Cougar Spotting

A cougar has been reported to be in the area. It left evidence at Wave-Trec Rescue which is just across the bridge from town on the Index Galena Road. Chris Jonason, owner of Wave-Trec, says “He ate one of my turkey’s”.

The price we pay for living in the sticks……

Post Masters Last Day

Tomorrow, August 6, 2010, is our Post Masters last day serving Index, Wa.

Dana Starfire has been a huge part of many peoples lives over the past 2-3 years. She has volunteered for many projects and has made many friends.

G’bye Dana and good luck with your new position as Post Master on Waldron Island. We are going to miss you.

Forums Up and Running!!

Our Forums are up and running. We do hope you enjoy them and make use of them. We have been through this one other time in 2008.

This time we spent countless hours asking many people questions and trying to make it just right. We know we can’t please everybody but we do our best.

Keep in mind that even “outsiders” can post here too. There is one area that is really targeted at Index or the Town, but outsiders are more than welcome to post.

Please contact us if there are any issues or you think the rules need modification or anything.

Additions or Deletions to the Forum? We tried to put something in there for everybody. Let us know.

Here is the link to the Forums -> http://www.indexwa.org/forum/

7th Annual Index Arts Festival

The 7th Annual Index Arts Festival
Saturday, August 7, 2010
10 am to 6 pm
Live Music from 10 am to 10 pm

Located in Downtown Index, the natural beauty of the area provides
this ideal setting for the 7th Annual Index Arts Festival.

The Festival will offer:

•Arts and Crafts
•Live Music on Two Stages
•Poetry Readings
•Crafts Marketplace
•Food and Beverages
•Children’s Art Activity Area

Index local musician Rib Horst and his band “Spare Rib and the Bluegrass
Sauce” will headline the music offerings. Other featured musicians will be Sea Star, Folkier Than Thou, Gene Anderson, Amy Thurner and Bahkti.

This year’s festival poster features a painting by Index Artist Karen Hultberg.

Local poets will be coordinating the Poetry Reading group.

Children’s activities will include face painting, art activities, a climbing wall
and lots of fun.

Local artists Patrick Woods, Kim Woods, Dean Shepard, Jim Roberts and Peter Olsen will also be exhibiting their art.

Live demonstrations will feature wood carver and Haida artist Ralph Bennett and Ron Swift and his Barnyard Buzzards Model Airplane Club.

For additional information, contact event coordinator Yvonne Lawson at
360-793-4162.

Index is located just one mile off Highway 2 at mp 38 on Index Galena Road, just about ½ hour east of Monroe.

HeraldNet: Overnight closures for Highway 529 bridge; daytime delays for U.S. 2

Herald Staff

Prepare for periods of sluggish traffic and closed lanes near Marysville and Sultan next week as state road projects move forward.

Work on a three-year, $50 million project to replace the aging swing-span bridge over Ebey Slough is expected to result in overnight lane closures on Highway 529 between Everett and Marysville.

At the same time, drivers traveling between Sultan and Gold Bar on U.S. 2 can expect about two weeks of daytime delays as Washington Department of Transportation crews repair the highway’s pavement.

Complete Story HERE -  HeraldNet: Overnight closures for Highway 529 bridge; daytime delays for U.S. 2.

Amy Lazenby Needs Help

Amy Lazenby is confined to a wheelchair for most of this summer, due to breaking her left ankle in several places and severely spraining her right ankle. Help is needed with meals, household chores, and baby sitting.

Please call if you can help – 360-793-1202. Thanks!

Amy lives on Index Ave. Call for more info and if you can help.

Upcoming Block Watch Meeting Clarification

Just a short clarification.

I some time send News as It Happens for other people within the town.

The previous News as It Happens that was sent out, the one about the Block Watch Meeting, was sent out as it was relayed to me.

Please don’t take it personal when something like the following comes to you:

“This meeting is only for people living in the town and does not include Skyko 1 or surrounding areas.”

I apologize if there is confusion on this note. “I did not set the rules” for this meeting. I’m just the messenger.

PS – I am sure if you attend, there will not be an issue. This meeting is to assign block captains within the town is my understanding.

Ed Boress
IndexWa.org

Thank You to Dave & Jodi

A HUGE thank you to Dave & Jodi Joanis for their generous donation.

We were out of town yesterday and it was a very pleasant surprise to find a donation sitting in our inbox.

We were struggling a bit trying to figure out how to get 3 items paid for (had some software upgrades to do to keep the site rolling smoothly).

Thanks again to all that have donated and we welcome Dave & Jodi to our Donor Page.

HeraldNet: Effort to save climbers’ rock wall close to goal

By Andy Rathbun
Herald Writer
INDEX — A group of rock climbers is nearly finished raising a mountain of money to preserve an internationally renowned granite wall near this mountain town.

The Washington Climbers Coalition has pulled together about $250,000 in the past year to buy the Index Town Wall. It hopes to raise another $50,000 by September.

Volunteers with the coalition are so confident they will meet their goal that plans are under way now for a mid-September celebration.

“That would be true,” said Doug Walker, 59, of Shoreline. “I think we can get this done.”

The group’s mammoth fundraising effort will help rescue the 500-foot wall from possible development.

“What’s amazing about Index is you’ll do a climb there and every inch of every pitch is just stellar,” he said. “You often don’t get that experience.”

Complete Story HERE>> HeraldNet: Effort to save climbers’ rock wall close to goal.

July 2010 Newsletter Now On Line

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