Manhattan Area Retired Educators Association
MAREA
Manhattan, Kansas
Tours 2003-2004
Tour
I: Tour of Historic Lecompton
October
15, 2003
8:15 a.m. - RCSSC Bus Pickup
Return about 4 p.m.
Arrangers: Liz Beikmann and Carroll Hess
Guide: Lecompton Historical Society
Cost: $20.00 (includes fees, lunch, & transportation)
Lecompton is located on the banks of the
Kansas River in the
rolling
hills between
Topeka and Lawrence. From its founding as Bald Eagle in 1854
until Kansas statehood was granted in 1961, Lecompton was the Territorial
Capitol.
The Lecompton Historical Society will
provide a guide for our group as we tour this historic town. Our tour will
include the three story stone Territorial Capitol Museum which later became
Lane University, Constitution Hall, and Democratic Headquarters. The Lecompton
Historical Society will present a re-enactment of the period for our group
and we be treated to a short concert on the 1887 Chickering Piano. Lunch
will be served in the historic
Windsor Hotel, now the United Methodist Church.
Tour II: Viewing Alternative Education
Flint
Hills Job Corps Center
4620
Eureka Drive
Manhattan, KS 66503
February 25, 2004
Time: Morning through lunch
Arranger: Jack Larson
Cost: Lunch
Flint Hills Job Corps is an alternative education and training program funded by federal and state funds. This program helps economically and socially challenged men and women between the ages of 16 and 24 to organize their lives and receive career training in order to take control of their future for sucess.
Tour III: Milford Nature Center and Fish Hatchery
April 21, 2004
Time (tentative) 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Meet at RCSSC at 8:00 for car-pooling caravan
Sign up at the March or April meeting (We need to know
if you will be driving and if you have any available space.)
Arranger: Stan Leland
Cost: Donation
If you have not discovered
this interesting nearby facility below
the Milford Dam, here is your opportunity to do so. The side-by-side
Nature Center Museum and Fish Hatchery contain both living and mounted
aquatic and wildlife displays of many Kansas species. A member of
the Center's staff will present a seminar on Kansas wildlife and a guide
will explain
the hatching procedure step-by step as we tour the adult fish runs and
hatching process.
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