Food: Too Good To Waste challenges consumers to cut food waste
On average, Americans waste 25 percent of all the food they buy. While most people think they’re not wasting much food, studies show that Americans waste much more food than they think they do. “In collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, King County’s Solid Waste Division (SWD) has developed the Food: Too Good To Waste program to bring awareness to the environmental and financial impacts of wasting food and to offer residents helpful tips on reducing food waste,” said Karen May, the program’s manager. Food waste makes up the largest… Read More
Employees learn about ethnic and disability media
On Monday, July 28, King County staff spent a valuable morning learning more about the richness of ethnic and disability media in King County. The event included a panel of ethnic and disability media journalists, a networking session, and a Q&A session with Executive Constantine. The event provided various opportunities for King County employees and the Executive to interact with the ethnic and disability media. Panelists shared great advice about working with ethnic and disability media to serve the growing diversification of people living in King County. “We encourage you to contact… Read More
Featured Job: Human Resource Manager
Application deadline: Wed. 08/27/14 4:00 PM Salary: $93,329 – $118,310 Department: Department of Permitting and Environmental Review Description: Serve as a hands-on human resources professional to administer the department’s legal and policy obligations in the area of personnel, and work in partnership with others to seek full compliance. Serve as the department’s advisor on personnel matters. Supervise the department’s compensation / benefits / attendance staff. Learn more about this position or view all available jobs.
Kudos! Afshin Meratinia, Metro Bus Operator
I wanted to thank this driver for avoiding the freeway backup due to the incident on the freeway, and finding a way to get folks home as fast as he could. He even offered suggestions for people who needed to go directly to Shoreline. I took his advice, and got home 3 hours sooner than I expected given the situation. Since I had worked all day and visited a friend in the hospital before going home, I couldn’t afford to be stuck on the freeway and miss an online test due at… Read More
Tell us about your “other life”
Like radio host Sandy Macdonald, King County employees do lots of interesting things in their “other lives” in addition to the work they do for King County. Do you have another life outside of your King County work that you’d like to share with your colleagues? Email us the details at kcemployees@kingcounty.gov or tweet us with the hashtag #kcotherlives (remember to follow us @kcemployees), and we will feature your stories in upcoming editions of Employee News.
SR 99 construction may delay your commute Monday 8/25 & Tuesday 8/26
Employees commuting to/from downtown Seattle for work on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 25 and 26, should prepare for upcoming transit delays and reroutes on State Route 99 and Aurora Avenue North as the state closes sections of the roadway for construction 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22 through 5 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27. Seventeen routes will be directly affected by either delays, reroutes or both during the construction closures. Riders can go online to see reroute information for five Aurora Avenue North bus routes. Riders on another 12 bus routes should prepare for… Read More
Employee uses Zumba to help employees get in shape
At a Seattle Storm basketball game, 80 Zumba instructors performed for the half time show. Sitting in the crowd, Lilian Yetter thought that might be something she’d want to try. “They were looking like they had so much fun. One lady I focused on out of the 80 instructors out there had this big smile on her face, and I was watching her thinking, ‘wow, this is really cool,’” Yetter said. So Yetter joined a local gym to learn Zumba, and was greeted by none other than the Zumba instructor with the… Read More
Employees take noxious weed fight to the streets
The employees of King County’s Noxious Weed Program know they can’t stop the spread of invasive plants on their own, so they’re bringing a secret weapon to the fight – local residents and businesses. “We try to teach people enough so they can do better at controlling these plants. A lot of people want to control noxious weeds and invasive plants, but not everyone knows how. We offer that expertise,” said Sasha Shaw, the noxious weed education specialist. Throughout the year, staff from the program attend public events to answer questions about… Read More
Radio brings out employee’s passion for music
When Sandy Macdonald isn’t working as a civil rights investigator, he is playing music – as a radio host, producer and in a band. “I just enjoy playing the music and I enjoy being part of live radio,” Macdonald said. An 18-year employee with what is now King County’s Office of Civil Rights and Open Government, Sandy gets in the radio booth every second and fourth Sunday of the month to host 91.3 KBCS’s show, “Sunday Folks” from 9 a.m. to noon. The show describes itself as “A morning mix of traditional… Read More
PAO’s Annual Food Frenzy Drive Raises $11,600 for Food Lifeline
The Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (PAO) completed its annual two-week fundraising project in July called Food Frenzy, which raised $11,600 for Food Lifeline which equals last year’s total. The money will provide 46,400 meals for hungry children. Food Frenzy is a “friendly” competition between law, accounting and engineering firms with the goal of feeding children during the summer months when food bank shelves aren’t well stocked and school lunch programs aren’t running. The PAO again won the competition in the Public Sector category for 2014 and has won in that category for the past… Read More
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