October 2015

The Halloween event that seems to get more popular every year, the Trick or Treat in the Admiral District on Friday Oct. 30 is on again this year.

It's FREE and will run from 3pm to 6pm with Halloween activities and drawings for goodies from the local
Admiral District Merchants. Those will be held at Brookdale Admiral Heights.

Get your kids out in costumes (and wear one yourself!) for this community, family friendly event.

Goblins and ghouls should look for this sign in the window of participating businesses to take part in the “2015 Halloween Event”:

Whether you know it or not the odds are very good that you have at least seen a 1972 Chevy Malibu at some point in your life. The classic muscle car has been driven in movies and television by icons ranging from Rocky to the Mod Squad and even Columbo. The car has also most recently been seen pulling across screens in the “Entourage” movie, the “Anchorman” films and “Wedding Crashers”. It is “cool” incarnate. Unfortunately something so nice can easily catch the gaze of the wrong sort of admirer.

Laura Boos, an employee at Alki Lumber and the proud owner of her own 1972 Chevy Malibu, this week released footage of two car thieves repeatedly breaking into her car and attempting to steal it on the night of Sept. 29. The surveillance footage was uploaded to YouTube (here and here).

Burien, WA – Highline Public Schools is launching a new way for the community to share what is on their minds. ThoughtExchange is an online, two-way conversation. Community members are invited to share what is important to them and ideas for making our schools better. See what others are saying, too, and find out what is important to our community as a whole.

“Get ready to share your thoughts with us,” said Superintendent Susan Enfield. “We want to get your feedback and hear your ideas for our schools and our students.”

For more information about the process, visit our website www.highlineschools.org/share

The community is invited to participate in a three-step process:
Share – answer open-ended questions about our schools - October 9 - 25
Star – review ideas from others and place a star on the ideas you like best - October 30 – November 5
Discover – learn what is important to the community as a whole - November 13 – December 1
The process starts with an email invitation to participate. If you would like to participate, click here to self-register to be added to the Thoughtexchange process.

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Who wouldn’t love a meal that can be cooked and ready to eat in less than five minutes? Unfortunately, packaged convenience meals from the store are stuffed with sodium and are not very tasty. But you can easily make your own frozen meals, saving time on nights you aren’t able to cook from scratch, and saving a lot of money.

A frozen meal from the grocery store can cost $6 to $8 a pound. A good homemade frozen meal is about $3 a pound, or less if you find groceries on sale. And of course, the flavor and added nutrition benefits are priceless! When you create your own frozen meals, you avoid chemical preservatives and control the amount of sodium.

Set aside one or two days every month to cook and freeze some dishes for a nutritious meal when you need it on short notice. Add a quick salad and you have a dinner to serve yourself or a last-minute guest.

Easy freezer beef or chicken enchiladas

1 pound lean ground beef or chicken, cooked and shredded
½ cup onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 26-ounce can or boxed pureed tomatoes
¼ teaspoon black pepper