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By Jason Cruz NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this month’s edition, we cover the University of Washington (UW)’s Women’s

Golf Team winning a national title, a new class of members inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame, a new Spelling Bee champ crowned, and a Chinese prospect eyeing the NBA draft.

Rhee and Ying help Washington women’s golf team to NCAA Championship

Sarah Rhee was once a little known see SPORTS on 16

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A woman in her 60s suffered minor injuries after a black Nissan Maxima hit her at around 5:45 p.m. on May 30, at the intersection of King Street and Maynard Avenue. see HIT AND RUN on 14

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Walter Kwan, founder of Top Gun Restaurant and O’Asian, died on May 26. The cause of Kwan’s death was an aneurysm.

Kwan, 48, was an entrepreneur and restaurateur. He created several restaurants including Top Gun on S. King St. (closed in 2000), Dim Sum Factory in Bellevue, Tropics Thai on S. Weller St., and O’Asian, which closed in January.

Kwan enjoyed challenges. He selected locations most considered to be undesirable such as inside the Bank of America building on 5th Ave for O’Asian.

Kwan was proud of O’Asian, which opened

in 2006, an upscale eatery for downtown businessmen and politicians. At the height of his success, Kwan employed over 200 people.

Friends said he was smart, likeable, and generous. He supported many charities, and donated dinner certificates worth hundreds of dollars from his restaurants. His favorite hangout was at the former Sun Ya Restaurant, with his buddy Andy Chan, the former owner.

His father, Chuan Kwan, said he was a filial son, who always took care of him and his mother. see KWAN on 14

By Peggy Chapman NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Pradeepta Upadhyay feels she has been blessed in her career path. She has a long history of advocacy work, which started in rural Nepal. She immigrated to the United States, where she continued her work in Los Angeles. Now in Seattle, she serves as InterIm Community Development Association’s (InterIm) newly appointed executive director.

InterIm is located in a small, busy office on King Street, in the heart of Seattle’s Chinatown.

The deceptively small office is a surprisingly large hub for a variety of programs that many of the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community should be aware of. InterIm’s mission is to support APIs, immigrants, and see UPADHYAY on 3

ASIANS IN HOLLYWOOD Cast of “Fresh Off the Boat” reflect on the popular AsianAmerican family sitcom. » see 4

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Seattle who gave their lives during World War II. The event, in Hing Hay Park on May 30, featured a laying of the wreaths, a gun salute, and a performance by the Chinese Girls’ Drill Team. 

Bloom gala raises $187,000

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President Linda Lee hands out jade plants to former presidents and current charter members. From left: Karen Wong, Vi Mar, Deanna Chinn, Helen Kay and Neta Ding.

Starla Sampaco of Bellevue received the 2016 Asian American Journalist Association (AAJA) Seattle Founders Scholarship on May 26.

The 2014 winner of Miss Washington Teen USA is a junior at the University of Washington, where she is working toward a degree in journalism, with the hopes of becoming a broadcast journalist.

“The lack of diversity in media content and in newsrooms encouraged me to pursue this career path,” said Sampaco, a 21-year-old Filipino American. She is also a regular contributor to the Northwest Asian Weekly and she made the 2016 “Husky 100” list. “Through my work in journalism, I aim to amplify the voices that need to be heard and highlight stories that are often ignored.”

Sampaco credits her successes to her parents who came to the United States from the Philippines so she and her sister would have more opportunities.

As a recipient of the 2016 AAJA Seattle Founders Scholarship, Sampaco has an opportunity to attend workshops, participate in panel discussions, and network at the national AAJA convention, which will be held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in August. 

Jade Guild celebrates 50 years Approximately 100 people attended the 50th anniversary

luncheon of Seattle’s Jade Guild on May 22 at China Harbor restaurant. The Chinese women’s service organization event honored its late founder, Ruth Chinn, who was also the co-founder of United Savings and Loan, the first Asian American-owned savings and loan in the country. 

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Starla Sampaco at the May 16 UW's Husky 100 recognition ceremony.

Board members and volunteers of the Donnie Chin-founded organization, International District Emergency Center (IDEC), accepted the Bamboo Award on their late leader’s behalf.

More than $187,000 was raised for uncompensated care at the medical and dental clinics of International Community Health Services (ICHS) at the 2016 Bloom Gala on May 21.

The gala, which drew more than 400 people, helped celebrate the achievements and successes of ICHS, which operates full-service medical and dental clinics in the Chinatown/International District neighborhood, Holly Park/South Seattle, Bellevue, and Shoreline.

An emotional highlight of the event was the presentation of the 2016 Bamboo Award for Health to Washington Dental Service Foundation and the late Donnie Chin, who was a personal friend to many patients and staff members at ICHS. His sister, Connie, and members of the International District Emergency Center accepted the award on his behalf. 

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Densho awarded grants for history preservation

Seattle-based organization Densho will get $766,145 this year to enhance its programs on the history of JapaneseAmerican incarceration during World War II. The National Park Service announced on May 13 grants totaling more than $2.8 million to organizations across the country to help preserve and interpret the World War II confinement sites of Japanese Americans. Densho was

issued two of the grants.

Congress established the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program in 2006, authorizing a total of $38 million in funding for the life of the program. The May 13 announcement of $2.8 million brings the current award total to more than $21 million.

The National Park Service is also preparing a theme study

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JACL Puyallup Valley presents incarceration experience to Boeing

Front row (from left): Lilly Kato, Eileen Yamada Lamphere. Back row (from left): Allan Reiten, Amy Kato, and Zach Van Tassel.

By Eileen Yamada Lamphere JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE PUYALLUP VALLEY CHAPTER VICE PRESIDENT Kent, Wash. — “Growing Up Behind Barbed Wire,” the interactive presentation

about the journey that many Japanese Americans from the White River Valley in Washington state took during WWII, was presented at the Boeing Employee Engagement Brown Bag Lunch series on

UPADHYAY from 1 refugee communities through culturally and linguistically responsible community building. Primary programs include real estate development, low-income housing and mixed-use projects, neighborhood improvement projects, programs for youth and seniors, and a wide variety of advocacy and social services.

Upadhyay’s role is to support the staff of 20 fulltime and part-time employees, while also maintaining communication with outside neighboring partners and of course, focusing on development. It is clear that, while very busy, she loves the work she does. Her current position at InterIm reflects the work she has always loved, ever since she was first aware of what she wanted to do back when she was in Nepal — advocate for those in need.

Advocacy activity Historically, Upadhyay’s work has focused on her passion and dedication for social issues and particularly for issues that affect women. Upadhyay, who is originally from Kathmandu, Nepal, stated she was lucky because she came from a privileged family.

She was appalled by the poverty and living condi- Pradeepta Upadhyay tions of many of the young women in rural Nepal, which spurred her initial desire to try to help.

One issue that resonated with her during that time with her work in Nepal was the emerging AIDS crisis. According to Upadhyay, many young women were being sold into brothels, and they were being blamed for contracting the disease. She said it wasn’t unusual to see women thrown

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to inspire Americans to discover the story of America’s Asian and Pacific Island heritage and to help those seeking National Historic Landmark or National Register of Historic Places designation for historic places linked to the Asian American and Pacific Islanders experience in the United States. 

Only a few spots left for popular Japan group tour If you have never been to Japan, you can experience it through the ease of a guided group tour, scheduled for September 10-22, 2016. Co-sponsored by The North American Post and the Hokubei Hochi Foundation, the tour includes seven cities — Tokyo, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Shirakawa-go, Takayama, Hiroshima, and Hyogo Prefecture. Day trips to Yokohama and Kobe can also be included.

Experience metropolis Tokyo embraced by historic and traditional Japan including the magnificent Edo Museum, Ginza shopping district, sumo wrestling stadium (Ryogoku Kokugikan), Asakusa’s “Sensoji” Temple, and more. Be transported into the Edo period in Kanazawa with the many historic attractions such as Kenrokuen, one of Japan’s “three best landscape gardens.”

Shirakawa-go lies in the remote mountains and is declared a UNESCO world heritage site where you will see thatched roof farm-

out on the streets. She helped form the first HIV support group for women, and she also advocated for abortion rights, which was illegal at the time.

Upadhyay immigrated to the United States in 1999 to be closer to her daughters and said she was lucky to find work within months. Since then, it has all been work she loves and feels lucky to be a part of. She has been Director of Programs for the South Asian Network (Los Angeles), executive director of Chaya (Seattle), and she also contributed to the Community Health Action Initiative (CHAI), the first comprehensive health education program in the United States designed for South Asian immigrants and refugees. Now, as the permanent executive director of InterIm, she gets to continue fulfilling her calling — even though she is not entirely new to InterIm. Upadhyay was previously Director of Operations and Strategic Initiatives, and she said she was always familiar with InterIm. “I always looked at ‘Uncle Bob’ (Bob Santos, community activist and former InterIm executive director) as an inspiration.” So her new role as executive director seems a natural fit.

InterIm developments InterIm’s Build Health program recently did a study specific to the International District community and found primary concerns were pollution (graffiti, trash, lack of green space), isolation (particularly related to seniors), fear of violence (after 4 p.m. — this was notable after Donnie Chin’s death), and the prevalence of homeless encampments.

InterIm’s WILD (Wilderness Inner-city Leadership Development) Program, geared toward API and refugee youth, will be hosting summer wilderness trips and camping trips and also inter-generational programs with seniors (bird-watching sessions, ballot parties).

The most recent notable news and development would be the occupancy of Hirabayashi Place, which was completed in March of this year. There were an overwhelming 196

houses “gassho-zukuri” and then travel to a neighboring city, Takayama, a beautifully preserved old town, gorgeous and very rural in nature.

Take a ride on the bullet train “shinkansen” to Kyoto, the former imperial capital of Japan. With literally thousands of shrines, temples, gardens, and women in kimono walking alongside with the many foreign visitors, you will fall in love with all that Kyoto offers.

The total cost of the tour is $3,890 (12 days, double occupancy).

The airfare-only is $1,343 (non-stop on All Nippon Airways) The registration deadline is fast approaching.  For more information, contact elaine@ hokubeihochi.org, ehimeko@gmail.com, or call (206) 519-5469.

applications for the available 96 units in the low-income housing building. All units are now tenant-occupied and a new day care center for the building supported by El Centro de la Raza opened this May. An official ribboncutting ceremony will be held mid-summer.

“Homelessness is not invisible in our communities,” Upadhyay said. She feels there’s a misconception that there is not a need for affordable housing in API communities, and the abundance of applications for the low-income housing dispels this.

What about new projects? There are no guarantees, but InterIm did submit a proposal/application for purchase of the International District’s historic Panama Hotel, which was declared a national treasure in 2015. Without going into detail, Upadhyay indicated InterIm would preserve and respect the hotel’s history in regards to how it housed Japanese Americans forced into internment during the Second World War, while finding a way to incorporate InterIm’s community mission.

There are also projects and advocacy on a smaller scale that are just as important. Upadhyay brings up examples of issues that may be considered less reactionary, that can be met with at a different level, but still have a great impact.

“It’s about creating opportunities and meeting needs to help the client — helping with transportation if that is what is needed to get a job, or clothes for an interview.”

So out of all the work she had done to date, what has been the most rewarding? Memorable? There is no definitive answer, but she brought up the first women’s HIV support group she helped to create in Nepal, and the impact and importance of a support system.

“It leads to other support systems,” she said. “The change … it makes transformations.”  For more information about InterIm and its programs, visit interimicda.org.

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‘Fresh Off the Boat’ team reflects on breakthrough sitcom

By Lynn Elber AP TELEVISION WRITER

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Television is mostly entertaining, sometimes enlightening and, occasionally, can make a difference.

The sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat” hits all the marks. Because of it, along with ABC siblings “black-ish” and “Dr. Ken” (and, at CW, “Jane the Virgin”), network TV’s American family photo album is starting to look authentic.

The contribution of “Fresh Off the Boat” is especially notable. It’s the first network primetime comedy about an Asian-American family since Margaret Cho’s “All-American Girl” in 1994, which lasted a season. “Dr. Ken” star Ken Jeong (“Community,” “The Hangover”) gladly acknowledges that the success of “Fresh Off the Boat” paved the way for his series.

“Even if I wasn’t a part of any of it, never in a million years would I have thought any of this would happen,” said Jeong, who guest starred in the season finale of “Fresh Off the Boat.” “It really is beyond satisfying” to see two shows on the air and with characters of different Asian origins, he said.

“Fresh Off the Boat” follows a TaiwaneseAmerican family’s mostly eager plunge into the melting pot of the 1990s. On the flip side, “black-ish” is about a contemporary AfricanAmerican family’s efforts to hold on to its cultural identity. “Dr. Ken,” about a KoreanAmerican husband and father, gives the formulaic domestic sitcom a cheerful ethnic tweak.

Without losing sight of their primary job, to be funny, the ABC shows make the case that there is — cynics and malcontents aside — a suburban-lawn-sized patch of common ground to be found. The shows’ ratings are proof that viewers are responding, with both “Fresh Off the Boat” and “black-ish” secure on ABC’s schedule and “Dr. Ken” returning for its second year.

“Fresh Off the Boat” team

As “Fresh Off the Boat” wrapped taping for the season, stars Randall Park and Constance Wu, who star as parents Louis and Jessica Huang, took a set break to reflect on its impact. Executive producer Nahnatchka Khan and Chelsey Crisp, who plays neighbor Honey, weighed in later by phone.

Nahnatchka Khan

The writer-producer marvels at TV’s sudden burst of inclusiveness, including Aziz Ansari in “Master of None” and Priyanka Chopra in “Quantico.”

“The difference in the past year has been enormous. The fact we were right in the middle of this kind of change is incredible, and we’re really grateful for it,” Khan said. “The more, the merrier. Let’s just keep going.”

Randall Park

“I get stopped on street all the time, with people telling me how much the show means

to them and that they watch it with their families,” he said. And it’s not just Asian-Americans, but “everyone,” Park said.

“It’s easy for us to buy into the myths out there that people don’t want to watch a family that’s different from them on TV, that it’s going to be too foreign for people,” he said.

“Fresh Off the Boat” is disproving that. But Park recalls his own early concerns about how his character would be portrayed.

“Even though in the grand scheme of sitcom history there’s a tradition of the goofy dad, to me it was a point of concern because there weren’t a lot Asian sitcom dads to balance that out, or even Asian characters in general,” he said. “He is a character, for sure, but the writers have done such a great job of humanizing him. ... For all the silliness to this character, there’s a loving side, a serious side.”

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The complaint, filed May 23 by the Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE), requests that the Department of Education and the Department of Justice conduct a thorough investigation of admission practices and require the three colleges and other Ivy League universities to cease their discriminatory practices, including the use of racial quotas, racially-differentiated admission standards, racial stereotypes, and other unlawful admissions criteria.

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Obama uses Hiroshima visit as opportunity to urge no nukes

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By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama jots down notes while waiting for other G7 leaders to arrive for Summit Session One Working Lunch, at the Shima Kanko Hotel, The Classic, in Shima City, Japan, May 26, 2016.

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — With an unflinching look back at a painful history, President Barack Obama stood on the hallowed ground of Hiroshima on May 27 and declared it a fitting place to summon people everywhere to embrace the vision of a world without nuclear weapons.

As the first American president to visit the city where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb, Obama came to acknowledge — but not apologize for — an act many Americans see as a justified end to a brutal war that Japan started with a sneak attack at Pearl Harbor.

Some 140,000 people died after a U.S.

warplane targeted wartime Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and 70,000 more perished in Nagasaki, where a second bomb was dropped three days later. Japan soon surrendered.

“Their souls speak to us,” Obama said of the dead. “They ask us to look inward, to take stock of who we are and who we might become.”

With a lofty speech and a warm embrace for an elderly survivor, Obama renewed the call for a nuclear-free future that he had first laid out in a 2009 speech in Prague.

This time, Obama spoke as a far more experienced president than the one who had employed his upbeat “Yes, we can” campaign slogan on the first go-round. see HIROSHIMA on 12

Finally allowed 2nd child, older Chinese detergent maker sorry for Chinese parents turn to IVF harm done by

By Louise Watt ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIJING (AP) — China’s decision to allow all married couples to have two children is driving a surge in demand for fertility treatment among older women, putting heavy pressure on clinics and breaking down past sensitivities, and even shame, about the issue.

The rise in in vitro fertilization points to the deferred dreams of many parents who long wanted a second child, but were prevented by a strict population control policy in place for more than 30 years.

That, in turn, is shifting prevailing attitudes in China regarding fertility treatments — formerly a matter of such sensitivity that couples were reluctant to tell even their parents or other family members that they were having trouble conceiving.

“More and more women are coming to ask to have their second child,” said Dr. Liu Jiaen, who runs a private hospital in Beijing treating infertility through IVF, in which an egg and sperm are combined in a laboratory dish and the resulting embryo transferred to a woman’s uterus.

Liu estimated that the numbers of women coming to him for IVF had risen by 20 percent since the relaxation of

the policy, which came into effect at the start of the year.

Before, the average age of his patients was about 35. Now most of them are older than 40 and some of the women are fast approaching 50, he said.

“They have a very low chance to get pregnant so they are in a hurry. They really want to have a child as soon as possible,” he said.

Chen Yun is 39 and was in the hospital waiting to have the procedure for the first time. She and her husband already have a 7-year-old son and their families are encouraging them to have a second child.

“We are coming to the end of our childbearing years. It may be difficult for me to get pregnant naturally because my husband’s sperm may have a problem, so we want to resolve this problem through IVF,” she said.

Chen said she hoped having a brother or sister would make their son happier, more responsible and less selfabsorbed.

“We had siblings when we were children. I had a younger sister and we felt very happy when playing together,” she said. “Now that every couple has one child, two generations — parents and grandparents — take care see SECOND CHILD on 12

Jaclyn Jose becomes 1st Filipino to win Cannes best actress MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Veteran actress Jaclyn Jose has become the first Filipino to win the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in “Ma’ Rosa” as a mother who falls prey to corrupt police after she was forced to sell drugs to survive.

The movie was directed by Brillante Mendoza, who in 2009 became the first Filipino to win best director at the festival for “Kinatay.”

“I am so surprised. I just went to have the red carpet walk with my daughter, my real-life daughter and my daughter in the movie also,” Jose said as she accepted the award on May 22, referring to her daughter Andi Eigenmann. “To Cannes, thank you so much, thank you to the jury, thank you that you liked our film.”

The actress, who had appeared in previous films by Mendoza, said she was sharing the award with her director, her daughter and the cast of the film, as well as all Filipinos.

ABS-CBN network reported that Jose beat big-name actresses including Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Marion Cotillard.

“Ma’ Rosa” is about a mother of four who owns a small

convenience store in a poor neighborhood of Manila. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband resell small amounts of illegal drugs on the side. When they get arrested, she and her children become desperate and are ready to do anything to buy her freedom from corrupt police.

Mendoza told a news conference in Cannes prior to the Jaclyn Jose award ceremony that the movie was based on a true story and his personal experience with a main character of the film four years ago.

The director, who has become known for tackling dark social issues in his films, said, “It happened, that’s why it has to be told.”

“As an artist, as a filmmaker, you have to share it with the rest of the world for them to realize and also for them to think about it, that such situation should not happen,” he added. 

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BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese laundry detergent maker apologized for the harm caused by the spread of an ad in which a black man “washed” by its product was transformed into a fair-skinned Asian man.

Shanghai Leishang Cosmetics Ltd. Co. said it strongly shuns and condemns racial discrimination but blamed foreign media for amplifying the ad, which first appeared on Chinese social media in March but was halted after it drew protests last week following media reports.

“We express regret that the ad should have caused a controversy,” the statement issued May 28 read. “But we will not shun responsibility for controversial content.”

“We express our apology for the harm caused to the African people because of the spread of the ad and the over-amplification by the media,” the company said. “We sincerely hope the public and the media will not over-read it.”

The ad for Qiaobi laundry detergent drops shows a black man entering a room and attempting to flirt with an Asian woman. He is carrying a pail of paint, wears dirty clothes and has a soiled face. She feeds him a detergent drop and stuffs his body into a top-loading washer. When the cycle completes, a fair-skinned Asian man in a clean white T-shirt emerges to the delight of the woman.

When speaking to the Chinese nationalist newspaper The Global Times, a Mr. Wang of Leishang said the critics were “too sensitive,” and the issue of racial discrimination never came up during the production of the video.

The ad’s content rekindled discussions on racial discrimination in China, where prejudices against blacks are likely to be dismissed. 

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Work will require a Contractor to be available to mobilize and perform asphalt maintenance repairs and modifications to King County Transit facilities

which may include: ACP patching, repairing, overlays, excavation and placement of subgrade, subbase, base materials; utility frame adjustments; wheel stop placements; and other asphalt maintenance work; installation of storm drainage structures such as catch basins, manholes, vaults and storm piping. Work orders may also include items such as electrical, fencing, sealcoating, trenching, drainage, piping, etc. that are associated with a paving project.

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■ SIFF REVIEW Sam Choy’s Poke to the Max hits big screen following brick and mortar Sam

By Tiffany Ran NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

C ho y

The Poke to the Max food trucks that brought the Hawaiian poke by lauded “Godfather of Poke” chef Sam Choy to Seattle’s shores, is now on the big screen and at its new brick and mortar restaurant in Hillman City. Since the first poke was served at Choy’s food trucks, the ubiquitous raw fish dish can be found in throughout Seattle; at the grab and go salad bar at Metropolitan Market, in local restaurants, and other small food stands and markets in the area.

“Before opening the food trucks, it was always our hope to diversify. We had our minds on a brick and mortar for some time now, we just couldn’t find a space that had the right vibe,” said Sam Choy’s business partner, Max Heigh.

The Hillman City loca- Max Heigh (left) and Sam Choy tion, said Heigh, was not just the right space, but an area of great diversity, just like the food Poke to the Max promises to offer. Unlike other poke in town, Choy’s poke aims to offer true Hawaiian flavors by using fish from Hawaii. The restaurant will allow Poke to the Max to diversify their fish options like ahi

tuna, mahi mahi, and a fresh catch of the day poke. The restaurant will also offer other cooked specialties including popular food truck favorites like their beef short ribs, ahi tuna steaks, and garlic chicken.

The idea to make a documentary has been on Heigh’s mind has about as long as the idea to open a brick and mortar.

“I always had a love for the islands and the food, but the truth is I didn’t know the meaning behind a lot of it. I knew Hawaiian culture was diverse and full of love, but I didn’t know the real meaning behind a lot of it. When I started working with chef Choy a few years back, he schooled me on the importance of poke to the Hawaiian culture and how

Poll: Asian American voters lean left

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A survey by Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), and AAPI Data demonstrates that exclusionary rhetoric alters significantly the way Asian Americans will vote and how they view candidates.

The report released May 23 titled “Inclusion, Not Exclusion” polled 1,212 Asian American voters and was conducted in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, and Vietnamese. It found that a majority of voters disliked Donald Trump, were more enthusiastic about voting compared to earlier elections, and — despite increased enthusiasm — had not been contacted by any political parties or civic engagement nonprofits.

“Voter outreach and education by nonpartisan organizations remains critical and 2016 is poised to be the largest mobilization effort we have seen for the AAPI community,” said Christine Chen, executive director of APIAVote. “The survey shows key problem spots where Asian American registered voters feel that the political system is not responsive to their needs. Greater investments are needed from the campaigns and parties.”

The survey also indicates that a significant number of Asian American voters have shifted toward identifying as Democrat over the last four years, although

a large proportion of the community continues to identify as Independent.

The data provides a clear snapshot on how Asian American voters feel about a number of different issues. The areas of concern of Asian American voters reflect the concerns held by all voters on national issues, including economic security, immigration, gun control, and the threat of terrorist attacks.

On issues of importance to Asian American voters, which include jobs and the economy, education, healthcare, and the environment, Democrats are viewed as doing a better job. It is important to note that on the issue of the threat of terrorism, the parties are evenly matched.

Other notes of importance in the survey include: • Donald Trump has the highest net unfavorable view among Asian American voters (19% favorable-61% unfavorable, compared to 41% favorable-56% unfavorable among the general population).

• Hillary Clinton has the highest net favorable view among Asian American voters (62% favorable-26% unfavorable).

• Bernie Sanders struggles to gain recognition among Asian American voters (48% favorable, 22% unfavorable, and 30% with no opinion).

• Asian American voters are progressive on most issues, including the Affordable Care Act, gun control, environmental protection, and increasing government spending to make higher education affordable. 

he started way back,” said Heigh.

That moment sparked the idea for Heigh for a documentary about Choy and the dish. Heigh also acted as a producer for the film. It’s easy to assume that “Poke to the Max” the documentary would run like an extended ad for the Sam Choy enterprise. However, through the documentary, we are schooled in the meaning of poke; the name of the dish references the cut or dice of raw fish which is mixed with seaweed taken off the beach and Asian seasonings.

“Poke” the film follows the dish from its origins and meanings to its evolution and journey alongside see SAM CHOY on 13

Candidate Choice Among Asian American Registered Voters

Source: APIAVote/AAJC/AAPIData, Spring 2016 Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS)

Sense of Disengagement Among Asian American Registered Voters

Source: APIAVote/AAJC/AAPIData, Spring 2016 Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS)

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■ SIFF REVIEWS

“A Copy of “The Black Hen” “Alone” My Mind”

Reviewed by Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Reviewed by Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Jakarta, Indonesia has, by Wikipedia’s reckoning, 9,607,787 people, making it one of the world’s largest cities. Joko Anwar’s subtle masterstroke is to ignore 9,607,785 of them. “A Copy of My Mind” follows a young man and woman. The young woman gives facials and massages to older, richer ladies.

She never shifts gears into prostitution, but she’s expected to serve, and so she serves.

The young man lives in a tiny hovel whose heat and smells can’t transfer strictly to cinema, but which Anwar suggests through casual dialogue and a visual palate of sickly, sticky-looking colors and graded shadows.

The young man pirates videos for a living.

He sits sweating in his hovel freeze-framing English-language movies and their subtitles, to translate the dialogue into Indonesian subtitles. He looks forward to porn. Not much dialogue in porn.

The two young people don’t exactly meet in a cute fashion. They meet in a subtle way, in a video shop, and the first thing the young woman does is tell the young man that his subtitles suck. Despite that crack, they join forces against the world and against the huge city. He spends his working hours in front of a laptop. She spends hers slaving over warm cheeks, chapped lips, and blackheadfestooned noses. They find respite in each other, despite the heat.

And the movie goes along following these two for some time, making you think it’s a certain kind of movie. Then something nobody saw coming jumps in, and the movie becomes a different kind of movie.

And the camera no longer follows the couple placidly. It becomes an instrument for surveillance, for fear — not paranoia, for these fears turn out justified. An abrupt artistic turn, and catastrophic for our couple. Anwar gives us their togetherness and their separation, against the huge tide of a presidential election (to remind us of our own upcoming one), the huge tide of people clamoring for their heroes, their saviors, the ones blessed to be on the large screen.

And the couple end up on the big screen of course — the one you’re watching their movie on. But thanks to the director, they always seem small. Winningly small. Two cute mice, trying to stay cool, but drifting too close to the poison.  June 3 — SIFF Cinema Uptown Festival, 6:30 p.m.

June 4 — AMC Pacific Place 11, 4 p.m.

June 5 — Kirkland Performance Center, 3 p.m.

Reviewed by Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY At one point in Min Bahadur Bham’s “The Black Hen,” set in a small town in Nepal during that nation’s civil war, a small boy bends over, grasping his shins as a punishment from the schoolteacher, next to two boys enduring the same punishment.

He stands straight, just for a second, to pull up his zipper, then resumes his stance. Later, as the government troops and insurgent Maoists exchange gunfire in the woods, a boy will drop to the ground, near some corpses, rub blood over his face, and pretend to be dead. He rolls his eyes back to imitate a corpse. Then, in a split-second, he decides in fear that rolled eyes won’t do, and he simply closes them. He makes the right choice — right before the soldiers run past him.

Such small moments give life to the quotidian aspects of a country at war. Horror springs up,

rifles crack, and one must choose quickly, and wisely, to survive.

But life, school, friendships, struggles, all continue in and around war. Two boys of different castes must decide if they can become friends and stay friends — the answers change as their circumstances change. Some of their elders believe that crosscaste friendship is not only impossible, but absurd, and dangerous to contemplate. The boys aren’t willfully out to prove anyone right or wrong. They’re only looking for friendship. The action meanders at times, but the story isn’t out to be suspenseful or distinctly horrifying. It looks at life in war. And life goes on. Life insists on itself.  June 6 — SIFF Cinema Uptown Festival, 8:30 p.m.

June 7 — Ark Lodge Cinemas, 9 p.m.

Andrew Hamlin can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

At first, “Alone” looks like a case of voyeurism. Then it looks like a thriller, then a home invasion scenario, then supernatural. It flits through many plot aspects, but always retains its shadow-heavy aura of mystery. The main character runs through the darkened streets, sometimes buck naked, sometimes chasing folks, sometimes being chased by other folks — often, though not always, through a back-alley maze of staircases connecting the neighborhood, outside the apartment from which the man often flees.

Our man never knows what’s going on, and any severe trauma — what would ordinarily be death, or something “lighter” — resets him to a new awakening.

As this fascinating, recursive (with variations) narrative plays out, we gradually learn things about him. But we never know what to trust, and what might be illusion, or delusion.

Director Park Hong-min never loses control of his material, however, or his tone. He holds his strange story together with the shadows, with long, long takes that put the trust in actors to push through wild fluctuations in emotion. Each long take becomes a brick colored unto itself. And the bricks build a staircase the viewer must climb with the mind.  June 6 — SIFF Cinema Uptown Festival, 4 p.m.

Andrew Hamlin can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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Tips for happy travels to Asia and back

By Sun Lee Chang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

I’m no millionaire. So my little family and I limit vacations that require travel by plane, and our travels overseas are even less frequent. After having recovered sufficiently from our most recent family trip to Asia, with our young children and my in-laws in tow, I knew I had to write a reminder to myself of what to do and, even more important, what to avoid the next time around. Chances are, by the time we fly out to some exotic locale or even the same one again in a couple years, I will forget the lessons that are fresh in my mind right now. So this is a tip sheet for travel to Taiwan (but can also apply to any other destination), but also a reminder to my hopefully lessharried, future self: Souvenirs for close friends, family, and co-workers. I confess, I spend an inordinate amount of time feeling guilty for taking an actual vacation.

Somehow, bringing folks back home some souvenirs seems to help. I have found that some of the best souvenir shopping happens at the airport on our way home. I have

found the best sweet treats (packaged perfectly) and little trinkets while waiting for our flight back home. You just have to schedule enough time at the airport, after checkin and security, to look around at leisure. A big plus is that it is often duty-free (tax free) shopping and you get that little sticker on the bag, which means less scrutiny by customs. The biggest plus is that you don’t waste your precious vacation time when you should be relaxing, seeing the sights, or generally enjoying yourself.

Packing cubes make organizing a snap! If you are the “mom” of the household, then you will thank yourself for using packing cubes. I happened to stumble upon a blog about them when I was scrounging around at the last minute for a helpful packing list to make sure I wasn’t forgetting anything.

After some quick searching on Amazon.com, I found a fairly inexpensive set of three medium eBags, which I ordered and tested on the trip. It made packing for my two little

girls and myself so easy. I just put the clothes for each person in their own little eBag, then put all three in a bigger suitcase that I checked in at the airport. When I got to the hotel, it made finding clothes and putting them away a breeze. I wish I had ordered another set of three, so that I would have something for odds and ends, dirty laundry, and a pack for my husband. So worth it!

If you aren’t sure about the weather, even if the destination is supposed to be sunny and warm most of the year, pack a light windbreaker. It took the place of a sweater or a hoodie, and was easy to wash off if it became dirty. Best of all, it took so little room in my backpack.

Wear shoes that come off easily in the airport. I cannot stress this enough. I invested in some quality Birkenstock sandals and am glad I did. Between walking through security at the airport, making sure I had all my bags, and walking around with my young toddler on my hip, I was so happy to have some comfortable shoes that were easy to put on and take off. see ASIA on 13

■ PICTORIAL BioBlitz & Family Fun Day The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience teamed up with the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, InterIm Community Development Association, and the U.S. Forest Service – Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest to bring the neighborhood BioBlitz and Family Fun Day on May 21.

The event was well attended, with many families at both The Wing and at the Danny Woo Community Garden. People learned about urban pollinators like bats and caterpillars, with fun activities throughout the day. 

Boy holding a tobacco hornworm caterpillar.

Rangers let children hold tobacco hornworm caterpillar and educated them about their role in gardens.

Park Ranger Kelsey Johnson helps a young girl with a butterfly costume prop in the photo booth area.

Photos provided by the Wing Luke Museum.

Front row, from left: Charles Beall, Kelsey Johnson.

Back row, from left: Vivian Chan, Sonny Paz, Jesse Plumage, Lauren Sandri, Jimi Hightower, Michael Cash, Cassie Chinn, and Jieming Peng.

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■ PUBLISHER’S BLOG

OPINION

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

What’s an ideal brief vacation?

A one-day trip with terrific food, seeing old friends, and smelling the ocean will be my criteria. Where would that be?

“See Pam Schell (former first lady of Seattle) on Whidbey Island” swam across my brain unexpectedly. On May 27, my husband and I took the 20-minute ferry ride from Mukilteo to the Clinton terminal, south of Whidbey.

I got to know Pam and the late

An unforgettable vacation and dinner, at Whidbey Island

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Quail, day lily bulb, fava beans and vadouvan.

Our names with each place setting.

From left: Chaitanya Sareen, Pam Schell, Trevin Chow, and Rohit Kapoor.

Chef Costello uses liquid nitrogen for one of the desserts.

The Inn at Langley.

Spring salmon, ham stock, lemon balm and asparagus.

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OPINION

■ EDITORIAL

Lights out. Are you ready?

Last week’s power outage that hit downtown Seattle for about an hour caused traffic gridlock, confusion, and momentary panic at the Northwest Asian Weekly office.

This newspaper was getting ready for press and when word spread of the outage, staffers scrambled to save all of their work.

Thankfully, our office in the International District was spared. We were just south of the line of demarcation at Jackson street.

The outage affected the waterfront to I-5, and Pike street to Jackson.

Elsewhere in the city, the Seattle Art Museum’s Hammering Man took an unscheduled lunch break.

The Great Wheel along the waterfront stopped with at least six passengers on board. Luckily, staffers had a plan B. They used a rope to turn the wheel and help passengers safely to the ground. Manager Gerry Hall said the company has monthly drills to prepare for outages.

A woman, nine months pregnant, who works inside Seattle’s Columbia Tower, walked down 49 flights of stairs after the building’s elevator stopped working.

911 emergency services were not inter-

rupted, but firefighters made 24 elevator rescues.

All this from a power outage that lasted for about an hour.

What if it had been a more serious and catastrophic event? Like an earthquake?

Power could be out for days, if not weeks.

Are you prepared?

Sharon Loper is the deputy regional

administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 10, which serves Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

She said FEMA watches minor events like the recent outage to see where messaging during emergencies can be improved.

She said getting messages to the public is particularly challenging, especially in

reaching people who do not speak English.

Government agencies say you should be prepared to take care of yourself and your family for a minimum of three days. In some emergencies, such as an influenza pandemic, you may need to prepare for weeks or months.

Your emergency survival kit should include: • Dry or canned food for each person • First aid supplies • Flashlight and extra batteries In addition, Loper suggests three things handy for emergencies: Cash since credit card or phone payment systems will be down, water, and some sort of communication device, like a radio or cell phone.

For a more comprehensive list of items to have in case of emergencies, go to doh. wa.gov/Emergencies/EmergencyPreparednessandResponse/Factsheets/EmergencySupplies.

You never know when the next outage is going to hit. And next time, it could last longer.

Take the time to prepare yourself. Your life may depend on it. 

■ GUEST EDITORIAL

Improving bus service for ID, other communities

King County aims to deliver public transportation that connects communities to jobs, educational services, and cultural institutions. For far too long, communities in southeast Seattle have been marginalized from transit planning. Along with many government and community leaders over a period of years, we have worked hard to change this history and develop a transit system that meets the unique needs of the Rainier Valley and ChinatownInternational District.

Traditionally, formal, daytime government meetings served as outreach for transit planning. This left the process inaccessible to many. King County Metro responded to calls from community leaders for a more robust process and went to residents. Online surveys and dozens of in-person interviews in many languages with community leaders and residents were conducted. Metro held community meetings with riders day and night. This effort confirmed that the bus is the critical

connection between individuals and the vital services they need. Through outreach, we learned the best way to provide connections to these services.

Southeast Seattle neighborhoods are predominantly low-income, communities of color, limited English speaking immigrants and refugees — and transit dependent.

Rainier Valley residents use bus service more than those living in higher-earning areas. Connecting neighborhoods like Renton, Skyway, Rainier Beach, and those along Martin Luther King Jr. Way South (MLK) to the Chinatown-International District connects individuals with culturally sensitive health and human services, shops, churches, temples, community centers, friends, and families. Connecting southeast Seattle to our overall transit system will better connect folks in these neighborhoods to education opportunities and jobs.

The many years of work and outreach informed a proposed restructure to bus services for south Seattle, south

King County, and Shefali Ranganathan the ChinatownInternational District.

The proposal changes routes 9 express, 38, 106, 107, and 124 to address a number of long-standing and unmet mobility needs south of downtown.

The changes take into account opportunities, culturally and language-appropriate social services, healthcare, cultural events, family gatherings, religious institutions, and businesses, along MLK. It restores historical community connections between the Chinatown-International District and Renton, seeking more convenient access for riders coming from around King County to access opportunities along MLK. Routes like the 106, beginning at the Renton Transit Center, which many south King County residents travel through, will provide people with low-incomes, people of color, and refugees and immigrants, better access.

Public transportation can grow econo-

Diane Narasaki

Joe McDermott

mies, improve access to jobs and education, and transform communities. The new routing of buses in Southeast King County has the potential to do just that. King County Council is currently considering this proposal. If approved, the changes will go into effect this September.  Shefali Ranganathan is the executive director of Transportation Choices Coalition.

Diane Narasaki is the executive director of Asian Counseling & Referral Service (ACRS).

Joe McDermott is chair of the King County Council and represents District 8.

KING COUNTY NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received for C01049C16, Mechanical Construction Work Order 2016-2017; by the King County Procurement and Payables Section, 3rd Floor, 401 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, until 1:30 PM on June 9, 2016. Late bids will not be accepted.

The work under this Contract will require a contractor to be available to mobilize and

perform mechanical repairs, replacements, minor modifications, and safety improvements in the Wastewater Treatment Division, East and West Sections. The work requires principally industrial mechanical and HVAC repairs and modifications.

Estimated contract price: NTE $1,000,000 There is a 10% minimum requirement for King County Certified Small Contractors and Suppliers

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The president, who has made uneven progress on his nuclear agenda over the past seven years, spoke of “the courage to escape the logic of fear” as he held out hope for diligent, incremental steps to reduce nuclear stockpiles.

“We may not realize this goal in my lifetime, but persistent effort can roll back the possibility of catastrophe,” he said.

Obama spent less than two hours in Hiroshima but seemed to accomplish what he came for. It was a choreographed performance meant to close old wounds without inflaming new passions on a subject still fraught after all these years.

In a solemn ceremony on a sun washed afternoon, Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe placed wreaths before the cenotaph, a simple arched stone monument at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park. Only the clicking of camera shutters intruded on the moment as Obama closed his eyes and briefly bowed his head.

Then, after each leader gave brief remark, Obama approached two aging survivors of the bombing who were seated in the front row, standing in for the thousands still seared by memories of that day.

Ninety-one-year-old Sunao Tsuboi, the head of a survivors group, energetically engaged the president in conversation, telling Obama he would be remembered as someone who listened to the voice of a few survivors. He urged him to come back and meet more.

“He was holding my hands until the end,” Tsuboi said. “I was almost about to ask him to stop holding my hands, but he wouldn’t.”

Obama stepped over to meet historian Shigeaki Mori. Just 8 when the bomb hit, Mori had to hold back tears at the emotion of the moment.

Obama patted him on the back and wrapped him in a warm embrace. From there, Obama and Abe walked along a tree-lined path toward a river that flows by the iconic A-bomb dome, the skeletal remains of an exhibition hall that stands as silent testimony to the awful power of the bomb blast 71 years ago and as a symbol for international peace.

Abe welcomed the president’s message and offered his own determination “to realize a world free of nuclear weapons, no matter how long or how difficult the road will be.”

Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize early in his presidency for his anti-nuclear agenda but has seen uneven progress. The president can point to last year’s Iran nuclear deal and a weapons treaty with Russia. But North Korea’s nuclear program still looms as a threat, and hopes for a pact for further weapons reductions with Russia have stalled. Critics also fault the administration for planning a big and costly program to upgrade U.S. nuclear stockpiles.

Just as Obama had delicate sensitivities to manage in Hiroshima, so too did Abe. The Japanese leader made a point to dismiss any suggestion that he pay a reciprocal visit to Pearl Harbor.

Abe did not rule out coming to Hawaii someday, but clearly wanted to avoid any notion of moral equivalence. In Japan, Pearl Harbor is not seen as a parallel for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but as an attack on a military installation that did not target civilians.

Bomb survivor Kinuyo Ikegami, 82 paid her own respects at the cenotaph, before the politicians arrived.

“I could hear schoolchildren screaming: ‘Help me! Help me!”’ she said, tears running down her face. “It was too pitiful, too horrible. Even now it fills me with emotion.”

Obama went out of his way, in speaking of the dead, to mention that thousands of Koreans and a dozen American prisoners were among those who died. It was a nod to advocates for both groups who had publicly warned the president not to forget about them in Hiroshima.

In a brief visit to the museum at the peace park, Obama visited a display about a young girl who survived the bombing but died several years later of leukemia. She folded paper cranes in the hospital until she died and is the inspiration for the story of Sadako and the thousand cranes. 

of the child. They give the only child too much attention.” If her son has a younger brother or sister to look out for, he may not “think too much about himself like a little emperor,” Chen said.

Over the past two decades, IVF technology has developed rapidly in China, where about 10 percent of couples are estimated to need the procedure to conceive. In 2014, 700,000 women had IVF treatments, according to the health commission’s Women’s and Children’s Department, which said in a statement that demand for all types of fertility treatment had risen following the policy relaxation, including the use of traditional Chinese medicine.

“Currently, fertility centers at renowned medical organizations in Beijing and Shanghai and others are under increased pressure for treatments,” the department said.

Previously, China limited most urban couples to one child and rural couples to two if their first was a girl. There were exceptions for ethnic minorities, and city dwellers could break the policy if they were willing to pay a fee calculated at several times a household’s annual income.

While authorities credit the policy introduced in 1979 with preventing 400

34 YEARS million extra births, many demographers argue the fertility rate would have fallen anyway as China’s economy developed and education levels rose.

Intended to curb a surging population, the policy has been blamed for skewing China’s demographics by reducing the size of the future workforce at a time when children and society face increasing demands from the growing ranks of the elderly. It also inflated the ratio of boys to girls as female fetuses were selectively aborted, while compelling many women to have forced abortions or give up their second children for adoption, leaving many families devastated.

The National Health and Family Planning Commission said in November that 90 million women would become eligible to have a second child following the policy change. Authorities expect that will add 30 million people to the country’s labor force by 2050.

Those projections could be overly optimistic since many younger Chinese see small families as ideal and would be reluctant to take on the cost of raising a second child. When the policy was changed in 2013 to allow two children for families in which at least one parent was an only child, it spurred fewer births than authorities expected.

Also under pressure are China’s sperm banks, which already suffer shortages

owing to a reluctance to donate among young Chinese men unwilling to father children they won’t know or fearing their offspring may turn up at their door one day despite donor confidentiality.

“The relaxing of the one-child policy certainly gave an impetus to the demand for sperm as more women, usually aged around or above 35, came for assistance,” said Zhang Xinzong, director of the Guangdong Sperm Bank in southern China.

Calls have also gone out for a loosening of China’s adoption law, which currently states that only couples with no children can adopt, while also allowing couples with one child to adopt a disabled child or an orphan.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs didn’t respond to a question on whether the law would be changed, and it couldn’t say whether the number of couples seeking adoption had risen since the policy change. It said there were 109,000 children available for adoption in the custody of governmental institutions, 90 percent of whom were disabled and 60 percent severely disabled.

Zhang Mingsuo, a professor at Zhengzhou’s University’s School of Public Administration, said few Chinese couples were willing to adopt disabled children “because they worry about the possible heavy medical expense.” 

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YOUR VOICE ASIA from 9 Sometimes, they do have some good food at the airport.

This is especially true in Taipei, Taiwan. However, I forgot that I needed to walk further into the airport to find it.

Don’t stop at the first place you see that offers food. Explore a little to find the hidden treasure.

Arrange for transportation to your hotel. After a long flight with your family, especially if you are traveling with young children or elderly family members, who wants to look for a taxi or bus? My husband emailed our hotel a couple of weeks before our trip and they arranged for a nice minivan to pick us up. The driver held one of those cute little signs with my name on it. It didn’t cost much more than an airport shuttle or a couple of taxi cabs (for six people and lots of luggage), and it impressed my in-laws

SAM CHOY from 7 Sam Choy to the shores of Seattle and charts the rise of Hawaiian star chef Sam Choy. With extensive interviews from chefs, food influencers, and academics like Blue Scholars and Food and Sh*t’s Geo Quibuyen, actor and Kona Kitchen owner Yoji Okumoto, and American Ethnic Studies Professor Stephen Sumida, Ph.D., “Poke” is unexpectedly intellectual, relevant, and serves to cement poke as the next great American dish.

With its documentary film showing at the Seattle International Film Festival this month and the opening of its restaurant location, Heigh says that looking forward, Poke to the Max may look to spread their

that we were so prepared and organized.

Check ahead to see if your cell phone plan allows you to roam internationally without additional charge. I am a child of the modern age and I am never without my cell phone. We chose a plan that allowed a reasonable amount of roaming internationally without an additional charge.

Before you head overseas, check ahead about your plan or you might get a huge surprise on your next cell phone bill.

Never leave your passport in the hotel room, in your luggage, or with a friend. I am close to paranoid about this one. My brother, who is a seasoned traveler, recently had his laptop, business equipment, and passport stolen, when a friend was watching it for the evening. Just another lesson that no one is immune for following safety tips abroad.

Keep your kids awake before a long flight. They wanted to sleep, but I did whatever I could to keep them awake.

wings more throughout the city as far as even a Kirkland or a Tacoma location.

For now, poke enthusiasts can get their fix at any of the trucks’ regular stops at McGraw Square, Chuck’s Hop Shop, and Queen Anne Farmers Market throughout the summer.  For more information about Sam Choy’s Poke to the Max, visit samchoyspoke. com.

“Sam Choy’s Poke to the Max” playtimes: June 4 — Ark Lodge Cinemas, 1 p.m.

June 5 — SIFF Cinema Uptown, 5:30 p.m.

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The end result was that they slept for several hours on the flight itself. If you have little ones, hoping that they don’t have a meltdown on the flight is a major stressor. Big bonus — if they sleep on the plane, that means you can get a little rest, too!

Pack or buy some collapsible large bags that fold flat.

This is great if you buy some bigger items that don’t fit in your suitcase. You can check in more luggage, or if you need a cover for something like a folding stroller. If you don’t end up using it, it won’t take up much room. It can be a lifesaver if you get a tear in your luggage and need a last minute cover to keep it together for the flight (like we did)!  Sun Lee Chang can be reached at info@nwasianweekly. com.

JACL from 3 May 13.

Through the magic of telecommunications, the program went international!

Lilly Kato and Amy Kato, Puyallup Valley members, from Kent, shared their wartime stories through film clips from The Legacy of Heart Mountain and photos from the Densho website. This program was coordinated with the Greater Kent Historical Society (GKHS) and its executive director, Zach Van Tassel. Allan Reiten, treasurer for the GKHS, made the arrangements with the Boeing Company, and Eileen Yamada Lamphere, vice president of Puyallup Valley and board member of GKHS, was the moderator.

Lilly Kato commented that the site of the Boeing presentation was the pre-war site of her husband’s family farm. This fact drew the attention of many in attendance.

Many in the audience did not know or had misinformation about the incarceration camps and the imprisonment of Japanese American citizens.

Thank you “Mr. Boeing” for the opportunity to share the legacy. 

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HIT AND RUN from 1 Bystanders Ali Lee and Tianna Lee rushed to the woman’s aid and called 911.

Northwest Asian Weekly publisher Assunta Ng was one of the eyewitnesses. She said when the car hit the woman, the impact sent her flying onto the hood of the car, then she fell to the ground. “I could hear her screaming.” Ng believes the woman’s walker may have absorbed some of the impact from the crash and saved the woman’s life.

FRESH OFF THE BOAT from 4 immigrant could be — or just a man could be,” Park said.

Constance Wu

Wu also felt the weight of high expectations for the series.

“Some people wanted it to tackle race issues, and there’s some people who think the more progressive thing is to not look at race issues and just have them (the family) tackle normal issues such as puberty or cooking,” she said.

But the writers have managed to do both.

The victim was transported to Harborview.

Other eyewitnesses said the vehicle stopped for a few seconds, then took off.

Police say the car had temporary license plates and there was no reliable description of the driver.

As of press time, the hit and run driver was still at large.

If you know anything, please contact the Seattle Police Department.  Ruth can be reached at editor@nwasianweekly.com.

“There were episodes about raceless things and ones that really did focus on the uniqueness of our story and navigating through an Asian-American lens,” Wu said. “You can’t please everyone, but the writers have been smart to go on both sides of the issue.”

Viewers have told her, through a flurry of tweets, Facebook and Instagram posts, that it’s “inspirational to have AsianAmerican characters, and rather than trying to hide their culture they celebrate it and take ownership of the story,” she said.

Chelsey Crisp

34 YEARS

Playing Honey, the supporting white

character in a series dominated by AsianAmericans, is a role that Crisp welcomes.

“It feels pretty remarkable that we finally got there, and it feels really special to be a part of the show that did it,” she said.

It also evoked a memory of why TV diversity matters.

“My best friend is Korean-American, and when we were growing up there was no one that looked like him on TV. When I first read the pilot, reading the family’s experience of going to Orlando and being the only Asian-American family, it reminded me so much of my childhood friend, Richard,” Crisp said. 

KWAN from 1 At a young age, Kwan stood out in the crowd with his baldness. His mother, Mrs. Ah Lin Kwan, said both her sons became bald after they came to the United States.

The family immigrated in 1983. Prior to his restaurant business, Kwan owned a travel agency.

His two parents, a brother and two daughters, Ashley and Amber, survive Kwan. He and his wife were divorced. Kwan’s funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on June 5, at the Sunset Memorial Home in Bellevue. 

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By Sun Lee Chang Rat — Despite your impatience to move things along, it is better to begin fully prepared than to stop midway to find a missing item.

Dragon — A road trip is a good opportunity to get back to the basics. At the end of it, you will uncover a path that you will want to explore next.

Monkey — Good news is hard to keep to yourself.

Most will react positively, but there are some who won’t respond as you expected.

Ox — You can change things around, but there is no denying that a bigger space is needed. There will be a tradeoff for getting what you want.

Snake — You are eager to start with a clean slate, but that isn’t always possible. Consider yourself lucky to have a second bite at the apple.

Tiger — Don’t wait until the last minute to deal with something that you should have addressed when it first started to bother you.

Horse — In pursuit of a new challenge, you have found something familiar. For optimal results, mix the old with the new.

Rooster — Have you been searching for that which has been yours all along? There are lessons learned from the journey that make the trip worthwhile.

Rabbit — Getting the most of what you have now is simpler than you think. The initial step is to recognize the value of what you have.

Goat — A pleasant sound drew you in, but the tune could change very soon. You must decide whether the change is temporary or permanent.

Dog — Is the shine starting to wear off? You will start to see things that were previously obscured by all the gloss.

Pig — While it is exciting to jump into the middle of the action, the fast moving parts are also going to be tough to keep up with.

What’s your animal sign?

Rat 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 Ox 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 Tiger 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 Rabbit 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 Dragon 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 Snake 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 Horse 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014 Goat 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 Monkey 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 Rooster 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005 Dog 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 Pig 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007

*The year ends on the first new moon of the following year. For those born in January and February, please take care when determining your sign.

Paul Schell when he was elected as the 50th mayor of Seattle (19982002). He died of a heart attack in 2014. Pam had worked with us on the Women of Color Empowered committee.

The late Schell was successful in developing several projects in Seattle and Whidbey, including the 28-room Inn at Langley.

He was instrumental in providing the funding structure for the Seattle downtown library and several branches, including the International District branch.

I called Pam to let her know we were coming to stay at her Inn. She suggested we have dinner there.

“It’s a special 13-course dinner in our restaurant, Fridays and weekends only,” Pam said.

My mouth instantly watered when I heard that. I never expect small towns to have great food. (I might get some protest mail from some small-town folks, just like when I wrote about how boring Yakima was years ago.) My sole purpose was to see Pam. Any new experiences would be a bonus.

I assumed the meal would feature salad, soup, chicken, pork, beef, salmon, and two vegetables items, one of each to comprise eight of the 13 courses. I was right about only one item — the salmon. The way the Inn presented the salmon with ham stock, lemon balm, and asparagus delighted us.

Asparagus and salmon are not my choices for meals. But Chef Matt Costello wowed me with a piece of moist and juicy salmon (most restaurants slab sauces onto fish to cover its overcooked flaw). The asparagus was trimmed at its stalk to expose a color contrast from head to end, enhancing its internal flavor with an unusual texture.

Costello and his five-member team amazed the guests with their creation on the table — every dish was wonderful — the magic never ended. And I have to conclude that Costello possesses the talents in “Chinese” and American cooking skills with a Northwest flair. More on his Chinese approach towards food later.

The setting

You walk through a splendid European-style garden with blooming flowers of purple, red, pink, and white, before you enter the restaurant’s door. A fireplace serves as the partition between the dining room and the waiting area.

The grand open kitchen lies in front like a stage, where guests can watch the chef and his team prepare dinner. We sat at a long table like royalty, facing the kitchen.

The table was nicely set up with all of our names. The atmosphere was relaxing and intimate. There were about 30-plus guests, including families, couples, singles, and friends, sharing the same menu.

At 7:10 p.m., the presentation of the feast began. Chef Costello welcomed the guests and explained some of the ingredients and the cuisine. Simply, it’s both a dinner and a show. I was surprised that he and other chefs also served the guests. This was critical as food sitting a minute too long becomes dry, losing it freshness and tastiness.

The feast

I can sum up the evening in this way: “OMG! Wow!” Costello said he used common ingredients, things I never would have thought to use. He took ordinary things, and turned them into extraordinary dishes.

The labor-intensive entrees were meticulously prepared with colorful items chopped into fine and tiny pieces, beautifully decorated on the plate like a piece of art.

The two appetizers were (shredded) razor clams, snap peas, preserved lemons, and camouflage (with thin slices of seaweed); and molasses bay leaf bread with crème fraiche and chives. I was so glad the servings were small because my stomach needed room for the other 10 courses. The crème fraiche tasted so light (since no thickeners were used), I didn’t feel it was rich cream.

The guests were given exotic silverware for every item served. The restaurant’s silverware collection was also a piece of art. One set of spoons was made of mother pearl.

Pam told me that one of the chef’s hobbies was shopping on eBay.

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Guests wait patiently for dinner.

Yes, he bought a lot of silverware for the restaurant.

The next item was fried skate, dill mayonnaise, capers, and beer foam. I have prepared skate in the past, but it didn’t turn out like Costello’s. You wouldn’t have known there was beer in this dish if you didn’t read the menu. He told us that he taught himself to cook and he likes to experiment with everyday ingredients.

I talked to other guests and they all loved the biscuit, marionberry jam, and aerated bacon fat. I am not a fan of jam because it’s loaded with sugar. But I finished all the jam with the biscuit because it was so good and not too sweet.

Cold foie gras (a duck liver product), rhubarb, and verjus (acidic juice) jelly was another delicious piece. I hate rhubarb pie because it tastes so rhubarb-y. Costello surprised me, though. I couldn’t resist scraping up all the rhubarb juices left on the dish.

So there was no chicken, pork, or beef on the menu. Instead, Costello cooked us quail, day lily bulb, fava beans, and vadouvan (blend of spices). I have long forgotten my favorite childhood snack of fava beans. And I enjoyed every single one on my plate.

Costello was smart that he didn’t use chicken or other kinds of meat, which would have been too much for a 13-course meal. Instead, he chose quail, a tiny bird even smaller than Chinese roast squab.

He marinated the quail for four hours with soy and honey. This is similar to Chinese barbecue. It

tasted so exquisite, no words can do it justice. Inside the tiny quail was stuffed mushroom and veggies, surrounded by day lily bulb and beans. Imported from China, lily bulb has a lot of health benefits, according to my mother. I raved about the bulbs and Costello gave me a few to take home.

Costello is fantastic about cooking everything with the right amount of heat and time. This is the secret in Chinese cooking — never overcook anything. And Costello did just that for all the dishes. Bravo.

There were three desserts. I was so stuffed that I could consume only one — strawberries, chamomile, and custard. I have used chamomile for tea, never for cooking. This inspires me to try out many of the ingredients Costello had used in my own cooking.

Regrettably, I had to give up the giant and oversized tonka bean truffle, even though I love chocolate. I would have taken it home if I could. The chocolate sauce melted as soon as it was served. Costello also used liquid nitrogen to prepare one of the desserts and white smoke was all over the counter, adding drama and fun to the threehour dinner.

I like the fact that most of the food Costello cooks are from the Northwest. Even some of the wine used and served were from Washington and Oregon.

The dinner costs $145 per person, plus a 19 percent tip. Considering the amount of food, labor, effort, service, creativity, and planning for the

dinner, it is a worthwhile experience.

The Inn

Pam upgraded our room to a cottage facing the ocean, which consists of a spacious bedroom, living room, balcony, and a splendid garden that the room next door also had access to. Since there was no one staying in the other room, we had the garden all to ourselves.

How heavenly!

Built in 1989, The Inn reflects the heart and soul of the Schells, in showcasing their special boutique hotel. It’s their pride and also the pride of the Langley community.

When Schell died suddenly of a heart attack, many Islanders were shocked and saddened. They gave Pam hugs on the streets and other public places.

Pam joined us for dinner and breakfast the next morning before we left. She is adjusting well to her life without Paul. She is taking care of the business and staying active in the community. Of course, she still misses him.

I have no memory of what the island looked like when I was there four decades ago. Unlike national parks jammed with millions of visitors each year, the island had few people in its Fort Casey State Park and towns, even though the ferry terminal was packed. Gazing at the ocean, I felt rejuvenated and calm.

Visiting Whidbey Island turned out to be my perfect vacation, which was really surprising.  Assunta Ng can be reached at assunta@nwasianweekly.com.

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SPORTS from 1 freshman on the Husky golf team. However, with the Huskies in the national semifinals of the women’s NCAA golf championships in Eugene, Oreg., Rhee stepped up when her team needed her the most. In match play format, where one golfer plays another with the winner taking it all, the Huskies needed Rhee to defeat her opponent from UCLA. Down 3 holes to her opponent, with just 3 holes left to play, Rhee battled back to force a sudden death. Stuck in a sand bunker on the first hole of the playoffs, Rhee made an incredible shot to roll the ball into the hole, effectively winning the hole and helping the Huskies advance to the championship against Stanford.

In the finals, against defending ladies’ champions, the Huskies played close and received great play from Ying Luo. The senior from China made incredible shots to put the UW women’s team up for good. It was her birdie on the last hole that secured the championship for the Huskies.

“When I was standing behind the shot, I was imagining it going in,” Ying said, in the post-match interview. She said she was thinking about Rhee’s incredible play the day before and wanted to do the same. She did.

It was a great way to go out for Ying, who was an All-Pac 12 Honorable Mention in 2014 and 2015. She was the first Huskies’ golf recruit from China.

Ying plans on majoring in marketing and is interested in running golf tournaments after graduation.

It is the first National Championship for the Women’s Golf Team. Congratulations!

were declared co-champions after going through 39 rounds of competition. It is the third straight year that the contest ended in a draw. Notably, Jairam’s brother, Sriram, was a co-winner in 2014.

Maybe I am being too hard on this contest for exploiting young children with unneeded pressure to perform in front of a national television audience. The kids are treated like sports stars and since we now consider video games as a sport, maybe spelling is a sport. It does give the kids and their parents an opportunity to be on television and do things they would not be able to do if they were just holding the finals in a school cafeteria.

The co-champs are actually friends and now that the competition is over, the two will be playing video games with each other.

Yamaguchi and Lee inducted into Asian Hall of Fame

Chinese prospect in NBA

Spelling Bee (Co) champs crowned

Nihar Janga and Jairam Hathwar

The annual exploitation of young children’s spelling abilities, for the purpose of making money by putting it on prime time cable television, better known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee, took place late last month. The spelling bee, which aired in prime-time on ESPN, came down to 11-year-old Nihar Janga of Austin, Texas and 13-year-old Jairam Hathwar of Painted Post, N.Y. Both

Growing up in Fremont, Calif., Yamaguchi began skating as a child as physical therapy for her club feet. Little did she know that her physical therapy would make her an Olympic and World Champion.

“I am Asian American at my core. I am half Japanese, half American,” Yamaguchi stated during her acceptance speech. “Sometimes I didn’t feel Asian enough. Sometimes I didn’t feel Caucasian enough,” as she reflected on being an Asian American role model.

As we all know Bruce Lee has deep roots in Seattle, as he attended the University of Washington and started his martial arts school in the city. The Wing Luke Museum has dedicated a 3-year excursion into the life, times, and philosophies of the martial artist, television star, and movie star. Linda Cadwell, Lee’s widow, spoke on behalf of Lee at the banquet. “He was not just an actor, he was a multifaceted person with thought provoking wisdom and was a trailblazer,” Cadwell said about her late husband. “He was an amazing teacher, and his legacy goes far beyond fighting fists.”

Kristi Yamaguchi

Bruce Lee

The Robert Chinn Foundation inducted four honorees into the Asian Hall of Fame at its annual banquet this past May at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle. The banquet introduced sports figures Kristi Yamaguchi and Bruce Lee into its Hall of Fame.

Yamaguchi is a former American figure skater. She was the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World Champion, and the 1992 U.S. champion. She also holds the distinction of being a champion on the ABC reality competition show, “Dancing with the Stars.”

Yamaguchi is a fourth-generation descendent of Japanese emigrants. Her grandparents were sent to an internment camp during World War II.

Zhou Qi, a 7-foot-2 Chinese Basketball Association center will be available for the NBA Draft this month.

Just 20 years old, Zhou could be the next great Chinese center following the footsteps of Yao Ming. Zhou is projected to be a first-round pick. The hype behind the center appears to be real, as he was Zhou Qi the first Chinese player in over a decade to be invited to the NBA draft combine. The combine looks at the top players that NBA teams are most likely to pick in the draft.

NBA scouts see Zhou as a great prospect with very good length and mobility.

Zhou first gained notoriety in 2011 as a teenager, when he scored 41 points, grabbed 28 rebounds, and had 15 blocks in a game against Germany in international play.  Jason Cruz can be reached at info@nwasianweekly. com.

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