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4 Salt Lake Buddhist Temple: 211 West 100 SouthSalt Lake City, Utah 84101, volume 13issue 8 web site: slbuddhist.org September, 2005corn. Takeko Doi and Ruby Doi donated all thecorn. Henry Kuramoto, Neil Chow, Jeff Watanabe,Carl Dennison and Ray Uno helped with the grilling.THANK YOU to all who helped and contributedto make our annual outing a success.Brenda Koga is looking for volunteers tohelp with the fund raiser for the Homelss Shelter. AChilli Cook-off is held annually to support theshelter. Please contact Brenda if you would like tohelp.The Federation of Buddhist Women'sConference - October 7-9th will be held inFresno. If anyone is interested in attending, pleasecontact myself or go to our Temple website for moreinformation. We would like to have more peopleattend and will try to help in making arrangements.Our next meeting will be September 18thafter service. We encourage all to attend. A lightlunch will be served. We will discuss plans for ourOctober 1st Food Bazaar..Dharma School UpdateKaren TohinakaThank you to all who attend theMountain States Conference in ParkCity. The Panel discussion andpresentation on Aging were great A big thank youto all who were on the panel Ivan, Carmella,Christine, and Annette and Brian Fukushima and hiswife for the presentation on aging. Ichiro Doi andCarl Dennison did a great job in running the bingogame which everyone had fun at winning prizes andgift certificates. Congratulations to Joy Furubayashifor winning the big prize. Special thanks to the storeand restaurants who donated the gift certificates:Koyo, Yamasaki, and Oriental Food Market.Just a reminder that the Dharma School picnicthwill be on September 11 from 11am-3pm at WestBountiful Park. The address is 550 West Pages Lane(1600 No.) Salt Lake – exit 400 No. Bountiful(#321 exit), turn west and then first right (800 West– headed north). Go to Pages Lane and turn east.Please bring a salad. Looking forward to seeing youall there.Jr. YBABruce FongWelcome back to Dharma School!The Jr. YBA is selling purple“Namu Amida Butsu” wristbands for $3.00 each.They are available in Small, Medium and Largesizes. See any of the Jr. YBA members or advisorsto purchase one.We will continue to take Scrip orders during theyear. Scrip are gift cards and certificates torestaurants, retail stores and gas stations in the area.They make great gifts for birthdays, thank you’s, orany special occasion. An order form is included inthe Buddhist Thoughts each month.We will be taking orders:thSeptember 25 (Ohigan)October 9 ththOctober 30 (Halloween party)November 13 ththNovember 20 (Eitaikyo)December 4 ththDecember 11 (Bodhi Day)Orders are available for pick-up the weekafter orders are submitted. We thank the Sangha fortheir continued support of our efforts.There will be a Jr YBA meeting onthSeptember 25 to elect officers and discuss activitiesfor the new year.Temple Building UpdateReport from Special Meeting
5 Salt Lake Buddhist Temple: 211 West 100 SouthSalt Lake City, Utah 84101, volume 13issue 8 web site: slbuddhist.org September, 2005Brenda KogaOn June 25, 2005 a special meetingregarding the direction of the templebuilding project was held at thetemple. Prior to that meeting a letter was sent to allcontributors to the building fund inviting them toparticipate in the meeting and decision makingprocess.Information was shared to update the attendees onthe history and progress of the project with a reporton the current status of the building project.Initially, the building committee was formed toaddress issues resulting from a growing membership.However, since that time the membership hasstabilized and in fact, is actually on the decline.Financially, the temple building fund is not adequateto support the construction of a new building withoutacquiring major debt, which the board andmembership has strongly opposed since the inceptionof the project.Participants were invited to ask questions andseveral options were discussed regarding the futuredirection of the building committee in addressing theneeds regarding the facilities. Those optionsincluded 1) relocating to build a new facility or tooccupy an existing building that meets thecongregation’s needs, 2) stay on the current site andremodel the exiting facility or 3) stay and build anew temple.At the conclusion of the meeting the participantsvoted to stay at the current site and remodel andupgrade the current facility. Thus, the buildingcommittee has initiated an assessment of the templeneeds spearheaded by Ernest Kyed. The committeewill prioritize those needs and begin to address themusing resources within our membership as much aspossible to keep costs to a minimum. Furtherquestions or concerns should be directed to BrendaKoga or Paul Terashima.Anyone interested in assisting with these projectsshould contact Ernie or Brenda Koga.YBAWes KogaThe YBA extends a very heartfelt “ThankYou” to the following people who workedso hard to make the YBA concessionstand successful at Obon:Purchasing necessary supplies: Dave & ErinSekinoCooking the azuki beans: Maya Chow,Connie Sakashita, Erin Sekino & DebbieKogaPreparing snow cone syrup: Erin Sekino &Debbie KogaSetting up snow cone flavor bottles: SharonMatsuura & Erin SekinoSetting up the trailer with supplies: SeanSekino, Shawn Koga, Keith Chow, MichaelFong & Erin SekinoConcession stand workers: Michael Iwasaki,Emily Iwasaki, Nick Sueoka, Tyler Koga,Sidney Furubayashi, Allison Spehar, SeanSekino, Andrew Sekino, P.J. Nakamura,Eric Koga, Blake Akimoto, AliciaMatsuura, Shawn Koga, Michael Fong,Cory Sakashita & Keith ChowDonation of hot dogs: Troy and JudyWatanabeA big thank you to those who stayed to cleanup after we were already so tired!– ConnieSakashita, Cory Sakashita, Erin Sekino, SeanSekino, Shawn Koga, Keith Chow, Michael Fong,Blake Akimoto, Chad Tohinaka & Debbie KogaA special thank you to Erin Sekino forscheduling the concession shifts, supplying cleaningsupplies, coolers, utensils, towels, and a lot of hardwork and dedication!
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