Bethany names Carter head coach
McPhersonSentinel
Bethany College recently named Tyrone Carter Head Football Coach and Dean of Student Athlete Success. Carter has served as the Interim Head Football Coach since September. The Dean of Student Athlete Success will provide key leadership in the areas of student engagement, retention, student athlete personal and professional development, and college completion for all student athletes at Bethany College.
“I am very excited for Tyrone to start this dual role. The focus of the new Dean of Student Athlete Success will be identifying the needs of student athletes to succeed academically at Bethany. Tyrone’s previous experience with coaching and retention will be incredibly valuable in this position,” said Dr. Elizabeth Mauch, Bethany College President.
Holly Lofton, of Lindsborg, to the Kansas State Fair Board.
Kelley initially appointed Lofton in January of last year to complete the unexpired term of Karen Hibbard of Manhattan, who resigned to take a post with the Council on Travel and Tourism. She ll now have a full 3-year term.
Lofton is the director of tourism for the Lindsborg Convention and Visitors Bureau. She also is a former member of the Travel Industry Association of Kansas.
The board s purpose is to promote and showcase Kansas agriculture, industry, and culture, to create opportunities for commercial activity, and to provide an educational and entertaining experience.
With a self-directed arts education Barnette has been photographing since childhood, and with rigor, since 2009.
“I photograph natural and human landscapes, said Barnette in a release. At the Red Barn, I would like to further a series begun last year and begin another series specific to the landscapes and architecture of the Kansas plains.
The Red Barn Studio is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Salina Family YMCA is encouraging Salinans to get up out of their recliners and go take a walk on the Bunny Trail throughout the month of March.
The start of the YMCA trail, aka Bunny Trail , is located west of the of the YMCA, 570 YMCA Drive, parking lot in Salina. Community members who hop on the trail will experience signs of nature through the woods and near the Smoky Valley River Channel and might find some activity markers that provides for some additional actives to do while on the trail.
Children who go through the trail can pick up a free one-time completion reward in the Salina Family YMCA lobby. The YMCA trail provides for a ¼, ½ and ¾ of a mile long walk and is always free for community members to enjoy. Salina is home to over 25 miles of dedicated trails including almost four miles of multi-use concrete trails, almost 13 miles of ag-lime levee trails, and over 10 miles of nature walking trails.
Driving the interstates of Kansas to get to the big cities of Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City can give the motorist misconceptions about the geography of Oklahomaâs neighbor to the north. Travel off the beaten path to explore some unexpected geologic formations that makes one think Kansas isnât so flat after all.Â
Mushroom Rock State Park Doug Stremel
In central Kansas sits
Mushroom Rock State Park, the smallest unit of the state park system situated about 30 minutes west of Salina near Highway 140. Considered one of the eight wonders of Kansas geography, the park gets its name from the fungus-shaped rock formations, some measuring almost 30-feet wide, that date to the Cretaceous Period. The Dakota sandstone caps withstood millennia of weathering to create the top of the hoodoo (a tower of rock). Many stop at the 5-acre park as they travel the Prairie Trail Scenic Byway, an 80-mile route that cuts through northcentral Kansas.Â