This just in, from the Friends of the Roundabout:

We resent the constant bashing of the Roundabout, the best thing to hit Ocean Shores since Pat Boone left town! If you can’t figure out how to use this thing, you’re a total . . .  (Ed. note: String of derogatory terms deleted). Some of our members had a tough time of it, at first, but one of them gets dizzy spells anyway. As for the new “touch,” who cares if it’s a sidewalk or a truck apron or a ring-around-the-rosey or an alien crop circle, for Pete’s sake! The whole thing is great, nobody walks anyway, and all you Negative Nancy’s can just (Ed. note: Rest of statement deleted, due to FCC regulations.) !!!

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(Sorry, I wasn’t able to get this and the “No left turn” sign in the same shot.)

First Prize: Ocean Shores Roundabout naming rights (unofficial).

For decades, four Stop signs bravely stood guard, silent sentries at the corner of Chance a la Mer and Pt. Brown avenues. They withstood 100 mph winds, speeding tourists, lumbering big rigs and howling city managers, all determined, but unable, to undermine their authority and bring them down.

Now, they are gone. These signs of our past have Yielded to the future.

Long live the Roundabout!

your brand new . . . ROUNDABOUT!

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Not 100 percent completed, but now paved. No more gravel.

Considering the weather, this project moving to the finish line on schedule is pretty impressive.

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FOTR party date, time and location to be announced . . .

The Friends of the Roundabout will hold “live training” for Roundabout driving. The training session will be held (weather permitting) in the parking lot behind Tully’s, using a scaled version of the Roundabout and approaching streets, drawn in chalk. We are seeking volunteers to play-act various vehicles and drivers. One (1) person to play a Lost Tourist, driving an SUV. Two (2) people to portray two Locals traveling in opposite directions, both hurrying to the IGA. Three (3) people to play teen-agers, heading to the beach with hip hop blasting out of their Jeep. Six (6) people to portray an RV, lumbering down here from Puyallup for the weekend. One (1) person to portray a Police Officer. Two (2) people to act as a North Beach Tow truck. Three (3) people to represent the Citizens of Ocean Shores, standing on the sidelines, saying, “I told ya so!”

We are pleased to have Ron D’Bote, from the Department of Transmigration, will direct us in “walk throughs,” involving various scenarios. Please check back for exact time.

Remember: Don’t drink and drive. It could cause nausea.

The Friends of the Library will be selling “I Survived the Roundabout” t-shirts (officially endorsed by the Friends of the Roundabout).
Tots $6; Kids & Youth $8; Adult $10; Plus sizes $12.

They will be introduced “at our Giant Half-Yearly Sale at our storage, on Saturday, 14 Nov. from 9 am to 3 pm at 764 Sea Horse Ave NE (N of Alec’s Restaurant).” Click below to see one of the designs:

i survived roundabout

Dates/times to be announced, tentatively scheduled for early December: “The Convention Center driver training instructors have a 15 minute tape on how to drive in a round about. The Lacey police and the Dept. of Trans. recently used this in Olympia to help citizens learn about how to safely negotiate this new road system. Joe Reasons and Mike Mc Camish have offered to show this to our drivers at no cost . . . “

Well, it’s “round,” and it’s “about” (amateur guess-timate) 33% on the way . . .

rounda nov 11 web

. . . to looking like this:

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Watch this site for a Friends of the Roundabout contest, coming soon!

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All of our winners will receive an “I Survived the Roundabout” T-shirt . . . as soon as its done.