Jeff Ward

Chickens? We Don't Need No Stinking Chickens!

Aldermen are bad enough. Do we really want to compound them with backyard fowl?

Lord, please save us from bloggers of any kind. As for me, I can't tell you how grateful I am for editors like Rick Nagel, John Russell, Paul Harth, Tim West, Mike Cetera, Dave Parro and the others who took the time to bestow their wisdom and vast expertise upon me, for I have seen what can happen when some of you are left to your own devices. Just because you happen to have a random thought, that doesn’t mean you really need to write it down, and it certainly doesn’t mean you should share it with the rest of us. What’s that old adage about opening your mouth and removing all doubt? That said, teenage blogger Jeff Hersheway does have some talent, but he’s the rare exception that proves the rule. (Jeff: Email me for some suggestions on how …

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Jeff Ward

8:33 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012

Hal, I was wondering when someone would pick up on that. And thus the joke! Jeff   more ›

Geneva Council Split on Urban Chickens Issue

The city of Geneva's Committee of the Whole is evenly divided on whether to support an ordinance to allow backyard hens.

Probably every person who has ever typed up a story on the topic of backyard chickens has written or been tempted to write a lead that involves the age-old question of "What came first: the chicken or the egg?" But rarely has it been more appropriate than the city of Geneva's discussion Monday night. Members of the City Council split right up the middle, 5-5, in a straw poll on whether they would be in favor of creating an ordinance similar to one approved by Batavia in May 2011 that allows folks in the city limits to keep chickens in their back yards. Since the city of Batavia said OK to its chicken ordinance, just seven residents have applied for a permit, Geneva officials said. Geneva resident Kate Bennett was the person who asked the …

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Bob Loblaw

8:12 pm on Friday, August 3, 2012

Have you? If you had, you would understand that it is no more dangerous to the average person than many much more common ailments, and the people that are most likely to be affected are also at the greatest risk for most other ailments - we're talking HIV/AIDS levels of being immunocompromised. Acute benign respiratory histoplasmosis - the type most likely to be contracted from a chicken coop - …   more ›