The Port of Seattle’s first ever Senior Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) was welcomed at a reception on Aug. 13. Bookda Gheisar has been in her new role since June. The reception was a celebration of this groundbreaking role to advance equity in all Port activities and for the community to become involved […]
ICHS receives national awards for high quality care
International Community Health Services (ICHS) is among 26 community health centers in Washington state to receive federal awards totaling over $3 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA has named ICHS a Health Center Quality Leader every year since 2014, and […]
Alysa Liu makes history
Alysa Liu, a 14-year-old who in January became the youngest U.S. women’s figure skating champion, landed a quadruple lutz on Aug. 24. The quadruple lutz is widely considered to be the hardest jump in figure skating. Liu landed the jump—something no other U.S. woman has done in competition—at the Aurora Games in Albany, N.Y. It […]
Tim Lee to help with planning and development
Tim Lee, owner of Real Home Network Realty in Bellevue and International District (ID) property owner, is the new Senior Planning and Development specialist for the Seattle Police Department (SPD)’s West precinct. His role will include planning and community outreach, and to act as liaison between ID community members and SPD. The goal of the […]
2019 Ethnic Potluck Picnic
More than 120 people gathered at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center on Aug. 11 for the Ethnic Heritage Council (EHC)’s Fifth Annual Ethnic Potluck Picnic. There was folk dancing led by Northwest Folk Dancers, Inc. and world folk music performed by The Lonely Coast. Fifteen exhibitors sold ethnic items or told their stories through their […]
Bellevue honors Lawrence Lui
In August, the City of Bellevue issued a proclamation to Lawrence Lui of Cloudvue for his support to temporarily house 110 homeless men in the heart of downtown Bellevue. Cloudvue is allowing Congregations for the Homeless to use its property at Northeast Eighth Street and 108th Avenue Northeast as a “bridge” shelter, while the current […]
CWU unveils special partnership marker
Central Washington University (CWU) held a ceremony on its Ellensburg campus on Aug. 23 to unveil a “partnership marker” with officials from Japan’s University of Shimane. CWU and the University of Shimane have been sister-universities since 1990. The marker is a cherry tree that was planted, at the request of Shimane officials, in the CWU […]
Michelle Cheng joins Frye Art Museum
The Frye Art Museum announced on Aug. 14 its appointment of Michelle Cheng to the newly created role of Director of Education and Community Partnerships. Prior to joining the Frye, Cheng worked on an award-winning education team at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum as the manager of Integration-Level Education Programs. “The Frye offers such a […]
Sunisa Lee sets sights on 2020 Olympics
Sixteen-year-old Sunisa Lee, of St. Paul, Minn. took second place at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Aug. 11, outscoring and outperforming a handful of world medalists. Lee first tried the sport at age 6. A family friend knew a coach at Midwest Gymnastics Center and suggested she enroll. Lee has been at the club ever […]
South Asian Spelling Bee winner
Navneeth Murali of Edison, N.J., was the national winner of the 2019 South Asian Spelling (SAS) Bee held Aug. 13 in New Jersey. Murali, 13, spelled flype as flipe, yet was declared a winner. Flipe and flype are variant spellings according to Merriam-Webster’s Third Unabridged Dictionary. Flipe means to strip off by or as if […]
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