Trouble Between Neighbors (cont'd) August 22, 2009 " i ne geese run free and they go in pastures and fields," Miller said. "I'm at fault for having the geese run loose." Miller said he has kept the geese because they eat the bugs in his neighborhood. He caged all of the birds Thursday and hopes someone with the right living environment can take them in. "The people (who take the geese) have to have the right setup for them. They have to have them penned up, or it would be a nuisance to someone else." Miller said the dispute with his neighbor, Marion Long, began when Long complained about the barking from the kenneled dogs. "He wants the dogs completely gone," Miller said. "He doesn't care that that is my livelihood." Long said he began noticing the barking dogs when he spent more time at home after retiring. He filed a formal complaint with the city about the dogs, he said, then Miller filed a complaint against him for having too many cars and junk in his yard. Long, who built his home about 10 years ago, then filed the complaint about the geese. "I am happy, and the conflict is resolved," Long said about the geese. "The only thing that still makes me mad is that there is a whole lot of ducks out there." Miller said the ducks in his yard are mostly wild and congregate on his property because of a nearby pond. Miller said he was given a ticket because of the complaint about the dog kennel, but the issue has not been resolved. Roger Miller (second from right) and others catch and crate his geese after complaints by a Marriott- Slaterville neighbor BETH SCHLANKER Standard-Examiner Rural From 1A Bill Morris, who works for the city, said disputes like this happen mostly when people who have lived in a more urban environment move to the country. "It comes up now and then," he said. "We just try and help educate people who want to move out to the country life that there are animals, there are animal odors, and there are different things than what you find in more urbanized areas." Morris said complaints mostly deal with animals, but the city has also had complaints about the lack of striping of rural roads, the lack of streetlights and problems with weeds. "You've got a farmer who has been there for years, and people come in from the city and they want manicured lawns," he said. Miller said such situations are happening more and more in rural areas. "It's just a little upsetting," he said. "This happens not only to me, but to other farmers. "They are going through the same situation around here, getting complaints from people who move out to the country and then they want it to change." 92