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October 3, 2024
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Today is the 80th anniversary of the huge, costly, and ultimately successful allied D-Day land assault on Hitler’s Fortress Europe. Although mere words never can remotely capture what happened that fateful day in June 1944, I want to share a powerful experience that my dear late wife, Imogene, and I once had there on Omaha Beach.
One morning in July 1990, we stood on the 100-foot-high cliff overlooking Omaha Beach. Even with a week in Paris (our favorite city) and 10 days in our beloved Ireland ahead of us, we assumed this moment would be the emotional highpoint of this trip.
Do you have your tickets for Art Mingle? No?! There's no better time than right now to secure your spot at this artful fundraising event, set for May 31 at SNW Gallery and Union Hall, 328 Poyntz Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Art Mingle 2024: Poyntz of View, presented by Community First National Bank, promises to be a delightful evening in the HEART of downtown Manhattan. Your ticket includes savory and sweet food stations, libations, and lively music! This event benefits Meadowlark Memory Program.
Thank you, Manhattan! At the conclusion of a reconciliation process following an annual 24 hours of giving sponsored by Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, event organizers proudly announced three eye-opening numbers. The 12th annual Grow Green Match Day on April 22 attracted 7149 gifts to 91 non-profit organizations totaling $1,773,601.69!
Mark your calendars for Friday, May 31! Meadowlark Foundation’s art-related fundraiser is moving from Prairie Star Restaurant to a different venue with two new partnerships. Art Mingle: Poyntz of View, which benefits the Meadowlark Memory Program, begins at 6:30 p.m. at 328 Poyntz Ave. This location in the HEART of downtown Manhattan is home to SNW Gallery & Custom Frames and Union Hall, which are located inside the historic, 127-year-old Eames Building.
It’s time to revive a Messenger column that has been out of print since late 2017: Ask Sarah!
April is National Parkinson’s Awareness month, and April 11 is Parkinson’s Awareness Day. It is estimated that more than 10 million people worldwide live with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Ninety-thousand Americans are diagnosed with PD each year; this is up from the previous data of 60,000.
Have you ever had a favorite tree? I suspect that most people don’t give much thought to this idea. After all, trees just sort of stand there, but most of us do look forward to fall leaf colors. There are those limbs that break off in the wind and clutter our surroundings, and there’s always the fall season leaf drop. That’s when leaves from all over our block seem to be blown onto our lawn--and become our responsibility. Thank you, lawn crews!
I trust this Meadowlark Blog entry finds you all in good spirits and surrounded by the warmth of our vibrant community. This week's inspiration for our musings on patience and organization comes from a source close to my heart – my nine-year-old daughter, Murphy.
On Feb. 14 about 25 years ago, Meadowlark resident Marion Pelton, a retired professor of music at Kansas State University and longtime supporter of the arts, walked into the chief executive officer’s office with a rose and an envelope. According to then CEO Steve Shields, his first thought was that Pelton, a friend and mentor, was bringing him a Valentine’s Day remembrance, but when he opened the envelope, he found a signed check.
“What is this for?” Shields asked.
We can hear them vocalizing (some would say yelping) many evenings on the Meadowlark campus. We sometimes see their tracks here-or-there in mud or soft soil, or a tuft of either fur or feathers that makes us wonder if it’s a leftover from some coyote meal. We sometimes see them out in a field or pasture or racing across the highway in front of us. They work very hard at keeping their distance from humans. In spite of the mystique surrounding them, and the fact that they occur everywhere, coyotes (Canis latrans) present no direct danger to us.