Na Leo O Na Koa. Aloha Chapter January Luncheon Meeting. Aloha Chapter, MOAA, 2013 Christmas Luncheon. (Voices of Warriors) 2007 Chapter Rating

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1 Na Leo O Na Koa (Voices of Warriors) 2007 Chapter Rating Newsletter of the Aloha Chapter, An Affiliate of the Military Officers Association of America Chartered January 27, 2000 Volume No. 15, Issue No. 1 Web Site: January 2014 Aloha Chapter, MOAA, 2013 Christmas Luncheon Our 2013 Christmas Luncheon was held on Wednesday, 11 December. The forty-six Chapter members, spouses and guests who made the trip up the hill on a sunny, breezy, late morning to Camp Smith and then to the Sunset Lanai were treated to spectacular views of Pearl Harbor/Hickam and the leeward coast of Oahu. Our Chapter ladies, specifically, Jane Kekoa, Marion Von, Helene Webster and Taffy Wells, did an outstanding job of decorating our tables and assisting at the registration desk. Special thanks go to Curt Lee and Helene who collected the majority of the goodies that overloaded the Door Prize table and graced each place setting. Following the Pledge of Allegiance led by Chapter President Curt Lee and the Invocation by Chapter Vice-President Vernon Von, bottles of sparkling cider were opened at each table and toasts were led by: John Ma, to the United States; Mark Webster, to our Armed Forces and Veterans; Curt Lee, to MOAA; and Vernon Von, to the Holiday See Christmas Luncheon Page 3 Inside January Issue Birthdays 9 Bridge Report 7 Calendar of Events 2 Chairman s Corner 2 Chapter Leaders 10 Golf Report 8 HVGD #6 6 Kudos 6 Membership Application 9 MOAA Christmas Party 4 Obituary 7 Reservation Form 9 VA ID Card Security 5 Aloha Chapter January Luncheon Meeting Our first meeting of the new year will be at Hale Ikena, Ft. Shafter, starting at 1100, Friday, 24 January. Following our buffet lunch, the meeting will start with the installation of our 2014 slate of officers and directors conducted by our officiating officer, MG Kelly Lau, USA, Ret. Our program will continue with a presentation by retired U. S. Army Command Sergeant Major Joseph Zettlemoyer, who is the USAA Military Affairs Representative for Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa. He is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with all branches of the American armed forces across all installations in his areas of responsibility. CSM Zettlemoyer will present an historical overview of USAA, discuss the benefits of the USAA/MOAA Affinity Program, and share with us the current status of USAA military affairs with emphasis on their expanded array of programs and services now offered to members and their families. See January Luncheon Page 5

2 Page 2 Nā Leo O Nā Koa No. 15, January 2014 Chairman s Corner By Mark Webster The year 2013 was an especially memorable one for our Aloha Chapter as we gathered every month in fellowship at interesting monthly programs arranged by Jack Bohman, our dedicated and exceptionally efficient Program Chairman. He was assisted by Ira Tagawa and Melvin Soong. The Merrie Ladies are commended for handling the registration for our functions and beautifully decorating our luncheon tables. A few of the more memorable events last year were a tour of Queen Emma Palace in April; a presentation in May on the previously highly classified Project Corona regarding the snagging of film capsules ejected from satellites; a luncheon in August to learn all about Tsunamis Waves of Destruction; a tour of the John A. Burns School of Medicine in September; a very informative audio-visual talk on Battlefield Oahu, 1941, by the National Park Service Historian; and, of course, our annual Christmas party, a luncheon this year at the Sunset Lanai, Camp H. M. Smith. Your 2013 Board of Directors has appointed BG John Ma, USA, Ret., to serve as our Chapter President for 2014, replacing COL Curtis Lee. BG Ma, in turn, has selected his executive committee: MG Stephen Tom, USA, Ret., to serve as his Vice President; COL Ira Tagawa, USA, Ret., to continue on as Secretary; and LTCOL John Kim, USAF, Ret., to serve as his Treasurer. All three officers have accepted their appointments for All committee chairs have agreed to remain in their respective positions except for Programs; LTC Jack Bohman, USA, Ret., has agreed to stay on for a few months as Program Chairman until a replacement can be transitioned into that position. Any volunteers? At our annual General Membership luncheon meeting on 21 November, MG Kelly Lau, USA, Ret., Chairman of our Nominating Committee, presented his nominees for the four openings on our Board of Directors and the four openings as new Scholarship Fund trustees. All eight nominees were unanimously approved by the membership. Accordingly, at our first meeting in 2014, at 1100 on Friday, 24 January, at Hale Ikena, Ft. Shafter, Kelly Lau will officiate at our annual Installation Ceremony of our chapter s new officers to our Board of Directors, namely, COL Wesley Fong, USA, Ret., COL Melvin Soong, USA, Ret., COL Ira Tagawa, USA, Ret., and LTC Harold Takenaka, USA, Ret. Afterwards, MG Lau will perform the installation of our new trustees for the Aloha Chapter Scholarship Fund. The following new trustees will serve for a term of three years and may be re-elected to two successive three-year terms of office: LTCOL John Kim, USAF, Ret., COL Curtis Lee, USA, Ret., BG John Ma, USA, Ret., and COL Harold Okita, USA, Ret. Following the installation ceremony, we will have a presentation of USAA benefits and services by the USAA Representative for Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa, Joe Zettlemoyer, Command Sgt Major, U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC), Retired. CALENDAR OF EVENTS 19 Jan , Bridge Party, Fahrni Realty Class- (Sunday) room, Aiea. Hosts: Dayle & Bobbi Carlson 24 Jan , Installation Luncheon, Hale Ikena. (Friday) Installation of 2014 Aloha Chapter Officers followed by USAA Presentation by USAA Rep. Joe Zettlemoyer, CSM, Retired 31 Jan , Golf Outing, Barbers Point Golf Course, (Friday) 2249 Essex Road, Kapolei, HI Feb , Luncheon Meeting, Hale Ikena (Thursday) Speaker: Judge Edward H. Kubo Topic: Wounded Warriors Family Court 27 April 14 Annual Chicken Sale Fundraiser and Volunteers (Sunday) Serving Lunch of Donated Chickens at IHS 11 Dec , Christmas Luncheon Party, Sunset (Thursday) Lanai, Camp H. M. Smith Notice This newsletter, my 97 th issue of Nā Leo O Nā Koa, is promulgated electronically monthly as an official publication of Aloha Chapter, Military Officers Association of America, P.O. Box , Honolulu, Hawaii, Views expressed herein are not necessarily chapter policy.

3 No 15, January 2014 Nā Leo O Nā Koa Page 3 Christmas Luncheon from Front Page Season. Curt also introduced Hawaii Chapter President, Mark Torreano, and Chairman of their Board, George Sullivan, and his wife, Roberta. Men, left to right, Eddie Lee, Melvin Soong, Norman Fujiwara and Larry Enomoto accompanying Rose Baysa, center, on her piano Our Christmas Carolers, Jack & Arlene Bohman and Vernon & Marion Von Our outgoing president, Curtis Lee, obviously enjoying one of his jokes Special recognition was also accorded to two of our Chapter December Birthday attendees, Tylene Dunbar and Stephen Tom, who share the same birth date of 27 December. We also gave a rousing Aloha to our faithful MOAA party attendees, Bob Frye, 95, and his wife, Louise, who make the trek every year all the way from Haleiwa. By the end of the party, the two large boxes for receiving the donations for the Toys for Tots Program, our charity for this year, were filled to overflowing. Following our luncheon, these gaily decorated boxes of toys were placed on display at the collection point in the foyer of the MARFORPAC Headquarters building. The suggestion that all attendees should arrive hungry proved to be good advice! The buffet was delicious and the No Shame policy for second trips through the line was observed by many of us. We enjoyed several rousing rounds of Christmas carols and Holiday songs accompanied by Rose Baysa at the keyboard, an ad hoc group of carolers, and our intrepid ukulele trio: Larry Enomoto, Norman Fujiwara and Mel Soong. Following the festivities, all assembled were asked if they had enjoyed the Luncheon format for our annual party. As a result of your unanimous approval, your Programs Committee has reserved the Sunset Lanai for next year's event; you may now mark those new calendars for our Thursday, 11 December 2014, Christmas Luncheon! Your Program Committee thanks you for your enthusiastic support of our meetings and activities throughout 2013; we wish you all a Very Happy New Year, and hope to see more of you participating in our events for 2014! Jack Welcome To Our New Members Jane Amaki, Auxiliary Paul R. Lister, MG, USAR, Retired Add these Websites to your Favorites

4 Page 4 Nā Leo O Nā Koa No. 15, January 2014 MOAA 2013 Christmas Party Seventy-five Aloha and Hawaii State Chapter members, spouses and guests gathered at the Hickam Officers Club, JBPHH, on Saturday evening, 14 December, for a delicious meal, fun and fellowship. After an hour of meeting and greeting our new and old friends, we assembled at ten candlelit tables, pledged Allegiance to the Flag, and then enjoyed a fabulous feast of filet mignon, vegetable medley and garlic mashed potatoes. Dessert was a decadent chocolate volcano cake. During our meal we were serenaded by the piano artistry of Rene Paulo. He is known as "Hawaii's Favorite and Most Famous Pianist" and has been invited repeatedly to perform in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. Paulo has played with famous artists like Alfred Apaka, Hilo Hattie and Don Ho. He mostly played classic Christmas melodies for our pleasant background music. After dinner Rene and his son and daughter led the group in a spirited Hawaiian version of 12 Days of Christmas. Jack Bohman portrayed the mynah bird in one papaya tree and Helene Webster was assigned the role of two coconuts; the diners at each of the ten tables hilariously acted out in sequence the remaining ten days of Christmas. Jack Bohman, right, doing his One Mynah Bird in a Papaya Tree thing while Helene Webster waits her turn to be Two Coconuts accompanied by the Paulo Trio. A table of Aloha Chapter members and guests Clockwise from left, Herbert Nakagawa, Jr.; Larry Enomoto; Sunny Young; Norma Young (empty chair MIA); Laverne Osora; Curtis Lee; Arlene Bohman and Jack Bohman Another table at the MOAA Christmas Party Left to right, George Montague, Santa (Robert Walden), Joan Kimura, Kay Kimura, Amy Kimura, Kevin Kimura, Helene Webster and Mark Webster Both Mark Torreano, President, Hawaii State Chapter, and Curtis Lee, President, Aloha Chapter, gave brief talks of the past year and what s ahead for 2014, concluding with best wishes to everyone for a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Curtis, of course, couldn t leave without sharing one of his well-told jokes that had everyone almost falling off their chairs in laughter.

5 No 15, January 2014 Nā Leo O Nā Koa Page 5 January Luncheon from Front Page In his last assignment, CSM Zettlemoyer served as the Command Sergeant Major for U. S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC), from 2006 to He retired from the Army in March, 2011, after 32 years of distinguished service. We will also be hosting a VIP guest at our meeting! Vice Admiral John Bird, USN, Ret., who became the Senior Vice President of Military Affairs for USAA in 2013, will be joining us. As a career submarine officer, Bird has served on both fast attack and ballistic missile submarines in both the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets. His assignments included, USS Seahorse (SSN 669), USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN 641), USS Sea Devil (SSN 664), USS Tunny (SSN 682), and USS Scranton (SSN 756) where he served as the commanding officer and was awarded the Naval Submarine League s Jack Darby Award for Inspirational Leadership and Excellence in Command, and earned the Submarine Squadron (CSS) 6 Battle Efficiency "E" for two consecutive years in 1994 and He commanded CSS-8 which included eight fast attack submarines in Norfolk, Va., from August 1999 to April Ashore, Bird served as special assistant (Legislative Affairs) to the chief of naval personnel; principal assistant in the Office of Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Undersea Warfare (Readiness and Tactics); division chief for Central, South and Southeast Asia (J5); the assistant deputy director for Political- Military Affairs Asia, J5, on the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the J3/J4 - director for Operations and Plans, Logistics and Engineering, United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), Norfolk, Va., Following a two-year assignment as the 39th commander of Submarine Group 7, commander, Task Force 74, and commander Task Force 54 in Yokosuka, Japan, Bird assumed duties as the deputy commander and chief of staff, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor. In July 2008, he became the 46th commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet. His long and very successful career culminated as a 3-star flag officer assigned as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, U. S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor. He retired from the Navy in Because of the broad appeal of this USAA presentation to all MOAA members and families, we have extended an invitation to all of the members of the Hawaii State Chapter, MOAA, to join us at this informative luncheon. This luncheon is being publicized in their January newsletter, Hui O Na Koa, too. Since your Aloha Chapter is hosting this event, please note that all responses to the Reservation Form on Page 9 of this newsletter and checks for $20 per person attending must be mailed to our Post Office Box Please mail your RSVP no later than 17 January. Let s start the New Year with a great turn-out for this timely and educational presentation. Is Your VA ID Card a Security Risk? If you have an older ID card issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs, your Social Security number could be at risk for theft. If your card is pre-2004, your date of birth and Social Security numbers are right on the See VA ID Card on Page 8

6 Page 6 Nā Leo O Nā Koa No. 15, January 2014 HAWAII VETERANS GOOD- WILL DELEGATION 6 On 22 November, the sixth Hawaii Veterans Goodwill Delegation left for China at the invitation of the China Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC) and in coordination with the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. The delegation was again led by COL Wesley Fong, U.S. Army, Retired, and included LTG Francis Wiercinski, U.S. Army, Ret., and delegation representative, RADM Jim McClelland, U.S. Coast Guard, Ret., and MG Stephen Tom, U.S. Army, Ret., and spouses. Besides much sightseeing, the delegates were able to meet and interact with prominent military and government officials, which helped foster personal friendships and mutual understanding. The delegation visited Beijing, Kunming and Shanghai. In Beijing, they climbed the Great Wall, and visited The Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Olympic Cube and Bird s Nest. They were hosted to dinner by the President of the CAIFC, Li Zhaoxing, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United Nations and the United States and the following evening by LTG Wu Changde of the People s Liberation Army at the Diao Yutai State Guesthouse. The Hawaii Veterans Goodwill Delegation 6 with LTG Wu Changde, PLA, center, in uniform, their host at a dinner at the Beijing State Guesthouse, Diao Yutai In Kunming, they visited the Yunnan Minority Ethnic Groups Park and were hosted to dinner by Dao Li Yin, Vice Chair of the Yunnan Province People s Congress. The next day they met the Director of the Kunming Museum, Tian Jian, and were personally guided through its impressive Flying Tiger exhibit. On the last day in Kunming they visited the famous Stone Forest and the Jiu Xiang landscape and karst limestone cave. A surprise highlight of their visit to Kunming was the presentation of a turkey at dinner on the American holiday of Thanksgiving (China does not have turkeys it was imported from the U.S.). Last stop was Shanghai and a visit to Urban Planning Center and the Pearl Tower. A special visit to Wuzhen, a water town outside of Shanghai brought them back to old China. The delegation was hosted at dinner by the President of the Shanghai Association for International Friendly Contact and former Vice Mayor of Shanghai, Ye Gong Qi, at the Hong Qiao State Guesthouse. Last stop was at the famous Yu Gardens and later that evening a stroll down the Bund to view the magnificent lights of Pundong across the Huangpu River ending a memorable visit to China. Note: All of the delegates are members of the Military Officers Association of America. Wes Kudos to Wes Our chapter congratulates Wesley Fong, who was recognized for his noteworthy achievements in the October issue of MOAA s Military Officer Magazine, which is herein excerpted: Col. Wesley Fong, USAR (Ret): A member of MOAA s Aloha (Hawaii) Chapter, Fong, a Vietnam veteran, has led the Hawaii Veterans Goodwill Delegation to China six times since Fong served as staff judge advocate, U. S. Army/Japan; deputy commander Pacific Army Liaison Command; and staff judge advocate, headquarters, IX Corps. He is the recipient of the national Jefferson Award for Public Service, the University of Hawaii Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Organization of Chinese Americans Community Service Award.

7 No 15, January 2014 Nā Leo O Nā Koa Page 7 Aloha Chapter Party Bridge Program Coordinator Shirley Ihara and husband Les, as always in the past, hosted the initial meeting of the chapter s 2014 Party Bridge sessions at their seasonally decorated residence in Kaneohe on Sunday, 15 December. Fourteen regular and two substitute players were first treated to refreshments and pupus and then to full lunch servings. Prior to play, a short meeting was held to discuss changes to Program Rules which govern play and outline player responsibilities. However, since the Rules require prior notice, action on changes proposed will be delayed till the January session. Copies of proposed changes will be distributed to all regular players sometime before the January session. In addition, the 2013 Aloha Chapter, MOAA Bridge Player of The Year Awardee was announced. The Trophy was passed on to the winner, Les Ihara, by last year s winner, Joan White Player of the Year Joan White passing on the Trophy to 2013 winner, Les Ihara. Play began around 1 pm and ended about 4 pm. After 5 rounds of play, it was Leney Vine who topped all players with 5,610 points. Others honored in descending order were: guest Hazel Theodore, Jean Wilkinson, Helen Fahrni, Dayle Carlson and Les Ihara. Also participating were: Jane Amaki, Bobbi Carlson, Bill and Trudi Ernst, Shirley Ihara, Dan Matthews, Joan White, Coralie Vellis, and guests Midge Brooks and Judy Lutsy. There were no slams bid and made. Seated, left to right: Jean Wilkinson, Helen Fahrni & Leney Vine Standing, left to right: Judy Lutsy, Les Ihara, Shirley Ihara, Dayle Carlson & Hazel Theodore The next bridge session will be hosted by Dayle & Bobbi Carlson and will be held at the Fahrni Realty Classroom on Sunday, 19 January. Those who haven t signed up yet but would like to play on that date are asked to contact the Carlsons via to carlsond001@hawaii.rr.com, or telephone at , not later than Wednesday, 15 January. Since there will be a meeting to act on proposed changes to program rules prior to play on 19 January, all regular players are asked to review those Rules so they can properly express their views, whether present at the session, or by prior , personal contacts or telephone calls to the Program Coordinator. Shirley In Memoriam Kenneth Tadashi Okazaki, 81, LTC, U.S. Army, Retired, of Kahala, a retired First Hawaiian trust officer, died at home on Saturday, 16 November He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Nora Y.; sons Joel R. and Jon M.; daughter Joanne S.O. Do; caregiver David Do; and three sisters and three grandchildren. Private services. Ken was a Life Member of Aloha Chapter, MOAA; his wife, Nora, is now a Life Auxiliary Member of Aloha Chapter.

8 Page 8 Nā Leo O Nā Koa No. 15, January 2014 December Golf Report I was pleasantly surprised to receive so many positive responses to my sign-up notice; I felt that with the holidays taking so much of our time, that the response to our last golf outing of 2013 on 27 December at the Navy/ Norm Fujiwara Marine Golf Course would be sparse. How wrong I was! Positive responses were coming in at about the ratio of 5 ayes for 1 nay, a golf coordinator's glorified moment. We did have some high-water marks among people signing up. First, some blue bloods from Washington joined us no, not the vacationing passenger of Air Force One who loves to golf in Hawaii but a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee Staff, Debra Wada, and her husband, Michael, and Clifton Ching, Director, Office of Naval Research, Pacific, who were the guests of member MG Bob Lee, USA, Ret. Also playing were two members of the Wounded Warriors of Kaneohe, Sgt Jeremiah Koel, and retired GySgt Patrick Tyrrell. We had a new record of guests playing, a total of 13 guest players. In the stars department we had 2 MGs and 2 BGs. Following our normal format, the first group teed off with Kelly Lau leading the pack with his fellow players Joel Maimon, and two of John Kim's guests, Dennis Blake and Ken Lacy; they were followed by Bob Lee, his son Bryan Lee, and guests Debra Wada and husband Michael and Clifton Ching; they were followed by Mert Agena, John Ma, Mel Soong and Ken Munechika; close behind in the fourth group were Leroy Perry, Gerald Bruce, and Sgt. Koel; leading the fifth group was Joe Kuroda with Ira Tagawa and GySgt Patrick Tyrell; they were followed by Ken Yamada, his guests Dennis Kawano, Norris and Evelyn Atsumi; next to the tail end were Myron Brumaghin and three of his guests; bringing up the rear were Curtis Lee, Norm Fujiwara with his gang of Nelson Fujiwara and Kerri Fujiwara. After tabulating all scores and the players drew their numbers to determine their "blind" partners for the mega jackpot, in third place John Ma and Myron Brumaghin; in second place ahead by 8 strokes were the partners of Gerald Bruce and Ken Munechika; and our grand champions and the winners of the mega jackpot were Curtis Lee and Bob Lee. Our congratulations to all the winners and to us non-winners, us diehard contributors, Mahalo. Now for our thought of the day, "The only thing wrong with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished." We will open our 2014 golf season on Friday, 31 January, at Barbers Point Golf Course. VA ID Card continued from Page 5 front of the card. Since 2011, the VA hasn t issued ID cards with those two numbers, but that hasn t made the information much safer. Here s why: The information on the barcode on your card can be read by apps easily available online. App stands for application, a mini-program that gets installed in a cell phone, like software in a computer. With a phone app scanner held near the card, the Social Security number will pop up. The VA has known about this since at least 2011, when it issued an online alert. (Were you notified of the risks of the card?) A message on the VA website says, Some bar code readers, including those available as applications on cell phones, can scan the bar code on the front of the card and reveal the veteran s Social Security number. New VA ID cards will be coming out in Call your local medical center and inquire about getting one of the new cards as soon as they come out. MOAA.org

9 No. 15, January 2014 Nā Leo O Nā Koa Page 9 Hau'oli lā l hānau! Partial List of January Babies Leslie Bise 1/01 Alfred Streck, Sr. 1/05 Richard Chanslor 1/08 Walter Ozawa 1/10 Hen Min Hiu 1/15 Mary Cho 1/17 Sam Heard 1/22 Albert Richards 1/25 John Peters 1/26 Richard Settsu 1/28 Leonard Katsarsky 1/29 Best Wishes for many, many more Birthdays!

10 Aloha Chapter Military Officers Association Of America P.O. Box Honolulu HI Aloha Chapter Awards * Star Chapter * Star Chapter * 2004 Winner Best Website * nd Runner-Up Electronic Newsletter * Star Chapter * 2005 Winner-Cat VII "Give Me 10" Recruitment Campaign * Star Chapter * Star Chapter * nd Runner-Up Print Newsletter * Star Chapter * nd Runner-Up Print Newsletter 2014 Aloha Chapter Leadership Directors Effective 1 January 2014 (Term in years indicated in parenthesis) (1) Mark Webster, USN Chairman markster96816@gmail.com (1) Lawrence Enomoto, USAF Parliamentarian lawrence.enomoto@gmail.com (2) Wesley Fong, USA wesleyf.fong@hawaiiantel.net (2) Mel Soong, USA soongm001@hawaii.rr.com (1) Robert Kozuki, USA kozukir@hawaii.rr.com (2) Ira Tagawa, USA itagawa@yahoo.com (2) Harold Takenaka, USA hetake@hawaii.rr.com Executive Committee & Committee Chairs President: John Ma, USA johnma08@yahoo.com Vice President: Stephen Tom, USA stephentom2000@aol.com Secretary: Ira Tagawa, USA itagawa@yahoo.com Treasurer: John Kim jssk3155@gmail.com Community Affairs: Wesley F. Fong, USA wesleyf.fong@hawaiiantel.net Membership: Lawrence Enomoto, USAF lawrence.enomoto@gmail.com Personal Affairs: Harold Okita (Windward), ; & John Jefferis (Leeward) Programs: Jack Bohman, Ira Tagawa, Melvin Soong & Helene Webster Publications/PR: Mark Webster, USN markster96816@gmail.com ROTC/Veteran Affairs: Harold Kuwahara, USA harold.kuwahara@gmail.com Bridge: Shirley Ihara lsi@hawaii.rr.com Fundraising: Herb Nakagawa, USAF shibikoherb@yahoo.com Golf: Norman Fujiwara, USA nfujiwara@hawaiiantel.net Scholarships: Allen Ono, USA onoa002@hawaii.rr.com