For the obituary of Ann Yasuhara, click here
(The publishing date of this post was changed to reflect the actual date of her death, June 11, 2014.)
Here is an obituary as published by Rutgers University and taken from Town Topics.
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Please join us on June 10 to market your business at this business showcase. Become a sponsor or reserve a table, and share this email with friends and business network groups.
With your support and a little help from my friends, this year’s event will be a truly memorable success. Thanks!
Regards,
Eileen N. Sinett
Chair, Plainsboro Business Partnership
CEO, Speaking that Connects
April 25: Stand Against Racism
Everyone is invited to the 7th annual Stand Against Racism on Friday, April 25, from 5:45 to 8 p.m. at the Hinds Plaza, outside Princeton Public Library. Participants will make a pledge and sign a banner.
There will be music and messages, followed by a discussion inside the community room at the library. This event has been arranged by the Princeton YWCA and the Princeton Human Services Commission and it is co-sponsored by Not in Our Town and its member congregations. So come on out to this inspiring community event!
Stress Shortens Life: Study of Black Children
Stress Shortens Life: Study of Black Children
Researchers at Princeton University proved what we already knew, but had not documented: stress shortens your life. They studied 9-year-old black boys in both disadvantaged and advantaged environments.
Caren Franzini on March 6 for the NJEDA
Caren Franzini Reappears in a role for the NJEDA
Caren Franzini, arguably one of the region’s most effective wooers-of-business-to-New Jersey, will make an appearance at a March 6 event cosponsored by the NJEDA. Franzini had been in charge of the NJEDA since 1994, through several different administrations. Somehow, for some not-well-explained reason, she left that job shortly after Governor Christie took office.
Two artists, two homes, two days — on Laurel Circle. It’s a Holiday Art Show=Party on Friday, December 6, and Saturday, December 7.
Rhinold Ponder (father of two of my favorite kids, Jamaica and William) is one of the artists, and other is his neighbor Kelly Burke.
Karen House with Alice Barshaw
Karen House (right), former publisher of the Wall Street Journal, with Alice Barshaw, on the staff of the Princeton Regional Chamber. Karen spoke at the chamber on June 6.
Hidden Talents: At Auction Tonight
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One of the joys of doing volunteer work is discovering the hidden talents of others. For instance, I didn’t know that Rhinold Ponder — who makes his living as an attorney — is an artist at heart, and a talented one. After majoring in commercial art in high school, he turned to a career in law, revisiting his childhood passion later. His signature work, Gotta Believe, reflects his philosophy “regarding the role of love, faith, and hope in our lives. I “discovered” Ponder’s paintings when he donated Perfect Harmony to tonight’s UFAR auction. Proceeds from its sale could save 350 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo from getting riverblindness — a disease that takes two lives, the affected adult and the child who leaves school to care for the adult. gaged my childhood passion as an adult, but it is most reflective of my life philosophy regarding the role of love, faith and hope in our lives
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PERFECT HARMONY, a framed 16” x 22” acrylic painting by Rhinold Lamar Ponder (www.ponderart.com). Rhinold is an artist – he majored in commercial art in high school — who happens to practice consumer and bankruptcy law. “In both pursuits, I am passionate about making the world a better place. The styles and techniques in my art vary, but I am best known for explosively colorful and energetic pieces that are designed to either beautify, uplift, or provoke critical thinking” he says. “Hopefully, Perfect Harmony is one of those that accomplishes all three missions.”
Market value: $500.
I did know that my friend Sally Ross was a quilter, but I didn’t realize what a talented fabric artist she was until I saw the wall hanging that will be auctioned tonight. (My snapshot doesn’t do it justice).
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IT TAKES A VILLAGE . . . TO ERADICATE RIVERBLINDNESS, quilted wall hanging by Sally Ross of Princeton United Methodist Church. Against the background of the dark night sky, gold stars twinkle over 24 huts of an African village. “The title refers to the ‘villages’ both in the DRC and around the globe working to eradicate this disease,” says Sally. Adapted from a pattern by Kitambaa Designs; some of the fabrics came from Africa, and all the materials are 100 percent cotton.
Market value: $250.
Two more discoveries — Aruna Arya’s Miss Simoni store and art photographer Jeffrey Yuan — are on tonight’s auction list, as below.
UNIQUE MISS SIMONI SCARF designed by Aruna Arya to compliment the FEBA Inc. dress. “The scarf is designed and constructed to be beautiful as you wear it and also keep you close to a cause,” says Aruna. Made of maroon silk fabric, combined with gold printed cotton and black cotton detailing, it is covered with embroidery and accented with beadwork. Aruna owns the fashion house, Miss Simoni, at 14 Nassau Street, Princeton. 609-252-0088. E-mail: hello@misssimoni.com. Market value: $200.
HENRY’S VIEW, a 16″ x 12″ pigmented ink image printed on 100% cotton rag archival paper matted in a 26″ x 22″ frame by Jeffrey Yuan (www.jeffreyyuan.com). This image is from his “Motion Blur” landscape series, where Jeff explores the idea of imposing movement to a landscape, thereby erasing the details of the land in attempt to define its “backbone.” Jeff uses photography as a medium to explore man’s relation to the world around him. As in his other landscape work, Henry’s View is a private secret world that he has invited the viewer to share. In this case, it is a world that would only exist as a flicker in the mind’s eye. Market value: $400.
The auction also includes the African Sunset quilt pictured here and an African-made dress. You may be able to get tickets to the evening (5:30 to 8) by emailing UFAR@princetonumc.org but — if not — (shh!) you could just show up at 7 p.m. to bid in the auction. It’s on the main floor of the Mackay Campus Center at the Princeton Theological Seminary. Use the parking lot across from Springdale Golf Club. See you there!
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Project Runway Fashionista POSTPONED to 3/12
Women at the Princeton Regional Chamber are looking forward to this luncheon. Why did it take so long, we wonder, for a fashion entrepreneur to get to the podium?
Gretchen Jones, Project Runway Season 8 Winner, was supposed to address the Princeton Regional Chamber on Thursday, March 7, at 11:30 a.m . at the Forrestal Marriott. DUE TO WEATHER IT IS POSTPONED TO TUESDAY, March 12, same time and place. Her topic: Building a Brand; How an untraditional path creates an award winning brand.
The Gretchen Jones collection of fashions and jewelry is sold in six U.S. stores plus one in Saudi Arabia, and online. It’s described as “sophisticated and modern women’s contemporary ready-to-wear” and
“an early folk reinterpretation of classic bohemian femininity.”
Bohemian feminity? That might have been me decades ago, but at my advanced age, I’ll leave those fashions to today’s 20-somethings and look forward to what she has to say.
Men — you are welcome to attend, but ‘this one’s for the girls.’
Tennis, Dolphins, and Kitchen Kits
Tennis, dolphins, and kitchen kits — they are all helping combat veterans make their way in civilian life. Matt McCarville put together a benefit for the Wounded Warrior Project at the Salt Creek Grill on Wednesday. The Wounded Warrior Project provides basic comfort items for wounded soldiers, stages adaptive sporting events and clinics to foster independence among those with severe injuries, transports soldiers and their families between homes and hospitals, and offers peer-mentoring programs.
Along with sumptuous food, and a silent auction replete with many treasures, guests learned about how recovering veterans get help from the United States Tennis Association and, locally, the National Junior Tennis and Learning of Trenton which introduces skills and love for tennis in both the vets and their families. Dolphins? the Florida-based Dolphin Research Center offers swimming with dolphins as a therapeutic pleasure.
One of the stars of the evening (other than the food!) was John Fernandez, a West Point graduate (U.S. Army First Lieutenant, retired) whose lost his feet in Iraq. He considers himself the lucky one, because those with him — his gunner, his driver, his first sergeant — lost their lives. In the photo at top, McCarville (far right) speaks with the three Wounded Warriors at the event. From left; U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal (Retired) Nancy Schiliro, Fernandez, and U.S. Army Staff Sergeant John Gierke.
Another star of the evening was Linda Munson of the Charles Evans Foundation (in the second photo with McCarville). The foundation helps fund the Wounded Warriors and also contributes to the soldiers’ rehabilitation through the tennis and dolphin charities. (Photos by Judith Arnold)
As for the kitchen kits, they are provided by Daniel Griffin, a Vietnam veteran, who told of Basecamp Westchester, which helps homeless veterans in Westchester County, New York. This subgroup of the Vietnam Veterans of America provides security deposits, computer training, and other services for previously homeless veterans. The kitchen kits? Plates, knives, forks, spoons — and a microwave — they recently helped a family of four that had been living in a car. All donations go directly to the cause. With the motto ‘never again will one generation abandon another,’ all the workers at Basecamp Westchester are volunteers.
Extra note: The third annual Patriot Salute raised $30,000, as announced by Matthew McCarville in the comment below. He also notes: A closing THANK YOU to U.S. Army Staff Sergeant John Gierke, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal (Retired) Nancy Schiliro, and U.S. Army First Lieutenant (Retired) John Fernandez, our three wounded veterans who attended the event last night. We are all grateful for your service, and hope to honor your sacrifice as we try to live each day to the fullest under the safety and freedom that you helped to provide us.
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