{"id":279458,"date":"2026-06-26T23:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279458\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T23:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:16:07","slug":"manhattan-set-to-make-waves-with-star-spangled-spectacular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279458\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan set to make waves with Star-Spangled Spectacular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) &#8211; Manhattan invites you to hit the water for a splash-tacular event to celebrate our nation\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Willie Thomas with Manhattan Parks and Rec Foundation visited Eye on NE Kansas with details about their Star-Spangled Spectacular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The event is a cardboard boat regatta for young people. \u201cCaptains\u201d ages 5 to 14 can enlist the help of one \u201ccrew member\u201d (perhaps a parent or other adult) to build a cardboard boat. They\u2019ll have one hour to complete the vessel. Then, the child will attempt to sail the board the length of City Park Pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In addition to the children\u2019s competition, companies can involve adults in the corporate challenge. Companies can involve as many team members as they wish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A single-person adult division in a new addition this year. Both the adult and corporate boats will be built in advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Proceeds benefit the Manhattan Parks and Rec Foundation. The money will go toward scholarship programs that allow youth and families to take part in programs they might not otherwise afford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Star Spangled Spectacular, benefiting the MHK Parks &amp; Rec Foundation, runs 8 a.m. to Noon Saturday, July 4 at City Park Pool in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Registration is 8 to 9 a.m.; boat building runs 9 to 10 a.m.; and races begin at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Entry fee is $35 for a youth team, $50 for the adult division and $250 for a corporate team. Learn more and register in advance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhkparksandrecfoundation.org\/star-spangled-spectacular.cfm\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mhkparksandrecfoundation.org\/star-spangled-spectacular.cfm\">July4MHK.com<\/a>. Registration also will be accepted on-site.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WIBW. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) &#8211; Manhattan invites you to hit the water for a splash-tacular event to celebrate our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[107355,107356,107358,75,101308,84,83,107357,9,24,63,107354],"class_list":["post-279458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-carboard-boat-race","tag-cardboard-boat-race","tag-july-4th-activities-in-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-city-park","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-manhattan-parks-and-red-foundation","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-star-spangled-spectacular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}