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DISPATCHES | Issue: "Young and restless" January 28, 2012

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Hundred grand

Grandparents who struggle for gift ideas for perhaps a dozen grandchildren should consider Viktor and Aneta Urich of Grand Prairie, Alberta. The Canadian couple just witnessed the birth of their 100th grandchild in December. Viktor and Aneta, both in their early 60s, had 16 children of their own. Now their adult children are carrying on the family tradition—big families. The Canadian grandparents struggle to get the entire family together, but manage family parties twice a year on each of their own birthdays.

Eating crow

A late-Fall invasion of crows is nothing new for Iowa City, Iowa, residents. But this year, the normal November and December swarm of black birds was too much for city officials to take. Annoyed by loud squawks and the danger posed to pedestrians walking under trees downtown, Iowa City workers in January hung reflective streamers around downtown as well as yellow balloons with red circles. The goal: to "simulate an owl's eye or a predator's eye," said Michael Moran, Iowa City parks and recreation director. If the cheap and harmless strategy fails, city officials will consider more aggressive approaches.

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January 28, 2012, Vol. 27, No. 2

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