| March 8 , 2006 |
| Volume 03, Issue 5 |
| Chamber Events |
| Business Directory |
| Community Event Calendar |
| HutchChamber.com |
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Legislative Forum Sponsor: AT&T, formerly SBC |
Mar. 22 |
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April 19 |
Sponsor: BG Consultants |
April 27 |
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With the ever changing business world we work in today, it is often easy to miss important updates on management and ownership changes of local businesses. Therefore, The Chamber is beginning a new feature in Outlook to welcome new management and ownership in the community, and to notify the membership of location and/or name changes. Contact Tom Dooley at 662-3391 or tomd@hutchchamber.com to make changes to your account. |
Don's Car Care announces Chris Dosch & Mark Strawn as the new managers. Hutchinson Community Foundation has a new Director; Aubrey Abbott Patterson Kansas Clays & Hunts has a new Manager, Danny Schwartz Lowe's has named Danny Wimberly as the new Manager. Meadow View Estates has announced Debi Thompson as the new Administrator. Montana Mike's announced Brandon Meyer as the new General Manager. T.O. Hass Tire, L.L.C. has announced Don Epp, as the new General Manager. United Way of Reno County, has announced Tona Turner as the new Executive Director |
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In celebration of National Agriculture Week (March 19-25) the Chamber’s Agri-Business Committee has selected three Reno County farm couples on which to focus during the week and will recognize them at the Chamber Membership Breakfast, Wednesday, March 22. The Agri- Business Committee has recognized 3 Reno County Farm couples each year since 1985. As Reno County’s largest industry, Reno County farmers generate millions of dollars in the local economy. RANDALL & DEBRA EHLING Randall & Debra started their farming operation in 1981. Randall is a fourth generation farmer on his father’s side and fifth generation on his mother’s side. Debra, on the other hand, grew up in urban areas. They are now farming the land on which Randall grew up in the Abbyville community. Debra has been office manager for Custom Mills at Pleasantview for the past 8 years. The Ehling’s farming operation consists of 1,300 acres of high quality alfalfa production which is sold for dairy and horse farming consumption. They ship their alfalfa primarily to the southern and eastern part of the U.S. and as far away as Pennsylvania. Randall is a graduate of Fairfield High School and the North Central Vo-Tech School at Beloit. Debra is also a graduate of Fairfield High and Ft. Hays State University, with a degree in Business Management. They have two children Brandon is a fireman & EMT at Great Bend, and their daughter Ashlee is a student at Hutchinson Community College. They both are active in their community with Randall having served on the USD 310 school board, Reno County Wheat Growers Assoc., & Kansas Assoc. of Wheat Growers boards. He also served as an adult leader in the South West Reno 4-H Club, and is a member of the Abbyville Rodeo Booster Club. Debra has served on the church board, past church treasurer, 4-H leader, and currently serves on the Abbyville Rodeo Booster Club. The Ehlings are active members in the Abbyville Community Church where Randall is currently church board president. SAM & ROBIN SANDERS
Sam and Robin farm Southwest of Hutchinson. Sam is a second generation farmer and is farming land that his father once farmed. Sam grew up on the farm while Robin grew up in rural Reno County but not the daughter of a farm family. Today they have 2,300 acres under cultivation consisting of wheat, milo, soybeans, alfalfa, and Sudan grass production. They also have 650 acres of pasture for their 90 head herd of commercial Angus production cows. Sam & Robin were awarded the 2005 Kansas Bankers Association’s Soil Conservation Award at the Reno County Conservation District’s annual meeting in January. Sam is a graduate of Fairfield High School. Robin graduated from Buhler High School. Sam is currently a 2006 class member in the Kansas Environmental Leadership Program (KELP). He has served on the Whiteside Coop board and has been involved in many community activities. For 20 years Robin worked for Harris Enterprises and currently is employed by Barbara McDonald in Hutchinson. She is an active member of the New Beginnings Auxiliary in Hutchinson. They both are involved with their youngest daughter and her many high school activities. The Sanders have 3 daughters: 24 year old Kari Jacques; 20 year old Kristi, a student at Hutchinson Community College; and 17 year old Amelia a junior at Pretty Prairie High School. They have two grandchildren, 3 year old Zane and 1 year old Kinley Jacques.
BRUCE & TRACY SCHLICKAU Bruce and Tracy have been farming together for 19 years. Bruce is a 4th generation farmer in Reno County. Tracy grew up in Hutchinson. Today they farm south of Hutchinson and have around 400 acres under cultivation which includes wheat, milo, and soybeans as well as 400 acres in grazing land and 175 acres in CRP They also raise registered Herefords under the name of BTS Hereford Ranch and have 30 head of brood cows and sell bulls commercially. Bruce attended Hutchinson Community College and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Animal Science & Industry. Tracy graduated from Hutchinson Community College and holds a Medical Technology degree form K.S.U. She works in the laboratory at Hutchinson Hospital. They have two children; Greg 10, and Sara, 7. Both are students in the Pretty Prairie School System. Bruce serves on the Reno County 4-H Fair board, is past board member of the Reno County Cattlemen’s Assoc., Reno County Farm Bureau Assoc. and currently serves as secretary of the Reno County Agriculture P.D.C. and serves as president of the H.C.C. Ag advisory board. Tracy is a community leader for Ninnescah 4-H club & is past president and current secretary of the Kansas Hereford Women Association. |
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