Letter to the Editor: "I love LFP"

To the Editor:

I LOVE LFP!* Last week...a shop at Safeway at the town centre....bending over to put my groceries on the conveyor belt...the chain of a loved necklace...a hammered gold cross...caught on the cart and broke. The cross seemingly disappearing into thin air. Customers behind me with the lights on their phones searching to no avail. Dear Dawn...the checker who has been there for so long and looks the same as day 1....always friendly and happy sharing my disappointment.

Yesterday....I stopped there for another shop...ready to leave and saw Dawn...as an afterthought..."Did anyone ever turn in the gold cross?" She looked a little puzzled at first and then the visible light bulb in her eyes...raised her arms in the air and said... "YES!*" She went to fetch it from customer service spot...telling me someone turned it in about 45 minutes after I left that day. I hugged her.

Whoever that person was...I am so grateful but much more than that....restored my faith in humankind at this extremely difficult time in our country and world.

Judith Muilenburg
Lake Forest Park

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Lost and Found at elementary schools

We have 108+ coats, sweatshirts, hats, scarves, and more that will be DONATED
 on the last day of school if you don’t claim them!

What happened to your kid's coat?

This notice is from Highland Terrace Elementary - but it's true of every elementary in the Shoreline School District - and probably every elementary school everywhere.

Somehow, even in the coldest days of winter (which we don't seem to have anymore) kids leave their coats behind. And they never miss them or think to check at the school office.

At the end of the year, the school has so many coats it could set up its own retail store.

Schools make regular announcements but parents rarely respond. By the end of the year, the child has grown and the coat probably doesn't fit anymore anyway.

The school donates the coats at the end of the school year.

However, you may have a younger child who could use the coat or sweatshirt or gloves or hat.

Send your student to pick up their items ASAP

--Diane Hettrick

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What to do if you find a pet that has strayed from home

The Regional Animal Shelter of King County (RASKC) is located in Kent in south King county. One of their buildings was severely damaged by falling trees during the windstorm and is unusable. This prompted them to publish these tips for what to do about stray pets before taking them to RASKC.

It's useful information at any time.

After being spooked by fireworks, Zoe wandered for two days in the snow. Thanks to tips from readers and her determined owners, she was reunited with her family. Photo by Dale Lydin

Note that Shoreline and Lake Forest Park contract with PAWS in Lynnwood for shelter and animal control services.

What to do if you find a pet that has strayed from home:

• Check for a collar or tag.
• Walk or drive the pet around the area where they were found to see if someone is searching for them.
• Ask neighbors or a mail carrier if they recognize the animal.
• Use social media. Snap a photo and post it on Facebook (local community pages, Lost Pets of King County, and others), Nextdoor, and other platforms.
• Check for a microchip at a vet’s office or an animal shelter.
• File a found pet report at kingcounty.gov/FoundAPet.

If you find a litter of kittens:

• Do not take them immediately. Their mother may just be out hunting for food.
• Leave the area. Their best chance of survival is with their mother.
• Visit humaneworld.org/found-kittens for guidance.

Did You Know?

• Approximately 14% of all dogs brought in as "strays" to RASKC are redeemed by their families. The number for cats is even more alarming at 3%!
• 70% of lost dogs are found less than a mile from their home - often within just a few blocks.
• Cats seen outdoors may be indoor/outdoor pets or community cats living nearby. Research shows that cats are 13 times more likely to reunite with their owners if left in place rather than taken to a shelter.
• Microchips and license tags work! Pets with microchips are three times more likely to make it back home. Make sure your pets are licensed and microchipped and that their information is up to date! Pets with licenses can be returned without a trip to the shelter.

For more information about RASKC, visit kingcounty.gov/pets or TailsFromRASKC.com

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Lost goat - North City - LFP vicinity

Be on the lookout for - a goat!

A tan-colored female goat with an ear tag is went missing on October 15, 2025 around the North City - Lake Forest Park area - 25th Ave NE & NE 175th St.

 

If you see her, please take a picture and text with the location to The Goat Lady, LLC, 360-631-3879.

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Found: motor vehicle key FOB on the Light Rail Train

Found! Photo by Ernie Moy

About a week and a half ago, a key FOB was left on a seat in a Lynnwood Link light rail car headed for Seattle.

Conscientious Shoreline resident Ernie Moy tried to turn it in.

"Staff at the Northgate deck did not want to accept the FOB incase owner should arrive to claim them. They suggested I give them to Transit security.  They (security) did not want it."

If this is yours, contact us at Editor@ShorelineAreaNews.com with the date and time you might have lost your key.

--Diane Hettrick

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Scammers prey on owners of lost dogs

Scammers are preying on the heartstrings of owners with lost pets. 

Scammers are searching social media sites for ‘lost pet’ posts, contacting the pet owners, pretending to be with an animal shelter that’s found their pet - and requiring owners to pay over the phone to get them back. 

These scammers even know how to spoof the callback number of pet shelters, so don’t be fooled!

This scam has been reported in Everett, Lake Forest Park and Edmonds. 

If your pet gets lost and someone calls you claiming to be from a shelter that has your furry family member, hang up and call the animal shelter they claim to be with, directly.

PAWS in Lynnwood    

Both Shoreline and Lake Forest Park use PAWS for shelter services along with Edmonds, Kenmore, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, and Woodinville.

Shoreline cat being held at PAWS in Lynnwood

If you have lost or found a pet, check the PAWS webpage  At this moment they report no dogs and one Shoreline cat.

If your missing pet is in our care, it will be on the website in a manner of minutes. Please call ahead to schedule an appointment to redeem your pet at 425-787-2500 x 800.

RASKC

Shoreline and Lake Forest Park contract for Animal Control with Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC) under an interlocal agreement.

Call them for injured or dead animals, or dangerous situations such as dog attacks.

Contact the RASKC call center at (206) 296-PETS (7387) or email pets@kingcounty.gov. Information may also be accessed on the RASKC website, including Frequently Asked Questions.

Never dispose of a dead animal. A reader explained why (see LTE here)

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Found: Autistic child found after going missing in Shoreline

Eric is safe after going missing

A Shoreline child who had gone missing in Shoreline was found safe after Shoreline Police issued an alert.

Eight year old Eric Cook, who has autism, was last seen at 18900 8th Ave NW around 3:50pm on Monday, June 5, 2023.

At 6pm, Shoreline Police announced that he had been found.

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Gordon Snyder: There are Good People in my Neighborhood

The Horizon View Park photo
that Gordon sent to his friend

Story and photos by Gordon Snyder

There are Good People in my Neighborhood. Here’s my simple proof…

A few days ago Shoreline Area News published a photo i made at Horizon View Park. The photo is full of spring green colors, trees budding out and a picnic table.

After taking that photo, my dog Charlie and I walked up to that table and I sat on the bench. Charlie just sniffed around.

 
I wanted to send the Horizon View Park photo to my friend Steve in Anchorage because he was moaning that Spring hadn’t arrived there yet.

I took my cap and sunglasses off while I sat there editing the photo and the text sent. Then we wandered off thru the park.

When Charlie and I headed for a walk the next afternoon. I grabbed my cap but my sunglasses weren’t nearby. No Big deal. We wandered off to our adventures.

Gordon has been wearing these glasses for years.

Over the next week, I looked everywhere for my sunglasses. I’ve been wearing them for years. I looked in cars, around the house, my office, all my pockets and packs, etc. I thought maybe I lost them at Rite-Aid or Safeway.

After a week, I was convinced they were lost. Doesn’t everyone hate losing something? Argh!

Time to shop for another pair….

But, more importantly, time for Charlie and me to head out for a walk, so we headed to the Horizon View park.

Could it be the lost sunglasses?

Wandering along our usual park sniffing paths, I spotted something sitting on a picnic table.

 
Hmmm… As i walked closer, that something looked like sunglasses. Went over to check them out.

Unbelievable! My sunglasses were sitting there. Yep it was them.

It seems that over the week the sunglasses were lost in the park grass. The grass was mowed.

Yes!

But... someone had found the glasses before mowing and left them on that table for days until I spotted them.

Think about this... nobody took them while they sat on the table waiting for me to wander by and find them.

Unbelievable!

Thank You Neighbors for Making My Day.

Gordon Snyder

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FOUND: Missing man last seen in 14200 block of Linden Ave N was found 12 hours later

Michael, 67 yo, 5'8" has dementia

MISSING: Michael, 67 y/o, 5’8”, black/gray hair, gray beard, and brown eyes. Has dementia and diabetes.  Last seen wearing a dark gray jacket w/ multi-colored shirt, pinstripe dark blue pants, and dress shoes. Last seen in the 14200 block of Linden Ave N. Please call 911 if seen.

Notice posted 5:27AM Sunday April 30, 2023

UPDATE: 12 hours later at 5:41 PM, Seattle police posted a notice that Michael was found, and is safe.

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Missing dog may have been spotted in Shoreline

Storm is an Alaskan Klee Kai - a mini-Husky

A long-missing dog may have been spotted in Shoreline recently, near Costco at N 200th St.

On August 28, 2021, Storm was in a fenced yard in the Mount Baker area of Seattle, with his owners and their 9 day old baby in the house. Someone let him out of the yard, possibly the group of kids who then chased him as far as Franklin High School on Mount Baker Blvd.

His owners Jessica and Troy have been looking for him ever since. In the process, she has become an expert on lost dogs and how to find them.

Storm is wearing a black and teal harness

Storm is a distinctive looking dog. He is an Alaskan Klee Kai (mini husky), and he is wearing a black and teal harness.

She has had tantalizing clues, as reports have come in, leading her search northward.

Someone may have spotted him at the Shoreline Costco (Aurora and 200th) on Jan 1, 2022 around 2-2:30pm. 

They say they saw a tiny husky who was curious but scared and when approached it ran across 200th toward some apartments. She said she was certain the dog was wearing a teal harness which is what my dog was wearing when he went missing.

If you have information, contact Jessica at:

• find.akk.storm@gmail.com 
• 206-778-0617 
• 206-919-2741

Storm is a very small dog

Please contact us 24/7 with any information/leads. Help us find Storm! 206-778-0617 or 206-919-2741

For more ways to be involved and help, please see our links below. Our website includes free ways that you can help us from the comfort of your own home!

Website: Find Storm Official

Instagram: akk_storm

GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/16cb1296  

Hashtag: #FindStorm

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FindAKKStorm/

Facebook: Lost Dogs of King County WA - FB Post

Thank you from Storm's family,
Jennifer, Troy, Baby Dylan, and Athena / Samus (Storm's cat sisters)

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FOUND: Lost dog is wandering through north Shoreline

Zoe is lost in north Shoreline

UPDATE: Zoe has been found and reunited with her owner.

Original story:

Her name is Zoe and she has been away from her home in Ridgecrest since Friday, December 31, 2021. She was home alone and the owners suspect the fireworks scared her.

She is an Australian cattle dog / blue heeler.

Posts on NextDoor and other social media sites have followed her progress from Ridgecrest to North City. 

Then across the freeway at 185th to the Echo Lake neighborhood and there we lose the trail. 

She was last identified at 2:45pm Saturday, January 1, 2022 and was thought to be headed west on 185th.

She is microchipped but not wearing a collar. She is extremely friendly and answers to her name. She is going up to houses, napping on protected porches, and accepting food. But then she moves on before her hosts can figure out what to do with her.

Zoe at 2:45pm on Saturday on 185th west of I-5

If you live in any of the north Shoreline neighborhoods - Echo Lake, Meridian Park, North City, maybe even Hillwood or Ballinger if she was brave enough to cross busy streets - please take a look outside in the protected areas outside your house. 

The owners' number is (removed). Call anytime and they will come pick her up.

If you see her, contact Editor@ShorelineAreaNews.com or post on NextDoor.

--Diane Hettrick

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Found: Expensive tools left under bushes

Found with other construction tools
in the bushes on Firlands Way N

A Shoreline resident found a collection of very expensive construction tools stashed in the bushes on Firlands Way N in Shoreline.

They were turned over to Shoreline Police on Sunday, November 14, 2021. 

If you are missing construction tools please contact the Police.

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Found male cat - North City

This cat has been taken in by the person who found it. The notice was posted on a site that tries to connect lost pets with owners.

This is a male kitty.

PawBoost reports that a cat was FOUND on May 29, 2020 in Shoreline, WA 98155 near 15th Ave NE and NE 175th St

Message from Finder: Found this cat in the North City area. No collar, no microchip. Very friendly boy.

Description: Found in North City area. No chip, very friendly, healthy, and no fleas.

Do you have information? Contact finder here:
Lost or found a pet? Report it to PawBoost here

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Fell off the back of a truck

Updated: within two hours the owner was found, identified, and picked up his stuff!

-Original story-

"Fell off the back of a truck" used to have an entirely different meaning (stolen goods) but in this case it's literal.

Reader Lisa watched these items fall off the back of a truck and caught it on video. She also stopped to pick everything up.

She will return the items to the owner if they call her, identify the contents, and show up in the same vehicle.

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Photo: it followed them home...

Found: cat

Looking for this cat's owners. Very people friendly, followed my family home near Perkins Way and 15th Ave NE on Tuesday, December 31, 2019. --Andy Megowan

Contact the SAN and we'll put you in touch with Andy.

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Edmonds residents - are you missing a pretty chicken?

Snow White

A contributor from Edmonds found this pretty bird in her back yard - clearly someone's pet. She would love to get "Snow White" back to her owners. Her neighborhood is full of coyotes.

If you know anything, contact us and we'll put you in touch with the finder.

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Visitor with Alzheimer's reunited with family in Lake Forest Park

George was lost in Lake Forest Park
Photo courtesy LFP Police

A Hawaiian man with Alzheimer's who was visiting in Lake Forest Park went for a walk on July 4, 2019. 

Once on the street, he couldn't find his way back or remember who he was staying with.

He ended up with the King County Mobile Crisis Team keeping him company while LFP Police used their social media to spread the word to look for his family and friends.

George does wear an Alzheimer's ID bracelet.

After the police alert was widely shared, George's family was found and he was reunited with them.

The police said, "George is a very pleasant man and we're glad that he got back to his family/"

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Missing Shoreline man found the same day

Found: Carl Phillips

Shoreline resident Carl Phillips, 75, suffers from various health issues. He went for a walk on Friday around 11:30am in the 14500 block of 12 Ave NE and did not return at the expected time.

Shoreline Police put out the notice and mobilized forces to look for him. Neighbors reported a lot of activity around the Paramount School Park area.

He tends to walk south into Seattle towards Northgate. He is 5'4", about 125 lbs, wearing a blue windbreaker, black sweatpants, black shoes, and glasses.

Police did not elaborate on where he was found or who found him, but that he was located in the evening and was in good spirits.

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Happy ending - Stolen goat returned to owner

Rescued kid
Photo by Jens Melin

At 5am Monday, Seattle resident Jens Melin found a baby goat tied to a pole at a school near where he lives.

"It was shaking and terrified." He said the rope was long enough that it could graze but since the owner reported that it hadn't yet been weaned, that probably wasn't helpful.

Jens took it home, put it on his deck, and started asking friends on Facebook what he should do with a goat.

It didn't take long to discover our story.

Jens tried to call the number provided but it was blocked. So he and the goat got in the car.

"We only had the cross streets. When we got out to start knocking on doors the goat started yelling. The owner heard him and there was a satisfying reunion."

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Updated: Goat stolen from owners' back yard in middle of night

Stolen

UPDATE: Kid found and returned. See story.


This beautiful little kid was stolen from a home at NE 145th and 6th Ave NE around 3am Sunday morning.

The owners heard him screaming and looked out the window to see him being carried to a car by what might have been a girl, wearing a hoodie.

He is likely crying from not only being alone but also because he was not yet weaned from his mother.

If you see him or have any information or if you notice that one of your neighbors suddenly has a goat, please call 206-483-5439. There is a $1,000 reward for his safe return.

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