6 feel-good stories to start your Monday
Mondays can be tough, but a little good news always helps. Here are six stories to get your Monday off to a good start.
Police found three alpacas wandering loose in Maine
Police officers in Scarborough, Maine, ended up with some very fluffy suspects.
The Scarborough Police Department said officers found three alpacas wandering on Scottow Hill Road, near Two Rod Road, and they shared a photo of the alpacas behind a police car.
At first, nobody knew where the alpacas had come from, but Police found the owner and got the alpacas safely home.
A San Francisco company is hiring people to walk robot dogs
San Francisco startup Dimensional posted a job listing offering $20 an hour to walk robot dogs around the city for four to six hours at a time.
Walkers had to be comfortable with the 33-pound dogs since they would need to carry any robot dog that might break down back to the office.
Founder Stash Pomichter said the company is building an open-source operating system for robots, and the walks help collect data.
“What we determined from our dog-walking experiment was that agents are still very bad at controlling hardware, and humans are still needed in the loop,” he told The New York Times.
A fifth grader’s quick thinking helps save her bus driver
Christine Houston was driving students home from Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when a strong cologne smell caused a coughing fit, and it just kept getting worse.
Fifth grader Bella Scott knew something was wrong. “She was wheezing. She was struggling to breathe, and obviously she needed help. You can’t just watch something like that happen,” Bella said.
She called her dad, Nick Scott, who was nearby. “The third time that she called, I could hear the terror in her voice, and I knew something was wrong,” he said. He got on the bus, called 911 and helped the students stay calm and reach their families.
Houston got the help she needed, and Cedar Rapids Schools later honored Bella for her actions.
“She is forever my hero, and I’ve said this from the beginning,” Houston said.
NICU babies dress up for their first Halloween
The tiniest patients at Cleveland Clinic Children’s neonatal intensive care unit got into the Halloween spirit this year.
The babies dressed up as pumpkins, tiny witches, Mario and Luigi, skeleton twins and other characters.
“Little moments can mean a lot to families during what can be an uncertain time in the NICU. We want families to have opportunities to celebrate milestones with their babies, just as they would at home,” said NICU nurse manager Kelly Yuhasz.
A Labrador sets a world record with clothespins
Java, a 5-year-old black Labrador from Missouri, has a very unusual talent, hanging clothespins on a laundry line. You can see the video of the talented Java here.
On March 21 in Kansas City, she put eight clothespins on a washing line in one minute, earning the Guinness World Record for the most clothespins put on a washing line by a dog in one minute.
Owner and dog trainer Lisa Rickards first raised Java as a service dog in training for Canine Companions. Java wasn’t a good fit for the program, so Rickards adopted her, and the two switched to dog sports and tricks.
“I joke that Java is fully caffeinated and absolutely lives up to her name. She has an enormous amount of enthusiasm for life and, more importantly, she genuinely loves learning.” Rickards said.
A veteran hopes to find the Costco stranger who thanked him.
On Oct. 6, John Christina, a veteran from Riverhead, New York, was having lunch with another veteran at a Costco food court. A woman who overheard them talking about what they’ve been through gave each of them a $50 Costco gift card. John was so surprised he forgot to ask her name, and now he hopes to find her and thank her back.
“She was sitting behind me, listening to our conversation. She tapped me on the shoulder and gave both of us a $50 Costco gift card. She said she had overheard our conversation and wanted to thank us for our service.” John said.
Now, with Veterans Day approaching on Nov. 11, he would like to find her to show his appreciation for her kind gesture.
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