Beth Baker of Running Evolution and Courtney McCliment from Four Loaves are presenting a Learn to Run/Seasonal Eating Survival Clinic at Super Jock n Jill (7210 E Green Lake Dr N) on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. Beth and Courtney will tag team “to get you moving and eating the right way, and arm yourself for the holiday season, and not be in a fitness hole in January.” The clinic will include a Couch-to-5K training schedule, a running workshop for beginners, nutritional handouts and gift bags. Attendance is limited to 40 people. Participants should wear running shoes. The cost of the clinic is $10.00. Disclosure note:…
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Zoka responds to warning letter from FDA
On Sept. 9, 2011, Zoka Coffee Roaster and Tea Company received a warning letter from the Public Health Service of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The letter related to an April 2011 inspection of Zoka’s coffee roasting facility in north Queen Anne. During the April inspection, FDA investigators documented serious violations of FDA’s “Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for foods,” including a failure “to take effective measures to exclude pests from the processing areas and protect against the contamination of food on the premises by pests.” Rodent excreta pellets and insect larva were found in the facility. The letter from the FDA did not…
Greenlake Kids Dentistry Halloween Candy Buy-Back program will send candy to service members overseas
Greenlake Kids Dentistry, located in the Circa Green Lake building on the NW corner of NE Ravenna Blvd and Woodlawn Ave NE, is hosting their annual Halloween Candy Buy-Back program on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, 3-6 p.m. Last year, the dentist office collected 150 pounds of candy to benefit Operation Gratitude. Operation Gratitude includes donated candy in care packages that they assemble and send to service members overseas. This year, Greenlake Kids Dentistry hopes to collect 300 pounds of candy. The office will be accepting candy donations for the entire week following Halloween. Seattle-area kids aged 12-and-under will be rewarded $1 per pound of unopened candy…
