Writing challenge - Rewrite a sentence!

Rewrite/recast sentence #1 without using any of its auxiliary verbs. Tap into your creativity and see how wonderfully it works for you!

For example:

"Joe is going home to repair the faulty plumbing pipes" may well become "Joe goes home to repair..." or "Joe walks home to..."

1. The phone company is not certain when the new directories will be ready.

Now post your rewritten/recast sentence for everyone else to see and then write an intirely different sentence with auxiliaries and ask us to rewrite/recast it minus the auxiliaries. Do it now!