When the maternity unit for Providence Everett Medical Center was on the third floor of the Colby Campus, the hallway was decorated with cloud and balloon wall hangings that parents bought to commemorate their child’s birth.
When the maternity ward moved to the Providence Everett Pavilion for Women and Children a year and a half ago, they didn’t have space to use the display. The birth and family education department has been trying to return the clouds and balloons to their appropriate families.
The hospital identified hundreds of families by sending out letters and by looking up the child’s name in a computer system, but it still has about 200 unclaimed clouds and balloons.
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Thanksgiving is Thursday. Here are some resulting changes:
Government: Federal, state and most local offices will be closed.
Schools: Will be closed.
Post offices: Will be closed, although Express Mail service will continue.
Commerce: Most businesses and banks will be closed. Some retail stores will be open, but malls are closed.
Transportation: Community Transit and Dial-A-Ride operate on Sunday schedules. Everett Transit buses won’t be running.
Ferries: Wednesday: Anacortes-San Juan Islands route will be on a Saturday schedule; Mukilteo-Clinton route offers an extra sailing at 8:55 p.m. from Clinton and 9:25 p.m. from Mukilteo. Thursday: Edmonds-Kingston route runs the Saturday schedule; Point Defiance-Tahlequah will be on a holiday schedule; Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth will offer an extra sailing at 1:20 p.m. from Vashon to Fauntleroy and a 1:55 p.m. from Fauntleroy to Vashon; Seattle-Bremerton, Seattle-Bainbridge and Mukilteo-Clinton will be on a holiday schedule.
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