TravelAwaits
Jun.9.2021
At the intersection of Interstates 70 and 135, Salina is the crossroads of Kansas. Any Kansas road trip should include the beautiful city of Salina, just over an hour north of Wichita. As the crossroads of the state, Salina offers numerous cultural and recreational activities along with excellent shopping and dining.
You’ll want to stay at least one night in Salina; reserve a room at one of the city’s numerous lodgings or camp at Salina KOA Holiday.
Here are 12 great things to do when you’re in town.
1. Explore SculptureTour Salina
Many of the city’s amenities are clustered in Salina Downtown. For an excellent orientation, explore SculptureTour Salina. Each year, sculptors install between 15 and 25 sculptures in Downtown Salina. Silver boxes on the sculpture pedestals hold ballots. You can also pick up ballots at downtown businesses. At the end of the exhibition season, the city of Salina buys the winning sculpture. Anyone interested may also pur
Salina Central celebrates graduates in weekend ceremony
Salina High School Central had its commencement at 5 p.m. Sunday at Tony s Pizza Event s Center.
Salina Central s graduation featured addresses from two alumni, former Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and astronaut Steven Hawley.
Hawley, who spent over 30 days total in space, recalled his own graduation ceremony, and the keynote given by Senator Bob Dole.
Thanks to archives, Hawley was able to find the transcript of Dole s 1969 speech. Fifty-two years later, Hawley said one part stood out as he spoke to a new class of Central graduates. In a few more years, on a day like today, one of you may stand before this podium addressing another graduating class, Dole said in 1969. Whichever one of you that speaker is will have gained, hopefully, something more than wrinkles and a few gray hairs over the years, and will have something more to pass along to the graduating class.
After a trying year for many during the pandemic, members of the Kansas Wesleyan University family celebrated graduates at a commencement ceremony Saturday.
Everyone in attendance at Tony s Pizza Events Center had a feeling of relief that this time had finally come. We re here, we ve made it, we re in person, just like we have been all year, said KWU President Matt Thompson.
Thompson quoted Vice President Kamala Harris about being the solution daily and a warrior in future battles. Graduates, there will be battles ahead, personal, professional and civic, Thompson said. During your time here though, you have been prepared for what s to come.
The force was strong on Tuesday as Durham School Services celebrated May 4 - known as Star Wars Day - with an event to gather supplies for summer school.
During the May the Fourth be With You event at Tony s Pizza Events Center, the service asked the community to stuff the bus with school supplies.
Kevin Kuder, the general manager of Durham in Salina, said he wanted the company to serve the community beyond just driving buses for the school district. We were going to do a community event with a need we saw, a stuff-the-bus for school supplies, Kuder said. I wanted to have more hype to it so I reached out to the sheriff s office.
K-State commencements set for Salina, Manhattan
Garden City Telegram
MANHATTAN It s pomp and circumstance time again at Kansas State University with the return of formal commencement ceremonies this spring. The in-person ceremonies will honor all university graduates from 2020 as well as graduation candidates for May and summer 2021.
The ceremonies are not open to the public, with entry by ticket only. The graduates/graduate-to-be could invite up to eight guests each. Face coverings will be required for students and their guests. Physical distancing will also be in place at each venue. K-State Athletics clear bag policy will be enforced. Guests will be allowed to bring in unopened bottles of water and umbrellas.