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Great Flood of 2013 by Jennifer Flowers

Residents of the Fox Valley were bomb

bared with record fall of rain in April

18th that caused much of the Fox Valley

and other areas of Northern Illinois to

be u under water. For many residents

the !ood left them in Dire Straits. e

Kendall County FEMA Agency is work‐

ing to take the information the !ooding

issue if you would like to add your name

please read the following information

from the Kendall County FEMA . “Resi‐

dents & businesses are asked to report

damage to the Kendall County Emer‐

gency Management

Agency

Last ursday, April 18th, Kendall

County experienced an extremely high

amount of rainfall and

localized !ooding issues. In addition

many homes have experienced base‐

ment !ooding and property

damage.

Kendall County is participating with the

State of Illinois to conduct an initial

damage assessment to

determine if federal $nancial assistance

is available. We request that Kendall

County residents and

businesses who had !ooding or received

damage due to the rain storm and

!ooding on April 17 & 18,

call the Kendall County Emergency

Management Agency. You’ll be asked to

provide the following

information:

Address & apartment/unit number (if

applicable)

Whether the property is a single family,

multifamily, mobile home, or business

Whether you own or rent the property

e peak depth of !ooding in the base‐

ment

e peak depth of !ooding on the 1st

!oor

Whether or not the basement is a living

area ($nished)

Insurance information: Homeowners,

Renters, or Flood

Whether or not there was any struc‐

tural damage

e cause of the !ooding (river, sump

pump failure, or sewer backup)

ere is no guarantee of federal $nan‐

cial assistance being made available, but

collecting this data is

the $rst step toward determining if

Kendall County and the State of Illinois

are eligible.

Please call (630) 553-4500 by Tuesday,

April 30th at 4:30 p.m. if you had !ood‐

ing and/or damage

due to the storm.

For residents that had !ooding, we rec‐

ommend that you remove !ood dam‐

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aged carpet, furniture,

drywall, etc. as soon as possible to pre‐

vent the spread of bacteria and harmful

mold.”

e State has declared a disaster area

and the County and the State are wait‐

ing for the President to declare a federal

Disaster Area this will take 30 days for

the process.

DEA Sponsored Prescription Drug Take Back Event

On April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Montgomery Police Department and

the Drug Enforcement Administration

(DEA) will give the public its sixth op‐

portunity in three years to prevent pill

abuse and theft by ridding their homes

of potentially dangerous expired, un‐

used, and unwanted prescription drugs.

Bring your medications for disposal to

the Montgomery Police Department at

10 Civic Center Ave in Montgomery, IL.

e service is free and anonymous, no

questions asked.

Last September, Americans turned in

244 tons of prescription drugs at over

5,200 sites operated by the DEA and its

thousands of state and local law en‐

forcement partners. In its $ve previous

Take Back events, DEA and its partners

took in over 2 million pounds—over a

thousand tons—of pills.

is initiative addresses a vital public

safety and public health issue.

Medicines that languish in home cabi‐

nets are highly susceptible to diversion,

misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescrip‐

tion drug abuse in the U.S. are alarm‐

ingly high, as are the number of acci‐

dental poisonings and overdoses due to

these drugs. Studies show that a majori‐

ty of abused prescription drugs are ob‐

tained from family and friends, includ‐

ing from the home medicine cabinet. In

addition, Americans are now advised

that their usual methods for disposing

of unused medicines—!ushing them

down the toilet or throwing them in the

trash—both pose potential safety and

health hazards.

Four days after the $rst event, Congress

passed the Secure and Responsible

Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which

amends the Controlled Substances Act

to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled

substance medications to dispose of

them by delivering them to entities au‐

thorized by the Attorney General to ac‐

cept them. e Act also allows the At‐

torney General to authorize long term

care facilities to dispose of their resi‐

dents’ controlled substances in certain

instances. DEA is drafting regulations

to implement the Act. Until new regula‐

tions are in place, local law enforcement

agencies like [agency] and the DEA will

continue to hold prescription drug take-

back events every few months.

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YARD WASTE PICK-UP REMINDER

e City of Joliet and Waste Manage‐

ment would like to remind residents of

some important refuse collection infor‐

mation. Each home is provided with a

96-gallon cart for refuse. Additional

refuse must be placed in containers that

are no greater than 32 gallons in size

and don’t exceed

50 pounds. All refuse should be proper‐

ly contained to prevent littering. It is

advised that

residents place garbage in bags before

placing it in the refuse cart.

Each home is also provided with a 96-

gallon cart for recycling. Residents can

recycle a number

of materials including: cardboard and

chipboard; books, catalogs, and maga‐

zines; newspapers;

dairy and juice containers; paper; glass

bottles and jars, plastic bottles and con‐

tainers No. 1 to

5; aluminum foil and cans; and tin or

steel cans. Be sure to rinse all contain‐

ers and dispose of

caps before recycling. Residents need to

keep their containers in their garage,

the side of the

house, or in the back yard, and not in

the front yard or anywhere in front of

the house.

Yard waste such as grass clippings,

leaves, tree branches, and brush is col‐

lected April 1, 2013,

through December 6, 2013. Brush and

branches must be cut into 4-foot

lengths and bundled.

Yard waste must be properly packaged

in Kraft yard waste bags and/or a Waste

Management

yard waste cart. Sod, trees, stumps,

dirt, stones, and landscape brick/pavers

are not accepted.

Dedicated yard waste containers must

have a !orescent “YARD WASTE ONLY”

New Village President and Board Members to be Sworn In on May 13th

On April 9th, voters in Montgomery

elected a new Village President and

three Trustees. e new President-Elect

is Matthew T. Brolley, who has been on

the Board of Trustees since 2011. e

three newly elected members of the

Board of Trustees are Denny Lee, Steve

R. Jungermann and eresa Sperling.

is will be the fourth term in office for

Lee, who has served on the Board of

Trustees since 2001. Jungermann and

Sperling are new to the Village Board,

both having served previously on the

Village’s Plan Commission.

President-Elect Brolley will replace the

current Village President, Marilyn

Michelini, a long-time Board member

who has served as Village President

since 2001 and did not run for re-elec‐

tion. Other departing Board members

are Trustee William C. Keck, who

served on the Board of Trustees for 20

years, and Andrew J. Kaczmarek, Jr.,

who served on the Board for four years.

ese departing Board members were

recognized with plaques commemorat‐

ing their years of service at the April 22,

2013 Village Board meeting.

e newly elected President and

Trustees will be sworn into office at the

Village Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m. on

Monday, May 13, 2013 at the Village

Hall. e meeting is open to the public

and all are invited to attend.


Village Announces Special Refuse Collection

e Village will sponsor a special refuse

collection this Saturday, April 27 to as‐

sist residents with cleanup after last

week’s storms and !ooding. Residents

will be able to place an unlimited

amount of refuse curbside by 6 am on

Saturday for collection. is refuse can

include garbage, furniture, white goods,

etc. All garbage must be packaged prop‐

erly. Carpet must be cut and rolled into

4-foot lengths. Each roll must not

weigh more than 50 pounds. All carpet‐

ing and padding must be secured with

tape or string. Small, contained,

amounts of construction debris will be

picked up.

Please note: recycling, yard waste, and

sandbags will not be collected on Satur‐

day, April 27th.

Residents can schedule a pickup of un‐

wanted electronics by contacting Vin‐

tage Tech Recyclers at 866-631-1707.

Sandbag Disposal

e Village will begin picking up and

disposing of sandbags this Friday, April

26th. is work will continue during

regular weekdays until all of the sand‐

bags have been removed. Residents

should move all unwanted sandbags to

the parkway. Please note: Over 30,000

sandbags have been distr ibuted

throughout the community and it may

take up to two weeks to collect all of the

sandbags.

Damage Assessment

If you experienced !ooding in your

home, please e-mail your name,

address, and phone number to the

Building Department. ey are assem‐

bling a list of all of the homes that had

!ooding.

Red Cross Disaster Cleanup Kits Available

Red Cross Cleanup Kits are now avail‐

a b l e a t t h e P l a i n$ e l d P o l i c e

Department, 14300 Coil Plus Drive. e

FREE kits include cleaning supplies

(brooms, mop, bucket, bleach, etc.) and

are available for pickup anytime.

Storm Cleanup

Click here to read the Village's Press Re‐

lease regarding Storm Cleanup which

includes information on cleaning !ood‐

ed areas in your home and Tetanus Vac‐

cination Information from the Will

County Health Department.

Vision for Division

e Vision for Division is complete! To

learn more about this innovative

project or to view the plan and illustra‐

t i o n s , r e s i d e n t s c a n v i s i t

visiondivision.civicartworks.com.

Posters showcasing the plan are also

available for sale at Village Hall.

Police Records To Close Early April 25

e Police Department's Records Office

will close at 5:30 pm on April 25th.

Sidewalk Work

Work is underway on the Van Dyke

Road sidewalk connection, from Village

Center Drive to Ottawa Street. e

project should be complete by the end

of April with most of the work occur‐

ring off the roadway.

Pace Service To Expand

Pace is adding service on Routes 755 &

855 which depart from Plain$eld. Infor‐

mation on the expanded service, which

includes mid-day trips, is availableon‐

line. e new service begins on May

6th.

Yard Waste Pickup

Yard waste collection has resumed and

will continue through November. Please

make sure that all yard waste is properly

packaged in kraft yard waste bags and/

or a Waste Management yard waste

cart. Sod, trees, stumps, dirt, stones,

and landscape brick/pavers are not ac‐

cepted as yard waste. For more informa‐

tion, click here to read the Waste Man‐

agement Brochure or call (800)

796-9696.

Coffee with the Mayor - May 8

Please join Mayor Collins for coffee and

conversation on Wednesday, May 8,

2013 at 9 am at the Village Hall, 24401

W. Lockport Street. All residents are in‐

vited.

Experts to Offer Landscaping Advice at May Green Village Workshop

If you have a problem area in your yard

or need some advice on a landscaping

project, the May Green Village Lecture

Series program is just for you! On May

13th, at 7 pm, at the Plain$eld Public

Library, a team of landscaping experts

will be on hand for a “drop in” landscap‐

ing design workshop to provide individ‐

ual counseling and advice. Residents are

encouraged to bring photographs, mea‐

surements, and sketches of their areas

of need. Master gardeners and experi‐

enced landscapers will be available from

7-8 pm to provide one-on-one consulta‐

tions. To register to attend, click here.

Volunteers Sought for Plain"eld’s DuPage River Sweep May 18th

e DuPage River Sweep will be held in

the Plain$eld area on Saturday, May 18,

from 9 am to noon. Individuals,

families, scout groups, and other orga‐

nizations are invited to register for this

fun volunteer opportunity. Volunteers

help remove debris and litter from the

DuPage River and tributary areas to im‐

prove water quality, reduce !ood risk,

and enhance safety. To participate, con‐

tact Jonathan Proulx, Plain$eld Plan‐

ning Department, at (815) 609-6139 by

May 10 or visitwww.conservationplain‐

$eld.com for more information and the

registration form.

Village Offers Free Social Media Seminar for Business Owners

e Village, in conjunction with Joliet

Junior College and the Illinois Small

Business Development Center, is

pleased to offer the local business com‐

munity a FREE seminar, "Using Social

M e d i a t o P r o m o t e Y o u r

Business" (Tuesday, May 21 at 9-11

am). e seminar will be held at Village

Hall and registration is required. To reg‐

ister,click here.

50 years along the Lincoln Highway: 1913-1963 Bus Tour

On Saturday, May 18, join fellow Lin‐

coln Highway enthusiasts and car buffs

on a guided tour along the historic Lin‐

coln Highway that will follow the fa‐

mous roadway through Aurora, Oswego,

and Plain$eld. Guides will share stories

of the roadway’s construction, history,

and notable sites during this day-long

tour. Click here for details and ticket in‐

formation. For more info, email or call

Tina Beaird 630-554-3883.

or “Y” sticker

on the container and be clearly visible

from the street. ese “YARD WASTE

ONLY” or “Y”

stickers are available, free of charge, at

all Dominick’s and Jewel stores in the

City of Joliet and

the Joliet Municipal Building at the In‐

formation Desk. Yard waste containers

must contain only

yard waste. State law prohibits collec‐

tion of mixed loads of yard waste and

other refuse.

To dispose of needles or sharps that are

used for self-injection (i.e. insulin

shots), it is currently

permissible to discard them with your

regular garbage as long as a rigid con‐

tainer (such as a

milk jug, coffee container, or laundry

detergent bottle) sealed with duct tape

is used. Waste

Management also offers a residential

medical waste collection service. Visit

www.wm.com for

more information.

All items, including yard waste, must be

placed at the curb no later than 7:00

AM the day of collection. For special

collection and recycling event informa‐

tion, visit www.willcountygreen.com.


Senior News by Pat Feeley

Jump-Start Your Career Change

By Ian Christie, Monster Contributing

Writer {submited via email}

e prospect of changing careers is both

exhilarating and daunting. If you know

exactly what you want to pursue, don't

become stymied by the enormous chal‐

lenges the career-change process

presents. Employ these powerful strate‐

gies to make that career change a

reality.

Determine Your Leverage Points

Inventory the skills and experiences

you can leverage in your career switch.

Examples include:

• Company Type: Leverage your

knowledge about the kinds of compa‐

nies you've worked for. Nonpro$t orga‐

nizations have certain similarities. So

do family-owned or owner-operated

businesses and, to a certain degree,

public companies.

• Transferable Skills: In most

cases, skills you've honed in one career

will be relevant in the next. Project

management, team leadership, sales,

customer service, analytical capabilities,

problem solving, hiring, training and

numerous other abilities are all com‐

mon transferable skills.

• Experience: Use any startup,

shutdown, merger, product launch or

corporate crisis you've lived through as

leverage when you talk to companies

dealing with similar issues.

• Job Environment: If you've ever

worked in a pressure-cooker environ‐

ment, you'll be no stranger to a similar

environment in another industry. e

same will be true if you've ever dealt

with unions, worked for an en‐

trepreneur or worked without supervi‐

sion.

• Networks: Leverage your current

relationships to $nd entry points into

your new $eld. All it takes is a different

type of conversation to get started. Ask

contacts what they know and whom

they know related to the $eld you want

to enter. Follow up on their leads, and

you'll make progress quickly.

State Your Case Effectively

Be sure you have strong, valid reasons

to change careers. If you know why you

want to make the change and what you

stand to gain from it, you'll increase

your odds of success considerably. Also,

be sure you can articulate those reasons

to potential employers and explain

what's in it for them. Employers don't

want to feel like you're running away

from something.

Find the Logical Entry Point

Often, a certain role or company will

serve as a natural transition into your

new $eld. Bolster your chances of get‐

ting hired by using your leverage points

to identify where you best $t.

Avoid Overanalysis

Developing a strong understanding of

yourself is imperative to managing your

career change, but avoid analysis paraly‐

sis. You cannot think your way to a ca‐

reer change; eventually, you must act.

Connect with People in Your Target

Field

When you're changing careers, your re‐

sume is less useful as a marketing tool.

For that reason, building your network

becomes even more critical. Connect

with people in your target $eld to vali‐

date your interest and learn about op‐

portunities.

Make an Impression

On interviews, be the standout candi‐

date by talking up the actions you've

taken that prove your commitment to

the $eld. Reveal your industry knowl‐

edge, and mention industry events

you've attended or industry associa‐

tions where you volunteer. If you write

an industry-related blog, reference that

as well. You could even present a white

paper on an industry issue you've re‐

searched or a business plan that demon‐

strates the value you could bring to the

organization.

Your goal is to make potential employ‐

ers see you as someone already in their

industry and in it to stay, regardless of

whether they hire you. Don't leave the

impression that if they don't hire you,

you will do something else.

Moonlight

One tangible way to start your career

change is through freelance or part-

time jobs. Such work builds your re‐

sume and lets you test the waters in

your new $eld.

Concrete steps such as these create mo‐

mentum for your career change,

demonstrate your commitment to po‐

tential employers and validate your

plan.

Moving Forward Financially after the

Loss of a Spouse Becoming a widow or

widower at any age can be one of the

most difficult challenges a person must

face. Not only is therethe emotional

loss of a husband/wife, but also the task

of handling everything -- including all

the $nances without the help of a

spouse. Even if you always handled your

family's $nances, the number of $nan‐

cial and legal matters that have to be

settled in the weeks and months follow‐

ing your loved one's death can be over‐

whelming. Learn about the short and

long term needs, as well as steps to take

to move ahead $nancially by attending

our continuing series on $nancial edu‐

cation.

Old Second Bank and Edward Jones will

discuss various options and informa‐

tion you will need to know. Please join

us on Tuesday, May 14th at 10:30 am at

the Oswego Senior Center, 156 E.

Washington St., Oswego. Program is

free. Call and let us know if you will at‐

tend, 630-554-5602 or stop in at our

center for more information on this and

other programs. Also visit our website

at www.oswegoseniorcenter.org


Selling Up-and-Coming Neighborhoods

by Meg White

Real estate professionals are often en‐

grossed in hot and happening ‘hoods in

their market. But what about struggling

areas of town that could use a promo‐

tional push?

Neighborhood developers and promot‐

ers at the American Planning Associa‐

tion’s national conference, held in

Chicago this week, addressed this issue

in a session titled “Neighborhood Mar‐

keting to Rebuild Market Demand.”

Here are a few tips from these experts

on how to market less trendy and thriv‐

ing parts of a community more effec‐

tively.

Focus on the Positive

All participants in this session repeat‐

edly emphasized this same point. Start

by asking residents how they feel about

their community assets and pull from

those responses some of the crown jew‐

els of the neighborhood. What makes

the area special? What are the particu‐

lar points of pride for both long-term

and newer inhabitants?

It’s not always easy to $nd the gems,

but if you ask residents what they love

about their neighborhood, you can

sometimes form an entire marketing

campaign from their responses. For ex‐

ample, while the instability that

plagued the Chicago neighborhood of

West Humboldt Park was deleterious to

the neighborhood’s self-perception, res‐

idents still had a great deal of pride on a

block-by-block level.

John Groene, Neighborhood Housing

Services of Chicago’s neighborhood di‐

rector for West Humboldt Park, said

that fact helped them choose a tagline

that represents their community. e

tagline, “Get in your starting block,” is a

call for people who are ready to set

down residential or commercial roots to

consider investing in the neighborhood.

“It’s a call to action,” he said. “It’s sup‐

posed to evoke the pride in blocks in

t h e W e s t H u m b o l d t P a r k

neighborhood.”

Apply Branding Basics

Work with creative agencies or individ‐

uals to create a logo, as well as a tagline.

But don't let these important elements

gather dust on letterhead. Whenever

possible, work to integrate branding el‐

ements into events and other program‐

ming.

For example, the tagline created for the

Middle Main neighborhood in Pough‐

keepsie, N.Y., “just a little off-center,”

referred both to the area’s geography as

well as the hip, creative, quirky image

that neighborhood advocates wanted to

cultivate.

Hudson River Housing Director of Or‐

ganizational Development Elizabeth

Druback-Celaya says that, while their

tagline was somewhat controversial at

$rst, they used it to promote wellness

walks in the neighborhood (“Walk Mid‐

dle Main: Take a little off your center”)

as well as their Middle Main laboratory

site (“Creative solutions are a little off

center”).

Make It Easy to Connect

Ed Barlow, director of client services for

municipal branding consultancy North

Star Strategies, says that while it’s easy

to get caught up in your own marketing

needs, you should always keep in mind

that organizations, nonpro$ts, corpora‐

tions, and schools in the area have var‐

ied obligations to which they must at‐

tend.

“You want to organize your program‐

ming in a turnkey way, so it’s easy to

connect with you,” Barlow says. He adds

that this is especially important to mar‐

keters who are looking for funding part‐

ners: “Folks who get the private sector

involved the quickest … have the most

success.”

Don't Shut the Media Out

While local reporters may seem like

they’re trying to tear down your efforts

with every negative news story, they

might just need a second opportunity

to get to know the area.

“Try to drown it out with a bunch of

positive stories,” Groene advises. When

West Humboldt Park was portrayed by a

local reporter as crime-ridden, his orga‐

nization invited the reporter back to

take another look. “We challenged him

to come back and do some positive sto‐

ries. [Sometimes all it takes is] challeng‐

ing them to not just do the easy head‐

line.”

Druback-Celaya agreed, saying her orga‐

nization managed to overcome such

problems directly, partly because

they’re operating in a smaller city.

“We have been able to get some editori‐

al board meetings with the paper,” she

said, suggesting organizations in larger

media markets may be able to “form

strong relationships with a few re‐

porters” instead.

Build a Virtual Neighborhood, Too

A Web presence is a must for neighbor‐

hood marketing, but it shouldn't just be

an online events calendar. While Mid‐

dleMain.com functions as a "social net‐

working site" for the Poughkeepsie

neighborhood, West Humboldt Park’s

site features pro$les of local businesses

to highlight both up-and-coming in‐

vestors in the neighborhood as well as

long-term business interests.

Involve Current Residents in a Sensitive Manner

Make it clear that you’re not out to dis‐

place anyone or use community devel‐

opment funds on !ashy marketing cam‐

paigns.

Groene’s group reaches out to residents

who are facing a wide variety of chal‐

lenges. Neighborhood Housing Services

works to keep home owners in the

homes through foreclosure prevention,

helping them $nd overlooked property

tax exemptions and more affordable in‐

surance options. Groene says they enter

these home owners into a large

database of people they’ve assisted “to

create the perfect mailing list” for get‐

t i n g t h e i r n e w s o u t t o t h e

neighborhood.

e city’s long-term occupant tax ex‐

emption also helps home owners stay in

their residences even after gentri$ca‐

tion brings property values up.

“It is the most important law we have in

the city of Chicago,” Groene said. “It

truly is revitalization and not displace‐

ment.”


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Lonesome Stranglers Concert

A free musical presentation will be of‐

fered at the Montgomery Village Hall at

10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

e Lonesome Stranglers will play their

guitars and share old country and west‐

ern favorites.

is program is being offered by the Vil‐

lage of Montgomery as part of its Se‐

nior Citizen Program, but is open to all

ages. ere is no charge and the event is

handicapped accessible. e monthly

Senior Lunch and activity for ages 55

and up will begin at 11:00 a.m. after the

presentation. ere is a $4 charge for

the lunch.

For additional information on this

event, please call the Montgomery Vil‐

lage Hall at (630) 896-8080 ext. 1559.

ink Spring with our Friends at the Morton Arboretum

Drought’s Effects May Not Be Done

Note: is article is intended for munic‐

ipal newsletters and other publications.

You are free to reproduce it as long as it

is

attributed to e Morton Arboretum’s

Community Trees Program and men‐

tions the website (mortonarb.org).

What will the 2013 growing season

hold? Will it be another unseasonably

warm March followed by a

late April frost? Will July and August

prove to be another scorcher? Or will

this year bring relief? Either

way, last year’s drought is may have

long-lasting effects in the garden. Be

prepared to help your trees

and other plants.

Even if the snow and rains of early

spring replenish water in the soil, trees

and shrubs may still be in

recovery mode from last year. Plants

that have been stressed generally are

more susceptible to disease

and winter burn, so keep a watchful eye

as we come out of the winter dormant

season.

To check how hard last year’s drought

was on your trees or shrubs, look at the

amount of growth on a

few twigs. Bumps along a twig show

where last year’s leaves were attached.

If the bumps are closely

spaced and the twig is relatively short,

it is a good indication that the plant was

stressed and still will be

recovering this spring.

Make sure there is enough moisture in

your soil. “Don’t be scared to get your

hands in the soil,” advises

Edward Hedborn, manager of plant

records at e Morton Arboretum in

Lisle (mortonarb.org). Try a

simple “$st test”: Grab a handful of soil

from within the top eight to 12 inches

and squeeze. If the soil

crumbles, it’s too dry. If water pours

out, it’s most likely too wet. If the soil

packs together and holds its

moisture, it’s at a good moisture level.

Home lots and city parkway areas typi‐

cally have only a shallow layer of topsoil

that can dry out quickly,

even if it is a wet spring. Or the shallow

topsoil may sit on top of dense clay that

can trap too much

water around the plants’ roots. Too

much water can be just as harmful as

too little water.

“We have to look at things on a micro-

scale,” Hedborn says. “Conditions in

your front yard may be very

different than your backyard, as well as

the parkway area.” A tree’s position; the

number of hours of

direct sun it gets; whether it is exposed

to drying, toxic road salt or salt spray;

and whether it is shaded

by larger trees all are factors in the

health of your woody plants.

So is your lawn. When it grows over the

roots of trees and shrubs, turf grass

competes with them for

water. Hedborn has these suggestions

for watering trees and shrubs that are

in a lawn setting:

Don’t water only at the base of a tree,

since the majority of its roots are

spread out as far as its branches


extend. e grass, with its roots just un‐

der the soil surface, probably will ab‐

sorb the $rst half-inch to inch of rain

or water from the sprinkler. You must

water longer to get water down to the

tree’s roots.

A good rule of thumb, Hedborn says, is

to set out a soup can under the spray of

the sprinkler. When the

can $lls up, you have only watered the

grass. Dump the water out and continue

watering until $lls again

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