Dragon's Tale - April 2021 Issue

Where the Wild Things Are Wind Symphony stuns at Sunday in the Zoom

Taking Major Steps How students discovered their dream degree

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DRAGON’S TALE STAFF Hannah Brummer

Kaitlyn Seiwert

Azia Colvin

Dylan Shah

Editor Hutchinson Major: Education

Hutchinson Major: Fine Arts

Kyli Dimmitt

Nickerson Major: Visual Media Design - Graphic Design & Web Technology

Kingman Major: Ag Communications

Hutchinson Major: Business

Myranda Stika

Burdick Major: Education

Regan LaRue

Rachel Wilson

Pablo Sanchez

Greysin Wirths

Kingman Major: Visual Media Design - Graphic Design & Web Technology

Hutchinson Major: Psychology

The Dragon’s Tale is published four times a year by the Magazine Production class of Hutchinson Community College, 1300 North Plum, Hutchinson, KS, 67501.

When compiled, the four issues serve as an overview

Hutchinson Major: Visual Media Design - Graphic Design & Web Technology

Wichita Major: Cosmetology

► Photo by Rachel Wilson ► Chris Miertschin, Music Instructor-Band Director, leads the wind symphony group at the Hutchinson Zoo on March 7. The group planned to play at a non-traditional performance every year.

of the activities and the people of HutchCC during the school year.

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AS EASY AS ABC A small glimpse into HutchCC’s education program and our future educators • Hannah Brummer

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SLIP AND SCORE HutchCC Fine Arts • Azia Colvin

INDUSTRIAL IS RISING Applying knowledge to the future of the world • Pablo Sanchez

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NFL DREAMS Not just for football players • Myranda Stika

TAKING MAJOR STEPS How students discovered their dream degree • Kaitlyn Seiwert

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PHI THETA KAPPA Bringing Honor to All Students • Greysin Wirths & Rachel Wilson

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RETURNING VINTAGE TRENDS Styles return to campus • Kyli Dimmitt

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A GENERATIONAL JOURNEY Students following in their parents’ footsteps • Azia Colvin

NOW HIRING! Career Connection • Kyli Dimmitt

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FOOD TRUCK FRENZY Local food trucks showcase their locations and top sellers • Rachel Wilson

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KICKIN’ IT WITH BLUE DRAGON SOCCER HutchCC Soccer • Dylan Shah

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DRAGON’S DRIVING SEASON Blue Dragon golf team makes headlines nationwide • Kaitlyn Seiwert

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BASE TO BASE HutchCC Softball • Dylan Shah

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PLAY TO THE LAST OUT HutchCC Baseball team comes back to the field with a vengence • Regan LaRue

KEEPING ON TRACK HutchCC Track & Field • Pablo Sanchez

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE HutchCC Wind Symphony stuns at Sunday in the Zoo • Rachel Wilson

BUILDING A BUSINESS Getting a business off the ground • Regan LaRue

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FEARLESS AND MOTIVATED Blue Dragon football works hard to stay at the top of the ranks • Hannah Brummer

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As easy as, Hannah Brummer, Reporter & Designer

A small glimpse into HutchCC’s Education Program and future educators

▲ Photo by Hannah Brummer ▲ Assessing a project made by a classmate in Art Education is Jurney Yung, Andale. Students created a project that showed who they are on the inside and outside using old VHS boxes and personal items from home.

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Education is one of the top ten most popular majors in colleges and universities in the United States. Yet the demand for educators each year is slowly rising. Being an education major does not just mean that you are studying to teach students.

A big part of the profession is learning to encourage students to be their own kind of successful.

“Being that I’m a music education major, one of the reasons I chose it was because I love music and I love teaching people things. I honestly feel like I was born to teach,” said Shonsee Lowen, Montezuma.

Each student enters the education field for many different reasons. Some want to make a difference in kids’ lives by just being someone that the students can feel comfortable enough to talk about their problems.

“I’m most excited about building relationships with my students. I’m a very relational person and I loved the relationships I had with my teachers. I want to be able to do the same thing for my students,” said Lowen.

Students that strive to become successful teachers were hit hard when the pandemic hit. In some ways these students were lucky because they now get to learn how to teach both in-person and virtually.

“A lot of my classes and teachers have been teaching me what not to do when it comes to how to teach, both in person and virtual,” said Patience Carman, Oberlin.

Education majors “Elementary Education majors will take Children’s Literature and Art Education. Secondary Education majors will take several courses in the discipline area they want to teach. For example, those that want to teach history will take several history courses,” said Teri Eckoff, Advisor - General Education.

“In addition, all of the education majors will take Introduction to Education and Introduction to Education Practicum. The

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practicum involves students observing in a classroom for 45 hours. The students gain a lot of valuable information from these observation hours because they are viewing the classroom from the lens of a teacher. This allows them to move beyond just learning about educational concepts to seeing them in practice.”

Even if a Hutchinson Community College student isn’t an education major, they can still be involved in the Future Teachers Club on campus. The group does things such as listen to guest speakers and make teacher appreciation gifts for local schools. They meet twice a month with the club sponsor, Eckoff.

“The Future Teachers Club is for any HutchCC student who values education. The four foundations of the group are Community Service, Teacher Quality, Social Justice, and Political Action,” Eckoff said. “The club is student driven. This means the students determine the projects they want to work on, speakers they want to hear from, and the teaching ideas they’d like to learn more about. Members work together with the guidance of the leader to make everything happen. As an offshoot of the local club, the students can get involved at the state level in KNEA Aspiring Educators. Students who do this have the opportunity to participate in state level conferences where they get to meet and collaborate with other students from two and four year schools across Kansas. HutchCC has a strong history of former students holding officer positions at the state level and this happens because they got involved in the Future Teachers Club as freshmen or sophomores while attending HutchCC.”

▲ Photo by Hannah Brummer ▲ Lylia Fernandez, Newton, designs one of the many posters that the Future Teachers Club creates for Teachers Appreciation Week that will later be hung up at Holy Cross Catholic School. The Future Teachers club met twice a month to discuss many different topics relating to education.

Advice to future educators from Teri Eckoff If you have a strong desire to be a teacher, don’t let others dissuade you from pursuing that passion. If you have a true passion for teaching, the hard work and challenges you face will be worth it.

Get as much classroom experience as you can. When you are in the classroom, interact with the students and take every opportunity you can to help them. Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone!

Every time you are in the classroom or talking to someone in the education profession, present yourself as if you are applying for a job.

▲ Photo by Hannah Brummer ▲ Teaching the lesson they created for their Introduction to Education class is JD Smith, Nickerson; Blair Hollenbeck, Pretty Prairie; and Pepper Unruh, Pretty Prairie. Introduction to Education was taught by Teri Eckoff, Advisor General Education.

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SLIP AND SCORE

Porcelain/Stoneware mix using pinch pot technique

by Paula Freeman.

Azia Colvin, Photographer & Designer

Porcelain/Stoneware mix using slab technique

by Brooklyn Vasquez.

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Porcelain/Stoneware mix using flat coiling technique by Alanna Curiel-Davis.

Porcelain/Stoneware mix using pinch pot technique by Katie Harbold.

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Porcelain/Stoneware mix using slab and slip trailing technique by Azia Colvin.

Porcelain/Stoneware mix using coil and scraffito technique with an underglaze by Honoka Adachi.

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Porcelain/Stoneware mix using quilting technique by Leigha Jackson-Evans.

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Applying knowledge to the future of the world.

Pablo Sanchez, Reporter & Designer

Technology rapidly changes every day and when problems arise those working as automation engineering technicians must apply themselves to see how they can fix the problem.

Hutchinson Community College prepares students going into this field.

Students can figure out how to solve real-world problems that are caused by electric or mechanical issues. Robert Blume, Automation Engineer Technology Trainer/Coordinator, teaches them about the field.

“Number one, do you like computers; number two, do you like working with your hands? In our field you use both,” Blume said. “When you wake up in the morning, do you want to go to work and most people would answer no, I don’t want to go to work cause they don’t like what they are doing. For over 40 years I loved what I did, I wanted to go to work.”

Students that have a basic understanding of electricity won’t have much of a problem with the program. But if you do not, then chances are it is going to be a rough class, but if students want to learn it and get a promising career, then you’ll do extraordinary. After students finish the program, they can work anywhere in the world.

“We are giving about three to four jobs per student that goes through the program. This year we are pushing to ten jobs per student,” Blume said. “ Pick any place, we got companies that travel.

In fact, one of our students rounded up going to Australia, another one has been in China, another one has been in Argentina, Spain, Korea, and Mexico.”

There are tons of job opportunities for this major and students can pick any place in the world that they want to work for and having the chance to travel to place that someone always wanted to visit is available.

“It’s a wide-open field cause the guys that are my age, we’re retiring and we’re the guys who grew up with it, we’re the guys who was in the industry working as in advanced and all of our knowledge comes from doing. A lot of these people didn’t want to share their knowledge cause knowledge is power,” said Blume.

When companies are searching for a student, they are typically looking for attendance. They don’t care what grades you have and who has a good work ethic, who is spending more time in the lab and working more time in the lab learning it.

“Knowledge is power”

One of the main reasons students fail this program is because of their lack of attendance. Missing one day can severely put a student behind. The instructors within this program are more than happy to help the students, but as long as they put in the time and effort to come in and understand what’s being taught.

After Blume retires, he has a full woodworking shop so he plans to work on projects for his great-grand kids, and he will also be doing some 3D printing.

Automation/Manufacturing Engineering Technical Trainer James Shannon also teaches within the AET program.

“First and foremost, because the industry is continually changing and continually evolving, the best thing we do for them is we teach them how to learn, how to take instruction, how to be able to move forward,” said Shannon.

Students that may have a difficult time can come into the lab in the afternoon so that they can have more practice on what they are having a hard time on. Instructors will often see students struggling and will give them more time and will work with them. Being able to work around the student’s schedule and finding a time that works best so that they can come in and still receive help also leads to success within the program.

“So with the AET, EMT, HVAC, the one thing we identified right off the bat is everybody needs more work on is AC/DC circuit is electricity so we start everybody through electricity and they see AC/ DC100 first,” Shannon said. “Motor controls they have one semester and then the next semester we do those first, and we may mix in some of the mechanical maintenance and data communication.

A few of the little classes that they

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Yearly salary is between $50,000 and $65,000 You can work anywhere in the United States or even out of state Job companies will sometimes come to school often looking for a student to work for them

don’t have to have much of electrical knowledge right off the bat, but again, all these things are building blocks so after you get out of three or four core classes. We got it figured out you have all those back ones to be able to stay up, so AC/DC is really the starting point if you want to learn what the program is about that’s the best starting point.”

Be sure to ask plenty of questions and don’t be afraid to ask stupid questions the instructors are there to help you because chances are someone in that room probably as the same question as you.

“Most of the jobs that students get in the real world it is going to be different job, and there will always be a difficult challenge, and more than likely you’ll run into something new and troubleshooting is problem-solving if you like puzzle solving,” said Shannon.

Robotics is problem solving and students are required to have the knowledge to fix the problem.

Robots are advanced more than our human minds can even know, Dustin Wallace, Hutchinson, is a student that is taking a robotics course and shares his experience on taking the class. “In this class, we have a general understanding of how machines work and computers but robotics, we get into how the controller works and how the robot

moves, and from there we start writing out the program and figure out how to use the robot in real-life applications.”

Said Wallace.

Coming into this class, Wallace felt overwhelmed in the beginning. It is difficult even if someone has a little understanding of it.

“If you look in the last ten years and I’m almost 30, and I grew up in the 90s where we wrote phone numbers in phone book and in the last ten years we have a big industrial revolution, ten years from now we could have flying cars, and I think it only gets even more advanced and technical. Technology is the future.” said Wallace.

Students that are interested in anything related to mechanical or electric should visit Bob Blume or James Shannon.

▲ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▲ Jason Tuxhorn, Hutchinson, learns to laser engrave a block. The robot could also 3D print. ▼ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▼ Kaitlyn Tiani and Quentin Kneal, both from Hutchinson, program the robot to move blocks and stack them on each other.

▼ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▼ Dustin Wallace, Hutchinson, can code the robot to pick up the blocks and move them around to any position that he wants it to. The computer does the work that allows the robot to move.

▼ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▼ Dylan Shephered, Hutchinson, tries to code the robot to have it move the sitck and slide it into the holes on the box. In order to move the robot Dylan uses a handheld device to send singles to move it where he wants to.

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...not just for football players.

Myranda Stika, Reporter & Designer

Determined, organized, and humble are just a few words that describe Zachary Shanline, Pratt. Shanline is a sophomore at Hutchinson Community College and is involved in Student Government Association, the Ambassador program, the Honors Program, Honors Student Council, Ping Pong Club, a Residence Assistant, and started the Officiating Club on campus, as well as officiates high school sports.

A Business Administration major, Shanline has a goal to one day officiate in a super bowl.

“Eventually down the road, I would love to work D1 college and someday work the NFL, and really the cherry on top of everything would be working a Super Bowl. I think that would be the absolute pinnacle,” Shanline said. “I think at the rate I’m at and loving it so much, I think I have a really good shot.

It’s not going to be an easy route but it’ll be a fun route.”

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Shanline grew up playing sports and being around sports often.

Questioning Mind However, he found his passion for officiating when he was in elementary school.

“I would actually officiate on the playgrounds during recess. With all my friends playing basketball I Willingness to would actually officiate it. It was ask questions just what I thought I was the best at,” Shanline said.

Shanline is involved in many Great time management skills things on campus. He has been able to make many connections through his involvement at HutchCC. Shelby Honors Program Branting, Student Government Association (SGA) advisor and Assistant Director of Residence Life Residence Assistant and Student Activities, works closely with Shanline through SGA. “He’s just so organized and always Constant thirst for knowledge willing to do whatever I throw at him,” Branting said. “He doesn’t seem nervous to lead the group.”

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◄ Photo by Myranda Stika ◄ Zachary Shanline, Pratt, signals to stop the clock during the KJCCCA officiating camp and HutchCC scrimmage held on March 14 at Gowans Stadium.

Shanline was hired as a backspot to officiate college football.

many due to Covid. Many changes in organizations arose as the year went on. This required many people to have to adapt and change while still keeping the organizations afloat. Shanline is the 2020-2021 President for SGA. “One of the biggest things I got out of it was trying to realize why students didn’t participate in a tough time and realizing that and trying to adjust my mindset,” Shanline said.

Shanline was able to learn about himself and what was important for him to adapt and to the new settings due to Covid. He was able to discover the importance of listening and getting feedback from the student body in order to know what y Going steps to take next.

“The ability to listen. Listen to the people around me. The ability to problem solve when I was faced with challenges we’ve never dealt with before and to be adaptable,” Shanline said. ent Ambassador With Shanline’s involvement throughout campus as an Ambassador, RA, and SGA president along with many other organizations, his ciating Club role as SGA President gives him the opportunity to help get students’ dent Government concerns and suggestions on the ciation President administration’s radar.

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To be that voice to the administration of the college, to have the ability to express concerns to them, and the administration actually reaching out and asking me questions,” Shanline said.

With all of Shanline’s extra curricular activities, he is still a student taking classes on campus.

“Zach has a constant thirst for knowledge and he doesn’t just want to know the answer, he wants to know why,” Miranda Engelken, Business Instructor and Academic Advisor, said.

Engelken teaches Accounting 1, Managerial Accounting, and Quickbooks at HutchCC. “I just think he comes everyday ready to learn, to just be filled with new information. He comes with a questioning mind,” Engelken said. “I would describe him as a learner, in a nutshell.”

Shanline does not just learn in the classroom, he has to learn the ins and outs of officiating. When he was in middle school, he started officiating flag football and rec basketball. He worked his way up by officiating junior varsity (JV) and varsity football, baseball, basketball (JV and Varsity), and he is currently a Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC)

▲ Photo by Myranda Stika ▲ As President of the Student Government Association, Shanline leads the meeting as Ryan Roderick, Mulvane, listens. SGA meetings were held every Wednesday at 3:00p.m.

official. This allows Shanline to officiate community college football in Kansas.

Shanline has been working with an officiating crew since his junior year of high school. His white hat, or head of the crew, Jason Ruckle is a registered official with the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) since 1995 and a football official since 2006. Ruckle has been working with Shanline since 2016.

“We strive to get it right on the field.

Zach was willing to take constructive criticism and learn from it. That’s a quality of a good official,” Ruckle said.

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► Photo by Myranda Stika ► Shanline gives a tour of Rimmer Resource and Learning Center during a campus tour.

He was voted Ambassador of the Year for the 2020-2021 academic year.

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How students discovered their dream degree Kaitlyn Seiwert, Reporter & Designer

When kids are little, make-believe play is one of the most popular games.

Kids dream of being adults with careers that let them have their own office, drive a big truck, save someone from a burning building, or cook new recipes. As kids go through school, dream jobs have the ability to constantly change. Once kids reach the age where they have to decide on how they want to spend their future, they may realize their dreams just aren’t realistic and search to find a new passion and career, while some kids still have the same burning passion for a career they have had since they were five.

A fire science major, education major, and pre-law major describe how they found their current passion, and how it differs from their dream jobs when they were little.

Children’s exposure to different occupations may give them different ways to view what the world needs.

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“My love for music was first sparked by my brother. I enjoyed watching him in high school when I was younger,” Jacob Younger, Hutchinson, said.

While some people look for careers that allow them to express themselves or use certain skills, other people search for careers that allow certain personality traits to shine. Role models can play an important part when looking at career options.

“She (the daughter in the TV show, Blue Bloods) presented herself as a strong, powerful, independent woman,” Madison Vaught, Winchester, said. “That’s exactly what I wanted to be and still want to be.”

Some kids dream of becoming brilliant astronauts, doctors, scientists or even president. Other kids

might venture outside the spectrum of “normal careers” and discover thrilling careers such as YouTube Stars, singers, professional athletes, or race car drivers.

“When I was little, I wanted to be a lifeguard,” said Victoria Powell, Montezuma.

“I grew up thinking I wanted to be a lawyer,” said Vaught.

Many high schools now require students to take career aptitude tests. High school counselors, as well as parents, encourage students to find what they are passionate about in high school before applying to college.

“I wanted to do architectural engineering when I was younger and people in high school said I should. I learned more about the career from the Myers-Briggs

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to want to do things for others test,” Powell said. instead of myself. I want to The Myers-Briggs test be able to help on peoples’ provides students with mulworst days and do those tiple career options that nasty things a fireman are compatible with their has to do so others don’t personality. For students who got to,” Younger said. go into college as undecided, career exploration courses When looking at career are available. options, students may “At HutchCC, students want to keep in mind in general studies take that not all degrees require ED115 that involves addifour years of schooling. At tional testing in personalHutchCC, most degrees are ity, strengths, etc to give two-year programs. students an idea of who “At community colthey are and what they like leges, you are earning an and possible careers that associate degree in applied students might not have science which you take thought about,” said classes for a specific job.

Jacob Younger Debbie Graber, College (Most students at a comFire Science Counselor/Associate Promunity college) are working fessor at HutchCC. towards an associate of arts or science,” Career exploration classes provide Graber said. “There is no specific major students the opportunity to change (for associate of arts or science majors). their major, or cement their objectives (Students in associate of arts or science for their major. majors) take classes that will prepare “I changed my mind actually while I (them) for when (they) transfer to a was out performing music... I got an urge four-year school.”

Everything you need to know about

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For students working towards an applied science degree, they are eager to get to work after graduation from HutchCC. “My plans after HutchCC is that I want to apply at a fire station here in town and just work for this town,” Younger said. “I grew up here so I wanna help take care of it.”

Transferring to a four-year university provides students with the opportunity to complete degrees not offered at HutchCC. “After Hutch, I plan on going to Emporia State University for secondary education,”said Powell.

“I had a lot of great teachers in high school and want to be a guiding person to students.”

Whether students are entering the workforce after HutchCC, or transferring to a four Madison Vaught year university, stuPre-law dents find that passion drives them to complete their education more than anything else.

They are not just working towards a degree, they are building the person they want to be.

“I stuck with this profession because I want to prove to others that I can be not only an attractive young woman but also a smart, powerful, and independent woman,” Vaught said. “This is my passion; “this is what drives me every day to do good inside and outside of the classroom.”

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PHI THETA KAPPA

Photo by HutchCC Marketing Lynze Kotschegarow,Wichita, lights the candle during the induction ceremony on April 6.

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Photo by HutchCC Marketing Ryan Diehl, Curriculum/Program Improvement Coordinator, watches as Jonathan Shawver, Wichita, lights his candle. Diehl is also the Phi Theta KappaKappa Gamma Advisor.

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Photo by HutchCC Marketing After the Phi Theta Kappa induction ceremony, the group of students pose for a photo.

Created to honor and recognize hard working students all around the world, Phi Theta Kappa has 1,399 college chapters across the United States with 240,000 active members.

The organization was founded in 1918 and gives students opportunities in learning how to be a leader. It was originally started as a women’s only society across Missouri. The society began its inaugural year and established eight chapters within Missouri colleges to recognize academic achievements.

Hutchinson Community College started their own chapter of PTK on Feb. 2, 1959. The club currently has 137 members on campus and combines face-to-face students as well as online.

“Phi Theta Kappa international creates opportunities to interact with each other, while our chapter has participated in some of these joint efforts, our main interaction takes place in the Kansas/ Nebraska region,” said Ryan Diehl, Curriculum/Program Improvement

Coordinator who is also the Phi Theta Kappa-Kappa Gamma Advisor.

Members usually get to travel for meetings, but the 2020 regional convention was one of the last student conferences to occur prior to the pandemic shut down across the nation.

According to the PTK.org website, to become a member, students will be sent an invitation from PTK chapter at the students’ college. The membership does come with an initial cost of $60 but the website states that “Phi Theta Kappa membership is what you make of it. The more you put in, the more you get out of it. Your best experience will come from engaging in the benefits PTK offers.”

“Phi Theta Kappa’s membership benefits are unmatched. Members can apply for nearly $1 million in scholarships throughout the year to help complete their associate, bachelor’s, and even master’s degrees,” Erin Cogswell, International Phi Theta Kappa Coordinator, said on the PTK.org website. “We have

awards specifically for career-technical students, including field-specific opportunities that cover the cost of certification exam fees. Transfer students have access to $46 million in transfer scholarships offered by more than 800 fouryear colleges across the country. These scholarships are earmarked exclusively for PTK members.”

Much of what happens with Phi Theta Kappa at the chapter level has historically taken place in person, such as induction ceremonies, chapter meetings, and service projects. With COVID, all of that came to a halt momentarily, but the chapters then pivoted to online meetings and virtual events, letting them keep the connections and community that come with membership intact.

Events were held virtually in 2020 and 2021,but the group looks forward to returning to an in-person PTK Catalyst in 2022 in Colorado.

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Returning Vintage Trends

Style in the 1960’s became progressive more casual than the decade before it. People wore more bright colors and the “hippie style” became a big trend.

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In the 1970’s more color and bold patterns like plaid came to be more apparent.

In the 1980’s, women wore big shoulder pads and styled their hair big. Men started wearing bold colored and patterned power suits.

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In the 1990’s, fashion reached it’s most casual form. The grunge style was popular for both men and women, as well as, oversized shirts and blue jeans.

The 2000’s saw a lot of low rise jeans, crop tops, slim cut jeans, flannels, etc. 2000’s style are mashups and revivals of previous styles.

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HutchCC Wind Symphony stuns at Sunday in the Zoo. Rachel Wilson, Reporter & Designer

Where the Wild Things Are Photo by Rachel Wilson Emily Earls, Hutchinson, sits on her mask to keep it from blowing away while playing baritone saxophone.

Photo by Rachel Wilson Jacob Younger, Hutchinson, stays focused while playing french horn.

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urrounded by animal exhibits and spectators, the Hutchinson Community College Wind Symphony performed in the Hutchinson Zoo while the wind blew and leaves crunched under foot.

“Each year, I try to have the Wind Symphony perform off-campus in a nontraditional performance venue; this is an important part of our community involvement with this band, and one that our students typically have a great experience with. In the past, we’ve put on concerts at the Kansas Cosmosphere and the Strataca Salt Mine,” said Chris Miertschin, Music Instructor-Band Director.

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He brainstormed to find the perfect venue this year, with the pandemic and public safety in mind.

Miertschin said,“My primary goal was to have the band perform off-campus as we do each year. The secondary goal this year specifically was to find an outdoor venue where both the band and our audience could spread out safely and not worry so much about the spread of germs from person to person. My work as Assistant Conductor of the Hutchinson Municipal Band put the zoo on my radar as a potential venue as that group put on a few concerts just outside of the zoo last summer, and then it happened to work that March 7th was a great open day with largely good weather for an outdoor performance.”

Another goal was what he hoped the audience would take away from this performance.

“Hopefully they enjoyed themselves and learned a little about some of the music we performed; I tried to pick a variety of largely animal-themed literature that would be very accessible to our audience. It’s also my hope that our off-campus performances will draw

potential new listeners to our more traditional concerts in Stringer Fine Arts Center,” said Miertschin.

The students performing at the Hutchinson Zoo faced challenges that came along with the outside experience.

Miertschin said, “For them, the challenge in a performance like this is to quickly adapt to new circumstances both in the things they hear around the band and of course last week with the added wind! The students showed great ability to adapt to the circumstances both in terms of what they could hear outdoors versus in the band room and in terms of using whatever means necessary to hold down their music. I hope this concert inspired some of them to realize that bands aren’t limited to indoor concert halls.”

One student interviewed agreed that performing outside provided new challenges.

“Performing outside rather than Stringer has its challenges just because there are no walls for the sound to bounce off of and it’s harder to hear the other parts, but we had warmed up and fixed balance before we played that

afternoon,” said Emily Earls, Hutchinson.

Earls has been playing the baritone saxophone for two years, as well as the clarinet and trombone, and this is her first year performing in the Hutchinson Community College Wind Symphony.

Earls said, “My favorite song was ‘The Whistler and His Dog’ because I thought it was fun for the band.”

The Wind Symphony whistled and howled during the piece. There were many other animal themed pieces played during the performance.

“I first immediately thought of Camille Saint-Saens’ ‘Carnival of the Animals’ which we played an arrangement of toward the end of the concert,” said Miertschin. “I also looked through our band music library just to see what sort of animal/outdoor themed music we had that would be approachable by our ensemble. You can’t go wrong with a Sousa march, and his ‘Pride of the Wolverines’ was a great concert opener.

In a similar vein, Percy Grainger’s music, some of my favorite music, and ‘Country Gardens’ is a nice, light-hearted piece that fit the concert pretty well.”

Photo by Rachel Wilson Chris Miertschin, Music Instructor-Band director, conducts while the Wind Symphony plays on.

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Photo by Rachel Wilson The crowd applauds as the Hutchinson Community College Wind Symphony finishes playing a piece conducted by Miertschin.

The poster created to advertise the Sunday in the Zoo with Winds was animal themed as well as a creative team effort.

“I worked with our marketing team, specifically Janae DeWeese. I was fairly involved with the initial concept, and Janae took it away from there,” Miertschin said. “I asked if it would be possible to do a take on the Georges Seurat painting, ‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte’ in homage to the concert title’s namesake, the Stephen Sondheim musical ‘Sunday in the Park with George.’ Janae took that and ran with it quite well.”

Miertschin had a creative hand in the concert in multiple ways, including his favorite piece.

“My favorite on this concert has to be the one I wrote for the band, the arrangement of “Sunday” from Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George.

I arranged it specifically for this concert and for this band and they played it very well,” said Miertschin.

The Wind Symphony prepared for the concert for about two months, receiving their music the first week of classes in January.

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Miertschin said, “We do not repeat music from concert to concert throughout the year and rarely do we repeat a piece of music at all outside of the occasional holiday tune for our December concerts. Our audiences love that they always hear something new at our performances instead of the same tunes all year long.”

The audience as well as the symphony all seemed to enjoy the concert, with Miertschin enthusiastically conducting and addressing the crowd.

▲ Artwork by Janae DeWeese ▲ Assistant Director of Marketing and Public Relations

“I’m happy to say that despite the wind, this was a very successful concert for us and it also seemed to benefit the zoo,” said Miertschin.

The windy concert may have come with some challenges, but the symphony prevailed, while gathering a crowd and donations for the Hutchinson Zoo.

Photo by Rachel Wilson As the crowd watches, Miertschin stays focused to keep the symphony on track.

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Photo by Regan LaRue The front entrance of Sugar Creek Boutique sparkles in the Hutchinson Mall.The store planned to transfer for just the holidays but has now found their place to stay.

Building a Business Along with the task of coping with the recent COVID pandemic, Shelby Harner strove to get her business off the ground. ▼ Photo by Regan LaRue ▼ Shelby Harner, Sugar Creek Boutique Owner, tends to her storefront. Harner spends almost all of her freetime tending to her business.

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▼ Photo by Regan LaRue ▼ Harner rearanges her inventory while the store is calm. Harner always strives to be as prepared as possible for the next rush in her store.

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After the rough patch of 2020, small businesses hope to thrive in 2021.With the everyday use of technology people began using their quarantine time to focus on their side project of starting a business. Though these small businesses did struggle through the pandemic, many used these hardships to their advantage.

Sugar Creek Boutique is just one of the many small businesses within the community of Hutchinson. Sugar Creek is owned and operated by Shelby Harner. She founded the boutique in 2019 right before the Covid-19 pandemic began.

“I knew I did not want a storefront, that’s not what I wanted. I wanted to travel.” Shelby Harner, Sugar Creek Owner, said. “I wanted to go to the stock shows and the rodeos so that’s where we started out.”

Harner was born and raised in Partridge, and graduated from Hutchinson Community College with a degree in Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship. She began her college journey with the intentions of graduating with a major in Ag Communications.

“About halfway through my college career I decided that’s not what I wanted to do. So I dropped out all together,” Harner said. “Worst decision ever but ended up being the best decision.”

Harner then worked in radio advertising for a short period of time before working at Maurices full time as a manager. That was when she discovered her love for retail. Both of her parents were self employed and ran their own businesses so it just came naturally to Harner. She then went back to college to begin her new career path.

“I wanted to go back to school and get my two years done. So I left

Maurices to become a full-time student again, and graduated December of 2019 right before the pandemic began,” said Harner.

She began her career hoping to become a traveling distributor with her newfound company Sugar Creek Boutique. Named after her family’s ranch that she had grown up working on her entire life.

“My brother came home from college, and we were getting rid of the H&S name and he said ‘well, what about Sugar Creek Ranch,” Harner said., “So then my brother wanted to sell farm equipment so he did Sugar Creek sales, so when I did this it only made sense.”

Though the plan to travel was shortlived due to the pandemic beginning shortly after the start of her journey.

When 2020 came around, the company was fully booked on trips for the year, but in March of 2020 while at the Oklahoma Youth Expo in Oklahoma City that’s where they were sent home.

Though the company had to persevere so Harner got to work on the next step.

“I just thought about what I was going to do and built a website and became very successful on the website,” Harner said.

From that point on Harner began the next step in their company by starting up a store in the Hutchinson Mall where they are now located. Her company then began to thrive within the mall.

“The store is busier, like busy enough to the point I barely update our website, I don’t have the time to,” Harner said.

“The minute things come in it sells and it’s great I just love it.”

Harner plans to continue expanding Sugar Creek Boutique hoping to hire employees to help out along with one day making the store into a chain business.

“Our biggest goal is to be able to afford employees to be able to be open everyday of the week,” said Harner. “Then after achieving a warehouse I’d like to have more than one location.”

Harner shows all the strength it takes in order to learn how to thrive within hard economic times. Strategically planning her next move beforehand and doing what it takes to get Sugar Creek to the next level allows her to continue persevering even with all the odds against the store.

"I have strong faith and for me it's just faith over fear.

If this wasn't where I was meant to be the lord would let me know.”

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Students follow in their parents’ footsteps by attending Hutchinson Community College.

Azia Colvin, Reporter & Designer

Students at HutchCC attend the college for different reasons, some come because of the scholarship opportunities, others come so they can continue playing their favorite sport. Some students take advice from their HutchCC alumni parents.

College is a huge step in life, and to make the choice of which college to attend determines much of one’s future.

“My mom graduated from HutchCC in 1996 and both of my brothers attended

Kimberly Johnson’s mother, Mary Brookover in the 1969 issue of Dragon’s Tale.

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as well, so I knew it was something I was going to have to do,” Camden Stubbs, Buhler, said.

“My family has been a huge part in encouraging me when it comes to HutchCC. My mom always mentioned the positives of college and it was always something I looked forward to. When I realized college was more stressful than I expected, I lost a lot of motivation, but my family encouraged me to keep pushing through.”

Some students following in the foot-

Kimberly Johnson in the 1995-96 issue of Dragon’s Tale.

steps of their parents have made lifelong decisions because of this. Kimberly Johnson, Business Professor, originally came to HutchCC as a student.

“Honestly, my parents basically said, ‘You are going to HCC,’” Johnson said. “I remember my dad always saying that he went to school there and he’d say, ‘Your mom went to school there, your sisters went to school there, and so will you!’

Every person in my family, two parents and two sisters, attended school here.”

Johnson teaches mostly accounting

Kimberly Johnson’s father, Larry Luman, in the 1973 issue of Dragon’s Tale.

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courses on the Hutchinson campus. She graduated in 1997 with a Business Education degree and continued her journey at Kansas State University. She also has a Master’s degree from Kennesaw State University in Georgia and one from Fort Hays State University.

“My parents wanted their kids to go to college. We were raised with the understanding that college was the next step after high school. We were to figure out a way to provide for ourselves, and getting a degree was a good way of doing that,” Johnson said. “My parents have always given me good advice, and their advice to go to HutchCC was some of the best advice they ever gave me.”

“Coming to HutchCC has been a life changing experience,” Stubbs said. “And I’ve loved being able to meet a lot of new people while being able to relate to my mom and my brothers when it comes to the HutchCC experience.”

The college experience differs from generation to generation.

“My parents were married and had their first child by the time they graduated from college in the 1970s.

My dad was drafted to Vietnam, so we went to school after he came home and worked for a few years. So he was a nontraditional student,” Johnson said. “My experience was much more traditional. I came to HutchCC right out of high school then transferred to a university. I was not married and I didn’t have any kids.”

18.4%

6%

students have parents who also graduated from HutchCC

of parents graduated in the 1960s

Photo by HutchCC Marketing Kimberly Johnson teaching a college accounting class 24 years after graduating from HutchCC.

Photo by HutchCC Marketing Johnson’s professional HutchCC faculty photo.

“My mom’s post-graduation plan was to move onto a four-year college to further her education,” Stubbs said.

“She wanted to be a grade school teacher, but her plans changed a little bit when she met my dad and they decided to get married right out of college. I definitely plan on taking a different route than them after graduating.”

According to a survey of HutchCC students, approximately 18.4% of students have parents that also graduated from here.

While it may be a completely different major and a totally different experience from their parents’, these students took their parents’ advice and made the choice to follow in their footsteps.

of parents graduated in the 1970s

>1%

17.6%

of parents graduated in the 1980s

Photo by Danae Deanne Photography Larry and Mary Luman pose for a family photo.

of parents graduated in the 1990s

23.5%

35.3%

of parents graduated in the 2000s

of parents graduated in the 2010s

17.6%

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Now Hiring!

Career Connections Craze.

Kyli Dimmitt, Reporter & Designer

Companies from all over Kansas attended the Job Fair on April 1st. Some companies, like Bradbury Company, located in Moundridge, even travel outside of the country and have locations all over the world from Australia to Spain.

These companies have a lot to offer their employees like 401k, health insurance, and other benefits. These companies look for not only technical skills but also soft skills like integrity, respect, communication, etc. These companies are also impressed by students who work while in school. This shows them that the student is responsible and has a good sense of time management and work ethic.

The Career Connections Job Fair is free to all students, employers and community members and a great opportunity for people to learn more about companies they might be interested in working for and getting to network with.

The first Career Connections Job Fair that HutchCC offered was in February of 2016 and they have tried to have one, weather permitting and COVID-19 permitting, ever since. Michelle Wortham,

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Administrative Assistant to Vice President of Student Services, says, “In 2016, our first year, we had 50 employers sign up. The next year, 80 employers and after that, 95. In 2019 we had over 130 employers in the Sports Arena! The last event had over 450 job seekers attend.”

The numbers keep rising every year.

Although, since HutchCC had to abide by COVID-19 restrictions, only 76 employers were able to be present on April 1st and a total of 324 students with an increase of community members this year attended. Which are really good numbers given the circumstances.

The Job Fair is a great opportunity for people to see what lines of work are available. Wortham says, “For those students who are graduating from a technical program or AAS, they could very well be hired on the spot!

For students going on to a transfer university, they might be able to obtain an apprenticeship or internship for future years. It is a good opportunity for students to improve their communication skills and gain experience in making a good first impression.”

► Photo by Kyli Dimmitt ► A student who attends Hutchinson Community College was present at the Career Connections Job Fair. This student looked at brochures for the Grasshopper Company.

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▲ Photo by Kyli Dimmitt ▲ Community members browsing the job fair.They came across McPherson Hospital’s booth and engaged in conversation with an employer at the booth.

◄ Photo by Kyli Dimmitt ◄ The Career Connections Job Fair on April 1st, 2021. Many students, members of the community, and employers attended.

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FOOD TRUCK

Frenzy

Local food trucks showcase their locations and top sellers.

Student Food Truck Favorites

salad chili fruit desserts roasted corn unique items barbeque tacos

Rachel Wilson, Reporter & Designer

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MOBB Foods (moo oink bawk bawk)

(620)605-1500 https://www.facebook.com/JandAFoodWagons/ Can be found seasonally at Lowes, Home Depot or Tractor Supply Co. *Food truck available for catering and events Featured food: Miss Piggy

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The Traveling Bowl

(620)474-2390 https://www.facebook.com/thetravelingbowl/ 2221 North Lorraine St. Hutchinson, Ks 67502 *Food truck available for catering and events Featured food: Meatloaf and Cheesy Hashbrowns

Val’s Berry Bowls

tacos

(620)802-1274 https://www.facebook.com/vlasyone/ 526 East 4th Ave. Hutchinson, Ks 67501 *Food truck available for catering and events Featured food: Val’s Berry Bowl

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(620)480-0753 https://www.facebook.com/Los-Mariachis-Taqueria-104186514664958/ Can be found at Fastenal on 30th St. *Food truck available for catering and events Featured food: Pollo Mariachi

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Kickin ’ It with blue dragon

Soccer Dylan Shah, Reporter & Designer

After a very successful 2019 season, Head Soccer Coach Sammy Lane is looking to do the same but with a step forward in winning the western conference. Lane, coaching in his sixteenth season, was faced with a very unique preseason.

After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lane was faced with a new set of challenges.

To begin, his overseas players were held in lock down which steered the Blue Dragons to recruiting locally from Kansas. Soon after picking up those players, NJCAA announced that the soccer season along with many other athletics had been pushed off until the end of the academic year. As the situation with the pandemic started to clear up, Lane was able to bring in all of his recruits and an additional six international players over the winter break which added more depth and excitement for the upcoming season. Throughout all of Lane’s 16 seasons with the Blue Dragons, he believes this year’s team may be one of his most talented yet.

Despite the 10-month wait around period for an active season, Lane see’s the delay as more of a benefit than anything.

In past seasons, Lane started with nine to ten new players and a two-week period to turn them into a team.

Luckily this year, “the girls have gotten to know each other, slowly work into it and gotten a chance to fit everyone accordingly,” Lane said.

Along with Lane, many players see the delay the same way.

From Nickerson, Madison Ontjes’ initial response was sad when she heard about the delay but she was also optimistic about it.

“It gave us a chance to get to practice with each other and learn how everyone plays and to connect as a team. Looking back at the delay, it has surprisingly had a positive affect on our team because we have been able to bond and form really strong friendships with each other,” Ontjes said.

“The extra time we were given as a team was fully taken advantage of. We practiced every day of the week at six in the morning . The coaching staff constantly pushed us to be our best even if the season was seven months away,” Jordan Crone, Midfield from Derby, said. “Collectively, we have been able to play with each other for several months now and get in the groove of things. The time we’ve had here has played to our Tale • to Soccer advantage Dragon’s when it comes understanding how we all play 028-029 Soccer.indd 28

Photos by Dylan Shah #8 Aimee Maher, Greystone, Ireland, dribbles the ball down the field. Maher, a freshmen midfiledher has started 3 games so far this season

individually.”

Along with bonding, the team has created a theme for the season. Returning as a sophomore, Team Captain Marah Franke, Hometown, believes that “the theme of our team is to always have each other’s back.”

Franke’s role plays a big part of the team.

“Being a returning player has been fun getting to show the new freshman around, answering questions, and giving them a safe place to talk. It has been harder adapting to a younger team, but so worth it and I really believe we are stronger than we were last year,” Franke said.

Overall, the Blue Dragon soccer team has gotten a unique experience of team bonding and excelled through this year as a family. They currently have one win, one loss, and a double overtime tie.

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Madison Ontjes, Ontjes, Nickerson

Jordan Crone,

Derby

2020-2021 Schedule

April

Fri. 2 Mon. 5 Wed. 7 Sat. 10 Wed. 14 Sat. 17 Mon. 19 Wed. 28

May

Sat. 1 Mon. 3 Wed. 5 Sat.8 Wed.12

at Johnson County CC at Barton CC Garden City CC Butler CC - KS at Cowley College Coffeyville CC Dodge City CC Barton CC

Chiara Stuenkel, Stuenkel, Munich , Germany

Ella-Mae Miller, Miller,

Devon,, England Devon

Samantha Vaughn, Maize

Cheyenne Busker,

Esther Karhayu, Karhayu,

Marah Franke, Franke,

Mombassa,,, Kenya Mombassa,

Derby

L, 3-2 T, 1-1 W, 4-0 W,4-2

Neosho County CC at Garden City CC Cowley College at Kansas City CC at Dodge City CC

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Photo by Steve Carpenter Harry Crockett, Oxted, England, focuses on his golf swing. Crockett tied for nineth place at the end of the Lion Invitational in Trophy Cup, Texas.

Seas n Blue Dragon’s golf team makes headlines nationwide.

Kaitlyn Seiwert, Reporter & Designer

The men’s Blue Dragon Golf team started their season being ranked number one nationwide in Division I by two different polls. The team plays a total of five tournaments, including three conference tournaments, the closest course being in Wichita.

The Blue Dragon’s first tournament was the Chap Classic where Harry Crockett, Oxted, England, led the team.

Scoring a total of 902 points, the team finished fifth out of 11 teams. The Dragon’s second spring tournament was at TAM-C Lion Invitational in Trophy Cup, Texas. Due to weather, the total holes were cut to 36. The Blue Dragons brought home the trophy by scoring a team total of 576. The team is ranked at number two for Division I golf in the nation by NJCAA.

At the Jayhawk Conference tournament, the team scored a fourth title win.

The team narrowly beat out Garden City CC and played against winds gusting at 60 miles per hour.

The team has two more conference tournaments before the regional and national championships in May.

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Name

Location

Placing

March 8-9

LCU Chap Classic

Lubbock, TX

5/11

March 22-23

Texas A&M Lion Classic

Dallas, TX

1/16

March 29

Jayhawk Conference No. 1

Manhattan, KS

1/8

April 12-13

Jayhawk Conference No. 2

Newton, KS

TBD

April 19-20

Jayhawk Conference Championship

Wichita, KS

TBD

April 26-27

NJCAA District III/Region VI Championship

Wichita, KS

TBD

May 10-13

NJCAA Division I Championship

Lubbock, TX

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BASE TO BASE BLUE DRAGON SOFTBALL Dylan Shah, Reporter & Designer

Coach Rose achieves 500th win!

Head Softball Coach Jaime Rose finally secured alltime coaching win No. 500 on March 2nd,2021 agianst the Friends University Jv team. Rose became the eighth coach in Jayhawk Conference softball history to reach 500 wins. She earned the first 38 wins as Independence’s head coach in 2003 and 2004. The other 463 have came with the Blue Dragons, where she holds the highest number of wins as a coach in Hutchinson softball history. Rose’s record at Hutchinson is 463-319.

▲ Photo by Dylan Shah ▲ #4 Lexi Williams, Hutchinson, gathers the ball. Williams has a on base average of .467 this season

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▲ Photo by Dylan Shah ▲ #2 Madison Grimes, Andale, hits the ball into the outfield. Grimes has hit 5 homeruns so far this season.

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2020 - 2021 Schedule FEBUARY

Fri. 5 Tue. 23 Fri. 26 Sat. 27

Fort Scott CC N. Okla. College-Enid at N. Central Texas College at Murray State College

MARCH

Tue. 2 Tue. 9 Thu. 11 Tue. 16 Fri. 19 Sat. 20 Fri. 26 Sat. 27 Wed. 31

Friends University JV Hesston College Barton CC at Cowley County CC Independence CC at Garden City CC Butler CC - KS

at Colby CC at Ottawa University JV

APRIL

Thu. 8 Sat. 10 Thu. 15 Sat. 17 Thu. 22 Sat. 24

MAY

Sat. 1

at Pratt CC

at Dodge City CC Seward County CC at Barton CC

at Independence CC at Butler CC - KS

W, 3-0 W, 15-1 L, 8-7 L, 8-7

W, 27-0 W, 14-0 L, 9-8 L, 12-4

W, 9-8 W, 5-2 W, 5-4 L, 12-4 W, 9-5 L, 16-3 L, 11-12 L, 7-1 W, 4-2

W, 9-1 W, 17-9 W, 5-0 L, 10-2 W, 5-2 L, 24-23 L, 9-0 L, 16-7 W, 11-7

W, 8-0

W, 11-16

Photo by Dylan Shah #15 Miquela Guajardo pitches the ball.

Guajardo has starteed 8+ games this season.

Pratt CC

▲ Photo by Dylan Shah ▲ #17 Haley Miller, Hutchinson, throws the ball. Miller has stolen 17 bases so far this season.

▲ Photo by Dylan Shah ▲ #23 Jordan Galliher, Hutchinson, pitches the ball. Galliher averaged 8.60 strikeouts per game.

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play to the last out The HutchCC Baseball team comes back to the feild with a vengeance.

Tyler D the pho players

The HutchCC baseball team strives to make this season a success due to not being able to play their regular season last year. With a running 17-9 score overall the Blue Dragons hope to continue boosting their winning number. With more games lined up going through April to the beginning of May the Blue Dragons will continue to focus on improving their team to the last out of the last game.

Daniel perfect focuse

▲ Photo by Dylan Shah ▲ Jenner Steele, Hollister Mo., and Drew Reetz, Elkhorn Neb., conversate at home plate before the next bat. Both players continued to improve their batting through the season.

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▲ Photo by Dylan Shah ▲ The Blue Dragons team meets Steele at home plate to celebrate his home run.

Steele’s RBI is 34 for the season so far.

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◄ Photo by Dylan Shah ◄ Jack Torosian, Omaha Neb., makes it home. Torosian ‘s postion for the season is in out field.

► Photo by Dylan Shah ► Tyler Delong, Harrah Okla., throws a peace sign at the photographer. The dugout cheers on their fellow players as the compete.

◄ Photo by Dylan Shah ◄ Joshua Mitchell, Lenexa, pitches to the oposing team. Mitchell has thrown 18 strikeouts in the season so far.

▼ Photo by Dylan Shah ▼ Daniel Bebee, Overland Park, prepared to catch a perfect strike from his pitcher. Bebee stays laser focused in on the field.

▲ Photo by Dylan Shah ▲ Hunter Carson, Buhler, and Cole Ely, Hutchinson, talk stratagy. Even when off the field the players focus on the game.

February Feb. 2 Northern Oklahoma College L, 8-7 Feb. 24 Tabor College JV

W, 13-3, W, 10-0 Feb. 27 Cowley College

L, 14-13, L, 15-2 March Mar. 4 Coffeyville CC

W, 12-3, W, 10-8 Mar. 6 Coffeyville CC

L, 10-8, L, 22-7 Mar. 9 State Fair CC

W, 20-13 Mar. 11 Barton CC L, 10-4, W, 6-5 Mar. 14 Barton CC

W, 20-4, W, 14-13 Mar. 19 Seward County CC

W, 3-2, W, 8-2 Mar. 20 Seward CC L, 11-7, W, 7-6 Mar. 23 Redlands CC

W, 24-6, L, 15-10 Mar. 25 Butler CC W, 6-5, W, 11-6 Mar. 27 Butler CC

W, 6-4, L, 12-2 April Apr. 1 Pratt CC W, 5-2, W, 8-2 Apr. 3 Pratt CC

W, 16-11, W, 14-7 Apr. 8 Garden City CC TBA Apr. 10 Garden City CC TBA Apr. 15 Cloud County CC TBA Apr. 17 Cloud County CC TBA Apr. 20 Rose State College TBA Apr. 21 Redlands CC TBA Apr. 27 State Fair CC TBA Apr. 29 Colby CC TBA May May 1 Colby CC TBA May 6 Dodge City CC TBA May 8 Tale • March Dodge City CC Dragon’s 2021 TBA

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Mar. 20 Beaver Classic @ Pratt CC Women’s Results 7th Place 100 M Dash Men’s Results 2nd Place 100 M Dash 4th Place 400 M Dash 7th Place 1500 M Run 7th Place 5000 M Run 8th Place 800 M Run

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Keeping on Track Pablo Sanchez, Reporter & Designer

Jared Scoot Jovan Jackson Cameron Delaney Matthew Schrag Teagan Flanagan

▼ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▼ Athletes do a warm up activity call windmills which can help build endurance of your footing when running.

Mar. 27 Tiger Invite @ Cowley CC Women’s Results 3rd Place 3000 M Steep 6th Place 400 M Dash 7th Place 100 M Hurdles 8th Place 400 M Dash 10th Place 800 M Run Men’s Results 1st Place 5000 M Run 2nd Place 1500 M Run 4th Place 100 M Dash 4th Place 3000 M steep 5th Place 5000 M Run 6th Place 3000 M Steep 10th Place 400 M Dash

Noel Hidalgo Allison Martin Recebca Raymundo Alyssa Carpenter Jurney Yung Teagan Flanagan Teagan Flanagan Jared Scott Cameron Delaney Matthew Schrag Aaron Geissinger Jovan Jackson

▼ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▼ Erick Johnson,Fort Meade,The track team has many ways of preparing for practice and one of them is toe touches. Doing these can help out with hamstrings.

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“It was a good meet to start the season with and we will make improvements as we go from week to week,” Head Coach Robert Spies said about the start of the track and field season.

▲ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▲ Aaron Geissinger, Abilene, and Cameron Delaney, Alton, run as they do sprint drills around the track. ▼ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▼ Sprinting back and forth on the track is a great way to see how well athletes are prepared before starting a practice. If students have a health condition be sure to tell the coach ahead of time so nothing horrible happens during practice

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► Photo by Pablo Sanchez ► Leg stretches are important when getting ready to run as they help out with muscles so they can get used to running. Having an improved exercise routines will be great for anybody who is gettng into running so when they are running no muscles get pulled during the exercise. ▼ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▼ Distant runners prepare by doing crab walks everytime they get ready. These help out with any muscles in the leg that needs to be strenched.

▼ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▼ Head Coach Robert Spies talks to the team about the meet prior to the event.

Reviewing performance goals helped athletes improve before competing again.

▲ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▲ Assistant Coach Art Hop works with Jake Eck, Ellis, on his grip while he pole vaults.

Its important to have good upper body strength when students pole vaults, so no injuries happen when lifting upward and over.

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Photo by Hannah Brummer Attempting to block a pass is Jurriente Davis, Greensboro, N.C. Blue Dragon football defeated Arkansas Baptist 48-08.

Photo by Hannah Brummer CJ Ogbonna, Power Springs, Ga., and Cam Henderson, Amite, La., celebrate a touchdown made by Henderson.

Henderson had an average of 33 yards per game.

Photo by Dylan Shah Ronald Hoff, Katy, Texas runs the ball down the field during the game against Coffeyville Community College.

HutchCC football defeated CoffeyvilleCC 33-10.

Photo by Hannah Brummer Charging down the field during the game against Arkansas Baptist is Dylan Kedzior, Claremore, Okla. Kedzior had an average of 18 yards per game.

Photo by Hannah Brummer Carrying the ball down the field is Emmanuel Matt, Columbus, Ga. Matt had an average of 6.3 yards per game.

Photo by Hannah Brummer Making his way through the CoffeyvilleCC players is Cortez Braham, Blythewood, S.C. Blue Dragon football started their season off ranked number one in the NJCAA.

Blue Dragon football works hard to stay at the top of the ranks.

Hannah Brummer, Reporter & Designer

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MARCH Fri. 26

Coffeyville Community College

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APRIL Sat. 3

at Butler Community College - KS

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Sun. 11

Arkansas Baptist College

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at Fort Scott Community College

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Garden City Community College

MAY Sun. 2

at Independence Community College

Sun. 9

Highland Community College - Kansas

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Dodge City Community College

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“Zach also has the most important quality needed to officiate. As an official you must be able to ignore the crowd and officiate the game to the best of your ability without letting crowd noise bother you. Zach is humble enough to stay focused and get it right.”

Shanline’s involvement in officiating, school, and on campus comes with it’s own set of challenges however.

“Sometimes it’s hard to leave school where I’m a student and in a social environment and then immediately switch to a professional in an authoritative role,”

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Shanline said. “That is sometimes a line that gets blurred between my profession and my social life and just being in school.”

Shanline’s two years at HutchCC have impacted many people in a positive way.

He has also been impacted by many with his involvement on campus and shares what important things he’s taken away from his time at HutchCC. “An appreciation for the people around me that’s for sure and stopping and enjoying the moment,” Shanline said. “Cause it is only 2 years here so we

▲ Photo by Myranda Stika ▲ Zachary Shanline, Pratt, watches his key during the KJCCCA officiating camp and HutchCC scrimmage. A key is the designated player an official focuses on during a play. The keys change depending on how the play develops.

kind of have to take it all in as fast as we can. Not being afraid to jump off the metaphorical cliff and take some risks.”

Whether Shanline is on the field, in the classroom or roaming the HutchCC campus, he will be known by many as a determined, organized, and humble individual.

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