You have to go to the article at the link on the bottom….The comments are interesting.
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By Alejandro Dominguez, Herald Writer
SULTAN — A $4.9 million roundabout is expected to open for traffic today along U.S. 2 at Rice Road.
The highway has been closed to a single lane since Sunday while crews built the roundabout, the first one on the highway in Snohomish County.
Originally, the Department of Transportation believed the work could cause 90-minute delays and miles of backups. Instead, it only caused 20-minute delays during rush hour at the beginning of the week.
“The drivers took our advice and found another routes,” Transportation spokeswoman Meghan Pembroke said.
It also helped that the Stevens Pass ski. . .
Read the complete article via Sultan roundabout set to open | HeraldNet.com – Local news.
Thank you David Meier for sending this to us. It’s funny and well done.
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Comment from David:
As you probably know we, here, in Index, rely on a service, sponsored by
the Sno-Isle Library system, to bring us books, videos and other educational resources, called
the Bookmobile. I have been a patron for many years and to celebrate
National Bookmobile Day, yes, there is such a thing, the mobile librarians
(aka “The Bookmobile Babes”. I’m not being sexist. It is a fact.) asked
the Index patrons (we are their favorite stop) to participate in a video
titled Why We Love Our Bookmobile. This was a nationwide program to film
bookmobile patrons around the country touting the praises of their
bookmobile. I just have to say, after viewing some of the other videos
posted on youtube, that ours, far and away, surpasses any other efforts.
The production values alone are far superior, and the talent, well, let me
just say that the talent merits mention. Is that an Oscar I smell?
We have taken the liberty to post the video in our Forums. You can view the vid HERE. It that does not work, try http://indexwa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=158&t=1270
By Amy Daybert, Herald Writer
SULTAN — Expect delays as long as 90 minutes on U.S. 2 as crews start building a roundabout on the highway this weekend.
The state Department of Transportation is telling people to avoid the town unless they really need to go there. Construction is expected to start Sunday and last five days.
“Unfortunately if you’ve ever driven through Sultan, especially on a weekend, you know it gets busy,” spokeswoman Bronlea Mishler said. “Driving through Sultan……
Read the complete article via Road work in Sultan to tie up U.S. 2 starting Sunday | HeraldNet.com – Local news.
This just in from Chief Michael Fitzgerald, Fire District #28.
PDF reader required.
View the file HERE.
Just received an email from Louise L. (a reliable source). Thank you Louise.
Here is what she had to say on Garbage Collection:
“I talked with Waste Management yesterday and they will come on Monday, March 5, with the recycling bins, and at that time they will pickup recycling that is left out in cardboard cartons (such as cans or plastic bottles, or left flat on the ground (as in broken up cardboard or tied bundles of newspapers) at whatever spot the customer has their garbage can set out for emptying.”
The new Waste Management Schedule for garbage hauling will be Monday’s with the first pick up to be on March 5, 2012.
Recycle will be picked up on alternating Monday’s but as of this moment we have not heard when the recycle pick up begins.
If anybody has word, please let us know.
Thanks. 
Edited 4:00pm 02.28.12
Unofficial word: Regular trash pick up is Monday the 5th of March and starting the FOLLOWING Monday, trash and recycle pick up. Recycle pick up is every other week after that. Again, it’s unofficial so we’ll find out this coming Monday I guess.
Here it is, just past the full week of February and we are hearing frogs!
Is that the norm? I can recall them in March, cranking up their mating ribbits, but in February?
Let us know if you live in the Northwest and hear frogs ribbiting already.
Herald staff
SULTAN — Officials have identified a man killed in a one-car accident near Sultan last week.
Roy R. Gasselsdorfer, 65, of Sultan, died Feb. 2 after his car crashed into a tree off Mann Road, southeast of the city.
The wreck
Read the complete article via Man killed in crash near Sultan identified | HeraldNet.com – Local news.
Did I not just put out a short newsletter asking where the snow is? Oooops.
And it’s cold too. It’s currently 28 degrees and it normally drops another degree or two before 7am.
Well, I think in my next newsletter I’ll ask where the palm trees are. Maybe a couple of them will shoot up in town somewhere. 
If you have noticed, our donation goal for 2012 is a bit aggressive. NO, it has nothing to do with greed. All of our donors may be rest assured that YOUR donations go to the bills we pay and software we need to continue running indexwa.org. The year 2013 will be even more aggressive and then we can curtail after 2013.
That said, the reason for being so aggressive for the next two years is: our computer is on its last leg so to speak. Oh, it runs great but has been in use for 6 years but we know the CPU will give up soon (from experience we know this).
Are we asking you to buy us a new computer? Indirectly, yes. We use our computer 85% of the time to run our site, blog and forums. Our computer runs 18-20 hours a day and some time 24 hours a day. We just lost our good monitor ($265.00) after 3 years of use so we are back on our old monitor which requires a squinty eye to work.
To view our current computer / cpu configuration, click HERE. Our goal is to double everything you see. We calculate around $1,600.00 to do it correctly. (We order parts piece by piece to make sure we are getting what we want and what we pay for).
Our cameras are costly too however, since it’s our hobby, we never ask for donations for our camera equipment even though 99.9% of the photos on our site and blog come out of one of our best cameras. We even shoot photos events for non-profits or the fire department or what have you, no charge. We always try to give back to the community.
Donators have extra features in our forums too. We have a Donor Group, VIP Group and a VIP+ Group. The VIP+ Group requires something special from a Donor, but we keep that a secret. You’ll know what that secret is once you are in the VIP+ Group. It varies from user to user.
Thanks for reading.
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