Crossposted from King County WTD Senior Gardener Jim Davis can be considered the artist-in-residence at South Plant. If you stop into the lunchroom in the Annex Building you’ll see his unique and interesting contour drawings hanging on the wall. While Jim finds inspiration in dramatic subjects like Seattle Seahawks players, most of his drawings installed at South Plant are of his coworkers. “There’s something about an ordinary person doing an ordinary thing that is inspiring to me,” he says. Jim has been an artist ever since his third grade teacher complimented one… Read More

Whether you own your home or are renting, make sure your home is ready for the seasons ahead! This seminar is presented by HomeStreet Bank to help you learn basic home maintenance, what you need to do when the temperature changes, covering the cost of home maintenance, and you’ll be provided with a home maintenance checklist. This class will be held at King Street Center, Thursday, September 22 from noon to 1 p.m. Registration for this event is required. Please call the Hometown Hotline at (888) 425-6990, or go online to http://www.homestreet.com/KingCo.

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Crossposted from the Election Connection Are you an elections nerd? A civic enthusiast? Just interested in earning some extra cash for the Holidays? King County Elections will be hiring more than 500 temporary staff to help with this year’s Presidential Election. Some of the things our temporary staff help out with include: Providing customer service to voters and answering questions about things like voter registration, ballot tracking and election deadlines; Reviewing ballots, including duplicating damaged or write-in ballots; Opening, separating and inspecting envelopes and ballots; Analyzing and determining whether to accept or… Read More

Crossposted from King County Parks Jordin Andrade, an employee from the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, recently competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since January, he has worked as a control room technician, and thanks to his flexible schedule, was able to balance training for the Olympics and working. Even though he works at the WKCAC (a hub for Olympic swimmers), he actually ran in the Men’s 400m hurdles, representing Cape Verde. Andrade made it to the semifinals in the Men’s 400 meter hurdles and placed 16th. He… Read More

Crossposted from the DES Express Anthony Taylor, a customer service specialist in the Recorder’s Office, was on KING-5’s Evening Magazine. Anthony is a volunteer at Seattle Children’s Hospital’s Stanley Stamm Summer Camp, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Anthony attended the camp as a child, and even met his soon-to-be-wife there. The video quotes him saying “Having fun and that’s what I want to give back to the kids because that’s what I got,” said Taylor. “This is family. Doc Stamm’s like a second dad to me.” You can see the full… Read More

King County has about 1.24 million registered voters, a number that continues to grow each month. King County is the largest jurisdiction in the United States to conduct all elections by mail. Led by Julie Wise, King County Elections is staffed by approximately 70 dedicated and hard working full-time employees who have a strong sense of pride and commitment to the work they do. Working in collaboration with the Executive and Council, Elections has implemented more than 300 reforms since 2004. We continually work to establish open and transparent processes. Follow the… Read More