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USA Basketball Women’s National Team vs China National Team SEATTLE — The USA Women’s Basketball Team will be hosting the Chinese Women’s Basketball team on April 26 at KeyArena. “I think the players will very much appreciate playing the game rather than practicing,” said Dawn Staley, USA National Team and University of South Carolina head coach. “Competition brings out the best see BASKETBALL on 16 USA vs. China in a previous game
Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi surges to win men’s Boston Marathon
JOJO TRAN, A VIETNAMESE NATIVE WHO ONCE FOUGHT DEPORTATION, TOOK THE OATH OF CITIZENSHIP ON APRIL 18, 2018. READ THE FULL STORY NEXT WEEK IN THE NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
In the running for Seattle’s Municipal Court: Maureen McKee and Andrea Chin
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BOSTON (AP) — Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi surged with a mile to go to overtake Geoffrey Kirui to win the Boston Marathon on April 16. Kawauchi crossed the finish line in a time of 2:15:58. He becomes the first Japanese man to win Boston since Seko Toshihiko took the title in 1987. Kawauchi said through an interpreter that the wind and cold Yuki Kawauchi comes from behind to win Boston Marathon.
An artist in self improvement By Jessica Kai Curry NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Amidst the hustle and bustle of Uwajimaya Village is an oasis of elegance and glamour. Savvy Cosmetics, owned by Harumi Branch, has been operating in the Village for almost 13 years. Just a few steps past the front entrance of the Village, one is greeted by Harumi’s gracious staff, and instantly transported to a health and beauty environment where pampering is inevitable. Harumi has been an esthetician since 2008, and is now a master esthetician. She is fully certified in all of the services she offers. In permanent makeup, she has the seal of approval from the Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals, the largest permanent makeup organization in the world. Harumi jokingly says that she earned her certifications so that “I could use my skills and knowledge on myself.” Yet she clearly takes a heartfelt interest in her work and in her clients. She finds it fulfilling to track a client’s
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Harumi Branch
Maureen McKee in the living room of her Seattle home.
By Joy Geerkens NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY What the public may know is that two candidates in the running for Seattle’s Municipal Court are named Andrea Chin and Maureen McKee. What the public may not know is that they are two Asian American women with a lifetime of experience fighting for the rights of others. These women are currently running for separate judge positions, with Chin currently running uncontested and McKee participating in the election held in November. For how untouchable the position of a judge can seem, McKee is one of the most intouch women one might have the pleasure of meeting. McKee majored in piano performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, but while studying abroad in Nairobi, she had a life changing experience, causing her to change her major
to Africana Studies once she returned to the United States. McKee says it made her realize that there are three categories of information as far as knowledge is concerned. “There’s what we know, what we know we don’t know, and there’s the third category, what we don’t know, we don’t know.” McKee has pledged a lifetime of learning what’s in that third category, and how to best serve the populations who find themselves within it. “She travelled by herself through Eastern Europe. She was always globe hopping by herself, going to places, seeing what it was like, and learning the language,” said McKee’s sister, Estelle McKee. After graduating, McKee continued to dive deeper into that third category, working as a VISTA volunteer for AmeriCorps, and working with young adults with developmental disabilities, see MCKEE on 15
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