December 1, 2013 two-page article by Jan Biles in the Topeka Capital-Journal newspaper about the villages reconnecting.
An Opportunity to be Better - Publications
The news publications listed below were in response to the reconnection of Morganville and F�ves in 2013. While all are available in the DOCUMENTS area of the APPENDIX, this listing makes locating them a bit easier among the hundreds of files in the former. They are listed in chronological order and appear in one of three formats: HTML, JPG or PDF.
December 2, 2013 two-page article in the Clay Center Dispatch newspaper on how Morganville came to adopt a small French Village.
December 4, 2013 blog by author Ann (Oetinger) Parr, a pageant participant. She writes about the impending Torlotting visit and what Morganville began in 1948.
December 10, 2013 "Update JMC" item about K-State Journalism class setting events in motion to reunite Morganville, Kansas and F�ves, France.
December 11, 2013 two-page article in the KPA newsletter regarding journalism students causing villages to reunite and details of the connection.
December 12, 2013 Kansas State University press release covering ground similar to the KPA newsletter article. This is an image, so all links are inoperative.
December 15, 2013 full-page Manhattan Mercury newspaper article regarding reconnection. File is in PDF format. Close to return to the Table of Contents.
Follow-on article on December 16, 2013 in the Clay Center Dispatch related to its December 2 article telling of the reconnection of the villages.
Kansas Humanities Council Internet publication relating its involvement in the 1992-94 Haney project and upcoming Torlotting reception.
December 30, 2013 article relating to the visit on December 29 by the Torlotting family in Morganville.
January 1, 2014 blog by author Ann (Oetinger) Parr, who is a native of Morganville and was at the December 29 reception for the Torlottings.
January 24, 2014 Kansas State University press release relating how the journalism students played a role in reconnecting the villages.
January 29, 2014 article in the French newspaper Republicain Lorrain about the village connections and the Torlottings' recent visit to Morganville.
March 2014 article in the National Newspaper Association newsletter on how K-State students helped reunite the villages.
May 2014 article in K-State's JMC department alumni Update Magazine on how the journalism class reconnected the two towns.
French newspaper article in June 18, 2014 publication about Americans representing Morganville visiting F�ves.
July 21, 2014 article in KSU's "K-State Today" daily announcements with details of the American visit to F�ves in late May of the same year.
September 4, 2015 article in the Clay Center Dispatch newspaper regarding the September 10 visit by 20 people from F�ves.
K-State newspaper article published September 11, 2015 about the campus visit by the French visitors from F�ves.
September 2015 Internet article published by the Clay Center school district on the high school website regarding the visit by the people from F�ves.
September 25, 2015 article in the French newspaper Republicain Lorrain on the visit to Morganville by the people from F�ves. Original in French.
November 2015 Riley County (Kansas) Genealogical Society's newsletter regarding the connection. Close PDF file to return to the Table of Contents.
Author Ron Wilson's syndicated Kansas Profile column. This one appeared on November 19, 2015 in the Hays Post newspaper about the villages connecting.
Article regarding Morganville mayor Brent Rundell's and wife Charlotte's visit to F�ve in late September of 2016.
KSU's journalism departments alumni update magazine December 2016 follow-up to its May 2014 article telling of the connection and reconnection of the villages.
The Sablon - suburb of Metz, France - Historical Society May 2018 publication with the story about the twinning of the villages and their reconnection.
Simone Joly's letter about WWII and Morganville's adoption of F�ves in October 18, 2018 issue.
Jay Mellies and Margretta Flinner visit F�ves along with others interested in the sister-city story in an August 5, 2019 article.