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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Daily Herald editorial<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=navy face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Nature needs assist in
controlling geese<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=navy face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>Canada</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> geese are protected under federal law
because they are considered a migratory species. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>But that doesn’t describe the geese
around here. You won’t find a lot of these birds hitting the migratory
flyways when signaled to do so by the change in the seasons. They are quite
content to stay here year-round. The only migrating they do is from one
detention pond to another, from one park to another, from one athletic field to
another, from one golf course to another and from one corporate campus to
another. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>And in the process these protected pests
make a mess. An unsightly, gross and expensive mess. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=navy face="MS Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">village</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Carol Stream</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
has been forced to spend precious tax dollars to find a way to keep goose
droppings from piling up on its grassy fields. In this case, at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Armstrong</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, to the disgust of youth football
players who have to roll around in the stuff. We don’t blame parents for
complaining. The park district said this week that it plans to hire a company
called Wild Goose Chasers to keep the geese away.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Continued at<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/index.asp">http://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/index.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Randi Doeker<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Chicago</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
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