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It was close, but Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore’s romantic comedy edged past Kevin Bacon’s push to bring dancing to a small town high school prom and a young New Zealand girl’s quest to become chief of her people to take top honors as King County Parks’ Movies@Marymoor “Viewer’s Choice” winner.

Young people from St. Joseph Catholic Church working as trained poll workers today will use their pay to travel to Louisiana to repair homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. U.W. Students will use their stipend to travel to Athens on a study abroad mission and Franklin High School athletes will help buy new uniforms and athletic equipment.

Sherril Huff, King County Elections director has scheduled media availability for today. To schedule an interview or to tour mail ballot processing, please call the Election Day Media Hotline at 206-205-5115. The King County Elections Media Office will be open on Aug. 19 from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Aug. 20.

King County Elections has established a media hotline to assist reporters and other media throughout Election Day. Staff will be available to assist with information and requests for interviews with key election officials, including Elections Director Sherril Huff.

Residents can feel like a champion when they bring an animal home from the shelter. "Besides getting a new best friend, for every animal adopted between now and the closing ceremonies, the adopters will receive their own gold medal from King County Animal Care and Control," explains Communications Specialist Nancy McKenney. The handmade medals were donated to the shelter.

East King County residents will have a convenient opportunity to safely dispose of their household hazardous items with a visit to King County’s Wastemobile, Aug. 22-24, in Snoqualmie.

Young adult students in King County gained a new opportunity to learn about high wage and high demand occupations involving “green work” -- jobs related to environmental and social responsibility -- as part of the ‘Opportunity Greenway’ pilot this summer. The students held a program graduation today.

More than 40 local area youth and young adults will celebrate their graduation from an innovative summer program that offered unique opportunities to learn about and train for high wage and high demand "green jobs" in the community.

In collaboration with the Wing Luke Asian Museum and community organization volunteers, King County Elections will be on hand to register voters at the opening of a new art exhibit chronicling local civic engagement and voting rights.

Take 59 years of service, including 50 years of accident-free driving, add dozens of commendations from customers – then divide by two to get King County Metro Transit’s Operator(s) of the Year.

Take 59 years of service, including 50 years of accident-free driving, add dozens of commendations from customers – then divide by two to get King County Metro Transit's Operator(s) of the Year.

Since 2004, 141 poll sites have been consolidated or closed either because the location was not accessible to people with disabilities or the site was under utilized. Since the presidential primary held in February 2008, 20 sites were moved or in some cases demolished or impacted by construction, affecting 17,221 poll voters.

Employees from King County's Brightwater project and the state Department of Ecology responded quickly today to reports of turbid water in Bothell's Horse Creek.

A new King County report shows area cities should continue planning underway for new jail facilities as the region will have significant new jail capacity needs in the future.

Thinking big, a savvy group of local truckers worked together to secure a valuable hauling and disposal contract on the Brightwater wastewater treatment system project.

Repairs to the popular Cedar River Trail - damaged by heavy floods nearly two years ago - means a portion of the trail will be closed for approximately six weeks.

A new King County restoration is improving habitat at the confluence of Newaukum Creek and the Green River.

The King County Board of Health will hold a special meeting on Thursday, August 7, 2008, at 1:30 p.m.

Birders from across the region flocked to King County's Marymoor Park in Redmond Saturday to celebrate the new Audubon Birdloop, a trail that provides an up-close glimpse of the wildlife that lives within rare native lowland habitat.

An unexpectedly sharp drop in sales tax revenues, a softening local economy and continued high fuel costs are sparking a closer review of a Metro Transit fare proposal currently before the Metropolitan King County Council.