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Outdoor Encounters: The Meadowlark

By Nathan Bolls on August 31, 2022

One of the many discouraging facts of our time is that several authorities agree that of the number of birds present across our country in 1970, three-out-of-four of them no longer exist, an average...

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Partner in Paving: New Corporate Friend Supports Trail Project

By Becky Fitzgerald on August 10, 2022

Meadowlark Foundation’s loop trail project recently piqued the interest of Wamego Telecommunications Company, Inc., better known locally as WTC. Exhibiting a longtime philosophy of giving back to the...

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A Morning of Fun & Community: Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson's Disease Set for August

By Michelle Haub on July 28, 2022

Typically, when people think about Parkinson’s disease, they think about the tremor (shake), but this is only one part of the disease that affects a person’s life. Shuffling gait, depression, apathy...

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Outdoor Encounters: July 7, 2022

By Nathan Bolls on July 7, 2022

If human assumption is correct, one of the birds that blesses our lives (but seen here only infrequently) is totally unaware that its name and one of its primary personality traits were immortalized...

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Local Organizations Host Appreciation Events

By Sarah Duggan on June 27, 2022

Ascension Via Christi Hospital and Meadowlark invite all Manhattan-area healthcare professionals and their families to a free concert in the park on Saturday, Aug. 13. The concert will run from 6 to...

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Paving the Way Progress: Ribbon of Concrete Appears on Loop Trail

By Becky Fitzgerald on June 23, 2022

After years of mostly foot traffic created by two- and four-legged mammals, the ground east of Meadowlark Valley has been altered beginning last fall by the wheels of progress. The CenterPointe...

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Grow Green Match Day Total Grows Again

By Becky Fitzgerald on May 12, 2022

Meadowlark's Grow Green Match Day total received a boost earlier this week when Greater Manhattan Community Foundation recognized a gift planned for Meadowlark had been assigned on April 22's Match...

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Support for Meadowlark Trail

By Becky Fitzgerald on May 12, 2022

A few Meadowlark residents have approached Becky Fitzgerald, Development Director, in recent weeks, asking if the Foundation still is accepting donations toward Meadowlark's trail project. Their...

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A Whirlwind Trip

May 12, 2022

by Leo Lake An offer of a lifetime came to me to participate in an Honor Flight for veterans. Last fall, the Wamego School district presented a program here at Meadowlark about their Honor Flights....

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Outdoor Encounters: May 5, 2022

By Nathan Bolls on May 5, 2022

Among college students who elect to major in some aspect of the biological world, those who choose one of the fields within plant biology constitute a much smaller bunch than those who elect to study...

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