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My Town GR South: Calvin professor receives grant to study ants' guts

Submitted by Christa Ferguson, My Town Administrator

Tuesday, September 9th, 2014, 6:00am

My Town GR South: Calvin professor receives grant to study ants' guts

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Calvin College)-- To a bacteria researcher like John Wertz, germ is a four-letter word. “I cannot stand the word germ,” said the Calvin biology professor, “because it suggests that all bacteria and viruses are bad.”

In fact, the vast majority of bacteria are good, he said: “We need them. We are much more at risk for disease when our bacteria are out of whack or we don’t have them.”

Wertz has spent his career studying “good” bacteria and was recently awarded $479,000 from the National Science Foundation as part of a $2 million grant to continue his research.

Wertz’s portion will be used to cultivate never-before-seen bacteria in the laboratory, a skill he honed while still a graduate student at Michigan State University.

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Submitted by Janet Mason, WZZM 13

Saturday, May 14th, 2011, 1:09pm

Urban Wildlife in Forest Hills – George and his Backyard Critters - Meet Baldy

Part 2 – Meet “Baldy”

I think one of the most beautiful birds is the male Northern Cardinal. Red is my favorite color, which is one reason why I can’t take my eyes off of cardinals. They also have those beautiful crests on top of their heads. Cardinals don’t migrate and keep their color all year round because they don’t molt into a dull plumage like the Gold Finch. This means the cardinals are still breathtaking in my snowy backyard all winter long. Don’t get me wrong, the females are also very pretty, but the males are stunning.

The other thing about male cardinals is they all look alike. The color of their feathers is the same. They all have the black masks around the eyes. They all have those distinctive crests.

Then one day my husband and I saw “Baldy”. He was unlike any cardinal we had ever seen. My husband first spotted him in early April. There was something seriously wrong w

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Submitted by Brent Ashcroft

Saturday, May 7th, 2011, 2:54pm

American Dairy Goat Convention coming to Cascade Township

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WZZM) - More than 500 members of the American Dairy Goat Association will be gathering in Cascade Township later this year for the "American Dairy Goat Convention."

The weeklong annual event will bring in hundreds of the top goats in the country, and will feature an auction of the top 20 goats.

The convention will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel from October 15-22.

For more information, click HERE to be taken directly to the American Dairy Goat Association website.

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