Controlling crows everyone’s job
I read the article about the crows in a recent paper and would like to make a few comments about it. I don’t know about the green line in crossing patterns on a flat roof. The owl with the rotating head is fine if you move it. But don’t leave it in the same place all of the time; the crows aren’t dumb. The calls on most of the buildings around town are attracting the crows, not repelling them. We have seen that in several places around.
The people who own the businesses around town should put something toward getting rid of the crows other than lip service. If they would have a person at their business designated to helping during certain times during the day and night on their regular shits at their businesses it would help a lot. They shouldn’t expect a few volunteers to do the work of a whole town and then say that they aren’t doing a good job.
On a good night there might be seven or eight people spread all over town, or I should say, as much as they can manage. Crows like to confuse things by not keeping to a regular path into or out of town or where they roost when they do get into town. I don’t know where the 100,000 number came from, but that is a fraction of the crows in town.
Right now, if you want to see a few crows about 5:30-6 in the evening go to the south edge of town around Springhill and First Street and look south and west, and by the fairgrounds, you might see a few crows. The thing is to drive them further south or west so they will stay out of town. Right now that is where most of them are getting into town to roost.
You talk about letting the police know where we will be trying to keep them out of town, but that doesn’t always work. I have been pulled over several times, and we have signs on our cars and trucks anyway. We go into neighborhoods and drive them away from the homes, but when we do there are several people who come out yelling at us to get out of their blocks.
There are some people who show their appreciation to see the crows are driven out of their trees and out of their yards. If people would keep trash out of the alleys and the stores and restaurants would keep their trash in control, that would also help keep the crows and all the others away from their businesses.
I hope that everyone who reads this doesn’t get too upset, but I really don’t care that much because, you see, I am one of the few people who are volunteering to help out, and by the way we don’t get paid or reimbursed for the gas we use every night we drive around the city to try and help keep a majority of the crows out.
I feel that it should be everyone’s job that can help to work in getting rid of the crows. I think after this year I’ll stay at home and gripe like the rest of you.
— Jerry Barbour
Terre Haute
Strong plan needed to fight Alzheimer’s
The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter wants to emphasize a desperate need in our community and our country. Nationwide, an estimated 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, including as many as 120,000 right here in Indiana. Every year, hundreds of Hoosiers die from this devastating disease. Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death. There is no other chronic disease that affects so many people without a way to cure, prevent or even slow its progression.
The development of a national Alzheimer’s plan is currently underway. Families expect a plan that is urgent, achievable and accountable. Earlier this year, President Obama signed into law the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (NAPA), after it was unanimously passed in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. As a result of NAPA, the federal government is creating a national plan to address its efforts on Alzheimer’s research, care, institutional services and home and community-based programs. We need the nation’s leaders to follow through and fulfill their commitment with a strong plan.
More than 320,000 Hoosiers are currently providing unpaid care for someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. The value of this care is more than $4 billion. While many people will call this a “labor of love,” it comes with great sacrifice. Caregivers experience a variety of difficulties, including emotional stress and physical health problems. Moreover, nearly half of these unpaid caregivers are trying to juggle employment. We cannot turn our backs on them.
The Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter provides support, education and referrals to thousands of Hoosiers every year. As we fight Alzheimer’s disease, we face a number of challenges. Those challenges include a lack of public awareness, insufficient research funding, difficulties with diagnosis and ill-equipped communities. It is not acceptable for the general population to dismiss Alzheimer’s disease as a part of natural aging. Alzheimer’s disease is not natural aging. In fact, nationwide, hundreds of thousands of people under age 65 are diagnosed with the disease. Symptoms can develop in a younger-onset patient in his or her 30s.
Even if you don’t know someone with Alzheimer’s disease, you are still affected by it. The disease costs the nation $183 billion, and these costs will soar to $1 trillion by mid-century. It is imperative that the president fulfills his promise and delivers a strong national plan that is supported by the necessary resources to alter the course of Alzheimer’s disease.
— Heather Allen Hershberger
Executive Director
Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter
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