Easter Egg Hunt

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Come and show off your hunting skills at the Haysville Recreation Departments Easter egg hunt. It will be Sunday, April 17th at 3:00pm in the W.W. Hays Historic District. This event is free to Haysville youth ages 10 and under. (All youth must be accompanied by an adult) Dont forget to bring a basket or a sack!

For more information call the HAC at 529-5922. 

Wire House Art Exhibition and Sale

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The Wire House Art Gallery will be having an exhibition and sale of artwork created by Campus High School seniors. Opening Day is Saturday, April 23rd from 10:00 am – 1:00pm. This free exhibition will run from April 23rd to May 21st and will be  open Saturdays from 10:00am – 1:00pm. 

The Wire House Art Gallery is located in the Historic District at 209 S. Hays (across from the library).

Call 522-5922 for more information. 

2011 Election Results

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City Council Member HAYSVILLE WARD 1

Steven G. Crum …… 74 / 41%
Keith A. Pierce …… 104 / 58%
WRITE-IN …… 0 / 0%
Precinct Reported 0001 ,Eligible Precinct 0001

City Council Member HAYSVILLE WARD 2

Seth Konkel …… 74 /100%
WRITE-IN …… 0 / 0%
Precinct Reported 0003 ,Eligible Precinct 0003

City Council Member HAYSVILLE WARD 3

David A. Cook …… 74 / 47%
Bob Rardin …… 81 / 51%
WRITE-IN …… 1 / 0%
Precinct Reported 0002 ,Eligible Precinct 0002

City Council Member HAYSVILLE WARD 4

Sandra Bradshaw …… 69 / 47%
Russell Kessler …… 73 / 50%
WRITE-IN …… 2 / 1%
Precinct Reported 0002 ,Eligible Precinct 0002

School Board Members At Large USD 261-HAYSVILLE

Glenn Crum …… 678 / 20%
William B. Daily …… 568 / 17%
Greg Fenster …… 638 / 19%
Susan Walston …… 662 / 20%
Barbara Walters …… 726 / 22%
WRITE-IN …… 16 / 0%
Precinct Reported 0020 ,Eligible Precinct 0020

Haysville Introduces Incentive Programs for Business Owners and Home Buyers

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The City of Haysville has money to help. It comes in the form of financial incentives to encourage business owners and home buyers to make a move to the growing and welcoming suburb.

Through the leadership of Mayor Ken Hampton, the City of Haysville has made a commitment to use community resources and incentive programs as a catalyst for employment-generating investments by the private sector and to spur sales of new custom built homes and spec homes that haven’t been occupied.

“The goal is to give financial help to prospective home buyers and to minimize the cost of expanding or locating a business in Haysville in order to enhance the local economy, revitalize target areas, and promote strong and balanced growth throughout the City,” said Mayor Hampton.

The City of Haysville recently accomplished an Economic Development Strategic Plan establishing direction for Haysvilles economic development activities over the next three years. After several months of planning among representatives from local businesses, Chamber of Commerce, governing body and the Economic Development Strategic Planning Team, the city launched 10 incentive programs.

The programs intend to foster a stronger local economy and enhance the quality of life in Haysville for years to come. Target areas include Broadway (US 81 Corridor), Main Street Corridor, Meridian Street Corridor, Grand Avenue Arterial, as well as public and private Industrial Parks.

The city is trying to make the incentives easy to obtain. “There are other qualifiers to receiving grants, rebates or waivers, which are typical to incentive programs, but nothing that keeps these programs from being user friendly,” stated Hampton.

Programs for which funding is available include: New Home Voucher, Rent Assistance Grant, Building Facade Improvement Grant, Underutilized Building Grant, Black Top (parking lot) Grant, Education/Training Grant, Fee Abatement/Waiver, and City Property Tax Holiday.

Businesses with larger projects in mind have access to other programs which encompass infrastructure assistance, and industrial revenue bonds with associated tax abatement. Qualifiers for these programs are linked to job creation, wages paid and others.

Cowskin Creek

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Lazily meandering through the center of Haysville is the Cowskin Creek. The creek is said to have gotten it’s name from cattlemen who would herd their cattle along the Chisholm Trail northwest of Haysville. One winter a blizzard came through and killed the cows that were feeding on the grass along the creeks banks. The cattleman could do nothing with the cows but skin them. Thereafter it was referred to as the Cowskin Creek.
At one time the Cowskin was deeper with more twists and turns and would occasionally flood Haysville. Rerouting of the creek through town around 1926 and the later completion of the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway (big ditch) alleviated the high water problems. Part of the creeks original path can still be seen today in the backyards of houses at the south end of town.



In 1874 a grist mill was built on the bank of the Cowskin to process corn that was harvested in the area. The Cowskin was a source of entertainment for early Haysville residents who would swim in it during the summer, skate on it during the winter and hunt and trap it’s banks all year. Other activities on or around the Cowskin through the years have included craw-dad fishing, rafting, bicycling trails and the big swing.


Today the Cowskin makes a nice backdrop for Haysville’s bike and walking path and a nice subject for beautiful photos such as this one by Bob Rardin.