December 2010 - Japanese American Citizens League

THE
GRAINS OF RICE
Cincinnati Chapter Japanese American Citizens League
Published Quarterly
December 2010
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The night before Ken
Takeuchi started teaching Chemistry 101 back
in 1983, he walked into the empty classroom
in Acheson Hall on the University at Buffalo's
South Campus, where he was about to begin
his career.
"I wrote something on the board and then I
went and sat down in the very last row," he
says. "I realized that if I wanted the students
in the back row to see, I would have to make
my letters eight inches high. It started me
thinking, how can I present this information so
that if I were sitting in this chair, it would
mean something to me? I had to present the
science so as to captivate the students'
imagination."
This initial insight prompted Takeuchi to begin
developing a philosophy about teaching, about
transforming the classroom experience into
something that would resonate with students.
That philosophy has served him well over his
27-year career, during which he has
instructed more than 4,500 students.
(continued page 4)
(permission to reprint received from University at Buffalo
The State University of New York NewsCenter
Ellen Goldbaum goldbaum@buffalo.edu
Senior Editor, Science and Technology)
UB’s Ken Takeuchi is
Carnegie Foundation’s
New York Professor of the Year
From the President. . .Betsy Sato
Grains of Rice is now in a 21st century format.
This is our first official e-edition of Grains. Those who
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receive it that way. Just be sure to let Gordon
Yoshikawa or Frances Tojo know. We want to keep
everyone informed.
In early September, Kazuya and I used traditional
technology and drove to Washington, D.C. for the JACL
Gala Dinner. We did use our Prius, so it wasn’t such an
old fashioned way to travel. The dinner was exciting
and a good chance to meet some of the supporters of
JACL in the nation’s capitol and to say thank you for all
the work they have done to move Asian-American
issues forward. It was especially exciting since Congress
had passed the Gold Medal bill for Japanese Americans
who fought in WWII. We took the occasion of being in
Washington to visit museums and the Iwo Jima
Memorial, just a short walk from where we stayed in
Rosslyn. We spent a morning at the Renwick going
through the Art of Gaman exhibit that featured various
items made by those who were incarcerated in the
concentration camps during WWII. We were impressed
by the high quality of craftsmanship displayed in the
furniture, cabinets, and decorative items, not to
mention the quality of the drawings and paintings.
Truly, the prisoners made “maximum use of a minimum
of materials.” While at the Renwick, we happened on a
lecture about the gardens, decorative and vegetable,
created by the prisoners. It was presented by a young
curator from the American Museum of History who had,
on his own, come to the conclusion that the words
“incarceration” and “internee” were too pale
designations to describe the WWII experience. We
pointed him to the JACL website and the “Power of
Words” resolution from the Chicago Convention.
On the blustery weekend of December 3 and 4,
I went with Ron and Jane Katsuyama and Tina Kuroiwa
from the Dayton Chapter to the Midwest District
Council meeting at Notre Dame. There was a great
turnout from around the district. It was exciting to see
that about half the attendees fell into the young
professionals category. The National Membership staff
person, Phil Ozaki, gave a presentation on the current
membership drive for JACL. We want to get back all
those who have lapsed memberships. Our chapter got
our calls done early with positive results. I hope that all
of you who we talked to or left voice messages for have
renewed your membership. If somehow we missed you,
we do want you back. It is easy to renew: just go to
www.JACL.org, click on “membership” and fill out the
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form. Membership dues make up about 30-40% of the
National budget so it’s important to have as many
members—renewals and new ones—to make JACL’s
work possible. One of the commonly asked questions
when we ask someone to join is “What do I get for my
money?” or “What does JACL do for me?” If you are a
member, you should be getting the mailings about
various group insurances, etc., eligibility for
membership in the JACL Credit Union and other goodies.
To me, what is more important than the “goodies” is
the support and advocacy work JACL does at the
national and local level. It was persistent and skillful
coalition building and lobbying with Congress that got
the Gold Medal bill passed. JACL is active in building
support for the DREAM Act. And, no matter where you
stand on the Health Care Reform, JACL’s weekly DC
Digest was the one source that consistently put out
straight information as the act wallowed through the
legislative process. You can sign up to get the DC Digest
by going to www.jacl.org.
Outside of Washington, JACL puts on workshops on
college campuses about Asian American identity, how
to handle bullying, and teachers’ workshops for using
the Japanese American experience to teach lessons in
government. There is also a Hate Crimes task force
that can offer intervention and support if there is
bullying or discrimination.
Our Cincinnati Chapter is looking for additional ways to
engage our members. In early November, we had a
program at the Ohio Buddhist Vihara in Mt. Healthy.
One of our new members, the Venerable Daiun Iba is
one of the priests there. His home temple in Japan is
Mt. Koya. He shared a video about Koya-san and its
long cultural history and led a discussion about
Buddhism, its roots, its introduction into Japan, and its
place among world religions today. After the program,
we all enjoyed more informal talk and refreshments. If
you have any suggestions for programs you would like
to see, please let me know.
I hope to see you all at our joint Installation
Dinner in Cincinnati at Kyojin Restaurant with the
Dayton Chapter.
Cincinnati/Dayton JACL Installation Dinner
On March 6, 2011
You are cordially invited to the annual Cincinnati/Dayton JACL Installation Dinner
Kyojin Japanese Buffet
(In Symmes Township)
www.kyojinohio.com
12140 Royal Point Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45249
(513) 683-2628
Schedule March 6, 2010
4:00 pm Social Hour
5:00 pm Dinner
6:00 pm Installation of officers
Speaker: Prof. Jon Yamashiro
10 Internment Camps Revisited
Cost of Dinner: $25.00
(includes gratuity and other expenses)
Make check payable to: Cincinnati JACL
Please mail checks by February 27th
Cincinnati JACL
c/o Hiroko Nishiyama
2857 Ridgewood Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45213-1055
Directions
From Dayton
1. From I-75 South take I-275 East, then I-71 North
Towards Columbus
2. Take the first exit (Exit 19, Fields-Ertel Road)
And stay on the second right lane
3. Go straight at the exit traffic light(now you are
on Governor’s Way)
4. Go 2 blocks and turn left at Royal Point Drive
Immediately turn right into the shopping drive
Kyojin is the second building on the right
From Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
1. Take I-71 North and Exit 19 as above.
To Return
1. To get to I-71 South, turn right at
Royal Point Drive.
2. Turn left at Fields-Ertel Road
(first traffic light)
3. Go under the I-71 overpass
4. Turn left (2 lanes) at the entrance to
I-71 South
Jon
Yamashiro
Jon Matsuo Yamashiro was born the oldest son and raised
as a third generation Okinawan American in Honolulu,
Hawaii. Professor Yamashiro earned his B.F.A. in
photography from Washington University in 1985. He
returned to Hawaii to teach high school for three years. He
then enrolled at Indiana University where he earned his
M.F.A. in photography in 1991. After receiving his M.F.A.
he was selected to be in the initial group of graduate
students to attend the American Photography InstituteNational Graduate Seminar at New York University.
Professor Yamashiro has taught at the college level at the
Herron School of Art at I.U.P.U.I., Indiana University, and
Ohio University. Since the fall of 1993, he has taught
photography at Miami University where he is currently an
Associate Professor. He is also an active member of the
Society for Photographic Education (SPE), which is an
international organization of photographic professionals.
Professor Yamashiro recently had one-person exhibitions at
the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild. The Wakeley Gallery at
Illinois Wesleyan University, Houston Center for
Photography, the Fitton Center for creative Arts, University
of Notre Dame, Southern Illinois University, and Northern
Kentucky University. He has also recently had work in
several international and national exhibitions. “Only Skin
Deep” – online exhibition through the International Center
of Photography, the “International Photography and Digital
Image Biennial,” “The Texas International,” “The Art of
Desire: Erotic Treasures from the Kinsey Institute” and
“Cultural Connections: Exploration of Transcultural
Identity” are a few examples.
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This month, Takeuchi, a SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor, was named the 2010
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching New York Professor of the
Year, a first for a UB faculty member. He
will receive the award Nov. 18 at an awards
luncheon at the W Hotel in Washington DC,
followed by an evening reception at the
Folger Shakespeare Library.
With an active research agenda and a
challenging teaching schedule, mentorship
of individual students is clearly a top
priority for him.
"I think it takes an extraordinarily rare gift
to talk to 80 students, or even 400 as Dr.
Takeuchi sometimes does, and make them
all feel like they're part of the same
experience, but he manages to do it," says
Brian Danielak, formerly a UB Distinguished
Honors Scholar and now a doctoral
candidate in science education at the
University of Maryland. "When he's
teaching,
Dr.
Takeuchi
strikes
an
exceptional
balance
between
deep
thoughtfulness, personal attention to
students and an insuppressible sense of
wonder toward his discipline."
Illinois State University professor of
chemistry and UB alumna Lisa Szczepura
notes, "Dr. Takeuchi has the ability to
inspire his students to strive for excellence,
while providing them with the skills and
motivation necessary to reach their goals.
He is the reason I am a chemist today."
Takeuchi says it's all about establishing a
dialogue.
"If all you do is present information and
your students don't understand why it's
important or if they think you don't care
about it, then why should they? But if a
professor provides motivation to students,
that will get through to students more than
anything else."
That approach has made Takeuchi one of
UB's most popular professors, a feat that is
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all the more significant because chemistry
isn't considered the most student-friendly
subject. As one student noted in an
anonymous course evaluation for Chemistry
105 in Fall 2009: "I enjoyed taking this
course with Dr. Takeuchi and had he not
been the instructor, I might have felt
differently about the entire course. Dr.
Takeuchi definitely had an impact on my
attitude toward chemistry and his
inspiration and belief that his students will
become something great has influenced my
self-esteem and confidence."
Takeuchi is especially interested in
communicating science so that students
understand not just the mechanics of
science, but the whole research enterprise.
"We can give our students historical
perspective on scientific discoveries," he
says, "but students need to see how the
pioneers made those discoveries."
In Chemistry 105, for example, he discusses
Ernest Rutherford, considered the father of
nuclear
physics.
Takeuchi
discusses
Rutherford's experiments involving alpha
particles that were fired at a very fast rate
into a thin sheet of gold. Takeuchi explains
to his students that Rutherford then had
the idea to place chemical detectors at
different angles, allowing him to detect
particles which scattered in different
directions, including some which bounced
back toward the source, a phenomenon
that was absolutely unexpected.
From that result, explains Takeuchi,
Rutherford concluded that radioactivity
goes straight through the electrons in the
gold atoms but when it hits the nucleus, it
bounces off at different angles. Rutherford
then realized that an atom's mass must be
located primarily in the positively charged
nucleus, creating a foundation for the
modern view of the atom.
It was Rutherford's curiosity and interest,
Takeuchi emphasizes, that led him to do
the additional experiment, leading to a
momentous discovery.
"If I had been doing the experiment," he
says, "maybe I would not have taken that
second step, not because I'm not
intelligent, but because I limited the
importance to what made sense to me."
The lesson? "In reality, you have to try
things that don't make sense!" he tells
students. "Do experiments that go beyond
your understanding. Be curious, be patient
and go past the unexpected. You could be
the next Rutherford!"
In this way, he tries to get across to his
students that determination and curiosity
can be even more important than
intelligence.
"You don't have to be a genius," I tell them,
"but you have to have a real sense of
wanting to know. I tell my students, 'If you
think that what you're studying is
important, then you have a good chance of
making a discovery. You will do it because
you care more. You will go the extra step. "
In impressing this upon his students,
Takeuchi also tries to get them to
understand something about the big
breakthroughs
that
have
occurred
throughout all the disciplines.
"Discoverers think differently," he says.
And that, he says, is an argument for more
diversity.
As a mentor to hundreds of students, many
of them from underrepresented groups,
Takeuchi says that it is critical for
professors to help students of all abilities
find their place academically.
"You have to prove to your students that
they may have the right persistence or the
right perspective to succeed, even if they
are in the middle or the bottom of the
class," he says. "Raw intelligence is not the
number one issue. If I can prove to them
that they are special, maybe I will convince
them."
To share this teaching philosophy, Takeuchi
regularly travels to other SUNY campuses,
including Albany, Oneonta and Geneseo. He
has given numerous invited lectures or
speeches on teaching, learning and
mentoring to audiences ranging from
student tutors to teaching assistants and
professors.
"Dr. Kenneth Takeuchi is an inspiration to
faculty members statewide," says Amy
Crouse-Powers from the SUNY College at
Oneonta Center for Academic Development
and Enrichment. "It is a truly wise professor
who not only reaches a level of expertise in
his or her field, but also in the methods of
teaching college students. His focus on
forming learning relationships with students
and his belief in the careful and continual
assessment of student learning resonate
with me, and his message has been
extremely well received by my colleagues."
Takeuchi also teaches a variety of
instructors at UB, including undergraduate
and graduate student tutors, especially
those
who
teach
students
from
underrepresented groups, through the UB
Center for Academic Development Services
(CADS), the Educational Opportunity
Program, the Collegiate Science and
Technology Entry Program and the Ronald
E. McNair program.
"A number of talented minority and
majority chemistry majors say they have
chosen that field because of Professor
Takeuchi's efforts to set them at ease or
help them find resources and support, all of
which was above and beyond his
professional obligation," says Henry Durand,
PhD, CADS director and senior associate
vice provost at UB.
And Betty Shadrick, PhD, manager of the
University at Albany's Alliance for Graduate
Education and director of graduate student
diversity, adds, "Professor Takeuchi is an
uncommonly
decent
individual
who
possesses the unique ability to help
students see and realize opportunities that
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they never dreamed possible to achieve. He
gives sound advice, willingly gives his time
to help students refine their research
agendas and deeply cares about creating a
cadre of future scientists from culturally
diverse backgrounds. I count myself
privileged to know him."
A member of the UB faculty since 1983,
Takeuchi has received numerous teaching
awards, including the SUNY Chancellor's
Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Most
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award from
the Graduate Student Association and the
Friend of EOP (Educational Opportunity
Program) Award.
A four-time winner of the Milton Plesur
Teaching Award from the undergraduate
Student Association, he also is the recipient
of the Responsible Care Catalyst Award
from
the
Chemical
Manufacturers
Association, a national award honoring
individuals who, through their excellent
teaching ability both in and out of the
classroom, inspire students to choose
careers in chemistry and science-related
fields. In addition, he was national runnerup for the only national student-nominated
faculty award, the Inspire Integrity Award,
administered by the National Society of
Collegiate Scholars.
Takeuchi has served as a mentor to a
number of student programs, including the
Minority High School Student Research
Apprenticeship Program, the New York
State Summer Institute for Science and
Mathematics, the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute Undergraduate Biological Sciences
Education Program and the University
Honors College.
He is a recipient of the McNair Outstanding
Faculty Mentor Award, the CSTEP Essential
Piece Award and the American Chemical
Society's Stanley C. Israel Regional Award
for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical
Sciences. Takeuchi holds a bachelor's
degree in chemistry from the University of
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Cincinnati and a doctorate in chemistry
from The Ohio State University.
He is a resident of East Amherst.
The University at Buffalo is a premier
research-intensive public university, a
flagship institution in the State University
of New York system and its largest and
most comprehensive campus. UB's more
than 28,000 students pursue their academic
interests
through
more
than
300
undergraduate, graduate and professional
degree programs. Founded in 1846, the
University at Buffalo is a member of the
Association of American Universities. KT
(excerpts and permission for photo from Your Hometown
Enquirer and Forrest Sellers, Community Press)
Jesus Christ’s Sermon on the Mount was an inspiration for
Oakley sculptor Tom Tsuchiya’s latest project.
Solid Rock Church in Monroe, OH, recently
commissioned Tsuchiya and Steve Brauch, owner of
Glasshand LLC, to design and create a new statue to
replace the King of Kings statue which was destroyed by
fire in June. The representation will be located in front of
the church and stand 61 to 62 feet tall.
Tsuchiya wanted to create a pose people can identify
with. He said he designed a “traditional” interpretation of
Christ. One that projects “power and authority.” “I wanted
a divine, godlike image,” he said. The statue arms are
outstretched projecting warmth and comfort.
The statue will be called “Lux Mundi,” which is Latin
for “light of the world.”
Tsuchiya, 38, said he has always had an interest in art,
but said he was really inspired by working with sculptor
Richard Miller while attending the University of
Cincinnati, where he majored in classical civilization.
His work can be seen on the Xavier University campus,
Cincinnati Zoo and Great American Ballpark.
A Crystal City Reunion in
Pennsylvania
by Hiro Nishikawa, board member, Philadelphia
JACL
A chance reading of the July 2010 issue
of The Grains of Rice resulted in three
Philadelphia JACLers attending the German
Internee Reunion on August 28 at Quakertown,
PA. The article by Eberhard Fuhr, who lives in
Palatine, IL, invited former internees at Crystal
City, TX during WWII to come join the
gathering and share memories and information.
Delicious food offerings (mostly German
cuisine, of course) at the five-acre farm of
Anneliese Krakau (nee‟ Busch) family on
Rosedale Rd. provided a festive touch. Picnic
tables under large tents insured comfort for a
bright sunny August day, but as it turned out the
temps were mild. Anneliese‟s daughter Helen
and son-in-law David Asbury were most
gracious hosts.
Some one hundred individuals attended.
Most were from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New
Jersey and New York. But others came from
afar as California, Arizona, and Texas. And
places in between like Michigan, the Carolinas,
Maine, Tennessee, Virginia, and Minnesota.
Most attendees seemed to be Crystal City camp
survivors, but many others were descendents
(offspring) or family relatives of internees. Like
me (a total outsider), everyone was interested in
stories, histories, information about what
happened in camp and life thereafter.
After being invited via a phone call with
Mr. Fuhr, who was interested in meeting other
JAs who had experienced WWII camps, I
contacted George and Janet Ikeda, who live in
Allentown, PA only a few miles from
Quakertown. They were happy to join the
gathering and learn about other internee
experiences. [For several years, George and I
have been part of the Philadelphia JACL
Speakers Bureau, which has us giving talks
about WWII camp experiences to classes in
Hiro Nishikawa and Eberhard Fuhr
high schools and colleges or to adult audiences
at churches and civic organizations.]
Spread out on outdoor tables and inside
a utility room in the farmhouse were picture
boards laden with images of internees at CC as
well as snapshots of attendees at past reunions.
Also on display were family memorabilia from
camp and publications recounting history and
memoirs of survivors. I met Anneliese “Lee”
Krauter, the author of “from the Heart‟s Closet”
(2005) a memoir and biography of her (and her
family) life including experience in CC and
beyond. American-born Lee was about seven
years old when the FBI picked up her father
Otto Wiegand, as „a dangerous enemy alien‟ and
hauled him off to Ellis Island for questioning
and detention.
During mingling, I met Alfred Wohlpart,
who had been a childhood playmate of Lee
Krauter in CC, but now a teacher with a degree
in forestry and doctorate in botany. He is an
outdoorsman (an accomplished hiker) and
author, and lives in Oak Ridge, TN.
It was interesting to chat with Dr. Joe
Wendel of NPR in Cleveland, OH, who began
his broadcast career in 1961 at a German ethnic
radio station in that city as a sportscaster. After
the soccer team (Cleveland Stokers) collapsed,
he turned to talk radio focused on the large
German-speaking audience of the region. He
plays a “stomach Steinway”—the accordion, as
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head of his own orchestra playing German
traditional music at many festivals. There were
a number of other speakers (Dr. Albert Jabs),
writers (Carl A. Veno, “Pilgrims of War”) and
an a documentary film maker (Dan Griffin)
attending the CC reunion.
Not all were
survivors, but nevertheless interested in the
stories and history of what happened. Also in
attendance were a couple of young college
students with thesis projects on the German
American WWII internment history.
I learned from Mr. Fuhr that the first
reunion of CC survivors was only in 2002 back
in Crystal City itself in connection with the 50th
anniversary of the opening of the internment
camp. The event was in conjunction with the
CC Spinach Festival, where 83 GA (German
American) survivors along with JA former
internees were feted by local banks, school
system and a festival parade. Richard G.
Santos, Zavala County Historical Commission,
promoted the event which was aided by JAs
who had previously had CC reunions and had
erected a monument there, reflecting history.
Five years later in 2007 a second reunion
was held in CC but only 12 GA survivors
attended.
On Dec. 8, 2009, Fuhr led a
commemoration event at Ellis Island. Owing to
the Park Service delay in approving the event
date (which had been requested a year earlier)
and granted only in November, the number of
participants was small, around 40 people.
However, it was covered by German television
and broadcast back in Germany.
With some one hundred participants, this
Quakertown reunion has been the most
successful gathering of CC survivors. And one
attracting others interested in sharing and
reporting this dark chapter in American history.
Thus, the next reunion event is already being
planned for some location in the northern midwest/central region. With an estimated only
50% of survivors being still alive, and maybe
only half of those capable of traveling about,
there is more urgency for reunions to share this
history and information. In 2011, Mr. Fuhr will
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George Ikeda, Helen Asbury, Janet Ikeda
Alfred Wohlpart, Anneliese “Lee” Krauter
not be the organizer, but interested individuals
can send him email, eefuhr@aol.com, for more
info. Also, Karen Ebel, German American
Internee Coalition, can be reached at
kebel@gaic.info for more info on future
reunions.
One question posed to me by Mr. Fuhr,
which I’ve tried to find an answer for, but still
haven’t is: “during the Japanese American
redress movement, why weren’t Germans and
Italians also included in the process?” - after all
the facts of their detention and incarceration
were made known during the findings of the
Commission on Wartime Relocation and
Internment of Civilians (1983). The camp
(Poston, AZ) that my family and I went to was
run by the WRA (War Relocation Authority)
and housed mainly American citizens (nonaliens). The camp (Crystal City, TX) where the
young Mr. Fuhr joined his parents was run by
the Dept. of Justice/FBI and housed mainly
aliens (with some American born youngsters).
The aliens included Isseis and JLAs (Japanese
Latin Americans). These are the simple facts of
the WWII period. The infringement of 14th
Amendment Constitutional rights for all
internees in either type of camp is also without
question. How all this has played out in
subsequent history is still puzzling. One thing is
clear, there is much more effort needed to bring
these stories to light and prevent such injustices
in the future. AHN
Eberhard Fuhr, Andreas Krause, “Lee” Krauter
Anneliese Krakau Busch, Kathy Jolowicz
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PERSONALS
Condolences
Gordon Keith Morioka, 57. passed away
Friday, October 29, 2010. He was the father of
Tristan and son of Toki and the late Fred
Morioka.
Gordon was a professional
photographer.
Yoshio Kelly Adachi, 90, passed away
November 18, 2010. He was the husband of
Mary Sugimoto Adachi for more than 69 years.
He was the father of Michael, Kellene and
Patrick Adachi. He leaves four grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
DONATIONS
Cincinnati Chapter gratefully acknowledges
the following donations:
General Fund
Yoshiko Parsons, Cincinnati OH
Edwin Tanouye, Florence KY
Memory of Gordon Morioka
Mary Joanne Okura, Cincinnati OH
John and Barbara Neumann, Cincinnati OH
WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS
Yoshiko Matsuda Burke
1156 Forest Run Dive
Batavia OH 45103
Tomio and Chikako Fukumura
590 Ludlow Avenue
Cincinnati OH 45220
Dajun Iba
1831 Miles Rd.
c/o Ohio Buddhist Vihara
Cincinnati OH 45231
Kouri Akagi
413 Newport Dr.
Huron OH 44839
Makio Tamura
4316 Courageous Circle
Colerain Township OH 45252
Welcome to Friends of Cincinnati Chapter
Peggy Wade
4285 Milaine Dr. Cincinnati OH 45245
Lindsey Brushear
4046 Tiber Creek Dr. Cincinnati OH 45245
Takeuchi Scholarship
Memory of Gordon Morioka
Ruth Takeuchi, Cincinnati OH
Memory of Kelly Adachi
Mary Joanne Okura, Cincinnati OH
Frances Tojo, Cincinnati OH
John and Barbara Neumann, Cincinnati OH
Grains of Rice
Peggy and James Tojo, Cincinnati OH
Clara Wills at 100 with proclamation from
Governor Ted Strickland. Clara was our steadfast
volunteer at our annual yard sale for many years.
Thanks a bunch!
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Emily Momohara
Gail Murao
Hiroko Nishiyama
Lois Nizny
Betsy Sato (President)
Kazuya Sato
Jill Shirokawa
Shiro Tanaka
Frances Tojo
Jacqui Vidourek
Chad Yoshikawa
Gordon Yoshikawa
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THE GRAINS OF RICE
Cincinnati Chapter
Japanese American Citizens League
7761 Gwenwyn Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45236
www.cincinnatijacl.org
2011 CALENDAR
January 9
1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati Chapter Board Meeting
Home of Lois Nizny
March 6
4:00 p.m.
Cincinnati-Dayton Installation Dinner
Kyojin Restaurant, 12140 Royal Point Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio
March 5-8
2011 JACL/OCA Leadership Summit
Washington DC
(for details go to jacl.org)