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The Pacific Citizen is moving back to Little Tokyo! Effective Oec. 1 250 E. First Street~ Suite 301 Check out the P.C:s our address will be: Los Angeles~ CA 90012 new Web site! (800) 966·6157 Since1929 ________________~------------_r~~~~--------- INSIDE Michelle Wie is disqualified in her ~CIFIC first appearance CITIZEN as a professional. The National Publication of the .Japanese American Citizens League PAGE 7 Are Foreign Exchange Students Safe? APA Political Newcomers Hope to • A Japanese girl's placement that placed the 'Turn the Tide' in Their Communities in the home of a convicted Japanese girl, say A handful of history-mak is extremely felon has raised demands they have not vio ing candidates across the important for criminal background lated any guide U.S. want to become elected because "there checks. Placement agencies lines and have officials in the November is not one <;ity counter the situation is since received per elections. or town in being overblown. mission from the America that girl's parents in By LYNDA LIN doesn't have Japan to continue Assistant Editor By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM CHRISTOPHER people of Asian Executive Editor her stay. And they ethnic back- This November, some Asian have the approval ground," she Should a convicted felon be Pacific Americans are hoping to of the U:S. State added. allowed to host a foreign exchange make history. Department to Christopher, student? A frrst generation APA born in the back them up. 35, is one of a That's the resounding question HAPPIER TIMES-Sally Smith's daughter United States like Supriya handful of APA after the Committee for the Safety "What prece- Jessica with Mary Vattanasiriporn (right) after Christopher not only wants to make dence does this Smith took the 16-year-old Thai girl into her home. candidates of Foreign Exchange Students change, she wants to legislate it. set? It's not a ------'------------ across the (CSFES), II California-based Christopher, who is Indian healthy placement ... it's uncon felon." nation who group, recently leamed that a 16- scionable," said Danielle Grijalva, But according to Stanley American, is hoping to become the __Yl_O_O_N __ hope to enter year-old Japanese girl has been Virginia House of Delegates first director of CSFES, who recently Colvin, U.S. State Department's the political arena next month living in the St. Augustine, Florida APA member if she wins the 84th founded the committee after observ director for the office of exchange through city and local elections. In home of a convicted felon since District seat in Virginia Beach in the ing questionable practices as a for coordination and designation, Massachusetts, Sam Yoon, a Boston August. The committee is Nov. 8 general election. mer area representative for a foreign F.A.C.E. and its directors Richard City Council at-large candidate, is demanding her immediate She points out that Virginia exchange student placement organi~ and Beverly Moss, have not violat also hoping to become Bean Town's removaL Beach's current legislative body is zation. "I would not have had any of ed any guidelines and the Japanese first APA elected official. Like But EA.C.E. (Foundation for . not representative of the city's my students placed in the home of a girl will continue to stay with her Christopher, Yoon made history as Academic Cultural Exchange), the convicted felon. I would not want to host family. diverse population. Having APA organization in Gainsville, Florida representatives in local government live in the home of a convicted See STUDENTSlPage 12 See POLmCSlPage 4 The Mystique of a Geisha 1 Oregon Cove Named in Memory of 1887 Massacre Packaged, Available for Sale The site along the Snake event, the U.S. I River bore witness to a Board on !rm B..- IDAHO Cross-promotional prod gruesome murder of Geographic Names I---i-! - ucts like geisha inspired Chinese gold miners. Now and the Oregon ! beauty products and fash 1 its name is the only indica Geographical ion reignites debate about tor of that history. Names Board OREGON cultural sensiti'1ty. unanimously voted ~-.,. ,--- --II-:-A-i ! By LYNDA LIN Oct. 12 to name the t.owc!folJgBar~ ... So.tRamp By LYNDA LIN Assistant Editor site after the little- I ~t ' Assistant Editor Dug eOt Landing £.;. 0 ......t1 n __... known massacre. I - n ........ To get to the newly nanied NEZpeRCE t Two months before the film ver Chinese Massacre Cove, you can Newly printed - Cr¢$$ingStgn SNAKE RIVER maps will now sion of ''Memoirs of Geisha" is take a boat along the Snake River to scheduled to open in theaters identify the former- Dug Bar - Salmon Hells Canyon. nationwide, studio executives and ly unnamed site. There along the shore at the retailers are already making it possi The ominous "I believe there needs to be recog mouth of Deep Creek in 1887 connotations weren't lost on board nition of this heinous crime, one of ble to dress, look and even smell Oregon, the water ran red with the like a geisha. officials and local residents, but the worst in the history of the blood of more than 30 Chinese gold New York-based Fresh, Inc., many say its name is an important American west, and probably the miners killed and mutilated by horse which specializes in beauty prod nod to local history. Photo courtesy Marie Mackell thieves. To 'memorialize the tragic See MASSACRE COVElPage 2 ucts made from ingredients like soy, A Fresh display in New York. rice and sugar, unveiled a "Memoirs -- -- I The beauty collection, which in of a Geisha" inspired beauty collec its press releases is touted to be the Planned Research Building at Fort Missoula on Hold tion in partnership with Sony marriage of the "Asian traditions of The. proposed building Historic Preservation Commission Americans were forced to live fol Pictures Entertainment, the film's beauty" with Director Rob would have been on land initially signed off on the plan to lowing the attacks on Pear Harbor. distributor. Marshall's visual interpretation of near an historic DOJ camp build the one-story, garage-like The $100,000 building would the controversial novel by Arthur that once held JAs during structure, but the full commission house meteorologicai and hydrolog Goiden, feature1> products like liquid wwn. rescinded that on Oct. 6 following ical research equipment for UM's bath soap enriched with sake, flower protests over the idea. geology department, including a petal face mask and a makeup face By Associated Press and P.e. Staff Opponents, including members giant water tank that simulates palette of rosy hues to celebrate the of the group Save the Fort, have ocean waves and river flow. MISSOULA-Plans to build a called the project an abuse of his The Historic Preservation "sensual allure of the geisha," new University of Montana accoroo;.g toric land. Committee on Oct. 6 voted unani to the Fresh' Web site. research facility at historic Fort Elongated bottles of "Memoirs The building would be construct mously to aSk UM to submit alter- ' Missoula are on hold, and the city's ed on university-owned land near native proposals that may include of a Geisha Eau de Parlum" are historical commission is asking the • affixed with pink labels sprinkled the old quartermaster's stables and the adaptation of existing buildings university to submit alternative the fort's historic Japanese at the fort or construction of a repli with cherry blossom drawings and plans for the structure. kanji Department of Justice camp, one of ca of the fort's historic buildings. the for "beauty," lovely' A subcommittee of the Missoula a number of camps·where Japanese See GEISHAIPage 4 See FORT MISSOULA/lJage 11 IJMiIIES VEE VISITS LA SCHOlARSHIPS 'THREE EXTREMES' Chaplain Vee launches his National JACL Three directors add their tell-all book and comes to announces over vision of terror to one Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. $60,000 in scholarships. film. Serve chilled. PAGE 3 PAGE 6 PAGE 9 2 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, Ocr. 21·Nov. 3, 2Q05 PACIFIC CITIZEN The P.C. Heads Back to Little Tokyo P.C. 's NEW ADDRESS (As of Dec. 1,2005): 250 E. First Street, Suite 301 It gives me immense pleasure to pacificcitizen.org; 7 Cupania Circle, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Monterey Park, CA 91755 announce that the Pacific Citizen • Eva Lau-Tmg - circulation@ Tel: 3231725-0083, will be returning to Los Angeles' pacificcitizen.org; and NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES: 800/966-6157 Little Tokyo at the end of this year • General Information - pc@ Fax: 3231725-0064 Caroline Aoyagi-Stom - [email protected] after a more than decade absence. pacificcitizen.org. E-mail: [email protected] Lynda Lin [email protected] www.pacificcitizen.org As of Dec. 1, 2005, the Pacific Also, please note our publication Citizen will now be located at 250 schedule for the remainder of this Brian Tanaka - [email protected] Executive Editor: E. First St., Ste. 301, Los Angeles, year. The last . regular issue of the Eva Lau-Ting - [email protected] Caroline Y. Aoya~i-Stom CA 90012 so please make sure to P.e. for this year will be Nov. 4. The Assistant Editor: UPCOMING ISSUES: Lynda Lin note the change. Our 800-number P.e. will be moving to its new Little Office Manager: will remain the same so you can still Tokyo office during the remaining Nov. 4, 2005; December 2005 Holiday Issue; Brian Tanaka reach us at 800/966-6157. month of November. Local phone Jan. 20, 2006, New Year's Edition Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting We will be updating you of all the nurnbers and faxes will need to be Publisher: .