Halloween candy alternatives: cheap toys, non-candy prizes for Trick or Treat | Examiner.com

 Halloween is an ironic celebration: all year parents teach kids to eat healthy. They tell them not to take candy from strangers. Then on Trick or Treat, parents dress kids in costumes and tell them to beg for candy door to door! Then all that candy has to be sorted and half gets thrown away. Then kids eat too much sugar and get wild or sick. So, here are 50 Halloween candy alternatives and cheap non-candy Trick or Treat giveaways kids will love. Non-candy giveaways work for kids with ADHD, allergies, special needs or health conditions. Use these ideas for the classroom, scouting activities and Halloween party planning. These ideas will work for Trick or Treat handouts at libraries, banks, businesses, restaurants and any other places. These treats will be less messy and cost effective as well.  Halloween candy alternatives: cheap toys, non-candy prizes for Trick or Treat

Sweetest Day gifts: Romantic personalized presents outside the box and vase

Sweetest Day is the third Saturday in October: Oct. 17, in 2015. As always with holidays, the buzz is on the best gifts for sweethearts said Fox 6 Now on Oct. 15. Stores and advertisers would have you believe romantic gift-giving is about spending big. But remember, there's a lot of competition for your gift buck. The most romantic Sweetest Day gifts are personalized presents. Stores and vendors are ripe with advice about what your sweetie supposed wants. They're sure women want gifts of chocolates, cards and flowers. (Hint, they don't). This Sweetest Day, think outside the box, envelope and vase.Sweetest Day gifts: Romantic personalized presents outside the box and vase | Examiner.com

 

Volkswagon may drop VW CEO Martin Winterkorn in emissions test cheating scandal | Examiner.com

In a wave of trouble, VW may drop CEO Martin Winterkorn in the vehicle emissions test cheating scandal reported Reuters on September 22. Winterkorn, the head of Volkswagen AG, will be replaced after the beleaguered German automaker was found to have falsified emission tests in the United States. This could affect some 11 million cars worldwide. The Tagesspiegel newspaper quoted sources who said Volkswagen's supervisory board would decide Friday on whether to replace Winterkorn with Matthias Mueller, who heads the company's Porsche sports car business.Volkswagon may drop VW CEO Martin Winterkorn in emissions test cheating scandal | Examiner.com

 

United Airlines booted mad lady off plane for refusing to cage bad dog - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

 Like owner, like pet, the video caption could have read. United Airlines booted a mad lady off the plane for refusing to cage her bad dog. Fox News reported on August 17 that the little dog was barking and snarling at crew and so they called in their own "guard dogs" and evicted the angry woman, who was doing her own snarling and barking! A fellow passenger filmed TSA attendants telling the p-o'd passenger to get off and take her dog.  United Airlines booted mad lady off plane for refusing to cage bad dog - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

Lambert's Cafe sued for 'throwed rolls' injuries: Man hurt in thrown roll shtick

 A iconic restaurant in Sikeston, Missouri is being taken to court by a patron who claims he was hurt by a thrown roll. Lambert's Cafe bills itself at the "Home of the Throwed Rolls." That's throwed as in tossed: waitstaff lobs dinner rolls to patrons across the crowded restaurant. Patron Troy Tucker was hurt in Lambert's thrown roll stick. He says he got caught in the crossfire and took a roll to the eye. Tucker is suing Lambert's Cafe for his "throwed rolls" injuries, reported Tribune News Wire on August 13. He calls it careless and irresponsible of the restaurant to fling food at customers.   Lambert's Cafe sued for 'throwed rolls' injuries: Man hurt in thrown roll shtick - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

McDonald's Happy Meal Minions toys say WTF? Parents swear Minions curse at kids

Do McDonald's Happy Meal Minions toys say WTF? That's what some claim. And besides the F-bomb, parents swear Minions curse at kids in other ways, reported MSN July 9. The cute little vitamin-B shaped Minions are accused of muttering"Well, I'll be d**ned." Listen to the Minions video here at Youtube. What do you hear? Are Stuart and Dave really blurting obscenities at children?   McDonald's Happy Meal Minions toys say WTF? Parents swear Minions curse at kids - Grand Rapids News | Examiner.com

Patriotic salads, red white and blue vegetables, Memorial Day recipes - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com

 At Memorial Day or Fourth of July picnics, you can usually find patriotic cookies, flag cakes and red,white and blue fruit. But what about red white and blue vegetable? Here are patriotic salads recipes, RWB appetizers and American themed veggie trays.  Patriotic salads, red white and blue vegetables, Memorial Day recipes - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com