February 2019| No. 37 LANAKILA KŪPUNA NEWS

Inside This Issue: FOOD & DANCE FOR VALENTINES Message from Susie 2 Cultural Club Updates 3 Mahalo to our Donors 6 Schedule of Clubs & Classes 7 Upcoming Events Calendar 8

A program of Catholic Charities Hawai’i funded in part by the State of via contract with the State Executive Office on Aging (EOA) and the C&C of Honolulu, Elderly Affairs Division, and a Persons In Need grant from the May Templeton Hopper Fund of the Hawai`i Community Foundation.. A MESSAGE FROM SUSIE

Aloha everyone:

On January 3 and 4, 2019, the Lanakila club officers; class instructors; front desk, kitchen, garden volunteers; and other interested center members were invited to the LMPSC Leadership Conference to learn about the State Executive Office on Aging, City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Community Services, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center. Mahalo to our speakers Pamela Witty-Oakland, Caroline Cadirao, Lani Sakamoto, Diane Terada, Dexter Suzuki, and the staff of Lanakila. A big Mahalo to the over 70 center leaders for attending the event and keeping abreast of the latest policies of our center. If anyone would like to know what was covered at the leadership conference, please see Susie Chun Oakland. The latest Center Calendar of Events for the entire year is posted on the Center’s bulletin board.

Thank you to Sylvia Ching, Puna Frank, Rudy Ibay, Jane Higa, Janet Ito, Douglas Maynes, Lou Maynes, Sally Joyce, Dorothy Mau, Jane Morreira, Helen Palama, Mary Sueda, Jean Sugihara, Richard Tada, and Riva Torno for going to the State Capitol and visiting our elected officials on the Opening Day of the Legislature, January 16, 2019. Their time and good energy made the visit very enjoyable. Mahalo to Senate President ; Speaker ; Senators Gil Keith-Agaran, Roz Baker, , Les Ihara, Jr., , , , , , and ; and Representatives , Romy Cachola, , , , , , and for their support of the Center. Mahalo to Iris Hiramoto for creating the homemade gifts and Jean Sugihara for beautifully packaging each one.

Best wishes to our Mayor’s Valentine’s Day Dance representatives from our 7 cultural clubs. They will be proudly participating on behalf of LMPSC on February 5, 2019 at the Neal Blaisdell Center.

Our sincere thanks to District 50 Hawaii Lions for their generous donation of $1,200.00 to help us purchase an AED device for our center. It is equipment that is intended to increase the chance of saving lives in the event of a medical emergency.

SHOW and SELL is on Friday, February 8, 2019, from 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. at LMPSC. Please encourage other center members, family, friends and neighbors to donate clothing, foot wear, household goods, plants, fresh vegetables, and other items that we can sell at this event. Proceeds will go towards center special events and operational expenses. Donations can be dropped off by February 6, 2019 to center. We thank the Chinese Cultural Club, Crafts by Florence, Folk Sing Along, Happy Senior Serenaders, Hawaiian Cultural Club, Men and Women’s Shed, Portuguese Cultural Club, and Sewing by Nakasonefor hosting food and other booths. Fried noodles, fried rice, chili plate, inari sushi, pickle onions, Portuguese bean soup, and shoyu chicken plate will be made for the occasion. We look forward to seeing everyone!

On February 14, 2014 from 11:00 a.m., we hope you will join us for a Valentine’s Day Barbecue Get Together at the Center. We will be cooking barbecue chicken and hot dogs and serving it with rice and a vegetable salad. The sign-up sheet is at the front desk and the cost is $5.00. We hope there will be ukulele and piano playing just like a family gathering in the back yard or living room. A time to talk story and just enjoy each other’s company.

For those who volunteer helping our center and the community on behalf of, please remember to submit your volunteer slips located at the front desk to accurately capture your volunteer hours. This helps our Center meet our annual goals. Please also reserve April 17, 2019, from 9 to 11 a.m. to participate in LMPSC’s Volunteer Appreciation Day at Lanakila Senior Center.

Love to you on Valentine’s Day, Cookie, Iris, Lodi, Riva, and Susie Welcome New Members! Harry Dantsuka Youngsoon Jhun Judy Noguchi-Greenwell Jane Dantsuka Elizabeth Kiai Judi Suzuki Nancy Gakiya Mary Li Sylvia Takakawa Elsie Ho Henry Martin Aileen Unten Linda Inouye Roy Nakahara Nancy Withers Pauline Naumu 2 Newsletter | February 2019 Veteran’s Talk Story Group sharing their stories and company with each other. Group meets every Wednesday at 10:00 am in the Go Room

Diet, Exercise & Attitude LMPSC Valentines Day BBQ Presentation by Ohana Health Get-Together Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 Thurs. Feb. 14, 2019 10:00 am 9:00 am – 11:00 am Go Room Outside Courtyard OKINAWA NENCHOSHA CLUB UPDATE By Irene Yamashita Back To Friends and Fellowship Welcome Back! After a month-long holiday was presented by Nakuranaisha with Sensei Seiichi break, we were happy to be back at the Center on Yagi as emcee introducing each number. The program January 17 to see our friends and enjoy fellowship featured a variety of dances beginning with a Okinawan once again. We were entertained by Toguchi dance with Drum, Taiko and Sanshin providing the Sensei’s Dancers with a variety of Okinawan dances music. It was a mix of Okinawan and Japanese dances that began with Kajadefu Bushi. There were seventeen as well as several hula numbers including an Okinawan dancers, some on the stage as well as in front of the version of “Because of You”. Very impressive were the stage on the floor. beautiful kimonos for the solo Japanese dancers as well as eight Okinawan dancers dressed appropriately for Emcee Judy Bianco introduced each number, several of their numbers. An interesting number was a explaining the interesting background before the “Tai Chi” dance by a solo performer with a black fan, performance. The dancers were: Diana Kawaguchi, skillfully done to a Chinese song. To add to the Takako Goya, Yaeko Miyahira, Nobu Oshiro, Yoshiko awesome program, a comedy, “Awamori Banzai” with Kaneshiro, Sharon Shiraki, Janice Yokooji, Yoshi a masked performer ended with the words “Lanakila Sickel, Yoshiko Kumura, Kay Fukuhara, Suzuko Banzai”. Last number on the program was the Demola, Hiroko Nishihara, Yaeko Smith, Cathy Asatoya Yunta with all the dancers on stage followed Kaneshiro, Hideko Yagi, Jane Asato, and Yasuko by the kachashi for audience participation. Everyone Miyazato. After enjoying the wonderful cultural went home happy with snacks and a pastry. program, everyone joined the dancers in the kachashi and were treated to delicious mochi. 2/7- PICTURE-TAKING/ALL MEMBERS We celebrated birthdays on January 24 and 2/14- RANDAL LAU- SIT DOWN TAI CHI honored seven of our members: Suzuko Demola, 2/21- BIRTHDAY/ELSIE KAWAMOTO Takako Goya, Kikuko Kumamoto, Harry Nakasone, 2/28- NEW YEAR BY OFFICERS Hatsuko Nakata, Grace Tanouye and Amy Tari. Happy Birthday to each one of you and may God bless you with many more birthdays. Special birthday entertainment

3 Carlina “Carole” Aguinaldo JAPANESE CULTURAL CLUB UPDATE Nancy Akamichi By Clarice Kumura Nancy Arizumi Liwayway Asis Everyone Loves SAKURA Frances Au Thanh Du Au (Cherry Blossoms) Hazel Azama Cherry blossom viewing has always been a Japanese tradition. Hisao Baba Japanese cherry trees do not bear fruit; they bloom with delicate pink and Arlene Cadiz white blossoms, called Sakura, which is the national flower of Japan. Each Nemensia “Menchie” Camilo Rosalina “Rose” Carpio spring Japanese cherry trees bloom for only a few days before the fragile Natividad “Naty” Chang blossoms fall and are blown away. This temporary beauty reminds the Lorinda Cheng-Arashiro Japanese of the brevity of life and invokes appreciation for the present. Betty Chinen Here in Hawaii, we can enjoy the beauty of the cherry blossom by taking a Winifred Ching tour in the Wahiawa area where there are an abundance of flowers usually Shirley Cho in late January or early February. Martha Chock Mona Chock Congratulations to Mr. Masato Matsui for being named Lanakila Cindy Choy Volunteer of the Year for 2018 when he was honored at our annual Mary Chun Christmas Party. JCC also honored Mr. Matsui in January for his hard Helmer Dela Cruz work setting up tables and chairs for our meetings and cleaning up after Toshio Eshima the meeting. FYI, Mr. Matsui is 98 years young. He also serves as JCC's Pedro “Pete” Factora Auditor. Good Job Mr. Matsui! Rosalind Felipe Christy Fujii To start off the New Year, we enjoyed the karaoke entertainment Donald Fujimoto by Barbara Sasahara and her talented friends. We all enjoyed the Prescott “Scott” Fujimoto nostalgic Japanese songs such as those of Misora Hibari. On January 18, Joyce Henna Linda Austin from the Board of Health explained the effects of our overall Margaret Hiraoka health with regards to Oral Health. We should all visit our dentist Laura Hirayama annually to prevent gum disease which can increase the risk of getting Norman Hirochata-Goto respiratory infections, lung diseases and lung infections. Then on January Ikuko “Koko” Ho Rebecca Ho 28, we were all mesmerized by the hula performances of the beautiful Alfonsa Hokulani ladies of Kumu Harmony Brighter's halau. Yes, they all looked familiar Elsie “Liko” Hummel because they are all members of LMPSC. Dorine Ichikawa Harriet Ito Tanjoubi Omedetou Gozaimasu! to Lorraine Sawai (90+); and Janet Ito Florence Tokuda (90)+). May you all have many more healthy years. Flora Iwamoto Young Ae Jang Adelaida Juanatas 2/4- CAROL MIYASATO, BODY AND BRAIN YOGA Keala Kaimimoku 2/11- JCC NEW YEAR LUNCHEON Dana Kalima 2/18- FRESIDENT’S DAY HOLIDAY Yoshiko “Higa” Kaneshiro 2/25- BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION; TAISHO KOTO Mabel Kawamura Lena “Girlie” Keeno Percy Kihano Robert “Bob” Kiick Additional Upcoming Club Meetings Benjamin “Sung Ho” Kim Leatrice Kimura Filipino Cultural Club Hiromi Kohler Meetings 2/9, 2/23 Korean Cultural Club Mitchell Kong Meetings 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28 Betty Kotani Hawaiian Cultural Club Sandy Kuok Shannon Lee Meetings 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26 Cecilia Lindo Shu Ping Liu

Pei Ying Loui HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY Rose Loui Madeline Lum CHINESE CULTURAL CLUB UPDATE Claire Matsumoto By Rebecca Ho Mildred Miike Chieko Miyasato Kung Hei Fat Choi Yoko Miyashiro Setsuo “Sets” Momota 2019 is the Year of the Boar/Pig – look for decorations related to pigs. Chinese George Moy New Year’s is also called the Spring Festival, even though celebrated during winter it Hyo Sik Mun looks forward to the coming Spring. It is usually a 15-day holiday beginning with the Mary Muraoka first day of the new moon and ends with the full moon on the day of the Lantern Sandra “Sayoko” Nagamine Festival. The Chinese calendar follows the lunar year so the date is always changing. Harriet Nagamori Thus, 2019 is the year of the Pig/Boar and falls on Tuesday, Feb. 5th. In 2020, it will be th Linda “Toshiko” Nakamoto the year of the Rat and falls on Saturday, Jan. 25 . Some of the main activities are Flora “Flo” Nakasone putting up decorations, eating dinner with family members on the eve of Chinese Lynne “Yoshiko” Nakasone New Year, firecrackers, and giving out red envelopes. Chinese people traditionally (although, less so nowadays) believe that the Kazuye Nemoto year’s start affects the whole year, so the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) is a Jessica Niimi season of superstitions. The luckiest things to do are to give red envelopes with lucky Sheila Nishimura greetings, eating lucky foods like fish, lighting lots of firecrackers to scare evil away Joyce Nishioka and bring good luck. Some unlucky things to do are have an accident, especially if it Carolann Noland means hospital visits, crying and breakages: all bad omen. Also, not good to give gifts Milnora :Lehua” Nuuhiwa with unlucky meanings, like colors, words, or numbers or even saying something Chester Oda inauspicious. Do not sweep on Chinese New Year’s day – you will be sweeping away all Lillian Odo your luck. If you were lucky enough to grow up in a Chinese family, superstitions was Dale Okuda part of life. Luckiest food for Chinese New Year are fish (an increase in prosperity), Janice Olbrich Chinese dumplings (great wealth), glutinous rice cake (a higher income or position). Toshino Ozeki The most traditional greetings for Chinese New Year: Grace Park Cantonese – kung hei fat choi (literaly: greetings, become rich) Qing Tian Ruan Mandarin – gongxi facai (gong-shee faa-tsaye) Lucille Sanchez The Chinese Cultural Club will hold their SHOW AND SELL on Friday, Feb. Lorraine Sawai 8th from 8am to 10:30am. There will also be entertainment by Puna Frank’s group in Dennis Shimabuku celebration of Chinese New Year. Come and help celebrate Chinese New Year’s with Romana Silva lucky Chinese food. Madge Sodetani The Chinese Cultural Club started the year with a wonderful demonstration of th Michiko Sugimoto carving of the Narcissus bulb on Friday, Jan. 18 by President Dorothy Mau. Saruo Sumida Representing the Chinese Cultural Club for the Valentine’s Day Dance at NBC will be new members Rebecca (Becky) Ho and her brother Leonard Ho. Sarah Swisher Sachiko Takahashi Meetings: 2/8, 2/15, 2/22 Jane Takayesu Yun Hie Taniguchi Bette Tengan Chieko Tokuda PORTUGUESE CULTURAL CLUB UPDATE Florence Tokuda By Puna Frank Cassandra Tsuda Sharon Tulba Bom dia family & friends- January came and went… February brings us st Kazue Ueko Kung Hee Fat Choy (Feb 5) – greetings to you and yours. February 8 is out 1 Roberta Uesugi Show & Sell for 2019. Some and support our club’s fundraiser, or better yet , join th Laurita Villanueva the club! Feb. 5 is also the annual Valentine's Day Dance at NBC. Pagoda is our Nancy Withers luncheon spot after the event. You won’t find a buffet as great as theirs for that th Jintang Yang price! If you can’t make it, check out LMPSC’s event on the 14 . It’s a $5.00 Violet Yim soiree- “date’s” are welcomed, and nothing stronger than root beer! Oh! Don’t Hisako Yogi forget your dancing shoes! Betty C.L. Young Congrats to club members celebrating their birthdays in February and Kyung Ae Yun March. Deceased long time member Gregory Jeong and current members James Kramer and soon to be 103, Yukiko Murata (wow)! A last minute note, meetings will be every Wednesday, subject to change. So until then, come see who we are (not necessary to be Portuguese), just one qualification- talk like one Portuguese! Nah! Just kidding!

Next meetings: February 6, 13, 20 and 27! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY Japanese Cututral Club honors Mr. Masato Members stop to take a pic during their The haumana (students) of Kumu Harmony Matsui for being LMPSC’s 2018 Volunteer of sakura safari. Thank you Rene Mansho for Brighter perform hula for the Japanese the Year! taking us around! Cultural Club

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Mahalo Member Roberta Thank you so much for Wong Leung recognized by United your generosity! Chinese Society as 2018 Model Mother of the Year

PIKAKE IN-KIND GIFTS ($1000+) Asao, Bryant Cardoza, Francine KAHILI GINGER Chang, Kelly ($250+) Fukuda, Sandra Kitashiro, John Fukunaga, Gayle Irvine, Cookie HIBISCUS ($100+) Isa, Sandra Happy Birthday – Amy Koepke, Mary Tari Nagasawa, Alicia Madigan, William Nihei Family Takara, Doris Paik, Phyllis Schlesser, Marco BIRD OF Shigetani, Kate PARADISE ($50+) Springer, Lenora Furukawa, Judy Sugiyama, Jean Tokuda, Florenece Sullivan, Toshi Vaughn, Yuriko ANTHURIUM Yamamoto, Cy ($49 & UNDER) Young, Amy Hirayama, Masataka Shishido, Karen American Sign Language class pose to celebrate long-time member, Amy Tari, during her birthday

6 TIME CLASS FACILITATOR LOCATION

8:00am Walking Group Group Library

9:00am Japanese Cultural Club Sueda Lanai/Activity Room

9:30am Beg. Taisho Koto Takeuchi/Sueda Library

Basic Ukulele (Picking) Nishiyama Sewing Room

10:00am Lei-Making Group Tsutsumi Craft Room

Harmony’s Hula Brighter Dance Studio

10:30am Body & Brain Beginning Tai Chi & Yoga Miyasato/Kiai Library Annex

11:00am Tai Chi for Health Lau Activity Room MONDAY Intro to Yoga Hasegawa Lanai

Brain Exercise Oh Sewing Room

12:00pm Basic Japanese Language Tcheou/Sasahara Sewing Room

7:30am Mah Jong Sugihara Library

8:00am Fan Tai Chi Koike/Hee Lanai

8:30am Needle & Thread Workshop Sueda/ Hirashiki Sewing Room

9:00am Basic Ukulele (Strumming) Nishiyama Library Annex

Tai Chi Koike/Hee Lanai

Hawaiian Cultural Club Tulba Activity Room TUESDAY 10:00am Harmony’s Hula Brighter Dance Studio

Japanese Calligraphy Usami Sewing Room

10:15am Sahm Bo Dahn Katahira/Higuchi Lanai

8:00am Walking Group Group Library

8:30am Stretch & Tone Werle Lanai

9:00am Sewing by Nakasone Nakasone/Ito Craft Room/Sewing Room

Portuguese Cultural Club Frank Activity Room

9:30am Intro to Yoga Hasegawa Dance Studio

Veteran’s Club Talk Story Yashima Go Room

10:00am Line Dance Chang Lanai

Victor’s Kapakahi Group (Ellen’s Ukulele) Tangonan Sewing Room

Happy Seniors Serenaders Ojiri/Ko Library Room

10:30am 3D Origami Yashima Go Room WEDNESDAY 11:00am Tai Chi for Health Lau Activity Room

Exercise with Karate Hasegawa/Sato Dance Studio

11:15am Health & Life Circle Young-Sasaki Sewing Room

12:30pm Men & Women’s Shed Maynes Activity Room

9:00am Okinawa Nenchosha Club Higa Lanai/Activity Room

Korean Dance/Club Lee Dance Studio/Craft Room

Enka Class Arakaki Library Annex

Taisho Koto Takeuchi/Sueda Library

10:30 am Hanafuda Hagihara Sewing Room

11:00 am Okinawan Dance Nakasone/Kawaguchi Lanai THURSDAY Crafts by Florence/Beads Workshop Tamura Go Room

9:00am Folk Sing Along Group Library Annex

Fusion Exercise Gittelman Lanai

Yui Buyo Yagi/Sugai Dance Studio

9:30am Chinese Cultural Club Mau Library

10:00am Sahm Bo Dahn Katahira/Higuchi Lanai

11:00am Sing For Your Life Richmond Library Annex

FRIDAY 11:15am American Sign Language Mizusawa/Inatsuka Library

11:30am Tap Dance Koepke/Martin Dance Studio

8:30am Tai Chi with Tommy Amina Amina/Taira Lanai S 12:00pm Filipino Cultural Club Canon Lanai/Activity Room FEBRUARY 2019 SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT 1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C & C GLC to Big SHOW & LMPSC Open Valentines City Diner SELL (8:30 am) Day Dance at Kaimuki (8:30 am) Comp/Phone NBC Wrksp (9:00 am)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Diet, Exercise, Program LMPSC Meditative Attitude by Committee Valentines Movement by Ohana Health* Meeting Day BBQ Tao (10:00 am) LMPSC (8:30 am) (11:00 am) Calligraphy Excursion (11:00 am) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 CENTER GLC to Big LMPSC Open CLOSED: City Diner (8:30 am) President’s Kaimuki Day NARFE

24 25 26 27 28 New Member Orientation (9:00 am)

If you’re interested in joining any of our presentations & *Open to the public, please sign activities at the Center, please sign up at the front desk. up at the front desk Don’t forget to also check our bulletin boards in the hallway for many community events and information! Let’s Keep in Touch Center Staff Suzanne Chun Oakland Program Coordinator Rm 7 1640 Lanakila Avenue Honolulu, HI 96817 Riva Torno Program Specialist Rm 3 (808) 847-1322 Iris Hiramoto Membership Specialist Rm 4 www.catholiccharitieshawaii.org Cookie Irvine Program Support Asst. Rm 7 Email: [email protected] Cyan Curtis, LSW Case Management Rm 6 Lodi Tapawan Custodian Center Hours Monday-Friday 7:30am-3:00pm Saturday (2x/month) 8:30am-3:00pm