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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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Service with a Smile: Friendly Atmosphere Adds to Meadowlark Market Success

By Becky Fitzgerald on December 19, 2024

“Great sale. Good customer service.” “Everyone was sweet and helpful.” “The ladies there are very pleasant and helpful. Thanks!” “Friendly people!” It’s the holiday season – a time...

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'Tis the Season: Holiday Getaway features Texas' Christmas Capital

By Becky Fitzgerald on December 12, 2024

More than 1 million visitors are expected to visit Grapevine, Texas, (population 50,981) during its annual Christmas Capital of Texas celebration, and the Meadowlark Travelers were 38 of that number...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on December 5, 2024

Earlier this year, I attended the celebration-of-life service for an old friend. Hazel had died at age 103, but I first met her in 1943 when she was a young married woman and I was a 12-year-old...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on November 14, 2024

There once was a time when the order of my day included playing with my buddies, fighting with my sister (13 months younger), wishing mightily that this fourth year of grade school were over, doing a...

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Halloween Confessions

By Nancy Kopp on October 24, 2024

I have a confession to make. I don’t like Halloween, and I never have. Even as a kid in the Chicago suburbs, it was not a big deal for me. It was a day to get through. Oh, I participated in the...

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SUNsational CATCHERS: Meadowlark Parkinson's Program Member Creates Shimmering Beauties with Repurposed Items

By Becky Fitzgerald on October 10, 2024

Kelley Boland’s beaded designs are doing more than catching sunlight. They are catching much attention wherever they are displayed. Such was the case at August’s Empowered LIVE!, an annual event to...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on October 3, 2024

A recent late September hike along Meadowlark trails quickly confirmed the obvious: our campus biology is sliding full bore into fall—a wonderful time to be out, moving slowly, or sitting quietly,...

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