I had always heard Meadowlark Hills is for older adults, but when I moved in, I found out Meadowlark Hills keeps us young.
Outdoor Encounters: Pebble & Pond
April 22, 2025
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Submitted by Jayme Minton, Support Services Director
The Prairie Star renovations are just around the corner! Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 21, and will last approximately six to seven weeks. During the entire length of the construction, Prairie Star dining room and the Manhattan Room will be closed.
Submitted by Velma Skidmore
Since mid-April when the Ruby-throated hummingbirds arrived in our neighborhood they are so fun to watch. So small they are! Their amazing tiny bodies and wings move so rapidly. A recent article in the September-October 2015 Audubon Magazine gives interesting information:
Meadowlark Hills Goes to Speedy PD!
Congratulations to Michelle Haub, Parkinson’s Program Leader at Meadowlark Hills, on another successful Speedy PD Race for Parkinson’s Disease! More than 700 people participated in our seventh annual event and the race raised over $60K in cash and in-kind donations to benefit the Meadowlark Hills Parkinson’s Program.
Let’s eat!
It’s a little known secret that there are not two, not three, but five dining options at Meadowlark Hills! I am of course talking about Prairie Star Restaurant which hosts three of our dining choices (dine in, carry out or delivery). The fourth is Verna Belle’s Cafe – a great place to pick up a specialty coffee or delicious breakfast burrito (the special on Wednesdays!) and the fifth is the Kansas Room Pub & Lounge.
Submitted by Nathan Bolls
It is important that visitors in our natural area record in the Gazebo Logbook whatever they see during their time spent there. It is especially important that they record any species, movement, habits or occurrences that they feel is unusual.
Mama & Daddy Gettin’ Outta Dodge!
Questions have slowed down lately in the Ask Sarah box – remember to submit your ponderings at the Hospitality Desk (or stop by my office, send a text, leave a voicemail or shoot over an e-mail) and I will find the answers, or lose my breath trying!
Outdoor Encounters
Submitted by Nathan Bolls
Because our typical lifestyle gradually has become more urban and more—and—more indoors, people have increasingly lost that sense of what to fear “in the wild.”
For our purposes, two or three easy rules will most always suffice. I know that my chances of being molested by deer, coyote, raccoon, skunk, opossum or leprechaun; by soaring bald eagle, gliding turkey vulture, or flapping heron; or of having a bat fly down and get tangled up in my hair (no snickers, please) are somewhere down there with winning the lottery.
The Speedy PD Race for Parkinson’s Disease is fast approaching and Team Meadowlark Hills is looking for more members! The half-mile fun run and walk, 5k run/walk and 10k run are set for the morning of Saturday, Aug. 29, at Tuttle Creek State Park.
The event is open to all interested participants with the purpose of raising funds for the Parkinson’s Program of Manhattan at Meadowlark Hills. Team Meadowlark Hills hopes to create the largest team to participate in this year’s event.
The Pot
You know that if residents don’t use their $150 credit during the month, then they lose it. But, where does the leftover money go?