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Time to Dress Up!

By Becky Fitzgerald on February 27, 2025

Are your home or office walls a bit … well, naked? Perhaps you’d like to replace a mass-produced piece with an original. SNW Gallery in the HEART of downtown Manhattan is ready to help turn voids...

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Meadowlark Lenten Lecture Series Invites Community Leaders to "Get Real"

By Rev. Melanie Nord on February 20, 2025

When I was young, I thought the season of Lent and Ash Wednesday was for Catholics. In fact, I knew little about either tradition until my second internship for my master’s program. My supervisor was...

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Middle Fork of the Salmon River

By John Walters on February 20, 2025

We camped at the mouth of Waterfall Creek, which comes down from the lakes we had hiked from. Jim fished for trout in the river, caught two 20-inchers, but it was only catch and release. Jim always...

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Ready to Mingle: Upcoming pARTy Offers Paintings, Experiences, & More!

By Becky Fitzgerald on February 13, 2025

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 March 7 at SNW Gallery and Union Hall, 328 Poyntz Ave...

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Backpacking with a Companion

By John Walters on February 13, 2025

In January of 1972, Jim Dix and I began plans for a backpacking trip in the summer of that year. He had grown up in Caldwell, Idaho, and wanted to hike in Idaho. During lunch one day we examined a...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on February 6, 2025

I treasure the first time I was motivated to look past the surface of a wild scene, to ponder the meanings, the fates, of the natural structures or wild organisms I was watching. It was the first...

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2025 Art Mingle: Gem of an Opportunity Benefits Meadowlark Memory Program

By Becky Fitzgerald on February 6, 2025

Mark your calendars! Meadowlark Foundation’s 7th art-related fundraiser is set for Friday, March 7. Art Mingle: Hidden Gems, which benefits Meadowlark Memory Program, returns to 328 Poyntz Ave. with...

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Meadowlark Foundation: Charitable Giving Propels Meadowlark's Funds, Programs, & Projects

By Becky Fitzgerald on January 30, 2025

Meadowlark Foundation provides opportunities for private giving to further the person-directed mission of Meadowlark, a local not-for-profit (501(c)3) organization enhancing senior lifestyles.

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In the Beginning

By John Walters on January 23, 2025

In January of 1970, in Bartlesville, Okla., I was happy and content with the way my life was going. I was married to the love of my life, we had four young children, I had graduated with my PhD and...

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Early Automobiles

By Howard Erickson on January 16, 2025

My mother and father, Conrad and Laurene Erickson, moved to Meadowlark from Autumn Wood, a retirement community in Lincoln, Neb., in 1997. They had moved to Lincoln from their farm near Wahoo, Neb....

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