00:00 – Segment 1
12:06 – Segment 2
25:12 – Segment 3
35:12 – Segment 4
Monday’s In Focus featured guests from Manhattan Parks and Recreation, the Flint Hills Discovery Center and Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency. The program closed with a replay of KMAN’s conversation with Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art Director Linda Duke.
Manhattan Parks and Recreation’s Advisory Board meeting is Monday at 4:30 p.m. in Manhattan City Hall. In Segment 1, Recreation Supervisor Ryan McKee previewed the agenda and also discussed the department’s April events, most imminent being the Easter Drive Thru Event coming up on Saturday April 16. In Segment 2, Discovery Center Marketing Coordinator Deanna Likes and Education Supervisor Kat Colburn talked about the center’s 10-year anniversary celebration on April 14 and upcoming recognition for this year’s Friend of the Flint Hills, Bruce Snead, on April 9. Today is the last day to get tickets to attend the FotFH ceremony.
FHATA Executive Administrator Daphne McNelly was in-studio for Segment 3 to discuss a 10-year anniversary of their own as well, with fixed routes in the Manhattan area now entering their 10th year. All April, ATA bus fare is free on Friday in recognition. McNelly discussed the routes as well as tools and websites available to help riders get where they’re going.
The program ended with Linda Duke from the Beach Museum in Segment 4, previously aired in March.
Tuesday’s episode will feature a full hour with Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Commissioner Wynn Butler in advance of Tuesday’s city commission meeting.
