Mendocino Sister Cities Association
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Mendocino's Sister City
Miasa-Omachi, Nagano, Japan
Miasa-Omachi 2010 Student Group at the Golden Gate Bridge
on the way to Mendocino
Miasa-Omachi is located on Japan's main island of Honshu in Nagano Prefecture, about 150 miles northwest of Tokyo in a small mountain valley surrounded by foothills, rice paddies, and old farmhouses. Miasa, which means, "Beautiful Hemp" in Japanese, is near the Northern Alps and the ski resort of Hakuba, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Miasa is very small and not found on most maps, but it is situated about ten miles east of the city of Omachi. In 2006 our original Sister City of Miasa was incorporated by Omachi. Miasa-Omachi is the name we have given our new Sister City although, technically the City of Omachi is our Sister City.
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Board Meeting Announcement
Mendocino Sister Cities Association held its Annual Election of Board Members meeting on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 4 pm in the Meeting Room at the new Mendocino K-8 School.
The Board Meeting discussed current plans for upcoming events followed by an election for Board Members. Three present Board Members' 3 year terms were ending and any current MSCA member was allowed to nominate someone or even run for a seat themselves. Only MSCA members that were present at the meeting were allowed to vote for the Board Members. After all other business was finished and the election of the three Board Members was complete, there was a meeting for Board Members only to elect the Board Officers.
The newly elected Board Member is LaRene Harned.
If you are interested in getting involved with the MSCA please contact President Mike L. Evans at mike@mikelevans.com.
Miasa-Omachi 2010 Artists Group with some Home Stay Hosts
L to R: Keiichi Murata, Yujiro Nakajima, Akio Miyajima, Mokuen Nakajma,
HSH-Bob Rhoades,
Hiromi Kitahara, HSH-Sharon Garner, Tokio Oda,
Wataru Yamakami, Hiroshi Masuyama, Masami Yoshikawa
