Calendar 2010 CACA Officers Sat, Jan 2 SanFrancisco Lodge Installation At the December meeting, the Sat, Jan 9 Oakland Lodge Installation officers for 2010 were elected: Sat, Jan 9 Salinas Chinese Association Installation Mon, Jan 11, 7 pm Monthly Mtg President Ira Katz (Sil yeh by Ira Katz) Vice President Linda Low Sat, Jan 16, 6 pm Salinas Lodge Secretary Candice Chin Installation Dinner Treasurer Vic Blea Fri, Jan 29 Newsletter Submissions Financial Secretary Clara Chan Mon-Sun, Feb 8-14 AT&T Pro-AM Auditors Joyce Lowe Mon, Feb 8, 7 pm Monthly Mtg & Herb Wong (Sil yeh by Linda Low) Sun, Feb 14 Chinese New Year’s Day Sentinel Stan Chan Sat, Feb ( ?) Salinas Chung Wah New Year Dinner Marshall Connie Katz Sat, Feb 27 Grand Board Meeting Collector Parker Chin Sat, Mar 6 National Essay Contest GrandRepresentative: Louis Lee Mon, Mar 8, 7 pm Monthly Mtg (& Ira Katz) (Sil yeh by Candice Chin) Sat, Mar ??, 6 pm Chinese Pot Luck In addition, President Ira Katz is Sun, Apr 4, ?? am Easter Egg Hunt appointing the following (as of press Mon, Apr 12, 7 pm Monthly Mtg time) to the Board of Associates: (Sil yeh by Vic Blea) Wally Ahtye Calendar ... Continued) Carl Chan May1-31 Asian Pacific Heritage Month Jerry Cheang Mid-Apr Steinbeck Center special exhibit opens Sun, (May 9)?, Mothers’ Day Brunch Ty Chin May (??) Scholarship Albert Fong Applications Due Elena Fuji Mon, May 10, 7 pm Monthly Mtg Johnny Gong (Sil yeh by Clara Chan) Connie Katz Fri-Wed, May 14-19 Grand Board Advocacy Phil Lee Trip to Washington, DC Sherman Low Jun (??) Dim Sum Brunch Tom O. Wong Mon, Jun 14, 7 pm Monthly Mtg (Sil yeh by Joyce Lowe) Congratulations! Let’s give them all our Thu-Sat,Jun 24-26 Asian Pacific Islander whole-hearted support! Historical Preservation Forum () Sat, Jun or Jul(??) Giants/A’s Baseball Sat, Jul 10, 8 pm Colmo del Rodeo Parade Mon, Jul 12, 7 pm Monthly Mtg (Sil yeh by Herb Wong) Sun, Jul ???, 11 am Annual Chinese Community Picnic (incl. Scholarship Awards) @ Toro Park Mon, Aug 9, 7 pm Monthly Mtg (Sil yeh by Stan Chan) Sat, Aug 21 Grand Board Meeting Mon, Sep 13, 7 pm Monthly Mtg (Sil yeh by Connie Katz) Mon, Oct 11, 7 pm Monthly Mtg the Christmas party: Peace (Sil yeh by Parker Chin) (On/An), Joy (Hay/Xi), and Good Sat, Oct 16, 6 pm Salinas Lodge Fortune (Fook/Fu). 58th Anniversary Dinner Pictures of the parade are posted Mon, Nov 8, 7 pm Monthly Mtg on the official parade website, (Sil yeh by Louis Lee) http://www.salinasparade.com/, Mon, Dec 13, 7 pm Monthly Mtg (Sil yeh by Ira Katz) and you can find three of pictures of our float. They’re slides numbers New Member 449-451 (pg. 13) in the slide show.

Welcome to Gladys Gong! Christmas Party. On December Gladys is already a familiar face in 12, the Lodge joined with Chung the Lodge family as the widow of Wah to give the annual Christmas long-time member Julian Gong. She party for the Chinese community. A decided to become a member in her capacity crowd of over 200 enjoyed own right, and was voted in at the turkey (split and barbeque roasted in December meeting after the required our outdoor BBQ pit by our second reading of her application. legendary BBQ team) and all the

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Consul-General visit. As demonstrated their language arts in reported in last month’s newsletter, song, and were rewarded by one of the Consul-General of the People’s the most energetic Santas in recent Republic of China in San Francisco, years. After giving presents to the Mr. Gao Zhansheng, came to the young people, Santa turned his Chinese School with his entourage attention to the seniors. on November 17th after calling on Rumor has it that Santa was Mayor Donohue at City Hall. portrayed this year by a handsome It should be noted that, although young man by the name of B___ who he has served in the post several is married to a certain C. School years, this is his first visit to Salinas, person. Thanks to all planned, set because his territory includes the up, cooked, and cleaned up for entire West Coast from Salinas to another successful celebration. Gung Alaska. Jook Sing Daan! While lots of parents and others Salinas Holiday Parade of Lights took pictures of their loved ones, 2009. The Chinese community’s Wally Ahtye took pictures of float in the parade on November 29th (almost) everyone. He has posted was officially sponsored jointly by quite a few photos from the party on our Lodge and Chung Wah. The the Salinas CACA website: parade wound down Main St. from http://www.cacasalinas.org/ Acacia St. to the Steinbeck Center. The three Christmas “ornaments” Dorothy’s Kitchen toys. As part which decorated the float were later of our Christmas observances, the brought into the Chinese School for Lodge decided to contribute toys, in kind, to Dorothy’s Kitchen for the On the Stove children of their clients. AT&T Pro-Am Tournament. Salvation Army Bell Ringing. This is one of the most prestigious Flora Chong reports that CACA has golf tournaments in the country and once again shared its Christmas one of our major fund raisers. spirit with the community on As a partnered organization with Saturday Dec. 4th at the Nob Hill the AT&T Pro-Am, our volunteers Grocery Store. help run the tournament, and in Thanks to the following for their return the tournament contributes to volunteering an hour of their time at our work (at the rate of $10/hour of the start of the Holiday Season volunteer time). The money we ~Wally Ahtye; Man-Tsak & Dawn receive all goes into our Community Shing; Helen Gong & Lee Knisely; Involvement Fund (CIF) (none goes Russian Chin & Bill Young; David & into our General Fund). Cheryl Laurison; Byron & Flora Due to reorganization in the Chong; Carl Chan; and Mona Lee tournament management, we will be and Vic Blea. needing volunteers for van driving This is the first time since Flora and bus loading only. There will be can remember, there were more no food preparation this year. volunteers then time slots. It would Tournament events run February be wonderful if everyone could 8-14. Van drivers are needed the volunteer the next holiday season. whole period and work 6 am – 6 pm. Have a Happy, Prosperous, and Bus loaders will be needed Feb 10-14 Healthy New Year! only and work 6 am – noon. Chop Suey sign. Jerry Cheang For details and to volunteer, call reported that the restored neon sign Jerry Cheang (424-7246) for bus is back up above the old Republic loading or Sherman Low (424-9290) Café, but there is no way to plug it in for van driving. as yet. A $600K grant has been Relay for Life. Mona Lee and received, which is enough to clean Vic up the first floor and put in a new Blea are continuing to monitor as the roof to prevent further deterioration organizers put together the next of the building. event and they will let us know as New Year’s Eve party. Rumor more details become available. They has it that we had a great turn out hope we’ll present a good people for the CACA/Chung Wah representation by the time the event New Year’s Eve pot luck party at the happens. Chinese School. Ho Sai Gai hosted Installation Dinner. If this is the casino table, some played mah news to you, you didn’t get the flash jongg, and every one had a good bulletin or listen to the grape vine. time. But they rolled up the carpet Saturday, January 16th at 6 pm, by 12:30 am! we will have dinner, then install the new officers and Board of Associates machines. They can be textiles or for 2010 ($12 a head for dinner, if toys. They’ll be looking for a broad you’ve forgotten.) You missed the array of things to illustrate how daily reservation deadline of Friday, life was back then. Things which January 8? Throw yourself on the highlight the difficulties of the mercy of Linda Low (424-9290) or immigrant experience, as well as Louis Lee (758-3936) and hope things which would be distinctive there’s been a cancellation. and not familiar to non-Chinese That’s a good reason to call if you would be especially valuable. reserved and find you can’t come. It is hoped that many of these Another reason is you’ll still owe us artifacts will subsequently become ($12 a head) if you’re a no-show! part of the projected Asian Cultural Museum planned for the old Steinbeck Center exhibit and Republic Café on Soledad Street. Call for Artifacts. In mid-April the If you have anything you would Steinbeck Center will open and run consider loaning for the exhibit, or if for twelve weeks an exhibit relating you have further questions, please to the historic and current cultures contact Deborah Siguero of the represented in Salinas . National Steinbeck Center or Lila This initial exhibit will naturally Stapes of California State University, have an emphasis on the Chinese, Monterey Bay. but will also consider other ethnic Deborah Siguero is the Curator of communities too. It is expected that Exhibitions and Collections at NSC there will be subsequent exhibits and has over 30 years of museum which will examine those cultures experience. She can be reached at more closely. [email protected] or (831) 775- The display will utilize a 4734. traveling exhibit developed by the Lila Staaples, Ph.D., is Professor Chinese Historical Society of of Museum Studies in Visual and America’s (CHSA) museum in San Public Art at CSUMB. She can be Francisco on the general history and contacted at [email protected]. culture of Chinese settlement in the NSC is schedule to receive United States. artifacts on Tuesdays and Thursdays But in order to localize the arc of from 10 am-4 pm. Arrangements history presented in the traveling may also be made to pick up the exhibit and to bring to life word artifacts. pictures and old photographs, the Please think about what you may Steinbeck Center has issued a call for have stored in your attic or artifacts to be loaned to them from basement. But don’t take too long our community. and contact NSC soon, because the Artifacts are anything tangible, curators will need time to evaluate any physical object. They can be how your contribution would fit into official documents or old letters. the exhibit (they don’t need a They can be photographs or other hundred of the same thing), decide pictures. They can be tools or what kind of display requirements So why would there be a problem would be needed (for conservation, filling out a 10 question form? The security, and visibility), and then do answer is fear and lack of trust for the actual design, construction, and government. Unfortunately this a installation of the display. battle that we leaders in the CACA If they decide to use your artifact, community must wage and win with they’ll be a formal paperwork for not only our own members but the you to give permission and assure greater Chinese and Asian Pacific you they’ll treat your artifact right. Islander community. So what are the facts? Essay Contest. This annual We at CACA Salinas will be national event is definitely having a Citizenship Night around scheduled for Saturday, March 6, Chinese News Year time. We are 2010. If you can think of any young currently working with the Census people who would benefit, start Bureau to have posters and flyers in talking it up to them now! Chinese and English to better I know we’re still recovering explain how the information will be from the holidays, but that’s gathered as well as used. historically been the problem. That The information will not be sent March 6th date comes up so soon that to the I.R.S., I.N.S, I.C.E., welfare too many can’t plan and get here. So departments and so on. Trust is what talk it up! we need to build amongst our Census 2010: President Ira Katz membership that this is a worthy says: NO CHINESE-AMERICAN and important activity. Otherwise LEFT BEHIND! In order to further we risk an undercount which IS a the reality of citizenship subtle form of Exclusion. I will be INCLUSION versus exclusion it is discussing more about this matter. necessary that all Chinese American It should be noted that I am participate in the once every ten working with Lynee Choy who is a years CENSUS 2010. CACA sister of ours from the Los What is at stake here is billions of Angeles Lodge and that Grand dollars in funding as well as an President Carolyn Chan is also a accurate count of supporter of this effort. In fact Grand in America. To make sure our voice Lodge is a partner with Census 2010 is heard in terms of government as we in Salinas have applied to be funding and programs we have to as well. We have had some bumps ensure we have the data that proves along the approval. However we we are here in the USA and we are will prevail. being good citizens. Colmo de Rodeo Parade returns We have come a long way from for the 2010 Centenniel California the of 1883- Rodeo. Save the date: Saturday, yet the fight for full citizenship July 10, 2010. We’ll be there and win rights goes on. We can not afford to the prize like in the 50’s and 60’s! be discounted or discriminated.

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National News

1st female Chinese American federal judge. Dolly Gee was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a seat on the Federal District Court on Christmas Eve. What a Christmas present! See Word and .pdf attachments.

CAPAC. The latest newsletter from the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, courtesy of Congressman Honda: http://www.honda.house.gov/index.p hp?option=com_content&view=article& id=65&Itemid=57/ Frank Y.F. Chan. Long time Tucson Lodge member passes away. See Word attachment.

Houston Lodge member seeks judgeship. Brother Gordon Quan files for election as Harris County Judge. See Word attachment.

Newsletter Submissions Send all your reports, notices, and other submissions to the newsletter to me to both work and personal e-mail addresses. I check my work e-mail more often than my personal e-mail, but I can’t check it away from work. [email protected] [email protected]

Deadlines Please submit your contributions ten days before each monthly meeting. That is, Friday a week before, so it’s either the 1st Friday of the month or the last Friday of the previous month. This allows several days for editing, a day or so for printing and folding and posting by Thursday for snail mail delivery NLT Saturday before the Monday meeting. Next Deadline: January 29, 2010