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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 – July 24

A touch of culture: Dancing the big feature at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce pageant

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Sparkles and smiles gleamed at the Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce 52nd Anniversary of the Scholarship for Women pageant. The event was held this past Saturday, July 11, at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue.

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: Carmen Yu, Cherry Liu, Dance Studio, Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Lee Li Chong, Lele Tian, Lianna Louie, Lori Yeh, Meydenbauer Center, Ming Huang, Miss Congeniality, Miss Seafair Susan Ishimitsu, Olga Foraponova, Stephen Kline, Velia Lockett, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, Whitney Houston

With tennis in the blood, brothers open dream courts

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Roger Mark, a tennis coach, and Byron, his younger brother and business partner, started playing tennis when they were 9 years old. At the time, tennis was considered a rich white man’s sport and Asian American players playing at private clubs was unheard of. However, Roger and Byron Mark recently gained ownership of their own tennis club.

Filed Under: News, Business, Community News Tagged With: Amy Yee Tennis Center, Asian American, Avanti Sports, Chinese American, Mill Creek Tennis Club, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Northwest, Roger Mark, SPU, Seattle Pacific University, UW, United States, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24

Local people bring clean water to Vietnam

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In 1994, it was a just a chance flyer from Group Health that encouraged LaRelle Catherman to go on a research and medical trip to Hue, Vietnam. Influenced by her work as a nurse and her graduate studies on health care systems, she decided that the trip would broaden her knowledge in international health care.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Group Health, Ho Chi Minh City, MEDRIX, Northwest Asian Weekly, Robert Catherman, UV, Vietnamese, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, language

Locke and Chu talk about economy and environment in China

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke urged China to help revive world growth by opening its markets further and easing currency controls.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: Beijing, China Business Council, Chinese, Commerce Gary Locke, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Henry Sanderson, President Barack Obama, Tsinghua University, United States, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, italy, technology

July 15: A new Uwajimaya in Renton

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The new Uwajimaya (formerly a Thriftway) in the Renton Village Shopping Center at 501 S. Grady Way hosted its grand opening at 9 a.m. The new store cost over $4 million in remodeling.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: Don Sakai, Renton Mayor Dennis Law, Renton Village Shopping Center, Salvation Army, Uwajimaya, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24

July 4: New citizens in Seattle

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in partnership with Seattle’s Ethnic Heritage Council, hosted more than 500 people from the western part of Washington state at a naturalization ceremony on the Fourth of July. The new citizens came from nearly 80 different countries. Judge Richard C. Tallman administered the oath of citizenship.♦

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: Ethnic Heritage Council, Fourth of July, Immigration Services, Seattle, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24

June 26: SAM bids farewell to Mimi Gates

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) paid respects to former director Mimi Gates by obtaining 20 works of art in her honor. Gates, whose last day at the museum was June 30, had been the museum’s director since 1994.

Filed Under: News, Names in the News, Community News Tagged With: Chinese, Mimi Gates, SAM, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24

In memory of Sunao (Phil) Ishio, father and soldier

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On May 23, Colonel Sunao (Phil) Ishio passed away in his sleep.

Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Community News Tagged With: Army Military Intelligence Service, Central Intelligence Agency, Colonel Sunao Phil Ishio, Constance Ishio, Current President Bob Nakamoto, Georgetown University, JAVA, Jaime Molden, Japanese American Veterans Association, Scholarship Fund, South Vietnam, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, White House Drive

Outstanding Graduates

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Are you an Asian American student graduating from high school or college? You may be eligible for the Northwest Asian Weekly’s Outstanding Graduates column.

To qualify, you must have a minimum GPA of 3.6, have overcome personal adversity, or are an outstanding athlete, community volunteer, or artist.

Filed Under: News, Education, Community News Tagged With: Alyssa Arinobu, Asian American, Central Asia Institute, Edmonds School District, GPA, Hazen High School, Jostens Leadership Conference, Karen Wong, Mountlake Terrace High School, National Honor Society, Northwest Asian Weekly, Outstanding Graduates, Roosevelt High School, Shalea Semana, Shoreline Community College, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24

July book recommendations

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes”
By Eleanor Coerr
Dell Publishing, 1977

I remember this book from my childhood, but I have never read it.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, On the Shelf Tagged With: 2008, Anchor Books, Dell Publishing, Ethan Cheng, Girl Overboard, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Ocean, Sadako Sasaki, Samantha Pak, San Diego, Vietnam, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24, language

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