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TONKAWA San Diego Elders Club December 12, 2010 TONKAWA minutes:
Roy opened the doors early to set up for the meeting. TONKAWA President Violet Tunohun followed in shortly and opened the meeting before noon. Tonkawa gathered in good spirit as Rosa Nepomuceno provided the blessing for the TONKAWA members, along with visitors this past Sunday. Some of the other members were talking about the Traditional Winter Gathering dinner or busy with friends and relatives and others, no doubt, took advantage of the Indian summer warmth of the day.
Rosa is involved with a transit wash room facilities issue and will be going before the San Diego City Council in the future.
Our faithful TONKAWA members keep the cooking pots bubbling and the happy smiles ready. The weather and dishes are passionately delicious. These selections are made with lots of love and care for a very festive Holiday luncheon: Sliced ham, lima beans and ham hocks, fresh vegetables and rice, potato salad and the ever popular donuts with good strong hot TONKAWA coffee.
Our next TONKAWA meeting is at noon January 9, 2011 at the IHRC offices, 4265 Fairmont Ave. San Diego 92105. Ben Nance, Violet, Rosa and Roy put away all the tables and cleaned up the room. It is a good time to come together for our Elders TONKAWA meeting.
Maybe we will see you and a friend (We are always recruiting Elders to be TONKWA members!). It is always nice to see new members and guests drop in and are encouraged to return. This is a real nice down home meeting to attend. We are also very pleased to enjoy the regular attendance of TONKAWA along with community guests and family member. Respectfully submitted, Roy Cook |
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Manuel and Celia have been very busy with Fr. Joe’s holiday
dinners and their grandkids. Manuel Flores had stories about living
on the East coast and working in a candy factory. He had a nostalgic
description of a stick and a nail used to snag Ice cream. Celia,
his wife brought gifts for all there this afternoon. These gifts
and Violet’s gifts made for many happy smiles and appreciation
of the TONKAWA generosity. In the conversation the topic possibility
of a craft project for our elders came up – Dolls in tribal
and international outfits.