A female Mallard duck - like the one pictured above - and her brood of ducklings were led to safety Sunday from the northern edge of Celina to Grand Lake by numerous good-hearted residents. The adventure included stopped traffic, a sewer rescue and battles with various four-legged animals looking for a feathery snack.

Bob Chaney doesn't have a shimmering green neck or bright orange webbed feet, but he recently resembled a papa Mallard duck. Chaney climbed to the depths of a storm sewer and battled hungry dogs and cats while on a mission to l . . .