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National JACL Newpaper The Pacific Citizen www.pacificcitizen.org Chapter Newsletter Archive 2010 News Posted 08/03/2010 - Photos from the Picnic are now posted in the Photo Gallery. Click here
to see them! We hope you enjoyed it. We had great attendance, food,
weather and games again. We got to meet visitors, new members and old
friends. We hope you enjoyed it. Posted 07/28/2010 - Your reservations for the Annual Picnic should already be made! We'll see you this Sunday, August 1, 2010 at Marx Park for another fun event. See details in the July newsletter. Does anyone have pictures from the Brewer Tailgate event? Our official photographer wasn't able to attend this year. If you have any that can be posted on this site, please contact wijacl "at" gmail.com. There is a short video from the Tailgate that was just posted. Check it out here in the Photo Gallery.. Posted 07/03/2010 - A new Chapter Newsletter
has been issued. You should have it if you receive your copy via
e-mail, otherwise you should get it in the next few days by snail mail.
Check the event calendar at the end of the newsletter for upcoming
events! Have a Great 4th of July!. Posted 06/30/10 - The JACL National Convention is being held June 30 - July 4, 2010 in Chicago. A link to the JACL Midwest District Council website has been added in the Links page. The Chapter Brewers Game is coming soon - Sunday July 13, 2010. Our annual Picnic is coming up too at Marx Park on Sunday August 1, 2010. Check the newsletter for details. . Posted 03/2010 - A new Chapter Newsletter has been issued. If you indicated that you want the Newsletter delivered by e-mail, you should be receiving it today. If you want to see it now, click the News link in the link list on the left side of the page or click here. Census Week: National JACL is promoting the 2010 Census with a JACL Census Week of Action. There are two documents they are circulating that you can read here. The first is "The JACL Census Week of Action", the second is "JACL Counting Japanese Americans 2010 Census Brochure". Please take a few minutes to read these informative documents.. Posted 02/23/10 - Those of you who attended the Inaugural know that the new 2010 Chapter Directory is being distributed. Member who didn't attend should be getting theirs soon. Be sure to look at the ads in the directory and try to support the advertisers! Here's a link to a new advertiser's page.. Posted 02/20/10 - Stewart Ikeda notified us about a free event being held at UWM on March 4, 2010. It's a presentation of "Vincent Who?" a documentary about Vincent Chin who was murdered in Detroit by two white autoworkers at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments. It features interviews with the key players at the time, as well as a whole new generation of activists. Thurs., March 4, 6 PM: Screening at UW Milwaukee Union Fireside Lounge, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, 53211 Click this link for more details. We received a notice from National about a girl named Natalie Nakatani, who has been battling leukemia for the past year and now is in desperate need of a bone marrow donor. It is as easy as four swabs from the inside of your cheek with a q-tip. Please hurry - she is in need of a match very soon! To get more information - please visit www.hopefornatalie.com for more information, or feel free to contact the lead volunteer contact (Maritza Kim - marzkim@gmail.com), or the family contact Adriel Hampton (savenatalie@adrielhampton.com, 925.895.3744) with any questions.. Posted 02/02/10 - There was a nice turnout for this year's Inaugural Luncheon. Those of you who attended know that Adam Schrager was unable to speak at the event due to family illness. We did get to hear about his book, hear a short bio on Adam and have the opportunity to purchase his book at a very special price. Our MDC Director gave us an update for our District and the National organization. He then talked about the upcoming National Convention being held in Chicago June 30-July 3, 2010. Congratulations to Eddie for his National JACL Certificate of Appreciation and to Masaru for being awarded our Chapter Member of the Year. Don't forget our 2010 membership drive - the member recruiting the most new members will win a prize! Check the next newsletter for details. Photos from the Inaugural are in the Photo Gallery. Posted 01/21/10 - Our Annual Inaugural Luncheon is coming up on January 31, 2010. It's being held at Klemmer's Banquet Center, 10401 W. Oklahoma Avenue in West Allis this year. Check for details below in the 12/8/09 paragraph. Definitely click these links to find out more about Adam Schrager and his book: Adam Schrager and information about his book. See you at the Inaugural! 2009 News Posted 12/8/09 - The Christmas Party is over. Hopefully everyone had a good time! Here are the Party photos in the Gallery
. Our next event is our Inaugural Luncheon. It's going to be at
Klemmer's Banquet Center on Sunday, January 31, 2010. We'll start
registration at 12 Noon with lunch being served at 12:30PM. Our program
this year will feature Adam Schrager a historian, broadcast journalist and author of The Principled Politician: The Ralph Carr Story as our guest speaker. MDC's
Regional Director, Bill Yoshino, will update us on the 2010 National
Convention being held in Chicago. You can e-mail your reservation to wijacl@gmail.com before January 19th. Look for all the details in the upcoming Holiday Issue of the newsletter. Click this link for more information on our guest speaker and here for information about his book. Posted 11/5/09 - Yes, you came to the right place. We just changed a
bit. Google changed to a new website development/hosting system. That
has resulted in a new look for our website. We're just beginning to
change the converted site to utilize some of the new features in Google
Sites. Check back here to find out what changes. Let us know if
there's something missing or out of place by e-mailing wijacl@gmail.com. We had our annual General Meeting/Game Night at Wilson Commons. Watch for Photos soon. Congratulations to the newly elected board members. We'll be inaugurating them at our Inaugural Dinner in January 2010. Posted 10/11/09 - Our Chapter hosted the MDC Fall Meeting this weekend, Oct. 9-11, at the Hyatt Place hotel near the airport. Friday evening we had a reception with sushi and a variety of other appetizers, snacks and desserts. Saturday we got down to business with meetings from 9AM-5PM with a short break for lunch. After the meetings we split into two groups for dinner at Jalapeno Loco and Kegel's Inn. Meetings concluded on Sunday morning. Check out the photos here. Posted 8/16/09 - We had a special event where we collected individual member histories and our chapter history. Our organizers prepared a fantastic lunch as a "reward" for the oral history participants. The chapter history will be submitted to the Midwest District Council as part of a project to compile histories on the district chapters. Photos are posted here. Posted 8/13/09 - The Annual Picnic was fantastic! The
weather was perfect - not too hot, not too cold and no rain! Check out
the picnic photos in the Photo Gallery. Hope you enjoyed the variety of food and family fun (and didn't mind the the long food line). Coming
up on Sunday August 16th is our Oral History Luncheon. We've invited
our most "experienced" member to come to share their personal histories
to help us to preserve our chapter history. We'll be sharing the
information with the Midwest District Council as a part of their project
to obtain oral histories from the MDC chapters. The annual JACL Picnic is coming up FAST! It's this Sunday August 2 at Marx Park. Check your newsletter for details. See you at the picnic! Our Chapter is working on an oral history project with MDC. We're having an Oral History Luncheon at 11:30AM on August 16th at Wilson Commons. Invitations have been sent in the mail. Please RSVP - we need your histories! Posted 7/02/09 -The July issue of our Chapter newsletter is being sent by US mail but if you have e-mail you should have already received it! The website version is posted on the Newsletter Archive page. Don't forget the Brewers game/tailgate on July 12, 2009. We're meeting at Margaret's at 10:30AM. Check the newsletter for details. See you there! Details on the August 2, 2009 picnic are also in the newsletter. Call in your reservation .Posted 5/17/09 - Put on your "thinking caps"! We're posting a VERY old picture from our Historian. It's a group picture from 1948. Can you identify anyone in the picture? We have identified some but we need your help if we're going to figure out everyone. There are enlargements on the Photo Archive page. e-mail us at wijacl@gmail.com if you know anyone. We're compiling a Chapter history as a project for the Midwest District Council. If you have any other interesting recollections, you can send us those too. Posted 4/1/09 - No, it's not an April Fools Trick - the April Chapter Newsletter is
out! Be sure to sign up for the big Brewer game - scheduled for July
12, 2009. Try the pretzel recipe - it's GOOD! Congratulations to our
award recipients honored at our Inaugural Lunch. Looking for an old What's New item? Click here. 2008 News 12/09/08 - A new gallery of Christmas Party photos is posted. 12/08/08 - A new version of the December Chapter Newsletter is out with some changes. Please note the date for the 2009 Inaugural is now January 24. See you at Asiana Restaurant. 12/07/08 - The December Chapter Newsletter is out! Check it for upcoming events in the Chapter Newsletter Archive Page. Today is the 2008 Christmas Party being held at Wehr Nature Center. Hope to see you there. 11/29/08 - Holiday Folk Fair photos are posted in the Photo Gallery.
Thanks to all the volunteers for participating this year! Be sure to
call in your reservation to the Holiday Christmas Party (Dec. 7, Wehr
Nature Center). See the newsletter for details. 9/30/08 - Job/Employment links have been added to the Links page that include Wisconsin State job listings. 9/24/08 - Check out the latest new on the September issue - Chapter Newsletter Archive Page. 9/13/08 - Family Game Night and General Meeting will be held on October 18 at Franklin Oaks Condo's Clubhouse. Check the next newsletter for directions or click the Condo link. Don't forget to call in your reservation! The Event Calendar for 2008-2009 has been added. 8/21/08 - Photos from the 2008 Picnic at Marx Park are posted in the Photo Gallery. 8/7/08 - Only three days until the picnic, Sunday 8/10/2008! See you at Marx Park. Please note that the address for Marx Park is wrong in the newsletter. The correct address is: 700 S. Barker Road. 7/10/08 - Watch your mailbox for the latest edition of the Wisconsin
Chapter Newsletter. The e-mail version is being sent too. If you
can't wait, you can check it out here on the website Newsletter Archive
page! There's a lot going on so read it and mark your calendars for
upcoming events. Don't forget the Brewers Game this Sunday, July 13.
You can see CC Sabathia's second start for the Brewers! The annual
picnic is coming up on August 10 at Marx Park. Call in your
reservation to Irene B. or Nancy J. See you there! 5/15/08 - Michael F returned to Milwaukee after his tour of duty in Iraq to a warm welcome from family and friends on 4/24/08 (photos in the Gallery). Congratulations to Kevin M for being awarded a prestigious Nohl Fellowship (Click this link to read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article). Mark your calendars for the Milwaukee Brewer game on July 13, 2008. Twenty people have signed up for a day of tailgating fun and Brewer excitement! 4/13/08 - Spring is Finally here! Check the News page for the latest Chapter newsletter. Get the details on our upcoming Brewers game on July 13, a recap of the Inaugural and Christmas Party
in addition to lots of other Chapter news. The Spring MDC meeting is
coming up in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday May 31. The National
Convention will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 16-20. 2/12/08 - Happy New Year! There are pictures from the Inaugural Dinner held on January 27, 2008 at Klemmer's in the Photo Gallery. 2007 News 12/27/07 - Happy Holidays! The December issue of the Chapter Newsletter is posted in the Newsletter links near the bottom of the News page.
Be sure to read about the upcoming Inaugural Dinner on January 27, 2008
at Klemmer's - make your reservations before Jan. 18, 2008. 12/2/07 - 2007 Christmas Party. The Annual Christmas Party was held at the Wehr Nature Center in Whitnall Park. The party was highlighted by a visit from Santa Claus shortly after a wonderful pot luck lunch. 11/17/07 - 2007 Holiday Folk Fair International. On Friday evening Tom S. was
inducted into the Holiday Folk Fair Wall of Honor during the opening ceremony. He was rewarded for over 60 years of
volunteering with the Wisconsin JACL, Origami demonstrations and
many other activities in the community.Saturday evening, the Wisconsin JACL Cultural Exhibit Booth was awarded a certificate for Best Interaction with Public. 10/20/07 - 2007 General Meeting/Game Night. We had our annual meeting at Christ United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Our new board was elected and our year was reviewed. Afterward there was a pot luck dinner, games and crafts. Check the Meeting pictures at the Photo Gallery page. 8/5/07 - The 2007 Picnic was held today at Marx Park in Brookfield. Things were a bit wet early in the morning but by the time we started to set up it was dry. The cooks have the corn and chicken preparations down to a science! The new teriyaki recipe make things so much easier. The new venue was excellent with easy access and nice facilities. Check out the Picnic photos in the Photo Gallery. 6/2/07 - The latest newsletter is being e-mailed and mailed to members today. Click this link to view or download the newsletter: June 2007 Newsletter. Check the newsletter archive at the bottom of this page for previous issues. 6/2/07 - 2007 Wisconsin JACL Scholarship winner announced. Check your newsletter to find out who won. 2/18/07 - The 2007 Inaugural & Recognition Dinner was held at Seigo's new restaurant in Sussex. This year we honored the veterans from our chapter. Congratulations to our newly inaugurated board members and many thanks to all of our veterans! 2006 News 10/10/06 - Our Fall newsletter is published and is being e-mailed and mailed to members today. Click this link to view or download the newsletter: October 2006 Newsletter 9/19/06 - General Meeting/Game Night date set for October 21, 2006. Click this link to view or download the announcement flyer: General meeting/Game night Flyer.pdf 8/7/06 - National JACL announces membership dues increases to go into effect January 2007 and new Prescription Discount Plan & Dental Discount Plan benefits. Renew your membership in 2006 to beat the increase! 8/6/06 - The annual Chapter Picnic was held at Sheridan Park. Members and guests braved the early rain to enjoy great food and fun. Check the photos in the Photo Gallery. 6/25/06 - The National Convention was held in Phoenix, AZ over the weekend (June 21-24). Watch the Pacific Citizen and the newletter to find out what happened. 6/25/06 - WOAA Milwaukee is participating in the Great Midwest Dragon Boat Race Festival this year. Read more about this in the next newsletter or at www.midwestdragonboatfestival.com. 6/25/06- The JACL Picnic is coming up! Mark your calendars for Sunday August 6, 2006. Get all the details in the next Newsletter. 5/16/06 - The Wisconsin Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League opened its new chapter website at http://wijacl.googlepages.com today. This site will contain useful information about the chapter including a calendar of events, a chapter history, a newsletter archive and links to other useful or interesting sites on the Internet. Is there anything you would like to see on this site? Please e-mail comments and suggestions to wisconsin@jacl.org. 5/16/06 - The Wisconsin Chapter's Elizabeth Campell Scholarship has been awarded to an outstanding student. The chapter awards this scholarship to a student demonstrating outstanding academic achievement, community involvement and participation in extracurricular activities. Find out who won the scholarship in the next newsletter - due out SOON! 02/06 - The Chapter 2005/2006 Membership Directory was distributed at the Inaugural Dinner. Please e-mail wisconsin@jacl.org if you have not received your copy or if you have corrections or change of address. Wisconsin Newsletter Archive Most Recent Newsletter PDFs can be found at the link below: Not all past Newsletters are available online. Online newsletters have been edited to protect private information. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader here
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