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#3009/ Vol. 138, No. 4 ISSN: 0030-8579 National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) MAR. 5-18, 2004 JACL Kicks Off 75th JACL ·Urges Franken to Apologize for Use of Racial Anniversary National Convention Epithet, Asks Him to Remove Term From BoOk . By ANGELA LOVI'IT "Mayor Harris was a very gra• By Pacific Citizen Stidl" Government at the cious host," said Convention Chair Shorenstein Center The JACL officially kicked off Susan Kitsu. "He was very support• The JACL isn't happy about on the Press, Politics, the 75th Anniversary National ive of the upcoming convention and author AI Franken's use of the racial and Public Policy. He Convention recently in a ceremony welcomes the JACL convention term 'Jap' in his book, "Lies and the currently lives in New with City and County of Honolulu attendees to Honolulu in August Lying Liars Who Tell Them," and is York City with his Mayor, Jeremy Harris. 2004!" asking for an immediate apology and family. The upcoming biennial conven• Joining Kitsu in the kickoff were: removal of the word. Calls and e-mails to tion will celebrate JACL's 75 years JACL Executive Director John The term appears on page 342 of AI Franken's publici• of leading the way in ensuring Tateishi, Membership Coordinator the book where Franken expresses ty manager Jean Anne diversity in America. Mayor Harris Lucy Kishiue, Convention concern about the "Bush Doctrine of Rose for a comment welcomed" the JACL noting that Consultant Larry Oda, and conven• preemption" because "it could be were not returned. Honolulu is the perfect place to cel• tion committee member Kalene used to justify wars of aggression, In letters of con• ebrate the convention's theme: "Our Shim Sakamoto . . not just by us, but by the Japs." cern sent to Franken Legacy, Our Future: Ensuring In letters to both Franken and pub• and EP Dutton, the Diversity in America." See CONVENTION! page 2 lisher EP Dutton sent Feb. 24, the . JACL further ex• JACL expressed their outrage at the plained their con• author's insensitivity and lack of cerns. understanding of the racial slur. "For Japanese "JACL recognizes that Mr. Americans, the word Franken often relies on hyperbole for 'Jap' has all the emo• comedic emphasis, but we find it tion and invective that unacceptable to invoke racial epithets the 'N' word does for in the name of humor - or in any sit• African Americans, uation," said JACL National . American community," said JACL and your use of it is egregiously President Floyd Mori. "We believe Executive Director John Tateishi. insulting. There is simply no excuse tharMr. Franken owes us an apology 'That word is charged with all the for a humorist to employ such a term along with the removal of this term ugliness of the worst kinds of racial and belittle the entire Japanese from his book." slurs hurled as verbal assaults by nar• American community for a cheap The term 'Jap' has historically row-minded bigots. It should never laugh. been used to dehumanize persons of be uttered. let alone published. ''I am further perplexed that in this Japanese ancestry, especially during Shame on Mr. Franken and his edi• day and age any writer or editor, PHOTO: GEORGE KODAMA World War II when 120,000 persons tor." regardless of political perspective, (L-r): Convention Consultant Larry Oda, JACL Executive Director John . of Japanese ancestry were forcibly Franken is also .the author of would even consider allowing such a Tateishi, City. and County of Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris, JACL interned, and the JACL believes that "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot word to be uttered, let alone pub• Membership Coordinator Lucy Kishiue, Convention Chair Susan the term - even as an abbreviation and Other Observations" and ''I'm lished. I can only assume that you are Kitsu, and convention committee member Kalene Shim Sakamoto. - is inappropriate in any context. Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, unaware that the word 'Jap' is a slur "I am appalled at and insulted by and Doggone It, People Like Me!" In which evokes the worst kind of racial .Inouye Anno.unces Campaign for the cavalier manner in which Mr. 2003 he served as a fellow with prejudices and which Japanese Eighth Term in U.S. Senate Franken demeaned the Japanese Harvard's Kennedy School of Americans find h}.ghly repugnant.". By JAYMES SONG Massachusetts. JA Community Marks 62nd Anniversary of WWII Associated Press Writer Inouye said many people are talk• ing about Internment With Day of Remembrance Ceremonies HONOLULU-,-Saying there is politicians and By Pacific Citizen Staff 1942, forcibly interning 120,000 . ing World War II." . unfinished business, D~el Inouye "speciill inter• Americans of Japanese ancestry in Nakano introduced Assembly formally announced his candidacy ests" in Wash• From Seattle to New York, the isolated camps throughout the West Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 172 Feb. 19 for his eighth term in the ington right Japanese American community Coast during WWII. on Feb. 4, declaring Feb. 19 as .a U.S. Senate. now. throughout the United States "It is only in this country that we Day of Remembrance, to increase The 79-year-old Democrat has "As far as marked the 62nd anniversary of the can talk about our past mistakes, public awareness and to continue to served in Congress since Hawaii I'm concemed, forced World War II internment leam from them, and work towards educate California's youth about the became a state in 1959 and is the you are all very special to me. You with Day of Remembrance cere• the future so that something like this JA experience during WWIl. third most senior member of the are my special interests, and I'm monies. does not happen again to any group Nakano, who as a young child U.S. Senate, behind Robert Byrd, going to do everything possible," he The national Day of of people," said California State spent four years in internment D-W.Va., and Edward Kennedy, D- Remembrance commemorates the Assemblyman George Nakano, D• camps with his family, also See INOUVEI page 2 signing of Executive Order 9066, Torrance. "We must continue to acknowledged members of the legislation enacted by President educate the public about the 100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Inside the . Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 19, Japanese American experience dur- See DORI page 9 Pacific Citizen JJtc£ 75th Jtnmt(ersaig , Vee's Case Sparks Questions National News ...... 3·4 9{{ttWnai Convention About Military Justice System Youth Forum ...... 5 By Associated Press was recently postponed for a fifth and Pacific Citizen Staff time. Originally scheduled for Dec. Community News ...5-6 2, the hearing has been postponed so WASHlNGWN-James Yee, a the Army can review classified doc• Sports ...... 7 Muslim chaplain in the Army, spent uments in the case. Base officials 76 days in a prison cell while said the hearing has been resched• Columns, Cartoon ....8 authorities tried to build a capital uled for March 10. espionage case against him. Now he Prosecutors aren't saying much Calendar ...... 10 is free, the most serious allegations publicly about this case, but it's Jiono{u{u, Jiawaii replaced by lesser ones like adultery apparent they are no longer pursu• Obituaries ...... 11. 2l.~.10-15, 2004 and possession of pornography, and ing charges of spying, which could the military justice system itself is carry the death penalty. Initial Book ~age ...... 12 22 WEEKS on trial. www.jaclhawa'n.org A preliminary ~ hearing for Yee See VEEI page 9 2 PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAR. 5-18, 2004 CONVENTION ture sayonara banquet to be held on ~aclflc Aug. 14. (Continued from page 1) • The JACL Hawai'i (Honolulu) Y citizen The opening ceremonies for the chapter has also arranged several convention will welcome each reg• outings that will allow participants Idaho Day of Sawtooth Chapter 7 Cupania Circle, istrant, their families and friends to get out and about, permitting Pocatello, ID Monterey Park, CA 91755 with a traditional Hawaiian wel• attendees to enjoy the unique cul• Remembrance Tel: 3231725-0083, 800/966- 6157, Fax: 3231725-0064 coming ceremony. National and ture of Hawai'i, including: The Former internees, community o E-mail: [email protected] internationally renowned speakers Bishop Museum, Circle Island tour, leaders, human rights activists and will take part in a variety of work• Diamond Head hike, fun in the sun historians were among those gath• Same-sex Marriage Executive Editor: shops discussing current issues that at Sea Life Park, Hawai'i's night ered in Gov. Dirk Kempthome's Caroline Aoyagi Y. impact America's road to diversity, skies (telescope star hazing), his• Office Manager: office on Feb. 19 to observe the Day San Francisco has become the Brian Tanaka including: hate crimes, cultural her• toric Chinatown walking tour and of Remembrance for the third annu• focus of national and international Production Assistant: itage, the U.S.A Patriot Act, Hapa dim sum lunch, Honolulu Academy al ceremony. It was especially attention for its support of same-sex Margot Brunswick and multi-ethnic Issues; the Native of Arts (museum visit and lunch), meaningful this year, as some Idaho marriage which many argue is ille- . . Circulation: Eva Lau-ling Hawaiian right to self determina• and Iolani Palace and historic residents wrote letters to the editor gal. I'd 'like to remind our readers Contributor: Tracy Uba , tion, and more. Honolulu walking tour. opposing the event. Yet Gov. that it was not that long ago that it Publisher: Japanese American Of special note is the Aha 'Opia, There will also be the Lyon Kempthome abided by his promise was illegal, yes illegal, for Japanese Citizens League (founded 1929) or Youth Diversity Summit, and Arboretum & the Willows to mark this observance annually. Americans to marry Whites, or 1765 Sutter Street, San youth luncheon, which represent an Restaurant buffet lunch, Outrigger Congratulations to everyone who Blacks, or Chinese Americans,. or Francisco, CA 94115, tel: investment in our youth - provid• Catamaran sunset sail, Pearl Harbor, participated in the 2004 Idaho Day anyone outside of the race. 415/921-5225 fax: 415/931- ing them with education and train• Arizona Memorial, and National of Remembrance. This ceremony It wasn't until 1967 that the 4671, www.jacl.org JACL President: Floyd Mori ing for leadership development and Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, has grown from a handful of mostly Supreme Court struck down state National Director: John Tateishi advocacy. The youth will convene Polynesian Culturai Center, Queen locals to representation throughout prohibitions against interracial mar• Pacific Citizen Board of to discuss issues pertinent to their Emma Surmn,er Palace and East the state, Oregon, and now Seattle, riages in the landmark: case Loving Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair• generation, and to develop the skills O'ahu tour, wave riding in Waikiki, Washington, with the attendance of vs. Virginia. With this case, William person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; Ron that will be necessary to engage and surfing lessons and outrigger May Yamada. Efforts by Gov. Marutani, a pillar of the Katsuyama, MDC; Grace them in the future. A job fair will canoeing with the Waikiki Beach Kimoto, CCDC; Valerie Kempthorne and his staff; Maya Philadelphia JACL chapter who Yasukochi, NCWNPDC; Ann enhance. the ability of the youth to Boys. Hata Lemmon of Sawtooth JACL was serving as JACL legal counsel Fujii-Lindwall, PNWDC; Larry be an active part in an ever-chang• For more information, visit the . and Friends of Minidoka; Les Bock at the time, became the first Nisei to Grant, IDC; Andrea Parker, ing world. Special guests will also convention website: www.jacl• of the Idaho Human Rights ever argue before the Supreme, MPDC; VACANT, PSWDC; be featured at the youth luncheon. ·hawaii.org. Don't miss out on what Education Center; and President Court. Maya Yamazaki, youth. r------, A number of special events will promises to be a truly special event. Robert Hirai of Boise Valley JACL, Like race, one's sexual orienta• : NEWS/AD DEADLINE: set the convention apart, including: have ensured that this proclamation tion cannot be "cured." That is, I FRIDAY BEFORE DATE the Waikiki welcome mixer on Aug. • is heard. there is no "cure" for being Asian : OF ISSUE. 10, the Hawaiian lwu on Aug. 11, Angela Lovitt is a member of the Protecting human and civil rights American, just as there is no "cure" : Editorials, news and the th opinions expressed by col• the veterans tribute ceremony and JACL 75 anniversary conven• and leaming difficult lessons from for being gay or lesbian. Why do umnists other than the luncheon as well as the obon dance tion:S marketing and public rela• our history - these goals are inher• some argue that sexual orientation is national JACL president or on Aug. 13, and of course, the signa- tions committee. ent in the observance of President grounds to be disqualified from par• national director do not I Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive ticipating in marriage? Like the so• necessarily reflect JACL week in Hawaii as tourists," Inouye Order 9066 which gave the U.S. called "menace of interracial mar• policy. Events and prod• INOUYE said. "But there's a lot of unfinished ucts advertised in the government authority to uproot· riage," th~ "menace of same-sex (Continued from page 1) business. That's one of the main rea• Pacific Citizen do not carry thousands of U.S. citizens and marriage" is going to somehow ' the implicit endorsement of sons I'd like to stick around." said. incarcerate them without due threaten the fabric of our society? I the JACL or this publica• Accompanied by his wife, Maggie, Inouye said he wants to be around to , tion. We reserve the right to process. If this last sentence res• think not. Inouye made the announcement see the $650 million development of edit articles. Ford Island. lie also wants to see sov• onates with familiarity, you might There are all kinds of families at ~------~ before 2,200 supporters at a sold-out ereignty restored for Hawaiians. be thinking of the Patriot Act, and of the wonderful preschool in San PACIFIC CITIZEN (ISSN: 0030- 150-a-plate fund-raiser at the Hilton the current and continuing need for Francisco that my daughters attend: 8579) is published semi-monthly Hawaiian Village. Among those in "I want to be here when that mission vigilance and oversight. Even now families that have two mommies, except once in January and attendance were fellow Democrats is complete," he said. "It's going to be December by the Japanese U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, congressmen done." "- U.S. citizens and residents are being two daddies, step moms, step dads, American Citizens League, 7 Neil Abercrombie and Ed Case and For four decades, Inouye has over• held without due process in aeopted siblings, interracial and Cupania Circle, Monterey Park, seen billions of federal dollars into . Guantanamo, labeled suspicious multiracial families. Those who CA 91755. OFFICE HOURS - former governors George Ariyoshi, l~sbian Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. John Waihee and Ben Cayetano . . Hawaii's economy and has been the persons. think that being gay or dis• Pacific lime. ©2004. Inouye, the ranking Democrat on state's most visible politician on the .Even as our children's history qualifies a person from becoming a Anhual subscription rates: the Senate Defense Appropriations national stage. He gained national books slowly begin to document the loving parent should come visit the NON-MEMBERS: 1 year-$35, Subcommittee and the first Japanese attention in the 1970s as a member of Japanese American internment - preschool. payable in advance. Additional American to serve in Congress, the Watergate Committee, which \ed to that it was a terrible mistake requir• Can you imagine being prohibit• postage per year - Foreign peri• thanked his supporters and his wife, the resignation of President Richard ing a government apology and ed from marrying the person you· odical rate $25; First Class for Nixon. In 1987, he served as chainnan U.S., Canada, Mexico: $30; while sharing the virtues his parents financial redress - we see the pos• really, truly love, in order to have a of the Iran-Contra Committee. Airmail to Japan/Europe: $60. left him. sibility of Patriot Act n, with more family, to spend the rest of your Inouye was elected to public office (Subject to change without His mother's advice to him was sweeping authority and less atten• days together? San Francisco on his first try in 1954 and has never notice.) Periodicals postage "Shut your mouth and open your tion to civil rights. Mayor Gavin Newsom is to be con• paid at Monterey Park, Calif., lost an election. Mter serving in the ears," while h'is father's was "Do For these reasons as well as to gratulated and supported for his and at additional mailing offices. territorial House and Senate, he was something about it." remember that original fateful act, extraordinary leadership. It is time Permission: No part of this Inouye said he lives by those words. elected to Congress in 1959 and publication may be reproduced we honor this day. Thank you all for for us, as members of a community Inouye is expected to easily win his became a U.S. senator in 1962. without express permission of events and activities in observance that has been subjected to discrimi• bid for his eighth term. No challengers Inouye lost his right arm during the publisher. Copying for other of the Day of Remembrance natory laws for generations. to stand have surfaced. combat in World War n as a member than personal or internal refer• throughout the United States. up for the civil and human rights of ence use without the express Inouye said he has never taken a of the mostly JA 442nd Regimental permission of P.C. is prohibited. Combat Team. He was later awarded others. vacation because he is a workaholic. ~~1Ht POSTMASTER: Send address "One of these days my bride of 55 the Medal of Honor.• Pocatello-Blackfoot and ~~~ changes to: Pacific Citizen, c/o years and I are going to spend one JACL National Headquarters, San Francisco 1765 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94115. For Japanese speaking stall, pleose visit the following branch offices: "i\aclflc r citizen Little Tokyo A symbol of 213·972·5500 7 Cupania Circle JACL MEMBERS Gardena Monterey Park, CA 91755 310·354-4700 fax: 323/725-0064 Change of Address West Los Angeles e-mail: [email protected] trust. 310·391 -0678 >1< Except for the National Director's If you have moved, South Gardena Report, news and the views Just as people would gather at a Vi llage 310-532-5522 expressed by columnists do not nec• please send information square to bond with neighbors, Montebello 323-726-0081 essarily reflect JACL policy. 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Aratani, 86, and Associated Press approximately $20 million when he estimated that he and his wife have was forced into the Gila River, Ariz donated more than $10 million to JA Hawaii State Legislature The UCLA Asian American camp and left the business to non• causes, ranging from politicians to Studies Center has established the Japanese associates. He ended up museums, sports programs and The Go For Broke Educational Foundation's educational initiatives first endowed academic chair to losing most of it but never sued his retirement homes. . Foundation was recognized by both include: An American Story Teacher focus on the World War II intern• partners. "We are greatly honored that the branches of the Hawaii State Training Program, Hanashi Oral ment of 120,000 Japanese "If the president of the United Aratanis have endowed this academ• Legislature with a special floor pres• History Program, www.GoFor Americans. The chair, which is the . States could put us behind barbed ic chair," said Proft.!ssor Don entation March 2. The foundation Broke.org educational Web site, and first of its kind in American higher wire, what chance would I have in Nakanishi, director of the UCLA was honored for its vigilance in edu• Resource Center. education, was court when the war was going on?" Asian American Studies Center. "It cating the public of the sacrifices The Foundation has expanded its created with he said. will ensure that the unjust removal and contributions made by the educational programming to the generous and incarceration of thousands of He later "became wealthy by Japanese American World War II Hawaii. In December 2003, the donation of founding Mikasa Dinnerware and Japanese Americans during World veterans. Educational Foundation, working two internment K.enwOOd Electronics, two interna• War II, as well as their extraordinary Leading the effort to recognize with Hawaii's Department of survivors: tionally recognized corporations. campaign to gain redress, will be the Foundation were Senators Education, conducted teacher train• George and Over the years, George and his taught to future generations of stu• Norman Sakamoto (15th District) ing workshops in Oahu, Maui, Sakaye Aratani wife Sakaye, who was interned in dents at UCLA and will be the focus and Carol Fukunaga (11th District) Hawaii, and Kauai. Using its "A the Poston, Ariz., camp, have made of continued research and public The George ARATANI and Representatives Roy Takunli Tradition of Honor" teachers guide, and" Sakaye significant contributions to numer• . education by UCLA scholars for (36th District) and K. Mark Takai the Educational Foundation trained Aratani Chair on the Japanese ous nonprofit organizations and edu- many years to come.". (34th District). 65 high school teachers on the American Internment, Redress and ------irnpo!:lance and significance of the Community will also focus on the Re-issued HHS Report Admits Disparities Attending the ceremony in decades-long campaign to gain Hawaii were: Christine Sato• JA veterans of WWlI's contribu• redress and a national apology, The Department of Health and Minority groups first suspected Yamazaki, Foundation executive tions. which culminated with the passage Human Services (HHS) has reissued foul play late last year when HHS director; veterans Manabi Hirasaki, In 1989 JA WWlI veterans estab• of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act. In its report on disparities in health care released a "National Healthcare 522nd Field Artillery Battalion and lished the lOOth1442ndIMIS WWlI addition, the chair will examine the for minorities after minority groups Disparities Report" that downplayed Foundation co-chairman, and Ted Memorial Foundation, which today historical and contemporary trends complained of omissions in the orig• the differences in healthcare Ohira, 422nd Regimental Combat operates as the Go For Broke and issues facing the JA population. inal.report, accusing the department received by racial and ethnic minori• Team and Foundation board mem• Educational Foundation to bl,lild the '''The purpose of the chair is to of "whitewashing" the document for ties and portrayed minority health ber; Judy Nagasako, Hawaii Go For Broke Monument. The Go ensure the World War II incarcera• political reasons. care as comparable to or even better Department of Education; and For Broke Monument is an eternal tion of 120,000 Japanese Americans, U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., than that received by the general Karin Mackenzie, Nisei Veterans tribute to the heroics of the segregat• as well as their subsequent efforts, chair of the Congressional Asian public. Endowed Fomm Series, University ed JA units: 100th Infantry will always be remembered, taught Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Faced with public outcry by of Hawaii at Manoa. Battalion, 442nd Regimental and written about for generations," declared the reissued report a "victo• CAPAC, the Congressional Black Since 1999 the Go For Broke Combat Team, MIS (Military said George Aratani. "There are ry for social justice" by minority Caucus, and the Congressional Educational Foundation has been Intelligence Service) and the many many important lessons that advocacy groups. He used the occ~­ Hispanic Caucus, HHS Secretary focused on its educational program• other men and women who served Americans and other peoples can sion to call for congressional action Tommy Thompson acknowledged ming in California, specifically the overseas during WWlI. leam so that similar tragedies never on the "Healthcare Equality and the omissions and re-released the . heroism and history of the JA sol• The monument is located in the happen again." Accountability Act of 2003," a bill original report. diers ofWW II, as well as the forced Little Tokyo district of downtown Aratani ran his family's Central introduced last year that seeks to Currently, the "Healthcare evacuation and incarceration of JAs Los Angeles at Temple and Valley farm, farm equipment, ship• eliminate health disparities by the Equality and Accountability Acf' is and civil liberties issues raised by Alameda Streets. For more informa• ping and packing businesses prior to end of the decade. awaiting action in committee. those events. Currently the tion, go to www.GoForBroke.org.

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Settlement with Muslim Man By Associated Press from N~w York-based Hearst, the United States, according to By ASSOCIATED PRESS Feb. 26, American Airlines also and Pacific Citizen Staff spread over furee years. Since tak• Forbes. agreed to change its procedures to ing over the historic Examiner, the Though he once considered buy• AUSTIN-American Airlines has make sure security questions are SAN FRANCISCO-A little Fangs have fired most of the news• ing the Denver Post and a few other agreed to change its security proce• handled before a passenger is sitting more than furee years after the Fang paper's staff. newspapers, this is his first foray dures to settle a federal discrimina• on the plane. It said it would train fanlily made headlines with their Florence Fang said Feb. 19 the into publishing. tion lawsuit flIed by a Muslim pas• employees in a company-wide poli• purchase of the San Francisco subsidy had long ago run out and Robert Starzel, a corporate attor• senger who was removed from a cy against racial and religious pto• Examiner, they have decided to sell that it was time to sell the newspa• ney and an Anschutz confidante, plane, a lawyer in the case said. filing in security decisions. the paper which has experienced a per. was named chairman of the new Airline employees told It also sent Ahmed an apology let• decrease in circulation and dwin• Fang said publishing group, the SF Mohammed Ahmed Ali that he and ter. dling profits. the Examiner Newspaper Co. Scott McKibben, his three children were removed Airline spokesman TIm Wagner Billionaire investor and Qwest lost money who had been chief executive of from a Sept. 29, 2001, flight in said the company makes ' every Communications founder Phil during her the Examiner s parent company, Austin because of his name, which is effort to complete security proce• Anschutz has agreed to buy the four-year will stay on as president and pub• - of Muslim and Southeast Asian dures before passengers are seated. troubled newspaper, promising to ownership but lisher of the Examiner and descent, said Wayne Krause, a "We're already in full compliance restore some of the newspaper's that her only Independent. lawyer with the Texas Civil Rights with what the settlement requires," lost glory. regret is that Some 220 workers, 75 of them Project. Wagner said. Under the agreement announced she didn't Examiner employees, will be Ahmed was on his way to American Airlines has faced sim• Feb. 19, Anschutz will also get The FANG negotiate a affected by the sale, but the new Chicago for a funeral. The airline ilar lawsuits in other states. The Independent, a profitable neighbor• higher subsidy from Hearst. owners said they haven't deter• agreed to pay him $1,500 to make up company is nearing a resolution to a hood giveaway paper, as well as . 'The subsidy is already gone," mined if any layoffs will come with for costs associated with delay and similar complaint flIed by the U.S. Grant Printing Co. where the she said. the ownership change. They prom• other damages, Krause said. Department of Transportation, papers are produced. Current pub• She will retain a minority interest ised to beef up the paper's cover• Under the settlement announced Wagner said. • lisher Florence Fang retains owner• in the newspaper and will become a age, but provided few details. ship of the newspaper Asian Week vice chairman and publisher emeri• Newspaper analysts doubted the and Chinese TV Guide. Anschutz . tus of the new company. new Examiner could compete APAs in the News also assumes control of the popular She also defended her handling head-to-head with the San Awards, Appointments, Announcement~ Bay to Breakers race sponsored by of the Examiner, saying she and her Francisco Chronicle, the city's the Examiner. fanlily ensured that San Francisco dominant paper with an average Ted Hong, the states' chief labor was in private practice in Hilo prior Anschutz is paying $20 rnilIion, remained a competitive newspaper daily circulation of about 512,000 negotiator and a University of to joining the Lingle administra• according to a source close to the town. subscribers. Hawaii Board of Regents member, tion. deal who spoke with The "We have kept our promise to In contrast, Florence Fang hasn't was nominated by Gov. Linda Kathryn Fujita was recently Associated Press on condition of preserve two daily newspapers in submitted audited circulation fig• Lingle recently to serve as a Circuit nominated for a Touching the Heart anonymity. San Francisco, to keep two voices ures for the money-losing Court judge on the Big Island. Award for her work as a second ' The Examiner s circulation in this town," Fang , said. "Four Examiner, which she transformed However, the required confirma• grade teacher. She currently teach• dropped from 303,000 in ' 1965 to years ago, we saved the historic into a 'free publication distributed at tion by the state Senate could be es at Silver Spur Elementary 96,000 when Hearst turned over the San Francisco Examiner from streetside news racks last year. "controversial" because of ques• School in the Palos Verdes paper to the Fang family in closing." "It's not surprising that the Fangs tions raised over his temperament, Peninsula Unified School District November 2000. Florence Fang Anschutz's holding company wanted to sell," newspaper analyst according to Senate Judiciary in California. The Touching the and her family took control of the owns interests in about 100 compa• . John Morton said. "What is a sur• Committee Chairwoman Colleen Heart Awards are given to teachers paper from the Hearst Corp. in . nies in a range of industries, includ• prise is that someone would want to Hanabusa, whose committee will who are making a difference in November 2000 in a deal that ing railroad, real estate and oil ven• buy it." schedule a confmnation hearing. their communities. The awards are helped Hearst gain antitrust tures. He also owns an interest in The Denver billionaire will Hong, 46, was named by Lingle in sponsored by Bright Start approval of it., $660 million pur• the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los become just the fourth owner of a December 2002 to serve as the Educational Consultants, a national chase of the much-larger Chronicle. Angeles Kings and several profes• paper made famous by William state's chief negotiator. In May she company who trains parents on lit• The deal provided the Fang fam• sional soccer teams. Randolph Hearst, who took control gave him an interim appointment to eracy, personal wellness, and effec• ily with a $66.7 million subsidy He is the 33rd-richest person in in 1887 .• the UH Board of Regents. Hong tive parenting.•

By Associated Press and o Eastern Nevada Pacific Citizen Staff County Opposes o Money Woes to National Newsbytes Patriot Act Close Chinese ELKO, Nev.-Elko County Example of Discrimination commissioners, in an apparent ftrst Cultural Center Protests American Dream BALTIMORE-Frederick BRISTOL, R.I.-ColLege for a county government in Nevada, PHILADELPHIA-The Chi• NEW YORK-A Filipino County and three county commis• Republicans at Roger Williams voted unanimously Feb. 18 to nese Cultural Center, which show• American woman who was missing sioners allegedly violated the civil University awarded a "whites-only" oppose any sections of the federal cased Asian culture for nearly a half for months until her decomposing rights of an Islamic group by block• scholarship to a 20-year-old junior Patriot Act that violate people' civil century and was best known for its body was found recently at the ing construction of a worship and Feb. 18 as a number of students rights. New Year's feasts, will close home of a phony doctor who treated educational center near protested the award by turning their Commissioner Warren. RusselL because of money wOes, its owner her was remembered as an accom• Buckeystown, a lawsuit states. backs to the stage. who proposed the re olution said. plished but selfless businesswoman The county and the commission• About furee dozen students, approved by the panel, said it's Victoria Chang and her late hus• pursuing the American dream. ers withheld water and sewer facili• many of them members of the mul• understandable that the Patriot Act band, Tien Teh "T.T." Chang, Grieving relatives, friends, and ties from the Islamic Society, while ticultural student union, turned their passed easily following the Sept. 11, opened the Chinese Cultural Center co-workers from Barclays Bank, approving it for others, the lawsuit backs to the stage as Adam Noska, a 200 l, terrorist attacks on the East as a YMCA on Christrnas Day where Maria Cruz was a rising start, says. junior at Weymouth, Mass., accept• Coast. 1955, offering Chinese cooking, gathered at a Greenwich Village ' The suit was flIed Feb. 18 in U.S. ed the $250 award. <;:ommissioners voted following a calligraphy and tai chi classes to a church for her funeral Mass. Her District Court against the county, The group created the scholarship meeting Feb. 17 involving official largely non-Asian clientele. ashes were to be sent back to the Commissioners John L. Thompson in order to make a statement in and Sharon Lever. coordinator of Over the years, politicians from Philippines, where she grew up. Jr. and Jan Gardner, and former opposition to affmnative action. anti-terrorism for the Las \eg Mayor Ed Rendell to President Cruz's remains were found Feb. commissioner David P. Gray. The group's leader, Jason Mattera, U.S. attorney's office. Jimmy Carter passed by the 18 entombed in a slab floor at the . It says WAQF - a legal trust that 20, of Brooklyn, said they succeed• Representatives of the . 'e\' cIa Chinatown center's 15-foot statue home of Dean Faiello, a medical raises funds to build capital projects ed. Campaign to Defeat the Patriot A-t of Confucius or under its red imposter who had treated the 35- for t1ie society - purchased 100 Applicants were required to write and the American Civil Libertie-; lanterns. The lO-course, New Year's year-old financial analyst for a acres of property, expecting to an essay about "why you're proud Union also attended the meetm.:. banquets were the center's biggest obtain water and sewer from the 0 growth on her tongue. Detectives of your white heritage." Sixteen stu• Some concems that member<; fundraiser. The Changs traditionally county. are investigating whether Cruz died dents applied. the anti-Patriot Act camp...... : brought chefs from China to prepare In August 2000, the county drew both an outpouring of voiced included secret searche after going to see him for a treat• It the special dishes, but that became denied the mosque's request to con• support and stem criticism, even delayed notice; powers granteG .n ment last April, when she disap• difficult after the Sept. 11 attacks, nect to the water line and adopted' among Republicans; the state the Patriot Act for ordinary criminal peared. Faiello, 44, remains a fugi• said Chang. two amendments that limited usage Republican Party has criticized the cases surveillance on U.S. citizens:, tive. The dinners - like the center - of the site. $250 scholarship for having "racist such as wiretaps; and obtaining COD• Cruz moved to the United States drew criticism from some quarters The county had approved· water overtones." fidential information without a 10 1992 and became a citizen lO for its nonprofit status and for its and sewer services for the previous Noska, who pays for his own col• order. years later. She was earning six fig• paucity of classes for children and owner of the site, Fungo Property, lege expenses, said he would use the The resolution' states the c ures as a fmancial analyst, but she adults from the Chinese American which planned on opening a base• money for textbooks that he has commission is strongly opposed 0 eschewed material possessions, pre• community. ball camp. Approval was also grant• been up until now borrowing from terrorism "but also affirms that ferring to live simply, share her Chang, who lost her husband in ed to Sports Plex, which would use friends. He said he applied because efforts to end terrorism no wealth and give to charity, loved 1996, plans to sell the building to a the same water and sewer lines. he needed the money. He has a 3.9 waged at the expense of the funda• ones said. restaurateur from New York. grade point average and is majoring mental civil liberties, rights d o Campus Republican in both public relations and legal freedoms of the people of the c n• Islamic Group Sues Family Mourns ' o Group Awards Whites• studies. ty of Elko. the United States or the o County for Alleged Filipino Woman as only Scholarship Amid world." • ·PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAR. 5-18,2004 Manzanar Launches New Website in YOUTH FORUM . . Anticipation of April Grand Opening Quit Asking and Start Acting The Manzanar National Historic torium. By EMILY TERUYA "knowledge" that leads to the invisi• irrelevant to the needs of the peo• Site premiered its redesigned and The program will include remarks bility of the people they study. They ple." And, I sense many members expanded website Feb. 19 in recog• by dignitaries from the JAcommuni- . In a university setting, I sometimes become "merely shadows of a myth• feel this is the case with JACL. nition of the National Day of ty, the National Park Service, and can't help but feel I'm doing "pure ical super-Indian." Therefore, I share Deloria's opin• Remembrance, a day marking the political representatives, as well as a research" - at Similarly, as Nikiko Masumoto ion when he says, if academics (or in anniversary of Executive Order performance by Mary Nomura, the least the way addressed in her Feb. 20 article in the this case JACL and its members) 9066 when 110,000 Japanese "Songbird of Manzanar." The hour• Vine Deloria P.C, JACL often asks, "How do we were to devote the time, mQney, and Americans were sent to internment long ceremony will be followed by a describes it: recruit youth?" She answered, "Why research into actually solving the camps during World War IT. performance of the Bishop Big Band Pure research doesn't JACL just ask youth?" It's problems they ask and create instead The redesigned website performing popular music from the is a body of such a simple answer, and yet it's of continually writing them down, (www.nps.gov/mimz/home.htm) 1940s. Refreshments will be provid• knowledge overlooked all the time, making there would be no problems to talk dramatically enhances Manzanar's ed by the Lone Pine and Bishop absolutely youth invisible. Instead of having about. presence on the World Wide Web, Chambers of Commerce. devoid of useful application and adults analyze and theorize about One of JACL's mottos is, "Better offering virtual visitors a compre• On April 23, the Eastern incapable of meaningful digestion. ways to attract youth - just ask. Americans for a Greater America." hensive site highlighting California Museum and the Deloria is defInitely one of my A while ago, I received an e-mail This defInitely has some roots in the Manzanar's past, present, and Independence Chamber of favorite authors because he is from Lucy Kishiue, national JACL Civil Rights Movement. Deloria future~ In addition to covering multi- Commerce will host a reception straightforward and deeply satirical. membership director. It had to do describes the movement as a desire . pIe eras of Manzanar's history, the from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the He's a lawyer, educator, and Native with a new drive for lapsed member• for self-respect - and I tielieve site includes information on visit Eastern California Museum in American scholar. Unlike many the• ships. Lucy said that when lapsed JACL is trying to do that for all planning, events, site management, Independence. orists, Deloria actually addresses members were asked why they did• Americans, as its mission statement education programs, volunteer Manzanar National Historic Site problems arul offers solutions; he n't join, they often said, "Nobody suggests. opportunities, and natural and cul• was established in 1992 to provide defiantly calls out for action among asked us.~' I think there's a pattern. I realize some members believe tural resources. for the protection and interpretation theorists. By reading recent letters to the edi• this is broadening its agenda too far; 'The hew website is an important of the site's historical, cultural and One reason for writing the book tor, I get a feeling that many JACL however, we need to realize that we part of our overall program and natural resources. The site is located was to stir Native American youth so members wonder about the future of have a duty to know about this coun• another step towards Manzanar six miles south of Independence, they can raise issues that they have JACL. In other words, is it still a try's history if we aim to make being a fully operational unit of the nine miles north of Lone Pine; not yet raised for themselves. And, in viable organization, should it be lim• changes to its future. National Park System," said approximately 230 miles northeast some ways, I think JACL and the ited to Japanese American issues as As one of my professors told me, Superintendent Frank Hays. of Los Angeles, off U.S. Hwy 395. Pacific Citizen in particular stir it its name suggests, can it increase its we need to ask questions as well as In addition, the park and the JA For further information, call youth. At least, I hope this forum membership and thus inqease its find answers. Deloria believes ask• and local communities will celebrate 760/878-2932 or 878-2194; website: serves as a place for other youth to political and social power? ing for' or wanting equality is too the grand opening of the Interpretive www.nps.gov/manz .• raise issues for others. Deloria's answer to these questions simplistic. He believes people will Center and Park Headquarters in the. Deloria begins his book by dis• would be this: quit theorizing and have to settle for sameness other• adaptive1y restored Manzanar High East Bay Nikkei Singles cussing the transparency of Indians. start acting. In the realm of academ• wise. And, personally speaking, I School .auditorium on April 24. Offers Scholarship He believes theorists and anthropol• ics, he argues, "Acade~a, and its want to be unique. Similarly, I don't The Interpretive Center will East Bay Nikkei Singles is offer• ogists create a massive amount of by-products; continues to be more want JACL to settle for sameness .• include 8,000 square feet of exhibits, ing a $500 scholarship. Application two small movie theaters, park is open to students who are from offices, and a bookstore operated by single-parent fan1ilies, are residents National "A Veterans Council the new Manzanar History of Northern Califomia and are of Association. Nikkei heritage. Annou'nces Contest for MIS Stories Events on April 24 begin with the The applicant must be graduating The history of the Japanese occupation, the National Japanese nel fan1iliar with the loca1 language 35th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage from high school and planning to American military contribution to American Veterans Council has and culture. SpO!1sored by the Manzanar attend a trade school, business the World War IT efforts in Europe developed a plan to add to the The following are the contest Committee, a Los Angeles-based school, college, university, or any have been well-documented but the recorded history of the MlS. The rules: education group. The pilgrimage institution of higher learning in the role of JA GIs in battling the enemy council will sponsor a contest invit• Eligibility: Entries may be sub• event begins at 11:00 a.m. at the fall of 2004. in the Pacific is not as well known. ing MIS veterans, or their fan1ilies, mitted by any person who served in Manzanar cemetery and will include The deadline for application is To make up for that gap an exten- . to provide personal stories and the U.S. MlS in Japan at the end of a performance by taiko drummers, April 15. Application forms may be sive history of the JAs who served experiences about the part they WWll, and continued to serve dur• speeches, and an interfaith religious requested by writing lv. Eleanore in the Military Intelligence Service played in the nation's successful ing the occupation of Japan, OR service. Toi, 460 17 Paseo Padre Parkway, will be published next year. military occupation of Japan. who was a MlS member assigned to The NPS grand opening celebra• Fremont, CA 94539 or by calling: Noting the important role the This contest will highlight and Japanese occupation duty after the tion begins at 1:30 p.m. at the audi- 510/656-5449.• MlS played during the Japanese publicize the various ways in which end of the war. (Sons and daughters JA MlS personnel contributed to the . of such veterans, and other relatives, . successful occupation of the coun• are also eligible.) try. Because of their language abili• Length of entry: The text of the ty, knowledge of, and fan1iliarity entry should not exceed 2500 he JACL-sponsored Insurance Plans with, the culture of Japan, MlS per• words. Tgive you access to quality coverage sonnel were able to engage, in addi• Fonnat requirements: Type• to meet a variety of your needs. JACL tion to their official duties, in many written, type size: 10 pts, or larger, commits itself to helping members and commun.i,ty activities, and to assist double-spaced, on 8-112 x 11 white their families live a worry-free lifestyle. the Japanese in recovering from the paper (no tapes, videos, or other These affordable JACL-sponsored devastation of WWll. electronic submissions, including Insurance Plans can give your family the All entries must be submitted by email). insurance coverage they deserve. July 15. Supplementary materials: Pict• • Long-Term Care The stories of the MlS veterans ures, artwork, diagrams, sketches, "'Customized Major Medical will be included in the website that etc., will be accepted to supplement (Now available to non-California members) is being developed by the Japanese entries; the entrant must provide a .. ! • Catastrophe Major Medical· · American National Museum, in signed statement providing for their • Short-Term Medical partnership with the council. In unqualifled release and use by the • Term Ufe Insurance'" addition, they will be submitted for council, including any of its partner• • Personal Accident Insurance" inclusion in the Veterans History ship organizations; such mat~rials • Medicare Supplement Insurance· Project of the Library of Congress, will not be returned. • Cancer Care' . making these stories accessible to Introductory requirements: If you have any questions or would like the general public. Each entry should be prefaced by more information (including costs, The contest will also award cash the following personal information: exclusions, limitations and terms of prizes. The fIrst place winner will be 1. Branch of service; 2. Military ,. ~overage) please contact the Plan awarded $1,500 and the second and unit; 3. Rank; 4. Date(s) of enlist• Administrator: third prize winners will receive, ment and service; 5. Dates of service respectively, $1,000 and $500. The and location ofservice prior to join• MARSH winners will be announced at the ing Occupation Forces in Japan; 6. Affinity Group Servi""s a servi"" of Seabury '" Smith 61 st MlS Reunion, to be held !n Period of service in Japan, and unit Hawaii on Aug. 4-8. - to which assigned; 7. Locaiion(s) of The entries received will not only service in Japan: prefecture, city, town or village; 8. Nature of work or Toll-free: 800-503-9230 serve to add to the history of the · www.seaburychicago.com MlS, but they could be helpful in official duties; 9. Name of other better understanding the problems MlS personnel with whom service All plnns !nay vary and m~ not be ava:lahle I" aU sta~ .. Underwritten by Monumental Life Insurance Company. that the United States is now facing occurred; 10. Language training and Baltimore. MD. .. ~ Underwntten by The Untted States life in5lJ(ance Company in Iraq. In contrast to what occurred pre-war education in Japan, if any: in the City of New York. u, Underwrit ten tly Hilrtford tifH InslJ(anc:n COUlp...1ny. in Japan during WWll, the occupa• Focus of entry: The entrant " Seabury & Smith, Inc. 2003 AG2465 024-03 tion of Iraq has proved very difficult because of a lack of military person- See CONTEST/page 6 6 PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAR. 5-18, 2004 Restaurant in Salt Lake City recent• Representative Shelley Doi; Issei ly. Special guests at the event 'were Luncheon, Bernice Kida; .JACL Corner former roc Governor Larry Grant Matsumoto City Rep. Tomoko . Mile-Hi Chapter and his wife Janet. Moses; Peace Gardens, Sandra The JACL Mile-Hi chapter . Grant swore in the new slate of Kikuchi; Scholarship, Irene Ota; recently held its installation of offi• officers for the 2004 board includ• Tanoshimi-no-yoru, Kip Watanuki; cers and the 2004 Tom Masamori ing: President-elect Dot Richeda, Past-President Kevin Aoyagi; Memorial "Kansha no Hi" (Day of Vice-President Harry Okubo, Consultant Larry Grant; and At• Appreciation) awards presentation at Secretary Marc Stillman, Treasurer Large, Bobbie Uno, Jamie Doi, the Double Tree Hotel in Denver. Metra Barton, Youth Representative Greg Stillman, Taka Kida, and More than 100 people attended Chris Taketa, Newsletter Co-editors Curtis Yamane. the event with Adele Arakawa, 9 Roger Tobari and Anita Y Tsuchiya, During the dinner a draft resolu• News anchorwoman, serving as and Photographer Ryan Akimoto. tion supporting Rep. David Mistress of Ceremonies, and JACL Associate board officers for 2004 Litvack's version of the 2004 Hate National President Floyd Mori as the are: Asian Festival, Jennifer Crimes bill, RB. 68, was presented. guest speaker_ Kawabata; Chapter Coordinator, A large majority voted in support of Alice Kasai; Day of Remembrance, this bill which specifies those Florin Chapter MILE-HI-Pictured are the Kansha no Hi awardees Setsuko Wilcox Sherrie Hayashi; H~te Crimes/Civil groups oftentimes targeted in hate The Florin JACL chapter recently (left) and Nobuko Ninomiya (right) flanking Lily Masamori_ Rights, Jeff Itami; IDC Youth crime acts.• held its "Strength Through the impact they have made in areas Guest speaker at the event was Dr. time constraints, those living in the Diversity" installation dinner and CONTEST of social justice, human relations, Gordon Nakagawa, CSU Northridge State of Hawaii are encouraged to fundraising event with more than (Continued from page 5) and preserving the legacy of JAs. communications studies professor submit their entries to - NJAVC 200 members and guests in atten• Jerry Enomoto, retired U.S. mar• and interim chair of the Asian should try to describe, based on Contest, 733 Ulumaika Street, dance. shal and former nationaiJACL pres• American Studies department. He personal experience, the ways in Bonolulu, HI 96816; those in the Keynoting the . event was Dr. ident, installed the 2004 board offi• spoke about the growing diversity in which MIS service affected the continental United States should Dorothy Enomoto, a former class• cers. Andy Noguchi, Florin chapter the American -Nikkei community. Japanese occupation. The entry submit their entries to - NJAVC mate and co-valedictorian with Dr. member and a JACLer of the ''We (in JACL) must embrace this could, for example, describe in detail Contest, P.O. Box 391, Vienna, Martin Luther King, k Enomoto Biennium honoree, led a candlelight diversity," said Nakagawa. Though the following: L Volunteer services Virginia 22183. All entries will spoke of discrimination and how vigil symbolizing unity among the JACL membership appears to be or other contributions that were pro• become the property of the National deeply it "scars the soul and destroys diverse community members in the dwindling he believes JACL is still vided to the Japanese in the area Japanese American Veterans hope." Enomoto herself rose ' Greater Sacramento Area who have viable because of its civil rights where assigned; 2. Situations where Council. through the ranks of the California worked together to promote civil stance. ''There will be a Japanese language and cultural knowledge Inquiries: For additional infor• Department of Corrections . to rights and ensure justice for all peo• American community in the 21st helped in the performance of duties; ~ation, call or write Frank Sogi, become the first African Am~rican ple. century and we have an opportunity 3. Letters or other commendations NJAVC Contest chairman, at woman to be named deputy director to decide the direction and shape of received from Japanese officials, and 808n35-6994; fax: 808n34-8438; within the dep!ll1ment. the - Ventura County Chapter our community," he said. the circumstances that occasioned email [email protected]. • Enomoto complemented The JACL Ventura County chap• The new Hitoshi H. Kajihara their receipt; 4. Development of per• Japanese American community for ter held its 24th annual installation Award for outstanding contributions sonal friendships with local rising in support of the Muslim and luncheon at the Grand Vista Hotel in and service by a board member was Japanese, and whether they have This space could be Arab American communities. She ~ Simi Valley recemly. presented to Mori Abe. Ellen continued over time; 5. Revisits of urged everyone to continue to "work yours. Call Ken Inouye, national JACL vice Matsuo served as Mistress ()f Japan after the occupation duty, and together .. . in pursuit of justice and . president of public affairs, installed Ceremonies. recollection of such visit(s). liberty." 800/966-6157 or email the 2004 board officers. George Judgment criteria: Entries will Florin chapter members Frank Wakiji, a former interim Washington Salt Lake City Chapter be judged on content and substance. paccit@ aol.com and Joanne Iritani, authors of ''Ten JACL repr~sentative, was reelected The annual board installation din• The judgment of the contest com• Visits," were honored for their many for details. as president along with his 22-mem• ner for the Salt Lake City chapter of mittee shall be final. years 'of community service and for ber cabinet. JACL was held at the Pagoda Submission of entries: Given ---

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Shinzen USA Nikkei Youth SPEEDSKATING Goodwill Basketball Program O hno Wins 3,OOO-n1eter Race Begins 2004 Coach Selection BORMIO, Italy-Olympic star Apolo Anton Ohno won the 3,000- The Shinzen USA Nikkei Youth pIe of Japan, while learning about Goodwill Program recently their cultural heritage, traditions and meter race in the season's final announced its program for 2004 identity. World Cup short-track speedskating Coach s~lection. The selected coach• Each year, the coaches are vital to meet recently. es will participate in an 18-month the camaraderie of the youth and Ohno finished in 5 minutes, program, from April 2004 to ultimately to the success of the pro• 11.538 seconds. Steve Robillard of . Canada was second in 5:11.864 and. September 2005, which will include gram. While the Shinzen coach is a the hosting of Japanese youth in volunteer position, there are many Suk-Woo Song of South Korea was August 2004, and traveling to Japan worthwhile benefits in serving as a third in 5:11.883. in August 2005. leader and imparting international • He was disqualified in the quar• Shinzen in Japanese means good• understanding for the youth of the terfinals of the 1,000, which was will, or international amity. Shinzen United States and Japan. won by China's JiaJun Li, and fin• is a unique program which provides Applications for Shinzen team ished third in the final World Cup standings. . youth in the community with the coaches are now being accepted and rare opportunity to personally affect must be submitted by March 12 in Ohno won a gold medal in the U.S.-Japan relations. Through spir• order to be considered for review. 1,500 and a silver in the 1,000 for Apolo Anton Ohno from Seattle relaxes after finishing his nine-lap time ited basketball games, youth To receive an application or for fur• the United States at the 2002 Salt trial at the U.S. National Short Track Speedskating Championships exchanges, touring and home stays, ther information, contact JCCCNC Lake City Olympics. Feb. 26, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. (AP Photo) Hyun-Soo Ahn of South Korea these- young ambassadors build, at 415/567-5505 or shinzen@jccc• At the Olympics, Ohno won his The short-track world team led the overall standings with 198 stronger relationships with the peo- nc.org . • gold medal ahead of South Korea's championships are scheduled for points, followed by Suk-Woo (194) Kim Dong-sung. Kim won the race March 13-14 in St. Petersburg, and Ohno (193). but Ohno was declared the winner Russia: The individual champi• BASEBALL The American team finished third when the referee ruled Kim used an onships will be held a week later in in the 5,000 relay behind Canada illegal block to stay in front. Gothenburg, Sweden.• Torre: More PO\IVer Not and China. Needed From Matsui Eun-Kyung Choi of South Korea won the women's 1,000 and fin• Ohno Among Five Sullivan Finalists TAMPA, Florida-New York don't want him to mess with any• ished atop the World Cup standings, ORLANDO, Fla. - Apolo Ohno "Phil" Raschker (track and field) . . Yankees manager Joe Torre likes thing," Torre said. "I liked exactly three points ahead of teammate was among five finalists announced The award is named after James outfielder Hideki Matsui just the what we got last year. A guy who is Chun-Sa Byun and nine points in Feb. 23 for the 2003 Sullivan Award E. Sullivan - the founder of the way he is. able to pick a pitch from a pitcher front of China's Meng Wang. for the nation's outstanding amateur Amateur Athletic Union based in A three-time home run champion and do something with it." Ohno and the rest of the athletes. Orlando - and has been presented during his 10-year career with the Matsui hit a team-best .335 with American team 'pulled out of a The other finalists include: annually since 1930. Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central runners in scoring position~ His World Cup meet in South Korea in LeBron James (basketball), Diana The winner will be announced League, Matsui hit .287 with 16 average with the bases loaded was November after Ohno received e• Taurasi (basketball), Michael April 13 at the New York: Athletic homers and 106 RBIs during his .435. mail death threats. Phelps (swimming) and Philippa Club . • first season with the Yankees in -"To me, if you hit a home run 2003. with nolxxly on base or hit a single When asked recently if he's with a man on second base, it's one SUMO expecting more power from Matsui RBI," Torre said. "I just like the fact this season, Torre said no. when he comes up with men on Grand Champion Asashoryu Exhibits His "He's such a good hitter and good base, he knows what to do." . Dominance of Sumo in South Korea planner as far as having an at-bat, I SEOUL, South Korea-Grand ring in a purification ritual. Japanese sumo officials mooted champion Asashoryu displayed his Outside the gymnasium, a crowd the tour after the successful co-host• National business dominance of sumo recently in of people gathered to buy the sumo ing of the soccer World Cup acRlc and Professional South Korea, where Japan's nation• wrestler's staple fare, chanko-nabe, between South Korea and Japan in Directory al spOrt was staged for the first time for about $3. The chanko-nabe is a 2002. Japan's national sport traces GIOzen . since the country was released from calorie-rich stew of seaweed stock, its roots to ancient religious ritual. Your business card in each issue for 22 issues is $15 per line, three-line Japanese colonial rule in 1945. chicken, pork, fish: tofu, bean Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula minimum. larger type (12 pt.) counts as two lines. logo same as line rate The 23-year-old Mongolian sent sprouts, cabbage, carrots, onions as a colony from 1910-45 and per• as required. 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Bellevue, WA· ('425) 747·9012 Clovis, CA 93612 "A year ago I just didn't feel it Goo joined Hawaii in 1983, serv• 800/966-6157 888·964·7272 Beaverton, OR • (503) 643·4512 was the right time," Goo said in a ing under Bill Nepfel and taking PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAR. 5-18, 2004 not apply for citizenship and become vote, but when I read his letters to Very Truly Yours voters.'" the editor his pen was mightier than Harry K. Honda This issue was hotly debated. a sword, "loud and clear." Doug Urata of the Riverside chapter *** added: "I have some problems .... During the memorial services the Fred Y. Hirasuna, 96: JACL [But] imagine 10 years from now, family showed a video of Fred being Stalwart or Maverick we talk U.S.-Japan trade relations interviewed in 1998. Rev. Kay and other issues dealing with us as Sakaguchi, the elder minister, American citizens. Imagine the news showed a 12-minute segment and his RED touched the lives of so father Yoshio Honda was also a del• Here are Fred's verbatim remarks media coming to our District gover• eldest son Alan, of San Clemente, many of us during his life• egate with Fred at the 1930 Seattle from the 1990 convention minutes in F nor, to our National President, and shared one forceful bit of Fred in time and in so many different convention. They had driven up to San Diego: "I've been a member of fmding out that the individual is not action. Fred was giving his opinion ways. These thoughts were in the Seattle in Yosh' s car, and if there this . organization for a long time. an American citizen. Picture that!" on the constitutional rights of the minds and hearts of some 400 peo• were any problems with the vehicle, And one of the principles of the Floyd Mori of the Mt. Olympus Heart Mountain men of conscience, ple who mourned his unexpected Fred wasn't worried since Yosh was organization is that it is an organiza- . chapter and current national presi• as they are known today. As daugh• death Feb. 12 at memorial services an auto mechanic. tion of citizens. There is no reason dent said: " .... I think it's time that ter Joanne Kagiwada, now of held Feb. 20 at the United Japanese *** why a resident of this country who • JACL recognize that we are a civil Oakland, remarked in words of Christian Church in Clovis. Fred was also a maverick, espe-' intends to stay here and work here rights organization and that we appreciation from the family, there Fred Y. Hirasuna, 96, had been a cially to those who disagreed with cannot: apply for citizenship and get should not have second-class mem• were so many stories to tell and lifelong stalwart in JACL, an organ• his opinions on the national council his citizenship, and then he has every bership within our organization. I share. ization founded in 1929. When floor. But we all recognized his logic right to vote in this organization. have been a member of the League *** JACL met in Seattle in 1930 for its and for being forthright. "In our Fresno chapter, we have of Women Voters in the past, and I During the reception in the church first national convention to ratify its A constitutional issue that has what we call associate memberships. am not a woman. I have been a hall, there was an "open mike" for constitution, Fred was there as a del• faced national JACL for many years, And we have associate members member of the NAACP and I'm not friends to step forward and recall egate along \Vith Tom Kanase and especially during the postwar years who are not citizens. They are mem• black. And we do have members anecdotes and memories. Yoshio Honda from the Fresno when Issei citizenship was being bers but they cannot vote because within our organization who are not While I didn't step up, I recall American Loyalty League. Fresno pushed, and I understand again at the they don't have citizenship, and I Japanese American, who have held Fred as an indefatigable convention was one of the eight founding chap• . forthconung convention in think that's a very, very reasonable office, have been chapter presidents. participant ever since the fIrst con• ters of national JACLin 1929. Honolulu, is: full JACL membership thing to do. "And I t.hink we should simply vention in Seattle. Of course, rural Today, national JACL celebrates rights to "special members" (aliens). "We invite them to become asso• recognize that there are people in our chapters in Central Californic:J. in the its 75th year at the Biennial The issue became moot to have alien ciate members because they believe . society, be they citizens or not, who summer were too busy to leave their Convention in Honolulu Issei serve as full-fledged JACLers in the purposes of our organization, xxxvm are interested to promote the same farms and relied on Fred's good this August. for they could, as Fred reminded, but as our friend from Japan said: 'If kind of objectives and goals and can judgment to represent them. He was After the service, we met with become citizens with the passage of their interest is in this country, then add talent, can add ~rspective, and the only voting delegate with the Earl Honda of Fowler, whose grand- the Walter-McCarran Act of 1952. there is no reason why they should can add, yes, membership to our most proxies - as many as ten at organization. I urge each of you to times. The national council felt it COMMENTARY consider this: that the JACL opens was not "cricket" (kid's jargon for its membership to all people, what• "correct") for a single delegate to Long-Term Care Planning Helps Family Caregivers ever color, religion, creed, or nation• have that many proxies. The honor• By KARL KIM and support." able to stay at home, with a working ality they might be." able thing to do, Fred countered, was Two sources of help are often family caregiver, as long as their The proposal was defeated: 40 to hold national conventions in the Most Americans know they want overlook¢ by working caregivers: need for help can be scheduled - as nays, 20 ayes. The amendment need• winter when things were quiet on the to live in their own home when they • The Family Medical Leave Act in dressing, eating, and bathing . ed thfee-quarters affinnative vote. . fann. need long-tenn care. However, they allows for up to 12 weeks of unpaid Orice until they need help with activ• Fred's voice was quiet after the Thanks Fred, for the memories .• have given no thought to how to pay leave to help a family member. ities that can't be scheduled (conti• for this care. Fathers use the Act to stay home nence, transferring/mobility), they And most gov• with a newborn; workers use the Act need either round-the-clock home ernment pro• to be with a terminally ill spouse. care or facility care. Many seniors grams do not But family caregivers should kno.w end up in facilities simply because cover home• that the leave can be taken in small they cannot afford round-the-clock based care. increments - for example, four home care. The bottom hours, to accompany a parent to a Long-tenn care is a multi-dimen• line is this: doctor's appointment. This federal sional problem. It can also be an most in-home categiving is provid• law applies to workplaces with 50- incredible oppo~nity for the care• ed by family members and friends. plus employees. giver to grow, and emotionally con• "Two-thirds of family caregivers • The Eldercare Locator is a nect with the prior generation. 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"Be aware that when good choice for their family mem: Planning Advisors, Inc., is a certified you are involved in long-tenn care bers? Does the senior qualify for senior advisor and is certified in for an elderly relative, you are tak• programs that can supplement fami• long-term care. He is a specialist in ing on a second job," says Morosy. ly care? Can they afford to pay for Medi-Cal and long-term care plan• "You need training, infonnation, supplemental care? Often, a senior is ning. PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAR. 5-18, 2004 9 more, citing Yee's combination of VEE being both Muslim and of Chinese DOR CJACLC -Announces Summer 2004 (Continued from page 1) descent. (Continued from page 1) Nikkei Community Internship reports had srud Yee was a target of "If he were a white American, say Combat Team, Military Intelligence The California Japanese a fun learning experience that cre• an espionage probe at the US. mili~ a chaplain of some other denomina• Service and 522nd Field Artillery American Community Leadership ates energy and a desire to partici• tary base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, tion, I don't think this would have Battalion who fought for their coun• Council (CJACLC) recently pate in the JA community. where he ministered to suspected happened," Fugb. said. "Any time try even while their fanIilies were announGed the. 2004 Nikkei The program runs from June 26 terrorists. you do something like this, you're kept behind barbed wire. Community Internship (NCI) pro• through Aug. 20. Interns spend four "Is this guy Jack the Ripper or is bound to have some damage done to Meanwhile, US. Rep. Mike gram. NCI is a full-time, eight-week days a week working on Nikkei he notT asked Gary Solis, a fonner the integrity of the military justice Honda, D-Calif., chair of the program that matches college-aged community projects, and one day in Marine Corps judge advocate and system." Congressional Asian Pacific interns with Japanese American cultural training a~d leadership current adjunct law professor at Prisoners are sent to pretrial con• American Caucus, renewed his call community organizations in Los devel0.pment activities. Interns will Georgetown University. "You have finement because t;hey're perceived for a national "Day . of Angeles and the Bay Area. receive an educational stipend of up to appreciate that at the outset they as dangerous or a flight risk, regard• Remembrance" pushing for House Applications are now available for to $2,000. Applicants must be age thought they were onto something less of the charges, said Lt. Col. Bill Resolution 56 to appear on the con• prospective interns and organiza• l8 by the start of the program, have very serious, but they don't seem to Costello at the US. Southern gressional calendar so that the fu).l tions. a strong interest in co~unity work be able to accept the evidence that in Command in Miami, which is House of Representatives can vote The participation of young people and a desire to dt;velop leadership. fact this was just a garden-variety responsible for the Guantanamo on the measure. HR 56 passed the is one of the keys to sustaining the Applications are due by March 26. screw-up." prison. House Judiciary Committee last rich culture and traditions of the JA NCI was initiated in 2002 with The only fonnal charges against Costello hinted that the flight-risk month without amendment. heritage. The goal of NCI is to pro• funding from 'the Surnitomo Mitsui Yee, a captain, are mishandling clas• fears might have been a factor. Yee Honda introduced the legislation vide cultural exposure and develop Banking Corpo.ration Global sified material, failing to obey an was arrested Sept. 10 as he arrived at on behalf of Japanese Americans, as the next generation of co~unity Foundation and the Union Bank of order, making a false official state• a Jacksonville, Fla., naval base, car• well as the Gennan and Italian com• leaders by: 1. Giving young people California Foundation. The program ment; adultery and conduct unbe• rying what authorities believed were munities who suffered related injus• greater exposure to opportunities is coordinated by the Little Tokyo coming an officer for allegedly classified documents. It's not clear tices during WWII, so that Feb. 19 and needs in the JA cornmunity; 2. Service Center in Los Angeles and downloading pornography on his now whether they actually were. will be recognized as an official Promoting interaction an<:l network• the Japanese Community Youth government laptop. The last two ."It's easy to look back 'on it and "Day of Remembrance" so these ing between existing Nikkei organi• Council in San Francisco. were added since his release from say, 'Why did you do this, that and wrongs will not be forgotten. zations and institutions; 3. For more infonnation, check the brig. the other thing?'" Costello said. "My own family, due solely to our Connecting interns with mentors in www.nikkeiyouth.org or contact Yee previously was a chaplain at ''The commander takes the steps he Japanese ancestry, endured several the JA community and; 4. Providing Amy Phillips at the Little Tokyo Fort Lewis, Wash., and his wife and does at the moment in time they're years of confinement in an intern• Service Center: 213/473-1698 or child live in Olympia, Wash. occurring. When you have a mili• ment camp during the war," said [email protected] . • If court-martialed and convicted tary chaplain who is apprehended in Honda. 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Through June 2O-Exhibit, "Kam• National ator Professor John Dower, author of the Best of Poston"; Japanese Ameri• Sat., April 3-SembalEndo Taiko pail The Arts of Japanese Sake"; "Embracing Defeat," about the U.S. can Museum of San Jose, 535 N. Fifth Collaboration; 8 p.m.; AratanilJapan Pacific Asia Museum,,46 N. Robles Fri.-Thes., March 12-16-JACU occupation of Japan. Info: 303n35- St.; co-sponsored by Watsonville-Santa OCA Leadership Conference. Info: America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedio St., Ave.; explores the history of sake and 5127; [email protected]. • Cruz JACL. Info: 4081294-3138; wwwJacl.orglleadership.html; or con• Little Tokyo; with Kiyohiko Semba of the religious and social significance of www.jarnsj.org. tact your JACL district governor. Japan and U.S. 1UltOri (master) Kenny Japanese rice wine. Info: 626/449- InterI11Oll1tain Sun., May 2--27th Annual Nikkei Wed., May 26-PBS Documentary, Endo. Tickets, info: 2l3/680-3700. 2742 ext. 19; www.pacificasiamuse• Matsuri; 9:30 a.mA p.m.; 5th and "Sumo East and West," a rare inside MINll>OKA, Idaho Sat., April 17-Little Tokyo Service um.org. Jackson Street, Japantown; food, hand• look at the cloistered world of sumo Fri.-Sun., June 25-27-2004 Mini• Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration: WEST COVINA made arts and crafts, performing ~, wrestling. Check local TV listings for doka Pilgrimage; buses from Seattle "Helping People, Building Com- Sat., March 6-East San Gabriel cultural displays. Info: www.nikkeimat• time. and Portland to 1\vin Falls; guided munity"; reception 6 pm., dinner apd Valley Japanese Community Center's suri.org. Thes. June 8-PBS Documentary, tours of the 73-acre Minidoka program 7 p.m.; The WIlshire Grand "Spring Fling" benefit dance; 7-11 SAN MATEO "Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire," Internnlent National Monument and a Hotel, 930 Wilshire Blvd.; RSVP by· p.m.; 1203 W. Puente Ave.; music by Ongoing Activities-San Mateo the unknown story of a mysterious restored barrack; Sunday memorial April 2: 2l3/473-1620; www.LTSC Jim Ikehara; opportunity drawing Japanese American Community empire, its relationship to the West, service will honor former internees .org. . included with ticket. Info: 6261960" Center, 415 S. Claremont St.; and the forging of a nation. Check who served in the armed forces; Through April2S-'The Art of Rice: 2566, 6261337-9123. Mondays: Bunka (Japanese needle local TV listings for time. Sunday luncheon and special program. Spirit and Sustenance in Asia"; Fowler Sat., March 27--Oldies Dance XVII, work); 2nd & 4th Wednesdays: Thes.-Sat., Aug. 10-14--National Registration, info: Gloria Shigeno, co• Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, "Remembering,"; 8p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Tomodachi (English speaking); JACL 75th Anniversary Convention: chair, gloriashigeno@ hotmail.com. North Campus; exarnines the interplay West Covina Buddhist TemplelEast Thursdays: CraftsIHobbies Group; Waikiki, Hawaii. Honolulu chapter between rice and culture in Asian soci- San Gabriel Valley Japanese Com• PaciilC Northwest 1st Friday: Bonsai Club; 4th Friday: hosts say, "Come early and enjoy an ety through visual arts, including munity Center, 1203 W. Puente Ave.; SEA'ITLE extra day." Ikebana; 1st Sunday: Kabuki Appre• works from China, Japan, India, Music by High Resolution; must be 21 Sat., March 20-Nisei Veterans ciation Group; 3rd Sunday: Peninsula Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, the , or over; dressy casual. Presale dis• East Coast Committee of Seattle's 59th Widowers Group; 4th Sunday: Philippines and other Asian countries. , count. Info and song requests: Joanie, Inst~ation MEDFORD, NJ. Banquet; 12 noon social Matinee Movie; also Fishing Club, Free. Info: 310/825-4361. 6261284-8192, Ray, 909/595-6183, or Sat., March 20-JACL Eastern hour, 1 p.m.. lunch and program; NCJA Seniors, Japanese Kayo MALmU Frank, 714/890-1776. District Council Meeting; 10 a.m.-3 Rainier Golf and Country Club, 11133 (Karaoke) Groups, Shigin Group; Sat., March 20-0range County Ariz Ne ada p.m.; Medford Leas. Des Moines Way South; guest speaker, Japanese books and video tapes. Info: Sansei Singles (OCSS) coastline hike ona - V NEW YORK CITY Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda. Info: Katashi Oita, 650/343-2793. at Corral Canyon Park; 10 a.m. start, LAS VEGAS Thurs., March 25--Asian American, 206/329-2489. TULELAKE optional activities after lunch; Info: Mon.-Thes., March 22-23-Amache Legal Defense and Education Fund Northern Caiforria Fri.-Mon., July 2-5-2004 Tule Lake Larry Haramoto 310/649-5293; High Class Reunion; Golden Nugget (AALDEF) 30th Anniversary Gala; 6 Pilgrimage; accornnlodations at the [email protected]. Hotel; info: Min Tonai, 818/591-1269; BAY AREA p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner; Pier Oregon Institute of Technology in MANZANAR [email protected]; or Mal or Irene Thurs.-Thurs., March 4-11-22nd Sixty, Chelsea Piers; honoring film• Klamath Falls, Ore.; ,buses depart from Sat., April 24--"Keep It Going .... Pass Furuya, 626n91-0547; rnfuruya82@ San Francisco International Asian maker Mira Nair, Kaye scholar Alice San Francisco; Seattle, Portland, It On," 35th Annual Manzanar Pil- aol.com. American Film Festival; AMC Kabuki Young and the Open Society Institute. Berkeley and ' Sacramento. Regis• grimage and Grand Opening Dedi- PHOENIX 8 Theatres and Castro Theatre in San RSVP by March 12. Info: 212/966- tration, info; www.tulelake.org; (San cation for the Manzanar National Sun., March 28-Arizona JACL Francisco, Pacific Film Archive in 5932; [email protected]. Francisco) Hiroshi Shimizu, Historic Site Interpretive Center and Picnic; Desert Breeze Park; fishing, Berkeley; more than 121 films and Fri., April2--"Different Generations! [email protected]; (San Jose) Jimi Park Headquarters; Interpretive Center food and more. Info, directions: videos. Schedules, info: ,415/865-1588; Same Issues: An Evening of Per• Yamaichi, jimiyama@aoicom, 408/ open 8 a.m-6 p.m.; 11 a.m. program at Charlie Tadano, 602/789-1552. www.naatanet.orglfestival. .formances"; 6-9 p.m.; APA cultural 269-9458; (Sacramento) Grace Kajita, DANVILLE cemetery, 11:45 a.m. interfaith service RENO activism portrayed through song, poet• [email protected], 916/392-5416; -and flower offering at cemetery, 12:45 Sun., March 21-Reno JACLAnnual Sat., March 27-JACL Northern ry an<;l drumming. , RSVP by March (Seattle) Stan Shikuma, snshikuma p.m. Ondo at auditorium, 1:30 p.m. Scholarship Benefit Teriyaki Dinner; California-Western Nevada-Pacific 29. Location, info: 2121992-9653; @aol.com, 206/721-1128; (Los NPS Grand Opening at auditorium; 12 noon; Senior Center. Tickets, info: District Fundraiser, "Celebrating the [email protected]; www.apa.nyu Angeles) Sharon Yamato, syamato Generations" JACL's Diamond Anni• 6:30 p.m. Manzanar After Dark in Grant Hayashi, 775n70-2160, or Mimi .edu. @comcast.net, 310/578-0090; (Japan) versary; Blackhawk Auto Museum, Independence. Buses leave little Tokyo Fujii-Strickler, 775/853-8850. PHllADELPIllA 045/787-2099 stakita@yokohama• 3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle; keynote in Los Angeles at 7 a.m. Info: 323/662- Hawai Sat., March 2O-Philadelphia JACL cu.ac.jp; www.geocities speaker actor George Takei; emcee, . 5102; www.manzanarcommittee.org; Installation Dinner/Graduate Recog• .com/sac benet. local news personality Jan Yanehiro. [email protected]; manzcomm@ HONOLULU nition; 4:30 p.m. book talk/signing for yahoo.com. To ride the bus with the Mar. 25-Apr. I-1st Annual "Xen• RSVP, info. (optional dress code): Central Califorria "No Sword to Bury: Japanese San Fernando JACL, call Tak topia: Celebration of Pan-Asian Mark Kobayashi, 408/254-9487 home, MANZANAR' Americans in Hawaii During WWll" [email protected]; or Larry Oda, Sat., April 24--35tb. Annual Man• Yamamoto, 818/894-7723. Entertainment"; Events include: with author Dr. Franklin Odo of the ORANGE Elements of Style, Xentopia Live!, 831/758-7107 work, 832/375-3314 zanar Pilgrimage and Grand Opening Smithsonian Institution; 5 p.m. cock• home; tsuneol@ msn,com. Dedication for the Manzanar National Thurs., March 18-Screening and Eastern Shake, Club'Series, Shaolin tails, 6:30 p.m. dinner/program; ELCERRITO Historic Site Interpretive Center and Panel Discussion, "Day of Inde- Stunts, Dragon Boat Competiticm, Yin August Moon (Korean/Japanese) Sat., April 3--Contra Costa JACL Park Headquarters - details at pendence"; 6 p.m.; Chapman & Yang Hookups, Trike Out Comedy Banquet Hall, 300 E. Main St., Senior Appreciation/Scholarship Awards Southern Califomia. University Memorial Hall, One and Amazing Anime. Visit www.xen• Norristown; Dr. Odo will speak on Potluck Luncheon; 12 noon-2 p.m.; El University Drive; panel includes poet topia.com.• "From Hawaii to the Mall - Images Cerrito Senior Center, 6500 Stockton Southern Caiforria Hiroshi Kashiwagi, "Song Bird of of Japanese Americans." RSVP, info: St., behind the El Cerrito Library. Info: CLAREMONT Manzanar" Mary Kageyama Nomura Hiro Nishikawa, 610/896-0538; DEADLINE for Calendar is Don Deicollo, 51O/223-l352, or Esther Wed., March 24---Pacific Asian and U.S. Appeals Court Judge A. [email protected]. the Friday before date of issue, Takeuchi,5101223-2258. Studies Lecture, "The New Asian Wallace Tashima. Info: www.cedar• WASHINGTON, D.C. on a space-available basis. PLEASANTON Environment for the Internet Era groveproductions.com. Sat., March 27-Sixth Annual Please provide the time and Sun., April 25-Tri-Valley JACL Learning"; 4:15-5:15 p.m.; Pomona PASADENA Cherry Blossom Freedom Walk; 10 place of the event, and name Teriyaki Chicken Box-lunch Sales, College Mason Hall, 550 N. Harvard, Sat.-Sun., April 3-4-2004 Pasadena a.m.; National Japanese American and phone number (including pre-order ollly; 11 a.m-2 p.m. dine in Rm. 212-A; Dr. Jun Shigernatsu of Cherry Blossom Festival; 10 a.m.-6 Memorial, Louisiana and New Jersey area code) of a contact person. or pick up, (12 noon' karate demo, Keio University, Japan, will speak on p.m.; Victory Park, 2575 Paloma St. at Avenues; special walk for physically 12:30 taiko presentation); Alameda the use of technology in teaching lan• challenged children and adults. Info: County Fairgrounds, 4501 Pleasanton guage. Info: Professor Kyoko Kurita, NJAMF, 2021530-0015; www.cherry• Ave. (look for signs at southeast cor• 909/621-8933. blossomfreedomwalk.org. ner). Tickets, info: Dean Suzuki, Wednesdays, March 24-April 28- Sun., June 20-Sharnisen Recit• 925/820-1454. Pan-Pacific Film Festival; Rose Hills alIConcert; 1-3:30 p.m.; Harris SACRAMENTO Theater, Smith Campus Center, 170 E. Theater, George Mason University Fri., MaJ:ch 19--"Shinto and Its Sixth St. Info, schedules: 909/607- Center for the Arts; presented by the Relationship to the Japanese Culture"; 8065. ' Kitagawa Nobuyuki Kai, with profes• 7 p.m.; Asian Community Center, 7375 LOS ANGELES sional artists from Japan. Tickets, info: If you are over age 50 Park City Drive; presented by Jan Ken , Sat.,March 6-Free performance for Alice Shimomura, 703/425-6108, or and have $100,000 or Po Cultural Association. RSVP: sync• youth,"Asian J:>acific Tales"; 2 p.m., Sachiko Smith, 703n59-5649. East West Players David Henry Hwang more in the bank, [email protected]; 916/427-8108 or investments or 916/427-2841. Theater, 120 Judge JohnAiso St., Little retirement accounts, PJldwest Tokyo; RSVP: 2l3/625-7ooo ext. 20. CLEVELAND Fri.-Sun., March 26-28-11th An• what you don't know Info: Marilyn Tokuda, mtokuda@east• Thes., March 16-Portland Taiko in nual Sacramento Asian Sports Foun• could wipe out a westplayers.org, or 2l3/625-7ooo ext. lifetime of hard• Concert; 8 p.m.; Finney Chapel, dation (SASF) New Year Classic -- 15. earned savings. Oberlin College; Tickets, info: Invitational Basketball Tournament. Fri., March 12--0n Ensemble's First 44On75-8169. Info: www.sasfquest.org; Larry Hiuga, Annual Los Angeles Home-Season EUCLID, Ohio 916/327-4629. SAN FRANCISCO Concert, "On '04: Hatsune"; 8 p.m:; Sat.-Sun., March 27-28-Japanese David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Food Sale; 1-7 p.m. Saturday, noon-6 Sat., March 13-Teacher-training Workshop, "What It Means to Be An Judge John Aiso St., Little Tokyo; pre• p.m. Sunday; Cleveland Buddhist senting new works for taiko. Tickets at Temple, 214th & Euclid; includes American"; 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Original Handcast Bronze K A M 0 N University of San Francisco, Lone door, or 323/965-9324. bake sale and knick-knack sale: free Fri., March 26-Asian Pacific parking. Info: 216/692-1509. Mountain Campus, Rm. LM 140; ~~ff sponsored by national JACL; will American Dispute Resolution Center HOUSTON (APARC) 3rd Annual Conversity J explore the issue of balancing national • A ' . ~\.fI~ Sun., March 28- Memorial Service security with constitutional rights and Awards Dinner, "Focus 2004- in honor of the Webster Pioneer fami• Women as Peacemakers"; 6:30-8:30 Designed & custom-created to eternally commemorate protections, featuring !>peakers and your Issei forefathers in a uniquely "Japanese American" fonn lies, celebrating 100 years of Japanese panelists from JA, Muslim and Arab p.m.; Empress Pavilion Restaurant, 988 N. Hill St., Suite 201, Chinatown. Texans; will include pioneer descen• American communities. RSVP, info ~ ill ~~S3c~ Complete library of Kamon references dents Saibara, Kobayashi, Kagawa, and directions: Patty Wada, 415/345- RSVP, info: 213/250-8190. * Onishi and Watanabe; Fairview and J075;jac\[email protected]. - . Sat., April 3-Natiop.al Asian * J. A. *~~ ~ , Individualized Q & A sessions for learning Forest Park East Cemeteries in League Fri., April 3()....,..Asian Law Caucus' Women's Health Organization 10th about your Kaman & Japanese surname through your J.A. Kaman. City; sponsored by the Houston 32nd Anniversary Annual Dinner, . "In Anniversary Conference and Gala: JACL. Time, info: George Jiro Defense of Civil Rights"; 6-9:30 p.m.; "Celebrating a Decade of Health Since 1972, we have been providing instruction exhibits on the art of explicating what Hirasaki: [email protected]. Hyatt Regency, 5 Embarcadero (enter. Partnerships for Asian Women and your Kamon reveals through its design about your surname & Japanese history, RSVP: Audee Kochiyama, 415/1702 Families"; conference 9 a.m, reception Forfurther info, on our bron=e J.A. Kaman, please contact: Mou1tain Plains ext. l31. 5:30 p.m., gala dinner 6:30;' Mil• BOULDER, Colo. SAN JOSE lennium Biltmore Hotel; special Yoshida Kamon Art Wed., March 10-Sun., March 28- Fri.-Sun., March 19-21-22nd San guests: U.S. Rep Robert and Doris P. O. Box 2958, Gardena, CA 90247-1158 ' Interactive exhibit, "Facing East, Francisco International Asian Ameri• Matsui; Calif. Sen. Gloria Romero; (213) 629-2848 (8 am - 10 pm/PST) Facing West: Black Ships and Calif. Assemblymember Judy Chu; Dr. can Film Festival; Camera 3 Cinemas. Mme, KEI YOSHIDA, Researcher/Instructor NINA YOSHIDA, Translator PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAR. 5-18, 2004 11 ko); 12 gc.; and 14 ggc. OBITUARY ObituQuies Matsumoto, Miyeko, 79, Huntington Beach, Feb. 6; San "Francisc9 Superior Court All the towns are in California except as noted. Sacramento-born; survived by hus• Judg~ Lenard Louie Dies Akutagawa, Masaru, 89; Los Feb. 23; Fukuoka, Japan-born; sur• band Tomio; brother James (Maye) Angeles, Feb. 13; Sacramento-born vived by husband Wayne; daughters Chikasawa; and sister Mikiko By ASSOCIATED PRESS ate the evidence objectively." Nisei; survived by wife Fumiko; Karen (Michael) Karayan and Shimada. Public Defender Jeff Adachi said sons Dennis (Dorothy) of San Jose, Sandra (Randall) Araiza, both of Matsuno, Hatsuye, 78, SAN FRANCISCO-Lenard Louie encouraged attorneys to put Glenn (Keiko) of Manteca; daughter Santa Paula; 4 gc.; brother Tomeo Montebello, Feb. 10; Cilexico-bom Louie, a San Francisco Superior up the strongest fight they could Jerilynne (Joe. Chinovsky) Kawai~ and sisters Shizuko Kawai Nisei; survived by brothers George, Court judge and noted member of "and once the fight was over, justice Akutagawa; stepsons Fred and · and Kazuko Kawai. Jim, Ronald and Gary (Gerry); and the Asian com• would prevail." munity, died A San Francisco native, Louie This compilation appears on a space• Hiraga, Ruth Namba, 84, Santa sisters Shigeko (Mits) Hazama, available basis at no cost. Printed obitu• Rosa, Jan. 11; survived by husband Helen . (Ed) Nakaniura, Irene Feb. 24. He graduated from University of San aries from your newspaper are wel• Matsuno and Nancy (Eddie) Mino. was 68. Francisco and the Hastings College come. "Death Notices, n which appear in Ted; son Jerry (Karen); 3 gc.; and a timely manner at request of the family sister Mary (Buddy) Fujita. Mikuni, Jobn Shigeo, 82, Fresno, Louie died of the Law. or funeral director, are published at the after a 16ng ill• He was appointed to the San rate of $15 per column inch. Text is Ikebara, Kazoo, 89, Glendora, Dec. 22; Walnut Grove-born; sur• m;ss that had Francisco Municipal Court in 1985 reworded as needed. Feb. 12; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii• vived by wife Amy; sons Alan kept him away and to the Superior Court in 1989, Michael (Dena), both of Lodi; step• born; survived by sons Jack (Abbey) (Diane), Ronald (Donna), Dennis from the court since last November, with both apPointments made by daughter Patty (Rodney) Kaiza of and Jerry (Nancy); 3 gc.; 2 ggc.; and (Sharon); 5 gc.; sister Fumiko the San Francisco Superior Court then-Gov. George Deukmejian. Elk Grove; stepdaughter-in-law brother Tatsuo (Yoshiko). Okamura of Torrance, Hisako Ikeda Leslie Nakagawa of Santa Clara; 4 reported. The court did not specify Louie joined the San Francisco Katagi, Jessie Tomie, 87, Los and Kiyoko Kimura, all of Japan; gc.; 6 step gc.; sisters Kay Aoki, the nature of the illness. dist;rict attorney's office in 1969, Angeles, Feb. 1; Los Altos-born; and brothers Toshiaki and Yukio. Teruko Sasaki, Kiyo Yoshioka, "I leamed to evaluate what a case where he made a name for himself survived by sons Roland K. (Ruth) Misono, Toney, Bakersfield, Feb. Itsuko Yamada and Kazue Masaki. is worth because I tried everything as a deputy district attorney who ag• Katagi of Canada and John Katagi; 4 1; survived by wife Kurni; son Fred from tlle most Mickey Mouse of gressively prosecuted Asian gangs. Arikawa, Chizuko, 86, San gc. and 2 ggc. (Charlene); 2 gc.; sisters May Francisco, Jan: 26; survived by sons cases to the heaviest of homicides," In 2001, he presided briefly over Kimura, Sbigeru, 82, Los Fukunaga, Emi Kumataka, Nobu Thomas (Akiko) and Edward (Alice); Louie said once. ''The tlling I portions of San Francisco's infa• Angeles, Feb. 7; Manhattan Beach• Torii, Lily Culver and June Misono. daughters Jane .(Kenneth) Ikeda and believe I have is the ability to evalu- mous dog mauling case. • born Nisei; survived by daughter Nakashima, Jessie Midori, 84, Doris (George) Sasaki; 7 gc. Karen (David Allen) Hostetler; 1 Feb. 17; Hood River, Ore.-bom; sur• law Marian Nishitsuji. Wash., and Chiyoko Hung of Fujita, Masayasu, 89, Gardena, gc.; brother Rev. Ren; and sister vived by sons Skip (1heresa) and Nobuhara, Gladys Tosbie, Puyallup. Feb. 6; Yonago City, Tottori ken• Sakae Kimura of Japan. Roger and his partner Jackie Newport Beach, Jan. 25; Hanapepe, Yamanaka, Toshio, 87, Monte• born; survived by wife Yoshiye; sons Kobayashi, Yuji, 74, Chicago, Krigbaum; 5 gc.; and 13 ggc. Kauai-born; survived by daughter bello, Jan. 29 service; Japan-born; Grant Yasuo of Hayward, Mas Jan. 27; Seattle-born; survived by Nikaitani, Gus Yasuo, 88, Wendy (Kenneth) Kushner; 2 gc:; naturalized U.S. citizen; survived by Masahiro and Yuki Yukinori (Grace); " wife Eva; son Daniel; daughter Seattle, Jan. 31; Seattle-born; sur• siblings Rorence (Setsuo) Matsuo, sons Mike (Marlene), Steve (Janet) . 3 gc.; brother Shukichi Hamada of Amy; 3 gc.; brother Fred and sister vived by wife Amy; sons Peter Harold Saito, Jane Arakawa, Richard and Rod (Charlene); 2 gc.; and sis• Japan; brother-in-law Frank M. Rickie. (Doreen) of Kailua, Hawaii, Don (Lily) Saito and Katherine Saito, all ters Fu~ Miyake and Shizuko (Toshiko) Masuda; sisters-in-law (Sandy) of Captain Cook, Hawaii, of Hawaii, Charles (Noriko) Saito of (Koichi) Oda. Haruye Hamai and Sadaye (Katsuto) Koyanagi, Ruth ShlzUe, 86, Los and Doug (patti) of Sammamish, Gardena and sister-in-law Lillian Kimura of Japan. Angeles, Feb. 3; San Femando• Yoshii, Kazoo, 78, EI Cerrito, Jan. born; survived by son Roger (Joan); Wash.; daughters Julie (Michael) Saito. 31; survived by wife Hannah; daugh• Hasebe, Biro, 88, Ontario, Ore., daughter Lillian Kawamoto; 3 gc.; McCarthy of Seattle and Tamiko Obata, William Mitsuru, 76, ter Katherine Yoshii; son Kurt Dec. 19; Honolulu-born; Heart brothers Bob .and Jim (Fusa) Morita (Jim) Olsen of Thcson, Ariz.; and 10 Diamond Bar, Feb. 7; San Juan• (Stefanie); 3 gc.; sisters Chiyoko Mountain and Tille Lake internee; and sisters-in-law Shigemi and gc. born; survived by wife Martha S.; Yano and Hisako Mizutani; and sis• survived by sons Roy (J~e), Jack . Hatsurni Morita. Nishitsuji, George, 89, · Los daughters Jennifer-Lynn (Lawrence) ter-in-Iaw Kimiko Yoshii; prede• (paulette), Henry (Cheryl), Norman Angeles, Jan. 30; La Junta, Colo.• Hoey and Pauline (Tad) Hirose; 5 ceased by brother Surnio.• and Mike; daughters Yuri (John) KUnitake, George Mitsuyosbi, MD, Ph.D, 75, 'Los Angeles, Feb. 3; born; survived by sons Kenny and gc.; two brothers and three sisters. Murata and Sue (George) Uyeki; 10 DEATH NOTICE Gordy; daughters Georgia ....Ann gc.; ggc.; and sister Tatsu Yoshida Los Angeles-born; survived by wife Okura, Yosh' 0, 8-3, . Los 8 Nishitsuji, Janice, (Leigh) Fukunaga DONALD YOSlDKAZU of Japan. Miyo; sister Mary Yamashita; and Angeles, Jan. 30; Los Angeles-born; TAZOI sister-in-law Peggy Kunitake. and Donna (Gary) Hirami; 1 gc.; survived by husband Henry; son BRIGHAM CITY, Utah - Donald Hasegawa, Andrew T., 80, brothers Jim (Agnes), Arthur ~tunna,Satoyo,99,Feb. 12; John; 2 gc.; brother Stanzo Shiotsu; Tazoi, 55, died tragically in an industrial Greendale, Wis., Jan. 8; Wisconsin (Itsuko) and Bill (Kiyo) Nishitsuji; accident Wed .• Feb. 4. He was born Dec. Penryn-born; survived by daughters sisters June Matsumoto, . Kay 10, 1948, to Jim and Kimiko Yagi Tazoi. JACLer; survived by wife Chiyoko; sisters May Miyazawa of Colorado, Satoko (Sam) Ikeda and Sadako Kurashige and Ethel Oda; brothers• Donald is survived by his parents of and daughter Amy (Kevin) Ida (Kamaji) Shioshima of Japan, (Hisashi) Nishimura; brothers Teruo in-law Tom and Harry Okura; sis• Garland, Utah; brother Edwin of Salt McCullough. Anna (Haj) Kunugi of Colorado and Lake City; and his daughters Kate (Tomie) Hamada, Minoru (Michi- ters-in-Iaw Shizuye and Dorothy Bartlett and Emilee Tazoi. Heath, Mitsue, 70, Santa Pailla, Irene (Larry) Shimamoto; sister-in- Okura. DEATH NOTICE Sasaki, Cbiyoko, 79, Los ..... SUSAN NISHIMURA Weve been in -@-" ' Angeles, Feb. 5; Los Angeles-born; IC1\ your community for I , LAUREL HOlLOW, N.Y. - Susan IW SO years. survived by sisters Miyoko Hongo Nishimura, born May 22, 1922 in Ft. and Michiko Koga; brothers-in-law Lupton, Colo., passed away Feb. 16 of a John Yamada and George (Chiyoko) , stroke in Palm Desert, Calif. She is sur• vived by husband James; sons James Sasaki of Visalia; and sister-in-law Robert (Therese) of Basking Ridge, N.J., Kikue Sasaki of Reedley. John of Farmingdale, N.Y.; granddaugh• ters Bridget and Jane; brothers Larry, Sasaki, Senho, 72, Sacramento, Noboru, Morio, Seiji and 'Ibm Kubota, all Feb. 11; survived by wife Joyce; of Los Angeles; sisters Kay Kobuke and sons Randy (Gloria) and Ricky Agnes (Dr. Robert) Nagamoto; sisters-in• law Mary, Harumi Kitagawa, Yoshiko (Joyce); and brothers Senyo, Senryu, and Dolly. Funeral senrices are Mar. 6 at Senmaro and Senrey. St. John's Episcopal Church, Huntington, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, con• , Suyehiro,Jobn Fumio, 89, San tributions may be sent to the Japanese Francisco, Jan. 29; Chico-born; sur• American National Museum, 369 E. Now your house is more than a home. vived by sons Alan (Barbra) and First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. David (Nadine); 3 gc.; sister Doris It's the foundation of your financial future. . . Matsuura; and brother James (April) You may have more wealth than you realize. 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Tfiis offer cannot be combined With other special promotions or offers. and sisters Kazue'Yotsuuye of Fife, 12 PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAR. 5·18, 2004 nistic period from 1920 to 1932, known in Japan as Ero (erotic) Seabrook Farms Remembered: Guro (grotesque) Nansensu (non• A Unique Chapte~ in American sense); Japan's decision to attack History Pearl Harbor; the United State's By Charles Harrison atomic bombings on Hiroshima Two C's Media, LLC and Nagasaki; and the World War $18.95 II post-war poverty. The book cul• minates with the 1964 Olympics in This VHS video depicts a unique ecstatic trances, which sometimes #i?#i?#i? soon became subject to artIstIC Tokyo. That year, Japan won 16 time and place in New Jersey his• makes her feel like an oddball, but The Tale of Genji design, and today, they are prized gold medals - a total surpassed tory. There is a brief section on her ability to translate her visions Translated by Royall Tyler collector's items. The book traces only by the United States and the Japanese Americans who worked into art gratifIes .her. When Ny Penguin Putnam the history of the netsuke and Soviet Union. at Seabrook during and after World grows up and becomes a wife and 1,182 pp., $28 paperback includes background on the ori• #i?#i?#i? War II. mother, her mystical abilities gins, techniques, sources of Four Sisters of Hofei: A History A VHS copy can be ordered for enable her to detect subtle changes Dr. Royall Tyler's translation of designs and patterns of craftsman• By Annping Chin $18.95 (includes handling and that indicate to her that life as they this Japanese classic was fIrst pub• ship. Scribner postage). Checks should be made know it is about to take a tragic lished in 2001 as a two-volume #i?#i?#i? 300 pp., $25 hardback to Two C's Media, LLC and mailed tum for the worse. As Ny and her hardback edition. It is now avail• Searching for the Uncommon to P.O. Box 102, Woodstown, NJ family suffer through the Pol Pot able in a one volume paperback. Common Ground: New Now in their late 80s and 90s, 08098; tel. 856/769-3664. Expect regime, she confronts the issues of "The Tale of Genji," widely Dimensions of Race in America the Chang sisters lived through a delivery in 4-6 weeks. how to transcend the suffering acknowledged as the world's fIrst By Angela Glover Blackwell, caused by man's inhumanity to novel, was Stewart Kwoh & Manuel Pastor century of historic change in FlCI'ION " ,» man . . ' written by W.W. Norton & Company China. This book, which utilizes documenta• The Guin Saga Book One: The #i?#i?#i? Lad y 224 pp., $15.95 tions - let• Leopard Mask After the Quake Murasaki ters, diaries, By Kaoru Kurimoto By Haruki Murakami Shikibu in The authors of this book address family histo• Translated by Alexander O. Smith Translated by Jay Rubin the 11th the challenges of race and exam• ries, poetry, and Elye J. Alexander Knopf century. The ines the material steps necessary journals and Vertical 181 pp. $21 hardback story fol- for economic and social equality. interviews - 240 pp., $22.95 hardback lows the Among the specifIc issues dis• Haruki Murakami's latest collec• character of cussed are: what is our vision of historian Annping Chin When Kaoru Kurimoto tion of short stories was written in Prince Genji, a passionate charac• racial equality in the United shapes the announced that "The Leopard response to the devastating 1995 ter whose tempestuous nature, States?; how should the criminal story of one family to give insight Mask" was the first of a 100 Kobe earthquake and the deadly family circumstances, love affairs, justice system be reformed so as to into the old Chinese society, as installment fantasy series, many sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo alliances and shifting political for• achieve greater social justice?; well as its transition into the new. were incredulous. Eighty-eight subway. As in his past works of fIc• tunes form the core of this epic. how can we develop a fair immi• The Chang sisters inherited from installments later (and over 25 mil• tion, Murakami has the ability to The translation includes detailed gration and immigrant policy?; and their father their belief in the lion copies sold in Japan), "The suspend reality even if the plots notes, glossaries, character lists how do we develop the best leaders virtues of modem education. From Guin Saga" is brought to English seem absurd on the surface. For and a chronology to help the read• for a multiethnic America? their mother, they learned about the readers this summer through example, in the short story "Super• er navigate the multigenerational #i?#i?#i? human spirit and the art of fInding Vertical press. Frog Saves Tokyo," Murakami has narrative. Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 an appropriate path. The nurse nan• The epic starts with the militaris• a giant talking frog occupy the By Ian Buruma [;r·Jh;.b'jr.)~ _ nies - the uneducated widows tic duchy of Mongaul conquering home of a lonely loan officer. Modem Library from the Hofei countryside - con• the Kingdom of Parros. The lost Underneath this absurdity, Japanese Netsuke 187 pp., $19.95 paperback tributed their own_ opinions on kingdom's surviving royalty are Murakami is able to show the By Harry N. Abrams modern ways. the young twins, Rinda and fragility of life. Victoria & Albert Museum Ian Buruma chronicles the swift The sisters are: Yuan-ho, who Remus, who are saved by a crea• ~~~ 128 pp., $45 hardback rise to modernity in Japan, from a broke tradition to marry an actor; ture with a man's body and a leop• Bimbogami and Other Stories: feudalistic society to the wealthy, Yun ho, who survived the most ard's head. The creature has just Mysterious Experiences in This is the fust book on the Western-style capitalistic democra• violent decades of Communist emerged from a deep sleep and Japan Victoria & Albert Museum's exten• cy, which enjoyed a stretch of eco• rule; Chao ho, who married one of remembers only its name - Guin. By Yoshimasa Ogawa sive collection of netsuke. Netsuke nomic growth that made it the envy China's greatest novelists; and Vertical will be publishing the Xlibris are small containers once used in of the world. Buruma begins with Ch'ung-ho, who was raised by her fIrst fIve installments of the saga, 274 pp., $21.99 paperback, $31.99 Japan to store items of everyday Commodore Matthew C. Perry's devout Budhist grandaunt and which constitutes a thematic unit hardback use in the absence of pockets. The voyage to Japan in 1853. From that. steeped in. China's classical arts .• called ''The Marches Episode." utilitarian nature of the netsuke period, Buruma follows the hedo- #i?#i?#i? This is a collection of short sto• Buddha Wept ries depicting mysterious experi• By Rocco Lo Bosco ences in Japan. In "Hang Glider," a GreyCore Press photographer happens to take a 176 pp., $21.95 paperback picture Of his hang gliding friend the moment the wings break and Rocco Lo Bosco's debut novel is ' discovers something disturbing in set in mid-1900 Cambodia and the developed image. Another centers around the character of story, the "Visitor" is about a Ona Ny. Ny's childhood unfolds strange case of astral projection. like a dream. She is treasured by The title of the book, her family, particularly her brother. '~Bimbogami, " refers to the demon Ny also has a gift of entering of poverty. Committee Announces Recently Published Book, 'Japanese Americans!n Merced County'

The book "Japanese Americans of Merced County" was recently pub• lished and is now available for order at [email protected]. The initial grant money from the Califomia Civil Liberties Public Education Fund will help place the books in Merced County schools, libraries and museums. Pictured here are some of the committee members respon• sible for the newly published book: (front row, I-r) Patti Kishi, Jake -Kirihara (committee chairman), Marlene Tanioka, and Emi Tanioka; (back row, l-r) Jean Okuye and Caroline Nakashima .•