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  • The Law of Guge Family Vacations

    By Sarah Duggan on June 8, 2017

    When I was seven-years-old, my parents took my younger sister, Holly, and I on our first summer family vacation. The destination was San Antonio, Texas and there are two things I remember well from...

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  • Let there be light!

    By Becky Fitzgerald on June 8, 2017

    Arriving home to Meadowlark Hills one night after flying into Manhattan’s airport, Anna Walsh, apt. 408, noticed something amiss as she looked toward the visitors’ entrance. Our American flag, which...

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  • Outdoor Encounters: June 1, 2017

    By Nathan Bolls on June 2, 2017

    For many years, beginning in the late 1700s, a young woman or man in the Northern Hemisphere, hoping to increase the magic of that special date, might have applied a drop of “smell-good” that most...

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  • Who’s Who in Clovia Award

    May 25, 2017

    Pauline (“Polly”) Wood Ferrell was selected to receive a “Who’s Who In Clovia” award at the 2017 Meeting of the National Association of Clovia on April 8, 2017 at Kansas State University in Manhattan...

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  • Back in the saddle, again

    By Sarah Duggan on May 25, 2017

    The past six weeks were filled with baby snuggles and cries punctuated with the occasional opportunity to sleep. Baby Eilish attended daycare with her sister for the first time on Monday; a...

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  • Grow Green Match Day 2017

    By Becky Fitzgerald on May 25, 2017

    During a 24-hour period in late April, 866 donors gave more than $400,000 to 51 local non-profit endowment funds. Local business leader and former Meadowlark Hills board member Phil Howe provided...

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  • Legacy Society Banquet

    By Becky Fitzgerald on May 18, 2017

    Five residents honored at 15th annual event In 2004, Sugarland, Texas, resident Don Rasmussen was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. His doctor at the time wasn’t optimistic. “I hope you have a...

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  • On the High Cost of Ruffled Feathers

    May 18, 2017

      Submitted by Helen Roser Though two hundred year old wine needs a cool, dark place, the now famous “world’s most expensive bottle of wine” was on display in a sunny window with a spotlight...

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  • Ask Sarah

    By Sarah Duggan on May 11, 2017

    I am wrapping up my fifth week of maternity leave with sweet baby Eilish. When Murphy was born nearly three years ago, I took the same amount of time off, six weeks, but the shock of sleep...

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  • Outdoor Adventure

    May 11, 2017

      Submitted by Sue Hunt I hope to hostess a lemonade, cookie party after a ride in the carts to the gazebo.  I will be able to identify some flowers and we will be able to spend one half hour in...

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