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MA: So then you married your husband Mack in, was it 1962?

AH: Uh-huh.

MA: And you have three children?

AH: Right.

MA: Can you name your children and when they were born?

AH: Stan was born 1965, so he's forty-three. And then Marlane was born in 1967, and she just turned forty. And she's the one that's mentally delayed and has special needs. And then my third child (Alicia) was born in 1977, she's thirty and she lives in Chicago, and she's married, has no children yet. And then I have two grandchildren, and they're the delight in my life. And we have so much fun that I get in trouble with them, too, so that's how much fun we have. And when I get them in trouble, I have to go and apologize, "I'm sorry I got you in trouble." [Laughs] Mackenzie, she's, right now she's fourteen, and Alex is ten.

MA: And they live in the Salt Lake City area?

AH: Uh-huh. And like I say, the big national JACL convention is coming in a couple of months, and Alex, my ten year old, is gonna be my date to the Sayonara Ball. And I wanted him to come because the keynote speaker is going to be astronaut Tani, he was in space for 123 days, and his mother passed away while he was up, and she was in camp. And so I asked Alex, I said, "Are you interested in space as a career in the future?" and he says, "Oh, maybe." And I says, "Well, I'd like to expose you and Mackenzie to all different kinds of options that you could have," and I said, "Would you like to sit with me to listen to the speaker?" And I said, "I know that maybe you might feel kind of awkward being with Grandma, but you could bring a friend." And he says, "No, Grandma, I'll sit with you." So I thought, "That's kind of neat." So he's gonna be my date.

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