The sharing of peace
Crossposted from Zero Youth Detention By Linda Robson How peacemaking circles are changing King County’s juvenile justice system and staff from the inside out “For me, I went to my intro to peacemaking about a year after my father had passed away. And I was close to last on sharing our object, and I had brought a picture of him and me from high school,” said Ashley Mareld, recalling her first foray into the practice of peacemaking circles. “I obviously broke down talking about it—a lot of times people get emotional… Read More
Overseas and service voters
Regardless of where you are in the world, you have the right to cast a ballot in every election and have it arrive on time to be counted. Overseas and service voters have additional voter registration, ballot delivery, and ballot return options. Let your King County expats and servicemembers know the deadline to register to vote online or by mail for the August 7 primary and special election is Friday, July 6 – the end of this week! If you have U.S. friends and family overseas, let them know they can learn… Read More
Joseph Rivers: Metro operator and Special Olympics athlete, coach, referee, volunteer and athlete parent
Joseph Rivers is one of King County’s 3,000 Metro Transit operators. He is also a former Special Olympics athlete, current volunteer, has coached and refereed for the games, and is the proud father of two of the athletes competing in this week’s Seattle- and King County-hosted 2018 Special Olympic USA Games! Rivers joined King County Metro General Manager Rob Gannon before the games to announce the partnership between Metro, Sound Transit and Port of Seattle in support of the USA Games. He also discussed the games with KIRO 7 and the Seattle… Read More
Pet tips: Pets and fireworks
Shared from RASKC Fireworks are beautiful to look at, but they can be scary for our pets. The bangs and booms are hard on their sensitive hearing, and even the calmest pet can get upset by the unfamiliar loud noises. To help your pet cope with the noise from fireworks, and reduce the chance that it runs away, Regional Animal Services of King County offers these tips: Keep your pet secured indoors in the quietest room of your home while fireworks are going off. You can also use soothing music or television… Read More
Kudos! to Metro driver Michael Mackay
Zachary Cohn @ZacharyCohn gave props on Twitter Friday to one of our many great Metro drivers, after being impressed with how Michael Mackay avoided a potential accident: Props to @kcmetrobus driver of e line bus 6202 today at 1150. someone pulled out in front of him on Aurora. He slammed on the brakes, leaned on the horn, expertly avoided an accident, then calmly reached for the radio to apologize for the inconvenience and ensure riders were ok. Thank you, Zachary Cohn, and Kudos, Michael!
Happy Tails: Macy
Crossposted from Tails from RASKC Like Happy Tails? We sure do! Here’s one from Kayla about her new addition, Maci. My boyfriend and I adopted [her last week]. I believe she is 3 or 4 months now! She is literally the cutest thing ever! We are totally head over heels for her and our hearts can’t get any fuller! She has learned where the toilet is and likes to drink the water so we’re trying to teach her to drink out of her water bowl now! Thanks Regional Animal Services of King… Read More
Public Health and medical community pledge to decrease gun violence
Crossposted from Public Health Insider By Dr. Jeff Duchin, Health Officer for Public Health – Seattle & King County Firearm-related injury and death – from suicide to accidental injury and homicide – is a major public health problem and a leading cause of premature death in King County and nationally. In 2016, 663 adults and 20 children died from a firearm injury in Washington State, including 144 adults and seven children from King County. Firearm-related injuries have very high personal and financial costs to individuals, families and society; and that’s why prevention… Read More
Learning from listening
Crossposted from Best Starts for Kids Blog Part 3 of our Community Owned Data blog series This is the third post in our month-long Community Owned Data series we are doing to highlight our learnings from the Best Starts for Kids Health Survey. We brought the data to specific communities in the form of “data dives,” asked what they thought, and learned a lot from community input and data interpretation! In this post, we share more about what we heard and learned. During the data dives, we presented data about five important… Read More
Himalayan Blackberry: June Weed of the Month
Crossposted from Noxious Weeds Blog Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) displaying its famous edible fruits. Photo by Susan Aldrich-Markham of Oregon State University. If Washington ever decided on a state weed, Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) would be a strong contender. Some people hate its thorns, some love its berries, but almost everyone has a strong opinion about it. Yet, for all its fame, this plant has only grown in our region for a little over one hundred years—a striking example of just how quickly a noxious weed can take over. Even the origins… Read More
Pet of the Week: Lila Rose
Crossposted from Tails from RASKC This pretty flower is Lila Rose, our Pet of the Week! This young girl came to us because she wasn’t a good fit in her previous home. Her personality color is “Rambunctious Red,” meaning she is a spirited cat with a fun-loving personality. She may need some time to get used to people and new surroundings. When she does get comfortable, Lila Rose is an affectionate lovebug who likes to “talk” to you! Lila Rose may be sensitive to handling at times, so she would do best… Read More
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