Recent news from our readers:
Holland emails:
This past Sunday, December 8, my beloved black cat Pawnee was struck by a car on 15th Avenue Northeast between Northeast 96th and 97th streets.
My neighbor drove by and saw people taking care of him by pulling him off the road and covering him with a blue towel. I wanted to send a thank you. We weren’t home at the time and I really appreciate that you lovingly covered him so we didn’t have to find him ourselves. Pawnee was a beloved member of our family who loved children, our neighbors, and hunting rodents. He was also a great adventurer who would stay out all night and explore the neighborhood. He lived his nine lives happy and to the fullest. Thank you again.
Katy emails:
A kid’s balance bike was left in front of our house on Northeast 84th Street, a week or two ago. Is anyone missing theirs? It doesn’t belong to our immediate neighbors.
And Micah emails overnight:
Hello. Our chocolate Lab, Bob wandered away from our house on 5th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 85th Street around 5 p.m. tonight. He’s a big Lab wearing a bright orange collar. We are wondering if you could put the word out.
We’ve heard about Bob before, I think.
But by this morning, he was found and back home.
Finally, Sound Transit emails:
Construction crews working to build the Northgate Link Extension for Sound Transit will be making an early morning equipment delivery to the Maple Leaf Portal site. The delivery may cause some noise.
Two large sections of a tunnel boring machine will be unloaded at the former North Seattle’s Park-and-Ride south lot early in the morning on Saturday, Dec. 14 and again on Sunday, Dec. 15. Crews expect the delivery to arrive at approximately 5 a.m. each morning.
Nearby residents may hear continuously running engines while crews use a crane to unload the TBM segments from over-sized trucks.
The work is expected to take about 3 hours each morning.
(We’re guessing TBM means Tunnel Boring Machine.)
I was the one who lifted up dead Pawnee in a blue towel and moved him out of the street. I got a knock on the door that night, from a man who was afraid he’d killed my cat. My dog was killed at exactly the same place, between 96th and 97th on 15th, six months ago. I was hysterical and incoherent, and some very kind people stopped and helped me. It was my karma to be called on to move Pawnee. I got a blue towel. What I was unable to do for my dog, I did for that poor beautiful cat.
Diana, if I may ask, what kind are you missing? 🙂
What color is that balance bike?