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In This Issue: n Plans for the 2013 Pilgrimage n In Memoriam: Senator Daniel K. Inouye n HMWF to Mount New Website n 2012 Donor Acknowledgements

Photo BY steve leger PilgrimagePilgrimage 20132013 A Sneak Peek at What’s in Store The 2013 Heart Mountain Pilgrimage will take place the week- end of July 19-21 in Cody, Wyoming. This year’s event will cel- ebrate the pending acquisition of the Heart Mountain Root Cellar, the restoration of the Hospital Chimney and the dedication of the new James Ito V3 Gar- den. V3 celebrates three victories: the end of WWII, the challenges of farming inhospitable land, and upholding everyone’s constitutional rights. Additional contributors to agriculture at Heart Mountain including Eiichi Sakauye, Kumezo Hatchimonji and others will also be recognized. Lance Ito, Los Angeles Superior

Court Judge, will be Keynote Speaker for the Judge Lance Ito event. Ito’s late father, James, served as Assis- tant Superintendent of Agriculture at Heart Mountain. Events will begin on Friday, July 19, with a cocktail reception at the Holiday Inn, Cody. Pilgrimage attendees are encouraged to attend this informal event with HMWF Board, Advisory Council and Youth Council members. Immediately following the cocktail Okumoto Collection reception will be the annual pilgrimage dinner, featuring Judge Ito A Heart Mountain internee tends a garden outside his barracks. Heart Mountain Pilgrimage Event July 19-21, 2013 Registration for the 2013 pilgrimage will begin on April 1, 2013 at www.heartmountain.org or by calling 307-754-8000. Check our website often for updated information and specific details! Schedule of Events Date/Time Description Location

Friday, July 19 Holiday Inn Cocktail reception 4 to 5 pm Cody, WY

Friday, July 19 Holiday Inn Ballroom Pilgrimage Dinner 5 to 7 pm Cody, WY

Saturday, July 20 Heart Mountain Interpretive Center 1539 Road 19 10 am to 4 pm Activities and Dedications Powell, WY

Saturday, July 20 Evening Activities TBD Late Afternoon and Evening

Sunday, July 21 Additional Activities TBD Various Times (Specific Information TBD) Registration will include entry to the above listed events.

2 Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | Winter 2013 as Keynote Speaker. All events on July 19 will take place at the Holiday Inn, Cody. Travel Information On Saturday, July 20, events will move Hotel Information: The following hotels have rooms blocked for the July event. to the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center (between Cody and Powell). Opening cer- Hotel Location Phone Discount Code emonies will include remarks by HMWF Holiday Inn Cody, WY 1-800-527-5544 ZVZ-Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation leadership and national dignitaries. Events Comfort Inn Cody, WY 1-800-527-5544 Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation throughout the day will include a ribbon- Buffalo Bill Cabins Cody, WY 1-800-527-5544 Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation cutting ceremony for the Heart Mountain Hospital Chimney, a dedication for the The Cody Cody, WY 307-527-3360 Heart Mountain Reunion James Ito V3 Garden, and viewing of the Super 8 of Powell Powell, WY 307-754-7231 Heart Mountain Foundation exhibit From the Ground Up: Agriculture at Use ONE of the following numbers: America’s Best Value Inn Powell, WY 307-754-5117 Heart Mountain. Films, presentations and 26978, 26979, 26980, 26981, 26982 book signings will round out the day. On the evening of Saturday, July 20, and Air Travel: Both Cody and Billings airports offer car rental services. the afternoon of July 21, several activities are being planned throughout the Cody/ Airport Location Time to Cody Powell area for those wanting to add a little Yellowstone Regional Two miles from the The Cody hotels listed above all provide shuttle adventure to their pilgrimage experience. Airport in Cody (COD) central business district service to and from the Cody airport. Time to the of Cody. hotels from the airport is roughly 5 minutes. If stay- Activities currently being considered are ing in Powell, the drive is approximately 30 minutes. the Cody Nite Rodeo, tours of the Buffalo Billings Logan Billings, Montana – 109 The drive from the Billings Airport will take Bill Historical Center and Old Trail Town, International Airport (BIL) miles from Cody approximately 2 hours. You will need to rent a car. golf, fly-fishing, whitewater rafting and horseback riding. Heart Mountain Hike mately 8 AM on July 18 and 20. We will questions please call yLoop’s Chief Guide, yLoop Road Trips will once again offer take a four-wheel drive vehicle to the base Lee Nellis, at 307-250-7605. You may also guided hikes to the top of Heart Mountain of Heart Mountain, then walk to the top, register on-line at http//:ylooproadtrips. for pilgrimage participants. These hikes where a healthy lunch will be waiting. We com. Access to Heart Mountain is provided will depart from Cody hotels at approxi- will return to Cody before 4 PM. If you have by The Nature Conservancy. n

Chimney Repairs Nearing Completion Repairs and permanent stabilization of The team was relieved to know the founda- stabilize the brick. The entire structure will the Heart Mountain Hospital boiler house tion of the smokestack is sound. The pri- be repointed and the lighting protection smoke stack began in the fall of 2012 by mary lean is west to east and the Secondary system will be restored. Enola Contracting Service, Inc. and are an- Lean is north to south. It appears that the Funding for this project is being provid- ticipated to be completed by early summer lean has increased in recent years. ed through a Japanese American Confine- 2013. WJE, Inc. and architectural and engi- ment Sites grant awarded to the Wyoming After a series of engineering analyses neering consultants Tobin and Associates State Historic Preservation Office in coop- conducted by Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associ- have recommended a series of treatments eration with the Heart Mountain Wyoming ates Inc. (WJE) in April 2012, it was con- for the structure. First and foremost is to Foundation in 2011. The project is also be- cluded that the lean of the smokestack is install flashing to prevent water penetra- ing supported by the Bureau of Reclama- entirely within the brick masonry. This tion and grout the brick stepped collars tion (BOR), which owns the property and was good news for the project team, which and a vented cap on the top of the struc- manages the National Historic Landmark consisted of the National Park Service, the ture. They have also recommended the in- in cooperation with the HMWF. In addi- Bureau of Reclamation, the Heart Moun- stallation of a series of pins to stabilize the tion to these partners, funding was pro- tain Wyoming Foundation, Wyoming State brick, the installation of a metal and con- vided through the Blackburn Family Trust. Parks, Historic Sites and Trails, and the Wy- crete support up to the first collar, and the The HMWF is planning a ribbon-cut- oming State Historic Preservation Office. installation of helical pins to reinforce and ting ceremony for July 20, 2013. n

www.HeartMountain.org 3 In Memoriam: Senator Daniel K. Inouye The Heart Mountain Wyoming the twentieth century. The Heart Mountain The HMWF Board has set up a planning Foundation mourns the passing of Senator Wyoming Foundation extends its deepest committee that will create a memorial Daniel K. Inouye, an American hero, who sympathy to Senator Inouye’s family. In his at the Heart Mountain site honoring the died on December 17, 2012. memory, we commit ourselves even more Senator’s life and service to the United Whether fighting on the battlefields of firmly to speak for the values of fairness States. We are working toward a dedication Europe, working for his constituents from and justice that the Senator held dear. that will happen in the near future. n his beloved home state of Hawaii, coolly questioning Executive Branch officials about Watergate, or forging bipartisan coalitions for landmark legislation, Senator Inouye embodied American bravery, patriotism, and fair play. We consider ourselves so fortunate to have hosted the Senator just sixteen months ago at the Grand Opening of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, where he gave a speech that ranged from riveting personal memories of watching Japanese warplanes attack Pearl Harbor, to an inspiring exhortation to protect the rights of minorities even at moments of great alarm and fear. The United States and the world have lost a true hero — one of the few people who can fairly be thought of as a conscience of Photo by Kevin J. Miyazaki Senator Inouye speaking at the Heart Mountain ILC Grand Opening. Executive Director Announces Retirement Stevan Leger, HMWF Executive Di- the Foundation’s major gift and endow- leadership as Executive Director will be rector, has announced his plans to retire ment program. missed, we look forward to his continued this spring. Mr. Leger was recruited to “Our organization is in great shape, work as an advisor to the Foundation.” head up the Foundation in May 2011, and we are on track to continue with the The Board has begun working on se- at which time he oversaw the final con- important work of the Foundation and lecting a successor for Leger. “We hope struction and the formal opening in Au- the Interpretive Center,” Leger said. “It to find another great Executive Director gust 2011 of the Heart Mountain Inter- has been a great honor to serve as the —one who can build on the strong mo- pretive Learning Center. Under Leger’s Executive Director and to work with an mentum Steve has helped create for the leadership, the Center has welcomed extremely energetic and talented Board Foundation,” Nelson said. more than 20,000 visitors and won wide- of Directors committed to making Heart Steve is planning on pursuing his in- spread critical acclaim for its depiction Mountain’s Interpretive Center a world- terests in photography and writing and of the wartime experience of 14,000 Jap- class institution.” According to Board enjoying the Yellowstone area fishing, anese Americans who were confined at Chair Shirley Ann Higuchi, “We were hiking and skiing. He will remain in Cody Heart Mountain between 1942 and 1945. extraordinarily lucky to find Steve two with his wife Zann Liljegren, a psycho- He has also been instrumental in recruit- years ago. His experience, commitment, therapist at West Park Hospital. ing key staff and laying a solid financial and talent put us on a solid and positive Persons interested in the position can floor for the Foundation’s future. While path for the future.” Vice-Chair Douglas send their resumes and a cover letter to: Mr. Leger will be stepping down from Nelson added that “Steve has earned the Personnel Committee, Heart Mountain his post as Executive Director, he has affection and respect of the entire Board, Wyoming Foundation, 1539 Road 19, agreed to stay on as a Senior Advisor for and although his thoughtful and steady Powell, WY 82435. n

4 Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | Winter 2013 Judge Uno Receives Commendation

On August 29, Judge Raymond Uno, HMWF Advisory Council member, re- ceived a commendation from the Foreign Minister of Japan, an award given to indi- viduals who have contributed “to the pro- motion of friendship between Japan and other countries.” Uno has been very dedicated to helping the Japanese American community and to the conservation of the history of Japanese immigrants in Utah. He helped to revital- ize Japantown Street in Salt Lake City, and is currently working to restore the Japanese garden in Utah’s International Peace Gar- dens. In addition, Uno acts as a resource to minorities through the Utah Asian Cham- ber of Commerce and the Utah Minority Bar Association, both of which he helped co-found. According to the Japanese embassy in Denver, Uno “played a pivotal role in pro- moting Japanese culture and enhancing Japan-U.S. exchanges in Utah.” “I was surprised and a little shocked be- cause it has never occurred to me that any- thing I have done may be deserving of such a high honor,” stated Uno upon receiving his commendation. In 1942, at the age of twelve, Uno and his Photo by Richard Brady Raymond Uno addresses the Pilgrimage Dinner attendees in August 2012. family were forced to leave their home in El Monte, California, for Heart Mountain constitutional law courses in college that organization’s ranks, becoming the Salt Relocation Center. Uno’s father, a World he began to understand the implications of Lake City Chapter President and later the War I U.S. Army veteran and naturalized the internment of Japanese Americans. “It National President. American citizen, died in 1943 while still became pretty clear to me—the violation “What happened to the Japanese and imprisoned. of our rights,” he said. the fact that this should never happen Uno volunteered for the U.S. Army when Uno received his Juris Doctor and a again really stuck in my mind,” he said. he was seventeen years old. He graduated Masters in Social Work from the Univer- In 1976, Uno became a judge in Salt from the Military Intelligence Language sity of Utah. Uno says that he “somehow Lake City, a career that would span over School and was assigned to the 319th Mili- fell into the civil rights area and became twenty years. tary Intelligence Unit in Tokyo, Japan. He very active in it.” “I struggled,” he notes. Uno became involved with the advisory later joined with the 441st Counter Intel- “The one thing that has gotten me through council after returning to Heart Mountain ligence Corps as an interpreter, interroga- this life is that I like to work hard and I like for the first time a few years ago. “It just re- tor, and special Counter Intelligence Corps to work long and that’s exactly what I did minded me of the loss of my father and the agent. After his discharge, he decided to and I still do.” hardships that my mother and the whole pursue his interest in government and en- While working at the state’s attorney’s family had to endure,” Uno said. “It was rolled in the political science program at office in Utah and later in a private practice, sort of a heart-rending thing in terms of, the University of Utah. Uno volunteered for the Japanese Ameri- jeez, we were here for three years and we It was only when Uno began taking can Citizens’ League. He rose through the survived.” n

www.HeartMountain.org 5 Topaz Museum Takes Shape After the internees of the Topaz Reloca- of $700,000 has allowed the museum to be the camps, including a set of four wood tion Center left the camp in the mid 1940s, built. chairs made at Topaz out of a shipping it like many others was dismantled. Simi- This past November, during a recent crate, original potbelly stoves, and artwork lar to the fate of the Heart Mountain bar- Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation from the internees. The museum will also racks, Topaz’s buildings were sold to local Board meeting in Salt Lake City, invited include an exhibit about life at Topaz and families. Barracks that used to house many members from the Topaz Museum Board internment in general. families were converted into homes for attended a reception at Advisory Council The need for this museum becomes one. One such family purchased half of a Member William Higuchi’s home. Rick more pressing every day. “The Topaz in- recreation hall from Topaz. For fifty years Okabe, a member of the Topaz Museum ternees have been passing away—they pass this recreation hall became nothing more Board, attended the reception and gave a away every year,” said Okabe in an inter- than a storage shed. The past seemed to report on the board’s activities and prog- view. “We absolutely want their stories to have been forgotten. ress. be remembered and to be retold through In 1991, however, things began to The Topaz Museum Board expects the our museum. It’s important that our chil- change. The family donated their half of museum to cost roughly $2.3 million. The dren and our children’s children do not the recreation hall back to Topaz and thus NPS grant gave the organization about a forget what the internees went through.” began a movement for the preservation of third of the money required to complete Delta, the town where the museum will the site of the Topaz Internment Camp. A this museum. Since receiving this grant, be built, is about 15 miles away from the committee in the nearby town of Delta, they have also received subsequent grants original site. The site itself is in the desert Utah, contacted former internees for do- from other organizations in Utah, includ- and very isolated. Because of this, it is dif- nations to restore the shed. In an over- ing the Izzy Wagner Foundation. Wagner, ficult for the board to maintain staff and whelming show of support, over $50,000 a businessman who owned a commercial security at the site. This issue is a famil- was raised, and by 1995 the shed was fi- bag company, hired internees from Topaz iar one to the Topaz Museum Board. In nally completed. to work for him after they left the camp. the 1990s, the plaque on the original site Since the mid-1990s, an organization His foundation recently donated $200,000. was shot with firearms on numerous oc- headed by Jane Beckwith, Executive Di- The Topaz Museum Board still must raise casions, forcing the board to build a new rector of Topaz Museum Board, has been about $600,000 to complete this project. plaque. working to buy back the land and build a The board is confident that it will be Over time, however, the attitude to- museum dedicated to the unlawful incar- able to raise the money and is moving for- wards the museum and towards the mem- ceration of over 8,000 Japanese Americans ward with plans to build the museum. It ory of Topaz has shifted considerably. at the Topaz Camp. In twenty years, 626 has bought land on Main Street in Delta More than half of the board members are acres of the original 640-acre site have and has hired a contractor. Construction Delta locals. The mayor of Delta has helped been reacquired, and a recent National is due to begin this spring. When complet- the Topaz board in their efforts and will Park Service (NPS) grant in the amount ed, the museum will exhibit artifacts from be building a city community center next

David Driggs (Topaz Board), Shirley Higuchi (HMWF Board Chair), Stevan Leger (HMWF Executive Director), Rick Okabe (Topaz Board), Doug Nelson (HMWF Vice Chair), Tak Hoshizaki (HMWF Board Member)

6 Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | Winter 2013 to the proposed museum. The buildings will share facilities and resources. During Topaz reunions, the town of Delta has welcomed back the internees and participated in the activi- ties organized by the board. “We are very appreciative of the residents of Delta,” Okabe said. “Particularly since there aren’t any Japanese still living in that area. We are going to be very much dependent on them to help run the museum.” Both the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and the Topaz Museum Board feel that it is important to engage in a dialogue and to support one another. Heart Mountain can lend the knowledge it has gained through its own experience of creating and running a museum. Okabe said, “We’re following in Heart Mountain’s foot- steps and we were very gratified to see that Heart Mountain was able to plan and carry through with its museum and learning center. Perhaps there’s possible ways where we could learn from some of the things that the Foundation’s board is Photos by Kim Barhaug going through.” n Topaz Board Member, Rick Okabe talks with HMWF Board about the future Topaz Museum. Root Cellar to Become Part of Interpretive Center Site The Heart Mountain Relocation Cen- sold. They also raised pigs, sheep, cows and in the life of the HMRC during its operation ter Root Cellar will soon be a part of the chickens. from 1942 to 1945 and holds significant his- Interpretive Center due to a planned gift Rudy remembers his dad as a hard work- torical value for the Camp and for the agri- to the Heart Mountain Wyoming Founda- er. “He was an oak tree, the backbone of cultural development of the Big Horn Basin. tion. The owners of the root cellar, Rudy the family,” Rudy said. Rudolph and Doris While largely still intact, the Root Cellar has and Dawn Jolovich, intend to donate it to raised five children on the farm—Judy Fris- fallen into disrepair, with some sections be- the Foundation as a memorial to Rudy’s fa- by, Sheryl Morris, Rudy Jolovich, Anthony ginning to collapse. There is an urgent need ther and mother and in honor of the Japa- Jolovich and James Jolovich—where they all to evaluate the structure and to plan for in- nese Americans that were held at the Heart worked hard alongside their parents as they terim and long term measures for its stabili- Mountain Relocation Center from 1942 to made a successful enterprise of farming. zation, preservation and interpretation. The 1945. “I did not know what to do with the Rudy and his siblings grew up in one of the Foundation has applied for funding with cellar, but then decided I would like to make barracks from the Heart Mountain camp. the Japanese American Confinement Sites it available for people to see and appreciate The Heart Mountain Root Cellar is lo- Grant Program to conduct the necessary le- it and as a remembrance to Mom and Dad,” cated adjacent to the Heart Mountain Wy- gal and survey work for transfer of title and Rudy said. oming Foundation’s Interpretive Center. to conduct initial study of the historical and Rudy and Dawn have a hay farm near Largely unchanged for more than 65 years, structural elements as preliminary steps to the Center and also own the property which the cellar is still a noticeable feature in the detailed plans for stabilization, conservation includes the root cellar which was near his topography of what was once the Heart and interpretation. The project will also boyhood home. Rudy’s father, Rudolph Mountain Relocation Center. With its icon- provide immediate stabilization activities Walter Jolovich, Sr., was a U.S. Army veter- ic wooden venting system that is still visible that are necessary to prevent further dam- an of WWII and a homesteader here follow- from Wyoming Highway 14A and from the age to the structure and for safety. ing the war. He had a homestead property Interpretive Center, the Root Cellar contin- More information will be available to the near the HMRC and was able to purchase ues to be a topic of inquiry for many Inter- public regarding the root cellar and agricul- the root cellar, locker plant and slaughter pretive Center guests. In fact, many visitors ture at Heart Mountain this summer, with house property in 1962. Rudolph and his comment that the very presence of “those the opening of the temporary exhibit: From wife Doris (Kawulok) Jolovich grew grains, little wooden boxes” prompted their visit to the Ground Up: Agriculture at Heart Moun- peas, beets and potatoes and used the root the Interpretive Center. tain in the Ford Foundation Temporary Ex- cellar to store potatoes until they could be The Root Cellar played an important role hibition Space. n

www.HeartMountain.org 7 Message from the Chair: Shirley Ann Higuchi

The Heart Mountain Wyoming Founda- National Recreation Area, the Wyoming war he successfully kept the root cellar full tion is strong and growing stronger, thanks State Historic Preservation Office and the of much needed vegetables, and pioneered to the diligent efforts of the Board of Direc- Bureau of Reclamation, we will be able to a host of agricultural innovations on the tors, staff and volunteers. A huge thanks make repairs so that the Honor Roll is more camp’s land. I am sure that Jim is smiling goes out to all our donors–we have made accessible and safer for visitors. down at us knowing that the Foundation is great strides in ensuring the Foundation’s During the 2013 Pilgirmage (July 19- now able to preserve the cellar as a histori- sustainability for the future. 21), we will also celebrate the completion cal resource for scholars, historians and the One of the critical volunteers that has of extensive stabilizing repairs on the site’s general public. contributed to our success iconic Hospital Boiler House With change comes new opportunities. is the law firm of Holland Chimney. This is a major ac- Many of you have learned that our Ex- & Hart. The firm has gen- complishment, and it is a re- ecutive Director plans to retire this spring. erously donated hundreds lief to know that this historic With Steve Leger’s stellar leadership, the of hours of extraordinarily site and striking regional Foundation reached several milestones, in- valuable legal and public landmark is secure for de- cluding building the groundwork for our policy support to the Foun- cades to come. financial sustainability and recruiting key dation. In addition, the firm As we celebrate all of our staff to stabilize the Center’s operations. has graciously hosted the accomplishments during the Steve is working very closely with the Per- Foundation’s board meet- past year, I was saddened to sonnel Committee to ensure that we iden- ings over the years in their learn that our beloved sup- tify another superb replacement, and he has Salt Lake City office. porter, Senator Daniel K. In- agreed to stay on as Senior Advisor to our While 2012 was a great Photo by Kevin J. Miyazaki ouye, passed before the new Major Gifts and Endowment Program to year for the HMWF, I am year. I am so grateful that ensure our continued financial growth. really looking forward to 2013. Wonder- he was a part of my life. He became a sig- In closing, I hope you will join me for ful developments are underway at the In- nificant role model for me on perseverance our annual Pilgrimage Celebration this terpretive Center and for the Foundation. through difficult times. summer and I look forward to celebrating With the pending charitable acquisition At our Grand Opening in the summer with you all our successes in 2013. n of the Heart Mountain Camp’s root cel- of 2011, I had the honor of introducing the lar site, we will be able to preserve this im- Senator as our keynote speaker. This great portant historical treasure for future gen- American hero said, “This Center will play HONORARY ADVISORS erations. While the acquisition of this asset an important role in reminding people that Norman Y. Mineta enhances the Center immeasurably we will it [internment] did happen in this great na- Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation need to work hard to find the resources to tion and if we don’t watch ourselves it could Alan K. Simpson appropriately preserve it and make it ac- happen again.” U.S. Senator (ret) cessible for further research. Nonetheless, Another beloved treasure of the Heart the HMWF leadership is delighted by the Mountain family departed last October– BOARD OF DIRECTORS chance to meet that challenge. Jim Ito, 95 years young, was an inspiration Shirley Ann Higuchi - Chair In late spring, we will begin repairs to to all of us. He will be remembered for his Douglas W. Nelson - Vice-Chair the internee-built stone wall surrounding steadfast dedication during the early stages Claudia Wade - Treasurer the Heart Mountain Honor Roll. Over the of the Interpretive Center’s development Rick Ewig - Secretary years, the stone work has weathered and be- through his service on the HMWF’s pro- Kris Horiuchi R. Dana Ono gun to collapse. With the guidance of Board gram committee. Jim’s ties to Heart Moun- Takashi Hoshizaki Pete Simpson Member Kris Horiuchi and Horiuchi Solien tain were strong. As Assistant Superinten- Alan Kumamoto Shigeru Yabu Landscape architects, the Bighorn Canyon dent of Agriculture in the camp during the Eric Muller Kathleen Saito Yuille Allyson Nakamoto LaDonna Zall

Staff Stevan Leger - Executive Director Bethany H Sandvik - Executive Assistant Kim Barhaug - Facilities Manager Hana Maruyama - Newsletter Contributer

8 Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | Winter 2013 Second Annual Holiday Open House We opened to a winter wonderland of snow on December 8 for the Holiday Open House. Joining us was Polly Richter, our paper crane artist from Red Lodge, MT. She set up a table to help anyone who wanted to try their hand at a variety of origami pat- terns. We also had Robyn Cutter display- ing her photo creations made from original barrack floor boards with photos of Heart Mountain attached. Our guests braved the Wyoming winter to enjoy hot tea or cocoa with an assortment of cookies supplied by staff and volunteers. After the featured movie, they viewed the exhibits and bookstore. It was wonderful to see so many local families and friends. All of us at Heart Mountain would like to extend our thanks to the Powell and Cody residents, our great volunteers and friends for making 2012 such a success. We hope 2013 will be a wonderful year for ev- Photo courtesy of the Cody Enterprise eryone! n Polly Richter, Origami artist, teaches Tayten Barhaug the art of paper folding at the Holiday Open House.

Memory and Justice Endowment Fund off to a Good Start Last fall, the Heart Mountain Wyoming a good start. With significant pledges and Americans will not be forgotten, and the Foundation began collecting donations donations already received, the HMWF memory of those events will help ensure it earmarked for the “Memory and Justice continues to urge our supporters to con- never happens again.” Endowment Fund,” which was created to sider making a donation to the Memory help ensure the long term financial sus- and Justice Endowment Fund. Accord- Tax-deductible donations, pledges and be- tainability of the work of the Heart Moun- ing to Foundation Board Member Tak quests can be directed to: tain Wyoming Foundation. With an ambi- Hoshizaki, “the Endowment Fund will Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation tious goal of raising $2-plus million over go far to guarantee that what happened Memory and Justice Endowment the next two years, the Foundation is off to at Heart Mountain to 14,000 Japanese 1539 Road 19, Powell, WY 82435

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www.HeartMountain.org 9 Walter Eggers: Thank You As a young boy growing up in Wyoming, with the Foundation. “I had heard about the chimney’s repair and refurbishment. Walter Eggers had heard of Heart Moun- [the Heart Mountain Wyoming Founda- “As with any historical preservation proj- tain and knew a little bit about the Wyo- tion] and I had read a little bit about it be- ect, it has some challenges. But I would ming internment camp from World War fore getting involved,” he notes. “But talk- say the Board has worked really hard on II. But it was during law school at the Uni- ing with the board members, listening to it, and I think they’ve gotten a really good versity of Wyoming that he began to really their conversations, going to the ILC—it’s response from the Federal agencies that are learn about the injustice of the imprison- just been eye-opening to me and so incred- involved.” ment of over 120,000 Japa- ibly educational.” One of Eggers’ main responsibilities for nese and Japanese Americans Having been involved the Foundation is to coordinate the legal by the U.S. Government. It with the Foundation as it work that needs to be done and to reach was also in law school where worked to build the Interpre- out to other lawyers at Holland & Hart for Eggers met Professor Eric tive Learning Center, Eggers assistance in legal matters in their areas of Muller who was writing a has watched the Foundation expertise. “It’s been really great to see the book about the draft resisters grow and evolve over the reaction that the attorneys have had around at Heart Mountain. past two years. The Grand the firm and support and interest that attor- Years later, Muller joined Opening, Eggers states, “was neys from around the firm have had work- the Board of Directors of the a turning point for the Foun- ing on Heart Mountain issues,” Eggers said. Heart Mountain Wyoming dation from a group that was Other lawyers from Holland & Hart who Foundation and became the trying to open the ILC to a have worked with the Foundation include program chair, putting to- Walter Eggers group that is now trying to Joanna Vilos, Holly Olson, and Kelly John- gether exhibits for the Foun- develop, expand, and main- son. Johnson is a specialist in U.S. affairs dation’s Interpretive Learning Center. In tain the ILC.” and has been instrumental in working with October 2012, he reached out to his old One part of developing and expanding Board Chair Shirley Higuchi on the Foun- student, asking if Eggers’ law firm, Holland the Center has been the effort to preserve dation’s matters in Washington, D.C. & Hart, would be interested in lending legal the land and the remaining buildings. Egg- “This is an important place for the support to the Foundation. ers and other members of Holland & Hart world, for the country, and also for Wyo- Since then, Eggers has been involved in have been very involved in that process. ming,” Eggers emphasizes. “It’s an incred- many facets of the Foundation; he has at- For instance, the chimney, a key feature of ible asset for this state in that it’s a place tended HMWF board meetings and the the Heart Mountain Hospital, is on Fed- where people can really do some deep Grand Opening, provided legal assistance eral land. Because of this, Eggers has been thinking and learning about this era in this and coordinated Holland & Hart’s work working with Federal agencies to discuss country’s history.” n

Partnership is “Key” for Upcoming Smithsonian Exhibit The Wyoming Humanities Council is tain Wyoming Foundation has been work- Food and the area’s cultural food history!” sponsoring Key Ingredients: America by ing closely with the Homesteader and serves In conjunction with the Key Ingredients Food, a Smithsonian Institution Travel- on the outreach committee charged with exhibit, the Heart Mountain Interpretive ing Exhibition Service (SITES) exhibit that developing surround activities throughout Center will host a “sister” exhibit: From the explores the cultural and historical forces 2013 based on the Key Ingredients exhibit. Ground Up: Agriculture and Gardening at that shape American regional cuisine and Events include panel discussions, documen- Heart Mountain. The exhibit will run June the connections between Americans and tary viewings, book clubs, local food tastings 7 through October 6, and will be on display the foods they produce, prepare, preserve and more. In addition, Heart Mountain staff during the annual Heart Mountain Pilgrim- and serve. The exhibit, a component of the will offer support to the Homesteader for age. SITES Museum on Main Street program, will installation, education and interpretation. Key Ingredients opens at the Homesteader tour eight Wyoming communities, includ- As Rowene Weems, Executive Director of Museum on August 24 and will run through ing Powell, Wyoming, where it will be on the Homesteader Museum notes, “We are October 6, 2013. For more information, display at the Homesteader Museum. thrilled to be working closely with HMWF visit www.homesteadermuseum.com and As a partner institution, the Heart Moun- to celebrate Key Ingredients: America by www.keyingredients.org n

10 Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | Winter 2013 Heart Mountain Interpretive Center Receives Media Award The Heart Mountain Wyoming Founda- Media Section to promote excellence in the outstanding educational contribution in tion was awarded the 2012 Interior Exhibit delivery of natural, cultural, and historical the areas of human relations, multicultural- Award from the National Association of non-personal interpretive services. ism and diversity. n Interpretation at their National Workshop This is the third award the Heart Moun- in Hampton, Virginia, on November tain Interpretive Center has received. Also 17, 2012. The award was presented in 2012, the Alliance of American to Split Rock Studios, the exhibit Museums awarded Heart Moun- design team responsible for creat- tain the Excellence in Exhibition ing “Across a Wire: Voices from Award for Eloquent Presentation Heart Mountain” at the Heart of Topic. In addition, the Wyo- Mountain Interpretive Center. The ming Education Association hon- Interpretive Media Awards Competi- ored Heart Mountain with the 2012 Photo by Stevan Leger tion is conducted by the National Associa- Harriett “Liz” Byrd Award, which annually Interior barracks exhibit at the Heart Mountain tion for Interpretation and its Interpretive honors an organization that has made an Interpretive Center. Heart Mountain Website to Get New Look! If you have visited the Heart Mountain immediately excited because of our affinity tent for those students and schools that are Wyoming Foundation’s website recently, for our state, and the history that is here. unable to be here in person. Virtual tours, you may have noticed some changes begin- We feel that we are able to contribute, in study guides, book recommendations and ning to happen. Indeed, www.HeartMoun- our small way, to that history by putting the curriculum ideas will all be part of the edu- tain.org is on its way to being a more profes- professionalism, integrity, and hard work cation component of the site. sional, user-friendly, fun and informative that we strive so hard to achieve into every Finally, scholars, descendants and other site than ever before. With the help of a page of this incredible project.” Big Idea is invested parties wanting detailed informa- grant from the National Park Service’s Jap- co-owned by Rob and his wife, Kelly Gar- tion about the Japanese-American Intern- anese American Confinement Sites (JACS) rett, creative developer. ment and/or specific people and events that grant program, Heart Mountain has hired When writing our proposal to the JACS occurred at Heart Mountain will be able to Big Idea Advertising, based in Cody, Wyo- program, the Foundation stressed that we access certain archival information through ming, to update our current website as well needed to present three levels of informa- a password-protected area of our website. as create more interactive online features tion for three very different audiences. Our Over time, this aspect will be especially im- including virtual tours and interactive edu- highest priority is to reach potential visi- portant as we continue to digitize our col- cational components. tors/tourists and people wanting to learn lections, including personal papers, news The website will attract new visitors and about the Interpretive Center as an attrac- articles, letters, photos, and other fragile enhance and amplify their experiences to tion—with the goal to get them to visit our materials that have been entrusted to the the Interpretive Center while offering infor- Center and the Cody/Powell area. Park Center. mation to a wider audience for a more com- County, Wyoming, is rich with tourist ac- An additional component of the new site plete understanding of the internment story tivities. From Yellowstone National Park will be the ability to purchase items from and constitutional issues. When completed, to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, to the our gift shop online. We have had numer- the redesigned Heart Mountain website will Homesteader Museum, there is much to ous requests from HMWF members and better feature the Interpretive Center, pro- see and do. The Heart Mountain Interpre- friends to make this process possible. This vide user-friendly educational and histori- tive Center can and should appeal to people past holiday season, the ILC gift shop took cal content, explain the origins and mission wanting to visit these other attractions, and over two dozen orders over the phone, each of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Founda- we must make it easier for them to do so. time requiring several calls back and forth tion and host an online store. Our second priority for the website is ed- with the customer. An online store will al- Rob Garrett, Director of Marketing at ucation. Teachers and students interested in low anyone to purchase books, DVDs and Big Idea is thrilled to be working with the Wyoming, American and/or WWII history other Heart Mountain items at any time of Foundation. “We at Big Idea Advertising need to be able to quickly find information the day. are proud to be chosen to work with Heart about our educational programming and The newly designed website is scheduled Mountain Wyoming Foundation on their the history of the Japanese Internment. It to go live on March 31, 2013. Please click website project,” he said. “When we re- needs to be clear what the Center can offer onto www.HeartMountain.org to check it ceived the [Request for Proposals] we were students who visit as well as providing con- out! n

www.HeartMountain.org 11 From The Executive Director: Stevan Leger

In many ways, 2012 was a milestone year Sam Mihara volunteering world class museum. Now for the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foun- their time to make presen- our task is to make sure it dation. While the excitement and hard tations to visitors while in- thrives, grows and inspires work of getting the Interpretive Learning teracting with them as they visitors for generations to Center finished and completing a marvel- explored the Center. The come.” We are already re- ous grand opening in August 2011 was visitors let us know that the ceiving generous gifts and very fulfilling, that was just the beginning. hard work is worthwhile and pledges to the Memory and In 2012, we began to chart a new course for is helping to fulfill our mis- Justice Endowment Fund the future of the Interpretive Center and sion. “This affected me as and are on a good start to- the Heart Mountain Wyoming Founda- much as my tour thru the ward achieving our two mil- tion. For me, it was both challenging and Holocaust Museum in DC,” lion dollar goal in the next very fulfilling. wrote one visitor. Another few years. The Foundation There really was very little time for the wrote “Well done! Thanks Board of Directors contin- Board of Directors or staff to catch their to all who made this center possible. The ues to work tirelessly to raise funds for the breath in 2012. The thrill of seeing years displays are remarkable and tell the story Interpretive Center and our programs, plan of planning come to fruition was quickly of the American Citizens who lived here in pilgrimage events, and chart a steady and replaced with the need to reenergize, re- a personal way.” The many former Heart inspirational course for the future. group, and make solid plans for the future. Mountain internees who visited in 2012 This past year could not have been suc- The staff took on the task of daily opera- brought heart-breaking and inspirational cessful without many people listed in this tions of the Center, welcoming thousands stories that they often shared with the staff issue of our newsletter who donated gener- of guests from around the world. We were and visitors here. ously to support the Foundation and many fortunate to have a dedicated group of full- In November 2012 the Board of Direc- others who have volunteered countless time and part-time staff who really love tors launched the Memory and Justice En- hours in support of the Foundation and the their work and enjoy welcoming people to dowment Fund to help ensure the Founda- Interpretive Center. Our donors, volun- the Center. We also were lucky to have a tion’s long term financial stability. In the teers, Board and staff all have helped assure great first summer of the “Advisor in Resi- words of Foundation Vice-Chair Doug that 2012 was a milestone year and deserve dence” program with Bacon Sakatani and Nelson “We have succeeded in building a our heart felt thanks and appreciation. n

Thank You Donors: 2012 ————— $25,000 and Above ————— —————————— $10,000 to $24,999 —————————— The Ford Foundation Shirley Ann Higuchi Park County Travel Council LaDonna Zall Ishiyama Foundation Eileen Rodenhizer Layden Family Foundation The Seattle Foundation

————————————————————————————— $2,500 to $9,999 ————————————————————————————— Daniele Bodini Arthur A. & Hiroko K. Endo Robert & Irene Hoshizaki Annie E Casey Matching Gifts Rite Hite Foundation Douglas & Linda Nelson Carol Chapman Kris Horiuchi & Daniel Solien Naoma Tate Kathy Saito & David L. Yuille ————————————————————————————— $1,000 to $2,499 ————————————————————————————— Blair Hotels Ralph & Barbara Crane Jon Hoshizaki Teresa Markowitz STS Foundation Kathleen Bole & Paul Jim & Ginger Dager Yasuko Ikeda Fudeko T. Maruyama Jean Uyemura Klingenstein Mike & Peggy Fuson Estate of Toshie K Kamasaki Nelson Family Foundation Tim & Claudia Wade Tom & Meredith Brokaw William I. Higuchi Joanne & Alan Kumamoto David Ogawa Stephen E. & Karen C. Malinda Pennoyer Thomas G. & Sandra H. Stevan Leger & Zann Eugene S. & Mikiko K. Sasai Williams Chouinard Hollinger Liljegren Alan K. & Ann Simpson Anonymous

12 Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | Winter 2013 ——————————————————————————————— $250 to $999 ——————————————————————————————— Christine Aimone Amiee Fujinami Harry Le Vine, Jr. Reiko & Hiroshi Nakano Mae Lani Morioka & Sue Uyeki Karen Maeda & Joseph John & Janet Furukawa Richard Lehmann & Alice Nakashima Roger Sanjek Paul Wakagawa Allman Engineering Associates Kathleen Feely Nancy Nomura Catherine C. & Frank H. Margot Walk & Jerry Big Horn Federal Savings Teresa Hada Janice A. Lenhard John Nomura Schmidt Freeland Bank Fred & Mary Lee Yuriko Kojima Livingston Richard Oba Ruth Schriock Wells Fargo Bank The Boeing Company Haddenhorst Alan Marumoto George M. Ogata May Sagawa Shelton Wyoming Financial Powell Valley Healthcare Joyce L. Harkness Karen Chittenden & Tak & Emmy Ogawa Tak & Lily Shimizu Insurance Inc. Sue Lin Chong Donald T. Hata Warren Maruyama James & Eiko Oka George T. Shimizu Shigeru Yabu Anthony & Diane Jason & Linda Louise K. Epstein & Nancy Ann Okano Kerry Shiraki Motoyuki Yamaga Cipolione Hatakeyama Stephen Marzen Chiaki Jane Okashima Peter K. & Lynne L. Glen Yamashita Helen B. Clarke Carolyn M Higgins Masatoshi & Shiho Carolyn Okashima- Simpson Kathleen Yano John & Beverly Coles Norman F.H. & Mary Matsuyama Adams Donald Sogiok Amy Yasui Stuart W Conner & Susan S.W. Ho Donna McMurry Ronny T. Okimura Mary Nagle Street Jack & Grace Ybarra McDaniel Takashi Hoshizaki Wesley W Metheney R. Dana Ono Marc B. Sugiyama Shig & Mary Yokoyama Sharon & Robert Coors Mary Hoshizaki Sam & Helene Mihara Willinda Oudin Frank Y. & Mae M. Suto Elaine E. Yoshida Susan O DeGracia Kazuko Immisch Lynn Chieko Mikami Diane Owyang Kee Suzuki Marian Yoshida Thomas Dobashi Joyce Ishimoto Yuji Morita Louise R. Oyama Calvin & Marie Tajima Sam Yoshikawa Betsy Downey Margaret York & Lance Ito Roger Mouri Patricia Andow-Plum & Peggy & Allan Tanaka Cal Yoshikawa Tak Endo Mr. Kim Kawashima Vyrn Muir Larry R. Plum Karen Tanz Mrs. Marguerite Richard G. Ewig Kenneth K. Koga Don & Mary Muraoka Allen F. & Kristin Rapacz Thomas & Masaru Yoshikawa LeRoy & Lynnette Marie Kopka Reiko Nagumo Karen Roles & Caleb Umemoto Rick Yoshikawa Feusner Richard & Frances David Nakaki Roles Raymond S. & Yoshiko Toshihisa Yotsuyanagi Melanie S. Freeman Kushino David Nakamura Katsumi & Mary Sakatani M. Uno Marathon Oil Company

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www.HeartMountain.org 13 ——————————————————————————————— $50 to $99 ——————————————————————————————— Niro & Atsuko Abe Ike & Mich Fujishin T. Steven & Virginia Mark W. Law James L. Muller Earl & Mary Ellen Eugene K. & Helen Mark & Susan Abe Kit & Ellen Fujiwara Ichishta Bruce & Leslie Levy David G. & Diana Muller Robinson Tashima Forrest R. Allen Bill & Yuri Fukui Amy Imai Jason A Lillegraven Ester Murray George & Jane Robison Maurice A. Toyama Don & Karen Amend Yoneichi Fukui Lloyd & Tazuko Inui Armand & Arle Lohof Love & Roger Murray Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Marjorie & Chris Tsuji Cheryl & Chris Anderson Dick K. & Chiyeko A. Sharon Iriye & Kathie Wes & Suzanne Luhr Rex Myers & Susan Roseman Christopher & Marjorie David D. Anderson Fukumoto Maier Mike Mackey Richards Robert & Jo An Sabonjian Tsuji Diane & Roy Andow Dean Furukawa James O. & Toshiko Eiko Yokota Koto Magner Seiji & Emilie Nakamoto Ernest Kazato & Carolyn William Ujiiye Steve & Sharon Bailey Judith Powers & Rex Nagamori Ito Brian & Mary T. Marrs Mitsuye Nakao M. Sakauye Tsutomu & Jean Harold Bailey Gantenbein Naoko Yoshimura Ito Bob & Elsie Martens Jerry & Tami Neal Bethany & Jeff Sandvik Umekubo Kristen Bancroft Susan M. Gibb & Richard Ruth K. Itow Salli Martyniak Aura Newlin Ben T. & Carolyn H. Seo Unitarian Universalist of Robin Bartel Tieman Hiro & Elaine Iwasaki Wendy Maruyama & Lena Newlin & Nat Kyke Janice Shigehara Casper Ralph & Fern Daphne Grimes Janet C. Iwata William Schairer Toshi Nishimura Wilbur Shigehara Don Rolston & Barbara Bartholomew James H. & Renie Y. Grohl Erin & Dave Johnson Kayoshi Masuoka Joyce Nishioka Michael & Margaret Uriu Lindsey Hayes & Ben Kay Guinto Sumi K. Joyner Minako Iko Matsumura John & Trudy Nishizu Shilling Charles T. & Sumi Uyeda Beasley Bridget Hamanaka Nobuji & Hisako Kamei Frank & Emiko Matsuno John & Lilyan Y. Nitta Ko Shimizu Isamu & Teruko Uyehara Michael & Marjane Mary Yoshinaga Yuji & Kimi Kaneko Carol Matsuoka Laura Norwitz Roger & Sakiko Shimizu Karin A Verdon Belomyzy Hamasaki Sumiye Konoshima Ray & Rose Mayeda Harry & Jeanne Ohara Warren & Rosie James Wakagawa Eric Bittner & Helen George K. & Shiz Hanada Mark Kataoka & Cheryl Nancy McClure Daniel A. & Carolyn A. Shimonishi Hisashi & Takako Wunnicke Don & Betty Hardy Lai Sharyl McDowell & Ohlson Bill & Emi Shishima Watanabe Walter R. & Yoshiko N. Christine Hashimoto Eiichi & Iyoko Nakao Richard Brady Sumio & Hisa Okabayashi Peggie Shoji Richard & Marjorie Bogard Bobbie Hasselbring & Katsuyoshi Allison McIver Frank T. Oki Cliff & Lila Sillerud Wilder Darlene Bos Ann Weaver George & Ikuko Kawahara Richard J. & Jane Miller Mark & Joan Olson Carol B. Skram Brenda Williams Nardine K. Brandon Lily Hataye Tim & Lynda King Janet & Henry Minami Joanne F. & Stephen L. Joan Slebos Charlie & Jennifer Wilson Chris & Kathy Brown Jim & Rachel Hatchimonji Shigeru & Miyeko Amy Miyakawa Oppenheim Dawn Slowi Ken & Betty Witzeling Lisa Burrow Kim Mitchell & David Kinoshita Osamu & Akiko John & Debbie Orenstein Anthony & Jo Anne Smith Tracy W. & Kathleen M. Josephine Cook Hatchimonji Mitsuko Kinoshita Miyamoto Kei Oshiro Lloyd & Peggy Snyder Wormald Raymond Dell’Isola Family John Y. & Alice H. George & Betty Kometani Julie Miyamura George & Kimie Ouchi Randall Stehle Ross & Billie Wortham Joshua Steven Doi Hayakawa Ron & Patti Kopriva Kikuko O. Moon Margaret Oyama Connie A. Stewart Donald & Mary M Roy H. Doi Larry Hildes & Karen Dolores L. & James W. Frank & Amy Morikawa Roy & Lily Ozaki Ken & Lesa Stockwell Yamamoto Mary M. Endo Weill Koski Kenneth & Sheila Gretchen Papka Paul T. & Miyoko Nancy Yamauchi Jason & Jennifer Fernelius Ann M. Hinckley Charles Krahl & Evie Morimoto Mary Ann & Robert Sugihara Katheen Yano Hervery & Kay Flesher Shig Honda Rohling Susan Morita & James Perkins Fred K. & Mary K. Suto Kazuyo Yonemoto Marie & Robert Fontaine Joyce T. Horiuchi & Linda David & Akiko Kubo Wearda Brian & Carrie Peters Ray & Fumi Tadakuma Richard M. & Akemi David & Lynn Fox M. Horiuchi Don & Beverly Kurtz Rod & Lynn Morrison Ruby E. Quarterman Mickey & Carolyn Yoshida Stan & Sharon Fujimoto Kats & Bambi Horiuchi Taka Kutsuma Sam & Sachiko Saks Jo Amy Rice Takeshita Henry & Alyce Yoshikai Susie & Mary Fujioka Dennis M. How Raymond Lancon Mukai Patricia B. Robbins Tom & Grace Takeuchi Janet N Y Zarchen

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14 Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation | Winter 2013 Show Your Support: Giving Opportunities

Buy-A-Brick: Put your name in history for only $250 per brick. Commemorative bricks are inscribed and placed permanently at the entrance to the ILC. Each brick is 4” x 8” and will be permanently etched. Maximum of 3 lines per brick, 17 characters (alphabet, number, and symbols such as &,-,”) per line. All letters will be capitalized. Each line will be centered unless otherwise specified. Japanese symbols can be used for an additional $50 charge. Please contact staff for instructions if interested.

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Donations: Yes, I want to do my part to help sustain the Interpretive Learning Center at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. membership: Thanks to our generous donors, the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation officially opened our Interpretive Learning Center on August 20, 2011. We need your help to continue our journey toward assuring a world-class Interpretive Learning Center. We invite you to join our membership at the most generous level with which you feel comfortable. General Membership Benefits r Friend ($100) r Heart Mountain Circle ($1,000-$4,999) • Free Admission to the ILC All the benefits of Family/Dualplus : All the benefits of Family/Dualplus : • Subscription to the newsletter • 2 one-time-use guest passes • 20 one-time use guest passes • Free admission for receptions and previews r Contributing ($250) • Recognition on the Annual Giving Wall • 10% discount on ILC store purchases All the benefits of Family/Dualplus : • Discount on use of Multi-purpose room r Senior/Student ($30) • 5 one-time-use guest passes (by appointment) General Membership benefits for one r Sustaining ($500) • Behind the scenes collections tours by r Individual ($35) All the benefits of Family/Dualplus : appointment General Membership benefits for one • 10 one-time-use guest passes r Kokoro Kara Circle ($5,000 and above) r Family/Dual Membership ($60) • Discount on use of Multi-purpose room (Kokoro Kara - from the heart) General Membership benefits for two (by appointment) All the benefits of Heart Mountain Circleplus : adults at the same address and children or • Any-time admission for 2 member grandchildren under the age of 18 *(Valid for one year and renewable annually) accompanied guests • Free use of Multi-purpose room (by appt.) Please remember the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation in your will or estate plans.

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