The Editor:
I’ve had a very difficult three years which include two runs to the hospital and three other calls for assistance after falls. I want to commend our local fire aid EMTs. Every time they have been exceptionally professional, kind and gentle. We are blessed to have them available in times of crisis.
Jacque Dunn
Blaine
The Editor:
You live in a neighborhood where the people are family. We help each other out. When they cry, we cry, when they laugh we laugh. We celebrate, we mourn together, as we are family.
Then one day a dark cloud arrives in our neighborhood. The atmosphere changes. The dark cloud is unhappy so we should also be unhappy. Lack of empathy, whose behavior negatively impacts the quality of our life, lack of respect, being rude, engaging in hostile or threatening behavior is not what we want in our neighborhood.
The dark cloud does not respect our neighborhood and the right of others to peacefully enjoy their own property.
I remember reading “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Sometimes it is very difficult when someone is making your life miserable every day. If you are so unhappy, I pray for you so one day you will find peace, love and happiness, and if you do, we will be more than happy to welcome you in our family.
We don’t need or want a dark cloud in our neighborhood anymore.
Jocelyne Harsch
Blaine
The Editor:
Are crows destroying your lawn along with seagulls? I usually refrain from writing letters to the editor, and while I’m no consummate horticulturist, I hope my experience might be of some help.
For the last year and a half, what I outline below has (for the most part) worked for me. The crows destroyed my yard in the fall of 2023. It was obvious to me that the crows were eating grub worms (chafer beetles) from just under the turf of my yard. I watched and took videos of my neighborhood crows feasting on the grub worms, destroying my yard in the process. It was amazing watching the crows, breaking their backs pulling up fist-sized pieces of turf, seeking grub worms, tossing the ugly little things into the air for their breakfast, lunch and dinner while the seagulls hovered waiting in vain for the spoils.
I did some research, talked to some friends and local gardeners, only to find that the grub worms can be eradicated with a bag or two of grub worm pesticide applied with a spreader once in the fall and again in the spring. I fear now that I’ve said this out loud and put it in print they will return. But so far, they haven’t and I will continue the yard treatment process annually.
I realize there are many people who disapprove of the use of pesticides, (and for that I apologize) but I felt repairing my lawn without taking care of the source problem would be a costly endeavor.
By the way – bonus: Once the grub worms were gone, the moles in my yard moved away seeking food elsewhere. Win, win.
Steve Sanders
Blaine
