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Outdoor Encounters: Pebble & Pond
April 22, 2025
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Submitted by Jo Lindly
The Meadowlark Hills Art Committee was started by an early resident of MLH. Marion Pelton, a retired professor of music at K-State University, gave a gift of money (to purchase art), her personal art collection and two grand pianos saying, “We need beauty around us at every age!” This was in year 2005. In 2006, with plans for remodeling a portion of the first floor (lobby thru offices on west), an Art Committee was formed.
Submitted by Don Rasmussen
As water temperatures drop in Bayer Pond, fish become less active and eat less. That is not to say that fishing is over, only that you will need to use enticing baits or lures and place them where the fish are (concentrated in deeper water).
When we reach freezing atmospheric temperatures we can no longer operate the worm farm. Also, as advised by the marine biologist we will discontinue feeding the fish in early November and resume in early March.
Submitted by Don & Bea Rasmussen
Participants in the Meadowlark Hills Parkinson’s Program accompanied Parkinson’s Program Leader, Michelle Haub, to St. Louis to attend “Partner’s in Parkinson’s” in association with Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
Helga, the six-week old baby hog, had a lot to say when Tracy Musselman pulled her from her cage at HOGtoberfest on Oct. 29. During the finale of the HOG & Kisses Contest, Helga’s squeals and grunts grew louder with each candidate I introduced, hogging the spotlight with her oinking and pretty, pink nose.
Submitted by Nathan Bolls
If you feel a yearning for “outdoors,” you must discern whether you want to spend time in a Wild that is of “photo-op” quality or in one that is biologically rich—one throbbing “pulse” that comes from an area of healthy biodiversity. These two conditions are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but many people drive past great biodiversity, e.g., the Flint Hills, to sites they deem worthy of towering picture postcards.
A waitlist is available for the Part D Prescription Open Enrollment. Please sign up in the Blue Book located at the Hospitality Desk before the waitlist gets too full. For any questions or concerns, please contact Rita Harsch, Financial Advisor, at (785) 323-3891 or by email rita.harsch@meadowlark.org.
Submitted by Charlie Hall
Those who have had gardens in the year of 2015, please indicate your needs for the next year. If you have the same needs as 2015 or additional needs, we ask for you to please describe them. Requests can be placed in Charlie Hall’s box (apt. 312) in the Game Room. Thanks!
Land of the Free & Home of the Brave
As the weather and the seasons change, I (and many others!) begin to look forward to upcoming holidays like Halloween (candy and costumes!), Thanksgiving (turkey and football!) and Christmas (carols and egg nog!) but let’s not forget in midst of all that a very important day for us to recognize is Veterans Day.
Submitted by Nathan Bolls
One of the great poets of ancient Persia, Khalil Gibran, once wrote:
“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am grateful to these teachers.”
Happy, the HOGtoberfest mascot, was busy last week, attending meetings with me and visiting participants in this year’s HOG & Kisses Contest. She did all she could to encourage the candidates to continue to raise support and awareness for Meadowlark Hills Foundation’s Good Samaritan Fund, leading up to HOGtoberfest on Thursday, Oct. 29, at Cox Bros. BBQ, 223 McCall Road.