Men's Soccer Falls 3-1 to Allen

The PCC Men’s Soccer team lost 3-1 to Allen County in what was a tightly contested match at the Haviland pitch on Tuesday. Pratt actually outshot Allen 6 to 5, but came away with only one score, a header by Mitch Kavanagh.
 
Pratt will have a chance to regroup against Western Nebraska on Saturday at 5:00pm on the Haviland pitch.

PTK hosts Blood Drive

Phi Theta Kappa will be sponsoring a blood drive through the American Red Cross on Tuesday, September 14, 2010.

Women’s Soccer Falls to Cloud and Hesston

The Lady Beavers Soccer Team held their own in two matches this week, falling 0-1 to a highly regarded Cloud County squad on Thurday, and then to Hesston 2-3 on Saturday. After jumping to a 2-0 start this season, Pratt now stands at 2-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
 

Men's Soccer Opens with Win over Indy

The Pratt Community College Men’s Soccer Team opened their 2010 campaign with a hard fought 1-0 win against Independence Community College on Friday. Callum Charlton scored the winning goal just before the halftime whistle. Pratt had several other excellent scoring opportunities in the second half, but could not capitalize on any of them.

Volleyball Goes 2-2 in Opening Tournament

It was a somewhat auspicious beginning for the 2010 Beaver volleyball squad, as the freshman laden team went 2-2 over the weekend in Lamar, Colorado. Pratt defeated Clarendon (TX) and Sheridan (WY), but lost to #21 Laramie County (WY) and Western Wyoming.

Daryl and Gary Trimpe; K.I.T.S. MFG. INC.

Monday, March 01, 2010

The Trimpe brothers grew up on a farm in Northeast Pratt County. But it wasn’t until the early ‘80s that they decided to go into a business they knew all too well. Gary had worked in Alaska for four years in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. There he learned how a business was ran and decided the two of them too could be successful at their own business.
 
“We knew we could handle the shop part and over the years we learned how to handle the office part,” the brothers said. “The office part is important, but the location is the most important.”
 
The brothers got their start in the welding business beginning with the COOP and individual farmers bringing out machinery and equipment to have repaired, because they had the equipment and capabilities, unlike most people.
 
In 1983, the brothers opened a shop in Preston. Then in 1998-99 they moved their business to Pratt. They put the building up themselves during the night and worked during the day.
 
One night the brothers were enjoying a bowl of ice cream when they came up with the name K.I.T.S Manufacturing. It stands for Kansas Innovated Tig and Specialties. They chose the name because it didn’t make them sound small and they could grow their business with the name.
 
Daryl took welding and machinery classes at Pratt Community College, but he had never thought about taking business classes. For Gary his interest began in high school when he took a materials and process class.
 
The changes in the economy have made the Trimpe brothers adjust their business making it important to be diversified and do what you always want to do.
 
The advice they have for students today is: don’t put limitations on yourself and listen to those who gone through what you are looking into because they have been there, you don’t have to agree with them, but they have a lot of knowledge that may be useful; the business you choose should be something you enjoy doing, it needs to be something you look forward to doing every day.
 
No matter what you choose to do it needs to be something you enjoy and look forward to doing every day and you should always work hard and keep the quality high.
 
This program was implemented in 1988 to give the students at Pratt Community College the opportunity to interact with a businessperson from the area and learn about his/her experiences. For more information, please contact Junnae Landry, Accounting and Business Instructor, at (620) 450-2152.