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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 – April 13

White Center Community Development Association announces new Executive Director Sili Savusa

April 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On March 12, White Center Community Development Association (White Center CDA) announced its new executive director, Sili Savusa, who has been a resident and advocate of this community. Savusa left her position as Family Center Coordinator for Southwest Youth and Family Service. She began at CDA as executive director on March 19, replacing former Executive […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, CDA, Casey Foundation, Executive Director Aileen Balahadia, Making Connections, Sili Savusa, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13, White Center Community Development Association

Bellevue Mayor Conrad Lee and Ben Zhang host reception supporting Reagan Dunn’s candidacy for State Attorney General

April 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

(From left) Shiao-Yen Wu, CEO of WPI Real Estate, Bellevue Mayor Conrad Lee, King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn, Ben Zhang, president and CEO of Greater China Industries, and Nina Collier, managing partner at Washington2 Advocates. (Photo by George Liu/NWAW) Bellevue Mayor Conrad Lee and Ben Zhang, president and CEO of Greater China Industries, hosted a […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Bellevue Mayor Conrad Lee, Ben Zhang, CEO, Conrad Lee, Greater China Industries, King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn, Nina Collier, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13, Washington State Attorney General, Washington2 Advocates

Timothy Louie, president of Tsue Chong Noodle and Fortune Cookie Company, awarded the Silver Beaver

April 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Scoutmaster Timothy Louie, of Boy Scout Troop 254, was honored with a Silver Beaver award at the Chief Seattle Council’s Boy Scouts of America Recognition Night, along with 18 other Silver Beaver recipients. Silver Beavers are awarded to adult leaders who have made an impact on the lives of youths through service to the Boy […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Boy Scout Council, Boy Scout Troop, Boy Scouts, Chief Seattle Council, Scoutmaster Timothy Louie, Silver Beavers, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13

Bellevue’s LifeSpring raises $250,000 at its Step Up to the Plate benefit luncheon

April 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Donors and members of Bellevue-based LifeSpring gathered at its Step Up to the Plate benefit luncheon, where Patti Payne, “Puget Sound Business Journal” columnist and radio personality, emceed the event. Capt. Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann, Boeing’s first female test pilot, served as keynote speaker. The luncheon raised $250,000 to support LifeSpring’s youth, health, education, and emergency service […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Overlake Service League, Patti Payne, Puget Sound Business Journal, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era

April 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pittman Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) ― Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s victory in parliamentary elections is the biggest prize of her political career. But the weekend vote for only a few dozen legislative seats may have sown the seeds of something far more significant ― the possibility her party could sweep […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Aye Aye Win, Burma, Michael Aris, Myanmar, National League, President Thein Sein, Su Su Lwin, Toe Toe Tin, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13, White House, YANGON

Lin-firmary! Knicks guard done for the rest of regular season

April 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Brian Mahoney THE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) ― Say so long to Linsanity. Jeremy Lin will miss the rest of the regular season because he needs knee surgery that will sideline him six weeks and could leave the Knicks without their star point guard in the playoffs ― if they make it that […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, Amare Stoudemire, Baron Davis, Commissioner David Stern, Dallas Mavericks, Eastern Conference, Elias Sports Bureau, Iman Shumpert, Jeremy Lin, Lin-firmary Knicks, Mike Woodson, NBA, New York, TV, Taiwan, Upcoming Lin-surgery, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13

Shooting devastates Christian school serving Korean community

April 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Terry Collins the Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ― A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding three more, before being captured in a nearby city, authorities said.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Angie Johnson, Associated Press, California Monday, Cynthia Perkins, Deborah Lee, Korean, Myung Soon Ma, OK, Oakland Tribune, Officer Johnna Watson, Oikos University, Pastor Jong Kim, San Francisco Chronicle, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13

SCIDpda seeks business and economic development volunteer

April 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) is looking for student volunteers to assist with creating a local business technical assistance pilot program to promote small

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, International District, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13, social media, technology

Stories told by comedians and a plastic surgeon that should have been one — NWAW’s monthly must-reads

April 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)” By Mindy Kaling Crown Archetype, 2011 Before she became known as the self-involved, boy-crazy Kelly Kapoor on “The Office,” she was Mindy Kaling, a girl from Cambridge, Mass., with a love for comedy. Growing up, she was a bit on […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Anchor Canada, Anglo Indian, Anthony Youn, CNN, Crown Archetype, Gallery Books, Hannibal Lecter, In Stitches, Mindy Kaling, NWAW, Russell Peters, South Asian, TV, Though Russell, Tony Youn, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13

Filmmaker Robert Lieberman captures the life and struggles of Burmese citizens in “They Call It Myanmar”

April 6, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Shelley Seale for Northwest Asian Weekly “They Call It Myanmar” is the story of Burma, told with stunning footage shot clandestinely over a two-year period by filmmaker Robert H. Lieberman. The film provides an astonishing and intimate look at what has been one of the most isolated countries in the world, showing the everyday […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Cyclone Nargis, Ethiopia, Filmmaker Robert Lieberman, General Aung San, Metro Cinemas, Myanmar, Nobel Peace Prize, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Shelley Seale, Third World, University District, Vol 31 No 15 | April 7 - April 13, culture

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