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Coming full circle Drivers navigate the new traffic circle at Hopewell Road and Hamby Road in northeast Milton. The roundabout, a $3.4 million TSPLOST project, opened for traffic June 23. Construction began on the roundabout in November, and more recently, the city shut down Hamby Road June 2 to expedite the project. After a three-week closure, the road reopened to traffic about four months ahead of the original construction timetable.
The city announced earlier this week it will take the same approach to expedite the construction of the Thompson Road/Hopewell Road roundabout farther south. The eastern portion of Thompson near Hopewell will close July 12 for three weeks. The city expects the closure to allow the roundabout to open about three months ahead of schedule.
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Resident reports tent on her wooded property MILTON, Ga. — Police were dispatched to a Henderson Heights Drive residence June 22 after the homeowner reported a suspicious tent on her property. The complainant said she noticed the tent near the wood line, and it belonged to none of her neighbors. She said she spotted a young man walking on the property. Police checked the woo ded area and found two tents. One of them had lawn chairs, a bookbag, an Apple iPad and a homemade marijuana bong inside. Police noted the scent of marijuana emanating
PUBLIC SAFETY from both tents. They searched the area but could not locate the suspect.
Watermelon debris found on resident’s front porch MILTON, Ga. — A Black homeowner on Cooper Sandy Cove reported a smashed a watermelon on his front porch June 27 and told police he suspected it may have been a hate crime. The man said his security camera recorded the incident on his front steps. He noted that his home sits back well off the roadway behind a gated driveway. The victim said he would check his security camera to see if it showed the alleged perpetrator in action.
Woman falls victim to PayPal scammer MILTON, Ga. — A Milton woman showed up to the Milton Police Department on June 25 to report a PayPal scam.
The woman said she fell prey June 24 when she received a fraudulent email about a $512 order from her PayPal account. The woman disputed the order and called a number listed in the email that purported to be PayPal’s customer service. The victim talked to someone posing as a PayPal customer service manager who used an app to temporarily gain access to her computer. The suspect asked the victim to log into her account so they could transfer $500 to correct the fraudulent purchase. The suspect then claimed $5,000 was inadvertently transferred into the woman’s account. He told the victim she needed to purchase $5,000 worth of gift cards to repay the transfer. The victim said she went to a Sam’s Club on Davis Drive in Alpharetta and purchased $2,500 worth of gift cards. She sent the access codes to the suspect before realizing it was a scam.
Milton solicits feedback on city’s long-term plan By JOE PARKER joe@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Milton is lending an ear to residents to help finalize its 2040 Comprehensive Plan which will guide the city’s development and strategies over the coming decades. The city has opened an online forum where residents can give their take on a drafted plan the city expects to adopt this fall. A draft of the plan was presented to the City Council last month. It was created following months of resident input meetings and by the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee the city formed last year that includes city officials and community members. The city’s online forum allows residents to view the 226-page document, a video outlining the plan, “character area sheets” that outline specific nodes within the city and an input tab where residents
can give their feedback. The input forum will be available through July 25. Following the feedback period, the plan will go back before the City Council at its first August meeting. It will then be forwarded to the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for review, before the council votes on a final version in October. The plan identifies specific goals for the city to pursue in the coming years related to land use, parks, commercial areas, “branding” the city and its areas, sustainability, car and pedestrian traffic and other aspects. Some of the top priorities identified in the plan for land use include acquiring more parks space and implementing an “urban growth boundary” that would set limits on where high-density developments could be constructed in the city. Milton has also placed branding the city and its “character areas” as a top
Comprehensive Plan review To view Milton’s forum and give feedback on the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, visit tsw.mysocialpinpoint. com/milton-2040-comp-plan. priority to drive economic development. Some goals outlined in the comprehensive plan include creating a city-specific development authority, improving the economic impact of the Deerfield Parkway area and courting a Fortune 500 company to the node and developing tax incentives to bolster economic development. The city is also looking to boost walkability and cycling avenues in the city, implementing its trails plan and improving traffic safety through “smart” technology.
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Milton extends ban on new farm wineries By JOE PARKER joe@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The Milton City Council recently extended its moratorium on new farm wineries into October as it works to craft possible updated regulations pertaining to the businesses and their operation in the city. The move prevents any new farm wineries from receiving alcohol licenses, building permit applications or land disturbance permits from the city while the moratorium is effective. The ban has been in effect since May as the city looks to undertake what City Attorney Ken Jarrard said is a “somewhat laborious task” to modify its codes. “This moratorium, and we don’t enact them very often, is to prevent anybody from vesting in certain rights while we are reconsidering different types of land use,” City Manager Steve Krokoff said. “Because if we didn’t [enact the moratorium], and someone applied for a farm winery now, they would be vested, generally, in the current rights our codes allow.” Specifically, the city enacted the temporary ban to examine how the businesses are addressed in Milton’s zoning laws, and whether the city wants to continue allowing farm wineries as a “by-right” use on AG-1 properties. “Also, farm wineries are addressed almost entirely in our…alcohol code,” Krokoff said. “There is very little mention of it in our zoning code. (The City Council) expressed a desire for us to examine them from a zoning perspective, what we should do regarding farm wineries.” The issue was, at least in part, spurred by North Fulton County’s first farm winery — Painted Horse Winery
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and Vineyards — which began its winery operations in 2019. In recent months, some residents who live near the business at Bethany Way and Hopewell Road have lodged complaints about noise, traffic and other issues stemming from events at the winery. Though these events don’t specifically relate to farm winery operations, the city may look to tighten the reigns on where such a business could open in the city. Krokoff said the city’s current codes are lenient regarding where a farm winery can open shop. He said a farm winery is permitted to operate on any AG-1 property within the city’s Rural Milton Overlay district, which includes most of the city’s parcels. That allows the wineries to operate in mostly residential districts, a point of contention for some neighbors who live near the Painted Horse. The city is considering removing the by-right usage of a farm winery on AG-1 properties and installing a requirement that any new winery receive a conditional use-permit. This would allow the city to take farm wineries into consideration on a case-by-case basis and could include added restrictions on the businesses. The added regulations would give neighbors a voice in the approval or denial of a new farm winery, possibly preventing some of the issues that have stemmed from the Painted Horse. But it could also negatively impact the economic feasibility of a new farm winery and lead owners of large agricultural properties to subdivide instead of keeping their farm, a point that has been lodged on several occasions by Painted Horse representatives. However, Krokoff said he thinks the city will find a middle ground.
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“From a spectrum standpoint, the least restrictive [regulation] is by-right, which is what we have in place for now, and the most restrictive is a conditional use-permit,” Krokoff said. “I think [the City Council] will land somewhere between the two.” Earlier this year, the City Council approved a rezoning request for a community unit plan property to AG-1. As a part of the request, the city approved a condition that a farm winery could operate on the property. The farm winery issue was expected to be discussed at length at the Milton City Council’s July 7 meeting. The board was expected to vote on several permit requests made by the Painted Horse to allow for events at the business, which have caused headaches for some neighbors but are vital for the economic feasibility of the farm, owner Pamela Jackson has said.
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Spectators sit by the 17th hole of the KPMG LPGA Championship Tournament June 28.
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The event supported approximately 267 jobs throughout and generated $51,000 in local sales tax. “We are so excited to have the LPGA Championship event in our great city and hosted at the prestigious, nationally renowned Atlanta Athletic Club,” said L ynda Lee Smith, chairwoman of the Johns Creek Convention and Visitors Bureau. “The JCCVB welcomes events that have a positive impact on our hospitality industry, especially after such a crippling year with the pandemic.” Johns Creek Public Works augmented traffic patterns on Medlock Bridge Road to allow for an allow for an increase in pedestrians at the venue. Director of Public Works Chris Haggard said the impact has been minimal thanks to the city’s traffic control center.
“We have a camera at each signal where we can watch the traffic and watch the pedestrians,” Haggard said. “So, during peak times, when people are walking to their cars from across the road, we have someone sitting in our traffic control center kind of monitoring from the sky.” Tournament officials have been coordinating with city staff for months earning permits and making temporary structures up to code, Haggard said. This is not the first major golf tournament to grace Johns Creek. In 2011, the Atlanta Athletic Club hosted the PGA Championship on their famous Highlands course. The weeklong tournament and accompanying festivities gridlocked traffic, despite the use of a pedestrian bridge, and brought an estimated $50 million to the area.
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Milton students spearhead effort to offer glass recycling in city By JOE PARKER joe@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — After years of hauling glass waste to other cities for recycling — or just throwing it away — Milton residents now have their own service, thanks to an extended effort by two local students. Milton High School seniors Jeslyn Guo and Ella Katekovich began their push to bring glass recycling to the city over a year ago after discovering that curbside glass recycling was no longer an option to residents. After months of discussions with a waste hauler and the City of Milton staff, their efforts have paid off. Last month, Strategic Materials placed a large glass recycling bin at Bell Memorial Park and will offer free hauling and recycling services to residents, an ideal end result for the two students. “It’s such a good feeling to the bin and see it slowly fill up,” Guo said. “Last week, we were taking with (Milton Conservation Projects Manager) Teresa Stickels, and she told us that the bin was already around halfway full, which is very exciting. That’s many tons of glass recycled already.” Katekovich said there were times
they weren’t sure their plan would come to fruition, given all the details to work out, but to see residents using the bin at the park is “amazing.” Stickels said the city is “extremely grateful” to Katekovich and Guo for heading the effort. “Both girls feel passionate about recycling and making a difference in their community and environment,” Stickels said. “While the city understood and was exploring ways for residents to offer glass recycling, Ella and Jeslyn provided much-appreciated enthusiasm, energy and ideas — including the connection to Strategic Materials. We are incredibly thankful to have them as part of the team making Milton, and our world, a better place.” Through their efforts, Milton residents now have a local, and free, option for glass recycling for the first time since 2017. At that time, local recycling centers stopped accepting glass due to the complications associated with processing it, so the material could no longer be placed into a curbside pickup bin with other recyclables. Milton residents who still wanted to recycle glass had to do the hauling themselves.
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From left, Ella Katekovich and Jeslyn Guo stand in front of a new glass recycling bin recently placed at Bell Memorial Park. The Milton High School rising seniors spearheaded efforts to bring glass recycling back to the city, and at no cost to residents through a partnership with Strategic Materials. The most convenient option was to haul glass to the Roswell Recycling Center on Maxwell Road, but with the onset of the pandemic, the center stopped accepting items from non-Roswell residents. The only other viable option was to haul glass recycling to a Sandy Springs center, far from ideal from a convenience standpoint. So, Guo and Katekovich stepped up.
“We saw this as an initiative,” Katekovich said. “Milton is such a lively city, and we consume lots of glass through residents, restaurants and businesses. We didn’t want all that glass to be trash, because there are so many benefits to glass recycling.” The students interviewed waste
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Rotary Club of Milton reflects on progress through pandemic By JOE PARKER joe@appenmedia.com
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demic over the last year. Cammack said Milton Rotary’s intimate nature versus larger clubs drew her into the chapter, but with about 16 members at the outset of last year, she wanted to draw others into the mix. A major part of the process, she said, is addressing some misconceptions people may have about Rotary. For starters, Cammack said the organization has moved past its previous role as, essentially, a men’s club. “It can be a stay-at-home mom’s club, it can be a working mom’s club, it can be a stay-at-home club for dads,” Cammack said. “If you have a heart to serve, you have a place in Rotary. That’s just been my motto this whole year. The new Rotary is more about those who want to help their community.” As it looks ahead to a new year, Cammack said the group’s focus will remain on growing its membership and dedication to supporting the community through service projects. The club meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at Olde Blind Dog with a monthly social gathering. For more information about the group, visit miltonrotaryclub.org.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — More than 100 girls fastpitch softball teams from 14 states are heading to Forsyth County and Alpharetta for four days of tournament play at The Triple Crown Southeast Nationals July 15–18. The tournament will be held at multiple sports facilities including Alpharetta’s North Park and Fowler Park and Forsyth County’s Coal Mountain Park, Sharon Springs Park and Central Park. Fastpitch club travel teams from throughout the country with top nationally ranked girls 14U, 16U and 18U squads will compete for the Southeast Nationals title over the four-day event. The players, coaches and fans – including 80 umpires – will be a welcome sight to the area’s hospitality industry which has suffered doubledigit losses in occupancy rates over the past year. Things have recovered from levels during the height of the pandemic, when hotel occupancy rates were at 10 percent, said Michelle Daniels, vice president of Business Development for the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce. “Over the last six months, the Forsyth County hotels have bounced back tremendously, thanks to the incredible Forsyth County Parks & Recreation team who were able to create safety measures to allow sports tournaments to resume,” Daniels said. Lake Lanier also helped, continuing to draw visitors looking to get outdoors in a safe environment, she said. The Southeast Nationals is a showcase event. “The tournament brings in thousands of new visitors annually, and we work with event planners to ensure our local businesses are showcased,” Daniels said. The chamber partners with local hotels, restaurant and retail operators to coordinate visitor itinerary options,
Triple Crown Alpharetta hotel pick-up totals: 2017 Triple Crown SE Nationals: 525 total room nights 2018 Triple Crown SE Nationals and TC/USA Nationals: 1,700 total room nights 2019 Triple Crown SE Nationals and TC/USA Nationals: 1,500 total room nights 2020 Triple Crown SE Nationals: 650 total room nights 2021 Triple Crown SE Nationals anticipated total room nights: 750 (estimate) including local adventures to explore while off the field, she said. “By doing this, visitors are spending time and money at Forsyth County businesses which supports the local industry and boosts tax revenue,” Daniels said. Alpharetta, with 29 hotels, is likely to get a big boost from the tournament. The occupancy rate has been on the incline since January when the rate was just over 40 percent. The rate has climbed to 56 percent currently. Janet Rodgers, president and CEO of the Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau, said her organization measures economic impact by the number of Alpharetta hotel rooms that are occupied by an event. Historically, the CVB uses $216 ($80 hotel room, $50 gas and $86 meals) per day as a consistent formula to calculate economic impact. Rodgers called it a conservative and consistent formula the bureau has used for years. This year’s event is expected to rack up 750 room nights and pump close to $195,000 into the local economy, Rodgers said. “Given that Alpharetta’s travel landscape is currently over 90 percent leisure and individual travelers, having group sporting events stay in the destination is a substantial occupancy and revenue booster for our hotels,” she said.
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Why do some tumors track along nerves? Brought to you by: Dr. Brent Taylor, Premier Dermatology and Mohs Surgery of Atlanta At a recent conference, an outstanding lecture by Dr. Scott Lester of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, provided insight into the question of why tumors exhibit “perineural invasion” – the behavior of tumors wrapping around and travelling along nerves. The answer is another example of how nature and biology never cease to surprise. In medical school, one of my favorite professors loved to say, “50% of what you are going to learn during these four years will ultimately be proved wrong.” As I sat in my hard wooden chair taking notes on apparently error-ridden knowledge, I hoped that the 50% that was misinformation was at least not the half that mattered. As it turns out, one of the pieces of misinformation apparently concerned perineural invasion. In medical school, I was taught that some tumors track along nerves because nerves are convenient highways to other parts of the body. This was the “path of least resistance idea.” Professors also posited that some of the vessels and lymphatics running along with the nerve are an additional reason for tumor growth along nerves – essentially the idea that tumors spreading along nerves is really just tumors spreading along the surrounding lymphatics and blood vessels – “business as usual.” Several recent studies presented by Dr. Lester have provided data that sheds new light on this subject: In one experiment, scientists placed a nerve next to but well apart from a tumor growing in a petri dish. The tumor extended a strand of cells in the direction of the nerve and grew toward the nerve. This challenges the idea that perineural tumor growth in patients is simply cancer extension along nerves already touching a tumor. Then, the scientists tested proteins found in the nerve and found that the entire nerve did not have to be present in the dish to attract tumor growth. When scientists put a small amount of a nerve protein called GDNF (glial derived neurotrophic factor)
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in the dish, the tumor grew towards the GDNF. Apparently, proteins in the nerve attract tumor growth. So nerves are not just highways: some tumors seek out nerves by growing towards proteins that nerves produce. In another experiment, scientists placed pancreatic cancer cells next to the sciatic nerve inside of a live rat. Predictably, the cancer grew and invaded the sciatic nerve. The muscles relying on the sciatic nerve were unable to function which caused partial paralysis. However, when the scientists delivered radiation to the rat’s sciatic nerve BEFORE implanting the pancreatic cancer, the tumor grew but paralysis did not occur upon tumor implantation against the nerve. Nerves that had received radiation produced less GDNF.
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Continued from Page 9 We have long thought of radiation as primarily working by killing cancerous cells because radiation is known to cause breaks in cancer cell DNA resulting in cell death. But these studies led Dr. Lester, a radiation oncologist, to ask if radiation therapy’s effect on healthy tissue is just as important to its success as its effect on cancer cells themselves. Perhaps in some cases, radiation’s effect on growth factors in healthy nerve tissue is critical to preventing cancer recurrence. As many questions as answers are raised by these studies. Will we one day have medicines that treat perineural tumors by inhibiting neurotrophic factors? For tumors that do not track along nerves but that invade muscle, bone or other tissue, will medicines increasingly target growth factors in these tissues to prevent spread? Already, medicine that targets “vascular endothelial growth factor” is being used to treat certain cancers. Perhaps one day a local injection of a medicine that blocks neurotrophic factors will be used to help treat perineural tumors. As a Mohs surgeon, I took interest in these studies because many skin cancers track along nerves and because
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Recycling: Continued from Page 5 haulers about the possibility of bringing glass recycling to Milton, and after months of organizing, Strategic Materials signed on. Later, Katekovich, Guo and the city staff identified Bell Memorial Park as a prime location to place the glass recycling bin. Since its installation in June, the response has been outstanding. Guo said she has received word from many people who share their excitement glass recycling is again an option in Milton. Katekovich said everyone she has spoken to has been pleased with the outcome. “Before we started the project, a lot of people wouldn’t have seen this specific issue come into question,” Katekovich said. “But to see people say, ‘Finally, glass recycling is an option,’ is very cool.” The city also read a proclamation celebrating Katekovich and Guo for their initiative at the June 21 City Council meeting. Katekovich and Guo are not done with their recycling efforts, though. The students are working on plans to hold monthly recycling events they hope will draw those who don’t typically recycle glass into the fold. “In school, we are always taught that one person or just a couple people can make a change, and especially dealing with the environment, it takes a lot of community outreach and determination,” Guo said. “It feels really good for Ella and I to be able to do this.” For its part, the city is also looking to expand glass recycling. “The city’s goal is someday to have another bin elsewhere in Milton where people can drop off their glass,” Stickles said. “We see the container at Bell Memorial Park as a test run to determine the efficacy and need for this important service. If we can find a suitable spot, we would love to have other such bins in other parts of Milton.”
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The first night out, after long time gone We wove our way slowly in and out of the late afternoon crowd on our way to get in line for the concert. It was humid and not so comfortable, but at least the heat was beginning to recede. RAY APPEN I was acutely aware Publisher Emeritus of my lack of sunray@appenmediagroup.com glasses, the ones I had not been able to locate prior to leaving the house. All around us, folks were in shorts, golf shirts, tee shirts, sandals, Braves hats, halter tops — some “appropriate” and some not so much — jeans, pirate bandanas, scatterings of various band shirts and sunglasses (everyone except me). Everyone chatted, mingled, peoplewatched, and generally behaved wonderfully, waiting. Yes, waiting. Waiting, like adults should wait, adults with their heads screwed on properly, respectfully and civilly. That sounds kinda similar to another (historical - 1969) concert/festival from another lifetime, no? Except that at that festival, there wouldn’t have been a single cell phone — in contrast to today where those phones appear invisibly bound with unbreakable cables to almost every ear or hand in sight. Those phones bug me. What was it that Nobel Prize winner (in 1975 for Economics) Herbert Simon said? “What information (i.e. use of cell phone today) consumes is rather obvious; it consumes the attention of its recipients.” That is, it detaches, separates/isolates from the immediate, the here and now, the essence of things —humanity — and only replaces it with a shallow substitute, a wholly unsatisfying one at that. We miss so much that we can never recover because of the distraction of those phones. Anyway, after we got inside the gate and got situated in our seats, my old friend, “crowd-generated anxiety,” paid me a visit. “Hiya, long time. Wasup? Kinda crowded isn’t it. Not many exits are there?” “Go away. Go far away, I don’t have the time to pay attention to you right now. Get!“ I replied. Added to that was the other penny in everyone’s shoes, that awkwardness that I sense half that the world is beginning to experience — that transition of going from a world of pandemic-generated chaos, isolation, disruption and fear, back to the more familiar world of
non-pandemic dysfunction. Moving through the queues to get into the concert, people seemed at ease. No one seemed to be in a hurry — for once. Being in a hurry, I think, is some sort of a disease. It is maybe one of the worst aspects of living in our lovely amazing North Fulton so many of us call home. Especially beguiling are those in such a big hurry that they ride bumpers, honk, weave in and out of traffic and generally make public fools of themselves. Me, me, me, me. And, of course, the majority have no reason to be in a hurry. Most of the time, they are just impatient, myopic and can’t help it. We made it past security and then, Yuenglings in hand, we managed to get to our seats without spilling or overly disrupting the folks already in place. Giant fans were blowing air down from above. The night looked inviting; we were going to enjoy this first night out since the pandemic. That was my thought. And the bands, more than a couple times kept saying how ecstatic they were to be back out in front of a live audience. It’s been a long, long road home I kept thinking. I felt awkward though, and my ol’ buddy anxiety continued to poke me in the ribs. How was this going to go? Then I started inventorying the crowd. That’s when the guy with his wife in the seats next to us, the one that arrived late and then insisted that we were possibly in their seats — until he realized we weren’t — leaned over and asked me if I noticed how “old” everybody was. “You believe this? Who goes to concerts with nothing but senior citizens? Did they let out all the assisted livings at once?” I just grinned and shook my head, but if the truth be told, I was thinking the same thing, including about him (even though he was at least 10 years younger than me)! I wanted to leave before the encore to beat the traffic, but Christina vetoed that. “I want to hear “Sail Away,” she said. “OK,” I shouted back, thinking that I can probably make it just a little longer. It was nice, darn nice to “get back out,” I thought later; it definitely has been a long time coming. But gosh, that crowd was so old, and Styx surely must all be grandparents now. Glad I’m not like that. I don’t even recall what music we listened to in the car as we drove home that night. Didn’t matter though, because we got out — with people without masks — and drank a brew, chatted and had a time that resembled normalcy. “Come sail away, again,” I thought. Couldn’t get that tune out of my head — even at my age!
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The grandkids were here last weekend, and it’s safe to say that a good time was had by all! There was a little too much rain for us to do much fishing, but we did get in a bit of rock collecting (more on that STEVE HUDSON next week). Get Outside Georgia, And we enjoyed aa4bw@comcast.net looking for birds. You may recall that our back deck has become a favorite dining room for all sorts of birds. My wife and I have had a great time watching the feeder and the bird bath. We’ve picked up a number of bird ID books. We have binoculars for watching the ones that stay a little farther away. We’ve even got a little USB camera that focuses on the main feeder, giving us some high-tech views of some of our feathered friends. We’re learning to identify them (fun in itself!), and we have even taken one more step and put up a couple of hummingbird feeders. We talked about the hummingbird
feeders in a recent column. The two feeders hang right outside our den window. Near them are several containers planted with hummer-friendly plants, too. For a while, we were not getting any hummingbirds at all. Then, just about a week ago, that changed. First, we would see one every couple of days. Then one every day. Then two…then four…and then, just yesterday, we counted eight separate visits. They’re coming more frequently, and they’re staying at the feeders or the flowers for longer at a time. Apparently, the word is out (“Free food at the Hudson place!), and that’s been really exciting. The grandkids and I had fun watching the feeders and looking for the occasional hummingbirds, and (like kids everywhere) they quickly became fascinated with all the avian comings and goings. It’s really neat to see kids become interested in something in the natural world, isn’t it! They also had a blast practicing casting with their new fishing rods. Yes, being the dutiful Granddaddy that I am, I made sure that there were two shiny new Zebco spinning outfits waiting when they arrived.
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Because of the afore-mentioned rain, our fishing time was limited to one 45-minute excursion. I must be a good teacher, too, because the grandson hooked a nice bass. It’s always fun to enjoy the out-ofdoors with kids. And that brings us to… A correction: I remember when my own kids were little, we spent a lot of time walking around in the yard and down by the pond looking at things. A favorite thing to look for was always feathers. We’d spot one, and one of the kids would announce its presence. “Look, Daddy! A feather!” Thanks to the pond by the house, many of those feathers once belonged to Canada geese. Those geese loved the pond, and it was pretty common to see shed feathers (especially during molting season, which is this time of year) laying on the ground. But that brings us to an “uh-oh.” Once, I’d have been tempted to pick up that feather. In fact, I talked about picking up feathers in a recent column. Kids (of all ages) seem drawn to them. But it turns out that you can’t do that. You can’t pick up feathers from most wild birds, including migratory birds such as geese. So says the law. Say what? Yes, it is true. I checked with the Department of Natural Resources, asking specifically about the goose feathers, and
they confirmed it. No collecting goose feathers. In fact, no collecting of almost any feathers in the wild. I’m paraphrasing here, but the law says that it’s not okay to collect feathers. So, disregard all that stuff you’ve heard or read about gathering goose feathers out in the wild for use in projects and things. You can’t do it. Need some goose feathers for a craft project? They’re available for sale in lots of craft and hobby shops. Yes, you can use feathers you buy at the craft store. But no, you can’t pick up goose feathers from the park or the yard, even if they’re just lying there in the wet grass. Those are from wild birds, and the wild birds (and their parts) are protected. What do you tell your kids who want to take a feather home? They probably aren’t interested in the details of the statutes and treaties protecting various bird species. That’s too much info and more than most young ones are interested in. Instead, tell your kids that dropped feathers are part of the natural world. Other creatures may use them (maybe to build a nest or something?), so let’s leave them in place where they are. Then go home and make some lemonade and grab the binoculars and go birdwatching in a nearby park or even in your yard. Kids have a way of seeing right to the heart of things, and I’m betting they’ll be fine with that.
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