Volunteers gathered on the last Saturday of the year to get our Center ready for New Year’s. Our thanks to Club 100 and 442nd Veterans Club for helping to organize the event and provide the food.
The volunteers worked in the cool morning shade to polish the stainless steel handrails of the entry ramp into the adult day care building.
Michael, grandson of the late 522nd veteran Earl Tanaka, applies elbow grease on some stubborn spots.
Board member Roy Katsuda, and Andrew, grandson of a 442nd veteran, find a convenient lamp post seat as they tackle the nut grass that has grown lush with the winter rain!
Preschool teacher Leigh washes down the art patio behind the prschool.
Ted Kesaji weedwhacks the landscaping strips in the parking lot.
Gary Nakama and Stanley Izumigawa tackle the lush groundcover (and some very healthy weeds) on the hillside behind the Center.
Final job of the day was polishing the stainless steel gutters on the adult day care building.
The compound's three characters translate individually as
(1) big
(2) sweep
(3) clear away or dispose.
The compound is usually translated as "general house-cleaning" although, its sense is closer to "major cleanup".
The second character, meaning "sweep", is used in compounds related both to cleaning house and annihilating the enemy...similar to the English phrases "wiping them off the map" or "the men were mowed down by a sweep of gunfire".
In addition to the compound for "cleaning", the third character is used in compounds for "exclude", "expel", "reject", "ward off evil" and, to bring us full circle, "New Year's Eve" (joya).
Information courtesy of zanthan.com.
Copyright 2004-2008
Nisei Veterans
Memorial Center
LOCATION: We're located on the island of Maui on Kahului Beach Road just as it transitions between Kahului and Wailuku. MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 216, Kahului, HI 96733-6716. PHONE (808) 244.6862.
