The Federal Way School District will sponsor the Simplified Summer Food Program for Children this summer.

Meals will be provided at no charge for children 18 years old and younger.

Meals will be served at the following locations during the following dates.

Adelaide Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. June 23 – July 31

Decatur High School: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Aug. 18 – Aug. 21

Enterprise Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. June 23 – July 31

Federal Way High School: 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. June 23 – 31 and 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Aug. 18 – Aug. 21

Illahee Middle School: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Aug. 21 – Aug. 26

Kilo Middle School: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Aug. 21 – Aug. 26

Lakota Middle School: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Aug. 21 – Aug. 26

Mark Twain Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. June 23 – July 31

Meredith Hill Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. June 23 – July 31

Mirror Lake Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. June 23 – July 31

Olympic View Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. June 23 – July 31

Sacajawea Middle School: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Aug. 21 – Aug. 26

Saghalie Middle School: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Aug. 21 – Aug. 26

Sequoyah Middle School: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Aug. 21 – Aug. 26

Silver Lake Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. June 23 – July 31

Star Lake Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. June 23 – July 31

Sunnycrest Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. July 9 – July 31

Thomas Jefferson High: 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. June 16 – July 11 and Aug. 21 – Aug. 26., 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. June 16 – July 11 and Aug. 21 – Aug. 26 and 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Aug. 18 – Aug. 21

Todd Beamer High: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Aug. 18 – Aug. 21

Totem Middle School: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. Aug. 21 – Aug. 26

Wildwood Elementary: 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. June 23 – July 31

Incontinence help

St. Francis Hospital will host a seminar for people suffering from incontinence and other pelvic disorders from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 23 at the St. Francis Medical Office Building next to St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way.

The seminar will be led by urogynecologist William Andre Silva and pelvic floor physical therapist Kris Costello. They will discuss the latest treatment options for bladder and bowel incontinence, collapsing pelvic organs and other disorders. A range of therapy options will be discussed from lifestyle modification and medication to surgery.

Admission is free. For more information or to register, call (888) 825-3227.

Lakota news

Lakota Middle School will host three evenings for families to come and get ready for the next school year from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 26, 27 and 28. Sixth-graders are invited to come on Aug. 27. Seventh-graders are invited on Aug. 28 and eighth-graders are invited on Aug. 26.

Students and their parents are encouraged to come during those times to return forms, pick up student schedules, have pictures taken, purchase p.e. uniforms, purchase ASB cards, purchase yearbooks and pay fees.

For more information, call (253) 945-4800 or visit http://schools.fwps.org/lakota.

Federal Way grows

The Washington State Office of Financial Management released new population statistics for 2008. Federal Way remains the state’s eighth largest city. The population grew from 87,390 to 88,040 in the past year.

Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Bellevue, Everett and Spokane Valley all rank higher in population than Federal Way.

County residents to vote on charter amendments

The Metropolitan King County Council placed five proposed charter amendments on the November general election ballot. Voters will have an opportunity to vote on the following proposed amendments to the county constitution:

-Anti-discrimination: This would prohibit excluding a person from county employment based on disability, sexual orientation, gender or expression. The charter already includes non-discrimatory language, but this amendment would expand upon those efforts.

-Regional committees: This amendment would reduce the number of county council members serving on regional boards and committees. It would also establish a vice-chair position to be filled by a non-council member and increase the authority of committees to initiate legislation. A need for this arose when the council was decreased from 13 positions to nine.

-Qualifications: This would allow the council to establish a set of qualifications to be met by elected officials who head charter-based departments.

-Budget review timeline: This would extend the time, by 20 days, the county council has to review the county Executive’s proposed budget. The review period would be altered from 45 days to 65 days.

-Economic forecasts: This would establish an economic forecasting council for King County and the Office of Economic and Financial Analysis to provide greater reliability in the economic and revenue forecasts on which the county’s budget is based.

Learn more about the above mentioned amendments by visiting http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/charter.aspx.