K-STATE CANCER RESEARCH CENTER'S ANNUAL REGIER GOLF TOURNAMENT SEPT. 3
Golfers can help Kansas State University's fight against cancer at the 13th annual Rob Regier Memorial Golf Tournament Friday, Sept. 3. Proceeds will support K-State's Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research.
The four-person scramble, at K-State's Colbert Hills Golf Course in Manhattan, will have a shotgun start at noon. Registration is requested by Monday, Aug. 16, but same-day registration will be accepted at 11 a.m.
The tournament honors Rob Regier, a 1988 graduate of K-State in pre-dentistry who died of cancer at age 26. Regier's parents, Sandy and Les Regier, and his brother and sister-in-law, Randy and Juli Regier, all of Overland Park, are the tournament's hosts.
The registration fee of $150 per person includes dinner. Prizes will be awarded to top teams, hole contest winners and more.
Arrangements have been made for out-of-town participants wanting to stay for the next day's K-State vs. UCLA football game. Hotel rooms and game tickets are available by calling the center at 785-532-6705; reservations are requested by Wednesday, Aug. 4.
The tournament's premier sponsor is Grand Mere Development, Manhattan. Additional sponsors are welcome, and all sponsors receive special recognition.
K-State's Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research supports basic cancer research, training and public outreach. Its programs are made possible through private donations.
MAC: 785-537-4420 Coming to the MAC on Sept 3rd, 2010
Nora Jane Struthers performs her material with a voice as pretty and homespun as the vintage dresses she favors on stage. Her accompanists on the album include acclaimed singer/multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien, all-star fiddler Stuart Duncan, award-winning dobro player Rob Ickes, top bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton, banjo ace Scott Vestal, veteran bassist Dennis Crouch, and, on backing vocals, do-anything performer Shawn Lane. Truitt contributes mandolin and octave mandolin.
The 26-year-old vocalist – a full-time teacher of high school English before making a professional leap into music with a move to Nashville in 2008 – has formulated a unique fusion of traditional styles.
“It’s not really bluegrass, it’s not really old time, it’s not folk – it’s all of these things,” Struthers says. “In my last year of teaching, we were reading Jane Austen, Shakespeare, classic English literature. The themes in those works and in the music I was listening to – Doc Watson, the Louvin Brothers, Tim O’Brien – came together for me. The universal themes that have been pervasive in storytelling started to develop in my writing.”
MHS Football Parents will be hosting its Annual Barbeque Fundraiser
on Friday, September 3, beginning at 6 p.m.
Enjoy a Barbeque beef sandwich, chips, drink, and cookie for only $5.
U.S. Cellular $10,000 Speed Text Tournament at Purple Power Play on Poyntz
September 2, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
September 3, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
U.S. Cellular wants to put your texting skills to the test and find the country’s fastest texter.
The U.S. Cellular $10,000 Speed Text Tournament is coming to Purple Power Play on Poyntz. The fastest texter at the end of this national contest will win a $10,000 grand prize, and the second through fifth-place finishers will receive $500 gift cards. Participants compete individually or head-to-head using an HTC Touch Pro 2 handset.
The latest tournament rankings will be updated every Wednesday and Friday at www.uscellular.com/speedtext. The score to beat will be available at every stop.
Purple Power Play on Poyntz features a variety of live music, entertainment, food, games, the Cox Communications Jumbotron, and the Capitol Federal Savings Inflatable Carnival. Kids of all ages can get their picture taken with Willie the Wildcat from 5-7 pm in the center court area of the Manhattan Town Center.
Join us for the Thursday and Friday night pep rallies featuring appearances by current K-State coaches and student athletes. The KSU Marching Band, Cheerleaders and Classy Cats, will also take center stage along with Willie the Wildcat. Finally, on Friday night, head into game day with the INTRUST Bank Pyrotechnic Firworks extravaganza launched directly overhead on Poyntz Avenue!
Purple Power Play on Poyntz was created in 1988 by a group of four community volunteers to welcome students back to Downtown Manhattan and generate excitement for a less than successful K-State football team. The first event was a 2-day event held before the first home football game and featured a main stage on a flat bed trailer at 3rd and Poyntz in front of Manhattan Town Center and had less than 200 attendees. In 1999, Purple Power Play on Poyntz was incorporated as a non-for-profit organization.
Today, Purple Power Play on Poyntz still welcomes students, alumni and the entire community to Downtown Manhattan prior to the first home Kansas State Wildcat football game. Purple Power Play on Poyntz has become one of the largest events in Northeast Kansas with over 20,000 people attending the event over the two days. The event has grown to include an inflatable carnival, a pyrotechnics display, and a diverse group of more than 45 vendors that line Poyntz Avenue. Purple Power Play on Poyntz continues to grow each year and will continue to be a Manhattan tradition for years to come.
Laborfest is September 5th
Pickets, New York City, 1946 one supporting her employer for paying a living wage, one striking because his doesn’t.
Laborfest, a Labor Day celebration honoring all workers, is Sunday, September 5th from noon- 2 p.m. at Manhattan’s City Park Pavilion. The event is free and open to all. There will be free food and beverages plus music by Aliyah Stephens. Featured speaker is Paul Lira, IBEW Local 304.
Laborfest is sponsored by the Manhattan Living Wage Coalition (MLWC) as its kick-off event to campaign for a City ordinance requiring that economic development funds--tax dollars--only go to businesses that have all jobs paying $12 an hour or more.
Current City policy on using economic development money does not guarantee good paying job creation. The City Commission is free to give tax money to any business, even if many of the jobs it has are low-paying. Only an ordinance will ensure that limited tax dollars solely go to businesses that create higher wage jobs because they must pay all of their employees at least the wage floor of $12 an hour.
The Manhattan Living Wage Coalition’s mission is to ensure that all jobs pay a fair, living wage, to reduce poverty, and to have a community in which there are no working poor. Because if you’re working, you shouldn’t be poor.
Members of the Coalition’s Steering Committee are: Jane Gibson, Chair; Geri Simon, Coordinator; John Exdell, Sara Fisher, Bill Glover, President, AFT/KSU Employees, #6400; Jeri Hynek, Organizer, Carpenters Local #918, Carrie Lewis, Claudean McKellips, Brenda Mayberry, Debbie Nuss and Karen Rappoport. Member organizations are: the Carpenters District Council/St. Louis and Vicinity, Local #918; the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Manhattan Social Action Committee, and the Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice (MAPJ).
WildCat Week
at Sunset Zoo
2333 Oak Street, Manhattan
August 29 - September 5
Discover Manhattan’s Wildest wildlife during Wildcat Week at Sunset Zoo, August 29 – September 5. University students, faculty and staff will enjoy half price admission all week with a current college ID. WildCat Week is brought to you in part by the K-State Union Program Council.
Your WildCat Week adventure includes Sunset Zoo’s very own “cats”: snow leopards and their twin cubs; cheetahs, tigers, bobcats, and even a domestic office cat named Konza! Bring a date or take a break at Sunset Zoo for half-priced admission with your current university or college I.D.
Wildcat Week ends with Enrichment Day, Sunday, September 5, from 10 am – 4 pm. See how the Zoo keepers use enrichment to stimulate the animals’ physical and intellectual health and keep the animals cool. Animal enrichment is an important component of each animal’s daily care at Sunset Zoo, stimulating many of the animal’s natural behaviors in the wild.
Sunset Zoo is home to 338 individual animals representing 105 species, and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Look for the AZA logo whenever you visit a zoo or aquarium as your assurance that you are supporting a facility dedicated to providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for you, and a better future for all living things. For more information visit www.aza.org.
COMING NEXT WEEK
Presentation on American Quilts in Modern Age Sept. 10 at K-State
Patricia Crews
Patricia Crews, director of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will discuss the history of American quilts Friday, Sept. 10, at Kansas State University.
Crews will present "American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1880-1940" at 4:30 p.m. in All Faiths Chapel. Her talk will look at how Americans responded to rapid industrialization, urbanization and immigration as reflected by quilt designs and techniques.
The presentation will be followed by a reception at K-State's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art; both are the closing events for the Beach Museum's current exhibition, "Pieces of Time: Quilts from the K-State Historic Costume and Textile Museum." The events are free and open to the public. They are co-hosted by the Friends of the K-State Historic Costume and Textile Museum and K-State's department of apparel, textiles and interior design. The quilt exhibition closes Sunday, Sept. 12.
With two quilting guilds that have memberships of more than 200 people, quilting has long been popular in the Manhattan community, according to Carole Chelz, president of the Friends of the K-State Historic Costume and Textile Museum, and the past president of the Friends of the Beach Museum of Art.
"Dr. Crews is an internationally-known quilt expert, educator and author, and we are pleased she'll present the closing lecture for the quilt exhibition at the Beach Museum," Chelz said.
Crews has been a member of the University of Nebraska faculty since 1984, joining the school right after she earned her doctorate in apparel, textiles and interior design from K-State. She has won several awards for her teaching and research, including the Smithsonian's 1993 Frost Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Crafts for her book "Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers." She also is the author of three other major books on quilting: "American Quilts in the Modern Age," "Wild by Design: Two Hundred Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts" and the "Flowering of Quilts." Crews was named a Willa Cather Professor for Outstanding Scholarship in 2003.
The Friends of the K-State Historic Costume and Textile Museum organization was organized in 2003 to support the preservation, exhibition and use of the department of apparel, textiles and interior design's extensive teaching-research collection. For more information about the Crews presentation or joining the friends' organization, contact the department office at 785-532-6993.
Along with the Crews presentation, another special event will highlight the quilt exhibition at the Beach Museum. The "Pieces of Time Quilt Design" Open House will be 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, at the museum. The Konza Prairie Quilters Guild and Prairie Star Quilt Guild will offer hands-on activities, suitable for the whole family. Participants can experiment with quilt patterns, try hand quilting, and view a wide variety of contemporary quilts produced by local artists. Refreshments will be provided. The open house is free and no reservations are required. The event is funded by a grant from the Kansas Arts Commission.
More information on the quilt exhibition is available by contacting the Beach Museum at 785-532-7718 or online at beach.k-state.edu.
COMING NEXT WEEKEND
K-State Hosts Band Day for High School Students from Across the State
Almost 2,000 students from high schools around the state will join the Kansas State University Marching Band on the football field as part of K-State's annual Band Day Saturday, Sept. 11.
Students from 21 high schools bands will have the opportunity to march through Manhattan and perform with the K-State Marching Band during the halftime show of the K-State vs. Missouri State football game at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game starts at 6:10 p.m.
"Band Day was designed to bring a lot of high school bands together into a collegiate atmosphere and play at halftime," said Frank Tracz, director of bands at K-State. "It's a great recruiting tool for us, and a great recruiting tool for the university. It's a wonderful opportunity to show K-State hospitality and show the high school students what we're all about."
The high school bands will be part of the Band Day Parade at 1 p.m. The bands, including flag squads, dance squads and twirlers, will line up in the parking lot of K-State's McCain Auditorium, march through Aggieville and then head down Poyntz Avenue to the Manhattan Town Center.
At the halftime show the bands will play such classics as "You Keep Me Hangin' On," "Sweet Caroline" and "Brown Eyed Girl," as well as traditional Band Day favorites "God Bless America," "1812 Overture" and "Wildcat Victory."
Participating schools include: Northern Heights High School, Allen; Bucklin High School; Cimarron High School; Chase County High School, Cottonwood Falls; Council Grove High School; St. Mary Catholic School, Derby; El Dorado High School; Ellsworth High School; Great Bend High School; Hill City High School; Humboldt High School; Junction City High School; Linn High School; Manhattan High School; Neodesha High School; Blue Valley Southwest High School, Overland Park; Peabody-Burns High School; Rock Creek High School, St. George; Silver Lake High School; Hayden High School, Topeka; and Wichita Collegiate School.
90 Minutes in Heaven A True Story of Death and Life
Don Piper
On his way home from a church conference in 1989, Don Piper’s Ford Escort was struck head-on by an 18-wheeler. He was killed instantly — pronounced dead by four sets of paramedics. But God worked a miracle and sent Don back to a broken body. To date, 34 surgical procedures have taken place. He walks only as a result of miraculous and in some cases medically unexplainable circumstances. During the time he was dead, Piper was granted the extreme privilege of glimpsing Heaven itself.
Since the release of his bestselling book, 90 Minutes in Heaven - a True Story of Death and Life, Don has traveled across the country and around the world sharing his amazing story. His message is simple ... We can have a better life now and an eternal life someday through faith in Jesus Christ! DonPiperMinistries.com
Don Piper will be speaking at the following locations.
Don Piper 9.10.10 @ the K-State Ballroom 6:30 pm (If you want the meal for $20 each then get your tickets at Christian Books and Gifts, 1437 Anderson). If you just want to hear Don speak, show up around 7:15. There will be additional seating for those who just want to hear Don Piper.
Don Piper 9.11.10 He'll be at the Riley's Conference Center @ Ft. Riley at 6 pm. There is no charge.
Don Piper 9.12.10 Piper will be at the 11 am worship service at First Baptist Church, 2121 Bluehills Rd,
Manhattan, KS.
From Sea to Shining Sea
Romantic Paintings of America by Mark Flickinger
August 6 – September 11, 2010
Cliffs Near Tahlequah, OK 11 x14 by Mark Flickinger
Mark Flickinger, during his sabbatical from Cowley County Community College, enjoyed an opportunity to view the vistas which inspired the romantic painters of American landscape. This exhibit is a celebration of his inspirations and the paintings which have resulted.
Once We Were Many 18x21x10 by Delmar Pettigrew
His show-mates are Martha and Delmar Pettigrew, bronze sculptors from Kearney, NE. Both are internationally award-winning sculptors whose work is found in corporate and municipal, as well as private collections.
In addition, the exhibit will feature fiber art by noted quilt-maker, Chris Wolf Edmonds (Berryton); Kansas photographs by Mark Feiden (Roeland Park); gouache paintings by Margie Kuhn (Lawrence); stone sculpture by Don Lind (Hutchinson); and collage paintings by Anita Markley (Lawrence).
Exhibit runs August 6 through September 11, 2010. The Gallery is located at 406½ Poyntz, Manhattan, and is open Monday through Saturday, 10 to 6. For additional information, 785-537-2099, and www.strecker-nelsongallery.com
Vintage Flag Quilt to Headline the 'Pieces of Time' Exhibition at K-State's Beach Museum of Art
A patriotic flag quilt will star in an upcoming exhibition of quilts at Kansas State University’s Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.
The "Pieces of Time: Quilts from K-State's Historic Costume and Textile Museum" exhibition opens May 28 and includes more than a dozen American quilts from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries.
Marla Day, curator of K-State's Historic Costume and Textile Museum, said this exhibition is an opportunity to share selections from the museum with the community. K-State's Historic Costume and Textile Museum is housed in the department of apparel, textiles and design.
"These quilts have never been shared with the public. This is rare opportunity," Day said. "The beautiful patriotic flag quilt will be the star of the show, but the path the quilt took to become that star and part of the museum’s holdings is surprising."
The top piece for the exhibition’s featured flag quilt, was purchased by a man named Robert Weir around the year 1940. Weir gave the piece, which he discovered in an old trunk at an auction, to his sister, Mary Catherine Weir Gardner of Topeka. She then had it quilted for about $30, or $466 today. Gardner’s estate donated the quilt to K-State’s Historic Costume and Textile Museum in 1992.
Day said that the quilt may have been started in Maryland: it's eagle motifs bear a strong resemblance to examples produced in Baltimore in 1840-50. Two flag motifs bearing 29 stars are presumed to date around 1847, when Iowa became part of the Union. Additional flag motifs showing 31 stars probably date to around 1851. The differing flag elements testify to how long it often takes a quilter to complete such a large piece of work.
Day said that each quilt also tells a story.
"Whether it is the art of the quilt composition or the artistry of the needle, the quilts are a canvas that allows their creator a place to express their originality, inventiveness and inspiration," she said.
"Pieces of Time" includes 16 additional American quilts and quilted children’s blankets dating from 1840 to 1950. Each work celebrates the art of the needle and fabric. The Friends of the Historic Costume and Textile Museum also recently funded the conservation of the patriotic quilt.
The Kansas State University department of music will kick off its fall season of performances with a variety of musical events throughout the month of September.
All events are free and open to the public. They include:
* Guest pianist Irena Ravitskaya, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, All Faiths Chapel. Originally from Moldova in the former Soviet Union, Ravitskaya is an assistant professor of music at Fort Hays State University.
* K-State Band Day Parade, 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. The parade, which features the K-State Marching Band and 19 high school marching bands from across the state, will start near Aggieville and then head east down Poyntz Avenue to the Manhattan Town Center.
* The K-State Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, McCain Auditorium. Directed by K-State's David Littrell, university distinguished professor of music, and assisted by Blair Williams, graduate student conductor, the orchestra will perform Mozart's Symphony No. 19 in E-flat Major, Franz Lehar's "Gold and Silver Waltz," Emile Waldteufel's "Skaters' Waltz" and Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Wine, Women and Song Waltz." The performance also features cello soloist Jacques Wood in Schumann's Cello Concerto in A Minor. Wood, who studied music under Littrell as a child, is a doctoral student in cello performance at Yale University.
* K-State' s David Pickering, assistant professor of organ, "Organ Music for a Wednesday Morning," 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, All Faiths Chapel. Pickering will present these 30-minute recitals monthly so people can hear standard and contemporary organ music and become familiar with the organ and its repertoire.
* Recital by guest cellist Wood and K-State's Littrell, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, All Faiths Chapel. Dedicated to the youth of Manhattan, the recital will feature literature ranging from the early Suzuki books through advanced repertoire.
* The Student Recital Series, 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, All Faiths Chapel. The one-hour concert will feature various student performers from the music department's vocal, wind, keyboard and string divisions.
* The Latin Jazz Ensemble, 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, on Bosco Plaza outside the K-State Student Union. The performance is part of K-State Family Day activities. Directed by Kurt Gartner, the ensemble includes a wind section and rhythm section with full complement of percussion. The group will perform popular Afro-Caribbean music.
More information about the K-State music department's September performance events is available by calling 785-532-5740.
Neo-Regionalists Nora Othic, Anthony Benton Gude, Zak Barnes
September 17 – October 30, 2010
In the 1930’s the “Regionalist” art movement was characterized by positive subject matter depicting rural life and hard work, and projecting hope for the future. The principle regionalist artists of that time were Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood, all from the Midwest.
The tradition of regionalist art has continued to the present day with a contemporary point of view to the subject matter. The Neo-Regionalists in this exhibit are Nora Othic, Anthony Benton Gude (the grandson of Thomas Hart Benton), and Zak Barnes. While they have each exhibited at the Gallery for a number of years, this is the first time they have been together in an exhibit.
In addition, there will be expressionist paintings by Manhattan-native Lisa Lala, Kansas landscapes by Kim Casebeer, and a special exhibit, Sideshow, a collection of burlesque paintings by Lacey Lewis.
Also, the exhibit will feature wood sculptures by Bob Holcombe, welded metal sculptures by Guinotte Wise, as well as ceramics by KSU professor, Dylan Wiehe-Beck.
Exhibit runs September 17 through October 30, 2010. The Gallery is located at 406½ Poyntz, Manhattan, and is open Monday through Saturday, 10 to 6. For additional information, 785-537-2099, and www.strecker-nelsongallery.com
ON THE HORIZON
Dorothy L. Thompson Lecture Series Opens With Discussion on Judicial Diversity
Dorothy L. Thompson
A distinguished group of Kansas judges will open Kansas State University's 2010-2011 Dorothy L. Thompson Civil Rights Lecture Series and be part of the university's observance of Constitution Day.
"Who Will Judge You? Advancing Judicial Diversity" will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at the K-State Student Union's Forum Hall. The lecture is free, and the public is welcome. The lecture is presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters Manhattan/Riley County.
Justice Marla Luckert of the Kansas Supreme Court is the keynote speaker. Panelists are Judges Henry Green, Richard Greene and Melissa Standridge, all of the Kansas Court of Appeals, and Suzanne Valdez, director of the Criminal Prosecution Clinic at the University of Kansas. The moderator is K-State's David Procter, director of the Institute for Civil Discourse and Democracy.
The lecture also is sponsored by the Union Program Council; K-State's offices of affirmative action, diversity and dual career development, and multicultural programs and services; the Institute for Civil Discourse and Democracy and the pre-law program; the Riley County Bar Association; and the UFM Community Learning Center.
The Dorothy L. Thompson Lecture Series recognizes Thompson's contributions to the field of human rights on campuses throughout Kansas and the nation. Thompson was associated with K-State from 1971 until her death in 1992. She served as K-State's director of affirmative action and associate university attorney.
Dr. William Keel
Dr. William Keel of the Germanic Studies Department of University of Kansas will present a program on German Heritage in Kansas at 2:00 P M, September 19, 2010, at the Meadowlark Hills Meeting Room.
The program is provided by the Riley County Genealogical Society and the Kansas Humanities Council, a non-profit organization with over 35 years experience in promoting understanding of the history and ideas that shape our lives and strengthen our sense of community.
The program is open to anyone who has an interest in the subject and will be at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community located 2121 Meadowlark Road, off Kimball Road.
PKM - STEELDAY Friday, September 24, 2010 3317 S. Ave C., Salina, KS
Join PKM Steel in Salina Friday September 24 for STEELDAY.
This not to be missed event was designed to delight members of the construction and structural steel industry as well as the general public.
Enjoy scrumptious food, win prizes including a chance to win $25,000.
For more information contact Mark Hamade at 785-822-0525 or register by visiting PKMSTEEL.com/steelday.html.
2010 PIOTIQUE FESTIVAL
"Making Dreams Come True" Saturday, September 25th
The summer of 1936 was one of the hottest and driest on record in Kansas, so despite an upswing in the national economy, farming communities such as Clay Center were suffering. Perhaps that was a factor in the decision of the Clay Center Area Chamber of Commerce to plan a special fall celebration. Clay Center had had several Fall Festivals during the 1920’s with parades and floats, but this one was to be a special one called an antique day. It was timed to coincide with the opening of Highway 24 west of Clay Center which would give an all weather road and river bridge for shoppers and tourists to come to Clay Center. The new overpass at the west edge of Clay Center was to be completed and a bridge over the Republican River at Wakefield would be opened.
Needing a special name for this special celebration, the Chamber conducted a contest. Persons entering names were identified by number and names were revealed only after the selection of a winner was made. Mrs. Ed Cody won the ten dollar first prize for the unique name of “Piotique” - (Pie-o-teak) a combination of pioneer and antique.
The Clay Center Area Chamber of Commerce devotes an entire day of exciting activities to celebrate and entertain around 4,000 residents, visitors, and alumni who come to town each year to celebrate the Piotique Festival. This is a great opportunity for vendors, visitors, entertainers, and craft buyers to enjoy a taste of “Americana”.
Clay Center is on the cross roads of Highway 15 and 24. It is 35 minutes from Concordia, Fort Riley, Junction City, and Manhattan.
Little Britches Consignment Sale
Shop the best in gently-used consigned items for kids. Clothing, equipment, furniture and maternity at great prices.
September 25, 2010
Hours: 8:30am-2 & 3-5pm (1/2 price)
Kansas National Guard Armory
721 Levee Dr.
Manhattan, KS
