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BRIEF: Geese gone; so is their mess.

The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC )

| September 21, 2007 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Steve Lyttle

Sep. 21--Maybe this is the start of a win streak for Garinger High School's football program.

Garinger, with help from animal experts, has beaten the geese.

That's the news this morning from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, who have worked for more than a week to find a humane -- yet decisive -- way to chase geese off the Garinger High School football field, where they had set up a community in recent weeks.

The geese and their droppings forced school officials to move Garinger's scheduled home football game last Friday to North Mecklenburg High.

So how did they get rid of the geese?

They started…

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