May 2019

Open houses May 29 and 30 for future RapidRide H Line; construction to begin in early 2020

information from King County Metro

King County Metro and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) are working to provide faster, more frequent service in and around Burien, White Center, Delridge, and downtown Seattle by upgrading Metro Route 120 to the new RapidRide H Line in 2021. Metro and SDOT will be jointly hosting open houses to share how community input shaped decisions, bus route design, project timeline and planned impacts to the area as the route is transformed into RapidRide.

 

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11th Grade Girls honored in STEM classes

AAUW (American Association of University Women) Highline Branch held a reception for 11 grade girls who had been recommended for their high achievement by their STEM-class teachers.  Girls from seven high schools in the Highline area – Evergreen, Kennedy, Highline, Mount Rainier, Tyee, Seattle Christian and Raisbeck Aviation received a certificate and a $50 Visa Gift Card while their proud parents looked on. 

The girls introduced themselves and explained a bit about their future plans – which included attending university and studying for various health and medical professions, working in environmental concerns, computer science, an engineering degree,  space exploration and Robotics to name a few. 

They listened to some good advice and much encouragement from keynote speakers Claire Foster who has an engineering degree and works for the City of Seattle and Annie Gesellchen, soon to graduate with a degree in computer science from UW.

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Poor man’s asparagus: winter leeks in the garden

By Katy G. Wilkens

One of my favorite veggies in my winter garden is leeks. I hardly notice them during the summer, but at this time of year they shine a wonderful soft green and white with their ladder-like leaves growing up the stems. Like a giant green onion, leeks somehow manage to make it through most winters. You can pull the fleshy, thick stems out of the ground until it’s freezing outside.

Leeks are high in vitamin C, vitamin A and folate, and their flavor is different enough from onions to make them a welcome addition to the vegetable palate of winter. I use winter leeks instead of onion in recipes that call for green onion, and often instead of white or yellow onion.

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