We, the ETS! kitchen crew, are so ready for warmer, sunnier days.

In other news, a big kitchen welcome to Duncan Autrey, who has taken over as the new ETS! distribution coordinator. He's got his work cut out for him, as we've had several key volunteers move on in recent months and have yet to replace them. If you can get to the U-District every other week to pick up papers, here is the current list of Seattle neighborhoods where some or all of our routes need covering: Downtown, Capitol Hill, Central District, Queen Anne, Ballard, Fremont, Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley, Phinney Ridge/Greenwood, and Green Lake. Interested? Give Duncan a call at 206-708-5065, or e-mail him at greenmogli@gmail.com.

One other area where we need a new distributor is Olympia, where Jim Burlingame is giving up his route after five or six stellar years of Spreading the Word. Again, contact Duncan if you're interested. But ETS! does have a new outlet in Olympia, in the form of yet more eaten airwaves: Co-Editor Geov Parrish is now a weekly guest on the new program "No Talking Heads" (sorry, David Byrne), airing Sundays from 5-6 PM on KAOS-89.3 FM. If you're in the South Sound--or listening online at http://www.kaos.evergreen.edu--check it out. And, of, course, Geov and host Mike McCormick continue (after 11 loooonnnng years) to perpetrate the original "Eat the Airwaves" on Saturday mornings in Seattle, 8:30-9 AM on KEXP-90.3 FM and http://www.kexp.org.

Finally, one more volunteer opening: we still need a calendar editor! That activist calendar you see on the back page every issue? It takes about two or three hours to compile, and in doing so you get tipped off well in advance of all the cool things about to happen in the Puget Sound region. If you're interested, let Geov or Jeff know at 206-719-6947 or info@eatthestate.org. Thanks!