Good News: Possible Sighting!

Hello all,

Quick Summary:  We may have a new sighting near Navy Yard; and the flyer/search party tomorrow will begin at 5 pm at the exit of the Capitol South metro stop.

I have some really exciting news! On our search today, we found someone who may have seen beloved Olivia! A hot-dog vendor near the Eastern Market metro stop said that he saw her yesterday while he was riding his bike in the neighborhood. He said that she was headed toward Navy Yard, so I have a new focus for tomorrow's search. I am particularly encouraged because, when told there was a reward, he said that that wasn't what mattered to him, that he had lost his own dog once! (Maybe I am being too optimistic, and I admit I am incredibly eager for some good news, but I am not sure why someone would lie about having lost his dog, and I don't think that anyone who has been in that situation would lie about having seen a dog if he didn't want the reward. And I would think he, of all people, would know the harm false information can do.)

I have to remain cautious because, even if he truly thinks he saw her, it may still not have been she. Still, I am really, really excited because this is the first sighting since the day she went missing. I am not sure how to balance the caution and the hope, but I'll just let the hope energize my search. So tomorrow we will be out again but this time with renewed vigor. That extra energy will not be wasted: we still have lots and lots of places that need fliers, and the more we talk to people in the neighborhoods, the more likely people will watch out, the more likely someone will find her!

Tomorrow I, of course, plan to search the area between Eastern Market and Navy Yard. Still, there is a large part of Capitol South and the whole area from the hill itself back to our house that has no fliers at all yet. I figure we should meet at a place between the sightings and our home, then some people can go in one direction (away from home) and some in the other (back toward home). I will have looked and asked around Navy Yard earlier in the day, but we can still put up fliers and hand out business cards there. Let's meet at the exit of the Capitol South metro station, on the corner opposite Tortilla Coast. I will be there with Leah and lots of supplies. Please come, even if you come late or leave early or only have a little time to spare. I will have my phone with me, so you should be able to reach me any time.

I do have a request for a task before tomorrow's search: can someone help out by printing new fliers and business cards that include the web address of this blog? I still have fliers left without it and have been printing labels with the site on them and sticking them on the fliers and the back of the business cards, but as long as I will need more fliers anyway, it would be great if the blog site was already on there. Also, I want to put up some of the fliers that have the description as well. The ones with just the photo and number are better for places where people just pass by, but if businesses (like starbucks) let us post in there, people can get close enough (and stand still long enough) to see words as well. So can someone print both kinds of flyers (with and without the description as well as with and without tabs) with the blog site included? Ok - I'm off to put more labels on fliers and put them in sheet protectors so I will have plenty ready for tomorrow.

Thank you and have a good night.
p.s. If you have asked me a question or asked me for something and I haven't gotten back to you, would you mind sending me a quick reminder email? I think I have gotten to everyone, but I want to make sure.