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SATURDAY, JULY 8
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
SUMMER PLACE CREATES A SUMMER WONDERLAND AS BUBBLES
FILL THE ATRIUM: Bubbly- Up, Bubble-Up is a nightly show that
will transform Pacific Place into a summer wonderland, as bub-
bles fill the center’s atrium at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. every Saturday.
Pacific Tower, 1200 12th Ave. S.
6TH ANNUAL POLISH FESTIVAL SEATTLE: Polish Festival Seattle is
a joyful celebration of Polish Culture, traditions and contempo-
rary achievements. Featuring authentic Polish food, live music
and dance performances, exhibits, kids’ zone and much more.
Noon – 8 p.m., Seattle Center Armory/Center House, 305 Har-
rison St.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12
Youth Speaks
Azura Tyabji, Carlynn Newhouse and Ana Walker members of the 2017 Youth Speaks Seattle’s Brave New Voices Slam Team perform
a group piece during a sendoff show for them at the Station on Beacon Hill. The team that includes poets Ezra Conklin and Mercury
Sunderland will represent Seattle at the 20th Annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in San Francisco the
weekend of July 19-22.
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WCI Construction LLC and owner Eugene Graeme
ineligible to receive public works contracts in the
state for ten years while assessing the firm $20,000
in civil penalties, the Bureau of Labor and Industries
announced today.
The debarment and civil penalties settlement stems
from work performed for Arlington High School in
Gilliam County. Previously, the agency recovered
$9,257.87 in wages after a worker filed a complaint
in December 2015. BOLI wage compliance specialists
found prevailing wage violations and failure to main-
tain timely, accurate and complete payroll records.
Copies of the WCI Construction LLC settlement
agreement and Final Order are available upon re-
quest.
Notably, BOLI had placed a previous company
owned by Eugene Graeme, Wrangler Construction,
Inc., on the state’s debarment list from May 2012 to
May 2015 for other Wage and Hour violations.
Currently, the agency has 52 businesses, contrac-
tors and individuals on the debarment list of contrac-
tors ineligible to receive payment on public contracts.
Employees with prevailing wage issues may contact
the Prevailing Wage Rate Unit by calling (971) 673-
0839 or emailing pwremail@boli.state.or.us.
Any public contracting agency, contractor or sub-
contractor can contact BOLI’s Prevailing Wage Rate
Unit to request a determination about whether a
project is a public works that requires payment of
prevailing wage rates.
In addition, the bureau offers prevailing wage sem-
inars to help contractors, subcontractors and public
contracting agencies understand and comply with
Oregon’s law.
Critical Red Cross Blood Shortage
Prompts Call for Donations
American Red Cross is facing a critical blood short-
age and is issuing an emergency call for eligible blood
and platelet donors of all blood types to give now and
help save lives.
Blood donations have fallen short of expectations
for the past two months, resulting in about 61,000
fewer donations than needed and causing a signif-
icant draw down of the Red Cross blood supply. The
shortfall is the equivalent of the Red Cross not collect-
ing any blood donations for more than four days.
To schedule an appointment to donate, use the free
Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call
1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
The Red Cross has added more than 25,000 addition-
al appointment slots at donation centers and commu-
nity blood drives across the country over the next
few weeks to accommodate more donors.
Donation appointments and completion of a Rapid-
Pass online health history questionnaire are encour-
aged to help reduce the time it takes to donate.
Blood shortages often worsen around Indepen-
dence Day due to many fewer volunteer-hosted blood
drives at places of work, worship or community gath-
ering, and this year is no exception. Nearly 700 fewer
blood drives are scheduled during the Independence
Day week than the weeks before and after the holiday.
Every two seconds in the United States blood and
platelets are needed to respond to patient emergen-
cies, including accident and burn victims, heart sur-
gery and organ transplant procedures, and patients
receiving treatment for leukemia, cancer or sickle
cell disease.
The Red Cross must collect nearly 14,000 blood do-
nations every day for patients at approximately 2,600
hospitals across the country.
Seattle News Briefs
U.S. SBA Director to Speak at July 11
ACCPBW Breakfast
The African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific
Northwest will hold a networking breakfast from
7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the 13 Coins Restaurant, 125
Boren Ave North.
This month’s speaker will be Kerrie Hurd, U.S Small
Business Administration District Director, and she
will talk about free resources for your business, in-
cluding counseling and education, access to capital
and government contracting.
To register, please visit https://docs.google.com/
forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPEO2VEkInOW596Banirfh0t-
FojEUBtuXmbxWdN9Vm_W4jMg/viewform or call
(206) 256-6139.
For more information about the ACCPNW, visit af-
ricanchamberofcommercepnw.com.
King County Metro Transit Seeks
Survey Participants
King County Metro Transit’s Customer Communi-
cations and Services team is seeking input from cus-
tomers about some of the services it provides.
are invited to participate in a short survey about
our services that you may have used.
This survey covers the King County Metro custom-
er service call center, (206) 553-3000, Pass Sales (at
King Street Center or Westlake Station) and social
media (Transit Alerts, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
Please find the survey at www.surveymonkey.
com/r/DXWKFCY.
This survey is fairly short with an expected com-
pletion time of two to five minutes; it will direct you
to questions that are pertinent to services you use or
access. The survey link expires on July 10.
OICClosed Until Further Notice
The Washington State Legislature has not yet ap-
AUBURN’S KID’S SUMMER STAGE: Exciting performances de-
signed just for kids. Pack a lunch and enjoy the amenities at Les
Grove Park has to offer. This is a free event for all ages. Noon – 1
p.m., Les Grove Park, 910 9th St. SE, Auburn.
SATURDAY, JULY 15
LAKEMONT BLOCK PARTY: We welcome you to join us for our
annual Lakemont Block Party. Come meet your neighbors while
enjoying a free BBQ with delicious sides, ice cream, our bouncy
castle, live music and much more. 2 p.m. – 5 p.m., Calvary Chapel
Eastside, 5130 164th Ave. SE, Bellevue.
SUNDAY, JULY 16
SCHOOL’S OUT KIDS’ FESTIVAL: Celebrate summer vacation with
awesome kids’ bands at Hot Spot. Noon – 8 p.m., Hot Spot at
Waterfront Park, 1401 Alaskan Way Pier 58.
proved state operating and capital budgets for the
2017-19 biennium, which begins July 1. As a result, the
Office of the Insurance Commissioner and other state
agencies have shut down until budgets are in place.
See all state agency plans and related information.
Until further notice, the OIC is closed, including:
• Online services
• Consumer hotline
• Insurance industry regulation, licensing and en-
forcement activities
• All insurance rates and forms approvals
• Public disclosure requests
• Social media updates
• Website updates
You can check the status of state government oper-
ations at www.ofm.wa.gov or by phone at 1-877-264-
2952. We will send a message when we re-open.
In the meantime, our website is available at www.
insurance.wa.gov.
Coalition of Immigrants, Refugees
and Communities of Color
Announce Mayor Candidates Forum
On July 15, beginning at 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., at the
Eritrean Association Community Center, grassroots
organizations join hands to facilitate a joint forum
with the aim of increasing equity and political in-
volvement.
The event will take place at the Eritrean Associa-
tion of Greater Seattle and Vicinity, 1528 Valentine
Place South.
The event is sponsored by the caring communi-
ty members from the ACRS, Ethiopian Community
Council, ERW, Equity in Education Coalition, Experi-
ence Education, Faith Action Network, Filipino Com-
munity of Seattle, Latino Community Fund, League
of Education Voters, Rainier Chamber of Commerce,
Rajana Society, SCSOS, SOWA, U District Alliance for
Equity and Livability and WinWin Action.
Organizers seek to empower the local community
by advocating for equity in education, housing and
employment as well as through the facilitation of
meaningful dialogue between local communities and
political representatives.
Translators are available upon request. Babysit-
ting services are available. Food and drinks will be
available, as well as a special cultural performance
and social opportunities for community members to
mingle.
