CAPTION: A caiman peeks its head out its pond at the World Biome Exhibit at the Hutchinson Zoo. CREDIT MICHAEL GLENN/THE HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE By Michael Glenn The Hutchinson Zoo celebrated its accreditation from the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums Saturday in a series of events showcasing
Monday Oct 21 Lunch in the Park, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at DCI Park, at the corner of Main St. and 2nd Ave. Enjoy food trucks, yard games and entertainment Wednesday Oct 23 Reno County Farmer’s Market, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at 103 W 2nd Ave. “Back
By Adam Strunk Harvey County Now TOPEKA - Reno County was declared as a drought emergency with Sedgwick and Harvey counties under a recent proclamation made by Governor Laura Kelly. “Drought conditions have persisted across the state through the summer season, and Kansans are continuing to see the
By John Mesh The No. 1-ranked Hutchinson Blue Dragons fought off the No. 12 Coffeyville Red Ravens 40-17 Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Coffeyville. The Blue Dragons improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. The Red Ravens fell to
By John Mesh Buhler High School freshman Sofia Spies placed second at the Kansas Class 4A girls state tennis tournament at the Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka. Spies, the No. 2 seed in the singles bracket, lost to Topeka Hayden’s Ainzley Zulueta 6-0, 6-0 in the championship
CAPTION: Oktoberfest stew includes all the flavors of the traditional celebration, from beer and sausage to cabbage and potatoes. Paired with a thick, crusty slice of bread, it makes for a cozy, warming dinner. By Lindsey Young I’m constantly amazed at how quickly we transition from pasta
CAPTION: Main Street Yoga held a ribbon cutting and multiple yoga classes Saturday at its grand opening at 302 North Main. CREDIT MICHAEL GLENN/THE HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE By Michael Glenn Main Street Yoga celebrated its grand opening at 302 North Main in downtown Hutchinson Saturday afternoon. The studio opened
I walked deliberately through Eastside Cemetery Saturday night during the 18th performance of Talking Tombstones, produced by the local theater organization Stage 9.
The evening was beautiful, with temperatures near 70 even after sunset and virtually no wind. The audience was divided into groups, which followed a guide to the grave markers of several of Hutchinson’s historical figures. Actors interpreted the historical figures’ stories by kerosene lamplight as a waning autumn moon watched overhead.
The stories ranged from a Civil War veteran and pioneer to Hutchinson’s first public school teacher to a prominent member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union to a man who hopped off a train and built what became the largest men’s clothing store in Kansas, to a police matron who took in and reformed wayward girls, to the first Hutchinsonson police officer and firefighter to die in the line of duty.
Their lives mattered, and their actions bear consequences even today.
History happens, regardless. Time marches on, and the true ramifications of some decisions only reveal themselves decades afterward.
We are watching history unfold before our eyes throughout Hutchinson and Reno County. We are living that history every single day.
The temporary barrier fences at The Atrium Hotel went up this week in preparation for the asbestos abatement work needed before demolition. The once-glorious Holiday Inn Sundome became a run-down, mold-riddled eyesore through years of absentee landlord neglect. Soon, it will be wiped away, but with a whimper, a gasp of its fallen status.
Once a convenient way to cross the levy containing a raging Arkansas River, the Woody Seat Freeway will soon be torn down. The new road will dissect a historic neighborhood and connect to South Hutchinson over an increasingly drought-riddled riverbed.
Significant wind power projects have been snuffed out by county elected officials who live in the past and fear the future, and large-scale solar power has faced the same fate.
Our elected officials’ decisions today, based on the best information available and within budgetary constraints that reflect today’s economic reality, will become part of the city’s written record.
History will not reveal how it interprets the wisdom of those decisions for at least two decades. History is best understood in the rearview mirror.
I ask my fellow Hutchonions to live your lives with dedication, purpose, strength, and courage so that in ten or twenty or one hundred years, your story will be told by lamplight on a warm autumn evening to strangers wandering through a graveyard.
I walked deliberately through Eastside Cemetery Saturday night during the 18th performance of Talking Tombstones, produced by the local theater organization Stage 9. The evening was beautiful, with temperatures near 70 even after sunset and virtually no wind. The audience was divided into groups, which followed
Rick and Jo Wooderson check inventory as they prepare for the holiday season, the busiest time of the year at Temaat Retail Liquor on Lorraine Street. CREDIT RICHARD SHANK Following the sale of T&E Oil Company in 1984, Tony and Edna Temaat thought retirement was a
Buhler High School brought home the boys and girls team championships from the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League Division 3 competition Thursday at the Clearwater Country Club course. The Crusaders also swept the junior varsity boys and girls team titles. The Buhler varsity boys have won seven
