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Newsbrief ***** Saturday, December 13, 2003 ***** # First Edition
Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI)
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Advisory Board: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman; U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice Chairmen; U. S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive Directors.
U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
Chairperson
Dr. Tony T. Lei
President
District Judges Mark R. Denton and Valorie J. Vega
Vice Presidents
Dr. William N. Thompson
Director of Public Administration Institution
Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong
Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
Dr. Sue Fawn Chung
Director of Culture Institution
Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC)
District Attorney David Roger and Clark County Sheriff Bill Young
Chairmen of CCDAPCC
(702) 255-9058
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Carson City's Chinatown*1
By Sue Fawn Chung*2
The Chinese first came to Nevada from California in search of that elusive placer gold, but they found jobs in other areas as well. Almost all of them were born in southeastern China, in and around the province of Guangdong. In the early 1850s the Mormons in Genoa hired a group of fifty Chinese to dig and maintain irrigation ditches in the Carson Valley to promote farming an ranching. When gold was discovered in present-day Dayton, originally called Chinatown, some Chinese moved there. As they headed up the mountain toward Gold Hill and the Comstock Lode, they encountered hostility. The miners of Gold Hill met on June 11, 1859 and passes rules that prohibited the Chinese from holding a claim in their mining district. This set a precedent for other mining laws, but the exclusionary clause was not always adopted elsewhere nor was it always enforced. In response, the Chinese turned to the service industries, especially cooking, domestic servant, and laundry work, as their economic niche in frontier Nevada.
The Comstock's need for wood and region's need for railroads opened other doors for the Chinese. In 1868 an approximate 10,000-12,000 Chinese railroad workers provided 90% of the workforce for the Central Pacific Railroad. When they entered Nevada, only about 5,000 continued to build the line across the state. The others either found work in western Nevada or returned to California or built railroads in other locations. Chinese railroad workers started on the Virginia and Truckee in 1869. They also built short lines and narrow gauge railroads within the state as well as maintained many rail lines. Between 1870 and 1880 the Chinese dominated the lumber industry's workforce in the Sierra Nevada range and the center of that industry was in Carson City. Lumber was cut in the Sierra Nevada and delivered by wagon, flume, or train to Carson City, where it was then sent to the Comstock, whose mines and mills had to close down in 1869 due to a lumber shortage. Wood kept the Comstock going and when it declined, the lumber was sent to other parts of the United States as well as across the Pacific Ocean to China, where new treaty port cities were under construction or expanding.
Carson City's Chinatown became a commercial hub linking merchandise, workers , and information between California and other Chinatowns in the region. It enjoyed its greatest period of wealth and influence in the 1870s and 1880s. Census records were highly unreliable but at their height in 1880, almost one thousand Chinese resided in the Carson City area. They represented one out of every six residents, most of whom were foreign-born like themselves. They worked in more than 61 different jobs, including physician, pharmacist, merchant, tailor, shoe maker, watch maker, mason( who helped in the construction of the Mint), painter, butcher, gardener, barber, farmer, cowboy, herder, wood chopper, jeweler, miller, school teacher, teamster, and gambler..... The Chinese population in the state will not increase until the 1970s when new immigration laws allowed Chinese from all over China to immigrate, thus changing the character of the Chinatowns.
Chinese laundries and restaurants could be found throughout western towns and Carson City was no exception...... As a result, some Chinese laundries were noted for the quality of their work. Many frontiersmen were not interested in washing their own clothes, so laundries became important in every town. Chinese laundries also held another attraction. The game, known as keno today, was played in many Chinese laundries and soon attracted many EuroAmerican customers. In 1892 a Carson City woman who bet fifty-five cents took home $900 and the local newspaper reported the win, resulting in even more customers participating in the game.
In China, the southern Chinese were famous for their cooking skills because of their use of a variety of ingredients and spices. Most served American cuisine but a few served a combination of American and Chinese dished. EuroAmericans often supplied the fresh meats and other products and Chinese gardeners(farmers) provided fresh fruits and vegetables whenever possible. In Nevada many Chinese restaurants catered to single males and railroad workers in the late 19th century...... Even today Chinese restaurents retain their popularity among the locals.
Around 1938 Thomas W. Chinn, a founder of the Chinese Historical Society of America in San Francisco, visited Chinatown and found only two rows of dilapidated wooden buildings, most of which had been abandoned........ Today the Supreme Court, legislative parking garage, state printing and employment, training and rehabilitation buildings, and a parking lot cover most of Carson City's old Chinatown.
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*1. This is a feature article condensed from Dr. Sue Chung's "Speech delivered October 31, 2003 in Carson City at Dedication of Chinatown Plaque," which was faxed by her to Dr. Tony Lei on December 10, 2003.
*2. Dr. Sue Fawn Chung is an Associate Professor of the Department of History of UNLV. She has been appointed as Western Advisor of National Trust for Historic Preservation. Dr. Sue Chung is also Fellow and Director of the Culture Institution (CI) of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).

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Newsbrief ***** Sunday, January 4, 2004 ***** ###Third Edition*a
Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI)
http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti
Advisory Board: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman; U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice Chairmen; U. S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive Directors.
U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
Chairperson
Dr. Tony T. Lei
President
District Judges Mark R. Denton and Valorie J. Vega
Vice Presidents
Dr. William N. Thompson
Director of Public Administration Institution
Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong
Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
Dr. Sue Fawn Chung
Director of Culture Institution
Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC)
District Attorney David Roger and Clark County Sheriff Bill Young
Chairmen of CCDAPCC
(702) 255-9058
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Drs. Mark Denton and Valorie Vega appointed Vice Presidents of Washington Business and Technology Institute (Modified Edition)
By Mark Denton, Valorie Vega, and Tiffany Chang
"On December 3, 2003, Drs. Mark R. Denton and Valorie J. Vega were appointed Vice Presidents of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) by our President Dr. Tony Lei. This has been arranged appropriately in meeting the need of retirement of our previous Vice Presidents Drs. Sherman Wu and Robert Ni," Dr. John Wang, Spokesman of WBTI, announced on December 5, 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U. S. A..
Mark R. Denton received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was raised in Boulder City and graduated from Boulder High School in 1969. In 1973, Mark graduate with disinction from the University of Nevada, Reno. He completed ROTC and received a commission in the U.S. Army as reserve officer. While in college, Mark spent his junior year in Paris, France through an affiliate of UNR at the Universite de Paris.
Prior to his appointment to the bench on August 19, 1998, Mark had extensive judicial experience. He served as municipal court judge in Boulder City for seven years. He was an arbitrator under the Court Annexed Arbitration Program of the Eighth Judicial District Court since its inception in 1992. He was an alternate Juvenile Court Referee and a Nevada Supreme Court settlement Judge. Currently sits as a civil judge on the Eighth Judicial District Court, Mark has been re-elected in the general election of November 5, 2002.*1 Vice President Mark Denton and his wife 27 years, Alice, have four children: Leslie Marie, 24, Marianne Yvette, 20, Jacqueline, 16, and Patrick, 11.
Valorie J. Vega is a holder of Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Southern California's Law Center. She received a Bechelor of Arts degree from CSU Northridge. She received her graduate studies certificate in International/Translation from UC Santa Barbara.
Vice President Valorie Vega was appointed on February 21, 1999 by Governor Kenny Guinn then had her winning as District Judge of Nevada on May 15, 2000. She has over a dozen years of experience as a jurist prior to which time she practiced in both criminial and civil law arenas. She was appointed to Municipal Court in 1989 and was retained and re-elected by the voters until her resignation in 1999 to accept the District Court appointment. She is a former Clark County Deputy District Attorney from 1984 through 1989, procecuting felony cases, and was instrumental in implementing the office's first Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team.
Disrict Judge Vega is involved in her profession and community. She is a Board Member of the Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Southern Nevada as well as the Latin Chamber of Commerce and the Latino Bar Association. She is a member of the American Judges Association, the Nevada District Court Judges Association, the Nevada Supreme Court's Committees on Public Trust and Confidence, Hispanics in Politics, among others. Valorie was honored with the 1992 "Women of Achievement Award" from Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and recognized by the Latin Chamber of Commerce as the "Hispanic of the Year" in 1995.*2 Vice President Valorie Vega is married, has one child and has been a resident of Southern Nevada since 1978.*3
A celebration Dinner Party was held by President Dr. Tony Lei of WBTI to welcome Drs. Mark Denton and Valorie Vega as Vice Presidents of the Institute on December 8, 2003 at the Steak House of Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas. "Washington Business and Technology Institute has contributed already very much to help improve the quality of life of all our residents and visitors of Nevada since its establishment on January 8, 1996. As one of the Vice President of this Institute, I'm challenged to integrate my best knowledge and professionalism for its development and prosperity . I'm very appreciative to have this position appointed by Dr. Tony Lei, since it will undoubtedly provide me with avenues for exploring improvements in public and community services to which I'm most dedicated. Encouraged by the steadily increasing value of the faculty and advisory members of WBTI, we need to put more efforts and wisdom into realizing the affirmation and creed of this Institute for our people, community, and country," said Dr. Valorie Vega excitedly in the celebration Party at the 26th floor of the Club with a vivid bird's-eye view of the splendid and elegant night scene of Las Vegas.
The present organization of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) has been featured for the desire to excel by the outstanding professionals of the followings: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman; U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice Chairmen; U. S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive Directors of the Advisory Board. U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, Chairperson; Dr. Tony T. Lei, President; District Judges Drs. Mark R. Denton and Valorie J. Vega, Vice Presidents; Dr. William N. Thompson, Director of Public Administration Institution, Drs. E. Lee Bernick and G. Keong Leong, Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration; Dr. Sue Fawn Chung, Director of Culture Institution; Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC); District Attorney David Roger and Clark County Sheriff Bill Young, Chairmen of CCDAPCC.*4
The above list of leaders and officers of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) was announced and installed also by Judge Mark Denton, District Judge of Nevada, at the Dinner Party held by WBTI at the Binion's Horseshoe Club on December 8, 2003 in Las Vegas.
"It's very impressive and elegant! By beeing the vistor's number at #40,747 of the WBTI website, I recognizes what John Keats said about 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever.' The WBTI website is brought to you by 'Las Vegas Review-Journal' and lasvegs.com through http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti," said Judge Valorie Vaga, District Judge of Nevada, on January 4, 2004 in Las Vegas.
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*a. Thanks to the telephone call from Dr. Robert Ni about the plan of a Reunion of the First Class of Tunghai University in Las Vegas. Our apology is the mistyping of Dr. Robert Ni to Dr. Toni Ni at the first paragraph of this feature article on December 9, 2003.
*1. Vega, Valorie; Young, Bill; and Chang, Tiffany. 'Mark Denton appointed Adjunct Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Business and Public Administration by WBTI,' "Newsbrief of WBTI," (September 26, 2003), p. 1.
*2. Chang, Tiffany. 'District Judge Valorie Vega honored as a Fellow of WBTI,' "Nevada Examiner," (June 9, 2000), Las Vegas, Nevada.
*3. Secretary of Judge Valorie Vega. 'Biography of Valorie J. Vega,' "Fax to Dr. Tony Lei from the Office of District Judge Valorie Vega," (December, 2003), p. 1, Las Vegas, Nevada.
*4. Reid, Rory; Denton, Mark; and Chang, Tiffany. 'Effort and Cooperation will bring us a peaceful, happy, and prosperous community,' "Newsbrief of WBTI," (September 19, 2003), p. 1.

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