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CITIZEN Day of Remembrance since1929PACIFIC Find a OOR event near you. LISTING PAGE 10 The National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League #3051/VoI.142, No. 3ISSN: 0030-8579 FEB. 17-MAR. 2,2006

Houston's AA Festival Fights for Visibility ..... Revenues vs. Expenses - YTD (preliminary 2005 EOy)

Amidst Controversial Cancellation Decision Currents RevenuesJll' JAC L National exceed EXfjDditures By LYNDA LIN Com parison of Revenues to Expenses by S 32k Assistant Editor ! := r... ,,996 "' I ua ~ _ ~:~~~ h 2006 l bUd9 1 ~ 11 l ' ~ For their performances, chil• dren practice moving their feet in I , I ,~,,_ ] ,, ! the choreographed footsteps of :§tnf their ancestors and plucking the 1ti& 1"7 11)98 1", 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 bgtlOO5 .caOO5 bgt:2OO6 ~ v_ 0:: strings of a pipa, .a curvy Chinese _TctaI~ ...... TotaI~tlJ'es 5 (.) instrument usually not seen or heard by a mainstream audience. NATIONAL BOARD MEETING They practice performances to bring their cultural songs, dances and arts to a Pan Asian stage in JACL Closes '05 with Surplus, Texas, but this year the long• PHOTO: KIM HOOSTROM standing festival was cancelled, a Warns of Future Shortfalls Houston Asian American Festival Executive Director Glenda move that set off what is being By LYNDA LIN ing campaigns including Annual Joe (right) and Daniel Watanabe, festival president and vice called a mortal combat between Assistant Editor Giving and the JACL golf tourna• president of Houston JACL, are fighting to keep the 26-year-old festival officials and its longtime ment and a one-time personal dona• festival alive at Miller Theatre this Oct. 22-23. host venue. SAN FRANCISCO-The JACL tion from Anthony Plummer, a Citing its new commitment to ''We're not putting this festival At contention were the "recital national board reported a surplus in longtime JACLer, also contributed professional performances, board down," said Paul Beutel, Miller type" children's performances and the 2005 budget, but put off dis• to the surplus in 2005. members of Houston's Miller Theatre artistic director. "It's not in martial arts demonstrations. cussing 2006 and finalizing the The good news comes with sever• Outdoor Theatre in December sync with our mission right now. The decision enraged festival 2007-2008 biennial budgets until al sobering caveats. Although rescinded a grant for the Houston That's key to us, professional cal• officials, raised accusations of the next meeting in April. JACL's membership decline is the Asian American Festival (HAAF), iber performances. Our collective ethnic bias and left performers The $132,288 surplus in 2005 is smallest it has been in the last 12 an annual two-day event in opinion after last year's festival in like Changlu Wu and the young primarily due to a decrease in mem• years, the number is still dropping, October of mostly community• October - once we experienced it students at her Houston-based bership decline, Millennium ub repo ed Ed i i based performers it has hosted for - was that it was not at the caliber classical Chinese music school renewals in December and a drop in JACL vice president of member• 20 years. we wanted." See FESTIVAUPage 12 expenditures, said National JACL ship. Since January 2005, member• Secretaryffreasurer Mark Koba• ship has fallen 1.7 percent. Groups Hope to Tell Little Known Little Tokyo Story yashi at the Feb. 11-12 national board meeting. Successful fundrais- See FINANCESlPage 3 But a proposed walkway and mural on Azusa Street marking the location of the Amache Camp Will Become founding of the Pentecostal Church Movement has National Historic Landmark faced roadblocks the past By ASSOCIATED PRESS , "Amache?" they asked. "What's decade. that?" GRANADA, Colo.-This was a Today they know. By CAROLINE AOYAGI place no one talked about for a long Today - thanks largely to the Executive Editor time. same teacher who persisted in The people once warehoused on Congested traffic and the hustle this 160-acre stretch of land See AMACHEJPage 6 and bustle of tourists and residents choked with sagebrush and alike are an everyday characteristic crumbling concrete founda• of the four blocks that make up Los And one little known part of Little William Seymour founded the tions didn't. Angeles' Little Tokyo. There's a lot Tokyo history can be found here on Pentecostal Church Movement, a Neither did the people of history here from the first Azusa Street, a small section that is movement that now boasts 500 mil• who lived in the town less Japanese immigrants in the 1900s, little more than an alley with the lion members. than a mile away. When an the upheaval of the internment occasional garbage truck or delivery Today all that stands to commem• eager, young high school years, and the resurgence of the area van. This is the location where orate this historical event are a cou• teacher arrived in town 15 in the 1970s and 1980s. African American pioneer Pastor ple of small plaques, a street sign, years ago and asked his stu• and a grapefruit tree planted in dents how to get to Camp P hoenjx :Qji\jng: memory of Pastor Seymour. For the Amache, they' responded Leaderi\hjp ror a New See AZUSA STREETlPage 3 with blank faces. generatjon AA Groups Blast Radio Personality Adam Carolla for Anti-ASian Comments By Pacific Citizen Staff priate that an industry leader such as portion of CBS listeners and view• CBS allows one of its radio person• ers. Several Asian American groups, alities to ridicule Asian Americans ''While Mr. Carolla may try to including JACL, recently came out with racist stereotyping o"9"er the air• hide behind the excuse that this was with statements criticizing radio waves," said a 'joke,' there is not humor to be personality Adam Carolla for his H e i d i found nor excuse to be made for anti-Asian comments mocking an Tanakatsubo, demeaning an entire community JACL National Convention Asian American awards show. JACL vice with racism," she said. June 21-24, 2006 In a Jan. 24 national broadcast or president of "Once again, he's equating Chandler, Arizona the A~ Carolla Show, Carolla public affairs, stereotyped foreign aspects of Asian mocked the Asian Excellence in a JACL language and culture with Asian Awards in a 52 second segment statement. Americans," said Guy Aoki, found• which was dubbed over with a "Asian Americans constitute not ing president of MANAA (Media 17 series of "ching, chong" sounds. only a large segment of the U.S. Action Network for Asian WEEIiS "In this day and age, it is inappro- population, but also a significant See RADIOlPage 3 2 ANNUAL GIVING PACIFIC CITIZEN, FEB. 17-MAR. 2, 2006

~ PACI"' CrnZEN ~ Annual Giving a Success 2005 WINNERI ~ NEW AMERICA By JOHN TATEISID response to our appeal for support of 9 JMEDIA Executive Director COLAs for the staff and for our pro• ~ Awards In WrtUng .A grams. In this issue of the Pacific A belated Happy New Year. Citizen the names and donation lev• Total contributions as of Feb. 8,2006: As we begin the New Year, I'm els of our contributors will be PACIFIC CITIZEN happy to report that our year-end acknowledged as a way to thank $108,960 annual giving those who donated to this campaign. 250 E. First Street, Ste. 301, Los Angeles, CA. 90012 7~ tpue 1M- tpJ«It ~ ~ campaign was And to those of you who mis• Tel: 213/620-1767, a resounding placed your solicitation letters and $2,500-$2,000: Yosh Amino, S Hiji, Tsugio Hiji, George Hinoki, 800/966-6157 success. are clamoring to join the other Daniel Date. $1,000-$1,999: George Charley Hirai, Rina K Hirai, Ruby Fax: 213/620-1768 Our goal donors, it's not too late. You can still E-mail: [email protected] T Aratani, Harry Higaki, Manabi & Hiramoto, Setsu Hirasuna, Stuart was $100,000, join in on the campaign by sending www.pacificcitizen.org Sumi Hirasaki, Dale Ikeda, John Hirasuna, Akito Hirata, George Nishizu & Family & Clarence Hirokane, Eisaku Ace Hiromura, Pete but in many your contributions to the JACL Executive Editor: Nishizu & Family, William S Kiyasu, Hironaka, Yoshi Hironaka, William ways, that was national headquarters with a nota• Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom Randall Lee, MD PHD, Sam Naito, Hirose, Gregory Hiura, Marshall optimistic as we began the cam• tion that this is for the annual giving. Assistant Editor: Ninomiya-Koda Foundation, Jean Hoffman, Shig Hoki, Harry K Honda, paign with a few starts and stumbles We'll end this campaign on the last Lynda Lin Okagawa, Kenji Okuda, Hide Taye Honda, Thomas Hopper, Calvin in late November. day of February. Office Manager: Oshima, Lois Yamakoshi. $500- Hori, Florence Hori, Takashi Hori, Thanks to so many of you, we You can't get a 2005 tax write-off Brian Tanaka $999: Yoneo Asano, Roy Y Herbert Horikawa, Richard Horiuchi, Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting Ashizawa, Louis Dicerbo, Bette Chiyoko Hoshide, Harry Hoshiko, exceeded our goal and reached over but you can certainly get an early $108,OOO! Where normally we have start on 2006 write offs! Pubiisher:Japanese American Hamachi, Janice & George Higashi, Ken Hoshiko, Masako Hoshino, 600-700 supporting our campaign, Citizens League (founded 1929) David & Carol Kawamoto, Misayo Perry Huhne, Paula-Jo Husack, Edith Once again, thank you to all of 1765 Sutter Street, San Kumakura, Ford H Kuramoto, Placer Ichiuji, Dan Ikeda, Hannah Ikeda, this year we had over 900 contribu• you who donated to the year-end Francisco, CA 94115, tel: County Chapter, Susan Reese, Akiko Kay Ikeda, Daniel Ikemiyashiro, tors. solicitation. Your generosity and 4151921-5225 fax: 415/931- Sasashima, Stuart T Tsujimoto, Frank Y Ikenaga, Francis Ikezoye, So thank you, all of you who support are very, very much appre• Shigemi Tsushima, Fusae Yoshida, Bill Imada, Sueko Imagawa, In mem• 4671, www.jacl.org responded so generously in ciated.• JACL President: Ken Inouye $499-$125: Anonymous (7), ory of Noboru Honda, Edward Inaba, Nat'l Director: John Tateishi Ernest Ando, John Asari, Masao Minoru Inadomi, Saburo Inagaki, 0 Pacific Citizen Board of Ashizawa, Ichiro Doi, Patricia James Inashima, Chieko Ingham, Nakagawa, Susie N a k a g a w a , Tanaka, Wayne Kazuo Tanda, Cecil Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair• Dozen, Edward A Endow, George T Noboru Inoue, Herbert Inouye, Donald Nakahata, Shigeru Tange, Paul Y Tani, Rose Tani, Nellie person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; Fukui, Steve Hanada, Allan Hida, Martha Inouye, Ted Inouye, George Nakahira, Drake Nakaishi, Judy Taniguchi, Tomio Taniguchi, Tony Casey China, MDC; Kathy Martha M Horiuchi, George Iida, Iseri, Shig Iseri, Kei Ishigami, Nakamoto, David Nakamura, Taniguchi, Ethel Y Tashiro, Ben Ishimoto, CCDC; Nelson Nagai, Kazuo Ikeda, In Honor of Dr. Dennis Tadashi Ishihara, Shoun Ishikawa, Hatsuye Nakamura, Kiyoko Teraoka, Frances Tojo, Ted Tokaji, NCWNPDC; Sheldon Arakaki, Nishimine, In memory of George George Ishimaru, Toshiko Ishimaru, Nakamura, David Nakanishi, Russell Mary Toki, E Ken Tokutomi, Kenji PNWDC; Larry Grant, IDC; Yasukochi, Frank K Inami, Seiji ltahara, Kiyoshi Ito, Martin L Lee Nakano, Frank Nakasako, Edwin Tomita, James Tomooka, Frank A Sharon Kumagai, PSWDC; Joe Inami, Kenneth Inouye, Ito, Tadashi lura, George Iwanaga, Nakasone, Harry Nakata, Lily Tsuboi, Herbert M Tsuchiya, Jean Maya Yamazaki, Youth. 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JACL Executive Director John have the surplus, but at the same As of Dec. 31, JACL National Endowment Funds 1996 through 2/0112006 1,200,000 Tateishi called "awful years finan• time we have challenges to make membership revenue cially," the national organization is sure that we are responsible in terms topped off at 1,000.000 t------'-/'t-:= ::-;;;------i still hobbled by lack of staff mem• of safeguarding those revenues and $1,017,609. Public 800,000 t---7"'"'--- ____~ ~~------i bers. also plan our budget with an eye support, which "Even though we had more towards being responsible as well," reached $94,095, has 600,000 said Inouye. also met its budgeted _.~_---._._ ~~ : ~;;~- ; ~ -i -.~ ; income than expenses, we still find 400,000 i.'.· "We actually have an opportunity goal. Fundraising .... __.. .. ourselves in the situation where we 200,000 t-...... ------.--- ....-=-..------.--- - -;-.--=:A-"-----_--_-....-- '--_ -=-"--_-=A=--_---=-A-=--__k_- ______-i don't pave enough people to run the here because we have a little bit of came in at $176,808, operations in the manner that we breathing room and given that we grants brought in should," said JACL National really do need to decide what. we. $119,208 and the 12I3V96 12131/97 1213l/98 12I3t199 12131/00 12131101 11131/02 1213l1OJ 12131104 12131/05 2/1/06 President Ken Inouye. want to do with the organlzation," p.e. made $190,637, .. .. Life Trust EndO\l,mc nt Fund ...• .- National EndoYt1nent Fund ...... Musooka Endowment Fund Key staff positions, which were said Kobayashi. according to the ___ JACL Rescr\e fund ...•. Le gac y Fund Imcstmcnts / lO COURTESY OF MARK KOBAYASHI either cut or never refilled because Endow announced the launch of a Dec. 31' budget of financial strife include: the new membership campaign which report. reviewed the performance of the income li.Ke the Plummer donation. Pacific Southwest regional director, includes the slogan, "Just do it" to The surplus will be put into a endowments. According to an "It sounds like [ we] cry wolf two positions on the Pacific Citizen ' encourage members to recruit one reserve fund governed by the analysis of the endowment spending because I said so often through the staff and several administrative help new member. But with about four Finance Committee. policy between Feb. 2004 to Jan. P.e. that we're in a serious budget positions at the San Francisco months left before the national JACL's investments also met 2006, there is a total of $259,733 to crisis that we need donations ... but national headquarters. council meets in Arizona for the budgeted goals. As of Dec. 31, the distribute for programs in the next what I think what Mark did at the The surplus, some board mem• JACL convention, Tateishi said Life Trust Endowment Fund was at biennium. very end -looking at the realities of bers noted, is the first time in a long without a strong push for more . $453,087 and the Legacy Fund as of In planning the 2007-08 budgets, the revenue side of the budget - time that the organization's move• members, a dues increase may be' Feb. 1 was at $6.075 inillion with board members debated the priority was very sobering and I think it ment isn't dictated by deficit, but it the only other way to break ,the corpus at approximately $5.4 mil• of new hires, but Kobayashi said that pointed to the fact that we're going also raises some challenges in plan• cycle of staff shortages and thfeats lion. JACL could face the possibility of to be in a very tight budget biennium ning the next biennial budget. Board of deficit that have plagued the ''It's been a long time since this another deficit in the next biennium. based on the numbers we're looking members launched into a budget organization over the years. has happened, so we are very happy Some projected revenue sources at this time," said Tateishi.• balancing session that stretched late "The only way I can see us get• to see that," said Kobayashi at the in 2007-08 are soft monies with no into the night Feb. 11. The debate, ting out of this is to raise member• meeting. guarantee to come in, said The next qUilrterly board meeting is which centered on the priority of ship dues. If we examine all the staff The Investment Policy Kobayashi, who pointed out that the . scheduled for April 7-9 at the JACL new hires afforded by the next bien- positions that are critical and that we Committee (IPC) met Jan. 28 and surplus in 2005 included surprise headqUilrters in San Francisco .

. AZUSA STREET will be more for the visitors to see 'Many Pentecostals look at the site as sacred to their history, ' although Little Tokyo may be the home of the Pentecostal Church (Continued from page 1) than a garbage filled alleyway. - Cecil M. Robek, professor "This is a big time event. The Movement, Japanese churches and past to years the Azusa Street mural will attract visitors, give them temples have been here even longer. Memorial Committee has been something to see when they look for "We're not against any organiza• fighting to build a. memorial at the the site," said Watanabe, who is also tion coming into Little Tokyo based location but has faced resistanc~ the executive director of the Little on ethnic background," said from some community groups. Tokyo Service Center. "This is a Nakagawa "Our goal is to facilitate They are hoping that this year, the great story that still speaks to us. A dialogue that provides clarity about lOOth anniversary of the Azusa hundred years ago an amazing thing every religious organization that Street founding, they will finally see happened ... Yet no one knows seeks to have a presence in Little some progress. about this," he said. Tokyo:' ''This is the story of an African The me1porial committee's pro• Robeck, who is also a member of American that stood shoulder to posed project includes a memorial the Azusa Street Memorial shoulder with Nelson Mandela and OJ) the northside wall and an Azusa Committee and author of "The Martin Luthe! King, Jr.," said LeS Street SpiritWalk promenade that· . Azusa Street Mission and Revival: Hamasaki, an urban planner and will tell Pastor Seymour and the The Birth of the Global Pentecostal member of the Azusa Street Pentecostal Church's story. Movement," believes that many Memorial Committee. "Pastor Proponents believe the memorial people, even in the Christian com• Seymour brought multiculturalism would bring welcome tourist dollars contribution to the memorial com• offer. munity, do not know very much that today's Los Angeles is all about, to the Little Tokyo area and put the mittee. "Improving the alley would about the Pentecostal movement. and he brought it one hundred years ethnic enclave on the map as a "spir• "For logistical reasons ... the wall increase JACCC's property value. "Pentecostalism is not a homoge• ago." itual door to the world." does not work for this placement," We need people coming in through neous group. There is great diversity In 1906 Pastor Seymour opened The monument is estimated to said Wong. "But we do honor Pastor here," said Hamasaki. within this movement. Historic the Apostolic Faith Mission at 312 cost about $250,000 and they have Seymour. This is a significant piece More recently some concerns stereotypes are not adequate to Azusa Street, holding services for already received a $25,000 grant of Little Tokyo history. It started here have been raised by the Nikkei describe the current situation," he thousands of followers in a multi• from the Tom Bradley Foundation and there is no question it has histor• Interfaith Council, a group of vari• said. cultural environment, something and a promised $25,000 in-kind ical significance in Little Tokyo." ous Christian and Buddhist churches Robeck plans to meet with mem• unheard of in those days. The uned• service from the Community But Watanabe believes the reasons in the Little Tokyo area. They bers of the Nikkei Interfaith Council ucated son of former slaves, Redevelopment Agency. The for JACCC's reluctance for a mural believe the values and beliefs of the March 20 to resolve any questions Seymour's efforts would be the . memorial committee has already "are not strong ones." He noted that Pentecostal Church are in direct and concems. starting point for the worldwide gamered the support of the L.A. if the power panel portion of the wall opposition to their beliefs, especially The memorial "is important to Pentecostal Church Movement, a Human Relations Committee and is a concern, the committee is will• on ethnicity, diversity of culture, and Little Tokyo; It is important to JAs. It movement that Life Magazine listed Councilwoman Jan Perry whose ing to design a mural that would not gender orientation issues. is a part of a major movement even as No. 62 on its list of '''The 100 district includes Little Tokyo. affect that area. They also note that a '''The Nikkei Interfaith Council if you don't believe in the move• Most Important Events & People of But for the past 10 years the mural does not have to cover the has values we believe are at odds ment," said Hamasaki.· the Past 1,000 Years." Pentecostals Japanese 4illerican Cultural and entire north wall, but could take up a with the values associated with this ''This is good for Little Tokyo," believe that through baptism they . Community Center, the owners of smaller portion of it. church," said Pastor Mark said Watanabe. "It would be an his• can speak in tongues, witness signs the property on which the wall sits, Some speculate that the Azusa Nakagawa of the Centenary United toric site not only for Pentecostals and perform miracles. have not given their approval for the Street mural is not on the top of Methodist Church, who noted that but for Little Tokyo." • "Many Pentecostals look at the mural. JACCC's priority list right now due site as sacred to their history," said Victor Wong, JACCC director of to much larger concems such as the RADIO Asian Pacific American popula• Cecil M. Robeck, professor of administration, says a power panel survival of the Center which has (Continued from page 1) tions. In addition to JACL and church history and ecumenics at for its entire plaza is contained in the been experiencing well-known MANAA, the Asian American Fuller Theological Seminary. wall and that a mural would not be financial problems the past several Americans). "Since forming in Justice Center (AAJC) and the '''There is no other site in the world feasible. He also noted that future years. 1992, we've sent more letters of Coalition Against Hate Media that can lay claim to being the cradle development plans for the plaza . "JACCCjs struggling for survival complaint to Adam Carolla than (CAHM) have blasted Carolla and of the Pentecostal and Charismatic may necessitate demolition of the ... the mural is not on their list of pri• anyone else. It's like the guy can't parent company CBS for their Movements like the · Azusa Street wall. orities," said Watanabe. help himself." Mission." But although the JACCC is not in Ironically, Hamasaki, a former The JACL is' calling on CBS to insensitivity. So far Carolla and CBS have not In April, more than 100,000 peo• favor of the mural, Wong notes that JACCC board member for 20 years, issue and on-air apology, mandate issued apologies . ple are expected to attend the Azusa the Center is working closely with believes a mural would bring needed . that Carolla attend.sensitivity train• In an interview with the Pacific Street Centennial Celebration in Los the -Azusa Street Centennial · dollars to the Center since it would ing, and providefan opportunity to Citizen, CBS Radio's Vice President Angeles. Part of the week-long cel• Celebration coordinators in plan- • become a must-see tourist destina• host Americans of Asian ancestry on of Communication Karen Mateo ebrations will be a visit to the Azusa ning several events at the JACCC tion for Pentecostals. He also noted the Adam Carolla show to speak said, '''The segment was meant to be Street site and Bill Watanabe, chair• including a hospitality center, vari• that the Pentecostal Church has about the incident. humorous and was not meant to man of the Azusa Street Memorial ous performances, and prayers. The offered to buy some of the property The Adam Carolla Show is aired offend anyone." • Committee, is hopeful that there Center has also given an in-kind but that JACCC has declined the in 10 West Coast cities with large 4 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, FEB. 17-MAR. 2, 2006 . Groups Announce New 'Redress Efforts for JAs and JLAs As the Day of Remembrance nity members to contact their repre-. ment without due process, forced National Newsbytes approaches, the Campaign for sentatives in Congress to urge sup• deportation and use in prisoner By P.e. Staff and Associated Press Justice: Redress Now for Japanese port of.this new legislation. exchange. Latin Americans!, JACL, and Community Delegation to In May 2006, a community dele• "APAAdvocacy Group Says NYC Violated Voting Rights Act Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress Deliver WWII ''Enemy Alien" gation will deliver copies of the NEW YORK....:....An Asian Pacific American advocacy group is accusing recently announced new redress Report and Video to Congress Assembly Proceedings Report and the city Board ofElection~ofviolatlng language-assistance provisions.in the efforts for Japanese Americans and This year marks the 25th anniver• Video to the U.S. Congress and the federal Voting Rights Act. Japanese Latin Americans sary of the historic 1981 redress Inter-American Commission on The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed New Redress Commission Bill hearings, which documented the Human Rights (lACHR, a body of a lawsuit Feb. 6 in Manllattan federal court. The suit, on behalf of five vot• Introduced personal testimonies of hundreds of the Organization of American ers and four organizations, alleges that the city agency isn't properly fulfill• On Feb. 15 u.s. Sen. Daniel former internees throughout the States). ing requirements to provide language help for APAs with limited English Inouye, D-Hawaii, and U.S. Rep. country and led to the passage of the JLA Petition At IACHR proficiency and that APAs were encountering discrimination when they tried Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., intro• Civil Liberties Act of 1988. With little progress in the U.S. to vote. duced a redress commission bill in Inspired by the original hearings courts, a petition was filed with the Under federal law, election notices, voter notices and other material must Congress called the "Commission of the Commission on Wartime IACHR on behalf of former be published in Chinese in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens and in Korean on Wartime Relocation' and Relocation and Internment of Japanese Latin American internees. in Queens. Voters with limited English proficiency are also allowed to Internment of Latin Americans of Civilians (CWRIC), organizers held The IACHR will soon decide if it receive translation assistance while in the voting booth. According to the Japanese Descent Act" an expansion of these commission 'has jurisdiction over this case seek• 2000 Census, there were -92,570 Chinese adult citizens with limited nnglish The bill will establish a federal hearings at a two-day public testi• ing to hold the U.S. government proficiency in those three counties and 11,835 Korean adult citizens with commission to study the wartime monial event in San Francisco accountable for the ongoing failure limited English in Queens, AALDEF said. violations committed by the U.S. called '''The Assembly on Wartime to provide redress for WWlI war The four organizations represented in the lawsuit are the Chinatown Voter government against Japanese Latin Relocation and Internment of crimes and crimes against humanity. Education Alliance, the Young Korean American Serve and Education Americans during World War n, Civilians." Center Inc., the Korean American Voters' Council and the Chinese American and make recommendations for any The Assembly focused on the • For more information, contact:. Voters Association. appropriate remedies based on their personal testimonies of inlmigrants. Campaign for Justice: findings. The findings· and recom• of Japanese, German, and Italian Redress Now For Japanese Latin Eddy Zheng's Deportation Hearing Continues mendations of the new commission ancestry in the United States and Americans!, P.O. Box 1384, SAN FRANCISCO-Eddy Zheng, who has served over 19 years for a can serve to strengthen efforts to from Latin America who were tar• EI Cerrito, CA 94530 robbery he committed at 16, had the chance to speak: publicly on his own pass pending redress legislation, the geted as "enemy aliens" and 510/528-7288 behalf at his Feb. 6 deportation hearing. Wartime Parity and Justice Act. endured such violations as discrimi• www.campaignfo~usticejla.org Zheng was cross-examined for about four hours The groups encouraged commu- natory restrictions, arrest and intern- info @ campaignfo~usticejla.org. before the court heard testimonies from supporters of his freedom including the assistant district attorney JACL Mourns Passing of Civil Rights Icon who prosecuted Zheng for his crime in 1986 , accord• ing to Anmol Chaddha, a Zheng supporter. As Coretta Scott King racial justice, but also deplored all forms of discrimina• The Department of Homeland Security wants to was laid to rest near tion and inequity wherever she saw it. - deport Zheng, who is not an American citizen. The Atlanta, Georgia, the "Coretta Scott King was an inspiration to everyone," hearing continued Feb. 13 and the judge is expected JACL moumed the loss of said Heidi Tanakatsubo, JACL vice president for public to make a decision soon. a civil rights icon and affairs. "As a woman, she was an incredible role model His proponents say he deserves another chance since redeeming himself expressed condolences to for me as well as to all ininorities and she will be great• in prison by working with at-risk youths and developing an APA curriculum. her family. ly missed. I only hope that the JACL can work to contin- . Catapulted to national ue her struggle for human and civil rights." Atomic Bomb Survivors Living in Brazil prominence after the death. The leadership of the JACL participated in the March Praise Japanese Court of her husband Dr. Marti.ll on Washington, the largest civil rights demonstration SAO PAULO, Brazil-Three Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors who live Luther King, Jr. in 1968, ever on Aug. 28, 1963. Organized by the Southern in Brazil are praising a Japanese court ruling granting them years worth of Coretta Scott King imme• Ouistian Leadership Conference and other civil rights back medical payments and a support group called the move a belated act of diately served as an outspoken advocate for civil and organizations, nearly 300,000 people took part in the justice. human rights for all people and continued to do so march to protest racial discrimination and support major The Hiroshima High Court ordered the local govern• through the d~es. She spoke not only of a need for civil rights legislation .• SEE RELATED ment to pay US $24,667 in unpaid medical expenses to ENTERTAINMENT Shoji Mukai, Teruo Hosokawa and Mitsugu HoriQka. STORY For years, benefits were paid only to survivors living in Civil Rights Leaders Meet with PAGE 9 Japan. But a court ruling in 2002 gave survivors living Attorney General 'Alberto Gonzales outside Japan the same benefits .• A diverse group of civil rights leaders met recently general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense with U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to discuss and Educational Fund (MALDEF). . civil rights issues of concern to all Americans. The group encouraged the attorney general to meet Among the topics discussed at the Feb. 8 meeting , regularly with civil rights leaders in the future. were the reauthorization and restoration of the 196~ "Obtaining input from the civil rights community Voting Rights Act, federal civil rights enforcement should be a tandard practice, not an' occasional occur• (including the protection of voting rights for displaced rence," said Marc H. Morial, president and chief execu• citizens of Louisiana), inlmigration policy, and the wire• tive officer of the National Urban League (NUL). tapping and surveillance of American citizens. "Enforcement of the nation's civil rights laws is part of By Pacific Citizen Staff "We urged the attorney general's constitutional responsibility and Mui is City's First APA Detective the attorney 'Enforcement of the cannot be done in a vacuum. We hope today's meeting is general to the beginning of an on-going and productive dialogue Kenneth Mui, a police officer for nine years, is Cambridge, Masschusett's nation's civil rights laws is first Asian Pacific American police detective. He was recently transferred actively sup• part of the attorney between the attorney general and the civil rights commu• port the reau• nity." from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority office. He was award• general's constitutional thorization and Attending the meeting were: Wade Henderson, execu• ed the Boston Police Department Commissioner Award and the Medal of strengthening responsibility and cannot tive director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Valor in 2001. of the Voting be done in a vacuum.' Morial, NUt; Narasaki, AAJC; Shaw, NAACP Legal Rights Act," Defense and Education Fund; Hilary O. Shelton, repre• Col. Mizusawa is Promoted to Brigadier General said TheOdore senting NAACP president Bruce Gordon who participat• Col. Bert K. Mizusawa M. Shaw, president and director-counsel of the NAACP ed by phone; and Tallman, MALDEF. • was promoted to Brigadier Legal Defense and Education Fund (NAACP LDEF). General Jan. 27 and joined ''We also shared our deep concerns about the Justice ~ 43 other APA generals and :: DN" .C,lo 1Iost.... First .";,' AAPI. admirals. Mizusawa is cur• Department's lack of civil rights enforcement in recent ! < TheI)emocraticNati()~ years and the electronic surveillance of American citi• Connni tty rently serving as an Army zens, a practice that has a history of being used to harass announced the first national Asian American and reservist. During his duty and undercut the civil rights community." t Pacific Islander CAAPI) DemocraiicLeadership time, he serves as Army 'This meeting offered aD. excellent opportunity to I Summit tabe heldonMarch'31andAprit 1 at the Materiel Command assistant SMJ()~ei~omia. thank the attorney general for reviewing the functioning Marriott Rotelin deputy chief of staff for oper• of the inlmigration courts and to call upon the Justice The theme of the summit.wlU be ''MovitJ.g ations Department to address the erosion of due process rights Forward: Frotn the Table to the TIcket." Miz~sawa [ets new stars Jan. _27. Mizusawa, a West Point ~ ... accorded to inlmigrants and the alarming increase in A room block is reserved at the rate of $109 p$: graduate, has served the U.S. l xiigltt:l'arti¢~t$ ~ Government as botQ a civilian and member of the U.S. Army. As a civilian, using immigrants as scapegoats," said Karen K. can contact the botel t'e$erve a requ~ting he was head of the Department of the Army's interagency and international Narasaki, president and executive director of the Asian 1l1 l'OOm by calling 8001228*9290, and the affairs. He was also a professional staff member on the Senate Armed American Justice Center (AAJC). 'I "Dem6cratic NationalCommittee" room block The Services Committee. "We carried the message that all of these issues are of cut off date for reserving under the mom blOck is During his military career, Mizusawa has served in both active and reserve paranlOunt importance to Americans and that the civil , March n capacities. With combat service in Korea and Afgh~stan, he has been rights community is united in its commitment to ensure ! . lnterested participants canremster online by c, . going to http://\VWw.democrats.orglaapioonference, awarded the Silver Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious that we are working together with the administration to Service Medal; Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation by ~g2~~4?:-5141.. . address them," said Ann Marie Tallman, president and l1r Medal and Army Achievement Medal .• PACIFIC CITIZEN, FEB. 17-MAR. 2, 2006 NATIONAL/COMMUNYlY NEWS 5 Portland Chapter Honors Past Presidents

• TED NA l\lBA • Countdown to JACL 2006 Convention

hat's new about the 2006 JACL youth during JACL 2006. W Phoenix JACL conven• As a 4O-something Sansei, my tion? Well, we know that views are not always identical to our there will be lots of heated discus• youth but I think we all need to be sion in the national council meet• flexible and listen to the views of our ings, extensive debate on both the JACL youth as they are without budget and several worthwhile reso• question, the future of our organiza• lutions, and some hotly contested tion. elections for For our national JACL Sansei .,.. and officers, but Nisei, here is that's nothing something new Th.e JACL Portland chapter recently celebrated the start of the New Year by honoring 22 past new for our for JACL 2006. presidents of the Portland chapter. As a group, their leadership has spanned 59 years of the chap• Biennial We are current• ter's 78 year history. National JACL ly in the midst !he attending past presidents with their year(s) of service include: George Azumano (1947), Mary Convention. of adding a Mlnamoto (1948, 50), Akira Iwasaki (1964), George Hara (1965), Albert Oyama (1967), Nobi Tsuboi So what's new workshop (Azumano) (1968), James Tsujimura (1970, 72, 84), HomerYasui (1973, 80, 81), Albert Abe (1974) new? Let me to the already Har?l? Oni~hi (1975), William Koida (1976, 77), William Sugahiro (1978); , share a few printed JACL Mlkl YasUi (1980, ~1), Michaellrinaga (1986), Joseph Wahl (1988-89), Scott Sakamoto (1990, 91, examples of 2006 registra• 2000, 01), June Anma Schumann (1992, 93), Connie Masuoka (1994, 95), Sharon Takahashi what's new at tion form. ~1998, 9.9), Setsy Sadamoto Larouche (2002, 03), Chip Larouche (2002, 03, 04), and outgoing pres• JACL 2006 Archivists Ident, Rich Iwasaki (2004, 05). Convention: Our convention plan• from the Arizona Historical ning committee is focusing on mak• Foundation, Arizona State East West Players Celebrates 40th Anniversary ing JACL 2006 a fun, exciting, edu• University and State of Arizona cational and memorable experience recently made two exciting discov• with Visionary Awards Dinner April 10 for Gosei, Yonsei, Sansei, Nisei and eries during a collaboration of their East West Players, the nation's munity," said East West Players AA theatre and the Rae Creevey everyone else. In our "Family archives: 1) a rare, in color, but now premier Asian American theatre, is Producing Artistic Director Tim Award, named in honor of an Emmy Room" at convention, kids from silent film of the building of Poston celebrating its milestone 40th Dang. '''This is an amazing achieve• Award-winning founder of East ages 5-13 can check in daily to see and 2) five large, exquisite watercol• West Players recognizing commit• anniversary with a gala event at the ment for an arts organization to have what activities are going on each ors by Kukanen Tsuroaka. survived 40 years despite govern• ment and volunteer service to EWP. Hilton Universal City high atop the day. Examples of activities include You will have the opportunity to ment cutbacks, uncertain economic The East West Players 40th hills of Hollywood on April 10. completing puzzles to win free watch this amazing 25-minute film times, the September 11 attacks, and Anniversary Visionary Dinner and East West Players' annual stuffed animals to making your own at the just recently created workshop Visionary Awards Dinner and Silent the 1965 and 1991 Los Angeles Silent Auction will be held April 10 lei and learning how to do a for JACL 2006, "Hidden Treasures: Auction is an award-winning event Uprisings." at the Hilton Universal City, 555 Polynesian dance. How Arizona has Documented that salutes artists who have raised Past Visionary Award honorees Universal City Drive, Universal "Phoenix Rising: Leadership for a Japanese American Relocation the visibility of the Asian Pacific have included actresses Tia Carrere, City, CA 91608. The no-host recep• New Generation" is the theme for Camps." We will also offer a free American community through the-• Nancy Kwan, Lea Salonga and Lucy tion and silent auction will be at 6 p.m. with the dinner and event pro• JACL 2006 so for our older Gosei shuttle to ASU to check out some of ater, film and television. Proceeds Liu; actors George Takei, Alec gram starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are and Yonsei, we will offer special their new exhibits on the two from the evening will benefit East Mapa, B.D. Wong and Jet Li; come• $175-$1,250. youth (ages 14 to 20-something) Arizona internment camps. West Players' educational and artis• dienne Margaret Cho; director John For more information on East activities, a separate youth work• I'll share numerous other exciting tic programs. Woo; and playwrights David Henry West Players 40th Anniversary reasons for you to check out JACL "East West Players has reached a Hwang and Chay Yew. shop, and hold a separate Welcome Visionary Awards Dinner and Silent 2006 in upcoming issues of the milestone anniversary that has made Other awards to be presented·will Mixer for our youth to enjoy. We are Auction contact Managing Director including the fabu• it one of the oldest theaters of color include the Made in America award even considering giving youth the Pacific Citizen, that recognizes an artist who has Trent Steelman at 213/625-7000 option of organizing a special lous food that will be served at all of in the United States and a corner• Ext 19 or tsteeiman@eastwestplay• stone in the Asian American com- made a significant contribution to fundraising event to benefit national our luncheons and dinners, the fun ers.org.• evening at Rawhide Western Town .. for our Welcome Mixer, the highly p------entertaining "Camp Dance" musical, I I the refreshing water slide at the pool I CONVENTION PACKAGE REGISTRATION I at our beautiful convention venue, I Name ______(includes Individual Events listed below) the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort (Please print) last First MI Age Before 4/ 30 After 4/ 30 I and Spa which also features a nice I Address ------0 Regular Package $225 $250 $__ _ I canal boat ride from the resort to the . 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This fonn is for convention ~gistraiion only and NOT for hotel YesiNo $ I reservations, which should be made directly with the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass I \ Spa~od Resort at: Gila,RiY~,Phoellix;. Ari~ , Jf you are tegi$tering for more By I than one person. please use additional fortnsor copies. ~------~ 6 NATIONAL/ COMMUNITY NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, FEB. 17-MAR. 2,2006 All Veterans Reunion Rescheduled for 2007 Leadership Council Announces The All Veterans Reunion previ- Masuda Memorial VFW Post 3670, combat related. Currently the Internship Program ously set for Veterans Day weekend and the MIS Club of Southern JAKWV has a list of over 3,000 Nov. 10-12,2006, has been resched- California. names of those who served during The California Japanese NCI is funded through grants uled for Feb. 16-18, 2007, due to a Past State Commander and pres- the Korean War era. American Community Leadership from the Surnitomo Mitsui Banking conflict with other veterans' organi- ent Commander of the San Jose Names, stories, questions and Council (CJACLC) recently Corporation Global Foundation and zations during the Veterans Day Nisei Memorial VFW Post 9970 other information relative to the announced the 2006 Nikkei the Union Bank of California weekend. Henry Wadahara, a Vietnam War book may be directed to Robert Community mternship (Nt!) pro• Foundation, as well as many other With a change in format, the post- veteran stated that a new stronger Wada, 410 W. Amerige Avenue, gram. Now in its fifth year, 50 community sponsors. The program poned reunion will now be co-spon- effort will take place at the reunion Fullerton, CA92832-1709, 714/992- interns and 14 Japanese American is coordinated by the Little Tokyo sored with the State of California to obtain the names and addresses of 5461, fax: 714/525-9761 ore-mail to community groups in Los Angeles Service Center in Los Angeles and Nisei VFW Posts together with the JA Vietnam War veterans for histor- [email protected]. and the Bay Area have participated the Japanese Community Youth Americans of Japanese .------~------. The reunion is scheduled to in the NCI program. Council in San Francisco. Applications for NCI 2006 are For more information and an Ancestry wwn Memorial be held at the new Otani Hotel Alliance, Japanese American ¥. ~ •. and Garden in the Little Tokyo now available for prospective interns application, please check Korean War Veterans, the . section of downtown Los and organizations at www.nikkeiy• www.nikkeiyouth.org or contact Japanese American Vietnam \.. ' Angeles, California. On outh.org and are due in March. Amy Phillips at the Little Tokyo Veterans Memorial Committee --~ Saturday there will be a featured The participation of young people Service Center 213/473-1698 or and the Nisei Veterans 100 luncheon with Keynote Speaker is one of the keys to sustaining the [email protected] .• Coordinating Council (NVCC) -- Retired Major General Rodney. rich culture and traditions of the JA of Southern California M. Kobayashi, U.S. Army. On heritage. The goal of the NCI pro• '''The purpose for this huge Sunday there will be a memori- gram is to provide cultural exposure undertaking is to bring together al service at the location of the and develop the next generation of veterans of all wars, especially Killed in Action all war monu- community leaders. those of Japanese ancestry of ments in the nearby Japanese The program runs from June 24 wwn, Korea, Vietnam and American National Memorial through Aug. 18. mterns spend four Middle Eastern wars," said Court. With the recent deaths of days a week working on Nikkei Reunion Chairman Sam ical purposes and to pass on to our three JAs in the Iraq War, a special community projects, and one day in Shimoguchi. future generations. A special regis- tribute will be given at the memorial cultural training and leadership Supporters of the reunion include tration area will be set aside for reg- service. development activities. mterns will the Japanese American Veterans istering Vietnam War era veterans. Registration forms and additional receive an educational stipend of up Association (JAVA) from Also in conjunction with the information for the reunion will be to $2,000. Applicants must be age 18 Washington, D.C., Sadao Munemori reunion, the Korean War veterans forthcoming .• by the start of the program, have a Post 321 American Legion, DAV are in the process of preparing and For more info: strong interest in community work Nisei Chapter 100, 1oothl442nd publishing a hardbound book tenta- Chairman Shimoguchi: and a desire to develop leadership Veterans Association, Los Angeles tively titled, "Japanese American in 310/822-6688, skills. Applications are due by Nisei Memorial VFW Post 9938, the Korean War." The book will fea- e-mail [email protected]; I March 24. Golden Gate VFW Post 9879, San ture a section on the 248 JAs who JAKWV President Victor Muraoka Jose VFW Post 9970, 6th District were killed in action. The Korean 818/368-4113, Nisei Memorial VFW Post 9902, War veterans want all Korean War [email protected] San Fernando Valley Nisei era veterans to send in their stories NVCC President Bob Hayamizu Memorial VFW Post 4140, Kazuo regardless if it is combat or non- 323/292-3165. AMACHE part because JAs did not speak of it. "It was a necessity," said former (Continued from page 1) Then one day in the 1960s, mayor Lawrence McMillan, who Nishida's nephew told his class was 9 when the camp opened. teaching the town its histo and 11 Japanese Americans determined to camp during the war. ments of that time - that putting prevent a repetition of their past - '''The teacher told my brother he JAs into camps not only ensured the Amache has become a place every• was lying," said Derek Okubo, vice country's safety, it also protected one knows. president of the National Civic them from those who wanted to It has a highway sign and League in Denver. "My mom got harm them. brochures. It has a museum. very upset. I remember them saying, Over the years, attitudes have Now, it also has the official stamp 'I guess we have to talk about it. '" changed. Granada High School of national recognition. m Granada, people didn't talk teacher John Hopper is a big part of This year, the camp where thou• much about Amache after the war, the reason. sands of JAs were held during either. When he arrived in Granada in World War n will become a nation• The deserted camp became a the early 1990s to teach, he set out al historic landmark, Department of place where youngsters went to play to learn - and teach - about this the mterior officials said Feb. 10 in cards, dance and drink beer. Many site of such historic significance. Denver. called it the "Jap Camp." The He quickly discovered Amache m 1942, soon after the Japanese school didn't teach what happened was a sensitive topic. He had to attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. there, and few discussed it. select his words carefully. Although government ordered the exile of "I guess nobody was interested," some former internees referred to it thousands of JAs to 10 internment said Leslie Carter, 76, who had a job as a "concentration" camp, that camps across the country. in 1945 demolishing the buildings phrase angered residents, who Amache, hastily built on land when the camp closed. insisted it was a "relocation." seized by the government from It wasn't just a lack of interest. Hopper leamed not to debate res• farmers in the town near the Kansas For some, feelings about the idents who didn't share his view• state line, was one of them - a ver• camp lingered - and feelings had point. mstead, he focuses on young itable city, with a hospital, commis• always been mixed. people. sary, post office, rows of barracks During the war, some were "If you want to get rid of preju• and more than 7,000 inhabitants. resentful of the government's dices, start with the kids," he said. Sachi Nishida arrived as a 6-year• seizure of land to create the camp - Every year, Hopper takes on for ealiforr::1ia old on a train with the window resentment directed not only against about a dozen students for his class, blinds pulled down. Uncle Sam but also against the peo• in which they study the intemment, '''There were soldiers with rifles. I ple forced to live there. maintain signs at the camp and JACL Members was so glad I was with my mom and At the same time, residents appre• make presentations throughout the dad," recalled Nishida, now of ciated the boost to the economy. country. Culver City, Calif. mternees could come into town and Because of their work, many res• An affordable plan; designed for the During the next several years, her spend money at stores. idents regard the camp differently life consisted of eating in a mess Some were uncomfortable. now. They're also excited about the "next generation" of JACL member. hall, experiencing ferocious thun• "We felt strange," said former landmark status, which could derstorms and living without priva• Gov. Roy Romer, who was a accomplish the practical goals of H~O cy in Barrack 1OH7C. teenager in the nearby town of boosting tourism and providing fed• Also choose from and PPO plans. When the camps closed, her fam• Holly. "Why were folks herded eral help in preserving the camp. ily settled in Denver, where other here? It was just strange." It also keeps people from forget• Call the JACL Health Benefits Administrators at kids didn't seem to know anything The incarceration, Romer figured ting, said Jim Hada, chairman of the about the camps. When Nishida then, was just a consequence of war. Friends of Amache club. 1.800.400.6633 referred to Amache, they thought "It was something beyond our "We haven't forgotten this thing or visit she was talking about a summer reach," he said. 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With IOC recognition, the coun• The IOC executive board recently try will receive a yearly allocation of TURIN, ltaly-Apolo Anton proposed recognition of the islands' about $150,000 to help develop its Ohno leaned into the turn as he's national Olympic committee. The sports programs. done so many times before, the move goes to the full International The Marshall Islands, located golden blades carrying him easily Olympic Committee in the next few about halfway between Hawaii and along the milky ice at speeds days for formal approval. Australia, has been an independent approaching 30 mph. The Marshall Islands, a series of republic since 1986. The islands Suddenly, he felt that razor-thin atolls and reefs with a population of were wrested from Japanese control edge slipping away. around 60,000, will become the during World War IT and put under His skates quivered. His legs 203rd country or territory with U.S. jurisdiction as a U.N. trustee- wobbled. His left hand scraped the Olympic status. ship. Between 1946 and 1958, the ice in a desperate attempt to stay up. ''This is a great morale boost, United States detonated 67 nuclear Ohno didn't go down, but it did- sporting wise and internationally," tests there. n't matter. There would be no said Kevan Gosper, an Australian The Marshall Islands will become Olympic gold medal for the soul• Apolo Anton Ohno (right) of the U.S. stumbles behind China's Li IOC member who heads Oceania's the 16th country in Oceania with patched American on the first night Ye during their semi-final heat in the Men's Short Track Speed skating 1500 meter race Feb. 12. Ohno failed to reach the regional Olympic body. IOC recognition, leaving only one of short track. The decision opens the way for other - Thvalu - still seeking The South Koreans celebrated a final. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) the Marshall Islands to send a team Olympic status. • 1-2 payback for 2002, when a gold ______. - medal was taken away from one of mistake ruined any chance of Koreans were obviously expecting a their own and given to Ohno defending his Olympic title in a race between myself and Ohno. So in that sense I'm disappointed for GOLF instead. On Feb. 12, Ahn Hyon-soo much-anticipated showdown the Koreans. They were waiting for won the 1,500 meters, while team• against Ahn and Lee. Wie to Play Men's Tournament in Korea the final showdown." mate Lee Hosuk claimed the silver. China's Li JiaJun won the bronze. While it took more than five min• HONOLULU-Michelle Wie guage she leamed. At the Sony Open Ohno wasn't around to do any• "It really breaks my heart to watch that," said Allison Baver, utes to post the official results, Ohno will play last month, Wie conducted television thing about it, falling out after Ohno's teammate and girlfriend. "I already had headed off to the cool• against men interviews in Korean and English. almost falling down in the semifi• know he's the best skater in the down area to unlace his skates. The on the Asian Wie played an LPGA tournament nals. world and he really didn't have a only thing that would be gold on this Tour in Korea, at Jeju Island, South Korea, in 2003, ''I put a lot of dedication and time chance to show that. But the night was the color of those snazzy accepting an finishing last in the 69-player field as into this sport. To not even make Olympics aren't over." blades. invitation a 14-year-old. that final and be able to challenge Indeed, Ohno still has tllree But Ohno still has three races left. recently to It also will be her eighth time those top skaters, it hurts," he said. events left to match or beat the gold "What happened today doesn't play in the SK competing on a men's tour. Ohno stumbled with 1 112 laps to and silver medals he won in Salt change anything that happened four Telecom The 16-year-old high school jun• go in his semifinal heat and wound Lake City. As they say in this wacky years ago," he said. "I still feel like Open. ior, who turned pro in October, came up last across the line among those sport, ''That's short track." I'm a great skater and an Olympic KJ. Choi is the defending cham• close to making the cut at the Casio still skating, hunched over with his ''It is a shame," Ahn said. "All the champion. But today wasn't my day pion of the tournament, to be held World Open on the Japanese tour in hands on his knees. His split-second to win." • May 4-7 at a course to be deter• November. mined. 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ocus OF THE annual Charles Hyde, Theodore Military Governor, in midst of F Day of Remembrance pro• Richards, Frank C. Damon, war, declared that Hawaii's grams center on Feb. 19, Japanese YMCA founder Frank Japanese "were just as American the date when President C. Atherton; and strong voices to as you are, or I" and with Shivers Roosevelt issued E.O. 9066 that, assure Nisei children a public successfully led Military PHOTO COURTESY TOSHI SHIMOMOURA CELEBRATING MARYANN: Detroit JACLers celebrated with Detroit briefly put, authorized establish• education: Elsie H. Wilcox at Governor Delos C. Emmons to City Council President Maryann Mahaffey at a recent Peace ment of military zones, the Kauai and Henry P. Baldwin on state on Dec. 17 that neither and Justice Award Banquet where Mahaffey was honored for Evacuation of Japanese Maui, and newspaperman and mass evacuation nor internment her longtime work in civil liberties and human rights. Mahaffey Americans and their removal to later Gov. Wallace R. Farrington of Japanese in Hawaii was con• first joined the Seattle JACL in 1946 and later become involved internment camps. for creating the College (now templated. in the Detroit chapter after she moved to Michigan. Pictured The declaration of war on Dec. University) of Hawaii in 1907. Gen. Emmons put his military above (I-f) Nob Shimokochi, Bob Takemoto, Toshi Shimomoura, 8, to say the least, had the FBI Federal Judge Horace W. career at risk by not acting on Maryann Mahaffey, Mikiyo Takemoto, Eiko Takemoto and Scott arresting enemy aliens, posting Vaughn naturalized Hawaiian directives from Washington to Kurashige .• blackout regulations and doubt• Asians (838 Japanese included) terminate all Japanese civilians ing the loyalty of Japanese for military service in WWI employed by the Aroly in Americans. In Hawaii, martial despite previous rejection by the Hawaii. Then in his first radio Kimochi, Inc. Hopes to law was declared with a military naturalization office in broadcast as military governor on governor. Japanese schools and Washington. Dec. 14, 1941,announcedthatno Identify Centenarians Miles E. Cary, McKinley High act of sabotage had been commit• newspapers were immediately To celebrate Kimochi, Inc.'s lived here during any part of suspended. The greater task of School principal (1924-1948) ted during and after the attack on 35th anniversary in 2006 and in his/her lifetime. rebuilding fortifications began. distressed by internment of West Pearl Harbor. He later replaced honor of the lOOth year of San These centenarians will be hon• Until the attack, the president Coast Japanese, volunteered to Gen. DeWitt on the Mainland. Francisco's Japantown in the ored with the Kimochi Spirit and military leaders did not think establish a public school system Western Addition, Kimochi, Inc. Award at Kimochi, Inc.'s 35th Japan had the capacity to attack at Poston, Ariz., in 1942. UH * * * is seeking to identify Japanese anniversary event on May 7 from the fleet in Hawaii. Moreover, President Gregg Sinclair About 10 years ago, Ted Americans and Japanese-speak• 2 to 4 p.m. at the Radisson the fleet was considered a deter• advanced the concept of bridge Tsukiyama recalled Bill ing individuals who will be 100 Miyako Hotel in San Francisco's rent. building, linking East and West. Hosokawa had brushed upon the years old or older in 2006 or a Japantown, 1625 Post Street. Prewar leader in education concept of "kansha" to acknowl• descendent of those who had For more information, call reached 100 years old prior to Sandy Mori at 415/674-0219 or Oren E. Long, and later U.S. edge representatives on the * * * their deaths. email her at Smori@Kimochi• senator, increased the number of Mainland. But that spark never What turned my mind was The centenarian must currently Inc.org or Stella Kiyota at reading how the Hawaiian Nikkei schools. As governor he appoint• ignited into a large-scale effort . live in San Francisco or have 415/674-0217 .• community addressed and paid ed the first two AJAs to a cabinet that national JACL and Pacific tribute to individuals surrounding level: attorney general Michiro Citizen might undertake. Hawaii Dec. 7, 1941, in a booklet, Watanabe and state treasurer JACLers endorsed the concept "Kansha-In Appreciation: the Sakae Takahashi. but guardedly. "Who is and who lOOth Anniversary of Japanese in Dr. Andrew W. Lind, mce rela• isn't to be honored," a point BI e Cro of California Hawaii 1885-1985," published tions analyst, cited in his October raised by Brian Niiya, who edit• 20 years ago. 1942 paper, "The Japanese in ed the "Encyclopedia of Japanese "Kansha" is the Japanese con• Hawaii under Wartime American History: an A-to-Z cept of enduring gratitude. The Conditions," "that the over• Reference from 1868 to the inaugural committee sought to whelming majority of the Present" [2000]. identify those "with humanitarian Japanese in Hawaii are loyal to MIS Norcal (Military interests [who] had significant the United States." Intelligence Service of Northern impact on the economic and Charles R. Hemenway, educa• Club Assn.) has tackled this for social well-being of Hawaii's tor-lawyer-businessman, persuad• the Mainland through its new Asian immigrants and their ed the FBI and military govern• book, "In Good Conscience: descendants," as pointed out by ment of Hawaii to stand against Supporting Japanese Americans then Gov. George Ariyoshi. The mass evacuation of Hawaii's during the Internment," on deck committee had conceded identi• Japanese after Dec. 7, 1941. for an upcoming column .• fying all individuals deserving of Robert L. Shivers, agent in "Kansha" was an impossible charge of the FBI office in Agree? task. 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ings, but for political reasons the During one trip, Okazaki entered A fA filmmaker hopes to take home an Oscar for his short project f~ll through. He had a cafe with a female survivor who 40cumentary about hibakusha from Hiroshima, Nagasaki. received funding from various unsuccessfully tried to minimize her Japanese groups and the scars with make-up. Everyo~ in the Smithsonian Museum, which was at cafe including peace activists turned the time eager to cross-promote its away and would not look at her. Enola Gay exhibit. But financiers These are signs of a country balked at Okazaki's unflinching cre• falling away from its commitment ative vision. When censorship to peace and slipping back into mil• issues came up, he dropped out. itarization. For the first time since "It was a bitter lesson," said World War n, Japan sent troops to Okazaki, 54, about how political fight the war in Iraq. and touchy the subject can still be. "I think Japan is in a political pre• On the 60th anniversary, he began carious situation," said Okazaki working with producers again to ' who visited a popular teenage hang• develop the documentary and made out spot in Japan recently to ask a '''The MushroOm Club" on a shoe• few youths the significance of the string budget traveling to Japan to date Aug. 6,1945. No one knew and interview survivors over the course one guessed a large earthquake of a few years. It was a film, he said, occurred on that date. he made for himself. In addition to '''The Mushroom "Whenever I run into people, they Club," which is scheduled to air on ask me 'What are you doing?' and the HBO channel . in August, I'd say Hiroshima and they'd say Okazaki is also working on another 'Well, what are you doing after feature length hibakusha documen• that?' It's still really uncomfortable tary for release next year.• for people to talk about." The 78th Annual Academy Awards' With the film, he wanted to take will air March 5. the fear out of talking about the his• torical events. "It's about people. Every docu• FILMOGRAPHY mentary has made it very political. By LYNDA LIN connect a little better," he said. We know that war and bombs are Assistant Editor His latest documentary, "The horrible, but we forget the human Mushroom Club," revisits the sur• cost." It's one shared moment that fascinates Steven Okazaki. Thousands of dif- vivors' story featuring 10 • ferent people looking skyward at a dropping bomb, and in an instant, count• hibakusha, the youngest of which THE PERSONAL STORIES less life stories are left in the rubble. was three months old in utero when On the 35-minute film, survivors "It's a hard subject to escape once you begin looking into it," said Okazaki the bomb changed her life. unbosom deeply embedded feelings about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which instantly '''The Mushroom Club" is up for of guilt. One elderly woman weeps killed over 100,000 in August 1945 and many more over the years. an Academy Award this year in the over acting selfishly after the bomb• Okazaki's documentary film career began 25 years ago with "Survivors," category of short documentary and ing, and, an artist who devoted his an examination of the effects .of the bombing on survivors or hibakusha. It Okazaki, already a two-time life to telling his family's story rean• won acclaim and airtime on the Public Broadcasting Station, but left the Academy Award nominee, can't imates the horror of bodies melting filmmaker with the urge to look deeper. quite quell the feeling of nervous• away in comic book form. "I had this nagging feeling where, for personal reasons, I needed to try to ness. He won his first Oscar in 1991 For the interviews, Okazaki had for "Days of Waiting." to push some survivors out of reti• "I was just thinking about it this cence, but most really wanted to tell morning," he said by phone while their stories. John Toshima. Pres .• American Kat Ent.. Inc. on' route to shop for Oscar outfits "It's a terrible burden to b.old (Handtools Manufacturer) with his wife Peggy Orenstein in these stories in," he said, pointing Berkeley, Calif. "Geez, I've been out that these stories are often through this twice before, you'd ignored in a country that has think there would be a sense of not fully come to terms with being older and wiser. Maybe being ... its past. "In Japan, sur• older makes you more nervous." vivors are still treated as outsiders. I think there's THE LONG JOURNEY some sort of automatic Okazaki planned to make another response when it's a difficult hibaku$ha documentary in 1995, subject matter to not want to the 50th anniversary of the bomb- talk about it."

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Sponsored by the Nihonmachi Outreach CooperstowrVBaseball Hall of Fame, Stockbridge to visit the Norman Rockwell Museum, Newport (Breaker's Department at Merced College. Committee. Info: Masao Suzuki, 408/373-0817. aM Marllle House), Boston, L.incOO, Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa. Tour Director. Philippe Theriautt • Uly Nomura PHILADELPHIA STOCKTON October Yamato Tour to Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand Tyler Tanaka Sat., Feb. 2S-"Caught in Between. What to call home in Sat., Feb. 2S-Day of Remembrance 2006; 10-2 p.m.; 1012·10116 Yamato Deluxe Autumn Tour to Japan Peggy Mikuni times of war," a documentary by Lina Hoshino. Merion Stockton Buddhist Church, 2820 Shimizu Dr. The featured November Yamato Best of Spain Tour· 12 daysl10 nights. Barcelona, Bilbao, BuIlJOS, Madrid, La Mancha, Friends Meeting, 615 Montgomery Ave., Merion, PA. event is a collection of photos from Stockton resident, Cordoba, Seville, Jerez, Cos1a del Sol, Granada and Toledo. Philippe Theriau~ Speakers: Tsiwen Law, Attorney at Law; Marwan Kreidie, Richard Yoshikawa, which depicts life in the Rohwer camp. Nov. 2·16 Yamato South Pacific Wonders Tour w.Ith Collette Vacations - 15 daysl12 nights. Philadelphia Arab American; lftekar Hussain, CAIR. Free The photographs are part of an online collection at the Melbourne, Caims, Great Barrier Reef, S~, Queenstown, Milford Sound, MI. Cook and CIlristchurch. admission. Free refreshments. Info: Joyce Horikawa, University of the Pacific. Participants are asked to help iden• 856/427-9431 or Miiko Horikawa, 610/525-6620. tify individuals in the photos. The documentary, 'Tune of Yamato Travel Bureau:!i) continues to be a full service travel agency. This Fear" will also be presented. Lunch will be provided, but means we will sell all phases of leisure and corporate travel: airline tickets; PORTLAND space is limited. 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(Gene) O'Sullivan; 2 gc.; 3 sisters; and 1 (Betsy) Tagarni and Jack (Michiko) Masui, Roy, 70, Jan. 16; survived by brother. Hirai; and sisters, Kikue Horikawa and 10 Memoriam - 2005-2006 wife, Lillian; and sisters, Kiyomi Ozaki, Otsuji, Jane Namiko, SO, Jan. 13; Tsuyako (Jim) Nakamura. Teruye Shimozaki and Sets Akaba. survived by sons, Ronald (Karen) and Takahashi, Ritsu, 90, Los Angeles, All the towns are In California except as noted. Mitsui, Sadao, 87, Torrance, Jan. 13; Daryl (Cathy); sister-in-law, A. Steven Jan. 8; survived by sons, Richard Fernandez; 7 gc.; 2 ggc; brothers, Tom, (Emiko) and Yasunori (Kazuko); daugh• Akahoshi, Jay, 61, Los Angeles, Jan. and Deyo; daughters, Mia and Lisel survived by daughter, Susann (George) Harry (Miyako) and Roy Tanabe; and ters, Wakako (Ted) Maesaki and Makiko 12; survived by wife, Susan; son, Jason; (Mike); 2 gc.; and 4 ggc. Takaki; son, Larry; 1 gc.; 2 ggc.; and sis• ters, Masako Mitsui and Miyako sisters, Ruby (George) Suzuki and Helen (Shigeo) Iwai; and 3 gc. daughter, Sheryl (Troy) Higa; 1 gc.; sis- Hotta, Michiyo, 92, Pasadena, Jan. 1; (Edgar) Hamasu. ter, Alcene Cain; and mother-in-law, survived by sons, George (Toshiko) and Makiyo. Tatsuno, David M., 92, San Jose, Jan. Sakamoto, Sam Isamu, 74, Gardena, Kirniko Nakagawa. Isamu; 2 gc.; and 2 ggc. Morikawa, Aki, 85, Gardena, Jan. 2; 26; his historical film of his time in camp Jan. 6; survived by wife, Yosbie; daugh• was placed on the National Film Arita, Anna Fumiko (Sato), Ikeda, WilliamM.,Dec. 24; survived survived by husband, Kazuo; brother-in• ter, Nina Yachiyo; son-in-law, Rob Hino; Registry; opened the Nichi Bei Bussan Altadena, Dec. 30; survived by daugh- by his father; wife, Kathleen; daughters, law, Kiyoshi (Misa); and sisters-in-law, Yuriko Yoshimine, Sue (John) Kanno 3 gc.; and sisters, Yuriko, Tsuyako, store in San Jose; survived by daughters, ters, Ardell Furuta and Jean (Carl) Kato; Loreen and Bobbie; son, Damn; and 4 Tsuneko and Yasuko. ~2~ ~ and Harumi Saavedra. Arlene Damron, Valerie Sermon and Shimazaki, Frank Juuichi, 79, Jan. Melanie Cochran; sons, Sheridan and Asahara, James Yasuhiro, 66, San Inano, Masako (nee Kawahara), 85, Murakami, Masako, Jan. 10; sur• vived by husband Sam; daughters, Judy 15; WWII veteran; survived by wife, Rod; 4 gc.; 2 ggc.; and sister, Chiye Francisco, Oct. 30; survived by mother, Dec. 20; survived by husband Henri; Momoe; sons, Alan and Junji; daughter, Watanabe. Kikue; and sister, Keiko (John) Higaki. daughter, Arlene Uchida; and 4 gc. (parviz) Entezari, Martha (Sonnie) Soto, Joanne (David) Payton and Peggy Elaine; brother, Roy (Tma); and sisters, Yamada, Ume, 84, Los Angeles, Jan. Asami, James Shinzo, 87, Los Iwamoto, Charles "Chuck," 41, (Ryan) Markus; son, Edward (Audrey); May Tanaka, Florence (Tsugio) Kubota 6; survived by daughters, Taeko (John) Angeles, Dec. 25; survived by son, Shin Temple City; survived by wife, Hea; 7 gc.; 3 ggc.; and sister, Keiko (Hiroaki) and Janice (Kenny) Nishioka. Haneda and Yoko Shirai; son, Charles (Mary); and 3 gc. mother, Arlene; and brother, Richard. Iwamoto. . Shinoda, Lily, 86, Alhambra, Jan. 10; (Janet) Lyman; 4 gc.; and 5 ggc. Bautista, Gary, 54, Las Vegas, Jan. Iwasaki, Chito, 94, West Los Nagaki, Joe Hideoyoshi, 87, Payette, survived by brothers, John (Elizabeth) Yamane, Edward Mamoru, 81, 28; member of Hawaiian musical come- Angeles, Jan. 5; survived by daughters, Id., Jan. 10; WWII veteran, 442nd RCT; and David (Nancy) Shigekawa; sisters, Monterey Park, Jan. 16; survived by dy troupe Society of Seven; survived by June (Bill) Hamamoto and Mildred survived by wife, Anna; son, Byron Mari (Willliam) Tanaka and Miko (Carl) wife, Yasue; son, Michael (Katherine); wife, Reeza; daughters, Erica and Jewel; Iwasaki; 4 gc.; and sister-in-law, Mary (Sylvia); daughters, JoAnne (David) Yoshimine; and in-laws, Chiyo daughters, Lori (James) Kodama and son, Garyl; and stepson, Santino. Kitashima. ' Fortier, Susan (Jerry) Inouye, Terry Shigekawa, Paul (Hamako) Shinoda and Patti (Edward) Shinoda; 11 gc.; brothers, Fukunaga, Edwin "Eddie" Tokumi, Kai, James, WWII veteran, MIS; sur- (Robert) Fukuda and Marian (Travis) Dr. Megumi Shinoda. Eugene (Irene), Herbert (Jean) and 71, Jan. 13; survived by mother, Miyeko; vived by sons, Smiley (Janet), Thomas Cave; 11 gc.; I ggc.; brothers, Yoshio Shiozaki, Isamu, 79, Los Angeles, Hisashi; sisters, Margaret (George) sisters, Kay and Jeannie; ~ daughters, (Suzanne) and John (Suzan); daughter, and Tokuichi; and sisters, Sakae Tsuda Jan. 9; survived by sister, Yasuko Morimoto and Lillian (Charles) Julie, Linda and Diane. Janice (Cary) Yant; 7 gc.; 3 ggc.; com- and Chiyoko Watanabe. (Kiyoshi) Shiozaki; and brother, Yutaka. Tamabayashi. Funai, Tamae, 90, Los Angeles, Jan. panion, Jean Ginoza; sister, Sarah Nakazawa, Motoko Murayama, 92, Suehiro, Isamu, 86, Los Angeles, Jan Yasumura, Isamu Sam, 75, Long 22; survived by daughters, Teruko Tanimoto; and sisters-in-law, Grace Kaii, Los Angeles, Dec. 28; survived by sons, 8; survived by wife, Tokia; daughters, Beach, Jan. 10; survived by wife, (Dahn), Carol and Helen (Gene) Dorothy Hoshi and &ter Izumi. Tadashi (Jinko) and Shin; daughters, Shirley Thornhill, Patricia Larson, and Fumiko; son, Robert (Yuri); daughter, Erickson; 1 gc.; and sister, Hideko Kawamura, Yukio, M.D., El cerrito, Miyako Kadogawa and Leiko (David) Naomi Suehiro; 5 gc.; and 6 ggc. Grace Yasurnura; 1 gc.; sister, Kiku (Tosh) Matsumoto. Jan. 17; WWII veteran, MIS; survived by Dahlgren; 7 gc.; 8 ggc.; and brother, Sugimoto, Lily Y., 82, Monterey (Steve) Ogata; and brothers, Kenji Hall, Charles W., 86, Seattle, Jan. 6; daughters, Debbie (Henry) Izumaki and Makio Murayama. Park, Jan. 7; survived by son, Dennis (Tsuru), Mutsuo (Joy Greene) and survived by son, Gordon; daughter, Suzi (Dr. Ron) Tawa; son, John (Cindy) Okamoto, Hideko Helen, 79, Los (Jamie); 1 gc.; and sister, Donna Inouye. Hachiro (Linda) Yasurnura. Ellen; and 6 gc. and grandchildren. Angeles, Dec. 21; survived by daughter, Sumii, Lillian, 75, Las Vegas, Jan. 11; XiIiang, Feng, 86, Beijing, China, Jan. Hankawa, Kay, Los Angeles, Jan. 8; Kishi, Yoshiko, 92, Gardena, Jan. 19; La Rene (James) Kokones; sons, Glenn survived by husband, Shuzo; son, 30; U.S.-trained journalist who in 1978 survived by daughter, Julie Onouye; son, survived by son, Glenn (Kathy); daugh- Baker and Wayne (Cathy); 5 gc.; 2 ggc.; Ronnell (Lee Ann); and 2 gc. helped launch the China Daily, the com• Kingo (Kathy); sister-in-law, Shizue ters, Sumiko (William) Naritomi and brother, Masami (Yuki) 000; and sister, Tagami, Michlko K., 72, OJ ai, Jan. 6; munist government's main English-lan• Hankawa; 5 gc.; and 11 ggc. Jane (Jerry) Nakagawa; 5 gc.; sister, Nancy Anderson. survived by husband, Tom; daughter, guage newspaper; survived by his wife Yasuko, 73, Los Angeles, Tomeko (George) Kakita; and sister-in• Hashima, Okihara, Teresita, 65, Cleveland, Susan (David) Nowicki; brothers, Sam and daughter.• Jan. 4; survived by husband, Ryoji; law, Kiyo Nakagawa. Ohio, Jan. 28; survived by husband, daughters, Marie (Charles) Lofton and Kosako, Shigeru, 89,Monterey Park, Ralph; son, Alexander; 1 gc.; 4 brothers; Anna (Abraham) Oren; 2 gc.; brother, Jan. 14; survived by wife, Toshiko; and 3 sisters. Shigeo (Sanae) Maruyama; brothers-in- daughters, Shigeko (Howard) Miyamoto Omokawa, Toyoko, 81, Glendora, law, Roy (Yoko) Hashima, Adolphus and Masako (Brian) Takagi; son, James; Jan. 12; survived by son, Wayne (Susan); Niccolls and Ray (Utako) Hashima; and 4 gc.; 1 ggc.; brother, Minoru Kosako; 2 gc.; sister, Shizuko Uragami; brothers• sisters-in-law, Etsuko (Katsumi) Igarashi and sister-in-law, Hatsuyo Kosako. in-law, Kanji (Lily) Omokawa and Frank and Miyeko (William) Kawata. Kozaki, Takayuki Jack, 90, Los Ota; and sisters-in-law, Sue Shoda and Higashi, Mas, 72, Gardena, Jan. 10; Angeles, Jan. 12; survived by wife, Itsuko (Johnny) Ota. F.D.L.#929 survived by wife, Jeanne; son, Michael; Mioko; daughter, Anna (John) Eakins; Osumi, Mary Haruye, Gardena, Jan. 707 East Temple Street brothers, Richard and Alfred (Hazel); sons, Roy (Aileen), Paul and John; 5 gc.; Gerald Fukui 911 VENICE BLVD. 15; survived by son, Timmy (Iris); 1 gc.;. LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 sister, Mrujorie (Edward) Nakaji; and and brother, Harry. and brother-in-law, Joe (Mitzi) Nagano. Los Angeles, CA 90012 President (213) 749-1449 sister-in-law, Gail Tamaribuchi. Kunihiro, Shizuo, Garden Grove, Ota, Gary Hiromichi, SO, Alameda, Ph. 2131626-0441 Hirata, Sammie 0., 81, Spokane, Jan. 15; survived by brothers, Matsuo FAX (213) 749·0265 Dec. 30; survived by wife, Louise; sons, R. Hayamizu. President Wash., Dec. 8; U.S. Army; survived by and Mitsuo; sons, Dean, Alan, Howard Roger (Lisa) and Kevin; daughter, Tracy Fax 2131617-2781 H. Suzuki. v.P'/Gen. Mgr. wife, Lili; sons, Roll, Eric, Terry (Rene), and Steve; daughter, Carolyn; 14 gc.;

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"W" Can Make.4 12 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, FEB. 17-MAR. 2, 2006 FESTIVAL grants who fought for the country has organized the festival since its administrative cost while attracting MTAB funds other programs that standing before an audience who inception and has seen the children 5,500 people over two days. For the are similar to the AA Festival. (Continued from page 1) were also predominantly immi• of former young performers return to evening martial arts program, he "Being a performer, we don't scrambling for answers. It takes Wu grants," said Watanabe, who was the stage. '''The festival has become a estimated 400 attendees. The venue want to get into politics. When pe0- six months of preparation to devel• also the festival's first chairperson. progenitor for cultural arts perform• has 1,500 seats and the adjacent ple get involved in arm wrestling op her students' - age five to eight The festival was a way for APAs ers." lawn can accommodate up to 4,000. with the city council and the mayor - skill level and self-esteem for the to show off their heritage to all of But Joe contended that attracting ... I don't know what kind of image festival. Last year, her students Houston, he added. The War of Words 5,500 people on the same weekend that portrays. Is it positive? Is it neg• played "Yankee Doodle Dandy" In 1985, the festival moved to Joe accuses theatre officials of as the Major League Baseball's ative?" said Mochizuko. along with other traditional Chinese World Series was a testimony to the Festival supporters say the event songs. festival's popularity. is also a vital tool to keep younger "It was so cute! I think the quali• "[The MTAB] attended one mar• generations tuned into their heritage. ty is high. I am so proud of them," tial arts demonstration, counted the "It makes the students strive to said Wu, who has played at the fes• attendance and said the entire pro• learn something about their cultures. tival for 10 years. Some of her stu• gram was not attracting enough of an We have to keep this going other• dents have played with professional audience - that's not professional," wise some of these customs will go groups, but for others the festival is said Watanabe. away. You usually see these per• their first taste of acclaim. So far she City council members have been formances on TV, but we get the live has avoided telling them about the called upon to mediate and festival thing. We have excellent talent," said cancellation. officials are looking into filing a law• Watanabe. "It's so very sad because they're suit or a complaint to the city's But Beutel said it's about change. looking [forward] for next year, for inspector general. "Change is a hard thing. It's par• whole family time." Miller Theatre is simply seeking ticularly hard for an organization more professional representation of like this that has been here fo a A 'Progenitor for Cultural PHOTO COURTESY: ASIANFESTIVALHOUSTON.COM Asian culture, said Bridgette Lee, an number of years. Miller has chosen Arts Performers' The sticking pOint: Miller Theatre wants to steer away from MTAB member. "Each season, there to serve the citizens of Houston in a The festival, which started in 'recital type' children's performances, which have been a part of are multiple such performances different way, by focusing on profes• squares and strip malls 27 years ago, the Houston Asian American Festival since its inception. including the Sixth Annual Houston sional performances; our mission has grown into a weekend-long Grand Taiko Festival. One of our has changed. To say that we devalue spectacle with food, cultural artifact Miller Theatre, a public venue that creating different requirements for desires is to attract an acclaimed or disrespect any culture is unfair,"

-.~ exhibits and over 1,000 performers provides tax-funded entertainment minority festivals and unfairly Asian organization to perform in he said, adding that HAAF officials representing Houston's diverse programs in a public park south of changing rules. Houston that will appeal to a wide are encouraged to reapply for a grant commumtIes. Asian Pacific downtown. The event also received "It's a mortal combat," she said audience of Asians and non-Asians or rent out the facilities. American leaders wanted to bring grant funding from the Miller about the current situation. '''They alike." No matter the outcome, Joe said residents out of their cloistered eth• Theater Advisory Board (MTAB), a are trying to kill us by slicing away Lee added that she has not the festival will take place as sched• nic enclaves and celebrate their dif• mayor appointed board currently little pieces of skin at a time." received any complaints about the uled at Miller Theatre even if she has ferent cultures as one APA commu• with two APA members, which col• Beutel disputed the claim and board's decision. to come up with the funding herself. nity. lectively rescinded this year's festi• pointed out that MTAB is funding Caught in the crossfire are per• "Miller Theatre is the home of the Over the years, the festival has val grant of $24,100. five other Asian events this season formers like Jay Mochizuko, who Asian American Festival. It has seats also paid tribute to history and ''We're regressing," said Glenda reserving HAAF's rescinded grant also produces an annual Taiko pro• for our old people, it has beautiful heroes. At the inaugural event, sur• Joe, HAAF executive director, who monies for Asian programming. gram for Miller Theatre. He along trees for our kids to play under, it has viving members of the 442nd is half Chinese American half Irish. Although it is unusual for MTAB to with his Karninari Taiko group have nice bathrooms not porta potties ... Regimental Combat Team were Growing up in Texas, she was ostra• withdraw funding, the decision was been performing at the festival for 10 it's a public parle. The Asian commu• honored onstage. The emotions cized because of her ethnicity. based on performance quality, insuf• years. His wife, Midori, has also per• nity deserves its space." • almost overflowed, said Daniel ''I had never done anything Asian ficient attendance and cost, he said. formed classical Japanese dance at Watanabe, HAAF president and until I did my first Asian festival. I According to his records, last year's the festival for a decade. And while For more info: http://www.asianfes• JACL Houston vice president. got there and thought, 'Wow. Look festival cost nearly $50,000 with an he's not happy about the withdrawal tivalhouston.com and http://www. "Here were the sons of imrni- at all these Asians!'" added Joe, who "inordinately high amount" of of the grant, he also pointed out that milleroutdoortheatre.org.

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