<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/10908690/crawfordcountynow.com/local/hospital-staff-members-rescue-kitten-from-car/%3Futm_source%3Dfark%26utm" target="_blank" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">It was uplifting to see that many people out there wanting to help, and then to see the excitement on everyone's faces when the kitten came out. It's stuff like that that makes you feel good with everything going on today". Welcome to Caturday</span></a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of <i>Crawford County Now</i> at:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://crawfordcountynow.com/local/hospital-staff-members-rescue-kitten-from-car/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">https://crawfordcountynow.com/local/hospital-staff-members-rescue-kitten-from-car/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a><br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">———————————————</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><h1 class="article-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: acumin-pro-condensed, minion-pro; font-size: 2.8rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding-right: 1em;">Hospital staff members rescue kitten from car</h1></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">BUCYRUS — What could have been a really bad day for one sweet little kitten, ended up maybe being one of the best of its life.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 75, 75);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When Noel Richie was leaving work at Bucyrus Community Hospital last Thursday, she was stopped by a coworker who said she heard meowing coming from inside her car. Upon shutting the car off, the women discovered that there was a little black kitten stuck in her engine.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 75, 75);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Bill Johnson, head of plant operations at the hospital, was called and asked if he could come out and help to extract a cat from a vehicle. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 75, 75);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“When I heard, I was like, ‘Oh Lord, is it alive?’” Johnson said.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 75, 75);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When Johnson got out to the parking lot, there were two Bucyrus Police Department members there, most of plant operations, and a few nurses. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 75, 75);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“We took some parts off the car and I climbed underneath it and took the splashguard off the bottom of the car, and then an officer reached under the car and I felt the kitten go running down my arm to get out,” Johnson said.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 75, 75);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Johnson was able to put the car back together once the kitten was safely out without a scratch on it.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 75, 75);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Richie — the nurse whose car the kitten was in — ended up keeping the kitten. Those on the scene were offering up different names for the kitten such as fan belt, radiator, alternator, spark plug, or radiant if the kitten is a female.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 75, 75);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“I’d do that every time — life is precious to me. It was uplifting to see that many people out there wanting to get the cat out, and then to see the excitement on everyone’s faces when the cat came out,” Johnson said. “It’s stuff like that that makes you feel good with everything going on today.”</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(75, 75, 75);"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">———————-</span></div><div><br></div><div>Photo . . .</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Noel Richie holds the black kitten that her hospital coworkers helped rescue from Richie's car engine. Richie decided to adopt the fortunate feline.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080820.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080820.jpg</a></p></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">———————————————</span></div><div><br><div><b>“Caturday”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Linus Petit</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3</a></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.” - Roy E. 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