The principal reason we live at Meadowlark Hills is that they are accredited in management of Parkinson's disease. Don has PD and various therapies address the many symptoms. We credit them with...
Outdoor Encounters: Pebble & Pond
April 22, 2025
Blog
Submitted by Kay Shanks
If you are a resident who has just moved to Meadowlark Hills or moved to a new apartment or cottage on campus, you will need to re-register in order to vote in the upcoming election. Meadowlark Hills has the forms located at the Hospitality Desk and can assist you in getting this re-registration completed.
Please see Robin at the Hospitality Desk or give her a call at 323-3847, for necessary paperwork. Residents can also call Kay Shanks at 341-7981, for questions or concerns.
Submitted by Jayme Minton
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who attended the Mardi Gras Party! I had an amazing time dancing, celebrating and dining with all of you. Thank you to all of the residents who allowed us to close Prairie Star Restaurant for dinner so that we could make the event happen! The restaurant staff and our fantastic Executive Chef, John Gasser, prepared a beautiful and delicious meal.
For the lucky winners who found a baby in the King Cake served at the Cajun Buffet in the Community Room, please come find me to claim your prize!
The following lines are taken from one of the songs that Johnny Cash sings, on his CD album entitled Bitter Tears, in celebration of American Indians:
There are drums beyond the mountains,
Indian drums that you can’t hear.
There are drums beyond the mountains,
and they’re getting mighty near.
On Trying to Predict John Q. Public
Submitted by Helen Roser
Years ago, I took a course from a wonderful tough New York editor. It was called “Writing for Publication.” On the first day, she roared at the class: “I don’t ever want to hear anyone say this is a class for ‘creative writing.’ It is a course in how to write what gets published. Publishers are not in the business to save the world. They are in business to make money!” At that point, several women students, offended, got up and exited.
Culture Story Contest entries
It’s not too late to get your submissions in for the 2016 Culture Story Contest. You don’t have to be a seasoned writer to enter the contest and be in the running for a cash prize of $100 (third), $250 (second) or $500 (first)!
The purpose of this contest is to gather resident, family, staff and stakeholder’s stories that speak to the uniqueness of Meadowlark Hills and how person-directed care has changed their thoughts on what it means to age.
The new year has started off with a significant increase to our Good Samaritan Fund as a result of a successful Dollar-A-Day campaign. In early December, letters and donation cards were sent to nearly 600 Meadowlark Hills supporters, inviting one-time donations or regularly scheduled gifts to the Fund throughout 2016.
Last summer I had the opportunity to ask Kermit, the Muppet frog, about what frogs and toads do as winter approaches. He wasn’t much help.
For the four species of toads that may be found in NE Kansas, the issue is simple: they dig down and make a burrow in loose dry dirt, a rotting log, or perhaps in behind the exposed roots of a streamside tree. Once there, bodily processes slow down, and the animal rides out the winter.
Our 7th Annual Kansas Day Celebration was a grand success with ninety persons attending to honor 155 years of Kansas as a state. Music from The Haymakers welcomed everyone with a few toe tappin’, hand clappin’ tunes, with the audience singing along on “You Are My Sunshine.” Polly Ferrell shared some Kansas history and refreshed our knowledge about official state symbols. Special guest, Fred Atchison, was recognized for his poetic contributions about Kansas. Polly ready one of his best, “Foundation of the Prairie.” Music continued by The Haymakers to cap the evening.
On the Mystery of the Disappeared Meat Stew
Submitted by Helen Roser
Meat, during World War II, was consumed mostly by our troops, with smaller proportion for civilians. Thus it was that the most popular dish in the cafeterias for the Pentagon’s 40,000 workers was tasty, filling meat stew, with two crackers, for 15 cents.
Getting to the cafeteria before they ran out of meat stew was an incentive for an early lunch. A yummy bowl of meat stew, two crackers, and you were set.