By ROD ZOOK
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas State Fair is now a little over a month away. It is also the first week for new GM Bryan Schulz.
“The first week has been meeting a lot of people,” Schulz said. “Dr. Berger, with his connections, has been able to take me out into the community.”
That includes agencies he will have to work with and some civic clubs too.
“We’ve talked to the police chief and fire chief and we’ve got quite a few meetings scheduled,” Schulz said. “We’ve done some presentations at some service clubs. That’s my big thing, to just get to know the community.”
Schulz says that he will be behind the scenes for this year's fair and will help where needed and also ask a lot of questions as the fair approaches.
“I’m very blessed with a great team that knows what is going on in their departments. And like I told them when I first met with them, I will not come in and try to change things that you have spent the last year putting together,” Schulz said. “What I will do is sit back and I will watch, and if you’ve got questions I will try to provide answers, but I’m going to ask you a lot of questions.”
Schulz says after the fair he will sit down with the staff and look over things and make an assessment of the fairs past and future.
“We'll have a post fair meeting with all of our staff and team and just kind of evaluate how things went,” Schulz said. “and if there’s a need, we can maybe change up a few things, tweak a few things, but from what I’m seeing the team has done a phenomenal job of putting things together.”
The first fair for Schulz kicks off September 10.
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