King County Employees Deferred Compensation Fair
Americans are living longer, healthier lives. And while that’s a good thing, it also creates a challenge. Bringing your retirement landscape to life takes time, planning, and a clear vision of your future. Now is the time to plan ahead for a retirement that may last 30 years or more.
A work of art isn’t created overnight. It takes planning. Learn the skills and techniques you’ll need at the King County Employees Deferred Compensation Fair. All King County benefit-eligible employees and retirees are invited. The fair provides an ideal opportunity for you to get firsthand retirement and investing information, hear guest speakers, enjoy refreshments and camaraderie, and possibly win a prize!
June 24, 2014 | 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Benaroya Symphony Hall
200 University Street, Seattle, WA
Retirement and Investing Information • Guest Speakers • Refreshments • Raffle Drawings.
Get more detailed information here (PDF): 250934_fly_rtr_0514_P6_spread.
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Young Government Leaders Seattle Chapter Kickoff
Young Government Leaders (YGL) Seattle is a leadership and professional development organization, and it is hosting a kickoff event on June 26. 
YGL’s goals are to connect, educate, inspire and transform current and future government leaders in the Seattle metro area.
The June 26 kickoff event is open to employees at every level of government (federal, state, local, tribal, etc.) as well as anyone interested in government employment. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with others interested in government leadership as well as learn more about YGL Seattle (YGL is a Washington DC-based, national organization).
- YGL Seattle Kick Off
- Thursday, June 26 at 5 p.m.
- Fado Irish Pub & Restaurant Seattle
Attendance is voluntary and employees will not be compensated or receive overtime for attending.
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Parks upcycles cargo container for use by campers
In Tolt-MacDonald Park, near Carnation, campers now have the option of camping in a cargo box.
“I loved pulling materials out of the scrap bin to make something people would enjoy,” Jason Anglin, a carpenter with King County Parks, said. “It felt good to be this creative.”
This upcycled cargo container boasts radiant heat, LED lighting, a table and bench set, food storage, a futon bunk, and an outdoor fire pit. Upcycling is a form of reuse that aims to keep items from entering the waste stream when creating new products by reusing existing or scrap materials and reducing the use of new materials.
King County Parks Project Manager, Sujata Goel, got the idea for the project after looking at cargo containers on her bus ride to work. She wanted to be able to upcycle the County’s scrap material but keep the project under $10,000, while giving users some unexpected comforts. Read More
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Executive Constantine, CM Upthegrove join employees for launch of RapidRide F Line
Riders traveling between Burien, SeaTac, Tukwila and Renton now have more frequent all-day bus service with the launch of King County Metro Transit’s RapidRide F Line.
The F Line is the sixth line in the RapidRide program – which is supported by state and federal funding – and will replace routes 110 and 140. The 12-mile-long route provides a better link for communities and riders to Westfield Southcenter Mall, Boeing, The Landing and downtown Renton, and major transit hubs including Sound Transit’s Link light rail and Sounder rail stations.
King County Executive Dow Constantine and Councilmember Dave Upthegrove joined other local leaders and Metro employees to celebrate the launch of the sixth RapidRide line.
“RapidRide is helping us build the most efficient all-day transit network, one that offers a great customer experience and better positions King County for the growth coming to our region,” Executive Constantine said. “I’m grateful for the state and federal funding that allowed us to expand this increasingly popular service.”
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Annual King County employees car show
The Metro Employees Historic Vehicle Association (MEHVA) is sponsoring the 26th Annual King County Employees Car Show in conjunction with the 38th King County Metro Transit METROADEO on Saturday, June 14.
All King County Employees, their families and friends are invited to show off their antique, classic or special interest cars, trucks, motorcycles or any other vehicle at this event. There will be great prizes and giveaways!
Registration is free and starts at 9 a.m. The Car Show runs from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. followed by an awards ceremony at 1:30 p.m. The location is the Metro Transit Safety and Training Center, 11911 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila.
For more information visit www.mehva.org, e-mail us at info@mehva.org or call the MEHVA hotline 206-684-1816. MEHVA is a non-profit organization of current, retired King County/Metro Transit employees and others dedicated to the preservation of Seattle and King County’s transit heritage through the restoration and operation of the King County Metro Transit Historic Fleet.
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Transit Operator honored for response to windshield smash
On March 19, while Metro Transit Operator George Armstrong was driving Route 550 eastbound on I-90, a large pipe smashed into the windshield of his bus, sending glass fragments into his face and eyes.
According to one of his passengers, “bleeding and battling the wind now coming through the broken windshield, he was able to slow the bus and pull it over safely,” while remaining calm and professional.
At an April 9 ceremony at East Base honoring Armstrong with a Metro Hero Award, East Campus Superintendent Kenneth Johnston praised the operator for his courage. “In spite of numerous cuts from glass flying into his face and eyes, he got back into the driver’s seat the following day,” Johnston said. 
Armstrong simply said, “I take pride in being a transit operator, part of which is to provide a safe and smooth ride for customers. That was at the forefront of my mind that day.”
(Excerpted from Metro Transit’s In Transit newsletter).
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Employee’s work in community recognized by radio station
Each month, radio station KKWF-FM 100.7 The Wolf honors a local hero, nominated by listeners, for the individual’s contribution to the community.
Greg Wilson, a Program Manager with Public Health’s Environmental Health Services Division (EHSD), received the award in April. He has led EHSD’s strategy to encourage local high school students to pursue and succeed in STEAM coursework – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics – as a foundation for their future careers and community involvement. Greg has established “working together” relationships between students, parents, school faculty and administrators, keeping focus on the principles of Equity and Social Justice, and employing Public Health’s Capstone Internship curriculum including studies of the determinants of health.
Under Greg’s vision – and gentle persuasion – community leaders serving as student “Champions” engage in one-to-one contracts with individual students to inspire, encourage and empower them to achieve academic success and solid footing as tomorrow’s leaders. Congratulations Greg! (By Roman Welyczko, Enforcement Coordinator, Public Health)
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Five Questions with Dr. Mickey Eisenberg, Co-Director, Center for the Evaluation of EMS, Public Health
1. What does your role with the Center for the Evaluation of EMS involve? I am co-director of CEEMS along with Dr. Tom Rea and Dr. Peter Kudenchuk. We supervise all federally and other funded evaluation projects.
2. What do you like most about your job? I work with amazingly bright, energetic and dedicated people. We are all passionate about improving our emergency medical services.
3. What is the biggest challenge in your job? Finding time to ride with firefighters, paramedics, and listen in at 911 communication centers.
4. King County’s cardiac survival rate is now up to 62 percent, considered highest in the world. How have Public Health employees helped achieve this? There is no simple answer to your question. Our high survival rate is due to citizens who recognize cardiac arrest, know to call 911, start CPR, telecommunicators who provide telephone CPR instructions, firefighters who start or take over CPR and provide defibrillatory shocks, paramedics who provide advanced life support, hospitals who provide post resuscitation care. It takes a system to save a victim of cardiac arrest.
5. What can any employee do to be ready to help someone suffering cardiac arrest? Learn how to do CPR. Find out how.
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Featured Job: Park District Maintenance Coordinator
Application deadline: Fri. 06/06/14 4:30 PM
Salary: $30.70 – $37.11 Hourly
Department: Department of Natural Resources & Parks – Parks & Recreation Division
Description: The responsibilities of the Park District Maintenance Coordinator position include developing work plans, scheduling and assigning work, monitoring budget expenditures, completing work orders, ordering equipment and supplies, resolving complaints, performing maintenance and repair work, and overseeing and evaluating the work of subordinates at assigned parks, public grounds and/or facilities. This position is open to current King County Career Service employees only.
Learn more about this position or view all available jobs.
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)/Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Public Health’s Emergency Medical Services Division offers free CPR/AED training to King County employees. All classes are American Heart Association Heartsaver classes. Take a three-hour Basic class or, if you’ve taken CPR training within the past two years, a two-hour Refresher class. Classes are held in the first floor conference rooms in the Chinook Building, 401 Fifth Avenue. Pre-registration is required. To register for a class send an email to Andrew Burns. Please note that these classes do not meet the requirements for Health Care Provider BLS CPR/AED training.
Basic CPR/AED Training
- Tuesday, August 5, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., Chinook Conference Room 126
- Monday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m. – noon, Chinook Conference Room 126
- Thursday, Oct. 30, 9 a.m. – noon, Chinook Conference Room 126
Refresher CPR/AED Training (For those who have taken a CPR/AED training within the past 2 years.)
- Thursday, June 26, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Chinook Conference Room 115
- Tuesday, August 5, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Chinook Conference Room 126
- Monday, Sept. 29, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Chinook Conference Room 126
- Thursday, Oct. 30, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Chinook Conference Room 126
If your worksite has at least 12 – 15 people who need training, we can come to you. Contact Anne Curtis to schedule CPR/AED training at your site. Public Health Center managers can schedule Health Care Provider BLS CPR/AED training for Public Health staff through Anne Curtis.
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