Seventy-five minutes doesn't amount to a whole lot of time in the shadow of a 24-hour day.

But there are many who will say plenty can be accomplished in that short duration.

A young reader could probably polish off a couple chapters of the newest J.K. Rowlings novel, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

And a world-class runner would be more than halfway through a marathon.

Well, 75 minutes was all the time it took for about a half-dozen Buhl Farm employees to herd and cage 42 Canada geese Tuesday morning in an effort to reduce the large number of waterfowl in the park.

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