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MA: So what, so you left Santa Monica in March. Did you resume school then in Fort Lupton?

LS: Yes, uh-huh.

MA: What school was that?

LS: Independence, and that was grades, through the eighth grade in that school. And then from there, high school in Brighton.

MA: And Independence, your school in Fort Lupton, how many Nisei students were there with you?

LS: Oh, let's see, they were mostly my cousins. There was one, two, three, four, five... about six of us.

MA: And most of them had come from the West Coast?

LS: No. Just my brothers and myself, and my cousin Nancy and her brother Harry.

MA: Did you notice a difference between the Japanese American community in Santa Monica versus the one in Fort Lupton? Were there any big things that you noticed that were different?

LS: No, not really.

MA: So you fit in pretty well with the community?

LS: Uh-huh.

MA: Did you start going to church, or was there a Buddhist church or a Christian church that you went to?

LS: No, we didn't attend any of that.

MA: So how long, then, were, did your father do the farming?

LS: Well, we stayed there with Mr. Heinz for two years, and then Dad went to, came to Denver and bought a home. And we stayed there a very short while, and then he rented that out and we went to farm in Adams City.

MA: Adams City, where is that in relation to --

LS: It's just real close by Denver, just north of Denver.

MA: So he, so he moved to Denver for just a short while?

LS: Uh-huh, and then we farmed in Adams City for just one year, and then we went back to Denver, and he started establishing his gardening business.

MA: So the first time that you moved to Denver, was, was he trying to find gardening work?

LS: Uh-huh. And he found it right away. He didn't seem to have much problem, he succeeded quite well. From gardening he went into landscaping and he had some good, good, good business.

MA: So going back to Adams City, what type of farm did your parents...

LS: About the same thing. But they had different types of broccoli, cauliflower, green onions, and lettuce, that sort of thing. It wasn't as heavy of work as the one in Fort Lupton.

MA: Who owned the farm that you worked on?

LS: An Italian, and I can't remember what their name was. It was an elderly couple.

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