ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Aug 31 to Oct. 20

Toby Matsumura $ 89.34 Kay Shimizu 100 M/M Spencer Sakae 25 Keiro Senior Healthcare 200 June Sutherland 136.57 Norwalk Judo 251.21 M/M Hiroshi Odaka 100 Taz Hayashi In memory of Utaka 300 Anonymous 100 Ritz Mori 50 Yonsei Basketball 510 Noriko Nakagawa 20 Setsuko Miyake 100 Jim Ozawa 200 M/M John Ciranna 25 Art Matsuyama 500 Bin Masaki 100 M/M Ernest Ikuta In memory of Shizue “Susie” Ikuta 1,555 Thank you for your kind generosity and continuing support.

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Hi Everyone! I personally would like to thank Roy Kaneshiro for assisting with the gym setup for our annual Boutique. The Boutique could not have been possible without Roy’s help. He woke up at 2:00 am and came to the Center to help lay the tarp down on the gym floor and set up the tables and chairs for all the vendors. Thanks a million!! This year’s Pancake Breakfast was a great success. I would like to say a special thank you to Carrie Na-katani on her many hours of hard work in orga-nizing the breakfast. There was no waiting in line and the food was hot. Thank you to Max Uyekawa from Judo. Max worked with Starbucks and Starbucks generously donated their hot cof-fee. Thank you to Kurt Hamra and his mother Doris Yarwood from Taiko. They made arrange-ments with the Kiwanis Club of Whittier to borrow their grill and their cook. That was a nice sur-prise and a great help. Thank you to Sensei Johnson, a Master Chef from Judo. He cooked all the Portuguese sausage, 21 boxes! Sensei John-son also made all of the delicious lunch items that Judo served at the Boutique window. Thank you to Kathy Hirose for assisting on numerous tasks. Much credit go to our NYS coaches and parents who worked shifts to cook and serve as well as the youngsters bussing and clearing the tables so others could sit and eat their breakfasts. Many people have contacted me to say that this year’s breakfast was one of the best breakfasts yet. Edna Kurihara and Helen Hijiki are the soul organizers in getting all the vendors for this year’s boutique. One of our vendors traveled all the way from Hawaii! Congratulations to all the raffle winners. The Bou-tique was very busy and it looked like everyone was getting an early start on their Christmas shopping. As I walked around the gym, I would see people stop and chat with friends that they have not seen in awhile. I would like to emphasize that SEJSCC is a NO SMOKING facility! The Center would like everyone to abide by the rules. Numerous cigarette butts are found in the Center parking lot and in the planters. Please DO NOT smoke on the Center grounds.

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Volume 15 , Issue 6 November 2009 Newslet ter

Southeast Japanese School & Community Center 14615 Gridley Rd. Norwalk CA 90651-0434 Website: www.SEJSCC.org 562.863.5996

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T H I S I S I T !

We’re finally “going green” with this issue! We’re no longer sending our newsletters to 2600 addresses!! The list was somewhat obsolete with many on it no longer interested in our Center or moved but we didn’t know who. After months of publicity to promote this project , new data-bases were created. We’ve accumulated just short of 500 email addresses of those who will access our web site to read our newslet-ters/flyers, and 325 who wish to continue receiving them by postal mail. There may be more out there who have not yet notified us. They can still let us know by emailing myiwami@aol.com or calling her at 562.926.2705 with information on Page 5. I want to thank all of you who cooperated and supported the idea and sent in your forms or emails with your decisions. Without your coopera-tion, this was not possible. The reduction of mailers from 2600 to 325 is huge and its ramifications significant.. Printing and postage costs will be cut to less than half. It will drastically cut time spent for our Seniors to prepare them for mail, it’ll save trees and reduce quantities to land-fills. I deeply thank Kirk, my son, who wrote the application that sends all the emails almost instantly notifying people when to access our web site. The trial run in early October was successful. If there are any problems, questions or comments, please notify me. Thanks again for your help. GOOD FOR US TO “GO GREEN”!! Mary

The SEJSCC will have our annual year end bento luncheon on December 6th in t he conference room. Lunch will be $10.00 and we will go over the year’s events. Come join us. If you would like to attend, contact Toshi Teramoto or ask one of the Board members. The Center had an incident just before September bingo and the Saturday night dance. Several kids were seen loitering on the property. One of the kids was riding a skate board through our hallways and going into the restroom. To all our groups, please close the front and back door when you are at the Center. When you leave, please make sure that all the doors are locked. These kids can enter the Center when nobody is around and cause damage. Do not confront them when you see them. Call the Sheriff’s department and mention that you’re at the Southeast Japanese School and they will send deputies immediately. I wish everybody a safe Holiday Season!! Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Richard Shinomoto

S E J S C C BOARD MEMBERS If you wish to contact any of the board members, please call the Center and leave a message. Jim Niiro George Kato Linda Kusuda Mary Iwami Kimie Matsumoto Fred Matsumoto Mas Onoda Richard Shinomoto Hy Shishino Tosh Teramoto Bob Yamada

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“Tomodachi”, P. O. Box 434, Norwalk CA 90651-0434. Tel: 562,863-5996. Published 6 times annually by the Southeast Japanese School and Community Center, 14615 Grid-ley Rd, Norwalk CA 90650. A no charge newsletter informing all participants of activities on a one per household basis. Bulk Mail Postage Paid at Norwalk, CA. Editor: Mary Iwami; Adver-tising & Mailing: Mary Iwami, George Kato, Hy Shishino, Mas Onoda, and Norwalk Nikkei Seniors.

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N O R W A L K K A R A O K E G A K U E N N E W S Kimie Matsumoto

Members of the Norwalk Karaoke Club have been very busy during the past few months. The Akebono Fall Songfest was held on Sep-tember 20 at the Great Wall Buffet in Westminster and members enjoyed the afternoon entertainment program and each other’s company. Akemi Jensen coordinated the program portion for the afternoon event. Karaoke members together with Ayame Doko Kai hosted the Bingo Night on October 3rd. We are thankful for all the food donations and hard work by members and spouses and were happy that the dinner proceeds to the Center exceeded all previous years. Ha-rufumi Ishida and Mary Nomura very aptly coordinated this event. A birthday celebration for Tokuishi sensei, planned by Kiyoko Ta-naka and Chieko Kim, was held on Monday, October 13 with a bento dinner. Kiyoko presented sensei with a gift of 1001 cranes wishing him long life and good luck. George Real was asked to perform at the Orange County Japanese American Association’s 23rd Annual Senior Citizen Appreciation Day Luncheon held at the Orange County Buddhist Church on Oct. 11. George’s rendition of “Iyomante No Yoru” was very well received. Due to his natural ability to sing, his performance gave a special element to the program. Tokuishi sensei handled the sound system for the afternoon program. GETTING TO KNOW YOKO KATO………... Another very talented member of the Norwalk Karaoke Club is Yoko Kato who joined the club in June 1990. She is a veteran of almost 20 years with our Karaoke Club. She came to the U.S. from Tokyo, Japan settling in La Crosse, Wisconsin on a student visa. She studied for two years at Wisconsin State College in general education and moved to Los Angeles at-tending English classes for a year. She applied to UCLA and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts in 1966. Upon graduating, she was married to George, a member of the SEJSCC Board of Directors. She taught Japanese language at Gardena Buddhist Church Japanese School for 20 years. She was employed at Disneyland for 3 years as a por-trait artist while continuing her education at various colleges and taking private art lessons in water color. Together with a fellow UCLA grad, she presented a two-man show at the Huntington Li-brary in Huntington Beach. Yoko also conducted private lessons for children at home for 10 years in various art mediums including oil pastels, pencil drawing, clay sculpturing, etc. She continues taking private lessons in portrait art on Saturdays. During the yearly SEJSCC carnival, her art work is used on the advertising flyer depict-ing the ondo dancing. A most creative person, she is indeed an amazing person.

Our annual “jugyo sankan”, was held on September 26th. This event is a combination of the Japanese and the American Back to School Night. Many parents came to watch their child’s classes in session. Time was also set aside for each teacher to review their classroom policy and outline the curriculum and expected student outcomes for this year. It was also an opportunity for parents to ask teachers questions. This was also an opportunity for parents to get acquainted with the many activities planned for the children at our school and ask questions regarding general curriculum during the general meeting.

Our annual “undokai” was held at Gerdes Park on October 43rd . This event is an annual event in schools all over Japan. Students are divided into the red team or white team and compete in various athletic events. This year the red team won. It was a family event enjoyed by all. The Undokai was held in conjunction with a welcome to all new students, their fami-lies. Many thanks to the teachers for the preparation of the activities and to parents for helping with the games, purchasing prizes and cooking the lunch for everyone’s enjoyment.

The next cultural experience will be the “3,5,7 Festi-val”. This is the celebration of children who are 3,5, and 7 years old. Traditionally, children wear special kimono for a visit to the Shrine and parents purchase “Chitose Ame”, a special candy for this festival. Students in the kindergarten and begin-ners class will get an opportunity to dress in the traditional ki-mono and take pictures.

S E J S C C G E N E R A L M E E T I N G You are cordially invited to attend our annual general meet-ing scheduled for Dec. 6th, Sunday, at noon at the Center. This meeting is for the membership and anyone else inter-ested in a brief review of 2009 accomplishments, future concerns and our current financial status. There will be couple of brief presentations by Board members and ap-proval of Board positions too. It is a time for the member-ship to ask questions and too present any ideas they may to the Board. We hope you will join us and enjoy a bento lunch with us. Please call the Center 562.863.5996 and leave a message for Toshi Teramoto that you would like to attend so a bento ($10) can be ordered for you.

Reminder……

BINGO 6:30 pm Dec 5 Host: NaWahine’O Kawena & Ukulele serving Kalua Pork, Salad Dinner at 6 pm Jan 10 Host: Karate/Hawaiian Karaoke/ Wed. BB serving dinner at 6 pm

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NYS RASCALS BASKETBALL By Roy Fujii The Rascals was an idea initiated by Marvin Kobayashi, Dean Wada, and Jerry Matsushita back in 1997 to get the young kids, starting at age 5, introduced to the basic skills of bas-ketball. Neal Tomita also ran the program for a few years through 2006 and now Roger Hirai. What’s amazing is to see how really good the young girls and boys get at a very early age through just practicing the funda-mentals with their volunteer coaches. Each year, there are teams put together by Roger Hirai, who spends endless hours devoted to promoting and supporting the Norwalk Youth Sports organization. Registration is coor-dinated by Roger and supported by volunteer mothers who help to sign the kids in and get them ready for play. Roger understands great basketball and is wonderful with the kids, inspiring them as they practice hard. And he helps get them excited about the sport by sharing his knowledge with the players and coaches. Roger’s family has also helped out a lot with the program as excellent coaches, providing snacks on the first days and helping out with whatever is needed to ensure the kids are all having a great time. The Rascals program is very unique because it is a volunteer program. The coaches are all parent coaches who all gra-ciously volunteer their time ….and in addition to two parent coaches, we have youth coaches who have great rapport and so appreciated by the kids. They help teach drills and how to play terrific basketball….just as they have learned over the years how to practice and implement what they have learned. We so appreciate their help. Young kids are filled with energy and this gives them a way to focus that energy on something that is fun and exciting! It is also a great way for kids to meet other kids that share a common interest in playing basketball….as many lasting team friendships have started with Rascal Basketball. If you haven’t come to see these 5 and 6 year old kids play yet, you might want to check out the practices and games on Sundays. It is incredible to see the fantastic strides they make from beginning to end of the sessions. It is fun to watch them as they learn and grow with the great game of basketball!

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Little Rascal taking a break with volunteer youth coach.

Rascals practicing drills.

The NETS The Nets, 10th grade girls, had a slow start in their 1st game but finished strong in the remaining two games to take 2nd place in the Hollywood Dodgers Las Vegas Tournament in lat August.

The Nets Basketball team have great camaraderie. Here they’re pic-tured at a “before” party at the Blue Man Group show.

Dayna Arii

THE NETS BB TEAM

The Norwalk Blue Lightning celebrated their first tournament champion-ship, winning the Girls 5th grade Silver Division in the 2009 VFW Invita-tional Basketball Tournament Championship! Using timely shooting, tena-cious defense, and an air of positive attitude, the girls won all their games by three points or less. Included in the victories was a heart stopping double overtime win in the semi-final game. The “cardiac kids” thank their parents for their hard work helping them achieve this level of play.

Congratulations to Norwalk Blue Lightning’s championship win!

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N O R W A L K Y O U T H S P O R T S Cont’d

The Blue Magix girls were so thrilled and excited to attend their first Tournament Dance. Although they stayed out past midnight, they were still able to secure 3rd place in the VFW Tournament in the 7th grade gold division. Their parents on the other hand can’t believe that their daughters are old enough to attend dances, but don’t worry the Dads’ (Andy, Glenn, Chris, Vlad, Roy, Bryan, Victor, and Robert) are probably lurking in the bushes nearby.

The 4th grade Hot Shots participated in the 5th grade gold divi-sion of the VFW Tournament. The competition and strength of the older teams was tough, but our girls hung in there. We are so proud of our girls! They’re pictured below.

Coaches & Parents: There are 24 teams in NYS Jr. Basketball. Send in your team articles and photos to your team rep to appear in future newsletters.

Rosie San Miguel

dance “felt like a happy family gathering”. NDC Halloween Dance—October 24 Guests were greeted with an enormous and glow-ing Frankenstein propped in the middle of the stage. The centerpiece for each orange covered table was a pumpkin surrounded with trick-o-treat candies. Co-hosts for the evening were Karen Chow and Helen Hikiji who preplanned a simple but hearty menu. During intermission pizza was served with a side tossed garden salad and a healthy oatmeal cookie filled with raisins and cranberries. The costume parade was cancelled, however, the popular pumpkin-decorating contest drew a crea-tive response from an amaz-ing number of innovative artists. The artistic and most original decorated pumpkin group award was given to Sho and Shiz Kita-yama, Haruto and Marian Miyataki, Dan and Jean Ikemoto and Harvard and Sawako Ito. Congratula-tions to the top winners! They were gracious to share the winning prize of two dance coupons.

Thanks to DJ Yuso Kurihara for doing the music. Noticeably absent was Edna Kurihara. Edna is recovering from a wrist injury and we wish her a speedy recovery. Thanks to MC Harriet and Helen who perked up the hall with their Halloween ideas. Most of all, thanks to the various dancing clubs and guests who came to have a good time. Last but not least, a word of appreciation to the devoted members and guests who assisted before and after the dance.

NDC Anniversary Dinner Dance—Sept 26 There was something very special about the 32nd anniversary dance. Many of the 126 guests were in the mood to dance the night away. The NDC Management committee hosted the social with a delicious salmon bento from Ebisu’s of Fountain Valley. Randy, son of Yuso and Edna Kurihara, made the special delivery. Befitting the occasion, a delectable strawberry cake from Joyce’s baker of Norwalk was served. During intermission the Hikari Taiko group led by Mary Jane Mayeda were outstanding . Their rhythmic movements and drumming intrigued everyone. In addition, Edna Kurihara led the popular Circle Waltz to “Could I Have This Dance”. The dance clubs of Em Yamada, Prudy Gin, Gardena Valley Nisei Club, Masa Morimoto, Ben and Edna Masumoto, Kazi Kato, Hideko and Jim Ikehara, Langley’s beginners dance group, NDC and friends really had a nice time. The enthusiasm shown by the Langley begin-ners group sparked a contagious energy among the dancers. It was unusual to witness many remaining until the last dance and con-tributing their help as the evening ended. Ac-cording to Edna, the sentiment of the dinner

Remember, our Center is a no smoking facility. We thank you for not smoking in the Center or on the grounds. It’s healthy for everyone.

This table group won the pumpkin carving contest: The Miyataki’s, Ikemoto’s, Ito’s and Kitayama’s. Sho Kitayama is proudly holding their creation.

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P A N C A K E B R E A K F A S T & B O U T I Q U E The Norwalk Youth Sports did an efficient and excellent job of serving 1705 breakfasts on Oct. 10th. What was obvious at first glance was that there were no lines! The good hot food was served with much friendliness and, outstanding this year were the Portuguese sausages —moist, tender and very tasty! A good breakfast in the past was even better! Oh yes, Starbucks peo-ple serving us their coffee in their cups with lids!! That was nice thanks to Max Uyekawa. A big event like this takes tedious planning, logistics, scheduling and partici-pation plus kind outside help if you have contacts. Members of the Kiwanis Club of Whittier drove their trailer with their cooks and grilled up perfect pan-cakes for us! That was awesome and we were so fortunate! The breakfast committee and their many assistants— Coaches, parents, bas-ketball youths deserve very high accolades for their efforts for a worthy cause.

Judo Sensei Johnson cooked the sausages and many of the foods in the back parking lot “kitchen”. With him is Max Uyekawa.

NYS basketball players help ready pineapple cups, orange juice and condiments for the breakfast line..

One of two grills used for pancakes plus a Kiwanis Club trailer where they also cooked pancakes.

After a good breakfast, many leisurely strolled through the Bou-tique where 41 vendors displayed their crafts, clothing, jewelry, books, and unique items for sale. We hope those attending made satisfying purchases and got some Christmas shopping done early. Helen Hikiji and Edna Kurihara have co-chaired this event for about 14 years. We’re grateful to them for their dedication and unselfish work. The Judo Dojo group had a good variety of lunch items that you could purchase to take home. Sensei Johnson did much of the cooking which included orange chicken, teri salmon, salads etc.

Harriett, do you also like that Hokusai block print cloth wall panel? It is nice .

Karen Chow and Gloria Sakoda at the Boutique raffle table.

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N O R W A L K N I K K E I S E N I O R S Seniors had a abundant lunch on Sept. 22 at their annual BBQ luncheon. About 55 members had their big meal of the day feast-ing on juicy hamburgers, hot dogs, many choices of potato, pasta, green salads, and good yummy desserts. The Senior treasury cov-ered the costs of the entrees but salads and desserts were pro-vided by the members. Thanks to chef Helen Hikiji for her adept work at the grill. About 20 members joined the Long Beach Community Center Sen-iors group to Vegas on Oct. 6-9 staying at the Cal Club. It was a very good trip for those few who hit the royal on video poker ma-chines. A popular play was the penny machines. Another trip is scheduled for Dec. 1-3. Our Christmas Luncheon is tentatively set for Hokkaido Restaurant in Long Beach if they will allow bingo play. If not, China Star in La Mirada is the alternate choice. Members will be contacted by our telephone committee. Our Seniors will need to think about volunteering and come forth to assume officer positions for 2010 year. Don’t be shy. Everyone needs to share the effort and keep the club going strong. Our thoughts are with Larry Oshiro who underwent another surgery last month and hope he will have full and speedy recovery. Seniors’ prep time for mailing November newsletters will be drasti-cally cut to about 1/2 hr. since we will have only 325 to tab and label. What a change from mailing 2600 pieces before!

ABOUT OCEAN MIYAKE ………. Among our elder Senior members is Ocean Miyake who turned 98 yrs. in August . He still comes to our meetings and enjoys playing bingo. He was invited to a very special occasion in Houston, Texas this Halloween weekend for the observance of the Veterans 66th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Lost Battalion. Ocean who was born in Santa Monica and attended Venice HS was drafted into the army and became a member of the renown 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Many Japanese Nisei know about the courage and bravery of the 442nd troops during WWII in France going into strongly fortified area by German troops to rescue this lost battal-ion. After two failed attempts by other combats teams, it was the famed 442nd combat team that finally rescued the lost battalion. Ocean was among those in this rescue. A heavy price was paid by this combat team, 814 solders were killed trying to rescue 217 of the lost battalion. We are proud of Ocean. Many in our Seniors do not know this history of Ocean. He is quiet with a light smile and humble and easy going personality. His comment to his bravery in 1943 is “Oh, that happened long ago”. His stature is smaller now but he was 5’11” then. Today he deserves this recognition and for us to know that a giant walks amongst us.

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The Southern California Kendo Federation Team Championships were held Sept. 27. Norwalk Dojo submitted two youth kyu teams, one adult kyu team, two women’s teams, and one yudansha team. All the teams did very well. Congratulations to youth kyu team 1 (Kim, Esther, Kim John, Chung Alex) for taking 1st place, adult kyu team (Henderson Steve, Yoon Brian, Sanchez Matthew) for taking 1st place, and women’s team 1 (Chang Hannah, Domen Sumi, Kodama Jean) for taking 3rd place. There were many exciting performances by individ-ual members to name just a few: Kariya Yoshijiro’s win over his Geda-tsu opponent to win the match for Norwalk in the Yudansha division, Kim John’s 2-point win over his Torrance opponent in the kyu team finals, and Yoon Brian’s gyakudo to win the tie-breaker in the adult kyu finals. Norwalk Dojo’s team spirit was awesome! This year’s Shinkyu Shinsa (Promotional Examination) was held on Oct. 25. The following kenshi were promoted: Broshears Nicholas 6kyu, Hahn Danielle 6kyu, Matsuda Kane 6kyu, Wang Alexander 6kyu, Kim Esther 4kyu, Yoon Courtney 4kyu, Joe kyung 4kyu, Park Richard 4kyu, Kim John 2kyu, Kim Patrick H. 2kyu, Chi Joyce 1kyu, Naga-sawa Jeffrey 1 kyu, Kim Alex 1 kyu; Kim Won 4kyu, Toh Shau-na4kyu, Lim Mitchell 4kyu, Naga-sawa Yukiko 3kyu, Huang Michael 3 kyu, Henderson Steve 2kyu, Yoon Brian 1kyu; Chung

Alex 1 dan, Chang Hannah 1 dan, Sanchez Mathew 1dan, Hamamura Yu 3 dan, Amano Shotaro 3 dan. Congratulations to everyone! Upcoming events include a visit from Shodai Kenji sensei, current All Japan Kendo Champion. Norwalk Dojo will be hosting a seminar con-ducted by him on Sunday morning Nov. 22. Also, this year’s Christmas party will be held Friday, Dec. 18. See the dojo website for details on the above as well as other events. Norwalk Kendo Dojo practices Mondays from 7:00 to 8:30 pm and Fri-days from7:30 to 10:00 pm. New members are welcome; beginners are accepted on the first Friday practice of each odd month. The iaido

group practices from 9 to 10 pm on Mondays; iaido beginners are accepted in January, April, and July. For information about Norwalk Dojo, including upcoming and past events as well as how to join, please see the dojo website at www.eanet.com/norwalk or send email to norwalkkendo @gmail.com.

Norwalk Kendo Dojo at the 2009 Southern Cal Kendo Federation Team Championships.

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Southeast Japanese School & Community Center Activities List

If you are interested in any of the activities at the Center, please call the Center 562.863.5996 and leave a message for the contact person below. Southest Gakuen: Kimie Matsumoto Hikari Taiko: Mary Jane Mayeda Shuji (Calligraphy): Matsumoto Sensei Norwalk Nikkei Seniors: Betty Oshiro Ikebana (Flower Arrgmt): Ogawa Sensei “ “ Karaoke: Eunice Kusonoki Guitar Class: Yuji Hata Japanese Classical Dance: Akemi Jensen Norwalk Youth Sports: Rich Tamaki rytamaki@yahoo.com Nawahine ‘O Kawena: Karen Toyoshiba Kendo: Jean Kodama Sensei email: norwalkkendo@gmail.com Hawaiian Karaoke Club: Leslie Goshi Karate: Brock Nishimura Ukulele Class: Kamaki Keawe Call Karen: Norwalk Karaoke Club: Ed Korin Norwalk Dance Club: Edna Kurihara Judo: Jim Glick Tanden/Yoga Class: Mrs. Koyasu

“GO GREEN” —TOMODACHI ON WEBSITE Want to be added? Here’s how…. Beginning with this issue, you can access our website to read our Center newsletters and flyers. Each month you’ll receive an email telling you when the publication is ready and briefly high-lights events and activities for the month. Send your email to myiwami@aol.com to be placed on this email database—include your name and address too. Anyone who would like our Tomodachi newsletters sent to their home address please call Mary at 562.926.2705 and give your name and address so you can be put on our postal database. This “go green” transition - accessing our website for our news-letters/flyers - helps our Center by reducing costs to print and mail, reduces work by our Seniors who prepare them for mail and helps environmentally too. Thank you for your interest and cooperation.

Mochitsuki by Norwalk Judo Norwalk Judo will hold their Mochitsuki this year on Sunday, Dec. 5 between 9 am to 2 pm in the Dojo. If you have time, come and ob-serve this Japanese tradition of hand pounding special rice to make sweet gluttonous rounds that is so good. Bring the children. Pre- order early so your orders can be filled. Judo will pound only 300 lb. this year compared to 500 lbs. previously.

TRADITIONAL Hand Pounded Mochi by Norwalk Judo Saturday, December 5, 2009—9 AM to 2 PM— Judo Dojo

Pick up orders on Saturday, December 5 between 11 AM—3 PM, (Orders not picked by 3 PM may be sold.) A limited quantity of mochi will be taken on a first come, first served basis. Order forms received after our limit is reached will be re-turned to the purchaser. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Order Form- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Pre-order deadline: Nov. 24, 2009)

Name____________________________________ Hm Phone_________________Cell Phone_________________ Address __________________________________ __________________________________ Send order form and check payable to: Norwalk Judo Mail to: c/o Carrie Nakatani Maximum mochi ordered will be limited to 7 lbs. total. 18318 Laurelbrook Circle Ko-Mochi (plain) ______ lb @ $5.50/lb. = $_________ Cerritos CA 90703 An-Mochi (azuki) ______ lb @ $6.50/lb = $_________ Total $ ________ Or email carrrienak@verizon.net (please include your name, address, home &

cell phone numbers, quantity and type of mochi) Please call me if additional mochi

becomes available.

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NOV 4 Operating Bd Mtg 7:00 pm 11 Center Bd Mtg 6:30 28 Fall Social 7:00 DEC 5 Mochitsuki—Judo 9 am-3 pm 5 Monthly Bingo Games 6:30 6 Annual Gen’l Mtg Noon 2 Operating Bd Mtg 7:00 9 Center Bd Mtg 6:30 31 New Years Dinner/Dance JAN 6 Operating Bd Mtg 7:00 9 Monthly Bingo Games 7:00 13 Center Bd Mtg 6:30

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NYS Hawaiian Pancake Breakfast

Whittier Kiwanis Club trailer where pancakes were cooked, also eggs. They brought their help!

Starbucks’ staff and complimentary coffee! ! How good is that says Dayna Arii.

Breakfast line. Those sausages were good!

Notice There is no newsletter for December.