Kiku (left) and mom, Kimiye Hayashi
A happy 94th birthday to the mother of Kiku Hayashi. Kiku, one of five kids, was the former president of the Metropolitan Democratic Club (MDC) of Seattle and a long-time member of the Northwest Asian Weekly’s Women of Color luncheon. This photo was taken Dec. 2 at the Dough Zone in Factoria. Kiku said of her mother, “They don’t make moms like that anymore.”