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CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONS Follow the yellow brick road to a new market shop located on Poyntz
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OPINION New laws recently passed in Kansas help prevent cyber bullying, harrassment
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EDGE One delightfully disastrous Father’s Day leaves room for plenty of memories
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Schulz to speak for new KSU students Orientation and Enrollment adds speeches, along with other changes Tiffany Roney Campus/Metro Editor Changes have come to the KState Student Orientation and Enrollment program. This summer, President Kirk Schulz will speak to incoming freshman and transfer students. Most of K-State’s previous presidents did not speak at enrollment, but Schulz has chosen to break the mold. “I’ll speak at as many of them this year as I can,” he said. “It’s something I really enjoy doing, and I really like the opportunity to visit with our new students and new parents, when at all possible.” The location has also transitioned from Union Station, on the main floor of the K-State Student Union, to the Union Ballroom, on the upper level of the Union. “I think it’s been a good change; I’ve heard no complaints thus far,” said Michael Boeck, junior in open option and orientation leader at enrollment. “I think we’ve acclimated from the Station to the Ballroom very well.” Kirsten Regan, program assistant for New Student Services, said this year’s enrollment numbers are not yet available. However, she said the enrollment numbers are “right on track.” Orientation continues to
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A stalled out Monte Carlo remains parked partially underwater after the motorist attempted to drive it out of the flooded parking lot last Wednesday.
Manhattan residents displaced from apartments Storms flood areas around city, near Westloop
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Texting while driving banned
Last Wednesday the lives of residents in several Manhattan neighborhoods along Wildcat Creek were interrupted as they evacuated their homes as a result of a flash flood warning in Riley County. Donald Francis, deputy chief of the Manhattan Fire Department, said large amounts of accumulated rain water backed up into Wildcat Creek began to rise out of the creek bed and flood the area. “Large amounts of rain upstream finally made it downstream to this point where it topped the
Commission passes new traffic ordinances Vestoria Simmons Staff Writer City Commissioners voted Tuesday night to ban texting while driving in Manhattan. The Manhattan City Commission met at 7 p.m. in City Hall to discuss the issue. The commissioners voted to approve Ordinance No. 6830 amending the provisions of the 2009 Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities relating to the use of seat belts and wireless communication devices. In February 2010, the City of Manhattan adopted the 2009 edition of ordinance to serve as the traffic regulations for the City. The STO is written by the League of Kansas Municipalities and is based on the state traffic act. During its 2010 session, the Kansas Legislature made considerable changes to the state traffic act that requires the City to amend the STO. Ordinance No. 6830 contains two changes that result from the new laws adopted by the Kansas Legislature in its 2010 session: Failure to wear seatbelt is a primary violation and writing, sending, or reading a written communication on a wireless
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banks, and this is pretty much backfill from the creek down below us that’s kind of spread out,” he said. Francis said the flood waters leveled out about 200 yards from the creek bed at about 7:30 p.m. Some areas covered by the flood were about chest deep. The flood waters finally receded early Thursday morning. “This came up so fast,” Francis said. “We tried to get organized to put sand bags in, but we just couldn’t get our resources together fast enough. The water just rose to fast for us. We’re doing anything we can to just help people.”
Looking forward
Fire Chief Jerry Snyder said the total monetary amount of damage is still being estimated and will be
finished sometime later this week. Most of the flooding occurred in the Garden Way and Red Bud Estates neighborhoods, but Snyder said damage also occurred along the creek branching out as far as Scenic Drive, including several homes, Anneberg Park and Wildcat Creek Golf & Fitness Center. Snyder also said the code service division of the Manhattan Fire Department has been working on damage estimates since last Thursday. Several buildings have been placarded as dangerous; meaning they should not be entered. These placards will be removed once repairs have been made and the code service clears the building. The occupants of more than 50 apartments in the Garden Way neighborhood are currently displaced from their homes, as the
buildings are not cleared for occupation yet. Snyder said that most of them should be cleared in the next few weeks, because of proactive apartment owners. However, Snyder also said several of the mobile homes in the Red Bud Estates mobile home park will most likely have to be cleared out due to the amount of water damage.
A helping hand
Heather Reed, associate dean and director of the Office of Student Life, said she knows of at least 16 students at K-State who have been directly affected by the flood. Her office recently sent an e-mail to the members of K-State faculty and staff as a way to reach these students. “We want to make sure that as
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Juneteenth Festival draws large crowds to area parks Annual celebration remembers abolition of slavery in U.S. Jacie Noel Staff Writer For 21 years, Manhattan residents have come together to remember a pivotal time in history. Saturday marked the 145th Anniversary of Juneteenth, a celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the U. S. Manhattan Juneteenth activities took place on Friday and Saturday in City Park and Douglass Park. The event originated in 1865 in Galveston, Texas, to observe African-American Emancipation Day on June 19. According to the Juneteenth website, Juneteenth is the oldest-known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the U. S. Today, many states celebrate not only the end of slavery, but also the more recent freedoms and achievements of AfricanAmericans. Jared Bixby, member of the
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Frank Young, Manhattan resident, cuts apart a slab of ribs Saturday morning at Douglass Park for the Juneteenth Festival. Jennifer Heeke | COLLEGIAN
The Kansas City Marching Falcons invited children to join in on the fun during its performance at Juneteenth on Saturday. Juneteenth planning committee, said the first Manhattan Juneteenth celebration was in a resident’s backyard. As the event grew, it moved to the Douglass Park and Community Center. This year’s festivities started
Friday night with Gospel Fest on the City Park stage. Then, a parade made its way from Manhattan Town Center to Douglass Park on Saturday morning. The rest of the day included a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, vendors, crafts and entertain-
ment. Vendor coordinator Yasche Glass said Junteenth is an opportunity to support local businesses and a good way for the community to socialize and network. Paulicia Gamble, a coordinator for Friday night’s Gospel
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Fest, said even though Juneteenth celebrates history, the event has become a way for people to socialize and connect with one another. “It’s about community and having everyone get together,”
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