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Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park!
​• July 6th, 2024 •

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DOWNTOWN HUTCH CARS & COFFEE AT DCI PARK: Jim Gruver gave a brief report on our club’s fourth “Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park” event this year, held on July 6, 2024. Although the weather was superb, attendance was not, what with competition from the Veterans Benefit Car & Bike Show beginning later that morning at the Red Shed Music Venue in Hutch and, much more significantly, the annual Cars in the Park car show taking place that day in Newton. (I heard later that there were 201 vehicles in attendance at that event, many of which certainly drove over from Hutch.) 

In spite of the low attendance, the vibe at DCI Park was fun and cool, especially when Scott and Tracy Patton came cruising up in an old fire truck! (Hey guys, does your fire truck have a nickname? If not, might I suggest “Torch Red”? :) 

Many thanks to Steven Bernard and Laurie Bortner for bringing pastries to the event (sourced from La Poblanita Bakery at 507 N Main St in South Hutch – yum!) and who steadfastly refused to let the club reimburse them for the same. Thank guys! 

Also, special thanks again to Cars & Coffee sponsor Metro to Go for providing delicious steaming hot coffee, as they have done for every event so far this year. Thank you, Metro to Go and Metropolitan Coffee! 

(Cris Schul from Allen Samuels Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-RAM, our other regular Cars & Coffee sponsor, was a no-show this month - ???) 

– Excerpt from the July 8, 2024 CKCA meeting minutes

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​METROPOLITAN COFFEE
(620) 662-8401
1329 EAST 17TH AVE
HUTCHINSON, KS 67501
​METRO TO GO
(620) 664-8408
15 WEST 2ND
HUTCHINSON, KS 67501
https://www.facebook.com/MetroCoffeeHutch/
https://www.facebook.com/metrocoffeetogo/ 

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Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024
Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024
L to R: CKCA members Steven Bernard, Denise Haughton, and Bill & Diane Matlack. Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
R.C. Keith! Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
L to R: CKCA members Keith Ferguson, Bill Popp, Greg Gordon and Jack Martin. Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024. Beautiful day!
L to R: CKCA members Jim & Debby Gruver, and Scott & Tracy Patton. Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
Bret Rowland and his 1985 C4 Coupe, formerly owned by past-CKCA president Lee Graham. Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
CKCA members Jack Martin, left, and Greg Gordon, right. Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.
CKCA members Scott & Tracy Patton drove to Cars & Coffee in this old fire truck. Cool! Downtown Hutch Cars & Coffee at DCI Park – July 6, 2024.

Page last updated: 07/12/2024
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