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Woman to sell house as part of resolving hate crime lawsuit Vietnamese neighbor endured racial threats
A Vietnamese woman and her husband have resolved their civil lawsuit with a white neighbor who spewed racial slurs and threatened her. Under the terms of an agreement announced on April 11, 72-year-old Janet Myers agreed to sell her home and pay Thi Pham $45,000 from a portion of the proceeds.
Pham and her husband, who is white, and their young son, moved to the Shoreline neighborhood four years ago. Myers lived next door. According to Pham, the incidents of hate from Myers have been going on for years. The civil lawsuit stems from multiple incidents in which Myers, Pham’s next-door neighbor, harassed and threatened Pham. Myers was charged see HATE CRIME on 14
Love and music at KODA
Photos by Mahlon Meyer
Hidden Legacy House offers treasures of care
Dr. Lei Baizhong
Ted Wong
By Mahlon Meyer NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
District, shining on the long boards posted over the front windows, remnants of the days of rioting in the first year of the pandemic.
Image by Kai Curry
Scalloped clouds cast a harsh light outside Legacy House, the assisted living community in the Chinatown-International
Thi Pham (right) with her attorney, Jeff Campiche
see LEGACY HOUSE on 12
Photo provided by Da-Li Development.
By Jason Cruz NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
Exterior of KODA condominiums
By Mahlon Meyer NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Down the long corridors, inside the soundproofed rooms, you never know who you’re going to meet at KODA condominiums. In one unit, an 81-year-old man lives
with the love of his life, who he met 60 years ago and with a single glance knew she was the one. In another lives a man, nearly a quarter of his age who plays the violin and viola at night, amazed that his neighbors can see KODA on 16
Mayors’ Concert raises funds, morale for Ukraine and refugees By Kai Curry NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell addresses the audience at the Mayors’ Concert for Ukraine and Refugees Worldwide
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In the audience and on the stage, the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag fluttered. At the Mayors’ Concert for Ukraine and Refugees Worldwide on April 4, the Seattle Symphony, Conductor Ludovic Morlot, and Ukrainian
singers and dancers performed for free to support the cause. “We have come together…because we see that the need is dire for just essential resources as the people of Ukraine…face displacement from their homes and also see CONCERT on 4
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