Gushichan Son Jin Kai

Updated 7/4/2005

Annual Picnic

We are in our 4 th year of the rotation of families/phone trees planning the picnic and this year, the members headed by phone tree leaders Shigemi Nishihira (Tamaye Family) and Helen Oh (Miji Family) are planning a great event! There will be relay games a water balloon toss, tug of war, vegetable harvest, and lots of prizes.

During the picnic, we will be collecting dues and selling festival scrip. Don’t forget your checkbooks! We hope that the Festival T-shirts will be available at this time too.

Plan to be at this Annual event – you’re sure to have a memorable day, visiting with family and fellow club members. Families in charge next year: Tokuhama, Tamayei, and Jakahi.

 Introducing the Officers

On Saturday, February 26, 2005 , the Gushichan Son Jin Kai installed their new Executive Board. The following people will be members of the Executive Board:

•  Cheryl Tanaka, President

•  Shigemi Nishihira, Vice President

•  Joyce Brubaker, Vice President

•  Gwen Zakahi, Secretary

•  Lyn Uesato, Treasurer

•  Robert Jakahi, Advisor

•  Earlyn Koizumi, Advisor

•  Helen Oh, Advisor

•  Philip Uesato, Advisor

•  George Zakahi, Advisor

Other Announcements

Still available: Centennial booklets, published in 2000 to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Okinawan immigration to Hawaii . If you have relatives on the mainland, this would be a great gift.

Still need a Gushichan Club T-shirt? Sizes available: Youth S / M / L, Adult S / M / 2XL. ($7 each)

Okinawan Festival 2005

   This year’s festival will be held on Labor Day weekend, September 3 and 4, 2005 at Kapiolani Park . The Festival Committee has been working hard to plan this year’s festival. For more information on the Festival and all other HUOA events, visit www.huoa.org. The Festival grounds will be moved back to its ‘usual’ location near the Kapiolani Bandstand. This should provide a cooler spot for our Heiwa Dori tent.

  Volunteer sign up sheets for the Heiwa Dori booth will be available at the Picnic. Shift times for Sunday, September 4 are: 8:45am-12:00pm (shift 1), 11:45am-3:00pm (shift 2), 2:45pm – 6:00pm (shift 3). Please be report to the Heiwa Dori before your starting time so that the prior shift can be relieved and so that we are assured that we have enough volunteers. Shift 1: the Festival begins at 9:00am , so all workers must be in position before this time. Do not allow customers to enter the booth prior to 9:00am . All volunteers will be required to sign the Volunteer Waiver Form prior to working in the booth.

  Due to the 1:00pm UH-USC Football game on Saturday, we anticipate to be shorthanded on that day. If you are interested in helping during a Saturday shift, please contact Lyn Uesato (947-6117 x1302) as soon as possible.

  Help is also needed on Friday, September 2 to setup the Heiwa Dori booth. This is the day we unload all the products and put up the signs and prices. Shift begins at 8:30am and we typically finish around 2:00pm .

  For those of you who are able, the Festival construction crew also could use some help during the week, unloading equipment and materials to build the booths. Look out for the HUOA Newsletter for the detailed schedule.

Winter Craft Fair

Gushichan is one of 4 clubs in charge of planning the annual Winter Craft Fair on November 25-26 at the HOC. We will need everyone’s assistance to help make this a successful craft fair. Help will be needed in planning and also working during the Craft Fair. We will keep you posted as we get more information.

HOC Clean Up Cancelled

The HOC Clean Up Day scheduled for our club on Sunday, November 6 has been cancelled. Since there is an event at the HOC that day, we would have had to complete cleaning by 9am . Also, since we will be asking for your help during the Winter Craft Fair, the Gushichan Board decided that we forego the HOC Clean Up this year.

How to Contact Us

Call you phone tree leader, any of the officers or send us an e-mail at gushichanhawaii@yahoo.com.

Address updates: Please help us keep our club directory current. Notify your telephone tree contact, or officers for any address or phone number changes.

Do you have a favorite recipe or story that you’d like to share with other club members? Send us an e-mail and it will appear in an upcoming issue of our club newsletter, Gushichanchu, or right here on this webpage.

Keep an eye on this webpage for updated information and more photos from recent events!

The Fun Corner

Unscramble each of the clue words. Then take the letters that appear in the circles and unscramble them for the final answer.

Hint: Where can you find Konbu and Fu?