Is a bird in the hand worth a bushy-tailed squirrel?

Sunday, October 7, 2001

EUREKA, Ill. -- By now, residents of Maple Lawn Homes had hoped to have wild birds eating out of the palms of their hands. But not even St. Francis of Assisi could accomplish this, if a pesky squirrel kept interfering.

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