Leaders of the Asian Ameirican community has the following designed event and dinner party for our distinguished member of the U.S. Senate Honorable Harry Reid: The date will be on Friday, August 24, 2001 at 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. The Function is for A spicial Tibute to US Senator Harry Reid. The location is at the Asia Palace Chinese Restaurant on 5485 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89148. It is on the cross streets of Sahara and Lindell. Its phone number is (702) 364-5559.
The Keynote Speaker is U.S. Senator Harry Reid. Guests of Honor will be U.S. Senator John Ensign, U.S. Representatives Shelley Berkley, Jim Gibbons, Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa, and Las Vegas City Mayor Oscar Goodman.
Special Guests will be: Dr. Roy Adamson, Emeritus Professor of Pepperdine University; Nancy Becker, Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court; Denis Brodsky, Las Vegas School Board of Trustees; Lisa Brown, Family Court Judge; Terry Care, Nevada State Senator and Mrs. Terry Care; C.Y. Chen, Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States; Radha Chanderraj, Commissioner, Nevada Gaming Commission; Elaine Chao, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor (The Event and Dinner Party for a Special Tribute to U.S. Secretary of Department of Labor Honorable Elaine Chao is in our planning now.); Dr. Sue Fawn Chung, Professor of History, UNLV; Bud Cranor, Southern Nevada Director, Governor Kenny Guinn's Office; Mark Denton, District Court Judge; Robert Gronauer, Constable, Las Vega Township; Nadia Jurani, Commissioner, Las Vegas Equal Right Commission; Jason C. Hu, Past Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States; Sonia Joya, State Director, U.S. Senator John Ensign's Office in Nevada; Jerry Keller, Sheriff, Las Vegas Metropolitan Policy; Erin Kenny, Commissioner, Clark County; Cedreic Kerns, Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge; Mary Kincaid, Commissioner, Clark County; Betsy Kolkoski, Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge; Myron Leavitt, Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court; Michelle Leavitt-Fitzpatrick, Las Vegas Municipal Judge; Theresa Malone, Member, Nevada Board of Education; William Maupin, Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court; Lynette Boggs McDonald, Las Vegas City Councilwoman; Cheryl Moss, Family Court Judg; Jerry Reynoldeson, Director, Senator Harry Reid's Nevada Office; Nancy Saitta, District Court Judge; Tod Story, District Director, Congresswoman Shelley Berkley's Office; Dr. William Thompson, UNLV Professor of Public Administration; Vicotor C. Y. Tseng, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco; Natalie Tyrrell, North Las Vegas Justice Court Judge; Virginia Valentine, City Manager of Las Vegas; Valorie Vega, District Court Judge; Dr. Kang-pei Wang, President, Tunghai University; Jessie Walsh, Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge; Steve Wark, Chairman, Nevada Republican Party; Myrna Williams, Commissioner , Clark County; Ching-mi Wu, Chairman of Board, Tunghai University; Dr. Linda Young, Chairperson, Las Vegas Ethics Committee; Ann Zimmerman, Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge.
Chairpersons of the Event and Dinner party are: Tony Lei, EdD; President, WBTI and Chairman, Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada; R. D. Prabhu, MD, Chairperson, CAN-DO; Raj Chanderraj, MD, Founder, Friends of India, and Rita Vaswani, Executive Staff, CAN-DO.
The following invited hosts has been announced by Dr. Peter Lok with a fax to all the same of his list of people for the event in Las Vegas: Kewin Butts, Manager as Representative, Golden Nugget Casino and Hotel; Raj Chanderraj, Founder, Friends of India; Sapatra Chemprachum, Chairperson, Thai Cultural Arts Association of Las Vegas; Albert Chang, Publisher, Las Vegas Chinese Yellow Pages; Yen Wen Cheng, Past Las Vegas Director, (Chinese) New Asian Weekly; Cathy Chin, Vice President, H. F. Entreprises Co.; Andres Costas, MD, Chairperson, Anesthesia Dept., UMC; Dolly De Leon, Past President , Philippine Chamber of Commerce; Jeny Del Rosario, Past President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce; Mark Dunkeson, General Manager, Texas Station Casino & Hotel; Cathy Endy, Special Coordinator, Southern Nevada Chinese Weekly; Larry Espenqiua Larry Espinueva, Vice President, Great Ilocano Association; Jakie Gaugham, Owner, Plaza Hotel & Casino; Sonny Ho, QME, Perpetual Chiropractic Physicians, Inc.; Oscar Jomacion, President and Publisher, Nevada Examiner; Bob Jose, Editor-in-Chief, Las Vegas Star Magazine; Steve Kwon, Founder, Asian Chamber of Commerce; Benson Lee, Esq., Benson Lee Attorney at Law; Tony Lei, EdD, Chairman, Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada; Jose Lim, Realtor, Country Wide Realty Group Inc.; Anthony Lu, Publisher, Southern Nevada Chinese Weekly; Ann Melton, President, Thai Association of Las Vegas Cora Murillo, DC, Chiropractic Nevada. R. D. Prabhu, MD, Chairperson, CAN-DO; Kate Recto, President , Philippine Chamber of Commerce of Southern Nevada; David Risdon, General Manager of Marketing, Horseshoe Casino & Hotel; Judy Rock, President, Chinese American Association of Las Vegas; Francisco Sanchez, MD, President, Heritage Medical Serve; Tonie Sison, Chairperson, Philippine Chamber of Commerce of Southern Nevada; Edward Swindle, CEO, Investment Bankers Industrialists; I-yu Teng, CEO, TEFA; Secretary of Board, Tunghai University; Yuan Chuan Tsai, Chairman, 62 Sewing Tsai Co.; Joey Villaflor, MD, Member, Board of Health, State of Nevada; Rita Vaswani, Executive Staff, CAN-DO; Lillian Wallace, President, Seniors United; Yale Wang, Chairperson, Yale Funds, Management & Research Co.; and Roddy Wong, DC, President, CAN- DO.
The Coordinator of this Event is Dr. Peter Lok, Chairperson, Coordinating Committee, WBTI. Guests are scheduled to be 250 at the present time, but they will probably be increased because enthusiastical business and community leader are participating as chairmen and hosts increasingly. Attire for the event is business. If you are also interested to be a chairperson or host for this event, please call Dr. Peter Lok at 732-0178 on or before Friday, August 10, 2001.

Starting from July 4th, Independence Day, to 8th were a long holiday season for casinos and tourist industries in Las Vegas. Numerious visitors were crowding to here, yet Tunghai University had brought good conference and reunion news for Chinese American academic and education community of Nevada.
On July 6, gathering to Las Vegas had been the directors and membes of Tunghai Endowment Fund for Academic Advancement (TEFA) and 12 - 13th classes of Tunghai Reunion. VIPs were invited by Dr. Tony Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) having champagne dinner at Gee Joon Chinese Restaurant of Horseshoe Casino and Hotel. Gerri Schroder brought the certificates by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley to the dinner party. TEFA returned with the best Taiwanese box of tea to Shelley. After the pleasent dinner, all the party group were treated to enjoy the famous show "Naked Angeles" by Dr. Lei.
On the 7th of July, a Welcome Tea Party was held by Dr. Tony T. Lei, Chairman of Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada (CAAAN) and Mrs. Judy K. Lei. It was held for the celebrating of the incorperation of TEFA USA and the Global Tunghai Reunion in Las Vegas.
In the conference, Dr. Lei expressed sincere welcome in his short speech to both the Corperation and Reunion. He then introduced Theresa Malone, Member of the Nevada Board of Education, and Denise Brodsky, Las Vegas School Board of Trustees to deliver welcome speeches.
Malone spoke for U.S. Senator Harry Reid's welcome to the Conference and announced Reid's certificates of commendation to TEFA and CAAAN. "Yet, with our differences we have a goal that is the same: to provide many opportunities for our citizens to learn and develop their knowledge, skill, mind, and character by formal schoolling," Malone said. "With support of organizations as the Tunghai Endowment Fund for Academic Advancement, and the Washington Business and Technology Institute, but most importantly You, we will fulfill our goal to promote opportunities for education. On behalf of the Nevada education community, thanks you for sharing your time and goals with us," she added.
Brodsky announced in her welcome speech that Congresswoman Berkley was giving TEFA and CAAAN each a certificate of commendation. She recognized that Mayor, WBTI, among others are sharing their same legacy to include building Las Vegas a community where future generations will have even more opportunities and advantages to live a prosperous life.
The highlight of the tea party at Bellagio was the Congressional Recognition by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley presented through Malone and Brodsky to TEFA and CAAAN . On behalf of the TEFA, Chairman Wu and Dr. Wang President of Tunghai University received the Certificate. Dr. Lei also received the Award for CAAAN from Berkley. Thunders of applause from all the guests and participants brought a climax of this event in the Conference Room of Renoir 2 during the presentation of the awards. Chairman Wu gave a thanks speech to appreciate Senator Reid, Congresswoman Berkley, and Chairman Dr. Lei. for their hospitable welcome and supports. He was acknowledged the invitation by Reid to meet the Senator through Dr. Lei. Dr. Lei, Chairman of CAN-DO Dr. Prabhu, among others are going to hold a significant theme party and dinner in August for Reid in congratulating his being the Majoity Whip of U.S. Senate.
Dr. Kang-pei Wang, President of Tunghai University, was also invited to give a speech. He thanked the nice welcome and supports by the Washington, D.C. Scene, Nevada State, Las Vegas City, and Clark County. Acknowledgement is that this has been one inspired revelation that Dr. Lei's long years of honest and excellent efforts to coummunity service in Nevada are significant and fruitful. He said that Tunghai University is a developed university with many departments, graduate schools, and colleges. The diligent attitude of teaching by professors and the concrete research accomplishment of the graduate schools have launching this University to one of the famous educatonal institutions in the world. He also welcome all Nevadans come to visit Taiwan and Tunghai University.

U. S. Senior Senator of Nevada Harry Reid, the second greatest and powerful character of the Senate in Washington D. C. , gave a Certificate of Commendation of the U.S. Senate to Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada (CAAAN). It credits CAAAN for "In Recognition of Your Outstanding Support and Contribution to the TEFA and Global Tunghai Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada." Dr. Tony T. Lei, Chairman of CAAAN and his wife Judy received the award in the Senator Reid's Office on July 16, 2001. TEFA also received a certificate because of "In Recognition of Your Outstanding Accomplishment to the Academic Advancement and International Cooperation in Education" from the Senator.
The Office of Senator Reid in Washington D. C. faxed Dr. Tony Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute(WBTI) its "WHIP ROUND-UP". It tells Tony that famous for Harry's ability to lead important negotiations while avoiding the media spotlight, Majority Whip Reid's day of keeping a low profile may be over. "The Washington Post" and "Time Magazine" touted Senator Reid's influence last week. The latter quoted GOP Senator John Ensign as saying: "If Republicans want something, they go to Harry. He represents things fairly. He won't over-promise and underdeliver."
Senator Reid graduated from Utah State University in 1961. He received his Juris Doctoral Degree from George Washington University. In 1968, he was elected to Nevada State Assembly at the age of 28. After two years, he was elected as Nevada's youngest legislator in the state's history. In 1977, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. In 1983, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After having served two terms in the House, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980. On April 10, 1998, he was honored as Advisor and Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board of Washington Business and Technology Institute. In December of 1998, after returning for his third term in the U.S. Senate, he was unaimously elected by his Democratic colleagues to serve as the Assistant Minority Leader. He is now the Assistant Democratic Leader and Majority Whip of the U.S. Senate in Washington D. C.
Senator Reid comes from Searchlight, Nevada, where in that rural mining town he learned the fundamental values of hard work and honesty that endure as his guiding principles. The Nevada's Senior Senator was raised in a small cabin without indoor pluming and attended a two-room elementary school. His father was a hardrock miner with an 8th grade education, and his mother never finished high school, but the youngest of Harry and Inez Reid's four sons would go on to achieve the American dream.
"Senator Reid loves heartily this country and our people. His leadership is accentuated with practical knowledge and deligent effort through his intelligence. He has achieved many years accomplishment to improve the quality of life of all Nevadans and help people realize the American Dream," Said Dr. Lei in my feature article entitled "Senator Harry Reid Awarded 'Outstanding Democrat of the Decade' " on October 26, 2000.
WBTI held successfully the Event and Dinner Party to pay a special tribute to Nancy Becker, Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court on May 23, 2001. The graceful and fruitful activity has been inspired and encouraged by Senator Reid. Asian American community has won recognition for contribution to Nevada by American Mainstream. The main reason for this recognition is the great and cooperative wisdom and efforts that the Asian communities have continuously participated and offered to the mainstream society of Nevada. In paying a special tribute to Senator Harry Reid as the Majority Whip of U.S. Senate, leaders of the Asian American community will hold a great event and dinner party with a significant theme on August 24, 2001 at Las Vegas.
Harry loves heartily our country, our people, and our community. He wishes us to enjoy working together. "United we stand, devided we fall. Together we can GROW (Go Reach Our World). Knowledge calls, ultimately, for a life of service. We should continue to work for the prosperity and healthy of our society more diligently, effectively, and wisely," says Dr. Lei.

On May 30, 2001 Tunghai Endowment Fund for Academic Advancement, USA (TEFA USA) was approved by U.S. Intenal Revenue Service (IRS) to be a non-profit organization in U.S. It has been allowed to fit for the usage of the Internal Revenue Code: 501(c) (3) and Tax Code 2730ID. All the donations to TEFA USA will be tax deductable in this country. This is a recognition of the U.S. Government to the accomplishment of the international academic exchange and cooperation by TEFA. Washington Business and Technology Institute also follows to recognize the achievement of TEFA. This approval will benifit the alumni of Tunghai University in U.S. and American friends who care about the development of the higher education in Taiwan to better their donation and contribution to the University.
TEFA's Board Chairman (Chairman of Tunghai University) Wu Ching Mi, Vice Chairman (President of Tunghai University) Wang Kang Pei, Board Member Chou Lang Chiu, Honorary Member Chen Shiang Wen, CEO I-yu Teng, and their group will travel U.S. from June 29 through July 8, 2001. They will hold an introductory meeting and press conference in Las Vegas. Monet Capital, LLC with its managerial team including Cheng Ching Hoa, Chen Shiang Wen, and Wu An Hung will also come to join and support. The theme event will be held at Bellagio Casino and Hotel at 9-11 a.m. on July 7. The Chairman of Tunghai University Wu Ching Mi, President of Tunghai Unversity Dr. Wang Kang Pei, and President of Washington Business and Technology Institute Dr. Tony T. Lei will be the Co-Chairmen. Dr. Lei, an alumnus of the first class of the University, has sincerely and diligently contributed to the good coordinatng and organizing of the event and conference.
The main purpose of TEFA is to offer Fellowships to outstanding professors and scholars, to support the "Bright Youth Planning", and to offer scholarships to honorary students to study in overseas. It has contributed NT$3,000,000.00 to support the academic advancement activities for Tunghai University and offer scholarships for 15 honorary students led by two teachers on July 4, 2001 third times to U.S. at Millikin University to suty American culture.
The Reunion Party and Tour of Tunghai University 1970 and 1971 (12th & 13th) Classes will be held on July 6 through July 11, 2001 in Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. Alumni and their familllies of Tunghai will come from many countries, especially from U.S., around the World. The highlight will be the Dinner party and entertainment program on July 7 at the Aladdin Casino and Hotel. There will have many achieved scholars, professors, business executive and owners, and officials among the class graduates. Participants has been very enthusiastic. Registerred people were closing to 300 now. Many of them will also participate the TEFA event at Bellagio Hotel on July 7. All of them will continue to travel Grand Canyon and several other senic places. The coordinators are US West Coast Yin Ser Lung, 909-621-0978; US East Coast Chang Tai Chuon, 973-895-5556; and Taiwan I-yu Teng, 886-2-27071594. The 1969 (11th) class had a Reunion Party and Tour very successfully and happilly on June 26 through July 1, 1999 in Las Vegas, Zion National Park, and Grand Canyon. The heighlight was the Dinner party and entertaiment progam on June 27, 1999 at the Sky View Room of the 26th floor of Bally's Casino and Hotel.

To implemente computer education to public schools has been very interested by several Asian countries. In this era, there are three ingredients for a successful economy and business in the knowledge economy world: (1) continually advancng technology, (2) entrepreneurship, and (3) innovation. To learn and to imitate is one of the practical ways fo entrepreneurship. By following this philosophy, American experience and practice may play a role to increase the possibility of success for our implementation.
A study has tried to discuss several major pitfalls that have prevented planned changes in computer education from being successful. To cope with those obstacles, Agoura High School had a successful experience in implementing compute education. Research result revealed that the computer group surpassed the non-computer group in post-test mathematics scores after they were adjusted for initial differences in pre-test mathematics scores and for actual days of attendance. Microcomputes has been considered to be an effective tools for learning by Agoura High.
The following pitfalls were the reasons why funds were ceased fo its ineffectiveness of the implementation of computer education though superficial success was reported by East Vermont Elementay School:
(1) Ineffective Communication
Teachers who were responsible for the implementation of the change were not informed adequately and fully. Institutional members wee mostly lacking clarity about the change that they were being requested to implement. More than half of the teachers influenced by the innovation did not have a clear image of the role play and work performance expected of them.
(2) Lack of Developed Constituencies
Before the implementing of the computer class, few effort was devoted to establish constituencies, neither it was there during the implementing. The high frequency of fail in efforts at change could in part be attibuted to the failure to see teacher as a constituency.
(3) Ignorance of the Organizational Dynamics
A review of the Vermont's story could let us know that one of the obstacles was that organizational conditions existing prior to and during the innovation's introduction were imcompatible with the innovation. Information were not provided by management in advance concerning the change, the need for it, and the way in which it would influence the people involved.
(4) Lack of Effective Evaluation
There was no formative evaluation before the implementation of the computer class program. Summative evaluation was also weak without the using of any proper achievement test.
In short, there is no doubt for us to agree that pitfalls must be considered in imple- menting and sustaining changes in a public school. Computer education has been an urgent need for many schools in Asia. It is clever for us to learn entrepreneurship which has brought America the leading, prosperous, and advanced country in this world. It will help to better our implementation by using entrepreneurship with modern technology.

On Last Friday May 25, Nancy Diaz, Repesentative for U. S. Senator Harry Reid confimed with Dr. Tony Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) that the Senator's office has agreed with WBTI to hold a grand celebrating party in August for Harry. The party will be hold under the unifying by WBTI with CAN-DO, ACC, among others. Special guests will include VIP from Nevadan high ranking officials, scholars and experts, business owners, and organizational leaders, with WBTI's faculty and members of Advisory Board as their basic resources. The decision has been made after Diaz's trip to the Senator's Office in Washington D. C. and the outstanding and successful practice of the event for the Justice of the Supreme Court Nancy Becker by WBTI on May 23, 2001. The theme and function of the coming August event for our Senator is A Special Tribute to U. S. Senator Honorable Harry Reid in Becoming the Majority Whip of U.S. Senate. The Keynote Speaker is U. S. Senator Harry Reid. Guests of Honor in scheduling are U. S. Senator John Ensign, Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa, and Las Vegas City Mayor Oscar Goodman.
Special Guests already scheduled include: Dr. Roy Adamson, Nancy Becker, Lisa Brown, Terry Care, Radha Chanderraj, Dr. Sue Fawn Chung, Mark Denton, Michelle Leavitt-Fitzpatrick, Robert Gronauer, Nadia Jurani, Jerry Keller, Erin Kenny, Mary Kincaid, Betsy Kolkoski, Myron Leavitt, A. William Maupin, Lynette McDonald, Cheryl Moss, Cynthia Steel, Dr. William Thompson, Natalie Tyrrell, Valorie Vega, Lillian Wallace, Jessie Walsh, Myrna Williams, Dr. Linda Young, Ann Zimmerman, among others.
Chairpersons in contacted are Raj Chanderraj, M.D., Supatra Chemprachum, James Chen, James Cho, Kay and Bashir Chowdhry, Romeo Jurani, Vivienne Kerns, Steve Kwon, David Lee, Ph.D., Tony Lei, Ed.D., Art Macaraeg, Ann Melton, Long Pham, R. D. Prabhu, M.D., Kate Torres-Recto, Judi Rock, Tonie Sison, Frank Tsou, Joey Villaflor, M.D., Rita Vaswani, Roddy Wong, M.D., Tim Wong, James Yu, among others. Hosts are welcomed and to be announced. If you are interested to be a chair- person or host for this event, please call Dr. Peter Lok at 732-0178 before June 30th.
The landslide victory of the Event held by WBTI for Justice Nancy Becker is a significant accomplishment of our Asian American community in Nevada. We had so many high ranking officials from the political and judicial area of Nevada together with the participating characters from the offices of our four representatitives of Nevada for the Washington Scene: Harry Reid, John Ensign, James Gibbons, and Shelley Berkley. The Guest of Honor was Grant Ashley, Special Agent in Charge, FBI. The Presentation Guest was Bud Granor, Southern Nevada Director for Governor Kenny Guinn. Special guests included all the list of the previous second paragraphy ( where Lillian Wallace was not shown), plus Bert Brown, Michael Cherry, Michael Douglas, Nadia Juradi, Nancy Saitta, Jennifer Togliatti, among others.
Dr. Lei, the main found raiser of this dinner party and chairman of the Event spoke to thank Nancy Becker for agreeing with him to hold the event by WBTI three months ago. He thanked also Dr. Peter Lok's diligent and effective work performance for this party. Dr. Lok received an award from Nancy duirng the party. Finanlly, Dr. Lei thanked heartily all the special guests, hosts, participating guests, and a host of friends in the party and event. After announcing the name list of the Faculty of Public Administra- tion Institution of WBTI, he introduced Nancy Becker and invited her to deliver a speech. Nancy performed a marvelous speech with good apperance and achieved content.
Cranor was introduced by Dr. Villaflor to speak. The Director for our Governor praised the accomplishment of community service by Dr. Lei and all our Asian Americans in Nevada. The highlight of this event is the presentation by Cranor of the Speicial Award of Outstanding Community Involvement to Dr. Lei by Governor Kenny Guinn. Thunder of applause in the great hall of Harbor Palace Seafood Restaurant with more than one hundred fifty of attendants from government, business, academic, and professional expertises brought an enjoyable and pleasent reunion as long as three hours for most of the people who were hesitated to say farewell.
Harry loves heartily our country, our people, and our community. He wishes us to enjoy working together. United we stand, devided we fall. Together we can GROW (Go Reach Our World). Knowledge calls, ultimately, for a life of service. We are happy to continue to work for the prosperity and healthy of our society more effectively through mutual coorperation and trust.