June 2024

Sponsor: Southpoint Financial Credit Union Parents: James and Lisa Prater Age: 18 What is one of your favorite memories of Hutchinson? One of my favorite memories of Hutchinson has to be the year I moved here. My family and I up and moved the middle of my seventh-grade year to be closer to my dad’s place of work.

Sponsor: Home State Bank Parents: Heidi Johnson and Wade Johnson Age: 18 What is one of your favorite memories of Hutchinson? Always the Water Carnival parades! Why did you decide to participate in this year’s Water Carnival? To feel like I’m more a part of the community and get to know Hutchinson better. Of course, there is the part of getting to feel like a princess or queen for a week or more, whether I win or lose.

Sponsor: Citizens Bank Parents: Luke and Hannah Laidlaw Age: 19 What is one of your favorite memories of Hutchinson? Living in Hutchinson for the past 18 years, I have made a lot of memories. One of my favorite memories throughout the time spent in Hutch was searching for the medallion.

Sponsor: Wealth Enhancement Group Parent: Nicole Dostal Age: 18 What is one of your favorite memories of Hutchinson? I don’t have any specific memory that really sticks out in my head, except for the year I was Junior Queen. I have lived in this town my entire life and have had so many great times during my years growing up.

Sponsor: Walmart Parents: Scott and Rikki Hilgemann Age: 18 What is one of your favorite memories of Hutchinson? One of my favorite memories of Hutchison is when I was playing 10U Hutchinson fastpitch softball in the Water Carnival tournament. Our team won first place, and the medals were misspelled and spelled “frist.” That same weekend I played up at the 12U Hutchinson fastpitch softball Water Carnival tournament.

Sponsor: Hutchinson Ambassadors Parents: Reyna and Homero López Age: 19 What is one of your favorite memories of Hutchinson? I think one of my favorite memories of Hutchinson would have to be seeing the fireworks. This is one of my favorite memories, because this is one of the things that brings my family together.

In the last several years fear of the things going on in the world has been ever increasing at an astronomical rate. Coming from everywhere, it affects everyone, believer and unbeliever alike. So as people of faith how are we to deal with fear? Let’s turn to God’s word for our answers.

Living off the land wasn’t easy, and few people knew this better than the first settlers of McLeod County. In the 1850s, when settlers first started coming here, the area was desolate and the brave souls who resided here lived a subsistence lifestyle.