Please RSVP to (702)255-9058 (702)369-5439
or E-mail: tojulei@yahoo.com
RSVP: Seating is limited. Confirmation required for seating. Please call Judy Lei at 255-9058 on or before 12 noon, Saturday, September 8, 2001.
P.S.: Invitaton tickets are ready for you.
Door prize of free trip to Thailand.

City of Las Vegas and Thai Cultural Arts Association of Las Vegas (TCAALV) will present Thai Performing Arts - Appreciation Day 2001 at Charleston Height Arts Center on September 13, 2001. It will be co-sponsored by Kids For a Better Society (KBS), Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI), Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada (CAAAN), among others. Dr. Tony T. Lei, President of WBTI and Chairman of CAAAN and Mrs. Judy K. Lei request the honor of your presence at the Event and Dinner Party in the Charleston Height Arts Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. The Party will start from 6:30 p.m. to about 11:30 p.m. on the coming Thurday. Please RSVP to (702)255-9058 or (702)369-5439 or E-mail: tojulei@yahoo.com. Seating is limited. Confirmation required for seating. For all the advisory, director, and faculty members of WBTI, CAAAN, South Shores Community Association, CAN-DO, Asian Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas Review-Joural, Nevada Examiner, Southern Nevada Chinese Weekly, and Southwest Hispanic, please call Judy Lei at 255-9058 on or before 12 noon, Saturday, September 8, 2001. Invitation tickets are for you. Door prizes from Thailand will be offered.
Sapatra Chemprachum is the Chair/President of TCAALV. On August 26, 2001, she called Mrs. Judy Lei that Mr. Bobby Siller would like to have invitation card from Dr. Tony Lei. Bobby is the former Special Agent in Charge - FBI. He is a Member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board . Meanwhile, Bobby feels honor to be in Dr. Lei's guest group for Event and Dinner parties. On August 30, WBTI was pleased to fax the invitation card to Mr. Siller for Tony.
"Please accept my best wishes as you come together in celebration of the Thai Performaing Arts , Appreciation Day 2000," wrote U. S. Senator John Ensign to the public on September 7, 2000. "The importance of sharing culture through art and festivities that bring people together serves to enhance all of us more by enriching our lives with the diversity of people and their customs. I especially would ike to extend my appreciation to Dr. Tony T. Lei for his commitment and enthusiatic support of the Thai Performing Arts," continued our outstanding Member of the Senate in Washington, D. C. Honorable John Ensign.

Asian American communitiy had been united together to hold an event and dinner party successfully to honor U. S. Senator Harry Reid. More than 384 against the 250 planned individuals of government officials, business owners and executives, organizational leaders among others attended the party at the Asia Palace Chinese Restaurant on August 24, 2001. Kenote Speaker was U.S. Senator Harry Reid. Guests of Honor presented were: U. S. Senator John Ensign (by Sonia Joya), U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, U. S. Congressman Jim Gibbons (by Judith Ray),
and Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa.
U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley introduced Senator Harry Reid to the public with his successfully story to be the greatest political leader of Nevada arsing from the son of an ordinary family of mining worker. The first time as an honorable Master of Ceremony for Asian American community, Shelley' attractiveness and talent are really professional. She has been famous of her arts of leading on social activities since her college life. "On behalf of Washington Business and Technology Institute, I'm glad to be one of the Chairmen of this Event and Dinner Party for a Special Tribute to U.S. Senator Harry Reid. Following a successful tribute party to Nevada Supreme Court Justice Nancy Becker, this Event is an united efforts of all our Asian American community. Thanks to Dr. Raj Chanderraz, Dr. R. D. Prabha, Dr. Ram Singh, Mr. Tonie Sison, and Ms. Rita Vaswani to join me as Chairpersons. Thanks to all our guests of honor, special guests, hosts, guests, and participants. Thanks to Dr. Peter Lok as our wonderful Coordinator and Ms. Nancy Diaz to initiate the plan of this event with me. Finnally, we, Asian Americans have put all our effort and wisdom together to have this Special Tribute to our U. S. Senator Harry Reid, because Harry is our great hero to build a community where this and future generations will have more opportunities and advantages to live a prosperous life," spoke Dr. Tony Lei, the Chairman of the event and dinner party.
According to the prepared introduction by Congresswoman Berkley to the Party, "Dr. Tony Lei is the President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) and Chairman of Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada. He received his M.B.A. and Doctor of Education in Institutional Management degrees from Pepperdine University in 1969 and 1980, respectively. He had been an Associate Professor and a Fellow of Management of the Graduate School of Business Administration of National Chung Hsing University and Pepperdine University from 1985 to 1991 and 1991 to 1996, respectively. He has completed numerou scientific papers, text books, best selling books, and research projects during past 30 years in universities and academic institutes. His famous publications Modern Business Management, Information Management, Human Behavior Science, The Arts of Leading, among others have been adopted by several universities as text books."
The highlight of the event was the presentation of a plague of Award of accomplishment to Senator Harry Reid by the Chairmen of the event and dinner party. Fowllowing to sing a happy birthday song for Governor Kenny Guinn and Judge Jessie Walsh, Dr. Lei introduced a former State Senator Mark Malone presenting an Award to Senator Harry Reid from the State Board of Educaton of its elected Member Theresa Malone.
Special Guests presented at the event and party were: Elected Officials of Kathy Augustine ( by Candy Bowser), Merle Berman, Barbara Buckley, Burt Brown, Terry Care, Barbara Cegavske, Michael Cherry, Vonne Chowing, Mark Denton, Michael Douglas, Allan Earl, Robert Gronauer, Cedric Kerns, John Lee, Myron Leavitt, Michelle Leavitt-Fitzpatrick, Robert Lueck, James Mahan, Theresa Malone (by Mark Malone), Mark Manendo, William Maupin (by Cathy Nelson), Cheryl Moss, Denis Nolan, Judith Ray, Gary Reese (by Loretta Arrington), Cynthia Steel, Dina Titus, Natalie Tyrrell, Valorie Vega, Jessie Walsh, Myrna Williams, and Ann Zimmerman; Government Officials of Radha Chanderraj, Michael Davidson, Nancy Diaz, Nadia Jurani, Sonia Joya, Dr. Donald Kwalick, Jerry Reynoldson, Bobby Siller, Charles Thompson, Sheri Vogel; and Guests of Nadia Contreras, Karen Foster, Miguel Isassi, Anthony Lu, John Ponticello, John Smith, Barbara Robinson, David Teis, among others.
Besides the six chairpersons, hosts of the dinner party were: Mildred Arquero, Dr. Raj Chanderraj, Albert Chang, Supatra Chemprachum, Dr. Andres Costas, Dolly DeLeon, Leonie Domingo, A.J. Dudekar, Cathy Endy, Steve Escalona, Larry Espinueva, Pia Galapon, Dr. Sonny Ho, Nadia Jurani, Drs. Nilofar Kuraishi and Shaheed Siddiqui, Steven Kwon, Dr. Tony Lei, Jose Lim, Anthony Lu, Ann Melton, Zenny Mendoza, Lillian Morizono, Peter Nguyen, Dr. R. D. Prabhu, Kate Recto, George Regner, Dr. Francisco Sanchez, Dr. Ram Singh, Richard Segerblom, Nick and Laxmi Singh, Tonie Sison, Rita Vaswani, Joey Villaflor, and Roddy Wong.
Senator and Majority Whip of the U. S. Senate Honorable Harry Reid smilled most of the time during the Party. Many of the partcipants in the Party had felt suprisingly Harry's friendship and popularity with his sociality. Harry and his wife Landra were the last two people after the accomplishment of the pleasent and successful party to leave sending by Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei.

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Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa confirmed with Dr. Tony Lei that she would attend the Event and Dinner Party for a special tribute to U. S. Senator Harry Reid. It will be held at the Asia Palace Chinese Restaurant at 6:00 - 9:30 on August 24, 2001. Raj Channderaj, MD, Dr. Tony Lei, R. D. Prabha, MD, and Rita Vaswani are the Chairpersons. The Dinner Party is organized by Dr. Peter Lok, the Chairman of the Coordinating Committee of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).
Attorney General Ms. Del Papa is a native Nevadan. She received her bechelor of arts degree in political science from the oUniversity of Nevada, Reno in 1971 and received her law degree (J.D.) from the National Law Center of George Washington University in 1974. She practice law for 12 yeqrs and was also elected to the University of Nevada Board of Regents, Where she served from 1980 to 1986. In January 1987, She was sworn in as Nevada Secretay of State, the first woman to hold this office.
With very good personal traits and apperance, Ms. Del Papa is excellent both in production and human relations for her work performance as a famous public service leader. She was nominated by Dr. Lei for the honor as a Fellow of the Public Administration Institute of WBTI on August 7, 2001. She chaired the Nevada Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council. She has been a leader of many association and committees. On March 6, 1997, a joint project was released by Attorney General Del Papa and Nevada's Division for Aging Services Chief of Elder Rights, Ms. Betsy Kolkoski, with a goal to help identify and prevent elder abuse. The Plan entitled "Elder Abuse: An Action Plan to Better Protect Nevada's Elderly." The first woman elected to the Office of Attorney General in Nevada, Attorney General Del Papa is now in her third term.
Majority Whip of U.S. Snate Harry Reid wrotw Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei
on January 11, 2001 from his office in Washington, D. C. that the holiday season is a time for remmembering the good things that have happened during the year, for reflecting on the many blessings of our lives, and for renewing the bonds of love and freindship that make ourlives special. The famous and powerful political leader from Nevada continued his literary and intimate writing about his family with lots of granchildren

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Labor Secretary Elaine Chao (Center) and Dr. Tony Lei, President of
Washington Business and Technology Institute with his wife Judy Lei
in the lunch at The Mirage by Asian American Community leaders.

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.