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Setting New Records with Determination:15th Annual Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson's Disease

By Michelle Haub on September 1, 2023

Despite a light (and welcome!) rain shower during the recent Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson's Disease, nothing could wash away event organizers' excitement about the record number of registered...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on August 3, 2023

A recent article in Nature’s Voice, the newsletter of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), reminded me of the scientist and author, Rachel Carson, and her courageous landmark 1962 book...

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Crystal Clear: 15th Annual Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson's Disease

By Michelle Haub on July 27, 2023

The 15th Annual Speedy Pd Race for Parkinson’s disease, presented by Community First National Bank, begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at Tuttle Creek State Park. The common gift for a 15th...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on July 6, 2023

The sun shines, distant stars twinkle, and the moon glows. And the first astronauts, looking back at their home as they orbited our moon, were hushed as they stared at the celestial body from which...

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2023 Walk to End Alzheimer's: Sept. 30, 2023

By Sarah Duggan on June 29, 2023

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s for Manhattan, Kan., will be at Manhattan City Park on Saturday, Sept. 30. Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer’s...

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Fiesta to Remember: Time to Celebrate Growth Opportunities

By Michelle Haub on June 22, 2023

Presenting sponsor Central National Bank and Meadowlark Memory Program collaborated again this year with Rockin K’s for a day of amazing food, drink, conversation, and music. Rockin K’s will donate...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on June 1, 2023

I often hear someone say “What can I do?” when the topic swings around to the climate crisis we are facing. Some who utter these words are deadly serious in their intent. Others, not yet fully...

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Art Appreciation: WONDERful event boosts Memory Program

By Becky Fitzgerald on May 24, 2023

After an absence in 2022, Art Mingle, the primary fundraiser for Meadowlark Memory Program, returned to Meadowlark Foundation’s opportunities calendar this spring. Prairie Star Restaurant and Event...

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Thank You, Meadowlark Friends!

By Becky Fitzgerald on May 11, 2023

Hip! Hip! HOORAY!! The 11th annual Grow Green Match Day, hosted April 21 by Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, was Meadowlark Foundation’s best ever in terms of the number of contributions...

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Outdoor Encounters

By Nathan Bolls on May 4, 2023

For the past four months, this column has considered a problem of serious international scope: climate change. But other undesirable changes are afoot, e.g., the problem of unnatural, invasive, “...

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