Takei recalled the barbed wire fences.

president of the Japanese Womens Society of Southern California; Women of the Year honorees Sue Yanaga Kawasaki.Uyeda Lew was a teacher of English as a second language in junior and middle schools for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Thank you for your invaluable and significant service to the community.including Continuing Education of Nikkei Widows.GWEN MURANAKA / Rafu ShimpoFrom left: Yuriko Shikai.

Yanase Shirota served as the first woman president of the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center and is currently an at-large board member.She marveled at her grandmothers sharp mind and memory.

We are truly humbled and greatly appreciative of this award.

Barbara Kato Yanase Shirota and George Kita.She is currently undecided on her major.

where she was captain for three years and earned CIF Scholar Athlete of the Year.Ethan Baltazar of Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates will be attending El Camino College in Torrance and majoring in geographic information science (GIS).

She has been involved with the National Honor Society throughout high school.on July 27 at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute.