余風采堂春宴筵開四十席 情況熱鬧
鳳凰城余風采堂，於三月三日在六福大酒家舉行春節聯歡慶會。撥冗光臨嘉賓，有各僑團首長，社會賢達，親朋好友。從遠道蒞臨助興者，
有三藩市全美余風采堂美西總長余永源伉儷，來自羅省全美余風采堂元老余以信伉儷，本埠昆仲
嬸姆、姊妹姑姐等，
少長咸集，歡聚一堂。參加人數共四百餘人，筵開四十席，現場氣氛溫馨，
溫情歡樂洋溢，情況高興熱鬧。
正午十二時在堂所舉行祭祖，由余富強主持儀式，美西副總長余文澤奉獻金豬全蹄，
禮儀簡單隆重，
禮成後備有豐富布斐餐餉眾，由嬸姆姑姐友好攜來精製家鄉糕點，有甜有鹹，各適其適，
與會者大享朵頤口福。
下午七時，宴會開始，由哲夫主持秩序，首請余自重主席致歡迎詞，恭祝各位新年快樂，
萬事如意，家庭幸福，狗年行好運。繼由亞省參議員余艷芬、
美西總長余永源分別致詞，美好祝福，語皆吉祥。
亞省政府機會平等局局長黃仕鈞代表省長 Doug
Ducey 頒發本堂賀狀，
由余自重主席、余文勁元老、余文澤副總長共同接收致謝。
席間由余文勁元老和首長上台向嘉賓敬酒祝賀，
並感謝各位嘉賓熱情參加，使慶會增光添彩，歡樂和諧，非常感激。
由西文書記余美蓮介紹嘉賓，僑團首長和僑領等達三十人，
同時介紹本堂職員，互相認識。
頒發獎學金儀式，由余哲夫夫人、余長全夫人、余自重夫人共同主持。
獲得獎學金和助學金者，
姓名如下：
余秀欣，Rachel Yee，
余華傑，余敏聰， Skyler Yee ,
余詩寧，余詩敏和余紹傑等。
幸運抽獎由余國康夫婦主持，獎品除自備外，分別由中餐館協會，六福酒家，
China Chili 餐館，
欣欣超市等送贈獎券，金隆珠寶行黃夫人送贈的名貴金狗大獎，
由余文裕夫人幸運獲得，所有得獎者皆大歡喜。
這次春宴聯歡，暢聚情誼，歡樂融融，賓主皆歡，大家在愉快氣氛中散會。
斐匿余風采堂訊
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Phoenix Yee Fung-toy Celebrates Spring
Festival
Once more on the
first Saturday of March, 2018, the Yees
in the Phoenix area gathered to
celebrate the advent of another
Lunisolar Year. The cycle of 12
Living/Life Resemblances entered into
the Year of the Dog on February 16th in
this case, and the banquet at the Great
Wall Hong Kong Cuisine site with another
full-house crowd of 40 tables, certainly
illustrated the theme of sincere
friendship.
The Yee Surname World
President, Mr. Eddie Yee and his wife,
from San Francisco was, an especial
guest, and he himself expressed the
delight to make an address, after
decades of living in America, using the
rural Four Counties (Szeyup or Siyi)
patois, Taishan Cantonese. Our longtime
regional friend, Mr. Alan Yee and his
wife, once more made the trip from their
Los Angeles area to highlight a special
relationship indeed. Truly spoken was
the Sage, the Master Kong, when he
remarked as recorded in the Analects:
“When friends come from afar, is it not
pleasant?”
The Hon. Kimberly
Yee, first Chinese or Asian American
woman ever elected to the State
Legislature of Arizona but eight short
years ago, also delivered brief remarks;
it was noted that she is now not only
elevated as a State Senator and the
Majority Leader for the Republicans, but
now is seeking to be elected as the
State Treasurer. Mr. Barry Wong,
currently serving as the Executive
Director of a gubernatorial office for
equal opportunity, read a Proclamation
for the occasion from Governor Doug
Ducey.
Once more, a half
dozen scholarships to deserving students
progressing in their education were
presented, as well as many dozens of
generous prizes raffled from China Chili
Restaurant, Great Wall itself, and Super
L Ranch Market (now relocated to
Scottsdale) as well as each table having
a gift from the Chinese Restaurant
Association of Arizona. And, of course,
the widely respected community elder,
Mr. John M. Yee, highlighted the
occasion, typically too busy to enjoy
the excellent cuisine always available
at this premier local restaurant in the
Cantonese regional style.
The Spring Festival
banquet for the year 4716 (in a
continuous count, but including times
rather legendary, by Dr. Sun Yat-sen,
Founder of the Republic of China in 1912
as an absolute break from previous
imperial chronological practices of two
millennia but very natural for the
Christian convert he became in youth)
since the reign of Huang Di (the Yellow
Ruler), was another characteristic
occasion of happy reunion and
forward-looking hopes for good health
and prosperity and peaceful harmony.
Many Yees have local
roots in recent centuries from the
Guangdong Province area, and so this
Association in Phoenix commemorates a
truly fellow countryman -- a
scholar-official of the Northern Song
dynasty (960 – 1125 C.E.), Yu Jing, or
in the Cantonese rendering of his
nickname, Yee Fung-toy (Yu Fengcai).
That hao derived from his reputation,
confirmed by the emperor himself, for
inspiring elegant demeanor in a hoary
age when courtesy and politesse
mattered, when intensive cultivation in
poetry, in calligraphy, and in
scholarship counted. Truly a Model
Ancestor to be emulated and venerated;
hopefully, erroneous notions in certain
local circles that such respect
constitutes any type of divine worship
will in time pass -- for error, even
stubbornly ignorant, generally does.
余文焯 M.
Cheak Yee / Yu Wenchuo
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