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THE INSIDE STORYPUB’S BLOGBehind the scenes at the Owen event » P. 10

NAMES IN THE NEWSWho’s doing what in the Asian community? » P. 2

SPORTSKorean pitcher starts for the LA Dodgers. » P. 4

PICTORIALCelebrating Lt. Gov. Brad Owen» P. 9

MOVIESThe view from “Up on Poppy Hill” » P. 8

By StaffNORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Cheryl Chow, former member of the Seattle School Board and city council and daughter of the late Chi-natown leader Ruby Chow, passed away at her home on Friday, March 29. She was 66 years old.

Chow had been battling central nervous system lymphoma since 2011. She was briefly in remission, but the cancer resurfaced in 2012.

She died peacefully at home. Her fo-cus for the past few weeks had spend-ing time with her wife and daughter.

Chow leaves behind a legacy

{see CHOW cont’d on page 15}

By Shin Yu PaiNORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

The Filipino American identity has been a fixture at the Wing Luke Museum for over a year and is look-ing for community input.

The “I Am Filipino” exhibition installed in The Wing Luke Mu-seum’s Community Portrait Gallery celebrated a full year of being on display in March. The exhibition, originally organized by Cynthia

Mejia-Giuduci and a community advisory board that included Ethe-lynn Abellanosa, Ron Angeles, Rus Bareng, Pio de Cano, Jr., Dorothy Cordova, Carmen Español, Carmel Laurino, Gina Gevero O’Neill, and Stacey Swanby explores the many aspects of Filipino American iden-tity through a multi-media interac-tive gallery experience. Conceived in collaboration with The Wing’s

{see WING cont’d on page 12}

By Ninette ChengNORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Though politicians were plentiful at the March 31 event honoring Lt. Governor Brad Owen, it wasn’t a po-litical affair. Rather, the Sunday din-ner was about fun and celebration.

“We we wanted this event to be a very fun evening,” said Northwest Asian Weekly Publisher Assunta Ng. “That’s why we didn’t have very many speeches, just performances that reflected his life.”

The Northwest Asian Weekly hosted the special dinner, which took place at the House of Hong restaurant in the International District. In addi-tion to an evening of celebration and entertainment, the event raised $7,250 in donations for the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) Food Bank, which was chosen specifically by the Lt. Governor. Albert Shen and Kasper Lee emceed the evening.

Elected into office in 1996, Owen is currently the longest serving Lt. Governor in the country. Since taking office, Owen has made it his mission to promote Washington state abroad. He has gone on over 20 overseas trips — many to Asia — to promote trade, business, and cross-cultural exchange with Washington State.

Owen has also been credited with opening the Taiwanese market to Washington wine. Officials in Walla Walla credited Owen’s work with pro-ducing an initial sale of $1.5 million.

“It’s just the thing that people in my position should do,” Owen said about his work.

Owen has also been noted as one of the most accessible politicians to the Asian community.

“He goes to more Chinese commu-nity functions than anybody I know in politics, perhaps only next to me,”

(see OWEN cont’d on page 11}

Cheryl Chow, educator and former city council member, passes away at 66

Cheryl Chow Chow with wife Sarah Morningstar and daughter Liliana Morningstar-Chow at the Seattle Chinese Girls Drill Team’s 60th anniversary

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dents competing in 15 events across seven categories.

Competition for most subjects are split into two age groups, with math, science, and essay writing being split into three.

Sakthi Vetrivel placed first in the senior essay writing divison, Suvansh Sanjeev placed first in the senior public speaking division, Kartik Iyer placed first in the senior science division, Sriharshita Mu-sunuri placed first in the senior spelling division, and Amith Vanmane placed first in the level 3 math division.

Participants who place above a national cut-off score based on all regional scores are invited to compete in the national bee competition. The first, second, and third place winners of the national competition receive scholarships of $1,000, $500, and $250, respectively. n

JCCCW hosts Tomodachi Luncheon, honors Tsutakawa family and Mariners president

The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) hosted their 5th annual Tomodachi Luncheon on Thursday, March 28, raising over $67,000 to help support JCCCW programs and under-write the organization’s daily operations.

Sir Ben Kingsley to receive Fellowship Award

Sir Ben King-sley will be re-ceiving the Fel-lowship Award at this year’s Asian’s Awards, which is hosted in the United Kingdom.

Born Krishna Pandit Bhanji, Kingsley was born to an Eng-lish mother and a Gujarati father. He changed his

name early in his career as a stage actor. Kingsley is being honored for his contributions

to cinema. His five-decade-long career has in-cluded awards from the Oscars, Grammys, Brit-ish Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild awards. In 1984, he received the Padma Sri from Indira Gandhi and the government of India.

“Ben Kingsley is without a doubt one of the most accomplished actors of Asian descent and we are incredibly proud and excited to celebrate the remarkable career of such an outstanding in-dividual,” said Paul Sagoo, founder of the Asian Awards.

Last year, the late Ravi Shankar received the Fellowship Award. n

Brad Miyake soon to be acting Bellevue City Manager

Bellevue Deputy City Manager Brad Miyake will become acting city manager once current city manager Steve Sar-kozy officially resigns on May 15. He will serve as city manager until a national search team can find a re-placement.

Miyake, who has helped streamline

Bellevue’s budget process, has previously served as Bellevue utilities director, utilities deputy di-rector, and budget manager. n

North South Foundation hosts regional academic competition

The North South Foundation (NSF) Seattle Chapter hosted its regional academic bee compe-tition on March 23 and March 24, testing Indian American K–12 students on spelling, vocabulary, math, science, geography, essay writing, and public speaking.

This year’s event saw approximately 250 stu-

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The event had 388 guests, representing an over 10 percent growth compared to attendance in 2012.

The luncheon was hosted at Seattle University and hosted by KING 5 news anchor Lori Matsu-kawa.

During the event, Chuck Armstrong, the cur-rent president of the Seattle Mariners, received an award for helping to build the community. Also honored were the Tsutakawa family of artists, including Marcus — the director of the Garfield Orchestra; Gerry, a commissioned sculptor, and Deems, a jazz pianist. n Chuck Armstrong

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■ SPORTS

By Joe ResnickTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hyun-Jin Ryu

is following in the footsteps of former ma-jor league pitcher Chan Ho Park, who in-spired him and countless other South Ko-rean kids who dreamed about getting to the

big leagues.Ryu made his official debut Tuesday,

April 2 on the same mound where Park threw his first pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers back in 1994.

Park spent 17 seasons in the majors be-fore retiring at the end of the 2010 cam-paign with a 124-98 record, 4.36 ERA, and 1,715 strikeouts. He spent his first eight

big league campaigns with Los Angeles, making his official debut with a mop-up ninth inning in Kent Mercker’s no-hitter for the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium, and once gave up two grand slams in one inning by the St. Louis Cardinals’ Fernan-do Tatis.

{see RYU cont’d on page 13}

Dodger’s Korean pitcher Ryu ready for big leagues

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■ NATIONAL NEWS

By Stephen KalinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Early in the Vietnam War, the U.S. military trained former Maj. Sar Phouthasack in special combat opera-tions and sent him back into his native Laos to put together a local force to patrol the Ho Chi Minh Trail, rescue downed U.S. pilots, and con-

duct sensitive operations behind enemy lines.Phouthasack was part of the Special Guer-

rilla Unit, known as the “secret army” that the CIA established to conduct covert operations in Laos, where North Vietnamese forces were operating, but U.S. forces were forbidden by Congress to enter.

More than 35,000 local fighters from the unit died in combat in Laos, and thousands eventu-

ally relocated to the United States and became citizens.

Phouthasack helped organize a daylong event in New Britain on Saturday, March 30 to honor the special unit of Lao and ethnically Hmong men who were organized and funded by the CIA. About 200 veterans gathered from around the country in an event that is part of the U.S. Department of Defense’s multi-year

commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

Since arriving in the United States, the for-mer fighters have not been eligible to receive military veterans benefits. In the coming weeks, unit veterans and the SGU National Headquar-ters in Windsor, Conn. say they will petition

{see VETS cont’d on page 14}

Vietnam ‘secret army’ vets gather in United States

KING COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ADVERTISEMENTKing County is requesting Proposals from qualified firms interested in provid-ing development and project management services to assist King County in the design and construction phases of the new Children and Family Justice Center.The Request for Proposals, all addenda and current document holder’s list are available on the internet at http://www.kingcounty.gov/procurement. The County will not mail, ship or fax RFPs and addenda.Interested firms must register with the County at time of download and ensure that a valid contact email address is given. Notification of addenda will be sent to the registered email address. Failure to register will result in the proposer not being notified of any addenda, which may result in rejection of the proposal.The estimated value of Phase I of this contract is $300,000 - $350,000. The total estimated value of all remaining phases is $2.75 Million to $3.2 Million. The period of performance for Phase I is estimated to be 40 weeks. The period of performance of all remaining phases is estimated to be six years.Contract Title: Development and Project Management Services for the Children & Family Justice Center ProjectNumber: P00137P13Proposals due: April 25, 2013Time: 5:00 p.m. Pre-proposal Meeting: April 11, 2013 Time: 11:30 a.m.Location: Room 123, 401 Fifth Avenue, Chinook Bldg, Seattle, WA SUMMARY OF WORK: Multi-phased contract for development and project management services related to the new Children and Family Justice Center project to replace the existing Youth Services Center on the corner of 12th and Al-der, Seattle. These new facilities will provide a unified family court with space for co-location of programs and services for youth and families, an efficient deten-tion facility with built-in flexibility to respond to changes in the detention popula-tion, and improved visibility, security, and safety. See Attachment 1 for complete Scope of Work.SUBCONSULTANT OPPORTUNITIES: Provided for informational purposes only, following are subconsulting opportunities that may be available on this Contract: mechanical engineering review; electrical/low voltage system review; document control; constructability; structural engineering review; civil engineer-ing review; and legal advising services.SCS UTILIZATION REQUIREMENTS: The Consultant shall ensure that at least 15% of the Contract Price for all Work, as amended, shall be performed by King County Certified SCS Firms over the life of the Contract. Evaluation points for meeting and/or exceeding the SCS utilization requirements will be provided to each proposer responding to this requirement. King County will not evaluate the proposal and will not execute a contract with a Proposer who does not commit to meet at least the SCS utilization requirement as stated above.QUESTIONS: Questions concerning this solicitation should be directed to Ruth Williamson, Contract Specialist at 206-263-9333, email: [email protected], TTY Relay: 711. The Proposer may be requested to submit the question in writing. No verbal answers by County personnel will be binding on the County.This information is available in alternate formats for individuals with disabilities upon advance request by calling 206-263-9400, TTY Relay: 711.

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By Youkyung LeeTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China, Japan, and South Korea are inching ahead with talks for a free trade zone that would rival the European Union and North America in eco-nomic heft. Despite the achievement of setting aside their of-ten acrimonious relations to begin negotiations, progress will be slow. An agreement to start talks took 10 years.

After three days of meetings in Seoul that finished Thurs-day, March 28, South Korea said officials agreed to hold two more rounds of negotiations this year, with the second meet-ing to be held in China either in June or July.

Striking an optimistic tone on the first day of talks, Japan’s negotiator Koji Tsuruoka said the “integration of three econo-mies which are very significant economies in this area, as well as globally, will provide very fruitful results to industries ... and to people.”

Trade between the three Asian powers totaled $684 billion in 2011, an increase of more than five times from 1999, un-derlining Asia’s growing weight in the world economy after more than two decades of breakneck growth in China and the

{see TRADE cont’d on page 13}

By Aye Aye WinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — For most people in Myanmar, it was a nov-elty when privately run daily newspa-pers hit the streets on Monday, April 1. Many weren’t even born when the late dictator Ne Win imposed a state monopoly on the daily press in the 1960s.

But for 81-year-old Khin Maung Lay, the rebirth of daily newspapers is like a second lease on life. He is chief editor of Golden Fresh Land, one of four dailies going on sale, as Myan-mar takes another step in its march toward democracy.

He’s old enough to recall there once had been a big and vibrant daily press in the Burmese, English, Indian, and Chinese languages in the period of parliamentary democracy after Myan-mar, known then as Burma, won inde-pendence from Britain in 1948.

Khin Maung Lay worked as a senior newsman at the Burmese language Mogyo daily, before it was driven out of business by government pressure in 1964.

Now, as chief editor of Golden Fresh Land — the name sounds less awkward in the original Burmese — he heads a team of young journalists he recruited from various weeklies, who have only the briefest of acquain-tances with the concept of a free press, having grown up under the military government that ruled for five de-cades. They are up against some me-dia behemoths and papers belonging to the country’s top political parties.

Khin Maung Lay acknowledges there are innumerable challenges ahead, but said he is ready to face them “in the name of freedom of press.” He’s well acquainted with the cutting edge of the concept — he went to jail three times under Ne Win, in-cluding a three-year stretch in “pro-tective custody,” a catch-all phrase the military regime used as a reason for imprisoning critics.

“I foresee several hurdles along the

way,” he said. “However, I am ready to run the paper in the spirit of free-dom and professionalism taught by my peers during the good old days.”

The newspaper renaissance is part of the reform efforts of President Thein Sein, who, after serving as prime min-ister in the previous military regime, took office in March 2011 as head of an elected civilian government. Politi-cal and economic liberalization were at the top of his agenda, in an effort to boost national development.

The press has been a major ben-eficiary. The government lifted cen-sorship in August last year, allowing reporters to print material that would have been unthinkable under military rule.

It’s not smooth sailing yet. The draconian 1962 Printing and Regis-tration Act remains in place until a new media law is enacted. It carries a maximum seven-year prison term for failure to register and allows the gov-ernment to revoke publishing licenses at any time.

The government announced in De-cember that any Myanmar national wishing to publish a daily newspaper was welcome to apply and could begin publishing on April 1.

There were nearly two dozen ap-plications, and Golden Fresh Land was one of 16 to win approval. Oth-ers include dailies to be put out by op-position leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party and Thein Sein’s ruling Union Soli-darity and Development Party.

The Voice Daily is making its de-but Monday, issued by the same group that has published a popular weekly since 2004.

“I am very excited that we are fi-nally printing daily editions. It is a dream come true because that was our objective when we began publishing the Voice Journal in 2004,” 42-year-old editor-in-chief Kyaw Min Shwe said Sunday, March 31, as reporters hustled around his newsroom to put out their first edition.

He said the established government

newspapers have an advantage in terms of money and distribution, but “I can say with absolute confidence that we can compete with government papers in terms of content and quality of news.”

Most coverage of local and national news in the state press is little more than the equivalent of government press releases, typically reporting on less-than-riveting topics, such as the names of all the officials who attend-ed the inauguration of a new bridge. Opinion pieces invariably reflect con-servative positions that seem decades behind the times.

Aware of its vulnerability, the Eng-lish-language state paper, the New Light of Myanmar, is seeking a joint venture partner to help with a makeover.

The entry of the ruling Union Soli-darity and Development Party, called the Union Daily, plans to make use of its strong financial base. The pro-military party, which holds a strong majority in parliament, is backed by many tycoons. Chief Editor Win Tin said the paper will be distributed free of charge for the first 10 days begin-ning Monday.

“We are financially strong and we have many experienced people,” he said, adding that the party will have its own separate propaganda sheet and that the newspaper will not be a mouthpiece for it.

Strong competition will come from savvy big media groups who say they will launch later.

“We need more time for prepara-tion. It is quite challenging for the reporters to switch from weeklies to dailies,” said Nyein Nyein Naing, ex-ecutive editor of the 7-Day weekly news journal.

“We need more time for preparation and we have to have test runs before we start the daily edition,” said Dr. Than Htut Aung, CEO of the popular Eleven media group, which plans to launch The Daily Eleven on May 3.

“I will print my first daily edition on May 3, Press Freedom Day, because it is very symbolic,” he said. n

Asian economies move toward free tradePrivate press returns to Myanmar

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■ COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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Monday – Friday11:00am – 2:30pm4:30pm – 1:00am

Saturday – SundayNoon – 1:00am

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THU 4/4

WHAT: UW Department of Communication’s Spring Auction FundraiserWHERE: UW, The Hub, LyceumWHEN: 5:30 p.m.REGISTER: www.com.washington.edu/2012/05/transforming-communities-one-student-at-a-time

WHAT: An evening of SalsaWHERE: UW, Meany Hall, SeattleWHEN: 5:30-8:30 p.m.RSVP: 206-616-1709, [email protected] FRI 4/5

WHAT: Annette Lu, former vice president of Taiwan, to speak, “Toward a New Transpacific Relationship: Democracy, Peace, and Prosperity”WHERE: UW, William Gates Hall, Room 138 WHEN: 3:30-5 p.m.INFO: Yeen-mei Wu, [email protected]

WHAT: Wong Tsu, Boeing’s first engineerWHERE: Central Library, Level 4 Room 2, 1000 4th Ave., SeattleWHEN: 2-4 p.m.INFO: 206-684-0849

WHAT: Japanese Temari Introductory Class

WHERE: Asia Pacific Cultural Center, 4851 S. Tacoma Way, TacomaWHEN: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.COST: $50/class, plus $15 materials feeREGISTER: 253-229-3100, [email protected]

THRU SUN 4/7

WHAT: The Joy Luck ClubWHERE: Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. “I” St., TacomaWHEN: Fri.-Sat.: 7:30 p.m., Sun.: 2 p.m.TICKETS: 253-272-2281, www.tacomalittletheatre.com

SAT 4/20

WHAT: A Hands-On Family Gamelan WorkshopWHERE: UW, School of MusicWHEN: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.RSVP: 206-616-1709, [email protected]

WHAT: Seattle JACL celebrates its 91st anniversaryWHERE: Tea Palace Restaurant, 2828 Sunset Blvd. N.E., RentonWHEN: 5:30 p.m.COST: $75–$140INFO: www.jaclseattle.org

WHAT: Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four StringsWHERE: NVC Hall, 1212 S. King St., Seattle

WHEN: 2-7 p.m.COST: $7, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/332223INFO: 206-767-0914, [email protected]

SUNDAYS, THRU 4/21

WHAT: Matinee Eiga’s classic filmsWHERE: JCCCW, 1414 S. Weller St., SeattleWHEN: Every Sunday, 2 p.m.SUGGESTED DONATION: $3/members, $5/non-membersINFO: 206-568-7114, www.jcccw.org, [email protected]

MON 4/22

WHAT: “Korea Fantasy”WHERE: Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., SeattleWHEN: 7:30-9:30 p.m.COST: FreeINFO: 206-251-5659, koreafantasy.eventbrite.com

THU 4/25

WHAT: Party Down for ChinatownWHERE: Georgetown Ballroom, 5623 Airport Way S., SeattleWHEN: 6-9 p.m.COST: $175/VIP, $125/generalINFO: www.idspringroll.org


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Mary DevlinColonel

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Pamela BanksPresident & CEOUrban League

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Bookda GheisarExecutive Director

Global Washington

Blanca SantanderArtist, Illustrator & Photographer

Stella LeongPresident

WA State Chinese CancerNetwork Association

Tammy PitreRecruitment and Retention Strategy

AdviserWashington State Office of Financial

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Anne LevinsonDeputy MayorCity of Seattle

Carol SimmonsRetired Educator

Winona Hollins HaugeCommissioner on African American

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Heritage University

Susan G. Komen Foundation

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THU 4/4

WHAT: UW Department of Communication’s Spring Auction FundraiserWHERE: UW, The Hub, LyceumWHEN: 5:30 p.m.REGISTER: www.com.washington.edu/2012/05/transforming-communities-one-student-at-a-time

WHAT: An evening of SalsaWHERE: UW, Meany Hall, SeattleWHEN: 5:30-8:30 p.m.RSVP: 206-616-1709, [email protected] FRI 4/5

WHAT: Annette Lu, former vice president of Taiwan, to speak, “Toward a New Transpacific Relationship: Democracy, Peace, and Prosperity”WHERE: UW, William Gates Hall, Room 138 WHEN: 3:30-5 p.m.INFO: Yeen-mei Wu, [email protected]

WHAT: Wong Tsu, Boeing’s first engineerWHERE: Central Library, Level 4 Room 2, 1000 4th Ave., SeattleWHEN: 2-4 p.m.INFO: 206-684-0849

WHAT: Japanese Temari Introductory Class

WHERE: Asia Pacific Cultural Center, 4851 S. Tacoma Way, TacomaWHEN: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.COST: $50/class, plus $15 materials feeREGISTER: 253-229-3100, [email protected]

THRU SUN 4/7

WHAT: The Joy Luck ClubWHERE: Tacoma Little Theatre, 210 N. “I” St., TacomaWHEN: Fri.-Sat.: 7:30 p.m., Sun.: 2 p.m.TICKETS: 253-272-2281, www.tacomalittletheatre.com

SAT 4/20

WHAT: A Hands-On Family Gamelan WorkshopWHERE: UW, School of MusicWHEN: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.RSVP: 206-616-1709, [email protected]

WHAT: Seattle JACL celebrates its 91st anniversaryWHERE: Tea Palace Restaurant, 2828 Sunset Blvd. N.E., RentonWHEN: 5:30 p.m.COST: $75–$140INFO: www.jaclseattle.org

WHAT: Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four StringsWHERE: NVC Hall, 1212 S. King St., Seattle

WHEN: 2-7 p.m.COST: $7, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/332223INFO: 206-767-0914, [email protected]

SUNDAYS, THRU 4/21

WHAT: Matinee Eiga’s classic filmsWHERE: JCCCW, 1414 S. Weller St., SeattleWHEN: Every Sunday, 2 p.m.SUGGESTED DONATION: $3/members, $5/non-membersINFO: 206-568-7114, www.jcccw.org, [email protected]

MON 4/22

WHAT: “Korea Fantasy”WHERE: Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., SeattleWHEN: 7:30-9:30 p.m.COST: FreeINFO: 206-251-5659, koreafantasy.eventbrite.com

THU 4/25

WHAT: Party Down for ChinatownWHERE: Georgetown Ballroom, 5623 Airport Way S., SeattleWHEN: 6-9 p.m.COST: $175/VIP, $125/generalINFO: www.idspringroll.org


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■ AT THE MOVIES

By Andrew HamlinNORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

“From Up On Poppy Hill” is the second anime fea-ture from Goro Miyazaki, son of the famed anime master Hayao Mi-yazaki of Studio Ghilbi fame. The film proves a sub-stantial improve-ment over his first feature, “Tales from Earthsea” (a film I actually liked), and a story

Bright lights and twilight “From Up On Poppy Hill”

REVIEW

The animation, which the elder Miyazaki had a hand in, emphasizes bright lights against falling twilights …”

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impressive for its quietude. It contains no science fiction ele-ments, and apart from a vivid-ly-off kilter dream sequence, there are no fantasy elements. Rather, it takes place in 1963, amidst a Japan still digging out from and redefining itself in the aftermath of World War II. It reaffirms traditional values in a culturally conservative but emotionally winning manner.

In 1963, Tokyo and Japan prepared to welcome the world for the 1964 Olympic Games. This will show the world how Japan is recovering from the war, and naturally the govern-ment wants the country to look and feel strong, confident, and accommodating.

North of Tokyo in Yokoha-ma, however, the film’s narra-tive focuses on a smaller, more intimate story. Sixteen-year-old Umi Matsuzaki (voiced by Masami Nasagawa in Japanese

and Sarah Bolger in the Eng-lish dub) has her hands full with helping her grandmother (voiced by Keiko Takeshita/ Gillian Anderson) run a board-ing house. Umi also looks after her two younger siblings, Sora and Riku, and attends to her schoolwork.

The story, adapted from a manga by Chizuru Takahashi and Tetsurō Sayama, soon splits into twinned narratives. Umi pays a visit to the Latin Quar-ter, a huge and imposing but badly run-down building which holds the various clubs associ-ated with her school. There, she meets the passionate and ex-citable Shun Kazama (Junichi Okada/Anton Yelchin), who ed-its the school newspaper.

Umi quickly realizes that she’s falling in love with Shun, but she’s shy and uncertain how to proceed. She settles for spending as much time with Shun as possible. Meanwhile, word comes from the school administration that the Latin

Quarter is to be torn down. This tosses Shun, Umi, and ev-eryone else associated with the building in a mad dash to save it from the wrecking ball.

Shun and Umi share a po-tentially terrible secret, but the drama lies not in the secret it-self, but in how they cope with it. They learn that they cannot be lovers, but they tell each other that they will always be friends, although they may not be taking into consideration the emotional wear and tear of trying to stay close. Their resolve on an intimate level re-flects the larger resolve of the student body to save the Latin Quarter — which, in turn, re-flects Japan’s energetic, can-do attitude between the end of WWII and the Olympics.

The animation, which the elder Miyazaki had a hand in, emphasizes bright lights against falling twilights. A long, fast downhill bike ride into the heart of the city makes for one of the film’s visual center-

pieces. Appropriately enough for a story set in a port, we see plenty of freighters, tugboats, and smaller vessels arranged artfully against blue water and churning wave crests.

“Earthsea” saw Goro Mi-yazaki struggling to balance the personal with the epochal. Here, he succeeds in the dif-ficult task of planting the big picture firmly within and be-side the smaller picture. Umi, Shun, the students, and even the adults struggle with the past and debate over the best possible future. The simulta-neous narratives emerge win-ningly lyrical on every level. n

“From Up On Poppy Hill” is currently playing at Landmark’s Egyptian Theatre, 805 East Pine Street on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. For prices and showtimes, call 206-720-4560 or visit www.landmarktheatres.com.

Andrew Hamlin can be reached at [email protected].


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A night of friends,

family, and Brad OwenTo thank Lt. Governor Brad Owen and his wife Linda for their contributions to the Asian community, the Northwest Asian Weekly hosted a celebratory dinner in his honor.

A: The head table: from left, Liz Anderson, Lloyd Hara, Linda Owen, Paull Shin, Brad

Owen, Conrad Lee, Bob Hasegawa, Marcie Maxwell, and Cindy Ryu.

B: Arie Ballroom Studio performing

Gangnam Style, joined by Adam Owen and his children.

C: Linda Owen performing an impromtu Bollywood dance with members of WASITRAC.

D: Lena Hou singing Brad Owen a song with help from her brother Ian.

E: Brad Owen on stage with wife Linda and their grand

children.

F&H: Owen receives gifts.

G: Owen plays the audience a song.

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The gift of presence

For three days last week, Lt. Governor Brad Owen was in the Chinatown–International District, attending a Chinese trade reception, a sing and dance party, and the NW Asian Weekly’s party honoring him and his wife Linda at the House of Hong.

Wasn’t he getting tired after a long legisla-tive day in Olympia? How could he have so much energy and patience to quietly sit for hours, listening to speeches and songs he couldn’t understand?

Christine Lee, owner of the Ocean City Restaurant, said a few months ago that she and the Owens were at the same Chinese con-cert in Bellevue.

While Lee was sitting behind the Owens, she said she was “feeling bored to death.” She observed that they were being good sports about the whole event.

Owen’s talented performance

Many in the audience at the NW Asian Weekly’s event knew that Owen could play the saxophone well, but no one knew that he had been secretly practicing a Chinese song for the occasion. After the saxophone perfor-mance, he sang a rendition of Teresa Teng’s “The Moon Represents My Heart.”

He sought help from Ron Chow’s aide An-nie Chou, while he was practicing. She found a complete Romanization of the song’s lyrics on the Internet, and Owen switched on You-Tube to practice.

He learned to perform the Mandarin song in only two weeks! He received a standing ovation for his performance. American-born Chinese have often complained that it is too hard to sing a Chinese song. Doing it the

Owen way is the solution!

Owen’s support groups

In addition to the Asian community, Owen has close ties with the consul corps. The Ko-rean, German, Jamaican, Turkey, and Brazil-ian consuls all came to the event to celebrate with Owen.

A group dedicated to service work called the Washington Generals, which Owen is a part of, also attended. Warren Chinn is the only Asian general among them.

Chinn and 10 members of the Soo Yuen Be-nevolent Association were supposed to be in Los Angeles for a Lunar New Year banquet, but they decided to attend Owen’s party and canceled their trip instead.

Gifts for Owens

It wasn’t easy to think of gifts for the Ow-ens. We wanted them to be especially mean-ingful keepsakes.

A custom-designed jewelry set with silver earrings and double bracelets, designed by Elizabeth Younger, was presented to Linda Owen. The necklace’s green focal point was made with Japanese-designed serpentine, China-made green beads with pink flowers painted on them, and Buri beads from the Philippines.

We used Brad Owen’s name and translated it into two Chinese characters. Each character served as an inspiration in a single verse of a poem composed by the Seattle Chinese Post staff. Tien Tho Thai, the owner of the House of Hong, wrote the calligraphy.

歐君豪情滿華州 — Your passion is felt throughout the state of Washington

OPINION

■ PUBLISHER’S BLOG

■ COMMENTARY

Want to get the inside scoop on the latest happenings of Seattle’s Asian American community? Follow Publisher Assunta Ng’s blog at nwasianweekly.com under the Opinion section.

To read the publisher’s blog in Chinese, visit www.seattlechinesepost.com.

Behind the scenes at the Owen celebration

Owen and other Washington Generals on stage while Shula House (center) performs a song.

Anne Wing, her daughter-in-law Bette Luke, and Brad and Linda Owen

Eric Booker, from Snoqualmie Casino, and Brad Owen

Owen with framed articles by the Northwest Asian Weekly

文官風采貫四方 — An outstanding civil servant is Mr. Brad Owen

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By Mimi GanFOR THE NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Medina recently lost a major racial discrimination law-suit filed by former Police Chief Jeff Chen. Now, the city must decide whether to appeal or not. An appeal would be the

wrong thing to do and a waste of taxpayers’ money. Here’s why.

Common sense says not to throw good money after bad. The jury found for Chen on every single count, and Judge Zilly — a sea-

soned and respected federal judge appointed by President Reagan — made no major errors. The city council needs to get realistic advice from a fresh set of appellate lawyers, set emo-tions aside, and listen to their advice.

Beyond the business aspect of this, as a city government, Medina needs to consider what is morally right and the message it is sending its residents. The decision needs to be based on the facts and the council members’ moral compasses, not emotions and opinions based on incomplete news coverage or hearsay.

I sat through most of the trial because I have a strong interest in human rights issues. At the outset, I was skeptical of Chen’s claim that he was wrongfully terminated and race was a factor. How could this happen today in

what appears to be a racially tolerant and well-educated city like Medina? I am also Chinese American and we often look askance at those of us who may “play the race card.” But I also know what racial discrimination feels like.

As I sat through the trial, the truth became obvious. It is clear that Chen, who was seem-ingly loved by the community, was subjected to blatant old-school racism — from racial slurs to the lack of substantive due process in his firing. It took most of the 11-day trial to convince me that Chen had done nothing wrong and the actions city manager Donna Hanson took against Chen were extreme and racist. How extreme? So extreme that eight independent jurors unanimously agreed to award Chen in excess of $2 million.

As Chen’s at-torney Marianne Jones pointed out in her closing ar-guments, Chen is not a perfect man, but a good man. The defense painted Chen as a thief, liar, and corrupt cop, ap-propriately fired for those reasons. By the end of the trial, ev-ery single claim the City tried to argue was a legitimate basis for termination was either

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Medina: Do the right thing

Jeff ChenMimi Gan


The gift of presence

For three days last week, Lt. Governor Brad Owen was in the Chinatown–Inter-national District, attending a Chinese trade reception at the Ocean City Restaurant, Johnson’s sing and dance party, and the NW Asian Weekly’s Easter party honoring him and his wife Linda at the House of Hong.

Wasn’t he get tired after a long legisla-tive day in Olympia? How could he have so much energy and patience to quietly sit down for hours, listening to speeches and songs he couldn’t understand?

Christine Lee, owner of the Ocean City Res-taurant, said a few months ago that she and the Owens were at the same Chinese concert.

While Lee was sitting behind the Ow-ens, feeling bored to death, she observed that they were being good sports about the whole event.

Owen’s talented performance

Many in the audience at the NW Asian Weekly’s event knew that Owen could play the saxophone well, but no one knew that he had been secretly practicing a Chinese song for the occasion. After the saxophone performance, he sang a rendition of Teresa Teng’s “The Moon Represents My Heart.”

He sought help from Ron Chow’s aide Annie Chou while he was practicing. She found a complete Romanization of the song’s lyrics on the Internet, and Owen switched on YouTube to practice.

He learned to perform the Mandarin song in only two weeks! He received a standing ovation for his performance. American-born Chinese have often complained it is too hard to sing a Chinese song. Doing it

the Owen way is the solution!

Owen’s support groups

In addition to the Asian community, Owen has close ties with the consul corps. The Korean, German, Jamaican, Turkey and Brazilian consuls all came to the event to celebrate with Owen.

A group dedicated to service work called the Washington Generals, which Owen is a part of, also attended. Warren Chinn is the only Asian general among them.

Chinn and 10 members of the Soo Yuen Benevolent Association were supposed to be in Los Angeles for a Lunar New Year banquet, but they decided to attend Owen’s party and canceled their trip instead.

Gifts for Owens

It wasn’t easy to think of gifts for the Owens. We wanted them to be especially meaningful keepsakes.

A custom-designed jewelry set with silver earrings and double bracelets was presented to Linda Owen. The necklace’s green focal point was made with Japanese-designed serpentine, China-made green beads with pink flowers painted on them, and Buri beads from the Philippines.

We used Brad Owen’s name and translated it into two Chinese characters. Each charac-ter served as an inspiration in a single verse of a poem composed by Seattle Chinese Post staff. Tien Tho Thai, the owner of the House of Hong, wrote the calligraphy.

歐君豪情滿華州 — Your passion is felt throughout the state of Washington

OPINION

■ PUBLISHER’S BLOG

■ COmmENtaRy

Want to get the inside scoop on the latest happenings of Seattle’s Asian American community? Follow Publisher Assunta Ng’s blog at nwasianweekly.com under the Opinion section.

To read the publisher’s blog in Chinese, visit www.seattlechinesepost.com.

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By Mimi GanFOR THE NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Medina recently lost a major racial discrimination law-suit filed by former Police Chief Jeff Chen. Now the city must decide wheth-er to appeal or not. An appeal would be

the wrong thing to do and a waste of tax-payer money. Here’s why:

Common sense says not to throw good money after bad. The jury found for Chen on every single count, and Judge Zilly — a sea-

soned and respected federal judge appointed by President Reagan — made no major er-rors. The city council needs to get realistic advice from a fresh set of appellate lawyers, set emotions aside, and listen to the advice.

Beyond the business aspect of this, as a city government Medina needs to consider what is morally right and the message it is sending its residents. The decision needs to be based on the facts and the councilmembers’ moral compasses, not emotions and opinions based on incomplete news coverage or hearsay.

I sat through most of the trial because I have a strong interest in human rights is-sues. At the outset, I was skeptical of Chen’s claim that he was wrongfully ter-minated and race was a factor. How could

this happen today in what appears to be a racially tolerant and well-educated city like Medina? I am also Chinese American and we often look askance at those of us who may “play the race card.” But I also know what racial discrimination feels like.

As I sat through the trial, the truth be-came obvious. It is clear that Chen, who was seemingly loved by the community, was subjected to blatant old-school racism — from racial slurs to the lack of substan-tive due process in his firing. It took most of the 11-day trial to convince me that Chen had done nothing wrong and the actions city manager Donna Hanson took against Chen were extreme and racist. How extreme? So extreme that eight independent jurors unan-

imously agreed to award Chen in ex-cess of $2 million.

As Chen’s at-torney, Marianne Jones, pointed out in her closing ar-guments, Chen is not a perfect man but a good man. The defense paint-ed Chen as a thief, liar, and corrupt cop, appropriately fired for those reasons. By the end of the trial every single claim the City tried to argue was a

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Medina: Do the right thing

Jeff ChenMimi Gan

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Since immigrating to the United States, Dr. Austin Huang has worked to preserve his Chinese heritage through music.

On Sunday, April 21, Huang will present A Colorful Musical Journey, an Asian American’s Musical Dream Concert, at Benaroya Hall — a performance that blends traditional Chinese music with Western orchestral music.

The concert will present original Asian folk music, heard at the event for the first time arranged in symphonic form. There

will be pieces for traditional Chinese instruments, such as the erhu, jingerhu, and jinghu, as well as violin and cello. Other traditional Asian instruments, such as pipa and guzheng, will be heard folded with a Western orchestra.

Although Austin became an American citizen in the 1990s, he had not studied music in China. Rather, he brought with him the memory of musical themes from his homeland and revisited them when he began study in the United States, studying under American composer Roger Briggs.

This concert will bring many people from Korea, China, Canada, and the United States together on stage to perform compositions by Li Fang of the Xinghai Conservatory and Jirong Huang of Canada, as well as by Briggs and Huang of the United States. Hoang’s Jinghu and Jingerhu Double Concerto is the first ever 12-tone composition to feature the jinghu and jingerhu, two-string, bowed instruments normally heard in Chinese Opera.

Over 200 musicians will grace the stage, including Chinese and Korean choirs; Korean singers Dohee Kim and Yu-Seok Oh; Geling Jiang, on jinghu; Yun Song, on jingerhu; and Jirong Huang, on erhu. Concertmaster Victoria Parker will lead Sharyn Peterson, violin soloist, and Matt Rehfelt, cello soloist, and a full Western symphony conducted by Briggs. n

A Colorful Musical Journey will be presented at Benaroya Hall on April 21 at 7 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit ChineseCultureFestival.org.

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A scene from the 2012 performance

At 25, most young men and women are trying to fulfill their dreams, but Arunabh has been fighting for his life against leukemia for the past four years. Arunabh is one of hundreds of thousands of international students that come to the United States each year, bringing with them much-needed revenue and talent to support higher education.

However, the United States health care system is not yet built to help the few students who require coverage for expensive treatments, such as that for cancer.

Despite the adversity he faces, Arunabh’s zest for life and keen interest in completing his education endures. Even while undergoing the cancer treatment process, he has completed three semesters of undergraduate studies and secured a scholarship.

Arunabh can still win his battle against cancer. His doctors at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance are optimistic about the outcomes and strongly believe that a transplant needs to be done as soon as possible, before his condition starts deteriorating again. If a transplant is delayed, he will have to go through chemotherapy once again.

The double cord blood transplant as prescribed by doctors at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will cost $972,000 and this amount is required to be deposited before the transplant process begins. Unfortunately, for the purpose of the transplant, his medical insurance will cover only $350,000.

In order to cover the rest of the cost, the Washington State–India Trade Relations Action Committee is launching a drive for donations.

“We hope to create more awareness about this issue,” said WASITRAC Co-chair Habib H. Habib. “Cancer may be very rare among the international students, but it is still there and the treatment is expensive. Students, who come from abroad, are not only brilliant, but can contribute a lot to this nation. The least our educational institutions should be able to do is ensure them with some kind of provision that would cover such eventuality.” n

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said Bellevue Mayor Conrad Lee. During the event, several friends, family mem-

bers, and community leaders appeared on stage to speak about Brad and Linda Owen.

Performances and gifts were presented to the Owens. Evelyn Wong performed a song entitled “Congratulations to Brad and Linda Owen” in Chinese. Lena Hou performed a song she wrote called “How Sweet is Brad Owen.” Debadutta Dash, co-chair of WASITRAC, led a Bollywood-style dance, bringing an unsuspecting Linda Owen on stage. Following the performances, community activist Nora Chan took the stage to introduce the Lt. Governor, who would play the saxophone for the audience.

“I stated working closely with the Lt. Governor 5 years ago when I joined him on an economic devel-opment mission to Hong Kong and China,” she said in Chinese. “I am impressed with him because he come regularly to Chinatown to meet us, join our cultural activities, and to help make our Chinatown a better place. He doesn’t just come here at cam-paign time to gather votes or fundraise.”

After the performance, Owen surprised the crowd with the highlight of the evening, a vocal performance of the popular Chinese song “The Moon Represents My Heart.”

Although Owen does not speak Chinese, he learned how to sing the song specifically for the event.

“It shows respect for people when you try to say even a few words [in their language],” Owen said. “I wanted to do something special for them in respect for what they did for me.”

Many of Owen’s colleagues came out in sup-port that evening.

“It just shows that on Easter Sunday, a time for families, with Brad here, it’s just like a family celebrating,” Lee said. “He is a very community-oriented person. We are a part of his family.”

The event was well received.“Asian Weekly’s event made everyone look

good,” said Y.P. Chan, a China trade consultant, “It’s wonderful to have the participation of the diverse Asian community. The event raised the political profile of the Asian community. It also did good by raising funds for ACRS. It’s a win-win for the community.”

“We both feel so honored,” Linda Owen said. “[The community] has really embraced us and we’ve embraced them.”

“Everyone coming out on Easter was very emotional and moving,” Brad Owen said. “I can’t tell you how grateful I am.”

For more photos from the event, visit page 9.Additional reporting by Zachariah Bryan.

Ninette Cheng can be contacted at [email protected].


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Sealed Bid Time/Date: 1:30pm, April 11, 2013

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The work performed under this Contract shall not exceed $700,000.00 and the initial Contract Time shall not exceed 365 calendar days from the date of Contract execution by the County. The County does not guarantee any minimum amount of work or that the dollar amount of the Work Orders issued will total $700,000.00 during the duration of this Contract. At the County’s sole discretion, this Contract may be extended for one additional year or until the Not to Exceed Contract Price is reached, whichever occurs first. In no event shall the Contract Time be greater than two years from the date of Contract execution by the County.

Contact Information: Kelly McKeever, Contract Specialist, 206-263-9389, TTY Relay: 711, Fax: 206-296-7675, or [email protected] . Submit all bidders’ questions in writing via email. No verbal answers by any County personnel or its agents and consultants will be binding on the County.

Subcontracting Opportunities: Concrete Sawing, Joint Sealing, Excavating, and Trucking Apprenticeship Requirements: No minimum Apprentice Utilization Requirement. SCS Utilization Requirements: No minimum SCS Utilization Requirement.Bid Bond: Not less than five percent (5%) of the Total Bid PriceBid Bond: Not less than five percent 5% of the Not to Exceed Amount of $700,000.00 or $35,000.00 must accompany our bid. Bid Documents (NEW INSTRUCTIONS):

Electronic copies of the plans, specifications, reference documents, and any addenda for this solicitation are available on the King County Procurement website shown below. Printed documents may also be ordered by contacting United Reprographics at 206-382-1177. Copies of documents are not available for purchase from King County, but are available for review M–F, 8:00am - 5:00pm, at the Contracts Counter: Chinook Bldg, 3rd Floor 401 Fifth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104.

To receive email notifications of addenda or other important information concerning this solicitation, you must register to be a planholder under the “Solicitations” tab at the following internet link:

Website: http://www.kingcounty.gov/procurement/solicitations

This information is available in alternate formats for individuals with disabilities upon advance request by calling 206-263-9400, TTY Relay: 711.

Notes: Bids received after Sealed Bid Time will not be considered. Bidders accept all risks of late delivery, regardless of fault. King County is not responsible for any costs incurred in response to this Invitation to Bid.

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explained or never substantiated by the defense. The jury saw through the City’s pretenses and found the truth. Un-fortunately, those unproven accusations will continue to linger in people’s minds.

Jeff Chen has been tarred and feathered in the court of public opinion. His reputation has suffered irreparable damage. It speaks to his character that he is willing to forsake the millions he was awarded to return to the job he loved and was good at.

Because of the action of a few, Medina looks like some southern backwater of the 1960s. The Medina City Coun-cil and its good citizens need to clean up city government and put this sordid bit of history behind them. If you have friends in Medina, please encourage them to take part in this civic discourse – it’s time to take action and move forward. That begins with a council resolution, not to ap-peal. It’s not only good business, but more importantly, it’s the moral and right thing to do. n

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exhibitions staff, I Am Filipino seeks to both dynamically represent and help build upon the narrative of the Filipino experience through inviting visitors to contribute and archive their own experiences.

Mejia-Giudici first approached The Wing Luke Museum in 2009, hoping to organize a photo exhibi-tion in tandem with a conference of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) sched-uled to take place at Seattle Univer-sity. However, because the museum plans its shows several years in ad-vance, Mejia-Giudici was forced to postpone her vision for a display. Later, a museum staff member en-couraged her to submit a formal proposal for a broader exhibition that could be installed in the Com-munity Portrait Gallery.

Mejia-Giudici’s idea for a show was to present historical and fac-tual information about the Filipino experience. In her work as an edu-cator at Roosevelt High School, she had encountered numerous Filipino American students who identified as Filipino, but didn’t have a real understanding of their heritage.

I Am Filipino sought to address this gap by presenting the historical challenges faced by Filipino Ameri-cans.

A color photo installation featur-ing diverse and multi-generational images of Filipino Americans fills one wall of the gallery. Drawn from dozens of photos taken at the annual Pista sa Nayon Festival at Seward Park in 2011 and loaned by the FANHS, the photo mural provides a wide view of Seattle’s ever-evolving Filipino community. Quotes reflect-ing upon the nature of Filipino iden-tity fill out the display. A central quote reads, “It’s hard to say what being Filipino is. It can be anything. For me personally, it is about priori-tizing family and laughing as much as you can.”

Mejia-Giudici hopes that as the

exhibition continues, photographs from the mural can be exchanged to reflect images of visitors to the show. The photo wall is comple-mented by an interactive computer station in the gallery that allows gallery-goers to scroll through slideshows shared by other visitors.

“We’ve had more than 50 photo submissions since we opened the exhibit in March 2012, in addition to the more than 125 photos we col-lected during Pista sa Nayon and more than 25 photos collected at the Filipino Community Center Christ-mas Party in December 2011,” said Jessica Rubenacker, exhibits spe-cialist at The Wing.

In addition to sharing photos, vis-itors are encouraged to record oral histories of friends and family mem-bers speaking on their experiences of being Filipino American. Three thematic listening stations installed in the gallery feature nearly a dozen oral histories that explore topics of Filipino American history, Filipino identity, and culture and communi-ty. Mejia-Giudici hopes that the oral histories installed on the listening stations will be refreshed over time with new recordings.

“So far, we haven’t had anyone conduct an oral history yet,” said Rubenacker. “But there is a woman who plans to come in to interview her father, who is one of the last sur-viving vets from the Bataan Death March in the area.”

A display mounted on an inte-rior wall provides a timeline and history of the different waves of immigration from the Philippines to the United States, drawing from the work of Fred Cordova, found-ing president of FANHS. Beginning with the first wave prior to 1906, the historical overview identifies four major migrations, tracking immi-gration patterns up to 1965 and the present day. Prominent Seattle-area Filipinos are highlighted throughout the timeline, including Dolores Si-bonga — the first Filipina American to serve on the Seattle City Council,

Velma Veloria — the first Filipina American state legislator, Bob San-tos, and Alex Tizon and Byron Aco-hido — two Pulitzer-award winning journalists for the Seattle Times.

One last wall provides a small space where visitors can creatively express their experience of the ex-hibition and what being Filipino American means to them. Mejia-Gi-udici hopes to see the space expand-ed, so that visitors can continue to make the exhibition theirs, creating their own “I Am” statements using graffiti, notes, and pictures that en-large the space and add their voices to what it means to be Filipino.

“They have a disconnect with the Filipino community,” Mejia-Giu-dicci said. “Just because we don’t speak Tagalog doesn’t mean we’re not Filipino.” n

“I Am Filipino” is one of several exhibitions currently installed in The Wing’s Community Portrait Gallery. Other exhibitions include Alaskero: A Documentary Exhibit on Pioneer Filipino Cannery Workers; Vietnam in the Rearview Mirror; and additional displays on the Sikh and Khmer cultures. For more information, visit www.wingluke.org/exhibitions/special.htm.

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earlier rise of Japan and South Korea as manu-facturing powerhouses.

Those booming commercial ties are one of the few bright spots for relations among the three. The legacy of Japan’s colonial occupa-tion of South Korea until 1945 and its World War II-era atrocities in China has provided fer-tile ground for animosity.

Beijing and Tokyo’s dispute over the sover-eignty of East China Sea islands led last year to anti-Japanese riots in China and a damaging consumer boycott of Japanese autos and other goods. China and South Korea’s relations have been strained over Beijing’s continuing support for North Korea, even as the North engages in threatening behavior and rhetoric.

Against that background, progress toward a free trade zone that would be the world’s third largest could easily be interrupted by any flare-up in political tensions. A separate Japan-South Korea trade deal has languished since talks were halted in 2004, as they could not narrow disagreements over opening agricultural trade. Negotiating a three-way deal among countries at different stages of development, and each with industries lobbying for protection from competition is by itself a complicated affair.

“Usually, it takes around one to three years at the least to conclude FTA talks with a large trading partner, but I think the ongoing talks may take more time, considering the impor-tance and size of the involved countries and the fact that they are three-way negotiations,” Choi Kyong-lim, South Korea’s chief negotiator, told reporters according to Yonhap.

The talks between China, Japan, and South Korea come amid a slew of moves to lower trade barriers, as nations seek to reinvigorate economic growth that is still lagging in the af-termath of the 2008 global financial crisis.

South Korea, which already has free trade pacts with the European Union and its U.S. mil-itary ally, is separately negotiating a trade deal with China. As part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies to lift the Japanese economy out of two decades of stagnation, Japan has start-ed negotiations with the EU and is seeking to join talks for a Pacific trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership that is being led by the United States.

Some experts see China’s possible deal with Japan and South Korea as its attempt to counter the United States, which is turning its foreign and economic policy focus to Asia. They urge South Korea to also join the U.S.-led Pacific trade deal to balance already heavy reliance on trade with China.

Despite concerns about greater competition in some industries, the South Korean govern-ment said a free trade bloc with China and Japan would sharply lower non-tariff barriers

and boost its exports to both countries.The government-funded Korea Institute for

International Economic Policy estimates as much as a 0.44 percentage point addition to South Korea’s annual growth rate during the five years after the deal took effect.

The auto industry will be a particularly sen-sitive issue for South Korea, where automak-ers and unions are likely to lobby vociferously against greater Japanese penetration of a mar-ket that domestic producers such as Hyundai Motor Co. dominate with 90 percent of sales.

South Korean cars are not popular in Japan, while Korean consumers have lately been snap-ping Japanese vehicles, such as Nissan’s Cube. South Korea shipped just $33 million worth of vehicles to Japan in 2012, while importing $523 million Japanese cars, according to Korea International Trade Association.

“We are concerned about the free trade deal with Japan,” said Kim Tae-nyen, an executive director at Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association. “We don’t expect much gain from a deal with China” as Korean automakers al-ready sell locally produced vehicles in China.

Agriculture is also expected to be a sticking point in negotiations as both South Korea and Japan must contend with powerful farmer lob-bies worried that cheap Chinese agricultural products will flood domestic markets.

China, meanwhile, is likely to seek lower tariffs on its agricultural products and labor-in-tensive manufactured goods. But trade experts said Beijing will be reluctant to open its service industries or to allow a freer inflow of foreign capital — areas in which South Korea wants to remove barriers.

AP Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach in Tokyo contributed to this story.

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Now, it’s Ryu’s turn to be the darling of the large Korean population in Southern California — without the grand slams.

“I followed his career a pretty good deal,” Ryu said through a translator on Friday, March 29, before an exhibition game against the Angels. “I was only in grade school when Chan Ho was pitch-ing, but I do remember waking up in the early mornings just to catch some of the games. He is definitely a role model for me and a lot of my peers in baseball who are a similar age. All of us started playing baseball because we were inspired by Chan Ho Park back in the day.”

The 25-year-old left-hander had a solid spring training, going 2-2 with a 3.29 ERA in six starts and one relief outing. He retired all 12 batters he faced Thurs-day, March 28 at Angel Stadium, com-bining with six relievers on a two-hitter. On March 23, he held the Chicago White Sox to one hit over seven innings in a 10-4 victory, while retiring 17 of his last 18 batters.

“He’s kind of been as advertised to this point,” manager Don Mattingly said. “He’s been pretty good and he’s had a really nice spring. He pitches quick and does everything you want him to do. So as we keep moving forward, I think everybody’s pretty confident this guy knows what he’s doing and he’s ready to go.”

Ryu agreed to a $36 million, six-year contract with the Dodgers after they bid $25.7 million to win exclusive rights to

negotiate with him. He is the first player to go directly from the Korean league to the major leagues, debuting against the World Series champion San Francisco Gi-ants.

“He’s very poised, very confident, and obviously, he’s got good stuff,” Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt said.

“Each outing seems to be sharper and sharper, which is what you want going into the season. His last three or four outings can’t be much sharper than what it’s been. His fastball command has been there, and the velocity is starting to creep up with it, so it’s a good combination. His breaking stuff is definitely improv-ing, and the change-up is also there, so that’s got to be in the back of your mind, too.”

Even though he got his first look at Dodger Stadium as a member of the team on March 28, Ryu is no stranger to Chavez Ravine.

“I remember back in 2009 when I came to this stadium to play two games in the WBC, and I was just a guest of this ball-park,” he said.

“But to come back here and call this my home field, it’s an honor and it feels really good seeing the facility and how great it is, and how it just makes it easier for me to play good baseball.

“I’ve already felt a lot of support from the local Korean Americans here, and I think it’s now on me to go out there and perform on the baseball field,” he added. “I’m definitely more confident before the start of the season than the first time I came to camp. My physicality is to the point that I’m comfortable with.” n


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“We don’t ask for a million dollars or something like that because we know the government doesn’t have enough mon-ey,” said Phouthasack. He said he wants the standard benefits, such as medical care and the option of a military burial.

When the war ended in 1975, most unit members escaped the communist takeover in Laos by fleeing to refugee camps in Thailand, before thousands moved to the United States. Phouthasack served the U.S. military for 20 years in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thai-land, before he moved to Connecticut in

1983 with his family and became a U.S. citizen.

Dennis Tarciani, who served in the Marines during the Vietnam War and is a senior adviser at the SGU National Head-quarters, said the unit members saved many American lives.

“One pilot was downed 12 times and saved by the SGU each time,” Tarciani said. “The SGU were recruited, trained, paid, and led by the U.S. government. They feel that they were a part of the American military.”

Conn. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy attended the opening ceremony, joined by U.S. Reps. John Larson and Joe Courtney, both Democrats, and other U.S. military officials. n


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focused on children. After graduate school, Chow became a teacher at Hamilton Internation-al Middle School. This started a long career in education. Chow would continue on to become the principal of Sharples Junior High (now Aki Kurose Middle School Academy), before tempo-rarily leaving education to join the Seattle City Council in 1990. She would become a member of a city council that included had three Asian American members; herself, Charlie Chong, and Martha Choe, in 1997.

Chow returned to her education career, serv-ing as the principal of Franklin High School and Garfield High School, after an unsuccess-ful mayoral campaign following her two city council terms. In 2005, she was elected to the Seattle School Board during a time where the district saw increasing school closures and in-stability. She would retire from the school board two terms later, leaving the district much more stable.

“I’m more confident now, after the past four years, that we have an increasingly unified community that recognizes the importance of public education, and that we cannot fail our kids,” Chow said in 2009, after announc-

ing her decision not to seek re-election. “The board is committed to working together with the superintendent, and most importantly, willing to make tough and sometimes unpop-ular decisions. I am confident we have a stra-tegic plan in place to raise academic achieve-ment and give students the tools they need to be successful.”

She also focused on youth outside of her professional life. She often highlighted how important her involvement with the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team was to her. She began participating in the team at the age of 6 and would go on to help organize and lead it. She also coached basketball, starting a fifth- and sixth-grade girls basketball team, and she worked with the Girls Scouts of West-ern Washington, as the low-income outreach program director.

Following her cancer diagnosis, Chow’s “last crusade” became speaking publicly about her sexual orientation. Chow came out as lesbian in August 2012 and married her partner on March 16, 2013. Together, they have a daughter. She said that one of her biggest regrets was not telling her mother, Ruby Chow, before she died.

“Why did I come out after 66 years of quietly being gay and in the closet?” she said at a city council event honoring her in September 2012. “I want kids out there who are not only Asian, but white, Black, Filipino, whatever to pick up the newspaper and say to their parents, ‘Look, you’ve been voting for Cheryl Chow for years. You’ve been supporting her. And you didn’t see anything wrong with her, and she’s gay. So what’s wrong with me being gay?’ And if I can help one child from committing suicide or feel-ing bad about themselves, then this is my last crusade.”

She continued, “When I said I wasted 66 years, I didn’t mean because I was in the closet. What I meant was I could have helped so many more people and kids from not committing sui-cide or not feeling bad about themselves, but in-stead finding out who they really were.”

Chow was preceded in death by her parents. In addition to her wife and child, Chow is sur-vived by her brothers Edward, Shelton, Brien, and Mark. n

A memorial service is planned for April 20 at 11 a.m. at Town Hall. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Soci-ety of Washington. A scholarship fund for Liliana Morningstar-Chow will also be created.

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