Contact Kansas Highway Patrol

February 23, 2010

You can use your cell phone to call the Kansas Highway Patrol if you are in need of assistance on Kansas Highways. Just dial *47 and you will be connected to the dispatcher in Salina and they will dispatch the nearest trooper from anywhere in the State.

Dexter Park Playground Pickets

February 23, 2010

The Dexter Park Playground Committee is selling pickets for the playground projects. The pickets will make up a fenced in area around the playground equipment. The pickets will cost $50 and can be personalized with up to 18 characters per picket. The pickets are made of a plastic composite type material that should last a lifetime! If you would like to purchase a picket to support this community wide project, please stop by the Information Center at 517 Court. (A sample of the picket is on display!)
Attached is the link for the Dexter Park Playground Project.
http://ccplayground.homestead.com/index.html

Rex Theater Movie

February 02, 2010

Tooth Fairy Rated PG will show Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:00PM. When minor-league hockey player Derek Thompson — who has a penchant for knocking out his opponents’ teeth every time he plays — disillusions a fan, he is sentenced to a stint for one week as a bona fide, tutu-clad, real-life tooth fairy. Soon, Derek is inspired to rekindle his youthful dreams. Ashley Judd portrays his love interest, Carly, in this family comedy starring The Rock aka Dwayne Johnson. Dear John, dated PG-13 will show Friday, Saturday and Sundat at 7:30 PM. While on leave, U.S. soldier John Tyree (Channing Tatum) falls for Southern college student Savannah (Amanda Seyfried), whose ideals and heartfelt principles are at once attractive and unfamiliar. But their love is put on hold when terrorist attacks prompt John to reenlist. Now, handwritten letters hold the lovers together. Lasse Hallstrom directs this modern romance based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. Stop by the Rex and enjoy popcorn and movie – where ticket prices are always a low $5 per person.

KANSAS Birding Festival

February 02, 2010

Manhattan News
∗∗FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE∗∗
Contact: Dennis Toll, Tourism Sales Manager
Address: 501 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502
Phone: (785) 776-8829, Fax: (785) 776-0679
e-mail: dennis@manhattan.org
Manhattan, The Little Apple® Convention and Visitors Bureau
Bird watchers flock to Kansas for unique opportunity
WAKEFIELD, Kan. – When Spring arrives in Kansas, hundreds of migrating bird species will
return to Kansas. The arrival of large numbers of birds on the Kansas landscape will also attract
bird watchers from across the country. Many of those outdoors enthusiasts will come for the
Kansas Birding Festival, which will be held in Wakefield on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,
April 23-25.
“We are excited about this year’s festival because we have seen the event grow and our
reputation spread,” said Wakefield resident and event chairman Jerry Patterson. “In the past
we’ve had registrations from Massachusetts and Idaho, and this year we have inquiries from
Florida and Arizona. People across the country are learning that there are great birding
opportunities in our little corner of Kansas, between Manhattan, Junction City, and Clay Center.”
One reason for the national interest in this locally-planned festival is the unique bird-watching
opportunities that intersect in the region. Located in the northern Kansas Flint Hills along the
shores of Milford Reservoir, Wakefield is situated near wetlands, the tallgrass prairie, and along
a major flyway for many migrating bird species.
This junction of unique birding environments means birdwatchers can experience a wide variety
of bird species in a short period of time. During the 2008 festival, visiting bird watchers sighted
174 different bird species, including those as diverse as the Greater Prairie Chicken, American
Kestrel, Upland Sandpiper, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Snowy Egret.
The festival will offer several guided tours, including trips to see the mating rituals of the Greater
Prairie Chicken and a guided trip to the Konza Prairie Biological Station, sponsored by the
Manhattan Convention & Visitors Bureau. Other guided tours offered during the three-day
event include trips to the Kansas Landscape Arboretum, the Milford Wetlands, the Republican
River Bottoms, and the Milford Nature Center and Fish Hatchery.
The festival’s banquet, scheduled for Saturday, April 24, will feature nature photographer and
noted ornithologist David Seibel as the keynote speaker. Seibel, who holds a Ph.D. in
ornithology from the University of Kansas and is widely hailed for his work as author, poet, and
popular lecturer with a passion for bird watching, will share a presentation of his avian
photography.
For more information, including a complete list of scheduled tours and registration fees, visit the
festival’s website http://www.kansasbirdingfestival.org. or call Chuck Otte at (785) 238-4161 or
(785) 238-8800. More information can also be found at http://www.VisitManhattanKS.org

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