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The facts about rats
e compiled by the Benton
Harbor Police Community
Development Office.
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rat is a ild and dan-
ou al. Rats bit 60,000
pie in the United States last
. year. The very young nd the '
very old e the most freque�t
victims.
rat ill attack en
cornered.
The best w�y to control
vrat populations is to starVi them
out. When food is p entiful, �
f m e r�t may have up to 150
babi � year.
en there is little or no
food they reduce ne litters,
tarve their young and will even
�tuc, ill and eat each other.
feed them
Rats d pend almost entire­
Iy upon us for food, water and
sh Iter.
Garb ge, dog nd bird
food, as tJ as animal manure
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r on � rat's favorite ood lis.
Rats like ater from dog'
dishes, diSQrded cans and con­
I tainers, inside rim f dl scarded
auto tires, e n stagnant w�ter.
there are no, rats. Their food
and shef ter needs Me met by
the carelessn of people. The
state of ontana had no rats
. until 1923. I.
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For elter, rats prefer
jun ears, lumber piles, lar
rubbish and hen possible, lit­
tered sheds and basements.
ere there are no peop e,
Ibts V'S.
Every rat- has three �­
pons: teeth, feet and fu. I
thr pell destruction and dis- I
ease for humans.
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orris anticipates
more than roden control
.. be invol d in th project.
,"If someone is hungrY,.
noted, "th t person can't
too concern . th rats." .
Thus, when visiting homes
if th ere notes other pro­
blems, they intend to refer the
family d its probl to th
appropriate ncies. I I
Among those �I ncies 0
contacted is the city's inspec­
tion department, The co itions
that breed rats re coriditions
that viola existing dty cod " (
City codes ohibit litter,
and jtink CMS' ich feed md
shelter rats City buildin codes
cover crac 'ed foundations and
conditions of disrepair that �I-
. low rats entry to homes. -
orr's exp ined he hoped
wor tlosel with the inspec-
pn de partmen t of �i�,
referring viol�tions to them if
not voluntarily corrected.
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THE CITIZE
173 A TER STREET,
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Since � ,..t', front teeth
1V0 up to six inches a ye ,
must the consuotJy to
keep them filed to keep them
in the best orking condition. .
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ts can che throu
lead pipe, wood nd old crac
ed I cement f ndations, electri­
cal wires (which can start fires).
Plastic contain rs or pi -
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By Lynn Hu es
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Hilltop Foods affirmed its \
faith in Benton H rbor's ,future
with the grand opening of the
ne store at 333 Ri ervi
Dri v.19.
store h d been in
the K- art. bui din sin the
founding of th Hilltop busi­
'ness in 1963 'in that location.
ccording to Clare ce
Spear, Gen ral Ii r 0
Hilltop chain, the commi
to stay in Benton H bor
rna for t 0 reasons.
1 'There as a need for
� store in the ea, and th
customers ex ressed � desire for
us to stay i the area," Spear
explained.
, Hilltop's investment in the
" st r marks one of the po i­
tive teps in th re ita iution
of a city where announcements
f stores closin ha . been th
nd.
The
ne store demonstrates Hilltop's
promotional opportunities for
employ . The t 0 top jobs
re filled by m n 0 ha
or 'ted their way up from the
ran ithin the Hilltop org ni-
zation.
John Button is. g
of the Benton H bor Hilltop. '
Coming from Cape Guardeau,
Missouri, Bu ton started at Hill-.
top a Deli cler .
Button rm� the De i
� the Benton Harbor s ore �nd
then ferred to the St.
Joseph S Qre fOf a . y stint.
Returninl to the Benton
twbOr store is . stant �-
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ic pr�
for � rat.
IUt
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food
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hoi , climb-
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Consideri the ze of
a ra r t, th ir jumping rec-
ords are the en of n trac
coach: thr feet fo a surld-
jump; eight feet for � run-
Ion jump; and, 50 feet
a fr fl. t
Rat fur carries filth, di -
ea d fleas.
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ger for t 0
promoted to
been th t for t 0
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Button en,thlJlSQStlc
illtop tore
ard to continued f
communit service.
"People e upset en
they heard had to I� e
- art location," Button Qi�
"I thin the ishes of the cus­
tomers for us to remain ere a ·
positi e force in e deci ion
for us to remain. ,.
He and his
son.
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