NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kelly Danyluk with the Reno County Veterans' Memorial told Hutch Post that another group of names is just about ready to go on the memorial.
"Here in the month of June, we're going to engrave another 150 names," Danyluk said. "Then, we've got a list started for the next panel. We'll need about 315 names to fill the next panel. We probably have about 50 names collected so far."
The new names are alphabetized per panel going forward. The original list was alphabetized throughout. There are about 14,000 names out there right now. They are working to become more self-sufficient.
"We've been running off city water since we put the memorial up several years ago," Danyluk said. "We just recently drilled a well. We're in the process of hooking our sprinkler system to the well. We'll be self-sufficient there. We've got a veteran that's doing the lawn for us out there, doing an amazing job. Some other things we're working on is we've submitted an application to the U.S. Army donations program to get a military vehicle."
They are still looking for donations, particularly to keep putting up fresh flags, as the Kansas wind makes them not last very long.
"It kind of depends, but I would say easily every three months," Danyluk said. "Maybe sometimes quicker than that. Mac from American Legion is doing a wonderful job doing that for us. That's one of our expenses. That and mowing the lawn."
The memorial is at Discovery Loop in South Hutchinson near the intersection of K-96, K-61, and U.S. 50, west of the Love's truck stop. If you'd like to learn more and find out how to donate, you can do so online at https://renocountyveterans.com/.
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