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MOCIEOC BI*DlSTRICT Musical Prodigy Hits All the Right Notes Marc Yu can capture the He practices up A Delicate Balance beauty of classical music to six hours a day or like a pro even before he until Chloe stops turns 7. him for a walk in the park or swim• By LYNDA LIN ming lessons. He Assistant Editor also has a publicist and his own Web MONTEREY PARK-Six• site. year-ol~ Marc Yu is like any other "He's just a nor• child his age. He likes to kick soc• mal six-year-old cer balls, swat ping-pong balls boy playing sports, and demolish opponents in a playing in dirt," she mean game of Hang Man. said, adding, "He But with cello in hand, Marc is loves the stage. He transformed. Eyes softly shut, his loves performing." For now, the fingers dance fluidly across the Youth speaker Vanessa DeGuia (back row, second from left), poses with world is Marc's strings and floods the room with JACL youth members during the recent Chicago MDC/EDC Bi-district. music by Johann Sebastian Bach stage. He's been the and Vivaldi. His repertoire also focus of several District Conference J ul y 21-24. MUSIC GIANT: Marc Yu started playing at 3 years As JACL's stalwart Nisei includes piano concertos. He con• newspaper articles "And it has to be the youth that step and 10 months. He was memorizing concertos membership decreases, jures Bach and Mozart with ease, and television up." at 4. See Marc on the 'Jay Lena. S~ow' Aug. 9. many say a stronger voice but needs a special extender for shows, including an for the youth is the solution. As a world studies teacher and his little legs to reach the pedals. feet, red socks. upcorning spot on active youth speaker, DeGuia One of his goals, he said, is "to 'The Jay Leno Show" Aug. 9, "Marc is a very adorable boy and By CAROLINE AOYAGI knows all too well the often delicate where he will play one rninute of grow" his hands to reach the he is so cute that I wouldn't think of Executive Editor balance of power between the dif• piano's octave. him as a prodigy when I play with piano and 30 seconds of cello. ferent generations in the APA com• He's also received the greel'l: light Marc is a musical prodigy. him," said Pamela Lam, his first CHICAGO- For Filipino munity - e pecially en i co es to crack a few jokes. He's been For a recent performance in a piano teacher. American Vanessa DeGuia, 25, to determining who has possession testing one of his favorites at a Monterey Park, Calif. elementary Marc is also a consummate per• gaining a greater voice for Asian of that power, often ending in an few of his performances. school auditorium, Marc arrived former. Every note and musical Pacific American youth in the com• elders vs. youth dilernna. "What do you use to clean a through the back door dressed in a crescendo is accompanied with the munity is all about power - and it's It's the same ongoing discussion tuba? Tub-a toothpaste," he says tiny elegant tuxedo complete with perfect emotional facial expression. there for the taking. JACL members have had for years and then pauses for laughter. tails. Pre performance, he bound• His mom, Chloe, said he studies the ''We need to give youth more now: membership numbers contin• But it's not always fun and ed across the room packed to expressions of his favorite musical power ... to gain a greater voice," ue to decline as aging Nisei pass on games. A lot of responsibilities capacity with an excited, mostly idols - Yo-Yo Ma and Lang Lang said DeGuia, who led a youth work• but why can't the JACL attract more come with nurturing a prodigy Asian American audience. On his - from his vast collection of con• shop on community organizing dur• youth members to help increase hands, he wore teal gloves. On his certDVDs. See PRODIGYlPage 5 ing the Midwest and Eastern Bi- See YOUTHlPage 5 Afghanistan'.s Soybean Solution APA Community Denounces I------~------. Hiring of 'Tsunami Song' Using his own money and ' California he is time, Nutritionist Steven helping save the Creator to SF Radio Station K won brings soybean pro- · lives of Afghan duction to aid the people of women and chil• "Y job is 10 pul S/~1I oullhepe aDd see whll gels a PHlC• Afghanistan. dren throughout this impoverished lioo. Hope/ul/y, plople wil/ gel I kick oul 0/ il. I By CAROLINE AOYAGI nation. Rick Delgado in the San Jose Mercury News Executive Editor A nutritionist by training, K won The radio producer has . large Asian Pacific American popu• Steven K won may be thousands works full time as landed in a frrestorm of lation. of miles away from Afghanistan but a senior nutrition Despite expressed outrage from scientist for Nestle L.--.;...___ ~i..-."";;';'; --.,;.i____ --..,;;.;;;;.;;;.;~;.;..I protest since coming to a from his home in Pasadena, USA. But during Nutritionst Dr. Steven Kwon with an Afghan farmer in city with over 33 percent APA groups over his new gig on the Bagramy, Kabul Province during a recent visit. . Asians. Many ask, is 'edgy' "Strawberry in the Morning" show, radio becoming hateful for Delgado told a Bay Area newspaper ------COMMENTARY his off days and practically any that he would not change his ways. spare moment he has, K won works ratings? "My job is to put stuff out there Clmord Uyeda - The to provide nutrition and health solu• By LYNDA LIN and see what gets a reaction. Unsung Hero of Redress tions to the people of Afghanistan Hopefully, people will get a kick through his non-profit organization, Assistant Editor out of it," Delgado told the San Jose By JOHN TATEISIfl NEI - Nutrition & Education Mercury News. JACL Executive Director International. So far Kwon has used Producer Rick Delgado's · radio Some former co-workers who up most of his vacation time in vis• broadcast career has been filled call Delgado "Over the Top Rick" Clifford Uyeda was a remarkable with controversy. He was fired from its to Afghanistan and has spent are also confident the ·producer will person and one of the most unrecog• thousands of. dollars of his own New York's MIX 102.7 (WNEW• inevitably be back to his old tricks nized heroes · in money to fund NEI. FM) in 2002 for his role.in the radio of offending people. the fight for "It is definitely a challenge to bal• station's sex in a church stunt. He "He's in your town now," said redress. Fearless, ance my full-time job and my vol• was also fired from HOT 97 XM Satellite Radio Personalities principled, full of unteer efforts with NEI," said (wQHT-FM) earlier this year for Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony integrity, fully Kwon who contacted the Pacific I masterminding the tsunami parody song filled with anti-Asian slurs. Curnia in a July 14 broadcast of committed to the I Citizen while on a recent trip to their "Opie and Anthony Show." J a p. a n e s e Afghanistan. "Many volunleers are Now Delgado has landed another Both Hughes and Curnia were fired American com• full-time workers as well. One of controversial job as the new produc• along with Delgado from MIX munity, he was the perfect fig~ to the key reasons why NEI has er at WILD 94.9 (KYLD-FM) in San Francisco, a diverse city with a See REDRESSIPage 2 See AFGHANISTANIPage 12 See RADIOlPage 12 I I .

2 NATIONAL/LETTERS PACIFIC CITIZEN, AUG. 5-18, 2005 REDRESS National Redress Committee, a posi• won the election. His victory was national issue. We took the issue to PACIFIC CITIZEN tion he accepted when Edison Uno spectacular, not for the way he won, the national media and had heated (Continued from page 1) unexpectedly died While undergoing but simply for the fact that he won debates in the editorial pages of 7 Cupania Circle, become the JACL national president heart surgery in December 1976 .. against such a strong opponent. He major newspapers and aired the Monterey Park, CA 91755 at a time when the JACes redress I've always felt Cliff accepted the and I met"privately to talk about his story of the internment on the three Tel: 323/725-0083, effort needed a perfect leader. position as much out of respect and presidency and about redress. He network news programs. We made 800/966-6157, Fax: He had led the fight for the exon• a<;lrniration for Edison's remarkable told me that we were pursuing an the very controversial and very 323/725-0064 eration of Iva Toguri, wrongly achievements as a civil rights activist impossible dream but he was asking unpopular decision to opt for a bill to E-mail: [email protected] accused of being the infamous as it was his own personal commit• me to lead this campaign. "You will seek the creation of a federal com• letters2pc@ aol.com "Tokyo Rose," .and the campaign ment to redress. Looking back on it no doubt pay a terrible 'price," he mission to investigate the circum• Executive Editor: against the Sierra Club's boycott of now, I don't know if anyone else said, and there would be awful con• stances of the internment, and so Caroline Y. Aoyagi J A merchants in J -town as retaliation could have stepped in to such a big troversies. But no matter what, he much more. Assistant Editor: against Japan's refusal to join the void and not fallen through. said, he would always stand behind On the day before his tenn as Lynda Lin moratorium on the killing of whales. As the 1978 Salt Lake City con• me and support any decision I made. JACL national president expired, I Office Manager: Clifford was the lone JA who sat vention approached, I often talked to It was an act of friendship and faith stood with Clifford in the White Brian Tanaka with the tribal councils of the Navajo Clifford about strategies both for his such as I'd never experienced before House as President Jimmy Carter Circulation~ Eva Lau-Ting and Hopi Nations in their fight presidency and for redress, for the or since. And true to his word, signed the commission bill and Intern: Amy Ikeda against the U.S. government's plans two went hand-in-hand. Shortly Clifford was the one person who shook Clifford's hand. Two humble to relocate them. He was extraordi• before the convention, he told me he stood beside me when things turned men, two great humanitarians. Publisher: Japanese narily passionate about the injustices wanted me to accept the chairman• ugly. In my mind, Clifford was a great American Citizens League of all these issues and he was also ship of the national redress commit• During his two-year presidency, leader and a true hero of the cam• (founded 1929) 1765 Sutter passionate about redress. tee if he won the election and asked we accomplished incredible things. paign. He was a tireless and fearless Street, San Francisco, CA Although a critic of the JACL, he what my goals would be. I told him We launched the campaign from the leader who gave dignity and stature 94115, tel: 4151921-5225 fax: was recruited to run for the JACL I wanted to accomplish two things: Little America Hotel in Salt Lake to a campaign that to this day is con• 4151931-4671, www.jacl.org national presidency for one reason: First, to take our fight to the public City and made the internment of JAs sidered one of the most remarkable JACL President: Ken Inouye to lead the fight for redress. I was arena because we needed to con• and our demands for redress a campaigns in this nation's history.• National Director: John Tateishi . asked to run Clifford's campaign vince the American public. Convince the public first, I told him, Pacific Citizen Board of against a fonnidable candidate from COMMENTARY Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair-' the Central Valley: Judge Mikio and we can convince the Congress. person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; Uchiyama. Most people would not We wouk\ use and exploit the media Casey China, MOC; Grace have given Clifford a snowball's just as they would try to use us. JACL Membership: Remember the Weeds chance of winning against someone Second, to focus on legislation, and Kimoto, CCDC; Valerie By EDWIN ENDOW are the injustice, prejudice, and Yasukochi, NCWNPDC; Ann as revered and respected as Mikio, if we were lucky, maybe get some• Nat'l v.P. of Membership Fujii-Undwall, PNWDC; Larry but I had worked with Cliff and thing introduced in the Congress. ignorance that JACL has been fight• Grant, IDC; Alayne Yonemoto, knew that his quiet dignity made him I had already pushed Clifford to ing through education and its pro• Picture this in your mind for a PSWDC; Maya Yamazaki, an equally impressive candidate. develop the Salt Lake City grams. The JACL has been digging moment. You are on the sidewalk Youth. People would come to realize that he Guidelines, and so I felt legislation out and hoeing the weeds of injus• looking at a house. The house is had both the commitment and would complete his presidency: I tice, prejudice, and ignorance for r------, wanted him to have the honor and immaculate. It NEWS/AD DEADLINE: courage to take us down the path to over 75 years. It has been a constant FRIDAY BEFORE DATE redress. satisfaction of a redress bill in the isn't a man• battle because you know how weeds OF ISSUE. At the time he agreed to be a can• Congress while he was the JACL's sion, just a reg• grow. We have also cut, pruned and Editorials, news and the didate for the national presidency, national president. ular house. But opinions expressed by col• Clifford was the chair of the To everyone's surprise, Clifford planted the good things (trees, lawn, look at what's umnistsother than the • flowers) with education programs, national JACL president or - · · ~ "':'\: - ' 7 · - ' ~ ~ - ~- - '!"!'" ~~ ~ - - ~ . '!'--' around it. The -- -;. .. ------.---- -: scholarships for the future, and cul• national director do not landscaping: necessarily reflect JACL ~ \m; CL tural and community activities to MID-YEAR CAMPAIGN. ,.,::.,.. - -- . . the lawn, policy. Events and prod• make where we live a better place. bushes, trees, ucts advertised in the I want to help support JACJ..:s mission to protect civil rights, Now that we've done all this for Pacific Citizen do not carry and the colorful flowers of all vari• education and promote cultural values and preserve the heritage 75 years, can we just stop, look, the implicit endorsement of eties. There isn't a weed to be seen. and legacy of the Japanese American community. enjoy the fruits of our labor and say the JACL or this publica• Everything has obviously been tion. We re~rve the right to Enclosed is my/our gift of: 0 $100 0 $150 0 $200 Other _____ our work is done? Remember the watered, fed, trimmed and mani• L ______edit articles. J weeds! Weeds will always come NAME: cured. That's what makes the scene back and grow, no matter what. If PACIFIC CITIZEN (ISSN: 0030- ADDRESS: so impressive. You know there are you stop digging them out, they will 8579) is published semi-month• people tending to it daily with ten• (::lTV: ______~ STATE: ' ___ ZIP: ______come back. It is the same with injus• ly except once in January and der loving care, keeping it beautiful. December by the Japanese tice, ignorance, and prejudice. . MEMBER I.D.: Now imagine this. What if you American Citizens League, 7 This is why I believe in the JACL. Cupania Circle, Monterey Park, I want to charge my con!ribution to my credit card. returned to the house in six months We need to be vigilant in the present CA 91755. OFFICE HOURS - to find a different scene? The people CARDTYPE: ______and in the future. We can't rest on Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. taking care of the house had fallen Pacific Time. ©2095. CREDIT CARD NO. ____ - ____ - ____ - _ _ _ _ EXP. DATE: ____ our successes of the past. That is sick and could no longer take care of why I am asking each of you, the Annual subscription rates: SIGNATURE: ______it. The automatic watt;ring system NON-MEMBERS: 1 year-$35, roots of our organization, to please was still working, so that stuff still payable in advance. Additional Please return this form with your check, payable to Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) take the step of getting a new mem• postage per year - Foreign and mailed to: P.O. ,Box 45397, San Francisco, CA 94145-0397 looked green. BUT, THE WEEDS! L Your______donation is fully tax deductible. ~ ber for JACL. periodical rate $25; First Class They were everywhere. They were This quarter, we are asking you to for U.S., Canada, Mexico: $30; allover the lawn, choking the Airmail to Japan/Europe: $60. consider gifting or asking a family flowerbeds. Some of them were so (Subject to change without member to join ... a son, daughter, big they looked like small trees. The notice.) Periodicals postage brother, sister, cousin, any relative, weeds were even cracking through paid at Monterey Park, Calif., or a close friend you think of, as and at additional mailing offices. the cement and the asphalt. family. Permission: No part of this You are probably asking yourself, If they ask you, why?, remember publication may be reproduced what has this got to do with JACL the weeds! Tell · them why their without express permission of and membership? There is a parallel the publisher. Copying for other membership is so important for us here: the weeds. The weeds we face than personal or internal refer• now and in the future and not just ence use without the express the past. permission of PC. is prohibited. -1etUu ' t6~ •Thank you for your sustaining POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Pacific Citizen, c/o Editor membership and for your efforts to JACL National Headquarters, II II get new members .• 1765 Sutter St., San Francisco, C~ 94115. Ride along HR 2616 enclosed. Ken's no-fee equity account Your excellent article about PACIFIC CITIZEN saves money with no annual fee underprivileged Asian American 7 Cupania Circle JACL MEMBERS students explained the issue very Monterey Park, CA 91755 offers great rates with no points or closing costs well ("Rep. Wu Introduces fax: 323/725-0064 Change of Address Legislation To Support AAPI stu• e-mail: [email protected] gives him the freedom to use the full amount now or later [email protected] If you have moved, dents"). However, it failed to men• Except for the National Director's baL~nce * Lets him payoff the earLy without penaLty tion that his bill is HR 2616 and that Report, news and the views please send information expressed by columnists do not nec• Leaves aU tne equity for him, it is currently referred to the House to: essarily reflect JACL policy. The Committee on Education and the columns are the personal opinion of National JACL Workforce. the writers. Your readers who wish to contact * 'Voices" reflect the active, public dis• 1765 Sutter St. Invest in you' cussion within JACL of a wide range of San Francisco, CA their Congressmen in support ideas andjssues, though they may not 94115 should refer to HR 2616, a bill to reflect the viewpoint of the editorial amend the Higher Education Act of board of the Pacific Citizen. Allow 6 w eeks for address >i' "Short expressions" on public 1965 to authorize grants to institu• issues, usually one or two paragraphs, changes. tions of higher education serving should include signature, address and Asian American and Pacific daytime phone number. Because of To avoid interruptions in receiving space limitations, letters are subject to your pc., please notify your pa31:• Islanders. 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) those who take the time to send us Chicago JACL their comments. PACIFIC CITIZEN AUG. 5-18,2005 NATIONAL NEWS 3 MDC/EDC HI-DISTRICT Creating a Pathway to Political Participation Circuit Court Judge Sandra "If we don't get active in politics Americans who had supported the Otaka uses her own experi• we're never going to get elected," case and were anxiously awaiting ences to encourage AAs to said Otaka, who lead a political the judge's ruling. become more politically empowerment workshop at the It was shortly-after Korematsu's active. . JACL Midwest and Eastern Bi• court ruling that Otaka slowly District Conference July 21-24. became involved in political issues, By CAROLINE AOYAGI "We need people to think, look, and but largely from the outer edges. Executive Editor care about us. If we don't, who do She worked on several different we have to -blame when a law gets campaigns, always for people she CHICAGO-For years, Chicago passed and we're not included?" "truly believed in," illcluding cure native Sandra Otaka worked as a Otaka, a Sansei, was elected to rent Cook County Clerk David Orr. waitress - some of which she spent . the Cook County Circuit Court in She was also selected to lead var• working on the Amtrak railways 2002 after leading an energetic cam• ious Asian American advisory com• crisscrossing the country - just . paign that mobilized the local Asian missions including one for former happy to be making a good living American community, a group that Sen. Paul Simon. It was during her with no career ambitions. currently makes up four percent of work for Simon that she helped to Today, she is Judge Otaka who this city's population but has largely get a bill for minority student schol• . (Picturep I-r): MDC Regional Director Bill Yoshino, Judge Sandra Otaka, been silent on the political scene. arships amended. Although the bill sits on the Cook County Circuit and Ken Inouye, JACL national president. Court in the state of illinois. She Her supporters not only included was written to support minority also has the distinct honor of being local Japanese, Chinese, Korean, her skills at fundraising, bringing in .an interest in political life and the communities, it only included the first Asian American ever elect• and Filipinos but also the Southeast almost $90,000 during her 2002 idea of pursuing a judgeship had African American and Hispanic·stu• ed to this esteemed position. Asian community including Indians campaign. never crossed her mind. But one dents. Nowhere in the bill did it Otaka's path from hard-working and Pakistanis. Otaka's early scholarly accom• thing she leamed quickly was the mention AAs., waitress to honored judge is filled "She really energized the Asian plishments are impressive: a gradu• power of the community. "No one thought to include us. with enlightened anecdotes, lucky American community here. She ate of UC'Berkeley with a GPA of Otaka had been working as a vol• Why? Because we weren't at the happenstances, and admitted fail• played a great role in solidifying her 3.979 and a straight A student at the unteer for Judge Marilyn Patel dur• table," said Otaka. 'Those things ures. And she wants members of the base," said Bill Yoshino, JACL UCLA School of Law. But she is ing the historic Fred Korematsu made it clear to me, we were not . Asian American community to not Midwest regional director, who humble about her achievements. coram nobis case, and recalls vivid• included. We are not included only leam from her life experiences helped work on the judge's cam• "I've never been particularly gift• ly the day Judge Patel ruled in favor because we are not there, we are not but to demand a place in the paign. He noted Otaka's skill in ed ... it came from hard work," said of Korematsu who had been vilified aware, and we are not monitoring. It American political arena. establishing political contacts and Otaka, who noted that her mother, a by the U.S: govemment for his deci• was our fault as a community." Nisei who had been interned at sion to fight the wwn evacuation She also discovered that there had Minidoka during World War II, orders. never been any AAjudges appoint• always emphasized the importance "When Judge Patel read her opin• ed in the state of Illinois even of working hard to achieve your ion vacating [Korematsu's] case, though the state was home to the Blue Shield of California goals. ''I got into UCLA because of everyone was crying in the court- fourth largest Asian Pacific An IndependentM~mb~r of the Blue Shield Association . affmnative action." room, including me," she said, American popUlation in the country Even after graduating from · recalling how the courtroom had during the late 1980s. UCLA Otaka admits she never had been packed with Japanese See OTAKAlPage 4 rog • -Get I n volved in the Coml11unity

ByYUMISAKUGAWA dents who show an interest in the ty. In response, the California Special to the Pacific Citizen Japanese American culture or non• Japanese American Community profit comrnun,ity work are paired Leadership , Council (CJACLC) For many college students, sum• up with a community organization funded a statewide summer intern• for California mer means getting a part-time job in within Little Tokyo or San ship program in 2002. an air-conditioned mall or taking Francisco's Japantown. Amy Miyako Phillips, who has summer school classes at a commu• Their job descriptions, depending been the internship coordinat()r for JACL Members nity college. upon where the intern is placed, can the Southern Califomia aspect of For Conrad Ohashi, a Shin Nisei be anything from working with NCI since it began in 2002, said the . ~{t§rf ~ and a fourth year history major at middle-school kids at a Japanese main goal of the NCI program is to UC San Diego, summer means culture day camp, writing news arti• give the youth an opportunity to An affordable plan; designed for the interning at the Little Tokyo Service cles for the Nichibei TImes or doing directly participate within the com• Center, a non-profit organization behind-the-scenes work at the munity. "next generation" of JACL member. that offers community and social Japanese American National "Young people want to be services within Los Angeles' Little Museum. involved in the Nikkei community," Also choose from HMO and PPO plans. Tokyo. He is currently helping con• The NCI program I which is now Phillips said. "I think that a lot of duct a housing survey that will in its fourth year, was created in community leaders assume that Call the JACL Health Benefits Administrators at . deteffiline the future population of response to a statewide conference young people don't care because Little Tokyo in light of new housing in April 2001 called Spectrum, they don't see young people show• developments that will create luxury which was run by and for JA youths. ing up at the community events. But 1.800.400.6633 condos within the area. One of the main points addressed these students are already putting on . or visit Ohashi is one of the 12 interns within the conference was the press• big events at their respective col• Bllie Shield . selected to participate in the Nikkei ing need for the Nikkei' youth to leges all by themselves; they're .Jaclhealth~org 0[' Calilhrnia www Community Internship (NCD pro• become more active participants in An !'idr?p ~ ~~j.j('!~t Me'no ; ~' .janarlfl')e Am~! lean gram. in which. college-aged stu- shaping the future of the communi- See NClIPage 4 of. t~le Blue :)I'-';i"~:a ~:~$0(:North America .JACL Announces Selection of By AMY E. IKEDA S. Floyd Mori As Washington Rep. Special to the Pacific Citizen S. Floyd Mori, past JACL nation• College in Hayward, Calif. I al president, has been selected as the While on the council he was With over 200 taiko perfonning JACL's director of public policy in elected mayor of Pleasanton, and 'groups in North America and the Washington, D.C. office. was elected to the California Hawaii, the art of taiko drumming "When you compare Floyd's cre• Assembly in 1975, one of only two seems to be all the rage these days. dentials with Asian Americans serving in the state While the rhythmic art of taiko has anyone, regard• legislature at the time. grown phenomenally among young less of who that After six years in the assembly Japanese Americans, it has illso person might be, and one year as the director for the exploded in the American main• it's difficult to Office of International Trade for the stream. Today people of all different fInd anyone state of California, he returned to his backgrounds are involved with the country recently attended the 2005 will alter the essence of a grassroots more qualifIed native town of Sandy, a suburb in Japanese originated folk art. North American Taiko Conference. cultural art. for the Utah, where he established an inter• Many Yonsei and Gosei,. some The conference has been held every "I myself am very against any• W as hin g ton national business consulting firm. who do not speak Japanese, are other year since 1997 at the thing mainstream," said Joanna Rep's job than MOIi served four years as the choosing taiko over westem instru• Japanese American Cultural and Murakami of Cal State Northridge's he," said John Tateishi, JACL exec• JACL national vice president for ments like piano as a way to recon• Community Center in Los Angeles' group Jishin Taiko. "When some• utive director. general operations before being nect with their cultural roots. Little Tokyo. thing becomes mainstream, the Mori will establish a strong JACL elected national president, a P9sition "I do not think about Japanese Japanese drummer Daihachi uniqueness and purity of it becomes presence on Capitol Hill, he added. he held for two terms. culture every single time I hit a Oguchi is credited with inventing washed out. Things get altered to Mori began his political career in Mori, who moved with his wife drum, but it is a large part of why I kumidaiko, the group-drumming satisfy the masses." 1972 when he was elected to the Irene to D.C., officially began his hold it so close to me," said Kelsey genre most perforriled in America. Roy Hirabayashi, co-founder of Pleasanton City Council while duties in the Washington office Aug. Furuta, a player with the group The origins of JA taiko can be traced San Jose Taiko, expressed concem teaching economics at Chabot back to Japanese immigrant Seiichi about the emerging media images of 1.. Tsunami Taiko in Seattle. "Being able to play taiko connects me with Tanaka who started the group San taiko believing taiko has historically my family, my ancestors and the Francisco Taiko Dojo in 1968. been part of the heart, soul and spir• ACLU's Ramona Ripston to Japanese community at large." Kinnara Taiko and San Jose Taiko it of the Japanese people. He com• Speak at Tri-District Conference And it's not just JAs these days would eventually emerge as tlle next mented that the recent Mitsubishi that are involved with the art form. groups in North America. car commercials with beautiful Ramona Ripston, executive Judicial Performance. Witll the rising popularity of Wendy Jedlicka, of Czech her• Asian women playing taiko portrays director of the ACLU of Southern "Ramona Ripston is one of the Japanese culture, taiko has expand• itage,. was inspired to play taiko sexist stereotypes. California, will be the opening most respected advocates for civil ed over the last decade, attracting from witnessing her best friend's Although concerned witll the speaker for the bi.ennial Tri-District liberties in the country," said JACL people of all backgrounds to the art. mother studying taiko. direction of taiko as the art form Conference Sept. 9-11 in National Prysident "Being basically a White Anglo• "Here in the Midwest there aren't continues to evolve, many are open Irvine, Calif. Ken Inouye. "JACL is Saxon Protestant American myself, enough people of Japanese heritage to the growth with players of differ• Ripston has been the very proud and hon• the only doubts about my place in to complete a whole ensemble," ent backgrounds. executive director of the ored to have her speak tlle JA taiko community I have ever said Jedlicka, who has been playing "I am sometimes tom," said ACLU of Southern at our Tri-District encountered have beert in my own taiko for eight years with Mu Marcy Hiratzka. "Sometimes I California and tlle Conference." head," said Joel Mankey, who has Community Taiko. "I appreciate the think it's just a fad that people want I ACLU Foundation of Ripston is a perfect purity aspect. But I also really love to get into to feel more Japanese. been playing taiko for four years Southern California fIt for the conference with Cal State Northridge's group taiko. So I'd be pretty bummed if I But then I remember that we are since 1972. The with a tlleme of Jishin Taiko. "One need only go to was excluded because I'm Czech." here to leam about the same art and Southern California "Effecting Change." the taiko conference to see this In the JA taiko community there play with passion for the same rea• affiliate of the ACLU is Registration will be acceptance and nursing of diversity seems to be mixed reactions to the son. I remember that race shouldn't I one of .the largest in the nation with . accepted until Aug. 19. For a regis• shown in full view." recent mainstream growth of the art. be sometlling that hinders our' f over 35,000 members. tration form or more information, Over 100 groups from across the Some feel taiko going mainstream growtll as a taiko community." • I She is the fIrst woman to hold this contact the JACL PSWD office at having JA youth realize that even given him the valuable opportunity position in a major affiliate and she 213/626-4471 or psw @jacl.org. (Continued from page 1) . though we're not a big immigrant to experience fIrsthand the tremen• recently served a six-year term on You cal) also visit the conference community anymore, there's still a dous work that takes place witllin the California Commission . on website at: www.jaclpsw.orgltridis• already leaders." need for community and an impor• these nonprofIt organizations, trict2005.htrn.• She added, "It seems kind of silly tance . in preserving our cultural which inspires him to continue stay• that these community institutions ties," she said. ing involved. would think, 'What are we going to Perhaps one of tlle biggest "These past four weeks, I've do about YOlitll leadership?' when PACIFIC CITIZEN accomplishments of the NCI pro• grown really attached to community all you need to do is connect them Nafional business and Professional Directory gram are the relationships botll because there are a whole bunch of directly to the community." witllin the community and with the people who are working really hard Your business card in each issue for 22 issues is $15 per line, three-line minimum. 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Periodontics [email protected] interactions with prominent com- I OTAKA Court. 22850 Crenshaw Blvd., Ste. 102 2400 W. Dunlap Ave., Suite 100 munity leaders. "I had no thought of being a Torrance, CA 90505 Phoenix, AZ 85021 (310) 534-8282 Amy Ikeda, a current intern at the ' 1 (Continued from page 1) judge. I've never been political in Pacific Citizen, newspaper, said tlle I "I was shocked. I just said this is my life," she said. Cambridge Dental Care internship has exposed her to many I not right and I decided I was going In the end it was the years she had , Scott Nishizaka D.D.S. different community organizations to change that," said Otaka. "Of spent working on other people's Family Dentistry &: Orthodontics UWAJIMAYA 900 E. Katella, Suite A ... Always in good taste. that she otherwise would not have I course I did not know what I was campaigns and helping those in Orange, CA 92867 • (714) 538-2811 :...... ;0. known of. As an Asian American doing ... I knew notlling. But some• positions of power outreach to the www.cambridgedentalcare.com Studies and journalism major at Cal times knowing notlling is an advan• AA community that proved benefI• LAW OFFICES OF State University Northridge, she tage because you don't know the cial in her own campaign. . SEI SHIMOGUCHI said the NCI program has made her boundaries." "In the political world, access to General Civil Practice realize the importance of the' youth Estate Planning, Personal Injury la, Otaka knocked on every door and . power, to information, and timing ~ ~ continuing the future development So. Cal. (310) 862-4024 I formed various coalitions through• are critical," she said. "I had the sup• No. Cal. (415) 462-0428 - of the JA community. For the Best of out the county. In the end, she port of most of the politiccil power in [email protected] "I think the NCI program is real- ~ Everything Asian ly important because in order for our played a pivotal role in the 1991 the district." DAVID W. EGAWA Fresh Produce, Meat, community to continue to grow, we election of Lynn Kawamoto, the Since Otaka's rise in the political Seafood and Groceries ~tion,Crinrlnru need to foster new leadership," said fIrst Asian American associate judge world, few AAs have stepped up to A vast selection of & Administrative Law Ikeda. "We can't just always remain in the Circuit Court of Cook County. . follow in her footsteps, but slowly Gift Ware 30 N. Raymond Ave, Suite #409. Pasadena, CA 91103 stagnant and expect that the people Close to 10 years later it would be she is seeing some progress. (626) 792-8417 Seattle, WA • (206) 624-6248 who have been very active are Otaka's tum to make history on the "We have a long way to go," she.' 6003 Sehon.: Dri ve, Newport Beach, CA 92663 always going to be active. bench becoming the fIrst AA judge said. "But if I can do it, anyone (949) 646-2138 Bellevue, WA· (425) 747-9012 "I think.the biggest challenge is to sit on the Cook County Circuit can." . c: (949) 903-4142 Beaverton, OR • (503) 643-4512 PACIFIC CITIZEN, AUG. 5,18, 2005 NATIONAL NEWS • 5 PRODIGY· , ~OUTH control situation." sion. The coneern with the continued "JACL has a notable mission: We (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) lack of youth members in JACL help take care of people," said and for a single mom like Chloe, 32, those numbers? was voiced during the Midwest Tateishi, who helped lead a mem• that means a lot of sacrifices. Some of the answers to J<\CL's District Council meeting. MDC bership workshop during the Bi-dis• ''Money is needed for music les• difficulties in establishing a strong Governor Sharon Ishii-Jordan took trict. "We make sure ev,eryone has a sons, art supplies, 'special summer youth base may be ingrained in an a poll' of delegates who had active chance. As an organization we can programs, private schools etcetera," APA "culture clash," said DeGuia. youth groups in their JACL chap• do an incredible amount of good." said Ellen Wmner, professor of psy• APA youth are taught to respect ters. Only two groups answered yes: "We're off to a great start," added chology at Boston College. She also their elders but often deny their own Chicago and New Mexico. Tateishi, who noted that almost two points out that if a child were truly a voices at the same time, she said. In "We have a lot of work to do in full tables were filled with youth prodigy, scholarship funds would be Chloe and Marc Yu. JACL's case, as elders continue to the district," said Ishii-Jordan. "We during the conference's banquet plentiful. ------~ hold a majority of the leadership need to build up our youth." dinner. With the help of JACL staff Marc has won his share of awards musical education. positions, the relatively small youth Chicago Chapter President members, he plans to soon launch a including being the youngest ever And more help is coming soon. presence is still largely in the back- Megan Nakano, 30, has been active youth leadership program which

Davidson Fellow with a cash prize Some family friends are moving into I ground. ill helping build the Chicago chap• will bring the organization to vari• of $10,000. But even with his their back house to help baby-sit, but "We need to try to negotiate the ter's youth base and noted that they ous college campuses across the award-winning raw talent, Chloe is not all have been supportive, Marc's power within the group," she said, have been seeing some recent suc• country. feeling the pinch in the pocketbook. father and some family members emphasizing the need to focus on cess. She emphasized the need for Ken Inouye, JACL president, "I don't have much time to have criticized Chloe for not allow• specific issues of importance for JACL members to give the youth a echoed Tateishi's sentiments. "The myseJ.:(, especially now that he grad• ing Marc to have more "normal" youth and creating a structured reason to join. youth deserve the time in the sun uated from kindergarten. I'm strug• pastimes, namely video games and action plan. "The conversation '''There's got to be a value proPo• and we need to help them," he said. gling," she said, adding, "He's very . TV. needs to be had ... it's not a power sition ... something in it for them," "Young people today are just as intimidating. He asks me a lot of "A lot of people think he's good she said." "You have to give to get." committed to social justice. Young musical questions and other ques• because he practices so much, but Chloe's concerns as a mother are "There's so many youth in people want to be engaged. The tions too." what people don't know is that he's natural - she wants to support Chicago we're lucky," said Brandon JACL will continue to attract the Marc's latest query was about going out and taking breaks," she Marc's dreams. He wants to play Mita, 21, who has been helping the younger generation that wants to American history, specifically World said. with the Los Angeles and New York Chicago chapter's work in attracting make a difference." War n. He asked how many people But the long term risks and con• Philharmonic. He wants to become a more youth members. We need to To stop the downward trend in died and what happened at Pearl cerns are high when it comes to child composer and a conductor. "get people interested. Get people membership, Ed Endow, JACL vice Harbor. He comes up with these prodigies, said Winner, because not It's a dream that may not be far off thinking." president of membership, knows all questions not through TV or radio many make a successful transition to with the L.A. Philharmonic express• And what attracts young people too well the importance of encour• (he doesn't partake in either), but adulthood. ing interest in Marc. . today are issues and concerns that aging the next generation to contin• from the many mommy-and-me What is a prodigy to do when all Ed Yim, LA Philharmonic direc• directly impact them. DeGuia noted ue an interest in the organization. field trips' to the library and muse• the attention and applause stop? tor of artistic planning, said engag• their needs to be recognition that the "JACL can't rest on its laurels," urns . . "Many [prodigies] also have diffi• ing Marc in the philharmonics will issues affecting APA youth today he said. "It is our time to be stepping In order to quench his never end• cult stressful lives, and feel like fail• happen organically, but they need to are vastly different from the youth up." ing thirst for knowledge, Chloe ures when they do not make the tran• make sure Marc is ready. who grew up in the 1940s or 1960s. As DeGuia led her youth work• wakes up at 4 a.m. daily to prepare sition from prodigy to adult creator," "We need to get to know him and For older members of the JA com• shop, she was impressed with the his musical lessons and research said Winner, adding that parents his musicianship and his maturity munity, issues surrounding the ' intergenerational interaction of the questions ' he asked the day before. should be careful not to live vicari• level," he said. "It's all about protect• World War n internment are promi• participants. '''There's a bright future This fall, Chloe plans to start home ously through the child. ing the artist." · nent. Although the internment is for APA youth," said DeGuia,. schooling him. Marc reads at a fifth Chloe was an aspiring musician But for now, Chloe said Marc is important for JA youth today they ' "JACL is necessary ... it's impor• grade level and his math skills are at herself, but her parents weren't sup• not ready. He's given his last per• are also dealing with new and differ• tant to claim our space." a sixth grade level. He has also writ• portive of her musical dreams. formance and will take some time ent identity issues. But she also noted JACL needs to ten ten of his own musical composi• Growing up in Macau, she had to off to leam a new repertoire. So what can JACL do to encour• continue reaching out to youth and save her own money to buy an elec• "He's flattered that they call him tions. age the youth to take an active inter• encouraging full participation in the tronic keyboard and take lessons. prodigy. But he's told me that he Chloe does not work and relies on est and stay interested? For John organization. '''There's always room She played Marc a lot of Beethoven would rather people remember him child support checks to survive. Tateishi, executive director, the for improvement; room for rebuild• They want to start a non-profit while he was still nestled in her by his real name, Marc Yu," she said. ansWer is simplistic: JACL's rnis- ing.". organization to help fund Marc's womb.

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I went there by myself to women. as hyper-sexualized foreigners. support the birthday of a friend who By AMY E. IKEDA I have also never heard the girls Regardless, Stefani should stop is both a spoken word artist and a speak at any public appearances. prostituting the Japanese culture and passionate activist in the Singer Gwen Stefani (solo artist The girls are rumored to be Asian be more responsible for the media Vietnamese American community. and front woman for the group "No Americans and not all of Japanese images she puts out It's interesting to immerse your• Doubt") was tolerable until her dis• decent. If this is true, than Stefani Stefani's images are most detri• self in another ethnic community, at turbing obsession with Harajuku sees AAs as foreign and Asians as mental to AAs because there are so least for one evening, to be the lone girls began. interchangeable. I think the orches• few representative media images outsider looking in. I idly wondered Oblivious to the fact that she is trated silent appearances are intend• and those that do exist defme Asians ment of their community. But then, if people assumed I was Vietnamese objectifying Japanese culture and ed to portray the girls.as mysterious to the mainstream. Since people still like everybody else, but then I fig• why should anybody else? This is people, Stefani's ignorance makes ' ured the fact that I had a blank where the hard work really begins. me want to bang my head against a expression on my face when every• Indeed, there is something inher• cement wall every time I hear her '.•. $he treats th~se one else laughed out loud at ently wonderful about connecting songs on the radio. with members of your own commu• .girls like plastiC dQUs, Vietnamese jokes was a pretty dead Although she has proclaimed her nity, but I think there is something giveaway. love for Japanese culture, she has dressing them up; more challenging and even more Although this may seem like an no real understanding beyond her meaningful about fmding similari• giving them names, awkward experience to some peo• propaganda. It is just like she sings ties and sharing common goals with ple, I found myself enjoying it. in her song "Harajuku Girls": and dragging them people who are outside that intimate True, I did not understand a word of "Style detached from content, a circle. around like oompa Vietnamese, but it was lovely and fatal attraction to cuteness." Sadly, And this is why we should not 10m pas ...' intriguing to immerse myself in its the mainstream has · devoured only stay connected to our own strange cadences and intonations Stefani's Harajuku craze like a for• communities, but take the time to that are sci different from the silky eign delicacy. step out from our respective worlds and exotic commodities. view AAs as foreigners, the symmetry of Japanese. After a short visit to Tokyo's Perhaps Stefani doesn't want the American media portrayals of I knew nothing about the allu• to celebrate the existence of other Harajuku shopping district, Stefani girls to talk because if they opened Asians really affect the way AAs are sions they made to their homeland, communities too. has taken only a surface layer of their mouth and fluent English viewed and treated. the universal phrases their mothers I am reminded of how, during a what she found aesthetically pleas• poured out, people might question If Stefani is truly interested in the used to nag them, and of the many community internship I participated ing about Harajuku street fashion the sincerity of Stefani's fetish for Harajuku style then she should food dishes they waxed poetic in last summer, for a group activity and Japanese culture and has dis• the H&rajuku fashion. spend time studying and living in about, but I cQuld understand how all of us interns were asked to draw torted them into this convoluted Some people defend the appropri• Japan so she can try to step outside when a love for your culture is so on a large sheet of butcher paper lucrative fad. ateness of Stefani's Harajuku girls of her Westem fIlter and get a realis• strong you feel compelled to write what the idea of a community Four Harajuku girls shadow by saying the girls voluntarily tic view and understanding of poems and sing songs about it. meant to each of us. Stefani's every move. Trucking receive money to work. Just because Japanese fashion and culture. In all, it was inspiring to see a Not knowing what else to do, I them behind her at interviews and these few girls get paid well does not Maybe then she will see that parallel Asian community so linked drew the first thing that came to my red carpet events, the girls just stand condone .the objectification of a underneath the cool funky street to their history and culture gather mind - a picture of a globe with silently behind Stefani giggling sub• whole culture and people. for an intimate evening of poetry, people foIDling a circle around it clothing are real people and stop missively like living props. Stefani Also the girls' payment does not music and spoken word. with their linked hands. You've objectifying them.• even named the four girls Love, buy acceptance of the whole AA Thanks to the civil rights move• Seen it, I'm sure, printed on every Angel, Music, and Baby after her ment and the rise of ethnic studies, other Christmas card and cheesy tie, CD title as if they were human pets. we are all clum tog th r u d r the ultimate cliched emblem of JACL Urges Caution in Lodi Many people who have been to the great umbrella of the pan-Asian world peace. the Harajuku district have said American identity. B.ut then going "I fmd that idea to be too unreal• Terrorist Investigations istic," a fellow intern smirked when Stefani's Harajuku girls are not to something as small as an open In a letter to U.S. Attorney zation of an entire community." he saw what I had drawn. accurate representations and are niic in a Vietnamese cafe makes me McGregor W. Scott, JACL Like 1942, he added, "the entire realize there is still so much we "Everyone has their own special much more hyper-sexualized. interests and motives for that to Real Harajuku girls wear many expressed concern over the recent Arab and Muslim communities in . don't know about each other. handling of alleged terrorist-related Lodi are being stigmatized and Sometimes, I think we get so ever happen." layers of clothing and lots of color. cases in Lodi, Calif. viewed with suspicion as a result of immersed within the struggles of Far too true, unfortunately, and They are not limited to miniskirts Noting that the FBI's investigation your agency's actions." our own communities that we for• right now it seems impossible that and do not wear pastel colored has all the appearance of a "witch JAs want to ensure history does get the bigger picture. unity within our country, let alone kneepads like Stefani's girls. hunt," John Tateishi, JACL execu• Hopefully, JAs will always global unity will happen anytime In her "Rich Girl" video the girls not repeat itself. remain attached to their obon festi• soon. But what a shame it would be diminutively dance around barefoot tive director, expressed concern that The Florin, Lodi, Stockton and vals, their legacy of intemment if we never took the time to listen to while Stefani parades in front with ilie govClwnent's actions against the Sacramento J ACL chapters are mon• camps and the small JA businesses the stories that others had to tell. her huge platform heels. How can Arab and Muslim communities in . itoring the situation in Lodi. that have accompanied the devclop- Yes, world peace seems next to Stefani's image promote self Lodi are reminiscent of the govern• "This isn't about gUilt or inno• impossible right now. Still, within expression and individuality when ment's treatment of Japanese cence," said Tateishi. 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ENfERTAINMENT 9 Would you rather wander into the angsty mind of a gay APA teenager or hop the train to the surreal world of '2046'? Read the. reviews & make.your educated selection. By LYNDALIN , f Summer Film g E -or FIZZLE?

'Ethan Mao" Directed by Quentin Lee Starts Aug. 12 in Los Angeles in limited release

Bad, Bad Black Sheep Directed by Wong Kar Wai n "Ethan Mao," loss of innocence begins with high school student working in his Opens A~g. 5 nationwide. I father's restaurant. But when his online chatting and ends with anonymous sex in a stepmother (Julia Nickson) discov• pickup truck - and that's just the opening sequence. ers his gay magazine and tells his traditional father (Raymond Ma), Love and Loss in '2046' As the family drama spirals down with their own take on the conun• Ethan immediately leaves home to into a ridiculous hostage situation, tences or a simple black glove all drum of being both gay and APA, a become a street hustler. ong Kar Wai's "In the the movie's director/writer, Quentin W have the ability to remind him of complicated issue which Ang Lee Ethan's hard life, filled with tricks Mood for Love" (2000) Lee, steeps the story with what what he could not have. artfully aired out in "The Wedding and a haze of street drugs, flies by in left us wanting and waiting for seems to be every Asian parent's more and now we can have some Chow falls for women who Banquet" (1993). musical montages punctuated with worst nightmare: a gay son with a remind "him of his former lover Su Except this time, we get a visual an unflinching shot of a satisfied closure with his follow-up "2046." lot of angst and a loaded gun. Li Zhen (Maggie Cheung, who feast of fast-moving, MTV style john. He's good at the job because But questions left lingering typ• A movie like this makes clear that montages complemented with pul• he has the "right kind of look" ically don't get straight answers in makes a cameo in this film). the Asian Pacific American struggle Every memory, Wong reminds sating music to usher in a new kind though it's not specified what that Wong's hands. Instead, the with the model minority myth still us in a fade to black message, "is a of APA antihero: Ethan, 18, (played look is, but it's presumably the look answers are revealed in a seductive runs deep. After Justin Lin's "Better former lover." Every memory can by newcomer Jun Hee Lee), whose of emptiness. riddle peeled away in fayers. Luck Tomorrow" showed the world be connected to someone you state of mind seems dictated by his His only salvation is Remigio Chow Mo Wan (Tony Leung) that APAs have bad streaks, a spate loved at that time and lost. hairstyle (combed means obedient (Jerry Hernandez), a drug dealer reemerges onscreen with the emo• of recent APA ftlms like Georgia and spiky signifies rebellious). . tional scars inflicted by his "In the All the characters in "2046" with such a kind spirit that he offers Lee's "Red Doors" and Alice Wu's Mood for Love'; heartbreak. He is have experienced the loss of love According to Ethan's voiceover, Ethan a place to stay and free drugs "Saving Face" have followed up he was at one time a sober suburban with "no strings attached. He even now a newspaper columnist pen• and desire to recapture a memory. They all live parallel lives with offers to help Ethan break into his ning erotic stories inspired by real ~ith alternate identities and their stories former suburban home on life dalliances women in his Thanksgiving while the family is seedy hotel room - number 2047. span across several countries, three different languages Blue Cross of California away to steal the diamond necklace A steady stream of beautiful so beloved by his mother before she women perfumes his life, especial• (Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese) and three time settings died. ly the women who live and love in When the robbery goes awry, room 2046. Former occupants including a fictional future filled (like it always does because like include LululMirni (Carina Lau with androids. most other Asian families, the Maos Ka Ling) and a fragile prostitute It doesn't get more complicated (Zhang Ziyi). than this, but the mystery in this keep their jewelry in a safety deposit box at" the bank) Etlian is forced to And as he shares fleeting film is its beauty. Wong is the mas• take the family hostage for 24 hours moments with his lovers, he's ter of making simple love so haunting and sublime. until the bank opens. From there, the always reminded of his past love. Wong triumphs with "2046," his Maos and Remigio form an unlike• The ruffle of a skirt, a girl's inno• t~ most sophisticated work to date .• ly bond filled with misplaced cent ability complete his sen- moments like a family dinner where Ethan's younger brother (David Tran) teaches Remigio how to use chopsticks. The characters are all so poorly developed that it's difficult to even sympathize with Ethan who acts more spoiled than misunderstood. He screams, "You just don't get it, do you?" more than once, but we do because we've seen it before. Lee's directorial style has moments of genius, but the plod• ding story is too over-the-top to work. • Since 1947 the JACL HEALTH SECRET ASIAN MAN By Tak TRUST·has offered Health Care coverage to JACL members

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YOSHIDA KAMON ART trBWil P. o. Box 2958, Gardena, CA 90247-1158 0'., , ' (213) 629-2848 KEI YOSHIDA, Researcher/lnstructor NINA YOSHIDA, Translator PACIFIC CITIZEN, AUG. 5-18,12005 OBITUARIES 11 All the towns are in California except as noted. Tanihana, James 1Sugio, 74, . 'Picture Bride' Director Chiba, YU8uke, 69, North (Henry) Watari and Chiye Konya and Sacramento, July 6; survived by wife, Dies in Drowning Accident Hollywood, July 3; survived by wife, Lou Vega; 9 gc.; and 4 ggc. . June; daughters, Jarni (Randy) Mitsuko; sons, Shigekazu (Mika) and Kubota, Ken, 76, June 22; stirvived Tanihana-Tornita and Jill (Russell) By Associated Press film from the University of Kirniaki (Sayoko); 3 gc.; brothers, by wife, Sayeko; sons, Miki (Dulce) Kanemasu; son, Jody (Shari); 6 gc.; ? California, Los Angeles. Kunio (Aiko), Jinji, Kosuke, Fukuya and Steven; daughters, Naorni (Hide) brothers, Chester and Kuni (Aileen); and Eiichi; and sisters, Shizuka Miura sister, Lilian (Aki) Kushida; and sister• Kayo Hatta, an independent film• She recently completed a 30- Fujishirna and Tarni (Tun) Williams; and Michiko Saichi. and 5 gc. in-law, Eiko Tanihana. maker whose 1995 film "Picture minute coming-of-age fiim called , Fujita, Shigeuki David, 86, Los Matsutsuyu, Janice Setsuko, 71, Tatsumi, Teruyoshi, 79, Monterey Bride" won an audience award for "Fishbowl" based on the writings of Angeles, June 23; WWII veteran; sur• Los Angeles, June I; s~ived by Park, July 12; survived by wife, best dramatic film at the Sundance Hawaiian author Lois-Ann vived by wife, Mary; daughter, Carol; brothers, lehiro (Erniko), Toshiro Shizuko; daughter, Julie; sister, Josie Film Festival, Yamanaka. Much of the film's dia• son, Dr. Richard (Kathy); brother, (Sachi) and Yuzo (Gene). (Jim) Oda; brother-in-law, Yuji (Michie) Kohyama and Keizaburo has died. She logue is in the local pidgin language Yoshio (Grace); sister, Fumi (Roy) . Mayeda, John, 83, Longview, Hirai; and sisters-in-law, Furni (Atsuko) Kohyama; and sisters-in-law, was 47. because Hatta insisted that it sound Wash., July 17; WWII Army veteran, Kuromiya and Rose Kanetomi. Miyoko Nakano and Kazuko (Kohji) Hatta died authentic. served as an interpreter; graduated Fukunaga, Kazuma, 80, Los from Kelso High and owned and oper• Nagata. July 20 in a "Fishbowl" is scheduled for Angeles, July 5; survived by brother, ated the' Troy Laundry and Dry Toda, Jack Seiichi, 85, July 5; sur• drowning acci• broadcast on PBS later tllis year. Bob (Kay); and sister, Sanae Cleaners in Kelso with brother Tosh; vived by wife, June; daughter, dent at a Lori Kayo Hatta, who was born in Sakarnizu. survived by wife, Mary; son, Denny; Jacquelyn (Stan) Yonemura; 1 gc.; and friend's home Honolulu, is survived by her mother, Hada, Haruko, 90, Rolling Hills daughters, Frances Croco and Arlene brother, Lloyd (Michiko). in the Encin• Jane Matano Hatta of Honolulu, sis• Estates, June 30; survived by daugh• Park; 5 gc.; and 10 ggc. Uyenishi, Harry Masaru, 84, Los ters, Marlene (Dr. Donald) Okada, Angeles, July 2; survived by wife, itas, California area, according to her ters Julie and Mari Hatta of San Morimoto, Kay Kinu, 88, Gehring, Kiyo (Dr. John) Tsao and Ruby Neb., June 23; Poston internee; sur• Chitomi; son, Michael; daughters, sister, Julie Hatta. Francisco and Carrie Hatta of (Joseph) Hodge; sons, Richard vived by son, Dennis; brother-in-law, Judy and Marian; sisters, Erni "Picture Bride", which Hatta Honolulu. She also is survived by (Nancy) and Dennis (Jacqueline); 13 Gene Morimoto; and sisters-in-law, Yamamoto, Hannah Yamamoto and directed and co-wrote, told the story half-sisters Eri Hatta of Alameda and gc.; and 11 ggc. Alyce and Ruby Morimoto. . Michiko Morrell; and brother, Ben Uyenishi. of a poor Japanese woman who erni-_ Chika and Yuki Hatta of Las Vegas, Hirabayashi, Ida A., 93, Gardena, Murakawa, Kiyoshi "Jimmy," 87, grates to Hawaii to enter a marriage and fiance Douglas Hetrick of June 21; survived by son, Stanley July 3; survived by wife, Shizuko; Yamanaka, Dr. Gregory Arata, (Alice); daughter, Betty (Kazuhiko) 51, June 27; survived by parents, Ben with a plantation worker based on an Leucadia. sons, . John (Emiko) and George Sato; 4 gc.; 6 ggc.; and brother, Tom (Mimi); daughter, Mary (Eric Lew); . and Hisako; and sister, Gail . • exchange of photographs. The film In lieu of flowers, donations may (Kay) Tak$ashi. and 10 gc. was recently released on DVD .and be made payable to "Asian Improv DEATH NOTICE Hirata, 1Sutomu ''Tom,'' 76, Long Osaka, Toshiko, 84, El Monte, June has become part of the curriculum in aRt&," with "Kayo Hatta Fund" in Beach, June 28; survived by wife, 30; survived by husband, Toshii; son, ELEANOR GERARD some Hawaiian schools and univer• the memo section of checks; and Yoko; sons, Mike and Chris (Dayna); 2 Dennis; daughters, Janet and Carol SEKERAK gc.; brothers, Kiyoshi and Shigeru sities. mailed to Asi~ Improv aRts, 20 I (Rex) Namba; brother-in-law, Mitsugu Eleanor Gerard Sekerak, daughter of (Carole); and sisters, Yoshiko (Tom) Hatta graduated from Stanford Spear Street, Suite 1650, San Osaka; and sisters-in-law, Chiyeko MaY 'Bell Masterson and Ausut Gerard, Seto, Bernice (Shiro) Nagaoka and Kawashima, Haruko- (Tokutaka) University with a degree in English Francisco, CA 94105 .• born April 20, 1917 in Sacramento, Jean Hirata. Harada and Helen Tsuyuki. Calif., died July 4. Raised in Oakland, and received a master's degree in Photo c0U11esy Diane Mark Horiuchi, 1Sutomu, 80, Salt Lake Ritchie, Sue, 101, Northridge, July graduated from University High City, July 8; interned at Minidoka; 3; survived by daughters, Edith School, and UC Berkeley with an M.A. WWII veteran, 442nd Regimental Rothschild, Joan (Roy) Doi, Irene in Political Science and General Loved Ones Remember Combat Team; receipient of two Purple (Ralph) Lum and Lois (Victor) Secondary Teaching Credential. As a London Bombing Victim Hearts, well-loved Little League coach Muraoka; son, Ricardo (Taka); 15 gc.; college student she worked for Oakland and first Asian American to serve as a and 30 ggc. Parks and Recreation, then served as Salt Lake County Sheriff's _deputy; sur• assistant and executive of Big Sisters of By P.C Staff & Associated Press week later, his remains were posi• Saisho, Yuriko Lillian, Monterey vived by sons, Wayne (Cathy), Randy Alameda County. During World War II tively identified as being among the Park, June .30; survived by sons, she taught for the War Relocation (Frances), Sherman, and Vince (Kim); Rodney and Robert (Kathy); daughter, Family and friends continued to . bombing victims. Authority at Topaz, Utah. From 1947- brother, Masaru (Ruth); and 4 gc. Sandra; 2 gc.; and brother, lehiro celebrate Mike Matsushita's life Matsushita grew up in the 1977 she was a Social Studies Teacher• Ichikata, Kiyoko, 91, Los Angeles, (Ruth) Nakashima. . Counselor at Hayward High School. At weeks after his July 7 death in the Riverdale section of the Bronx May 31; survived by daughter, Sally Salva, Shannon Lee, 35, Buena one time she was an active member and London terror bombings. where he often gave to needy fami• (William Jr.) Kimura; daughter-in-law, Park, July 2; survived by husband, Les; officer of Delta Kappa Gamma, Marilyn Sasai; 7 gc.; and 4 ggc. From Sydney to New York, lies. He later worked as a tour guide daughter, Charlie; mother, June Mano; Dunsmuir Historic Estate, honorary life Kikuta, Masa, 87, Monterey Park, member of PTA, Life Deacon of Eden "Mike's in Cambodia and visited orphanages grandmother, Kiyoko Kinoshita; sis• June 29; survived by husband, George; ters, Jenny (David) Rodas and Susan United Church of Christ Mates" gath• while working for a travel company. son, Tarnio (Carole); daughters, (Kanji) Miyake; and brother, Jeff (Congregational), member of HAGS , ered to feast, His family has established a fund Margaret (John) Olivarez and Jane Mano. . Hayward Historical Society area muse• ums, conservation and historical preser• watch videos in his name - The Indochina Kikuta; 4 gc.; 6 ggc.; two brothers and Taniguchi, Ayami, 96, Sebastopol, 2 sisters. vation organizations. Her hobbies-were and thumb Children's Fund for Mike for those June 27; JACLer; survived by daugh• reading, oil painting, flower arranging, through photos who want to donate in lieu of flow• Konya, Miyoko, 87, Los Angeles, ter, Rose (Dr. Tetsuro) Fujii; son-in• and embroidery. She was preceded in July 3; survived by son, Walter of the 37-year• ers. Funds raised will be matched law, Tak (Yasuko) Yamamoto; 9 gc.; death by brother Robert Paulsen (Agnes); daughters, Emiko (Robert) and 11 ggc. old American dollar for dollar by the Intrepid . Gerard, and by husband of 52 years, Kondo, Keiko (Bob) Miho, Sakaye Emil E. Sekerak. Emil was a graduate tour guide and Foundation and will be distributed of Ohio's Antioch College and globe-trotter. They remembered his amongst two or three children's Education Director of the legendary sense of humor and readiness to charities in Vietilam and Cambodia. Berkeley Co-op. Eleanor is survived by head to local pubs, and they record• Intrepid Travel, where Matsushita daughters, Constance S. Austin and her husband, Darrell of San Diego, Nancy ed their adventures with Matsushita worked for 18 months, will also Clem of Stockton; son, Norman in an online tribute. cover all administrative costs to Sekerak of Honolulu; 4 gc., nieces, They all agree that the attacks ensure every cent reaches those nephews, cousins, and an honorary granddaughter, Jana Chinn and hus• took away a wonderful man. charities directly. F.D.L. #929 707 East Temple Street 911 VENICE BLVD. band, Corey. Contributions to Matsushita was last seen leaving For more information or to Gerald Fukui Scholarships, Inc., P.O. Box 5000, Los Angeles, CA 90012 President LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 the London apartment where he waS donate go to: http://www.intrepid• Hayward, CA 94540 are preferred in (213) 749-1449 living with fiancee Rosie Cowan. 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Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., Nike Judy; sons, Shawn of Tokyo and 1·2 up to $24.200 'Ii 3 up to $28,400 in Beaverton and Amgcn in Seattle. Scott of Portland; daughter, Aya of 4 up to $34,200 ! 5 up to $4C,OOO I In the West, he designed the court- . Portland; and mother, Yoneko of 6 Each Additional Person yard of the Jap·anese. American San Francisco. A public memorial UP~5~t~ ~~ J Ted Durnerin National Museum in Los Angeles. service was held July 27 in Portland. El E"5"fSO"N' Lineman, appr e n~c e Internationally, it was one of his \n I'llJSO\ f.\T[R'dTlO\ H. C... mpan~ earliest designs of a garden for the • Photo courtesy Murase and Myodo Kyo Kai Buddhist Tcmple Associates FOR OVER 100 YEARS ... LIFE. POWERED BY EDISON. 12 NATIONAl NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, AUG. 5-18, 2005 AFGHANISTAN Although tensions between the concerns and care for the women RADIO with Clear Channel .Regional Vice Muslim world and the United States and children." President Kim Bryant. Almost 500 (Continued from page 1) . (Continued from page 1) are currently high after the recent Annie now works as a volunteer individuals have sent personali7;ed achieved what it has thus far is London terrorist bombings, Kwon executive secretary for NEI after 102.7 for broadcasting' an alleged critical letters to the radio station, because of those volunteers who has leamed much from his work in selling her art school business in sex act in New York Catholic said Yeung. share the same vision and heart." Afghanistan. Pasadena to help supplement their Church. But Bryant praised Delgado to K won first visited Afghanistan in "No matter the religion or the e.th• income and provide fu'nds for NEI. Todd Lynn, a former HOT 97 on• local media for his experience and May 2003 where he led seminars on nic background of people, their basic Their daughter Sonia, a recent UC air personality, said in the same ability to draw major guests to the health and nutrition for Afghan com• needs and will to live are essentially Davis graduate, currently works as a broadcast that Delgado is a t!1lented show. She assured Tateishi that the same," he said. 'The differences part-time staff member and volun• munity leaders in Mazare-Sharif. writer who has a tendency to step Delgado is an off-air member and are certainly there, but we must be teer administrative coordinator for Kwon introduced milk-based and over the line. will be closely monitored. Bryant more tolerant of each other to over• NEI until she returns to school for soy-based products to supplement Hughes and Cumia . noted that did not respond to comment requests come these differences and live har• her graduate degree. the nutritionally depleted Afghan Delgado also wrote a "gay song" from the Pacific Citizen. moniously together. The K wons are now waiting to diet which mostly consists of naan four years ago set to the "Sesame The root of the problem is radio "In my own experience interact- harvest the soybean plants in late bread and chai tea. Surprisingly, all Street" theme song, which made fun station management, said Lynn to of the Afghans who attended the September and mid-October. If the of homosexuals living with HIV and the New York Daily News. He said th~ harvest is successful, Afghan leaders seminars favored the soybean prod- . 'No matter religion _or the HOT 97 management approved the ucts. . will test the soybean plants in all 32 AIDS. ethnic background of people. . Because of his track record, APA tsunami parody song before it went K won founded NEI shortly after provinces. Although the past harvest their basic. needs and will to groups including the JACL and the on air. He also criticized HOT 97's his first visit to Afghanistan and for was done by hand due to the lack of live· are essentially the same, • Asian Law Caucus (ALC) are parent company, Emmis the past two years he has been rack• funds and equipment available in -'I(won l Afghanistan, NEI is hoping to raise protesting Delgado's presence in a Communications, on the "Opie and ing up air miles flying back and forth jW=o~~ ,__ Anthony Show" for encouraging to Afghanistan to work with local about $25,000 to purchase thrashing city with over 33 percent Asian resi• their radio personalities to continual• farmers in the development of soy• ing with many Afghans who are equipment in time for the upcoming dents. bean production. Currently he is Muslims, I leamed that they are harvest. 'The 'Tsunami Song' was irre• ly push the envelope to get higher working to develop soybean fields in whole-heartedly welcoming me Once soybean production is estab• sponsible, racist radio in its worst ratings. 12 Afghanistan provinces in collabo• when I approach them with under• lished in Afghanistan, K won hopes form," said Malcolm Yeung, ALC Others say some radio shock jocks ration with the Ministry of standing and a caring heart," added to establish a soybean factory to staff attorney, about Delgado's song, are "equal opportunity offenders" Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. Kwon. "If we can respect that, then process the raw soybeans for nation• which made light of last year's Asian like JR Gach on Albany's 94.5 'The Afghanistan people and the we can have a society that is more al distribution. Eventually, he hopes tsunami tragedy. "94.9 has in effect (WRCZ-FM) who during a June 21 government are aware of the malnu• tolerant of each other." to set up a nutrition university in I endorsed irresponsible, racist radio and 22 show, called APAs "slant• trition problem among Afghan Kwon's dedication to the people Mazare-Sharif to educate future by hiring [Delgado]." eyed gooks." women and children who need an of Afghanistan and to NEI has leaders in nutrition and health. ALC has circulated . a petition In response, 94.5 parent company increase of protein in their diet to extended to his immediate fanrily. So far NEI has spent $70,000 on denouncing the popular radio sta• Galaxy Communications CEO Ed regain their health. With that under• Although his wife Annie and daugh• the Afghanistan soybean endeavor tion's hire, especially after it and par• Levine said in an e-mail to the P.e. standing, they are fully supportive of ter Sonia were at first worried about and Kwon has personally tapped his ent company, Clear Channel that listeners know what to expect NEI's nutrition initiative," said Kwon's safety in Afghanistan and resources and network of friends and Communications, fired members of from the "JR in the Afternoon" show Kwon. skeptical of his decision to spend acquaintances. He hopes to raise their "Morning Doghouse" show in and are encouraged to tum the dial if some additional funds to continue I There are approximately 21-26 their savings, they have cOll!e to April for making on and off-air sex• they are offended. understand the importance of his NEl's work in the country and seeks million people who live in . ual comments. "We may disagree with the con• mission. volunteers who are willing to help Afghanistan and most suffer from a In a July 14 letter to WILD 94.9 tent on JR's show from time to time. "In the beginning, all of my fami• with NEI's non-profit work lack of nutrition. Sadly, one out of and Clear Channel, APA groups But it's important in a free society ly members were concerned about "We have received a few generous six women die during childbirth and blasted Delgado for using the word that these shows be on air," said my safety and fmancial investment, . donations, yet additional support is one out of five children do not live to "chink" in the tsunami parody song Levine. reach the age of five. Most of these and even tried to persuade me not to greatly needed," said Kwon. "NEI ~d requested a meeting with radio "Ultimately, the listeners have the deaths are due to a lack of protein in go to Afghanistan," said' Kwon. will be delighted to accept any con• station management. final say. If the listeners don't listen, their diet and will likely be avoided "However, after learning about the cerned citizen who would like to aid JACL Executive Director John shows that are deemed 'different' in the future with the help of Kwon's grave situation of the women and in these long-term goals ... volun• Tateishi voiced disapproval of and 'edgy' will not succeed," he soybean cultivation. children, they became strong sup- teers are helping to make all these po . Th things possible." . Delgado's presence in San Francisco added . • ow! Members have full access to a complete line ofmortgage loan programs with exceptional rates. Let us help you save money and build equity through homeownership. + Need to consolidate your debt? + :Remodeling? . ~ Seeking to refinance? Gordon Yamagata National JACL CU Need some cash? Mortgage Consultant (800) 288-2Q17 + Want a new house? M-F 8:30AM - 5:30PM ....___ ....

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