Teresita Batayola, president and CEO of International Community Health Services (ICHS), will receive an award as one of the most influential Filipina women in the world from the Filipina Women’s Network (FWN). Batayola, who had led ICHS since 2005, will be honored under the “Builder” award category. “Builders” have demonstrated exceptional organizational impact at a […]
Aegis Gardens holds singing competition
More than 100 people attended the first ever “Voice of Aegis”—a Chinese singing competition, held by Aegis Gardens Newcastle on Sept. 28. The Rong Rong Chinese Folk Choir of Seattle, Seattle Chinese Chorus, Seattle Chinese Arts Group, and Hwa Sheng Chinese Opera Club, along with local soloists and opera singers, formed four teams for the […]
Redmond students win national competition
Redmond students Parth Shakya of Alcott Elementary and Ananya Gupta of Audubon Elementary were recently awarded silver and bronze, respectively, for their illustrated writing submissions in the annual Eye Level Literary Award. This year’s topic was “If I could change one thing in the world…” Shakya and Gupta were among 10 people to receive the […]
ACRS annual benefit dinner
More than 500 people attended the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) annual benefit dinner on Oct. 5. Mimi Jung of KING 5 emceed the event, at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue, and Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu gave the keynore speech. ACRS said it raised more than $400,000.
Woman helps Japanese World War II diary find way home
By RON DEVLIN The Reading Eagle DOUGLASSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Judy Reitz was making turkey suppers in the kitchen at St. Paul’s UCC in Amityville when she got a call on her cellphone a couple months ago. Not recognizing the number, she hesitated to answer. She’s not sure why, but something made her take the […]
Director promises dank thrills in Thai cave boys rescue saga
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Their story gripped the world: determined divers racing against time and water to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks in a flooded cave deep inside a northern Thai mountain. The ordeal in late June and early July […]
Yoshino wins Nobel for lithium-ion battery breakthrough
STOCKHOLM (AP) — If you’re reading this on a cellphone or laptop computer, you might thank this year’s three winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on lithium-ion batteries. The prize announced on Oct. 9 went to John B. Goodenough, 97, an American engineering professor at the University of Texas; Akira Yoshino, […]
Julian Peña: Queer happa Seattle artist going places
“When I was younger, I had a difficult time understanding what it means to be happa (half and half). What made me Japanese, and what made me Dominican? What does being American mean for a person such as myself? When my parents separated, my mother (Japanese) got custody of me, which is why I’ve spent most of my life exposed to Japanese culture. It wasn’t until later in life where I started to learn about Dominican culture through my Dad’s side in the Bronx, New York…
SAM’s Asian Art Museum to reopen in Feb. 2020
SEATTLE — The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) announced on Oct. 1 that the Seattle Asian Art Museum will reopen to the public on Feb. 8, 2020, following a 24-month-long renovation and expansion. The museum’s 1933 building closed to the public in February 2017 for the $56 million project that has modernized and preserved the historic […]
New app for teens, young adults who vape
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health announced a new smartphone app on Sept. 30 to help teens and young adults quit vaping. Developed collaboratively with 2Morrow Inc., the app is available for free to Washingtonians at doh.wa.gov/quit and is accessible via smartphone, tablet, laptop, and desktop computer. The self-guided program includes 10 short […]