Therefore this year, Families in Transition will benefit from event. Year before Hurricane Katrina in 2005, she first volunteered with a prom dress giveaway in modern Orleans since renamed Pelicans. While others were elegant ball gowns in pink, about 15 racks were lined up throughout the gym filled with exclusive size dresses some had frills and tutus, violet, whitish and light green. West purchased dresses 700 and the remaining 300 were donated by mates, family and special clothing stores. She had few minutes to search for the perfect dress before her work shift started at a barbecue restaurant. However, dymond, a lofty school junior, scoured the racks. All her prom plans rested on dress she will wear. LA City Construction Forces workers saw cut and break up sidewalk part in preparation for excavation and pouring the concrete foundation for VJAMM.
Chain link fencing around plywood covered hole displays VJAMM Construction banner.
Nikki Gilbert and Phyllis Hayashibara.
Suzanne Thompson reports that Arts Activation Fund has granted Venice Arts Council $ 2996 dot 00 for designing costs and printing 1000 VJAMM copies Dedication Souvenir Program. Phyllis Hayashibara, Alice Stek, and Suzanne Thompson drive to Arvin for photo op and visit to Williams Monument Company. As well, david Williams of Williams Monument Company in Arvin, California, receives deposit check from VJAMM for obelisk to be fabricated in India and engraved in Arvin. Anyways, memorial Service for Fred Hoshiyama at Centenary Methodist Church in Little Tokyo. Fred passed away November 30, 2015 one week shy of his 101st birthday, December VJAMM Committee sent sympathy card to son Matthew Hoshiyama and daughter Bella. Phyllis gives Perka the bored murky blue rubbings holes at VJAMM bottom and David Williams’ contact numbers, emails the complete Soils report and Structural engineering report to Perka and Bylard. Oftentimes with LA City GSD Construction Forces Division David Perka and Thomas Bylard, Senior Field Deputy Len Nguyen of LA City Councilmember Mike Bonin’s 11th District office; and VJAMM Committee members Kay Brown. Arnold Maeda. Suzanne Thompson. Pre construction meeting needs place onsite at Venice northwest corner and Lincoln at ten am.
Thank you to good amount of Venice members Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Buddhist Women’s Association, Fujinkai, for assembling and distributing bento at Hama Sushi.
Joyce Enomoto, June Fujioka, Shinobu Koda, Aya Masada, Irene Matsumura, Judy Nawa, Alice Ogawa, Karen Tokubo, Cyndy Uehara, Lauren Wolpert, and Sharyn Yoshimi.
Hama Sushi could not have done it without their invaluable help. Jack Fujimoto invites Arnold Maeda to moderate and Phyllis Hayashibara to speak at Sawtelle Stories Forum 14, at modern Center for Psychoanalysis, 2014 Sawtelle Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA Phyllis narrates a Power Point presentation of slides detailing 16 year journey from the Venice concept Japanese American Memorial Monument through its dedication on April 27, 2017, focusing on initial gathering of community and government support, fundraising, engineering studies required, VJAMM evolution design, and the approvals and permit required by California State Department of Transportation, and by Los Angeles City Council, civilized Affairs Commission, Office of Community Beautification, and the Board of community Works.
Los Angeles City Council passes Item #65 on Consent Calendar, to transfer $ 47322 in key Department outsourcing Revenue Source No.
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No, Construction Salaries, $ 16887. TOTAL $ 47322, Construction Materials, Supplies outsourcing, $ 30435. With installation to be completed on or before March 31, venice Japanese American Memorial Monument, Account No. You should make this seriously. Key solutions Fund No. Jimmy Hara, and Dr. Thomas Yoshikawa precede keynote speaker Warren Furutani, community activist and Manzanar Pilgrimage pioneer. That’s interesting. Rigging bidding meeting onsite. Thomas Larsen, Project Manager, United Riggers and Erectors. On p of this, valley Boulevard, Walnut, CA 92789, Ruth Galanter, Joel Jacinto, Zev Yaroslavsky, Rachel Zaiden, Len Nguyen, Kevin McKeown, Jeff Burton. It is she will walk the 5 originals in to CalTrans #seven to secure the CalTrans Encroachment Permit, phyllis requested 5 return originals to her, that the City requires preparatory to releasing Permit A to VJAMM Committee.
With solid obelisk design, phyllis made fix copies C one Design Plan signed and stamped by Civil Engineer and the Structural Engineer, received by CalTrans on March 2, 2015 at Staples on civil.
Youssef Pishdadian of CalTrans #seven in Los Angeles reports that CalTrans in Sacramento shouldn’t accept Assistant signatures City Attorney and Assistant Director of Street outsourcing on the CalTrans Maintenance Agreement.
CalTrans Deputy Director’s signature to be final signature, One CalTrans signature always secured. Pishdadian has 3 newest originals that require Los signatures Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, Los Angeles Street maintenance Director Nasario Salcedo, and Los Angeles City Clerk Holly Wolcott. Len Nguyen picked up 4 originals with comfort C1″ Design Plan to secure 3 City signatures required. Anyhow, city of Los Angeles releases to VJAMM Committee Building Permit A, issued February 4, 2016 and extended to August 2, Permit R usually issued 2015 June Requests for extensions might be made in May 2016.
VJAMM Committee celebrates Arnold Maeda’s 90th birthday at Hama Sushi. Len Nguyen presents Arnold with a City of Los Angeles Certificate of Recognition signed by Councilmember Mike Bonin and Mayor Eric Garcetti. Ny of United Riggers and Erectors. David Williams of Williams Monument Company in Arvin receives final payment for VJAMM obelisk and contract addendum from Emily and VJAMM Phyllis Committee. At VJAMM Committee meeting, Nikki and Phyllis show the update to website, constructed with WordPress on GoDaddy website, with technical consultation donated by Ron Venice Gee Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. Modern email. It’s a well faster Signs completes all edits requested and sends lofty resolution VJAMM files in a link to a DropBox folder.
VJAMM front in pdf and word doc, back with map in pdf and word doc, quotes in pdf and word doc, acknowledgements in pdf and word doc.
Yosh Tomita contributes his quote for the VJAMM!
Consequently modifications to map to Manzanar, Final text, map, quotes, and acknowledgements, edit for Arnold’s quote, addition of Sheila Kuehl, 3rd District, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. VJAMM Fundraiser at Hama Sushi. While getting Esther’s tal donation to VJAMM since 2010 to $ 14536, hama Sushi proprietor Esther Chaing donates $ 3619 dot 60 to VJAMM Committee. Nevertheless, eTA in Bay Area port, first week of October.
David Williams of Williams Monument Company in Arvin emails to the VJAMM Committee VJAMM photos obelisk being shaped, polished, crated, and loaded into a shipping container in India.
VJAMM Committee work out VJAMM Dedication souvenir program cover design and page layout.
April 27 Dedication, 200 at April 27 Hama Sushi Bento fundraiser, 100 at April 27 Hama Sushi Dinner fundraiser, 100 at April 29 Manzanar Pilgrimage, 400 for funders, supporters, community centers, moral and cultured institutions. Designer Nikki Gilbert submits U Printing invoice of $ 3175 dot 77 for 1000 programs, full color, 36 pages and her own invoice for $ 800.Distribution of 1000 programs. Los Angeles City Board of social Works invites VJAMM Committee to their ten dot 00 am meeting to present Recognition Certificate signed by all 5 Commissioners.