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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 – October 28

October: ID groups receive funds to close digital divide

October 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The City of Seattle awarded grants to four International District organizations from its Technology Matching Fund program. The funds will help groups that are working toward technological equity and closing the digital divide. The Coalition for Refugees from Burma received $17,750 for expansion of its mobile computer lab program.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Asian Pacific American Experience, Burma, Cassie Chin, International District, Mike McGinn, Rainier Beach, Seattle, Technology Matching Fund, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28, Wing Luke Museum

Sept. 23: Volunteers paint out graffiti on streets of Little Saigon

October 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Volunteers from the community and Wells Fargo Bank grabbed brushes and rollers to take to the streets of Little Saigon and painted out graffiti.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Historic South Downtown, Little Saigon, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28, Wells Fargo Bank

Sept. 23–25: Mill Creek-based USTA Pacific Northwest wins national title

October 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A team from the Mill Creek Tennis Club, owned by Chinese Americans Roger and Byron Mark, won the national title at the 2011 USTA Adult League National Championships in Tucson, Ariz. The Mill Creek team defeated a squad from Houston, 3–2, in the finals.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Chinese, Mill Creek Tennis Club, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28

Federal government orders bilingual ballots in 25 states

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  By Hope Yen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS   WASHINGTON (AP) — In the run-up to the 2012 elections, the federal government is ordering that 248 counties and other political jurisdictions provide bilingual ballots to Hispanics and other minorities who speak little or no English.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, American Indian, Asian Americans, Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Indian, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Census Bureau, Election Day, Eugene Lee, James Thomas Tucker, Justice Department, Los Angeles, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28, Voting Rights Act, language

Sung Kim confirmed as ambassador to South Korea

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the first Korean American to become U.S. ambassador to South Korea.   Career diplomat Sung Kim previously served as special envoy for six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program.   His confirmation on Oct. 13 came during a state visit by South Korean President Lee […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, China, Chinese American, Kathleen Stephens, Korean American, North Korea, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Sung Kim, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28, gary locke

Japan’s aging air force plans major overhaul

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  By Eric Talmadge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS   HYAKURI AIR BASE, Japan (AP) — Warplanes bearing the bright red Rising Sun logo roared overhead on Sunday, Oct. 16, as Japan held a once-every-three-years display to showcase one of the best air forces in Asia. The only problem — most of its fighters were grounded.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Asia, China, Chinese, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-22 Raptor, Kadena Air Base, Lockheed F-35, Michael Auslin, North Korean, Rising Sun, Russia, Tokyo, Underscoring Japan, United States, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28, technology

Cards from China offer thanks to WWII veterans

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

 By Lindsay Wise THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE PEARLAND, Texas (AP) — The postcard arrived in Ed Denzler’s mailbox in Pearland last month, a mystery from his past nestled among the routine bills and coupons.  Addressed in neat block letters to Denzler, the handwritten note reads, in English, “It takes a strong man to save himself, a […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Burma, Charles Clurman, China, Chinese Combat Command, Debbie Campbell Rice, Ed Denzler, Frank Chen, Irene Clurman, Jay Campbell, John Easterbrook, Marauders Association, Mei Yi, NASA, National Memories, PEARLAND, Pat Lucas, So Denzler, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28, WWII

Former Miss America on the trip to Vietnam that changed her life

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Bryan Painter The Oklahoman   LAVERNE, Okla. (AP) — On a museum wall in the far northwestern Oklahoma community of Laverne is a framed thank-you.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2011, Air Force, Claude Roach, Engineer Battalion, Europe, Former Miss America, Jane Froman, Jane Jayroe, Joan Crawford, Laverne High School, Mike Smith, Miss Alabama, Miss Maine, Miss South Carolina, Miss Tennessee, Miss Wisconsin, Oklahoma City University, South Vietnam, Surry Singers, USO, United States, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28

Iranian, Filipino claim top Asian film awards

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sam Kim The Associated Press BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — An Iranian film and a Philippine film have shared the top awards for Asian productions at the region’s largest film event.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Busan Cinema Center, Filipino, Flash Forward, Guido Lombardi, Kim Dong-ho, Lee Yong-kwan, Loy Arcenas Nino, Masato Harada, Morteza Farshbaf, South Korean, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28, italy, language

Oct. 2: Local groups hold candlelight vigil on fourth anniversary of Burma’s Saffron Revolution

October 22, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  The Coalition for Refugees from Burma (CRB), Amnesty International, Burma Partnership, and University Baptist Church partnered to hold a candlelight vigil for the fourth anniversary of Burma’s 2007 Saffron Revolution at the south end of Green Lake.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Amnesty International, Burma Partnership, Green Lake, Saffron Revolution, University Baptist Church, Vol 30 No 43 | October 22 - October 28

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