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Inquisitive kitten Richie is safe and well following a dramatic rescue near Thurles, County Tipperary.
Six month old kitten Richie had been missing for three days before her owners realised she was under the family home near Thurles, County Tipperary.
Homeowner Tom Ryan Casey heard her distressed cries coming from a radon pipe under their dormer bungalow. No amount of coaxing could remove the kitten from the foundations.
In desperation the family sought assistance from the Gerry Ryan Show and local radio station Tipp FM about how the Richie could be saved.
Help came from a drainage firm A Quick Sharp and closed circuit television firm Weiser Systems. Using a cable and camera they spent five hours trying to trace the kitten. They discovered Richie had squeezed into the opening of a pipe and then crawled along the duct before getting stuck.
Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Copper, a law enforcement officer at the Pentagon, was instrumental in making sure Defense Department law-enforcement officers could be hired rapidly under a direct-hire authority.
One Man’s Passion Leads to Successful Police Hiring Rate
The colleagues of Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Copper Jr. say he did just that when a need arose for a direct-hire authority to get civilian DOD peace officers around the world hired in a timely manner, and to make sure the law-enforcement mission continued without staff shortages. There are about 9,200 people in DOD law enforcement, excluding military police.
The lieutenant colonel was one of many Pentagon peace officers. He made sure the Air Force got the direct-hire authority when the issue first arose in 2018, and that authority has progressed DOD-wide because of his efforts, his colleagues said.
Summit High School’s Olyvia Snyder skis her way to a state championship in the Colorado High School Ski League slalom competition at Beaver Creek Resort in February 2020. Snyder s win spearheaded a dominant slalom title performance by the Tigers girls.
Photo by Ryan Casey / CHSAA Now
A year after winning the slalom state championship, the Summit High School girls Alpine ski team is poised to challenge for the top spot in the state.
The Tigers girls have top-end talent, led by 2020 slalom state champion Olyvia Snyder, and depth on the girls team. Speaking from downhill practice at Keystone Resort on Tuesday afternoon, Alpine head coach Karl Barth said the team is “insanely” talented enough to potentially lead the Tigers Alpine and Nordic girls ski teams to a state championship on home snow at Loveland Ski Area on March 11-12.