FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION

HAYS, KS

[KANSAS-A-0012] Big Creek Dam - Hays <b>Image Title:</b> Big Creek Dam - Hays

<b>Date:</b> c.1910

<b>Place:</b> Big Creek, Hays, Kansas

<b>Description/Caption:</b> 5032A The Dam on Big Creek, Hays, Kans.

<b>Medium:</b> Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)

<b>Photographer/Maker:</b> Unknown

<b>Cite as:</b> KS-A-0012, WaterArchives.org

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Fort Hays State University Endowment Association is a non-profit organization that supports Fort Hays State University (FHSU) located in Hays, Kansas. The organization was founded in 1945 with the goal of raising funds to support the university's mission of providing high-quality education to students. The primary function of the Endowment Association is to manage and grow the university's endowment fund, which is a pool of money invested to generate income to support the university's programs.

The Endowment Association has a dedicated team of staff and volunteers who work to raise funds for FHSU through various initiatives, including annual giving campaigns, major gifts, bequests, and planned giving. The funds raised by the association are used to support scholarships, academic programs, research, and other initiatives that help to enhance the educational experience of FHSU students.

Over the years, the Endowment Association has played a critical role in supporting the growth and development of FHSU. Thanks to its efforts, the university has been able to provide scholarships to deserving students, attract and retain top-notch faculty, and invest in cutting-edge programs and facilities. Today, the Endowment Association continues to be a vital part of FHSU's success, helping to ensure that the university can continue to provide high-quality education to students for years to come.

FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION is a Natural History & Natural Science Museum in HAYS KS. US MID #8402000500

The museum is classed as NAT (Natural History & Natural Science Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Mount Plains (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 8,648,118 from tax period 201306 (YYYYMM).

Al's Chickenette Hays, KS. August 8, 2020. Shot on a Nikon F6 and Kodak Portra 400. Developed and scanned by <a href="https://thedarkroom.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">The Darkroom</a>.

Limestone fence posts, Rush County, Kansas North of LaCrosse

Turn off at this sign for a post rock scenic turnout Two county roads intersect with the state highway, giving a short and easy drive where you can get up close with still-standing fence post rocks

Limestone fence posts, Rush County, Kansas Roadside, North of LaCrosse

Driving through Kansas 2 These stately trees standing tall and proud,,, very Kansas.

Cyclists on Tour Visit Munjor, Kansas <b>This photo of Saint Francis of Assisi in Munjor, Kansas, which includes my son Russell in the middle, sitting in his trailer, was originally posted to <i>The Hays Post</i></b>, <a href="https://www.hdnews.net/news/20190622/biking-history-local-culture-draw-crowd" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.hdnews.net/news/20190622/biking-history-local-culture...</a>.

Additional information on the church can be found at in another article that various local churches visited by the cyclists and performers. <a href="https://www.hayspost.com/2019/06/24/tour-de-kapellen-features-majesty-history-of-area-chapels" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.hayspost.com/2019/06/24/tour-de-kapellen-features-maj...</a>

By <b>Margaret Allen<i> Hays Daily News</i></b>
Posted <b>Jun 22, 2019</b> at 3:21 PM
Updated Jun 22, 2019 at 4:23 PM

“Absolutely” there will be a second annual Tour die Kapellen 2020, said Kay Werth on Saturday at the Downtown Hays Pavilion, where the first riders on the first-ever Tour die Kapellen were returning from the morning-long bicycle tour.

One of those arriving was <b>Russell Dorn</b>.

“I’m about six years old,” said <b>Dorn</b>. “This is my first time over here.”

There from South Kansas City, Mo.,<b> Dorn</b> rode the route in a trailer pulled by his dad, <b>Michael Dorn</b>, riding his own bicycle.

“It was pretty cool,” said the <b>younger Dorn</b> of the ride, which unfolded under a clear blue sky and mild temperatures.

Awaiting the Dorns and the other 111 riders who registered for the tour was a homemade traditional German meal cooked by a volunteer group from Victoria, led by Brenda Dreiling.

At 11:30 a.m. at the Pavilion, Dreiling was stirring the big pot of schmeltz, a creamy sauce to serve over homemade German dumplings on a plate with German sausage, creamed potatoes, white northern beans and kuchen.

“I have enough for 250 people,” said Dreiling. The cooking team, including Cora Schulte, Jeff and Terry Pfeifer, Dreiling’s husband, Frank, and Mark and Shannon Karst, had been preparing items since Thursday to have the meal ready for the cyclists.

“My granddaughter Macy helped me all day yesterday,” said Dreiling.

The tour was the idea of Werth, Kathy Rome, Ruth Beiler and Steve Rogers, four members who make up the Hays Area Bicyclists. The four riders typically meet at 5:30 a.m. weekdays and weekends to ride the asphalt highways connecting Hays, Victoria, Catharine, Toulon, Munjor, Antonino and Schoenchen. Which direction they go, says Rome, “depends on which way the wind is blowing.” They go out against the wind and return with it to their backs.

Saturday’s tour offered participants a choice of four different routes, one 30 miles, one 50 miles, one 62 miles and one 100 miles, but each one stopping at one or more of the historic German Catholic native limestone churches that Ellis County is famous for.

In the planning stages, the organizers were hoping to get at least 50 riders, so Saturday’s large turnout far exceeded expectations.

Proceeds from registration will go to the Basilica of St. Fidelis in Victoria, where riders Saturday morning were treated to music by the Hays City Band Brass Choir during their stop. Other stops featured musicians from the Hays Symphony Orchestra.

It was natural to combine the ride, the churches, the music and the traditional food, Werth indicated.

“The culture is very rich in this area, the history is very rich in this area, and the health awareness and bicycling culture is very rich in this area,” she said.

Back at the pavilion, as lunch was being served, the popular Victoria band Tim Anthony and the Animals played until 2 p.m.

Werth, herself an oboe player and a member of the publicity committee for the Hays Symphony Orchestra, said the proceeds to St. Fidelis will probably be anywhere from $2,500 to $4,000 for the church. The plan now, she said, is that each year the money will go to a different one of the churches on the ride, she said.

With lunchtime approaching, a group of cyclists on the extended shorter Fun Ride were wrapping up at Munjor’s St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and preparing to ride back to Hays.

“Remember going back those railroad tracks, you’ll want to walk over them,” said Kathy Rome, set to lead the group back over the hilly ribbon of pavement marked 280th Road.

Macy Ziegler, Overland Park, and Piper Peterson, Lenexa, mentioned the colorful wrist bands they were wearing would each get them a couple beverages from Defiance Brewery and Gella’s Diner in Hays.

It was the first such ride for Ziegler.

“I’ve never biked more than four miles, but today I’ve already gone 12 miles so far,” Ziegler said. “It’s been good, not as bad as I expected.”

“She knocked it out of the park today,” said Michelle Eaton, Olathe, who along with others in the eastern Kansas group came at Werth’s urging.

Passing the time on the ride out, the riders picked names for each other.

“She’s Flyer Girl,” said Peterson, pointing to Ziegler. “And she’s Baby Ruth,” she said of Addison Ruder, Lenexa. “And I’m Roxie,” Peterson laughed. “We were thinking of biker chick names.”

Now, she said, “I’m hoping it’s downhill all the way back.” So far, “the little heart cookies were a highlight for me.”

“Have a Heart” owner Jeanne Reidel baked the traditional German heart cookies, hatzia, to get the riders started on their way Saturday morning.

Back at the pavilion, Sara Bloom, director of the Downtown Hays Development Corporation, explained that Riedel made the cookies for breakfast and served them with coffee.

“She sells these at the downtown market on Saturdays, she’s wonderful,” Bloom said. “She actually made them for our party for Biking Across Kansas and everyone loved them so much we asked her to make them for this.”

Wrapping up their ride together,<b> Michael Dorn</b> and his son, <b>Russell</b>, were preparing to eat the German lunch, then had plans to head back to eastern Kansas.

“We’re going to go bike shopping now,” said <b>Michael</b>, “so this might be one of his last trailer rides.”

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67601-4099

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MID #	8402000500
Name	FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION
Alternate Name	FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION
Classification	Natural History & Natural Science Museums, , Mount Plains
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	486108086
NTEECC	C60
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201306
INCOME	33,200,024
REVENUE	8,648,118
LAT/LONG	38.873286, -99.327606
CODES	FIPS State Code: 20 FIPS County Code: 051 US Census Tract: 072900 US Census Block: 5008