Conway Library Tape 42
1988 – 1989
Tape log from 12/23
KAKE-TV, Hutchinson Newsroom Stories, Part Two
Mike Conway, reporter, photojournalist
--------------PART ONE-----------------
00:04 Sterling Baseball Card Store run by 12-year-old 1988
Brett Fitzpatrick, owner
02:13 Mennonite Quilt Auction at Kansas State Fair
-Eden Mennonite Church fire, quilt completed before blaze
04:22 Culver Fish Farm in McPherson, KS
Bloomingdale’s in NYC is selling their fish
Channel catfish, grass carp
05:59 Bethel College Guest Conductor
Elvera Voth started at Bethel College, now in Alaska, back as guest conductor
-she is now in the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame
08:05 Reno County Primary Election Problems
Reno County tests a computer system for counting ballots and it was a disaster. They had to stop and count the votes by hand the next day
Jerry Franklin, Reno Co. Clerk
Business Records Corporation, Jim Franklin (company w/ computer system)
Reno Co. Commissioner Donna Zwick
09:46 Elevator Operator in the Wolcott Building in Hutchinson
Jean Stiles has run the elevator since 1958. Now the building’s being demolished
Fraese Drugs, Hutchinson is also in Wolcott building and must move
Stiles is moving w/ Fraese Drugs to the Wiley Building
11:20 Wolcott Building demolition, Main Street, Hutchinson, KS
Built in 1937, 1st office building in Kansas with built-in air conditioning
Fraese Drugs moved from Wolcott to Wiley Building
-various stages of demolition, including final collapse from KAKE-TV
Wiley Building office window
13:38 Chase Kitty Litter
Old St. Mary’s School in Chase, KS is now Dupont Enterprises, a kitty litter company
Kitty Stax, owner Merle DuPont
Owner hopes the business will help keep small Chase H.S. open
15:32 Christmas Bell Ringer
Joe King of Medora, top bell ringer for Hutchinson Salvation Army
-in front of Hutchinson K-Mart
17:10 Vu Family Separation
Tom & Anh Vu had to leave a child, Kwan?, behind in Vietnam when they escaped in
1980
Langdon Farmer Mike Wallace, a Vietnam War veteran, went back to Vietnam and was able to see the Vu family & the child. But he couldn’t bring the child back to US
WFLD-TV in Chicago shot the video of Wallace meeting the family in Vietnam
19:06 Chase, KS H.S. Basketball Team 1989
Photojournalist Doug Raines
Small town high school basketball team barely has enough players to field a team and
they’ve lost all games by a wide margin. But the students keep trying
22:22 KKK Demonstration in Hutchinson
Freedom Ride for racial equality in Hutchinson after Ku Klux Klan activity
Kansas Grand Dragon Tim Bishop lives in Hutchinson
Four KKK members had a counter rally during Freedom ride
23:58 Gone With The Wind Collector
Lois & Fred Herman of Hutchinson
Includes clips from “Gone with the Wind” and theme music
60 rare dolls,
26:04 Penalosa Easter Event
Photojournalist Lloyd Gottschalk
Turon, Cunningham, & Penalosa
Live action recreation of Easter events from various denominations
-takes place in Harold Crott’s sandpit
27:35 Cosmosphere Titan Rocket
-Original Titan 1 rocket brought to Kansas Cosmosphere
-Spaceworks part of Cosmosphere repairs and renovates old space equipment
-includes historic footage of Titan liftoff
29:07 Hutchinson Students Learn Russian for Cosmonaut Visit
McCandless Elementary School, 2nd grade class
Georgy Grechko, Soviet Cosmonaut
Teacher Dorothy Fulks.
Students had been pen pals with Russian students
31:02 Soviet Cosmonaut visits Kansas Cosmosphere
Georgy Grechko is greeted by Hutchinson 2nd graders, brought a Russian spacesuit for display at the Cosmosphere
32:14 Book Readers Dinner
Elsie Halpain (sp) takes 2 kindergartners to Hutchinson Mall for free pizza dinner for
reading 100 books during school year, She does it every year
34:06 German V1 Rocket and part of V2 rocket comes to Hutchinson Kansas Cosmosphere
Called the DoodleBug
Max Ary, Kansas Cosmosphere
-historic footage of V1 & V2
-the equipment was brought to the US after WW2, along w/ Werner von Braun
35:56 King Midas and Sons
Hutchinson popular band King Midas has been playing for 24 years and now their kids have a band “Sons of Midas.” I believe video was shot at HutchFest on Main Street
37:45 How Hutchinson Newsroom Works. Photojournalist Vince Munyon
Segment for “Broadcast News” special program about KAKE-TV News, based on
popularity of the movie of the same name
Includes Dan Deming of KWBW Radio in Hutchinson
Scenes in KAKE Newsroom, including Jan McDaniel, Mike Iuen, Randy Brown, and also the Hutchinson Newsroom
40:23 Susank Post Office
Susank, Kansas in danger of losing its post office
Dennis Trapp (sp) mayor and runs gas station
Elmer Trapp, former mayor
42:20 Yoder Centennial Auction 8/89
Yoder is center of Amish Kansas community and his celebrating 100 years
43:42 Yoder Centennial
Yoder is center of Amish Kansas community and his celebrating 100 years
Buggy rides are most popular attraction, $1/seat
Rare look at how the Amish community lives and works
---------------PART TWO--------------------
00:05 The Jordannaires
The Gospel singers who baked up Elvis Presley come to Hutchinson with Elvis
impersonator, Wade Cummings.
-includes clips from Elvis movies with the Jordannaires
01:56 Martha Rawlins is honored by the City of Hutchinson with her own day
Civil Rights advocate who has been the victim of hate vandalism
-she brought Golden Express handicapped buses to Hutch
Joe Palacioz, Hutchinson City Manager
03:49 Liberal, KS Oztoberfest 10/89
-includes video clips from the Wizard of Oz
50th anniversary of the movie
-several original Munchkins in attendance
-visitors from all over the US
-parade
05:25 Liberal Oztoberfest Munchkins 10/89
Fern Formica, “Sleepyhead”
Lollipop Guild -Jerry Maren. He’s the one who gave Dorothy the Lollipop
-Maren was also on the Gong Show. Sings the Lollipop Guild song
-includes scenes from “Wizard of Oz”
07:01 Liberal Oztoberfest Kansas State Image 10/89
-includes scenes from “Wizard of Oz”
08:36 Liberal Oztoberfest Music Essay 10/89
Judy Garland “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
10:20 No TV Students
Wiley School in Hutchinson learning about life before TV
Students are asked to go a week without TV
“Turn off that TV” song by
-Students talk about how it’s been going without TV
11:48 Old McDonald’s Sign comes down
Hutchinson has historic McDonald’s sign and it is finally being replaced
Installed in 1962. Now sign and building are being torn down for new building & sign
-McDonald’s wouldn’t allow the owner to keep the old sign