Children's Photography Supplement Mike Ma:8aolIQnjli~

Loan approval paves way for Rex Hotel Renovation

by Mary Akamine

The International District received a strong show of support from the City of Seattle last week, when city officials finalized a $1.6 million loan designated for renovations at the Rex Hotel.

The city's loan commitment re­moves a major barrier to renovation of the 86-year-{)ld hotel, located at the comer of Maynard Avenueand South King Street. "It's 99% certain now," said Ray Chin, a managing partner for the Rex Hotel's owners, Wa Sang Associates.

Wa Sang hopes to transform the aging hotel into modem, low-to­middle income apartment units. It will pay a minimum of $lOO,(XX} for therenovations. l 0 nfromthedty

con:s\.s"~\. ....nth ci~ po\l.cics, and 1S payable at one percent interest over a 285 year period.

"Structurally, the building is very strong and in good shape considering its age," says Chin, but he notes that upgrading the hotel to meet modern housing standards will involvellpretty near gutting the building."

Changes slated for the hotel include: the installation of new plumbing, wir­ing and heating; the addition of an elevatorsystemand laundryfacilitiesi and the construction of a new roof, a new exiting system, and seismic im­provements to the building. The project design is being coordinated by the International District Im­provement Association (lnter"Im). Architectural plans are being drawn by Joey Ing.

Construction on theprojectisexpected Ordinances. to begin early next year, and will last an Chin says it is important to "provide estimated ten months. When everything a cross-section of different types of is finished, the hotel will be renamed the housing" for district residents. He an­Rex Apartments, and will contain nine ticipatestheapartments'residentswiU studios and 21 one bedroom apartments. largely be drawn from the elderly, im-

stoB~~:tS::! ~~~~~!~ ~~; h::,~!:! migrant, and low-income populace. thechang , b t are no t expected to be ju ~~O:Tet~~~iFe~nltrVlw~irri seriously affected . The hotel occu~;!li~"-~_"" ~.- ChJ-"'-, pte, the upper three floors above a but er who are not living here now, wiJI bean store, Russell's Fair Meat Market, which asset to the community." opened the sarne year the building was Ken Katahira, executive director of constructed in 1905; a Chinese restau- Inter*Im, emphasizes the renovation rant, Tai Tung, which opened in 1938; project's significance in bringing at­and a small mom-and-pop grocery store, tention to community reinvestment. Wa Sang, which started in 1928. The "1nebuilding isona key corner ofthe owners ofWa Sang bought the building district," he says. "Hopefully it will in 1950. signify the community reinvestment

Ray Chin, whose father pioneered the and investment by other property WaSangstore,isawell-knownfigurein holders." Inter"Im has been involved the International District. Born and with similar projects at the Oak Tin raised in thearea,Chinstill spends many and the Ohio Hotel, and recently sub­hours working at the family store. He is mitted a proposal to the city for reno­able to recall the days when the hotel vations to the Republic Hotel. was filled with immigrant men working Chin hopes theRex Hotel renovation migrant jobs. "They used to be mainly project wiII spur other community Filipino and Chinese," Chin says of the property holders to do the same. '1 old-time residents. The hotel was closed hope this will be just the start of it, and in 1975 as a result of the Ozark Fire other people will follow suit."

'The ad belittles a traditional Tapanese art form'

Port of Seattle ad draws fire by Carol Yip

The use of a baby and a sumo wres­tler in a Port of Seattle advertisement has drawn criticism from local Asian American professionals.

dent of the Asian Media Group, thinks there is a better way, other than re­hashing an image of Asians that has been presented in the media time and time again.

He believes that the use of the sumo wrestler perpetuates a stereotype about Asian Arnericansand isanotheratternpt by advertisers to '1ump everyone to­gether."

NON-PIIOfIT ORG U.5.POST"a

PAID

The Sanies Arena

Project scrapped; development concerns remain

by Mike Mullen

Plans for a new Seattle sports arena, to be built west of the International Dis­trict, were officially cancelled at a press conference last week. Bill Ackerley, Se­nior Vice President of Ackerley Com­munications, Inc., cited rising costs, fi­nancingdifficulties,and legal challenges as reasons for the project's termination.

"The project is over," he stated . ''We've come to the conclusion that we just cannot get it done."

The process of building a new arena began nearly five years ago, whenitwas decided that the Seattle Center Coli­seum, with its leaky roof and obvious aging, was in need of an overhaul. In 1988, the Ackerleys pu,rcha.sed two ad-

'The issues brought up are not going away ... '

jacent plots of land just south of the Kingdome, tota ling 12 acres, for about $9 miJlion. Since then, an additional $3 million was spent in development costs. The land, currently used as a parking lot, is now for sale.

Originally, the cost to build the new arena was calculated to be about $40 million. Those figures soon rose to over $100 million. "Every time I turned around and picked up the phone, it was another consultant telling me that...thingswouldcostmore," Ackerley said.

continued on page 3

The ad, which was designed to attract more airlines to consider routes through Sea-Tac Airport, tries to depict a before and after picture of the airport's Asian travel. According to the ad's headline, this is the Port's "best way to describe our Asian growth."

Mick Matsuzawa, senior vice presi-continued on page 10 A J'\U!I'\t Port of Seattle Adve'tisemmt-CreatiYity or~?

'A heartfelt evening'

by Danny Howe

Two hundred sixty-three people gathered at the FourSeas Rest.uranton june 19 to honor the Examiner's 1991 Commuruty Voice Award recipients-­Ruth Chinn, Dorothy Cordova, Quynh

guyen, and Frank Fujii. Many of us who attended the dinner

felt a strong sense of togetherness dur­ing the evening. coupled with a wann respect for each of the honorees and their unique accomplishments. This feeling was the strongest during the awards presentations. Ruth Chinn's daughter, Karen Chinn Wong. provided a moving description of her mother. Fred Cordova passionately introduced his ,vife, Dorothy, by asking the crowd, "What do you say about a person who's been your roommate for 38 years, your soulmate ... • Tony ogales spoke about the patience and humor of Frank Fujii. Quynh Nguyen, who was introduced by Theresa Fujiwara, reminded us of the importance of "building bridges" between immigrantand la tergeneration Asian Americans.

The event represented a beginningof sorts for the staff, board of directors, and volunteers at the Examiner. II was our first opportunity to recognize a group of people who have quietly helped build and strengthen our community. II was also our first major fundraising event designed tosupportour nonprofit operations, special educational supple­ments, and community projects.

M n y \: n .-nU!l.'-~ 'n"'\l.no-_ho

joined us for the awards dinn~, as ",cll asothercommunity members who made generous contributions which were used to subsidize low income or student din­ners. The following people and organi­zations helped to make this year's Com­munity Voice Awards a memorable and

National News by Danny Howe

heartfelt event: Frank Abe, the staff at Asian Coun­

seling and Referral Service, Mary Akamine, Asian Management Business ASSOCiation, Danny Benson, Emma Catague, Ron Otew, Desiree Chinn, Leslie Cossitt, Grant Din, Carmen Espanol, the st.ff at the Four Seas Res­taurant, Ann Fujii, Theresa Fujiwara, jeff Hanada, Gil Hirahayashi, Faye Hong. Ayako Hurd, Alice Ito, Toshio & Akiko 110, Gary Iwamoto, Shigeru & Kimi Iwamoto,jAEAwards, Linda Kan, Kawe Katayama, Kioku Florist, KJRO Inc., Richard & judy Klein, Elaine Ikoma Ko, Irene Kuniyuki, Michelle Kumata, Patricia Lee, Peter & Midori Lederer, Ray Lew, Serena Louie, Steve Ma, Sha­ron Maeda, john Maltos, Owen Matsui, Victor Mizumori, Steve Momii, Tomio Moriguchi,employeesfromtheNational Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Mai Nguyen, Arlene Oki, the Scott Oki Charitable Foundation, AI Quan, judy Peterson, Karen Sakuma, staff and fac­ulty from Seattle Central Community COllege, Seattle-King County Con­vention and Visitors Bureau, Security Pacific Bank. Sharon Sa karnoto, Lorraine Sako, Bob Santos, Polly Shigaki, Bob Shimabukuro, Connie Sugahara, Simon Sung, Sue Taoka, David Takami, Rosalyn Tonai, Tsue Chong Company, Inc ., Deems Tsutakawa, Mayumi Tsutakawa, Tracy Tsutsumoto, Seattle Urban League, Greg Tuai, Washington Asian & Pacific Islander Student Union, West Coast Printing, Marcella Wing. Dick & Kathy Woo, R. Y. Woodhouse, Dean Wong, Emily Wong. Karen Chinn Wong, Tadataka & Leslie Yamada, Ted Yamamura, Sally Yamasaki , Steve Yamasaki, joyce Yoshikawa, Tina ...... 0....... Joon Y(XIh1'o rni, j udy Y u-and CSpcc:iaJJx the four a W'o rd recipie nts:

Ruth Chinn, Dorothy Cordova, Frank Fujii, and Quynh Nguyen.

Ruth Chinn captured the spirit of this evening when she said, "Please be in­volved. in this wonderful community, and let your voices be heard."

oThe Asian AmericanJoumalists As­sociationhas nominated WBZ-TV 4 Eye Witness News reporter Matt Meagher of Boston their annual Zinger award which honors the worst in journalism. Meagher's series, "Asian Gangs-the New Mob" included commercials tell­ing viewers to tune in because "it (Asian gang violence) can happen in your neighborhood." The series was aired during a "sweeps" week when the sta­tion was trying to p lace high in viewer ratings. Aside from generalizing and sensationalizing the p roblem of Asian gangs, the reports went so far as to inc1udea scene of a restaurant shootout from the controversial film TIlt Ym, of the OI'Ggon.

EES!" The message was mailed to three Kimochi Inc. locations in San Francisco two weeks ago-Kimochi Lounge, Kimochi Home, and Kimochi 's adrninstrative offices. Although it is unclear why this particular organiza tion was singled out, itis believed that threats may be a reaction to the continuing re­dress payments to former World War II internees. (Hokubei Mainichi)

oNewly released 1990 census data indicates that the fastest-growing Asian ethnic groups are Vietnamese Ameri­cans who have experienced a 134.8% growth since 1980. They are followed closely by Indians and Koreans who experienced about a 125% increase during the same period. The figures also indicate that Chinese Americans, as in 1980, still constitute the largest Asian ethnic group with a national population of 1.6 million. They are fol­lowed by Filipino Americans (1.4 mil­\ion), japanese Americans (847,00:», In­dian Americans(815,000), Korean Americans (800,000), and Vietnamese Americans (614,000).

Despite protests from the local Asian American community, the series was run in its entirety during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

o A japanese American senior service organization in San Francisco received anonymous hate mail two weeks ago written in large, inch-high letters and a stars-and-stripes design which read "DEATH TO AU FORMER INTERN-

- Norman B. Mineta, member of Congress, has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to autho­rize the construction of a memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American veterans of japanese ancestry. "Ameri­cans of japanese ancestry hal'e served

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Nippon Kan to be new Examiner home

by Danny Howe

The Examiner is moving up in the world. Two blocks up.

After over ten years in the jackson Building on Sixth Avenue, the 1nter",,­tiD""l Examiner is relocating its offices two blocks to the north, to the Kobe Park Building, the home of the his to ric Nippon Kan Theatre. The move is scheduled to begin july 15.

The move is prompted by a need for larger office space. The paper currently occupies three small offices-a total of 450 square feet-in the jackson BUilding. The new office will provide 1500 square feet of space that will primarily provide larger works pace for staff members and volunteers. Larger office space will also be ~scd. to aCC'Ornod~fC people partici­pating in the Examlt\.er's internship p rogra ms w hich are designed \0 p'l"O­vide skills in journalism, public rela­tions, advertising.. and other areas.

The new offices will be located at 622 S. Washington, in a facility w hich firs t opened in 1909 and has been placed on

in the U.s. military in every conflict from the Spanish-American War to Operation Desert Storm," says Mineta.

The effort to establish the memorial has been spearheaded by the Go For Broke National Veterans Association.

oOnjune 13, the U.s. HouseofRepre­sentatives approve $500 milJion in re­dress appropriations for payments be­ginning on October 1, 1991. The com­mitment was endorsed by the House in a vote of338 to 80 as part of its approval of the $21.6 Billion Commerce-justice­State Appropriations Bill.

-Japanese consumers are complain­ing about a new board game manufac­tured by japan's Yonezawa Corp. The game, called "Bacteria Panic," leaves its losers holding a card marked· AIDS" at game's end. Other cards are marked rubella and hepatitis. Yonezawa offi­dals are reportedly surprised by the customer complaints and, according to one spokesperson, said that the com­pany · never meant to hurt the feelings of patients and their families .· He pointed ou t tha t the game's instructions warn: · never play this game with real victims of disease.· (StIlttl< Gay N<ws)

- Academy Award winner Steven Okazaki was the recipient of the 1991 Asian American Media Awa rd, pre­sented by Asian OneVision on june 27.

the National Register of Historic Build­ings. The building currently houses Spectra Communications, as well as o ther local organizations.

A campaign to help raise funds for this historic move has begun with a generous donation by David Wong of Uruted Savmgs and Loan. Moving costs are estimated at S35OO. Because the Ex­aminer is the only pan Asian nonprofit newspaper in the country, your contri­butions are tax.<Jeductible. Contribu­tions can be sent to the InternatiolU1l Exo.miner: 318 6th Ave. S., Suite 127, Seattle, WA 98104 .

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Mike Masaokn : 1915-1991

Controversial JACL leader dies by G. Tim Gojio

Mike Masaoka-Iongtime spokes­person for Japanese American and Asian American cau~ied June 26 in the Washington D.C. area follOwing a long illness. Masaoka, who is perhaps best remembered (or his involvement with theJapanese American Citizens League GACL), was 76.

Born in Fresno, California, in 1915, the fourth of eight children, Masaoka grew upin the Salt Lake City area, where his father operated a small fish market. Masaoka attended the University of Utah, where his skill as a debater helped him land a job as a speech instructor. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, Masaoka contemplated a career in politics. At the request of Saburo Kido, then the J ACL National President, Masaoka became the first paid executive secretary for the National JACL. This was in August of 1941, only four months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

To this day, the World War n policies

and actions oftheJACL, led by Masaoka at that time, can still evoke heated reac­tion within the Japanese American community, almost a half century later. When the federal government excluded and detained Japanese Americans liv­ingalong the WestCoast, theJACLfiIled the leadership vacuum created when Japanese American community leaders were removed by the FBI. The decision to cooperate with federal authorities and subsequent actions of JACL leader­ship-including Masaoka-remain conlToversiaJ to this day.

Regardless of how one views Masaoka, he played a colorful and sig­nificant role in the lives of Japanese Americans. During the war, Masaoka worked tirelessly for the right o( Japa­nese Americans to serve in the military, bringing him a measure of fame across the Pacific. Radio Tokyo called him Japan's "number one enemy" and said he would be (he first American hanged when the Japanese fleet steamed into San Francisco Bay. Years later, this wartime hostility was mended when,in 1968, Masaoka was awarded the high­est decoration Japan can bestow upon a foreigner- the Order of the Rising Sun, Third Oass-for his contributions to Japanese American amity and under­standing.

Mike Masaoka was credited with being the first Japanese American to volunteer for the 442 Regimental Com­bat Tea.m, the highly decorated combat

unit which was composed. of Japanese Americans from the mainland and Ha­waii. Four of his brothers also volun­teered-one of whom was killed in ac­tion- while their mother remained in

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Ackerley. __ Continued from page 1

Obtaining an acceptable financing agreement turned out to be difficult as well. With the poor economic climate throtUing the growth o( the nation, as wellas the city, the (ew interested finan­ciers were asking (or repayment sched­ules which the Ackerleys (elt were too demanding. The economic problems also contributed to slow sale o( the ex­pensive skyboxes, which help to ensure the long-term profitability of the arena.

More recently, legal challenges, espe­cially those related to the environmen­tal impact statementr proved to be an­other burden. An environmental im­pact sta tement is required of builders to assess negative effects the construction may impose on the surrounding com­munities. tn the process, the public has an opportunity to submit its concerns, a nd the builder mus t corne up wlth appropriate mitigating meas ures.

Membersofthe International District, with the memory of the construction of the Kingdome and 1-5 still fresh, had serious concerns that the new arena would result in greater traffic conges­tion and rising property value. Accord­ing to Susan Kunimatsu, the Depart­ment o( Community Developmenrs h­aison to the International Special Re-­view Board, more traffic means less parking (or regular customers in the ID, and also poses risks to the high number of senior citizens in the area. Higher property values would drive out the tenants and traditional small busmesses, both o( whom rely on low rent. Resi­dents and businesses of Pioneer Square voiced similar reasons for opposing the project. Still another group was worried thatthearea would becomesocongested that potential fans o( Kingdomeevents, like Mariners games or trade sh~ws, would be discouraged (rom attend mg.

A separate issue is being argued be­(ore the State Supreme Court, as re-­ported in The S",ttle Times. Several Se­attle Center employees have charged that the financial agreement between

the Oty and Ackerley, which would "pay Ackerley $1 million per year from admissions taxes generated by the new arena" in exchange for such things as free tickets (or low-income youth, ad­vertising, and some public use, is an unconstitutional gift o( public money.

In sum, the law suit and resolution of the concerns raised in the environmen­tal impact statement would have de-­layed thewholeventureby at leas ta (ew years, not to mention the money in­volved for litigation.

Fornow,itappears that the local com­munities can rest easier with the an­nouncement that the project is dead. Already, though, business leaders and thecity are looking to resurrect the sports arena, quite possibly at a different site and with different owners.

Patrick Doherty, who, as the Senior Land UseO(ficial (or the Department of Construction and Land Use, met wi th Ackerley's consultan ts through o ut the past yetL1" m cornpU\ne "'- env\~

tal impact statemen t, tried to hammer out resolutions. He recommends that t.he International District and other nearby communities s tart discussing and planning re5-ponses to future con­s truction plans, especially in light olthe significant development pressure in the area.

''TIle issues brought up are not going away with the arena's going away. The arena is just one manifestation of what will be greater development in the area," he says, all o( which will have a cumu­lative impact on life in the ro.

He also suggests that, even though the arena will not be built and the plots of land remain a parking lot, it will not remain that way for too long. In fact,His often mentioned as a si te for an indus­tria.1 park, among other things.

"In that case, the results would be possibly worse: Dohertysays. "Instead of having peoplecolTUng down only (or special events, there would be an inJIux everyday. And they would need new places which accompany that setting: new restaurants, new dry deaners, new officesupplystores. Thcdirect response and could be much "

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'This book is our tribute ... ' Unlike this column, THE BIG

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For example, consider the smallest work of art in the book, a tiny poem, which translated into English, has only seven (7) words:

Spider web turned black Confined three years

-Violet Kazue Matsuda de Cristoforo

Think about that; her name is almost as long as the poem. That poem could fit ina fortune cookie; you could wtiteitin a matchbook or on the back of your hand. But for now, etch it into your mind. Good. Irs thereto stay. The poem has become a '1ens" and "mirror" for you. And, as such, perhaps it might assist you in envisioning aspects of your own existence: the '1ittle things," you know, such as the passage of time, im­permanence, mortality, the inter-relat­edness ofliving beings. And, at the very least, you might begin to consider the various webs and spiders you've en­countered and wi\l e.ncounter, in your daUylUe.

When you think about it, these '1ittIe things" are far from "trivial"; rather, they serve to make up the grandness, the wonder, oflile,and are not to be taken for granted. Particularly if you happen to be, like Violet, "confined" -in a California, America, concentration camp. Now, no­tice how that fact sheds and creates more light on the poem and in your own life and mind. That light is called "insighf'­which allows you to see the greatersitua­tion: the woman, the web, the barracks, the camp, her soul, her spirit, her history,

A and you might even "reflect" on the pas~ pnesen~ and future of her family, indud- by Lawson Inada ing her infant daughter. Not bad for seven words. And notice how these seven '1enses" /"mirrors" hang in your mind's eye like a wind<hime and mobile com-bined, glittering, sparkling, reflecting, tinkling, casting new light-<:hanging, developing-in the "confines" of your mind.

I'd say that's worth $14.95. Yes, think about your ownfreedom, and appreciate its value. And if you're in a generous bass. Down south on Big Angel Island mood, think about what Violers been there's Frank Chin, acrobat, carpenter, through. Thars also worth $14.95. And flamenco guitarist, railroad brakeman, if you're ever in Salinas,you might want black belt (s)wordsman, and fifth-gen­to tell her so in person-face to face and eration cowboy; jeff Chan, fonner teen­eye to eye. ager, professional ninja , mutant com-

That's seven words, for starters. puter expert, and survivor of, not only Which reminds me-surely you must #Marin County," but innumerable know thegreat Kurosawamovie, "Seven "happenings" and "be-ins"; Shawn Samurai."Well,thebookcontainsmany Wong, "The Kid," former water polo

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No need to go into it grain-by-grain, neer authors like Louis Chu, Toshio but let's just say that instead of Aldra MOri,johnOkada,andMonicaSone,all Kurosawa and his team, and that par- of whom are in this book, without the ticular story about peasants and ban- efforts of the four of us, most of what is dits, there's four of us, for starters- known today as IiAsian American Ht­authors/editors/scholars/"samurai"- erature" wouldn't be known, studied, including me, Tashiro Mifune! I'm in print, or even written. making do in Oregon Prefecture with Thars a fact, pure and simple. We my portable concentration camp, por- started back when wewere "Orientals"; table fish market, and portablejazzstring we came out with books, the real ar-

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tides; we "discovered" our history, Our legacy, our elders; we "revived" careen and "created" others via our writings, publications, and our first-ever Asian American Writers' Conferences, in Oakland, Seattle, and Honolulu. We were there, in the very foundation, and of course we' ve stayed the course. We're for real, right herein the kitchen-ilndif you want "chop suey" and "exotica: you'll have to go elsewhere. And there are not plenty of "franchises" available, with long lines of tourists outside, read­ing "favorable reviews" in the window, by non-Asian critics, and perusing "fashionable" and "acceptable" menuS.

No big deal- this is a free country, and business is business. You can do what you want ,vith your $14.95. In a free country, you have the right 10 .... main ignorant, and be cultura1ly-de­prived. No big deal. I have, and 1!lCI!r­

cise, that right too: I can, for ex.., spend $14.95 for a CD of "chop suey" jazz, or I can cross the aisle and get the real thing-say, the lasted Blue Note CD,BUTNOTFAREWELL,by thetruly great Andrew Hill, pianist, composer, and friend. (More on him later.)

And as for the four 01 us, this book is our tribute, our monument, to all of us and the generations to come. Come on in. Walk around. Have a seat. Relax. Laugh. Drink. Eat. Stay a while. Invite friends. Make yourselves at home.

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"It takes more than gutS ... to run for public office ... "

by Diony V. Corsilles

It's exciting to have another Filipina gunning, albeit late, for that ScatUe City Council position. But for one to allude that it is somewhat anti-community and an act of disloyalty on the part of retiring Councilwoman Dolores Sibonga to unqualifiedly endorse a non-Fili­pino without the benefit of consultation is outright tacky.

Happily, as the story reveals ("New candidate chal­lenges Sibonga endorsement," by Mary Akamine, Int ernational Examiner, 6/ 19 / 91), Sibonga did go through the communi ty process befoTe endorsing Korean-American Martha Chac (or her city counci l seat. It's in fact quite alarming to know now that "she [Maria Ambalada! never talked to [Sibonga! about running."

Nevertheless, I salute Ms. Ambalada for her COUT­

age to go for the gusto, no-malter-what. It takes more than guts, however, to run for a public office ina major city like Seattle, as I'm sure Ms. AmbaIada knows. And con~idering the kind of non-help the community ge ts from city officials, even with a dedicated public figure 111 Dolores, always batting for our fair share of government services, Filipinos who feel victimized by political neglect from City Hall powers-that-be, may now be ripe for the picking, so to speak. Too bad that no longer is there a local community role modcllike Sibonga who can re-ignite the Filipino's fast-fading poli tical hopes and probably effcct the delivery of promised and deserved opportunities that successful but suddenly forgetful politicos oftentimes try to ig­nore.

But how can one make more realistic the chances of Ms. Ambalada' s candidacy? Maybe the only logical answer isa question: What makes fora real contender with no apparent solid support base to start with, when it usually takes tough campaigners, demon­strated winning rccordsand party backing just to keep pace wi th the opposition heavyweights as the prima­ries and general elections come around?

Without sounding know-it-all-ish-for we' re all neophytes in theeyesofheavily funded, seasoned and majority-backed campaign veterans-the following primers, learned from volunteer work in the last elections, may be of help to eager Pinoy political hopefuls:

- There should be a real, two-way communications link between an aspi rant such as Ms. Ambalada, for example, and the leadersofScattlc's Filipino Commu-

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by Ann Fujii

• Alternatives to Fear is a course in rape preven­tion and seU defense for women. It will be offered at EI Centro de la Raza on MoruiJ1ys, beginning July 8 from 7 to 9 p.m., through August 19. Open to women teenage, adult and seniors. The six week course is $45. EI Centro is located at 2524 16th Ave. S. For registration and additional information, call 328-5347.

• The docents at the Wing Luke Asian Museum are holding a White Dragon Rummage Sale on July 14,11 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the 16th annuallntema­tional District Summer Festival. Donationsofjewelry, clothes, small antiques, etc. are needed and will be accepted at the Museum, 407 7th Ave 5., from july 1 to 11. All proceeds will benefit the Wing Luke Asian Museum Docent Program. For more informa­tion, call 623-5124.

• Liddy Alejandro, widow of assasinated Filipino labor leader Leandro Alejandro, will be speaking at a forum entitled,"Philippine Crisis: Rising from the Ashes," 7 p.m., July 17 at the Beacon Hill Presbyte­rian Church, 1625 S. Columbian Way. She is current secretary general of BAY AN or Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance). The forum is sponsored by FACE (Filipino Association fo r Com-

munity Education). For more infonnation, call 324-0269 (mornings only).

• This will be the 15th year that a pig will be roasted at the Danny Woo International District Community Garden. The roasting wilibeginFridGy, July 19, 8 p.m. through the night. The slicing and dicing of the pig and accompanying potluck picnic will beat 12 noon thefoliowingday,Ju1y20. Thisyea.r there will be models and drawings on display of construction improvements for the garden by the Univer.;ity of Washington students. Those inter­ested in helping out or taking a shift during the roasting of the pig, please call Melvin at 624-1802.

• Rev. Dennis Shinseki will lead the annual White River Buddhist Temple Bon Odori Festival, 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at the !empie's front parking lot, 3625 Auburn Way N. There will be japanese food and folk dancing, with flower arrangements and bonsai trees made by temple member.;, and fresh valley grown produce and flower.; that can also be purchased.

- "From Hiroshima to Hope" lantern floating ceremony will take place at Green Lake (just south of the Bathhouse Theatre), 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 6. At 6:30 p.m., there will be a children's program featuring johnny Moses, and children will be able to floa t their lanterns at 7:15. At 7:30 emcee Rev. Richard Nishioka will introduce music by Kokon Taiko, Righteous Rainbow Choir, and a per­formance by Shades of Praise and Gospel Truth. For more information call the WaShington Physicians for Social Responsibility at 547-2630.

nity. A plan should be in the works way ahead and in networkwiththembeforegoingpubliewithsometimes advance with key people participating in dialogues shaky credit claims to avoid problems later on. The and in deciding legi timate priority issues and ope.ra- bottom line? Total Filipino community support is tional problems induding logistics. Last-minute ded- imperative to start a serious campaign moving in the sians to join the campaign fray is not a legitimate right direction. strategy Of campaign agenda unless it is pan of a plan With the5e t)e$\c requ\~ ~~ una for, say, the next elections campaign. should now start Hworrying" about the Asian .. minor-

- On the grassroots level, winning the Seattle Fib- ityand other ethnic, special interest and other support pin~ Community presidency or a counci l seat, or for groups vital to a campaign agenda in this take-off that matter, any of the 6O-or-so local organizations', stage of the game. I hope the serious candidates from appears easy; it's not. One has to earn familiarity with our community take these pointers positively. For in the leaders to be credible, i.e., by long and actual the long run, it is only in the manner of an open mind, volunteer work in their numerous internal affairs. a sincere commitment and fair play that we can ron­Issues involving immigration problems, unemploy- tribute to a winning campaign that involves so many ment/underemployment, job placement/displace- imponderables and pitfalls for,railure. . . ment, housing /job discrimination, even crime, Diany V. Corsillts has been Involved an tke ~ti~n homeiessness, youth intervention and elderly care processes during the /as t primary and gl!1la.1 eIecllDns.n issues, are actual concerns faced daily by the com- dty,countyandstntelevelsasthenpresidentoftheFilipinr>­munity. Various organizations do discuss and follow- American Political Action Group of Washington up such issues and the minority groups do play sup- (F AP AGOW),a politiCJll arm of the Filipino community of porting roles in the processes involved. It is wise to ~5~ea~tt~1e':.-. ______________ --,

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LUQ Ping Remembers

Tiananmen two years later

by S~lin Hoi·Jow

'Whnt wt S/lW IN blood, wt /:new tilt rmUy lerribI. tlUng hRppened 10 us.'

-LuoPing

Luo Ping, president of the local As· sociated Chinese Students and Scholars (ACSS), talked about the importance of remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. "It's not to remember the hate; it's to remember the blood. We must remember the hopes of the people who died in Tiananmen Square.·

He especially focused his reminders at the mainland students who had taken part in the pro-democracy movement. "It's their tragedy. It's not other people's. They need to remember.· He accused them of caring when their emotions ran high, but of forgetting after their "emotions went out."

This graduate student in sociology at the University of Washington speaks from expe,rience. He was active in the pro-democracy movement, and was involved in some Htrouble"-which he won't describe in order to protect people still living in China-after June3 and 4, which resulted in Luo's leaving the Communist Party of which he'd been a member for some five years.

He recounted his memories that tragic night. A secret sou"", had indicated that something would happen on the night of June 3. Policemen had been getting into flStfights and scuffles with the Beijing folk on Changan Avenue. Many stood on the roofs of buildings to get a better view and to throw sticks. Most didn't believe that the govern· ment would order "real shooting." Shortly after 1 a.m. on June 4, Luo a.nd others heard shooting from the Muxidi area, but still didn't believe they were in real danger. They believed that rubber bullets were being used to frighten citi· zens back into their homes. Then, they saw tanks ap­proaching from the west. Many persons were mowed down by the gunfire with· out realizing what was happening, said Luo.

Square during the massacre-but has no idea how many actually died.

Bam on Hainan lsIand 29 years ago, Luo had pined theConununist Partyinhisearly 20s to serve his country.

His father was an officer of the Chi· nese governrnent, as the president of a university. His mother was a highschool teacher in history and Chinese language. In 1978, Luo won first prize in a math contest and was given pe:nnission to study at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, where he graduated with a B.S. in 1982. He went on to Jiuhai, a special economic zone, to work at the

Adult Education Bureau forseveral years. His work exposed him to the work· ings of a free market sys· tern, based on hisobserva· tions of nearby Macao and Hong Kong. Ouring these years, he made an impor· tant decision: to pursue a masters degree in social science.

He hid behind the planters for flowers along the street and wit­nessed many oth· ers getting shot

Luo Ping-Shalin Hai-jcwphoto

In 1986, he received gov· ernment support to attend Beijing University to study the organization and rural development in Wushi , Jiangsu Province, and

down in the pre-dawn darkness. " The Beijing citizens were so brave.

In that situation, they still fight." The People' s Liberation Army shot at "ev· erything" in the early stages-indud· ing people who shouted at them from the sidelines. Later, the PLA was more "tolerant" and didn't shoot as quickly. Luo, an eyewitness, estimated that 20,000 persons were around Tiananmen

Dongguan in Guangdong Province. He perceived a crisis in both the nation's economy and politics while conducting academic research. He began to suspect that the socialist system actually didn' t benefit the people. '1 didn' t think the socialist system would be good forChina," he said.

Luo sees the pro-democracy move­ment as an outgrowth of the evolution

of ideas particularly among intellectu­als in Beijing. One common topic of conversation among such mtelhgentsia in thecapital had been on how to reform the country.

The Beijing Spring pro-democracy movement of 1 9 'added something new" to Luo's vision. "The central power may need to be changed,' heexplained. "What we learned from that (was) the Communist Party should get more controlled from the outside of the gov· ernment." He suggested that compet· ing political groups with real clout be introduced to the Chinese system to balance power.

Luo supports a conditional extension of the Most Favored Nation(MfN) trade status to the P.R.e. "Morally, (Presl' dent) Bush should not have a double standard for human rights . Bush is probably doing the right thmg, but mor· ally, I don't like that."

He says that although a small """",,t· age of the pro-democracy activists ha,,, escapedabroad, theymustrenembcrtheir "broJ!>ers and sisters" who languish as political prisoners in jails or the Ioogrri (labor camps). Ye~ he sees the MFN as integral toChina'sopening to theoutside. Hesuggests thata "majority of the leaden probably don' t want an open door be­cause it threatens their power."

As a Chinese, he has felt frustra ted with the backwardness of China. He says that the hope for advancement has accumulated so long, that it will finally come to fruition . Luo expects positive change in his homeland in the next five years. '1f no change, then the Chinese are really hopeless."

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the Manzanar Relocatio n Ca mp. Amo ng them, the Masaoka boys rollocted more than thirty medals for bravery in action.

Following the war, Masaoka returned home to ron· tinue his wo rk with the jACL. During this post war period, the jACL scored an impressive string of legis· lativevictories. ln 1948, Masaoka lobbied successfully for the passage of the japanese American Evacuation OaimsAct, which p rovided japanese Americans with compensation for lost property. This act is to be con· trasted with the recently enacted Civil Liberties Act ("Redress Bill") which is meant to compensa te not for lost property, but ra ther for the loss of freedom and civil rights during the internment.

Perhaps the greatest legislative legacy of this time is in immigration reform. The jACL played a major role in the re(onn of fed erallmmlgrabon laws to hal t the discriminatory treatment of Asians. Masaoka and the jACL lobbied success fully for the passage o f both the 1952 Walter McCa rran Act, and passage of the 1m· migration Act of 1965.

Seatthtes may remember Masaoka from the a· tiona I jACL con\"ention held m Sea ttle m 1988, where

he debated against a controversial proposal to soften the organiza tion's stand on Hno-no boys"', men, who for various reasons, answered "no-no'" to federal gov­ernment loyalty questions forced upon japanese Americans in the detention camps.

Author's Note: The japanese Americanrommunity has lost a major and rontroversial figure, a burly, coc ky, and articu late person who-rightly or wrongly-steppcd forward at a time when the japa­nese American rommunity needed leadership. I re­spect Mike Masaoka and admire and respect his brashness, drive, and many of his accomplishments. Nonetheless, the jACL and the japanese American community should continue to examine the impacts of what was done during the war, not as an exercise in self·flagellation or linger pointing. but to strengthen the organiza tion and the community through rea­soned self-examination. If thiS can be accomplished Without rancor and in a positive manner, we can then, organiza tionally and collectively, move forward to become-in Masaoka's words-"better Americans in a greater America."

C. r"" Cojio is president-elect for the StIlttle Chapter JACL He also served as Washington D.C. repr"I!7ftative for the National JACL in 1984 and 1985.

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China Boy Review

Like being 'chum bait at a shark feed' by SIWin thi-J. w

Gus Lee's semi-autobiog raphical China Boy describes the premature malcing of a seven-year-old boy Into a young man.

Protagorust Kai ling fits nght In WIth the5tereotypeof newlY-ilmved Ounese­Amencan kIds. He slurs and mixes Ius r's and 1'5. He's shy. He's at the bottom of the school SOCIal ladder In the f,rst grade, with no knack for sports and few social skills. He's skinny, cowardly, myopic, and ou t-of-s tep WIth both Chinese and American cultures. He believes an brains over brawn In the 1950s poverty·s tricken Panhandle Dis· trict of San Francisco, with ne'ghbor· hood kids whose contemporaries would be Uzi· toting gang members.

Being "China Boy" was like being "chum bait a t a shark feed ." In a society where aggression decides the social rank, Kai Ting is at the bottom. There's no room in American cities for calligra­phy, philosophy, filial piety,cultivation of peace, or the scholarly practice which his beloved Uncle C.K. Shim preaches. ("Heaven recognizes merit and piety, w ha le ver the tra nsien t ci rcumsta nres.")

On the home (ront, things a re worse. His ~Ioved, intelligent, feminist mother has just dIed. His fa ther, a former Guomindang offi cer, is distant. He brings home a stepmother for the four c hi ld ren, o f whom Kai T ing is th e youngest and the only son. His wife IS

Edna Madalyn McGurk Ting, who the boy regards as nuclea r fusion: "Awe­some power, few controls, and no rea­sonable comprehension for thc techni­cally unifonned." Buxom, blond, a cold '1iving statue," Edna is a domineering woman. She systematically wages war on the children, whom she blames for hcr mari tal troubles .

She destroys irreplaceable Chinese family artifacts; smears the memory of

their late mother; creates nonsensical ru l.......,;uch as asking pennission be­fore uSing the bathroom and a "no-Ires­passing'" rule for Kai in his own house before dinner-to demonstra te her power.

She employs psychological manipu­lattOns: "Oh, Kal , did you not p,ck up your room? FUle. See this model ai r­plane? Crunch! It was a balsa Curtis P-40 tomahawk, carefully completed jus t a few days before. Is this your creamed corn unflrushed on the plate? Very weU, no dlOner tomorrow, and I will take your hret ruck away. Take that look off your face! Slap! Crunch! to the fi rctru ck, a nd Smas h! again as it resists her stomps. Whap, 1 told you to keep your elbow from the table. I gave you three minutcs to bein the bathroom and you have taken four. Kkk. You did no t move your bowels at 7:30 as I in­structed. How else can you become regular?"

Lee's female characters are often portrayed as petty and warring, with thc cvi l incar­nate in Edna. Third daughter Jane Mi ng·Li and Ed na com­ba t each othcr wi th tenacity. Ed na confinC'S Ja ne to house­hold tasks; missC5 her phone messages; abusC5 her physically. Jane would forget to buy groceries; mi splace valuablei tems;scramble theimplements of the neat Kitchen. A1though Edna rules in the Ting household, she loses out to a Chinese woman, whose manipulations during a formal dinner effec tively de­stroys Ed na's social face.

Change comC5 first in the form of Toussaint laRue, a Christian boy from an impoverished but loving one-parent home . As Kai's "guide to American

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"WdI, 1 don .bww bllt 1 b«n tole, P""" gonna bllY mt a pile ofaxzI. If dJ.J axzI don' t /nun [0' me,

P""" gortrta W:t mt to dJ. ..... If dJU .... d07l rruzkt mt wd, P""" gonna sink us daptr in debt. If dJ.1 debl don till 0IlT food, Papa-gonna lhank dJ. good Sainl/wie. "

He also finds thedeeploveof a mother for her son, in Toos' mother, who said, "He sent me Toussaint La Rue so's I could w.,., him, give him my life, my heart . I have the Lord Jesus and I have Toussaint, and theyse my joys ... When yo' child want yo' time, yougit>e it. Thars

our-our callin ... H's my God-given duty."

Starved for affection and parenting, Kai equates food and love. Once while visiting the Crystal Palace Market, he enthused: "I t was so big and so full of edibles that 1 recognized it as the true cathedral to human existence .. J was such a crass kid, a whore for food, wi ll ­ing to follow my stomach to hell itself. I looked for my pew, ready to give my coins to the god o r this temple. How did

I ever miss this Church." 1M world' maker.; of food IUt' women. t.e.' her0-ines appear as maternal figun>s. uch as a with unJimitro food.

Sah-ation-in a Rocky or Km:I~ KM predictable turn~ccur when. tranger, mecha.nic Hector Pueblo, in­

tervenes after i bad! beaten. He takes him home and encourages i' panents to send him to Iud 'ng at the Young Men' Christian Association (Y I.CA.)intheTenderloin.There, Kai learns self-confidence, follow-through, health. disCIpline, and trect fq;hhng tactics. Here, he finds surrogate fathers in the figu res of fighters Tony Barraza and Bruce Punsalong. He learns to fight fairly, but never to trample another's · soul-'" in the process. A man mu t have hi self-respect, even if he must be pounded on the treet.

The world of the Y.M.CA. boxing ring is unapologetic.1I macho and violent. One teacher tells his oung charges not to be afraid of blood- to consider the Y.M.CA. a blood bank Street fighting i to men as men trua­tion is to women, Lee writes. So, Kai Ting becomes a man.

Gus t.e.'s first novel i full of knee­slap exaggeration and humor. He ha • sharp eye for details, with. tendency towards overstatement and repeti tion. He has a fine ear for di.logu<>-Pan­handle black lingo and Hispanic jive. His characterizations of men tend to be much more well·rounded than his d.,. pictions of women.

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• The theme of the 1991 National Surface Design ' New York jazz violinist Jason Hwang has his first Conference, to be held at the University of Washing- recording out, entilled "Unfolding Stone," (Sound ton from july 11-14, is the meeting of japanese and Aspects SAS041) North American textile design. Featured speaker Video, Film '" Medi. will beJun'ichi Ami,a top avant garde textile designer • 'in focus' is the nameof a quarterly magazine sent from Japan. Over 22 intensive workshops .will be to members of the pioneering Asian American film of!ered including topics such as japanese TeSlSt-dye- and video collective known as Visual Communlca-

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Matsuzawa. who describes Ius agency as a "cross<ultural marketing com­pany:isaisopartoftheAsian-American Ad Council; an organization which is currently being formed to " profession­aJize the industry, exa.mine stereotypes and bring to light the problems."

n.e ad is part of a campaign, which consists of three different ads created by Sharp Hartwig Inc., a local agency spe­cializing in business to business adver­tising. n.e two other ads in the Port of Seattle campaign focus on the increase in business travel and the growth in domestic or leisure travel.

Cynthia Hartwig, creative director of the campaign, said her agency has re­ceived only compliments about the Asian growth ad.

Hartwig hopes the ad will "tell air­lines that Sea-Tae's Asian travel has in­creased and that it is a lucrative airport they should look at."

Rachel Garson, a spokeswoman for the Port of SeatUe's aviation division, thinks the ad is an effective tool in re­minding people that "Seattle is a major gateway to Asia , and it has been since the 1940's." She said the Port also has not heard any complaints about the ad.

In last month's MediJl Inc, a North­west communica lions trade publication,

the ad garnered at!ention for the use of the sumo because "he commands a lot of attention."

Hartwig maintains that the sumo wrestler was used because he 15 a re­spected and an admired figure and Ius size "P'tomi.zes the Significant growth of the small baby.

'"In advertising, symbols convey the message more quickly," said Hartwig.

Matsuzawa argues that this ...,.."ere<! japanese athlete is not a positiye image for other Asian groups because sumo wresUers are not part of their heritage.

"Sumo wresUersarea part of japanese culture, but they are not a part of Asian­American culture," Matsuzawa re­marked. "Chinese and Filipinos, for in­stance, don' t want to be identified as sumo wrestlers.'"

Sharon Maeda, president of Spectra Communications.-a media and man­agement consulting group-agreed with Matsuzawa, saying that the ad "belittles a traditional japanese art form."

Maeda was shocked that the ad agency would use a sumo wrestler to represent Asian AmericarlSand surprised because the Port of Seattle did not object to it.

'1 thought people had become more enlightened," she said. "It is a classic example of what I saw three years ago, but I didn' t expect to see something like that now."

For the past three years, Maeda has been working on a video project for the

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TIle ramifications of an ad . e the Port's are many, Maeda said . "What put my ancestors in concentration camps, is what keeps perpetuating these stereo­types."

When told that there were concerns about the Port's use of the sumo wres­tler, Margo Spellman. the marketing director of the Port of Seattle, responded, "If there is a perceiYed problem. we will not run thead."

Spellman did concede tha t the ad was targeting " the japanese market because ithas shown themost significant growth and maybe we should have specified that" She said if anyone was offended by the ad. it was not intentional and she apologizes.

Although the Asian growth ad has only appeared twice in Airline BIlSint:ss, an airline trade publication, there are not plans to use it again.

Garson said the ad' s limited showing is because it was only meant to reach "a small, narrowly-focused audience."

Hartwig expla.ined that the Port's whole ad campaign is aimed at airlines and Mexecutives of international rom· panies who can lobby for airline routes."

"The Asian market is important to the state, to the region and to the airport: Garson said.

Asian Americans represent oneof the

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To ad,-erti..<erS, this is a profile that is worth targeting. But, IatsULlwa warns that if ad,wtisers do not tart present­ing moresmsiti,-e portro)Ols 01 Aslans. they may risk offmding or alienahn8 their intended mar ...

When adn'rtisers thin!.. about Ask1n AmeriCarlS, many bllconjureupUOilS''S of wiseold men with abacuses, capltllhst businessmen. and demure, men who are labeled -e).'"Otic.-

MatsU2awa believes this. problem. He feels it i too easy for ad vertlsers to have actors with " lie hats, pigtails and buck treth" and label them Asian.

Because there is a lack of balance In

what we see in the media. Matsuzawa believes that it is imperati,.., to depIct AsiarlS in more realistic roI

"Stereotyping makes things upcrfi­cial," headded.sayingthatitonl hows the a<1\..,rtiser's lack of creativity and their unwillingness to undcrstlnd Asian American issues.

Maedaagreed." AsianAmencansare not monolithic; we're from all different backgrounds."

Matsuzawa would rather SCi:! ads where Asian Americans.re represen ted in .11 walks of life and in more main­stream ads .• Asian Americans arc d tors, lawyers, gardeners, dentists, and some run aerobic classc II he com· mented.

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Children's Photography Issue

Fourth in a series of art upplement by the International Examiner

"Danger ahead! It could be dang rous for t ch t b on pIa ground duty. I thought th all aging t hit Mrs. Padullo. But

n1 her at the last minute."

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Creating art with inexpensive cameras

by Dean Wong

Ansco Vision "Focus Free" Cameras, retail price $17.95. Plastic body pl,lstic lens, one f-stop (5.6), no ASA film ,peed setting (use any 100 to 1000 speed 111m, according to the instruction book), built in !lash. SUnple, inexpensive cameras that make "creating art" possible for anyone.

Fine art photographer Irene KuruyulJ, a devoted user of point-and-shoot cameras, and I went to visit two English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at Kimball Elemen­tary school. The Asian students here came from such diverse places as Paris, Cambo­dia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

We distributed 35 of the Ansco cameras and 105 rolls of Fuji print film. We wanted the 4th and 5th grade students to photo­graph their friends, family, life at home, their pets or anything that interested them. The cameras were theirs to keep.

As the cameras and film were handed out, many of the kids ran around excitedly taking pictures of each other. Bursts of light flashedaround the room. The students continued to shoot away as we gathered them outside fo r a class portrait.

"Try to get them to slow down," I said to the teacher, Saki Shimizu, as we left.

A week and a half later, most of the kids had only shot two rolls of film. Some had only used one roll .

"The kids that have been here awhile went snap, snap," said Dolores Dong, teacher. "fhe (more recent) immigrant kids had never had photography before, they didn't want to waste film and become a burden. At fi rst they thought they had to go somewhere. We told them we wanted everyday life. They feel their lives are not that exci ting."

Back row left to right Ms. PaduUo, Karen Leung, Thanh Au, Sherry Hu, Yannie Wong, Peggy 0I1JT41. Connie Chong, Nga La, Assah Tong, Howsee Yee, James Ung, Sarah Quach. Linda Quach, Yong Li Col, Duyen Ly, Tina Luu, John Boy Laygo, Jon Unjang, Ryan Wu. Front Row left to right Kayan Lau, C~ Dinh, Kenny Chen, Kevin Mai, Bunkeat Khung, Ms. Vu, Fidel Peralta, Bouavong Phomma, Mauricio juarez, Thanh Tuan Khuu, PhuQC Chiem, Mrs. Shimizu, Nick Baluca, Ms. Dong. Not pictured: Don VII, Van Vu, jessie Bobadilla, Ka Yan Lau, Yong Li Cai - Dean Wong Photo

"Just pushing the button was fun," said Jon Unjang, a ten-year-old of Malaysian ancestry. Several of Jon's photos were selected for publication. Looking over some of his other prints, one looked a little dark. A teacher had borrowed his camera and taken the photo. '1t looks dark because the teacher took it without a fl ash," he said.

Phuoc Chiem, an ll-year-old Vietnamese boy, took plenty of pictures of his three­and-a-half-year-old cousin. One showed his little cousin in a Ninja pose with a piece of cloth wrapped around her head. Phuoc had never taken pictures before coming to America.

One print that wasn't selected showed the cousin with her mother. "She started crying and said, 'Take a picture of my mother and I' ll stop crying,' " Phuoc re-

lated. He had another shot of his mother covered up with a blanket. He got in trouble for taking that picture because she had just woke up. Another shot was his brother working on his car. "My brother tries to make the car shine," Phuoc said.

Eleven-year-old Karen Leong shot four rolls of film. '1 like taking pictures becaUII it's fun learning new things," she said. ''The first time we got cameras, after school, we went to a friend's house for a birthday party. In one photo, a friend accidentally stuck her tongue out," I<areII said.

Ten-year-old Kayan took a lot of photGl of her teachers, her mother's jewelry and the family collection of figures of BUddha surrounded by little children. "He's nice kids," she said.

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Project creates potential "shutterbugs"

by Saki Shimizu

Kimball Elementary School, located on Beacon Hill, serves over 500 students of which one·fourth speak English as a sec­ond language. These students range fro m newly arrived immigrants and refugees to second-generation Americans. They speak 12 different languages, most of which are Asian languages.

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The students in the fourth and fifth grade everyone was able to shoot at least one roll, ESL (English as a Second Language) read- some up to four rolls. ing groups were very excited and pleas- When the photos were developed, most antly surprised to be included in the pho- students had at least one picture chosen for tography project as part of a special publication. In addition, Dean Wong and children' s issue of the i ll terllat iollal Exam- Irene Kuniyuki picked a few potential iller. They were especially thrilled to re- "shutterbugs" to encourage further. It was ceive cameras of their own to keep, since great to see the self-pride and seIf-concepts most of them did not own one. boosted in these students.

For a week-and-a-half, they were seen This experience allowed our students to clicking away: in the classroom, on the share another side of themse1ves, their playground, on field trips, and on the way families, their friends and their cultural to and from school. It was a new experi- connections. They were able to show us ence for many. Very different from the what they see from their eyes, what. usual school assignment. Some of the important to them. Hopefully, dUll wiU students were overwhelmed by the scope prove to be just the besfnnlJI8lor them to of the task but with some encouragement, of develop another avenue oI ...... J8SIon.

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The Simple Camera

Photography for everyone

by Irene H. Kuniyuki

In 1888 George Eastman created the first camera for the m asses, a cam era called The Kodak. This camera w as basically a black box with a viewfinder and lens that came with a roll of film loaded inside (approxi .. mately 100 exposures).

"You press the button and we do the rest" was their advertising slogan . In order to get your pictures devel­oped , you had to send the whole camera back to the factory, where it was reload ed. This was the first "user-friendly" camera on the market

From that time on, cameras evolved into a wide range of fo rmats, with varying grades of technological advances. Around 1985, Fuji re-introduced the concept of the "user-friendly" box camera loaded with color film. This box camera, available in several variations, was marketed as the disposable camera and was only available in Japan. It sold mostly at train stations and tourist attractions.

N ow, in the '90s there are Fuji, Konica and Kodak. Kodak offers the most variety. The "Fling" is the

their regular model. It comes in two film s~200 and 400. The "Splash," designed for shallow ~ ter photography and general beach use is also greatlar use during the rainy season. The "Stretch 35" provides a panoramic effect that produces wide views of a scene. These cameras made their debuts in bright, sunny vacation spots such as Florida, Hawaii and California before they were readily available else­where.

The camera has gone full circle from the camera obscura (pinhole camera), to The Kodak, The Brownie, 35mrn rangefinders, the Kodak Instamatic, the Polaroid instant print, slide and movie film to single lens reflex (SLR) manual, semi-auto, fully auto, com­puterized with inter-changeable computer chips for specific use, to the point-and-shoot 35mm aulO-1!very­thing mostly plastic cameras to the disposable camera and finally back to the low-tech pinhole camera whose niche is within the fine-art realm of the photographic community.

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Working photographers: the child in us all

PA L PAK-HING LEE "I cannot remember how old I \Va;. w hen

I took m y first photograph ... Being the fi rst born, I was gi\'en this \'ery important tas )., to photograph the rest ot th" f.lmily when my father wanted to be III the picture. He would usuall\' be mi<,ing trom the5" fam­ily photos since he w,,, al,,',1\', behind the canlera. In J. way he W.l~ tr.1inlng Inc to take his place in th,' tuture "~1y fiw"'\'<'af-l,ld daughter 1,1\ photo­

graphs with her own 11 J (anwr" ~he photographs powerlines gU.lrdr.lib, radio towers and roc)., tormations. When m\' wile and I ,,'ant to have our picture ta).,en whIlt' we are on a trip, Lil\' u;.uall\' C.ln manage \"ery "'ell e\'en with nl\' Leic.l

"it is difficult tu tal)" 'about photogr,'phy today because it has become so comple'\, Many people use it for different reasons. A photogTaph can rn.ean so rn.any things to different people. I do not think it is so important anymore for the photographer to communicate a specific idea that he ,he wants the viewer to get."

Paul Pak-hing Lee IS ClIrrently an assistant professor in the fine arts department at Wash­ington State Uni,>ersitl(. He teacht's clas,,'s III

plwtography as well as' GraphIC Design. He has exhibited his personal work In photography and computer graphics in nllmerous galleries and museums around the coun try.

-RICK WONG '1 started taking snapsho ts when I was

seven years old. My first camera was a Kodak Brownie. The photos were of family members and any object 1 could point the camera at to record the event. When I was 12 years old, 1 was processing my own film and printing on my grandfather's enlarger .. .I was hooked and knew that photography will be my life long passion. 1 was amazed at how the prints would

slowlyapp ar in the d vclopcr a if by mlgi ." ,

Rick Wong is a staff photographer at The Boeill C~mpauy where he dOes still photogra­plly, motlOII plctllre fi lm, video mId highspeed J!hoto rnphy. His ubjects rIlnge from advertis­IIlg shots for brochures to stress testillg parts of the plane. He has also been staff photographer for Rockor, DIrector of PhotograpllY for Asian MIIIII-Medlll, mId has freelanced ;'1 both still 11/lOtography arId video.

VERNA YIP "I got interes ted by looking through a

camera, fram ing a picture and seeing only ",h"t was in the viewfinder.

It "'as a surprise (seeing the prints), you didn ' t ).,now what you would get. I was fascina ted by what I could do with a cam­era. You could dis tort pictures or you can get it clean and clear."

Verna Yip is a Portrait Photographer for Yll en LlIi Studios. Her freelance work includes weddings and the Northwest Nikkei newspaper. She Iws cxperimellled with computer manipula­tion of photographs. Her maill interest nOW is CTm ting 19305 Hollywood style glamour pictures.

"Real photography (take the picture, develop and print it) was in the summer of 1975 at the Lakeside Educational Enrich­ment Program (LEEP) where 1 also did some filmmaking, mostly animation."

Her first camera was a GAF 110 camera which she used to photograph her "orange cal named Tommy," in 1974.

Irene H. KurJiyuki is a visual artist and freelallce photographer who specializes ill perfomlOrlce photography. She is a member of the Cen ter On Con temporary Art program­ming board and t1w Wing Luke Asian Museum board of trustees. Her art work 110S been exhib­ited regionally.

" The first photos I can remember taking were of the Seafair Parade with a Kodak Brownie camera. One year Leonard Nimoy, (Mr, Spock of Star Trek) was the grand marshall and I took his picture as he was signing autographs on 4th Avenue. I don't have that photo anymore, but 1 did find one of my friend, Robert riding a bike in front of my home on King Street in Chlnatown.

"My first real camera was a Fujica V35 rangefinder camera which was passed down to me from my sis ter. I still have two photographs taken with this camera which I include in exhibits."

Dmn Wong is a plwtographer/writer for the International Examiner and has also worked in irldependent films alld broadcast television. He is currently working all a plwtographic exhilrit at the Smtt/e-Tacoma International Airport for the Wing Luke Asian Museum and has a major exhibit scheduled for the SeaHle Central Com­munity College Gallery in January 1992.

"Of all the photographs I've taken of kids, this is probably the most difficult. I was shooting production stills for Christine Choy' s documentary "From Spikes to Spindles" inside a Chlnatown garment factory. Every time 1 picked up my camera to take a photo, the child automatically turned away from the camera.

'1 held the camera in my right hand and then folded my arms with the camera pointed in the direction of the subject. Then I turned my head to the right and waited for the sounds of machinery to muffle the tripping of my shutter. Some day I wo~d like to present this photograph to the kid. My guess is that this child is a college junior or senior,

"On the technical side, I used a 28mm lens at F8 pre-focused between 5 feet and infinity with a shutter speed of 1/l2S.~

Corky Lee describes himself /IS the · undlS­puted, IInofficial Asilm-AmeriClln photographer lallreate." He has been photographing the Asian American community for wet' 20 ytllTS and lives in New York City,

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Credits:

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Photographic Consultant: Irene H. Kuniyulri

AcknowWg<m<1Its: The students and teachers at Kimball Elementary School

Teachers: SaId Shimizu Dolores Dong Soo Fong Chan Erlinda PaduJIo KayVu

US Weot , Anita Hidalgo, Evie Vinlan Suoco, jill Ryan, jim Moran, j ulie Anderson Bellevue Fred Meyer Store: Lena Street Alan Lau jeffHanada Rick Wong Verna Yip Corky Lee Paul Lee Akia Kuniyuki

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