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GUIDEtoMANHATTAN
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
GUIDE TO MANHATTAN
A special publication of The Manhattan Mercury
GUIDE TO MANHATTAN
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Manhattan: Big-city vibe with small town charm

Twenty years ago, I moved
back to Manhattan and wrote a
column for The Mercury about
it. I had been away for a
decade, living for a time on
each coast, so I had a few
things to say from my new perspective.
Many of those things are
still true. I have moved out of
the area again for awhile, and
so I have a different perspective to offer, particularly for
those of you whove been
around awhile. (Keep in mind
Im still in town all the time for
work and stuff, so Im also an
old-timer its just that I lie
my head down elsewhere at
night so I observe a few new
things.)
First, Manhattan is spectacularly convenient.
Where I live now is in northwest Olathe, which is a darn
fine place. But to do anything,
youre talking about driving
20 minutes one way, minimum.
In Manhattan, you can get anywhere in about five. Well,
when the K-State students are
in town, you can occasionally
hit some traffic. But heres the
thing: We take for granted how
terrifically easy it is to get
around here.
Second, Manhattan has a
lot going on. You can get numb
to the cycle of it football season, McCain events, Fake Pat-
tys Day, maybe the Chambers

annual retreat, the Stampede,
and around again. From time
to time we get all worked up
about an election, and then its
back to same rotation. Right?
Its really a lot. Sure, the
Kansas City area has more,
but thats in a metro area 20
times bigger. And in KC, you
probably actually do a lot less
of it. Thats because getting to
those things takes an extra
hour you have to account for
travel and traffic and parking.
Thats a major impediment.
Third, theres something
really special about a onehigh-school town. For that
matter, theres something
pretty special about a college
town. Whats special is that
sense of unity, the feeling that
the community is really
together on something. In a
larger metro, that just doesnt
happen. Well, it happens
whenever the Royals or Chiefs
are really good, which seems
to be about once per generation. But its not the same as
everybody focusing on the
same thing, season after season.
Now, the downside of unity
is that some people get left
out. Sometimes we get blind to
our faults, and we get defensive about ourselves and our
institutions. We have the same
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faults as any other place
sometimes people drink too
much, lie, cheat, steal and
hurt each other. We can do
remarkably dumb stuff. By the
way, Ive long thought one of
the special jobs of a newspaper is to hold up a mirror to a
town like ours to let people
really see themselves, warts
and all. Thats what we do at
The Mercury, and since youre
reading this, I want to thank
you for supporting that concept.
Speaking of supporting us,
I ought to mention that I am
writing this column as an
introduction to our annual
Guide To Manhattan, our biggest ever. This is intended to
show you newcomer or old
hat everything you might
want to know about this corner of the world. We are doing
lots of new things at The Mercury to serve our readers and
advertisers apps, glossy
print magazines, print promotional material of any kind,
direct mail, digital marketing
expertise but this publication is once again proof that

both readers and advertisers
get a lot of mileage out of newsprint, delivered to the homes
of readers.
Back to the point I was making: Manhattan can get a little
provincial at times, too. In
Johnson County, you dont
hear much about a rivalry
between, say, Lenexa and
Overland Park. Sure, theres
the whole state border war,
stealing companies from one
side of the state line to shift
tax money around. But there
arent the little battles
between one town and another, or really even one county
against another.
In the Manhattan area,
theres been some progress
toward regionalism which
basically means cooperating
with Junction City and
Wamego but there are still
lingering rivalries. Theres
even some provincial conflicts within Riley County.
With the benefit of some distance, that just seems increasingly preposterous.
OK. Im trampling right
over the boundary into political commentary, and this is
not the place for that. Besides,
my critique comes from a
place of love, and Id like to
back up to the bigger point
again. Manhattans virtues far

outweigh its faults. It really
does have a terrific mix of
small-town familiarity and
metropolitan buzz. People
everywhere are looking for
that. I hope that we all appreciate it right here.
Having said that, I have
conflicting feelings about
where things go from there. On
the one hand, I wish we extended that and had even higher
standards for ourselves: Why
cant our kids have the best
test scores in the country?
Why cant our roads be in great
shape? And so forth. You
know: Why cant the Royals
win the World Series? Well,
they did.
On the other hand, theres
something endearing about
our self-deprecation, and I
hope we never lose that. In
Manhattan, we are somehow
affected by our legacy as a
town founded by a steamboat
that hit a sandbar 20 miles
from where it was really headed. Well, this is probably
good enough anyway, could
be a town motto. I kinda like
that; were not much for posers.
Come to think of it, Ive said
plenty. This is probably good
enough. Wouldnt want anyone to think Ive gotten too big
for my britches.
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Calendar: special events, music, stage & sports

Liquid Art Winery brings taste of Europe to Manhattan
Six decadent desserts to appease your taste buds
Your guide to local restaurants and dining

Find out about Flint Hills Discovery Center's newest exhibit.
Walking tour of K-State chronicles university's history
Lodging for everyone inns, camping & hotels

Manhattans park and trails map including facilities.
How to snag a tour of Tallgrass Brewing Co. this fall
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Take a stroll
K-State Gardens
Photos by Gabby Sullivan
The flower beds in front of the Visitor Center are made up of annuals,
so they last throughout the summer and need to be replanted every
year.
A cottontail kit peeks out from between flowers in the gardens annual collection.
One of K-State
Gardens goals
is to bring the
conservatory
back to life.
The
conservatory
was built in
1907 and
moved to its
current
location in
1978. While
plants are still
grown in the
conservatory,
it is closed to
the public until
restoration
can be done.
Lauren Walz, a K-State horticulture student, works to "deadhead"

the daylilies to divert the plants energy into creating new blooms.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ART EXHIBITS
Through Oct. 16, The Art of
Healing, Manhattan Arts Center.
This exhibit focuses on the healing nature of art. The artists who
have contributed work to this
exhibit have experienced or been
affected by healing through the
process of making art.
Through Dec. 18, Civil War Era
Drawings from the Becker Collection, Beach Museum of Art. The
Becker Archive in Boston contains
approximately 650 previously
undocumented drawings by
Joseph Becker and his colleagues,
who worked as artist-reporters
for Frank Leslies Illustrated

Newspaper. They observed, drew,
and sent back for publication
images of the Civil War, the construction of the railroads, the Chicago fire, and other important
events of nineteenth-century
American history.
Through May 2017, Stan Herd:
Cairns on the Beach, Beach Museum of Art. Inspired by the artists
encounter with stacked rock
sculptures in woods near Lake
Perry, Cairns on the Beach highlights the natural beauty of our
regions geology and pays homage to the long history of built
stone structures in Kansas.
Through May 14, 2017, 2016

Common Work of Art, Beach
Museum of Art. View Dendrochronological Data Sequences
by Andrzej Zieli_ski, the 2016
Common Work of Art chosen to
complement the K-States 2016
Common Book, Spare Parts by
Joshua Davis.
Oct. 2016, You Gotta Have Art:
Celebrating 20 Years, Beach
Museum of Art. To celebrate the
twentieth anniversary of its
opening, the museum is unveiling a new look for the permanent collection galleries. Drawing
on the twentieth anniversary celebration theme, You Gotta
Have Art, the galleries feature
works from a range of periods,
displayed together to highlight
particular themes and stimulate
dialogue.
Oct. 9, 20th Anniversary Celebration and Open House, 2 to 6 p.m.
at Beach Museum of Art.
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Elizabeth Grandma Layton:
You Gotta Have Art, Beach Museum of Art. The Beach Museum of
Arts twentieth anniversary
theme, You Gotta Have Art,
was inspired by the words
embroidered on caps worn by
Elizabeth Layton and her husband in many of her self-portraits. Her drawings examined
universal human experiences
such as aging, death, social injustice, and love through the lens of
her own life and body.
Tube sensation by performing

mashups of classical themes with
pop songs.
Oct. 27, 20th Anniversary Student Night at the Museum, 5:30

p.m. at Beach Museum of Art.
Sept. 23, An Evening with Pat

Metheny, 7:30 p.m. at McCain
Auditorium. With Antonio Sanchez, Linda Oh and Gwilym Simcock. He has won 20 Grammy
Awards in a variety of different
categories including Best Rock
Instrumental, Best Contemporary
Jazz Recording, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo and Best Instrumental Composition.
Nov. 7 through Dec. 24, Wrap

It Up Exhibit and Sale, Manhattan
Arts Center. Over 80 local and
regional artists will be displaying
their jewelry, ceramics, textiles,
woodworking, glass, photographs, prints, and watercolor,
oil, and acrylic paintings. Many
items are priced under $100.
Jan. 17, 2017, through May
14, 2017, Mapping the Early
Career of John Steuart Curry,
Beach Museum of Art. During the
late 1920s, artist John Steuart
Curry (1897-1946) gained national attention for his portrayals of
Kansas. This exhibition explores
Curry as a student and early professional through more than thirty drawings, paintings, and magazine illustrations.
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Sept. 20, The Piano Guys, 7:30
p.m. at McCain Auditorium. Hailing from Utah, ThePianoGuys are
four dads who became a You-
Sept. 30, The Oak Ridge Boys,

7:30 p.m. at McCain Auditorium.
The four-part harmonies and
upbeat songs have spawned dozens of country hits and a number
one pop smash, earning them
Grammy, Dove, CMA and ACM
awards. The Oaks bring four
decades of charted singles and 50
years of tradition.
Oct. 7, The Capitol Steps: What
to Expect When Youre Electing,
A troupe of current and former
congressional staffers who monitor events and personalities on
Capitol Hill, in the Oval Office,
and in other centers of power
and prestige around the world
and then take a humorous look
at serious issues.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Oct. 16, Julie Fowlis: Music of
the Scottish Isles, 4 p.m. at
McCain Auditorium. Fowlis is a
multi-award winning Gaelic
singer who sang the theme song
to Brave, Disney Pixars Oscar,
Golden Globe and BAFTA winning animated film, set in the
ancient highlands of Scotland.
Oct. 20, Sgt. Peppers Lonely
Hearts Club Band - Art of Time
Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. at McCain
Auditorium. Steven Page
(founder and former lead of the
Barenaked Ladies) and Wesley
Stace (AKA John Wesley Harding) join singers Andy Maize
(Skydiggers) and Craig Northey
(The Odds) in a reimagining of
the Beatles groundbreaking
album.
Oct. 23, Straight No Chaser,
The tour comes to town in celebration of the male a cappella
groups 20th anniversary
together.
Oct. 27, The Havana Cuba AllStars: Cuban Nights, 7:30 p.m. at
McCain Auditorium. Cubas
most prominent musicians share
their rich musical heritage, from
the Rumba to the Cha-Cha-Cha
to the Habanera. The tour is the
groups debut U.S. tour and celebrates the new open friendship
between the United States and
Cuba.
Try a
Oct. 30, Lyle Lovett and Robert

Earl Keen, 7:30 p.m. at McCain
Auditorium. Two Texas Iconic
songwriters share the stage, stories, and songs.
Nov. 4, Cyrus Chestnut, 7 and
9:30 p.m. at Wareham Opera
House. Robust and soulful jazz
pianist swings gospel to bebop.
Nov. 14, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Choir, 7:30
p.m. at McCain Auditorium. Celebrated South African choir interprets African and Western repertoire.
Nov. 17, Chef Robert Irvine Live,
The Food Network stars multimedia and multisensory event
features never before seen interviews, cooking challenges, question and answer, and audience
participation.
Nov. 30, Annie, 7 p.m. at
McCain Auditorium. Directed by
original lyricist and director Martin Charnin and choreographed
by Liza Gennaro, this production
of Annie will be a brand new
incarnation of the iconic original.
Dec. 2, The Ten Tenors: Home for
the Holidays, 7:30 p.m. at McCain
Auditorium. One of Australias
most successful touring groups of
all time.
New Style
Dec. 8, Brian Regan, 7:30 p.m. at

McCain Auditorium. Without ever
being raunchy, Brian Regan has
distinguished himself as one of
the premier comedians in the
country.
Dec. 18, Melissa Etheridge, 7:30
p.m. at McCain Auditorium. Rock
and roll icon performs all her hits
and holiday classics.
Jan. 19, 2017, Air Supply, 7:30
p.m. at McCain Auditorium. The
albums Lost in Love, The One
That You Love, Now & Forever, and The Greatest Hits sold
in excess of 20 million copies.
Jan. 24, 2017, Mamma Mia!,
The hit musical based on the
songs of ABBA.
Jan. 28, 2017, Cinderella, Russian National Ballet Theatre, 7:30
p.m. at McCain Auditorium. Rags
to riches fairytale of the virtuous
servant girl capturing the heart of
a prince.
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Jan. 30, 2017, Odd Squad LIVE!,

6 p.m. at McCain Auditorium.
Action-packed, laugh-out-loud
adventure where kids get to participate in solving a seriously
strange case. 2016 Daytime Emmy
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Feb. 6, 2017, Pippin, 7:30 p.m. at
McCain Auditorium. The high-flying, death-defying hit musical
with songs from the composer of
Wicked. Winner of four 2013
Tony Awards including Best
Musical Revival. May be inappropriate for children 8 and under.
Feb. 16, 2017, Tower of Power,
For close to 50 years, Tower of
Power has been creating their
own kind of soul music.
Feb. 26, 2017, Shadowland by
Pilobolus, 7:30 p.m. at McCain
Auditorium. Created by famed
dance company Pilobolus, Shadowland is a first-of-its-kind performance combining legendary
modern dance with high-energy,
fast-paced multimedia, merging
front-of-screen choreography
with projected images and moving screens of different sizes and
shapes.
p.m. at Wareham Opera House.

Grammy-winning bluegrass
singer Kathy Mattea and her
longtime collaborator, guitarist
Bill Cooley, share one of Nashvilles most musically rich partnerships.
March 9-12, 2017, The Magic
Flute (Opera), 7:30 p.m. at
McCain Auditorium. Mozarts
last opera is set in a mythical
land between the sun and the
moon. In this amusing tale, the
young and sensible Prince Tamino travels to the castle of the
Sarastro to save Pamina.
March 11, 2017, Dervish, 7 and
9:30 p.m. at Wareham Opera
House. Celebrate Fake Paddys
Day with magical music from
Ireland.
March 14, 2017, Shaolin Warriors, 7:30 p.m. at McCain Auditorium. Remarkable skill, stunning movement and death-deMarch
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March 31-April 1, 2017,

Spring Dance 17, 7:30 p.m. at
McCain Auditorium. Celebrate
the arrival of spring with
K-State Dance through a showcase of exciting dance styles,
including jazz, tap, modern,
ballet and African dance.
K-State students will perform
original pieces choreographed
by faculty.
April 2, 2017, Mnozil Brass, 4
p.m. at McCain Auditorium.
Internationally-acclaimed brass
gods of musical mischief, mayhem and wit.
April 27, 2017, STOMP, 7:30

p.m. at McCain Auditorium.
Dance, music and theatrical performance blended together in
one electrifying rhythm.
tin, Texas, has produced eight

studio albums, the latest Long
Night Moon followed up Good
Luck and True Love, which
received a Grammy nomination.
May 8, 2017, 42nd Street,

The quintessential backstage
musical comedy classic. Story of a
starry-eyed young dancer named
Peggy Sawyer who leaves her
Allentown home and comes to
New York to audition for the
new Broadway musical Pretty
Lady.
Oct. 28, Front Country, 7:30 p.m.

at Manhattan Arts Center. Californias powerhouse progressive
bluegrass band.
May 14, 2017, Neil Bergs 100

Years of Broadway, 7:30 p.m. at
McCain Auditorium. Musical
revue of Broadways most celebrated shows features five
Broadway stars accompanied by
an all-star New York band.
April 7, 2017, Trojan War: Our

Warrior Chorus, 7:30 p.m. at
McCain Auditorium. Classic
myths of ancient Greece and
Rome set against the narratives
of modern war.
April 22, 2017, Bobby McFerrin, 7:30 p.m. at McCain Auditorium. His dazzling musical diversity and astonishing creativity
will make you happy.
MUSIC
Oct. 8, Reckless Kelly, 8:15 p.m.
at The Hat. Band rooted in Aus-
Nov. 4, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley,

7:30 p.m. at Manhattan Arts Center. Rob Ickes is a longtime,
well-established instrumental
giant, and Trey Hensley is newly
arrived in Music City, bursting
with talent both as a vocalist and
guitarist.
Nov. 4, Restless Heart, 8:15 p.m.
at The Hat. Band celebrated its
30th anniversary in 2013 and has
hits such as Ill Still Be Loving
You.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Nov. 10, Josh Abbott Band, 8
p.m. at The Hat. A regular performer at various local venues,
the band has deep roots in Texas
red dirt country.
Nov. 26, Mark Chesnutt, 8:15
p.m. at The Hat. Chesnutt
released his 15th studio album,
Tradition Lives, with traditional
country and honky-tonk sounds.
Twenty No. 1 hits include Too
Cold at Home and Brother
Jukebox.
Dec. 3, Cody Canada & The
Departed, 8:15 p.m. at The Hat.
Southern rock, dustbowl country
and roadhouse roots music that
celebrate the ups and downs of
life.
Dec. 16, Smokey & The Mirror,
7:30 p.m. at Manhattan Arts Center. Husband and wife Bryan and
Bernice Hembree blend bluegrass, early rock & roll, country
and R&B.
Jan. 20, 2017, Luke WinslowKing, 7:30 p.m. at Manhattan

Arts Center. His work is an eclectic mix that combines Mississippi
delta blues, folk music, traditional jazz, and roots rock & roll.
Feb. 11, 2017, Molly Tuttle
Band, 7:30 p.m. at Manhattan
Arts Center. A virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and award winning
songwriter with a distinctive
voice.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sept. 24 through Jan. 8, 2017,
Going Home: Hidden Histories of
the Flint Hills, Flint Hills Discovery
Center. Explore the histories of
seven Flint Hills, Kansas, towns
including Bodarc, Broughton,
Cedar Point, Chalk, Maple City,
Volland, and Big John Creek Village, the Kansas home of the
Kaw Nation. Kids will have a special area dedicated to exploring
how Kansas kids of the past
played and learned.
Oct. 1, Little Apple Brewery

Oktoberfest, 4 to 9 p.m. at Little
Apple Brewing Company. Get a
2016 Labco Oktoberfest glass,
and a punch-hole ticket for beer
and German food. Limited
amount of Oktoberfest pint
glasses distributed first-come,
first-serve. Contests include
Stein hoisting contest (How
long can you hold a 1 liter stein
of beer without spilling any
beer?), 4-person 100-yard Stein
Relay (Team with quickest time
and least-spilled beer wins) and
Barrel Rolling (Roll 40-pound
wooden keg 50 yards).
Oct. 21, Trick-or-Treat in Aggieville, 3 to 5:30 p.m. Children of all
ages are invited to trick-or-treat
around the business district in
their creative and spooky costumes.
Oct. 21, Kansas State University
Homecoming Parade, 5 p.m. Pep
rally immediately following the
parade at the Larry Norvell Band
Shell in City Park.
You have a
Nov. 11-13, Parade of Homes, 5

to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Tour new homes and residential
areas around Manhattan. Start
your tour at any of the listed
homes on the Parade. Flint Hills
Builders website contains parade
routes and tour homes.
Nov. 25, Festival of Lights celebration, 7 to 11 p.m. at Blue
Earth Plaza. Celebration of the
season with tree lighting of the
tallest tree in Kansas and horsedrawn carriage rides. Free family-friendly event and free parking on site or Manhattan Conference Center parking garage.
Dec. 31, Little Apple New Years
Eve, 10:30 p.m. in Aggieville Business District. Celebrate with
thousands of friends to ring in
the New Year with music, fireworks and traditional countdown
apple drop. Kid-friendly area
hosted in Varsity Donuts.
choice

14, 2017, To My Plate and
Beyond, Flint Hills Discovery
Center. Explore the world of
healthy eating with Max &
Munch. Seven-year-old Max is
studying the USDAs simple plan
for healthy eating, MyPlate,
and it turns into a real adventure for him and his best pal
Munch. This exhibit will provide
opportunities to experience
hands-on benefits of healthy
eating habits.
14, 2017, Maize, Flint Hills Discovery Center. Explore the science of how maize has evolved
over thousands of years to
become one of the most significant crops and discover why it
continues to surprise today
through graphics, hands-on
interactives and more.
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Sept. 21, K-State womens
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Sept. 23, K-State womens soccer

vs. Oral Roberts, 7 p.m. at K-State
Soccer Complex
Sept. 24, K-State football vs.
Missouri State, 6:10 p.m. at Bill
Snyder Family Stadium
Sept. 30, K-State womens soccer

vs. UMKC, 7 p.m. at K-State
Soccer Complex
Nov. 15, K-State mens

basketball vs. Nebraska-Omaha,
Bramlage Coliseum
Oct. 1, K-State womens

volleyball vs. Texas, 7 p.m. at
Ahearn Field House
Nov. 16, K-State womens

volleyball vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m. at
Ahearn Field House
Oct. 8, K-State football vs. Texas

Tech, Bill Snyder Family Stadium

basketball vs. Hampton,
Bramlage Coliseum

volleyball vs. TCU, Ahearn Field
House
Sept. 25, K-State womens soccer Oct. 22, K-State football vs.
vs. South Dakota, 1 p.m. at K-State Texas, Bill Snyder Family Stadium
Soccer Complex
volleyball vs. West Virginia,
Ahearn Field House
Oct. 29, K-State mens basketball
vs. Pittsburg State, Bramlage
Coliseum
volleyball vs. Baylor, 7 p.m. at
Ahearn Field House
volleyball vs. Kansas, 7 p.m. at
Ahearn Field House
Nov. 4, K-State mens basketball
vs. Washburn, Bramlage Coliseum
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basketball vs. Western Illinois,
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basketball vs. Chicago State,
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basketball vs. Robert Morris,
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Coliseum
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Sept. 29 through Oct. 2 and
Oct. 6-9, The Glass Menagerie,
Purple Masque Theatre in West
Stadium. Amanda Wingfield is a
faded, tragic remnant of Southern
gentility who lives in poverty in a
St. Louis apartment with her son,
Tom, and daughter, Laura. Amanda struggles to give meaning and
direction to her life and to the
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seedy Oklahoma City motel room,
the play centers on the meeting
between Agnes, a divorced waitress with a fondness for cocaine
and isolation, and Peter, a
soft-spoken Gulf War drifter.
tion of leaving their New England

Arts Center. A musical thriller,
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Jan. 14, 2017, Missoula Childrens Theatre: The Tortoise vs.
the Hare, 3 and 7 p.m. at Manhattan Arts Center. Missoula Childrens Theatres traveling directors will hold auditions and cast
up to 65 local students in grades
K-12 to perform. Not all children
will be cast. No pre-registration

required; interested children can
arrive no later than 4 p.m. Jan. 9,
2017, for open auditions.
Feb. 2-4 and 9-12, Love and
Information, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2-4
and 9-11 and 2:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at
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Feb. 24-26 and March 3-5, The
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Manhattan Arts Center. The hilarious dilemma of a young architect who is visited by Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has
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Spamalot is a highly irreverent
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Theresa Bedell is a successful
reporter in New York who loves
her work and the life she has
crafted. A relationship with a man
would complete the picture and
so she agrees to go on a blind
date. Tony appears to be attractive and funny, but Theresa isnt
sure, and after a second date shes
convinced they have nothing in
common and sees no point in continuing the relationship. Tony,
though, thinks otherwise.
April 20-22 and 28-30, Unity
(1918), 7:30 p.m. April 20-22, 28
and 29 at Mark A. Chapman Theatre in Nichols Hall and 2:30 p.m.
April 30 at McCain Auditorium. In
the fall of 1918, a world ravaged
by four years of war was suddenly
hit by a mysterious and deadly
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the dreaded illness begins to fill
the town of Unity with paranoia,
drastic measures are taken: quarantine.
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Liquid Art Winery brings taste of Europe to Manhattan

Emily Porter
Contributing writer
Danielle and David Tegtmeier of Liquid Art Winery and Estate have been in
the grape business for years.
Before opening their vineyard, event
center and wine tasting area, they both
attended K-State, where Danielle graduated with a degree in marketing. She
then moved to California to work for a
wine company.
David studied abroad in France
while at K-State, then transferred to
Fresno State University in California
got his degree in enology, the study of
wine. He realized after his time in
France that the soil there is nearly identical to the soil in Manhattan.
While they started their vineyard last
year, they marked the official opening of
the event center and wine-tasting area
in July.
We wanted to do it a little bit different, to go above and beyond what has
Courtesy Photo
Kimberly and Cory Friedli were married at

Liquid Art Winerys Oak Grove Amphitheater on July 9. The winery held 19 events
for 2016 and have more scheduled for
2017.
ever been done in Kansas, David said.

Were doing it the way a winery is supposed to be done, doing it a little bit bigger, focusing on different variety of
grapes.
The event center came about when
the couple saw a need in the area that
was not being addressed, though it was
always part of their plan to include it.
We saw the demand in the city and
the outskirts for somewhere that can
hold over 200 people, Danielle said.
Filling that need came at a cost to the
couple, though. For eight months, they
traveled from their old home in Colorado every weekend to work with Riley
County on rezoning the area to increase
the capacity to 375.
In September of 2014, they received
the news they had been hoping for to
make Davids teenage dream a reality.
That was huge for us, Danielle said.
Its not only word of mouth, but its
another avenue to have our wine
poured.
The paperwork was not the end of the
line, however. Next came construction
in fall 2015, and on a tight timeline.
Before the building design was even
finalized, the Tegtmeiers booked a wedding for April 2016.
The duo hired an architect to design
the building but scratched the plans
right before construction. They then did
as much of the work as they could themselves, including assembling the bar
and tables, and staining and reworking
an upright piano from 1891 to become
both a functioning musical instrument
and a hard cider tap.
In the end, everything was completed
for that first April wedding, after months
Staff photo by Gabby Sullivan
Liquid Arts tasting room offers seven

varieties of wine and as well as hard cider.
of 16- to 18-hour days.
Dont get me wrong, we were installing doorknobs the morning of the wedding, but we got it all done, Danielle
said.
The Tegtmeiers arent stopping now
that the building is finished. Fall harvest of the grapes will be going throughout the next few weeks, plus work on
expanding the winery. Currently, they
own 160 acres, but they intend to plant
just 50-60. David is working to establish
satellite grapevines throughout the
state, as Kansas weather is a little dif-
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When it hails there, its once a year
and its itty-bitty, David said. Here, it
hails a lot, and its golf ball to baseball
sized. Instead of putting all our eggs into
having it all on this one site, our bigger
focus is to get lots of vineyards all over
the state, so Im looking for farmers that
want to plant grapevines, and Ill basically act as a consultant.
The winery would then buy the
grapes.
The Tegtmeiers are also looking to
increase their production by adding a
barrel and case storage in the next five
years. David would like to be producing
five times what they have now, which
would be 150-200 tons of grapes.
Currently, Liquid Art sells seven
types of wine, and each bottle is handdipped in wax. The Tegtmeiers also have
hard ciders available for tasting. There
are no plans to sell in liquor stores, at
least for the first year.
Tasting hours are noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m.
Sunday. Hours are expected in the near
future for Wednesday and Thursday
nights, too.
Were excited to bring this to town,
Danielle said. There is not a better
town to do it in. The support that we get
from Manhattan is crazy, and we are so
grateful.
Liquid Art Winery and Estate

1745 Wildcat Creek Road
Open noon to 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
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A few different species of penstemon, commonly known as

beardtongue, can be found on the Konza Prairie, south of Manhattan off McDowell Creek Road. These plants typically bloom
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September 26, 2016
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The first floor of Azul Mexican Rooftop Bar and Grill,
1116 Moro St., is like being at a
beachfront restaurant, but
one at a Wildcat beach. Strings
of blue lights line the restaurant and illuminate the wavy,
metal sheet underneath the
bar. Purple walls and a signed
basketball next to one of the
televisions make sure the university is not far from thought.
Tall tables and chairs and
booths are available with
paper-covered tabletops.
Patrons are encouraged to
draw on the paper while waiting for their food. Our table
only had one black crayon for
two to share. The other tables
had similar basic colors, like
brown and sand, so we didnt
feel much incentive to go snag
them.
The first time I tried to go,
Azul was closed. It was during
the restaurants posted hours
of operation, but the doors
were locked and the closed
sign displayed. Nothing on
social media gave any indication that Azul should have
been closed for lunch. I
checked several times

between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.,
hours designated for lunch,
but it was never open.
When we went the second
time for dinner, we walked in
and a man behind the bar told
us to sit anywhere. After a few
minutes, a different waiter
brought us menus. The menu
not only had typos, it was also a
bit confusing. There were
banners that said lunch and
dinner above certain items,
but it was not clear if we had to
order from the designated
sections or if was just encouraged.
The service was fine but a
little slow. Our waiter was
friendly and periodically
checked in to make sure we
were still doing OK.
This restaurant is different
than most Mexican restaurants Ive been to because
chips and salsa are not free. It
is $3 for a bowl of each.
It was 20 minutes before my
companion and I received our
two dinners. We ordered the
enchilada dinner, consisting
of three enchiladas in house
souce along with rice and
refried beans, as well as the
stuffed avocado with identi-
Azul Mexican
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cal sides. When we received

them, the meals were on hot
plates, but the food was lukewarm. By the time I got to the
third enchilada, it was soggy
and cold all the way through.
The stuffed avocado was
good; it was cheesy and overflowing with toppings. The
rice and beans did not add
much to either meal, as they
were not seasoned, and both
had similar texture. The
enchilada dinner was $9,
while the stuffed avocado was
$11.
Overall, the lack of professionalism was evident. Giving
no reason for being closed
during regular business
hours, not caring about typos
in the menu and slow service
were not inviting aspects for a
return visit.
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Sweet tooth | Six decadent desserts to find in Manhattan

Timothy Everson
Contributing writer
Coco Bolos
The variety of places to eat

in Manhattan brings a diverse
selection of desserts. With
some original and others spins
on old favorites, here are some
of the best desserts at a few
local restaurants.
Coco Bolos take on the

Bananas Foster. Its vanilla
ice cream topped with bananas sauted in brown sugar,
butter, cinnamon and roasted
pecans. Then they add some
dark rum to top it all off.
4 Olives
Chocolate Torte, $9
If youre looking for something rich and decadent after a

night out, 4 Olives offers a
flourless dark Belgium chocolate Italian cake topped with
whipped cream and fresh
sauce made with pured and
strained raspberries.
Coco Bananas, $6.49
Hibachi Hut
Bread Pudding, Single $2,

Family $5
This dessert is a local classic. Sweet, slightly chewy
bread covered in a buttery
whiskey sauce sold in either
single or family-sized portions.
Powercat Sports Grill
Skillet Apple Cobbler, $5.99

A take on an old Southern
favorite. Fresh apples cooked
with cinnamon and butter
topped with a homemade lattice crust. You can add a scoop
of vanilla ice cream
Mr. K 's
The Original Cookie Bake, $3.99

Something simple and
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Two slightly doughy chocolate chip cookies topped with
vanilla ice cream, whipped
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Harry's
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A time-honored classic at a
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Vanilla bean cheesecake
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4 Cakes
121 S 4th St. Suite 108
(785) 341-0138
Bakery
Arrow Coffee Co.

1800 Claflin Road
(913) 708-0890
Coffee, sandwiches
Bellas Italian Restaurant

3033 Anderson Ave.
(785) 320-6707
Italian
4 Olives Wine Bar

121 S. Fourth St.
(785) 539-1295
Wine bar
Azul Mexican Rooftop

Bar and Grill
1116 Moro St.
(785) 341-5975
Mexican
Bi Bim Bap
702 W. 11th St.
(785) 537-2888
Japanese/Korean
AJs NY Pizza (2)

301 Poyntz Ave.
(785) 587-0700
611 N. 11th St.
(785) 320-7887
Pizza
Applebees
100 Manhattan Town
Center
(785) 537-0408
Bar and grill
Arbys (2)
326 Southwind Place
(785) 537-3436
405 McCall Road
(785)537-0990
Fast food
Boulevard Grill
530 Richards Drive
(785) 539-5311
Bar and grill
Bourbon & Baker
312 Poyntz Ave.
(785) 320-4959
Southern
Big Ds Burger Shack

2024 Tuttle Creek Blvd.
(785) 410-4991
Burger
Baan Thai
1620 Ft. Riley Blvd.
(785) 320-5990
Thai
Bobby Ts Grill & Bar

3240 Kimball Ave.
(785) 537-8383
Bar and grill
Brew Crew Drive-thru

490 McCall Road
Bluemont Buffet
Second Floor, K-State Union (785) 320-2877
Coffee
(785) 532-6068
Buffet
Buffalo Wild Wings
1231 Moro St.
Bluestem Bistro
(785) 323-9464
1219 Moro St.
Sports bar
(785) 587-8888
THE Bakery
Derby Dining Center,
K-State
(785) 532-7023
Bamboo Buffet
2304 Stagg Hill Road
(785) 539-8299
Chinese
Caf, bakery
Burger King (2)

1328 Laramie St.
(785) 537-1045
401 McCall Road
(785) 537-5170
Fast food
Bobs Diner
1103 N. Third St.
(785) 537-7776
Breakfast
Baskin Robbins
320 N. Third St.
(785) 537-3136
Ice cream
Caribou Coffee
Inside Hy-Vee, 601 Third Pl.
(785) 587-8609
Coffee
Carlos OKellys
(785) 537-4688
Mexican
The Chef
111 S. Fourth St.
(785) 537-6843
Breakfast/lunch
Chens Chinese
Restaurant
1304 Westloop Place
(785) 539-8888
Chinese
Chick-Fil-A (2)
(785) 537-2130
K-State Student Union
(785) 532-6580
Chicken
Chilis
213 Ft. Riley Blvd.
(785) 537-1250
Bar and grill
Chipotle
606 N. Manhattan Ave.
(785) 587-8029
Mexican
CoCo Bolos
1227 Bluemont Ave.
(785) 537-4700
Mexican/fusion
Colberts
5200 Colbert Hills Drive
(785) 776-6475
Bar and grill
CornerStone Coffee &
Bakery
2002 Tunstall Circle, Bldg. 5
Jardine Apartments, K-State
(785) 532-1326
Coffee, bakery
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Cox Bros BBQ
223 McCall Road
(785) 539-0770
Barbecue
Dennys
(785) 587-5219
Breakfast
El Tapatio
2605 Stagg Hill Road
(785) 539-7272
Mexican
Green Tea Sushi

1120 Laramie St.
(785) 539-9888
Japanese, sushi bar
Houlihans
1641 Anderson Ave.
(785) 776-5909
American
Cozy Inn Burger

1109 Moro St.
(785) 320-7766
Burgers
Dominos
(785) 776-7788
Pizza
Famous Daves BBQ

910 Commons Place
(785) 537-2401
Barbecue
Harrys
418 Poyntz Ave.
(785) 537-1300
Special occasion/American
HuHot Mongolian Grill

100 Manhattan Town
Center
(785) 320-7320
Mongolian buffet
Dairy Queen (2)

3116 Anderson Ave.
(785) 539-5389
1015 N. Third St.
(785) 776-4117
Ice cream, fast food
Dancing Ganesha
712 Manhattan Ave.
(785) 323-7465
Indian
Daylight Donuts
520 S. 5th St.
(785) 320-7733
Donuts
della Voce
405 Poyntz Ave.
(785) 532-9000
Italian
Dunkin Donuts
409 McCall Road
(785) 539-4993
Donuts
Jimmy Johns (2)

1212 Moro St.
(785) 539-7454
2707 Anderson Ave.
(785) 320-7755
Sandwiches
JPs
2050 Tunstall Circle, Bldg 5
Jardine Apartments, K-State
(785) 776-4300
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Five Guys Burgers and

Fries
(785) 565-9000
Burgers
Happy Valley Chinese

2307 Tuttle Creek Blvd
(785) 320-5855
Chinese
Freddys Frozen Custard

229 McCall Road
(785) 320-2300
Burgers, ice cream
Hazel Hill
106 S. Fourth St.
(785) 320-6313
Chocolate
IHOP
101 Good Food Place
(785) 587-9800
Breakfast
Eighteen 63
(785) 320-7711
Sports bar
Fuzzys Taco Shop

606 N. 12th St.
(785) 320-5331
Mexican
Hibachi Hut
429 Poyntz Ave.
(785) 320-5757
Cajun, American
Einstein Bros. Bagels

137 Mid-Campus Drive
(785) 532-5397
Coffee, bagels
Golden Wok
3003 Anderson Ave.
(785) 587-9111
Mongolian BBQ/buffet
Hillside Cafe
2307 Stagg Hill Rd.
(785) 539-9815
American/Mexican
Imperial Garden Express

Kites
(785) 537-1888
615 N. 12th St.
Chinese
(785) 776-4300
Sports bar
Jeffs Pizza Shop
1102 Laramie St.
(785) 789-4870
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Early Edition (2)

600 S. Fourth St.
(785) 537-0000
3210 Kimball Ave.
(785) 539-3255
Breakfast
Hunam Express
1116 Moro St
(785) 537-0886
Chinese
Keltic Star
1215 Moro St.
(785) 320-7456
British
KFC
901 N. Third St.
(785) 776-9031
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KSU Dairy Bar
144 Call Hall
(785) 532-1292
Ice cream, deli
Little Caesars Pizza

1150 Westloop
(785) 539-3333
Pizza
Los Texanos
(785) 537-2666
Mexican
Mr. Goodcents (2)

900 Hayes Dr
(785) 320-6076
Subs and pasta
Old Chicago
2001 Clock Tower Place
(785) 537-3322
Pizza/Italian/burgers
Panera Bread
315 Southwind Place
(785) 539-7500
Bakery/caf
La Fiesta
(785) 587-5258
Mexican
Little Grill
6625 Dyer Road
(785) 323-0112
Jamaican, American
McAlisters Deli
(785) 539-0610
Deli
Mr. Ks Caf & Bar

3901 Vanesta Drive
(785) 320-2730
Soup, sandwiches
Olive Garden
(785) 537-2445
Italian
Papa Johns
2615 Anderson Ave.
(785) 537-1400
Pizza
La Hacienda
3003 Anderson Ave.
(785) 539-8689
Mexican
Long John Silvers/A&W

721 N. Third St.
(785) 776-9363
Fish/fast food
McDonalds (2)
815 N. Third St.
(785) 776-6751
1011 Westloop Place
(785) 539-1672
Fast food
Orange Leaf
Mrs. Powells
501 Third Place
100 Manhattan Town Center (785) 587-8366
(785) 537-0971
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Bakery
Little Apple Brewing Co. Longhorn Steakhouse

1110 Westloop Place
(785)
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1317 Anderson Ave.
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Noodles & Co.

705 N. Third St.
(785) 539-5373
Noodles, salad, sandwiches
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(785) 532-3022
Chinese food/sushi
Papa Murphys
2745 Claflin Road
(785) 539-3321
Take-and-bake pizza

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Paradise Donuts (2)
(785) 320-7727
3035 Anderson Ave.
(785) 320-6058
Donuts
Pepperjax Grill
1120 Moro St.
(785) 320-2451
Philly cheesesteaks
Pie Five Pizza
(785) 473-7691
Pizza, salads
Pigins BBQ
105 N. Third St.
(785) 539-9898
Barbecue
Pita Pit
1131 Moro St.
(785) 537-3995
Pitas
Pizza Hut (2)
2931 Claflin Rd.
(785) 539-7447
1005 Hostetler
(785) 776-4334
Pizza, pasta
Pizza Ranch
515 McCall Rd.
(785) 537-2200
Pizza
Pizza Shuttle
1800 Claflin Road
(785) 776-5577
Pizza
Pretzelmaker
100 Manhattan Town
Center
(785) 565-9113
Pretzels
Porters
(785) 537-7151
Sports bar
Rustys Mexican Grill

1213 Moro St.
(785) 776-6451
Mexican
Powercat Sports Grill

3011 Anderson Ave.
(785) 320-4662
Sports bar
Sale Barn Cafe

8424 E. Highway 24
(785) 776-4815
American
Qdoba Mexican Grill (2)

320 N. Third St.
(785) 537-2444
(785) 539-5599
Mexican
R.C. McGraws
(785) 776-9588
Bar and grill
Radinas Bakehouse
227 Blue Earth Place
Bakery
Radinas Coffeehouse
and Roastery (3)
(785) 537-2345
2809 Claflin Road
(785) 320-2860
Leadership Studies
Building, K-State
(785) 532-2121
Engineering Hall, K-State
Coffee and tea, bakery
Starbucks (3)
In Dillons, 1000 Westloop Pl
(785) 539-7631
In Dillons, 130 Sarber Lane
(785) 776-9285
1219 Bluemont Ave.
(785) 537-3984
Coffee
Subs-N-Such
Salsaritas Fresh Cantina 1800 Claflin Road
(785) 537-2411
(785) 532-7393
Subs
Mexican
Sammies Sweets
Desserts
Slice of Life
Pizza
Sirloin Stockade
325 E. Poyntz Ave.
(785) 776-0516
Buffet
Smashburger
501 Third Place
(785) 587-8485
Burgers
Sonic (2)
800 N. Third St.
(785) 539-7007
2711 Anderson Ave.
(785) 539-5597
Drive-in
Subway (3)
1223 Moro St.
(785) 537-8700
K-State Union Lower Level
(785) 532-0600
2006 N. Tuttle Creek Blvd.
(785) 539-0152
Subs
Taco Bell (2)
1155 Westport Drive
(785) 539-1225
1009 Limey Pointe
(785) 539-8020
Taco Casa
1709 Ft. Riley Blvd.
(785) 539-6631
Mexican
Taco Johns
214 Leavenworth
(785) 675-1732
Mexican
Ramblers Bar & Grill

8200 South Port Drive
(785) 539-4989
Sports bar
So Long Saloon
1130 Moro St.
(785) 537-9292
Burgers
Taco Lucha
1130 Moro St.
(785) 320-5255
Mexican
Rock-A-Belly Deli
(785) 539-8033
Deli and bar
Sparrow Specialty Coffee

219 S. Fourth St.
(785) 320-2542
Coffee shop
Tallgrass Taphouse
320 N. Poyntz Ave.
(785) 320-2993
Brewpub
Tanners
1200 Moro St.
(785) 320-2575
Sports bar
Tasty China House
1120 Moro St
(785) 320-7768
Chinese
Texas Roadhouse
200 Manhattan Town
Center
(785) 537-7427
Steakhouse
The Thai Noodle
1126 Laramie St.
(785) 320-2899
Asian
Tubbys
1127 Moro St.
(785) 587-8707
Sports bar
Vet Med Cafe

Trotter Hall, K-State
campus
785-532-0601
Coffee
Vista Drive-in
(785) 537-0100
Burgers
Wahoo Fire and Ice Grill
1101 Moro St.
(785) 320-7242
Seafood, Asian, American
Wheat State Pizza
705 N. Third St.
(785) 537-2323
Pizza
Which Wich
8207 Southport Drive
(785) 320-7474
Sandwiches
UMI
900 Hayes Drive
(785) 320-7788
Japanese steakhouse, sushi
Wendys (2)
bar
3004 Anderson Ave.
(785) 539-0155
Varsity Donuts
100 Good Food Place
(785) 537-0308
(785) 539-7654
Fast food
Donuts
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and local food service
inspections, check
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First United Methodist Church

Manhattan, Kansas
612 Poyntz Avenue

785-776-8821
www.fumcmanhattan.com
@fumcmhk
Connect Through Worship
Sunday Morning Schedule:
Contemporary Worship at 8:35
Fellowship Time at 9:30
Sunday School for all ages at 9:45
Traditional Worship at 11:00
Grow Through Ministries
Men, Women, Youth, Children
Weekday Preschool and
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PLACES OF WORSHIP
Bethel AME Church
401 Yuma St.
(785) 539-5897
Blue Valley Memorial United
835 Church Ave.
(785) 539-8790
bluevalleyumc.com
Calvary Tabernacle
1125 Westport Drive
(785) 776-8717
Christ the Redeemer Church
610 S Scenic Drive
(785) 537-9377
ctrchurch-mhk.org
College Avenue United

Methodist Church
1609 College Ave.
(785) 539-4191
caumcmanhattan.org
College Heights Baptist
Church
2320 Anderson Ave.
(785) 537-7744
collegeheightsbaptist.org
Crestview Christian Church
(785) 776-3798
crestviewchristian.org
First Assembly of God

2310 Candlewood Drive
(785) 537-7633
manhattanfirst.org
First Lutheran Church

930 Poyntz Ave.
(785) 537-8532
First Baptist Church

2121 Blue Hills Road
(785) 539-8691
fbcmanhattan.com
First Presbyterian Church

801 Leavenworth Street
(785) 537-0518
firstpresmanhattan.com
First Christian Church

(Disciples of Christ)
115 Courthouse Plaza
(785) 776-8790
fccmanhattan.org
First Church of the Nazarene

3031 Kimball Ave.
Ecumenical
Campus
Ministry
Christian Disciples Fellowship
(785) 539-2851
904 Sunset Ave.
301 N. Fourth St.
manhattannaz.org
(785) 539-4281
(785) 587-8507
k-state.edu/ecm
First Congregational
Church of Jesus Christ
United Church of Christ
Faith Baptist Church
of Latter-day Saints
1820 Claflin Road
700 Poyntz Ave.
1001 S Scenic Drive
(785) 537-7870, lds.org
(785) 537-7006
(785) 539-3363
uccmanhattan.org
faithbaptistmanhattanks.org
Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints
Faith Evangelical Free Church First Free Methodist Church
401 Vattier St.
1231 Poyntz Ave.
1921 Barnes Road
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Islamic Center of Manhattan

1224 Hylton Heights Road
(785) 340-7053
icmks.org
Jehovahs Witnesses
100 Butterfield Road
(785) 539-3107
watchtower.org
First United Methodist Church

612 Poyntz Ave.
K-State Wesley
(785) 776-8821
1001 Sunset Ave.
fumcmanhattan.com
(785) 776-9278
kstatewesley.com
Grace Baptist Church
2901 Dickens Ave.
Korean Church of Manhattan
(785) 776-0424
511 Westview Drive
(785) 537-0250
gracebchurch.org
holyhouse.org/kcmanhattan/
Harvest Baptist Church
Korean Presbyterian Church
2615 Farm Bureau Road
227 11th St.
(785) 539-8174
(785) 539-6490
jointheharvest.org
Hope Lutheran Church
3560 Dempsey Road
(785) 587-9400
manhattanhope.com
Living Word Church

2711 Amherst Ave.
(785) 776-0940
livingword-church.org
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PLACES OF WORSHIP
Lutheran Campus Ministry
1745 Anderson Ave.
(785) 539-4451, ksulcm.org
Manhattan Baptist Church
510 Tuttle Street
(785) 317-2407
manhattanbaptistchurch.com
Manhattan Christian
Fellowship
1609 College Ave.
(785) 587-0969
mcfcfamily.org
Manhattan Church of Christ
2510 Dickens Ave.
(785) 539-6581
manhattanchurchfamily.org
Manhattan Jewish
Congregation
1509 Wreath Ave.
(785) 477-5759
mhkjc.org
Manhattan LDS Institute
1820 Claflin Road
(785) 537-8839, ldsces.org
Manhattan Presbyterian
Church
115 Courthouse Plaza
(First Christian Church building)
(785) 274-9098
manhattanpres.com
Mennonite Church
1000 Fremont St.
(785) 539-4079
manhattanmennonitechurch.
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St. Isidores Catholic

Student Center
711 Denison Ave.
(785) 539-7496
stisidores.com
Mt Zion Church of GodChrist

916 Yuma St.
(785) 587-9140
mountzionfwc.com
St. Lukes Lutheran Church

330 Sunset Ave.
(785) 539-2604
stlukesmanhattan.org
New Hope Church

3905 Green Valley Road
(785) 537-2389
newhopeks.org
St Mary Magdalene
Orthodox Church
913 Riley Lane
(785) 539-3440
orthodoxkansas.org
Peace Lutheran Church ELCA

2500 Kimball Ave.
(785) 539-7371
peace-to-you.org
St Pauls Episcopal Church

601 Poyntz Ave.
(785) 776-9427
stpaulsmanhattan.org
Real Life Church

8859 Green Valley Drive
(785) 539-7770
St. Thomas More Catholic

Church
2900 Kimball Ave.
(785) 776-5151
stmmanhattan.com
Seven Dolors Catholic

Church
731 Pierre St.
(785) 565-5000
sevendolors.com
Seventh-Day Adventist
Church
600 Laramie St.
(785) 776-5533
manhattansda.org
Trinity Presbyterian Church

1110 College Ave.
(785) 539-3921
Unitarian-Universalist
Church
481 Zeandale Road
(785) 537-2349
uufm.net
Unity Church of Manhattan

205 S Fourth Street
(785) 537-6120
unitymanhattankansas.org
University Christian Church
2800 Claflin Road
(785) 776-5440
www.uccmanhattan.net
Vineyard Community Church
2400 Casement Road
(785) 539-0542
manhattanvineyard.com
Vintage Faith Church
530 Osage Street
(785) 320-6387
vintagefaithchurch.cc
For more
information
on weekly
church services
and events,
check
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religion page
every Friday,
or visit our
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Shoes $1.85 per pair.
BOWLING ALLEYS
Kansas State Student Union
Recreation Center
Lower level of Student Union
(785) 532-6562
union.k-state.edu/event-spaces/bowling-center
- Open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 1
a.m. Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m. to
1 a.m. Saturday, noon to 10
p.m. Sunday.
- Prices: $2.65 per game or $2
per game with valid K-State
student ID Monday-Thursday
before 6 p.m., $3 per game or
$2.35 per game with valid
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Colbert Hills Golf Course

5200 Colbert Hills Drive
(785) 776-6475
Little Apple Lanes
colberthills.com
515 Richards Drive
- Public rate (18 holes): $60
(785) 539-0372
Monday-Thursday, $75 Frilittleapplelanes.com
day-Sunday and holidays
- Normal open hours are 11
- Discounts for Manhattan resa.m. to 10 p.m. Monidents, military, KSU alumni,
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faculty and students, and
noon to 10 p.m. Sunday.
seniors. Cart included in fee
- Prices: Open play $3.99, mili- Considered one of the top
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courses in Kansas, Colbert Hills
and children 10 years old and
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lenges players with elevation
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Per credit hour book rental = $16

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Colbert Hills also features a
walkable par-3 course ($9 for
nine holes, $15 for all day
play).
Manhattan Country Club
1531 N. 10th Street
(785) 539-7501
themanhattancountryclub.com
- Manhattans oldest 18-hole
course. Membership required.
The club includes a practice
green, chipping area, a full
driving range, pro-shop, a
pool, fitness center, banquet
facilities and formal dining
and informal dining.
Stagg Hill Golf Club
4441 Fort Riley Blvd.
(785) 539-1041
stagghillgolfclub.com
- Rate (18 holes): $23 Monday-Thursday, $26 Friday-Sunday and holidays, junior (up to
17 years old) $11. Cart Rental
(18 holes) additional $14.
- Located on the Kansas River,
Stagg Hill Golf Club features
tree-lined fairways and a par-3
hole over water. Driving range
also available.
Wildcat Creek Golf Course
800 Anneberg Circle
(785) 539-7529
wildcatgolfandfitness.com
- Rate (9 holes): $13.40 weekdays, $15.40 weekends. Senior
and junior discounts. Cart
rental (9 holes) $7.25.
- Wildcat Creek is a nine-hole
course featuring six par-3
holes and 3 par-4 holes. The
facilities also feature a driving
range and an 18-hole miniature golf course.
MINIATURE GOLF/
BATTING CAGES/
FOOT GOLF
Wildcat Creek Golf and
Fitness
800 Anneberg Circle
(785) 539-7529
- Mini-golf prices (18-holes):
Adults $6, children 12 years
old and younger $5.25, children 3 years old and younger
free. Second round is half
price.
- Batting cage prices: 20 pitches $3, 80 pitches $10. Additional pitch count and rental
options available.
- Foot Golf prices: 18 holes
$12.25, 18 holes senior and
junior $9.25. Cart rental $7.25.
Ball rental $3.00.
MOVIE THEATER
Carmike - Seth Child 12
2610 Farm Bureau Road
(785) 776-9811
carmike.com
Adult prices:
- Friday-Saturday $10.50, Sunday-Thursday $10
- Tuesday - $5
- Matinee - Friday-Saturday
$7.50, Sunday-Thursday $7
- Super matinee (4-5:30 p.m.)
$5.75
- Military with ID $7.50
- Senior - Friday-Saturday
$8.25, Sunday-Thursday $7.50
Child prices (3 to 11 years
old):
- Friday-Saturday $8, Sunday-Thursday $7.25
Student prices:
- Friday-Saturday $8.25
- Sunday-Thursday $7.75All 3D
movies have a $3 surcharge.
Carmike Cinemas with IMAX
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Opening Fall 2016
13-screen theater with IMAX
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Courtesy photo
Vintage photographs from seven Flint Hills towns will be featured at

Flint Hill Discovery Centers new exhibit, Going Home: Hidden Histories of the Flint Hills. The exhibit runs from Sept. 24 until Jan. 8, 2017.
New Discovery Center

exhibit explores lost
towns of the Flint Hills
Timothy Everson
Contributing writer
Changes are coming soon to
the Flint Hills Discovery Center as a new exhibit highlighting the Flint Hills goes up late
this September.
The exhibit, called Going
Home: Hidden Histories of the
Flint Hills, will highlight different ghost towns in the Manhattan area. Its in partnership
with the Chapman Center for
Rural Studies at K-State.
For the past several years,
students have worked with the
Chapman Center to research
these lost towns in the area.
Having that partnership with
K-State and the Chapman Center is something that Discovery Center marketing coordinator Mindy Robbins thinks
will make the new exhibit even
more special.
Were very, very excited
about the upcoming Going
Home exhibit, Robbins said.
It features a lot of work by
K-State students. Theyre
doing a lot of the work.
Visitors to the center will be
able to be able to experience
several interactive exhibits,
including a map to highlight

the location of the lost towns
and iPad stations with compiled stories to read. Patrons
also will be able to share their
own knowledge of ghost towns
in the Flint Hills area.
Wed like for people to
come to the Discovery Center
to tell their story, Robbins
said. Well be able to record
their memories at one of our
stations.
The exhibit will run from
Sept. 24 to Jan. 8 of next year.
After Going Home, the
Discovery Center will have a
joint exhibit with To My Plate
and Beyond and Maize
from Jan. 21 to May 14. To My
Plate and Beyond will teach
kids about healthy eating habits, while Maize will explore
the evolution of corn over
thousands of years and its role
in our society.
The Discovery Centers current temporary exhibit,
Amazing Dinosaurs, will
run until Sept. 11 which is also
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BOOK REVIEW
Just the sauce

Ned Seaton
nseaton@themercury.com
First things first: There are
no major revelations in this
book by former Kansas State
University President Jon
Wefald. We dont learn anything new about secret deals
with Ron Prince, or Tim Weiser, or Michael Beasley. Theres
no unveiling of the recipe for
the secret sauce, either,
behind Wefalds 23 years of
remarkable success.
Or rather, the recipe is
something Wefald talked
about for years: Hire good people, delegate authority to
them, set priorities, and get out
of the way. No real secret. Just
the sauce.
This book is the ultimate
insiders account of Wefalds
term in office. There is, predictably, a lot of cheerleading
almost all of it totally justifiable. There is also a fair share

of refreshingly direct apology
for foul-ups.
For those of us who paid
attention, none of this is particularly new. Wefald didnt
really hide anything, so careful readers of The Mercury will
find all of this familiar.
But thats not to dismiss the
book, which I can recommend
wholeheartedly. It has three
very strong virtues: First, its a
carefully put-together document of this era in K-State history. Second, its an interesting
manual for management and
leadership. And third, its
often fascinating to read so
much about so many people
who have lived and worked in
Manhattan.
The story of Wefalds tenure
in office is one of growth and
success. During that time,
History, management, but no major revelations

in Wefalds account of his time at the KSU helm
about two-thirds of the square
footage of the university campus was built or rebuilt.
K-State completely overhauled its library, added an art
museum and an alumni center.
The university opened campuses in Salina and Olathe. It
reversed enrollment decline,
sending student numbers to
their highest ever. It created a
powerhouse football program
from what had been the
nations worst. It brought a billion-dollar federal lab to town.
It produced hundreds of scholarship winners, and dramatically expanded research
capacity and funding.
The book starts with six
pages of Wefalds personal history, with one key moment:
When he was appointed by the
governor of Minnesota to be
the Commissioner of Agriculture, he was 32 and had no man-
agement experience whatsoever. He had to run a department with more than 400
employees. Because I had no
choice, I adopted the practice
of delegation of authority,
Wefald said. This theory of
management guided me for
the rest of my career.
Wefald then spends 21 pages
on the history of K-State prior
to his arrival, focusing on the
limitations the university had
put on itself because of its
roots as a vocational-technical
school for farmers. That mentality led it to lag behind KU as
a serious academic institution, leading the KU Chancellor in 1909 to declare that a
diploma from here was merely a cheap degree.
Well, thems fightin words
Courtesy photo
for a guy like Wefald, who at
"The Transformative Years at
one point in the book relates
Kansas State: The Years of Presithrowing people out of his
dent Jon Wefald from 1986 to
2009," by Jon Wefald. Ag Press
Publishing, 2016. 347 pages.
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History class
DAILY LESSONS
Aside from lessons in English,
spelling, math and history, a typi-
Staff photo by Sarah Midgorden
Rocky Ford school, north of Manhattan on U.S. Highway 24, was a rural
school of Riley County. It was converted into a museum by the Riley
County Historical Society and was one of more than 80 schools open in
the county at one time.
cal day in a one-room schoolhouse had little resemblance to
one experienced by todays students.
The greatest difference
was probably having several
grades in the same room at the
same time. According a schedule kept by Larsons aunt, a
teacher might spend 10 minutes on a subject with each
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Riley Countys former rural

schools still leave mark on area
Kristina Jackson
kjackson@themercury.com
Kids in school this fall have
access to laptops, tablets, thick
textbooks, several teachers and
computer labs.
But when Kevin Larson
attended Walsburg School in the
1950s, he said his classroom had
little more than desks, chairs,
pictures of George Washington
and Abraham Lincoln, and a single teacher supervising eight
grades.
Riley County students at one
time had their choice of more
than 80 rural one-room schools.
As Manhattan and the county
changed, so did the number of
schools provided for area students. Many factors played into
this consolidation over the course
of decades, from the construction
of Tuttle Creek Dam to the expansion of Fort Riley. But there are
still area residents who remember their time in one-room schoolhouses fondly. They were a vital
part of the community but the
community outgrew them, Larson said. And they had to become
part of a bigger community.
grade and then move on to the

next, leaving students to study
more independently.
This could be a recipe for
disaster, but Larson said his
teachers didnt let their students misbehave or lose focus.
You got away with nothing, he said. She could tell if
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1930s, being in the room with
older students was beneficial
to younger kids. They could get
a sneak peek at what was
ahead for them.
If you were a little kid, you
hear what the older kids were
learning, Thompson said. It
was a real advantage. You
couldnt help but absorb what
they were already learning.
Teachers were responsible
for eight grades at a time and
also had to take on the positions of janitor, school nurse,
music teacher and recess
monitor. Sometimes a teacher
even had to chase transients
out of the building.
Thompson said one of her
teachers arrived to open the
building for the day and found
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A simple walk or jog on the
sidewalk is often not enough to
satisfy a dogs desire to play and
run around. Manhattan has several options available for fourlegged friends, including three
official dog parks.
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Fairmont Park off-leash

dog area
125 Messenger Road
Pups of all sizes can run and

play in the two fenced areas
near the Kansas River. With one
area specifically for smaller
dogs (those 14 pounds and
under) and one for larger dogs,
this park has plenty of shade
and lots of seating for human
companions. Both pens have a
small doggy water fountain for
thirsty dogs, while the area for
bigger dogs has a three-piece
obstacle course for dogs to
climb and jump through. Trash
cans and dog bags are available.
CiCo dog park off-leash

dog area
Kimball Avenue
Near to the horses and where

the farmers market is held on
Kimball Ave., a small enclosed
area for dogs is available. There
is a table and a bench, plus dog
bags and trash cans. No more
than three dogs per person, and
all owners must be accounted
for at all times at this park is on
their list of rules.
Stretch dog park at Tuttle

Creek off-leash dog area
5800 River Pond Road
Campers at Tuttle Creek who

take their dogs traveling can
make use of a nearby dog park,
too. A small dog park with bags
and trash cans available, this
enclosure has a few seating
areas for people, plus an obstacle course similar to the course
Scout, Dusa and Socrates greet each other at the Fairmont Dog Park,
125 Messenger Road.
at Fairmont.
Visitors need a park permit
to get into the area, and puppies
younger than four months are
not encouraged.
Other dog-friendly areas,
according to Dog Goes, a
dog-friendly places website:
Pillsbury Crossing Wildlife

Area Deep Creek Waterfall
on-leash
Pillsbury Lane
Though not always respected as a rule, dogs are expected

to be on a leash at Pillsbury
Crossing. Many people play
fetch with their dogs in the
water, and some pups simply
wade around on warm days.
Washington Marlatt
Memorial Park on-leash
Marlatt Avenue and Seth
Child Road
This park has some trails

leading up to the Top of the
World overlook that give a view
of the K-State campus and some
of the rolling Flint Hills of the
area. This area is a mix of grass,

rock and gravel. Trash cans are
around, but BYODB (bring your
own dog bag).
K-177 Overlook Park

off-leash
3 miles south of Manhattan
A wide open area for trained

dogs who can respond to voice
commands at the overlook coming into town from Kansas Highway 177 South. The area is
unfenced and off-leash for dogs
who can handle that much area
to roam around. Also a bringyour-own bag park.
Wildcat Park off-leash

Anderson and West 62nd
avenues
Off leash to dogs that can

respond to voice commands,
this unfenced area is good for
dogs with owners who dont
mind if their pets get a little
wet. A small stream and some
rocks are available in this area
for animals to explore. There is
also seating for owners.
BYODB.
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Staff photo by Chris Bronson
Annetta Schum places her order at Dunkin' Donuts, 409 McCall Road,
on its first day of business.
McCall Road sees business

boom over the past year
Timothy Everson
Contributing writer
Business is booming on
McCall Road, where several
new restaurants and stores
have popped up in the past year
on a less than mile-long stretch
that connects Tuttle Creek to
U.S. Highway 24.
Rezoning and roadway
improvements over the past
few years paved the way for
more commercial business in
what was once a quieter, more
industrial area of town.
Among the new restaurants
joining the likes of Wendys,
Taco Bell, IHOP, Freddys Frozen Custard, Cox Bros. BBQ,
Pizza Hut and Pizza Ranch on
McCall are Arbys, Burger King
and Dunkin Donuts.
Arbys relocated from its
original Aggieville location,
and the McCall Burger King
brought Manhattans Burger
King total back to two after the
location on the west side of
town closed in 2015.

Dunkin Donuts opened its
first location in Manhattan
entering into what has already
become a competitive donut
market in the Little Apple with
Varsity, Paradise and Daylight
Donuts also vying for donut
supremacy
In addition to the restaurants, Orscheln Farm and
Home store relocated from its
original McCall location to a
new building further down the
street.
McCall isnt done expanding
either. A branch of the Kansas
State Credit Union will be
going up later this year, and
more stores and restaurants
could be in the works down the
road.
And a new dialysis clinic is
set to go into one of the open
spaces adjacent to the also relatively new K-State Superstore,
itself an expansion of GTM
Sportswear, whose headquarters is still across the street.
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ON STEADY GROUND Meadowlark boxing program helps Parkinson's patients

Kristina Jackson
kjackson@themercury.com
One! Two! One! Two! One! Two!
Three!
Participants in a boxing class at
Meadowlark Hills count out their
punches against a bag. Along with
learning punches and working on footwork, these students are also trying to
make some everyday tasks just a little
easier. The class, a partnership
between Meadowlark Hills and Body
First Wellness Center in Manhattan, is
designed to help people who have been
diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease.
The classes are open to anyone in
the Flint Hills region with Parkinsons
and get them active, participating in
exercises that can alleviate symptoms

of the disease while also giving them an
opportunity to interact with others
who suffer from it.
One class a week is held at Body
First and part of Meadowlark's Fit2Fight PD program. Two other classes
are held at Meadowlark and are affiliated with a national program called
Rock Steady Boxing.
Michelle Haub, director of Meadowlark Hills Parkinsons Program, said it
gives people a chance to support each
other through challenges. Many also
get support from friends and family
members who come to serve as corner
men.
When you have a group cheering
each other on, its easier to get out and
work out, Haub said.

Haub and Jeff Heidbreder, fitness
leader at Meadowlark, began working
with Kimmie Beneke of Body First last
year, and classes started in December.
Haub said each exercise is designed to
address a specific symptom of Parkinsons. For example, students might
work on footwork to help with balance
and mobility, hitting a punching bag to
work on muscle strength, or counting
out steps and punches to strengthen
their voices.
Some symptoms, like changes in
voice, decreased facial expression and
a hunched posture, can make it harder
to engage with people, so Haub said the
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Walk around K-State displays chronicle of universitys history

Join me on a stroll through
the K-State campus, wont you?
Well discover some treasures
you may not have known about
and some things you may
have thought you knew about
but really didnt.
Be careful of the bulldozers
and backhoes theres always
work to be done on a college
campus that is constantly
growing and changing.
But its good to know some
things last, and on the KSU
campus, there are lots of those:
Anderson Hall, built in 1879;
Dickens Hall, constructed
around 1907; Holton Hall, completed in 1900; and Memorial
Stadium, which made its debut
in 1924, for example.
Memorial Stadium, which
recently has been undergoing
renovation for repurposing,
was built as a tribute to former
K-State students who died in
the First World War.
Similarly, Kansas States
two chapels, Danforth Chapel
(1949) and the adjoining All
Faiths Chapel (1956), were
dedicated as memorials to
K-Staters killed in battle.
Lets start our walk at the
chapels.
Like me, youve probably
attended lots of concerts and
other events here at the 500seat All Faiths Chapel and
never noticed this big plaque
in the lobby. It reads, This AllFaiths Chapel is a memorial to
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the Kansas State men who
made the supreme sacrifice in
World War II and Korea. In
grateful tribute their names
are inscribed below.
Nearly 250 names appear.
Maybe the next time we hear
that mighty All Faiths pipe
organ boom out a tune or attend
some other event here, we
should think of all those young
men whose names are on that
plaque.
Now, walk with me to that
building right over there, next
door to the chapels. Its Fairchild Hall, built in 1894 and
named for George T. Fairchild,
third president of Kansas
State.
Mr. Fairchilds building has
been used for lots of things
over its long history. When I
was a kid, my folks used to take
me to a really cool natural history museum inside Fairchild.
Ive often wondered what
became of all those stuffed animals, mounted birds and weird
things soaking in jars of formaldehyde.
Out front theres a bust of a
very distinguished-looking
man. Must be President Fairchild himself, you say?

Nope. The guy whose head
and shoulders are perched on
that pillar is one William Alexander Harris, a notable example of American manhood, or
so the plaque on his pillar says.
The plaque also identifies
Mr. Harris (1841-1909) as a soldier, statesman, modern
farmer and breeder, and resolute legislator without
reproach.
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Campgrounds
Numerous public sites

around Tuttle Creek
Lake are
available for
camping,
fishing,
boating,
waterskiing,
swimming
and other
outdoor sports.
Park permits and
camping information may be
obtained at the Tuttle Creek
State Park Office, (785) 5397941.
Cabins
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Park offers fabulous airconditioned, modern log
cabins as an alternative
camping opportunity. The
cabins are available year
round and are located in the
beautiful River Pond area.
Outside of each cabin is

a covered pavilion and grill
to enjoy the outdoors to the
fullest! For information on
cabin rental, call (785) 5397941 or email.
RV
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are located at Tuttle Creek
River Pond State Park, just four
miles north of Manhattan on
Highway 24.
For information about
facilities or the operation of
Tuttle Creek Lake, contact
the Visitors Center near the
west end of the Dam, (785)
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Emily Porter
Contributing writer
Whether its for fun or for
dinner, fishing is an activity
people can enjoy even in the
landlocked state of Kansas.
While crab and shrimp
arent available in this area of
the country, bass and catfish
are some of the most accessible
in Manhattan and the surrounding area.
The creel limit may change
depending on availability and
season, there are a few options
for places to cast a line.
MANHATTAN AREA
Rocky Ford Fishing Area
This 18-acre area south of

Tuttle Creek has catfish, white
bass and wipers, drum and saugeye. A waterfall and some
walkways welcome anglers to
the area, after walking down
the incline or stairs down to the
water. Those who may not be as
enthusiastic about fishing can
The Rocky Ford State Fishing Area in northern Manhattan is just south
of Tuttle Creek Dam on the Big Blue River. Saugeye, white bass, catfish,
drum, crappie and carp can all be found at Rocky Ford.
take a walk on the Western Heritage Trail, a 1.25-mile path
that runs parallel to the Blue
River.
Pottawatomie State Fishing

Lake No. 2
Pott. 2 clocks in at 75 acres

and is located 1.5 miles east
and 2.5 miles north of Manhattan. Small docks go out into the
water where folks can catch
fish such as black bass, catfish
and crappie. This area also has
picnic tables and firepits available to visitors camping near
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Some 12,500 acres make up

the Tuttle Creek area, and a few
varieties of fish inhabit the
waters. Fishers may catch
crappies, white bass, catfish,
largemouth bass and saugeye
in these waters. Camping is
available in the area, and the
campgrounds have a small
laundromat, outdoor recreation and are pet friendly.
Raylon Gutowski, 5, shows off the
two catfish he caught at the Ford Big Blue River
The waters of the Big Blue
State Fishing Area, a popular fishRiver, that travels until it meets
ing spot on the Big Blue River.
the Kansas River in Manhattan, carries some similar fish

that can be found in the area.
Hickory shad, catfish (Blue and
Flathead), rock bass, largemouth bass and walleye can all
be found in the river. River
access can be found off of U.S.
Highway 24.
NEAR MANHATTAN
Milford Lake
About 40 miles away outside

of Junction City, the Milford
Reservoir is a popular destination for fishing in the state.
Catfish, crappie, walleye,
white bass and wipers, smallmouth and largemouth bass
and outlets are found in the
area.
Pottawatomie State Fishing

Lake No. 1
In the other direction, 30

miles outside of Manhattan
near Westmoreland, Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake No. 1
has 24 acres to explore. Bluegill, catfish, crappie and largemouth bass can be caught in
these waters.
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HOTELS & LODGING

Best Western
601 E. Poyntz Ave.
Phone: (785) 537-8300
45 Rooms
Free Continental Breakfast
Exercise facility
Business center
Swimming Pool
Free Wireless Internet Service
Fitness Center
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Bluemont Hotel
1212 Bluemont Ave.
Phone: (785) 473-7091
112 Rooms
Complimentary Breakfast
Indoor Heated Pool
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24-hour Fitness Center
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210 Blue Earth Place
Phone: (785) 320-7995 or
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Phone: (785) 539-9449
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Bus Parking
Business Center
Meeting Rooms
Exercise Room
Free Full Breakfast
Free Hi Speed Internet
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Indoor pool
Fairfield Inn by Marriott

300 Colorado St.
Phone: (785) 539-2400
98 Rooms
Free Hot Breakfast
Meeting Facilities
24-hour fitness center
Swimming Pool
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530 Richards Drive
Phone: (785) 539-5311 or
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197 Rooms
Restaurant/Lounge
Convention Facilities
Catering on and off site
Courtesy Airport Shuttle
Indoor heated pool/Hot tub
Exercise Room
Free Wireless Internet
Pet friendly (fees apply)
42 Flat Screen TV
Hampton Inn
501 E. Poyntz Ave.
Phone: (785) 539-5000 or
(800) HAMPTON
72 rooms
Meeting/Banquet
Facilities Swimming Pool
Holiday Inn at the Campus
1641 Anderson Ave.
Phone: (785) 539-7531
113 Rooms
Restaurant/Lounge
Meeting & Banquet Facilities
Courtesy Airport Shuttle
Swimming Pool
Holiday Inn Express & Suites

115 Blue Earth Plaza
Phone: (785) 320-7454
Free High Speed Internet
Complimentary Breakfast
Meeting Facilities
Pet Friendly (fees apply)
Indoor Pool
Manhattan Conference
Center & Hilton Garden Inn
410 South Third St.
Phone: (785) 532-9116
135 rooms
Conference Center, Event
Space
Parking Garage
Heated Indoor Pool
Hot Tub
Fitness Center
Free High-Speed Internet
Great American Grill
restaurant
24-hour Pavilion Pantry
Non-smoking
Microwaves and refrigerators
37-inch HD televisions
Motel 6
Phone: (785) 537-1022
87 Rooms
Outdoor Swimming Pool
Pet friendly
Regency Inn
419 Holiday Drive
Phone: 785-537-0630
45 Rooms
Continental Breakfast
Swimming Pool
Parkwood Inn & Suites

505 S. 17th St.
Phone: (785) 320-5440
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100 percent smoke free
Complimentary breakfast
daily
Exercise facility
Full business center
Free WiFi
Royal Inn
Phone: (785) 539-5391
79 Rooms
Continental breakfast
Swimming pool
Playground
Internet access
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150 E Poyntz Ave.
Phone: (785) 770-8000
65 Rooms
Continental Breakfast
Swimming Pool
Fitness Center
Health Club/Spa
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Phone: 785-537-8468
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Meeting Facilities
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will get narrower and we will

have traffic on one side of the
street and construction on the
other side of the street, Johnson said. I dont anticipate
any complete closures of
Anderson. It will remain
open.
The city will also improve
pedestrian areas at the intersection by adding sidewalks
on Anderson Avenue on Cumberland Road and through the
roundabout to Christy Road
while also building sidewalks
along the Scenic Crossing
Development.
The three-phase project is
set to be complete in late 2017.
Timothy Everson
Contributing writer
Construction is nothing
new in Manhattan. Every day
seems to bring another crane
to the skyline or another
cement mixer on the side of
the road.
But while new buildings
are going up left and right,
there are also several road
projects going on that warrant
attention. Here are some projects expected to affect traffic
this year.
The biggest and most
expensive of the upcoming
projects, the intersection of
Anderson Avenue, Scenic
Drive and Kimball Avenue is
undergoing an 18-month, $6.5
million facelift. The current
four-way stop at the intersection will be replaced with a
roundabout.
In addition to the roundabout, the city will expand
Anderson Avenue into a
Mid-Campus Drive on the Kansas State University campus is being

converted from a street into a pedestrian-only walkway. Construction
is expected to continue until October.
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Avenue to Christy Drive,
reconstruct Scenic Drive to
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major impact on traffic at the
intersection.
At some point those lanes
The city of Manhattan started a $1.8 million expansion of

Miller Parkway in April that is
set to finish by the end of 2016.
The expansion will stretch
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include a multi-use trail on
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During construction the
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closures are expected.
The traffic lights at the

intersection of 17th Street
and Poyntz Avenue will be
replaced with new lights and
amenities by the end of the
year.
While several buildings
may be going up around campus, the only major road construction project is the closing of Mid-Campus Drive from
Old Claflin Road to Butterfly
Lane in order to turn it into a
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rence and Linwood, and Im

kinda foggy about what connection he had with Manhattan or
K-State. Still, anyone who can
serve as a legislator without
reproach probably deserves
to have a statue on a college
campus.
Lets make our way north
across the shady campus, and
well pass an unusual four-face
clock near Holtz Hall (1875).
The clock was provided by
donations from the graduating
classes of 1968, 1971, 1973 and
1974. Each face of the four-sided clock is inscribed with one
of these class years.
I was a member of the Class
of 1973.
So, youre welcome.
For the clock.
Even though I dont remember being asked to contribute
to a clock fund, voting to donate
class money toward a clock or
having my class officers bring
up the matter. In fact, I dont
even remember ever knowing
who my class officers were, if
there actually were such
beings!
But youre welcome, anyway.
Were heading toward Willard Hall (1939), originally
named the Physical Science
Building and later named for
one of the most interesting
characters in K-State history.
Julius Terrass Willard had
the longest official association with K-State of anyone
71 years.
J.T. was born on a farm in
Wabaunsee County in 1862, the
same year the Morrill Act
establishing the land grant college system was passed and
signed by President Lincoln.
The next year, K-State became
the nations first land grant college.
Willards father, Julius E.,
was a member of the New
Haven, Connecticut, colony
that settled in the area to work
for the abolition of slavery and
that established Wabaunsees
historic Beecher Bible and
Rifle Church. J.T.s mom was
A statue outside of Fairchild Hall

does not depict its namesake, but
that of Kansas legislator William
Alexander Harris.
the daughter of one of the first
settlers of Alma.
Willard enrolled at K-State
in1879 and graduated in 1883
with a degree in general science. He later earned masters
and doctoral degrees at KSAC.
Except for 10 months of
graduate study at Johns Hopkins, according to K-State, he
was affiliated with Kansas
State from his freshman year
until his death in 1950. During
those years, he was a student,
instructor, professor, chemist,
head of the chemistry department, director of the Agricultural Experiment Station,
dean of the Division of General
Science, vice president and
acting president.
But, in my opinion, J.T. Willard made his greatest contribution to K-State as the schools
historian.
For years, Willard collected
historical materials related to
K-State and wrote articles
about the history of the college.
In 1940, he published the book
History of Kansas State College of Agriculture and
Applied Science, considered
by most to be the definitive history of the school to that point.
So, I read that in 1936, Acacia fraternity presented a portrait of Willard to the college
and that the portrait hung in
Willard Hall.
And this wasnt just any old
portrait. This one was done by
David Hicks Overmyer, the artist who painted the four iconic
murals in the Great Room of the
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K-State library and as well as

some of the historic pictures on
the walls of the Kansas Capitol.
One day recently, I went
looking for the Willard portrait. First floor, just inside the
main door: No portrait. Second
floor: Nope. Third floor: Uhnuh.
So I inquired about the
painting in the art department
office (Though many students
remember Willard Hall as the
chemistry building, the art
department is housed there
now.).
Would that be the picture
that was stolen? the receptionist asked a co-worker in the

next room after my inquiry.
Yep, said the other lady, that
would be it. About a year ago,
she said, somebody came into
Willard Hall and pilfered the
portrait of its namesake.
Goodness sake.
We sure would like to have
it back, she said.
Sure would.
K-States more recently
built Physical Science Building is Cardwell Hall (1963),
named for A.B. Cardwell, former head of the K-State physics department and nicknamed
Atomic Bomb Cardwell
because he helped with the

Manhattan project.
Lets mosey over there now.
Look! Whats that tucked
behind Cardwell Hall, just east
of Bushnell Hall (1949)? Yes,
its a tornado! A tiny tornado,
but a tornado nevertheless.
Its actually a metal sculpture of a tornado that commemorates the effort to rebuild this
area of the campus after it was
heavily damaged by a real tornado in June 2008.
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Students are much more
familiar with another campus
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There it is right there,
beside King Hall (1966), another science building.
As you can see, The Fork
is right in the heart of the campus. Hundreds of students pass
by it every day. And probably
all of them have wondered, at
least once, Whats up with a
fork in the middle of the campus?
Well, The Fork and five
other campus sculptures were
created by KState students as
part of a workshop called Art
in Situation, which ran during
the summers of 1969, 1970 and
1971.
Students took the workshop
for credit in art, architecture
or landscape architecture.
A statue near Cardwell Hall commemorates the rebuilding of the

area after a tornado in 2008.
But why a fork? Who knows?
Its sort of like asking, Why
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became a centerpiece of the

community. There would be
spelling bees, Sunday school,
track meets, softball games
and other community gatherings at the schools. Tippin said
the schools bonded the neighborhoods. They were not usually more than around 2 miles
apart, so that no student would
have to walk too far, and
became centers for social gatherings as well as education.
There were community
suppers and cake walks, Tippin said. Everyone in the community would come, and sometimes theyd have a program. It
was a community connector
where you could socialize. So
when they closed, that was a
concern.
For students from families
of new immigrants, this element of community could
become even more important.
Larson told of a group of Swedish students who came to
school knowing no English,
learning from a teacher who
knew no Swedish. The students
came to the school in part to
improve their English. One
day, the teacher finally said a
single phrase in Swedish and a
student started to cry.
It was the first thing he
could understand, Larson
said.
CLOSED DOORS
A number of changes in the
community in the middle
decades of the 1900s caused a
rash of school closings throughout the county.
Tippin said a lot of new
development contributed to
the closings, including the
building of Tuttle Creek Dam
and the expansion of Fort
Riley, along with decreases in
population in northern Riley
County.
It depended on community
factors, especially in northern
Riley County, Tippin said.
The population was not very
heavy, and people moved away.
And if you dont have a community, you dont have the need.
Larson also said that as
schools shrunk, parents were

more likely to be willing to
take their students farther if
they could be with more classmates. When Larsons school
closed, he said one of the biggest transitions was going
from a class of four students to
one four times that size.
All of a sudden there are 15
to 20 students, and youre not
the lone star anymore, Larson said. Youre comparing
yourself with other kids.
Larson said although the
reasons for consolidation
were clear, it was still hard to
lose a part of the community.
It was hard to give up those
little schools, he said. You
hated to give up the stuff that
was there.
Thompson said her parents
were in favor of consolidating
schools and were active in
working for bigger schools.
Blue Valley School closed
when she was in fifth grade,
and Thompson said that for
her, the transition to her new
school, Stockdale, was
smoother.
You had opportunity at a
bigger school, she said. To
have a teacher for three students was not effective.
Despite the changes,
Thompson said she was still
among students with similar
backgrounds and bonded with
them even at her new school.
I always was thrilled to
death, she said. When I went
to Stockdale I made lifelong
friends.
KEEPING THE
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The school buildings left
behind by closings met various fates in the ensuing
decades. Some were torn
down, others abandoned and
left empty, and some were converted into community centers or private residences.
Ashland and Deep Creek
schools were both turned into
community centers that are
still used to this day. They host
family reunions, 4-H clubs and
other gatherings, continuing
the legacy of keeping a gather-
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One building, Rocky Ford,
was turned into a museum by
the Riley County Historical
Society. The restoration has
taken place over the course of
several years, and now area
students are returning to the
school to see what it might
have been like for their grandparents or other relatives.
Tippin said the project
arose around five years ago.
He was on a committee of eight
people who identified and
help complete projects
including repairing the ceiling, cleaning the original
wooden floor, repainting the
desks, refinishing the potbelly stove and adding a handicap
accessible entrance.
Now visitors from local
schools or social groups come
to meet or learn about the history of the school. Thompson,
who also worked on the restoration, said it was a labor of
love that reminded her very
much of her own grade school.
Its been fun to work on it,
Thompson said. Kids need to
realize.
Rocky Ford school, north of
Manhattan on U.S. Highway
24, was a rural school of Riley
County. It was converted into a
museum by the Riley County
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Timothy Everson
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Eric Mathias taunts his girlfriend, Betty

Ausherman, as he speeds by her on one of
Wildwood Outdoor Adventure Parks two
racing ziplines.
After a little more than a year of

helping people fly over the Flint Hills,
Steve Springer, co-owner of Wildwood
Adventure Park, is incredibly pleased
at Manhattans reaction to his zipline
course.
Its going great, Springer said,
noting the companys popular Facebook page and high reviews.
The parks integration into the city
of Manhattan has been successful so
far, providing thrills to veteran zipliners and newbies alike. Its even gained
a following among gradeschoolers
since taking a tour on the lines has
become a prize for children enrolled
in the BookIt program. The program
allows kids to earn prizes for reaching
certain reading milestones.
Oftentimes the prize is pizza, but
Springer said that trips to his park
have been a strong motivator in getting kids to read.
Thats been received very well,
Springer said. And weve been told
some kids dont normally read that
amount, and theyre doing it because
they want to come out and ride. Its a

incentive for them, and wed like to do
more of that.
The park now offers a party area
where people can come in, zipline and
then have a get-together with their
friends, family or coworkers. There
are tables, an outdoor grill, a campfire
area and coolers available for no extra
charge.
If they want to come out and zipline
they can do either two, four or all
seven, and then they can come down
and visit and cook a hot dog or a
smore, Springer said. Thats probably the thing that were going into next
is group parties.
The park is also open to bachelor
and bachelorette parties as an alternative to the normal festivities.
Its something to do aside from
going and drinking in Aggieville,
Springer said.
Springer said that the park has several new things in the works including
a high and low ropes course and the
possibility of fundraising events for
area groups but, as of now, the company is focusing on improving the services it already offers.
Hayley Lyda soars over the Flint Hill woodlands on one of Wildwood Outdoor
Adventure Parks longer ziplines.
Right now we just want to continue
doing what were doing, Springer
said. Its working.
The park is open Friday through
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If you don't like Manhattan's weather, simply wait 15 minutes

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If youre reading this in late
September, when the print
version of this publication
hits the street, then congratulations. You are in the Manhattan area during the best part of
the year, when theres nowhere
else on Earth you ought to be.
From now until the end of
October, its glorious. The
trees turn, the days are warm
and sunny and the nights are
crisp. This is a college town in
football season, surrounded
by hills and limestone, tall
native grass prairies and lots
of trees. Take my advice: Go for

a hike, have a picnic, watch the
sunset. Jump in a pile of
leaves. Go to a high school
football game. Revel in the
natural surroundings.
Why? Well, partly because
youre a human being, alive on
a rock spinning around a sun,
and you oughta enjoy your outrageously fortunate place in
the universe. But partly for a
more terrifying reason:
Theres weather coming that
will beat you down and make
you completely batty.
Its going to get freezing
cold. Its going to get ungodly
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This is northeast Kansas,
and the weather goes to
extremes.
The winter: Its cold, and
you will eventually hate it.
November is tolerable.
December is kinda fun, heading into Christmas and all that.
January is just frigid; you can
count on at least one ice storm,
where the roads turn into skating rinks. One tip: Dont drive
fast. February? Well, for most
of my life here I just wish it
could be removed from the
calendar. Its dreary and its
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freezing, and theres not much
And then theres March,
to look forward to, other than which you can deal with
the gauzy notion that pitchers because you know spring is
and catchers report to spring
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major revelations in Wefalds
account of his time at the KSU helm
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est parts of the book have to do

with sports, which of course
ballooned into the massive
enterprise that they are today
largely on Wefalds watch.
What might count for a revelation is the insider account of
the search for Bill Snyders
replacement as football coach
in 2005: The search initially
focused on Jim Leavitt, the former K-State assistant who built
a successful program at South
Florida. Also on the list: Gary
Patterson, the TCU coach;
Randy Shannon, an assistant at
Miami; and possibly Bret Bielema. But Bielema took the head
coachs job at Wisconsin, Shannon dropped out, Patterson
decided to stick at TCU, and
Leavitt -- after a long interview
in Tampa with Wefald and
Weiser -never said yes. So they
moved on to Ron Prince, an
assistant at Virginia, who then
impressed everybody in the
interviews and got the job.
Wefald confesses to several
errors in office: Letting Weiser
leave as athletics director;
hanging on too long to Jim
Wooldridge as basketball
coach; arguing in favor of
extending Princes contract;
and delegating too much
authority to Bob Krause.
Krause, you probably recall,
made the secret deal with
Princes agent for an extra buyout, which became an enormous controversy right at the
end of Wefalds tenure. The
book describes the meeting in
which Wefald found out about
that secret deal; its consistent
with his past declarations that
he knew nothing about it
beforehand, and the reasons
for that secret deal remain a
mystery.
The book is not all about
tales of the high and mighty.
One of my favorite yarns is the
story of the campus recovery
from the 2008 tornado. Wefald
recounts how his delegation-of-authority approach
played out: Two project managers, Mark Loberg and Kevin

Minihan, essentially took
charge of rebuilding a major
stretch of campus between
mid-June and August, when
classes resumed. Mark and
Kevin pulled off the greatest
project management achievement in Kansas history, said
Ed Rice, K-States associate
vice president for facilities.
Who were they? Wefald
writes. I did not even know
them. But these two K-State
employees prove that every
organization best succeeds and
solves problems when people
at the local level are given the
authority to act and make decisions.
Great example of the management and leadership theories in practice. And a great
story if as I do you happen
to know either Mr. Loberg or Mr.
Minihan. Shout out to Kevin,
whose youngest son I coached
in baseball. (My point is that for
those of us close to K-State and
Manhattan, these stories
involve our friend and neighbors, so theyre not just words
on the page.) Wefald has always
been a terrific cheerleader,
and that story is one of dozens
throughout the book. Theyre
generally a lot of fun, and
heres the thing about Wefald
even if you get weary of the
rah-rah, you simply cannot
argue with the results. So when
he says something is the best
in Kansas history or somebody else is the MVP department head, or the most historic meeting of key federal
and state leaders in Kansas,
you pretty much have to believe
him. He was there, and he was
the guy in charge, and, yes, they
really had all that success.
To call his tenure transformational at K-State, as the
title of the book does, is not
cheerleading. Its a fact. To
understand how that fact came
about, this book is excellent,
its fun, and its worth keeping
around.
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ENROLLING NOW!
Three easy daytrips from Manhattan

Gabby Sullivan
Contributing writer
Go west and explore the

cultural treasures of
Abilene and Salina on I-70
1. If you like Ike, visit the
Eisenhower Presidential
Library and Museum in his
hometown of Abilene. With
more than 25,000 square feet of
exhibit space and five major
galleries, there is more than
enough to keep your interest.
The museum is open daily from
9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m and admission
is $9 for students. Other Eisenhower-related sites include
the visitor center, Ikes boyhood home, the Place of Meditation and The Pylons.
2. With a five-star museum
district and 21 structures on the
National Register of Historic
Places, Abilene has plenty to
see and do. Sites include Old
Abilene Town, Dickinson
County Heritage Center,
Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad, the Greyhound Hall of
Fame, Seelye Mansion, Jeffcoat Photography Museum and
the Kansas Auto Racing Museum.
3. Explore Salinas artsy
downtown district, which is
home to the Salina Art Centers
galleries, cinema and warehouse as well as the Stiefel

Theatre for the Performing
Arts, Salina Community Theater and Smoky Hill Museum.
As youre walking, take note of
the various sculptures
theyre part of SculptureTour
Salina, an annually rotating
collection of works from artists
around the country. Vote for
your favorite and it may become
part of the citys permanent
collection.
4. Blue Skye Brewery and
Eats on Santa Fe Avenue offers
a variety of beers including
Fire Engine Red, a nod to brewer John Goertzens 20 years as a
firefighter. Dont worry if beer
isnt your thing; the brewery
also serves dangerously tasty
Long Island iced teas. It also
has an extensive menu of woodfired pizzas, including the
option to build your own, that
cost between $9 and $13. If
youre with friends, I suggest
ordering a few to share and trying some of each.
5. Visit lions, tigers, bears
and more than 100 other species at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure Zoo, which
includes a 64,000-square-foot
wildlife museum on site. Rolling Hills is open seven days a
week throughout the year,
though specific hours depend
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1. Council Grove Lake offers
a variety of outdoor activities
from swimming to hiking to
camping. Boating, fishing and
swimming are available at the
lake, but if you want to stay dry,
explore the surrounding woodlands on the parks walking
trails and hike the 1.25-mile
Pioneer Nature Trail. Campsites are available for reservation for as little as $22 per night.
2. A ton of history is packed
into the small city of Council
Grove, once a town on the Santa
Fe Trail. The town boasts 25
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Used bookstores aren't a thing of the past in Manhattan

Emily Porter
Contributing writer
There arent enough shelves
to contain all the books at The
Dusty Bookshelf, the used book
store at the corner of Manhattan Avenue and Moro Street.
Small stacks of books sit on
the floor, waiting to be sorted,
purchased or bumped up to the
handmade shelves that line the
store. Two carts outside sit full
Oliver, the Dusty Bookshelfs resident feline, was taken in as a stray

and now lives among the books,
often lazing in the stores front
window.
of books begging to be purchased, at $2 or less per book.

The store opened in 1985
under the direction of Diane
Meredith. There were so many
books that it prompted another
store, which opened in Lawrence in 1996. Today, Meredith
said there are around 100,000
books in the Manhattan shop
and at least 200,000 in Lawrence.
All of our books are secondhand, so having a place where
you can bring books, turn them
in and get others or sell them if
you need a little cash is really
important, Meredith said.
Books and the possibility of
making money arent the only
draw to the store. Some students make their way to the
shop to get their cat fix from
the feline who hangs around the
shop, Oliver.
We hear that all the time,
cat fix. Students come in and
say, I came to get my cat fix
because I had to leave my cat at
home, so I feel like we provide
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We just get bored, Meredith said. We like to create

new things and see if people
will like them.
Even if people dont like the
store, Meredith does.
People always ask me what
my favorite store is, and its the
bookstore, she said. Thats
such a silly question to me. It
was the first store, and its filled
with books, so no other store is
going to compare to that.
The Dusty Bookshelf in Aggieville houses thousands of used books for

sale, including rare and antique titles. The store has been operating in
Aggieville since 1985.
a service for cat-lovers, Meredith said.
Oliver was found underneath the Varsity Food Truck
next door, where he lived as a
kitten. He is the third cat at the
shop, after the deaths of Maxine and Cleo.
Its a tradition for used
bookstores to have a cat going
back, I suppose, centuries,
Meredith said. It just feels
right, and were always trying
to make the atmosphere feel as
homey and inviting as possible,
so the cat kind of adds to that.
In Lawrence, Dinah is the
resident cat. At that store,
there are even Dinah the cat
stickers available, while Oliver stickers are in the works for
the Manhattan location.
Also to the Manhattan store,

a remodel is in the near future.
I dont think well be opening any more bookstores, Meredith said. But we are remodeling this store so this Dusty
will be closed for just a little
bit, we dont know exactly
when, but were going to do a
complete remodel.
Meredith will be keeping
busy with other projects in the
meantime. She is a co-owner of
both bookstores in addition to
Acme Gift, Thread, Varsity
Donuts, T-shirt stores in Lawrence and Columbia, Missouri,
and a new store opening next to
Radinas in Aggieville. Soon
she plans to open City Dairy, an
ice cream shop just waiting for
a space.
More used book

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Thursday 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Marys Corner Bookstore
1300 Pillsbury Drive
(behind Grand Ol Trunk)
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tuesday - Saturday
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cation. One of the major components on their plan for the near
future includes technological
updates to the visitors center
and more informational signage in the gardens themselves.
Whether you come in with
your family or you have some
friends in town or youre just
stopping by, you can take some
of these digital tours from our
visitors center and learn more
about the gardens or what is in
bloom or whats in bloom at different times of the year, maybe
not while youre actually on
site on visitor, McElwain said.
Thats what we want our
visitors center to be, is help
out with more a self guided
tour and for visitors to be able
to find information on their
own.
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growing, with new features,
projects and events in the
works.
One recent addition is the
pair of arbors on the north side
of the garden. Plans for a
reflecting pool between the
arbors are already underway,
and gardens director Scott
McElwain hopes to finalize the
design and begin fundraising
this winter. He also plans to
renovate the 1907 glass conservatory to make it more useable
and accessible.
K-State Gardens are free,
open to the public from dawn
until dusk, and all paths are
ADA accessible. Some of the
gardens highlights include the
Visitors Garden, a collection of
annuals grown each year by
K-State students, and the
Adaptive/Native Garden,
which features native plants.
The gardens also feature
extensive collections of daylilies, irises, roses and peonies.
Were always adding new
plant material so even local
visitors who are visiting on a
regular basis, hopefully
theyre finding or seeing something new every time they
visit, McElwain said.
While the gardens are constantly evolving, officials have
made some major changes on
the garden grounds in the past
few years, including the addition of a peony collection
beginning in the fall of 2014.
Because peonies mature slowly, visitors will be able to see
the collections progression
over the next few years.
Those will take two, three
years, and maybe even some as
many as five years before that
plant reaches its mature size
and is really producing a spectacular bloom, McElwain
said. Were thinking that in
about three years we should
see a dramatic display over in
the peony display.
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of the past few years has been
food trucks. Parked alongside
streets during events like fairs
or carnivals, they bring restaurant favorites to the people.
While the K-State Student
Union finishes construction,
local food trucks will be on
campus offering students
alternatives to a homemade
sandwich and potato chips.
The food trucks are scheduled
to be on campus until the union
can get the restaurants inside
up and running.
In Manhattan food trucks
have become more common at
farmers markets and other
events though some, like the
Varsity Truck, have permanent parking spots.
Here are just a few of the
rolling eateries available in or
around town.
The Varsity Truck
The donut shop in Aggieville serves food alongside

donuts. A projector typically
plays movies or TV shows on
the adjacent wall. Open 10 p.m.
to 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturdays, and located behind in
the alley behind Varsitys yearround at 704 N. Manhattan Ave.
Food like the Mac & Cheese
Grilled Cheese, with or without bacon, corn dogs and
donuts can be found at this
truck.
Streetside Kitchen
Another non-mobile food

truck option also located in
Aggieville is Streetside Kitchen, which opened over the
summer. Located at 1315 Laramie St., this truck serves breakfast and brunch food.
This truck has two sets of
hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 7
a.m.-2 p.m., and Thursday-Saturday nights 9 p.m.-2 a.m. to
satisfy egg and cheese cravings.
Foods like breakfast burritos, biscuits and gravy, alongside several other biscuit-centered options, are available at
this truck, with most items hovering around $7.
Parked outside of the student union, Vista Food Truck provides students, workers and passersby with lunch options during the Unions
construction. The truck is expected to be on campus during the fall
semester.
Mr. Ks Mobile Kitchen
Paninis, salads and flatbread pizzas are all staples of

the food truck, the more mobile
little brother of a cafe on Kimball Avenue. Currently available for catering and reservations only, aside from campus
lunch duty. The truck also
makes an appearance at select
town events.
The foods, like Danish pear
salad and the K-State club
sandwich, are similar to those
on the Mr. Ks restaurant menu.
Vista
Burgers and fries are the

main draw for this truck, from
the restaurant on Tuttle Creek
Boulevard, which opened in
1964. Though it is mostly seen at
catered events, as it is by reservation only, the Vista truck may
appear at the K-State campus
in the fall and at local events.
The orange trucks slings its
Vista burger with cheese, corn
dogs, chicken strips and all the
foods at the restaurant. All
prices include tax at this truck.
Tasty Traveler
The first mobile food truck

in Manhattan serving wraps
and sandwiches. The truck
moves daily, from city to city,
bringing food to both Manhattan and Wamego. Menu and
location updates can be found

on its Facebook page.
Tasty Traveler has a variety
of items like wraps, fajitas,
bierocks and Philly cheesesteaks. For sides, fried pickles, waffle chips and hashpuppies, which are a cross
between hashbrowns and a
hushpuppies.
Los Toritos Whatever

Wagon
A Mexican restaurant from

Ogden, located about 10 miles
southwest of Manhattan via
Kansas Highway 18, with a
truck serving mostly non-Mexican dishes will be putting some
time in at the K-State campus
this fall.
Options include nachos, hot
dogs, biscuits and gravy, plus
specials of the day.
BBQs Roll n Smoke
The big red truck with a

painted-on pig has barbecue
classics and sides brought
straight to campus. Based out
of Concordia, this truck travels
the region and has been at
events in towns like Junction
City and Abilene.
Food like barbecue nachos,
pulled pork, smoked brisket,
potato salad and beans are just
some of the dishes on the menu.
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workouts are designed to lessen those problems.

You might and look and
think theyre not engaged,
she said. Sometimes you cant
read them, so were working on
that. If theyre able to show you
that, youre going to talk more.
The class begins with
stretches. During the stretches, participants count out loud
and alternate grinning and
frowning to work on facial
muscles. Then they move on to
walking across the room,
focusing on taking big steps
and counting punches as they
go. The next portion of the
class involves stations that
focus on punches and footwork. The activities exercise
all areas of the body that might
be affected by the disease.
Parkinsons tightens up
the muscles in your mouth,
your abdomen, everywhere, so
physical activity contributes
to a better lifetsyle, said John
McCulloh, a student in the
class. It keeps you functioning.
Although Haub said it is
still crucial for the participants to work closely with their
doctors to get the right medications and other treatment,
classes like this can help
improve the participants
symptoms by getting their
muscles working through
exercise.
This is a disease that you
hear is progressive and degenerative, Haub said. Theyre
not supposed to be getting better, but they are.
Priscilla Wattenford, for
example, had been using a
wheelchair regularly anytime
she left her home. But after
having been in the boxing program, said she hasnt had her
chair out of the car for more
than a month.
Were really lucky to have
this program, Wattenford
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things we didnt think we could
do anymore. It keeps us moving.
Virginia Snodgrass and Jo
Horton both said they also saw
increased mobility and are
relying less on aids like wheelchairs to move around.
Jon Dunning, who was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinsons in February, said it has
helped him adjust to the diagnosis as he learns more about
the disease, and that he notices a difference if he misses
class.
My body feels it when Im
out of town, Dunning said. I
like the fact that it challenges
me to do things I wouldnt do on
my own.
For others in the earlier
stages of the Parkinsons, it can
be a way to slow down or at
least ease some of the issues
that might arise as the disease
progresses. Virginia Bennett
said she didnt mind doing the
facial and vocal exercises,
even though she said it might
look and sound silly, because it
is strengthening muscles used
to swallow.
It makes it less likely Im
going to have that problem,
she said.
Bennett was diagnosed with

early-onset Parkinsons six
years ago and two years ago
thought she might have to
switch from a cane to a walker.
She decided to do the annual
Speedy PD annual race to benefit the Meadowlark Hills Parkinsons Fund. As she trained,
she gradually stopped using
her cane. She plans to participate in the event again this
year.
Bennett also recently went
kayaking with her daughter
and spent hours in the boat
going down the river. She credits exercise, including the boxing class, with helping her
have the endurance to do that
as well.
This allows me to live my
fullest life, Bennett said.
Matthew Schindler said
going to the boxing classes has
made things like walking backwards easier for him. Schindler was diagnosed in 2002 at
age 41, and said he will keep
challenging himself with exercise if it will improve his quality of life.
If it can help me function
longer, Ill do it, he said. Im
not going to let the disease beat
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3. Where wagons once

crossed the Neosho River you
can now follow the paved trail
from the Guardian of the Grove
statue to the Kaw Mission. If
youre looking for a more casual outdoor experience than
hiking trails, the river walk is a
good option.
Concurrent with the Council
Grove Fall Festival on Sept. 17,
the Voices of the Wind People
drama about the clash between
the Kaw Indians and early settlers will be put on Sept. 16 and
17 at 8 p.m. at Old Riverbed
Amphitheater.
4. One of Council Groves historic sites, the Hays House is
the oldest continuously operating restaurant west of the Mississippi River. (The only time it
has closed for a long period is
after a fire damaged the building a few years ago.)
Try one of its traditional,
comfort-food dishes. I had the
chicken fried steak with
mashed potatoes from the specialties menu and if you like
chocolate, I recommend the
Kahlua pie. While the main
dining room is open most of the
day, Hays Tavern is open only
on Friday and Saturday evenings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
5. The Tallgrass National
Prairie Preserve is about a
20-minute drive south of Council Grove. Near the entrance is
a visitor center and a collection
of limestone buildings from
mostly the 1880s, remnants of
the parks ranching legacy.
Feeling adventurous? Miles
of hiking trails snake through
the prairie including the 6-mile
Prairie Fire Loop and the Scenic Overlook Trail.
Hiking trails are open 24

hours a day, year-round.
Whether its a trip of its

own or a detour on the
way to Kansas City, US-24
provides a short route
with a lot of options.
1. Get your Oz on. Wamego is
home to the Oz Museum, a collection of more than 2,000 artifacts from the original L. Frank
Baum novels, the 1939 movie
and all of the spinoffs since.
Just walking through the museum doesnt take long, but you
could easily spend half a day
watching documentaries and
reading all of the different
exhibits. Totos Tacoz is a few
doors down from the museum
and, for dessert, Oz Winery has
chocolates and a rotating selection of Oz-themed wines like
Emerald City Lights, Lions
Courage and Squished Witch.
This years Oztoberfest begins
on Sept. 30 and goes through the
weekend.
2. If youre looking for a nice,
quiet place to eat, you can literally follow the Yellow Brick
Road to the Friendship House,
which is tucked away between
downtown and City Park. The
1907 house was transformed
into a restaurant and bakery 28
years ago and now serves traditional breakfast foods, burgers, sandwiches and salads. If
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buildings and take the Southwind Nature Trail, a 2-mile loop with both
woodland and prairie views.
A calf stays close to mom at the

Plumlee Buffalo Ranch.
from the 1800s, including the
first Pottawatomie County Jail
and the Wamego Telephone
Exchange building, rests in
Wamego City Parks Prairie
Town Village. Nearby is the
Schonhoff Dutch Mill, built by
John Schonoff in 1879. The
museum, run by the Wamego
Historical Society, is open from
10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Saturday
and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Admission for students is $1.
4. Just 10 minutes south of
downtown Wamego is the Plumlee Buffalo Ranch. With a reservation, you can tour the 400acre ranch, enjoy the prairie
scenery and get up close and
personal with the buffalo from
a four-seat ATV. Samson, the
herds bull, watches over the
75-member herd, and if you
come in the spring or early summer, there will be plenty of
adorable new calves. The guided tour, led by the friendly and
welcoming Shirley Plumlee,
usually takes one to two hours
and costs $20 for adults, though
the ranch does offer group
rates.
5. Float instead. Start down
the Big Blue River at Linear
Park, just off of Highway 24, and
follow the current as it merges
into the Kansas River east to St.
George, Wamego or even further if youre feeling adventurous. You can rent canoes, kayaks, tents and other outdoor
gear from the K-State Outdoor
Rental Center near the Peters
Recreation Complex.
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Beach Museum exhibit features

printmaker, professor Scuilla
Emily Porter
Contributing writer
The Beach Museum will feature an artist with a K-State
connection to celebrate its
20th anniversary.
Jason Scuilla, associate
professor of art, is this years
gift print artist for the museum. His exhibition, Porta
Magica, will be featured at
the Beach.
The Beach Museum asked
if I would be interested in making a gift print for the friends of
the museum while abroad,
Scuilla said. I was excited
and grateful to be a part of the
longstanding tradition of talented printmakers who have
been selected.
This year he completed a
fellowship in Venice, Italy,
working on a series of etchings
at the Scuola Internazionale
di Grafica Printmaking Studios. For the Beach Museum,
Scuilla, a former soccer player, will exhibit etchings and
drawings that he created both
at K-State and while working
in Italy.
Ive always loved to draw,
but I was an athlete growing up
and didnt become interested
in fine art until college, he
said. I found the discipline,
honesty, imagination and challenges inherent in drawing
and printmaking similar to
that of competitive sports. Passion and personal accountability are necessary to succeed in both.
When he isnt working on
art, he said he is trying to teach
his son, 16-month-old Calvin,
how to kick a soccer ball. In
following his passion, Scuilla
is working on a new series of
prints inspired by the history

of Venice and fine-tuning the
electro-chemical etching process in the printmaking labs at
K-State.
In todays increasingly digital world, quality is often sacrificed for speed, efficiency
and instant gratification,
Scuilla said.
This year, the international
art community is recognizing
K-States printmaking program for its art ventilation,
innovative facilities and the
research of our students and
faculty, Scuilla said.
His exhibit at the Beach
Museum will not be his only
showcase this year, as he will
have two solo exhibitions in
Rome and Venice. Scuilla also
will host a session at the Southern Graphics International
Printmaking Conference,
where he will give his take on
his experiences with the renovation and ventilation implementation at the university. He
is also anticipating traveling
abroad again next year as a
teacher, educating students in
a sketchbook and printmaking
course in Orvieto, Italy, for
K-States summer program.
In the meantime, he will
continue his work with the
K-State Pussycat Press, a fine
arts printmaking society comprising K-State students and
alumni.
A handmade print may
take hundreds of hours to create, but the beauty and quality
is timeless, Scuilla said. Im
grateful to be part of a town,
community, university, department and family that understands the importance of craft,
creativity, tradition, hard
work and the handmade.
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Man shares gift of gab with new tour boat business

Bryan Richardson
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Dan Peters stands in front of his World War II duck boat, the amphibious vehicle he now uses to give tours of Tuttle Creek for his new business, Tuttle Puddle Tours.
Dan Peters had a vision that

some people just didnt understand.
Peters, 55, is the owner and
operator of Tuttle Puddle
Tours. He conducts tours on a
duck boat, an amphibious vehicle that can drive on land and
swim in water.
Cheaper than a house but
more expensive than the average car, Peters said several
people, including bankers,
thought he was crazy to make
the investment on the boat.
You should have seen them
old sailors on Lake Erie, he

said. They said, You cant take
it out to Kansas. Theres no
water in Kansas.
Obviously, those sailors
were unaware of Tuttle Creek
Lake and Milford Lake.
Peters vessel is Duke the
Duck, which he named after
actor John Wayne.
Peters started the business
this spring. A veteran of the
Navy, he said he hopes eventually to contribute some of the
proceeds to the Wounded Warriors once he builds the business up.
Your first year or two of
business is just getting the

word out and hoping youll
make it, he said.
The business allows him to
use the gift of gab and meet new
people, which he enjoys.
Any particular conversational topic he starts could venture to a discussion about meeting Bill Snyder, teasing the Air
Force, and his Navy ship being
featured in the movie "Top
Gun."
Peters, a retired Fort Riley
firefighter, said his former
career is something he thought
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KSU's Wefald Hall wows students,

parents on move-in day
Bryan Richardson
They dont build dorms like
they used to, which some
would say is for the best.
Wefald Hall, the first residence hall built at K-State in
nearly half a century, made a
strong impression on Scott
Stubenhofer of Overland Park.
Im very impressed, he
said as he moved in Aug. 27. I
was here 30-something years
ago, and this is quite impressive.
Stubenhofer, who spent the
day helping his son, Alex,
move in before classes start
Monday, stayed in Haymaker
Hall when he attended the university.
It seems a whole lot more
roomy, he said. Better laid
out. A lot better planning and
thought into the whole thing.
Much more usable space.
Noticing the bed loft,
Stubenhofer reminisced on
how students had to create
their own when he stayed in
Haymaker.
We used to bring our own
stuff and build lofts, he said.
There would be table saws
out in the parking lot.
The university didnt have
any table saws in the parking
lot, but Wefald still showed its
age with the smell of newness
and the lack of grass.
The dining area didnt open
until the following Monday
when classes started. On movein day, plastic still covered
some lounge furniture, a few
K-State Kramer Dining Center

underwent major renovation
over the course of the last two
years. The dining center serves
Goodnow, Marlatt and Wefald
residence halls and is designed to
accommodate 1,850 patrons.
windows still had plywood
instead of glass, and wood also
provided the halls covered
entrance.
Even without being 100 percent finished, Wefald still
caught the eye of many as they
walked in to help students
move in.
The new hall didnt only
impress a past K-State student
like Stubenhofer.
Seriously, can we trade?
Alexs sister, Beth, a senior
living at K-State Wesley, asked.
Alex, a freshman who is
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Inside Tallgrass | Brewery offering tours of expanding operation

Lea Skene
lskene@themercury.com
Less than two weeks after
expanding into the Texas market, Tallgrass Brewing Co. is
doing something to show
appreciation for its fans here
at home.
The company is offering
tours of its brewery this fall to
let people see whats going on
in the relatively new facility, a
renovated industrial building
behind the Manhattan Regional Airport that Tallgrass has
occupied since March 2015.
Since Jeff Gill started the
company in 2007 it has expanded steadily to meet a growing
demand for craft beer in the
region. Its market now encompasses 17 states as of the Texas
market launch last week up
from 13 states when the company moved in to its new facility last year.
Gill said the new brewery
has made continued expansion possible for the company,
but until now most of the magic
that happens inside has taken
place behind closed doors.
The company, which used to
offer tours of its previous facility in Manhattan, took a break
from the tour business after
the move last year to give
employees time to get comfort-
able in the new space.

After a year and a half,
theyre ready to reunite with
old friends and once again
invite people to see where
their beer comes from.
We wanted to share this
place with people in Manhattan, especially as students
came back into town and Manhattan livens back up after
summer, Gill said. It just felt
like the right time to actually
start having people out here
and seeing what a cool facility
we have and what were capable of.
A brand-new wheat beer
called Moro St. Wheat, which
will be sold only in local stores,
is another way Tallgrass is
showing some MHK love.
At 60,000 square feet, the
new facility is roughly double
the size of the old one and currently produces around 4,500
gallons of beer per day.
In addition to the Tallgrass
Taphouse in downtown Manhattan, which Gill co-owns
with CivicPlus CEO Ward Morgan, Gill said his plans for the
new brewery include a tasting
room and bar area at the
entrance to the facility.
Though the tasting room is
currently more of a storage
space and part of Gills vision
for the future, upcoming tours
of the brewery will also give

participants an opportunity to
taste beer. For $10, visitors get
a tour and receive a Tallgrass
glass and five beer samples,
including some of the brands
standbys like Buffalo Sweat
and 8-Bit Pale Ale as well as
some small-batch ones like a
recently brewed key lime pie
beer.
The tours will be offered
starting every 15 minutes
between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on
Saturdays this fall through
Oct. 1. People can make reservations online or by calling the
brewery, and tour groups will
be capped at 15 people.
Staff photos by Sarah Midgorden
Rows of fermenting tanks are one of the sights on the tour, where
guests can learn about the brewing process.
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weddings across six states and
even the Dominican Republic
while he was still at Fort Hays
State.
So I had that freedom, he
said. And once I got to entrepreneurship school here, a few
of my professors had never
owned a business before. But
they were teaching from a book
that talks about running a business I can think of upwards of
10 people in my family who own
their own businesses, and so it
was really hard for me to try

and learn business when I was
already doing it. So I kind of
had an epiphany on that and
quit taking classes.
Before long, Hicks was splitting time between photography and Arrow Coffee Company.
At first he was just a customer, visiting periodically to try
new coffee blends and edit
photos on his computer.
Josh Hicks doesnt follow a

script.
Most high school students
either know exactly where
theyre headed to college, or at
least spend months obsessing
over post-graduation plans.
It wasnt until about three
weeks before graduation, when
a college counselor asked
where Hicks was headed, that
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he realized he should probably
figure the whole college
thing out.
A week later he visited Fort
Hays State University and
decided on the spot that it was
the place for him.
Two years into the schools
photography program, he
decided learning film in the
age of digital wasnt a great
investment, so he transferred
to Kansas State University to
study entrepreneurship.
But now even that is practically ancient history for the
23-year-old photographer, traveler and soon-to-be entrepreneur.
Hicks lives in Manhattan but
grew up in Salina and Bennington, where his high school graduating class had 30 students.
He started out with simple
landscape photography, but
soon enough a classmate asked
Hicks for a senior portrait.
I told them that I work with
skies, Hicks laughed. I dont
have to say, Hey cloud, go that
way, and make this color.
It turned out Hicks did a
pretty good job, though,
because seven other people
eventually asked him to shoot
their senior photos.
It was a blessing coming
from a small, connected place,
he said. Once I got into college
I could come back and do senior
photos for the next class, and
(photograph) families. It was
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A new chapter for woman who bought bookstore

laugh. We should have been
switched.
After graduating from college, Ubel began teaching college-level English classes at
K-State and Highland Community College, she said. But
because of budget issues,
there was not enough job security to continue teaching.
Once her teaching career
ended, Ubel worked in Manhattans retail community for
about 20 years, including 10
years at Dillards in the mall,
she said. Her experience with
retail and her love of books
made owning the bookstore a
Dylan Lysen
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Mary Ubel is uniquely
qualified for her job.
Ubel, who holds a masters
degree in English from
K-State, recently became the
sole owner of a bookstore in a
small converted house on
Highway 177. The bookstore
used to be part of Grand Ol
Trunk, but it was sold to Ubel
afterGrandOlTrunkswitched
hands in October.
Marys Corner Bookstore,
1300 Pillsbury Drive, features
several used book sections, as
well as old magazines and
vinyl records, but the stores
main asset may be Ubel herself.
Ubel is originally from
Topeka and moved to Manhattan after she graduated from
high school in 1977. She moved
to Manhattan to study English
at K-State, she said, which is a
little ironic, because her
Mary Ubel stands behind the counter at Mary's Corner Bookstore.

brother went to KU to study
chemical engineering.
We were kind of back-
wards, because I was more

liberal arts and he was an
engineer, she said with a
perfect opportunity, because

she loves being around books.
Ubel has loved reading
since she was a child.
My dad used to read to me,
and once I learned to read, I
checked books out (from the
library) all the time, she said.
One of my favorite books was
called The Littlest Witch, but
I cant find it anymore. But
thats just a memory, its not
like a classic or anything.
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will be a major snowstorm
way past the point where you
think winter is waning, and
you will shake your fist at the
sky. This might even happen
in April.
Truth is, though, April, May
and the first part of June are
breathtakingly pretty. The
tulips come up and the lawns
get green, and the air just
feels softer, with the scent of
lilac. Itll rain quite a bit in
fact, it might even flood if you
live near a creek but this is
another time you ought to get
out and enjoy the physical fact
of your existence. Jog around
City Park or play tennis. Watch
kids play t-ball at Optimist
Park. Catch some crappie and
hunt for morels. Take a drive
to look at the redbuds when
they bloom.
July? Just hunker down. Its
hot and humid and it feels like
youre in a sauna, even at 10
p.m. Run the air conditioner
and go to the pool. August? Its
a blast furnace. It gets dry, so
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the extreme Kansas temperatures.
January is not. If you have the
money and the time, though,
the time to get outta here is
probably late January and
late July.)
But then youre around the
horn again, and youre in
mid-September, and you can
breathe and walk and run the
grill in the backyard.
Look, if you want 75 degrees
and sunny every day, move to
Quito. Around here, youre
going to have to live when the
weather is brutal. Youd better find some other things that
make you happy. But as they
say, if you dont like the weather, just wait 15 minutes. Itll
change, and itll change dramatically. Because you can
also find times when its so
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Fort Riley museums give

insight to US history
Greg Woods
Contributing writer
FORT RILEY Positioned in the southernmost portion of Fort Rileys Main Post towers the
First Infantry Division Museum, home to historical artifacts from and information about the
longest-serving division in the U.S. Army.
And just a walking distance away are the Cavalry Museum and the Custer House, more treasure troves of local military history.
The museums are largely tied to the Manhattan and surrounding communities, as supervisory curator of the Fort Riley Museum Division
Robert Smith explained.
From the museum standpoint, we have a
relationship with both K-State outreach programs and also the Discovery Center, Smith
said. With Junction City, we have the Geary
County Historical Society, and we have a relationship with even, if you head to Abilene, to the
Eisenhower (Presidential Library and Museum).
On top of the connection between Fort Riley
and the Manhattan area, public affairs specialist
Eric Zenk said that there is a more specific relationship with K-State: the fort hires interns from
the university.
Thats a partnership that we work on quite
frequently that gives us quality people and their
respective academic backgrounds and augments Fort Riley contractors and civilians with
the jobs we have here to support soldiers and
families in light of personnel reductions over the
last three or four years, Zenk said. Its kind of a
win-win relationship for us both.
As for the challenge of curating the First
Infantry Division Museum and the 98 years of
history that comes with it, Smith offered an
explanation for how the museum maintains its
lore.
We want to tell a particular story, Smith
said. We choose artifacts. We work very closely
with the specialists and the experts in D.C.
And they allow us some latitude. We think,
Oh, this is a great artifact. We think we should do
an exhibit on this. And theyre very, very good
about giving us that latitude. But we stay within
certain parameters.
While Smith admitted that George Armstrong
Custer, a U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander in the Civil War, did not live in the Custer
House, Smith clarified that Custer lived two
doors down. However, the quarters surrounding
the Custer House a museum that reflects historic military home life have remained much
the same since Custer took up residence at Fort
Riley nearly 150 years ago.
I always tell folks when they come here for
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A turret adorns the U.S. Cavalry Museum building

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the Custer House, if George Armstrong Custer
would come back today, hed recognize those
quarters because they have not changed since he
left in 1867, Smith said.
Smith said the First Infantry Division Museum has been in operation since the mid-1990s,
and that the base has plans to remodel the museum, as well as plans to renovate the Cavalry
Museum, which houses artifacts from
horse-mounted soldiers during the days of westward expansion. He explained that the goal of
the renovations is to provide a relevant, fresh
experience for visitors.
(He said he didnt yet have dates for the projects.)
Todays soldiers, unlike Eric and I here, are
brought up in the Information Age and with the
apps and everything, Smith said. So we want to
make it user-friendly and accommodating to
them because, once again, our principal mission
here at the museums is to teach the soldier the
history and tradition of the First Infantry Division or of the United States Cavalry.
He said he hopes the exhibits give soldiers an
appreciation for the sacrifices of those who came
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about as he grew up in Wisconsin.

Its just one of them boyhood things, I guess, he said.
Its what I figured Id always
be. Cowboy was already taken,
and the retirement sucks.
Peters served in the U.S.
Navy from 1986 to 1990, based
on the U.S.S. Enterprise CVN65, which was the first nuclea r- p o w e r e d c a r r i e r a n d
decommissioned in 2012.
He said he chose the Navy
because it helped him with his
future career.
They had the best firefight-
ing school, he said. When

youre out on the ocean, theres
nowhere to go, so you fight for
your life right there.
After his Navy stint, he
became a career civilian firefighter. Peters started at Fort
Sheridan, a now-closed military base outside of Chicago,
and then moved on to Fort
Riley.
In 2013, Peters retired from
the Fort Riley Fire Department as a captain.
A year later, Peters bought
the boat and obtained his boating certificate from the Coast
Guard. He said hes just not a
part-time worker.
I found when I retired, I

needed to be a part of something, he said. Ill get too fat if
I sit on the couch and get into
trouble. Mischief.
Peters said he didnt officially start his business until
this year because he needed to
take his time getting comfortable with the boat. He said he
treated it like his fire engine
when he was a driver.
That driver of that truck
knows that truck bumper to
bumper, he said. He knows
every squeak and every noise.
Its his truck.
Peters, who considers himself a military buff, said the
boat is a piece of history and

pretty rare.
Its like a mobile military
memorial, he said.
His boat is one of the 21,147
duck boats built from 1942 to
1945 for World War II.
The U.S. Army used the 2 1/2ton boats to deliver supplies
and troops from ships at sea to
shore.
This is an original 45 that
didnt get deployed over, he
said. Theres just not that
many around anymore. People
dont even know what it is. They
cant believe it can go on the
land and the water.
He said he has the only oper-
ational one in the state, and

less than 250 boats are operational in North America,
including in Wisconsin, where
the duck tour started in 1946.
I rode on it when I was a kid,
and I always thought they were
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Ron Wilson
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Connecting with customers that's what owner Terry
Olson likes best from working
with the Eastside and Westside Markets in Manhattan.
In 2016, this business is celebrating 40 years of providing
"fine fruits, fresh veggies, and
fast friendly service."
Olson is the owner of Eastside and Westside Markets.
Her parents came from Wisconsin. Olson grew up in the
family produce business.
"My parents' families got
through the tough times of the
depression by growing big
gardens," Olson said.
Her father, Leon Edmunds,
took a plant pathology
research position at Kansas
State University in 1960. He
and his wife brought their
young and growing family to
the city of Manhattan.
"A friend let him put in a
garden," Olson said.
The garden was so productive that they could sell some

of the produce.
"We had a big St. Bernard
named Bozo, and my dad built
a cart that Bozo could pull
door to door with us kids selling produce."
That was Olson's introduction to produce marketing.
The business was so successful that Edmunds decided to expand. In 1967, he
bought a place with a small
greenhouse in the Kansas
River Valley. It was located
near Manhattan on the road
toward the rural neighborhood of Zeandale, which has a
population of perhaps 30 people.
In this rural setting, the
Edmunds family started to
build a greenhouse business.
"My dad could grow the
best bedding plants I ever
saw," Olson said. "My favorite
part was retailing. My dad
was a scientist and I listened
to him explain about the
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Olson went to K-State and
got married. Meanwhile, a
couple of truck farmers in the
Hunters Island area near
Manhattan were operating a
small roadside stand on the
east side of town called Eastside Market.
"It was just a shack," Olson
said.
While attending K-State,
Olson worked for them selling produce in the summer of
1974. After a couple of years,
the owners decided they
wanted to get out of the retail
business. Olson and her husband bought it with the idea
of Olson and her sister Chris
Edmunds operating the market during the summer
months.
"We were more successful
than we thought," Olson said.
Their produce was great
but the building was primitive.
"It was a wood shed with
two light bulbs and a phone,"
Olson said. "We added up the
prices on a paper sack."
With high quality produce
and excellent customer service, the business grew.
Eastside Market, located at 219 E. Poyntz Ave., offers a variety of

plants and produce.
"We had customers from
the west side of town who
wanted us to be closer to
them," Olson said.
In 1981, she bought the old
Dog & Suds and Rathskeller
buildings on the west side of
Manhattan and ultimately
built a modern building that
is now Westside Market. In
1987, a new modern building

was built for Eastside Market
as it is today.
"The new building meant
we could become a yearround store," Olson said. "It
enabled us to do more with
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Eventually we were just

like, Josh, you would be a very
good fit for us, said David
Adkins, who co-owns the shop.
So we brought him on, and
hes been a friend ever since.
Hes got this artistic, creative drive and a people-first
mentality, Adkins said.
Whatever hes doing, hes not
necessarily doing to make Josh
happy, hes doing it to create an
experience and an opportunity for the other people around
him.
That mentality first led
Hicks to Help-Portrait, an
organization that offers free
portraits to people who cant
afford to pay for a session with
a professional photographer.
He organized his own
Help-Portrait day in Manhattan, first in 2014 and again last
December. Volunteers provided free hair and makeup service, food, coffee and all of the
work needed to produce a
framed photograph.
Hicks and a couple dozen
other volunteers took portraits of about 75 people the
first year, and more than 150
the second time around.
So many of them have
never taken a family photo

before, he said. A year later
they come back to us and
theyre still talking about last
years event and how they got to
interact with people and experience people loving them, and
they remember that.
And while Hicks loved
working at Arrow and loved
photography, he saw an opportunity for something more
when he realized how many
other artists and entrepreneurs were working alone or
doing work at a coffee shop just
to get out of the house.
So Hicks, along with his
fianc and several other
friends, decided to create a
co-working space where people can pay a monthly fee for a
shared office populated with
like-minded individuals.
I can edit (photos) at
home, Hicks said. And I stare
at the same wall, its just me, all
day. And its lonely, he said.
So thats how this idea came
together.
Manhattan is more traditional and business owners
are 50, or retiring age, he said.
Kind of the scope that were
into is, four out of the five partners are 24 and under. So weve
kind of connected with the
millennials and all of the other

people doing cool stuff... its
not leading a charge, its not a
movement, but once we realized how many people could
use this, we started reaching
out them and they said they
need this, they want this.
The this Hicks refers to is
The Fellow, a 3,800-squarefoot space at 1125 Westport
Drive, is set to open April 22.
Hicks said it will be the first
of its kind in Manhattan, and
will feature 24-hour access,
private and shared workspaces, and a kitchen with coffee
from his friends at Arrow.
And while he no longer
works at the coffee shop,
Adkins said Hicks is living out
a sort of mutual dream by
opening the co-working
space.
Hicks, meanwhile, is quick
to credit Arrow for much of his
own success.
Its kind of its own little
culture of people who are
doing cool things, he said. I
worked there for a year and
you see some of the same people every day. And you start to
be able to dig into them a little
bit and... I never knew people
in Manhattan did that kind of
stuff.
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mer owner of Grand Ol Trunk,

sold the stores. When the new
owner no longer wanted the
bookstore, Ubel decided it
was her chance.
I just didnt want the bookstore to close, she said.
Outside of her work at the
bookstore, Ubel owns land
with horses near Zeandale,
she said. Prior to taking over
the bookstore, Ubel said there
was nothing keeping her in
Manhattan, but she enjoys the
town and wanted to stay.
Its a good place to stay,
she said. Its a hard to explain
why, but its a great town.
The bookstores inventory
is mostly made up of donated
books from the community.

Ubel said she is thankful for
the donations that help keep
her business running. In the
kitchen of the converted
house, which serves as Ubels
office, there are several stacks
of books waiting to be placed
in a section.
One of Ubels qualifications is knowing her regular
customers interests.
I have a lot of regulars,
she said. Thats fun because I
know what they are looking
for. Sometimes I even hold a
book for them because the
next time they come in, I know
they want to see it.
Andres, who hired Ubel
three years ago, said he
believes Ubel is the perfect
person to run the bookstore.
She loves books, she really does, he said. She has

such a good memory for that
kind of stuff. She knows all the
authors.
He said she was a great
worker for him when he owned
the Grand Ol Trunk.
She was a good employee, he said.
She is really conscientious and always knows what
shes doing.
While walking around her
bookstore showing off various
sections, its obvious to see
how much the store means to
Ubel.
I love to help people find a
book, she said. Thats when
Im in my element when they
tell me what they are looking
for.
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planning to study mechanical

engineering, said he liked the
idea of being among the first
group to stay in Wefald.
I havent had anyone
where I am, he said. Its nice
to be the first one to be in a
room. Its yours.
Alex still had to get settled
and meet his roommate, but he
already had his mind focused
on his academic future.
Im getting to start my own
path and figure out what I want
to do in life, he said. I get to
have my own space and a fresh
start from high school.

Erin Hudson, another
Wefald Hall resident, also
looked forward to taking on a
challenge.
For her, K-State, which
enrolled 24,146 students in fall
2015, is a much larger place
than shes experienced previously.
Wefald Hall, which holds
540 students, has nearly as
many people as her previous
college and hometown.
McPherson College, where
she attended freshman year,
had 681 students in fall 2015,
and her hometown of Mar-
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Hudson, a sophomore who
transferred to K-State to study
social work, said theres some
intimidation about the size of
K-State, but shes excited for
the opportunity.
Im looking forward to
being in a bigger place that I
have before, she said. A
change of scenery.
Hudsons mom, grandmother and two sisters helped
her with the move. She will
room with a friend from high
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The room has been
stripped down and walled off
from the still-closed Aggie
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Upp said theres a plan to
replace the two back windows
with a glass garage door that
Bryan Richardson
An event space, a nightclub and a Mexican restaurant are filling in three of the
Aggieville vacancies on Moro
Street.
Eleven Fifteen Venue and
Urban Garden is operating
out of the former Aggie Central Station space, Tates will
take over the Kathouse space,
and Azul Mexican Grill will
be in the Wabash Bar and
Grill space.
Wabash Bar and Grill had
been closed since December
2014, and Aggie Central Station and Kathouse have been
closed since January. All are
east of 12th Street.
Eleven Fifteen is taking
reservations and has a number of weddings, sorority and
fraternity formals, and nonprofit and K-State group
events lined up this year,
according to Dell Ann Upp.
Upp, who owns Upp Events,
better connects to the urban

garden.
Upp said she spoke with
the previous owners more
than a year ago about the
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Eleven Fifteen Venue and Urban Garden, a new event space on Moro
Street, is staged for a wedding reception.
also owns Straight Upp Creative Studio and manages the
space at Ware-ham Opera
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She said Eleven Fifteen
has a different feel than the
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on connecting with customers
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ing bedding plants is our biggest season. It's

a natural fit with the produce."
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Terry Olson: the face of Eastside and Westside Markets.
Olson has seen lots of changes through the

years, but Eastside and Westside Markets continue to provide high quality fruits and vegetables. Olson gets products from local sources as
she can and then seeks out the best produce in
the region.
"Our customers know we have the best
peaches on the planet," Olson said.
Her stores offer Kansas products, fruit baskets for local delivery, and gift boxes for shipment.
Most of all, Olson enjoys helping customers,
just as her father did back in the day. She's
even served as chairman of the board of the
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. For more
information, go to www.eastsideandwestsidemarkets.com.
Connecting with customers. That's a priority for Terry Olson, who is celebrating 40 years
of this remarkable business. We salute Terry
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The Union Pacific Depot was built in 1902.

While there was a smaller wooden depot in the
years before, the brick building near downtown was built to better fit the needs of the
community. The depot is operated by the Manhattan Parks and Rec Department and can be
rented for functions.
Historic sites of Manhattan

With more than 150 years of tradition, city
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The Carnegie Library was built in 1904. The city

received a $10,000 grant to build the library, which
is now the Riley County Attorneys Office. The basement of the library was dug by local businessmen as
a cost-saving effort, according to the Riley County
Historical Museum.
The Wareham Opera House was

built in 1884 and was originally
called the Coliseum. The building
got the new name when Harry
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added in 1911, it became the second place in Kansas to show movies, according to its website.
Memorial Stadium, originally West stadium, was built in

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Take it outside:
Joe Atmonavage
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Manhattan has 28 city parks,
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The name speaks for itself.
Marlatt Memorial Park, more
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Emily Porter
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Singer Melissa Etheridge,
Broadways Mamma Mia!
and STOMP are just a few of
the many acts set to take the
McCain stage this season.
K-States McCain Performance Series begins its 201617 season Sept. 20 with ThePianoGuys, four dads who
became internet sensations
with their classical and pop
music.
Other highlights include
the Oak Ridge Boys, comedian Brian Regan, a cappella
group Straight No Chaser,
Lyle Lovett with Robert Earl
Keen and Food Network Star
Robert Irvine.
Im most looking forward

to Pat Metheny, said Todd
Holmberg, executive director of McCain. His performances are among the most
musically compelling I have
ever experienced.
Metheny, a 20-time Grammy-winning jazz guitarist
and composer from Lees
Summit, Missouri, is slated to
perform at 7:30 Sept. 23 at
McCain.
McCain is also home to the
Landon Lecture series.
Named after a former Kansas
governor Alfred Landon, the
series brings speakers to
educate the community. Lecturers are generally
announced shortly after the
school year commences, but
recent speakers have included the president of Costa

Rica and ESPN reporters.
The Kansas State Orchestra also hosts its concerts at
McCain.
The McCain Performance
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McCain Auditorium. Several
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jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut,
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space, but they werent ready

to let it go.
She said the space is a perfect footprint for the business, which brings Aggieville
something it lacked.
Theres a lot of great business down here that have
spaces for smaller groups but
a true event facility was something we didnt have, she
said.
Reservations for Eleven
Fifteen, which has a capacity
of 284 indoors and 130 outdoors, can be made at 3205089.
Tates owner, Terry Priest,
said hes waiting on a liquor
license for the 21-and-up
nightclub named after his
daughter, Tatum.
Priest, a former part-owner of Rustys, said he saw an
opportunity to get back into
the business.
I missed the social aspect
of it, he said.
Priest said Tates will play
top 40 music with some country. Like Kathouse, there will
be a pool table and the stage
remains for dancing.
Anybodys welcome, he
said. Were not going to cater
to one specific category.
Azul Mexican Grill has the
youngest crew out of all the
newbies.
Jesse Hill graduated from
K-State in May 2015, and his
business partner, Eddy Gonzalez, is a K-State graduate
student.
When we talked to certain
people around town, they
kept telling us restaurants
were a difficult business to
get into, Hill said. We just
kind of used that as motivation to get going.
Hill said the restaurant
will have authentic Mexican
and Tex-Mex fare as well as
standard bar food.
Azul will be a 21-and-up
bar at night and play hip-hop

music.
Hill said many people told
him and Gonzalez about how
they liked the rooftop.
We asked a lot of people
around town what location
they liked best, he said.
Everyone spoke highly of the
rooftop.
Other vacancies east of
12th Street on Moro Aggie
Station, which closed in January, and Pizza Hut and The
Goose, which both closed in
July 2015 remain.
Another vacancy on the
outskirts of Aggieville is also
being filled.
The Manhattan Board of
Zoning Appeals approved
Wednesday the construction
of a Popeyes chicken restaurant at 1115 Bluemont Ave.
The former Arbys restaurant was recently demolished
and a new Popeyes restaurant with a drive-through will
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A vision about six years in
the making will soon be completed.
Airport officials hope the
Staff photo by Sarah Midgorden Manhattan Regional Airport
The completed Phase 1 renovation at Manhattan Regional airport. passenger terminal project is
Officials say Phase 2, which is underway on the left side, should be completed late fall this year.
completed later this year.
The project provides a major
expansion at a cost of more than
$17 million. The 12,500-squarefoot terminal building that
opened for public use in January 1997 will be 42,000 square
feet when completed.
The expansion has been in
the works since 2010 when airport officials announced plans
to develop a master plan for the
passenger terminal.
Phase 2, which is currently
under construction, will
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vated front of Manhattan Regional Airport.
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building.
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this phase.
It allows people to enter the
airport without exposing them
to the weather conditions outside.
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An artist's rendering shows a meet-and-greet lobby for people to

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7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20
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7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23
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Putting the mock in Democracy.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7
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Kathy Mattea (Wareham Opera House)

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7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17
Dervish (Wareham Opera House)
Annie
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7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11
7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30
Shaolin Warriors
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7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14
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7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24
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Cinderella: Russian National

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7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28
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42nd Street
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7:30 p.m. Monday, May 8
Neil Bergs 100 Years of Broadway
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6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30
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7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14
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