Top Left: Janice Y Fukai (R) poses for a photo with Irene Hamada, the President of LACAAEA, at the Installation 2008 Dinner, July 31, 2008. Top Right: Many Los Angeles County Department Heads pose for a photo at the Installation 2008 Dinner, July 31, 2008. Bottom Left: Reverend Terry Keenan, senior minister for The Santa Anita Church and a chaplain for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department makes an invocation at the Installation 2008 Dinner, July 31, 2008. Bottom Center: William T Fujioka (R), Chief Executive Officer at the County of Los Angeles, poses for a photo with Howard Takata (C), former LACAAEA president and Darlene Kuba (L) at the Installation 2008 Dinner on July 31, 2008. Bottom Right: Honorable Judge Arthur M. Lew (L), and Honorable Mike Eng (C), California State Assembly, listens a speech deliverred by Honorable Dr. Judy Chu, California State Board of Equalization, at the Installation 2008 Dinner, on July 31, 2008. Click here for a slide show >>

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A Special Thanks    A special thank you to those who went above and beyond the call of duty. We truly appreciate your time and effort. Theresa Argonza, Irene Hamada, Kimberly Jo, Steve Kawamura, Jeremy Li, Tevy Sithan and Akiko Tagawa   Acknowledgments    On behalf of the Los Angeles County Asian American Association, we would like to thank all of you who were able to attend and share our Installation Dinner tonight. Thank you for your continued support of LACAAEA. We would like to recognize all of our sponsors, speakers, presenters and the reception committee who made this event possible. Sponsors GC Services LP and Janice Fukai Speakers Janice Fukai, Mistress of Ceremonies; Reverend Terry Keenan; Judge Arthur M. Lew; Phillip Ow; Karl Nobuyuki; Henry Yee; Irene Hamada; Wendy Watanabe and Steve Kawamura. We would also like to thank the following persons and organizations for their support of LACAAEA: Office of the Honorable Judy Chu, California State Board of Equalization Office of the Honorable Mike Eng, California State Assembly Asian Pacific Community Fund Los Angeles County Filipino American Employees Association Los Angeles County Cambodian Employees Association Vietnamese Employees Association of Los Angeles County Los Angeles County African American Heritage Celebration Commission Los Angeles County Asian Pacific Probation Officers Association Event Committee    (Jackie Guevarra, Chair) Carmen Fong, Linh Mok, Libby Gong, Borina Nou, Irene Hamada, Wayne Sasaki, Darlene Hoang, Tevy Sithan, Anna Imura, Akiko Tagawa, Steve Kawamura, Jennifer Yang, Brian Lew, Connie Yee, Jeremy Li, Nancy Yu and Dulce Maycumber Board Officers (Click here for names) Newsletter Contributors Phillip Ow Web Master & Photographer Jeremy Li