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Monday Dec 23

“Miracle on 34th Street” 7 p.m. at the Fox Theater, 18 E 1st Avenue. Part of the Fox Christmas Film Series.  Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. Tickets are $5 at the window. Passes are also available for $45 and include 10 movie passes and 5 small popcorns. For more information visit the Fox Theater website

  • “The Polar Express,” 7 p.m. at the Cosmosphere. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8.50 for children and $9 for seniors. Ask at the box office for the Movie Night Combo for adults

Tuesday Dec 24

  • “The Polar Express,” 3 p.m. at the Cosmosphere. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8.50 for children and $9 for seniors. Ask at the box office for the Movie Night Combo for adults

Wednesday, Dec 25 Christmas Day

  • Have a safe and Merry Christmas!

Thursday Dec 26

  • “The Polar Express,” 7 p.m. at the Cosmosphere. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8.50 for children and $9 for seniors. Ask at the box office for the Movie Night Combo for adults

Friday Dec 27

  • “The Polar Express,” 7 p.m. at the Cosmosphere. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8.50 for children and $9 for seniors. Ask at the box office for the Movie Night Combo for adults

Saturday Dec 28

  •  “The Polar Express,” 7 p.m. at the Cosmosphere. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8.50 for children and $9 for seniors. Ask at the box office for the Movie Night Combo for adults

Sunday Dec 29

  • “The Polar Express,” 7 p.m. at the Cosmosphere. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8.50 for children and $9 for seniors. Ask at the box office for the Movie Night Combo for adults

  Monday Dec 23 “Miracle on 34th Street” 7 p.m. at the Fox Theater, 18 E 1st Avenue. Part of the Fox Christmas Film Series.  Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. Tickets are $5 at the window. Passes are also available for $45 and include 10 movie

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By John Mesh Four Hutchinson High School Salthawk wrestlers won their weight classes at the Emporia Winter Classic Saturday. The Salthawks were edged out by 1 point by the Emporia High School wrestling team 211-210 for the team title. Buhler placed third with 158.5 points and Nickerson

CAPTION: At the Hutchinson City Council meeting on December 17, City Engineer Evan Patterson presented 3D renderings of how the Avenue B area will look after construction on the Woodie Seat freeway is complete. CREDIT CITY OF HUTCHINSON DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING

By Kate Irelan

City engineers presented bids to the Hutchinson City Council during the regular meeting on Dec. 17 for Woodie Seat Phase II plan sidewalks, 30th Street concrete and asphalt and removal of the Atrium parking lot. The council approved all three bids. 

Evan Patterson, city engineer, recommended a revised bid from Kansas Concrete for work on the second phase of the Woodie Seat construction. After getting feedback from SW Bricktown residents about including a bicycle path under Avenue C bridge, Patterson will work on widening the path to 10 feet to allow for multiple uses, lighting and other amenities.

“Our goal is to connect the various areas that citizens highlighted with repaired sidewalks by 2026. We have a couple of 3D views of what the ends of Avenue B will look like,” said Patterson.

The bid from Kansas Concrete came in at the lowest but did not meet the bid requirements for the Kansas Department of Transportation. Patterson and his group originally recommended the bid from Dondlinger & Sons Construction. They met with Kansas Concrete to talk about the deficiencies in their bid, and Kansas Concrete revised their bid to meet the requirements. Patterson revised his recommendation to the city to accept the bid from Kansas Concrete in the amount of $3,584,221.72, and the council unanimously approved the bid.

Mayor Greg Fast asked that the city engineering staff consider making a trailhead access at the end of Avenue A and putting lights on the water tower. 

Patterson then talked to the council about the construction on West 30th Street from Main Street to the intersection at 30th and Adams. Plans are to remove the merge lane on the East end and add a multi-use trail on the North and some waterline and storm sewer work at Adams and 30th.

This project will require temporary road closures and detour routes down to 17th and Monroe and closing the intersection at 30th and Adams and East end of Carlton. The duration of the project will be about 6 weeks. The council approved Patterson’s recommendation to accept Procon Construction’s bid for concrete and asphalt as the lowest responsible bid at $675,476.30. Council Member Jon Richardson abstained, citing that he had conversations where he didn’t feel comfortable voting.

Director of Community Development Matt Williams presented a motion to approve a change order to the contract with Kansas Concrete to remove the parking lot at the Atrium in the amount of $124,860.00 and the board unanimously approved the change order.

“The original hope was to preserve the parking lot for future use of the site, but a building official with the city determined that the parking lot is already deteriorating and will be compromised more with all the heavy equipment being used to demolish the Atrium,” Williams said.

The site will eventually become a grass field. According to Enrico Villegas, city manager, the property owner of the Atrium could be assessed for the cost, or the city could assume the costs.


The council meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at 5:30 pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 125 East Avenue B. To access meeting agendas and minutes, visit the City of Hutchinson website, https://www.hutchgov.com/270/Agendas-Minutes

Meetings are streamed live as well as archived on the City of Hutchinson YouTube channel, they can also be viewed on Facebook Live and Cox Channel 7.

CAPTION: At the Hutchinson City Council meeting on December 17, City Engineer Evan Patterson presented 3D renderings of how the Avenue B area will look after construction on the Woodie Seat freeway is complete. CREDIT CITY OF HUTCHINSON DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING By Kate Irelan City engineers presented

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By John Mesh The Hutchinson High School girls and boys basketball teams split contests with the Arkansas City Bulldogs Friday night at the Salthawk Activity Center. The Hutchinson Salthawk boys defeated Arkansas City 68-35 and the Hutchinson girls lost a heartbreaker to Arkansas City 41-39. Both Hutchinson varsity

CAPTION: A towering Santa inflatable stands 10 feet over people in Hyde Park during the annual Luminaries celebration Saturday evening. CREDIT BEN GODINA By Ben Godina Houses for blocks around Hyde Park and the surrounding neighborhoods lined the streets with brown paper bags illuminated by […]

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CAPTION: A towering Santa inflatable stands 10 feet over people in Hyde Park during the annual Luminaries celebration Saturday evening. CREDIT BEN GODINA By Ben Godina Houses for blocks around Hyde Park and the surrounding neighborhoods lined the streets with brown paper bags illuminated by the light

Random photo taken in the 300 block of North Main St. on July 6, 2018 CREDIT GINA LONG/THE HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE

By Gina Long

I have spent a lot of time downtown in the last couple of years, participating in and reporting on peoples, places and events.

The Downtown Hutch Master Plan unveiled almost a year ago surprised me (view the plan here). Adding a bike lane along Walnut, better lighting, and bringing back some of the iconic downtown business neon signs for display are grand visions. The goals will not be reached overnight, but following the progress will be fascinating.

I love being able to park in a city lot less than a block off Main St., walk and shop, grab lunch or dinner, and attend a show or movie at the Fox Theater, Stage 9 or the Family Community Theatre at the Flag. It is good exercise, and unless the weather is really nasty, I try to park and walk at least a block.

Two weeks ago, Michael and I furiously raced from Avenue B to DCI Park and back while covering the second annual Light Up Hutch Christmas parade.

The master plan marks a fundamental shift in shopping, entertainment and building patterns since the arrival of the Hutchinson, now called Uptown Hutch, in the mid-1980s.

The Mall area is not well-suited for walking; Walmart and Home Depot have huge parking lots with fast-moving traffic, and I am not a fan of “stop and shop here, move the car an eighth of a mile, and stop and shop again,” but I am also not a fan of playing open-air Frogger.

I was dismayed that the master plan ended at Avenue D instead of extending to the entrance of Carey Park. South Main needs good lighting, more attention and grant funding to rehabilitate many buildings. It lies within a historic area that deserves just as much attention as Avenue D to the plan’s northern boundary at 7th Ave. The excellent El Patio restaurant, owned and operated by Victor and Martha Pena, is destination dining. Numerous other auto body and parts, upholstery and construction firms, and the venerable Gray’s Barber Shop fill many remaining buildings. They deserve inclusion in the master plan, too.

The Downtown Hutch Master Plan has a website with an option to add yourself to the email updates list to stay informed. It also has a contact option for asking questions and voicing your opinion.

Random photo taken in the 300 block of North Main St. on July 6, 2018 CREDIT GINA LONG/THE HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE By Gina Long I have spent a lot of time downtown in the last couple of years, participating in and reporting on peoples, places and events. The Downtown

From left: Reno County Commissioners John Whitesel, Ron Hirst, Randy Parks, Don Bogner and Daniel Friesen CREDIT SANDRA MILBURN/RENO COUNTY

Due to the Christmas holiday, the Reno County Commission will meet on Monday, Dec. 23.

The commissioners have a busy agenda, which includes approvals of resolutions renaming a portion of the Old K14/96 Highway at the Rice/Reno County line and a conditional use permit for a limited-scale commercial solar energy system on a portion of a parcel of land zoned as agricultural near east 95th Ave. and north Halstead St.

Reno/Kingman Fire District #1 Fire Chief Rick Graber retired in August. Fire Administrator Travis Vogt recommends that Assistant Fire Chief Jake Graber be promoted to district chief.

The Monday meeting will be the last for two commissioners, whose successors will take officers in January 2025. Ron Vincent of Hutchinson will represent the northeastern Reno County District Three after Daniel Friesen of Buhler did not seek reelection.

Richard Winger beat District Four incumbent John Whitesel in the August primary. District Four is the only county district to lie fully within the Hutchinson city limits.

The full agenda packet can be viewed on the Reno County website.

The Reno County Commission meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month and on the fifth Wednesday if one falls within the month.

The meetings begin at 9 a.m. in the Veterans Room inside the Reno County Courthouse.

From left: Reno County Commissioners John Whitesel, Ron Hirst, Randy Parks, Don Bogner and Daniel Friesen CREDIT SANDRA MILBURN/RENO COUNTY Due to the Christmas holiday, the Reno County Commission will meet on Monday, Dec. 23. The commissioners have a busy agenda, which includes approvals of resolutions renaming