Poston III Reunion Events

Poston III Reunion
April 5,6,7, 2010
Golden Nugget-Las Vegas

Monday April 5, 2010
REGISTRATION starts at 3PM

Vendor: "Art by Chiz" Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz.(Poston I)
Artwork on Poston, book.
Visit her website:
http://www.artbychiz.com/campdays_index.html

Nonl-profit vendor: Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego
Items for sale: "Dear Miss Breed" autographed book, "Mohaveland" (Poston III YBA photo directory), Poston High School Newsletters, and more.

Non-profit vendor: Poston Restoration Project
Sign up for "On the Road Back to Poston"
(Educational day trip)
View documentary film, "Passing Poston"
Lunch on your own at Needles, CA
Parker, AZ railroad depot
Poston Memorial Monument
Poston Restoration Project site
Poston souvenirs/Tribal Museum
Back for the banquet & evening show!


April 5, 2010
MONDAY NIGHT
Mixer 6PM Golden Nugget

April 6, 2010
TUESDAY (All day)
"On the Road Back to Poston" (Educational day trip)
Leaves from the Golden Nugget
Contact: Dianne Kiyomoto
559.431.9728
email:diannerd79 at yahoo.com

TUESDAY
Block 317 Luncheon 11 AM
Garden Court Cafe-Mainstreet Casino
Contact: Molly Fujino Nakasaki 408.295.1591

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 4:00 PM
Christian Church at the Golden Nugget
with Reverends Paul Nagano & Carl Yoshimine

TUESDAY EVENING 6PM
BANQUET at the Golden Nugget
Informal group photos
Entertainment: Grateful Crane Ensemble
to see a video clip of their performance, visit: http://www.gratefulcrane.com/campdancephotos.htm

April 7, 2010
WEDNESDAY
Golden Nugget Breakfast buffet 8-10 AM.
Speaker (confirmed) 10-11 AM Kiyo Sato, camp II
Author of the award winning book, "Kiyo's Story"
Book for sale (tentative)
For more info about her book, visit:
http://www.sohopress.com/new-books/kiyos-story/

Central California Bus Transportation
$72/person
Bus stops: Fresno, Dinuba & Visalia.
Contact as soon as possible!
Rumiko Arakawa 559.259.3358
705 E. Magill
Fresno, CA 93710

Los Angeles Area Bus Transportation
Can be arranged it enough people sign up!
Contact as soon as possible,
Babe Karasawa 562.947.1146
email: rykarasawa at aol.com

Reunion questions?
Contact:
Sammy Nakagawa 559.638.9510
email: golfwithme at aol.com
OR
Franklin Abe 559.528.3030

For Poston III reunion registration, contact:
Ada Yamamoto
2210 Sophia Lane
Kingsburg, CA 93631
559.897.5318
email: ADAGKY at Yahoo.com

"Faces of America" Series

The Faces of America Series

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern time on PBS.

EPISODE NUMBER 1

"The Promise of America" (2/10/2010) - Explores the dynamic and shifting relationship America had with her new immigrants in the 20th century.

World war tore apart families and sundered the fabric of many lives, but America beckoned and millions came. America was an ambivalent host, however. At its best, it was a place of refuge and salvation, as it was for film director Mike Nichols whose entire family escaped Nazi Germany. At its worst, it was a country that would imprison two generations of Japanese Americans, including the forebears of Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. Some scenes were filmed at Poston with Kristi's parents.

Viewers will discover the buoyant American optimism that shaped chance -- as in a single encounter that changed cellist Yo-Yo Ma's life forever -- to pave the road to success.