PHOTOS: July Features
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Lewis Marien
Staff Photographer
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Lewis Marien, Mercury staff photographer, documents the month of July.
THE BIG TOP
Alexzandra Anderson, an incoming junior at Riley County High School, helps stock items Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at a Ka-Boomers Fireworks stand at the corner of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Kimball Avenue in Manhattan. RCHS students run the stand, and proceeds benefit their trap team.
SUMMER JAMS
Dave Spiker performs an acoustic solo show at Arts in the Park on Friday, July 5, 2024, at the Larry Norvell Band Shell in City Park. Spiker opened for Lawrence-based band LYXE at the summer concert series by the Manhattan parks and recreation department that brings live music to the park every Friday evening through the summer.
STUFF THE BUS
From left, Kansas State football players Kian Payne, Joe Jackson, Evan Cantu, Alec Marenco, Drake Bequeaith and Isaac Koch wait to accept donations outside of Walmart in Manhattan for the 17th annual Stuff the Bus on Saturday, July 13, 2024. The event presented by K-State Credit Union, Manhattan Broadcasting Company and Konza United Way collected school supplies for USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden students.
CHANGING LANDSCAPE
Work progresses despite the rain Tuesday, July 16, 2024, on the new Riley County Emergency Medical Services headquarters in Manhattan. The 15,000-square-foot building, which will house administrative services and Station No. 1 for EMS, is scheduled to be open and operational by July 2025. Features of the new headquarters include a training and conference room, a full-time staffed ambulance and backup ambulances.
SPRUCED UP
Windows on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, decorated by the Bonfire 4-H Club outside of Sorell-Iversen Chiropractic Clinic advertise the upcoming Riley County Fair. The fair was themed “Sew It, Grow It, Show It!” and held July 25-29 in CiCo Park.
SIZZLING SALES
Jeremy Corn, general manager at The Pathfinder, brings out a bike while preparing for downtown Manhattan’s annual sidewalk sale on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Fourteen businesses participated in the sale.
FAIR GAME
Workers on Saturday, July 20, 2024, prepare a show ring at CiCo Park’s Hurlburt Hall in Manhattan for the Riley County Fair.
YAY OR NEIGH?
Macy Lyons, a member of the Leonardville Hustlers 4-H Club, prepares for an event in the Riley County Fair horse show Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Diamond L Ranch and Arena near Dwight. The show was moved indoors from CiCo Park’s outdoor Wells Arena due to inclement weather.
LIFE IS A CARNIVAL
The carnival operated by Wichita-based WEEE Entertainment at the Riley County Fair is prepared Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at CiCo Park in Manhattan.
FINDERS KEEPERS
Community members start their hunt for items during the annual Furniture Amnesty Day on Friday, July 26, 2024, at City Park in Manhattan. The event allows people to donate or pick up used furniture at no cost.
SADDLE UP
Grayson Grant, 8, rides a mechanical bull outside of Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan on Saturday, July 27, 2024, during National Day of the Cowboy. The event also featured wood block branding, carriage rides, food trucks and live music.
BACK IT UP
A worker for Shilling Construction Co. navigates a paver onto Sunset Avenue in Manhattan, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Shilling performed asphalt milling and overlay work on Sunset between Anderson Avenue and Claflin Road.
STARTING OVER
Construction equipment fills what was Taco Bell at 1155 Westport Drive in Manhattan on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. The restaurant has been torn down and will be rebuilt. Manhattan’s other location on the east side of town at 1009 Limey Pointe remains open.
Lewis Marien
Staff Photographer
