Riverside Fire Authority extends its ladder into a tree to bring down both a cat and the neighbor who attempted to rescue it. / Courtesy photo by West Thurston Regional Fire Authority
MAN, CAT RESCUED FROM TREE
• Firefighters responded to Grand Mound with their ladder truck last night to rescue a man and a cat from a tree. The 20-year-old had climbed about 40 feet up a cedar tree and was too tired from the position he was in to get himself back down, according to Riverside Fire Authority. The black and white long-haired feline was perched about five feet above his head, Acting Capt. Jesse Berry said. “It wasn’t even his cat, I think he was trying to get it for a neighbor,” Berry said. The Centralia firefighters responded about 8 o’clock to 186th Lane Southwest near Nutmeg Street where they joined a crew from West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. With the ladder extended, they were able to reach both, although the cat was a bit apprehensive about letting go of its hold, according to Berry. The human had been stuck for about an hour, the pet for as long as five days, he said.
BURGLARY
• Police were called just before 9 p.m. yesterday regarding the theft of an unspecified item from a locked bedroom at the 2300 block of Sirkka Avenue in Centralia.
• Centralia police were called about 9:30 p.m. yesterday to a report of a burglary at the 100 block of Haliday Road in which a video game system disappeared sometime during the previous several days.
• A deputy was called about 5 p.m. yesterday to the 2900 block of Yahtahay Lane outside Centralia regarding a break-in to a shed behind the home in which a dishwasher was stolen. Also missing sometime since January 13 were shovels and other tools, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. The loss is estimated at $800, according to the sheriff’s office.
OTHER THEFT
• An officer was called yesterday about possible fraud on a checking account in connection with the 2400 block of Borst Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.
WRECK
• The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office reports both driver’s escaped without injury but a 2014 Kia Forte was totaled when two vehicles collided at the intersection of Bishop and Rush roads south of Chehalis yesterday afternoon. A deputy called about 4 p.m. learned Samantha Johnson, 25, from Centralia, was east bound on Bishop in her Jeep Grand Cherokee and Douglas Lawson, 50, of Glenoma, was headed north, according to the sheriff’s office.
AND MORE
• And as usual, other incidents such as arrests for shoplifting, breaking husband’s cell phone during dispute, drugs in which no information was readily available; responses for misdemeanor theft, minor collision on city street, non-injury accident on county road, graffiti scratched into a shop window … and more.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
umm, when is the last time any of you grown ups climbed a tree? sure, it was easy as pie when we were kids … tired may have been an odd way to explain it, but he was 40 FEET UP in a cedar tree 🙂 –sharyn decker
Bobby, overall – I agree with you. However, if a cat were to die in the tree, would the carcass not fall out/down? Or get picked up by a vulture? 🙂
I have not tried to climb a tree very tall, yet do I hope not to use the excuse “too tired” in order for assistance. Stuck in any position for a length of time is tiring, but…. I guess he’ll have a fun story to tell!
Man and cat rescued from tree.
You have to ask yourself one simple question…have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree? No? That is because they can get themselves down again. Smarter than humans obviously. A 20 year odl too tired to climb back down a tree? Get off the couch, put down the PS3 remote and exercise ah ah. Just glad he did not get hurt.