ODDLY ENOUGH
ODDLY ENOUGH
In Oregon, cat survives shock, 25-foot fall from power pole
GRANTS PASS, Ore.
The owner of a 17-pound Siamese cat named Liam says he has nearly used up his nine lives after getting shocked on a power pole in Grants Pass and falling 25 feet.
Jennifer Kagay told The Grants Pass Daily Courier she and her husband were lying in bed one recent morning when they heard a “bang” and the power went out.
Her husband, Jeff, went outside, and the cat was lying still on the transformer at the top of the pole.
They were relieved when Liam started to move, but horrified when he fell 25 feet to the ground. On the way down, he snagged a wire with a claw, then landed softly in some brush.
The Kagays took him to the vet, where he may have to have one leg amputated.
TSA: Travelers left $13,000 in spare change at Logan
BOSTON
Transportation Security Administration workers collected more than $13,000 in spare change left behind by travelers at Boston’s Logan International Airport last year.
The Boston Globe reported that the TSA said in a report last week that the change is often abandoned in those plastic buckets used by passengers for personal belongings before stepping through metal detectors at security checkpoints.
TSA spokesman Ross Feinstein says unclaimed money is documented and turned in to the financial office.
In 2005, Congress gave the TSA the authority keep the unclaimed change and spend it on security improvements.
Nationally, the TSA collected more than $675,000 in loose change in the 2014 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport came in at No. 1 last year, with $42,550 left behind.
Church linked to Robert’s Rules named national treasure
NEW BEDFORD, Mass.
The First Baptist Church in New Bedford, Mass., known for a former member who developed Robert’s Rules of Order, has been named a national treasure.
The designation by the National Trust for Historic Preservation will help preserve the deteriorating Greek Revival building and boost efforts to make space inside available to a community group.
The church was built in 1829 and gained international recognition in the 19th century when former member Henry Martyn Robert developed the parliamentary procedural guidelines, Robert’s Rules of Order.
The National Trust website says Robert saw the need for the guidelines after a “raucous” church meeting.
Associated Press