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Tragic post Panama Hotel

seeks new owner International District’s historical national treasure looking for a new future

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Craigslist ad leads to alleged murder of church piano teacher

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly A 32-year-old pianist was found dead in his Lynnwood townhome in what authorities believe is a result of an ad he placed on the website Craigslist.org.

A 23-year-old man was being held in custody in California, accused of killing Christopher Davis.

Davis posted ads in Craigslist’s classifieds section seeking a housekeeper with the underlying request for an intimate relationship.

Police said they found an ad

posted on Craigslist on Sept.

4 titled “Lking for hot male housecleaner.” The ad was linked to an email account belonging to Davis, according to the charges.

In September, Davis failed to arrive for Sunday services and teach piano lessons at Kirkland Congregational United Church of Christ, where he also worked as Director of Music Ministry.

Friends and church leaders were concerned, leading to a request for police to check on Davis at his home. His body was found in his home on Sept. 20. He {see DAVIS cont’d on page 15}

Photo by Peggy Chapman/NWAW

Christopher Davis

Tea room at the Panama Hotel

By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly The National Trust and the Panama Hotel’s current owner Jan Johnson are moving forward on an important step toward ensuring the hotel’s future.

The hotel is a national landmark located in Seattle’s Chinatown/International District. The National Trust and Johnson released a Request for Proposals to find the next owner of the Panama Hotel. {see PANAMA HOTEL cont’d on page 15}

Huskies and Horns in Shanghai UW basketball vs. Texas in China

Photo provided by Shawn Wong

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly

From left: Malik Dime, Shawn Wong, and Marquese Chriss

Imagine a Husky basketball player shooting three points in a Shanghai arena, Yao Ming of legendary basketball fame and Jack Ma of Alibaba opening their mouths in disbelief, and a sea of Chinese fans leaping out of their seats going wild.

This could be a reality on Nov. 14 when the University of Washington Huskies basketball 2015-16 season opener against the University of Texas is held in China as part of the Pac-12 Conference.

This will be the first regular season game, professional or

collegiate, to be played in China.

The game will be held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, which holds a capacity of 18,000.

About 50 people will be in the delegation, including UW President Ana Mari Cauce, Professor Shawn Wong, and former U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke.

“Basketball is very popular in China,” Wong said. “About 300 million people play basketball in China.”

During the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Kobe Bryant and LeBron {see UW HUSKIES cont’d on

page 15}

Official Name: Pac-12 China Game Universities: University of Washington Huskies vs. University of Texas Longhorns Date/Venue: Nov. 14 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai Time/Broadcast: 11 a.m. local Shanghai time. Broadcast live in the United States on ESPN on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. local Seattle time.

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COMMUNITY Kong Yick building receives grant » Page 6

COMMUNITY What you didn’t know about the ID » Page 7

COMMENTARY What happens without Donnie Chin? » Page 11

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■ names in the news Thousands at tai chi event set Guinness world record

Practicing Chen Taiji in Queen Anne

The 11th Generation direct-line successor of Chen Family Taiji Chuan Grand Master Chen Zhen Lei’s three disciples of Seattle: Master Yijiao Hong (front left), Master Viola Brumbaugh (front middle), and Master Ning Wang (front right) lead their students in practicing Chen Taiji in Kerry Park in Queen Anne on Oct. 18. The event was held to support an initiative to set the second Saturday of May as “World Taijiquan Day” and was linked to an event to set the Tai Chi Guinness World record in China.

Grand Master Chen Zhen Lei announced the “World Taijiquan Day” initiative during the opening ceremony of Tai Chi practice events in Jiaozuo, birthplace of Tai Chi, in Henan, eastern China. A total of 52,000 Tai Chi practitioners successfully set a new Guinness World Record for the most number of people performing the art simultaneously, in Jiaozuo on Oct. 18. The record-breaking event was supported by Tai Chi lovers in cities across China and in cities around the world including Seattle. 

Powerlifting gold medalist Alma Kimura recently won a gold medal in the world powerlifting championships Sept. 28. On Sept. 16, she won another gold medal, this time in the “raw nationals” in Scranton, Pa. Kimura, a Georgetown University law-school

graduate who practices solo in estate planning, probate and family law on Capitol Hill, was recruited by a tennis colleague who powerlifts. She told Kimura: “You have the perfect body for powerlifting” and “What sport can you enter at 50 or 60 and become a state, national or even world champion? Come in and try Alma Kimura (left) and Hatsuko Kimura it out.”

Kimura won silver at the Masters Nationals in Baton Rouge in May 2014. In June 2014, she set four more American records at a local meet.

She won silver in the Masters Nationals in San Antonio in May this year, setting an American deadlift record (314 pounds). She also competed with Team USA in the International Powerlifting Federation World Master Powerlifting Championships in Denver in September. 

Whitney Memorial Methodist Church, all in Puyallup, Wash.

From April to September 1942, Elsie and Cho lived on the Puyallup fairgrounds before moving to Minidoka, Idaho, for internment.

Elsie is the president of the Puyallup Valley Chapter of the JACL, Eileen is the vice president, and Cho is a chapter member. 

40th anniversary celebration

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Presentation recalls internment Paul Mar raises his bid card to support SCIDpda

From left to right: Elsie Taniguchi, Cho Shimuzu, and Eileen Yamada Lamphere

On Oct. 14, 2015, Elsie Taniguchi, Cho Shimizu, and Eileen Yamada Lamphere presented a PowerPoint program about the Puyallup Assembly Center, aka Camp Harmony.

This presentation was a joint effort by the Puyallup First Christian Church, Puyallup United Methodist Church, and

The Wing Luke Museum hosted the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority’s (SCIDpda) 40th Anniversary Celebration on Oct. 16. There was food, drink, and a raffle.

There also was a live auction for 14 packages including a “Seattle Sports Frenzy” package (Seahawks tickets), a “Dream Dinner for Eight,” a Vietnamese dinner at the home of SCIDpda Council Chair Dr. David Chang, and another auction dinner for eight hosted by Executive Director Maiko Winkler-Chin, Deputy Director Veronica Wood, and former SCIDpda council member Jennifer Phang.

Overall, the event raised approximately $97,000. 

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■ national news

Ginseng in the U.S. rebounds

By Barry Adams Wisconsin State Journal

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Few crops compare to American ginseng.

The beige root resembles a cross between a carrot and a turnip and above ground a combination potato and strawberry plant. The complexity, vulnerability and price of ginseng, however, are unmatched compared to most produce grown in Wisconsin soil.

This is a crop that can be grown only once on a plot of land, and it takes four to five years to go from seed to harvest.

Weekly sprayings are needed to prevent disease and fungus.

Threats are constant from too much rain, early frosts, late snows and wild turkeys that damage the fragile plants while scratching for insects.

Ginseng growers are challenged by volatile prices, land availability, labor shortages and the need for specialized equipment that can be expensive to buy and in some cases

must be custom-built. Product fraud is an ongoing problem because Wisconsin growers produce a higher-quality, moreexpensive type of ginseng compared to what is grown in Canada and China.

But there is no better place in the country than the 11 central Wisconsin counties to grow Panax Quinquefolius. The root is valued for its high levels of ginsenocide, the active ingredient that is used in teas, cooking, crushed into pill form or used as part of a medicinal concoction.

A recent study by Mayo Clinic and North Central Cancer Treatment Group researchers found that Wisconsin ginseng is effective in boosting energy levels in cancer patients.

“I like to think of it as finicky,” said Nick Sandquist, farm manager for Hsu Ginseng, one of the state’s largest ginseng operations, located northeast of Wausau near Brokaw. “It’s terribly labor intensive, but the demand for it is great.”

The rural landscape here accounts for 95 percent of U.S.produced ginseng. About 70 to 80 percent of the crop, after it is dried in kilns, is packed into barrels and exported to Asia, where the ginseng is highly coveted for its medicinal properties, which include reducing fatigue and increasing virility.

Dried, cultivated ginseng can sell for between $65 and $85 a pound. Much older wild ginseng, scavenged for in the woods, can sell for more than $500 a pound.

The ginseng farms, though, are easy to spot with their manmade structures of black mesh or wood lattice suspended on poles and cable 8 feet in the air to create the shade needed for the plant’s survival.

But almost 20 years after more than 1,500 farms produced 2.2 million pounds of ginseng, farm numbers and the annual harvest have been drastically reduced as a result of a flood of product from China and Canada. The two countries combine

for annual harvests that approach nearly 10 million pounds.

The good news for Wisconsin ginseng growers is the growth over the last four years, increased marketing and consumers demanding to know their food’s origins.

“I think we’re entering what people might say is the third golden age of this product,” said Will Hsu, a second-generation ginseng farmer, who has a Master of Business Administration from Harvard. “This area has an origin story that can’t be duplicated anywhere else. There’s 100 years of history here.

It’s very much like France and wine. People know this area for producing some of the highest-quality ginseng in the world.”

The first era began in the early 1900s when brothers Walter, Edward, John and Henry Fromm began growing ginseng southwest of Merrill to support their silver fox business, the Wisconsin State Journal (http://bit.ly/1LqnZ2N ) reports.

After World War II, demand continued to expand and ginseng farms grew near Wausau. The second golden age was from 1960 through the mid-1990s when both the price and demand for American ginseng continued to increase. In 1992, exports hit $104 million according to a 2009 study by Len Cheng and Paul D. Mitchell in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at UW-Madison.

But after a peak in 1996, sales of state ginseng plummeted to $20.8 million in 2005 due to a decline in world market prices.

The economics forced many farmers out of the business but production has slowly increased.

Dave Schumacher, 42, grows and buys ginseng from an office in downtown Marathon City. Most of his products consist of sliced or whole roots, many sold in 4-ounce packages ordered through the company’s website. At one time, he farmed 40 acres of ginseng but now has just over {see GINSENG cont’d on page 12}

■ sports

Ko wins LPGA Taiwan to regain No. 1 spot

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lydia Ko ran away with the LPGA Taiwan Championship on Sunday to regain the No. 1 spot in the world ranking.

The 18-year-old New Zealander holed a 30-yard pitch for eagle on the par- Lydia Ko 5 12th and finished with a 7-under 65 in sunny, breezy conditions at Miramar for a nine-

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stroke victory. Ko took the top spot in the world from South Korea’s Inbee Park with her fifth LPGA Tour victory of the season and the 10th of her career.

Park skipped her title defense at Miramar to play in a Korea LPGA event, where she tied for second Sunday. Ko also took the top spot from Park with a second-place tie in the seasonopening event in Florida. Park moved back in front with her major victory in the Women’s PGA Championship in June in New York.

“In Ocala, I was disappointed in the way I finished,” Ko said. “Coming tied second and being world No. 1, I think it’s

a little different right now. I think I played really consistently well the last couple weeks, so I think it’s something we can all celebrate and I want to share this with my whole team.”

At 18 years, 6 months, 1 day, Ko is the youngest to win 10 events on a major tour. Horton Smith set the PGA Tour mark of 21 years, 7 months in 1929. Nancy Lopez set the previous LPGA Tour record in 1979 at 22 years, 2 months, 5 days.

“I actually met her in Cleveland for an outing a couple months ago,” Ko said about Lopez. “She’s such an amazing {see KO cont’d on page 15}

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Tearful cross-border reunion may be last for elderly Koreans SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 98-yearold South Korean man cried loudly and repeatedly buried his face in a handkerchief as his elderly North Korean son, who last saw his father as a 5-year-old, watched calmly from across the table.

Meanwhile, an 88-year-old South Korean woman sobbed uncontrollably as she embraced her crying 64-year-old son, whom Seoul says was abducted by the North in 1972.

And two elderly North Korean women knelt and bowed to their 98-year-old South Korean father, who brought with him red, flower-patterned shoes he had promised his daughters 65 years ago.

Such scenes created a wave of emotions Saturday at North Korea’s scenic Diamond Mountain resort, where the rival Koreas began the second and final round of reunions of families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War. About 250 South Koreans, including more than 30 over the age of 90, arrived at the resort hours earlier for three-day meetings with 190 of their North Korean relatives most hadn’t heard from for more than 60 years.

In the first round of reunions earlier in the

Photo by Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP

By Kim Tong-Hyung Associated Press

South Korean mother Kim Wol-soon, 93, weeps with her North Korean son Ju Jae Un, 72, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at the Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015.

Hundreds of South Koreans began meetings with their relatives in North Korea on Saturday in the second and final reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

week, about 390 South Koreans traveled to the resort to meet with 180 North Korean relatives.

For many participants from both countries, their first meeting after decades of separation will likely be their last, considering their age. Most of the South Koreans traveled to the North by bus on Saturday, but at least two were brought by

ambulance because of their fragile health.

“I remember seeing you as a baby, but you are so old now,” a sobbing Lee Seokju, 98, told his 70-year-old North Korean son, Ri Dong Wuk, whom he left behind in 1950 as he fled to the South to avoid being mobilized for the North Korean army.

Ri constantly smiled and spoke softly to his father, showing him several family photos and explaining to him what happened to the family members he left in the North.

South Korea’s government says that North Korean Jong Kun Mok was one of more than 20 crew members of two South Korean fishing vessels who were abducted by the North in 1972 while trawling near the western sea border between the countries. One of the fishermen managed to escape from the North and returned to South Korea in 2013.

Seoul believes about 500 South Koreans have been abducted by the North since the

end of the war and says it has lost track of most of them.

The North denies abducting South Koreans, but has allowed some individuals Seoul says were kidnapped to meet their relatives in reunions.

As soon as he saw Lee Bok-soon, Jong shouted “Mother!” and rushed to embrace her. Lee, sitting in a wheelchair, wept and touched her son’s face, but struggled to find words.

“I am glad that you are alive, mother,” Jong later said, before introducing Lee to his North Korean wife.

The highly emotional reunions, which are held irregularly between the rivals, double as a reminder that the Korean Peninsula is still in a technical state of war because the Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.

Before the current reunions, about 18,800 Koreans had participated in 19 face-to-face reunions held between the countries since 2000.

Both Koreas ban ordinary citizens from visiting relatives on the other side of the border or contacting them without permission.

South Korea uses a computerized lottery system to pick participants for the reunions, while North Korea reportedly chooses based on loyalty to its authoritarian leadership.

Nearly half of the 130,410 South Koreans who have applied to attend a reunion have died. None of the past participants has had a second reunion.

South Korean analysts say authoritarian North Korea allows only infrequent reunions for the fear of losing an important bargaining chip for its efforts to win badly needed aid and concessions.

Analysts believe Pyongyang also worries that its citizens will become influenced by the much more affluent South, which could loosen the government’s grip on power. 

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SAT 10/31 THRU SUN 3/13/2016 WHAT: “Paradox of Place: Contemporary Korean Art” WHERE: Seattle Asian Art Museum, Tateuchi Galleries INFO: www.thestranger.com

SUN 11/1 WHAT: Tsutsugaki Textiles of Japan WHERE: Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, Alvord Board Room WHEN: 1-3 p.m.

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THU 11/5 WHAT: Free seminar, “Universal Design: Inclusive Outreach and

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FRI 11/6 WHAT: The Mobile Payment Dragon, “Mobile Payments between China and Seattle” WHERE: China Harbor Restaurant, 2040 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle WHEN: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

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SAT 11/7 WHAT: Hmong New Year Celebration WHERE: Seattle Center Armory, 305 Harrison St., Seattle WHEN: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

COST: Free INFO: hmongofwa.org WHAT: 4th Anniversary “Holly Zhang’s premier collection” WHERE: 700 110th Ave. N.E. Ste. 162, Bellevue WHEN: 2-6 p.m.

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Kong Yick investment firm awarded 4Culture grant

SUN 11/8 WHAT: Culture Day Festival, “Bunka no Hi” WHERE: JCCCW, 1414 S. Weller St., Seattle WHEN: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

By Marie Wong Northwest Asian Weekly In late June 2015, King County 4Culture awarded a special project grant to the Kong Yick Investment Company. The funding will

SAT 11/14 WHAT: Chinese Community Fundraiser for Kin On WHERE: House of Hong Restaurant, 409 8th Ave. S., Seattle WHEN: 6 p.m.

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{see KONG YICK cont’d on page 12}

Cleanup at former Metro site in ID now complete, state regulators report SEATTLE (AP) — State regulators say an environmental cleanup in Seattle’s International District is now complete.

The Department of Ecology says the two-block property can now be removed from the state’s list of contaminated sites because it meets state standards.

King County Metro Transit cleaned up contaminated soil and groundwater at its former facility

under a consent decree it signed with the Department of Ecology in 1994. The property was once used to refuel and maintain buses.

The Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority bought the property and redeveloped it.

The state is taking public comment on steps that would formally close the cleanup process at the site. 

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■ COMMUNITY NEWS Visit landmarks, get your caffeine and pizza fix, and drop off your mail

10 things outsiders don’t know about the Chinatown/International District

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly

cheapest in the city— the Chinatown/ ID’s stores cover the gamut.

1. Did you know Chinatown is “a city within a city”? It has several doctors, dentists, attorneys, a post office, a library, a church, social services agencies, and a community center.

7. More than just food! Did you know Chinatown is home to Getty Images and three Asian media outlets?

2. Do you know which ethnic group dominates the Chinatown ID? Chinese is the largest, but the diversity is surprising—Filipinos, Vietnamese, Koreans, African Americans, whites, Native Americans, and other Asian groups.

3. Did you know there is a public/ charter school? Summit Public School: Sierra Charter School.

4. How many banks does Chinatown have? Six banks (all a quarter mile from each other).

5. How many restaurants does Chinatown have? More than 100—including surprisingly good pizza, Chinese, Cambodian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese—a worldwide selection.

6. We have a wide range of grocery stores in town from upscale to the

8. Did you know Chinatown can help with your caffeine fix, tea and coffee?

There is Starbucks, Tully’s, Specialty’s Café & Bakery, Eastern Café, Oasis Tea Zone, Ambrosia Bubble Tea, Yummy House Bakery, and many independent shops.

9. Did you know the Chinatown/ ID has three national treasures? It is home to the Panama Hotel, the Wing Luke Asian Museum, and the historic Chinese gate.

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Public library in Seattle’s Chinatown

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Chinatown street car on a test run

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■ arts & entertainment

A-OK

Japan’s “One Ok Rock”

■ WAYNE’S WORLDS

Insight from a sage The proverb non-sequitur (or fill out your forms correctly)

By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly With influences ranging from Good Charlotte, and Ellegarden to, more recently, Linkin Park and Coldrain, Japan’s One Ok Rock sauntered into the Seattle area for a show at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

Singer Takahiro Moriuchi, known by his stage name Taka, has some knowledge of the United States. “I was raised in Osaka,” he recalls, “but

have early memories in San Francisco and Tokyo.”

Taka came into One Ok Rock after being invited by the group’s leader, Toru Yamashita, in 2005.

Since then, says Taka, “We’ve traveled and performed throughout the majority of both the United States and Europe. NY, CA, and the Midwest…The ROCK festival in Japan was the largest audience we’ve ever played for. It was actually sort of weird to see tons and tons of people {see ONE OK ROCK cont’d on page 12}

I am a beacon of wisdom. I am a pillar of intelligence. Go ahead, ask me anything.

OK, maybe I’m not all that right at the moment. But, believe me, it’s just around the corner.

I’m now 51 years old, and if you are to believe what you see in the movies, Asian men, as they get older, seem to acquire a wisdom and sageness that can overcome any adversity.

No matter how complicated a problem is, an older Asian man will have the perfect answer, and it will usually come in the form of a proverb that is incredibly deep and overwhelmingly profound. The proverbs sound something like: “A cat who eats too many birds may find itself unable to scratch its back.”

“A raindrop falls from a cloud as happily as the wind blows from the east.”

“A child laughs only once if a frog turns to stone.”

Now, I don’t know what any of that means. But I’m not supposed to – I’m not a wise old man just yet.

But it’s just a matter of time – I figure in about 15 years I’ll read back those proverbs and just gently nod my head in agreement and think, “Yes, of course.”

If I’m to believe what I see in the movies, in about 15 years, I’ll start wearing round, wire-rimmed glasses, I’ll have the requisite goatee, and apparently my martial arts skills will grow exponentially to the point that I’m kicking the butts of adolescent bullies in high school at the drop of a hat.

It’s about time, too. I can’t wait until this miraculous transformation begins because, the last few years, my IQ has seemed to drop precipitously.

Maybe it’s just a temporary dip before I enter my wise old sage years.

Just the other day, I had to scan and email some documents to {see WAYNE cont’d on page 14}

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■ BUSINESS

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Large-scale vision

Chinese American architect innovates and empowers Asian American community

When 10-year-old Ming Zhang first saw the 24-story Shanghai Park Hotel in 1973, the tallest building in China at that time, he was amazed by its height and architecture.

For the next few decades, Zhang held onto that moment of inspiration.

Fast-forward to early this year— Zhang ventured from being the president of the U.S. architectural firm MulvannyG2 to open his own firm, MZA. “What intrigued me in designing is the unknown,” said Zhang. “I have no idea what the building will turn out each time when I receive a new project.”

When Zhang hosted MZA’s open house last week in downtown Bellevue, more than 200 guests attended to celebrate his career milestone.

“Ming Zhang is Bellevue’s I.M. Pei,” said Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci. “He is an internationally recognized and award-winning architect.”

As an architect, Zhang views building as a form of art. He said, “My father is a Chinese painting artist. I was exposed and fell in love with art when I was a kid.”

Photos by George Liu/NWAW

By Jocelyn Moore Northwest Asian Weekly

Ming Zhang (center) with daughter and wife

Originally from Nanjing, China, Zhang received his bachelor’s degree at Hefei University of Technology. He then traveled to Chicago to pursue his master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1986.

Since then, he has worked on many international projects at multiple architectural firms.

As the owner of an architectural firm, on top of skills and creativity, Zhang also shares the vision of many Asian business owners.

“This strong growth movement is directly tied with Chinese

Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci and Ming Zhang

investment in Seattle, so it has positive impact on many Asian communities here,” Zhang said. “It creates more business opportunities for local Asian businesses because China investors naturally seek local help with people who understand both Chinese and local cultures.”

Such business opportunities not only create jobs, but also empower the Asian community, he said.

“Chinese and Asian investors or immigrants participate in local Asian community events and {see ZHANG cont’d on page 15}

Model of youth center in China

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■ PUBLISHER'S BLOG

OPINION

We raise!

Keiro’s successful auction represents a united Japanese community

Photos by George Liu/NWAW

Co-Chairs, left to right: Patty Hiroo Mastrude (staff), Pat Wakazuru, Ellen Suzuki, Sunnie Nagai, Tomoko Matsuno

Front row, left to right: Judge Park Eng, Jerry Lee, Charlene Lee, Andrea Nakata. Back row: Jeff Hattori, Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci, Katherine Cheng.

An organization can’t develop itself without visions. Keiro has visionary founders like Uwajimaya Chairman Tomio Moriguchi and retired Tosh Okamoto, who have remained dedicated for decades by serving on the board to guide and help expand the organization.

The board’s leadership and generosity in setting examples for the community inspires confidence and followers. It is impressive to see hundreds of volunteers listed on the program. They didn’t just volunteer, they paid for their tickets to support the event.

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The current board chair is Julie Ann Oiye; the new chair is Brenda Handley. The event co-chairs are Tomoko Matsuno, Sunnie

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Most fundraising events can last hours and hours. Keiro’s was well-organized. It ended on time, a little after 9 p.m. From nametags to room decorations, it was nicely done.

Mastrude said people still stayed around chatting after the event. “They felt happy that they came. No one complained. We didn’t want to go home when it’s over.”

That’s just the opposite in some community events. Well done, Keiro NW! 

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The fund-a-need part, asking guests to raise the paddle, raised more than $185,000 to support healthy seniors who have a desire to stay home without going to nursing homes. The program helps seniors in social and computer skills, and in paying for transportation and other services.

Over the last four decades, Keiro has accumulated and deserved recognition for all its good work. Many of the audience that were in attendance have parents or relatives who were or are under Keiro’s care. It was clear that the event was an opportunity for them to say “thank you” by giving back.

While other organizations suffer from donors’ fatigue, Keiro’s donors are eager to give a lot more because it only holds a big fundraising dinner every five years.

Another reason people came was because five of the seven Keiro founders had passed away. The community is eager to hail the two surviving founders, Moriguchi and Okamoto, according to Patty Hiroo Mastrude, Keiro’s philanthropy manager.

“Without them, there will be no Keiro.”

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You don’t see Asian donors fighting to give money, fast and big, often. But it happened at Keiro Northwest’s 40th anniversary dinner on Oct. 24 at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel.

Keiro Northwest (formerly Nikkei Concerns), which specializes in elderly programs with assisted living and nursing homes, was able to galvanize its fans to raise more than $500,000, and funds are still coming in. At the event, it formally announced its new name and presented fascinating and powerful storytelling before 970 guests.

Why is Keiro able to reach such a milestone while others can’t?

Keiro’s success says a lot about the Japanese American community. They collaborate selflessly to take care of the older generation; they give generously to preserve the legacy of their parents and community members’ quality of life; and they work hard to create a strong community network to support Keiro in different dimensions.

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OPINION

Pushing buttons Is the Star Wars outrage helping or hurting?

What do you think when you see this on your Twitter feed?

Outrage, yes? It incites reaction. And especially reaction from media.

But is it honest?

There have been allegations that it was initiated by 4chan, a public bulletin board of sorts, which started out as a place on topics anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture in general.

4chan is now notorious for inciting Internet controversy and spreading rumors and false information which aggrieves the public and particularly the media.

According to the Washington Post, “the site’s users have managed to pull off some of the highest-profile collective actions in the history of the Internet.”

The most infamous 4chan pranks were hacking into Sarah Palin’s email account, and remember the rumor way back that Steve Jobs had a heart attack, previous his death? That was allegedly fueled by 4chan.

“To assume 4chan is actually serious about anything--or giving them the legitamacy of purpose--is pretty giving more than deserved,” says wrote Jef Rouner of the Houston Press.

So is it just a game, using Internet to poke at the media, audience, and whichever group you sympathize and stomach to see how far they can push the limits of trolling. There is

no more agenda to demonize SJWs than there is glorify real racism. They just like seeing people squirm.

In that niche between everyday racism and imaginary Sunday best racism there is an entire culture trying to drag other angry young men into what now looks like the “moderate” position so they can whisper about the evils of Social Justice Warriors and share links claiming to prove white people and straight people and men are now the truly oppressed.

And we just keep on falling for it.

Are we shifting racist attitudes to the left?

We shouldn’t be shifting if it is not necessary.

And should we be screaming racism if there is actually no racism involved?

Perhaps there is something to think about, despite whether this was, or was not a 4chan prank. 

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What’s going to happen to the C-ID without Donnie Chin?

Photo by Marie Wong

By Marie Wong Northwest Asian Weekly

Donnie Chin outside of Kong Yick building

It has been almost four months since the murder of Donnie Chin.

The sensationalism of the story has waned from the general media as other stories have come to the forefront of the news. But for the people who live and work in the ChinatownInternational District (C-ID), the profound loss and adjustment is keenly felt daily and is still discussed as being “tragic, senseless, untimely, and as an immeasurable loss.”

In some ways, the July march and rally demanding “Justice for Donnie” reminds us of the 1982 Detroit murder of Vincent Chin.

So far, justice hasn’t happened. Unlike the Vincent Chin case, where the perpetrators were identified, the responsible person or people who took Donnie from all of us

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remain unknown. Ultimately, “justice” was not served in the 1982 case, but people in the C-ID hold to the promise of such by the Seattle Police Department.

In personal accounts and public events, people have the common concern of “what will happen to the C-ID without Donnie Chin?” That question is shared amid poignant recollections of who Donnie was to each of us and what he did in the neighborhood.

Some knew him for his role in co-founding the International District Emergency Center (IDEC), helping our seniors, mentoring young people, responding to neighborhood emergencies, promoting public safety as a liaison between the community and fire, police, and medical personnel, attending and tending to all neighborhood festivals and events, and always looking for any opportunities to bring people together. Few, including Donnie, would identify him as a teacher but clearly he was.

The Donnie I knew was an unparalleled

historian who knew more about the details of Chinatown’s development than anyone I have ever met. He could trace family lineages in the district, with his own extending more than 1,000 years back to China. His knowledge was deeply embedded in his “living” the neighborhood. He credited his grandfather as the person who taught him the importance of understanding history as part of his personal identity. Any object that Donnie found in the district conjured a connection, a story that he could share about the meanings behind the urban artifacts that he regularly collected from the deserted building spaces and events of the C-ID. Through his father, he learned commitment to public service. It was a value that Donnie passed along by example to everyone who knew him.

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{GINSENG cont’d from page 4} six acres and harvests about two acres a year.

“The price was so low so that we really started to focus on this part of the business,” Schumacher said of his retail company. “Now we wish we were larger on the growing side. But it will swing. History always repeats itself.

As the price goes up, the acreage will go up. There’s no difference from this and any other agricultural crop. The only difference is that this is a longer-term crop.”

At Hsu Ginseng, 200 acres are dedicated to ginseng. In 1974, Will’s father, Paul Hsu began buying ginseng and sending it to family and friends. In 1978, Paul, who worked as a social worker in Fond du Lac, moved the family to Marathon County to begin growing the root.

The company’s operations now include branch offices in Taiwan, Canada, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York plus a retail store in a busy part of Hong Kong known for its herbal and seafood trade.

Last year, Hsu spent $1.6 million to build a 39,000-squarefoot facility at its headquarters near Wausau that includes a massive cooler. Bins of freshly harvested ginseng are stored in the cooler and later washed, dried in kilns, and packed into barrels to be shipped overseas.

“The hard part here is that it’s getting harder to farm.

It’s getting more expensive to farm, and there just isn’t a generation (coming up) of folks who want to or know how to farm this product,” Will Hsu said. “The only reason I know this industry is because I grew up in it. It’s very difficult to break into this industry as a new farmer.”

The harvest on Hsu’s operation includes an aging workforce of area Hmong, Laotian and Vietnamese that {KONG YICK cont’d from page 6} produce a planning and restoration study for the West Kong Yick landmark building. It is a first and critical step for rehabilitation.

The 4Culture grant is supported by a King County Lodging Tax fund and has helped the Kong Yick board of directors bring together a team of historic renovation consultants to develop a proposal on the best future uses of the building along with cost and financing projections for the building’s restoration.

Wilton Chinn, president of the Kong Yick board, and Marie Wong, one of the directors, are working with Bob Hale of Rolluda Architects, local real estate developer Maria Barrientos of Barrientos LLC, and Don Mar of Marpac Construction Co. on the redevelopment plans.

The consultants each have a long history of working with owners and historic buildings in the neighborhood that include the current restoration of the Louisa Hotel, directly across the street from the West Kong Yick.

Chinn said: “It is our hope that this plan will continue the legacy of the Chinese settlers and restore the building to full use for another 100 years.”

average 60 years in age plus 10 Mexican nationals here on work visas. Some pick ginseng by hand that has been loosened by a machine similar to a potato digger. Others stand on a $120,000 custom-made machine pulled by a tractor with a series of conveyor belts where they separate root from rock and clumps of dirt. (“We use it for eight days out of the year,” said Sandquist, whose father was Paul Hsu’s first employee back in the 1970s.)

“When you look at that average age and start to think about it, they probably have another 10, 12, 15 years of working because they work until they’re very old. The problem is their kids and their grandkids. They’re going to school. They’re going to universities. They’d rather work at McDonald’s than come out here.”

The labor issues are also tight during a three-week window, typically in September, when seeds are harvested.

The process, similar to picking strawberries, is done by hand. It takes about 100 pounds of seed to plant an acre of ginseng. A typical worker can pick 2 pounds of seed an hour. State ginseng workers harvest about 60,000 pounds of seed a year.

Seeds picked this year are stratified in sand in coolers over the winter and then planted next spring. They won’t sprout until 2017 and will be ready for harvest by 2019 or 2020, Sandquist said.

Ginseng Board of Wisconsin officials say that if prices remain stable and the weather cooperates, the state could harvest 1 million pounds of ginseng by 2017. In 2014, state farmers harvested 720,000 pounds of ginseng, worth $52 million. State farmers last surpassed 1 million pounds in 1999, according to the state Department of Trade & Consumer Protection.

The West Kong Yick building is one of the core buildings in what has been identified as the heart of Seattle’s historic Chinatown and has been in continuous use since its doors opened in 1910.

Constructed as a workingmen’s residential hotel with 158 rooms, 12 at-grade commercial storefronts, and many community-based uses over the years, the building has held a significant role in the growth and development of the Chinatown-International District. In 1986, it was designated as one of the contributing buildings in the Seattle Chinatown National Register Historic District.

While the neighborhood is unique and rich with such buildings, the West Kong Yick is distinguished as being one of the oldest and still operating registered corporations in the Washington and with more than 175 individual shareholders as descendents of the original fifty investors.

The planning and development study will be completed by March 2016.  Marie Wong can be reached at info@ nwasianweekly.com.

The 2015 harvest is expected to be about the same as or even slightly larger than 2014, but the impact from a late May frost on the crop won’t be known for likely a few months, said Tom Hack, Ginseng Board of Wisconsin international marketing director.

“The key to the future is pricing stability,” said Hack, a longtime grower, who joined the GBW in 2014. “If we can match our markets to our production and maintain pricing stability, I think you’re going to continue to see an increase.”

Hack works hand-in-hand with the Ginseng & Herb Cooperative, based near Marathon City, to market Wisconsin ginseng to U.S. and Asian sellers. The work includes trips to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China with domestic trips to the East and West coasts.

“We’re just getting more and more inquiries,” said Jeff Lewis, general manager of the 60-member co-op. “The word is getting out there that they can truly get a product from Wisconsin and not something that may or may not be authentic.”

Hack is also trying to convince the federal government to ease restrictions on ginseng exports. Because ginseng is classified as endangered, products like whole and partial roots and slices are subject to additional inspections and permits, which add costs for the consumer. Ginseng in a form that does not resemble a ginseng plant or root, like tea or a pill, are not subject to the increased scrutiny.

“We want to see a shift,” Hack said. “Instead of exporting 70 to 80 percent in bulk, we want to see that to be more exports on the retail side coming from the state of Wisconsin for the betterment of the industry.” 

{ONE OK ROCK cont’d from page 8} knowing our music!”

The band’s latest CD in America is “35xxxv,” reconfigured to include allEnglish tracks. The band worked with top-ranked produced John “Feldy” Feldmann and mixer Chris Lord-Alge.

“Working with people like them,” enthuses Taka, “with great talent and being able to make music with them was an exciting experience every day.”

Taka adds, “We hope to perform on various huge stages all around the world!”  Andrew Hamlin can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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By Sun Lee Chang

Rat — When time is short, trust your first instinct. You do not have the luxury of second guessing yourself at this juncture.

Dragon — The longer you avoid something, often the worse it will seem. Turn your attention to it, so that it stops being an issue for you.

Monkey — With close friends, you do not have to stand on ceremony all the time. That said, you should still be considerate when you come calling.

Ox — If you open the door, there is no guarantee of what you will find on the outside. As such, be cautious of whom you allow entry.

Snake — Reach out to those in the know to ensure that you are kept apprised of any important developments that occur.

Rooster — How you frame the question could determine the answers that you get. Be sure you are clear in what you are asking for.

Tiger — Rather than becoming defensive, draw what you can from recent criticism. There is little to nothing to be gained from the former.

Horse — Doing the right thing isn’t necessarily the most convenient; however, it will likely leave you with the least amount of regret.

Dog — Despite your best efforts, you have been unable to change someone else’s behavior.

Remember that some things are beyond your control.

Rabbit — Do you find yourself being stretched a bit thin from all the demands that are on your plate?

Think of ways to simplify instead of adding on.

Goat — What sounds good to you today won’t always appeal to you in the same way. That is why it is probably a good idea to keep your options open.

Pig — Why take the hard route when another alternative is available? An easy fix is available if you decide to use it.

What’s your animal sign?

Rat 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 Ox 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 Tiger 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 Rabbit 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 Dragon 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 Snake 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 Horse 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014 Goat 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 Monkey 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004 Rooster 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005 Dog 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 Pig 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007

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{CHIN cont’d from page 11} can be found to do what Donnie did in the neighborhood.

To say he was “unique” is an accurate yet understated fact.

We cannot and should not try to replace the irreplaceable life of Donnie Chin. But the answer to the question “What will happen to the C-ID without him?” can be found within the context of how each of us knew him. In every setting, there {WAYNE cont’d from page 8} my stock broker to make some changes to one of my accounts.

All I had to do was print my name, date it, list my title as an owner of my company, and then write my signature on the bottom line. As most people have, I’ve done this type of thing a million times.

Easy enough. I fill out the form, send it back, and I’m on to the next thing on my daily to-do list. But I soon get a call.

My stock broker’s assistant calls me and says, “Mr. Chan, thank you so much for filling out the paperwork and getting it back so quickly. But, you missed a couple of things. Could you review the documents and get it back to me?”

“Of course,” I said. I figured I had just inadvertently missed something. Quickly scanning the page, it looks like I missed

was a spirit of service to the community that Donnie deeply understood as something that was greater than the identity of any one individual. With so much work that is yet to be done in public safety, design, and social needs in the C-ID, there is no shortage of venues in which to be of service. For every individual action that is directed toward the common good, civic responsibility, and extending kindnesses that address human needs, we honor Donnie’s memory and his

motivation to make the C-ID a better place. In this way, his spirit continues to walk with all of us in the streets and alleys of the neighborhood. 

the part where I was supposed to list my business title.

Easy enough. I send back the page and get on with my day.

Except that I get another call.

“Mr. Chan, “ she said. “Thanks for listing the title but it looks like you forgot to include your signature.” Looking back at the document, I did indeed miss my signature on page one of the document.

“I’m so sorry.” I said. “I’ve signed it and you should see the completed document in your inbox now.” I’m thinking – I need to be a little more careful about this. Oh well, live and learn.

She calls back.

“Mr. Chan, “ she says. “Thank you so much for signing the first page, but the last page also needs your signature.” I sign the last page and send it back again.

She calls back. I signed on the wrong line of the last page.

After fixing that, she calls again.

I had missed putting the date down on the first page. I sat at my desk with my hand on the phone for 20 minutes waiting for her to call me back. Apparently, I had managed to get it right. It only took her four phone calls to get me to submit everything correctly. I apologized each time she called but I was running out of logical excuses to keep her from thinking that I am a blithering idiot.

Oh well. What can you do? You know what they say: A man walking down a winding path can sing like a dolphin but never in a squirrel’s presence. 

Marie R. Wong, PhD, is Associate Professor, Urban Planning, Asian American Studies, Institute of Public Service, Seattle University.

Wayne Chan can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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James were favorites.

The Huskies ranked as high as No. 13 during the last season, while Texas ranked No. 33.

The Huskies have 10 newcomers on the roster and eight of those were included when the group was named the No. 6 recruiting class in the nation (by Scout.com).

Also, the UW is the only school in the nation that has five freshmen that came in ranked in the top 100 nationally.

Pac-12 offered the opportunity to the UW because of the high Chinese student enrollment at the university, according to Ashley Walker, assistant director of athletic communications.

Coach Lorenzo Romar and 15 of the 16-member team have never visited China before. To prepare for the team’s trip to China, Cauce asked Wong to teach a class about China.

Alibaba, a sponsor, has invited the UW for a twoday visit to its group headquarters in Hangzhou for an educational seminar in Chinese business, highlighting social, cultural, and business trends in different parts of China.

In Shanghai, the university delegations of Huskies and Texas Longhorns will meet with Chinese government officials, engaging in different kinds of exchanges from faculty to student, research and online education. Sports legends such as Yao Ming

contribute to this community,” Zhang said. “The scale of their contribution can be very big, such as charity financial contribution.”

Zhang also sees his firm as a platform to bridge the cultural gap between the East and the West.

appeared to have been strangled, according to police.

The church held a celebration of his life after learning of his death.

Christopher Garcia Gonzalez was charged with second-degree murder and car theft. He was stopped by Santa Clara, Calif., authorities who were able to track him. Garcia Gonzalez was being held on $1 million bail in California and was to be transferred back to Washington.

According to his obituary, Davis attended school in Port Angeles where his parents lived and in Port Townsend where his father was a middle-school science teacher. He graduated from Port Townsend High School

and Bill Walton will be present to watch the game.

The Pac-12 China Game, an academic delegation from all 12 Pac-12 institutions, will participate in educational expos (in Shanghai, Nantong, and Suzhou) to introduce Pac-12 universities to Chinese students and families. 

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in 2001 and earned an AA degree from Peninsula College. He attended Western Washington University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music. He also received a master’s degree in piano performance from the University of Washington.

His deep appreciation of music included participation in many community concerts as well as national events including the New York University Summer Piano Institute, the Portland International Piano Festival, and the International Russian Music Competition.

Davis is survived by his parents and a brother.  Jason Cruz can be reached at info@nwasianweekly. com.

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“When I design a project with Chinese investors here in the Seattle area, I understand their specific needs in carrying some of their cultural and spiritual needs into their project design such as feng shui,” Zhang said.

Zhang anticipates a continuous demand for architects in the Seattle market due to the strong economy. He encourages young Asian Americans who are interested in architecture to act upon their dreams.

“Some challenges during my career as an immigrant include overcoming language barriers and [to] be out there in the mainstream community,” Zhang said. “My advice to new international students is to sharpen your three skills: first, the English language skill; second, your professional learning skills; third, be a good team player.”

And most important of all, Zhang said, “Be innovative.”  Jocelyn Moore can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

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The hotel was recognized as a national treasure in April this year. Much of the recognition is due to its history and the untold stories it houses. The hotel’s basement has untouched suitcases, boxes, and belongings of Japanese Americans forced into internment during the Second World War. Johnson, who purchased the property in the 1980s, has kept this basement of history intact. She hoped perhaps extended family would be able to retrieve some of their history if they are able to track it down. For now, the basement quarters items of those who were interned and it serves as a chronicle of the ordeal of Japanese internment.

The hotel is only one of two buildings in the nation that houses its own traditional Japanese bathhouse. It also is the most well preserved.

According to the National Trust, “Ms. Johnson has done a remarkable job of maintaining the building, the stories and the items within but now she is nearing retirement.”

The request states priorities are to seek a new owner who will: • Maintain the property’s historic integrity.

• Provide for the rehabilitation of the building in a manner that will provide for the long-term economic viability and environmental sustainability of the Panama Hotel.

• Provide for continued use of the property; ideally, for lodging on the upper floors (including but not limited to use as a hotel, inn, bed-and-breakfast, or other similar

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establishment) and commercial uses on the street level and office uses on the second floor.

• Provide for the protection and potential interpretation of the basement spaces including the bathhouse (or sento) and the collections in the storage area.

The National Trust will place a preservation easement on the property to ensure that the architectural, historic, cultural, and associated landscape and open space features of the Panama Hotel will be retained and maintained forever, and to avoid any use or change of the Panama Hotel that would significantly impair or interfere with the Panama Hotel’s conservation.  Peggy Chapman can be reached at editor@ nwasianweekly.com.

person and an amazing golfer. To have beaten her record, it’s an honor.”

Ko broke ties with Park for the tour victory lead and the No. 1 spot in the player of the year points race, and earned $300,000 to increase her tour-leading total to $2,716,753.

South Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Ji Eun-hee tied for second.

“She’s still a teenager, so it’s really hard to believe how she acts and how she plays,” Ryu said about Ko. “I feel really happy to be playing with someone really special on the tour. She’s not only a good player, but she’s a really good person. If she was not a good person, I might be jealous, but I totally respect (her).”

Ryu shot a 68, and Ji had a 70. England’s Charley Hull was fourth at 10 under after a 70.

Ko birdied four of the six holes, bogeyed the par-3 seventh, and opened a seven-shot lead with the eagle chip on 12.

“I mis-hit it a little bit,” Ko said. “But I was looking at it and thought it was flying enough and then I saw it kind of landed a yard or two short of the green. When I walked up, I felt like it was a little on the firmer side, so I kind of thought it would bounce up anyway. But I didn’t imagine it going in.”

She added birdies on the par-3 14th and par-5 18th, chipping to a foot on the last.

Ko has three victories in her last five starts. She won in Canada and France — where she became the youngest major champion — in consecutive starts, tied for second two weeks ago in Malaysia and tied for fourth last week in South Korea.

In addition to her 10 LPGA Tour titles, Ko has four other worldwide victories, including a 2013 KLPGA tournament at Miramar and a Ladies European Tour event this year in New Zealand. She won her first LPGA Tour title as an amateur in the 2012 Canadian Women’s Open at a record 15 years, 4 months, 2 days.

The tournament was the third in the five-event Asian Swing.

The Blue Bay LPGA is next week in China, followed by the Japan Classic. 

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Its physical layout is walkable with large streets, and good lighting. It has a good mix of businesses. Unlike Lake Union, people get out quickly after work. People who live here or do business here, get engaged and involved.

People here care about their neighborhood.

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