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Salthawk bowlers finish 2nd at state

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WICHITA, Kan. — The Hutchinson Salthawk bowling team put enough strong games together to finish second at the class 6A state meet held at North Rock Lanes.

The Salthawks battled tough lane conditions to shoot a team total 2,924, second only to Campus, who swept the boys and girls team titles.

Dalton Hobbs took top individual honors for the Salthawks with a fourth place 594 series.

Team results:

1 Haysville-Campus 3084
2 Hutchinson 2924
3 Olathe Northwest 2899
4 Garden City 2875
5 Shawnee Mission Northwest 2860
6 Lawrence Free State 2825
7 Junction City 2820
8 Shawnee Mission West 2769
9 Topeka Washburn Rural 2743

Salthawk results:

4th Dalton Hobbs 175, 197, 222 594
36th Dakota Philbrick 136,188,179 503
43rd Kaden Goldsmith 142,132,212 486
53rd Justin Frahm 153,159,147 459
57th Tyler Lang 153,190,126 451
61st Jake Winchester 187,154,100 441

Trotman promoted to VP of radio; Drouhard named new market manager

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HAYS, Kan. — Eagle Communications announced the promotion of Mark Trotman to vice president of radio, effective immediately. Trotman has served as Eagle’s market manager in Hutchinson since 2010. He will now focus on coordinating the company’s revenue development, sales training and additional processes for Eagle’s 28 radio stations.

Terry Drouhard
Mark Trotman

“Mark’s experience and success in Hutchinson is valuable in each of our markets and we look forward to his leadership in these important areas,” Eagle Communications Chairman and CEO Gary Shorman said.

With Trotman’s promotion, Sales Manager Terry Drouhard will now serve as market
manager in Hutchinson. Drouhard was appointed to operations manager in Hutchinson in 1989 and promoted to sales manager in 1996.

“Terry has outstanding team building skills and a commitment to growing each of our
customers,” Shorman said. “As an employee-owned company, we build for the long
term. Terry’s strong leadership and knowledge of the market make him the right choice for this new role.”

Eagle Communications operates Hutchinson radio stations My 93-1, Country 102.9 and KWBW.

Crusader girls win state bowling championship

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WICHITA, Kan. — The Crusader girls bowling team took first at the class 1-5A state meet held Thursday at North Rock Lanes in Wichita.

The Crusaders shot a team total 2889 to knock off Wichita Northwest by 61 pins. Topeka-Seaman was third. Jaiden Montandon led the way with a fourth place finish. She shot a 562 series with games of 200, 160 and 202.

Complete results below:

TEAM

1 Buhler 2889
2 Wichita-Northwest 2828
3 Topeka-Seaman 2826
4 Salina-South 2744
5 Wichita-Bishop Carroll 2669
6 Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights 2655
7 Great Bend 2521
8 Emporia Casey 2466
9 Lansing 2432
10 Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel 2317
11 De Soto 2206
12 Kansas City-Turner 2086

 

INDIVIDUAL

1 Wichita-Bishop Carroll Kaylee Back 162 256 244 662
2 Kansas City-Piper Abigayle Berner 204 228 179 611
3 Mulvane Addyson Schiffelbein 172 160 246 578
4 Buhler Jaiden Montandon 200 160 202 562
5 Topeka-Seaman Brianna Evans 189 195 178 562
6 Wichita-Northwest Victoria Alvarez 225 157 176 558
7 Salina-South Lauren Lust 135 225 191 551
8 Topeka-Seaman Kaitlyn Evans 171 171 205 547
9 Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights Madison Liby 208 166 171 545
10 Andover Central Jadyn Barr 161 204 177 542
11 Wichita-Northwest Abigail Kennedy 183 175 181 539
12 Emporia Kinsey Miller 135 197 203 535
13 Salina-Central Kailee O’Connor 176 159 199 534
14 Buhler Alyssa Herl 168 170 194 532
15 Great Bend Paige Wagner 147 179 203 529
16 Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy Nicole Miele 148 183 191 522
17 Towanda-Circle Kaelin Tabor 188 151 181 520
18 Buhler McKinley Cross 149 182 183 514
19 Wichita-Northwest McKenzie Womack 174 152 186 512
20 Buhler Mary Chambers 159 193 155 507
21 Topeka-Seaman Brooke Prescott 166 161 180 507
22 Lansing Kyah Surritte 180 184 141 505
23 Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights Cayla Bortz 180 156 168 504
24 Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights Kylan Huntley 154 194 154 502
25 Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel Ginna Holzman 181 135 184 500
26 Maize Mary Rozner 165 155 178 498
27 Salina-South McKenzie Billings 144 195 158 497
28 Great Bend Alexis Fox 223 132 134 489
29 Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel Helen Tran 170 155 164 489
30 Salina-South Isabella Olson 124 190 174 488
31 Lansing Brynne Qualley 166 181 132 479
32 Andover Central Erica Bush 136 187 153 476
33 Great Bend Sarah Mehlhaff 174 143 159 476
34 Wichita-Bishop Carroll Laura Seiler 148 164 164 476
35 Atchison Alyssa Durkin 166 143 164 473
36 Topeka-Seaman Makenzie Millard 144 136 192 472
37 Salina-South Bailey Barry 169 186 117 472
38 Emporia Laney Dodson 194 138 135 467
39 Wichita-Northwest Kaylie Nelson 154 151 161 466
40 Augusta Kassidy Miller 155 148 162 465
41 Topeka-Seaman Brooklyn McCracken 171 149 144 464
42 Wichita-Heights Shaniah Moore 145 125 193 463
43 Topeka-Seaman Valory Palmer 169 148 141 458
44 Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights Erin Mayfield 146 134 173 453
45 Goddard Rylie Osterman 165 134 151 450
46 De Soto Madison Calvello 153 145 147 445
47 Wichita-Northwest Halee Murphy 143 153 149 445
48 Wichita-Northwest Kiana Haden 124 167 152 443
49 McPherson Haylee Busch 165 123 152 440
50 Salina-South Stella Gestl 128 150 162 440
51 Buhler Adria Huiett 136 122 179 437
52 Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights Megan Stretton 141 155 137 433
53 Emporia Madeline Munoz 144 171 116 431
54 Kansas City-Turner Megan Fabac 112 150 169 431
55 Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel Chloe Cieko 120 142 168 430
56 Emporia Liberty Libby Aufleger-Ross 136 176 116 428
57 De Soto Ella Fixsen 169 134 124 427
58 Goddard-Eisenhower Elizabeth Beck 120 162 143 425
59 Wichita-Bishop Carroll Alexandria Carter 145 126 150 421
60 Topeka-Highland Park Kaci Vinsonhaler 127 150 143 420
61 Lansing Cynthia Phillips 146 143 129 418
62 Wichita-Bishop Carroll Rebecca Ring 130 111 168 409
63 Wichita-Bishop Carroll Jade Pham 150 125 132 407
64 Lansing Paige Sorensen 138 123 143 404
65 Buhler Sidney Ropp 133 129 127 389
66 McPherson Brooke Miller 120 113 155 388
67 Augusta Sarai Alvarado 128 123 137 388
68 Kansas City-Turner Ashlyn Page 133 115 137 385
69 Lansing Jenna Hagan 108 135 139 382
70 De Soto Mason Johannes 117 134 129 380
71 Kansas City Piper Brooklyn Lamberd 114 146 118 378
72 Emporia Alexis Adams 112 115 149 376
73 Great Bend Shanaeia Mehlhaff 112 142 122 376
74 Holcomb Taylor Schlitz 114 115 146 375
75 De Soto Madeline Beal 105 121 147 373
76 Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel Abby Aguilar 123 120 128 371
77 Lansing Aubree Dutton 129 138 99 366
78 Great Bend Kristy Wittig 112 134 118 364
79 Emporia Elizabeth Schwerdtfeger 128 80 155 363
80 Salina-South Yessica Salinas 109 122 128 359
81 Kansas City-Turner Toiyana Guliford 106 156 95 357
82 Great Bend Nichole Griffin 118 122 117 357
83 Wichita-Bishop Carroll Brianna Ast 113 123 120 356
84 Overland Park-Saint Thomas Aquinas Julia Thomas 119 132 101 352
85 Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel Georgiana Wilhelm 112 140 98 350
86 De Soto Tiye’ Kindred 132 107 109 348
87 Kansas City-Turner Annalise Willis 97 106 143 346
88 Kansas City-Turner Juliana Bloomer 140 83 121 344
89 Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights Brylee Prockish 113 93 126 332
90 Kansas City-FL Schlagle Mai Kao Yang 76 99 145 320
91 Valley Center Jessica Kirkpatrick 120 102 85 307
92 Shawnee-Maranatha Christian Academy Cindy Hou 101 114 86 301
93 De Soto Riley Harmon-Moore 96 109 94 299
94 Kansas City-Sumner Academy Saida Soriano Sanchez 94 102 102 298
95 Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel Paige Birmingham 98 96 102 296
96 Kansas City-Turner Rylee Saragusa 113 95 65 273

Part-time job fair available for area students

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After a wildly successful first year that drew 380 applicants, area high school students once again have been invited to the Part-Time Job Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 6, in the Hutchinson Career and Technical Education Academy at 800 15th Circle. The event will draw 14 local employers.

Area high school students not enrolled at HHS who would like to participate should call the HCTEA office at (620) 615-4122. The job fair is designed to bring students and potential employers together to talk about working part time after school, during the summer or seasonally.

Participating employers include: Dillons, T.J. Maxx, McDonald’s, Freddy’s, Wesley Towers, Walmart, Disability Supports, Hutchinson Recreation Commission, Boys & Girls Club, Chili’s, Ad Astra Radio, Olive Garden, Braum’s and Atrium Hotel and Catering.

GreenPlay study shows expense of maintaining city parks

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The study from GreenPlay regarding the city’s parks and rec facilities reflects the cost of maintaining such facilities.

The study is being conducted to determine what direction Hutch Rec and the parks department could take in developing a master plan. The city spends about $3,640,000 on parks. In turn, the city earns about $63,000 from building rentals and fees. It also generates about $700,000 a year from the golf course.

Parks and Facilities Director Justin Combs says it comes down to few opportunities to generate revenue:

 

 

The city did raise fees for building use during the last budget session.

Avenue G at K-61 closed for street repair

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Public Works announced Tuesday that Avenue G will be closed to all through traffic at the K-61 Highway intersection for a number of days.

K-61 will be reduced to one lane for northbound traffic and one lane for southbound traffic. No turning onto Avenue G will be allowed.

The street division will be doing road maintenance. The work should be completed by March 8, weather permitting.

If you have any questions about this or any other street project, contact Hutchinson Public Works at 620-694-1900.

GreenPlay presents park findings to council, rec board

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After meeting with the public Monday, GreenPlay was back before the city council and Hutch Rec at a special meeting Tuesday.

GreenPlay revealed its findings from a master plan study.

Tony Finlay with Hutch Rec says he was pleased with the study:

 

 

The study showed the many strengths of the city’s parks and rec system, and some of its needs. One need that came up the most was walkability, or the ability to get to and from city parks. Dr. Teresa Pembrook of GreenPlay talks about the need for better park access:

 

GreenPlay found the parks system has great variety. There is ample opportunities for great events at many of the sporting venues. The study found the parks to have ample spacing with a great number of trails, especially at Dillon Nature Center. The company feels the city needs better park marketing, better ADA accessibility and more access to the Arkansas River. GreenPlay says the city needs to catch up on deferred maintenance.

Officials with GreenPlay told the group Tuesday it will have a list of recommendations ready in April. Another public forum is set for April 23.

Tax rate will drop soon

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The sales tax rate for Reno County is about to make a major drop.

Reno County is preparing paperwork that will allow it to call on the bonds that were used to finance the Reno County Correctional Facility earlier than the original date set.

The call on the bonds means two things for the county. In the short run, it will save the county about $880,000 in interest. And by the middle of summer, the ½ cent sales tax used to pay for the jail will go off the books. That will lower the Hutchinson sales tax to 8.6 percent. The lower sales tax would go into effect July 1.

The drop would push Hutchinson below most cities of similar size, including Leawood at 9.1 percent; Salina at 8.75 percent; McPherson at 9.0 percent; Manhattan at 8.95 percent; Pittsburg at 9.0 percent; Dodge City at 8.65 percent; Garden City at 8.9 percent and Lawrence at 9.05 percent.

The matter will come up for discussion on Tuesday, March 5. Action could be taken by the county commission March 19.

Of the 30 similar cities in the state, Hutchinson’s sales tax ranking would fall from 18th to the 11th lowest.

The call on the bonds is coming approximately three and a half years ahead of the September 2023 sunset date.

Chamber breakfast set for March 6

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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce announced a makeup date for the February breakfast. The original meeting was postponed because of weather. The new date is Wednesday, March 6, at 7 a.m. in the Atrium Hotel and Conference Center.

This breakfast is sponsored by the Hutchinson Clinic. Guests will hear from the Raising the Flag Committee regarding the Hutchinson Flag initiative and how the business community can get involved.

The cost to attend is $12 for members and $22 for non-members. For more information, contact Belinda McClanahan at 620-662-3391.

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