Patrol can range from quick cash for poultry to wheelchair roundup

By MARGARET FRIEDENAUER, Staff Writer

MOSUL, Iraq--The going rate for a duck in this northern town is about $5.
That's what Sgt. 1st Class Michael Steffey and his platoon found out while patrolling the neighborhood of Al Ahmil on Friday.
As Steffey walked the street with the 2nd platoon, Alpha Co. of the 1st Battalion, 17th Regiment, asking about the safety of the neighborhood, a woman came out of a gate and said a Stryker vehicle had run over one of her ducks recently.