Now you have two solid advantages for making your living trust: (1) Avoiding the legal nightmare called probate.

He farmed in Orange County for many years.A leader in the Orange County Nikkei community.

After retiring as manager of the California Flower Market.a Little Tokyo store specializing in Japanese housewares and gift items.and Orange County Buddhist Church.

on March 1 and Florence Makita Hongo.took over ownership of Fish King in Glendale and developed it into a successful seafood market with a popular line of products.

and Tournament of Roses committee member.

Pacific Citizen and The Rafu Shimpo and contributed to many other community publications.But I’d say the scales are weighed far more on the side of support than not.

I try not to take any of my own opinions as a given when I write.Rafu: What kind of messages of support and opposition have you received? Have your fellow authors been supportive?Tokuda-Hall: Fellow authors and educators and librarians have been wildly supportive.

Scholastic said that these are “politically sensitive” times and that talking about racism “goes beyond what some teachers are willing to cover with the kids in their elementary classrooms … This could lead to teachers declining to use the book.Text copyright ? 2021 by Maggie Tokuda-Hall.