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The Hatt Town Low Down ContentsBest-kept secretsOverlooked Manhattan hot spots, page 6

Riley County Historical MuseumBig history in a small building, page 12

Q & A with the mayorMayor talks about city’s relationship to K-State, page 11

Skewed viewA take on going to the movies, page 13

Karen IngramOpinion Editor

The tale of Manhattan is a strange one, full of plot twists and strange coincidences. It was founded by accident, got its nick-name “The Little Apple” as a joke, and got its first public library with the help of serendipity.

It all started in 1854 when George S. Park founded a settle-ment on the Kansas River, called either Poliska, Poleska or Polis-tra. The name varies on different documents, so it is not clear what it was truly called. Meanwhile, at the mouth of the Big Blue River, another settlement called Canton was formed by Samuel D. Houston.

Early the next year, a group of Freestaters led by Isaac Goodnow arrived and the two settlements combined to create a new, larger

community called Boston. It is en-tirely possible this town would still be called Boston today, perhaps bearing a nickname like “Little Beantown,” but fate took a turn just three short months later.

In June of 1855, the paddle-wheel steamboat Hartford ran aground on a sandbar on its way to colonize the area around present day Junction City. The 75 passen-gers on board, finding themselves stranded, agreed to settle in the town of Boston on the condition

that it be renamed Manhattan. The inhabitants agreed, and Manhat-tan received the name that it bears today.

Among the passengers of the Hartford was a young Amanda Arnold, who would later become Manhattan’s first public school teacher. One of her pupils was Harry P. Wareham, who would later go on to build one of Man-hattan’s most iconic buildings, the Wareham Hotel on Poyntz Avenue.

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The 1860 Poyntz Avenue can be seen lined with covered wagons. Today, the landscape has changed, but the street remains busy.

A historic look at the faces, events and buildings that helped shape Manhattan

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The townswomen of Man-hattan formed the Manhattan Library Association around the year 1900 and began actively and aggressively fundraising for the construction of a public library. In late 1902, they contacted Carnegie for help, as he had al-ready been funding libraries for years, but it took more than a year for him to commit to such a small town of about 4,000 people. Persistence paid off, and in 1903, Andrew Carnegie gave the MLA $10,000. The library was quickly constructed at the corner of Fifth and Poyntz and opened its doors to the community one year later.

“Men obviously had a lot to do with building our town, but the Carnegie Library is an example

of where women took the lead,” said Linda Glasgow, curator of archives at the Riley County His-torical Museum.

What inspired Carnegie to dedicate so much time and money to opening thousands of public libraries? The answer

reveals Carnegie’s second con-nection to the Manhattan com-munity.

Some 50 years earlier, Carn-egie worked as a telegraph opera-tor. His district supervisor, Colo-nel John B. Anderson, granted Carnegie and other employees access to his private library. The learning opportunities presented by this library inspired Carnegie to open thousands of libraries everywhere, so that the public would have better access to learn.

If the name John B. Ander-son sounds familiar, it’s because his name is very similar to his nephew, K-State’s second presi-dent, John A. Anderson. And so, as a result of the friendship of these two men, the Little Apple

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As a result of the Great Flood of 1951, plans were made to create a dam to prevent further disasters. Tuttle Creek Dam was officially dedicated in 1963.

Jon Levin, president and owner of Varney’s Bookstore, said some locals resented being forced to give up their farmland for the resulting lake. Levin recalled one of his fa-vorite protest signs being a play on words: “Stop the dam foolishness.”

A few years later, Levin wit-nessed the June 8, 1966 tornado that ripped through Manhattan, causing serious damage to Jardine Terrace Apartments. Levin was

renting a house on Hobbs Street and said he witnessed shingles on the neighbor’s house standing on end and a storage building roll-ing across the yard before taking refuge with his family under a mat-tress in the bedroom.

“We were right in the path,” Levin said.

Thankfully, the tornado did not claim any lives, and Manhattan survived tornado-free for more than 40 years until an EF4 rocked the foundations of the Little Apple in June of 2008.

Manhattan has gone by its nick-name, “The Little Apple,” since 1977. According to Karen Hib-bard, director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the nickname

1854 - George S. Park founds Poliska on the Kansas River. Within a few months, Samuel D. Houston and four others found Canton on the Big Blue River nearby.march 1855 - Isaac Goodnow leads a group of Freestaters into the area. Poliska and Canton combine to form Boston.June 1855 - The steamboat Hartford runs aground near Boston. The 75 stranded passengers agree to settle there, provided that the name of the town be changed to Manhattan.may 30, 1857 - Manhattan becomes incorporated.Janurary 29, 1861 - Kansas becomes a state.1866 - The original wood train depot is built.october 4, 1880 - Author Damon Runyan is born in Manhattan. His childhood home still stands at 400 Osage St.1902 - The new and improved stone train depot is built.may 2, 1903 - President Teddy Roosevelt delivers a speech to the citizens of Manhattan at the train depot.1904 - Manhattan’s first public library, the Carnegie Public Library, opens thanks to a $10,000 donation from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.July 1951 - The worst flood in Manhattan’s history. Over 200 city blocks are flooded and the water level on Poyntz Avenue surpasses 6 feet.June 1, 1963 - Tuttle Creek Dam is dedicated.June 8, 1966 - A tornado causes $5 million in damages, including $1 million to Jardine Terrace Apartments at K-State. About 100 people are treated for injuries, but there are no deaths.1977 - Manhattan is nicknamed “The Little Apple.”1994 - The Manhattan/Riley County Preservation Alliance is formed in response to the loss of historic buildings in the area. They soon choose the train depot as their main restoration project.June 1996 - The first Country Stampede Music Festival is held.

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With a population of 50,000, the Little Apple is not the biggest town ever. But, CNN’s Money Magazine rated Manhattan as one of the 10 best places to retire young.

But what about a place to live in while young, when looking toward beginning employment, rather than ending it?

Manhattan actually holds more fun, cheap places than most stu-dents would expect. Not all of these hot spots are well-adver-tised, but that’s the fun of it. That is what makes them Manhattan’s best-kept secrets.

Call Hall Dairy BarOne trip to Call Hall will make

it clear: this little business is worth talking about.

Call Hall offers a daily menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner items, cheese and meat gift boxes and the item the small business is most famous for across campus: locally made ice cream, in more than 35 flavors.

Kimberly Yates, a Manhattan resident, said her family buys all of their eggs, meat and cheese at Call Hall.

“It’s really inexpensive, it’s available and it’s local,” Yates said. “The fact that it’s local is really the biggest thing for me; we’re not driving cows across the country.”

Margaret Fober, a visitor from South Carolina, said she could only visit a few places in Manhat-tan since she was here for just one day. She picked Call Hall as one place to visit because she’d heard

good things about the shop earlier this year.

“I think a lot of people are interested not only in the local foods movement, but also in eating healthy, and I tend to feel like this ice cream is made in a healthy fashion,” Fober said.

Yates said she agreed.“Yeah, not a lot of chemicals

and additives,” she said.“And it’s delicious; yum,” Fober

said with a laugh. “If they can figure out a way to pump the calo-ries out, they’ve got me.”

Call Hall Dairy Bar is located at 144 Call Hall.BiG Blue river

The Big Blue River, or Blue River, as it is commonly known, is a useful area for a myriad of out-door activities.

The river itself is available for swimming, canoeing and more. A tree on one point of the river offers a rope swing. Also, it can be relax-ing to simply grab a friend and an inner tube and float down the river.

Alongside the river, trails offer opportunities for trail bikers, walk-ers and runners, while jumps and ramps in cleared areas are great for BMX bikers to practice their tricks.

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to the city of Manhattan, it may be new to some incoming stu-dents.

The beauty of Dollar Tree is su-per-simple: every item is only $1.

While this may sound like a store that only offers corny, cheaply made items, Dawn Nelson, a Manhattan resident, said she finds many useful house-hold items at Dollar Tree, from Febreeze air freshener to ice-cold summer treats.

A few examples of items of-fered at Dollar Tree: picture frames, flip-flops, scissors, face wash, window cleaner and plastic silverware.

Dollar Tree is located at 624 Tuttle Creek Blvd.

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Manhattan is one step closer to a city-wide trawnsit system, thanks to SafeRide’s two new fixed busing routes.

The routes will begin running August 26, and will continue each weekend from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., Thursday through Saturday. A bus will stop at each point on the route every half hour.

Gayle Spencer, associate dean of student life, said ATA Bus will take over the SafeRide program this fall. It was previously operated as a taxi van system by Bell Taxi Transporta-tion, Inc., out of Junction City.

“The taxi vans were not as ef-fective as we wanted, and we never thought the taxi system was the end-all be-all,” Spencer said.

ATA Bus is part of the Riley County Area Transportation Agency and has provided public transportation for Manhattan and Riley County residents since 1976, said Anne Smith, director of ATA Bus.

The two routes, labeled “purple” and “white,” were designed to pick up and drop off students at highly populated and convenient loca-tions, based on data from calls made to

SafeRide in past years, said Student Body President Danny Unruh.

Unruh and Spencer spent about 45 minutes riding both routes on July 12, checking for efficiency and possible stop locations.

“We made some changes, once we realized we had completely missed Jardine,” Spencer said. “We just wanted to make sure we hit all

the student hot spots.”The purple route will run

around Aggieville and through the neighbor-hoods to the south and east of campus, also in-cluding the Derby and Strong residence hall complexes at the north-east part of campus, Spencer said.

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Tim SchragEditor in Chief

What is your favorite thing about the city of Manhattan?

The people who care and come together in many ways to try to sustain and build a better city, and contrib-ute to the quality of life we enjoy.

How would you describe the relationship between the Man-hattan and K-State communities?

Overall, there is a an excellent relationship that is characterized by a partnership approach to on-going interactions, such as the City/K-State Projects Fund, and

collaboration on special issues or projects, such as the NBAF effort and economic development fo-cusing on K-State research and knowledge potentials.

How long have you been in-volved in local government?

My involvement with local government began in 1991 with appointment to the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board. I served four years there and then ran for city commission in 1995. I was elected then and have been re-elected three times, enabling me to serve 15+ years on the commission and four of those years as mayor.

How can K-State students get involved in local government?

The most direct way is to reg-ister to vote here and vote in local elections every two years. Given the time students typically spend here in getting their education, that is not a common approach. Involvement another way is to

volunteer to serve on one of about 25 advisory boards or committees that provide input and guidance to the city commission on a wide range of issues. The list is available at http://www.ci.manhattan.ks.us/index.aspx?NID=437

Many students volunteer on special fundraising projects or ser-vice efforts for local charities and social service agencies. Our recre-ation programs also benefit from students who volunteer to coach youth teams in a number of sports.

What classes do you teach at K-State?

I do not have any classroom teaching responsibilities. As a 28- year state extension specialist based in Engineering Extension, all of my work is done under grants and contracts I develop with fed-eral and state government agencies for projects dealing with public awareness, industry training and national scale information services relating to radon, and energy ef-ficiency and renewable energy in buildings. I have often provided guest lectures on these and civic

topics for other faculty members.

What kinds of things do you do as mayor of Manhattan?

The most important thing is to work to ensure that decisions the city commission makes are in the best long term interests of the city and its citizens. The primary responsibilities are to conduct the city commission meetings, sign official documents, select in-dividuals and recommend their appointment to city boards and committees, represent the city at various functions and events, serve as spokesperson for the commu-nity, and try to help citizens with accessing services and addressing problems or issues.

While the mayor is expected to know everything that’s going on, there is no way one person can do that, so it’s important to access information and for people to communicate what is happen-ing and the current facts or situ-ation. Finally, the mayor spends a lot of time thinking about all of the issues facing the city and what is the best course of action to take,

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K-State students may find an easy and free way to learn more about the Little Apple by visit-ing the Riley County Historical Museum.

The small size of the museum is deceptive; the building houses more than 50,000 artifacts. Changed periodically, about 2 per-cent of these items are on display at any given time.

Cheryl Collins, director of the museum, said looking at the items in the museum and visit-ing other historical sites such as the Wolfhouse or Bluemont Hill, also known as Manhattan Hill, is a great way to learn and can give students more understanding of who they are and how they relate to the world.

“It’s really important for stu-dents to learn about the commu-nity,” Collins said. “Even though the majority of students aren’t here all year they are still here for most of the year and that makes them Manhattanites and Riley Coun-tians and learning about where they live could make their college experience richer.”

The museum offers a broad spectrum of history about the Riley County area, even docu-menting and exhibiting people and events before the area was named Riley County. For example, museum visitors can learn that Manhattan was originally named Boston, learn about the native Kaw Indians or read the story of Isaac T. Goodnow making the first hike up Bluemont Hill and look-ing down on the area for the new town.

“History is just plain interest-ing,” said Linda Glasgow, curator of the archives and library. “I think a person becomes a better citizen when he or she understands local, state and national history and the museum serves as an opportunity

to understand the origins of this town and county.”

Glasgow, who has been inter-ested in history since third grade, said students are more than wel-come to come out and visit and

they are encouraged to volunteer. Glasgow is also in charge of a Docent program which prepares students to give tours. Giving tours can help students learn and gives them an opportunity to help others learn as well, Glasgow said.

Barbara Poresky, curator of the exhibits, agrees with both Collins and Glasgow that Riley County history is interesting and students should visit and see the museum for themselves.

“Wherever people find them-selves in life, it’s good to know about where you are and develop appreciation for the area and you’ll see who important people were, who started this, what they accomplished and at the end of it all you have a new experience,” Poresky said. “There are lots of things you haven’t seen before and

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Spencer said this first year will be a learning process for both ATA Bus, K-State faculty involved and students. SafeRide has been talking with representatives from Iowa State who run a similar program in Ames, Iowa, called the Moonlight Express.

“We’re really nervous, but Iowa

State says it will go better than we think,” Spencer said.

Smith said Spencer will join the 15-member governing board that directs ATA Bus.

“We think it’s really important to have K-State represented on our board, and it seemed like a good fit,” Smith said.

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Jennifer Heeke | COLLEGIANThe ATA buses sit outside Manhattan Town Center, the buses will be used more once the fixed bus line is in place.

Frank St. GeorgeStaff writer

There is a reason why college students are often referred to as “poor.” Tuition, books and housing are just a few of the bills that can strain budgets, so it’s important for students to know where they can save a buck. Here are a few tips for going out and about in Manhattan, because it’s easier to pinch pennies when you know where to look.

Buy usedAlso known as “vintage.” Furni-

ture, dishes, books and electronics are all examples of items that can be bought used. Buying items used saves money and helps cut down on waste associated with product packaging. It’s often possible to find higher quality items for less than the cheapest option at retail stores. Check out thrift shops, yard sales or go online to sites like Craigslist.org to get great deals on things other people don’t need.

Take advantage of dollar stores

At Dollar Tree, located at 624 Tuttle Creek Blvd., everything is a dollar. With a wide selection of ev-eryday items, a college student can easily stock up on necessities for only a dollar an item. From pencils and gum, to mops and shampoo, dollar stores are a great place to visit first when shopping.

end of a season? Go shopping!About two or three weeks after

the semester kicks off, go check out school supply sales. Various retail stores will discount items like binders, pens and notebooks which come in handy while study-

ing and taking notes. They can also be easily saved for future semesters.

The same goes for clothing. Stores tend to cut the cost of out-of-season clothing to a fraction of the price. Try buying flip-flops in December, or a sweater in July. The items probably won’t be worn right away, but it can save some serious money in the long run.

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started to carry Blu-Ray discs. If the book or other item sought isn’t available to borrow, check out the Interlibrary Loan system and try to get the items from other libraries. According to Rhonna Hargett of the Manhattan Public Library, interli-brary loan items are free if owned by another library within Kansas.

“We have an agreement with all the libraries in Kansas that we borrow and loan for free,” Hargett said.

Books outside the state can still be sought, but may include ship-ping fees not covered by this agree-ment. Since books and videos cost upwards of $20 to buy, borrowing them for free is a great deal.

For something fun, inspiring and different, check out a museum or art gallery. The Beach Museum of Art has exhibits throughout the year in addition to their permanent collec-tion. The Strecker-Nelson art gallery on Poyntz Avenue also has a wide array of art, which is even available for sale. They feature sculptures, photography, paintings and other mediums primarily created by local artists from Kansas. Each exhibit is kicked off with a reception for the artists and the public can interact with the artists.

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A short tour of Manhattan

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Many people experience a frustratingly boring day where there does not appear to be anything to do in Manhattan, but quite the opposite is true.

While trying to compose a list for this map, I quickly had five pages of notes and had barely scratched the surface. Unfortunately, for the sake of space, many cuts have had to be made.

I have tried to avoid listing chain busi-nesses, focus on things unique to the Manhattan community and create a wide variety. My apologies to those of you who do not see something listed that you feel should be.