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United States' Alex Morgan, center, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Women's World Cup Group F soccer match vs. Thailand

By ANNE M. PETERSON REIMS, France (AP) — Thailand was never a real threat to the U.S. national team. Even so, the

three-time Women’s World Cup champions had no desire to go easy on a lesser opponent in their see SOCCER on 11

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By Angel Chi NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY As we age, we experience an increasing number of major life changes.

“I feel that I am becoming weaker and experiencing issues I never had before,” said one of the seniors who went on a tour at the newly built Kin On Assisted Living. “This is why I’m

looking into care services.”

Kin On, an Asian nursing home founded by Seattle’s Chinese community, undertook the first phase of its expansion in 2014, which included the addition of a community center and an expanded wing for rehabilitation care. As part of an effort to create an aging-friendly campus, Kin On will see KIN ON on 16

As Keiro closes, a temple struggles to keep Japanese values alive

By Nina Huang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY For over 24 years, Trang Le has helped patients find the best medication and treatment for their health needs.

Le is the lead pharmacist in the primary care senior health clinic at Overlake Hospital, where she has worked for two decades. It’s an outpatient clinic and they serve the geriatric population—ages 65 and older.

Le was born during the Vietnam War and seeing the effects—the wounded, deaths, the fear, and the uncertainty—inspired her to help

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She wanted to continue to grow in her role. Le recently went back to school to obtain her doctorate degree in pharmacy from the University of Florida, in addition to her other degree from the University of Washington.

“Medicine is changing every day. Going back to school allows me to be a more confident pharmacist. We work together with providers to find the best and safest medication therapies based on clinical trials, and evidencebased medicine to keep up with what’s changing. ” see LE on 16

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Taijo Imanaka pores over a Buddhist sutra as daughter Hanna makes her own book of flowers.

By Mahlon Meyer NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Every morning from 7:30 to 9:30, the Buddhist priest in the Seattle Koyasan temple chants, waves his hands around, and practices visualizations.

This is so he has the energy to practice the kaji ritual with troubled souls that come in the afternoon.

“There was a high-ranking military officer that see TEMPLE on 15

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■ NAMES IN THE NEWS Lang Lang marries

Japanese Cuisine.”

Kashiba is known for spreading the “Edo-mae” style sushi in the United States. He worked as a chef at Maneki, located in the International District (ID), and then created two of his own restaurants: Nikko, also in the ID, and Shiro’s in Belltown.

Currently, Kashiba runs Sushi Kashiba, where his expertise in sushi is well-known and relished by Seattle locals and visitors alike.

Kashiba is the second ambassador to be appointed in Washington state, preceded by chef Takeyuki Suetsugu, who is highly renowned for his Kaiseki cuisine. 

Lang Lang and Gina Alice Redlinger at the Palace of Versailles

Superstar Chinese pianist Lang Lang has married his girlfriend, 24-year-old German/Korean pianist Gina Alice Redlinger.

The 36-year-old musician, who will perform at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall on Oct. 9, announced the wedding on his official Weibo account on June 2. He and his bride tied the knot in a private ceremony at the Palace of Versailles, in Paris.

Despite rarely discussing his private life, Lang Lang posted a series of photos of the nuptials on Weibo.

The couple, who met in 2015, had both a Western and Chinese ceremony. 

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Goodwill Ambassador Shiro Kashiba

Shiro Kashiba (in black) flanked by other chefs at a May 20 reception.

The ConsulateGeneral of Japan in Seattle hosted a special reception on May 20 to celebrate the appointment of legendary sushi chef Shiro Kashiba as the “Goodwill Ambassador to Spread

Ng, Phang promoted at Architectural Werks

Dinner for Chinese seniors

More than 1,100 seniors attended a series of three free dinners from May 28-30.

The dinners were held at the House of Hong.

Harry Chan of Taitung Restaurant donated From left: Peng Qiu Feng (dinner organizing committee members), Harry $6,000 so that Chan from Taitung Restaurant, and Faye each dinner guest Hong would receive a red envelope containing $5. $37,310 was raised and that money was donated to three organizations—APACE, CISC, and Seniors in Action. 

Strategic Partnership Program graduates

Franklin Ng

Jennifer Phang

Architectural Werks, Inc. (AWI) announced the promotion of Franklin Ng and Jennifer Phang on May 30.

“The promotion of Franklin and Jennifer is obviously in recognition of their talents and the demonstrated value they bring to the firm and our clients’ projects,” President Jeff Clark said.

Combined, Phang and Ng have more than four decades of architectural experience, and are recognized for their continued contributions to the firm’s growth and success.

As principal, Ng will oversee the application of new technology systems in the firm.

Phang was promoted to senior project manager. Outside of AWI, Phang has served on nonprofit boards, including the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority. 

Clark Construction Group and Lease Crutcher Lewis celebrated the achievement of 10 local small business leaders, the newest graduates of its Strategic Partnership Program (SPP), at a ceremony and luncheon on May 31 at Cedarbrook Lodge in SeaTac. The SPP is an intensive, eight-month MBA-style course targeted to local small-business enterprises including minority-, women-, and veteran-owned firms. Since its inception, 850 entrepreneurs have completed the focused professional development and mentoring program nationally, which Clark offers to qualified participants at no cost.

This year’s graduates include Herminigildo Bella, CADD Tech and Marivic Punsalan of ROMAR7.

Applications are now open for next year’s SPP and the deadline is August 9 with a September start. For more information, go to clarkconstruction.com/subcontractors. 

Grand Opening Celebration Join us in celebrating the grand opening of our new Supportive Housing Project: Kin On Assisted Living and Ark & Winnie Chin Legacy Home Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 10:00 to 11:30am 5214 42nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 Parking available at the Kaiser Permanente Rainier Medical Center at 5316 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

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Seven habits to prevent stroke

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reduce your cholesterol. Adding more foods with omega-3 fatty acids like fish and nuts, as well as fiber, can also help.

7. CONTROL BLOOD SUGAR. By managing your diabetes and working with your health care team, you may reduce your risk of stroke.

Many people don’t realize that stroke can be prevented. A stroke happens when a blood vessel is blocked or bursts, preventing blood and oxygen from getting to the brain.

It’s a leading cause of disability and the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. In 2016, stroke caused the deaths of more than 5,200 non-Hispanic Asians.

Good health habits that help you manage heart health can also help prevent stroke.

The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, lists seven habits to help prevent stroke.

1. DON’T SMOKE. If you smoke, STOP, and if you don’t smoke, don’t start!

Smoking can increase your blood pressure, among many other health issues and it’s the no. 1 controllable risk factor for stroke.

Quitting is one of the best things you can do to improve your health and add years to your life.

2. MANAGE BLOOD PRESSURE. It is estimated that among Asian adults, 46 percent of men and 36 percent of women have high blood pressure. Nothing causes more strokes than uncontrolled high blood pressure. Lowering your blood pressure by just 20 points could cut your risk of dying from a stroke by half. A good blood pressure should be less than 120/80.

3. BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE. A good starting goal is at least 150 minutes of physical activity a week. Find forms of

Not all strokes can be prevented and people who have had a stroke are at high risk of having a second one. Stroke survivors should work with their doctor on a plan to reduce their risk for another stroke.

Stroke is an emergency and it’s very important to call 9-1-1 and get to the hospital immediately. Use the acronym F.A.S.T. to remember the most common signs:

physical activity that you enjoy. Walking and badminton are two examples.

4. EAT A HEALTHY DIET. Healthy eating starts with simple healthy food choices. You don’t need to stop eating your favorite meals, just use substitutions to make them healthier. Learn what to look for at the grocery store, restaurants, your workplace, and other eating occasions, so you can confidently make healthy, delicious choices.

5. MAINTAIN A HEALTHY WEIGHT. By losing weight or maintaining a healthy

weight, you are also likely to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. There’s no magic trick to losing weight and keeping it off, but most people who are successful modify their eating habits and increase their physical activity.

6. CONTROL CHOLESTEROL. Having large amounts of LDL cholesterol in the blood, the bad cholesterol, can cause build up and blood clots, which leads to a heart attack or stroke. Reducing your fat intake, especially trans fats, more often found in fried foods and baked goods, can help

• Face Drooping — Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile. Is the person’s smile uneven?

• Arm Weakness — Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms.

Does one arm drift downward?

• Speech Difficulty — Is speech slurred?

Is the person unable to speak or hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence, like “The sky is blue.”

• Time to Call 9-1-1 — If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 9-1-1 and get to a hospital immediately. (Tip: Check the time so you’ll know when the first symptoms appeared.)  Learn more at StrokeAssociation.org.

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■ COMMUNITY NEWS House re-introduces bill addressing South Asian heart disease Washington Congressmember Pramila Jayapal reintroduced the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act on June 5. This bipartisan bill aims to raise awareness regarding the alarming rate of heart disease in the South Asian community and invest in reversing this trend.

“Heart disease in the South Asian community has risen to an alarmingly disproportionate level. Our bill will fund research and analysis to identify solutions to these preventable circumstances and ultimately save more lives,” said Jayapal. “Not only will we prevent deaths within this specific community, but we will pave the way to increased awareness and a better understanding of heart health that will have impacts on the health and wellbeing of every American.”

Studies have shown that South Asians in the United

States—people who emigrated from or whose families emigrated from countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal—have four times the risk of heart disease than the general population. They also have a much greater chance of having a heart attack before age 50 and have emerged as the ethnic group with the highest prevalence of Type 2 diabetes—a leading cause of heart disease.

Specifically, the bill will: • Create South Asian Heart Health Promotion Grants at the Centers for Disease Control to develop a clearinghouse and web portal of information on South Asian heart health, develop culturally appropriate materials to promote heart health in the South Asian community, and provide grants to work with community groups involved in South Asian

heart health promotion; • Fund grants through the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on cardiovascular disease and other heart ailments among South Asian populations living in the United States; • Include a Sense of Congress that U.S. medical schools should include, as part of their nutrition curriculum, a focus on cultural differences in diets and ways to achieve optimal nutrition in communities that experience substantial heart disease.

The bipartisan bill is backed by the American Heart Association, the Asian Pacific Islander American health forum, and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. 

■ NATIONAL NEWS Record number of minority graduates at Hawaii medical school HONOLULU (AP) — A record number of minority medical students have graduated from the University of Hawaii, officials said.

There were 12 Native Hawaiians and 12 Filipinos among this year’s 73 graduates from the university’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.

There were six Native Hawaiian and four Filipino medical school graduates in 2018, officials said.

The school is increasing efforts to close the gap for minority students who wish to pursue medical careers through the Imi Hoola program, said Dr. Winona Mesiona Lee, the medical school’s diversity officer who oversees the yearlong program.

Queen’s Health Systems provides a

stipend so students do not have to find employment while in the program.

“Historically it really has to do with being in a group that is more underprivileged.

They don’t have the same type of access to resources to prepare themselves for higher education. They also lack the role models in the community,’’ Lee said.

Imi Hoola partners with the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence, a federally funded program encouraging about 2,500 Native Hawaiians per year to consider health careers.

“These students from Native Hawaiian and Filipino groups typically come from working families and immigrant families.

They have difficulty pursuing higher education, much less professional degrees

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A celebration of life for Bruce Ying Dong Bruce Ying Dong, 87, passed 60 years Dolores W. Dong; away on May 9. children Juliette Dong Yamane Born and raised in Seattle, (Curt), Martin Dong (Lynn), Bruce graduated from Garfield and Jonathan Dong; and High School and the University grandchildren Devon, Peter, of Washington. Bruce taught Sammy, and Tim. He is also high school history for almost survived by his brother Howard 30 years in the Seattle Public Dong, sister Kathleen Chinn Schools. He also taught at (Walter), and many nieces and Seattle University, and he was nephews.  a long-time member of the Bruce Ying Dong Seattle Chinese Baptist Church and served A celebration of Bruce’s life will be held on there.

June 15 at 11 a.m. at Seattle Chinese Baptist He leaves behind his wife of almost Church on 5801 Beacon Avenue South.

like medicine,’’ she said.

Native Hawaiians make up 23 percent of the state population but only 3.4 percent of Hawaii physicians, Lee said.

“In order to solve our health care issues in Hawaii, we have to actually work with students who are dedicated to serve and want to stay home to practice,’’ Lee said. 

KING COUNTY NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received for C01358C19, PSERN Electrical Construction Services for Wellington; by the King County Procurement and Payables Section, 3rd Floor, 401 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, until 1:30 PM on July 9, 2019.

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■ WORLD NEWS Filipina American woman & husband, die of mysterious illness

By Nick Perry ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Authorities in Fiji said on June 4 that a young Texas couple vacationing in the South Pacific country died from an unidentified illness.

Michelle Canalog Paul and her husband, David Paul of Fort Worth, Texas, arrived in Fiji on May 22 for a vacation.

They were taken to a hospital after they became ill, according to Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services.

It said in a statement their conditions worsened despite medical care and they died within a few days of each other.

The ministry said it was working with police forensics, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to try to determine what caused the deaths. The ministry said it had put in place public health measures, although didn’t immediately identify what those were.

Texas television station WFAA reported that the couple had a 2-year-old son and David Paul had a daughter from a previous relationship. David Paul was an Air Force veteran and the couple was physically fit, relative Tracey Calanog told WFAA. Calanog said the couple loved to travel and had been organizing the Fiji trip for some time.

Facebook stops Huawei from pre-installing apps on phones

By KELVIN CHAN AP BUSINESS WRITER LONDON (AP) — Facebook said it has stopped letting its apps come pre-installed on smartphones sold by Huawei in order to comply with U.S. restrictions, a move that deals a fresh blow to the Chinese tech giant.

The social network said it has suspended providing software for Huawei to put on its devices while it reviews recently introduced U.S. sanctions.

Owners of existing Huawei smartphones that already have Facebook apps can continue to use them and download updates.

Facebook said people who have Huawei phones or buy new ones will still be able to download Facebook on their own.

Facebook’s move is the latest fallout in the escalating U.S.-China tech feud.

The Commerce Department last month effectively barred U.S. companies from selling their technology to Huawei and other Chinese firms without government approval.

China’s Commerce Ministry responded by warning it would release its own list of “unreliable’’ foreign companies in the near future.

U.S. officials are pressing their global campaign to blacklist Huawei, the world’s No. 1 network equipment provider and second-largest smartphone maker. They say Beijing could use the company’s products for cyberespionage, though they haven’t presented evidence of intentional spying.

“We are reviewing the Commerce Department’s final rule and the more recently issued temporary general license and taking steps to ensure compliance,’’ Facebook said, referring to a 90-day grace period allowing continued support of existing Huawei equipment.

Huawei declined to comment.

Google, which makes the Android operating system used

by Huawei, has already said that while it would continue to support existing Huawei phones, future devices won’t come with its flagship apps and services, including maps, Gmail and search. Only basic services would be available for future versions of Android. 

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The customs department says textiles, fisheries, farm products, tiles, honey, iron, steel, and plywood are among the Chinese products that are most often being relabeled and then exported to a third country.

Vietnam’s government portal said the customs department has ordered its offices to be more aggressive in checking the certificates of origin of products.

In one case, U.S. customs officials found a shipment of Chinese plywood had been relabeled to make it appear that it originated in Vietnam.

Speaking at the national assembly earlier this month, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh warned of serious consequences if such subterfuges cannot be controlled.

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“They were planning an amazing vacation.” She said the couple’s children were with relatives. The U.S. Embassy in Fiji said in a statement it had been working closely with the Fiji government, police and health officials for more than a week to investigate the deaths.

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By Rachel Liu CHINESE RADIO SEATTLE The 2019 “Enchanting China” Concert hosted by China Broadcasting Art Troupe (CBAT) and Seattle Chinese Radio will be held in Seattle on June 26 at McCaw Hall.

Nearly 80 musicians of the CBAT will perform at this concert, featuring the renowned Chinese violinist, Lu Siqing.

“Enchanting China” is an art festival created by top Chinese national orchestras of the CBAT. This performance group has been touring the United States and Canada for more than a decade. The program is centered on Chinese folk music, including different solo and ensembles of orchestral music, vocal music, opera, and dance.  For tickets, go to mccawhall.com/events/detail/enchanting-china.

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What made the project a little challenging was Roig’s fear of heights.

“I was asked by friends if it made me feel safer to have a harness.” Roig responded unknowingly, “There was a harness?”

Despite the fear, Roig concentrated on the mural and immersed himself in the project.

“I was scared the whole time, but focused on the art. In life, when you want something bad enough, you have to do something that makes you uncomfortable.”

The mural was finished within three and a half days, according to Roig. He hopes that Chang will have an opportunity to view the mural.

Lin drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks

Michael Chang mural

By Jason Cruz NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, we take a look at a special anniversary, and the one that got away from the Mariners.

Mural created in honor of Michael Chang Thirty years ago this June, Michael Chang became the youngest men’s player to win the French Open. It was Chang’s first and only Grand Slam title.

Chang’s most memorable match of the run in 1989 was versus three-time former French Open champion Ivan Lendl. Chang fought through leg cramps to win a 5-set match which spanned 4 hours and 37 minutes. Chang collapsed in exhaustion and broke down in tears after defeating Lendl.

Notably, Chang’s victory occurred during the height of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Chang recalled being glued to reports of what was happening during this turbulent time in China. He believed his victory was a small way to put smiles on Chinese people’s faces at a time when there wasn’t much to smile about.

In commemoration of this victory, a mural was made this past spring in honor of the Hoboken, N.J.-native. Artist Ricardo Roig put up the mural as a commissioned project with the city of Hoboken. The 40-foot-tall and 43-foot-wide mural was officially unveiled on May 10.

“I passed by the wall all the time,” explained Roig of the side of the building where he created the mural. “It is next to the tennis courts.” Roig, a New Jersey artist, completed a mural for the Amazon. com warehouse in the area and was looking for another project.

In speaking with one of the tenants of the building, he said that Roig should do a mural depicting Michael Chang since he was from the area. “Michael Chang’s from Hoboken?” Roig inquired. The 35-year-old

confessed that Chang was before his time, but thought the idea of Chang overlooking tennis courts would be a great visual.

After doing research, Roig thought the idea was good since it was the 30th anniversary of his French Open triumph and Chang had local connections. He was able to get approval and found an image he thought would be great for the mural.

Roig proposed the project with the city under a new ordinance which dedicated funds to public art.

“It also helped that the Hoboken mayor played tennis in high school,” said Roig.

Ravinder Bhalla, the city’s mayor, is the first Sikh mayor of New Jersey.

While he received city approval, Roig also received news that the county planned to pave the tennis courts by May 1. Thus, he had just 5 days to erect the mural because it was unlikely to be allowed to place a hydraulic lift on the newly paved courts. So, Roig rented a hydraulic lift and the paint for the mural.

Arizona State University (ASU) catcher Lyle Lin was once drafted by the Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball (MLB)’s amateur draft. Lin was drafted directly out of high school by the Mariners with hopes of cultivating him in their farm system.

However, Lin, a native of Taiwan, decided to go to ASU to play college baseball. I had a chance to catch up with him when he visited Seattle to play the University of Washington (UW).

Lin has been a success playing for the Sun Devils. In fact, last year, Lin was drafted by the defending World Series Champs, the Houston Astros in the 29th round of the 2018 MLB Draft. In an interview at the time, Lin declined to go pro again.

Lyle Lin of Arizona State University. He was just drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

“Several teams have contacted me on the second day of the draft, but I turned down those opportunities because the signing bonus did not meet my expectations,” said Lin. Players drafted by MLB teams do not have to sign with the team that drafts them if they cannot agree on financial terms. This happens in cases where the player is an underclassman in college or in high school, giving the player options to return to school. see LAYUP DRILL on 15

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Roig’s friend, a graphic designer, blew up the graphic that he was going to use to the actual size and broke it down to a 3-foot by 3-foot square.

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A new model of elderly care

By Angela Toda ICHS Guijuan Chen, a senior, worries about living in her International District (ID) apartment alone. Problems with her balance and a few spills have left her feeling unsafe.

Chen emigrated from China 25 years ago. She loves living in the ID and doesn’t want to move to a nursing home, or to leave her friends and neighborhood.

“I feel more comfortable,” said Chen. “I can’t regularly meet my friends if I live in a nursing home. I can’t communicate. No one will speak Chinese.”

Recently, Chen found an answer. She signed up for the International Community Health Center (ICHS)’s PACE program, which launches on July 1 at the ICHS Legacy House.

PACE, which stands for Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, is a new model of care that keeps seniors out of hospitals and nursing homes. Instead of a patchwork of providers and services, all of Chen’s health care will be managed by one 11-person team that will be in constant communication. She will obtain all or most services at home or at the ICHS PACE center, based on a plan that is unique to her needs. All transportation is included.

“PACE is team-based,” said Dr. Ric Troyer, ICHS PACE medical director. “The team talks together about patients and their concerns. A team-crafted care plan that is individualized is a much more robust way to take care of a person to help them meet their goals. The beauty of PACE is that it is inclusive of medical, social, and long-term care services.”

Troyer will provide primary care at the ICHS PACE center at Legacy House, along with Dr. Alan Chun, a veteran ICHS physician. As Chun transitions his practice to the PACE program over the next six months, he anticipates many of his senior patients will follow. His remaining patients will be in good hands, he says, with an up-and-

Dr. Ric Troyer (right), PACE medical director, with a patient and staff member at ICHS Legacy House.

coming team of committed family practice doctors, many of whom speak Cantonese and Toisanese.

They make a formidable duo. Troyer brings a background in geriatrics and Chun brings many trusted years providing care to the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community through ICHS. “I have patients that are in their 80s and their 90s who are still living independently,” he said. “As they get older and their capabilities diminish, it’s risky for them to remain

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there. They say, ‘There’s no way I’m going to assisted living, there’s no way I’m going to a nursing home.’ But in reality, it gets more challenging as they age.”

It’s not just that people don’t like nursing homes. Troyer points out that people tend to be happier and healthier living at home.

“Home has a lot of importance to a lot of people,” he said. see ICHS on 13

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By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY If you have been working hard to lose weight, and it hasn’t happened, what should you do next? If you have back and neck pain, do you just pop a painkiller in your mouth? If your parent has Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s like my mom, is that a death sentence to expect when you get old? If you often feel tired after exercising, what’s wrong?

Attending fitness lectures and researching on these topics are my hobbies.

Friends often praise me for being fit. My biggest success has been my husband—I have inspired him to exercise every morning since 2018. He feels so much better now physically and mentally.

You can make exercising fun. For instance, if you work out to music, it lightens you up instantly. I change my dance music once in a while. One day, I listen to disco music and on another day, I listen to The Beatles. You don’t even feel as if you are working out when you hike or bike together with friends. You can bond with others through activities, and you can encourage one another to exercise more.

Or choose a beautiful place to work out, such as the beach, mountains, and forests.

I walk in a different park every week. It lifts up my spirit and motivates me to get to know more about the city. I have been fascinated by old trees rising above towards the sky, and the sound of creeks and streams in our parks.

Each day, I incorporate five principles in my workouts, many of them I learned from Nate Coomer, a physical therapist and an expert on workouts for patients with Parkinson’s disease.

5. Consistency

me worked like magic. My neck and lower back pain disappeared a long time ago. I still practice those exercises in the morning.

It’s better to exercise every day for 10 to 15 minutes than to do it for an hour once a week.

You say, “I am too busy. Sometimes, I work out more than once a week.” The word “sometimes” sounds like you don’t want to commit.

Movement is crucial to maintaining a healthy body. If I don’t exercise for even one day, I feel as if my day is incomplete.

That spirit makes me feel that working out is not a chore, but a privilege. Just think of people with physical limitations, who are dying to have the ability to exercise, but cannot. For us who have arms and legs to move around, we are blessed. Exercise provides us with the daily fuel to boost our energy and immune system. Why not do it!?

Make exercise a priority in your day.

Start in the morning so you won’t have any excuses that you don’t have time to do it later in the day.

I exercise even before I eat breakfast.

One friend said, he needs to eat something before he works out. Try honey and lemon water or some juice. After brushing my teeth and drinking a glass of hot water, off I go to dance. I stick to a seven-day exercise program even when I travel. If I have to catch a plane in the morning, I will exercise first and then have breakfast during the flight.

If you are overweight, you have to get on the seven-day program so you can really lose weight. You can start once a week and gradually to three, four, five times, and eventually seven days a week.

4. Workout with intensity

physical therapist advised me to wear a thick coat during exercise. After wearing a coat for two weeks, I started to sweat a little.

Now, I sweat when I exercise. I don’t know if it’s because of the warmer weather or my body has improved. Probably a little bit of both.

For people who don’t sweat easily, don’t exercise in an air-conditioned room.

Switch off your fan so you can sweat more, especially during the summer. You can lose weight quickly when you sweat. Don’t forget to keep yourself hydrated by drinking lots of water when you work out.

3. How powerful is your workout?

Most people work out without thinking about the intensity of their steps or strength.

What impact are you going to produce after each kick, swing, or punch? If you walk,

think about how much energy you are consuming. If it’s too light or your steps too short, it has no effect on your body. When you run, do you have to catch your breath?

When I kick, I kick with all my might as if I can break a rock. When I breathe, I take long and deep breaths to fill my lungs with lots of oxygen and to exercise my lungs as well.

It’s nice to have a treadmill which challenges you with inclines, you burn more calories that way.

2. Variations in speed

One New York Times article suggested that when we bike or jog, we need to have variations in speed to achieve maximum benefit. That means you jog fast for a mile, then slow down for a few minutes, then speed up again.

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■ COMMENTARY Hands-on learning inspired my future

By Ashley Lizardo SENIOR AT LINDBERGH HIGH SCHOOL My family is full of engineers. I grew up listening to stories about what they were designing and problems they were solving. I wanted to know more, to understand how it all worked, and to be able to talk to them about their work. So, I took a robotics class. Not only did it give me something to talk about at the dinner table, but more importantly, it sparked a personal interest. I knew I enjoyed hands-on learning and I wondered, what other opportunities were out there?

After looking around, I found the Aerospace Advanced Manufacturing program at Lindbergh High School in Renton. I knew I might be one of a few girls to join the class, but I went for it. I feel lucky I did. Not only did I find a class I really enjoy and a teacher who supported me, I found a career path I’m passionate about.

Lindbergh uses Core Plus Aerospace, a two-year manufacturing curriculum developed for high school students like me—students who enjoy figuring out how things work and who learn by doing. The curriculum is fully hands-on, which is how

SOCCER from 1 opening game.

Goals matter in the group stage.

And statements matter in soccer’s biggest tournament.

“Obviously we have the utmost respect for everyone we play, but it’s the World Cup,” said captain Megan Rapinoe.

Alex Morgan tied the tournament record with five goals and the United States opened with a historic 13-0 rout of Thailand on June 11. Samantha Mewis and Rose Lavelle each added a pair of goals for the United States, which broke the record for goals and margin of victory in a World Cup game.

Rapinoe, Lindsey Horan, Mallory Pugh and Carli Lloyd also scored. The previous record margin was Germany’s 11-0 victory over Argentina in 2007.

Morgan tied Michelle Akers’ record for World Cup goals, set in the quarterfinals against Taiwan in 1991. The team’s seven different scorers also set a tournament record.

Lloyd, 36, became the oldest American woman to score at a World Cup and joined Germany’s Birgit Prinz as the only players to score in five straight World Cup games.

The United States faced criticism over its relentless attack. The Americans led 3-0 at the break and then broke the match open in the second half, with the players celebrating goal after goal.

The Americans meant no disrespect, said Morgan, but they simply wanted to position themselves for a run at a second consecutive title.

“We really just came into the game really wanting to showcase ourselves,” Morgan said. “Every goal matters in this tournament and that’s what we were working on.”

Asked about the lopsided score, U.S. coach Jill Ellis wondered if a 10-0 victory in a men’s World Cup would elicit the same questions.

“This is a world championship, so every team here has been fantastic to get to this point. And I think that to be respectful to opponents is to play hard against opponents, and as Alex said, it’s a tournament where goal differential is important,” Ellis said.

The two teams were the last to kick off in the group stage for the month-long tournament. Host France opened the World

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I learn best, and it delivers real-world skills.

It also highlights all the opportunities we have after high school to learn more and eventually work in aerospace and advanced manufacturing. In my first year of Core Plus Aerospace, I learned about materials science,

Cup before a sellout crowd in Paris on June 7 with a 4-0 victory over South Korea.

Ranked No. 1 in the world, the Americans had dropped only one match in their previous 38, a loss to France in Le Havre in January. The team was 7-1-2 overall this year, with six straight wins going into the World Cup. The last time the Americans played in the sport’s top tournament, Lloyd had a hat trick in the first 16 minutes and the United States beat Japan 5-2 in Canada for the trophy.

The U.S. pounced early against Thailand, too, on Morgan’s header in the 13th minute off Kelley O’Hara’s precisely placed cross.

Mewis, Lavelle and Horan were all making their World Cup debuts.

“When you get a deluge of goals like that, it’s a good feeling,” Ellis said. “It builds confidence.”

Thailand, ranked No. 34 in the world, was clearly outmatched even though the team has shown progress on the world stage. Making its World Cup debut in 2015 four years ago, Thailand finished third in its group but earned its first win, a 3-2 victory over Ivory Coast.

At the final whistle, Lloyd and Christen Press were seen consoling the Thailand goalkeeper. Morgan put her arm around Thailand’s Miranda Nild, who was wiping away tears on the field. Nild and Morgan both played college soccer for the California Golden Bears.

“They were disappointed of course, they intended to make an impression in this first match and they were disappointed,” coach Nuengrutai Srathongvian said through a translator. “Yes, they are all athletes and they will be resilient. We’ve got two more games to play and we need to bounce back.”

Srathongvian said soccer in Thailand is still growing and there is a limited pool of players to draw from.

The World Cup comes at a time when female players across the globe are seeking better treatment, conditions and pay. The U.S. national team has long championed equal rights, and players collectively filed a lawsuit earlier this year that alleges discrimination by the U.S. Soccer Federation and are seeking pay equitable with that of the men’s national team.

The players say the lawsuit is on hold

precision measurement, and shop safety, which is important because we also learned how to use all sorts of tools, including power tools, and we got to work on some of the machines that are used in the industry every day.

This year, we started welding. There were a lot of flying sparks. But it turns out, I really like it. Plus, I’m good at it. I got to conquer a fear in my classes, and that’s empowering.

I’ve also learned about electricity, fiber optics, and even more about robotics. There is a lot of freedom in the classroom, so I have been able to explore and expand my skills as I consider what kind of future I’d like to have.

Beyond the hands-on skills, there is so much more I have learned. We work on team projects, which means we develop better communication and leadership skills. We are accountable to one another. We work together and help each other when someone needs a hand.

Through these classes, I’ve also been able to see the many opportunities available in manufacturing and aerospace. We toured local companies and met with industry representatives, who talked with us about career options and offered advice on resume building and interview skills. Students in

while they’re in France. But a pair of prominent well-wishers on Twitter referenced the team’s pursuit of equality.

“The @USWNT is something to smile about. It was great to celebrate with them back in 2015 and I’m excited to root them on in their drive to earn their fourth star. Best of luck to these champions for equality, on and off the field,” wrote former President Barack Obama.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King weighed in: “The pursuit of a record 4th World Cup trophy for the #USWNT officially begins today, but the journey has been years in the making.

You have the support of a nation behind you.

Get that win, and then get the equal pay you deserve!”

Ellis made some lineup moves for the match in the absence of defender Becky Sauerbrunn, whom the team said was held out as a precaution with a minor quad injury. Julie Ertz was moved to the backline and Mewis got the start in the midfield.

Morgan, U.S. Soccer’s 2018 Player of the

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my program can secure good jobs right out of high school. College representatives and technical schools also come to talk about how our coursework is getting us ready for any number of in-demand certificate and degree programs.

My teacher, Mr. Nelson, encouraged me to do an internship last summer to build on my skills and get real-world manufacturing experience. I really enjoyed meeting all these new people and seeing all these different jobs in action. It opened my eyes to what I can do and the options I have. Now I want to apply with a local manufacturer as an electrician and study electrical engineering.

I hope more students, especially girls, can participate in programs like the one at Lindbergh. About a third of manufacturing workers in the United States are women. I believe that number can and should be higher.

One of the most important lessons I learned in high school is not to be afraid to try new things. You never know what you’ll enjoy or what you could be good at. I tried something new with Core Plus Aerospace and now I have options for the future. I’m ready for what’s next. 

Year, now has 106 international goals. Playing in her third World Cup, she was named player of the match.

It came close to the team’s biggest rout ever.

The U.S. beat the Dominican Republic 14-0 in a 2012 Olympic qualifier in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Up next for the U.S. is World Cup newcomer Chile on June 16 in Paris. In the final group match before the knockout round, the Americans will travel to Le Havre to face nemesis Sweden, who they’ve been grouped with six times in World Cup play.

In the last meeting between the teams, Sweden ousted the United States in the quarterfinals at the 2016 Olympics. Afterward, former U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo called Sweden “cowards” for bunkering on defense.

Alyssa Naeher has since replaced Solo, who was dismissed from the team.

Sweden defeated Chile 2-0 earlier on June 11 in Rennes, a match that featured a 40-minute weather delay. 

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■ NATIONAL NEWS Will she flip? Deputies urge woman to say she was trafficked

By TERRY SPENCER and MIKE SCHNEIDER ASSOCIATED PRESS

STUART, Fla. (AP) — The Chinese masseuse shrinks into her chair as the Florida sheriff’s detective tells her deputies installed hidden cameras in her spa’s ceiling. He knows she and other women had sex with men for money.

But you can save yourself, Martin County Detective Mike Fenton and others tell her. We will give you an apartment. We will provide food and education. We will bring your children to the United States.

Just tell us you are a human-trafficking victim and testify against your captors.

Over four hours, the masseuse would see three investigators, two social workers and a translator. A video-recording of her interview was obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request. The AP is not naming the woman because she might be a victim of a sex crime.

The outcome of her interview would help determine whether Martin County could prove the owners of five massage parlors its deputies raided are not just pimps, but human traffickers holding women against their will.

The operation was part of a multicounty crackdown that drew international attention when New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with paying for sex in neighboring Palm Beach County, one of 300 men overall.

Martin Sheriff William Snyder strongly believes the women are trafficking victims but needs a masseuse to testify against her bosses to get convictions. That could start a cascade of charges that eat away at the national network of massage parlor-based traffickers Snyder believes exists.

“We as a nation should have a collective sense of shame,’’ he said. “In the land of the free, thousands of women have no freedom.’’

Maybe this woman would be the one to flip.

Dropping the hammer

The masseuse sits in an interrogation room, hidden cameras again peering from the ceiling. She is 36 and slight, with black hair hanging to her waist. She wears a pink top, jeans and sneakers, her glasses too big for her face. Fenton sits to her right. Across a small table is Damian Spotts, a Mandarinspeaking police officer, and a female translator. The woman had been detained hours earlier during a February raid

involving Cove Day Spa, a strip-mall parlor.

A Chinese national, the masseuse tells Fenton she has a work visa and has applied for political asylum. She worked at an Alabama massage parlor before moving to spas on Florida’s Gulf Coast. She drove to Martin County on the east coast 15 days earlier.

Fenton soon drops the hammer: We installed cameras.

“We know what goes on in the spa. It is not just massages,’’ he tells her. “I know this is not the funnest thing to talk about, but we know this is what happens. I don’t think this is the kind of work you want.’’

He assures her she is not in trouble—yet. But we must know: Are you forced to prostitute yourself?

No, she responds, shaking her head.

Would someone be angry if you quit? No. Then why do it?

She pauses, then responds softly, “I don’t know.’’

“You know. You are intelligent,’’ Fenton says. “The reason why you got into this line of work is because somebody told you about it. Is this your dream job?’’

She says she does it to support relatives in China. Would they be proud? She doesn’t know.

“I don’t think you found this all on your own,’’ Fenton says.

He leaves her with Spotts and the translator.

Legal challenges

The misdemeanor solicitation cases against the men seemed airtight at first, but many, including Kraft’s, are crumbling.

Judges found the search warrants flawed and barred the videos’ use. If those decisions survive appeal, many cases will likely be dismissed. Trafficking charges against some owners might still be possible, but only if a victimized masseuse testifies.

“Unless you have an adult victim saying what would rise legally to force, fraud or coercion, you don’t have a case even though there is circumstantial evidence’’ of trafficking, like women living inside the spas, said Shea Rhodes, a former prosecutor and director of the Villanova Law Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation.

Will she flip?

After Fenton leaves, the masseuse tells Spotts the sex wasn’t prostitution. It happened after the massage for no extra charge.

Deputy Heather Hegeman enters and tells the woman she

can stay at a safe house, but she wants to return to the spa owner’s condo where she has been living. Hegeman says OK, but the sheriff plans to seize it soon. The woman admits she’s worried the owners will think she ratted.

After Hegeman leaves, a victims advocate enters, explaining she is not a cop.

“We have a house set up. We have therapists set up. We have medical attention if she needs it,’’ she tells the translator.

“Food, clothing. We have all of that, but she has to tell me she is doing this against her will.’’

The masseuse pauses but finally says she wants to call a friend.

Hegeman returns with the woman’s phone to get her friend’s number—and learns the phone’s passcode, so detectives can search it. She shows everyone photos of her children, ages 9 and 11.

“They are so beautiful,’’ Hegeman says.

Hegeman leaves and the masseuse becomes animated. She repeatedly tells Spotts she is not a victim but complains she is being treated like a criminal.

“There’s no way I can cooperate with you,’’ she says. She wants a lawyer.

The masseuse, Spotts and the translator sit silently for 30 minutes before Blanca Chang, who works for an antitrafficking organization, arrives. Chang explains she is a Guatemalan immigrant and tells the Chinese woman that American detectives can’t comprehend what immigrants endure, “where you feel like you are forced to do certain things.’’

The woman says she doesn’t trust authorities. Chang understands—Guatemalans don’t trust them, either.

“I’m not the police. I don’t work for the government,’’ she said.

The masseuse swivels in her chair and cries.

Chang tells her the raid “was very bad luck. Good luck, too.

Otherwise you would be suffering more. You were rescued.’’

Spotts, after briefly leaving, asks Chang, “She is still maintaining that she’s not a victim, right?’’

Not quite, Chang says. She is not admitting it, but she isn’t denying it, either.

The masseuse gets her phone back. She won’t be charged.

Outside, her Uber awaits.

No Florida massage parlor owners have been charged with human trafficking. 

Japanese exchange Daughter of ‘tiger student speaks about mom’ Chua picked as mushroom cloud logo Kavanaugh law clerk

By ANNETTE CARY TRI-CITY HERALD RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Nonoka Koga was a little shocked when she arrived as an international exchange student at Richland High, home of the Bombers.

There on the gym floor was a big green “R’’ over a mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb.

The school logo seemed to be everywhere, Koga said.

She is from Fukuoka, Japan, not far from Nagasaki. To her, the mushroom cloud is a reminder of those who lost their lives in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan, where the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs during World War II. They died “to ensure the peace we have today,’’ she said.

But in Richland the mushroom cloud is a point of pride for many students and alumni.

It is a reminder of those who worked long hours near Richland in the barren, dust-

blown shrub steppe on a secret mission to produce the plutonium for the atomic weapon dropped on Nagasaki, helping to end the war.

“Proud of the cloud’’ is a familiar chant.

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she helped eight women and two WASHINGTON (AP) — The men get jobs in his court office daughter of Yale Law School over a decade. professor and “tiger mom’’ “These days the press is full Amy Chua, who praised Justice of stories about powerful men Brett Kavanaugh as a mentor exploiting or abusing female to women after his nomination employees. That makes it even to the Supreme Court, is going more striking to hear Judge to work for Kavanaugh this Kavanaugh’s female clerks summer.

Sophia Chuaspeak of his decency and his Yale Law graduate Sophia Rubenfeld role as a fierce champion of their Chua-Rubenfeld will serve as a law clerk to Kavanaugh for a year, careers,’’ Chua wrote.

The essay was published before a beginning this summer, the court woman came forward alleging Kavanaugh confirmed on June 10.

Shortly after the nomination, Chua had sexually assaulted her during a party penned a Wall Street Journal essay decades ago, when both were teenagers. extolling Kavanaugh “as a mentor for Kavanaugh angrily denied the allegations.

Chua faced criticism that her essay was young lawyers, particularly women.’’

Chua, who wrote a book called “Battle self-serving and that her daughter was Hymn of the Tiger Mother’’ that describes virtually guaranteed a Supreme Court her tough Chinese-style parenting on her job with Kavanaugh. Chua-Rubenfeld two daughters, said she came to know responded on Twitter last year that she Kavanaugh because she served on the wouldn’t be applying for a Supreme Court Yale panel that sought to place graduates in prestigious federal clerkships. She said see SOPHIA on 14

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By Sun Lee Chang Rat — It will take more work to be thorough on the front end, but it should save you time and trouble in the long run.

Dragon — No matter how high the stakes are this time around, don’t let it distract you from the normal process you have developed.

Monkey — Are someone else’s priorities taking precedence over yours? If that is not acceptable to you, then reshuffle the order.

Ox — A fruitful contact should be used sparingly. If you ask for too much at once, they may no longer be receptive to future requests.

Snake — Be selective about who you choose to share sensitive information. A trusted friend is a good choice.

Rooster — Are you tired of playing it safe? Taking the lead has its risks, but the potential benefits far outweigh the costs in this instance.

Tiger — Have you had your fill of recent gossip?

Don’t contribute to the problem by engaging in related behavior yourself.

Horse — If after several tries you are unhappy with the results, then it would be prudent to consider another approach.

Dog — Has your progress been stalled? You should be able to make up lost ground, if you are able to get on your feet quickly.

Rabbit — If there isn’t a clear path to where you want to go, you may have to be a trailblazer and make one.

Goat — Looking for ways to keep your skills from getting rusty? Even when you are at the top of your game, it is important to continue practicing regularly.

Pig — Don’t be lured by promises of big incentives.

There is likely a catch that is not evident at first glance.

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ICHS from 8 “Cognitive impairment can create confusion when you take people out of their routine. For some, social connections are important. They’ve worked out systems to be safe with neighbors. If you move to a new location, you break those social connections.”

A PACE program for the API community

ICHS CEO Teresita Batayola sees the ICHS PACE program as the next step in the nonprofit health center’s commitment to caring for API elders. ICHS took over operation of Legacy House, a 75-room assisted living facility, from the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) earlier this year. The move paved the way for the ICHS Healthy Aging and Wellness program, which manages PACE along with the assisted living center, an adult day care program and daily meal program at the Bush Asia Center, which offers healthy lunches and snacks that reflect Asian tastes.

Staff and providers speak a number of Asian languages and dialects. Group activities include mahjong and taichi.

“ICHS is stepping up to serve the needs of a multicultural and aging population,” said Batayola. “We recognize the best way to care for people is to consider their full spectrum of needs, and especially for services to be delivered in a culturally and linguistically competent way.”

Eligibility and enrollment

PACE is geared specifically for people who are nursinghome eligible, having difficulty staying independent and need assistance with their daily function or activities. It is open to seniors age 55 and older with disabilities, or those age 65 or older, who reside in the PACE service area and are able to live safely in the community with PACE services. There are no costs or out-of-pocket expenses for Medicare and Medicaid-eligible participants. The first step is meeting with an enrollment specialist.

“You’ll complete paperwork and we’ll talk about the program and if it fits your needs. After that, we’ll arrange for a home visit to determine if modifications at home need to be made,” said Troyer. “The entire interdisciplinary team meets as a group to determine if you can safely live in the community, including the number of caregiving hours,

when you will come into the center, and if you need durable medical equipment.”

The PACE program offers clear advantages, said Troyer.

“I don’t know of a better model for caring for and supporting elderly people who want to live in their own home. With PACE, caregivers don’t have to feel alone navigating choices. They have support.”

Chen, a retired practicing physician for more than 40 years, is also an enthusiastic supporter. She feels the intensive care she’ll receive from the program will help her better manage chronic conditions, including hypertension and sciatica. She can remain active in her dancing group and tend her patch at the Danny Woo Community Garden.

“PACE provides medical assistance and help 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” she said. “I have confidence in my care team and Dr. Troyer, and their ability to manage my health all at one center.”  ICHS PACE at Legacy House is currently accepting applications. For more information, call 206-292-5184.

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My friend’s relative believes that he will have both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s later in life because both his parents did.

I probably have the defective gene, too, since my grandmother and mother have Alzheimer’s. Even though there’s a possibility, it doesn’t bother me. Why? A study about a group of nuns living in a convent yielded some interesting results. In the autopsy report, some nuns’ brains were infested with Alzheimer’s amyloid plaques. Yet, they didn’t show any symptoms of Alzheimer’s during their lifetime.

Dr. Eric Larsen of the University of Washington, who wrote the book “Enlightened Aging,” explained that it has to do with resilience. What kind of person you are and how active your life is, are more important factors for not getting dementia, according to several neuro-scientists.

Environmental factors beat out genetics.

In exercising, how do you challenge the brain? Playing tennis and any other kind of team sport will challenge your brain more than solo exercising. Every time your brain encounters something new and different, it sends signals to other parts of the brain to connect together.

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SOPHIA from 12 clerkship “anytime soon’’ because she had to fulfill her

CLOUD from 12 rather than Richland, she would have participated with other students in an annual peace day to learn about and reflect on the devastation and terror of the atomic bombing of Japan.

She kept expecting that there would be a school assembly to address such a serious subject, she told the Herald.

It didn’t come and she didn’t ask about the mushroom cloud.

She was not fluent enough in English when she arrived to have a serious discussion. She was afraid that she would be bullied or teased if she spoke up.

Koga didn’t discuss her feelings about the mushroom cloud until the atomic bombing came up in her U.S. history class.

It prompted her to discuss her

military service obligation after attending college on an ROTC scholarship.

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perspective with Shawn Murphy, a photography class teacher who had mentored and encouraged her.

With his help she came up with a script and the courage to share her thoughts with her classmates during a recent broadcast on AtomicTV—the school’s morning announcement program.

She’d learned about her classmate’s culture and history over the school year.

Now she wanted to share some of her own.

Her grandparents lived about 30 miles from Kokura, where the bomb with Hanford plutonium was planned to be dropped.

But as the plane carrying the “Fat Man’’ bomb flew over Kokura the cloud cover was heavy and the decision was made to instead bomb the backup site, Nagasaki.

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“I am here today because of a cloudy day,’’ she told her peers in the video.

Her grandparents were safe, but 80,000 civilians—children, women and men—were killed unjustly in Nagasaki, she said.

“Should we have pride in killing innocent people?’’ she asked in the video. That cloud rising from the ground is made up of what it destroyed, the city and the people, she said.

She heard there were some complaints after the video was shown. But many people, students and teachers, told her they were proud of her.

“We’re just so proud she would stand up and be bold enough to say something that people disagree with,’’ said Sarah Landon of her host family.

Officially, despite the many mushroom cloud logos, the school’s mascot is the

B-17 Bomber like the one Hanford workers pitched in with a day’s pay each to buy during the war.

It was a good year, with many friends and memories made, Koga said. She’s OK with being a Bomber.

“I am not trying to change your mascot, but just help you consider a perspective that is more personal,’’ Koga said. 

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3 percent of the population of Mercer Island is Japanese. In Bellevue, it is over 2.5 percent, while in Seattle, the Japanese population fell to 1.39 percent this year, according to Zip Atlas.

“The later generations of Japanese have all fled to the Eastside and don’t like to come to this part of town anymore,” said one insider at Keiro, who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the community to negative remarks.

Changing demographics

Like the temple, however, Keiro has opened its gates to different ethnicities.

“As a nonprofit, Keiro was open to all ethnicities. However, it was opened to support Issei Japanese,” said the insider.

A decade ago, according to a longtime family member, “it was a mix of Asians–Japanese, both Nisei (2nd generation) Shin Issei (National Japanese), Chinese (both foreign-born and some Chinese Americans), Vietnamese, and Korean.”

However, as of last year, Keiro was roughly 35 percent Japanese, 30 percent Chinese, 15 percent Vietnamese, and the rest a mix of Korean, Caucasian, and Black.

To reflect these changing demographics, “there was a rebranding around 2014 to change the name to Keiro Northwest (it was formerly Nikkei Concerns) and change the mission,” said the longtime family member.

The new mission statement reflected the growing diversity of ethnicities within Keiro over the past half decade: “We empower our Asian community through a continuum of exceptional health care services that are culturally sensitive.”

By contrast, the old mission statement had been categorically focused on preserving Japanese culture per se: “Our mission is to enrich and support the lives of elders and meet their needs in a way that honors and respects the Nikkei culture and values.”

Socio-economic and cultural differences

LAYUP DRILL from 7 “I would love to get drafted again,” Lin said during ASU’s early May visit to play the Huskies.

In 2018, Lin was the starting catcher for the Sun Devils and was second on the team with 72 hits. He had impressive numbers at the plate and was one of the consistent members of the team. During the Sun Devils’ first game against UW, Lin came into the game as a replacement and promptly had two hits in the game, including an impressive double which nearly was a home run.

When the Mariners drafted him in the 16th round of the MLB Draft in 2016, they were one of the few teams that talked to him. Lin did get to visit Seattle when he was drafted by the Mariners, where he took a tour of the ballpark and locker rooms. While he didn’t get to meet Ichiro on his visit, he had the opportunity to meet Nori Aoki who played with the Mariners that year.

A catcher, Lin really enjoys the challenges that the position brings.

Buddhist priest Taijo Imanaka makes mudra hand gestures to prepare to heal.

In the Koyasan temple, however, most if not all of the non-Japanese members are from high socioeconomic backgrounds, including medical doctors, executives, and military consultants. Most, if not all of them, are white. Some live in Madison Park.

After his meditation classes at the temple, Taijo offers them tea and traditional Japanese refreshments in a small hall with tables and Buddhist posters on the walls.

At Keiro, on the other hand, most of the new patients have been poor and reliant on government support.

“I would say about one out of every 10 patients there is Black,” said the second family member.

Still, other ethnicities have found comfort in the food and Asian-culturally themed activities, although language communication has sometimes been a problem.

Recent DSHS citations include references to communication difficulties between Japanese patients and Taishanese-speaking Chinese caregivers.

Such challenges may account for difficulties some residents are having in finding new homes since Keiro last month announced its impending closure.

Transitions

Outside Keiro, on a sunny day recently, an old, hunched-over Chinese woman was screaming into her cell phone, which she

“I enjoy talking to the pitchers and the conversations with the managers.” It was his favorite position to play while growing up. His father introduced him to the sport at a young age. He moved to the United States when in high school and instantly excelled playing for his high school team in Southern California. He received a scholarship to play at ASU in Tempe. Now a junior, Lin was chosen as a first team All-Pac 12 Conference player. He has led the team with nine games of three or more hits.

Lin says that he’s “living out a dream and hopes bigger things happen for him in the future.” At this point, he is focused on his dreams of playing in the major leagues.

Lin was drafted by the Diamondbacks in the 14th round of the MLB Draft in early June. Not many baseball players get drafted in the major leagues. Lin has done it three times. He now will get a chance to play professionally with the hopes of making it to the majors someday.  Jason can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

held at arm’s length, as if afraid of injuring it with the decibels of her voice.

“I’m at Keiro! At Keiro! The nursing home!”

She explained she was waiting for a ride, that she had recently returned from China, and that her husband was bedridden owing to a stroke and had no place to go.

“No one has helped me,” she said. “I don’t even know where to start.”

She further explained she has been in the United States for 20 years and is now living on social security.

Affluent families seem to be handling the transition better.

One family, at least, has already secured housing in an assisted living community in another part of town.

A member of that family, in an interview, asked that no distinguishing features of that person’s family be revealed for fear of repercussions to the elderly family member who is still living in Keiro.

The elderly family member will move to an upscale retirement center within the next month. The family’s chief concern, besides overall adjustment, was with food. But they spoke to the chef at the new community. He agreed to provide special adjustments to the meal plan to include rice and other staples that were readily available at Keiro.

Still, the family member explained, Keiro staff, in order to conserve resources, has already moved the majority of the remaining patients to a single floor. On several occasions, the elderly family member has wandered back to the original room, however, and had to be led back to the new quarters by staff.

“We are worried about the transition,” said the family member.

Still, said the family member, making a rough guess, it appears that perhaps up to half of the patients have already moved.

“I guess that some families have just decided to take their own members in,” said the family member.

However, when the patient is

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really sick or when the family lacks sufficient resources, that may not be possible.

The old woman, standing on the sidewalk outside Keiro waiting for a ride, yelling in thickly accented Chinese into her cell phone, said this was not possible.

“There’s no way I can care for him at home. He’s too sick. That’s impossible,” she said.

Meanwhile, Keiro leaders have been unavailable for comment.

President Tomio Moriguchi declined a request for an interview and Keiro board member Fred Kiga failed to respond to multiple emails.

Japanese values in a changing world

Despite the changes taking place, both at Keiro and the Koyasan temple, the neighborhood on a sunny afternoon appears unchanged.

A hush and calm pervades the streets that are thickly lined with old trees. Across from the temple is a large lot of unused land upon which a sole figure sits in the sunshine.

Still, change has already come to the neighborhood in ways that are making it increasingly difficult for its residents to bear.

Taijo and his American wife used to live two blocks from the temple. But now he spends an hour each day picking up trash, bottles, and needles from the streets around the temple.

He worries that his three-andhalf-year old daughter could be kidnapped on the streets.

“That would be the end of life,” he said.

So he and his wife have moved to West Seattle.

Inside the temple, he reads Chinese sutras in a Japanese pronunciation. He performs the kaji ritual for those whom western medicine has failed. And he caters to the needs of white Americans.

“The real question,” said the Keiro insider, “is who is going to keep Japanese tradition alive in these times?”  Mahlon can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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was shot in Iraq many times, and he comes to me because he has gone to 20 hospitals and clinics, and the doctors don’t know what the cause is but he keeps losing weight,” said Taijo Imanaka, the priest.

“He keeps losing weight and he thought he was going to die,” he went on. “Then I performed the kaji ritual with him and he has now started to gain weight rapidly.”

Taijo offers meditation classes, counseling for Microsoft executives and other community leaders, and then, in the evening, he gathers food and rice, places it in a metal bowl, and leaves it outside the temple for “hungry ghosts.” Hungry ghosts are souls that have practiced evil in this lifetime and are doomed to wander this earth before being reincarnated through the acts of kindness of others.

Like the Keiro nursing home, across the street, the temple has been struggling to stay afloat and stay true to its values.

The temple’s founding generation (Issei) has passed away. There are only four members of the second generation of Japanese Americans (Nisei), mostly in their 90s, and many of the rest of the members are Americans without a Japanese background.

“The temple is miraculously surviving,” he said, in an interview.

But the temple is staying open— at least for the near future—while Keiro is shutting down.

Taijo credits it with support from the home temple in Japan and an ability to adjust to the times and changing demographics of the Japanese community.

Due to a number of factors, including a decline in immigration rates and intermarriage, the Japanese population in the United States has been in decline this decade.

Decades ago, when Keiro was founded, the majority of Japanese lived in Seattle. Today, the Eastside has a higher proportion of Japanese than Seattle. Almost

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LE from 1 Le explained that Overlake had a few patients over 100 years old.

“People are living longer and longer every day, so of course they’ll have more illnesses. My job is to make sure they’re given the appropriate medication to help with their health conditions,” she said.

In general, Le’s job is to improve and promote patient safety by making sure patients have the correct drugs and working with the doctors to find the most appropriate and cost-effective therapy treatments.

Le said that in patients, they see a lot of dementia, memory loss, falls, fractures, and also chronic conditions, such as hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes.

She also tries to find medication therapies that will be less likely to cause sedation, so as to decrease falls and fractures.

Sometimes patients also have psychological issues that are associated with dementia, such as sundowning, agitation, and confusion. Other common issues include adult neglect and emotional issues.

Le added that the most commonly prescribed medications are to regulate blood pressure. Cholesterol medication is also common to help prevent strokes and heart disease.

Drug abuse

The most commonly abused drugs are pain and anxiety medications. Drug abuse is common among teens.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, teenagers can intentionally take medicines out of the home medicine cabinet and share it with their friends at a “pharm party.”

Severe overdoses can lead to permanent brain damage and death.

In addition, thousands of children accidentally ingest prescription drugs every year. According to Safe Kids Worldwide, medication is the leading cause of poisoning in kids—leading to the death of a child every 12 days. Kids likely get curious and think medication is candy.

Medication storage tips

Lock up your medicine cabinet. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), 6.2 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs, a majority of which were taken from family and friends. Consider keeping the Poison Center Hotline number handy, either programmed in

KIN ON from 1 soon open its assisted living and adult family home to provide additional housing and healthcare services for the elderly in the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community.

Steven Liang, Kin On’s Supportive Housing Director, has been working on the front lines throughout the construction.

He recalled that many elderly and their families reached out to Kin On over the past year, sharing their need to find an “aging friendly” place to live.

“Many are worried about their wellbeing and concerned about how they can take care of themselves as their bodies and memories start to deteriorate.”

Liang said Kin On’s goal is to help individuals navigate through all the options and to provide the best care according to their needs. He also shared that the residents at the new buildings will have access to daily meals, social activities, and housekeeping services, as well as nursing services.

“For those who are struggling with memory loss and physical challenges of getting older, having the option to be at an assisted living or an adult family home can be incredibly helpful,” he said.

Extra efforts are also made by Kin On to create a place where people can call home.

“We went to Milwaukee to handpick custom-made furniture to make sure that they are sturdy, comfortable, and can be easily cleaned,” Liang said.

“The tables are foldable and can be moved around so that there is more flexibility in how the common areas are used for different programs and activities.”

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your phone or on a sticker in your cabinet: 800-222-1222.

Medication is best kept in a dry and cool place unless the drug manufacturer states otherwise. For example, insulin needs to be refrigerated and it is good for about 28 days depending on the product.

Le doesn’t recommend storing medication in bathroom cabinets because of the heat, humidity, and steam from the shower.

Choose a cabinet in your home that is up high. If you choose to store medicines in the kitchen, make sure they are out of reach of children, even if they were to climb up on a countertop or chair.

“Medication doesn’t last longer if stored in the fridge, the cold can actually degrade the medication faster. When the drug company makes the drug, they actually put the drug at a certain temperature and monitor for degradation,” she said.

Le said that sometimes people forget to put away their medication after they take it and end up leaving it out, thinking that it’s more convenient, but that’s where accidents can occur.

Organize your medications by category

Le advised using a pill organizer to keep everything separate and to keep children and infant medication separate

they needed the most, which is affordable care and programs unique to their preferences.

“I want to meet people who speak my language and a place that offers Asian food,” said a senior.

Conveniently located next to the existing Kin On Community Center, residents can enjoy a variety of campuswide wellness and social programs, such as EnhanceFitness and karaoke. Liang said they also plan to incorporate different menu and program options based on each individual’s needs.

Throughout the last 30-plus years, Kin On continues to expand their services to fulfill the different needs in the Asian community by offering skilled nursing care, in-home assistance, and community wellness programs. Liang envisions these two new supportive housing programs will help seniors thrive and continue the Kin On mission set forth at its founding.

“Our family has long supported Kin On, but what has moved me so much are the professionals who dedicate themselves to the care of our elderly,” said Chun Ng, a long-time supporter of Kin On. “And with the opening of the new assisted living and family home, a wider spectrum of elderly can be served. The ability to care for our parents and grandparents in a safe and caring environment is immeasurable.”

Liang is excited for the community to have accomplished such a huge milestone to help the elderly live and age well.

“I just want to give everyone—staff, donors, and volunteers—a huge pat on the back,” he said.  The grand opening celebration of the Kin On Assisted Living and Ark & Winnie Chin Legacy Home will be on June 29, from 10:00–11:30 a.m. The event is open to the public.

from adult medication. Le said that she’s had people keep pet medication and their medication together in one place, which is not advised.

“I recommend separating your prescription medications from over-the-counter medicines. I suggest separating eye drops from other drops, such as for the ear. In my practice, I have seen patients make the mistake of putting the wrong type of drop in the wrong place,” she said.

Organizing by category is also beneficial as you may see that you have several ibuprofen bottles, for instance. Don’t combine them into one as they likely have different expiration dates. By organizing them correctly, you can make a point of using up the ones that are set to expire sooner.

Other things to watch out for

Le advises that if patients see anything floating in liquid medication, they should return it to the pharmacy.

“Never drink liquid from the bottle and always use the measuring device that comes with the liquid, whether it’s a syringe, cup, or spoon,” she said.

In addition, if the pill looks different in shape or color than what you’re used to, contact the pharmacy to ensure it’s the right drug. If a bottle or box has been tampered with or the seal is open, take it back to the pharmacy.

It’s also important to make sure you don’t take medication in the dark so that you don’t mistakenly take the wrong ones.

Expiration dates

All medications have an expiration date and once it leaves the pharmacy, they last for one year. “Once the medication leaves the pharmacy, we don’t know how people store it. If they leave it in the car or if people leave it out in the freezing cold, the drug’s efficacy after that cannot be guaranteed.”

On the other hand, vitamins and herbal supplements don’t follow the same rules or regulations as prescription drugs, Le explained.

“Expired medicines may not provide the treatment you or your family needs. Also, fewer medicines in the home means fewer safety risks. Many pharmacies in the area offer safe medicine disposal,” Le said.  To dispose of your expired medicines safely, go to takebackday.dea.gov.

Nina can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.