INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY The International Examiner, the only non-profit Asian American publication in the West coast is celebrating 35 years of service to the community, and is now seeking a reliable individual to fill our Internship opportunity. The Examiner is implementing a project to digitalize our archives to be available for view on-line. The opportunity includes using a professional camera [...]
Book launch party on December 12th, from 6-9pm at Jefferson Community Center. It’ll be a fun event with World of Martial Arts demonstrations, drawings for 10 minute chair massages and book signing. “A Kung-Fu Master’s Journey” is an 8.5″x11″ formated book with over 150 pictures and 127 pages of memories and personal thoughts! It will be available that night. 6pm [...]
Ellen M. Abellera, executive director of Commission on Asia Pacific American Affairs, presented a list of local community projects that got funded in Governor Chris Gregoire’s 2007-09 biennium budget. Those projects include: • Asian Counselling & Referral Services: $3 million — funding for their new building in Rainier Valley • Korean Women’s Association: $1.5 million [...]
The new executive board for the India Association of Western Washington (IAWW) comprising 15 members was elected in its annual general body meeting in December, 2006. Debadutta Dash (known as Dash) was elected as the president of the association for the year 2007 along with Anjali Mathur as the vice president, Ponni Rajagopalan as the [...]
Mayor Greg Nickels announced on Dec. 27 the appointing of Ken Nakatsu as his new Chief of Department Operations. Nakatsu, who is currently director of the city’s Department of Executive Administration (DEA), will join the mayor’s staff this month, according to a press release. Nakatsu, a Seattle native, will take over the position from John [...]
Elderly residents get pre-holiday gift Volunteers from ek Real Estate Group help elderly residents with car washing on Dec. 5. The 53 residents of Nikkei Manor, a predominantly Japanese-American assisted living facility in Seattle’s International District, received an early holiday gift this year. Closing their Fisher Plaza office doors on a sunny November day, the [...]
