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Talk on Miné Okubo at Monterey Park Library

ABC is unique in being the only school district in the nation to include this chapter of history as an integral part of its curriculum.

a member of the current Nisei Week Court.20 at Tabiji Japanese Restaurant in Orange with 25 queens attending.

Talk on Miné Okubo at Monterey Park Library

from left: VFW Post 3670 Commander James Nakamura; first president of Ladies of VFW Post 3670 Keiko Sadakane.Doris Reiko Fujino Pultz (1960).Front row: Alice Amano (2018).

Talk on Miné Okubo at Monterey Park Library

1974 Optimist queen and coordinator of the reunion with 2007 OCNCC queen Christine Kimoto Tanaka.Their active participation has allowed young women the opportunity to raise awareness on several Japanese American community platforms.

Talk on Miné Okubo at Monterey Park Library

Kazuo Masuda Memorial VFW Post 36701958: Mary Murai1959: Irene Morioka1960: Doris Fujino1961: Dianne Kubota1962: Carol Nishizu1963: Terri Kakuda1964: Gwen Fujino1965: Carol Kunitsugu1966: Marilyn Wada1967: Patrica Kasuda1968: Beverly Hayashida1969: Gwen Okumura1970: Gail KonishiSuburban Optimist Club of Buena Park1974: Patti Hirahara1975: Susan High1976: Joanne Ono1977: Karen Takeguma1978: Jaime Kajiki1979: Karen Karasawa1980: Judean Karimoto1981: Frances Shima1982: Barbara VollmerOrange County Nikkei Coordinating Council1989: Sandra Fukushima1990: Denise Higuchi1991: Shannon Suzuki1992: Staci Hashimoto1993: Kimberly Stapchuk1994: Stephanie Iwamasa1995: Maki Ichiroku1996: Maggie Fukumoto1997: Janelle Hamabata1998: Nicole Inouye1999: Traci Murase2000: Erin Nomura2001: Norie Nakase2002: Kimberly Hayashi2003: Kristi Higa2004: Heather Nagano2005: Michelle Ito2006: Lisa Shimabukuro2007: Christine Kimoto2008: Marissa Ishii2009: Whitney Itano2010: Christy Sakamoto2011: Melissa Nishimura2012: Emily Folick2013: Laura Higashi2014: Dominique Mashburn2015: Sara Hutter2016: Megan Ono2017: Kaitlin Hara2018: Alice Amano2019: Kara Ito2022: Kristine Yada2023: Kaitlyn Chu2024: Carolyn Sasaki2025: Casey Kuramoto Articles for you@media ( min-width: 300px ){.

Then the Suburban Optimist Club of Buena Park decided to sponsor a queen candidate.with the aging of performers and other factors.

with work assignments and cooperation among residents.yet Japanese culture was thriving.

it was Yamato Yasoyo-san (Kineya Yaso-shiro) who consistently maintained nagauta and Yamato-gaku.Japanese Americans endured the painful experience of being sent to internment camps during the war