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William Glassford (left) and Douglas Kemper worked together 30 years ago at Rainier Bank. Now the two are teaming up once more to help Regal Financial Bank climb out of its economic woes. (Photo by Assunta Ng/NWAW)
By Assunta Ng
Northwest Asian Weekly
The results of the global banking crisis have trickled its way down to local Asian American banks, which have previously been successful. They currently suffer from a tough economic climate and involvement in risky real estate loans. Read the full story
At Lakota Middle School during an assemble on Dec. 18, Christian Oshitoye talks to his peers about his experiences working with PCSI Design in making new skateboard trucks. (Photo by Monte Vitale/PCSI Design)
By Irfan Shariff
Northwest Asian Weekly
Emmanuel Christian Oshitoye (who goes by his middle name), 14, spent last summer improving his grinds and slides. He also developed an idea to improve the skateboard itself. Read the full story
Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan
By Douglas Hanks
For The Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) — Bollywood plans a Miami encore this spring.
Less than a year after two of India’s favorite actors decamped for Miami to film a romantic comedy, Bollywood mega-star Shahrukh Khan is preparing to make the same trip to shoot one of his country’s first big budget superhero movies. Read the full story
By Assunta Ng
Northwest Asian Weekly
The annual Top Contributors to the Asian Community awards dinner took place on Dec. 4 at the House of Hong restaurant in Seattle. Shown above, from left: Top Contributor planning committee members Kiku Hiyashi and Ruoxi Zhang, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Northwest Asian Weekly Publisher Assunta Ng, King County Executive Dow Constantine, and Northwest Asian Weekly staff member John Liu. (Photos by George Liu/NWAW)
In a year of recession gloom, business closures, and newspapers dying in droves — why are we, a small paper, still here? Why didn’t we fear that Northwest Asian Weekly would be next? Why didn’t we blame the competition that caused us so much grief, such as Craigslist and other Internet advertising? Why do we feel lucky, energized, and strengthened by the economic turmoil? Read the full story
R. Gregory Nokes’ “Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon” is published by Oregon State University Press
In 1887, more than 30 Chinese gold miners were massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. They wanted the gold dust that the Chinese had painstakingly accumulated. Historians and scholars debate the exact number of miners. Only 11 names are known. The gold was never recovered.
The crime was discovered weeks after it happened, but no charges were brought for nearly a year. Six men and boys in northeastern Oregon were charged — three fled and the others were found innocent.
A cover-up followed, and the crime was all but forgotten for the next 100 years, until a county clerk found hidden records in an unused safe. R. Gregory Nokes, a former reporter and editor for The Associated Press and The Oregonian, was the first to write a story about the murders of the Chinese miners in his 1995 article. His extensive reporting on the subject was a personal mission. This year, he detailed the information he uncovered about the massacre in his book, “Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon.” Read the full story
Maria Ramirez
By Maria Ramirez
For Northwest Asian Weekly
In 1999, the Seattle School District formed the EAGAC — Eliminating the Achievement Gap Action Committee.
Like the two previous task forces formed in 1986 and 1992, the charge was to have a group of leaders in education and human services to make recommendations to the school district to close the achievement gap — in eight years. Read the full story
