Bird Carvings by Alex Webb
Alex Webb started making decoys and decorative birds in 1982 after he retired. He was not a novice woodworker; he had made furniture and model boats in past years, carving with old scalpels his father had used as a veterinarian.
Welcome Fuller, Service Dog
Fuller, our first resident service dog, moved recently to the Lumberton campus with Kay Roberts, who has multiple sclerosis. Fuller has been her companion for the last six years.
Paul Zelazny and his Sculptures
In 1995, Paul Zelazny began working on a cross-section of a maple tree which had a wedge-shaped split. He counted the age rings of this wood and found 84 of them. “I am 84 years old, so this tree and I came alive at the same year.”
Thanksgiving – the Ties that Bind
It began on the fringes of a small Japanese farming community near Livingston, CA, in the early 1920s. Takashi Moriuchi and Lafayette Noda were neighbors, and the families helped each other with farming chores when needed.
Imprisoned Without Trial
by Sumiko Kobayashi In October 2008, as part of the celebration of Tak Moriuchi’s life, Sumiko “Sumi” Kobayashi prepared a display in the Medford Leas Gallery called “Imprisoned Without Trial.” Every photograph and illustration on this page is from the exhibit. This version adds depth by providing more information about the images and links to relevant Internet resources. photo by
Takashi and Yuriko Moriuchi
by Sumiko Kobayashi Takashi “Tak” Moriuchi grew up in a Japanese farming community called Yamato near Livingston, California. He attended the University of California at Berkeley and graduated with a degree in business management in 1941. When World War II began, he and his parents were incarcerated first in Merced Assembly Center and then in Amache, Colorado. (Note – “Imprisoned