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Herbal Healers

Paul Buell curates exhibit on Ah-Fong and his Chinese medicine at Wing Luke Memorial museum. Small inset article on Hen Sen Chin

The Great Race: the Story of the Chinese Zodiac

Relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in his calendar. Also discusses the Chinese calendar, zodiac, the qualities associated with each animal, and what animal rules the year in which the reader was born.

The world according to Star Wars

There's Santa Clause, Shakespeare, Mickey Mouse, the Bible, and then there's Star Wars. Nothing quite compares to sitting down with a young child and hearing the sound of John Williams's score as those beloved golden letters fill the screen...&c

Joan Yoshitomi, getting people together to get things done.

Joan Yoshitomi named Seattle's Japanese Woman of the Year . Details of her career and effectiveness, especially in the educational community.

An Anniversay of shame for the U.S.

The 50th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 is recognized as well as the exhibit at the Wing Luke museum commerating this time in U.S. history.

Executive Order 9066 lives on for Japanese Americans

Summarizes the actions of the men who said "no" to two questions on the loyalty statement required of all Japanese Americans. Explains the rift this caused in the Japanese American community that exists even today and pleads for tolerance between theā€¦