2007 Summer Camp Third Week

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2007 23rd Taiwanese & Chinese American Athletic Tournament Opening Ceremony

轉載自世界日報 7/23/2007

華運會 場面壯觀
揭幕典禮嘉賓雲集 近百隊伍數千人參與 盛會規模越來越大

【本報記者王金城庫比蒂諾報導】矽谷22日晨間氣候出奇的涼爽，從各地趕來迪安薩社區學院參加「第23屆金山灣區華人運動大會」的鄉親與運動員個個精神抖擻，大會主席林貴香與庫市市長胡宜蘭提早趕到現場，在司令台上熱烈歡迎前來參加盛會的各地嘉賓。剛從台灣訪問歸來的聖荷西市議員朱感生看著一隊隊運動員代表隊走過司令台前時說，華運會的規模這幾年來逐漸擴大。

駐舊金山台北經濟文化辦事處處長廖偉平與副處長李鴻祥一早就來到大會會場，經文處同仁的隊伍亦龐大整齊。僑委會副委員長鄭東興代表張富美委員長從台北來參加盛會。聖荷西市長喬可力、聖他克拉拉縣議員馬修 (Pete McHugh)、薩拉度加市長劉嘉琳、甚至德州愛迪生市的市長周建源 (Joe Chow) 也特別從遠地趕來參加此一盛會。密爾比達市長艾和諧 (Joes Esteve) 在分列式進行當中，也滿臉微笑的走上司令台，會場洋溢著歡欣的節慶氣息。

參加開幕典禮的隊伍近百隊，美國和中華民國國旗進場後，第一個進場的是陸軍官校旅美同學會的旗隊，往後的分列式隊伍中規模龐大的包括加州排舞協會，中華元極舞北加州分會會等。少林門功夫學院的幼童生在司令台前表演虎虎生風的少林招式，北加州台灣會館的小孩子穿著可愛的山地服飾，唱著美國歌謠。近百個隊伍，數千名代表從司令台前走過，氣勢頗為壯大。第一次參加華運會的喬可力也印象深刻的說，沒有想到規模這麼龐大。

喬可力在開幕致詞時特別提到台灣華人對聖荷西的貢獻。喬可力甚至指出，沒有台灣華人多年來在聖荷西與矽谷的奮鬥，聖荷西可能無法成為矽谷首府，矽谷的創新競爭能力就將大為減色，得到矽谷首府市長的高度肯定與讚揚，在場僑胞與運動代表無不高聲歡呼，報以熱烈掌聲。

聖縣縣議員馬修、喬可力、以及永遠帶著微笑的艾和諧上台演講時都親切的用國語向觀眾高呼：「你好。」大夥隨即報以熱烈的掌聲。喬可力當了半年多市長後，親民的功夫進步不少。

胡宜蘭市長以地主的身分贊許這次華運會所代表的意義。她說主辦單位群策群力，舉辦數千人參與的運動大會，象徵著社區的大團結，她衷心恭賀23屆華運會成果豐碩。

朱感生說，他參加過十多次華運會，最近這幾年參加華運的人數有持續增長。他說，經由參與體育活動來促進交流是很好的一件事，而且體育活動不應該受到政治的干涉。

聖火先由上一任華運會主委儀容和多位優秀選手護送進場，再傳給歷任主委在聖火台上點燃。開幕典禮後，隨即舉辦多項表演，參加表演的團體有來自台灣的無限旗舞藝術表演團、加州排舞協會、北加州太極武術中心、中華長青康樂會等。(相關新聞刊B2、B4)

2007-07-23


Date: 7/22/2007 Sunday
Location: De Anza College - Taiwanese American Center Tent
Time: 8:00AM
Unit Number: #20
Dress Code:
Adult - Please wear the beige polo shirt with Taiwan logo.
Child - Please wear the white T-shirt and shorts. The Taiwanese native clothe will be provided before the parade.

Snacks and water will be provided after the parade. If you have any question, please contact Gina, Cindy, or Stella.

2007 Summer Camp Second Week

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I like writing because writing is a subject I really like to do. I also think that I need some improvements in writing, like putting more descriptive words. Another thing I like is cooking. The reason I like cooking is because it very fun and sometimes it fun to spill stuff. The last thing I like about camp is having friends all over the place. It feels very comfortable.
- Esther Liu

The first thing I like is my classes like music, arts, crafts, cooking, and science. The second thing are my teachers. The third thing is break times.
- Stephanie

The first thing I liked was when the first day that I met Stephannie and Emily. The second thing I like is my friendly teachers. The third thing I like is being in classes, being in classes are a lot of fun.
- Kelly Chu

I like writing, Chinese, and crafting. Most of all I like cooking.
- Joyce

I like to make friends. I like cooking class. I like Joyce.
- Vivienne

I like to play with my friend. I like to do homework. I like to learn about...
- Kevin Chang

I like to play ping pong. I like to make airplane. I like to play games.
- Ari Jeng

Miss Gloria she is nice. M.c.c.p. I like singing. Free time I like drawing and writing.

I like to play with my friends. I like to learn. I like to follow directions.
- Joshua Liu

TAC Camp is a fun day camp. The teachers are really nice and patient to everyone and really helpful. The volunteers also play a very big role in making this camp possible. They help prepare lunch and make sure the teacher and kids have everything they need. At TAC Summer Camp, we have art class, math class, music class, dance class, etc. The variety of activities are tremendous. We have really helpful teachers like Tyler, Toby, Hank, and Alan. We also have our wonderful Gloria and Ho Chie. TAC Summer Camp is the best place to spend summer.
- Edith Chen

This summer camp is not like any other kinds of summer camp I’ve seen. It’s a fun and interesting camp. Unlike some other summer camps, this camp has many freedoms. Everyone is like family and friends and it’s full with friendliness in this summer camp. The teachers such as Gloria, HoChie, Tyler, Toby, Hank, and Alan are wonderful and they taught us many exciting and fun things. TAC Summer Camp is the only fun and exciting camp I’ve ever been to.
- Eunice Tseng

TAC Summer Camp was really.. uhh fun I guess? It has some of the great classes such as Cooking and clay.
- Cindy

I think TAC is very fun with their activities and wonderful lunch. It is very fun for the little kids and the big kids love talking to Tyler and Toby!
- Vivian

2007 Summer Camp First Week

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I love u. Miss Gloria.
- Felicia

I like camp.
- Emily

I love music camp!
- Joyce Chen

I like music camp because there is nice teacher. Mrs. Gloria.

My first week of camp was fun, I guess. Most of my friends were there like Vivian, Lydia, Edith, Henry, Eunice, and Virgil was there. First day was clay and English. 2nd day was uhh... forgot and the rest of week was ok.
- Cindy

My first week of camp was quite fun, I think. We made some friends. My friends were Vivian, Cindy, Edith, Eunice, and maybe, just maybe Charlotte. My favorite classes were on Monday and Friday. On Monday, we had English and Pottery. In between, I kinda forgot and on the last day, we had origami and cooking. We had a pretty fun week, though.
- Lydia

This camp is fun and there're many interesting class. We're able to make new friends during the camp days. The classes can help me review the things I almost forgot about.
- Eunice

This camp is fun. For the first week I learned how to cook noodles! And solve a very hard problem which I can't solve. The lunch is really good. The teachers are really nice. I think that's about it for now...
- Michelle Chen

The only thing I like about camp is computers, math, and science with Hank.
- Henry

I made couple of new friends. the friends name are Jeffery and Charlie.
- Virgil

I made couple of new friends so I camp very much.
- Jeffery

I like camp because the things I like is math. I also like science.
- Charlie

I like camp very much. The lunches are delicious and the teachers are really nice. The activities and classes are really interesting. I have many friends here, like Eunice, Lydia, and Cindy, and Vivian. A TAYL councilor, Tyler, is also here. Miss Gloria teaches music and Toby helps with math and writing. Hank teaches us about random subjects like nutrition, Alan teaches English and Ho Chie talks to us about what it means to be ourselves. The parent volunteers have also helped out a lot. I really appreciate them. I think camp is awesome!
- Edith

My first week at camp was ummm... well... hmm weird. My first class on Monday... was math. The teacher was Hank. My second teacher was Ann. 3rd period was music, with Gloria. Huh ummm, I don't remember, like anything, until like Thursday. It was sorto fun, well Thursday was the funnest. Our last period well maybe Wednesday, we met Toby, the Rubiks cube Thursday, our last period, with Tyler, was my funnest day ever, I mean ever at camp. I mean literally, I never had so much fun. Tyler let us have fun during class and wasn't strict after we did what we were allowed to do what we wanted to do. It was really fun... I think I already said that. Yay! I'm very happy. I'm staying for the whole month. I'ma have fun! Hmmm... Tyler said he would come back if we were good! And I would be good, hmm, Tyler's like even funner than Ms. Lou. I never knew teacher could ever be so cool! I'm going to go for the second session... He's going to come like 2~3 times a week! He let's us have so much fun... well he can let it be fun learning, and still sorta be serious... I think I repeated a lot of stuff... but oh well!
- Vivian Siu

When my mother told me I had been volunteered to help out at TAC summer camp, I wasn't too sure I wanted to. But after a first day, I can say it is something I definitely want to come back to. The children here are absolutely a joy to work with. They're full of energy, ready to just have fun with anything, from writing stories to flying paper airplanes. I love being a part of this camp because it lets me get involved with the Taiwanese community. Because we are all Taiwanese, we feel an immediate bond, which becomes a great foundation to build new friendships. I have more to say.. but i just dont know how to put it into words, Honestly, I really do love working at this camp.
- Tyler

2007 Vice President in the SF Bay Area

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呂秀蓮抵灣區 台僑熱情歡迎 副總統過境金山 僑胞在旅館前列隊揮舞民進黨黨旗及星條旗迎接

【本報記者徐敏子柏林甘報導】中華民國副總統呂秀蓮2日晚間7時30分左右抵達位於柏林甘凱悅旅館時，受到現場一百多位台灣僑胞的熱情歡迎，身穿鑲有淺色花邊綠色絲綢上裝的呂秀蓮顯得十分高興，一路與歡迎民眾握手致意，還抱起歡迎隊伍中一名穿著高山族服裝的小女孩。
呂秀蓮的車隊從舊金山機場由警車開路駛進凱悅旅館時，早早等候的僑務委員長張富美首先迎上前去表達歡迎；情緒很好的呂秀蓮滿臉帶笑，沿著歡迎隊伍依次與大家握手，歡迎者揮舞著手中的民進黨黨旗和美國星條旗，呼喊歡迎口號，場面熱烈。

呂秀蓮進入旅館後，受到另一批等候在內的台胞的歡迎，他們也是少數能與呂秀蓮短暫相處的台胞代表，其他歡迎者則進入房間觀看「台灣與世界」歷史片。不少人互相交流與副總統面對面的感受，興奮之情溢於言表。

最興奮的要屬來自佛利蒙的張先生一家了，張先生當天提前下班與太太帶著六歲的薇薇安和四歲的菲萊西亞一起來歡迎呂秀蓮，兩個女孩都是台灣會館中文學校的學生，穿著高山族服裝的兩人在歡迎隊伍中格外引人注目。

呂秀蓮下車後一眼就看到了這兩個女孩，還高興地抱起了菲萊西亞，讓張先生夫婦十分興奮，兩個女孩其後告訴爸爸媽媽說，「副總統像奶奶一樣」，張太太說，台北的奶奶與副總統還真的是鄰居。

大部分為南灣台胞的歡迎隊伍當天分乘兩輛大卡車從集合地庫比蒂諾出發，於傍晚6時許來到凱悅旅館，大家舉著綠底白字的「歡迎台灣呂副總統秀蓮蒞臨舊金山」中英文橫幅，也有人舉著「台灣加油」、「Say Yes Taiwan」的標語營造氣氛，在呂秀蓮抵達前，還多次演習呼喊歡迎口號。

民進黨矽谷支黨部組委鄭武略表示，呂秀蓮此次出訪三邦交國意義重大，「她是代表台灣拼外交」，他說如果平時大家有意識形態上的異見，在這個時刻，為2300萬台灣同胞著想，就應該立場一致；鄭武略也強調說，舊金山是呂秀蓮出訪的第一站，一百多台胞歡迎她、為她加油，給她鼓勵和掌聲，十分重要。

台灣駐美經文處代表吳釗燮、台北駐舊金山經文處處長廖偉平等親自前往機場接機。呂秀蓮此行過境舊金山是前往訪問多明尼加、巴拉瓜、瓜地馬拉三個邦交國。
2007-07-03

2007 July 4th Fremont Parade

Date: 7/4/2007
Location: Historic Niles District of Fremont, California
Staging Area: Second Street - South of D Street
Reporting Time: 9:00AM

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