Today, the last of September, I was interviewed over the phone by the Santa Maria Sun. The Sun and the Lompoc Record will be attending the pre-Launch Party Saturday afternoon.
Also, Marian Konishi, whom some of you knew as Hatsue Nishimura, e-mailed to say she is coming to Lompoc to the pre-Launch Party! Her father, George Nishimura, was a Hawaii native, and thus a U.S. citizen, who served as signatory for many of the Issei families in Lompoc when they sought to purchase land. He became one of the largest Lompoc farmers this side of Guadalupe Produce and was even invited to join the Lompoc Rotary Club. He was one of the founders of the Lompoc Vegetable Union and his black-and-white hunting dog, Grit, was pictured on the LVU vegetable crates. And Marian has a great memory!
She joins Kaoru Bill and Lucille Honda, Katie Inouye Kayser, Kuni Inouye Omura, Chiyo Iwamoto Kobayashi and her son James Kobayashi, Michi Hozaki Mori and her son Mike Mori, and Tets and Joan Furukawa, all of whom have memories of pre-1942 Lompoc.
If you are in Lompoc Saturday, come on by-- 3 p.m. at Valley of the Flowers United Church of Christ, 3346 Constellation Road in Vandenberg Village.
John
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