FYI

Marysville School District residents are invited to comment on qualifications for the next superintendent at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the boardroom in the district service center, 4220 80th St. NE, Marysville.

Those interested can also got to the district Web site at www.msvl.k12.wa.us and complete a survey. Or they can drop by a school or the service center and get a survey.

A timeline for the superintendent search is also on the Web site.

Gov. Gary Locke and Terry Bergeson, superintendent of public instruction, plan to visit Madison Elementary School at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Everett.

Madison will be honored as the state Reading School of the Month, an award given for long-term improvement in reading achievement.

Locke and Bergeson will participate in a student assembly by reading a favorite story.

If you’ve heard the warning "Beware the Ides of March," then it’s probably because of the work of William Shakespeare. In Shakespeare’s play "Julius Caesar," a soothsayer tells the Roman ruler, who is already on his way to the Senate and his death, "Beware the Ides of March." Ides referred to the appearance of the full moon.

Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March — March 15, 44 B.C. Sometime prior to the fateful day, he was warned of danger on March 15, but apparently wasn’t listening.

According to the U.S. Postal Service, a large number of counterfeit stamps have surfaced over the past few months.

Counterfeits are often sold door-to-door to businesses or over the Internet to collectors. Some fakes were made to look like the 37-cent flag stamp.

Buyers who think stamps might be counterfeit should compare them with stamps they know are legitimate and call their local postal inspector.

If you have an item for FYI, call Kristi O’Harran at 425-339-3451. If you have a news tip or an idea for a local story, call the city desk at 425-339-3428, or e-mail newstips@heraldnet.com.

Other numbers to call:

Everett, 425-339-3200

425-339-3470, after 4 p.m.