I had always heard Meadowlark Hills is for older adults, but when I moved in, I found out Meadowlark Hills keeps us young.
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Verna Belle’s Café has a wall designated for the display of art made by Meadowlark Hills residents. The Art Committee invites residents to showcase more of their personal art pieces that they have created on the walls at Verna Belle’s. The art pieces contributed do not just have to be a painting or drawing. Any kind of creative art piece can displayed such as photographs, quilt pieces, woodwork, metal work, sculptures, and pottery. Contact Harriette Janke at (785) 539-0865 if you have an item that you would like to add to the display.
Q: What is this Ice Bucket Challenge all about?
Great question. Some of you may have witnessed or assisted in several staff members participating in this challenge here on campus. Perhaps you saw our very own Lonnie Baker featured in the Manhattan Mercury participating in the challenge.
The 2014 Fall Osher Lifelong Learning catalog is now available at the Hospitality Desk and online at www.osher.ku.edu.
This program offers enrichment short courses and special events specially developed for folks 50 or older. It is going to be a great fall with five new courses and four new instructors.
Q: Which K-State football games are televised and will these be showing in the Game Room and Pub?
The 6th Annual Speedy PD Race for Parkinson’s Disease is drawing near and is shaping up to be the best year ever. Each year the race has grown from its original 100 runners to nearly 500 in 2013 and are easily on track to surpass that number of participants in 2014! There are many things that make Speedy PD a unique race such as cash prizes for overall winners, USA Track & Field Certified courses, fresh fruit, bbq, beer, massages, and a photo booth.
Q: What are those trees on the West side of the building that have just recently bloomed ?
Q: I hear we provide services to other organizations such as laundry and meals. Will you tell us more about this?
We do provide several services and maintain contracts with other organizations within the community. The primary services we provide are our food and beverage services and our laundry services. These services are important to the organization as they not only bring in extra resources but they also expose the community to our organization and the many wonderful things that we do.
The K-State Anthropology student who lived at Meadowlark Hills last semester, Jordan Thomas, has embarked on a new journey. Jordan and his companions set out from Atchison, Kanas to South America on bicycle earlier this summer. The following are portions of his online blog:
by Jordan Thomas
June 19, 2014