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Washington County ■ 262-306-5000 ■ 1-800-498-5655 ■ Fax: 262-338-5271 ■ CVC Audited ■ Retail ■ September 3, 2017 SERVING WEST BEND AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES POST POST WASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCULATION AUDIT BY New patients welcome! We accept most insurance plans! HOURS Monday: 9 am to 7pm Tuesday: 8am to 8pm Wednesday: 8am to 8pm Thursday: 7am to 8pm Friday: 8am to 4pm $99.00 New Patient Special Usually $253 (Savings $154) Comprehensive Exam and Full Mouth X-rays included. Just mention this ad! * Valid for new patients only. Cannot be combined with any other offers. Fees may vary, based on insurance. Our Mission is Sharing Smiles At Grand Avenue Dental Care, we follow our Sharing Smiles philosophy by providing personalized dental care to every person who walks through our door, creating a calm environment that puts our patients at ease, and by giving back to our community through various charitable efforts. 262-673-7826 1163 Grand Avenue Hartford, WI 53027 www.drpeterwilk.com We offer a variety of comprehensive dental services under one roof: • Family Dentistry • Orthodontics • IV Sedation Dentistry • Dentures • Implants • Endodontics • Whitening • Oral Surgery • Treatment of Sleep Apnea • Emergency Dentistry • Same Day Crowns! 7259 Sleepy Hollow Rd. West Bend, WI 53090 (262) 334-1906 W63 N127 Washington Ave. Cedarburg, WI 53012 (262) 377-1906 G ne Gardening G ne Gardening with Alison Henderson "I t happened by acci- d e n t , " C o l g a t e r e s i d e n t L i s a Hartlund said to me as she stared at 90 caterpillars crawling around on her dining room table. They were actually crawling around in Tupperware con- tainers on her dining room table and those Tupperware containers were covered w i t h f o o t i e n y l o n s . Nonetheless, this accident had turned into something of a rescue mission. These particular caterpil- lars were pre-Monarchs. Lisa first started learning about them when she noticed them crawling all over the milkweed she planted to replace some shrubs in her front yard. "I would lay on my porch and observe them," she said. "I spent the winter learning about what you can do with them." The monarch population has been in danger for a long time, reaching an all- time low in 2013, according to one report. When they become butterflies, they migrate to Mexico and back. But the trip is taxing and it's a tough road even before they take flight. Lisa estimated that they have a 3- to 5-percent survival rate on their own. She found out that people actu- ally raise them to help them survive, because as we know, pollinators make the world go 'round. The following summer, she Raising monarchs: the Hartlund butterfly rescue Continued on page 8 Lisa and Margaret hunt for some of the final eggs and larvae of the season.

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