After what could have been a very negative ending, crews with Waste Connections in Wayne are being credited with providing a happy ending for one Wayne quilter.
Juli Veldkamp had a newly finished quilt top, that was several months in the making, bagged near the door of her home.
It was ready to be taken to the quilter.
However, her husband mistook the bag for garbage and brought it to the dumpster.
Waste Connections had picked up the garbage before Juli realized what had happened.
"When I called (Waste Connections) asking them to sort through the garbage, I really had no idea what I was asking," Juli said.
Three Waste Connection employees, Jake Baxendale, Aaron Marks and Nathan Temme methodically unloaded the truck with garbage, sorting through the garbage, looking for the white garbage bag containing the quilt. Juli and her husband watched from a distance as this was taking place.
After an hour, Juli recognized the garbage in one bag as that of hers and the Waste Connection employees knew they were getting closer.
Nathan Temme began raking through the bags and came upon the bag which contained the quilt. When the bag was opened, Juli and the Waste Connection employees were happy to see that it had not been damaged in any way.
"I am so impressed by and grateful to these men," Juli said.
