Locke Foundation Past Newsletters
Locke Foundation Newsletter Archive
Voices Film Premiere Sells Out
18th Annual Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival
Square and Circle Club of San Francisco
Delta Meadows Project Impact on Locke Foundation
Mother Connie’s Footsteps – Poem by Stuart Walthall
Isleton Unveils Asian Heritage Park
James Xiao – LF Newest Director
Locke Foundation Chinese New Year Celebration
FAQ’s about Chinese New Year
East Indians In The Sacramento Delta
Cameras Roll Again In Locke
Locke Chinese Demonstration Garden Showcased
Celebrate Chinese New Year in Locke
Locke Oral History Benefit Draws A Capacity Crowd
Voices: Chinese Women of the Delta Fundraiser Information
Preserving Locke’s Roots – The Locke Chinese Demonstration Garden
Kuramoto Family Legacy – Part Two
Author Luncheon with Dr. Russell Low
Locke Bok Bok Man Plaque Unveiled
The Legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival
Forgotten Chinatowns Event Draws Capacity Crowd
Evolution of Red Egg and Ginger Party
Highlights of the 2024 Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival
The Kuramoto Family Legacy Part One and the Locke Boarding House
Asian American Heritage Park Project
Soon and Chan Families Forge a Locke Legacy
Locke Historic Artifact Gets Proper Treatment
Locke Welcomes Year Of The Dragon
Isleton Celebrates Chinese New Year
Locke Boarding House Museum Makes Significant Strides
The Chinese Tea Ceremony
Why Do Chinese Prefer To Drink Hot Water?
Locke Bids Farewell To Talented Neighbor
Updates On The Town Of Locke
Celebrate Chinese New Year in Locke
Locke Oral History Benefit Draws A Capacity Crowd
Voices: Chinese Women of the Delta Fundraiser Information
Preserving Locke’s Roots – The Locke Chinese Demonstration Garden
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
Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival 2023
Marshall Discovery State Parks Observes Ching Ming at Gam Saan Trail
Face Lift For Locke’s Wooden Walkways
New Memorial Tile Wall
Happy Days at the Happy Cafe – Nytee’s Story
Asian Pacific Spring Festival Announcement
Prominent Citizens of Courtland Chinatown
Chinese New Year event draws record crowd to Locke
Ow Wing Fook, An Opera Singe and Revolutionary in the Delta
Chinese Pioneers: Power and Politics in Exclusion Era Photographs
2023 Scholarship Opportunities for Local High School Students
In Memoriam: Gene Chan 1932-2022
Lion Dance in Chinese Culture
Chinese New Year in Locke (Announcement)
Lucky Chan: Life & Legacy
Kermit Lan Lee (1924-2022)
Courtland’s Legacy to Farming: Lincoln Chan
Boarding House Museum to host exhibit on Chinese Pioneers (February 11-April 16, 2023)
Tribute to Native Daughter: Lorraine Chun Fong (1928-2022)
Unsung Heroine of Locke Foundation’s Artifact Catalog Project
Farewell to A Locke historian, Advocate and Friend (James Motlow)
Women’s Voices in the Delta: Marie Sue Driggs: Legacy of Independence
In Memoriam: Wayne Chan
Grand Re-opening of Isleton’s Bing Kong Tong Building
Knox College Visits Locke
A Tale of 2 Chinese American Grocers
Main Street Rocks @ Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival, May 21, 2022
2022 Scholarship Winners Announced
Tofu Manufacturing in Locke
Why is Hop Sing So Angry?
Locke’s Hometown Hero Spares the Roast Duck
Irvin Lai 1927-2020
Locke’s Dai Loy Gambling Hall Honored
LF Catalogs Museum Artifacts
LF Named Nonprofit of the Year
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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