Locke Foundation

2023 – Fall

• History of Locke and the Locke Foundation
• Bury My Bones In America – Saga of a Chinese American Family
• Locke Will Feature Dragon Dance To Celebrate Year Of The Dragon
• Chinese Demonstration Garden Renovation Project

2022 – Spring

• Chopsticks Etiquette
  
• Gay Hoi Lum, Living the Pioneer Spirit
• 2022 Scholarship Opportunities for High School Students
• Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival Is Back!
• Historical Trail in California dedicated to Chinese Pioneers (Gam Saan Trail)
• History of Chinese organizations in US

2022 – Winter

• Locke’s Opera House: Star Theater
• Eddie Jang: Delta’s Horatio Alger
• Square and Circle: Oldest Chinese American Service Organization
• Locke Foundation Needs your Support

• Consortium launches Chinese American Heritage Network
• Saving Face
• Mid-Autumn Festival on September 21
• 2021 Best of Delta Awards
• A Woodcutter’s Son: Alfred Chan
• In Memoriam Janet Jang Friederich 1934-2021
• Asians and Games of Chance
• Locke’s Own Dai Loy

2021 – Summer

• Locke Foundation 2021 Scholarship Recipients
• Life and Times of Harry Sen
• Chinese View of Mental Health
• Joe Shoong’s Legacy to Locke – The Locke Chinese School
• Dragon Boat Festival
• The Timeless Magic of Mahjong

2021 Spring

• Ching Ming or Sweeping the Grave on April 4, 2021
• Jeff Kan Lee: The Journey From A Chongshan Village in California
• Chinese View of Death and Dying
• Distinguished Patrons of Locke Foundation
• 2021 Scholarship Opportunities for High School Students
• 9-Man Volleyball: Chinese Style

2021 Winter

• Daisy Mah: The Last Toishan Girl in Walnut Grove
• Carol Lee, Locke Foundation Welcomes Newest Directors
• Locke Historic District
• New Exhibit Debut @ Boarding House Museum
• The Rise and Fall of Chop Suey Houses
• What is the difference between Chinese and Chinese-American Cuisine?
• Honey Loquat Sore Throat Syrup: a staple in Chinese homes

2020 Fall

• Dear Friends of Locke Foundation (Chair Stuart Walthall)
• Locke Residents Served with Pride in WW II (Ruth Jang & Harry Jang)
• Vivid Memories of the Bok Bok Man (Bon Bung)
• Po Chai Pills: Panacea for all ailments
• Bridges of Sacramento River Delta
• History of Paintersville

2020 Summer

• Home (Alfred Chan)
• Capturing Life Stories of Delta Pioneers: Locke Foundation Oral History Project
• Uneasy Co-existence Walnut Grove Japanese/Chinese (1908-1941), Part 2
• What’s in Chinese Medicine Cabinet?
• Nameless Chinese Tule Workers Reclaimed Delta Swamps
• LF Scholarship Award

2020 Spring

• Oral History Project Launched
• In Memoriam: Willis Tom (1926-2020)
• Josiah Gallup: Business Agent to Chinese Merchants
• Highlights 2020 Chinese New Year Celebration in Locke
• Scholarship Opportunities for High School Students
• Boarding House Museum Hosts Free Museum Day

2020 Winter

• Civil War Legislator Staunch Supporter of Chinese Labor John Conness (1821-1909)
• Uneasy Co-existence between Japanese/Asian Residents in Walnut Grove (1908-1941)
• Chinese Celebrate Winter Solstice on December 21, 2019
• Distinguished Patrons of Locke Foundation
• LF Fundraiser sold out affair

2019 Fall

• John Lee of Walnut Grove: WWII Flying Tiger Hero
• Locke Foundation Lecture Series
• Tule Horse Shoe on Display at New York City Museum
• Filmmakers Come to Locke
• Old “Barn” in the Back of Locke
• Courtland Pear Fair

2019 Summer

• Delta Life through Vintage Postcards
• Author Kim Luke speaks on life saga
• 9th Annual Locke Asian Pacific Street Festival
• LF Free to Operate as Traditional Non-Profit
• LF Participants in Bok Kai Festival
• James Motlow Opening Reception & Lecture
• Rio Vista HS Students Receive LF Scholarship

2019 Spring

• New Art Studio in Locke (Artist Joy Kuo)
• Coins used by Chinese Immigrants
• Locke Boarding House Joins State Park Diablo Range District
• Scholarship opportunities by Delta High School Students
• Locke in the 1970s (B/W Photography by James Motlow)
• Locke Celebrates Chinese New Year, February 16, 2019

2019 Winter

• WWII Service Record of George Marr of Locke, CA (August 8, 1923 – December 10, 1980)
• In Memoriam: John Chun, former Locke Resident (1930-2018)
• 2019 Marks 150th Anniversary Completion First Transcontinental Railroad: Why is 2019 is banner year in Chinese American History?
• Chinese Railroad Worker Photo Exhibit @ 10th Anniversary Locke Boarding House
• 2019 Calendar of Community Programs
• October 2018 Fundraiser
• New Shop on Main Street (Seeker Locke)

2018 Fall

• George Locke (Sacramento Union Archives: August 22,1909)
• Morrison Chun, Tribute: Locke Native Son (1920-2018)
• Evolution of Chinese Family Associations, Part I
• LF presents Chinese Helped Build The Railroad. The Railroad
• Helped build America. & Chinese and the Iron Road

2018 Summer

• In Memoriam: Celestine Marr Fong (1950-2018)
• Where have all the Delta Chinatowns gone?
• Chong Chan, Lincoln Chan, Douglas Wallace Chan,
• John Wesley Sharpe, Alex Brown, Josiah Pool, Chan
• Tin San, Wing Chong Owyang, Yuen Lai Sing, Chinese National Park Service (NPS) Plaque Installed
• Two Locke Artists Combine Talents in New Book (Brock Alexander & D.R. Wagner)
• LF Awards 2018 Scholarship
• 2018 Locke Asian Pacific Street Festival

2018 Spring

• Meet 2018 Locke Foundation Board of Directors Stuart Walthall, Clarence Chu, Anita Lo, Eileen Leung, Dustin Marr, Honey Lum, Darrel Woo, Douglas Hsia, Mark Miller
• Walnut Grove Branch Line Railroad in Locke
• LF 2018 Chinese New Year Celebration in Sacramento
• Chinese New Years in Locke
• Narcissus in Chinese Culture
• LF Awards 2018 Scholarship

2018 Winter

• Corliss Suen Lee, Once Upon a Chinese Town: A Place in Time
• In Memoriam: Roberta Jong Yee (1924-2017)
• Nelson Loo receives LF Service Award
• Clarence Chu receives Founders Award at CACS 30th Anniversary Gala for contributions to historic Locke.
• Chinese translation of Native Sons Historical Plaque
• Isleton Chinese Pavilion Restoration
• 2018 Happenings
• LF Fundraiser October 28, 2017

2017 Fall

• Fiddletown: Jimmy Chow Story (Fong Chow Yow)
• In Memoriam: Yin Kwan Soon Chan (1912- 2017)
• Clarence Chu (lasting tribute for commitment, advocacy, and preservation of legacy of Locke) receives prestigious CACS Hall of Fame Award
• Will Delta Tunnel Destroy Locke?
• Jeff Gillenkirk Memorial
• Bodhi Temple Plaque (gift to LF)
• Annual Locke Tradition: THE GATHERING

2017 Summer

• Chinese Pioneers in the Foothills of Amador County
• Chew Kee & Wife Sigh Choy (Chew Kee Store)
• Dr. Yee Fung Cheung (Herbal Medicine) & son Yee Lok Sam (aka T. Wah Hing) (Herbal Medicine)
• Fiddletown: Elaine Zorba
• 10,000 Steps: One Woman’s Insistence on the American Dream
• Chinese Demo Garden in Full Bloom
• National Historic Landmark Finally Arrives
• Celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage In Locke: A Class Act
• LF Scholarship Awards

2017 Spring

• Jeff Gillenkirk: Community Bids Farewell to Friend
• Locke Residents Come Together to Pay It Forward
• Chinese Foot-Binding: Beauty at what price?
• Memorial Park Clean Up
• LF Hosts Dual Events on February 4, 2017

2017 Winter

• In Memoriam: Jeff Gillenkirk (1949-2016)
• Frequently Asked Questions about Chinese New Year
• Community Service Award from Asian Bar Association of Sacramento
• Locke Fundraiser Surpasses Goal
• National Historic Landmark Plaque from US Department of the Interior
• The Buddha, Dagger-Clawed Pygmies, and the Leaf

2016 Fall

• Chinese Workers in Tobacco and Cigar Industries
• Fire in historic Locke on July 3, 2016
• LF needs your help. Memorial Tiles, Bequest, BH Docents
• New Display at Boarding House (The Locke of Life)
• Chinese Historic Marker on Main Street

2016 Summer

• D.R. Wagner, Locke’s Renaissance Man: Artist, Poet, Musician, Teacher
• LOCKE (Text of Locke Historic Marker), Installation
• Who Invented the Fortune Cookies?
• Asian Pacific Spring Festival (May 21, 2016)
• LF Scholarship Winners

2016 Spring

• Stuart Walthall Leads Locke Foundation in 2016
• Locke Artist (Ning Hou) Honors Chinese Builders of
• Trans-Continental Railroad at Stanford University
• Bats are favored in Chinese Culture
• The Chinese Farmer’s Almanac Lives On
• Pomelos important symbol in Chinese culture
• LF Celebrates the Year of the Monkey
• Sacramento Museum Day (February 16, 2016)

2016 Winter

• Locke Centennial Reunion, (The Way It Was)
• The Chinese Confession Program
• Why is there an Italian Restaurant in a Chinese Town? (”Al the Wop’s”, Alessandro Adami, Alexander “Al” Adami)
• Lights, Camera, Action in Locke
• Locke Demo Garden Update (painting by Beth Chape)

2015 Fall

• Born in America: Dustin Marr
• Paper Sons, Paper Daughters, Paper Families…Only in America
• Real Chinese Don’t Eat Chop Suey
• Chinese Demonstration Garden is Bursting
• Boarding House Museum joins SAM (Sacramento Association of Museums)
• Angel Island Exhibit to Close in Jan Ying Building.

2015 Summer

• Kim King, Born in America: My first day at School
• Colton Zhang. Locke Teen Returns from World Robotics
• Championships (Mentor Coach Robert Green)
• Locke Centennial Celebration… “If you can dream it, you can do it” …Disney
• It’s all about Face
• Daisy Mah Honored for Locke Memorial Garden Work
• LF receives California State Resolution
• Locke BH Museum exhibits (Gateway to Gold Mountain, Flying Tigers, Life in the Delta: photography exhibit)
• Books For Sale at Boarding House Museum & Locke Foundation Website: Locke, California: A Chinese Community in the Sacramento River Delta. (Images of 1935 Locke buildings compiled Lim Mar from Historical American Buildings Survey).
• Remembering Locke 100 Years, 1915-2015. (History & essays from former and current residents on life in Locke).
• Pat Braziel retires (Chief of staff for Supervisor Don Nottoli, District 5)
• High School Artists Debut in Locke
• Chinese Demo Garden Ready

2015 Special Centennial Edition

• 100th Centennial (1915-2015), Locke’s Legacy Lives On
• Born in America: Too Proud to Beg (Mun Do Lai)
• Celebrating Milestone Birthdays: A Chinese Tradition
• Locke Farm Opens on Main Street
• Delta Residents Reunion Dinner 1950’s Chinese Banquet
• Chinese Superstitions: Believe it or Not
• Classical Music in Locke
• Spring Cleaning for Locke Monument
• Native Sons of Golden West Honor Locke

2015 Spring

• In Memoriam: Lim Mar (1942-2014)
• (Kim King), The Old Man and the Sand
• “Gateway to Gold Mountain” Comes to Locke
• Lion Dance in Chinese Culture
• Ching Ming: Traditional Chinese Festival on April 5
• Angels in the Delta
• LF Board Announced New Directors for 2015
• Chinese Demo Garden Gets a Facelift
• Strolling Down Main Street
• LF Newsletter enters 4th year

2015 Winter

• Ryde: Off the Beaten Path (Dennis Leary & Chinese Past)
• When Asparagus was King
• Did You Know… (Interesting “facts” by Stuart Walthall)
• Harvest Moon Festival, October 25, 2014: The Day in Pictures

2014 Fall

• Walnut Grove: A Tale of Two Towns (Japan Town, Chinatown, Walnut Grove Today)
• Our new Web site is Launched (by Angie Eng)
• From the Chinese Demonstration Garden
• New LF Members
• Photo Fun: Alien Life in Locke
• Locke Centennial Celebration Planning Under Way

2014 Summer

• Connie’s (Connie King) Toilet Garden Comeback
• Did you know…(Stuart Walthall, Jay Correia)
• Main Street Awakens at Asian Pacific Street Festival
• From the Chinese Demonstration Garden
• High School Artists Shine at Moon Café Gallery
• A Bout With Mother Nature (Poison oak)
• Locke Centennial Celebration Planning Under Way

2014 Spring

• The Art of Chinese Calligraphy
• Locke Through the Lens (Best of Show–Duo Peng)
• From the Chinese Demonstration Garden
• Locke Foundation Supports Walnut Grove Library
• Docent Tour of Locke
• Locke Boarding House Museum / Visitors Center
• LF Membership News
• Photo Fun: The Pellet (Owls)

2014 Winter

• Locke’s Jan Ying Benevolent Association
• Locke Centennial Project Seeks Former Residents’ Photos
• Delta Authors Convene in Locke (Joseph Coulombe, DR Wagner, Randy Gutierrez, Sally Ooms, Bill Corp, Chris Spencer, Kelan O’Connell, Jeff Gillenkirk, James Motlow)
• Locke Centennial Survey Wish List
• Memorial Tile Wall Project Expands
• All Signs Lead to Locke
• From the Chinese Demonstration Garden
• Harvest Moon Festival

2013 Fall

• The Last Wish of Tom Jung: Delta Patriarch Inspires
• Tom Jung: Reunion Legacy (With translation of recording of Tom Jung’s final words)
• Nearly Lost Daughter and Sister (Mae Tom Chan)
• Delta Pride: Necessity Was the Mother of Invention (Delta Patents)
• Planning for Locke’s Centennial in 2015
• 1st Prize Winner in Locke Foundation Essay Contest

2013 Summer

• Asian Pacific Cultural Festival
• What a Long Strange Trip (Long lost Gong returns) (Jessie (Cullivan) Heinzman / Ettamarie Peterson)
• Jeff Kan Lee (personal story & meeting Ettamarie with Gong)
• (Kim King) “Gung-Gung is here!”
• Locke Centennial Building Survey (LCBS) (Wish List)
• New Locke Photographic Building Survey
• New LF Membership
• Main Street Sizzles at Asian Pacific Cultural Festival
• Free Chinese Calligraphy Lessons

2013 Spring

• Locke Memorial Park: Final Installation of a Continuing Saga (Dustin Mar, Nelson Loo, Sun Loo, Mary Loo)
• Joe Shoong’s Philanthropy Comes to Locke
• Sun Yat Sen’s connections to Hawaii and Delta Chinese
• Life Members/Annual LF Members

2013 Winter

• Locke’s Huckleberry Finn—Irvin Lai (1927-2010)
• Effie Lai (1905-2004) Behind every successful man is His Mother
• Locke Memorial Park and the Garden Girl (Daisy Mah)
• The town of Locke thanks you for your beautiful and meaningful gift
• A Banjo for Jerry Waterworth
• Locke Historical District signs installed on River Road
• Harvest Moon Celebration at Jean Harvie, October 27,2012
• Join the Locke Foundation (Let’s break down this statement)
• Newest LF Members

2012 Fall

• Locke Community Park Segues to Locke Memorial Park (Elyse Marr, Whitney Marr)
• Granddaughter of Locke’s Family designs monument (Elyse Marr)
• Life in the Foon Hop Store on Main Street (Chester Cheung)
• Volunteers Beautify Locke Grounds
• LF welcomes newest members
• LF Wish List

2012 Summer

• Locke Community Park Arises from Ashes (Whitney Marr Locke Memorial Park Designer)
• All the Days Were Sunny [Roberta (Bobbi) Owyang]
• Oral Interview with Locke Resident (synopsis of group interview with (Genelle (Linky) Hamolka, Diana Lee, Eugene Lee, Roberta (Bobbi) Lee, Wallace Owyang, Walter Owyoung, and Penny Pedersen)
• Heungshan (Zhongshan) Immigrants to the Delta (early Chinese in the Delta), (reference of Lincoln Chan)
• New look for Boarding House Museum
• LF welcomes new members

2012 Spring

• Locke Foundation Chair Speaks Out (Clarence Chu)
• Meet Locke Foundation (LF) Board of Director (Clarence Chu (Chair), Eileen Leung, Deborah Mendel, Brock Anderson, Pat Braziel, Dustin Marr, Jay Correia, Tina Giannetti-Mabalot, Lo “Lorenzo” Giannetti, Darrel Woo)
• The Locke Foundation (LF) Moving Into the Future
• Update on Board House Museum & Visitor’s Center Display
• Asian Pacific Spring Festival Comes to Locke (May 19, 2012)
• Locke’s Chinese Vegetable Demonstration Garden
• Cooperative Community Chicken Coop Barn Raising Style
• Purchase a Memorial Tile