“It’s just like that scene in the Wizard of Oz!” Victoria Anderson said as she gazed into the sky at the hot air balloon floating above Harmony River in Hutchinson. The former Harmony River employee was among many who watched as the balloon recently made an appearance in a field nearby the senior living facility on the southeast side of town.
The Starlite Drive-in Theater has opened for the season. Under new owners Michelle and Michael Maher, it’s going to be a grand season While dusk — the darkest shade of twilight — was a good hour or so away, it didn’t stop a line from forming.
Hutchinson Senior Center is owned and operated by Hutchinson through its Parks, Recreation and Community Education Department. Activities for people age 55 or older are available 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at Hutchinson Event Center, 1005 State Highway 15 S. For more information, call 320-234-5656. Friday, May 24: 9:15 a.m. NO Chair Yoga; 10 a.m. Knot Just Knitting; 1 p.m. Bingo, 500, Hutch Bowl Monday, May 27: Senior Programming is closed in observance of Memorial Day Tuesday, May 28: 9 a.m. foot clinic; 9:15 Card Makers, Exercise to DVD, Sheephead; 1 pm Pinochle, Bingo Wednesday, May 29: 9 a.m. foot clinic; 9:15 a.m. SAIL, Texas Hold ‘Em; 10:30 a.m. Book Club B; 11:30 Line Dancing VFW; noon bridge; 1 p.m. Ping-Pong, NO Bean Bags Thursday, May 30: 9 a.m. foot clinic; 9:15 a.m. Pilates; 12:30 p.m. Sheephead; 1 p.m. 500, Walking Club SENIOR DINING
Welcome to the new Hutchinson Station calendar. It features arts and entertainment events.
If there’s anything you don’t know, send 25 cents to the Minneapolis Journal for the 1899 Journal Almanac. It contains everything! The Lynn Dairy Corporation has commenced business, opening its creamery May 24, taking 3,000 pounds of milk the first day.
Nancy Black, Tribune Content Agency TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (05/23/24). Organize personal plans this year. Consistent efforts build and grow your professional influence. Adapt around a team challenge this summer, before your career takes off this autumn. Romantic or creative changes this winter are brightened by springtime and family joys. Envision what you want.
Baseball season is finally in full swing! Long, sunny days remind me to scan the radio stations while driving in hopes of finding a ball game to listen to. It’s easy to distinguish the calls of a ball game from the over-hyped yapping of a DJ. The mellow pace of the announcers and long periods of hearing only the slight murmur of the crowd make baseball games unmistakable.
Following is the Hutchinson High School sports schedule for the coming week. All games are subject to change.
Hutchinson opened postseason play against Detroit Lake in the first round of the Section 8AAA softball tournament Tuesday. The third-seeded Tigers, 6-11, earned a home game against No.
Hutchinson entered the final week of the regular season with two games on the schedule. The Tigers, 9-9 overall, were scheduled to play host to Mound-Westonka Tuesday, then Little Falls at 4:30 p.m.