January 25, 2017 The Skanner Page 5
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Calendar 2017
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Seattle Metro
SATURDAY, JULY 29
CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE PARK SCMS’ 17 SUMMER FESTIVAL: This
free event will feature family activities. There will be food
trucks on site, or bring your own picnic. Activities start at 5:30
p.m. The music begins at 7 p.m. Volunteer Park, 1247 15th Ave. E.
ALASKA AIRLINES SEAFAIR TORCHLIGHT PARADE FANFEST: Fun
pre-run, pre-parade event with performances, food, exhibits
and floats. Noon, Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St.
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2
THE BUBBLE MAN: See bubbles as big as cars or the millions of
bubbles made with special recycled contraptions. A little music,
a little magic and a whole lot of bubbles/ Each show is $5 per
family (up to 4). 11 a.m. – Noon, Laurelhurst Community Center,
4554 NE 41st St.
BAAMFest
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4
A family poses with a buffalo soldier and his horse at BAAMfest, the annual Rainier Beach Arts and Music Festival July 22 on the
plaza at Rainier Beach Community Center. The event featured four stages, with music, dance and spoken word, food trucks, Detective
Cookie’s Chess Club, the Traveling History Museum and a kids’ zone. Some of the amazing performers included appearances by Massive
Monkees, Northwest Tap, Baile Dior, The Michael Powers Group and the Supa Sonic Soul Sistahs.
Portland International Socialist Organization
Portland Peaceful Response Coalition
YWCA of Greater Portland
Veterans for Peace 72
Jewish Voice for Peace
March for Truth PDX
Portland’s UnShul
Congregation Shir Tikvah
Freedom Socialist Party
SW Washington Coalition Action Network
Top Ladies of Distinction to Hold
Informational Meeting Aug. 14
No-obligation
meeting
will take place at Highland
Christian Center at 7 p.m.
Top Ladies of Distinction,
Incorporated (TLOD) is
seeking to charter a chap-
ter in Portland and is hold-
ing a no-obligation infor-
mational meeting at 7 p.m.
Aug. 14 in the Highland
Christian Center 7600 N.E. Brenda J. Dodd, TLOD National
Glisan St., in the Fellowship Area VI Director of Carson, CA
Hall.
Under the leadership of the National President
Drema Lee Woldman a resident of Lynwood, Ill., the
Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorporated (TLOD) is a
non-profit professional humanitarian organization,
organized in Tyler Texas, in 1964, with the purpose
of marshaling the talents, energies and skills of wom-
en nationally in a collaborative effort to help alleviate
the moral and social problems confronting youth in
the mid-sixties.
TLOD has a history of service and advocacy. Since
its inception, the organization has expanded its ob-
jective to include its focus on youth (known as Top
Teens of America), improving the status of women,
service to senior citizens, community beautification
and community partnerships. The 100+ chapters
nationwide support the National Council of Negro
Women (NCNW), the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), United Ne-
gro College Fund (UNCF), Sickle Cell Disease Aware-
ness (SCDA) and the awarding of national schol-
arships to Top Teens located in each of TLOD’s six
geographic areas. In addition, TLOD has been a long
standing partnership with the March of Dimes and
recently became partners with St. Jude Children’s Re-
search Hospital. Ongoing programs and projects are
important to the fulfillment of TLOD’s mission. Our
website contains additional information www.tlod-
inc.org.
This meeting will be conducted by Brenda J. Dodd,
National Area VI Director of Carson, CA and a proud
native of Portland. In order to adequately plan
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5
for this meeting please RSVP your attendance to
Bdodd423@pacbell.net or call Brenda Dodd (310) 413-
0664. Please bring a friend.
KIDS’ DAY OUT: You’ve been asking for an all-ages event and here
it is: Kids’ Day Out in Paradise. We will have special guest from 11
a.m. – 1 p.m., along with lots of activities, live performances and
much more! Admission is $5 (kids under two are free) 10 a.m. – 2
p.m. Xfinity Arena at Everett, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett.
Seattle News Briefs
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6
King County Public Health
Investigates Rare Infection Linked to
Fish in Supermarket Tanks
Public Health — Se-
attle & King County
received a report on
July 24th of a King
County resident with a
rare wound infection
caused by the bacte-
ria Vibrio vulnifi-
Image of Vibrio vulnificus
cus. The likely source
of infection was fish purchased from a live fish tank at
the Seattle Supermarket, located at 4801 Beacon Ave
S, Seattle 98108.
Vibrio vulnificus can cause life-threatening illness
when ingested or if it enters a skin wound. Health of-
ficials advise that anyone who has eaten or prepared
fish from this location before July 25 should watch
for symptoms of infection for 7 days. People who pur-
chased fish from this location should discard the fish.
The person who developed the infection, a man in
his forties, is currently hospitalized. His infection
likely resulted while he was preparing the fish and
cut his hand, which allowed the bacteria from the fish
to enter and infect the wound. He and his wife also ate
the cooked fish. His wife became ill, but she was not
hospitalized.
Public Health — Seattle & King County is testing
samples of the fish and fish tanks at the Seattle Super-
market. The investigation focuses on fish from the
live fish tanks, but they are also looking into the pos-
sibility that other seafood may have been contaminat-
ed. All fish processed at the Seattle Supermarket were
thrown away and the tanks and other equipment
were decommissioned until they can be thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected.
It is important to seek medical care right away if
you’ve handled or eaten fish, particularly raw fish
from the Seattle Supermarket, AND within seven
days develop:
• a new skin infection (signs of skin infection are
redness, tenderness, swelling, streaking and skin
blisters)
• fever and chills
• diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting
• any unexplained serious illness
If you develop signs of infection, contact your doc-
tor and tell them if you have been in handled raw sea-
food or eaten raw or undercooked seafood. If you ate
or handled fish from this location and have no illness
WIKIPEDIA
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SEATTLE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ACTIVITIES AT WEST LAKE PARK:
Free kids activities led by Seattle’s Children’s Museum. Varying
museum activities. 10 a.m. – noon, West Lake Park, 401 Pine St.
FROM HIRSHIMA TO HOPE: Seattle’s annual peace event honoring
the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
and all the victims of war and violence. This is one of the largest
commemorations held outside of Japan. Event features musical
performances, speakers and a candlelight lantern floating cere-
mony. This is a free event and all the public is invited to attend.
6 p.m. – 9 p.m., Green Lakes Northwest Shore, 7312 W. Green
Lake Dr. N.
after seven days, your risk of infection is low.
Certain people are at higher risk for Vibrio vulnifi-
cus infection. These include:
• people with weakened immune systems
• people with liver disease, including from alcohol-
ism
• diabetics
• people with HIV
• people who take medications to lower stomach acid
or who take immune-suppressing medications
Prevent infection
To reduce your chances of getting infected with Vib-
rio vulnificus and other bacteria:
• Use gloves when handling raw seafood.
• Do not handle raw seafood if you have wounds on
your hands or fingers.
• Wash your hands after handling raw shellfish and
other types of seafood.
• Wash cuts or other wounds thoroughly with soap
and water if you have handled raw seafood or come
in contact with seawater.
• Don’t eat raw or undercooked shellfish. Cooking
shellfish and other seafood kills Vibrio bacteria.
King County Board of Health
Approves New Rule for County’s
Limited Service Pregnancy Centers
The King County Board of Health today adopted a
new Rule and Regulation (R&R) that would require
limited service pregnancy centers (LSPCs) also
known as crisis pregnancy centers to post a notice
on-site and in their advertising stating “This facility
is not a health care facility.” Roughly eight LSPCs op-
erate in King County. These centers are unregulated
and are often staffed by volunteers and employees
who lack medical training or licensure. With a brief-
ing on May 18, and a discussion of the R&R on June 15,
this week marked the third public meeting the Board
of Health has had on this issue.
