponsor or : PSWDC National JACL Golf donate to this event or desiring more I 244 South San Pedro Street, #406 infonnation or applications may : Los Angeles, CA 90012 contact the JACL PSW' district I office at 213/626-4471 or I [email protected] or Floyd Mori at I Make check payable to: National JACL Golf [email protected].• ._------I .PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 6-19, 2005 OBITUARIES 11 All the towns are in California except as noted. affairs, he is past president of the St. ggc. Loretta; son, Baron (Maria); daugh• ters, Diane (Stan) Sawa, Gail (Randy) Akune, John, 58, Oxnard, Apr. 15; 4; one of the first JA doctors in San Vrncent's Medical Center Foundation Nishiyama, Ben Shiro, 85, Denver-born; survived by sons, Jose and the first surgeon to perform and a Director of the Asian America Altadena, Apr. 6; survived by sons, Honda and Susie (Bob) Bubbert; 5 gc.; brother, Satoshi; sister, Frances __ Jonnie and Kenji; brothers, Hiro an operation at Alexian Brothers Symphony Association. With his Daniel (Keiko) and Michael (Irene); (Mary) and Jerry (Jane); and .sisters, Hospital. When the Japanese bombed family, he has been a supporter of the daughter, Janice (Scott) Warren; and Yanase; sister-in-law, Masako Ujiiye; Georgia Cooper and Irene (Larry) Pearl Harbor and the United States Japanese American National 3 gc. and sisters, Miki Ujiiye and Tsurtiko Kawata. entered WWlI, Dr. Higuchi, serving in Museum. Morey received his Nojima, Nagatoshi J., 79, sur• Takeuchi. the medical corps of a military engi• Bachelor of Arts from UCLA and vived by sister, Yukiko Miyahara; Yamashita, K. Stanley, SO, Apr. 9; Aoki, Chiyoko, 89, Monterey Park, attended law school at USC. He was Mar. 26; Los Angeles-born; survived neering unit, was transferred out of brother, George; and sisters-in-law, U.S. Army Ret. Lt. Col.; born May California. He retired in 1985. the son of George and Sakaye. Joanne Nojima and ltoko ~ Nojima. 17, 1924 in Los Angeles and grew up by sons, Alan and Chuck (Susan); Survived by brothers, John, Jim and daughters, Mary (Osamu) Onishi and Survived by wife Amy; sons, James, Oda, Frank A., 68, Apr. .4; sur• in the fishing Paul and Michael; daughter, Mary Jack; and sisters-in-law, Joyce, Janice village of June; 4 gc.; brother, Ted (Kirniko) and Clare. vived by wife, Sadie; daughter, Karen Kino; and sister, Ayako Kino. Ann Mailliard; sister, Emily Filling; (Derek) Kollenda, sons, Gary Terminal brother, William; 9 gc.; and 3 ggc. Morita, Takashi ''Tak,'' 87, (Marcia) and Bryan (Meg); 5 gc.; Island. Fujinami, William Yutalca, 57, Fresno, Oct. 19, 2004; WWlI veteran, Graduated Mandalay Shores, Mar. 13; Ogden, KaminlOto, Herbert Yogoro, SO, brothers, John (Nancie) and Glenn; Apr. 8; Puunene, Maui, Hawaii-born MIS; JACLer; survived by wife, and sister, Yuriko (Ken) Sawada. from San Pedro Utah-born; survived by sisters, Janice Fukiko; daughter, Carole (Edwin, High in absen• (Richard) Steckler and Rosan (Dale) Nisei; WWlI veteran, MIS; survived Ouchida, Kiyoshi Jimmie, 95, by daughter, Avis (Ralph) Honda; and J.D.) Morita-Brewer; sons, Craig, tia while in a Ito; and brothers, Wilbur (Becky) and M.D., Ph.D. (Gloria Lee, Ph.D.) and Santa Monica, Mar. 31; Sacramento• WWII intern• Myron (Maridith) Ishii. • 1 gc. Stan; and 3 gc. born Nisei; survived by wife, ment center in Kino, Funriko, 84, Monterey Park, Masako; son, Takashi; daughter, June Fujioki, Jean Yaeko, 63, Gardena, Mui, Nobuo, 87, Los Angeles, Poston, Ariz. Yamashita began class• Mar. 27; Los Angeles-born Sansei; Mar. 26; survived by sons, Stanley (Shumei) Nagaya; 1 gc.; and sister• es at Bethel College in Minn., but left (Karen) and Art; daughters, Sue Mar. 30; Nisei; survived by wife, in-law, Tsuneko (Alan) Millet. survived by mother, Tsusako; sister, Aiko; and brother, Frank. to join the Army and served in the Ruby; and brothers, Nobuo (Emma) (Alan) Endo, Wendy (John) Gutheil; 5 Osumi, Kazoo, SO, Sierra Vista, Mura, Steven Yukiharu, 53, Apr. Pacific as a Japanese translator during and Dick. gc.; sister, Erniko (Kazuo) Saika; Ariz., Mar. 19; survived by wife, WWlI. Upon discharge, he returned brother-in-law, Ted (Kirni) Kino; and 2; survived by wife, Marianne; sons, Ruby, sons, Ron (Deanna) and Dr. Fukuwa, Lilly Yuriko, 89, Keith, Alan and Jeffrey; mother, to college, receiving a BA from Gardena, Apr. 2; San Francisco-born sister-in-law, Ayako Kino. Alan (Bonnie); daughter, Patricia Antioch College in Ohio. After retir• Kuritani, Lily Yorl, 92, Mar. 24; Kaztiko; brother, Calvin (patricia); Osurni-Davis (Richard); and many Nisei; survived by sons, Harry sister, Irene Martin; mother-in-law, ing from the Army in 1978 'to San (Pauline) and Nolan (Cathleen); survived by sons, Edward (Kurniko) . gc. Pedro, Calif., Yamashita returned to and Kenneth (Ilruko); daughters, May Mady Vettiger; and sister-in-law, daughters, Janice (Dennis) Sato and Beatrice (Roberto) Rogantini. Ota, Henry Nobuyoshi, . 69, his studies completing two Master's Dianne; 9 gc.; and brothers, Watson (Clarence) Tanabe and Jean Mori; 9 Culver City, Apr. 3; Calexico-born; degrees and receiving a Ph.D. in (Alice) , Yoshio (Kaoru) and Ben gc.; and 7 ggc. Nakamura, Helen Mineko, 76, survived by wife, Ruth; son, Robert Comparative Culture from U.c. (Nobtiko) Noda. Mito, Kimiye, 78, Pasadena, Mar. Apr. 9; survived by husband, Ed; (Janet); daughters, Tammy (Richard) Irvine. Survived by wife Dorothy; daughters, Carol (Ken) Sakamoto and Hashimoto, Toshiyuki ''Bill,'' 86, 28; Compton-born; survived by hus• Masuda and Sherri (Ron) Sera; 5 gc.; daughters, Karen (Ted) Kitada, Mari band, Tsutomu; daughters, Alice and Gail Nakamura; brothers, George, brothers, Harry (Lucy) and David (Ret. Lt. Col. Richard) deMoya and Torrance, Apr. 6; Los Angeles-born liro, Ronald and Gary (Gerry) Nisei; survived by wife, Lily; son, Nadine; and brother, Tad (Kyoko) (Bette); and brother-in-law, Bill Dana (Mark) Emmert; and 5 gc. Taguchi. . Matsuno; and sisters, Shigeko (Tomoko) Sato. . -- Calvin (Teresa); daughter, Loryce . (Mitsuo) Hazama, Itstiko Matsuno -Yoshimitsu, Nobuko, 73, Los (Daniel Muramoto); 1 gc.; and broth• Miyamoto, Harry Taneo, 84, and Nancy (Edward) Mino. Salcawye, Ruby Hatsuko, 85, Los Angeles, Apr. 3; survived by hus• ers, Manabu (May) and Hiromu Oxnard, Mar. 10; survived by wife, Angeles, Apr. 7; survived by son, band, Shigeru; son, Roy (Stacy); (Sakiko). Michi; daughters, Margaret (James) Nakamura, Tom Toshio, 88, Los Eugene; daughters, Joy (David) daughter, Ann (paul) Ito; mother, Hosaki, Harriet (Robert) Hiji, Sue Angeles, Apr. 3; Los Angeles-born Hamlin and Judy Sakawye; son-in• Nami Shimbashi; brothers, Kenzo Hata; Kouji, 77, Torrance, Apr. 5; Nisei; survived by daughters, Evelyn Santa Monica-born; survived by (Gary) Nakamura, Fumi (Steve) law, Susumu Kono; 6 gc.; and 7 ggc. (Ritstiko) and Hideaki (Michiyo); and Nishimori and Joyce (David) (Stanley) Morimoto and Carol (Eric) sister, Aki (Shinji) Hisada.• daugheJ;S, Grace (Robert) Liebl and Iwafuchi; 6 gc.; and 7 ggc. Seto, Masao, 91, Indio, Mar. 29; Frances (James) Gillis; daughter-in• Schoonmaker; sons, Ken (Karen), San Bernardino-born; survived by DEATH NOTICE law, Furniko Hata; 6 gc.; 2 ggc.; sis• Paul (Sharon), John (Joan) and Alari Nakamura, Toshiko ''Toy,'' 72, daughter, Sharon; sons, Rodney ters, Margaret Fujisaka and Sakaye (Heloisa); 28 gc.; 9 ggc.; brother, Roy; Arcadia, Mar. 25; survived by hus• (Elydia) and Richard; 3 gc.; brothers, KANAME OKAMOTO Kawamura; and sister-in-law, Nancy and sisters, Satstiki Nishi, Nobtiko band, Tsutomu; daughters, Heidy Thomas (Yoshiko) and George CHANDLER, Ariz. - Kaname Hata. . Shigenaga, Hisato Akazaki and Kelman and Connie Nakamura; 1 gc.; (Nobuko); and sisters, Misao Okamoto passed away April 18. Tenninal Island born, he was an Air Yoshiko Yoshida. and sister, Fuji Kono. (Yutaka) Yoshimoto and Yoshiye Higaki, Toshio Kenneth, Gardena, Force veteran and resided at Manzanar, Morey, Donn, 61, Los Angeles, Nishimura, Dr. Shigeo, 86, Feb. I ; survived by wife, Sadako; son, Musashi. Seabrook, N.J. and Yokohama, Japan. Glenn; daughters, Wanda and Leslie Apr. 21; passed away after undergoing Spokane, Wash., Apr. 3; Deer Lodge, Ujiiye, Arthur Akira, 83, Los Mont.-born; served in Army Medical He is survived by his wife Sachiko; (Mohammad); 2 gc.; sister, Yae a kidney transplant; Morey was Angeles, Mar. 30; Kaneohe, Hawaii• daughters, Sonya (Anthony) Lum and Corp during WWII; Spokane (Takemoto); and brother-in-law, President and CEO of The Morey born Nisei; WWlI veteran, 442nd Pam (Gary) O'Brien; 3 grandchildren; 4 George (May) Sahara. Group, a governmental relations and JACLer; survived by son, Richard; RCT M Co.; survived by wife, brothers and 4 sisters. daughter, Jayne Coffman; 5 gc.; and 4 HiguchiJ James, 89, San Jose, Apr. land use finn. Active in community

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FOR OVER 100 YEARS ... LIFE . POWERED BY EDISON. 12 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 6-19, 2005 IMMIGRATION because immigration law is a feder- Asian immigrants entrust their bond witll tlle secretary of state's "al matter but having unqualified futures in tlle hands of imposters office and post signs indicating tllat Who Pays? We Do. (Continued from p~ge 1) employees file paperwork and coun• who favor opening offices in etllnic tlley are not attorneys. There are legitimate immigration "He spoke Japanese fluently and sel clients is not. Higa's qualifica• enclaves and advertising immigra• But in a site survey of 20 random• consultants who provide valuable he was Ivy League educated," said tions may always remain a mystery tion services in phone books, news• ly selected immigration offices in tlle non-legal help such as translation Lapides who was referred to Krebs and Krebs - who still practices law papers and on tlleir storefronts. Los Angeles area, tlle P. C. did not services, but Wong said tllat tlle by a family member (and attorney) in Kentucky - is not likely one to Becoming an immigration con• fmd any such offices witll visible unautllorized practice of law has for his reputation as a top-notch provide any clarification. He did not _sultant can be llii simple as hanging a signs posted. Additionally, many of "definitely increased and has immigration lawyer. "I trusted tllat respond to any of tlle Pacific sign in front of an office building and tlle immigration offices listed in tlle expanded to traditional legal servic• he was taking care of what he was Citizen's requests for comment. waiting for foot traffic. current SBC Smart Yellow Pages es, such as personal injury and other supposed to be taking care of." Now 45 years old, Noyori is still under "immigration and naturaliza• areas of law." Noyori never met Krebs. Instead, living in Los Angeles but is now The Enemy from Within tion consultants" eitller denied offer• As laws continue to change, so too he was told tllat Krebs had a San working for a new employer under According to Joann H. Lee, direct• ing such services or refcrred the P. C. does tlle business of immigration Jose, California office where all his an HI-B visa and he's hoping tllat ing attorney for the AsianlPacific to an off-sight attorney when asked consultants. Offices are opened and " paperwork would be transferred and tlle third time will indeed be tlle Islander Community Outreach Unit for evidence of compliance to bond closed witllin short amounts of time handled by Kreb's assistant Robert charm. of tlle Legal Aid Foundation of Los requirements. and "backed" by real attorneys, Higa. "It's ridiculous having to apply for Angeles, tllere are a few different A representative from API Group making tllese cases extremely diffi• 'That's when tlle problems start• a green card tl1ree times," he said, types of cases of immigration fraud in Alhambra, Calif. told tlle P. C. tlley cult to prosecute. Victims are gener• ed," said Noyori. adding tllat he never felt angry just tllat range from tlle consultant or discontinued immigration services ally very reluctant to report fraud Noyori worked witll Higa for over disappointed. "But I lost four and a attorney filing paperwork poorly to despite being listed in current phone crimes. four years to get his HI-B visa (a half years." ordering tlleir client's deportation books several times and China It's easy to tum a blind eye to tlle temporary classification for non• Noyori is one of tlle luckier vic• after money is collected. United Immigration Law Office, problem, but Wong points out tllat immigrants to work in tlle United tims of immigration fraud. These phony immigration con• also in Alhambra, referred us to ultimately we are all paying for tllese States) renewed and his green card Stories about new immigrants sultants infiltrate tlle Asian commu• Attorney James Andion after tlley crimes witll our tax dollars. application started for tlle second getting tricked into paying high nity from tlle inside. were asked for tlleir bond surety Immigration fraud is even going time. Then Higa suddenly stopped sums of money in exchange for poor "My parents were immigrants and number. According to tlle Califomia high tech witll tllousands of Web returning phone calls and went miss• immigration services from attorneys my first home was in Chinatown," Bar Association, Andion works for a sites offering speedy services mak• ing forever, along witll Noyori's and imposters calling tllemselves said Wei C. Wong, an attorney in law fiml in Downtown, Los Angeles ing even tlle internet savvy and edu• passport. Higa had promised to lawyers, immigration consultants or Alhambra, California. 'They [tlle and has been penalized several times cated consumer a potential victim. return tlle passport after tlle legal assistants have such devastat• perpetrators] looked like tlle victim for ethical violations including faulty Companies like Immigration Form Consulate General's Office in Osaka ing endings tllat they sound like and spoke tlle same language - tlle advertising. Process Center, LLC (www.visa• reviewed it, but tllen he vanished. urban myths in tlle Asian Pacific old 'let me help you, my friend' - It's only laWful for paralegals and forms.com) and American And to make matters worse, Krebs American community. The stories gives tllem entry into people's trust assistants to use tlle attorney's title Immigration Center (www.us-immi• called from Kentucky to say tllat usually include loss of money, . .. tlle guard is down when dealing and backing if tlle office belongs to gration.com) charge high prices for contrary to what was promised, tlle demoralization and deportation. But witll one's own." tlle attorney himself, said Wong. paperwork tllat tlle U.S. Citizenship filing for Noyori's green card had these stories are not all works of fic• Wong, along witll Soutllern Experts also point out tllat a legiti• and Immigration Services (USCIS) not been done. tion; tlley are derived from real-life California Chinese Lawyers mate law office would bear tlle attor• offers for free. Lepides said he paid $15,000- tragedies witll real victims. Association's (SCCLA) ney's name in tlle business title. "It's important to get competent $25,000 for visa and green card serv• According to tlle U.S. Unautllorized Practice of Law 'These [immigration consultants] help from tlle beginning." said Lee. ices, tlle latter of which was never Immigration and Customs Committee, have filed 13 cases for don't have to take any classes. especially since immigration law is provided. Enforcement, immigration fraud in civil prosecution involving fraudu• Nothing. There's notlling stopping constantly changing. "[Riga] was no't a paralegal and general increased by 33 percent lent immigration consultants. In tlle tllem from saying whatever tlley "You mark tlle wrong box in not an attorney. Every time I asked from 2002-2003. One of tlle most past 10 years, districts attorneys in want to say. There are no ethical immigration. it's so hard to ever fix." Krebs about his title, he was evasive pervasive forms of immigration states witll high Asian resident per• rules. There's no training. They are said Wong. 'The profile of tlle fraud and said tllat he was just a guy who fraud in tlle APA community usually .centages like California, West completely unregulated," said victim runs the gamut - from the helped him out," said Lapides. "He involves immigration consultants Virginia and Texas have performed Wong. sophisticated to tlle poor. People didn't help us at all. What tlley did who have no legal background but sting operations to crack down on When tllese unqualified individu• hear what tlley want to hear. They actually hurt us." offer legal services and consultants tlle bustling immigration business. als sit in a position of power over can't seem to heed tlle statement, 'If According to legal experts, taking who simply lie about tlleir legal In Califomia, immigration consult• unknowing victims tllere is a prob• it is too good to be true. it probably out of state clients is permissible training. 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