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Mak, his mom, Christina, and four- year- old sister, Ali, were among several hundred people who attended the festival at the Living Prairie Museum, Winnipeg's 12- hectare tall grass prairie preserve at 2795 Ness Ave. Youngsters made their own butterfly wings and could get a butterfly print on their shirts in addition to educational opportunities with guest speakers and displays from the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Monarch Teachers Network, the Assiniboine Park Zoo and Manitoba Conservation, among others. There were two large- screened areas inside the interpretive centre where people could watch butterflies flying around, sipping nectar from fruit and congregating on the screens. " This event is intended to teach people about the monarch biology, conservation, why it's so important to protect it, but the kids really like seeing the live monarchs," said Sarah Semmler, the education co- ordinator and museum entomologist. Semmler said the message needs to get out that habitats for monarchs and all butterflies need to be preserved and new ones created. " Monarchs have been steadily declining and over the past few years, it's been pretty dramatic," she said. " One of the biggest reasons for that is the lack of their host plants up through the United States ( when they are migrating)." In Manitoba, the monarch is one of 155 species of butterflies that have been found. But in 2003, Manitoba's list of species at risk included four butterfly species. The Ridings' Satyr butterfly has not been found in Manitoba since 1956. Megan O'Leary brought her daughter Zinnia, 7, whose interest in butterflies was sparked when her Grade 1 class created a butterfly garden at Tuxedo Park School. " I like seeing the butterflies. I learned ( at school) that you have to give them room for their wings and they have to dry their wings first ( when they are born)," Zinnia said. " They need plants to live, to eat." About 200 swamp milkweed plants were given away, one per family, at no charge to help families begin their own butterfly garden. Milkweed is the main food source for monarch butterfly caterpillars and it is where the monarch butterflies lay their eggs. " People were able to map their milkweed ( with a pin on a wall map) so we can see where these milkweed go so that we can make a map and see where there are habitats and see who is using our plants," Semmler said. " There's still enough time to get these plants in and they are perennial plants so over the winter they'll get those roots established and come back nice and thick." ashley. prest@ freepress. mb. ca L ISA Besser had no idea how thick the bush and forest are in urban Winnipeg until she began searching for her mother, Thelma Krull - day after day after day. " Until you go in there, you don't realize how dense and thick it is," Besser said Sunday, yet another day with no word on her mother's whereabouts. Krull, 57, was last seen in north Transcona the morning of July 11. She left her home in Harbourview South around 7: 30 a. m. that Saturday morning, intending to meet her husband at Canadian Tire at 10 a. m. Krull did not meet up with her husband, nor did she pick up a birthday cake for her grandson as scheduled. Both actions were uncharacteristic of the mother and grandmother, her family has said. So far, all that's been found are Krull's glasses, which were recovered near the Valley Gardens Community Centre. Police had nothing new to report Sunday afternoon, adding they are following up on " numerous tips from the public," but would not discuss the nature of any of those tips. Police have described Krull as Caucasian, 5- 4, 170 pounds. She has short dyedblond hair with a purple streak. " We are in contact with the police twice a day," Besser said. The family is aware the police are following up individual leads, she said: " There's not an actual ground search, going house to house to house." Besser said she has been searching for her mother throughout northeast Winnipeg. One moment, she can be in the middle of a city, the next she's into a thick forest, even near heavily- travelled thoroughfares such as Raleigh Street and Gateway Road. " We've looked everywhere we can. I've looked a lot of different areas - I'm kind of numb to it." Krull has been hiking and fast- walking for months, training for a trip in which she planned to follow the 75- kilometre West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island this summer, said her daughter. " It's five to seven days of hiking through the wilderness. She was going to do it with her older brother." Besser said Krull walks " very regularly... she would walk to work, eight kilometres. Sidewalks, trails, would have been her usual. Winnipeg has a lot of different paths and scenery." She said the events of this past week have led her to advise people not to go walking alone, and not to go out without letting people know where they are going. Her mother followed a lot of trails and paths throughout northeast Winnipeg, said Besser, but might have branched off somewhere she'd never been before. " She might have said, ' I heard about this from a co- worker, let's see what it's like.' " Besser said Krull has lots of wilderness hiking experience, having worked with Cub Scouts for many years, but had never undertaken anything as challenging as the West Coast Trail. The family is grateful for the support of volunteer searchers who continue to look for her mother, she said. " That's amazing, the support people are offering up... people from her work, people from the scouting community, total strangers." Krull's family organized a walk " to light the way home" for her Saturday on Concordia Avenue. Besser said in an interview Saturday the walk was symbolic of her family's unwavering hope. " It's something to keep the story in the forefront and let the public know we're staying positive," she said. Family, friends and strangers made the approximately 2.6- kilometre trek, carrying flashlights, lanterns and candles. The walk began behind Kildonan East Collegiate at 9: 30 p. m. and wound towards Concordia Avenue. It was not a search for Krull, but a way to keep people thinking about her, Besser said. " We want my mom home safe, and we're not going to stop until we find her," she said. " If somebody has her, please give her back." Police, search and rescue crews and the community at large have been searching for Krull by combing the areas around Harbourview South, North Kildonan and Valley Gardens. nick. martin@ freepress. mb. ca jessica. botelho- urbanski@ freepress. mb. ca By Nick Martin and Jessica Botelho- Urbanski Family of missing woman tries to stay positive ' We've looked everywhere we can' Thelma Krull PHOTOS BY MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Ava Colbourn, 7, paints a butterfly Sunday in the parking lot of the Living Prairie Museum during the ninth annual Monarch Butterfly Festival. Butterflies get star treatment at festival Habitats need to be protected: educator By Ashley Prest Gwyn Lewis, 6, watches bees buzz about Sunday at the Living Prairie Museum. B_ 01_ Jul- 20- 15_ FP_ 01. indd B1 7/ 19/ 15 10: 32: 42 PM ;