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On April 11, 2008 OutreachWorker Young Baek wasawarded the Danny Keenan

Award from Center for AppliedLocal Research (CAL Research).Danny Keenan worked at a shel-ter for runaway youth in SanFrancisco during the late 1980’sand early 1990’s. He ran an HIVprevention and education pro-gram, for which CAL Researchserved as the evaluator. TomFoster, Founder and President ofCAL Research stated, “Danny wasvery charismatic and he touchedlots of kids’ lives at a time whenthey were most alone and mostvulnerable. Personally, I am con-vinced that there are lots ofyoung adults who are alive todaybecause Danny was there for

them at that time.” Danny died from complications

of AIDS in September of 1992. In1997, CAL Research established theDanny Keenan Award. Each year,the award is given to an individualwhose vision and commitmenthave benefited many lives, asDanny’s did. Since then, the DannyKeenan award has been given toexemplary people in the publichealth and social services field.

One familiar past recipient isKaren Bass, who at the time wasDirector of a community programin South Central Los Angeles andis now Speaker for the CaliforniaAssembly. Others have includedpeople working with developmen-tally disabled adults, fighting to

Honoring The Bayanihan Spirit;

A Tribute ToESTER SORIANO-HEWITTBy Rahimah Shah, Administrative Assistant

E ster Soriano-Hewitt was a tire-less, dedicated and well-respected community activist,

who was committed to social andpolitical causes. Not only was sheinvaluable to the diverse commu-nities that she served, but Esterwas also a selfless. Conveyed pre-cisely by Linda Nietes, owner ofthe Philippines ExpressionsBookshop, “Ester was an inspiringrole model and leader of thePilipino American community whobrought about progressive changesince the early 70’s.”

A first generation daughter ofPilipino migrant farm workers, shewas born on April 6, 1946 in SantaPaula, California. She attendedSanta Paula High School (class of’64) and matriculated ontoWhittier College graduating in1968 with a degree in PoliticalScience/Sociology and a minor inArt History.

Ester wore many different hatsand excelled at everything that shedid. She was a leader, communityactivist, mediator, dedicated moth-er and sister. Thirty-seven yearsago in 1971, she began her careerwith the County of Los Angeles,Department of Community andSenior Services. She was thefounder of the Los Angeles CountyDispute Resolution Program afterthe Los Angeles riots of 1992. Dueto her countless contributions to

the field, the State of California,City of Los Angeles, Los AngelesSuperior Court and many nationalalternative dispute resolutionorganizations, recognized Esternationally with a number of hon-ors. She co-founded the NationalCommittee for the Restoration ofCivil Liberties in the Philippines(NCRCLP) in San Francisco on theweekend that martial law wasdeclared by Ferdinand Marcos inthe Philippines in 1972. Shortlythereafter, she headed the NCR-CLP Chapter in Los Angeles thatlater become a leader of theAlliance for Philippine Concerns(APC). During this time, the anti-

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Left to right: Richard Ross, Long Beach Outreach Worker; Phoenix Jackson,Research Assistant for Cal Research; Douglas Shin, Outpatient Counselor; CarolColey, Research Assistant for Cal Research; Young Baek, Danny Keenan awardrecipient and Outpatient Outreach Worker; Bill Hackwell, Research & Director ofCal Research; Jung Ko, Outpatient Counselor; Glenn Andres, Outpatient Directorand Miya Sumii, former Outpatient Counseling Coordinator.

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Volume 33, Issue 3, June/July 2008Young Baek Receives Award………...........1Ester Soriano-Hewitt…………………......1API Policy Summit ’08………………..….2Carson City Resolution Passes…………...2AADAP Nominated for Asian Heritage Award.. 3Manzanar………………………………... 5Therapeutic Communinty at Manzanar.….. 6Great Ropes……………………………...6Staff Agency Day at Griffith Park………... .7Congratulations to Rashaan K.…………...7Donors………....................................8

On March 18, 2008, the City Council ofCarson, California, by a unanimous vote dur-ing its regular meeting, passed Resolution

No. 08-039 supporting the prevention of under-age drinking. Sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem, ElitoSantarina, the vote signified the support of theCity Council to overall efforts and, in particular,expressed its commitment to work with the

Asian American Drug Abuse Program (AADAP),Carson Student Movement, Filipino StudentForum and the California Coalition to specificallyprevent underage consumption of sugary, fruit-flavored alcoholic drinks called Alcopops. Suchsupport was laid down in the said resolution interms of endorsing the principles that limitingthe amount of alcohol can prevent youth access

to alcohol served during family gatherings/parties. Also through proper storage of alco-holic beverages at home; marketing, packag-ing and labeling these products, they can bestrictly regulated to minimize youth appeal;mixing energy drinks and alcoholic bever-ages should be discouraged because of thepublic health and safety risks they pose;alcopops should be reclassified as distilledspirits for purposes of taxation; and that newrevenues generated from proper taxationshould automatically fund state-wide preven-tion programs.

In passing the resolution, the CityCouncil, likewise, took cognizance ofresults of a youth survey in Carson City

conducted by ADAP. The survey showed that analarming 61% of youths surveyed between theages of 14 and18 years reported having usedalcohol, with 30% of them drinking occasional-ly. About 13% have experienced binge drinking.Another 24% have identified the alcohol brand

Annually, March and Aprilappear to be the months thatadvocates throughout the

State of California join forces tostomp the halls of Sacramento’sCapitol legislative offices to havetheir voices heard. This past yearwas no exception as API’s CAN, intheir third year of collaborationwith AACRE California APILegislative Caucus Institute andthe Commission on APIA Affairshosted the Asian and PacificIslander Policy Summit on April15th and 16th at the SacramentoConvention Center. API advocatesraised hard hitting issues thataddressed legislation and budgetcuts affecting the Asian and PacificIslander populations on languageaccess, civil rights, health andsocial services.

Over 200 advocates were strate-

gically placed together into smallgroups by either their working orhome districts and were effectivelyarmed with the knowledge neces-sary to talk about the Legislativeand Budget Agenda with confi-dence and answer questions thatcould arise. As a participant andone of many designated legislativeleaders, I was impressed with thethorough, albeit overwhelming,amount of information providedin an organized manner. The sum-mit planners did an excellent jobof preparing attendees about theimportant details of legislation andbudget items, including what thelegislation is proposing, howmuch it costs, who are its sup-porters, and how to respond towhat the opponents are saying onkey issues.

The key issues affecting

Language Access were AB 1930(Torrico) – Disaster Preparedness,SB 1523 (Kuehl) – Equal Accessto Justice System, AB 3050 (Jones)– Court Interpreters, and AB 2586(Torrico) – Renter foreclosurerights and State Personnel Board.All of these bills shared a commonthread of raising the focus andneeds of limited-English proficientindividuals affected by domestic

violence, emergency disasterresponse, civil representation andrenter’s rights.

The primary legislative bill onCivil Rights was AB 2762 (Eng) –Larry’s Law, which focused on theprevention of hate-based violencethrough school based reportingprotocol and the promotion ofinter-group relations. Within thistopic area, the California budget

Carson City Council PassedResolution on AlcopopsBy Carol Almeda, Community Organizer

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The Rice Paper is a bimonthly publication of theAsian American Drug Abuse Program, Inc.Karl K. Nobuyuki, ChairmanReverend Dr. Kenneth Uyeda Fong, Vice ChairmanKenneth Kasamatsu, TreasurerSue Oda Omori, SecretarySaundra Bryant, MemberJean Shigematsu, MemberDr. Thomas Yamamoto, MemberMike Watanabe, MSW, President & CEO

Management Team:Byron Shinyama, Olympic Academy DirectorDaisy Asis-Nakanishi, Employment Access DirectorDean Nakanishi, Administrative DirectorGlenn Andres, Outpatient DirectorJames Stinson, Therapeutic DirectorJose Esqueda, Youth and Family Program DirectorSusan Park, Prevention Director

Rahimah Shah, Editor-In-ChiefMike Nakayama, Graphic Designer

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Asian Pacific IslanderPolicy Summit 2008By Jeanne Shimatsu, Community Prevention Coordinator

Left to right: Tana Lepule, Union of Pan Asian Communities; Sefa Aina, Pomona College;Assemblymember Warren Furutani; Jay Aromin,of Guam Communications Network gath-er for a picture during the API Policy Summit.Photo Credit: Peter Vang

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proposed to cut funding thatwould affect California CivilLiberties Public EducationProgram and the Department ofFair Employment & Housing.

The bill most affecting Healthwas AB 158 (Ma) – Medi-CalBenefits for Individuals withChronic Hepatitis B. This billwould require the Department ofHealth Care Services (DHCS) toexpand eligibility for Medi-Calbenefits to individuals with chron-ic hepatitis B. In the API commu-nity, Chinese Americans have athree to four times higher risk forliver cancer caused by chronichepatitis B than CaucasianAmericans, and VietnameseAmericans have a seven to eighttimes higher risk for liver cancercaused by chronic hepatitis B.Chronic hepatitis B-related livercancer is the leading cause of can-cer death among API men living inCalifornia.

On the slate for budget elimina-tion is the Medi-Cal OptionalBenefit for Acupuncture, whichwould also include the loss ofFederal matching funds. Whilethe federal government considers

acupuncture an optional part ofthe Medi-Care system, in manyparts of the API communityacupuncture is a mainstay of med-ical care. Many members of ourcommunity turn to acupuncture astheir first line of medical treat-ment, eliminating this optionalbenefit would deprive them ofcare.

Social Services are slated to takea significant loss directly affectingCalifornia Food AssistanceProgram (CFAP) andNaturalization Services Program(NSP). CFAP provides foodcoupons to legal immigrants thatfail to qualify for federal FoodStamps solely because of their citi-zenship. The reduction affects23,400 people served by the pro-gram. NSP would feel a 10%reduction which affects services toassist legal permanent residentsobtain citizenship through a net-work of community non-profitsthroughout the state.

Legislative visits were produc-tive in garnering support from dis-trict representatives who are ourallies as well as those who were onthe fence on key issues. Teams,

such as the one I had the honor tolead, were comprised of serviceproviders, County staff and educa-tors. My team was tasked to meetwith aides from AssemblymanMerv Dymally and AssemblymanCurren Price. In our team plan-ning meeting, we reviewed theissues and identified bills that wethought would be most amenableto their voting history and thendeveloped an appropriate strategyfor each representative. We were inconsensus that it was equallyimportant to educate our represen-tatives on the Asian and PacificIslander constituents living in theirdistrict. Our visits with bothDyamally and Price’s aides werefruitful exchanges about theintegrity and support of selectbills. There was a genuine appreci-ation by the aides of our feedbackand insights on their API con-stituents.

The Summit provided an excel-lent opportunity to hear from andmeet with our API Assemblymembers Ted Lieu, AlanNakanishi, Fiona Ma, MaryHayashi, Mike Eng, our newestmember and friend Warren

Furutani, and California StateController John Chiang. TheCalifornia API Caucus Institutethrough the API Policy Summit’sdinner reception held a specialtribute to Congressman MikeHonda with a LifetimeAchievement Award for his yearsof distinguished service.

In the post summit follow up,hot issues such as renter foreclo-sure rights, medical benefits forChronic Hep B persons requireon-going advocacy efforts. As theState budget cuts loom with con-sequences that will be felt by near-ly all public sectors, it is criticalthat we continue to assess theimpact it will have on our popula-tions and take action now. Formore information on the issuesidentified above, contact the fol-lowing sites:

Asian Americans for Civil Rightsand Equality (AACRE) HYPER-LINK "http://www.aacre.org"www.aacre.org

Asian and Pacific IslandersCalifornia Action Network(APIsCAN) HYPERLINK"http://www.apiscan.org"www.apiscan.org

The 5th Annual Asian Heritage Awards pre-sented by Asia Media, Inc. on May 10, 2008honored the achievements of Asian

Americans. Awards were presented in twelve dif-ferent categories: Community Service; CulturalPreservation; Education; Technology & Research;Health & Medicine; Media; Legal & GovernmentAffairs; Performing Arts;Art/Philosophy/Literature; Entrepreneurship;Business Enterprise; and Humanitarian Outreach.

AADAP, Inc. was selected as one of the nomi-nees for this year’s Asian Heritage Awards in thecategory of Community Service. AADAP wouldlike to thank the community as a whole fortheir votes and also thank Len Navarro, Ms.Carmen and the Asia Media staff for all theamazing efforts to bring the API communityforth in such a positive light. AADAP is hum-bled by the nomination and thankful for therecognition. Our motto, "People Need People" iswhat we work to uphold. We will continue toprovide services for the betterment of individu-als to lead a drug-free lifestyle.

Both Founders of Asia Media, Len Navarro,editor and publisher, and Rosalynn Carmen, co-

publisher of ASIA Magazine received aProclamation presented by Ron Roberts, CountySupervisor of the 4th District and signed by all

five districts of San Diego. The Proclamationdeclared May 10 as the Official Asian HeritageAwards Day for San Diego.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, SenatorLeland Yee, Ph.D., Chair Judy Chu, Ph.D. andSan Diego County Supervisor Ron Robertswere the honored guests for the evening. Allof the honored guests and award recipientscommended and encouraged the agency rep-resentatives in attendance for their organiza-tions’ ongoing services and commitment tothe community.

AADAP Nominated For 5thAnnual Asian Heritage Award By Rahimah Shah, Administrative Assistant

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Marcos movement in the U.S.found inspiration from Soriano-Hewitt. Under her leadership,Pilipino activists held numerous

demonstrations and rallies in frontof the LA Philippine consulateagainst Marcos. Ester was a found-ing member of several service

groups, including the Search toInvolve Pilipino Americans (SIPA),the Asian American Drug AbuseProgram (AADAP), and the PacificAsian Consortium in Employment(PACE). Being a trained and impecca-ble mediator, Ester was the juryforeperson who helped mediate thedecision in the Rodney King civil trial.

Ester, being one of AADAP’sfounders, was more than impressivefor the time. She was a woman inthe 70’s who forged through manychallenges and more than managedto actively deal with very complicat-ed and difficult issues. In a conver-sation with Ron Wakabayashi, whois presently Regional Director, USDepartment of Justice – CommunityRelations Services, and who wasAADAP’s 1st Executive Director,spoke highly of Ester. “During thatperiod, she realized that there was aproblem with women who were alsosuffering from drug abuse. Thisresulted in the formation of a groupthat was called the “Asian Sisters.” Asa result, the “Asian Sisters” and ateam put together a grant for theNational Institute on Drug Abuse. TheAsian Sisters and another groupeventually became AADAP. The for-mation period when AADAP cameinto existence was monumental.

AADAP was the one of the first AsianAmerican agencies that formed dur-ing the early 70’s. What is eye rais-ing and significant is that of all theAPI groups that were trying tocome up, AADAP was one of thefew who survived and grew intowhat it has become today. Esterwas a key player in the formationand growth of AADAP.

Three days shy of her 62nd birth-day, Ester Soriano-Hewitt passedaway on April 3, 2008, at 5:40 a.m.in a Los Angeles hospital from com-plications after surgery for liver can-cer. She married Raymond 'Masai'Hewitt, a former member of theBlack Panthers, who died in 1988.She was survived by three sons,Robert, Eduardo and Eric Soriano-Hewitt, two siblings and extendedfamily. AADAP sends its deepestcondolences to her entire family. Weowe her a great deal of gratitude andwill miss her. May she rest in peaceas her name lives on forever.

Bayanihan: Pronounced “buy-uh-nee-hun,” is a Pilipino word derivedfrom the word bayan meaning town,nation, or community. “Bayanihan”literally means, “being a bayan,” andis thus used to refer to a spirit ofcommunal unity and cooperation.

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that they are using to be the fruit-flavored alco-holic drinks called Alcopops.

Alcopops are sweet, fruit-flavored, energizingalcoholic drinks. Examples of this type of drinkare Smirnoff Ice, Rockstar21 and Mike’s Hard

Lemonade, to name a few. They are sold in themarket as flavored malt beverages although theprocess of producing them actually involves dis-tilled spirits and thus, should be classified assuch rather than as beer.

During deliberations prior to the passage of theresolution, youths from the Carson StudentMovement (CSM) and the Filipino Student Forum(FSF) spoke before the City Council on the nega-tive impact of Alcopops consumption. These twoorganizations based in Carson High School bothchampioned substance abuse prevention.

“There are many reasons why teens begin todrink. For example, to have fun, to feel good and away to socialize with friends, and literally even tonumb the pain we accumulate within ourselvesfrom the hardships of life. People, includingmyself, like Alcopops because the sweet, fruitytaste makes people think that it is less dangerous;never knowing that just like any other alcoholicdrinks, it ruins our bodies, our minds and ourlives, “ according to one of the youths who spoke.

Richard Bis, AADAP Community Organizer fur-ther reinforced the youths’ statements by saying,“Let us remember that alcohol use among teensis a leading cause of death through automobileaccidents; let’s not forget that alcohol use con-tributes directly or indirectly to youth suicides,homicides, sexual assaults and date rape.”

The speeches actually drew spontaneous reac-tions from the audience, who were mainly Carsonresidents, so that some came up to speak in sup-port of the resolution.

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bring clean water to Los Angeles,and bringing youth programs toschools. Tom Foster explained,“What all of these, and several oth-ers who have received this award,have in common is that theytouched many lives and have had aprofound effect on the peoplewhom they have served. We arehonored to have the opportunity towork with people like this.”

AADAP is proud to have YoungBaek on the list of prestigious hon-orees. Young has been instrumentalin the success of Project FACT.Since starting with AADAP early in2006, she has been vigilant inbringing awareness to substanceabuse in the Korean community.Young has fully accessed the localKorean media and has been able toget radio and television interviews,

newspaper articles, and ongoingPublic Service Announcements fortelevision, Internet television andradio. Her voice and name arebecoming recognized in the com-munity and even spreading outsidethe Los Angeles area. Young alsoestablished our Family SupportGroup in 2006 and averages 10participants a week. In the FamilySupport Group, participants open-ly discuss and share personal andfamily struggles, which is typicallytaboo amongst Asians.

CAL Research has been workingas the evaluators for Project FACTsince the beginning. They havewatched the project blossom andflourish with the help of Young.This is why she was honored forher hard work and dedication to theKorean community and all persons.

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FAMILY MATTERS

On February 19, 1942, President FranklinD. Roosevelt signed an Executive Order9066 which gave way to the forced

removal of some 120,000 Japanese, two-thirdsof whom were born as Americans and impris-oned into 10 internment camps without a trialor due process of law.

As early as March 21, 1942, 10,000 of thesepeople were taken to Manzanar. Manzanar wasthe first of camps located in the remote desertarea of the Owens Valley just 220 miles northof Los Angeles. Some internees had as little asforty-eight hours to prepare for their evacuationto these camps, being able to bring only whatthey could carry. Many had tremendous lossessuch as their homes, businesses, cars and pets.

The weather at Manzanar was extreme fromtemperature readings of over 100 degrees dur-ing the late spring and summer to freezingcold temperatures in the winter. In many casesit was extremely hot, windy, dusty or cold,

making many days unbearable.The Manzanar National Historic Site,

the Manzanar Committee, as well as,the Manzanar Pilgrimage clearly are theidealism of Sue Kunitomi Embrey. As ayoung woman at the age of 19, Sueko(Sue) Kunitomi Embrey, her seven sib-lings and widowed mother were takento the Manzanar War Relocation Centerin Inyo County under authorization ofthe 1942 Presidential Executive Order9066. West coast Japanese andJapanese-Americans were internedshortly after Japan's attack on PearlHarbor on December 7, 1941.

Sue describes her first night in theOwens Valley. “We went through a largebuilding, registered, got a cursory med-ical examination, a tetanus shot, andwere sent out the door. We struggledthrough the dark and finally got to Block 20.When we walked in, it was a little room, 20x25feet, with canvas army cots and mattressesfilled with hay. My mother sat down on one ofthe cots and said, in Japanese, ‘Ma konnato koni?’ Loosely translated, ‘Mm, a place like this?’”

Embrey, while in camp, got a job weavingcamouflage nets for the U.S. Army. She laterwas a reporter and then editor of the campnewspaper, The Manzanar Free Press. She wasin Manzanar for 17 months and 27 days beforeleaving camp.

Without her as the catalyst, her committee,legal counsel and support of the community,this entire process of Manzanar becoming anational park, educational center and lead in allthe camps could never have come about.Several years passed where the idea was lookedat as being unpopular and eventually rejected.

Her son, Bruce Embrey, described his moth-er’s experience. "My mother worked tirelesslynot just to educate the community, but she didit in a way to bring together and to create anaccurate understanding of the period, thetremendous injustice, and racist persecution ofan entire community."

In 1992, Sue Embrey and her committeesuccessfully lobbied Congress to establish theManzanar National Historic Site. Before that,she and others worked to get the camp’s desig-nation as a State Historic Landmark in 1972and as a National Historic Landmark in 1985.

Alisa Lynch, National Park Service Chief ofInterpretation and Cultural ResourcesManagement, worked closely with Embrey tohelp create Manzanar into the site it is today.

“The Japanese-American community wasvery disturbed by the publicity,” Embrey notedabout coverage of an early Manzanar pilgrim-age. She added, “Several people came up to meand in no uncertain terms said, ‘Don’t bring upthe past and don’t talk about the camps.’”

As a Sansei (3rd generation born Japanese),I was never told about the “Internment” by myparents, who were incarcerated in two differentcamps. My mother was sent to Topaz, Utahand my father was sent to Minidoka, Idaho. Iwas 19 years old and in college when I firstlearned about internment. I was outraged bythis discovery.

My first visit to Manzanar was in 1972 witha group of students from the Asian AmericanStudent Alliance while attending Cal StateLong Beach. When I arrived there, it was hot,dry, windy, dusty and desolate. I immediatelybecame overwhelmed with mixed feelings ofsadness and anger. This experience shaped myfuture in becoming a filmmaker so I couldmake a statement to people that somethinglike this should never happen again. My seniorfilm project was about Manzanar, whichincluded Sue Kunitomi Embrey. Currently, Iam producing a documentary film of anuntold story about internees incarceratedbehind barbed wire, who took great risks tosneak out under the noses of armed militaryguards to go trout fishing in pursuit of briefmoments of freedom.

Today, I am the historian for the ManzanarCommittee and a docent at the ManzanarNational Historic Site and Interpretive Center. Igive lectures twice a year while assisting withthe previous and this year’s 39th AnnualManzanar Pilgrimage as a committee member.The AADAP staff and Therapeutic Communityresidents make a pilgrimage to Manzanar on anannual basis. Their journey to Manzanar holdsimmeasurable value and moves their Spiriteach time their feet stand on the Owens Valley.We cannot forget the stories that were told.

For further information, please visit mywebsite: HYPERLINK"http://www.fearnotrout.com"www.fearnotrout.com

ManzanarBy Cory Shiozaki, Historian &Manzanar Committee Docent ofManzanar National Historic Site &Interpretive Center

Standing in front of the Manzanar monument, AvivaWeiner, AADAP’s Art Counselor, holds thousands ofcranes made by Therapeutic Community residents. Thecranes symbolize their flight into freedom of livingdrug-free and also are an offering of peace after theatrocities of Manzanar.

Family Matters is an open forum for everyone to participate. Because AADAP is committed to the family concept, weinvite all of you to share your ideas and thoughts. You can write AADAP c/o of Rahimah Shah or call her at AADAP.

Manzanar guard tower at dusk. In the first 18 months of intern-ment, security was very high and employed armed military policeto stand from these 40 foot guard towers.

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Residents’ CornerThe resident's corner is a regular feature in the Rice Paper. It is written to give

the reader a bird's eye view of recovery and treatment in the T.C. and O.A.

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Therapeutic Community staff andresidents collect together at theManzanar Monument at the ceme-tery, which stands at the foot ofthe Sierra Nevada Mountains. Onthe return trip back to Los Angeles,the group stopped at the WhitneyPortal to enjoy the snow-cappedmountains.Whitney Portal is a10.7-mile trail that is most com-monly used to reach the 14,495-foot summit.

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April 18, 2008 was a day full of fun and sun for all AADAP staff at Griffith Park. Full of activities such as the Observatory, golf, horseback riding, tennis, volleyball, hiking and justrelaxing under the lush trees, staff spent quality time together outside of work. We would like to thank the Griffith Park staff for their hospitality and Team Play Events for thecatered afternoon lunch.

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Congratulations to Rashaan K., Olympic Academy graduate! He will attend Chaffey College come June of ’08 and is presentlyworking part-time. We are proud & wish you the very best as you begin your journey away from your 2nd home!

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