Relay For Life
August 15-16, 2008 - 7:00pm-7:00am
September 7th, 2008 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Memorial Stadium, Manhattan KS

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Riley County is just around the corner.

Relay For Life of Riley County, KS

First of all, let me personally thank you for all the time and energy you've contributed to help make this year's Relay a success. Unfortunately, due to the increasingly wet weather conditions moving into Manhattan in the next few days, we have decided to post-pone the event. The event has been rescheduled to Sunday, September 7th.

The event will be condensed and will only consist of opening ceremony, survivor lap, team laps, luminaria ceremony, and closing ceremony. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and conclude immediately following the luminaria ceremony or around 10 p.m.

In case of inclement weather on Sept. 7th, the event will be cancelled indefinitely.

Please keep your luminaria bags; they will be used during the rescheduled luminaria ceremony. The names that were submitted to Heidi will also be listed and read during the ceremony.

If your team would like to host your on-site fundraiser, feel free to do so during this time. Just bring a table and your supplies. Purple Wave will be continuing the online auction through Tuesday, August 19th and will close at 10 a.m. Visit www.purplewave.com to view and bid on the auction items.

Feel free to continue to fundraise! If you have money to turn in now, please contact me and I will arrange a pick up of the donations. Email me or call me to arrange this. Please have all contributions turned into me by Friday, August 29th!

Thank you for Relaying. And thank you, too, for taking a personal role in the fight against cancer. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

In the spirit of Relay,
Josh Hanshaw
Community Manager-Development
American Cancer Society
1-800-359-1025
Josh.Hanshaw@cancer.org

Football 201

Ron Prince The Kansas State football program will host an advanced version of its popular clinic for women entitled Football 201 on Saturday, August 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Vanier Football Complex at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

Football 201 is an opportunity for graduates of K-State's Football 101 course to expand their knowledge of college football and build on the fundamentals taught in Football 101 (completion of Football 101 is a prerequisite for enrolling in Football 201).

The clinic will include up-close access to a K-State practice as well as the Dev Nelson Press Box plus an in-depth series of lectures by head coach Ron Prince, special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers, assistant head coach Tim McCarty and defensive line coach Mo Latimore.

The registration fee to attend Football 201 is $60 plus a $7.52 online registration fee and includes an exclusive gift, a certification of completion and a reception with drinks and hors d'oeuvres to wrap up the clinic.

K-State's previous Football 101 and 201 for Women clinics have been smash hits and sold out well before the registration deadlines. As a result, coach Prince and his staff are encouraging those interested in attending Football 201 to register as soon as possible in order to reserve their spot in what is anticipated to be another exciting day of football and fun.

Click Here to Register Online for Football 201

For questions or more information on Football 201 for Women, please contact Inge Jorgensen in the K-State football office at 785-532-5876.

k-statesports.com

For Women Only - Chicks' Night Out

The fourth annual Hot Topics: For Women Only is coming soon and has a new format. Now in the evening, Chicks' Night Out will be an opportunity for women to dine with their friends while learning about women's health and wellness issues.

Chicks' Night Out will be 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. Sat., Sept. 20, at the Family Life Center behind the Church of the Nazarene, 1315 W. Ash St., Junction City.

Speakers will be obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Anwar Khoury, chief radiologist Dr. Pat Landes, Junction City police officer Al Babcock, and certified nurse midwife Susan Corbett.

Khoury will give a presentation on current women's health issues, and Landes, Babcock, and Corbett will discuss breast health, self defense, and sexual health, respectively.

Advance registration is required and the cost is $10 per person. Registrations are requested by Aug. 29, after which the cost will be $15. The last day to register will be Sept. 5. Groups of eight will be discounted to $60. Space is limited.

In connection, a community photo contest honoring women will be held. Local women who are not professional photographers are invited to submit digital photos showing local women at work, at play, and at service. Submissions will be featured in a slide show at Chicks' Night Out. Photographer and high school art teacher Tracy Lebo, Wakefield, will select the top three photos, one in each category, to win prizes.

Entrants should submit only their own, original photos, and must have permission from the women in them. They should e-mail them in .jpg format to Cyndy Platt at cplatt@gchks.org along with contact information for themselves and the women in the photos.

Also at the event, purses handmade by Junction City native GlenNora Jung will be raffled off to raise money for Chapman tornado victims. Tickets will be $1 each or six for $5. Proceeds will go to the Chapman relief fund through United Way of Junction City-Geary County.

More information and registration forms are available at Geary Community Hospital's Web site www.gchks.org, at Flinthills Ob/Gyn, Medical Arts II Ste. 101, and by contacting Pam Shelite at 785-210-3308 or pshelite@gchks.org.

Hoo Haw IV
August 15th-17th and 22nd-24th, 2008

Country, Gospel and the sidesplitting antics of all your favorite Korn County residents and country stars return to The Columbian Theatre stage once again..

Show
$15/Adult
$10/Child

www.columbiantheatre.com

The sustainable redevelopment of contaminated properties is the topic of a workshop Sept. 9-11 at Kansas State University.

"From Brown To Green: Sustainable Redevelopment of Contaminated Properties Workshop" is sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7; Kansas Department of Health and Environment; K-State and the K-State Center for Hazardous Substance Research; the cities of Manhattan and Junction City; the Northeast Midwest Institute; and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The workshop will include noted speakers on sustainable design and redevelopment, a bus tour of area brownfield sites and interactive charettes where conference participants will explore the principles of sustainable design and redevelopment, according to Sabine Martin, coordinator of the Center for Hazardous Substance Research's technical assistance to brownfields program.

Workshop objectives include teaching principles of sustainability and best practices in an interactive format and reinforcing them with hands-on site planning and green building sustainable redevelopment exercises; compiling and exchanging information on sustainable redevelopment practices currently being implemented at brownfield sites; gaining an understanding of the relative costs and difficulty of sustainable versus conventional redevelopment of brownfields; identifying barriers to sustainable redevelopment at brownfields and how to overcome them; and learning about resources and funding opportunities for sustainable redevelopment.

Other workshop goals include helping to identify specific sustainable redevelopment strategies that participants may want to adopt into their redevelopment projects, as well as identifying the early adopters of sustainable redevelopment of brownfields in the Midwest.

"This is a practical, hands-on workshop," Martin said. "We will hear from local governments and developers who have implemented these 'green' redevelopment techniques, and then work through the process of designing sustainable reuses of actual brownfield properties located in the Manhattan and Junction City areas."

Martin said the workshop will be beneficial for local government officials, not-for-profit organizations, consultants, developers, attorneys and community members who are interested in understanding, promoting and utilizing sustainable redevelopment techniques at brownfield sites.

Registration information and the workshop agenda is available at:smartin1@k-state.edu or 785-532-6519; or David Doyle, EPA Region 7, at doyle.david@epa.gov or 913-551-7667.

Read To A Four-Legged Friend At The Library

It's a story time where the kids read and the audience has four legs.

Children in grades K-6 can come and read to a certified therapy dog during the week of August 18 at the Manhattan Public Library. The dogs and their handlers are certified for the READ program (Reading Education Assistance Dogs).

Children must be signed up in advance. Parents can call or come in to sign up. A signed permission slip is needed.

All the dogs are certified therapy dogs, and have had additional training that is specifically for READ. The handlers and dogs have to go through training and testing together, so the handlers are certified, too. Siblings can sign-up to read together. Space is limited, registration is required. For more information visit www.manhattan.lib.ks.us or call the library at 776-4741.

The Kansas State Men's basketball program will host a Back to School Camp for kids on Friday and Saturday, August 22-23 on the university campus.

The Back to School Camp is designed for both boys and girls in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. The primary emphasis will be basic fundamentals of dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding and defense. The camp will run from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday then from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. The cost is $50 for each camper.

Second-year head coach Frank Martin and his staff will instruct and direct the camp, while all returning K-State players, including rising senior Darren Kent and sophomores Ron Anderson, Jacob Pullen, Jamar Samuels and Dominique Sutton, will also work with the campers.

Individuals can register for any of these camps by calling the men's basketball office at 785.532.6531 or toll free at 1.800.651.4667. Individuals may also download a camp brochure as well as register online at www.kstatesports.com.

Tornado Mementos to be Displayed

UFM Community Learning Center and Bear Computer Systems are consolidating mementos recovered after the June 11 tornado. The collection will be displayed at the UFM House, 1221 Thurston in Manhattan on Saturday August 23 from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Items include photos, papers and various small articles. Following this event, the collection will be put into storage. A sample of recovered photos may be viewed from a link at www.tryufm.org. For more information, call Linda Teener at 785-539-8763.

Summer Celebrations
June 13 to August 16, 2008

Mark Flickinger--Looking West_ 36x56 oil $6,500

"Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." - Henry James

So we begin Summer Celebrations, an exhibit featuring nearly 30 Kansas artists, several who are new to the gallery, all celebrating the season of summer.

These artists include painters, ceramicists, three sculptors and several photographers. The Manhattan area artists include Zak Barnes, Ralph Fontenot, Clive Fullagar, Anthony Benton Gude, Oscar Larmer, and Jim Jones. Wynne Wilbur, who grew up in Manhattan, will have functional ceramics.

Artists also included are sculptors Allen Wynn, Gina Westergard, and Guinotte Wise; photographers Dan Coburn, George Jerkovich, and Kevin Sink; and the painters are Roger Ambrosier, James Borger, Allan Chow, Jean Cook, Louis Copt, Mark Flickinger, Brian Hinkle, John Hulsey, Sally Johnson, Cally Krallman, Janet Kuemmerlein, Carol McCall, Doloris Pederson, Deb Schroer, Brian Slawson, and Jean Terry.

Exhibit runs June 13 through August 16, 2008. The Gallery is located at 406.5 Poyntz, Manhattan, and is open Monday through Saturday, 10 to 6, and by appointment. For additional information, 785-537-2099, and www.strecker-nelsongallery.com

Comic Art And Illustration Come To K-State's Beach Museum Of Art Aug. 1

BLAB
By Monte Beauchamp The work of alternative comics artists and contemporary illustrators takes over the walls of Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art when "BLAB! A Retrospective" opens Friday, Aug. 1.

The exhibition, on view through Nov. 2, includes more than 100 works by 46 artists. "BLAB!" is an annual anthology of visual art produced by Chicago graphic designer and art director Monte Beauchamp.

"BLAB!" began in 1986 as a self-published fanzine devoted to EC Comics, the publisher of Mad magazine, "Tales from the Crypt" and other comic books. "BLAB!" has since then evolved into a highly regarded venue for contemporary graphic artists, according to Bill North, senior curator at the Beach Museum.

"Between the covers of 'BLAB!' one will find an eclectic gathering of stylistically varied work by alternative comics artists, illustrators, graphic designers, printmakers and painters," North said.

The Beach Museum's exhibition focuses on "BLAB!" issues from 1995 to the present.

"Its influence has cut a broad swath across contemporary visual culture," North said. "'BLAB!' has helped launch many artists' careers."

Among the artists in the retrospective are Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Calef Brown, Sue Coe, Don Colley, Drew Friedman, Steven Guarnaccia, Peter Hoey, Tom Huck, Peter Kuper, Laura Levine, Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez, Jonathan Rosen, Bob Staake, Chris Ware and Esther Pearl Watson.

All of the work was created exclusively for "BLAB!"

"I want only new work created from scratch. It enables me to visually orchestrate the issue," said Beauchamp, who is fond of referring to the anthology as a "jam," an improvisational visual conversation between him, the artists and their work.

For more information, contact Martha Scott at the Beach Museum of Art at 785-532-7718 or drop by the museum on the southeast corner of the K-State campus at 14th Street and Anderson Avenue. Free visitor parking is available next to the building. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays.

Beautiful Patchwork Musical!
by Newman and Damashek
August 15 - 31

Through stories, dance and song, a pioneer woman and her daughters create patches, or blocks, which will create an exquisite quilt. Stories about frontier life, hardship, birth, joy, death and love reveal strength in the midst of adversity.

A joyous and moving celebration of American Womanhood.

Combining music, dance movement and scenes of vivid dramatic intensity, the play pays eloquent tribute to the courage and spirit of our nation's pioneer woman.

Great Plains Theatre Festival
300 N. Mulberry
Abilene, Kansas 67410
Box Office: 785.263.4574
Toll Free: 1.888.222.4574
Business: 785.263.2903
boxoffice@greatplainstheatre.com

The mission of the Great Plains Theatre Festival is to produce quality live professional theatre in the heart of the Great Plains, establishing a center for educational and creative opportunities in the dramatic arts.

K-STATE'S HALE LIBRARY FEATURES HAPPY HOUR EXHIBITION

Drink books, accompanied by swizzle sticks, tiki glasses, pink elephants and little paper umbrellas, are the subject of a new exhibition now on display through Sept. 10 at Kansas State University's Hale Library.

"Happy Hour!: Top Shelf Selections from Special Collections" is available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays in the library's gallery on the fifth floor.

The free exhibition is organized by Hale Library's Morse department of special collections, which is home to one of the largest and most comprehensive cookery collections in the United States.

Nearly 60 rare and unusual books from the early 1700s to the present, covering distilling, mixology, bartending, bar humor, Prohibition, spirits, beers and wines, are on display for the first time. The oldest book in the exhibition is George Smith's "A Compleat Body of Distilling," which was printed in London in 1725.

"Our books about alcohol are a significant and underutilized part of our cookery collection," said Roger Adams, associate professor and Hale Library's rare books librarian. "Distilling has been part of American agriculture for centuries. This exhibition is not only informative, but it is an interesting look at the history of alcoholic beverages."

Jeff Gill, president and owner of Manhattan's Tallgrass Brewing Company, will present a special lecture in August about starting his brewery. A time and date for the program will be announced later, but it will be free and open to the public.

More information on the exhibition is available by calling 785-532-7455.

Kim Casebeer: From the Ground Up: Studies to Studio
August 22 - September 27, 2008

A Summer Sunset by Kim Casebeer

Opening Reception for the Artists: August 22, 2008, from 5 - 8 pm, at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406 Poyntz. The artists will be present.

Kim Casebeer: From the Ground Up: Studies to Studio

Kim Casebeer shows us the artist's process and the results: drawings, studies and the finished paintings from the Konza Prairie, the Flint Hills of Kansas, and the vistas of New Mexico.

Prisoner Of Time
by
Don Osborn There will be minimalist steel sculpture from the nationally and internationally recognized artist, Don Osborn, who lives at Gypsum.

Other artists in the exhibit include Mark Flickinger with naturalistic landscapes; Steve Scott, contemporary paintings; Kendra Bulgrin, rural dreamscapes; Anita Markley, collage paintings; Todd Van Duren, ceramic houses; Alex Kutchins, ceramic sculpture; and Don Lind, stone sculpture.

Exhibit runs August 22 through September 27. The Gallery is located at 406 Poyntz, Manhattan, and is open Monday through Saturday, 10 to 6. For additional information, 785-537-2099, and www.strecker-nelsongallery.com.

Manhattan Arts Center
Konza Prairie Quilters Guild
"Everything Old is New Again"

KSU Summer Small Works Invitational
Exhibit July 19 to Aug 30th

Opening Reception July 18th 5-7pm

Sponsored by the Konza Prairie Quilters Guild

www.manhattanarts.org

K-STATE'S BEACH MUSEUM OF ART GIVES FAMILIES HOT WEATHER ALTERNATIVES

If it's too hot or rainy to go outside and the kids are bouncing off the walls, the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University has two new activities that will let families learn about the museum and the world around them.

ARTotes contain worksheets, books, activities and games that help families explore the permanent collection, said Kathrine Schlageck, senior educator at the Beach Museum. Three varieties of totes are available so far.

"The series out now focuses on the elements of art," Schlageck said. Totes on shape, form and line are available now; color and texture will be available by the end of the summer. Schlageck will have two more series of totes ready for next year. ARTotes are funded by an Arts in Education grant from the Kansas Arts Commission.

The second new activity is the Exploration Station in the new wing of the museum. The station has activities and resources that will change with the wing's exhibitions. The station's current focus is "More Than Words: Illustrated Letters From the Smithsonian Archives of American Art."

"When people stop at the Exploration Station they can make postcards and mini travel journals inspired by the exhibition," Schlageck said. Visitors can take home their creations.

"The overall idea is to provide fun ways for people to learn about the exhibitions and interact with the art," Schlageck said.

For more information, contact Schlageck at 785-532-7718 or drop by the museum on the southeast corner of the K-State campus at 14th Street and Anderson Avenue. Free visitor parking is available next to the building. Normal museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays.

"Architects and Buildings of Manhattan, Kansas"
Sept. 7-Sunday at 2:00pm

Manhattan
Public
Library Sept. 7-Sunday at 2:00pm, Dr. Pat O'Brien will discuss her new book "Architects and Buildings of Manhattan, Kansas". Her book will be available for purchase and signing.

Dr. O'Brien's program will be a "kick off" for our Manhattan Public Library 2008 Downtown Architectural Scavenger Hunt.

Patrons can pick up an entry sheet with photos of architectural features on buildings located on Poyntz between the Library and the Mall. Write down the address or business name of the location of the feature. If the entry form is correct, patrons may fill out a drawing slip for prizes.

The Scavenger Hunt will run between Sept. 7 and Sept. 30. This is a great way for current or new residents of Manhattan to take a walk and learn more about their town!

K-State Alum And Former Presidential Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater To Give Ninth Annual Huck Boyd Lecture In Community Media

Marlin Fitzwater Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, will deliver Kansas State University's ninth annual Huck Boyd Lecture in Community Media at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union.

The purpose of the lecture is to recognize the role of community journalists in helping to keep their communities strong. The title of Fitzwater's lecture will be "Community Media in the White House."

Fitzwater began his 40-year career in journalism and public service in his Kansas hometown, Abilene. He writes in his memoir, "Call The Briefing": "I had joined the high school Booster primarily because its ad salesmen could leave school in the middle of the day...and visit with local merchants. I never guessed I would love journalism so much."

After working on several newspapers, Fitzwater moved to Washington, D.C., where he became press secretary to Presidents Reagan and Bush, from 1983 to 1992. He is the only press secretary in American history to be appointed by two presidents, and one of the few to come from a background of journalism and civil service. He also is among the longest serving presidential assistants in the White House since the Roosevelt administration.

His first newspaper job was with the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle, where he worked with Howard and Sharon Kessinger, now publishers of the Marysville Advocate. Fitzwater worked his way through college at K-State, graduating with a bachelor's in journalism. From 1962-65, he worked as a student for the Kansas State Collegian, the Manhattan Mercury and the Topeka Capital, with his byline appearing regularly on stories about events in central Kansas. In addition, he self-syndicated a weekly column about university activities to a half dozen newspapers in Kansas.

Fitzwater dropped out of college to become editor of the weekly Lindsborg News-Record. When the newspaper was sold, he returned to college. He graduated from K-State in 1965 and served in the U.S. Air Force.

The Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media is in K-State's A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Previous speakers who have delivered a Huck Boyd Lecture on Community Journalism include former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, who delivered the inaugural lecture in 1999; U.S. Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois, 2001; broadcaster Bill Kurtis, 2002; National Geographic photojournalist Jim Richardson, 2003; New York Times metropolitan editor Susan Edgerley, 2001; Kansas City Star sports columnist Joe Posnanski, 2005; Dos Mundos publisher Clara Reyes, 2006; director Bill Buzenberg of the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., in 2007.