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The Hutchinson High School Expressives will be part of the Martin Luther King celebration in 2019.

The Expressives will sing during the 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20, celebration at Stringer Fine Arts Center on the Hutchinson Community College campus. Featured speaker at the event will be Rev. T. LaMont Holder from Calvary Baptist Church in Wichita.

Happy Birthday SAC! Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Salthawk Activity Center. The first games in the gym were against Ark City on Jan. 15, 1999.

Yes, once upon a time, Sammy had no home to call his own for basketball. Games were played across the street at the Sports Arena, which swallows up regular high school games.

So, how about a "Throwback Tuesday?" Below is the news release announcing the opening of the SAC in January 1999.

Remember, all the details below should be read in the "past tense."

The USD 308 Board of Education Monday hired Mike Folks to be the next superintendent for Hutchinson Public Schools.

Folks is the district's 33rd superintendent in its 147-year history. He will begin his new job on July 1 and replaces Gary Price, who has been superintendent for the past two years. Price is on his second tenure in the district and did not desire the position on a long-term basis.

The district’s new leader has been superintendent for Clay County Schools, based in Clay Center, since July 1, 2005. Clay County Schools has high schools in Clay Center and Wakefield in north central Kansas. Prior to that, he was superintendent at Central Heights USD 288 in Richmond, Kan.

Congratulation to the Hutchinson High School debate team of junior Seamus Wamsley and sophomore Kian Williams on ending their debate season in the sweet 16 of the Class 6A KSHSAA Two-Speaker State Debate Championship Tournament held in Garden City High School this weekend.