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New Exhibit to Feature Japanese American WWII History 2 JULY 17-AUG. 6, 2009 COMMENTARY/WHAT'S INSIDE PACIFIC II CrnZEN COMMENTARY PACIFIC iSCmZEN Remembering the HOWTO REACH US INSIDE E-mail: [email protected] -----------)100.-.THIS ISSUE Online: www.pacificcitizen.org Legacy of the 'No-Nos' Tel:(800) 966-6157 Fax: (213) 620-1768 Mail: 250 E. First Street, Suite 301 Los Angeles, CA 90012 STAFF Executive Editor Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom Assistant Editor Lynda Lin Office Manager Vacant Circulation Eva Lau-Ting Correspondent Leslie Tamura The Pacific Citizen newspaper (lSSN: 0030-8579) is published semi-monthly {except once in December and Barbara Takei (left) with Tule Lake committee board member Hiroshi Shimizu. January) by the Japanese American Citizens League. PHOTO: STOCKTON PORTS By BARBARA TAKEI JACL .Win One for the 'Fibber' 1765 Sutter SI. San Francisco, CA94115 "How was the pilgrimage?" In 1952, Satoshi 'Fibber' Hirayama spent an entire season with the Stockton Ports as one of the first Japanese Americans Signed to a professional baseball JACL President: Larry Oda It's a question I and other pilgrims have been asked many times since National Director: Floyd Mon returning from the four-day 2009 Thle Lake pilgrimage that took place over contract. He returned recently to throw out the first pitch. the 4th of July weekend. Pc. BOARD Of DIRECTORS As one of the event organizers, it's a question I have trouble anSWering in All Eyes on Iran Margie Yamamoto, chairperson; Paul a sentence or two. Columnist Peter Frandsen examines new Niwa, EDC; Lisa Hanssono, MDC; Kathy Ishimoto, CCDC; Judith Aono, media coverage of the protests in Iran. It was the biggest pilgrimage that our small all-volunteer committee has NCWNPDC; Justine Kondo, done. It was also remarkable that of the 400 pilgrims, 56 of them were 80 »Page 8 PNWDC; Jeff Itami, IDC; Ted Namba, years of age or older; of that group, 50 had been incarcerated in Thle Lake. PSWDC; Naomi Oren, Youth Once at Thle Lake, we had the pilgrims on a demanding schedule - cel­ ebrating Thle Lake's new National Monument status, hiking Castle Rock, SUBSCRIBE hearing stories about Thle Lake and the "no-nos", addressing the painful Once, an Oasis Get a one-year subscription to the emotional legacy of the wartime incarceration, and multiple workshops - What happens to Gilroy-Yamamoto .Hot Pacific Citizen newspaper at: Springs in a budget crisis? www.pacificcilizen.org or call with accommodations that featured thin' » Page 3 : ••l((1rt (800) 966-6157 mattresses and coarse linens, and long, The "no-nos" were long lines to eat meals and to use the Sisterly Love ADVERTISE public toilets and porta-potties. Cartoon Anger To advertise in the Pacific Citizen, the ones who, in Lisa Ling hopes her apology will win Despite the discomfort and heat, we amnesty for sister Laura and Euna Lee. Lela Lee's 'Angry Liltle Asian Girl' has call (800) 966-6157 or e-mail: [email protected] early 1943, protested heard no monfat about the inconven­ »Page 4 reached peak popularity. Now it hits ience and the waiting.. The pilgrims YouTube. their incarceration »Page 9 LEGAL . were patient and considerate of one No part of this publication may be repro­ and loss offreedom, another, encouraging the older folks to duced without the express permission of go to the front of the lines to make the Gift of life the Pacific Citizen. using. as their vehide Todd Sato's untimely death at 29 high­ long trip easier for them. Rather than the Editorials, news and the opinions lights the importance of organ donation. of protest, the expected barrage of complaints, we expressed by columnists other than the »Page 10 deeply-flawed loyalty received "thanks" and words of appreCi­ national JACL president or national director do not necessarily reflect JACL ation. It was really quite phenomenal. Making History questions: #27 Descendents of Charles Inouye al1d policy. Event and products advertised in The most important part of the pil­ A Post Office For Lee the Pacific Citizen do not carry the Bessie Murakami host an arts camp. concerning Inilitary grimage was honoring the "no-nos" A California lawmaker wants to honor the implicit endorsement of the JACL or this »Page 12 selVice and #28 ... • who were segregated at Thle Lake, for first APA postmaster. » Page 5 publication. We reselVe the right to edit their courage in protesting the unjust articles. wartime incarceration. • Temple in 1hmsition Go to the July 24-26 Local JAs worry about the Oregon For niore than 65 years, the stories of JACL MDCiEDC the 12,000 "no-nos" have been hidden away and misunderstood (usually temple's dwindling membership. Conference in· Cincinnati. »Page 6 confused with the 315 men who resisted the 1944 draft on Constitutional »Page 14 you've moved, please grounds and served time in Federal prisons). The "no-nos" were the ones A New Beginning send new infonnation to: who, in early 1943, protested their incarceration and loss of freedom, using, Actor Kal Penn trades Hollywood sce­ Goodbye Togo Tanaka, JACLer and National JACL as their vehicle of protest, the deeply-flawed loyalty questions: #27 concern­ nary for Washington, D.C. journalist, passes. 17.65 Sutter SI. ing military service and #28 a disavowal of assumed loyalty to the Japanese »Page 7 »Page 15 San Francisco, CA 94115 See TAKEVPage 13 Allow 6 weeks for address changes. ALSO ON Remembering avoid interruptions Pacificci in delivery, please Izen.org the King your postmas­ 'My p.C.' to include periodi­ After Michael Jackson's death, cals in your change Photos, articles and information exclusively for his Asian fans celebrate his of address (USPS JACL members and subscribers. Go there now. life. Form 3575) PACIFIC ill CmZEN TOP STORIES JULY 17-AUG. 6, 2009 3 State Budget Crisis Threatens Another Part of JA History During WWII, Central California's Gilroy­ Yamato Hot Springs was an oasis for Japanese American families resettling after their internment. Its restoration may now be stopped indefinitely. By LESLIE K. TAMURA P.e. Correspondent Thcked away in Henry W. Coe State Park in the foothills east of Gilroy, Calif. are the remnants of a once thriving part of Japanese American history. The Gilroy-Yamato Hot Springs, where warm, healing waters flowed from natural sulfur springs, It was a place 'to get peace of was once a respite for JA families in the years following World WarU. mind and healing from the It was also the first home of Laura Dominguez-Yon. mineral waters. ' Dominguez-Yon was three years old when her family moved from an internment camp in Poston, Ariz. to the wooded area of Laura Dominguez-Yon, about the hot the Gilroy-Yamato Hot Springs. springs. After WWII, Capt. Masuo Kitaji "We lived there 10 years before we moved out," she said. "I (top) let JA families move to the resort. was a little kid, so it was a very playful place." Thousands of prominent families and businesspeople from the Bay Area retreated to the resort during its ISO-year history. public would be postponed indefinitely." enough park staff to monitor the area. After the war, the area became an oasis for JA families looking If the governor's proposal goes forward unaltered, Henry W. to rebuild their lives after their internment. Dominguez-Yon's An Oasis For the Wealthy and the Discriminated Coe will shut down after Labor Day weekend with more than family lived and worked at the resort, which featured hotels, The Gilroy-Yamato Hot Springs was a retreat for many 200 other state parks. restaurants, redwood cabins, hot tubs, and gambling and dance throughout its history. "At this point I do not know the actual ramifications," said halls. "It was a place," Dominguez-Yon said, "where the elderly, Guaracha. "[The park] could be placed in caretaker status with "It was quite a rip-roaring place," said Matt Bischoff, the ill came to relax, to refresh, to get peace of mind and heal­ minimal staff patrolling the region." California State Parks historian with the Monterey District. ing from the mineral waters." Closing Henry W. Coe, they say, also creates a greater liabil­ Dominguez-Yon's uncle, Henry Kato was the manager at the Wealthy San Francisco industry leaders, during the 1860s to ity for the area. hot springs from 1950 to 1967, when the resort closed due to 1920s, escaped the city to the Gilroy-Yamato Hot Springs. "Every park needs to be maintained," Dominguez-Yon said. s.¢"ety, sanitation and property ownership concerns. When H.K. Sakata, a prominent lettuce grower from "[Closing the parks] would make parks more subject to the dan­ In the winter of 2007, Dominguez-Yon returned to her first Watsonville, purchased the area in 1938, he welcomed Japanese ger of fire, vandalism, intrusion and all these other kinds of hor­ home. and JAs to his new facility. He incorporated Japanese-style rors' plus the basic maintenance." "I wanted to see what it would take to give my [now 88-year­ baths and nurtured traditional Japanese plantings throughout the FOGHS and park services have been working together to old] uncle access again to the water," she said. "However, in the grounds. reopen the hot springs to the public. This has involved process of doing this I've developed relationships and gathered "Many, swore by the curative properties of the [hot spring repairing buildings, preventing vandalism, clearing flre a lot more of the history." mineial] waters," Bischoff wrote in an e-mail. 'The site is also hazards as well as studying the history of the area; there are The Gilroy-Yarnato Hot Springs has become a passion for significant for itS association with the Japanese community, rich Native American and Mexican storie.s as well.
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