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  • Outdoor Encounters

    October 22, 2015

    Submitted by Nathan Bolls One of the great poets of ancient Persia, Khalil Gibran, once wrote: “I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind...

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  • HOGtoberfest Update

    By Becky Fitzgerald on October 22, 2015

    Happy, the HOGtoberfest mascot, was busy last week, attending meetings with me and visiting participants in this year’s HOG & Kisses Contest. She did all she could to encourage the candidates to...

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  • Outdoor Encounters

    October 15, 2015

    Submitted by Nathan Bolls I once read, and filed away, a quote by artist Pablo Picasso. These words seem to have been spoke in frustration: “Everyone wants to understand painting. Why don’t they try...

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  • Red Hat Name Change—Fun is the Same

    October 15, 2015

    The Red Hat Society, a national women’s organization, started in 1988. In 2004, dues were paid so that Meadowlark Hills could establish a chapter, named Manhatters Red Hat. Monthly luncheons and...

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  • Spot a sign, win a prize ticket!

    By Becky Fitzgerald on October 8, 2015

    A local business has generously agreed to help Meadowlark Hills Foundation promote HOGtoberfest, which is set for Thursday, Oct. 29. The what, where, when and why pertaining to HOGtoberfest is...

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  • A Rural Sociology Project

    October 8, 2015

    If you lived for a significant portion of your life in a rural community in Riley or Pottawatomie County and are willing to be interviewed by a team of three to four K-State students about your...

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  • Ask Sarah

    By Sarah Duggan on October 8, 2015

    Beware of Scam! A couple weeks ago, I shared about the National Do No Call Registry. Since then, a few residents and neighbors have reported being contacted by scammers via telephone. Remember,...

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  • Outdoor Encounters

    October 8, 2015

    Submitted by Nathan Bolls I saw a yellowed leaf fall yesterday, just the barest ripple of the coming inevitable avalanche of change. Those of us who live with the seasons know the truth of the remark...

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  • Outdoor Encounters

    October 1, 2015

    Submitted by Sue Hunt When you pass by Leo Glen on the way to the pond, you will see a drift of yellow made by the many different type of sunflowers. Some of the common ones: the Maximilian’s stiff,...

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  • Hog Heaven

    By Becky Fitzgerald on October 1, 2015

    2nd annual HOGtoberfest to benefit Good Samaritan Fund Fiends of Meadowlark Hills have a fun and tasty opportunity to support the Meadowlark Hills Foundation’s Good Samaritan Fund when the doors to...

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