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From YouTube: CREST Awards 2003
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Coverage of the eleventh annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 16, 2003. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.
Award recipients include Fari Aberg, Chuck Corr, the Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation (CEEF), Fusako Hoyrup, Linda Rios, Joe Tembrock, the Toyokawa Sister City Committee, George Tyson, Victor Wong, and Ann Woo.
This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the City of Cupertino's digital video archive project.
A
My
name
is
Dave
Knapp
I
have
the
honor
of
being
the
city
manager
in
Cupertino
and
I.
Just
have
one
short
comment
really.
That
is
that
all
great
cities
have
two
things
in
common.
They
have
a
great
location
and
they
have
a
group
of
talented
citizens
who
are
dedicated
to
the
business
of
building
community
and
Cupertino
is
blessed
to
have
both
of
these.
And
therefore
this
is
a
great
city
and
I'd
like
to
without
further
ado,
introduce
the
mayor
of
this
great
city,
dr.
Michael,
Chang,.
B
Welcome
to
our
council
chambers,
how
do
you
like
the
decoration
tonight,
it's
pretty
good
I,
think
the
staff
has
really
gone
out
of
their
way
to
think
of
how
to
creatively
change
the
mood
in
here.
A
little
bit.
Usually
I,
don't
know
what
what
what
what
if
we
were
to
have
a
council
meeting?
We
have
this
kind
of
dramatic
lighting
that
site.
It
almost
looks
romantic
over
that
size
in
this
side.
Well,
it
looks
very
American,
but
this
is
an
event
that
all
our
council
members
really
enjoy
once
a
year.
B
We
recognize
people
in
our
community
that
have
taken
that
extra
step
for
our
community
and
it's
a
activity
that
we
enjoy
heartily
and
we
learn
about.
Some
of
these
folks
would
be
people
we
have
worked
with
over
the
years
and
others
have
been
just
doing
good
things
without
our
knowledge
about
so
it's
gonna
be
a
great
evening
of
recognition
and
great
evening
of
fellowship
and
just
celebration
here
tonight.
So
I
want
to
extend
our
hearty
welcome
to
everybody
here
tonight
and
to
mark
this
very
special
occasion
here
tonight.
B
C
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
christine
empress
and
it
is
my
honor
to
be
here
on
behalf
of
Congressman
Mike
Honda.
Unfortunately,
congressman
Honda
is
unable
to
join
us
this
evening,
he's
working
very
hard
in
Washington,
representing
the
residents
of
Cupertino
and
I'm
sure.
Most
of
you
know
that
Cupertino
became
a
part
of
the
15th
congressional
district
of
California.
C
It
looks
like
we
have
volunteers
from
all
different
fields
and
issues,
including
education,
Public,
Safety,
emergency
preparedness,
other
issues
such
as
cultural
awareness,
and
these
are
all
issues
that
might
cares
about
very
much,
and
so
we
invite
all
of
you
to
contact
our
office
if
there's
anything
that
we
can
do
and
again
congratulations
to
all
of
the
recipients
this
evening.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
special
message
so
on
with
our
program,
we're
here
to
honor
eight
individuals
and
organizations
this
year
and
I'm
gonna
start
off
with
the
first
two
and
then
when
I'm
gonna
pass
it
to
the
vice
mayor.
Sandy
James
and
she's
gonna
do
the
next
two
and
then
she'll
pass
on
to
our
other
council
members.
I
should
really
introduce
them.
Should
I
vice
mayor
sandy
James.
B
Councilmember
Richard
Lowenthal,
councilmembers,
Dahle,
Sandoval
and
so
we're
gonna
take
turns
to
present
you
with
your
awards
and
the
awards
is
gonna,
be
a
combination
of
a
nice
plaque
which
you
see
and
then
also
commendations
from
the
legislature
from
the
assembly,
as
well
as
from
the
different
government
units.
So
we
will
also
be
watching
a
video
of
each
of
the
recipients
to
so
that
we
will
know
some
of
the
fine
works
that
they
have
done
and
each
of
our
council
members
have
chance
to
say
some
nice
things
about
the
recipients.
B
D
Cupertino
educational
endowment
foundation,
better
known
as
Seif,
can
also
be
called
the
group
that
fills
the
gap.
The
gap
in
this
case
is
the
void
between
public
school
funding
and
those
extra
programs
that
lift
the
cupertino
Union
School
District
to
a
higher
level
of
educational
excellence.
Since
its
inception,
nearly
20
years
ago,
Seif
has
raised
more
than
7.2
million
dollars
for
local
school
programs,
such
as
art,
music,
computers
and
teacher
training.
Last
year
alone,
the
organization
donated
$650,000
to
district
schools.
How.
D
F
D
E
D
F
E
Of
our
volunteers
have
like
myself
had
the
children
educated
through
the
school
district,
and
actually
many
of
our
contributors
have
seen
what
the
school
district
offers
and
feel
compelled
to
continue.
This
high
standard
that
the
school
district
has
attained,
and
this
is
a
compelling
factor
in
helping
them,
feel
good
about
contributing
to
our
new
foundation.
B
I
just
want
to
say
some
nice
things
about
Seif
and
have
a
long
association
with
Steve
Seif
beginning
in
my
days
when
I
was
on
school
board.
This
was
back
in
1991,
so
I
know
firsthand
all
the
great
work
that
they
have
done
for
our
school
district
here
in
Cupertino
they
serve
I
have
some
numbers
here:
16,000
students
and
800
teachers,
and
as
mentioned
in
a
tape,
they
provide
a
lot
of
funding
to
fill
in
the
gaps
of
our
education.
Would
it
be
going
to
music
and
performance?
B
B
Amazingly,
they
have
raised
five
million
dollars
and
then
raising
another
million
dollars
from
the
community
right
now
and
I
had
the
honor
of
being
involved
as
their
emcee
in
their
community
a
showcase
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
over
at
Valco
and
many
of
us
when
we
were
there.
So
all
these
groups
are
performing
groups,
music
groups,
bands
choirs
from
our
different
schools,
all
performing
in
the
same
stage
that
Valco-
and
we
know
that
this
really
completes
their
education,
and
this
is
really
something
very
special
that
we
have
here
in
Cupertino.
B
E
He
really
walks
the
talk
in
valuing
education
in
this
community,
but
really
I
want
to
also
thank
our
vice
mayor
sandy,
who
is
actually
a
member
of
our
advisory
board
at
seif,
for
our
permanent
continuing
support
sandy
is
really
an
example
of
someone
who
makes
the
community
feel
good
about
supporting
things
like
our
foundation.
I
really
appreciate
that.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
very
much.
G
G
We
talk
about
diversity.
That
means
we
are
talking
about
different
people
from
different
ethnic
communities
with
the
different
backgrounds,
with
different
experiences
and
but
a
lot
of
times
through
the
Performing
Arts
I.
Think
from
the
past
expense
performing
out
all
the
easiest
means
to
to
come,
communicate
drawing.
D
On
her
engineering
business
backgrounds,
as
well
as
her
training
and
dance
and
has
used
her
talents
to
help
the
quota
Club,
the
Cupertino
since
shoes,
sister
city,
Association,
the
Lunar
New,
Year,
unity
parade
and
a
variety
of
other
worthy
causes.
She
works
tirelessly
coordinating
free
community
performances
and
cultural
workshops
for
students,
and
she
is
always
willing
to
organize
benefit.
Performances
for
victims
of
local
and
international
disasters.
I
think.
G
B
Love
to
coltan
volunteering
is
like
breathing
right,
it's
as
natural
as
breathing.
If
everybody
would
like
that,
that
would
be
great
I've
known
annual
for
many
many
years
now
and
she
has
become
a
not
only
a
longtime
resident
here
in
Cupertino,
but
she
has
been
supportive
of
so
many
of
our
activities
here
in
Cupertino,
whether
it
be
the
fourth
of
July
performances
that
she
had
done
for
us
for
many
years,
whether
it
be
the
more
recent
Lunar
New
Year
parade
performances
and
all
the
community
activities
that
she
has
done
here.
B
I
think
she
has
really
brought
world-class
performances
to
Cupertino
and
absolutely
an
enriched
our
cultural
life
here,
a
few
other
things
I
want
to
mention
about,
and
that
I
don't
know
if
it
was
mentioned
up
there,
but
being
a
chinese-american
woman.
I
particularly
want
to
mention
this
that
she
is
a
groundbreaker
in
so
many
ways
and
went
to
college
at
Berkeley
as
the
only
female
in
a
class
of
a
hundred
and
twenty
in
her
electrical
engineering
class
Wow.
B
So
she
is
a
great
role
model
for
our
young
woman
out
there
and
our
students.
She
worked
at
Fairchild
Semiconductor
as
a
design
engineer
and
was
the
first
woman
circuit
design
engineer
in
Silicon
Valley.
Now
that's
worth
an
award
right
in
itself,
while
at
Fairchild
she
earned
her
master's
in
electrical
engineering
in
San,
Jose
State
in
1991,
and
was
featured
in
an
article
and
San
Jose
Mercury
News
when
she
presented
her
first
CPA
a
performance
at
the
Flint
Center,
so
on
behalf
of
our
community.
B
G
G
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
thank
you
much
and
thank
Michael
for
all
these
kind
words.
I'm
really
overwhelmed
I'm,
really
under
here
and
but
actually
I
feel
that
there
are
a
lot
of
people
who
deserve
this
honor
mortem
I
I
do
I.
Can
you
know
I
mean
pick
at
least
he
loved
you?
There
can
really
deserve
this.
G
I
J
D
Should
know
he's
dedicated
thousands
of
hours
over
a
30-year
period
in
service
to
the
Cupertino
community,
a
current
city
planning
Commissioner.
He
has
also
been
on
a
park
design
committee,
the
new
library
steering
committee
and
the
public
safety
Commission's.
All
this
while
occupy
with
a
35
year
career
in
the
Cupertino
Union
School
District,
but
Chuck
has
always
found
time
for
Cupertino
community
services.
Where
he's
been
a
board
member
for
six
years,
every.
J
Year
we
have
a
fundraising
barbecue
in
September
over
blackberry
farm
and
I
was
asked
to
be
on
that
committee
and
help
out
the
independent.
That
sounds
like
a
grand
thing
to
me.
So
I
did
that
and
then
the
next
thing
it
was
well.
Maybe
would
you
like
to
be
on
our
board
and
then
how
about
being
an
officer,
and
just
over
the
years
that's
grown
until
I
went
through
the
chairs
of
the
officers
and
became
president
of
the
organization
CCS.
D
Staff
site
Chuck's,
determined
leadership
and
skilled
management
in
helping
the
agency
weather
and
internal
transition
and
get
a
7.2
million
dollar
building
project
off
the
ground,
both
at
the
same
time.
The
result
they
say
is
an
organization
that
is
stronger
and
more
effective
than
ever
before.
How
does
he
do
it
all
if.
J
I
And
then
we
gave
the
director
of
facilities
the
job
of
renovating
all
those
schools,
and
that
was
an
incredible
challenge
which
which
Chuck
handled
very
well,
because
he
not
only
understood
building
and
land
development,
but
he
had
been
a
teacher
and
a
principal,
and
so
he
really
understood
the
hearts
and
minds
of
the
teaching
staff,
the
parents
and
the
students,
and
that
was
incredible
bonus
for
those
of
us
who
were
asking
you
a
very
difficult
job.
As
far
as
the
city
is
concerned,
Chuck
has
been
our
Parks
and
Rec
Commission
and
brought
to
that
Commission.
I
The
knowledge
of
the
partnership
that
the
city
of
Cupertino
has
with
the
Cupertino
school
district,
and
we
worked
on
that
together
too
for
many
years.
That
was
a
partnership
where
the
the
schools
allowed
the
city
to
develop
the
playground
and
the
sports
facilities
in
return
for
us
being
able
to
use
them
for
Parks
and
Rec
was
a
great,
a
great
program
where
mutual
public
need
was
met
with
public
dollars
with
two
agencies
that
didn't
have
enough
to
do
it
on
their
own.
It's
a
great
planning,
Commissioner
and
his
work
on
CCS
has
just
been
inspirational.
I
If
you
haven't
been
over
to
the
new
CCS
office
and
the
the
affordable
housing
project
with
24
homes,
for
four
people
that
couldn't
have
afforded
them,
otherwise,
Chuck
core
is
on
the
board.
He
was
on
that
committee
and
he's
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
were
able
to
put
that
project
together
for
this
community.
He
is
a
wonderful
example
of
putting
your
energy
and
your
time
your
mind
in
your
heart
to
work
to
help
other
people.
Congratulations,
Chuck,.
J
Thank
You,
sandy
and
and
I
guess:
I
really
want
to
thank
the
city
for
giving
me
all
the
opportunities
they
have
to
to
volunteer
and
to
be
involved,
but
you
can't
do
it
without
support
from
your
friends
and
from
your
family.
So
I
really
want
to
thank
my
family
for
giving
up
all
the
time
that
I
otherwise
would
have
spent
with
them.
So
thank
you,
family
and
thank
you.
City
thanks,
Andy
I.
I
Forgot
to
say
that
Chuck's,
a
graduate
of
San,
Jose,
State
and
I
say
that
because
so
am
I,
and
so
is
our
next
recipient.
So
there
are
a
few
of
us
around
here
tonight,
I
think
again:
I
am
wonderfully
honored
to
present
an
award
to
someone.
I've
had
the
privilege
of
working
with
for
many
years
and
getting
to
know
on
many
different
levels:
Linda
Reyes!
Why
don't
we
listen.
K
D
Rios
is
in
a
position
to
impact
many
young
lives
as
deputy
probation
officer
with
the
Santa
Clara
County
Probation
Department.
She
works
extensively
with
the
youth
in
our
community
and
much
of
her
involvement
comes
after
her
normal
work.
Hours.
Linda
is
committed
to
making
a
difference.
She's
the
youth
probation
officer
for
the
Cupertino
Union
School,
District
and
coordinator
of
several
programs
designed
to
steer
kids
away
from
the
juvenile
justice
system.
Whenever
there
is
a
need
there
is
Linda.
I
was.
D
K
D
K
I
Certainly
public
safety
law
enforcement
but,
most
importantly,
I,
think
and
I
think
Linda
agrees
with
this.
She
she
has
the
respect
of
the
youth
in
this
community
and
she
loves
them
and
respects
them
dearly.
It's
something
that
we
share
between
us
and
have
worked
very
hard
in
many
different
areas.
Linda
is
one
of
the
people,
along
with
Janet
Shannon
kind
of
her
partner,
who
I
always
can
go
to
whenever
I
have
an
idea,
and
the
skate
park
committee
is
a
perfect
example
of
it.
Also
every
15
minutes,
which
is
they
don't
lead?
I
Actually,
it's
helping
youth
lead
a
drug-free
life
with
kind
of
an
emphasis
on
don't
drink
and
drive
and
operation
outreach.
The
same
kind
of
program
Linda
was
right
there
all
along
when
we
wanted
to
start
a
cop's
and
teens
sit
down
and
get
to
know
each
other
Linda
was
one
of
the
resources
that
that
I
was
able
to
draw
upon
and
that
helped
to
pull
that
program
together.
Her
youth
court
program
is
outstanding.
I
Others
that
haven't
tried
that
route
as
to
reasons
why
they
shouldn't
what
I
respect
most
about
Linda
Rios
is
that
she
really
intensely
cares
about
the
people
she
touches
and
she
doesn't
just
touch
the
youth
of
our
community
while
they
are
critically
important,
but
she
touches
the
parents
and
the
teachers
and
the
elected
officials
and
those
of
us
that
ever
meet
her
or
ever
have
the
opportunity
and
the
privilege
to
spend
time
with
her.
Congratulations.
I
am
delighted
to
give
you
this
award
tonight.
K
K
I
believe
it's
so
important
to
find
your
passion
in
life
that
has
always
been
my
passion
and
I
am
so
thrilled
to
be
able
to
service
a
community
that
values,
youth
and
so
thrilled
and
honored
to
have
the
opportunity
to
serve
a
community
that
puts
forth
the
needs
of
youth
in
proactive
and
intervention
type
programs
and
I'm
very
humbled
by
this,
because
this
is
what
I
love
to
do
and
to
get
an
award
for
it
is
is
above
and
beyond.
So
thank
you
very
much.
L
Well,
it's
my
honor
to
be
here
tonight
and
I
am
so
lucky
to
have
my
my
two
honorees,
because
they're,
both
good
friends
of
mine
and
I've,
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
them
on
some
of
their
projects.
Well,
it's
hard
not
to
because
these
these
people
are
everywhere
in
the
city,
so
I'd
like
to
first,
you
know
we'll
be
talking
about
George,
Tyson
and
George
and
I
are
good
friends.
I
sponsored
him
into
the
Rotary
Club
and
he's
made
me
proud
and
we'll
talk
about
that
in
a
minute.
D
H
D
Is
right
about
getting
involved
a
list
of
groups
that
benefit
from
his
volunteerism
is
a
long
one
Cupertino
Union
School
District,
Cupertino,
rotary,
the
Boy,
Scouts
American
youth
soccer
organization,
the
Cupertino
coin,
Club
to
name
a
few
as
a
parent
of
three
children.
He
is
especially
gratified
by
his
work
for
the
youth
of
the
community.
He
referees
soccer
games,
chaperone
Scout
camps
and
serves
as
PTA
president
at
Kennedy
School
last
year.
He
sat
on
district
budget
and
bond
advisory
committees,
so.
H
D
L
So
George
is
being
honored
tonight
for
his
volunteer
work.
It
isn't
enough
that
he
works.
He
worked
full
time
in
the
pharmaceutical
business.
It
isn't
enough
that
he's
raising
three
fine
kids,
one
of
whom
I've
had
the
the
real
pleasure
of
coaching
in
soccer,
and
they
are
wonderful,
kids
and
they're
doing
great
in
school
and
all
that
and
he's
being
a
great
daddy.
But
he's
he's
going
way
beyond
that.
As
being
us,
just
a
stellar
volunteer,
he
is
the
volunteer
in
Cupertino
and
his
passion
for
for
kids
comes
through
everywhere.
L
L
You
know
when
you
sponsor
somebody
into
rotary,
as
I
did
George,
inter
in
the
local
Rotary
Club
yeah,
you
never
know
some
people
come
in
and
they
and
they
they're
happy
to
be
in
the
club
and
there's
other
people
that
are
anxious
to
work
and
George
has
been
anxious
to
work.
He's
he's
contributed
mightily
to
the
club.
He
he
took
on
a
real,
tough
duty,
which
was
to
run
the
speech
contest,
but
it
draws
back
to
his
love
of
kids.
So
maybe
it's
easy
for
him,
but
it
sure
made
a
difference
to
me.
L
Well,
we've
refereed
AYSO
games
together.
We
learned
how
to
do
that
together.
He
went
to
the
finest
university
on
the
planet.
Uc,
Berkeley
and
I
know
because
go
bears
were
both
from
the,
although
he
did
get
an
MBA
from
San
Jose
State,
so
tie
that
back
I'm,
proud
to
know
Jorge
and
proud
to
work
alongside
you
in
these
volunteer
activities
and
so
happy
that
you
got
this
award.
It's
really
well
deserved.
Jorge
thanks
very
much.
H
You
very
much
Richard
for
those
kind
words
I
feel
very
humbled
up
here,
because
I
really
do
see
better
volunteers
than
I
am
everywhere.
I
go,
but
one
thing
that
I
can't
forget
is
that
I
rely
so
much
on
the
the
support
of
my
wonderful
family
because
I'm
often
heading
out
to
a
PTA
meeting,
or
maybe
refereeing
some
other
kids,
a
game
and
so
they're
not
seeing
me
then
so
really
I
feel
like
this.
This
award
is
as
much
for
them
as
it
is
for
me.
Thank
you.
M
D
Tim
Brock
began
volunteering
at
an
early
age
and
50
years
later,
he's
still
at
it.
After
moving
here
in
1967,
he
wasted
no
time
becoming
involved
in
st.
Joseph
of
Cupertino
Church,
where
he
helped
start
an
outreach
program
for
low-income
residents.
Joe's
work
with
the
church
led
him
to
a
board
position
with
Sacred
Heart
Community
Services,
and
then
he
eventually
became
one
of
the
founding
members
of
Cupertino
community
services,
an
agency
that
continues
to
benefit
from
his
volunteer
efforts.
D
M
Other
part
of
it
is
I,
absolutely
love
volunteering.
It's
never
never
obtain
that
trying
to
make
the
time
to
volunteer,
and
you
never
know
a
case
is
what's
going
to
happen.
I
would
say
one
thing
over
time:
someone
that
first
serve
ears.
I,
don't
lightly
give
up
on
an
idea
or
on
a
mission
or
a
goal.
Ccs.
D
Administrators
credit,
Joe's
determination
and
expertise
in
helping
the
agency
evolve
from
a
one
office
operation
to
a
multi
service
agency,
helping
thousands
of
people
each
year
and
through
it
all
the
board
meetings.
The
special
events,
the
long
hours
and
the
dedicated
effort.
Joe
never
loses
his
sense
of
humor
you've.
M
Got
to
have
people
out
our
team
that
work
together
that
and
ideally
that
have
fun.
That's
one
of
the
things
that,
when
I'm
involved
in
organizations
and
people
are
saying,
oh,
this
is
so
hard,
and
this
is
not
enough
and
we
got
to
have
fun.
But
if
people
don't
have
fun,
if
they
quit,
it's
not
worth
it.
It's
all
hassle.
L
Congratulations:
Joe,
Joe
and
I
go
back.
The
first
place
that
I
met
Joe
was
because
he
raises
good
kids.
I
saw
some
similarity
with
with
George
but
Joe's.
Just
spectacular,
daughter,
Amy
used
to
babysit
my
my
older
one
when
she
was
a
toddler.
So
that's
that's.
How
I
first
knew
that
Tim
rocks
Joe
has.
L
L
L
Think
probably
the
culmination
of
his
help
at
CCS
was
building
this
affordable
housing
project
in
the
new
offices
for
CCS
and
what
really
made
the
difference
in
having
Joe.
There
was
not
just
another
pair
of
hands
and
eyes,
but
we
looked
at
Joe
for
leadership
and
we
look
for
Joe
for
his
technical
skills.
When
he
comes
in,
he
adds
more
than
just
another
voice.
He
adds
intelligence,
caring
and
the
passion
to
get
things
done
right
and
that's
what?
What?
What
his
committee
and
he's
led
CCS
to
do.
L
Joe
was
also
involved
in
a
YSL
girls
soccer,
it
seems
to
be,
there
seems
to
be
a
thread
there.
You
know
he's
always
involved
in
the
church
at
st.
Joseph's
he's
been
a
great
friend
to
me
and
he's
also
frequently
mentioned
as
the
the
guy
that
rides
the
bike.
Now
you've
heard
other
people
of
that
that
ride
their
bike
as
an
alternative
to
cars.
L
Joe
does
it
because
he
cares
about
the
environment,
he
doesn't
need
to
drive
a
car
and,
if
you
ever
saw
his
car
you'd
actually
understand
the
real
reason
he
has
the
ugliest
old
brown
station
wagon.
Barely
brown
and
I
wouldn't
be
seen
in
it
either.
So
that's
the
real
reason
that
Jo
rides
a
bike
but
great
sense
of
humor,
great,
a
great
member
of
our
community.
You
know
they
Joe
and
Judy.
Recently
moved
out
of
the
area
to
Santa
Rosa
I
think
is
it.
He
still
serves
on
the
board.
L
Still
comes
down
to
the
board
of
the
CCS
meetings
is
probably
one
of
the
the
few
people
that
are
on
time,
even
though
driving
down
from
Santa
Rosa,
which
must
be
about
two
hour,
drive
four
hours
round
trip
he
hates
being
in
that
car.
You
have
to
remember,
but
he'll,
do
it
for
CCS
and
he'll.
Do
it
for
Cupertino.
So
thanks
Joe,
very
much.
M
Well,
thank
you
very
much
for
this
award.
Cupertino
is
really
a
special
place
and
I'd
also
like
to
recognize
Cupertino
Community
Services,
it's
just
a
beautiful
organization,
wonderful
place
to
volunteer
lots
of
lots
of
exciting
opportunities.
I
want
to
mention.
I
want
to
thank
my
wife
Judy
for
all
the
support
that
she's
given
volunteering
these
these
many
years.
I
want
to
mention
something
that
maybe
most
of
you
don't
realize
about
Judy.
We
had
four
young
kids
many
years
ago
and
there
was
an
opportunity
to
make
a
real
difference
in
the
city
of
Cupertino.
L
N
D
Sorry,
a
Berg,
a
Cupertino
resident
for
20
years,
believes
a
neighborhood
can
spring
up
anywhere
in
the
city,
even
on
a
main
thoroughfare,
and
she
can
prove
it.
Fari
spent
four
years
knocking
on
the
doors
of
her
Blaney
Avenue
neighbors,
drumming
up
interest
in
the
city's
emergency
response
program.
Today,
60
residences,
on
that
long
busy
street
are
active
in
emergency
preparation
activities.
Thanks
to
her
efforts,
they
call
their
group
Britt
Blaney
rides
it
together.
I.
O
D
Far
E's
mission
to
connect,
neighbors
and
other
community
groups
extends
beyond
Blaney
Avenue,
a
founding
member
of
the
five
Cs
Cultural
Organization.
Her
hard
work
helped
get
the
city's
first
International
Film
Festival
off
the
ground
and
she's
an
enthusiastic
participant
in
cupertino
s,
new
block
leader
program.
In
fact,
whenever
a
volunteer
opportunity
arises,
fari
is
usually
the
first
in
line
I
just.
O
N
Farah
not
only
organized
her
block,
a
very
long
block,
mind
you
that
many
of
us
travel
up
and
down
Blainey
Road,
but
she
also
trained
under
the
cert
guidelines
and
so
actually
is
able
to
educate
other
neighbors
and
other
community
members
in
emergency
preparedness
in
making
sure
that
the
community
is
well
taken
care
of
at
all
times.
The
cinemates
end
down
in
the
five
C's
organization
really
brings
a
lot
of
community
members
together.
We
educate
ourselves
on
our
differences
and
our
similarities
for
a
I'm,
so
glad
you
didn't
leave
after
that.
N
O
N
D
P
To
create
a
cabana
art
in
the
small
scale
is
like
a
you're
bringing
nature
into
your
home
and
when
you
are
in
nature,
in
the
nature,
in
the
wood,
by
the
water
or
by
the
flowers
trees,
you
yourself,
you
come
and
so
Susie,
and
this
is
sing
set
up
in
such
a
uncertain
and
volatile
times.
We
need
that
kind
of
calm
and
feeling
from
nature
for.
D
More
than
30
years
Fusako
has
passed
along
her
passion
for
nature
to
hundreds
of
local
eco
bono
students.
She
teaches
seven
classes
a
week,
conducts
countless
demonstrations
and
donates
lovely
arrangements
to
any
worthy
cause
in
cupertino
every
other
year.
For
six
months,
she
and
her
students
prepare
for
a
massive
Flower
Show
at
the
Quinlan
Center,
a
free
community
event
that
drew
5,000
visitors
this
year
and
featured
more
than
150
floral
arrangements.
D
P
Students
are
so
almost
crying
face,
so
I
was
and
then
after
they
are
working
with
flowers,
they
started
chat
and
the
laughing
and
London
more
chatting
and
more
laughing
and
after
three
hours
people
were
so
students
was
so
happy.
That
was
the
most
amazing
miracle
happened
to
me.
Just
flowers,
fresh
flowers,.
N
N
As
a
founder
of
the
wafu
School
of
Aqib
Anna,
you
have
brought
a
common
sensitivity
and
much
support
to
our
community,
and
we
appreciate
that
the
flower,
the
flower
arrangements
that
you
saw
both
in
the
video
and
you
undoubtedly
have
seen
around
town,
either
by
Fusako
herself
or
by
one
of
her
many
students,
our
beautifully
beautifully
blend,
both
creativity,
elegance
and
mysticism.
The
warmth
that
you
bring
to
your
classes
into
your
students
shows
in
all
these
different
flower
arrangements
that
we
see.
N
P
I'm,
a
short
person,
so
I'm
gonna
go
up
here.
Well,
this
is
extremely
honored
to
receive
such
a
special
award
from
the
city
of
Cupertino.
This
award
I
believe
I
know.
This
award
belongs
to
my
students,
their
family
staff,
members
of
adult
education
program,
friends
and
my
husband.
They
have
been
so
supportive,
whatever
we
or
I
plan
to
do
last
couple
flower
shorts,
we
were
very,
very
pleased
to
give
such
a
wonderful
flower
show
one
words
right
after
the
September
11th
everyone's
heart
was
so
heavy.
P
Just
before
the
Iraq
war
we
had
Flower
Show
and
also
we
were
very
heavy
when
the
war
is
going
to
start
how
we
can
pull
together
in
such
a
bore
at
all
times,
but
we
all
my
student
myself,
their
friends
and
families
we
pulled
together
and
made
such
a
gorgeous
gorgeous
flower
shots
in
the
Quinlan
community
center.
This
time
we
have
pulled
over
5000
visitors,
there
were
tears
and
I
got
tears.
P
N
B
Thank
you,
so
much
council,
member,
tardy,
Centreville
and
Cupertino
must
be
a
very
special
place
because
we
have
people
traveling
to
Cupertino
to
serve
our
residents
and
so
for
our
next
person.
Our
next
recipient
of
this
award
is
Victor
Wong.
So
let's
take
a
look
at
what
he
does
to
deserve.
This
award.
D
American
citizenship
for
many
immigrants
is
a
dream
beyond
reach,
but
Victor
Wong
captures
the
dream
and
makes
it
real
every
Monday.
For
the
past
two
years,
Victor
has
been
teaching
citizenship
courses
to
capacity
classes
at
the
Cupertino
Senior
Center,
nearly
200
new
immigrants
have
attended
his
sessions
and
40
of
his
students
are
now
US
citizens.
You.
Q
D
When
the
San
Francisco
native
retired,
from
IBM
ten
years
ago,
he
began
teaching
citizenship
and
English
classes
at
the
Senior
Center.
He
serves
as
a
caring
liaison
between
his
students
and
government
immigration
agencies,
cutting
through
red
tape
and
assisting
wherever
he
is
needed
with
humor
and
compassion.
Victor
plays
the
roles
of
teacher
coach,
counselor
and
friend
I.
Think.
Q
R
B
Congratulations
Victor,
as
the
tape
mentioned,
he
has
done
a
lot
in
us
in
our
city
and
some
of
the
statistics
that
I
have
here
has
to
do
with
his
work
here
in
our
Senior
Center
I'm.
Just
looking
for
that
now
and
Victor,
who
is
an
experienced
citizenship
instructor
volunteer
to
start
a
class
and
through
him
the
Senior
Center
established
a
working
relationship
with
the
Immigration
and
Naturalization
Services.
B
They
sent
officers
to
the
Senior
Center
two
or
three
times
a
year
to
conduct
workshops
that
are
open
to
the
public.
Many
immigrants
who
are
Cupertino
residents
use
these
opportunities
to
obtain
the
first-hand
information
they
conducted.
Five
seminars
here
with
over
600
people
participating
and,
as
was
mentioned,
he
had
over
200
members
in
his
class
and
then
40
of
them
have
already
obtained
their
US
citizenship.
B
B
He
was
born
in
San
Francisco
and
he
currently
lives
in
South
San,
Francisco
I
just
found
out
and
South
San
Jose,
okay,
South
San
Jose.
So
it's
not
that
far,
but
still
outside
and
coming
here
to
Cupertino
to
help
us.
He
has
served
with
distinction
in
many
activities
in
the
community.
He
is
a
trustee
of
the
Chinese
historical
project.
B
Ville
Victor
was
also
chair
of
the
San
Jose
Human
Relations
Commission,
a
founding
member
of
a
key
Asian
Americans
for
community
involvement
past
president
of
the
Chinese
American
citizens,
League
of
China
Clara,
as
well
as
the
Alpha
Rams
Omega,
a
Chinese
YMCA
service
club
that
has
been
together
for
over
forty
nine
years
on
behalf
of
our
residents,
Cupertino
and
Victor.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
Q
D
Children
have
a
way
of
breaking
down
barriers
and
the
Cupertino
toyokawa
sister
city
committee
has
spent
22
years
demonstrating
how
it's
done.
That's
how
long
the
committee
has
been
sponsoring
a
cultural
exchange
between
local
students
and
their
Japanese
counterparts
led
by
Lucile
Hoenig,
a
founding
member
of
the
committee.
The
group
consists
of
a
dedicated
nucleus
of
volunteers,
who
believe
passionately
in
the
ideas
of
promoting
friendship
and
understanding
beyond
global
boundaries.
I
think.
S
We
all
feel
really
strongly
about
the
program
and
many
of
us
have
had
our
own
children
be
able
to
do',
and
we
saw
what
a
wonderful
thing
it
did
for
them
to
be
able
to
go
over
and
to
live
in
someone's
home,
and
these
students
are
only
junior
high,
so
they're,
really
young
and
they're.
Just
just
great
kids,
toyokawa.
D
And
Japan
has
been
cupertino
sister
city
for
25
years
to
help
defray
student
travel
costs.
The
committee
puts
on
the
annual
Cherry
Blossom
Festival
an
event
that
provides
area
residents
with
an
authentic
taste
of
Japan
planning
and
managing
the
two-day
festival
requires
a
Herculean
effort
for
the
small
sister
city
committee.
The.
D
B
It's
true,
this
Cherry
Blossom
Festival
is
one
of
our
most
well
attended
festival
here
in
Cupertino
and
most
popular
for
many
many
years,
and
it's
amazing
to
a
lot
of
people.
Most
people
don't
know
that
the
core
committee
that
puts
it
on
every
year
is
actually
not
a
very
large
committee,
as
was
mentioned
in
the
tape,
so
they
worked
tirelessly,
but
they
really
have
to
act
together
each
year.
B
If
you
see
them
in
action,
everybody
knows
what
they
need
to
do
and
it
all
comes
together
each
year
beautifully
for
our
city,
the
kind
of
exchanges
that
we
have
with
toyokawa
every
year,
the
students
that
go
there,
the
students
that
come
over
here
it
really
is
something
that
means
a
lot
in
their
life
and
absolutely
changes.
Many
lives
when
they
do
something
like
that.
In
fact,
one
of
our
council
member
Richard
long
thought
her
daughter
will
be
going
this
year
for
all
those
activities
for
all
those
energies.
B
I
just
want
to
thank
the
TOI
Okawa
sister
city
committee
I
had
the
pleasure
of
our
traveling
with
them,
leading
a
delegation
tutorial
Kawa
five
years
ago
on
our
20th
anniversary.
So
this
year
is
going
to
be
our
25th
anniversary.
We
look
forward
to
celebrating
it
and
renewing
our
friendship
with
toyokawa
with
the
help
of
our
sister
city
committee.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
S
B
S
Really
honored
to
accept
this.
For
the
committee
members,
everybody
really
works
hard
at
this
and
we're
really
proud
of
what
we
do.
We
want
to
thank
thank
the
city,
council
members
and
the
city
staff
who
help
support
us
and
also
the
school
district
that
helps
support
us
on
the
student
exchange.
It
means
a
lot
to
us
to
have
something
like
this
continue
and
we
hope
it
continues
for
a
long
time
we're
also
taking
a
delegation
of
adults
over
this
year
for
our
25th,
so
we're
looking
for
anybody
who
would
like
to
join
us.
Thank
you.
B
Congratulations
when
again,
once
again
to
all
awardees
all
eight
of
them.
They
have
done
so
much
for
Cupertino,
it's
a
very
special
night
for
us
to
be
able
to
here
to
honor
them
and
their
different
work.
Each
of
our
council
members
I'm
sure
want
to
be
the
person
to
be
giving
the
award
to
each
one
of
them
because
each
one
of
them
are
also
special.
So
I
want
to
also
thank
everyone
who
have
come
here
to
watch
this
program
and
to
congratulate
our
awardees.