Please contact office to confirm dates and events for events below.

2008年年年年

11/29, 12/6, 13, 14 **JCC’s Keiro Sr HealthCare Charity Drive @Torrance Mitsuwa

11月29日、12月６日、13日、14日 **JCC敬老シニア・ヘルスケア・チャリティー・ドライブ （トーランス市・ミツワ・マーケット前）

December 7 OAA Center Volunteer Appreciation Party (by invitation only) 12月7 日 ＯＡＡセンター・ボランティアへの感謝パーティー （招待者のみ） 2009年年年年

January 18 OAA New Year’s Party １月18日 ＯＡＡ2009年度 新年宴会パーティー （クワイエット・キャノン）

March 1 Fujinbu Shinbokukai ３月１日 （婦人部新年会）

May 24 Utayabira Wuduyabira ５月24日 「謡やびら・踊やびら」（芸能部）

**denotes non-OAA-sponsored event **当県人会以外の行事

1st Tuesday of every month: Monthly Volunteers Day 第1火曜日：ボランティア・デー

1st Saturday of every month: History Book II mtg and Karaoke 第1土曜日：歴史部会議、カラオケ・クラブ

2nd Sunday of every month: Uta-Sanshin Circle (subject to change) 第2日曜日：唄三線サークル 2nd & 4th Friday of every month: Uchinaguchi Class (subject to change) 第2、第4回金曜日：ウチナーグチ・クラス

Calendar of Events 行事予定行事予定行事予定行事予定

by Mr Zensho Kamiyama. On 10/26/08, at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, Master Katsuko Teruya celebrated her 40th Anniversary of her master level in Okinawan Kutu. Choichi Terukina Sensei, A Natiional Liv-ing Treasure of Japan, headed the guests from Okinawa, Hawaii and other states in the continental United States. The program was a huge success. A variety of odori, kumiodori and minyo were per-formed by the various groups and it was a recital that the audience will not forget. This will be my last President’s Message, since by term is expiring the end of this year. I wish to ex-tend my heartfelt THANK YOU to all the members and volunteers who unselfishly support OAA pro-grams, events and facilities. Thanks also to the board members, officers and staff for your continued support. I was truly blessed during my term. IPPEE NIFEE DEEBIRU !!!

Hai Sai Gusuyo !

Year end is around the cor-ner. How time flies when you are having fun. As many of you know, next year is the 100th Year Anniver-sary of the Okinawa Association of America, Inc., (Hokubei Oki-nawa Kenjinkai). The club was formed in1909 and the name of the organization has been amended a few times. The 100th Year Anniversary Committee has been meeting since January, 2008. The theme of the 100th Year Anniversary is “ICHI NU ICHI

MADIN” (From Generation to Generation). The theme will be used throughout the year start-ing with the New Year’s Party in January, 2009. OAA’s General Membership Meeting was held on 11/02/08. Seven (7) board members and the new President were up for election. The seven (7) board members that were listed on OAA’s #59 newsletter were elected and I am very happy to report that Mr Chogi Higa was elected to lead us for 2009 & 2010. He is definitely one of the most well known person in the community and the rest of the world, especially Okinawa. We need his leadership in our 100th Year. Congratulations Chogi-san. Nanka Kenjinkai Kyogikai held their 2nd Annual Bowling Tournament on 11/02/08. I am proud to announce that one of OAA’s bowling teams placed first to capture the President Trophy. Congratulations to the team from West Covina, headed

President’s Message by Ken Kamiya

OAA Quarterly Newsletter

Reminders & Notes:Reminders & Notes:Reminders & Notes:Reminders & Notes:

♦ Time to renew your OAA

membership for 2009!

♦ Free gift for the first 50

guests to arrive at the

OAA New Year’s Party

(board members and vol-

unteer staff excluded)

♦ OAA New Year’s Party

tickets are on sale now for

$35 (see insert)

♦ Deadline for New Year’s

Party is Friday, January 9.

After that, it will be $45,

space permitting.

♦ Wanna get involved?

Volunteers needed for

various events throughout

the year. If interested,

contact the office!

DECEMBER 2008 DECEMBER 2008 DECEMBER 2008 DECEMBER 2008 ・・・・平成平成平成平成20202020年年年年12121212月号月号月号月号 北米沖縄県人会四季報北米沖縄県人会四季報北米沖縄県人会四季報北米沖縄県人会四季報 OAA NEWSLETTER #61OAA NEWSLETTER #61OAA NEWSLETTER #61OAA NEWSLETTER #61

Inside this issue:Inside this issue:Inside this issue:Inside this issue: 2008 OAA General Membership Mtg 2 次期会長 比嘉朝儀氏選出 2 OAA 100th Anniversary in 2009! 2 Keiro Kansha-no-Hi 3 OAA Gives Thanks 3 アシュレイ新城さん Ashley Arashiro 4 日系敬老施設説明会 Kajimaya Club 4 Uchinaguchi Class 6th Anniversary 5 青壮年部ゴルフトーナメント Golf 5

OAA Annual Bazaar 6

OAA Fujinbu News 6

Bowling Champions 7

Summer Homestay Program 7

Bittermelon Jello Recipe 8

2008 OAA General Membership Meeting by Helene Shimane

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比嘉

朝儀

氏

次

期会

長に

選出

北米沖縄県人会は二〇〇八年度の総会

を去る十一月二日、ガーディナ市の県人

会館で開催、会長と七人の理事を選出し

た。第二十六代会長に選ばれた比嘉氏の

任期は二〇〇九年及び二〇一〇年の二年

間。特に二〇〇九年は「県人会創立百周

年の記念祭に向けて全力を注ぎたい」と

抱負を述べた。比嘉さんは一九六〇年に

渡米し、一九七〇年ウッドベリー大学を

卒業、同年県人会の理事に就任。二〇〇

二年に県人会長に選ばれ、「沖縄語クラ

ス」「カジマヤー（高齢者）クラブ」の

開設「図書館の設立」と三つのスローガ

ンを掲げ立派に実現させた実績を持ち、

何事にも熱心に取り組む誠実な人柄は多

くの人々の深い信頼を得ている。

Our General Member-ship Meeting was held on Sunday, November 2, 2008 with 27 members present. President Ken Kamiya conducted the meeting with Yuko Ya-mauchi, Aiko Tokunaga and Ken Kamiya as the Inspector Generals. Eve-ryone received a packet of annual reports from the various Committees. Al-though there were 7 nomi-nations from the floor for

the 7 Board of Directors vacancies, all of them de-clined the nominations. Therefore, it was decided to vote on the slate of 7 nomi-nees from the Nominating Committee. Congratula-tions to the 7 new Board Members: Masanobu Ajifu, Tomiko Akamine, Sachiko Arakaki, Katsuko Arakawa, Dan Ashimine, Naomi En-dow and Kimiko Goya for 2 year term. Nominations for Presi-

dent were Chogi Higa, Aiko Tokunaga (she declined) and Ken Kamiya. The count by secret ballot were 19 votes for Chogi and 7 votes for Ken. Congratula-tions to OAA’s new Presi-dent for 2009 - 2010, Chogi Higa. In his acceptance speech, Chogi thanked eve-ryone for the vote of confi-dence and he will accept the challenge with pride in his Okinawan heritage and the OAA. M.C. Ken made an-

nouncements of future events before “yuntaku” time during the refresh-ments.

OAA 100TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2009! by Naomi Endow

Yes, we have a new logo to commemorate our 100th year, since the founding of the OAA. Let’s all celebrate together and plan to attend the festivities slated for 2009. We encourage

young people to participate in the events and show their support! The 100th year’s motto: Ichi nu Ichimadin – “From Generation to Genera-tion” will be our collective chant as we celebrate our longevity and look expec-tantly to the future. The first event will be the OAA 100th Anniversary New Year’s Party on Sun-day, January 18, 2009. The details are given in the en-closed insert, with a reserva-tion form for the luncheon.

The major events of the year will be held on the weekend of August 28 (Friday) to Au-gust 30 (Sunday), 2009. Spe-cial guest entertainers from Okinawa will be performing on August 28 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Cen-ter. On August 29, a memo-rial service and the Okina-wan Cultural Festival will be held at the Noguchi Plaza in front of the Japanese Ameri-can Theatre. The OAA 100th Anniversary Banquet (luncheon) will be held on

August 30 at the Torrance Mar-riott Hotel. More details will be forthcoming. We will also keep you posted of additional events planned for 2009 in celebration of the 100th. The proceeds from the 2009 OAA’s annual events, such as the Geino-bu’s “Utayabira Wuduyabira” on May 24 and the bazaar in Octo-ber will help to fund the 100th Anniversary activities, so please continue to support and attend these events. Ippee nifee dee-

biru!

会長並びに七人の新理事は次の通り。

会長・比嘉朝儀 理事：安次富正信

赤嶺トミ子 新垣幸子 新川勝子 ダン・アシミネ 遠藤なおみ 呉屋君子 在任理事八人は次

の通り。 比嘉朝儀 神谷ケン 当銘貞夫 島根へリーン 山内繁子 山城春雄 山内ヒロシ （一名未定）

Keiro Kansha-no-Hi

By Ethel Asato

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On September 14, 2008, we had a record attendance of 150 people at our annual Keiro Kansha no Hi Party in the Gardena Valley JCI Hall. Our usage of the hall was possible because of our members who helped in the Andagi Booth at the JCI Carnival. Everyone enjoyed the spacious room and the high special stage. Among the sixty-two 80+ seniors honored that day, there were seven 90+ seniors who exemplify the trait of long life in Okinawans. They received free obento and their special Kohaku manju. Edward Tamae (age 95) led everyone in Kampai. “Okage sama de.” Ever yo ne enjo yed the “maasan” homemade togan soup by Itsumi Jacomo with their obento. Special recognition was the presentation of 2008 OAA Open House Honoree Harold Kameya who with his wife, Ellen were in Brazil at the time of the 9th Anniversary presen-tation. Certificates of Com-mendations from the OAA, City of Gardena and the State of California were presented to Harold for his many signs he has donated to our buildings, our Presidents’ and Fujinbu Chairpersons’ Photo Exhibits,

Donors’ Wall and the Honor-ees’ Wall of Fame plus the booth signs for our Bazaar. Congratulations Harold Kameya! Entertainment by the talented youth in honor of our 80+ seniors honorees was provided by Kylie Nakada dancing the hula, Justin, Hailie & Kayne Toyosato (Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko) performing to the rhythmic beat on their drums, Megan Yamanaka, Kylie Nakada & Catherine Goya (Teruya So-kyoku Kenkyukai) played koto while Kyo Yohena & Miyo Ajifu (Tamagusuku-ryu Kansenkai) danced with fans. Ippee Nifee Deebiru! Birthday celebrations were held for all those born in July through December with a photo around the birthday cake and singing “Happy Birthday” song to them. Eve-ryone enjoyed the delicious cake for dessert. Bingo win-ners went home happy with their prizes. The secret of Longevity is “Hara Hachi Bu” which means to only eat until you are 80% full. So during this holiday season, “remember 80%!”

OAA’s Young-in-Spirit: 90+ years young and going strong!

From left: (standing) Rodney Kamiya, Michael Takamine, Seii-

chi Kishaba. (sitting) Betty Shimabukuro, Yoshiko Kamiya,

Shizuko Yamauchi, Edward Tamae

Below: Harold Kameya (front row left) is presented with

certificates as one of the 2008 OAA Open House honor-

ees. Wife, Ellen, is seated next to him

During this holiday season, the Okinawa Association of America, Inc. (OAA) has many reasons to be thankful! OAA is thankful for the 60 or so dedicated volunteers who come out throughout the year--some monthly and weekly--to the OAA to help us to clean, to do mailings, to maintain the li-brary. and to manage the OAA. OAA is thankful for the extremely generous donors who continue to make contributions to the Building fund, the OAA High School Scholarship fund, our general fund as well as goods and special library book donations.

OAA Gives Thanks... OAA is thankful for the 780+ new and returning mem-bers who celebrate the Okinawan culture, arts, heritage, language and more! OAA is thankful for the each committee and the work that they do. OAA is thankful for the friendships we have with other Okinawa associations in the US and abroad. OAA is thankful for all the pioneers and their hard work, their vision, and legacy that bring us to the eve of our Centennial Celebration in 2009! In particular, as the sole paid staff, I am person-ally humbled by the dedication of those I work with and am blessed for the friendships I've gained for being here. Thank you, muchas gracias, and ippee kafuushi! --Yuko Yamauchi (on behalf of OAA)

去る６月２１日、２時から、カジマヤー会（山城春雄・山内繁子）の企画・招聘により、「敬老ヘルシー・エイジング」の草野カナ子（ディレクター）及び城間ジュリー両氏を招き「敬老施設」に関するスライド説明会が当県人会館において日米両語により催され、多くの出席者が参加した。 紙面の都合上、以下にその大要を簡単にご紹介します。看護を要する程度によって、それぞれの施設への入居条件・資格等が異なります。 ４つの敬老施設：（１）敬老リタイヤメント・ホーム、（２）敬老中間看護施設、（３）敬老ナーシング・ホーム、（４）アルツハイマー病特別看護施設。 詳しい情報は下記へご連絡ください。

空手道空手道空手道空手道でででで奨学金奨学金奨学金奨学金をををを受賞受賞受賞受賞 Arashiro Awarded Scholarship for Karate

サンディエゴサンディエゴサンディエゴサンディエゴ在住在住在住在住のアシュレイのアシュレイのアシュレイのアシュレイ新城新城新城新城さんさんさんさん

OAAカジマヤー・クラブ

日系敬老施設説明会の開催

南加県人会協議会主催「育英奨学金募集・親睦演芸会」が十

月十九日に行われ、八名の日本文化に携わる若者たちに千ドル

（約十一万円）づつ奨学資金が授与された。カテゴリーの中に

は日本舞踊、詩吟、琴、日本語、書道、珠算などがあり、ア

シュレイ新城さん（十八）が空手道部門で受賞した。県人会協

議会（加藤譲孜会長）は南カリフォルニアにおける日本全国四

十一都道府県人会の県人会長経験者が理事となって構成されて

いる日系の大きなＮＰＯ団体の一つで、演芸会は今年で二十九

回目を迎える。

アシュリーさんはＯ六年に第五回世界空手連盟主催ジュニア

選手権とワールド・カップ選手権大会（少年の部）がドイツの

ハノーバーで開催された時、アメリカ代表として出場し優勝の

栄冠に輝いた。空手歴十三年。新城友弘（名護出身）・タミ両

親と五人の兄弟全部が空手の鍛

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錬に励んでいる。現在カリフォルニアステート大学ロングビー

チ校に在学、演劇を専攻している。

奨学金授賞式前には各県人会からの出し物があり盛況であっ

た。ナオキ・アトキンズ君による津軽三味線「津軽じょんがら

節」、新城親子五人で「空手演舞」や徳島県人会の「阿波踊

り」など二十一演目で観客を喜ばせた。

二部では日本から北島三郎門下生の山口ひろみさんが「いぶ

し銀」、「花しるべ」など多くのヒット曲を披露した。母の手

一つで育てられ、将来人気歌手になって「家」を建ててあげる

との母との約束はいまだ実現できずに母は他界したなど芸能界

の苦労話のエピソードには会場からすすり泣きが聞こえた。

(当銘貞夫)

The Kajimaya Club sponsored a talk on the services and facilities as offered by the Keiro Senior HealthCare Services organization on June 21, 2008. Ms. Kanako Kusano presented in Japanese as Judy Shiroma presented in English. Facilities and services covered included: 1) Keiro Retirement Home; 2) Keiro Intermediate Care Facility; 3) Keiro Nursing Home; and 4) Special Care Unit for Alzheimer’s and Demen-tia. For more information, contact:

Ms. Kanako Kusano, MSW (Director, English/Japanese)

The Institute for Healthy Aging at Keiro

Phone: (323) 980-2353 Fax: (323)980-2340

Email: kkusano@keiro.org Web: www.keiro.org

Keiro Senior HealthCare Services

From left: Judy Shiroma and Kanako Kusano of Keiro

receives a token of appreciation from Kajimaya Club

co-chairs, Shigeko Yamauchi and Haruo Yamashiro

people sang karaoke in Japanese and English to everyone’s delight. Our Uchinaguchi Class meets on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month in room #103. You’re welcome to join us!

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秋の到来を感じさせる新北風（ミーニシ）が吹く九月二十八

日(日)に、北米沖縄県人会青壮年部（安次富正信部長）は、

ガーデナ市のチェスターワシントン・ゴルフコースに於いて恒

例の第十七回ゴルフトーナメントを開催した。

当日は、十二チーム（一組四名）の四十八名のプレーヤーが

参加。午前十一時にキャラウエイ方式のハンディキャプで試合

を開始。参加者のなかには、鹿児島県や奄美大島の出身者も加

わり、いつもより賑わいを増したトーナメントとなった。当日

の天気はそよ風が吹く涼しい秋日和

とあって、老若男女のプレーヤーは、始終、笑顔で

ゲームを楽しみ、和気あいあいのう

ちに午後五時ごろ全チームが試合を

終了した。 試合終了後、沖縄センター内の山

内ビルに於いて弁当と飲み物を味わ

いながら優勝者の発表と賞品授与式

が行われた。テーブルに処狭しと並

べられていた賞品は、次々にプレー

ヤーの手に渡っていき、賞品を勝ち

取ったプレーヤーは満面の笑みを浮

かべていた。続いて安次富部長は立

ち上がり、「本イベントの成功はプ青壮年部青壮年部青壮年部青壮年部ゴルフトーナメントゴルフトーナメントゴルフトーナメントゴルフトーナメント OAA Seisonenbu Golf TournamentOAA Seisonenbu Golf TournamentOAA Seisonenbu Golf TournamentOAA Seisonenbu Golf Tournament

Uchinaguchi Class 6th Anniversary Celebration by Helene Shimane

Due to the busy schedule, the Uchinaguchi Class decided to celebrate their 6th Anniver-sary in class on Friday, No-vember 14, 2008 in the Ya-mauchi Building. M.C. Pedro Agena welcomed everyone before OAA President Ken Kamiya gave his greetings with “Haisai gusuyo, mensore chuu wuganabira” (Hello eve-ryone, welcome). Chogi Higa Shinshii (teacher) greeted eve-ryone in eloquent Uchinaguchi (Okinawa language). Aiko Majikina, Culture Chairper-son, congratulated Chogi Higa Shinshii for creating this class, “Int roduc tion to the Ha-jimirana Uchinaguchi Class” to promote the study of Uchi-naguchi and to the students for their commitment and perse-verance. Tomiko Akamine led everyone in kampai. The 50 people in attendance enjoyed a

“maasan” (delicious) potluck dinner with Itsumi Jacomo’s special togan soup. Three s tud en t s p r e sen ted the i r speeches in Uchinaguchi: Her-bert Asato (4 th year), Rosa Yakushi (5th year) and Julian Ely (6th year). Chogi Higa Shinshii proudly presented all

students with a certificate of completion (see photo below). Then every one enjoyed the delicious cake after a group photo of students with Chogi Higa Shinshii cutting the cake. Pedro and Rosa led everyone in singing “Tinsagu nu Hana” and “Asadoya Yunta.” Many

レーヤーの参加のお陰」と参加者に謝意

を表した。更に、二〇〇九年に開催され

る県人会創立一〇〇周年記念行事にもふ

れ、二〇〇九年九月頃に記念ゴルフ大会

を行うと発表し、記念行事への参加を呼

びかけた。

（比嘉朝儀）

ゴルフトーナメントの結果は次の通り。総合優勝者

一位 Toshie Kinjo ネット 67.3; 二位 Yoshio Kinjo ネット 69.5;

三位 T. Kaneko ネット 70.4 シニアの部 男 一位 K. Kishita; 女 一位 Y. Yoshimura

青壮年部役員らとプレーヤーたち

OAA Annual Bazaar By Jane Kuniyoshi

OAA Fujinbu News By Helene Shimane

August 8, 2009. Our 2 craft classes will be on May 16, 2009 with Setsuko Fujimoto and November 14, 2009. We’re planning a health lec-ture in June and a field trip to see the Palm Springs Follies.

Our last craft class was led by Aiko Tome who showed us how to make the beautiful beaded iris. Then all of us proudly held our own beaded iris in a group photo (see below). On October 29, 2008, we held our Fujinbu Planning Meeting to plan for 2009 activi-ties. Our Shinbokukai will be on Sunday, March 1, 2009. Our PALA In-dian Casino Fund-raiser will be on Thursday, February 5, 2009 with the proceeds going to the 100th Anniver-sary budget. Our 2 cooking classes will be on April 11, 2009 with Nancy Niijima and

OAA Bazaar is our biggest fundraiser of the year! On Sunday, October 7, 2008, OAA held its annual Bazaar. Volunteers came Saturday to prepare the meat and cabbage and make final preparations. Then on Sunday, volunteers came early to set up the tents for the many booths to sell food: teri-beef & chicken bento, andagi, yasai tempura, baked goods, nantu & mochi, can drinks, shave ice and taco rice (new this year). The ever-popular delicious Okinawa soba was a big seller. The teri-beef & chicken bento was a

sell-out - some people bought extra for dinner. Other booths sold OAA merchandise, video-tapes, original greetings cards with Uchinaguchi words printed on them, rummage sale and creative homemade crafts for those early Christmas shop-pers. Many went home with fresh vegetables and plants. The Children’s Tent was popular with face-painting, crafts, Habu-hunt, fishing and basketball hoop games with prizes for everyone. The entertainment was very well received with the ever-popular Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko, karate with energetic precision by the Okinawa Shorin-ryu Ma-tsubayashi Karatedo Kobudo Association and “Andagi”, a talented group of young san-shin players announcing their Uta-Sanshin Circle meetings. The grand prize of the

raffle was a beautiful bonsai plant, skillfully designed by Gordon Tengan (a protégé of Frank Goya) and his friend, Hank Sugimoto. With lots of great raffle prizes generously donated by OAA members and friends, many lucky win-ners went home happy. Our annual Bazaar would not be possible without the

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dedicated volunteers of our members and friends who donated their time, talents and expenses. “Ippee Nifee Dee-biru” to all of you for your dedicated efforts! A special thanks to Masanobu Ajifu, chair of this year’s successful bazaar.

It will be a busy year for us so please join the Fujinbu during our

2009 membership drive to start in January. The dues are $5 per

Photos: Hardworking volunteers making it all a success!

Aiko Tome and the ladies with the beautiful irises they made.

Bowling Champions! By Sadao Tome

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OAA took part in the first homestay program organized by the Okinawa prefectural government (OPG) this past summer from July 23 – Au-gust 2, 2008. Six students and one chaperone visited us here in LA while three fami-lies and several OAA mem-bers really stepped up to make this a memorable and successful program.

Accompanied by chaper-one Satsuki Kinjo, the six students were Miki Kinjo (Uruma), Mizuki Kinjo (Nago), Atsuki Higa (Shuri), Hoshino Miyagi (Nago), Rie Sakumoto (Naha), and Ha-yato Takase (Zamami). First of all, OAA cannot thank enough the three host families: Richard and

Marilyn La Roche and grand-daughter Kimi; Dennis and Joan Oshiro; and Mrs. Tsuguyo Yasutomi and It-sumi Jacomo. Over 1000 miles were logged by the dedicated host families! Also contributing to the success was the turnout of our youth mem-bers who really

reached out and became in-volved. There are too many names to recount, but OAA was extremely proud and very appreciative for all the effort! Please be on the lookout for future host family and youth exchange opportunities!

Bowling Champs of the 2nd Annual Nanka Kenjinkai Kyogikai Bowling Tournament, November 2, 2008 at AMF Bowl, Torrance, CA. 80 participants competed with enthusiasm. Okinawa B Team, led by Zensho Kamiyama, won first place and re-ceived plaques and a first place trophy which will be on display in the OAA Center Yamauchi Bldg for one year. Congratulations! Second place went to the Okinawa C Team. Both teams consist of mostly South American Uchinanchu. From right: Miyuki Oyakawa, Zensho Kami-

yama, Hernan Yamakawa, Mario Toyama

Summer Homestay Program a Success! By Yuko Yamauchi

Clockwise from top: OAA greets students and

chaperone at the airport; at Dodger Stadium on

Japanese American Community Night; at Venice

Beach w/OAA youth.

Phone: (310) 532-1929 Fax: (310) 808-9280 E-mail: mensore@earthlink.net http//www.oaamensore.org

Okinawa Association of America, nc.

北米沖縄県人会 a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization

Editorial Division （会報部）： Chief Editor:

Helene Shimane

Writers:

Chogi Higa, Ken Kamiya,

Sadao Tome, Ethel

Asato, Helene Shimane,

Naomi Endow, Jane

Kuniyoshi, Shigeko

Yamauchi, Yuko

Yamauchi

Layout: Nancy Niijima,

Yuko Yamauchi

OAA Center

16500 S. Western Avenue #203

Gardena, CA 90247

Bittermelon “Goya” Jello Recipe by Nancy Niijima

Ingredients - 2 small Knox gelatin envelopes - 1 cup bittermelon (goya) juice (see last newsletter for juice recipe) - 2 cups water - ½ to ¾ cup sugar - ¼ cup fresh lemon juice Directions 1) Dissolve the gelatin in ½ cup water. Heat in the microwave oven for 1 minute. 2) Add sugar and stir until dissolved. 3) Add bittermelon and lemon juices. 4) Pour in the jello mixture in pudding cups. Chill in the refrigerator to set.

OAA NEWSLETTER #61 (DECEMBER 2008) 2009—OAA’s Centennial Celebration is coming!

This is the official newsletter

of the OAA, Inc. Contributions

are welcome. For newsletter

committee approval, email

your article to

mensore@earthlink.net no

later than February 20, 2009

for the next issue. 本誌は北米沖縄県人会の正式刊行物です。関係記事は理事会の承認を得た上で最終原稿をEメールでお送り下さい。次回の締め切りは2009年2月20日です。 OAA Newsletter circulation per quarter is about 800. 当会員のみならず、アメリカ国内外の各沖縄県人会及びその関係者、沖縄県庁等に本会報約800部を発送しています。

"UTA-SANSHIN CIRCLE HOLIDAY POTLUCK"

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2PM - 4PM RSVP REQUESTED!

Email: mensore@earthlink.net or call 310.532.1929