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With the rain, comes the rodents. A pest control expert says it's that time of year when rats are more likely to come up through the pipes and into your toilet, but it's not as common as people may think.

What happens is a rat finds your pipe, works his way up and ends up in your toilet. Why it happens, what attracted him to that pipe, who knows? But, they can do that, said Chris Roberts with Multnomah County Vector control.

He's the one who fields the phone calls when someone does find a rat in their restroom.

But, he says of the thousand rat inspections he does a year, only about 10 to 15 are found in the toilet.

Just the other day I noticed when it was raining a fairly large one was roaming in the field right behind, so I've definitely seen them in the area, Alberta Eyecare owner James Armstrong said.

He spotted the rat near his business on 21st and Northeast Alberta.

I certainly haven't seen rats inside, he said. That's not a problem.

Armstrong said he's seen the unwelcome rodents outside, but never in his bathroom. He plans to keep it that way.

I've already been trained to keep the seat down, so there shouldn't be an issue of anything getting out, he said.

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Deb Denbrook can throw a golf ball from her front porch and hit the ocean.

On most days in St. Georges, a scenic seaside town on the northeastern tip of Bermuda, thats an alluring asset.

But with hurricane Gonzalo bearing down on the island, the Nova Scotia expatriate is eyeing her coastal view with trepidation.

We boarded up our patio doors because we face the ocean, Denbrook said, noting the impending high seas, wind gusts and strong storm surges.

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The only thing standing between her two-storey home and the picturesque Bermuda beach is about 15 metres of lawn, rocks and sand.

Although the concrete house is built to withstand fierce Atlantic hurricanes, Denbrook said shes worried about Fridays Category 4 storm.

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Montgomery County fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a two-alarm fire at a Rockville apartment complex that sent three people to the hospital and displaced a dozen others.

The fire was reported around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning at the Mallard Cove Apartment complex in the 8100 block of Needwood Road in the Derwood community, according to county fire department spokesperson Pete Piringer.

When units arrived on the scene they encounter heavy fire showing from a ground level unit of a three-story garden style apartment building with a report of a person trapped inside the burning unit, Piringer said. Firefighters had a difficult time gaining access from the front door of the apartment and the patio doors due to hoarders conditions inside the apartment and the patio section of the apartment.

With a report of a person trapped and heavy fire condition upon arrival, a second alarm was sounded to bring more than 100 more firefighters to the scene.

As firefighters were making an aggressive attack on the fire, they located a 56-year-old man inside the apartment, Piringer said. He was taken to a local hospital suffering smoke inhalation and a 73-year-old male was also transported to a local hospital with chest pains.

A Montgomery County firefighter also was transported to a local hospital with a minor injury to her arm. She was treated and released.

Piringer said fire investigators believe the fire started on the patio and extended inside the apartment.

Red Cross will be helping displaced tenants relocate.

The fire caused about $ 30,000 in damage and the cause is currently unknown.

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Landscape lighting is one of those finishing touches that helps to complete any outdoor space, explains Donny Duke. director of design, Engledow Estates. Landscape lighting is used for not only security of your property, but also helps add to the ambiance of your outdoor living space.

Lighting technology has advanced rapidly in recent years and we are here to talk about some of these innovations.

Upgrading your landscape lighting will soon become a necessity. US government has phased out the use of incandescent bulbs by this year, meaning that many peoples landscape lights will soon have to be replaced with something else. Most people will start using LED bulbs in their landscape lighting. LEDs, although they have a higher up-front cost, will be better for you in the long run.

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Johnny Bents grew up near Bigelow on a farm and spent a lot of time working with his family, something he hopes to replicate with his new lawn care company, Bents Lawn and Tree Service.

I was a farm kid and I didnt realize what I had, Bents said.

His main helpers are his two young sons, but his oldest daughter pitches in too.

My goal is a family business, Bents said. We just enjoy working together.

Cutting trees is something Bents grew up doing, and hes picked up equipment for the business here and there.

The acreage Bents bought near Jackson seven years ago had enormous cottonwood trees he wanted to fell, so he bought a large saw. Then he acquired a boom truck for a reasonable price at a sale.

In addition to cutting trees, Bents Lawn and Tree Service also services lawns, including mowing and raking. Bents is interested in doing residential snow removal as well. The business covers roughly a 40-mile radius around Jackson.

Bents also works full time at AGCO.

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Many local residents choose to hike alone, enjoying the meditative qualities of the desert landscape in solitude. With the canyons and mountains in Moabs backyard, local hikers regularly step out for a quick hike during their day. But even the most experienced and prepared of hikers can face surprising challenges in both the front and backcountry.

Four local residents recently sat down with The Times-Independent to share their stories of facing unexpected danger when hiking alone, and the strength it took for them to survive.

Remaining calm is crucial because its your survival, said Carol Almson, who has been hiking in the desert since 1980. You have to be self-aware. If theres some sort of danger you have to have a technique to protect yourself and not just give up.

Staying calm and not just giving up is exactly what each of these solo hikers did in order to skirt the dangerous situations they encountered.

Last year, Almson was walking alone on her favorite Bar M trail when she encountered a man who stalked and intimidated her. Knowing she must remain calm, Almson said she kept a quick pace and never broke into a run. Because of the mans large size and erratic behavior, she feared the pepper spray she carried wouldnt be effective.

I had all these things going through my mind as to what was happening and what could happen, she said.

Almson eventually outpaced her stalker on the trail and escaped danger. Yet she was so shaken from that incident that she stopped hiking for almost a year.

Im over 70 years old and Ive never been stymied like this by anything in my life. It just unnerved me, she said.

But with enough time, the images of the stalker began to fade, and Almson now says her reticence towards hiking alone is gone.

Women must treat the potential for abuse seriously but not allow themselves to be easily intimidated, she says. We who love the beauty and the spirituality of the Colorado plateau will not stay home.

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Theyre an improbable bunch. A spinster, a seamstress, a sculptress... and Bill Oddie. Crouched beneath a Gloucestershire hill at 3am, their head-torches light up a surreal landscape of scattered peanuts, Smarties and a smear of congealed blood in the dirt at their feet.

Only their hi-vis jackets emblazoned with the words Wounded Badger Patrol offer a clue to their mission. This is Team Badger, here in force to fight the cull.

The nuts and chocolate have been left by hunters to bait the 25 badgers in this one sett. The blood left by a shot male crawling home to die marks one of the many entrances. Bill makes short work of the peanuts.

You have to wee on them, he says matter-of-factly as the three women avert their eyes. It puts the badgers right off and renders the bait redundant. But, for some reason, only mens wee works.

Game spinster Edith tonights her first-ever shift heaves a giddy sigh of relief as she quickly re-buttons her late fathers WWII great coat.

Seven nights a week, from dusk until dawn, the WBP a Mums Army made up of mostly middle-aged women patrols the beleaguered setts of Middle England armed only with binoculars, biscuits and sensible shoes.

Farmers claim badgers are infecting their cattle with tuberculosis and so last year the government approved a six-week trial in Gloucestershire and Somerset to kill 2,000 badgers.

Despite being extended by a fortnight, the first attempt was a failure. The hired guns a motley crew of farm workers and ex-soldiers barely made half their quota.

The League Against Cruel Sports (the charity behind the WBP) claims the indiscriminate cull is, at best, pointless, but this year theyre trying again with a few days of the trial left to run.

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