Recognizing service and sacrifice of DAJD employees
On Oct. 24, the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention honored friends and colleagues for their outstanding service and sacrifice at the 18th Annual Employee Recognition Award Ceremony.
“To me, there’s no greater responsibility than serving the public, including our youth,” King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove said at the event. “And it’s a duty we all share, and it’s an effort and a battle that you fight every day. This deserves to be acknowledged, and you deserve this recognition. So on behalf of myself and the King County Council, I want to lead off by saying thank you for all that you do.”
CM Upthegrove then described how he and his 75-year-old father recently completed the Seafair Triathalon together despite the fact that his father lost his sight a few years ago. Together, they swam as a team, ran as a team, and even biked together using a tandem bicycle to complete the course. “By working together and serving others, we can overcome any obstacle,” he said.
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the namesake of our county, once said, ‘If you want to be important, wonderful. If you want to be recognized, wonderful. If you want to be great, wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That’s the new definition of greatness.’ So thank you all for being dedicated servants, thank you for all that you do. Congratulations to the award winners, and thanks for inspiring me and so many others in King County to do the best job we can.”
2017 DAJD Employee Award Recipients include:
- Alin Nicoara, Purple Heart
- Adam Wong, Purple Heart
- Pamela Dunderdale, Life Saving Award
- Don Nguyen, Life Saving Award
- O’Leary Michael, Life Saving Award
- Chris VanDerVliet, Life Saving Award
- Michael Jarvis, Life Saving Award
- Richard Gorman, Life Saving Award
- Napolean Rafanan, Life Saving Award
- Steven Lee, Life Saving Award
- Michael Thomas, Life Saving Award
- Robert Milne, Life Saving Award
- Irvin Worrell, Life Saving Award
- Stinson, David, Life Saving Award
- Charles Helmer, Life Saving Award
- Maurice Collier, Life Saving Award
- Dennis Folk, Life Saving Award
- Zane McCraw, Life Saving Award
- Edward Oman, Life Saving Award
- Vern Dupea, Life Saving Award
- Dynese Greer, Life Saving Award
- Ramil Pagulayan, Meritorious Achievement
- Mores Gluaymai Na Ayudhaya, Meritorious Achievement
- Randall Green, Meritorious Achievement
- Joseph Korzeniecki, Meritorious Achievement
- Kathleen Callaghan, Meritorious Achievement
- Joseph Ho, Meritorious Service
- Stephanie Robel, Meritorious Service
- Todd Lassila, Distinguished Service
- Charla Williams, Distinguished Service
- Andrew Currier, Distinguished Service
- Christopher Ossewaarde, Distinguished Service
- Troy Bacon, Distinguished Service
- Michael Allen, Distinguished Service
- Joshua Bott, Distinguished Service
- Davis, LaVance, Distinguished Service
- Kristin Jones, Distinguished Service
- Wilena Montgomery, Distinguished Service
- Angela Toussaint, Distinguished Service
- Megan Pedersen, Distinguished Service
- Hikari Tamura, Distinguished Service
- Rodriguez, Jorge, Distinguished Service
- Jose Reynaga, Distinguished Service
- Tinney, Catherine, Distinguished Service
- Ashley Mareld, Distinguished Service
- Greg Hanson, Distinguished Service
- Mary Missler, Distinguished Service
- Ebony Frazier, Distinguished Service
- Nonylon Astudillo, Distinguished Service
- Jennifer Conston, Certificate of Achievement
- Troy Bacon, Certificate of Achievement
- Robert Beckman, Certificate of Achievement
- Ena Kyles, Certificate of Achievement
- Anna Ponder, Certificate of Achievement
- Sabrina Gorman, Certificate of Achievement
- Steven Anderson, Certificate of Achievement
- Garrett Ferreiro, Certificate of Achievement
- Steven Fox, Certificate of Achievement
- Benjamin Frary, Certificate of Achievement
- Michael Garcia, Certificate of Achievement
- Jens Jellen, Certificate of Achievement
- David Kirk, Certificate of Achievement
- Abdulmonaiem Mohamed, Certificate of Achievement
- Richard Neher, Certificate of Achievement
- Norman Walton, Certificate of Achievement
- Todd Wheeler, Certificate of Achievement
- Terri Stewart, Certificate of Achievement
- Hulet Gates, Certificate of Achievement
- Richard Gold, Certificate of Achievement
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2017 Annual Giving Drive: Youth
Crossposted from KC Employee Giving
Many of us have heard the old adage, ‘it takes a village to raise a child,’ but how many of us have reflected on helping a child during the Employee Giving Program’s 2017 Annual Giving Drive? With three week to go, you can still do your part to create a more equitable world for them.
Here are three of the many nonprofit organizations that are doing work with youth!
Read more at KC Employee Giving
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Innovative program sets employees on road to success
The first graduates from an innovative new program that helps employees get a key credential for moving their careers forward were recognized by King County Executive Dow Constantine and Metro General Manager Rob Gannon at a small ceremony this week.
Through a partnership between King County Metro, South Seattle College, and the Amalgamated Transit Union 587, a customized curriculum was created that helped frontline employees train for and apply for their Commercial Driver’s License, an essential requirement for advancing to other positions in the County as well as across Washington.
“We shouldn’t think of this as extraordinary,” Executive Constantine said. “This is what we should have been doing, what we should be doing, and what we have committed to doing much more of – providing equitable opportunities for all of our employees to get the skills, get the training, get the credentials that they need to pursue their dreams.”
The pilot program included a customized classroom and driving curriculum and also provided support for specific needs identified for employees in this workgroup, such as English proficiency and preparing for the CDL permit test. The pilot’s first participants worked in facilities management and custodial roles at King County.
“It’s not just the idea of a CDL, it’s what that represents; it’s an opportunity to grow and develop in itself but also to advance in the organization,” Metro General Manager Rob Gannon said. “I couldn’t be prouder of what you [program graduates] have accomplished but it also represents what we as an organization can accomplish.”
The four pilot graduates – Stevon Lenued, Tsegay Negash, John Keith and Jaime Gonzalez – have already begun or accepted Utility Laborer or Utility Worker roles at the County with their new accreditations, while a fifth, Nouane Thepvongsa, is working towards graduation.
Metro and its partners are now reviewing the results of the pilot to see how it can be adapted and expanded moving forward. The model will also help to inform Metro’s development of other apprenticeship and short-term training programs in the future.
Helping employees plot a career path and give them the support and resources to reach their goals is part of King County’s Investing in You strategy.
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2017 Annual Giving Drive: Women
Crossposted from KC Employee Giving
King County’s Employee Giving Program’s (EGP) Annual Giving Drive provides over 60 prescreened nonprofit organizations whose primary category of service is promoting equity, safe-space, and programs that are important to and for women. Last year, donations by King County employees doubled to this category of service. This response was a powerful example of the collective impact of individuals that can be made through the Employee Giving Program.
Read more at KC Employee Giving
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Social Media Spotlight: King County Elections Instagram
King County is the largest jurisdiction in the United States to conduct all elections by mail. The county has 1.28 million registered voters, a number that continues to grow each month. It is the 13th-most populated county in the country and home to one third of Washington’s voters.
Follow King County Elections in Instagram today!
Click here to view all King County social media pages.
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Featured Job: Environmental Scientist III
Closing Date/Time: Sun. 11/05/17 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Salary: $39.58 – $50.18 Hourly
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Location: King Street Center – 201 S Jackson St, Seattle, Washington
Department: Department of Natural Resources & Parks – Water and Land Resources Division
Description: This position will perform a wide variety of work tasks related to river facility maintenance and property management activities. This position will work with the Maintenance Supervisor and collaborate with other staff in the River and Floodplain Management Section (RFMS) in the Water and Land Resources Division to implement countywide levee and revetment maintenance and monitoring program activities on 500 flood protection facilities along 119 linear miles of riverbank on the county’s major river system, and on approximately 800 acres of riparian open space.
Contact: For more information contact Michelle Kobuki at 206-477-4740 or Michelle.Kobuki@kingcounty.gov.
Learn more about this position, or view all available jobs.
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Tech Tip: Reminder: Beware phishing and spam emails
In light of a recent email phishing attack titled “King County Employee Feedback” KCIT would like to remind employees to be alert for phishing and spam emails, and to not open them.
KCIT is seeing an increase in phishing and spam emails being delivered to King County employees. Phishing is an attempt to obtain information from you which gives outsiders access to King County systems. Remember, if you receive an email asking you to provide any information, especially your login name and password, this could be phishing and you should be suspicious.
In addition, be cautious of emails with attachments from someone that you do not know or one that you did not expect. These can contain malicious software and compromise your computer.
Spam is simply email that you did not solicit and do not want. Generally these are not dangerous and can simply be deleted.
If you have concerns or questions, please contact the KCIT Service Center at 206-263-HELP (4357) or log a ticket at the HelpDesk website.
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Preparing for winter weather
Crossposted from Keeping Communities Connected
It may only be early fall, but King County Roads knows that winter is coming. Every year county road crews prepare for the heavy rain, wind, and snow and ice that our region experiences. Preparations for snow and ice begin by determining the routes that will be plowed during a weather event. Routes are selected in partnership with nearby local jurisdictions, King County Metro, school districts and emergency services providers. The final routes are mapped and available on the Snow and Ice webpage. The county’s resources to plow and sand roads have been significantly reduced since the region’s last major snow storm in 2010. The county has resources to plow 15 percent of the county’s 1,500 miles of roads.
Road maintenance field offices around the county are stock piling materials including anti-icer, sand and salt. They check equipment like chainsaws for cutting downed trees and tree limbs are gassed up, sharpened and ready to be used at a moment’s notice.
Read more at Keeping Communities Connected
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Halloween pet safety tips
Crossposted from Tails from RASKC
Halloween is “spook-tacular” for kids of all ages, but the holiday can be pretty scary for our pets. So, we’d like to remind pet owners of a few safety tips before the ghosts and goblins come begging on October 31.
Never feed candy to your pet, especially chocolate. If you suspect your dog or cat has gotten into Halloween treats, contact your veterinarian right away.
Costumes can be scary to some pets. If your pet is easily spooked by strangers or loud noises, consider keeping them safe in a pet crate or confined to a quiet room while trick-or-treaters are out. Also, if your pet is normally kept outside, consider bringing them inside on Halloween, or keep them in your garage or basement during the festivities.
Read more at Tails from RASKC
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