NFWF grants $3.3M to help monarch butterflies: Monsanto aids butterfly habitats | Examiner.com

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced Monday that it is giving money to restore lost butterfly environments. According to a Sept. 28 press release, the NFWF will grant $3.3 million to help monarch butterflies. Big ag company Monsanto will fund restoration of migratory butterfly habitats lost to chemical pesticides. Other monies come from the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund. The total will be divided into 22 grants given to support of initiatives working to restore 33,000 acres of monarch butterfly habitats. It doesn't come a moment too soon: 60 billion butterflies once decorated the skies with their signature orange and black wing patterns. That population has shrunk to 1 billion over the past 20 years.   NFWF grants $3.3M to help monarch butterflies: Monsanto aids butterfly habitats

Roseanne Barr stuns with jaw-dropping weight loss, platinum blonde do, pot use - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

  Funnywoman Roseanne Barr used to be one of the heaviest women in Hollywood. Now Barr stuns with her jaw-dropping weight loss and platinum blonde do. The popular comedienne of 80s sit-com fame posed for a photo with her youngest son Buck Thomas, the first of the pair since 2012. Wonderwall, on September 2, proclaimed her "unrecognizable" from her "Roseanne" days. Barr opened up her medical pot use recently, too.Roseanne Barr stuns with jaw-dropping weight loss, platinum blonde do, pot use - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

Shooting range will sell booze: Guns and alcohol cocktails served at gun range - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

Call it Guns 'n Brewses! A Florida shooting range will sell booze now that its liquor licensing was approved reported the Daytona Beach News-Journal on August 19. Ron Perkinson owner of Volusia Top Gun, got permission to serve guns and alcohol cocktails at a gun range bar he pitched to city commissioners. All but one city commissioner gave the green light for Perkinson's plan to convert a vacant building near Interstate 95 into a 12-lane gun range, with liquor-serving restaurant, and retail store. Shooting range will sell booze: Guns and alcohol cocktails served at gun range - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

Pennies, nickels aren't legal tender man who paid $25 fine in pennies told

So pennies and nickels aren't legal tender, so a man who tried to pay a $25 fine in 2,500 pennies is told. Reuters reported August 13 that Justin Greene tried to pay a parking fee of $25 worth of pennies. He was told by the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania finance department that small change cannot be used to pay for amounts under $.25. They quoted federal law. Because so many bills cost less than a quarter? As if!Pennies, nickels aren't legal tender man who paid $25 fine in pennies told - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

Ted Nugent champions Walter Palmer killing Cecil the lion, says Cecil had to die

The Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer who killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe has made a lot of enemies. But Palmer has one friend in Hollywood and that's Ted Nugent. Far from castigating the big game hunter, Nugent champions Walter Palmer killing Cecil the lion. Cecil had to die, On July 28, Nugent posted that Palmer's trophy kill "essential."   Ted Nugent champions Walter Palmer killing Cecil the lion, says Cecil had to die - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

Depression linked to Parkinson's disease: Natural mood lifters to beat the blues

Spring is here, so say birds, flowers, sunshine. Yet you sit depressed, wondering what all the fuss is about. Depression is no joke. It can have disastrous effects on physical as well as mental health. Live Science says a new study says depression is linked to Parkinson's Disease. Clinically depressed people are 60 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease later.Depression linked to Parkinson's disease: Natural mood lifters to beat the blues - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

 

Memorial Day flowers: Plant a red white and blue patriotic floral flag garden - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

My mother-in-law lives in a retirement community. She's an avid gardener with an unusually green thumb. For Memorial Day she volunteered to plant a patriotic floral flag garden. She shared how to make a floral flag garden.Memorial Day flowers: Plant a red white and blue patriotic floral flag garden - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

 

How to save money on graduation open house, prom high school senior costs

Prom, graduation, open houses, they all add up. Parents, if you have a graduating senior or a student going to prom, be prepared to pay. Or you can save money on graduation and prom. It's your choice. Here are ways to trim spending on prom dresses, tux, graduation, high school senior costs open house. I've graduated three seniors and picked up some penny pinching tips.How to save money on prom, graduation, open house, high school senior costs - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

 

Free printable Cinco de Mayo coloring crafts

Cinco de Mayo is the fifth of May. It's not the

Mexican Independence Day nor the equivalent of the U.S. Fourth of July. Cinco de Mayo is the day Mexicans remember El Día de la Batalla de Puebla (Battle of Puebla). Cinco de Mayo is mostly an Americanized Latino holiday. But also a great day to explore Mexican culture. Here are free printable Cinco de Mayo lesson plans, worksheets and games. Free printable Cinco de Mayo coloring pages, Mexican crafts and printables

Medieval garlic and bile salve kills MRSA superbug: Ancient miracle MRSA cure

Sometimes, old ways are better than new. Studies show a medieval garlic and bile potion kills MRSA, a deadly superbug. The recipe, from a 10th century medical tome called Bald's Leechbook, proved effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), reported CBS News on March 31. In lab tests, it wiped out a whopping 999 out of 1,000 bacterial cellsMedieval garlic and bile salve kills MRSA superbug: Ancient miracle MRSA cure