Relative of Dexie?

The following email and photo just arrived in our Inbox.

“My youngest son swears this was attached to his foot when he got out of the water at our property up in Skyko 1. Maybe a distant relative of the fish known as “Dexie”?”

Mark R.

HeraldNet: Climbing group buys Index wall

By Alejandro Dominguez
Herald Writer
INDEX – A group of rock climbers announced Friday that they’ve raised enough money to buy the Index Lower Town Wall.

The Washington Climbers Coalition stepped up to purchase the rock climbing wall after a private landowner considered selling the property to a quarry.

The coalition got their….

Read Complete Story HERE> HeraldNet: Climbing group buys Index wall.

HeraldNet: Off-road vehicle proposal scrapped for public roads near foothills

Off-road vehicle proposal scrapped for public roads near foothills

Plan to boost tourism near Reiter Foothills instead caused alarm

By Noah Haglund
Herald Writer

GOLD BAR — Snohomish County has dropped a plan to allow off-road vehicles on county roads near the state’s Reiter Foothills.

The idea was supposed to boost tourism and economic development by allowing off-road vehicles better access to the state recreation area. It would have applied to off-road motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and dune buggies.

Complete Story HERE> HeraldNet: Off-road vehicle proposal scrapped for public roads near foothills.

Another Garbage Pick Up Change: CORRECTION

CORRECTION

Just a heads up for the locals.

YET ANOTHER change in your trash pick up. If I recall correctly, it was JUST changed about 2-3 months ago.

READ ME: This coming Tuesday August 31st, will be the new pick up day. Beginning August 30, 2010, pick up days will be Tuesday’s.

Every other Tuesday will be recycle pick up and garbage as usual, weekly but on Tuesday.

Again, the new schedule does not begin until Tuesday, August 31st, so it looks like Moday trash will NOT be pickd up.

Earthquake Update

Well, guess I gotta’ lay off the coffee in the mornings. I have waited all day but have found NOTHING about an earthquake on the 22nd in the PNW at 4:05 AM.

I promise you though, I was in my tiny office in the back of the house, picture frames shook, my desk shuttered and I could feel it in my arms that were resting on the desk while typing.

Seeing as how we have three felines in the house, there is a remote possibility that they were romping around and one of them jumped (one weighing around 18-19 lbs, not fat, just BIG).

It could have been a boulder falling off the climbing wall….NAWWWW, I would have heard it crash to ground and others would have heard it too.

Well, I give up.

OOOPPPSS, got to go. Somebody knocking on the door. White suits? What’s this?

I’ll finish the story late a;lidpyp8n/eafadsiadopy7ie7reU”L >a

HeraldNet: Discovering quirky slices of Americana on U.S. 2

This is a pretty good article by Andy Rathbun of the Everett Herald:

Andrew Abramavage was streaming the rapper Drake on his cellphone as he stood alongside U.S. 2, one thumb out, trying to catch the eyes of oncoming drivers.

The 23-year-old University of Washington-Bothell student wanted to make it to the mountain town of Baring, to visit friends.

He had nine miles to go.

Read the complete story and see some great links via HeraldNet: Discovering quirky slices of Americana on U.S. 2.

Earthquake

Did anybody besides me feel the earthquake this morning at 4:05am in Index? My desk got a pretty good rattle.

July 2010 Newsletter Now On Line

The July 2010 Newsletter has been posted to the Newsletter Archive.

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July 2010 Minutes Posted

The Town Council Public Meeting approved minutes for July 2010 have been posted to the site. You may access them by clicking here.

Thanks to Lisa for sending them to us !!

Photos:Poison Hemlock Found in The Town of Index

UPDATED 08.10.10
Just got a note from Barb T. as follows:

Hi Ed – somebody in town who is an “expert” on plant identification says our white blossom is “yarrow”, so its not the hemlock.

We were notified by Town Hall (Lisa) that a poison hemlock has been found in a residents yard. We went over there to photograph the beast but could not find it, even after walking the property 2 times.

So we grabbed some photos off of the net.

Be warned and let your children know about this dangerous, fern looking plant with pretty flowers. Notice the rhubarb look to the stem? It looks like that as it ages.

There is a link below for you to click and read. It will let you know how to handle this invader and how to remove it from you property.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2067182_identify-water-hemlock.html

Many thanks to Lisa and Barb for keeping us up to date.