September 14, 2016 The Skanner Page 5
News
Events & Announcements
Community
Calendar 2016
Peoples
Solidarity
Concert
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FRIDAY – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 – 25
THEBITE OF BROADWAY: The Bite of Broadway is an annual
family-friendly, Seattle-based community event that draws
thousands from around the Puget Sound area. Enjoy a weekend
illed with mouth-watering food and entertainment – including
carnival rides. Free admission. 4 p.m. – 10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. –
10 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday. Christ the King School,
405 N. 11th.
Rapper DoNormaal performed during the
People’s Solidarity Concert, Sept. 3 at the
Hillman City Collaboratory. The concert
was part of the three-day, 2nd Paciic
Northwest Just Transition Assembly. The
assembly brought together almost 200,
mostly, people of color from Vancouver
BC, Oregon, and Washington to continue
developing a long term regional strategy for
the Next Economy in the Paciic Northwest.
The Peoples Solidarity Concert included
local rappers, Marcian Jamel Moxey,
Rogue Pinay, Kounter Balance, Julie Chang
Schulman & Suntonio Bandanaz of Alpha P.,
Yirim Seck and poet and spoken word artist
Nikkita “KO” Oliver.
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guez, opened Sept. 10 and runs through Oct. 2. The
play features John San Nicolas as the chimp, Trevor,
and Sarah Lucht as his “mom,” Sandra. This is the irst
play of seven in Artists Rep’s 34th season.
Inspired by a true story, “Trevor” is a tragicomedy
about a formerly “famous” chimp, Trevor, who has
been adopted into a human family. When the story
takes place he has lived in middle-class America with
his human “mom” for 11 years. He is a high-function-
ing chimp with a big personality, who drives the fam-
ily car and hopes to get back into show business.
Tickets are $50, with student and under-25 tickets
selling for $25. Buy Tickets: 503.241.1278 or www.art-
istsrep.org.
Seattle News Briefs
Council adopts motion to prevent
lead poisoning in King County
Exposure to lead, especially for young children and
infants, continues to be a signiicant health concern.
The Metropolitan King County Council today gave its
unanimous support to a King County Board of Health
resolution calling for steps to prevent lead poison-
ing, which is known to have health efects, including
decreased physical growth, learning disabilities, de-
creased IQ, and behavioral problems.
Lead exposure is a danger to children because
growing bodies absorb proportionally more lead
than adults. Incidents in Issaquah and Tacoma, along
with the national impact of the heavy lead exposure
in Flint, Michigan, have increased awareness of the
continuing issue of lead exposure, which led the King
County Board of Health to issue a call for measures to
reduce potential exposure to lead.
The adopted motion supports measures approved
by the Board of Health. Those steps include:
• Calling on federal and state lawmakers to take
meaningful action to address lead poisoning;
• Encouraging and exploring requiring all King
County health care providers to adopt Washing-
ton State Department of Health guidance for lead
screening of all children at ages twelve and twen-
ty-four months; and
• Encouraging Washington state to update the occu-
pational safety standards for lead in Washington
state to provide greater protection for workers and
their families.
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
the consumer “pre-qualiied” for a payday loan. The
voicemail stated that the company “picks 50 loan ap-
plications” every day for “pre-approved” loans up to
$1,000.00. It then stated that the consumer was the
26th pick of the day.
The company used the following phone number:
313-444-1029
The company did not provide its name in the voice-
mail.
If you suspect unlicensed activity by a payday lend-
er or consumer loan company, please contact the De-
partment at 1-877-RING-DFI (746-4334), or online at
www.di.wa.gov. Even if the activity involves a loan
over the internet, a license may still be required.
If you live in another state, go to this webpage to
ind the regulator in your home state. http://mort-
gage.nationwidelicensingsystem.org/consumer/Pag-
es/AgencyContacts.aspx.
If you feel you have been the victim of a scam please
contact the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-
HELP (382-4357) or online at www.tc.gov; or contact
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (855) 411-
CFPB (2372) or online atwww.consumerinance.gov.
If the scammers already have your bank account in-
formation, social security number, or other nonpub-
lic information, you may be a victim of identity thet
and you should take appropriate precautions. The
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has information for
victims of identity thet available online at www.tc.
gov.
If you feel you have been the victim of a scam involv-
ing the internet please contact the Internet Crime
Complaint Center online atwww.ic3.gov.
If you feel you have been the victim of a inancial
scam and are concerned about your personal inan-
cial information, contact your banking institution
and the three major credit bureaus. Procedures for
contacting the credit bureaus are available on the
FTC’s website at www.tc.gov.
NEW POOL OPENING AT PEOPLE’S COMMUNITY CENTER IN TACO-
MA: Get ready to dip your toes in Tacoma’s newest pool. The
grand opening begins at 1 p.m. and admission is free for every-
one. 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., People’s Community Center, 1602 Martin
Luther King, JR. Way, Tacoma.
GET SQUASHED! FREE FAMILY EVENT: Join us for a Free Farm Mar-
ket event coinciding with the Sammamish Valley Alliance Har-
vest Celebration. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., 21 Acres Center For Local Food
And Sustainable Living, 13701 NE 171st St., Woodinville.
Sunday, September 25
GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE! On this Sunday we will
remember the victims of America’s gun violence epidemic with
a series of live events from Coast to Coast! 7 p.m. (Doors open at
6:30 p.m.) University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave. NE.
City of Seattle, Seattle Housing
Authority and Seattle Public Schools
Announce New Pilot
Wednesday Mayor Ed Murray announced a new
partnership between the City of Seattle, the Seattle
Housing Authority (SHA) and Seattle Public Schools
(SPS) to provide stable housing for SPS families with
school-age children, ensuring an uninterrupted
school year and educational consistency. This part-
nership will begin as a pilot project at Bailey Gatzert
Elementary School this year, where 17 percent of the
students are homeless or unstably housed.
The Home from School pilot will ofer assistance to
families to ind a stable home, get back on their feet
and keep their children at Bailey Gatzert all year. To
accomplish this goal, SHA will contract with a service
provider to provide outreach, enrollment, and pre
and post-move support, including services such as
housing research, assistance with barriers to leasing
and connecting families to neighborhood resources
and services.
More than 80 percent of students at Bailey Gatzert
Elementary School qualify for Free and Reduced
Priced Lunch and a signiicant number of these stu-
dents have experienced complex trauma including
housing instability and homelessness. The 2014-2015
student turnover rate for Bailey Gatzert Elementary
School was 31 percent.
Participation in the program will be voluntary
and priority will be given to families experiencing
homelessness. This pilot initiative will begin at Bai-
ley Gatzert Elementary School in the Yesler neigh-
borhood, but if results are promising SHA may in the
future expand the initiative to diferent schools in
diferent neighborhoods.
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DFI Warns of Payday Telemarketer
‘Pre-Qualified Loan’ Scam
DFI has received a complaint from a Washington
State consumer regarding an apparent Payday Tele-
marketer scam. The consumer provided DFI with a
voicemail from an unspeciied company that claimed
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