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37 YEARS YOUR VOICE

A monument to a vanishing Chinatown returns

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Trapped by millions of dollars in debt after her family’s hotel collapsed in 2013, Tanya Woo walked the streets of the ChinatownInternational District (ID), heading for an emotional collapse of her own. Old people would come up to her and ask if they could live there—after it reopened.

She was not sure if it ever would.

She took up bartending for a while.

Then she found an outside family to invest in the hotel.

On June 17, the Louisa Hotel reopened with fanfare, Buddhist chanting, lion dancing, and tours of jazz-era murals, artifacts from its heyday when it was the center of life in the ID. However, one thing had changed.

It did not appear that many Chinese, at least those that currently live in Chinatown, would ever be able to live there again.

Photo by John Liu

By Mahlon Meyer NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

A lion dance honors the reopening of the historic building with its original exterior

Economics

A combination of skyrocketing prices for land and housing has forced family owners like Woo to embrace new options to retain control of their properties.

In the case of Woo, her family partnered with Greg Gorder of Gaard Development to transform the decrepit, gutted hotel into see LOUISA on 11

From left: Proud Summit Sierra graduates Mia-Aizada Mitchell, An Vu, Sabrina Buparat and Roger Huynh

Port of Seattle race highlights Summit Sierra charter school remaining economic engine graduates first class of seniors

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2019 marks a big year for Washington’s charter schools, as it is the first year since the charter school initiative was passed in 2012 that graduates are claiming their diplomas. Seniors from Summit Sierra charter school in the International District were the first to do so this June. Most graduates had been founding freshmen at Summit Sierra as well, and had many reasons to celebrate.

Summit Sierra is part of a public school network that operates out of California and Washington. In Washington, there are two other Summit locations in Tacoma and West Seattle. The Summit system of schools prides itself on making students college-ready and in the personalized attention that is given to each student. This year, 98 percent of Summit’s graduating seniors in Washington state have been accepted to a four-year college or university.

Summit Sierra regional director of schools, Alex Horowitz, explained that the school provides “selfdirected learning” and that they strive to “meet each child where they are and for who they are.” It’s a wellrounded approach geared towards “developing the whole child.” Summit Sierra, which is tuition-free, and has no entrance requirements—everyone is welcome— advocates strongly for their kids. Each student is put into a mentoring group with an adult mentor. This is

Photo courtesy of Preeti Shridhar

By Kai Curry NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Preeti Shridhar

By Mahlon Meyer NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Both candidates want to use the Port to create jobs and housing. Both are concerned with the environment. Both want to assert affirmative action in hiring.

Sam Cho and Preeti Shridhar, the two Asian Pacific Islander (API) candidates for an open Port of Seattle Commissioner seat, recognize that the Port is a major landowner and how that land is used is a major issue.

But the differences between the two candidates’ plans appear negligible.

Cho, a second-generation Korean American entrepreneur,

Sam Cho

wants to turn non-industrial use land belonging to the Port into affordable housing for the homeless. Then he wants to train the homeless living in that housing to be welders, machinists, and carpenters to do construction for the port as it expands.

Over the past 20 years, the addition of the cruise industry has necessitated increased construction and promises more.

Shridhar, a first-generation immigrant from India who works as a government official in Renton, wants to expand and develop existing technical programs so that unemployed high school and college students can find see PORT on 13

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JUNE 22 – JUNE 28, 2019

■ NAMES IN THE NEWS NW Regional Emmy Awards

Series: The Fight Against Teen Suicide; and Darlene Tsao, Q13 FOX Video Editor for the Living With Autism program. Congratulations to all the winners. 

Reception for API leaders

J.R. Celski gets hitched

From left: Seattle Channel staff members Norm Ohashi, Randy Eng, Vincent Pierce, Nancy Guppy, Ralph Bevins, Kate Huisentruit, Shannon Gee, Ian Devier, and Christopher Barnes.

Norm Ohashi won his first Emmy Award, after nearly four decades in the broadcast news industry, on June 8 at the 56th annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards.

Ohashi, a senior producer with Seattle Channel, won for an inspiring look at the Special Olympics, along with videographer Randy Eng and Executive Producer Shannon Gee. Eng won a second Emmy for documenting stories of World War II Nisei veterans, along with reporter Lori Matsukawa.

Other AAPI winners include Mimi Jung for the Anchor/ Reporter role at KING 5; Emily Wen, Director at KING 5; Linzi Sheldon, Investigative Reporter/Weekend Anchor at KIRO 7; Hana Kim, Q13 FOX Reporter for her News

Kyle Ohashi retiring

Kyle Ohashi

The public i n for m at ion officer for the Kent-based Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority will retire at the end of June, after 30 years with the de-

partment.

In an email, Kyle Ohashi said, “I’ll miss 2 a.m. phone calls, blinding camera lights, and answering the same question eight different times.”

Joe Root, who has been with Puget Sound Fire for more than 28 years, will take his place.

Ohashi, who majored in business at Western Washington University in Bellingham after he graduated from Kentridge High School, told the Kent Reporter that he looks forward to traveling and sleeping in. 

Gowri Shankar fills interim admin role at UW Bothell

The University of Washington (UW) Bothell has appointed Gowri Shankar to serve as interim vice chancellor for planning and administraGowri Shankar tion (VCPA).

In this role, effective Aug. 1, Shankar will oversee financial planning and accounting, campus facilities and space planning, governmental and community relations, information technology, and human resources.

Shankar holds a tenured faculty appointment and has taught at UW Bothell since 2000.

Prior to teaching, Shankar worked in multinational companies in India and Nigeria.

UW Bothell will conduct a search for a permanent VCPA to replace Ruth A. Johnston, the current vice chancellor who is leaving to become the chief strategic financial officer for the New Mexico State University system. 

Three-time Olympic medalist J.R. Celski married his girlfriend, former Canadian short tracker Andrea DoDuc, on June 1 outside Salt Lake City.

A native of Federal Way, Wash., Celski made Salt Lake City his training home before announcing his retirement from competitive speed skating in November.

The couple still lives there, where Do-Duc is a sports physiologist and the assistant coach for the U.S. Short Track team.

Celski told TeamUSA.org, “The biggest thing for me is that she calls me on my BS. That’s great to have that honesty. You need that, especially with what I’m doing, I’m going in circles every day. I can’t take myself too seriously, and when I do, I appreciate that call out.” 

From left: Janice Deguchi, Leo Flor, Marie Kurose, Mariko Lockhart, Mami Hara, Toshiko Hasegawa, and Maria Batayola.

Asian Pacific Directors Coalition (APDC) hosted a special reception on June 13 at Hing Hay Co-works to welcome cabinet/director-level Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) in local government.

APDC chair Janice Deguchi gave the opening remarks while Maria Batayola facilitated a discussion.

Among those honored were Toshiko Hasegawa, Executive Director for Commission on APA Affairs; Mami Hara, CEO/General Manager of Seattle Public Utilities; Mariko Lockhart, Director of the City of Seattle Office of Civil Rights; Marie Kurose, CEO of Workforce Development Council; and Leo Flor, Director of King County Department of Community and Human Services. 

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■ COMMUNITY NEWS

JUNE 22 – JUNE 28, 2019

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Third-degree black belt to compete in tournament

By Laura Ohata NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “When searching on social media, if you type in general things (about kendo), male competitors come up,” said Jane Higa, a thirddegree black belt in kendo and a student at the University of Washington. “Once you look deeper, women are represented.”

Higa’s day-to-day experiences in the dojo are quite different than what she finds in the media. “There is this strong community of women, and men who respect women…I’ve never felt inferior…just because of my gender.”

For the first time, Higa will attend this year’s North American Women’s Kendo Tournament & Seminar in Seattle from July 6–13. As a teenager, she spent summers in Japan with her family. But this year, as a young adult, at age 20, she could finally plan her own schedule to attend the event.

The seminar and tournament, attracting high-ranking female martial artists from Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United States, Aruba, and elsewhere, will study with Chinatsu Murayama, a five-time All-Japan Women’s Kendo champion.

Higa said, “I’m excited to meet Murayamasensei. She is so tall. Her kendo is super pretty and straight. I’m excited to be able to practice with her this time.”

Higa started studying and practicing kendo at age 11, when her mother showed her a flyer and asked her if she wanted to try out the sport.

She had seen videos of kendo before, but never in real life. She thought she would be able to wear the uniform and armor right away, but it took many months to work up to that level.

When asked why she likes kendo, Higa said, “You’re fighting with a sword, so that’s pretty cool. The passion you feel when you play sports, I don’t think it’s any different. It has this whole cultural background from Japan, how the samurai trained. The respect and the discipline make it really different.”

Modern fighters use bamboo swords to score points by striking the top of the head, the wrist, and the chest. Once a black belt is attained, they are allowed to target the throat. In spite of the protective helmet, gloves, and breastplate, kendo practitioners often go home bruised and sweaty.

Higa competes at local and regional tournaments, and wins against men and women. She took second place in individuals at the Rose City Taikai in 2018. More recently, she won second place at the 14th Annual Pacific Intercollegiate Tournament in 2019. Her team, the Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation (PNKF), won first place at the 2016 Junior National Championships in Detroit, Mich.

“When I was training for the girls’ team…all of the sensei helped me. They gave me advice and pushed me, whether male or female. They gave me feedback and compliments when I really deserved them.”

Seventh-degree black belt, Jeff Marsten, see KENDO on 14

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Women competitors face off at a kendo tournament.

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37 YEARS

■ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion

Photo courtesy of ArtsWest Justin Huertas

He got an undergrad degree from Rutgers, followed with a graduate school degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, studying theoretical, practical, and emotional approaches to the stage. After a stint at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, he took over the Artistic Director post at ArtsWest in 2014.

For ArtsWest, he’s directed such disparate projects as “Ghosts,” “Death of a Salesman,” and “Frozen,” and recently “Office Hour,” a harrowing piece based on the

Porscha Shaw. Each actor, according to Wright, steps into a role custom-created by Huertas, who admires each one of them and came up with the idea to bring them together.

Wright has directed musicals before, but this, he says, marks the first world premiere musical in ArtsWest’s history.

“A musical has a lot of moving pieces with wildly different demands that all have to be coordinated and conspire to tell

Photo credit to John McLellan

“I am not from here originally,” confessed theatrical director Mathew Wright. “I’m not sure how long it takes to officially be considered a Seattlelite, but I certainly feel like one. I moved here in July 2011, so it’s been almost eight years.”

Wright is the director for the new musical “The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion,” premiering at West Seattle’s ArtsWest Theatre.

He grew up in New Jersey. He cycled as a child through painting, drawing, writing, and playing music, before finally settling on theater for a vocation, at age 10.

“I auditioned for ‘Hello, Dolly!’ at my middle school, and realized I had found my people,” he recalled. “I haven’t looked back since.”

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By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

The cast, clockwise from top: Corinna Lapid Munter, Rachel Guyer-Mafune, Christian Quinto, Tyler Rogers, and Porscha Shaw.

2007 killings at Virginia Tech. “Last Octopus World Wrestling Champion,” though, gave him a chance to work with someone he’s admired for as long as he’s been in town: Local playwright (and occasional actor) Justin Huertas, a graduate of ArtsWest’s Education Program.

“Justin and I are very good friends and staunch admirers of each other’s work,” said Wright. “[ArtsWest] commissioned the piece, which began as an untitled idea articulated in one paragraph, and has since grown into a beautiful and extraordinary piece of theater.”

“Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion” takes place in a Filipino community. It’s a coming of age story about an 18-year-old girl and her mother.

The mom has secrets from her past that she’s long kept hidden in order to protect her child. But in the course of the play, those secrets begin to assert themselves in her daughter’s life, resulting in extraordinary transformation and, ultimately, the past must be reckoned with.

“It sounds serious, which it is,” Wright stressed. “But it’s also beautiful, universal, poetic, and because it’s written by Justin Huertas, full of sophisticated (and unsophisticated) humor and irony.”

The cast consists of local actors Corinna Lapid Munter, Rachel Guyer-Mafune, Christian Quinto, Tyler Rogers, and

Rachel Guyer-Mafune and Corinna Lapid Munter

one single streamlined story,” he said of the production. “It takes a lot of humans and extremely open communication and collaboration.”

Asked about future projects for ArtsWest, Wright mentioned the theatre’s still putting together its 2019/2020 season, but he’s not yet at liberty to reveal the specifics.

“We are blessed in this town with myriad incredible theater artists who identify culturally as Asian or derivations thereof, many of whom have found a home at ArtsWest,” he summed up. “We try to provide folks of all backgrounds the opportunity to make art that matters to them on specific, personal, and universal levels.”  “The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion” plays June 19–July 28 at ArtsWest in West Seattle. For prices, showtimes, and other information, visit artswest.org.

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4 charged in downing of Malaysian airliner over Ukraine

By MIKE CORDER NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) — International prosecutors announced murder charges on June 19 against four men— three of them Russians with military or intelligence backgrounds—in the missile attack that blew a Malaysia Airlines jet out of the sky over Ukraine five years ago, killing all 298 people aboard.

The case, built with the help of wiretaps, radar images and social media posts, marks the most significant step yet toward tying the tragedy to Moscow, which has backed the pro-Russian separatists fighting to seize control of eastern Ukraine.

In announcing the charges, prosecutors appealed for witnesses to help lead them even further up the chain of command in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Investigators “want to go as far as we can get” because “it’s important to know who can be held responsible for this absolute tragedy,” top Dutch prosecutor Fred Westerbeke said.

The trial for the defendants, who also include a Ukrainian separatist fighter, was set for next March in the Netherlands, though it appeared unlikely any of them would be brought before the court, since Russia and Ukraine forbid the extradition of their citizens.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry dismissed the charges against the Russian citizens as “absolutely unfounded” and accused the investigators of using “dubious sources of information” and ignoring evidence provided

by Moscow in order to discredit Russia.

It said, too, that the international team turned a blind eye to Ukraine’s failure to close its airspace to commercial flights despite the fighting that endangered aircraft.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was brought down on July 17, 2014, over eastern Ukraine by what investigators said was a Buk missile from a Russian anti-aircraft unit.

Investigators believe the Ukrainian rebels probably mistook the Boeing 777 passenger jet for a Ukrainian military plane.

Russia has repeatedly denied involvement in the attack, but eastern Ukraine’s proMoscow rebels have relied heavily on Russian military assistance during the separatist conflict that erupted in April 2014 and has claimed more than 13,000 lives.

Associated Press reporters spotted a Buk, an unusually big and sophisticated type of weapon, in the Ukrainian town of Snizhne just hours before the jetliner was shot down, raining debris and bodies down onto farms and sunflower fields.

The investigation team said that even if the four defendants may not have actually pushed the button to launch the missile, they had a role in the preparations.

One of those charged was Russian citizen Igor Girkin, a retired colonel in Russia’s main intelligence agency, the FSB. He led Russian and separatist forces in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in 2014.

The three others charged are Russian citizens Sergey Dubinskiy, identified as a former employee of Russia’s military intelligence service, and Oleg Pulatov, described as a former soldier in military intelligence; and Leonid Kharchenko, a Ukrainian citizen who led a combat unit in the Donetsk.

Girkin led a group of Russian men who crossed into Ukraine and occupied the town

of Slovyansk, which became the site of major fighting. He wrote on his social media account around the time of the jetliner attack that the rebels had shot down a Ukrainian military plane in the area where the Malaysian aircraft went down. He later deleted that post.

The Joint Investigation Team, made up of detectives from the Netherlands, Malaysia, Australia, Belgium and Ukraine, said the trial will begin with or without the defendants in a top-security courtroom near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport under Dutch law, which allows trials in absentia. The men could get life in prison if convicted.

The Netherlands has taken the lead in efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice because nearly 200 of those killed were Dutch citizens.

Investigators have been gathering and

analyzing evidence largely without help from Moscow, which dismissed the team as biased because it has no Russian members.

Last year, the team said it was convinced that the Buk missile system used to shoot down the plane came from the Russian army’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile brigade, based in the Russian city of Kursk.

Prosecutors appealed for witnesses to come forward to help identify the crew that manned the missile launcher and to take them further up the chain of command to identify those who authorized its deployment.

The team did not reveal much evidence, saying the courtroom is the place to lay out the case, but played a wiretap of an alleged conversation between Alexander Borodai, who was rebel leader in the Donetsk in 2014, and senior Kremlin official Vladislav Surkov

in which they appear to discuss military aid for the separatists.

Borodai denied discussing military support with Surkov, calling the recording a fake.

Asked to characterize Moscow’s cooperation with the probe, Westerbeke said it “wasn’t too good.”

The families of those killed were informed of the trial date at a closed-door meeting.

Silene Fredriksz-Hoogzand, of the Dutch city of Rotterdam, whose son Bryce was among the dead, said, “This is what we hoped for.”

She said she holds Putin responsible for the attack, saying: “He made this possible. He created the situation.” As for Russia’s lack of cooperation, she said, “I think it’s disgusting.

They deny everything, they don’t cooperate.

Nothing.” 

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JUNE 22 – JUNE 28, 2019

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Notable grads of 2019

Left: Japanese Americans boarded a bus parked in front of James Okubo’s family home, beginning their forced removal in 1942. Right: James Okubo.

Western Washington University (WWU) awarded a posthumous honorary bachelor’s degree on June 15 to James K. Okubo, a Medal of Honor recipient and former Western Washington College of Education student. He was unable to finish his degree because his family was incarcerated during World War II, along with about 120,000 West Coast residents of Japanese ancestry.

After leaving WWU in 1942, Okubo enlisted in the U.S. Army and was a medic with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He was

James Okubo’s children, Anne (left) and William, accepting his certificates.

awarded a Silver Star for saving the lives of fellow soldiers under heavy fire in France in 1944, and received a Medal of Honor in 2000.

After the war, Okubo settled in the Detroit area, and became a dentist and a faculty member at the University of Detroit Dental School. He died in a car crash at age 46 on a family ski trip in 1967.

His children, William and Anne, and other members of their family attended the ceremony to accept the degree on behalf of their father. 

Thuong (Valerie) Cung, 20, addressed her peers at the Edmonds Community College (ECC)’s commencement last month, one of only two student speakers to do so.

An international student from Vietnam, Cung graduated with an Associate in Science degree, with honors.

Cung’s college journey began on an airplane three years ago– – her first plane trip. Her parents had saved enough money to take her family from the countryside of Vietnam back to her father’s hometown for a visit.

By chance, Cung ended up sitting next to an Indian American man who is a retired engineer. Throughout the flight, they talked about her studies and goals, and shared stories about Vietnamese, Indian, and American culture. Within 15 minutes of landing, the man asked if Cung would like to study in the United States. He also offered to cover the cost of tuition.

“It was like a movie,” she said. “He’s not my relative, and he knew nothing about me, but he believed in my future.”

Thuong (Valerie) Cung

Cung is the first in her family to go to college. She received an ECC Foundation scholarship, and two International Student Services scholarships.

In the fall, she will begin her studies at the University of Minnesota, where she will pursue degrees in chemical engineering and pharmacy.

Cung’s advice to her fellow graduates: Learn to fail and fail to learn. It’s a process, but as long as you do not stop moving forward, you will achieve what you want. 

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JUNE 22 – JUNE 28, 2019

■ AT THE MOVIES

‘LATE NIGHT’

PROBABLY NOT FOR MEN, WHITE OR OTHERWISE

By Stacy Nguyen NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Mindy Kaling (left) and Emma Thompson (right) in a scene from the trailer.

CONGRATS,

CLASS OF

2019!

I went into “Late Night” with fairly low expectations.

It’s rated 79 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and 71 percent on Metacritic and 6.3/10 on IMDB, which while not bad at all, the movie severely underperformed at the box office over the weekend. My working theory is because men hate movies about women and the things that women care about. (Go ahead and send me your longwinded rebuttals on this; my inbox is waiting for you, dude/random woman who likes to defend dudes.)

“Late Night” is about an aging, legendary late night TV host-slash-comedian Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson), who is forced into retirement in favor of a decades-younger white bro-comedian with a robust YouTube following (Ike Barinholtz).

Katherine launches a last ditch effort at saving her show, and in the course of that, brings on a diversity hire because her writers’ room is all white males. The diversity hire is Molly (Mindy Kaling, who also wrote the screenplay).

I walked into this movie expecting a lot of tropes because the pre-reviews I peeped kept telling me the movie is cliched and boring.

So I expected Molly to singlehandedly save the day with

her plucky woman of color sass. I expected all of her male colleagues to be onenote and really resentful of her success. I expected Emma Thompson to be a cipher for the audience, teaching us a simplistic thing or two about the richness of inclusiveness and ethnic diversity. I worried about lack of nuance.

I tried to get my brother to watch this movie with me.

When I told him I needed to watch a movie to write a review for Northwest Asian Weekly, he was like, “Ooh! Which one?”

I told him “Late Night.” He had never heard of it.

I explained that it was a Mindy Kaling movie.

He said, “Oh. She’s so annoying.”

And he’s not at all the first male to say this about her.

I have heard a lot of male friends tell me that Mindy Kaling is annoying. Do you know why they think she’s annoying? Because they don’t want to sleep with her.

Kaling tends to write and play characters who are confident in themselves despite apparently dripping off a checklist of marginalized traits: She’s not white, she’s not 20-something, she’s not stick-thin, her voice is girly, and she has an affection for romantic comedies and writes about love and relationships between people.

Actors like Emma Stone and Jennifer Aniston have done similar roles a lot

(except they don’t write)—yet, there isn’t this trend of people stating en masse that Jennifer Aniston is annoying and that she always plays the same character all the time.

“Late Night” is actually so good. I was struck by how grounded the movie’s writing was. I expected a lot of cute punchlines and the gloss of a rom-com, but what it actually was was a character study with comedic moments of uplift.

It was beautifully shot by Nisha Ganatra, shot like it was a straight up drama. It had this varied visual interest to it. It had this rawness and this realness.

There were so many close-ups of Emma Thompson’s really beautiful, pained face.

“Late Night” is a sad and tragic movie at many points. It’s a movie that deals with loneliness and isolation—Molly has few friends, is often alone, isn’t dating anyone, and up until her lucky break, she lived a quiet life and worked a dead-end job at a chemical plant. Katherine is selfhating and singularly focused. She finds purpose in only two entities: her show and her husband (John Lithgow), who has Parkinson’s.

“Late Night” is about a woman who is so ambitious and so committed to excellence that she is unable to make emotional connections with other human beings because she is so uncompromising and so bored by mundanities of life. It was mesmerizing and a little masochistic, watching Thompson’s character struggle with her age in an industry (or world) that favors youth and men. It was also scary to watch because omg, this is our future.

It was also really cool to see how Kaling deftly set up a bunch of tropes in the story—and then completely sidestep most of them! (The ones she knocked over was done purposefully, for the sake of comedy.) White dudes are not the villains just because they are white in this movie. Molly acts like an adult woman the entire time and makes logical decisions, not decisions in service of a plot point. A bunch of ideas and thoughts around diversity and tokenism get offered up—and from different points of views and in interesting, varied ways.

This movie also isn’t about a young woman finally finding love. It’s about an older woman reaffirming a love.

And it’s about a young woman just hustling so hard to get the approval of an impossibly hard-to-please female boss—and basically always failing at it.

I loved that—because we have built an entire cult around the Obi Wan and Luke Skywalker archetype, that we think that only men mentoring other men is compelling, watchable stuff.

I am telling you, it is not that. It was so novel to watch a woman mentor another woman—and it was in watching it that I realized I want more of this, please.

But, basically, watch for Emma Thompson. She is brilliant and magnificent in this.  “Late Night” is out in theaters right now.

Check your local showtimes.

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Stacy can be reached at stacy@nwasianweekly.com.

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■ SPORTS

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Seahawks help clean up NVC Hall as part of NFL’s call to service.

L.J. Collier, the Seattle Seahawks’ first round draft pick last month, will be chasing quarterbacks this fall. But on a Friday afternoon in June, the former Texas Christian University defensive lineman was cleaning windows and glass cases at the Nisei Veteran’s Committee (NVC) Memorial Hall in the International District (ID).

Collier and the Seahawks were participating in the NFL’s “Huddle for 100,” a call to action requesting teams, as well as their fans, to participate in community service projects in honor of the 100th year of the league. The project asks for a donation of 100 minutes of time to a worthy cause. The teams and their fans are asked to log their hours in support of their team. The NFL team that tracks the most hours will be awarded $100,000 for a community project.

In addition to their work at NVC Hall, the Seahawks participated in projects at Plymouth Housing, Seattle Public Schools, and the YWCA Seattle on June 14. The

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NVC Commander Walter Tanimoto, Seahawks' Mike Flood, and The Mission Continues' Linh Thai exchange commemorative coins.

From left: Seahawks legend Sam Adkins, museum curator Chris Sketchley, and Jacob Green.

Seahawks rookie LJ Collier cleans display cases.

Seahawks had a total of 200 staff members, partners, legends, and players giving 200 minutes of their time totaling 40,000 volunteer minutes. Approximately 70 people from The Mission Continues and the Seahawks were at the NVC helping.

“It’s just cool to be here and learn about the history,” Collier said, as he looked at the glass cases honoring those Japanese American veterans that fought for the country. “There

are a lot of decorated individuals here.” Collier pointed out one of the exhibits which honored a veteran that received six Purple Hearts. He didn’t seem to mind his job of cleaning the glass cases and windows of the hall.

“It isn’t a hard job,” said the 6-foot2, 272-pound rookie. “These people spend their time volunteering here, it’s the least we could do for them and show them how much they are appreciated.”

Collier, along with fellow 2019 draft pick Travis Homer from the University of Miami and undrafted college free agent Brian Mone from the University of Michigan, took a tour of the museum and were in awe of the stories of the veterans that fought in many of the nation’s conflicts around the world.

In addition to the present-day Seahawks, team legends Sam Adkins, Jacob Green, and John Friesz also lent a hand to the cause. Green, the

Hawks defensive end from 19801991, cut down shrubbery outside the hall. The former quarterback, Adkins, who was the last player to wear the number 12 before it was retired in honor of the Seahawks’ fans, took control of a wheelbarrow as he assisted with yard work.

“Essentially, they are cleaning the hall, the grounds, the bushes,” said NVC Commander Walter Tanimoto. “The things that our membership would do on an annual or biannual basis, the Seahawks are doing today.”

Of special note, the Seahawks helped donate additional money for restringing their flag pole including a halyard (rope to pull up a flag).

Also, the Seahawks donated money for the purchase of a display case.

“The Nisei Veterans were very fortunate to be selected by The Mission Continues and the Seattle Seahawks for the Huddle for 100 Program,” said Tanimoto.

“In 2017, the Seahawks saluted our Nisei Veterans at a football game. The Mission Continues reached out to us about the possibility of the service project.” see SPORTS on 14

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Mike Flood, Seahawks Vice President of Community Outreach (center) and Seahawks Director of Youth Football Paul Johns (left in hat) spread gravel at the Nisei Veterans Memorial as part of the Seahawks “Huddle for 100” community service event on June 14.

More than 50 volunteers from the Seahawks and their partners Delta Air Lines and The Mission Continues helped landscape and clean museum cases at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Hall on June 14. The volunteer project was part of the NFL’s 100 year celebration and “Huddle for 100” campaign, which urges each person to volunteer 100 minutes of their time to a community cause.

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Volunteers from the Seahawks and partner Delta Airlines help with landscaping work at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Hall.

Seahawks rookies LJ Collier (left) and Bryan Mone (right) help clean museum cases at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Hall.

Seahawks players and employees present the Nisei Veterans Memorial Hall with a 12 Flag signed by volunteers.

Volunteers clean museum glass as part of the Seahawks’ “Huddle for 100” Day of Service

Seahawks rookies Travis Homer (front) and Adam Choice (back) clean museum cases.

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37 YEARS

JUNE 22 – JUNE 28, 2019

■ PUBLISHER’S BLOG

Lately, I have been celebrating my newfound freedom and discovery of a whole new world. My eyes used to be lousy.

What I saw was mostly blurry, yellowish, dark, and distorted images. I couldn’t even read without glasses and I had to have the big numbers on my digital clock inches from me on an end table. I worried that I might lose my sight one day.

A miracle created by modern technology and medicine changed my life. Cataract surgery. No glasses. I still can’t believe it. It has nothing to do with vanity, but everything to do with my wellbeing.

And beauty lies in my eyes—everything is much clearer, brighter, sharper, and colorful, especially Seattle’s blue sky with wavy clouds and all greens, gardens, and forests. I have noticed things I haven’t noticed before, including the beautiful face of my friends, even though their imperfections can include wrinkles and brown spots, eyebrows that are too long or too short, foreheads too wide or too small, mouths too large and lips too thin, and baldness, or gray and white hair. These days, I enjoy having eye contact with people I know. It’s a joy to look them in the eyes that are so full of emotions.

I also found bugs on my window panels, and other stuff on my floor, scratches and dirty marks on my walls and kitchen floor. I don’t know how long they’ve been there. I see it all now because of my cataract small-incision surgery, that’s the proper term.

One relative, who also had cataract surgery, said, “Oh my, my house is dirty.” A friend said, “I wish I did my surgery 10 years ago.” I agree.

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Taping one side of my glasses after surgery done on one eye.

After wearing glasses for five decades, I felt like they were a part of me—my crutches—and my friend. One night, I misplaced my glasses. When I got out of bed, I felt like I was lost in a jungle and couldn’t find my home. What I didn’t realize was, the longer I wore glasses, the longer I was in a self-created prison—experiencing a fake world caused by aging. Why didn’t any of my doctors suggest cataract surgery sooner? Or was I too busy working, not studying the right information to take better care of myself? So what led me to have eye surgery? It was quite an accident.

“You better go to an eye specialist,” said an ophthalmologist.

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the retina, which could result in permanent vision loss. Whoa! The news frightened me.

I didn’t know what to do. Was there anything I could do? Not much.

If it gets torn, I should have surgery right away, he said, but I couldn’t do anything before it happened. Otherwise, it posed a high risk to the eyes. If the retina gets detached while I

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JUNE 22 – JUNE 28, 2019

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Gary Locke urges a boycott on citizenship question The 2020 Census is getting closer, and the Trump administration’s promotion of a citizenship question is expected by the Census Bureau’s own experts to exert a chilling effect on families and households that include a noncitizen, and communities of color.

Former Gov. Gary Locke is advising people to boycott that question. He is now the chairman of Complete Count Committee—Washington state’s effort to get a complete count in the upcoming census.

“There’s absolutely no need for [that question],” Locke told The News Tribune. Locke was Commerce Secretary in the Obama administration during the 2010 Census. The Commerce Department administers the census.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s own research shows that Asian Americans have the highest rates of concern about census confidentiality and the mistrust is heightened by the citizenship question.

“The 2020 Census is our only chance in a decade to get a full and accurate count of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities,” said Terry Ao Minnis of Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC).

“Without an accurate count, valuable dollars that support immigrant and minority communities will be lost, and they will not be represented accurately or served in the way they are Constitutionally entitled.”

Locke said people still will be counted if they skip the citizenship question and he said the Census Bureau won’t send people door-to-door if one question is not answered.

Late last month, The New York Times revealed that Thomas B. Hofeller, a GOP strategist who is now deceased, worked with the administration to include a citizenship question as a way to unlawfully advantage “Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites.”

On June 18, AAJC and Mexican American Legal Defense

and Educational Fund submitted documents to U.S. District Court Judge George J. Hazel that contradicts the Trump administration’s claims that it added the citizenship question to enforce the federal Voting Rights Act. “This new evidence explicitly reveals that the citizenship question was motivated by a desire to minimize representation of Latinos and disadvantage immigrants, non-citizens, and communities of color,” said AAJC President John C. Yang. “The census must be free from discrimination so that all communities have the access and resources they need to thrive.”

The U.S. Supreme Court is also expected to rule soon on a legal challenge that says the citizenship question is unconstitutional.

Until then, we applaud a prominent figure like Gary Locke for standing up for the rights of the disenfranchised, and stand with him in supporting a boycott. 

Relics of the old hotel and its businesses hang inside the new apartment building.

Buddhist monks from the Fa Hsing Temple perform rituals to ease the sufferings of any lingering spirits.

A cellar adjacent to the hotel was once the most vibrant gambling den in the community—and the site of the city’s bloodiest massacre, when 13 people were shot to death in a robbery in 1983.

The ceremony, according to Buddhist practitioners familiar with the ritual, involves chanting sutras for any spirits that are trapped through anger at being killed. Woo’s decision to reopen the hotel as a site dedicated to preserving the original material culture of the region was endorsed by various community groups.

Jacqueline Wu, a representative of the ChinatownInternational District (CID) Coalition, said that ideally, the city and state governments would supply money to a trust established by the ID community.

“And the community would decide what it wants to do with it,” she said in a phone interview.

The newly reopened Louisa Hotel, although rebuilt with a developer targeting the middle class, may serve as a model for such idealism.

Its apartments preserve the original window frames and other features. Its interior is hung with decorations, some in Chinese, from earlier eras. And Woo has already glassed off the original murals.

Yet Woo has also teamed up with an outside marketing team to attract desired tenants.

The hotel’s website, under the “Amenities” section, shows a blonde woman in a dress pulling up one leg to put on her socks.

“Room to spread your wings,” it advertises.

tracking them, nobody is tracking where they’re going.”

a shining interior space of 84 apartments, available to renters with incomes between $35,000 and $85,000 per year.

The arrangement was part of an affordable housing contract developers entered into with the city. In most cases, the city supplies tax breaks. And in exchange, the developers cap the rent at prices affordable to those that otherwise would not be able to live in that area—the working class.

Gorder is a member of Mayor Jenny Durkan’s Affordable Middle-Income Housing Advisory Council, which was designed to help middle-income families rather than lowincome households.

“We will have teachers and firefighters and others living in the building,” said Woo in a telephone interview. “I already met the first tenant. He was so excited to be moving in,” she added.

But, asked if he was Chinese, she responded softly that he was not.

And for the poorest of the poor that are still living in the ID—the kind of old people she might have met on the streets during her malaise—the hotel might as well have burned to the ground in the fire that only partially damaged it in 2013.

They cannot afford it.

The average income for a new immigrant Chinese elder on government support is $197 per month.

Yet the Louisa Hotel is only admitting people who have an income of between $2,916.67 and $7,083.33 per month (calculated based on the $35,000 to $85,000 per year range).

That means it would take a new immigrant Chinese elder 14 months to save up for one month of rent in the Louisa Hotel—and she would have to go without food the whole time.

Still, this outcome is the result of circumstances that are changing the face of the nation and devastating Chinatowns.

“The second generation of the families that own these buildings in Chinatown are still trapped,” said a leading community activist in the ID, who asked for anonymity because of the sensitivity of ongoing relationships. “If they want to retain control of their properties, they have to do it this way.”

“If we didn’t do something, we would have been forced to sell,” said Woo.

What can be preserved

In the months before the opening, Woo focused on the artifacts and historic nature of the building that would be preserved.

She took television crews down a dingy stairwell to show them murals of top-hatted patrons of a jazz club.

“It was a place where different ethnicities could gather together,” she said. “The murals are ethnically ambiguous.”

During the opening, however, she chose to focus on Chinese themes.

Buddhist monks from the nearby Fa Hsing Temple performed a ritual to appease any ghosts still lingering in the area. The performance was an acknowledgement of the community’s “need to heal,” said Woo.

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A hard-fought battle

Yet for Woo and others fighting to preserve what they can of the ID, the battle is both hard fought and personal.

Across the nation, according to a recent study by the American Legal Defense Fund, more non-Asians now live in Chinatowns than Asians.

And as for the poorest of the poor—those living on a government subsidy of $197 a month—many have already left, to housing south of the city or to families that can still take them in.

“And some have moved into homeless shelters,” said the community activist.

And yet, says Wu, of the CID Coalition, “The city is not

A personal triumph for the community

And yet Chinatowns have survived dissolution before.

At the end of the 19th century, politicians and mobs up and down the West Coast drove Chinese out of Chinatowns when they were no longer needed for labor.

In Tacoma, mobs led by a German-born mayor burned the Chinatown to the ground. In Seattle, miners, jealous of the flexibility of Chinese miners that had built houses along China Creek in Newcastle, torched their dwellings.

And it was not until 1943 that the nation finally repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which limited more Chinese immigration.

For Woo, just preserving the original building—rather than having it torn down and replaced with a skyscraper, as is happening all over the neighborhood—is a triumph.

At ground level, retail spaces will offer venues for Asianthemed restaurants and other shops in keeping with the flavor of the original neighborhood.

“A Korean barbecue has already committed,” she said.

Even one of the original businesses that operated in the building before the fire is coming back. The Gospel Bookstore will continue to offer English-language classes and Bible studies.

Besides that, Woo has preserved the signs of some of the original businesses that once populated the ground floor, such as a bakery and a seafood restaurant. They hang now, in the lobby, for any newcomer to see and at least get a feel for what life was once like.

Then there is her devotion to her family.

Woo said she is not making a single cent from the building, although in a decade, if the building shows profits, her family may.

“I guess a part of this is I still want to gain my father’s approval,” said Woo. Her father, Paul, bought the hotel in 1963. He died of a heart attack when she was a teenager. Around the same time, Woo dislocated her kneecap, ending her professional career as a traditional Chinese dancer and ballerina.

“I still like to dance, though,” she said.  Mahlon can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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Summit Sierra graduates Edgiemeh Dela Cruz and Christian Ranche.

Summit Sierra graduating senior Star Wong during the graduation ceremony at Fisher Pavilion.

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going to Pacific Lutheran University in the fall. understood by not only the people in my club, but the people Christian Ranche, also a founding freshman, feels throughout the school.” His student government class, in similarly about the connections created in the mentoring which they completed a project called “racial biography,” group. was especially impactful. “I heard many great stories from “Having an adult to talk to was definitely one of the my peers of their interactions with race and learned many best things about the mentor program,” he said. “I also great things from them…multiple times I was shocked at liked being able to create a sort of family bond with my some of the things my friends went through growing up mentees, or other people in my mentor group.” Ranche, and how those experiences make them stronger.” Vu will like Dela Cruz, chose the school for himself, knowing that be seeking a degree in bioengineering from the University it was a college preparatory school and how helpful that of Washington. would be. Ranche describes his family as lower middle The pride in the students’ faces as they participate in class. His mother, who is from the Philippines, raised him their graduation ceremony is moving for everyone who by herself after his father passed away. Ranche believes knows that graduation day is a culmination of hard work, that the student population at Summit Sierra represents hopes, and dreams—and a gateway to the future. diversity, not only of color but also of income. He stressed “It’s a big deal because I am exploring a new section in how good it felt to “grow up together” with his classmates, my family’s life that they have never experienced,” said from ninth through 12th grade. Ranche will be going to Dela Cruz. “They have done so much for me, especially the University of Washington in the fall. His major is as of my brother, who was always expressing to work hard for yet undeclared. not only my family but for myself.”

An Vu, whose family came from Vietnam nine years Congratulations, graduates!  ago, will also be the first in his family to attend a four-year university. Another founding freshman at Summit Sierra, Kai can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

Vu stood by the school in 2015 when charter schools were under attack as being unconstitutional.

“My family and I chose Summit Sierra because of its bold statement of the high percentage of students that get into 4-year universities and also because of its promise to provide the extra support to succeed in high school and in life.” Vu continued, “Sierra shows great potential and its diverse student body allows me to feel like I’m fitting in and have a safe space where there are others like me that have the same goals of graduating and going to top colleges and universities.”

Vu echoed the comments from Dela Cruz and Ranche about diversity at the school.

“Because of Summit’s clubs like the APIA club, I feel much better about being Asian, that my culture and background is An Vu (third from right) and his mentoring group on a camping trip.

someone, in addition to their teachers and other staff members, who can help them get ready for college, and life.

Dustin Dacuan, the school’s director of college programming, is a founding teacher and mentor. He talked about the importance of building relationships at Summit Sierra. Mentors meet with their students on a daily basis, and also accompany them on outings. Mentoring groups are given fun names, and participate in healthy competition for achievements like best attendance.

Dacuan, whose father is from the Philippines, confirmed that diversity is important at the school, where events such as the Black Excellence Gala are held. The school also recognizes Asian Pacific American or Hispanic Heritage months. The percentage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at Summit Sierra is 12.3 and for seniors it is 17.5 percent.

Standing in the hallways of the school, the diversity of the student population is apparent. Horowitz admits, though, that the diversity of the staff has yet to catch up.

However, he stressed that it is part of the mission of Summit Sierra to ensure that students and staff will ultimately and “accurately reflect the community.”

Students that spoke to the Northwest Asian Weekly are satisfied with their experiences as a whole. Edgiemeh Dela Cruz, who comes from the Philippines and will be the only child in her family going to college, had only good things to say.

“My experience was more than just happy. I have loved every single part of my experience, through its ups and downs. Not a single day at Summit was a day to not come to school. The diversity in the community and personalities livened up the atmosphere.”

Dela Cruz also appreciated the mentorship experience.

“The support system at Summit Sierra is more than you could ever expect. Mentors are with you from the day you walk into their rooms to the day you graduate. There is a special bond between mentors and mentees that make us all feel like extended family, like sisters and brothers.”

Dela Cruz, a founding freshman of Summit Sierra, will be

BLOG from 10 traveled, I would be doomed. After my diagnosis, I was hesitant to go anywhere. A few months later, I decided, “That’s not the way to live life!”

Why should I let this fear stop me from doing things I love? I am surprised the ophthalmologist and specialist never suggested that I look into cataract surgery.

Part of the reason, they said, was I had only minor cataracts that didn’t need immediate attention. Anyone over 50 can develop cataract problems. But my vision didn’t lie.

The medical equipment did not tell the full story of my eyes. I was both far and nearsighted with astigmatism. My thick glasses (even though I ordered light frames and glasses), weighed heavily on my nose and dented my nose bridge with dark circles.

Then my ophthalmologist retired and my family doctor referred me to another one, who is also a cataract surgeon. He suggested cataract surgery so I could deal with the glare at night from oncoming cars. It hurt my eyes so much that I gave up driving at night. He gave me a booklet about cataract surgery. I studied the information and learned more about the surgery from friends who had the operation.

Missing signs

Over the years, my eye lenses gradually grew cloudy, so slowly in fact that I didn’t realize how bad it was. One day, I told my editor about the sky in Vancouver, B.C. and that it was much bluer than Washington state’s sky. She said, “We have the blue sky here.”

Every morning, my husband and I exercise separately. He avoided the living room window, complaining that it was too bright, while I exercised directly in front of it.

Now that my eyes are fixed, I find that our windows are indeed flooded with sunlight in the morning. So pay attention to small things you normally wouldn’t. They are giving you hints about your health status.

The surgery

Even with the operation in only one eye, the contrast between my left and right eye, was amazing. I could see so much better, even with one good eye.

At first, I was afraid of eye surgery. It’s scary. Yet, it’s less scary than heart and kidney transplant, I convinced myself.

Cataract surgery is one of the most successful types of surgeries in the world.

The doctor cut open my eye with highfrequency ultrasound energy that broke up the cloudy lens into small pieces. They were

Summit Sierra graduating senior Mia-Aizada Mitchell.

then removed from the eye through suction.

Then the surgeon inserted a clean intraocular lens, positioning it securely behind the iris and pupil, clearing up the clouds in your eyes. The surgeon completed the procedure by closing the incision in my eye.

The doctor operated on my right eye in late April, and in May, the left eye. It took me more than two weeks to prepare for each eye. Before the operation, I had to apply two different kinds of eye drops four times a day for about 10 days. Post surgery, three kinds of eye drops four times a day were required to prevent infection and inflammation.

On operation day, the nurse administered four different kinds of eye drops, including numbing and anti-infection drops an hour prior to surgery. An anesthesiologist injected me with anesthesia. But the actual procedure took about 10 minutes, and I was alert the whole time. I could feel the sensation of someone fixing my eyes. An interesting experience occurred. For a moment, I knew what it was like to be blind when my right eye saw colors of purple, yellow, and green for about a minute and then nothing else. My left eye saw only dark gray before the doctor replaced my old lens with a new one.

What was different between the left and right eye operation, was that I felt pain in my left eye after the procedure.

When I asked the doctor why I felt pain in my left eye and not the right, he paused for a second and said, “Luck.” When I went home, the pain was still present. I slept most of the day. The next day, I opened my eyes slowly when I woke up, anticipating pain. When I finally opened my eyes, it was sunshine and bliss. “I see, I see,” I shouted in my bedroom. I don’t need to wear glasses to see what’s in front of me. Thank you, thank you, God. With new lenses, my astigmatism is gone. I don’t need to wear glasses for reading or working on the computer. I still need glasses when I drive or see a movie.

That’s so minor. Since I am a senior now, the insurance covered most of my surgery costs. I did pay for the additional cost to insert lenses for my astigmatism. It was worth it.

Talk to your doctor about what you can do to protect or improve your eyes. You might discover a whole new world like me. Some friends threw away their glasses completely after surgery.

Cataract small-incision surgery is a remarkable science. It is a gift to win over aging. I am still astonished that I am one of the beneficiaries.  Assunta can be reached at assunta@nwasianweekly.com.

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Predictions and advice for the week of June 22–28, 2019

By Sun Lee Chang Rat — There is some learning to be done to become proficient, but with each step, your confidence will grow.

Ox — You can’t be in two places at once. As such, the decision must be made as to where your presence is most needed.

Tiger — Rather than trying to replicate past success, it might be more satisfying to aim for something entirely different.

Rabbit — Reminders are all around you of what used to be. There is no need to discard those memories as you attempt to make new ones.

Dragon — Has a recent project gotten out of hand? Although you had wanted to finish within a set timeframe, you should take the time needed to do it right.

Snake — It has been unusually busy lately and you are starting to feel the effects. A nap or a little pampering could be all it takes to recharge.

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PORT from 1 similar blue collar work in the Port.

Her emphasis is on students.

She claims she has already “whispered in the ear” about this to the president of Renton Technical College. She adds, however, that such programs would be open to anyone, including the homeless.

Critics of Cho’s plan argue that it is just another way to find less than desirable land for the poorest of the poor.

“Intentionally concentrating low-income or at-risk people (especially in unhealthy environments) is one of the injustices that I believe gets far too little attention in today’s conversations about housing and inequality,” said Dominic Barrera, another candidate for port commissioner, whose grandmother is Japanese. “None of this is to suggest the Port should not do its part to address our regional affordable housing crisis—we just need to be realistic and calculated.”

On the other hand, Professor J. Patrick Dobel of the Evans School at the University of Washington called Cho’s plan “interesting and imaginative.”

Cho, himself, seemed to view the plan as something of an experiment.

“Hey, we can at least try it,” he said during an interview.

The last economic engine?

The only remaining economic engine solely devoted to this city, perhaps, is the Port of Seattle.

“Boeing has already abandoned us,” said Dobel, who served on several oversight boards for the Port. “Eighty percent of what Microsoft does is in the web, and their physical products are made in China.”

“But the Port isn’t going anywhere,” he said.

In fact, he is wrong, by his own account. The Port is stretching. Among the many challenges facing the Port of Seattle is an alliance with the Port of Tacoma, once one of its chief rivals.

Deep-water mega container ships can no longer come into the Port of Seattle. It is not deep enough. They can, however, access Tacoma. Tacoma needs investment. So the two ports have combined services.

At the same time, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is expanding, involving turf wars between two major airlines.

Should the Port focus on simply raising more money — as it is tasked to do — or should it seek to solve social problems?

The Port is unique, said Dobel, since it is a business entity that is tasked with producing a return, yet it is publicly accountable.

That combination, he explained, has led to countless scandals and corruption over the past few decades.

“No government institution is expected to make a return,” he said, except ports.

“So this means ports do not operate with the usual level of accountability or stakeholder bidding, like businesses.”

In recent years, the Port of Seattle has faced issues involving lack of transparency, sweetheart deals, and potential misuse of funds, he added. There have been five directors in a decade.

So most candidates are promising increased transparency.

Another problem is that candidates that run for port commissioner — there are five seats that in turn hire a director who oversees the operations — are often elected on issues that represent their local districts and may have nothing to do with the port itself.

Cultural interpreters

A key part of being a port commissioner is playing the role of cultural interpreter, said Paige Miller, a former commissioner.

Just maintaining relationships with key trading partners in Asia involves knowing how to do business in an Asian way while holding oneself accountable to American standards of good governance.

This often ends up with massive misunderstanding on the American end.

“Asian people don’t want business out in the public, you have to see people face to face, pay respects to the customers, and come with a gift,” said Miller in a phone interview. “In King County, the public wants transparency, people don’t want commissioners going on junkets.”

“Just to maintain business, you have to eat out or stay in first class hotels to show status,” she added. “To be a good commissioner, you have to be a good interpreter to meet some of the needs of your customers.”

Across the spectrum of challenges the Port faces as it grows, maintaining and bolstering relationships with Asian stakeholders will be essential, she said.

Both Cho and Shridhar are equipped to handle intercultural negotiation, although their styles appear different.

Cho is a taekwondo champion, winner of the Washington State Open tournament, who also fought in England while at the London School of Economics.

“I had put on a lot of weight, being overseas and eating all the food,” he said. “So I was two weight classes above what I normally do. I was training and hurt my knee.”

But he was still able to win silver.

He describes his style as feinting and baiting his opponent until he commits. Then he comes in with a back kick.

Such an opportunistic approach availed him well when he was laid off as an Obama appointee to the General Administration Services when the Trump administration came in.

On unemployment and looking for jobs with all the rest of the Obama camp, he heard about the avian flu ravaging Asia, including his parents’ native Korea.

He quickly contacted Wilcox Farms in Washington and explained to them how they could make a fortune shipping healthy eggs over to South Korea, using his connections to expedite shipping.

Since then, he has shipped 2.5 million pounds of vacuumpacked eggs in refrigerated containers to Korea.

When asked for a photo of his taekwondo exploits, he joked, “Fighting for the underprivileged.”

A video of his matches is on his Facebook page.

Preeti Shridhar knows negotiation of a different sort.

A government official in Renton, she was contacted along with the mayor earlier this month when a situation

nearly exploded into interracial warfare in a major Sikh temple in her area.

Two opposing factions in the temple were disputing over a leadership transition. They called the police to come and maintain order. But when the officer arrived, he refused to take off his shoes or hat — which was sacrilege.

And he entered the temple, defiling it.

When Shridhar was told about this contretemps, she immediately convened a meeting with her colleagues and asked for the police department, a member of the Kent City Council, the mayor, and the Sikhs to attend.

Prior to the meeting, she spent time cajoling, apologizing, and persuading all sides to choose an amicable path.

In the end, the police apologized to the Sikhs and agreed that each officer would visit the temple to learn about correct protocol.

Values

If anything distinguishes the two candidates, it is perhaps their values, as they describe seminal stories in their lives.

In Cho’s case, it might be persistence.

Cho worked for a congressman in California and researched the Trans Pacific Partnership, an Obama-era initiative to pivot towards Asia. He reached out to over 100 companies to find out what effect the trade agreement would have on them.

For instance, talking with Diamond Nuts, based in Sacramento, he found they were eager to have more export partners. The same went for Aerojet Rocketdyne, a supplier to Boeing.

He wrote up the report and presented it to the congressman who then used that to make his decision on how to vote.

Shridhar seemed to exemplify bravery in one of her most seminal stories.

After enduring a grueling divorce, in which her husband left her with massive gambling debt, she also had a son to raise. Through her own efforts, she paid off all the debt, then saved enough to send him to U.C. Berkeley.

And yet she faced the situation with humor.

When applying for her first job in Renton, as communications director, she gave a presentation about the city, which is shaped by the Cedar River running through it.

“It was called, ‘A River Runs Through It,’” she said, referring to the movie of the same title.

Cho has a similar sense of humor, although it is slightly ironic.

When referring to his childhood as the son of parents that owned a dry cleaning business, and then attending an elite private school, University Prep, he brushed aside any trace of pride.

“I was the token Asian kid among rich white kids,” he said.

Perhaps because of his background, though, Cho was proud that, as of press time, he was leading in fundraising.

Shridhar said she has just begun to fundraise.  Mahlon can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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“I had the idea that since nothing really existed outside of Japan, this would be a really good opportunity, not only to unite women kenshi (martial artists) in North America, but really build the PNKF women’s team.”

Marsten started focusing on his women’s and girls’ programs after he started experiencing more success.

The NVC cleanup project was done in conjunction with The Mission Continues. The national, non-partisan nonprofit “empowers veterans to continue their service, and empowers communities with veteran talent, skills, and preparedness to generate visible impact.”

Linh Thai, an Army Veteran, is the City Impact Manager for the local chapter. A former staffer for congressman Adam Smith, Thai volunteered with The Mission Continues and after transitioning from that position, started working with the nonprofit. For the ID, it partners with InterIm CDA to address the needs of veterans in the area.

“The Mission Continues’ role in [Huddle for 100] was to help identify a community service organization that has a lasting and impactful contribution to veterans, but also to the community of Seattle. We have a good connection with Nisei veterans here and we recommended the Nisei Veterans Committee Hall to

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“For me, it means that the organization (Seahawks) has shown genuine care and support for veterans.” In addition to the service, Thai hoped that all involved would learn a little more about the commitment, dedication, and sacrifice that the veterans gave to this country.

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“It has really paid off. Not only have they won in competition, but they pass their promotion tests.” Over the years, his students have earned fourth, fifth, and even sixth-degree black belts. Higa is one of Marsten’s longtime students.

While Higa gets lots of attention from her coaches, she still appreciates the opportunity to attend the North American Women’s Kendo Tournament & Seminar.

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Providing Affordable Housing in Seattle New Apartments & Retail Coming to Little Saigon Under construction at 1253 S. Jackson Street (by Rainier Ave. S.) is a new six story mixed-use building sponsored by the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI). An Lạc Apartments will include 69 new affordable studios, onebedroom and two-bedroom apartments for families and individuals. The building will be completed in March 2020 with pre-leasing to start in January.

Two retail storefronts facing Jackson Street are available for lease to small businesses. One space is 789 square feet and the other is 918 square feet. For retail leasing information contact: Steven Strickland at 206-957-8055 steven.strickland@lihi.org.

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“Walsh is fortunate to partner with LIHI for over two decades building affordable housing for those in need. We are proud to have served LIHI on 17 buildings, and excited to have the opportunity to construct new affordable housing in the historic Little Saigon neighborhood of the International District. An Lạc Apartments will have 69 units for individuals and families. We look forward to continuing our partnership with LIHI on projects that preserve and support community.”

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Ernestine Anderson Place. 2010 S. Jackson St. Named in honor of the Central Area’s own legendary jazz singer. The Jackson Street corridor used to be the musical heart of Seattle.

The Tony Lee. 2820 NE 127th St. in Lake City. Named in honor of Tony Lee, a civil rights advocate & champion for low income families, people of color, refugees & immigrants.

“With all the recent market-rate developments announced in the ID, we are pleased to add 69 affordable apartments in Little Saigon,” said Sharon Lee, LIHI Executive Director. “New retail along Jackson Street plus offices for our staff in back of the retail will add additional vibrancy to the neighborhood. Our main office will be relocating from Belltown. We thank the following funders who made this new complex possible: Seattle Office of Housing, King County, Boston Capital, Banner Bank, Washington State Housing Finance Commission and Wyncote Foundation NW.” In Vietnamese, An Lạc means peace, tranquility, contentment, happiness.

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