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THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL March 9-22, 2018 This photo, taken on May 17, 1935, features East Yakima Avenue in Yakima, Wash. The business buildings on the left side of the im- age were located between Second and Third Streets on the north side of East Yakima Avenue. The oc- casion for the parade is the celebration of the City of Yakima’s “Golden Ju- bilee,” the 50th anniver- sary of the city’s creation by the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1885. The cel- ebration was also called “Yakima Frontier Days.” During that time, many Japanese pioneers lived in the town and helped the local economy by running hotels, restaurants and lo- » PAGE 5 cal retail establishments. THE YAKIMA EXPERIENCE » PAGE 4 Yakima Valley Museum’s VJAMM and Manzanar Internees Speak at DOR program acknowledges Venice High School. the area’s historical JA » PAGE 6 contributions. Consortium Stakeholders Unite to Reaffirm Their Commitment to Preserve Important JA Initiatives. PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE YAKIMA VALLEY MUSEUM WWW.PACIFICCITIZEN.ORG #3316 / VOL. 166, No. 4 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 March 9-22, 2018 LETTER/NATIONAL HOW TO REACH US SPRING IS (ALMOST) HERE — AND SO IS THE Email: [email protected] JACL last year added a $17 sur- online retailer, and anything you Online: www.pacificcitizen.org Tel: (213) 620-1767 charge for members who want the purchase in the next 24 hours will Mail: 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St., P.C.’S SPRING CAMPAIGN! print version of the P.C. mailed to get the P.C. a percentage of that Suite 313 he Pacific Citizen has been of covering the redress movement. them. It’s an acknowledgement that sale. It may not be much, but if Los Angeles, CA 90012 a part of JACL’s storied his- It was a platform for a diversity printed newspapers are almost a all of us get in the habit, the small STAFF tory. The newspaper was of viewpoints — columnist Bill thing of the past, except that many amounts will add up! Executive Editor Tcalled the Nikkei Shimin in 1929 Hosokawa, a colleague of mine JACL members would still prefer a The other way that you can help Allison Haramoto when JACL was established, which in Denver who wrote his “Out of paper they can hold instead of one is to support the P.C. with a dona- Senior Editor Digital & Social Media was Nihongo for “Japanese Ameri- the Frying Pan” columns for the they can read on a computer, tablet tion of any amount to our Spring George Johnston can Citizen.” It was one of the first P.C. for decades, was opposed to or smartphone. Campaign. Please visit https:// Business Manager newspapers serving the Japanese the reparations that JAs were But, the future is the digital versi- www.pacificcitizen.org/donations. Susan Yokoyama community entirely in English demanding. on of the P.C. It’s inevitable. And to Or, you can send along a check Production Artist because it was, as its name implied, In the 2000s, when I had my first prepare for the future (which is fast the old-fashioned way, through Marie Samonte written by and for Japanese Ameri- stint as P.C. Editorial Board Chair, coming), the P.C.’s annual Spring snail mail, to the Pacific Citizen, Circulation Eva Ting cans — the Nisei. the paper was at the forefront of ex- Campaign is more important than 123 S. Onizuka St., Suite 313, Los The name Pacific Citizen was panding its coverage to a pan-Asian ever. The P.C. will need to invest in Angeles, CA 90012. The Pacific Citizen newspaper (ISSN: 0030-8579) is published chosen by a national contest in palette of news stories. It won a new equipment and “cloud” space Members of the Pacific Citizen semi-monthly (except once in 1931, and a decade later, when JAs couple of awards for its work. for its digital archives, though the Editorial Board met last weekend December and January) by the were sent to American concentra- Now, the P.C. continues its long staff is working with organizations at the offices of the P.C. in Los Japanese American Citizens League, Pacific Citizen, 123 Ellison tion camps during World War II, tradition of serving as an important to store PDF versions of the paper. Angeles’ Little Tokyo, and we S. Onizuka St., Suite 313 the P.C. moved its headquarters to vehicle for JACL news, as well as To run its social media properly to reaffirmed our commitment to the Los Angeles, CA 90012 Salt Lake City, Utah, and kept pub- for news about the Asian American attract the next generation of JACL success of the P.C. Please join us in Periodical postage paid at L.A., CA POSTMASTER: Send address lishing the news. The main subject and Pacific Islander communities. (and nonmember) readers, the P.C. showing your appreciation for the changes to National JACL, 1765 of the paper’s coverage was con- The P.C. has struggled financially will eventually need to pay a staff- P.C., and help it keep doing its job Sutter St., San Francisco, CA ditions in the camps, and after the as JACL has struggled financially. er to run its online efforts, just like for you. 94115 war, the P.C. was even nominated It’s not the newspaper’s fault — in other news organizations do. The P.C. staff thanks you. The JACL President: Gary Mayeda Executive Director: David Inoue for a Pulitzer Prize. fact, the P.C. staff is cut to the bone, Maybe you’ve noticed that more P.C. Editorial Board thanks you. Interim Assistant Executive The paper eventually moved its with a skeleton staff. I’ve worked ads are appearing on the P.C.’s And I thank you. Deeply. Director: Stephanie Nitahara newsroom to Los Angeles, follo- for four decades in newspapers and website? One way you can help the P.C. EDITORIAL BOARD Sincerely, Gil Asakawa, chairperson; Jody wing the returning JA communi- online media, and I can tell you it’s P.C. is to click on the Amazon.com Mitori, MDC; Marcia Chung, ty in the 1950s. In the 1970s and miraculous that the P.C. continues ad on the home page whenever you Gil Asakawa, CCDC; Jim Duff, NCWNPDC; ’80s, the P.C. was at the forefront its good, important work. need to buy something from the Pacific Citizen Editorial Chip Larouche, PNWDC; Kayla Board Chair Watanabe, IDC; John Saito Jr., PSWDC; Juli Yoshinaga, Youth Rep. 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To avoid interruptions in delivery, please notify your postmaster to include periodicals in your change of address (USPS Form 3575) COMMENTARY March 9-22, 2018 3 REIMAGINE EVERYTHING TIME TO TRAVEL! vacation days. a vital part of your health care, so • Thirty-six percent of the 45-54 start treating it seriously. segment and 31 percent of the A new AARP Travel Trends 55-plus segment reported a fear study found that baby boomers By Ron Mori of returning to a mountain of reported fewer vacation barriers work as the top reason for not heading into 2018 (20 percent re- ravel is the top aspirational taking time off (slightly less than port no barriers compared to 12 activity for people 50-plus, the average of 37 percent).