June 2015

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD
Nutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers

Eggs have gotten a bad reputation in the last 20 years. But based on newer research, the American Heart Association now is happy if you have three or four eggs a week. Eggs are a great, inexpensive source of protein. A dozen eggs provides as much protein as one and a half pounds of steak, for about $1 a pound, or one-tenth the cost of steak.

Spring is the time when chickens biologically start working overtime to make eggs. You can crack and freeze raw eggs, which will keep well frozen for a year. Since the yellow yolk of the egg is often referred to as the “gold,” you can win your own gold medal with the following easy and healthy low-salt egg recipes. Your sodium limit for the day should be about 2,000 milligrams, so all the ideas below fit right into a healthy diet. You can also use egg substitutes in most recipes.

Simple hard-cooked eggs

Seattle Police are on the look out for a man who attacked three people and assaulted another two with a machete in Ballard on May 29.

Police were dispatched to NW Leary Avenue and 15th Avenue NW and found three people picking up belongings next to a flipped shopping cart. The victims told police a group of Native American males attacked them and pushed over their cart.

As the victims explained the attack, officers got a call for another assault. They were dispatched to 14th Avenue NW where they found a man cut and bleeding. He said a group of “homeless people” accosted him and his friends. There was an argument and one of the suspects pulled out a machete and struck the victim. The attacker was described as Native American, 5’ 6” tall, with messy long hair and wearing a green shirt.

Seattle Fire Department treated the victim but he was later transported to Swedish Hospital for further treatment.

Art activist Jason Roberts will speak in Seattle on Wednesday, June 10 to share ideas and challenge us to make city streets come alive. He is the co-creator of Better Block, a demonstration tool that rebuilds streets using grass-root methods and quick, inexpensive, high-impact changes. By using elements such as bike lanes, café seating, landscaping and lighting, the project shows how blocks can be converted into walkable, inviting neighborhood destinations for people of all ages. Starting with one project in one neighborhood, he has repeated this work in other blocks and in other cities, and now the project has become an international movement.

Jason Roberts is the last of four speakers invited to Seattle as part of the Where are We Going? series this year, intended to inspire ideas for transforming Seattle streets, and is sponsored by the Seattle Department of Transportation, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, and KUOW.

The event is free, but preregistration is required.

What: Build a Better Block: Rethinking Streets & Sidewalks as a Social Setting
Fourth presentation in series of speakers on urban transportation
Who: Jason Roberts, speaker

Swedish announced today that Brian Livingston, M.D., MBA, FACEP, current Vice President of Medical Affairs for Swedish First Hill, has been appointed Chief Executive and Vice President of Medical Affairs for Swedish Ballard. He will assume this new role on June 1, 2015 as Jennifer Graves transitions to full-time Chief Executive for Swedish Edmonds.

Dr. Livingston has been an integral member of the Swedish physician leadership team since 2012, serving as Medical Director of Case Management and the Clinical Documentation Integrity Program, Interim Vice President of Operations for the Organ Transplant Program, Physician Advisor to Revenue Cycle, and Vice President of Medical Affairs. He joined Swedish in 2005, practicing in the First Hill Emergency Department.

“Dr. Livingston has consistently demonstrated a deep passion for empowering our caregivers and delivering the highest quality care to our patients,” said June Altaras, Swedish Seattle Chief Executive. “We could not ask for a more accomplished and qualified person to step into this new role.”

information from VieWS

Last year’s event almost didn’t happen. The annual one-day celebration in the past had been coordinated by the North Delridge Neighborhood Council but they had to decline due to some volunteer burnout and transitions. Having successfully conducted the Gathering of Neighbors event for several years, VieWS decided to take coordination of Delridge Day on… although with only a handful of organizers — all still neighborhood volunteers! — VieWS expected to scale down the event. No skate competition was held but we were able to offer free skating lessons to neighbors. The kid’s activities were still there but unfortunately there were no bouncy houses!

VieWS recently completed an online history of the event, and discovered that a miscounting had occurred – and this year will mark the 10th anniversary of the Delridge Day event. It began on June 24, 2006 with a picnic, a few booths, and a musical performance by Laura Love at the Dragonfly Pavilion.

After the closing and change in ownership of Seattle’s favorite Cuban sandwich restaurant, Paseo, a new contender in the realm of Caribbean ambrosia has opened, and they have strong ties to Paseo.

Julian and Lucas Lorenzo, sons of former Paseo owner, Lorenzo Lorenzo, have opened their own restaurant, Un Bien, at 7302 15th Ave. N.W. in Ballard.

With the culmination of years of working with their father at Paseo, Julian, 24, and Lucas, 27, hope to bring their own take on Cuban cuisine – with, of course, much of the same flavors and preparations Seattle eaters know and love.

“It’s what we have been doing all our lives, and so it’s all we know. We stick with what we are good at,” said Julian.

Un Bien opened its doors last Wednesday and the Ballard News-Tribune dropped by before the potential opening madness began. Prep cooks feverishly sliced bread, rendered pork and roasted huge trays of onions.

The new location is at the site where Lunchbox Laboratory and Burger Hero used to be. The Lornezos have painted the building pink, which is a nod to the Paseo iconic building on Shilshole Avenue.

The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the South Seattle College has extended an invitation to all District 1 City Council candidates as well as candidates for positions 8 and 9 to attend a forum to be held at the college on July 15.

The event will begin at 5:30 pm with a meet and greet between the candidates and the attendees of the forum. At 6 pm all candidates will have an opportunity for an opening statement. The next phase will consist of “candidating” with the attendees. After the opening statements all candidates will be sent to a table of attendees for 8 minutes. At the end of 8 minutes the candidates will move on to the next table of attendees. There will be time allowed at the end of the “candidating” portion for all candidates to give a 30 second closing statement.

The event will conclude at 8pm.

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Little League
Tournament of Champions
The District 7 Tournament of Champions is being held for three age levels this weekend.
In the Majors tournament at Steven J. Underwood Memorial Park, West Seattle plays Renton at 6 p.m. Friday and PacWest meets South Highline National at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Rainier District awaits the Renton-West Seattle winner at 9 a.m. Saturday and Seattle Central awaits the PacWest-South Highline National winner at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
The championship game is at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Intermediate tournament will be held at the same complex starting with the Southwest-National game at 5 p.m. Friday followed by West Seattle-Seattle Central at 7:30 p.m.
PacWest awaits the National-Southwest winner at 9 a.m. Saturday and South Highline American awaits the West Seattle-Seattle winner at 11:30 a.m.
The championship game is at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Minors tournament opens at Steven J. Underwood Friday and Saturday before concluding at 6 p.m. Monday at the Normandy Park City Hall field.

West Seattle filmmaker/diver/environmentalist Laura James has won a 2015 Emmy® Award in Environmental Feature/Segment in the Northwest Region of the US.

The award was presented on June 6 for her underwater video work on Solving the Mystery of Dying Starfish produced by KCTS9's Katie Campbell and edited by Michael Werner. Laura is a Seattle based videographer.

This is Laura’s second Emmy®. She won her first Emmy® in 2014 in the Health/Science Feature/Segment category in the Northwest Region for Sea Otters vs. Climate Change produced by Michael Werner for Quest PBS.

On Saturday, July 25, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the City of Tukwila and  Westfield Southcenter will co-host the 5th Annual Tukwila Touch-a-Truck Emergency Preparedness Fair.  A wildly popular complimentary community event, Tukwila’s Touch-a-Truck brings together dozens of heavy duty rigs and equipment for kids to explore and allows families to learn more about the importance of emergency preparedness.  Touch-a-Truck has become an important annual gathering for the community.
 
Due to space constraints at the previous location and the opportunity to bring Touch-a-Truck to a broader audience, this year’s event will be held in Westfield Southcenter’s south parking lot.  The additional space will allow for more partners and more vehicles to participate, including:
·         King County Library System – bookmobile
·         King County Metro – RapidRide bus
·         Seattle Humane Society – MaxMobile adoption bus
·         Tukwila Fire Department – fire engine and fire boat
·         Tukwila Police Department – mobile command post, patrol car, motorcycle, jail van, SWAT bearcat